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Sannion has a post up on the importance and various uses of prayer. It's a good piece, and important to Starry Bull practice.
He talks about why and when it's important to pray, how to choose whom to pray to, and a bit about how prayer works. He lists off the following as times it's important to pray:
- When we are in a crisis state or require something
- On behalf of someone else
- At the beginning or conclusion of an endeavor
- When something extraordinary has happened
- Out of simple gratitude or appreciation
- To get the attention of the gods
- Upon waking up or going to sleep
- When we come into contact with something that falls under the area of concern of a particular god
- As part of a regular devotional routine
It's that last one that's most important to me, personally. Prayer is, as Granny Weatherwax might say, the soul and center of my practice. (Not that Granny has any truck with worshiping gods.) My daily prayers are the most consistent thing I do, and the most important. I often miss my moon-quarter God Nights, and miss nearly all of the festivals on the Starry Bull calendar. They simply aren't as important to me as prayer.
I pray morning and night. In the morning, I pray to members of Dionysos' retinue, including gods and heroes, and then to my household gods. I say a brief prayer to each of them, and then I make offering. In the evening, I pray to the heroines of the Purple Thread, to the Hyades, to a monster, to Agathosdaimon and his wife Agatha, and to the Dead: the spirits of my household. Then I make offering to them. Incense and clean water, both morning and night.
Whenever someone asks me for advice on starting a personal practice, I always advise starting with daily prayers and/or offerings. It isn't right for everyone, of course, but a simple prayer that one can recite daily, whether at meals, at waking, at sleeping, or when you do something specific, is a traditional foundation for a practice, stretching back millenia and across religious traditions. How many Christian children pray "Now I lay me down to sleep..." every night? How many ancient Greeks and Romans said prayers and poured out wine or water for the gods every morning?
Prayer is simple, and it is an effective method of building relationships with gods (for most people). So I advise people: pray. Pray daily, pray when you need something, pray when you are afraid or upset, pray when you are joyful to give thanks, pray when you begin something new. Pray.
You can, if you're interested, find my current set of prayers here. I try to keep it current.


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Junior League of Syracuse presents 22nd Annual Holiday Shoppes:
The Little Tea Cart
The Little Tea Cart is proud to announce that they will be attending this years Annual Holiday Shoppes event. Starting on November 10, 2017, The Little Tea Cart will be featured at the 22nd Annual Holiday Shoppes as the only organic tea vendor! This event will be held over a span of 3 days: Friday, November 10: 10am-7pm; Saturday, November 11: 10am-6pm; and Sunday, November 12: 12pm-5pm. This event will take place at the NYS Fairgrounds Horticulture Building in Syracuse, NY.
For 22 years, the Junior League of Syracuse has hosted this spectacular event featuring over 100 local artisans and boutiques. Over 5,000 Holiday Shoppers attend the event every year. This will be the first time The Little Tea Cart will be featured at this event. The Little Tea Cart will be showcasing new and vintage tea ware, artisan gifts: including the popular mug buddy cookies, a sample collection of the new organic Autumn and Winter teas, as well as their other popular organic teas, and exclusive giveaways. Subscribe to The Little Tea Carts newsletter to receive special offers exclusively for this event!
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Will Celtic midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu get more minutes?
Celtic manager Brendan Rodgers hailed "excellent" midfielder Youssouf Mulumbu after his performance in the defeat to Red Bull Salzburg on Thursday in the Europa League group stages.
The 31-year-old made just his second appearance for the Bhoys, as he was drafted in for injured captain Scott Brown.
Mulumbu was on the wrong end of a 3-1 scoreline away to the Austrian side, but the combative enforcer turned in a battling display in the centre of the park that showed he could be an important player for the club this season.
Rodgers praised his central midfielder for his efforts and feels he stepped in well for mainstay Brown.
"When Scott doesn't play then of course it always takes away from the team," Rodgers said, as quoted by the Scottish Sun.
"But give credit to Mulumbu, I thought he did very well. He came in and worked hard. I thought he was excellent."
Rodgers credited Mulumbu despite the European loss, but does that indicate that he is now set for a more prominent role in the first team?
He has had to be patient since moving to Parkhead this season, but there is no doubting his quality and he was one of Celtic's best players against tough opponents Salzburg.
The midfielder does have some task to break into the side on a regular basis, as captain Brown and Olivier Ntcham are the usual pairing in the starting XI.
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An opening Event unveiling a plaque thanking sponsors at Copley's
Sticky Fingers Pre-school marked the culmination of a building project to provide
extra play, meeting and storage space. OFSTED 2009 'Outstanding' Sticky Fingers
will now be able to offer more services to more children in the community – as well as extending uses connected with the neighbouring school and potentially offering other local community uses as well.
Sponsors have included the Halifax Courier through their Fund set up with the Community Foundation, Lloyds TSB, the Foyle Foundation, Calderdale Council grants and others, as well as parents sponsoring bricks.
A new single storey extension gives 26 metres' extra classroompace, a staff and meeting space and 2 new internal store rooms, as well as 2 new outdoor storage spaces – meaning scope for increased number and quality of activities to promote childrens' development, as well as catering for more children in future. This will help keep waiting lists down, plus provide more future job opportunities and student placements .
It will also allow Sticky Fingers to meet new government
recommendations to offer 3 hour sessions for all 3-4 year olds as opposed to the current two and a half hours, as they can now run sessions at the same time as the Out of School Club who share the building. So pre-school children can remain locally to take advantage of this.
Increased indoor storage will save time and resources in
carrying equipment in and out in all weathers, whilst new outdoor storage represents a great improvement on the previous damp facility, allowing greater variety to be stored, and keeping it in better condition longer.
Sticky Fingers embraces inclusivity, having a dedicated Special Educational Needs Coordinator plus strong links with local Ravenscliffe School. The increased floor space will improve accessibility by allowing children in wheelchairs to move around and join in activities more easily, and improved storage means more equipment appropriate to children with physical disabilities.
Having a private space for meetings and completing documentation meets Early Years Foundation Stage 'good practice' guidance in having a confidential space.
The new facilities are available for use by the Out of School and Holiday Clubs as well. The new extension already contains a large screen, projector, surround sound, Wii, DVD and computer facilities and much more, and fund raising continues to provide new furniture.


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Bickler, Graham, Health Protection Agency, 151 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SZ, United Kingdom
Vol 2, No 1 (2013) - Original Article
Overheating and Hospitals - What do we know?
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Journal of Hospital Administration
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In recent years, with the advancement of science and technology, there are a lot of initiatives being taken to discover and create new ways to advance the existing treatment and prevention options. Numerous innovations and solutions ranging from nanotech medication to organ transplantation have improved health care drastically, now saving more lives than ever. This development continues to grow.
Table of Contents
Medical Breakthroughs 2019
Below is a list of some interesting recent advances in medical science, which will change the medical industry drastically.
Functional Hair Follicles from Stem Cells
About 50% of men and 25% of women experience partial to full baldness by the age of 50 due to age, medical treatments, or genetic makeup. Until now, reversing the loss of hair was limited to a healthy diet, hair treatments, medications, and transplants from other parts of the body. None of those above methods restore the desire for luscious hair.
A cure for this is now on the horizon after scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys have created natural-looking hair that grows through the skin using stem cells. Before this, scientists from Japan had tried culturing hair follicles using a 3D oxygen chip (a polymer structure to grow follicles). Although this increased hair follicle's yield, the tests for this was done on immunodeficient mice, which means that every individual would need his/her own set of follicles being designed.
The scientists from Sanford Burnham Prebys coaxed pluripotent cells into dermal papilla (cells that control hair growth, including hair thickness, length, and growth cycle.). The dermal papilla is not easily available, but the use of stem cells has created an unlimited source for these follicles to be transplanted. Taking cells directly from the transplant patient reduces the risk of rejection by a significant amount. Scientists are hopeful that in the future, they will be able to take a blood sample from a patient, isolate their stem cells and coax them to become huge amounts of dermal papilla cells before injecting them directly into the head, where they will embed and grow.
Source: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute | NCBI | medicalxpress.com | sbpdiscovery.org
Improving Memory With Surgically Installed Chip
A new microchip is now helping to boost memory of about a handful of patients by about 37 %. Funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania (U Penn) and the Mayo Clinic have been testing this technology to stimulate brain areas and improve a person's cognitive skills and memory.
For the first time, researchers have shown that it is not only possible to suppress electrical misfires in the brain but also enhance the brain's ability to encode and retrieve new information. This is done by understanding how the brain stores information. To form memories, neurons fire in a specific way, which is different for different information. The chip uses this principle, recognizes and boosts signals which improve memory and cognitive skills.
The chip has not been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and is limited to clinical trials only, but Nia Therapeutics Inc is already working to commercialize this technology, which will reduce the intensive surgery and might help to treat diseases like epilepsy, Alzheimer, and stroke.
Source: IEEE Spectrum | discovermagazine.com
Using artificial intelligence to deliver personalized radiation therapy
AI can help to personalize the dose of radiation to treat cancer patients based on their medical reports. This technology centers around an artificial neural network built with a large dataset of patients receiving lung radiotherapy. By using this technology, each clinical center can utilize CT databases to customize and tailor the radiation concentration and area.
Currently, radiation therapy is delivered throughout the body uniformly and does not vary on the diverse types of tumors or individual factors that affect the treatment. This new AI framework, which accounts for all of these variables, therefore, can reduce the radiotherapy failure probability to less than five percent.
This image-based information processing AI uses an artificial neural network that merges classical machines with the power of a modern neural network. It has the ability to individualize multiple cancer therapies, and more immediately is a leap forward in radiation precision medicine.
Source: UVISI | HealthcareITnews.com
The vaccine to eradicate HPV
Dr. Harper, a professor of family medicine, obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Michigan, is studying a therapy that she hopes will wipe out cervical cancer by eliminating the HPV virus that can cause it.HPV is a sexually transmitted infection but can also be transmitted by skin to skin contact, and some of its types are linked to cancer.
The results of an immunization program introduce 10 years ago has yielded results exceeding expectations. Researchers said the vaccine has nearly wiped out cases of cervical pre-cancer in young women. They found the vaccine had led to a 90% cut in pre-cancerous cells.
The vaccine is a protein that activated the immune system to go in and find cells that are affected by HPV or the cells that have started to change because of HPV and attach them. By clearing out the body with HPV, the risk of cervical cancer is greatly reduced. Although further clinical trials are required before bringing it out in the open, Scotland has been giving preteens and has now planned to start giving it to males too in the hope of wiping out cervical cancer.
Sources: BBC | TheGuardian
How does the immune system know when it's under attack?
The enzyme named "C-gas" has been recognized as the enzyme which alerts the immune system when it finds DNA in the cytoplasm of the cell. The CGAS can be seen as a motion sensor, but this enzyme senses the presence of any type of DNA. When this enzyme senses DNA that might have leaked out of the cell's mitochondria or nucleus, the immune system is activated, which is the cause of autoimmune diseases.
Discovery of this pathway by which cells recognize and respond will help fight various infections opens the door for new therapeutic approaches for a broad range of diseases from infectious agents like influenza to Ebola to autoimmune diseases and cancer.
In the case of autoimmune diseases, the direction for the creation of medicines based on this would be finding inhibitors to block the pathway, but for cancer, it would be finding ways to activate the pathway.
Source: UTSouthwestern Medical Center | UCLA


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Last night I attended a track meet in which two of my children were participants. Track meets can be fun to watch. If you have 5 hours to spare, I highly recommend you attend one. This particular meet was kinda rough as the skies had opened up just at the start and completely saturated the track, sand pits, runways….and bleachers. Boo.
The kids were troopers though and went to work. The majority of the runners participate in multiple events. My two are distance runners meaning their events included the 1600,800 and 4 x 400 relay. A total of 1.75 competitive miles. As you might imagine, while the night drags on…and on….and on, they get a little run down.
Exhaustion sets in and it's as if the weight of their heads is too much for their necks to hold up. They give in to the pull and let their heads drop back, mouths wide open, sucking in air.
The sound of competitors feet, hard and fast behind them, tempts them to look over their shoulders to see just how much they are closing the gap.
Event after event, their bodies start to wear down and their once perfect form starts to deteriorate. Their arms swing wildly as they approach the finish line one more time.
Myself and the fellow momma bears, (and 1 nana), scream frantically from the stands "Come on!! You can do it! One more lap!! You're almost there!!"
But one coach on the infield caught my attention. He was standing about 50 meters from the finish line and every time one of his kids would come by, this is what he would say, "Chin down, eyes forward and keep those arms moving front to back."
Words of wisdom. And I'm not talking about strictly for running.
Life gets tough and the burden of it all weighs you down. You drop your head in defeat. You start looking backwards, thinking the past was so much better than the present. You decide you just don't care anymore about doing things the "right way" and you start flailing.
Chin down, eyes forward, arms moving.
When you're tired of trying and feel like giving up, that's when you need to buckle down.
When the enemy is nipping at your heels, attacking you in every aspect of your life, keep your focus.
When it seems you've given your very best and it's all for nothing, don't lose your form. Keep doing what you know to be right and true all the way through to the finish.
Chin down, eyes forward, arms moving.
That is how we will win the most important race we'll ever run.
"Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a huge crowd of witnesses to the life of faith, let us strip off every weight that slows us down, especially the sin that so easily trips us up. And let us run with endurance the race God has set before us. We do this by keeping our eyes on Jesus, the champion who initiates and perfects our faith. Because of the joy awaiting him, he endured the cross, disregarding its shame. Now he is seated in the place of honor beside God's throne. Think of all the hostility he endured from sinful people; then you won't become weary and give up. After all, you have not yet given your lives in your struggle against sin." (Hebrews 12:1-4 NLT)
One more time: CHIN DOWN, EYES FORWARD, ARMS MOVING.


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Arts Refreshing the Soul (A.R.T.S.) promotes the well-being of at-risk women and children and facilitates their recovery from domestic abuse, poverty or homelessness through educational creative arts and music programs.
A.R.T.S. programs inspire participants to actively:
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Embedding SVG in PDF
I began looking at using the presently existing lib jsPDF along with downloadify. It operated great. Regrettably, this carries out certainly not assist SVG, merely text.
On a Macintosh, along with Trip or even Chrome, you can easily spare an HTML page along with embedded SVG to a PDF.
Considering that these web browsers utilize WKHTMLTOPDF inside, might be this will definitely benefit you as well.
I ended up making use of DocRaptor that may be actually called client-side from JavaScript. If I the solution can be actually a server-side-solution, I could possibly make use of wkhtmltopdf as suggested through Mic.
I've reviewed the PDF layout's possiblities to install SVG images, and also it seems to have been enabled because Artist Audience 5 (together with the ImageViewer plugin). It doesn't function. I have actually made an effort along with 3 various PDF readers without success.
. I wasn't prosperous along with the questionable SVG help of the jsPDF/svgToPdf combination mentioned in the various other solution, as well as the source code of these pair of failed to look complete and also quite well-crafted to me.
The beginning points: I do not possess a server that may offer everything however fixed data. And I possess an SVG element (dynamically generated) in my that I want to export to a vector layout, preferrably PDF or SVG.
I possess pair of inquiries; can this be actually dealt with? And if yes, what are actually the specs for installing SVG within a PDF? With that said info, I may construct that assistance in jsPDF myself.
For anybody searching for a JS-only remedy: PDFKit appears to be the premium option to generate PDF coming from JS in these times, as well as it assists all SVG geometry primitives (consisting of interpreting course geometry strands) out of package. All that would certainly be needed to present existing SVG web content will be actually a DOM-walker that keeps track of CSS designing as well as heirloom, if you do certainly not demand intricate stuff like symbolic representations etc
Does this mean that PDFs possesses lost SVG installing support? I haven't found just about anything on this.
The web browser assistance requirements are actually Safari, Chrome and Firefox. The variations that assists SVG.
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Hey hey everyone!
So so sorry for the delays, the past few weeks have been unbelievably mental! We're on our way now and have travelled down to KTM Basel in Switzerland in order to tweak the bikes for the rest of our trip!
All is good, we're a bit like headless chickens but we're getting there :)
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On 19 March 2014, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, delivered the Budget. The proposals regarding pensions and savings grabbed the majority of the headlines. Unlike previous years there was actually relatively few planning reforms put forward, and these include:
Interestingly only a few days after the delivery of the Budget, the Government announced a consultation on the performance of Local Planning Authorities as well as a review of affordable housing contributions within Section 106 Agreements. The consultation proposes an increase in the threshold that is used to designate an Authority as underperforming, which in turn may allow greater numbers of applicants to bypass Local Planning Authorities and apply direct to the Secretary of State. With regards to affordable housing contributions, it is proposed that such contributions would not be required for sites of 10 units or less and a combined maximum gross floor space of 1,000 square metres. This would affect a significant number of Local Authorities who have lower affordable housing thresholds and represents a further example of the Government's policy of reducing the requirement for affordable housing (despite the need for such housing) in order to stimulate development. The consultation closes on 4 May 2014.
Overall, the proposals within the Budget and the more recent consultation appear to be focussed on assisting the delivery of small scale housing sites and self-build projects, which perhaps have stalled over recent years.
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If you would like to learn more about Liquidware Labs, which has been involved in desktop transformation process, check this interview in which the president of the company Chris Akerberg talks about the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead of Liquidware in the near future. He explains the rationale behind the FlexApp success in the market and the company's migration from Windows XP to Windows 7 environment.
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Today, more than ever, lifestyle trends are driving home design and décor. No longer is a home valued merely on aesthetics and financial worth, but rather the lifestyle that it offers. Getting back to the simple pleasures in life is a trend that has been sweeping through society the world over. Today's consumer seems to be far more interested in seeking balance in life and making the quality of life a priority, so therefor homes have become a sanctuary, a retreat from the stresses and strains of the outside world, and living rooms are where the stories of our lives are lived.
All this said however, it is important to remember that trends are not cast in concrete – they are merely there to serve as a guideline and to inspire. The most important trend remains that of individualism and expression – so feel free to take only what suits you from delineated trends and amalgamate them all to create something truly unique that suits your personality and taste.


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Coach Rohana, is the Purple (or Ambi) Coach at Exillium. Rohana helped Sophie find out more about Ruy Ignis, a previous Wayward, as well as teaching her many elvin skills during her banishment.
Previously, the coaches taught in the Neutral Territories and moved campus every day; however, in Lodestar, the Coaches moved to Foxfire to educate the citizens in using their skills. It was suspected that the Council wanted the coaches to teach skills so Elves know how to fight if there was a cross-species war.
Coach Rohana is described to have creamy brown skin and straight, shiny black hair. Her eye colour is an unknown shade of blue.
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I thought I had my Toasty Toes pal all figured out. I would love not to admit that I have been doing some detective work around who my pal must be and thus, what socks I am getting. Is it uncool to be curious?
I thought it would be easy since my pal is a little delayed in her socks so I can easily discount the majority of people in the exchange who have already finished and sent off their socks. It is fun to guess from who is left based on the colors they choose and such. Because I think I am so smart, I had it all figured out.
About a week ago I was SURE I was getting these socks.
Yesterday, I changed my mind and was CONVINCED I was getting these even to writing a smug "I have you figured out" comment on Cynthia's blog.
Today…yeah, I have no idea. Amanda posted an update and I guess there are more unfinished socks out there then my poor detective skills have unearthed. Shocking I know.
Here is the deal though, I have clicked through to them all and they are all gorgeous!!! I love them all. The socks are all in colors I would like and patterns that I love. Seriously, I would be happy with any of the socks I have seen. Only thing I am not happy with are my poor deduction skills. I think I should just stop trying to figure it out. Don't I have better things to do with my time? Actually, not really. Who am I kidding? Until those socks are on my feet I will still try and figure it out. Hear that Toasty Toes pal? I am on your trail.
FYI–I am wearing Forecast as I type!!! (That means right now and in public!) It is done and I think I like it. I am going to try and take pictures today so a FO post is soon to come. Stay tuned…
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Maybe your detective skills will pay off….maybe not! LOL It's good to be curious and obviously this is a hardcore crowd of crafty secret keepers….mums the word baby!
Well, you know who it ISN'T, right? Hopefully they'll be on your doorstep soon.
I'll never tell… 😉
too funny! and if memory serves correctly those socks should be in your possession by now and your sleuth work will have been for naught!


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Chilean banks Corpbanca Itau, Bank of Nova Scotia and the public Banco del Estado de Chile without explanation, closed the account a local cryptocurrency exchanges BUDA, Orionx and CryptoMarket. The exchange appealed to the court of appeal, which agreed to hear the case.
One of the priorities for cryptocurrency exchanges is the choice of a partner Bank for transactions with Fiat currencies. However, apparently, the financial institutions of Chile are on the path of China and South Korea, where it was banned cryptocurrency trade and ICO (initial placement of tokens).
«They are killing an entire industry,» said Guillermo Torrealba (Guillermo Torrealba), co-founder and CEO of cryptocurrency exchanges BUDA. «It is impossible to buy and sell cryptocurrency in a safe business space in Chile. Such actions return us five years ago, when trade was conducted in a personal meeting, without the participation of cryptocurrency exchanges.
Cryptocurrency market is Chile, a small but fast growing. Before banks were blocked accounts of cryptocurrency exchanges BUDA, its turnover was about one million dollars a day. Exchange adhere to the same rules of Fiat money that in the financial world. Ie the rules were followed KYC (know your customer) and accepted only Bank transfer – no cash.
On March 27 the head of Itau Corpbanca Malachi Milton (Milton Maluhy) explained that the Bank has supported startups and new technologies, but the cryptocurrency industry needs to be regulated, and the Bank follows internal regulations, on the basis of which the decision was made to close accounts.
The Chilean banking Association declined to comment. Same is with Scotiabank and BancoEstado.
In the local media discussed the version that the initiative of the closure of Bank accounts belonging to cryptocurrency exchanges, came from the government.
In his statement made on 5 April, the financial stability Board Chile, which was attended by representatives of the Ministry of Finance, Central Bank and securities and representatives from private banks and pension funds, warned about the risks associated with investing in cryptocurrency.


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The video game industry is going through something of a tumultuous discovery phase at the moment. Whether it's purely down to greed or because of ever-increasing development and marketing costs, major publishers have decided that $60 per game just isn't enough anymore, and that these titles need to be monetized on an ongoing basis. Many of them have taken a page out of the mobile gaming playbook, implementing microtransactions in their games that usually take the form of loot boxes.
Unfortunately for them, gamers are all too willing to loudly voice their displeasure when they perceive that a publisher has crossed a line with these microtransactions. Most recently, gamers gave Star Wars: Battlefront II a well-deserved thrashing for locking too much of the game's progression behind loot boxes, making a heavy-handed play for absurd amounts of cash. I'm not sure if I've ever seen Electronic Arts do such an abrupt about-face on something, and it was a beautiful sight.
I'm generally not a fan of any kind of microtransaction system in a game that costs money upfront (I typically hate the systems in free-to-play games as well), but I've accepted that like online passes from the previous generation, they're at least a reality for now. With that said, loot boxes are one of the most consumer-unfriendly microtransactions around, and they have no place in a game that retails for $60. They're a lazy, manipulative way of monetizing a game post-launch, and they're an insult to consumers who just want to play and usually pay good money to do so.
Much to the chagrin of my PUBG-loving friends, I've recently started playing Fortnite in my spare time. One thing that was an immediate surprise was the way Fortnite, a free-to-play game, handles monetization. The game has a typical store where you can buy skins and other cosmetics with real-world money, but it also offers a neat little thing called a Battle Pass.
I expect that many of you already know what Fortnite's Battle Pass is, but just in case you don't, here's a quick run down of what it does: every season, players have the option of buying a Battle Pass for $10, which features 10 weeks of challenges to complete. As players complete these challenges and move through the Battle Pass tiers, they unlock new emotes, in-game currency, skins, and other cosmetics. There are 100 Battle Pass tiers in all, each with something different to earn, and it takes a decent chunk of playtime to unlock all of them.
I have to say, this is one of the best ways to monetize a game that I've ever seen. It's a lot of fun trying to complete the Battle Pass challenges, and the amount of stuff you can unlock by playing offers a lot of value for the money. Best of all, it isn't manipulative – I can see everything that's unlockable through the Battle Pass, and if I don't like what I see, I can simply choose to not buy it and continue to the play the game as I normally would.
Since the Battle Pass is offered alongside an in-game shop, Epic can still make money off the "whales" that need to have everything, while at the same time pricing the Battle Pass low enough that people who normally wouldn't buy anything can justify the purchase. After all, they have the entire season to complete the Battle Pass challenges, which equates to $10 every 10 weeks. For many players, the Battle Pass is an inexpensive way to add a lot more to the Fortnite experience.
I'm not even very good at Fortnite; in fact, if I'm being honest with myself, I'm straight up awful at the game. Purchasing the Battle Pass makes me want to keep playing, though. It makes me want to work to get better and put up with all of the frustrations that come along with not only learning a new game, but also starting from behind and going up against players who have more experience than I do. If it weren't for the Battle Pass, I'd probably play Fortnite much more casually than I have been lately.
So, to recap: the Battle Pass is something I feel compelled to purchase because it offers good value for the money, and it keeps me playing at a time when I may get otherwise get frustrated with the game and give up. Isn't that every publisher's dream? Isn't that exactly what they're trying to accomplish by attempting to get us hooked on loot boxes?
The problem, of course, is that Epic clearly puts work into creating the components of each Battle Pass, whereas loot boxes are easy and addictive. Of course Electronic Arts went hard on loot boxes in Battlefront II, because EA is like any other company – it wants to make the most money as possible while putting in as little work as it can. If that means implementing pay-to-win mechanics in retail-priced games, then it shouldn't be a surprise that EA would be all about it.
The fallout from Battlefront II shows us that this approach to post-launch monetization isn't going to work anymore, though. A compromise is clearly needed when it comes to microtransaction systems, as we need ones that don't just exist to fleece the people who want to win for as much as they can. We need microtransaction systems that actually offer something resembling value, and right now, so many of them – whether we're talking about loot boxes in Overwatch or the crate and key system in PUBG – do not.
All of the games I've talked about here are titles with massive audiences, too. I imagine that many players would be okay with spending some money on a microtransaction system they perceive to be fair and valuable. As long as publishers insist on taking the easy way with loot boxes, though, the potential to convert more players into regularly paying customers may never be realized. Now that I've seen what a good microtransaction system actually looks like, I'm okay with holding onto my cash until publishers change their priorities, and I'm sure I'm not alone there.


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Give them together with all the authority and obligation to work out a way to make it happen. As it is used here, the expression responsibility is just like the ethical expression obligation. Christian responsibility is made up of scriptural giving. It features daily Bible study. Before you are ready to meet Christian responsibility you have to become a Christian. Christian responsibility involves having the appropriate mindset.
Obtaining Enough Student responsibility is merely one of the primary desirable features. A company can not understand or test for someone's likelihood of offending. The following task from the screening procedure that many youth organizations have found helpful is an overview of social media. Most importantly, education enables individuals to share their thoughts through networking.
The college gives an exemplary instruction in an blatantly Catholic setting. Some colleges also require students to get involved in service learning for a course or level requirement. In an effort to initiate the conversation at a church context, a few Christians have discovered their personal testimony would be the very best form of evidence.
Sometimes they do really should acknowledge shortcomings and, occasionally, un-Christ-like behaviour. Thus, every Christian ought to participate in regular fellowship and worship. Often, churches are incredibly monological. Some churches are very good at that. Everybody at the church is really a believer, but such is not necessarily true with observable and neighborhood churches. The church is possessed by the Anglican Communion and the entire Otuoke Community.
For example, my church does emergency aid work and provides the construction for Volunteers to become involved with assisting distinct people. In case the American church remains habituated, to encourage nationalism and ethnic supremacy, God will find another vehicle where to perform the job. https://www.maskotbola.com/situs-judi-bola-terbesar/
Churches have used video and photo sites such as Instagram and Vine to learn what's happening within their buildings. They ought to want to practice biblical prioritization in fulfilling needs since they've limited funds.
It's common for individuals to come across hurt or offended by someone in a church and they choose to boycott the complete institution. The church can conduct part in Churches can not raise their sway towards salvation if somebody does not arrive back the following moment. In fact, some might say that the church is not a building at all, but is all about the people.
The Church includes a zero-tolerance coverage when it's to do with misuse. Among the biggest benefits of church membership is the collective source which provides opportunities to assist others and make a difference. There are tons of chances to experiment with simple, inexpensive ideas. By way of instance, there's a human desire for justice. https://www.maskotbola.com
If your church job part of a wider vision for greater community involvement, then we may have the ability to assist you. Because of this, it is possible to even test all the work you do within this Church's social responsibilty from the Wesley Quadrilateral. Social work is an intriguing career field that is highly connected to psychology. The Christian life needs to be a lifetime of normal prayer. The gendered nature of parenting and distinct social expectations connected to mothers and dads influences the ways in which issues are described in children and families social services.


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Weldon Wins Judo Medals
Incoming Juneau-Douglas High School student Cody Weldon has added another top sport to his wrestling, skiing and track resume
Weldon, 16, is a purple belt and has been a member of the Capital City Judo Club for seven years.
"I like judo because of the discipline," Weldon said.
That discipline took Weldon through a medal-winning summer.
He participated in the 2015 Summer Nationals in Indianapolis, Indiana, on July 11, winning a Silver medal in the tournament as a 90-kg Juvenile Division competitor.
Weldon then went to a camp in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, from July 14-16, taught by Cuba Olympic Judo members Israel Hernandez and Amarilis Savon.
After that camp, Weldon participated in the 2015 U.S. Junior Opens on July 18-19, also in Fort Lauderdale, taking a bronze medal in the 90 kg Juvenile Division. This was an international tournament in which 22 countries were represented.
Weldon fought against judoka from Mexico, Puerto Rico and multiple judoka from the United States.
"It was a really good experience," Weldon said. "It was interesting to see all the different styles from all the different areas that the judoka were from."
Capital City Judo Club sensei Jay Watts appreciates Weldon's work ethic.
"Over the past two years, he has become a serious student in the sport of judo," Watts said. "Not only does he practice 2-3 days per week but he does weight training, conditioning and wrestles with the JDHS team. Everyone at Capital City Judo is very proud of Cody for his recent accomplishments."


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Merry Christmas from Hermosa Beach!
I love Christmas, especially the lights. I snapped some pics of a few of the sights on my early morning run. This is the strand between the Hermosa Pier and the Manhattan Pier. Hubby and I have a date on Saturday night to walk the strand and check out even more beachy Christmas lights! Stay tuned...
|Hermosa Beach Christmas tree at dawn
|Hermosa Beach Pier Plaza at dawn
|Manhattan Beach Pier at dawn
|One example of Christmas lights on the Strand
|A beautiful, traditional display
|Cape Cod Victorian with red bows
|Icicles on the sand


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I have created countless bedrooms and playrooms for kids and the client brief is almost always a combination of the following – pretty/fun/colourful/cost-effective. So I found myself in a ridiculous state of excitement when, towards the end of last year, I came across a Wollongong-based brand called This Little House and their gorgeous 'sleeping spaces' which is basically a bed that doubles as a cubby.
The house-shaped frame itself is simple enough – but it's what you do with it that counts because the idea is to provide the perfect blank canvas for children to ignite their imaginations and express their individual style. The timber version comes flat packed and ready to paint in any colour you like while the metal option comes in staple colours and can be adjusted safely from a cot to a bed.
Add fairy lights, garlands, cushions, cool bed linen, perhaps a muslin drape plus your child's favourite teddies and toys and hey presto! You have a whimsical reading nook or a bed perfect for dreaming. And best of all, they are really well priced – the timber cubby is $199.95 and the metal cot/bed is $499.95 (+ delivery).
The initial collection sold out super fast so This Little House is now taking orders for March. Get in quick to secure yours at www.thislittlelove.com.au/this-little-house.
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Hi to all,
I'm back talking about spirit guides today. I have said before that I think that spirit guides are our best source of guidance in spiritual matters concerning our spiritual journey. My spirit guide Gemini has assured me that we all have a spirit guide and that in fact some of us have many. One however one will be your main guide.
Looking Down on you from Heaven
A lot of the time we can be guided by loved ones after they have passed on. They remain around us after they pass on to watch over us. They are not special they just love you. We all get the gift of free will and if you choose to help someone you love through their life from the spirit world you always have that option. If you consciously contact these guides and wish to check their authenticity then it is as easy as asking them things that only they would know. They will remember their past life, in fact they may remember all of them.
If you feel that a loved one is around you, speak out loud to them ask them to give you a sign. Don't ask for silly things like the lights to flicker etc. Just ask for a sign or if you are not sure who it is ask for a sign as to who it is. With in a couple of days something will remind you of that person and you will know. You may even get several little signs depending on how keen they are for you to know they are there.
The White Rose
When I had my engagement party, I believe that my grandmother who had passed on, attended and gave her blessing due to a pretty obvious sign. When my 'Nana' as we called her, was alive she always told my mother that if there was an after life she would find a way to come back and let her know. After she died my mother claimed that she got no confirmation from my Nana, of the promise she had made whilst living.
Seventeen years after she passed on I got engaged to my husband and as most couples do we had an engagement party. A couple of days before the party a white rose grew in my back yard garden. My Nana loved white roses, They were one of her favorites. There was only one problem, I didn't grow any.
I didn't have a bush, just a small bare stem with a few branches that I was previously unaware of, grew from the ground. The white rose was in full bloom for my party and my mother commented several times that it was my Nana giving her blessing. That was the only Rose that ever grew in my garden and that was three years ago. Gemini says that Nana is still with my mother to this day.
Main Guide
Your main guide has been there since your birth and will be there until your death. Other guides may come and go , dependent on your needs. If they feel you no longer need them they will move on. Your main guide is an entity that you appointed before your incarnation. Their purpose is solely to look over you and help you with your spiritual life. From steering you away from danger to steering you towards joy and love.
Entity not Spirit
Although they are called spirit guides, your main guide will most likely not be what we define as a 'spirit'. They are not human and they are not dead. I will get into how that can be in another post but for now just understand that although the human souls pass through these planes of existence, this is not where they belong. There are however beings that do belong there. These beings of light that we call spirit guides are not Angels but you probably have a few of them too, but that is also for another post.
Guide Love
Your Spirit guides will always love you. They will always take care of you and they will never ask you to do anything that is not consistent with your well being. Your guides will always respect your right to free will. When you feel their presence, you will feel their love for you. The love you feel from them is very pure, you will know it easily. If your 'Guide' makes you feel bad in any way, scares you or demands anything from you, then they are not your guide. Some spirits and entities will pose as your guide with ill intentions.
Your guide will always teach love no matter what lessons you are here to learn. We all have very different paths ahead from one another. Each guide will be looking to deal with your specific path in their specific way. Each guide has their own personality and a distinctive energy you can learn to recognize. Whilst they are always there, they will be easier to feel when they have something to say.
Click the Facebook book to see what's going on over at the Facebook page. Share your experiences, memes, photos, pictures and artwork. You are always welcome to share your spiritual journey in the lovelightlearn community. I hope to see you over there. Thank you all for your support it has been wonderful. Don't forget to like the page before you leave.
Lots of love,
Related articles
- Spirit Guide 01: Meeting Gemini (lovelightlearn.wordpress.com)
- Spirit Guide 02 – DIY (lovelightlearn.wordpress.com)
- Spirit Guide 04: Learning Curve (lovelightlearn.wordpress.com)
- Spirit Guides – Are They Real? (joseasanoj.wordpress.com)
- How to contact, connect and communicate with your spirit guides (afterlifedreams.wordpress.com)


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Grimsby Town Sports and Education Trust will be holding a trial for Y10 and Y11 students who may want to represent Grimsby Town's U19 Futsal side when they leave school. The trial will take place on Thursday 11th April 2019 in Franklin College Sports Hall from 4.30-6.00pm. It will be a practical training session so participants should wear appropriate indoor futsal/football training kit.
The trial allows applicants to get a taste of the daily life of U19 Futsal Scholar at Grimsby Town Futsal. Anyone is welcome to attend as long as they are male and in Year 10 or Year 11 at school (or a first year college/6th form student that may want to transfer course). We would ask you to fill in some details on the contact us form if we don't already have your information.
If you would like more information on the Grimsby Town Futsal Scholarship please select the link. Or watch the video at the bottom of the page.
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Posted: Thursday July 25, 2013 12:01 a.m PST
AOA's sub-unit, AOA Black, has finally unveiled the music video teaser for their new track "MOYA".
The music video teaser, which features Kim Minkyo, shows the girls of AOA Black seemingly frustrated over a boy. The teaser also shows the diverse musical talents of the members, as each member can be singing and playing different instruments such as the guitar, drums, and keyboard.
The full music video for "MOYA" will be released on July 26, the same day as the release of AOA Black's third single album.


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If you are tired of your old and slightly outdated chandelier, and you want to make something that presents your romantic and creative individuality, we have a perfect DIY project for you.
- Parchment paper
- Wax paper
- Old lampshade frame
- Circle punch
- Paint spray (optionally)
- Needles
- Thread
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Start the project by removing all the eventual glue or fabric leftovers from the lampshade and spray the lampshade with a spray paint. Allow it to dry.
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Take the parchment and the wax paper and fold them so that you place 2 layers of wax paper between the 2 layers of parchment paper and simply ironing them.
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Use the circle punch to cut the papers in the circles.
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Stitch the circle paper with a needle and a thread so that you punch a hole on the bottom and upper part of the circle and continue doing this on the same thread in order to make circler line that would be hanging from the chandelier.
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Sip your favorite hot drinks in style with this classy mug-- now personalized for Mom! This Cougars mug is the perfect gift for Mother's Day, her birthday, or any time you want to show your love and appreciation!
This stylish ceramic mug is ergonomically shaped and holds a generous amount of liquid. It's sure to become her go-to coffee mug in the morning!


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Black matte nails with gloss polka dots would be the ultimate glam for a night out, especially if you're wearing a little black dress and want a statement without being too obvious with red or blue. I think the best way to create a matte finish on any nail polish, would be by using the Westminster Bridge Matte Top Coat, £12 from nails inc. By just applying one coat over your usual varnish, your nails will be transformed! You could then easily add polka dots using any clear top coat, preferably a quickly drying one, as you've already spent valuable 'getting ready' time with your black and matte coats! Alternatively, you could ask if a nail technician could create a similar look for you.
Being a lover of large, oversized jewellery, I really love this image. If you're not able to fork out on a collection of bracelets from Tiffany's (lets face it, who has), there are so many on the high street that could replicate this image perfectly. For just £40, the Premium Thread Wrapped Bracelet from Topshop would look gorgeous on its own, with the white and sparkling stones setting off any spring/summer ensemble. Or the Mega Sparkle Lattice Bracelet from Accessorize is equally as gorgeous, truly a statement piece and at £15 is a wardrobe must have.
Glittery lipstick or lipgloss is not something I've ever tried before. The concept of too much glitter has always filled me with dread and brings flash backs of wearing pink and blue glitter eye-shadows in the 80's! However, this image might just change my mind and make me look at glitter in a new light. The soft rose gloss with its gentle sparkle, for the right occasion (possibly not work), could actually look really lovely. The NARS Greek Holiday Lip Gloss at £17.50, is something I would definitely try. The glitter is subtle and not too over powering. I've read on various sites about how you can make your own glitter lipgloss, using petroleum jelly, sweetened drink mix glitter, beeswax, Shea butter etc, but I'm not sure I like the idea of chunks of glitter stuck to my lips all evening. So a subtle shimmer gloss like NARS seems a more realistic, everyday option.
Amber and purple haze blended shadow, like this photo, would look absolutely gorgeous for a special occasion or night out. I love blending 3/4 colours together to create a beautiful layered look and this one is something I will certainly be trying. I should imagine it would be tricky to find a shadow/cream collection that includes both amber/gold shades with purples, so together with a good black liner and black lash enhancing mascara or falsies, I would try the Colour Tattoo 24hr Cream Gel Shadow collection in Eternal Gold and Endless Purple, together with some darker bronzes to blend into the eye crease and corners. With a little practice, I think this combination would look truly beautiful.


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Surprise surprise everyone!
Enhance Games has released Rez Infinite for PC, via Steam, and Oculus Home. Formerly a PS4 exclusive, Rez Infinite can now be enjoyed by a handful of new players worldwide. The game earned praises as one of the must play VR experience. For the first 2 weeks, the game will be 20% off. As someone who loved the original on Dreamcast, this game is something that needs to be experienced.
Additionally, Rez Infinite has racked up over 40 awards and nominations including Best VR Game Winner at The Game Awards 2016 and a nomination for the Audio Achievement category at BAFTA 2017 among others.
Along with the 20% launch discount, there's also a special Rez Infinite Digital Deluxe edition up for grabs. Grabbing the Deluxe Edition will give players free additional content which includes:
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"We are extremely excited to finally bring Rez/Rez Infinite to PC. It was a long time coming but now we have the best version yet," says Enhance Games founder and Rez creator Tetsuya Mizuguchi. "With 4K support, up to double the texture quality, advanced graphic options as well as multiple controller options, we hope to introduce our game to a new audience who've never played Rez before and those who haven't picked it up in a while. It can also finally be experienced in VR with Oculus Rift and HTC VIVE."


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Two goals in each half saw Godalming comfortably overcome Chalfont St Peter. A bright start in the first half from Godalming saw Dan Read turn home from 6 yards out in the 4th minute, after a flick on from Johnnie Dyer. The Gs continued to attack and a thunderous volley from Warren Harris in the 10th minute flew past keeper Michael Power-Simpson from 20 yards leaving him no chance. Jake Somerville then made two important saves for Godalming, before Johnnie Dyer nearly added a third as his effort from a corner flew just past the post.
The second half was a quiet affair, until the 67th minute when Chalfont keeper Power-Simpson gifted Godalming a third when he threw the ball into the ground and straight to substitute Scott Harris who made no mistake with the lobbed finish. Harris got his second of the game and Godalming's fourth in the 87th minute when Dan Read raced through, and unselfishly squared the ball for Harris for a simple finish.
Godalming host Blue Square Conference side Woking on Monday night (7.45pm), in the Quarter Final of the Surrey Senior Cup, before travelling to Daventry on Friday for an 8pm kick off.
Godalming XI: Somerville, Broome, Hollis (Blount), Foulser, Lake, McClurg, Short, W.Harris, Wheeler, Read, Dyer (S.Harris).
Subs not used: Harrison, Cotugno.


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The US Electoral College meets to certify George W. Bush as the president of the United States. Bush receives 271 votes and Vice President Al Gore receives 266 votes. One Gore elector from the District of Columbia abstains. [Leip, 2008]
Entity Tags: Albert Arnold ("Al") Gore, Jr., US Electoral College, George W. Bush
Timeline Tags: 2000 Elections
George W. Bush taking the oath of office. [Source: White House/ Wally McNamara]George W. Bush is inaugurated as president, replacing President Bill Clinton. Bush is sworn in after a tumultuous, sharply disputed election that ended with a US Supreme Court decision in his favor (see 9:54 p.m. December 12, 2000). He takes the oath of office on the same Bible his father, George H.W. Bush, used in his own 1989 inauguration; the oath is administered by Chief Justice William Rehnquist. In his brief inaugural address, delivered outside the US Capitol, Bush asks Americans to "a commitment to principle with a concern for civility.… Civility is not a tactic or a sentiment. It is the determined choice of trust over cynicism, of community over chaos." In words apparently chosen to reflect on the criticisms surrounding former President Clinton and his notorious affair with White House intern Monica Lewinsky, Bush says, "I will live and lead by these principles—to advance my convictions with civility, to pursue the public interest with courage, to speak for greater justice and compassion, to call for responsibility, and try to live it as well." He continues addressing the American people, saying: "I ask you to be citizens. Citizens, not spectators. Citizens, not subjects. Responsible citizens, building communities of service and a nation of character." At a post-ceremonial luncheon, Bush issues a series of executive orders, some designed to block or roll back several Clinton-era regulations. He also acknowledges that because of the election turmoil, many Americans believe "we can't get anything done… nothing will happen, except for finger-pointing and name-calling and bitterness." He then says: "I'm here to tell the country that things will get done. Republicans and Democrats will come together to do what's right for America." [New York Times, 1/21/2001] Thousands of Protesters - Thousands of protesters line the streets during Bush's ceremonial drive to the Capitol, a fact not heavily reported by many press outlets. Salon reports, "Not since Richard Nixon paraded down Pennsylvania Avenue in 1973 has a presidential inauguration drawn so many protesters—and last time, people were out to protest the Vietnam War." Though Capitol Police refuse to estimate the size of the crowd lining the street, Salon reports that "many thousands of protesters were in evidence." Liz Butler of the Justice Action Movement, the umbrella organization that helped coordinate the protests, says: "The level of people on the streets shows that people are really upset about lack of democratic process. They took it to the streets. We saw tens of thousands. We saw far more protesting Bush than supporting him." Some of the people on the streets are Bush supporters, but many more are not, and carry signs such as "Bush Cheated," "Hail to the Thief," "Bush—Racism," "Bushwhacked by the Supremes," and others. The crowd, though outspoken in its protests and unrestrained in its heckling of Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney, is generally peaceful, and no serious violence is reported, though a few minor altercations do take place, and large contingents of police in riot gear—including personnel from every police department in the District of Columbia as well as the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and from departments in Maryland and Virginia—are on hand. At least one protester throws an egg at the limousine transporting Bush, Cheney, and their families to the inaugural ceremonies; perhaps in response to the protests, Bush breaks with tradition laid down by earlier presidents and does not walk any large portion of the parade route. Nine people are arrested for disorderly conduct, most for allegedly throwing bottles and other debris. Bulter says: "Of course, we're ashamed that Bush has decided to be a 'uniter' by uniting people against him. They all chose to come out in the freezing rain—even the weather couldn't stop these people." Protester Mary Anne Cummings tells a reporter: "I think it's important to remind the incoming administration the country does not want a right-wing mandate. They did not vote for a right-wing mandate." [Salon, 1/20/2001; CNN, 1/20/2001; New York Times, 1/21/2001] Thousands of protesters march in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and other cities as well. [CNN, 1/20/2001]
Entity Tags: William Jefferson ("Bill") Clinton, William Rehnquist, US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Salon (.com), Justice Action Movement, Richard ("Dick") Cheney, George W. Bush, George Herbert Walker Bush, Richard M. Nixon, Liz Butler, Mary Anne Cummings
Timeline Tags: Hurricane Katrina, 2000 Elections, Torture of US Captives, Complete 911 Timeline, Events Leading to Iraq Invasion, A. Q. Khan's Nuclear Network, 9/11 Timeline, Civil Liberties, Neoconservative Influence
Walid Jumblatt, leader of the Druze minority in Lebanon and a strong supporter of Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora, meets with Vice President Cheney in Washington to discuss, among other issues, the possibility of undermining Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. They are looking for a way to cut off Iranian support for Hezbollah. "We told Cheney that the basic link between Iran and Lebanon is Syria—and to weaken Iran you need to open the door to effective Syrian opposition," Jumblatt later recalls. Jumblatt also tells Cheney that the US should consider working with the Syrian Muslim Brotherhood. [New Yorker, 3/5/2007]
Entity Tags: Walid Jumblatt, Richard ("Dick") Cheney
Timeline Tags: US confrontation with Iran
Shakir al-Abssi, a 51-year-old Palestinian militant and former associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, leaves Syria and heads to the Nahr al Bared Palestinian refuge camp in Lebanon, where he establishes the new Sunni militant group Fatah al-Islam. Abssi's departure coincides with a clamp-down in Syria against Islamic militant groups. By late March 2007, Abssi's organization will boast a militia force of 150 fighters, roughly 50 of whom are Saudi Arabians or nationals from other Arab countries who have fought in the insurgency in Iraq. [Scotsman, 3/25/2007; Reuters, 3/25/2007]
Entity Tags: Fatah al-Islam, Shakir al-Abssi
Timeline Tags: Iraq under US Occupation
President Bush issues a "non-lethal presidential finding" permitting the CIA to provide financial and logistical support to Lebanese prime minister Fouad Siniora. The classified presidential order "authorizes the CIA and other US intelligence agencies to fund anti-Hezbollah groups in Lebanon and pay for activists who support the Siniora government," the London Telegraph reports. "The secrecy of the finding [order] means that US involvement in the activities is officially deniable." Some of the activist groups that will be supported by this policy will include Sunni militant groups who have ideological ties with al-Qaeda (see, e.g., Late 2006 or Early 2007 and Late 2006 or Early 2007). [Daily Telegraph, 1/10/2007] In February 2007, a senior official in the Siniora government, will candidly admit in an interview with Seymour Hersh, "We have a liberal attitude that allows al-Qaeda types to have a presence here." [New Yorker, 3/5/2007] The president's order is part of a larger policy shift (see Late 2006) that has aligned the US with the Sunni states of Saudi Arabia, Jordan, and Egypt, as well as Israel, to undercut Iran's growing influence in the Middle East. As one intelligence source of the Telegraph explains, "There's a feeling both in Jerusalem and in Riyadh that the anti-Sunni tilt in the region has gone too far. By removing Saddam, we've shifted things in favor of the Shia and this is a counter-balancing exercise." The source adds, "The administration is reaping its own whirlwind after Iraq. For 50 years the US preferred stability over legitimacy in the Middle East and now it's got neither. It's a situation replete with ironies." [Daily Telegraph, 1/10/2007]
Entity Tags: George W. Bush, Fouad Siniora
Representatives of the Lebanese government reportedly approach the newly-formed Sunni extremist group Fatah al-Islam (see November 2006) and offer it weapons and cash to fight against Hezbollah. Lebanon is said to be flush with cash as a result of a new US policy (see Late 2006) aimed at undercutting the growing influence of Iran and Shiite militant groups in the region. [New Yorker, 3/5/2007]
Entity Tags: Lebanon, Fatah al-Islam
Shakir al-Abssi, leader of the recently formed Fatah al-Islam, is interviewed by the Scotsman. The 90-minute interview is his first with Western reporters. He tells the Scotsman that vengeance needs to be taken against the US for its activities in the Islamic world. "The only way to achieve our rights is by force," he says. "This is the way America deals with us. So when the Americans feel that their lives and their economy are threatened they will know that they should leave." According to Abssi, it is apparent that killing US soldiers in Iraq is not enough to undermine US public support for its government's policies in the Islamic world. "We have every legitimate right to do such acts, for isn't it America that comes to our region and kills innocents and children?" Abssi asks. "It is our right to hit them in their homes as they hit us in our homes. We are not afraid of being named terrorists. But I want to ask: is someone who detonates one kilogram a terrorist while someone who detonates tons in Arab and Islamic cities not a terrorist?" He says that US policies have created a pool of ready recruits for his organization. "Today's youth, when they see what is happening in Palestine and Iraq, it enthuses them to join the way of the right and jihad. They have now started to adopt the right path," he says. The Scotsman says that Abssi is permitted to operate freely within the camp despite his known ties to Islamic militant groups like al-Qaeda. The article explains that "because of Lebanese politics, he is largely shielded from the government." [Scotsman, 3/25/2007] Lebanese forces are banned from entering Palestinian camps under an Arab agreement that signed in 1969. [Reuters, 3/25/2007] According to a recent articles by reporter Seymour Hersh and the Daily Telegraph, both the US and Saudi Arabia have begun providing the Lebanese government with financial support which is reportedly being funneled to Sunni groups, including Fatah al-Islam, as part of an effort to counterbalance the rising influence of Shiite Hezbollah, which has strong ties to Iran (see Late 2006, Before December 25, 2006, and Late 2006 or Early 2007). However, Abssi denies that his group is receiving funds from Sunni Muslim Lebanese politicians or wealthy Saudis. [Reuters, 3/25/2007]
Entity Tags: Shakir al-Abssi, Fatah al-Islam
A member of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP), who resides in the Nahr Al-Bard Palestinian refuge camp, tells Al Jazeera that "Fatah Al-Islam is not a legitimate Palestinian group. They are a foreign force. Whoever brought them here should take them out." [Arutz Sheva, 3/25/2007] Shakir al-Abssi, leader of Fatah al-Islam, has denied that his group is supported by outsiders (see March 2007). However recent reports suggest that his group is benefiting from a US and Saudi policy (see Late 2006) to use Sunni groups as part of a proxy effort to undermine Shiite groups and Iranian influence in the region.
Entity Tags: Fatah al-Islam
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April is National Poetry Month. Celebrate with one of these titles, selected by Literary Mamas. Enjoy!
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Irena Smith, Columns Department Editorial Assistant, says, "Bruce Snider's The Year We Studied Women is a phenomenal collection of poems, capturing all the pain and pathos and excruciating awkwardness and poignant beauty of adolescence and the claustrophobia of growing up gay in a small town. The poems are stark and resonant, elemental and ambiguous. 'And so it goes in these stories,' Snider writes in 'Another Kind of Sword, Another Kind of Stone,' 'a boy and his sword off to slay the dragon/or find love/ which is another/kind of sword forced into another/kind of stone. You learn this quickly/when you're the hero.' In 'Physical Education,' he describes his own changing body as a cactus, 'unfurling another/new petal/another/bristling spine.' This is a collection to read and re-read and cherish, especially as spring makes its entrance and new growth begins to push through the thawing ground."
Nicole Stellon O'Donnell recommends Elizabeth Bradfield's Interpretative Work. "I appreciate the clarity of her language and her sharp images. The collection combines wide-eyed wonder with a scientific sensibility, offering a nuanced vision of our role in the natural world. For example, in 'No More Nature' she writes about the saturation point we reach at the end of a long trip into the wilderness. She writes, 'No more / we can't take it, / can't resuscitate our wonder, can't keep up with its unrelenting.' That's the relentless of April in Fairbanks where I live. More light and more light and melt. For me, this is the season to be 'unable to not listen, unwilling to miss anything.' I'm glad to have Bradfield's poems to remind me both that it's her and that it passes so quickly."
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"Our first customers arrive at six thirty and they want our Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head and I am the one who makes them. I put the dough to rise overnight and it is huge and puffy and waiting when I get there at four-thirty."
"I [give] myself tendonitis trying to persuade stiff, surly thirty-hour-refrigerated dough that it's time to loosen up….but I don't mind. I love working with yeast and flour and sugar and I love the smell of bread baking."
This is the big one. The biggest baked good in the list from a metaphorical, literal, anticipatory and alliterative perspective. They started my baked good obsession and remain my favorite food to make, sweet or savory. So I really should have built up the suspense and waited a bit to make them, but I couldn't help it. This whole blog is an homage to these delicious creations.
But make no mistake: these babies take commitment. They require kneading and rising and assembling and patience. But the feel of warm, elastic dough under your knuckles is like the first sip of cider in the fall. The smell that wafts up from a damp washcloth after the yeast underneath has been basking in the sun is a million times better than the bread aisle at the store. And crumbling dark brown sugar and cinnamon on butter-brushed dough with your fingers is just about the best activity in the history of fingers.
Seriously, cinnamon rolls are worth the effort.
I tried a lot of recipes when I was first starting out, and I ruined a lot of batches because I didn't know much about baking. So if it doesn't work the first, second or fifth time, don't despair. They're tricky. And by batch three you'll probably produce something that's better than store-bought, even if it's not exactly perfect.
So without any more ado we start with the most legendary baked good of them all:
Cinnamon Rolls as Big as Your Head
1 cup milk
1/2 cup butter
1 cup water
1 tablespoon active dry yeast
1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt
2 eggs
6 cups bread flour
1 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 teaspoon almond extract
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
2 cups dark brown sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups confectioners' sugar
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese,
1 tablespoon butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons milk
Notes on the ingredients
Use fresh yeast. The worst part of making any kind of yeast food is waiting an hour for the bread to proof and coming back to lifeless blob of dough. Old yeast is just a bunch of dead yeast-y creatures in beige form. Fresh live yeast sometimes jumps around on its own and is a little terrifying if you think about it too hard. You can pick up a bag you will never get rid of for like $4 at Costco.
Bit of a snafu on the milk here, didn't realize it was the wrong one until after I'd taken this picture. With the benefit of hindsight, the milk is noticeably sweeter than regular milk and might have caused the cinnamon rolls to be too sweet. Will have to investigate further.
Bread flour has more protein/gluten than all-purpose flour. It makes the dough more elastic, so the bread-y insides are fluffier and more fragrant. I usually use bread flour with yeast recipes. Supposedly you can buy vital wheat gluten to add to all-purpose flour, but I haven't tried it yet, so I can't recommend it until I have. This recipe works pretty well with all-purpose if it's all you have on hand.
Warm the milk in a small saucepan until it bubbles, then remove from heat. Mix in the butter; stir until melted. Add water and let cool until lukewarm.
Proof the yeast in a small bowl. For active dry yeast, the water temperature should be between 105 and 110 degrees. Especially if you've never proofed yeast before, it's worth using a thermometer until you can gut check the temperature. Add 3-4 tablespoons of the milk/butter liquid along with some pinches of the sugar and stir until the yeast has dissolved. In about 5-10 minutes it should be foamy on top and triple the size.
If this doesn't happen, you either have yeast that's too old or the temperature is off. (Too cool and the yeast won't activate. Too hot and it kills it.)
In a large bowl, combine the milk mixture, yeast, white sugar, salt, eggs and 2 cups flour; stir well to combine.
Stir in the remaining flour, 1/2 cup at a time, beating well after each addition.
When the dough has pulled together, turn it out onto a lightly floured surface and knead until smooth and elastic, about 8 minutes.
I used the dough hook for a few minutes to cheat a bit on the kneading (I know, I know, poor form) since the dough was a bit wet.
Because the dough was so wet it took roughly 3/4 cup of flour to make it manageable.
Place dough into an oiled bowl with a damp washcloth over the top. Set in a warm place for 2-3 hours to rise. For simplicity, I just stuck it back in the mixer bowl and put the bowl in the sun.
While you're waiting, you can clean a bit, watch an episode of Downton Abbey, go to the store to buy ingredients you forgot about and/or prep the filling. The difference between two and three hours is pretty much what fits into your schedule. There will be another chance for the dough to rise, so don't stress about the timing here too much. And for cinnamon's sake, don't just sit around and wait–let the little yeasties to do their thing and get on with your life.
The Filling
This is the tipping point of the recipe for me. Starting from this point onward, everything is amazing. The smell of just brown sugar and cinnamon in a bowl is unbelievably intoxicating. Then you melt a tablespoon of butter in the microwave and the whole kitchen starts to smell like kitchens were always meant to smell. Utterly marvelous.