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Interview with Calvin: The Pitfalls of Leadership
Tell us a little bit about yourself... Some fun facts.
What do you want to know about me? In my free time, I like to find things that energize me, actually. So sports is a big thing for me, discovering new places, doing new things… I'm actually a very boring person (laughs).
No you're not! I heard that you like to clean & organize things as well right?
Well, only if people leave a mess. Like, ahem. But yes, I like to keep things clean & organized.
What material are you currently reading?
I love reading Habitudes by Tim Elmore, who is an amazing speaker, leader & writer. He was mentored & trained under John Maxwell's leadership. I like his books because the content deals with the welfare (internal) & attitude (external) of a leader. As leaders, what we don't realize is that we have to learn to lead ourselves well because whatever we "import", we unwittingly "export" to the people that we lead.
Tell us about something you've personally learnt from leading the Awaken Generation team & student cohort.
Leadership is never about suppression, it's about empowerment. You're supposed to help your team feel good & productive, but the sad thing is that many leaders abuse their power & cause their team to suffer. That's operating out of a place of fear & that's not the Kingdom perspective at all.
That's the exact opposite of what we seek to do here… that's why we have things like team devotions, updates, mentoring. We pray & worship together, we encourage & affirm one another in our different gifts. & of course, we hope to pass this culture on to our students!
Leadership is never about suppression, it's about empowerment.
What is one big pitfall that leaders often fall into?
As long as you are a leader, you need to receive. You give out so much of your emotion on a daily basis, so how can you not be fed?
I like to use this example: the ten commandments. Did you ever realize that four of the commandments are about our relationship with God, while the other six are about our relationships with our brothers & sisters? This doesn't mean that your relationship with God is secondary to the relationship to the people around you, but it means that a lot of our lives are spent living in communities, interacting face-to-face with someone. We are not made to walk alone. No man is an island. We are made to walk in community.
A speaker, evangelist & a life coach, Calvin's heart beats to see every life transformed, living purposefully & fulfilling their destiny in Christ. Calvin is the Head of Mentoring at Awaken Generation & leads both the staff & student cohort pastorally.


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Understanding Your Metabolism & Fat Loss/
What Is The Metabolism Really ?
Your metabolism is the chemical reactions that take place inside your body to either build up ( build muscle) or break down (food into energy) molecules and tissues.
Catabolism: breaking down larger to smaller (digesting food)
Anabolism: Building smaller to larger ( Building muscle mass)
Your Metabolic Rate (Caloric Burn)
Your metabolic rate is the amount of calories you burn through the breaking down & Building processes of the metabolism
The 4 components of your daily caloric burn: The four components of your metabolism that will control how many calories you burn on a daily basis and includes.
Resting Metabolic Rate (RMR): This is the amount of calories your body uses to sustain basic functions. Makes up about 50-70% of your total caloric burn.
This includes the amount of calories the body burns to support your breathing, organ function, keeping blood pumping and is impacted by your bodyweight and muscle mass.
Non Exercise Activity Thermogenesis (NEAT): This is the amount of calories your body uses for everything not eating, exercise, RMR or sleeping. Based on activity makes up 10-40% of your total caloric burn depending on your activity level.
This includes but isn't limited to walking, fidgeting, working at a standing desk, cooking or doing the dishes and any other kind of movement that isn't for the purpose of elevating your heart rate or engaging in formal exercise.
Thermic Effect Of Activity (TEA):This is the amount of calories your body uses for everything that's formal exercise or sports. depending on activity level can range from 10-20% of caloric burn but be much higher for athletes
TEA is going to include all forms of strength training or exercise, any kind of sports like soccer, basketball or boxing or any kind of running.
Thermic Effect Of Food (TEF):This is the amount of calories it takes to digest the food that you eat. When you eat the body has to use expend energy to breaking down food into the usable molecules in the body. Each macronutrient has a different level of TEF calorie burn, and makes up about 10-12% of your caloric burn.
Protein: 20-25%
Fats: 3-4%
Carbs: 4-7%
Fibrous Vegetables:15-20%
Can Your Metabolism & Metabolic Rate Change ?
As you lose weight and diet, each different part of the metabolism has an adaptive component to it that will cause it to change as a response to weight loss and dieting.
We'll be covering how RMR, NEAT, TEA and TEF all change as you diet to lose body fat in the in the rest of this series.
Understanding Your Metabolism & Fat Loss (Part 2: Fat Loss)
There is a lot of talk about specific diets that help someone accomplish fat loss and while the food choices among these diets are very different there is one principle they all have in common with regards to fat loss… they help create a calorie deficit.
What Causes Any and Every Diet To Work For Fat Loss ?
To achieve fat loss you'll need to be in a calorie deficit, meaning you're burning more calories than you're eating.
When this is done on a consistent enough basis assuming there are no special considerations the result is fat loss.
You can create a calorie deficit by eating fewer calories, or by increasing exercise. The reality is that most people burn far fewer calories during exercise than they think.
I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but chances are extremely good you burn far fewer calories exercising that you assume.
For that reasons when it comes to creating a calorie deficit and effort is take into account it heavily favors eating fewer calories over trying increase exercise enough to burn way more calories.
On the opposite end living in a constant state of being in a large calorie deficit will cause the body to adapt and find ways to burn fewer calories wherever possible.
Your Body Doesn't Want you To Lose Body Fat
The truth is your body doesn't really want you to lose body fat because one of your main evolutionary goals is to conserve calories for survival, and fat loss directly threatens that goal by burning extra calories off your body.
As you lose body your body will find ways to make this fat loss more difficult to achieve and slower.
The two main ways that your body will fight back against your fat loss is to make you move less which reduces your NEAT and burns fewer calories.
Secondly when you're in a calorie deficit the body will increase your appetite and cravings in an attempt to get you to eat more food and gain back the fat that you lost.

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Treatment for intestinal blockages varies depending on the type of blockage and severity: most cases require hospitalization, and common treatment includes intravenous (IV) fluids, nasogastric tubes and catheters. For severe cases and emergencies, doctors may perform surgery to remove obstructions. Less severe cases warrant stabilization, then prescription of dietary changes, such as following a low-fiber diet, which helps restore normal intestinal function and prevents future occurrences.
Patients need to check in to a hospital when experiencing prolonged abdominal or intestinal pain to complete an abdominal X-ray or CT scan. These scans help to determine the causes and possible treatment options, notes WebMD. Liquid or air enemas may be used to force the blockage through the intestine. Additional treatments for partial and complete intestinal blockage include surgery to implant a mesh stent to open the area around the blockage.
Intestinal obstruction comes in several types: partial obstruction, complete obstruction and paralytic ileus. The causes and treatment of these types of intestinal obstructions varies, although experts consider all serious medical concerns. Upon entering the hospital, patients receive stabilization. Stabilizing includes administering IV fluids through veins in the arm, inserting nasogastric tubes through the nose and into the stomach to alleviate swelling and insertion of a catheter, which connects to the bladder and removes urine for testing.
A partial obstruction may resolve with stabilization and following a low-fiber diet, which helps food and liquid pass through the digestive system easily, according to Mayo Clinic. Complete mechanical obstructions often require surgery to remove the obstruction and parts of damaged intestines. Surgeons may also insert stents to help facilitate digestion. Paralytic ileus, a temporary obstruction, often resolves on its own following stabilization. Lingering cases may warrant prescriptions of medication that triggers muscle contractions, helping pass food through the digestive tract.


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This salad will make you rethink baked tofu and taco salads. Not only is it easy, and tasty but also 100% plant-based. Perfect for your Meatless Mondays. Also, great for lunch meal prep. I assembled the day before and used for a tupperware lunch the next day and the tofu was perfect.
There are is one key thing when it comes to making crispy baked tofu.
Key: Get as much water out as possible from the tofu before baking.
I highly suggest using sprouted extra firm tofu and about 30 minutes before baking, remove from the package. Remove any excess water on top and wrap with about 2-3 layers of paper towels. Once this is done, place the block of tofu on a plate and place a heavy pan or book on top. Let sit for thirty minutes and remove. Cut into 1-1.5 inch. by 1-1.5 inch. squares. Getting out as much water out as possible helps the tofu crisp up in the oven.
Why organic sprouted tofu?
There tends to be no difference in taste and texture between regular whole soybean tofu versus sprouted whole bean tofu, but there are quite a few differences that can be helpful for those following a vegan or vegetarian diet.
Sprouted vs. Regular Tofu is higher in calcium, iron, and protein.
It does have a little bit more calories but one would suspect if having more protein.
They also tend to contain non-GMO soybeans compared to regular whole bean tofu. If that is something you care about.
I think you are totally going to enjoy this recipe and have it on repeat.
recipe (serves 3)
For the tofu topping:
-15 oz. organic sprouted tofu (Trader Joe's or Wildwood are great brands to search!)
-2 Tbsp. avocado oil or olive oil
-1/2 cup cashews
-1 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. taco seasoning
For the salad:
-4-6 cups mixed greens
-1 medium purple daikon radish, sliced
-2 avocados, halved
-1 large tomato, diced
For the cilantro dressing:
-1/4 cup avocado or olive oil
-juice of two meyer lemons
-2 Tbsp. roughly chopped cilantro
-dash of salt and pepper to taste
-Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Prep the tofu as mentioned above ( the technique to get as much water out as possible).
-Cut each block in half, and then each half into fourths. Then cut down the middle to make small squares. They should end up being about 1.5 inches by 1.5 inches.
-Add the tofu to a bowl and drizzle with about 2 Tbsp. avocado oil. Mix the tofu around so that it has some oil evenly on it.
-Add the tofu to a cookie sheet lined with foil or parchment paper along with 1/2 cup cashews. Season with salt. Bake the tofu for about 10 minutes. Then remove from oven. Place the tofu back into a bowl and set the toasted cashews aside.
-Then take the partially cooked tofu that was added to the bowl and add 2 Tbsp. taco seasoning and mix well until fully covered.
-Add the tofu back to the cookie sheet and bake for another 20 minutes.
-Remove and let cool for about 5 minutes.
-To make the dressing: add all of the ingredients to a jar and mix well.
-Once the tofu and dressing are prepped, grab bowls, plates or Tupperware and start assembling your salad. Add 2 cup of salad, 1 tbsp. cashews, tomato and radish to taste, 1/2 avocado, 5 ounces of tofu, and 2 tbsp. of dressing.
Nutrition Info (just for 1 serving tofu): 213 calories, 2 grams carb, 18 grams fat, and 15 grams protein.
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The old post office building is haunted by several spirits. Disembodied footsteps and loud voices are heard when no one is around. Mail is thrown around the post office, and objects go missing, only to turn up in different places to where they were left. The apparition of a tall dark man has been seen on several occasions in the post office building.
(Submitted by Callum Swift)
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- 368 North Main Street
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- Campbell County, Tennessee
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This week marks the opening of an incredibly colorful and vibrant show entitled, "Dance in Chaos", featuring the brand new works of Eric Benjamin and Kiah Bellows. Benjamin is new to the A&L family and we couldn't be more excited to welcome him through a joint exhibition with the one and only Kiah Bellows. Read a bit more from the artists on their inspiration for the show below:
Landscapes that inspire, colors that spark something inside of you bringing you back to a comfortable place. Feeling your feet firmly planted on the ground. Something ignites inside, a rush of adrenaline, a little chaos, yet feeling confident and calm. Bringing you back to childlike dreams, sometimes intense with vibrant and captivating color.
Bellows and Benjamin are inspired by and find common ground with Wolf Kahn, Richard Diebenkorn, and Brian Rutenberg. Acrylic and Oil Paintings with Intense color, are what the two do best. These Abstract paintings suggest landscapes through an array of horizontal lines and sometimes precise points of interest. We hope they will draw you in and spark something inside leaving you excited and full of wonder.
This Friday, September 7th from 6 - 8pm, we will be having an opening reception to celebrate this month-long exhibition. We would love for you to stop by to view the show and shake hands with the talented artists that made the work.
Exhibition runs September 7th - September 29th. Pre-sales have started by request and in the gallery and works will be released through our website at 12pm EST September 5th.


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Research: Black Employees Are More Likely to Be Promoted When They Were Referred by Another Employee
It has been estimated that more than three-quarters of all jobs are found through social networks. This is known as referral-based hiring. As referrals have grown in popularity, so has the debate about their impact.
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We all remember what it's like being a teenager: school, friends and life in general make up a complex web of confusion and hormones! You feel pretty moody all the time and it's hard to get motivated about anything other than lying in bed for another 3 hours with the curtains closed. Sounding familiar for any current members of your household?! Well, get them - and yourself! - a wonderful gift and send them on a bushcraft course for teenagers.
It's an activity weekend like no other that's guaranteed to get even the most sullen kids brimming with enthusiasm and adventure! They'll live their very own Bear Grylls-style experience for two days and one night out in the wilds of the East Midlands woodlands learning all the basics of bushcraft and survival. When they come out the other side, not only will they be full of stories and motivation, they'll be able to build shelters, campfires and navigate by the stars.
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Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland, 1740-1840
- Author(s)
Anthony Malcomson
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Ulster Historical Foundation
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275mm x 205mm
Product Tag(s)
Social History
Product Description
The Pursuit of the Heiress is a new, greatly enlarged and more widely focused version of what the late Lawrence Stone described as 'a brilliant long essay or short book on the subject of the role of heiresses among the Irish aristocracy', which was published by the Ulster Historical Foundation under the same title in 1982 and has long been out of print.
The new book comes to the same broad conclusions about heiresses -- namely that their importance as a means of enlarging the estates or retrieving the fortunes of their husbands has been much exaggerated. This was because known heiresses were well protected by a variety of legal devices and, in common with many aristocratic women of the day, also had minds and strong preferences of their own -- which meant that they were not generally an object of deliberate or profitable pursuit. The new book also ranges more widely than its central theme of heiresses and addresses other aspects of aristocratic marriage such as abductions, elopements, mésalliances, the supposed 'rise of the affective family', and the disadvantaged situation of even the richest and most privileged women in an age when both adultery and divorce were largely the prerogative of men.
In short, it places the evidence of between fifty and a hundred Irish 'big house' archives at the centre of the international debate about love, marriage and inheritance in the halcyon era of the British aristocracy. As Lawrence Stone said of the original and now superseded version: 'It is based on deep research, makes very amusing reading and postulates an entirely new theory about heiresses which has a strong ring of truth'.


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1. We managed to get Taylor to stay in America & welcomed her with a shindig at our friend McP's, which entailed a lot of singing, yard games, donuts and mosquitoes visiting my legs.
2. First Iowa Cubs game in a very long time. Power Life Yoga put on a stellar event and hundreds of people came for a class, burgers, beer and baseball. I also want to say that a) I stayed the whole game and b) I was asked the score and without looking at the board knew what was going on. Big changes my friends.
3. A kayaking adventure on Sunday made us question whether or not we should always carry machetes & extra beer. We got stuck in a couple strainers, which is a fancy word Matt taught me to mean tree dams. We were rerouted & also forced to carry our kayaks in muddy, tree-filled areas to avoid death. (I'm obviously being extremely dramatic & silly.) Our afternoon adventure enhanced the circumference of my upper arms and also made us more resilient human beings.
4. I am coveting this couch. And you may see it in my living room soon.
5. Happy 1-year anniversary to the Viva East Bank! initiative. I am currently leaving my apartment to help set up for a 50+ meeting where we get to share the fact that we've invested $9.3 million into three east-side neighborhoods in Des Moines in 18 months. So proud to help lead these efforts in my favorite city.


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United Nations Academic Impact and MCN are proud to partner on the Millennium Fellowship. In the three months the application was open in 2018, students applied to join the Class of 2018 on 285 campuses across 57 nations. 30 campuses worldwide (just 11%) were selected to host the 530 Millennium Fellows in the global pilot this year.
The Class of 2018 is bold, innovative, and inclusive. Millennium Fellows' Projects are projected to positively impact the lives of over 310,000 people worldwide this year.
"Being part of the Millennium Fellow Project can be an opportunity to meet students that have the same purpose that helps the community tough social projects. This project will make an initiation to a new student network to improve everyone's project and accomplish a greater impact working together."
Millennium Fellowship Project
Abrigando Corazones is a social project that tries to make the community know about the real circumstances that the elder people in Mexico live. The project consist of a group of women who look forward to helping the elderly living in retiring homes in Mexico. They hope to gain resources that retiring homes need to have a better infrastructure as well as medical resources such as diapers and food that are needed. To learn more about Abrigando Corazones, visit their page on Facebook.
About the Millennium Fellow
Pilar Adame is a student in the Monterrey University and she is studying Political Science and Governance. She is in her 3 year and she is currently part of another student group that is about the promotion of Human Rights along with Abrigando Corazones. She has coursed diplomats about Human Rights, Journalism, and Citizenship Construction in the university.
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|The first thing you should notice about this play-for-pay golfer is his setup — arms relaxed and hanging directly under the shoulders with feet, hips and shoulders parallel to the target line (or line of start for a breaking putt).
|The lines on these photos emphasize an important characteristic of being a good putter. The shaft remains at its address angle all the way through the stroke. Notice how level with the ground the toe/heel of the putter is, even here in the backstroke.
Setup is key to being on plane
By T.J. Tomasi
You hear a lot about staying "on plane" during the full swing, but that advice is just as important when it comes to putting. Being on plane gives you the best chance to make a good stroke. If you wander off plane, it's much more difficult to square the face and make solid contact.
Below is a tour pro practicing his putting. Notice how his putter sits flush with the ground. The putter is perfectly matched to his stance so that when he assumes the proper setup, the putter sits correctly vis-a-vis the ground. If the toe is off the ground, the putter sits on its heel, making it too easy to pull the ball to the left. With the heel up, pushes are common.
How do you find the correct plane (lie angle) for your putter? According to expert club fitter Todd Sones (toddsones.com), three factors affect the lie angle of the putter:
1. Shaft length: "When a putter is too long for a player and they are tilted properly with their hands under the shoulders," Sones says, "the toe will sit up in the air." The opposite holds when a putter is too short.
2. Hand position: "If a player's hands are too low, the toe will sit up in the air. If a player's hands are too high, the heel will tilt up."
3. Distance from the ball: "When players crowd the ball with their feet, then push their hips back to create room for the arms to swing, it lowers their hands, which lifts the toe of the putter."
Because putting has such a small margin for error ― being a quarter of an inch off can add another stroke to your score ― a misfit putter with the wrong lie can be your worst enemy.
Dr. T.J. Tomasi is a teaching professional in Port St. Lucie, Fla. Visit his website at tomasigolf.com.


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In this episode of the Maven Money Personal Finance Podcast… Andy is joined by Sam Sloma from Engage Financial Services.
Listen in on a great conversation on a journey from football to finance.
Quick Preview of the Podcast:
- What are the differences in working with younger / older clients?
- How does a football background inform a career in finance?
- Making the jump to set up your own business.
- Key insights from Sam Sloma - ex footballer and financial planner.
The Stupidest Thing You Can Do With Your Money
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Money (But Were Afraid to Ask)
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The Gray Wedding
It was such a blast working with Jessica and Will. They are a fun couple and very clearly in love! The wedding day could not have been more beautiful and the Club Continental was such a great venue as always. We say it all the time we love working with couples that are ready to have fun and Mr and Mrs Gray had that down!
Weddings can be such a busy day and crazy day so when couples get the chance to give each other little gifts and letters it can make the day that much more special.
Jessica was so beautiful in here wedding dress! Will was beyond excited to see her, no doubt he loves her!
First looks are so common now but we love when couples like to keep it traditional and wait till the wedding to see each other. Seeing Will's reaction is clear why, seeing his beautiful bride coming down the isle was such a powerful moment.
Now no wedding is complete until the party starts! Thats just what Mr and Mrs Gray did, they partied!
Jessica and William we wish you both many happy years of marriage!


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Kathleen Parker's column defending Christopher Buckley and other dissenting, thinking conservatives in the Rep party. Will the real conservatives please stand up and take back the GOP? The days of the ignorant, anti-intellectual, intolerant extreme right calling the shots cannot end fast enough:
WFB Would Be Proud
Parker writes:
"The truth few wish to utter is that the GOP has abandoned many conservatives, who mostly nurse their angst in private. Those chickens we keep hearing about have indeed come home to roost. Years of pandering to the extreme wing -- the "kooks" the senior Buckley tried to separate from the right -- have created a party no longer attentive to its principles.
Instead, as Christopher Buckley pointed out in a blog post on thedailybeast.com explaining his departure from National Review, eight years of "conservatism" have brought us "a doubled national debt, ruinous expansion of entitlement programs, bridges to nowhere, poster boy Jack Abramoff and an ill-premised, ill-waged war conducted by politicians of breathtaking arrogance."
I'm telling ya, that last line from CTB has staying power.


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It wasn't that the Buick was forgotten. Jimmy had put it there, drove it in the lot with the sort of half-hearted intention of things more wanted than needed.; a project for him and Jerryl when the heat of summer subsided. A September lay-away before the county fair and after the kids were out of their hair, back on the bus to school in Buncombe.
Jesse wouldn't mind them fooling around the yard then. The days would slow and the leaves would begin to turn on the mountain. But then fall shifted to winter and Mamaw had gotten that cough that just wouldn't shake and Jerryl found work in town and Jimmy just kept on drinking. The days dwindled into snow and before long the lot was filled with it and it would just be easier to wait for spring than drag it into the garage and pull out the heater.
Well March came and went and Jimmy was just too damn tired what with Jesse in a mood. Besides the cold lingered that year, even in April there were patches of ice in the yard, hemmed in the shadows. But when the lightning bugs emerged in those warm June nights Jimmy couldn't think much of working. The beer was cold and the radio was just right and Jesse was looking something beautiful in that dress.
And so the seasons did pass and the kids grew tall and one or two left for the city. Jerryl met another gal then another then another. He couldn't keep a woman, but he could hold down a job. Something Jimmy always envied. Jesse got plump. Jimmy got plumper. The lot turned wild and the confederate daisies cozied up to the rusting chrome bumper. Whenever Jimmy was asked about the old Buick in the yard out front he'd say he was just waiting for the heat of summer to subside.
Kaitlin Williams. Daphne, Alabama.
Call and Response is a photo-literary exploration devoted to the relationship between photographs and words. Using photographs from the Looking at Appalachia project, writers are encouraged to respond narratively to a single image in 1,000 words or less. We hope to use this platform to expand our community and encourage collaboration between photographers and writers. Learn more about how to submit here.


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Cauliflower Fried "Rice"
I have really been trying to live right. And by that I mean, not eat Zaxby's, fried chicken, chocolate everything, and dinner rolls like they're going out of style. I know it's March, so maybe I need a new excuse, but it's something about that post-Holiday time of year where it's always hard for me to get back on the healthy eating train. But lately, I've said to myself that enough is enough. So I decided to hop on this cauliflower train and see what all the hype was about with people subbing it into all their favorite guilty-pleasure goods as a healthy and delicious alternative. I must say, this fried "rice" really helped me get into the hype myself. It's sooo good. And really I didn't miss the rice at all. My husband AND my almost 2 year old agreed. I mean seriously, my daughter ate it for lunch and dinner two days in a row she was so obsessed! Mom for the win!!


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Types of refrigerators can be first placed into two categories, first counter depth refrigerators and second, all others. The counter depth refrigerator is the most popular as it has a depth of around 24 inches in order to be compatible with most kitchen cabinets and therefore look in place in any kitchen as if it belonged there. Other refrigerators may come in various depths and are usually only bought when the refrigerator is planned to be placed somewhere other than the kitchen.
The counter depth refrigerators are therefore the most popular but there are several types of these, as well of course as various sizes. The different types are recognized by the number and types of doors they have and each type can have its own advantages and disadvantages.
Another type of refrigerator is one which has a single door for both refrigerator and freezer. These do not seem that popular as they usually only have a small freezer compartment but are perhaps ideal for storing small amounts of ice for those people that have a separate freezer to store their other needs.
A more recent addition to these two is the refrigerators which have what are known as French doors. These are twin door refrigerators, each of which opens up into its own compartment. These can be considered as energy saving doors as when one is opened it does not affect the temperature in the other compartment. These types do in fact have three doors in total as the freezer of course also has its own door.
All these types of refrigerators come in various sizes to suit different people's needs and budgets but often people will also take into consideration brand names. There are several manufacturers of refrigerators and you can see which ones appear to be the most reliable by looming online at reviews. Best counter depth french door refrigerator may be the heading on one of the review websites you would want to look at but there will be many different review website which can help you decide which brand you would prefer.
A refrigerator is an appliance which will probably be used more often than any other in your kitchen and so you would want to buy one which not only looks good but is also efficient and of course cost effective in keeping your groceries cold and fresh. Although refrigerators could be different colors, most are usually white, cream or metallic as these are considered to be colors which can match most kitchen decors without looking out of place or obtrusive in any way.


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|Vintage Pulp
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|The Naked City
|Apr 27 2018
At the time this Chronicle hit newsstands Boston police in fact still had dozens of suspects. The police sketch does resemble DeSalvo somewhat, who you see in his mugshot at bottom. Of course, the sketch also resembles other suspects in the case. In fact, it even resembles big brained Tany Kominski in the above post.
|Vintage Pulp
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|Jun 6 2015
This issue of the New York based tabloid Private Affairs appeared in June 1962, and features cover stars Kim Novak and American Nazi Party leader George Lincoln Rockwell rendered by an uncredited artist. Inside the issue Affairs rehashes Novak's various relationships, recounting how mafia goons threatened to kill Sammy Davis Jr. if he didn't stop meeting Novak across the color line, how she accepted an expensive sports car as a gift from Ramfis Trujillo even though his hands were "bathed in the blood of executed political prisoners," and how she shot down a smitten Charles Boyer by asking him in bewilderment, "How could you have thought I loved you?" The overarching concern is Novak's longstanding unmarried status, wedlock of course being the default state for any normal woman. Novak was only twenty-nine at the time—but that was spinster age by tabloid standards. She eventually did wed when she was thirty-two, and it's a wonder she made it down the aisle without the aid of a wheelchair.
Elsewhere in the issue we get Lana Turner, who Affairs claims let her daughter take a murder rap for her; comedian Dick Gregory, who is accused of stealing jokes; and Ingrid Bergman, who is shown with her later-to-be-famous daughter Isabella Rossellini. We also meet Nai Bonet, a famed Vietnamese bellydancer who within a couple of years would parlay her fame into a film and music career. Private Affairs is not a well known tabloid today—it probably arrived on the scene just a bit too late to carve out a readership when newsstand shelves were already packed with established imprints such as Confidential, Uncensored, Top Secret, Inside Story, Hush-Hush, et al. This particular issue—designated Vol 1, No. 3—is the only copy of the magazine we've ever seen. We suspect the brand was defunct within the first year. Many scans below, and more rare tabloids coming soon.
|The Naked City
|Nov 28 2012
Above is a photo of the aftermath of the Cocoanut Grove fire of 1942. Its appearance belies the scope of the disaster that took place there. The Cocoanut Grove had been founded as an illegal speakeasy and, after the 1933 repeal of Prohibition, became Boston's trendiest nightspot. It consisted of several properties that had been consolidated into one, and was a labyrinth of tropical-themed bars, lounges, and dining rooms, complete with a famous "rolling roof" that allowed patrons to dance under the stars during warm summer nights. The club's cobbled together construction meant there were many points of egress, but owner Barnet "Barney" Welansky was preoccupied with the possibility of people using these to dash without paying their checks, and had hidden some exits behind curtains, locked others, boarded up a plate glass window, and bricked over an emergency exit.
About 10:15 p.m. one frigid November night a fire started for the most banal of reasons. A soldier in the Melody Lounge, which was in the basement, had either loosened or removed a light bulb in an artificial palm tree to create the privacy he desired in order to make out with his date. A busboy was ordered to replace or tighten it. He climbed onto a chair and lit a match so he could see, very likely using one from a matchbook like the one at right. Moments later the canopy of artificial palm fronds overhead caught fire. Whether it was the match or the light bulb that started the blaze nobody ever figured out for sure, though the busboy unambiguously blamed himself and the match.
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Did you know there was a football team called the Brooklyn Dodgers? This nice little piece of Americana reminds us of that fact. It's the cover of a program for an NFL game between the Dodgers and the Washington Redskins, played at Ebbets Field today in 1942. The Brooklyn Dodgers football team existed from 1930 to 1944, at which point it became the Brooklyn Tigers for one season, then the next year merged with the Boston Yanks. This move came about due to a decline in the on-field product caused by wartime shortages of players. But before being folded into another franchise and effectively disappearing, the Dodgers helped bring the NFL into the mass media era when its October 22, 1939 game against the Philadelphia Eagles was broadcast on television. That was the first NFL broadcast ever. Another historical note: the unusual Dodgers nickname derives from the fact that through the late 1800s and early 1900s, there were so many trolley lines running through Brooklyn that people from that borough were called "trolley dodgers." Naturally, this is also the reason the All-America Football Conference team called the Brooklyn Dodgers, and the baseball Brooklyn Dodgers, both adopted the nickname. Of course, baseball's Dodgers were the first to do so, by decades. Lastly, on the cover is a photo of Frank Kinard, who played for the Dodgers/Tigers and, just to make the whole name thing even more convoluted, played for the New York Yankees of the All-America Football Conference. He was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971. You can learn plenty more about the Brooklyn Dodgers at the website luckyshow.org.
|Vintage Pulp
|Dec 4 2011
Some treasures are more valuable than others, and for us this issue of the African-American tabloid Sepia published this month in 1954 is one of the better jewels we've unearthed. The word "sepia" was used back then as a supposedly hip alternative to "negro," and you may have noticed it in some of the mid-century tabloid pages we've posted. The cover star, actress Vera Francis, is referred to as the Goddess of Fire because of her popular calypso act. Francis had become famous first as a Boston model, then made the leap to Hollywood actress, scoring a bit role in 1953's The President's Lady (though she's not cited in its IMDB entry, we noticed). She later scored a larger role opposite Johnny Weissmuller in 1955's Devil Goddess. The Sepia interview discusses her decision to focus on her singing career because film work—which by the way, she reveals paid $125 a day—was very difficult to come by. In the most circumspect fashion, the profile does not hint at the embedded racism of Hollywood that severely limited roles for black women. That isn't a surprise. The power and allure of Hollywood was such that few would dare to point out its shortcomings—at least if they hoped to work again. Besides the stunning cover (which we'd definitely consider framing if we had a hi-rez canvas print of it) we have four more pages of Vera Francis, plus a centerfold featuring model Maria Piñeda, and as a bonus we even uncovered a promo photo from Devil Goddess. All below.
|The Naked City
|Jun 23 2011
No, Whitey Bulger isn't a thing, but a person. James "Whitey" Bulger, a notorious gangster who had been on the FBI's 10 Most Wanted List for sixteen years and was the template for Jack Nicholson's character in Martin Scorsese's The Departed, was captured last night in Southern California. Bulger had once been leader of an Irish organized crime syndicate called the Winter Hill Gang, and worked for twenty years as an FBI informant in Boston. But he was dropped from the Feds' roster in the early 1990s and dropped out of sight himself in 1995 when his FBI handler John Connolly, Jr. tipped him off that an indictment was coming down. Bulger was arrested yesterday at a Santa Monica apartment complex and now will face a full slate of serious charges—including murder, conspiracy, money laundering, narcotics distribution, and extortion.
|Vintage Pulp
|Aug 30 2010
Above is an August 1962 Master Detective with great cover art of a lady in red being taken into custody, and clearly this isn't a Wall Street bank she works at, because at those taxpayers' money is free for the taking. Since it's getting toward the best part of baseball season over in the U.S., the blurb that intrigued us the most on this cover was the final one, telling us that Tito Francona—father of current Boston Red Sox manager Terry Francona—was somehow involved in solving a murder. We're told that he "belted a homer that led Tucson police to a killer", and we were expecting the story to be some kind of convoluted mystery. But no—the blurb is meant literally. Francona hit a home run during a Cleveland Indians spring training game in Tucson and the ball actually landed next to a body that was hidden in brush beyond the right field wall. The body belonged to a fugitive who was wanted for the murder of his unfaithful wife's lover. He had chosen that unlikely spot to commit suicide by shooting himself. Case solved. So Francona didn't exactly enter stage right and help unravel a Da Vinci Code style puzzle, but the story is still an interesting historical footnote. Baseball is the type of sport where players and fans tend to believe in curses, so maybe a purification ceremony where the body was found would help the Indians finally win a World Series. It's been sixty-two years and counting.
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|Apr 5 2010
In the United States, Major League Baseball's 2010 season opened last night with a couple of games, but today is the first full slate of baseball, and in commemoration we've tracked down a few images of baseballers from the past. We won't identify every player, but we do want to make special mention of a few. In panel two below you see Ty Cobb spiking catcher Paul Kritchell in the nuts. Why? That's just how he rolled. Panel three shows Buck Leonard of the Homestead Grays running out a grounder against the Philadelphia Stars during the 1945 season, and below him is Oscar Charleston. Leonard, Charleston, and Josh Gibson, in panel eleven, are all Negro League players who were inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame way back in the early seventies. Allthree are considered by sports historians to be among the best who ever played their positions, though they never played in the Major Leagues. Lastly, in panel fourteen you see Lefty Grove, one of the great pitchers of his era, frozen in time just before a game, forever young.
We decided to post all these photos because we're basically a history site, and baseball, more than any other American sport, is inextricably bound with the country's history. When you think of Ted Williams, you don't just think of baseball—you think of World War II. When you think of Joe DiMaggio, you think of Marilyn Monroe and her tragic ending. Hank Aaron, chasing a sacred record with grim determination, is part and parcel of the civil rights movement—not for anything he said, but just because that was his place in time. For every era of baseball, the facesconjure moments on the field, but also events far from the confines of the ballpark. This is what makes the boys of summer such a special group. Seasons change, winter inevitably comes, careers and lives end, but their niches in history are secure. Meanwhile these images are a reminder of just how long and wonderful the summer can be. Enjoy the season everyone.


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Director Morten Tyldum's thrilling biopic on the life of inventor Alan Turing (Benedict Cumberbatch) transports the viewer to 1940s Britain during World War II. This historical thriller is propelled forward not only by the startling events of the war, but also through the stellar cast dynamics that bring a level of humanity to its characters.
Turing is part of a team of linguists and mathematicians tasked with breaking the Nazi code that can win the war for Britain. Such a plot sounds like it could be cooked up purely for the big screen, and sometimes it's hard to remember that it is based on historical events. Apart from the progression of the war, the narrative is pushed forward by the relationships between Turing and his coworkers as well as Turing's struggle to come to terms with his own self-identity.
Turing's interactions with his coworkers cannot help but seem a bit Steve Jobs-esque at the film's outset. Turing is the typical misunderstood technology genius who works on his own and pushes away those who don't understand his vision. He belittles his associates, calling them ignorant and unimaginative, and those around him refuse to understand the importance of the machine that Turing slaves over.
But then the tone shifts as Turing's prodigy and later fiancee, Joan, forces him to make amends with the members on his code breaking team. Over the course of the film, this tortured, solitary Churchill-era Steve Jobs morphs into a complex character of increasing depth. The reborn Turing finds himself struggling to acclimate to a team dynamic in scenes rife with well-written British banter. Cumberbatch's depiction of an arrogant, stubborn Turing gains greater sympathy as it is revealed that his character struggled with autism, and that he is very much the product of childhood bullying in a British prep school. As the backstory is slowly peeled away, the audience finds itself emotionally hooked to its misunderstood genius. No longer is Turing only a stubborn and complex punch line, but the product of disability and trauma.
Throughout the film, Turing develops and affinity for the moxie-filled female lead Joan Clarke (Keira Knightley). Clarke battles the male-dominated world of mid-20th century mathematics and defies the odds to prove that women are, in fact, equal to men. While Knightley's storyline does serve a good purpose in emphasizing this important message, it occasionally becomes trapped in cliches. In one scene, a male test proctor states that Clarke is supposed to be applying for a secretarial position when she arrives for her application examination. In the last minute before she is booted from the testing room, Turing swoops in with stern support and tells her to get to work. This sort of easily overcome angst feels rushed and hackneyed, as Clarke is subject to gender discrimination in the scene for just a brief period of time.
Protestant England was not the ideal place to be homosexual in the mid-20th century, and this leads to the film's final and probably most highlighted social theme: homosexuality. While homosexuality does not drive the plot, it does take prominence towards the end of the narrative. Turing is questioned for being gay and knows what the consequences may be if he were to be discovered. And if the audience is aware of Turing's well-known life story, then this build-up brings with it an element of foreshadowing that can cause only sadness and indignation. He is eventually caught for "indecent behavior" and commits suicide, and this bitter conclusion brings to an end the legacy of this brilliant man.
This poignant final message on the struggles of the 20th-century gay community anchors the final third of the film and makes it highly relevant to 21st-century political issues. Gay marriage and gay rights are topics of constant controversy, and this movie attempts to affirm the humanity of its homosexual lead character.
Yes, "Imitation Game's" world of unfairness and cruelty may seem like it is decades away, but in many ways the film turns a mirror on us through its themes of entrepreneurialism, gender equality and gay rights. Visionary entrepreneurial dreams drive our popular culture today, and men like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates rose from the woodwork like Turing to create innovative technology for the world to use. Women are still paid only about three-quarters for every dollar men are paid, and while marriage equality rulings and laws have been springing up throughout the country, the practice is only recognized in 35 out of 50 states. "The Imitation Game" is much more than just an action-packed war movie; it's a film about who we are today and how far we still have to go.


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Johannes Kreidler is documenting a vast assortment of graphic music scores on his http://www.kulturtechno.de/ This is an important catalog for all interested in finding a different voice in compositional construction.
Many of these scores, I have not been exposed to and I have been sharing them with others from his postings. This is great work and a unique service and gesture to all of us interested in our unique path of musical endeavors.
Don't miss his music either. He is a disruptively, radical thinker. He has a game changing mind set which is evocative and essential.


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It's been 100 years since Juliet Lowe first founded Girl Scouts and local Girl Scout Troop 451 will host a celebration.
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Weekly Famitsu revealed today the upcoming collaboration between the classic puzzle games Tetris and Puyo Puyo. So far, it looks as though it will be released in Japan on the 3DS, PSVita, Wii U, and PS3.
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New energies are abounding. And they are of a very high frequency. Which is perfect for working on the within. For integration occurs through the tools of transformation. And through the process of activation. So, we have been gifted with a process to accomplish both. Let the transformation/activation, begin…
Though the following is offered as a meditation. Know that the "reading" of the meditation is all that is necessary. As the process has been designed to act while one reads the information. With the only suggestion, being, to keep "open" and to have a Sacred High Heart centered focus, while reading.
Beloved God in me, I AM. I call forth your presence and ask that this call be made through my Christed Consciousness and from my Sacred High Heart center. That I may bring forth the purity of my truth. I ask that my guides, elementals and angelic representatives know that I am asking that they assist me in my process of self-transformation and activation.
Through the use of my own unique chosen method of transmuting and transcendence, I make the call to clear as much as can be from my four lower bodies (emotional/astral, mental, etheric, physical), of that which I hold that no longer serves. And I ask that this energy be brought back into the purity of its Divine luminescence. That I may add this to the Causal body and gift this to the world, with my chosen expressions, I have come to create.
Let the wisdom and knowing come forth that shows me the futility in beliefs I hold that no longer serve and are not my truth. That I may "let these go" as easily as my exhaled breath. And let this energy transform, once more to the inherent knowing that I already embody, in purity. So that, once more, I realize that ALL is available from within the still silent whispers of my Sacred High Heart.
As I make the call for this transformation and activation, I also ask that my higher chakras begin activating greater amounts of my Light Body. That I may dawn my Divine Luminesce Light Body, so as to integrate and embody, further aspects of Spirit and Soul.
Let this transformation and activation occur as seamless, and in the most benevolent of ways. That I easily see, hear and know that I am embodying greater aspects of Self. And let the reality bring these reflections to me, throughout my without/reality. So, my confidence and strength are ever present and further increased.
Let the greatest amount of activation occur, within my DNA and cellular structure. As I bring forth, more of who I am, let my form be ever in greater and greater resonance and harmony with these higher frequencies. That I may experience a healing and a transformation within ALL of my four lower bodies. Bringing forth the purity of Divine prana, never to be used for human discord.
That ALL of my bodies are in alignment, once more. And I am a clear channel for all that comes to me from the Divine realms, from within. And that I may increase in my knowing and use of my higher senses. All in accord and alignment with Gaia. As Gaia and I ascend, together. For Gaia is integral to my ascension, here and now.
Let my intuition, reign once more. That I may flow through grander and grander expressions, in synchronistic receptivity. That as I receive from my guides and teachers, I may integrate and perpetuate, all that is truth.
Remind me, always, to be present and fully aware, in the ever eternal, now. Let my focus be ever in this eternal now. That I may be beyond the illusions and bounds of time. As eternity is ever present, here and now.
Bring forth greater knowings that transition me into my spiritual path in greater ways. Let my service to others be the fulfilling of my process in joy. Let my Creations be instilled through my passions, peace and power. As I see clearly through others, more of my self. And through this process, I realize, once more, we are all Oneness.
As I know we are all truly One. As I make this call on behalf of myself. I also extend this call to ALL of humanity. Let this call be directed through their own Higher Selves. That all that may be expressed through this call be done so, perfectly through their own Divine timing, known through their own Divine Higher Self's.
I honor my Divine Temple, within throughout and around my entire Being. As I commune more and more with my innate body, in harmony and appreciation. And I express perfection of form, within all of my lower bodies. I express love Divine, to my universe/multiverse, within.
Let this transcendence transform me and activate the highest timeline and expressional experience for us ALL.
So Mote It Be.
Though this meditation is fairly short. Know that the true transformation/activation energies are included and incorporated. And these are the "true" power, behind the reading/meditation.
Transformation and activation energies are those that must be integrated. So, be aware of whatever our senses and feelings bring forth. As these may be brought forth as points of integration and/or release.
And know that release may take the form of either crying, feeling tired, laughing or getting angry. Thus, the proper way to "release" these is to "allow" the emotional state to run its course. And to be in a heart-centered state of Being, even if it is difficult to feel/know. As emotions usually "cloud" our perceptions.
After the emotion has run its course, really seek to make the call to the Soul to bring forth the knowing as to what was being expressed through this process. And inevitably, we will gain some insight and/or intuit why this was brought forth that our Soul and Higher Self chose to reveal to us. Even if not brought forth in absolute clarity, initially, the process is complete. As in time, greater understanding will always come forth.
Though for those that are intellectually inclined, the process may not seem to bring "crystal clear" conscious knowing of what was being "released" and/or "transformed" and/or "activated". Know that the Sacred High Heart and Soul, require a process and release that our everyday conscious persona may not understand. So, just go "with the flow" through the process, without having to "intellectualize" it. Other aspects of Self are at work.
Many of us have been to events or venues in which it was clear to "feel" that energy was being received. And this is our analytical mind, learning what subtle energy feels like. These abilities will increase in everyone.
However, there are times when we go through a process and feel absolutely NO energy. And many times, we "judge" these as being of minor or no consequence. Because, in the "past" we felt great energy at certain venues or activations. Suddenly, when we feel nothing, we "think" we are not receiving.
Know this is what is referred to as "spiritual ego". For in truth, those higher frequency energies that are of/for the Soul and High Heart are the "gentlest" and "subtlest" of energies. Though they be the most "potent" of transformation/activations. Our physical/analytical aspect of Self, will feel very little, if anything. For these energies are so "high" so as to be beyond, perception for most.
A prayer/reflection of gratitude and appreciation as well as Divine Love, should be sent forth to all of our teachers, angels and guides for allowing us this transformational activation. We are told that they know our state of Being is in a vortex of much change. Yes, continual change.
For we are transcending "older" energies of separateness and lack/limitation. And this transcendence/activation transforms these energies anew. Newer, higher frequencies of energies that are of empowerment and Unity Consciousness. Bringing forth the Divine in ALL. Through transitioning from the illusions of times "past" to the ever-present, eternal, here and now.
Passion, power and peace prevail, here and now. As we expand into more of who we are. Integrating and expanding. Dawning Light Bodies. Releasing density that no longer serves. Blessing it for showing us what we are not. For we are Divine Luminesce Ascended Masters in training. Reconstituting the Purity of Oneness.
I Know Who I Am
I Know What I Am
I Know How I Serve
I Am here now, I Am here now, I Am here now
Much Blessings, Love, Light and Life
Gabriel F. Duran


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Q. My wife is a serious Christian and a faithful churchgoer. She is a member of a reverent and active congregation. Her pastor is a man who gave up a lucrative profession to become a priest. My wife receives the Eucharist every Sunday, and she believes fervently in the real presence.
As I understand my own Catholic Church's teaching, the Eucharist my wife receives is invalid because she is an Episcopalian and her priest's ordination is invalid. I have a hard time not believing that Christ is present in the bread and wine consecrated by an Episcopal priest. Jesus is supposed to be present when people gather in his name. Doesn't that apply to my wife's church service? (Lynchburg, Va.)
A. As is commonly known, the Catholic Church recognizes the validity of the sacrament of baptism when it is administered according to many non-Catholic rites — including the Orthodox Church and all the main-line Protestant communities.
When someone from one of those traditions decides to enter the Catholic Church, no "rebaptism" is needed. All that is required is a simple profession of faith and acceptance into the Catholic Church.
With the Eucharist, though, it is a different matter. The sacrament of the Eucharist can be confected only by a priest, and so the validity of the Eucharist depends on the validity of that particular priest's ordination. And here, as you point out, is where the problem occurs.
The position of the Catholic Church is that ordination to the priesthood, according to the Anglican ritual is invalid. (The Episcopal Church is the American branch of the worldwide Anglican Communion.) The history of this position is long and involved, but I will summarize it.
In the late 1800s Pope Leo XIII established a commission to study the question. It concluded that in the 16th century when King Henry VIII broke with Rome, the bishops who first joined him had been Roman Catholic bishops and had clearly been ordained validly.
But under the reign of Henry's son, King Edward VI, the makeup of the Anglican ordination ritual took a decidedly Protestant swing. The intent of the ritual was no longer to confer the sacrament of holy orders as the Catholic Church had viewed it stemming from the time of the apostles. The papal decree "Apostolicae Curae" in 1896 confirmed that position.
In the late 20th century, under the impetus of the ecumenical energy generated by the Second Vatican Council, scholars began to revisit the issue with the encouragement of Pope John Paul II. But after considerable research, no reason could be uncovered for reversing the findings of Leo XIII's time.
In a papal document in 1998 (together with a companion elucidation by the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith), the issue was laid to rest, and the invalidity of Anglican orders was held by the Catholic Church to be a settled matter. (As a corollary to that theological position, today when Anglican clergy wish to become Roman Catholic priests, they are ordained once more in a new ceremony.)
It is important to note that this position on the validity of orders is intended in no way to question the sincerity of Anglicans. God can minister his grace in all sorts of ways and through many channels. I have no doubt that the Lord is touching your wife's life though her participation in the Episcopal liturgy. My inclination would be not to trouble her with deep theological distinctions.
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What makes you feel alive? Maybe it's a long walk with your pup or getting out to the beach before dawn to catch the biggest waves. Maybe it's being truly present with your friends and family or taking a moment to be still with your thoughts.
Just as important as keeping up your physical prowess and mental calm is finding the right foods and drinks that fit your lifestyle. You may have heard the hype behind gut health—and it's true. Your digestive system is teeming with trillions of bacteria and microorganisms that may help support your everyday health. They wear many hats, whether producing beneficial substances for your gut, helping to support digestion, or helping to protect against infection, among other things1.
Taking care of this complex system helps it, in turn, take care of you. So how can you nourish it? Those good bacteria are alive and need to eat. Here are 4 tasty things to try:
Ever tried greek yogurt? It's like plain yogurt's cool older sister. The removal of whey in the straining process means the yogurt is thicker and creamier. It can also be packed with probiotics (check the label to ensure your favorite variety contains these good bacteria) and extremely versatile as an ingredient! Add berries and homemade granola with a dash of honey for breakfast, use it as a substitute for butter when baking (only use half the amount asked for!), or top off your baked potatoes with it instead of sour cream (swear you won't taste a difference).
KeVita Sparkling Probiotic Drinks and Master Brew Kombuchas are Alive Like You™ and are filled with billions of live probiotics and other organic ingredients, and come in a range of flavors. Looking for a spicy kick? Try the Sparkling Probiotic Drink in Lemon Cayenne. Get a taste of summer with Sparkling Probiotic Drink in Mojita™ Lime Coconut. And if you want to take your ginger love to another level, pick up KeVita's Master Brew Kombucha in Ginger. It's a refreshing way to end the day or to have something different and tasty around the house.
Fiber is the backbone of good gut health, and you can get it in so many ways like fruits, veggies, and whole grain pastas or bread. Its composition allows it to move down the digestive system without being completely broken down by the body2. When it arrives at the large intestine, the fiber helps feed the good microbes!
So here's the deal about fermentation: microorganisms like yeast or bacteria eat the available sugar and produce an acid that leaves that sour and funky taste3. Kimchi, sauerkraut, miso, and tempeh are just a few that use this process!†
Whatever you try, remember: consistency is key! Be well. Live well. Drink well.
The information in this article is the opinion of the author(s) and in no way reflects the policies or positions of KeVita. This is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical or nutrition advice.
1 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4528021/
2 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5852598/
3 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5216880/
†The science linking fermented foods to gut bacteria is emerging and more studies are needed.


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Omar Jeffery Pineiro (born May 15, 1997), known professionally as Smokepurpp, is an American rapper hailing from Miami-Dade County, FL.
He was born in Chicago, IL, but his family moved to Florida when he was 3. He started as a producer and before that he did video editing.
His earliest songs on his SoundCloud date back to July of 2015. Popular associated acts include Travis Scott, Lil Pump, and XXXTENTACION.
In 2017 Smokepurpp was signed to Travis Scott's record label, Cactus Jack records.


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This week Theology Pub is getting a super casual setting: the community space at Sunset Pond apartments!
Bring your favorite beverage and enjoy some interesting, helpful dialogue with a small community of unique individuals. We're really welcoming and not high-pressure, so feel free to come check it out.
Location: Sunset Pond apartments community room. Technically the address is 1205 Woodstock Way, but in google maps the correct building is listed 1305 Woodstock Way. Go to the building that is designated on this google map!
Sunset Pond is located directly behind Safeway, off of...surprise! Sunset Rd. If you're driving on Orleans and you PASS Safeway, turn into the apartment right AT the bend in the road that goes 90degrees to the right. The community room is located in the first building on the left.


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By Matthew Lau
Hammond Park Catholic Primary School has farewelled 10 pupils who exemplify the young school's values and ethos.
The maiden batch of pupils graduated on Friday 30 November and are ready to embark on secondary school. Father Dat Vuong celebrated a Mass of thanksgiving in the school's assembly area that afternoon.
"We are not saying goodbye, we are bestowing God's strength upon them as they move on," the Yangebup Parish Priest said.
Later that day, a sundowner took place on the school grounds. The final day for the Year 6 class of 2018 will be on 7 December.
Seven of the 10 graduates will join Emmanuel Catholic College, two for Atwell College, and one will attend Christian Brothers College in Fremantle.
Archbishop Costelloe SDB officially blessed the primary school on 18 November 2014.
Foundation Principal Chris Cully told The eRecord of his delight in seeing how his Hammond Park school has blossomed over the past six years.
"We are very proud of our first graduating group. The school enjoys a good reputation in the community; the school is under the pastoral care of [Yangebup] Parish," he expressed.
"It is an absolute honour in any educator's career to be called by God to accept this responsibility of developing a Catholic community."
To start from scratch to what the school is today, he said, is a huge achievement both for the Church and for the community.
"All of that cannot be achieved unless you have a good team around you – it takes a village to build a school."
Mr Cully ensures Hammond Park Catholic Primary School follows the Archbishop's mandate of being "a good school where Jesus is known, is named, and is present".
The footprint that has been established here gives the place its purpose and value within the community, it is a school where faith is central and religion is not a side-line," he continued.
"It is the very reason we exist. The reason we are called into the community is to guide young people to learn and share in the faith."
Assistant Principal Dr Jacinta Petersen planted the seed for the "Pillar Project" initiative last year, which focusses on four key areas of leadership: Care, Education, Faith, and Future
"Through this project, our graduating Year 6 class of 2018 have demonstrated the virtues such as: compassion, resilience, perseverance, and respect," Dr Petersen said.
Year 5/6 teacher Donna Bathols took up the baton when she came on board earlier this year, guiding her pupils to personify the pillars of this inclusive leadership model.
Those who were not elected as pillar leaders adopted the role of student leadership.
"Each of the students did a project in relation to each of the pillars," Mrs Bathols explained.
"This model moves away from the idea of 'one head boy, one head girl'. I feel it has given them all an opportunity to step up, rather than just a select few."
The primary school staff believe the Pillar Project places graduates in good stead for their future endeavours.
The 2018 Pillars Certificate was awarded to Sneha Joshy who had consistently demonstrated all four pillars in her daily school life at HPCPS.
To further prepare the Year 6s for secondary school life, Hammond Park Catholic Primary School collaborated with Emmanuel Catholic College to form a transitional curriculum in the third and fourth terms of the year as a "rite of passage".
"The close working relationship between Emmanuel Catholic College and ourselves is the most beneficial I have ever experienced," Principal Cully added.


text: Random thought of the day: "You know what? Kimmy Gibbler was actually kind of cool" I used to loathe the fact that I shared the same name as the girl who played Kimmy Gibbler, but you know what? She was pretty righteous. Her snarky and wacky disposition worked for her. So what if she had stinky feet? At least she owned it. Meg WachterFebruary 16, 2011Kimmy Gibbler, The Gibbler, Andrea, Full House, TV, 1990sComment Facebook0 Twitter Tumblr 0 Likes


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But I'm Not a Housewife!Domestic Bliss, Eventually
Archive for Motherhood
You Can't Have It All, Or, You Can Have It All, Just Not At Once
"I just don't believe you can work full time, run a household, raise great kids, and keep your marriage strong without losing your mind along the way. I think something will suffer, either your marriage, your kids, or your sanity….
"Really, what is the point of working so hard toward a career that isn't conducive to raising a family?"
~Darla Shine, Happy Housewives
Thanks for the comment on the Happy Housewives post, Robyn. I've been meaning to explain what I did like about the book and I'll respond to your comment about being honest at the same time.
First, I really do agree with Shine's basic motivations behind writing the book. I also believe a woman is fooling herself if she thinks she can have a demanding career and be an excellent mother to young children at the same time. And I also share the view that it would be awesome if we could remove the stigma attached to staying at home – which has been the legacy of the feminist movement. I just don't love the manner in which she presents these ideas, and the way that she attacks everyone in the process. I don't think there is ever one right way to live life, and I don't think it's anyone's place to tell others that the way they live their lives is wrong. I believe in being honest about one's opinions, but I think there is a difference between the way one speaks in the privacy of her own home and in a public forum. At home, one's close friends and loved ones will understand the difference between venting and making broad generalizations about people who are different from oneself. But, when you are speaking in a public forum you need to be more conscious of how you present your opinions. You can be honest and funny without attacking others.
Now, let me show you what I agree with, and how even then, I think Shine misses valuable points about women in forming the agenda of her book. I agree with the idea that the choice to stay home for our generation of women is difficult and we may not be prepared for how it will make us feel or how we will be treated by others – that's partly the whole point of this blog – coming to terms with what I want out of life as a woman and what I've been raised to believe I want. So, here are the words that come from the most honest and likable side of Darla Shine, in Happy Housewives (emphasis mine):
I left my career to be with my children because I thought I had no other choice, and I was full of resentment. I refused to let myself feel like a housewife. I rejected the idea of motherhood. I told myself it was all temporary, like a criminal sentence – and I was doing my time.
I began to get disconnected from my home and my kids. p. 6
(I relate to this oddity of rejecting traditionally female parts of myself.)
"I feel sorry for all the women out there who are still trying to hold on to this image of being a supermom. It's just impossible. I know that I can't have it all. Something has to give. I've finally let go of my ego, and since then I finally have freedom. I've let go of all the demands and the expectations society put on me to be this perfect woman. I cannot be her, and I choose not to be her. I don't want to work ten hours a day. I don't want to get on the commuter train at 5:00 A.M. in a blizzard. I don't want to break the glass ceiling. I now know exactly what I want. I am desperate no more. I am proud to say I'm a happy housewife." p. 9-10
…. I was full of baloney. I chose to leave work. I wanted to be at home with my son…. I was finally able to admit to myself that I had no intentions of going back to work and that it was time for me to give up that identity. I was a housewife. Why, though, did I feel so ashamed for so long?" p. 21
"I know the answer now. It's because our society has looked down on motherhood as an option for a career. As if it isn't good enough for you to be a mom, to be a housewife. My entire generation of women were raised to be more than housewives. It was engraved into our brains at an early age that we could finally be something. Our sisters before us – oh, and I'm going to talk about them in a bit – opened so many doors for us, and now we were expected to step up. We had to take our places in the workforce. We were expected to be something. Aspiring to be a mom, to get married, was not something we said out loud.
The luxury that our mothers had as girls was that they knew that even though they would go to college, most likely their main goal was to meet a man who could take care of them so they could stay home. I think our mothers were far more fortunate than us. They weren't plagued with this unrealistic burden to be superwomen juggling career, marriage, and family. They knew being home raising a family was the most important job, and they took pride in that.
It's such a shame that society has put this terrible pressure on women – this ridiculous notion that we can work full time, raise a famliy, keep a happy home, and not lose our sanity in the process. p.22
"But my mother never raised me to believe that I could only be a housewife. My parents gave me the confidence to believe that I could be anything I wanted. My father said, 'Go to college, have your career.' My mother said, 'But then go home and raise your babies. You can always go back to work when they get bigger.'
I don't think either of them knew how conflicted I would be. It was easy for my mother to say, 'Hey, go become something and then give it all up to be a mom.' Our mothers have no idea how they have burdened us with liberation and equality (ooh, she gets a lot of flack for that line). It's an enormous responsibility to live up to. It's exhausting. It's a shame that so many of us are still trying to juggle everything, and it's no wonder so many of us are getting desperate int he process.
I'm angry that I wasted so many days of my new baby's life on that emotional roller coaster, struggling with the knowledge that I chose motherhood over my career, conflicted over the fact that I was no longer of value in this society because I wasn't a big career girl. I felt less valuable being 'just a mom.' I was worried that I wouldn't be able to break back into the industry when he got older. Instead of embracing new motherhood, I was worried that I was turning into my mother and that I would never be more than a mother and wife." p. 24
Okay, so it's the common struggle of women today to feel undervalued for being at home with their kids and not working. And kudos to Shine for suggesting that we find creative ways to work part-time from home when our children are older; I believe in broadening our ideas of what a valuable work is. But, I don't think the way to lift up stay-at-home moms is to bash working moms. I was annoyed by her moralistic admonitions about the one true, correct way to do things.
I don't think that all women want to be home bonding with their kitchens. I don't think that all women like making crafts, baking, and cooking. And not all women can afford to stay home full time. In an ideal world, I don't think anyone would deny that children would fair better with their mothers being around much more. But it isn't productive to put down women who have decided that they will not be sane people if they don't work part time. Many good family men admit that, although going to work every day is sometimes grueling and that they wish they could be home with their children more of the time, the truth is, they need their careers for their sanity and their identity. They admit that they would go insane not having a job to go to. But, working full time as a bread winner is a dilemma for men as well as women. I know that my husband will have rough times when he wishes he were home with his wife and children, living life with them and creating memories together, instead of working long hours with strangers. Some women, like men, would go insane if stuck in the home and unable to use their brains, skills, and education. We should not punish women for having the same desires as many men. We should support families with two working parents so that husband and wife together can balance that outside fulfillment with that of raising a family.
At the same time, I agree that we shouldn't assume that women who choose to be at home, do not feel ambiguous about this decision, or are not intelligent women with educations that they hope to use later on in life, when the children are grown. They deserve respect for sacrificing the kind of fulfillment that a career can bring. Maybe some of them have never wanted or dreamed of doing anything except raising a family, but there are many who have to fight the daily feeling that they are missing something vital by being at home. But in supporting the at-home-mothers, let us not put down the working ones. Let us build that system which supports all women and mothers.
My Current Women's Issues Reading Queue
It all started when Mad Men came out (which I immediately loved, loved, loved) and then I randomly found this book on the shelf at my local Library:
A reader review on Amazon.com says it more eloquently than I can at the moment:
If you're not a Feminist, read it anyway., July 25, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Women's Room (Paperback)
French's work is a maddening, beautiful, horrific, and eloquent work of artistry that truthfully tells of women's lives. I recently read it at college (yes, I am Feminist, we'll get that out of the way) and this novel allowed me to find the words to connect the thoughts that had been floating in my own head for years. The point of this novel is not even in its compelling, wonderful plot, it is in the ideas expressed and the intelligence of French's work. I am certainly not a 1950's suburban wife with two children, yet I found pieces of my life in every one of the characters of "The Women's Room." If you can get past the insipid idea that French is claiming all men are oppressive, all women meek or radical, and relationships between the genders are doomed, you'll be a different person, emotionally and intellectually by the time you turn the final page. Read it slowly, savour the language, get angry, cry, laugh, become empowered, and find your own voice with the help of this remarkable novel.
I pretty much agree with everything said above by "A Customer."
I am also reading For Her Own Good, by Barbara Ehrenreich (who wrote Nickel and Dimed) and Deirdre English.
It is an excellent book about the history of women and the rise of the psychological and medical professions along with their "expert" advice to women in the past two centuries. I found out about it because my mom is currently reading it – thanks, mom!
I've also just finished Happy Housewives, by Darla Shine, of the Happy Housewives Club:
I'm dying to post a proper review of this book, because although I mostly enjoyed it and devoured it in one weekend, I had mixed feeling about it. The reviews by readers have been mixed and cite two things of which I was also acutely aware when I read it:
- It is, unfortunately written with the assumption that the reader is an Upper Class American.
- Her holier-than-thou, "judgy, snotty way of referring to those different from herself" writing style was terribly offputting.
More to come on that book.
Finally, these are next books in my reading queue, which I have on order at the public library: