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Don't miss "FIRST NIGHT" Burlington County
Back by Popular Demand
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church is proud
to provide another fabulous visual display
"The Creation Story" on the ceiling of the Church.
To end the First Night experience
Fireworks at St. Andrew's
"YES" Fireworks will be shot off in the Church.
Thanks once again to Cameron and his team.
At 9pm let us end this wonderful evening
as we welcome in the New Year
with a joyous and reflective service
celebrated by the Rev. Sunil Chandy.
The themes of the Homily
Will be displayed on the ceiling.
Fireworks will be displayed again at he end of the service
Some pics to give you a taste of what you missed last year…
This picture is from the projection calibration process.
That's right, INDOOR FIREWORKS!!!!
The show promises to be AWESOME!! St. Andrew's will also host special musical presentations and storytelling throughout the evening. Join St. Andrews and First Night Burlington County in ringing in 2013!!


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Bye Bye Beautiful Planet
President-elect Trump has nominated Scott Pruitt to head the US Environmental Protection Agency. Time to batten down the hatches and head for the hills. Pruitt is a Big Oil man, a climate denier, whose past record suggests he will tear down long and hard fought for environmental protections. Not so much the EPA, more the EDA – the environmental destruction agency. Someone likened it to putting an arsonist in charge of the Fire Service.
Most, if not all, Trump's nominations bolster corporate not people power. So much for all that baloney about being anti-establishment. He's draining the swamp to create an even bigger one. Just when we needed the world's most powerful nation to have a leader who can understand the global Big Picture we get a billionaire businessman and reality TV star who thinks global warming is a hoax invented by the Chinese. If Trump pulls the US out of the Paris climate change deal then, short of an all-out nuclear war, it will probably rank as the single most destructive event to hit our planed since the Ice Age. Emperor Nero fiddled while Rome burnt, President Trump will twitter while our land and oceans inexorably warm.. Bye bye beautiful planet.

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The U.S. Supreme Court will soon decide the constitutionality of the Solomon Amendment, a federal law that permits the government to deny federal funding to colleges or universities if they prohibit military recruitment on campus. Law schools across the country have challenged the law, arguing that they have a First Amendment right to deny recruitment because the military openly discriminates against gay, lesbian and bisexual law students. On this edition of Justice Talking, we're going to look at the law and Congress' power of the purse and ask, how far can government go to impose its views, when it makes spending decisions?
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University of Chicago.
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He is also the founder of the Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights or FAIR. It is an association of three dozen law schools organized to fight for academic freedom and against discrimination. FAIR has brought a lawsuit against Donald Rumsfeld contesting the Solomon Amendment. This is the case being heard by the Supreme Court.
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George Mason University's law school.
He is also the executive director of the School for Legal Assistance to Servicemembers or CLAS. He is a Vietnam veteran and a former Assistant Secretary of the Air Force.
Richard W. Pombo
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California's Eleventh Congressional District.
He co-sponsored the Solomon-Pombo amendment.
Jared Wood
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a student group opposed to the Solomon Amendment on campus. The group is a plaintiff in the case that is before the Supreme Court.
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Technology, and more specifically personal devices, are part of nearly every industry today. When the doctor sees you for a check-up, he/she uses a tablet instead of a paper chart. UPS scans and tracks every package at every step of the delivery process with a hand-held device. Repair technicians plug cars into portable computers to diagnose the problem and order parts. If we are to prepare students for the workforce of tomorrow this must include a conversation about the use of technology and personal electronic devices.
This week dozens of students, staff members and parents came together to talk with each other about Hilliard Schools' vision for individual devices and technology integration in classrooms. This was the culmination of months of research, input and exploration from three separate groups each discussing questions about how Hilliard Schools might begin the process of bringing personal devices into classrooms in a more purposeful manner. While the groups each discussed things such as the cost structure for this kind of an initiative, how instruction might change, the types of devices, which grades to begin the integration and so much more, no one questioned why this was necessary.
Each group agreed that if students had devices and teachers had the kind of professional development to make this investment meaningful, then students would be better prepared for college and the workforce. How we get there is still being decided, but what is clear is that ensuring that every student is Ready for Tomorrow will include a shift in how we integrate technology into our classrooms today.
It is also clear that by empowering our students, staff members, parents and residents to be part of the process, we will create a better solution. The district will now take all of the conversations and feedback we have received from these groups and create a final plan for how we will use technology and personal electronic devices in our classrooms. We are on target for finalizing and announcing this plan this spring.
Thank you to those who have shared their time and talents with this project. I look forward to continuing these types of dialogues on other significant district initiatives. By embracing the various stakeholders in our school district and empowering them to be part of the process, we will all be part of the solutions that meet our mission of ensuring every student is Ready for Tomorrow.


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InduSoft released an updated MOTCP Modbus driver, version 10.6, for InduSoft web Studio HMI software. The MOTCP v 10.6 driver can be downloaded here.
The updated driver addresses the following issues:
– Resolved issue with the calculation of words to be requested when issuing read commands for holding registers in String format
– Resolved issue when reading more than 8 Coils
More information and release notes can be read in the MOTCP Help Document that is installed when the driver executable is run after downloading it from the website.


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While development often has widespread, regional impacts, most land use decisions are made at the local level. SNHPC recognizes and supports this long-standing tradition and offers many services that support local planning officials. These services range from offering training workshops for Planning Board and Zoning Board of Adjustment members to preparing manuals and handbooks intended to better equip local planning officials.
When a community has a development project with regional impacts, SNHPC works with the community, as well as the surrounding communities, to address concerns and help formulate a solution that will benefit the region as a whole.
SNHPC is also available to assist with zoning, tax, and base-map updates, offer project specific technical assistance and provide information on various State and Federal programs of benefit to municipalities.
This year SNHPC is pleased to announce two new programs designed to help Planning Boards address many of the daily regulatory and non-regulatory functions that they are responsible for. These two new programs are the Circuit Rider Planning and the Planning Board Assistance (PBA) Programs.Circuit Rider Planning Program
Under this program, a SNHPC professional planner is assigned to work at least one day per week at the Town offices to provide the following planning support:
SNHPC also offers municipalities the option of participating in the Commission's new Planning Board Assistance (PBA) Program. The intent of the PBA program is to provide member municipalities with customized Planning Board support services, generally not available through Commission membership. Under the PBA program, the Planning Commission would assign a staff planner as the municipality's key contact planner. The appointment of a dedicated key planning contact is intended to generate continuity and familiarity with the municipality and its key issues over time. This program provides similar services as the Circuit Rider Program, but on a reduced scale, which is tailored to the individual community's needs.


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It isn't easy to win on the road. Nor is it easy to slip the sunrise past a rooster. Moreover, as Kermit the Frog has been telling us for years, it isn't easy being green.
It is easy, however, for a high school football player to be admitted to Kansas University.
At least that's what the Orlando Sentinel reported last week in a story about the new NCAA academic admission requirements.
Reporters from the Florida newspaper interviewed about two dozen coaches, recruiting coordinators and academic coordinators among the 117 NCAA Division I-A schools and compiled a three-tier assessment.
In the Big 12 Conference, the Sentinel rated Missouri and Texas as difficult. In the so-so category were Colorado, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas A&M; and Texas Tech. Finally, rated as easy were Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas State and, yes, Kansas.
Not that Paul Buskirk is buying it. Buskirk is the assistant athletic director in charge of student-athlete support services at KU and said he would have believed basketball was invented by Woody Woodpecker before he would believe the Sentinel report.
"I would not put us in the easy category," Buskirk said. "I'm surprised at that. And Baylor ... I'm surprised they would list a private school as easy."
So does Kansas University chancellor Robert Hemenway.
"That's ridiculous," Hemenway said. "Baylor probably has higher standards than any of us."
Hemenway also disputes the Kansas ranking.
"We probably looked to be easy when we had our open-admissions policy," the chancellor said, "but that was qualified three years ago to where it takes a 21 on the ACT. I just don't think you would characterize KU as easy."
None of this academic mumbo-jumbo applies to junior-college transfers, however, and juco products are becoming more and more prevalent in Big 12 athletics because of the league rule that prevents schools from accepting non-qualifiers and holding them out of competition for a year.
Of the 44 players on Kansas State's two-deep offense and defense charts last season, for instance, 19 were juco transfers. It's no secret one of the leading reasons for K-State's resurgence in football during the last decade has been its ability to enroll players from two-year schools -- many of whom could not gain admission to other conference schools.
Kansas University may indeed be easy when it comes to admitting high school football players -- at least in comparison to the majority of its Big 12 brethren -- but KU is not easy when it comes to admitting juco transfers.
Or as Buskirk said: "We accept fewer transfer hours than most (schools) around the conference."
Football coach Mark Mangino announced Wednesday he had signed a dozen players who had performed in junior college. To tell the truth, I thought he would sign as many as 15 juco players to plug personnel deficiencies and try to make the Jayhawks competitive this fall, but then again maybe he couldn't get that many into school.
Mangino may have seen more frogs out there than princes.
"We looked at some transcripts and pounded our desks knowing we couldn't get them in here," the KU coach said.
Some day, Mangino mentioned, he would like the Big 12 to force all league members to abide by the same rules when admitting juco transfers.
"Selfishly, I'd probably like to put that on the table," Mangino said, "but right now I'm trying to build a program. It's clear they're proud of their academic reputation here, and we take a lot of pride in our academic support."
Can Mangino forge a football reputation while the school maintains its academic reputation? That is the million-dollar question on Mount Oread.
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Schiphol Group is applying USoft as technology partner for realising its digital airport ambition. Challenged by increasing process interdependencies affecting operational effectiveness and a growing attention to the personal passenger journey, Schiphol Group is using USoft to better utilise the value in existing data, integrate information and apply cross-functional business logic to improve real-time decision making processes and personalised information exchange.
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Eurocontrol applies USoft in the area of geographical data administration for Air Traffic Control. Ensuring high quality data storage of essential flight route information.
Eurocontrol is an intergovernmental organisation with 41 Member and 2 Comprehensive Agreement States. They are committed to building, together with our partners, a Single European Sky that will deliver the air traffic management (ATM) performance required for the twenty-first century and beyond.
Over 1,900 highly qualified professionals spread over four European countries work at Eurocontrol, deploying their expertise to address ATM challenges.
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It was a beautiful evening! Yesterday, we have attended to a charity concert played by Leszek Możdżer, who is a famous Polish jazz pianist, in the Philarmonic in Olsztyn. It is an honor for us to be a partner of House of Music Association and support building the first European Integration House of Creative Work!
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This FutureAdPro review basically tells you what my experience with the program has been thus far and what I've heard from others about their experiences.
We are pleased to support the handball club UKS Imperium Katowice as a Partner!
We are pleased to support the handball club UKS Imperium Katowice as a Partner!
Especially when we can really help in the further development of young, ambitious people.
We are highly motivated to work even more, when such an opinion is given to us by the President of the Club –
Michał Tyl: "FutureNet fulfills my dreams. It's not only unusual way of doing business, without the need to leave your own home, but also allows people around me to achieve more. As a President of the Handball Club UKS Imperium Katowice I have many players, from junior to senior. Thanks to the cooperation with FutureNet we grow in strength and make next steps towards being better than we were yesterday.."
Thank you!
FutureNet is a technological leap into the future!
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Our partners are developing in more than 150 countries around the world, creating a community of nearly 600,000 people. In the latest edition of Dziennik Gazeta Prawna appeared in another publication describes the opportunities offered by our service. See for themselves what distinguishes us from the giants of advertising and why we give the opportunity to earn money for each user.
FutureNet makes it into the newspaper!
BuyAdPacks.com Creates Page Dedicated To FutureNet/FutureAdPro Reviews
Yes it is just me. I have the website BuyAdPacks.com where people can go to Buy Ad Packs for any revshare program out there, possibly. I have a page just for Future Net and Future Ad Pro. This new page is called Future Net / Future Ad Pro Review Scam Or Legit Rev Share Sites.
This post is a test to see how long it takes for Google to index me and what this possible "link juice" could do to help me in the rankings for that page. Also, on this blog, I changed the title.. adding the words "reviews" and "review" in there. This should help me, too, in driving traffic to both of these sites and gathering me more referrals than before.
My FutureAdPro Review So Far?
I have basically been with FutureAdPro since the first week that it because live. That was a couple of months ago, now. I purchased 1 adpack "out-of-pocket" and sponsored others who did the same.
It is a slow process to watch it build-up.. especially if you only buy 1 adpack like I did. Same thing goes for watching the commissions come in from your referrals because they can't make a re-purchase until they get to $50 for another ad pack.
There are upgrades which will allow you to earn on different levels on the revshare but it isn't worth paying for that unless you know for sure that you have lots of people down there that will buy some adpacks to make it worth your while.
You just play it by earn. I have many referrals but most of them remain free. They need to see others earn with it before considering putting any money into it, themselves.
But, yes, for sure I recommend for people to join FutureAdPro and buy at least 1 adpack, to start with. This is my FutureAdPro review for now, but I will most probably come back here and give updates as my excitement level increases.


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I am increasingly becoming a fan of making curds and jams when there is a surplus of fruit. They are surprisingly quick and fun to cook and you are rewarded with jars of deliciousness which way surpass your average shop-bought preserves.
My other favourite makes to prevent waste are compotes and coulis which I store in the freezer ready for an impromptu pudding or fruity sauce (or just to pour straight over ice cream). You will find some of my fruity 'experiments' here :
Berry Compote for Lemon & Berry Trifle
Raspberry Coulis
Blackberry & Apple compote for an Oatie Crumble Slice
Fruit Coulis for Strawberry Trifle Cake
Pineapple, Mango & Strawberry Filling or Apple & Raspberry Filling for a crumble tray bake
Roasted Strawberries (used in all sorts of things!)
Chunky Cherry Sauce for black forest trifle
Cherry Sauce to drizzle over Chocolate Torte
Honeyed Raspberry Syrup to ripple through ice cream
Apple & Blackberry Curd
Mixed Berry & Apple Jam
Rhubarb Curd……
When I was mooching in the fridge a while back, I found a half-used bag of unwaxed lemons and a couple of limes which were calling out for creation before they reached the point of being fit for compost only. It is a while since I made curd and it seemed a fitting purpose for my hopeful-looking citrus fruit. There were a couple of oranges (including a blood orange) loitering in the fruit bowl as well, which sealed the deal!
I actually made the curd just before Easter….. It was wonderful with my Apple, Cherry & Sultana Hot Cross Buns.
Providing you are willing to be endlessly patient with the stirring process (which often feels like it is taking forever), curd is amazingly easy to make. I remember making lemon curd at school when I was about 13 and thinking 'really? Is that all there is to it?'.
Citrus curd (and specifically lemon curd) is probably the mother of all curds. Lusciously creamy, yet tangy and tart, it has an irresistible pull with a versatility to match. Use it in anything from ice creams and fools, to tarts, cheesecakes and even on meats, a jar can find its way into a whole array of dishes. It is also (of course) amazing spread 'neat' on bread and toast. I remember a particular fascination I had as a teenager with coming home from school to an empty house, taking 2 slices of white bread, removing the crusts, slathering with curd as a sandwich and then rolling flat with a rolling pin…… it was a strange but very tempting snack……. doughy lemony bread heaven…… Ok….. I know it was a strange concept, but it made me happy!
Anyway….. This particular curd recipe for me is curd loveliness…. It has a fantastic balance of tart and sweet….. is divinely smooth and creamy…… has a wonderful rich colour….. and no one fruit outweighs or overshadows the others….. You can close your eyes and pick out the individual citrus flavours as the curd washes over your palate. I can (and do) sit with just a small bowl of curd…. on its own…. nothing added…. and savour small spoonfuls, just to get the full impact. It is that good!
It is also amazing swirled into thick Greek yoghurt and sprinkled with chopped pistachios…. Great for breakfast as well as a fresh dessert.
I am sharing this delicious Citrus Curd with the following challenges :
The No Waste Food Challenge with Elizabeth's Kitchen Diary. Curds are a lovely way to make fruit go further and this one has done me proud on the citrus front.
Credit Crunch Munch with Utterly Scrummy, Fuss Free Flavours and Fab Food 4 All. Not only did this recipe use up a load of fruit, but it is cheaper and (in my view) tastes way better than shop-bought curds.
Cook Blog Share with Lucy at Supergolden Bakes
Recipe of the Week with Emily at A Mummy Too
Tasty Tuesdays – This week with Le Coin de Mel on Behalf of Honest Mum.
Citrus Curd (Lemon, Orange & Lime) (makes 4 jars)
- Sterilise your jars (and a metal tea strainer) whilst you are making your curd by placing clean jars and their lids into a cold oven on a baking tray and turn to 130 degrees Centigrade. Leave for at least 20 minutes.
- Grate the zest from 1 lemon, 1 lime and 1 orange and juice all the fruit.
- Place the zest, juice, butter and sugar into a large glass bowl and place on top of a saucepan of simmering water.
- Heat, stirring until the butter is melted and the sugar is completely dissolved.
- Remove from the heat and whisk in the eggs until smooth and completely incorporated.
- Return the bowl to sit over the simmering water on low to medium heat and with a wooden or silicone spoon, stir continually whilst heating until the curd is thickened enough to coat the back of the spoon (about 20 to 25 minutes).
- When ready, strain the curd through the sterile tea strainer straight into the warm, sterile jars and seal immediately with the lid.
- Allow to cool completely and then store in the fridge.


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Ellison and Laura Kelly Create Exclusive Partnership for Latest Die Designs
by Ellison on August 6, 2014
New designer brings educator perspective in artwork for premier brand
LAKE FOREST, Calif. (Aug. 6, 2014) – Ellison® Educational Equipment Inc., the pioneer and global market leader in die-cutting machines, steel-rule dies and accessories, is pleased to announce its new partnership with doodle artist Laura Kelly.
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My friend Katie and I talk about how sometimes circumstances in our lives "kick the bucket" of our hearts and cause what's already in there to spill out. It's not that the ugly wasn't there all along--it just hadn't been exposed.
I feel like the events of the last few weeks have kicked our nation's collective bucket and our mess or racial disunity (which has been there so long) is spilled out in front of us. We can tiptoe around it, ignore it, throw blame, or stop, take a long look, and ask God how we can help with the clean-up.
I was raised in a pretty diverse environment, but in the end I'm realizing that I don't know what it feels like to be an African American in this country, or a person of any color for that matter. I've watched African American friends in my church and online grieve in a way I didn't understand. So I've been challenged to learn and listen. Do you want to join me?
The best way to start is probably to sit down with our friends that look different than us and ask them some questions that will probably make us squirm:
- How do you feel about what's going on in our country right now?
- Have you ever been made to feel like your life doesn't matter?
- Are you scared for your family members?
- What does it feel like to be the minority in this country/city/church?
- I appreciate this post ("Dear White Christian Women") by Jess
- Chrystal Evans Hurst and Ashley Irons provide some really practical ideas how we can build bridges in our every day lives in this podcast ("What I want my white friends to know)
- I learned some important things from this Podcast ("The one where we model the awkward race conversation") over at this blog.
- Jenny Allen and Tasha Morrison talk about unity in the church and break down the idea of having to "pick sides" in this podcast here
We have so much to gain if we're ready to calm our emotions and bear each other's burdens. That's what the family of God is called to, because we belong to each other.Unlike the mamas in the podcasts above, I don't have to have the gut-wrenching conversations with my son in which I have to explain that some people might not value his life, so he has to be ultra-submissive and calm with police officers if he ever has an encounter--so he can just come home to me.
But God has so composed the body, giving greater honor to the part that lacked it, that there may be no division in the body, but that the members may have the same care for one another. If one member suffers, all suffer together; if one member is honored, all rejoice together. 1 Corinthians 12:24-26
I just don't have to think that way.
But if I want to be a part of making those kinds of conversations a thing of the past in our country, I can start, first in my own heart, and then by talking to my kids about race.
And I'm talking about everyday, as-we-go conversations (complete with plenty of inappropriate kids comments) along with intentional education.
"And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." (Deuteronomy 6:6-7 ESV)Now and over the years as we raise up these children in our home, I hope we talk about these things:
Let's talk about how people are valuable because God knit them together Himself.
Every person came together in the mind and heart of God. Think of the care you've taken to raise your own children, how much you've invested in them. Multiply that by the greatness of God's love for His image-bearers (see Genesis 1:27). Yes, we're sinful, fallen, broken, but none of that changes the core of our identity.
It should grieve us greatly when a person is seen as less than God sees him or her. And maybe we need to toss this idea that God is colorblind--or that we should be. Our color is part of the way that God has knit us together. Because He delights in color and diversity, so can we!
Let's talk about our country's history and how we're still entwined in it.
Race will always be a part of our family's story, so we're going to talk about it. My kids already know that they are a mix of black and white. They know that some of their ancestors were slaves and some were probably slaveowners (you can read all about it in this book: The Hairstons: An American Family in Black and White). Other ancestors were immigrants.
Let's talk about the sinful things people have done to each other in this country (and many others around the world) and how, even though we don't do them anymore, we're still affected by them--in our neighborhoods, our cities, the workplace--and in our hearts.
To do this, we've got to go off-textbook with our understanding of history. There are some recommended resourced HERE that you might want to explore. Knowing our history helps us understand how we got where we are today.
Let's talk (in age-appropriate ways) about the things going on in the news. Ask them how they think people are feeling and why they might feel that way.
Let's talk about how everyone has a story worth knowing
The way we look is one part of our story. Each human is a fascinating mix of their family background, their talents, their interests, their experiences, and all the other things that make you YOU. Let's learn to seek out each other's stories.
"Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others. Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus, who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." (Phil. 2:1-8 ESV)In our church, we call this seeking out of another's story "rocking Philippians 2" from the passage above.
Let's talk about how different is fascinating, not intimidating, and give them them plenty of opportunities with "different."
I remember when I returned from Thailand, an elderly woman I worked with asked me very sincerely, "What are they like over there? From the pictures their eyes all look so vacant."
"Well, they're people just like us," I said. "Yes, their culture is completely different, but they love their families and struggle and worry and enjoy life just like we do."
I realized that my friend didn't have much experience with people outside her own culture, so to her, Asians were so mysterious. I think this is true for many Americans, who are raised in a sort of cultural bubble.
Let's help our kids out of that bubble. I think the more our kids are exposed to different, the more they'll realize that people are different, but really not different, in the most fundamental ways. Then they can learn to delight in different instead of being intimidated by or afraid of it.
When we know people who look different than us personally, it's easier us to empathize with other human beings. When we see a story about someone like Philando Castille on the news, we think of how he reminds us of our friend Tasha's younger brother Marcus who ran track and played the drums in church, not just another black guy.
"Real wisdom, God's wisdom, begins with a holy life and is characterized by getting along with others. It is gentle and reasonable, overflowing with mercy and blessings, not hot one day and cold the next, not two-faced. You can develop a healthy, robust community that lives right with God and enjoy its results only if you do the hard work of getting along with each other, treating each other with dignity and honor." James 3:17-18 (The Message)It takes work to get to know people different than us. It takes a willingness to live with "awkward." It takes a willingness to feel like an outsider. If you're white like me, you've probably spent most of your life in the majority culture, so it feels strange to be in situations where you're the minority.
Let's talk about how our silence in the face of wrong equals agreement.
The first time I heard the "n" word used was in a car with a group of kids driving me home from a high school event when I first moved to North Carolina. "That's where that n- cop lives," the teenage boy said (the cop was our neighbor). I didn't say anything, just burst into tears when my mom met me at the door.
The next time I heard it was in the dark at a sleepover with some girls from school. It was tucked into a racist joke. I dug deeper into my sleeping bag and didn't say a word.
Later in college, I was getting a ride home from a friend when we stopped for gas in a mostly black neighborhood. She made some comment about the "n's." Finally I found my voice. "That really offends me," I said. She gave me a surprised look, as if the possibility hadn't crossed her mind.
I was surprised to realize that my silence would have communicated complicity. That's very sobering to me.
So let's talk our kids through what they can say if they see or hear something they know is wrong. Let's give them the words they can use so they're prepared.
What if we raised a generation of kids who really valued others, especially the marginalized, so that no one would have to question if their lives mattered to us?
The (capital C) Church has a HUGE advantage when it comes to racial unity.
Friends, I don't know what's going to happen in our country, but I know that there is great hope for the Church (the body of believers). Ya'll (I've lived in the South long along to use that, right?), we have the same Spirit. I know that doesn't make this easier, but it makes us empowered in a way the outside world can't imagine.
"Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all." (Col 3:9-11 ESV)"Here," where we're made new and being made new through Christ, we are ONE.
Because we've been forgiven, we know how to forgive. Because we're so well-loved, we know how to love well. Because God is so patient with us, we can be patient with each other. Because God overcame huge obstacles to love us, we can do what it takes to love each other well.
So, what are some practical things we can do?
Okay, so the most practical, right now thing we can do is to daily submit to the Holy Spirit and let Him and His word have their way in us.
"And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful. Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God." (Col 3:16 ESV)Let's also daily make little disciples in our home and ask God to transform their hearts and lives through His Spirit.
Then, we can try a few of these other practical ideas in our homes:
- Read books about a variety of people and cultures. We like this simple mostly-picture book ("A Country Far Away") and this one too ("People").
- Expose your children to different languages.
- Put yourself in situations where you're the minority.
- Support a child from a different country through and organization like Compassion. Write to them and pray for them. Know their names. Think of them as part of your family.
- Talk well of people of different colors.
- Watch the upcoming Olympics and talk about the different races you observe. Talk about how beautiful people are who look differently than you do. We liked this Karen Katz book, "The Colors of Us."
- Watch Martin Luther King's "I have a dream speach" on MLK Day and talk about our history.
- Talk to people who look different than you in the grocery store (but try not to be creepy).
- Go to or visit a church that is diverse.
- Visit local international restaurants or markets.
- Go to the park and talk to people from different cultures or abilities. Don't shy away from them just because they don't speak English or have a disability. Talk to your kids about them. Introduce yourself and your child. Ask them questions.
- Talk about your own family's history. Unless you're Native American, we all come from somewhere else.
- Expose them to music and dance from different cultures. Pull up a Christian Gospel station on Pandora.
- Maybe it sounds silly, but buy your kids baby dolls of different colors.
- Invite new friends into your home. Get involved in an international exchange student ministry if you live near a college or university. Most are looking for families to help students learn about American culture.
- Check our some more ideas for talking to your kids about racism at this post HERE
- PRAY with your kids for our nation!
If this kind of talk makes you uncomfortable, remember that God is so gracious and He longs to be merciful to all of us sinners. If God shines light on something sinful in your heart, He is only being loving to expose it. Let's let Him graciously heal us.And let's show the same grace to our kids as we try to teach them these things.
"Therefore the LORD waits to be gracious to you, and therefore he exalts himself to show mercy to you. For the LORD is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him." (Isaiah 30:18 ESV)
Although I know this is weighty subject, I hope it is helpful. I know people have all kind of feelings on this subject. I love the advice Chrystal Evans Hurst shared in her podcast. She encouraged us to have REAL conversation within REAL relationships (rather than emotion-driven online "conversations"). So friends, let's all do that, okay? But first, let's pray.
"Pray then like this: "Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." (Matthew 6:9-10 ESV)Now it's time to break out your variety of skin-toned crayons and color this Bible verse coloring page from Psalm 139:13! You can download yours in Spanish HERE and in English HERE (or by clicking on the images below).*
*I'm so happy for you to enjoy my coloring pages and printables for your personal (not commercial) use! All artwork and photos are ã Marydean Draws. Please share freely by posting a link back to this blog post. Please don't repost the actual file. If you share this, you're awesome (!), and as a courtesy, please link back to this post and not the PDF file. Any other uses, just ask! Thank you!!


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As expected we are still receving transmissions from 09's radio in exactly the same location in the south of Morocco. This confirms that he has either died, or the transmitter has fallen off.
We have received an incredible response to our appeal for help. As luck would have it Frederic Lacroix, who lives in Agadir, was planning to travel to the south of Morocco tomorrow on a photographic trip and he has offered to go and look for 09. If he fails, then another team, led by wildlife film-maker Lahoucine Faouzi, have kindly agreed to travel to the area on Friday and look for 09 on Saturday. So either way, we should know what has happened by the end of the weekend. This really is a fantastic outcome and we are very grateful to Frederic and Lahoucine and his team for their help.
As we wait for news, myself and the team at Rutland have been discussing what may have happened. The most likely scenario, we think, is that poor weather – or perhaps sandstorms – forced 09 to land on the ridge on 11th September. As an experienced migrator, he would have known not to set out across the Sahara if conditions were poor for flying. Sadly, once there, he may have been predated by an Eagle Owl or even a Bonelli's Eagle. Both species are capable of taking a bird as large as an Osprey and both occur in this southern part of Morocco. The alternative, of course, is that the transmitter fell off while 09 was perched there. Hopefully either Frederic or Lahoucine will be able to provide an answer. And let's hope it is the latter.
Amazingly, whilst looking at the various land forms on Google Earth, we realised that we flew over the exact spot that we are receiving transmissions from, in January 2011 en route to West Arica. The photo below was taken by John Wright from the plane that day and I have marked on 09's position. This shows what a remote, inhospitable place it is, so good luck to Frederic and Lahoucine in their search for 09. We'll report any news as soon as we have it.


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It's July 17th -- the official due date of our girls! It's amazing to me that they've already been here for six weeks, and they should have been inside me until today. Aside from not being able to imagine two babies that big inside me (!), I thought today would be a good time to finish a posting that I started right before the girls were born, and never finished or posted because I went into labor, and other things became more important! I wanted to write about the moment that we found out we were having twins, so the girls can read it when they grow up. I apologize for the length!
For some reason, our doctor does an 8-week ultrasound for all of her patients' pregnancies. Tony and I both left work early so that we could see our little one, who we knew would only be about the size of a kidney bean, but whose heart would already be beating! Because of the shape of the room and the size of the ultrasound machine, Tony had to stand about 5 feet away from me during the ultrasound. When the doctor started, the first thing I noticed was that there were two "holes" in the picture, so I was trying really hard to remember what the second hole was, since I've seen plenty of ultrasound pictures in my life. I thought maybe it was the placenta, but there was a fleeting thought in the back of my head that most people don't see two holes. That was as far as I got in that thought process before the doctor started talking.
The doctor shifted the picture a couple of times, and then announced, "Okay, let's do this first!" It didn't strike me as funny, but I guess I should have been thinking, what's second? She moved the view so that the second hole disappeared, and we could clearly see the baby in the left hole. We could see his or her little heart beating, and I made sure Tony could see from where he was standing. He was already such a proud daddy! Then I heard the doctor say very casually, "And it looks like there's two!" while she moved the view again and the second baby showed up in the right hole.
It gets kind of fuzzy from this moment. I remember saying something like "what?" or "you're kidding, right?" or "really?" I remember Tony, who suddenly felt much farther away than five feet, saying, "No way!" and then, "I thought only special people had twins!" Mostly, I remember that neither one of us freaked out for even a second. We just embraced it! And now, on their real due date, we can't imagine life without either one of them. Happy "birthday", Hadley and Leila!


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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Berrie Questionnaire -- Tony R, full-time assistant, part-time reservationist, and all-around Vanity man
1. Name: Tony R
2. Hometown: Hopewell Junction, NY
3. Where do you live now? Greenwich Village, NY
4. Occupation: look for me in the masthead.
5. Dream: if I can make it to 25 living in New York in my current
occupation, I would consider it a dream come true.
6. Favorite Place in NY: One of them is the area in Central Park just northeast of Sheep's Meadow, where you can watch members of the Central Park Skaters Association convene on warm weekends and skate-it-out to the best mix of 60s/70s/80s funk and dance music. The other is the nook in my kitchen where I can sit for hours and read while smoking out the window that overlooks MacDougal Street. They both sort of epitomize New York to me.
7. Favorite Designer(s): Acne, Ralph Lauren, APC, J. Crew (say what you will, I challenge anyone to tell me where I can find a better-fitting oxford button-up). I'm also a big fan of what Patrick Robinson has done for GAP.
8. Can't Live Without: my Barbour jacket, Diet Coke, & Marlboro lights
9. In Your Pocket: my work ID & a book of matches
10. On your iPod: right now? the Shins. Although I usually listen to my roommate's iPod when I can help it, as she has a much better collection of music than I.
11. On your nighttable: the stuffed WWF warthog I received as a Christmas present from Wayne Lawson, my Blackberry when it's not in my hand, my glasses when they're not on my face
12. Favorite Blog: I must admit, I am not the most active surfer of the Internet. But when I do, I usually visit Gawker, Style Rookie or, as much as I hate to admit it, Perez.
13. On your Netflix queue? alas, I've yet to subscribe. Although I do have a hefty stack of Oscar screeners (The Hurt Locker and Invictus sit at the top of this pile)
14. Icon? I've never felt a strong enough connection to any one person to really consider them an icon. Perhaps this is a good thing? I suppose one can never become iconic himself if he's trying to mimic someone else's approach to life....
15. Favorite NYC restaurant meal? Café Cluny -- the Frisee salad and Cluny burger (with fries & Gruyere) followed by three scoops of ice cream (to be shared!) covered in hot chocolate sauce. I'd say I eat it once a week, at a
16. Favorite place to have a drink in NY? Botanica (Houston btwn. Mulberry
& Mott)
17. Favorite shop in NY? For clothes: Odin. And for everything else: Muji!
18. Cab, train or walk? Walk walk walk!
19. Where do you get your haircut? I am pleading the 5th... We all should have some secrets, right?
20. One odd thing about you: I love pillows on my bed. Right now I sleep with eight. And I only have one head.
21. Grooming secret? "The more you look like the 1950s Remington man, the more your star will shine."
22. Best piece of advice you've gotten? See #21.
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Thursday, January 28, 2010
Shot: Style Rookie at Paris Couture
This is fashion. Pictured here is 13-year old fashion blogger Tavi exiting a couture show, notebook, pen and dad in tow in Paris this week. We love the new bluish-gray coiffee she's sporting (perhaps a nod to Coraline?) as well as the Anna-esqu shades. It's hard to admit, but we just can't help but feel this tween knows something we don't, and whatever it is, we want it.
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Video Vixen: Lou Doillon Jumps for Vanessa Bruno
There is no one we love more than Lou Doillon, indie muse and nothing we love more than French line Vanessa Bruno. When you put them together, nothing short of magic happens. Please enjoy the three minute video poem directed by Stéphanie Di Gusto and let it brighten up your day like it did ours :)
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Monday, January 25, 2010
News: Pharell Hearts Alber
WWD reported to day that N.E.R.D. frontman has fallen for another man--Alber Elbaz that is, designer for Lanvin. A guest at the menswear collections in Paris, Mr. Williams has offered up his services to Mr. Albaz as a consultant (as he did for Louis Vuitton) should the Frenchman accept. I'd be interested to see what that collabo brings!
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Friday, January 22, 2010
Video Vixen: Sophomore Spring 2010 Lookbook
Chrissie Miller, girl-about-downtown and designer of the hipsterette it-label Sophomore recently debuted her Cass Bird-directed video lookbook for her Spring 2010 collection. Featuring some notable East Village personalities including artist Lucien Smith, the film shows pretty young things in Miller's duds chilling on the beach and making out on the boardwalk of Coney Island. The film has a kids-esque quality, which begs the question, where was Leo Fitzpatrick's cameo? Check out Interview Magazine for the full-length mini movie.
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Trend: Red Tights!
From the looks of pre-fall, looks like Celine and Balenciaga are taking a cue from Blair Waldorf and going for colored tights. I love how Phoebe Philo combined the red on red look with a pair of ruby slippers.
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
The Berrie Questionnaire: Danielle McGrory, Marketing Guru
1. Name: Danielle Brooke McGrory
2. Hometown: Center Moriches, NY
3. Age: 27
4. Occupation: Marketing Manager
5. Dream: To write books, collect art and live on the water
6. Favorite Place in NY: Everywhere but midtown
7. Favorite Designer(s): Chloe, Helmut Lang
8. Can't Live Without: Alone time, mini skirts and skinny black pants
9. In Your Pocket: Burt's Bees lip balm
10. On your iPod: Asteroid Galaxy Tour, Jay-Z, Billie Holiday
11. On your nighttable: My laptop, from previously reading and/or watching web TV (Delusional Downtown Divas, anyone?) in bed
12. Favorite Blog: All the blogs on NYMag.com, The Coolhunter, The Moment and I'll always have a place in my heart for the now semi-defunct The Blackberrie
13. On your Netflix queue? Next up is Paper Heart, but I have seriously neglected my Netflix since I upgraded to cable. The Netflix days were far more cultured.
14. Icon?: I just want to dress like Diane Kruger, sing like Mary J Blige and be quoted like Mae West, does that count?
15. Favorite NYC restaurant meal? Vegetable plate + entrée at Westville
16. Favorite place to have a drink in NY? Most frequented is Bar Veloce below my apartment, but really anywhere if I am with my friends
17. Favorite shop in NY? Possibly American Apparel because I can afford everything and even buy multiples!
18. Cab, train or walk? Preferably walk, although my boyfriend is trying to find me an old school BMX to ride
19. Where do you get your haircut? Aaron Pursell's kitchen
20. One odd thing about you: That no matter how well you know me, there's probably always something new to find out.
21. Beauty secret?: Moisturizer and eye makeup
22. Best piece of advice you've gotten?: "You're not always right."
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Wednesday, 1 May 2013
Cook: Chicken Schnitzel Or 'Around the World with Crumbed Chicken...'
For those of you that eat meat I am sure you are already familiar with the wonders of a delicious free range chicken breast crumbed and pan fried. Any of you with children will know that great adage - 'crumb it and they will come (to the table and eat it.') Some thing wonderful happens when a plain old bit of chicken is floured, egg dipped, crumbed and fried. I am sure there are chemical equations that describe this particular process and all its glory.
I don't need to tell you how to crumb 2 chicken breasts but if I do, the fast and dirty version is as follows;
- Remove the tenderloins (these become the mini schnitzels for the children) and then slice the breast through into 2 thin breasts. Bash then if you like to flatten them a little.
- Dust in seasoned flour (flour with salt and pepper).
- Shake off excess and the dip in egg (2-3 eggs whisked with a little milk). Let the excess drip off. - Then to the crumbs. If you want to be fancy use Panko bread crumbs - the Japanese crumbs are delicious. However the average 3 year old will not really care so you can happily use crumbs you make at home by whizzing the crusts and stale bread you find on top of the fridge...
- Dip the floured eggy chicken into the crumbs and make sure you cover it all. For a super crumby outside, repeat the egg wash and crumbing again. You don't have to. 2 breasts done this way will get you 4 thin breast sized schnitzels and the 2 mini tenderloin schnitzels.
- Cook - add oil (I like rice bran as an all purpose cooking oil) to heavy based (non-stick if you have it) pan and cook over medium until brow and crunchy on the outside. 5 minutes or so on each side (depending on hob and pan so you will be much better at knowing when they are cooked).
These are out top 5 ways that we enjoy a chicken schnitzel.*
1. German Style - cook your schnitzel as above and serve with sauerkraut (the Edgell's can variety is very good and is in the canned good section at your local store), potatoes (either creamy mash or a German potato salad), a dill gherkin and some mustard perhaps? Stella will not eat the sauerkraut but Louis will. I serve Stella's with a corn cob- one of the only veggies that she will willingly eat.
3. Parmigiana - this is the simple no frills version. Next time you make a thick tomato based pasta sauce, keep some and freeze it to use here. Once you have cooked your schnitzels (as above) place them on a baking try. Turn on your grill. Warm the defrosted pasta sauce a little and spoon same sauce on each schnitzel, sprinkle on some grated cheese and (tasty or mozzarella) place under the pre-heated grill. Remember to watch it as this is the bit when I forget and go off to remove a small Lego part from a child's body... When the cheese is melted, you are done! Serve with chips and salad or just salad (but we all really want chips too so please, have the chips).
4. Curry Style - Japanese curry sauce served over a pork schnitzel becomes a Katsu Karre and becomes even more delicious. I use chicken schnitzel here as well. Bill Granger does a Japanese Pork Curry that is perfect - just don't use meat when you make the curry - just veggies. There are lots of simple Keens Curry based vegetable curries that you could make to use (just Google it)!
5. Kiev - Deconstructed Style - everyone loves a Kiev, no? But everyone knows that the garlic butter melts out and ends up all over the oven try. This is a solution you will love. In a small pot add about 125g butter, 2 garlic gloves (finely chopped or grated), a small handful of parsley, finely chopped and a small handful of chives, finely chopped. Warm over low heat until butter is melted. The add a bit of lemon zest to zest things up! Serve your schnitzel (which you cooked as above) with mash and some green beans and drizzle the garlicky herb butter 'sauce' over the schnitzel. You will love it. Thanks to Gourmet Traveller for this amazing idea.
*Pork is more traditional for the Tonkatsu Style and veal would be more authentic for the German Style. However, chicken is much easier to chew when you are 2 or 82 so I am happy to use chicken! We buy Lilydale free-Range or RSPCA approved. I know that they are more expensive but eating meat that had a happy life is important to us.
**Image is a photo from Australian Gourmet Traveller. June 2010
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This book only took me about an hour and a half to read, so I don't have an awful lot to say about it. But it was a fun concept and parts made me smile, so here's a little review. Compact and to the point like Victoria Beckham. (Now I know more than one fact about Victoria Beckham! An educational evening was had by all.)
My rating: *** (3 stars). This book is amusing and fun without really bringing anything new to the table. (Excluding all the bizzar-o foods that probably should never have been brought to Harrington's table at all.) It's sort of like reading the facebook updates of your funny friend – the one who actually keeps up with pop culture but isn't an asshole about it.
I'll Have What She's Having: My Adventures In Celebrity Dieting was not even on my radar until yesterday afternoon. I was reading Mishima's The Sailor Who Fell From Grace With The Sea on my lunch break, when suddenly a scene that I remembered as violent from when I read it as a teenager turned out to be even grosser than I recalled.
First of all: kittens are sacred and should not be harmed. Obviously I'd blocked that passage from memory in my youth.
Second of all: ewwwww, not what I wanted to be picturing while I ate my chickpeas and za'atar. So I had to put that beautiful classic of Japanese literature aside for the duration of my meal, and cast around for something else to distract me. (I also hadn't read any nonfiction books this month and now I can brag that I fit one in at the last minute!)
When you're in the back room of a bookshop, distractions are always close at hand. And my hand happened to fall upon this brightly colored little foray into the weird world of celebrity dieting. The basic premise is this: Rebecca Harrington loved reading about celebrities and she loved dieting. So, in the name of journalistic integrity, she decided to walk the walk. Eat the eat. Suffer and slave away in the kitchen for the reader's amusement. Disastrous "celery loaf" and other experiments occasionally exiled her from the kitchen in horror, but she keeps on making cabbage stew and green risotto. Rebecca is one determined diet-investigator. She's not going to let Beyonce's physically dangerous cleanses beat her down without a fight.
Obviously, the author's sense of humor is what kept me reading this book. If it were just a report on how different celebrities' eating habits were totally messed up, I would have had to put it down pretty quickly. I, too, have been obsessed with diets. So obsessed that my eating routines were even stricter and more dangerous than some of the ones we're meant to laugh at in this chronicle. So while I appreciated the miserable details of totally unrealistic diets, I appreciated Harrington's ability to laugh at how unsustainable the worst ones were even more. This isn't to say that she deplored every famous person's smug routines. On Gwyneth Paltrow's food rules she reports: "If I wasn't going to go bankrupt doing it, I would follow the Gwyneth diet to the letter every day." (p 23) Luckily for my own welfare, I don't even have the funds to try one week of the It's All Good way of eating. Even Gwynnie's books are a little out of my price range. (And let's not even get started on the beluga caviar Jackie Kennedy used to consume… That was one of my favorite chapters, and I might be the only New Englander who doesn't give a shit about the Kennedys.) But when things got really wacky, like with Greta Garbo's live-in nutritionist or Karl Lagerfield's ten diet cokes a day, our faithful guide Rebecca is honest about how much these regimes suck the energy, fun, and friends right out of your life. No wonder so many famous people are irascible waifs. I could barely sit through a lecture on J.R.R. Tolkien while I was starving, and they have to film interviews while probably hallucinating that the reporter is an ice cream cone.
The most amusing question Harrington answers in her adventure is, "Would my friends stay with me until the end even though I kept making them come to my house for dinner parties where they all told me to my face that they despised all of my food?" That's the sort of dilemma most readers should be worried about when they buy a diet book, not how much weight they'll drop in the first few dehydrated and muscle-deteriorating months. I'll Have What She's Having made me want to write letters of apology to all the friends who had to suffer through my over-planned and under-seasoned meals when I was myself obsessed with diets. Also, I should probably thank them for never ordering pizza right in front of me like Harrington's friends have reportedly done. It also made me realize just how silly it is that so many famous skinny people make even more money by writing books telling us that we can be just like them if only we eat more yeast or drink nothing but eggs mixed with milk in the mornings. Why do we keep buying those books? Why do we need to know about Elizabeth Taylor's obsession with putting steak on half a peanut butter sandwich? I don't know, but I enjoyed hearing Rebecca Harrington's results of the investigation.
And, yes, it quickly distracted me from the cat-violence. In short: a fun, conversational jaunt through one woman's experiment in living through several celebrities' bad decisions. I even learned some facts about famous people along the way. (Madonna will forever be associated with seaweed in my brain, now.) Don't read this if you're still in a tenuous recovery from an eating disorder, but you might enjoy it if you, like so many of us, can't help but flip through every glossy-photoed "eat like me" hardcover that features a skinny white girl eating fake pasta on the cover.


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Google has announced that highly affordable Chromebooks (not the Chrome Pixel) will be available, starting today, in six new countries. Chromebooks from Acer, HP and Samsung will now be available in Australia, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland and the Netherlands, a move that works towards Google's goal of making the Chromebook "for everyone."
Chromebooks start at just $199, around the same price as a 7-inch tablet, but include the form factor and many features found on traditional notebooks. These low-cost laptops run Google's propitiatory operating system, ChromeOS, an operating system that relies heavily on Internet connectivity, with many features requiring a Wi-Fi or cellular connection.
In addition to wider international availability of Chromebooks, Google is also pushing its education and business initiatives global. Chromebooks for Education is an initiative that aims to get Google's notebooks into schools and has included special deals for schools and educators in the past. Google also sees Chromebooks as ideal business notebooks, due to their low price and portability.
In addition to international growth, Google is expanding its Chromebook presence in the United States, announcing availability in more than 1,000 Best Buy locations across the country, effectively doubling the notebooks' national retail presence.
Google's push into the notebook market is gaining momentum, as notebook variety and availability increase. While ChromeOS may not yet be seen as a full-featured alternative to established operating systems such as OS X and Windows, Google is working hard to position itself as a viable option for users across the globe that don't need a feature filled operating system.


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The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) has released on its website its annual message for the National March for Life, to be held this year in Ottawa on 9 May 2019. In its message entitled "You Give Life To All Things and Make Them Holy", COLF writes that "We will not sit idly by; we shall continue to fight for the preborn, to aid mothers in need, and to support the suffering and the dying when they are most vulnerable. We shall continue to lift up our voices so that justice is restored once again in our land."
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Bent Creek is a beautiful gated community in west Lake Worth Florida. It is located on the west side of Lyons Rd just south of Lake Worth Rd. It is so close to everything Wellington has to offer including shops, restaurants, polo and close proximity to highways and 3 international airports. Bent Creek consists of 99 single family detached homes that range in size from 1869 to 2669 living square foot. The community offers a swimming pool, cabana and a unmanned guard gate. There are 1 and 2 story models to choose from. Bent Creek is in a great school district.
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text: Mom takes a video of her twins fighting. When you see their reason, you'll die laughing! 6:26 PM shenal life, world Twins are known to have a very special bond. But they don't always get along, especially when someone isn't in the mood to share. When one twin has a pacifier and the other doesn't, the result is the most adorable argument you've ever seen. So cute even when they're fighting. Someone needs to give them another pacifier! Source:


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Monday, August 6, 2012
Get paid: World Black Day Today!
World Black Day Today!
In 1945 in the Second World war on this same day (6th August)because Japan attacked Pearl Harbor America shell Atom Bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki states of Japan.
America has Atom Bomb But it was told that it will not use on any one. But Used on Japan on this Day. Even Today at Japan at these states New born have some Defects in their Birth. what to do? All right.
Today to pay Homage to the dead at Japan in that memorial Japanese Prime Minister along with People paid Homage. America also Joined in this by paying respects from United States.
Viewing the very bad effects Now the world do not want Third World war. Also
Japan do not want to Go for any revenge. But Keeping silent on this with out commenting on this is also a Punishment to others.
So Countries now to realize the need of peace.
For Example a leader or a Government is for producing Healthy Government . But at Syria Till today more than 30,000 human lives were claimed in attacks by Government. Government or Basher Al Assad has to have a concern on their people than on his Rule. Now he need to show interest on Welfare of Syrians. for this Please he must go out of Office . This is nothing wrong.
This has to be explained to him by Iran and friendly countries and U.N.O.
Kofi Anan has tried his best but failed at Assad.so he resigned. Now Banki Moon requests all to create friendly relation to Syrian Ruler to explain the need of the Day.
In Case ,Mr.Basher Al Assad is Not ready to accept to leave office for the sake of his country men Life and welfare than their is no other go for the alternate.
NATO,U.N.O and all has to come for an Understanding and through which they need to arrange to Kill Mr.Basher Al Assad is the only Right Choice Left.
Why? because we do not want any world war using Nuclear Bombs on any part of this Earth is a must. Ceasefire to the revolution is a must.
similarly Now United States of America President has to maintain and use Peace as a tool ,why because with a lesser period in office in remaining Presidential Office has to be kept in Mind. Already United States of America Failed to save Mr.Abraham Lincoln- First President of America. Now it is a must to United States to save Mr.Obama and his Life up to the last day of his life on this Birth even after his retirement from his office . This is a Value added Matter to American Government.
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a reaction from Planet Mars
Hi friends this is a very Good Success for a very Good attempt. Let us wish for the Good.
But at the same time I would like to say my Views and Predictions here on this issue.
Tomorrow may aim to land at Saturn and than at Sun. Welcome.
But impact to this landing can be witnessed through Major fire Accidents,Fire Broke outs, Bomb Blasts like that some Untoward incidents may occur in few days at United states. This will cause Huge Human Loss . Why because this will be a reaction from Planet Mars.This is my prediction.
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All eyes were on the Supreme Court of the United States Tuesday and Wednesday as nine U.S. Supreme Court Justices heard oral arguments in two very public cases: Hollingsworth v. Perry (Proposition 8) and United States v. Windsor.
In case you missed anything, we're going to catch you up. Take a look.
CNN reports:
A ruling is expected within three months on the constitutionality of the 1996 law that defines marriage for federal purposes as only between one man and one woman.
Wednesday's arguments concluded two days of presentations before the high court on one of the most prevalent social issues of this era — the right of gay and lesbian couples to wed and receive the full benefits of law provided to heterosexual couples.
Afterward, Edith "Edie" Windsor, 83, stood on the steps of the courthouse — near the "Equal Justice Under Law" slogan engraved above — and proclaimed something she hid for decades before her challenge against the act known as DOMA.
"I am today an out lesbian, OK, who just sued the United States of America, which is kind of overwhelming for me," she said. She had just watched almost two hours of oral arguments before the nation's highest court on how she had to pay higher estate taxes than someone in a heterosexual marriage.
Windsor tried to explain to reporters why she and her late spouse, Thea Spyer, married in New York when the law allowed it after decades together.
Marriage, she said, is "a magic word, for anyone who doesn't understand why we want it and why we need it."
"We did win in the lower court," Windsor added, then later predicted: "I think it's gonna be good."
ABC News reports:
Justice Anthony Kennedy, viewed as a key swing vote, appeared critical of the federal government's declining to recognize marriages that states have made legal.
Kennedy cited concerns about federalism, saying there was a "real risk" of the federal law running into conflict with a state's power.
"The question," Kennedy said, "is whether or not the Federal government, under out federalism scheme, has the authority to regulate marriage."
The four liberal justices expressed similar concerns over federal power, as well as other concerns about equal protection of gay Americans under the law.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked about a marriage that is recognized by the state but not the federal government. She pointed out that a couple who is legally married in their state might be denied marital deductions and Social Security benefits. "Your spouse is very sick, but you can't get leave," she said. "One might well ask, what kind of marriage is this?"
Later, Ginsburg said that one marriage is considered regular and the other "skim milk."
President Barack Obama has already announced his support for repealing the federal Defense of Marriage Act. The Justices heard from three parties, including an attorney hired by House Republicans, to argue in favor of DOMA.


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We have a number of subsites (off a main site) which are project based. The project managers would like the ability to create alerts for their teams on specific items, such as Team Discussion and document lists, etc.
The PMs are not Site Administrators (nor should they need to be) but, by the same token, they can't set alerts which are sent to multiple users.
Does anyone know which permissions are needed to achieve this in SharePoint 2010?


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The Anointed • An Epic Musical
Book and Lyrics by Thomas F. Rogers Music and Lyrics by C. Michael Perry (For production by Professional Groups, College/University Groups, Community Groups, LDS & Other Church Groups) A musical spanning and contrasting the years from Saul's Kingship, when David slew Goliath, through to Solomon's building of the temple in Jerusalem. A gripping musical drama PLAY DETAILS: 39M 3W +chorus. (Doubling of roles is recommended) Unit Set 2 hours Order #2001 Available for ALL performance groups. Part of the PREMIERE MUSICALS file. AUTHOR'S NOTE (Upon revisitation after years away from the script) "As I reviewed THE ANOINTED I was struck by the close resemblance of its narrative and its characters to those in Shakespeare's chronicle plays–the ruthless rivalry between often despotic kin for the monarchy, David's fierce allegiance to the unassailability of the Lord's Anointed–the Jewish equivalent of 'the...Read More