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"'Eat the food as you would a barley cake; bake it in the sight of the people, using human excrement for fuel.' The Lord said, 'In this way the people of Israel will eat defiled food among the nations where I will drive them.'" NIV translation
Nobody would want to eat food that has been cooked over a fire of human waste but God is warning His people that it is going to happen. When God removes His blessing from the people they will do whatever they have to do in order to survive. God is the same today in that, if we continue to disobey, He will remove His blessing from us as well. He does it not to punish us but to draw us back closer to Him.
"Then I said, 'Not so, Sovereign Lord! I have never defiled myself. From my youth until now I have never eaten anything found dead or torn by wild animals. No unclean meat has entered my mouth.'" NIV translation
Ezekiel does not want to do what God said and we have probably all been there as well. When we don't want to do what God says, it is usually because of our own selfish desires. That is not the case in this verse as we see that his reason is that he has never dishonored God in this way and does not want to start now.
"'Very well,' he said, 'I will let you bake your bread over cow manure instead of human excrement.'" NIV translation
There are those that say that God does not change His mind but, as we see with this verse, God does listen to us and will change His mind sometimes.
"He then said to me: 'Son of man, I will cut off the supply of food in Jerusalem. The people will eat rationed food in anxiety and drink rationed water in despair, for food and water will be scarce. They will be appalled at the sight of each other and will waste away because of their sin.'" NIV translation
God is going to cut off the supply of food and water from Jerusalem since they did not give Him the glory for providing it. They will look at each other and be shocked at the sight of what happens when God removes His hand of blessing.


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By Eric Kiehn, C&W Technologies & member of The ASCII Group since 2000
I often hear complaints about Millennials in the workforce. Much of what is said is negative in character and sometimes outright derogatory. Have you heard any of these? I would like to propose something that may not be as obvious … maybe we are the problem.


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Let's start by making a new user within the MySQL shell:
CREATE USER 'newuser'@'localhost' IDENTIFIED BY 'password';
Sadly, at this point newuser has no permissions to do anything with the databases. In fact, if newuser even tries to login (with the password, password), they will not be able to reach the MySQL shell.
Therefore, the first thing to do is to provide the user with access to the information they will need.
GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON * . * TO 'newuser'@'localhost';
The asterisks in this command refer to the database and table (respectively) that they can access—this specific command allows to the user to read, edit, execute and perform all tasks across all the databases and tables.
Once you have finalized the permissions that you want to set up for your new users, always be sure to reload all the privileges.
Your changes will now be in effect.
Here is a short list of other common possible permissions that users can enjoy.
To provide a specific user with a permission, you can use this framework:
GRANT [type of permission] ON [database name].[table name] TO '[username]'@'localhost';
If you want to give them access to any database or to any table, make sure to put an asterisk (*) in the place of the database name or table name.
Each time you update or change a permission be sure to use the Flush Privileges command.
If you need to revoke a permission, the structure is almost identical to granting it:
REVOKE [type of permission] ON [database name].[table name] FROM '[username]'@'localhost';
Just as you can delete databases with DROP, you can use DROP to delete a user altogether:
DROP USER 'demo'@'localhost';
To test out your new user, log out by typing
and log back in with this command in terminal:
mysql -u [username]-p
# # Connect to the local database server as user root # You will be prompted for a password. # mysql -h localhost -u root -p # # Now we see the 'mysql>' prompt and we can run # the following to create a new database for Paul. # mysql> create database pauldb; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec) # # Now we create the user paul and give him full # permissions on the new database mysql> grant CREATE,INSERT,DELETE,UPDATE,SELECT on pauldb.* to [email protected]; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) # # Next we set a password for this new user # mysql> set password for paul = password('mysecretpassword'); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec) # # Cleanup and ext mysql> flush privileges; mysql> exit;
If you use
mysql> grant CREATE,INSERT,DELETE,UPDATE,SELECT on pauldb.* to [email protected] identified by 'secretpassword';
Then you don't need to flush the grant tables.
mysql -h localhost -u root -p
mysql> create database paul;
mysql> grant ALL on paul.* to [email protected];
mysql> set password for paul = password('foobar');
# 1) This will create a databse named paul
# 2) This grants ALL (all normal stuff) for paul in his database called paul.
# 3) This will set paul's password to foobar.
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The Fund's investment objective is to provide holders of units of the Fund with the opportunity to realize capital appreciation through investment returns that have a low correlation to traditional forms of stock and bond securities. The Fund is intended to provide added diversification and enhance the risk/reward profile of conventional investment portfolios. The Fund obtains exposure to the returns of a diversified portfolio of financial instruments across a range of global markets including, without limitation, stocks, bonds, currencies, short-term interest rates, energy, metals and agricultural commodities (the "Underlying Assets") managed by AHL Partners LLP using a predominantly trend-following trading program called the AHL Diversified Programme.
The Amended and Restated Prospectus, amending and restating the prospectus of the Fund dated December 3, 2013, was filed in order to reflect the following changes in respect of the Fund:
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Man AHL DP Limited ("AHL DP Limited"), an exempted company with limited liability incorporated in the Cayman Islands, will acquire and maintain the Underlying Assets. The return to the Fund will be based on the performance of AHL DP Limited, which, in turn, will be based on the performance of the Underlying Assets. The return to the holders of Class A Units, Class F Units, Class H Units, Class J Units, Class K Units, Class L Units and Class M Units of the Fund is referable to the Class A CAD Shares issued by AHL DP Limited.
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Kensington Palace took to twitter last night to confirm the breaking news, just shortly after it was leaked that Kate Middleton had gone into labour.
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Bullock Creek girls sink a dozen 3-pointers to slip past Alma
When they needed them the most, the 3-pointers rained down for Chelsea Chritz and the Bullock Creek girls' basketball team on Tuesday night.
The host Lancers hit seven of their 12 3-pointers over the final 10 minutes to rally from an eight-point deficit and defeat Alma 54-52 in Tri-Valley Conference Central action.
"Yeah, that win felt really good," said Chritz, a senior guard who hit four 3-pointers and led the Lancers with 15 points. "We needed it. Thankfully, we came back at the end."
The Lancers (7-5, 4-4 TVC Central), who had beaten the Panthers 71-50 in Alma the first week of the season, looked sluggish early in Tuesday's game and did not lead until the fourth quarter.
Bullock Creek coach Justin Freeland said inconsistency has been his team's biggest problem.
"We struggled taking good care of the basketball in the first half, and it just made us look out of sync in everything we tried to do," he said. "And that's been our season in a nutshell. We're still searching for that consistency in effort and execution. ... And we're going to keep chipping away at it until it gets to that point."
The Panthers (4-7, 1-7) were ahead 14-6 after the first quarter and led by as many as nine in the second quarter before going into halftime ahead 24-21.
Alma then opened the third quarter with a 10-5 run to take a 34-26 lead with about two minutes left in the third.
That's when the 3-pointers really started falling for Creek. Chritz hit one to make it 34-29, and after Alma built the lead back to 37-29, Lancers' junior reserve guard Katelynn Owens drained two 3-pointers — her only points of the game — in the final 20 seconds of the quarter to cut the lead to 37-35.
"Katelynn Owens is somebody who works extremely hard every day and brings a lot of energy," Freeland said. "It was great to see her come in (and contribute), and she swung the game in our favor with those shots and her energy."
In the fourth, the Lancers' Kendra Shankel hit a 3-pointer to tie the game at 40-40 and another 3-pointer to tie it at 43-43. Chritz then gave the Lancers their first lead, 46-43, with a 3-pointer with 3:17 left, and added one more from long range for a 49-45 Creek lead with 2:58 to go.
But the Panthers came back to tie it 51-51 before Shankel's basket put the Lancers ahead to stay, 53-51, with 55 seconds left.
Alma had a chance to tie the game at the end, but Alex Garza missed a contested layup as time ran out.
Shankel scored 11 points, Rose Groendal had eight rebounds, and Emily Somerville had six rebounds for the Lancers, who committed 22 fouls to Alma's 13 and saw Carrie Chamberlain and Groendal both foul out in the fourth quarter.
Alma was 15 of 29 at the free throw line, while Bullock Creek was 2 of 5. But Alma hit only one 3-pointer to the Lancers' 12.
Maddy Seeley scored 14 points to lead the Panthers, and Garza scored 13.
The Lancers will host Bridgeport of the TVC East Division in a nonleague crossover game on Thursday, and Freeland will be looking for more improvement from his team.
"It's another game where we need to get better," he said. "We're not good enough to run the table this year. However, we are good enough to get a little better every day in practice. So I'm looking for that improvement and growth every single day in practice, and to carry over into games, and the results can fall where they may."
Alma 14 10 13 15 — 52
Bullock Creek 6 15 14 19 — 54
ALMA — Young 1-0-2; Garza 5-3-13; Fuentes 1-4-6; Esterly 0-1-1; Seeley 5-3-14; Smoker 2-1-5; Cornejo 4-3-11; Totals 18-15-52. 3-point field goal — Seeley.
BULLOCK CREEK — McGinnis 0-0-0; Hill 2-0-5; Pretzer 1-1-4; Shankel 4-0-11; Chritz 5-1-15; Owens 2-0-6; Siegmund 0-0-0; Somerville 2-0-4; Chamberlain 1-0-3; Groendal 3-0-6; Totals 20-2-54. 3-point field goals — Chritz 4, Shankel 3, Owens 2, Hill, Pretzer, Chamberlain.


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How do you solve a problem like Japan?
During the Allied occupation of Japan after the Second World War, General Douglas MacArthur set about censoring and criminalising any form of Japanese nationalistic pride. This censorship was mainly prevalent in film, theatre and music, meaning anything that could be presented to a crowd would no longer feature symbols of Japanese dominance or heritage. A major target for MacArthur was the greatest symbol of Japanese strength and determination – Mt. Fuji. Proud, ageless, elegant and hugely comforting for the besieged Japanese populace, Mt. Fuji was edited from existence by MacArthur as he felt it unified the Japanese and could become a symbol for rebellion and uprising. One particularly frustrated Japanese filmmaker told the General, in no uncertain terms, that they should have levelled the snow-capped behemoth, as opposed to wasting their bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as it would have saved a fortune in censorship costs.
Whether MacArthur was right or wrong to dampen the already beleaguered Japanese spirit is a matter of opinion. What he did achieve, however, was a more open and available Japan, and without this, the videogame industry would have been a far more barren place. It's hard to even imagine an industry without Japan. Throughout the 1990s Japan was the industry leader with both hardware and software production. Back when Nintendo and Sega vied for the attentions of the flocking masses, Western gamers were treated to the mystifying delights of the East. Sometimes brilliant, sometimes terrible but always culturally interesting, the Japanese games market was a melting pot of bizarre characters, nonsensical narrative and engaging gameplay. It was an exciting time to be a gamer. It's hard to put your finger on what makes a game feel particularly 'Japanese', as the signature games that herald from the Land Of The Rising Sun are never overt in their cultural presentation. This maybe a hangover from the occupation or perhaps just the Japanese tendency to not shout about their heritage. Be it MacArthur's legacy or not, the Japanese industry was full to the brim of Italian plumbers, blue hedgehogs and a whole menagerie of adorably deformed monsters. Only the occasional ninja would punctuate the culturally obscure group of mascots and oddballs.
It is not on the surface that we find the defining component of a truly Japanese title. Cultural identity is not always as brazen as Call of Duty would lead you to believe. How many games have Britain made that could be called typically British? Definition is in the eye of the beholder, and Japanese games mean different things to different people. When I first started playing games, Japanese titles always had a huge sense of fun about them. They still do. Slicing though waves of thugs in Streets of Rage 2 was never a particularly harrowing affair and the chirpy banter always outweighed the serious themes present in the early Final Fantasy games. It was a simpler time for young gamers. Sonic was cool and shooting people was without consequence. Oh how times have changed.
Japan has been slow and hesitant to adapt. Gaming has reached its teenage years. Full of acne-ridden angst and fantasies of conflict and imagined maturity. Sonic the Hedgehog is now something we discuss in pubs and places of work, as a fond but distant memory. Now when we play games we strap on our headsets and attempt to silently eviscerate our enemies from across the globe in glorious 3D. It's like the entrails and bloodied limbs are blasting out the screen! Is it so hard to understand why Japan has difficulty keeping up? Take a look at the major titles in Japan at the moment. Anime infused school melodrama, portable monster hunting adventures and digital dating simulators. How many of them are going to feature on Something for the Weekend?
A good example of Japan's insular nature is the Valkyria Chronicles franchise. The original title was a progressive and involving take on the Japanese tactical role playing game. It features a clichéd but involving plot an anime art style but universal themes and notions on war and racism. It was a profoundly Japanese game and was almost universally praised due to its exquisite gameplay and graphical finesse. Despite confident sales and critical acclaim, the development team chose to move the sequel away from the water-coloured battlefields and sweeping cultural context of the original and set it in a typical Japanese high school. My confidence waned instantly. As almost to spite the dedicated Western audience, Sega pulled the series back to the motherland and targeted the manga-obsessed otaku, infatuated with sexualised cartoons and possessed by an unquenchable thirst for sugar-coated, fatuous rubbish. Unfortunate? I almost spat in disgust!
With this example in mind, is it any wonder the Western audience has decided to turn its collective back on Japan? The advance in graphics and more universal content of many triple A titles has expanded videogame audiences. When viewed with virginal eyes, the Japanese game market can seem like an unsettling and strange environment. Highly sexualised, pathologically insane characters inhabiting unfamiliar genres that brim with borderline paedophilic imagery, and cultural tropes that run far too deep to be fully understood. There is no easy way to break in new blood to the Japanese way of thinking. You just have to slap them with it and hope for the best. Small pockets of loyal Westerners still find solace in the intricacies of hardcore fighting games. The level of fanaticism that surrounds titles such as Arcana Heart or the BlazBlue franchise has become equally baffling for many, due mainly to their context and presentation. Even so, the fact that many avid Western gamers seem willing to sink hours of their lives into something so obscure remains a mystery.
Personally, I have grown up and become used to the alien quirks present in Japanese under-culture. I am part of a different group of players, the over-saturated gamer. I am so sick of cheap, mass-produced, abysmally presented Japanese fluff! The thought of another classroom melodrama brings me to tears of furious and bewildered anger! My frustration is all the more torrential as I play culturally savvy, but acutely aware titles that have come out of Japan in recent years. Okami, God Hand and No More Heroes, to name but a few, are all astounding games that highlight the creativity and expertise I remember from my childhood. The talent is there; it just struggles to wade though the mire of bilge and detritus produced for the home market.
Is the Japanese market damned to shrink into obscurity, catering only for the shut-ins and perverts, who litter forums with pleas for a better selection of underwear with which to adorn their digital brides in? Are the Japanese renown for giving up when the going gets tough? No, they are resolute and adaptive – just look at their motor industry. Vanquish came like a bolt from the blue, and will be measured over time as a defining moment in the history of Japanese games. Screaming along the battlefield, engaging Russian robots in a ballistic promenade of destruction and metallic combat, Vanquish is a decidedly Western experience. Synonymous with ludicrous narrative and frenetic action, Platinum Games created something so resolutely American, yet so fundamentally Platinum, that it was hard to see where the lines blurred. Vanquish is an exquisite example of the fundamentals of Japanese gameplay and design colliding head on with Western tropes and ideals. Unfortunately, not every design house in Japan has the creativity and talent that Platinum Games harbours. For every Vanquish and Deadly Premonition, there is a Quantum Theory languishing in the background. As Japanese developers desperately clamour to understand and quantify the Western frame of mind all sorts of oddities are bound to arise.
Clairvoyant much?
In a moment of almost pre-cognitive inspiration, Thunderbolt's own Josh Kramer explored Japan's decline in the videogame industry all the way back in 2003. Check out his article here.
I fail to understand the majority of Japanese popular culture, but heaven help the poor souls who have to quantify and attempt to satisfy the West's thirst for violence, explosions and war! We are infatuated with killing our enemies, and dominating our foes. From a distance, it looks as if our whole industry is soaked in digital blood and surrounded by pixelated bullet casings. It's as questionable as it is indefensible, and it's as unfeasible as it is marketable. The very concept of a Western gaming identity must present a huge challenge to Japanese developers. But by God, if there's a market to exploit, the East will exploit it. There's a whole zoo of awkward Final Fantasy VII spin-offs and plastic Pokemon merchandise that can attest to that. Japan is crying out for a renaissance in the gaming industry, and it will come, but when it does what do we as Western purveyors stand to lose? Remember that this is a land that nurtured our love of games in the first place. Do we stand to be faced with mindless copycat franchise, furrowing their brows in a desperate attempt to surmise and reproduce the top selling titles from the West? Sonic the Space Marine anyone?
I think I may have been premature with this argument. The Japanese games industry is in recovery mode at the moment, and development houses are trying to stake a claim in flourishing game markets. Sadly, the question of finance rears its ugly head, and whilst programmers and artists will be desperate to produce new and exciting franchises and concepts, the accountants in the back will be working tirelessly to ensure the Yen balances out. This may leave production houses in a catch 22 situation, with commentators' whinging about the quality of Japanese games on the one hand, but then complaining when they attempt to assimilate Western content. Ultimately, it all boils down to the quality of the title in question. Vanquish was an expertly crafted gem which understood and could appease the West, whilst upholding the Japanese penchant for over the top lunacy. Quantum Theory was poorly designed plagiarism.
More than anything, it would be a crying shame for Japan to lose its cultural identity in a medium where it has flourished for some time now. Japan has to open its borders to new ideas and new genres, but in doing so, I hope it veers away from lifeless mimicry, and instead attempts an assimilation of concepts. I love Japanese games. I still play God Hand today with an enormous smile on my face and a question mark above my head, and I am consistently surprised by the beauty and detail of old 16-bit era platform games. This is not a call to arms, but a call for moderation. During the French revolution, the rioters ransacked the homes of the aristocracy, but stood guard over the Louvre. I'm asking the same of the Japanese games industry. During its inevitable change of direction, the preservation of core fundamentals and values is imperative so that it may retain its cultural identity. The last thing we need is another Call of Duty rip off, even if it does have a cast of sexually naïve schoolgirls who wear short skirts and squeal at the site of tentacles. The ball is in your court Japan, and I'm very excited to see what comes back.


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"Skopje and Athens make us all Europeans proud of the capacity to find through diplomacy and dialogue a win-win solution for a problem that was long-standing for too many decades," High Representative/Vice-President Federica Mogherini said today after the signing ceremony. "It makes Europe more peaceful, more united, and that also opens the way for the entire region of the Balkans to live in a different kind of atmosphere."
High Representative Mogherini and Commissioner Johannes Hahn attended the ceremony upon the invitation of Prime Ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev. They both praised the commitment, courage and leadership the two sides have invested in this process.
High Representative today stressed the European Union would continue with all the instruments and unity to accompany the process, which had resulted in a historical breakthrough and should contribute to the transformation of the entire region of South-East Europe.
"Then of course we have to take the next steps [with Skopje], because while today is the end of a journey, it is also the beginning of a new one, leading to the European integration," Commissioner Hahn said, highlighting that the clear Euro-Atlantic perspective was something the citizens deserved.


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DES MOINES, Iowa (Legal Newsline) - An Iowa judge issued an injunction on Tuesday against Record Transfer Services, requiring the California firm to immediately cease operations in the state after state Attorney General Tom Miller filed a suit alleging consumer fraud.
Owned by Neil Camenker of Camarillo, Calif., the company allegedly sent documents that looked like they came from the U.S. government to Iowa homeowners offering to retrieve copies of property records for $83, which is far above the price the homeowners would pay if they obtained the documents themselves at their local county government offices. The documents are also rarely needed by homeowners, Miller claimed.
Camenker also allegedly violated an agreement he signed with the Iowa Consumer Protection Division in 2011. The agreement prohibited Camenker and his companies from similar solicitation of Iowa residents for government records. At the time, Camenker, along with his company State Record Retrieval Board, allegedly were charging Iowa homeowners to retrieve copies of their deed of trusts. As part of the 2011 agreement, any further violations would constitute consumer fraud and result in such consequences as civil penalties.
"The company name has changed since we last dealt with this issue, but it's the same owner, the same types of documents and the same tactics," Miller said. "This is a government sound-alike company trying to dupe Iowans into wasting $87 for what they can otherwise get for free or for just a few dollars."


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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday spoke to former Pakistani cricketer Imran Khan, whose Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party has emerged as the largest party in the country's general elections last week, and called for peace and development in the South Asian neighbourhood.
"Prime Minister spoke to Imran Khan, Chairperson of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party and congratulated him for his party emerging as the largest political party in the National Assembly of Pakistan in the recently conducted general elections," the External Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
"Prime Minister expressed hope that democracy will take deeper roots in Pakistan," the statement said, adding Modi "also reiterated his vision of peace and development in the entire neighbourhood".
Imran Khan has said that he will take oath as Prime Minister on August 11, the media reported on Monday.
Although the PTI has emerged as the single largest party in the National Assembly in the July 25 polls, it is short of numbers to form its government independently.
To meet the required number of votes, the PTI leadership has reportedly approached the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan, the Grand Democratic Alliance, PML-Quaid and the Balochistan Awami Party, as well as Independents.
Khan said on Thursday that his government would seek good relations with India and would like leaders of the two countries to sit across the table and resolve all disputes, including the "core issue" of Kashmir.
He said there has been a blame game between India and Pakistan with New Delhi holding Islamabad responsible for all its problems. And Pakistan is blaming India for what is happening in Balochistan, he said.
"We are (back to) square one. We are ready to improve relationship with India. Now it is a one way blame on Pakistan."
He said trade between India and Pakistan can be instrumental in eradicating poverty in the subcontinent which should be the focus of the two countries.
The 19th South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Summit, scheduled to be held in Islamabad in November 2016, was cancelled after India, Afghanistan, Bhutan and Bangladesh decided to skip the summit blaming Pakistan for not cooperating in combating cross-border terrorism in South Asia.


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Papeete KaftanSamudra
I always dreamed of making a true aloha print using traditional Indian block-printing techniques. It was not as easy as I had imagined. Each rosewood block is hand-carved and then hand-printed onto the cotton silk. There will be variations in color and printing; each piece is truly a work of art.This print is actually a few years in the making, inspired by the beautiful fabric shops of Papeete.
Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia
Made of a 70/30% cotton silk blend, this easy throw on kaftan can be worn as a dress or knotted with a pair of jean shorts. One size fits all.
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Definition of Mentioned:
discussed, communicated, quoted, named, considered, cited, revealed, made known, specified, spoken of, suggested, told, declared, introduced, intimated, brought up, referred to.
Usage examples:
" I know them both; and, as I have mentioned that your meeting with them seemed funny to me, I suppose I ought to tell you the reason.- "A Bicycle of Cathay", Frank R. Stockton.
He mentioned the name of Dollikins.- "The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith", George Meredith.
I have never mentioned her beauty because I never could see it.- "Richard Carvel, Complete", Winston Churchill Last Updated: March 5, 2009.


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Supplements are, for the most part, beneficial to us human beings. They allow us to fill in gaps in our diets to ensure that, no matter what we eat, we can work towards our nutritional goals each day to give us stronger and healthier bodies. However, one of the biggest concerns among parents is the idea of giving their children supplements and how it contributes to their future development. It begs the question: does my child need to take supplements?
Some parents believe that nutrition should come from foods. Milk, for instance, is a great source of calcium which can help your children's growth. Citrus fruits like oranges are sweet and taste great to kids, and it also helps to bolster their vitamin C levels. However, other parents swear by supplements as a way to assist an unhealthy diet or picky children. In this article, we'll go through a few of those considerations and points that will help you make the decision.
Taking a look at their diet
As a parent, it's your responsibility to carefully control what your children eat. Make sure you take a real interest in nutrition if you're serious about giving them all the nutrients and vitamins they need. Make sure you feed them healthy foods and calculate how much you're giving them based on the recommended daily guidance. Many children get enough vitamins and minerals from the food they eat, but there are times when they might need a little assistance in the event they don't like or can't eat a certain type of food.
One example is milk allergies in children. If they're intolerant of cow's milk, then you might want to try some calcium supplements or soy milk as a replacement. For supplements, take a look at AlgaeCal reviews and testimonials for a good idea of how they work or consider giving your child a different type of milk that they can tolerate such as soy milk. Calcium is one of the most important nutrients for your child because it helps their bones grow stronger and more sturdy, and it's important for their growth.
The useful supplements that children can take
Believe it or not, there are plenty of supplements that are targeted towards children. There are several vitamin packs and multi vitamins that provide a tonne of benefits to children. Some support bone growth, others support their teeth and some help with promoting healthy muscles, skin and tissue. A multivitamin is a one-stop pill to assist your children when they have bad eating habits, if they're picky with the food they consume or if they don't enjoy the taste of nutritious foods.
For healthy bones, focus on vitamins and minerals with calcium because it helps support healthy bones. For their immune system, try to focus on omega-3, vitamin D3 and vitamin C. Most of the time, a multivitamin is good enough when supplemented with food, but if your child is showing problematic signs, then you may want to visit a doctor and get an expert opinion before feeding your child supplements.


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After purchasing my iPad2, one of the very first things I did was start to download all kinds of mobile apps. I had never owned a smart phone, and I had never played any Facebook game other than Rainbow Unicorn Attacks (Always I wanna be with you....).
At this point, I had been designing mobile games for months. Immediately, it became very clear to me that I hadn't the foggiest idea what I was doing.
I asked my teachers to delay several assignment due dates for me as I set out to figure out what casual gaming was all about. I had formed countless opinions concerning what made a good casual game, and all of them proved wrong.
I had to study mobile games; my target audience is non-gamer women aged 30-55. Mobile devices are the only potential gaming system they'll ever had. So I had to figure out why they placed- what pleasure they got from their games- and I had to try and see if I could find any casual games I liked so that I could relate to them. That's not to say that my ideal casual game is their ideal casual game... Only that I needed a control before I could study my variables
I initially assumed that Pocket Frogs was going to be my favorite game. I like artificial life games, and this game let me collect and breed frogs. A Chinese business woman in my demographic couldn't put the game down for two hours straight. Yet later on I grew irritated with the game and deleted it.
What happened?
The Chinese business woman I mentioned didn't look for /games/, she looked for time wasters. The primary mechanic for the frog game was mindless and tedious. It didn't require any planning, coordination, learning, creativity, or skill. But that's okay- the people who buy it re trying to blot out boring parts of their lives from their memories. Instant motion, instant gratification, with no memory, no past, no future- that's as pleasurable as it would be for an earlier generation to plop down in front of a TV and zone out.
And yeah. That IS something people need. I can try and woo them into liking games with more substance... Which Pocket Frogs tries to do by giving long term breeding rewards in exchange for short term mindlessness... And that's a completely valid game. It's not like I'm saying "I found out they were really all fake gamers who just like mashing buttons". No, these people are some of the hardest to design good games for...
Because you actually have to get at the heart of instant pleasure, and design something that gives it. They have no patience. They give you twenty seconds maximum to present them with a good product. They are extremely picky, they cluster on certain games and share through word of mouth, and they can play hours each day on commute. These people need a service games provide, and they are a very finicky market with high standards- THEIR standards, not the average gamer's.
Everyone has a different technique for zoning out, and mine wasn't games, so I didn't enjoy Pocket Frogs. I prefer to daydream or pet my cat. Everyone needs zone-out-time now and then and games can be a good medium for delivering that experience. Still, there are countless different kinds of games, and since there's no need for my to specifically gravitate towards a game I find no pleasure in, I think I'll just ignore zone-out-games for now and focus on the genres I do like ;)
For awhile I played Tiny Monsters and Dragonvale and enjoyed both. I played for several months actually, each. I just uninstalled Tiny Monsters. I will keep Dragonvale.
Both games involve maintaining a park of fictional creatures to earn gems, food, and money. They are breeding and collection games. I have never paid a dime for either. These games make money by letting you hurry up your progress. If you are patient, you get everything free. If you don't want to wait, you pay.
At first, Tiny Monsters, which is essentially a clone of Dragonvale, was winning. It was more directed. The graphics were much better, and that is extremely important to my target audience, who thrives on first impressions and visual appeal. It had more variety. It was newer. The interface was sleeker. The company had a lot of similar products on the market already to draw in audience members from.
As time went by, however, a marked difference emerged. Tiny Monsters fell behind. Way behind. I started to resent playing it. At first I thought this was just because Dragonvale was older and had more content. Then I played Tiny Zoo, which had a lot of content, and grimaced in distaste.
I just uninstalled Tiny Monsters today, after months of trial period. I will continue to play Dragonvale.
What happened?
Dragonvale and Tiny Monsters both make money based on a mixture of hiding a player's net ROI (or lack thereof) through incremental purchases, and relying on player impatience. They tap into the player's need to collect something. Their gameplay is almost identical.
The pleasure they give, I have decided to call the 'Water Your Plants' plesure, or the 'Morning Routine' plesu. It is the simple pleasure of going wbout your house every morning, watering all of your plants, and then checking up on how they are doing. Now and then they give you good or bad surprises by wilting or growing flowers. After watering them you put them out of sight and out of mind till the next morning, when you come to check up on them again.
This is pleasurable. It's a routine that involves minimal effort, over a long period of time, with a low fuzzy hum of pleasure being delivered in a small dose each morning. These games give that pleasure. Once or twice daily you log on,check your monster park, make some adjustments and plans for the next day, look at any special offers, and then tuck it out of sight and out of mind for the rest of the day. If you really get addicted to it and want to 'garden' nonstop, so to speak, you'll get impatient with the gme's pace and strt paying for a few things.
But if all this truly is the same, how could Tiny Monsters make me angry, and Dragonvale give me pleasure?
Easy. The symptom is a difference in pacing between the games. The cause is a difference in ideology. The creators of Tiny Monsters know that people pay money to collect things, so they withhold everything as long as possible to try and get the player to buy. Dragonvale gives the player everything the player wants, one item at a time, and waits only long enough for that 'victory' to be enjoyed before delivering the next item.
In Tiny Monsters, end game monsters yield less 'bang for your buck', slowing down collection progression to a rate of a single new monster per week, and an equally long time maturing them to adulthood. I still haven't gotten all of them even in baby form, and there is never enough food. Farms don't produce enough crops, so I can't get high level monsters, so I can't afford more habitats, so I can buy more baby monsters.
In Dragonvale I had a single high end monster very quickly. I get four new monsters a day, and one of them is usually either neat, or the monster I was actually looking for. Simple game play additions really extend the options available to me. Basically I can start collecting wherever I want, whatever I want, and get it fast. But to get one of everything, I have to work at it. And to get multiple of anything, I have to plan.
Both games release numerous new creatures per month. In tiny monsters, twenty new monsters will come out before I can even get the first parent monster i need to even breed the final monster i want... And it will take days to get it to adulthood. In Dragonvale, I can make a choice as soon as it comes out whether I want to focus on it, or work on another project.
Dragonvale gets pacing right. There is a lot more 'land' in the game, a lot more 'projects' I can have going on at the same time, a lot of different things I could work on, and most importantly, I can get what I want relatively quickly. I have freedom in how I want to play. I can check up on the game once per week or once per hour, and there exists a play style that will suite me. Tiny monsters has only one setting: be on it all the time, so that you'll get bored. Or, never get on, and never have enough resources, and you'll still get bored. Then you'll buy something.
I don't have to buy anything, Tiny Monsters. I bred twenty giant flowering tree dragons. And you know what? if I ever do get every dragon in the game, all I'll do is sit down and start twiddling with everything to get it perfect. I will start decorating things and trying different combinations of dragons till I find a play mode that pleases me. And with new dragons coming out every few weeks, there will always be a new toy to play with.
I do not make micro transactions, so I am not either game's target audience. But I am an important audience. I am the audience that goes out and tells everyone else about a great game I've found. I am the Critic. I am the audience that knows the company's name, researches them, and realizes they aren't a one trick pony or copy cat, but rather a talented group of creative fellas who makes high quality good games for every audience.
Tiny Monsters, you fail. Dragonvale, you graduate with honors. Pocket Frogs? Eh. You weren't the game for me, so I couldn't judge you.
Dragonvale makes me happy, because my plants are always bright and chipper.
Casual gamers are not fools, or suckers, or easy to swindle. They play a game to /get/ something out of it; they don't play games to give designers money. Tiny monsters is run like a pyramid scheme. Dragonvale is a game.
If you like mindless games, try other games by Backflip studios. Paper toss and their ninja game are phenomenal. Unlike Tiny Monsters, Backflip doesn't treat you like a sucker who pays to collect things... They treat you like a person who has a need, a need for fun games... And they understand that they have to give you good products to fill that need if they're going to expect you to buy anything.


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Christmas is just less than a week away and I am sure many of us are busy wrapping up the gifts. I found this website of Crisco that has a full page of printable gift tags. They are so lovely, I just feel like printing them all out!!! These printable gift tags are suitable for Christmas, New Year, Valentine's Day and also parties.
I think that if you are going to print them out, make sure that you are using good quality printing paper and ink that will not smudge. I use Dura-Brite ink that doesn't smudge even if the newly printed paper has gotten wet.
On this website, besides these gift tags that you can print out for free as many as you wish (note: all of them have the Crisco logo), you can also find recipes of delicious cookies. Yummy!


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My little girls birthday party is coming up and I've already decided on a mermaid theme which I blogged about last week. So on that theme I like to look to ETSY for my favourite invitation and stationery packs. I have a graphic design background originally but I am always so extra critical of my own work and I will end up spending hours designing everything. To me I would just rather pick a complete package that is editable and for the amount of work I would have put in it is really affordable. I ended up purchasing this Mermaid Birthday Party Invitation & Stationary set which comes with
- Editable Invitation
- Editable Food Tent Cards
- Editable Banner
- Editable Sign (2 different designs!)
- Editable Cupcake Toppers/ Gift Tags
- Editable Water Bottle Labels/ Napkin Wraps
- Editable Candy Bar Wraps
It also includes the following digital files (NON editable):
- Cupcake Wraps
- Thank You Cards
- Straw Flags
It's actually a whole lot of stuff and I usually use most of it. Either way I totally recommend looking to ETSY for things like this. It just makes life so much easier and my little secret, you look like you got the whole Martha Stewart thing going on.
Hope you have a wonderful day!!


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1. Himalayan Salt Lamp. I got this as a gift and I love the mellow light it emits in my bedroom. I'm not sure it's changed anything in there, but I'll keep ya posted. It never hurts have a pile of wonderful salt chunks in your room.
2. Hot Chocolate. I can have this after 3pm because I am old and have to cut myself off from caffeine at 3pm. Plus, you can put whipped cream on it.
3. Nag Champa. I use this as a fragrance and as incense. I wear it nearly everyday. I am also not a fan of the smell that lingers in my place after a good smudging. Sage doesn't smell all that great and it's strong. That's when I turn to my trusty nag champa incense. I light one in each room and the sage odor is gone.
4. Amazon Stations that come with an Amazon Prime membership. These stations are a great break from the radio or Pandora.
5. The Universe/God usually checks us before WE wreck us. I don't know what else to say other than that. So, it's #5.


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Hiya! I've seen this all over people's blogs lately and I've wanted to do it. So let's just jump straight into it because it's a long ass thing..
1.What's the best thing that happened to you this month? I've been to a lot of gigs this month and that's truly my happy place.
2. What is something you're tired of? People who vote for a political party based on what their family vote for.
3. What is something that recently moved you? I've been rewatching Friends and the episode where Chandler and Monica get engaged made me sob.
4. If you could teach one subject in school what would it be? History
5. What's your favourite beverage? Apple and mango juice
6. What's your favourite cocktail? Purple rain.
7. What is your favourite birthday cake? The standard vanilla sponge. Can't go wrong.
8.What is one thing you still have from your childhood? My anxiety
9. What is your favourite movie? Love Actually
10. What is something you can't do? Braid my hair
11. What is one habit you wish you could break? Picking at my nails or skin
12. What makes you laugh no matter what? My best friend
13. What does creativity mean to you? Finding inspiration from absolutely anything
14. What are your favourite lyrics of all time? "every storm that comes also comes to an end"
15. What is something you've always wanted to try but you've been too scared to do? Moving away from my hometown! Especially after the university issue, I'm far too scared.
16. Best advice for your 19 year old self? I mean I'm 19 now but take care of yourself babe. That's all you can do.
17. If you could raid one woman's closet who would it be? Hayley Williams
18. Must have purse item? Lipbalm
19. What did you want to do with your life at age 12? Be a teacher!
20. What is something you will not be doing in ten years? Maybe checking my bank account. Hopefully I can buy things without necessarily having to check if I can 100% afford it.
21. What is an important life lesson for someone to learn? You can heal from a broken heart. It just takes time.
22. What is one goal you are determined to achieve in your lifetime? Have a book or two.
23. Would you ever live anywhere besides Birmingham? Yes, but I'm content for now
24. What is your favourite dessert? Chocolate cake.
25. Is there a dessert you don't like? Not really. I love all desserts
26. It's brunch! What do you eat? Hashbrowns with some beans
27. Who is your favourite painter? Don't really have one.
28. Favourite Disney animal? Nala
29. What is a book you are planning on reading? Aristotle and Dante: Discover the Secrets of the Universe
30. What did you read most recently? The Song of Achilles (again)
31. Favourite solo artist? Lorde
32. What's your favourite board game? Monopoly is amazing
33. What's a city you wish to visit? Athens
34. Heels or flats? Heels make me feel so much more badass
35. Where does one go on a perfect road trip? South of England
36. What do you do on a rainy day? Blog and drink coffee
37. What's your favourite exercise? Running is pretty good
38. What was your worst subject in school? Maths
39. What is your spirit animal? I don't really think it's appropriate to say mine when I'm not Native American
40. What do you usually eat for breakfast? Weetabix
41. What do you usually eat for dinner? Gnocchi
42. Cooking or Baking? Baking
43. Favourite baked good? Chocolate chip cookies
44. What is something you wish you could be good at? Ballet
45. Skiing or Surfing? Surfing
46. First celebrity crush? David Tennant
47. Most recent celebrity crush? Lynn Gunn
48. What colour was your prom dress? I didn't go to prom
49. How do you manage stress? Take time out for myself
50. What do you do to relax? Write or take a bath
51. Age when you were first kissed? 15
52. Place you were first kissed? The grass area outside of my house
53. Favourite fashion trend of all time? Tartan
54. Best fashion advice you've ever received? If you really love something it never goes out of style
55. Trend you would like to see disappear forever? I'm not too sure, I kinda like whatever is on trend
56. Shoes or Bags? Shoes. I love a good shoe.
57. How do you know if you're in love? You just know. It always happens when you lease expect it.
58. Television show you've binged on recently? Friends
59. Who do you turn to when you're sad? My close friend
60. Name one thing you've learned the hard way? It is important to ask for help when you need it
61. If you could make a documentary about anything what would it be? The struggles with being mentally ill
62. What is your kryptonite? Anyone crying around me
63. What are you most enchanted by? Sunsets
64. What is your biggest strength? Being able to know what to do in extreme situations
65. What is your biggest weakness? Overwhelming sensitivity
66. What are 3 words to describe living in Birmingham? Alternative, busy, clean.
67. Cutest thing on planet earth? Baby sausage dogs
68. Most important advice you'd give your future children? Don't hide yourself
69. Best first date idea? Anything that involves being able to chat
70. Favourite type of flower? Gypsophila
71. What do you first notice about someone when you meet them? Their honesty and sense of humour.
72. What's your guilty pleasure? I don't believe in guilty pleasures but if I had to pick one, Eastenders
73. Plans for the weekend? Staying in home and relaxing
That's my answers! You normally tag someone in these sort of posts but because I didn't get tagged initially, I'm not going to do that! If you see this and want to do it, go for it!
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Thank you! I also love slice of life so I can only hope to do the genre justice.
What a Brilliant Existence! (WIP) (UPDATE: 3rd December 2019)
I really like what you have so far. I'm curious to see how the MC will go forward after being rescued from their mother. The concept of Medallions intrigues me and Dani seems like fun. Sidenote: the nickname "Dani" is usually given to girls (short for Danielle) while "Danny" is for boys (short for Daniel). It doesn't really matter as a person can call themself whatever they want, but I just assumed Dani was female until I got the option to choose the gender.
One thing that really did bother me was the Sydney romance. The MC is a sheltered eighteen year old who went through some serious physical and pyschological trauma. Sydney is supposed to be the MC's caretaker/therapist and is described as having "more than a couple years" on them. Sydney is in a position of trust over a vulnerable individual so any sort romance between them between them just seems wrong to me.
Now of course, I'm just basing this off the first chapter and I have no idea how you plan on developing the romance. I'm just voicing my concerns.
how life going for you Sky
Thank you! I agree, Dani is very fun. Well, maybe also a bit crazy, but mostly fun.
Yep, I'm well aware. Dani is Brazilian, and that is a very common nickname here no matter if you're a Daniel or a Daniela. Male!Dani has gotten used to people thinking their nickname is odd, however. He thinks it's mostly funny.
That is an excellent point, one I thought much about when I started developing the Sydney romance.
First of all, romance (no matter the RO) will only start much later on, when the MC is more mature and healthy and able to carry on a relationship. Of course, this doesn't mean the MC still isn't in a vulnerable position; but I thought this was relevant enough to mention.
Sydney is well aware of the possible power abuse going on, and they feel very guilty over their crush on the MC. They're not a manipulative person in the slightest, but they know they need to be careful here. Your concerns will be talked about during Sydney's route.
As you've said, it's still a short demo. Hopefully you'll change your mind when romance starts. I'll be happy to hear more feedback once it does.
@Takashi_Shin Hey there! It's all good. I've been too busy to write this week, but I write like a madman during the weekends, and it's been super fun, like always. How have you been?
Eh I'm sorry but… Exactly how old is Sydney again?
Thanks so much for addressing my concerns! That really does make me feel better.
From the tumblr Sydney is mid to late twenties and MC is around 20.
Thanks a lot!
I have feeling mommy dearies coming back get oc
Hi there everyone!
I already announced it on Tumblr, but the update will be coming this weekend. Worst case scenario, it comes out Monday.
It'll include the other half of Chapter One, where you'll get to meet the two other ROs, Max and Alex. After this, I'll only update when each full chapter's complete, so that way there's more content.
See you soon!
You got me hyped for the weekend
That's so nice of you to say!!
An update soon eh? I'll make sure to clear my calendar of any non essential Pigeon related tasks!
You'd better!!!
Wow, there really should be a pigeon emoji.
Or, well, a "you" emoji, I suppose.
I couldn't agree more!
I actually really like the way you went about the reactions and the little absentminded habits of the MC. I understand that some people can be constantly haunted by such cruel treatment in youth, but for others, the effects may be more insidious. These people might function seemingly normally until one pays close attention to things like not trusting people, jumping at loud sounds, etc.
I can also say that, personally, I react to trauma by not thinking of it as trauma. The brain normalizes the entire experience and has trouble empathizing with others who had a more "standard" experience. The brain even comes to sympathize with the abuser. I'm glad that (in the beginning of the game at least) you gave us choices that were more neutral in emotional reaction because for many, dealing with trauma is an ambiguous path.
That said, really looking forward to this game and how the character interactions turn out. Already loving Dani!
Thank you. That's what I was going for, but since trauma is so personal, I believe it's important to hear everyone's two cents.
The MC is in a… weird place right now. They're aware that they did not have a regular, healthy childhood, but, like you said, they've still normalized it, because it's all they've ever known. I believe there's also a good deal of repression going on; the more they think about Celeste, the worse they feel, so they try their best to not think about it. Of course she still comes up often - this type of thing always does -, but the MC reeally doesn't want to deal with that.
It'll blow up on their face eventually, since, well, this type of thing always does, and no one's made of steel. Right now, the MC thinks they're fine, which is why they behave the way they do in the beginning of the game.
You can't run from the past, which is something they haven't quite learned yet.
Thank you. Dani seems to be a popular character, I've noticed!
Oh no. A tortured semi-self destructive MC? I'm all in! The Worst the choice… or is it worse? Anyway I'm all about making poor choices! The more problems I can have the better.
Enjoyed the start. Looking forward to more.
The update has arrived!!!
As I've said, it's a short one. You finally get to meet Alex and Max, though, the other two ROs!
It's about 1 a.m where I am, and I'm very tired. If there's any weird or dumb mistakes, you already know why. I've double checked, but you never know.
Don't hesitate to tell me your opinions, either here or on Tumblr. I'm curious to see what people will make of these two characters.
Good night, and thank you all for your support so far!


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"He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choked the word and he became unfruitful. Matt 13:22.
On one occasion, Jesus was speaking to the multitudes and gave them a parable, often referred to as the parable of the Sower. In this parable the sower (preacher) went out and sowed his seeds (preached the word). Some of the seeds fell on the wayside, and were quickly eaten up. Others fell on the stony places, some on the thorny soil while others on the good ground.
Of interest to me is the seeds that fell among thorns. According to the master, they were those who heard the word and allowed the word to germinate and grew in them. However, because there were thorn all around them, the thorns quickly deprived them of nutrients, choked them and the word became unfruitful and died in them. All the efforts from the hearing, the nurturing, and the growing of the word in them became useless and wasted.
Jesus went ahead to explain that the thorns represents the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches. These are the worries, anxieties, distractions and the cares of this life, together with the concerns and deceitfulness of riches.
We live in a world that is full of uncertainties, where today is under threat and tomorrow is not guaranteed. There are multiplied causes of fear and anxieties that the average person can live in fear and worries paralysing the word of God in their lives. It causes you to be preoccupied with these issues that you lose sight of the greatness of God and his provisions here on earth.
Another form of thorns is the deceitfulness of riches. The pursuit of riches has taken a central position in the lives of many that the word is choked out and becomes unfruitful. When a man becomes preoccupied with getting rich, and to accommodate wealth beyond proportion, the word of God is given a second place and eventually will die.
Beloved, let us not be carried away with the care and worries of this life, the deceitfulness of riches, the pursuit of money and materialism to allow the word of God become unfruitful in us. They are all a ploy by the enemy to distract us from God. What shall a man profit if he gains the whole world and lose his soul?
Let us put our trust and future in the hands of God and he will see us through. "Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving, let your request be made known unto God" Phil 4:6. "Casting all your cares upon him, for he careth for you" 1 Pet 5:7
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I was guided through this recipe by one of my Indian Students, so it is very traditional.
- 1.5kg New Guinea bean, peeled and deseeded
- 350g jaggery
- 400ml coconut milk
- 250g rice flour
- 1 teaspoon cardamom
- 50g yellow split peas
- Raw cashews, toasted for garnish
- Cut New Guinea Bean into fine dice and steam until softened.
- Melt Jaggery in a separate pan.
- Add Softened and drained new guinea bean to a large frying pan and slowly add melted jaggery, stirring constantly until combined, add rice flour and continue to stir to cook out the rawness of the flour and combine the sugar, continue to stir, add coconut milk.
- This step is quite tedious, continue to stir until it balls around the pan and the flour taste cooks out (we did this stirring for approximately 1 hour) this step is very important to caramelise the jaggery.
- While stirring, toast the yellow split peas.
- After about 1 hour of stirring, add split peas.
- Line a loaf tin with baking paper and add halva and push air out and firm down and smooth out into loaf tin.
- Allow 2 hours to set and then turn out onto board and garnish with toasted cashews.
Although this recipe is traditional, next time I will omit the split peas and add toasted cashews or pistachios to the mix to make it closer to the original Greek halva.
Recipe courtesy of Heather Hristovski


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Just a short post. I never liked the huge rear indicators on the Supersport, and do not like the fact that they are the only two incandescent light bulbs on the whole bike. So I searched for something different.
To change the indicators to LED, no resistors are needed in the cabling, they just need to be electrically connected and the flash rate will be correct. The small tray needs to be removed from under the tail piece, 5 screws, and the original indicators will fall out. If you want to preserve the original Ducati plugs the an adaptor to bullet connectors is needed, and two indicator blanks are needed to fit the new indicators.
These indicators are sequential, that means that the light flows from inside to outside rather than just flashing on and off. I made a little video with the hazard flashers on to demonstrate. As can be seen from the above picture, the indicators are rubber mounted so are not easily knocked off.


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A fresh water delicacy
Wewu maalu is an epicure's treat. Impinged with the sweetness of fresh water, they are unlike the catch of the ocean that is thickly laced with brine.
Royal waters
We went to Madampe to discover the charms of these freshwater creatures. The Thinapitiya wewa is a lovely expanse of water steeped in folklore. It was where Thaniwella Rajjuruwo, the King of Thaniwella, reigned. Romantic and tragic tales are told of him by the villagers. We nosed our way through a sinuous path breaking into the interior of Madampe.
We walked through a maze of picturesque little cottages and picking our way through backyards, finally emerged at the edge of the wewa, into which coconut palms dipped eagerly like women searching for their reflections. Clumps of greenery sprouted in the middle of the wewa, and its far end glittered with morning sunlight, as if a chandelier had half sunken in.
Early birds catch the fish
The fishermen begin the day, with a prayer, at six in the morning. Two men would sleepily stumble to the little craft called the 'Theppama' and row to the middle of the wewa. The craft has to be maneuvered with a bamboo pole like a witch stirring her cauldron thickly, and both men have to stand, the boat being frail.
One of them will cast the net at a spot favoured by the shoals of fish, and then they will row back to the shore. Later in the morning they would sail back and haul in their catch. The best of the fish you can be blessed with here are the Loola (snakehead murrel), the Seppali (Giant gourami) and the Korali (Green chromide). Once the catch is hauled ashore, the still protesting and thudding fish are taken in deep cane baskets to be sold.
Lip smacking goodness
Wewu maalu is either cooked or fried. The traditional homemaker has a favourite recipe for curried Wewu maalu. The fish is divided into good sized chunks and are marinated heartily with an aromatic paste of pepper, chilli, coriander seeds, cumin seeds and sweet cumin seeds as well as tamarind. Oil is then heated in a pot, mustard seeds are thrown in, and green chilli, karapincha, onion and rampe are added. To this, finally, the fish are ladled in, and cooked till the gravy is a simmering orange brown.
If you are to fry them, slice them into leaner pieces than you would for the curry, tickle them finely with turmeric, salt and pepper, into the oil and then, viola! You get a fluffy, fleshy fish with which to account for any amount of rice and sambol.


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Special Media Update
Montgomery County sex-party host must role-play by the zoning rules
By Paul Duggan
Washington Post Staff Writer
February 5, 2010
"Well," Berliner says on the phone, hesitating. "Certainly one has to respect everyone's constitutional rights." In other words, if no money changes hands, and the kinky people don't cause a noise or traffic nuisance, the First Amendment would ring clear: Party on! …
Sex parties? Bethesda is not zoned for that
By Elizabeth Razzi
Washington Post Voices
February 4, 2010
But these very special parties must cause a whole 'nother level of neighborhood distraction. If Pickthorne were my neighbor you can bet I'd be glued to the window, wondering if I recognize any of his guests.
Bethesda Man Gets Warning Over Sex Parties
February 4, 2010ABC News Channel 7
Washington DC
The National Coalition for Sexual Freedom says these were private parties with consenting adults who raised money for their organization. They also say the man who lives in the house accepted cash to cover party expenses and wasn't doing anything wrong. …
February 4, 2010
Fox 5
Monthly Bethesda sex party runs afoul of zoning regulations
By: Freeman Klopott
Washington Examiner
February 4, 2010
Montgomery County authorities have ordered a stop to kinky sex parties frequently held in a Bethesda home, saying they are not criminal but violate zoning regulations.
Bethesda Has Sex Parties? Well, Not for Long
NBC WashingtonFebruary 4, 2010By TENEILLE GIBSON
Today is the last day to head over to Bethesda's very own sex club. Paul Pickthorne is renting a home in the wealthy D.C. suburb, and in his free time, he hosts sex parties.
Bethesda House Gets Warning After Hosting Sex Parties
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Mila Casey says the house at 6304 Tone Drive has upset neighbors over adult sex parties hosted by Paul Pickthorne who rents the house. …
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February 4, 2010
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Does this mean if I object to a church next to me I can pretend it is because of the noise and the parking? I thought not.


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Family Jingle & Mingle is a shared Christmas party for the whole family. Bring the kids, parents and grandparents for a fun day filled with entertainment, bouncy castles, crafts, food, shopping and so much fun! Proceeds will be donated to Breakfast With Santa Foundation in support of feeding hungry children nutritious meals.
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Whats wrong with the current pre wedding portrait photography?
Here is what I got after some study.
You don't paid enough money to have an assistant / crew that make a prefect production. Makeup artist is not a good assistant in a photography production.
You care most about the QTY of photographs and final books than the quality of your portrait.
Pictures is not well illuminate and paint- in light in post then treat with canned color grading preset make them trendy buy not timeless...