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Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children: As often as Americans get bogged down in their own racial hostilities, it's easy to forget how cultures across the globe stratify their peoples along rigid ethnic lines. Finding context is part of the reason why the Japan-America Society of Dallas/Fort Worth and the South Dallas Cultural Center have joined forces to host a documentary film by African-American filmmaker Regge Life entitled Doubles: Japan and America's Intercultural Children. Life was interested in going outside his own society to study how a different culture reacts to children of racially mixed parents - in this case, Japan and America. Life is in town for questions. His film screens ar 7 p.m. at the South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 Fitzhugh. For info call 761-1791.
october 27
Vampire Follies: Most of us have seen so many consecutive Christmas productions of The Nutcracker, just one more and that particular ballet begins to resemble its title in a more literal way. Ballet Dallas has started its own dance holiday tradition, one that combines the white-hot pop mythos of vampirism with the high-falutin' appeal of classical dance. With this, it's second production of Vampire Follies (La Cafe des Vampyres), the troupe has officially added the show as a seasonal production. Artistic director Thom Clower and international choreographer James Clouser worked together on last year's show and present a revamped version this year, once again set to the doom-inspiring music of Shostakovich. The show is performed October 27 & 28 at 8 p.m. and October 29 at 2 p.m. in the Majestic Theatre on Elm Street. Tickets are $5-$45. For more info call 373-8000.
Halloween Activities: For many grade schoolers, the reading gets especially cool around October, when diluted but still-exciting references to the occult pop up everywhere. In fact, if you have a kid close to you who doesn't like to read, Halloween is the perfect time to take a trip to the bookstore or, better yet, the library - no other seasonal literature is as imagination-friendly. The Children's Center at the J. Erik Jonsson Central Library has all its Halloween titles separated and showcased for easy reference, but for Halloween weekend, the library has planned three days of events. October 27 at 10:30 a.m. features a puppet show and films, and October 28 & 29 at 2 p.m. a short film festival is shown, including titles like What's Under My Bed? and King of Cats. The Central Library is located at 1515 Young. For info call 670-7838.
Horror at the Major: East Dallas' venerable Major Theatre combines its recent past with the present and future - cool movies with underground music. Part costume-party fund-raiser, part old-fashioned horror film double feature, part thrash-goth-rock extravaganza, "Horror at the Major" features back-to-back screenings of Andre de Toth's 1953 Vincent Price 3-D extravaganza House of Wax with the 1958 Christopher Lee-Peter Cushing classic Horror of Dracula, the film that kicked off Hammer's hugely successful vampire series. Following those will be costume and jack o' lantern contests and, last but definitely loudest, a performance by Dallas sensation Ethyl Merman. The evening kicks off with the films at 8 p.m. and runs until the last creature crawls out following Ethyl Merman's jaw-rattling performance. Admission is $5. The Major is located at 2830 Samuell Blvd. across from Samuell Grand Park. For info call 821-FILM.
30th Annual Classic International Gem & Jewelry Show: Sure, the Classic International Gem & Jewelry Show is a drag queen's heaven for precious and semi-precious gems, beads, crystals, fine and costume jewelry, and collectibles, but the real attraction at this three-day convergence of national vendors is an exhibition called "Fabulous Jewelry of the Stars," with "unimpeachably authenticated" jewelry worn by the likes of Zsa Zsa Gabor, Elvis, Gypsy Rose Lee, and Liberace (has anyone ever seen these folks together in the same room at the same time? hmmm...). The event kicks off October 27, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; October 28, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.; and October 29, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Dallas Market Hall, 2200 Stemmons. Tickets are $5. For info call (301) 294-1640.
october 28
Dallas Gameroom and Collectibles Show: Nostalgia is the order of the day at the Dallas Gameroom and Collectibles Show, which features hundreds of vintage signs, toys, games, coin-operated doodads, memorabilia, and lots more stuff that people have found in their old buildings or their grandparents' attic or their own basement. Among those things not found in an attic (as far as we know) are the special guests, two of whom nevertheless emerge from semi-obscurity to take their rightful place in the pantheon of American rock 'n' roll legends. We are speaking of Peggy Sue and Donna, the women made famous in songs by Buddy Holly and Richie Valens. There's also one of Holly's guitars; a Holly scholar named Bill Griggs who's just written a book; an exhibit of props, scripts, and animation cels; and lots more. The event is open day and evening October 28 & 29 in the Big Town Exhibition Hall at the Big Town Mall in Mesquite. For ticket info call 243-5725 or 644-7353.


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Hasani was donated to Rhino Fund by Disney Animal Kingdom in the USA. He arrived at the sanctuary in October 2005.
Name Meaning: Handsome (Swahili)
Gender: Male
D.O.B: 29 June 2001
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Origin: Disney Animal Kingdom (USA)
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New statistics indicate that fewer people are succumbing to the sexually transmitted disease, but the number of infections remains high – with four people per hour contracting the disease in Sweden.
"The day is needed to increase awareness and get more people to test themselves," said Viveca Urwitz at SMI.
Chlamydia Monday is a coordinated effort across the country. The initiative has been taken by SMI which on July 1st 2010 assumed responsibility for working to combat HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
SMI warns that chlamydia is an infection that can affect both men and women, and can lead to sterility. While symptoms can often be unclear or completely absent, the infection needs treatment and can be identified with the help of a simple test.
The test is made on a urine sample and is free of charge, SMI stated on its dedicated Chlamydia Monday webpage.
During the first half of 2010 17,253 case of chlamydia were reported to SMI, a decline of 8 percent on the corresponding period of 2009.


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Hair dye is one of the terrible offenders, including some pretty shady and unnecessary chemicals. Want to try out different colors on hair, but the fear of chemicals is restricting you from experimenting with looks? As a result, there has been a greater-than-ever demand for natural and organic hair products in recent years, particularly henna. Many customers believe that the ingredients in "organic" or "natural" henna products make them fundamentally safer. Beyond erasing grays and transforming hair color, henna hair dyes are also enriched with nourishing ingredients to help maintain hair's moisture levels while improving its shine, smoothness, and softness. In addition, henna is not damaging to the hair shaft and is suitable for sensitive scalps by eliminating irritation and discomfort.
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has anyone tried threelac candida defense for chronic yeast infections during pregnancy? i was going to order it but i wasnt sure if it worked or how long to take it to make sure its gone
it may be effective but it may also affect pregnancy, so please don't use anything without doctor's prescription. better safe than sorry.
vagina is far more sensitive around the time of pregnancy.there's no safer way than to see a doctor if you want to treat your yeast infection.
Hello! If you develop a fungal infection, then its symptoms can just drive you crazy! Although, it sometimes happens that the symptoms appear. Disappear almost immediately, even without treatment. This is very rare and means that the infection has been in the body for a very long time. This was a relapse. Symptoms of thrush during pregnancy can include. Severe itching, soreness, irritation, redness and swelling of the vagina and labia.
• vaginal discharge of white, cream or yellowish color, with a sour milk smell (hence the name), as well as an admixture of flakes resembling cottage cheese;
• pain or discomfort when having sex;
• severe burning during urination, when urine enters the irritated genitalia.
Fungal (yeast) infection, including candidiasis (thrush), does not penetrate the baby during its fetal development. So they do not affect pregnancy and fetus.
If you have any suspicions of thrush during pregnancy, contact your doctor. He will take a swab of vaginal discharge from you. Check the presence of fungi in it to confirm the diagnosis and exclude other diseases that may have symptoms similar to thrush.
It is much less likely that you will develop a fungal infection if your genital area is dry and if there is a normal balance of your vaginal flora. And for this it is enough to carry out such advice:
Wear breathable cotton underwear and avoid pantyhose and tight trousers, especially synthetic ones;
If you feel that you are sweating or have wet your panties, be sure to change your underwear. The same applies to a wet swimsuit - be sure to change it as soon as you get out of the water!
Do not use bath foam, scented toilet soap and washing powders (especially air-conditioners for softening linen!) And female deodorants for intimate places. These drugs can cause irritation of the genitals and become one of the reasons for the reproduction of fungi in the vagina.
Do not douche and do not wash out, gently clean the genital area with warm water with an intimate soap;
After bowel movements, always clean the anal area with backwards front movements!
As another measure of prophylaxis of thrush during pregnancy is eating yogurt containing live lactobacillus (Lactobacillus) or acidophilus. Theoretically, if these sour-milk products help to colonize the intestinal micro flora, the same applies to the micro flora of the vagina. In addition, such products are an excellent source of calcium and protein, much needed for a future mother!
I hope my post will be useful to you. Best wishes.
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Everyone always says, ' the eyes are the window to the soul.' So, naturally, when you go to someone's house you can tell a lot about a person from the walkway, the plants, or even the front door. Now with Halloween approaching, I thought about what to put on the front door. While combing through Pinterest for KPWB, I decided to look at some DIY wreaths. After looking at several squashed witches against the door, I found a wreath that seemed great, so with the help of KPWB's Pinterest board and http://mcillecespot.blogspot.com I decided to try and make it.
Step 1: Gather your supplies
Now, with this project there's a chance you won't have these things around the house, but since it's Halloween you should be able to easily find them. You'll need:
- A grapevine wreath (If you don't have a plain one, you can get one at Michaels. Or if you want to go the extra mile learn how to make one here)
- Plastic snakes (I know this seems kind of weird and I'm not sure if you have any, I had one from an old project, but the rest I had to get from the party store.)
- A hot glue gun
- Black spray paint
Optional: Floral wire
Step 2: Arrange your snakes
Take your snakes and lay them where you want to glue them while the hot glue gun heats up. Once the glue gun is ready, carefully glue the snakes to the wreath. Now, some of them may not stick completely to the wreath, so use the floral wire to keep them in place.
Step 3: Paint your wreath
This part you need to do outside…unless you're planning to paint a part of your furniture black. Tie the wreath around a branch of a tree and gently spritz the wreath with spray paint. This will take awhile since you can't get the entire wreath in one go.
Step 4: Hang up your wreath and admire your work
Once everything looks right and is dry (which will take a while because of all of the spray paint.) Hang your wreath on your door and watch as everyone notices your one of a kind wreath.
Final Thoughts:
I loved this project, but there were some hiccups. For instance, some of the snakes didn't stick to the wreath, so I had to use wire to keep them on. Also, the snakes were still sticky after they were dry, but overall I thought this project was fun and I would recommend it for a Halloween decoration.


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Michael Shiloh wrote:We are well aware of software changes we need to make in order to improve battery and have simply not had the time to do this. You can expect much better battery life when we implement these changes.[...]that my very simple testing suggests should last for well over 12 hours.Twelve hours is great compared to the five the GTA01 gets now, but it's maybe a third of what I'd consider to be the absolute minimum for ausable phone.
I agree. I tried to make it clear that we're not done. Can you give us an idea of how many hours of "talk" and
"standby" you expect the phone to provide once all of these planned changes have been made?
Not yet.
I want an OpenMoko because I want to carry a computer in my pocket. I want to run cron jobs that fetch content from the web. I want to use it as a wifi web browser. I want to turn it into a gps cycle-computer. And I want it to be my phone, which means that when I've done all of the above, it needs enough battery left at midnight to call a tow-truck when my car breaks down. My Treo 650 has an 1800 mAh battery, and even when it was new I never got more than three days off a full charge. Now that it's a few years old, I can barely make two days. If the GTA02 needs charging every day, after maybe a year the battery will be aging, and won't even last a whole day. That's not going to be very practical. Are you guys sure that 1200 mAh is going to cut it for what amounts to a portable computer?
I don't know what we're sure of in this regard. In summary: 1. We have made much progress 2. We are aware of more improvements we can make 3. We don't know (yet) what all these improvements will get us Sincerely, Michael _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list firstname.lastname@example.com http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community


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It's all hands on deck as General Hospital plays out the storyline of Robin's tragic death — and TVLine has an exclusive first look at the latest vet of the ABC soap to join in the mourning.
Prior to Robin's death in a hospital explosion, Finola Hughes has reprised her role of the young doc's mother, Anna Devane. And then after Robin perished, Tristan Rogers resurfaced as Robert Scorpio, the plucky lass' father.
Up next, during the week of March 19, is GH vet Rick Springfield, who created the role of Noah Drake in 1981 and last played the doc in summer 2008. He'll be back for multiple episodes, arriving at son Patrick's side during this time of obvious need.
General Hospital Promo: OLTL's John McBain and Todd Manning Are Both Gunning for Sonny!
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As a hospice, we naturally maintain the highest levels of confidentiality when dealing with our benefactors. We respect your wish to remain private in the knowledge that your support is making a major contribution to the lives of our families and the work of Tŷ Hafan.
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If you are paying for it yourself, you may wish to choose a day that's special to you. It could be a special birthday, anniversary or another day that's special to you and your family. If you are paying for a day as an organisation, it could be the date you were founded, another corporate anniversary or a significant national day.
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Jhpiego, an Affiliate of Johns Hopkins University is a global leader in improving healthcare services for women and their families.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Program Officer
Location: Akwa Ibom
Reports to: Senior Program Officer
- The Program Officer is part of the state management team and forms part of the strategic team that directs the operations of RISE Nigeria.
- S/He is responsible for program planning, implementation, monitoring, and reporting of the interventions implemented by Jhpiego and its partners in the assigned state.
- S/He is accountable for judicious use of all resources entrusted with Jhpiego and its partners in the assigned state.
- This includes assisting with development of work plans, managing Grants and sub-recipient Implementing agencies; managing State, LGA, and Community and facility level stakeholders; other partners and donors regarding implementation, monitoring and evaluation of programs.
- Coordinate development and monitoring of State micro plans and budgets; coordinate internal business processes that effectively connect program operations with program implementation; ensure appropriate program monitoring and programmatic reporting to the Country Office.
- With technical assistance from country office technical specialists, provide programmatic/technical assistance to all Sub-recipients of FAA on the design, implementation, modification, monitoring and evaluation of contractual obligations, project milestones and overall activities.
- Liaise with multiple stakeholders at State, LGA, Community and Facility levels; collaborate with other USG Implementing partners (Lead IP, OVC partners, KP Partners), Local partners (CSOs, NEPHWAN, CBOs) to share information, coordinate activities, leverage resources and strengthen synergy in the implementation and achievement of RISE program objectives.
- Coordinate the development of monthly, quarterly and annual reports as well as human-interest stories, bulletins, factsheets, technical briefs, abstracts; disseminating best practices and other relevant publication related to the project interventions.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of systems that effectively respond to USAID/Nigeria requirements regarding implementation procedures, reporting and evaluation.
- Work with the relevant thematic units to establish and execute a Quality improvement, SIMS assessment, capacity development plans and development of new program approaches that are linked to related services for efficient program implementation and monitoring.
- Coordinate all Adhoc HR processes including engagement, documentation, accountability management, compliance and integrate their efforts into overall program implementation.
- Coordinate Health systems strengthening efforts and ensure compliance with technical, programmatic, contractual and financial requirements set by Jhpiego and its partners and donors.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
- Remain informed on the current programs in the HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria fields by review of current literature and is alert to any implication of such strategic information for project activities.
- Provide oversight on the collation, harmonization and regular updates of program management tools such as scorecard, expenditure analysis, stakeholders database, CUG database, Adhoc database, facility directory and other tools as maybe be requested.
Required Qualifications
- Advanced Degree or equivalent experience in Public Health, Sociology or related Health, Medical or Social Science discipline.
- Demonstrated experience working with USAID/PEPFAR programs and strong familiarity with USAID reporting requirements.
- 5+ years' experience in management, operational and technical expertise with a preference in HIV program implementation
Required Abilities / Skills:
- Experience in HIV care and treatment and prevention programs
- Familiarity with Nigeria's health systems and reporting structure and demonstrated ability to collaborate with government-level officials to strengthen program implementation
- Excellent writing and communications skills, including demonstrated technical writing skills for publication
- Ability to work effectively with diverse international teams and willingness to learn and empower others
- Ability to work in a complex environment with multiple tasks, short deadlines and intense pressure to perform
- Ability to travel frequently to facilities across the state.
- Demonstrated ability in working and collaborating with a wide range of local and international partner organizations
- Demonstrated experience in maintaining donor relations
- Excellent skills in facilitation, team building and coordination
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: firstname.lastname@example.com using the Position and Location as the subject of the email.
- CV and Cover Letter as A SINGLE WORD document
- The title/subject of your email and application should be the position you are applying for.
- Candidates that do not comply with the application instruction will be disqualified.
- Qualified female applicants are especially encouraged to apply
- We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.
- Only shortlisted candidates will receive an invitation for an interview
- JHU is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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Christine & Hunter are MARRIED, and from the looks of your Facebook pages – you guys look to be having a pretty fantastic honeymoon as well!
Their wedding was simply gorgeous. Lakeside Country Club is an amazing venue and everything worked together perfectly. So excited to work with them. The sun was out and the weather was perfect, the flowers from Senterpiece Flowers worked perfectly with her blush/pink color palette.
I have to give a HUGE shoutout to Janeane Marie Photography for their amazing help in this wedding. I brought her on as an Associate Photographer to help in this momma's first wedding back so many many images you see here are actually hers. This momma/photographer couldn't have done it without her!
Ceremony: Holy Spirit Episcopal Church | Reception: Lakeside Country Club | Florist: Senterpiece | DJ: PB & DJ Productions
Dress: David's Bridal | Bridesmaids Dresses: David's Bridal


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Climbing In Israel Is Illegal, Meet The Guy Trying To Change That | EpicTV Climbing Daily, Ep. 432
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No matter how much climbing you've done, we pretty much guarantee that you won't have climbed in the Country we're discussing today, largely because climbing on most of the crags there is illegal. The Country in question is Israel and we caught up with professional climber Ofer Blutrich to find out more. Ofer currently does a lot of his climbing outside of Israel, having exhausted most of the lines on the country's two legal crags. Frustrated by the lack of new climbing spots, he has been campaigning for better access to the cliffs of his home Country and has made a video featuring climbers from around the world asking to climb in Israel. If you'd like to get involved, you can contact Ofer via his Facebook athlete profile. (https://www.facebook.com/blutrich1) Climbing In Israel Is Illegal, Meet The Guy Trying To Change That | EpicTV Climbing Daily, Ep. 432


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Carne Asada
Grilling up the good stuff on my Weber mini kettle…
This week we went to the Oaks Grille/Par Lounge for our burger. We've actually been eating these burgers here for years and they have always been consistently good. Their burger menu is fairly small and simple, but highly customizable. Don't be afraid to get creative and ask for it to be made how you like it. If it's in the kitchen, it can be incorporated into your burger preference. Back in the day this was on the menu as "Blue Cheese Bacon". Now you take their Oaks Burger for $9 and go from there. Adding bacon and blue cheese crumbles brought this to $11.75. Burgers come standard with leaf lettuce, red onion, tomato and pickle. Bacon was thick and crispy.
The beef patty here was impressive. Came out very thick, substantial, hot and juicy. Did not taste like a frozen patty or something institutional. The texture and mouthfeel of the beef is outstanding. Served on a toasted brioche bun which was fresh and held together very well throughout the entire eat.
I elected onion rings over fries. They're actually both good here, but when the rings are perfect, it's my go-to side. Try it with a side of ranch, you won't be disappointed. Plating and presentation were spot on!
Since we're under 70, we ate on the Par Lounge side. It's a great, comfortable and modern atmosphere. Ryan was our server tonight and he was excellent. Nice young man with a genuine spirit who was on the ball the entire time.
I'm gonna make this quick… Don't feel like writing a lot today. Whoever is in charge of specialty sandwiches at Wendy's corporate needs to be fired. Today was strike two. Tried their BBQ Pulled Pork sammich – it was awful. I've had better airplane food. At least it was void of any black jellified substance. I guess I just need to stick with the Baconator from now on…
I ordered two beef flautas and they came out looking like fully dressed chimichangas!! Needless to say, I was happy.
Another 4S lunch today, this time at Flippin' Pizza. They're a chain, in several states, with 5 here in San Diego. The pizza was outstanding! Probably the best tasting "by the slice" I've had. Here's a 2 slice and drink lunch special for $6.50. Shown here is buffalo chicken and a three meat thing. The crust was thin and crispy. If you love pizza like I do, it's worth a try.
There is a fantastic new donut shop in 4S Ranch called Donut Touch. It's actually more than just a run of the mill donut shop. They also have bagels and sammiches. Shown here are my favorite French creullers and maple bars adorned with chunks of bacon! Yes, you heard that right…
Here's a rare mid-week burger last Tuesday! We went to our local Ramona Denny's because kids eat free on Tuesday (and Monday). Now that could be a double-edged sword, but it all worked out great. I'm surprised the place wasn't more crowded.
They have a fair selection of specialty burgers along with a comprehensive "build your own" burger menu.
I ordered the Bacon Avocado Cheeseburger. For $9.99 it's made with bacon, avocado, cheddar cheese and standard burger set. The beef patty was on the thick side, came out hot, tasty, but somewhat overcooked (dry). Standout here was the avocado. Ample slices of thick, fresh, ripe green gold.
For 59 cents extra I upgraded to the seasoned fries. I highly recommend this hot & tasty side. They were just like Arby curly fries, but straight.
Service was outstanding and the food came out quicker than I recall back in the day.
Overall on the burger – it was really good. Expect this one to be top 5, easy. We're definitely coming back soon.
Had lunch today at Panera Bread in 4S Ranch. I actually ordered a salad. This is a half chicken Caesar salad for $5.99. Panera is a great place for lunch, but the salad was just ho-hum. Definitely could have used more dressing. The presentation wasn't even that great. Best part was the baguette on the side.
This weeks burger was eaten at one of our regular spots – Boll Weevil. There are several Weevils throughout San Diego. I've been eating at them since I was a small child, back in the day in Santee. This one is a little rough around the edges, but it's really good for the kids.
They have a decent selection of creative burgers. My usual is either the Bad Burger or Blue Cheese Bacon. The specialty burger baskets come with fries, but you can request onion rings which is what I always do. 1/2 pound specialty burgers are $9.79, 1/4 pound $8.79 I ordered the Blue Cheese Bacon, which is made with some sort of blue cheese spread, bacon, lettuce and tomato. Additional items are on the side via their signature relish/condiment tray. Now I've had blue cheese burgers all over, but their spread is one of the stand outs. Not sure how they do it. It's not exactly a blue cheese dressing, or crumbles. Kind of in between.
Beef patty was big, hot, moderately juicy and cooked perfectly.
The bun was standard white, with sesame seeds, and toasted. The bun seemed to be fresh and barely held together while eating. If you get the 1/2 pound, it's a lot to handle. You need to hand-hold it just the right way.
The onion rings here are always excellent. Hot, crispy and not too thick.
Service was friendly and genuine. Enjoyed a cold schooner of beer while waiting.
Overall on the burger – it was excellent. I've been eating here for years and it's always consistently good.
One of the hotels I stay at frequently. This one is in El Segundo right next to LAX. Known for good made to order breakfasts, although the the hashbrowns here are going down hill. The highlight of my visits though is always the happy hour.


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Christians, Muslims, and Mary
A History
272 Pages
- Paperback
- Published By: Paulist Press
- Published: May 2018
Recent work in Muslim-Christian relations has, understandably, been preoccupied with a certain sense of urgency and so too have some forms of contemporary comparative theological reflection. Christians, Muslims, and Mary, by Rita George-Tvrtković, offers a well thought out and well-paced account of a mode of reflection that attempts to sketch out the liminal position of Mary within both traditions. Also, crucially, it details the way that this concept has functioned throughout the shared history of the two traditions as both a bridge and a barrier to interreligious communication.
This approach offers something new to previous work on the relationship of Mary to the Islamic tradition. George-Tvrtković structures this broad view through eight chapters. Chapter 1 briefly examines the scriptural basis of the sharing of Mary as a figure of popular religious appreciation. Chapter 2 begins the historical narrative and examines the early eastern Christian view of Mary as both bridge and barrier to the Islamic tradition. The next three chapters explore the way that the figure of Mary functioned within each tradition during the medieval period. This historical narrative is then brought up to date with chapters on the missionary use of Mary and current Catholic conceptualizations of the role that Mary could play in interfaith dialogue with Islam.
George-Tvrtković concludes with two chapters that merit particular attention. The first, "Model of Dialogue? Contemporary Challenges," is an analytical reframing of the author's initial questions, and helps to illuminate his conclusions in a more critical and challenging light. George-Tvrtković does this by questioning the viability of the figure of Mary as a point of connection for dialogue, identifying intra-Christian issues such as Mary's decline in relevance within contemporary Christian belief, feminist difficulties with her role, and differing ecumenical positions on her relevance as potential points of difficulty.
This chapter leads neatly onto the epilogue, which elucidates the consistently visible distinction made in the work between Mary as a topicof dialogue and Mary as a model of dialogue. While George-Tvrtković is somewhat more enthusiastic about the potential of Mary as a topic for dialogue than as a model for dialogue, he offers a series of possible proposals that would allow for a centering of Mary within inter- and intra- faith discussions. This dual aspect is a useful way of exploring the difficulties expressed regarding variations in Marian beliefs and customs within particular traditions as well as between differing ones.
George-Tvrtković's work offers a highly interesting and original approach to a complex and historically vast area of study. The author presents this complex area clearly, holding tightly to the original aims outlined at the outset of his project. This strengthens the analysis given, but can sometimes leave potential further areas unexamined. The book necessarily leaves the question of Mary's place as a bridge and/or barrier to interfaith understanding unanswered, yet it presents this as an intriguing and still-developing potentiality.
Angus Slater is Lecturer in Theology & Religious Studies at Trinity St. David's at the University of Wales.Angus SlaterDate Of Review:August 16, 2018


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In my previous post on the Washington National Cathedral I wrote that I entered a photo of the cathedral in a photography contest. What I didn't say is that the challenge was to take a photo with a phone. Not an expensive camera.
While you're traveling, you'll likely have your camera on board as you wander new cities and tromp down exhilarating hiking trails. But should you ever be out and about without your camera and see a fabulous sight you'd like to capture, keep in mind that a mobile phone can do a decent job.
And, as a solo traveler, you might be out at night, not planning to take photos of the sights, and end up meeting some fun people. That often turns into a mutual photo-snapping session.
Here are three tips for taking the best phone photos possible, offered by photography teacher Lynford Morton, who I took a class with in Adams Morgan in D.C. that I wrote about a few weeks ago:
1. Use both hands to hold the camera as steady as possible. Good cameras have a feature that helps with that imperceptible shake of the hands. Phones? Not so much.
2. Avoid using the the zoom. Move closer if you need to. Using the zoom is going to degrade the quality of the photo.
3. Choose your phone camera's highest resolution. If you can't figure out how to change it, pose the question online.
When you look at some of the photos entered in the cell-phone photo contest, it's pretty astounding to think they weren't taken with a fine camera. (Now the question is, should I have entered the photo above instead of the one entered in the contest??)
Photo: Ellen Perlman. South side, Washington National Cathedral. Taken with a Droid.


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Afte the Portege A600, Toshiba introduces in the US market the Portege A605 series laptop that is based on the Portege R500 series. Powered by Centrino 2 Duo processor technology, the 12-inch A605 features a sleek silver aluminum enclosure.
One of the models, the Portege A605-P201 is powered by a Core 2 Duo ULV SU9300 1.2GHz processor, 3GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive and integrated Intel GMA 4500MHD video chipset. It comes with a DVD SuperMulti DL burner with Labelflash, WiFi 802.11a/g/n, integrated webcam, and a eSATA/USB combo port.
The starting price of Toshiba's Portege A605 series is $1,399.99.


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What is the difference between Medicaid and Medicare?
The terms Medicaid and Medicare are commonly confused. If you have the two programs confused do not feel bad, as you are not alone. Think of Medicare as the benefit paid by the US Government in the form of providing you health insurance, once you turn age 65. Just Google the term and there is more than sufficient information on what it means to keep you awake (or put you to sleep) for a long time. Medicare is an entitlement, which means you get it whether you are very rich or very poor.
The tricky part about Medicare is sorting through the coverage it provides (the part A, B and D are seemingly the most important). When Medicare kicks in, for most individuals at age 65) you will likely want to supplement your coverage with a Medicare Supplement policy and there are many different flavors and picking the right one will likely require you get advice from someone familiar with the different policy types. It has been said there are 10,000 Baby Boomers turning 65 every day,which might explain why the number of products are numerous.
Now as for Medicaid, it is designed to help poor folks (tongue in cheek) as it is eligibility based. It can provide a wide variety of services for those who qualify to assist with the payment of medical bills including portions of the cost to stay in an assisted or skilled care facility. We have much written on this in the Special Report section of our website so head on over there (you can find it here) and do some reading.


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Today we have at last started our blog. The sun is shining and all is good.
This month is a month of planning in the field, sowing seeds and ordering more seeds (where there is bare earth, seeds can be sown). February is a compulsive month, seed catalogues drop through the letter box and the temptation starts. Sue and I have it off to a perfect patter. If we purchase something the other does not know about, we use the excuse that it's for our own private gardens for research purposes only. However, when the seed trays start to burst into life and need to be transplanted out, they seem to make their way to the field!
February is also a time to sift through many photos taken over the previous year that need to be sorted into some sort of order. It's impossible in the busy months, weeding, sowing, picking, conditioning, arranging and delivering our flowers to sort out all the photos we take, so whilst everything is sleeping in the field we have time to organise our paperwork, photos etc. As the buds and bulbs start to show themselves we realise that our time is running out.


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Cake Mix Whoopie Pies 5
Cake Mix Whoopie Pies
- 1 box Swerve Chocolate Cake Mix
- 2 large eggs
- ¼ cup butter or coconut oil, melted
- ¼ cup almond milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 2 tbsp butter, softened
- 1/3 cup Swerve Confectioners
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream, room temperature
- Preheat oven to 325F and line a large baking sheet with a silicone mat. Lightly grease the mat.
- Place the cake mix in a large bowl and whisk in the eggs, butter, almond milk, and vanilla extract. The mixture should be quite thick.
- Use a cookie scoop or a spoon to scoop up about 2 tablespoons at a time and place on the cookie sheet about 3 inches apart (they will spread). Use the heel of your hand to press down into rounds about ½ inch thick. Wet your hand if the mixture is sticking.
- Bake 10 to 15 minutes, until puffed and firm to the touch. Remove and let cool completely on the pan.
In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Beat in the sweetener until well combined, then beat in the vanilla and whipping cream. Use additional cream if necessary to achieve a spreadable consistency.
To assemble
Spread the bottom of one cookie with about 1 ½ tbsp of the filling, then place another cookie on top. Repeat with remaining cookies and frosting.
Makes 10
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size 78g
Servings 10
|Calories 220
|Total Fat 21g
|Total Saturated Fat 9g
|Cholesterol 75mg
|Sodium 240mg
|Total Carbs 23g
|Dietary Fiber 4g
|Sugars 2g
|Swerve 15g
|Protein 6g
|Net Carbs: 4g


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Want to fish in the London area? There's a wide choice of waters in the urban parks and commons. You'll need a licence, but many places offer harrassed city-dwellers free fishing reached from Osterley or Boston Manor Underground stations.
Several parks, controlled by the Greater London Council, have fishing either free or available on day ticket. There are day-ticket waters in two lakes in Trent Park (2 1/2 acres and 5 acres), Cockfosters, where tickets are limited to 20 per day, Crystal Palace Park Lake (14 acres) in South London; and Southmere Lake (22 acres), Thames-mead. The latter, near Abbey Wood Station, is stocked with carp, chub, and sticklebacks!
To fish London's parks and commons you will require a London Water Authority rod licence, but very often that is your only outlay. The Royal Parks are an exception. Fishing at these venues is by season ticket issued for each park, and application should be made to each park individually.
Perhaps the most popular Royal Park fishing is in the two large parks at Hampton Court. In Home Park, there is fishing at Long Water, Overflow Pool, Rick Pond, Willow Pond and Wall Pond; and in nearby Bushy Park, at Heron Pond, Leg of Mutton Pond and Diana Fountain Pond. Coarse fish species are found here—roach, rudd, chub, carp and pike, and tench to nearly 6lb. The Diana, a small ornamental pond recognized by the fountain in the middle, is small but well stocked. Fishing is better in the early morning because cars drive round the pond during the day. For Home Park, the nearest station is Hamp-ton Court. Hampton Wick Station is best for Bushy Park.
At Richmond, the two Pen Ponds—shallow, clear and weedy —provide good sport. They hold roach to 2 lb, a few perch, common and crucian carp, tench, and pike. They present more of a challenge, however. The park is served by Richmond Station and by bus.
The Serpentine
At Hyde Park, there is fishing in the Serpentine Lake, nearly a mile long. Fishing is permitted only in certain sections, but yields can be good. It holds roach, bream, carp and perch and some eels. Similar species are found in the lake in Osterley Park, ,_ 5A ru tench, perch, rudd and roach. It has produced a mirror carp of 16lb. Tickets are limited to 30 per day.
Trent Park day tickets are issued, with concessions for juniors, OAPs and the disabled, and are obtainable from The Rookery, Trent Park, Cockfosters. At the other parks, tickets are issued on the bank.
Crystal Palace
In South London, the Intermediate Lake in Crystal Palace is reserved for the Crystal Palace AC, but the boating lake can be fished on a day ticket. Both lakes are noted for carp to 20 lb, and also have pike to 20 lb—with a monster of 32lb taken a few seasons back—bream and roach. Day tickets are available, juniors half-price, OAPs and the disabled free. Season permits also available. Free fishing controlled by the GLC is found at Battersea Park Lake (15 acres), Alexandra Park Lake (4 acres), Finsbury Park Lake (4 acres), Hainault Forest Lake (5 acres), Victoria Park Lake (5 acres), and the Hampstead Ponds. Six of the 14 ponds on Hampstead Heath can be fished—two of the Hampstead Ponds (4 and 2 acres), two ponds in Highgate (6 and 5 acres), the Vale of Health Pond (2 acres), and the Viaduct Pond (1 acre).
Battersea Park, and Alexandra Park in Wood Green, have stations close at hand, while Victoria Park in Bethnal Green, Finsbury Park, Hainault Forest Lake in Hainault and the ponds on Hampstead Heath are all reached by Underground.
Other fishing in parks and commons is controlled by local borough councils. In most cases it is free, but day tickets may be issued on site.
Near Bromley, two small ponds on Keston Common produce occasional carp to 20lb and also offer tench, perch, pike and roach. Of the two lakes on Wandsworth Common, there is fishing on the larger, while Clapham Common has a lake holding a variety of coarse fish, including roach, rudd, tench, carp and pike. At Mitcham Common there is fishing on One Island Pond; Tooting Bee Common is another popular venue, and has a pond that produces tench to 6lb, common carp to 11lb, and golden carp of 6lb. Fishing on Tooting Bee Common Pond is free, but is subject to review.
Epping Forest
There are also several free-fishing ponds in the Epping Forest area, but they require a high degree of patience, for their clear waters and the bankside interference from other anglers make them difficult to fish.
The Warren Pond, opposite the Royal Forest Hotel in Rangers Road, E4, was famous for its big carp before the war. It still has good carp, and also bream and perch. The Connaught Waters are almost opposite, and are set in a favourite picnic spot. They are good for bream and have access for disabled anglers.
In Leytonstone, the Hollow Ponds are renowned for their tench. You have the chance of tench to 5!2lb, and in winter 20lb plus pike. They are situated alongside the road, with a convenient car park and access for the disabled angler. The nearby Eagle Ponds hold carp to double figures, perch, roach and a few tench. They lie alongside the Snaresbrook Road and fishing is from the roadside only. Both ponds are reached from Snaresbrook Underground Station.
The Ornamental Ponds in Wan-stead, Ell, have recently been restocked with carp, tench and perch, and day tickets are issued.
In North West London, Ruislip Lido (44 acres) offers good coarse fishing for pike, bream, small roach and rudd, with day tickets issued on the bank. Near Edgware there is fishing at Moat Mount Open Space.
West and North London
On the outskirts of West London, at Uxbridge, there are two day-ticket waters. The first, Little Britain Lake (3 acres) in Packet Boat Lane, Cowley, offers crucian carp, tench, rudd, roach, bream and the occasional pike for reasonably priced day and night tickets, while Farloes Lake, alongside, has similar species.
In North London in the Borough of Enfield, Boxers Lake and Grove- I I lands Park Lake hold a variety of coarse fish including bream, tench, roach, perch and pike and are available on day ticket. Boxers Lake has access from Lonsdale Drive, and Grovelands Park, Southgate, is reached from the North Circular Road. Season tickets for both lakes can be obtained from the Civic Centre, Silver St, Enfield.
At Walthamstow, on the Thames Water Authority site in North London, there are six coarse fishing reservoirs: High Maynard (38 acres), Low Maynard (25 acres), West Warwick (34 acres), and numbered reservoirs (1), (2), and (3), of 19 acres, 13 acres and 12 acres respectively. These reservoirs have produced carp to 27'2 lb, bream 9 lb, tench 8VUb, rudd 3lb and roach 2lb. Also on the site is the mile-long Coppermill Stream that runs from the aquaduct to the reservoir filter beds. It holds a variety of species including bream of 3-4 lb, chub to 5 lb, some pike to 18 lb, plus roach and dace. Day tickets are issued by the gatekeeper. The en-trance is opposite the Ferry Boat Inn, Ferry Lane, and the nearest station is Tottenham.
South of the river, fishing is free along the River Cray at Footscray Meadows, off the North Cray Road, Sidcup. The latter is currently being dredged, but, subject to restocking, fishing should resume. Day-ticket fishing is available at the three-acre lake on Cannon Hill Common, South Merton, SW20; also at the 20-acre lake in Danson Park, Bexley. The latter holds carp, tench, roach and perch with day tickets available at the boathouse. More day-ticket fishing is found at South Norwood, where Norwood Park Lake offers excellent sport for roach, bream and carp during park opening hours. Hempseed bait is not allowed.
More fishing is available at the Lake in Mayesbrook Park, Barking, Bedford Park Lake in Romford, Berwick Ponds in Rainham, The Chase, Dagenham, and at Harwood Hall and Parklands in Upminster.
Other than in ponds and lakes, fishing is offered in the Regent's Canal in Regent's Park and Victoria Park—and in the Hertford Union Canal in Victoria Park. Only the north bank of these stretches can be fished: there is no fishing in the section by London Zoo. Another popular venue on the Regent's Canal is a quiet and secluded section lying just off the busy Angel, Islington. The London Anglers' Association controls the fishing by issuing an associate member's card which is available on request.


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The Story
The Trump administration is writing farmers a $16 billion check.
We are farmers, bum ba dum bum bum bum bum.
So that's insurance. This has to do with the trade war. Since last year, the US and China have hit each other with billions of dollars of tariffs. The US's goal: to cut down on the trade deficit with China. And end what it considers unfair practices, like alleged IP theft. But farmers are getting caught in the middle of this beef.
How so?
Before the trade war, China used to buy around half of all US soybean exports. Last year, the amount it spent dropped almost 75% – from about $12 billion to about $3 billion. And the Trump admin gave farmers up to a $12 billion check to make up for the losses. Now, it's back with another band-aid.
Is there an end date to this trade war?
Probably, but unclear when. The two sides looked close to reaching a deal earlier this month, but China apparently made some last-minute edits. Now, Trump says China might try to wait this out until the 2020 election, hoping a Democrat will replace him. He might be onto something: Chinese tariffs are hitting US farmers in red and swing states – a blatant attempt to hit Trump where it hurts. Because, you know, he's all about that base.
Farmers are paying for this trade war, but they're not alone: if the Trump admin follows through with the next round of tariffs, it will make pretty much everything the US buys from China more expensive, costing the average US household $831 a year. Some think the trade war is worth it – and are hoping Trump holds firm. Others are getting impatient as their livelihoods are being used as a negotiation tactic.
Disaster relief
The Story
Also on the US's 'we got you' list: people suffering from natural disasters. Finally.
Why 'finally'?
In recent years, places like the Southeast, Midwest, California, and Puerto Rico have experienced a range of natural disasters, including floods, wildfires, and hurricanes. Some have been linked to climate change. The federal gov has sent billions to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. But it – and states across the US – still need help. And have been straining to pay for things like food stamps and infrastructure repairs. But for months, Democrats and Republicans couldn't agree on a deal.
We're talking about disaster relief here. What was the holdup?
Border funding. The Trump admin wanted to include more spending to address what it calls a humanitarian crisis on the US-Mexico border. It's now giving up. Yesterday, senators on both sides of the aisle said 'we're on board' with $19.1 billion in aid. The House and President Trump are expected to do the same as early as today.
This aid is much-needed relief for many Americans looking to rebuild their lives. And could come days before this year's hurricane season officially begins.
Who's throwing in the towel…
UK PM Theresa May. Refresher: In 2016, the UK voted to Brexit (aka British exit) from the EU. Then-PM David Cameron (who was anti-Brexit) stepped down and May took over the job to figure out how to actually make the breakup happen. But this year, lawmakers voted down her Brexit deal…three times. The UK was supposed to leave the block in March, but the deadline got pushed off until October. Earlier this week, May said that she wanted lawmakers to vote on her plan for a fourth time. And that if it passed, she'd hold a vote in Parliament on whether to hold a second Brexit referendum – but nobody bought her offer. Today, she said she's "done everything I can" to deliver Brexit, but that "sadly I have not been able to do so." So she'll resign as leader of her party on June 7, but will stay on as PM until a successor is chosen.
I volunteer as tribute: The race begins on who will become the next PM. Potential options include Boris Johnson, a pro-Brexit former foreign secretary, and Dominic Raab, the former Brexit secretary. The new PM could attempt to figure out a deal that makes UK lawmakers and the EU happy. Or could move forward with a no deal exit, which could lead to serious trade confusion and chaos.
$: What's money got to do with it? Here's what Brexit could mean for your wallet.
Who's searching 'best lawyers in the UK' on Yelp…
Julian Assange. Yesterday, the DOJ said it charged the WikiLeaks founder with violating the Espionage Act. Last month, Assange was kicked out of the Ecuadorian embassy in London (that's what happens when you're the world's worst roommate) and arrested for skipping bail in 2012. The US also said 'but wait, there's more' and charged him for conspiring to hack into a gov computer. Now the US is upping the ante with 17 more charges for doing things like soliciting and publishing classified info. He reportedly faces up to 175 years in prison for all of the charges.
Pay attention: These charges are opening up a lot of questions about First Amendment rights and protections for journalists who publish classified info since the DOJ reportedly argues that Assange went beyond First Amendment protections.
Thing to Know: Espionage Act. Originally passed during World War I to punish spies and others who weren't loyal to the US. Now, it's typically used to target people like gov officials who leak classified info.
What people are watching…
Kenya. Today, it's expected to rule on whether to end a colonial-era law criminalizing gay sex. Currently, that can lead to a 14-year jail sentence. Back in 2016, LGBTQ activists pushed courts to change that, arguing it violates the country's constitution. A ruling on this case was supposed to come out in February, but the court pushed it off to today because it needed more time to go over the case.
Ripple effect: Kenya is one of about 70 countries that criminalize homosexuality, about half of which are in Africa. But it has ruled in favor of LGBTQ issues in the past. And many are hoping that if Kenya rules in favor of gay rights now, other countries could follow suit.
What people have feelings about…
Botswana. The country just overturned its ban on elephant hunting. There are more elephants there than anywhere else in the world (around 130,000). In 2014, the country's then-president (a conservationist) imposed the ban to protect the elephant population size. But the new gov is reversing it, saying the ban negatively impacts people's livelihoods – since elephants can destroy farmers' crops and in some cases even kill people.
Elections v elephants: Some think that the gov is doing all of this to win over rural voters before this year's elections, which are going down in October.
Who's as badass as the superheroes in the new Marvel series…
These West Point grads. A record number of black women are graduating from the military academy this weekend. Cheers to you, ladies.
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This guerrilla endorsement (of an unnamed Arkansas progressive) was submitted the evening of October 1st or 2nd, and published this morning, October 8, in the Sentinel Record. Except for capitalizing "legislature" in the third sentence, they printed it exactly as submitted, which means I got away with mocking holier-than-thou state senator Jason Rapert's "monumental erection" (of the Ten Commandments)… Ha!
And now we wait for responses from regressive, christianist fanatics completely retreated from reality…
— Monsieur Jacques d'Nalgar, Lundi 8 octobre 2018 de l'ère commune
Dear editor,
A suggestion for how to vote for this November. More accurately, how not to vote. Retire every candidate in that rancid cesspool of bribery and money laundering and tax evasion that is our Arkansas legislature. Retire every tainted congressional candidate who ever marinated in that primordial, toxic stew before slithering out to collect the bountiful rewards of "public service" at the national level.
We are not the Natural State. We're an American embarrassment. In record numbers, our state representatives from both parties are being investigated, indicted, convicted, and forced to resign or sent to prison. Cloaking corruption in pious sounding names like "The Lord's Ranch" and "Ecclesia College" only spotlights their amoral hypocrisy. Millions of dollars vanished in the name of "consulting" and "legal fees." And with the first destroyed by a serial Commandments crasher, Jason Rapert keeps right on fund-raising for his second, now-complete, monumental erection copped from Hollywood's version of Moses, who probably copped it from a Babylonian dude named Hammurabi.
Vote them out. Vote them all out.
Pretentious piety is hardly limited to Little Rock politicians. It's thick right here in Hot Springs, too. Week after wearisome week, the same few letter writers wield their Holy Bibles like truncheons to bludgeon salvation into unsuspecting sinners. Their message is simple. Earnestly mumble the proper incantations, as per their exacting instructions, or you are damned for eternity. By the God of Love.
They're mired in the same black-and-white fundamentalism that spawned the Scopes monkey trial more than 90 years ago, when science was Satan and ignorance was bliss. Please. If you must keep writing, how about a letter that shows us how Trump and the GOP are the antithesis of everything Jesus of Nazareth ever said and did and was and is? We'll wait.
Meanwhile, following that well-worn tradition of padding your letters by endlessly quoting others, here's a pastoral quote from John Pavlovitz, about your Corinthian leather-bound weapon of choice.
"The Bible is a sprawling 66-book library, written over thousands of years by dozens of authors in multiple languages – professing to speak of the deepest truths about the creation of all matter, the beginning and end of life on the planet as well as beyond it, and about the Maker of everything and everyone. We'd better have some ambiguity about it all – or we've discovered a God who is small enough to fit entirely inside our three-pound brains or our current belief system."
Pavlovitz is not one of your hate-Muslims, love-wars, greed-is-good evangelical grifters just itching for Armageddon. He's a pastor who reads a Bible written by "flawed, imperfect, emotional, very human beings who never claim to have been fully possessed by God or robbed of their faculties as they wrote."
Like Pavlovitz, many of us have moved on from your brittle, literalist, old-time religion. Unless we missed something, nobody anointed you Hot Springs' newspaper theologians. So just stop. Please?
Monsieur Jacques d'Nalgar
Hot Springs, Arkansas


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This low-maintenance Begonia is very tolerant of dry conditions, a plus for busy gardeners who might "forget" to water every now and then. It offers showy, silvery, hand-sized foliage that makes an impact in houseplant containers and annual borders.
Annuals, perennials, herbs, shrubs, trees, living centerpieces, living bouquets, Martin Nursery and Garden Center - Serving your landscaping needs in the Greenville area.


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Lavender or Light Purple Sparkly Sequin Disco Halter
Simply smashing!
My camera just didn't do this one justice. It is SPECTACULAR in person.
It is true lavender in color with just a hint of silver metallic threading for sparkle.
The iridescent sequins are the same color as the rest of the halter, but tend to give off other colors such as shades of blue, green , pink or purple.
It depends somewhat on what color the halter is near.
These glitzy disco halter tops don't cover the entire stomach area. They are more like crop tops. I'll try to rephotograph if I can remember.
The underlying layer is a slinky rayon that feels like a thin knit satin.
The overlay is a rayon knit with the tiny square sequins sewn evenly over it. The halter is very smooth when on.
It would work for a 1970s theme party or for dressing or glitzing up a modern outfit; it is definitely classy enough to work for elegant evening attire.
It would be very smart paired with a pair of full cut crepe evening pants.
These should be dry cleaned after wearing. One can hand wash them, but they shrink a bit.
There is a tie at the neck and there are two lower ties, one near the the waist area and the other further up towards the bottom of the rib cage, allowing for a custom fit.
Size: S (2-4 Petite) $27.00 USA S&H $4.85 (3-5 Days Usually)
Item: Lavender with Small Reflective Square Sequins 70s Style Halter Top


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Nastaravičius Mindaugas
Mindaugas Nastaravičius – poet, playwright, journalist.
He was born 17 April, 1984 in Marijampolis village, Vilnius district.
In 2006 he finished his studies of journalism at Vilnius University and from 2008 till 2010 he was a free student in philosophy course. In 2011-2013 he studied literature science at Lithuanian University of Educational Sciences. He worked at various editorial offices: "Atgimimas", "Veidas", "15min", etc. He has a broadcast at Lithuanian Radio and Television since 2005.
A member of Lithuanian Writers' Union since 2014.
B i b l i o g r a p h y :
Dėmėtų akių: poems. – Vilnius: Lietuvos rašytojų sąjungos leidykla, 2010. – PK.
Mo: poems. – Vilnius: Tyto alba, 2014.
P l a y s :
Paukštyno bendrabutis, 2012 (director: Valentinas Masalskis, staged at Klaipėda Youth Theater).
Kita mokykla, 2013 (director: Valentinas Masalskis, staged at Klaipėda Youth Theater).
Demokratija, 2014 (director: Paulius Ignatavičius, staged at National Drama Theater).
Man netinka tavo kostiumas, 2014 (director: Valentinas Masalskis, staged at Klaipėda Youth Theater)
A w a r d s :
2011 Zigmas Gėlė-Gaidamavičius award for the best poetry debut of the year.
2012 Award of Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Lithuania for journalism.
2014 Julijonas Lindė-Dobilas award for poetry book "Mo".
2015 Golden Cross of the Stage for the plays "Demokratija" and "Man netinka tavo kostiumas".


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Adobe on Tuesday delivered an update to its Creative Cloud, but the biggest switch may be that it renamed its Flash Professional CC to Adobe Animate CC in a move that highlights the pivot from Flash to HTML5.
Officially, the renaming of Flash Professional CC is "to more accurately reflect the content-formats produced by this tool." Meanwhile, Adobe said that it is working on a new HTML5 video player for the desktop.
In a blog post, Adobe outlined its reason for the name change to Animate CC:
Why the change? The use of open web standards and HTML5 has become the dominant standard on the web. Over the past few years, the Flash Professional CC product team has embraced this movement by rewriting the tool from the ground up, adding native support for HTML5 Canvas and WebGL as well as output to any format (such as SVG) with an extensible architecture. This flexibility has been a huge hit with Adobe customers. Today, over a third of all content produced in Flash Professional CC is HTML5-based, reaching over 1 billion devices worldwide. In order to more clearly reflect its role as the premier animation tool for the open web and beyond, we updated the name.
The move may be long overdue. Flash has been under attack from many quarters over security as well as slowing down Web pages. Adobe wants to remain a leader in interactive tools and the pivot to HTML5 requires new messaging.
More: Adobe releases emergency patch for Flash zero-day flaw | How to disable Adobe Flash on Windows, Mac | Google to hit pause on Flash ads in Chrome on September 1 | Amazon kills off Flash ads amid industry push towards HTML5 | It's time to kill Flash, says Facebook's new security chief
IDC analyst Al Hilwa noted:
This has to do with Adobe's successful pivot in the capability of its tools to support HTML5. The renaming of Adobe's animation tools reflect that it now emits HTML5 and is widely used for this purpose and so the new name reflects this important change in the capability and usage patterns seen by its users.
Adobe also added that Animate CC will "continue supporting Flash (SWF) and AIR formats as first-class citizens."
Bottom line: With Animate CC, Adobe is trying to drive home the point that its tools are used to deliver animations using any Web standard. Animate CC will be available in early 2016.
As for the other updates to the Creative Cloud:


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I'll be writing about the north side of Glasgow Road along with many great photos in due course. For now though, here's great photo taken in July 1981.
Pictured from Glasgow Road, this must have been a strange sight at the time, following the demolition of the tenements on Glasgow Road. The photo is taken from the former position of the Livingstonia Public House. With the tenements gone, people could see easily through to Forrest Street to the Telephone Exchange and the Salvation Army Citadel. To the left, out the picture, Devlin Grove was being built.
Whats your memories of this area?
Featuring Blantyre Project Social Media with permission. Strictly not for use by others on or offline, our visitors said:
Betty Armstrong Many great memories.. Went to Vics games every Saturday with my dad then back to Salvation Army on Sunday with my pals Anne Grogan.. Sally Mckean.
Sally Mckean Betty Armstrong we sure did. We're all still pals these days as well xx
Anne Grogan Betty Armstrong they were fun days, football and church.
Gerry Browne worked in castrol oils on right futher down
Thomas Barrett My playground when we lived in Clark Street
Anne Irvine Wee bit wasteground there before devlin grove was where the market was also. Either before the time at hasties or after
Jim Selfridge I lived in one of the cottages across from Castle Park until 1957
Alex Orr I lived there till I was four. There was a building near the bottom of the street across from Blantyre Engineering. We called it ' the ile work' ( the oil work) as castrol had a works there. I have vague memories of it. Happy days.
Margaret Duncan There was a garage at the top of Forest Street – I think it was owned by the Italians who had the ice cream shop – my dad used to spray cars there
Margaret Macneil Our family lived at the top of the street in the flats, where the car wash is now.
John Dunsmore Same here fits Saturday x. Salvation on Sunday my cup full and running over.good times
Matthew Neil The Sallie Ann pulled down run on to parks garage mow
Matthew Neil The garawas John o neills


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"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you was?" – Satchel Paige
About Satchel Paige
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by being known as perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history, by his longevity in the game, and by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.
Paige was a right-handed pitcher, and at age 42 in 1948, he was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the Cleveland Indians. He played with the St. Louis Browns until age 47, and represented them in the All-Star Game in 1952 and 1953. He was the first player who had played in the Negro leagues to pitch in the World Series, in 1948, and was the first elected of the Committee on Negro Baseball Leagues to be inducted in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, in 1971.
Paige first played for the semi-professional Mobile Tigers from 1924 to 1926. He began his professional baseball career in 1926 with the Chattanooga Black Lookouts of the Negro Southern League and became one of the most famous and successful players from the Negro leagues. While his outstanding control as a pitcher first got him noticed, it was his infectious, cocky, enthusiastic personality and his love for the game that made him a star. On town tours across the United States, Paige would sometimes have his infielders sit down behind him and then routinely strike out the side. He played his last professional game on June 21, 1966, for the Peninsula Grays of the Carolina League.
While Satchel Paige was playing baseball, many ages and birthdates were reported, ranging from 1900 to 1908. Paige himself was the source of many of these dates. His actual birthdate, July 7, 1906, was determined in 1948 when Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck traveled to Mobile, Alabama and accompanied Paige's family to the County Health Department to obtain his birth certificate. Paige's birth certificate is displayed in his autobiography.
Paige died of a heart attack during a power failure at his home in Kansas City on June 8, 1982, a month before his 76th birthday.
(Source – Wikipedia)


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This week, a ragtag group of recruiters, sourcers, hiring managers, pundits, consultants, HR services salespeople and an artist painting cocktail napkins converged in the SOMA part of San Francisco. They were gathered under the auspices of #GlobalTRU – a series of "unconferences" to discuss the state of contemporary recruiting.
An unconference means that there's only a loose agenda, almost no PowerPoint, and participants are encouraged to share the stage. Everything was informal, and mingling was encouraged.
Stalking, flirting and rejecting
For a new recruiter #truSanFran was a fabulous chance to bathe in the wisdom of veterans and the support of community. I heard two revelatory encapsulations of the recruiting trade:
During his presentation on Cool Tools for Recruiting and Networking, Craig Fisher explained to his recruiter audience "we are stalkers and professional flirts." Seen this way, my past exploration of online dating meshed marvellously with my new recruiting career.
With his long hair shoved under a broad brimmed hat, recruiting raconteur Bill Boorman later observed that recruiters are primarily rejection managers: rejecting candidate after candidate until one is left standing. Endless rejection was a suitably sober follow up to professional flirting.
Employer Branding? Culture Branding.
Boorman hosted a session about Employer Branding – sharing the virtues of the workplace to attract candidates. Except Boorman suggested there was something better than employer branding: culture branding. If employer branding is "tell me" about the workplace, culture branding is "show me" the workplace.
Many people at #truSanFran HR & Recruiting actively discussed the role of social media in recruiting. How can we unleash our employees to tell the mostly good stories of their work to help with aid online public culture branding? One poor guy from a large utility company bemoaned the many regulations and bureaucracy that prevent any of his people from touching Facebook, Twitter or Google+ in a work setting. Most everyone else at #truSanFran had social media kool-aid grins stained on their faces.
The #1 thing candidates want to know about a job, Boorman recounted in his British lilt, is a picture of the office where they'll be working. Think "where's my desk" – Boorman encouraged recruiters to encourage their employees to talk about their work in an authentic way – unvarnished. Shoot short videos on an iPhone and post them the same day.
If all this social media is effective, I learned, we might successfully lower the number of resumes we receive. Wait – reducing the number of resumes? That's crazy! Don't I want more candidates?
It turns out social media and effective culture branding can provide "talent de-selection" – encouraging people not to apply. Boorman put it this way: if it takes 75 applicants to hire someone, and the average recruiter is handling 30 open positions, and 70% of applicants are unsuitable and unqualified, that's 1,500+ resumes to read that aren't applicable. Holy smokes!
Culture branding can help create content that might dissuade casual resume spammers, while attracting people who might actually enjoy your tradition of singing when you release software, or building elaborate paperclip architecture during Thursday lunches.
Lenny's Dice Tech Trek Bus
Rocker Lenny Kravitz had a pretty gourmet tour bus. All leather seats, a twinkling light ceiling with TVs and sound wired throughout. Near the front, a large guitar-shaped table. I learned about Mister Kravitz's bus since it now serves as a rolling promotion for Dice's Open Web. During #truSanFran, Dice's bus served as another conference room.
I took this panorama photo in the back, as recruiting futurist Kevin Wheeler declared that all recruiting for all companies was headed towards RPOs – Recruitment Process Outsourcing:
Fortunately, Craig Fisher and Bill Boorman both violently disagree with Kevin's provocative recruiter outsourcing prognosis: I may still have an in-office job. Maybe in a few months corporate recruiting work will be primarily encouraging engineers to post videos of themselves asking other engineers to help them with hard problems.
Later in the day, I co-hosted a session on Gamification for Recruiting in Lenny Kravitz's Dice tour bus. How can game design help find and filter candidates? How can game design drive employee referral programs inside companies? I look forward to sharing my findings here on Dice in the near future.
Meanwhile, if you were going to attend an un-conference like #GlobalTRU, what session would you want to see or host?


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A Floral Agnes Dress
Oh, hello there!
Oh, hello there!
Ohhh, how I can't wait for spring to come! We took these pictures just before Christmas, actually. It did look a bit like spring was coming early this year, but now we've had some really long weeks of heavy snow, ice and super low temperatures. Today is the first sunny day in a long time and this reminded me to finally blog this little project.
pattern: self-drafted variation of Coco/Agnes (Tilly & The Buttons)
fabric:jersey with flower print by Königreich der Stoffe
amount: ~ 1m
cost: 10,99€ (+ zip from my stash, ~4€)
duration: ~2 hr
Oh, I love this sweater! It's one of my favourite makes this winter and – hooray – it's actually mine to wear and not a gift I made for someone else. I got to keep this baby!
pattern: self-drafted variation of Coco (Tilly & The Buttons)
fabric: fleece-backed sweatshirt by Königreich der Stoffe
amount: ~ 1m
cost: 14,99€
duration: ~1 hr
Hello sewcialists! I hope you had a wonderful Christmas! Having some time between the holidays I could finally get around to take pictures of quite a few of my recent projects.
This cosy jumper is one of them. I made it as a Christmas gift for my best friend who designed it and picked the fabric herself this year.
The fabric ('Anemone' by Albstoffe) is from a German fabric online shop Königreich der Stoffe (Kingdom of Fabrics). I only recently discovered this shop and really love it. They have the most amazing prints and a gorgeous selection of knit fabrics. They ship internationally, so do check them out on you're next shopping spree!
Hey guys, hope you're all having a fantastic Sunday!
After spending the last couple of weeks mostly sewing for friends and family, I finally could squeeze in a sewing project for myself. I really have to be more selfish with my sewing if I want to keep wearing handmade clothes! I find it really hard to say no to requests and then also I often find myself offering my help. Sounds familiar, anyone? For some reason I can find little joy in sewing for others, especially if there's no opportunity for a fitting. Putting a lot of work into something not knowing whether it will fit is just not enjoyable to me. (The exception is my nieces, really. Sewing for babies is always fun as fitting is easy and you can just go wild with your fabric choices and use up all your fabric scraps.)


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I'm a very picky eater. I know what I like and what I don't like. Even if I've never tasted it before.
I'm almost as picky about books. But at least I will–on very rare occasions–take a chance.
Most of the books I read come from from CBA publishers. If you're not familiar with CBA, that stands for Christian Booksellers Association. It's the opposite of the ABA, the American Booksellers Association. Whereas the CBA typically represents only "clean" books that have a Christian worldview, ABA books are everything else. Including a lot of trash.
Many ABA books are good, though. Or at least acceptable. I thoroughly enjoyed the Hunger Games series. The movies, too. Nothing objectionable that I can recall.
When we recently joined Amazon Prime, we discovered that it entitled us to download a free book each month from a small list of books that are pending release the next month. A list of books Amazon highly recommends. Sounded like a great way to do some free reading.
I didn't really expect to find anything from CBA publishers on the list, but I spotted a Young Adult (YA) novel that sounded pretty good. And surely a novel for teens would be a safe read.
Okay, call me thoroughly naive. I hadn't gotten more than a page or two into Rebekah Crane's The Odds of Loving Grover Cleveland when the undesirable language made itself all too obvious. A few hells or damns would be one thing, although they're words I'd prefer to do without, but this book is running over with vulgarities galore–and no small number F-words.
I know. I should've quit reading at that point, but–frankly–the concept of the story had hooked me, and I was curious about how it would be handled. So I kept reading and gritted my teeth at the things I objected to. The story really was great, and the characters were some of the most interesting I've run into in a long time.
I dare say that if I asked Ms. Crane why she wrote what many Christians would label as trash, she would probably say that she just writes using the language many teens would use. Especially in the situation those kids were in.
And I would shake my head and ask whether she didn't think her book might have a negative influence on teens who don't think and talk that way. I know I wouldn't be able to convince her of that, though. She wrote what she knew would sell, and that's all that counts.
I'd love to see one of the many fine CBA authors write a similar book, adhering to CBA standards. A good author can make the raw aspects of life seem real without having to offend their readers by doing it Ms. Crane's way. Maybe that's because they see their writing as a ministry.
Have you ever started reading something you ultimately found offensive? Did you finish reading it or not, and why? How about leaving a comment?
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Sarah Patterson, Head Therapist at jane iredale stockist The Ocean Club, was keen to boost sales and so she gladly took up the offer of help from iiaa account management specialist Stacey Havenhand.
With Stacey's helpful support, training and knowledge, The Ocean Club went from retailing £200 in a typical month, to achieving £1,200 in retail sales in one month!
Stacey's approach epitomises the bespoke support service offered by iiaa, working with salons to grow sales. She said:"I sit down with salon owners to discuss what the business is currently achieving and where they would like to grow with the brand. Then I put together a business plan, with ideas of how to cross promote the brands. We do mini training sessions with the team and discuss new launches and promotions."
Sarah said:"The advice and tips Stacey gave us proved most helpful and the clients loved the little add-ons. Stacey set up retail targets for our therapists, which made them work that little bit harder to confirm a sale. We now have two future meetings with Stacey to go over some product knowledge and current trends."