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A Nation Divided: SureFlap Neighbourhood Cat Campaign Infographic
Posted by: Tim Berrisford Date: 14/05/2013 Category: Uncategorized
A recent survey from leading cat flap manufacturer SureFlap and Britain's best-selling cat magazine Your Cat, suggests that the UK is a divided nation when it comes to our attitudes toward our local, neighbourly cats.
While some of us are tolerant to routine intrusions of the feline kind, just over half of pet and home-owners can't stand having their back garden being used as a arena for hunting local wildlife, or a place for cats to "do their business".
In the worst cases, respondents in the online questionnaire, conducted between January and March 2013, even reported incidents of cat fights, resulting in rising stress and anxiety levels for their own moggies.
Here's Easy Animal's infographic take on some of the most significant figures taken from the Neighbourhood Cat Campaign Research Report April 2013.
Read a full version of "A cat's eye view of the neighbourhood: Neighbourhood Cat Campaign Research Report, April 2013" by SureFlap and Your Cat at https://www.sureflap.co.uk/nccreport.
Data information: Survey comprised of 1,000 online responses, including 896 cat owners and 206 non-cat owners.
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A local Chinese-language radio station has rejected a paid ad for the annual June 4 march and candlelight vigil outside the Chinese consulate to remember the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, claiming demonstrations can turn violent.
The decision has disturbed event organizers, who fear the Chinese government may be taking over the station through the back door.
Organizers noted the increasing presence of programming from China on radio station AM1320, which refused to run the ad.
"We think this is self-censorship by the station," said Henry Chau of the Vancouver Society in Support of Democratic Movement. "June 4 is taboo in China. … Any mention of the incident is banned from Chinese public space."
Human-rights activists demonstrated outside the radio station last week to protest against the ban and are now planning to complain to the CRTC over the matter.
Mr. Chau said the station had run similar ads in the past for their June 4 vigil without a problem.
But owner James Ho said the radio station now has a policy against promotion of any public gathering that takes the form of a demonstration.
"During the past couple of years, we have seen and experienced how alarming demonstrations can become," he said.
Mr. Ho pointed to the Stanley Cup riot in downtown Vancouver and the current student protests in Quebec. "There's no saying what demonstrations can turn out to be. ... We have to be responsible."
The evening vigil outside the Chinese consulate is held every year on June 4 to mourn victims of the violent assault by the People's Liberation Army against unarmed protesters at Tiananmen Square. It begins with a police-led march up Granville Street and concludes with demonstrators holding candles parading in front of the consulate.
Normally, between 200 and 300 people take part.
The protests have never been anything but peaceful, said Mr. Chau.
But Mr. Ho said all demonstrations begin peacefully. "No demonstration starts with violence. … There's no saying what they can turn out to be."
Mr. Ho added he resents the accusation that he is a puppet of the Chinese government.
"It is very disturbing to me ... and insulting. We view ourselves as the voice of the Chinese community, and we are proud of that. They know us," the station owner said.
He said he's never known a radio station to advertise and promote a public demonstration.
However, Travena Lee, news director of Chinese-language Fairchild Radio in Vancouver, said her station has always run the June 4 ads from Mr. Chau's group, and did so again this year.
"We don't have a problem with the ads at all," Ms. Lee said.
Mr. Ho insisted his station didn't actually reject the ad. They asked for the wording to be modified, and Mr. Chau declined.
He noted the station's reporters always cover the vigil and will be there Monday evening.
"They do very balanced reporting," agreed Mr. Chau. "We hope the refusal to broadcast our ad is not an extension of the repressive policy of the Chinese government.
"It is our great concern that some foreign government is taking over a Canadian public broadcasting channel through the back door," he said.


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Analogix announces new SlimPort-4K product line
Analogix paves toward Ultra HD goodness with the announcement of SlimPort-4K
Analogix has just announced the availability of its super-slick new SlimPort-4K line, which provides the ability to share 4K content to external displays and TVs.
The company has leveraged its high-end, ultra-low power SlimPort-4K transmitter, the ANX7816, which is currently in mass production. The SlimPort-4K receiver, the ANX7738, is currently sampling. Andre Bouwer, Vice President of Marketing for Analogix, said: "With SlimPort-4K the video output capabilities of smartphones and tablets surpass that of most mainstream Blu-ray video players. This gives smartphone owners the flexibility to watch movies on their small screen when on the go, or on the big screen when at home and recharging their batteries without compromising video quality".
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Gonna Party Tonight is a song that Thidwick the Moose, Mr. Knox, Fox in Socks, Fiona Phish, Morton the Elephant Bird and the Birthday Bird sing all about having a fun time at a party. As they dance around the Cat in the Hat and the Little Cats come in with a big birthday cake and start in with everyone else. Even the Gribbles join in after the Cat pokes them with his umbrella.
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Fighter's History Dynamite
Fighter's History Dynamite (Also known as Karnov's Revenge) is a game created by the now-defunct company Data East. It is the second in the Fighter's History series (and the last that hit arcades), which famously drew the legal wrath of Capcom during the mid-90s. While the original Fighter's History was nothing special outside of its ripoff character designs and hilariously misquoted voices, Fighter's History Dynamite added two new characters and two playable bosses, as well as a complete re-tweaking of the engine to make it more combo-friendly. Although the game never achieved mainstream success, it maintains a bit of a cult following to this day.
Game Mechanics
Button Layout
Being on the NeoGeo, this game only has 4 buttons, but doesn't follow traditional SNK fighting game layout.
A = Light Punch
B = Hard Punch
C = Light Kick
D = Hard Kick
You can backdash by tapping back twice.
Throws are performed by holding Back or Forward on the joystick when close to the opponent, and then pressing Hard Punch (some characters also have throws done with Hard Kick). Regular throws can not be softened or escaped in any way. As in the old SF2's, throws can be performed on reversal frame on wakeup if the opponent is close enough (throw range is fairly good in this game).
Clown and Samchay have "grab" throws in which you can do more damage during the grab by mashing the joystick/buttons. The opponent can also counter-mash and break out faster. Clown can do over 25% damage with enough mashing, giving him the best normal throw in the game.
Ray, Jean, and Ryoko have air throws. Air throws do slightly more damage than regular throws, but generally aren't seen too often in play.
Marstorius and Ryoko have special command throws. Unlike regular throws, their special throws can actually be buffered into off a regular attack, and will combo during hit stun if you're in range. Special throws have no whiff animation - if you buffer into a special throw off a blocked normal attack, you will instantly interrupt the animation of the previous normal attack with another normal attack (the button you just hit). You can continually repeat this as long as your attacks are in range, creating a blocked hit string to keep the pressure on the opponent. For this reason it's usually best to stick to performing Marstorius' and Ryoko's special throws with Light Punch, so you don't cancel into a Hard Punch that might whiff and put you in danger.
Dizzies work differently from most other games. Each character has a unique piece of clothing on their body, which is damaged when hit, indicated by the object flashing. Once the object takes three hits it will fall off and the character will become dizzy. You can only lose the item once per round, so there's no fear of multiple dizzies or redizzies. Clothing is positioned in different places depending on the character, so some characters (depending on their attacks) will have an easier time dizzying certain other characters.
After a character has been dizzied, any further attacks to that character's weak spot will deal 1.5x damage for the rest of the round. Doing a simple combo on a dizzied opponent consisting of attacks that hit their weak spot can result in huge damage.
Each character's weak point will be listed in their individual section.
Charge Motion Tricks
Charge time for the majority of charge-based special moves are very short - roughly two-thirds of a second. Some moves require double the charge time, however. They are:
- Ray's Thunder Dynamite Tackle
- Marstorius' Dash Lariat
- Marstorius' Kneel Kick
- Jean's Rondato
"Charge buffering" exists in this game too. Instead of doing a move as just charge Back, Forward + button, you can instead do it as charge Back, Forward, Back + button. This allows you to immediately start charging immediately after the move is performed. You can also substitute the last press of Back with Down-Back as well. You can even charge immediately after a flash-kick type move by going Down, Up, Down + button, but you have to be fast!
The input system shows some leniency for the last motion of charge moves - Back, Forward + button moves can be finished with Down-Forward or Up-Forward, and Up, Down + button moves can be finished with Up-Back or Up-Forward. Since you can also charge by holding Down-Back, this makes some charge moves even easier to do - you can perform the ones that require a Back charge by simply starting the charge in Down-Back, and then slide the joystick to Down-Forward and hit the button.
Fuzzy Guard
After blocking an attack, you're automatically able to block every following attack automatically as long as you're still in the original blockstun. So you can hold Back to block a jumping attack, and if they do any low attacks afterward you can automatically block them even if you remain in high block. Once blockstun has ended, you must then block the next move in the correct direction.
Stand/Crouch Shifting
When in either blockstun or hitstun, it's possible to switch from a standing to crouching position (and vice versa) between hits of your opponent's combo or block string. You might think it would be better to always go into crouching position once you are being hit, as going into crouch could make some high attacks whiff. But there is a very important additional factor in play in this game - when you go into a crouching position, it changes the hitbox for your weak spot too. Attacks that might not have hit your weak spot when you were standing could very well register when you're crouching instead!
Example - if Ray does his Thunder Dynamite Tackle against a crouching Karnov, three hits will register on his weak point and dizzy him instantly! But, if Karnov remains standing, none of the hits will connect against his weak point and he will not be dizzied. It's very important to learn how your character's hitbox changes in crouch - don't assume it's always a good idea to hold Down-Back once a combo starts!
All characters in this game have the same amount of health. There is no damage bonus for counter hits, only the 1.5x modifier when a character's exposed weak point is hit.
While damage is usually consistent throughout the round, there is one notable exception - when a character is down to a little less than 25% health (not the same time the music speeds up, but a little after that), all damage from normal attacks is reduced by 50%. Damage from special moves and throws are unaffected. This makes it harder to kill with a chain combo that isn't cancelled into a special move near the end of the round. Unfortunately there's no visual clue to see when you're taking reduced damage from normal attacks.
Super Moves
A popular misconception is that there are super moves in the game, which is not true. Some characters do have secret moves which can be performed at any time, but they're only considered secret in the sense that they did not show up on movelists distributed with the game. The secret moves tend to have input motions that aren't as "obvious" to discover as other moves.
A very loose ground combo system is in place. Every character has at least one light attack that can be chained into itself or other light attacks, or you can chain into a hard attack. Most combos consist of an optional jumping attack followed by a couple light attacks, chained into a hard attack, buffered into a special move. Nearly every normal move is bufferable into special moves too, with the exception of some command normals (such as Samchay's f.HP or f.HK). There is no juggle system.
Game versions
The Characters
- Clown
- Jean Pierre
- Kano Ryoko
- Karnov
- Lee Diendo
- Liu Feilin
- Liu Yungmie
- Marstorius
- Matlok Jade
- Mizoguchi Makoto
- Ray McDougal
- Samchay Tomyamgun
- Zazie Muhaba
Tier list
A universally-agreed upon tier list for this game is impossible to come up with, since it seems as if every player has differing opinions on where the characters fall in the tiers. Here's one example list:
- Ray
- Lee
- Karnov
- Zazie
- Jean
- Mizoguchi
- Samchay
- Marstorius
- Clown
- Matlok
- Yungmie
- Liu Feilin
- Ryoko
The placement of Marstorius in the tiers is one that there are rarely agreements on - some think he could be as high as Upper-Mid, others think he's much lower (one Japanese tier listing had him ranked as dead last). He has some very tough matchups and it can be hard for him to get in on characters with projectiles, but once he gets in he has a nasty mixup game that can easily win him the round. So he's a bit of a wildcard since a lot of his matches can go either way.
Don't treat any tier list as gospel, as practically every character has something going for them and can be competitive against most of the rest of the cast. This is also due in part to the game's dizzy system, since they can happen in an instant and turn the match around.
|Tier List | Game Mechanics | Strategy
|The Characters
|Clown | Jean Pierre | Kano Ryoko | Karnov | Lee Diendo | Liu Feilin | Liu Yungmie | Marstorius | Matlok Jade | Mizoguchi Makoto | Ray McDougal | Samchay Tomyamgun | Zazie Muhaba


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The Benefits of Using a Specialist Search Agency
Time-poor and strapped for a spare minute? As technology becomes increasingly accessible and integrated into our lives, our availability soars. Ten years ago, we weren't attached to our phones, beating off nimble competitors with SEO strategies and competitive reviewing; the world was a different place, where experience revealed a brand of vintage reliability that shows you things to do in Morehead City on great weather, the local travel agent or branch banking manager were permanent fixtures in our schedules. A business owner is no longer just the boss, attending to staff complaints and balancing the books, they are expected to be a promotional expert, a SEO specialist, an advertising executive and a copywriter rolled into a neat, net savvy robot. For more information, you can go here and learn everything.
You may have heard a word or two around the town about specialist search agencies, companies formed around principles and disciplines that make your head spin after an hour or two staring at the screen. Digital agencies often double as an SEO company, building a team of link builders, SEM managers, SEO managers and content writers to deliver marketing solutions in our brave new, jacked in world. For instance you need SEO service who will provide simple and inexpensive lead generation services for local businesses, https://godrank.com is the site to look for.
Do You Look Good?
Positive web development and design is the bedrock of first impressions, engaging and guiding the audience to direct their eyes to salient information – or that is, relevant copy. Well branded, beautifully rendered websites are statistically and socially more likely to draw potential customers in by the eye balls, hook their tentacles in and not let go until their minds are expanded or expectations sated by the service your performance website offers. Think of a website like a car; instead of a ten minute inspection, you have ten seconds max to make a favourable impression. If you had ten seconds to inspect a potential new set of wheels, would you stick around if it was a 1981 Ford Laser when a sleek, sparkling BMW swings around the corner, offering a better drive, at least on the surface. No matter how hardy and reliable the internal engine is, the old car loses the race and your old website (or no website at all!) fails to connect. Digital agencies combine the formulaic mechanics ruling the galaxy of search engines, with aesthetic development, making sure your site receives the attention it deserves.
Do You Sound Good?
Words are often overlooked as important seeds of visibility, taken for granted in their operation and vast availability. We all communicate, right? Does it matter how grammatically correct or immediately relevant my content is? Do I need content at all, and if so, is it really that important to include dynamic language? The answer to every question listed above is yes. Content is essential to converting, engaging and retaining traffic; it's your microphone, the very voice box of your webpage… If your website sounds disinterested, tired, garbled and drunk on its own awesomeness, why should anybody keep reading, let alone make the call and convert to the customer? Not everybody is a writer, we acknowledge this fact, but you ARE a representative of your company, and with this in mind, take the first steps to correcting your nasally online accent by contacting a digital agency.
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SEO and SEM are mysterious acronyms governed by zoo animals and strange formulas regulated by touch-typing staffers, hidden under a fog of caffeine and numbers. While you don't need to take a crash course now, a digital agency can sit down with you and audit your site, indicating possible improvements, prominence issues and fixes so simple they're almost a relief. On top of this auditing process, a qualified SEO crew can start building your online profile, making sure your site is in front of the right eyes at the right time, and not only that (find more reasons to have a professional SEO done at seobergen.no).
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High Temperature Compressive Strength of Extruded Cordierite Ceramic Substrates
High temperature modulus of rupture (MOR) data, published previously, show that the ceramic catalyst supports get stronger with temperature due to the absence of water vapor and closure of microcracks which would otherwise act as stress concentrators [1, 2 and 3]*. The increased MOR value is partially responsible for the excellent durability of ceramic catalyst supports at high temperature. In this paper, we will present the compressive strength data of ceramic substrates at high temperature, namely the crush strength along B-axis and biaxial compressive strength of the whole substrate. Since the honeycomb strength is directly related to that of the individual cell wall, the compressive strength should also increase with temperature similar to the modulus of rupture. Accordingly, the ceramic substrates are capable of supporting higher mounting pressures exerted by the intumescent mat at high temperature [4].


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Justin Crotty and Raghu Kamath honored as two of the IT channel's most powerful and influential executives
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 21, 2012 – NetEnrich, Inc., a global Remote Operations Center (ROC) with services designed to help managed service providers (MSPs) and solution providers (SPs) transform their IT operations, today announced that CRN Magazine has named its Senior Vice President and General Manager, Justin Crotty, and its Vice President of Partner Management, Raghu Kamath, as 2012 Channel Chiefs.
CRN Magazine publishes its prestigious Channel Chiefs list of most influential and powerful leaders in the IT channel annually. The list recognizes those executives directly responsible for driving channel sales and growth within their organization, while evangelizing and defending the importance of the channel throughout the entire IT Industry. This is the second year in a row that Justin Crotty has been named to the list for NetEnrich.
Crotty and Kamath were both chosen as 2012 Channel Chiefs for their role in championing NetEnrich's efforts to provide VARs, MSPs and IT solution providers with a better and more profitable enterprise-scale IT operation for increasing recurring IT service revenues.
"NetEnrich provides the technology, engineering expertise and proven enterprise-class methods to transform the way IT solution providers service their SMB and SME end users," says Crotty. "Through the NetEnrich ROC, our channel partners can maximize their valuable engineering time and gain the tools, service capability and scale that is necessary to deliver a better experience for their end clients. Our vision is to enable solution providers to serve as the go-to service providers for the SMB and mid-market – the thousands of small and midsized companies that don't rely on offshore IT outsource companies for their remote IT infrastructure management today."
Under the leadership of Crotty and Kamath, NetEnrich focuses on partner enablement and empowering services transformation for the IT channel. In 2011, the company invested in more channel expertise and resources to support its partners in developing a new services culture and go-to-market plan for managed services businesses.
"Our growing channel team is dedicated to working with our partners to evolve their focus from a technical/engineering services organization to a consultative services organization that is able to profitably grow their managed services and more confidently take on cloud management," says Kamath. "No other service provider is better equipped to support the IT channel with the most sophisticated cloud environments, traditional data center technologies and on-premise small business technologies from a single source."
For the ninth consecutive year, Channel Chiefs were selected by the CRN editorial team based on channel experience, program innovations, channel-driven revenue, and public support for the importance of IT Channel Sales.
"The 2012 Channel Chiefs list recognizes vendor executives dedicated to driving channel programs in the IT marketplace," said Kelley Damore, VP, Editorial Director, UBM Channel. "Our annual Channel Chiefs issue is a must-read for IT solution providers evaluating new vendors or looking to expand solution offerings. These are the people, the products and the programs that any savvy solution provider needs to know. We congratulate this year's Channel Chiefs for their stellar record of business innovation and applaud them for their continued dedication to the partner community."
Selected by CRN's editorial staff, the 2012 Channel Chiefs list is featured in the February issue of CRN Magazine and will be featured online at www.crn.com.
NetEnrich CEO, Raju Chekuri, acknowledges the recognition given by CRN Magazine, "Justin and Raghu have worked very hard over the past year to support our channel partners' growth and profitability. We are honored to have them recognized as 2012 Channel Chiefs, and look forward to further enabling our partners with first-rate midmarket enterprise IT services that will better position their growth in the future, and during the coming year."
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Welcome to 2010's very first Variety Hour, a weekly series in which I list my favorite links and posts from around the internet for your perusal.
Interesting Links
- Fascia: Its relationship to stress, growth hormone, and pain is a fascinating look at the connective network on the body. If you're a massage therapist or an athlete, you might be interested.
- EU Declares Peppermint a Controllable Herb is a scary example of what happens when people give up their rights due to government intrusion.
- Amazon Continues To Censor, But Won't Say Why. It's not just government intrusion we need to be cognizant of, but also poor decision-making by businesses such as Amazon.
A To-Do For Today
- HOW TO: Back Up Your Social Media Presence Before the Ball Drops. It may be 2011, but it's not too late to back up your data. I've always wanted to do this but never knew how until I read this.
Chicken Soup For the Soul
My chicken broth post was quite a hit, and many people asked for recipes and more information, primarily on chicken feet. I typically use a modified version of the recipe found in the book Full Moon Feast, but here's a plethora of articles and recipes for chicken broth. If you are squeamish, please stick to the first link and skip the rest; chicken feet are optional!
- Weston A. Price Foundation's Broth Is Beautiful
- Nourished Kitchen's Voodoo Stock: Chicken Feet and Chili Peppers
- Simply Recipes' How To Make Stock From Chicken Feet
- Tigers & Strawberries' Eating Feet
- Just The Right Size: Why Did The Chicken Cross The Road
- One More Recipe Including Chicken Feet (Glace de voilaille)
Shameless Self-Promotion
- January's Performance Menu: Journal of Health and Athletic Excellence has the first of a two-part interview I conducted with world-renowned sports psychologist Bill Cole, in which he discusses mental training for athletic performance. It's a great read, if I do say so myself, as Bill has tons of practical information to share.
- Yarn Market News is a trade journal available for free to those working in the industry, and this month's magazine features a Smart Online by yours truly on search engine optimization for yarn stores.
- Hudson Patch is a hyper-local website I've been writing for regularly, so if you're in town, feel free to check out my articles. You can look at everyone else's articles, too. 😉
- MMA HQ is my MMA home online, and this week I've written primarily about women's mixed martial arts, with the WMMA awards (and Slammy awards), and the Women's World Integrated MMA Rankings, a revolutionary new ranking system I'm excited to be a part of. I also took my best stab at MMA predictions (both male and female) for 2011.
- Pam Slim, one of my heroes, painstakingly compiled a list of all of the wonderful things her clients accomplished in 2010 on her awesome blog, Escape From Cubicle Nation, and I was psyched to get mentioned under "Y is for Yowza." I'm in such good company! The diversity and creativity evident in the list brightened up my day.
Quote Of The Week
"Winter, a lingering season, is a time to gather golden moments, embark upon a sentimental journey, and enjoy every idle hour." -John Boswell
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Date: 1965
Materials: 35mm film transferred to digital format; black-and-white, sound
Length: 11 min.
Credit: Courtesy of the artist. Presentation supported by The George Foundation
Showtimes: Daily at 10:15 a.m., 1:30 p.m., 4:45 p.m.
Commissioned under the Ministry of Culture by the Women's Organization of Iran, this film addresses the lives of female prisoners and their families' struggle to survive, juxtaposing these hardships with an optimistic presentation of rehabilitation and education initiatives. Shot in a cinema verité or "constructed" documentary style, Women's Prison includes interviews with prisoners, social workers, and teachers, and suggests that society at large must take responsibility for the problems that have driven these women to crime. This early film was Shirdel's least controversial, and his only commission never banned in Iran.


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Summary of remote keys
Here's a summary of the keys to use for recording and playing back programmes on your PVR.
While viewing live TV
Press once to start a two hour instant recording; press again to display recording menu.
Access Main menu; choose Recording to start a current event recording.
Display the Electronic Programme Guide to schedule recordings.
Displays list of current recordings to stop.
Display list of recorded programmes in the archive.
While viewing time shift TV
Press once to start recording from the current position; press again to display recording menu.
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Having breakfast ready to grab and go is a must in our household. Especially for my kids. If they can not easily grab something to eat then it's a guarantee we will be going to the drive-thru which is not good for our budget or waistline.
Over the summer I discovered we could freeze the breakfast sandwiches that we eat pretty much everyday. Since then our freezer has been stocked with bags of them. However, in the last couple weeks I have been feeling the need for a bit more variety at breakfast time. Last week I made the slow cooker steel cut oats that were scrumptious and this past weekend I put together a batch of these breakfast burritos.
The recipe is adapted from my favorite freezer cooking cookbook 30 Day Gourmet's BIG Book of Freezer Cooking. You can see my review of the cookbook here.
When I was first putting the burritos together I was a little worried that they would not freeze well because the mixture seemed pretty wet, but they did freeze beautifully. Thank goodness!
These breakfast burritos are very tasty, satisfying, and are perfect for on the go. In the future I am going to play around with different flavor combinations.
One thing I want to mention is I did use regular pork sausage for this recipe because I could not find turkey breakfast sausage anywhere. If you can find turkey breakfast sausage then I recommend using it to help further reduce the calories.
In the last year I learned a fantastic reheating tip with these breakfast burritos. Place a coffee mud full of water in with burrito when you are warming up in the microwave. This will prevent the edges from getting hard. It word great!
- 1lb ground breakfast sausage
- 12 eggs
- ¾ cup milk
- 1 cup salsa
- 1 cup shredded taco cheese
- 15 medium flour tortillas
- Using a large skillet brown the sausage and cook till done (about 8 minutes). Break into small pieces.
- Combine eggs and milk and whisk together until blended. Add to skillet with sausage. Cook until the eggs are set (about 5-7 minutes)
- Add in salsa and cheese to the sausage and egg mixture. Cook for another 5-7minutes or until cheese is melted and eggs are completely cooked.
- After it is finished cooking let the mixture cool slightly.
- Lay tortilla flat then in the center add ⅓ cup of the mixture and roll up.
These can also be warmed up in the toaster oven or a panini press. Be careful of some of the juices that might come out when biting into it.
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So, I work at a startup. Our office is the spare bedroom of my boss's house, though we will FINALLY have an office at the end of this week. When people ask what it's like to work out of my boss's house I tell them it's exactly what you would think it's like when your boss is a bachelor in his late 30s.
*meaningful stare*
A couple months ago I showed up at his house right as "a successful first date" was making her exit. There was a foot of snow on the ground as we all hunched in the foyer– me removing my shoes as she put hers on– avoiding eye contact like it was some sort of shameful shift change.
"Aussa," my boss said out of no where, "this is… Emily."
She extended her arm, and we shook hands.
Twenty seconds later I was hiding in the office, telling everyone on Facebook what had happened. You all informed me I had all manner of bodily fluids and STDS crawling on my skin and needed to immediately wash my hands. I did so, and dismissed the whole thing as a good story.
But then there was last Friday. I showed up early because we had a 9AM webinar and my computer requires half an hour to turn itself on. Like a 19-year-old college dormmate, I texted him that I was coming over, just to be safe. There was no reply and no tie hanging on the front door knob so I used my key and let myself in.
It seemed like a normal morning— he met me in the foyer and we stood in the dining room, fiercely complaining about everything wrong with everything. Then I heard the sounds of movement. Human movement. In the bedroom.
Like a betrayed Bridget Jones in her playboy bunny outfit, I asked the damning question.
"Is there someone else here?"
He didn't need to answer, because yet another successful first date walked right out, demanding bagels. Once again, he introduced us. She paused in her pouting and extended her hand.
So I shook it. Again.
While they debated whether she should Uber or he should take her for bagels, I excused myself to "log into the webinar," AKA text Alex and update Facebook.
Except I didn't send the text to Alex. I sent it to my boss.
I had three choices:
- Pretend I did it on purpose. It was a joke! I was just venting to him about boundaries.
- Apologize. Tell him I'm not as bitter as I sound.
- Street Aussa the shite out of that shite.
Two seconds after hitting send, I walked back into the dining room.
"Where's your phone?"
He looked confused.
"In my bedroom," he said.
Gross. The bedroom. Scorched earth. Contamination Zone. But a hero has to go where the glory is.
"I need you to bring it to me, upside down."
He still looked confused.
"I sent you a message meant for Alex."
*meaningful stare*
He walked into the bedroom, retrieved his phone, and handed it to me.
"Should I really be doing this?" he asked.
I could see my snide text at the top of his notifications. I swiped right and handed it back to him.
"Put in your password."
He hesitated.
"This is a trusting moment," I said.
He typed in his password and I opened his messages, scrolled to mine, deleted it, and handed the phone back to him.
He just stared at me, like he wasn't exactly sure what just happened. Hopefully we can keep it that way.
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A common joke among Chicago residents is that there are only 2 seasons – construction and winter. This just adds to the nightmare traffic around the city. Chicago is home to 5 of the top 20 most congested roads in the US and is ranked 8th worst overall compared to other urban cities. (Ranking of most traffic are: Washington, D.C. in the number 1 spot, followed by Los Angeles; San Francisco; New York; San Jose, Calif.; Boston; Seattle; Chicago; Houston; and Dallas. ) As expected rush hour is the worst, but add rain, snow, or construction and no matter what – traffic is a mess. I am asked, "What's a good time to drive through the city?" I wish I knew. I travel a lot and often take a taxi to go to O'hare Airport at many different times of the day. It can take me 20 minutes or over an hour to travel the 16 mile route. I always plan for the worst and am delighted when my trip is fast. So when planning your errands in a big city, miles mean nothing – a 2 mile trip can take 30 minutes if the traffic is bad, but certain times during the day can increase your odds of a faster trip.
My tips for driving in the city, during the week, wait until after 7:30 pm and then go out shopping. A good thing is many stores in the city are open later compared to the suburbs. I have found that even though NYC is known as the a town that never sleeps – neither does Chicago. (Just check out any street with a lot of bars on Friday night – people are everywhere!). This means on the weekends, get up and get home before 11:00 am and you miss all the Millennials who make Chicago their home.
And last…the very best way to get around Chicago is public transportation. For any move to a big city make sure you can walk to a transit line. You will be grateful you did.


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Department of Commerce press officer Catherine Trinh rejects a request for a media interview with a climate scientist. (The identity of this scientist has not been revealed.) "Let's pass on this one," she says in an e-mail to an official at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The official asks in response, "Can I please have a reason?" In another e-mail, Trinh again rejects a request for an interview. "Let's pass on this… interview, but rather refer him to [redacted] of the [redacted] at [redacted]," she writes. "CEQ [White House Council of Environmental Quality] suggested him as a good person to talk on this subject." The e-mails, obtained by Salon in 2006, reveal that requests for media interviews about climate change are being screened by officials at the Commerce Department (NOAA is part of the Department of Commerce). When asked by Salon if Commerce reviews all requests for media interviews with scientists, Richard Mills, the department's director of public affairs, states, "I wouldn't characterize it like that." [Salon, 9/19/2006]
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Allah says : Indeed Allah conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger(Mohammed (s.a.s)) from amongst themselves,reciting unto them His verses(by means of these verses inviting them and advising them) and purifying them(of sins and their conduct) and teaches them the book(Quran) and Al-Hikmah(wisdom),before which they were in manifest error. (Aal-'Imran:164)
It has been substantiated by the Qur'an and Ahadithe – sahiha (confirmed traditions) that the Ummah (followers) of the Last of the prophets (s.a.s), was Divinely deputed for the guidance of all peoples (nations) of the world.
Allah says : (O Muslims) You are the best of the peoples, you have been sent towards mankind, to enjoin good and forbid evil (Aal-'Imran:110)
This verse clearly implies that the muslim ummah is the deputy to the prophet, in his ordained obligations of inviting towards righteousness,enjoining good and forbidding evil. Hence,the obligations entrusted to rasulullah(s.a.s) – invitation through recitation of the Quran,purifying people of undesirable qualities and teaching the book and wisdom – became the prime responsibilities of muslim ummah as well.
Therefore Rasulullah (s.a.s) taught his ummah to spend their life and wealth in inviting towards Allah, learning and teaching divine knowledge, remembering and worshipping Allah. The sahabah gave preference to the above deeds over all worldly preoccupations. They were trained to practice these A'mal (actions) under all circumstances with complete dedication, patience and forbearance withstanding all forms of difficulties and hardships. And they were taught to benefit others by sacrificing physically and materially.
In compliance with the command :
"And strive hard in Allah's cause, as you ought to strive" (Al-Hajj: 78)
The sahabah strove in the manner of prophets with piety, austerity, discipline, self-sacrifice and giving preference to others. Thus, an environment was created in which emerged models of excellence, who became best of the ummah. The era in which the deeds of Rasulullah (s.a.s) were collectively practiced by the ummah was declared to be the Khair-ul-Qurun(the best of all the times, or the best period of ummah).
Then in successive periods, the religious elite of ummah spent their full effort and energy in fulfilling these prophetic obligations. The luminance of these self-sacrificing efforts is still illuminating in the world of Islam.
In these times, Allah placed in the heart of Sheik Muhammad Ilyas (rah) restlessness and anxiety over the erosion in Islam and burning desire to correct this state of ummah. In the view of religious elite of his times he was unique in this respect. He used to remain restless and concerned for the revival of all what was revealed to Rasulullah (s.a.s) by Allah in the whole world. He advocated, with resolute determination, that any effort for the revival of Deen can only be effective and acceptable when its done in the manner of Rasulullah (s.a.s)
Therefore, such Da'i (one who invites towards Islam) need to be developed, whose desires should be consistent in knowledge, action, thought, perception, passion, compassion and the manner of invitation to Islam - with the aspirations of prophets, particularly Muhammad (s.a.s). Not only should they posses a strong emaan and virtuous deeds, but their inner inspirations should be like those of prophets, they should cherish a fervent love of Allah and his fear.
In character and habits, they should adhere to Sunnah of prophet (s.a.s). Their love or hatred should be for the sake of Allah. The motivating factor behind their inviting to Islam should be a deep compassion and mercy for Muslims, and kindness for all the creation of Allah. The oft-repeated Devine principle for prophets. "Our reward is solely with Allah," should be their hallmark. They should have no other objective except the pleasure of Allah.
They should have such a passionate desire for the revival of Deen in the world that it keeps driving them, away of their routines, in the path of Allah; while their lives and wealth becoming mere instruments in attaining this objective. There should be no notion of personal authority, status, wealth, property, honor and fame; not even a desire for personal rest and comfort. Whether sitting, standing, speaking, or walking; every act should be geared in this direction.
To revive the ways of Rasulullah (s.a.s) in this effort and bring all facets of life according to commandments of Allah and the sunnah of Rasulullah (s.a.s), and to equip those struggling in this path of Tabligh with the above mentioned qualities the six points were prescribed.
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The GOD IS LOVE Myth
First John 4:8 states:
He that loveth not knoweth not God; for God is love.
This is the one verse most Christians hang their hat on. God is love. He is the embodiment of what love is. When pressed to explain exactly what this love is that God is, most Christians will quote the most familiar verse in the Bible, John 3:16:
For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.
According to most Christians, God's love for humanity is demonstrated by the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus took upon himself all the sins, past, present, and future, of the human race. Through his death on the cross, human sin is atoned for, and if we put our faith and trust in Jesus as our Lord and Savior, our sins will be forgiven, we will be given a new life, and when we die we will have a guaranteed room in Hotel Heaven.
Rarely do Christians take a hard look at the back story behind the belief that God's love is demonstrated in the atoning work of Jesus Christ on the cross. Why do our sins need to be atoned for? How did humans become sinners? Who is responsible for humans becoming sinners?
According to orthodox Christian belief, God is the first cause of everything. He is the sovereign ruler of all. All orthodox sects believe, be they Arminian or Calvinist, that God is in control of everything. There is nothing that escapes his control. It is rightly posited that if there are things that God is not in control of then God ceases to be God.
If God is the first cause of everything then God is the author of sin. Most Christians are repulsed by the very thought of God being the author of sin, but if God is the first cause of everything, EVERYTHING includes sin.
Many Calvinists understand this and are not ashamed to state that God is the author of sin. Other Calvinists, the squeamish type, develop lapsarian views to distance themselves from the view that God is the author of a sin. The graphic below illustrates the various lapsarian views Calvinists have:
Arminian sects roundly reject the notion that God is the author of sin. They fail, however, to adequately explain how God can be the first cause of EVERYTHING and yet not be the author of sin.
Arminians believe that God created humans with freewill. However, when pressed on whether humans have naked, autonomous free will, most Arminians will say No. Like the Calvinist, the Arminian believes that salvation is God's choice of a sinner not a sinner's choice of God. No one is saved unless God saves them.
Arminians believe in what is called prevenient grace. Prevenient grace is:
It is divine grace that precedes human decision. It exists prior to and without reference to anything humans may have done. As humans are corrupted by the effects of sin, prevenient grace allows persons to engage their God-given free will to choose the salvation offered by God in Jesus Christ or to reject that salvific offer.
Calvinists and Arminians savage one another over free will, yet when it comes to salvation, it is in the hands of God and no human, unaided by God, can be saved. Both agree:
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest any man should boast. (Ephesians 2:8.9)
So then, the love that God demonstrates to humans through the merit and work of Jesus Christ on the cross is needed by humans because God caused them or allowed them to be marred by sin. God made us sinners so we would need his love. Wouldn't it have been better for all of us if God had not made us sinners?
When these kind of questions are asked, Christians often reply:
For my thoughts are not your thoughts,neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.For as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my thoughts than your thoughts. (Isaiah 55:8,9)
Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? (Romans 9:19,20)
Simply put, God is God, and you are not God, so shut the hell up. How dare you question God's purpose and plan.
One the biggest obstacles to the notion that God is Love, is that the God of the Old Testament is anything but a God of love. Many modern Christians realize that the God of the Old Testament is problematic, so they distance themselves from this God and emphasize Jesus, the God of the New Testament.
Recently, a commenter on another blog told me that the God of the New Testament is a more mature God or that perhaps our understanding of God has matured. I reminded this commenter that the Bible says:
For I am the Lord, I change not…
Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever.
All orthodox Christians believe that Jesus is God, that Jesus was God, is God, and will always be God. Let me chase a rabbit for a moment. Is the Bible really clear about the notion that Jesus will always be God? Consider 1 Corinthians 15:24-28:
Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet.The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him.And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Few Christians are even aware of this verse, and they can go a whole lifetime without ever hearing a pastor or a Sunday school teacher talk about it. According to this passage, when all of God's enemies and death have been destroyed, Jesus, the Son, will be subject to God the Father. To be subject to someone means that the person you are subject to is superior to you in rank, power, and authority. If the Trinitarian God, the Great Three-in-One, are each equal with the other, why then is Jesus shown to be inferior to God the Father in the passage above?
Ok, rabbit trail ended.
Many Christians know that the Old Testament God is antithetical to the Christian message of God is love, so they focus on Jesus' hypostatic union, fully man and fully God.
While a case can be made for Jesus God being a huge improvement over the God of the Old Testament, how can the Jesus God be split from the Old Testament God and any sense of Christian orthodoxy retained? Wanting something to be so doesn't make it so. Wanting to present to the world a kinder, gentler God is commendable, but it is theologically untenable.
Many Christians suggest the Old Testament God and the Jesus God of the New Testament are two sides of the same coin. Yes, God is love, but God is also a bad-ass that carries a Buford Pusser-sized stick that he uses to beat and kill all those who oppose him or get in his way.
This brings us to the book of Revelation. Whatever kind of God Jesus really was in the gospels is swept away, and Jesus, in perfect acting form, behaves like God the Father, the God of the Old Testament. Let me give readers a few examples.
In Revelation 5, we find Jesus, the Lamb, opening six seals on a book.
- Seal one: behold a white horse: and he that sat on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth conquering, and to conquer.
- Seal two: And there went out another horse that was red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword.
- Seal three: lo a black horse; and he that sat on him had a pair of balances in his hand. And I heard a voice in the midst of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three measures of barley for a penny; and see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
- Seal four: behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. And power was given unto them over the fourth part of the earth, to kill with sword, and with hunger, and with death, and with the beasts of the earth.
- Seal five: I saw under the altar the souls of them that were slain for the word of God, and for the testimony which they held…and white robes were given unto every one of them; and it was said unto them, that they should rest yet for a little season, until their fellow servants also and their brethren, that should be killed as they were, should be fulfilled.
- Seal six: there was a great earthquake; and the sun became black as sackcloth of hair, and the moon became as blood; and the stars of heaven fell unto the earth…and the heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together; and every mountain and island were moved out of their places.
Revelation 5 ends with this statement:
And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every free man, hid themselves in the dens and in the rocks of the mountains; and said to the mountains and rocks, Fall on us, and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb: for the great day of his wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?
In the hit TV show Sons of Anarchy — a show about a motorcycle gang — the Sons of Anarchy refer to death as being Mister Mayhem. When a club member sheds blood in the interest of the club he is given a Men of Mayhem patch.
Speaking of Jesus, in Revelation 1:18, the Bible states:
I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
Based on this verse and Revelation 5, Jesus, the supposed God of Love, is Mister Mayhem. While he may be on a temporary mayhem vacation, Mister Mayhem will return and go all Buford Pusser or Sons of Anarchy on those who are not Christians.
In Revelation 19 we see Jesus the Loving God returning to earth on a white horse to exact judgment on those who survived all the previous judgment he poured out on the earth. When Jesus is finished, no one will be left. All the Atheists, Agnostics, Humanists, Buddhists, Taoists, Muslims, Hindus, Gnostics, Animists, Homosexuals, Pagans, Democrats, and St Louis Cardinal fans will be dead.
Praise be to Jesus, the God of Love, yes?
While I will certainly admit that God, as presented in the Bible, does love, it is a warped, self-serving conditional love. God says to humanity, believe the right things, live a certain way, and I will love you. If you fail to believe the right things and live a certain way, I will kill you, and judge you in this life and the life to come. (See Does God Love Us Unconditionally?)
How is this love? If any human acted towards someone as God does towards humans in the Bible, we would rightly conclude that he is an immoral psychopath. Decent, loving people do not treat fellow humans the way God treats those who don't believe the right things or live a certain way. God even abuses and misuses those who say they love him and want to serve him.
God is Love is a myth that helps loving, kind, caring Christians reconcile the God of the Bible with how they think people should be treated. They are guilty of compartmentalizing God, ignoring any divine character trait that does not mesh with their view of God. While I understand WHY many Christians do this, such compartmentalization turns the Bible into an incoherent text that is little more than a poorly written horror story. This is why, for many of us, we decided that whatever God there may or may not be, the Christian God is not a God we wanted to worship.
But, Bruce, I WANT to believe God is love…I NEED to believe God is love. Fine, that is your prerogative. Personally, I think progressive and liberal Christians do a wonderful work in the name of the God of Love. However, once a person appeals to the Bible, such a belief about God is impossible to rationally and theologically sustain. Just stay away from the Bible and all will be well.


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The Cubesat On-board processing Validation Experiment (COVE) is a partnership between JPL and the University of Michigan. The primary objective of COVE is to demonstrate an on-board processing system to optimize the data processing and instrument design of a multi-angle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (MSPI) for the ACE Decadal Survey mission which will achieve a two-orders of magnitude reduction in data rate. COVE also looks to get spaceborne technology validation of the Xilinx Virtex-5QV rad-hard-by-design (RHBD) FPGA and MSPI on-board processing polarimetry algorithm to advance the TRL for MSPI camera development and the ACE mission.
The MSPI consists of 8-fixed and 1-gimballed camera, and is used to measure cloud and aerosol properties. The goal of the MSPI is to acquire accurate degree of linear polarization (DOLP) imagery. COVE also serves as a bridge between NASA and the Universitym, which gives students and faculty the opportunity to engage in spaceborne technology validation. The OBP algorithm will be implemented on the Xilinx Virtex-5 FXT FPGA


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Grand jury proceedings are secret and prosecutors, court reporters and personnel, as well as the jurors themselves, operate under rules of strict secrecy. There are, however, circumstances under which grand jury information may be disclosed, if ordered by a court. In addition, depending on the jurisdiction, the rules about grand jury secrecy may be breached rather than observed. While prosecutors normally don't release items such as grand jury transcripts to anyone, any criminal investigation gathers information from a number of sources, and the prosecutor is not necessarily under a legal obligation to observe confidentiality with all of them. There is usually no prohibition against witnesses before the grand jury disclosing information about questions and answers they may have provided in their grand jury testimony. When there are multiple subject or targets of a grand jury investigation, it is not uncommon for the defense attorneys who represent these subjects and targets to enter into an agreement to keep each other informed about their interactions with the government including and activities their clients may have been privy to in connection with there grand jury appearances. Sometimes these defense counsel are not as careful about grand jury disclosure prohibitions because the duty of grand jury secrecy does not apply to them.


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As residents of areas affected by Hurricane Sandy found out, a natural disaster can bring out not only emotional hardship, but financial hardship as well. From keeping important documents safe and accessible to having enough cash on hand to get by until things return to normal, being prepared for a disaster is an important part of protecting your home and your family. It could be a natural disaster like a hurricane, tornado, flood, fire, mudslide, or earthquake. Or it could be something on a more limited scale like a power outage. Whatever the crisis, taking the steps below will help you better handle whatever might come your way.
Get organized before a disaster strikes: Chances are that's not at the top of your to-do list for the weekend, so it's very easy to procrastinate. But think of it this way: you buy insurance to protect you from catastrophes; disaster preparedness is just another kind of insurance that you prepare yourself. It does not have to cost a lot, but it could really save time and added frustration should something happen to you. Once you've got a plan, you only need to update it periodically.
Keep important papers and documents safe and easily accessible: You might need to gather your most important papers in a hurry. Do you know where they are? Can you grab them quickly and leave the house immediately if you need to? Here are some of the documents to which you may need access:
- IDs (driver's license, Social Security card, passport, birth certificate)
- Financial documents (checkbooks, investment account numbers, passwords, phone numbers, retirement account information, estate documents, insurance policies)
- Medical records
Most importantly, you'll need cash (at least enough to cover one or two weeks' emergency expenses).
You might also want to have a list of key contacts/phone numbers, which may include family cell-phone numbers and e-mail addresses, police, fire, and ambulance numbers, Red Cross and emergency response central local numbers, as well as your company's human resources department number.
Keep all these important papers in a plastic bag in your home safe, or in any safe place where you can grab them quickly if you need to leave your home in a hurry. Also, it may be a good idea to leave copies of everything with your attorney and/or financial advisor, in case the original documents get lost or damaged.
Prepare for a medical emergency: What if you or a family member suffers an injury (or worse) when disaster strikes? Check your health-insurance coverage to determine out-of-pocket costs in case surgery or emergency treatment is needed, and try to set aside enough money to cover these costs. Designate a family member or close friend as your primary contact, and prepare a living will and power of attorney for health care (documents that specify your wishes in case you are incapacitated).
Create an emergency fund: Most experts recommend setting aside enough money to cover about six months of living expenses. But it is equally important that this money be easily accessible. It may be a good idea to keep about half in cash, ready to use, and the other half in liquid investments that you can cash out easily.
What to do if disaster strikes: If your house has been damaged, you may need emergency shelter. The Red Cross or your local emergency response center should be able to help. Your property insurance agent can help you file a claim on your homeowners or other types of insurance policies. If your area has been declared a federal disaster area, you may qualify for financial relief. If you have been injured, you might need to file for disability benefits. If you are healthy but a family member needs your care, you may be able to take as many as 12 weeks of unpaid leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act without losing your job.


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Are you ready for the Holidays? We are!! This time of the year is full of happiness and it is all about creating memories with people we love. With so many events, parties and dinners, the only thing we want is too look completely fabulous- and yes, we we'll help. – Sometimes, your make up is way more important than the outfit you wear, so it always has to be on point!
We know that some of you might be scared about trying to get that Smokey-Eye look because you are aware that it can be a huge mess to use dark eyeshadows without knowing exactly what to do we them. But don't worry; you don't have to be an expert to get this outstanding make-up look. For this tutorial, you'll only need two tones of eye shadows. We swear is as easy as it is beautiful!
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It's true what they say: there is no shortage of water in the desert, but exactly the right amount. Living off rainwater in the desert takes vision: you have to be able to see past dryness to the deluge so when rain does come, often in the form of a sudden, biblical downpour, you are ready to collect as much rainwater as possible.
Floods are as much a part of this place as drought. As dry as the desert appears much of the year, its shape is dominated by the running of water. Since it's dry most of the time, the soil doesn't seem to know what to do with water when it does come and storm scars cut deep and last for years.
|Horses crossing an arroyo
Arroyos are the great gutters of this desert: rivulets lead to small gullies and then larger ones, which empty into the deep arroyos that, a few times a year, I'm told, flow in white caps down to the Galisteo River. Knowing the arroyos as deep, dry scars, I found it hard to fathom them full of water, until I witnessed an August flash flood.
One minute it was sunny, then it was a bit overcast, then rain was coming down in buckets. Rain is rare enough here to warrant stopping what you're doing to go watch it from the porch. But this time my porch was already soaked. This storm was something different. The rain was falling sideways and upside down, the wind-driven drops pelting so hard that when they hit they bounced back up towards the sky.
I sloshed upstream, towards the spot I'd always planned on heading in the event of a storm like this: a spillway of red sandstone evidently sculpted by past floods less than a quarter mile from my house. The violent current was knee deep and frothy brown, like a melted chocolate shake – the good kind, thick with cream – and nearly as cold.
Following the roaring, sloshing river between the high arroyo banks, water borne debris – sticks and rocks and I hoped not rattlesnakes– pelted my submerged feet and wrapped around my legs and I was glad for the long pants, though they were soaked and filthy. I rounded a few bends in the river and arrived to an incredible scene: raging water had transformed the usually dusty dry place and save for the familiar rocks crowning the falls, I hardly recognized it.
Rain was pouring, thunder was rumbling, lightning was clapping and the waterfall was glorious, falling like rushing chocolate and churning madly at my feet. A flood in the desert! I had to see it to believe it.
In a one-inch rainstorm, a thousand square foot roof will catch 650 gallons of water. In that one spectacular summer storm – which loosed more rain than in the previous nine months combined – my roof collected enough water to last me through most of the winter. And that's not even as wet as it gets out here. Heading west from my house across BLM land, I can hike to the Galisteo Dam, a massive flood control dam built in 1965 to hold back 100-year floods. As far as I know, they've never come, but there's still time.
Standing at the top, on the edge of the dam, among bright red and pure white sandstone slabs – the red dotted with chartreuse lichen, the white decorated with delicate fossils of frozen grass – I finally saw the need for the dam: the land below is rippled by giant flood waves.
Only from this vantage, high above the desert, could I begin to grasp the vast expanse of time preserved here. Millions of years ago, this landscape was underwater, drowned beneath an inland shallow sea. Much later the Cerrillos Hills and Ortiz Mountains littered the ground with glittering shards of volcanic rock.
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This desert is made up of millions of years of these layers, layers of Earth, layers of life. Studying these layers from the top of the dam, our own layer of Earth, the uppermost crust we live upon, love upon, ransack and pollute upon, becomes ever so humbly thin.
The rains will always come again, but there's no telling when. In our lifetimes the deserts are desertifying: trending drier and drier, with longer and longer waits between deluges. How dry is too dry? How long is too long? Better to learn the weight of water, before those miraculously free flowing taps run dry.
About The Author
Mary Caperton Morton is a freelance writer, photographer and professional housesitter who makes her home on the back roads of rural North America, living and working out of a solar-powered Teardrop camper. When she's not at the wheel or the keyboard, she can be found outside, hiking, climbing mountains and taking photographs. Follow her travels at www.theblondecoyote.com


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Holiday Inn Port Of Miami
Read more about this Hotel
This hotel is located in the heart of Miami in the direct vicinity of the world famous shopping arcade, Bayside Marketplace. South Beach, Miami Harbour and the American Airlines Arena are all within a short walk of the hotel.
How far is the nearest beach?
This hotel is located 400m from the waterfront
Distance from Airport
This hotel is located 10km from Miami Airport
All rooms offer a bathroom with bath/shower, WC, hairdryer, satellite TV, telephone, internet access, work desk, coffee maker, microwave, fridge, iron/ironing board, in-room safe
Food & Drink
Restaurant Marina bar and Grill
Sports & Entertainment
Swimming pool
- 24 Hour Reception
- Air Conditioning
- Air Conditioning in public areas
- Lifts
- Lounge
- Restaurant
- Safety Deposit Box
- Sunbathing Terrace
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She was aware that she'd be dead soon. She'd accepted it. He hadn't. She was all that he had. They'd been through hell together.
"J, it's okay." she whispered to him from the bed.
He looked at her with tears in his eyes. "It ain't supposed to be like this. It don't have to be like this."
"Trust in The Lord. Whatever is his will, I accept."
J heard her but he didn't listen. He wasn't going to let his mother die without a fight.
He talked to his friend, T, about it.
"3 grand? Damn. I mean you could make it quick if you wasn't tryin to be clean."
"I don't do that stuff anymore man. I'll find another way."
His mother always warned him to "stay away from all that bad stuff". It was difficult in his neighborhood not to be involved in some kind of illicit activities, but somehow he managed it. He worked at a nearby supermarket, bagging groceries, packing shelves and cleaning up. He worked part time, because he was taking classes at a community college. His mother always told him that the key to making it out of this neighborhood was education.
He hadn't always lived up to her standards but he tried. He wanted to make her proud. He had been clean for around a year, and he had no desire to change that now. So he looked for proper ways to make more money.
"My mom's sick and I really need some more money. You think you could maybe bump my pay up a bit? Just for this month."
His boss just laughed. "Be happy you even have a job, boy."
He tried looking for a job with higher pay, but nobody wanted to hire him. As soon as they saw where he lived, his application went into the trash. He started working more hours and skipped school so he could work more. He was soon working full time and even overtime.
He made slow progress but the money was coming, and his mom was surviving. He almost had enough to get her some real help.
As he finished cleaning up one day, his boss called him in. There wasn't anyone there so they were closing up a little early.
"What's up boss?"
Everything that his boss said after that was a blur. There was something about business not being as good as it used to be. Something else about the economy. None of it really mattered. The only thing he remembered was the part where he didn't have to show up to work tomorrow, or any other day.
As he walked home with red, teary eyes, he knew there was only one thing he could do.
He knew that she'd disapprove, but her life was more important than her approval. He went to T and asked him if he could hook him up with a job. One job would give him enough money. He had one rule though. "I ain't killin anybody." He didn't want to do anything illegal but he especially didn't want to kill anyone. He wasn't as religious as his mother but he'd taken this one rule to heart at an early age.
He was on his first and last job. It was a simple delivery mission. He was in the right spot but something was wrong. Someone was supposed to be meeting him here. He pulled out his cell phone to call T about it.
"Freeze, police! Don't move!"
He took a second to think about his next move. He had drugs on him, but if he ran it probably wouldn't end well. There was no way out now, and this wasn't worth risking his life. He thought about his mom, and how she would disapprove of all of this. Maybe after they arrested him, they might help her out.
They wouldn't just leave her there all alone.
He turned around just a little bit too quickly, raising his hands. And in the split second it took him to realize his mistake, he was already on the ground. His cell phone began sinking into a sea of red.
An officer calls for an ambulance.
A nearby pedestrian records the video and wonders how much views he'll get.
A news reporter thinks of a catchy title, black teen killed by cops for holding cell phone. Nah that's too long. Maybe cops mistake cell phone for gun.
A twitter user goes on a personal vendetta to ensure the guilty cops resign.
Someone complains that white police shootings aren't reported half as much as black police shootings.
The people who believe in 'truth and objectivity' point out that he was, in fact, a criminal.
Neighborhoods riot over the 'unjust death' of a 'good boy'.
The world loses another criminal. A school loses a promising student. A mother loses her child. People with agendas gain another weapon. They don't care about the boy's story. All they need are the words 'black teen shot by police'. His life story is reduced to 5 words.
I lose 5 seconds reading the same headlines as last week.


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If you are a new member that has been accepted to the kinship but has not yet gotten an in game invite please post here or contact the kin leader (Patrix) or an officer with an ingame email giving us the time you are usually on so we can get that done for you. Some of our most active officers include Sorendo/Tyriah, Michaleo/Nodread/Wrytune, and Dioradan, and myself.
We are looking forward to having you in the kinship.
Elenia (Mildrith/Miriele/Luinen)


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The Pinotage Farmhouse
The tastefully decorated Pinotage Farmhouse accommodates up to 9 guests. The House with its rich History as former School in the Dwarsrivier valley is very spacious.
There are 4 bedrooms.(2 with En-suite Bathrooms and Air Conditioning)
(3 with double beds and 1 room with 3 single beds) If there is a need for a cot or extra mattress, let us know in advance and one will be provided.
The house also has 4 bathrooms. The linen is white 100% cotton percale and the towels are white, thick and fluffy.
The kitchen is fully equipped with all cooking requirements as well as a stove with oven, microwave oven, a fridge-freezer, dishwasher, washing machine and tumble dryer. a Fireplace and electric blankets ensure warm and cozy nights in winter. Some firewood are provided.
Free WiFi is available. The main living room is equiped with a HD TV, DVD Player and Dstv (Premium Bouquet). The second living room also has a TV with a DVD player (For the Children)
The patio with Boma braai facilities completes this magnificent Karoo gem.
Dinner and Breakfast are available on request.
Accommodation Options Available:
The Chenin Blanc Cottage | The Crimson Cottage | The Campsite
Check in: 15:00 – 18:00 | Check out: 10:00
PRICE RANGE (Self Catering):
R235 – R535 per person per night


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Northwest Volleyball Foundation owns and operates Bottega Fitness Park (now Bottega Beach Volleyball Park). Our organization has one of the largest indoor junior volleyball clubs in the region. For years during the summer, we've run beach programming out of various locations. Several years ago, we decided it was finally time to centralize our beach programs and obtain our own sand courts.
Beach volleyball is a fast growing sport; and Bottega is the destination in the Northend. Our courts and amenities have been upgraded to create a beach volleyball experience that makes junior and adult players of any skill level eager to step foot onto the sand.
Whether you choose to participate in our NW Beach Volleyball programs and events, or if you choose to host an event of your own; we want to make sure you know....Bottega Beach Volleyball Park is open to all!
BOTTEGA BEACH VOLLEYBALL PARK (just 5 min north of Woodinville)
8305 168th St. SE, Snohomish WA 98296
NEW: The Dig concession stand is now open.
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Thank-you to our annual program sponsors:
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Fornicola Butuzova and Amo Lambeau of Pre Fabulous have done it again! They are premiering their latest house, the Modern House One, at Home Expo, and it is breathtaking!
As always with Pre Fabulous houses, the Modern House One is stunningly textured with gorgeous light and shadow and includes amazing details. I also like that it's such a grand house without feeling cavernous — there's plenty of room, but not so much room that you can't make it cozy.
I love the artwork that's included in the house, and that curved sofa is all retro groovy, which I totally dig! You really need to see this house in person to fully appreciate it…and even if you're not in the market for a house like this, be sure to check out the decorative items that can be purchased separately for RFL!
Oh, and speaking of light and shadows, look at the detail in the next two pics. All that shadow and light is baked in to the texture!!
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I don't think this is too "spoilery" to share, but Ryback debuted a new look at the Smackdown tapings. PWMania.com has the pics if you'd like to take a look. My thoughts are after the jump.
Ryback has often been compared to Goldberg for a lot of reasons and this attire change won't slow that down by any stretch. I am not sure if I like it or not, but it does kind of show how his usual attire minimizes his physique. In a business where it is important to accentuate your positives and minimize your negatives, I do kind of question why they haven't had him in attire like that from the jump. I'd image that to some degree it might have been to separate Ryback from his Skip Sheffield look. That probably wasn't a bad idea, but I think this is an upgrade. Only thing I'd do is add some color to the pads or trunks. All black everything like we seemingly have gotten since the Attitude Era is kind of boring.
There is one other question this raises and it relates to the speculation that Goldberg may come in to do something with Ryback. I have no idea whether there's anything to that. I kind of figure that Goldberg is done with the business from an in-ring competitor standpoint.
Anyhow, I don't care for the lack of color, but I think the attire is an upgrade that will take some time to get used to with him.