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Paul McCartney to play Miller Park in July
The rumors have now been confirmed: Sir Paul McCartney is coming to Milwaukee.
LiveNation entertainment announced that McCartney will perform at Miller Park on July 16.
The concert is the same night as baseball's All-Star Game, which is being played in New York.
Tickets will go on sale Friday, April 19 at 10 a.m. at the Miller Park ticket office, by phone at 414-902-4000, or online at either www.LiveNation.com or www.brewers.com/McCartney.
American Express cardmembers can purchase advance tickets beginning Tuesday through Thursday this week.
McCarthey's appearance is part of his "Out There" tour, combining matierial from his solo career as well songs from Wings and The Beatles.
Dates annouced thus far for his U.S. tour include:
May 18 & 19 - Orlando FL - Amway Center
May 22 & 23 - Austin TX - Frank Erwin Center
May 26 - Memphis TN - FedEx Forum
May 29 & 30 - Tulsa OK - BOK Center
July 9 - Boston MA - Fenway Park
July 12 - Washington DC - Nationals Ballpark
July 16 - Milwaukee WI - Miller Park
July 19 - Seattle WA - Safeco Field

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The Filibuster
"huge gamble." Of course, you could argue that an even bigger gamble
took place when Pete Rose threw down money on games or when Tim Donaghy
decided to just throw a few games in the NBA. What do you think is the
biggest gamble (legal or otherwise) that has taken place in baseball
recently and how does it compare to McCain's?
Gambling, throwing all you've got behind one decision, taking a risk… these are paramount aspects of the game of baseball. Without them, the game would be boring. When players and managers break from the norm and go out on a limb, we get excited: distancing oneself from the same old thing causes excitement.
And there has been no shortage of temerity nor bold decision making in our most beloved game over the last several years. Of course, as a Monday morning quarterback, it's easy to call these moves audacious, ill planned, unrefined after the fact. Sometimes, as in the case of the GOP's pick of one Sarah Palin, the decision need not be analyzed over and over again to find sound reasoning: there just isn't any.
Like Grady Little leaving Pedro Martinez in Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS after giving up three straight hits with only five outs to go and a three-run lead. That was dumb no matter how you look at it. And if it weren't for 2004 and 2007, Sox fans would still be teeming with angst.
Like scores of players (McGwire, Bonds, Giambi, just to name a few) cheating their fans and cheating themselves by altering their physiology in order to make an extra multimillion or three, break records, tarnish the game. While I understand the desire to perform at the highest level possible, I tend to admire the natural approach over the Frankenstein method. With information regarding the rigorous side effects of performance enhancing drugs being as known as ABC's — these guys took a big, dumb gamble and now — for the most part — we despise them for it.
But in my opinion, the biggest recent risk sure to backfire on the gambling party was the cave-in decision made by the Red Sox to ship Manny Ramirez out of Boston for Jason Bay. The baseball pundits have spoken, and I have to agree: Jason Bay — no matter how good he is — is no Manny Ramirez. The Red Sox may squeak into the playoff picture, but they are not near as good now as they were with Manny in the lineup and I expect they won't make it too far without him. The whining and crying of Ramirez was nothing new to Boston's brass and erasing him from the team not only left a hole in the four spot, it also diminished the impact of one David Ortiz.
And losing Ortiz at-bats to walks sure does make a difference in the wrong direction.
Of course, there are always those gambles that seem ludicrous yet turn out to be smart in the end as well.
Like Cardinals manager Tony LaRussa batting the pitcher in the eight hole to create more opportunities for Albert Pujols. Though seemingly odd because it was such a staunch break from the norm, essentially what TLR has done is make sure AP gets up in the first inning, then contributes as a clean-up hitter for the remainder of the game. It's hard to argue against that logic and I'm surprised more managers haven't followed suit.
TLR isn't the only NL Central manager who has gained notoriety for his arduous risk-taking skills. "Sweet" Lou Piniella, when faced with an ailing Kerry Wood, had nothing but faith in a young rookie call-up from Notre Dame. He threw Jeff Samardzija in the limelight and hasn't looked back since. With Samardzija pitching as well as he has in recent months, the Cubs bullpen, for the first time that I can ever remember, has suddenly become an asset rather than a liability.
But no gamble in recent memory has turned out as splendidly as that taken by White Sox GM Kenny Williams in trading Chris Carter to the Diamondbacks for Carlos Quentin. Sure, one could argue that giving up a relatively unknown minor league first baseman for the once considered underachieving Quentin was hardly a risk. But put in perspective: trading Garland for Cabrera and Linebrink, cutting Podsenik, resigning Uribe, demoting Josh Fields, putting faith back in Joe Crede while giving a young Alexei Ramirez a shot at second base… Kenny Williams has been a very busy man and the moves he's made — while controversial — have all turned out for the better. The White Sox have rediscovered their grinder swagger and as I predicted at the beginning of the season, have made a case for winning the AL Central and beyond.
I don't know what political affiliations Kenny Williams has, if any, but I do know that the GOP's decision making skills pale in comparrison to the Sox GM. The invasion of Iraq, the atrociously late and unorganized response to Hurricane Katrina victims, the gross misspending of our inflated tax dollars… and now putting Palin — a woman so unqualified to lead a nation that I can't help but tell myself this is all just a big joke (punchline to come?) — in line for the highest office in the land; all I can say is:
That was dumb.
And let me tell ya, you can go on and hate me for my wordy rhetoric, my inspiring the people, my loose analysis of managerial decisions, but you shouldn't hate me 'cuz I'm right.


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Time for another cooking class at Ingredients! This last class we did quick soups. Lana had 3 soups for us and homemade saltine crackers.
The first (and my favorite) was Taco Soup. Outside of the ground meat, it is from cans and envelopes. What a great recipe to feed an unexpected crowd (you can keep browned meat frozen for quick use).
The second recipe was for Corned Beef Stew. Hmmmm… The recipe calls for canned corned beef. No thank you! But I think it would be wonderful with REAL corned beef. I'll give it a try around St Patrick's Day when I can easily get the real deal.
The third recipe was for Polish Cabbage Soup. My only change would be to have the cabbage cut chunky rather than finely chopped. While the flavor was good I did not care for the texture of the fine chop.
To accompany the soups Lana made homemade saltine crackers. These are much heartier than store bought crackers. Suggestions were made that it would be tasty to add herbs to the mix.
(All the recipes can be found on the Ingredients blog site at http://ingredientsclarksville.blogspot.com/ Just make sure to give her time to post them.)
Taco Soup
1 pound ground round (or other ground meat such as turkey)
1 onion finely chopped
1 package taco seasoning
1 package original ranch dressing
1 Tablespoon chili powder
2 – 16 oz cans hominy
3 – 16 oz cans stewed tomatoes
2 small cans green chilies
1-1/2 cups water.
Brown the ground meat and onion. Then add all the other ingredients.
Simmer for 30 minutes.
Notes: It was suggested to add beans. It was also suggested that a thicker batch would be good over rice.
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My custom bridal illustration orders keep rolling in and I realized its been a while since I shared some of them here on Fabulous Doodles.
(Kristina in Vera Wang gown)
This first bridal sketch was a gift for the bride from her bridesmaids! For her bridal shower they gave her a gift certificate for a custom sketch, then after her wedding I worked with Kristina to pick the pose and style she liked best to come up with this illustration. This goes without saying, but its always great hearing from my brides after they receive the artwork and I got the most lovely email from Kristina here saying "I received your illustration today and I absolutely love it!!!! Thank you for your beautiful work! I cannot wait to show my bridesmaids, who gave me the best shower gift ever! I will truly cherish your illustration always."
(Bridget in Mori Lee gown)
Next up here is bride Bridget. Not to toot my own horn here but I just absolutely love the way her dress came out in this illustration. I love the angle of the satin draping, the heavily beaded bodice and her heart shaped neckline. (And as you can tell from my blog header, I also love a red head sketch!)
Last but certainly not least is my friend Sari! Ironically enough the sketch is not actually a gift from me though. One of our mutual friends commissioned me to sketch Sari as her wedding gift. I love getting to illustrate to occasional modest wedding gown, with sleeves and high necklines. They're few and far between and make for such beautiful fashion illustrations. To me they have that sophisticated Grace Kelly/Dutchess Kate vibe, which I adore.
If you would like to commission a custom bridal illustration to give as gift, or to treat yourself check out the custom listings in my Etsy bridal shop, Brooklit Bride or purchase a gift certificate.


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Posted by Editoress on 01/16/12
Canadian Cyclist was invited to visit a number of Taiwanese bike companies in the fall of 2011. Here is one of our factory visits - to read the overview to our visit and access all the articles, go to the main page Here
Pacific Cycles
Pacific Cycles is a somewhat legendary member of the Taiwan cycling industry. The 31 year old company, in addition to its own bikes, has been a boutique design house for many brands, including Banshee, Niner, Airnimal, Diamondback, Evil, Orbea, Louis Garneau and Kurt Kinetic - 15 in all at last count. Among their own brands, the highly innovative Birdy folding bike is the best known (primarily in the European market).
Pacific Cycles original factory
Visiting the factory is like entering a mad inventor's workshop. Two, three and four wheel designs are spread everywhere - both pedal-powered and electric. Within minutes, we were all racing around the shop floor on a plethora of one-off designs. Pacific has also been involved in building one-off and short run designs for specific purposes, such as a handcycle add-on for a wheelchair user.
Bike Assembly
With only 120 employees and producing (by Taiwanese standards) a miniscule 40,000 bikes per year (40% Own Brand and 60% OEM), the assembly line has a somewhat relaxed feel to it. Pacific is in the position of being able to pick the brands it wants to work with, choosing its customers by their innovative flair - no 'me to' production here.
The company has a strong environmental policy, eschewing carbon for aluminum because carbon is not as environmental (no recycling option).
"Be Small, Be Thyself," says founder George Lin.
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Stan Lee Sues Company He Co-Founded
By RJ Johnson - @rickerthewriter
May 16, 2018
Comic book legend Stan Lee has filed a $1 billion lawsuit against an entertainment company he co-founded in 2001 alleging that his business partners were conspiring to steal his name, image and likeness and sell it to a firm in China.
The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, alleged that the defendants at Pow! Entertainment "forged or fraudulently obtained a signature from Lee" as part of the scheme.
Lee alleges his co-founders, Shane Duffy and Gill Champion deceived him into signing over his name, image and likeness to Pow! on a wholly exclusive basis. The lawsuit says Lee's signature was either forged, transferred or even gotten through a bait-and-switch tactic, fooling Lee into thinking he was signing another contract due to his failing eyesight.
"In addition, POW! took control of Lee's personal social media accounts, including Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, thereby impersonating Lee before a combined 15 million followers worldwide,'' according to the lawsuit.
So far, POW! Entertainment has yet to respond to the lawsuit filed by Lee. In April, the company offered a statement regarding its co-founder, expressing concern for Lee's well-being following reports that the comic book legend had been the victim of elder abuse.
"We at POW! Entertainment take great pride in our continuing work to create exciting new Stan Lee content and characters as well as safeguarding the legacy of the greatest story teller of our time. We are also fans and share the heartfelt admiration and love of the community who have voiced their sincere concern for Stan's well-being.
"We, like you, simply want Stan to enjoy life, connect with his fans when he is able, and most importantly spend his time going forward without impediment or stress. One thing we know for certain is when something is off, the fans bond together. We are touched by the outpouring of love for our Chief Creative Officer and friend, and we proudly stand with you for Stan.''
The 95-year-old Lee is best known as the former editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics where he created a host of beloved comic book characters including Spider-Man, the Hulk and Iron Man.


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Setlik III was the third planet in its star system. It was located near the Federation-Cardassian border. Prior to 2347, a Federation outpost had been established on this planet.
During the Federation-Cardassian War, the planet was the target of a sneak attack by a squad of the Cardassian military, which resulted in close to a hundred civilians killed, including the family of Benjamin Maxwell, in what became known as the Setlik III massacre. The USS Rutledge was the first Federation starship to respond, though largely too late to prevent the deaths. (TNG: "The Wounded"; DS9: "Emissary")
Miles O'Brien became known as the "Hero of Setlik III" for leading a successful attack against the Cardassian Barrica encampment during that action. (DS9: "Empok Nor") O'Brien also managed to repair a field transporter under combat conditions to allow himself and thirteen others to escape the planet's surface. (DS9: "Paradise")
During the battle of Setlik III, Starfleet officer Raymond Boone was captured and killed and then replaced by a Cardassian spy who continued to serve in Starfleet until discharged in 2362. Commander Benjamin Sisko exposed 'Boone' as a Cardassian spy in 2370. (DS9: "Tribunal")
In 2367, Glinn Daro acknowledged that the attack on Setlik III had been "a terrible mistake", as the Cardassians had erroneously believed it to have been the staging ground for a massive Federation attack. (TNG: "The Wounded")
External link Edit
- Setlik III at Memory Beta, the wiki for licensed Star Trek works


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I have come across the following Canadian websites, blogs, Facebook, and newspaper articles this past week that were of interest to me, and I thought you might be interested in them, too
Acadian Memorial http://www.acadianmemorial.org/They say that the Acadian Memorial is located in historic St. Martinville, Louisiana. Be sure to visit the Ensemble Encore Database of Acadian Genealogy online if you have Acadian ancestors.
No new blogs this week.
Facebook, Videos, You Tube
No new sites this week.
Newspapers Articles of the Week
Museum hires heritage manager http://www.prpeak.com/articles/2013/10/02/community/doc524b66e6c815f716371072.txt
Bert Finnamore, a past administrator from the Royal Alberta Museum in Edmonton, has been appointed as Powell River Historical Museum and Archives Association's heritage manager.
Shouldn't Digital Access to Our History Be Free? http://www.thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2013/10/02/Shouldnt-Digital-Access-to-Our-History-Be-Free/ Michael Geist, a Canada Research Chair in Internet and E-commerce Law at the University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law, gives his view on Canada's digital future.
Franklin searchers find bones, artifacts but no ships Franklin http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/franklin-searchers-find-bones-artifacts-but-no-ships-1.1862083 The CBC reports that the Parks Canada searching for the boats of the Franklin Expedition in the area of the King William Island has found about 200 small artifacts, "but offered no new hints about the fate of the reinforced wooden vessels."
Story of the Week
Women's History Month 2013
This year's theme is Canadian Women Pioneers: Inspiring Change Through Ongoing Leadership
October was declared as Women's History Month in Canada in 1992, at the hest of a group of women from British Columbia.
October was chosen because it was on October the 18th 1929 that Canadian women were first declared to be legally considered as 'persons'. They were eligible to join the Senate, or the Upper House of the parliament of Canada.
There are a number of sites in Canada which are dedicated to Women's History Month, and they are –
Heroines.ca A Guide to Women in Canadian History http://www.heroines.ca/celebrate/historymonth.html A full page of news, a gallery, biographies, and a special This Month in History.
Women's History Month: Canada http://womenshistory.about.com/od/whmcanada/Womens_History_Month_Canada.htm The site gives the history of The Person's Case in Canada, and gives, for example, the history of Celebrating Women's Achievements in Sports.
Reminder: Check out Canadian Week in Review every Monday for the latest in Genealogy, Heritage, and History news in Canada. It's the ONLY news blog of its kind in country! The next post will be on 14 October, 2013


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08 January 2013 | News | By BioSpectrum Bureau
The bioscience industry has much to offer to people to make lives better
Genetic diagnostics, personalized healthcare, e-health — the list of trends and technologies that will make their presence felt in the coming years is long. Cutting through the bioscience industry jargon, BioSpectrum lists out five gifts of the bioscience industry that people will benefit from, especially in the emerging markets of Asia Pacific, in 2013.
Affordable diagnostic kits
In a survey conducted by BioSpectrum Asia, Diagnostics was one of the trends that was indicated as picking up in the APAC region. There is an awareness now among people and they have started using diagnostic kits for various purposes, such as to identify a specific disease, forecast the progress of a disorder and identify patients most likely to respond (or not respond) to specific treatments. Thanks to the competition among the start-ups, who have chosen diagnostics to enter the life science space, the rates of diagnostic kits have started coming down. But certainly much more is required from these companies.
In countries such as India, where a huge part of population resides in far-flung geographies with very little or non-existent healthcare infrastructure, telemedicine can play a crucial role in improving access to quality doctors and treatments. There have been speculations on the reliability of telemedicine in providing quality healthcare. But with multinationals and big companies in APAC realizing the importance of telemedicine, the trend is likely to pick up and prove to be useful in the emerging countries struggling with their healthcare infrastructure.
Effective diabetes solution
With China acting as the diabetes capital of the world and India not lagging behind, the need for effective diabetes is certainly the need of the hour in Asia Pacific. Medical devices and drug companies are coming up with solutions to help curb diabetes. More can be expected from the bioscience industry in this field. A number of novel solutions that are emerging from some companies, but these are yet to reach the market.
Affordable drugs
Year 2012 has been tough for pharma companies, especially those operating in India. In March 2012, the Indian Patent Office granted permission to pharma company Natco to make generic version of Bayer's Nexavar for the Indian market. While this came as major blow to Bayer, it was a boon for poor patients who will benefit from a cheaper version of the drug. More affordable drugs from innovator companies will benefit patients, while also protecting their patents.
GM crops
There has been a lot of hype over GM crops, especially in Asian countries. While the number of GM crops approved in the region can be counted on fingertips, more effort is required by the nations to allow their safe and judicious planting, as they hold tremendous potential for the mankind including farmers and consumers. Strict regulations and clarity in guidelines will help streamline their testing and approval.


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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV/Gray News) - A man whose actions forced an American Airlines flight from Charlotte to Utah to land in Oklahoma is facing criminal sexual misconduct charges involving a female passenger.
Flight 807 departed late Tuesday headed for Salt Lake City, but was diverted to Tulsa. Once the plane was on the ground, passenger James Cholewinski-Boy was removed from the aircraft.
Cholewinski-Boy is accused of engaging in unwanted sexual conduct with a female passenger aboard the plane.
"The public should know these allegations pertain to criminal sexual misconduct by Mr. Cholewinski-Boy against a female passenger, not a threat to the plane or air travel," officials with the U.S. Attorney's Office in Oklahoma state.
Cholewinski-Boy was charged with engaging in unwanted sexual contact with a female passenger and public intoxication.
American Airlines released a statement about the incident:
"American Airlines flight 807 from Charlotte to Salt Lake City diverted to Tulsa, Oklahoma Tuesday night due to a disruptive passenger. Law enforcement met the flight, removed the passenger, and the flight continued to Salt Lake City."
Officials say the situation is being investigated further by the FBI.
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MOOP there is a reason for it and I am not here to argue woth you, we'll do better but I'm afraid it's systemic
if this is in relation to our words on your camp, well your slime tarnished the white dove that is the playa.... and will continue to tarnish it till enough people speak out about it.PS "la bave du crapaud n'atteint pas la blanche colombe"


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Now that our GPS Root website has been live for a bit, we're getting plenty of positive feedback along with a few suggestions for improvements. Additionally, we're continuing to enhance the user interface for a more dynamic experience and easier navigation.
Here are some of the more recent updates that have been added to GPS Root.
Strava Sync: Users can now seamlessly sync with the popular training and activity website from our GPS Root database. Single rides can be pushed through manually, or rides can be set to automatically upload to Strava whenever new files are added.
Dashboard Totals: On the dashboard of GPS Root, an overview of rides totals can now alternated between Overall, Yearly, Monthly and Weekly with the click of a button.
FAQ and Videos: More support has been added to GPS Root. Tutorial videos for the Mini GPS have been added, highlighting its features and functions. Furthermore, an in depth FAQ was put together and posted on the site covering many GPS questions about our devices.
There are also plenty of "works in progress" happening over GPS Root. For Example:
Improved Map and Graph Features: Subtle user-friendly enhancements are continuing to be added to both the map route and data graphs. The default view of the map now displays "Terrain" and the overlaid data points can be viewed as "Points" or "Solid Line" depending on user preference. Additionally, the data graphs can be switched between "Average Smoothing" and "Exact Input" that the device records.


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Stay active throughout the day
Walk and talk with a hands-free as much as possible, stand up maybe during meetings, or keep standing while working .Take a short walk during your lunch break, take short breaks every half hour where you walk around for a minute and then get back to your desk.
Store your house with healthy snacks
Stock up with all the healthy snacks to stay away from various lifestyle diseases.
Create an effective exercise pattern
Choose an exercise pattern according to your own convenience. Try adapting to strength training, for at least 20 minutes at least twice a week or interval training like walking or running which will help to tone your entire body.
Eat a good breakfast
Maintain a proper diet with the workouts in order to stay healthy. Include lots of fresh fruits in your breakfast, as fresh fruits that contain glucose will help to keep sweet cravings at bay. With fresh fruits you can also include some dry fruits in your breakfast for energy.
Turn on the magic of treadmill
Just do a 10 minutes treadmill session along with holding a 3-5 pound dumbbell in each hand.Set the speed to brisk walk. Do one-minute set each of biceps curls, triceps extensions, side laterals, and standing triceps one after another as you walk. This exercise will tone your upper body as well as pump your heart smoothly.
Drink lots of water
Enough water is very essential for the proper functioning of your body. Keep drinking water at regular intervals, so that you don't de-hydrate yourself.
Chart your progress
To stay focused and motivated, make a fitness report card for your own reference. Jot down the subjects as various workouts you will be trying out, and grade yourself as you progress. This will help you to be motivated and will help you to notice various improvements.
Reduce refined carbs intake
Limit your refined carb rich foods like cookies, chocolates, honey and white rice. When you eat a refined carb rich food, it will spike your blood sugar level and further will produce more insulin which will increase the fat in your body.
Be flexible
Trying to stick to a routine may get impossible at times. So if you have dedicated your mornings to workouts, and something comes up, be open enough to take it in your stride. Instead of sticking to a routine, make up your mind that you will go to the gym, anytime in the day whenever you have a window of an hour. If you have to attend a meeting, start 45 minutes earlier. Go to the gym, change and then go on your way. Giving yourself some leeway is the key here.
Workout with a buddy
If you are bored to work out alone, then call your best friend or take your pet along with for a workout session. Working out with someone whom you know will help you to achieve goals and keep you motivated as well. Besides, working out in company is always fun and cool.
Carbs are important
Carbs are very important, as they fuel your body with energy. Hence, up your intake of fruits and other high-fiber crackers. Also include some protein in your diet, so that the carbs break down more slowly.
Stretching is crucial
Warming up your muscles before starting up your exercise routine is very important. Warm ups will prevent muscle injury during workouts. Thus, before starting any workout regime, start at the lowest speed and increase it gradually.
Never focus on weight loss
If you just focus on reducing the numbers on your scale, then ultimately you will land up gaining pounds. Instead, you goal should be to maintain a healthy and fit life, by eating right food and practicing right exercise.
Pre-workout snack is important
Munching on a energy bar before the gym can actually pump up your energy, as all those bars are high in fiber and sugar. If you're very hungry beforehand, opt for a banana instead which is digested super quickly and will also provide the necessary energy.
Keep an eye on your heart rate
Women should work out at 75-85% of their maximum heart rate. When your heart rate is too low, it's a sign that you're not working to your full potential. Too high a rate, on the other hand, shows that you're pushing yourself to a potentially dangerous level. Keep a heart rate monitor on hand or do a manual count incrementally during your workout to ensure that you're reaching, but not exceeding, your ideal target heart rate.
Pay attention on your sitting posture
If you're sitting, you may find it most comfortable for your monitor to be at or even slightly above eye level. This helps you look straight ahead without requiring downward head tilt, which often leads the rest of the upper thoracic into a slumping pattern – especially if you're not vigilant and you're prone to lapsing back into bad habits. This simple habit change will go a long way in ensuring reduced back, neck and shoulder aches that are so common among the cubicle crowds.
Be happy
As the popular saying goes,' Laughter is the best medicine' and it is 100% percent true says – Dr. Sunesara. When you laugh out loud or just are happy, your body will release feel good hormones and this will kill the villain stress hormone cortisol. Hence, giggle as much as you can to achieve good health by watching back to back comedy videos or by joining a laughter club. Besides, laughter is also a very good workout option to tone your face muscles.
Never hurry for results
Finally, remember that even if you follow all these tips, there will be ups and downs, setbacks and victories. Just be patient, and don't give up#


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Rose has a beautiful aroma that encourages feelings of positive self-reflection. It helps bring balance and harmony with stimulating and uplifting properties that create a sense of well-being and self-confidence. Used for skin care for thousands of years, it is perfect for dry or aging skin. Twenty-two pounds of rose petals are distilled for every 5-ml bottle of oil produced.
In Aromatherapy can be used topically or inhaled:
NOTE: Rose oil crystallizes at even a higher temperature than freezing. You may see the Rose oil become more viscous or crystallize. This is normal. One of the properties of pure rose oil is that it congeals at certain temperatures. When houses are colder or during shipping, it will solidify. This doesn't harm the product at all. It can be gently warmed with body heat by simply warming in your hands or by putting the bottle in warm water for about 15 minutes. Do not submerge the entire bottle to ensure no water gets inside.


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There's more bad news for California water users: the snow pack is just half the amount of normal and has already begun to melt.
After a wet fall, the state recorded the driest January and February on record, and March didn't fare much better.
Measurements taken Thursday show 28.5 inches of snow at 7,600 feet with a water content of just over a foot.
The sparse snow was particularly alarming for state water managers because this is the time of year it is supposed to be most plentiful.
Snowmelt provides about a third of the water used in households and on farms across California.
The Department of Water Resources says reservoir storage will meet most of this year's needs but cautions that successive dry years could result in drought.
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- The name "Jennifer" comes from a Cornish form of the Welsh name Gwenhwyfar. This name has only been common outside of Cornwall since the beginning of the 20th century, after it was featured in George Bernard Shaw's play The Doctor's Dilemma (1906).
- "Dawn" is the time each morning at which daylight first begins.
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Hello All,
I'm new to the area and I want to get back on the court. Looking to play with anyone at or near the 3.0 level.
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I have not played in a year or so and am also looking to start up again. I am free most weekends and late afternoons.
send me an email and we can exchange numbers. My email is 6904email@gmail
Jim, I'm in the Casas Adobes area. I may be a good enough player to play with you. If you'd like I have availability this evening and tomorrow.
Sounds Great. Send me an email. Maybe we can set something up. 6904email@gmail
Hi... I am 2.5-3+ and enjoying playing. Looking for hitting partners in foothills area... I am currently playing/lessons down at Reffkin Tennis Center and hitting at Catalina Foothills high school... let me know if you know of any tennis groups in the area or if you are interested in hitting. Thanks, Kelly
Hi, do you want to play sometime this week end?
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Samantha Casey is 2nd Runner Up for Miss USA
After making it into the Top 10, Miss Virginia Samantha Casey talks not about her humanitarian work, but HOCKEY!
It's bittersweet, but we congratulate Miss Virginia USA and renowned Caps fan, Samantha Casey, for winning 2nd runner up in the Miss USA pageant tonight. Samantha had all the beauty, intelligence, and poise one expects from a champion. We Caps fans consider ourselves lucky to count her in our ranks.
(In the not-at-all unlikely case that Miss USA cannot perform her duties, the first runner up takes the crown, and Samantha will advance to Vice Miss USA. And then comes coup d'état.)
Caps fans, please voice your congratulations for Sam in the comments below. Let her know how proud we are of her. While you're at it, check out Love 146, the group Samantha helps to raise awareness for child sex trafficking.
And if you know of any other Caps fans are doing incredible stuff, like winning a Nobel prize or winning the Tour de France, let us know. We're here to support the fan community, and also we're desperate for content.
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Supreme quality cotton tour t-shirt designed by Kim Hiorthøy. This colour variation is a real collectors item as it was only manufactured in 50 copies and are exclusively sold here.
Please also note that the colours on the illustration is not completely correct. The actual shirt is light blue with the design in sky blue.
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Serves 8
225g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
150g butter
75g caster sugar
1 egg plus 1 egg yolk, beaten
750g-1kg of your chosen fruit
Icing sugar, to dust
You will need a 23cm to 24cm plain or fluted shallow tart/flan tin.
To make the pastry, place the flour, butter and sugar in a food processor and blitz briefly until it resembles breadcrumbs. Slowly add the egg a little at a time until the pastry binds together. Knead very lightly on a floured surface to a smooth dough.
Roll out the pastry and line the tart tin. Trimming any excess pastry. Place in the fridge for 30 minutes (or up to 2 days) covered loosely with clingfilm.
Preheat the oven to 160oC/fan 140oC/gas 2-3. Place a baking tray in the oven to heat up.
To prepare the tart, work from the outside in, really packing the fruit into the pastry case and dust with a generous amount of icing sugar.
Place in the oven on top of the hot baking tray. Cook for 30 minutes before reducing the oven temperature to 140oC/fan 120oC/gas 1-2 and cooking for a further 45 minutes to 1 hour, or until the fruits are becoming golden on top.
Cool in the tin slightly before carefully removing and dusting again with icing sugar. Serve warm or at room temperature.


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In time for Earth Day 2012, Sony Pictures RELEASES FIRST-EVER INDUSTRY PRODUCTION USING COMPLETELY ENERGY-EFFICIENT LIGHTING
Culver City, CA (April 19, 2012) - As an industry leader in environmental innovation, Sony Pictures has long experimented with energy-efficient light sources and technologies for use in its productions. But for the Screen Gems feature Think Like a Man, Sony Pictures took its efforts a step further and reached an industry first by using 100 percent energy-efficient (LED) lighting sources on the production.
"Sony Pictures is committed to making great content with a smaller and smaller energy footprint, and Think Like A Man is a great example of Screen Gems' continuing tradition of actively reducing the impact and waste of a major feature film production," says Gary Martin, President, Production Administration, Sony Pictures Entertainment.
Conventional lighting for a motion picture requires a significant amount of energy to run and generates a lot of heat on set. This, in turn, must be cooled using air conditioning, requiring additional control equipment. Compared to a conventional incandescent bulb, however, LED lighting can generate over four times the amount of light with the same amount of energy (over four times the lumens per watt), and is also able to maneuver into tighter spaces and be transported more efficiently.
"Lighting is a crucial component in the visual art of filmmaking and brings to life the emotions of a story. LED and other energy-efficient types of lighting, when designed well, can be more efficient, easier to set up, versatile and longer lasting while still providing the visual aesthetic necessary for film production," says Glenn Gainor, Senior Vice President, Physical Production, Screen Gems.
"Although not perfect, energy-efficient lighting is making great strides. We were excited to incorporate this industry-first in lighting into our production, and look forward to continuing to work with manufacturers to test and improve the technology," says Mason McConnell, Executive Director of Set Lighting for Sony Pictures.
In addition to many other efforts, Think Like a Man further greened the filming by shooting the entire production in locations near the studio lot, cutting both transportation requirements as well as the need to construct sets. It also used many environmentally-friendly products and processes in the daily administration of the film.


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Among WoW players these days, it seems to be a popular opinion that King Varian Wrynn is a narrow minded short-sighted bigot who will lead the Alliance to ruin. This is an easy opinion to have, since he does show a considerable amount of anger at times when dealing with the Horde, and it's long been the general opinion that "no-one is truly evil" in the Horde and Alliance conflict. This is even the opinion of some of my fellow writers.
Here's my problem with this: The underlying causes of Varian Wrynn's anger are all unconditionally justified. Varian Wrynn is not angry at the Horde because of a series of misunderstandings and misinterpretations. He's been witness to or victim of multiple wrongdoings and atrocities perpetuated by the Horde time and time again, both the new Horde and the Old. Most, if not all of these times, the wrongdoings have been the result of outright maliciousness on the part of the Horde or its members, and in the case the so-called "peaceful" New Horde, there's been no sign whatsoever that Thrall is punishing or disciplining the perpetrators of these acts, and at the least, it is clear that he is not properly dealing with the consequences.


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Thrillers and Suspense
September 2018
Recent Releases
Bloody Sunday
Ben Coes
What it's about:
Just as CIA agent Dewey Andreas is about to retire, he gets word of a North Korean plan to launch nuclear weapons on the nation's capital. But when his straightforward mission targeting a key enemy general goes catastrophically awry, Dewey will have to sneak into Pyongyang in order to prevent the attack and save millions of lives.
For fans of:
high-octane military and spy novel writers like Brad Thor, Vince Flynn, and Tom Clancy.
Series alert:
Bloody Sunday
is the 8th Dewey Andreas novel, after
Trap the Devil
The Boy at the Door
Alex Dahl
The setup:
Cecilia Wilborg has almost everything, including a dark secret that could destroy her seemingly perfect life and seemingly perfect family. Annika Lucasson has almost nothing, except that she knows what Cecilia is hiding.
Read it
the well-developed, complex characters whose alternating perspectives will keep you wondering whose side you're on.
Author alert:
Alex Dahl shines in this powerful debut, so fans of Scandinavian crime fiction should keep an eye out for whatever she does next.
Don't Send Flowers
Martín Solares
Carlos Treviño, an ex-cop who was run out of his corrupt Mexican town four years ago, all for daring to do his job.
Why he's back:
A powerful business magnate has hired Carlos to track down his teenage daughter, who has disappeared without a trace.
Why you might like it:
literary noir has a non-traditional narrative structure, telling the first half of the story from Carlos's perspective and the second half from that of his nemesis, the crooked local police chief who will do anything to destroy him.
The Middleman
Olen Steinhauer
What happens:
A cryptic phone call. Hundreds of overnight disappearances. A series of assassinations on the 4th of July. All of these events are connected, and it's just the beginning of one man's plot to take down American society as we know it.
: Rachel Proulx, a dedicated FBI agent investigating the protest movement that has turned into a frightening terrorist threat.
Read it for:
the intricate plotting and the timely, thought-provoking exploration of many current social and political issues.
The Drama Teacher
Koren Zailckas
What it's about:
The collapse of her latest identity sends
semi-professional swindler Gracie Mueller and her children fleeing the Catskills for Manhattan, where she manages to bluff her way into a teaching job at a prestigious prep school.
The problem?
Being a con artist isn't the only thing that makes Gracie an unreliable narrator.
Read it for:
yet sympathetic characters, narrators who can't be trusted, and mothers who will do anything to protect their children.
In Hot Water
White Plague
James Abel
What happens:
pretty much everything you
want to happen on a submarine. The
USS Montana
has gone wildly off course, a highly infectious disease is ravaging the crew, and oh yeah, it's also on fire.
Into this arctic mayhem steps bioterror expert Dr. Joe Rush, who might have to make a tough choice between saving the remaining crew members or keeping the advanced technology onboard out of enemy hands.
Series alert:
This is the 3rd book in the Joe Rush series, followed by
The Trident Deception
Rick Campbell
The setup
: a nuclear-armed submarine receives orders to launch their payload at Iran in retaliation for their devastating strike on Washington D.C. The only problem? The attack they're supposed to be avenging never actually happened. When the vessel goes radio silent, it's up to the military and the US government to find out where the false orders came from and if there's a way to avert World War III.
For fans of:
fast-paced military fiction like those by Larry Bond and Dale Brown.
The Rising Sea: A Novel from the NUMA Files
Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
What it's about:
An investigation into the findings of a widely discredited Japanese scientist sends the NUMA team deep into the East China Sea, where they uncover a
large-scale conspiracy to conceal and exploit
an invaluable new scientific discovery -- one that could displace millions of people and alter the world's balance of power forever.
Reviewers say:
"readers are deep in Cussler territory, and the water's fine" (
Publishers Weekly).
Black Horizon
James Grippando
The premise:
The honeymoon of attorney Jack Swyteck and FBI agent Andie Henning is
interrupted when an oil rig explodes off the coast of Cuba. While Jack works the wrongful death case of an oil worker's widow, Andie goes undercover to investigate if the accident was an accident at all.
What else could go wrong?
The Cubans have forbidden American involvement in the multinational cleanup effort and will use force if necessary, giving this ecological disaster the makings of a political one. There's also the troubling possibility that Jack and Andie's cases are connected, and not in a way that either of them anticipated.
The Woman in Cabin 10
Ruth Ware
Laura "Lo" Blackstock, a travel writer covering the maiden voyage of an ultra-luxurious cruise liner, the
What goes wrong:
On the ship's first night at sea, Lo witnesses someone push the woman from the next cabin overboard. Worse yet, no one will believe what she saw because all other passengers are supposedly accounted for.
Author alert:
Don't miss Ruth Ware's other atmospheric thrillers, including
The Lying Game
The Death of Mrs. Westaway.
Contact your librarian for more great books!
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Chatham, New York 12037


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Audubon Insectarium will be the largest museum in the United States devoted to the 900,000+ known species of insects and their relatives. It will be an encounter with nature like no other featuring thousands of live insects, mounted specimens, interactive experiences and engaging exhibit interpreters.
Located in 23,000 sq. ft. of exhibit space in the U.S. Customs House in New Orleans Audubon Insectarium is a member of Audubon Nature Institutes family of museums and parks dedicated to nature including Audubon Zoo, Audubon Park, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, Entergy IMAX® Theatre, Woldenberg Riverfront Park, Audubon Louisiana Nature Center, Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species, Freeport-McMoRan Audubon Species Survival Center and Audubon Wilderness Park.


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What is 10x10 Pricing?
A 10x10 kitchen is a standard kitchen in size, it is a total of 20 feet of wall space. 10x10 pricing is a common method used by kitchen cabinet retailers to help customers gauge which cabinets cost less and which cost more. The cabinets used in our 10x10 pricing are the least expensive options for each finish as this is to be used as a starting point to what you would get if your kitchen was 10x10 and you used the least expensive options available in that particular finish.
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Who's Got Next? Pangos All-American Camp, Perry Ellis News, Archie Goodwin Injury and More…Posted by Josh Paunil on June 7th, 2011
Who's Got Next? is a bi-weekly column by Josh Paunil, the RTC recruiting guru. We encourage you to check out his website dedicated solely to college basketball recruiting, National Recruiting Spotlight, for more detailed recruiting information. Twice a week he will bring you an overview of what's going on in the complex world of recruiting, from who is signing where among the seniors to who the hot prospects are in the lower levels of the sport. If you have any suggestions as to areas we're missing, please let us know at email@example.com.
The stars were out to shine this weekend as the best players in the country went at it during the Pangos All-American Camp. The top two prep players in the country, centers Andre Drummond (#1) and Isaiah Austin (#2 — Baylor) put on a show Friday and two of the best power forwards in the country, Mitch McGary and Robert Carter (#34), battled it out at the Under Armour Best of the Best Camp. However, amidst all the big men competing against each other, one wing player stole the show at Pangos and showed why he could be considered the best player in the Class of 2012. There is also a lot of new news today regarding new lists, new timetables and when top prospects will take visits so make sure you don't miss the latest Who's Got Next? column.
What They're Saying
- Atlanta Hawks guard Joe Johnson on junior Archie Goodwin (#19): "Archie's gonna be a special player. I think he's far ahead of where I was going into the 12th grade, so I was really surprised. He makes great plays that can't be taught. The sky's gonna be the limit."
- Sonny Parker on where his son, sophomore Jabari Parker (Watch List), wants to play college: "I asked him if he had a top five, and he said, 'Dad, wherever I'm going to get an opportunity to play.' Let's put it this way, he's an elite player, and he's going to go to an elite school. Whatever school he goes to, I know he wants to win a national championship."
- Junior Justin Anderson (#45) who he's recruiting: "I'm really working on [class of 2012 point guard] L.J. Rose (#20)… we're trying to get him at my high school (Montrose Christian) and at UVA. Right now, we're really pushing for him."
- Junior Shabazz Muhammad (#3) on who he's been talking to lately: "I talked to [Arizona head] coach [Sean] Miller two days ago, I talked to [Duke head] coach [Mike] Krzyzewski two days ago, I've been e-mailing [Kentucky head] coach [John] Calipari, I talked to [UCLA head] coach [Ben] Howland, I talked to Memphis." On his visit to Arizona: "I enjoyed myself a lot, it was a great experience for me. All in all it was a great time and I had a great experience their."
- Junior Anthony Bennett on the schools that are recruiting him the hardest: "Arizona, Oregon, Washington, Connecticut, West Virginia, Florida." On when he will make a decision: "Probably late next year."
- Sophomore star Nerlens Noel (Watch List) on a timetable for hist list: "I think I'm going to put out a list by the fall, maybe after this summer."
What the Ellis Family is Saying
Fonda Ellis, the mother of Class of 2012 power forward Perry Ellis (#10) said many interesting things a couple of days ago when she talked to National Recruiting Spotlight about her son's interest in Duke (to see more analysis of this make sure you check out the "What You Missed" section). Perry also said a couple of noteworthy things so we compiled the best quotes that the two recently said.


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Application examples
Suspended roof
SKF steel/steel radial spherical plain bearings are in service in an unusual and world-renowned application, the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Munich, Germany (fig. 1, fig. 2). The roof is constructed of a number of pre-stressed steel cables in a network. The nodal points of the network must be torque-free. That is where 225 standard SKF steel/steel radial spherical plain bearings with bore diameters ranging from 160 to 300 mm are located. The nodes are statically loaded but must enable occasional swinging movements of the roof construction.
Although SKF steel/steel radial spherical plain bearings are typically not maintenance-free, these particular bearings have not been relubricated since the construction of the building in 1972.
What better proof could there be for lasting quality and reliability?
What better proof could there be for lasting quality and reliability?
Road roller articulation joint
SKF spherical plain bearings in the articulation joint between the front and rear rollers (fig. 3, fig. 4) enable a road roller to manoeuvre. This joint must be able to withstand very heavy radial loads and high vibration levels. Due to their location, the bearings should be protected as they are exposed to a variety of contaminants including dust, dirt, water and hot tarmac, which promote premature wear and corrosion.
SKF maintenance-free spherical plain bearings help to eliminate the need for relubrication, and reduce the total cost of ownership.
SKF maintenance-free spherical plain bearings help to eliminate the need for relubrication, and reduce the total cost of ownership.
Truck twin-axle supports
An SKF spherical plain bearing arrangement on the truck twin-axle support provides even load distribution between the two axles for trucks driving on rough roads or off-highway conditions (fig. 5, fig. 6). This bearing arrangement is subjected to heavy loads and, depending on the conditions, heavy shock loads, and frequent alignment movements.
These bearings are located behind the tires in an area that is very difficult to access, making it imperative that sudden bearing damage or failure, requiring immediate roadside repairs, be avoided at all cost. A pair of SKF angular contact spherical plain bearings mounted in a back-to-back arrangement can help prevent these emergencies. These bearings, which can withstand all the rigours of truck duty, are simple to install and easy to maintain.
Dam gates
As main bearings, they compensate for shaft misalignment, caused by thermal expansion and contraction, elastic deformation of the dam gates as well as changes caused by settling of the foundation. These bearings cope with the heavy radial loads caused by water pressure as well as axial loads that arise from the inclined position of the support arms.
In addition, SKF spherical plain bearings not only serve as heavily loaded bearings under static conditions, they also operate in the frequently used linkage attachments of the lifting and plunger cylinders as well as the flaps.
Hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders
Hydraulic cylinders (e.g. to ISO 8132) are often fitted with steel/steel rod ends with a female thread that can be secured (compressible) on one end and a steel/steel rod end with a welding shank on the other.
These types of hydraulic cylinders can be found in all types of construction equipment, agricultural machinery, lifting equipment and shutters, recycling depot presses as well as other heavily loaded manoeuvring equipment.
In pneumatic cylinders where working pressures regularly reach 1 MPa, steel/bronze rod ends and maintenance-free rod ends are typically used at the end of the piston rod. At the opposite end, SKF rod ends with a welding shank are used.
Newspaper conveyor
Speed and flexibility are all-important when producing newspapers, not only in the printing process, but also in distribution. The conveyor system from the printing press to the loading dock is a very important component if the newspapers are to be delivered on time.
The endless conveyor chain is one such system. It consists of a multitude of links, which together provide the speed and flexibility required. Fig. 11 and fig. 12 show an application where more than 1 000 SKF maintenance-free spherical plain bearings with the sliding contact surface combination steel/PTFE sintered bronze are used. The bearings have been in daily service without maintenance for many years.


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PARIS — VERSAILLES lived again at haute couture week, as designers paraded their let-them-eat-cake creations, hand-stitched with gilt embroidery and trimmed with guiltless fur — frousfrous that no real women can wear and few can afford.
On Friday night, Christian Lacroix offered his homage to Elsa Schiaparelli, but even high fashion couldn't lift Paris from its low mood. "Liberté, égalité, morosité," Le Monde declared.
Joie de vivre has given way to gaze de navel. The French are so busy wallowing in their existential estrangement — a state of mind Camus described as "Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?" — that they don't even have the energy to be rude. And now that they're smoking electronic cigarettes, their ennui doesn't look as cool. It's not that they've lost faith in their own superiority. They've lost faith that the rest of the world sees it. The whole country has, as Catherine Deneuve says of her crazy blue moods, une araignée au plafond — a spider on the ceiling.
On Place Vendome, Christian Lacroix was dispatching models in black crepe chiffon peplum basques — whatever they are — while on Avenue Hoche, Lacroix's dentist was bemoaning the black crepe City of Lights. Holding a cigarette in a waiting room filled with Picasso-print pillows, Dr. Gérard Armandou told how his patients, always prone to pessimism, are even more filled with malheur now as they sit in his chair contemplating tous les problèmes, including "not going anymore on holiday to Egypt."
"Cocteau said the French are Italians in a bad mood, but now there is more morosity," he said. "We are connecting with nostalgia. What is nostalgia? Where the present doesn't agree with the hope that you got in the past."
He said there are widening chasms between sectors of French society — old and young, natives and immigrants, "smokers and nonsmokers, homosexuals and non-homosexuals."
"Enter conflict, where before there was none," he said. "The French people, maybe they think too much. The happy stupid don't see the problem." People with joie de vivre, after all, are simply not paying attention.
"It's not the end of the world," Dr. Armandou said with a Gallic shrug. "It's the end of one world."
The French have higher rates of taking antidepressants and committing suicide than most other Europeans. And while arguing about how to move forward, they feel trapped in the past, weighed down by high unemployment and low hopes, the onerous taxes that drove Gérard Depardieu to flee, conflicts with immigrants, political scandals, Hollande fatigue, Germany envy, economic stagnation, a hyperelitist education system, and cold, rainy weather that ruined the famous Paris spring. Instead of confronting the questions at hand — how to adjust to globalization and compete with the Chinese — the French are grieving their lost stature and glorious past, stretching back to the colonial empire, the Lumières, the revolution, Napoleon, even the Jazz Age writers and artists. They're stuck in a sentimental time warp as vivid as the one depicted in Woody Allen's "Midnight in Paris."
"In 1945, France was on the losers' side, but this reality has long been masked by the political speeches of General de Gaulle and François Mitterrand: they both maintained, in their own way, the idea that it remained a great power promised to an exceptional destiny," the historian Christophe Prochasson told Le Monde. "After they left office, the French continued to live on that belief." Today, he added, this illusion is disappearing gradually and "France is a country in mourning." What is lacking now in France, he said, is the music of history, "the capacity to contemplate tomorrows that sing."
It doesn't help that as they come to grips with their dashed illusions of grandeur, the French find out that their own government and America's have them under the spyglass. "L'Oncle Sam se comporte très, très mal" (Uncle Sam behaves very, very badly), Le Monde scolded in a front-page editorial last Monday.
"I know we can be unbearable but not to the point where you are entitled to put mics at our place," said Philippe Manière, the managing partner of Footprint management consultants.
A 2011 BVA-Gallup poll conducted in 51 countries revealed that the French were even more pessimistic than Afghans and Iraqis. As the sociologist François Dubet told Le Monde, "If France doesn't get all the Olympic medals and all the Nobel Prizes, the French consider it hopeless."
Manière complains about how "disgusting" the Disneyfied Champs-Élysées has become, with hordes of teenage tourists snapping pictures of themselves in front of Ladurée, the macaroon shop, and pictures of the French without even a "s'il vous plait."
"The intersection of globalization and the French spirit is especially painful," he said. "We have this feeling that everything we were used to is disappearing and what we are offered is not as good." The French gave up the franc but don't want to give up anything else to mesh into a bland global society.
"The French are very conceptual, very cerebral," Manière said. "We need to have more than food and TV. In America, it is not treason of an ideal if you want to watch TV all day, whereas in France it is."
It is a measure of their desperation that the French have become fixated on American-style happiness studies. Claudia Senik, a professor at the Paris School of Economics and the Sorbonne, has become a media darling discussing her research on French malaise. Living in France, with its unyielding judgments about talent and its locked labor market, reduces the probability of being happy by 20 percent, she says.
Though everyone else flocks here to be dazzled, the French are less satisfied than the average European. She calls it "a cultural trait" linked not only to circumstance but to values, beliefs and behaviors passed from generation to generation, and exacerbated by madly competitive schools that are hard on self-esteem. In others words, unhappiness has been bred into the French bone. When French citizens emigrate, she said, they take their tristesse with them.
"Our happiness function is a little deficient," she said over espresso at Le Rostand across from the Jardin du Luxembourg. "It's really in the French genome."


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Etosha Southern
Namibia's Biggest Watering Hole
Imagine a huge, flat salt pan stretching for miles, surrounded by dry acacia woodlands and scrub. Then add underground springs at various points around this pan that bring fresh water to Etosha year round, and draw all types of Africa's classic wildlife to these watering holes. The resulting scene you might frame with your camera includes elephant, zebra, giraffe, impala and gemsbok and springbok antelope, ostrich, and guinea fowl. In the African summer (December to March) when short showers green the dry Namibian savannah and grasslands, and clean the bright blue skies, the springbok calves and their pure white bellies dot the green landscape for miles. The pan also fills with shallow water all the way to the horizon and birds flock in, including pink flamingoes and pelicans.
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Head out into the wilderness to see the incredible daily drama of predator/prey and the ancient circle of life.
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When the animals can't see you, they go about their business as if you aren't even there. A game or photo hide allows you to get closer for some incredible views and photos.
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At night, the nocturnal animals awaken and treat you to a show that daylight game drives miss.
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In national parks and some other reserves, rules prohibit leaving the designated safari paths. But the wildlife are not always considerate enough to stay nearby. Get better vantages (and better photos) by heading off-road.
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A lunch or dinner out in nature is one of the hallmarks of a luxury African experience. Your connection to the landscape is undisturbed and the food tastes even more special in this most wonderful of settings.
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Nashville, Tenn. - Tennessee State junior cornerback Steven Godbolt III is one of 20 players named to the initial Buck Buchanan Award Watch List as announced by the Sports Network on Thursday.
The Buchanan Award, established in 1995, is presented annually to the top defensive player in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).
The Buchanan Award Watch List will undergo a revision during the 2013 season. Ballots will be sent to a panel of about 175 sports information and media relations directors, broadcasters, writers and other officials following the regular season. The winner will be invited to The Sports Network FCS Awards Presentation on Dec. 16.
Godbolt picked off six passes in 10 games last season to finish first nationally in interceptions per game. He had two separate streaks during the 2012 season of three consecutive games with an interception. He also added 45 tackles (37 solo), six pass breakups and two forced fumbles for a Big Blue team that finished with an 8-3 record.
2013 Buck Buchanan Award Watch List
Dorian Bell (LB), Duquesne
Clarence Bumpus (LB), Northern Colorado
Qua Cox (CB), Jackson State
Wes Dothard (LB), Chattanooga
Steven Godbolt III (CB), Tennessee State
Ronnie Hamlin (LB), Eastern Washington
Antoine Lewis (DT), Villanova
Jestin Love (S), Central Arkansas
Grant Olson (LB), North Dakota State
Caraun Reid (DT), Princeton
Stephon Robertson (LB), James Madison
Caleb Schaffitzel (S), Missouri State
Alvin Scioneaux (LB), Wofford)
Robert Simpson (DT), Mississippi Valley State
Tyler Starr (LB), South Dakota
Jaquiski Tartt (S), Samford
Jordan Tripp (LB), Montana
Davis Tull (DE), Chattanooga
Colton Underwood (DE), Illinois State
Marcus Williams (CB), North Dakota State


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Celebs Eating: See What Austin Mahone, Miley Cyrus + More Ate This Week [PHOTOS]
Celebrities usually opt for the very best in everything, and food is no exception. From the best produce to the best takeout, our favorite stars are splurging on their dining. And it all looks amazing!
The following celebs shared some insight on their most delicious moments of the last week. We've collected their best eats, from Memorial Day goodies to fresh New York pizza pie. All of these photos will have you drooling with envy, so grab a bib and dig in to our selections.


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ABBO OF FLEURY: STRATEGIES FOR GAINING INFLUENCE AND AUTHORITY IN TENTH-CENTURY WEST FRANCIA by Ruth Ann Mills Robbins A Dissertation Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC GRADUATE SCHOOL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (HISTORY) August 2010 Copyright 2010 Ruth Ann Mills Robbins
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|This dissertation analyzes how a tenth-century abbot, Abbo of Fleury (ca. 945–1004), used learnedness, church precedents, and intimations of heresy as strategies to renegotiate the bonds between powerful persons in order to increase his authority and influence within the church and kingdom of West Francia. Study of his life and works increases the understanding of how ecclesiastical persons participated in the formation of political and religious order in West Francia.; Abbo's formation as a monk at the monasteries of Fleury (West Francia) and Ramsey (England), and his experience with rivals for position and status both inside and outside the monastery helped him to identify the incursion of bishops and lay people on church property as the primary threat to monastic autonomy. Those experiences shaped his assertion that a monk owed complete obedience to his abbot and that, as with trials of bishops, only church councils should try abbots. He further acted to remove the power of interpretation of church precedent as found in ecclesiastical canons from the perspective of bishops and affirmed that only the pope had the jurisdiction to rule on the canonicity of a particular law or document.; Abbo defined those who opposed his positions as possible heretics and he sought to turn the powerful among his rivals into friends through argumentative treatises, letters, and the collection of church canons. By his arguments, Abbo motivated the king to withdraw his support from two bishops. Abbo further used his learning and knowledge of the canons to gain a friend in the pope. He continued to build and exercise his authority by correcting the behavior of abbots and by cultivating friendship with the powerful abbot of Cluny. The network of relationships that Abbo built allowed him to stipulate what the connection between monks and bishops should be in the kingdom of West Francia. Where Abbo did not have a network of relationships in place, his strategies of defining rivals as heretics and using his learning to gain powerful lords as friends proved ineffective. He did not have the time to build such networks before his death in the midst of a riot at La Reole in Gascony in 1004.; Abbo's life and the texts that he produced show how one person participated in shaping the ecclesiastical and political order of West Francia. His actions resulted in an alliance between the king of West Francia and the pope. He changed the relationship between monks and bishops and corrected the actions of abbots. His strategies affected what it meant to be king, pope, bishop, abbot, and monk for at least the span of his abbacy.
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Bad Weather Again Rocks The Midwest
Note: Due to watching and discussing the Midwest tornado outbreak last night on social media channels, there is no new column Monday. We will be live blogging the NASCAR Hall of Fame Monday night on SPEED. Join us then.
Go to news-leader.com for updates on the MO tornado damage and information. All the best to our readers who were involved in the bad weather Sunday night.
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- Anonymous said...
Prayers for them! Know a few in NASCAR are touched by it.
So so scary!
- May 23, 2011 at 12:50 AM
- KoHoSo said...
For those of you that are still struggling with the conversations on this blog about how NASCAR should be using social media, yesterday was probably a textbook case of how services like Twitter, Facebook, Tumblr, plus online streaming of local television and radio channels (and the online feed of The Weather Channel) absolutely stomped traditional media and especially the cable news networks.
My best wishes go out to those affected in Kansas, Minnesota, Arkansas, and especially Joplin, Missouri.
- May 23, 2011 at 11:38 AM
- Anonymous said...
is jamie mac's family ok, i know he was from joplin
- May 23, 2011 at 1:26 PM
- Anonymous said...
KoHoSo, I'm sorry but I just can't quite equate the use of social media for an ultimately meaningless sport(in the grand scheme of things) with trying to get information on family and loved ones after the death and destruction caused by a massive tornado.
It takes all kinds.
- May 23, 2011 at 1:52 PM
- glenc1 said...
anon, Jamie texted Marty Smith this morning & said his family is okay. Not sure who in his family is still lives there. But it must be strange to have so much that you grew up with gone. I would imagine he may have still had friends there; I'm sure we'll be hearing more about it.
CNN was better late than never, joining in at 9 and actually preempting Piers Morgan. I thought they did okay, and perhaps it was so much criticism that helped. Didn't make them interrupt a news entertainment program at 8, but they got there eventually....
as for social media...I think this is the one time they *are* important, but it wouldn't change my mind about not needing to know what Jr is doing every hour of the day. Streaming local channels is a good thing.
- May 23, 2011 at 3:54 PM
- Sophia said...
I find it MIND BOGGLING we have no more real news stations. It's all editorial. Ch surfed across CNN/Fox/MSNBC Sunday night..either talking heads shows or old repeats of junk.
They don't care about developing stories unless it suits somebody's agenda?! :(
Very disappointing. Twitter is where it's out for news...I can't believe the devasation in Joplin...all the storms are just too much to witness...can't imagine those cities & those affected.
- May 23, 2011 at 6:09 PM
- KoHoSo said...
Anonymous 1:52...
I certainly agree with your take when it comes to the relative importance of the events. The way I am seeing this is that NASCAR (in a centralized sense) has been slow to adopt social media and take advantage of its great networking possibilities (in a sharing sense). They still think in the manner of a four-channel or even fifty-channel universe in a world where especially the younger crowd wants to feel more of a part of what entertains and informs them.
No, not even a surprise winner of the Daytona 500 is going to generate the interest of a natural disaster that cuts across many more boundaries in who it affects and, thus, who is interested in knowing about it. Still, it affects the immediate sharing and feeling of inclusion in the event that I and many others feel is a big part (but certainly not all) of what NASCAR needs to attract and hold the younger generations.
And...yes, it does take all kinds. If it didn't, this world would be very boring. ;-)
- May 23, 2011 at 6:20 PM
- GinaV24 said...
So much devestation. Heaven help all those people.
I agree about the tv coverage - talking heads without any brains.
I saw on our local news in Philly tonight that a man was rescued when he sent a text to a friend saying "I'm alive". And the rescuers pulled him out.
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The Group live in Cambridge, Mass. 1987
I am reposting this one from late 2012 because it very much ties in with the theme of NY loft/club jazz in the 70s, although this specific one was later.
There has been jubilation in jazz circles about the release, after 26 years, of a live recording by the Group at the Jazz Center of New York on 13 September 1986. The tapes had languished in Ahmed Abdullah's possession ever since until the Nobusiness record label out of Vilnius, Lithuania, was told about them and expressed an interest in releasing them. The cd (and an lp) is now out in limited circulation of 1000 copies so readers are advised to rush out and get a copy before it disappears. However, it is not the only recording in circulation. In the course of the short life of the Group, up to the end of 1987, they also gigged around the East Coast, including a date in Cambridge, Mass., on 21 January 1987. This is briefly mentioned in Abdullah's liner notes to the cd release. There is no mention of the gig being recorded, so this is in all likelihood an unofficial audience recording.
Who was the Group? It was a collective composed of five members, some of whom had cut their teeth on the NY free jazz scene in the 60s (Brown, Cyrille) and others who had emerged as part of of the loft scene in the 70s (Bang, Sirone, Abdullah). After the loft scene had pretty much subsided, there was a scramble to look for new opportunities for players on a NY scene less hospitable to innovative jazz than before and to look for new collaborative models to work from. So, in that spirit, there was no leader of the Group and each member was encouraged to contribute their own compositions, even though the repertoire made room for covers of standards. As Abdullah writes, there have been several revivals of the Group, buth with the passing away of Brown, Bang, Sirone and also of Fred Hopkins (who is on the cd, though not on this gig), replacements have become a duty of necessity.
In the pic above (a flyer for their very first appearance, courtesy of the Nobusiness website), all five members are present and these are the five you will hear on this Cambridge date.
The Group
Cambridge, Mass. (USA)
1369 Club
January 21, 1987
Marion Brown as
Ahmed Abdullah tp
Billy Bang violin
Sirone b
Andrew Cyrille dr
1) 16:47 Assunta
2) 08:47 Warm Valley
3) 14:16 Fortified Nucleus
4) 06:21 La Placita – cut -
5) 17:39 cont´d - La Placita
6) 17:18 The Glow Of Awareness
7) 12:13 The Music In Us
8) 08:12 I Remember Clifford
9) 21:43 Restore Africa
This is a historical recording of five great musicians. I'm not going to single out anyone in particular, though I would like to say that anything that has Marion Brown on it is pretty much essential. All five should be familar to followers of the blog (and parenthetically, I should try to find more from Abdullah).
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Facebook may soon be taking another page from Twitter's playbook by incorporating the hashtag into its service.
The social media site is working on ways to allow users to click on a hashtag to follow trending topics on the web, according to The Wall Street Journal. But it may be awhile before users see the hashtag show up on their news feed.
"It is unclear how far along Facebook's work on the hashtag is and the feature isn't likely to be introduced imminently," unnamed sources tell The Journal.
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A hashtag, made popular by Twitter, precedes a word or phrase with a pound (#) symbol and serves as a way to organize and search tweets about an event, idea or person. The function gives users more reason to "stay logged in and see more ads."
Facebook has already mimicked some of Twitter's other features, like the ability to create "subscriber" lists and the use of the "@" sign to mention and tag people.
Instagram, which Facebook purchased for $1 billion last year, employs hashtags to allow users to sort photos by categories.


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- The title I have chosen seems to signal a tension, even a contradiction, in a number of respects. Democracy appears to be a form of political organisation and government in which, through general and public participatory procedures, a sufficiently legitimate political will is formed which acquires the force of law. Justice, by contrast, appears to be a value external to this context which is not so much linked to procedures of "input" or "throughput" legitimation but is understood instead as an output- or outcome-oriented concept. At times, justice is even understood as an otherworldly idea which, when transported into the Platonic cave, merely causes trouble and ends up as an undemocratic elite project. In methodological terms, too, this difference is sometimes signalled in terms of a contrast between a form of "worldly" political thought and "abstract" and otherworldly philosophical reflection on justice. In my view, we are bound to talk past the issues to be discussed under the heading "transnational justice and democracy" unless we first root out false dichotomies such as the ones mentioned. My thesis will be that justice must be "secularised" or "grounded" both with regard to how we understand it and to its application to relations beyond the state.
- The grounds of critique : on the concept of human dignity in social orders of justification (2011)
- Ernst Bloch pointed out in a particularly emphatic way that the concept of human dignity featured centrally in historical struggles against different forms of unjustified rule, i.e. domination – to which one must add that it continues to do so to the present day. The "upright gait," putting an end to humiliation and insult: this is the most powerful demand, in both political and rhetorical terms, that a "human rights-based" claim expresses. It marks the emergence of a radical, context-transcending reference point immanent to social conflicts which raises fundamental questions concerning the customary opposition between immanent and transcendent criticism. For within the idiom of demanding respect for human dignity, a right is invoked "here and now," in a particular, context-specific form, which at its core is owed to every human being as a person. Thus Bloch is in one respect correct when he asserts that human rights are not a natural "birthright" but must be achieved through struggle; but in another respect this struggle can develop its social power only if it has a firm and in a certain sense "absolute" normative anchor. Properly understood, it becomes apparent that these social conflicts always affect "two worlds": the social reality, on the one hand, which is criticized in part or radically in the light of an ideal normative dimension, on the other. For those who engage in this criticism there is no doubt that the normative dimension is no less real than the reality to which they refuse to resign themselves. Those who critically transcend reality always also live elsewhere.


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By CNNGo staff
While some Chinese travelers storm the tarmac when flights get delayed, others might wish their flights never take off — assuming they're flying from the northeast China city of Dalian.
To entertain waiting passengers, Dalian International Airport recently recruited a squad of cheerleaders to perform kicks, jumps and splits in the airport's main hall.
During massive fog-related delays in Dalian last week, the cheerleaders' pom-pom routines "soothed emotion and alleviated fatigue" for more than 5,000 stranded fliers, according to the Dalian Evening News.
The cheerleading show is part of the airport's effort to "bring more convenience to passengers in the summer-autumn air season," said Zhen Qun, an airport official.
It's also a way for the Dalian airport to "demonstrate spirit and shoulder social responsibility," according to an airport press release.
The airport has launched a series of other innovative services, including free physical checkups and instant weather and flight updates by text message.
Zhen did not discuss the daily schedule of cheerleader shows, but the airport has staged at least one performance every day in the past week, each lasting two to three hours, with breaks.
"The cheerleaders are enrolled in different colleges in Dalian. We hire them on a work-for-study program," added Zhen. "The performance is free of charge for passengers."
That's good, because we're not sure we'd pay to see them, anyway.
Dalian International Airport is the biggest airport in northeastern China and the fourth busiest in China (by international passengers). The hub handled more than 12 million passengers in 2011.
Amid a current boom in aviation in China, flight delays are becoming a major sticking point for travelers in the country.
Poor weather, restricted military airspace and logistical issues regularly play havoc with airline schedules.
Statistics from the Civil Aviation Administration of China had almost one in four flights suffering delays last year. However, that only measures the time a plane's doors are closed, not when the aircraft actually took off.


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I'll be back to share all of these finds with you - from eco-friendly art kits to baby blankets that help orphaned kids, but today I'm getting started by sharing some of the fantastic car toys, which of course I want to get all of for my car-obsessed toddler.
I love this European Car Case from kidSTYLE:
I can just see Ziggy filling the case with his toy cars and pulling it around the house happy as can be.
Manny & Simon had gorgeous Made in the USA heirloom wooden cars:
And I love the idea of getting Ziggy the matching tee so he can coordinate with his car:
Tomorrow I'll be back with some more great things I saw at the show, or at least a collection of duck-themed gift photos.
You can see my picks for 10 Great Finds from the New York International Gift Fair at BaristaKids.com.


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Don't be surprised if the Secret Service had to check President Barack Obama's pulse Wednesday after a United Nations reception at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
The president struck a pose during a photo op at the reception, and the pose stuck -- for about 130 pictures.
Check out the montage below created by Eric Spiegelman to see how Obama's face doesn't seem to change for any of the photos. It's kinda creepy.
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When someone yells "Cheese!" Obama apparently takes it seriously. His cheeks have to hurt after holding a pose for that long.
Maybe there's some sort of official smiling czar in Obama's Cabinet that we don't know about...


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Pope calls on lay Africans to evangelize their continent
Pope Benedict XVI has called upon lay Catholics to evangelize Africa, the "continent of hope."
"In this transformation of the whole society, which is so urgent for Africa today, the lay faithful have an irreplaceable role," the Pope said in a Sept. 5 message to the Pan-African Congress of Catholic Laity.
"Women and men, young people, the elderly and children, families and entire societies, all of Africa today looks to the 'ambassadors' of the Good News, the lay faithful," he wrote.
The Pan-African Congress of Catholic Laity is taking place Sept. 4-9 in Yaoundé, the capital city of Cameroon. Organized by the Pontifical Council for the Laity, it brings together Africans from all walks of life, along with the continent's bishops to "reflect on various challenges and share experiences."
The Pope hailed the new lay Catholic movements that have arisen in recent decades as "brave peacemakers and heralds of true hope" who are "in love with Christ and the Church, filled with joy and gratitude for the baptism they have received."
Pope Benedict XVI has visited the continent of Africa twice during his seven-year pontificate. His first trip in 2009 was a pastoral visit to Cameroon and Angola. In 2011 he made his second trip, this time going to Benin, where he signed the blueprint for the future of the Church in Africa, the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Africae Munus." In the document, the Pope dubbed Africa the "Continent of hope."
"Of course, at first sight, Africa's problems appear serious and not easy to solve," the Pope remarked in his message to the lay congress. He also observed that even "valuable traditional values of African culture" are now being threatened by a "secularism which causes disorientation" that "tears in the personal and social fabric, exasperates tribalism, violence, corruption in public life, humiliation and exploitation of women and children, growth of poverty and hunger."
However, he countered, at the "heart of the African people" we soon discover "a wealth of spiritual resources" which are "precious for our times."
"The love for life and for the family, a sense of joy and sharing, the enthusiasm of living the faith, are all values that I have seen during my travels in Africa, and that are still etched in my heart," he said.
Pope Benedict prayed that the "dark and nihilistic relativist mentality that affects various parts of the world" may never "open a breach" in the reality of African life.
He then praised the gathering in Yaoundé for paving the way for the October opening in Rome of the Synod of Bishops on New Evangelization and the Church's 2012-13 "Year of Faith."
The role of the lay faithful, the Pope stated, is key to all of the Church's efforts because they have received a "divine gift" in their baptism.
"In fact, the acceptance of this divine gift goes hand in hand with the enthusiasm for the proclamation of the Gospel in a kind of a 'virtuous circle' where faith moves the announcement and the announcement strengthens the faith."
The Pope finished his message by entrusting the congress to the care and intercession of "Our Lady of Africa, Queen of Peace and Star of New Evangelization," before imparting his apostolic blessing.