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Banana & blueberry muffins
Nutrition and extra info
- Can be frozen
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal202
- fat5g
- saturates0.8g
- carbs36g
- sugars14g
- fibre2g
- protein5g
- salt0.59g
- 300g self-raising flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda
Bicarbonate of soda, or baking soda, is an alkali which is used to raise soda breads and full-…
- 100g light muscovado sugar
- 50g porridge oat, plus 1 tbsp for topping
- 2 medium bananas, the riper the better
Probably the best known, most popular tropical fruit, their name probably derives from the…
- 284ml carton buttermilk
There are two types of buttermilk. Traditional buttermilk is a thin, cloudy, slightly tart but…
- 5 tbsp light olive oil
Olive oilol-iv oyl
Probably the most widely-used oil in cooking, olive oil is pressed from fresh olives. It's…
- 2 egg whites
- 150g punnet blueberries
Blueberries are one of the few edibles native to North America and credited with being…
Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4 and line a 12-hole muffin tin with paper muffin cases. Tip the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl. Hold back 1 tbsp of the sugar, then mix the remainder with the flour and 50g oats. Make a well in the centre. In a separate bowl, mash the bananas until nearly smooth. Stir the buttermilk, oil and egg whites into the mashed banana until evenly combined.
Pour the liquid mixture into the well and stir quickly and sparingly with a wooden spoon. The mix will look lumpy and may have the odd fleck of flour still visible, but don't be tempted to over-mix. Tip in the blueberries and give it just one more stir. Divide the mix between the muffin cases – they will be quite full – then sprinkle the tops with the final tbsp of the oats and the rest of he sugar. Bake for 18-20 mins until risen and dark golden. Cool for 5 mins in the tray before lifting out onto a rack to cool completely.
Recipe Tip
Using yogurtButtermilk's natural acidity helps to lighten muffin mixes and increases the rise. It's usually available in the dairy section of supermarkets, but if you can't find it, use low-fat plain yogurt instead (a mild bio yogurt is best) or skimmed milk with a splash of lemon juice.


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The folks over at Crowfall recently released a look into what the UI is shaping up to be, along with some Crowfall wallpaper to keep you in the spirit if you haven't received your Alpha/Beta invite yet. You can check out the artwork by heading over to this link. Along with that info, they released the UI Roadmap for 2017. Here is what they have planned.
There is still a lot of work left to do, but we are tackling everything head-on with focus and excitement. Each revamped module is like a little victory that gets us pumped to keep pushing new updates and improvements to the UI every week. Here is a sneak peek at the upcoming UI work we are aiming to get into the game over the next few months.
- All new character sheet with armor chart and improved statistics tracking
- Improvements to tool tips and power descriptions
- Tool tip layout and readability enhancements
- Player account management within the client
- All new and improved user settings
- Overhaul to featurette videos and video browsing
- HUD customization
- Skill tree overhaul
Check back soon for more exciting UI updates.See you in game!
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Pacing nervously through a busy Shepherds Bush, checking time, furrowing my way through the early weekday malaise of this part of west London, eventually I spot my target.
For one night only South Carolina-via-Seattle's Band of Horses are in town. Tonight they play a sold-out, full to the rafters Bush Hall, and as I arrive outside the venue I am greeted by the band's publicist Alex and Carly from Sub Pop (who has flown over specially). The first score of the day: I've made it just in time to watch soundcheck. As we all take our places at the back of the room we question how, exactly, 350 people are all going to fit in this tiny room, which is more akin to a miniature banquet hall, replete with chandeliers, than a concert hall. I assure them it'll all work out.
This is a small venue for Band of Horses to play by their current standards. Having just arrived on the red-eye from LA after a ball-busting five-week US tour, each member appears remarkably fresh and focused as they go about their soundcheck routine. I can tell quickly that frontman Ben Bridwell, who stands center stage, is not just the frontman of Band of Horses - he is the unequivocal leader. At every moment he takes charge, directing the soundman, hired in just for tonight, of what to check and when, while the others go through the motions of the monotony of "check, check, 1, 2, 3". After a short three-song set just to check the levels, including the beautiful slow version of 'Wicked Gil', Ben seals the soundcheck with high-fives and in his distinctive accent, complete with authentic southern twang, announces: "Alright, we're done! Oh man, this is gonna be so rad!". His positivism and good nature is the sort that is infectious, even from this distance, and I'm stoked to have this opportunity.
"I just knew that if I pushed myself I could figure it out. There was the desire to succeed and just to really reach for it."
As soon as Ben enters Bush Hall's upstairs bar for a chat, alongside guitarist Rob Hampton, he is all smiles and handshakes. He's a distinctive guy who sports a giant wayward beard and tattoos everywhere, including the neck (one of which is a lion puking blood, taken from an album cover of his old band Carissa's Wierd). Equally so, Rob has full sleeves of colourful body art, an echo of his (former) life as the singer in math-rock metal outfit the New Mexicans. I thank Ben for doing this. He smiles and thanks me, even more convincingly, for asking.
"It was definitely time to make a change for the better," says Ben of the band's recent move back to their native South Carolina from Seattle, Washington where they formed in 2005. Having found himself trapped within the scene for over eight years, working as a bartender and drummer of local cult band Carissa's Wierd, things had taken their toll both mentally and physically. "It was a mixture of being in the city, that place is pretty much party central and, kinda, not treating your body that well, which can add a little bit of depression. And because of the weather you stay indoors a lot of the time, and the fact that there was dissolved relationships and dissolved friendships – all kinds of things. I don't know what it was, it just seemed like everything was really heavy before we left." So in a bid to treat their bodies better and be around their family and friends, people who as Ben says "love us no matter what", they said goodbye. The result is reflected perfectly on their latest album Cease To Begin (review), a self-assured 'coming home' record which mixes the sound of the band's southern roots with tender, slower moments that reflect where Ben was at the time of writing. However, early on in the process, they found themselves at risk of the record becoming too downbeat. "I was really scared I was going to write a slow record," he states, noting the initial absence of 'rockers'. "There was just a lot of melancholy shit going down and whether it was the attitude change of moving back or it just naturally happening, 'cause it's what the nature of the beast tends to do - either way all of a sudden there they were." He adds with a sly chuckle, "It can still be a really sad record, but just hidden behind some loud guitars."
"I was listening to the radio, even independent radio, and being like 'some of this is fuckin' garbage' and saying, 'well I guess I can't complain unless I try it myself'."
The speed at which Band of Horses have accomplished many of their goals seems, on paper, hard to believe. Ben went from having never previously written a song, played guitar properly or sung before to finding himself unexpectedly thrust into the ears of millions just a year and a half after forming the band. Something was quite clear from the outset: Ben had both an unexpected talent for singing and an even more unexpected talent for writing a melody. With their Sub Pop-released debut album Everything All The Time, the speed at which they became 'a success' in their native US took them by total surprise.
"It started pretty shaky in the beginning. I'm not gonna say that immediately out of the gate it was like, 'Hey! Here's Everything All The Time' – it took some work! And we did tours on those songs that sounded terrible and the songs did not sound like what Phil Ek made that album into. It's not like I came out with all these jams or anything. Phil crafted that record, Matt [Brooke, former guitarist] helped a lot with that record, so if anyone thinks that's the way it went down – it wasn't." Producer Phil Ek (Built To Spill, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Mudhoney, The Shins) acted like a den mother to Ben, providing a relatively inexperienced Bridwell with the help he required to polish his raw ideas and material into something they could both be proud of. "He was really like another member of the band," says Ben of Ek. "He still is, the way he crafts the sound quite a bit." Working with Ek on both albums was a big deal to Ben as the records Ek had produced previously formed much of his musical palate. It also helped Sub Pop with their decision to get involved with the project in the first place. "They could trust Phil," he states. "Phil's not gonna be in the there just throwing money away. So we ended up making all that money work perfectly. We were still over budget I think – but it was worth every fuckin' penny 'cause they [Sub Pop] made their money back."
Having been attracted to the bright lights of Seattle as a teenager, Ben first found himself involved in the city's scene after forming his own record label Brown Records, which went on to release the first Carissa's Wierd record. "I thought for sure that I was going to be like 'the industry guy', that I would help my friends get famous," he recalls. But soon he found himself not only helping to sell and market the band's records but playing on them, too.
For someone who was "thrown into" music, as he says, after drummer Robin Peringer left Carissa's Wierd to join Modest Mouse as a tour guitarist, his achievement has been considerable. Everything All The Time went on to shift 100,000 copies, they played …Letterman _and the success continued to flood in with this year's follow-up _Cease To Begin which peaked at number 35 on The Billboard 200 (the US national album chart) in the first week and number one in the Top Independent Album chart. "I think it all came down to the fact that Carissa's Wierd broke up and obviously I had to do something... I was in that band long enough to realise, 'Crap! I don't wanna quit doing this, it's the best!'," he explains. "I was listening to the radio and things like that, even independent radio, and being like 'some of this is fuckin' garbage' and saying, 'Well I guess I can't complain unless I try it myself'." Going down to his old band's vacant practice space, he set to work, messing with whatever was laying around. "There was just that drive. Being a huge music fan, and knowing what I like, I just knew that if I pushed myself I could figure it out, you know. So there was the desire to succeed and just to really reach for it." For guitarist Rob Hampton music was at first "the alternative thing to do besides play sports"; neither of them felt it a major calling. But for Rob, who played a significant role on the new album, it soon became "a huge part of my life and I'm glad, because when I lived in Seattle I never wanted to have a real day job. It was always like working so I could play music, working in restaurants and bars and stuff, just so I could play music." But as Ben notes with animated conviction, "Now it's like, of course! It's the only thing. Now I can't imagine what the hell I'd be doing [otherwise]."
"Take that music snobbery and shove it up your butt. We'll take the people who don't give a shit, who are out there to have a good time and can see the forest from the trees and not pick every leaf apart."
However, quick success isn't always the blessing it appears to be on the surface. "I think it sucks that I don't want to look at a computer ever again 'cause every time I look at anything, I'll get curious and see someone just trash either me as a person or my bandmates, or just the sound of our band - shit like that. I hate the fact that we're so on display, like ducks in a pond or whatever." Ah, he touches on the infamous indie-rock snobs without prompting. The band's prominent rise was initially helped by a large online presence of bloggers singing their praises. However, it appeared that as time passed the bloggers weren't so pleased when the band started to progress into the mainstream aided, in part, through the licensing of a few songs to TV shows and commercials. Ben copped some unsavoury flack online. "You know, it's funny… I was even thinking how we've just been on a five-week tour and we're not gonna make a shitload of money off that tour! And that was like a month out of our lives and basically that's going to work just to sell more records, and to keep getting the word out – we're not making massive amounts! There're six people that all split the money evenly, plus crew to pay out, plus a manager to pay out, plus lawyer, business manager – all that money gets sapped in a second." He clicks his fingers. "So what else is left? What else can you do except license songs?"
But he's aware that is the easy argument. "People will probably have another counter argument to that, saying, 'Well, you've got the best job in the world, just keep touring', or whatever, but it's fuckin' hard work. And then there's also the other argument: everyone works for somebody. Believe me, we have to do something to pay our rents." At this point it's worth noting: he drives a 1986 Ford F-150 with broken AC, (Rob: a Ford Taurus station wagon) and they both live in small houses on residential streets in South Carolina. Not the penthouse living, Ferrari-driving city slicker type of dudes some may be picturing right now. He adds of the critics, "Those people are the same people who are perpetually 18 years old for the rest of their lives. If they haven't realised that everybody works for somebody they've got a way to go."
It's always been a quandary as to why the public in general apply a different set of ethics to musicians and stars than they do to their own lives. While they'll happily work for McDonald's just to afford to get drunk at the weekends, they'll be the first to criticise a musician for getting something back for their hard work. "On this last tour I felt we were playing some bigger rooms and were playing to a different crowd than we did before," Ben says happily. The 'indie-rock' crowd seemed to be waning. "I think it's rad that we are losing those 'fans' – I really do. Because if those people are coming to our shows, those are the people that are also the chin-strokers that are sitting there, judging everybody else. Take that music snobbery and shove it up your butt or whatever. We'll take the people who don't give a shit, who are out there to have a good time, or like, can see the forest from the trees and not pick every leaf apart. So yeah, I'm really excited that we are culling the herd, so to speak. Trimming the fat of those snobbish people man, 'cause we're not like that, we don't give a shit. And who the fuck hasn't licensed a song at this point to a car commercial or to whatever?" His argument is compelling, but there's a point where you can go too far. Possibly his lowest point for criticism came earlier this year when he licensed their song 'The Funeral' to an online Wal Mart advert – later pulling out. "I understand the Wal Mart thing was bullshit so I took the money away or whatever. I learned my lesson, no one likes Wal Mart." End of.
"I really want to explore giving the finger to all that snobbery and just do what we're supposed to do."
I get back to discussing what really matters, the music. Ben takes a dip of Skoal long cut chewing tobacco between his lips. He believes that not being a naturally gifted musician has had a beneficial effect on his writing process. "It's usually forcing myself to sit down and just mess with my guitars, or piano's or whatever," he explains. "As long as I fuck around with something then I'll find a melody and those usually end up turning into songs. 'The Funeral'_ was the same way, any of those songs have usually not come from me walking around and being like [adopting a singing voice] _'I'm walking, I'm talking...' _" he says as Rob laughs _"...and running home and picking up the guitar. Because I've never been able to play music before this I don't have any memory to say, 'That's like an A to an F', because I don't even know what the fuck that is. So it's mostly just experimentation leads to melody, which leads to Wal Mart ads." There's an uproar of laughter. Ben is keen to play devil's advocate. Undoubtedly he regrets his deal with the corporation but he's not the sort to brush any subject under the carpet. He takes the honesty and carefree attitude of a rock star but adds good nature in abundance.
"You know its funny because I forget, while we're talking, that this shit will be up and someone will take the excerpts from that and post it on one blog and then they cut and paste and put it on their blog and all of a sudden it's like, _'Ben Bridwell says you can go fuck yourself!'. You know what I mean? Which is true – 'cause they can!"_ Even though the entire room is rife with further laughter it's clear he is frustrated. "BUT, I have to constantly remind myself, and I'm obviously not doing a good job of it, but to shut the fuck up about it and not say too much because really now it's become like after the game [adopting coaches voice], _'Well I'm just glad we got a good win for the team' or whatever. It's almost become like you have to use clichés just because the information is so widespread anytime you say anything that, really, I feel like you have to censor yourself and can't give good interviews because everyone is gonna take everything you say literally. Who fuckin' cares? I bet Iggy Pop doesn't give a shit! You know what I mean? But there's so much political correctness now, it's like, we're in a fucking rock band – go blow yourselves!"_ I'm left with no doubt that he has a firm and honest place in his heart for his real fans but an extended middle finger to the haters. After spending time in his company, it's quite clear that if sometimes that line gets blurred it's just Ben wearing his heart on his sleeve.
As we come to the end of our allotted time, Ben kindly invites me to dinner with everyone before tonight's show. As we leave I meet drummer Creighton Barrett and Ryan Monroe, who plays keys for the band. Walking down the Uxbridge Road towards Shepherds Bush Green, Ben appears pleased to be in London again even though it's a tough time for him at the moment. Having been on the road for five-weeks touring the US, with a pregnant girlfriend waiting back home in South Carolina, expecting him home afterwards, he has now had to spend another eight days in Europe playing shows and doing radio and TV. To some the life of a successful touring artist may seem an easy one but it's clear it is anything but. "I'm not gonna sit here and be like [adopts sobbing voice], 'My job's too fuckin much', but when you ask is there negative shit, I don't think people realise how much work goes in to trying to keep up. I never said [to her] that we're gonna do three shows around New Years and then it's time to go back out around the US in January for another huge tour and then straight to Europe and then you've got Australia waiting, maybe Asia. It seems like it's really hard to keep up, which is not a bad thing - it's a good problem to have - but at the same time, I dunno, it's easy to feel kinda bogged down sometimes, especially when everyone calls you a fuckin' arsehole on the internet. You know, it's like what the fuck do I do this for?". He laughs. "For my girlfriend to be pissed off and emotional and for me to get treated like shit? Awesome! At least I'm tired and run down!" But the one thing that is driving him on is the thought of those 350 people who, in a couple of hours' time, will fill Bush Hall in expectation. There, hopefully, with just one purpose – to have a good time. I tell him the fact the show sold out so quickly, people fighting for tickets, is good reason to believe that the right crowd will be in attendance tonight.
Band of Horses: Live in store at Amoeba Music, Los Angeles (43:23)
Ben has one of the most infectiously positive personalities of anyone I've ever met. Although he says it's occasionally pretence, he seems constantly stoked despite the annoyances. At every entrance he makes sure everybody has arrived safely by holding the door. As we sit down to a dinner of curly fries and veggie burgers, early '90s electronic pop tracks such as Snap's 'Rhythm Is A Dancer play above us. Everyone is loving it. Later the dance remix of Ce Ce Peniston's 'Finally' comes on. Creighton states that these should form the staples of every DJ set, we all agree, and the discussion steers onto Haddaway, Culture Beat and The Shaman.
It's quite clear that this is a band that you just can't help but want to be a part of. There are no big egos, just a mutually respectful and friendly bunch. For example, tonight's lighting technician, who also sits at this table, tells me how he literally begged the band's label Sub Pop to do the show via e-mail. "I just love these guys," he beams. "If I wasn't doing the lights tonight, I'd be stood right in the middle of the audience anyway." After dinner most of the band go their separate ways to prepare for the show. Ben and a couple of us move on to a nearby pub, The Defectors Weld, for a quick drink beforehand. As we arrive I warn him that there'll probably be a few fans coming to the show in here and before long a barrage of well-wishers come over in their droves, including the bar tender. Every time Ben thanks them with a beaming smile saying, "Thank you so much, yeah, we're all gonna have a good time".
Sweat drips from the chandeliers of Bush Hall from start to finish. Everything is perfect. The people, the sound, the lights, the drums - Ben is in his element. Band of Horses have recently become a sextet and it appears, after going through many line-up changes, they finally have a combination that works perfectly. He tells me earlier: "The way we are performing now and the direction we seem to be heading in, like a solid band, it'd be nice to translate that to a record and bury the first two records." From where I'm standing, it doesn't seem at all unrealistic. He has total confidence in their abilities and is ready to relinquish some of the songwriting control. "I really want to explore giving the finger to all that snobbery and just do what we're supposed to do," he says. "A lot more rocking, a lot more instrumentation and a bit freer and a bit more upbeat" is the direction they hope to head in next.
As Ben stomps his way through rootsy 'Lamb of the Lam (In the City)' (a southern 'good time' song that would not seem out of place as an outtake on The Band's Music From Big Pink) through to his striking voice which soars on songs such as 'No One's Gonna Love You', it's hard to believe that he nearly didn't become a professional musician. This is clearly his calling. "This one is the most overrated song in the world," Ben says self-effacingly before launching into the intro of 'The Funeral'. The crowd are vocal the whole way through; Ben is relaxed and grinning like a chipmunk. Creighton smashes the skins with the precision of an ex-math rocker. Rob takes a quick look over in my direction: he doesn't need to say anything, I can tell he is having the time of his life. The cherry atop tonight's performance comes in the form of 'Act Together', a cover taken from Ronnie Wood's debut solo album. Ben sings the lyric, "Well it's been a long time since I've seen you, You're looking good, Can't begin to tell how much I've missed you" with conviction, as if in anticipation of his arrival home to his loved one. Ryan's powerful, soulful voice backing him up takes the song to another level all together. The progress they've made as a band since their first visit to London in May is considerable.
Backstage, after the show, Ben labels it "the best show we've played all together". He is buzzing. Creighton asks, "You gonna come get shit faced with us?" Absolutely. The night ends with me crashed in a drunken heap at 6am on Rob and Creighton's hotel room sofa. The room spins; I know my suffering tomorrow will know no bounds.
Band of Horses' latest album Cease To Begin is out now on Sub Pop. Click here for a review.
The band return to the UK in February to play the following shows:
20 Dublin The Button Factory
21 Glasgow ABC
23 Birmingham Academy
24 Manchester Academy
25 Bristol Thekla
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Milwaukee Mayor to visit worship centers for 9th Ceasefire Sabbath
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett is teaming up with Police Chief Ed Flynn and local faith leaders for the ninth annual Ceasefire Sabbath.
The effort, which seeks to fight violence and promote safety by speaking through the local faith community, began Wednesday with a breakfast gathering at Our Savior Lutheran Church on West Wisconsin Avenue.
"There are many people in this community that I can't reach," Barrett told the gathering of local pastors. "There are many people the police department can't reach. But they can be reached ... through the pulpit."
Pam Collins, a mother who lost her daughter to violence three years ago, was recognized by Barrett at the breakfast.
"Pam says the day her daughter was shot and killed, that changed her family's lives forever," he said. "Now she wants to make sure no other family has to feel that pain."
As part of the the Ceasefire Sabbath, Barrett will speak at six area places of worship this weekend:
Friday at the Islamic Center and Sunday at Christian Faith Fellowship, St. Matthew CME Church, Mason Temple, Our Lady of Guadalupe on Fourth Street and St. Adalbert Church.


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Fact: the Evil Dead trilogy is one of the greatest pieces of cinematic horror ever created. There is no arguing it. And now, you can live all the fantastic, undead awesomeness of the final film, Army of Darkness, on your mobile. I'll give you a minute to soak up what you just read.
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Today I have my card for CPS Sketch 189. If you follow my blog in even the tiniest amount, you know that I am not much of a coloring person when it comes to stamping. So, getting the Friendship Jar Fillers from PTI was a bit of a gamble for me...but I think the concept of this set is so fun, and I really wanted them! Well, I also got some American Crafts stamping markers in a goodie box awhile back...and they have just been sitting in their packaging on a shelf. When I decided I wanted to base this card around the candy corn image, I chose to break the markers out and give it a whirl. So, what do I think? Well, the jury is still out. I think the card looks pretty good, but am not sure it has anything to do with my coloring skills. And maybe I would like it better with Copics, but let's face it...they are EXPENSIVE! And not really in my budget. So- I will have to make due with what I do have on hand. Without further ado...here is my card:
Paper: Martha Stewart Crafts
Vellum: The Paper Company
Stamps/Dies: Papertrey Ink (Friendship Jar, Friendship Jar Fall Fillers, For The Graduate)
Ink: Tsukineko (Versafine: onyx black) & Clearsnap (Pigment: orange)
Markers: American Crafts
Ribbon: Renaissance by Design
Jewels: Doodlebug Designs
Glitter: DecoArt
Diecut Machine: Cuttlebug & Cricut Expression by Provo Craft
Diecut Cartridge: Storybook by Provo Craft
So I wasn't very tired the other night, and decided to watch a movie that had come from Netflix. My mother-in-law recommended it, because she thought it was very sweet and heartwarming. So...I checked it out:
Well, that is all I have for now!! I hope that you have a super wonderful Thursday! ♥♥♥
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nRF S Click is an add-on board in mikroBUS form factor. It features a Nordic nRF24L01+ (also called nRF24L01P) 2.4 GHz transceiver module with an embedded baseband protocol engine, and an SMA connector for attaching an external antenna. The board supports an air data rate of 250 Kbps, 1 Mbps and 2 Mbps and it is suitable for low-power designs. Typical applications include wireless PC peripherals, remotes, VoIP headsets, game controllers, sensors, home and commercial automation, active RFID, toys, etc. The nRF S Click communicates with a target board microcontroller via mikroBUS SPI (SDI, SDO, SCK, CS#), CE and INT lines.
Note: This board is designed to use 3.3V power supply only. It has an LED power indicator. Also, be aware that most 2.4 GHz antennas are designed to attach to a male RP-SMA connector, whereas this board has a female SMA connector. Most antennas with a male SMA connector are designed for lower frequencies (e.g. cellular frequencies) and may not perform well at 2.4 GHz.
There are three types of nRF Click board. Besides this one with an SMA connector (which will require an external antenna, sold separately), there is a version with PCB trace antenna and a smaller version with on-board chip antenna
Note: The picture shows the board with through-hole headers. The board now comes populated with male pin headers already soldered for your convenience. The board's user manual has yet to be updated to remove the soldering instructions.
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After having won an impressive victory over Gen.Sarath Fonseka, his former Army chief, in the prematurely called Presidential elections on January 26,2010, President Mahinda Rajapaksa has got the Parliament dissolved before it had completed its term so that fresh elections to a new House could be held. The new elections are scheduled to be held on April 8,2010.
2. It seems to be his hope and calculation that his party and others supporting him would win an equally impressive victory in the elections to the Parliament by taking advantage of the confusion prevailing in the ranks of the opposition after the defeat of Fonseka in the Presidential elections.If his hopes are realised, this will enable him to undertake a programme for finding a solution to the grievances of the Tamils and putting Sri Lanka back on the road to economic recovery.
3. Mr.Rajapaksa was within his rights in calling for premature parliamentary elections and nobody could have objected to his action. What is, however, highly objectionable is the manner in which the President and his two brothers----Mr.Gothbaya Rajapaksa and Mr.Basil Rajapaksa---- have been trying to humiliate Gen.Fonseka and intimidate his supporters apparently in order to ensure that the votes, which Fonseka got in the Presidential elections, do not get translated into votes against Mr.Rajapaksa's party and its electoral allies.
4. A campaign of intimidation and vendetta was started against Fonseka and his supporters after the Presidential elections.Over a dozen officers of the Armed Forces----three of them Majors-General---- have been sacked on national security grounds without specifying the reasons in detail. They were apparently suspected of being loyal to Fonseka and not to the President.
5. The purge of Fonseka's supporters in the Armed Forces was followed by the arrest of Fonseka himself in an undignified manner despite the fact that he was the chief of the Army and had displayed commendable leadership qualities in having the LTTE crushed. Fonseka himself once narrowly escaped being killed by the LTTE. This showed how the LTTE considered his elimination important for achieving its objective.
6. While many people-----including the President himself and his two brothers-----played an important role in the elimination of the LTTE, the role of Fonseka and his come-back after almost having been killed by the LTTE fired the imagination of the officers and other ranks in the Armed Forces and made them fight as a team with determination against the LTTE. When the history of the victory over the LTTE is written, Fonseka's generalship would stand out in any account.
7.In its long history. the Sri Lankan army had not produced many heroes to whom the soldiers can look up to for inspiration. Fonseka was an exception as a professional soldier.Apparently blinded by political ambition after the victory over the LTTE, Fonseka conducted himself in an erratic and irresponsible manner and tried to play down the role of the President and his brothers and others in the victory.
8. His over-sized pride in himself and in his role and the bad advice which he received from those around him made him cross the limits of decency and loyalty and make wild allegations against the President and Mr.Gothbaya, who, as the Defence Secretary, co-ordinated the operations against the LTTE.
9. Mr.Rajapaksa had valid reasons to be angry against the General, but he has allowed the anger to get the better of him. His post-election actions against the General---including the circumstances of his arrest in an undignified manner not under the ordinary laws of the land, but under the special laws governing the Armed Forces and his plans to have him court-martialed under charges relating to violations of national security when he was a serving General have given rise to suspicions of a vendetta against the General for having dared to criticise the President and his brothers and for letting himself be used by the opposition in an attempt to have Mr.Rajapaksa defeated in the Presidential elections for a second term.
10. One could also discern an attempt by Mr.Rajapaksa and his brothers to make it difficult for Fonseka to influence the forthcoming Parliamentary elections by keeping him in detention fighting cases started against him by the Government.Mr.Rajapaksa does not seem to realise that his actions could not only create public revulsion for his style of functioning, but could also sow the seeds for the politicisation of the Sri Lankan Army and make it go down the way of the Armies of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
11. The political leaders of Pakistan and Bangladesh cannot escape their share of responsibility for politicising their armed forces and facilitating the military dominance of the political life of their countries by actions which were exploited by the Army to project the political class in a bad light.
12. If democracy has till now survived and flourished in Sri Lanka, an important contributing factor was the wisdom shown by the predecessors of Mr.Rajapaksa in maintaining the professionalism of the Army and keeping it politically neutral.By deviating from the path of wisdom followed by his predecessors and by conducting himself in the manner he has been doing due largely to sheer spite, Mr.Rajapaksa has already broken the healthy traditions which had won Sri Lanka the respect of the international community.
13. If Mr.Rajapaksa does not pull himself back and refrain from such vindictive actions, there is a danger of Sri Lanka meeting the fate of Pakistan and Bangladesh due to the unswise actions of Mr.Rajapaksa and his brothers.
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( The writer is Additional Secretary (retd), Cabinet Secretariat, Govt. of India, New Delhi, and, presently, Director, Institute For Topical Studies, Chennai. E-mail: email@example.com )
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Thursday, January 21, 2010
Raw Cocoa Balls
The raw menu will include guacamole, hummus, veggies, fruits, flax crackers, soup and a few dessert items.
Because I haven't created many (any?) raw dessert items as of yet I've been throwing a few things together this week to try out on my family.
Remember the McNaughton Balls that I absolutely loved at McNaughton 100, 2008? They were the best ultra food, not to mention treat in general, that I had during the race. The problem was that they had that addictive factor that I have for certain ingredients. When I recreated them at home I used peanut butter, oats, coconut, chocolate chips and honey; rolling them into balls. They were fabulous. I have yet to forget them. I was addicted.
Last night I created a raw version of the McNaughton Balls. They turned out fabulous and they didn't cause me to rekindle my addictive behavior! Steve, Tyler and Troy enjoyed them as well. When they were selecting the largest balls, I knew this was a hit.
They will be a nice addition to our Viking Football Sunday food. Tonight I'll be putting together a raw banana pie. I hope it turns out as nicely as these.
Raw Cocoa Balls
2 C dates
2 C cashews (raw, unsalted)
1/2 vanilla bean or 1 T vanilla
4 T dark cocoa
Place into blender and chop chop chop. Form into balls.
I rolled a few into coconut and a few into cocoa just like truffles. Amazing!!
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Hey Julie,
Have you done any "raw" cooking with a dehydrator? I have one for making backpacking foods and have been reading about it a little. Just wondering if you ever tried it. You are an amazing cook, so any insight you would have would be great!
- SteveQ said...
Julie, raw cashews are poisonous!!! The ones that are labeled "raw" are simpy not roasted, but they are steamed to release them from their shells and to destroy the toxin.
Almost any other nut would work, though.
- Julie B said...
Hi Michelle, I don't have a dehydrator so no, I haven't tried one out. For the flax crackers that I made-a person could have used the dehydrator instead of baking. Many raw foodists don't want to heat their food over 118F as that is where the enzymes perish so they dehydrate instead at 116F or lower. If a person doens't have a dehydrator they can bake at 110F or so instead.
Steve-most nuts are are pasteurized. A person can't really purchase 'raw' in the US. They are labeled as raw however.
- Helen said...
These sound yum! And simple enough for me - and since you are eating them thsy must be healthy! I don't plan to watch the game but may just have to give these a try... :)
- René said...
wonderful recipes!
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Julie, raw cashews are poisonous!!! The ones that are labeled "raw" are simpy not roasted, but they are steamed to release them from their shells and to destroy the toxin.


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jepoyamp wrote:Street Fighter + Mortal Kombat - just enjoyment to the fullest. Made me more interested in real fighting. Made me try different Martial Arts. Got to know Muay Thai.
I have a feeling that a great deal of us who were teens, tweens, etc when the first Mortal Kombat came out were hooked from day 1. I know I lost quite a bit of quarters at arcades, corner stores, and card stores because of Street Fighter 2 (pick a version including the Alpha games) and Mortal Kombat 1-3.
Heck in NYC many of the pizza shops had Samurai Showdown 1 or 2, Street Fighter Alpha 1 or 2, and Mortal Kombat 3 lined right next to each other. It was a pick your poison marathon for many of us on countless days.


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FACULTY AWARD: Dolan receives Distinguished Scholar Award for theater research
Nov. 19, 2013 10:52 a.m.
Jill Dolan, the Annan Professor in English, professor of theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts, and director of the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, has received the Distinguished Scholar Award from the American Society for Theater Research (ASTR). ASTR is a U.S.-based professional organization that fosters scholarship on worldwide theater and performance, both historical and contemporary. The award committee commended Dolan as "someone who has been a visible presence in every aspect of our profession for over 30 years." The award was presented at the ASTR conference in Dallas on Nov. 9.


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Schwarzenegger mistress not named here, a rarity in media
Usually news outlets are noticeable for what they report. Less often, they stand out for what they don't.
That has been the case this week as the Los Angeles Times has held back the name of the child that former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger fathered with a woman who worked for years in his Brentwood home.
Times political reporter Mark Z. Barabak broke the big story (along with reporter Victoria Kim) at about midnight Monday on this website. It appeared in Tuesday's print edition of the paper, setting off a furor that has swept across other newspapers, television, radio and the Internet. Virtually every news organization I could find has named the one-time Schwarzenegger employee and provided other details about the politician-movie star's secret child.
The Times has not only declined to name the woman, but is also not disclosing the name, age or sex of her child.
Late Wednesday afternoon, Times Editor Russ Stanton gave me a statement explaining why the Times didn't publish the name.
"The public has a legitimate interest in the behavior of someone who held high office in this state and is likely to remain prominent for a long time," Stanton said. "Schwarzenegger's conduct is what was newsworthy.
"In some circumstances, it might be necessary or appropriate to reveal the identity of a politician's mistress," he continued. "In this situation, we thought it was not. We hewed to the principle of protecting the identity of an innocent child.
"To have identified the mother would, in effect, have been to identify the child. Different media companies have different standards. We will stick by ours, regardless of what others do."
By 3:45 a.m. Tuesday morning, the celebrity website TMZ was on the story. Later in the day, it identified the mistress and began running pictures of the child, with the face obscured. From pictures Wednesday of television news crews swarming around the woman's home in Bakersfield, it was clear the Times' position was not shared by a lot of others.
ABC flashed a picture of the woman on the morning news. TMZ had a veritable album of photos, including one in which the young child's face could be seen. The New York Times named the woman, described the "quiet cul-de-sac" where she lives and provided other details of her life, though the paper did not name her child.
(An Associated Press account I read also did not give the woman's name, although it described the media mob scene around her home and interviewed neighbors--and named the family dog.)
New York Times Editor Bill Keller emailed his thoughts on identifying the mistress. "Our basic job is to inform readers about news events, so we need a pretty compelling reason NOT to give readers information we think they care about," Keller wrote, in part. "We're sensitive to privacy issues, but in this case we don't see that compelling reason to keep our readers in the dark."
Keller added: "Often — as in the Schwarzenegger case — we withhold the names of children, because they are particularly vulnerable....
"The employee who had Schwarzenegger's child is a more complicated question. We don't know enough about the circumstances to know whether, or in what degree, she was a victim, beyond the obvious fact that there was a serious imbalance of power in the relationship.
"But there's nothing to suggest that reliving the earlier experience is likely to be traumatizing in the sense rape victims describe (she's lived with it — and worked for him -- for 10 or 15 years). And the reality is, there is not much privacy left for us to protect."
Even the smarmier corners of the Web seemed to be withholding the child's name. Though that did not mean it couldn't be found.
A news assignment manager at television's NBC4 in Los Angeles issued a Twitter message Wednesday listing the name and purported age. It appears that the NBC employee, David Reese, got the age wrong.
When I asked him if he would put the information about the child on the air, the response suggested Reese had suffered an instance of Itchy-Twitterfinger Syndrome.
His Twitter message to me about the use of the child's name: "We're not putting it out at all ... I should not have tweeted it."
They talk about the Fog of War. There's also something like the Fog of Celebrity. In the rush to get some part of the story of the moment, proportion and judgment can fly out the window.
--James Rainey
Photo: Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has admitted that he had an affair with a former household employee, an affair that produced a child. The L.A. Times, which broke the story, has not identified the child but many other news outlets have. Credit: Matt Sayles/ Associated Press


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Yes, Quanitra Hollingsworth will be returning to the WNBA this year, but she's got some other business to tend to first.
The former VCU star and Olympian, currently playing with UMMC Ekaterinburg in the Russian PBL, says she gave her blessing to the April 15 trade which sent her rights from the New York Liberty to the Washington Mystics for a third round draft pick.
"I was made aware of the option of being traded," the 24-year-old Hollingsworth wrote via email. "After communicating with [New York] and my agent, I felt this was the best decision for me given all circumstances."
Hollingsworth, a three-year WNBA veteran, did not play in the league last season due to her commitment to the Turkish Olympic team. In 90 career WNBA games with the Minnesota Lynx and the Liberty, Hollingsworth has averaged 3.9 points and 3.2 rebounds per game. The ninth overall pick in the 2009 WNBA Draft by the Lynx, Hollingsworth enjoyed a breakout campaign in 2011 after being acquired by New York. Hollingsworth served as a critical reserve for the Liberty that season, providing 4.6 points and 4.4 rebounds in 16.9 minutes per game.
Hollingsworth became a naturalized Turkish citizen last year and helped that country reach the Olympic quarterfinals in London last summer, averaging 10.8 points and 5.7 rebounds. But Hollingsworth will return stateside this year.
"I did miss playing in the WNBA last year, and that was part of my decision to be traded," she said. "I wanted an opportunity to be back playing on that stage as soon as possible."
She plans to report to the Mystics, who finished 5-29 last season, in July, after she plays for Turkey in the European Championships June 15-30 in France. Turkey opens Group play June 15 against Ukraine.
In the meantime, she'll focus on European matters.
Her current UMMC squad is loaded with a roster that includes Diana Taurasi, Candace Parker and Sue Bird. Unsurprisingly, the team has already rolled to Russian Cup and Russian League Championships. Hollingsworth is averaging 4.6 points and 3.6 rebounds, while shooting 61 percent from the field, this season for UMMC.
In early June, she'll report to training camp with the Turkish National Team for European Championship preparations. Turkey has never won the bi-annual event, but captured a surprise silver medal in 2011. Combined with the country's 4-2 mark in Olympic play last summer, Hollingsworth and the Turks could be primed for a breakthrough. Turkey is 13th in FIBA's World Rankings, and second in fibaeurope.com's April 22 Power Rankings of European teams.
"I am excited about the European Championships and what our team can do there. We have a strong team," Hollingsworth, a Chesapeake, Va. native, said. "Last summer's participation in the London Olympics granted us with much experience that we will take into this June's competitions. With the addition of some younger players at training camp, we will have all that is necessary to accomplish our set goals for France!"
Hollingsworth made waves back in 2005, when she cracked VCU's starting lineup at 16 years old. She went on to total more than 1,600 points, 1,100 rebounds and 55 double-doubles in four seasons for the Rams, and led VCU to its first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2009.


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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Where?good teacher, no degree, over 40, lifestyle vs. income 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 Where?good teacher, no degree, over 40, lifestyle vs. income Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General Asia Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message edgrimleyJoined: 12 Jun 2003Posts: 14Location: Canada Posted: Wed Jul 16, 2003 11:18 pm Post subject: Where?good teacher, no degree, over 40, lifestyle vs. income I have taught in Japan ('91) and Cambodia ('94). I hated the first and liked the second a lot. I have no certificate or degree but am a competant enthusiastic teacher. Now the crunch... I have a ticket to Bangkok via Taipei, limited resources (a Mastercard with 5K limit; under US$300 cash; no debt; and US$1200 waiting for me in Chonburi). I prefer teaching adolescents 'cause they are eager without being too persnickety. Kids are a headache and adults bore me. I prefer to teach legally (if low taxes) but have no problem doing otherwise. I intend to teach for 1 year, get a CELTA and move on to a better job. I need not (in fact prefer not) live in a big city. I don't drink. I live very simply as long as I can travel in S.E. Asia 2-3 months every year. I am not in this for the long haul. Since I am university educated (not a graduate) you could say that I am at the top of the backpacker teachers - or the bottom of the professionals! I actually prefer to edit/proof-read, teach writing, art, drama etc. I make no bones that I teach to *survive* and because that the economy in Canada sucks right now. Even my service business is crap compared to a decade ago. 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Liberty Cap Cents (1793-1796)
The Liberty Cap large cents of 1793-1796 are the classics of early American copper coinage. They represent the third step in the infant Philadelphia Mint's quest for a permanent cent design, succeeding the Chain and Wreath cents that began the new decimal coinage early in 1793. This third design was created by Joseph Wright, a New Jersey native and portraitist whose most famous works were his 1783 paintings of George and Martha Washington. In August 1793, Wright began work at the Mint as an engraver and die-sinker under the renowned scientist, Mint Director David Rittenhouse.
Copper cents were still a novelty when Wright cut his dies. Most Americans had yet to see any of the new Federal coinage, still limited to cents and half cents. The citizens of the sprawling nation—only in its sixth year under the Constitution—thought in terms of Spanish milled dollars, state copper coins and private tokens (when they thought of coins at all). So it was most important that the public would accept the new cent, particularly since the Chain cent received such harsh reviews when first released. This criticism may have been on Wright's mind as he began his work.
For the Liberty Cap cent, Wright drew inspiration from a popular design, French medalist Augustin Dupre's 1783 Libertas Americana Medal. This famous early American medal bore a youthful Liberty facing left, her hair unbound and flowing in the wind, superimposed on a pole topped by a pileus, the helmet-like emblem of freedom. Commemorating American victories at Saratoga and Yorktown, the medal was a private project of statesman-philosopher Benjamin Franklin and was distributed to many VIPs on both continents. It served its purpose well as a symbol of French support for the American cause.
Wright turned Liberty to the right and replaced the beehive-like pileus with the soft Phrygian cap worn in ancient times by newly freed slaves to signify their liberation. The reverse presented a sparser laurel wreath than the preceding coinage, bearing single berries on individual stems. The first Wright coins were in higher relief than later designs, their obverses shifting from beaded to denticled borders. Their edges bore the incuse inscription ONE HUNDRED FOR A DOLLAR, ending in a leaf.
No other U.S. coins have attracted such intense study and devotion as the large cents of this type. Both 20th century cataloguer Dr. William H. Sheldon and 19th century dealer Samuel Hudson Chapman agreed that serious U.S. coin collectors would gravitate to early copper and that many would almost surely end up specializing in the date 1794, with its many varieties. Today, many avid devotees belong to the Early American Coppers Club (EAC), probably the most dedicated group of specialists in the world.
The roster of distinguished large cent researchers includes Sylvester S. Crosby, who published the first treatise on 1793 cents with J.N.T. Levick in 1869. Intense work on the 1794 cents began with Philadelphia's amiable Quaker, Doctor Edward Maris, who ultimately identified 52 varieties. Ongoing studies were made by such numismatists as Edouard Frossard, Thomas L. Elder, David Proskey and Howard R. Newcomb. The greatest modern large cent researcher was Dr. Sheldon, whose definitive Early American Cents was published in 1949 and revised in 1958 as Penny Whimsy with the aid of Dorothy Paschal and Walter Breen. "Sheldon numbers" are standard today for cents of 1793 through 1814, though the actual attribution of these Sheldon varieties is more likely to be performed using the book by William C. Noyes, with its excellent photographs.
Sheldon lists four Liberty Cap cent varieties for 1793. For 1794, he recorded 56 "collectible" varieties plus several super-rare "Non-Collectibles." The 1795 cent varieties number only eight, including four lettered edge, three plain edge and one ultra-rare reeded edge coin. Plain edges were made necessary by reduction of planchet weight from 208 grains to 168 grains near the end of the year. This weight change was necessitated by an increase in the price of copper, which had reached a point where it cost the Mint $1.22 to produce one hundred cents.
Sheldon's 1795 listing includes the controversial "Jefferson Head" cent with an unusual square-browed Liberty and pincer-like "crab claw" leaves in the wreath. Considering the ongoing efforts of some in Congress to replace the Mint with private contractors, many numismatists believe that these rare coins were privately struck as patterns for a coinage contract sought by Philadelphia saw-maker John Harper.
The Wright design continued into early 1794, outliving its creator, who died during 1793's yellow fever outbreak without seeing any of his coins actually struck. The Liberty Cap design was then modified by Robert Scot, another engraver brought to the Mint by Director Rittenhouse. These coins display a much lower relief.
One unusual variety, the rarest in the series, is the Starred Reverse, bearing 94 tiny 5-pointed stars punched in around the reverse rim; another is the Missing Fraction Bar, which omits the line between 1 and 100 in the fraction. Most researchers attribute the dies used between December 1794 and April 1796 to John Smith Gardner, a general technician pressed into service to help meet demand for cents of the new thin-planchet type. Coins of May to June 1796 were struck from dies once again cut by Scot. In mid-1796, the Liberty Cap design was replaced by Scot's interpretation of Gilbert Stuart's Draped Bust motif, with its frumpy Liberty in a Grecian tunic without the cap and pole.
The Philadelphia Mint produced over 1.5 million Liberty Cap cents between 1793 and 1796. Most coins of this design encountered today range from Good to Very Fine. Coins from 1793 are the rarest, while coins dated 1795 and 1796 are the most readily available in high grade and are often sought by type collectors.
Original red, mint luster is seldom seen, but natural patinas are very important in determining the coins' value, since copper can take on beautiful and stable surface colorations over the years. Variations in planchets, die preparation and striking make these coins challenging to grade, but generally the points of the design to first show wear are Liberty's hair at the forehead and above the ear. On the reverse, check the leaves next to the O and C in ONE.
Obviously, higher grade coins are eagerly sought, but one must keep in mind that these coins circulated decades before Philadelphia's Joseph J. Mickley began his search for a cent of his birth year, 1799. Mickley was among the first to popularize coin collecting in this country. He was followed by many others, including America's first coin dealer, English-born Edward Cogan. Cogan started his coin career late in life by supplying large cents to avid beginners in this new area of collecting.
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Winter pinning ceremony sends out 102 nursing graduates
A total of 61 residential undergraduate students from Liberty University's Department of Nursing, including a dozen members of the Honor Society, and another 41 graduates of Centra's RN to BSN cohort program received their diplomas Friday night at a winter pinning ceremony that concluded with a "Blessing of the Hands" prayer and anointing.
|Graduates of the Bachelor of Science Nursing degree wear their faith on their caps during Friday's pinning ceremony.
The biannual event was held in the sanctuary of the old Thomas Road Baptist Church, now home to the Liberty University Baptist Theological Seminary. Several hundred Liberty University Online students graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing were unable to attend. However, they are encouraged to participate in the spring Commencement exercises.
Graduating in December can give students a better opportunity for job placement as competition for positions is not as intense.
"Many of our students are part of the accelerated program which allows students with excellent academic records (minimum 3.25 GPA) to finish the clinical portion of the B.S.N. in 18 months rather than three years," said Dr. Deanna Britt, chair of Liberty's nursing department.
Students who graduated with their B.S.N. will go on to take their National Council Licensure Examination to become registered nurses. The department's last graduating class had a 91 percent pass rate for first-time test takers and an equivalent placement rate.
|Members of the Department of Nursing Winter Class of 2013 look back from their pew at the old Thomas Road Baptist Church, site of Friday's semi-annual pinning ceremony.
"I am proud that we are sending quality Christian nurses into the profession," Britt said. "These graduates will be very intentional in taking the love and light of Jesus into their workplaces. We are often told by nurse managers and nurse recruiters all over the country that there is 'something different' about our grads. They are seeing the compassion, integrity, and grace of Jesus."
Liberty's bachelor's and master's level nursing degrees provide quality education with a Christian worldview. In addition to these degrees, Liberty offers two critical care certificate programs (CCCP) designed to prepare students interested in working in high acuity areas such as intensive care units, emergency departments, and labor and delivery.
This winter's class included 23 CCCP graduates — 14 in adult care and nine in maternal/child care — many of whom have already accepted jobs at the University of Virginia and Lynchburg General Hospital.
|Dr. Deanna Britt, the Department of Nursing chair, addresses the graduates.
Most of the RN to BSN cohort graduates are members of Liberty's first class of nurses from Centra, through a partnership program started in the fall of 2011. Many became registered nurses after graduating from the Centra School of Nursing or receiving an associate's degree from a community college nursing program.
"In the push to get all nurses educated at the baccalaureate level, Centra has asked us to deliver our RN to BSN program on-site at the hospital to make it convenient for their nurses to return to school," said Britt, who earned her B.S.N. at Liberty, her Master of Science in Nursing at UVA, and her Ph.D. at Virginia Tech. "We began that program a couple of years ago and are now seeing some of the first large group of graduates. In January we will begin a similar program at the Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville, Va."
Additionally, three students interested in serving overseas in part-time or full-time nursing missions graduated with Cross-Cultural Certificates.


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Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has fined insurance companies more than $167,000 for violations including wrongly denying medical claims and overcharging customers.
"It's important that companies follow the law, and when they don't, we'll hold them accountable," said Kreidler. "Consumers, competitors and the marketplace all rely on insurers following the rules."
In 2010, Kreidler's office levied $583,750 in fines. Fines collected by the state insurance commissioner's office do not go to the agency. The money is deposited in the state's general fund to pay for other state services.
Fines and disciplinary actions so far this year include:
■Aetna Life Insurance Co., of Hartford, Conn., was fined $65,000 for violations, including unreasonably denying 220 claims for acupuncture treatment. The company also refunded $16,427 to policyholders.
■Ace American Insurance Co., of Philadelphia, Penn., was fined $50,000 for violations, including using rates that it had not filed with the state.
■Progressive American Insurance Co., Progressive Northwestern Insurance Co, and Progressive Max Insurance Co, all of Mayfield Village, Ohio, were fined $30,000 for improperly deducting sales tax and fees from cash value calculations in more than 1,700 auto claims. The company also refunded $415,299 to customers.
■Homesite Insurance Company of the Midwest, of Mandan, N. Dakota, was fined $12,000 for overcharging more than 300 policyholders for renter's insurance. The policyholders are receiving refunds.
■Austin Mutual Insurance Co., of Maple Grove, MN, was fined $10,000 for issuing insurance policies that weren't in accordance with the rates it had filed with the state. As a result, 324 policyholders were overcharged a total of $26,200. The company also agreed to refund the overcharges to policyholders within 60 days.
■Doctors and Surgeons Benefit Association, of Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies; and several related entities were ordered to stop selling unauthorized insurance in Washington state.
In addition, Kreidler also took the following actions against agents or brokers:
■Mitchell A. Steitz, of Cashmere: License revoked, effective March 31, for misappropriating $12,500 from clients and spending it himself, rather than investing it.
■Allen D. James, of Sumner, agreed to pay a $1,000 fine for failing to promptly pay a premium refund to a client.
For details on cases, please see the agency's disciplinary orders site.
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
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I attended a winged car event in Alabama recently and saw all kinds of things I had never even imagined. How about Bobby Isaac's 1969 NASCAR driver's license? A fascinating piece of history - and it was chock full of legalese.
Isaac raced from 1961 through 1976 but 1969 and 1970 were the pivotal years. He won 17 races in '69 and won the National Championship in '70.
And to compete in those years, he signed a competition license like the one seen here. In it, he agreed to let NASCAR "represent his interests as they may appear in auto racing matters." Huh? It also said that the license could be revoked "for cause." What is "cause"? (It's anything NASCAR says it is.)
It should be noted that Isaac fudge a bit on this - he listed his birth year as 1934 when it was really 1932. But that's another story altogether.
He did agree that decisions of NASCAR "shall be final," although everyone knew that had been the case since day one (and will remain so until the end of mankind). This language also allowed NASCAR to change its rules on the fly and to enforce rules as sporadically or as diligently as they saw fit. Funny how some things never change.
Finally, NASCAR reserved the right to terminate the license "at the end of any month" if NASCAR's whims so dictated. All that was needed was a piece of paper, since the notice had to be written. But nowhere does it say that NASCAR needed good cause or any such reason to terminate said license. Except on the other side of the license. So, the license could be terminated for cause or at the end of any month without cause (in writing).
Still, it's a great piece of history. At this point, NASCAR was already 20 years old. I'm sure the agreements between NASCAR and its drivers today are even more onerous. After all, things don't get simpler over time when lawyers and big business are involved. They get more convoluted.
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Yeah, I'm not dead. My last post was rather ominous...Good news: I was not hijacked by Somali pirates or held for ransom in London. Bad news: I can't help you with your penile enlargements or help you scrub your credit score in 15 days or less....
It's been a bit crazy in Moxie-land since my last post...Handsome, Darling and I went on an epic So-Cal adventure that included in 9 days:
1. The Orange County Fair
2. Medieval Times
3. Disneyland
4. California Adventure Park
5. Knott's Berry Farm
6. Legoland
7. Coronado Island and Del Coronado Hotel
8. San Diego Bay Tour
9. The USS Midway Museum
10. San Diego Museum of Man
11. SeaWorld
12. San Diego Model Railroad Museum
13. The Reuben S. Fleet Science Center
14. San Diego Natural History Museum
15. San Juan Capistrano Mission
16. Huntington Beach (TWICE!!!)
17. San Diego Zoo
Darling also turned 6 and started 1st grade. I can't believe how much she has grown in such a short time. I know it sounds so trite, but it's true. She grew 2.5 inches this summer and her new found "big girl" attitude is just crazy. She was my little, little baby just two seconds ago....
I guess I've been quiet lately because I've been doing a lot of personal thinking. Also a lot of personal filtering....No one, not even Handsome, knows about this blog. I've always liked it that way. I started it as a way to just gush out my real thoughts and feelings, but then I started self-censoring. I was worried people in my real life would find this blog. And then, looking back through my posts, I realized I wasn't saying anonymously what I wanted to say anonymously in the first place. It just all ended up being crap and half hearted.
I started judging my friends' blogs they promoted on Facebook. I looked at the half-assed delusional political ramblings of my (apparently now quite gay) dream guy in high school, the pathetic in front of a chain link fence photos of the acquaintance who wants to be a "fashionista" even though she's a middle level office worker in JoCo, and the almost hostile ramblings of my lesbian friend who is apparently prejudiced against straight, white Americans. I know I'm a better writer than any of them, but in the world of instant self-publishing, everyone's a writer. I've sold out an honest talent and I feel like I've lost my voice....
What sort of voice do I have to offer?
I started to question it. I still haven't figured that out.
Things I haven't written about but should have/thought about it:
1. My absolute distaste for the girl in the office who manipulates the men with her inappropriate clothes (when is a strapless sun dress and inconvenient heels ever appropriate in a casual/kind of business casual environment?) and giggly, stupid girl shit. I'd love to know the story of why one of sales guys was fired. Corporate "investigators" were called in for that one and I know for a fact she is somehow involved. It's an office mystery that is probably just going to make me sick to my stomach. I really don't want to know.
2. How I felt when I heard the girl who did everything in her power to destroy my marriage to Handsome got engaged. I give her an "A" for effort, but some men (thankfully) are just "un-stealable". I don't blame her for trying since Handsome is amazing, but I feel sorry for the guy she's tricked. I wish I could have a very serious conversation with her fiancee, but that's just weird and the whole attempt was very hush-hush because Handsome and I tend to try to avoid painful but insignificant drama (yes, I know, I married an actor, but still...)
3. Darling's school. She goes to a charter school and it's such a great school with such an awesome learning environment. It's such a blessing/alternative to the KCMSD/parochial education. I'm proud of how well she's doing and of the school's awesome achievements, but I don't want to write about it so much that it's recognizable.
4. Some people talk about how it is such a shame so much history is being destroyed in KC, but here I am, working my ass off in my "spare time" to preserve a very important part of our history and I have to keep my mouth shut until the lawyers settle it all out. Let's just say it's like being given a box of awesome treasures and having no idea what's inside and how to go about figuring out what's inside. You just know that the outside parts will lead to even more awesome treasures. In the end, no one will probably care except a bunch of historians, but it's partially the reason I haven't had a day off since Aug. 1st, so it's kind of a big deal to me.
5. How I feel coming up on the 14th anniversary of my rape. Every year around this time the nightmares start up again and I hate that no matter what I do, I can't stop them from showing up. It's always the same dream, I'll even recognize that I'm having it and try to change it in the middle of dreaming it and it never really works. No amount of counseling has ever been able to divert the outcome of the dream.
So...anyway...that's kind of where I'm at.
I'm still reading all of my usual blogs and even if I've not commented lately, I'm still reading your stuff and still applaud the great writing of my favorite bloggers (that would be you!) Keep up the good work!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
It's been a very long while
Yeah, I'm not dead. My last post was rather ominous...Good news: I was not hijacked by Somali pirates or held for ransom in London. Bad news: I can't help you with your penile enlargements or help you scrub your credit score in 15 days or less....
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Board of Directors Meeting
- Date: October 09, 2018 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
- Location: ELARC Central Office
1000 South Fremont
Alhambra, California 91802
ELARC Board meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. in Regional Center Boardroom, 1000 S. Fremont, Alhambra, CA 91802. The Board does not meet in August and December. All meetings of the board of directors are public meetings and each meeting includes a place on the agenda for public input and comment. Individuals with disabilities who require accommodations to participate should contact Rosalie Estrada at 626-299-4740 at least one week before the meeting.
View the Board of Directors page for more information about meetings and membership.