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Acts: Overcoming Cultural Resistance
We have a lot of ground to cover this morning, so let's jump right to it. As we continue our journey through the book of Acts, our text will be Acts 19: 17b-41. Because our passage is quite long, I will ask you to remain seated and to read quietly along as I read this story aloud. Hear the word of the Lord.
As always, we must begin with some historical context. Remember that the city of Ephesus hosted one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World http://www.internetmonk.com/wp-content/uploads/ephesus-artemis-temple.jpg, which was the great Temple of Artemis. As I mentioned last week, this great structure boasted one hundred and twenty-seven marbled pillars that rose sixty feet to support the gorgeous ceiling, many of them inlaid with gold and rare gems. The Temple of Artemis was one of 33 shrines committed to Artemis worship, but it was by far the largest. The Temple of Artemis here in Ephesus was four times the size of the Parthenon in Athens, and it was, in fact, the largest building in the Greek world! At the center of the temple was the "sacred" stone that supposedly fell from the heavens as we just heard mentioned in the text. Legend states that a meteorite fell to the earth as a large, black stone, sent to the Ephesians from Zeus. The stone either resembled a woman or was carved to resemble a woman. The lower part was wrapped like a mummy with symbols of animals and bees as decoration. The rest of the image was covered with round objects, representing breasts, which symbolized fertility. (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Artemis_Efes_Museum.JPG/320px-Artemis_Efes_Museum.JPG). In the classical period of Greek mythology, Artemis was often described as the daughter of Zeus and Leto, and the twin sister of Apollo. She was the Hellenic goddess of the hunt, wild animals, wilderness, childbirth, virginity and protector of young girls, bringing and relieving disease in women. She often was depicted as a huntress carrying a bow and arrows. Among the common people in the ancient Greco world, Artemis was the most beloved and worshipped goddess. Thousands would make the pilgrimage to Ephesus each year to worship at the Temple, and so it stands to reason that much of the economy of Ephesus was based on the Temple and accommodating the many pilgrims who came to town each year.
There was one particular week set aside for the pilgrimage called Artemesia. During this week, tens of thousands would flood the city to participate in athletic contests, drinking, carousing, and having a ritual fling with prostitutes (see Hughes, Acts, p 263). This was the Mardi Gras of Ephesus, and it was a BIG money maker.
Now, keep that cultural context in your mind as we look to the text, beginning with vs. 17b: "And fear feel upon them all, and the name of the Lord was extolled. Also many of those who were now believers came, confessing and divulging their practices. And a number of those who had practiced magic arts brought their books together and burned them in the sight of all. And they counted the value of them and found it came to fifty thousand pieces of silver."
You can feel the tension already, right? Do you see what is happening in Ephesus? The fear of the Lord has come upon many, many people in the city. God has been moving; the Gospel has been spreading; there have been signs and wonders; and now lives are being transformed. Not immediately…mind you. The text reveals that those who initially became believers did not immediately give up their former habits and customs. However, over time, many believers began to be changed from the inside out. Over time, as the Holy Spirit began to sanctify their lives, many felt compelled…even inspired…to confess their sins and divulge their secret spells and practices, and even to burn their books as a public sign of repentance.
That's huge. In the ancient world, the power of a spell, curse, or magic formula was based upon its secrecy. As soon as the spell or practice was divulged and made known, it was believed that the power of the particular spell or practice was lost. The magic arts were more than entertainment or cultural expressions in Ephesus…these secret books were the means by which many people made their livings. So it is no small matter when dozens of people come under the conviction that their magical arts are displeasing to God and then decide to burn their books in the public square. Here Luke records that their own estimated value of the books being destroyed came to some 50,000 pieces of silver. That was the equivalent of a single worker's wage for 137 years without a day off!
Note: neither Paul nor any other Christian leader demanded these new believers to burn their books. We are left to conclude that these new Christians renounced their former practices as a result of the Holy Spirit's sanctifying work in their hearts. Luke describes what was happening this way in vs. 20, "So the word of the Lord continued to increase and prevail mightily." Let's hit the pause button for a moment and consider what's happening with Paul during this time, and then we'll come right back to the implications of this great God movement in Ephesus and the province of Asia.
So , what does the Apostle Paul think about this great movement of God, the explosive growth in the church, and the radical transformation that is taking place among many of the believers? Look at what comes next in vs. 21, "Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, 'After I have been there, I must also see Rome.'"
Paul is being Paul! He is not content to pastor a booming church…that's not his call. He is already looking to circle back to other cities where he has planted churches in order to encourage the leaders…he wants to circle back and visit with the brothers in the Jerusalem church to report on his progress with the Gentile mission…and then he has a vision to take the Gospel to the heart of the Roman Empire…the very city of Rome itself. This is classic Paul…always looking to the next unreached area to spread the Gospel, and yet eager to encourage the leaders who he has put in place over the churches he planted previously. I imagine it was difficult to even think about leaving Ephesus after 2.5 years of hard work and the amazing success of his ministry, but Paul is convicted in his spirit that his time at Ephesus is drawing to an end. So, in order to prepare for his journey, he sends a few of his disciples on ahead to the cities he will be visiting in order to make preparations as we read in vs. 22, "And having sent into Macedonia two of his helpers, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed in Asia for a while." We'll come back to Paul next week, but let us now consider what is happening in Ephesus as Paul is preparing to make his exit.
What we see here in Acts 19 is the predictable consequence of a great God movement in Ephesus.
The radical transformation that is taking place in the lives of many believers in Ephesus is beginning to have a profound effect upon the city, and there are local stakeholders who are quite unhappy about that fact. As we look to vss. 23-27, we learn that a local silversmith named Demetrius is extremely upset about what is happening in the city. As one who made a living by constructing silver shrines of Artemis, Demetrius has observed that his business has been in significant decline recently. So he gathers together other local craftsmen, and this is what he says: "Men, you know that from this business we have our wealth. And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus, but in almost all of Asia, this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods. And there is danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worship."
Now, we'll need to camp out here at the expense of unpacking the rest of this story, and I'll tell you why: because what we find here in Ephesus is directly applicable to our own culture and our lives today in 21st century America. Let me show you why. I'll unpack this for you under three subtitles: 1) The most powerful idols in town; 2) the inevitable cultural resistance to authentic Christianity; and 3) the challenge before us as a church in the 21st century.
Think about it: if the Christians in Ephesus were "theologically" opposed to idol worship, but their convictions did not in any way affect the bottom line of the local economy and/or local business owners, do you think there would be a riot in Ephesus on this day? No…absolutely not. And here's how we know: the Jews have been in Ephesus for hundreds of years. They are a well established religion in Ephesus with their own synagogue, and they are fundamentally opposed to any kind of idol worship as we all know. But their convictions never threatened the local economy, likely due to their small numbers and their lack of interest in converting the pagan Gentiles. However, when the Christians begin to live out their convictions in a way that negatively affects the local economy, that is, indeed, a cause for rioting.
My point is simply this: as a general rule, theology does not fuel riots…greed fuels riots. As long as the great Idol of Wealth is not threatened, most cities and governments could care a less about your theology. There are certainly a few exceptions in history, but in most cases, if you dig deep enough, many of the conflicts said to have taken place around "theology" were actually conflicts based upon the threatened financial interests of one or both parties. I would love to unpack that further, but on account of time let's look at the next idol.
Demetrius reveals another significant idol, and that is the Idol of Religious Assumptions. Look at what Demetrius says next, "And you see and hear that not only in Ephesus but in almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a great many people, saying that gods made with hands are not gods.
Notice that the perceived religious threat is not primarily about Artemis (although that is thrown in at the end for good measure); nor is the primary religious threat about the positive message of Christianity regarding the love of God and the free gift of forgiveness given to us in Jesus Christ. Demetrius is concerned because the growth of Christianity is threatening the Idol of Religious Assumptions. And what is the Idol of Religious Assumptions in ancient Ephesus? Demetrius states it clearly: "Everyone gets to create his or her own god, and all gods are to be respected and acknowledged as valid." Sound familiar? Why is that particular Religious Assumption so important to protect in Ephesus? Because it's good for business, right! Rampant idol worship is non-obtrusive, it's non-confrontational, and it promotes both the local economic engine and the "anything goes" culture that the Ephesians have become accustomed to. Again…does any of that sound familiar to our 21st century culture in America? Sure it does. Every culture has an Idol of Religious Assumptions, and it is usually closely associated with the Idol of Wealth.
And that brings us to the third idol of this city that is revealed in the text: The Idol of Culture. Look at vs. 27, "And there is a danger not only that this trade of ours may come into disrepute but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis may be counted as nothing, and that she may even be deposed from her magnificence, she whom all Asia and the world worships."
Culture is a powerful force everywhere in the world. No matter where you go, whether you visit a small farming community in Kansas, the great cities of the world, or the remote tribes in Malawi, you will immediately observe that each community is profoundly influenced by the Idol of Culture that is very much there and protected by those who live in that place. Culture is defined by Webster as the customary beliefs, social forms, and material traits of a racial, religious, or social group; the characteristic features of everyday existence shared by people in a place or time.
Culture is what sets a particular group of people apart from another group of people…it is essentially their "corporate DNA." Culture is not an idol unto itself, but often times culture becomes an idol. In many respects, the Temple of Artemis represented the Cultural Idol of Ephesus to the degree that their very identity was wrapped up in all the traditions surrounding Artemis worship. No more Temple of Artemis, no more Ephesus as "we know it."
Think about what would happen if the Chiefs suddenly picked up and moved to Oklahoma City. Arrowhead Stadium wouldn't even make any sense, right? Why would you name something "Arrowhead" without a team named the "Chiefs?" We would no longer think of ourselves as a city that hosted and cheered on a professional football team…do you think that would affect the esteem of our city's culture? Absolutely it would. Do you think the negative impact upon our culture would also impact the economic engine of this city? Yep.
It's important for us to note that these three idols found in any city—The Idol of Wealth, the Idol of Religious Assumptions, and the Idol of Culture—are profoundly connected; and as such, should the conviction and behavior of Jesus-followers threaten any one of these Idols, all three idols are, in fact, threatened.
The Cultural Resistance to the Gospel
And that leads us to our second subheading with a very simple and quick point: cultural resistance to the Gospel is inevitable IF Jesus-followers are being sanctified by the Holy Spirit and allowing that transformation to bring about a change in their lifestyles. Why? Because following Jesus is always counter-cultural to the "ways of this world." Remember, this "present darkness" as Paul speaks of it in Ephesians 6 is governed by "The Prince of the Air"…the Enemy. A biblical worldview acknowledges that the "Kingdom of Jesus" is not of this world (John 18:36); so whenever the Kingdom of God begins to take root in this world, it is always counter-cultural to the "natural" tendencies of human cultures, religious practices, and economic systems. Hence, there will always be cultural resistance to authentic Christianity.
Which begs the question: was it the intent of Jesus, our Savior, that His followers stand out, or even stand opposed to the prevailing culture? Did he intend his disciples to challenge common religious assumptions, and when necessary, to influence economic systems of the day? What do you think? Duh…
Think Beatitudes! Matthew 5 "Blessed are the poor; blessed are those who mourn; blessed are the meek; blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness; blessed are the merciful; blessed are the peacemakers; blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake; blessed are you when others revile you and persecute you and utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account." Doesn't get any more counter-cultural than that.
Paul writes in Romans 12:2, "Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind…"
John 16:33, "In this world you will have trouble; but take heart, I have overcome the world."
Matthew 5:14, "You are the light of the world…a city on a hill cannot be hidden."
Again, I could unpack that for an hour, but I think we all know that to follow Jesus in obedience in our current culture is to live in a counter-cultural way…just as it was for the Ephesians.
So, how are we to move forward, given the almost certain reality of cultural resistance and conflict? That leads us to my third and final subheading:
III. The Challenge We Face in the 21st Century.
I would submit to you that the challenge we face in the 21st century as Jesus followers is quite similar…remarkably similar…to the challenges of the ancient Christians in Ephesus. We may not have a massive Artemis Temple to negotiate, but we have the same big three Idols to contend with, and the resistance of our culture toward the Gospel is not so different from what we read about in Ephesus.
So…in less than 3 minutes, let me simply point you to a few of the best practices we can glean from the early church as a means of equipping us as the local church in the 21st century to "be a city on a hill."
First, the Ephesian Christians practiced civility. Note that the Jesus followers in Ephesus never "attacked" or "shamed" the prevailing culture in Ephesus. Had they been systematically "attacking" the cultural norms, religious assumptions, or economic systems of the city, I doubt this story would have ended the way it did. But listen to what the City Clerk says about the Christians when they've been accused of causing trouble: (vs. 27 and vs. 40) "These men (Christians)…are neither sacrilegious nor blasphemers of our goddess…there is no cause that we can give to justify this commotion."
The ancient believers knew better than to be attacking, blasphemous, or antagonistic toward the prevailing culture in their city. They exercised civility and often won over the culture after many years of careful and consistent influence.
Second, they courageously demonstrated personal and public conviction.
The Ephesian Christians, who had come under the fear of the Lord, allowed the Holy Spirit to radically change them from the inside out. That was not a one-time event…clearly they surrendered to the Holy Spirit on a daily basis which led to a new way of thinking, believing, and living. Over time, their new identity in Christ led to significant changes in lifestyle including their work, spending, worship, marriage, parenting…everything! Those changes were not just personal changes made in private…those changes were lived out in public. When they burned their books, they did so in the open. When they worshipped Jesus, they did so publicly. When they chose to get married instead of sleeping with prostitutes, they did so publicly. So their transformation was both personal and public….that took courage, and they relied upon the Holy Spirit for that courage.
Third, they pointed the finger at themselves. The Ephesian Christians led with humility, transparency, confession of sin, and divulging their own brokenness. The Ephesian Christians did not lead with condemnation, condescension, or blame towards others. It probably never occurred to the early Christians to do battle with the prevailing culture; they were simply allowing the Gospel to have its way in their lives, and as a result, the culture was changed.
Fourth, they persevered. When conflict arose…and it did regularly…the Christians endured and found their rest in the Lord. They were unflappable. They lived by faith, they lived in close community, they took care of each other and they loved those people in the city that no one else wanted to love. They were hard workers; they were faithful to their employers; their morality was exemplary; and at the same time their kindness, compassion and generosity were famous.
They didn't give up, they didn't give in, they didn't blend in…they persevered.
Church, I hope the Holy Spirit has brought as much conviction to your hearts by listening to this message as He brought to my heart in writing this message. Luke-warm, private Christianity that accommodates the cultural idols will never change the world, nor will angry, attacking, blaming Christianity. Let us all commit ourselves to the best practices of the early church, fully anticipating that cultural resistance will come, with a determination to love the world back to Christ by living authentic Christian lives in community, making our faith public and yet practicing civility. And let's double down: let's not quit; let's not acquiesce to the cultural norms; let's not blend in…let's surrender to the Holy Spirit every day and allow Him to have His way in our lives as individuals, families, employers, employees, students, and as a church. Let's persevere…let's be a city on a hill… because that's what Jesus followers do.
Will you pray with me?


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If you've been following along here for a while, you've probably caught on to the fact that I tend to work backwards - meaning I never know what I'll be in the mood to cook/eat, so when I go shopping, I pick up whatever looks interesting to me at the time, without a clear use in mind, rather than knowing what I want to make and buying those ingredients. That said, I was left with a spaghetti squash and some broccoli that needed to be used up. I had been trimming off bits of broccoli and throwing them in salads for a few days, but I hadn't actually come up with a use for the whole head yet.
Fearing that if I kept putting off using those items, they would go to waste, I thought about how they could be used together. So what's a girl to do? I turned to Pinterest for inspiration. That's where I saw Adey's 80 Spaghetti Squash with Pesto. Hmmm, Broccoli Pesto? Another search assured me that wasn't a crazy idea, as plenty of hits came up. Okay then, let's do it!
When making a traditional Pesto, I use basil and pine nuts. I have more recently gotten into the habit of making a Kale-Almond Pesto, because I love kale and almost always have almonds in some form or another. This time, I remembered having picked up a bag of walnuts during the holidays and, not having used them for anything (again, I shop with no clear intent), stored them in the freezer, so why not use those?
1 Spaghetti Squash
Olive Oil
1 lg crown of broccoli
1 c walnuts
3-4 cloves garlic
1/2 t salt
1/2 t crushed red pepper flakes
1/2 c parsley
1/2 c grated Parmesan
Juice of 1 lemon (zest too if you want - my lemon was already naked)
15-20 Grape or cherry tomatoes (a mix of colors is nice), halved
1/4 c shredded Mozzarella
1 T grated Parmesan
1 T seasoned dry bread crumbs
- Preheat oven to 375
- Cut the squash in half lengthwise, using a spoon to scrape out the seeds
- Brush the inside of the squash with olive oil, season with salt and pepper, and bake 20", cut-side down
- Flip the squash cut-side up and continue baking until tender (the squash easily pulls away from the skin) - you can leave it cut-side down if you want, but I like to get a little carmelization going
- When the squash is tender, use a fork to gently scrape the flesh away from the skin (sounds gross) and transfer to a casserole dish
- For the pesto, briefly blanch the broccoli in boiling water just to take that raw crunch off of it, then rinse in cold water until cool to stop the cooking process
- Add the walnuts, garlic, salt, and crushed red pepper flakes to the bowl of your food processor and pulse to break up the walnuts
- Add the broccoli, Parmesan, and lemon juice to the walnuts and process until well blended
- With the machine running, slowly pour olive oil through the feed tube until you achieve a texture you like - I prefer mine thick
- Toss the spaghetti squash with about a cup of the pesto and all of your halved tomatoes
- Top with shredded mozzarella
- Combined the remaining 1T of Parmesan with the bread crumbs and sprinkle over the top, dotting here and there with butter
- Return to oven until melted and bubbly
Refrigerate or freeze the remaining pesto for another use. I usually transfer it to silicon molds and freeze until solid, then pop them into a zip-top bag. If I thought of it at the time, this would have been a good opportunity to try out another idea I saw on Pinterest ... transfer all of the pesto to a zip-top bag, and use the side of your hand or the handle of a wooden spoon to press a grid into the pesto. That way, when you want to use some, you just snap off a portion or two where the lines are. If you want to try that with something thinner than pesto, you would probably want to freeze it for a while before making the dents.


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Anonymous new, Checked out the site but it was too difficult to understand. I do not like to take medication or buy to much of it as I don't have the money so I am just trying to get by and look for alternatives and advice that I can use like helpful hints . Thanks anywaySeptember 26, 2012 - 5:33pm
As we struggle with the fact that the majority of Americans are either overweight or obese, wouldn't it be nice to hear some straightforward advice?
We hear enough about good diets to follow -- and we try to obey the rules. But how can we rid ourselves of behaviors that defeat our weight-loss purposes?
Recently I came across two articles by experts in healthy lifestyles, and their words zero in on the simple act of breaking bad eating habits. Here are a few good pieces of advice to share:
- Rather than thinking it all boils down to willpower, focus instead on changes in routine.
Why? Because our brains can't tell the difference between a good habit and a bad habit, only that any habit leads to reward. The trick is to replace the old bad habit with a new good one, explained Kerri Anne Hawkins, a registered dietitian and clinical instructor at the Tufts School of Medicine in Boston.
Hawkins gave the illustration of a man who routinely eats too much at dinner, perhaps because of a desire to finish everything on his plate. Simple change: a smaller plate at dinner, every time.
- Identify the cues in your daily lifestyle that are contributing to a particular bad eating habit, then decide how to change the cues for a better result. Practice the good eating habit over and over, Hawkins said, and if there is a lapse, start fresh at the next meal.
In my case, I am trying to break the bad habit of eating something sweet with my morning caffeine. The new habit: sliced apple with a dollop of peanut butter, even when that chocolate chip cookie is calling my name.
- "Confront your fears." "Get comfortable being uncomfortable." "Announce your intentions." "Find support." "Break the pattern."
These are just a few of the lively slogans that make up a graphic that accompanies a recent article by Dr. Mehmet Oz in TIME magazine. The graphic shows all the slogans encircling Oz's well-known face, and it could well be a poster in everyone's kitchen.
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All good advice and it is what I try to focus on. I am not into fad diets but only on common sense and hard work plus keeping motivated to do the right thing and eat the proper foods. I understand there are certain foods to help the muffin top which I have, so I am trying very hard to rid of that like eating grapefruit everyday and mostly veggies etc. I walk alot everyday and keep busy I am going to start doing sit ups to see if that will help and look into other excerises that are not too intense. Thanks for the article.September 25, 2012 - 8:09am


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A good Upma recipe is something that every cook, or an aspiring one, must have in their back-pockets. Which is to say that this is one basic recipe that everyone who loves to cook should master. So it's a good thing then that this is really simple & easy to do, right? In-fact, with a fail-proof recipe, you can make soft, fluffy, melt-in-mouth Upma in a matter of minutes, depending on whether you have roasted rava/semolina or not.
But more on that in the recipe. Though I have to say that even without roasted semolina, this is a relatively simple & easy dish to make, if you are looking for something really quick, delicious, AND healthy. That in my book is a win-win-win!
However, I have to confess, growing up, I never used to like Upma much, even though my mom made (and still makes) the BEST UPMA EVER! I now cannot recollect what was it exactly that I was averse to, but I remember a general dislike towards the dish. And also remember making Maggi for myself instead whenever Upma was made at home. Maybe I was just looking for excuses to make Maggi? Yeah, that could be it. Kids, I tell you! 😀
Anyway, eventually I did start eating Upma, and actually enjoying it, in all its many variations. However, the more I ate Upma at different places, I realized I have some specific preferences when it comes to the texture of Upma. I like my Upma relatively soft and fluffy, and not hard and chunky.
Which is why when I first started making Upma- that was my one goal. To figure out how to make soft, fluffy upma, that will melt in your mouth. So that is something that I figured out first, even before I worked on how I liked my Upma in terms of taste.
And in my experience, the one variable that determines how soft and fluffy the upma is, is the ratio of water to rava/semolina. After starting at 2:1 and increasing incrementally, I have found that 3:1 water to semolina is the perfect ratio for getting the soft, fluffy, melt-in-mouth Upma every single time.
I have listed the exact measurement & steps in the recipe, so you can enjoy this soft, fluffy, super delicious Upma too. Hope you like it as much as I do.
If you are looking for Quick and Easy Breakfast Ideas, you must also check out this Kanda Poha Recipe – really delicious & ready in minutes!
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Upma Recipe | Rava Upma | Sooji Upma | Konkani Rulaav
- Prep Time: 5 mins
- Cook Time: 15 mins
- Total Time: 20 mins
- Yield: Serves 2-3
- Category: Breakfast
- Method: Stovetop
- Cuisine: Indian
- Sada Rava/Semolina – 1 cup
- Melted Ghee – 3 tablespoons
- Urad Dal/Split Matpe Beans – 1.5 teaspoon
- Rai/Mustard Seeds – 1 teaspoon
- Green chili – 1 (split vertically in two)
- Cadipatta/Curry Leaves – 4 leaves
- Adrak/ Ginger chopped – 1.5 tablespoon
- Salt – 1 teaspoon
- Sugar – 2 teaspoons
- Grated Coconut (optional) – 1/4 cup
- Hot boiling water – 3 cups
- In a pan, heat the ghee, and add in the urad dal/split matpe beans, and mustard seeds. Once the mustard seeds start popping, add in the green chili, and curry leaves, and let them roast for a couple of minutes.
- Then add the chopped ginger, and saute for 3-4 minutes, till the ginger is fried well.
- Once that is done, add in the rava/semolina, mix it well, and saute it till the semolina is well roasted. This might take some time (depending on the type of semolina – 5-10 minutes), but it's important that the semolina is roasted well.
It's also important to keep stirring, as the semolina is getting roasted, to avoid it getting burnt, and ensuring it gets an even roast. Once done, semolina will change color slightly (turn dark cream/golden), and leave a light fragrance. However ensure to not let the semolina turn brown.
- Once the semolina is roasted, add 1 tsp salt, and 2 tsp sugar, and mix it well.
- Then, lowering the flame for a bit, add in 3 cups of hot boiling water, and keep stirring continuously. This might seem like a lot of water, but the semolina is going to soak up all the moisture, and dry out. So, unless you prefer your upma really hard, 1:3 is a good ratio of semolina to water.
- This is optional, but if you like, at the point, as the semolina is in the process of solidifying, you can also add in 1/4 cup grated coconut.
- Once the semolina soaks up all the excess moisture, and starts leaving ghee on the sides, the upma is ready to serve.
- You can substitute ghee with oil. I always prefer ghee because it tastes better to me.
- The time for roasting the semolina will vary, depending on the type of semolina and the size of granules too. Thicker granules will require longer cooking/roasting time.
- You can always buy roasted semolina from the market, but that will need to be roasted a bit too (though not nearly as much as unroasted semolina). I usually go with the unroasted variety, because I need unroasted semolina for many other recipes, and don't want to stock two different kinds of semolina when I can make do with one.
- When you add in the hot boiling water, to the roasted semolina, it will cause a lot of splatter. So ensure to lower the flame (or even switch it off) for a bit, and maybe hold a splatter screen on top to contain the splatter.
- If you prefer your upma on the harder side, you can go with 2 cups of water to 1 cup of semolina, instead of 3:1 ratio that I used here.
- You can eat this Upma as is, along with your hot beverage of choice, or pair it with coconut/peanut chutney or even crisps. I usually like to eat my Upma with sev, and sometimes chips. Just a personal preference.
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When does a biased media corporation cross the line from political advocate to a private political party?
Lord Haldane, Lord Chancellor of England prior to the Great War, worked hard to bring about reconciliation between Britain and Germany and avoid war. Unfortunately the British press Overlord Lord Northcliffe (Alfred Harmsworth), creator of Tabloid journalism, believed that war would be good for paper sales actively worked to silence Haldane and promote war.
In his day Harmsworth was a political force that promoted wars, elected governments and replaced Prime Ministers.
Such is the power of a biased and concentrated press. Nothing has changed in that the concentration of media power leads to bias and distortion. News Limited has led to bias and distortion in the political process in the USA and in Australia.
In the USA News Limited aggressively promoted the creation and rise of the Tea Party, and in Australia the dumping of Malcolm Turnbull for Tony Abbott by the Liberal party. I take seriously the questions asked by Kerry O'Brien about if 'Astro-turfing' tactics where used in both events. (See my blog 'The Race to the Bottom, Dec 12)
What about policies?
Tea Party = No big new Taxes. Tony Abbot = No big new Taxes.
Tea Party = Cut Government spending. Tony Abbott = Cut Government spending.
Tea Party = Cut welfare. Tony Abbott = Cut welfare.
Tea Party = Cut taxes for rich. Tony Abbott = Cut taxes for rich.
Tea Party = Promises are aspiration. Tony Abbott = Promises are aspiration.
Is it just coincidence that Tony Abbott comes up with exactly the same policies of the Tea Party? Or could it be the Tea Party and the Australian Liberal Party are merely public subsidiaries pushing the agenda of the real political party, News Limited?


text: Russ began playing trumpet at the ripe old age of 10 in the beginners band in junior high school, and has been playing ever since. He played through high school at Messick High School in Memphis, TN, and attended Memphis State University on a full music scholarship, participating in the wind ensemble, jazz bands, and Pride of the Southland Marching Tigers marching band under the direction of Dr. Tom Ferguson. He studied trumpet under Mr. Tom Swayzee and Dr. Richard Steff in Memphis, Dr. Tom Peters at the University of Tennessee, and has performed with numerous orchestras, brass ensembles, concert bands and jazz bands for the past 30 years. He has appeared with the Memphis Symphony Orchestra, the Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, and the Huntsville Opera Theater Orchestra and is a founding member of the Rocket City Jazz Orchestra. Russ continues to support live music all around the Huntsville, AL area with performances with the new classic rock band Kaleidoscope and activities in the local community.


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Customer donations to benefit Feeding America and its nationwide network of food banks
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"Family Dollar is thrilled to partner with Feeding America to help families who struggle with hunger," said Gary Philbin, Family Dollar President and Chief Operating Officer. "This fundraising program in our stores is just one of many ways Family Dollar is helping families in the communities we serve."
"More than 1 in 5 children live at risk of hunger in America," said Matt Knott, president of Feeding America. "We are thankful to Family Dollar and its support of Feeding America programs that benefit children and their families who may not know where to find their next meal."
As part of the program Family Dollar will invite customers to donate $1 at the register now through August 15. With their donations, customers will receive a bounce-back coupon for any one of a number of items available in-store from leading suppliers: Unilever, Proctor & Gamble and Kimberly-Clark.
The program was launched Tuesday at a kick-off event at the Community FoodBank of New Jersey in Hillside. At the event, volunteers from Family Dollar and Unilever assembled 1,200 bags filled with essential items for local children in need. Family Dollar also made a $10,000 donation to the FoodBank during the event.
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- More than 46 million Americans receive food and groceries from the Feeding America network each year, including 12 million children and 7 million seniors
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The steel fall of international oil prices have a combined effect both on the oil based economies as well as on the developing economies but in different directions.
The oil price situation has developed an interesting situation similar to what it happens even in the province of Sindh before the arrival of Monsoon season as the date farmers pray for late start of the rainy season as the rain water hurts standing crop of unripe dates while the rice growers look and hope for early rains that really gives life to the rice saplings. This interesting situation is quite resembling to the economies faced a hard hit due to oil pushed inflation while the oil producing countries are sitting together thinking about the way out of bringing back the oil prices on their glorious past when they were minting rather than printing money at the cost of the poor economies.
However, the ground reality is quite different after arrival of American Shale Oil, resumption of oil production of war-hit Libya, Iraq and other countries non member of OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries) creating a glut-like situation in the world oil market. The non oil producing countries, which heavily rely on imported oil have, however, taken a sigh of relief as their trade deficit has come down due to cut in import bill and Pakistan too is not an exception. In fact, the reduced oil situation has provided a breathing space to Pakistan, which can help making a breakthrough in developing a strong base of huge amount of renewable energy and other alternative energy resources like solar, wind, hydel and coal resources. Hope the decision makers at the helm of affairs would not miss this opportunity to bring economic, political and social stability to Pakistan.
It will not be out of place to mention that besides building alternative energy resources with in the shortest possible time, it is expected that the democratically elected government would ensure that the benefits of the improving economic situation will be passed on to give a relief to the common man.
Although the oil producing countries have expressed their confident to keep on going with economic growth despite oil price collapse yet they have also concerns about their economic future, no doubt. On the other hand, developing economies including Pakistan must harvest a rich crop on the back of oil price benefits especially in reducing their oil import bill, strengthening their foreign exchange reserves and the most important impact on containing the inflationary pressures hitting hard to common man as well as the balance of payment in Pakistan.
Pakistan, which confronted with acute energy crisis primarily due to high cost of fuel oil and which even remained one of the major cause for high cost of power generation, high tariff rate of electricity and the most nuisance impact of untamed issue of circular debt the current drop in oil prices if managed with a dexterous hand can help getting out of all these issues provided the current spell of oil price prevails during 2015.
There were comments circulating on the international front, especially among the oil producing countries feeling their real pinch of the price drop, that there must a conspiracy or a hidden hand for oil price crash internationally. However there are certain factors, which have contributed in the current oil price scenario including demand drop in China the major consumer of oil due to shift on alternative energies as well as entering of the United States Shale Oil and Sand Oil, which has proved a major lever to move the ball into reserve direction.
However, the Saudi Arabia's Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Ali bin Ibrahim Al-Naimi, while speaking at the 10th Arab Energy Conference held in Abu Dhabi last week, blamed the current slide in oil prices on "non-OPEC members and misleading information and speculation". He said the country is ready to handle any obstacles that could arise due to price instability, and that he expects the oil markets and the oil industry to recover soon.
"Saudi Arabia has numerous projects, strong background and massive oil reserves. We are ready to handle any challenges. Oil prices will not have an impact on the economy." "There are massive investments in the expansion of the oil refineries. We have strong cooperation with Japan and the USA in various new projects."
In a panel discussion on current developments in the oil and gas natural markets and their implications for energy sector in the Arab world, Dr Bassam Fattouh, Director of Oxford Institute for Energy Studies spoke on recent oil dynamics and how the price went down from $115 (Dh422) per barrel to $60 per barrel. He said there are short term uncertainties. "The return of Libya barrels, the return of Iranian barrels, oil output growth from Iraq, OPEC situation and whether they would cut production?" Council (GCC) economies have become more resilient and have cash reserves. "One of the challenges facing the Arab world is the domestic consumption, which is rising faster than production affecting the exporting capability especially in the natural gas sector."
Adil Abdul Mahdi, Oil Minister of Iraq said the country's oil production has declined due to wars. "Our production has decreased significantly over the years. We are strengthening our cooperation with international oil companies to increase production, like Kuwait energy and Dragon oil from the UAE."
Iraq's total oil production would reach four million barrels per day after it reached an agreement on exports with the Kurdish government.
Kuwait's Oil Minister Ali Saleh Al Omair said it's not fair for Opec to take the decision to reduce the output while others continue to produce oil. "There should be cooperation between all the parties including OPEC and others. We also as countries need to supply the market to the extent that we can accommodate and cover the necessary income." He said they have the capability to increase supply, but did not take the decision in order to avoid a glut. "There will be balance due to growth in the market." The three-day conference was held at a time when the world oil prices are going down due to oversupply and weak demand.


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Ground floor: Living room/study. Dining room. Kitchen/conservatory. Shower room with toilet. First floor: 1 double bedroom. Steep second stairs to first floor: 2 bedrooms: steps to 1 double, steps to 1 twin, both with access to bathroom with shower over bath and toilet. Beams throughout.
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Naturally, not all lunches are Café Tortoni lunches. Nor would we want them all to be. We've always been pretty open minded about our choices of eating establishments- as long as you serve us good food at a fair price, you've got our seal of approval. In fact, it can be more of a kick for us to find that humble little hole in the wall that blows you away with its quality than to eat with the elite at the latest and greatest culinary shrine. And let's face it, either approach can be a bit of a crap shoot!
Confiteria Los Molinos looks like it's spent many a year on this corner of Avenida Santa Fe, one of Buenos Aires' most egalitarian shopping streets. It's got that blood red and forest green colour scheme that is so pervasive on storefronts and signage in this city, as well as the beautiful varnished woodwork that speaks of a more genteel age when proper joinery was the sign of a quality establishment. Inside, expansive windows and high ceilings with decoratively coffered ceilings and chandeliers suggest that this was once a place to see and be seen.
Unlike Café Tortoni, though, the tourists are not traipsing through Los Molinos with their cameras flashing. Times have changed and these days it is more of an everyman's cafe, serving hearty, abundant and affordable food to weary shoppers and local labourers. (Still, you've gotta love the "table service" of nibbles that arrives with your beverage and ahead of your meal...the crusts are still cut from the bread!)
We had decent Milanesas here, those schnitzels of veal or chicken that seem to fuel this town, along with the ubiquitous fries, and a generous botella of Quilmes.
Wrapped up with a coffee, it was the perfect respite before hopping back onto the avenue!


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Home improvement projects are fun and exciting, but can also be a challenge when you are doing it all yourself. Even if you do choose to employ professional services for your home improvement project, there are things to consider and you want to make only the best choices. Read these tips provided to get a good idea of where to start and what you will encounter.
Increase your home's energy efficiency by adding weather stripping to your doors and windows. This is a cheap fix but can save you lots of money on heating and cooling costs for your home. It will also make those cold nights a whole lot less chilly indoors.
For an economical approach to floor tiling, consider installing vinyl instead of ceramic or stone. Vinyl is durable, water resistant and strong. It is also easy to install because it contains adhesive on its back. The vinyl tiles can be bought as a single sheet or as a tile set.
When it comes to home improvement, be sure to keep in mind the age of your household members as well as health status. This is important if stairs are unmanageable or if there is a potential need for handicapped facilities in the bathrooms. Depending on the modifications, you may end up increasing the value of your home.
Having a small kitchen doesn't have to be all bad. Since you have limited surfaces and space to work with, make sure to purchase a sink with a deep bowl. Then add some elegant high- end faucets to match the rest of your kitchen. You can easily create a feeling of space without having to compromise the rest of your home.
During summertime, go outside and pick some wildflowers. Place the wildflowers between the pages of an old and unwanted phonebook. Pile about 50 to 60 pounds of books on top of the phonebook to press the flowers dry. After about a week or two of pressing, adhere your flowers to a piece of cardstock and hang them in your room. They create a great focal point as well as a nature friendly approach to home decorating.
Know what you;re using to unclog your drains. There is a wide range of products available, and many are extremely hard on your pipes. Don't use crystallized cleaners since they may stick to the insides of the pipes and constantly damage them. Be sure to use drain cleaning products intended for use with the septic tank you have.
Tame you clutter and label it practically for free. Sometimes we spend too much time thinking about organization and not enough time doing it. Go ahead, sort the jumble of clutter into free cardboard boxes and label the outsides with masking tape and an indelible marker. You can perfect it all later!
To make your house look new and vibrant, try repainting the walls. In many cases, a room's ambiance can be transformed entirely with a quick color change. While it does not cost a lot to paint, your home's value can greatly increase. Use light colors that work with your decor.
One of the easiest and most commonly overlooked home improvements that should be undertaken when moving into a new home is to replace every single lock in the house. While many realtors handle this service, failure to change the locks is a potential invitation to disaster. This is the first thing that should be done during the moving process.
While home improvement is fun to do and can be exciting as you can't wait to see the finished project, you have to know what you are going through in such a project. There are different needs and techniques, and many different projects that can be affected by your budget. These tips and others could be a great form of help when you need a little bit more information.


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"Sing to God, sing in praise of his name, extol him who rides on the clouds; rejoice before him — his name is the Lord. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling."
– Psalm 68:4-5 (NIV)
Our MORNING WORSHIP is our traditional service.
It features a choir, peace candle, bamboo cross, special banner, hymns, a children's story, and biblical, creative, engaging preaching.
@ 10:00am. Conveniently located @ Bangkok Christian College. A two-minute walk from the Surasak BTS Station on the Silom Line. Take EXIT 3.
Below is a map that should help you find us. We worship in the highrise building next to the football field. If you enter the school from Sathorn Road – you will find good signage pointing the way.
Parking is available.
Childcare is available.
4 years old below- nursery room
4-7 years- younger kids class
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About this book
To summarize briefly, this book is devoted to an exposition of the foundations of pseudo differential equations theory in non-smooth domains. The elements of such a theory already exist in the literature and can be found in such papers and monographs as [90,95,96,109,115,131,132,134,135,136,146, 163,165,169,170,182,184,214-218]. In this book, we will employ a theory that is based on quite different principles than those used previously. However, precisely one of the standard principles is left without change, the "freezing of coefficients" principle. The first main difference in our exposition begins at the point when the "model problem" appears. Such a model problem for differential equations and differential boundary conditions was first studied in a fundamental paper of V. A. Kondrat'ev [134]. Here also the second main difference appears, in that we consider an already given boundary value problem. In some transformations this boundary value problem was reduced to a boundary value problem with a parameter . -\ in a domain with smooth boundary, followed by application of the earlier results of M. S. Agranovich and M. I. Vishik. In this context some operator-function R('-\) appears, and its poles prevent invertibility; iffor differential operators the function is a polynomial on A, then for pseudo differential operators this dependence on . -\ cannot be defined. Ongoing investigations of different model problems are being carried out with approximately this plan, both for differential and pseudodifferential boundary value problems.
Boundary value problem Distribution Fourier transform Operator theory Potential Singular integral partial differential equation
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- Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2000
- Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
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Hope everyone one had a great Mother's day. Julian made me a Mother's day gift at preschool. They were a flower and wind chime. It was the best gift every. Later that night we just went to dinner and came home. Nothing big just family time.
So to every mom out there. Sometimes things get stressful but your not alone. Don't doubt your self because you are a wonderful mom. Not everyone is perfect but your kids love you always. Hope every as a great week.
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Contemporary Fiction
29 March 2014
Strength in Character Winter's Bone, examines how the hardships in life are often important for character development. This story taking place in the Ozark's, is filled with many characters who do drugs and commit crimes on a daily basis. Nonetheless, the main focus of this novel is Ree Dolly, a young girl who must take a dangerous stand for the survival of her family. She receives countless warnings and threats for her actions, and although it may lead to her death, she fearlessly continues her journey for the sake of her family. This selflessness and sense of responsibility is something that is not seen in the other characters of this novel and proves to be her greatest strength. Throughout the book, Ree finds the courage to confront the social norms of her community, and although she may not be able to change her surroundings, she finds the strength to prevent them from changing her.
The town that Ree lives in, in the Ozark's, is very isolated and has been made up of the same families for generations. Some of these families were previously known for their production of moonshine during Prohibition and now most of them make their money by producing meth and other various drugs. Woodrell, the author, describes the setting as a neighborhood where the houses are surrounded by heaps of trash and rundown cars, but the children play happily in the yard. The children in this community grow up with low expectations and no real hopes of being able to leave the Ozarks. The boys are expected to continue the family business of producing meth. Enforcing this social code is a "council" of men that will not tolerate any challenge to their way of life.
After Ree's father is arrested for producing meth, she is now responsible for caring for her two younger brothers and her mother, who has become mentally ill from abusing pills and Jessup's, Ree's father, constant absence and infidelity "Mom's mind didn't break loose and scatter…
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In the ongoing Phoenix Serene Spaces 7th National 6 red snooker tournament under the auspices of Billiards and Snooker Federation of India co sponsored by Abirami Mega Mahal and India Cements organized by Tamil Nadu Billiards and Snooker Association, Pankaj Advani and Amee Kamani defended their title successfully here in Chennai.
Multiple times world champion Pankaj Advani successfully defend his national 6 red snooker title here in Chennai by defeating Kamal Chawla 7-3 in the final. This makes it a total of 30 national titles under his belt so far. This is also his third 6 red national title, he won it earlier in 2016 and 2010.
In the best of 13 frame final, Kamal opened the match with a stupendous break of 65 to take the lead. Pankaj in the next frame took the opportunities he got to level it all by 1-1. In the third frame, Kamal made a break of 45 to take the lead again by 2-1. Pankaj retaliated by winning the next two consecutive frames to lead by 3-2. Kamal levelled the frames at 3-3 by playing good pots in the frame. In the seventh frame, Pankaj came back into the frame after needing a snooker and cleared the table to take the lead by 4-3. Pankaj accelerated after this as he made a phenomenal break of 70 to lead 5-3, a break of 41 to lead 6-3 and sealed the frame and match by playing sensible snooker with a break of 35.
"It feels great to end the year on a high. It was an important tournament as the ranking enables us to represent India in the Asian championship. I'm glad that I did it and won in style. " Said Pankaj after winning the title. "Kamal is a great player, and it was never easy to best him here in the finals" he added.
"I was struggling and it wasn't easy for me today. Both of us got chances and he capitalized on them the most" Said Kamal after the final. " Safety play is very important against Pankaj, and I could've done better." He added.
In the semi finals, Pankaj defeated Sourav Kothari of PSPB comfortably by 6-2 in the best of 11 frames format. Both the players showcased sensible snooker from the beginning, The players shared the frames at 2-2, where in the fifth frame Pankaj made 4 excellent snookers to get back into the frame and stole the frame from Sourav to lead by 3-2. After that the world champion accelerated quickly as he clinched the next 4 frames on a trot to seal the win by 6-2.
In the other semi final, Kamal edged past against Akshay Kumar of Uttar Pradesh in the deciding frame. Akshay, a new face in the limelight exhibited a great show as he dominated the match half way. He went to have a mammoth 4-1 lead against Kamal in his first ever national semi final appearance. At a stage when Akshay needed one more frame to win the match at 5-3, Kamal went all guns blazing to win the match from there by 6-5. He made a stupendous break of 68 which helped him power through the last two winning frames.
Pankaj Advani, Kamal Chawla, Sourav Kothari and Akshay Kumar have qualified to represent India for Asian 6 red snooker championship to be held next year.
In the women's category Amee Kamani defended her 6 red title. In the final, defending champion Amee defeated local girl Vidya Pillai 4-1 in the finals. Amee lost only the first frame of the match to Viday, after that she came all guns blazing to win the next four frames on the trot to clinch the match and title. She also made a highest break of 68 in the tournament. Amee had been playing spectacular snooker throughout the tournament.
Results: Final: Pankaj Advani bt Kamal Chawla 7-3 (0-65(65), 66-5, 0-66(45), 40-9, 71-0, 1-50, 42-37, 70(70)-0, 41(41)-1, 49-14.
Semi final: Kamal Chawla bt Akshay Kumar 6-5 (48-00, 09-48, 15-53, 04-34, 37-40, 62(61)-00, 40-17, 19-52, 68(68)-00, 38-13, 33-13); Pankaj Advani bt Sourav Kothari 6-2 (28-40, 49-00, 09-39, 41-17, 57-47, 38-15, 47(44)-08, 48-21).
Final Ranking: 1. Pankaj Advani – PSPB; 2. Kamal Chawla – RSPB; 3. Sourav Kothari – RSPB; 4. Akshay Kumar – Uttar Pradesh; 5. Sandeep Gulati – Delhi; 6. Ishpreet Singh – Maharashtra; 7. Varun Madan – Delhi; 8. R Girish – RSPB.
Results: Women final: Amee Kamani bt Viday Pillai 4-1 (24-29,49-28,58-0,45-32,34-0)
Ranking: 1. Amee Kamani, 2. Viday Pillai, 3. Umadevi R. 4. Sunita Damani.


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text: Sara Lee Corp.'s Branded Foods unit is preparing to shut down its Goose Island headquarters less than two years after moving into the rehabbed industrial building with the help of city tax subsidies. The 325 people who work in the 150,000-square-foot offices will either lose their jobs or relocate to St. Louis, where Sara Lee plans to base its bakery business, or Cincinnati, where its meat and food-service units are based, a Sara Lee spokeswoman said. The Goose Island property cost an estimated $37 million to renovate, and the city kicked in about $3 million in tax-increment financing to help pay for the Sara Lee portion of the project, a city planning official said. Sara Lee must repay part of the subsidy if it fails to employ 300 full-time workers on the site. "If we do need to pay money (to the city), we will pay money," the Sara Lee spokeswoman said. Sara Lee aims to sublet the offices and expects to vacate the space within two years.


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The high-energy-product neodymium rare-earth permanent magnet (RE-PM) was discovered in the early 1980s. Later, dysprosium doping emerged to provide reasonable RE-PM magnetization life by sacrificing its precious high energy-product with improved coercivity and higher temperature operation.
Despite ongoing R&D for at least a viable dysprosium alternative, strategically tailoring doping with extremely rare and expensive dysprosium still provides the best permanent magnet for a practical RE-PM electric motor and generator (or electric machine) system (EMS). It's now considered to be the highest performing (and most expensive) EMS available.
At the time of the discovery of the RE-PM, it was economically viable and provided the allure of eliminating the electrical provisioning and inefficiency of magnetizing magneto-motive-force (MMF). However, virtually all RE-PM R&D was blindly directed to the RE-PM-EMS without considering the environmental issues and political consequences of the RE-PM supply chain.
As supporting evidence, today's EMS R&D is again blindly directed to awkwardly retrofitting magnetizing MMF into the RE-PM-EMS (for its coveted attribute of controlling air-gap flux density to improve EMS efficiency and reliability at various speeds). It ironically ignores the original intent of eliminating magnetizing MMF already most conveniently provided by the slip-induction EMS that's being replaced by the RE-PM-EMS.
Supply/Demand Struggle
With ever-increasing application of the RE-PM-EMS, it became evident that the RE-PM global supply chain could not satisfactorily meet demand. Now having strategic ownership of the global neodymium and dysprosium reserves, China controls the continually rising price of RE-PMs and to the chagrin of the original RE-PM R&D investors, China is the de facto manufacturer of the RE-PM-EMS for the foreseeable future.
In response, EMS R&D, such as the 2011 ARPA-E REACT program, is devoted to finding RE-PM alternatives. But after nearly a decade, the results are mixed.
For example, one aspect of the program developed high-frequency electronic control for a higher-speed (with comparable power) and therefore smaller (with less-precious RE-PM material) RE-PM-EMS. However, it seemingly ignored the neutralizing effect of the "compounded" inefficiency, cost, size, and complexity of the necessary transmission addition on the overall system performance. More troubling, the RE-PM-EMS has become the EMS of choice for at least electric vehicles and advanced wind turbines, with "recycling" of RE-PM-EMSs (at the end of their limited magnetization life) as the supply-chain solution.
Long Considered the Best Option
Since at least the 1960s, electric-machine experts have theoretically considered the symmetrical multiphase wound-rotor "synchronous" doubly-fed EMS (S-MWRSDF-EMS) to be the best EMS possible. That's due to its optimized electromagnetic symmetry of two electrically accessible (i.e., dual ported or doubly fed) balanced multiphase winding sets on each side of the air-gap between the rotor and stator bodies, respectively.
At the time, eliminating the slightest stochastic control dependency on the deoptimizing electromagnetic asymmetry of slip-induction in order to guarantee stable and contiguous "synchronous" doubly-fed control of air-gap flux (for field weakening), speed, torque, and torque angle (for leading-to-lagging power factor) from zero (or sub-synchronous) to super-synchronous speed—particularly in terms of synchronous speed where slip-induction unstably ceases to exist—required the hypothetical invention of a real-time (or instantaneous) emulation (or sensorless and automatic) control means. Such a development was far beyond any technology of the time or even today's state-of-the-art field-oriented control (FOC).
Unless mechanically damped (as in modern wind-turbine "generator" systems), even the multiphase wound-rotor doubly-fed EMS of today will experience unstable rotor oscillation from the slightest rotor perturbation. This results from at least the "slip-induction" dependency caused by delays and inaccuracies of FOC waveform measurement or synthesis (particularly waveforms with shallow slopes).
Multiphase Slip-Ring-Brush Assembly
In contrast, the multiphase slip-ring-brush assembly and any dependency on stochastic slip-induction can be replaced with a brushless, sensorless, automatic, and instantaneous control means. This will provide perfectly speed-synchronized frequency and phase, bidirectional, smooth, multiphase excitation power "directly" to at least the rotor active multiphase winding set at any speed, including at synchronous speed (as provided by the multiphase brushless real-time emulation control, or BRTEC). SYNCHRO-SYM is today's only example of a true (and brushless) S-MWRSDF-EMS.
Considering common axial-flux (or pancake motor) RE-PM-EMS footprint electronically controlled by FOC, it's reasonable to assume that:
• The power rating and associated electrical and core losses are determined by the "active" stator disk (that generates or motors electromechanical power via an active multiphase winding set).
• The physical size and amount (and cost) of materials are similar between the "active" stator disk and the "passive" rotor disk (that dissipates electromechanical power via passive RE-PMs, slip-ring assemblies, reluctance saliencies, field windings, or slip-induction multiphase windings).
• The axial-flux form (with adjacent rotor and stator disks separated by an air-gap instead of the cylinder-inside-cylinder radial flux form) inherently provides winding structural integrity and better performance by avoiding body collision with a smaller air-gap depth (at speeds).
By simply replacing the FOC with BRTEC and replacing the asymmetrical "passive" rotor disk (of RE-PMs) with another "active" stator disk, the resulting SYNCHRO-SYM (with the continuous power rating of two symmetrically accessible "active" winding sets on the stator and rotor disks, respectively) immediately provides at least the conceptually transformational advantages such as:
• Double the power rating without changing the air-gap flux density, the physical footprint, or the packaging techniques of the original axial-flux RE-PM-EMS (or any other retrofitted EMS), such as legacy or future advanced design, material, winding, construction, or manufacturing techniques. This leads to:
- Half the size, weight, or cost (per kilowatt of total power) or twice the power density at half the cost, without including the size, weight, and cost savings from eliminating the expensive, exotic, or wasteful "passive" components, such as RE-PMs.
- Up to half the electrical and core loss (per kilowatt of total power) of the RE-PM-EMS or the copper rotor slip-induction EMS. It includes the electrical loss associated with the electromagnetic core, the small orthogonal vector magnitude of magnetizing MMF, and the much lower compounded system loss associated with the rotor or stator active winding set of SYNCHRO-SYM controlled by BRTEC. Each of the latter is half the total power rating (or one-quarter the I2R electrical loss) of the single stator active winding set of the RE-PM-EMS controlled by FOC.
- Double the performance enhancement (per kilowatt of total power) enabled by the best packaging techniques available to all, which today's most advanced EMSs are constrained to strategically use on the same century-old "asymmetric" (i.e., passive rotor or single ported) transformer circuit and control architecture for their "fractional" performance enhancement or invention (e.g., square copper wire).
• At least quadruple the peak torque density of the original axial-flux RE-PM-EMS. That's because in accordance with the classic operating physics of the "symmetric" (or dual-ported) transformer circuit and control architecture (provided by SYNCHRO-SYM), air-gap (and core) flux density remains constant with increasing torque current beyond magnetizing MMF. That's unlike the alternative passive rotor (or asymmetric) EMS which quickly reaches core flux saturation with increasing torque current.
By retrofitting the RE-PM-EMS (or any EMS) with the circuit and control architecture of SYNCHRO-SYM, significant portions of the limited supply of RE-PMs are saved for other more strategic applications. With twice the power density of comparable RE-PM-EMSs, electric airplanes will fly higher, faster, and longer while reliability will improve! And with at least quadruple the peak torque, electric vehicles will be without the compounded size, weight, cost, unreliability, and inefficiencies of a transmission system for longer battery range.
Moreover, without the safety or assembly issues with the persistent magnetizing of RE-PMs, large, power-stacked, directdrive wind-turbine generators can be componentized into smaller diameter and lighter entities for easy shipping to the given locations.
Fred Klatt is Chief Technology Officer at Best Electric Machine.


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Bay Area Backstage has posted exclusive multi-camera video footage (with soundboard audio) of MACHINE HEAD's July 12, 2008 performance at the Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View, California (as part of the Rockstar Energy Mayhem Festival). Watch the 16-minute clip below.
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Year: 1990
Directed By: Michael Pressman
Written By: Todd W Langen, based on characters created by Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird
Like any normal boy in the late 80's and early 90's I was a huge Ninja Turtles fan. Those adolescent adjective experimenters were what I lived for. I spent my mornings watching the cartoons and my afternoons reenacting what I saw with my action figures. So in my youth and as a budding movie fan this was a movie I spent a lot of time with. I think it holds up well too after so many other attempts to capitalize on the property. I was raised on this movie and that makes me biased but I would stand by the statement that they have't been able to match this in 27 years.
This movie is dark and gritty whereas all of the other incarnations are more light hearted and family friendly. In this movie you see the turtles face real danger, there are consequences to their actions, and occasionally they're going to use mild colorful language. I love that it features kids turning to crime and smoking and stuff. Not because any of that is cool, it isn't, but simply because it isn't the kind of thing you would see done so casually in a movie these days.
The tone set by this film didn't carry on to the sequels and that's a shame. I think this was a success but the studios wanted something more family friendly thus we ended up with the silly sequels featuring Vanilla Ice and time travel. For this to be the starting point of the franchise I think the execs making the decisions should have considered that their audience was getting older as opposed to younger. When you go from gritty to silly you are only going to disappoint your audience.
I have become a grown up myself in the 27 years since this movie came out and I find that not only do I still enjoy it, but I'm still a sucker for anything Turtles. I have coffee mugs, refrigerator magnets, and even a Leonardo action figure sitting on my desk at work. It's Leo because he was the leader and all the figures that adorn my desk represent some form of leadership. He stands in attack mode next to a Negan sitting on a replica Iron Throne and holding Lucille. They sit below a large picture of Tony Soprano. In that I have Leo as a leader, Negan as a tyrant, and Tony as a boss. Nobody ever puts two and two together or even recognizes that it's Negan (because it's a comic toy, not a Jeffrey Dean Morgan PG version of the character) but that's not the point. They stand in representation for me and I enjoy them.
Leonardo isn't just any leader but an honorable and just one. He is the one his other brothers look to not only for leadership but for guidance and counsel. When my daughter brought me the action figure as a present one day I couldn't help but make him a place on my desk where he fit right in with the theme of what was already established.
Despite all the snazzy things they are able to do in the newer films I still hold this one up as the best the any Ninja Turtle movie has to offer. It's a raw and real movie about the Turtles that utilized animatronics rather than CGI. In this movie they did it the old fashion way, with the legendary Jim Henson company providing the special effects. I actually like the new films but these simpler turtles are still the ones that hold my heart.
I think this movie is worth the time of any Ninja Turtles fan but I think it can reach a wider audience than that. I can't say this is a movie I have been asked about or spoken to anyone about in more than 20 years but I loved it as a kid and I still enjoy it today. I can't say they were able to keep my support over the years with subpar sequels but this movie stands on its own two feet.
NEXT MOVIE: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)


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Due to the high amount of people arriving to the European shores, Marbella Town Hall has introduced a form on the official website for families willing to host refugees fleeing to Europe.
Families and individuals who are willing to help can download and fill in a form from the website that can be handed in at Town Hall offices.
However this is not the only way to help refugees. Families who can not host refugees can help by offering to foster, sponsor a family or become part of the team of volunteers.
You can find the link to download the document on marbella.es