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Barista Zero Hour
- Recruiter
- Compass Group UK Ireland
- Location
- Guildford
- Salary
- Up to 8.59 Per Hour
- Posted
- 13 May 2019
- Closes
- 10 Jun 2019
- Ref
- compass/TP/16802/55161AK
- Contact
- Mrs Ann Kinsella
- Sector
- Pub and Bar jobs
- Job Function
- Food & Beverage
- Contract Type
- Contract
- Hours
- Part Time
Looking for a new opportunity as a Barista? A step towards your new career? Or maybe you want to move up a level and take on more responsibility?
Look no further as we have an exciting opportunity for an experienced, multi-talented and highly skilled Barista to provide the highest level of customer service to clients and customers in a coffee service environment. The right candidate will strive to grasp every opportunity to up-sell, by ensuring maximum sales are achieved through promotional activity and product knowledge.
Package description
- £8.59 per hour. Working on a Zero hour Contract.
- The opportunity of joining the Compass pension and share scheme
- Discounts at various high street stores
Main responsibilities
The successful Barista will undertake the following duties:
- Serve customers with hot and cold food
- Serve beverages on a counter during service times.
- Ensure all displays, counters and seating areas are presented to highest quality
- Assist in the preparation of hospitality if required
- Quality checking our stock, ensuring that all stock is dated and rotated.
- Operating a till
Ideal candidate
If our Barista position is right for you and you match our criteria of highly honed skills and qualities - please apply today with no hesitation, we want to hear from you!
We look forward to receiving your CV.
About the company
Healthcare Retail, part of Medirest, is passionate about delivering excellent products, standards and customer service to patients, staff and visitors in over 50 NHS hospitals around the UK through convenience and catering retail formats. The portfolio comprises many high street brand franchises including Costa Coffee and M&S Simply Food as well as a selection of in-house brands.


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Flight 001 featured this stowaway bag in a recent e-mail newsletter, and my first reaction was: Neat product.
But my second reaction was: I wonder if carrying a bag like this encourages us to bring back stuff that just becomes clutter?
I realized that while I carry such a bag myself - not this one, but the same basic type - I very rarely use it. I'm still glad to have it, because sometimes I do happen upon something bulky that I just adore. But I've also taken a number of trips where I brought home no souvenirs beyond my photos and my travel diary. So for me the secret is being prepared to have that extra bag sit unused, if nothing special comes my way.
Travelers have different approaches to souvenirs. Some go for foodstuffs, or Christmas ornaments, or refrigerator magnets, or tea towels. Looking at my collection, you can see I've picked up stuffed animals, plates, and artwork - and some special t-shirts. I also love to buy holiday greeting cards from different countries. A book or two often finds its way into my suitcase, too.
Here is Erik Torkells' approach:
When I first started traveling, I was delighted by refrigerator magnets, T-shirts, embroidered patches, and snow globes - all the usual gift-shop kitsch. At some point, however, it struck me as a shortcut, celebrating a destination's clichés rather than the place itself. So I moved up to items that were unavailable on every other corner and, ideally, handmade. ...Compare this what Chani wrote on the Rick Steves web site: "I have lots of things I could happily have left unbought." That includes "dozens of knicknacks that are hidden in a cupboard because if they are on display, the cat attacks them and they need lots of dusting."
Now, I hunt for what I call "unsouvenirs." ... They're different from souvenirs in that they capture the essence of a place not simply because they were purchased there, but because - this is the important part - locals actually use them. ...
I just visited Rome for the first time. ... I bought ... premixed Campari and soda in Art Deco bottles, a package of assorted paper from an art-supply shop, Elmex toothpaste, and a lip balm called HerpeSun. They'll remind me of Rome every time I use them.
The key is to figure out what items will bring you joy when you get home - rather than making you wonder, "What was I thinking?"
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- Is God Anti-Gay? by Sam Allberry (see a trailer for the book)
- Does Prayer Change God's Mind? by Greg Koukl (video)
- Do Our Prayers Make a Difference? by Amy Hall
- He'll Do Something He Would Not Have Done by Amy Hall (on prayer)
- Prayer Begins with Hope in God by Amy Hall
- Not Always Bread, Just No Stones by Amy Hall
- Preaching in Hitler's Shadow: Sermons of Resistance in the Third Reich by Dean G. Stroud
- Monkey Morality: Can Evolution Explain Ethics? by Greg Koukl
- Judging Boy Scouts by Greg Koukl
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Business Service
The Evolution of Business Service Management
Internet Business Services are thriving. Each day there are more plus much more consumers logging on now cost-effective to help keep business services online.
To operate an internet business Service you will need less operating costs as you do not need an actual store and you'll will have specific niche companies or items that may have unsuccessful when they were in the traditional business setting. On the top of this, Internet Business Services enables the liberty to be able to work everywhere – work, on the road, in your house…everywhere!
That being mentioned, its not all Business Internet Services prosper. You might still sink a lot of money for your business and possess it flop. There's homework involved for that internet entrepreneur as is available to look into the business you are considering as there is lots competition available that could be infeasible to go mind in your thoughts getting a business or possibly in business you haven't any chance in turning an earnings it.
Use concrete data to guide since the first step toward your web business Services. Likely the main factor total that require thinking about could be the interest in the internet Business Service you have to create.
This can be a scenario: You are considering a web-based Service Business to promote contacts inside the Philippines. What is the average gross margin on purchase? Which are the cost points that require thinking about? Will there be enough volume with regards to population census to assist the need? If you cannot get enough traffic there's you don't have to maintain that business.
Be very careful regarding your competitors. Who're other Internet and non-Internet Business Providers that concentrate on the identical need? There can be handful of competing Internet Companies within your niche, however when there's inadequate traffic to begin with, you are better to locate another niche
How will you anticipate making your hard earned dollars? Are you currently acquiring your revenue internet sales, affiliate commission revenue, advertising revenue, e-mail marketing…?
After you have done your quest and determined what niche can be a fit for just you make certain of the prospect of success along with your Websites Business get moving inside your site. Ensure it's unique, intriguing, notable and useful. Launch it-and permit the sales roll in!
But needed is who's likely to make your online Service Business website and how are things likely to cover the building of the web site and many types of which matches along with it? Today you'll find selections for financing your website. You'll most likely need to put some investment to the site construction and development if however you just finance the web site, you possibly can make the web site much more professional and-finish then repay it as time passes because the sales can be found in.Searching back, the emergence of economic service management (BSM) appears inevitable. This latest generation of tools helps IT organizations manage technology infrastructures inside the context from the key services they offer for his or her customers. BSM tools are critical enablers for that more and more popular process-focused IT Service Management (ITSM) approach.
What's driving this evolution to BSM and it is related IT management paradigms? Executive Consultant Troy DuMoulin of Pink Elephant, an ITIL occasions and talking to firm, explains, "The eye in ITIL, the evolution of legislation like SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002), and also the curiosity about standards is symptomatic of something a lot more rudimentary. At the bottom of this growing concentrate on formalization and legislation is really a growing understanding of exposure and dependency the business is wearing IT. Before, It had been seen as enabler, supportive and yet in some way separated in the business processes themselves. However there's a realization that there's no true separation between your business process and also the underlying IT services and systems."
Information technology has become so vital to business today – so ubiquitous in every aspect – that most businesses literally cannot function without it anymore. Even simple manual tasks like filling a car with gas or cashing a check now require the support of an IT system.
This heightened reliance on IT has placed companies at a crossroads. They are compelled to address this new dependency by putting processes and technology in place to ensure IT does its job serving the business effectively. So the move to BSM can be seen as a natural reaction to the new way IT interacts with and enables business.
"BSM is a way for a company to agree on what the business expectations are, and manage the IT performance to those agreed upon expectations," clarifies Brian Childers, a consultant who also serves on the Board of Directors for itSMF USA, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting best practices in IT services management. "Once we understand the expectations, we can build the processes to suit the expectations, and manage against them."
Vendors are responding rapidly to these new service management imperatives. Leading software providers – like HP, BMC, Mercury and Managed Objects – are already introducing new BSM-versions of their popular tools to help revolutionize the way IT managers gauge technology performance and leverage that knowledge to meet business needs. And new kinds of automated, self-learning software from companies like Netuitive, are making it easier than ever for managers to cut across their technology silos and tie together their existing management tools.
"Over the years – especially during the frenetic IT build-out of the late 1990s – companies cobbled together a mishmash of systems within their IT organizations," adds Tony Gilbert, vice president at Netuitive. "The result now is a heterogeneous set of components in the IT environment, and individual departmental silos for managing each one. The right set of BSM tools makes it possible to tie together all of these pieces of technology across an enterprise and to monitor IT from the perspective of the service it delivers."
BSM tools help IT groups see technology in terms of how it impacts their business services, and zero-in on the cause of a particular performance issue that is affecting that service — a capability companies do not have when they manage IT solely through technology silos. The new BSM tools can also enable a company to prioritize resources based on the relative importance of multiple business services. For example, a brokerage firm could manage online trading or online banking services holistically instead of piecemeal within silos: the server group, the database group, the application group.
More Than Just Technology
But completely changing a management approach is not easy. "For the last 20 years our industry has been focused on managing technology. Management of IT has been by domains, such as mainframes, networks and databases. But those domains don't truly live in isolation." Pink Elephant's DuMoulin continues, "A basic premise is that there is a business requirement for IT to understand how any given IT component relates to another and how these devices support or potentially disable a business process. When you understand IT from this perspective you see that you cannot manage by technology or device. You need to understand the relationship between those devices, and how they relate to IT services, and ultimately how IT services are consumed by business."
The people factor remains an issue, too. For many organizations, BSM often requires a corporate culture change. IT personnel must learn that they don't just manage boxes and applications, but actually provide services that the business consumes in order to survive and thrive. Most experts agree that the tools are out there, and are necessary, but they go hand in hand with changing processes and changing the way companies perceive the value of IT.
"Some people believe that it doesn't matter what technology you use as long as you have the right processes in place," comments Ken Wendle, the ITSM Solution Lead at HP. "But I have always said that IT service management is a combination of people and process, enabled by the right technology, all working in synergy with each other. It is about the intelligent blending of technology to enable and enforce the right processes, which then will allow an organization to execute around business priorities."
"I have seen companies that put the right processes in place, and trained the right people, but then created process silos," HP's Wendle also notes. "But ITSM is about cutting across the technology silos, not just creating another set of process silos on top of them. ITSM is about taking a holistic approach."
The BSM Evolution Continues
Where is BSM going from here? "One of the missing ingredients today is the enrollment of the business community," itSMF's Childers believes. "They need to understand what BSM is and why they would want to support it. I think the better job everyone does with bringing the business side onboard, the faster BSM will progress."
"I don't think companies have gained all the benefits of technology that they could," HP's Wendle agrees. "The business people need to understand and appreciate what IT can do to help the business side of the organization."
Clearly there is work to be done, but the adoption of ITSM and the BSM tools that support it continues to gain momentum as more companies realize this is a prerequisite for success in a new world where business and IT have become one.
"The prediction is that over the next five years, ITSM will be as impactful as ERP systems were, or maybe more," itSMF's Childers concludes. "I don't think ITSM is going away, because it makes too much sense." And innovative BSM vendors will continue to develop new tools to help.
7 Tips To Take Your Business To The Top
Turning out to be effective entrepreneurs don't happen overnight or accidentally. There are specific traits in somebody who helps you're able to the very best if you're a new comer to a company or attempting to bear your active business.
Here are a few tips on how to bring your business one stage further:
Strive For Quality
Continuously focus on quality: you cant ever come out badly by using it. It doesn't matter how hard it's, the character of the administration or item would create happens as time passes. Do not worry high quality requires some lousy energy, however, would last many manufacture your image honesty.
Take Breaks
It is important to dependably take a rest out of your business from time to time to relax. It enables your mind to relax, recover and have a gander at things and ideas from another and much more gainful edge.
Try taking some season from the business every now and then. Whether or not not learn how to withdraw a little.
Be Considered A Leader
As being a pioneer is not nearly to be the mind or just being the manager, you have to lead and summon regard. Around the off chance that you'll require the overall population surrounding you to provide ideas, you need to show others what it is made by conveying lots of suggestions to the table. It is not nearly supplying strict demands or managing towards the general population surrounding you. It's tied along with showing others what it is done. Regard is much more convincing than fear in creating a business.
Be Organized
Being taken care of goes far in increasing your options running a business. Efficient encompassing increases above beyond the physical and in to the brain too. Along wrinkles, in case your encompassing is disordered, your psyche along with a mind that is not taken care of will not work adequately.
Continuously Awaken Early
There's a substantial way of measuring advantages linked to awakening directly on time instead of observing night time movies and renewal late. Whenever you awaken in front of schedule, your mind is going to be usually more lucrative around then, and you'll be ready to conquer the planet. You'll have abundant time for you to create your daily exercises and start trading to confront your day both physically and rationally.
Keep Your Promise
Respected guarantees fabricate honesty, and each fruitful business is dependant on uprightness and satisfied guarantees. Everybody can produce a warranty, however its not all person will keep an assurance since keeping an assurance requires a decent character. Like a client, would you train with somebody who stays faithful for their obligations it doesn't matter how little or someone who doesn't? Am certain that you incline toward the prior.
Provide Your Failure An Opportunity To Spur You
You need to learn how to be driven from your disappointment and never be humiliated into surrendering. Should you quickly quit at whatever point you be less than perfect or face an evaluation, at that time you cannot allow it to be running a business. It's typical to become afraid whenever you confront a substantial test, yet that which you do about this dread depends upon you. Do not provide the terror an opportunity to win. Make a few strides back and confront the exam with the only thing you have. Notwithstanding if this does not exercise, continue attempting until you get the enormous break. You are able to approach experienced individuals for appeal when you're bewildered.
How Business Service Management Complements IT Service Management
Computer systems become so ubiquitous in most aspects that most of companies virtually cannot function without them. The easiest manual tasks for example filling a vehicle with gas or depositing a cheque now needs the support of the IT system.
This increased reliance upon It's compelled companies to deal with this latest dependency by putting technology and procedures in position to make sure that it will its job of serving the company proficiently. Therefore the Business Service Management is required and complements IT service management in most segments of market. A few of the aspects how BSM makes it strong service management includes:
Acquires a brand new Customer Focus
Among the values that BSM purports to the shoppers is getting the IT enterprises towards the forefronts rather of back-office. BSM compares the needs from the business uses, i.e. actual customers. Virtually, the broader you leverage BSM, the nearer you're to connecting using the business and also to your clients by providing them improved services.
Have a Global Stand
An execllent payoff of utilizing Business Service Management option would be in global operations support. Using the globalization of the organization, the unifying method of IT operations expands with other IT organizations. You are able to support your global business processes in other areas of world.
Limits the price
Another benefit of BSM solution in the present scenario is it can help you hold lower expenses within the IT infrastructure. Business Service Management can allow you keep an eye on existing sources minutely and identify methods to leverage it best.
Searching in the broader picture, it can help you restrict your datacenter footprint to allow you limit the advantages of your incremental hardware to satisfy growing business demand.
BSM automates certain repetitive processes, enabling staff to pay attention to the main activities of economic to aid on the day-to-day basis.
Strengthens Virtualization
Virtualization helps several enterprises to save cash by leveraging existing assets and handling power within the data center. BSM strengthens virtualization in large server environments. Via better server utilization, you are able to eliminate various servers and all sorts of allied expenses.
Because of BSM, enterprises have achieved a substantial increase in R&D productivity and reduced costs. Time to obtain the server back online could be improved by 30 % in case of failure of the server.
Business Service Management is much more of the continuous journey than the usual milestone. There are numerous products that you can use internally in multiple ways in conjunction with your day-to-day IT work which makes it more efficient and effective thus complementing one another.
Start an Internet Business Service Making Money Fast
Start an internet business service making money fast. This specific work from home business will make you among the greatest entrepreneurs around. Existence should never be dull again and you may cash your hefty paychecks without notice.
In this business, you run businesses belonging to other people. Most business owners would gladly turn over the day to day job of running their business to you and they would pay you well for it. Well, now you can give them the chance they want – to be free to expand their own small business.
Here are a few reasons why this home based business service is for you:
1) You work at home, or on the beach, and set your own hours.
2) You can care for small children while you work from home.
3) You can be any age, be disabled, and be free.
4) You can outsource most of the work.
5) You can take on several clients and really make money.
6) Working with businesses is easier than working with individuals.
There are certain services that business owners want to have done for them. They include the following:
Bookkeeping, and accounting jobs
Payroll, and taxes
Customer service, and payment processing
Website building, and Webmaster services
Marketing, advertising and publicity campaigns
Telephone answering, and incoming and outgoing mail service
Article writing, and press release service
Working with product suppliers and distributors
Research, and data collection
Managing an appointment schedule
Booking a boardroom for company meetings
Here is how you can make money fast with your home based business service:
1) Draw up a list of selling points to present to prospective clients. These points should tell business owners why it is in their interests to hire you rather than someone else. Some of them might include the following:
* You are trustworthy. You have at least three references to show them. You belong to one or two small business trade associations. (Clients tend to trust more readily if you can show you belong to a big association.) You belong to the local Chamber of Commerce or the Better Business Bureau. You have a business checking account at your local bank.
*You are skilled in office work and experienced with computer software.
* You are bonded and insured and thoroughly discrete in handling sensitive information.
2) Charge a flat rate. This rate will cover certain basic services such as bookkeeping, telephone answering, mail services, article writing, and press release writing and submission. Charge extra for each additional service.
3) Have your client, the business owner, sign your contract. The contract should list the exact services the client is to receive. Also, state that all services will be completed in a timely fashion. Avoid working under deadlines.
4) Set a minimum service contract of at least three months. Offer a discount to clients who sign on for six months, and for one year. It is wise to request payment for three months in advance. Therefore, your payment would be quarterly.
5) It may become impossible for you to do all the work yourself. In this case, outsource as much of the non-sensitive work as possible.
How much can you earn in your home based business service? In the beginning with one client, you should earn a net amount of about $3000 per month. The client would pay more for each extra service as well as for any extraordinary expenses.
If you are able to engage five clients or more, your monthly income will soar.
Working with businesses is much easier than working with private individuals. For one thing, you need to work with only a few businesses to make a 6-figure income. Also, businesses tend to know what they want and they are willing to pay for it. Therefore, you do not have to do a lot of selling to get their attention.
If you are a good organizer, there is no reason why you cannot excel in this great home-based business. There are many small business owners who need someone to run their business while they seek out new opportunities. Perhaps, it is time for you to start a home based business service and make money fast.
Online Backup Small Business Services
The advantages of copying business data online are lots of. Being able to view the information everywhere is a important advantage of utilizing an online support service. Another essential advantage of copying data on the internet is stopping loss through catastrophic occasions for example fire, earthquake, or suffering the greater common catastrophic event, the brownout.
Having the ability to provide a security package that enables companies to safeguard key computers or even the entire network system can also be an essential advantage of a backup company. When data that is not saved on using a backup service and it is lost, it's gone forever.
The caliber of saved information is essential as well. Selecting a backup service that can help to configure the backup tactic to fit the requirements of the company is crucial. Data that's been saved to some backup location ought to be accessible.
That old approach to storing data on tape isn't just dangerous it's cumbersome to gain access to. A backup service ought to provide a platform that allows the company to gain access to data from the location or mobile phone. The information ought to be available in a format that's immediately functional.
You will find risks involved when the approach to copying information is not carefully mirrored towards the business's function. Selecting something to backup data must start having a question about how exactly the safety from the information is addressed. The way the information is saved is yet another essential requirement of backup services.
Configuring saved data should involve not only delivering files for an online warehouse. There must be a structure supplied by the backup service that enables the information to become held in an approachable manner by today's technology. This is often addressed in questions regarding the way the support service monitors the information that's being safeguarded.
A backup company that gives an entire service package that starts with talking to with companies to find out how data ought to be saved, assisting the company throughout the setup process, after which monitoring the information that's saved is invaluable. The 3 facets of safeguarding data, consultation, setup and monitoring, permit the business the reassurance the data isn't just safe but available in an instantly functional format.
The significance of monitoring your computer data backups is among the important steps that the good backup service performs to maintain your data safe. Monitoring will include a continuing vigil against outdoors threats for example online hackers or viral corruption of information. Monitoring also needs to incorporate a protection against data erosion, mechanical malfunction and internet security software. A monitoring system ought to provide saved backup as changes to original data are created and saved around the business's computer.
Once the recovery tool is required it's crucial the tool function inside a seamless and rapid fashion. Online backup small company data services are an entire package that encompasses security and safety of important data by mixing services that permit the company the benefit of information storage, recovery, and access.


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The Hundreds x Chinatown Market
The Hundreds x Chinatown Market Happy Blanket (L18W207045-YLW)
Style Code L18W207045-YLW
Color Yellow
- Flannel plush fleece
- Printed Smiley face on front
- The Hundreds X Chinatown Market lock up printed on back
- Size: 5' X 5'
"To Bobby Hundreds, Chinatown Market represents the next generation of streetwear. With Mike Cherman at the helm—a designer, innovator, and disruptor in his own right—he and the label both approach brand building and community organizing in a way that draws back to the core of what drives our love for our streetwear family. On our The Hundreds X Chinatown Market collection, Mike Cherman says: "The whole idea was connecting the Adam Bomb—one of my favorite streetwear characters—to the smiley face, which is our main licensed image this year. It was a fun way to connect two icons [and] have a nostalgic look at what I thought the Adam Bomb could look like in our eyes. I was a fan, I have lived as a The Hundreds consumer, and now I get to tell the story through my eyes."


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TGI Fry-Day: Sigara Boregi at Ali Baba Turkish Cuisine
Explorations of the frying arts.
We're on the hunt for the best Turkish food in New York (any tips, send them our way), and while Ali Baba's pide, one of the restaurant's specialties, were more heavy than tasty, these Sigara Boregi ($6.50) hit the spot.
Sigara boregi are tubes of flaky pastry filled with things like potato or cheese. The glorious funk of Ali Baba's feta filling is tempered just enough by the addition of some parsley, and the thin filo wrapper turns crisp and extra-flaky from a slow pan-fry. I usually bake my sigara boregi, but after trying these, that may have to change.
To take full advantage of these savory pastries, order some creamy, tangy lebne ($6.50) on the side. It's dairy on dairy separated by a thin layer of fried dough, a fine way to start any meal.
Ali Baba Turkish Cuisine
212 East 34th Street, New York NY 10016 (map)


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Q & A with Spotlight Band Sparkplug
Sparkplug plays June 8
What is your most memorable moment on stage?
As Sparkplug, I'd say perhaps a great show we did at Blue Note Jazz Club in the Village in NYC. We opened for John Scofield and it was pretty inspiring to hear him and then have him watch us.
Where is the first place you ever played for an audience?
Sparkplug was at one point the backing band for the late, great Melvin Sparks (guitar). My first gig w/ him was at a little crunchy hippie festival in PA. Sparkplug's first gig was, I think, at Bishop's Lounge in Northampton, MA. After Melvin pass we just decided that his music was to inspiring to stop playing, so we didn't.
Where do you dream of playing?
I'd love to do a big set at the New Orleans Jazz Festival or the North Sea Jazz Festival
What local artist do respect the most and why?
"Local" for me is CT/MA/NY and I could go on for days! Up here in VT though, once we did a gig when Melvin was still alive with Dave Grippo and Brian McCarthy on horns. They were awesome. I just listened to the recording the other day, it was amazing!
What music or performers influence you?
I go in waves, and I know we all do. Recently I've been really digging the 70s band "Stuff," but all more modern stuff like the Dirty Projectors and Tune-yards. When it comes to music in our style though it's easy: Jimmy McGriff, Jack McDuff, Lou Donaldson, Joey DeFrancesco, Rueben Wilson.
Why did you want to play the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival?
I absolutely love coming to Burlington to play music and have been doing so for years. It's a very musical city; I play all the time at Nectar's and Higher Ground and almost always have really fun, well-attended shows. Despite the nearly 4 hour drive, it's just worth it to come. But during jazzfest it's a whole next level; people are out in droves and the city is all about music for a little while, it's fantastic
What do you think makes this festival so unique?
Definitely its length and diversity. I love the breadth of the artists represented and how the festival is spread out over two weeks rather than a day long orgy
What is on your iPod or in your CD player?
I switched to Spotify! And really, the answer for both is: EVERYTHING!
What's the best show you've ever scene?
There's no single best I can think of. Pete Seeger was great. I saw a very memorable Medeski, Martin and Wood show a few years ago. I once saw William Parker at a loft in Boston and I'll never forget that either.
Where would you like to see the Burlington/Vermont Music scene go?
Up and up and up! I hope it lives long and prosper.
Why do you think music is so important?
Just imagine life without it!
Catch Sparkplug June 8 at Nectars.


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Recent News
August 05, 2013
Trois Comtois Recalls Trois Comtois Morbier Cheese
The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services received information regarding a recall of Trois Comtois brand Morbier cheese lot #949038 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The cheese in question is Trois Comtois brand Morbier, lot#949038 (on the wheel); it comes as a 11lb wheel and is usually cut and wrapped. It has a vegetable ash line in the middle of the cheese.
Product was distributed in MD, VA, OH, Washington DC, IL, IN, LA, MI, MN, MO, NE, OK, TX, WI, CA, OR, WA, AZ, UT, HI between June 1st and July 24th, 2013. Products were sold to supermarkets and gourmet stores.
The full recall can be found at www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm363732.htm?source=govdelivery.


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Which ever way you decide to spell it, this is one tasty and ever so simple meal and one that I love. Larb is a traditional dish from Laos but is also very popular in Thailand.
My brothers girlfriend just happens to be Thai and on a recent visit she made up a batch of larb. It was the first time I tried it and I was hooked. Since then the cook in the house has made this up at least 4 times. I honestly could have this every night it is that good.
Essentially it is a mix of ground meat (chicken, beef or pork) with chilli, lime juice, mint and fish sauce. There are most likely variations on this recipe but this is how we make it.
Just be aware that this dish contains chilli so may be a little 'hot' for some. Just adjust to taste.
(serves 4)
500g ground chicken, beef or pork
4 shallots or onion (diced)
1tbl Thai ground chilli (adjust to taste)
3tbl lime juice
2tbl fish sauce
1/4 cup mint (or coriander) leaves
1. Cook enough rice for 4 people.
2. Fry mince and 2 tablespoons of the lime juice on medium heat until just cooked. Remove from heat.
3. Saute the chilli and shallots.
4. Add the mince, lime juice and fish sauce.
5. Serve topped with mint or coriander.


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Vegetarian Indian Curry Tofu Pot Pie
A pot pie is a medley of vegetables and meat in a thick sauce, wrapped in a pie crust. I love chicken pot pie. Unfortunately, I can never share this meal with my hubby Lulu since he's a vegetarian. I always try to adapt what i eat to Lulu's dietary restrictions. Today, I tested a fusion pot pie based on the sauce from my Ma-Po tofu recipe and a curry sauce. I added fried tofu for the protein, and included shitake mushrooms with the vegetables that traditionally go into this English dish.
Of course, if you love meat like me, you could substitute cooked chicken for the tofu.
Yields: 6 servings12 squares frozen pie crust, store bought, thawed
1 egg white
1 piece tofu, firm
4 Tbs canola oil, as needed
1 carrot, cubed
1 celery stalk, cubed
4 tsp garlic, finely minced
1 cup shitake mushrooms
2 tsp salt
4 Tbs ghee, + extra 1 Tbs for brushing the pie crust
2 Tbs ginger garlic paste
1 yellow onion, chopped
1 tsp chili garlic sauce
1 tsp coriander seed powder, finely ground
1 Tbs coconut powder
1 Tbs sugar
2 tsp turmeric powder, for food coloring
2 tsp turmeric paste
3 Tbs tapioca starch
1/2 red bell pepper, cubed
1 fresh serrano chili pepper, sliced
1 can low sodium vegetable broth, 14 oz
5.6 oz coconut milk, 1 small can
1/2 tsp black peppercorns, freshly ground
2 Tbs cilantro leaves
1 drizzle roasted sesame oil, optional
Preheat the oven to 425°F.
For the vegetables:
In a skillet, heat about 1 tablespoon of oil on high heat. Add the serrano chili pepper and infuse the oil. Remove and discard the chiles. Add the minced garlic until it's slightly golden, then add the onion and cook until they are transculent. Add the sliced carrots and pour about 1/2 cup of vegetable broth. Lower the heat to a medium low and cook for about 8 minutes. Add the celery and stir frequently for about 2 minutes. Add the shitake mushrooms and the red bell peppers. Finish with the chili garlic sauce. Mix well. Extend the cooking to another minute. Season with salt and pepper. Remove from the heat.
For the curry sauce:
In a bowl, dissolve the tapioca strach into about 1/2 cup of vegetable broth.
In a saucepan, melt the ghee over medium heat. Add the tumeric powder, coriander powder and ginger-garlic paste. Cook for a minute until the ginger and garlic are slightly golden. Add the rest of the vegetable broth. Bring the broth to a boil, then pour in the tapioca starch liquid. Stir constantly until the liquid thickens. Add the sugar, coconut powder, coconut milk and turmeric paste. Decrease the heat to low. Stir frequently to prevent the sauce from sticking to the bottom of the pan. Season with salt and pepper if necessary. Drizzle a little sesame oil. Set aside.
For the tofu:
Cut the piece of tofu into 1-inch even cubes.
Pour the rest of the canola oil in a small pan. You should be able to get about a 1 inch deep layer of oil. Heat the oil for about 2 minutes. The key to a good fried tofu is to get little bubbles when the tofu is in contact with the oil. Don't overheat the oil otherwise the tofu will get too golden and chewy. Just stick to the slighlty jumping bubbles. Place the tofu one piece at a time and don't overcrowd the pan, make sure the tofu pieces don't touch each other. Lower the heat to a medium heat. Cook for 2 minutes, the tofu will start to pop and increase in volume. Flip each piece and cook about a minute longer. Pick each tofu piece with wooden chopsticks with as little oil as possible and immediately dip the tofu into the curry sauce. The tofu will deflate instantaneously. Pick up the curry-sauce-sunken tofu with another pair of clean wooden chopsticks. Repeat until all the tofu pieces are ready.
For the pie crust:
Lightly spray some oil on 6 disposable pot pie pans. Remove the excess oil.
Roll out the pie crusts on a very lightly flour surface. Cut into 6 disks slightly bigger than the circumference of the pot pie tins. Lay a dough round on each pot pie pan. Dock the pie crust with a fork. Brush some egg whites inside each pot pie tins lined with pie crust dough and place the pot pie tin into the refrigerator until all the rest of the preparation is ready.
Assembly time:
Add 1 1/2 tablespoons of cilantro to the curry sauce.
Divide the vegetables and fried tofu with warm curry sauce filling equally among the 6 pot pie tins. Don't overfill the tins with too much curry sauce. Roll the remaining 6 pieces of pie crust into 6 disks. The disks should be about 1/2 inch larger than the top of the tins. Brush the outside edges of each bowl with the egg white (the egg white will act as a glue and bond the dough together), then place the disks on top of each pot pie. Fold the excess dough under itself. Seal and crimp the dough to fold over the side with your fingers. Press the edges of the pot pie using a fork. Brush the dough with a little melted ghee using a silicone brush. Make 3 slits on the top of each pot pies using a pairing knife. Decorate each pot pie with 3 leaves of coriander.
Place the 6 pot pies on a baking sheet and place in the oven. Bake for 10 minutes at 425°F, then lower the heat to 400°F for another 20-25 minutes, until the pie crust is golden.
Remove from the oven and let the pot pies cool down for about 15 minutes.
Decorate the pot pies with more cilantro leaves on top.
If you buy the pie crusts. Make sure to check the ingredients and that it does not contain any lard if you're serving this meal for vegetarians.
The egg white is the secret to a non-soggy crust. It acts like a sealant to the pie when the filling is added. You also need a very cold pie dough to guarantee a flaky crust.
It is important to slit a few vents into the dough on top of the pot pie to prevent the filling from oozing out during baking.
I use the AROY-D coconut milk brand. It has no preservatives and it is very convenient, they sell it in little package.
You can use store-bought chili garlic sauce like the one from Lee Kum Kee. It's just that my husband grew so many habanero and Thai chiles last summer. We got a whole box full. So I decided to make batches of chili garlic sauce. You can check out the recipe of the tướng ớt, literally spicy dipping sauce in Vietnamese, it's ultra easy.
Indian cuisine always call for ginger garlic paste. It tastes great and is very healthy for you as well. Just clean the ginger and remove any dirt. Peel the ginger root with a paring knife, then finely chop the root. Place the chopped ginger and 5 cloves of garlic in a blender, add about 2 tablespoons (or more) of water for a smooth flow. Transfer to a jar and store in the refrigerator. You can keep this paste for at least a week in the refrigerator.
I absolutely love the Thanh Son tofu brand. If you live in the Bay Area, you have to try it. They sell in almost all the Asian markets in downtown San Jose and their main shop is on 2857 Senter Road, San Jose. It's a very little shop but everything is very good. Their factory makes the best tofu texture. They make fresh tofu daily. This is the perfect place for vegetarians. I always get 2 to 3 pieces of fresh tofu every week. I also recommend to try their fried mushroom tofu cubes as well. They also serve other foods, it's very authentic.
The preparation of the sunken fried tofu seems pretty simple to execute. You just need to be very careful on the temperature of the canola oil when you fry the tofu so that it really triples in volume and deflates when it is dipped in the curry sauce mixture and absorbs all its flavor.
To guarantee a good absorption of the curry sauce by the fried tofu, make sure you don't add too much oil to the mixture.
One tip to get a perfect thick sauce is to "over" thicken the broth prior to adding the vegetables. When you add the vegetables, the veggies will release their own liquid and will balance the texture of the sauce, especially after it's baked in the oven.
The oil used for frying the tofu is reusable. Just filter it in a cheesecloth and place in an oil can for your next use.
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I almost always support the governmental bidding process because it's the simplest way to do business fairly and explore the market for the best value on services and goods, but Ocean City did the right thing this week when it decided to skip this step, contracting instead with a vendor it has worked with for years. The issue arose when Zambelli Internationale proposed a 12-percent increase over last year's expenditure for the town's two fireworks displays on Independence Day, raising the cost to $62,500. The reasons for the increase seem justified and are laid out in a front-page article. The Fourth of July fireworks are too important to botch. It's better to know these anticipated events will continue to run smoothly and safely than to jeopardize the alternative. Or if you don't like how I put it, consider how two elected officials said it this week.
— "Maybe someone will come in at 3 percent less but Zambelli has the reputation with us, and they haven't blown off any little children's legs." Councilwoman Mary Knight
— "I'm a bidder out guy, but this is a proverbial John Deere tractor with the green tractor and the yellow seat, the black steering wheel and the chrome wheels. We know what this is and this is what we want." Councilman Jim Hall
A lot of people are talking about Berlin these days. Unfortunately, most discussions deal with the uncertain future of the Atlantic Hotel, namely who will become the operator of the restaurant and bar within the historic structure. That's all well and good and it's fun to speculate and throw around the hot rumors of the day, but often lost in the conversation is some of the good news that's happening, specifically things to do with the environment, conservation and natural resources. Green issues seem to have a larger role in Berlin today than ever before, thanks largely to the work of the Assateague Coastal Trust and the Lower Shore Land Trust, not coincidentally headquartered in Berlin, and the Maryland Coastal Bays Program. This month's announcement of a $125,000 grant for Grow Berlin Green, a new initiative with high hopes, is a wonderful coup for the local greenies. Add the possibility of a large environmental park to the picture as well as the ongoing work of the Main Street Maryland program and things are looking up and green in Berlin. While these environmental issues may not be sexy issues for most, I am looking forward to following the paths these initiatives wind in the future.
You never know where former elected officials on the local front are going to end up. This week, thanks to the world of Google News, I came across former Ocean City Councilman Glenn Steckman, who once oversaw the delivery of this newspaper as well as others in the area. Readers will remember Steckman served on the City Council for 12 years. He lost his re-election bid in 2002, finishing fourth in a three-seat race, and soon after turned to a career as a full-time appointed official as a town administrator. Steckman, a controversial figure at times in Ocean City particularly in 2002 when he had well-publicized run-ins with local police, was recently named town administrator for Easton, Pa. Steckman comes to the job after holding similar posts in Maryland, Rhode Island, Delaware and Virginia. Since leaving Ocean City, Steckman has reportedly continued to stir up controversy at his stops along the way. According to The Morning Call newspaper, Steckman is facing "a handful of still-unresolved federal lawsuits filed by Tiverton [Rhode Island] employees, who accused him of not responding adequately to their reports that the police chief was sexually harassing them." For his part, Steckman maintains he acted appropriately in that case, and it appears the folks in Easton, Pa. liked him enough to give him the $90,000-a-year job. Rather than continue to bounce from job to job, Steckman told the newspaper he hopes this is the position that allows him to establish some new roots. He was quoted as saying, "My goal is that my son will be going to high school here, so I want to stay at least four years. … I'm 52, how many moves do I have left?"


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GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Southwest Airlines plans to double its daily service to Grand Rapids after absorbing AirTran routes into its system.
The airline announced the move Monday, saying the change takes effect Aug. 11 at Gerald Ford International Airport.
Southwest says it will operate daily flights from Grand Rapids to Baltimore-Washington, Denver, Orlando and St. Louis international airports.
The airline says it will have six daily flights from Grand Rapids, compared with AirTran's three. It's cutting fares to promote the move for tickets bought by Feb. 17.
Southwest bought AirTran in 2011.
Southwest says it also will absorb AirTran flights from Flint Bishop International Airport to Baltimore-Washington, Orlando and Tampa Bay, And it will add a flight from Flint to Las Vegas on Aug. 11.


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Charlie Sheen is worried about legal ramifications as a result of his disclosing his HIV-positive diagnosis, but told the "Today" show's Matt Lauer that many of the critical people in his life, including his ex-wives Denise Richards and Brooke Mueller were aware of his condition.
Lauer asked the former "Two and a Half Men" star if he expects an onslaught of lawsuits in the next coming of months, and Sheen confessed he's expecting exactly that. "I can only imagine based on what I've already experienced and what's come down the pike," Sheen said, before adding, "I'm sure that's next."
But the Golden Globe winner is taking the high road. After confessing to having been blackmailed for "millions," Sheen is ready to take control of the situation despite what he says telling the truth has already cost him.
"Having divulged [my diagnosis] is the reason I'm in the mess that I'm in with all the shakedowns," he said Tuesday. "Again I can't sit here and worry about it. I can only sit here with you and tell my truth."
Sheen confirmed that he had broken the news to his ex-wives Richards and Mueller four years ago, but because he was diagnosed in 2011, the same time that he was married to Mueller, he had to call her and tell her to get checked. He admitted that he only just recently told his children, including his oldest daughter Cassandra. "It hit her hard but she recovered, but she's tough like her dad...she was a rock star about it."
In response to Sheen's admission on "Today," Mueller, released a statement regarding her own health status. "Brooke has been inundated with calls from friends and family," her spokesperson, Steve Honig, told E! News. "To put their minds at ease, Brooke can confirm that she and the boys are not HIV positive."
Mueller, 38, and Sheen, 50, were married from 2008 to 2011. The exes have two children together, 6-year-old twin sons Bob Sheen and Max Sheen.
Given how much money he has lost trying to keep people quiet, Sheen admitted to Lauer on Tuesday that his financial situation is "not great," and said it's less money for his children. But he's looking forward to working again and making it back to the top.
"It'll be great again. I'm a survivor. I've been up I've been down I've been rich I've been poor," he explained. "It's another chapter in my life. It's not commerce driven. It's socially driven."
To learn more about HIV/AIDS and to contribute in the fight against the diseases, visit amfAR.
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NEWS: Heather Locklear shows support for Charlie Sheen
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People of Divine communities have the same responsibilities as the Prophets of God who establish them, i.e. summon people to God and having pointed out misleading thoughts and practices that get set in with the passage of time, show them the way of truth. History of religion tells us that each time followers of a Prophet of God did this they received overwhelming opposition, especially at the time when they were small in number. Pharaoh-like people tried their best to obliterate Prophets of God and their followers. This happened with each religion as long as they stayed firm on the original message. Likewise, the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) was treated in similar manner although he was the most beloved of God. The troubles, difficulties, wars etc. that he had to endure were indeed more than the earlier Prophets. However, his steadfastness was resolute and he inculcated this spirit in his Companions as well. Lack of numbers and weapons etc. did not ever shake the resoluteness of his Companions. The Holy Qur'an states: 'As to those who answered the call of Allah and the Messenger after they had received an injury — such of them as do good and act righteously shall have a great reward; (3:173)
Those to whom men said, 'People have mustered against you, therefore fear them,' but this only increased their faith, and they said, 'Sufficient for us is Allah, and an excellent Guardian is He.' (3:174). This strength of faith and spirit to sacrifice one's life in the cause of God can be seen in the account of the Battle of Uhad. Due to the error of a small group of Muslims, a battle that had been clearly won was turned around and the pagans of Makkah attacked once again incurring heavy loss on the Muslim side. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) lost his blessed tooth but the Companions gathered around him in a manner that no force could move them and each attack of the enemy met with failure. The pagans of Makkah appeared to have the upper hand, although not in the militarily. The Arabs taunted them that they had imagined to retaliate for Badr, but what sort of a victory was this where there was neither any bounty of war nor any prisoners. This incited the pagan to return to the battlefield and attack the battle-weary and injured Muslims. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) got wind of this. He gathered the Companions and prepared to chase the pagans but said that only those would participate who had been to Uhad. Imagine the weary and the injured Companions, 250 of them set out with the passion of a victorious army. When they encamped the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) ordered that fire be lit in 500 spots. It was a most impressive sight from distance. The pagans of Makkah thought it better to go back. The Muslims too returned after a stay of two three days, God's awe having struck the pagans. It is significant to note that on return from Uhad Abu Sufyan had declared and challenged that they would fight the Muslims at Badr one more time. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) accepted this callenge. In 4 Hijra the Muslims prepared an army of 1500 while Abu Sufyan prepared an army of 2000. His spies had informed him about the numbers of Muslims and he was secretly perturbed that their number was not large enough. He sent a man to Medina to scare the Muslims into believing that a very large Makkan army was on its way. However, God states such propaganda by the enemy actually enhances Muslims in faith. Their reply was and always is: 'Sufficient for us is Allah, and an excellent Guardian is He.' The 1500 Muslims reached Badr but the pagans of Makkah went back from a little outside Makkah. They said it had been a famine year and their preparation was not adequate, they would come the year after. Death had scared the pagans off whereas it enhances believers in faith. Hudhur said the history of Islam is full of incidents where the scare-mongering of the enemy did not work. Today, the believers should respond in the very same manner. Today the followers of the Promised Messiah respond in the same vein when efforts are made to scare them. True believers are not frightened of the scare-mongering of any group, any legislative body or any organisation. They are always steadfast and firm on faith. They are beaten up, abused and their lives are taken, but they are never in awe of anyone save God, their response is always: 'Sufficient for us is Allah, and an excellent Guardian is He.' The more the enemy tries the more they turn to their Lord. Hudhur said today there is great opposition towards our community in some countries. This, in fact is a testimony of its truthfulness. In their opposition all the 72 sects of Islam have tried their utmost in Pakistan but have not been able to harm Ahmadis, indeed, they cannot harm them. Apparent loss is nothing for a true believer, the real thing is faith. Hudhur said he receives letters from parents and families of the martyred Ahmadis expressing a greater and enhanced spirit of faith and sincerity. Now, opposition is growing in parts of India as well and the situation in Bangladesh too continues to be adverse at any given opportunity. In some Arab countries, be it Syria or Egypt, situation is similar as it is in Bulgaria and some ex-Soviet states where the Muftis pressurise our community. Opposition of the community of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) in different parts of the world confirms its global significance. Those who appreciate and understand the Divine attribute of Al Hasib will always respond that no matter how much opposition there is, their reply is: 'Sufficient for us is Allah, and an excellent Guardian is He.' This is what we have learned from the Companions of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him).
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said, 'These verses illustrate that true courage derives from steadfastness. To be steadfast against every personal passion or against any calamity that attacks like an enemy and not to run away out of cowardice is true courage.' (The Philosophy of the Teachings of Islam' p. 77). Hudhur explained that the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) unfolds a different perspective for us here, that aside from apparent enemy, passions of the self can also be aggressive like an enemy. To overcome passions of the self also enables one to contend with apparent enemy. Therefore one has to submit oneself completely to God and it is then that one experiences the manifestations of the Divine attribute of Al Hasib beyond one's imagination.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) also said that joining his community entailed following it's teaching in the face of all opposition. He said that the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) and his Companions faced bitter persecution for thirteen years but eventually all the enemies were obliterated. God has willed that this community too will spread in the world and when it will gain in numbers, the opponents will be silenced. God wills to give training of patience through these circumstances. He wrote that many who used to be abusive repented and took bai'at. Patience is also a kind of worship and has countless blessings. Pain strengthens faith.
Hudhur said he has chosen two subjects with reference to the Divine attribute of Al Hasib for today's Sermon. One was to elucidate that the strength of true believers' faith and their steadfastness enables them to face opposition. It is a source of attaining nearness to God and gives them an insight and perception that God is Sufficient for them. Next Hudhur cited verses 41 and 42 of Surah Al Rad and explained that the objectives of Prophets of God and their followers is to take the message of truth to people whether people accept it or not. The consequences of them not accepting is in God's hands, Who is Al Hasib (the Reckoner). Verse 41 states: 'And whether We make thee see the fulfilment of some of the things with which We threaten them or whether We make thee die, it makes little difference, for on thee lies only the delivery of the Message, and on Us the reckoning. (13:41)
Do they not see that We are visiting the land, reducing it from its outlying borders? And Allah judges; there is none to reverse His judgment. And He is swift at reckoning. (13:42). Hudhur explained that God has His own way of chastisement and knows well when to punish whom. It is not essential for Him to implement prompt chastisement. Chastisement can be a sign and its objective is reformation. It is in God's knowledge who will desist in their opposition of Prophet of God and will be reformed and who will reform after slight punishment and who will never desist. It is these people who are chastised.
Hudhur explained that some enemies of Prophets of God are brought to account during the lifetime of the Prophet while others are not. The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) accurately foretold the exact locations where some of the enemies would lose their lives in the Battle of Badr. There were indeed some among the enemy who later accepted Islam and were saved in the various battles. The real objective of a Prophet and his followers is to spread the message, punishment is not their aim, rather, it is to make people worship God. As a matter of principle those who have been warned will be chastised, whether in this world or the next. That only God knows. Accountability is with God. Hudhur said some people object that this prophecy or that prophecy has not been fulfilled. It will all be evident in the Presence of God. Ahmadis are witness to the fact that many prophecies have indeed come to pass, others are coming to pass and each new day makes the truthfulness of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) evident. In verse 42 of Surah Al Rad God states that can the opponents of truth not see that God is 'reducing earth from its outlying borders'? Hudhur said Islam spread rapidly in its early years and numerous came in the sphere of its safety and security. When God decreed He also punished. It is God's verdict that either great numbers accepting Islam reduce the earth for enemies of Islam or natural disasters reduce land for them. This happened in the past, is currently happening and will happen in the future. When God is with His Prophet then who is it that can come in the way? There is none who can reverse God's decree. Therein God has given hope and courage to true believers that as long as they continue to be true servants of God, they will have no fear. God is swift in reckoning.
Verse 45 of Surah Al Anbiya states the same subject: 'Nay, We provided those and their fathers with the good things of this world till life grew long for them. Do they not see that We are visiting the land, reducing it from its outlying borders? Can they even then be victors? (21:45). Hudhur said if a nation has been in power for a long period of time and feels superior about it, certainly such situations are not permanent. In fact God states that He generously provides generations upon generations of a nation but it should always be kept in view that great big nations were diminished in the past. In recent past the European nations lost much of their power. They had colonised huge parts of the world and now they are diminished. Russia too had spread over a vast area but many of its nations have gained independence. This very destiny will one day be repeated in America. Smaller countries too may not have any presumptions, they too can diminish. However, there is glad-tiding for Islam, there is glad-tiding for the followers of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) that Islam will be triumphant. Our Tabligh efforts are humble, our task is to spread the message with love. However, we see glimpses of what Divine decree can do in the form of earthquakes and other calamities. If only the Muslims too would abandon their opposition and become a part of the destiny that will come to pass through the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). Hudhur said the current-day calamites and disasters are also a sign of support for the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). Many people query that the opposition is from the false Imams, why then are the poor and disadvantaged being killed in these disasters.
Explaining this, the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said that it is the way of God that when all limits are exceeded in accusing truthful people of God of falsehood and they are persecuted, all kinds of calamities occur in the world. All Books of God state this as does the Holy Qur'an. Just as at the time when Moses (on whom be peace) was accused of falsehood all kinds of calamities befell Egypt. Although the far-afield people of Egypt had not even heard of Moses (on whom be peace) and therefore had not sinned. While the Pharaoh was saved, the unaware were killed. Again, in the time of Jesus (on whom be peace) those who wanted to kill him through crucifixion remained unharmed. However, forty years later thousand of Jews were killed and there was an outbreak of plague. The Qur'an proves that this was due to Jesus (on whom be peace). Similarly in the times of the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) a seven year famine took place and most of the poor died whereas the great big evil-doers were saved for a long period. In short it is the way of God that when someone comes from Him and is accused of falsehood, all kinds of calamities come to pass. However, people who have nothing to do with the accusation of falsehood are caught up in the calamities. Gradually the false Imams are seized and the time of the wickedest comes in the end. The natural calamities that follow accusation of falsehood on God's appointed people are general and not specific.
Hudhur said a few days ago a huge earthquake struck Chile. Two months ago an earthquake had struck Haiti. The Chilean earthquake was 64–times stronger than the Haitian quake. Hudhur said these are signs in support of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace). Hundreds of thousands of homes have been damaged. It is being said that the Chilean earthquake is the seventh most dreadful earthquake since records began. The earthquake has taken off 1.26 milliseconds from Earth day, which is now this much shorter. Scientists have also recorded that the powerful quake shifted the Earth's figure axis by three inches. Hudhur explained this is the axis about which the Earth's mass is balanced. Thus a situation is arisen to 'reduce earth on its outlying borders'.
The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) indeed foretold earthquakes as one of his signs. A quake struck Chile in 1906 which the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) had called as a sign in his support. From 1570 to 1835 five earthquakes struck Chile. The next one struck in 1868 and then the 1906 one. Since then Chile has been struck with eighteen powerful earthquakes. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) wrote at the time of the Chilean earthquake of 1906 that he had had his prophecies about strong earthquakes striking the world published many times so much so that the earth would disintegrate. He wrote that the earthquakes of San Francisco and Formosa that came in accordance to his prophecy were known to all, but recently, on 16 August 1906 an earthquake had struck Chile which was no less powerful. It destroyed fifteen towns, thousands lost their lives and hundreds of thousands were made homeless. Some could ask how could this be a sign, as these earthquakes did not strike Punjab. They did not realise that God is the God of the entire world not just of the Punjab and He had informed the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) about the whole world. It was unfortunate that accusations of falsehood were levied in the Punjab. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) warned that just as earthquakes had struck according to prophecies in America and Europe, they would strike in Asia, some of which would be a picture of Day of Judgement, obliterating life en masse. So much so that those with wisdom will find this extraordinary and no worldly knowledge will be able to explain the phenomenon. This is when mankind will get anxious and many will be given salvation while many will be destroyed. This will come to pass in the not too distant future and many other dreadful calamities will take place. Some occurring from the skies, others on the earth. This will be because mankind has stopped worshipping God and all attention is focussed on the world. The Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) said had he not come, these calamities may have been slightly delayed, but with his coming the hidden will of God had been made evident, just as God has declared: '…We never punish until We have sent a Messenger.' (17:16). Those who repent will be granted refuge.
A famous quote of the Promised Messiah (on whom be peace) in this regard states: 'O' Europe, you too are not in peace and O' Asia, you too are not safe, and O' dwellers of the islands no false god will help you. I see cities being demolished and find populated areas desolated. The One and Only God remained silent for a long time while repulsive things were done in front of Him and He said nothing. But now He will manifest His countenance with awe. Those who have ears to hear may listen that the time is not far. I tried to gather everyone under the refuge of God, but it was certain for what was destined to be fulfilled. I say most truthfully that the turn of this country is also approaching. You will witness the time of Noah and you will see the incident of Lot. But God is lenient in chastisement. Repent, so that you may be given mercy. A person who leaves God is a worm not a man and a person who does not fear Him is dead not alive.' Hudhur added that this warning is specifically for the region of India and Pakistan.
Hudhur prayed that may God give sense and understanding to the world to recognise one sent from God and is thus spared God's chastisement. May He also enable us to take the true message of Islam to others and may each difficulty and trouble in this cause strengthen our faith and may we not abandon our task out of fear. May God enable us so.
The Jumu'ah (Friday) prayer is one form of congregational worship in Islam. It takes place every Friday. Regular attendance at the Jumu'ah prayer is enjoined on the believer. According to a Saying of Muhammad(sa) this congregational prayer is twenty-five times more blessed than worship performed alone. (Bukhari)
"O ye who believe! When the call is made for Prayer on Friday, hasten to the remembrance of Allah, and leave off all business. That is best for you, if you only knew." more
"… (He who) offers the Prayers and listens quitely when the Imam stands up for sermon, will have his sins forgiven between that Friday and the next" (Bukhari)


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For the most part, Minnesota hog producers are losing about $20 to $25 per pig right now. The state's turkey growers are losing about a buck a bird. And business isn't much better for dairy farmers and cattle growers.
This year's big run-up in corn and soybean prices -- courtesy of a searing U.S. drought -- has put the state's and the nation's livestock industry on its heels. The reason is that feed is the primary cost in raising animals, and it's made mostly from corn and soybeans.
"Since [grain] prices spiked in August, everybody's margins have been in the red," said Bill Lapp, of Advanced Economic Solutions in Omaha, which specializes in food and commodities.
The feed squeeze is showing up at the supermarket, as well. Beef prices have been soaring since 2011 -- when drought first hit the cattle industry -- and chicken prices have been rising at a steady clip this year. "Consumers are feeling the burden," said Mike Swanson, an agricultural economist at Wells Fargo in Minneapolis.
Corn and soybean prices respectively rose from around $5.50 and $13 a bushel in June to over $8 and $17 in August, the peak of drought worries.
The price spike was a boon for many Minnesota crop farmers, who unlike their brethren in other states weren't hit hard by drought. And even crop farmers in states where corn and bean fields got toasted at least had a cushion, in the form of federal crop insurance.
But federal insurance for livestock growers is almost nonexistent. And even though corn and soybean prices have come down some this fall, they are still historically high, with corn around $7.50 per bushel and soybeans at nearly $15.
Minnesota livestock producers also often grow corn and soybeans -- and in the case of dairy and cattle producers, hay -- partially mitigating the run-up in feed costs. But few could completely escape this year's feed cost frenzy.
Feed makes up about 60 percent of hog raising costs, for example, and Minnesota is the nation's third-largest hog producer.
"I'd say we have very few [hog farmers] making money, but there's a group who will manage to not go too far backward," said David Preisler, executive director of the Minnesota Pork Producers Association.
As hog farmers have cut back production, and as seasonal factors kick in, losses are expected to moderate during early 2013. Black ink is forecast to return by the second quarter, Preisler said.
Some individual hog farmers' fortunes this year were also mitigated by hedging in the futures markets. "For a while last spring, you could lock in a profit," Preisler said.
Indeed, Jim Compart, a hog grower near Nicollet, Minn., sold hogs short at or near their yearly highs in late 2011 and early 2012, and went long on corn before its price spiked on drought fears.
"We were able to lock in some hog and feed prices for this year," said Compart, who has about 25,000 hogs and whose family has been producing pork for over 60 years. "But going into 2013, there just hasn't been that opportunity."
For Compart's operation, November was the turning point from profits to losses, a situation he doesn't see reversing until spring.
Turkey growers can hedge feed costs, too, but there's no futures market to sell forward their birds. Plus, most turkey growers tend to "buy feed as they go," said Steve Olson, head of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association.
Olson said growers are currently on average losing about $1 per "tom" turkey, the male of the species.
Minnesota is the nation's largest producer of turkeys. And compared with hogs, feed makes up an even higher percentage of a turkey grower's costs: about 70 percent. "Feed is a horrendous amount of our expense," said Kent Meschke, a Little Falls grower who has about 500,000 birds and whose family has been raising turkeys for 45 years. With feed prices up 30 percent since the start of 2012, "we're in the red," he said, adding, "I don't see a quick turnaround."
Permanent shift?
Not long ago, feed historically made up about half of a turkey grower's costs, Meschke said. Indeed, until about 2007, turkey and other livestock farmers could count on corn at a historical average cost of about $2.50 per bushel.
But since then, there's been a structural change in grain pricing caused by rising global protein demand -- and thus demand for animal feed -- coupled with the growing use of corn for fuel. Nowadays, corn at $4 to $5 a bushel is considered a relative bargain.
Before the drought, that's what some farmers and market observers thought might be on tap for 2012, as the U.S. acreage devoted to corn reached a high not seen since 1937. More supply, lower prices.
"If we had had a normal year [weather-wise] I honestly think corn would have been $4 to $5 a bushel instead of $7 to $8," said Patrick Lunemann, a dairy farmer near Clarissa and president of the Minnesota Milk Producers Association.
Dairy farmers in Minnesota are in a "middling year," Lunemann said, which is better than can be said for their compatriots in California, where dairy farm bankruptcies have been rife. California producers, unlike those in the Midwest, rely much more on purchasing, rather than growing, grain for feed.
Dairy farmers and cow-calf operations in Minnesota -- the latter raise cattle for feedlots -- have had another feed headache caused by the drought. Cows need lots of roughage, and it often comes in the form of alfalfa or corn silage.
But with prices high, corn has more value as grain than silage. And livestock farmers in other states have had their hay crops scorched, thus driving up demand -- and prices -- for Minnesota-grown hay.
Lunemann said he was recently perusing farm advertisements for surplus hay in Minnesota or North Dakota. He came up empty-handed, but did find ads for cattails as a roughage substitute. "I wouldn't even feed that to my cows," he said.
Expensive beef
Joe Martin, executive director of the Minnesota State Cattlemen's Association, said this year has been a "mixed bag" for beef producers.
The U.S. beef industry is dealing with a multi-year contraction of its herd, and is coming off a brutal 2011, courtesy of severe drought in Texas and much of prime cattle country. Those trends, compounded by this year's drought, have led to soaring beef prices at the supermarket.
Beef prices rose 10 percent in 2011 and are expected to climb up to 6.5 percent this year, federal data shows. Beef "has been riding away from the rest of the meats," said Wells Fargo's Swanson. "It's hard to put a steak on the grill."
Poultry prices are also expected to rise a heady 5 to 6 percent this year, while overall food-at-home prices are expected to climb only 2.5 to 3 percent, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Pork prices should rise only 1 to 2 percent in 2012, as some hog producers have liquidated animals rather than paying to feed them -- glutting the market. But the USDA expects pork prices to rise 3 to 4 percent in 2013.
"Pork has been a real bargain in the supermarket," Swanson said. "But that won't last."
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I'm seeing all these news and they're too good to believe. This just came out in the last couple of days. Is this legit?
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I'm not sure - I would have to research this more.
But it says he is living in Vatican City for sanctuary to avoid prosecution.
So wait--he resigned to AVOID arrest?
Or he can be arrested, now that he has resigned and is no longer a head of state?
I do wish people would get their stories straight!
Hard to know if those articles are legit. I would love it if they are. Sometimes things like this snowball, like the fall of Ghadaffi, or the fall of the USSR.
Thanks for posting. You gave me some hope.
Here's a Reuter's article on the same issue. Reuters is pretty mainstream.
From the Reuter's article:
In 2010, for example, Benedict was named as a defendant in a law suit alleging that he failed to take action as a cardinal in 1995 when he was allegedly told about a priest who had abused boys at a U.S. school for the deaf decades earlier. The lawyers withdrew the case last year and the Vatican said it was a major victory that proved the pope could not be held liable for the actions of abusive priests.
I bolded that last part to emphasize the hypocrisy of the RCC. The Vatican is admitting that they have abusive clergy in their ranks, and yet refuses to excommunicate a single one of them. Not that excommunication should be of much value to their victims, but it would begin to show some honest remorse on behalf of the RCC. These sick bastards need to be cut out or their support system so that they understand that their past transgressions are something that they need to work out with their conscience, their victims, and their god - alone, without the support of their former crew.
Let's see, do these Websites have any particular agenda?
Seventh Day Adventists
Hang The Bankers
As the Vatican is a sovereign state he would have to be extradited to stand trial - very unlikely - tried by the Vatican courts - even less likely. The Rat will live in comfort for the rest of life.
I don't think it's a matter of 'now that he resigned he can be arrested'. The Vatican is sovereign. I think what's more likely to have happened is that the knowledge of the warrant (which he knew of prior to resigning) may have triggered a mutual discussion about his stepping down in a form of damage-control for the church. In other words, his reputation and the disgust toward him, and society's negative view, were mounting to a point that it's possibly endangering the welfare of the church. It's one thing to grant him immunity in the Vatican, it's quite another to allow him to continue representing the head of the church. I can say right now that 'I'm getting old' is not a valid excuse for stepping down as Pope. First, because Popes just don't do that. They typically die in their position. Second, because he looks far more able-bodied than most of the recent previous Popes. And third, because generally in strict monotheistic religions like these, god-appointed positions cannot just be retired from because you feel like it. It's something you carry to your grave, the same way Jesus did. In their mythology, Jesus didn't throw his hands up and say 'I'm tired of being the Messiah guys. Can I quit?'. There has to be something larger at work that would cause him to step down, and we already know groups have been pushing to have him tried for crimes against humanity for a while.
OK that would be a reasonable explanation/reconciliation of the different threads I've seen on this subject--I really HAVE seen people make each of the claims I mentioned above.
I remember years back, under the Bush regime, a court in Texas dismissed a case against the pope also. People have tried for decades to bring the pope and cardinals to justice.
People must understand:
Any indictment of a cardinal will ultimately involve the pope because cardinals make a vow to unconditionally obey the pope. So that whatever they do, it's in obedience to the pope and the pope must ultimately answer. He can't claim no responsibility for their concerted actions, particularly when it's so obvious the cover-up policy / conspiracy is widespread and applied in the entire globe.
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