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Would they look at you and think you've made a change? An impact? Would you have touched people's lives?
Would people miss you, mourn you, and speak well of you?
I'm not too sure what I was reading the other day, but something struck me and I realized that if I died tomorrow, I have not made my mark or impact in this world yet.
This is one of the reasons I started going to the handicapped kids home, because I think it's time that I give back to society, and also because I want to be able to say I have touched other people's lives in a positive way.
I don't want people to think 'Good riddance, she's finally not part of this world anymore!'
Sometimes there are things that put a lot of things into perspective.
We chase the things we want - the dream job, the dream car, the dream partner, the big toys, the good food, the expensive clothes - all those things. But to a point..do they really matter?
They make a difference. They definitely do. I might not lust after a Porsche right now but I won't lie and tell you I don't want to drive some old clunky beat up car. I don't.
But sometimes we get so caught up in this race, in this chase to be bigger, better, faster - and for what?
Yes, self satisfaction.
Which is good. This drives people on, and I always believe ambition and drive are great things to have.
What I'm trying to say is, we shouldn't forget the important things in life.
We shouldn't forget that we should be good to others. Kind to others.
I'm not particularly nice or kind to people, especially if I feel they are people of my level, people who are bitchy, people who annoy me, etc. I'm not a saint. I am very far from being a saint. Sometimes I feel there isn't a real need or point to be nice to these people because they're idiots anyway.
Maybe that's why I'm starting from the kids home, because I feel that it's a lot more appreciated there, and it's so much easier.
Yes. I'm not altogether noble. It is easier to be nicer to them because they want you there. But I think that when I go there, I have a good time with them, and they have a good time with me (I do hope so) and all is well.
I'm trying to do my bit in this world. I'm trying to leave a little bit of me in this world, even if it's indelible. I'd like to be remembered fondly, and not just as an angry, grumpy, cranky person.
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It was pointed out to me that many have no idea what our focus is.
1) MMM reflagging for the new members. About half our raid force (15-20) are already fully MMM flagged. we have about 20 returning or new members that are at various stages of not being MMM raid flagged.
To that end - we will continue to work on doing the DSH instances and Steamfactory to fully reflag our raid force. Part of these events do require a couple of raw numbers - specifically BigBynn. We are VERY VERY close to that number count. So if you don't have your Group MMM flag complete - work on it! in fact - might as well work on your Cyrstallus access flag if you don't have that yet as well.
2) Raid Gear farming. There are some targets that are good for raid gear. some in SOF and SOD like the Bloodmoon and Blackburrow events.
We went back to those events for the first time this last week and while we did not win we did very well - and trained lots of new peeps in those events.
3) Fun first
So yes there are SOME SoD group gear that is better than the raid gear we have seen in the last couple weeks - however once we are back into MMM and farming SoD instances - our value of raid gear will once again eclipse SoD group gear.
So far as Solteris. The topic pops up and down like a 25M target. There are some that are really enthused about going back and stomping on it - and to be honest, I intend to beat it sometime. But right now - in order to focus us on whats important - Solteris just isn't it. Encouraging peeps to get the Solteris flags isn't real important right now. After we have picked ourselves up and finished dusting off each others backs - sometime in a few months - we might have a rally to do the Solteris group tasks for peeps and go whuup it up on Solt for fun. because even now - doing Solteris would be just for fun- because the upgrades are only upgrades for serious under geared folks. And to raid Solteris with less than it takes - actually wouldn't be fun. I have seen the events. the first 3 MMM events are easier than Solteris 4 IMO and yield greater reward. So yes, we will go back again and raid past Solteris 3 some day - it just isn't that important "right now."

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Senators to FDA: Stop delaying generic drug approvals
WASHINGTON — Five senators have issued a letter to Food and Drug Administration commissioner Margaret Hamburg to expand Americans' access to affordable medications by avoiding the delay of generic drug approvals.
The letter — sent by Sens. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, who serves as chairman of the Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee; Jay Rockefeller, D-W.Va.; Charles Schumer, D-N.Y.; Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich.; and Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio — urged Hamburg to approve generic versions of certain "blockbuster" drugs, as "it is estimated also that the public could save more than $3.97 billion to $6.7 billion a year upon generic entry, which equates to $10.9 million to $18.3 million a day in potential savings," the senators wrote.
The senators specifically highlighted Lipitor (atorvastatin), the popular cholesterol treatment made by Pfizer. "Although generic versions of Lipitor may be eligible for approval [as early as June 28], we are concerned that current regulatory circumstances could significantly delay entry of new generic products into the marketplace," they wrote. "We are eager to avoid such delays because each year, it is estimated that the government alone spends $2.54 billion on Lipitor through Medicaid, Medicare Part D and Veteran's Affairs expenditures."
The senators hoped to receive a response from Hamburg and the FDA this week.
Study: $4 generic programs could help save society close to $6 billion
PITTSBURGH — Patients that opt to fill their prescriptions through a $4 generic program could help garner societal savings of nearly $6 billion, a new study found.
Conducted by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health and published in the March 14 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, the study examined a nationally representative sample of nearly 31,000 people in the "2007 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey" and identified patients who could have saved money had they filled their medications through a discount generic drug program.
After comparing those who used generic medications or their brand-name counterparts for such drugs as lovastatin or prescription-strength ibuprofen, GSPH researchers found that less than 6% used the $4 generic medication programs in 2007 — although average prescription drug coverage plans asked patients to pay about $10 per 30-day supply for generic drugs and about $25 per 30-day supply for brand-name medications — and noted that if all eligible patients had used the discount programs in 2007, the societal savings would have been $5.8 billion.
"Although just half of the potential users of the $4 programs would have saved more than $22 a year in out-of-pocket expenses, the societal savings are great. This suggests the majority of savings comes from a small proportion of individuals," said the study's lead author, Yuting Zhang, assistant professor of health policy and management at GSPH.
Study: Metformin best first-line diabetes treatment
NEW YORK — While several drugs to treat Type 2 diabetes are on the market, researchers have found that the best first-line option is metformin.
Led by Wendy Bennett, an assistant professor of medicine at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, researchers reviewed 140 trials and 26 observational studies of head-to-head comparisons of monotherapy or combination therapy that reported intermediate or long-term clinical outcomes or harms of six oral diabetes medications.
Despite the fact that all of the drugs — metformin, second-generation sulfonylureas, thiazolidinediones, meglitinides, dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists — reduced hemoglobin A1C levels as either a monotherapy or combination therapy, metformin proved to be the most efficacious for posing the least amount of risks.
The other treatments, study authors noted, posed a higher risk of such conditions as hypoglycemia, congestive heart failure and bone fractures.
"Metformin continues to be an inexpensive medication, and it's very efficacious," Bennett said.
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Why would you go geocaching?
A Reason to Get Outdoors
Geocaching combines technology with outdoor adventure and is a great way to explore locations near and far. Pair geocaching with camping, hiking, biking, boating or any number of activities for an even more enjoyable experience.
The "Treasure"
In its simplest form, a geocache contains a logbook or logsheet for you to sign. Caches may also contain items for trade, but the journey in discovering a geocache is often the greatest reward.
Location, Location, Location
There are geocaches on every continent, from Antarctica to North America. They may be at your local park, the end of a long hike, underwater, or on the side of a city street.
A Global Community
People from all age groups can participate in geocaching, including families with children, students, adults and retirees. Geocaching is a great way to bring friends and family together while having fun outdoors.
GEOCACHING IN 8 easy steps
1. Go to www.geocaching.com and register for a free account
2. Visit the Geocaching.com homepage
3. Enter a location and click the magnifying glass to search.
4. Choose any geocache on the results page and click on its name.
5. Enter the coordinates of the geocache into your GPS device.
6. Use your GPS device to help you find the hidden geocache.
7. Sign the logbook and return the geocache to its original location.
8. Share your geocaching stories and photos online.
Canadian Geocaching Associations
Provincial Associations
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TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Jan. 28, 2015) - Maxim Resources Inc. ("Maxim" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:MXM)(FRANKFURT:M5HA)(OTCBB:MXMSF) is pleased to provide this corporate update as well as an update on activities in Morocco.
Early in December 2014, Maxim contracted of the services of Mr. Anthony Lucas as Exploration Manager and consultant. Mr. Lucas has been working in the oil and gas industry for over 35 years and has held roles ranging from Geophysical Manager and Senior Geophysicist, Technical Manager and Exploration Manager for a number of exploration and production companies throughout the world.
Recently in mid-December 2014 Maxim held Joint Management Committee meetings with the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines, ("ONHYM"), to review the current activity and the next steps of work required under the Reconnaissance Contract Maxim holds with ONHYM. During the meetings Maxim was able to gain access to additional data on the Hassi Berkane Concession. This included some reprocessed seismic data on the pre-existing 2D seismic package originally provided to Maxim by ONHYM. It is anticipated that this could possibly accelerate the evaluation program presently underway.
Maxim and its exploration team guided by Mr. Lucas are currently completing the first phase of the plan by;
Once the analysis is completed Chapman Petroleum Engineering Ltd. ("Chapman"), will provide an update to the already published initial N.I. 51-101 Technical Report.
Maxim has also appointed Mr. Chris Farnworth to the role of Vice President of Corporate Affairs. Mr. Farnworth has been with Maxim for some time, but is now taking on a more comprehensive role with the Company.
Further to a News Release on October 10, 2014, Maxim continues with its efforts and working with its consultants to complete a dual listing on the AIM Market of the London Stock Exchange ("AIM").
Mr. Andrew Male, Director and CEO commented; "Having recently taken over the role of President and CEO of Maxim I am pleased with the continued progress that we make at a project level as well as expanding the technical and expertise available to Maxim. These activities are a continuation of the corporate vision and working relationship that Art Brown and I have had for the past couple of years while working together."
About Maxim
Maxim is an oil and gas production and exploration company based in Vancouver, Canada. The Company is focused on identifying assets that meet the following criteria, producing, near term enhancement and exploration opportunities. Investments may be by way of acquisition, participation and/or fractional interest. Its most recent investment is a Reconnaissance Contract for the Hassi Berkane Block, in the Kingdom of Morocco ("Morocco) in partnership with the National Office of Hydrocarbons and Mines ("ONHYM")".
We encourage any interested parties to visit www.maximresources.com and hit the Register for News tab at the top of the page.
Issued on behalf of the Board of Directors of Maxim Resources Inc.
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Get to Know Robert
Robert's life was turned upside down in his college years when he encountered an ordinary college student who absolutely shined with the love of Jesus. After asking how he could have that same kind of life and learning it came from a day by day intimate friendship with God he has never been the same. Robert's passion is to be a friend of Jesus and teach others to do the same.
Robert was on the church planting team that launched Antioch Community Church in Waco, TX in 1999. He served as both College Pastor and eventually U.S. Church planting director for the Antioch Movement.
After almost ten years of college ministry, Robert sensed the Spirit's leading to plant a multi-ethnic, multi-generational church in San Diego. In the spring of 2008 He and Stef led the team that launched All Peoples Church. Since that time, by God's grace, All Peoples has grown rapidly. Multiple services have begun, Lifegroups are meeting all over the San Diego area and missionaries are now being sent to different nations to plant new churches.
Robert invests in numerous churches nationally and also travels internationally speaking and helping plant churches. He and Stefanie have one daughter and three sons and thus spend tons of time coaching sports, and going to all kinds of kids activities. In his free time Robert loves outdoor sports such as, hiking, surfing, fishing, and caring for the family's alpacas and chickens.
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Remember going to birthday parties when you were younger and an entertainer would make you a balloon in any shape you want? Well, they would say you could choose any shape, but it was always a puppy or a giraffe.
If you thought that was impressive, wait until you see what Masayoshi Matsumoto can do. He's known for creating any living creature using balloons with amazing detail and precision.
The most amazing part is that he doesn't use any adhesive or markers.
Look at the fine detail of the turtle. The shell, the arms, the eyes. It's so impressive.
Here's another amazing fact about Matsumoto: he's only 25 years old.
Yet he has already burst onto the art scene with his work.
Take a look at the chicken's head. How he creates these shapes is a mystery.
How he prevents them from popping is an even bigger one.
A balloon spider shouldn't look creepy. But with this much detail, it's enough to make most people jump.
The wing... how?
Animals aren't the only thing Matsumoto creates...
He can even create people.
The detail on this dress is phenomenal.
And of course, he'll create other things as well such as this cool-looking Venus flytrap.
Any kid would be thrilled to get this balloon T. rex.
Out of all his work, everyone's favorites are his luminescent animals.
It's hard to believe these were all made from just balloons.
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Chapter 1 "When I despair, I remember that all through history, the ways of truth and love have always won. There have been tyrants and murderers and, for a time, they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it. Always." ~ Mahatma Gandhi I unclipped my gun belt and dropped it onto the desk. The thud was so loud it woke the phone. "Sheriff's Office, Deputy Ricos speaking." I carried the phone to the window to check the distant view of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park. They are always there, but I like to be sure. "Sorry Margarita," said Brewster County Sheriff Ben Duncan. "Sudden emergency here—I'll have to call you back." He hung up. My boss's office is in Alpine, Texas, eighty miles from the small border community of Terlingua where I work with my partner, Deputy Barney George. Our office is the south county extension of the sheriff's. I sank into an overstuffed chair and propped my boots on the desk. From that perspective the view is different, closer. Details can be seen on Cactus Hill that the faraway view of the Chisos lacks. For instance, earlier that morning a thin, sparkling sheet of ice had encased the branches of the mesquite, desert willow, and other small trees, as well as the prickly pear, ocotillo, and other stabbing growth on my hill. The reddish-brown boulders and pebbly rockslides gleamed as if scrubbed clean. It had been a glittering fairyland when the sun began its climb over the mountains in the east. Three hours later, the ice had become big, wet droplets, unable to maintain its grip in a faceoff with the sun. I had gotten comfortable by the time the phone rang again. "Are you busy?" Sheriff Ben asked when I answered. "I have a special assignment for you." "You have a special assignment for me?" Home planet to Margarita. "Yes, for you. You're not busy, are you?" "No sir, I'm not," I admitted, though he already knew I wasn't. It was the first day of December and things were quiet, so quiet Barney was at home enjoying time with his family. We were taking turns keeping the office open. There had been an influx of visitors for the Thanksgiving holiday, but the majority of them had gone. Winter tourists were mostly families during the holiday periods, and retirees escaping the cold north. Neither group caused much trouble for Brewster County law enforcement. "It's a cold case," the sheriff said. "Cold as in…?" "Cold as in unsolved, Deputy Ricos, thirty years cold." "Thirty years?" I swung my boots off the desk and sat up straight. "Did you say thirty?" "Yes, about thirty years ago a young woman disappeared from Terlingua. I mean to say that she vanished." He paused a moment while someone in his office spoke to him. Then he returned his attention to me. "Get up here and I'll tell you about it." I grabbed my jacket, stuck the 'Call 9-1-1 for emergencies' sign on the door, and sprinted to my Sheriff's Office Ford Explorer. I had to go back for the gun belt. * * * Our sheriff has a manner that says cut the crap but he's a gentleman and is revered by the people he serves. He's on the still-working side of sixty-five, but stands tall and seems younger than his age. That's partly because he keeps himself in shape. His hair is luxurious and completely white, and he says it has been for a long time. Law enforcement work took an early toll on our sheriff. "According to the records," he began to explain, "on a beautiful spring day a young woman named Serena Bustamante disappeared on the Terlingua Ranch Resort, not far from the Christmas Mountains. She was only twenty-two years old at the time. No trace of her has ever been found." He paused to drain the coffee from his mug. "After she was reported missing by her family, the sheriff went to investigate and found her Chevy Camaro abandoned in an arroyo. On the backseat was a small overnight bag that held a couple of changes of casual clothes, toiletries, and various pieces of lingerie. Riding boots had been tossed onto the floor in the back. The car wasn't stuck in the sand or broken down. In fact, it started without a problem and was eventually driven out of there by Serena's brother, Joey Bustamante." "Did her brother know what she was doing there?" I asked. "No, but he said Serena was involved with a married man named William Hampton who lived nearby. You'll see him referred to as 'Curly' in the reports, a nickname you'll understand when you see his photo. Her family disapproved of the affair, but Serena was headstrong and insisted they were in love and would marry. According to her, Curly was planning to leave his wife." I groaned at the slim-to-none likelihood of that. "So Serena's family suspected she was there to meet her lover?" "Yes. The arroyo is a mile or two from Hampton's house," explained Sheriff Ben, "so that was the assumption they made." "Who was the sheriff back then?" "It was Houston Blanton. Do you know him?" "No sir. Do you?" "I've seen him but can't say I know him. Back when he was a sheriff in Brewster County, I was a policeman in Dallas." I wanted to know a lot more about that, but he continued. "Hampton was a real estate developer and investor, and still is as far as I know. He had inherited a large estate from his parents, including bank accounts worth several million dollars." "What luck some people have." The Sheriff laughed and agreed. "Even before that, he was involved in real estate deals with his father up in Montana and Wyoming. He was a wealthy man before his father died." "How did he end up living in Terlingua?" "The way I understand it, the senior Hampton acquired a full section of land on Terlingua Ranch Resort in a poker game. After he died, his son came to check it out and fell in love with the area. He brought his wife to see it and she must have agreed, because after a few years, they moved there. They had a unique home built that they designed themselves." "I know the place. It's an octagonal house with a hand built stone fence." "Yes, that's the one." "It's been abandoned for a long time, hasn't it?" "Well yes, for thirty years. Even though he was never arrested, Curly was tried and convicted by the local folks. There was so much hassle he moved his family back to Wyoming several months after Serena vanished. The investigation stalled for lack of evidence and the sheriff had no legal means of keeping him. And Serena's family was relentless, calling constantly and demanding to know where he had disposed of her body. In fact, her family is the reason we're re-investigating this case now." "What do they hope to accomplish? I mean, I know they want us to find her, but what can we do now that wasn't done thirty years ago?" Sheriff Ben sighed. "They claim that the Sheriff's Office didn't care about Serena's demise because she was Mexican-American, Mexican being the key word. Her brother says law enforcement believed she was a 'Mexican tramp,' and that she got what she had coming." "Do you think that's true? That law enforcement didn't care, I mean." "I can't say for sure, but I have the old paperwork, and it seems like they did the best they could. Huge searches were organized with lots of people and that was done several times. You'll see that the law enforcement guys at Big Bend National Park were involved, checking along the park's border with the ranch. A lot of effort made to find either the woman or her body. The Hampton property was also investigated for a sign of disturbed earth or anything else that looked suspicious." "And nothing was found?" "That's right. The only way in which I could fault the original investigation involves a dam that was being built on an arroyo which came through the property belonging to Hampton." The Sheriff rose to refill his mug. He offered me coffee which I declined, having made that mistake before. I'm pretty sure it was his coffee that got the Walking Dead moving in the first place. He continued, oblivious to how entertaining he was. "You see, that wet concrete would've been an obvious way to get rid of a dead body. When Sheriff Blanton arrived at the house, the cement was still curing. Instead of busting that thing apart, he interviewed the undocumented Mexican workers. They assured him there was not a body there and he moved on." "That seems like a big oversight." "I think so, too, but about ten years later the investigation was re-opened, and an ultrasound was taken of the dam. The sheriff didn't do that before because he didn't have the equipment, or access to it. Anyway, they checked out every last inch of the dam and it showed nothing but cement." "Could there have been a mistake or an equipment malfunction?" "Not likely, although it's possible. Sheriff Blanton felt it was working properly." "Yeah, but he's the same guy who took the word of some undocumented workers that the boss hadn't stashed a dead woman in the new dam," I pointed out, causing the sheriff to laugh. "Right," he agreed, "but I don't think he was an idiot. He made a judgment error regarding the dam, but everything else about the investigation seems competent." "So what do you have in mind for me to do?" "I want you to take this file back to your office and read through it. You need to get a feel for everything, the way things happened, who said what and when. Then I suggest you meet with Joey Bustamante and Sylvia Bustamante Miller, Serena's brother and sister. They live here in Alpine. See what you think about what they have to say. Then you and I will meet again and make a plan." I took the thick file, shook his hand, and left for home. On Highway 118 from Alpine to Terlingua I had plenty of time to think. It's a scenic drive that cuts through mountainous, high desert grassland as you leave Alpine, and then drops down to a long, flat stretch of Chihuahuan desert. The road passes cattle ranches, stands of juniper and cottonwood, buttes, rocky outcroppings, and interesting rock formations. The jagged mountains sticking up in the southern part of the county are the most captivating vista of all, but our whole county is a case of Nature showing off. I took no notice of the late-afternoon magic the dying sun works on our landscape. How would I find a woman who had most likely been dead for thirty years? Where to start? There are so many places to stash a body: scores of still-open mine shafts and thousands of acres of unpopulated desert. And then there are the caves, and the Rio Grande. Take your pick. Even if a body was dumped out there in the open, among the cacti and creosote bush, it would never be found. Bones would be scattered by scavengers. If anything was left after thirty years, it would have been reduced to powdery shards by the relentless, moisture-sucking sun. The thought of a blazing sun made me want a freezing cold beer, followed by a shot of smooth gold tequila and lime. Beer. Tequila. Lime. Repeat as needed. I had to remind myself that I no longer drank.
Deputy Margarita Ricos is a smart, young Chicana with attitude, who grew up on the last piece of the United States before the land surrenders to the Rio Grande and Mexico begins. Brewster County, the biggest county in Texas, has more spectacular square miles and mountains than it does inhabitants. The first of December is a crisp, sunshiny day in Terlingua, Texas. For the Sheriff's Office, it's a slow time. That is until Sheriff Duncan hands his youngest deputy a 33-year-old mystery to solve. Before Margarita was born, a 22 year-old woman vanished from an arroyo near the Christmas Mountains. No trace of her was ever found. The next day, a tourist is reported missing. The deputies find his car and camp in an uninhabited area, and not far from the same mountains. He, also, is 22 years old. Margarita and her partner, Deputy Barney George, set out to find two missing persons. One has been gone 30 years, the other about 30 days. Could there possibly be a connection to disappearances separated by so many years? Their search for answers takes them to various locations in Terlingua, to the nearby resort of Lajitas, to Ojinaga, Mexico, and even as far as Wyoming. Local characters populate the story, including two wild hawks, and a disgruntled man who believes Margarita is wrong for law enforcement; the job should have gone to a man. If you've met the deputy, you know that doesn't set well.
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I don't know how a week flies by so quickly, but it's already Wednesday again! Whew, I'm still catching up from last week...
Chicken, Lemongrass, and Potato Curry-my kind of meal. Especially, as Janet Fletcher writes in today's SF Chronicle, when it's is made with chicken thighs. All you "I only eat boneless, skinless chicken breast" folks need to expand your horizons. Chicken thighs are the dark meat of the bird. With more fat, the thighs have a lot more flavor and the meat stays nice and juicy. Plus, they cost of fraction of the price you'd pay for those lean breasts. Give 'em a try. You'll be glad you did.
Calories do count! In today's NY Times, Kim Severson writes about the in-your-face calorie counts restaurants are now disclosing. If the average person should eat 2000 calories a day, do you think that Starbucks fruit scone at 480 calories is a good idea? Just remember, whole, real foods are always a better option than that artificially 'low cal' stuff. Of course if reading about the calories in your favorite foods is too much for this Wednesday morning, you can always read the recipe for Edible Googly Eyes instead.
Brunch and Breakfast baking-I love it. Give me a new recipe for scones, coffee cake, or muffins and I'll find an excuse to have people over so I can make it. In today's LA Times, they've printed a recipe for Cranberry Orange Cornmeal Cake from the restaurant Rustic Canyon. I think it is from the regular dessert menu but, I'm all over it for breakfast.
I went east this morning to read the food section in the Washington Post. The American guru on Mexican cooking, Diana Kennedy, is profiled in a fantastic article. If you like Mexican food, you should know Diana and her books. I met her once and she is a bright, gracious, and intelligent cook. Her passion for the foods of Mexico really is unparalleled. I dream of taking a class from her in Mexico but, in the meantime I'll live vicariously through her recipe for Shrimp in Pumpkin Seed Sauce.
Happy Cooking and, if you know what's good for you, don't steal your kid's Halloween candy until *after* they go to bed Friday night!
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God does exist. And it's Allah
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Yes. Allah has sent down miracles, revelations and messengers to give clear proofs He exists and more important, what we should do once we come to this realization.
Allah has sent prophets and messengers with many proofs throughout the ages for people to be able to clearly see with their own eyes and to be able to use their own senses the miracles and proofs pointing to the fact, Allah does in fact, exist.
Miracles of prophets and messengers of Allah have come to people through the ages. Moses (peace be upon him) showed many miracles to pharaoh and to the children of Israel. Plagues, locusts, water turning to blood, his stick becoming a snake, the voice in the burning bush and the parting of the Red Sea are clear miracles for the people of Moses time.
Again, Allah sent Jesus, the son of Mary (peace be upon him) with clear miracles for the people of his time. Speaking from the cradle while still a new born infant, creating birds from clay, curing the sick, giving sight to the blind and even bringing a dead man back to life, were all clear signs to the people to know Jesus (peace be upon him) was a messenger of Allah as was Moses before him.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) was the last and final messenger of Allah, and he was sent to all of mankind. Allah sent him with a number of miracles, not the least of which was the Quran. The predictions and prophecies of Muhammad (peace be upon him) have come true even in this century and the Quran has been used to convince even scientists of the existence of Allah.
[Please visit "Science Proves Allah": Watch video of famous scientists admit Quran is from Allah and even accept Islam]
The Quran is the best of proofs for the existence of Allah and today over one and half billion people memorize and recite from the exact text, in the exact same language it was revealed in; Arabic. More than 10 million Muslims have completely memorized the entire Quran from cover to cover, and can recite it from memory without looking at it.
No one sees or hears Allah, not even the prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him). Nor are we able to use our senses to make some kind of contact with Him. However, we are encouraged in Islam to use our senses and our common sense to recognize this entire universe could not possibly come into existence on its own. Something had to design it all and then put it into motion. This is beyond our ability to do, yet it is something we can understand.
We know from the teachings of Muhammad (peace be upon him) the proofs for the existence of God (Allah) are most obvious to us in our everyday surroundings. Anyone with understanding would quickly acknowledge His existence provided they are not so stubborn as to ignore the obvious evidences right in front of us.
We don't have to see an artist to recognize a painting, correct? So, if we see paintings without seeing artists painting them, in the same way, we can believe Allah created everything without having to see Him (or touch, or hear, etc.).
nature is not a construct, machine is the opposite of nature.. nature is random, like each branch of a tree spring out in different random directions..
nature flows in the path of least resistance
claims are not proofs.. koran is the claim not the evidence
senses are physical, are they not?
a painting of an elefant dosnt prove who painted it
Example 1:-
Life in the universe is water based.
More than half your body weight is water. Animals and plants on Earth are mostly water. All life in our universe also needs water. When scientists search for life on exoplanets they only look for planets with water; No water no life. However Moslems knew about this 1400 years before it was discovered.
[Quran 21.30] Do not those who disbelieve see that the heavens and the Earth were meshed together then We ripped them apart? And then We made of water everything living? Would they still not believe?
In the Quran all life, on Earth and in the heavens, depends on water.
How could an illiterate man who lived 1400 years ago have known that all life in the universe also needs water?
The water cover about 71% of the Earth's surface. This is also the same ratio the word "Water" and word "Land" appear in the Quran. "Water" 32 times and "Land" 13 times. The ratio of "Water" to the total (Water + Land) = 32/(32+13) = 71%.
Example 2:-
Sex of Baby
The father determines the sex of the baby.
Females have XX chromosomes, that is, they can only give one X chromosome. But since males have XY chromosomes then men can either give the X or the Y chromosome. This means that it is actually the males who determine the sex of the baby (by giving either the X or the Y chromosome).
[Quran 53:45-46] And He (Allah) creates pairs, male and female, from semen emitted.
The Quran says that it is the semen that determines whether the baby is male or female. But since semen only comes from males then this means that it is the males who determine the sex of the baby.
How could an illiterate man who lived 1400 years ago have known that it is the males who determine the sex of the baby?
(While today's scientists have confirmed that animals inherit their colors and stripes from their parents (through DNA), the Christian Bible says something else: In Genesis 30:37-42, the Bible explains how baby goats get their streaked colors: If their parents were mating AND LOOKING at upright rods then the baby goats will have stripes; while if their parents were mating BUT NOT LOOKING at upright rods then the baby goats will not have stripes!)
If these are not proof, then what Is?
i know i am water based
life would be water based back then, if its the case all life is water based
the existence of trees is proof that trees exist.. and trees existing proves that statement is valid, you are not a vi spexer for believing it..
your unicorn will reveal itself one day i guess
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Lisa Grill Dodson, MD, Campus Dean for the Medical College of Wisconsin-Central Wisconsin, assumed her position in August 2014. She was previously Director of the Oregon Area Health Education Center (AHEC) and Associate Professor of Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland.
As Campus Dean for the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)-Central Wisconsin, Dr. Dodson provides overall leadership and management of MCW's regional medical school in Central Wisconsin and serves as the primary liaison for our health system, academic and community partners in that locale – as well as with MCW's Milwaukee campus.
Dr. Dodson graduated from Lewis and Clark College (Oregon) in 1981 and received her MD degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1988. She completed a residency in Family Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and was selected to be Faculty Fellow and Chief Resident her last year. Dr. Dodson then practiced family medicine for seven years in the frontier community of John Day, Oregon, where she and her partners hosted medical students and residents. Upon returning to the OHSU in 1999, Dr. Dodson became Clerkship Director for the Rural and Community Health Clerkship and developed the Oregon Rural Scholars Program. She is board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Dr. Dodson currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Academy of Family Physicians, the University of Wisconsin Marathon County campus Foundation Board, and the Board of Directors, United Way of Marathon County. She has joined the Wausau Rotary Club, is a member of the Wausau Chamber of Commerce, and she and her husband are proud members of the Wausau Curling Club.
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While we may never know what got to his young mind when he did that, we're just too glad Diego Loyzaga is slowly stripping off his inhibitions. Mayhap he wanted people to talk about him again. Or simply he just wants to see his (muscle) gains. Here's another photo from that video, try to decipher.
These boys, they grow up so fast! Diego Loyzaga was merely a cutesy teenager a period ago, and now, he's lying in bed like a full-grown man. He's indeed a fully grown person now, complete with a developing hot bod and sturdy legs and body hairs and manly smells. I could just imagine.
Cesar Montano had his fair and generous share of racy photos and movies in the past. As the original Machete: The Living Statue, he redefined local screen machismo with his woody. These days, he's an embattled public official, and while we're entertained with his antics, we focus on his hot young son named Diego.
He may not be drop-dead handsome in the traditional sense, but Diego Loyzaga works just fine for me with his hot and interesting looks and well-improved physique. With his recent propensity to appear half-nekkid in photo shoots, I wouldn't be surprised (and there will be gay maddening) if he drops trou next season for an underwear endorsement.
It's young Diego Loyzaga's turn for the pumping and primping in front of the cameras! The 21-year-old up-and-coming actor is seriously bulking up for all the adult roles coming his way. Maybe it's for an underwear shoot, too, for Bench Body, which could be wishful thinking. Or maybe not.
It is really that time of the year when the fine boys come out to play and well, pose and preen before the cameras for Cosmopolitan (Phils) magazine's annual list. This year's a good lot, as compared last year. James Reid is the leader of the pack, and rightly so!
Then Albie Casino and Diego Loyzaga get their turn to show off.
From showbiz, relative comers Tommy Esguerra, Zeus Collins and JC Santos take their shirts off in the name of hotness!
The hunky older models – Tom Esconde, Stefano Churchill and Misagh Bahadoran, get to represent as well!
Snap out of the weekend deadness and get your lazy ass back on track. Get motivated to have a nice body and healthy lifestyle. Speaking of motivated, here are some boys who regularly go to the gym for that bangin' bod-
Erstwhile teenybopper Diego Loyzaga gets pumped (in a good way).
Benjamin Alves proves he's no sissyboy as he does the battle ropes!
Carlos Agassi does what he does best. In his Guitar underwear!
Miko Pasamonte works out in his undies, too. (Let's play a game of spot the photoshopped/distorted areas in this picture.)
Oh don't mind me. It's just one of my favorite hunks. Again. Nothing fascinates me more than a sexy hunk, i.e. a physically attractive man with a well-developed physique, showing off his dance moves. That would have to be, uh, electric. Whether it's the bulge or the perfect bod, Zeus Collins delivers on all fronts. Pits, too.
Youth! I can enumerate all the prurient things I want to do with these young men, but that would be too much. Twenty-year-old Diego Loyzaga , for example, is simply inviting in this pose, he doesn't even have to take his shirt and pants off. Well, of course, I might wish he'll do some stripping soon, but for now, I am happy looking at those fine little hairs on his young bod.


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In Ida and Chinese Puzzle, two films by European directors introduce their protagonists to strange new worlds, with very different results.
Screened earlier this year at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and now opening commercially, Pawel Pawlikowski's lustrously austere Ida is a reminder that black-and-white cinematography can be more stunning than full color. At only 80 minutes, it's also a testament to the power of cinematic brevity.
The luminous, quiet young woman known as Sister Anna (Agata Trzebuchowska) is first seen with her fellow novitiates, gingerly carrying a lifesized statue of Jesus through the snow to his place of honor on the convent's grounds. It's 1960s Poland. Anna hasn't taken her vows yet, and before she does her mother superior insists that she go to meet her aunt, Wanda. This surprises Anna; she was raised as an orphan by the nuns and knew of no living relatives.
So Anna goes to the city and knocks on her aunt's ornate Art Deco door. Wanda (Agata Kulesza), a still-lovely woman hardened by age and experience, looks her niece up and down curiously while a man friend finishes dressing in her bedroom. She's no streetwalker, Wanda, but a former, famous judge, and not one to edit her thoughts.
Why didn't you take me in as a child? asks Ida. "I didn't want to," Wanda says. "You wouldn't've been happy with me." She has yet more blunt truths to share. Anna's real name is Ida Lebenstein: "So, you are a Jewish nun."
What follows is a humorous yet haunted road trip as this embittered former prosecutor and the wide-eyed novice take a road trip together. Wanda smokes constantly and drinks behind the wheel; their car has to be dragged out of a ditch by horses at one point. The film's deadpan humor has a trace of Jim Jarmusch or Aki Kaurismaki, but neither of those filmmakers tend to go to the heartbreaking destination Ida and Wanda are headed: the countryside, to find out, from the good Christian farmers there, what happened to the Jews who populated the place (including Ida's parents) until World War II.
The movie's emotional climax is followed by an extended coda, as we follow Ida for a few days in the city, where she decides if she wants to return to being Sister Anna. She lets her hair down, literally, and learns to appreciate jazz — and the band's handsome young saxophonist. The smitten fellow says, "You've no idea of the effect you have, do you?"
That can't be said about the movie. In his choice of restraint, fablelike simplicity, pared-down dialogue, comedy and sorrow, director Pawlikowski (My Summer of Love) seems to know exactly the effect he wants. He succeeds in making a deeply original, memorable film.
Chinese Puzzle, on the other hand, is watchable but forgettable. In writer/drector Cédric Klapisch's follow-up to L'Auberge Espagnole (2002) and Russian Dolls (2005), the best parts come during the credits: we glimpse the lead actors in all three movies, seeing how they change over a decade. It's like watching François Truffaut's alter ego, Jean-Pierre Léaud, aging in the four features they made starting with The 400 Blows, or seeing Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy lose their kittenish youth and develop crows' feet in Richard Linklater's three Before films.
There, though, comparisons end. Romain Duris returns again as the films' focal point, Xavier, a French novelist who has a hard time writing novels, maybe because he's always busy obsessing about the women in his life. Audrey Tautou is Martine, the Frenchwoman who was his girlfriend in L'Auberge. Cécile De France is Isabelle, also French, a lesbian and Xavier's best pal. And Kelly Reilly is Wendy, the Brit who became Xavier's girlfriend, then wife, in Dolls.
Puzzle opens 10 years later, in New York, where Xavier has moved to be close to his two kids after Wendy divorces him, hooks up with a Yank and shacks up in his Central Park apartment. Isabelle is also a New Yorker now, dwelling in spacious Brooklyn digs that she lets Xavier share, along with her Chinese American girlfriend Ju (Sandrine Holt). Oh, and since the gay couple long to have a child of their own, Xavier lends some sperm, and Isabelle's belly grows. That leaves Martine — who flies over occasionally with her own two kids just long enough to have business meetings and some old-time sex with Xavier that leaves them both confused.
Confusion is Xavier's theme this time around as he tries to complete his latest book and comprehend the complications of his life as he pushes 40. It's also an excuse for Klapisch to continue taking genial but arbitrary digressions down multiple plot lines (several with dead ends), just as he did in the previous two movies.
The viewpoint here is very narrow. The films don't really allow Xavier to have any men friends. Other guys might draw attention away from his scruffy alpha male, who is defined, and defines himself, entirely by the women in his life. De France's Isabelle comes closest to the Best Pal role, but her sexually voracious, party-all-night character is a male fantasy of a lesbian, only underscoring the unbalanced gender politics of the trilogy.
The movie's strung-together episodes include cheesy snippets of fantasy that aren't really funny, some broad American stereotypes, and reasons for Duris to go sprinting down city sidewalks. (This time, in contrast to a memorable full-frontal dash in Dolls, he keeps his clothes on; 40 has a way of doing that to you.)
It's all pleasant enough to watch. It just doesn't add up to much. Only one extended scene really comes to comical life: Xavier has to bust an extreme sweat to keep Ju from catching Isabelle in flagrante delicto with another woman — and every character in the movie shows up at the same time at the apartment where it's happening. Who would have predicted that the movie's best moment would be a classic jolt of French farce, updated for the 21st century.
Ida. With Agata Kuleszka, Agata Trzebuchowska. Directed by Pawel Pawlikowski. In Polish with subtitles. Rated PG-13. 80 minutes. At UA Tara and Lefont Sandy Springs.
Chinese Puzzle. With Romain Duris, Audrey Tautou, Cécile De France, Kelly Reilly. Written and directed by Cédric Klapisch. In English, French and other languages, with subtitles. Rated R. 117 minutes. At Landmark Midtown Art Cinema.


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Contact Lenses and Cronyism
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What makes the contact lens market unique â and also leaves it extra vulnerable to crony intervention â is the fact that customers are required by federal law to obtain a prescription from a licensed optometrist in order to purchase lenses.
It is a rare instance where prescribers are also sellers, which leads to a cozy relationship between manufacturers and the doctors who can steer patients toward their brand.
Prescriptions are brand-specific, which makes it difficult for consumers to shop around. Choosing a different brand would require paying for another exam in order to obtain a new prescription.
The simplest solution would be to do away with the gatekeepers altogether and allow the purchase of contact lenses without a prescription.
It works just fine that way in Europe and Japan
I feel like I have been the lone voice in the wilderness on this one, :
I drive into my local Shell station to fill up, and stick my card in the pump, but the pump refuses to dispense. I walk into the office and ask the store manager why I can't get gasoline. She checks my account, and says "Mr. Meyer, your Volvo fuel prescription has expired." I say, "Oh, well its OK, I am sure I am using the right gas." She replies, "I'm sorry, but the law requires that you have to have a valid prescription from your dealership to refill your gas. You can't make that determination yourself, and most car dealerships have their prescriptions expire each year to make sure you bring the car in for a checkup. Regular checkups are important to the health of your car. You will need to pay for a service visit to your dealership before we can sell you gas." I reply, "RRRRRRR."
OK, so if this really happened we would all scream SCAM! While we all recognize that it may be important to get our car checked out every once in a while, most of us would see this for what it was: A government regulation intended mainly to increase the business of my Volvo dealership's service department by forcing me to pay for regular visits.
So why don't we cry foul when the exact same situation occurs every day with glasses and contact lenses?


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"Once upon a time, reading was as simple and straightforward as decoding words on a page.
No more. Digital age technologies have made such an impact on the way we interact with
content that the old definitions of reading and books no longer apply." (Lamb)
The article "Reading Redefined for a Transmedia Universe" by Annette Lamb allows readers to reflect on what is important to them and how they value technology versus the traditional method of reading. She defines "book" and "reading" very differently than they once were. Being redefined and having many new meanings through graphics, text, sounds, and even movements changes the definition of a book as we once knew it. "Constructing meaning from symbols" is what she defines a "book" today. With the technology boom there are new tools to help in the experience of reading and learning. Lamb really supports the students in being the next generation and puts a lot on them to transform the traditional so that they may "discover new ways to motivate digital age reading across the curriculum".
Q: In this digital age there is more technology than I could have ever imagined, is it bad or good, is it causing our students to suffer?
A: I do not believe that children suffer from the massive amounts of technology in the world. I believe that with moderation of book reading a "screen reading" students can learn mass amounts. The great thing about technology is that you have immediate access to books, texts, rather than having to wait for the library to open, or find a form of transportation to get there. The traditional form of books will never go away, imagine not having a new book smell or even an old one. I think that there is value in both forms, and learning will always happen.
|Lamb, A. (2011). Reading redefined for a transmedia universe. Learning and Leading With Technology, 39(3), 12-17. Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/learn/publications/learning-and-leading/digital-edition-november-2011.aspx


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|Economic Empowerment Project: using Zakat money
Before going through further details of the proposal, I urge the reader to go through Letter and Spirit of Zakat (Zakah), Part-1 and Part-2, and other related articles.
Project Stage-1: Giving zakat money to Fuqara and Masakeen (categories 1 and 2), i.e. give only as much amount that keeps the recipient's wealth within the prescribed limit of Nasb (nisab). Individual recipients will be made to OWN the amount or the business established (tools purchased for this purpose) out of this amount. Purpose: empower a poor economically instead of just making him/ her meet his/ her basic needs. It will be ensured that minimum amount is spent on category-3 (employees) - this is one area in which we have proved our expertise (almost all the projects are run with ZERO overhead expense)
Project Stage-2: Once the system is well-established and has received the approval of participants, when our own learning curve reaches a desirable confidence level, zakat money will be used in the way of Allah (for "Allah's Cause" of category-7) with its extended meaning explained by Yousuf Al Qardawi, Dr. Israr Ahmad, Syed Abul A'ala Maududi, etc. In the mean time opinion is being sought from ulemas, brothers are being encouraged to go through the process of Jihad-an-nafs and prepare themselves for undertaking this stage.
"Have you seen him who denies Our religion? It is he who harshly repels the orphan and does not urge others to feed the needy. Woe to those who pray but are heedless of their prayers; who put on a show of piety but refuse to give even the smallest help to others." [Surah Al-Maun (Small Kindness), Chapter 107: Verses 1-7]
Implementation Mechanism:
1. Proposals will be invited from (a) individual active members* and (b) chapters, for adoption of a village, mohalla, Qasba or city.
Votes: The proposal submitted here will be able to satisfy 83% of voters.
2. Proposal will be considered only when an undertaking is submitted (along with the proposal) to assume full responsibility of the complete process depicting readiness to accept total accountability.
3. Proposal will be circulated in the yahoogroup for discussion. The decision to approve or reject the proposal will be taken by the moderators, or by a committee of active members formed for this purpose.
4. The proposal should be supported by a survey of people in adpoted village, mohalla, Qasba or city identifying the deserving candidates and their interest areas, finding out feasible projects for them depending upon their own interest levels, capabilities, available infrastructure and support mechanism.
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5. The proposal should include details of the monitoring, follow-up and support mechanisms for the project. It should also include list of volunteers (with description of their abilities) proposed to be assigned these tasks and any remunerations to be paid to them for these purposes, etc.
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6. If there are more than one village, mohalla, Qasba or city nominated by people, along with their concrete plans, we will have a discussion on them. After discussions, moderators or a committee appointed by them for the purpose will choose one (or more than one) from those proposals.
7. The group will be kept abreast with every stage of project implementation to maintain transparency in operations and to get maximum assistance from members willing and capable to do so.
8. Local Chapter representatives will have overall responsibility to facilitate monitoring, follow-up developing of support mechanisms. Group members willing to audit the process will be allowed to do so by the local chapter who will provide all the necessary help required. Visiting members will be encouraged to participate in this process as much as they can. Only a spirit of cooperation and collaboration can turn the dream of economic empowerment into a reality.
* Active members are defined as: those from among the members of Bihar Anjuman who have already demonstrated their sincerity by fulfilling responsibilities undertaken by themselves, for BA, or assigned to them by a chapter
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Buultjens, J & Howard, D 1999, 'Labour market performance of Australia's non-metropolitan regions', Australian Bulletin of Labour, vol. 25, no. 2, pp105-116.
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Sometimes it's better to keep it short and sweet; a sentence or two often says more than paragraphs. So it was on Saturday afternoon that CSKA Moscow announced on their official website, they were selling Seydou Doumbia, their prized asset and the man who almost single-handedly kept them in title battles and dragged them through their Champions League campaign.
CSKA weren't a one man team, but they're much worse off without him. The announcement was lacking in words but the impact of those words was what mattered.
CSKA Moscow confirm that Seydou Doumbia has left the club to join AS Roma
After a single sentence thanking the Ivorian forward for all his successes whilst at the Army Men, the club listed all the honours he had won in the Russian capital. Two Russian titles, two Russian cups, two Super Cup's, Russian Premier League top scorer twice and Russian Football of the Year twice.
His record upon leaving CSKA read an impressive 61 goals in 95 games.
As with many transfers involving Italian clubs, it was Sky Italia journalist Gianluca Di Marzio who announced on gianlucadimarzio.com the financial details of the deal that took 27 year-old Doumbia to Roma.
The fee that Roma's Sporting Director Walter Sabatini has agreed with CSKA is 14.4 million Euro's up front, with 1.5 million in add-ons, with the striker agreeing a deal until June 2019.
Doumbia will link-up with fellow Ivorian Gervinho, the man he is currently away on international duty with at the Africa Cup of Nations in Equatorial Guinea.
Upon his return, he will be tasked with dragging Roma back into a title race they seem intent to ignore. Saturday's awful 1-1 draw at home to Empoli was the perfect example of why Doumbia is needed, as the Giallorossi had eleven shots on goal but only managed four on target.
It's a familiar theme for Roma, who despite sitting second in Serie A are eighth in the table in terms of shot accuracy with only (45%) and sit in sixth for average shots per-game (14.33). For a team with Scudetto aspirations, coach Rudi Garcia will be aware these vital statistics must improve.
Doumbia has led a relatively nomadic existence as a footballer. After spending his youth at various youth clubs in Ivory Coast, he went to Japan, playing for Kashiwa Reysol and Tokushima Vortis, before moving to Switzerland and Young Boys. He hit 50 goals in 64 games at the Swiss club before CSKA president (and good friend of Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich) Evgeny Giner paid 15 million Euros for the front man, according to Goal.
The Russian Premier League is a tough place to play, though the level of football is higher than what many give it credit for. Many outside influences, from the weather to the fans can make playing in Russia tough, but Doumbia has shown himself to be a very capable striker, comfortably the best in country during his time in the country.
Last season he netted 18 goals in 22 games, winning the title when it seemed Zenit and Andre Villas-Boas had snatched it away.
In the penultimate game of the season, Villas- Boas' St.Petersburg side lost 3-0 at home to Dinamo Moscow, with CSKA winning their last five games to take the championship for a second consecutive season.
Doumbia's shot accuracy last term was 63%, impressive until you consider that this term his record is 78%. Of the Roma players still at the club, Ljajic's accuracy is 65%, Gervinho's reads 53% and Francesco Totti's is 45%.
In the eight Champions League games he has played over the last two seasons, he averages 67% this term and 75% last year. Clearly, Doumbia is a man who knows where the goal is.
Though he is an excellent goalscorer, Doumbia also offers more in the way of build-up play and creativity. This season his passing accuracy in the Russian Premier League is 73%, a good number for a forward, with last season reading 77%.
Over the past couple of campaigns, he has also created a chance per-game for his team-mates, racking up seven assists last term, combined with the one this season.
With Rudi Garcia's men not having one outstanding goalscorer, Doumbia can not only solve this problem, but also maintain the team ethic that has turned them into title contenders and on course for a second season of Champions League football.
An attacking line-up of Doumbia, Gervinho and Iturbe provides excellent pace and now with the Ivorian a possible end product.
Mattia Destro left Roma to join Milan, via the Daily Mail but Doumbia looks like an upgrade, a more complete forward who provides Roma with something they lacked before.
How quickly he can adapt to Serie A's brutal defences will be intriguing, though if he can cope on a freezing pitch in Siberia against Tom Tomsk, he should be just fine on a spring day against the likes of Chievo.


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At a conference a few days ago, I put up a slide with a few of my favourite tools on it. I got some brilliant additional recommendations in return from twitter so I thought I'd collect them all in one place in case anyone is interested - all these tools are excellent for anyone working APIs (so that's everyone!). First, my original slide:
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Changing Content Type with Slim Framework
Slim framework has recently invaded my life, I picked it up for a hobby project, recommended it to a client who then contracted me to do quite a lot more development, and it's also used for m.joind.in. One thing that has tripped me up a couple of times is how to return not-HTML from Slim as it just bins any headers you try to send yourself. I think also that the "right" way to do this may have changed between versions as I also found some examples that didn't work! What did work for me was this:
$response = $app->response(); $response->header("Content-Type", "text/javascript");
$app variable is the Slim\Slim instance for your application, once you have that, you can just add on any headers you need to with this call to
header(). It wasn't obvious to me and there weren't a lot of resources for this, so I thought I'd share!
Twitter Search API Using PHP and Guzzle
In case you missed it, Twitter updated their APIs recently, so that you have to authenticate to use even their search APIs to return publicly-available results. This is an increasing trend for API providers, to provide either very limited or nonexistent access for unauthenticated users, I think so they can rate limit consumers that swamp them. To cut a long story short, that meant I needed to update my dashboards that keep an eye on twitter searches to do more than just call
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Setting Multiple Headers in a PHP Stream Context
Last week I tried to create a PHP stream context which set multiple headers; an Authorization header and a Content-Type header. All the examples I could find showed headers built up as a string with newlines added manually, which seemed pretty clunky and not-streams-like to me.
In fact, you've been able to pass this as an array since PHP 5.2.10, so to set multiple headers in the stream context, I just used this:
<?php $options = ["http" => [ "method" => "POST", "header" => ["Authorization: token " . $access_token, "Content-Type: application/json"], "content" => $data ]]; $context = stream_context_create($options);
$access_token had been set elsewhere (in fact I usually put credentials in a separate file and exclude it from source control in an effort not to spread my access credentials further than I mean to!), and
$data is already encoded as JSON. For completeness, you can make the POST request like this:
Pretty-Printing JSON with Python's JSON Tool
Today's quick tip is something that was widely retweeted after my "Debugging HTTP" talk at the ever-fabulous WhiskyWeb conference last weekend. When working with JSON on the commandline, here's a quick tip for showing the JSON in a nicer format:
curl http://api.joind.in | python -mjson.tool
You need python installed, but the JSON extension is probably included, and that's all you need for this tool. The result is something like:
You can also use this approach to present JSON data that has been captured to another file, for example, it's a handy trick that I use often when developing something with JSON as a data format.
Endpoints for HTTP Testing
While working on a book ("PHP Web Services" from O'Reilly, not out yet but soon!) recently, I was looking for some place I could make HTTP requests to, to show off how to make different kinds of requests with different tools. On my own machine, I have a couple of scripts that chatter back giving debug information about the requests that were made, but I wanted to get the tools examples going without any additional dependencies at all. I hadn't used anything like these tools before, but I found quite a few alternatives, so I thought I'd share what I came up with. Continue reading
Tips on Writing an API for a Smartphone App
Yesterday, I saw this tweet:
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I have lots of advice for Olly (whom I know personally) but there's no way it will fit into a tweet! So here it is, in rather longer form :)
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Adding Custom Headers to Every Request with Chrome
I'm working on an API which uses OAuth2, but it also has an HTML output handler so I actually do quite a lot of my development in the browser for read-only stuff (I wrote an earlier article about output handlers including the HTML output handler). I fell across an extension for Chrome called ModHeader (WTF kind of URL is that, google?) which does this trick for me!
Once I have the access token, I add the Authorization header using ModHeader and it sends it on all requests to this API, so I can still use my HTML output handler and be logged in. It's useful for sending custom headers of all kinds for different tools, so I thought I'd mention it!
Building A RESTful PHP Server: Understanding the Request
Once upon a time, what seems like a lifetime ago, I was away for a couple of weeks, and I wrote a series of posts about serving RESTful APIs from PHP to keep my blog going while I was away. Fast forward a few years and those posts are outdated and still wildly popular - so I thought it was about time I revisited this and showed how I'm writing RESTful PHP servers today!
In the first part of this (probably) 3-part series, we'll begin with the basics. It might seem boring, but the most important thing to get right with REST is parsing all the various elements of the HTTP request and responding accordingly. I've put in code samples from from a small-scale toy project I created to make me think about the steps involved (should I put the code somewhere so you can see it? Let me know). Without further ado, let's dive in and begin by sending all requests through one bootstrap script: Continue reading
Retrieving Data from Google Analytics API using PHP
Recently I started playing with the google analytics API, looking at ways to bring analytics onto dashboards and generate simple reports from the data in there. Very shortly after I started to look at the API, I had working data retrieval, so I thought I'd share my experiences (and code!). Continue reading


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This is a crustose rarity of free-draining, upland limestone surfaces. In appearance, the thallus is pale fawn to ochre-coloured, studded with tiny (0.2-0.4mm diam.) black discs. It resembles Clauzadea monticola (described elsewhere) which has simple spores, and other rare, Catillaria species, so here it is important to use the microscope to examine the internal features of the disc, especially the hypothecium. In Ireland, C. modesta is known from two sites in west Donegal.
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|Simms, M. J., (2016). Catillaria modesta (Müll.Arg.) Coppins. [In] LichenIreland.
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