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Web-Based Project Management Software as an End-to-End Solution
More than 29,000 users rely on the Projektron BCS project management software.
Projektron BCS is our web-based project management software that enables you to prepare, plan, execute, evaluate and invoice projects. Classic project work tasks are complemented by further tools in the end-to-end solution.
Cost-efficient projects thanks to transparent data
Our project management software is called Projektron BCS – BCS stands for Business Coordination Software and means that the system is much more than mere project management software. Projektron BCS enables you to check the current status of your project at any time. You can monitor the project progress based on the recording of efforts and obtain a reliable forecast of key indicators. Material cost recording and external billing rates offer you an overview of the entire project budget.
Efficient decision-making through transparent work organization
The Projektron BCS project management software enables you to keep track not only of your projects but also of your daily tasks. When using the appointment calendar, for example, you will receive messages in your browser to make sure you will never miss an appointment. Phone calls with your customers can be made directly from BCS, and you can read all your emails in the contact history. The software shows you all your upcoming appointments, tasks and workflows, organizing your day-to-day work.
Projektron BCS is a platform that provides all persons involved with the data required and assists all users in their project role – from project members and service providers to customers. All users are continuously informed about the status of their shared work and benefit from a transparent overview of all relevant project data – and all that in a single software solution.
Modular structure and customizable interface
The web-based project management software has a modular structure: You decide which modules you need for your project work and which not. You can either use the full range of functions of the complete software package or only part of it. Each view in the software can be customized individually and is thus highly ergonomic. Do you need more fields for your specific project or company? The configuration allows you to customize the content of the views to your specific needs.
Projektron BCS is developed further on a constant basis, always with a clear reference to project planning, project control and project controlling. This is the core competence of Projektron BCS – for topics that go beyond it, such as payroll administration and accounting, Projektron BCS offers excellent interfaces and the standard import and export function.
Reasons for choosing the Projektron BCS project management software
First browser-based system in Germany
In market analysis interviews prior to the company founding, one feature was crucial for the project experts: a platform-independent system. That is why Projektron BCS was designed entirely web-based right from the very start. Regardless of where you are and which operating system you use – the project management software can be accessed from anywhere.
Qualified consultants
Certified to GPM, IPMA, PRINCE2, Scrum...
Our consultants are certified in accordance with one or more project management methods, such as IPMA or PRINCE2. This expertise enables us to give you the best advice and support on our product, for example when it comes to choosing the correct licenses and Projektron BCS modules or when implementing our project management software.
Interfaces, reports, HMI configuration
Our project management software can be adapted flexibly to your needs. You can enable or disable individual modules as desired. You don't need contract management or Scrum? The views of disabled modules are not displayed in the software, so that you can focus on the things that are most important to you.
Moreover, all views displayed in the interface can be fully customized and further fields added through configuration. Thanks to the great variety of interfaces, you are able to use your data in multiple applications. In addition, you can customize the reports created and issued within your company.
Flexible permissions
Granular permission system
While transparency is important in a project, it may be necessary restrict view permissions of persons working on a project. Thanks to the granular permission system, you are able to define which users are allowed to view or edit which content. Many project roles are predefined by default and can be adapted or expanded as desired.
Well documented
Winner of the tekom Dokupreis award
Almost 40 manuals spanning 7,000 pages and more than 30 video tutorials allow users to familiarize themselves with a specific topic or with the software in general. The high-quality documentation has been repeatedly awarded the tekom Dokupreis award.
Safe investment
Compare us with our competitors
Projektron has been around since 2001. In our very first business year, we managed to win ten customers that have been conducting successful projects with our Projektron BCS project management software ever since. By now, we are counting more than 600 customers who place their trust in us and our software. Take stock yourself and compare us.
Overview of functions
You can generate and compare project ideas from project proposals with the lean portfolio management of the project management software Projektron BCS.
Successful project management starts even before the detailed project planning phase: With system-based target definitions, stakeholder analyses and assessments of the project environment, you start off on the right foot.
Our project management software enables you to plan your projects in a professional manner: Work packages, tasks and milestones provide a clear overview while automatic calculations ensure efficiency.
Designing project work efficiently and reacting to changes proactively: Our project management software offers various tools to support project communication, project documentation and project adjustment.
Are your projects going as planned? Project controlling provides you with assessments of all important key figures, for example in the total costs chart or with the analysis of personnel costs and material costs in the project.
Focus on the right projects: Equipped with a resources planning feature for project groups and multi-project controlling functions, Projektron BCS offers the basis for strategic and operational multi-project management.
Record working hours for each project and task: Quick and simple time recording with the ergonomic booking entry forms in Projektron BCS and the Projektron BCS app – even on your smartphone.
Thanks to digitalized customer communication, flexible recording of efforts and precise billing, the project management software enables you to manage your customer inquiries and project tickets in a quick and cost-efficient manner.
Make optimum use of your resources: Projektron BCS unlocks new opportunities with its central functions for employee and leave management, workload analyses and planning support.
Address databases, contract management and integrated computer telephony: Projektron BCS is a powerful CRM tool at your fingertips.
The project management software offers a wide array of tools for efficient teamwork, such as shared appointment calendars, online conferences or internal tickets and reminders.
The Projektron BCS project management software enables you to create efforts and fixed price invoices based on projects, even using several currencies.
Within individual projects and company-wide: Thanks to web-based access, systematic allocation and automatic version history, the project management software is the ideal solution for managing your documents.
You can prepare quotations quickly and precisely based on your planned data with Projektron BCS. The flexible quotation module supports you in this process, even on international level.
Easily generate reports from your project contents in a number of different file formats, for example PDF. No matter whether you need a project application or a cost overview – BIRT even allows you to configure reports yourself.
Quality management and project management work hand in hand with Projektron BCS – thanks to practical tools and great variety of analysis functions. In addition, workflows and checklists make sure that nothing falls by the wayside.
Thanks to the granular permission system, you are able to define which users are allowed to view which content. Projektron BCS comes with a number of predefined project roles that can be easily adapted or expanded.
Projektron BCS can be tailored specifically to meet your company's requirements – starting with the functional scope to business logic and corporate language up to corporate design.
Our customers love it
Marcus Brandl
Operational business management and planning department at it4logistics AG, Information Technology (IT)
Projektron BCS is an extremely useful tool that supports us in planning and controlling our projects. Functions such as resource-based project planning, the wide range of analyses, time recording, the ticket system and the file repository enable efficient project work. And the fact that Projektron BCS is web-based means that we can access the system at all times.
Dr. Claus Görner
Managing Director at User Interface Design GmbH (UID), Multimedia
The most impressive features of Projektron BCS include its versatility and the transparency in terms of controlling. Our controlling is much more efficient and straightforward thanks to this project management software.


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Wednesday, 23 May 2012
A throbbing, gloriously saturated "real-time experiment" recorded this month & posted yesterday underlines the assured daring throughout Stephen Vitiello's work - & sends these ears back to his notably rich (&, unusually, almost always downloadable) SoundCloud.
Other highlights include rewarding, burbling collaborations with/remixes of 12k fellow travellers Molly Berg, Marcus Fischer (augmented with the Twilight Zone, thanks to Vitiello...) &, of course, Taylor Deupree.
Also recommended: this meaty WFMU work-out housed on FMA.
Stream a 37-track Spotify playlist:
Piano frieze by Stephen Vitiello
Friday with Molly (edit) by Stephen Vitiello
Taylor Deupree, Stephen Vitiello - Presents Gallery
Nearly There (Disquiet0004-mfischer the midnight sun Remix) by Stephen Vitiello
NB: first & last photos by Stephen Vitiello; second by Taylor Deupree. Important: LMYE only makes music available that artists/labels have chosen to share freely. Let us know if something here shouldn't be.
Labels: 12k, Disquiet, experimental, live, Marcus Fischer, remix, Taylor Deupree, Vitiello
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What's with all the songs about Molly these days? I really like that one though, thanks.
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In another bitter defeat for immigration reform advocates, the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday again ruled Hazleton's Illegal Immigration Relief Act and Rental Registration ordinances to be unconstitutional.
The ruling by a three-member panel of the court upholds a previous ruling that struck down the laws, which sought to prohibit landlords from renting to illegal immigrants and imposed fines on businesses that hired them.
The court, in a 47-page opinion, declared the never-enacted laws unconstitutional, finding they sought to supersede federal laws that regulate immigration, which is prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
The decision marks the second time the 3rd Circuit reached that conclusion. In 2010, it upheld a ruling by Senior U.S. District Judge James Munley, who also declared the law unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court later ordered it to reconsider that ruling based on precedent-setting decisions it issued in 2011 and 2012 relating to two similar laws in Arizona.
The latest ruling is a "complete victory" for Pedro Lozano and other plaintiffs who challenged Hazleton's ordinance, said Witold "Vic" Walczak of the American Civil Liberties Union, one of the lead attorneys for the plaintiffs.
"From the beginning, this has been a thinly veiled attempt by Hazleton to change immigration law to exclude immigrants from living and working in Hazleton. The court, yet again, saw through that," Mr. Walczak said. "The overwhelming court authority now is that these municipal laws are an unconstitutional regulation of immigration."
The decision does not necessarily end the case, however, as the city has several appellate options available. It can ask for a hearing before the entire 3rd Circuit Court. If that fails, it can again ask the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal.
'Fight must go on'
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, Hazleton, the former Hazleton mayor who has championed the law, encouraged the city to continue the fight.
"I created this ordinance while I was mayor because I have seen first hand the toll illegal immigration has on communities," Mr. Barletta said. "I believe the Hazleton ordinance is not only constitutional but a common sense approach to a problem that the federal government has turned a blind eye to ⦠I'm disappointed, but it can't end here. This fight must go back to the highest court in the country."
Hazleton Mayor Joseph Yannuzzi said he supports the ordinances and the city will continue to solicit private donations to finance the court fight.
In its latest review, the 3rd Circuit was tasked with determining whether the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings in the two Arizona cases altered its analysis regarding the constitutionality of Hazleton's law.
Trumping federal law
The key issues in each of the cases hinged on whether laws enacted by local governments attempted to trump federal laws that regulate immigration. The Supremacy clause of the U.S. Constitution says federal laws have precedent over local laws.
The court, in one of the Arizona cases, upheld a municipality's law that allowed it to revoke the business license of any business that employed illegal immigrants. The court found that law constitutional because it closely mirrored the Immigration Reform Control Act, the federal law that regulates employment of immigrants.
The problem with Hazleton's law, the court said, is that it strays too far from the IRCA in several ways, including its definition of what constitutes employment. The IRCA exempts "casual hires," such as contractors, while Hazleton's law is extremely broad, covering virtually any type of employment situation.
The court found that troubling, noting that, under its literal reading, the law would allow the city to sanction a business person if he or she "purchases used items at a yard sale from an unauthorized alien, buys a glass of lemonade from an undocumented child's lemonade stand or pays an undocumented neighbor to mow her lawn."
Regarding the rental ordinance, the court said Hazleton's law would impermissibly regulate immigration, a power that belongs solely to the federal government.
"The housing provisions, in effect, constitute an attempt to remove persons from the city based entirely on a snapshot of their current immigration status," the court wrote. "Accordingly, the housing provision interferes with the federal government's discretion in deciding whether and when to initiate removal proceedings."
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Patient care and service workers at the ten University of California campuses across the state began voting Monday on whether to authorize a strike based on their union's allegation that the university engaged in unfair labor practices.
Todd Stenhouse, a spokesman for American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299, which represents 22,000 employees, said the voting will continue through the end of the day on Wednesday and the results probably won't be announced until early next week.
Stenhouse said if workers vote to authorize a strike, they could go on strike at some point in the near future after giving notice but the union still hopes to engage in further bargaining with the university.
He said the union has filed a complaint with the state Public Employment Relations Board alleging that UC engaged in unfair labor practices by threatening the jobs of employees who staged a two-day strike at five UC medical centers in May.
UC spokeswoman Dianne Klein said the university denies that it engaged in unfair labor practices.
Klein said the university asked employees ahead of time if they were going to honor the strike but did so only for planning purposes.
Klein said that after the strike, the university implemented the terms of its last, best and final offer to more than 13,000 patient care technical workers and more than 8,300 service workers.
She said the university and AFSCME Local 3299 are scheduled to bargain again next week and the university hopes to reach an agreement that would avert a strike.
Stenhouse said the contract implemented by the university called for a wage freeze and for employees to pay more for their pension benefits.
But Klein said the contract simply brings the pension contributions of patient care and service workers in line with most other UC employees.
She said patient care and service workers previously paid only 5 percent of their pension costs but now pay 6.5 percent, which is what most other employees pay.
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The market making arms of UBS and Citigroup suffered combined losses of approximately $50 million (£31.8 million) during Facebook's initial public offering on NASDAQ's stock market, according to reports in the Wall Street Journal.
This raises the financial losses amongst brokers above $100 million (£63.7 million), following larger reported losses this week from other market making firms, including Citadel and Knight Capital Group.
Earlier this monthFacebook's much anticipated IPO was riddled with technical problems, which led to a delay of 30 minutes. The problem stemmed from NASDAQ's IPO Cross, a pre-IPO auction process that exchange put in place in 2006 that allows traders to place orders and agree on an IPO price before the stock is officially launched, which couldn't handle the trading demand.
Rik Turner, senior financial services technology analyst at Ovum spoke said that companies were not only making losses from losing out on half an hour of trading, but because they were not receiving up-to-date information.
"The losses by these companies is estimated to be at approximately $100 million to $150 million, but I'd say these estimates are conservative. My suspicion is that they may go higher," said Ferguson.
He added: "There was also apparently a problem whereby the turnaround time of processing orders expanded from three milliseconds to five milliseconds. Because of those two milliseconds that were not accounted for or factored into the process, these firms were not getting up-to-date information about what their position was. They were effectively trading in the dark."
"Also, why didn't NASDAQ simply halt trading altogether in Facebook until the mess was sorted out? A lot of people are asking this question and I think it's a legitimate one."
NASDAQ has said that it can expect to pay out $13 million (£8.2 million) to offset the damage. Ferguson believes this amount to be too small.
"It would seem that NASDAQ has set aside too little, $13 million is way below what they need to do," he said.
"Over $100 million in compensation would be a big hole in the balance sheet, but if it doesn't move to pay back the losses to the level these companies have made then you can expect it to go to court."


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(CNN) -- An organization of Christian physicians argued Wednesday against an impending rollback of a federal rule allowing health care workers to refuse to provide certain reproductive services, saying it's discriminatory.
The rule protects the rights of health care providers who refuse to participate in certain procedures.
The Bush White House proposed the rule in August, and it was enacted January 20, the day President Obama took office. It expanded on a 30-year-old law establishing a "conscience clause" for health care professionals who don't want to perform abortions.
Under the rule, workers in health care settings -- from doctors to janitors -- can refuse to provide services, information or advice to patients on subjects such as contraception, family planning, blood transfusions and even vaccine counseling if they are morally against it.
The Obama administration is expected to reverse the rule shortly, touching off a new wave of heated debate over what remains one of the most sensitive and emotional hot-button issues in American politics.
" 'Right of conscience' is under attack, and that is dangerous for our country, our health care system and our patients," said Dr. David Stevens, head of the 15,000-member Christian Medical Association.
"When the state demands that we surrender our conscience, it becomes totalitarian and dangerous. Do we want our professional schools to ethically neuter doctors of all moral convictions that are not approved by the government?" Watch CNN's Sanjay Gupta discuss the 'conscience clause' »
Stevens was speaking on behalf of Freedom to Care, an umbrella organization of 36 groups working to prevent a rollback of the rule. Watch why one pharmacist says the "conscience clause" is needed »
Many health care organizations, including the American Medical Association, believe that health care providers have an obligation to their patients to advise them of the options despite their own beliefs. And critics of the current rule argue that there are laws on the books protecting health-care professionals when it comes to refusing care for personal reasons.
"We don't make God-like decisions. ... That's not what it's about for us. It's about helping the patient make their own decision. ... No one appointed us to be the ultimate person to pass judgment," said Mary Jean Schumann, a member of the American Nurses Association.
Dr. Suzanne T. Poppema, board chairwoman of Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, praised Obama "for placing good health care above ideological demands."
"Physicians across the country were outraged when the Bush administration, in its final days, limited women's access to reproductive health care," she said. "Hundreds of doctors protested these midnight regulations and urged President Obama to repeal them quickly. We are thrilled that President Obama [is taking steps] to ensure that our patients' health is once again protected."
Stevens argued that there is "a well-funded and increasingly successful effort to discriminate against health care professionals based upon their deeply held religious and moral beliefs."
Rescinding the rule will send "a clear message," he said: "It's open season on health care professionals of conscience. Discriminate at will. If anyone should understand the ugliness of discrimination, it is our first African-American president."
Stevens predicted that a large number of specialists in obstetrics and gynecology would leave the medical profession if the rule is repealed.
A final announcement from the Obama administration is expected with the conclusion of a 30-day public comment period on the proposed rule change.
"We do not want to impose new limitations on services that would allow providers to refuse to provide to women and their families services like family planning and contraception that would actually help prevent the need for an abortion in the first place," a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services official said in February.
CNN's Saundra Young contributed to this report.
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Who Should Receive Attorney's Fees?
During Monday's oral argument in Astrue v. Ratliff, the Court focused on the narrow question before the Court: should an attorney's fee be awarded to a prevailing claimant or instead to the claimant's attorney.
Under the Equal Access to Justice Act, a court can award to a party who prevails in an action against the United States the "fees and other expenses…incurred by" that party if the position of the United States was not "substantially justified." [You can read my preview of the case, which has more background, here.]
Representing the federal government, Assistant to the Solicitor General Anthony Yang fielded numerous hypothetical questions that were intended to test the government's position. Justice Alito asked whether the government's claim on attorney's fees should be given priority over another creditor who would otherwise be repaid; if so, why? Yang responded that when another creditor has a claim on a fee, it can seek the fee as well. In response to Justice Ginsburg, who wondered whether the fee would be awarded to the prevailing party even if the party were in prison, Yang answered that it would be.
In a subsequent hypothetical, posed by Justice Breyer, Yang retreated from a position he briefly adopted. Justice Breyer asked whether "" before making a claim against the government "" a lawyer could reach an agreement with his or her client and an agency in which the agency would agree "that if I [the lawyer] get an EAJA fee, then I get to keep it and I don't have to give it to my client." Yang indicated that he was unaware of such a scenario ever actually occurring but he acknowledged that it was possible. Keeping in mind that EAJA fees are only awarded when the government has taken a position which is not "substantially justified," Chief Justice Roberts observed that if he were a lawyer, and the government agreed to pay him if he prevailed in a case, his first action in the case would be to submit the agreement as evidence, as the agreement is the equivalent of the government admitting that it has taken a position which is not substantially justified. Yang thus retreated from his earlier position, suggesting instead that a lawyer could, in advance of a case, negotiate a debt-repayment agreement between his client and the government. Justice Sotomayor then postulated that requiring a lawyer to do the work and negotiate a debt repayment agreement for his client before a case even begins would discourage lawyers from taking on Social Security cases. This, said Sotomayor, is illogical.
Arguing on behalf of respondent Catherine Ratliff, James Leach quickly faced questions from Justice Kennedy, who repeated a theory premised on what he termed "the law of offsets." The government does not benefit by reclaiming EAJA fees through the debt offset program "because the money is [not] created to offset the debt," suggested Justice Kennedy, because "it's just being paid from one account to the other." Ratliff's position, Justice Kennedy continued, "is just contrary to the standard law of offsets." The Court also discussed who should benefit from EAJA fees, and what it would mean to benefit. Although Leach asserted that the statute "is subject to the regulation which looks to who's entitled to the benefit," and that attorneys should be considered the beneficiaries, Justice Scalia countered that even when the government withholds the money to compensate outstanding debts, the plaintiff has in effect benefitted by avoiding a financial obligation to her lawyer. In response, Leach noted that in veterans and Social Security cases, which account for ninety percent of EAJA claims, lawyers are prohibited from receiving fees in the form of pay-as-you-go payments. This, he explained, would mean that "the attorney has never been paid" if the EAJA fee is withheld, and thus cannot benefit from the fee.
Leach also returned to Justice Breyer's hypothetical: whether a lawyer could enter into a repayment agreement before taking a case, thereby ensuring that he would be compensated for his services. Leach countered that such agreements are fanciful. First, Supplemental Security Income benefits are limited to "aged, blind, and disabled people who have little or no money." A claimant who met these criteria would have difficulty producing the money to enter a debt-repayment agreement. Second, the attorney only has sixty days from when the agency acts to file a case in federal court "" in Leach's view, not enough time for an attorney to meet with his client, review the case, and enter an agreement with the government.


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Lemon Velvet Cake. Our most popular cake to date, for its real lemon flavour and incredible light, airy texture, while still staying moist and delicious.Before this Lemon Velvet Cake, it all started with me trying to develop the best Red Velvet Cake recipe I could. It was such a success and I loved the moist, tender texture of that cake so much that I just had to try a White Velvet Cake and then an Orange Velvet Cake.
Those turned out to be a couple of the most popular cake recipes ever on Rock Recipes so I couldn't stop there. Keeping the lemon lovers like me in mind, a luscious lemon version was inevitable.
The creamy, tangy lemon buttercream frosting goes particularly well with this beautiful lemon cake too.
Am I done with Velvet Cake recipes yet? Maybe not, I have an idea that might work out for yet another version. Here's a clue… think pink. 🙂
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I generally bake this cake in round 8 inch pans or 9 inch Aluminum Cake Pans but the recipe can also be made as a sheet cake in a 9 x 13 baking pan.
I've found that the 9 inch pans may bake up a little quicker so be sure to check it 5 minutes early. Depending on whether you use glass or not, the 9×13 size could take a few minutes longer. Just let the toothpick test be the final judge.
Lemon Velvet Cake as a birthday cake, anniversary cake or wedding cake.
2018 update: Since this recipe was first developed several years ago, I have heard from countless people who have made this cake for every possible occasion from an Easter Cake to a Mother's Day Cake. Wherever you find lemon lovers, this cake is sure to to be a hit.
One word of caution about fondant and wedding cakes though. This is a very light textured cake, so if using fondant icing on a celebration cake be sure to use the thinnest layer you can.
Minimal stacking is also recommended unless you are using a weight supported stand. Too much weight can compress the light airy crumb structure of this cake.
You might also like our recipe for Lemon Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake.
Lemon Velvet Cake
Developed from an outstanding Red Velvet Cake recipe, this lemon cake is a perfectly moist and tender crumbed cake with a lemony buttercream frosting. An ideal birthday cake for the lemon lover in your life.
- 1 1/4 cups sifted all purpose flour
- 1 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil
- 1/3 cup vegetable shortening at room temperature
- 1 tsp good quality vanilla extract
- 2 tsp pure lemon extract
- 3 large eggs
- 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
- zest of two small or one large lemons, grated and finely chopped
For the Frosting
- 4 cups icing sugar, powdered sugar
- 1 cups unsalted butter
- 1 tsp pure lemon extract
- 1 tsp minced lemon zest, optional
- 2 tbsp milk, approximately
- Grease and flour 2 nine inch round cake pans and line the bottom with 2 circles of parchment paper. Sift together both flours, baking soda. baking powder, salt and sugar, Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer beat together the vegetable oil, shortening, vanilla and lemon extract. Beat well at high speed with whisk attachment until light and fluffy
- Beat the eggs in one at a time.
- Fold in the lemon zest.
- Fold in the dry ingredients alternately with the buttermilk.
- I always add dry ingredients in three divisions and liquid ingredients in 2 divisions. It is very important to begin and end the additions with the dry ingredients. Do not over mix the batter. As soon as it has no lumps in the batter, pour into the two prepared 9 inch cake pans.
- Bake at 325 degrees F for 30-35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow the cake to cool in the pans for 10 minutes before turning out onto wire racks to cool completely.
To prepare the frosting
- Mix together the icing sugar, lemon zest and butter until it becomes sort of crumbly.
- Add the lemon extract and a little of the milk.
- Beat until smooth and fluffy, adding only enough milk to bring the frosting to a creamy spreadable consistency.
- Fill and frost the cake. Garnish with candied lemon zest if desired.
To make candied lemon zest
- Remove the zest with a sharp vegetable peeler in long strips, avoiding as much of the white pith as possible.
- Bring one cup of water and one cup of sugar to a slow boil.
- Add the pieces of lemon zest and boil for about 15 minutes. Drain the lemon zest on a wire rack.
- When cool, cut them in strips and roll in fine sugar.
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
Previous versions of this recipe have included twice the amount of frosting. In this recent update I've halved that to provide enough frosting for the middle and top as many people seem to prefer. If you want to frost the entire sides of the cake as well. please feel free to make one and a half or even two times the recipe. It depends on how much frosting is your personal preference.
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A fresh start for the new Congress
It was "so long lame duck" as the 113th Congress officially kicked off with the swearing in of members Thursday, signaling a new start after one of the most divisive and strife-ridden sessions in recent memory.
Families crowded the elevators, babies cried in the hallways and a batch of fresh faces took their seats in their respective chambers.
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Illinois Republican Mark Kirk's triumphant return to the Senate, nearly a year after suffering a massive stroke, set the tone for the opening of the new Congress. Kirk received a standing ovation after he climbed the Senate's east steps and stepped onto the floor, escorted by the president of the Senate, Vice President Joe Biden.
As Senate Chaplain Barry Black opened the new session in prayer, Kirk put his head down on his desk in the back row, absorbing the moment.
"Eternal God, we thank you that we are more than conquerors because you love us," Black said. "We praise you that today your conquering spirit has brought our beloved Sen. Mark Kirk back to work in these hallowed halls."
( Also on POLITICO: Kirk completes climb back to Senate)
The excitement of a new beginning filled the air.
As House members filed into the crowded chamber, many shook hands and hugged one another. Of course, it wasn't that long ago that they were all together. Most members of the House were here on New Year's Day, voting on legislation to rescue the nation from the fiscal cliff.
After squeaking out a victory to be reelected speaker of the House, John Boehner teared up as he spoke briefly to the packed chamber.
"If you have come here to see your name in lights or to pass off some political victory as accomplishment, you have come to the wrong place. The door is behind you," Boehner said. "If you have come here humbled by the opportunity to serve; if you have come here to be the determined voice of the people; if you have come here to carry the standard of leadership demanded not just by our constituents but by the times, then you have come to the right place."
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Across the Capitol, freshman Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the liberal consumer advocate who knocked off GOP Sen. Scott Brown, was particularly animated, flitting from senator to senator, giving handshakes, hugs and kisses to colleagues on both sides of the aisle. She even tried a fist bump with Sen. John Cornyn, who as head of the National Republican Senatorial Committee had aggressively tried to defeat Warren during a nasty campaign.
As is tradition, new and reelected senators paired off with their guests of honor as they strolled down the center aisle to take their oath of office.
There were some notable partners: In a show of bipartisanship, freshman Sen. Joe Donnelly, an Indiana Democrat, linked up with two former Hoosier senators: Democrat Evan Bayh and Republican Dick Lugar. Lugar was defeated in a Republican primary by tea party challenger Richard Mourdock, who then went on to lose to Donnelly in November.


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Watching an afternoon news bulletin on television yesterday I paused to read a crawly rolling off the bottom of the screen noting that Gold prices had breached a new high, 10 gms. topping Rs. 18,000 by several hundred rupees. I assumed the price listed was for 24-carat gold.
Today a newspaper website announced that yesterday over 60,000 couples tied the knot in a single day in Bombay alone. I wouldn't dare imagine the number across the country. Neither of the two news items was a complete surprise. And like with much of life in India the joy of living and surviving India lies as much in letting the expected surprise you as the unexpected.
Yesterday was Akshaya Tritiya, an auspicious day for Indians seeking to start their innings at the matrimonial altar on a strong footing. It is also an auspicious day for buying gold. This year the day fell on May 16. The year before, Akshaya Tritiya fell on April 27.
In the week leading up to Akshaya Tritiya, newspapers run full page advertisements enticing potential customers into visiting Jewellry showrooms to buy gold.
Akshaya is Sanskrit for 'never diminishing' or 'never ceasing'. And it holds that any venture started on Akshaya Tritiya day is blessed with success and continuity. And it holds that purchases of gold will continue (never diminish) to bring prosperity and good luck when purchased on Akshaya Tritiya. Similarly a marriage conducted on the day will continue to bring good luck to the couple.
It is also a day when marketing teams of newspapers hope to cash in on advertisements from advertisers seeking to reach newly wed couples setting up home after marrying on Akshaya Tritiya day.
While one would expect Jewellry showrooms to lead the way in advertising it is actually no surprise that they have ceded ground to consumer electronics.
And since gold has come to be synonymous with Akshaya Tritiya day, dealers vie with one another with offers of gold on purchases of consumer electronics goods. Here Big Bazaar, a large departmental store chain, promised buyers of furniture worth Rs. 7,500 free gold upto 3 gms. Buyers of electronics worth Rs. 15,000 were promised upto 4 gms. gold free while buyers of BlackBerry 'Smartphone' could return home richer by a 1 gm. gold coin offered free with the purchase. The offers were valid for Akshaya Tritiya day only. The copy Aaj Hai Kuchh Naya Ghar Lane Ka Din left little to chance - Today is the day to bring something new home.
Other offers were discounted prices on purchase. Newly weds on the auspicious day are expected to take up on the offers. Many do.
Hindu marriages, particularly among Brahmins, continue until the beginning of Chatur Masa that usually coincides with the beginning of the monsoons in June-July. Advertisers have a little over a month in which to maximize their reach before the start of Chatur Masa. Purchase of gold in India largely revolves around marriage.
Masa is Sanskrit for month while Chaturthi is Sanskrit for four. Chatur is derived from Chaturthi. Chatur Masa extends for four months and is considered inauspicious for marriage. It is only a fortnight after Diwali, usually coinciding with October-November, when Chatur Masa comes to an end is it considered auspicious to schedule marriages again.
Across the whole of India, with the possible exception of regions that are not Hindu majority, gold is lapped up by buyers seeking to invest in it or taking delivery of jewellery custom-made for use in marriages of their children either scheduled on Akshaya Tritiya day or for at a later date.
Jewellery showrooms vie with each other via advertisements offering 'exciting' bargains on gold or simply advertise their designs.
Nakshatra Diamond Jewellery advertising in the Hindustan Times' HT Café, called upon readers to "bring home divine luck this Akshaya Tritiya", claiming their jewellery design to be based on "sacred geometry of the great constellation called the Saptarishi Mandalam", before elaborating that the "auspicious seven stone diamond design evokes blessings of divine luck upon the wearer."
Some jewellery showrooms will deck the outside of their shops with flowers to create a festive atmosphere.
Inside there will be little or no place to move around. Staff at Jewellry showrooms cannot expect to get a day off on Akshaya Tritiya.
I am inclined to believe that the retail trade in Gold on Akshaya Tritiya day will likely surpass the retail trade in Gold on any single day among the rest of the countries put together. I do not have figures to back my assertion up, merely sentiment.
It has to be seen to be believed. It is only natural for gold prices to nudge upward on Akshaya Tritiya. With the advent of summer, prospective buyers turn to the Panchanga to find out when is Akshaya Tritiya even as they save up to buy gold on the auspicious day.
Not everyone is enthused with the rise in gold prices that day. The Hindustan Times reported today on unhappy customers having to scale down their gold purchases yesterday to fit shrinking budgets resulting from rising gold prices on the auspicious day. The paper quoted an industry source saying the total sale of gold on the day was 25 tonnes (~ 25,000 kilograms). If the prices had held steady it would have been much higher.
The messaging is not restricted to newspaper advertisements. Banks use their ATM outlets to inform customers of the gold they can purchase from them.
Here ICICI bank is enticing customers using their ATM with "This Akshaya Tritiya, prosper with purity," before promising them 24-carat that is "99.99% pure". Banks retain the advertisement for several days after Akshaya Tritiya.
With the increase in gold prices, middle-class homes will quickly revaluate the worth of their gold jewelry in light of the prices breaching record levels and soon conversation in the drawing room will revolve around the lady of the house recounting of how the gold she was gifted at her marriage as Streedhan had cost her father only Rs. 250 a tola (12 gms.) forty years ago. "Since then it has doubled close to 75 times over."
Soon more stories emerge as the family gathering turns nostalgic.
No home is immune to these comparisons. If weather is known to be a conversation starter with the British, gold prices achieves the same with Indians.
On my visit to Goa last October I noticed passersby pausing by a white board placed on the landing outside the Bank of India branch in Campal, opposite river Mandovi in Panjim, Goa. Curious I stepped up to the white board only to see a listing of gold prices for gold coins on sale at the bank. In the six months since then gold prices have appreciated by close to Rs. 1000 / 10 gms.
Akshaya Tritiya is also a busy day for Brass Bands in their shiny clothes and even shinier instruments as they lead the marriage procession to the tune of Bollywood songs. Marriage halls are booked months in advance while open spaces let out for marriage receptions are tidied up the day before.
On my way back home the previous day I passed glittering pandals being readied for marriage receptions.
But the pulse of the auspicious day is to be found at major Jewellry showrooms. I remember it from our tiptoe to a branch of Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (TBZ) on Akshaya Tritiya last year for a lookaround. The place was buzzing and I whiled away my time between looking at designs and observing customers making decisions, agonizing over exquisite designs arrayed in glass cases many of which were specifically launched on Akshaya Tritiya. Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri (TBZ) have been in the business since 1864, building a reputation that few can hope to match.
24-carat gold was priced around Rs. 13,300 per 10 gms. that day. While Tribhovandas Bhimji Zaveri were not offering any discount on gold prices, they had however announced a 50-percent discount on the jewellry making-charge, the charge originally ranging between Rs. 150-600 per gm., depending on Jewellry type and design intricacy.
Customers seeking to exchange their old jewelery for new were sent up a narrow flight of stairs where a staff member was crouched under a makeshift shelter on the terrace, blowtorch in hand. The queue stretched long with customers awaiting their turn with their old jewelry. After melting the jewelry with the blowtorch he would hand the resulting gold puddle in the shape of a coin over to the owner who then carried it back to counter where it was evaluated for purity in a machine and assigned value for the quantity at the prevailing gold price for the day before adjusting the price payable against the price of jewelry bought at the showroom. The jewelry is melted before evaluating its worth to remove impurities if any.
There were many at the store that day seeking to exchange their old gold jewelry for new designs. Women outnumbered men.
Sales girls in matching sari and blouse patiently helped customers with their selections, answering queries while encouraging purchases. The variety on display was bewildering.
While I waited at the counter, a middle-aged couple had borne their old jewelry to the store, eventually evaluated at Rs. 100,000+ after melting it upstairs. They were purchasing pre-ordered gold idols of Lord Shiva and his family comprising of Nandi the bull, Shiva's wife Parvati, and their son Lord Ganapati, totaling Rs. 2,50,000+. After adjusting the amount payable against their old jewelry they bore their purchase home.
The staff at the payment counter was kept busy with customers waiting to make their payments, counting and recounting currency notes, occasionally holding notes up against the light to check their veracity. Pakistan has been in the spotlight over the years for pushing fake currency into India to undermine its economy.
Excited chatter filled up the large viewing hall on the ground floor. A separate section catered to diamonds.
Not all faces were ebullient or excited at making a purchase, some were weighed down. Others were expressionless.
Standing there, in their midst, I had no way of knowing every story. However I was certain of one thing. Not every story had willed its protagonist willingly to the showroom.
May 17, 2010
Gold and Marriage on Akshaya Tritiya
29 comments:
- Nisha said...
Sometimes I wonder why some dates or occasions are so very important in our lives that everything revolves around it. :-)
- May 17, 2010 3:30 PM
- bobbie said...
Isn't it amazing that the people of a whole nation can be persuaded to gear such personal decisions as when to marry on a certain day. This is quite interesting. I guess we can find similar things in every culture.
- May 17, 2010 6:44 PM
- TALON said...
Thank you, Anil. I never knew that about the gold in India and one date having such a resounding influence. Amazing! Advertisers sure spew it out and the consumers gobble it up - much like in North America with the holiday season. Then it's about every single thing that you can advertise about - lol!
- May 17, 2010 6:55 PM
- Anil P said...
Nisha: I'm glad that is so :-) It helps focus energies and anticipation.
Bobbie: Marriages in India take place around much of the year with the exception of the four months of Chatur Masa, whose start coincides with the coming of the monsoons in June-July. Some will marry even during the Chatur Masa, however most will not.
Among the remaining 8 months certain days are considered to be more auspicious than the others. And among those auspicious days Akshaya Tritiya is considered to be more auspicious than most, so more marriages occur on the day.
Talon: Thank you. The significance of Akshaya Tritiya has been around for time immemorial, and has been considered among the most auspicious days for starting new things, starting anew, buying new and the like. People have always gone out on Akshaya Tritiya and bought gold.
But it is only now, maybe in the last one decade that advertisers have latched onto it, and they've latched big, advertising just about everything while nudging, pushing and even downright 'coercing' with their copy.
- May 17, 2010 7:39 PM
- karen said...
This is so interesting! Enjoying your blog as always... including the last post, too.
- May 17, 2010 9:02 PM
- Lynn said...
People in the US have been selling their gold like mad. There are even parties that cater to that. How interesting that it culminated to that one day over there.
- May 17, 2010 9:30 PM
- Anjuli said...
What an informative post! It is so very interesting to see how occasions in life can hinge on something like Gold. (or vice versa)
In Singapore, Gold is also very sought after- both in the Indian marriages and the Chinese marriages. When I married and did the 'tea ceremony'- as I offered tea to each member of the family and was introduced to them - they would, in turn, leave a 'red packet' which invariably had some Gold necklace- or Gold earrings or something along those lines.
Ah- I feel a post coming on :) Thanks!! ha ha!
- May 17, 2010 9:30 PM
- Anu said...
what a wonderful compilation, Anil! loved every bit of it.... incidentally, i was married on Akshaya Tritiya too, eight years back, though we did not actually plan it that way..... and i have also haunted those jewelry shops, jostling with the crowds, though i dont do that any more..... since the crowds are just too much since this rampant advertising started...
but there is just one thing u have missed - gold ETFs.. thats what i am doing these days to replace the actual gold,since i cant wear the real thing any more for all the danger that lurks around!!!
- May 17, 2010 9:40 PM
- Alexis said...
Awesome post. When I had finished reading, I wished there was more! As always, I loved the pictures too.
- May 17, 2010 9:40 PM
- grannymar said...
Such detail, it makes wonderful reading. As a Westerner I am fascinated. Thank you Anil.
- May 17, 2010 10:42 PM
- pink dogwood said...
Wow -never heard of this. I guess the day is most auspicious for jewellery shops :)
- May 18, 2010 1:22 AM
- Riot Kitty said...
Not every story had willed its protagonist willingly to the showroom.
*You are so right!* Interesting post. You do your homework, as we say in the states.
- May 18, 2010 5:55 AM
- Anonymous said...
This post fascinated me...very interesting. I once worked with a girl who was raised here in the states but her family was from Pakistan and they went there for her wedding month. I believe the wedding was like a three day festival. The pictures were incredible with all of the lovely colorful dresses and jewelry, and the elaborate henna tattoos on her hands. I was so happy she shared those photographs and explained her culture to me. It was a rare and beautiful glimpse into her life.
- May 18, 2010 7:52 AM
- Anil P said...
Karen: Thank you. It's always a pleasure to be told that :-)
Anjuli: Thank you. Gold is central to the economics of life. Possibly the one thing that can be banked upon to not lose value in a jiffy.
The practice you outlined with your experience at the 'tea ceremony' must parallel the concept of Streedhan in India where gold gifted to the bride at mrriage time from either side of the family like the mandatory Mangalsutra (usually gold), gold chains, gold bracelets, gold rings etc. function beyond being mere accessories to wear but act as a financial security for the bride.
Red is a potent colour in Hinduism as well, given that the Sindoor married women wear on their forehead or in the parting in their hair is red.
Lynn: Selling gold? Does it have to do with the recession?
Alexis: Thank you. At a later date I'm planning on turning an Indian wedding into a post. Hopefully the pictures will be more colourful.
Anu: Thank you. Wish you a belated eighth Marriage Anniversary.
A jewelry shop on Akshay Tritiya day is a place of and for many emotions, with customers agonising over designs to select. Much hard earned money is on the line. The inherent pressures at play in getting daughters married off among other things.
Gold Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is an option as well. It is probably good for the common man investor, still the guarantor / custodian has to buy Gold equalling multiples of unit of Gold ETF the investor invets in, so the demand for gold in the market is not diluted and prices do not take a beating. Gold ETF offers a safe bet against inflation so long as gold prices do not go into a free fall at some later point.
Gold ETF is definitely a safer option to invest in gold speciallly if one is not intending to wear the jewelry and go through the hassles and insecurity of storing it in bank lockers at other times.
But still I suppose those investing in Gold ETF will retain some gold jewelry for use on community occasions.
Grannymar: Thank you. I can imagine how different this must seem to the Western eye.
Pink Dogwood: Thank you.
Riot Kitty: Thank you. My teachers from school might tell you that I was more likely to be found on the playground than doing homework :-)
Suzicate: Thank you.
Weddings in the sub-continent last several days excepting maybe the city centres where time and space is in short supply.
But in the towns and villages in the hinterland of India, weddings still stretch over several days even though the number of days will have reduced by a bit in this age and times. Families would gather at respective homes of the bride and the groom, generally helping prepare for the wedding and/or partake of the festivities.
Functions related to marriage are spread out over at least two days if not more. And yes, henna or mehendi is applied on the hands and legs, more prevalent in the North of India than the South, and likewise in Pakistan too.
- May 18, 2010 9:09 AM
- Lynn said...
It is probably due to the recession, but also just to get rid of items not needed any longer.
- May 18, 2010 3:20 PM
- radha said...
What prompted you to walk into the store? Willingly or unwillingly? You can refrain from answering the question.
The area where I live, have ( this was in the span on a couple of years only) atleast 10 gold stores or more. And on Akshyaya Trithiya day we are subjected to traffic jams. This year fortunately was Sunday, I have no clue what happened as I did not stir out of the house.
- May 18, 2010 3:46 PM
- Window On The Prairie said...
In the 1980s here in the US, gold reached a high. Our family was having financial troubles at the time, so my father went and sold his gold wedding ring. As a kid I didn't realize what a sacrifice he had made for us.
- May 18, 2010 7:07 PM
- Sara said...
This was quite interesting, Anil. I always enjoy your posts because there is so much I do not know about your country and I enjoy learning how other people live.
Thank you also for your comment..I do appreciate it.
- May 18, 2010 11:51 PM
- Ms.N said...
I like the way you say " like with much of life in India, the joy of living and surviving India lies as much in letting the expected surprise you as the unexpected."
So true. u know about this day and u have seen it several times. but put a figure of 60000 weddings to it, still takes u aback.
- May 20, 2010 3:39 PM
- Anil P said...
Lynn: Quite natural. In India Gold is in some ways considered to be inflation proof.
Radha: Good question :-). Put it down to curiosity :-)
I wouldn't be surprised if Bombay has the largest concentration of Gold Jewelery shops in all of India.
Window On The Prarie: It must have been a very difficult moment. The decision to put the wedding ring on the line for the family will not have easily, it is a sacrifice that moves the human spirit.
Sara: Thank you. Diversity made possible by geography is a wonderful thing.
Ms. N: Thank you. Eventually it's up to us to be alive to most moments that India throws our way. It can be a challenge at times, wonderful most other times.
- May 20, 2010 9:22 PM
- Anonymous said...
u know i had never heard of this day till i moved to the south this year :) and i was soooo surprised by the mad rush it brought!
- May 24, 2010 2:56 PM
- Anil P said...
Limenlemons: Lets christen it The Annual Gold Rush :-)
- May 24, 2010 5:40 PM
- Sukhdeepak said...
In Chandigarh the sale of gold was Rs 30 crore on Akshaya Tritiya. This festival is not very common in north India that's why no special marriages were performed on that day.
- May 31, 2010 11:32 AM
- Anil P said...
Sukhdeepak: Less of a festival, more of an auspicious day. 30 Crores is still a large amount.
- June 01, 2010 12:21 AM
- $$ said...
You should have gone to the jeweleries in Kerala... u might feel that is the richest place in earth! people buy gold like they are buying carrots and potatoes!
- June 04, 2010 10:40 AM
- Anaggh Desai said...
Good Post; However it's the generation which needs perception marketing. Akshaya Trithiya has been from time immemorial and people bought new things, gold et all, however it was occasion driven - a TV/Fridge once is 5-8 years or a vehicle in 15-20 years or some token gold every year saving up for the daughter.
Today a lot of it has become a commodity.
White goods have a life of 2-3 years; vehicles 3-5 Generation believes in living NOW and marketeers rush to cash in on that.
After Mothers, Fathers Day it's the turn of Indian days:)
And this is just the tip of the iceberg.
- June 19, 2010 4:15 PM
- Anil P said...
$$: That's a story likely to be common across India :-)
Anaggh Desai: I like your use of Perception Marketing. And yes, Akshaya Trithiya has been around for time immemorial.
Where messaging seeks mass, it was inevitable that Marketers would jump in to cash in on it.
- June 19, 2010 8:19 PM
- Haddock said...
Like some one said above, isn't it great that that so many people from one country decides to get married on the same day and the same time bracket, and the same goes for buying gold.
- June 22, 2010 11:30 PM
- anusha said...
The old beliefs are no more to be continued as the market will make a belief into GOLD rather than gaininng any significant achievement.This awareness is to be created
- October 19, 2010 4:39 PM


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To the editor:
I have read numerous times how changes are being considered to EMS. The latest issue before county commission is whether to eliminate emergency medical dispatch to cut expenses.
I am an AEMT with Hillsboro ambulance, and my husband and I are first responders for Goessel. At this time, there are dozens of people in our county who respond to emergencies, not only in their communities, but also neighboring communities as volunteers for EMS and fire departments.
We in EMS are definitely not doing this for the money. Our wages are public because we work for the county. First responders are paid by the call. On-call is $2 per hour and paid for each call.
We do our jobs for our neighbors because we feel it is important and necessary. We respond all hours of day and night in all types of weather. Some of us are blessed to have employers who allow us to be on-call while at work.
I understand budgets are important to our county. Law enforcement, road and bridge, courthouse employees, 911, fuel and maintenance of county vehicles, emergency management, and, yes, county commissioners all have to deal with budgets.
The federal government mandates EMS services are provided by each county. EMS is the only county department that generates part of its funding. If anyone appreciates local EMS in their community and would like to keep it, please contact your county commissioner and tell them so.
Sue Wadkins, Goessel


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SAN FRANCISCO, June 15 (UPI) -- Father and son rockers Eddie and Wolfgang Van Halen admit they cut short their North American concert tour because they were overwhelmed.
More than 30 concert dates after the group's June 26 gig in New Orleans were canceled last month, but no reason was given at the time.
The band is on tour to support "A Different Kind of Truth," its first complete album recorded with original lead singer David Lee Roth since "1984" was released in 1983.
"We bit off more than we could chew," the elder Van Halen told USA Today this week. "This record took a lot out of us. And we went on tour earlier than we wanted to so we could play Madison Square Garden (in March, before a renovation), and that threw the schedule out of whack.
"So in November, we'll hit Japan, and in the new year, we'll possibly do something special, but I can't talk about it," Eddie Van Halen said.


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Resurrecting the Infamous "Methvin Farm"... and Other Ways to Destroy America
by Pastor Cary Gordon
I was recently contacted by a Reuters reporter who assumed that, because I am an evangelical pastoring in the midwest, I would agree with a new evangelical political initiative attempting to broker a deal between the liberals and conservatives - a "moral" way to handle the powder keg of America's Trojan Horse called illegal immigration. It was described by the reporter as the "I was a stranger and you took me in" initiative. The "I was a stranger …" initiative takes its mantra from the famous text of Matthew 25:35, quoting the authoritative words of Jesus Christ. My response to Reuters News was probably not what they expected.
There is a great deal of accelerated emotions involved in this particular debate, which are not necessarily helpful when addressing an issue of legality, crime, and moral prosecution. The knee-jerk reaction of well-intended souls, who operate almost exclusively in an environment of church government (where the art of human reconciliation is the ultimate driving objective and communication skills are paramount), does not translate very well in a sphere of civil government (where the art of retribution is the ultimate driving objective in order to administer proper justice through punishments). Reconciliatory thinkers are wonderful, valuable, precious people. They are capable of literally "saving the whole world" with what is often promoted to be "good news". They want to give everyone a sincere and loving hug, but please understand they are quite possibly the most dangerous people on earth when errantly put in charge of a maximum-security prison system (or anything that has to do with crime and punishment - including law-making).
In contrast with reconciliatory thinkers, retributive thinkers are wonderful, valuable, precious people, too. They are literally capable of "protecting the world" with what is often misconstrued as "bad news". Alas, their "Go to jail!" command is very necessary and valuable to society. They can also be the very most disastrous people on earth if they are mistakenly asked to develop a curriculum for training airline stewardesses, concierge etiquette, or running the help-desk at the Department of Transportation licensing bureau...but I digress.
It is my charge that the "I was a stranger and you took me in" initiative is an aberrant attempt of reconciliatory thinkers to solve a criminal problem they seem uniquely unqualified to solve. Are they sincere? Yes. Are they compassionate and well-meaning? I have no doubt. Are they noble and reputable church-leaders in their own right? Sure. Is their premise built upon sound biblical doctrine anchored by divine authority? ABSOLUTELY NOT. They are misguided – in layers.
Here's the link to what is clearly a misleading commercial provided to me by the interviewing reporter. Once you have viewed this commercial and have seen the reading of a Bible passage by various ministers from many backgrounds known and unknown, you will be better equipped to consider what follows in this writing. My thoughts are based upon what I was able to sleuth out about the group, beginning with the most obvious problem - their inappropriate and misleading use of the passage being read when applied to the subject of crime (more on that in a moment).
I cannot affirm this movement, because it appears to be out of step with the authentic Christian doctrine of justice. When I say it is out of step with authentic Christian doctrine, keep in mind that the popularity or common sentiment among Christians may or may not necessarily determine whether such a belief is actually in agreement with sound Bible instruction. We do, after all, live in an age where, sadly, false doctrine is widely accepted as "truth" and our pagan culture has done a far better job of "discipling" the last four generations of church-goers than the other way around. I think all of us that deal with reality know that very well, particularly ministers who are dealing with a full deck of cards.
As a pastor of what has been called a "neo-Pentecostal" independent church, feeling the constant gusts of every "wind of doctrine" only describe another average day at the office. I am always skeptical, in a healthy sort of way, I hope, of the latest political, social, musical, doctrinal, or dietary...even culinary fads. It's my nature. With that said, I am quite opposed to any intellectually dishonest warping of scripture which pretends the phrase, "I was a stranger and you took me in", should be misconstrued as either harboring, aiding and abetting offenders of divine (higher) law, or the lower man-created laws that remain in harmony with them. Ponder the previous sentence well before allowing yourself to be emotionally drawn into a vortex of illogic and drama. I don't take any misapplication of the authoritative words of Jesus Christ lightly, especially when they are used in public marketing as a ploy for support. Nor should you.
So let's briefly get into the weeds on this so we can move on to the other problems with the messaging of the "I was a stranger and you took me in" initiative. The use of Jesus' words are misleading and inappropriate, because it is well known that the word stranger is originally translated from the Greek word xenos, and the implication of the word's usage in the text of Matthew 25:35 would be best described as guest foreigner. I should not need to explain the difference between a law-breaking (illegal) foreigner and a guest foreigner, should I? No, I should not - especially not to Christian religious leaders of the caliber brandished by this commercial – ministers we expect to be approved by their diligent and studied obedience to the command of Paul, who wrote, "Study to show thyself approved." But I do have to say it, don't I?
Conclusion thus far? The mantra of the initiative is your first glaring red flag. Proceed with caution.
I am a pastor, and I understand where these pastors are coming from, even though I realize they are misguided. I have personally endured more than one bad scenario where a wonderful would-be citizen attending my church was ground to powder by our horrible, bureaucratic circus of kookiness we call the "legal immigration process." Those painful, inefficient scenarios were hard to bear, were harsh on the innocent children caught in them, and spiritually and emotionally difficult to navigate. The fact that I felt anger in defense of these warm and kind people who immigrated in an unsavory way many years before they came to Christ did not necessarily help my ability to determine that lady justice should be allowed to do her proper, God-ordained work in the earth. In fact, the average pastoral experience with immigration in the United States is usually similar to what I've just described above. Add that fact to our pastoral penchant for reconciliation, and we are easily biased to a fault on the subject of illegal immigration. In this arena, pastoral objectivity is usually lost amidst the sea of suffering parents and children, and the God-ordained demands of justice, if left to us in our tearful state, are absolutely impossible.
Why? Because, you see, there is another side to illegal immigration than what is most often experienced by experts in reconciliation (pastors). There is a very dark, dangerous, and damnable side of this tragedy, which few ministers encounter, and even if they do, they are unlikely to be publicly willing to address it with appropriate candor for fear of seeming unloving to a mostly biblically illiterate American public. As pointed out earlier, with the exception of the unique ministry of a biblical prophet, pastors are not typically wired (or willing to be wired) for anything beyond reconciliation.
Allow me to quote Dan Zak of the Washington Post, reflecting on America's fascination with two particular criminals of our national past. "How do two reckless losers -- amateur stickup artists who killed at least 10 people on a haphazard spree across six states -- remain celebrated icons capable of inspiring this current glut of [Hollywood movie] projects?"[i]
The answer to his question may be complex, but the reason Bonnie and Clyde were able to murder so many is quite simple. Ten innocent citizens were murdered because a naive farm couple, by the names of Ivan and Avie Methvin, helped hide the criminals on their rented farm, no doubt justifying themselves each time through a warped application of the biblical command to 'love thy neighbor'. Ivan and Avie may have been well-meaning old folks; no one but God really knows. What we do know is they were naive, ignorant, and disobedient to the Bible, whether they meant well or not.
Common sense should tell us that aiding and abetting a criminal is not only against American law, it's against biblical law. When you aid and abet a wrong-doer, you partner with them against the righteousness of God. That is what Jesus and John taught very clearly. (See Matthew 18 and 2 John 1:11.) Let me describe it another way: from a relational standpoint, it is evil and disobedient to give mercy to the unrepentant. From a theological standpoint, it is not the role or purpose of civil government to distribute mercy in the first place. I digress a third time. Meanwhile, with regard to the relational standpoint I just mentioned, there is not one verse in all of Scripture that says mercy should EVER be given without repentance. This will be a shock to many who fly their kites in every wind of doctrine, but it's still a fact. Don't believe me? Do a word-study on mercy in a good Geneva or King James Bible and see what you find concerning that other word always found near it – the word repent.
And what could be the result of the unbiblical naiveté of those who might be tempted to warp the phrase "I was a stranger and you took me in"? Our institutionalized resurrection of the proverbial "Methvin Farm" will ensure the illegal immigration problem to continue and grow worse in the following ways: 1) overcrowded and inefficient hospital emergency rooms; 2) unsupportable numbers of students financially crushing the public education system; 3) cavalier disrespect of Americans through identity theft; 4) disproportionate contributions of violent crime committed in large cities; and 5) a rate of untenable population saturation devoid of any responsible, measured assimilation to principles of Americanism, and much more. Offended that I have just compared illegal immigrants to Bonnie and Clyde? Not so fast, bleeding heart. Iowa 4th District Congressman Steve King once released data showing that an average of 4,380 Americans were currently being murdered by illegal aliens every year. If the congressman was correct, that means illegal immigrants reproduce the equivalent of Bonnie and Clyde's entire lifetime of criminal escapades every twenty-four hours.
Illegal immigration will inevitably result in a loss of freedom, as statist thinking (the reason Mexico is a civic disaster many wish to escape) penetrates our society. If illegal immigration is not stopped, an un-American (corrupted) worldview will continue to be applied by disrespectful immigrants upon our legal and political culture. When a nation of any people apply their errant worldview of the relationship between the individual soul and the state, the results are always unsavory. The people ( in this case Mexican citizens) who do not appreciate their own reflection (in this case Mexican government) will do one of two things: 1) they will address the ugliness and change it; or 2) they will hate the mirror, deny reality, and shop for a new mirror.
The danger this poses my law-abiding neighbors is anything but kind, gentle, or remotely godly. The act of illegally crossing the sovereign border of any nation is sinful, and it is disrespectful to the God who pre-determined the fixed-boundaries of national habitations, according to Acts 17:26. Illegal immigration is irreverent, harmful, selfish, and uncaring for the common good of the nation whose laws are dishonored and broken. It is unkind and abusive to my fellow American neighbors. The Great Lawgiver - Moses - a prophet of God revered by both Christians and Jews around the world...quoted, endorsed, and defended by the doctrines of Jesus Christ...that deliverer of the Hebrew children from Egypt and messenger of the two tables of stone...Moses, whose genius was hallowed in the musings of the celebrated minds of Aristotle, Plato, and Socrates...described illegal immigration as a threatening curse of disobedience, the spawn of a spirit of lawlessness, holding destructive powers with national consequences, in Deuteronomy 28:43 & 52.
As it turns out, some time long ago, our fathers decided freedom could not co-exist in an environment of lawlessness, so we became a Republic - a nation of laws. Laws in America are the reason we enjoy liberty, and they must be enforced if we love our neighbors and seek the common good. Ironically, the enforcement of laws has produced the atmosphere men of other nations so desire that they are willing to become criminals to achieve it. Should we reform our immigration system? Does it need reform? Yes and yes, but not before we enforce current laws with integrity. Who can guarantee, after all, that proposed reforms would be enforced afterward if we allow the unjust habit of non-enforcement happening now to continue?
Laws that are not enforced are not laws at all; they are suggestions in legal dress. No nation can survive the twaddle of suggestions.
I have shared these thoughts and more with my local and state representatives and the presidential candidates that frequent my state every four years, and I will continue to do so.


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What kind of jewelry do I put in after the taper? I understand that what ever I put it has to stay in for at least a month. I can't do single flared because one time the lip went into my ear while sleeping and cut the inside of my ear. The only kind of jewelry that 's the most comfortable sleeping in are screw tunnels. Can I use these for a fresh stretch? Mind you I need something that has no risk of falling out while sleeping.


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Rimutaka Cycle Trail
The Rimutaka Cycle Trail, just outside Wellington, is New Zealand's only cycle trail located on the doorstep of a major city.
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The 115km Rimutaka Cycle Trail starts at Petone's foreshore, then runs through the Wairarapa before finishing at Wainuiomata's Orongorongo River. If you're in Wellington, both trains and ferries are available to take you to the start of the trail.
The Rimutaka Cycle Trail is one of New Zealand's Great Rides and part of Nga Haerenga – The New Zealand Cycle Trail. Made up of four sections the trail can be completed in parts or as a whole 2-3 day experience.
Section 1: Petone Foreshore to Maymorn
35km, 3-5 Hours, Grade 2 – Easy
Beginning in Petone, through riverside parkland and along the Hutt River Trail, this first part of the ride is family-friendly and great for casual cyclists or as a warm up. Moving into the forested section, riders pass sites of early European settlement and Maori pa before leaving the riverbank at Te Marua and entering Tunnel Gully, marking the second part of the trail.
Section 2: Maymorn to Cross Creek
25km, 3-4 Hours, Grade 2-3 – Easy to Intermediate
Threaded through the Rimutaka Ranges, riders follow the old 1878 railway route, plunging through restored rail tunnels and across bridges. A mix of native bush and plantation flank the climb to the Summit before riders head off on the downhill leg which includes tunnels up to 584m long.
Riders pass through the old railyards and follow the descent path of the historic Fell Locomotive Incline before emerging from the ranges into the Wairarapa valley.
Section 3: Cross Creek to Ocean Beach
36km, 2-3 Hours, Grade 3 – Intermediate [On Road]
Here riders reach Western-Lake Road where they can turn left and head to Featherston (12km) to end the day's ride or turn right and continue the trail along the shores of Lake Wairarapa to the wild southern coast of Ocean Beach.
Section 4: Ocean Beach to Orongorongo
18km, 3-5 Hours, Grade 3 – Intermediate
The final section of the trail takes in the rugged beauty of the South Coast. On a clear day, riders will see the South Island's Kaikoura Ranges across Cook Strait. At Turakirae Head, riders will find unique, geologically raised beaches. This headland is also home to a colony of up to 500 fur seals each winter.
The trail then turns north to the mouth of the Orongorongo River where the Wainuiomata Coast Road provides a link back to the city of Wellington.
For information on getting here, accommodation, pick-ups and bike hire, visit RimutakaCycleTrail.com


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Celebrity Kids in Halloween Costumes | Pictures
Ghosts of Halloweens Past: A Look Back at Celeb Tots' Best Halloween Costumes
Ghosts of Halloweens Past: A Look Back at Celeb Tots' Best Halloween Costumes
Celeb tots are used to seeing costumes — they've witnessed Mom and Dad wear some pretty strange outfits on the set or stage — so we're not surprised that they take their Halloween costumes to the extreme! Give these tots an opportunity to dress as their favorite characters and they go all out! But kids and babies aren't the only ones strutting their stuff on Halloween night: plenty of celeb parents get in on the action with costumes that complement or coordinate with their adorable tots.
Take a trip down memory lane, and check out some of the cutest celebrity kids' costumes from over the years.


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Tuesday, September 5, 2006
On The Street……Chillin', Nolita
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Great style. REAL people. Guy on the left has some cool accessories.
The very definition of street fashion–and very pleasing, too.
i must say. your new camera!!!!!
this is why I like your work…you get the "chillin'" into the style mix.
Sometimes I think you sneak in a photo like this as a joke, just to see if we're paying attention.
i like the pink dotty shirt.
I see the rigors and strain the city has put on them…and at the same time there is a genuine joy in those expressions as well. Isn't NYC grand? the constant battle is what i see in this pic.
well captured.
(i could be crazy and stressed though)
Fun guys. But Sart, it's hard to see people's faces when they're backlit. Even the models some posts down couldn't carry off the back-lighting. Love many of your photos though. :)
As Winter creeps up it's good to see splashes of color!
BTW..the Canon 5-D is as good as it gets and it's so much lighter than a "professional" camera.
These two look like they are wearing a deconstructed Alexander Calder Lithograph. The colors are gorgeous…as is the spirit of the photo.