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15 Delicious Gifts from Your Kitchen
One blessing in having such an early Thanksgiving this year is that it gets us into the holiday spirit with a little more time to spare for planning and making gifts. Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's a good time to look ahead to those warm little gifts from the kitchen that are so appreciated by friends, coworkers, teachers, and party hosts. If you're looking for some inspiration for these edible gifts, then we've got you covered. Here are 15 of our all-time most popular homemade gifts, from the best chai mix, to homemade doggie treats, to granola, to beer and pretzel marshmallows. (Yes!) There's a simple, delicious liqueur, and homemade flavored salts. Read on for these and more — each a tasty, simple gift from the kitchen.
• 1 How to Make Flavored Salts - Package in a pretty jar with a tag suggesting uses (citrus salt for margaritas, lavender salt for finishing brownies, herbed salt for popcorn...).
• 2 Homemade Vinaigrette - Ideas here for flavors and packaging. This makes a terrific hostess gift.
• 3 Homemade Doggie Treats - The perfect gift for your friends with pups.
• 4 Homemade Cocktail Mixers - Gift a bottle of cranberry-clove syrup with a bottle of Prosecco. Very festive!
• 5 DIY Cider Mulling Spices - Little sachets of mulling spices are a welcome treat, especially when gifted with a jug of local cider.
• 6 Malted Cocoa Mix from Alton Brown - A simple gift, dressed up a bit with malt powder.
• 7 Chai Tea Mix - Dana gave me a little jar of this a couple years ago and it was seriously one of the best chai mixes I've ever had.
• 8 Homemade Milk Liqueur - Milk liqueur? Sounds strange, but is so tasty and delicious! Also, easy. Also, quick.
• 9 How to Make Kombucha Tea at Home - A big batch of homemade kombucha is a fun gift for the kombucha-lovers in your life. Maybe tarted up with a cranberry tea?
• 10 Chocolate-Dipped Beer Marshmallows with Crushed Pretzel Garnish - Beer marshmallows with pretzels. Yeah, they're good.
• 11 Skillet Toffee - A classic, beloved toffee recipe.
• 12 Caramel Lollipops - I like making these for an after-dinner holiday treat.
• 13 Savory Spiced Pecans - A solid recipe to make in huge batches for gifts and appetizers.
• 14 Homemade Cracker Jacks - A big box of Cracker Jack popcorn in a gold tin would make a fun hostess present.
• 15 How To Make Great Granola Every Time - Granola is easy to make in big batches and pleases everyone from coworkers to school teachers.
Related: 10 Crafty Cool Ways to Wrap Gifts from The Kitchen
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Is government intelligence a contradiction in terms?
The reason I ask is because an 83-year-old nun and her two not-so-Rambo-esq buddies managed to break into the Y-12 National Security Complex last July and spend two hours putzing around hanging banners and putting up crime scene tape before anybody noticed.
They also sprayed baby bottles filled with human blood on the walls.
Now think about this. An 83-year-old nun breaks into our nation's top nuclear weapons manufacturing facility and doo-dahs around the missiles for two hours before somebody asks her what she's doing there.
If that isn't enough to make you question the intelligence of our intelligence people, consider this. The laff-alot boys put her on trial. And the equally glum jury found her guilty.
I don't know about you, but I'll sleep a lot better knowing that Sister Megan Rice of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus is behind bars. Of course, the fact that she managed to do this at our nation's top nuclear weapons manufacturing facility may still have me tossing and turning a bit.
After all, if an 83-year-old nun can do it, there's a slight possibility that someone who wants to do more than hang banners and splash blood on the missiles might get in there. We've already seen what mass murderers with initiative can do with fertilizer and ball bearings. Do we really want a demonstration of what they can do with nukes?
Putting this elderly nun in jail does not make us safer. In fact, it probably makes us less safe. I regard the whole trial as the brain flab of a bunch of government bureaucrats who got their pants pulled down in public and are angry about it. People like this act like embarrassed cats when their stupidity gets paraded around. That, and not national security, or some slavish devotion to "the law" is the reason for the trial.
If they gave two flips about keeping this country safe, Sister Rice and her elderly cohorts would never have been able to pull this off. Let's face it. We aren't safe. And Sister Rice proved it to us.
Instead of sending her to jail, they should pin a medal on her for making the rest of us aware of the scandalous lack of security at this facility — a lack of security that endangers every man, woman and child in this nation. I do think it would be a good idea to delay the medal-pinning ceremony until after they sit the Sister down and ask her how she did it. That might be nice to know.
As for sending people to jail, maybe we should look at whoever is in charge of security at this plant. It sounds like they are guilty of gross negligence and dereliction of duty. Of course, that is the real reason Sister Rice will be snoozing in the big house. These cats are covering their litter with a stupid trial and conviction.
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.- Sister Megan Rice of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus was convicted May 8 for breaking into and causing damage at a Tennessee nuclear weapons manufacturing facility.
The 83-year-old nun was accompanied in the July break-in by Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed, all of whom are members of Transform Now Plowshares. The three were convicted after two-and-a-half hours of jury deliberation.
On May 4, Sr. Mary Ann Buckley, head of the American Province of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, said the order "would like to express our deep concern" over the trial.
"It should be noted that Sr. Megan was arrested as she and two others engaged in a peaceful protest, offering prayer for the thousands who have lost their lives as a result of nuclear weapons," Sr. Buckley, representing the Society, said.
On July 28, the three protestors cut through security fences to enter the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, which enriches and stores uranium for nuclear weapons.
They hung banners and crime-scene tape, and hammered small chunks off a wall, spending about two hours in the complex before being approached by a guard. (Read more here.)


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The Department of Public Works is continuing to make repairs to roads damaged in the September rainstorm. Use extreme caution when driving, especially around corners, or when roads are wet.
The closed section of Bender Road has been reopened. A section of Church Road will remain closed for construction until late November. The expected closures on Card and Olenick have been delayed until Spring.
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2 in a row boss!! Time to right the ship! I didn't follow your lead last night and went with the Knicks -2.. I like the pick on the Heat v Spurs being under 203.5. It could be a blowout early and then the spurs generally take everyone out could be nice 105-85 or something to that nature...
Good Luck tonight im interested to see what ur going with
SM6 - I am taking the ML on Brooklyn tonight. Can't quite pull the trigger giving the points without Lopez, but I agree the Nets are still the better team. Plus, here in Quebec we must parlay with the gov't sports betting and usually with different spreads. Tonights line is BKLN -5.5 not -4, so thats why I will go ML BKLN 1.35 with Phoenix +3.5 1.70 for an odds total of 2.3. Suns coming off a huge blowout loss to DET will bounce back against a struggling Toronto squad that can't close a game to save it's life.
I appreciate your picks and have been tailing pretty faithfully. Look forward to continued success!


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RENO, NV -- Reno will receive an IBM grant as part of the technology company's 'smarter cities challenge.' The announcement was made at Reno City Hall Wednesday.
Reno is one of only one hundred cities from around the globe to receive the grant.
The grant means Reno will receive four-hundred-thousand dollars worth of IBM assistance for a special project. In other cities, IBM said it has completed projects involving water and green energy. In Reno, city leaders said IBM will create a program that provides businesses and developers with information in way that's faster than current methods.
"Give them the information they need in a much shorter time frame we're literally talking about days that we'll be able to pull together data that isn't even currently available," Sharon Zadra, a member of the Reno City Council said. Zadra said the information currently takes weeks to compile. She added she hopes the availability of the information will be an incentive for businesses to locate in Reno.
An IBM representative said experts from the company will be in Reno in a few months to get to know the city and its residents.
Reno is one of thousands of cities that applied for the grant.


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These villagers carry their belongings as they head towards the border with Uganda during an earlier exodus from North Kivu province.Credit: UNHCR/J.Akena
Central Emergency Response Fund helps Congolese refugees deliver babies safely.
Twenty-two-year-old Alice Furaha was five months' pregnant when she fled her home in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in May. This year, fighting between the Government and rebel groups has forced hundreds of thousands of Congolese to flee to neighbouring countries.
When Alice arrived at the border in Uganda, she was taken to the transit centre in Kisoro and eventually transferred to the Rwamwanja settlement in the south-west. Alice experienced a still birth just last year and was worried about the risks of delivering in a refugee settlement.
At the settlement, many women were giving birth in temporary shelters. Only one ambulance was available to take women to hospitals if they experienced complications and needed emergency obstetric care. There was not enough medical equipment, supplies or health-care staff to provide life-saving care and treatment. To support critical maternal health-care services, the UN Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF)gave more than US$200,000 to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA) as part of a total contribution of $6.8 million for emergency assistance in Uganda.
On 26 August 2012, Alice delivered a healthy baby boy at Fort Portal Regional Referral Hospital, some 80 kilometres from the settlement. "When the labour pains started, I went to the Rwamwanja Health Centre expecting everything to be fine," Alice said. "I was shocked when the midwife told me that I needed to be referred to Fort Portal Referral Hospital because my baby was in distress."
Luckily, with UNFPA's support, a Ugandan Red Cross ambulance helped transport Alice to the hospital to get the treatment she needed.
"We have been able to register and monitor pregnant women in camps. We have been able to mobilize volunteers to make sure that women have access to health care during pregnancy, child birth and following delivery," said Janet Jackson, UNFPA's Uganda Country Representative.
"Ambulance services are now available in emergencies, and hygiene kits including sanitary items have been distributed. Volunteers have also been trained to provide support to survivors of gender-based violence. The assistance would not have been possible without the CERF funding," she added.
Reporting by Penninah Kyoyagala Tomusange and Veronica Njikho/ UNFPA Uganda
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Let's say you're sitting at work, laboring over an important report.
It's been hours since you had lunch, but you don't have time to run out for a snack. Fortunately, you've got a bag of pork rinds in your desk drawer and begin munching away while focusing on your work.
About 20 minutes later, you're confronted by a red-faced colleague who is staring at your pork rinds.
"Would you like one?" you question politely.
The colleague makes no comment, just growls in her throat and stomps away.
While you may wonder why the colleague acted in such a way, it's clear to those sitting around you. Gobbling away on the chips is not only distracting with your bag-rustling and your crunching but is seen as a breach of office etiquette.
Then don't be surprised if colleagues don't invite you to participate in an important client dinner or fire emails around the office detailing your boorish ways.
All because of those pork rinds.
While many people believe that the key to career success is doing good work, the truth is that "it's more important to be popular and well liked." says Vicky Oliver, author of "301 Smart Answers to Tough Business Etiquette Questions."
So if you do things to annoy people like eating a bag of snacks when others are trying to work nearby, that can be a detriment to your career. Further, if you're not using proper office etiquette, chances increase that you're likely to pull a bone-headed move outside the office that also can hurt your career.
"Poor manners hurt your career because the little things matter. Very often, reputations are built on the basis of a first impression that takes someone approximately 3 seconds to formulate," says Alexandra Levit, a career expert. "So, sitting at dinner with a new client and ordering the most expensive entree on the menu (when they're paying) is not a good move."
The best way to avoid mannerless gaffes at work is by paying attention. If it's OK to ride a skateboard to meetings, then by all means feel free to do it, Oliver says.
But if you get annoyed looks when you show up in lime-green leggings and a Dodgers baseball jersey, then you may need to rethink your strategy.
"No matter how your colleagues or boss dress, I always think it's a good idea to dress nicely," Oliver says. "You never know when you'll go out to lunch with someone important. Looking like a slob never serves you well."
If you want to clean up your act so you can improve your image at work, here are some other suggestions:
Stop casual rudeness. Interrupting when someone is speaking and texting during a meeting are all signs that you're not giving someone your full time and attention, and that's off-putting, Oliver says.
"It's sort of addictive and a thrill to always be online. But even if others are doing it I don't think it makes a good impression," she says.
Communicate carefully. "In this climate, the most frequent complaint I hear is that people are too short with one another and that tone is misconstrued in virtual situations," Levit says.
"Most of the time, people don't mean to be rude but simply aren't careful about their communication," she says.
Don't be loud. Many workers sit next to one another, so take care to respect someone's space.
That means you may say "knock, knock" when entering someone's cubicle space or avoid talking loudly on your phone or listening to your voice message via speakerphone, Oliver says.
Look for mentors. "If you're unsure about a specific behavior, ask a trusted mentor who's not at your organization for his or her advice," Levit says.
She also suggests taking a basic etiquette course and reading workplace blog posts and articles so "you will become familiar with how to avoid a lot of the major no- nos."
Anita Bruzzese is author of "45 Things You Do That Drive Your Boss Crazy ... and How to Avoid Them," www.45things.com. Write her in care of USA TODAY/Gannett, 7950 Jones Branch Drive, McLean, Va. 22108. For a reply, include a self-addressed, stamped envelope. Twitter: @AnitaBruzzese.
Etiquette has a place in the workplace
Let's say you're sitting at work, laboring over an important report.


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Database mail is a completly rewritten mailing system in SQL Server 2005 built on top of the service broker.
This means that it runs asynchrounously. The mails are put in a queue and are sent from there.
However it's not present in SQL Server Express. I wonder why not because Express supports Service Broker just fine.
Well i've found a great blog post that explains how to "enable" Database Mail in SQL Server Express.
But it's in German so i'll explain in English how to get it to work :)
SQL Express holds all necessary stored procedures, service broker queues, etc... for proper mail handling.
However when you try to send an email the processing of queued mails fails with because an external process
called "DatabaseMail90.exe" couldn't be started.
This means that the file is simply missing.
By copying DatabaseMail90.exe, DatabaseMailEngine.dll and DatabaseMailProtocols.dll into the MSSQL\Binn directory
and executing system stored procedures in MSDB database called
the queued mails are processed immediatly.
Now the only problem with this is that you have to get those 3 files from either standard or enterprise edition of SQL Server
but that is anoter matter :)
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text: On November 14, 2012, Microsoft will be hosting Windows AzureConf, a free event for the Windows Azure community. This event will feature a keynote presentation by Scott Guthrie, along with numerous sessions executed by Windows Azure community members. Streamed live for an online audience on Channel 9, the event will allow you to see how developers just like you are using Windows Azure to develop applications on the best cloud platform in the industry. Community members from all over the world will join Scott in the Channel 9 studios to present their own ideas, innovations inventions and experiences. These presentations will provide you the opportunity to see how your peers in the community are doing great things using Windows Azure offerings like Mobile Services, Web Sites, Service Bus, virtual machines, and more. Whether you're just learning Windows Azure or you've already achieved success on the platform, you won't want to miss this special event. For more information on Windows AzureConf or to register for the event, please visit http://windowsazureconf.net.


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Even before David Ellspermann took office in 1997 as Marion County's clerk of court, he had been involved with the March of Dimes non-profit charity organization.
Even before David Ellspermann took office in 1997 as Marion County's clerk of court, he had been involved with the March of Dimes non-profit charity organization.
His efforts have not gone unnoticed. On Nov. 19, the charity honored him with a Lifetime Achievement award for his commitment and dedication to the organization.
The honor comes after Ellspermann personally raised $120,000 for the organization, a large portion of which came from his business connections.
"Many would describe him as the consummate volunteer, always giving of himself while seeking solutions to the needs of others," Marilyn Tubb said while presenting the award during an annual volunteer appreciation dinner. Tubb won the award in 2006 for her contributions.
Ellspermann also holds the title of Florida's No. 1 March for Babies adult fundraiser for both 2010 and 2011. His team at the Marion County Clerk of the Circuit Court has also held the top spot as the No. 1 fundraising team for March of Babies in the county for many years.
"I am humbled," Ellspermann said of his award.
He was also recognized in 2003 as the North Central Florida Division Volunteer of the Year and in 1998 as the Marion County Volunteer of the Year, along with his wife and daughter.
In 1996 Ellspermann was first elected to the clerk position. Prior to those duties, his public service began in law enforcement, both in Georgia and later with the Ocala Police Department. He also worked as the administrative director for the Public Defender's Office and executive director for the 5th Judicial Circuit State Attorney's Office.
But ever since childhood, the notion of volunteering and giving back had been instilled in him.
"The lifetime achieve is really an award we present at the discretion of the board and staff when it is an appropriate time to recognize somebody for exemplary extended volunteering that they've done," said Betsy Trent, division director for the North Central Florida March of Dimes.
For the past three years the award had not been given to anyone, but this year two were awarded: one to Ellspermann and a second to DeeJay Hellrung for her service in Alachua County. Ocala resident Cory Poole was also recognized for his dedication, as Marion County's Volunteer of the Year.
Both Poole and Ellspermann worked on the Marion County Signature Chef's Auction event this fall — the most successful ever — raising more than $80,000 for March of Dimes.
Ironically, Ellspermann almost missed the award ceremony. He initially purchased a ticket to attend an event celebrating Al Kunz's induction into the Marion County Agriculture Hall of Fame for the same evening because he was unaware of the award.
Luckily, his family convinced him to honor his commitment to March of Dimes.
"It was really wonderful for him to be recognized for all the work he does in the community," said Jayne Ellspermann, his wife of 36 years, who is principal at West Port High School. "He's been unbelievable in his dedication."
When asked, David Ellspermann would rather chat about the important benefits March of Dimes provides that his award.
Now in its 75th year, March of Dimes researches problems that threaten the health of babies and help expecting mothers carry their babies to full term. In the United States, one in nine babies are born prematurely and 15 million are born premature worldwide each year.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt founded the nonprofit organization in 1938 to combat polio, and since then its mission has expanded. The organization has funded newborn screening tests to protect against Phenylketonuria, or PKU, once a leading cause of inherited intellectual disability.
At one time respiratory distress syndrome was the leading cause of infant deaths, but is now routinely treated with surfactant, an approach pioneered through March of Dimes research.
"When I had healthy children, it made even more sense to give back," said Ellspermann, standing near his two grown daughters and five grandsons.
While March of Dimes has made several breakthroughs, the organization still notes there is more work to be done. For the sixth time in 30 years there has been a drop in the rate of premature births nationwide. However, Florida's premature rate actually increased.
"Clearly while we are making progress nationwide, much still needs to be done, especially in Florida," said Hellrung, who is chairwoman of the North Central Florida Division for March of Dimes.
Paging through a brochure that highlights the impact fundraising has made on March of Dimes. Ellspermann stops and points to the cover, where a smiling boy is wrapped up in his mother's arms.
"To me," he said, "that speaks it all."
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monkfish needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 69 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Make the logo "YourPodcastingSucks.com"
Now, imagine that you could trade out the middle word into a series of other words and keep the logo theme in tact.
Example: YourPitchSucks.com and so on.
- You know the "For Dummies" network? That's a memorable logo. They have "Raising a Cat for Dummies" and "Logo Design for Dummies", etc...
I need a similar type concept. But my network is YourStuffSucksNetwork.com
- So, example: "YourPodcastingSucks.com" The "Podcasting" needs to be changed out with other words around it in a consistent way.
- So the "Podcasting" needs to be in a different font and color and perhaps in some type of chat bubble, or post it note or something that makes it stand out.
- The main keys to take away here are that I can change out "Podcasting" for other words in the same style, and that the logo is memorable.
- When you think "For Dummies" you can see the logo in your head. I need that.
- Creative logos that are memorable
- Heavy use of type, not so much clip art
- Final delivery in high-res PSD layered file
- All clipart must be proven to be royalty-free
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I've finally decided on a format. SIMPLE! I've fussed around so much and thought if I don't make a decision I'll never do it. I've made a Christmas memories book before (as in all our Christmasses and how we spend them, what we do, etc. but not a specific year December Daily. Hope I keep it up!)
(shall be back to link up products when I am able)
Katie Pertiet:
Our Memories Layered Template (slightly altered)
Winter Peony Solids paper pack
Winter Woods Kit
Pinned December Dates No.2
December Foliage Tags No.1
Scallop Strip Masks No.3
Watery Washes Brushes and Stamps No.3
Roughed Up Pocket Cards Striped No.1
Splatters No.3
Clean Sitched Borders White No.1
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Saturday 1st December 2012.
Up and at em early and off to Daylesford for the Highland Gathering. I drove. I gave Mike car-sickness! We had to stop at Creswick for a breather, poor guy. He continued to be a wonderful shade of green until we got there. Im sure it wasnt my driving, he was still seedy from his antibiotics.
It was hot! Sunscreen a must.
I decided this year I was heading down town to shop while he made noise with the pipes, and decided to walk it from Victoria Park into town.
A hilly 2 kilometres both ways. I felt so righteous when I overtook a couple struggling up the hill. Go me!
Random photos from around Daylesford and I did a bit of damage to my wallet for sure. French perfume, a funny garden ornament and some silk yarn for knitting. I got back just in time to see Mike play in the afternoon. Brownie points!
Before heading home we decided to have a coffee at Sweet Decadence. Oh Lord have mercy! We did indulge in a small chocolate each, it was heaven. Mike vowed and declared that his cappuccino with the big slurry of melted chocolate across the top was the BEST cappuccino he had ever tasted and ensured the barista knew, she was delighted.
We got home tired and spent with the menagerie pleased to see us. Lucky was doing backflips.
A great start to Summer.


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The Investment Planner
By observing Rev. Clarke's life and ministry, this donor and others have been encouraged to invest their financial resources to help produce ATS graduates. Still others have been inspired to invest their very lives in ministry.
Whatever the type of investment, one thing is certain. Both are guaranteed. Both yield eternal rewards.
Do you know a better return on investment? Me neither.
Reverend Neal Clarke is a friend of Nyack College and ATS. He is also my friend. I am so thankful we can tell this story.
- Michael G. Scales, Ed. D.
By Bob Dickson
Those who don't know the reverend Neal Clarke will probably see his recent involvement in an anonymous gift to the Alliance Theological Seminary as remarkable.
It's just not every day that someone decides to give $200,000 to help train a new generation of missionaries and church leaders.
It's rarer still when that person chooses to remain unnamed.
But acts of Christian sacrifice and service have always taken place when Rev. Clarke is around. A semi-retired pastor and former personnel director within the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA), Clarke has spent his life helping believers invest themselves in God's kingdom.
Scores of missionaries around the world, if asked how they plugged into their specific field, will point to Clarke.
And just as many pastors will say the direction of their ministries sprang, in part, from his leadership and guidance.
For the part he's played in the lives of so many of God's servants, Clarke refuses to take credit. It's simply what God has called him to do, he insists. Helping others find their direction in ministry has always been the direction God gave him.
It's a direction he's faithfully followed for decades.
Clarke graduated from Nyack College (known then as the Missionary Training Institute) in 1957. In terms of pursuing a career in spiritual service, it was the perfect place to begin.
"A vast majority of us went directly into ministry," Clarke says of his graduating class. "The school had a real sense of vision to reach the world. I went through the process and felt the mission field was the place for me."
It was, but not in the traditional sense. By "missionary," Clarke figured he'd wait for God to open a door for him to serve in a specific part of the world. But God had something else in mind.
"I went to Gordon Divinity School," Clarke says. "I wanted to be trained as a missionary pastor."
Clarke's first pastorate was at an extension church in Bennington, Vermont. From there, he was called to Boston to serve at the Greater Boston Church of the Missionary Alliance.
"The ministry is still there in Boston," he says. "It's formed into an inner city ministry."
In 1973 Clarke moved to New Jersey to serve the Cranford Alliance Church. Later, he became the C&MA's Director of Personnel.
For two years, he met with young men and women who wanted to serve Christ in some capacity. It was just a question of where and how.
"What I did was primarily recruiting," Clarke says. "I visited colleges and seminaries across the country and helped plug men and women into the mission field."
Clarke's criterion for missionaries was simple. They had to possess a strong sense of calling and have vision and a ministry model that matched with the C&MA.
"I've always tried to encourage others to catch the vision," Clarke says. "Going into Christian ministry is a godly calling and not really a choice. You have to follow it and pursue it that way."
Clarke's understanding of calling—and his commitment to convey it to a new generation of missionaries—made a difference. To this day, he still bumps into people all over the world who are serving where he helped them go.
As to where Clarke himself would go, God has always called him back to the pulpit.
In 1978, he returned to Nyack to serve as the senior pastor of Simpson Memorial Church in Nyack. For 11 years, he faithfully shepherded the flock in what he calls to this day "a wonderful place."
In 1989, Clarke's journey in ministry brought him back to New England to become the Superintendent for the New England District of C&MA.
"I've always called New England my emotional home," Clarke says. "I went to seminary there, served as pastor to two churches, did youth work and became a superintendent there. God always calls me back to New England."
As superintendent, Clarke found himself in the familiar role of encouraging others. On a pastor-to-pastor basis, he gave general oversight to the C&MA churches across New England.
Clarke helped steer New England's churches for nine years before stepping away to serve local churches again. This he did in Dayton, Ohio and Champaign, Illinois.
He officially retired to Shell Point Retirement Community in Fort Myers, Florida, in 2005, though he spent several months in 2006 filling in for a pastor in Bangor, Maine and then preaching throughout New England.
God, it seems, continues to call Clarke to service.
"I've got my health," he jokes. "I can still do it."
As always, Clarke's passion is encouraging others to serve the Lord. It's what has marked his decades of service, and it is what led him to encourage one believer in particular to make a $200,000 gift to the Alliance Theological Seminary.
The anonymous donor was looking for a way to multiply God's kingdom, and when the question of where was put to Clarke, the answer was obvious.
What could be more effective than supporting a seminary like Alliance Theological?
"I wanted to help with the scholarship at ATS because that is direct ministry," Clarke says. "God wants us to reproduce ourselves as well as minister to the church at large. Supporting Alliance Theological Seminary is a powerful means of preparing the next generation of church leadership. Reproducing ourselves is part of what Jesus meant by 'be fruitful.'"
It's a command Clarke himself has obviously taken to heart, for a number of reasons.
"I've never been married, and maybe that's one of the things that keeps me interested in young people—to help their journey into ministry. I have no kids, and through the seminary I could help others go that route."
Not only through the seminary. It's what Clarke has always done. It's what he continues to do.


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Detailed Study Suggests NSA Rarely Useful In Stopping Terrorism
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The full report looks at all 225 individuals who were either part of Al Qaeda or an associated group and charged with terrorism since 9/11. In looking over every plot they were involved in, you see that much more traditional means of catching terrorists were involved in almost every case. There are community/family tips, informants, other non-NSA intelligence, routine law enforcement, self-disclosed by publicizing his own extremist activity, "suspicious activity" reports... and of course, plots that weren't actually prevented. There is, to be fair, a large number of plots where the discovery is from "unclear" means -- and it's entirely possible that some of those were discovered under the Section 702 programs. However, at the very least, this calls into question just how valuable either of these key NSA efforts really are.


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When it comes to our parents, we tend to assign value by how much we spend. Don't believe me. Let's compare Mother's Day to Father's Day.
We spend more on mothers.
They get meals out, jewelry or flowers -- and OK, sometimes ugly floral pajama sets. But the spending is much higher than what's purchased for dads.
Consumers said they had planned to spend an average of $168.94 on their moms this time, up 11 percent from last year's $152.52, according to a Mother's Day survey conducted by BIGinsight for the National Retail Federation. The poll found that when it came to spending on electronics for mom, 14.1 percent of respondents -- the highest in the survey's history -- planned to shell out more than $2.3 billion.
Compare those figures to what people said they planned to spend for Father's Day.
The average person will pay $119.84, up from $117.14 last year. As for electronics, it is $1.7 billion on new gadgets such as a tablet or GPS system.
Come on, if there is any spending category for fathers that should best or at least equal the amount spent on moms, it's on electronic stuff, right?
So, do the numbers mean we value dads less?
Placing a value on fathers doesn't stop with gifts. Dads themselves place less value on the jobs they do around the house.
Insure.com's Father's Day Index values dad's household contributions at $23,344, up from $20,248 last year. That's still less than the valuation for mothers. In its Mother's Day Index, Insure.com estimated the dollar value of the responsibilities of mothers at $59,862, down from $60,182 in 2012. The online site uses various household duties to calculate the salary figures using occupational wage data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The index does not include a salary from work outside the home for mothers or fathers.
In the Insure.com survey, mothers said they spend most of their time with child care duties, followed by cooking and cleaning. The fathers surveyed said the domestic duties they most helped with included homework, barbecuing or cooking, and driving.
Here's an interesting figure from the Census Bureau -- last year there were an estimated 189,000 stay-at-home dads with children younger than 15. Collectively, the dads were caring for about 369,000 children. Many of those fathers are choosing to be stay-at-home parents, according to researchers from the Boston College Center for Work & Family in a report released last year.
"Men's involvement in child-rearing and other domestic activities is clearly on the rise, whether or not they are in the workplace," the researchers wrote in their report. "While the number of at-home fathers is still very small, it is clear that virtually all fathers will be more actively engaged with their children in the future as fathers need and want to be more than simply breadwinners."
The Pew Research Center also reported recently that the roles of moms and dads are converging. "The way mothers and fathers spend their time has changed dramatically in the past half-century," the report said. "Dads are doing more housework and child care; moms more paid work outside the home."
About the same percentage of mothers as fathers reported feeling stressed about juggling work and family life. "Overall, 33 percent of parents with children under age 18 say they are not spending enough time with their children," Pew said. "Fathers are much more likely than mothers to feel this way."
Still, fathers express what they want. Most want to receive gift cards (31.2 percent), electronics (29 percent) and dinner (24.7 percent), according to CreditDonkey, a credit-card comparison website.
I have been guilty over the years of not encouraging my children to do more for their dad on Father's Day. But in my defense, I don't demand much for Mother's Day either. I'm just not a fan of spending money to confirm our love. It's too much of a burden for everyone. For the children (or spouse), it can be stressful trying to find something that will be liked and appreciated and for the recipient (mother or father) to feign delight when the gift isn't what they may want.
As for my question, I don't think we give less to fathers because they are less valued. I think dads in general don't put the same kind of pressure that some mothers put on their children to get them just the right gift.
I hear from so many readers who get anxious when it comes to buying their mothers something for a birthday, Mother's Day or Christmas. Get it wrong and their disappointment is clearly displayed. How, typically? By asking for the gift receipt, signaling that the present must be returned for something she might like.
So dads, don't take the purchasing difference between Mother's Day and Father's Day personal. It could just be an indication that your children don't feel obligated to spend so much to please you. And that's a good thing.
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Everybody know I, do it
Yall thought he was gone right?
Y'all thought it was over
Let me tell yall something though
When he say EST for life
He mean that shit
Its the return of the underdog
The voice of the people
And hes still 100 words and running
So yall better lace the fuck up
[Verse 1: Machine Gun Kelly]
Straight from the mother fuckin jungle
Fought with lions, tigers, and bears
Now I'm ready to rumble
Yeah the good guy never wins
I'll be humble
Whole city on my back
And I ain't gon' stumble
My hearts blacker than Ethiopian skin tone
Mama shoulda cut her fallopians
Knowing I was gonna be a problem when I get this ink on
Is kells here?
Man please I been gone
And I'm never turnin back again
Cuz a block wanna trap you in
I done lost too many friends to the streets out here
Too soon to not know whats happenin
Call a taxi in
Get a book read the facts again
Ain't shit about us fancy man
Welcome to the east town
We happy in
And Ima put this mother fucker on the map again
Heroes are remembered
Legends never die
I ain't dyin any time soon
What am I?
The hometown hero
Goddamn it with a legendary flow
And a name thats forever mine
Kells, can't nobody fuck with me
Im on another level
Ain't nobody off of me
Propellers and feathers couldn't get you onto level and that's called company
Everybody I'm good
Yeah and when I step into the building
Everybody put they mother fuckin hands up
(put em up, put em up, lace up)
Yeah and when I come into the spot
All the real mother fuckers gonna stand up
Who gon' stop me
Who gon' stop me
Underdog of the year
Call me rocky
Underdog of the year
Call me rocky?
Dont act like you ain't copy
Bitch im hot shit
You can't knock me
This rock bottom
Who gon' top me
EST be the team that got me
Who gon stop me
You gon stop me?
[Verse 2: Machine Gun Kelly]
Everybody get the fuck out
Show me a rapper that you think is iller than me
I bet I pull their fuckin tongue out
Nowadays everybody be thinkin they ballin'
I came around and home runned on these players from the duggout
Yeah bitch what now
Hat to the side
Bags underneath my eyes
Got me lookin like I'm strung out
Can't even get outta bed
Without a pair of original chucks laced up
Then we lookin to run out
Look at who I brung out
Every show and every single city I step into
All the greatest people come out
Every single stage I'm on
Ima dumb out
Yelling EST untill I blow a lung out
And thats why I love my fans
I swear my fans are my fam
Took it from the bottom
And we never goin back again
Lace Up Cleveland's on the map again
Lace Up


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Hi, can anyone advise me about this sentence I've written in answer to one of the questions in Lingua Latina (Orberg)
Lesson 6. Question 9 in the Exercitia Latina book: Cur Iulius fessus non est?
My answer is: Iulius in lectica, quae ab servi duo vehitur, est.
Assuming the basic construction is OK - and I'm not saying it is -is 'Quae' here in the right case and gender (nominative feminine to agree with lectica) or should it be 'quam'? Maybe I'm being too clever by half!!?? I'd appreciate any views.


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This revolution can be viewed as the culmination of three longer-term trends. First, innovation in small-scale manufacturing or on-demand manufacturing brought product personalization to the market. Next came the rise of user-to-user marketplaces like eBay or Amazon that introduced new, highly efficient ways to connect buyers to sellers in the long tail. And third, online communities and social networks are now tapping into the viral loop to enable producers to market to millions of niches outside of traditional distribution chains.
The intersection of these three trends has created something new: people making—and selling—their own products. Companies such as Ponoko, Styleshake, Kickstarter, Quirky, and Blurb are pushing the user-generated business models in new, profitable directions by focusing on smaller niches; offering platforms for production of commercial-quality goods; and building robust, connected communities.
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My typical Tuesday morning meeting was cancelled, so I hit a morning yoga class instead. Loving the new studio: high ceilings, old wood floors, plenty of natural light, and chandeliers. There was a lot of worry over parking since it's in a downtown area, but metro Detroiters get that way about their cars…no one's much into walking for practical purposes 'round here.
Then I pretty much blew off the rest of the day. It was 4 degrees (less with the wind chill) and after yoga and grocery shopping for dinner, I didn't feel like fighting the wind on the long walk from the parking lot to my building. So I stuck around the house, did a little work and some light emailing, but I'll pay for this tomorrow when I have to play catch up.
Watched last night's episode of "Biggest Loser" tonight and got inspired to put on my running shoes again. Nothing big. I promised myself a mile walk/run. Walked–1 min, ran–5 mins, walked–5 mins, ran–5 mins, walked–30 seconds, ran–1 min. A little more than a mile when all was said and done, and I'm sort of proud of that. My chest was on fire, and I was sure I'd have a heart attack, but I didn't, so we'll give it a try tomorrow night after yoga.
Food today wasn't great:
- Morning: orange and carrot juice (about 6 oz), coffee with half and half
- Lunch: two eggs, American cheese, English muffiin, 1 tbs butter
- Dinner: red curry veggies over brown rice
- Snacks: beer (10 oz), 32 Ghiradeli chocolate chips, chai tea with palm sugar (about 50 calories total)
Tomorrow's challenge (aside from the cold) will be breakfast with a job candidate at one of my favorite breakfast joints. I usually get the eggs Benedict with tomato instead of meat. Tomorrow I'm thinking big glass of tomato juice and oatmeal. It's surprisingly fun to have oatmeal at a restaurant, especially if they have lovely dried fruit to put on it. Calorie-wise it'll probably be a wash, but it's more about making a smart, healthy choice instead of doing my usual thing.


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Buggins' turn
Buggins' turn
appointment in rotation rather than by merit
Buggins is used here to represent a typical or generic surname.
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in the buff
naked – informal
The original meaning of buff in English was buffalo and it later came to mean ox hide or the colour of ox hide. In the buff itself comes from buff leather, a type of yellowish-beige ox hide formerly used in military uniform, the colour of which was regarded as comparable to that of human skin.
have the bug = be bitten by the bug
develop a sudden strong enthusiasm for something
vulgar slang
bugger all
bugger me
used to express surprise or amazement
play silly buggers
act in a foolish way
built on sand
without secure foundations
liable to collapse
This phrase comes from the parable contrasting the wise man who built his house on rock with the fool who built his on sand (Matthew 7 : 24 - 7).
have the bulge on = get the bulge on
have or get an advantage over - British informal
bulging at the seams = bursting at the seams
(of a place or building) full to overflowing – informal
like a bull at a gate
hastily and without thought
like a bull in a china shop
behaving recklessly and clumsily in a place or situation where you are likely to cause damage or injury
a red rag to a bull
an object, utterance or act which is certain to provoke or anger someone
The colour red was traditionally supposed to provoke a bull and is the colour of the cape used by matadors in bull fighting.
1998 - Times - Such talk is like a red rag to a bull at the Soil Association.
take the bull by the horns = grab the bull by the horns
deal bravely and decisively with a difficult, dangerous or unpleasant situation.
2000 - Andrew Calcutt - Brit Cult - The government has failed to take the bull by the horns, thereby granting hunt sabs a new lease of life.
bite the bullet
face up to doing something difficult or unpleasant
stoically avoid showing fear or distress
This phrase dates from the days before anaesthetics, when wounded soldiers were given a bullet or similar solid object to clench between their teeth when undergoing surgery.
1998 - Joyce Holms - Bad Vibes- Once he accepted it as inevitable he usually bit the bullet and did what was required of him with a good grace.
sweat bullets
be extremely anxious or nervous - North American informal
bully for
well done! good for (you, them, etc.)!
This expression takes its origin from the US colloquial sense of bully meaning first-rate recorded since the mid 19th century.
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June 6th, 2005
You've seen the words "Broadcast in HDTV" at the start of some of your favorite television shows. Your newspaper is flooded with ads from local electronics stores plugging the newest "must have" HDTV sets. But, according to the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), while more than 60 percent of American television viewers recognize the abbreviation "HDTV," they are very confused about all of the new TV terminology and what they will actually see when they invite high-definition television into their home. HDTV is all about the experience. The improvement in picture image and clarity between standard or enhanced definition and high definition is dramatic. Whether watching sporting events or television shows, when you experience true HD quality, you see the difference as clearly as when you switched from VHS to DVD. A trip to an electronics store today can prove overwhelming, A range of choices is quickly replacing traditional televisions. Plasma televisions, LCDs and projection televisions come in sizes ranging from 13 inches to greater than 70 inches with price tags from the low hundreds to thousands of dollars. Some products come equipped with "plug-and-play" technology for immediate reception of the HD signal, while others claim they are HD-ready or offer enhanced definition TV. Consumers are asked to compare standards and formats they don't understand and try to differentiate between monitors and integrated sets. The key to demystifying this technology and making sure you are investing your money in a television that will give you the best HD quality now and in the future, is to do some research and figure out which questions to ask before going into the store. Before making the final decision, you shouldn't settle on price alone, but also make sure that your new TV lives up to its billing by comparing it to other displays. We recommend that consumers think about and ask the following questions when preparing to incorporate HDTV into their home. How do I get HDTV programming in my home? You can get HD programming the same ways you get regular television shows right now – via cable, satellite or simply over-the-air. Think about how you view your programs and then check the website of your local cable or satellite provider to find out about HDTV services in your local area.
- Cable: If your local cable provider currently supports HDTV, you simply need to ask them for a HD decoder box that will replace your current cable box and provide easy access to HD. In the near future, you will be able to purchase high definition televisions with the cable box built in (called digital cable-ready). With these new televisions, you simply call your cable company and let them know you have a cable-ready TV and they will provide you with a credit-card sized card that you insert into the television to begin receiving service. Pioneer begins offering digital cable-ready plasma televisions this fall.
- Over-The-Air: This method involves setting up an antenna and receiving HD programming from local broadcast towers. If you are in a large metropolitan area, chances are good that you can already receive many free HDTV channels over the air.
- Satellite: Almost anyone can receive HDTV via satellite and all satellite companies currently carry high definition channels. You will need to get a special HD decoder and dish from the satellite provider to watch HD programming and there's usually a small price increase for this service.
- Actor's faces look more expressive and you'll see more detail in costumes and clothing.
- When watching sports, you can follow the ball, the puck, or a racecar more easily and see subtle details in an athlete's movements, even the fuzz on a tennis ball.
- A forest looks like a group of individual trees, not a brown and green clump.
- Concerts in HDTV feature incredible visual detail and digital sound.
- Traditional CRT (cathode ray tube) based TVs have been in homes across America for more than 50 years. It is the cheapest television technology, but it can be bulky and the image being reproduced is high quality although commonly shrunk to fit the square screen. The range of screen sizes for CRT TVs spans from just a few inches to large-size rear projection televisions.
- LCD TVs are slim monitors that are available in screen sizes up to 36 inches. Because LCDs were originally designed for computer monitors rather than televisions, they are better suited for viewing data than video. The response time of an LCD television is slower than other technologies, which means you may get a blurring effect when images move quickly across the screen. Because LCD televisions tend to be smaller, they are easy to fit in most home kitchens, workshops and the like. However, it's important to remember that the biggest benefit of high definition television is enhancing an image so it seems that you are immersed in the picture. This quality is much more effective on larger screen sizes. The bigger the television, the more dramatic the improvement in picture quality from standard to high definition. If you're looking at a 13-inch screen, you might not notice much difference at all.
- Plasma is one of the newest television technologies, but has been on the market just long enough to become the latest craze. Newer model plasma televisions offer picture quality and color reproduction as good as any projection television, while being thin enough to fit almost anywhere. Plasma also has a wider viewing angle than many other televisions, which means you don't have to sit in the "sweet spot" in the living room to get a good view of the TV. The larger-size plasma televisions provide the most dramatic difference when viewing HDTV.
- Digital Light Processing (DLP) Although DLP is much slimmer than a typical rear projection television, they don't have the viewing angle, size or brightness to be hung on a wall or perched on a stand easily. DLP technology uses micro mirrors and a color wheel to create an image. Viewing angles, life span, depth and brightness have plagued the technology. The upside is that these large screen displays are relatively inexpensive compared to other technologies.
- Liquid Crystal on Silicon (LCoS) technology is similar to how DLP works, however it uses liquid crystals (LCDs) on silicon wafers (rather then small mirrors) to reproduce images. enabling the display to show high quality image reproduction when watching movies and playing video games. Price and size of the displays are slowing the growth of the technology.


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Words by Sean Moeller, Illustration by Johnnie Cluney, Recording engineered by Mike Gentry
A song like the one that the Kopecky Family Band recorded here called, "Angry Eyes," makes you think back to one of those days when you've got a lot of things going on in your head and no damn good way to sort any of it out. It reminds you of one of those days - either in the middle of the winter or late in the fall when you see a v-shaped gaggle of geese traveling the wrong way in the sky above you. If it's the late fall, this would mean that the geese are flying northward, up toward Canada, a place that they're going to regret for a number of months if they carry through with the plan. If it's the middle of winter, this could mean that something's going horribly wrong - the weather doesn't feel at all like winter yet, something's off - and the geese have sunk into a form of madness that's left their cognitive thinking skills even more dulled than they usually are and they've cut their season in the sun short by a few months. They're off to wait out the rest of the winter in misery.
Now, these examples aren't meant to suggest that what the Kopecky Family Band are leading us to feel with this song is unwarranted misery, but more the kind that we should have been smart enough to see coming, or smart enough, at least, to have dodged as it came straight for us. Much of it is the stuff that we brought on ourselves and - for that - there's not much sympathy. It could be why the song has such an interesting cross-section of moods. There's the more mellow and introspective verses that give way to these revved up choruses where nothing is still going right between these people, but you could have fooled us. Though the music sounds like the lights have just popped on and the whole room is now visible, there are parts to it that make you think that everything's getting intimate, even if most people who knew any better would discourage any of this from happening.
Gabe and Kelsey Kopecky sing thrillingly in unison, telling this tale of two people getting most everything wrong, but still doing it, never wavering. They're young and they tend to convince themselves that they don't know any better. They've convinced themselves that they should just keep seeing where all of this is heading, curious to see if it will wind up exactly where they fear it might. The waters are warm and they're wading in them, not feeling the temperatures get turned up slightly every few minutes. Suddenly, the water is boiling and they don't feel the difference in the temperature even still. I've been told that this is how they keep lobsters from clambering out of the pots as they cook them. They don't even know that anything's wrong. They feel like the party's just begun and the discomfort is nothing to be alarmed by. Gabe and Kelsey sing on "Angry Eyes," "Don't walk so quickly to a slow beat/I'm made for holding you at arm's reach/Did I do something wrong?/You spent your winters in the northeast/That leaves you closer than you might think/So I can keep things calm/I saw the anger in her eyes/But no one wants to talk about it/It was a simple compromise/You keep pretending/Our happy ending/A little foolish for our time." It's against better judgment that any of this continues, but who gives a shit? It's just a little love and it's just a little foolishness that clings so nicely to harmonies and music that sounds this sweet.


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Review: The Weeknd flows nicely on 'Kiss Land'
The Weeknd, "Kiss Land" (Republic Records)
The Weeknd, who became a critical darling after releasing a trilogy of mix tapes in 2011 thanks to his eerie R&B sound, sticks to his guns on his official debut album, "Kiss Land."
The 10-track set plays smoothly, and the singer's falsetto weaves into the tracks nicely. "Wanderlust," which samples Fox the Fox's "Precious Little Diamond," is the disc's most adventurous song: The Michael Jackson-esque tune is energetic, beat-driven and could be a monster hit on the pop charts.
Most of "Kiss Land" isn't as up-tempo, but the Canadian singer doesn't disappoint as he stays true to his soulfully eclectic vibe and progressive R&B sound. The Weeknd's mainly singing about relationships, and on the appealing "Belong to the World," he sings, "But you taught me how to feel when nobody ever would." And on "Adaptation" — which samples the Police's "Bring on the Night"— he sings about regret, "But I chose the life, I chose the life, then I realized she might have been the one, I let it go for a little fun."
While "Kiss Land" is sonically enjoying, some of the tracks sound too similar. Additional collaborators could probably help split up the sound: Drake, who has worked with The Weeknd, adds a ton of flavor to "Live For," a track highlighted by handclaps and lyrics about getting ahead.
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Did you bow your head and act the part?
I'll usually just mind my own business and be quiet, but I won't bow my head, close my eyes or clasp my hands, sometimes I won't even stand if asked and on a few occasions I've gotten up and left the room.
I've gotten some nasty looks and the occasional snide remark, but for the most part people just leave me alone. But it's never happened in an "at work" situation with me. But if it did, I'd do what I always do.
Well, fascism might be alive and well, but this was not an example of that. Prevention of forgery and money laundering is in the best interest if all of us, and sharing information between the groups just makes sense. You really cant stop these style of financial crimes in an area like mine any other way.
My comment was more along the lines of "a prayer before a meeting with a non religious bent, creeping near the separation of church and state... " ain't that some sh#$%$t.
Number 8 of the "14 points of fascism." 8. Religion and ruling elite tied together
Unlike communist regimes, the fascist and protofascist regimes were never proclaimed as godless by their opponents. In fact, most of the regimes attached themselves to the predominant religion of the country and chose to portray themselves as militant defenders of that religion. The fact that the ruling elite's behavior was incompatible with the precepts of the religion was generally swept under the rug. Propaganda kept up the illusion that the ruling elites were defenders of the faith and opponents of the "godless." A perception was manufactured that opposing the power elite was tantamount to an attack on religion.
9. Power of corporations protected
Although the personal life of ordinary citizens was under strict control, the ability of large corporations to operate in relative freedom was not compromised. The ruling elite saw the corporate structure as a way to not only ensure military production (in developed states), but also as an additional means of social control. Members of the economic elite were often pampered by the political elite to ensure a continued mutuality of interests, especially in the repression of "have-not" citizens.
I am still surprised that intelligent people never consider that there may be someone present that is different than them. I think i experienced some of the same shock at my nephew's football game. The whole stadium prayed, and if it weren't for my hat, i would've had trouble concealing my laughter.
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Pulver vs. Garcia: Get Pumped
Watching this NBC Sports video preview of tonight's Jens Pulver-Leonard Garcia bout, I am officially psyched. You have to love Pulver's 'I'm getting too old for this shit' attitude when it comes to fighting these young whipper-snappers, just as you also have to love that he arrives at the event looking like he stopped to fight in several bar parking lots on the way. I've never seen a guy so content in the role of gatekeeper or so compelling in it.
With Urijah Faber facing another tough, though probably doomed opponent, and with Paulo Filho showing up too fat to put his title on the line, Pulver-Garcia is looking like it could easily turn out to be the fight of the night. In fact, I'm so confident this bout will deliver, if it turns out to be anything other than a thriller I'll eat my hat.*
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Griffith Park Cinema I-II
236 W. Ridge Road,
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This opened on June 15th, 1979. Grand opening ad in the photo section.
Do you know when that theater is going to be demolished?
I've never been it but when the person walking thorough he added the sounds of the movie trailers in the background but it thinks it is this one
I couldn't find the one you're thinking of.
I'm not sure but I think this is the same theater on youtube where somebody does a walk through in it just type closed movie theaters
To behfilm, how fares the work on reopening?
Well the condition of this theater was in pretty bad shape. The amount of work that it needed would not have been worth what they wanted to charge for leasing it. I think there is a new leasing company in charge of it that I am going to try to contact.
For some reason I can't get this place out of my head. I stopped by it a year ago and took some photos. For being closed for so long the inside seemed to be in great condition. It was a great place to go see movies. Easy parking, never over-run, clean and ran movies for the longest of times. The best part about it is that after or before the movie the mall was a place to just hang. Venture store or other other joint on the south east corner (can't remember the name) were cool places to shop. In the 90's the mall was all but vacant but now it has "some" life in it with K-mart next door. It would be nice if someone did re-open (like a Brew and View) here. Again, great parking, easy to get too (being 3 minutes from the expressway).
Good luck.B.E. Guess you haven't yet since nothing has been posted about,Save that GCC theatre!
I am looking into reopening this cinema as a Brew and View (A cinema that serves Beer and Wine)
The first movie I ever saw here was called "Nightwing" that was a very bad horror movie about bats. This was a unique theater as, unlike the other area GCC's, the two auditoriums were deep and not wide. The building is still there and the skeleton of the concession stand is still in the lobby.
Actually, the theaters were tucked in the northeast corner of the shopping center between a handful of smaller shops which faced the west, and a landscape supply/nursery that faced south. But the theater was very hard to see from either Ridge Rd. or Cline Ave., and the signage was never that good to begin with.


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Sunday, January 26, 2014
La Fete de la Coquille
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LOL, was the kiss on the way home after all the goodies at the fete? I'm with you on the Koign Amann---nothing better on earth, although those scallops look like a contender. Thanks for the compliment---happy to help you out!ReplyDelete
Looks like a ton of fun..and nice people and friendly dogs..he is quite gorgeous :)ReplyDelete
I love when someone figures out a computer glitch for me..How nice!
I was freaking out about the kiss, but what a cutie so I guess I would have no regrets either. Lovely post today.ReplyDelete
- Barbara L.1:02 PM
Love the scallops, but will leave the oysters, thank you. Was it a sloppy kiss or warm & gentleReplyDelete
Hope it was dry for the fete day. ours was grey & drizzly yet again.Replies
It was a quick wet kiss.Delete
A kiss is a kiss...I'm not choosy.
- Ann W1:06 PM
Happy to see you bright and early this a.m. here in sunny Los Angeles, btw nice kiss on the Metro!ReplyDeleteReplies
I AM SOOO HAPPY TO THAT PB IS BACK INCIRCULATION !!!Delete
Your posts bring beauty into my life each day. I cannot imagine what it must be like living in an environment where beauty in every detail is the norm. All I can think about is how time consuming it must be to make all those intricate appetizers and pastries. It makes one wonder how the shops ever make a profit, although you did indicate that the prices of these little treasures is pretty dear. How lucky you are to be surrounded by this feast to the eyes and palate.ReplyDelete
Dear Carol, this post arrived on the day that you posted it.ReplyDelete
I am rejoicing at reading about this wonderful event...just seeing folks outdoors in January without six layers of warm clothing is a reason to celebrate., but the wondrous choices of delicious tasting look so, so enticing.
(I liked your disclaimer, early on in the post about the initial appearance of the event. Obviously, this was a great place to get acquainted with...on site, and also via taking some yummies home.)
Maybe I will manage to get over to Grand Central's Oyster Bar this winter for my own little sampling of seasonal treats. Every year I make this promise and do not keep it...just like seeing The Nutcracker.
Oh The Oyster Bar...I do miss that ;))Delete
Those warming stews...
I was totally intrigued at the beginning when you referred to the kiss....but I am easily distracted and between the warm kouign aman and those gorgeous coquille shells (I'd buy the scallops just to get the shells!) I forgot about the mystery kisser entirely. I could not have been happier to see your ameureuse's (sp?) picture!ReplyDelete
PS I was out of town this weekend, so do not worry that I might have gotten this post late....the late one was moi!
- Alice11:41 PM
I've been delighting in my daily "Paris Breakfasts" for some years now, happy to share yourReplyDelete
love of the city and all things French (well, almost all things). I'm also a watercolor, French
cuisine, and dog enthusiast, so your take on life there is right up my allée. But I hadn't felt
moved to respond, or even thank you (which I should have done long ago) until today's post
about the Fête de Coquille and "the kiss from the stranger on the Metro".Anyway, I hope it's not too late to thank you for all the hours of vicarious pleasure you've brought me for the last few years. I'm so glad you've gotten to live in Paris and I wish you many more years of happy
painting and photographing and eating!
What fun! And as for the kiss, luckily it wasn't a French kiss. No wonder you fell asleep after the Kouign Amann - these are delicious but heavy duty.ReplyDelete
Love France for les fêtes - I'm much slower, since want to post about another fête this weekend and haven't even downloaded the photos yet! I don't know how you do it, Carol. Glad the feed is working again, was happy for you on the break but now realise you weren't taking one (that's more like you!)


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In this edition:
Mobile Games Developer Flaregames
We report on an award-winning company from Karlsruhe. Their Royal Revolt game was downloaded over a million times in 2012 alone.
Caves on Iceland
Hikers can explore caves ten meters below the earth's surface, surrounded by lava rock and meter-long icicles. We report on one cave which is five thousand years old.
Ants Online
Martin Sebasta from Berlin runs the world's largest online delivery service for ants. One ant can cost as much as 500 euros, but they are also on sale for just 1 euro each.
Butter Specialists Patrik Johansson and Zandra Bing
The couple produce butter that is served in some of the world's top restaurants including Noma in Copenhagen. They live in an isolated house north east of the Swedish city Gothenburg.
Furniture Designer Ferruccio Laviani
We meet up with this creative designer in the Italian city of Milan. He first found fame back in the 1990's with his original lamp designs.
Parachute Tester Toni Bender
Toni Bender from Bavaria tests parachutes for paragliding. He makes sure they are safe before coming onto the market.


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This question is inspired by Hearsay Social CTO Steve Garrity's presentation on How to Match Speeds Between Your Enterprise and the Social Networks from the recent E2 Innovate conference in Santa Clara.
"Facebook changes every single day," with Twitter and LinkedIn keeping almost the same pace -- far different from the steady, measured pace of enterprise system development and implementation. "Move fast and break things" is a company motto at Facebook, he pointed out.
[ Where no tablet has gone before: NASA Uses iPads To Train For Asteroid Exploration.]
"There's almost nothing in the enterprise today that you can think of as moving fast and breaking things," Garrity said. "What we've got here is a mismatch."
The unspoken sales pitch behind his description of the challenge was that you might want a cloud software partner like Hearsay to worry about these issues on your behalf. But whether you delegate the burden or take responsibility for it yourself, you need to be aware of it as a fundamental challenge of doing business on and through the public social networks.
Hearsay specializes in supporting distributed social media marketing for organizations like Farmers Insurance, which needs to coordinate between central office marketing and its network of agents.
The June E2 show in Boston featured a similar presentation from Patrick Stokes, Chief Product Officer at Buddy Media (now part of Salesforce.com), which went into more technical detail on the varying implementations of "standard" social software APIs.
Garrity was more concerned with the way features brands come to rely on can go away overnight -- particularly on Facebook. A prime example would be the big change in the way Facebook page tabs worked before and after the introduction of the Timeline layout for brand pages. Page tabs attracted a lot of attention and investment when they could be used as a sort of landing page, prompting users to the "Like" the page or tempting with them a special offer. Page administrators could define multiple tabs, including a default tab visitors would land on if they had not yet clicked the Like button. And then, one day, the ability to define default tabs went away and tabs in general became more buried in the new layout.
"Now, nobody's putting money into tabs anymore -- they're just not worth it," Garrity said.
Facebook is at least trying to do a better job of giving developers some warning, Garrity said. For example, On Nov. 7 Facebook issued its latest 90-day warning of breaking changes to its APIs -- seven changes with the potential to break existing applications -- that will go into effect in February.
To cope with those changes, social businesses (or their software partners) need to be continually on the lookout for such announcements, while also watching out for unannounced changes or glitches that can break applications. Facebook's approach literally means it's willing to break things occasionally and fix them later, rather than taking a more conservative approach that avoids risk.
If you want your enterprise systems to keep pace, "you need to be thinking about continuous deployment and agile development," Garrity said. "I think we'll see everything move toward the social networking end of the spectrum over the next five years. We'll get better at moving fast without breaking things." Still, he added, "we'll never get to the full consumer velocity with enterprise apps."
In other words, this matching speeds business is going to be touch-and-go.
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Car Comparison
Ford Escape: New vs. Old
First debuted in 2000 as a 2001 model, the Ford Escape became a sales phenomenon and remains the best-selling SUV in America. Having been through two generations, the 2013 model year introduces a third and all-new generation for the Escape. The 2013 Escape, slated to launch in April 2012, opens the compact SUV market to advanced technological elements and superior fuel efficiency.
The first difference customers will notice between the new Escape and the old is its body design. Since its inception, the Escape has been a short, boxy compact SUV, reminiscent of other Ford SUV offerings like the Explorer. With a broad, powerful, and often chrome-clad front grille, the old Escape looked stout and off-road capable. The new Escape carries itself differently. Mimicking the new "One Ford" front fascia, the 2013 Escape's lines are more fluid, sleek and aerodynamic. Ford boasts the new Escape is 10 percent more aerodynamic than the previous model.
Sharing a platform with the new Ford Focus, the 2013 Escape will be built in Louisville, Kentucky. Unlike the Focus, the Escape will be available with a new intelligent four-wheel drive system that employs input from 25 external data points including wheel speed, accelerator position and steering wheel angle. This new four-wheel drive system makes-in spite of its sleek looks-more off-road capable than ever before.
The new Escape shares its underpinnings and the majority of its suspension components with the new Focus. Accordingly, the new Escape handles even more smoothly than the previous generation. In fact, the new Escape handles nearly just as well as its little brother, the Focus.
The technological wonders don't end with the intelligent four-wheel drive system. Making use of newly mainstreamed motion technology-like that found in modern video game consoles-the Escape has an automatically opening rear hatch activated by waving ones foot under the rear bumper. While a hands-free opening liftgate might seem excessive, it makes loading groceries that much simpler. Beyond ease of access for owners, the hands-free liftgate exemplifies the care and consideration Ford took when designing the new Escape. Ford has also included an upgraded MyFord Touch system in the new Escape, making pairing and interacting with digital devices even easier.
Boasting more interior space than the previous model, the new Escape features 68.1 cubic feet of space behind the first row of seats and 34.3 cubic feet behind the second row.
Counter-intuitively, Ford has done away with its popular Hybrid version of the Escape for 2013. Surprisingly, the new Escape is more efficient than ever-even without a Hybrid variant. In place of the Hybrid, customers will be able to choose between two EcoBoost engines: a 1.6-liter and a 2-liter featuring direct injection and turbochargers. The standard Escape engine will be normally aspirated 2.5-liter inline four-cylinder engine.
Ford estimates fuel economy numbers to be 24 mpg in the city and 33 on the highway for the 1.6-liter and 22 mpg in the city and 30 mpg on the highway for the 2.0-liter. Adding all-wheel drive to either engine drops fuel economy down to an estimated 23 mpg in the city and 31 mpg on the highway for the 1.6-liter and 21 mpg in the city and 28 mpg on the highway for the 2.0 liter. The non-turbocharged 2.5-liter is only available in front wheel drive and is estimated to return 22 mpg in the city and 31 mpg on the highway. No matter which engine customers choose, Ford has offered only one transmission choice for the 2013 Escape: a six-speed "SelectShift" automatic.
With a base price for the S trim near the $23,000, the Escape starts off competitively. Once customers step up to the SE, SEL and Titanium models, however, the price jumps quickly and-after adding options-could easily surpass $30,000 and top out around $38,000.
With the 2013 Escape, Ford hopes to continue its SUV sales domination. The 2013 Escape not only achieves class-leading fuel economy, but it also features improved interior space, technology and accessibility that tops the previous model and the competition.