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Featured Services
Fishing Poles
Polebenders - Available to children ages 6-14. This program is made possible by the Ladysmith High School Class of '58, who provides and maintains the fishing Poles. Children sign up for a loaner card and they receive a free tackle box that is theirs to keep. They may check out a fishing pole for one week at a time. They must bring in their loaner cards to get a pole, and they are allowed only one tackle box.
Meeting Rooms
We have three rooms available for community members to use, on a first come-first served basis. There is a minimal charge for the room use, which is to be paid in advance of the event. The links belowprovice further information; if you need greater detail, please call the library at 715-532-2604.
To learn about room rates and standards for using the rooms, click here: http://www.ladysmithpl.org/node/47
To request a room online, click here: http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=RUSK&curapp=rooms
To see what events are booked currently, click here: http://www.eventkeeper.com/code/events.cfm?curOrg=RUSK
We offer free Wifi 24 hours evey day. There is no password needed. It is available in most areas of the building, and can usually be accessed from the parking area in front. The signal is generally stronger in some areas. The basic requirements include a wireless card in your device that can use IEEE 802.11b and 802.11g. Please be aware that the speed may vary.
In order to connect, please follow these basic steps:
Make sure your wireless is turned on, and then browse the available Access Points. Connect to SSID "publiclibrary," as this is the only one that will allow access to the internet. Verify connectivity to internet.
Energy Meter
We have a power check meter available for check-out so that you can determine how much energy your appliances use. There are complete instructions with the kit, and you will learn about the amount of voltage, the electricity cost, and the energy consumption of your appliances.


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The Nike Air Max2 CB '94 gets another updated look. This is the all new Nike Barkley Posite Max. Check out the auction here.
The Nike Barkley Posite Max combines the Nike Air Max2 CB '94 with the Nike Foamposite. Coming in a nice "Aqua" like colorway featuring a black-based nubuck upper with purple Foamposite and teal accenting the sockliner. A glow-in-the-dark outsole finishes these off with "Not A Role Model" written on the bottom along with Barkley logos found on the tongue and back heel. These are set for a limited release in March of 2013 with a retail price of, $235.
Enjoy the images below and expect more information and images as we get into 2013 and closer to their release date. If you're a fan of the Nike Barkley Posite Max and would like to have a pair early, click here to buy them on eBay.

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A Triumph in Cause Marketing
Over the past year, Atlassian has led one of the most successful cause marketing campaigns imaginable with the Atlassian Stimulus Package and follow-on starter license efforts. In less than 9 months, we have raised over $500,000 for a groundbreaking non-profit, Room To Read and added over 12,000 new customers. The net result has been a big boost for Atlassian's market share, competitive position, up-sell revenue and corporate brand. These efforts have also providing a huge morale boost as employees are proud to work for a responsible company.
What's most surprising is that this was our first attempt at Cause Marketing. If you are curious on how we've been able to achieve this succession our first try, here are three ways you can get started with Cause Marketing.
1) Start with Your Values:
The first step is set up your back-bone and define what matters most. If helping out social causes really matters to you, then take the first step to let it be known in your company's mission statement and values. Put your money where your mouth is and state it as part of your company identity. Atlassian's values have been drafted in a way that makes Cause Marketing come natural. One of our five values is to "Build with balance and heart". In being balanced and listening to our hearts, our founders set up a program to donate 1% of all revenue and employee hours to the Atlassian Foundation. Because this value is clearly established, the generosity required for Cause Marketing comes natural.
2) Pick Your Causes:
Even before you have a marketing campaign in mind, have your company listen to it's heart. If you have a team collaboration product like our Confluence wiki, you can engage in a company wide conversation around local or global causes that people want to contribute to. For Atlassian, selecting 'Room to Read' as the recipient for the proceeds of our Atlassian Stimulus Package because our founders had already done their research and had already donated to them. You never know when your next great marketing idea will arise, so why not be prepared with a Cause Marketing beneficiary in mind.
3) Start Giving Today
Giving is infectious, so when folks in your organization see that corporate giving is condoned and recognized, they will become your greatest source of Cause Marketing ideas. Even when Atlassian was too small to have profits to donate, the founders started with the idea that community organizations who don't have an IT budget shouldn't have to pay. That one small decision has blossomed to the point where Atlassian has given away over 5,000 free community licenses to non-profits and Open Source projects. Your inspiration to begin with even the smallest gifts can have the same impact.
By following the fundamentals of these three ideas, your foundation is set for executing a hyper-successful cause marketing campaign like the Atlassian Stimulus Package. What are your suggestions on building a solid Cause Marketing campaign?


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2010 News Stories
2010 Program News
9 November 2010 Recap - The Last Full Day
Travel Day, 28 October 2010, Everyone is headed to the OTC
Rehoboth Beach, Delaware - Recap
Certificate of Partnership between U.S. and Macedonian Olympic Committee
FYE students, international coaches come together
U.S. Olympic Committee Partners with University of Delaware, International Olympic Committee's Olympic Solidarity to Produce International Coaching Enrichment Certification Program
USOC, UD continue partnership to train international coaches
31 October 2010 Recap
Today was Halloween and the ICECP participants were in for a scare. The journey to Pikes Peak began at 10:30 in the morning. The United States Olympic Committee bus arrived outside the complex and gathered the twenty one coaches. Upon retrieving the tickets for the cog railroad the group made their way down the stairs to the café to gather their lunches. Everyone was allowed to board the cog at 11:40 am to prepare for the noon take off. On the way up the mountain the conductor constantly informed the members, riding the train, of facts about the mountain and all the sites they were going to see.
Once arriving on the mountain it was clear that the temperature difference at the top of the mountain was much lower than the bottom of the mountain. Everyone was blown away by the scenery. They viewed Colorado Springs from above, the Rocky Mountains (snow on the mountains afar), lakes, desert, Kansas and much more. Many participants realized that they had to pace themselves while walking on the mountain due to the risk of lightheadedness afterwards. At 3:00 p.m the cog made its way back down the mountain. The participants were tired after the overwhelming afternoon and raced to their rooms to get some rest.
The group met up at night and participated in different activities such as: ping pong, pool and poker (non-betting). The participants are intrigued about a table tennis tournament that was created tonight that will involve two teams competing against one another. The group with the most points will be declared the winner at the end of the night.


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Apple News is the long-awaited replacement for Newsstand that landed with iOS 9 last year. It's a simple news app that displays content from a host of big-name publications, allowing users to read stories from right inside the app. Unfortunately, it seems that Apple has been failing to keep track of whether anyone's really using it.
Knowing how many people read a particular story is a vital function for publishers, especially when evaluating a new platform that pushes valuable content. So it's worrying that Apple's Eddy Cue has told the Wall Street Journal that, right now, neither Apple nor publishers know how many readers they have.
The fault has apparently been 'overlooked' during the building of Apple News, an unfortunate mistake that Apple is working to rectify. In the meantime, Cue has revealed that 40 million people have used the app since its inception in September. That's a big number, but without knowing how many of those users are regularly reading stories, it's impossible to say whether Apple News is the future of content, or just Apple's latest one-year fling with an idea.
Do you use Apple's news-dishing application regularly? Or has it sat unopened in your phone for most of its life so far? [Wall Street Journal]
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Podcast Recommendations
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I'm really trying to focus on listening comprehension, so I recently started getting more and more podcasts off itunes. I currently have 4.5 days (108 hours) of unlistened podcasts.
There were others that I tried out, but I don't remember their names. Most of them spent too much time talking in Mandarin, or the audio quality was poor. Here are the ones I've been listening to and watching:
SBS Cantonese – this I mostly play in the background. I only actively listen to the cooking shows or children's stories
動漫廢物 – this one I only recently discovered, but they seem very animated so it holds my interest. Every episode is 30+ minutes.
香港電台:一潮天子 – these are all about 5 to 10 minutes. They remind of Loveline
香港電台:人民人情 – although these are 2 minutes, the first 45 seconds is wasted on the introduction. The rest is still useful since they are trying to introduce vocabulary words and they explain a little bit about the topic
香港電台:空中結緣 – seem to be a collection of stories, and there are a lot of them, and they are each 55 minutes long, so lots of material that is easy to understand
香港電台:HONG KONG.300 – short technology-related videos
香港電台:天下父母經-牛爸爸講古 – some quick children's cartoons
香港電台:有房出租 – a new TV show that focuses on a house full of renters, I found it somewhat funny but I didn't understand everything that was going on


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Drinking Game
Take a Drink: for Gadget use
Take a Drink: for every reference of nuclear mumbo-jumbo by Christmas Jones
Do a Shot: for puns and/or double entendres (double it for bad ones)
Do a Shot: whenever visibly Bond tempts a girl (double it when he gets her into bed)
Community Review
Movie Review
By: Oberst Von Berauscht (Four Beers) –
Superspy James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) returns, this time spurred on by the death of wealthy industrialist Sir Robert King, whose murder took place inside the headquarters of British Intelligence agency MI6. The man responsible for the attack is Renard (Robbie Coltrane), a terrorist who cannot feel pain. Renard has set out against King's daughter Elektra (Sophie Marceau), who has continued her father's oil pipeline work in Azerbaijan. As Bond investigates, he uncovers that not everyone is who they say they are, and a plot involving nuclear weapons soon threatens the future of the industrialized world.
A Toast
There is much to admire in TWINE, first of all; the extended opening prologue is a spectacular amount of fun, mixing high suspense and action with a great deal of the campy Bond moments that exemplify the series. Director Michael Apted brings the action scenes to the forefront in this film, with numerous practical stunts, all well shot.
For his part, Pierce Brosnan continues to carry the Bond character strongly, evoking strength, sensitivity, charm, and above all "coolness" with equal measure. The supporting cast, which includes Judi Dench, Robbie Coltrane, Robert Carlyle, and Sophie Marceau, is solid (with a single exception that I'll talk about later).
Beer Two
The avalanche-proofed jacket is just one of many Bond gadgets which get reverse-engineered into the story. There is absolutely no motivation for MI6 giving this jacket to Bond, other than knowing in advance that he would decide to go on a romantic mountain skiing excursion which has no bearing on the plot. The best kinds of Bond gadgets are the ones that seem like something useful for more than just one very specific and unlikely purpose.
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In the late 1990s, Denise Richards seemed the perfect choice to play Bond Girl "Christmas Jones"… that is until audiences saw her performance. Richards has never been particularly skillful, and while acting chops have never historically been "required" to play a Bond Girl, the display put on by this film was simply disastrous. Why was she chosen remains a mystery…
Beer Four
The ultimate goal of the terrorist Renard to cause a meltdown in a Nuclear Submarine to irradiate Istanbul is the perfect kind of scheme that a Bond Villain is supposed to attempt. However, this is undercut by a third act reveal that the motivation for the whole thing is petty revenge.
Some solid James Bond action is weakened by a disappointingly limp finish, and in Denise Richards- the worst Bond Girl of all time.


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Story of the day
Smoked Zucchini Flower served with its own Mustard
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A gourmet vegan dish prepared by chef Antonia Klugmann for 'The Vegetarian Chance' contest: a zucchini based recipe, served with its own mustard.
- Zucchini flowers 2, with their pistils removed
- Mallow 4 full blown flower
- Wood sorrel 16 leaves
- Salt Piran, hand-harvested, to taste
- Mustard 2 teaspoons of home-made
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For the mustard
Soak two types of mustard seeds in water for two days until they swell.
Whip up the mustard in a blender together with extra virgin olive oil, a small quantity of apple vinegar and one teaspoon of honey.
For the flower
Cook the hard part of the zucchini flowers in boiling water, taking care to keep the tender orange part out of the water.
Cold smoke the flowers and dress them with the mallow flowers, the wood sorrel leaves, salt, oil and mustard.


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We, the Instrumental Music team here at Vermont Secondary College are excited to be able to offer your child the opportunity to be involved in our outstanding Music Program which has an excellent reputation both within the local community and the State.
We believe all children can benefit from learning an instrument and we will endeavor to provide the environment under which every new student to the school can explore their potential. Our aim is to enhance and challenge our students to improve on their theoretical and practical skills with both a weekly Instrumental Music lessons as well as a place in one or more of our many Ensemble groups. We aim to nurture creativity and encourage a positive and fun learning experience for students at all levels.
This program is an Optional Education Item payable in advance and if you want your child to participate you will need to return the Instrumental and Vocal Music Program Enrollment Form.
Our program has a long history of both community based events and affiliations which give our students the fantastic opportunity to perform throughout the year for various events around the local community and inner Melbourne.
Students may learn any of the following instruments:
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When students have gained a reasonable level of proficiency they are included as members of Orchestral Groups, Bands and Choirs. These groups perform at competitions, College assemblies, concerts and other musical functions throughout the year.
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This thing is awesome. It's from a now extinct archive. The concept was one of an Angry Garden Gnome who blogged. He needed a logo. The form is of a lower case Times New Roman g. g is for Gnome. Horns were added where the proper ear of the g would be, and to its left to make the pair. The horns are for the Angry. The Angry Garden Gnome blogged on the site onespeeder.com. To this, the logo sports the O and the S of OneSpeeder in its form. The O is on top of the S in the shape.
This ultimately makes incredible sense and the creative relational design stands well over time. There's plenty of meaningful depth in it's curves, hidden behind obvious form. Because of it's timeless nature, we have encouraged the Angry Garden Gnome to revive his writing. He has not written back to us. How Gnome of him.


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For press inquiries, please contact Sara Katzoff
sara [at] bazaarproductions.org (413) 418-4113
For press inquiries, please contact Sara Katzoff
Press Photos
Press Releases
Kickwheel's Climate Change Romance, PASSAGE to Premiere This July
Pittsfield, MA—Kickwheel Ensemble Theater (the creative arm of The Berkshire Fringe) is in the midst
of devising a new play that will premiere in the Berkshires with a limited run of performances at Shire
City Sanctuary July 27th–31st.
Merging original text, music, researched accounts and fantastical imagery, PASSAGE weaves together
two parallel storylines of survival: the tale of Sir John Franklin's doomed 19th expedition to conquer the
famed Northwest Passage and the story of a modern day couple on a luxury wellness cruise through the
now melting arctic...
Press Articles
A Fringe That Isn't Downtown, but Up in the Hills
The Berkshire Fringe has quickly become a respected fixture on the landscape here, drawing praise from local newspaper theater critics and respect for its grit... "We knew we wanted to do the Fringe in the Berkshires because we thought the festival would add something fresh to the landscape and because we thought the Berkshires hadn't fully developed as a place where emerging artists could have a voice," Ms. Katzoff said.
Summer With a Fringe on Top
The trio founded the festival two years ago to make an artistic mark they felt they'd be unable to achieve in the city, where expenses are high, space is hard to find, and hundreds of similar projects (including the New York Fringe Festival) already exist.
"We wanted something that wasn't like anything else in the Berkshires," Ms. Katzoff said at a fund-raiser for the festival Monday at the Lascano Gallery here. "We're hoping the festival is a new way for people to explore new ideas."
Three for Three
The Berkshire Fringe Festival is on its way to becoming a fixture of the summer arts scene. This year, energetic co-directors Sara Katzoff, Timothy Ryan Olson and Peter Wise unveil their third annual festival, which runs from July 17 through August 5 at Simon's Rock College in Great Barrington, Mass. On offer? Three weeks of siz shows, plus special events including a staging of Suzan-Lori Parks' 365 Days, 365 Plays—by Katzoff, Olson and Wise's own production company, Bazaar Productions—and readying of new works by local young writers from a brand-new playwriting mentorship program called EarlyStages.


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Well I don't know how often I will update this seeing it can go up toa month between my drawings.. but I thought this would help me to draw abit more often and also it will allow me to post stuff thats jsut for training, didn't utrn out that great, etc.. you know how it goes... anyway only got one recent to post now, I'll update more later.
Just a sketch for my uni application work skills test (yes I'm quite aware that there are extremly small chances for me getting in). I was supposed to do 3 drawings of a situation where I've felt a lack of time/stress, this is one of them, I was trying to capture the feeling of having an enormus amount of work (or homework) to do and well yea... not sure how well I sucseeded though.
PS: THoose annoying spots on there is dust in my scanner.. I have no clue how to clean it out (one of thoose annoying multi machines (Lexmark X1130)) so if you know how to do it please let me know cause it's under the glass ><


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Does the First Amendment protect obscenity?
The Supreme Court has never interpreted freedom of speech to include obscenity, which is generally considered to fall outside the protection of the First Amendment. But the debate over what constitutes obscenity and how it should be regulated has long troubled Americans.
LINDA: Obscenity isn't just offensive. It can be dangerous, especially to women. Pornography threatens women and children, with who-knows-what monster lurking out there on the streets. If the government were doing its job to protect its citizens, then pornography would be against the law.
JOHN: The first amendment protects the right to all expression, whether or not you happen to like what other people have to say.
LINDA: Oh, come on. Everyone knows the difference between pornography and free expression.
JOHN: Well if it's so obvious why do we need the Supreme Court to sort these cases out?
LINDA: Because of people like you who start crying about the First Amendment whenever some two-bit pornographer gets shut down! The First Amendment was designed to protect the freedom to express political views and opinions. Pornography has nothing to do with the First Amendment.
JOHN: It is a form of expression, and in this country we protect all kinds of expression, even when we don't like what's being expressed. Because what we are really protecting isn't words or images…it's freedom!
LINDA: Come on, you know there are all sorts of things we're not allowed to do or say. The Supreme Court says plainly that obscene material doesn't get First Amendment protection.
JOHN: But what's "obscene"? The Court doesn't really say what makes something obscene.
LINDA: Pornography degrades women, encourages violence against women, exploits the weakest members of society and puts children in danger. Am I getting close?
JOHN: Look, there are plenty of books out there that demean women - even "great works of literature." What about movies and TV shows that glamorize guns and violence? Or comedians who use foul language. Where do you draw the line?
LINDA: There have always been obscenity laws in America. You don't really have to define it. The government should just draw the line where good sense says you should draw the line.
JOHN: Well, I guess I'm just a lot more comfortable with the people using their own good sense than I am with the government trying to be everybody's conscience.
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Halo 4 players who love Mountain Dew and Doritos chips are going to have an edge once the next Halo game launches in Nov., as the soda company is once again teaming up with Microsoft to give players double the in-game experience for purchasing Mountain Dew products.
You can even start accruing double XP games now, and they'll be unlocked when Halo 4 launches next month. All you have to do is register at dewxp.com, then input codes from specially marked bags of Doritos and 20-ounce bottles of Mountain Dew.
In addition, Mountan Dew's cherry citrus-flavored Mtn Dew Game Fuel soda is back this year to give more players the energy they'll need to play Halo 4 for all of those action-filled hours. Where do we sign?
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Published by Razorbill on January 26th 2016
Genres: Young Adult, Science Fiction, Contemporary
Pages: 390
Amazon ♡ Chapters ♡ TBD
Natalie Cleary must risk her future and leap blindly into a vast unknown for the chance to build a new world with the boy she loves.
Natalie's last summer in her small Kentucky hometown is off to a magical start…until she starts seeing the "wrong things." They're just momentary glimpses at first—her front door is red instead of its usual green, there's a pre-school where the garden store should be. But then her whole town disappears for hours, fading away into rolling hills and grazing buffalo, and Nat knows something isn't right.
That's when she gets a visit from the kind but mysterious apparition she calls "Grandmother," who tells her: "You have three months to save him." The next night, under the stadium lights of the high school football field, she meets a beautiful boy named Beau, and it's as if time just stops and nothing exists. Nothing, except Natalie and Beau.
Emily Henry's stunning debut novel is Friday Night Lights meets The Time Traveler's Wife, and perfectly captures those bittersweet months after high school, when we dream not only of the future, but of all the roads and paths we've left untaken.
We gave a quick shoutout to FairyLoot, a new YA monthly subscription box launching next month from the UK (but shipping internationally)! Go check it out!
THE LOVE THAT SPLIT THE WORLD is a genre bending Young Adult novel that we mostly enjoyed. All three of us really liked the creation and Native American stories that were woven into the narrative, as we found that aspect unique and a creative way to move the plot forward. Also, they were generally interesting to read and made for the most interesting part of the novel. Jamie really liked that they foreshadowed what was to happen in the rest of the story; Dani did not like that their purpose seemingly changed at the end of THE LOVE THAT SPLIT THE WORLD from being informative to being "preachy." (See the spoiler discussion at the end for why.)
Where Jamie and Dani heavily connected to Natalie, the main character, as she was searching for a place of belonging and wanted to figure out who she was – things both girls struggled with in high school and into the present – Iris found her hard to relate to. This was the main issue for Iris, as she usually loves character driven stories, but because she couldn't connect to Natalie, she found herself bored and not enjoying the actual reading process. Jamie and Dani both agree that it could be hard to connect to Natalie if you did not have the same identity issues, especially in high school. As both girls went to relatively small high schools that were heavily focused on sports (Jamie's high school put particular emphasis on football), it was easy to relate to Natalie and her high school experience, which made it easy to immerse themselves in the story.
All three of us were torn on the romance in THE LOVE THAT SPLIT THE WORLD, as Dani was #obsessed with Natalie and Beau, whereas Iris enjoyed them as a couple but wasn't necessarily "rooting" for them to get together, and Jamie was rolling her eyes every time they were together on the page. Jamie would have been more supportive of the relationship had it been a slow and gradual buildup rather than being instantly in love with one another. This is pretty typical of how the three girls read and enjoy the romance in their stories.
Iris thought THE LOVE THAT SPLIT THE WOLRD's pacing and the story were slow and a tad boring, which Dani and Jamie understand, even though they enjoyed it themselves. For a book that has "Science Fiction" as one of its genres, there is no action – this is a character and romance driven novel. Dani and Jamie were both left dissatisfied with the ending as they wanted something more out of the final conclusion. In our video, Dani pleads for someone to write her a bit of an epilogue. All three of us agreed that Henry's writing was beautiful and lyrical without being "purple prose," and we found the novel easy to read.
THE LOVE THAT SPLIT THE WORLD is a nostalgic novel that will transport you back to when you experienced your first real taste of freedom, that first breath of fresh air, that first sigh of relief – the summer after high school. It depicts small town life in a way that is both romanticized and realistic, which is typical for actual small town life. Henry's debut is one that spans across dimensions and deserves all the praise it has received.
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Let's take a moment to talk about that ending, specifically why Dani thought it was preachy and Jamie didn't. After finishing the recording of the video, the two of us continued talking, and it came to light that we had interpreted the ending differently.View Spoiler »The end scene was told in a story form, similar to Grandmother's other tales. It was about a girl and her ghost boyfriend, referring abstractly to Natalie and Beau. In this story, the girl chooses to trade her life in for her boyfriend's because she loves him. Love (as in capital letter Love) then stops her before she can kill herself and says it can see how much love she feels, says it's enough and lets both live.
Dani thought this was a retelling of the Binding of Isaac story from earlier in the book, where Abraham almost sacrifices his son Isaac until God stops him, saying his love and trust in God is enough. On the other hand, Jamie believed it to be connected to the story of the girl who jumped through the hole below the tree and created a new world. Because Dani thought of the biblical story automatically, she was left unsettled, as the book went from being filled with interesting stories to being religious in her mind, something she doesn't particularly enjoy in a book. However, while she still sees the connection with Abraham's sacrifice, she can also see Jamie's interpretation, which has helped her come to terms a bit more with the end.
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What did you think? Let us know in the comments, making sure to preface any spoilery comments with "SPOILER DISCUSSION".
- Could you connect with Natalie?
- What do you miss most about high school? If you're still in high school (you young whippersnapper, you), what do you think you'll miss most?
- Could you feel the romance?
- Did you like Grandmother's stories? Which was your favourite?
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After withdrawing his rezoning and special-exception applications last week on a property at 12625 Lee Hwy. owned by his Culpeper-based Commercial Yates LLC, Greg Yates has not revealed any alternative plan for the building that now houses Mountainside Physical Therapy and Ginger Hill Antiques.
Spokespersons for both businesses meanwhile said last week it was never Yates' plan for the existing tenants to leave the building. "Also," one of them pointed out, "he was at the planning commission meeting, although he did not speak." (The News incorrectly reported that Yates did not attend the public hearing.)
In a brief meeting, Washington attorney Taylor Odom, who represented Yates in the application before the county planning commission last month, declined to comment on why Yates withdrew his applications or his plans for the property and deferred further questions to Yates. Yates did not respond to an email request for information.
Several of the artists who maintain studios in the River District Arts building in Sperryville revealed at a public meeting with the Rappahannock News staff on May 26 they had been talking to Yates about relocating at least some part of the studio and gallery operation to Yates' Lee Highway building. However, artists familiar with the negotiations to sell RDA have said it is unlikely they will move to Yates's building. RDA closed to the public June 1 and the artists have been given until July 1 to be out of the building. (Another offer for the RDA building is pending.)
Yates's applications aimed to remove proffers on the property housing Mountainside and Ginger Hill, essentially a rezoning request that would allow storage areas inside the building, and to seek a special-exception permit to allow up to 250 self-storage units in the vacant hillside behind the building.
At a the planning commission's public hearing May 25, several residents of Clark Lane, which is adjacent to the property, and others spoke in opposition to the applications; the commission voted to recommend the proffers request be denied by the board of supervisors, but chose not to hear the special exception permit case.
Alvin Henry, Hampton district representative on the planning commission, said by phone this week: "I think that Mr. Yates probably learned a lot from the planning commission meeting and I think he'll probably go back and study what is a permitted use under the proffers and will find a use suitable for the site and the surrounding neighbors that hopefully works for everyone."


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Out this week is the news that yet another study has shown that waist measurement, as opposed to weight, is the most important guide to health and longevity.
Researchers have come up with a simple formula to deduce how long a person will live for, and how many years you will lose if you are overweight. Measure your waist (without breathing in). If this measurement is half your height or less than you should live to the average life expectancy of 81 in the UK. However, every inch that you are over will represent time that you will have cut off your life. So if a 30 year old man who is 5'10'' has a waist measurement of 35 inches then he will be likely to live to the age of 81. But, if his waist is 42 inches than his life expectancy drops by 1.7 years. As people get closer to obesity, so the equation becomes more harsh. If the same man has a waist of 56 inches then he loses 20 years, dying at the age of 61.
The research by the Cass Business School in London was based on the medical records of 300,000 adults over 20 years. A high waist circumference is also considered to be a useful indicator of high cholesterol, probability of suffering from diabetes and a higher likelihood of heart disease.
Ongoing assessments with a DDW personal trainer includes body fat %, waist to height measurements and of course structured exercise coupled with healthy eating. This will ensure that you go well past the average 81!!


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Ellen M. (Andersen) LaMura, 71, died Sunday, December 24, 2017, at UMass Memorial Medical Center – Memorial Campus, after a long illness. She is survived by two sons, Jeffrey B. LaMura and his wife Cheryl of Wake Forest, NC, and Scott W. LaMura of San Francisco, CA; two sisters, Judy A. Heist and her husband Richard of Dudley, and Beverly Burnham of Naples, FL; her grandson, Evan S. LaMura of Wake Forest, NC; her former husband, Nicholas "Ken" LaMura of The Villages, FL; and two nieces and a nephew, Robin, Tracy, and Dale. She was predeceased by a sister, Marilyn Wall who died in 1976. She was born in Worcester, daughter of the late C. Willis and Helena B. (Angies) Andersen, and lived in Holden before moving to Auburn in 1991. She graduated from Commerce High School in Worcester in 1964, received an associate's degree from Anna Maria College, and received a bachelor's degree from Worcester State College in 1980.
Mrs. LaMura was a medical technologist at UMass Memorial Medical Center (both the University and Memorial Campuses) for 30 years. Her passion was golfing and she played in various women's leagues over the years. She was a founding member of Sterling Country Club in Sterling, and a member at Pleasant Valley Country Club in Sutton and Highfields Country Club in Grafton. She was a member of the Auburn Elks, was an avid Red Sox and Patriots fan, and enjoyed vacationing in Wellfleet.
Memorial calling hours are Thursday, January 11, 2018, from 4-7 p.m. at Paradis-Givner Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oxford. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, January 12, 2018, at the funeral home. Burial will follow at All Faiths Cemetery in Worcester. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the South Worcester Neighborhood Center, Attn: Ron Charette, 47 Camp St., Worcester, MA 01603, or to a charity of your choice.


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Wednesday, 26 June 2019
The Department sadly announces the passing away of Emeritus Professor Dee Bradshaw after a courageous battle with cancer
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Western Cape takes top learner place in Minquiz 2017
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Universities and subjects at universities worldwide are ranked. One of the ranking system Shanghai Ranking. Mining and Mineral Engineering at UCT has been ranked #8 in the world.
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Congratulations to Professor Dave Deglon on been elected a Fellow of the South African Academy of Engineering. Professor Deglon currently holds the Anglo American Platinum Chair in Minerals Processing and is the Director of the Centre for Minerals Research. This is a worthy tribute to his many achievements throughout his career. Well done Dave.
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Merchandise featuring the Chicago Bears logo includes apparel, collectibles, novelties and assorted textile products. Nearly any piece of clothing, from undergarments to hats, is available with the Bears' logo. Replica jerseys are among the most popular items, and they come in men's, women's and children's sizes. As of 2014, the Bears ranked seventh in overall merchandise sales.
Originally named the Decatur Staleys, the team's title and hometown were changed by its second owner, George Halas, in 1922. Adopted the same year, the original team logo was a black bear atop a football. The team colors, orange and blue, were inspired by the owner's alma mater, the University of Illinois. In 1964, the Bears adopted the iconic stylized "C," representing Chicago. In 1974, a slight modification was made to the "C" as the color changed from white to orange with white trim. The Bears logo is among the most recognizable in the NFL.
Merchandise sales revenue is shared between 31 of the NFL's 32 teams, the Dallas Cowboys being the sole team to opt out. These sales only represent a portion of the leagues overall revenue though. The majority of leagues' shared 2014 revenue of $7.3 billion comes from exclusive TV deals with networks and cable providers.


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According to an article by the Huffington Post, "When Australia passed a parental leave law in 2010, it left the U.S. as the only industrialized nation not to mandate paid leave for mothers of newborns. Most of the rest of the world has paid maternity leave policies, too; Lesotho, Swaziland and Papua New Guinea are the only other countries that do not. Many countries give new fathers paid time off as well or allow parents to share paid leave.
New parents in the U.S. are guaranteed their jobs for 12 weeks after the arrival of a new baby, thanks to the Family Medical Leave Act of 1993, but they do not have to be paid during that time and exemptions apply for small companies. Only about 16 percent of employers offer fully paid maternity leave and many families take on significant debt or turn to public assistance around the birth of a child."
Is it just me or is this completely crazy? Why at most places of work is pregnancy considered an 'illness' which requires you to use short term disability and get paid for only a portion of your time off (and that's even if you have and qualified for short term disability!) or like many new moms, being off without any pay but your saved up vacation days?!
I don't understand how in the 'land of the free' we can be so restricting when it comes to this. Yes, this leave is to spend time with our newborn child(ren) but that in itself is more of a job than any other 9 to 5 place of employment. You don't get to clock in, take an hour lunch and clock out. Ha! You're lucky if you any food in throughout the day. So yes, we are working…we are RAISING A CHILD. We are KEEPING A HUMAN BEING ALIVE. And we are doing it 24 hours a day, 7 days a week not 5 days a week, 8 hours a day (I realize others work more but I'm using the typical 40-hour work week). We are child care providers and we deserve to be paid during this time! We are not at home laying around on the couch, watching Real Housewives and shopping online all day. We are feeding, changing, monitoring, cleaning and doing everything that requires our complete and utter attention, care, responsibility and love for this new person in our family.
I am pretty sure that motherhood is said to be the most difficult and under appreciated job and this is a great video that proves it:
Another favorite of mine is also this one:
Employers in the United States…WAKE UP! Do you have a mom? Because I'm sure you do (living or deceased). And did that mom take care of you? I'm sure she did. She raised you when women stayed home and fulfilled their role as the housewives. Now women work and when we need to be home for the first precious weeks of our child's lives, we deserve to be paid for that time we are away from our 'other' job.
I really hope in the near future things change with regards to maternity leave because the beautiful miracle of birth shouldn't ever be considered an 'illness'.


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Saturday, March 15, 2008
Continuing adventures in Ceramics
Two more color designs were attempted over the last few days. One of the color designs, Antiqued Sponged Paint is very effective. It is done using a soft taupe color lightly sponged over the background using a torn sea sponge. Very, very thin green is sponged very lightly over the leaves both at the top and bottom and the bird's body. Very thin red is sponged over the flowers, top and bottom and the throat of the bird. These colors are so thin that the result is a subtle, old finish. After bisque firing, the detail is scrubbed with thinned French Brown paint that is wiped away after drying, leaving color only in the detail. The other, Full Color - Light design is achieved using soft, lifelike colors. Green and yellow green on the leaves, deeper green on the bird, and neon red for the throat and flowers. It is a bit.... Hum... not exactly weak, just maybe a bit uninspiring or ordinary. All of the vases are glazed with clear, high gloss, food safe glaze.
Trying to come up with excellent designs that will fit into the variety of homes and personal taste is a bit daunting. However, have paint, will continue to try until satisfied.
A couple of days ago I sent an email to friends and family asking for their input on the colors. So far the Monochromatic Antiqued Purple, Snow White vase (with or without mother of pearl) and the Decorator Deep Tone colored vase with deep green/black background vases are the favorites. It has been fun hearing from all of them. They are very helpful, sharing what they liked or didn't like. Some even have sent ideas for the products that they would like to see. What started as a simple design before tackling the big design (6" flower pot with bunnies) has turned into a list for an entire line of hummingbird products.
It's funny how a small idea like a bud vase can grow into a large line of products.
Some of the ideas are - handles for serving pieces, kitchen cabinet door knobs and pulls; teacup or bowl; teapot; a lidded box and or jars; picture frames; light switch covers; bath accessories etc. And, of course, all of these ideas will start with sculptures made of polymer clay.
Having successfully cast a number of bud vases, we made a master mold of the bud vase mold so that we can easily make molds in the future. It's made of urethane rubber and will flex to release the molded parts.
We have been very busy in all parts of the creation of original ceramic molds, from the original sculpture, mold box, plaster casting, drying and cleaning the mold, pouring the part, cleaning and firing and finally, color and glaze finishing.
The molds are made of a special pottery plaster that needs to be smooth when poured. No matter how hard you try to get the bubbles out, the mold needs to be tapped or shaken to cause any air bubbles in the mix to rise to the top. After banging molds on the kitchen counter, making an unbelievable mess, Joe decided to build a shaker table. Using eight big bolts, sixteen big nuts and washers, four really, really big springs, an old vibrator motor and scrap lumber, he put together a shaker table. So far, he thinks it needs a bigger motor. (How very guy like.) It is helping to make smoother, bubble free casts.
If you have never made a ceramic mold, here is a Reader's Digest description.
To make a two or three part mold, the originals have to be buried in solid clay that is built up to the parting line. The hardest part of the entire thing for me is finding the parting line. It is the most frustrating part and takes the most time. Joe makes our mold boxes of wood. They are screwed together so that they can be easily taken apart and put back together easily. I clay up the baked polymer clay parts using ceramic sculpting clay, the kind used on a pottery wheel. The cracks in the wooden mold box are sealed with this same clay and the whole thing is given a spray of Original Pam.
The pottery plaster is mixed and poured into the mold, then the mold is taken to the shaker table to remove air bubbles. Then it is set aside to allow the plaster to set. This takes about an hour.
After the first part of the mold is set, the mold box is taken apart, the pottery clay is carefully removed from the polymer clay original parts that are now partly buried in the solid plaster. The parts and plaster are cleaned, and the box is put together again around the mold, corners sealed, sprayed with pam and plaster is mixed and poured again. Whew!!
The picture to the right shows three views of the vase, showing the three dimensional designs on the vase.
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As memories of that 10-game unbeaten run begin to fade you can forgive Chris Hughton for taking a nervous glance over his shoulder. Having looked relatively safe after that blistering autumn run Norwich find themselves perilously perched just four places and six points above the Premier League drop zone. While they still hold the accolade of being the last English side to beat Manchester United the Canaries have yet to record a top-flight victory in 2013 with three consecutive draws highlighting their recent struggle. In fact it's been nine matches since they tasted league success and Hughton will need to utilise the managerial prowess that saw him succeed in the face of adversity at Newcastle and Birmingham. Drawing goals out of January signing Luciano Becchio will be first on his agenda with games against Southampton, Wigan and Sunderland on the horizon and he'll hope the Argentinian can notch his first for the club against Everton.
It's at this point in the season that the Toffees usually start to hit their stride after a sluggish beginning. However this term they have displayed a ruthless consistency that has propelled them to within a whisker of the top-four and Champions League football. Whether or not they manage to claim a place amongst continents elite this will be viewed as a campaign of real progress for the Merseyside club and the Europa League will be a more than welcome consolation prize. But with David Moyes recently revealing he won't discuss a new contract until the summer and European football will fulfil a personal ambition to take Everton to the next level. With Arsenal and Tottenham blocking their route into the top-four Moyes is sensitive to the face his side need to improve on their recent run of one in in five league games by beating Norwich with conviction at Carrow Road on Saturday.
Team News
Grant Holt is back for Norwich after shaking off a back injury but midfield duo Alexander Tettey and Andrew Surman are major doubts.
Everton will test Victor Anichebe fitness before kick off after he picked up a knock in the FA Cup draw with Oldham. Injuries to Seamus Coleman and Tony Hibbert mean January signing John Stones could debut at right back.
What the managers said…
"We've looked solid as a unit and I can't fault the lads work ethic.," said Hughton, "Everybody is putting in a real shift for the team and from that aspect I've been delighted. But we perhaps just need to be that little bit more creative, we certainly need to be taking our chances and perhaps need to be a bit more of a threat in the final third. I'm realistic enough to know that at points this season our attacking play has been good, but for a club like ours it's difficult to sustain that in this league, week-in-week-out. There will be ups and downs. You just have to hope that when you get the good period you get the points to go with it." Chris Hughton wants Norwich to show more creativity in the attacking third (Norwich official website)
"I don't think he's firing on all cylinders. I think he's not returned the way I would like him yet. He's still getting used to the Premier League and I think he's got to create me more goals and he's got to score me more goals. That's what I'm waiting for him to do. He knows that, I've told him that, and we're hoping for more. His form at the start of the season was excellent and we saw what he's capable of. I don't think we've really had that off him yet since he came back from his injury." David Moyes challenges Kevin Mirallas to rediscover his early season form (Everton official website)
Pre-Match Statistic: A 3-2 success in 2004 is Everton's only win at Carrow Road in the last 23 years (nine visits)
Prediction: Norwich City 2-2 Everton


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Have you ever worn a wooden watch? I love the earthy-ness that it gives to my wardrobe. Not to mention it is lightweight and comfy. Some watches roll around my wrist and are loud when they touch other surfaces- not my We-WOOD watch. We-WOOD is a fabulous company that crafts beautiful watches out of wood. They have several different woods, styles, and colors. It is such a unique way to style your wardrobe.
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Clarke needs a roof over his head
When the R&A's Peter Dawson shot down hopes of an imminent return of The Open to Royal Portrush, he pointed to a long list of improvements that needed to be made.
"The practice ground would need a lot of work at Portrush in my own estimation," the R&A Chief Executive said in 2012.
Dungannon's Darren Clarke has been wearing the place out since he went to live in the town a few years ago and while it's not exactly what Mr Dawson had in mind, it looks as though the 2011 Open champion's intense practice regime could prompt some construction work.
The European Tour star already has his own practice tee at the far end of the practice ground and Royal Portrush's list of winter course improvement work reveals that he now wants to pay for the club to erect a roof there to protect him from the elements.
Whether is offer is taken up remains to be seen but it's clear that Clarke has no intention of easing off on his practice regime as he prepares to return to the PGA Tour for the 2013-14 season.
Runner up to Charl Schwartzel in China two weeks ago, the 45-year old will make two appearaces on the PGA Tour before the end of the year.
Having failed to qualify for next week's WGC-HSBC Champions in Shanghai, Clarke will instead head for Davis Love's McGladrey Classic at Sea Island.
The pair have had a long friendship, which AP's Doug Ferguson points out, is marked by two episodes of sportsmanship in 2004:
During the semifinals of the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, Love rallied to force extra holes. The greens were so bumpy at La Costa that Love, not wanting to see the match end with a missed putt, conceded par putts from 4- to 5-foot range on consecutive holes. Love won in 21 holes.
"Later that year, in the Ryder Cup, Love put his tee shot on 18 in the rough. He could have widened his stance for a high cut shot and taken relief because his foot would have been on a sprinkler. He chose to play the ball where it was because such a shot would have been impractical. They halved the match.
"He said I was honest with my drop in the rough," Love recalled last month at Sea Island. "Darren is just one of those guys like Freddie (Couples). Everywhere he plays, people like watching him."
Love still isn't sure how Clarke decided on Sea Island. He said Scott Reid, the McGladrey Classic tournament director, heard a rumor Clarke might be playing and asked Love to try to close the deal. Too late. Turns out Clarke already had committed as Love was sending him a text.
Clarke has also committed to playing in the PGA Tour's OHL Classic at Mayakoba the week after next when the European Tour is in Turkey for the Turkish Airlines Open.
By the time he gets back he should know if he will have a roof over his head at Royal Portrush.


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Despite their bitter fall-out during the bitter primary campaign with his wife Hillary Clinton, Mr Obama is this weekend looking at how Mr Clinton put his presidency back on track after the Democrats suffered disastrous mid-term congressional results in 1994, two years after he came to power.
Mr Obama will try to recapture the spark of his campaign with his first State of the Union address on Wednesday night when he will hammer home plans for a second jobs stimulus package and the drastic overhaul of Wall Street which he announced last week.
Panic stations were sounded for his party, which controls the White House and both chambers of Congress, after a groundswell of public discontent and economic anxiety swept a little-known Republican candidate to a Senate victory last week in the traditional Democratic stronghold of Massachusetts in a seat long held by Ted Kennedy, the "liberal lion".
Unless the Democrats led by Mr Obama can win back the independent voters who have deserted in droves in just a year, the party stand to suffer debilitating losses in the November mid-term elections.
Often criticised for appearing cool, celebral and detached, the President came out swinging following the stunning defeat. On Thursday, he took on the financial sector with a vigour that had many supporters asking why it took him so long.
And on Friday afternoon, he made a defiant campaign-style appearance in economically-depressed Ohio, using the word "fight" 12 times as he tried to launch a comeback. His approval rating had slumped below 50 per cent just 12 months after he arrived in the White House.
The tough talk on the financial sector and the focus on the economy reflect his recognition that he needs to strike a more populist combative chord. Mr Clinton also recalibrated his style after the Republicans reclaimed Congress in 1994 and he went on to win an easy second term in 1996.
That defeat in Massachusetts ended the Democrats' filibuster-proof 60-40 "super-majority" in the Senate, effectively halting their hopes of passing Mr Obama's signature domestic policy priority of health care reform in its current shape. It was also a blunt wake-up call to a president who himself came to power just a year earlier promising change on the back of popular discontent with the body politic.
Many Obama operatives are scornful of Mr Clinton's tendency for small-bore tinkering and his embrace of populist centrist initiatives during most of his time in office. But they are nonetheless well aware that his change of strategy, after his own attempt at health care reform led by then first lady Hillary became fatally bogged down, completely resurrected his faltering presidency. "The President needs to focus relentlessly on the economy and assure Americans that he really understands what they're going through," Dan Gerstein, a senior Democratic strategist and former advisor to one-time vice-presidential candidate Joe Lieberman, told The Sunday Telegraph.
"At the start of his administration, Clinton also lost the confidence of middle-class centre ground Americans who did not think he shared their priorities. But he won it back and Obama must do the same thing."
Mr Obama and Mr Clinton still enjoy an awkward relationship following the clashes of the 2008 primaries. At one point, Mr Clinton famously told friends that his wife's rival would have to "kiss his ass" to make up for the way he perceived he had been treated by Obama aides on the campaign trail.
After sweeping to power on the back of promises of a "new kind of politics", the President must deal with disappointed expectations as he reins in his more ambitious plans.
He is likely now to accept scaled back health reforms, make deficit reduction a priority and put liberal priorities such as cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reforming immigration rules on the back-burner.
Mr Obama will also have to placate frustration among Democrats on Capitol Hill who believe that a perceived lack of leadership from the president contributed to the damaging health care imbroglio.
But John Harris, a veteran Washington pundit who wrote The Survivor: Bill Clinton in the White House and now edits the Politico website, had some simple advice for winning back the doubters.
"Clinton learned a lesson along the way that surely applies equally to Obama: the only thing other politicians really respect is popularity and power," he observed. "When Clinton's approval ratings were high, his own party got in line. When they were low, Democrats were happy to pile on."
And just when it seemed the week could get no worse for the Democrats, the Supreme Court overturned a long-standing ban on spending by corporations, trade unions and pressure groups in candidate elections, ruling that it breached the constitutional right of free speech. On both sides of the politics divide, there was little dispute that the Republicans, already on a roll, would be the major beneficiary of the landmark decision.


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Lapsi is a sweet North Indian pudding or porridge similar to the semolina pudding (siro or sooji halwa) I featured previously on this blog. It seems to be most common in Gujarat but is also made in nearby Rajasthan and Maharashtra.
Lapsi is often prepared for Divali and other auspicious events such as birthdays, anniversaries, when opening a new business, or moving into a new home. In Hinduism, it is also made as prasad (Sanskrit for gracious gift), a religious offering to a deity which is then distributed and consumed.
Broken wheat is not refined, and as such maintains the nutrients that are present in whole wheat. It is a complex carbohydrate so particularly suitable for those with diabetes.
There is also a savory lapsi made with spices, chillis, and vegetables which I have never tried.
Serves 12-16
10 ounces unsalted butter ( 2 1/2 sticks)
2lb cracked wheat (also known as dalia, crushed raw wholewheat berry, broken wheat, bulgar)
1 cup fine sweetened dessicated coconut (if you can only find shredded coconut, pulse in a food processor until fine)
1 tablespoon fennel seeds
4 tablespoons golden raisins
8-11 cups water
1/8 teaspoon orange color powder
3 pinches saffron
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cardamom
1 1/2 teaspoons nutmeg
slivered almonds and/or chopped pistachios, for garnish
1. In a large pot, melt butter. Saute cracked wheat and coconut over medium heat for 15-20 minutes or until fragrant. Do not increase heat as wheat may burn and become bitter.
2. Add fennel seeds and raisins and saute for a further two minutes.
3. Remove from the heat and add 8 cups of water. Be careful as the hot cracked wheat might splatter.
4. Add orange color and saffron and mix well. Cover pot and return to medium-low heat for 20 minutes.
5. Taste the lapsi to see if it has cooked. It should be neither chewy or mushy. If uncooked, add 1 or 2 cups of water and cover. Cook for 10 more minutes.
6. Again taste the lapsi. If it has not cooked, add 1/2 to 1 cup water and cover. Lower the heat if necessary. Cook for 5 minutes. Repeat until the lapsi is cooked.
7. Add sugar, cardamom and nutmeg. Note that lapsi will not cook further once sugar is added.
8. Garnish with almonds and pistachios and serve warm.
9. Lapsi can be stored in the refrigerator for one week or in the freezer for three months. To defrost leave in the fridge overnight. To reheat, add a little water and microwave in a covered dish or heat on the stovetop.


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Program A Key Fob
Manually programing the remote control
It is possible to have a maximum of four remote controls for your car.
Programming the remote control
- - Insert the master key into the ignition lock and switch on the ignition (Do not start the engine!)
- - Lock the vehicle from the outside manually using the second master key or valet key.
- - Press button A(unlock) or button C(lock) on the remote control one time and then wait at least two seconds.
- - Press either button once again one time.
- - Switch off the ignition and remove the key from the ignition lock.
The Manual programming procedure is complete. The remote control is functional again.
- you have only 30 seconds to perform steps 2 through 4.
- Each new key must also be programmed as described above.
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Todd Bryant discovers the American writers jazz recordings
As part of a work in progress, Todd Bryant Weeks delves into American writer Ralph Ellison's extensive record collection:
Like many artists of his generation Ellison utilized a multidisciplinary approach and drew on music, photography and the fine arts as sources of inspiration and cultural pride.
He saw music as a key to individual expression and the universality of experience and, in his own work, he pointed out the influence and impact of everything from Beethoven to Bessie Smith.
By examining the achievements of many jazz and blues musicians in the context of the Western canon, he broadened the listening audience for these performers, and contributed to their stature as artists of real and lasting significance.
In the summer of 2006, I was given exclusive access to Ellison's Riverside Drive apartment with the express purpose of finding a home for his record collection. (I'm happy to say it now resides in the National Jazz Museum in Harlem).
Ellison was a known audiophile. Based on its contents, his collection appears to have been amassed between the earliest 1930s and the late 1980s.
That day, I found many of the expected items, including the music that Ellison wrote about so passionately – that of Charlie Christian, Mahalia Jackson and cante flamenco, among others.
But there were also many revelations: a truly varied range of 17th to 20th century classical, pop items, spoken word, and much more.
All in all, there are about 500 individual pieces in the collection, 125 of which are 78 r.p.m. records. [...]
Ellison wrote about the emotions that music engendered in him as a young man, recalling 'certain needs for other forms of transcendence and identification which I could only associate with classical music' – here citing Schumann, among others.
Those feelings and associations were later folded into his writing, including what many have called the preeminent American novel, Invisible Man.
Indeed, Louis Armstrong's 1929 recording of the Waller-Razaf-Brooks tune '(What Did I Do to Be So) Black and Blue' is an indelible feature of that book's prologue.
Ellison was to champion Armstrong throughout his literary career, even when it became unpopular to do so.
Much has been written about Ellison and music, and there is too little space here to review this fascinating subject in detail.
To the extent that any person's tastes determine his or her actual outlook, and given that we all have "artifacts" in our homes, sometimes arbitrarily acquired, the Ellison sound collection is a necessarily subjective take on the man and his inner world.
As a cultured member of an intellectual elite at the peak of their influence in the 1960s, Ellison obviously took an interest in 'deep' music.
His collection sports the popular albums of Glenn Gould's Bach performances, and these and other selections indicate that he was influenced by the Baroque fad that started during that decade.
But his broad palette is perhaps more accurately represented by 20th century works like Berg's 'Wozzeck', Charpentier's 'Louise' or Duke Ellington's 'Flaming Sword'. [...]
A predominance of Ellington indicates a true reverence for the maestro. Almost a quarter of all the recordings in the collection are by the Ellington band, or some subset thereof (Johnny Hodges, Rex Stewart, et al).
Original 78 recordings of several Ellington classics from the early 1940's were all well played, suggesting that the writer's fascination with Ellington may have peaked during the Blanton-Webster period of 1940 to 1942.
During my visit to the Ellison apartment, I was directed to a back bedroom, which held a box containing dozens of 78's and several reel-to-reel tapes. [...]
Ellison had an uneasy relationship with modern jazz, but bop records included several by Bud Powell and multiple discs by Milt Jackson, Thelonious Monk, and James Moody.
Ornette Coleman's Free Jazz: A Collective Improvisation and The Shape of Jazz to Come were on his list. These records were controversial in the late 1950s – and topical.
There were only about a dozen Louis Armstrong items in the bunch, suggesting that privately, despite his public stance, the novelist's tastes may have begun to morph with the times; black Americans did not embrace Armstrong in the 1950s and 1960s.
Not surprisingly, one of the Armstrong discs was a 45 of the 1964 number one hit 'Hello, Dolly'. [...]
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In the most general sense, I believe they contributed to his distinctly pluralistic viewpoint, and were behind his marked insistence that, apart from our race, we each of us must identify as Americans first and foremost.
But, to quote the collector:
'…[I]n the swift change of American society in which the meanings of one's origin are so quickly lost, one of the chief values of living with music lies in its power to give us an orientation in time. In doing so, it gives significance to all those indefinable aspects of experience which nevertheless help to make us what we are. In the swift whirl of time music is a constant, reminding us of what we were and of that towards which we aspire. Art thou troubled? Music will not only calm, it will ennoble thee.' [Read the article]


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"Disco Queen," the latest play by southeast Queens author and choreographer Courtney Ffrench and the Vissi Dance Theatre that is set to premiere this week at the York College Performing Arts Center, should be a blast from the past for some audiences.
The production is a loose and retro adaptation of the classic 1956 British play "My Fair Lady." The story follows a young woman named Lizzy, a "down- and-out street vendor," vying for the coveted title of "Disco Queen" at the legendary Studio 54, fighting for love, battling opposition and discovering herself in New York in the 1970s.
Ffrench spoke with the PRESS of Southeast Queens about the production and some of the elements that helped bring this musical period piece to life.
"Lizzy, a street vendor hovering around Studio 54, has this angst, this inclination to join high society in some way, shape or form," Ffrench said. "She learns how to perform and dance well throughout the show. Essentially, it's about moving from one station of life to the next and pursuing dreams, overcoming whatever obstacles there might be in achieving that."
Ffrench originally came up with the idea for the show in 2013. While working in Japan, Ffrench said that he was inspired by the growing popularity of the 1970s dance scene among that nation's people. Wanting to create a show that could tell a story wrapped in the aesthetic of the time, "Disco Queen" began to take shape. In 2016, the show premiered in Shizuoka City, Japan, where it was well received.
"The run was really successful," Ffrench said.
Ffrench said that he drew influences from a number of source materials, but was mainly driven by his own admiration of that time period and how it has influenced pop culture today.
He said that, like Japan, the long-defunct disco genre is making a bit of a comeback and he is excited to bring that vibe to southeast Queens.
"Right now, there's a resurgence in people learning how to 'hustle,'" he explained, talking about the popular partner dance of the 1970s. "Ballroom dancing is coming back big time. These things have been on the radar over the last five years, whether it's the old hustle or the new-style hustle. There's an underground swell for these old dances and everything disco."
Ffrench said that he also drew inspiration from the 1978 film "Thank God It's Friday," which stars a young Jeff Goldblum and Debra Winger and features performances from disco mainstays The Commodores and Donna Summer. Following in the footsteps of that film, "Disco Queen" has a soundtrack tailor made to invoke the time period it is portraying. But in order to do so, he had to look into the history of the once-booming disco scene.
Some of the hits that have made it into the track list for "Disco Queen" include Sharon Redd's hit "Beat the Street" from 1982 and Musique's "Push, Push in the Bush" from 1978.
Ffrench said that "Disco Queen" features many of the disco anthems that were popular during the height of the genre from 1972 to 1982.
"A lot of the songs that we used are 120 beats per minute, so they are very fast," he said.
"There's a lot of energy to this music. That is something that is so beloved about this music."
One aspect of the show of which Ffrench said he was especially proud during its run in Japan was the interactivity. In fact, Ffrench attributed some of the success of "Disco Queen" to audience engagement.
Ffrench said that he was excited to see the production come to his hometown. It is set to premiere on March 18 at 7 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for children.


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... me at the Detox center. I am still going back and forth with feeling good, and very low, maybe a day or two of great. I keep telling myself it is normal, but am getting a little down thinking I am too old to be living like this. As a Grandma & Mom, I am needed alot by my children, and wanted alot by my Grandchildren, and feel so sad that I never know how I am going to feel minute by minute. I really thought that after 1 month I would be better than this, I am just having a bad day today and needed a little support... Just thinking about how I felt the first time I took my percocets and wanted to do everything, now every day is a struggle. Love Golda
Opiate Withdrawal - Today I am 1month clean from opiates and the little bit of methadone they gave?
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Hi Golda,
Hooray for you, one month clean!!
I know how hard it is, and it takes a while to feel like yourself again. Soon you will feel great without those evil little pills, I promise! You just need to keep the faith, and soldier on. Each day is different, I know that.
Golda, did you ever google Post Acute Withdrawal Syndrome? Let me know if you would be so kind.
You are experiencing PAWS right now, which is just the 'mental' part of withdrawal. If you google it you will be amazed, and probably sit there nodding your head while reading about PAWS, thinking "Yes, that's me"!!
That is what I did when I read about it, and was amazed there was a name for it even.
This too shall pass. Easy for me to say, but tis true.
You've done the really hard part!! Now comes time to try to do things that make you feel happy. Also anything to raise your endorphin levels (the feel good chemicals in the brain) by exercising (if possible, even walking) watching comedies on TV, anything to get yourself to laugh! A good belly laugh is just as good as a 15 minute cardio work-out, did you know that?
I know you are struggling, but just keep up the fight. I know you can do this because look how far you've come!! You have something to be so very proud of, even though at the moment it may not feel like it.
Thank you so much Lara, I did read about paws and I now know more about it. The one thing it does not mention is the sweating, but I guess they can't mention everything. Every time now that I have a great day, I have to keep in mind the PAWS so I won't get to upset when I have bad days..I just hope it doesn't last too much longer, My grandchildren wanted me to come over today, and I felt so much stress about it I couldn't go... I think you are a very smart lady, and thank you again. I will keep posting and anything you can think of that can help will be appreciated. Great to know about the hearty laughter!!
Hi again dear Golda,
That perspiring business is horrid! I recall all to well how I used to break into a sweat and feel as though I might spontaneously combust at any moment. It was awful. But it will get better. It's part of the acute phase of WD.
When you say 'stress' about going to see your grandchildren could it be more like anxiety? Anxiety (or a feeling of nervousness) is part of withdrawal also.
There are two medications that will help with the sweating and anxiety, yet I know you probably do not want to take any pills at this point, am I right?
If you want to know about the medications (they both are only taken for a short time) let me know, and I can tell you about them.
You are so sweet and I am going to adopt you!!
You are in my prayers Golda, just want you to know that.
P.S. I hope what I wrote about those medications doesn't sound as if I think you SHOULD take them, it's just that they are an option if anxiety and that sweating gets to the point that you can't stand it.
oh yes, thats one of the many wd symptoms i get ,eeewww! the non stop sweating, its become a real embaressment for me. leanne
Hi leanne, I know, that perspiring like Secretariat is horrible!! And embarassing if one is out in public, and boom! Suddenly you feel as if you are "raining"!!! Eeewwwww is right!
Hello Lara, your are right, it is anxiety. I was given xanax 10 years ago when I quit smoking, and I try not to take, but I find if I take at night, the next day is a little better, but I try to take very little, only .025 mg 2 x a day, which in most cases I never took every day, now only to help sleep. You think it is o.k.? Even though I have had these for 10 years and always stood at same rx, now I am so afraid. Yesterday was 30 days clean and I did read that every 30 days or so, it is a bad time..I did have a bad few days, but am feeling better today..Hope it lasts for a while..Love Golda... Such small things cause me anxiety, but thanks to reading about paws, I now understand so much more!!
In my opinion it is OK to take your xanax. Especially during withdrawal period. You will be careful because you are so afraid of addiction.
oh golda55, hang in there, you can do this!! look at youk 1 month clean, and you did such a quick taper. patt yourself on the back because you have come along way. im not on a near fast as taper you were on, but im feeling every little feeling of aches and pains and wd symptoms. i have high days , and lows. you will prosper and move on, its the year of the dragon, now blow your fire march on and dance. ill be dancing rite next to you. KUNG HEE FAT CHOY!!! take care
:-0) Well said Leanne! Got me laughing away I hope you're doing well. Have a great week,pledge
Dear Golda, I am so proud of you, & apologize for not being there for you with your many questions the past few days. I hope today finds you much better, & things are improving for you today. I have been so wrapped up in my own tings going on, haven't taken the time to ansher all my email I apologize a gain. one moment, one step at a time is all the help I can give you, but your have all of my love & support. Keep it going dear, we all have faith in you & know this is the hardest step you have taken, but it should start to be easier for you. I wish you the best in all that you do.
Oh Mary, you've had a poo-storm of problems going on including your brother's illness and your own illnesses!!
How is your brother?
No change so far... Mar
I'm so sorry Mar, hope he rallies today.
Golda, my friend. I know I aleady answered this, but when I am feeling bad, having my grandchildren around uplifts my spirits so much. It takes my mind off of my pain & other problems for the time I spend with them. Seems like it goes so fast too. It just is amazing feeling. I love them to death & wold do anything for them! Just another thought or two...
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Charlotte left behind this weekend as ACC fans flock to Orlando for title game
Every first Saturday of December since 2010 in Charlotte has featured hoards of ACC football fans setting up tailgates in front of Bank of America Stadium, dining out at uptown restaurants and bars and spending thousands to stay at area hotels.
Instead, this weekend Clemson and Virginia Tech teams and their loyalists will travel hundreds of miles south to Orlando for the Atlantic Coast Conference title game Dec. 3, a move the ACC announced in September over its opposition to North Carolina's House Bill 2.
The Charlotte Regional Visitor Authority estimates the ACC title game is the city's second-largest annual event, behind the CIAA basketball tournament in February. The ACC game's total economic impact last year was an estimated $32.4 million, a tourism boost Orlando officials look forward to enjoying. But Charlotte businesses are feeling the void.
Rose Chauffeured Transportation, Charlotte's largest ground transportation company, for example, said the canceled business from the ACC game amounts to approximately $100,000. CEO Tom Holden said business from the ACC title game is akin to a Carolina Panthers home game.
For the championship, Rose was under contract with the Panthers to transport stadium workers, volunteers, police, handicapped fans and others in eight motor coaches to the stadium from remote parking lots. Because of the scale of the event, it's been impossible to fill the void with smaller parties, Holden said.
The ACC had contracted roughly 13,000 room nights at area hotels, the CRVA said, about 1,500 of which were at the Westin Charlotte, the ACC's headquarters every year for teams, conference staff, officials and sponsors. Management has said it's been working to fill smaller blocks to make up the lost revenue.
The ACC and NCAA both decided in September to move their tournament games out of North Carolina over opposition to HB2, the law limiting legal protections for LGBT residents. The controversial measure also mandates that transgender people in government-run buildings use the bathroom that matches their birth certificates. In July, the NBA opted to move its 2017 All-Star Game from Charlotte over the law.
Steve Hogan, CEO of Florida Citrus Sports, the group responsible for bringing the ACC game to Orlando, pointed to the $208 million in renovations just done at Camping World Stadium, where the game will be held, as a good investment in light of the new business won.
"It's just further substantiation that this investment Orlando made in stadium reconstruction has paid off. The success we've enjoyed attracting new events has come fast and furious, and I couldn't be happier for the people that live here," Hogan said.
George Aguel, president & CEO of Visit Orlando, similarly said: "We are proud to support the ACC and are focused on welcoming fans to Orlando."
Meanwhile, Will Webb of the Charlotte Sports Foundation said all the 40,000 tickets bought to the game in Charlotte were refunded within four to five days of the ACC's decision to relocate. The sports group has been responsible for putting on the game since 2010, and Webb said they're optimistic about its return to Charlotte, if changes are made to HB2.
"Everybody's expressed a desire for the game to return to Charlotte," said Will Webb, CEO of the Charlotte Sports Foundation. "The ACC has been a good partner of Charlotte, and we look forward to an eventual return (of its title football game.)
The ACC was under contract to host its title football game in Charlotte through 2019. Before Charlotte, the ACC hosted the game in Jacksonville from 2005-2007, and in Tampa from 2008-2009.
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Cracks, dents and holes in old walls that haven't been appropriately maintained are normal, however to have fractures in brand name brand-new wall surfaces is not normally exactly what owners anticipate. Prior to making any type of repair works to the fracture, it's extremely crucial to have actually a competented contractor detect the cause of the cracks. An additional typical cause of wall and also ceiling breaking is the drying out and also subsequent diminishing of building products quickly after setup. When the split has been expanded, fill it generously with joint substance.