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Husky Running Backs Having Solid Spring
April 21, 2009
By Taylor Soper
The Daily
If there's something Husky football fans shouldn't be worried about, it's the talent and depth of this year's running game.
A healthy Chris Polk headlines a backfield that is a little more experienced than last season and is full of talent. Sophomore Terrance Dailey, last year's leading rusher with 353 yards, should be a big factor, while sophomores Curtis Shaw and David Freeman, along with newcomer Demitrius Bronson, should all provide help to a deep backfield.
'The running backs are going to be good,' Polk said. 'We all do something better than the other. Everyone does a little bit of everything.'
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Polk, a redshirt freshman from Redlands, Calif., figures to be a big part of the running offense after playing only two games last year due to injuries. Polk returned to spring practice last Friday after being sidelined for a lower-leg injury in the beginning of spring workouts. Coaches are happy to see Polk back on the field.
'I think he's got some special abilities, and he's looking good,' said first-year running backs coach Joel Thomas.
Bronson, a freshman from Kent, Wash., has had a successful and surprising spring thus far, racking up big run after big run and impressing players and coaches.
'D.B. is a great running back, and he's a workhorse,' said senior fullback Paul Homer. 'He's just really strong and dedicated, and it shows out there on the field. He's doing really well.'
Thomas said that while he doesn't have much film on either Polk or Bronson, he's been happy with their efforts thus far. He's hoping to continue to develop the two players and keep the competition level high.
'They [Polk and Bronson] have shown some really nice things, and it's my job to continue to develop them,' he said. 'The main thing is that I want to continue to create competition for this group. If you're the number one guy, you'd better be looking over your shoulder because someone better be approaching.'
The Huskies have three or four running backs who have the ability to become starters. While all could possibly start at the running back position, coaches are looking for someone to stand out.
'They've all shown they have innate ability on certain things to do something special,' said Thomas. '[But] we just need a guy that is going to prove that he's going to be special all the time. Ultimately, that's the guy that's going to be the starter in the long run.'
Thomas was the running backs coach at Purdue before joining the Husky coaching staff in January. He spent 2002-2003 as the running backs coach at Louisville, where the Cardinals were ranked 10th in the nation in rushing offense (228.2 yards per game). Thomas played at Idaho from 1995-1998, where he ran for 3,929 yards and 51 touchdowns, both all-time Vandal highs.
'He is much more hands-on,' Polk said. 'When you hit the hole, he's right behind you. He's more down to earth, and we can connect to him.'
If all goes well, fans can expect a skilled backfield next season that will bring depth and experience to an important position.
'We still have a lot of work to do, and we're excited to get that work done,' said Homer. 'We're excited to get this thing turned around and get it going [back to] where it was.'
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On the eve of Armistice Day as we go about our busy lives it's often easy to forget and take for granted the sacrifices of those that have served and those that are still serving. Our very liberty and freedom is the enduring legacy of these brave service men and women.
At Ascot Care we are not only committed to providing our elderly veterans with the quality of life they deserve, but are equally committed in maintaining our close relations ships with the 1820 foundation and Hire a Hero who we have helped to raise funds and awareness for. Both organisations help brave heroes and their families who return to civilian life and are in need of some extra support. From training, housing, employment and care they provide a clear pathway toward stability and a better future for those that have served on our behalf.
Our next ever popular charity golf day is just around the corner as well as some other exciting fundraising events through which we will continue to provide support to military charities.
This armistice day as we remember our brave heroes of the past let us not forget those in the present and the personal battles they face when they come home.

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We have been asked to provide this recipe by Harj Sunda of Fartown Opticians, Huddersfield to help promote the importance of eye health during National Eye Health Week which runs from September 19-25.
Harj kindly provided us with the relevant healthy ingredients for the dish and with the addition of the pesto dressing we came up with what we hope is a tasty and heathy plate of food.
For further information on eye health go to visionmatters.org.uk
Pan Seared Salmon with Asparagus, Greens & Pesto Dressing (Serves 2)
Salmon Dish
2 skin on salmon fillets
2 large potatoes
1 broccoli
1 small bag of spinach
1 small bag of kale
1 packet of asparagus
Pesto Dressing
50g pine nuts
80g basil
50g parmesan
150ml olive oil
2 garlic clove
How to Make
lThe pesto for this dish can be made well in advance by heating a dry frying pan over a low heat and heating the pine nuts until they are golden brown. Put the pine nuts into a food processor with the basil, parmesan, olive oil and garlic cloves and blitz until smooth. Season with salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon.
lThe rest of the dish can then be brought together by firstly making the mash, cooking your vegetables and then cooking the salmon in a preheated, lightly oiled frying pan. Do this by placing the salmon in the frying pan, skin side down cooking the salmon for approx. 3-4 minutes on a medium high heat.
lOnce cooked turn off the heat, sprinkle with salt and pepper and hold in the hot pan while you drain the vegetables and finish off the mash (we mixed broccoli through ours).
lFinally bring the dish together by placing the well drained kale and spinach mix in the centre of the plate (reserve a little bit for later). Place the mash on top of the kale & spinach then place the salmon on the mash and then place the asparagus on the salmon. Dress with the pesto and a squeeze of lemon.
lPlace any unused pesto into a jar and cover with a little extra oil, then seal and store in the fridge. It will keep in a fridge for up to two weeks in a clean and sterilised jar.


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I have been in the real estate business for 44 years. After serving 4 years in the U.S. Air Force, In 1974, I was a real estate salesman in the Bronx and then a licensed broker in 1975. I have been in business as a broker and an owner of properties, however, opportunities arose on several occasions for me to create and manage commercial real estate lending departments for banks.
From 1975 to 1979 I was the Mortgage Loan Officer for Fourth Federal Savings Bank. We had ZERO losses during this period. Fourth Federal eventually went public and is still in existence as Northeast Community Bank.
From 1979 to 1985, I had my own business in Manhattan as a broker and owner of properties.
In 1985, I was asked to originate a CRE department for M & T Bank. M & T subsequently acquired East New York Savings Bank. To the best of my recollection, we had de minimis losses on 4 loans in the early 1990's.
In 1995, I was offered the opportunity to manage the CRE department for North Fork Bank. North Fork was acquired by Capital One in 2007. We had ZERO losses during this period.
In 2007, I was asked to start a CRE department for Signature Bank. In a 10 year period, we originated over 7,000 loans totaling in excess of $30 billion with ZERO losses.
I retired from Signature effective 1/2/2018 and I am a Special Advisor to them until 3/31/2020.
In my career, I have originated mortgage loans on approximately 20,000 properties consisting of just about every type of property.
Capitalizing on the numerous client relationships that I have built up all these years, I am investing in properties and mortgage loans, primarily in the New York City area. As I have always said during my banking career "If the subway doesn't go there, we don't lend on it". I am looking forward to clients offering me opportunities to invest in a property or hard money loan. I know this real estate market intimately and can make quick decisions. Also, I will bring deals to clients for investment and have them manage the property and do their magic in creating value. At this point in my career, I am not interested in managing properties.
Please remember me when you have some investment opportunities. My clientele consist of the "who's who of real estate", therefore I will consider any type of real estate or mortgage loan from $1 million to over $1 billion.
I have been a member of the Real Estate Board of New York, Inc. since 1980 and served on the Board of Governors and the Real Estate Finance Committee (past chairman).
1999 State of Israel's Leadership Award for Israel Bonds
2006 Honoree of the Jewish Children's Museum
2013 Harry Chapin Humanitarian Award for Long Island Cares
2013 Certificate of Special Recognition from the U. S. House of Representatives for the donation of a Veteran's Services van for Long Island Cares
Listed as one of the 50 Most Important People in Real Estate Finance over several years, most recently ranked #7


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Critically-acclaimed, Gaulier-trained, cult physical comedians Zach Zucker and Viggo Venn create one of this years must-see shows with Thunderflop.
Through a series of surreal and free-flowing vignettes, this outrageously funny comedy duo takes you on an absurd trip through their wild imagination into the deepest, darkest depths of stupidity.
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Since Steel Canvas Basket opened in 1921, the company's main customers have industrial; you'll notice its baskets at construction sites, in mail rooms, even on fishing boats, overflowing with the catch of the day. "Plastic breaks; canvas doesn't," says co-owner Paul Lordan.
Laundry Room by RC CABINETS & CLOSETS for this North Shore Lake Tahoe home is designed for this triple laundry basket from Steel Canvas of Cambridge, Massachusetts. www.steelecanvas.com


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A premature baby and a heart scare is encouraging a team of Blackpool solicitors to walk 50 miles for charity.
The intrepid challengers from Blackhurst Budd Solicitors are discarding their suits and briefcases in favour of walking boots and waterproofs to raise funds for MedEquip4Kids.
Trek50 challenges teams to trek 50 miles around the Lancashire and Yorkshire border in under 24 hours. The challenge takes in The Pennine Way and Pennine Bridleway and sees walkers climb the equivalent height of Snowdon and Ben Nevis.
Trainee solicitor Iain Blundell has organised the Blackhurst Budd team after he learned of MedEquip4Kids when his daughter Chloe, now aged two, was born one month prematurely.
Chloe did not require specialist care but Iain was made aware of the importance of the charity which raises money for paediatric medical equipment and facilities and helps children and families in times of illness or injury.
Iain, 30, said: "This is a really good charity to raise money for as it helps hospitals across the North West including Blackpool Victoria and for me, from a personal point of view, I have seen what good this charity does and how vital it is for people.
"It's also one of those charities that you don't tend to hear about until you need them so hopefully, not only are we helping raise money, but our fund-raising should also help raise its profile too."
Three other solicitors from Blackhurst Budd, based in Edward Street, will join Iain on the trek: Katy Shakeshaft, 25, Faye Harper, 36, and Janine Cato, 33. Colleagues Caron Bridston and Jim Egan will be on stand-by should they need to step in on the day.
And for 53-year-old Caron it is a very personal challenge as she suffered a heart attack last year and has been determined to increase her fitness.
Caron said: "It's actually the anniversary of my heart attack the day after the Trek 50 so I'm pleased to be taking part in something so positive a year on.
"I have always led a relatively active lifestyle but I think this was the warning sign last year to slow down in some areas and make improvements elsewhere.
"I've done this and a year on I feel absolutely fine. Of course Trek 50 is going to be a challenge and I think we are all looking forward to it with a certain amount of trepidation but it is for such a good cause so we are just hoping to get as much support as possible."
Trek 50, which is organised by Action for Charity and Dream Challenges, takes place on June 21 with all money raised going to MedEquip4Kids.
This is the latest Blackhurst Budd fund-raising initiative and is part of the firm's continued commitment to charitable causes.
Iain added: "A team of us have done the Manchester to Blackpool Bike Ride and the Trinity Hospice Ride in the past which together raised more than £2,500. We do think it's very important that we support the community we live and work in as much as possible."
To sponsor the Blackhurst Budd Trek 50 team or to find out more about the challenge go to www.JustGiving.com/BBTrek50. Alternatively you can donate easily by simply texting BUDD50 followed by your amount to 70070 eg. BUDD50 £5.
Blackhurst Budd's Trek 50 challenge is being supported throughout the community with particular help from Sandcastle Waterpark, Blackpool Pleasure Beach, Atlas Sailing, Fins Scuba, West Coast Rock Café, The Bedford Hotel, Lush Preston, Illuminasia and Ski Rossendale who have all donated prizes to help with the fundraising effort.
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Coyotes trade C Adams to Blackhawks for RW VrbataNHL.com @NHLdotcom
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -The Phoenix Coyotes sent center Kevyn Adams to the Chicago Blackhawks for right winger Radim Vrbata on Saturday.
The 26-year-old Vrbata was the Blackhawks' second-leading scorer last season and set career highs in points (41) and assists (27). He has 75 goals and 95 assists in seven seasons with Colorado, Carolina and Chicago.
The 32-year-old Adams was acquired in January from the Hurricanes and played 33 games with Phoenix last season. The 12-year veteran has 59 goals and 75 assists in his career.


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Ya se acaba/
Today is my last day in Ecuador. ...Wait, ¿¿¿Qué??? How did that happen?! While I have been soaking up sun and wandering markets and letting español plant itself surely in my brain, four and a half months passed. Right under my nose. Like my constant ache for home and simultaneous love for this country could continue forever, side by side confounding and delighting me. I want to cry when I think of how joyous it will be to reunite with my family and friends, and I want to cry when I think of how much I will miss the places and people I´ve known here. I already miss many of them, more than I imagined was possible. I will miss being able to get on or off an interprovincial bus at any point along the highway (forget bus stations!), and the whirl of raucous music bumping in time with the curves and jolts in the journey. I will miss the steep scent of eucalyptus that cuts through the Panamerican highway smog and inundates me, welcoming me back to the Sierra. The rows of roasting chickens in windows along every street, and the way they stealthily pique my appetite even when out of sight. The sight of indigenous women in ponchos and felt hats, colorful and daring amidst the hubbub of modern Quito. A warm sea. One-dollar golden coins jingling in my pockets. Machetes and banana trees and being told I´m linda by random passerby.
I will miss making fleeting decisions and acting them without needing to consult anyone. What I look forward to, though, is having people I love and trust to consult, when needed. I look forward to reliable hot showers and free, clean public bathrooms. To not worrying about only having $20 bills that no one can break. To exercising my precise usage of the English language, and to fresh greens and salads at my disposal. I look forward to having a cell phone and a computer, and to spinning my gorgeous nieces until we´re dizzy and giggling. I can´t wait to show you more photographs and try to express all that I´ve been unable to in writing. It will be good. It will be, and has been, all very good.
All this time to myself has given me an opportunity to brainstorm-- probably far too much-- about what to Do With My Life. The world works in myriad, mysterious, marvelous ways, and I can´t say that I have a much firmer idea about how to continue than when I arrived here. I might still need to study more (in Academia) to satisfy my tenacious search for understanding. I will certainly be practicing more agriculture and participating in local food movements-- what I see as solutions to un montón de problemas that we face. No matter what, the fact that I often catch myself thinking in Spanish will serve some good. De ley voy a seguir con todo que me gusta, y de ley seguir encontrando lo bueno más y más cada año.
I named this blog from a song I wrote late last year: ¨I´m the shape of milk pouring, steady, steady...¨ Funny, now, that the shape of milk has shaped my many paths during my stay here in Ecuador. Fresh milk first flowed into my life at the FBU farm, every morning at sunrise, and made its place in my heart (and stomach) during my stay with Marco. It has made instant coffee delicious and ¨boring¨ queso fresco ever-distinct and tasty. What strikes me now is that it is dearly missing from my homeland. Even whole fat organic milk can´t compare with that glob of yellowish cream floating atop a pot of boiled milk from a nearby vaca.
Maybe I´ll end up raising cows and providing you all with the sweetness of that daily froth. In the meantime, as paisajes and avenidas fade to memory and my body adjusts to clean tap water and burritos, I´ll be saying a long, loving adios. Gracias.


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Friday, 1 July 2011
Mexico 1 - Chihuahua to Los Mochis: the Wild West
I'm just back from two and a half weeks in Mexico! It was a whistle stop tour involving about 7,000 kilometres from the north to the far East of Mexico, deserts, cities and swamps and 2 internal flights. Slight madness perhaps but it meant we got a taste of a fascinating, beautiful welcoming country.
We started up north in the city of Chihuahua. Northern Mexico is of course home to the country's main drug cartels and has a violent reputation - none of this really affects tourists too much but Chihuahua (which is only about 400 kilometres from Ciudad Juarez, the world's most dangerous city) certainly doesn't see many foreign visitors (we were the only ones I saw). It definitely felt like Wild West - most of the men wore cowboy hats, and there were loads of Jeeps and Dodge vans around, also some very picturesque cactuses.
We were up north in order to take the Copper Canyon railway, which is a bit like the Orient Express except it goes through mountains, canyons and scrublands. Women from the local indigenous communities wait at the stops selling amazingly delicious snacks called gorditas (little fat ones) as well as trinkets, bracelets etc - though the Chepe (as it's known) also has a very nice dining car. The views were spectacular - my camera can't do them justice. Towards the end of the journey one of the 'stewards' on board gave us a moving little speech thanking us for coming to Mexico and choosing Chepe, saying Mexico needed tourists, and that'There is more to Mexico than the beach'. I couldn't agree more. The train terminates in Los Mochis but we stayed at El Fuerte, in a 400-year-old converted hacienda which we had entirely to ourselves - except for a tiny terrapin who shared the jacuzzi with us. The hacienda was decorated with a particularly Mexican medley of seemingly random, colourful objects including carousel horses.
The Rough Guide described El Fuerte as 'a backwater' which it sure is, probably especially in the low season (summer!). We ventured to the edge of town to find El Fuerte's best restaurant that was meant to serve amazing black bass - it was in semi-darkness with 3 guys playing cards. Eating out in the evening seems not to be big in Mexico, but we eventually tracked down some dinner at a strange little restaurant where, after a group of Americans and Mexicans on some kind of cross-border community linking visit had left, we were the only people (they also didn't have any drinking water, which seemed odd). The waitress and we watched TV as she served. Returning home to our hacienda, we noted that the armed guard watching the building next to us was still there. Reassuring. As was the arrest of 'El Brad Pitt' in Chihuahua on Wednesday a day or so after we left town ... we knew nothing about it until a friend emailed the link. Chihuahua did feel very slightly edgy, but if my experience is anything to go by, tourists will remain safely oblivious to anything untoward.
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What is BDD (Behaviour Driven Design)?
Posted by Garry Shutler in BDD, BDD from scratch, Unit testing
"What is BDD?" is a question that's been doing the rounds lately within the altnetgroup and devbookclub. There's a great deal of mysticism surrounding it as if it were some exclusive members club. I'm going to slay some of the myths and tell you what BDD really is.
Myth 1: BDD requires a framework or tool
You don't need to use MSpec, RSpec, Cucumber, etc to practice BDD. Sure they can help but they are not a precursor to being a practitioner of BDD. You don't even have to write your tests within a certain construct such as Given-When-Then.
Myth 2: BDD requires UAT
User Acceptance Testing is a great concept but is one of those practices that only the elite working with an exceptional client get to do in real life. If you have UAT as part of your process, all power to you, but that's all it is, part of your process. It is not part of BDD. It is merely coincidental that BDD style tests are the best way to express your acceptance tests.
Myth 3: BDD has to be done top-down
It is easier to approach BDD in a top down manner. But much like its easier to put your underwear on first, that doesn't work for everyone in every situation. Just ask Superman. The proponents of BDD often state things in a radical fashion due to a fear of BDD being thrown in the same pot as TDD. That doesn't mean that every time they say "you must" they actually mean it.
So what is BDD?
At its core, BDD is TDD done with a specific mindset; testing the intent of the system rather than testing a particular piece of code. The difference is subtle but the effects are large. There's an entire discipline dedicated to the power of semantics after all.
It is the difference between "when I add a new post to my blog, the new post shows up on my homepage" and "calling the create new post method on the blog controller saves a new post and the new post is passed to the homepage view when the home controller's index action is called". Both sentences describe the same code, the BDD style signals the intent and is decoupled from the implementation. The non-BDD style describes what the code is doing almost line for line. The decoupling of the tests from the implementation is where the largest benefit of BDD comes from. Your tests will be less brittle making refactoring easier, perhaps even fun, making your code more malleable.
The myths aren't completely unfounded, using constructs such as Given-When-Then helps enforce the required mindset. Frameworks such as MSpec, RSpec, Cucumber or even a bespoke one help you write tests within that construct. Working from the top-down helps you work from the behaviour of the user interface down to the behaviour of the data access. UAT helps you drive the behaviour of the system from the requirements of the client.
That's all these things do though, help you develop in the BDD style. You can still write your code in a non-BDD style using all these frameworks, tools and processes, just as you can develop in the BDD style using none of them.
BDD is a state of mind.
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Canadian dollar drags Transat to loss despite more winter travel
Travel operator says increase in travel offset by lower Canadian dollar
Transat A.T. says the lower loonie is offsetting any financial gains that may have come from more Canadians flying south to escape this winter's particularly harsh weather.
The Quebec-based airline and package tour operator said the sharp currency change in December and January accelerated its losses in the first quarter and will linger through the rest of the winter, a key part of its fiscal year.
Transat lost $25.6 million or 67 cents per share in the three months ended Jan. 31, compared with a net loss of $15.1 million or 39 cents in the same year-earlier period.
Revenues increased 5.1 per cent to $847.2, compared with $805.7 million a year earlier.
Excluding one-time items, Transat lost $23.3 million or 60 cents per share in the quarter, compared with a loss of $21.6 million or 56 cents per share a year earlier. Analysts had on average expected adjusted losses would be 45 cents per share.
Transat shares plunge
Following the earnings report, Transat's shares fell dramtically, closing down 17.3 per cent, or $1.91, at $9.10 in Thursday trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange.
Transat said the weaker dollar increased operating expenses by 2.7 per cent or $14 million, mainly for hotel and fuel costs that are largely paid for in U.S. dollars.
"We would have cut the losses by half" without the currency hit, CEO Jean-Marc Eustache said Thursday.
Meanwhile, Transat said it also expects its second-quarter results to be weaker than last year, despite the imposition Jan. 27 of a $35 currency surcharge on holiday packages that could generate $10.5 million in revenue over the winter.
If the currency remains at its current value, the company expects to take a $40-million hit in the winter period as overall expense increase 3.7 per cent next or current quarter.
Eustache said the surcharge has had no impact on consumer demand, especially as people seek to head to sun destinations.
"It's clear that the colder it is and the more it snows...the more people want to leave," he told reporters after the company's annual meeting in which former Quebec finance minister Raymond Bachand was elected to the board.
"The worse the winter is the happier I am," said Eustache, who joked he prayed hard for snow.
The surcharge will continue through the summer but will not apply to fares purchased without hotels.
David Tyerman of Canaccord Genuity said Transat continues to perform well below potential.
"The company should not continue to lose significant money in the winter for the long term," he wrote in a report which said the potential for a turnaround was "very significant."
"However, the probability and timing of such recovery remain unclear at this point."
The analyst said the impact of Air Canada Rouge's 15 per cent increase in capacity on leisure transatlantic routes this summer is unclear, although early data suggests the downside may not be significant.
Eustache said he sees little impact as fares are up five per cent.
During the quarter, North American operations lost $25 million despite a 4.6 per cent increase in revenues. The European segment lost $8.6 million on a 8.7 per cent rise in revenues.
Despite the weaker results, Benoit Poirier of Desjardins Capital Markets said higher average selling prices in most markets and a positive outlook for the summer is positive despite the weaker loonie.
"We like management's disciplined approach to achieving superior margins by focusing on capacity management and higher selling prices," he wrote in a report.
Transat A.T., with about 6,500 employees, is an integrated international tour operator offering packaged holidays to more than 60 countries, although it operates mainly in Europe, the Caribbean, Mexico and the Mediterranean Basin. It also operates Air Transat.


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Best wishes for our duly elected president: May his victory speech be his guide and preserving the Republic his aim.
Conte emphasises that although it's important to win, when you have players like Chelsea's, doing it with good football is the aim. #CHEEVE
Memo to Remain & to anti-Trump people: the aim is to mobilise supporters ON POLLING DAY, not a couple of days afterwards. Hope this helps.
Google and Facebook take aim at fake news sites
The intention was not to achieve financial or critical success, but to aim at the right creative target & hit it.
We appointed a Minister of Tolerance & passed an anti-discrimination law with the aim of making tolerance a fundamental value in our society
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Following Election, NRA Goes on 'Offense'; Here's What It Could Aim To Do
Downtown Durham graffiti takes aim at black voters
Do not aim the questions at me. I'm not the one answering them. Just give two funny/interesting options to choose between + use #OnTheSpotIVMore Comments with AIM...
EU leaders to meet with aim of forging common response to Trump
The aim of this week's Mystery Portal challenge is very straightforward. Be accurate. Be very, very accurate.
My aim of this next sentence isn't to be divisive but to be clear. If you vote/voted for Trump, I don't respect the way your brain works.
As per 3 year practice there'll be JIT's, confessional videos leaked to the media but hardly a conviction by courts. Aim is to criminalise.
"Turkey today entered your range of action and the aim of your jihad ... invade it and turn its safety into fear"
#Malema: I am not affected by this Apartheid act which was made to protect Europeans. The aim was to silence us. #QuestionTimeInterview
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Murdo Fraser points out this is Holyrood's 11th debate about Brexit; is ScotGov aim to deflect attention from its "failing domestic agenda"?
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2 Samuel 13-15 (Listen)
Amnon and Tamar
Now Absalom, David's son, had a beautiful sister, whose name was Tamar. And after a time Amnon, David's son, loved her. And Amnon was so tormented that he made himself ill because of his sister Tamar, for she was a virgin, and it seemed impossible to Amnon to do anything to her. But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David's brother. And Jonadab was a very crafty man. And he said to him, "O son of the king, why are you so haggard morning after morning? Will you not tell me?" Amnon said to him, "I love Tamar, my brother Absalom's sister." Jonadab said to him, "Lie down on your bed and pretend to be ill. And when your father comes to see you, say to him, 'Let my sister Tamar come and give me bread to eat, and prepare the food in my sight, that I may see it and eat it from her hand.'" So Amnon lay down and pretended to be ill. And when the king came to see him, Amnon said to the king, "Please let my sister Tamar come and make a couple of cakes in my sight, that I may eat from her hand."
Then David sent home to Tamar, saying, "Go to your brother Amnon's house and prepare food for him." So Tamar went to her brother Amnon's house, where he was lying down. And she took dough and kneaded it and made cakes in his sight and baked the cakes. And she took the pan and emptied it out before him, but he refused to eat. And Amnon said, "Send out everyone from me." So everyone went out from him. Then Amnon said to Tamar, "Bring the food into the chamber, that I may eat from your hand." And Tamar took the cakes she had made and brought them into the chamber to Amnon her brother. But when she brought them near him to eat, he took hold of her and said to her, "Come, lie with me, my sister." She answered him, "No, my brother, do not violate me, for such a thing is not done in Israel; do not do this outrageous thing. As for me, where could I carry my shame? And as for you, you would be as one of the outrageous fools in Israel. Now therefore, please speak to the king, for he will not withhold me from you." But he would not listen to her, and being stronger than she, he violated her and lay with her.
Then Amnon hated her with very great hatred, so that the hatred with which he hated her was greater than the love with which he had loved her. And Amnon said to her, "Get up! Go!" But she said to him, "No, my brother, for this wrong in sending me away is greater than the other that you did to me." But he would not listen to her. He called the young man who served him and said, "Put this woman out of my presence and bolt the door after her." Now she was wearing a long robe with sleeves, for thus were the virgin daughters of the king dressed. So his servant put her out and bolted the door after her. And Tamar put ashes on her head and tore the long robe that she wore. And she laid her hand on her head and went away, crying aloud as she went.
And her brother Absalom said to her, "Has Amnon your brother been with you? Now hold your peace, my sister. He is your brother; do not take this to heart." So Tamar lived, a desolate woman, in her brother Absalom's house. When King David heard of all these things, he was very angry. But Absalom spoke to Amnon neither good nor bad, for Absalom hated Amnon, because he had violated his sister Tamar.
Absalom Murders Amnon
After two full years Absalom had sheepshearers at Baal-hazor, which is near Ephraim, and Absalom invited all the king's sons. And Absalom came to the king and said, "Behold, your servant has sheepshearers. Please let the king and his servants go with your servant." But the king said to Absalom, "No, my son, let us not all go, lest we be burdensome to you." He pressed him, but he would not go but gave him his blessing. Then Absalom said, "If not, please let my brother Amnon go with us." And the king said to him, "Why should he go with you?" But Absalom pressed him until he let Amnon and all the king's sons go with him. Then Absalom commanded his servants, "Mark when Amnon's heart is merry with wine, and when I say to you, 'Strike Amnon,' then kill him. Do not fear; have I not commanded you? Be courageous and be valiant." So the servants of Absalom did to Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king's sons arose, and each mounted his mule and fled.
While they were on the way, news came to David, "Absalom has struck down all the king's sons, and not one of them is left." Then the king arose and tore his garments and lay on the earth. And all his servants who were standing by tore their garments. But Jonadab the son of Shimeah, David's brother, said, "Let not my lord suppose that they have killed all the young men, the king's sons, for Amnon alone is dead. For by the command of Absalom this has been determined from the day he violated his sister Tamar. Now therefore let not my lord the king so take it to heart as to suppose that all the king's sons are dead, for Amnon alone is dead."
Absalom Flees to Geshur
But Absalom fled. And the young man who kept the watch lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, many people were coming from the road behind him by the side of the mountain. And Jonadab said to the king, "Behold, the king's sons have come; as your servant said, so it has come about." And as soon as he had finished speaking, behold, the king's sons came and lifted up their voice and wept. And the king also and all his servants wept very bitterly.
But Absalom fled and went to Talmai the son of Ammihud, king of Geshur. And David mourned for his son day after day. So Absalom fled and went to Geshur, and was there three years. And the spirit of the king longed to go out to Absalom, because he was comforted about Amnon, since he was dead.
Absalom Returns to Jerusalem
Now Joab the son of Zeruiah knew that the king's heart went out to Absalom. And Joab sent to Tekoa and brought from there a wise woman and said to her, "Pretend to be a mourner and put on mourning garments. Do not anoint yourself with oil, but behave like a woman who has been mourning many days for the dead. Go to the king and speak thus to him." So Joab put the words in her mouth.
When the woman of Tekoa came to the king, she fell on her face to the ground and paid homage and said, "Save me, O king." And the king said to her, "What is your trouble?" She answered, "Alas, I am a widow; my husband is dead. And your servant had two sons, and they quarreled with one another in the field. There was no one to separate them, and one struck the other and killed him. And now the whole clan has risen against your servant, and they say, 'Give up the man who struck his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of his brother whom he killed.' And so they would destroy the heir also. Thus they would quench my coal that is left and leave to my husband neither name nor remnant on the face of the earth."
Then the king said to the woman, "Go to your house, and I will give orders concerning you." And the woman of Tekoa said to the king, "On me be the guilt, my lord the king, and on my father's house; let the king and his throne be guiltless." The king said, "If anyone says anything to you, bring him to me, and he shall never touch you again." Then she said, "Please let the king invoke the Lord your God, that the avenger of blood kill no more, and my son be not destroyed." He said, "As the Lord lives, not one hair of your son shall fall to the ground."
Then the woman said, "Please let your servant speak a word to my lord the king." He said, "Speak." And the woman said, "Why then have you planned such a thing against the people of God? For in giving this decision the king convicts himself, inasmuch as the king does not bring his banished one home again. We must all die; we are like water spilled on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again. But God will not take away life, and he devises means so that the banished one will not remain an outcast. Now I have come to say this to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid, and your servant thought, 'I will speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant. For the king will hear and deliver his servant from the hand of the man who would destroy me and my son together from the heritage of God.' And your servant thought, 'The word of my lord the king will set me at rest,' for my lord the king is like the angel of God to discern good and evil. The Lord your God be with you!"
Then the king answered the woman, "Do not hide from me anything I ask you." And the woman said, "Let my lord the king speak." The king said, "Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?" The woman answered and said, "As surely as you live, my lord the king, one cannot turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. It was your servant Joab who commanded me; it was he who put all these words in the mouth of your servant. In order to change the course of things your servant Joab did this. But my lord has wisdom like the wisdom of the angel of God to know all things that are on the earth."
Then the king said to Joab, "Behold now, I grant this; go, bring back the young man Absalom." And Joab fell on his face to the ground and paid homage and blessed the king. And Joab said, "Today your servant knows that I have found favor in your sight, my lord the king, in that the king has granted the request of his servant." So Joab arose and went to Geshur and brought Absalom to Jerusalem. And the king said, "Let him dwell apart in his own house; he is not to come into my presence." So Absalom lived apart in his own house and did not come into the king's presence.
Now in all Israel there was no one so much to be praised for his handsome appearance as Absalom. From the sole of his foot to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. And when he cut the hair of his head (for at the end of every year he used to cut it; when it was heavy on him, he cut it), he weighed the hair of his head, two hundred shekels by the king's weight. There were born to Absalom three sons, and one daughter whose name was Tamar. She was a beautiful woman.
So Absalom lived two full years in Jerusalem, without coming into the king's presence. Then Absalom sent for Joab, to send him to the king, but Joab would not come to him. And he sent a second time, but Joab would not come. Then he said to his servants, "See, Joab's field is next to mine, and he has barley there; go and set it on fire." So Absalom's servants set the field on fire. Then Joab arose and went to Absalom at his house and said to him, "Why have your servants set my field on fire?" Absalom answered Joab, "Behold, I sent word to you, 'Come here, that I may send you to the king, to ask, "Why have I come from Geshur? It would be better for me to be there still." Now therefore let me go into the presence of the king, and if there is guilt in me, let him put me to death.'" Then Joab went to the king and told him, and he summoned Absalom. So he came to the king and bowed himself on his face to the ground before the king, and the king kissed Absalom.
Absalom's Conspiracy
After this Absalom got himself a chariot and horses, and fifty men to run before him. And Absalom used to rise early and stand beside the way of the gate. And when any man had a dispute to come before the king for judgment, Absalom would call to him and say, "From what city are you?" And when he said, "Your servant is of such and such a tribe in Israel," Absalom would say to him, "See, your claims are good and right, but there is no man designated by the king to hear you." Then Absalom would say, "Oh that I were judge in the land! Then every man with a dispute or cause might come to me, and I would give him justice." And whenever a man came near to pay homage to him, he would put out his hand and take hold of him and kiss him. Thus Absalom did to all of Israel who came to the king for judgment. So Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
And at the end of four years Absalom said to the king, "Please let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed to the Lord, in Hebron. For your servant vowed a vow while I lived at Geshur in Aram, saying, 'If the Lord will indeed bring me back to Jerusalem, then I will offer worship to the Lord.'" The king said to him, "Go in peace." So he arose and went to Hebron. But Absalom sent secret messengers throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "As soon as you hear the sound of the trumpet, then say, 'Absalom is king at Hebron!'" With Absalom went two hundred men from Jerusalem who were invited guests, and they went in their innocence and knew nothing. And while Absalom was offering the sacrifices, he sent forAhithophel the Gilonite, David's counselor, from his city Giloh. And the conspiracy grew strong, and the people with Absalom kept increasing.
David Flees Jerusalem
And a messenger came to David, saying, "The hearts of the men of Israel have gone after Absalom." Then David said to all his servants who were with him at Jerusalem, "Arise, and let us flee, or else there will be no escape for us from Absalom. Go quickly, lest he overtake us quickly and bring down ruin on us and strike the city with the edge of the sword." And the king's servants said to the king, "Behold, your servants are ready to do whatever my lord the king decides." So the king went out, and all his household after him. And the king left ten concubines to keep the house. And the king went out, and all the people after him. And they halted at the last house.
And all his servants passed by him, and all the Cherethites, and all the Pelethites, and all the six hundred Gittites who had followed him from Gath, passed on before the king. Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, "Why do you also go with us? Go back and stay with the king, for you are a foreigner and also an exile from your home. You came only yesterday, and shall I today make you wander about with us, since I go I know not where? Go back and take your brothers with you, and may the Lord show steadfast love and faithfulness to you." But Ittai answered the king, "As the Lord lives, and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king shall be, whether for death or for life, there also will your servant be." And David said to Ittai, "Go then, pass on." So Ittai the Gittite passed on with all his men and all the little ones who were with him. And all the land wept aloud as all the people passed by, and the king crossed the brook Kidron, and all the people passed on toward the wilderness.
And Abiathar came up, and behold, Zadok came also with all the Levites, bearing the ark of the covenant of God. And they set down the ark of God until the people had all passed out of the city. Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the Lord, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place. But if he says, 'I have no pleasure in you,' behold, here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him." The king also said to Zadok the priest, "Are you not a seer? Go back to the city in peace, with your two sons, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar. See, I will wait at the fords of the wilderness until word comes from you to inform me." So Zadok and Abiathar carried the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and they remained there.
But David went up the ascent of the Mount of Olives, weeping as he went, barefoot and with his head covered. And all the people who were with him covered their heads, and they went up, weeping as they went. And it was told David, "Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom." And David said, "O Lord, please turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness."
While David was coming to the summit, where God was worshiped, behold, Hushai the Archite came to meet him with his coat torn and dirt on his head. David said to him, "If you go on with me, you will be a burden to me. But if you return to the city and say to Absalom, 'I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so now I will be your servant,' then you will defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel. Are not Zadok and Abiathar the priests with you there? So whatever you hear from the king's house, tell it to Zadok and Abiathar the priests. Behold, their two sons are with them there, Ahimaaz, Zadok's son, and Jonathan, Abiathar's son, and by them you shall send to me everything you hear." So Hushai, David's friend, came into the city, just as Absalom was entering Jerusalem.


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Don't forget about those moose chucking canadians.
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Don't forget about those moose chucking canadians.
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I work in a high school that's diverse with many different cultures. I've had numerous conversations with my students about their different traditions, food, dress, holidays, the type of climate and terrain of the country they originated from, which I have found extremely fascinating at times. We've had many serious conversations about each others cultures, and there are times where they laugh and joke about each others differences and cultural traditions.
Some of them have come from war torn countries, which helps me get a perspective of where some of these kids are coming from and their feelings about America. I don't teach Geography, but I can tell you this, over the years it has really enlightened my understanding of the different cultures around the world.
What's great about kids, is they look past their cultural differences and they all get along. Maybe governments of the world should follow their example.
I simply do not know where to begin with this as it is utter stupidity. A peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be considered racist??? Political correctness and fear of offending someone has now reached a new low. Frankly why should anyone care if people in the US eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. Next thing you know some poor unsuspecting child brings a peanut butter and jelly sandwich to school for lunch and then gets labeled a racist.
Did you know that eating or even talking about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be considered racist? That's right. Apparently, it's because people in some cultures don't eat sandwich bread. Verenice Gutierrez, principal of Harvey Scott K-8 School in Portland explained in and interview with the Portland Tribune: "Take the peanut butter sandwich, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year," the Tribune said. "What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not eat sandwiches?" Gutierrez asked. "Another way would be to say: 'Americans eat peanut butter and jelly, do you have anything like that?' Let them tell you. Maybe they eat torta. Or pita."
What next will be considered racist? What say you ATS?
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Did you know that eating or even talking about a peanut butter and jelly sandwich could be considered racist?
What next will be considered racist?
Speaking English will be considered racist.
here's a hypothetical quote from the near future:
"Take the English language, a seemingly innocent example a teacher used in a lesson last school year," the Tribune said. "What about Somali or Hispanic students, who might not speak English?" Gutierrez asked. "Another way would be to say: 'Americans speak English, do you have anything like that?' Let them tell you. Maybe they speak Spanish. Or Portuguese."
To even further the insult the school has gone so far as to require intensive staff trainings regarding their own "white privilege,". Can someone please tell me where a peanut butter and jelly sandwich means "white privilege,".
The Tribune noted that the school started the new year with "intensive staff trainings, frequent staff meetings, classroom observations and other initiatives," to help educators understand their own "white privilege," in order to "change their teaching practices to boost minority students' performance.""Last Wednesday, the first day of the school year for staff, for example, the first item of business for teachers at Scott School was to have a Courageous Conversation — to examine a news article and discuss the 'white privilege' it conveys," the Tribune added.
So, does this also mean that if Mexican person offers me a delicious tortilla in trade for my peanut butter and jelly sandwich at school, we're both racist because we just talked about and God forbid traded lunches?
My brain hurts just thinking about this one...
I'm confused, I had PB&J on tortilla bread. Now what??
I dont get it..
Soo what if some cultures dont eat sandwich bread, some cultures also dont eat pork or beef... does that make those racist aswell??
lol!! you check out the prices of high-end peanut butter and jelly, lately?
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My wife is a Pacific Islander and she thinks the US has gone insane. All this PC is beyond comprehension. I'm sure that what we eat here is bound to not fall into the PC guidelines. And we do like PBJ sandwiches... I guess we are racists for eating them.
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I find that all too often I wear the same perfumes instead of mixing them up. I have challenged myself to wear a different perfume every day and write on my blog about it.
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text: CULTURE 'The Hard Problem': Theater Review 12:10 PM PST 1/29/2015 by Stephen Dalton FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Johan Persson Neuroscience drama is all brain but no heart TWITTER National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner stages a classy exit by directing Tom Stoppard's first new play in nine years, a lofty meditation on brain science and evolutionary biology A small play about big themes, Tom Stoppard's first new stage work in nine years takes its title from the Australian philosopher David Chalmers, and refers to ongoing debates about how human consciousness works. The swansong production of the National Theatre's outgoing director Nicholas Hytner, The Hard Problem ponders whether mankind is independently capable of altruism and goodness, or whether we are simply walking clusters of molecules hard-wired for selfishness by evolutionary biology. Yes, that old dramatic chestnut again. These are fertile times for plays which address the knotty complexities of cutting-edge physics, maths and biology, from Nick Payne's Constellations (freshly transferred to Broadway) to Lucy Prebble's The Effect. Full of lofty promise, The Hard Problem comes with program notes featuring contributions from Richard Dawkins and other scholars. Even so, it proves to be a flimsy autumnal footnote from the 77-year-old Stoppard, feeling more like a series of illustrated TED talks than a fully realized play by two of British drama's veteran heavyweight knights. Booking until May, it screens worldwide in April as part of National Theatre Live. Hilary (Olivia Vinall) is an ambitious young psychology researcher applying for a job at a neuroscience institute run by billionaire hedge fund manager Jerry (Anthony Calf). But Hilary also holds heretical views on brain science, still clinging to unfashionable concepts like altruism, free will and dualism of mind and body. She even harbors a faith in some kind of God, or higher moral force at least, that disgusts her materialist colleagues. "We've scraped you clean of gibberish," protests Hilary's arrogant college tutor and sometime lover Spike (Damien Moloney). "We've accounted for every particle in the universe." Despite Hilary's outmoded views, Jerry still hires her to work at his institute, seemingly to relish the intellectual challenge she poses to the prevailing materialist consensus. But as the years roll by, Hilary's faith in moral goodness is tested by some real-life challenges, including revelations about the "shame baby" she gave up for adoption as a 15-year-old schoolgirl, and the harsh backlash against a poorly researched scientific paper that she publishes with her colleague Bo (Vera Chok). Stoppard once famously claimed "I write plays because dialogue is the most respectable way of contradicting myself." The Hard Problem is certainly structured like a series of erudite two-handed conversations, each side cordially disagreeing, never quite reaching a firm conclusion. The author plainly sympathizes more with Hilary's faith in "miracles", as she calls them, but he avoids taking a partisan stance. Instead he lets the actions onstage gently undermine the arguments in the text, which is an elegant touch. While some characters (usually pompous males) argue that fanciful constructs like maternal love and empathy do not exist, others (usually kindly females) prove the selfish-gene rationalists wrong with their altruistic actions. The play opens with a discussion of The Prisoner's Dilemma, a classic thought experiment which suggests back-stabbing self-interest rules human behavior. But it ends with a real-world example of the dilemma, which seems to endorse the opposite view. As an unorthodox seminar on the philosophy of neuroscience, The Hard Problem provides a stimulating 100 minutes in the theater. But as drama, it feels dry, schematic and overloaded with half-digested nuggets of arid textbook abstraction. Stoppard is in late-period Woody Allen mode here, moving young actors around a stage like lifeless chess pieces, trading hit-and-miss jokes and too-smart dialogue with no character shading between them. While this cerebral style is perfectly suited to the high-minded discussion scenes, it falls short during the stilted depictions of love, sex and emotion. Potentially interesting subplots float into view, including one about the irrational forces at the heart of financial markets, only to fizzle out unexplored. A late revelation about one character's back story also seems clumsily contrived to shock, when in reality the secret is visible from miles away. Credit is due to Hytner for his crisp staging, filling each rapid scene division with fragrant bursts of Bach piano music. Likewise to Bob Crowley and Mark Henderson for their eye-catching minimalist stage design, especially the hanging roof sculpture which mimics the electrical crackle of brain activity. Vinall, who previously acted for Hytner in Othello and Sam Mendes in King Lear, is an engaging presence as Hilary, with shades of Carey Mulligan in her outwardly cheery, inwardly anxious mannerisms. But overall, The Hard Problem is a disappointment by Stoppard's standards, especially compared to his science-rich magnum opus Arcadia from 1993. Food for the brain, not for the heart, this extended dinner-party thought experiment never quite makes the evolutionary leap from page to stage. Cast: Olivia Vinall, Damien Moloney, Anthony Calf, Vera Chok, Jonathan Coy, Parth Thakenar Director: Nicholas Hytner Playwright: Tom Stoppard Designer: Bob Crowley Lighting designer: Mark Henderson Sound designer: Paul Arditti Musical supervisor: Matthew Scott Pianist: Benjamin Powell Presented by National Theatre FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Stephen Dalton email@example.com @thr


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If you're planning on inviting guests or family over soon for lunch or dinner then you're probably thinking about how you can make your dining room to make it a little more appealing and pretty. Everything from the decor you use to the colours you pick can drastically change the look and feel of your dining room. It can set the tone for the evening and it creates the right atmosphere for your dinner party. However, if you're not used to interior design then it can sometimes be difficult to pull this off without some assistance.
So whether it's a housewarming party for your first home or to celebrate a special occasion, here are a couple of my dining room decor ideas that will add a touch of class to your next dinner party.
Setting the Table Correctly
One of the first things you need to think about is how you set your table. Since your guests will be mainly seated at the table, start by thinking about the colours and designs you want to use. This can lead to picking a theme. Ask yourself, do you want something generic that isn't too bold, or do you want to make a statement? Look at some table setting ideas for inspiration and don't be afraid to try something new. You can even completely change the way you set your table every time you have a different group of guests over so that it fits the occasion or mood perfectly.
Picking the Right Accessories
From restaurant-quality tablecloths to sparkling silverware, it's important to use the right accessories for your dinner party. *Tip* Try and keep a separate set of silverware so that everything matches correctly. Avoid mixing and matching too many pieces if you can. Plates and dishes should also be matching, but this can often be difficult if you don't already have a lot of these accessories on hand. In other words, consistency is important!
Illuminating the Evening
The last thing you want is for you and your guests to be eating in the dark or with a table lit by a dim lamp. An overhead light is preferable, but make sure you replace the bulb a day before the dinner party so that you're a 100% sure it works and manages to light up the entire table. You may want a more elaborate lighting setup, but make sure you pick something that suits your own dining room.
The Art of Mixing and Matching
Many people much prefer an orderly room when they have dinner at their friend or family member's home. However, if you're a close group then you can experiment by mixing and matching certain things. For instance, colour-coordinated chairs are excellent because everyone has their favourite colour and knows where they will sit. Similarly, using personalised cutlery or tableware can add a unique touch to your dinner party that will be memorable and fun.


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Note: Visit ITV News for news and video on "America's ongoing struggle to get gun crime under control."
As of last week, 6,823 people in the U.S. have been killed by gunfire in 2015. In England and Wales, guns killed 29 people in all of 2013.
British television program ITV News talked with APHA Executive Director Georges Benjamin, MD, last week to examine the numbers and discuss why gun violence should be treated as a public health issue.
"I've argued that for many years," Benjamin said. "We're not debating the constitutionality of firearms — that exists. Firearms exist and people get hurt and die from firearms. There are ways for us in a non-political manner to make people safer with their firearms in a society."
Gun-related deaths and violence continue to burden American health more than in any other nation. After shootings in Charleston, South Carolina in June, President Barack Obama said that "it is in our power to do something about it."
Benjamin concurs, citing other safety advancements made possible by looking at issues from a public health lens. For example U.S. highway deaths have dropped by 25 percent in the last decade, reaching a historic low, thanks to interventions that focused on creating safer roads and vehicles — rather than merely blaming the drivers.
"This is not a debate about gun control. This is a debate about how to reduce the death and disability that occurs with guns. This is about how we keep people alive and safe with the technology that exists in our world."
Benjamin and Brady Campaign and Center to Prevent Gun Violence President Dan Gross made the case for gun violence as a public health issue in an op-ed to The Hill. Check out APHA's gun violence page for news, studies, fact sheets, policy statements and more to find out how public health can reverse the epidemic. And join APHA and the Brady Campaign for a national summit on education, inspiration and empowerment on reducing gun violence Oct. 26-28 in Washington, D.C.


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Native Mud
by Breck Pappas, Young Advisory Council member
Sometimes I miss mud. I miss the feeling of squeezing it between my fingers. I miss the satisfaction of sending it soaring through the air and watching it connect with the back of an unsuspecting friend. I even miss getting it in my hair and having to wash it out with the garden hose before being allowed back inside.
I'm not sure when everything changed. It used to be that I had the clearance to play in the mud. Heck, it was encouraged! But then I grew up, like young boys tend to do, and slowly things changed. It didn't happen overnight, but somewhere along the way it occurred to me that I was becoming an adult, and adults don't play in the mud.
I blame Camp Beckwith. It was at this summer camp on Weeks Bay that, at nine years old, I first encountered the darkest, smelliest, and most wonderfully disgusting mud I've ever had the pleasure to sling at my friends. While the girls screamed as the slimy, bay mud squished between their toes, it was open season for the boys. The trick was to get as much of it as possible above the water's surface before it melted away through your fingers. Once above the water line, the stench was somehow appealing and repulsive. Whenever I think about mud, I think about Beckwith.
When I decided to travel for a year, I was looking for mud. My 9 to 5 office job in Mobile left me unfulfilled, and I missed the outdoors. I wondered what the mud was like in other places of the world.
Within two weeks of arriving in New Zealand, I was literally shoveling mud. I had found work landscaping at a bed and breakfast, and it was exactly what I had in mind. I was outside, and the air was fresh.
In Vietnam, I found more mud. Taking a tour through the Dark Cave in Phong Nha was like wading through the waist-high Hershey syrup. The whole world was mud. Anything dipped in the brown liquid became completely coated, like sticking your arm into a barrel of oil. It was dream mud. I mean, the consistency was perfect. I was Augustus Gloop in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory, and this was the closest thing to a chocolate river I had ever seen in my life.
Towards the end of my year abroad, however, something strange started to happen. I found myself thinking more and more about the mud back home.
Months later, I found myself participating in an Apple Snail cleanup at Langan Park with Mobile Baykeeper, laughing when my girlfriend Becky took a spill on the muddy bank of Three Mile Creek. I was back in my native mud, and it was right where I needed to be.
When I came home, I joined Baykeeper's Young Advisory Council for a lot of reasons, but a big reason was mud: the mud in Weeks Bay, the mud up in the Delta, the mud in Dog River. I wanted to be a part of the effort that keeps our water clean and our mud like I've always remembered it. I want my children to grow up in it, play in it, and come to love it.
And when they wander, I want it to bring them home.


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T.J. Maxx Giveaway: Gift Card PLUS Invite to Exclusive Event
By Mercedes Sanchez I love summer, but as I've said on BeChicMag.com before, fall is my favorite season. I can't wait to start wearing those fun, chunky sweaters (one of my favorite fall trends) and super chic fall frocks such as this cream/tan dress with leather panels from T. J. Maxx.
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We have partnered with T.J. Maxx for a special shopping soiree with Style Scout Helena Glazer from the Brooklyn Blonde, Christine from My Style Pill, and Keiko Lynn.
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We are often ask to sign NDAs, and we will do so. That said, we tell all our clients to not get too hung up on the idea but instead focus on the execution. If you feel that your idea is so great that you just need a programmer to bring it to life, you probably have unrealistic expectations.
True story, in 2008 Appworks was approached by two guys who had an idea for a mobile application they wanted to develop that would allow people to send images and text messages privately to other mobile device users. Once the image or text was viewed, it would disappear forever. The two individuals never executed on their idea, and 6 years later the same concept sold to Facebook for 14 Billion dollars (If you've been living under a rock, we are talking about Snapchat). We haven't spoken to these two since, but we're pretty sure that hurt.
Our philosophy is that ideas are plentiful, good execution is scarce. Focus on execution.
This is a question we rarely heard when we first started Appworks. But as the number of cheap off shore software companies has grown, so has the need for qualified US development teams capable of taking over when things go wrong.
We will gladly consult with you free of charge and help guide you through any number of development debacles. That said, in most cases we find that the off-shore development team was woefully unqualified to take on the project and the code written is not salvageable. This is especially true with development teams in India. However, we can sometimes salvage a project and bring it back to life. We have written a short guide to development team debacles which we recommend you review if you find yourself in this situation
Of course you do, you paid for it!
We are aware that there are software companies out there who require you to pay for the full cost of your software development, but they retain rights to the source code. This is not our policy and we feel that if you purchase something you own it.
Ridiculous. Next question.
This is a question we hear a lot and there isn't a definitive answer to it. Have we partnered with individuals in the past, sure. Are we in the business of partnering with people, yes. We look at every customer as a "Partner". We are here to take ideas from concept to implementation and guide them through to monetization and success.
We will not absorb hard costs in your project but we will provide you with the guidance and thought leadership we have gained from the development and implementation of hundreds of web and mobile applications.
Our team has been a part of some great successes and a few flops. We aren't embarrassed of our flops because anyone who hasn't experienced a flop or three hasn't been a software entrepreneur very long. You also tend learn a lot more from your flops then you do with your successes. If you have a success, you pat yourself on the back and chalk it up to your superior wit. When you something goes wrong, you put the project under a microscope and learn from your mistakes so you don't repeat them.
This is like asking "How long is a piece of string"? There really is no easy answer to the question. To provide an estimate with any type of accuracy requires both parties to exchange ideas and information about the project.
In some cases where the project requirements are very specific and detailed we are able to provide a fixed price bid on a project. We will only provide fixed price bids on projects where the scope of work is unlikely to change. That said, the majority of the projects we develop are entrepreneurial in nature and begin with a customer or organization's desire to explore what is possible with a new application.
We will turn down projects if:
– The budget or required deliver time is unrealistic
– We don't have the appropriate skill set or available resources
– We don't believe in the project. We are in the business of creating success stories. If we don't buy into your idea or your ability to take the idea to market and be successful, then we do not want to develop your software.
We are happy to accommodate requests for on-site software developers. This can be especially helpful during requirement gathering stage, product releases or IT consulting scenarios.


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Artist First Radio Network...again!
In case you missed my interview on the Artist First Radio Network on November 30, 2010, you can listen to it right here. DJ Scott asked me some great questions! He also played a bunch of tracks off of Possibilities and our new Christmas single, We Three Kings.


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I haven't done anything particularly worth while noting. And probably won't.
How would you describe your work to someone who hadn't seen it?
Pointless. Although I've been trying to push more of my personal artwork recently (which is completely different to my illustration work), www.hermaninclusus.co.uk, to try and keep my morale up. One day Stuart Kolakovic will die and Herman will rule supreme.
What piece/product/design do you wish you had thought of?
The skateboard. Or anything that would make me so rich so I don't have to draw anymore.
Who would you most like to collaborate with?
Tony Lommi.
What is the worst job you have ever had?
All of them.
If you were on Death Row, what would be your last meal be?
Whatever Dre and Snoop are having.
What is the greatest movie of all time?
Some of my favourites off the top of my head include "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre" (OG), 'Braindead" the "Dollars Trilogy", "Koyaanisqatsi", Toy Machine's "Welcome to Hell", Blinds "Video Day's", Herzog's remake of "Nosferatu".
What do you dislike most about popular culture?
Most of it.
What is the greatest invention of all time?
Heavy Metal.
If you didn't do what you do. What would you do?
Be a Serial Killer. Or a Wizard.Images courtesy of Stuart Kolakovic and www.heartagency.com


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"Summer Series" Provides Introduction to Financial and Production Sides of Holistic Management
Join us for three dates this summer to receive an overview of Holistic Management's whole-farm planning paradigm, the specifics of grazing and ecology management, and financial management -- including how to access niche and premium markets for grassfed meats plus your grains, hay and other products.
Provided by Tallgrass Network Savory Hub leader and Accredited Professional Julie Mettenburg and featuring special guests, each date will include:
- a full day of introductory instruction in Holistic Management,
- a field tour on Tallgrass Network demonstration sites to examine specific aspects of Holistic Management in action,
- special films featuring Allan Savory and the latest developments in local markets plus global farming and ranching "Land to Market" incentives through the Savory Network,
- valuable workshop time and homework designed to make some key decisions and kickstart your journey with Holistic Management for your family and whole farm-ranch operation
- information you need to decide whether Holistic Management is for you.
All participants on each date will also receive a $49 coupon toward a future Holistic Management accreditation-level course with the Tallgrass Network. Each date's registration fee is $99, or all three dates can be purchased as a "summer series" package for $249 through the link above.
Click on the links below to learn more and register for individual dates:
"Introduction to Holistic Management," Friday, May 26, 2017
This full day of immersion in Allan Savory's paradigm-shifting work will seek to answer the question, "What's all the fuss about Holistic Management?"
We will look at all four procedures that we implement as Holistic practitioners: Holistic Planned Grazing, Financial Planning, Ecological Monitoring, and Land Planning. Learn how these four powerful processes, together with key insights about our ecosystem, our personal and community values, and our life realities, provide for lives of enduring returns for practitioners worldwide.
"Introduction to Grasslands Ecology Management & Global Field Day," Saturday, June 24, 2017
We will join farmers, ranchers and pastoralists at Savory Hubs worldwide to get out on the land and see firsthand how we can improve our soils, our quality of life and our bottom line, by how we plan our grazing and cropping operations.
This special event will include a filmed presentation by Allan Savory demonstrating how to read your land, designed exclusively for this day.
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Allan Savory is known for his key insights that have changed how we view natural resource management, such as the predator-prey relationship and the proper use of rest depending on the brittleness scale. But many Holistic practitioners will say if you can only study one piece, Holistic Financial Planning can provide the most profound results.
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Each summer series introductory day is intended to provide you with information to help decide where to start with Holistic Management, how to prepare for future learning, and how you can get involved with the Tallgrass Network and Savory Global Hub Network's many opportunities. We hope you will join us!
Learn more about Holistic Management also in anticipation of Allan Savory's appearance at the No Till on the Plains Conference in Wichita, Jan. 30-31, 2018. You won't want to miss this special opportunity to learn from the master! We will see you there!
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"You're my kind of people!"
That's what my Grandpa always used to say when he met someone who he instantly connected with. Even though I haven't met you in person yet (hopefully I will one day soon!), I already know that you're my kind of people for 2 reasons - 1st because we both like FREE things ;) & 2nd because we both like to learn. Below is a skills video I filmed that shows you how to use one of my favorite fire starting tools AND I even tell you how to get one for absolutely FREE.
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I've been teaching survival skills for over 2-decades and have so much more to share with you. I'd like to invite you to join my SURVIVAL SKILL OF THE MONTH CLUB where I teach a new survival skill in unprecedented detail each and every month. It's basically a one-on-one training session every month. This also includes a membership into our SSOTMC Mastermind Facebook Group where myself and other subscribers share and learn from each other. If this sounds like something that you're interested in, click on over to the SURVIVAL SKILL OF THE MONTH CLUB web-site using the link below.


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Experience, Innovation and Value
A Culture of Continuous Improvement
IPT was started in 1991 by Billy Aud, a Professional Engineer and a Texas A&M Petroleum Engineering graduate, as a production company, but quickly evolved into an independent petroleum consulting firm. Since that time, the company has experienced growth in many areas, but most importantly, in our understanding of petroleum engineering technologies and what it takes to get the maximum response from a well.
Over the past 20-plus years, IPT has been committed to the performance of ongoing integrated studies, creating a database that contains information from over 60,000 total well completions. Every reservoir evaluation, pressure transient test, stress test, fracture treatment diagnostic and hydraulic fracture stimulation treatment analysis is easily accessible and is routinely used in our engineering procedures. This gives our clients access to all of those outcomes, and more importantly, access to the expertise and experience that accompanies them.
While IPT was developing into a leading independent consulting firm, Peterson Energy was providing cost-effective engineering, drilling and completion solutions to oil and gas companies of all sizes. Founded in 1989 by Colorado School of Mines petroleum engineering graduate Andy Peterson, Peterson Energy steadily built its reputation through industry innovation backed by integrity and superior service.
The New IPT
In 2012, these two successful companies joined forces creating the most vertically integrated independent solutions company in the industry. The new IPT embodies the core strengths of each independent company and multiplies these strengths by integrating these distinct disciplines to provide clients value across the whole breadth of our services. Add to this the incorporation of communication networks, highly efficient back office support and state-of-the-art training, plus a safety culture that values people, environment and property, and what you have is a company that truly is pivotal.