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Online dating sites such as Match.com and eHarmony draw millions with a promise of replacing chance meetings on the office elevator with a targeted computer search for a soul mate. Now there's Prescription4Love.com, a dating Web site ''for people with special conditions.''
Launched in 2006, Prescription4Love was created by Ricky Durham in memory of his brother, James Keith Durham, who died in 2004 after a 15-year battle with Crohn's disease.
''He couldn't meet people,'' remembers Durham. ''He had a colostomy bag, so he didn't feel comfortable meeting people.'' Things might have been different, Durham believes, if his brother had been able to find somebody who shared - and understood - his illness. The Web site allows users to do just that by searching according to different conditions, such as AIDS, infertility and obesity.
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Kazakh national clothes
Rubric: Kazakh culture.
Published: 01 july 2013
Kazakh national clothes reflect the ancient traditions of Kazakhs and their national experience of employment. In addition, it was possible to determine the social status by traditional costume. Kazakh people used traditional materials for the manufacture of clothing. Mainly they used the skin and hair of pets, cloth and thin felt. Poor people wore clothes made of saiga's skin, their hats were made of otter, fox and other animals. Rich people' clothes were made of imported materials - velvet, silk and brocade. Kazakhs used white wool of sheep in order to make clothes of felt.
Men's national clothes consisted of a shirt, wide trousers and outerwear. Important details of the costume were the leather and fabric belts. Spacious long robe - shapan was one of the main items of clothing. Shapan was sewn from both thin and thick fabrics of different colors, but one-color and dark colors were more popular. It was made of wool or cotton in cold weather. Unlike everyday shapan, smart shapan was made of velvet, adorned with gold embroidery. This gown was a mandatory part of the wardrobe of rich Kazakhs. Kazakhs wore sheepskin coat (ton) in winter.Women's clothes consisted of pants, a long shirt (koylek) and sleeveless jackets. Mostly young girls and women preferred clothing of bright and red tones. Collar, sleeves and hem of smart dresses were decorated with embroidery and appliqué of bright fabric. Metal buckle or silver buttons were the decoration of the jacket (kamzol). Kamzol with sleeves was called beshmet. Young girls' kamzol was more bright color than kamzol of old women. Wedding dress was the mandatory part of the bride's dowry. It was made of expensive fabrics of red colors (velvet, satin, silk). It was long gown with sleeves. But by the beginning of the XX century this custom was canceled. "Saukele" is bridal headdress in the shape of a cone up to 70 cm. It was sewn of felt, covered with silk, velvet or cloth. It was possible to determine bride's social status by her headdress. If the hat was decorated with coral beads and the fur stripe, so the bride was from an ordinary family, but if Saukele was covered with gold and precious stones, it was clear that the bride was from a wealthy family.
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Tijuana authorities abruptly ordered the cancellation of a concert by Miguel Comando, a singer of narcocorridos, that had been scheduled for the night of April 28 at the Las Pulgas nightclub on Avenida Revolución.
Narcocorridos are ballads celebrating drug traffickers, particularly their gruesome killings.
According to the Tijuana alternative weekly Zeta, a message was attached to a corpse discovered on April 2 threatening Comando's life if he went through with the concert.
"Miguel Comando is famous for not showing his face nor his photographs nor videos in social networks," noted Zeta. In the message attached to the corpse, the newspaper reported, Comando was warned that his would-be assassins had photographs of him.
Raúl Felipe Luévano Ruiz, secretary general of city government, said the city council would not allow the defense of crime at public venues, according to Zeta, and that the government headed by Mayor Juan Manuel Gastélum Buenrostro opposes such events in the city.
The cancellation came at the recommendation of the secretary of municipal public safety, which noted that the concert site did not have the physical characteristics needed to accommodate "a concert of this nature," Zeta reported, and that public safety could not be guaranteed.
Several singers of narcocorridos have been murdered in the past as part of the wars among narco-traffickers. On Sept. 1, 2016 Beto Cervantes, lead singer for the group Explosión Norteño, was shot to death in Rosarito. He was mentioned in the message attached to the cadaver found April 2 as "another singer who had been dealt with."
On March 22, 2015, Rogelio Brambilia Lizárraga, lead singer for the band Los Plebes del Arranke, was gunned down as he sat in his car in a Tijuana neighborhood. The band was well-known for its narcocorridos paying tribute to the Arellano Felix drug cartel.
In 2008, a planned concert by the group Los Tucanes de Tijuana was banned by Tijuana public safety officials for saluting two narco-traffickers at a previous event.
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The dispute arose after Talwandi Sabo Power, a joint venture between the Punjab State Electricity Board (PSEB) and Sterlite Energy of the Vedanta group to set up the project, claimed a delay in construction by Sepco Electric Power Construction Corp and moved to encash $206 million (Rs 1,375 crore) of bank guarantees furnished by the Chinese giant.
Sepco approached the Punjab and Haryana High Court alleging it was forced to leave the project site when 98% of the work got completed. It accused Sterlite of delaying payment even after pre-agreed project milestones were reached.
On December 1, Justice Amit Rawal restrained Talwandi Sabo Power and the Vedanta group company from cashing the bank guarantees, appointed advocate Dheeraj Chawla as local commissioner to inspect the premises and prepare a report on inventory, according to court documents. The court will further hear the case on December 17. Vedanta didn't respond to an email or phone call seeking comment. Ranjit Parkash, senior partner at HSA Advocates, who is representing the Chinese contractor, confirmed the development, but refused to divulge details.
In the court, Sepco's lawyers said Talwandi Sabo Power took over the possession of all the three units (600 mw each) of the project and then threatened to take action against the Chinese company. "At the time of entering into the contract to build the power station, there was a clause of giving advance notice for termination. This was also not followed," one of its lawyer told the court.
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Bluegreen Vacations provides you with the best possible vacation experiences, whether it's skiing, outdoor adventures, relaxing on the beach or anything else. One particular vacation experience—dare we go so far as to say classic, best-on-earth, sacred sporting tradition—is golf. If you're looking for some standout golf, both off the beaten path and maybe even on it, here are 18 course we call "The Bluegreen 18".
Take a look at our golf course recommendations and get ready to explore some of the best public golf courses in the country from tee to green. Call your local pro and get that last lesson, nail down your swing, and make sure you have enough golf balls, because you're going to need them.
Nos. 1-3: St. Augustine, Florida
St. Augustine is home to the World Golf Hall of Fame Grande Villas at World Golf Village®. If you're looking for a convenient Florida golf retreat, stay at this resort and make your tee times for both 18-hole championship courses right there on the property—King & Bear, designed by Jack Nicklaus and Arnold Palmer, and Slammer & Squire, designed by Bobby Weed with help of pros Sam "The Slammer" Snead and Gene "The Squire" Sarazen. Each promises a challenging, fun, and breathtaking golf experience that'll take you through the old pine forests and protected wetlands only found in Florida.
Roughly 40 miles northeast of the Grande Villas at World Golf Village® lies a course of legendary proportions and a popular Florida golf destination–one that you might have only seen on television or in your dreams – TPC Sawgrass. If you can get a tee time on the famous Stadium Course, and have a piggy bank you've been waiting to crack open, do yourself a favor and PLAY THIS COURSE. We can guarantee that you'll never forget the exact moment your ball lands on the green on the world-famous par-3 17th.
Nos. 4-8: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Legions of awards have been bestowed upon Caledonia Golf and Fish Club, including being listed on "America's Top 100 Greatest Public Courses" by Golf Digest. With staggering beauty, Caledonia sprawls out beneath century-old oaks typical of historic South Carolina. Imagine the true flavor of the south combined with the world's greatest game and you have Caledonia, a fine example of a Myrtle Beach golf course. Beautiful scenery and flawless design aside, this is a serious course that must be approached with caution. After all, the first hole is 624 yards from the tips (get your money's worth and play from the tips, c'mon you can do it). As if needing four shots just to reach the fringe of the first hole wasn't enough, there are two other par-5's that average out to just over 600 yards each. The biggest kicker here, and probably the element that makes finishing 18 just about as much fun as possible is the clubhouse porch, complete with rocking chairs overlooking the final green. There's nothing better than making your approach into the green while tired golfers rock back and forth, ready to applaud you, or abuse you with "boos". Either way, it's an awesome feeling that you must experience during your Myrtle Beach golf getaway!
Wherever you can find a Tournament Player's Club golf course, play it. This is undoubtedly the case at TPC Myrtle Beach, a tour-caliber course located just 15 minutes from the heart of the Grand Strand. Designed by one of golf's most incredible architects, Tom Fazio, this TPC course is sure to deliver a unique golfing experience, one that has earned it 5 Stars from Golf Digest (the only Grand Strand golf course with that honor). With fairways and landscaping that could make any horticulturalist drool, a layout that's good enough for the pros and an esteemed reputation that could relegate royalty, the memory of playing one of the best Myrtle Beach golf courses is guaranteed to etch its signature into your brain. That might seem a bit dramatic, but those who've played here understand the rare pleasure of living with the searing memories of TPC.
The trio of courses operated by Mystical Golf, The Witch, The Wizard and Man O' War, are hard to resist. The Wizard is the most difficult of the three, while The Witch graces 500 acres without any development. Man O' War is defined by water: a 100-acre lake and an island ninth hole. All three courses may be booked online at mysticalgolf.com.
Nos. 9-11: Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
A trip to Christmas Mountain Village™gives you access to two beautiful, on-site Wisconsin Dells golf courses, The Oaks and The Pines. The Oaks is a challenging 18-hole expedition through the natural beauty of the Wisconsin countryside that features "Back of the Oaks: the best new 9 in the state." The Pines is a not-so-typical nine-hole course with over 3,000 yards of scenic golf excitement. Best of all, after 18, you can head back to your villa and relax, or dine at Mulligan's Bar N' Grill in the clubhouse and prepare for an encore round. After all, you've been waiting to take this Wisconsin golf vacation for quite some time.
Minutes away is Wild Rock Golf Club, an exciting, fairly new course is literally carved out of the unique and challenging terrain to which the Wisconsin Dells claims its fame. Shoot over rock quarries and boulder streams and try not to get distracted by the dramatic hill views as your tee boxes change elevation from hole to hole.
No. 12: Boyne, Michigan
Among the 11 courses operated by Boyne Resorts and available to Bluegreen Vacations owners staying at Mountain Run at Boyne, The Alpine has distinguished itself as a world-class golf experience. You can look forward to fairly tight, tree-lined fairways on this secluded nonresidential championship layout, not to mention stunning mountain vistas and breathtaking views of Deer Lake. No matter your skill level, you can expect a fair yet challenging 18 holes on this par-72 track, one of the best golf courses in Michigan.
Nos. 13-14: Branson, Missouri
The Falls Village™ is the ideal resort if you want to enjoy the sights and sounds of the Ozark Mountains plus nearby nightlife and top-notch Branson golf courses newly acquired by Big Cedar® . Branson Creek Golf Club features 7,100 yards of true Par-71 championship golf amidst the timeless, natural beauty of Missouri. Both Golf Magazine and Golf Digest ranked it the No. 1 public course in Missouri nine years in a row, and both placed it in their "Top 100 Greatest Public Golf Courses in America." Such accolades don't come easy, so it's evident that Branson Creek deserves a spot on your "to-play" list.
Murder Rock Golf & Country Club is a Par-71 championship course that offers you a tour of the magnificent Ozark Mountains via exciting holes that demand strategic shots. It's a little shorter than Branson Creek, but just as beautiful with lush fairways and pristine greens. You really couldn't ask for more.
No. 15: Williamsburg, Virginia
Patrick Henry Square™ is located less than a block away from the heart of Colonial Williamsburg and just happens to be only minutes from the Golden Horseshoe Golf Club, a challenging Williamsburg golf course. There are three courses available, but the Gold Course was ranked one of "America's 100 Greatest Public Courses," by Golf Digest in 2007. The Par-71, Robert Trent Jones Sr. designed championship course offers what might be one of the finest examples of traditional golf course architecture. The next time you're at Patrick Henry Square, do yourself a favor and swing by.
No. 16: Gordonsville, Virginia
Just down the road from Bluegreen's Shenandoah Crossing™ is the Shenandoah Golf Club. The championship golf course offers a challenging game on a quaint golf course, perfect for all skill levels. It's hard to beat that – and play against such a beautiful backdrop like that of many Virginia golf courses.
Nos. 17-18: Las Vegas
Give Las Vegas desert golf a shot at Paiute Golf Resort. With 54 holes of breathtaking scenery, each of the three available courses offers varying difficulty—different strokes for different folks. All of the courses mentioned are beautiful, challenging and priced well enough to help you live out your dreams of Vegas golf, only minutes from Bluegreen Club 36™.
Well, there's the short list of golf course reviews and "must-play" courses for the next time you plan a Bluegreen vacation. It's not surprising how many beautiful Bluegreen resorts just happen to situate themselves near some of the best public golf courses in the country. No matter where you go, you'll always find a course to play.


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Last week I helped my friends at Terralien launch fullstackiphone.com. Full-Stack iPhone is a long-standing service from Terralien under a new name. Terralien has been doing iPhone interfaces for Web applications for some time now so we thought it would be appropriate to begin promoting the service in a more public way.
Terralien can deliver a lot of value to potential clients. Nathaniel Talbott has done a great job assembling a hand-picked team of top-notch developers and designers that are passionate about building successful businesses. If you are looking for a team that can build an iPhone application with an incredible Web-based backend, be sure to check us out.
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The code below, in Perl 5.8.8 and 5.10.9 prints 1\n three times, meaning that it works correctly. However, in 5.8.9, you get the failures listed in the comments.
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The Key to Happiness is Spiritual Mind-Science and Psychology, or Theocentric Psychology. Learn the Mind-Body-Soul Connection, Western Vs. Eastern Psychology, Meditation Vs. Hypnosis and Much More With These Books...
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A primer on Spiritual Mind-Science and the soul, you'll find many helpful tools employing spiritual psychology, the mind-body-soul connection and much more! Enhance the quality of your life with this book! 348 pages.
The same content as The Science of the Soul, however, it includes Dr. Michael Likey's dissertation on Scientific-Prayer to add to your knowledge and tools to further enhance the quality of your life. 372 pages.
Containing 33 chapters and topics such as Karma and Your Future, The Four Conditions, Mystical Meditation, The Sacred Breath, Your Soul's Purpose, Soul Mates, Mysticism Vs. Psychism, Hypnosis Vs. Meditation, and much more, this 150-page book will provide many useful insights into life's mysteries, and answers to many of your questions for finding your tools for true happiness.
Containing 406 pages, this book has the identical content as Spiritual Mind-Science and Your Soul, plus updated information on spiritual technologies and psychology designed to enhance your life experiences, including how to encourage soul unfoldment and the discovery of your soul's purpose. Of course, as with Spiritual Mind-Science and Your Soul, Dr. Likey's dissertation (Scientific Prayer) towards partial fulfillment of his Doctor of Theocentric Psychology (Psy.Th.D.) is included, making this one of the most comprehensive books on New Thought Metaphysics.


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2. Comb the product through the hair gently.
3. Pull any bangs or face framing pieces of hair to the front with the comb, and part that hair to the side. The front face-framing sections should not be wider than 3 inches. Or it will just look like those sections have fallen out.
4. Toss the hair onto one side and separate into three sections. Braid, crossing each outside piece alternately over the middle piece and under to the other side, from the nape of the neck to the ends. If you want a looser finish, make sure to overlap the hair sections gently without much tension.
5. Secure the ends with a ponytail holder. Don't worry about securing the base too tightly; the braid will not come as loose because of the texturizer spray. Once you secure the bottom you can gently pull the braid with your fingers wherever you'd like to create a looser finish. Sometimes this looks more bohemian and softer than a tight braid.
6. Place a headband on the hair just behind the face-framing pieces or bangs for a nice finish. If the bangs get mussed while doing this, just finger-comb them back into place.
7. Use bobby pins to pin down any loose hair on the opposite side of the ponytail. Pin the pieces to the nape to keep them out of the way. Don't pin too many pieces since the look must remain somewhat loose and casual.
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Oscars so white, Oscars so wrong!
Writer Joey Krebs comments on the unbearable Whiteness of the Academy in selecting Oscar winners
"The unbearable Whiteness of being biased in selecting its current and past Oscars winners is flawed"
By JOEY KREBS, Contributing Writer
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences rears its ugly face again, showing no inclusion or diversity for its colorless market trade show, the Academy Awards. For the second year in a row, "It's all about the White's place at its Wrong time.."
READ MORE: #OscarsSoWhite again: A symptom of Hollywood's racism
For the second year in a row, all 20 actors nominated for Oscars by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences are White. The Academy has faced criticism for years about the lack of diversity among its voting members. According to a 2014 survey, 94 percent of the Academy's voting members are White, and 76 percent are male.
Because Academy voting membership is limited to artists working on the production of theatrically-released films, the lack of representation in the Oscars is a reflection of the whiteness that permeates the film industry. Black artists such as director Spike Lee and actress Jada Pinkett Smith have announced that they will not be attending or watching this year's Oscars, citing the lack of people of color in all four acting categories.'
READ MORE: Soulvine: Boycott the Oscars, boycott everything!
The unbearable Whiteness of being biased in selecting its current and past Oscars winners is flawed.
Need further proof? Let's return to uncover the dirty little secret from last years' Academy nomination of Bennett Miller as Best Director in being praised for his scandalous exploitative and inaccurate Combative Arts film Foxcatcher which "Whitewashed" and omitted our athletic culture of diversity. The film committed many historical errors with its bashing extravaganza project including shelving the great combative history of Mark Schultz's Black opponent Big Daddy Gary Goodridge for a more marketable White cast for its final flawed UFC No Holds Barred scene.
This year the elitist Academy institution is back at it again and the media is finally calling 'foul' on the Academy's systemic racism.
"I been in the right place
But it must have been the wrong time
I'd of said the right thing
But I must have used the wrong line
I been in the right trip
But I must have used the wrong car
My head was in a bad place
And I'm wondering what it's good for."
– Dr. John: "Right Place Wrong Time"
Joey Krebs is a freelance fine arts writer based in Los Angeles.


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Ancient History (MA)
The Ancient History (MA) offers students whose interests centre on the study of ancient history the opportunity to take a specialist higher degree tailored to those interests.
If you wish to expand your knowledge of the history of Ancient Greek and Roman societies at a postgraduate level, then Ancient History (MA) is for you. The Ancient History scheme allows you to study a wide range of modules covering not only fascinating figures like Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar, but also basic aspects of everyday life, such as warfare and the economy.
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The Ancient History (MA) offers students whose interests centre on the study of ancient history the opportunity to take a specialist higher degree tailored to those interests. Students will take a balance of modules in both Greek and Roman history, and may focus on one or other of the two societies in their dissertation module. The Greek modules cover the archaic, classical and Hellenistic periods while there are three primary foci for the study of Roman history: the Republican period; the Imperial Roman West; and, the Roman East, including Egypt and India.
- Theory and Methodology for the Study of Classics: The purpose of the Theory and Methodology for the Study of Classics module is to equip students for postgraduate study, and to give them a firm grounding in the general study and research skills that are necessary for successful study at postgraduate level. Furthermore, the study of the classical world involves a diverse and sometimes contradictory set of theoretical and practical approaches. This module aims to introduce students to these approaches and aid them in negotiating the various arguments, uses and problems associated with each.
- Writing History in the Ancient World: The module studies the historiography and historiographical tradition in the Greek and Roman worlds from the sixth century BC to the third century AD. The focus will be mainly on the evolution of history as a discipline and a tradition first in the Greek and in the Roman world. The module will concentrate on the main extant and fragmentary historians of the period aiming at analyzing and discussing the main characteristics of their method and works.
- Power and Culture in the Hellenistic East: This module will focus on dynastic issues and on the interaction between cities, native populations and rulers of the Hellenistic East (the former Persian Empire) from the death of Alexander the Great until the absorption of the Ptolemaic kingdom by Rome. It uses both Greek and native source material (where the latter is available) to analyze the character of these varied interactions and their impacts on both sides. The history of the Hellenistic kingdoms, in the specific context of international relations with the populations dominated by the Hellenistic rulers, is one of both alienation and assimilation, of bigotry and acceptance, of rebellion and co-operation. The course examines both the positive and negative aspects of that interaction between cultures, examining both culture clash and, ultimately, the benefits that mutual intercourse may have brought to both sides.
- Life in the Eastern Desert of Egypt: The module will primarily look at Ptolemaic and Roman attempts to exploit the natural resources, but also examine some instances of this from earlier historical periods.
- Religious Life in the Roman Empire: This module provides an in-depth insight into the religious developments that can be found across the diverse regions of the Roman empire between the 2nd century B.C. and the 4th century A.D. It is the aim to analyse how Roman imperialism and the intensifying contacts across the empire affected people's religious understandings, making people re-think their own, 'native' cult, reinvigorating existing cults, introducing and adapting new, alien cults.
- Stories, Histories and Ticket-Sales: Greeks and Romans on the silver Screen: The module examines the reception of classical antiquity in film and television in the 20th and 21st centuries. The representation and description of classical mythology and history on film and television has a major impact on our understanding and view of the ancient world in a non-scholarly environment. However, producers of films and television shows relating to the classical world do not aim towards education of the public in classics or ancient history but, like the rest of the entertainment industry, aim toward entertainment and profit.
- Myth in Greek and Roman Epic : This module examines the use and function of myth in epic across a period of some twelve centuries, and provides students with a detailed study of the epic genre. The module allows students to explore the origins of myth, its links with folktale, its place in story-telling and the oral tradition. By investigating the types of myths chosen in epics, their reformulation and depiction, this module also allows students to gain a greater understanding of the function and use of myth in epic, of the literary concerns of individual epics and of the purpose, structure and development of the epic genre in antiquity.
Providing our students with a range of learning opportunities and excellent teaching is the primary aim of the School of Classics. We employ innovative methods and approaches that enhance our students' learning throughout their studies.
All our modules are taught by specialists and active researchers. The influence of our research on our teaching offers our students the opportunity to learn from the best in the subject and follow the latest scholarly trends and discoveries.
Our programme is designed to help learners both on campus and at a distance. Our Virtual Learning Environment (VLE) is a live forum through which students and staff can interact, through which students are better able to revise and explore difficult topics and through which students are better able to access the electronic resources available in the virtual world.
Studying Ancient History with us here at University of Wales Trinity Saint David means research-led teaching and research-active learning in an environment that allows for both full use of the virtual world and the personal approach of expert tuition.
An MA degree in Ancient History involves a wide range of assessment methods. In addition to traditional essays, you will be assessed through bibliographic exercises, presentations – oral and PowerPoint based, creation of abstracts, in-house conference papers, article reviews, creation of project plans and, of course, the dissertation. This variety of assessment helps develop skills in presenting material in clear, professional and a lucid manner, whether orally or in writing.
The assessment is on the student's own subject of choice in relation to each module, always in consultation with the relevant tutor. Most modules are assessed by long essays, but some modules are assessed by alternative means, such as conference-style presentations.
The traditional requirement for entry onto a Level 7 programme is a 2.1 or 1st class undergraduate degree. In addition, we encourage students with an equivalent and appropriate professional qualification or significant and relevant professional experience to apply. Entry to the PG Diploma or the PG Certificate is a BA degree.
The programme provides a broad foundation for postgraduate work, by laying particular emphasis on the methodologies and research tools needed for independent advanced study, thus acting as training for students who intend to undertake an MPhil or PhD.
The course also provides a professional qualification for teachers or others seeking Continuing Professional Development.
- MA Classical Studies
- MA Classics
- MRes Ancient History
Residential Study
Students can study for any of our degrees residentially on the Lampeter campus. Classes take place between Monday and Friday during the teaching semesters. On average, a full-time student is expected to attend eight hours of classes every week. All non-linguistic classes are very small, usually not more than five students, while language class sizes depend on the level of study, hence beginners' languages often attract some 15 students, while advanced languages have an average class-size of five students.
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All our degrees are available to distance learners, and indeed the greater part of our postgraduate cohort comprises distance learners. Every student has access to all module materials, including reading lists, on the Virtual Learning Environment (Moodle). All modules are taught by our lecturers, and are designed to be accessible and friendly to learning at a distance. Many of the modules are delivered in a blended fashion with use of video and audio presentations by the lecturers on each individual topic.
It is essential that distance learners have a good internet access, as well as use of computer facilities; the University offers all distance students individual support in accessing material from home. The University of Wales Trinity Saint David Learning Resources Centre provides access to a variety of electronic academic material to distance learners, including more than 1,000 Classics e-books, 70 Classics e-journals, and a number of specialised Classics e-resources.


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Welcome to my Life Style Blog, self-titled Dean Bernard!
My name is Dean and I am an event planner, founder of Dean Bernard Events, and founder of The Sweet Experience dessert expo. I am beyond excited to share with you my newest platform where I hope you'll be able to find inspiration and motivation in the works of my team and our favorite vendors and businesses. You'll find content under various categories such as weddings and events, home decor, food and drinks, fashion, and much more! For now, we are sharing with you just a few categories as we perfect the others! Keep an eye out when we launch new stuff!
My team and I will constantly update the site with new content to share with you, whether its exclusive work we created, or work of other talented people that we feature. If there is something you would like to see on our site, feel free to let us know! We would love to hear what you have to say!
Again, welcome and enjoy!
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Cairo Overnight Trip from Luxor by Flight
2 Days
Private Tour
Daily Departure
Around 7:00 am
Have a fantastic 2 day trip to Sakkara, Memphis and then to the famous Giza Plateau with a tour to the Museum of Egyptian Antiques and much more to explore!
- Return flight from Cairo
- Entrance fees to mentioned sights
- Shopping through famous Bazaars
- Service of private professional English-speaking tour guide
- Entrance fees to the sights
- Lunch Meals at quality restaurant
- Bottled water and soft drink on board of the vehicle
- Pick up service from hotel and return
- Accommodation for 1 night at 5* hotel in Cairo including bed & breakfast
- Assistance of our personnel during tours
- All transfers by air-conditioned mini-bus
- All services charges and taxes included
- Personal spending
- Optional activities
- Tipping
Flight Times Approx:
Luxor to Cairo 06:00 / 07:00
Cairo to Luxor 22:00 / 23:00
Day 1: Luxor / Giza Sightseeing Tours
We will be very happy to pick you up from your hotel in Luxor by air-conditioned private van to Luxor airport for your flight to Cairo, where you will be accompanied by your own tour guide to visit Sakkara that is part of Memphis's massive necropolis, and the burial site of the most ancient Pharaohs where you will see the first Pyramids build in Egypt "Step Pyramid of King Djoser that was designed by Imhotep, the ancient Egyptian architect also you will visit the Teti Pyramid and tombs in Sakkara then you will be transferred to Memphis, the ancient Capital of Egypt to visit the colossal statue of Ramses II and nearby a still half-buried Hathor Temple then drive to the famous Giza Plateau, home of Egypt's signature attractions to visit the Great Pyramids, ONE of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world including the Great Pyramid of Cheops, middle pyramids of Chephren and the little one of Mykerinos and mysterious Sphinx, the Father of Terror for the ancient pharaohs, the tour includes visit to the Valley Temple facing the great Sphinx. On the way your lunch will be included, later on, you will be transferred to your hotel for free time at leisure, Enjoy your overnight stay in Cairo.
Optional evening tours you will be accompanied to attend the fabulous Sound and Light Show at the Pyramids or and you will be accompanied to board your luxurious Nile cruise ship for dinner, belly dance and oriental show for 2 hours then you will be transferred back to your hotel for overnight stay.
Day 2: Cairo Sightseeing Tours / Luxor
You will be having breakfast at your hotel in Cairo. Then we hope you enjoy your leisurely free time in Cairo with a tour to the world-renowned Museum of Egyptian Antiquities that was built in neo-classical style designed by the French architect Marcel Dourgnon which exhibits a collection now over 120000 masterpieces ranges from pre-dynastic era, Pharaonic era to the Greco-roman period in Egypt. Then you will be move on to the Citadel of Saladin that is overlooking the city from the Muqattam Hills and Mohammed Ali Alabaster Mosque inside that was built in Turkish style and very similar to the Blue Mosque in Turkey and simply considered to be one of the greatest landmarks in Cairo whose minaret can be seen from any part of old Cairo then visit the Christian heritage in Coptic Cairo including some of the early religious monuments of the city such as the Hanging Church or the suspended church this basilica church was named for its location on top of the south gate of the Fortress of Babylon the church became the center of the Christian Church of Egypt. Afterward, enjoy an afternoon of shopping at the Khan El Khalili famous Bazaar and old market in Cairo to see what treasures you can find. Then you will be transferred to Cairo Airport to fly back to Luxor with direct transfer to your hotel in Luxor for an enjoyable overnight stay.
Prices Per Person:
- Prices - Per Person in Sterling Per Tour and can be paid in US$ or Euros by credit card via a secure payment system with no extra surcharge.Current prices are valid untill the 30th of September 2019
- Children Policy
- 0 - 01.99 Free of Charge
- 2 - 05.99 pay 50% of tour price
- 6 - 11.99 pay 75% of tour price
- 12+ pay full tour price as per adult person
- If your tour includes airfare then an extra charge for child rate may apply.
- Payment - Reservations should be made as early as possible to secure your places on the required tour. A full payment will be required when confirming your booking as requested and can be paid by credit or debit card (Visa / MasterCard) via Verisign Secured payment system on our website.
- Transportation - Transport for all tours included: domestic flights, trains, and air-conditioned vehicles by road. Wi-Fi, Bottled water and ice box all included whilst travelling by road. All are new vehicles for the latest design and technology.
- Tour Guides - Are always there to meet and greet you from your pickup point and return. All tours of the sites in Egypt include constant guidance of a highly qualified Egyptologist Tour Guide both on included and optional tours.
- Travelling with Children in Egypt - Children delight in touring the Pyramids, Temples and Tombs in Egypt as often it is part of their school study programme. Memphis Tours offers packages to suit all ages with excellent combined multi-location destinations such as Cairo, Luxor, Aswan, Nile Cruise and the Red Sea Resorts.
- Wheelchair Travellers - Memphis Tours are particularly keen to promote and cater for disabled and wheelchair clients with specially adapted transportation for easy accessibility.


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Links in Education Week: August 25, 2010
- The "Advancing High-Quality Professional Learning Through Collective Bargaining and State Policy" is by the National Staff Development Council, the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, and the Council of Chief State School Officers.
- "Change in Prevalence of Hearing Loss in U.S. Adolescents" is published in the Aug. 18 issue of Journal of the American Medical Association.
- The "National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse XV: Teens and Parents" is by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse.
Diploma Rates Found to Lag for Black Males
- "Yes We Can: The 2010 Schott 50 State Report on Black Males in Public Education" is by the Schott Foundation for Public Education.
Rate of Minorities Taking ACT Continues to Rise
Missed Opportunities: Research Scarce on Post-Katrina Reforms
- "The State of Public Education in New Orleans: Five Years After Hurricane Katrina" is by the Scott S. Cowen Institute for Public Education Initiatives at Tulane University in New Orleans (2010).
- "How Fare the Displaced and Returned Residents of New Orleans? Results of an Innovative Pilot Study" is by the RAND Gulf States Policy Institute in New Orleans and Jackson, Miss. (2010).
- "Charter School Performance in Louisiana Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader" is by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. (2009).
- "A Portrait of Louisiana: Louisiana Human Development Report 2009" is by the Sarah Burd-Sharps, Kristen Lewis, and Eduardo Borges Martins for the American Human Development Project of the Social Science Research Council in New York City.
- "The State of Public Schools in Post-Katrina New Orleans: The Challenge of Creating Equal Opportunity" is by the Institute on Race and Poverty at the University of Minnesota Law School.
- "Disasters and Their Impact on Child Development " is in the August issue of the journal Child Development.
Researchers: ELL Surveys Are Flawed
- "The Use and Validity of Home-Language Surveys in State English Language Proficiency Assessment Systems: A Review and Issues Perspective" is by the Evaluating the Validity of English-Language-Proficiency Assessments partnership.
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In recent years, Mid Century Modern style has become an increasingly popular style that appeals to a wide audience. Evoking traditional pieces from the 1950's and 60's, this trend gives them a more modern spin on classic design. According to many top designers, this is definitely a trend to follow in 2017. Anna van Dongen of Space Matters says:
"The design styles of the '60s and '70s will feature strongly in the 2017 interiors. At this year's Milan furniture exhibition, the designers influence from the colours, shapes and materials of the mid-century era was clearly evident. The retro vibe won't be restricted to furniture but will include lighting and accessories inspired by iconic retro designs."
The trick with mid-century design today is to make the space feel updated for today's homes. No need to live in a time capsule! The clean lines, low-slung sofas and chairs, and statement lighting pieces can be married beautifully with a sophisticated, Urban Loft aesthetic.
Adding an interesting texture, geometric pattern or artwork piece can give your space a more comfortable and updated 2017 feel. The wood and leather pieces characteristic of that time appeal to our senses wanting to connect with nature, so let them be the focal point.
As with any modern styling, it is important to keep things simple. Minimalism showcases the actual furnishings rather than the clutter, so keep things functional, but sparse. Once you discover how versatile mid-century furnishings can be, we bet you will become a fan as well. We encourage you to implement pieces in your home to create a fresh take on a classic style. See more mid century furnishings and decor at belleescape.com.


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Dead Cells developers, Motion Twin have revealed that the previously announced 'Rise of the Giant' DLC is releasing this month for PC.
The DLC will arrive in the form of a free update for the PC version on March 28, and will see players entering a brand new area called 'The Caverns'. Along with the expansion of the map, the 'Rise of the Giants' DLC will feature a brand new boss, ten new enemies, ten new weapons, new items and mutations along with a hidden level and boss fight for "very advanced and skilled players to explore". On top of this new content, a new 'Skinning system' is being added, and include more than fifty new character outfits for players to discover.
Along with the new content, Motion Twin is also making several quality of life improvements to the smash-hit game, including a new specialist shop, a new cursed gem, food drop re-balancing and an increase to overall player health. Check out the full patch notes here for a detailed breakdown on all of the changes coming.
Check out the Dead Cells accolades trailer below for a brief glimpse of some of the new content.
There's no word yet on an expected release window for the console versions, but it will likely follow closely behind the PC release at the end of the month.


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Making beds. Folding laundry. Emptying the dishwasher. Dusting. Mopping. Cooking dinner. Giving baths. Checking homework. Buying groceries. Carpooling. Bill paying. Coupon cutting. Picking up toys again and again. And again.
We feel buried beneath.
Suffocating from the mundane. The ordinary. The tedious.
We fight to breathe, gasping for air from shallow lungs.
Our struggle—To find the yellow-bright sun peaking through the gray of our days. We search desperately for the bright but miss it's warmth. We miss it because we don't know what the bright is.
The bright is the hidden joy.
Joy-filled light exists within the mundane. A tragedy beyond imagination faced by a man from my community has reminded me of this truth. This reality. This gratefulness that brings forth joy.
Grateful I have tiny clothes to fold and children who are alive to wear them. Mopping my floors means life exists in my home. A good life. Fingerprints run along table tops to remind me I have little hands to hold. My bed keeps me warm in the dark when I have students sleeping in cars. Dirty dishes tell me I have food to feed my family. Checking homework says I have a daughter mentally able to attend school.
I am learning. Gratefulness brings forth joy. God-given, God-bestowed joy. Because His joy fills us to the brim and overflows into our lives.
If I am to find the joy, I must look for the thankful. The I-don't-deserve-this-beautiful-life gratefulness existing in the mundane.
The yellow-bright joy peaks into my dreary chore. Squeezing oranges, fresh from my neighbor's tree. Then I think–I have a neighbor who shares the fruit of her labor. This thankful recognition breaks through the gray. Joy breaks forth.
Fresh squeezed oranges using a juicer Grandmother gave me. My hands placed upon the same mechanisms she once held. My husband's hands on our son's. Pressing down. Teaching. I have a heritage. My grandmother—a legacy. More joy.
I was just squeezing oranges. Messy. Time-consuming. Mundane.
Yet, joy was there waiting. It wanted to be found. It hoped I would look for the soft yellow light existing within the tedious.
Do I now mystically, magically enjoy juicing oranges? No. Chores will continue to be mundane. But joy is in the mundane. When I am looking, I find it—the yellow-bright sun breaking through my gray.
And then I can breathe.


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We designed the Attain GTC Race so that it's as comfortable as it is fast - which means it's the ideal choice for endurance riding. It's a bike made to break personal bests, whether that's on a long distance training route or a local hill climb. To achieve this blend of pace and plushness we selected the best off-the-shelf technology available - including Shimano's Ultegra components, which borrow heavily from the range-topping Dura Ace groupset - and bolted it all to a cutting edge carbon frame. Fulcrum Racing 77 wheels and sleek, light and strong CUBE finishing components complete a package that's pure-bred racing snake, built to take on anything from a sportive to an epic hilly ride with your training buddies.
The Attain GTC Pro's frame was developed from the ground up by our engineers to combine class-leading comfort, performance and low weight for endurance riding. The beauty of carbon construction is that, with the right expertise, practically anything is possible. So, for example, the rear end's slim æro Flex Stays are designed to reduce the impact of road shocks on the rider - a clear advantage on longer rides, increasing comfort and reducing the symptoms of fatigue and tension. The big volume down tube, combined with the PressFit bottom bracket and tapered head tube, ensures that the rider's efforts are efficiently converted into forward propulsion, and that every steering impulse is precisely transmitted to the front wheel. As you'd expect, we maintained the frame's elegant looks by routing cables internally, which also has the benefit of keeping gear shifts cleaner for longer.
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Geoff isn't a judge. He likely won't be at your wedding
Category: Judges
Judge Rosen
Thank you for booking your wedding with Judge Steve Rosen at the King County Courthouse in Seattle. Judge Rosen is happy to be a part of your special day. He can perform whatever type of ceremony you prefer – from simple and legal to involved and ceremonial. You are welcomed to bring up to 18 guests, photographers, videographers, and whatever else you need to make your wedding perfect. Judge Rosen allows you to take cell phone photos and videos, skype, facetime, or other video conferencing (we have very fast wi-fi) , and your guests can watch from the benches or stand with you.
In order to book a wedding, please make sure you either have a valid license, or that you will have a valid license at least 3 days before your scheduled date. More information on how to get your marriage license is available here.
On the date of your wedding, you will need to bring 2 adult witnesses, your marriage license packet, and the balance due in cash. We cannot accept checks or credit cards for the balance at your ceremony. Please make sure you arrive at the courthouse (Room W-728, 516 Third Avenue, Seattle, WA 98104) at least 15 minutes before your scheduled time.
If you are not able to use this scheduling website for any reason, if you would like an off-site wedding, or if you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to contact Judge Rosen's bailiff, Janie Smoter, here.
To begin, select the date you want to get married below. The cost will be displayed after you select the date and time. We will charge your credit/debit card a nonrefundable $1.00 fee to reserve your date and time:


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Check out this article in the Times!
Read this 2-part piece in the PCT Trailside Reader about my Hike!
Part 1 - http://pcttrailsidereader.com/post/140976948472/shadow-walking
Part 2 - http://pcttrailsidereader.com/post/141152248503/shadow-walking-ii
Check out the latest publicity about Jason's trek! http://kpic.com/news/local/roseburg-man-to-hike-continental-divide-trail-for-huntingtons-disease-awareness
More awareness! http://www.corvallisadvocate.com/2016/a-second-trek-to-tackle-huntingtons/
Dear Friends,
May 2016 I embark on a solo thru-hike of the Continental Divide Trail – more than 3000 miles – wending through the deserts of Southern New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains, Yellowstone, Glacier National Park and so much more. This epic trek is to raise funds and awareness for those affected by Huntington's disease (HD). John Muir was a self-proscribed "lover of the range of light." I like to think I hike for the important places each of our shadows hold. I hope you will join me in the ongoing journey, to ensure my generation is the last to succumb to HD.
In 2014, with the support of my family, HDSA, and a number of sponsors, I hiked the Pacific Crest Trail, 2,669 miles, to raise funds to further education and support research toward effective treatments and a cure (https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=s5WNWUZuRYk). I raised over $20,000 during this adventure.
My family's HD journey began many years ago. When I was in my twenties, my mom Catherine admitted she no longer felt confident playing the piano or guitar. She wasn't as quick in conversation as she had always been. Too often when speaking casually, others finished her thoughts. Everyone remembers her as an artistic force in the family. Whether playing guitar by the campfire, or piano while singing show-tunes in the living room, music was a big part of our lives.
These aspects of our family experience began to dim before I left for college. Today mom is in some ways a shadow of the vibrant, talented, woman and teacher that she was. I would give anything for our thoughtful and creative boys, Rowan (10) and Aidan (12) to have known her as I did when I was young.
For almost as long as I can remember, everyone knew something was going on with grandpa; but it wasn't until a decade ago that he and my mom were simultaneously diagnosed. Known as Hank to his friends, grandpa died in 2014, having suffered complications for many years. In his prime he was an accomplished tinkerer and master craftsman. Picnicking and camping with his daughters and grandchildren were among his greatest passions.
To the uninitiated, Huntington's is an inherited disease causing progressive degeneration of nerve cells, akin to ALS, Alzheimer's and Parkinson's – with a wide spectrum of similarly associated physical, psychological and emotional challenges.
Originally from Oregon, I had the treasured opportunity to live abroad when my folks took teaching positions in England, Norway and Malaysia. I studied English literature and philosophy at Hiram College in Ohio, and philosophy at New York City's New School, before returning to the Pacific Northwest, where my wife Nikki and I knew we wanted to raise our family.
Knowing successive generations have a fifty percent chance of carrying the mutated gene, I elected to be tested; and as a carrier, know the boys have a fifty percent chance too. Now 39, I often wonder when I lose my train of thought, misplace something, feel down, or misstep, if it isn't the beginning of diminished affect and the mask.
The great outdoors is where I have always felt closest to that so much greater than ourselves, and I've trekked many miles through some of the most beautiful places in the world. I hope you will join me on my epic journey by supporting my efforts to raise funds and awareness for the devastating HD. Please donate to my site. Thank you for your support.
All are welcome to friend and follow me on Facebook. You can learn more about HD and HDSA at www.hdsa.org.
We also have sponsorship opportunities available here.
Warmest Regards,
Jason, Nikki, Aidan & Rowan Evans
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High-waisted joggers with a ribbed fitted cuff around the ankle. Features a side seam detail on the inner and outer leg, an adjustable drawstring waistband, and pockets on the front and back.
Color: Army French Terry
Sizing: X/S (0-2) S/M (4-6), M/L (8-10)
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Care: Machine wash cold with like colors. Tumble dry low.
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Schools in Jasper City are bracing for traffic delays and the first day of implementing the district's reconfiguration Tuesday.
Traffic work on Viking Drive that leads to Jasper High School has …
Schools in Jasper City are bracing for traffic delays and the first day of implementing the district's reconfiguration Tuesday.
Traffic work on Viking Drive that leads to Jasper High School has continued over the summer, with ALDOT taking significantly longer than first anticipated to complete road work that will eventually accommodate heavier traffic flow. The Jasper City Board of Education is having a second road constructed behind the high school that will connect to Indiana Avenue to alleviate traffic; however, a soggy summer with flooding across the county has delayed completion of the second road project, as well.
Superintendent Dr. Ann Jackson said the clock is ticking and the road behind the school likely won't be completed by the first day of school Tuesday, and ALDOT may not be finished with road work on Viking Drive until later this year. Jackson said when heavy rainfall persists, road crews can't work in the rain or the day after it rains, due to muddy conditions.
"We are working on some things to help accommodate the traffic issues that we're anticipating," Jackson said Friday afternoon.
The school district is currently in the process of organizing earlier drop off times to help stagger traffic and prevent major delays.
Jasper High School Principal Bart Reeves said once the second road is finished behind the high school, it will allow for two entrances to the high school — the main entrance at Viking Drive and an access road near the Daily Mountain Eagle. Indiana Avenue will provide an exit route and an additional entry to the high school; however, until road construction behind the school is completed, Reeves asks everyone to be patient.
"Every school has traffic issues for the first few days, even well-established schools. We just ask that everyone be patient. It's a new situation for everyone," Reeves said. "We're hoping when the road behind the school is completed, it will alleviate pressure off of Viking."
Just down the road along Viking Drive at T.R. Simmons Elementary, Principal Jonathan Allen said they are staggering dismissal times and will also be allowing parents to drop their kids off early for school.
"We have a couple of things that we've done to try to expedite loading and getting kids in the buses so that they're not in the car traffic," he said. "We'll start bus dismissal before our dismissal bell, and we are also staggering the buses and how they will arrive at the school so that can minimize the amount of bus traffic."
Pre-K and kindergarten students will dismiss at the rear of the school, while first graders will dismiss at the school's entrance.
Allen said school district realignment has resulted in roughly 100 fewer students attending T.R. this year, which will mean less traffic at the elementary school.
"One thing that we can assure parents and community members with is that our doors will open early. We expect that there will be challenges, and traffic will be something that might be a burden to some extent, but after time this will all work out and we'll be better for it," Allen said.
Memorial Park Elementary Principal Eric Rigsby discussed the district's realignment as well, and he said teachers and staff have been busy preparing for the first school day.
"We have had wonderful meetings with our staff members, and they are prepared and ready for the upcoming school year," Rigsby said. "We ask parents to please be patient over the first few weeks of school. It will take our students a few weeks to get adjusted to the changes."
Rigsby said he is excited about the expansion of Memorial Park's after school programs that will include the 21st Century Program, Boys and Girls Club and Club Nat.
T.R.'s principal said they spent the summer renovating their school gym to be more accommodating for Pre-K through first graders.
Maddox Intermediate Principal Marc Sargent could not be reached for comment; however, the school's library has been renovated over the summer with a fresh coat of paint, appealing decorations and fun seating options for students.
Due to school district realignment, teachers have spent the summer moving into new classrooms, including teachers who taught at the now-closed West Jasper Elementary. Students from North Highlands School, which also closed, will be making the move to a self-contained area to meet their needs at Jasper High School.
In addition, the district announced seventh and eighth grade students will make up Jasper Jr. High School, led by Principal Lutis Moore, who made the move from Maddox.
Allen admits it has been a challenging summer to get everything organized for the return of students, but he commends the school system's leadership and is hopeful for a bright school year.
"It's been exciting and probably the hardest summer I've ever had in my years of education," he said. "We've moved more furniture and done more cleaning and planning [than ever] for this change, but I think it may be one of the most rewarding school years we'll ever have."


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How to Make Your Own Homemade Puff Pastry2014 Feb 05 | Written by: Sharee Narciso | Tags: Bread, Breakfast, Desserts, Vegetarian
Buying puff pastry from the store and straight into the oven is both practical and convenient, but there's something magical about being able to create your own dough and pastry. The transformation of raw, simple ingredients into a lovely puff pastry usually does the trick. But if you're not convinced, why not try our super easy recipe below? You'll find yourself making your own puff pastry out of habit soon enough!
Puff Pastry
Craving for fresh, buttery puff pastry? Try making your own with these ingredients you probably already have lying around in your cupboard:
1 pastry (500 g)
2 Hours
30 Minutes
- 225 g flour
- 250 g unsalted, cold butter (optional: use half butter, half lard)
- 150 ml ice cold water
- 1/2 tsp fine salt
- In a large bowl, sift flour and salt. Chill the bowl in the fridge - this helps create better layers of the pastry later.
- While chilling the flour mixture, cut the butter to form smaller cubes.
- Stir the butter into the flour using a round-bladed knife. Make sure that each butter cube is coated well with flour.
- Add the water.
- Work the mixture quickly to create a rough dough.
- Transfer the dough from the bowl to your work surface. Without kneading, squash the dough into a flat sausage.
- Wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for 15 minutes.
- After chilling, flour both the pastry and work surface. Roll the pastry in one direction until it's around the size of a 15x15 cm block.
- Make sure its corners are square and even.
- Flip the dough to make its open edge face towards the right (like you would turn a book).
- With a rolling pin, press the pastry's edges together.
- Fold and roll out the pastry again for four times to make sure that it is smoothened out. Buttery streaks are okay every now and then.
- Before using, chill the pastry overnight - or for at least a whole hour if you're pressed for time.
- When using the pastry, roll it out to the thickness of a coin.
- Cook at 200C for 30 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
- You can use half butter, half lard instead of just butter (200 g butter, 30 g lard)
- Somewhere around steps 6 to 9, if you feel that the dough is beginning to spring back when you roll it, or if it is becoming too greasy, cover and chill it for another 10 minutes before going on
- If cooking with gas instead of an oven, turn the heat to 6 and cook for 30 minutes
- Serve your puff pastry with jams, cheese, mushrooms, apples or on its own!


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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Photo: Tribal Lands Bordering Scottsdale
The border between Scottsdale and the tribal lands (I do not use the R-word, as it does not show proper respect for Native Americans) is Pima Road, just to the left of the 101 Freeway.
Back in the 1980's the Native American community was justifiably upset that the City had knows for a long time that there were plans to build a freeway, but the City allowed houses to be built right up next to Pima Road so that it would be too expensive to clear the right of way if Pima Road was the location for the freeway. The tribal leaders resented that the City just assumed that tribal lands would be take for the freeway.
So, the lease for Pima Road the use of tribal lands for the northbound lane of Pima Road expired and the tribe refused to renew the lease. Half of the road had to be closed.
The tribe then got an acceptable deal for their lands that were used for the freeway, and the have since developed significant revenue sources with the enhanced land values due to proximity to the freeway. There are several shopping centers, office buildings, the Spring training facilities and stadium for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies, and more.
And of course none of the sales tax revenue from those facilities goes to Scottsdale because the facilities are located on tribal lands, outside the city limits.
This week on our Viva la Voyage travel photo site we are showing some underwater photos from the Sea of Cortez, including several photos of sea lions swimming underwater with us.
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- Sharon said...
The new Butterfly Wonderland is also on Tribal lands.
- July 8, 2014 at 6:21 AM
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LEED buildings are getting pretty thick on the ground these days, and don't often make it into TreeHugger unless they are pushing platinum or or doing something really special; Brooklyn Bowl falls into that latter category- a century-old iron foundry where Peter Shapiro and Charley Ryan have built a hipster bowling alley and music venue and gone to the considerable trouble of getting it LEED Certified.
On the bowling part side of the story, they use "string" pinsetters, which use 75% less energy than conventional machines. (I wondered what this meant - It appears the pins have strings on them so that they are just reeled in and then set.) Steps were taken to minimize energy and water use, reclaim and reuse materials and preserve air quality in accordance with LEED guidelines for existing buildings.
On the entertainment venue side, original flooring and walls were preserved, and the furniture, flooring and fixtures are largely composed of local, reclaimed, or recycled content materials. LED stage lighting draws a tenth of the power of standard theatrical lighting. Glass panels, used as dividers throughout the bar space, were salvaged from the nearby Brooklyn Navy Yard. Of course, they serve local beer made right next store.
It is hard to rack up the points in a big public venue, where you have to build tough; a lot of the technologies used in LEED buildings won't stand up under the number of people that are using a place like this. For instance, can waterless urinals handle this kind of volume?
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Panama disease, also known as Fusarium wilt of banana (Musa spp.), is one of the most notorious of all plant diseases (9,11). Although the pathogen probably originated in Southeast Asia, the disease was first reported in Australia in 1876 (7). By 1950, few banana-producing regions remained free of the disease. Panama disease is now found in all banana-producing regions except islands in the South Pacific, the Mediterranean, Melanesia, and Somalia (Fig. 1).
Panama disease impacts the production of a wide range of banana cultivars (8). However, it is most widely known for damage it caused on a single cultivar in the early export plantations (6,11). Prior to 1960, the export trade was based almost entirely on the susceptible clultivar 'Gros Michel.' This reliance on Gros Michel and the common practice of using infected rhizomes to establish new plantations resulted in widespread and severe losses, especially in the western tropics (Fig. 2). In the Ulua Valley of Honduras alone, 30,000 hectares were lost between 1940 and 1960. Damage occurred more rapidly in areas such as Suriname, where an entire operation of 4,000 hectares was out of production within 8 years, and the Quepos area in Costa Rica, where it took 12 years for 6,000 hectares to be destroyed. Because it cost between $2,000 and $5,000 to establish a hectare of plantation at the time, direct losses during the Gros Michel era reached many millions of dollars.
By the mid-1900s, the export trade was forced to convert to resistant
cultivars in the Cavendish subgroup (8). These cultivars continue to perform well in
the western tropics and remain the clones on which the trades are based (Fig.
3). However, in several areas in the Eastern Hemisphere these cultivars are now
damaged by Panama disease (Fig. 4). These losses are significant, and signal a
serious threat to production in the Western Hemisphere because there is
currently no acceptable replacement for the Cavendish cultivars. Furthermore,
because the variant of the pathogen that is responsible for these outbreaks also
affects plantain, this important staple food is threatened as well.
The first internal symptoms develop in feeder roots, the initial sites of
infection (1,11). They progress to the rhizome and are most prominent where the stele
joins the cortex. As the pseudostem is colonized, faint brown streaks or flecks
become evident on and within older leaf sheaths (Figs. 6 - 8). Eventually, large
portions of the xylem turn a brick red to brown color (Fig. 9).
The first external symptoms of Panama disease are a yellowing of the oldest leaves (Fig. 10) or a longitudinal splitting of the lower portion of the outer leaf sheaths on the pseudostem. This is followed by a wilt and buckling of leaves at the petiole base. In some cases, these leaves remain green. As the disease progresses, younger and younger leaves collapse until the entire canopy consists of dead or dying leaves (Fig. 11).
Moko disease, caused by race 2 of the bacterium Ralstonia solanacearum,
can be confused with Panama disease because it causes many of the above symptoms
(e.g., Figs. 12 and 13). However, unlike Panama disease Moko causes wilt and
chlorosis on plants that are younger than about 4 months old, and will also
discolor internal portions of fruit.
Causal agent
Panama disease is caused by the soilborne hyphomycete, Fusarium oxysporum Schlect. f. sp. cubense. It is one of more than 100 formae speciales (special forms) of F. oxysporum that cause vascular wilts of flowering plants (2,4). It contains pathogenic and saprophytic strains that cannot be distinguished morphologically. Colonies grow 4 - 7 mm/day on PDA at 24°C, with slight to significant aerial mycelium, and white to purple pigmentation. Sporodochia are tan to orange, and sclerotia are blue and submerged.
Micro- and macroconidia are produced on branched and unbranched monophialides (Fig. 14). Microconidia are 5 - 16 x 2.4 - 3.5 µm, one- or two-celled, oval- to kidney-shaped, and are borne in false heads. Macroconidia are 27 - 55 x 3.3 - 5.5 µm, four- to eight-celled and sickle-shaped with foot-shaped basal cells. Terminal and intercalary chlamydospores are 7 - 11 µm in diameter, usually globose and are formed singly or in pairs in hyphae or conidia. Atypically for the species, chlamydospores are not produced by isolates of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense in vegetative compatibility group (VCG) 01214 (8).
Four races of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense have been described, only three of which affect banana (race 3 is a pathogen of heliconia) (8,11). Race 1 caused the epidemics on Gros Michel and also affects the cultivars 'Maqueño,' 'Silk,' 'Pome,' 'Pisang Awak,' and the hybrid 'I.C.2.' Race 2 affects cooking bananas, such as 'Bluggoe,' and some bred tetraploids. Race 4 is most destructive since it affects race 1 and race 2 susceptible clones as well as the Cavendish cultivars. Until recently, it had been reported only in subtropical regions where cold winter temperatures are thought to be a predisposing factor. However, within the last decade, considerable damage has occurred in Cavendish monocultures in tropical Southeast Asia (8). A distinct population of the pathogen, VCG 01213-01216, is responsible for these outbreaks. Although it is currently restricted to Asia and northern Australia, it has caused grave concern in the western trades due to their dependence on the Cavendish clones.
Vegetative or somatic compatibility has been used extensively to characterize worldwide populations of this pathogen (8). Over 20 VCGs have been reported to date, which is an indicator of the great genetic diversity that occurs within this taxon.
Beckman and his colleagues studied the internal responses of resistant and susceptible banana cultivars to infection by F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense (1). They observed that a race 1 strain of the pathogen formed abundant microconidia in xylem vessels of Gros Michel. These propagules moved acropetally in vessels via the plant's transpirational flux, and were trapped at the scalariform ends of vessels. As the fungus continued to grow it colonized the vessel end and, within 2 - 3 days, produced microconidia on its adaxial side, thus enabling the pathogen to move through another vessel. This process continued unabated in Gros Michel, but ceased in a race-1-resistant Cavendish cultivar shortly after was it inoculated. In the later case, gels formed in infected vessels in 24 - 48 hours, followed by the growth of vascular parenchyma into vessels after 48 - 96 hours. These pathogen-induced activities in the host trapped spores of the pathogen and denied it further colonization of the host. Ultimately, the host released phenolic compounds that infused and lignified the occluding structures. Thus, in a resistant cultivar, there is a clear and rapid orchestration of host defenses to ensure that systemic colonization of the xylem does not occur.
Rhizomes ("suckers") are used traditionally as vegetative seedpieces for banana (Fig. 15). Because they are usually free of symptoms when they are infected by F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense, infected rhizomes are a common means by which this pathogen is disseminated (11). The pathogen can also spread in soil and running water, and on farm implements and machinery. Work in the early export plantations indicated that susceptible clones could not be successfully replanted in an infested site for up to 30 years due to the long-term survival of F. oxysporum f. sp. cubense in soil and as a parasite of non-host weed species (11,14).
Root tips are the natural, initial sites of infection; wounded rhizome surfaces are apparently minor infection courts (1). In most cases, root-tip infections are stopped shortly after the pathogen reaches the xylem, due to the formation of gels and tyloses and vascular collapse. However, some of these infections are not recognized early enough in susceptible cultivars, and the colonization of the xylem and associated parenchymal tissues continues. Macroconidia and chlamydospores usually form only on dead or dying plants. The latter propagules are the most significant survival structures of the pathogen.
Few effective options exist for managing this lethal disease (8). Chemical measures are of limited use. In work conducted in South Africa, methyl bromide significantly reduced disease incidence, but was effective for only 3 years due to recolonization of the fumigated areas by the pathogen (3) (Fig. 16). Plant injections of carbendazim and potassium phosphonate have been reported to provide some control, but results have been erratic or unrepeatable. Heat treatment of soil was used recently to control the spread of the pathogen in the Philippines, but this method will likely suffer the fate described for methyl bromide-treated soil.
Disease-suppressive soils are found in several different locations (13). In general, these soils are recognized by the length of time that high levels of production can be maintained in the presence of the pathogen. Although disease suppression has been associated with chemical and physical edaphic factors, reasons for the phenomenon differ in various locations. For example, a close relationship between suppression and clay (montmorillonoid type) soils was found in tropical America, but in the Canary Islands suppression was associated with host mineral nutrition. Unfortunately, no reports have been made on the transfer of suppression to a disease-conducive soil.
Studies on the biological and cultural control of this disease have begun only recently. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi have been shown to reduce disease severity in short-term green house studies, but results from long-term field studies have not been reported. Soil amendments, endophytic fungi and rhizosphere bacteria are currently being examined in Australia and South Africa. Achieving success with these or other approaches is a daunting task due to the high susceptibility of the cultivars for which protection is desired and the perennial nature of the pathosystem.
Susceptible clones can be grown if pathogen-free propagation material is used in noninfested soil (8). Tissue-cultured plantlets are free of bacterial, fungal and nematode pathogens and should be used to establish new plantings whenever possible. It should be noted, however, that plants grown from plantlets are more susceptible to Panama disease than those that are grown from rhizomes (10). Furthermore, the expense of plantlets may make their use in subsistence agriculture impractical. In the latter cases, plantlets could be used to initiate nurseries for producing pathogen-free, conventional seedpieces.
Genetic resistance offers the greatest opportunity for managing this disease in infested soils (5). To date, pre-existing cultivars have been identified that perform well in different regions and against different populations of the pathogen. Resistant hybrids have also been produced in the breeding programs, but these generally lack the flavor or post-harvest attributes that are found in the cultivars. However, as experience increases with this recalcitrant crop, acceptable, resistant hybrids will surely be produced.
1. Beckman, C. H. 1990. Host responses to the pathogen. Pages 93-105 in: Fusarium Wilt of Banana. R. C. Ploetz, ed. APS Press, American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul.
2. Domsch, K. H., Gams, W. and Anderson, T. H. 1980. Compendium of Soil Fungi, Vol. 1. Academic Press, New York.
3. Herbert, J. A., and Marx, D. 1990. Short-term control of Panama disease in South Africa. Phytophylactica 22:339-340.
4. Nelson, P. E., Toussoun, T. A., and Marasas, W. O. 1983. Fusarium Species: An Illustrated Guide for Identification. Pennsylvania State University Press.
5. Ortiz, R., Ferris, R. S. B., and Vuylsteke, D. R. 1995. Banana and plantain breeding. Pages 110-146 in: Bananas and Plantains. Gowen, S., ed. Chapman & Hall. London.
6. Ploetz, R. C. 1992. Fusarium wilt of banana (Panama disease). Pages 270-282 in: Plant Diseases of International Importance, Vol. III. Mukhopadhyay, A. N., Chaube, H. S., Kumar, J. and Singh, U. S., eds. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ.
7. Ploetz, R. C., and Pegg, K. G. 1997. Fusarium wilt of banana and Wallace's line: Was the disease originally restricted to his Indo-Malayan region? Australas. Plant Pathol. 26:239-249.
8. Ploetz, R.C., and Pegg, K.G. 1999. Fusarium wilt. pp. 143-159 In: Diseases of Banana, Abaca and Enset. Jones, D. R., ed. CABI Publishing. Wallingford, UK.
9. Simmonds, N.W. 1966. Bananas. 2nd ed. Longmans. London.
10. Smith, M. K., Whiley, A. W., Searle, C., Langdon, P. W., Schaffer, B., and Pegg, K. G. 1998. Micropropagated bananas are more susceptible to Fusarium wilt than plants grown from conventional material. Austral. J. Agric. Res. 49:1133-1139.
11. Stover, R. H. 1962. Fusarial Wilt (Panama Disease) of Bananas and Other Musa Species. CMI, Kew, Surrey, UK.
12. Stover, R. H. and Simmonds, N. W. 1987. Bananas, 3rd ed. Longmans Scientific and Technical, London.
13. Toussoun, T. A. 1975. Fusarium-suppressive soils. Pages 145-151 in: Biology and Control of Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens. Bruehl, G. W., ed. APS Press, American Phytopathological Society, St. Paul.
14. Waite, B. H., and Dunlap, V. C. 1953. Preliminary host range studies with Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cubense. Pl. Dis. Reptr. 37:79-80.
15. Wollenweber, H. W., and Reinking, O. A. 1935. Die Fusarien. Paul Parey. Berlin.


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Congenital heart disease (CHD) is the number one birth defect in the United States, and because of the advancement of surgery and technology in the treatment of CHD, more children live into adulthood than ever before. As a result, the population of individuals with CHD is increasing at 5 percent each year.
Currently, adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) patients receive inconsistent care as they are lost to follow-up treatment when transitioning from adolescence to adulthood. These are patients still under the care of pediatric cardiologists who do not have training in the care of adults, and patients under the care of cardiologists who do not have an adequate knowledge of CHD. These inconsistencies put many CHD patients at risk and can result in higher costs.
That's why Curt Daniels, MD, FACC, a cardiologist in The Heart Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital and director of the Columbus Ohio Adult Congenital Heart Disease & Pulmonary Hypertension Programs, has been so passionate in petitioning for a joint sub-specialty in ACHD. On June 15, Dr. Daniels and his colleagues, including Michael Landzberg, MD, program director of the Boston Adult Congenital Heart Disease Program, saw their work pay off as the American Board of Internal Medicine voted unanimously for the ACHD sub-specialty to be approved for board certification – the American Board of Pediatrics had previously signed-off on the new sub-specialty.
"This is about the future of children born with heart disease, and the future is now as there are currently more adults than children with congenital heart disease," explained Dr. Daniels, also an associate professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at The Ohio State University College of Medicine. "Each year all of the children we have taken care of for the previous 18 years now have no specialized cardiovascular care, and this has led to the loss of care and poor outcomes."
This new sub-specialty will provide a comprehensive approach and high quality care for the nearly one million adults living with congenital heart disease that require specialized life-long care.
The ACHD certification is the result of a combined effort between the American College of Cardiology, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Heart Association, International Society of Congenital Heart Disease, and multiple patient advocacy groups. These organizations and a number of medical professionals came together in response to a consensus within the CHD community that the U.S. was facing an issue of how best to care for this rapidly growing patient population.
In early 2009 and led by Dr. Daniels, Nationwide Children's developed the Transition Program – a patient education program that aims to successfully transition adolescents to continue specialized cardiac care as they become adults. While the ACHD sub-specialty will help to ensure that there are cardiologists trained to care for adults with CHD, the Transition Program will continue to ensure that adolescents with CHD are aware of how to seek necessary care throughout the different stages of their life.


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Once upon a time there was a delusional woman who thought she could make freezer jam. Seemed simple enough. Strawberries, pectin, sugar, cook it up and put it in cute little canning jars and freeze. Yup, even she could do it.
So she went and picked strawberries….who knew that you have to be there EARLY in the day and that you are to bring your own containers…these things should be in the newspaper ads (this was before Al Gore invented the internet and we used to have these things called "newspapers"….can you say….. news…paper….good job) so those of us that had never picked before could come prepared….not everyone knows these kind of things, you know.
Picking strawberries seems like such an idyllic endeavor; there you are in your bonnet and strawberry-picking basket and the birds are trilling away and you are feeling like Ma Ingalls….but in reality, you are all bent over and mosquitoes are buzzing around your face and biting you everywhere they can find your pink flesh and gnats are getting into your eyes and ears and you are cursing Ma and the strawberry farm….there ought to be WARNING signs up so you know what you will be facing.
After a horrific 20 minutes you check your berry basket to find that you have picked a grand total of 43 strawberries and you decide to say the devil with picking your own and head off to check out and buy the stupid berries.
Having never bought fresh strawberries before, there is a bit of sticker shock at the price of one flat of berries. But hubby will be so pleased at having homemade strawberry jelly that certainly spending half of that week's food budget won't bother him once he bites into a piece of freshly baked bread (another delusion) slathered with strawberry jam made by his wife's tiny hands (delusion…they are like tiny stuffed sausages stuck on ham hocks).
So she drives the 50 miles back home and gathers all her supplies and reads the directions for Easy Strawberry Freezer Jam (liars). One must sterilize the canning jars before beginning (are they neutered or spayed?) So she loads them up in her giant canning pot and cooks the hell out of them and then gingerly lays them upside down on an equally sterile dish towel. Now to de-stem the ruby-red jewels that lay helter-skelter in the wooden flat. After all that work, now they need to be rinsed off and chopped up. The little woman decides that this is a one-time deal and old hubby better damn well bow down and kiss her feet (or at least rub them) for doing all this work for some stupid jam.
When the woman was gathering her supplies, she grabbed the Tupperware container that held the sugar and proceeded to pour in the correct amount into the berries and the pectin and cooked them all up into a mouth-watering thick confection of strawberry gooeyness.
Next, she ladled the mixture into her sterile little jars and sealed them tight and was delighted to hear the little "pops" of the tops sealing. She felt so proud of herself as she looked over the dozens of little jars, all popping away. Oh, her husband would be so proud of her and even though she would never speak of it, she was kinda proud of herself.
The next day, she put all those precious, ten dollars a half pint, jars of jam into the freezer to await a special occasion when she could bring one out and exclaim, "Why, yes, I did make the jam myself"!
A few days later, her nephew was visiting for dinner and it was time to bring out a jar of jelly. Every one was seated and grace was said and the woman heaped jelly onto a hot bun and took a big bite just as her nephew was doing the same…..but instead of a mouthful of delectable sweetness, it was poisoned and the woman screamed to her nephew, as he was just opening his mouth to take a bite, "Don't eat that!!! It's poisoned!" (She just knew if she canned she would end of giving her family botulism because her mother always warned her of the dangers of home canning and dang, if she hadn't almost killed her nephew!!!!)
All that beautiful and expensive jam had to be thrown away because as she figured out days later, she had accidentally grabbed her husband's CANNING SALT instead of sugar.
Moral of this story…..label your Tupperware.