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Blog Post 157 – Peaches
I love a good summer peach. Or peach cobbler. Or homemade peach ice cream. And I can't tell you how much I miss my mother's homemade brandied peaches (which were amazing over some hand-churned vanilla). If you live in North America, it's likely you've encountered peaches everywhere from grocery stores to roadside stands to neighbors' backyards. They're ubiquitous, which also means they've been a major player in the foodways of America.
Today I'm going to briefly look at the peach from another folkloric perspective, focusing on its relevance in magical lore as opposed to its purely culinary uses (though I imagine the two are not ever to be completely disentangled from one another).
The flesh of the peach is frequently regarded as a nearly sacred food in its homeland of China, where it is thought to aid immortality. The lore of the peach is extensive there, with every part of the tree and fruit making an appearance. Peach pits are worn as amulets to ward off demons, while blossoms are used to enhance love, luck, & beauty. Peaches are left in family shrines, and feature prominently in the literature and art of China. You can read a good deal more about the role of the peach in Chinese lore here and here.
Peaches were highly valued in places like the Appalachian Mountains, too. According to the third Foxfire book, one of the most common varieties was the Indian peach, a shrubby variety with small, firm peaches:
"Indian peaches are small trees, spreading with scraggly branches, said to be descendants of those trees planted by the Cherokees around their villages…The fruit of the Indian peach is white with a rosy cheek, white-meated with a red heart…All have a most delicious flavor, raw or cooked. Peaches are rich in iron, and peach leaf tea was a medicine for bladder troubles or used as a sedative" (Foxfire 3 303)
In North American folklore, all parts of the peach have their value as well. In Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia, one of the author's informants says this of the peach tree: "The peach tree was justifiably described by herbalist Tommie Bass of northern Alabama as 'a drugstore on its own' in recognition of its many medicinal uses" (Cavender 64-5). Below you'll see a sampling of the many different magical and/or medicinal uses of the peach and its parts:
- "A baby that refuses to come can be brought at once and the labor pains will stop, if the woman drinks tea made from bark scraped downwards off a young peach tree." (Hyatt #2972) Hyatt also states in several other places that peach branches were used to help bring a baby into the world by magical means.
- "Peach tree root or bark was also commonly used [to treat diarrhea]" (Cavender 88)
- Peach wood can be used in a magical cure for warts by cutting as many notches in a peach branch as one has warts (Thomas #1493) (see also "Leaves")
- Peach wood is one of the reputed choices for making dowsing forks, according to many sources (Thomas #105; Brunvand 432, Steiner 271, Randolph 83)
- Ozark lore specifies that peach bark scraped upward prevents vomiting and/or diarrhea, but scraped downward it is a strong emetic (Randolph 95)
- "A mess of peach roots, ground up and mixed with lard, is said to cure the seven-year itch" (Randolph 109)
- A piece of Kentucky lore states that twinned peaches found together indicate that you will be married soon (Thomas #593)
- Eating a peach pecked by a bird is said to lead to poisoning (Steiner 267)
- John George Hohman mentions the use of "peach-stones" as a cure for "gravel" (kidney stones). He attests to it especially because it cured him of his own gravel (Long-Lost Friend #84)
- Hohman attests that peach pits can also be taken to remedy drunkenness (#185)
- The seeds reputedly can help stimulate hair growth in some people (Todd 55)
- Vance Randolph describes an Ozark love charm consisting of a carved peach stone filled with "some pinkish, soap-like material" which he could not identify (Randolph 166)
- Both Randolph and Newbell Niles Puckett mention the peach-pit charm as a powerful one, akin to the lucky rabbit's foot charm (Puckett 437)
- Peach leaves were thought to be a Colonial-era cure for worms (Black 199)
- Cat Yronwode mentions using dried peach leaves in wisdom oil blends to help students focus on studies (HHRM 143)
- Kentucky lore says that rubbing warts with peach-leaves, then burying them will remove warts (Thomas #1492)
- The leaves were frequently made into a poultice, which could be used to treat headaches, bruises, and "pumpknots (bumps caused by a blow or knock to the head)" (Cavender 98, 109)
- One of the Foxfire informants recommended a peach leave poultice mixed with salt and cornmeal to treat an abscessed tooth (Foxfire 9 70).
- Herbalist Jude C. Todd recommends the use of peach leaves as a part of a dandruff treatment (Todd 53)
- Hohman says that "The flowers of the peach-tree, prepared like salad, opens the bowels, and is of use in the dropsy" (Long-Lost Friend #185)
- Hohman also recommends the use of the flowers as a cure for worms and constipation (#185)
- Girls in the Ozarks pierce their ears when peaches are in bloom, believing that piercing them any other time will lead to infection (Randolph 164)
Vance Randolph has a great bit of lore regarding the planting of peaches as well:
"In planting peach trees, it is always well to bury old shoes or boots near the roots. Not far from Little Rock, Arkansas, I have known farmers to drive into town and search the refuse piles for old shoes to be buried in peach orchards. The older and more decayed the leather, the better it works as fertilizer" (Randolph 39)
From my own perspective, I really like the dowsing power of the peach, but I also have a great fondness for the carved peach pit charms. They seem like they would be beautiful and incognito ways of carrying natural amulets about on one's person. I can also easily see using the flesh of a peach like the flesh of an apple, carving things into it before eating to absorb those qualities. The peachy pulp, which bears such a strong resemblance in so many ways to human flesh, also suggests a use as a makeshift dolly. When the "heart" of the peach, its stone, is considered, this is likely a very apt application of magic to the rosy-golden fruit.
I thought I'd finish up today with something non-magical, but which certainly has an enchanting power: brandied peaches like my mother used to make (I sadly do not have her exact recipe anymore, so the one I'm sharing is adapted from the excellent Putting Food By, by Greene, Herzberg, & Vaughan). We used to have a spoonful of these over ice cream after dinner sometimes, and they were simply otherworldly. They're not as sweet as you might think, but that's part of their charm. Plus, you can't go wrong with a little booze in your dessert. I hope you enjoy!
Peaches (1 lb.)
1 cup sugar
1 cup water
Good brandy
Whole cloves (optional)
Whole cinnamon sticks (optional)
Clean & dry your one-pint canning jars. Score skin of peaches, then blanch them in boiling water and dunk them into an ice bath. Slip the skins off and slice the peaches into halves and quarters (removing stones).
Make a simple syrup by boiling the cup of sugar with the water. Cook the peaches in the sugar syrup for about 5 minutes, then transfer peaches into individual jars. To each jar add 1-3 cloves (optional), 1 cinnamon stick (optional), and 2-3 tablespoons of brandy. Seal jars and process in a hot water bath for about 20-25 minutes, then carefully remove the jars and allow them to seal.
I hope you've enjoyed this look at peaches. If you have any other ideas about using peaches in magic, please leave them in here or drop us a line.
Thanks for reading!
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5 Comments on "Blog Post 157 – Peaches"
May 22, 2012 at 10:14 am
Excellent post! You always amaze me with the amount of research materials you can present on just about anything. I look forward to me and will be passing on your brandied peaches to the girlfriend to see what she can do with them. Thanks for the information and keep up the good work!
May 25, 2012 at 11:14 am
Cory – You have a really great blog. I wanted to share a peach charm made by some of the Native American folks in my community. They take a winning peach seed from a peach seed game (Iroquois Green Corn Ceremony Game)and rinse it in water from a clear stream. Then they will roll it in strawberry juice and blackberry juice. Finally they will carry it in a pouch to help in their gambling at the casino.
I have also used a peach seed to replace a whole nutmeg in money charms. It was just as affective.
I'll keep reading and best of blessings,
June 2, 2012 at 5:53 am
I'm still learning from you, as I'm making my way to the top as well. I absolutely love reading all that is posted on your blog.Keep the information coming. I enjoyed it!
June 3, 2012 at 4:06 am
I was wondering if you would need to dress the stones with anything and how one might do that to use them for good luck or just use them as is in your pocket or something. I love the podcast by the way and I really enjoy the dynamic between the two of you.

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This includes initiatives like the Canadian Clinical Trials Asset Map, which showcases the diverse clinical testing happening across the country. Similarly, Network of Networks (N2) and Canadian Association for Independent Clinical Research (CAICR), work to advance Canada's clinical research skills by bringing together clinical research professionals to share best practices when it comes to conducting clinical trials in Canada.
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JERUSALEM (CNN) - President Bush launched a sharp but veiled attack Thursday on Sen. Barack Obama and other Democrats, suggesting they favor "appeasement" of terrorists in the same way some Western leaders appeased Hitler in the run-up to World War II.
The president did not name Obama or any other Democrat, but White House aides privately acknowledged the remarks were aimed at the presidential candidate and others in his party. Former President Jimmy Carter has called for talks with Hamas.
"Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along," Bush said at Israel's 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem.
"We have heard this foolish delusion before," Bush said in remarks to Israel's parliament, the Knesset. "As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is - the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."
The remarks seemed to be a not-so-subtle attempt to continue to raise doubts about Obama with Jewish Americans. Those doubts were earlier stoked by Sen. John McCain, the presumptive Republican nominee in the 2008 presidential election, when he recently charged that Obama is the favored candidate of the Islamic fundamentalist group Hamas, which the U.S. government has listed as a terrorist group.
Obama last week called the Hamas allegation a "smear" and lashed out Thursday at Bush's speech in Israel.
"It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 60th anniversary of Israel's independence to launch a false political attack," Obama said in a statement released to CNN by his campaign. "It is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel...."
"George Bush knows that I have never supported engagement with terrorists, and the president's extraordinary politicization of foreign policy and the politics of fear do nothing to secure the American people or our stalwart ally Israel," Obama's statement said.
Obama favors "tough, direct presidential diplomacy with Iran without preconditions," according to his Web site, "and is willing to meet with the leaders of all nations, friend and foe." He does not favor talks with Hamas, which he has called a terrorist organization.
The Bush administration held three rounds of discussions with Iran about security in Iraq last year, including two at the ambassadorial level, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates Wednesday said Washington needed to "figure out a way to develop some leverage ... and then sit down and talk with" Iran.
Bush largely focused his speech in Jerusalem on highlighting the American-Israeli partnership. "The alliance between our governments is unbreakable, yet the source of our friendship runs deeper than any treaty," he said.
Bush said the United States and Israel are locked in an ideological struggle with radicals in the Middle East, using the speech to tie al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to the terror groups Hamas and Hezbollah. "That is why the founding charter of Hamas calls for the 'elimination' of Israel," said Bush. "That is why the followers of Hezbollah chant 'Death to Israel, Death to America!' That is why Osama bin Laden teaches that 'the killing of Jews and Americans is one of the biggest duties.' And that is why the president of Iran dreams of returning the Middle East to the Middle Ages and calls for Israel to be wiped off the map."
Bush then made his transition to Obama and other Democrats without naming names, raising the specter of the Holocaust to make his point.
"There are good and decent people who cannot fathom the darkness in these men and try to explain their words away," said Bush. "This is natural. But it is deadly wrong.
"As witnesses to evil in the past, we carry a solemn responsibility to take these words seriously. Jews and Americans have seen the consequences of disregarding the words of leaders who espouse hatred. And that is a mistake the world must not repeat in the 21st century," the president said.
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We should get used to this tactic and come up with a good defense. Of course it's the usual BS from the GOP - but it's what they have and what they're going to use, so let's learn to fight back.
Yuck! Like anyone would believe a word that comes from his mouth. Pure garbage! Hey George, while your in the Middle East, why don't you go poking around for those WMD's you can't find...
Wow, I didn't realize that Bush was going to campaign for Obama!
First the endorsement of John Edwards, then the anti-endorsement of Bush... Turning out to be a great week for the next POTUS!
Obama 08!
No, let's not talk to our enemies Mr. Bush, let's just drop a 'nucular' bomb on them. That'll improve our image around the world.
Has it ever occurred to anyone that maybe if Hamas likes Obama, they'll be willing to actually negotiate a real peace treaty with him?
Wow. THIS is the best the Republicans have, come November? Well, it's been fun having you in that big white manor up there on 1600 Pennsylvania, but methinks you and your ilk are getting the boot come the 2nd Tuesday following the first Monday in November. Pack yer bags and get out.
Go ahead Bush, let's bomb the world into a peaceful existence.
bush makes me sick
What has President Bush done to deter terrorists? Nothing at all. Does he not understand that a terrorist cannot be deterred? No one is saying that we have to appease them, but, you have to admit, not talking to them sure isn't working. There is absolutely nothing bad that can come out of sitting down with these leaders from a position of power as opposed to sending more of our troops to die in foreign lands after they blow something else up in America.
George Bush's stubbornness is one of the main reasons that America is in such bad shape now. Honestly, I didn't think it was possible to cause this much damage while being in office.
I am a MODERATE......just can't take the idea of the MOST LIBERAL Senator becoming president...sounds too much like a Carter Presidency....and I am old enough to remember that hell.....bye bye Democratic Party....My family will now register Independent and vote with our heads in November....hopefully a good Moderate Experienced Candidate will surface soon 🙂
Hillary Clinton would have made one hell of a great President…..too bad the media made the Clintons out to be racists so she lost the African American's support…..too bad the media is SEXIST.....too bad the DNC could not even support this family that has given their entire lives to public service and to the Democratic Party, too bad the Dems Primary system is flawed and gives caucus states soooo much control where only 2-3% of the population gets their votes counted, and too bad Democratic voters could not have supported this family that has given us the ONLY SUCCESSFUL DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENCY OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DECADES changing deficit to surplus and adding 22 million new jobs…..it's really too bad, she's such a bright, intelligent, hard-working person…..
good luck in the fall, DNC…you will need it BIG TIME!
Where else but in America can the DEMOCRATIC candidate who has WON NY, NJ, TX, OH, PA, CA, WV, KY, RI, MA, NH, TN, AZ, NM, AR, OK, and YES FL and MI.....not be our democratic nominee??????
"Bush said the U.S. and Israel are locked in an ideological struggle with radicals in the Middle East..."
Bush doesn't even know what 'ideological' means. All he knows is cowboy diplomacy and setting things up for his business buddies to reap millions off of America taxpayers...
Bush is a failure and has no place criticizing anyone's foreign policy...
Words are free. Wars are not. I know that's not a concept you understand, Mr. President, but I hope our next President does understand that.
bush got a problem
Bush... you're retarded... you know nothing about foreign policy... you think everything is solved with guns and war and you're trying to argue that the democrats never think to use guns and war. Obama has even said he would make strategic strikes against Al Qaeda in Pakistan if he received good intelligence about it. It's all about trying for peace with Iran and Syria... not immediately calling for war. We want to at least reach the people of Iran if the government cannot be reached... many Iranians hate their government.
GW – The one trick pony. I wonder how much duck tape he now has on that Fear Card he likes to play over and over. George, less card playing and more real work would have actually helped us all.
Hey Bush and all the Repub's, when all else fails, resort to fear mongering and smear tactics. I guess it has worked for you in the past. The only problem is that you've used it and have since ruined the fabric of life for many americans for years to come. Americans need to send you a strong message that says we know what you guys did to us, we still face threats, you didn't get Bin Laden but now we have to pay $4 a gallon for gas, $4 for a gallon of milk , people losing their homes, losing their jobs and the list goes on. And oh by the way, you still didn't get Bin Laden.
I find it amazing that a man who has turned the entire world including our once greatest alley (England) against us can make a remark about Obama's desire to use diplomacy with our enemies than obliteration. Is it any wonder Bush has an 80% disapproval rating. It's not appeasment Bush, it's called diplomacy something you never used and have you ever heard the phrase "you catch more flies with honey......."
Bush's invasion / occupation of Iraq is sure working great, eh? That'll show them ole terrorists.
Why should we care what Bush thinks?
He says Obama wants appeasment.... Well America wanted a qualified president for the past 8 years and we didnt get that!
How in the heck did this man make it to the presidency? His miserable failures have harmed us as a country. Once again he blunders his own agenda out to the world that puts shame into the light. This full presidency has been a nightmare in my eyes. Not just one term but two, are the american voters ignorant to all this?
If this is a they have for ammo they had better just go home.
Get a clue Mr. President. You have become the very thing you say you despise, the greatest terrorist of them all.
The only thing Barack is interested in doing is actually using diplomacy to rebuild our relationship with foreign countries that you have completely destroyed.
Do us all a favor and shut your mouth and go hide in a hole in afghanistan with bin laden and let the real leaders deal with these big boy problems. Who knows we may actually regain our status as a caring, freedom loving nation, and save lives and money all at the same time.
How many days do we have left of this clown....?
How dare Bush go to Israel and tell the wonderful Jewish People that if Barack Obama and his cabinet talks with Iran that would be like talking to Hitler. Maybe if Bush had talked to the people in Iraq he wouldn' t have cost this country and families 4,000 people their lives and countless billions of dollars. Maybe this economy wouldn't be in shambles. The nerve of Bush and McCain using this to scare the country. This is just sick, underhanded and undermined. Bush is grasping for anything to keep his policies in place at any cost. I'm a 60 w/female Republican voting for Barack Obama and proud of it.
It is unfathomable that the only one in the exchange that sounds presidential is the Democratic nominee. Thanks to Bush, we need an overhaul of our whole political system. The failed policies of the last eight years show Americans that this system does not work. Billions of dollars exported every month for a political system in Iraq that has shown so very little progress in the last three years, while tax cuts to the corporations that move American jobs overseas. A president that does not want to release our oil reserves to aid the people while the nation looks at an abyss of recession. Barack will take our country in the direction needed. Bush can continue to quack out the rest of his Lame Duck presidency.


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Well, sort of. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday opened a 30-day public comment period on spectrum that is supposed to be set aside for public safety use.
The highly valuable 700-MHz spectrum, which will allow for wireless broadband capabilities, will become available after the digital TV transition in February 2009. Though the auction attracted more than $19 billion in bids on four of the five available blocks of spectrum, the d-block failed to meet its $1.3 billion reserve price.
A winning d-block bid entitles that company to 10 MHz of spectrum, which they can use in conjunction with 10 MHz of spectrum that Congress awarded to the Public Safety Spectrum Trust (PSST). The FCC had the option of stripping the d-block of public safety requirements and re-auctioning it without any conditions, but will instead solicit comment from stakeholders on how best to proceed.
How should the d-block rules be revised? Is it in the public interest to retain a public-private partnership between the d-block winner and public safety license holders? Should entities that provide public safety services be the only people who can use the public safety spectrum portion of the shared network?
These are just some of the questions the FCC is looking to have answered. The commission also wants input on license requirements, potential fees, and whether the FCC should ban certain companies from bidding.
"I am pleased that this further notice turns a critical eye on the specific parameters of the partnership, and ways to ensure the commercial viability of this endeavor by providing greater certainty to all parties involved," FCC chairman Kevin Martin said in a statement.
Martin promised to hold a hearing on the d-block in the near future, and to act "with deliberate speed to address these issues both thoughtfully and quickly."
"Now that we are not facing a hard-and-fast auction deadline, the right course is to work out the difficult questions in advance–thus providing much needed certainty and predictability to public safety, potential bidders, their investors, the public, the FCC and Congress," said Democratic Commissioner Michael Copps. "In particular, I hope that parties will be extremely specific in discussing what functions they believe this public safety network needs to fulfill and what network specifications are necessary to meet these needs."
Harlin McEwen, chairman of the PSST, said in a statement that he hopes the comment period "will result in rules bringing about the right partner to build a shared public safety/commercial network."


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China | On the eve of today's Tiananmen anniversary, arrests and beatings hit house church in China
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UPDATE (11:39 a.m.): Police rearrested Pastor Wang Yi of Chengdu Early Rain Reformed Church Wednesday morning as his church planned to hold a meeting to pray over China. Congregants said the police then shut off the power to the office building where the church meets and posted signs that it was under maintenance. Church leaders emailed congregants to pray in their small groups instead, as police likely are watching the church building.
OUR EARLIER REPORT: CHENGDU, China—At the 9 a.m. service Sunday, Pastor Wang Yi of Chengdu Early Rain Reformed Church stood behind the pulpit in a spacious office building preaching to about 200 congregants about persecution. Stephen faced it, Wang said, Western missionaries to China faced it, and we may have to as well. Old women with canes, young couples wrangling toddlers, and college students together nodded. Afterward, discussions focused on what it would look like to fully live for Christ.
It wouldn't take long to find out. Congregants leaving church at noon were greeted on the street by a police truck and two police cars near the building's entrance, although a glance through the window found officers dozing off or playing on their iPhones. By that night, Wang would be arrested and another church member bludgeoned by police for passing out pro-life brochures.
Twenty-five years after China's infamous crackdown on student demonstrators in Tiananmen Square, authorities still are ready to deal violently with anyone seen as threatening the Communist regime.
Chengdu is more than 1,000 miles from Beijing's Tiananmen Square, but the Early Rain Reformed Church is a well-known house church with about 500 congregants at its two locations. While unregistered, it doesn't try to keep its work secret, with a website that includes Wang's sermons, a seminary, and even a newly formed classical Christian school. While the church is usually left alone, police officers show up at special events like Christmas services and keep a wary eye on Wang, a former law professor who met with President George W. Bush in 2006 to discuss religious liberty in China.
This particular Sunday had police worried for two reasons. First, for the past two years, parishioners have passed out brochures on June 1, Children's Day, urging mothers not to abort in honor of the holiday. Second, the Sunday service fell too close to June 4—the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen massacre—for the government's comfort.
Chengdu, like many cities across China, mirrored Tiananmen's 1989 protests, which lasted for more than a month, and felt the backlash of the government's brutal crackdown on June 4. Tear gas and stun guns initially broke up thousands of protesters in Chengdu's main square. Eyewitnesses said police killed perhaps hundreds and wounded many as well.
Last year at this time, police arrested and interrogated for eight hours Jonny Fan, the church's organizer of "Don't Abort on Children's Day," and six other parishioners before releasing them. This year, the 27-year-old received a phone call on May 30 from the police asking him where he was and if he would be holding any events the following day. Given that the police mistakenly asked about Saturday, Fan honestly answered no.
For this year's Sunday holiday, Fan printed 50,000 brochures denouncing the high rate of abortion in China (about 13 million babies a year, according to China Daily), explaining that abortion kills human life, and also pointing to the forgiveness for past abortions found in the gospel. The back of the brochure included contact information for the church, as well as the event's account on Weibo, China's Twitter-like microblogging platform. Congregants, many in their 20s, grabbed piles of the brochure to pass out all over town, eagerly chatting about their plans in the lobby.
Fan passed out the brochures with another congregant on a busy sidewalk for an hour, and this year went home unscathed. But in another area of Chengdu, Charlie Chang wasn't so lucky. He had just finished passing out about 100 brochures and was getting more from his car when two police officers in uniform and one plainclothes officer approached him, asked for his information and what he was doing. Once they read the brochure in his hand, they told Chang (whose name is changed for security reasons) to come with them to the station. Chang declined, saying he hadn't done anything wrong but would stop passing out brochures.
In response, the officers started cursing at him, pushed him to the ground, and kicked him in the head. Chang begged them to stop, as he had just had eye surgery, but they didn't listen. Finally when they saw that his eye was actually tearing up, they stopped and allowed his wife to take him to the hospital. But the officers said they had his information and would look for him in the future. Chang left, blood dripping from his nose.
His wife took a few photos of the confrontation on her cell phone and immediately posted them on Weibo, which created a mixed response. "I saw a lot of people comment that they don't think [abortion] is wrong, but that getting an abortion is typical," Chang said in Chinese."Why should you care what other people do? It made me upset. I think that getting hit by the police is a small thing, but so many people don't understand that abortion is wrong. … This is why we must do this work."
In another part of town, Wang, the Early Rain pastor, with his wife and his 7-year-old son decided to take a walk and pass out the brochures. As they finished, police approached Wang and told him to come with them to the local station. He obliged, and arrived at the station, where he was familiar with many of the officers who specifically keep watch over his church.
Because of Wang's familiarity with Chinese law, he knew the police weren't allowed to file a formal report without a just cause for arrest. Within half an hour, police released him after they found he had started evangelizing in response to their questions. On the way out, officers asked him not to pass the brochures out next year. He responded, "You know I'll continue passing them out next year, and next year you'll arrest me. Let's just both do our part, what we think is right."
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Former Jets cornerback Darrelle Revis has signed with the Kansas City Chiefs, the club announced Wednesday.
NFL.com's Ian Rapoport reports the deal is for two years.
The 32-year-old started 15 games for the Jets last season in what was statistically the worst year of his 10-year career.
"We're excited to add Darrelle to the roster," Chiefs coach Andy Reid said. "He has experience and familiarity with [defensive coordinator] Bob Sutton's defense, he's a team guy and we feel like a player of his caliber can help our football team."
Sutton was the Jets' defensive coordinator during Revis' first stint with the club from 2007-2012.
The Jets cut Revis last Feb. 28, which freed more than $9 million in cap space. The move came two weeks after Revis was charged with aggravated assault and battery during an altercation on Feb. 12 in Pittsburgh. A judge later cleared him of all charges.
New York had been responsible for all of Revis' $6 million salary this season.
A seven-time Pro Bowler and First-team All-Pro four times, Revis had spent eight of his 10 NFL seasons with the Jets. He played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in 2013 and won a Super Bowl with the New England Patriots in 2014.
The Jets host the Chiefs at MetLife Stadium on Dec. 3 at 1 p.m.


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Firefox Beta 52.0b2 on Android = No more Twitter
Talk about Mozilla browsers for small devices such as PDAs and cellphones.
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Since at least Feb 6th, when visiting Any/All Twitter profiles with FF Beta 52.0b2, accessing pages from //mobile.twitter...
Page displays blue bird logo, centre
Then I see the Join/Login/Search icons with a white blank page
And a spinning blue circle and that's it.
Page NEVER loads
If I check Request Desktop site from FF Option, Page is NOT redirected
If I erase the word mobile. from the URL bar and reload, page can load BUT
Any attempt to click on a tweet to view replies, I see a white empty Box open/close and a message "Whooops! something went wrong..."
If I try with Firefox (original) 51.0.2, I can View //mobile.twitter... Loads and works,
if I Request Desktop Site, it does NOT redirect,
if I erase the word "mobile.", I can see the desktop version but
ALSO clicking on a tweet to view replies, I see a white empty Box open/close and a message "Whooops! something went wrong..."
I tried this on 3 Android tablets, all of them while switching between 2 different ISPs and also tried removing the ONLY addon, AdBlockPlus.
Moving to Mobile.
Wow! It took me all afternoon to get the meaning of "Moving to Mobile", I'm slow today. I thought is was a reference that Twitter was pushing Firefox user to use Mobile app. Just now, understood the reference and noticed the Move.
But Now I wonder if this will be seen and/or should it be moved to Bug report department? It does seem more like a Major Bug report than a Mobile related question.
If Firefox no longer works with Twitter in Beta, could this Bug be ported to Original version in future updates?? Thoughts?
Easy does it. We have exactly one report so far of this problem, so we don't know whether this is a bug or not. By moving your post to this location we're hoping that someone else using the mobile version will either confirm or refute your report, or offer guidance on getting things to work properly.
Does not help that Twitter.com was down for a bit earlier though tweetdeak was still working for me then.
I am truly, truly sorry if my wording, in any way, led to the thinking I was implying something negative. My only question, other than having misunderstood the "Move" comment, was my fear that under the Mobile section instead of Bug, it could make it harder to be found by someone with the power to escalate to a repair (?) department.
It is now 11h00 pm , Eastern Time (so more than 48 hours since I noticed the problem), and I am still unable to view Twitter on Beta FF while Original FF works just fine, except in both cases Not when I ask for Desktop site.
Again, I truly apologise if I have offended anyone. This was not my intention in any way.
No offense taken but you seem to be laboring under a false impression. We are not Mozilla so no one here can escalate your report. Mozillazine is a user helping user forum not run by or formally affiliated with Mozilla.
My bad, will try to find a Mozilla/Firefox Bug Report Forum. Sorry for the inconvenience.
edit: Just found the appropriate forum to post to. I had them both mixed up. Truly my fault. Thanks for the latest information.
Thanks and Sorry.
In case this can help other, in a different forum, solution was posted and it works. (I did the extra step of Clearing "Cache and Data from app drawer as a precaution)
Was not sure if posting a Link to a different forum was appropriate or not, so I just copied the text.
"Twitter's mobile website has been making some major changes in the last several weeks. The following tweet is from an engineering manager at Twitter announing the change https://twitter.com/necolas/status/829128165314306048
I would suggest clearing Firefox's cache and cookies to download the newest version of their website. "
Not a problem at all. It happens all the time.
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There is a new movement among trainers and veterinary behaviorists to make the use of basket muzzles more accepted. There is a very negative stigma attached to muzzling, and dogs that are muzzled are typically seen as vicious. The Muzzle Up Project is the heart of this movement and seeks to encourage acceptance and educate people about the use of muzzles.
Why muzzle? Aggression is one of the most challenging aspects of canine behavior. Aggression is a behavior problem, but really, it is not just one problem. Aggression is a behavioral response, typically to stressful situations. The situation is a little different with every dog. When dogs are being aggressive, it is not because they want to be the boss or they are mean. There is something about that situation they don't feel good about. When aggression gets them out of that situation, they are more likely to have more episodes of aggression. In reality, treating aggression is not that much different than treating other behavioral responses except for one big difference. Aggression is dangerous, and an aggressive dog puts all those in contact with him or her in danger in situations where they are likely to become aggressive. Muzzling makes these dogs safer, but muzzling alone is not the solution. Aggressive dogs need to be properly desensitized to a muzzle, and careful work with counterconditioning and desensitization needs to be done to address the underlying problem.
As a veterinarian, I have to do things to dogs that they don't particularly like. Sometimes, a little bit of time can show a potentially aggressive dog that they don't need to be afraid of what is happening, but sometimes, we need to muzzle dogs to give injections or cut toenails or draw blood. Muzzling can actually make the experience less stressful if you are firm, calm, and gentle. We do what we need to do and take away the risk of a bite. It gets done quickly, then it is over. If we fight and struggle with a dog, it makes it that much harder to treat that dog the next time we see it.
When a dog bites, it is self-reinforcing. Every time that dog has a bite episode, it makes another bite more likely. When a dog snaps or bites in reaction to something or someone he doesn't like, that thing stops or that person goes away, and they don't have to deal with it anymore. Then the biting behavior is successful for the dog, even if punishment follows. I would NEVER recommend punishing a dog that has bitten someone. A dog that has bitten is in an aroused state, and by adding more energy to the situation typically makes it worse.
My dog HATES the muzzle! The first step is properly introducing your dog to the muzzle. This doesn't mean that your dog tolerates the muzzle or lets you put the muzzle on him without a fight. If your dog is properly introduced to the muzzle, he will run across the room to stick his nose in the muzzle. Believe it or not, this is possible with proper introduction. Does this behavior occur if your dog thinks bad things are going to happen when the muzzle is around? NO. Will this behavior occur if you rush things and put the muzzle on him before he LOVES the muzzle? NO. Will your dog look forward to having the muzzle on if he does fun things when the muzzle is on? YES! Can your dog eat treats and carry around toys with the muzzle on? YES!
How can I make sure that I am introducing my dog to the muzzle properly and using it in a way that he doesn't learn to dislike the muzzle?
If you have a dog with aggression issues, and you think he or she could benefit from using a basket muzzle, the best thing to do is to find a qualified veterinarian, trainer or certified animal behavior specialist who can help you get started on the right track! For more information, go to The Muzzle Up Project on Facebook or watch a video on counter conditioning your dog to a muzzle on YouTube.
Muzzle Up!
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The power lies within your smartphone! You carry it around everywhere, don't you? Now take it out of your pocket and have some fun!
These smartphone-controlled products will definitely help raise the bar! From connecting with microcontrollers to controlling airplanes and robots, you'll discover endless ways to bring excitement to your day.


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Entrepreneurship is the starting and planning of a new business. The entrepreneurs plan a new business chance and try to get great success. Here I am going to tell you about top 10 cities for young Entrepreneurs, which are just best places for becoming a great Entrepreneur.Let's know about these towns.
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1. Arlington area, Virginia
Arlington is the key part of Virginia. It is coterminous with the U.S. Census Bureau, which is the great major city of the Washington metropolitan area.This town is the best place for a new young entrepreneur.
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2. Madison, Wisconsin
Madison is the capital of the State of Wisconsin. As of July 1, 2013, Madison had the predictable population of 243,344, and it is the second biggest city in Wisconsin.
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3. Lincoln, Nebraska
Lincoln is the capital of the State of Nebraska and the second-most heavily populated city in Nebraska.
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4. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minneapolis is the bigger of the Twin Cities, the 14th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, it has approximately 3.8 million residents.
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5. Denver, Colorado
Denver is the capital of Colorado. Museums include the Denver Art Museum, an ultramodern complex recognized for its original works collection, and the mansion of famed Titanic survivor Molly Brown.
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6. Seattle, Washington
Water mountains and forests surround Seattle. It is the home of a prosperous tech industry, with Microsoft and Amazon.com headquartered in its metropolitan area. The revolutionary Space Needle, a legacy of the 1962 World's Fair, is its most identifiable landmark.
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7. Austin, Texas
Austin is called "live music capital of the world." It's also a center for film and home to the University of Texas and Formula 1's Circuit of the Americas raceway. It's gorgeous parks and lakes are well-liked for mountaineering, biking, swimming, boating and other outdoor hobbies.
8. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Oklahoma City is the capital and biggest city of the state of Oklahoma, the city ranks 27th amid United States cities in population.
9. Plano, Texas
Plano is a city in the state of Texas, but with a little portion that enlarges into Denton County, twenty miles northeast of downtown Dallas.
10. Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha is the biggest city in the United States and is the county seat of Douglas County. It situated in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about 10 miles north of the mouth of the Platte River.
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Dr Oz May 24 2016 Recap
Many celebrities have become targets of fake online scams that use their name, likeness, and even fake quotes to promote products. Alison Sweeney found herself to be the latest victim of an online weight loss scam that not only used her picture, but posted a fake quote claiming The Biggest Loser was the real scam. She joined Dr Oz to fight back! Then, Lisa Oz joined her husband on the show to show how you can turn boring diet food into flavorful meals you can actually look forward to.


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Whisky is a spirit on the rise, spurred by an unprecedented number of new releases and the local pride that followed a Tasmanian distiller recently being named the world's finest.
But if you think cyclists are tribal with their neat little divisions into fixie-riders, roadies and mountain bikers, they have nothing compared on the clans into which whisky drinkers divide. Regions, styles and brands each have their own fanatical followings.
"Whisky tragics tend to be as bad as (Apple) Mac aficionados," says Franz Scheurer, the spirits editor of Australian Gourmet Traveller Wine magazine and Australia/New Zealand ambassador for the Islay Whisky Club. "They have a one-track mind. There are ones who like whiskies for a particular flavour or origin; they may like the grassiness of Speyside or the peatiness of Islay.
"Then there are those who like blends. The very snobbish single malt drinkers won't touch any blends. Blend drinkers tend to be a little bit more open; they will try single malt every now and then, but invariably return to the blend of their choice."
Scheurer says there are noticeable differences between the whisky tribes. He says the Johnnie Walker brand is favoured by Middle East and Chinese drinkers, who consider it a status symbol. "The company has managed to capture the imagination of a lot of countries that just drink whisky with their food. These are not particularly discerning whisky drinkers, they just like a bottle on the table that people will recognise."
The biggest whisky fanatics in the world are the Japanese, Scheurer proclaims. And they really relish drinking their local product; imbibing everything from Hibiki to Hakushu. Apart from the Japanese those who enjoy a Japanese whisky tend to be adventurous types, he says. "They are almost always really young whisky drinkers; the kind of person who will jump off a cliff with a hang-glider is likely to try a Nikka from Japan.
"On the other hand, your average Speyside drinker is more likely in his 40s, reasonably well-to-do, and will drive a Saab or a Volvo."
Scheurer says of all the whisky regions in the world, the one that attracts unprecedented adoration is Islay, a small island in the Southern Hebrides off the coast of Scotland. There are eight distilleries on the island, but the one that appeals to the most fanatical supporters is Ardbeg.
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If you suspect that half the money you spend on paid search marketing is wasted but you don't know which half, this piece was written to help you figure out which. By no means is it an advanced guide, especially with all the advancements and changes taking place this very moment on multiple paid search platforms.
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I peruse more articles per day than I can count in my efforts to remain on the cutting edge of strategy, social network management and online marketing. Recently, I found that one common, underlying theme to so many of these "tips and tricks," as they're often packaged, was actually a part of human nature; the perpetual assessment of "why."
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At present, it's fairly safe to say that almost everyone is at least aware of social media. Hopefully, most dealerships are aware of why it's important to have a strong presence on the internet, no matter which platform you use:
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Until now organic results on Google were divided; website listings stood alone under a few sponsored links, and Google Business Listings and customer reviews were conveniently distanced from your organic placement, a convenient "buffer zone" between organic listings and business listings/customer reviews. Now Google has changed the rules and search results now provide your prospective customer with a snapshot that could help or hinder your website performance; whether it helps or hinders all…Continue
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Today was a very busy day at AiG. Here are just some of the highlights for Thursday:
At the end of the staff meeting this morning, I presented each staff member (and our volunteer crew) with a copy of the new book Genesis of a Legacy, along with the curriculum (manual and DVDs) that was produced for this book. As the book is particularly centered around my godly parents and their influence on the Ham family (which lead to where we are today with Answers in Genesis), it was fitting that the book became available this month, as it is the 11th anniversary of my father's promotion to Glory!
(To find out more about the book curriculum and how to purchase them, go to: Genesis of a Legacy.)
One of the enclosed photographs shows me signing the book for one of the staff members.
Today was also an extra-special day. At our morning staff meeting, my brother David (in a very emotional moment for him), presented Patrick Marsh (the head of our museum exhibit design) with our fathers Bible that will be put in a special display in the Creation Museum chapel. My mother gave David my fathers Bible after his death, and it has meant a lot to David in setting him on fire for the Lord. After much prayer, David believed that by putting Dads Bible in such a special display for hundreds of thousands to see each year, it can be used to challenge people to stand on the authority of the Word as our father did. I also presented Patrick with the model Noahs Ark my father made for me just before he died (my mother presented it to me after my fathers death when I came back to Australia for the memorial service 11 years ago) which really speaks of our fathers stand on a literal Genesis. I also presented Patrick with a special framed 3-D "picture" with a Bible opened at Genesis (see photograph) that my Mother made for me a number of years ago. All three items will be a part of this special display dedicated to our dad and mum as a reminder of the great importance of parents training their children to stand on the authority of the Word of God. I have enclosed photographs of these presentations to Patrick for the Creation Museum.
We were privileged today to have a special guest speaker at the 8.30 am staff meeting. Dr. David Ormsbee, Vice President of Advancement for Cedarville University (a creationist Christian University less than two hours' drive from AiG) gave a devotion for the staff. You can listen to his devotional here.
Dr. Ormsbee then showed a DVD about Cedarville University. AiG is thrilled to be able to network with a number of Christian universities across the country. I have enclosed a photograph of Dr. Ormsbee with Mark Looy (CCO at AiG).
Besides the many meetings, AiG also hosted 70 pastors for a luncheon and tour through the facility. AiG averages two pastors luncheons a month. Not only do the pastors find out more about AiG and the Creation Museum project, but a donor funds a significant collection of resources (books, DVDs, etc.) for each pastor that in turn enables them to influence their congregations.
Tonight, Mally and I and my brother David and his wife Thelly drove up to Columbus where I begin speaking early Friday morning at the Ohio home school conference.
Please pray for the conferenceI give four talks each day and a charge to the 2006 graduates Saturday evening.
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This is a guest post by Joses Ho.
Science fiction has been called "the fiction of ideas". In this series of blog posts we catalogue a (non-exhaustive) list of works in the genre that explore ideas about language and linguistics.
Science fiction (abbreviated SF amongst devotees) has been called "the fiction of ideas". And what a pantheon of eye-glazing, heart-palpitating, and brain-melting ideas: time travel, cyborg consciousness, alien invasions. However, does SF go further than mere fictive investigation of cool concepts? Can SF be a fiction of ideas about ideas?
One such idea about ideas, familiar to anyone who paid attention in any introductory undergraduate lecture on linguistics or cognitive science, is linguistic relativity (also popularly known as the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis). Briefly, for the benefit of the rest of us who fell asleep in aforementioned lectures, it conjectures that the language you speak determines and shapes the way you think and the way you perceive "the universe around you" (Star Trek fans will instantly think of the Tamarian language, which can only be understood if you know the cultural references). Below I discuss 3 works that play with this idea.
1. Story of Your Life
Our first example of a SF piece that explores linguistic relativity is the novella Story of Your Life by Ted Chiang, first published in 1998, and soon to be adapted into a movie.
An alien race of Heptopods has landed on Earth, and our protagonist and narrator, Louise Banks, is a linguist contacted by the US military to learn their language and communicate with them. As the tale unfolds, Louise's very view of reality is radically altered as she masters the written language of the Heptopods. Louise tells the reader:
…Even though I'm proficient with [written Heptapod], I know I don't experience reality the way a heptapod does. My mind was cast in the mould of human languages, and no amount of immersion in an alien language can completely reshape it. My world-view is an amalgam of human and heptapod.
Chiang brilliantly employs an unusual narrative structure to reflect this, and we are given a glimpse into how linguistic relativity might actually work in real time.
This novella is also characteristic of Chiang's SF work, which consists solely of short stories, written with economic prose and crisp exposition fined-tuned to deliver devastatingly satisfying endings.
2. Words and Music
Another shorter example is Words And Music by Ronald D. Ferguson. Describing an alien species known as the Utmano, the narrator tells us:
.., Utmano translation doesn't compare well to translations among human languages. The Utmano language has a peculiar view of tense, you know, past, present, future, in its sentences — well maybe not sentences, but the complete-thought communication structure. Psychologists claim that the Utmano have a lingering, vivid, recent memory combined with a mild prescience that blends with their perception of the 'now'. It sounds like gobbledegook, but they claim that the Utmano idea of the present spans from the middle of last week to a couple of hours from now.
The above expository paragraph is more typical of how linguistic relativity is explored in SF. While Words and Music doesn't quite go as far as Chiang does in using the narrative structure itself to illustrate the alien mode of perception being described, Ferguson uses a novel framing device to pack quite a bit of story and exposition into a short space.
3. Embassytown
Our last selection is novel by celebrated SF writer China Miéville. Embassytown was his ninth novel and features the Ariekei, an alien race whose spoken language involved vocalizing two words simultaneously.
This is not a terribly new idea; Ferguson makes mention of this in Words and Music. In Ferguson's story, the humans successfully apply the obvious solution (used by real-world linguists in the field as well, and mentioned in Story of Your Life) to the problem of communicating with such an alien race: use pre-recorded or synthetic speech. But Miéville won't have that.
Synthetic speech is indiscernible to the Ariekei, because they require an actual mind to be uttering each (simultaneous) syllable. And so, the intergalatic human Ambassadors are specially-bred twins whose minds are linked, able to speak with two mouths and one mind. (If that idea doesn't make your eyes glaze and brain melt, you are probably an Ariekei.)
These Ambassadors are the only ones who can communicate with the Ariekei, and are crucial to human-Ariekei diplomatic and trade relations. The plot gets truly interesting when a new pair of ambassadors arrives to the city of the novel's title. These two individuals are not genetically identical, but have been selected for linkage based on their high degree of empathy. When they speak the alien language (which Miéville simply christens, a little pompously, "Language"), the effect on the Ariekei is unprecedented: they become addicted to the new Ambassador's speech.
The rest of the novel runs along on a action-filled plot, and still manages to raise questions about mind, intelligence, and the very nature of language.
However, despite how strange the Ariekei appear, there are cases of human language use that are similar to the way their "Language" functions. Humans actually can speak two things simultaneously, using signed language and spoken language. This is called "code-blending". Interestingly, the two words they speak and sign simultaneously can refer to different things, or are "semantically non-equivalent."
An example is given below; the capitalised text on the lower line represents the signs used (taken from Emmorey, Bornstein & Thompson (2005) and Emmorey et al., 2008).
In this picture, a man is describing a scene between the cartoon characters Sylvester the cat and Tweety the bird.
"He" refers to Sylvester who is nonchalantly watching Tweety swinging inside his bird cage on the window sill. Then all of a sudden, Tweety turns around and looks right at Sylvester and screams ("Ack!"). The sign glossed as LOOK-AT-ME is produced at the same time as the English words "all of a sudden." [The emphasis is mine, and not in the original academic paper.]
The speaker is using both signed language and spoken language to narrate how Tweety suddenly turns to look at Sylvester sneaking up on him. So the simultaneous speech sounds of Miéville's Ariekei might not be that far off from actual human communication.
This cross-modal flexibility in human communication may suggest that, no matter how intertwined language and thought may be, there may be no language that we truly won't be able to understand.
Further reading
We are by no means the only ones to have noticed how linguistics is a well-explored topic in SF. There is an excellent entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction devoted to linguistics as a topic and a trope in science fiction; its exhaustive breadth (it is an encyclopedia article, after all) is remarkable, listing several source texts in a polished tone, although it omits to mention the specific pieces of fiction we have discussed above.
Dr. Maggie Browning, an associate professor in linguistics at Princeton, has compiled a bullet-point list on her website. The book recommendation site Goodreads features as well a crowdsourced list titled "Science Fiction using Languages or Linguistics as a Plot Device". Both places are invaluable starting points for relevant primary material.
Last, but not least, there is the Alien Tongues blog, written by two graduate students in linguistics, and focussing on the links between SF and linguistics. It has several posts on the constructed languages found in much of SF.
We hope you have enjoyed this post, which we hope this will not be the last on this fascinating topic!
Joses Ho is a currently pursuing a PhD in neuroscience at the University of Oxford, and as a visiting researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics. His interests also include science fiction, theology, and film. His fiction and poetry have appeared, respectively, in Nature Futures and Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. Follow him on Twitter; his handle is @jacuzzijo.


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The white bird-of-paradise (Strelitzia nicolai), or giant bird-of-paradise, looks like a banana plant but is in fact closely related to the more common bird-of-paradise plant (Strelitzia regina). Adult plants also resemble the Madagascan traveler palm (Ravenala madagascariensis). The large flowers are pollinated by birds, especially sunbirds, and produce copious amounts of nectar to attract them.
A large plant that can grow up to 30 feet high, the white bird-of-paradise forms dense clumps 20 feet across. The dark green, paddle-shaped leaves are borne in a fan on top of the stems and can be 8 feet long. It produces large and showy, boat-shaped inflorescences which can be 18 inches long and grow on short stalks out from the base of the leaf fan. The blooms have a bluish-purple bract with protruding white sepals and a blue, tongue-like stamen. The flowers give way to small, triangular seed pods containing black seeds with an orange tuft or hairs.
Range and Habitat
The white bird-of-paradise is found in eastern South Africa from the Great Fish River to Richards Bay in Natal and the Eastern Cape provinces. There is a similar species (Strelitzia alba) growing further north in South Africa. In its natural range it grows in dense coastal forest and in dune scrub.
The white bird-of-paradise will tolerate brief, light frosts, but the leaves are permanently damaged by temperatures of 28 degrees F or lower. It is suitable as an outdoor garden plant in USDA Zones 9 and above. Plant in rich soils with plenty of organic matter for water retention and choose a site with partial shade or at least protection from the midday sun. Feed regularly with a liquid fertilizer to maximize growth and encourage leaf formation. The roots of the white bird of paradise are destructive and the plant should not be grown within 6 feet of buildings or fences.
Mature plants will generate suckers which can be cut free from the parent plant and grown in pots once they have several leaves. Large clumps can be dug up and divided at the roots, although this will slow down the growth of the plant for at least a year. The white bird-of-paradise can also be grown from seed, but these can take up to 24 months to germinate and seedlings will not flower for a minimum of five years.
Despite being very attractive, their short stalks mean that white bird-of-paradise flowers are seldom used in the cut flower trade. In South Africa, dried leaves were traditionally used to make rope, and the immature seeds were eaten. White bird-of-paradise plants can be grown in large containers and make excellent indoor plants for large displays such as inside malls and hotel lobbies.
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Msgr. Juan Alfaro
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On January 3rd, we were blessed to have Msgr. Juan Ignacio Alfaro moved into our parish rectory and begin living in residence at St. Matthew. Msgr. Alfaro officially retired this past summer on June 30th after serving as pastor of St. Rose of Lima Catholic Church on Marbach Road since 1991. He then spent the last six months living and ministering at the Shrine of San Juan in the Valley. There he was working on what he says will be his final book – as a scripture scholar he has written several – which is a commentary on the Gospel of John. He also helped with the many sacramental needs of assisting with confessions and presiding at Masses at the ever active Shrine. He officially will be what is called "inresidence" at St. Matthew meaning that he is not officially assigned here since he is retired. However, in exchange for room and board, Msgr. Alfaro will be graciously offering to assist with confessions, both daily and weekend Masses, other sacraments and will have an office on the first floor of our Administration Building.
Msgr. Juan was born in Spain and joined the Benedictine Order. He was at the monastery of "Our Lady of Monserrat" when he heeded the call to be a missionary in the Philippines. He left for the Philippines as a seminarian in 1956 and remained there until 1964. He received a Doctorate in Dogmatic Theology at the University of St. Thomas in Manila and was ordained a priest on December 23, 1962 in Manila as well. He went to Rome in 1964 and spent three years studying and earning his Doctorandus in Sacred Scripture at the Pontifical Biblical Institute. He knows the biblical languages of Hebrew and Greek and many other languages. He spent one year as a professor at the Benedictine College of St. Anselmo in Rome.
In 1968 he returned to the Philippines to minister there until President Marcos declared Marshall Law, and he came to San Antonio in 1973. He knew Archbishop Patrick Flores and became a founder of the Mexican American Cultural Center, MACC, which was the first of its kind center to instruct primarily clergy and religious brothers and sisters in Spanish and in the culture of the Mexican American people. MACC is now the Mexican American Catholic College, located here in San Antonio next to Assumption Seminary; it continues its mission, and all of our San Antonio seminarians attend workshops there and classes to learn or better their Spanish speaking skills.
Msgr. Juan ministered at MACC from 1973 until 1984 when he was assigned here to St. Matthew Parish until 1989. After spending one year at St. Gregory the Great Parish, he began his final assignment at St. Rose of Lima Parish in 1991. Msgr. Juan is a distinguished scholar and has served on international ecclesial committees such as those which oversee the Spanish translation of the Lectionary and Roman Missal. Msgr. Juan has fond memories of his time at St. Matthew and desired to return to be with us. He will be living in the rectory along with Fr. Dennis, Fr. Jake and Abel. We are most grateful and blessed to have Msgr. Juan Alfaro join us. Please welcome him to our parish.


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This project is one of the outcomes of my current research into live audio-visual performance in Australia. As part of my broad interest in what goes on in the live a/v field, I'm interested in the practices and experiences of live a/v artists in Australia. I'm enquiring into how they as artists negotiate the parameters of this practice, this weird hybrid practice that incorporates random assemblages of laptops and controllers and mixers and Wiimotes, with notions of narrativity, performativity, interactivity and improvisation. I'm also interested in whether any of this is specifically Australian, and how this art-form is supported in Australia, both in terms of support from funding bodies, and more generally in terms of the acceptance of live a/v within new media and performance art.
So in 2010, funded by a grant from my university, Southern Cross University, I conducted filmed interviews with a small selection of live a/v artists in Australia; from old-school VJs to circuit hackers and laser artists. This group of people is only a tiny selection of the huge and incredible population of live a/v artists in Australia, so in no way is this selection representative of the scene as a whole, but the concerns and ideas expressed by them will no doubt resonate with many others.
The major output from this project is an eBook published by the MediaObject journal – this is a free eBook downloadable from the MediaObject website or the UTS ePress site, that contains video interviews with the artists, plus text exploring and introducing the key themes of the project.
The initial outcome of this project, however, was an online documentary, put together using the dynamic video storytelling software Korsakow. Korsakow is designed for non-linear experiences, so, this online doco is not like a website designed around maximum informational transfer; it is designed for a more exploratory process…
Click below for entry to the project.
I'd like to express my immense gratitude to all the participants for welcoming me into their homes and studios and offices to be asked curly questions about their practice. So a big thankyou to:
- Michela Ledwidge
- Pia van Gelder
- Barry Saunders & Dermot McGuire
- Chris Caines
- Sean Healy
- Robert Jarvis
- Robin Fox
- Brigid Burke
- Michael Colenso
- Lloyd Barrett
- Jaymis Loveday
And thanks to Mike Cooper for the audio-snippet in the intro 😉


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Trendspotting: White
No white after Labor Day? Think again. Among the typical earth-tone shades of fall fashion, one distinct color has made its mark on the wardrobe of many a stylish Chictopian: white. Traditionally viewed as a spring and summer fashion element, this pallidly-fresh hue has been recently proven as a cold-weather staple via the outfit posts of these creative fashion 'rule-breakers'.
Style Icon, Christing, combines classic fall staples with an unexpected lacy white minidress. The earth mama style of her suede ankle boots, fringed leopard scarf, and exotic jewelry contrast with the ethereal delicacy of her dainty frock. She additionally contrasts the muted brown shades of the above-mentioned accessories with the brilliant white shade of the dress.
2. Your eyes a glaze like cherry stone
starryeyed is Blair Waldorf chic in this playful black and white polka dot romper and classic white blazer. She further continues this preppy fashion vibe with patent-leather black stilettos and white bobby socks, adding a cheerful pop of color with a quilted scarlet bag and red lipstick.
3. the only job i want to work is one that i love
With her long black hair, Style Icon, kisforkani, looks like a modern-day Snow White in this all-white ensemble. Her prom-perfect tiered frock and sweet flower-bedecked headband get a touch of creativity with bold geek-chic frames and heart-print stockings. A bouquet of freshly-picked daisies whimsically finishes off the look.
4. Love is like a mustard seed
angiekje utilizes a sheer handkerchief-hem white skirt to showcase a dashing jacket-scarf duo. Her coral-red leather bomber jacket and textured mustard wrap implement the ongoing fall foliage color scheme, and her skirt makes a statement all of its own. The muted tone of her black leather wedge boots harmonizes and pulls the outfit together.
New to Chictopia, fashionhash goes for a sleek, spy-ready look. Her luxuriously-roomy white cape dress compliments the modern vibe of her round black shades. She tops it all off with a menswear-inspired Al Capone-esque fedora.
Who cares if it's spring or fall? Despite the traditional post-Labor Day ban on this color, these lovely ladies prove that white will always be "in".


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For import export businesses, the strong Aussie dollar provides significant bargaining power when buying from China. The US dollar is the preferred currency for manufacturers in China and you will notice Chinese online suppliers quote in US dollars. The very real risk right now is a sudden depreciation of the Australian dollar to the US dollar. If this occurs, or rather when, it will have dramatic impacts on Australian importers, including those importing goods from China. The long term trading range of the AUD is nearer to 70 US cents – so it has a long way to fall.
The issue most commonly faced by importers is when a purchase is made, the exchange rate drops from time of contract to time of payment – which can be three months or more. The result is the cost of goods can be significantly more than budgeted, potentially making an imported product unprofitable. There are a range of simple and more complicated alternatives ranging from basic currency hedging (stocking up on US dollars) to forward contracts and even more complicated hedging products.
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The large-scale military exercises held off Hainan Island and the live-fire drills planned for tomorrow by Beijing within 12 nautical miles (22.2km) off the Fujian coast are presented by the Chinese news media as a show of displeasure by Beijing at the independent policy lines pursued by President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文), and at the moves by the US to enhance its relations with Taiwan.
The Chinese saber-rattling was already evident in earlier military pressure against Taiwan, in particular the increased air and naval operations in the vicinity of the island — including escorted strategic bomber encirclement flights — and the deployment of its aircraft carrier on the Chinese side of the Taiwan Strait.
The fundamental problem is that the authorities in Beijing still see cross-strait relations through the outdated prism of the (unfinished) civil war between Mao Zedong's (毛澤東) Communists and Chiang Kai-shek's (蔣介石) Nationalists.
Somehow, Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) and his colleagues have been unable to think beyond the confines of the rigid dogma that the only possible resolution is for Taiwan to be "reunited" with China.
The problem with that approach is that Taiwan was never part of the People's Republic of China in the first place, but was the unhappy landing place for the defeated nationalists of Chiang, whose regime then ruled the island under martial law for 38 years.
Thanks to the hard work and resilience of Taiwanese, the nation made its momentous transition to democracy in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and is now a vibrant and even rambunctious democracy.
Having worked so hard to attain their democracy, the people on the island are not about to give up their hard-won freedoms and are thus not inclined whatsoever to agree to "unification" under any model, whether it is called "one country, two systems" or under the guise of the so-called "1992 consensus" with whatever many interpretations.
Opinion polls in Taiwan show that the people of the island overwhelmingly reject these concepts.
So, if there is to be lasting peace and stability in the region, Beijing needs to come to terms with the fact that there is a free and democratic Taiwan next door, and develop a more constructive policy based on mutual recognition and peaceful coexistence as friendly neighbors.
All too often Western analysts jump to the conclusion that tensions are rising and war is imminent. A recent article in the National Interest by Paul Smith of the US Naval War College is one example ("How the Taiwan Travel Act could start a US-China War," March 29). Another example is a book published in 2007 by Michael O'Hanlon and Richard Bush, titled A War Like No Other, which elaborates on a dozen scenarios describing in detail how war could break out.
While one should not discount that Chinese threats could lead to a military confrontation, it is essential to counter those threats, and ensure that Beijing understands that any adventurism and attempt to subdue or annex Taiwan would be disastrous for itself.
In the meantime, it would help if Western observers would focus their creativity on developing scenarios of a peaceful resolution whereby Beijing — perhaps grudgingly — accepts Taiwan as a friendly neighbor. Too often people take the present — very uncompromising — state of mind and non-conciliatory position of the Chinese leaders as a given.


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iMac G5 is Apple's first real foray into modern multimedia goodness and definitely a harbinger of things to come. Geek.com reviews this new standalone PC and finds that its the little differences that stand out in this new incarnation of the iMac.
This, I think, is the most important part of the review:
For $19 you can purchase Apple's Video Adapter to output your iMac's video to a TV. This then connects Front Row to the television, resulting in a more exciting Front Row experience (especially if you have surround sound).
TV-out, people. Expect a FrontRow powered PVR pretty soon, lads and lassies. Mark our—and Geek.com's—words.
First Impressions: Apple's iMac G5 [Geek.com]


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Rupees and Yuan for Natgas
Many North American observers think the natural gas market has gone slack. But a global view suggests this commodity is tighter than ever.
The past week, both India and China raised their domestic natgas prices. In a bid to attract needed supply.
Indian natural gas will double. To $8.40/MMbtu.
Chinese gas will see a milder increase. Existing consumers as of 2012 will see their natgas jump by an average 15.4%, to $8.90/MMbtu across the country.
The more radical part of the Chinese re-pricing involves new gas supply. Going forward, new consumers will pay an average 42.3% premium for their gas. Implying a price around $12.67/MMbtu.
This higher pricing will reportedly affect about 9% of total Chinese gas supply this year. But the pricing system is expected to take wider root as time goes on.
All of this is great news for producers, shippers and importers. Several Indian-focused natgas companies saw their share prices jump on news of the price hike.
It also shows just how competitive the natural gas market is. Importers are realizing that with LNG cargos selling for +$15/MMBtu, they simply can't afford to have a domestic price that's completely out-of-whack with global levels.
An interesting aside to all this is the coal story. Natgas prices are increasing for gas-fired power generators. Meaning that coal is going to become more and more competitive for the electric sector.
Could be a further tailwind for the Asian thermal coal market.
Here's to the price being right,
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High white blood cell count, high CHD mortality
A high White Blood Cell (WBC) count is associated with a high all-cause mortality in the Zutphen Elderly Study. After adjustment for risk factors each 10/9/L increase in WBC was associated with a 21% higher 5-year CHD mortality. Smoking increases WBC, but this association is independent of smoking.
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Snapchat Betting On Bitstrips Appeal. Firm reportedly plans to pay $100 million for app that puts avatars into emojis.
—Los Angeles Times March 26, 2016
I take false pride in reading the daily newspaper cover to cover (by cracky). In truth I gloss over articles that do not re-enforce my increasingly shaky world view. I also give short shrift to subjects I do not understand. I read the LA Times business section story by Paresh Dave with my head cocked liked a large dog unsure whether he is about to go for a walk or to the vet's office. Emojis, which are an annoyance I have a superficial understanding of, are being customized and the resultant bitmojis will provide the user a unique way to pass on greetings, get well wishes, and eviction notices. Somewhere bitmojis' great grandfather (a circle with two dots and a dash) known as Smiley Face is looking on with pride and no doubt an insipid grin.
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A few years ago I was in a lengthy, pleasant, but ultimately futile discussion with Eddie, a service rep for an unnamed long distance carrier (all right, it begins with a V). Eddie and I were laughing it up, talking about customizing and re-bundling my package so my monthly bill would not be mistaken for the national debt projections. We were being recorded for training purposes but I really thought we had a good rapport. Since he was laughing at my jokes I never mentioned cord cutting or threatened to install aluminum foil wrapped rabbit ears on my roof. I offered to give up the Gardening Channel and 50 Croatian-Filipino stations in exchange for Showtime (so I could watch Homeland). This was a nonstarter. Looking for things to cut, Eddie mentioned offhandedly that I was paying two dollars a month to have an unlisted land line. More on principle than actual cash savings, we decided to axe it.
Did I mention that JoAnne (the editor) was not home when Eddie and I were doing our business? When she found out a few days later, you would have thought I had unleashed the Hounds from Hell. The unlisted number keeps the telemarketers at bay! As she was near tears, it didn't seem the time to bring up the two dollars. We redoubled our efforts to get on Do Not Call lists. At first I answered the phone and implored the solicitor not to call again. Some I even told how my wife was becoming unbalanced and inexplicably agitated by the sound of a ringing telephone.
There must have been something in my voice that suggested I really do want aluminum siding, solar panels, or an interest free zirconium (plated) text activated debit credit card which if held under a strontium 90 light (sold separately) will correctly predict eight of the next ten winners of the Kentucky Derby. Finally JoAnne and I stopped answering the land line and began relying on our cell phones. Unfortunately solicitation calls are even beginning to creep onto our cells. I suggested we get "burners" and discard them regularly like on Homeland. I believe JoAnne has forgiven me but is reluctant to take this large a step. Besides, what would I tell Eddie?
Tom H. Cook is still laughing over a line on the radio: "Looking back on my life, I realize that quicksand has not been as big a problem as I thought it would be when I was a child."