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The U.S. military occupation of Japan following World War II resulted in the largest cohort of Japanese immigration of Japanese to the U.S. since the 1924 Immigration Act. This migration of Japanese women married to U.S. soldiers drastically changed the make up and complexion of the Japanese American community as these immigrant interracial American and Japanese families brought with them multiracial Japanese/Japanese American children.
What does it mean to be Japanese? To be Black? To be both, at the same time. To be sure the world sees me as Black—I'd say African American but that would be too polite because the ways in which I am treated, looked at, questioned, and feared says Black (this might well be the subject of another column). Yet, inside where my mind reasons, where my mind feels, sees and hears I am Japanese and Black. To separate them is nearly impossible, at least for those of my generation—I was born in Japan in 1957 the second son and youngest child but, primarily reared in the U.S. Indeed, I was raised throughout the U.S., having called Kansas, North Carolina and Texas home as child. As an adolescent I spent my formative years on Okinawa. As an adult, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Alaska, and California (northern & southern) have occupied my return address.
As a cultural anthropologist I can argue gracefully how the two cultures of my parents were differences in kind with differing emphases, but as a person such abstract notions fall hollow--for while the two cultures may indeed be vastly different in mannerisms and expression, growing up in my family they were the same in context. For instance, both my Japanese mother (from Yokohama, Japan) and my African American father (from Wilmington, NC) emphasized the primacy of family, respect of elders and adults, obedience to parents, birth roles and duty to the family. They also drilled home hard work, education, team spirit, and the valuing of others before ones' self. And, above all they valued "doing what is right" because it is right.
My parents taught me that as a younger brother I should honor and obey my older brother. I took this teaching seriously. So seriously in fact, I remember one event, when I was about 4 years old, in which I allowed my brother to place a hangman's noose around my neck as we re-enacted a scene from a western movie we had seen on the T.V. the night before. I trusted my brother and after all, he would not really hurt me because I knew he had been taught to protect and care for me. Needless to say I was taught another lesson by this episode. Obedience is great, but don't be "stupid." As my father said, "It's okay to think." (I think my father imparted a pointed lesson on my brother as well, but you'll have to ask him about that.) Despite this traumatic happening my brother and I flourished in our family roles. To this day he is still my champion. I can never ever repay him the untold hours of baseball and football catch he played to make me what would become an intercollegiate college football player. Nor, can I repay him for his forceful rebukes when I messed up or disrespected my mom. Even today he is my "onichan" on whom I know that if all else fails, he IS there.
But our teachings did not end there. We were taught "hard work" and full effort. I can remember a time in college. In my freshman winter term I nearly flunked out of college. When I brought my grades home to my mom, she merely said, "The sun will come up tomorrow." Throughout that term I had told my mom how hard it was, and how hard I was working. I was frustrated and afraid. After all, poor grades were always what "other people received." Her words when the "F" appeared on the report card surprised me. I thought she'd be mad, disappointed and embarrassed. Her words told me a whole host of things, including "she loved me" without actually saying them. By my senior year my grades had turned around and I brought home a "good report card." She left it on the dining room table. During that break a friend of mine was at the house and upon seeing the report card said to my mom, "I bet you're proud of Curtiss." She merely replied, "It's about time." My friend was taken aback. But, I was not. Again, she had said, "she loved me" and was proud of me. After all, if not, she would have hidden that report card somewhere among the scores of empty tofu cartons and Styrofoam meat trays. I knew that I had brought her honor.
My African American father, too, emphasized effort and commitment. When I first began playing organized football my father was my head coach. The irony was that on the field he was not my father he was my coach. Yet, to me he was also my father in that I knew that my actions reflected upon him. If I did not give my full effort, I reasoned, then why would any of the other players on the team give their full effort. Every play at practice or during the games commanded my full attention, every block my total effort and I knew I needed to be at the lead of every wind sprint. Every success reflected his effort. This notion of commitment to the coach beyond the "game" continued to drive me throughout my athletic career. Indeed I remember thinking in college that my performance on the field could impact my coach's employment and his ability to care for his family—Coach Kopp had four children and a wife whose smile still warms my memories. In concert with my father's teaching were my mother's admonitions of "don't embarrass the family" and "don't show off." Or in other words work hard, attend to business and remember you are a part of something larger than yourself—in this case a team. (I guess this was the Japanese version of there is no "i" in team.) Together my parents' teachings provided me with the mental foundation for athletic and academic success.
My parents continually taught me that I was a part of something larger than myself, be it my family, ethnic group or team. They trained me to recognize and respond to the needs of others and to take into account what other people think, without letting it "totally" control me. In that sense, they also taught me to be myself, albeit within situational constraints because my actions would NEVER represent just me, but would reflect upon family, race/ethnic group and my associations.
When I look at how the two cultures of my parents came together in our household I never reasoned the two as conflicting. Within African American cultural tradition, my father taught me the value of my mother. She was to be respected, obeyed, honored and protected. Within Japanese cultural tradition my immigrant mother taught me to value my father. He was to be respected, obeyed, honored and protected. My father taught me through stories and words. My mother taught me through actions and few words. In this way, the two cultures complimented each other.
Yet, there were differences.
Communicating with my parents required remembering to whom you were talking to. My father demanded eye contact, while my mother required eyes directed downward--particularly when I was in trouble. Trust me by the age of 5 I knew the difference, especially because I got so much practice. And when they called me out together, my head bobbed up and down—not unlike those little dogs in the back of a car window or the bobble head dolls given out at athletic events these day--as I attempted to quickly respond to whomever was talking.
And, there was also creation.
Perhaps the most fun mixture of culture came at the kitchen table. Gohan with every meal, turnip or mustard greens cooked slowly on Sunday afternoon, sweet potato pie at holidays, octopus or squid to freak out my Midwestern high school friends, and of course teriyaki chitlins made our family cuisine our own.
As I think about this topic I am a bit more reflective because my mother lost her fight to lung cancer in 2001 and my father died in 1975. I miss them both dearly. Despite having talked and written about "hapa issues" for some 25 years now, thinking about how I have come to be who I am continues to be interesting for me. What part is Japanese? What part is Black? I love the spontaneity of African American culture. The joy of a loud belly laugh has embarrassed my Sansei wife and daughter more than once in public settings—though I think they are both used to it now. I love everyday directness of Japanese and Japanese American culture. I mean where else can you speak of a bowel movement in the same breath as what's for dinner. I value the African American ability to be "in your face" when my family and friends are at stake. I respect the Japanese American quiet reserve where words are not needed to communicate even the deepest emotions and, where conflict can be resolved through indirect actions. I love back beat of Johnny Mori's Taiko solos, teriyaki flavored fried chicken at church potlucks and friends whom my daughter calls auntie and uncle. So, I am left with the questions of what does it mean to be? But you know what...the most fun is the continual discovery of the answers.


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Sometimes we need a little something to boost our mood and get us thinking positively about ourselves again. It can be easy to become self-conscious, especially with all the pressures of teenage life. Thankfully, there are some many simple ways to build your confidence back up. Spend some time thinking about whether there is anything missing from the following list in your life, and if there is, start incorporating it into your daily life. Confidence and happiness await!
Accept Compliments
It's hard for many people to accept compliments, especially if they don't come your way often. But the next time someone pays you a compliment, accept it gracefully and acknowledge that someone sees something unique and beautiful in you that they want to share with you. Accepting compliments allows us to see in ourselves what others see, which is not always the way we look at ourselves.
Cultivate Positive Thoughts
Positive thoughts can come in different forms—affirmations, pats on the back, or just telling yourself in the mirror every morning that you are beautiful. Positive thinking starts a cycle of positivity that leads to more positive thoughts, actions and opportunities. Focus on the good things about you, not the things you don't like or the things you want to work on. If you notice that you're thinking negatively about yourself, stop. Take a breath and focus on something that you love about yourself. The same goes for when someone else puts you down or is overly critical; instead of dwelling on what they said, tell yourself something nice and believe it.
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Do What You Love
Whatever your passion is, embrace it and incorporate it into your life as much as possible. Too many of us go through the day without doing something that stimulates our creativity, our passion or our drive. We do what we're supposed to, not what we want to do. So take that extra step and acknowledge that you are good at something and enjoy doing it. Then, go for it—there are so many opportunities waiting. It might be scary at first to do something simply because it makes you happy, not because it's what you think is the cool thing to do or what someone else wants you to do. However, doing things you love will naturally make you feel better about yourself and the life you're leading.
Good People
It's amazing how much the people around us influence our behavior, thoughts and feelings. Hanging around with a good group of friends makes us feel genuinely happy because we care about them as much as they care about us. No one puts anyone down or talks about them behind their back—instead, good friends lift each other up and help each other get through the rough patches. There are times when we might find ourselves hanging out with people because we think it will make us more popular. But these people won't have a positive influence on you if you're not there for the right reasons. Throw away the idea that you need to impress a person in order for them to be your friend—a good friend will love you even with your flaws.
It takes time to build up your confidence, and sometimes the things that make you feel good are the most intimidating. But facing your fears and embracing yourself for who you truly are will bring you the most happiness and self-acceptance in the long-term, allowing you to lead a naturally confident life.
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"He who can reach a child's heart can reach the world's heart."
~ Rudyard Kipling
So . . . . what would you do? Have you ever been face to face with a child that is wounded, broken, alone, and frightened? Did those missionaries in Haiti do the wrong thing . . . . or the right thing? What would you do if you were in Haiti, watching the chaos, terror, hunger, and exposure traumatize these small children? I guess I don't know what the answer is. I do know, however, that I have looked into the face of a tiny girl in a Chinese orphanage, as she stared past me with empty eyes that seemed to know only neglect.
Her vacant eyes eventually made contact with mine, at the sound of my voice, and one little tear escaped and slid down her grimy cheek. Her thin, matted hair made a crooked, wispy little crown around her angel face . . . . but her tears mixed with the dirt on her face, and her runny nose, all told a much grimmer story. Should I have picked her up and brought her home with me? Well, I would have, if I could have. But we were in China to bring our second daughter home, and we were told that we were only allowed to adopt one child at a time. Another trip, another year, another king's ransom to the Chinese government for the privilege of adopting one of the baby girls in their orphanages. And we were told there would be absolutely no possibility of returning for that particular little girl.
As I reached out and touched her cheek, she began to sob. Silently. Strapped onto the potty chair, with several other babies in the room, she just sat there and stared at me with her tiny tears dripping from her cheeks and chin. And then my husband touched my arm. "They are watching you," he said as he subtly moved his head in the direction of the orphanage director and the village authorities. "I think you better come out of here," he said as he pulled me to a standing position. I looked back into those dark eyes, felt the tug of a mother's heart, and desperately wished that there was some way, any way, to scoop her up and bring her home with us. I felt my husband's strong hand holding my arm and leading me away from the baby room, and I willed myself not to look back again. But that face haunts me yet. What could I do? What SHOULD I have done?
I have done what has been put in front of me to do . . . . . but I so wish I could have done more, especially on that day as we drove away from that Chinese orphanage. Yes, we have two beautiful daughters who are the love of our lives. But there are so many more. And what about the babies in Haiti? Do you have an answer? Because I would like to know, and I definitely do not know what is the right thing to do in Haiti. Our hearts always cling to the belief that we will choose to do the right thing. But what should you do when you can't figure out what the "right thing" is in a particular situation? I know . . . . we should always obey the law. But what about in a situation where there appears to be no law, no authorities, no semblance of governmental order and structure. How would we even KNOW what to do in a situation like the chaos in Haiti?
But all of this confusion will never change the truth and reality that those who are given the privilege of touching the heart of a child, does indeed, have the opportunity to touch the heart of the world. Whatever comes of this very sad and unfortunate situation in Haiti, I choose to believe that these missionaries were doing what they thought was the right thing for the children. But then perhaps you've never been in a situation where you made a choice that you sincerely believed was exactly what God would have you to do . . . .only to discover later that, although your intentions were absolutely noble, you had accidentally taken a wrong turn on the pathway of life. Happens to the best of us.
Please take a minute to visit the other IOW participants this week, and maybe even invite a few friends to join us. And if you have a blog, post your thoughts on this quotation this week and then come back and leave a link to your post so we can come and visit you.


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Anaren, Inc.'s Wireless Group announced today the release of its first AIR for WICED™ Smart Bluetooth module and Atmosphere on-line developer platform as part of a strategic engagement with Broadcom Corporation. This new relationship advances the goal of both companies to support designers, innovators, and end-equipment manufacturers looking for intuitive, easy-to-use developer tools, like Atmosphere, that will simplify the challenge of 'going wireless' and speed up their time to market.
"All along, our customers have told us that they want to reduce the development costs and time to market for adding wireless technology to their end products," said Mark Bowyer, Anaren's Corporate Business Development Manager. "It's great to work with Broadcom on our AIR module family to help non-RF savvy manufacturers go wireless. And it's even better to now engage with Broadcom on our new Bluetooth Smart module and support tools, which combine to make it extraordinarily easy to connect embedded products to the billion-plus Bluetooth equipped mobile devices out there in the market."
In beta trials of its new module and Atmosphere tool, customers were able to get their product "proof of concept" running in 90 minutes or less. "Our goal is to help innovative customers get a wireless product into the market in around 90 days," said Bowyer. "At the same time, we're cutting a huge amount of dollars from their project development budget with our easy-to-use developer environment."
Among the specific features Bowyer credits for the lower barrier to product developers are the modules' small size, low cost, pre-certification to global standards and comprehensive technical support to the mass market group of customers. "Beyond the module itself, the goal of Atmosphere is to enable any OEM to quickly and painlessly turn a mobile Bluetooth Smart device — such as an IPad, IPhone or Android-based device — into a mobile control panel. In that respect, we believe we are one of the few companies that allows any embedded developer to generate and push software to both the end device and the mobile device simultaneously."
"Anaren's demonstrated strength in providing developers with easy-to-use and unique graphical APP builder tools, guided by great-out-of-the-box-experience philosophy and dedicated technical support align perfectly with Broadcom's strategy of making our technology easy to use and widely available to companies both large and small," said Sid Shaw, Broadcom Senior Product Line Manager, Wireless Connectivity.
"The Bluetooth Special Interest Group continuously looks at and offers tools that make development with Bluetooth simple, easy, and accessible for everyone," said Steve Hegenderfer, director of developer programs at the Bluetooth SIG. "With the rich set of tools our members offer, along with those the SIG will bring to market, developers can add wireless connectivity to their devices and applications and leverage Bluetooth technology to bring about unprecedented innovations. We are excited to work with partners like Anaren to advance support of the developer community and foster ongoing creativity."
Anaren, Inc. designs, manufactures and sells custom high-frequency solutions and standard components for the wireless communications, space and defense electronics, wireless consumer electronics, and IoT markets. Additional information can be found on the company's website: http://www.anaren.com


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Back to Basics: REST API 101
In recent years, Jaspersoft has moved from a product that is primarily used from a GUI to a product that is primarily used through an API. While visualize.js is a JavaScript to embed objects like reports and dashboards into a web app, our REST API is primarily used for backend management. This webinar will teach you the basics, what it's used for and how to get started.
This OnDemand webcast explains:
- What is the Jaspersoft REST API? What can you use it for?
- Basics - how to get authenticated and send requests to the API
- An example of a useful task using the REST API


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Chickenfoot III opens with a sonic slam between the eyes. The arena rocker Last Temptation has some echoes of The Who not a lift, but definitely a nod. Very dark and heavy, with a lethal dose of Joe Satriani ripping up and down the neck. The disk slides right to soon to be party anthem Alright Alright.
Different Devil the disk's 3rd tune is a slightly different sound for Chickenfoot. It is a great song but it sounds a bit more like Kid Rock than it does Chickenfoot. Not that it is a bad thing, I happen to like Kid Rock. Still I think this ballad could have been saved for a little latter on the disk, it slows the momentum a bit.
Up Next gets us right back to rocking. This is what I feel Chickenfoot sounds like. Chad Smith is beating the crap out of the drums. Michael Anthony is putting on a bass clinic and Satch once again turns into the alien on guitar.
Lighten Up is yet another in your face Chickenfoot aural assault. The album continues down the familiar path you would hope it would take. Until you get to the song Three and a Half Letters. Three and a Half Letters is American's pleas for work set to a sonic background. Sammy and crew set fan letters to a montage of ultra heavy guitar riffs. The tune is politically-neutral though it sounds like a hard rock message to the President.
Big Foot and Dubia Blues keep the adrenalin pumping. More arena rock goodness. Sammy is on top of his game vocally throughout the entire disk. The album closes out with the musically predictable Something Going Wrong. Predictable doesn't mean bad. This country tinged tune is painted with steel guitars, violins and mandolins. I think it is the best song on the disk. The band moves out of their comfort zone and deliver an awesome piece of the work.
There is a hidden bonus track on the disk that is the heaviest tune on Chickenfoot III. This Michael Anthony driven beast is awesome. I would expect to see Mike's fingers come flying off playing this tune live. Chad Smith shines on this song as he does on the whole album.
Chickenfoot III is the album you Van Halen fans have been waiting for. This album is available this Tuesday and being supported by a tour that kicks off in November. Having seen this band live I strongly suggest you get your ass to a Chickenfoot show. Once again the best Van Halen disk this year doesn't have Eddie on it.


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While it's officially no longer Summer in the UK, there's no need to miss out on the things we love about the hot season, and that includes ICE CREAM!
Of course, this recipe isn't the usual sugar and artificial ingredient – filled treat. It's simple, healthy, and thanks to the main ingredient of bananas, it'll help to boost your mood, provide plenty of energy, and can also help to lower blood pressure due to the high levels of potassium.
Tryptophan is plentiful in bananas, and is the precursor to the feel-good neurotransmitter serotonin, which means eating a banana a day can help prevent the winter blues from setting in as we move closer to the colder months.
Pure maple syrup has a lower glycemic index than honey or dates, meaning it won't cause your blood sugar levels to spike like many other natural sweet ingredients would. Lucuma powder is also used as an optional way to sweeten this recipe, and is a natural super food containing good levels of potassium, sodium, calcium and magnesium.
Cacao provides more mood-boosting benefits, and acts as a pretty powerful antioxidant, while vanilla extract helps to lower levels of anxiety and stress.
So an ice cream that will actually help to lower stress levels, while increasing your mood and energy…. And there's only five ingredients!
6 very ripe bananas
1 handful raw cacao nibs
1-2 tsp vanilla extract
1 tbsp pure maple syrup
1 tbsp lucuma power (optional)
Chop your bananas in to small slices and freeze over night (or for around 6 hours)
Place your chopped and frozen banana in a blender or food processor and blend until smooth (this may take a few minutes)
Add the vanilla extract, maple syrup, lucuma powder and blend again
Once these ingredients are combined, add in your cacao nibs and whizz one more time to ensure they're evenly distributed
Take your mixture out of the blender or food processor and transfer to a relatively flat container
Freeze for a few hours, stirring every 30-40 minutes to ensure it sets evenly and turns out creamy (this is the time-consuming but cheap way of making ice cream without an ice cream maker, but the more love you put in to your ice-cream making, the better it'll taste….)
After a few hours you can stop stirring (hurray!) and either leave the ice cream until you want to eat it later, or have a scoop immediately, just to make sure it tastes right….
This 'nice cream' is great served with walnuts, adding in healthy fats and protein and more mood-boosting benefits.
Remember that every treat we give ourselves should actually treat us. Natural, whole ingredients are a real treat for the mind and body… So the next time you're craving ice cream, maybe choose to opt for the choice that will really benefit you on every level and help you to stay happy and healthy!


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Last Updated on October 30, 2022
Truffle hunting in Italy can be a fun experience for all. Just be prepared for the weather…
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes
By Jim Ferri
Truffles are often said to be the "diamonds of the kitchen" because of the exquisite earthy taste they bring to food. Finding diamonds, however, may be easier.
There are two types of truffles, black and white, the latter having sold for as much as $3,600 a pound. At a charity auction in 2010 a Macau billionaire paid $330,000 for about 2.8 pounds of them. They are the most expensive food in the world.
I'd always wanted to go on a truffle hunt, especially in Italy. While training about Europe for two months I decided I'd finally do it.
Since I was going to visit to Bologna, one of the top places to visit in Italy, I thought what better place to learn about truffles then in the food mecca of Italy.
Truffle Hunting in Italy with Bluone Cooking Tours
I learned of Bluone Cooking Tours, a small family-run company in Bologna, through an article in The New York Times. After contacting them I found that in addition to cooking tours they also hosted truffle hunting in Italy tours. In addition, their tours include a cooking demonstration and lunch in a farm home.
I knew I was in heaven as I headed straight for Italy's foodie mecca, Bologna.
Marcello Bluone asked that I meet his wife Raffaella and two Australian tourists at a hotel near Bologna's Piazza Maggiore a bit before eight o'clock the morning of our truffle hunt. When I got there the weather had turned rainy, although it hadn't dampen our spirits. In Raffaella's car we set out for the hills outside the city.
En route Raffaella stopped at a farmer's supply store where we purchased some inexpensive rain jackets, pants and boots. We were also joined there by Raffaella's daughter Francesca. We were soon off to meet Silvano Montefiore. Silvano was our hunter but it was his dog, Spino, who would be doing all the hard work.
Hello Spino, Our Truffle Hunter
Spino was a Lagotto, a small wiry dog that looks somewhat like a poodle. Although it is the official truffle hound, in Italy many dogs are taught to be truffle hunters.
After driving through the fog and rain on winding roads through the hills, we arrived where Spino was to hunt. Once out of his cage in the back of Silvano's car he was a bundle of energy.
We walked down the road a little bit and turned onto a dirt and gravel road. We soon found that it ran down into the woods and then out to a meadow. Once unleashed Spiro immediately began running through the woods. As the rain continued and fog drifted in, he continued his frenetic search, bounding all over the hillside.
Into the Woods on Our Truffle Hunting in Italy Foray
We followed Silvano into the muddy woods, he carrying his vanghetto, a cross between a little hoe and spear that's used for digging up the little tuber-like tartufi. Every once in a while going down a little slope we'd have to grab a small branch or sapling to prevent slipping on the muddy ground. We walked on, all of us with our cameras at the ready awaiting the moment when Spino would unearth a truffle.
Since they grow entirely underground with no shoots or leaves hinting at their presence, they're very hard to find except by a trained dog or pig. In Italy, however, hunting pigs are rarely used any longer since they attempt to eat the truffle as soon as it's found.
I watched in amazement as Spino continued running about frenetically with his nose to the ground, flitting in and out of the undergrowth, so fast at times he was almost a blur with his brown fur blending with the muddy earth.
After about a half-hour he started digging furiously near a tangle of vines and small trees and pulled a mud-covered truffle from the soil. He exchanged it with Silvano for a treat as we all gathered around to view it. It was a black truffle, quite irregular in shape and about two inches in length. We had finally hit pay-dirt on our truffle hunting in Italy tour!
Gianna's Kitchen
It was Spino's only find of the day, which in hindsight was probably fortunate since we were all a bit wet and we needed to get on to the Gianna's farmhouse for the cooking demonstration and lunch.
We arrived at the farmhouse quite a bit late because a traffic accident forced us to make a lengthy detour. When we arrived Gianna was rolling out dough on a large piece of plywood with a very large rolling pin.
We all found it incredible how thin she had rolled the dough out, so thin that you see the grain of the wood through the pasta. This being Italy, you could tell this woman was as serious about her food as Silvano was about his truffle hunting.
In addition to the cooking demonstrations at the farm, Gianna and her family also make a special olive oil that has a unique taste because the trees grow in a cooler climate. They also make their own wine, which we later found was quite good.
The three of us watched as Gianna made her little raviolis, which we subsequently had for lunch along with a frittata and a bruschetta with fresh truffles. She had grated her tartufi and mixed it with salt and pepper and her special olive oil.
It was delicious and also a fitting way to end our wet day of truffle hunting in Italy.
We arrived back in Bologna in late afternoon but for me that wasn't to be the end of it.
Off To the Food Markets
The next morning I joined Raffaella again as she took me along with another couple on a tour of Bologna's old food markets. That was a fascinating tour, as well, as we went from store to store, market stall to market stall, Raffaella explaining the importance of all the different pasta, vegetables, meats and fish to the Bolognese palette.
Raffaella stopped and shopped as we walked along and she asked me to join the three of them for a home-cooked Bolognese meal that afternoon. It was so deliciously tempting, but I couldn't join them because there were other people I needed to meet since I was leaving the next morning.
What an opportunity to have to miss, I thought.
You may also enjoy: Things To Do in Bologna (for Foodies) / Irpinia in Campania – Italy's Next Hot Spot? / A Multi-Generational Cooking Class in Florence, Italy
If You Go:
Wine & Cooking Tours in Italy
Via Parigi, 11
40121 Bologna, Italy
Tel: (+39) 051 263546
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Second Long Island camp employee charged with sex crimes involving children: Police
04/25/2017 9:15 am PDT
By Chris Brito, WPIX
WANTAGH, N.Y. –-- (WPIX) -- Suffolk police on Monday arrested a Long Island camp counselor accused of sex crimes involving children, months after another employee was indicted for preying on teenage campers at the same facility for more than a decade.
Jay Marcello, 25, who worked as a camp counselor for Kenwal Day Camp for the past seven years, was arrested for having inappropriate conversations with campers of various ages and inappropriately touching 14-year-old campers between July and August 2016, police said.
He was detained at Sand Hill Road and Wantagh Avenue in Wantagh at 7 a.m. Monday as he was driving to Nassau County BOCES Rosemary Kennedy Center, a school for students with moderate to severe developmental disabilities, where he is employed as a substitute teaching assistant, according to authorities.
A joint investigation with the FBI and Suffolk County District Attorney's Office was launched after the October 2016 indictment of Keith Meyn, 34, an employee at Kenwal Day Camp. Meyn, who most recently worked as a director of maintenance operations at the camp, was charged with multiple sex abuse charges and 100 counts of possessing a sexual performance by a child.
FULL STORY: Second Long Island camp employee charged with sex crimes involving children: Police - WPIX


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1923 Kotchar's first one-man show, organised by Arshak Chopanian, opens in the hall of the "Apaga" newspaper.
1924 Particapate in the "Salon des Independants" exhibition with the canvases "Resurrection" and " Metamorphosis" which attract the attention of prominent
Participates in the "Salon d' Autome" exhbition with the works "Vision:Christ and Mary Magdalene", "Bacchus" and " Portrait of a Girl". These works were echoed broadly in publications of Cleman Morauz, Raimon Ceiling and Jules de Saint Guiller.
1925 Particapate in "Lart d' Aujourd'hui" international exhibition together with Harp, Brancussi, Delone, Earnst, Grisse, Clei, Leger, Lipschitz, Miraux, Modrianne, Ozanfan, Picasso and others.
1926 Particapate in the exhibition organized by "Salon des Independants" with the canvases"Portrait of a girl" and "The Houri with Fruits".
The one man- show of Kotchar's paintings and graphic works was opened in " La Sacre du Printemp" Gallery.
1928 The "Les Pentures dan l'espace de Kotchar one-man show opens in "Van Leer" Gallery. The author of catalogue was valdemar George.
1929 In the interbational exhibition, "Panorma de L'art contemporain" organized in the halls of the "BONAPART" publishers, Kotchar presents works of "painting in space".
1930 Participates in the exhibitions, "Confronation" at the "FenUtre ouverte" Gallery.
The exhibition " Pictures by Fernand Leger, Gino Severini, Jean Metzinger, Jean Viollier also Ervand Kochar's Painting in Space" opens in "The Leicester Galleries in London".
1932 Participates in the exhibition, "Exposition d' oeuvres Cubites, Surealistes et Abstraites" in Leonse Rosenberg's Gallery, presenting also works by Braque, Metzenge, de Cirico, Gries, Picabia, Kzaki, Leger, Earnst and others.
1934 The one-man show, "Kotchar – Peintures, Sculptures, Dessingns" opens in "Galerie Vignon".
1935 Participates in the exhibition, " Les Artistes Musicalistes" : Budapest, Brno, Prague, organiser was Henry Valencie.
Participates with one work , "Painting in Space ", in the exhibition "Le 1-ere Salon de l'Art Mural" where only "models related to monumental art" were presented.


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A.Word.A.Daywith Anu Garg
Some of the people I admire in history had multifarious talents: Rabindranath Tagore (poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, musician, artist, educator, Nobelist), Leonardo da Vinci (painter, engineer, musician, scientist), Isaac Asimov (scientist, writer of about 500 books on all sorts of topics), among others. Humans were meant to do many things.
So can be said of this week's words. Each word featured here has multiple, often unrelated, meanings.
1. Agreement or accord.
2. A combination of sounds pleasing to the ear.
3. The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the ends of words, such as st in the phrase first and last.
Via French, from Latin con- (with) + sonare (to sound), from sonus (sound). Ultimately from the Indo-European root swen- (to sound), which also gave us sound, sonic, sonnet, sonata, and unison. Earliest documented use: 1430.
"Chin said the stance was in full consonance with the policy of the party."
Jacob Achoi; SUPP Reconciliation 'Bright'; The Borneo Post (Malaysia); Mar 23, 2014.
"The show felt like the sweetest kind of chamber music, with perfectly satisfying intervals, cadences, rhythms; but to achieve that consonance, every part of the ensemble had to be just so."
Hugh Laurie; Saying Goodbye to 'House'; Entertainment Weekly (New York); May 18, 2012.
"Despite the many decades that their lives overlapped and the consonance of their names, like the setup of a joke, Bruch and Bruckner have little in common."
Zachary Woolfe; Come Together; The New York Times; Jan 11, 2013.
See more usage examples of consonance in Vocabulary.com's dictionary.
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:Every burned book or house enlightens the world; every suppressed or expunged word reverberates through the earth from side to side. -Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer and philosopher (1803-1882)
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Ornament to remember a sister who has passed on, featuring cardinal artwork from Noelle Rollins Art.
Sister remembrance ornament
"Sister Life here on Earth was better because you were in it. You are forever in our hearts"
Sister cardinal remembrance ornament to honor a loved one in your life who has passed. This ornament makes a great gift to help bring a deceased friend or family member's memory into future Christmases. An ornament that is guaranteed to be cherished by the siblings of a woman who has passed on.
Ornament is 3.3" x 2.2" x .75 made from wood. Each features an artwork print mounted to the front, the Noelle Rollins Art logo wood burned on the back, and will arrive strung with twine.
Available in 3 options:
- unboxed (ornament only),
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This ornament is an extension of the Sacred Hellos artwork series. An artwork series created to honor loved ones who have passed on and the signs we get from them. You can learn more about the Sacred Hellos Series here.
Sacred Hellos – Messages from Heaven is a book I've written about how signs and creativity transformed my decade of mourning into peacefulness and hope. It makes a very meaningful gift to anyone who has lost someone they care about.
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Some rather gaudy purple irises serve as willing subjects for working wet-in-wet and glazing for bright and colorful results.
Materials used:
- 1 1/2" (381mm) Flat Winsor & Newton Series 965
- 1" Grumbacher Aquarelle Flat Red Sable
- #12 Winsor & Newton Series 7 Red Sable
- #10 Winsor & Newton Series 820 Red Sable
- #6 Grumbacher Watercolor Classic Paints
- Sap Green
- Hooker's Green Dark
- Phthalocyanine Blue
- Cobalt Blue
- Dioxazine Purple
- Alizarin Crimson
- Permanent Rose
- Raw Sienna
- Burnt Umber
- Spiral Pad (11" x 14") Canson #140 cold pressed
- #2 Pencil
- Kneaded Eraser
- Palette - Your choice. Mine is an old Robert E. Wood model.
- Water container (x2) and water
- Hair dryer (optional)
Step 1: Preparing Reference Art
After developing your composition into a working sketch, or selecting a photo for reference, begin by drawing a grid on the reference art. You can draw your grid on acetate and tape it to the reference art, or if you are using digital photos, import your photo into a page layout program, draw your gridlines on top of the photo, and print out a reference print. Tape your paper to your support with masking tape on each of the four corners. Using at least 140lb paper avoids most problems with warping as the paper expands and contracts from the moisture in your paints. Lightly pencil an enlarged version of your grid on your paper. If you're confident in your sketching skills, you can skip the whole grid step and just sketch straight onto your paper.
Step 2: Drawing on Your Watercolor Paper
Following each square of your reference art, lightly draw the key elements in each square. Continue with each square until entire drawing is completely sketched. Use your kneaded eraser to remove grid lines after you complete your drawing.
Step 3: Start Painting!
I started by using my 1" flat to brush clear water over the entire paper, being sure to paint around the basic flower shapes. Into the wet paper, I worked a mixture of Cadmium Yellow Light and Sap Green. While the first wash was still wet, I flowed in darker tones mixed with Hooker's Green Dark and Cobalt Blue, using my #10 brush.
Step 4: Undercolor and Accenting
After the background wash was dry (I used a hair dryer to dry the paper), I used small washes of Raw Sienna to indicate the browning portions of the irises. I then began adding some darks to the foliage with a mixture of Hooker's Green Dark and Cobalt Blue.
Step 5: Raw Color
Because the irises were so intense in color, I decided to underpaint some of the petals in pure Permanent Rose. Be sure to use clear water and soften any edges that are supposed to be soft before your wash dries. On the upper portions of the flowers, I flooded the area with clear water and used a wet-in-wet technique of Permanent Rose to create the soft blushes of color in the white areas of the flowers.
Step 6: Muted in Shadow
Using Cobalt Blue with a touch of Dioxazine Purple, I painted the basic shadows of each flower. I paid close attention to the original photo to get the correct shapes and combination of soft and hard edges. I then used Dioxazine Purple to start adding the shadows on the red petals.
Step 7: Altering Reality
My original photo had a background of a sunlit brick wall. I decided the bricks would make the painting too busy and opted to use a dark mixture of Phthalocyanine Blue and Burnt Umber to indicate a deep shadow area behind the entire group of flowers and foliage. I varied the mixture as I painted the background for a more interesting design. These two colors can give you deep dark blues, rich greens, and warm dark browns as you mix them in different quantities.
Step 8: Chasing the Light
I started to work intensely on the patterns of light and dark within the foliage. Using various mixtures of Cadmium Yellow Light, Sap Green, Hookers Green Dark, Pthalocyanine Green and Cobalt Blue, I modeled the leaves until I achieved the effect of sunlight traveling through them. It casts some in shadow, backlights some, and makes cast shadows across other leaves. All the while, I was paying close attention to the photo so I could get enough of the detail to make it believable. I also worked on the stalks of the flowers with Sap Green, Raw Sienna, and Burnt Umber.
Step 9: Making it Real
Final modelling on each flower was done with Dioxazine Purple, Permanent Rose, and Cobalt Blue. I used the point of my #6 brush to add veining and texture to each flower.
Step 10: Take a Step Back
After letting the painting set for a day, I brought it out again and looked at it with a loose mat and fresh eyes. I saw a few areas that needed tweaking. After making some minor adjustments in contrast and shape, the painting was declared finished.


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NAC has signed an agreement to lease seven new Embraer E190 aircraft to HOP!. The seven aircraft are from NAC's existing Embraer order book.
Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement to lease seven new E190 aircraft to HOP!. The placement of the seven new aircraft are from NAC's existing Embraerorder book, the first of which is expected to deliver to HOP this month.
This lease will bring HOP!'s total Embraer fleet to 47 aircraft (32 E-Jets and 15 ERJ145s). It also marks further progress on converting Letters of Intent announced at Farnborough to firm purchase agreements – three of the seven aircraft being placed by NAC in this deal were announced this week as firm orders.
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A "sincere, beautiful and slightly cheesy Mother's Day tribute... Can you feel it?
(P.S. Because Matthew cares about Mother Earth too, this card is eco-friendly!)"
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Card created and distributed by Preston Kelly, an ad agency in Minneapolis.
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Remember the cozy for the White House fence that was being sponsored by Code Pink for their Mother's Day event? Here it is in situ:
Among the sweet anecdotes:
Could that be our own Amy of KnitThink?


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The Art of Slicing Fish and Fowl in Medieval Japan
By Xenia Heinickel
Repast: Quarterly Newsletter of the Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor, Vol.19:4 (2003)
Introduction: In Western eyes, the delicately cut piece of food is often regarded as central to traditional Japanese cooking. The skilful use of the knife is indeed one of the most prominent features of the Japanese kitchen, and mastery of various cutting-techniques is a matter of course to the Japanese chef as well as to the ambitious homemaker. However, the origins of this focus on the knife as the most favored kitchen tool are not well understood. The search for these origins leads us back many a century to the world of classical and medieval Japan and to one of the least known of the Japanese arts:, the art of slicing the meats of fish and fowl.
The first traces of this art are to be found in the classical or Heian period (794-1185 CE). Heian Japan was a large aristocractic-bureaucratic state in which the court nobles held an unrivalled position as the political and cultural leaders. The core and center of their world was the capital Heiankyo (modern Kyoto), where the Emperor's court and other spacious residences were situated There the nobles led leisurely lives, with their days dedicated to the refinement of various arts, aesthetic ideas, and pastimes, one of which was cooking.
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Klebsiella pneumoniae, also called Friedländer's bacillus, was first described in 1882 by German microbiologist and pathologist Carl Friedländer. K. pneumoniae is best known as a pathogen of the human respiratory system that causes pneumonia. The disease is usually seen only in patients with underlying medical problems such as alcoholism or chronic pulmonary disease and often arises as a nosocomial infection (infection occurring in association with invasive treatment or long-term care in hospitals or other community health care settings).
Traditionally, the bacteria K. ozaenae and K. rhinoscleromatis were recognized as separate species, but DNA studies indicate that they should be classified as subspecies of K. pneumoniae; for medical purposes, the species distinctions are still observed, however. Other klebsiella species include K. oxytoca and K. planticola, which along with K. pneumoniae can cause human urinary tract and wound infections. K. planticola and certain strains of K. pneumoniae have been isolated from the roots of plants such as wheat, rice, and corn (maize), where they act as nitrogen-fixing bacteria. K. variicola, which was discovered in 2004, also occurs on various plants, including rice, banana, and sugarcane. This species of bacteria has also been isolated from hospital settings, where it may act as an opportunistic pathogen, similar to other klebsiella organisms.
Although some klebsiella infections can be effectively treated with single-agent therapy involving penicillin or a similar antibiotic, the emergence of organisms that are resistant to these drugs has necessitated the development of novel therapeutic approaches. For example, K. pneumoniae is resistant to beta-lactam antibiotics, a group that includes carbapenems, penicillins, and cephalosporins. Resistance results from the organism's ability to synthesize an enzyme known as carbapenemase, which hydrolyzes the beta-lactam ring that underlies the antimicrobial activity of these drugs. As a result, drug-resistant K. pneumoniae infections typically require combination therapy with structurally diverse agents, such as a beta-lactam antibiotic and an aminoglycoside.


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3 Habits to Improve Your Reaction Time
Reaction time is defined as the amount of time it takes for a person to detect, process and respond to a certain stimulus. The faster your reaction time is, the better chances you have of getting your desired outcome out of a situation.
How fast one person's reaction time is may differ from another because it depends on several factors. The ability of the senses to see, hear and feel the stimulus clearly and the ability of the brain to process and make sense of the information received are essential components to having a shorter reaction time. In addition, the ability of the body to physically respond to a stimulus is crucial as well. It can't all just happen in your head, you have to move.
While reaction time may seem similar to "reflex", it's actually not. The difference lies in the intentionality of each action - reaction being voluntary, while reflex being involuntary.
Does it matter?
Absolutely! Whether you're playing a physical sport, an online game or just basically doing everyday mundane things, your reaction time plays a huge role in getting you from one end of a situation to the other.
Imagine a runner getting ready for a marathon - he's at the starting line and he hears the gun signaling the runners to start. He hears the stimulus (the sound of the gun), his mind processes that it's the start of the race, and he signals his legs to get moving. The faster his reaction time is, the sooner he's off to start.
In addition, the difference between surviving and not surviving a life-threatening situation is only a matter of milliseconds. The quicker you're able to react, the better your chances are of survival.
Although reaction time inevitably increases as you age, there are ways that you can do to decrease it. Whether you want to decrease your reaction time in sports or in your usual everyday life, we've rounded out some tips to help you get started:
Practice makes perfect
Rest and Relax
Do some brain exercises
In conclusion, your reaction time can spell the difference between winning and losing, or sometimes even life and death. While we take every ounce of reasonable precaution and avoid situations that endanger our lives and that of others, it doesn't hurt to be prepared. Doing the above mentioned tips will help you improve your reaction time so that when it matters, you can be better and do better.
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People change, and society changes, and in turn people must change to remain a part of the society. It tells the story of a professional clown who descended into depression as the public demand for his performances declined. When once he would perform in a packed theatre, today he busks in the streets as the people pass him by, largely taking no notice of him at all. He feels that society is to blame for his demise and so he is suing them for compensation. Struggling to obtain a date in court, he has turned to a documentary filmmaker to give his case the media coverage and recognition he feels it deserves.
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We pressed the PLAY button the same week I had been contemplating the vast power of God's love for us: I had been realizing that when a human soul truly grasps that well-worn phrase "God loves me", she is completely transformed.
After all, when we see Mary Magdalene in Heaven and say, "Wow, your love for Jesus always inspired me! So many times I wanted to break the alabaster jar of my life over His feet just like you did…" I bet she'll say, "Oh, I didn't do that because I love Him – even though I do! – I did that because He loves me."
You can join me in meditating on this miraculous truth. You have two more days to download July's free audio book, Crazy Love by Frances Chen (use the coupon code: JUL2009).
Ryan and I listened to most of it on a long rainy drive to an outdoor wedding; as we rode along, our quiet comments were "wow" "hmmm…" and "wow" again. Chen meditates upon great and profound truths from Scripture that will change our lives. It wasn't until a couple weeks later that Ryan and I were ready to talk about how we would react practically to Chen's encouragement.
Get a feel for some of the topics by checking out the short video clips on crazylovebook.com (click on "videos"). These questions alone can keep me thinking and praying for a lifetime.
…May we be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height of Christ's love for us…


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Building on the success of VC training programs in New York and Silicon Valley, LAVCA will host a Workshop for Emerging VCs in Buenos Aires
This half-day program is designed for first-and-second-time fund managers, new corporate ventures, heads of accelerators, and notable angel investors, and will focus on how early-stage investors can best prepare their portfolio companies to receive follow-on capital.
Brian Hutchings, a partner at Gunderson Dettmer working with many of the top VC funds and startups in the US and Latin America, will host a two-part legal deep-dive on a range of key topics including fund formation, considerations around company formation and legal structures, term sheet best practices, key issues in founder/early employee stock plans, key issues around Intellectual Property, and pitfalls to avoid.
LAVCA's Workshop for Emerging VCs combines a conversational format with experience-based discussions. Participating investors are encouraged to bring specific questions and concerns they are currently working on, and plan to participate actively in the discussion. This program will be conducted in English.
LAVCA thanks Omidyar Network, Google, Facebook, Gunderson Dettmer, and Telefonica Open Future_ as well as host Digital House, and local association ARCAP, for their support to deliver practical training to Latin America's emerging cohort of tech investors.
Participation is by invitation only. Qualified investors may contact Julie Ruvolo ([email protected]) to request an invitation.
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A Second Democrat Has Dropped Out Of The 2020 Race And There Are Still Somehow 23 Candidates Left
California Rep. Eric Swalwell announced at a press conference Monday that he is ending his short-lived bid for president and running for reelection to his House seat, becoming the second Democrat to drop out of the 2020 race, leaving the field at 23 candidates.
"After the first Democratic presidential debate, our polling and fundraising numbers weren't what we had hoped for, and I no longer see a path forward to the nomination. My presidential campaign ends today," Swalwell said.
Swalwell's announcement comes just three months after he declared he was running during an April appearance on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.
"The polls have had their way, so here we are in July," Swalwell told reporters of his decision to drop out three months after announcing his campaign.
That decision isn't exactly a shock. Despite qualifying and participating in the June Democratic debates, Swalwell's campaign has failed to gain traction in the crowded field of candidates and has dwindled on the lower end of polling. Swalwell's campaign abruptly canceled a swing through New Hampshire over the long Independence Day weekend.
Swalwell is best known for his position on the House Intelligence Committee and the House Judiciary Committee and his work on the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Swalwell, 38, was one of the youngest Democrats running for president and spent his time during the June debate telling former vice president Joe Biden that it was time for him to "pass the torch" to a younger generation of Democrats so they could solve issues like gun control, automation, student loan debt, and climate change.
The first candidate to drop out of the race was Richard Ojeda, a former West Virginia legislator and congressional candidate who briefly ran a populist campaign for the Democratic nomination after losing his House race. He quit the 2020 primary at the end of January.
The remaining candidates are: former vice president Joe Biden; Sens. Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Michael Bennet, Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders, Amy Klobuchar, and Kirsten Gillibrand; Reps. Seth Moulton, Tulsi Gabbard, and Tim Ryan; South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg; former Colorado governor John Hickenlooper; Washington Gov. Jay Inslee; Montana Gov. Steve Bullock; former representatives Beto O'Rourke, John Delaney, and Joe Sestak; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; entrepreneur Andrew Yang; former Housing secretary Julián Castro; author Marianne Williamson; Miramar Mayor Wayne Messam.
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- The Democratic Party's Generational Split Was On Full Display At Thursday's DebateRyan C. Brooks · June 28, 2019
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Sitting down to create a content calendar often feels daunting, even for those of us who work in the industry. However, armed with a few helpful tips and tricks, it can be simple and easy. With that in mind, I've outlined my favorite methods for brains …
Look at what your competition is writing about.
Go through all your competition's content channels: blogs, social media, videos, apps, email marketing, press releases, guest blogging and more. Look for trends in what they're writing about, but also look for holes, or places where content is missing. Let this serve as inspiration for your content.
But don't stop there. Take it a step further and:
- Look at their most shared content using BuzzSumo. Their free version will work for this!
- Look at what keywords they're using and what they are ranking for using Raven.
- Use Google to see which of their pages rank highest. Just search "site: [sitename.com]" and note the results.
- Use Moz or Raven to see who is linking to your site, then look at what they are writing about.
- Use social and content monitoring tools like Right Relevance to see what content is being shared around and who is talking about it.
By getting a feel for what you're competing against, you'll better be able to create a content strategy that outranks your competition.
Look at what's driving traffic to your site.
If you don't have Google Analytics set up on your site, stop reading this and do it now. You can use it for free, and it's impossible to market your site well without it.
Now, go into your Analytics account and dig around. I like to look at:
- What search terms most frequently bring traffic to the site
- What blog posts are most frequently visited
- What blog posts have a high bounce rate
- What blog posts have a low bounce rate
- What blog posts organic visitors are looking at
- What blog posts convert the best
- What social networks are driving traffic to the site
When looking at these metrics, I try to think of blog topics that are similar to the most popular posts, that expand on them or that provide updates. I also look at what search terms are bringing in traffic, and look for more ways to use those keywords in my blog posts. By having an idea of what content is working and what isn't, it's easier to come up with new content ideas.
Look at what people are searching for.
Ultimately, your site content should provide answers to what your target audience is searching for. There are many different ways to go about doing this, but here are some of my top methods:
- Look at Google's autofill suggestions. For example, when I type "What is crowdfunding," I get the following suggestions. Based off these autofill suggestions, there may be value in me blogging about the different crowdfunding sites and platforms, tips for a crowdfunding video, or the SEC's position on crowdfunding. These topics would all be relevant to Enventys Partners' target audience, and would also respond to frequently-searched queries.
- Look at what people are asking on Quora. Quora is a platform where anyone can ask questions for experts or those with first-hand knowledge. Perform a simple search for Quora questions in your industry, and I'm sure you'll find plenty of inspiration for what to blog about.
- Put yourself in your target audience's shoes. This method may seem a bit old-fashioned, but being able to empathize with your target market is a critical part of a successful marketing strategy. Think about what questions your target market would ask. For me, this may mean asking myself what first-time crowdfunders would be searching for. Take on your brand persona, then imagine yourself looking for valuable information you need to know.
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Good Morning!
People ask me how I come up with material for these posts. It depends. Sometimes I have doctrine that I work out through these pages. Other times it is personal events that trigger a topic. Sometimes I have no idea and simply open up my bible. I usually write my own material, but every once in a while, I come across something that needs to be shared. Today, I thought I had it down, but then I read my own devotional as I brushed my teeth. I'm sure you'll find it fits all of us.
It's another page from "Voices from the Past Volume 1 – Puritan Devotional Readings" that was originally penned by Thomas Case.
Acts 22:10 What shall I do, Lord?
In our sufferings, we need to be more concerned about our duty than our deliverance. We should seriously consider what it is that God desires in our present dispensation. There is no condition or trial in the world but we have opportunity to exercise some special grace or duty. To desire deliverance alone is self-love and quite natural to man. In affliction man seeks to be delivered and released from his burden. Men make more haste to get their afflictions removed than to be sanctified in them. Men should sit down, consider their ways, and make new resolutions for better things. A man could think: 'If God would just heal me of this sickness, or deliver me out of this distress, I would walk more closely with him, I would be more faithful in family duties, I would be more fruitful in my conversations, and I would do thus and thus.' Just this, however, can be nothing more than a wile of a deceitful heart, or a temptation and snare of the devil to gain more time, as it were, from God; a mere diversion to turn aside the heart from the present duty which God expects. God intends good to the soul by the present chastisement, and he directs the soul to discern his aim: 'I have borne punishment; I will not offend any more; teach me what I do not see; if I have done iniquity, I will do it no more' (Job 34:31-32). Let us search and try our ways. Let us consider that the present condition is best for us, and learn in whatever state we are, to be content (Phil. 4:11). Let us rejoice in tribulation (Rom. 5:3). Let us lift up Jesus Christ and make him glorious by our afflictions. Paul studied more how to adorn the cross than to avoid it. If he must suffer for Christ, O that Christ might not suffer by him! May Christ be exalted, and let us entrust our souls to a faithful Creator (1 Pet. 4:19).
This is wisdom, folks.
Father, let me learn these lessons well. Amen.
Copyright © 2018 Scott Powers


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"Pensadores de Pagosa" en la Universidad Internacional
Pagosans in Mexico. By Jean Broderick.
A group of 8 friends, linked by their desire to learn Spanish, recently returned from 2 weeks of concentrated study and enjoyable side excursions in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The group was led by Jean Broderick, who has been teaching Spanish to friends and neighbors for the past couple of years. The intensive Spanish immersion program is offered by Universidad Internacional (UNINTER), in Cuernavaca, a city of more than 330,000 people located about 50 miles south of Mexico City. At this point, Broderick's class consists of friends living in Alpine Lakes Ranch and Loma Linda. Motivating factors for her students to learn Spanish are varied, ranging from a desire to keep the brain active to communicating with a family member to traveling more easily in Spanish speaking countries. She is considering starting a beginning class in Pagosa Springs if there is enough interest.
The group that travelled to Mexico, consisted mostly of retirees. The Mexican people proved to be helpful, friendly and polite, and the group enjoyed interacting with them in the markets and restaurants as well as at the school. Even so, normal security precautions were taken that one should take in any populated area in any part of the world.
UNINTER caters to students from many different countries and to all levels, from beginning to advanced. It states on its website (www.uninter.edu.mx) that there are no more than 5 students per class, so instruction is more individualized than many programs found elsewhere. Students are placed in Mexican homes where they receive three meals per day with the family, and have the unique opportunity to personally learn more about the culture of our neighbors across our southern border.
According to Broderick, the quality of the program, the abilities and interests of the professors and the extracurricular excursions are all of high quality. For more information concerning the program or classes, you may contact Jean by e-mail at: firstname.lastname@example.com
Pensadores Profundos de Pagosa (Deep Thinkers of Pagosa)
Front row, from left: Jean Broderick, Cheryl Prestianni, Nancy Grovhoug, Sylvia Goossens-Thompson, Jean Smith, Rocio Cajigal (teacher), Debbie Robeson, Sarah Mitchell, Rita Jensen, Francisco Cisneros (Spanish Office Coordinator). Back row center:President of UNINTER Javier Espinosa, flanked by teachers.


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I Dare You Not To Ball Your Eyes Out – Dear Peyton
I got to be honest, i'm not even a huge Peyton Manning fan. Yeah i'm in awe of what he was able to accomplish in his NFL career, but I was never actively rooting for him until this last Super Bowl. But this commercial? Are you fucking kidding me Gatorade? Way to make me weep like a school girl while i'm at work. There's something about sports videos like this, that point to a legacy career or call out to something amazing, that really get me right in the feels. Bambi gets shot? Yeah, it's sad, but put on "4 Days in October" and i'll gush like a 16 year-old who got stood up on prom night.
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Below you will find a short film, The Radiance of the Dark, featuring Joan Sutherland, Roshi, founding teacher of The Open Source Zen tradition. Additionally, there is a dharma talk by Andrew Palmer, Sensei, inspired by this film and informed by years of practice in this tradition, as well as a copy of Joan Sutherland's Invocation of the Lunar Dharma, which is recited throughout the film.
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Finnish ocicat club Ocicat ry is gathering information about ocicats' age and life span, in order to gather information about the life span of the ocicats. There is no existing statistics about average life span of ocicats — at least we're not aware of such. According to breeders, ocicats tend to have similar life span as any other cat regardless of the breed. The ocicat breed has existed since 1960's, and we have had ocicats in Finland for over 20 years so it would be very good to gather real information about the ocicats' lifetime now. For sure this information would be interesting for all of us who have the pleasure of living with ocicats. And people who are new to the ocicat breed would most likely find this info useful, too.
The gallup is very short and quick to answer, so please participate today! Ocicat ry is welcoming information about both living ocicats and deceased ocicats. Please insert the info about your cats here!
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Pauatahanui Public Burial Ground Trust Deed
Pauatahanui Residents Association
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The renovation of Pataka Museum's storage area in 2017 brought to light two documents that are probably the oldest existing paper records of early Porirua.
In 1856 the village of Pahautanui (now called Pauatahanui) was the only settlement in the Porirua area. Thomas Hollis Stace, who had arrived with his family from Tasmania in 1853, bought a piece of land on the southern edge of the village. He saw that the village lacked a school, church and cemetery; so he donated an acre of his land to help fill these gaps.
The details of this generous gift were set down on two sheets of parchment on 6 December 1856, and it is this 161-year-old Trust Deed that has emerged from the Pataka storeroom.
This photo shows the front page. The map shows that the donated acre lies near the then-shoreline of the Pauatahanui Inlet, and above what is now part of SH 58 between the roundabout and Lighthouse Cinema corner.
The Trust Deed called for the building of a chapel, to be used as a school and for Protestant worship, and for the rest of the land to become a public 'Burying Ground'. It reserved part of the land to be the burial plot for Stace and his descendants.
Thomas Hollis Stace received "the sum of five shillings of lawful British money" for his generosity. The Trust Deed sets out the dimensions of the land, roughly 200 links by 500 (40 x 100 metres), and describes its location next to the public road that passed through Section 63. At the time, as there was no formal system of land surveying and registration in New Zealand, the Trust Deed served as the title to the land.
On 9 July 1887, as the result of the passage of the Cemeteries Act 1882, further text was added to the deed. It confirmed the existing Burial Ground Trustees in their role, but renamed them 'Managers', and gave them additional rights and obligations. It also updated and corrected the legal description of the land, following a survey, which showed the land to be five-sided rather than rectangular, and confirmed that its boundary included a small 'spike' in the western corner. The addition to the Trust Deed also reiterated the Stace family's right to a certain plot, and described its location within the Burial Ground more accurately.
The chapel described in the Trust Deed was built in 1857, and was used as the first school in Pauatahanui for a short time. From the beginning it was used for church services, mainly by the Church of England. By 1887 it had fallen into disrepair, and was no longer used. In 1908 it was sold to sold to a local publican, Matthew Moynihan, who demolished it and used the timber to build a shed.
The documents have been copied in high resolution and in colour, and these copies are also held at Pataka. The cost of the copies was met by the PRA using profits from the sale of the Pauatahanui history book.


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New restaurants, bars and retail stores set to open in 2019 in Huntsville! Exciting growth is ahead for Huntsville and our city's economy and it's no secret that Huntsville is on track to becoming the largest city in Alabama and the new restaurants, bars and retail stores will help Huntsville achieve it in 2019. While some argue Huntsville infrastructure cannot handle the influx of these retail spaces, the city is realizing the situation and is planning numerous road projects to accomodate the need for more roads. Slated to open this year are 22 new businesses with more to be announced later this year. Here are just a few...
Brass Tap is an upscale craft beer bar, sports TV, live entertainment complex coming to Merchants Square at the corner of Memorial Parkway and Bob Wallace Ave. in early 2019.
Aloft is a Marriott Hotel being managed by Yedla Management of Huntsville and will be located at MidCity in University Drive in Huntsville. Set to open in late 2019.
Hand & Stone Massage and Facial Spa will be offering High quality massages at affordable prices is opening its doors at Merchants Square corner of Bob Wallace and Memorial Parkway in early 2019.
AC by Marriott will open a 150-unit boutique hotel in Big Spring Park in downtown Huntsville in Spring 2019.
Chuy's Mexican Restaurant will open at Merchants Square corner of Bob Wallace and Memorial Parkway in early 2019.
The Gemini Kitchen + Cocktails is polished-casual, modern American restaurant designed to provide an affordable quality dining experience opening at City Centre at Big Spring in downtown Huntsville in early 2019.
Highpoint Climbing Gym a Chattanooga-based High Point Climbing and Fitness franchise will open at MidCity Huntsville in early 2019.
Duluth Trading Co. part of a 46 store franchise will open at Town Madison in 2019.
REI Equipment Co-op, a member-owned co-op offering top outdoor gear from major companies will open at MidCity in Huntsville in Fall 2019.
Pies and Pints a pizza and craft beer restaurant will open at MidCity Huntsville in summer 2019.
Wahlburgers will open a 4,000-square-foot restaurant with chef-inspired full-service restaurant with dining, full-service bar and takeout. Many of you know this chain from the TV show in which Mark, Donnie and Paul Wahlberg own and run the original Wahlburgers in Hingham, MA. Slated to open in 2019 at MidCity in Huntsville.
Mazzara's serving fresh-made pasta and other traditional Italian food will open at Stovehouse on Governors Drive in Huntsville in March 2019.
Dave & Busters a well-known favorite in Atlanta and Nashville for many years is now opening up a franchise at MidCity in Huntsville in July 2019.
Melt, a Birmingham restaurant specializing in comfort food will open at The Avenue on Jefferson Street in downtown Huntsville in March 2019.
Von Braun Center Music Hall will open its new music venue in downtown Huntsville with a 1,200-capacity music hall for live music in Fall 2019.
The Moon Bakeshop will open at The Avenue on Jefferson Street in downtown Huntsville in early 2019 and will feature Southern classics baked goods with an Italian flair.
Char Restaurant, a southern style steak restaurant, will open at Merchant's Square at the intersection of Bob Wallace Avenue and Memorial Parkway sometime in 2019.
Oh Crepe, traditional crepes with a Japanese flair will open at Stovehouse, an old stovehouse factory being renovated into an entertainment and dining space on Governor's Drive in Huntsville in Spring 2019.
Those of you who know 'I Love Sushi' in South Huntsville, will be excited to know the owner is opening up a new restaurant called Kamodo Ramen, a Japanes noodle bowl restaurant at Stovehouse, the old stove factory being turned into a food and entertainment venue on Governor's Drive in Huntsville in Spring 2019.
CHOPCHOP Fresh Salads, a restaurant focused on serving fresh, seasonal salad bowls, will open its second location at Merchant's Square at the corner of Bob Wallace Avenue and University Drive in February 2019.
Pourhouse, a laid-back swanky bar will open at Stovehouse on Governors Drive in Huntsville in Spring 2019.


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Now that Gov. Mary Fallin has rejected the Obama administration's Medicaid expansion proposal, she has asked Commissioner of Health Terry Cline to help her devise an "Oklahoma solution" for addressing the state's health needs.
In an interview with Oklahoma Watch's Warren Vieth, Cline discusses why state officials said no to Washington, why Oklahoma ranks near the bottom of many health indexes, and why he's ready to take on tobacco industry lobbyists when the Legislature convenes next month.
A native of Ardmore, Cline has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and served as President George W. Bush's director of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. He also serves as Fallin's secretary of health and human services.
Why did the state turn down the Obama administration's Medicaid expansion?
There are people who say our health care system is a sick care system. That's the way it's structured. All of our money is going into that. If we just expand our current system, it doesn't solve the problem.
Let me give you an example. We're sitting here in the Health Sciences Center. We have the highest concentration of health care in the state of Oklahoma all around us … hundreds of doctors, hundreds of nurses, numerous hospitals. Anyone can access services here because it's a sliding-scale fee. This is a teaching hospital environment. It's already being subsidized by the state.
But if we go two blocks over, I can show you some of the worst health outcomes in the entire state. Two blocks. The infant mortality rate is twice as high as it is two miles in the other direction. If the answer is just increasing access to health care, then why do all these individuals who are living within walking distance have the worst health outcomes?
I've had my share of medical care and I'm grateful for that. It's very important. It is one piece of the picture. But right now, it's 99 percent of the funding, and our current expansion discussions don't address the true problems with the system.
All the dollars in our system go to pick up the pieces, and frankly there's not enough money. We're ranked 49th in the country in the number of primary care physicians. If all of a sudden we give everyone in the state an insurance card, is that going to change? Not necessarily.
Did you advise Gov. Fallin to reject the Obama plan?
She took advice from a number of individuals. And as she's prone to do, she's looking at the funding that's available to us here in this state.
We had the ability to expand Medicaid five years ago, 10 years ago. There's nothing that would have prohibited us from doing that other than the cost … As a state, politically and financially, we decided not to do that. That's consistent.
So what's changed is the deal from the federal government. People think that they can get a free ride. Well, there is no free ride.
We're looking at a fiscal cliff, which has yet to be resolved. We have a federal government that everyone acknowledges is on an unsustainable trajectory in terms of the deficit.
Did you concur with the decision she made?
I think that's a complex question that has a complex answer. It gets boiled down to simply Medicaid expansion. I think it's a much more complicated answer than that. I can't boil it down to I concur with this or I disagree with that.
The good news in all of this is that there has been more discussion about health and health care than I have ever seen in my entire career. And that's a good thing, because we need to be talking about that. That's the only way we can really begin to change the trends and change the outcomes in this state.
The governor said she would work with you to develop an "Oklahoma solution." What will that consist of?
Only about 10 percent of our overall health is attributable to access to health care; 40 percent is attributable to behaviors.
Public health is at the front end of that. Prevention is better than cure. I'm all for cure, but I'm more enthusiastic about prevention. Prevention will help someone avoid having to deal with an illness altogether.
For example, if we can drive down obesity rates, we're going to be able to drive down the diabetes rate.
With this Oklahoma plan, we have an opportunity to actually create and improve our current system so it really becomes a health care system that's focused on promoting wellness.
Why does Oklahoma rank so low on many health indexes?
One of the primary drivers is our use of tobacco. It's the No. 1 preventable cause of death, and we rank 47th. That's a bad place to start.
Many other states have more aggressively protected their citizens. They're ensuring that they have places to go in public that are free of tobacco smoke. Oklahoma has been very reluctant as a state to do that.
We actually have a state law on the books that prohibits communities from getting tougher on tobacco ordinances than the state law.
Most state law is meant as a floor … But with smoking, it's actually a ceiling. For example, Oklahoma City cannot decide that it wants to go smoke-free for all indoor public facilities. It's prohibited by law. We're one of only two states left in the nation that have this level of prohibition or preemption. Tennessee is the other state.
Have you asked the Legislature to change that?
We have. Two years ago, we couldn't even get it heard in committee. Last year, it passed out of the House committee, passed off the House floor, and was sent to the Senate, where it was killed. It didn't receive a hearing in committee, so it wasn't even debated on the Senate side.
There were 12 paid tobacco lobbyists that were working vigorously to kill this bill. Their interest, of course, was keeping the tobacco use rates high in Oklahoma.
What about Oklahoma's high rate of prescription drug abuse?
Every year we have between 600 and 700 deaths from the misuse of prescription drugs. We have one of the highest prescription rates for narcotic drugs in the country.
That's a serious issue in our state, and it's something that we can do something about. A task force has been formed. The governor is going to give that a push to really drive some solutions. We really need to have a comprehensive approach to be successful in battling this.
The data shows that the majority of those drugs are actually obtained from other people's medicine cabinets. The No. 1 source is our neighbors and our friends and our own medicine cabinets.
What can the Legislature do?
They can make sure there are opportunities for appropriate disposal. If you find that you have a large prescription rate that seems out of keeping with the number of people in the population, the Legislature could limit that either by dose or by quantity. But that gets tricky because you probably don't want the Legislature dictating the scope of medical practices.
We also have a Prescription Monitoring Program that is one of the best in the country … but it's not mandatory. They could make that mandatory.
Oklahoma Watch is a nonprofit organization that produces in-depth and investigative journalism on important public-policy issues facing the state.


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Who doesn't love zucchini season? I'm a huge fan of it raw, fried with green onions, and baked with spaghetti sauce on top. But I LOVE to bake. So here is a great recipe for Chocolate Zucchini Cake 🙂
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 4 eggs
- 1 1/2 cups vegetable oil
- 3 cups grated zucchini
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two loaf pans.
- In a medium bowl, stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, salt and cinnamon. Add the eggs and oil, mix well. Fold in the nuts and zucchini until they are evenly distributed. Pour into the prepared pan.
Bake for 50 to 60 minutes in the preheated oven, until a knife inserted into the center comes out clean.


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The recent approval by the Japanese Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Agency (PMDA) of the 7 protein biomarker panel for use in detecting drug-induced kidney damage means that the biomarkers are now qualified at the same level by all of the ICH regulatory agencies. what can an ivermectin overdose human In a Critical Path Initiative statement, this is the first biomarker qualification decision by the PMDA and means that the panel is qualified for voluntary use in nonclinical safety studies. Furthermore, data generated using the panel can be submitted to the PMDA on a case-by-case basis for use in monitoring drug-induced renal toxicity in humans. ivermectin oral dose cattle The 7 biomarker panel, composed of kidney injury molecule-1, albumin, total protein, β2-microglobulin, cystatin C, clusterin, and trefoil factor 3, can be utilized in conjuntion with the current standard renal biomarkers, serum creatine and blood-urea nitrogen. With the exception of trefoil factor 3, the PMDA stated that the new renal biomarkers outperformed the current standard biomarkers. ivermectin dose for rabbits The renal biomarker panel received approval in 2008 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for limited use in nonclinical and clinical drug development. Additional guidelines regarding biomarker qualification are expected in July 2010.
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