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As I've said before, the best things happen when you get carried away. Two people who share this view are Diane Cu and Todd Porter, photographers and filmakers, aka whiteonricecouple. Two weeks ago, at the BlogHer food conference in San Farancisco, they asked to film me talking, I'm still not sure why. Diane said she wanted to film me thinking. I thought that was going to be kind of difficult. I'd just come from the concluding keynote panel with glutenfreegirl and orangette, two people I really admire, and had a few minutes before heading to a bacon curing demo orchestrated by Elise. I've got no excuses other than the six cups of coffee before the panel.
The book of which I speak, is Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human, by Harvard Anthropologist Richard Wrangham. I've talked about this book before. It's an important book.
On a lighter note, there's this, on Grant Achatz and Thomas Keller, and not saying no. I hope you'll watch, hope you won't say no:
I'd just started spending time at The French Laundry in the Napa Valley when the infamous dinner happened, and the "craziness" I refer to was the quantity of finished courses the kitchen could produce. Chris Gesualdi, a chef who'd worked with Thomas at Rakel was out there at the time. Chris had recently left Montrachet in Manhattan. He had 13 apps and 13 entrees more or less on his menu—"and that's plenty," he told me. That night I counted 53 different courses that could come out of The French Laundry kitchen. Good courses. Most of them with multiple components. There had been seventeen different menus that weekend. I called this to chef's attention. He also named all the courses not even listed, just ready to go for VIPs. Seventeen more. Seventy dishes. Keller was midway through a 45-hour work weekend. Later that night, after service, he'd describe to me his perfect restaurant, what it would be like to really cook. (See page 250, Soul of a Chef, use Amazon's "Look Inside" feature.)
Thanks, Todd and Diane.


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This British summer's long-entered the autumn of its life, taking the British festival season along in tow. It's been pretty miserable at times - heavy, pluvial skies pathetic fallacy for debut all-dayers and long weekenders that have sometimes spluttered rather than flown out of the traps.
The weather and the times - to an extent at least - brightened last weekend, with the traditional sign off from music in the sun that is Reading and Leeds. Burnt rare for the first time in months, DiS' memory of last weekend has already taken on that warm glow of nostalgia, even if it lacked the air of chaos and surprise that has pervaded Berkshire fields in times already past.
And that, I suppose, is reason enough to break from cynicism just this once. It was a bind, but there were finer times. Time to gather thoughts and lighten brows...
Name: Kev Kharas
Previous Years at Reading/Leeds: '01-'07
Band of the Weekend: Arcade Fire
If there were to be no surprises at Reading this year, at least it would seek to break the themes of festivals past by lulling us with moments of sweet sentimentality. Morally objectionable...? Perhaps. But at least those moments of simple pleasure don't grate when they touch in through the blare of two finger rock horns and the frat turd idiocy of 'the Chilis'.
Arcade Fire were to provide the most gut-warming of these moments, taking the main stage after Bloc Party; a band whose quality was similar in its reliability. Light changing overhead in the fading span of a vapour trail, the Canadian troupe ploughed on through a set thick as it was familiar. 'No Cars Go', 'Keep The Car Running', 'Antichrist Television Blues' - tracks immediately received by the parts of your brain that trap melody on their release in March and bedded down in the 'Neighbourhood…'s of Funeral. All nice, all known. A twilight drive pushed on by a drummer whose view is revealed by camera shots to be the best in the world, over tens of thousands of heads and out into the sunset beyond the gates. Talking Heads and drama in my diaphragm.
Runners Up: Jamie T & LCD Soundsystem
Jamie T triumphs. He fits on Reading's second stage. Predictable? Yeah, in my choice and in his set. But the best live performance he's shared with me and his band is a predictably boisterous wash of sweat and shout. It fits.
LCD's half of this paragraph should really be shared with Klaxons; the incalculable, lost minutes stretched over their sets sharing a strange charge. That charges blew with the locking of lips locked Sunday night in a blue-lit haze, and now the memory turns heads back towards wist and instant, dreamy nostalgia. This in mind, James Murphy's 'All My Friends' shades 'Not Over Yet' as a soundtrack to tonight and to Reading 2007.
Name: Raziq Rauf
Previous Years at Reading/Leeds: '99-'03, '05, '06-'07
Band of the Weekend: Biffy Clyro
I'm not sure if it's a no-brainer or an obvious choice to cite Biffy as the cherry on the sunshine-filled icing of this weekend but them's the facts. It's a cult; a call to arms; a pilgrimage to see this band anywhere. At a festival, where the clans of the country unite, it's a grand celebration of all things Biffy.
While you might hear a London crowd chanting "Biffy! Biffy! Biffy..." at Brixton Academy, you'll hear the exact same thing in Glasgow Barrowlands and Manchester Academy. When you hear it in the Radio 1 tent at Reading it has a resonance and feeling of unquenchable desire that means that when the trio appear onstage you're beyond raptures. You're beyond excitement or fulfilment. You're not quite sure what this is meant to feel like.
The final public airing of the heart-obliteration-beyond-comprehension recent single, 'Folding Stars', is just another reason to etch this in your memory forever.
That they make you almost forget your tears with a guitar-burning finale of 'Glitter & Trauma' is just another point at which you realise this is not just a band. This is a religion.
Runners Up: Nine Inch Nails & Cold War Kids
Everyone watching Nine Inch Nails' incredible audio-visual-extra-sensory-perception-filled show knows that the set finale of 'Hurt' is not a Johnny Cash cover though. Don't they.
It's that bassline from 'Hang Me Up To Dry' that does it. It's pre-sex dance music for indie kids and it makes the lengthy walk to Cold War Kids through the oversold arena well worth it.
Name: Tom King
Previous Years at Reading/Leeds: A ready virgin
Band of the Weekend: Klaxons
Of course, the tent was full of people getting the wrong end of the glowstick; neon clad kids (presumably dressers in the dark) moving like lava lamps, the drunk and the soaring staggering. Urgh. But that's all really beyond the point.
What mattered was the sense of occasion, atmosphere, theatre. The (JD) Balla(r)dry of it all! The Kids drown out The Band, The Beat goes directly to my feet, and yes, I can see hands in the air. Glowsticks fly towards the stage like metal to magnets and Klaxons scream across the airwaves like toxic skid marks. I'll be buzzing until the winter breathes a collective comedown…
Runners Up: Jamie T & Nine Inch Nails
Firstly, because-
a) He makes a song and dance out of MY life.
b) His existence proves ugly people can be successful.
c) There's eloquence in screaming 'Lonnndaaan'.
Secondly, the Sunday was terrible. I dropped my phone in a shower puddle, got hit by a pissile, lost my press wristband to a Jamie T crowd surfer's shoe buckle, and the chafing of my tighty whitey boxer shorts became unbearable.
Anyway. Topless, wet, and impotent in the face of security, I assumed a foetal position outside the press area. Focus on every beat, I told myself, and you won't die. It didn't work; I fell in and out of feverish sleep to their metallic gurge. But upon waking, 'Hurt' seemed like the greatest song ever written.
All praise be to Sean Adams, who rescued me out of this depraved situation moments later.
Name: Sean Adams
Previous Years at Reading/Leeds: '98-'07
Band of the Weekend: Panic! at the Disco
They weren't built for these times and places. Aging kids still excited about the prospect of Chilli Peppers playing anything pre-Californication and posturing-fluro post-tweenies desperately trying to separate themselves from anything resembling gorgeous melody and none txt talk lyricism. Following last year's bottle hail, on the surface the P!@TD 'show' is somewhat stripped down to Seth Cohen -some checked shirts, scuffed trainers and barely noticeable traces of eye liner or top hats. What extra we get is songs that stand up for themselves, the bottle rain clearing after a couple of numbers when noticeably the meat heads get in a spin. It's pure emotion tinkling entertainment, blasting, soaring and teetering between Duran Duran and Incubus, for almost an hour with a killer riff here and a ridiculous lyric about wet dreams for webzines there. The whole show - even with Ben Foldsy new songs – is tighter than a posh prick tease.
Honed, brave and really aspiring to push the envelopes without a hint of compromise or flux for their inevitable all-encompassing for stadium-rock stardom in such a way that every other rock and mall-emo band for the rest of the weekend seems irrelevant. America finally has their own Muse. Give them their own forward-thinking festival and let's dance like idiots all over again.
Runners Up: The Shins & LCD Soundsystem
The Shins looked like they hadn't seen the sun for a decade but proved why they're one of the most poignant, inspiring and important bands in indie, whilst the crowd threw shapes similar to those thrown during Weezer's Greatest Hits set a few years back. No James telling us to "siiit daaahn" this year but Mercer and Murphy more than make up for it. LCD ram out the Radio 1 tent, the highlight coming with 'All My Friends' sounding like New Order sky-diving peacocks gradually transmorphing into cowbell munching woodpeckers.
Name: Ben Marwood
Previous Years at Reading/Leeds: '98-'03, '06
Band of the Weekend: Frank Turner
Completely ramming the Carling Tent despite the festival being a mere few hours old, Turner proves that funkloads of touring is not only a decent substitute for big-budget ad campaigns as a way to get yourself noticed, it also helps you make a few billion friends along the way. Today playing his 333rd show and looking obviously stunned that not only have more than five people turned up, but they also know all the words, Turner and the three-quarters of Dive Dive that comprise his band race through all the suitably band-based moments from debut album Sleep Is For The Week as well as a handful of others.
The key to the success here obviously isn't down to any light shows, pyrotechnics or choreography - this is more about community spirit and audience participation, singing along to Frank's indie-folk tales of drinking ('The Real Damage'), constant touring ('Vital Signs') and the state of the nation (as the singalong during 'Thatcher Fucked The Kids' deafens a nearby five year old). This is probably a rare moment - today's set is not so much about performance, more about the atmosphere - the songs ignite the crowd, and their reaction in turn fuels the act, as Turner grins almost disbelievingly at what's going on around him like a rabbit in the headlights. Only, in the headlights of a really, really big carrot. There is footage on YouTube - go seek.
Runner Up: Ash
Headlining the Radio 1 tent might be a step backwards in comparison to Ash in their Main Stage heyday, but after the departure of Charlotte Hatherley they should probably be thanking their lucky stars that they're even still here. Furthermore, they're looking and sounding much more confident than during their shows back in March and whilst hits like 'Burn Baby Burn' and 'Orpheus' are never going to sound the same without Hatherley's harmonies, it's not necessarily what this crowd are here for.
Tonight is all about trading on memories past, and Ash have those in abundance, with added showmanship to boot. From the these-days extended mid-section of 'Kung Fu' to the singalong moments in 'Girl From Mars' and 'Oh Yeah' – the former lifting the entire tent into the air in unison – the crowd are at the mercy of this band's finest pop-rock moments, with even Tim Wheeler's voice in good form. As long as they can remember how to play 1977, Ash will probably always have a future here, though the alternative is underlined as they announce their last song to be a new one and people instantly stream from the tent.
Name: Rob Webb
Previous Years at Reading/Leeds: '01-'02, '04, '06-'07
Band of the Weekend: Grammatics
With noisy guitars, dashes of cello and blunderbuss drumming, plus huge, skyscraping choruses, Grammatics are currently an underground revelation that might just cause a sizeable splash in a sea of lowest common denominator indie chart music. As angel voiced singer Owen Brinley delivers set-closer 'Broken Wing', it's genuinely frightening to think that one of the most beautiful pieces of music we've DiScovered all year is only a B-side. Oh, and they don't even play their best tune, 'The Vague Archive'. Pretty fucking special.
Runners Up: The Shins & Seasick Steve
Finally, a festival performance to justify why The Shins are so high up on my Last.fm. Add to that the watching of one man captivate an entire tent for an hour with just a few battered guitars and some gnarled, authentic blues.
Name: Gareth Dobson
Previous Years at Reading/Leeds: '97,'99-'06,
Band of the Weekend: Smashing Pumpkins
Naturally, the Smashing Pumpkins also won Worst Band of the Weekend too. On Friday in Leeds, they were sullen bastards, grinding out shitty new songs and creating a smelly melange of a set-order that saw the likes of 'Tonight, Tonight' fall flat in front of the smallest mainstage headline crowd ever assembled. I spent the following two hours lying under a bench sobbing for my lost youth and berating passers by for having the temerity to look like they were having a good time.
Closing the event at the spiritual home of rock (screw you, Donnington), though, they were a completely different proposition 48 hours later. Billy's grinning with the carefree abandon of a happy yokel, the set's been rejigged, the attitude has been severly adjusted and possibly humbled by the Disaster of Yorkshire, Corgan seems to understand that out of place and out of time, the Smashing Pumpkins have to work hard in order to win the acclaim that was meted out to them a decade hence.
Thusly we get the magic of 'Drown', a one-for-the-fans nod to their appearance on the Singles, film soundtrack, a brutal pair of 'Zero' and 'Bullet With Butterfly Wings', a magnificent 'Tonight, Tonight' and a early set bona-fide generational anthem in 'Today. When they finish up with 'Cherub Rock, the obituary so gravely penned hours before has been torn up.
Runners Up: Jimmy Eat World & The Maccabees
Doubling the crowd-pleasing mainstage slot with a for-the-fans headline set in the Lock-Up tent, we get all the right songs in all the right places from Jimmy Eat World. Thusly, 30,000 people get to dance and holler to 'The Middle and 6,000 rabid fans get to swoon to the sounds of 'If You Don't, Don't'.
The Maccabees provoke the sort of hysteria that their blued-eyed naïve romance deserves. 'Precious Time' is just one of those lovely festival events where you want to clutch the moment to your heart and forget that you smell like Pigpen.
Name: Christopher Alcxxk
Previous Years at Reading/Leeds: '00-'03, '05-'07
Band of the Weekend: Frank Turner
I've put off going to see Frank with his full band for ages. Seeing him front a band that isn't Million Dead would just feel wrong, and a solo show without the spontaneity of his covers-filled acoustic sing-along shows would be boring. How wrong I was. Every single song in the set is an impassioned anthem for young Britain in the least jingoistic manner possible, the band just adding further resolve and conviction to his tales of growing up a punk, the dissolution of British society and such. He's a national treasure and a tent filled with screams of THATCHER FUCKED THE KIDS knows it.
Runners Up: !!! & Panic! At the Disco
Although occasionally slipping into generic party funk band mode not far distant from a tie-dyed wedding band, !!! really have got the whole 'making people do dances' thing down pat, especially on their fizzing, electrohousey build ups and explosions, and refusals to let their tracks end on anything less than cataclysm.
While this year's cover of The Band's 'The Weight' doesn't quite measure up to last year's 'Karma Police' in terms of WTFactor, Panic! At The Disco's set is still a glorious demonstration in what happens when ultrapolished pop meets ridiculous syllable enunciation. A "wonderful carry-ac-a-ture of intimacy" you say? Fab! And really driving home the gleefully misogynistic leanings of 'I Write Sins...' with a scream of "FUCKING SLUT!" before the chorus? Classy!
Jamie T, LCD Soundsystem, Grammatics shot by Gary Wolstenholme
Cold War Kids shot by Holly Erskine
Arcade Fire shot by Magic Lorne
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It's just a day into 2014 and I already have a recipe to share. It's a housewarming recipe, the recipe that finally helped me feel like New York was my new home. Is my new home.
A few months ago, I subleased my apartment in Cambridge and moved down to New York with no plan other than to follow a dream and see where it takes me. After wandering from temporary apartment to temporary apartment, I landed in a friend's place to finish out her lease. I slowly moved in, both physically and psychologically. I needed two trips up north to fill the closets and round out the kitchen, and there is still a lot that I've left behind. When my father visited just before Thanksgiving, he installed shelves and I finally felt like I had a place to call my own. A place to hang my hat. Well, to hang my pots and pans at least.
I've slowly returned to cooking and baking, even adapting (sort of) to not having a dishwasher other than my own two chapped hands. I've made soups and vegetables (recipes soon, pinky swear) and have managed to take photos in the small, so very small, area between the bed and the window on a cutting board precariously perched atop a moving box.
On the last Friday of the year, I invited a crowd for shabbat dinner.
I borrowed a table and extra chairs. Ran to the store for a last-minute scroll of craft paper when I couldn't find a table cloth. Trimmed roses and, with branches of eucalyptus, arranged them in a stumpy vase. Circled the table with plates and glasses and silverware. Lit candles. And, having prepared everything the day before, relaxed for a few moments before the first knock on the door.
Within minutes, everyone arrived and I made the rounds with introductions. We poured wine, blessed bread and passed bowlfuls of steaming chili. Conversation flowed easily in every direction.
After the last hug goodbye, I sat down on the sofa and drank the last few drops of red right out of the bottle. I smiled and flopped into bed. The dishes could wait.
So long, 2013. You've been good to me. 2014, I can't wait to get to know you.
Harissa chili
This recipe is adapted from the spicy chili in Einat Admony's Balaboosta. (More on Einat and her cookbook soon.) To make my life easier, I used cans where I could: canned kidney beans instead of dried, canned tomatoes instead of fresh. I also replaced merguez sausage with lamb because it's easier to find. The heat in the chili comes from the North African spice paste harissa. Since the spiciness of harissa can vary, use a light touch initially — you can always add more later. I like to serve this on top of wheat berries (I cook them according to these guidelines from the Kitchn), but you can use brown rice, barley, farro, or your favorite grain.
Serves 4-6
– 1 lb ground beef
– ½ lb ground lamb
– kosher salt
– freshly ground black pepper
– 3 T olive oil
– 1 ½ C finely chopped yellow onion (about 2 medium)
– 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
– 2 T tomato paste
– 1 t sugar
– 1 28-oz can of chopped peeled tomatoes
– 2-3 T harissa (depending on how spicy it is)
– 1 t ground cumin
– ¼ t chipotle powder
– about 4 C water
– 2 15.5-ounce cans kidney beans, rinsed well and drained
– 4 scallions, thinly sliced on the diagonal
Sauté. Heat a large heavy-bottom pot over high heat (no oil) – it's ready when you drop a small piece of meat in and it sizzles very loudly. If the pot isn't hot enough, you'll end up boiling your meat instead of sautéing. Add the beef and lamb to the hot pot and sauté until browned. Season with a pinch of salt and a few grinds of pepper. Drain off any excess liquid, but leave all the good browned bits. Remove the meat and set aside.
Sauté again. Heat the olive oil in the emptied pot over medium-high heat. Add the onion and sauté until golden brown, about 10 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for another minute, making sure not to burn it. Stir in the tomato paste and sugar. Add the tomatoes and cook for another 5 minutes. Stir in 2 tablespoons of harissa (you can add more later), cumin, chipotle, 2 tablespoons salt, ¼ teaspoon pepper, and water.
Simmer. Add the beans and bring the chili to a boil, then reduce the heat to very low, cover the pot, and simmer for 2 ½ to 3 hours. After the first 30 minutes, taste for spice, stirring in extra harissa if you'd like more of a kick. Check the chili periodically, and if it looks dry, add some more water.
Serve. Scoop into bowls and sprinkle with sliced scallion.
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Last night, the lead plaintiffs in the case that's destined to shake up Nevada's marriage law went to Ralston to make their case.
(Start at 9:00.)
Yet while we see a new round of media buzz on this issue, let's not forget that there's an actual case to be tried in court. As we touched on yesterday, how the federal courts taking up this case interpret the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment will be key. And while there are similarities to the Prop 8 case in California, there's one key difference that Prop 8 Trial Tracker noted yesterday.
Lamdba Legal's suit is no doubt in part inspired by the success of the American Foundation for Equal Rights in the Prop 8 case, Perry v. Brown, which led to historic rulings in favor of marriage equality in California both at the district and appellate court levels. Nevada, like California, falls under the jurisdiction of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, so lawyers in the Sevcik case could cite the Prop 8 ruling in the Ninth Circuit as precedent. Additionally, any appeal of the eventual Sevcik ruling would end up at the Ninth Circuit just like Perry did.
Despite these similarities, the legal arguments that Lamdba Legal are pursuing in Sevcik are not quite the same as AFER's arguments in Perry. The central complaint in the new Nevada case is an equal protection claim that domestic parternships violate the civil rights of gay and lesbian couples. In the Prop 8 case, AFER made the same equal protection claim but also argued for a fundamental right to marriage under the U.S. Constitution. Tara Borelli, a staff attorney with Lamdba, explained to MetroWeekly that the group "certainly believe[s] that the fundamental right to marry includes same-sex couples, but this court doesn't need to answer that question to rule for the plaintiffs here. We're convinced that our equal protection claim is so clearly correct that we want to keep the focus on that claim."
Lambda Legal's strategy makes the Sevcik case a more conservative one than the Prop 8 case in Perry, and would appear to be a response at least in part to the Ninth Circuit's ruling in the Prop 8 case, which declined to address the fundamental right question and instead focused more specifically on the circumstances unique to California's situation.
In explaining Lambda's complaint, Borelli said, "One of the reasons that we're suing in the state of Nevada is that this is a particular equal protection problem that this case examines. It's the kind of problem created where a state excludes same-sex couples from marriage deems them fit for all of the rights and responsibilities of marriage through a lesser, second-class status — in this case, domestic partnership. That shows just how irrational that state's decision is to shut same-sex couples out of marriage."
So the Sevcik case here in Nevada will come down to whether domestic partnership actually provides "equal protection under the law", and if we can ever have true equal protection as long as the Question 2 marriage ban remains on the books. Unlike AFER's argument for a broad, nationwide fundamental right to marry that's being made in the Perry case in California, Lambda Legal is making a narrower argument based on the inequality present in Nevada family law and how that can not make federal Constitutional muster. It looks like Lambda Legal is confident that even if some federal judges are hesitant to use one stroke to knock down all the state marriage bans at once, they have to closely examine situations like ours and realize that we're experiencing clear and illegal discrimination.
So where will we go from here? For now, this will be in courtroom of Senior Judge Roger Hunt. And regardless of how Hunt decides, this will likely head next to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Interestingly enough, The Ninth is the same court that issued a narrow ruling in the Perry case back in February, a narrow ruling centered on the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. And funny enough, the Sevcik case will be argued on the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause. Coincidence?
And like the California case, don't expect any immediate resolution. This may very well end up on the Supreme Court docket, but perhaps not for another 3-5 years. So buckle up and get ready for a long and bumpy and fascinating and trailblazing ride.


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Three Orlando Evans players attended Florida State junior day and two of them came home as commitments to the Seminoles' Class of 2013.
WR Tony Stevens and LB Ro'derrick Hoskins each pledged to the Seminoles during Saurday's Florida State junior day in Tallahassee, while Trojan teammate Dominic Walker held his patience.
"Yeah, I felt like I wanted to commit, but at the same time I wasn't sure," Hoskins said while traveling back from the state capital with his teammates, being chauffeured by Hoskins' mother Sherita Humber. "I haven't talked to my family and it's still too early. ... I'm still not sure. I'm still happy for them though."
The other two were sure.
"Felt like I was at home. The coaches treated us good ... just everything," Hoskins said. "The school was nice and that's pretty much it."
Hoskins will play linebacker at FSU, but head coach Jimbo Fisher did ask the former receiver if he wanted to play both ways.
"I told him I just wanted to play defense."
Stevens (6-2, 175) is all receiver and Fisher even told him he has the best chance to become FSU's first ever Fred Biletnikoff Award winner, for the best receiver in college football, although it will take a while for Stevens to figure out how to pronounce the former Seminole receiver's name.
"He said I had a good chance to win that," Stevens laughed, giving up on failed attempts to say Biletnikoff. "It feels good. I didn't think I would commit this early but everything turned out … I mean Florida State just had that feeling like I was at home; like I was standing next to coaches at my own school."
"It's just a great day for Evans High School," said Coach Chip Gierke, who guided the Trojans to a 9-2 record last season in his first year of taking over a team that had gone 1-9 the previous year. "And that ain't all coaching either. These kids have a lot of talent and it says a lot about Tony and Ro'derrick and Dominic, all of them ... and the seniors we had last year. They all are very good kids very hard workers."
Florida State got two other commits Saturday. Jacksonville First Coast safety Tyrell Lyons committed for 2013 according to Warchant.com, while the website also said his cousin defensive end De'Asian Richardson of Orange Park committed, but then backed off his decision later because he had not talked with his family.
The other commitment for the Seminoles came from Auburndale rising sophomore ATH Derwin James (6-3, 186), who plays safety, wide receiver, running back and Wildcat quarterback. He is the cousin of former Miami Hurricane and NFL star Edgerrin James and current UM running back Mike James.
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Last week, someone was murdered in Forest Hills. According to the newspaper reports, the victim had met his killer on the Internet. This is at least the third such incident is recent months.
With the creation of the Internet, online dating has become a way of people connecting. However, everyone must be very careful when meeting people online. As parents we must protect our children. As adults we must protect ourselves.
You should never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone that you met on the Internet in your home.
IF you decide to meet in person, pick a public place and make sure you are familiar with the area before you agree to the location. Meet during the day. While you want to relax and have fun, your life could depend on your choices. Meet your potential match at the rendezvous location, and never rely on someone you don't know for a ride. Don't even accept a ride home even when you feel as though your date is on the up and up. If you drove, you also want to avoid allowing them to walk you to your car. It's best to even keep the make, model, and license plate of your car a secret.
You also should give your date details (time, date, and location) to a friend. You can ask a friend to call you on your cell phone to check in during the date.
You must remember the information that someone tells you about themselves online may or may not be true.
Parents should instruct their children that they should never arrange a face-to-face meeting with someone they met online.
Children should not be unsupervised on the Internet. There are signs that children might be at risk online. If a child spends hours at a time online, parents should be aware and involved in their activities.
If the child receives phone calls from strangers that the parent does not know or long distance phone calls, this could be a cause of concern.
If the child receives mail, gifts or packages from someone that the parent does not know, this could be part of the seduction process.
Children should never post pictures of themselves online, or give out identifying information such as their name, address, phone numbers, or school.


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Step 1: Create Dynamic DNS Address
A dynamic DNS address allows you to have a URL point to your home. Every modem receives an IP address from your ISP, but that IP address may change often. A dynamic dns address allows you to access your home's IP address, even if it changes.
First, head over to http://noip.com and create an account. Once you have that setup, add a new "host."
Hostname: this is what you want your no-ip.org url to look like. For example, adding "myaddress" in this field would give you a URL of "myaddress.no-ip.biz"
IP Address: Leave this blank for now.
Once those are added, click on "Create Host" at the bottom of the page.
Step 2: Add Dynamic DNS info to router
In order for your dynamic dns address to stay in sync with your IP address, it must be updated. Most modern routers have this functionality built in. Simply Google how to enable Dynamic DNS for your router model and follow the instructions.
Step 3: Enable reserved DHCP address for computer running Usenet services (SAB, CP, SB, etc)
Most of the time, a router will automatically assign a computer an IP address at random. This creates a problem in the next step, so we want to keep this computer's IP address static. You can do this in your router as well.
Simply Google how to reserve an IP address for your router model. You will need your computer's MAC address that is running the usenet services. Enter in the MAC address and specify which IP address you would like that PC to have (usually 192.168.X.X). Once you enable that in your router, restart your router and your computer.
Step 4: Forward the correct ports
By now, we have a no-ip URL, and a reserved IP address for the PC running the usenet services. Now we need some way to talk to the computer when you visit the no-ip address. Port forwarding accomplishes this.
Simply Google how to port forward for your specific router model. All you're essentially doing with port forwarding is telling your router to talk to a specific computer when a certain port is reached.
For example, SABnzbd's default port is 8085. In your router, you will want to forward port 8085 to the reserved IP address you set up for your computer in Step 3.
You can test if this is working by visiting your no-ip address and specifying a port. For example, if you forwarded port 8085 to your computer running SABnzbd correctly, then visiting http://youraddress.no-ip.org:8085 should bring you to your SABnzbd web configuration.
Step 4: Add this info into NZB 360
NZB 360 supports both local and remote addresses. You'll want to add both to make your local requests much faster and efficient.
Comma-separate your local IP address and your no-ip address in the IP/Host field in NZB 360, like so:
You should then see NZB 360 recognize these addresses as local and remote.
Also, make sure to add in your SSID for your local network (home) so NZB 360 knows when to use your local address.
That's it! You now have the ability to use NZB 360 both locally and remotely, anywhere in the world.


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Metro Stations
Metrorail, operated by the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority currently serves 86 stations throughout the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area along 106 miles of track, much of it underground. The system consists of five color-coded lines; blue, green, orange, red, and yellow. The lines intersect at various points, making it possible for passengers to change trains and travel anywhere on the system. There are 15 Metrorail stations in Prince George's County.


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Power Tools – Online Downloads
This section of "Power Tools" presents on-line resources that are in-depth explorations/explanations of a wide variety of topics that may be of use to Friends' meetings, large and small, new and old. Their purpose is not just to provide "how to" guidance, but to make explicit the spiritual Truth underlying all that we do within the Quaker way. Reaffirming and intentionally trying to live into this underlying spiritual reality is the strength and attraction of the Religious Society of Friends.
This list will be added to frequently.
To suggest resources, please contact Brent Bill at [email protected]
I. Roots / Foundational Understandings/ Basic Concepts
A Description of the Qualifications Necessary to a Gospel Minister by Samuel Bownas – is a classic statement of what it means to be minister in the Quaker tradition. It is available here to read on-line or to download as an e-book for certain devices.
Apology for the True Christian Divinity as Professed by the People called Quakers by Robert Barclay – is Barclay's exposition and defense of Quaker faith, set forth as theological propositions (per the tradition of the day). The Apology remains the prime example of Quaker faith in theological language. The introduction to each proposition summarizes the substance quite well, without having to read the entire text. Available on-line and as free PDF and universal text downloads. Readers interested in discovering the theological and biblical underpinnings of Quaker faith will especially want to acquaint themselves with the Apology. It would also be good for small group studies or adult religious education.
Autobiography of George Fox by George Fox, edited by Rufus Jones – recounts George Fox's (the catalyst of the Quaker movement) key life events, including his religious development and insights, and the struggles he faced for proclaiming that there was one "even Christ Jesus, who could speak to [his] condition". Available to read on-line or as a free download in PDF or RTF formats. This book is must reading for anyone who wants to gain an understanding of the roots of Quakerism and the milieu in which it came into being. This is not the only edition of Fox's Journal available. For print readers, we recommend John L. Nickalls edition.
Earlham School of Religion's Digital Quaker Collection -- is a digital library containing full text and page images of more than 500 Quaker texts from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is a wealth of early Quaker writings and you can read each "book" "page-by-page" as if sitting in a library. This site is perfect for those who would like to research or understand early Friends views on a number of topics.
North Carolina Yearly Meeting (Conservative) Journal – This site has a number of helpful downloadable texts. They are all written from a Conservative Friends perspective, and the topics are of interest to Friends across the spectrum. Some of the topics are vocal ministry, queries, discernment, and caring for creation. These materials would be appropriate for personal study, small group study, or adult religious education.
Peace Be with You: A Study of the Spiritual Basis of the Friends Peace Testimony by Sondra Cronk – a completely free version of Sondra Cronk's classic writing on the Quaker peace testimony. Of special interest to Friends meetings are the chapters "The Meeting as the School for Peacemakers," "The Meeting: A Center for Transformation," and "The Meeting: Where Forgiveness Is Offered." This is a pamphlet, not a longer book.
Quaker Heritage Press's Online Texts – this is a compendium of historical texts – from Robert Barclay's Apology to pamphlets from just before the Hicksite/Orthodox separation to the works of Isaac Penington and much more. These materials would be especially helpful for those who would like to understand the roots of Quakerism and its early practice.
Tract Association of Friends – this site is a wealth of Quaker publications, from a downloadable Quaker calendar to tracts and pamphlets on a wide range of topics (congregational silence, a study of the spiritual basis of peace testimony, and more). These materials are ideal for small group or adult religious education studies.
What did George Fox teach about Christ? (New Foundation publications #1) by Lewis Benson. The late Lewis Benson was one of the leading student of George Fox (1624-1691). His word to present-day Quakers and indeed all who are seeking a deeper Christian faith adequate to modern spiritual needs is that it can be found in the writings of George Fox. This paper is a report of a week-end Summer Gathering held in July 1974 at Friends House, London, and introduces some of George Fox's principal teachings. It is good for small group or adult religious education studies.
II. Worship / Spiritual life
Clearness Committees and Their Use in Personal Discernment by Jan Hoffman – is a strong piece on clearness committees and is excerpted from Companions Along the Way (which is available in its entirety at insert link). Good for use by individuals and clearness committees.
Clearness Committees: An Excerpt from Sacred Compass by Brent Bill – is a free download of a section from Sacred Compass: The Way of Spiritual Discernment that explores how a clearness committee works. This excerpt was prepared for use in Britain Yearly Meeting. Meant to be used by people requesting clearness committees or those asked to serve on a clearness committee.
Fostering Vital Friends Meetings: Part Two: Resources for Working with Quaker Meetings compiled by Jan Green and Marty Walton – contains a plethora of resources on a variety of topics, including ministry and counsel, membership, racism, the Bible, and much, much more. The authors list reads like a who's who of Quakerism and represents all variety of Friends. This book would be very helpful to ministry and counsels, outreach committees, religious education committee and more.
Online Books of Faith and Practice at the Quaker Information Center – a helpful collection of on-line editions of various yearly meeting's books of faith and practice, organized by types of yearly meetings (liberal, conservative, pastoral, evangelical and more). These books cover a multitude of topics (including worship and spiritual life) that readers will find helpful in understanding the Quaker way in context of a yearly meeting.
Survival Sourcebook: The Care and Maintenance of Small Meetings and Worship Groups by North Pacific Yearly Meeting Outreach Committee – this handbook shares the experiences of Friends in the Pacific Northwest in sustaining and nourishing the Quaker way in their region. It is filled with helpful resources, ideas and information compiled with small meetings and worship groups in mind.
The Reality of the Spiritual World by Thomas Kelly – is a free download of Pendle Hill Pamphlet #21. In it, Kelly presents four lessons on accessing spiritual reality through the Holy Spirit in prayer, fellowship, God, and the spiritual world. Ideal for personal study, small groups, or adult religious education.
III. Corporate life/ Community/ The "Body" (including Religious Education & First Day School)
Companions Along the Way: Spiritual Formation Within the Quaker Tradition: A Resources for Adult Religious Education edited by Florence Ruth Kline with Marty Grundy – was developed from plenary and workshop sessions at the Companions Along the Way conference held in 1998 at George School in Newtown, PA. The impetus for the conference was to encourage spiritual formation in the Society of Friends through strong adult religious education. Now out of print, this wonderful collection is presented here as a series of PDFs. While there was some loss of resolution in the conversion process, these materials will still be helpful for religious education committees, spiritual formation groups, and other meeting planners. The entire book can be downloaded by clicking the series of links in the "Files" section below.
Get Ready, Get Set, Teach: Starting, Restarting or Revitalizing a First Day School written by Beth Collea, Religious Education Coordinator for New England Yearly Meeting. This helpful document shows, step-by-step, ways to get a religious education program for children underway or revitalized. It's practical and achievable.
Living with Oneself and Others by New England Yearly Meeting Ministry and Counsel – consists of articles on aspects of family life containing queries and advices for Friends meetings and individuals. This piece could be particularly helpful to ministry and counsels, pastoral care committees, or for small group study.
The Call by Charlie Basham – is a play that raises questions about the nature of a call to ministry in our time and how meetings might provide nurture, support, and mentorship, especially for young people. It can be used in a variety of ways, as a group study, a play, for individual study, and more.
The Individual and the Meeting by Martha Paxson Grundy – appeared in Quaker Religious Thought and explores relationship between individuals and others in the meeting. This piece would be especially helpful to ministry and counsels, membership committees, newcomer classes, and for self study.
IV. Business / Structure / How It Works
Urbana-Champaign Friends Meeting Handbook of Meeting Procedures –A document showing how one meeting has organized its life together. This is not to be used as "the" model as much as it is an example of things to think about in meeting organization and business. Each meeting will need to take into consideration which of these fit, which are different, and what is unique to their life together.
Handbook on Records by the Baltimore Yearly Meeting Committee on Records – is a set of clear and concise guidelines pertaining to the taking, preservation, and use of Monthly Meeting records. It divides content areas among various record-related issues, including descriptions of such functions as Recorder, Archivist, Historian, and Recording Clerk; types of records to be preserved; guidelines for preserving and storing records; information on indexing of minutes; the role of computers; oral history; sample forms; and a glossary of terms. Users should be aware that some of the punctuation did not convert exactly in its adaptation to an on-line document (quotation marks became question marks, for example).


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Conundrum: you love Ireland, but you hate spending money.
But what if you could base an entire holiday around using as little money as possible enjoying festivals, discount dinners and gratis gardens?
Good news alert: you can – and you can do it in Ireland's cities.
If you fancy saving some money on food, Belfast Restaurant Week is awash with discounts, deals and special menus. Follow them on Twitter for info on competitions and special offers.
Belfast's best complimentary treats include tours of City Hall (Monday to Saturday) and entry into the Ulster Museum (where you'll find dinosaurs and an Egyptian Mummy). A stroll around the colourful Botanic Gardens and Palm House won't cost you a penny, while the breathtaking wonder of Belfast's St.Annes Cathedral is free to view.
Come night time, head for Fibber Magees in Robinson's Bar, where you go back in time to an old style spit and sawdust-style pub. And in true traditional style, you'll find nightly traditional Irish music to entertain you at no extra cost.
Of course, all of the National Museums of Ireland located in Dublin are free for you to roam around at your own leisurely pace, too. Keep costs down by picnicking in the Iveagh Gardens with some sausage rolls and salads from the affordable Liston's Deli.
See the best of Ireland's art collections gratis in the National Gallery of Ireland and the Hugh Lane Gallery, where you'll find Francis Bacon's messy but masterfully maintained studio.
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For self-confessed nerds the Science Gallery is well worth a visit with events and exhibitions throughout the year.
This literary city has always done a good line in free festivals and with Open House and Culture Night both gratis, the tradition continues. Out on the city's seaside, the Dublin Prawn Festival is nicely peppered with handfuls of no-fee fun.
Beside the picturesque River Lee sits Fitzgerald Park. Bask in the local flora and fauna before reaching Cork Public Museum in the centre of the park, where you'll find historic displays spanning from the Bronze Age to the 20th century.
Relax in a traditional Irish pub in the city and enjoy some free music provided by Cork's finest musicians. The Oliver Plunkett hosts The Midnight Rambles Jamming Sessions or if you'd prefer something more 1920's style, Crane Lane Theatre hosts free entertainment every weekend.
Culture Night isn't just for Dublin and events take place all over the country, including Cork. Cork Pride is a joyous city-centre party; Oceans To Sea is healthily packed with free family events and Cork Midsummer Festival's vast array of shows won't cost you a penny.
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Letter from the Editor: freelance interpreting
An interpreter is an interpreter is an interpreter. The proliferation of titles and categories is often nothing more than a marketing ploy - create a niche and occupy it. Employers play the game too, searching for ways to corner markets and cut expenses. What's a freelancer to do?


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Due to the dramatic growth in the past few months, the FamilySearch Research Wiki has now blown past the 50,000 article mark. The mark was reached early in morning of 9 March 2011. The count today, 10 March 2011, is already at 50,284 and rising rapidly. The access counter on the startup page read 235,731,413 this morning as I write this post. Why is this important? Wikis are only as good as their content.
If you compare the numbers on the FamilySearch Research Wiki with Wikipedia, for example, you might think that the Research Wiki is small potatoes. Today Wikipedia had more than 3,578,000 articles just in English with millions more in 279 other languages. The Research Wiki is available in Spanish, Portuguese and Swedish. But the comparison is far from fair. Wikipedia is a universal encyclopedia while the Research Wiki is focused only on genealogy/family history. Maybe another comparison would be the Ancestry.com Family History Wiki but that wiki has only been accessed 852,591 times.
What is on the Research Wiki that makes it such a draw? Loads of information about genealogical sources and methodology. OK, I probably need a disclaimer about this point. I am a Research Wiki fanatic. I am the moderator for Arizona and have been for a couple of years. I am currently on the Support Team for the entire Wiki. We are the folks who are trying to keep this rapidly growing resource relatively sane.
The Research Wiki is the first, go-to place to look for information about everything having to do with genealogy. What kinds of information are going onto the Wiki? Almost everything you can imagine in detail. Here is a brief selection of today's new articles:
Click on the image to see some of the today's new articles. Looking at the whole list of the last 50 pages, the subjects span the gamut from Texas to Finland with a lot of Sweden and England thrown in. With all these additions are the articles useful? Here is a screen shot of one of the most recent pages.
All of those blue entries are links. You may not be interested in Staffordshire, but what if you were? Have you looked for articles in your areas of interest?


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The Flu Shot and Diabetes
A yearly flu shot is highly recommended if you have diabetes, according to M. Donna Younger, MD, at Joslin Diabetes Center. Diabetes puts you at a higher risk of getting the flu, particularly if your diabetes is not well controlled. Having the flu also makes it more difficult to manage diabetes. It's important to get a flu shot when you have diabetes, so you can prevent these risks.
How Well Does the Flu Shot Work?
The flu vaccine is 70-90 percent effective and takes two weeks after the shot for your immunity to build up. It's a triple vaccine against three types of influenza strains that public health officials predict are most likely to strike in a given flu season. The flu shot is effective for about six months.
Cases of flu usually peak in January or February, but you can still get infected any time up until May. Although it is recommended you get the vaccine as soon as it is available in the fall, even January is not too late.
If You Get the Flu With Diabetes
Should you get the flu when you have diabetes before you get the vaccine or despite it, Younger recommends that you contact your primary care provider right away. There are also other treatments for the flu, but they aren't as effective as getting the vaccine. Tamiflu, for example, has to be taken in first 48 hours and continued for a week. In order to be prepared, you should also have a "sick day plan" made with your health care team.
"We also encourage others in your family over six months years old to get the vaccine as well, so the flu is not passed around the house," Younger says.
Prepare yourself for the flu season and get your vaccine so you can avoid the flu and its complications when you have diabetes.
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Who Should Get a Yearly Flu Vaccine:
Everyone with diabetes over the age of six months.
Who Should NOT Get the Flu Vaccine:
People who are allergic to eggs (they are used in the production of the vaccine).
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Immigration to Australia? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Immigration to Australia? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Australia/New Zealand View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message thelmadatterJoined: 31 Mar 2003Posts: 1212Location: in el Distrito Federal x fin! Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject: Immigration to Australia? A few weeks ago I was in an Internet cafe here in Mexico and I came across an article (written in Spanish) that basically said that if a Mexican was able to work in certain careers and had a certain English level, s/he could apply to immigrate (at least temporarily) to Australia. The article said that Australia was in need of certain types of professionals. Unfortunately, the printer in the cafe was not working at the time, and I have not been able to find anything saying anything about this on the Net (probably using the wrong search words). Does anyone know anything about this and/or where I can find information? The International Programs Office here is being revitalized and I thought this would be (if it is true) a good opportunity for some of our students when they graduate with their bachelor's (I work for a technical college that confers bachelor's degrees). Any info would be appreciated. Back to top lozwichJoined: 25 May 2003Posts: 1536 Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: Hi there thelmadatter , I think you're referring to the skilled worker immigration program. You can find more information about all kinds of working visas for Australia here: http://www.dimia.gov.au/work/index.htm Good luck! Lozwich. Back to top thelmadatterJoined: 31 Mar 2003Posts: 1212Location: in el Distrito Federal x fin! Posted: Wed Mar 29, 2006 8:14 pm Post subject: thanks Thanks Loz...looks like what I was looking for... and just like everywhere else in the world... lots of legalese Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Australia/New Zealand All times are GMT Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Where to Begin----------------General DiscussionNewbie ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumOnline Teaching Forum Africa Forums----------------General Africa Forum Asia Forums----------------CambodiaChina (Job-related Posts Only)China (Off-Topic)Hong KongIndiaIndonesiaJapanMalaysiaPhilippinesSingaporeTaiwanThailandGeneral Asia ForumVietnam Caribbean Forums----------------General Caribbean Forum Europe Forums----------------Czech RepublicFranceGermanyGreeceItalyMacedonia and the BalkansPolandRomaniaRussia & C.I.S.SpainTurkeyUkraineUnited KingdomGeneral Europe Forum Latin America Forums----------------ArgentinaBrazilChileColombiaCosta RicaMexicoMexico (off-topic)PeruGeneral Latin America Forum The Middle East Forums----------------BahrainEgyptIsraelKuwaitOmanQatarSaudi ArabiaUnited Arab EmiratesGeneral Middle East Forum North America Forums----------------General North America Forum Oceania----------------Australia/New Zealand You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group Teaching Jobs in China


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CLEARANCE - Richard Reti's Best Games
Improve Your Chess by Studying the Games of the All-Time Deepest ThinkerProduct Code: B0047BT
The most instructive games by one of the most original chess players of all time!
A new edition of Golombek's in-depth look at the chess of one of the most influential chess theoreticians of the twentieth century. As part of the algebraic classics series, it has been converted to modern notation by Grandmaster John Nunn, who has added analytical footnotes.
* Richard Reti was one of the leading hypermoderns - the group of players who revolutionized chess thinking in the 1920s.
* Includes games against World Champions Alekhine and Capablanca, and many other great players.
* Features Reti's 1924 victory over Capablanca, who had been undefeated during the previous 8 years.
* All of the games are annotated in-depth in this new, algebraic edition.
Grandmaster Harry Golombek was one of the key figures in British chess for half a century as a player, author, arbiter and journalist.
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Venerable Auxentius of Bithynia
Saint Auxentius, by origin a Syrian, served at the court of the emperor Theodosius the Younger (418-450). He was known as a virtuous, learned and wise man, and he was, moreover, a friend of many of the pious men of his era.
Distressed by worldly vanity, Saint Auxentius was ordained to the holy priesthood, and then received monastic tonsure. After this he went to Bithynia and found a solitary place on Mount Oxia, not far from Chalcedon, and there he began the life of a hermit (This mountain was afterwards called Mt. Auxentius). The place of the saint's efforts was discovered by shepherds seeking their lost sheep. They told others about him, and people began to come to him for healing. Saint Auxentius healed many of the sick and the infirm in the name of the Lord.
In the year 451 Saint Auxentius was invited to the Fourth Ecumenical Council at Chalcedon, where he denounced the Eutychian and Nestorian heresies. Familiar with Holy Scripture and learned in theology, Saint Auxentius easily bested those opponents who disputed with him. After the end of the Council, Saint Auxentius returned to his solitary cell on the mountain. With his spiritual sight he saw the repose of Saint Simeon the Stylite (459) from a great distance.
Saint Auxentius died about the year 470, leaving behind him disciples and many monasteries in the region of Bithynia. He was buried in the Monastery of Saint Hypatius at Rufiananas, Syria.


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Battling Childhood Aggression: A unique research network takes on bullying
by ALEC ROSS
Bullying at its extreme can be high-profile and horrifying, such as when one or two disaffected youth go on a shooting rampage at a school, or when a gay student kills himself after months or years of taunting about his sexuality. It can also be quiet and escape public notice, as when the "mean girl" in the class makes your daughter cry by repeatedly pulling her pigtail, snickering all the while.
Whether it makes the headlines or not, bullying and its consequences are big problems, and Wendy Craig is determined to fix them.
Craig is a Queen's psychology professor and scientific co-director (with Dr. Debra Pepler of York University) of Promoting Relationships and Eliminating Violence Network (PREVNet), a Canada-wide network that brings together organizations that work with children and youth, governments, university researchers and graduate students and child-health practitioners. The network partners work to expand knowledge about the causes of bullying and aggression and develop and disseminate programs to eliminate violence and promote healthy relationships.
Says Craig: "What we want to do with PREVNet is get research findings that have the potential to make a difference and impact on how children and youth function out to the people who most need it – the practitioners, educators, adult leaders, and parents – so that they can use the information on the front lines."
PREVNet was established in 2006 as a part of the federal Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE) program. Six years later it has 62 expert researchers from 27 Canadian universities, and 51 national organizations involved in 85 different knowledge dissemination projects addressing PREVNet's four core areas of focus: education about bullying; assessment of the extent of bullying in schools and communities; intervention and prevention strategies to reduce the incidence of bullying; and public policy that supports children's right to be safe. Today, with help from $1.6 million in second-round NCE funding, the core focus is on ten "signature projects" whose outcomes can impact children and youth in all the places they live, learn, play and work. One signature project, being carried out in conjunction with the Public Health Agency of Canada, has involved populating a website – the Canadian Best Practices Portal – with a series of tested and proven violence-prevention programs. "Our partners, educators and other frontline workers now have a place to go to find programs that we know work and have evidence to support their effectiveness," says Craig. Another signature project is called Walking the Prevention Circle. This project, co-led by Shelley Cardinal, an Aboriginal consultant with the Canadian Red Cross, acknowledges the history, challenges and potential of Aboriginal individuals and communities as it explores issues relating to abuse, neglect and interpersonal violence. Designed for adults, the program empowers participants to name and reclaim the past, and begin the transition from the cycle of violence to the circle of healing, a journey that begins with awareness and moves toward prevention. From small beginnings, it is now being rolled out across Canada.
Over the last 20 years, there has been a sea change in the knowledge of bullying and its effects. What we now know and understand about bullying has changed our views. We now know that bullying is not just a common part of growing up whose unpleasant effects are short-lived.
In fact, research by Craig and others clearly shows that children who are victimized and children who bully often do not get over their experiences. Children who are victimized may later have clinical depression, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Girls may develop eating disorders. The children who bully are at risk, too: those who engage in regular and frequent bullying are at higher risk of engaging in delinquency and sexual harassment, and more likely to join a gang. They are also more likely to be physically aggressive with their romantic partners. The effects of social ostracism, another form of bullying, can be just as long-lived and devastating as the physical sort. A recent analysis of the subject showed that having poor social relationships is as big a contributor to early death as smoking, drinking, and obesity.
Another important finding from research is that bullying can actually affect a child's physical development. Some chronically victimized children may exhibit a lasting stress response that causes changes in brain function. "Negative social experiences impact the genetic expression of certain behaviours and traits which has potential long-term implications. In the long term, problem behaviours may be passed onto the next generation." says Craig.
The public also knows more about bullying, largely because youth violence is more common in the news – from notorious cases such as the Columbine High School shootings in 1999 to the more recent death of Jamie Hubley, a gay Ottawa teenager whose suicide in October 2011 was attributed to years of relentless teasing by his school peers. These and scores of other wrenching stories over the years have raised awareness about bullying. Significantly, in virtually all of the most egregious cases of bullying and youth violence, the perpetrators of the acts were themselves bullying victims at one time or another.
Another form of bullying that has become widespread in the last 10 years or so is electronic bullying, the practice of using the electronic media to intimidate and harass others. PREVNet researchers have found that girls are more likely to bully electronically than boys, but the prevalence of the behaviour is increasing among the latter. In some ways, electronic bullying is even worse than face-to-face bullying because it can exacerbate existing problems. In other words, says Craig, "the experience of being bullied electronically increases the risk for experiencing depression over and above face-to-face bullying."
One unique aspect of electronic bullying is that children who are victimized can feel as if there's no escape from it. With traditional schoolyard bullying the child can go home and, one hopes, gain a sense of security. But for today's teenagers, cell phones and social networking sites such as Facebook are integral to their social life. Teens are glued to their electronic devices, so if they're being bullied electronically, they may feel it's impossible to ignore.
Of course, because electronic bullying takes place online, the audience for it is potentially huge. Humiliating or compromising videos and photographs, or nasty rumours about a person, can be seen or read by potentially hundreds or millions of people. Making matters worse, the viewers may snicker at what they're seeing but fail to connect the material to an actual human being who may be suffering greatly from the exposure. "This broader audience, and the desensitization it engenders, greatly increases the impact of electronic bullying," says Craig.
Since most traditional bullying takes place at schools, it seems logical that teachers would be equipped with professional knowledge and skills to nip bullying in the bud or handle ongoing cases. Not so: Bill Beasley, an Alberta teacher and Queen's alumnus, who hosts a much-visited website called www.bullying.org, notes that bullying is one of the biggest nonacademic problems for teachers, yet they get virtually no formal training for dealing with it.
For her part, Craig lectures about bullying to teacher candidates at the Queen's Faculty of Education, but admits that this is not enough. Addressing this lack is another PREVNet signature project: an online magazine called MyHealth. Schools can subscribe to it so that teachers and students can read articles, written by youth, about health topics including bullying. PREVNet's role is to provide the evidence-based background material to the writers. "The idea is that the magazine will reach every youth and educator across the country so that they'll have a sense of how to recognize bullying in their classroom, what strategies will work, which ones don't, and how to pick bullying prevention programs for your classrooms that do work," says Craig.
Another key PREVNet role is to help more than 82 graduate students in its network to develop their own research knowledge and skills. The students do this by working on real-world problems with actual clients. For instance, for the past two years, a PhD student in psychology at Queen's has been evaluating a mentoring program for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Canada as part of her dissertation. This student is solving an applied problem and bringing science to practice in a new and innovative manner. "Both the student and the organization benefit," says Craig. "The student has an innovative learning opportunity, and the organization gains research capacity to inform their practices."
The next step for PREVNet, apart from completing the current signature projects, is to figure out how to bring PREVNet research to wider audiences so that it actually changes public attitudes and behaviours. This work isn't new: in 1997 Craig was interviewed about bullying on Oprah. For the past nine years, PREVNet has lent its expertise to the StandUp! Campaign aired on The Family Channel during the annual Bullying Awareness Week in November. This year, Craig gave bullying prevention advice to the pop superstar Lady Gaga, a former bullying victim who in late February launched the Born This Way Foundation, whose tagline is "Empowering Youth, Inspiring Bravery."
Another next step is to mobilize communities. PREVNet already has reached into mental health centres, schools, parent organizations and other groups, but these parties need to better communicate with each other.
"How in the community do we break those silos and get them coordinating together to make differences?" says Craig. "That's the next step in the evolution."


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Canadian Cyclist was invited to visit a number of Taiwanese bike companies in the fall of 2011. Here is one of our factory visits - to read the overview to our visit and access all the articles, go to the main page Here
Giant Bicycles is the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world, producing everything from Tour-level road bikes, to World Cup DH bikes (world champion Danny Hart rides Giant), to commuter models and electric bikes. The company is celebrating its 40th anniversary in 2012, and has grown from 4000 bikes in 1972 to a projected 5.5-6 million in 2012.
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Giant says that approximately 70% of the bicycles they produce are sold under the Giant name, with the rest for a diverse group of customers, including Yeti, Canyon, Scott, Trek and Colnago. Giant has a presence in 80 countries with 11,000 dealers worldwide. Giant Canada is based in Vancouver. Europe counts for 30% of sales, followed by North America and China at 24% each. Giant is the top brand in Taiwan and China, top-3 in both Europe and the United States, and the top imported brand in Canada, according to a company spokesperson.
The company has also moved into electric bikes, bike gear (such as clothing) and, just recently, cycling touring in the Taiwanese market - a fully supported nine day tour of Taiwan costs $800 US. They have introduced a new women's product line - Liv/giant ( www.giant-bicycles.com/en-us/livgiant ) - as well as Right Ride, a system to help riders determine to proper bike and fit. For the Giant brand, approximately 20% of the bikes are Road, 30%-35% Mountain, Hybrid 10% and 30% City/Youth. The remaining 5%-10% is made up of electric bikes and Giant gear.
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While carbon garners a lot of attention, it only accounts for approximately 60,000 of the three million bikes produced each year under the Giant name. It is a very labour intensive process, as we saw during the factory. Roughly 400 carbon frames can be produced per day, out of a total 5,000 frames per day. From start to finish (receiving raw materials to construct frames and assembly) an aluminum bike takes 15 days to produce versus 21 for carbon. One thing that most people aren't of aware of is the amount of hand-finishing that goes into each carbon frame before it is ready for painting. Basically, a lot of bondo is used to fill in the uneven spots...
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The carbon building process itself is fascinating, beginning with the carbon 'cloth' segments (head tube assembly, etc.) that are fitted over forms by workers in clean rooms wearing white gloves, and then impregnated with resin. The various segments are then put together in a jig form (one for each size and model) that is sealed and uses air pressure pumped into internal bladders to force the frame into the correct shape before it is cured. Road bikes make up 90% of the carbon market.
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With Somalia's UN-backed government consolidating its hold over the capital, Mogadishu, and other areas from al-Qaeda-linked militants, many women are returning to help rebuild the country, reports the BBC's Kate Forbes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to this Air Africa flight to Mogadishu," the Kenyan stewardess booms over the plane tannoy.
Absolutely no-one pays any attention, with passengers preferring to root through the overhead lockers or stand talking in the aisles.
The plane is full of familiar accents: British, Canadian and American. Open your eyes and you see it is packed with Somalis, mainly women, going to a "home" they barely know.
Ayan Yussuf, 18, is one of a group of women sitting together dressed alike in black floor-length abayas (cloaks) and hijabs (headscarves).
"Well, when in Rome, do as the Romans," she says.
She admits it is not what she wears in Canada, where she lives.
She is coming to Somalia on holiday - her first visit to the country.
"I want to see what it's like. One day, we might move back," Ms Yussuf says.
Is she scared?
"Yes, definitely! I've got no idea what it's going to be like."
On first sight, not much has changed in Mogadishu since I was here in early 2012. It looks like a country in conflict, and security is still the first priority.
Outside, pick-up trucks full of soldiers, armoured vehicles and teams of civilian guards wait to pass in and out. Across the road, a cafe sits behind an eight-foot wall of sandbags and barbed wire.
But the rest of Mogadishu is ablaze with bustle and renovation.
After a period of stability, Somalis are coming back by the plane-load.
"You can hardly get a seat," one man tell us at Nairobi airport, on his way to Mogadishu.
Among them are many women, who want to play their part in rebuilding a country that has been at war for more than 20 years.
Walking into an office not far from the airport, I spot some perfectly manicured nails tapping away at an expensive laptop.
Next to that lie a designer handbag and some serious-looking files.
Safia Yassin Farah is 34 and her desk is that of a high-flying executive anywhere in the world, except that the view from her office is of high walls, wire and armed guards.
She left the US to take up a post working with young people in Mogadishu, helping them obtain an education and skills.
"I'm here to stay. I've quit my job," Ms Farah says, sounding thrilled and scared at the same time.
"I grew up in the US and got my degree at the University of New Hampshire. I had a job, a house, I had everything."
She says she was motivated to return after hearing about the plight of Somali children caught up in violence, including being recruited by the al-Qaeda affiliate, al-Shabab, which has lost control of Mogadishu and other towns to Amisom and government forces but still controls many rural areas of southern and central Somalia.
"I could see this huge need for education for young people. They need chances, like kids have in the West," Ms Farah adds.
"I just looked around and said to myself: 'I have to do more than this'. I realised I had to go back."
After a month in Mogadishu, top of the list of what she misses is the Starbucks coffee chain.
Ms Farah also worries about some things, like the lack of health care and security but adds: "It's much better than people think."
Attitudes towards women are different from the West, however, as I hear from Maryan Hassan, a 26-year-old law student who was born in the UK.
"Men are traditionally the breadwinners [in Somalia] and the woman's place is in the home," she says.
However, Ms Hassan points out that many of the Somali women returning would have led a "double life" in the West, occupying traditional roles at home while being treated more equally in the workplace.
"Somalia has changed a lot, though," she adds.
"Twenty years of war meant that women have had to support families as many men died or couldn't work."
One thing that every woman mentions is the security situation. Mogadishu is still dangerous. And because of this, there is a lack of independence.
It is one of the hardest things about moving back, explains Maluka Abulkadir.
A young woman, she gave up a top job in the US with finance company Merrill Lynch to return to Mogadishu.
"The hardest thing is the social life. You are used to going anywhere and doing what you want back home in the States, but here you can't just jump in the car and go down to the store. It's not safe enough," Ms Abdulkadir says.
She smiles in agreement when I tell her that a British-Somali had greeted me that afternoon by asking: "How are you enjoying Mogadishu? We call it the open prison!"
Ms Abdulkadir cannot drive anywhere without armed guards, in part because she works in the prime minister's office.
"We're rebuilding Somalia. For me, it's worth it," she says.
For some women, just being in Somalia can make a difference.
"I tell girls about my own experiences - like getting a degree and how hard I've worked. Sometimes it's the first time they've really thought about whether they could go to university," says Ms Hassan.
"For example, a cousin of mine didn't really know what she was capable of, or I guess entitled to, but inspired by me, she's gone and found herself a scholarship and is doing computer science. So imagine that replicated across the country. It's got to be a good thing."
But to live in Somalia is not so easy for everyone.
On Mogadishu's beach, Samira, 40, paddles in the clear turquoise water.
She watches over some children swimming in the distance, but they are her sister's.
"My kids were born in London and they won't even come here on holiday," she says.
"They've just got no interest. If I want to move back, I'll have to wait until they've grown up."
For now, then, she must stay in London with her family.
"People ask me why I want to go back. They say I'm crazy. I tell them: 'I have to. It's my country.'"
The airport is in a heavily fortified base that is home to the joint African Union (AU) and UN force known as Amisom.


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