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READ ALL ABOUT IT! Raymond Parker Fouts announces another new book of newspaper material--ABSTRACTS FROM THE EDENTON GAZETTE AND FARMER'S PALLADIUM, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 1830 - 1831. Like most newspapers of the time, this weekly publication included a wide assortment of news items, both local and national, which Fouts reproduces verbatim and with original punctuation.
Although the paper was printed in the town of Edenton, the county seat of Chowan County, so-called "local" news also pertained to the surrounding counties of Bertie, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Northampton, Pasquotank, Perquimans, Tyrrell, and Washington. The paper gleaned state news from other North Carolina newspapers while national and international news came from papers published in the larger American ports.
Because of the vast array of information, researchers never know what interesting historical facts or genealogical "gold nuggets" they may discover. For instance, the death notice of Revolutionary War veteran David WILLIAMS in Rensselaerville, NY, appears in the August 31, 1831, issue. Several articles name people involved on both sides of the slave insurrection known as the "Nat Turner Rebellion."
Newspaper information is important since it puts families in a certain place at a specific date and may supply clues about individuals who have moved elsewhere. For example, the death notice of 26-year-old Silvanus HOWETT in Kentucky states that he was formerly of Edenton.
Since North Carolina did not begin keeping vital statistics records until 1913, newspaper data about marriages, divorces, and deaths help to fill in the information gap. Even more important, several of the marriages reported in the newspaper were never entered in the appropriate county records and sometimes contain more details than those that were.
A trademark of Fouts's work is her thorough indexes. In addition to a full name index of all people, she has a separate index for female names, both maiden and married. In addition to counties, towns, and foreign countries, the location index includes subjects like bridges, churches, and schools.
The fourth index concerns miscellaneous categories such as agriculture, clerks of court, companies, deaths, fires, diseases, divorces, Indians, judges, marriages, masonic lodges, militia, newspapers, occupations, postmasters, sheriffs, societies, steamboats, and weather. Looking through old newspapers demonstrates that the saying "the more things change, the more they remain the same" contains much truth. Edenton's September 14, 1831, issue carries news extracted from the New Orleans newspaper concerning a violent storm that hit the city in August: "The Levee is injured to an immense amount, and at this moment Lake Ponchartrain has so swollen as to inundate the whole of the rear of the city up to Rampart street...." Additional details also remind us of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005: "The water...intercepted all land communication with the streets beyond; there are three feet of water in Treme Street, and four feet have been measured somewhat farther. Every thoroughfare in the direction of the city is navigated in boats...."
Another interesting item about the weather in the August 5, 1830, issue is as pertinent in August 2006 as it was in 1830: "HEAT! HEAT!--In almost every paper we have opened for the past week, from the North, east (sic), South or West, the extreme heat and drought are mentioned as not having a precedent for a number of years.--The heat has been so great in the cities of Baltimore, Philadelphia and New York, that many persons have fallen victim to the effects...." A knowledge of historical events, including extreme weather affecting harvests and the economy, may help genealogists better understand the activities of their ancestors during certain periods of time.
The meticulous attention to detail that Fouts always puts into her work explains why her books are highly praised by reviewers. ABSTRACTS FROM THE EDENTON GAZETTE AND FARMER'S PALLADIUM, EDENTON, NORTH CAROLINA, 1830 - 1831 will be a valuable asset to genealogical library collections.
Containing 160 pages, the book has soft covers and a preface. It costs $30.00 plus $2.50 postage for one book and 75 cents for each additional copy. Residents of North Carolina should also add 7% state tax to the price. Checks, payable to NC Research at Home, may be sent to North Carolina Research at Home By Raymond Parker Fouts, c/o Walter R. Haun, 410 Crestview Drive, Durham, NC 27712-2335.
Susan Cooper Kelley (e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com) is looking for connections to John Sydney and Amanda COOPER, first cousins, who married and left Mobile, Alabama, to follow the lumber industry in Louisiana. Kelley does not have any dates, but other family names linked to them are Louis, Archie, and Newton. Any help will be appreciated.


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Gastroswing 2015
As many oo you know, I have been, I am and I will continue being involved in Gastroswing. During its first 3 editions as president of Association Swingvergüenza and later as a partner / worker. Working closely with the general coordinator of Gastroswing (Donca), the great WORKERS of Gastroswing a lot of volunteers giving their best (impossible to name them all). Normally the analysis of the events are made and the results are analysed after de festival. But for this Gastroswing I'm going to skip this "rule", read on and you'll know why …
Gastroswing is an event that soon began to appear just after founding the association, no one can assign herself/himself the merit of creating it, the reason is very easy. Although the baby "born" in a car from Barcelona to Vitoria after a Barswingona (2010) (6 hours driving is far …) . But the baby existed before, we had concerns and had spoken of a "Workshop", we knew that every time we brought some teacher / to Vitoria (Ana, Jaume, Maria, Sonia, etc …), they give us facilities (price, accommodation, travel …) because they were betting for a community of "crazy" people in a small town (smaller than some "neighbourhoods" of Barcelona). But they all said …, "but later we will eat ???". Gastroswing was born ….
I remember fondly the Gastroswing, trying to achieve "International" profs to sell it to the town hall (thinking we needed their support, political, phew ….), but Spanish spoken teachers…..i remember talks by phone with teachers so they tell us how much to pay and how to hire them for a festival … (Thanks Pep and Emi …). What a madness of festival. They came 80 people, saved economically thanks to Madrid people who came en masse …. Everyone enjoyed a lot a finished very happy, but to be honest, we learned a lot ….
In the following we grew gradually, appeared cider and "Txuletón" begin to bring more internationally known teachers and between organizers and attendees was developing what I think without false modesty BEST SPAIN festival ….
But with this V Gastroswing, I have the absolute conviction that will be the best for may reasons…. Here we go …
Bands … Doc Scanlon and his super band and the GORDON WEBSTER band (for many people including me, the best dance band in the world). Best bands for a festival of dance i can imagine. The teachers of SOLO, Hector, a crack, an amazing dancer that everybody knows… and Ksenia, a crack that most do not know more than their videos …I am sure that in a few months everybody will know. The SOLO track this year is brutal ….
And Lindy Hop, have the couple that everyone knows, Skye and Frida, nothing to say but that they are number 1 in the world. Juan & Sonia, an explosive mixture (Juan an artist by all sides and Sonia, i will not say anything, she's my weakness …), Sax & Ale, come with a barbaric illusion. Max and Pamela, Max lot of people say he's the best world dancer in social and comes with Pamela that "such dance". And my commitment as a surprise this year. Fabien & Lisa. You're going to enjoy with them both inside and outside of class, I met years ago thanks to the Blues (are among the top 3 without doubt in Blues), but Lindy hop…, still do not understand how there are much better known. The 5 couples are great.
I do not want to leave behind DJs Oh my Swing and Dr. Risi. Both dancers, who know what we need to dance. With the DJs we are covered to spare.
But this is just the poster, Gastroswing will be many more and this is where we go for the honors.
Every year we send a survey, and after reading all the answers, we could see that things get better … Well this year we will all …
New rooms, without audition, invitational level, new dinners, more organized and possibility to have dinner "during" the parties, Jack & Jill, better street parties, best welcome bag and this is just a small list …. As going to be able to see … we have heard your suggestions …
But we have more … the most important ingredient.
This year the level of involvement of volunteers is AMAZING !!!!. . The partners help, contribute, and all this work for many weeks. Come up with time and with the possibility of taking care of every detail … I'm sure something will not come out perfect, but not because we have not tried ….
Therefore the difference compared to other festivals in the world versus the Gastroswing are not going to be on bands, nor the teachers, nor the organization, even the steak !!!. Will be the volunteer community / Swingvergüenza partners that are giving their best for many weeks now … And so I wanted to post this before the festival. Leave clear publicly my admiration for all volunteers Gastroswing 2015 with the new board of the association and all coordinated by Mr Donca ….
Thanks all for making this possible.
I am ready to give my best for V Gastroswing 2015.

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With all the focus on Solyndra and the attacks on green jobs from the Right, the mainstream media have completely overlooked the explosive success of the weatherization assistance program (WAP) funded almost exclusively by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, say Jorge Madrid and Adam James, from the Center for American Progress.
"By the end of ARRA's three-year lifespan next March, the WAP will almost double the number of homes upgraded in the first year of the program — bringing the total number of energy efficiency projects to 720,000.
"Not only has the WAP created jobs desperately needed in the construction industry, it also provides a boost for American manufacturing and small businesses.
"Over 89% of the materials used in home retrofits are made right here in America. And 91% of the firms engaged in retrofit activities are small businesses employing less than 20 people.
"These weatherization services have saved families an average of more than $400 in energy costs during the first year."
(READ the full article in ThinkProgress)


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The weight of satisfaction
I'm not sure of the exact weight, but a manuscript of 17 stories/44500 words/209 A4 pages definately feels like satisfaction. The Disparate Whispers manuscript is now ready to be sent to Fremantle Arts Centre Press in all its speculative fiction glory. I'm still remarkably cautious about its potential success – FACP is notoriously literary.
The final layout looks like this:
The Rustle of Autumnal Leaves
Hear No Evil
Room Three
Song of the Infernal Machine
Firewall v1.1
Practical Joke
Blasphemy on Eight Wheels
Midnight on the Jetty
Plan Ni
Bump in the Night
Alley of Dead Whores
The Black Door
The Raid
On Dark Clouds Borne
Sobek's Tears
To get the collection finished, I went through Alley of Dead Whores and gave it a moderate edit – adding a few passages and changing some dialogue. I'm happy enough with it that I sent it to US pro-mag Brutarian (and at US 5-10c/word, if I land that deal, I can look forward to US$300-600).
Aside from the weighty considerations of Disparate Whispers, I didn't write much today. Ange forced me into Domestic mode. Despite an early 'freak out' over time, the Domestic avatar appeared, and not only finished the mounting, greasy washine up (from my inspirational home-made pizza cooked the night before), but also tackled the fast declining pool.
Our pool is an interesting challenge – with a little elbow grease, we have kept it sparkling all summer. A few years ago, our neglect was that bad, the pool turn green and semi-solid, and spawned about 80,000 mutant tadpoles. We had to drain the pool completely, and carry multiple bucket loads of tennis-ball sized tadpoles down to the lake in the midst of a windy night time storm, but that's another story…
The reason the pool is a challenge this time is because it is rapidly draining for no obvious reason. There are no cracks, flaws or otherwise. Ange suspects the pool light – we removed it when the bulb blew and had to get a new bracket, which had one screw socket less. This meant we installed a new bracket while leaving a small, unplugged screw hole in the pool. Even though the cover is fastened over the bracket (and hopefully the unplugged hole), she suspects the water is leaking out through that hole. Regardless of whether it's through there, or my suspicion of the filter, the pool has dropped half a metre in a few short weeks. We're waiting to see if it stops when it dips below the light, then we'll nab the culprit.
In the meantime, we have no filter to clean the damn thing, so I spent an hour dealing with the autumn remains of leaf litter, annoying little pink shits of flowers that drop by the bucketload, and the seed of a dozen trees spilling into the water and actually blanketing the yard with sickly yellow-green microbuds. While the pool was overwhelming, a handy scoop and a huge container of liquid chlorine did the job.
After settling back into the writing chair, I checked the Flashshot website and to my intense satisfaction found my name posted in the upcoming stories section. Being a natural ego-maniac, I emailed the link to all my family and friends. My flash story (if it's long enough to be called a story) is Hell, and is due for circulation on 7 June 2004. If anyone's keen, check it out here. Seeing the ole monicker up there makes me feel like a real, actual, not-making-crap-up writer. I can't begin to imagine what I'll be like in bookstores when my first hardback is on the stands (actually, I'd probably be one of those really obnoxious guys who asks the sales assistant about the book and accidentally opens the back cover that has my glamourised promo photo on it and says 'oops', while pretending to blush – not that I've thought about this at all mind you…).
P. Bloody. S. I still haven't received any writing related emails. STILL! I have received words of encouragement from Damien and Tracey about my not-so-subtle Flashshot email, but have any magazine editors deigned to contact me? Nay! Geez, even the Peter Cowan Writers Centre could get their newsletter out, just to tell me my story failed to win a competition from a total pool of four people.
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Here we go again with another jam-packed installment of CUP O' JOE! Exclusively here at CBR, Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada opens up the minds of the Marvelous, revealing the ins and outs of everything from comics to animation and beyond!
Driven by a regular string of responses to the biggest questions submitted on the CBR message boards for our CUP O' Q&A feature, we present loads of CUP O' JOE content across our mini-site from the latest installments of Joe's regular interviews with the CBR staff, CUP O' DOODLES sketch fests, polls, videos and more!
This week, CBR and the fans team up to tease out answers on the biggest Marvel events set to hit in 2010! With a string of big announcements having just hit at the Baltimore Comic-Con and Retailer Summit and another all-star Marvel creative summit just wrapped for the future of the Avengers line, there was plenty to dig into about the next spin around the sun in the Marvel U, and we cover everything from how events like "Siege" and "Second Coming" will or won't affect the monthly titles of the Avengers and the X-Men but also which characters may be making a bigger splash in stories like "DoomWar." And that's not even getting into our exclusive look at art from "X-Men: A Girl Named Hope," "Strange," and "Doctor Voodoo: Avenger of the Supernatural!" Read on!
CUP O' JOE is Executive Produced by Jonah Weiland and Produced by Kiel Phegley.
Kiel Phegley: So, speaking of summits, you guys just wrapped a crazy week of work with an Avengers-themed summit at the Marvel offices in New York. This is the second "family" summit you guys have done over the past few months, after the Hulk summit we discussed a while back. What can you tell us about who was in town and what the focus of this particular story session was?
Joe Quesada: For this particular summit, it was a bunch of us from editorial, Brian Michael Bendis, Ed Brubaker, Matt Fraction and Christos Gage. The obvious focus was where the Avengers family of books are going and what are they leading us to, as this particular family of characters is pretty vast and affects a lot, if not most of, the Marvel U.
Kiel Phegley: With guys like Fraction and Brubaker in attendance, it would seem that part of the plan for this meeting would be to see how books like "Captain America" and "Invincible Iron Man" will affect Bendis' Avengers titles over the next year. How will the solo series tie in to what happens in "Siege" and its aftermath?
Joe Quesada: Absolutely. There's a lot of coordination involved when you're working with a shared universe, and while we sometimes miss a beat here and there, it's not for lack of trying. Our creators work tirelessly to try to get this stuff as right as humanly possible. From what I gathered at this latest summit, countless hours are spent discussing this stuff [while] slaving over a hot Xbox and the latest game. I may have to get a system just to find out what these guys are talking about.
Kiel Phegley: The flip side of that question seems to be, what exactly does the oncoming "Siege" hold for the Avengers family of titles? There's been talk out there of a book rumored to be called "Avengers Academy" which may replace "Avengers: The Initiative," and it seems that if the Dark Reign is ending, there'd be less of a need for "Dark Avengers." Can we expect some of these titles to be cancelled or replaced in the coming year?
Joe Quesada: What you can expect is the unexpected and a whole new landscape for the world of Avengers or what's left of them.
Kiel Phegley: Like I said before, I think one of the defining elements of summits like these can be the moments where writers bring their own ideas to the group and change the "game plan" of the Marvel U in certain ways. Was there anyone in this particular meetup who killed in the pitch process and had an idea that caught on with everyone?
Joe Quesada: Everyone was firing on all cylinders, so it's tough to single out one creator. The most fun for me is when we all walk into the room with specific ideas, [and] by the time we're an hour into the summit, everything gets thrown on its ear by a single idea or concept and now everyone has a whole new direction that their books are going in, and all for the better. I think we ended up calling this particular three days, the O'Henry Summit because we kept tossing out twist after twist that took the stories into some cool and unexpected areas.
Kiel Phegley: With each new summit, it always seems some new projects get dreamt up. Any hint as to what new books we might be seeing as a result of this week's work?
Joe Quesada: Nope. We have lots of new stuff, but there is nothing that I could possibly tell you that wouldn't be a spoiler.
Kiel Phegley: The boards have been seeing a lot of traffic since the announcements at the Retailer Summit and that comes with a lot of questions. One of the most prominent discussions has revolved around the mystery character Norman Osborn has used to keep the Cabal in line and who that could be, with board member Monty_Cristo echoing a lot of people with, "I keep saying it and people keep ignoring me. Osborn's in power because of Spider-man's deal with Mephisto. I thought it was a no-brainer," while others have started to expect Marvelman to pop up during "Siege." Between the devil and the big blue Brit, how close are fans to guessing the shadowy figure, and what role will that character play in "Siege?"
Joe Quesada: It's actually Squirrel Girl, sorry to have to spoil it for everyone.
Kiel Phegley: Getting into some specific fan queries about what's coming up in 2010, mindcrime wanted to say, "I have a question about the upcoming 'Siege' story concerning Iron Man. Tom Brevoort said that Tony would more than likely be building a new suit of armor during, or at the end of 'Stark Disassembled,' but in the solicit covers for 'Siege,' you show Tony in his Extremis suit, which he can't operate anymore because he lost Extremis during 'Secret Invasion'....what gives?"
Joe Quesada: Well, mindcrime, why don't we go to the source and ask Tom himself.
Tom Brevoort: I did say that it was pretty likely that you'd see a new suit of armor for Tony after "Stark Disassembled," but I didn't say when after "Stark Disassembled." But you're talking about stories that haven't even begun yet, so it's premature for us to talk too specifically about what may be happening in them; if you still have questions once both "S:D" and "Siege" are done, we'll be happy to answer them then.
Kiel Phegley: User Steven Ghost was connecting the dots between some of the newly announced projects when he asked, "With Doom's role in the Cabal, will 'Siege' and 'DoomWar' have any relation to each other, or will they be completely separate stories?"
Joe Quesada: The simple answer, Steven Ghost, is that the story told in "DoomWar" continues the story that began in "Dark Reign," culminating with Dr. Doom's attempted assassination of T'Challa and his role in overthrowing that kingdom. In "DoomWar," some of Marvel's biggest heroes say, "Enough is enough," and team up to take him on. It's two Black Panthers, the X-Men and the FF on one side; Doom and his arsenal on the other. Oh yeah, and throw the lunatic known as Deadpool into the mix, stir and enjoy.
Kiel Phegley: And on the topic of "DoomWar," we had a lot of people happy to see Black Panther at the center of a Marvel event, but a few people were asking about that character's long term team status, including Comicbookfan who asked, "Hey Joe when T'Challa gets better any chance of him joining an Avengers Team? Hopefully Mighty Avengers. I read Geoff Johns' Run on 'Avengers' and he used Panther quite well. So with a Panther watching over Wakanda any chance of T'Challa and Storm spending some time on an Avengers Team?"
Joe Quesada: The idea of T'Challa or Shuri or both joining one of Marvel's elite super-teams is not out of the question. Comicbookfan. "DoomWar," which will see them fight alongside the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and Deadpool, will definitely show both of them the merits of working on a team.
Kiel Phegley: Stephen Sanders moved the topic along to another character who has been known to pop in and out of the Avengers over the years, especially recently, when he asked, "After his mini-series, will Dr. Strange be involved in New Avengers or the next event in 2010?"
Joe Quesada: Hey, there, Stephen Sanders, Strange shows up for a little bit in "New Avengers" #59-60, alongside a roster of other guest stars, including Misty Knight, Daredevil and Doctor Voodoo. So yes, we'll continue to see Strange in concert with the Avengers when applicable. As a matter of fact, there's one storyline that we discussed at the Avengers summit that would virtually require his involvement.
Kiel Phegley: Outside the team books, Marvel has a lot of players that have been on the sidelines for a bit, and multiple readers were hoping for their favorites to see some time in the spotlight come 2010. Starting with one of Stan and Jack's most cosmic heroes, mata-leao was one of a few people wondering, "Any news on the Silver Surfer? i've been waiting for another ongoing or at least another mini. 'Requiem' and 'In Thy Name' were both INCREDIBLE mini's."
Joe Quesada: Well, Mata-leao, while you'll be seeing the Surfer surfacing from time to time in various Marvel titles, there are no current plans for an ongoing. This doesn't mean that you won't see one, it just means you won't see one any time in the immediate future. The Surfer is a tough character and he's had trouble sustaining a monthly ongoing, so we'd like to wait until we have just the right concept before testing the waters again.
Kiel Phegley: On the new character side of things, there have been a few guys on the board waiting very patiently for me to ask after one of Marvel's 2009 hero debuts, including babybro who asked, "What's going on with Blue Marvel? Are you going to place him on a team? Place him in a ongoing or mini? Or keep him in character limbo?"
Joe Quesada: No immediate plans for Adam right this second, Babybro, but we'll get back around to him when the right opportunity presents itself.
Kiel Phegley: The final big Marvel U news out of last week's string of announcements was the future of the X-Franchise, with the upcoming "Girl Named Hope" serial followed by the "Second Coming" event. The feeling folks have been getting from this is that the storyline will wrap some long-running plot threads about the endangered aspects of mutants in the same way "Siege" will wrap a lot of the stuff set in place stretching back to "Avengers Disassembled" and "Civil War." If that's the case, will the X-Universe gain any familiar elements in the wake of the stories? What are the chances we'll be seeing some honest to goodness new mutant characters having their powers activated in 2010?
Joe Quesada:
The correct question might be, "Will there be any mutants left after "Second Coming?" Hope's return to the present will have a cataclysmic effect on the mutant population. She is the future for mutants, but what that future is, well, you'll have to stay tuned to find out. Something big will be waiting for her - something that has been patiently biding its time, ready to snap shut a trap that we can confidently say is the biggest the X-Men have ever faced. Not everyone will make it out alive this time.
Kiel Phegley: With that answer, I'm not sure what to expect on this next one, but many retailers were assuming with the "Second Coming" would hold the return of Jean Grey? Are the teases pointing folks in that direction a red herring, or would you be willing to put Jean back in the mix if the story was right?
Joe Quesada: C'mon, you don't honestly want me to answer that question, do you? And spoil the fun of learning? Let's just say that Hope's got red hair and green eyes and leave it at that.
Kiel Phegley: One concrete thing we can ask about is the status of Craig Kyle and Chris Yost's "X-Force." It appears that the pair will be leaving the book after "Second Coming." Does that mean "X-Force" will end as a series as well? If not, who might be brought on to continue with that team? If yes, what other X-Titles may be leaving us in the next year?
Joe Quesada: "X-Force" is alive and well, and Craig Kyle and Chris Yost are as ensconced in the X-Men Universe as they've ever been, maybe more. Their story comes to an end after "Second Coming" but X-Force doesn't die. Will other creators have to step into Craig and Chris's shoes? Yes. Might we shake up the character roster after "Second Coming?" We might have to. I mean you can't field a team with dead characters can you?
Kiel Phegley: To wrap this week before we go back to full on fan Q&As next time, I was wondering what you feel the overall shape of Marvel will be in 2010. It feels, from what people there are saying, that things may be going back to a more "classic" mold for a lot of the franchises. Is that a fair assessment, or are we moving towards a different kind of change compared to what readers have been getting over the past five years or so?
Joe Quesada: It will be a different feel from what has been going on these last few years, let's just leave it at that. Hey, I have to sell some funnybooks here!EXCLUSIVE: Art from "Strange" #1


text: The fourth straight day of protests over the burning of Qurans at a US-led base in Afghanistan have led to the death of 11 Afghans, including a protester who was shot dead in the capital Kabul. Friday's deaths, the most since protests began on Tuesday, bring the four day total to 25 dead, including two US soldiers. Fresh protests were held on Saturday in the provinces of Laghman, Nangarhar and Sar-e-pul provinces, Seven protesters were killed on Friday in the western city of Herat, where protesters tried to storm the US consulate. Another protester died in the Pol-e-Khomri area of northern Baghlan province. Two deaths were also reported in the eastern province of Khost. AFGHAN PROTESTS LIVE BLOG Hundreds of demonstrators marched toward the palace of Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, chanting "Death to America!", prompting security forces to fire into the air in an attempt to disperse them. Demonstrations have been reported in several locations across the country, including Ghazni, Nangarhar, Paktia, Kunar, Bamiyan and Khost. "Although peaceful demonstrations are the right of people, we strongly urge our countrymen to fully avoid turning them into violent ones," Sediqqi said earlier in the day. Security has been beefed up around major mosques, and police in armed pick-up trucks are guarding streets and buildings around such locations. 'Irresponsible actors' Speaking to Al Jazeera in Kabul, Afghan political analyst Haseeb Humayoon said the rising death count in the protests show "the room for error is reducing" for international forces in the country. Humayoon also said "some very irresponsible actors in the political arena do actually use this for very minor, very small political ends of their own". US President Barack Obama has sent a letter to Karzai, apologising for the unintentional burning of the Qurans at the Bagram air base. Afghan labourers found charred copies of the Muslim holy book while collecting rubbish at the base. Political analyst Haseeb Humayoon says room for error waning for international forces Two US soldiers were also killed on Thursday when an "individual wearing the Afghan army uniform" opened fire on them at a military base in Khogyani, in eastern Nangarhar province. In a speech to ISAFsoldiers at that same base, John Allen, commander of ISAF and US forces in Afghanistan, told the soldiers they must move beyond the deaths to continue on their mission in the central-Asian nation. "We're here for our friends. We're here for our partners. We're here for the Afghan people ... Now is how we show the Afghan people that as bad as that act was at Bagram, it was unintentional and Americans and ISAF soldiers do not stand for this" Allen said. On Thursday, the Taliban had called on Afghans to "turn their guns on the foreign infidel invaders", but went on to say that negotiations with the US in Qatar would not be affected by the call to arms against foreign forces. The Afghan government says that it wants those responsible for the burning to be tried publicly. On Friday, US General John Allen, NATO's top military commander, called for restraint and patience from Afghans, saying that NATO and Afghan leaders were working together to insure the incident was not repeated. Desecration of the Quran, considered to be the literal word of God by Muslims, is highly controversial in Muslim-majority nations. Appeal for calm An Afghan government delegation investigating the burning described the incident as "shameful", but issued an overnight appeal for calm from the protesters. "In view of the particular security situation in the country, we call on all our Muslim citizens of Afghanistan to exercise self-restraint and extra vigilance in dealing with the issue," the delegation said in a statement. In central Kabul, elite riot police in protective jackets and helmets secured intersections after complaints that security forces had not protected citizens adequately during the previous days protests. The US embassy in Kabul has been on a heightened state of alert over the last two days, and movement restrictions for US citizens have been expanded to the relatively peaceful northern provinces, where large demonstrations took place on Thursday. At one such demonstration, protesters attempted to storm a Norwegian military base. US citizens have been advised to "avoid any unnecessary movement" by the embassy. Demonstrations in the last three days have drawn thousands of angry protesters to the streets, chanting "Death to America!" and smashing shops and windows. SOURCE: Al Jazeera and agencies Politics Asia US & Canada Afghanistan Qatar


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In Legend of the Irdisae, a young king tries to make peace with a violent alien queen. Shortly after his first attempt, the aliens are plunged into a civil war. The young king must travel to the alien planet with his warriors to ensure that the queen is overthrown. Because if the queen manages to destroy the opposition, her next stop will be the young king's planet and his people.
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The saints favor her, else-wise a peasant girl like Kate Carpenter would never be apprenticed to a master healer. But her patron saint also marks her ready for the duty of tending a mission that must cross the ice-bound mountains. Their little kingdom faces invasion by an empire and desperately needs allies; across the snow-filled pass is a country that's held off the empire and may be willing to lend an army. Kate knows about the everyday injuries of wilderness travel. She can heal those. She's not ready for the attentions of a ne'er-do-well knight and the kingdom's only prince, though. And she isn't ready for the monsters that harry them night and day, past exhaustion, pushing her beyond the limits her healing abilities. She must keep them alive or her blood will be on the snow too.
You can't escape Fate… A young nobleman escapes the Reign of Terror in 18th century France to find himself dragged into an even worse fate—a hellish underworld wherein he is cajoled and put on trial by a demon tribunal for crimes he never committed. Can he answer thwart his fate, one worse than the guillotine?
The balance between good and evil can be an art... or a curse.
Trevor and Caitlin were once happy newlyweds, profiting from Trevor's art. Until Trevor inherits his brother's house, and with it, his part of a family curse. Now, Caitlin will stop at nothing to save her beloved husband from insanity and suicide, even if it means becoming a witch.
InhabitANT is a hidden world where thousands of ants eat, sleep, work, raise children and wage wars. Their fiercest enemy is an evil spider, a massive, devious beast with magic powers, called RepugnANT. Three young ants…ExuberANT, BrilliANT and HesitANT…stumble across the fiend while looking for food. Their frantic efforts to escape him thrust them into one heart-pounding adventure after another. The eight-legged brute is in hot pursuit and has vowed to catch them and wipe out their nest. The pals need to escape his clutches and alert the nest, using Zube's own special powers and Brill's clever brain. But is HesitANT up to the challenge? Watching his family wiped out by slaveraider ants has left the little ant nervous and timid. Can he shrug off his fears to save InhabitANT from the world's craziest spider?
Solitary CLAIRE BRINAWELL moves from place to place chased by the forces of darkness. Even in slumber when dreaming usually fills the mind and soul with beauty, a hateful hound from Hades finds his way in with deadly intentions. Claire isn't safe anywhere. LEESON, Worthy Prince of Baderon in Annwn, lives Earthside of the magical Annwn veil. He has been sent to find Claire. Leeson arrives at a pivotal moment and confronts two Hades Hounds in a battle over Claire. Triumphant in his first skirmish with the darkside, they must return to San Francisco's sacred pyramid. Leeson discovers Claire has a mind of her own. His stubbornness meets Claire's feisty determination. Claire must reach deep within herself, acknowledge her magical power and admit that using magic is the only way to defeat the wicked Hades Hounds. Word Count: 38,382
Ruby Gladstone is a witch seeking new experiences. What she really wants is Daryl Manchester. But a magical encounter, body shift and a detour through an Otherly World takes immediate priority. Becca Benard is a restless spirit. She wants justice for her murder and the person that can help her just arrived in the garden Becca has been haunting. Ruby and Becca join together through spirit possession and shapeshifter magic to achieve their goals, but it isn't always smooth flying.
This is a Magical Fantasy Novelette. Word count: 15,250
In the untamed wilds of ancient Finland, Chrigle is a new shaman with a demanding chieftain. He is charged to ensure safety for his tribe's hunters. With only his Spirit Guide to consult, he must protect from the ravages of the forest and lead the hunters across unfamiliar land that brims with unknown dangers. His burden grows as a witch plies him with a curse and an aggrieved demon seeks his demise. Using spiritual powers, Chrigle must find a way to protect his tribe, save a tortured soul, and survive the onslaught of a demonic attack, but the price of righteousness may be too high. In this EmotoSingle fantasy of Finnish lore, what begins as a journey for Chrigle to win his place among the tribe quickly turns into a test of will and sacrifice.
Cursed with endless drowsiness, Enchantress Hiresha sleeps more than she lives. Since she never has had a chance to raise a family, she sometimes feels like every woman is pregnant except her. This time, she is right. From virgin to grandmother, all the women in her city have conceived. One unexpected pregnancy is a drama; fifty thousand is citywide hysteria. A lurking sorcerer drains power from the unnatural pregnancies, and Hiresha must track him by his magic. Unfortunately, her cultured education in enchantment ill equips her to understand his spellcraft, which is decidedly less than proper. The only person uncivilized enough to help is the Lord of the Feast, a dangerous yet charming illusionist. Associating with him may imperil Hiresha's city, yet refusing his help will allow the sorcerer to leech godlike power from the mass births.
Nice girls don't believe in monsters. They're wrong.
Amateur photographer Beth Ryder is in trouble. She's taking pictures of things she can't see, things that aren't human. Beth has her own dreams, but people like her don't get to go free. She's seized by a group dedicated to keeping Earth's shadow world—and its frightening inhabitants—a secret. Forced into otherworldly politics and uncertain whom to trust, Beth must come to terms with a radically altered future—one in which her own humanity seems to be slipping away.
Nolander is the first novel in the fantasy series Emanations.
Filled with righteous rage, Dacian and Onja spread violent chaos across two realms. In the tribal kingdoms of the west Onja sees a whole civilization that she must harness if the rys are ever to destroy the hated tabre of Nufal. No longer hobbled by dreams of rys and tabre unity, Dacian crafts enchanted weapons and trains the rys to fight. Onja commands Amar to raise an army. She ambitiously decides to abolish the religions of the western tribes and to install herself as their new Goddess. Aided by her magic, Amar daringly overthrows monarchies and celebrates with his outlaws in the palaces of the vanquished.
An outlaw rises to become a dreaded warlord, the terror of kings. He takes the name Amar and seeks to join the Kez, the fiercest mercenary society in the tribal kingdoms of Gyhwen. His fearless ambition is inspired by Onja, a mysterious rys female whose magic has shaped Amar into a loyal friend. He zealously pursues her every command and hopes to join her in her mythic homeland of Jingten. But he knows little about the challenges confronting Onja. She and all rys are the reviled creations of the tabre of Nufal, and Onja longs to expel her hated masters. To liberate the rys, she knows that she will need more than Amar's help.
The Blue Witch retells the legend of Prince Kòdobos, his knights, his love for Enolia and the great war that was waged to rescue her from a jealous king. It also tells of the coming of a menacing witch and the fall of a great kingdom. Hearken to a tale of mighty warriors, lusty maidens, and foul treachery. The Blue Witch awaits you!
A man of nature searching for wonders. A land of magic and splendour. A tale of love and hope and sorrow. The Grey Elk recounts the wondrous tale of the magical guardian of the woods.
The Fall of Ithar recounts the events of the great war fought to protect the last kingdom of Men from the dreaded hosts of the Shadow-Kings. It is a tale of epic heroes, daring deeds, and fearsome villains. Journey to a time when the gods walked among Men and heroes lived and died by their courage!
Sole heiress to a forbidden craft, Eolyn lives in a world where women of her kind are tortured and burned. When she meets Akmael, destined to assume the throne of this violent realm, she embarks upon a path of adventure, friendship, betrayal and war. Bound by magic, torn apart by destiny, Eolyn and the Mage King confront each other in an epic struggle that will determine the fate of a millennial tradition of magic. "Vigorously told deceptions and battle scenes, with a romantic thread."—PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Larissya's life changes forever when her Grandmother gives her a magic crystal that shows her glimpses of the future. Hunted by mercenaries and an evil group known as the Triad, she is rescued by a large brute of a man named Talos and his band of diminutive followers. She discovers that everyone thinks she is the one referred to in legend as The Crystal Warrior. And that her destiny is to gather the magic crystals and lead an epic battle against the Triad. The Triad has other plans. Plans that involve capturing the crystals and using their powers for themselves. Plans that involve murder, madness and pain. They have been waiting a long, long time for the Warrior to awaken. Will Larissya triumph over the forces of evil? Will she obtain the power of the crystals? Will she be able to save her friends? Or will they die at her side?
Sam Jones' holiday with Gran is all baking and cats (yawn). But when she gets a cry for help from her old village, everything changes. Something bad is happening and only Gran can fix it. But when she falls victim to a shapeshifter's trick, Sam is left alone with just dog, cat and cherry bakewells. Things look bleak. But the Dreables haven't bargained for Gran's secret gift to Sam. Cunning…
THE FIVE ELEMENTS is a character-driven blend of pseudoscience, alchemy, ancient inventions, and elemental magic that tells the story of Aaron, a sorcerer's apprentice who knows more about engineering and mathematics than magic, and Shanna, whose future is in rapid decline as she approaches adulthood. All of this changes when their home is laid waste by an elemental attack. Separated in the resulting chaos, their purposes are joined when they individually learn of the mysterious Fifth Element. Shanna sees it as the final piece in the puzzle that is her destiny. To Aaron's logical mind, it is an impossible ambiguity. Whatever the answer, the Fifth Element draws them back together and into a final confrontation not as allies, but as adversaries.
Lyra McCauley receives an alarming letter from the coroner who evaluated her deceased aunt, originally thought to have died of cancer. Questioning whether Dragonspeir magic was responsible for her aunt's death, she resolves to learn the truth and accepts the Imperial Dragon's appointment into the Alliance sorcery training. Becoming proficient in magic craft is the only way she can bridge the gap between her mortal human world and her lover's. Cullen, a 220-year-old wizard, is dependent upon his Dragonspeir magic for immortality. He is her only family now; she cannot lose him. Evil forces block her and try to steal her inherited scribal aura, which equals that of the first and most powerful Scribe. Both the Alliance and Dark Realm alchemists lay tricks and traps. Will she be able to be with Cullen, or will the Dark Realm keep them apart?
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A cow in India struck two young children—a toddler and an 8-year-old.
They were playing outside in the village of Navilgona when it occurred, according to the New York Post, which gained video footage.
In India, cows are believed to be sacred and often permitted to roam freely.
The children were not wounded in the incident.
The footage shows people leaving the house to scare the cow, and one of them uses a stick to shoo the animal away. The animal then can be seen wandering off in the distance.
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Arsenal, Chelsea and Man United on alert as Real Madrid prepare to sell £97m duo
REAL MADRID want to offload Isco and James Rodriguez this summer, according to reports in Spain.
James Rodriguez and Isco are set to leave Real Madrid this summer
And the pair could be heading to the Premier League.
Spanish newspaper AS report that the duo will be sold with Florentino Perez frustrated by their performances.
Rodriguez is a target for Manchester United, Chelsea and Manchester City.
While Isco has been monitored by Arsenal and City.
However Madrid are thought to want £62m (€80m) for Rodriguez and £35m (€45m) for Isco.
Rodriguez was wanted by United in 2014 after the World Cup in Brazil - but chose Madrid instead.
However he's struggled this season under both Rafa Benitez and Zinedine Zidane.
Isco joined from Malaga in 2013 but has struggled to ever match the billing given his big €30m fee.


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NAEP Finds Basic Skills Up, Higher-Order Skills Lacking
Washington--The national movement to improve schooling has produced measurable gains in students' mastery of basic skills but has not prepared them to apply those skills to solving more complex problems, a new federally financed report concludes.
The report, released at a press conference here last week, contains no new data on student achievement. Rather, it is a compilation of subject-specific reports issued over the past 20 years by the National Assessment of Educational Progress.
Assessment officials said the report was naep's first comprehensive look at learning across subject areas.
"The education system in this country needs to extend its focus from the teaching and learning of skills and content to include an emphasis on the purposeful use of skills and knowledge," says the report, "Crossroads in American Education."
That broader focus, it adds, may require "more fundamental changes in curriculum and instruction."
Most of the education leaders attending the briefing characterized the report's data as a combination of "good and bad news."
Americans should "consider this report from the standpoint of shareholders in the largest endeavor in the nation," said Archie E. Lapointe, naep's executive director.
"If one views this report as a balance sheet on 20 years of American education," he said, "our assets clearly include strengthening students' basic skills and improving minority student performance."
"On the liabilities side of the ledger," he continued, "we find deficits in higher-order thinking skills,8which means that large proportions of American students do not appear to be adequately prepared for college work, career mobility, and thoughtful citizenship."
Effects of Home Factors
Naep is a Congressionally mandated project that tests student achievement in reading, mathematics, science, and other subjects. It is administered by the Educational Testing Service under a contract with the Education Department.
The new synthesis of findings from the assessment goes beyond a simple portrait of trends in student achievement to explore factors related to student success. The report cautions, however, that the data do not permit addressing questions of cause and effect.
Levels of proficiency in all subjects are clearly and consistently related to the amount of homework students do and to the number and level of courses they take, the report says.
In addition, it says, encouragement and resources that students receive at home are closely related to their academic success.
Roger B. Porter, assistant to President Bush for economic and domestic policy, cited the findings on parental involvement to promote a leading item on the President's education agenda.
"Hands-on parents, which is what we need, need choices" about which schools their children attend, he told the press.
Mr. Porter also said naep's recent findings of stagnation in science and mathemetics scores were "particularly disturbing." In an era of rapid technological advances, he said, "if we're not moving forward, we're moving backwards."
The report also notes that traditional teaching methods may have to be "remodeled" if more students are to acquire higher-order skills.
'Participatory' Teaching
"Students who report participatory and varied instructional practices in science and literature classes," it says, "tend to have higher proficiency levels than their peers in less exploratory classrooms."
It advocates greater use of such teaching methods as discussion teams, cooperative work groups, individual learning logs, and computer networking.
"Using these new approaches," the report adds, "will require teachers to move away from traditional authoritarian roles and, at the same time, require students to give up being passive recipients of learning."
Copies of the report can be purchased for $9 each from the Nation's Report Card, P.O. Box 6710, Princeton, N.J. 08541-6710.
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Coffee Tavern
18 High Street, Eaton Bray
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
LU6 2HRMap
Description / Notes: Deliciously deep, flowing vinyasa classes. Modifications offered and adjustments for all levels. Friendly, non-competitive sessions with maximum benefits on all levels.Teacher Info Map
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga
Poplars Garden Centre
Harlington Road
Harlington, Bedfordshire
LU5 6HEMap
Description / Notes: Hatha class open to all. This is a gentle 1 hour class. Great for finding more mobility and relaxation. Class is held in the Learning Zone at Poplars Garden Centre. Free tea & coffee after class in Poplars Pantry!Teacher Info Map
Ashtanga Vinyasa
Ashtanga Vinyasa
The Old School Hall
Dunstable Road
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
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Description / Notes: Self practice style class. All individuals are taught the sequence one to one but in a group environment. You are taught at your own level and ability, given adaptations and progression as suitable for your body and level of practice. This class is accessible and suitable for all levels, from complete beginners to advanced practitioners. Class is open from 6pm to 9pm. Latest arrival time is 8pm.Teacher Info Map
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga
Linslade School
Mentmore Road, Linslade
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
LU7 2PAMap
Description / Notes: Hatha yoga, using classical poses combining breath and movement; also breathing practices (pranayama). Concentration, visualisation and meditation are also utilised. Class starts with warm ups, moves to poses and breathing exercises, winds down with concentration or meditation and finishes with visualisation & deep relaxation. Teacher Info Map
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga
LEIGHTON BUZZARD, Bedfordshire
Description / Notes: CORE STRENGTH TO SUPPORT THE SPINE. FLEXIBILITY OF JOINTS AND LONG STRONG MUSCLES. CLASS INCLUDES PRANAYAMA (BREATH WORK) AND MEDITATION. SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS AND THOSE FAMILIAR WITH PRACTICE.Teacher Info
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Hatha Yoga
Tudor Court
Water Lane
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
Description / Notes: A gentle style of yoga, suitable for those who might find a normal yoga class too much for them. All poses have modifications/alternatives and include 'chair' yoga if the floor is not accessible. Teacher Info
Sacred Heart Catholic Church Hall
Beaudesert, Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire, Bedfordshire
Description / Notes: YOGA for wellness - healthy mind/body/spirit. includes Asana(postures), pranayama (working with the breath), meditation and relaxation' Work within own comfortable capacity. Class suitable for all. The class fits the student.....Teacher Info Map
Billington Village Hall
Gaddesden Turn
Great Billington, Bedfordshire
Description / Notes: Yogalates is a fusion of yoga and pilates. Strength, flexibility, a strong core to support the spine. class includes pranayama and meditation.Teacher Info
Old School Hall
Dunstable Road
Flitwick, Bedfordshire
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Price: £9 or £28 monthly
Description / Notes: A slower paced class focusing on strength, body awareness and alignment.Teacher Info Map
Ladies only Beginners Yoga Class
Ladies Only Beginners Yoga Class
Futures House
The Moakes
Luton, Bedfordshire
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Price: 6-week class pass £40 (£6.65 a class) or £8 per drop in.
Description / Notes: Ladies, when was the last time you were just YOU? Drop your roles and worries and instead, experience quality me time as you strengthen and lengthen, restore and reset through the practice of Yoga.Teacher Info Map
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Hatha Yoga
New Greenleas School
Kestrel Way
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Description / Notes: Relaxing Yoga By Candlelight. Tuesday evenings from 7.30 to 9pm suitable or all ages and abilitiesTeacher Info Map
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Hatha Yoga
Linslade School
Mentmore Road, Linslade
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
LU7 2PAMap
Description / Notes: Hatha yoga, using classical poses combining breath and movement; also breathing exercises (Pranayama). Concentration, visualisation and meditation are also utilised. Classes start with warm ups, move to poses and breathing exercises, wind down with concentration or meditation and finish with visualisation and deep relaxation. Teacher Info Map
Hatha Yoga
Hatha Yoga
Cheddington Methodist Hall
The Green
Cheddington, Bedfordshire
Description / Notes: NEW TIMETeacher Info Map
Pregnancy Yoga
Pregnancy Yoga
The Parish Centre
Bramingham Park
Luton, Bedfordshire
LU3 4BGMap
Description / Notes: Daisy Birthing Classes incorporate gentle yoga inspired pregnancy relevant movement, relaxation and active birthing techniques. Suitable from 14 weeks and so gentle suitable for everyoneTeacher Info Map
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Pregnancy Yoga
Tiddenfoot Leisure Centre
Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire
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Description / Notes: Daisy Birthing Classes incorporate gentle yoga inspired pregnancy relevant movement, relaxation and active birthing techniques. Suitable from 14 weeks and so gentle suitable for everyoneTeacher Info Map
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Submitted by Mehdi in October 2016
I am writing to complain about the problem I have had within the past few weeks regarding broadband order with BT.
My order was placed online on 1st of October 2016 online and I realised online a few days later from my account that the order is cancelled due to some technical issues without informing me. I can not believe this.
I contacted BT and they assigned someone as case handler to track my order. My Landline order is cancelled on 4th Oct and new order is placed. New order was placed again on 6th Oct and line is activated on 10th Oct.
BT case handler advised that your broadband will be with you next week but unfortunately received a call saying that your order wont be available until 7th of November.
After many times being on the phone, the case handler wasn't helpful at all and suggested to cancel the current order and order a new one and offered free service until I get my fiber optic broadband. Still not confirmed when the broadband will be available.
Will all frustration and wasting my time over the phone for hours, I am not happy with this service and I really need to have broadband at my place. I understand the technical issues but because I have not been updated with correct information regarding the activation dates and few times cancellations, I am requesting to take action and find the root cause of this problem. It's no acceptable for me to receive these many errors and problems with BT services. What I have heard from BT case handler during the last two weeks was, Sorry I can not help you with this, I can not help you with that, Appologies, we cant help you with this poblem. I want to ask CEO that what BT is capable of? They have not even said YES to one of my requests, I have just heard NO, NO, NO, SORRY, APPOLOGIES.
After 19 days, I am in the first place with a cancelled order and BT is going to put a new order and put me in the que again which I don't know what the outcome would be. I really appreciate if you can investigate this and speed up the process of getting my broadband as soon as possible.


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This rich and tasty vermicelli rice (تمن شعرية) is quite commonly found on almost any Arab dining table.
Vermicelli is a very thin pasta, also known as angle hair. It is very much used in Egyptian cuisine.
What makes this rice Iraqi, to me, is the crispy crust we like to include, although it is already delicious as it is. It is good enough to eat alone, with some plain yogurt.
Generally speaking, I prefer to use Basmati long grain rice in all of my cooking. But recently I have discovered the aromatic delights of Jasmine rice. The only problem is that it tends to get soggy fast. So the ideal ratio would be two cups Basmati and a cup of Jasmine.
Iraq produces the most incomparable rice I have ever tasted, named Anbar rice (تمن عنبر), but this is very difficult to get outside of the country.
2 Tbsp ghee
1 cup vermicelli
3 cups rice
2 tsp salt
boiling water
Rinse rice in cold water until water runs clear, and drain, set aside.
Heat the ghee over medium-high heat, add the vermicelli and keep sauteeing until the color changes from a blond to a deep gold.
Add the rinsed and drained rice; gently stir with a wooden spoon using a folding action to evenly distribute the ingredients.
Add the salt, then the boiled water.
Once the rice begins to boil, immediately turn down heat to low, cover, and leave without stirring or uncovering for 20 minutes; until all the water has been absorbed and the grains are fluffy.
The rice is ready to serve now, but if you want to get the crispy crust, leave it covered over low heat for an additional hour or hour and a half.
Invert pot in serving dish just before serving, and you will have a beautifully golden crispy crust enveloping soft fluffy white grains of rice.
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Nicholas Schorsch's RCS Capital Corp. is shaking up its management, announcing that Valerie Brown, the longtime head of Cetera Financial Group and its predecessor ING broker-dealers, has stepped down and is being replaced by Larry Roth, whom Mr. Schorsch plucked from Advisor Group last year to lead his wholesaling broker-dealer, Realty Capital Securities.
The change comes as the financial advice industry has been wondering how Mr. Schorsch would assemble the disparate pieces of his retail broker-dealer, which currently houses about 8,000 independent reps and advisers. Another 1,000 reps are slated to join RCS Capital after three pending broker-dealer acquisitions are completed this quarter.
(More: Schorsch snaps up Cetera for $1.15B)
"With [Cetera Financial Group] operating as a unit of [RCS Capital], Ms. Brown believes now is the right time for her to transition from her role as CEO of Cetera into a consulting role with Cetera and on to other pursuits," Michael Weil, president of RCS Capital, said in a statement Tuesday. "Ms. Brown has said that she looks forward to witnessing the continued achievements of Cetera" and RCS Capital, which is commonly referred to by its ticker symbol RCAP.
(See also: Cetera skyrockets into first tier)
RCAP gave an inkling of management changes to come last week when it announced its first management shake-up since Mr. Schorsch, executive chairman, began his buying binge of broker-dealers last June, the same month RCAP listed its shares.
Last Thursday, the company said Adam Antoniades, long-time president and chief executive of First Allied Securities Inc. had been replaced in those roles by Kevin Keefe, who until recently was executive vice president and head of wealth management at Advisor Group, the broker-dealer network controlled by American International Group Inc. Advisor Group was formerly headed by Mr. Roth, who has been involved in building out Mr. Schorsch's broker-dealer network.
Mr. Antoniades is now Mr. Roth's second in command, with the title of president of Cetera Financial Group.
Ms. Brown could not be reached on Tuesday morning to comment.
Her decision to leave Cetera just as it is beginning its complicated process of integrating nine separate broker-dealers may come as a surprise to many in the financial advice industry. Mr. Schorsch consistently praised her in comments such as conference calls with securities analysts.
He has also consistently downplayed any involvement by Mr. Roth in the management of the retail broker-dealer platform. Instead, Mr. Schorsch insisted that Mr. Roth was out knocking on doors in an attempt to expand the network of broker-dealers that sell nontraded real estate investment trusts sponsored by Mr. Schorsch's real estate syndicator, American Realty Capital.
"No doubt this is a shift that many people said was going to happen," Mr. Schorsch said in an interview Tuesday. "Many people assumed Larry was going to take" control of the fledgling broker-dealer network, he said.
Mr. Roth is assuming overall executive responsibility for RCAP's acquired broker-dealers, First Allied Securities and the four Cetera Financial Group firms. He will also eventually oversee Investors Capital, Summit Brokerage Services and J.P. Turner & Co. after those deals close.
In the interview, Mr. Schorsch stressed that the announcement of Mr. Roth's becoming CEO of Cetera Financial was part of an effort to take a "very careful and prudent look at" the management structure of the company and its disparate broker-dealers. "Some [executives] came from Cetera, some came from First Allied," he said.
"We have a larger management team than any other broker-dealer in the business," he said. "We are continuing to bring great talent [to the company]. We are continuing to hire every day and build a great team. It's not about one person. It's not about Valerie or me or Larry Roth. It's about building a team across the board that can do everything we need to do in a new world" for broker-dealers, he said.Valerie Brown on how the advice industry remains relationship-focused


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Moving into new territory. Brings to mind a song: Leaving Louisiana (where I was born).


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Here are two layouts I have done recently. Just playing in layers. ENJOY!
Here are two layouts I have done recently. Just playing in layers. ENJOY!
I normally have a bunch of journals hanging around and I add left over paint to them as I go. Later when I am journaling I make it a challenge to make something of the scraps. Here there is left over paint and doodles.
The best part of art journaling is the freedom to just let loose. I throw crazy colors down scribble if I want and just play. It is very relaxing and fun with no pressure of making a masterpiece.
This journal has random tip outs. I like them for an extra challenge to a page. This one I tied together by using circles and scribbled words.
A closer look…."be yourself".
You can't really see it but on her dress I wrote the words….
"We are all royal and beautiful in his eyes." Over and over.
I don't need to tell you that I have been a bad blogger lately….it is really obvious. Summer comes and I see the light of day after a long dark Alaska winter and I lose it. My blog is important to me. I love how it documents my creative life. It makes me accountable to stay on track with all my goals as well. So…..I am going to share some projects that I have been doing since I dropped off of the blogosphere the past couple of months.
This art journal I started after I started listening to Tracy Chapman on vinyl. I forgot how much I loved her and I swear I played this record for two weeks straight. So, I decided to do a Tracy Chapman art journal spread.
I copied they lyrics off of the album and used them as one of the layers and this strip shining through is my favorite.
I had a page that I did not know what to do with. Watcha gonna do??? Throw down some Teesha Moore clip art is what.


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Have you experienced a throbbing ache or pain in your lower back? Torn your ligaments in an active game of sports or even broken a bone? When medical situations like these occur, you need the help of an orthopaedic specialist. Experienced and trained in treating musculoskeletal diseases and injuries – from minor shoulder aches and pains to severe ankle sprains, hand and leg fractures, slipped discs and torn ligaments – Gleneagles Penang adopts a holistic approach to healing your orthopaedic injuries.
What are Orthopaedics?
Your body's musculoskeletal system is a complex and inter-related system, vital to your well-being as it allows you to lead an active life. One where you have the freedom to move, work, play and be active. Focused on treating both major and minor trauma, injuries and diseases that affect your muscles, bones, nerves, joints and ligaments, Orthopaedics is a wide ranging medical discipline which extends to many different areas.
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» Our Orthopaedic Specialists
Our Approach to Orthopaedics
Committed to helping you and your loved ones to recover as fully as you can from your injuries and illnesses, Gleneagles Penang adopts a holistic approach in attending to your musculoskeletal treatments. As one of North Malaysia's leading healthcare institution specialising in orthopaedics, we have the knowledge and expertise to handhold each and every patient through the entire consultation and treatment process.
As recovery from musculoskeletal diseases and injuries may take some time, our care does not stop at the hospital doors. Our specialists will recommend appropriate rehabilitative treatments including physiotherapy to help you restore the use of your limbs and body.
Orthopaedic Treatments and Services
Covering general and specialised aspects of the musculoskeletal system, the Gleneagles orthopaedics team comprises experienced surgeons who have distinct areas of specialisation. While generic treatment procedures are familiar to all our specialists, we do have surgeons who focus on medical sub-specialties and fields like paediatrics (children and babies), geriatrics (elderly), trauma or sports injuries. Our specialists also possess in-depth expertise in different areas of the body like the foot and ankle, hand and wrist, spine, hip, or knee.
Major Areas of Specialisation
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- Ankle arthroscopy and tendinoscopy of the foot
- Reconstructive ligament surgery
- Reconstrucive surgery of forefoot (bunion and the lesser toes), midfoot, hindfoot and the ankle
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- Orthotics and footwear prescriptions
- Care for nails, corns, and callouses
Hand Surgery & Reconstructive Microsurgery
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- Acute and chronic wrist pain
- Distal radial fractures
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As a leading orthopaedic practice in North Malaysia, Gleneagles Penang has one of the largest teams of experienced orthopaedic specialists with different sub-specialties in Penang. All our specialists are ably supported by a dedicated team of experienced nurses who are trained to manage a wide range of orthopaedic and trauma injuries.
Our team of orthopaedic specialists are familiar with a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions. They include knee or hip replacements, spine surgeries, repair of torn ligaments and joints, to minimally or non-invasive orthopaedic procedures. Every procedure at Gleneagles Penang is augmented by the use of up-to-date technology to ensure that we are able to treat every bone, ligament, joint and muscle in your body.
On top of that, we have two dedicated digital operating rooms (OR1™) to perform minimally invasive procedures.
For patients, one of the advantages of digitally integrated equipment is the improved flexibility it provides – the instrument or equipment can be taken to the patient rather than the other way around.
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There's an epidemic spreading across our society.
It's a condition that strikes employees in all types of organizations and at all levels. Its symptoms are well-documented, but no one yet has claimed to have found a cure.
The symptoms are familiar: Employees who are distrustful of leadership, who view the workplace as uncertain and/or hostile and who feel entitled to do what they know to be wrong.
For some leaders it's easy to blame the employees. Some employees find it easy to blame the leaders.
As an observer of this process, I offer this perspective: Both groups, leaders and employees, are right, and being right is irrelevant. What is relevant is that these mutually destructive perceptions are creating a counterproductive reality in many organizations.
Watch as the system breaks down. Let's use the example of one of today's most pernicious management cliches: "doing more with less." Every employee is expected to be more productive while consuming fewer resources. If an organization buys the myth that it can do more with less, it shouldn't come as a surprise when the company experiences something like the following scenario.
1) The company has a sales quota for its sales representatives.
2) The quota is reasonable and all or nearly all representatives achieve the stated goal.
3) Managers, seeking to stretch the sales force (or: get them to do more), raise the quota.
4) The quota is challenging but still attainable, and all or nearly all representatives achieve the stated goal.
5) Managers ratchet the quota up another notch.
6) Some of the marginal sales reps fall short of the goal.
7) Managers threaten the sales representatives with disciplinary actions for failure to meet the goal. Managers, however, don't offer training on how to do more, add tools or technology to facilitate doing more or develop improved products or marketing to make it easier to do more.
8) The sales representatives figure out how to "game" the system to protect themselves from the threat of discipline-appearing to do more, but actually doing the same or less.
9) The reps still appear to be reaching the sales goals, so managers up the quota another notch. Middle managers may suspect that sales representatives are cheating on their results, but they fear the consequences of broaching that reality.
10) Now fully competent employees are failing to reach the goal, so they adopt the game as well.
11) Managers, seeing reports of increasing sales and a near-zero failure rate among the sales reps, assume there's still more room for stretching and ratchet the goal once more.
12) Soon the goal is totally unreasonable, even for the exemplary employee. All employees are feeling "required" and therefore "entitled" to cheat on their sales reporting to protect their jobs in an environment of unreasonable and unacceptable performance pressures.
13) The system is totally infected with fear, deception and distrust.
One company was so used to cheating that it had shorthand names for the three most frequently used strategies.
Recognize any of these games? Consider this real-life example, as reported in "Human Dilemmas in Work Organizations, Strategies for Resolution" (Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 1994), a book written by Abraham S. Korman and Associates. One company's sales force had so institutionalized cheating on sales that it had shorthand names for the three most frequently used strategies.
Silent sales: Sales reps were measured on average dollars per order. If the average fell below the quota, employees would add items to a customer's order. The extra product would be shipped and in most cases the "error" discovered and the extra shipment returned and restocked (at the company's expense). Of an estimated $130 million in sales approximately $7.5 million was fraudulent.
Intentional disconnects: Telephone sales representatives also were measured on the average duration of a sales call. If a representative's average was too high, he or she would intentionally disconnect the next several incoming calls to drive the average call time down. This took on racial overtones when employees started to intentionally disconnect Asian customers (or those believed to be Asian). The operative stereotype was that these calls took longer due to language difficulties, and that Asians were less likely to buy supplemental products and services, driving down the average dollars per sale. In the company's main office alone, it was estimated that as many as 500 customers were intentionally disconnected each day.
Coding the customer: Sales representatives could exclude customers from the database used to conduct customer-satisfaction surveys by entering a code which indicated that the customer had specifically requested that he or she not be surveyed after the sale. Supervisors then used customer-satisfaction survey results to "motivate" employees. (This prompted one employee to post the notice, "The beatings will continue until morale improves.") Sales representatives routinely coded any customer who had been the victim of a silent sale to prevent managers from learning of this method for reaching sales goals.
Go ahead and snicker. This could never happen in your company, could it? But before you get too confident, consider these data. After a landmark survey of 4,035 U.S. employees, the Ethics Resource Center, based in Washington, D.C. reported that in 1994:
Twenty-nine percent of respondents reported that they feel pressure to engage in conduct that violates their companies' standards of business conduct to meet business objectives.
More than one in seven said they believe that their companies' policies encourage unethical behavior in the pursuit of business objectives.
One quarter reported that their companies' managers look the other way and ignore unethical business conduct to meet business objectives.
Redirect this costly behavior. Employees in an unethical work environment often feel powerless. They believe the company is generating unmanageable change and its managers are imposing unreasonable demands. The employees consider leaders to be out-of-touch implementers of ill-conceived strategies. Soon staff morale deteriorates, and some employees begin to make bad choices.
It can be expensive. The losses associated with these types of unethical behavior average more than $3,000 per employee per year in tangible, measurable costs. That doesn't count the losses in customer confidence, damage to the organization's reputation, loss of employee commitment to and confidence in leadership, or other, less-tangible costs.
The first reaction of most managers when hearing about silent sales, intentional disconnects and customer coding is to look for ways to tighten controls. That's an exercise in futility. Managers can't make the controls foolproof, because employees can find a way to game any system they can create. So, instead of an irrational initial reaction by management, the more productive goal is to redirect employees' creativity and energy toward solving organizational problems.
This redirection requires that managers look beyond the symptoms and uncover the causes of these behaviors. Too many employees are distrustful of their leaders; they're uncertain of their future and feel vulnerable and out of control. They're both angry about how their managers have been treating them and fearful that their jobs are in jeopardy.
What they need from managers is open communication. Employees need to know what's happening. They need to believe that their leaders have the competence to lead and the integrity to do so honestly. They need to know what's expected of them for success and that those expectations are within reach. They need to know that although this job may not last forever, when they're again "in the market," they'll have skills and competencies that are in demand. They need confidence as well as competence, and they need their managers to believe in them.
Fortunately, there are exemplary companies that have developed best practices for addressing these employee issues.
Workforce, August 1997, Vol. 76, No. 8, pp. 58-61.


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