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You and your friends can fight against waves of enemies in Horde Mode. Skill and team play are essential. The medieval locations won't forgive a single mistake! The battles don't just take place on foot. In Mordhau you can defeat your enemies with cavalry and control siege machines like Catapults or Ballists.
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A good place for Balinese food in the heart of Ubud. The menu features dishes such as lawar (green bean salad), ayam pelalah (spicy shredded chicken salad) and sambal goreng udang (prawns in a tangy coconut-milk sauce). Like your food? You can also learn to cook it.
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The extravagant beauty and delights of Bali extends to its very difficult to find cuisine. We are delighted to serve you "only" authentic Balinese cuisine in a traditional crafted village setting. Two decades investigating and documenting Balinese cuisine are the foundation in the style of cooking served in our restaurants. To further enhance the quality of our dishes we spend daily hours at the local markets to source the ripest fruits, garden-freshest vegetables, and fish that is caught the same morning. This together with our highly trained service and kitchen team will ensure a most memorable dining experience.
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Since opening Bumbu Bali, Restaurant & Cooking School in 1997 we have been awarded numerous times as one of the leading restaurants in Bali. Strangely enough after 15 years we are still the only authentic Balinese restaurant on the island. Unfortunately in Bali's mythic culture eating is very much a solitary affair, and locals mostly just eat to fill their bellies. Then the fact that Indonesia in the past did not manufacture ceramic prevented people from serving food as the Chinese did for millenniums. We take incredible pride in presenting to you Bali's food culture in its original authentic way. The only alterations we do is in the presentation, as we take only the finest ceramics the island's artisans produce.

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A COACHING project aimed at introducing organised sport to north inner city girls between the ages of five and eight years was launched at St Marys Youth Club in East Wall recently.
The not-for-profit venture, called Fun Direction, has already delivered coaching to 40 girls from East Wall and Fairview in athletics, camogie, soccer, Gaelic football, cricket, rugby and karate. The girls have also had lessons in throwing the Frisbee.
The response from participants was enthusiastically loud and the organisers are hopeful that the experience will sow the seeds for significant sporting participation for north inner city girls over the next decade.
The project is the brainchild of Belvedere FC academy coach, Ciaran Duffy, who enjoyed a long career in domestic football with UCD, St Francis, Bluebell and Belgrove. Once a trialist for Manchester United alongside David Beckham, Ciaran recognises the importance of sporting opportunities in child development.
He conceived Fun Direction after his own research suggested less than 10 per cent of girls in the north inner city had played any organised sport. He has spent that last few months pulling together all the resources required to bring the project to fruition.
All the girls will have the opportunity to participate in an ongoing once-weekly multi sport activity in their own community. Ciaran believes these opportunities have been denied to girls in disadvantaged areas due to a number of factors.
He established Fun Direction with two elements in mind – providing fun and giving direction.
Its not rocket science, says Ciaran. There must be fun, because if not, they wont come back nor should we expect them to.
We should be able to quietly achieve our own coaching objectives which centre on agility, balance and coordination.
The project applies Coaching Ireland's Lifelong Involvement in Sport and Physical Activity (LISPA) framework.
It aims to provide a good foundation while exposing kids to as many sports and activities as possible before they decide to specialise in later years.
Ciaran believes girls are more likely to play sports if they pick them up early and have the fundamental movement skills to apply themselves better to any sport.
The biggest reward for coaches at this age group is happy faces, he says.
I also love seeing the small incremental improvements in agility, skills and confidence day-by-day and week-by-week.
Of all the sports the 40 girls have experienced during the venture so far, the most positive reaction has been to the Karate session with Brian Carroll and assistants from Larkhill Karate Club, Santry.
The squeals of laughter were infectious despite the high intensity workout, says Ciaran.
Alongside the sport, Fun Direction is conscious of the need to provide some downtime for the girls. Music has been incorporated into the activities through daily guitar and sing-a-long sessions.
The project also has a major theme of healthy eating at the core which was delivered by Dr Lorraine Brennan and her colleagues from the UCD Institute of Food and Heath.
Ciaran says he is indebted to a number of people who helped deliver the project, including Maureen OSullivan TD (Ind) and the board of St Marys Youth Club; Principal Gerry Duffy and the board of O'Connells School; Aideen OConnor from the Dublin City Sports Network; Tesco which provided the healthy lunch each day; and Aine Fanning from St Vincents Camogie, who is also a teacher at North William Street Girls School.
Other sponsors included the IFSC Inner City Trust, Smurfit Kappa Group, RSM Farrell Grant Sparks, First Ireland Risk Management and Prime Property Management
You can learn more about Fun Direction on its Facebook page of the same name.


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Medical research on tinnitus and other hearing-related conditions gives us hope that a cure is in sight, with some experts even predicting a cure available as soon as 2020. However, it is generally agreed that one specific single cure will not work across the entire population of sufferers, because with tinnitus there are typically other underlying issues, such as some degree … [Read more...]
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The Brewers Association today released its annual rankings of the top 50 U.S. beer companies based on 2017 sales volume estimates.
Here's how things shook out:
Amongst BA-defined craft beer producers – companies that make fewer than 6 million barrels annually and are less than 25 percent owned by an alcohol industry member that is not also a craft brewery – Pennsylvania's D.G Yuengling & Son once again topped the list.
Boston Beer Company ranked second, while Sierra Nevada Brewing, New Belgium Brewing and Duvel Moortgat — which comprises Boulevard Brewing, Firestone Walker and Brewery Ommegang in the U.S — rounded out the top five.
Duvel actually moved up one spot on the list, ahead of Texas' Gambrinus Company, which owns the Shiner, Bridgeport, and Trumer brands and fell to sixth.
Although still ranking among the top 10 craft beer companies, Oregon's Deschutes Brewery fell two places, to tenth, while Stone Brewing Company and Canarchy – Oskar Blues, Cigar City, Perrin Brewing and the Utah Brewers Cooperative – each moved up one place, to eighth and ninth, respectively.
Other notable moves included:
- Delaware's Dogfish Head moved up two spots, to No. 12
- Colorado's Odell Brewing Company jumped from No. 27 to No. 22 on the list
- California's 21st Amendment moved up five places, to No. 26
- Pennsylvania's Tröegs climbed eight spots, and now ranks as the 30th largest BA-defined craft beer company in the U.S.
- Chicago's Revolution Brewing, which first cracked the top 50 in 2015, moved up six more places, to No. 40 on the list.
Meanwhile, fast-growing Cincinnati startup Rhinegeist made the top 50 list for the first time, ranking 33rd ahead of some notable craft beer makers, including Maine's Allagash Brewing, Minnesota's Surly Brewing and Ninkasi Brewing.
Speaking of Ninkasi, the Oregon-based company fell five places to 38th. And San Diego's Green Flash Brewing, which recently pulled distribution from 32 states and began a recapitalization process, also fell six places, to No. 43.
You can check out the full rankings here. Official production estimates will be published in the May/June issue of The New Brewer magazine.
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Brewers Association Releases 2017 Top 50 Brewing Companies by Sales Volume
Boulder, Colo • March 14, 2018—The Brewers Association (BA)—the not-for-profit trade group representing small and independent craft brewers—today released its annual lists of the top 50 producing craft brewing companies and overall brewing companies in the U.S., based on beer sales volume. Of the top 50 overall brewing companies, 40 were small and independent craft brewing companies.1
"In an increasingly competitive and mature marketplace, these brewing companies continue to lead and pave the path for small and independent craft brewers," said Bart Watson, chief economist, Brewers Association.
For a complete list of brewing company brands, please visit BrewersAssociation.org.
A comprehensive State of the Industry report will be delivered during the 2018 Craft Brewers Conference, held from April 30 – May 3, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee. The association's full 2017 industry analysis, which shows regional trends and sales by individual breweries, will be published in the May/June issue of The New Brewer, available in May 2018.
1 Figure based on companies that met craft brewer definition for all or part of 2017. An American craft brewer is small, independent and traditional. Small: Annual production of 6 million barrels of beer or less (approximately 3 percent of U.S. annual sales). Beer production is attributed to the rules of alternating proprietorships. Independent: Less than 25 percent of the craft brewery is owned or controlled (or equivalent economic interest) by an alcoholic beverage industry member that is not itself a craft brewer. Traditional: A brewer that has a majority of its total beverage alcohol volume in beers whose flavor derives from traditional or innovative brewing ingredients and their fermentation. Flavored malt beverages (FMBs) are not considered beers.
About the Brewers Association
The Brewers Association (BA) is the not-for-profit trade association dedicated to small and independent American brewers, their beers and the community of brewing enthusiasts. The BA represents 4,000-plus U.S. breweries. The BA's independent craft brewer seal is a widely adopted symbol that differentiates beers by small and independent craft brewers. The BA organizes events including the World Beer CupSM, Great American Beer Festival®, Craft Brewers Conference & BrewExpo America®, SAVOR℠: An American Craft Beer & Food Experience, Homebrew Con, National Homebrew Competition and American Craft Beer Week®. The BA publishes The New Brewer® magazine, and Brewers Publications® is the leading publisher of brewing literature in the U.S.
Beer lovers are invited to learn more about the dynamic world of craft beer at CraftBeer.com and about homebrewing via the BA's American Homebrewers Association and the free Brew Guru™ mobile app. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
The Brewers Association is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital/familial status. The BA complies with provisions of Executive Order 11246 and the rules, regulations, and relevant orders of the Secretary of Labor.


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Longborough Festival Opera is one of those companies one revisits with pleasure time and again. The atmosphere both outside and inside this friendly Cotswold venue is highly congenial. The agreeable balance between patrons who like to dress up formally and those who prefer to stay informal, those who dine and those who picnic, makes neither group feel ill at ease; and the views towards distant Oxfordshire across the Vale of Evesham make a summer evening there utterly beguiling. All the more relaxing, too, with the knowledge that the threat of a Value Added Tax backlog that had been ominously (and unfairly) hanging over the company had finally been vanquished.
Maria Soulis's Carmen teases the soldiery. Photo © 2006 Stephen Wright
Longborough's management has consistently shown skill and flair in its casting. Who but the wily Martin Graham would have had the ingenuity and wit to lure Sir Donald McIntyre, for countless seasons uncontested Laird of Bayreuth, back to his most acclaimed role of Wotan? Touch wood, the great New Zealand-born baritone will be appearing again in a brand new staging of Rhinegold next season. Jenny Miller, who made her name as the Longborough Ring's capable Brünnhilde and who sang the Witch in last year's scintillating Hansel and Gretel, this year joined the production team, providing the set designs for Alan Privett's spicy, handsomely attired new staging of Carmen.
Chorus antics - Bizet's cigarette girls add spice to Act 1 of 'Carmen'. Photo © 2006 Stephen Wright
Singers who have made a marked impact on this Cotswold stage include Maria Soulis (who was this season's Carmen), Julian Close, who this year sang the Commendatore in Longborough's Don Giovanni, a production which included the splendid Simone Sauphanor in the role of Donna Anna, and the pliant, much in demand Riccardo Simonetti in the title role as the dastardly Don.
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the jews of pre-war europe were conscious of the rantings that their belief system was not something to be respected. The Jews understood this, and to a certain extent accepted the demands of secularism of the "state" becoming a religion. But what were they to do? Their faith and race are intrinsically tied together.
This is not so with native Europeans. This consciousness is being understood and accepted as time passes. The acceptance of Christianity by Europeans [again, by the wandering Jews] had a semi-eastern philosophy turned religion but this will not happen with Islam. The Europeans that turn away from the Churches in droves do so because they feel their ancestors were duped into following Christianity based on fear and 'politics'. ...and they won't be fooled again....
The nonsense of the Islamic fables [stolen/twisted and rediculous] will never resonate with anyone. Even prisoners in Europe don't accept the same simplistic religious yearnings found in the American Prisons - which is where the most converts are being made. I think Islam is in for a rude awakening.. despite the charitable allowances made to the starving refugees from Africa etc. The Turks understand this [they were the only ones to really spread Islam] and that is why their flavor of Islam has never been so fanatical.
Politicians will cower and bend to whatever suits them - just like in the USA. Can't wait to have a President Osama eh? oh, sorry President Hussein Obama... such a tolerant nice sound to it...
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Mount the traditional understanding of the world once regarded as the peak of the nearest place to heaven. Not surprisingly, some of the world's mountain hallowed by some tribes and religions, as well as a tourist attraction.
You can just admire the beauty of the mountain because of its glory. But beyond that, the mountain has its own sanctity associated legend that enveloped him. The mountain peaks are considered as the location closest to heaven or Khayangan, thus purified.
Here are 10 sacred mountain in the world. You can feel sacredness of the mountains themselves are by direct visit:
1. Mount Fuji, Japan
Mount Fuji is one of Japan's state symbols. Behind the beautiful white snow, the mountain is also sacred by the Shinto religion. They consider this mountain is the home of Goddess of sengen-Sama. Temples dedicated Goddess is located at the top of the mountain.
2. Macchu Picchu, Peru
Macchu Picchu is the most sacred places throughout Peru, not because of the legacy of the Inca civilization ever built there. For thousands of years, Macchu Picchu is considered sacred because of the Incas also believed in the power of nature. Remains of the observatory show that the Incas are contemplating passing star cluster. Mountains towering in the background is Huayna Picchu Macchu Picchu, one side supporting the Temple of the Moon.
3. Mount Agung, Bali
Indonesia is a country by many mountains sacred, not least of Mount Agung in Bali. The mountain is sacred by Hindus in Indonesia. The proof, at the foot of this mountain there is to be Pura Besakih biggest temple in Bali. In some Hindu celebrations, the religious people often climb to the peak of Mount Agung, the height of 3142 meters above sea level.
4. Mount Nebo, Jordan
Mount Nebo where Moses is believed to be found God's Promised Land (Promised Land). Christians believe that the mountain is also home to the death of the Prophet. May climb this mountain. If the weather is clear, from a peak of lay views of the Dead Sea, Jerusalem, and Mount Olive.
5. Mount Sinai, Egypt
Mount Sinai, or Jabal Musa also called sacred by Muslims and Christians. This is where the Prophet Moses was God's 10 commandments. At its peak, there is an Orthodox Christian church and a mosque for Muslims.
6. Mount Everest, Nepal-Tibet
Many people are familiar with Everest as the world's highest peak, 8848 meters above sea level. But behind it, Everest is also sacred by the Tibetans who live on the slopes of the mountain. As part of the Himalayas, Everest Nepal and Tibet plateau together in the PRC. The Tibetans believe, Everest is the center of the universe.
7. Mount Kailash, the Tibetan Plateau
Kailash is the only sacred mountain by five religions: Ayyavazhi, Bon, Buddhist, Hindu, and Jainism. The mountain is located close to the river-the longest river in Asia namely Indus, Sutlej, Brahmaputra, and the Karnali. Hindus believe that Kailash is the home of Lord Shiva and where the creation of eternal life.
Every year, the people around the volcano is doing the ritual Kora around Mount Kailash. Actually, set foot here was a sacrilegious act. However Kora blots believed during the life of the world.
8. Adam's Peak, Sri Lanka
Muslim and Christian community believe this is where the first prophet is Adam's fall. In addition, Buddhists also believe that Adam's Peak is where the decline in Sri In. At an altitude of 2243 meters above sea level there is a giant footprints believed to be the footprints of Prophet Adam.
9. Uluru, Australia
Uluru or Ayers Rock is a mountain of sand that was in Central Australia, specifically in the National Park Uluru-Kata Tjuta. This mountain is sacred to the Anangu tribe, one section of the Aboriginal people who live in these locations. This mountain also has some historical relics, one of the ancient paintings around him.
In the beginning was a debate between Aboriginal people and governments of Australia, whether tourists should climb to the top of Uluru. But ultimately, the tourists are allowed up to Uluru, in consideration of, the sacred mountain of one another, that is Kata Tjuta must be sterile from tourist visits.
10. Mount Olympus, Greece
Mount Olympus in Greek mythology, including the brow of Zeus and Heracles the story of Hercules in Roman spelling. Greece's highest mountain (2917 masl) is said to be home to 12 Gods in power at the time of Ancient Greece. The peak was named Mytikas, believed to be the throne of Zeus.


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The MedCenters have cared for the Santa Barbara community with 3 urgent and primary care offices for more than 30 years. We have extended night and weekend hours and provide walk in and scheduled appointments. Originally designed to avoid the long wait and high cost of an emergency room visit we have evolved into a full spectrum, integrated primary care practice. Our goal is to be like your old fashioned family doctor, but with modern facilities and an onsite lab and X-ray. Why wait for weeks to see a doctor when you need one now! You can make an appointment for the same day, for any time convenient for you or just walk in—seven days a week!
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A minimum of 72 credit hours is required for the Ph.D. in chemistry. Students who have received an M.S. degree from another university may petition for transfer of up to 32 credit hours, applicable toward the Ph.D. degree.
Students must pass the Ph.D. qualifying examination by the end of their fourth semester in the program.
Next, students should register in 24-36 credits of research coursework numbered 691. To pass the comprehensive examination, they need to write a research progress report and proposal and defend it before a faculty committee. Students must pass the comprehensive exam before the end of their 3rd year.
The final phase in the Ph.D. degree program is the successful oral defense of the dissertation and submission of a Ph.D. dissertation approved by the academic advisor and the thesis committee.
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All degree applicants must hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited educational institution, with a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is required. Applicants with a GPA less than 3.0 may be granted provisional admission.
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- CHEM 550 Quantum Chemistry (3)
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Music is a power tool for communication and work. E.J. has provided us with excellent teaching materials that will show you in a practical way how to use music for your individual work, mediation, group work, and service.
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Transition programs
An important feature of Malvern Primary School is the well established and successful transition programs. One of our priorities is that all children new to Malvern feel happy and secure as quickly as possible. This is achieved through explicit programs and a nurturing and caring staff. We provide new children with a buddy to help them familiarise them with our school and to settle in – our prep students have a year 6 buddy.
The Prep Parent Information Book provides a wealth of information on the school and its operation.


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Rachael Ray Unfazed By Cindy McCain Recipe Yoinkingby Free Britney at .
Rachael Ray isn't getting riled up about Cindy McCain stealing some of her recipes. Then again, we all know Rachael Ray is a shameless media whore and bona fide megalomaniac good sport, so this probably makes her excited!
The wife of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, Cindy McCain cooked up some controversy when an intern shoplifted Rachael Ray's recipe for rosemary chicken, Ahi tuna and several other Food Network recipes.
The Arizona Senator's campaign site pawned them off as "Cindy's Recipes," only to have Recipe-Gate uncovered by a deft Huffington Post reporter (the next thing you know, they're gonna tell us The Hills re-shoots scenes for good angles).
Just the same, the wife of John Cusimano was unfazed, saying:
"All these recipes are supposed to be accessible to everyone. Interns, senators, students and families alike! I am flattered when anyone cooks my food."
Cindy McCain and Rachael Ray: Bonded by Ahi Tuna.
To further show she has no hard feelings, Ray wants to cash in big on this in every possible way John McCain and Cindy McCain to visit her show and "get in the kitchen to share with viewers some of their favorite recipes."
On Monday, after being outed, the campaign swiftly removed the recipes, and said the intern responsible was "dealt with," according to a campaign spokesperson. Joking, the rep told reporters, "We took away his zero pay."
Also exposed as a fraud this week? The McCain Girls! Sad.


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What is RU Hacks?
RU Hacks is a unique hackathon at Ryerson University, located at the heart of downtown Toronto. This year will be our third RU Hacks and we hope you will be here to join us for 36 hours of creativity. Meet new people, learn new skills and have fun while showcasing your talents. Code of Conduct.


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It's funny how this trip came together; about a month or two ago, I saw I had a 3-day weekend and kinda just decided I wanted to go somewhere. I went to Portland for the first time January of last year and I loved it so much I'd been dying to go back. I casually mentioned it to my friend, Gianna, and before we knew it, she got her mom and sister on board and our flights were booked.
After making the trek from Los Angeles to Portland... with a 5-hour overnight layover in San Francisco... we made our way to our hotel. For this trip, we stayed at the Society Hotel and let me tell you, I have nothing but raving reviews for this place. Hands down the best hotel I've ever stayed at. Not only were the staff and location amazing, the place itself was gorgeous. It was so vintage looking with high ceilings, white brick walls and fire escapes outside every window. My favorite things were the little cafe in the lobby and the gorgeous rooftop with the prettiest view of downtown Portland.
We spent the weekend doing lots of walking.. and lots of eating. We made our way through all the donuts and as many cute little breakfast and lunch spots that we could fit in to one weekend. Last year when I was in Portland, I tried both Blue Star and Voodoo Donuts and decided Blue Star was the best; this time around I made my way to Pip's Donuts and oh my god best donuts in my opinion! They were sooo good! My favorite breakfast had to be French Toast Connection-- it was the cutest little food truck that served the best french toast I ever had. We ordered it and took over to the public market and ate it inside. Waffle Window was a close second; another quirky walk up drive-thru window thing that served some delicious sweet and savory waffles. As for lunch, the coolest place I've ever eaten at anywhere, was the Grilled Cheese Grill. Let me just try to explain how cool it was; it was set up to look like a little campground where you order your grilled cheese sandwiches from a vintage airstream then take it to eat inside a decked out school bus.... yes, a school bus. It's such a cool vibe and the grilled cheese was really good.
I think my favorite bit of the whole trip was visiting Cathedral Park under St. John's Bridge. Last year when we went, we didn't get to visit and my sister was pretty bummed about it so I made it a priority this time around. The park itself was gorgeous and there were wildflowers growing everywhere and lines and lines of cherry blossom trees (which were literally everywhere in Portland.. SO BEAUTIFUL) and the bridge itself was so big and grand, I loved it. That was definitely the moment of the trip where I just felt so in awe of how beautiful Portland was. Seriously recommend checking it out if you ever visit.
I could talk about this trip forever (and I probably will) but these were some of my favorite things about this weekend. I love Portland. I love that I got to travel with some amazing people. I'm just loving life right now. Need any Portland recommendations, ask away! What's been your favorite place to travel to? Let me know!


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Welcome to our "Happy Ever Afters" page
These Amanda K brides have all been on a very special journey with us, finding their dream dress, maybe their bridesmaids dresses and even suits for their now husbands! We have shared laughter and tears with these beautiful brides and now here they are on their wedding day. Thank you to all of you for letting us be part of your very special journey!
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Every summer our family visits the North Shore, which is the area along Lake Superior in northeaster Minnesota. It's a whole different world than the rest of the state.
Sometimes we only make it as far as Duluth, but other years we head all the way up to see Split Rock and even further north to see the breathtaking Gooseberry and Pigeon Falls.
Duluth can be very chilly, even on the warmest days of the year, because of the lake effect. The city sits low in the Lake Superior Basin, so you have to wind your way down the hill to enter it. Often it is twenty degrees cooler at the bottom than at the top. The lake is so large, it feels more like a sea than a lake.
|The Canal Bridge raises high above the lake many
times a day to let ships in and out of the harbor
|The S.S. William A. Irvin Ore Boat Museum
in Duluth Harbor
|My hubby and kiddos near Canal Park in
downtown Duluth skipping rocks
|We were fortunate to see a huge ship come into harbor
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I was a guest on Todd Lewis' Round-Table, as the AltRight guy on the panel…
One Internet. One AltRight. One Fontana.
I was a guest on Todd Lewis' Round-Table, as the AltRight guy on the panel…
Originally Published at: http://alternative-right.blogspot.com/2016/08/the-racist-wink-race-in-clint-eastwoods.html
by Alex Fontana
DiGeorgio: That's one thing about our Harry. He doesn't play any favorites, Harry hates everybody: Limeys, Micks, Hebes, fat dagos, niggers, honkies, chinks. You name it.
Chico: How's he feel about Mexicans?
DiGeorgio: Ask him.
Harry: Especially Spics.
(Harry winks at Digeorgio as he walks off).
Dirty Harry (1971)
Slavoj Zizek has repeatedly made the seemingly contradictory point that Leftists should adopt "progressive racism" in order to counter racism. This would involve telling racist jokes that would produce "solidarity" by a communal sharing in obscenity. The joke and the laughter would effectively function as an assuaging mechanism to mask the very real and prescient tribal instincts, especially of whites whose countries are being invaded by a waves of foreign competitors.
The function of the racial joke for the 'progressive racist' is not to put down the Other, but rather to create a kind of Bakunian folk humor in which the otherness of the Other functions as a kind of post-modern grotesque realism. However, New Leftist political theorist Andrew Robinson sees potential dangers in this:
"The tendentialy resistant space of fan culture, by being displaced through repression, is turned into the pseudo-transgression of performative racism. At one level, racial abuse is transgressive (of liberal norms), but on another, it reproduces dominant structures (of underlying racism).
Such displays are similar to true carnival in their excess and expressiveness, but they ultimately uphold the transcendentalism of the in-group through transgressions which reinforce their privilege at the expense of an out-group… reactionaries and fascists are terrified of being overwhelmed by the 'floods' and 'bodies' of interpenetration with the other, though they must constantly return to the point of the threat of interpenetration so as to ward it off."
What Robinson misses, and what Zizek and Dirty Harry both get, is that in-group hierarchies in a time of multiculturalism and multiracialism, when we have seen a two-term Black President of the United States, is no longer as racially valid as it once was. Hierarchies are much more fluid, and professional and class based, than racial. Even then, Robinson's point about false transgressions is valid in some respects:
"Hierarchies were perhaps simpler in medieval times. We get into complexities today around the distinction between 'true' transgressions and those which repeat dynamics of the system at a deeper level. The system can use such 'false' transgressions to channel the carnivalesque into its own reproduction. Consider, for instance, how the transgressiveness of football culture has been displaced into the fascism of the EDL."
Robinson, like most Leftists, gets it backwards. Rather than football culture being displaced by fascism, it is rather the historical movement of fascism being displaced (or rather 'muted' or 'transfigured') into the false transgressions of football culture.
Still the specter of white supremacy haunts Leftist imaginations. So much so that the mass appeal of brown racial humorists, like Russell Peters, has been more acceptable in our politically correct times than a white comedic counterpart. Although this too is rapidly changing, especially given a sampling of Comedy Central's roasting of Shaquille O'Neil. When a white comedian can allude to 'Shaq' being a gorilla, the giant multimillionaire Negro can indulge in a full-bellied laugh at himself—at a joke that would likely offend most blacks.
Often when a joke pushes that politically correct line, the camera cuts to an audience member who resembles the recipient of the joke, laughing at it—"progressive racism" (freeze frame at 5:21 for the obvious Jew laughing at the Holocaust™ joke).
Shaq is part of the hierarchy of the Empire of Meaninglessness, the Empire of the Punch-line and the Slam Dunk Contest. The functions and irrationality of the market destroys and is destroying natural hierarchies between people at an unprecedented rate, helped along the way by the all-singing, all-dancing crap of the world of Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood.
Shaquille O'Neil's social status destroys the stigma of black inferiority and invites other Blacks and even whites to not take themselves so seriously. The growing acceptability of White racial humor directed against Blacks and other 'visible minorities' is indicative of the totalizing monolithic egalitarian tendency of what David Richards calls 'radical constitutionalism' in American values. Hence in Franz Kafka's short novel Amerika, the European Immigrant Karl, adopts the name Negro for himself, because despite representing the exploitation of the immigrant worker, it functions more broadly to describe the 'negrofication' of all identities below a certain professional or social status in America, and more generally still of the radical leveling of the democratic type as identified in Jose Ortega y Gasset's mass man. The solidarity of American values is the dog-eat-dog individualism of WASP capitalism and utilitarianism, emblematic of so many of Clint Eastwood's characters—"make my day," as Ronald Reagan said.
Eastwood at 86 years old is something of a throwback, a dinosaur, an homage to White American virility, poise, confidence and coolness. His early roles in spaghetti westerns connected him with the historical frontiersman, but in this he was always a loner, a desperado, an outsider, an individualist…an American.
These roles also connected him to the cinematic tradition of self-proclaimed 'white supremacist' John Wayne and the 'Eurocentric racism' of John Ford. 'Blondie' and the rest of Eastwood's portrayals were usually gunning down swarthier gangs in credulous retroactive acclamation of the triumph of the solitary white man. Later on Eastwood achieved superstar status for his role as the straight-talking 'Dirty Harry,' which solidified his image of Old Stock grit. Continuing with this image, Eastwood has caught some flak for some comments in a just published interview in Esquire magazine:
Esquire: Your characters have become touchstones in the culture, whether it's Reagan invoking "Make my day" or now Trump … I swear he's even practiced your scowl.
Eastwood: Maybe. But he's onto something, because secretly everybody's getting tired of political correctness, kissing up. That's the kiss-ass generation we're in right now. We're really in a pussy generation. Everybody's walking on eggshells. We see people accusing people of being racist and all kinds of stuff. When I grew up, those things weren't called racist. And then when I did Gran Torino, even my associate said, "This is a really good script, but it's politically incorrect." And I said, "Good. Let me read it tonight." The next morning, I came in and I threw it on his desk and I said, "We're starting this immediately."
Eastwood's Gran Torino is "politically incorrect" in the same vein of the 'racist wink,' that is it is performative racism, Zizek's "progressive racism."
Eastwood's Polish-American character in Gran Torino identifies with, and forms a self-sacrificing bond with, his South Asian neighbors, while simultaneously making racial slurs at their expense. Ironically, Eastwood's character appreciates the communal values of his immigrant neighbors, while his own white ethnic Catholic family has succumbed to the individualism of Americanization.
In the end the self-sacrificing white man gives his most prized possession to his Asian neighbor and snubs his own family—in part because they have grown apart and see their relationship in materialistic terms, while discarding those values of family, community, kinship, homemaking and hard work, traditionally associated with white Catholic ethnics. But the image of the young Asian driving the American muscle car down the highway at the end of the film is inclusive of that group's own impending Americanization.
The values that Eastwood's real life son lists as those that his father imparted to him are not those that make a community:
"It's an interesting time. My father's definitely old-school. And he raised me with integrity—to be places on time, show up, and work hard."
Rather these are the values that make an obedient and efficient worker. Still, Clint Eastwood can continue to cultivate the image of himself as a straight-talking tough guy, a real Reagan Republican, while the Empire of Meaninglessness laughs and sometimes winks its way to racial dispossession.
by Alex Fontana
"The big tycoons lurk indeed as the ultimate driving force behind world-encompassing Anglo-American imperialism; nothing else. The great money-powers indeed financed the terrifying mass-homicides of the World War. The great money-powers have indeed, as owners of all great newspapers, woven the world into a web of lies. They have with satisfaction whipped up all lower passions, have diligently fostered the growth of present tendencies…" Gottfried Feder
Reading Martin Gilbert's Churchill and the Jews: A Lifelong Friendship brought to mind that infamous article which Winston Churchill wrote in 1920, for a popular British Sunday newspaper, the Illustrated Sunday Herald, entitled "Zionism versus Bolshevism: A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People." Gilbert devotes a small chapter to the essay, provoking me to write my objections to Churchill's very biased argumentation in favour of Zionism.
Although there is some speculation as to whether Churchill was Jewish or part-Jewish himself—from his American mother—this is not overly relevant, as, by chapter four, Gilbert has already established Churchill's tangled social and financial links to elite British Jews, stretching back to his father Lord Randolph Churchill, the Duke of Marlborough, who cultivated these relationships and passed them on to his son.
Winston was lavished with fine gifts by these Jews. For example, when he went to South Africa as a war correspondent during the Boer War (1899-1902), "Lord Rothschild gave him £150 and Cassel gave him £100: a total sum that was the annual income for many middle-class families" (Gilbert, p. 4) for his kit and provisions. Later, when Churchill wed, Cassel gave him the equivalent of $40,000 (in current values) as a gift. In 1906 Churchill spent the summer travelling Europe:
"His three hosts, Sir Ernest Cassel at Villa Cassel in the Swiss Alps, Lionel Rothschild driving in Italy, and Baron de Forest at Castle Eichstatt in Moravia, were all Jews." (p. 13).
|Churchill patron: Lionel Rothschild
Politically Churchill's advocacy of Jewish interests began in 1904, when the Conservative Member of Parliament decided to change alliances to run on a Liberal ticket for Manchester North-West, "where a third of the electorate was Jewish." (p. 7) In this Churchill was groomed for the specific function of being the gentile figurehead opposing the then Conservative government's Aliens Bill, which was "aimed at curbing the influx of Jewish immigrants from Tsarist Russia." (p. 7) Churchill criticised the Bill as an "appeal to insular prejudice against foreigners, to racial prejudice against Jews, and to labour prejudice against competition." Churchill and the Jews were initially successful but a similar bill later passed.
Following this, Churchill was soon speaking in support of the Jewish Hospital Fund in Manchester, eulogising the Jewish spirit of tribalism in terms of "race and faith," adding the advice that they "be good Jews." (p. 15) A 'good Jew' presumably meant one who contributed to Churchill's coffers.
In these two cases, we see Churchill criticising his own people for having 'prejudice' against foreigners, lambasting them for a legitimate fear of clannish competition, while shortly after, he lauds the Jews for their community spirit, possessed by the "guiding principle" of "their race and of their faith"—a clear double standard! If this consciousness of 'race and faith' arose amongst gentiles, Churchill would no doubt have declared such 'provincial' attitudes un-English, but amongst the Jews it was a cause of celebration, especially with regard to the idea of a Jewish homeland:
"The restoration to them of a centre of true racial and political integrity would be a tremendous event in the history of the world." (p. 18)
One wonders how Churchill would have reacted to the demographic transformation of London into a multiracial zoo with no racial and political integrity, but one only needs to look to David Cameron—with his offshore accounts, policies of multiculturalism and mass immigration, and support for EU Federalism—to understand that Churchill is neither unique nor an abnormality in terms of ethno betrayal, personal opportunism and excessive philosemitism. Churchill stands out only as the prototype and best champion of the class of political Shabbos goy.
|Cartoon lamenting the 1911 Welsh Pogrom
In 1911, when Churchill became Home Secretary, "Britain's only pogrom" occurred in South Wales, with Welsh miners attacking Jewish businesses and property. Churchill promptly dispatched the army to quell the blue-collar, anti-Semitic revolt, winning for himself high praise amongst the Jewish community in Britain.
At the start of WWI Churchill intervened to help naturalise the son of the Austrian Zionist Theodor Herzl. During the war, as First Lord of the Admiralty, in charge of the navy, he recruited the Zionist, and future first President of Israel, Chaim Weizmann, as a chemical engineer to synthetically produce acetone, a solvent for naval explosives.
Significantly, Churchill was also the most prominent advocate in the British government for diverting men, ships, and materials to attack the Ottoman Empire, resulting in the ill-fated Gallipoli expedition. Gilbert alludes to Churchill's ulterior motives in doing this, as it would help secure Palestine for Churchill's Zionist friends. Arthur Balfour's letter to the 2nd Baron Rothschild, "The Balfour Declaration," confirmed the British government's commitment to gifting the Jewish people another people's homeland in exchange for their continued commitment to the British war effort, which included canvassing for American involvement in the war.
The Creel Committee, the advertising team that sold the American public the idea of entering the war on Britain's behalf, despite the fact that Wilson won re-election on an anti-interventionist, "Peace without victory" ticket, certainly had its Jewish and Zionist elements. Certainty Jewish pressure mounted to get America involved. In the run-up to the American declaration of war in 1917, the Jewish financier Bernard Baruch left Wall Street to advise President Wilson on national defence, and, once war was declared, he was appointed Chairman of the War Industries Board in Wilson's administration. Also, Sigmund Freud's nephew Edward Bernays famously partook in the propaganda campaign to steer American involvement.
With the incentive of a Jewish homeland, international Jewry, Zionists, and those sympathetic to the cause, rallied to the Entente's side. The German defeat was attributable, in large measure, to economic warfare. Historians—Allied, German, Nazi, and even recent Rothschild biographer Niall Ferguson—have at least somewhat endorsed the "stab in the back myth." The fact that it is referred to as a 'myth' rather than a 'theory,' should be more than enough to raise questions of historical gatekeeping. Why 'denial' rather than 'revision'?
America's international financial oligarchy, the "Big Yids," as Ezra Pound termed them, were already sided with the international financial oligarchy of the British Empire. The war already offered financial rewards in terms of speculation and the transfer of territories and resources, but the promise of a Jewish homeland held even greater sentimental, psychological, and tribal significance for the Jewish Diaspora. The alliance between Germany and the Ottoman Empire, therefore, may well have been the factor that proved fatal to the German Reich.
|National Socialist economist, Gottfried Feder
The stab-in-the-back "myth" attests that Germany was betrayed in WWI internally by a cohort of Jews, republicans, and communists. Defeat culminated in civil war, the collapse of the autocratic government, and increased civil rights for Jews. Speciously missing from the historical record, as far as I know, is a well-researched account of economic warfare against the German Empire. The trade embargo is well known and expected, but missing is a history of war credit and bonds to Germany. Did credit dry up in lieu of increasing Jewish support for the Anglo-American powers? One inferred indication of this was the publication of German economist Gottfried Feder's Manifesto for the Abolition of Interest Slavery (1919). Feder, who was one of the founders of the National Socialist German Workers' Party, argued against "Mammonism" and framed the war in Evolian terms, speaking of a greater metaphysical struggle between ways of life:
"The World War is at its inmost core one of the biggest decisions in the evolutionary process of humanity in the struggle to decide whether in the future the Mammonistic-materialistic worldview or the socialistic-aristocratic worldview should determine the fate of the world."
Clearly Churchill benefited greatly, financially and personally, from his relationships with wealthy Jews. This, combined with his unparalleled spearheading of Jewish political causes, can only lead to one conclusion, namely that Churchill was a political opportunist and gun for hire of Mammonism. In fact, Churchill's very first platform as a junior Conservative minister was to protest against pogroms in Russia. His extreme concern with Jewish issues seems almost pathological, unless one accounts for the lining of his pockets.
The principal concept that must be imparted and understood with regard to the consciousness of Jews and their gentile apologists is the concept of a Jewish double standard, in effect giving them special status above the law. The concept of a Jewish double standard, found in the Torah, (Leviticus 25:37), corresponds to what Benjamin Nelson has labelled the Deuteronomic Double Standard. This allows Jews, specifically in relation to usury, to treat fellow Jews better than non-Jews. This is analogous to the distinction of brother vs. other, or, as Carl Schmitt put it, a well-defined "friend/ enemy" distinction.
Churchill grants Jews such a double standard, as can be observed in his famous article, "Zionism versus Bolshevism: A Struggle for the Soul of the Jewish People." In that article, after first defining Bolshevism as a "Jewish movement," Churchill then philosophises on the dual nature of the Jews as producing Christianity, to which he accredits "the whole of our existing civilisation," while also producing the "anti-Christ" of Bolshevism:
"As if the gospel of Christ and the gospel of the Antichrist were destined to originate among the same people."
Conveniently, Churchill disregards two essential truths. Firstly, Christianity, with its universalist principles, is the antithesis of Judaism, and secondly, there is the fundamental problem that Jews reject Christ. According to Christian logic, Judaism, with its double standards of tribalism, is effectively the Antichrist itself.
Churchill then pleas for individual rights for what is in effect a collectivist entity, ignoring the fact of Jewish tribalism:
"…his right to be judged on his personal merits and conduct."
He underlines this contradiction by lauding the Jews, who:
"…dwelling in every country throughout the world, identify themselves with that country… I am an Englishman practising the Jewish faith."
Again Churchill ignores the inherent tribalism of Judaism, as if the Jewish faith was just another Christian variation which owing to liberalism must be tolerated.
|Antisemitism, in its essence, is the refusal to apply individualist
standards to what is in fact a collectivist tribal entity.
Next are the 'bad Jews'—the "International Jews"—who embrace Bolshevism and revolution. Churchill says most, if not all of them, have forsaken the faith of their forefathers, and divorced from their minds all spiritual hopes of a next world. However, here Churchill's argument rests on either ignorance or wilful deception. As Emile Durkheim noted in his famed study Suicide, Jews have lower rates of suicide than both Catholics and Protestants. Thus is not due to a lack of faith in an afterlife, but rather because their religion is a "society"—a collective. Durkheim's hypothesis is that suicide would be highest among single, Protestant men because these groups are less integrated & less regulated. The afterlife and the belief in the immortal soul are not features of the Jewish religion.
Churchill than lists a long account of the Bolshevik Jews:
"With the notable exception of Lenin, the majority of the leading figures are Jews."
But, as Gilbert writes, "Neither Churchill nor his colleagues, nor the Jews, knew that Lenin's paternal grandfather was a Jew." Churchill also contradicts his earlier claim about the Bolshevik Jews abandoning the faith of their forefathers, when he notes:
"…in many cases Jewish interests and Jewish places of worship are excepted by the Bolsheviks from their universal hostility."
The next section is a public declaration in favour of Zionism:
"Zionism offers a third sphere to the political conceptions of the Jewish race… to have the opportunity and the responsibility of securing for the Jewish race all over the world a home and a centre of national life."
This begs the question why, if the Jews are given a home, must they remain in everyone else's lands? Why do they get their cake and eat it too?
Churchill answers that next, saying that the size of Palestine cannot accommodate more than a few million Jews, but that the growth of such a state would be beneficial to the British Empire. Curiously, the Empire today has fallen and Israel continues to grow. Furthermore after the 'good national Jew' has his own homeland, what keeps him loyal and patriotic to his adoptive land if he first identifies as a Jew? "Dress British, think Yiddish," as the proverb runs. Churchill praises Zionism in precisely these terms, because it would complicate or undermine Jewish loyalty to British interests:
"A Jewish national centre in Palestine… will also be a symbol of Jewish unity and the temple of Jewish glory."
What would Churchill think of a symbol of Gentile unity and a temple of Gentile glory?
|"Never has so much been owed by so many to so few"…um, yeh.
Originally published: http://alternative-right.blogspot.com/2017/02/papal-attraction-young-pope.html
|Jude Law as Pius XIII
by Alex Fontana
The story of The Young Pope begins with a renegade ultra-conservative young churchman, Lenny Belardo, who has just become Pope Pius XIII and has the goal of returning the Church to its former glory—basically "Making Catholicism Great Again!" The role is played enigmatically by English actor Jude Law.
|A rolling Pope gathers no mass.
Instead he turns his energies inwards, working within the church to build a fanatical following, disposing of homosexuals, smashing child molesters, and expelling adulterers. What is being rejected here is the submissive relativism of the present Pope, with his aimless credo of "Who am I to judge?"
Sadly the show missed these golden opportunities, and, halfway through the season, lapsed instead into melodrama. Soapy endings, topped off with montage sequences set to pop music, pushed the series away from overarching topics towards twee fables and neat endings. Sorrentino essentially went for a kind of "Grey's Anatomy" formulaic sentimentalism that pervaded the later episodes, a kind of "life is hard, but smile" degeneration of the enterprise.
"Benedict's razor-sharp intellect is the best skill he has to offer for his church—and potentially the world as well. When he turned the brainpower toward the realm of interreligious relations in last week's speech, Benedict shifted the terms of a debate that has been dominated by either feel-good truisms, victimization complexes, or hateful confrontation. He sought instead to delineate what he sees as a fundamental difference between Christianity's view that God is intrinsically linked to reason (the Greek concept of Logos) and Islam's view that "God is absolutely transcendent."
Curiously, ruminations about Christ and even images of Him are nearly absent from the show. It seems to bypass spiritual depth and revelation, instead focusing on a kind of House of Cards politicization of the Faith, which, despite the magical communion that the Pope enjoys with God, leaves one feeling conned with something more banal.


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Thar Desert(redirected from Rajasthan Steppe)
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Thar Desert(tär, tŭr) or
Great Indian Desert,extensive arid region, c.500 mi (800 km) long and c.250 mi (400 km) wide, S Asia, in NW India and E Pakistan, between the Indus and Sutlej river valleys on the west and the Aravalli Range on the east. Largely a desolate region of shifting sand dunes, broken rocks, and scrub vegetation, it receives an annual average rainfall of less than 10 in. (25 cm). The sparsely populated region has a pastoral economy. Through the extension of canals fed with Sutlej and Beas waters, irrigation has reclaimed some land for agriculture along the northern and western edges. In May, 1974, India exploded its first nuclear device in the desert in Rajasthan state.
Thar Desert
a desert in NW India, mainly in NW Rajasthan state and extending into Pakistan. Area: over 260 000 sq. km (100 000 sq. miles)


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This week's controversy over a Virginia law requiring ultrasound before abortion illustrates the oft-cited inconsistency in demanding a small, non-intrusive government while at the same time mandating state interference in people's private lives. But that apparent hypocrisy is only on the surface. The typical conservative doesn't favor a small government. The real attitude is much narrower: Stay out of my business.
The idea that religion-influenced issues like abortion are exceptions to an overall anti-government point of view is false. Leaving aside libertarian extremists, the whole small-government attitude is a sham. Typical Americans, however they vote, want lots and lots of things from government. Lots and lots and lots of things.
We want armed forces to protect us – and to interfere overseas, with jaw-dropping frequency.
We want safety-net services when we lose our jobs, homes, or health insurance. Regulators to assure the safety of our food. A well-funded court system to punish criminals and adjudicate disputes. Protection of our borders against illegal immigration, and of our money against bank failures. Care for our military veterans. Maintenance of our highways and bridges. First responders for emergencies. Weather forecasting.
Some of us even want moon colonies.
On the local level, we want garbage pickup, sewer maintenance, street cleaning, snow removal, fire stations, public transportation, police to patrol our streets and pull speeders off the road…and schools for our children. The list goes on.
It's easy to make fun of ignorant Americans who say things like "Government, get your hands off my Medicare!" But most of us have a basic knowledge of what government provides. We're used to it, we like it, we want it, we need it.
Just as long as it stays out of my business.
So let's not be scandalized by the "hypocrisy" of right-wing politicians and activists who want government control of some things (e.g. women's bodies) but not others (e.g. "health care"). Most people want government to keep on doing pretty much what it's been doing (albeit better) – regardless of party affiliation or stated political philosophy.
The difference is that some of us are willing to say that out loud – and to pony up the taxes.


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Corn futures saw 9 to 11 1/4 cent gains in most contracts on Friday, with July expiring and Sep closing 3.53% higher on the week. Traders shrugged off larger USDA numbers from Thursday, as weather forecasts are starting to heat up for the rest of July. A private export sale of 104,100 MT of corn for 19/20 delivery to Panama was reported by USDA this morning. Friday's Commitment of Traders report indicated money managers adding 5,520 contracts to their net long position in the week that ended on July 9 to 187,168 contracts. Thursday's balance sheet update from USDA showed the projected 19/20 US cash average price at $3.70, down a dime from the June report. USDA also cut 100 mbu to the old crop export projection to 2.1 bbu. Buenos Aires Grain Exchange pegs Argentina's corn harvest at 53.1% complete, compared to the 5-year average of 64.2%.
JUL 19 Corn closed at $4.49 1/2, up 1 3/4 cents,
SEP 19 Corn closed at $4.54 1/4, up 10 cents,
DEC 19 Corn closed at $4.59 1/4, up 11 1/4 cents
MAR 20 Corn closed at $4.65, up 10 1/2 cents
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June 9, 2011 at First Christian Church, 1905 North Patterson St, Valdosta, GA 31601
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What a year it was for another Norfolk School Games. Over 18,000 young people took part in level 2 competitions in the year across all 8 school sports partnerships. This year alone saw nearly 3500 children compete in 22 events, 15 of which were level 3 competitions. With such a variety of sports on offer, there was something for everyone.
Events for the year included, cricket, netball, cross country, angling and athletics and it was fantastic to see so many young people accessing competitive sport. A new addition to our programme was the Primary Schools Quadkids competition which saw KS2 pupils compete in 4 different athletic events. 130 pupils took part in this competition having qualified at level 2 and it proved to be such a popular event that it will back for this year and open to even more pupils for their chance to compete. As well as this, there were alternative sports days for secondary school pupils who might not normally engage in school sports. Sports included skateboarding, climbing and cycling. We hope that by providing a variety of sports, young people found something that they enjoyed and can continue with.
Special Schools also took part in inclusive festivals and games across the year. Panathlon events were popular and supported by fantastic young leaders who always encourage those with special educational needs. The carousel structure to the days allowed children to experience different inclusive activities and it is always great to see the excitement this event brings to those who attend.
Our largest and one of the most popular and eagerly anticipated finals in the school games diary is cross country. With over 600 pupils making the final each year, we were delighted to be able to host this years at a new venue, in the beautiful surroundings of Holkham Hall. We are thrilled that the event will take place in Holkham again this year and look forward to welcoming a new group of runners at our winter finals weeks.
The School Games aim is to keep competitive sport at the heart of schools by providing engaging opportunities for young people to help them develop as characters, realise their potential and continue their pathway to an active, healthy, happy and prosperous life. We hope that the young people go away feeling excited to take part and wanting to do more. If you would like your school to be part of the school games this year, then get in contact with your school games organiser.
We are looking forward to welcoming you to a brand-new year of Norfolk School Games.
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What a year it was for another Norfolk School Games. Over 18,000 young people took part in level 2 competitions in the year across all 8 school sports partnerships.Read article
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This tiny restaurant is the definition of "chick magnet." Marble tables, soft lighting, super feminine décor, and pastel-colored cocktails make While We Were Young an instant Instagram staple. And can you believe it's owned by a dude who concocted the whole vision?!
I promise you, the food is actually quite delicious too, and brunch is what it is best known for. They don't take reservations, entirely first-come-first-serve, so make sure to come early or be prepared to wait a little bit.
Make sure to check it out and bring your camera/phone fully-charged for those gramworthy photo ops!!


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This post first came out on Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Cats On Tuesday: Recyclable MouseA short while ago Au was trotting around the house with a tiny field mouse in his mouth. He disappeared into the garden, came home later without it, and we assumed the poor little thing had been dispatched.
Then he brought it in again, but through one thing and another it escaped. Then he caught it for a third time.
When the house tiger brings in the same catch three days running, we begin to ponder the existence of the recyclable mouse. Or perhaps Au wants a pet?
And here they are: Au and his pet mouse.


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Z1MPLEX Mixology Laboratory Phuket specializes in serving shots, and the owners have elevated this humble tipple to a fine art. You are given an iPad from which you can order your drinks and they are crafted in front of your eyes.
Most of the shots here are priced from 250-400 baht and contain a mix of different liquors and fruit-based ingredients that lead to delicious results. The concept behind the bar is to celebrate the art of mixology, or the blending of different drinks to make colourful final results. You will find a huge amount of thought and technical prowess has gone into the design of each of the shots.
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The bar has a fun and upbeat atmosphere and there are DJs in attendance playing a range of music, including electronic, house, and R&B.
One thing to note is that this bar only serves shots, so many patrons come here for one or two glasses before moving on to other night spots in Phuket Town. Z1MPLEX Mixology Laboratory Phuket does not keep to strict opening hours, so it is best to check ahead of time if they will be open to avoid disappointment.
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Winning pie July 27, 2013
4th Annual Blueberry Pie Contest
This years winner is!! Jennifer Stoudt she made:
Blueberry Sour Cream Pie with Pecan Streusel & French Butter Crust
You will need:
For the Crust:
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/8 tsp, salt
1/2 cup butter
1/4 of a beaten egg
1/4 tsp vinegar
.75 oz water (approx. 1/10 cup)
For the filling:
3/4 cup sugar
3 heaping Tbsp flour
1 cup sour cream
1 egg
1-1/2 tsp vanilla
1/4 tsp salt
3-1/2 cups blueberries (fresh is best)
dash of lemon juice
For the Streusel:
4 heaping Tbsp flour
3 heaping Tbsp sugar
4 heaping Tbsp finely chopped pecans
3 Tbsp melted butter
Direction to make the crust
Whisk together flour & salt. Cut in butter to pea sized chunks. Whisk together egg, vinegar & water. Pour into flour mixture and mix just until a large ball can be made. Roll out & place into a pie plate (8″ deep dish or 9″ shallow crust).
To make the filling:
Whisk together the sugar, flour & salt. Whisk in sour cream, vanilla, egg & dash of lemon juice until smooth. Fold in blueberries & pour into unbaked pie crust.
Bake at 400 degrees f. for 25 minutes, then remove from oven & add streusel.
To make Streusel:
Combine ingredients and spoon over the top of the baked pie. Return to the 400 degree oven for an additional 10 minutes.
Chill before serving.


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Regis' Young commits to North Dakota, eyeing playoffs
When Casey Young steps onto North Dakota's campus next season, the transition should be seamless.
He'll find a similar environment — building a program — and a similar role — a chance to contribute right away — to what he has now at Regis Jesuit.
"It was a perfect fit for me," said Young, who took his official visit to the campus in Grand Forks this past weekend, where he committed. "Everything about it, I enjoyed."


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"Praise the Lord with Loud Songs of Joy"
Music is an integral part of our worship of God at Hillcrest. We sing songs to praise and worship God. Our musicians help us connect with God through music.
THE CHANCEL CHOIR leads the congregation in song s variety of musical styles three or four Sundays per month:
- classical
- gospel
- spiritual
- praise
Would you like to sing with us? No experience necessary.
- Join the choir for rehearsals on Thursday nights from 7-9 pm and Sunday morning sat 9:45 am in the Sanctuary.
- Sing at the 10:30 am Service.
Contact Mary Gallahue, Chancel Choir Director, through the Church Office (925-689-8260).
The organ, with its 23 ranks of pipes – 1,388 pipes in all – grouped in 21 voices, is operated by a 31-stop, 2-manual console built by the firm of Thomas C. Walters of Oakland, and installed at Hillcrest in 1964. It combines a 1904 Whaley & Spencer pipe organ with new pipes, console, blower and chests built by M.P. Möller, Inc. This organ typically provides music during the traditional service.
Variety helps our worshipers praise God. Various pianists on the grand piano combine with electronic keyboards, folk guitars, percussion, handbells, chimes, trumpets, Native American flutes and other instruments to "make a joyful noise." Do you play an instrument? Join us in praising the Lord with your musical talents.
Our recently installed, state of the art sanctuary sound system enhances our worship with clear music, voice, and recording. Our sound board operators are a vital part of our worship experience.
At Hillcrest, we always welcome the young, the old and the in-betweeners who have the desire, talent, and time to volunteer in the music program. Whether you're a singer, instrumentalist, or a sound tech, there is a place for you to serve. To share your talents, email the Hillcrest office with your interest and skills.


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Our staff designers have always sought to serve the worship and liturgical needs of communities without adversely impacting architectural spaces and settings. We have been successful because we have always sought to clearly understand the voice of the community within the vocabulary of the building. From Victorian to Post-Modernism, dominant styles and tastes change over time. We continue to espouse the need to seamlessly blend changes and updates into liturgical objects, and to tastefully answer the requirements of the space, the congregation and the community. Through scholarship and experience, Rambusch designers have found answers through nearly every known medium and for all budgets: marble and granite; surface paint, fresco, secco and gilding; mosaic, stained glass and ceramics; fine woodwork; carved and cast ornament; repoussè, engraving, silver, gold, bronze; plastics or stainless steel, Monel metal or aluminum.
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Aeolidia to the rescue!
Client's Problem
My main objective with the new website is to make purchasing products from Boco Baby easy. Right now people have to actually work at ordering products from my Etsy shop because they have to read a lot and write a bunch in the message to sellers and we still have to contact to clarify. They don't really know what they are going to be receiving as far as what it will look like.
It is important for me to convey of exactly what we do – take your baby's name and your choice of design and create the items of your choice. People don't totally understand, they think we have a warehouse full of name fabric in every design. I would love for people to get an immediate impression of how the process works.
For the home page I want them drawn in without being overwhelmed. I want the first thought to be PROFESSIONAL! It has taken awhile for me to consider my business a true business and myself as the head, and right now with Etsy I feel like I'm just pretending. I don't want homemade or home business or crafter to cross their minds. I want them to think "Where have I been that I didn't know about this incredible company already?"
I want it to be memorable so if they don't buy products right away they remember where to go to get the best one of kind quality product for a baby.
My ultimate goal is to sell a lot of personalized baby and childrens items and have the experience be so easy and exciting that they can't wait to order again . . . and again.
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For Boco Baby's logo redesign and new website, we created a look that was clean and modern, while remaining playful and sweet. Chandler's fox illustration had become Boco Baby's unofficial mascot, and we stripped out some extra detail to make it more chic. What remains is a simple, iconic mark, bookended by friendly custom type. We also added two little forest friends — a bunny and bear — to round out the cheery branding. The new fun and friendly aesthetic extends to the website, which needed to be clean and easy to navigate.
On the product pages, we customized the ordering process to allow Chandler to easily update all the options and customizations for each product. Now her customers can simply select their preferences from lists of options to create exactly what they want. A size chart is automatically included, and customers may add things to a wish list.
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Lowdown: A former big time star faces the mortality of his situation.
I first heard of Jean Claude Van Damme during my army service when I was forced to watch his rather hideous karate film Bloodsport in the company of men who seemed to have an orgasm with every kick. With time, Van Damme either grew on me or rather his films improved, and by the mid nineties he had a couple of nice films under his belt. Yet since then he seems to have disappeared into an abyss, popping back for the first noticeable time in JCVD.
The unique thing about the JCVD comeback is that it's not just another kick and punch movie. Rather, it's a film about Van Damme the real person or Van Damme as a real person (an important distinction the film keeps blurry on purpose). Van Damme plays himself, an aging movie star way past his peak but still a national hero at his homeland of Belgium who spends his time between reading job offers for very B grade films and dealing with the legal fight for his daughter in the USA.
As the film starts we see Van Damme coming back to Belgium from a custody court case that didn't go his way. He has his taxi stop by a post office, and the next thing you know it seems as if he's holding the people at that post office hostages. The situation receives plenty of attention from everyone given the hero status Dan Damme has with his compatriots. Then we go through a series of flashbacks during which we quickly learn that Van Damme is in fact a hostage and that it's only his status that made us think he's the hostage taker. Thing is, the outside world still thinks he's a criminal.
The rest of the film revolves around exposing Van Damme as a regular human being with regular human being issues and desires through the hostage situation that places him, the mega star, in a pretty helpless position. That big time ass kicker is all submissive in front of several low caliber criminals and their measly guns.
JCVD is certainly no run of the mill Van Damme film; there's no action to speak of and Van Damme is asked to act instead of kick. We are left with no doubt as for the film's purpose: it's a cynical look at the the world of celebrities and/or a deep look at a regular person in times of trouble. It could also be Van Damme's ticket back to celebrity status.
Given the uniqueness of having a genuine star willing to expose himself this way, JCVD is a fine and unique effort. Problems wise, my main issue with JCVD is the style with which it was shot: a very shaky camera held too close to the action, resulting in headaches and severe difficulties comprehending what's taking place. I don't get this style no matter how fashionable it currently is.
Key scene: While being held hostage, Van Damme is suddenly raised up and we can see he's in a movie set. He looks at the camera and gives us a long, too long in my view, speech from the bottom of his heart. It's person to person, not movie star to person.
Best scene: Van Damme's captor tells him how good Hard Target was and how much of an idiot John Woo was for abandoning him afterwards, noting Woo paid the just price with Windtalkers. The dialog continues and the two exchange jokes about Steven Seagal and his ponytail. While most of the dialog comes from the captor's mouth, it is clear that what we're hearing is the real Van Damme spilling his guts over the fate of his career. And I agree: as an owner of the Hard Target DVD, my opinion is this is Van Damme's best film ever and Woo's best American made film; I also agree that Windtalkers is an incredibly bad film.
Technical assessment: Interestingly enough, our local video store only had JCVD on DVD, which is why I missed out on it thus far (most of my browsing attention is reserved to Blu-rays). As DVDs go it's not a bad one, although it has absolutely no supplementals (a two disc DVD set is said to be available, too). The picture quality is hard to assess as JCVD seems to have been filmed on extra high contrast stock that makes it look almost black and white, but the sound is decent.
Overall: Not a film that will knock you off your seat, but definitely uniquely interesting. 3 out of 5 stars, and here's hoping to see more quality stuff from Van Damn It's direction.


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Morning lovelies! My hands are freezing this January morning. I don't know if it is the chill outside or the lack of circulation in my phalanges, either way my fingers are cold and seem to be bound and determine to cause as many typos as they can. Hopefully the three times I read over this post will get rid of whatever errors my frigid hands caused me to make. I seem to always have cold hands and poor hubby has to deal with the icicle fingers all the time. Anyone else have a problem with cold hands? I swear I need to wear mittens all the time!
But enough about my cold hands, lets get to this yummy recipe we tried out this week. I recently checked out The Girl Who Ate Everything by Christy Denney at my library. It had a lot of delicious looking meals and I was very excited to bring that book home and get to creating in my kitchen. The first thing I wanted to make was Mini Puff-Puff Pancakes. I've been trying to prepare more hot breakfasts for those red heads of mine. I had made waffles over the Christmas break and they were shocked that I had made a hot breakfast. I got the hint and started looking for some new recipes ot try out.
This recipe was quick and easy to make. It also only requires those pantry staples we all have in stock. I love when recipes only call for those. It makes this Mama's heart happy :)
This would also make a quick dinner idea for when you are in a rush. It can be prepared and baked in less than 25 minutes. Less than the time it takes to load up your car and go to your local golden arches!
6 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup milk
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup melted butter
Preheat your oven to 400' and spray two muffin tins with cooking spray. In a large mixing bowl, mix all ingredients together well. Fill each muffin tin halfway with the batter. Baked for 15-17 minutes or until pancakes are golden around the edges. Remove from the tins and serve with fruit, maple syrup, and powdered sugar.
*This recipe makes 18 pancakes. I took one cup of frozen strawberries and thawed them in my microwave (about 2 minutes) and then added 2 tsp of white sugar to the top. Mash the strawberries with a potato masher and use as a yummy syrup. We added powdered sugar and homemade syrup as well. It was delish!


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Ask any of our employees and they'll tell you that InVision is not a regular IT company. This year we may be celebrating 20 years of developing sophisticated Workforce Management (WFM) software applications, but we continue to embrace the latest techniques, we have a refreshingly dynamic company culture and a brilliant working environment.
Posts in category No Management
Sounds a bit like a Brave New World, doesn't it? At InVision, we have embraced the No Management organisation model and we are already reaping the rewards. More importantly, so are our customers. What does an organisation without a traditional management hierarchy look like and could you apply the principles to your organisation?


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Rosh HaShanah
Join us for Rosh HaShanah!
Rosh HaShanah (literally, "Head of the Year") is the Jewish New Year, which marks the beginning of a ten day period of prayer, self-examination and repentance. Customs associated with the holiday include sounding the shofar, eating a round challah, and tasting apples and honey to represent a sweet new year.
The origins of Rosh HaShanah are found in the Book of Leviticus (23:24-25), which declares, "In the seventh month, on the first day of the month, you shall observe a day of rest, a memorial proclaimed with the blowing of the shofar, a holy convocation." Each year we celebrate Rosh HaShanah on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tishrei.
This year (5780 or 2019), Rosh HaShanah begins at sundown on September 29. Please join us for worship services on the evening of September 29 (Erev Rosh HaShanah) and the morning/afternoon of September 30. Membership or tickets are required.
Please visit the URJ Rosh HaShanah Page for more information, history, customs, delicious recipes, and family activities to start the new year.


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So I've been doing this Photo Challenge: 8 Days Of Hearts from the blog of Free People for the last couple days and have been tryi...
Strollin' in Chelsea...
Spent the week on the happiest place on earth
Sometimes I Can't Believe It (I'm Movin' Past The Feeling)
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Heart Cooks Brain
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The Bay
Saturday, April 19, 2014
On a more professional note, I used my all time favorite photograph (hands down) by Elliot Erwitt. USA, California, 1955 - Image of a side-view mirror of an automobile parked facing a beach sunset, with a playful couple shown in the mirror as the focal point.
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Lady Daydream
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Sparkle & Sophistication Launch Party
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April Showers from wishxbone on 8tracks Radio.
Just a small little something to brighten up the mood this rainy week in Chicago.
Looking forward to all the flowers to bloom and the trees to come back to life!
Looking forward to all the flowers to bloom and the trees to come back to life!