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The Major in Latin American Studies allows undergraduate students to pursue an in-depth study of Latin America across diverse disciplines, theoretical approaches and historical periods. Through regular courses, seminars and additional activities such as Film Series, programs abroad, lectures, and the like, students will explore the processes that resulted in the integration of the so-called New World and Western civilizations, from the discovery of America to the present. An essential aspect of this major is the focus on economic, social, and political dynamics corresponding to intercultural relations developed between indigenous cultures, Creole societies, European and North American nations.
This aspect of the major stresses the study of social change, migration, social movements, multiculturalism, inequality, violence, and social justice, and combines regional analysis with critical interdisciplinary approaches. The program of study combines the analysis of urban environments, issues of education, gender, language, ethnicity, modernization, and border studies. It emphasizes transatlantic approaches as well as the study of topics related to autochthonous cultures in their conflictive interaction with Western traditions, systems of domination, values, and economic/political projects.
Focusing on Latin America allows students to engage with a fascinating historical trajectory that promotes a multifaceted reflection on colonialism, diversity issues, economic development, and international relations. The major has been designed to provide students with a historical background that will be instrumental both in itself, as an exciting field of specialization, and in combination with their pursuit of other fields of inquiry such as international relations, business, globalization, and the like. Latin America is a region embedded in the complex networks of global economics, development, social engagement, and cultural innovation.
The Latin American Studies major offers a sound, updated, and competitive approach to the study of the region both in its specificity and in its connections to the world, through the study of Latin America's processes of internationalization and its changing position in global scenarios. This major has also been designed to further contribute to the university mission of improving engagement with race, ethnicity and diversity.
Credit Requirements:
The major in Latin American Studies requires students to complete 30 credits. At least 24 units must be at the 300-level or higher and at least 9 units must be at the 400-level. All credits must be exclusive to the major and may not be double counted, unless the College of Arts and Sciences regulations state otherwise. Credits must be fulfilled as follows:
- 3 units for the successful completion of L45 165D, "Latin America: Nation, Ethnicity and Social Conflict," offered yearly. L45 165C can also fulfill this requirement.
- 3 units for the successful completion of an elective introductory class at the 100, 200 or 300 levels. Classes that fulfill this requirement must meet the approval of the Director of Undergraduate Studies. This requirement may also be fulfilled with an approved course abroad or with a 300-level elective approved by the DUS.
- 3 units in history or politics at the 300-level of higher. Courses may come from relevant offerings in the departments of history or political science, the international and area studies program, or study abroad. Courses must be crosslisted with L45 or approved by the DUS. Existing examples of courses include but are not limited to:
- Political Science: Latin American Politics (L45 326B, offered yearly), Presidents, Legislators and Economic Policy in Latin America (L32 4231, every two years).
- History: Introduction to Colonial Latin America (L22 321C, yearly), Modern Latin America (L22 322C, yearly), Modern Mexico (L22 3220, every 2 to 3 years).
- IAS: Andean Culture (L97 356, yearly), International Relations of Latin America (L97 4201, yearly), Populism and Neopopulism in Latin America (L97 4661, yearly), Geographies of Development in Latin America (L97 4660, yearly).
- 3 units in literary or cultural studies at the 300-level or higher. These may include course offered by the departments of Romance Languages and Literatures, Art History and Archeology, LASP home-based courses and study-abroad. Courses include but are not limited to: Latin American Literature and Culture (L38 343, every semester), Topics in Hispanic Cultures (L38 380) and Seminar on Hispanic Cultures (L38 450), Mexican Visual Culture (L45 381), and Film and Revolution in Latin America (L45 3824).
- 3 units in Anthropology or Pre-Columbian Cultures at the 300-level or higher. These courses may come from offerings in the Anthropology department or Study abroad. These include: The Ancient Maya (L48 3351, yearly), Indigenous Peoples and Cultures of Latin America (L48 3092, yearly), Anthropology of Latin America (L48 3093) and Anthropology and Development (L48 3093).
- 9 units of elective credit at the 300-level or higher. At least 3 of these units must be fulfilled at the 400-level. 3 units of elective credit may be fulfilled through an honors thesis (L45 486) or a Latin American Studies Special Project (L45 425).
- 6 units of a Latin American Seminar. Seminar courses are 400-level classes designed as such, taught by core LASP faculty on theoretical issues related to the region. These include Latin American Cultural Studies (L45 461), Gender and Modernity in Latin America (L45 457), Seminar in Urban Cultures in Latin America (L45 463), Nation and Desire in Latin America (L45 464), and Bodily Injuries: The Discourse of Violence in Latin America (L45 483).
Capstone. Prime majors in Latin American Studies must fulfill their capstone requirement by writing an honors thesis (if the student meets the College of Arts and Sciences requirements to do so), writing a Latin American research paper (L45 425) or completing the two LAS seminar classes with a grade of B+ or better.
Language requirement. LASP requires all majors to complete a language requirement in Spanish or Portuguese. The Spanish requirement may be fulfilled by:
- Successful completion of Spanish Grammar and Composition (L38 307D) with a grade of B- or higher.
- Placing in Spanish 308 through the Spanish program's placement test as a freshman.
- Native or heritage speaker status, as determined by the Director of Undergraduate Studies in LASP or in Spanish.
- Successful completion of a program abroad, conducted in Spanish, with a minimum of 3 credit units in the target language.
The Portuguese Requirement may be fulfilled by:
- Successful completion of Portuguese Reading and Conversation II: Intermediate Portuguese (L37 220) with a grade of B- or higher.
- Native or heritage speaker status, as determined by the Director of Undergraduate Studies in LASP or in Spanish.
- Successful completion of a program abroad, conducted in Portuguese, with a minimum of 3 credit units in the target language.
Study abroad requirement:
All majors in Latin American Studies must complete at least a study abroad experience in Latin America. This requirement may be fulfilled by any Focus program in the region, or by completion of a summer or semester program in the region approved by the Office of Overseas Programs.
Students who attend study-abroad programs may request credit for appropriate courses at the 300-level, approved by the Director of Undergraduate Studies. A maximum of 9 credits for one semester or equivalent of study abroad, or 12 credits for more than one semester, is allowed. L45 165D and 400-level credit must be completed in residence at Washington University.
Students unable to attend a study abroad program may complete an additional three units of 300-level elective credit instead.
The old Latin American Studies major requirements can be found here.
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We count the things we still need to do, not the things that we have done or accomplished. We evaluate how productive our day was based on what we accomplished from the to-do list we laid out at the start of each day and not on what I did list.
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To improve the quality of education and for better learning, Galgotias University has taken the initiative to make it mandatory for students to buy GU's recommended textbooks for all classes. Therefore, the university has purchased quality textbooks from various publishers at discounted prices. When you are back to school for the winter semester, please pick up the books from the university bookstore after making the payment as indicated in the list.
Dear Students,
To guide the student in the appropriate academic direction, we are enclosing a list of books which we can supply to the students at a discounted price.
We feel it is in the interest of the students to obtain these books right at the start of their first year for easy and maximum academic absorption and steady progress in their classroom learning.
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Wow, guys, it's been awhile since I made a post. I'm very sorry that I haven't been active. With school, work and an internship it is hard to blog consistently, I'm going to try my best and get a post out at least once a week. I'm trying to go for Tuesdays to get my post out because I'm off that day but we'll see lol.
September is already over so I decided to do another monthly favorites post! Plus it's officially Fall now, which is my favorite season! So I'm going to talk about all of my favorite things this season.
Starbuck's PSCL
Not going to lie, I am a person who enjoys pumpkin spice a lot. And I've been really obsessed with Starbuck's new Pumpkin spice chai latte.
One of my absolute favorite shows on Netflix. They just uploaded the final season which I'm really sad about. But it's one of the most hipsters shows you will ever watch. I highly recommend if you love sketch comedies and the city of Portland.
Broad City
Another hilarious show that I love. If you're not watching Broad City, Then you should be. It's in its 4th season on Comedy Central. It's about two best friends trying to make it in NYC but gets wrapped up in crazy situations. It's also produced by Amy Pohler who has guest starred on the show as well as Hilary Clinton.
Oh Wonder
Last night my I went to a concert in Philly because my friend had won free tickets to go see a band called Oh Wonder. Their songs are perfect for Fall weather. Such a cute duo too, Highly recommend to give them a listen and to see them live.
Ever play Spotify of Pandora and a random song comes on and you're like hmm this sounds good, I'm gonna look into this band and then you end up loving their entire album. Well, that's what happened here with this band called Honne. They have an electronic synth-pop r&b sound and they are amazing!
I saw It earlier this month. The movie had mixed reviews but I really enjoyed it. The kids acting was phenomenal, The movie wasn't that scary, it had its moments but the storyline was great.
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And here are some of my favorite fall pins from my Pinterest board that I'm obsessed with! I love Fall so much!
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I stained the wood with an all in one stain that includes sealer.
While the stain dried, I recovered the back of the box with buffalo check wrapping paper. I painted DecoArt Decoupage on the white backing then used a brayer to roll out the wrapping paper and remove the bubbles.
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Scroope Manor.
Some years ago, it matters not how many, the old Earl of Scroope lived at Scroope Manor in Dorsetshire. The house was an Elizabethan structure of some pretensions, but of no fame. It was not known to sight-seers, as are so many of the residences of our nobility and country gentlemen. No days in the week were appointed for visiting its glories, nor was the housekeeper supposed to have a good thing in perquisites from showing it. It was a large brick building facing on to the village street,-facing the village, if the hall-door of a house be the main characteristic of its face; but with a front on to its own grounds from which opened the windows of the chief apartments. The village of Scroope consisted of a straggling street a mile in length, with the church and parsonage at one end, and the Manor-house almost at the other. But the church stood within the park; and on that side of the street, for more than half its length, the high, gloomy wall of the Earl's domain stretched along in face of the publicans, bakers, grocers, two butchers, and retired private residents whose almost contiguous houses made Scroope itself seem to be more than a village to strangers. Close to the Manor and again near to the church, some favoured few had been allowed to build houses and to cultivate small gardens taken, as it were, in notches out of the Manor grounds; but these tenements must have been built at a time in which landowners were very much less jealous than they are now of such encroachments from their humbler neighbours.
The park itself was large, and the appendages to it such as were fit for an Earl's establishment;-but there was little about it that was attractive. The land lay flat, and the timber, which was very plentiful, had not been made to group itself in picturesque forms. There was the Manor wood, containing some five hundred acres, lying beyond the church and far back from the road, intersected with so-called drives, which were unfit for any wheels but those of timber waggons;-and round the whole park there was a broad belt of trees. Here and there about the large enclosed spaces there stood solitary oaks, in which the old Earl took pride; but at Scroope Manor there was none of that finished landscape beauty of which the owners of "places" in England are so justly proud.
The house was large, and the rooms were grand and spacious. There was an enormous hall into one corner of which the front door opened. There was a vast library filled with old books which no one ever touched,-huge volumes of antiquated and now all but useless theology, and folio editions of the least known classics,-such as men now never read. Not a book had been added to it since the commencement of the century, and it may almost be said that no book had been drawn from its shelves for real use during the same period. There was a suite of rooms,-a salon with two withdrawing rooms which now were never opened. The big dining-room was used occasionally, as, in accordance with the traditions of the family, dinner was served there whenever there were guests at the Manor. Guests, indeed, at Scroope Manor were not very frequent;-but Lady Scroope did occasionally have a friend or two to stay with her; and at long intervals the country clergymen and neighbouring squires were asked, with their wives, to dinner. When the Earl and his Countess were alone they used a small breakfast parlour, and between this and the big dining-room there was the little chamber in which the Countess usually lived. The Earl's own room was at the back, or if the reader pleases, front of the house, near the door leading into the street, and was, of all rooms in the house, the gloomiest.
The atmosphere of the whole place was gloomy. There were none of those charms of modern creation which now make the mansions of the wealthy among us bright and joyous. There was not a billiard table in the house. There was no conservatory nearer than the large old-fashioned greenhouse, which stood away by the kitchen garden and which seemed to belong exclusively to the gardener. The papers on the walls were dark and sombre. The mirrors were small and lustreless. The carpets were old and dingy. The windows did not open on to the terrace. The furniture was hardly ancient, but yet antiquated and uncomfortable. Throughout the house, and indeed throughout the estate, there was sufficient evidence of wealth; and there certainly was no evidence of parsimony; but at Scroope Manor money seemed never to have produced luxury. The household was very large. There was a butler, and a housekeeper, and various footmen, and a cook with large wages, and maidens in tribes to wait upon each other, and a colony of gardeners, and a coachman, and a head-groom, and under-grooms. All these lived well under the old Earl, and knew the value of their privileges. There was much to get, and almost nothing to do. A servant might live for ever at Scroope Manor,-if only sufficiently submissive to Mrs. Bunce the housekeeper. There was certainly no parsimony at the Manor, but the luxurious living of the household was confined to the servants' department.
To a stranger, and perhaps also to the inmates, the idea of gloom about the place was greatly increased by the absence of any garden or lawn near the house. Immediately in front of the mansion, and between it and the park, there ran two broad gravel terraces, one above another; and below these the deer would come and browse. To the left of the house, at nearly a quarter of a mile distant from it, there was a very large garden indeed,-flower-gardens, and kitchen-gardens, and orchards; all ugly, and old-fashioned, but producing excellent crops in their kind. But they were away, and were not seen. Oat flowers were occasionally brought into the house,-but the place was never filled with flowers as country houses are filled with them now-a-days. No doubt had Lady Scroope wished for more she might have had more.
Scroope itself, though a large village, stood a good deal out of the world. Within the last year or two a railway has been opened, with a Scroope Road Station, not above three miles from the place; but in the old lord's time it was eleven miles from its nearest station, at Dorchester, with which it had communication once a day by an omnibus. Unless a man had business with Scroope nothing would take him there; and very few people had business with Scroope. Now and then a commercial traveller would visit the place with but faint hopes as to trade. A post-office inspector once in twelve months would call upon plethoric old Mrs. Applejohn, who kept the small shop for stationery, and was known as the postmistress. The two sons of the vicar, Mr. Greenmarsh, would pass backwards and forwards between their father's vicarage and Marlbro' school. And occasionally the men and women of Scroope would make a journey to their county town. But the Earl was told that old Mrs. Brock of the Scroope Arms could not keep the omnibus on the road unless he would subscribe to aid it. Of course he subscribed. If he had been told by his steward to subscribe to keep the cap on Mrs. Brock's head, he would have done so. Twelve pounds a year his Lordship paid towards the omnibus, and Scroope was not absolutely dissevered from the world.
The Earl himself was never seen out of his own domain, except when he attended church. This he did twice every Sunday in the year, the coachman driving him th
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ere in the morning and the head-groom in the afternoon. Throughout the household it was known to be the Earl's request to his servants that they would attend divine service at least once every Sunday. None were taken into service but they who were or who called themselves members of the Church Establishment. It is hardly probable that many dissenters threw away the chance of such promotion on any frivolous pretext of religion. Beyond this request, which, coming from the mouth of Mrs. Bunce, became very imperative, the Earl hardly ever interfered with his domestics. His own valet had attended him for the last thirty years; but, beyond his valet and the butler, he hardly knew the face of one of them. There was a gamekeeper at Scroope Manor, with two under-gamekeepers; and yet, for, some years, no one, except the gamekeepers, had ever shot over the lands. Some partridges and a few pheasants were, however, sent into the house when Mrs. Bunce, moved to wrath, would speak her mind on that subject.
The Earl of Scroope himself was a tall, thin man, something over seventy at the time of which I will now begin to speak. His shoulders were much bent, but otherwise he appeared to be younger than his age. His hair was nearly white, but his eyes were still bright, and the handsome well-cut features of his fine face were not reduced to shapelessness by any of the ravages of time, as is so often the case with men who are infirm as well as old. Were it not for the long and heavy eyebrows, which gave something of severity to his face, and for that painful stoop in his shoulders, he might still have been accounted a handsome man. In youth he had been a very handsome man, and had shone forth in the world, popular, beloved, respected, with all the good things the world could give. The first blow upon him was the death of his wife. That hurt him sorely, but it did not quite crush him. Then his only daughter died also, just as she became a bride. High as the Lady Blanche Neville had stood herself, she had married almost above her rank, and her father's heart had been full of joy and pride. But she had perished childless,-in child-birth, and again he was hurt almost to death. There was still left to him a son,-a youth indeed thoughtless, lavish, and prone to evil pleasures. But thought would come with years; for almost any lavishness there were means sufficient; and evil pleasures might cease to entice. The young Lord Neville was all that was left to the Earl, and for his heir he paid debts and forgave injuries. The young man would marry and all might be well. Then he found a bride for his boy,-with no wealth, but owning the best blood in the kingdom, beautiful, good, one who might be to him as another daughter. His boy's answer was that he was already married! He had chosen his wife from out of the streets, and offered to the Earl of Scroope as a child to replace the daughter who had gone, a wretched painted prostitute from France. After that Lord Scroope never again held up his head.
The father would not see his heir,-and never saw him again. As to what money might be needed, the lawyers in London were told to manage that. The Earl himself would give nothing and refuse nothing. When there were debts,-debts for the second time, debts for the third time, the lawyers were instructed to do what in their own eyes seemed good to them. They might pay as long as they deemed it right to pay, but they might not name Lord Neville to his father.
While things were thus the Earl married again,-the penniless daughter of a noble house,-a woman not young, for she was forty when he married her, but more than twenty years his junior. It sufficed for him that she was noble, and as he believed good. Good to him she was,-with a duty that was almost excessive. Religious she was, and self-denying; giving much and demanding little; keeping herself in the background, but possessing wonderful energy in the service of others. Whether she could in truth be called good the reader may say when he has finished this story.
Then, when the Earl had been married some three years to his second wife, the heir died. He died, and as far as Scroope Manor was concerned there was an end of him and of the creature he had called his wife. An annuity was purchased for her. That she should be entitled to call herself Lady Neville while she lived, was the sad necessity of the condition. It was understood by all who came near the Earl that no one was to mention her within his hearing. He was thankful that no heir had come from that most horrid union. The woman was never mentioned to him again, nor need she trouble us further in the telling of our chronicle.
But when Lord Neville died, it was necessary that the old man should think of his new heir. Alas; in that family, though there was much that was good and noble, there had ever been intestine feuds,-causes of quarrel in which each party would be sure that he was right. They were a people who thought much of the church, who were good to the poor, who strove to be noble;-but they could not forgive injuries. They could not forgive even when there were no injuries. The present Earl had quarrelled with his brother in early life;-and had therefore quarrelled with all that had belonged to the brother. The brother was now gone, leaving two sons behind him,-two young Nevilles, Fred and Jack, of whom Fred, the eldest, was now the heir. It was at last settled that Fred should be sent for to Scroope Manor. Fred came, being at that time a lieutenant in a cavalry regiment,-a fine handsome youth of five and twenty, with the Neville eyes and Neville finely cut features. Kindly letters passed between the widowed mother and the present Lady Scroope; and it was decided at last, at his own request, that he should remain one year longer in the army, and then be installed as the eldest son at Scroope Manor. Again the lawyer was told to do what was proper in regard to money.
A few words more must be said of Lady Scroope, and then the preface to our story will be over. She too was an Earl's daughter, and had been much loved by our Earl's first wife. Lady Scroope had been the elder by ten years; but yet they had been dear friends, and Lady Mary Wycombe had passed many months of her early life amidst the gloom of the great rooms at Scroope Manor. She had thus known the Earl well before she consented to marry him. She had never possessed beauty,-and hardly grace. She was strong featured, tall, with pride clearly written in her face. A reader of faces would have declared at once that she was proud of the blood which ran in her veins. She was very proud of her blood, and did in truth believe that noble birth was a greater gift than any wealth. She was thoroughly able to look down upon a parvenu millionaire,-to look down upon such a one and not to pretend to despise him. When the Earl's letter came to her asking her to share his gloom, she was as poor as Charity,-dependent on a poor brother who hated the burden of such claim. But she would have wedded no commoner, let his wealth and age have been as they might. She knew Lord Scroope's age, and she knew the gloom of Scroope Manor;-and she became his wife. To her of course was told the story of the heir's marriage, and she knew that she could expect no light, no joy in the old house from the scions of the rising family. But now all this was changed, and it might be that she could take the new heir to her heart.


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After the death of T'Chaka, his son T'Challa must allow for challengers to engage in ritual combat before he can claim the throne for himself - representatives from the four main tribes (and occasionally an appearance from the Jabari tribe) and members of the royal family can all opt to enter the ring. Only M'Baku (of the Jabari) does, and he's soundly defeated - and with no other challengers, T'Challa is crowned king of Wakanda.
...until Erik "Killmonger" Stevens (aka N'Jadaka) shows up and challenges T'Challa for the throne, that is. The weird thing here is that the time for challenges has already expired - Wakanda is no longer in transition, T'Challa is firmly established as the king. The implication is that Killmonger - as a member of the royal family - seemingly has the right to challenge the king for the right to rule whenever he feels like it. Which means...he could have challenged T'Chaka.
The ritual combat idea seems to make sense when the king is extremely jacked, youthful Chadwick Boseman (well, sorta - he's actually 41! And wow, he looks better at 41 than I ever have or ever will in my life) - but when you're elderly and a bit heavier, as T'Chaka was before his death, your odds of surviving seem...pretty terrible. Why didn't Killmonger challenge him for the throne then? Not only would it have been the easiest fight of his life, but T'Chaka is the one Killmonger ACTUALLY has a beef with - he killed his father and was the one responsible for Wakanda's continued isolation in the modern world.
And don't say he was waiting for the transition/challenge time, because he specifically MISSES that window, and just shows up after T'Challa's already on the throne - and no one seems to think it's that weird of a thing to ask. Just saying that - even though Killmonger was an extremely skilled fighter - he would've been better off challenging an old guy past his prime than Chadwick Boseman.
As far as I can tell, Killmonger's plan can be broken down into four parts:
It's that first part that's confusing me - all he has to do with Klaue is kill him. There's no actual point or thing to be gained in working out an elaborate Vibranium heist with him or having him make a deal in South Korea. Really, from the moment he met Klaue, he should have just killed him then and there, flown to Wakanda, and delivered Andy Serkis' corpse to the first Wakandan he could find. By engaging in a complicated heist with Klaue, he nearly allowed T'Challa to have Klaue for himself, or be the one responsible for killing him.
Not that I didn't appreciate having Andy Serkis around a bit longer (and that legit great South Korea chase sequence), but I think Killmonger probably coulda been a bit more efficient with his scheming.
The only people in Wakanda allowed to ingest the heart-shaped herb are those who have been given the mantle of the Black Panther - which means, prior to T'Challa and Killmonger's battle for the throne, the only person who had ingested it in decades was T'Chaka. And yet, they're still growing dozens and dozens of them. My question is - for who?
While I understand tradition, they've got a bunch of super soldier serum flowers down there, and it could be a real benefit to allow the Dora Milaje to all get superpower'd up too. Black Panther can still be the only one with the vibranium suit, but having Okoye and her compatriots able to tap into super-strength and instincts might not be the worst idea.
Alternately, if they're INSISTENT on only allowing the Black Panther to have the herb, why not find a way to store what they have? As Killmonger showed, that stuff seems to burn REAL easy, and once it's all burned up...there's just none left? It doesn't seem to grow anywhere else - what if the garden had been lit ablaze on accident? Would T'Challa have no way to regain his Panther abilities? You'd think Shuri could figure out a pretty effective storage method, which would come in real handy right about now - since I'm pretty sure the movie ends with there being NO heart-shaped herb left whatsoever, meaning whoever follows T'Challa as Black Panther had better hope they're ALREADY super strong, agile, and connected with the afterlife plane.
Well, I guess that's not really my question, because the answer is "obviously they have the internet." It's Wakanda - the most technologically-advanced nation on Earth. Hell, they probably have some hyper-advanced version of the internet we don't even know about, with REALLY stellar adblock programs. But the underlying idea of the internet - no matter how advanced - makes the premise of Wakanda having internet access...questionable.
The internet is built on the idea of open access to communication and information across the globe, especially in the realm of social media - which is the one very internet-specific reference made in the film: Shuri's "WHAT ARE THOOOOOSE?" line. It's a funny bit, but what does it MEAN? Was Shuri on Vine? Does Shuri post two year old memes?
Wakanda's whole deal is predicated on the fact that NO ONE really knows the truth about Wakanda, and literally the entire populace is in on the con. They also have access to unimaginable technology - and it's all but certain they can get onto the internet. But does that mean no one is posting anything about their lives? No one's posting selfies, or long Medium posts, or posting Wakanda-specific memes on Facebook? Introduce social media to an entire population, it seems a little unlikely that literally no one would ever post anything about their actual lives. And yet Wakanda must have figured out some balance - since the secrets of their technological marvels appear to have not been leaked whatsoever.
Maybe the compromise is that they have to be two years behind on meme culture.
When Ryan Coogler casts Michael B. Jordan as a villain, you know it's gonna be good - but GOOD LORD, Killmonger was something entirely new. Not only is he one of the most sympathetic villains in pretty much any movie ever, I'm half-convinced he might've been the hero of the film.
To fully appreciate Killmonger as a character, you really need to take a long, hard look at the history of slavery, of colonization, of exploitation of the entirety of Africa, and the institutionalized racism against those of African descent in America and elsewhere, because it is devastating in the sheer scope of the misery and pain wrought upon millions and millions of people. Killmonger is pure, raw vengeance for that - the fury of centuries of injustice, all poured into one person. He grew up as a poor black kid with no father on the streets of Oakland in the early 90s - he knew everything there was to know about the continued ugly reality of racism in America and throughout the rest of the world. But the difference was - he knew it didn't have to be this way. That there was a country IN AFRICA that was CONTROLLED BY AFRICANS that knew about the suffering and wrongs visited upon others in the world...and they did nothing. They stayed isolated, they kept their wealth and technology to themselves, and they sat idly by while black men and women were enslaved, killed, mistreated, and exploited.
He's pissed off - and he's right to be. Wakanda could have changed things - and they decided to sit back in comfort instead.
That's not to say encouraging armed revolution is necessarily a good guy thing to do (starting a new cycle of bloodshed will likely only lead to more bloodshed - not peace, not understanding, and not justice), but offering technology and weaponry to some of the most oppressed people in the world makes a lot of sense, given what Killmonger has seen and learned throughout his life. The only thing that stops him from being a true good guy is that he sees the world as a zero sum game - for those of African-descent to have better lives, their oppressors' lives must be made worse. He can't (or won't) picture a world where Wakandan tech makes everyone's lives better - because he wants to see those who benefited from the suffering of his ancestors to pay the price.
Even with this in mind, Killmonger's journey sounds a lot more like a hero than a villain. His royal father is killed by his uncle when he's young, he's stuck exiled from his homeland, and he returns there once he's grown older to claim the throne from who he views as a terrible king. That's the plot of The Lion King - SIMBA'S plot. THE GOOD GUY'S PLOT.
Contrast him with T'Challa - who grew up in a life of luxury and privilege, who never knew any sort of pain or suffering or loss until adulthood, who inherited not only a throne, but superpowers as well. T'Challa was handed everything in life, and still remained on the fence about sharing his country's wealth and knowledge with the rest of the world.
Thinking about what Killmonger did to get there - he did everything right. He didn't try to take over Wakanda by force or subterfuge - he brought justice to a terrorist who had attacked Wakanda, then he issued a formal challenge and won the crown, fair 'n square. And his speeches to T'Challa clearly resonate - it's really Killmonger that convinces T'Challa to make Wakanda known to the world and share its technology with everyone. That's the mark of a great villain - when even the hero has to shrug and say "Well, they've got a point."
For real, though - has any villain had a line as devastating as Killmonger's dying words? "Bury me in the ocean. With my ancestors who jumped from the ships...they knew it was better to die than live in bondage."
The MCU has upped their villain game SIGNIFICANTLY from the days of Mean Mask Elf.
Well, we know the SPECIFIC answer to this is "Ike Perlmutter is a racist and a sexist and said movies about women or black people wouldn't be successful, so it took until Kevin Feige was able to get Marvel Studios shifted to being overseen by Disney's CEO to allow him the autonomy to make the MCU the way he wanted to," but I'm talking a bit more broadly - this is a film that deals with REAL ISSUES in a fascinating way, that features a black majority cast awash in African culture, that features a black director, screenwriter, and other major creatives, and a film that unabashedly has a ton of awesome roles for men AND women. Seriously, Shuri and Okoye pretty much steal every scene they're in.
And don't give me that weak Ben Shapiro "WHAT ABOUT BLADE?" bullshit. No one's arguing this is the first superhero film with a black lead - this is something much more than that. Blade still had a majority white cast, was written and directed by white guys, and really didn't deal with race in much of a significant way. There has never been a blockbuster quite like this - one filled with black characters, brought to the screen by black creatives, and in a way that talked about race and African heritage in a realistic and empowering way. It simply has never happened - until now.
And audiences are responding - Black Panther's early box office numbers are building in such a way that it looks like it's going to outgross Age of Ultron's opening weekend. Yes - a previously barely-known B-list character's solo film debut is going to beat AN AVENGERS SEQUEL. It'll be in the top 5 opening weekends of ALL-TIME...for a debut solo movie. You know what's the previous record holder for debut solo movie? Deadpool, at $132m - $60m less than what Black Panther is bringing in.
The success of Black Panther shouldn't come as a surprise to people - you get unbelievably talented individuals like Ryan Coogler, Michael B. Jordan, Chadwick Boseman, Angela Bassett, Andy Serkis, Letitia Wright, etc. all united by a singular vision, in a movie that features badass characters for people who don't typically see themselves represented on-screen in these numbers, using a fresh aesthetic and a willingness to confront massive real world issues that are almost never discussed in big budget films like this, and you'll get something special. Something that will stand out and make people take notice.
Also, it's just a goddamn good movie. The characters, the worldbuilding, the story - hell, one of my favorite characters was M'Baku. M'BAKU! THEY MADE MAN-APE INTO ONE OF THE MOST COMPELLING CHARACTERS IN THE MOVIE! HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE?!
Marvel, lock down Ryan Coogler for Black Panther 2: War With Atlantis right now (also....make it about war with Atlantis, 'cuz I wanna see Black Panther throw down with Namor ASAP).


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Advanced electives are courses that require a complete application in order to be considered for selection by the sponsoring teacher(s). Other requirements exist and are outlined in more detail on the application. These classes are all scheduled during 7th period (with the exception of AVID), so students are not allowed to be enrolled in more than one (Jazz Band, Advanced Choir, Advanced Art, Leadership, PALs, and Yearbook). There is a limit to the number of students who can be selected and enrolled into a class. It is up to the sponsoring teacher(s) as to who is selected based on the application received. Other criteria can include grade history, GPA, behavior/citizenship marks, and assessment scores. Students, who are not selected, will be placed in the compulsory school-wide Success For School class.
AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination) is a rigorous class that uses proven practices in order to prepare qualified students for success in high school, college, and a career. The curriculum features writing, inquiry, collaboration, reading, note-taking, study skills and college/career activities. College students are in the classroom as tutors three times a week, and field trips are taken to universities. Students must commit to taking notes in classes on a daily basis, completing homework on time, and keeping a complete and organized notebook of AVID assignments.
Jazz Band and Advanced Choir are for experienced students in music. They do not require an application at this time, but do require an audition. Please read the information within the Registration section for details on audition requirements. Selection for these classes can occur after the start of the school year.
Peer Assistance Leadership (PALs) course uses the potential of youth to make a difference in their lives, schools and communities. PAL® recognizes an innate capacity for social understanding, personal well-being, and community participation within every student. PAL® is designed to teach students the necessary mediation skills to help resolve peer to peer conflicts on our campus. The PAL program recognizes that students are responsible people, who are more than capable of solving their own disagreements in a positive way. Also, PAL students are provided with additional opportunities to develop and enhance their leadership skills by participating in a wide variety of school and community events such as: Red Ribbon Week, Peer Buddies Program, Anti-Bullying Week, Holiday Food Drive, YEMP, Club Live, and PAL Forum.
ASB/Leadership is a class whose main objective is to make students feel connected to school and each other through involvement in ASB organized activities. ASB is the principal student government body on campus headed by officers, including president, vice president, secretary and treasurer, who govern the entire student body. The principle responsibilities in this class are to govern school finances, organize activities, and represent the students of Citrus Hills Intermediate. We also participate in a school-wide recycling program, create lunchtime activities, participate in school spirit days, as well as volunteer at community service events outside of school hours.
Yearbook is a class that creates the Citrus Hills Intermediate yearbook for the current school year. Students will gain skills in the following areas: page design, web-based publishing techniques, copy writing, editing and photography while producing a creative, innovative yearbook which records school memories and events. Students gain useful skills in time management, teamwork, and design principles, and will be responsible for designing and creating layouts, taking digital pictures at student events on/off campus, selecting images for the yearbook, writing articles, meeting deadlines, and assist in the marketing and sales of the yearbook.
8th GRADE ONLY--WEB, which stands for "Where Everybody Belongs" is a middle school orientation and transition program that welcomes 7th graders and makes them feel comfortable throughout the first year of their middle school experience. Built on the belief that students can help students succeed, the program trains 8th grade students to be WEB Leaders. As positive role models, WEB Leaders are mentors and student leaders who guide the incoming 7th graders to discover what it takes to be successful and help facilitate 7th grade success throughout the year. This class requires outside of school commitments during the summer, and some afterschool/evening events.
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Ayia Napa is a perfect place for weddings, it is a town of natural beauty with golden sandy beaches, crystal clear blue water and romantic sunsets. It's a place of history and culture, with friendly and hospitable people and is the perfect place for those who want to spend the most precious day of their life at such a lovely and unique place.
A traditional and stylish place located overlooking the crystal clear water of the Mediterranean.
- Semi-private outdoor venue
- Suitable for smaller wedding parties
- Ceremony table with decoration
- Chairs for up to 60 guests
- Music player (USB connection only) for couple's own music
- Ring cushion provided
- Confetti and fresh petals allowed
- Decorations are allowed and can be arranged through your Cyprus Wedding Advisor
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Monday, February 23, 2009
Don't Be a Junk Food Vegetarian
This got me thinking. Whether someone has cut meat out of their diet for health reasons, to support animal rights or just because they don't like it, they still need to be aware of what they are eating. A person can live their whole life on mac and cheese, potatoe salad and pretzels, but that doesn't mean they are eating a healthy diet like most people assume when they hear vegetarian.
A healthy vegetarian diet is a well rounded diet full of fruits, veggies, legumes, whole grains, nuts and seeds. And depending on which kind of vegetarian you are, you may or may not consume fish, eggs, cheese and other dairy products. The key to a healthy vegetarian diet is the same as those who do eat meat - a good variety of whole foods.
In case you are interested, here are the most popular types of vegetarians:
1. Pescatarian (also spelled pescetarian) The word "pescatarian" is occasionally used to describe those who abstain from eating all meat and animal flesh with the exception of fish. Although the word is not commonly used, more and more people are adopting this kind of diet, usually for health reasons or as a stepping stone to a fully vegetarian diet.
2. Flexitarian/Semi-vegetarian You don't have to be vegetarian to love vegetarian food! "Flexitarian" is a term recently coined to describe those who eat a mostly vegetarian diet, but occasionally eat meat.
3. Vegetarian (Lacto-ovo- vegetarian) When most people think of vegetarians, they think of lacto-ovo-vegetarians. People who do not eat beef, pork, poultry, fish, shellfish or animal flesh of any kind, but do eat eggs and dairy products are lacto-ovo vegetarians ("lacto" comes from the Latin for milk, and "ovo" for egg).
Lacto-vegetarian is used to describe a vegetarian who does not eat eggs, but does eat dairy products.
Ovo-vegetarian refers to people who do not eat meat or dairy products but do eat eggs.
4. Vegan Vegans do not eat meat of any kind and also do not eat eggs, dairy products, or processed foods containing these or other animal-derived ingredients such as gelatin. Many vegans also refrain from eating foods that are made using animal products that may not contain animal products in the finished process, such as sugar and some wines. There is some debate as to whether certain foods, such as honey, fit into a vegan diet.
5. Raw vegan/Raw food diet A raw vegan diet consists of unprocessed vegan foods that have not been heated above 118 degrees Fahrenheit. "Raw foodists" believe that foods cooked above this temperature have lost a significant amount of their nutritional value and are harmful to the body.
6. Macrobiotic The macrobiotic diet, revered by some for its healthy and healing qualities, includes unprocessed vegan foods, such as whole grains, fruits and vegetables, and allows the occasional consumption of fish. Sugar and refined oils are avoided. Perhaps the most unique qualifier of the macrobiotic diet is its emphasis on the consumption of Asian vegetables, such as daikon, and sea vegetables, such as seaweed.
A note about children and teens:
Many children are not huge meat fans and would choose to sustain themselves on pasta and crackers. If this is the case with your child, I say be persistant. You don't need to force them to eat meat, but it is important to encourage variety. Offer children fruits and vegetables at every meal and limit snack choices. If the choice is sliced apple or carrot sticks don't fold. It is important to be consistent and talk to them about healthy choices.
As far as teenagers go, many decide that meat is not for them as they explore their convictions. Once again, that is great, but the same thing goes. You may need to teach your teen that just dropping the meat doesn't make the meal healthy. Good vegetarians eat their veggies!
Go to KidsHealth.org for more information on kid-friendly vegetarian diets.
Sources: About.com, medfinds.com
5 comments:
- Hanlie said...
Great post! This is really something that needs to be addressed. Dr Joel Fuhrman has spoken about it too... (http://www.diseaseproof.com/archives/dr-fuhrman-in-the-news-dr-fuhrman-on-sirius-doctor-radio.html). A healthy diet is one that consists of lots of fruit and vegetables. The rest of the diet should be whole and wholesome too!
- February 23, 2009 at 8:56:00 AM EST
- Healthy & Green on the Cheap said...
This is a great post! We are not vegetarian, although we don't eat very much meat. I find that many of the vegetarians I've known don't eat well. It's just as easy to eat vegetarian fast food or junk food as the non-veg versions. So, everyone needs to watch out.
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- Carlo/Carlo At Your Service Productions said...
This is a terrific post, for sure! We're exploring new vegan/vegetarian/macrobiotic/raw foods menus all the time. As caterers, we've found this group to be "forgotten" by most professional caterers, like ourselves. We're (myself and chef) very health conscious and find your blog to be top notch. I've bookmarked it for future reference. Love this post. Thank you for it!
- February 23, 2009 at 8:58:00 PM EST


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Math Resources, Games and Word Problems Kindergarten to Grade 11
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Colorado Drugged- Driving Bill's Greatest Challenge is Cost!| 11.18.13
Colorado Drugged-Driving Bill's Greatest Challenge Is Cost
The proposed legislation, Senate Bill 117, declares that five nanograms of THC per milliliter of blood would be the new threshold for operating a vehicle while impaired.
According to the most recent study available on drug use in the United States, in 2007, Colorado ranked as one of the top states for reported drug use. The state also has some of the most lenient drug-possession punishments. For example, the sentence for a conviction for possession of one ounce of marijuana is punishable by up to a $100 fine.
Supporters of the bill stress the importance of keeping people under the influence of any controlled substance off the roads. They emphasize that Colorado's toxicology office has seen an increasing number of tests from drugged drivers over the past couple of years.
Critics say the proposed legislation is unfair because THC levels in the blood are poor indicators of actual impairment. Therefore, someone whose ability to drive safely is not affected may end up with a DUI conviction, they argue.
However, a bigger hurdle at this point is cost. Lawmakers already rejected a nearly identical proposal in 2011 for that very reason. According to the Office of the Colorado State Public Defender, SB 117 would cost an additional $600,000 per year to defend driving while drugged cases.
Despite the costs, reducing the danger posed by drugged drivers in Colorado is an important goal. If you or a loved one has been hurt in an accident with a driver impaired by drugs or alcohol, contact a personal injury attorney with experience in drunk driving accident cases.


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Conventional wisdom says that the best time to sow annual wildflower seeds is in the fall, just before the rains, and that seeds should be covered with a thin layer of soil to protect them from predation. This conventional wisdom may be wrong. Tests in Scripps Ranch and Poway (San Diego County) suggest that it is better to sow wildflower seeds months in advance of the fall rain, and that covering seeds may actually prevent them from germinating.
The first test was in my friend Bob's back yard in Poway. I mixed packets of seeds, and he sowed them in three adjacent areas in July, September and early November. He covered half of each area with a thin layer of soil and left the other half uncovered. The worst results were in the November area covered with soil. The best were from the half of the September sowing that was left uncovered.
I tried a similar test in a small Scripps Ranch open space, dubbed the "Canyonito" by CNPS member Sarah. I sowed seeds in three adjacent areas in June, September and November, leaving them uncovered. Workmen later covered the last two areas with a thick mulch to suppress weeds. No wildflowers grew in these areas at all. However, the area sown in June was left alone, and this area had a beautiful spring bloom. This test shows that you can get good results from sowing seeds early.
In a third less formal test, I sowed wildflowers on a hillside brush management zone in Scripps Ranch in October. This is an area of trimmed chaparral with considerable bare dirt. Two of the species behaved differently here compared with how they grow in the wild. While some plants grew to a normal size, many more grew late and stunted. Plants that grow stunted like these are uncommon in the wild.


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Gothamist posted this video of an MTA employee training session where employees have to walk from one station to the next and find appropriate cover when a train passes by. It's part of a safety training exercise and one participant filmed what it looks like when a passing train is about 6 inches away from you.
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There's always been an air of desperation around right-wing attempts to smear Judge Merrick Garland's judicial record. Unable to find actual evidence that Judge Garland is anything but a fair-minded jurist who upholds the rule of law, his critics have resorted to either gross mischaracterizations of his decisions, or attacks manufactured out of thin air—making assumptions about his views based on the bare fact that President Obama nominated him rather than actual cases (and he has 19 years' worth to choose from).
But things went from desperate to absurd when the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), a front group for the Kochs and other corporate interests, went after Judge Garland over a case in which Judge Garland and Justice Scalia (along with every member of the Supreme Court at the time, including Chief Justice Rehnquist and Justice Thomas) came out precisely the same way.


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With Six Full lenght albums ATRIUM CARCERI,in the shadow of Simon Heath has been enlightment our spirits through dark exposiiton of soundscapes and cinematic atmospheres focusing on the mental limitations of human race,and developing structured concepts in each album,which makes of ATRIUM CARCERI ,one of the most aclaimed acts coming from Swedish scene! Simon reveal us some of his hidden secrets regarding ATRIUM CARCERI,as a driving mental force,to be explored in so many diverse dimensions...!!!
Salut Simon...so, how happened in your life the idea to experiments with sounds, effects and samples in order to create a project from the magickal dimensions ATRIUM CARCERI has? Due to the act's name, could we say ATRIUM CARCERI, is a mental prision, surrounded by our own obssessions, traumas, and fears from a musical point of view?
Rather the physical prison has been put into place for us to focus on as the "real" world when it is not more real than the worlds beyond. I would also say that our traumas are what can open the prison, give us a glimpse or a pathway to the other side, whilst our fear is what holds us back from trying too uncover what lies beyond the physical.
How's your inspirational source focused into desolation, loneliness, enviromental decay as some elements expressed in ATRIUM CARCERI albums?
It is what I have seen and experienced, those who have been where I have been will know the grinding of the ancient city and every other human being will remember the monolith of the lost without knowing why they do.
Due to the high development in the whole ATRIUM CARCERI albums, I ask you how important is the creativity for you when developing music? And what's the main element you try to focus when creating a definite album concept?
Creativity is highly important; my main element of focus is that every album should be important in itself, but more imp
ortant together with the other albums. If you listen from Cellblock to Phrenitis, you will quickly discover that Cellblock was a lot about fear and escaping the prison of both the mental and physical.
seishinbyouin is where the illusion cracks open even more than on cellblock, due to the heavy ritualistic approach of trying to see through, the interest have been peaked. Kapnobatai is stepping through the doorway, the ancient stairs and the walkways. Ptahil about coming back to our real home, the shattering of the persona and is deep on the other side of the illusion, Souyuan completes Ptahil in this way. Phrenitis on the other hand is a lot more about having all this enlightened knowledge and seeing hope and sadness for the first time when catching glimpses into the illusion where all our common sleepers live and breed, focused on problems connected to the apparent world and not a "real one".
"Souyuan" is your fifth album
, so could you tell us a few about the general concept of the album such as musical as ideological? Could we say this is the best release in ATRIUM CARCERI Existence?
Souyuan is about relearning the ropes, being reborn, shattered and put together, having gone far through the cracks. I have a hard time saying any release is better than the other; each release serves a very specific purpose to enlighten.
One aspect which we can observe is how cinematic atmospheres are crawling through the whole releases...so, perhaps is this the principal structure which has characterized ATRIUM CARCERI, which has given a strong identity inside the dark ambient scene?
I believe so; the primary musical concern of me has always been to create visual music that does not need a music video/live-performance to be "seen
". Also I am known for being insanely interested in mathematics in music and how they affect our minds, which results in a lot of experimentation and studies on people while constructing the albums.
Do you think mostly humans lives in a mental prision, be it through a religious moral codex, political ideology or obsessive psychic structures? So, what's for you mental freedom?
I know they do, but the sleepers are put together by oblivious fragments but often thousands, the odds that someone does not have ANY knowledge of what lies deeper is tiny, it is just blocked out mostly by the societal
structure and propaganda. Mental freedom is cleverly masqueraded, because those that do see beyond the current are by society looked upon as the mentally handicapped and often are not even allowed to express what they see openly. In any open society would not the members of it be interested if someone discovered something out of the ordinary?
So, in connection with last quaestion, could we say world is a mental asylum and we are the subconscious mental illness screaming for cure? Is ATRIUM CARCERI the cure?
Atrium Carceri just (hopefully) makes you remember enough of to open your eyes slightly and glance at the world in another light.
Could you explain us the general concept of your past albums, and how each one was taken by scene according to you? Any live performance in ATRIUM CARCERI existence?
I only played once with Atrium Carceri at Wave Gothic Treffen in
many years ago and was not allowed to do it beyond a black screen. I am strongly opposed to idolry and music as show business... it's not something that should belong together in my opinion. Leipzig
Is known "Phrenitis"album, will be released soon. So fill our expectatives, giving us some information about the new album such musical as ideological?
Phrenitis is out as of now; the album is a very personal one for me and as such much more emotional. People say it is not as scary as say cellblock and they are right, the album is not about feeling fear. It is about seeing the world with new eyes, sadness, beauty and the cracking illusion slowly withering at the war torn places of the world.
Before closing this short conversation tell us about your projects ZA FRUMI and ABNOCTO? And the lastest news referring both acts?
We are planning another Za Frûmi album this year and about Abnocto... well we might go down the tunnels again with abnocto but it was a real hassle getting all equipment deep down underground like that so we shall see if we use the same approach again.
Thanx for the answers Simon...and a last message to all
Mental freaks? South American Ill
Do not believe the oppressors sheep, what you see beyond the fleeting is more real than what they see.
Be free brothers and sisters.


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Russia has stunned the international community by offering to replace Austrian troops withdrawn from the peacekeeping forces on the Israeli-Syrian border in the Golan Heights, despite its open political and military support for the Assad regime.
"Given the complicated situation in the Golan Heights, we could replace the leaving Austrian contingent in this region on the border between Israeli troops and the Syrian army," Vladimir Putin announced during a televised meeting with Russian military officers.
"But this will happen, of course, only if the regional powers show interest, and if the UN secretary general asks us to do so," the president added.
The decision to approve this offer sits with the UN security council, currently chaired by the UK, which is unlikely to judge Russia a neutral party in the Syrian conflict and suitable peacekeepers.
"That's Putin for you – just divorced and already looking for new adventures," one Israeli diplomat quipped.
Russia's application to provide boots on Syrian soil has been interpreted in Israel as an act of provocation to the US and its British and French allies, with whom it has engaged in a tense power struggle for influence in the Syrian civil conflict, rather than a viable offer.
The dispute reached its height last week after an EU decision to lift the arms embargo on Syria to allow the arming of rebel groups, when Russia insisted on honouring a deal to provide the Assad regime with "game-changing" S-300 anti-aircraft missile systems.
"That delivery of S-300 missiles is a $1bn deal – big money. But there are many other deals going on inside Syria through which Russia is trying to establish a foothold in the Middle East," another Israeli official said, on condition of anonymity.
Austrian soldiers have made up more than a third of the 1,100-strong United Nations Disengagement Force [UNDOF] employed to ensure that the cold peace between Syria and Israel brokered in 1974 holds. After an intense battle for the strategic border town of Quneitra, Vienna announced its decision to remove its troops due to the severity of the fighting. Israel has requested that the UN replace these troops as quickly as possible.
On Friday, the Philippines announced that it too was considering the withdrawal of its 341 troops from the border, after a Filipino soldier was injured during Thursday's intense shelling. Should the Filipino force follow the Austrians, only 352 Indian troops would be left – a situation Israel considers unthinkable given the security council's commitments to regional security.
The Philippine department of foreign affairs recommended last month that the force withdraw from the Golan Heights due to security concerns. However, the country's military chief, General Emmanuel Bautista, has openly opposed this position, insisting his troops are prepared for the dangers of conflict.
"You can't remove the risk. That is why we are there: to prevent conflict," he said on Friday.
Dozens of Syrians attempted to enter Israel through the Quneitra crossing point to escape Thursday's tank and artillery battle but were turned away by Israeli soldiers. Two injured rebel fighters were, however, taken by Israeli medics to Safed hospital, where staff reported discovering a hand-grenade in the pocket of one of the injured men.


text: It was another noisy Thursday in frog world. A group of young frogs were chatting, discussing the latest news. As they looked at the nearby TV tower, the city' tallest structure, they thought how wonderful it would be to be able to climb on top of it, and go where no frog had ever been. "The wind, the view &hellip oh, to be on top of the tower!"said one of the frogs, and the others croaked in agreement. They decided that the following Sunday, they would all climb to the top of the tower. On the appointed day, several frogs gathered to watch the group of young frogs try and do the impossible. As the frogs lined up for the climb, you could hear the shouts from the crowd. "Don't do it, it' too dangerous!""No one's done it before, what makes you think you can do it?'Some of the young frogs heeded the warnings, and ped out before the climb started. The rest set off nevertheless, and as some tiny frogs slipped and fell, you could hear the shouts grow louder. "You can't do it!" "The tower is way too high!"One by one, all the frogs gave up, except one little frog. That frog paid no heed to the exhortations, and kept climbing, higher and higher until finally he reached the top of the TV tower. The first frog ever to get there!The frogs clapped and croaked in delight. When the little frog came down, the rest of them gathered around him."How did you manage it? What's the secret of your success?" they asked. The frog just looked on, and did not say a word. It turned out that he was deaf. And so while the hordes were shouting "It can't be done", he hadn't heard a word. He thought they were egging him on, and mistook their shouts as words of encouragement! It's a good idea to lead your life like that frog. As you go about chasing your goals, your dreams and your ambitions, disregard the people who tell you it can't be done.Is there any job or course of study you want to pursue but people are saying with your grades, you'll never get admission'?Is there a new business idea that's been jumping about in your head & but well-wishers are saying you'll never find the capital for it? And do you want to be rich and wealthy, and make your dreams come true - but are being told "get real, no one in our entire family has ever made that kind of money?'Ignore them all. Turn a deaf ear.Remember, what you achieve in life will be limited only by your ambitions, your dreams. So when people tell you it can't be done, they are in a sense, just testing your resolve, your commitment to your goals. How badly do you want to climb your own TV tower? Giving up is easy. Getting to your goals is hard work.There will be also be moments when you are the one watching other frogs friends, family and colleagues - trying to climb their TV towers. Be careful what you say to them. You could discourage them and stop them from working towards their goals. Or you could egg them on, and help them achieve their goals. The choice is yours. As one wise man said, you can achieve any goal you desire & if only you will help other people achieve their goals!And yes, did I tell you who the frog met on top of the TV tower? A bumble bee! Now, according to the laws of aerodynamics, the bumble bee cannot fly because its body weight is too high when compared to its wingspan. But luckily, the bumble bee never went to school and is unaware of the laws of aerodynamics. So it happily flies!Be like the bumble bee, and the deaf frog. Find your goal, your TV tower. And go for it. If you can dream it, you can do it!


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The Arizona Cardinals coaching staff needs to watch their backs this week, because I guarantee you, the Bidwell's are going to be making big some changes…ASAP.
There are so many questions I want to ask, but the one burning my ass up right now is WHY THE HELL ARE YOU STICKING WITH RYAN LINDLEY? That experiment is OVER. Let's at least get Skelton back in there until we can get Kolb back.
So what's up with Adrian Wilson? Brian Billick even said it yesteraa…he's on the downside of his career. He's not playing with ANY drive lately, and committed some STUPID penalties today. Are you kidding me?!? Yank the diva out of there.
Let's face the music. We don't have an offense at all (8 interceptions in the last 2 games and our offense can't win those games), and it goes back to our offensive line. Who's coaching that? Oh yeah…Russ Grimm. I don't care if you are in the hall of fame, the proof is in the pudding and his pudding sucks.
If Kolb could stay healthy for a season, he's shown that he's actually not that bad…he's not stellar, but he's probably the best option we've got. Skelton couldn't target a chubby chick in a bar that's so drunk she can't walk straight let alone get the ball to any of his receivers. Lindley is just young…very young…very green…he's going to be ruined if he stays in much longer.
Personally, I think it's time that the Bidwell's clean house. Let's drop some bleach in to the Arizona Cardinals petri dish and start over on offense. Let's get a top 5 pick and grab a great, young offensive lineman – in both the first AND second rounds. Let's FOCUS on cleaning up that offensive line. We've got everything else in place…depth at nearly every level, except our o-line.


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VMware has this week officially made available its Lifecycle Manager tool, which allows IT managers to better control the lifecycle of virtual machines (VMs), right from their creation, through to their decommissioning.
It does this by tracking (via a web interface) who created or owns the VM, when it was requested, who approved it, where it is deployed, how long it has been in operation, and when it is scheduled to be decommissioned.
VMware has essentially used the virtual environment automation technology it inherited from the Swiss company Dunes Technologies, which it acquired back in September last year.
According to Douglas Phillips, senior product marketing manager, EMEA, Dunes' underlying platform was called VSO. VMware Lifecycle Manager is a totally separate tool developed by VMware, but it uses VSO as the underlying platform," he told Techworld.
VMware has also added a highly useful chargeback feature to Lifecycle Manager, which gives IT managers the ability to measure and chargeback the use of specific virtual machines to individual department owners. These chargeback metrics can also be tied in to existing financial systems.
This feature is going to become increasingly useful with more and more deployment of large-scale virtual machines within the enterprise.
"A recent ESG survey of current and planned virtual server adopters showed that current users expect that the number of their virtual machines will grow by 173 percent over the next two years," said Mark Bowker, industry analyst at ESG.
"To handle this massive growth, VMware Lifecycle Manager delivers IT organisations a method to automate best practices by implementing a standardised approach for managing user requests for the provisioning of virtual machines, while simultaneously eliminating manual and repetitive tasks," he added.
Lifecycle Manager also allows customers to create a catalogue of standard IT services. Users then pick and choose from a menu of virtual machines with different properties. It apparently also streamlines requests and approvals, as VMware Lifecycle Manager establishes a scalable mechanism to route and approve all requests for virtual machines, which "helps ensure compliance with internal policies."
VMware Lifecycle Manager is now available for purchase, and costs $895 (£445) per physical CPU socket.
According to Phillips, this price is fixed across all geographic regions, although there is an unlocked version of the product (typically used by large global accounts), with a one-time cost of $20,000 (£9,990).


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Veterinarian (Full Time)
The Carrollton Animal Hospital is a two-doctor mixed animal practice located in Carrollton, Ohio that predominantly treats cats and dogs with a small, but growing, number of equine clients. We are seeking a talented veterinarian as our practice is experiencing significant growth. Our clinic focuses on preventative medicine assisted by modern diagnostic tools, and clear, caring communication with clients. We are interested in talking to you if you are as dedicated to educating pet parents as you are to treating animals. Additionally, strong teamwork skills will be important as we have a large support staff to assist our doctors in managing their patient's care.
Job responsibilities include:
Diagnosis and treatment of sick and/or injured animals
Performing and assisting with surgeries
Managing wellness plans, including vaccination schedules and parasiticide compliance
Educating clients on their pet's treatment plans, including the importance of preventative care
Required Qualifications:
DVM with a valid license to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Ohio
Functional knowledge of digital radiography, ultrasonography, and veterinary dentistry preferred
Desire for long-term employment
Excellent bedside manner and good communication skills
Pay starts at $80,000 to $90,000/year for a new graduate, with increased pay for more experienced applicants
Employer offered Health Insurance with optional Dental and Vision coverage
Matching 3% IRA
Paid Vacation and Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave
Paid veterinary membership dues and continuing education budget
Biannual profit sharing for all employees
Relocation Assistance and Tuition Repayment options available
The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture
Knoxville, TN 37996
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Day of the Dead is about the magic of remembrance
Like many Americans, I didn't know much about Dia de los Muertos - Day of the Dead - until I came face to face with it in Mexico.
The holiday, in this country associated with Halloween because of the closeness of the date and the subject matter, is quite the celebration.
My friend Beryl and I shared an ancient house in San Miguel on Hospico 8. Eduardo, our friend and teller of tall tales, told us on Nov. 1, Day of the Dead, that the house was haunted by his grandfather, who had once lived there.
With the parroquia bells tolling a somber knell, Eduardo assured us that he could tell his grandfather's ghost to stop coming by. All we had to do was accompany him to the graveyard with Day of the Dead bread, enchiladas, rum and his grandfather's favorite cigarettes. Grandfather just needed his treats.
Bearing tall candles, we met at the gate of the San Miguel cemetery to carry these ofrendas to the grave at 2 a.m. on the morning of Nov. 2. We later decided that Eduardo must have had a craving for mole enchiladas because not all of them made it to the cemetery. We were assured that sharing was a big part of Day of the Dead. The departed don't want to eat alone.
The cemetery, glowing with hundreds of candles, seemed like a fairyland. People were playing guitars and singing songs.
It was fiesta time. Favorite foods were lovingly placed in front of headstones that had been washed earlier in the day. There was excitement, joking, much sipping from bottles and much assurance that whatever was being imbibed was the loved one's favorite drink. Of course, the drinking was merely to keep them company during the visit.
When we got home a couple of hours later, we built a fire and made some tea to warm up. Suddenly, while we were sipping our tea, one of the teacups made strange clinking noises.
Everyone stopped talking. Then Eduardo said that the clinking was his grandfather thanking us for visiting his tombstone and bringing treats, and that his ghost wouldn't return until next Nov. 1. Later, however, a ceramicist told me that the clinking was the hot tea contracting the cold cup.
I like the grandfather-returning story; my husband likes the heat-contracting-ceramics story.
Everyone can choose what they want to believe. In the end, the story is about remembrance. If you are missing special people, make something they loved. Break some bread with other family and friends. Share the favorite food on Friday and Saturday.
Rather than being somber, Day of the Dead is all about good memories.
Pan De Muerto
Makes 2 loaves; each loaf serves 8 to 12
This light, cake-like bread is a combination of many recipes, but greatly inspired by Fany Gerson's "My Sweet Mexico." You will need a stand mixer with paddle and dough hook attachments. It's best to start this a day ahead and refrigerate the dough overnight for the first rise. In all, the dough will need three risings.
- 1/4 ounce (1 package) active dry yeast, about 2 1/4 teaspoons
- 2 tablespoons warm water
- 3/4 cup whole milk, warmed to 100° in a microwave or on the stove
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups bread flour
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- -- Finely grated zest of 1 orange (about 1 teaspoon)
- 4 large eggs, room temperature, lightly beaten
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), room temperature and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 large egg beaten with 1 tablespoon water, for glaze
- Topping
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1/8 to 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions: Combine the dry yeast, water, and about 1/3 cup of the warm milk in a bowl. Add about 1/2 cup of the all-purpose flour. Set aside to bubble and froth for about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the remaining all-purpose flour and the bread flour in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Add the sugar, salt and orange zest. Use your hands or a rubber spatula to rub the dry ingredients with the zest to help the oil from the zest permeate the other ingredients.
In a small bowl, whisk the eggs with the remaining warm milk and vanilla.
With the mixer on low, slowly drizzle the liquid into the flour mixture, then add the starter. Increase speed to medium-low and blend 3 minutes, or until well combined. Replace the paddle attachment with the dough hook.
With the mixer on medium-low, add a small piece of the softened butter. (If it is still a bit firm, flatten a piece between your thumb and forefinger, then add it to the dough.) Blend it completely, then add the next piece. Repeat until all the butter is added, which will take about 10 minutes. The dough might seem sticky, but let the mixer run about 10 minutes more, or until the dough becomes silken, smooth and clears the sides of the bowl. The dough will be soft.
Coat a large bowl with oil or pan spray. Place the dough in it and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Let rise 1-1 1/2 hours at room temperature, about 65°-70°. Or, let the dough rise in the refrigerator 4-8 hours or overnight.
Remove the dough from the bowl and place in another oiled bowl, preferably shallower. Use the palms of your hands to gently press down to deflate a little. Place the bowl in a warm, draft free spot in the kitchen at least 1 1/2 hours, or until almost doubled. The dough should appear somewhat puffy and light.
Line 2 rimmed baking sheets with parchment; coat with oil or pan spray. Use a dough scraper or knife to cut off about 1/2 cup of the dough to use as decoration; set aside.
Cut the remaining dough in half to make two loaves. Wet your hands with cool water to prevent the dough from sticking, and form each half into a round: Turn the edges under, smoothing the dough with your hands, rewetting them as needed. Place each bread round on its own baking sheet; slightly flatten the tops.
For the decoration: Using the reserved 1/2 cup dough, cut off 2 pieces about 1-inch in diameter; set aside. Divide the remainder into 4 pieces; roll each of these into thin "bones" about 8-10 inches long. Start at the middle of one piece and flatten with dampened fingers so it resembles the knobs of the bone; continue to make knobs every couple of inches. Repeat with remaining bones.
Place 2 strips across the top of each bread round to form a cross; trim the ends of extra dough. You will add the 2 reserved pieces of dough later.
To finish: Loosely cover the bread rounds with plastic wrap and let rise in a warm spot 1 1/2-2 hours. About 20 minutes before baking, move the racks to the upper and lower thirds of the oven and preheat the oven to 350°.
Lightly brush the rounds with egg wash. Form the 2 reserved pieces of dough into balls, and place on top of the rounds where the bones cross. Brush the balls with egg wash.
Bake 30-35 minutes, or until golden. If needed, switch the baking sheets between racks and/or rotate them about halfway through. Use an instant-read thermometer to check for internal doneness, about 190°.
Move bread to cooling racks that are set atop parchment or waxed paper. Brush each loaf with the melted butter. Sprinkle the sugar on top.
Cool at least 1 hour before cutting into wedges.
Per serving: 196 calories, 4 g protein, 21 g carbohydrate, 11 g fat (6 g saturated), 70 mg cholesterol, 86 mg sodium, 1 g fiber.
Jacqueline Higuera McMahan is the author of "California Rancho Cooking" (Sasquatch Books; 2003). E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com


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Christmas Cards 2012: Using SketchesSunday, December 16, 2012
Hello dearies,
I hope you had a great weekend. Yesterday I posted about how you can get a little burned out from creating holiday card-after-card and how sometimes the mojo disappears. So, (yesterday's and) the next few Christmas Card posts are just going to be great ways to get those juices flowing and get you back on your game. (You can view yesterday's post here). So, today's post will be about using sketches!
Sketches are great for me to get the juices flowing. It is my #1 go-to "I need inspiration station" option. I love using sketches!!! You can interpret them however you want to, and its nice when what you make comes out completely different from the original. So here are four cards I created using sketches:
|Cards measure 6x4. Products used: cardstock (red and white); ribbon and paper strips: received in a swap; Santa and reindeer stickers: Recollections; Ho Ho Ho stamp: unknown.
The sketch that I used for the above cards is from Two Peas in a Bucket.
|Cards measure 6 1/2 x 5. Products used: kraft paper: Recollections; all patterned paper, Santa die cut, and sentiment: Moxxie; other: white pen.
|Cards measure 6 1/2 x 5. Products used: kraft paper: Recollections; all patterned paper, elf die cut, and sentiment: Moxxie; other: white pen.
These two cards featuring these starry-eyed cuties was created for a sketch challenge on Club CK. It was still a sketch challenge, however, it was to create a card using a layout sketch. Kinda different, huh? I loved this twist on a sketch challenge! Here is the sketch:
And, in case you're wondering, the starry-eyed cuties above are a part of the Party at the Pole collection by Moxxie. You should check it out! It's adorable!!!
Have a good week!
Kelster Jean