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12:00 a.m.
They entered the tiny kitchen through the back door and quickly tossed their fall jackets on cracked wooden hangers. The mom, Krasimira Murkova, 50, switched the luminous lights on and looked around the cozy bakery, while the son, Martin Murkov, headed for the storage room.
Clad in a yellow apron, Krasi turned the mixer on and Marti dumped into it some 20 kilograms of fine flour, eggs and yeast.
The chipped-bowl mixer first filled the kitchen with its mechanic hum twelve years ago, when Krasi rented the three-room, tin-roofed bungalow on a main boulevard in Blagoevgrad and turned it into a bakery.
"As a student I started working in a sweets shop as a saleswoman to earn my own money and not constantly rely on my mom's," Krasi said. Before long, however, she migrated from the counter to the kitchen, where she discovered her love for baking.
Although Krasi tremendously enjoyed getting her hands coated in dough, she left the low-paid job and moved to a lottery retail store to sell tickets. Soon after that she got married and gave birth to her first child, Ventsislav in 1984.
The young family then moved to the Czech Republic, where in 1990 Martin was born.
"Blissfully deluded by the democratic promise of a new, prosperous life, we moved," she said. "Well, I spent only two years there, then together with the kids I came back to Bulgaria, leaving my husband behind to work there for a little longer."
When Krasi returned in 1991, she took the bold step to open the bakery that has turned into a successful family business since then.
1:00 a.m.
The dough in the mixer obtained a rich creamy color and a shiny, smooth texture.
"My child, turn the mixer off and cut a portion of the dough for the pizzas" Krasi said to Marti. "You will make the pizzas, won't you, my darling."
Marti, a third-year IT student at the South-Western University in Blagoevgrad, looked lovingly at his mom, stretched his thin lips in a smile and obeyed.
"He is of a great help to me," Krasi said. "Compared to his chatty older brother, Marti is rather shy. But he is deft at making delicious pizzas."
While Marti rolled out the dough, placed it in curly-edged, iron baking plates and buried it under a plethora of salami, cheese, ketchup and pickled cucumbers, Krasi recalled the time her younger son was away from home.
"He worked in a poultry farm in England this summer, sometimes, earning up to 100 British pounds a week," she said.
"Which means I had to catch up to 30-40 chicken a day," Marti quipped. "That, believe me, was not easy."
Laughing at her son's remark, Krasi cut a huge lump of dough, staggered to the baker's table and started forming small balls out of it.
1:30 a.m.
In less than five minutes the small balls metamorphosed into thin sheets, which Krasi sprinkled with cheese, rolled up in spirals and carefully laid in an oil-coated iron pan.
"Gosh, Marti, I forgot to turn the ovens on," Krasi said, shifting her eyes from the pan to the two bakers ovens. "Would you do it for me, my child?"
1:45 a.m.
Pans of pizzas, banitcas and dzhumaikas hopped into the heated ovens. A delicious aroma wafted in the room. As the smell intensified, the kitchen felt smaller and hotter.
Krasi glanced at the fluffy grey kitten clock face, hung above the door that connected the kitchen to the grand room, where six round plastic tables stood by the plain walls.
"The first customers will be soon here," she said. "Better go and unlock the front door."
1:55 a.m.
Holding a slice of pizza in one hand and a bottle of yogurt in the other, Marti left the bakery through the backdoor to go home. Meanwhile, the first customer stepped across the front door's threshold.
2:30 a.m.
Gaggles of hungry AUBG students, going home after a night of partying, flocked in and quickly depleted the baking pans.
"I like working with students," Krasi said. "Most of them are polite, chatty kids that view me as their auntie."
She drifted into reminiscing about Pepi, an AUBG graduate who she described as a tall, doe-eyed boy, who munched on a banitca and sipped a yogurt drink in her bakery every morning for two consecutive academic years.
3 a.m.
Geri, an Albanian student at the South- Western University, came in, grinning.
"What does my favorite bakery offer tonight," he asked.
"Pizzas, banitcas, dzhumaikas and if you wait for a couple of minutes- milinkas," Krasi said.
"The guys are waiting outside to eat," Geri said. "Give me, please, five slices of pizza and three dzhumaikas. And five bottles of yogurt drinks."
"They are on the way, Geri."
3:05 a.m.
"He is a regular client of mine," Krasi said promptly after Geri left the bakery, clutching two black plastic bags bulging with breadstuff. "It is always a pleasure to see and chat with him. But I should not waste precious time. Let us go back in the kitchen and start making butter croissants."
The mixer's steady thrum again floated in the kitchen.


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by Pepper Winters
Kindle Edition, 408 pages
Source: Ebook - Own
Goodreads | Amazon
I'm complicated. Not broken or ruined or running from a past I can't face. Just complicated.
He has a secret.
I've never pretended to be good or deserving. I chase who I want, do what I want, act how I want.
I didn't have time to lust after a woman I had no right to lust after. I told myself to shut up and stay hidden. But then she tried to run. I'd tasted what she could offer me and damned if I would let her go.
Secrets destroy them.
**Pepper Winters is known for her Dark Erotica. This book is more a Grey Romance. It isn't fluffy, and still deals with darker subjects, but it isn't brutal.**
Destroyed is a complicated love story between a man with a terrible past and a woman who holds his cure. A man who finds redemption in love and a woman who loses her heart and reason for living.
Death brings life, and destruction brings new beginnings. I thought my life couldn't get any more tangled in deceit and confusion. But I hadn't met him. I hadn't realized how far I could fall or what I'd have do to get free. She has a secret.
Pepper Winters is an author whom I have not had the pleasure of reading any of her books yet, until Destroyed. Online with Amazon reviews differ from 1 star to 5 star ratings and there is a mixed feeling on this book. Most of the reviews state that this is the DARKEST and MOST TROUBLED character she has ever written. They also state that if this is the 1st book you have read of hers and disliked it to try another one because ROAN/FOX is a unique character.
My 2 star rating is based on the darkness of Roan's character. While I understood most of the problems he faced in his present and future from his past experiences he was a scary character for me. I loved Roan for what I knew this character could be. Roan could be loving, caring, sweet, thoughtful. trustworthy...... But to get Roan to that point was a struggle for the opposing main female character Hazel.
The story starts off with Hazel and Clue two roommates who go to an underground fight club to meet up with the man Clue started dating Ben. At this underground club we meet Fox the owner and fighter. Fox and Hazel have an instant connection and neither character has ever wanted to another before. This is a unique chemistry for both to come across in their lifetime. Fox immediately has to know why he feels a pull to this woman and basically kidnaps her and pays her to stay with him. Hazel is scared but cannot say no to the money. She is a single mother and her daughter has a grave illness that requires expensive medicine to extend her life. Hazel takes the deal.
Throughout the story you get hints of what is wrong with Hazel's little girl Clara, but they don't give you all the details until 80% through the book which was a little frustrating. Fox has a problem with touching people and people touching him. He basically rapes and almost kills Hazel because he cannot control the reaction he has to people touching him. Hazel has no choice but to try to forgive him and stick it out with him since she still needs the money.
Fox meets Clara by accident and his world is changed. Roan is born again and Clara is a light for him. A new reason to get under control. Roan falls in love with Clara and wants to give her the world. He is in love with Hazel but now falling for Clara makes his love for Hazel even more intense.
Roan and Hazel both struggle with Roan's past and the triggers that send him into KILL mode. Hazel life is in danger 24/7 with Roan and Roan constantly tries to control his violent tendencies.
Both Hazel and Roan struggle through a shared tragedy and Hazel struggles with guilt and grief surrounding a new love to enter her life. Roan tries to clean out his past GHOSTS by hurting the people who stole his life from him and leave Hazel to deal with the tragedy alone.
Roan asks for forgiveness from Hazel more times than I could keep track of in this story and Hazel always struggles with trusting and loving Roan with and protecting herself physically and emotionally from Roan.
For me this book was a self journey of one man looking for redemption and love and a woman who would sacrifice herself to help him. I did not see this as a healthy relationship for either character but I did understand that the characters had no will power to change their future together as they did not want to live without the other or felt they could not live without the other.
It was a tough read for me and a little too much darkness and tragedy for my taste. I feel that Pepper Winter is a good writer and I can see reading other stories of hers in the future. There were very few editing errors and all in all well written.
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Fab boots! Great deal! Love them!ReplyDelete
And work? eww - I feel its "breath" on my neck :))) Me? def a person who likes to do things ahead - I function irrationally under stress :)) and deal lines are def a huge stress.
congrats on finishing your projects ahead of time!
I'm a little bit of both, sometimes I'll start on projects way ahead, sometimes I really need the pressure to get me going!ReplyDelete
That's me you're talking about. ^^ I've finished my 35 page thesis for uni 1 month before deadline and am very content now! :DReplyDelete
I'd prefer those boots with a platform. Just can't get used to a chunky heel without a platform in the front. Anyway, I love the patent leather look!
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Daaamn girl, you know how to dress ;) Die sweater maakt het helemaal af.ReplyDelete
En ik ben echt helemaal zoals jou, alles mooi op voorhand voorbereiden en uitplannen waardoor ik eigenlijk echt een paar weken op voorhand klaar ben ;) Mijn thesis bijvoorbeeld had ik ook zo'n 3 weken op voorhand af ;) haha zoooo relaxing ;)
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Haha I always feel awesome when I finish something satisfactorily, but unfortunately it tends to be at the last minute. I've always been that way. Wish I wasn't though!ReplyDelete
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The leader of the opposition Syrian National Coalition (SNC), Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib, has resigned.
In a statement on his Facebook page, Mr. Khatib said he was leaving the job as he wanted to work with more freedom than an official institution allowed.
He had promised the Syrian people he would resign if what he called certain red lines were reached, he said.
He appeared to criticise the world community for not doing enough to stop two years of bloodshed in Syria.
BBC says his resignation comes a day after European Union foreign ministers failed to resolve their differences over whether to exempt Syrian rebels from an arms embargo.
Mr. Khatib, who was elected head of the SNC in November 2012, is seen as a respected and unifying figure in Syria.
"I announce my resignation from the National Coalition, so that I can work with a freedom that cannot possibly be had in an official institution," he said in the statement.
"For the past two years, we have been slaughtered by an unprecedentedly vicious regime, while the world has looked on.
"All the destruction of Syria's infrastructure, the detention of tens of thousands of people, the forced flight of hundreds of thousands and other forms of suffering had been insufficient for the international community to take a decision to allow the people to defend themselves," Mr. Khatib added.


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Backtrack 1: Goodbye and thank you
There are two realities, one optional and one inevitable, when teaching English in Thailand.
|Caught in the act
1.Copying, copying, copying!
2. Saying goodbye
For me, this time, saying goodbye was not optional.
My last few weeks in Thailand were a whirlwind of eating as much of my favourite food as possible, taking a final holiday (Koh Samet), going to the dentist and doctor (it is all so very cheap in Thailand), packing and re-packing and re-packing my bags, seeing friends, sorting through my things and donating, setting and marking exams and working on a painting.
The days to my departure rushed by and before I knew it it was my last day at school, taking a thousand photos, comforting distressed girls, handing out treats and sweets, clearing out my desk, exchanging contact details with the students and, yes, finally crying when sweet little Nob wrapped her arms (and legs) around me, her little body shaking with her sobs.
When my students left to go home on that final Friday, they left my life. No longer would I see them every morning, serve them lunch, despair at their confusion, laugh at their antics, be the recipient of their little drawings, be there to hold Nut back when he gets a little out of control and starts to beat his friends. No longer would they hang on me and hug me, play with my 'funny' hair or flutter their lashes to try get extra treats from me. I was leaving the next day and I might not ever come back.
Quite sad, really and a few weeks later, in South Africa I found myself looking through all the goodbye photos and feeling a little heart sore. Being in Thailand was wonderful and educational (for both me and my students..sometimes) and hot. I learned of the culture,the good and bad, a little of the language, the mannerisms, a little of the history and, quite amazingly, I learned how to interact and talk to children. Thank you, Thailand, you were a good teacher!
|The lovely Dusadee, the HOD for the English department and sweet T.Jum, the other home room teacher for my class
|The faces of my homeroom class.
|Mild and Meen, two sweethearts that I tutored every Tuesday. Their Mother's name is Bee
Now I am going to gush about my agency for a few paragraphs.
I worked with a really great agency while I was working in Thailand. My job was secured through them and they assisted or provided me with the necessary paperwork and procedures needed to get my Non-immigrant visa (necessary for legal work in Thailand). They suggested housing options and would liaise with the Thai landlords if necessary, provided me with more than the basics for my new home and treated me to a lovely welcome dinner.
When I left Thailand for home, Supamas gave me a lovely scarf to take home to my Mother to say thank you for having an Austen. Such a lovely gesture. Definitely the best agency to work with in Thailand.
Here is their website if you ever decide that you want to teach in Thailand and want to work with a fantastic agency: www.tseta.com


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New Year, and the first magazine feature of 2016 in Amateur Photographer Magazine on 16th January…
I've steadily been able to build up a small reputation online to the point that I now get invited occasionally to provide photographs and some written pieces for magazines and other media to use, as is demonstrated elsewhere on my blog. But this week something rather unusual happened, something I was neither expecting or planned in any way, somehow I managed to land two cover photographs on two different magazines at the same time.
I was beside myself with excitement a few days ago when this dropped through my door because it's finally happened – my first magazine cover ever, and it's certainly a nice one from my point of view too. When Steve Watkins, editor of Outdoor Photography, asked me to write the June Learning Zone feature piece for this edition, he neglected to mention that the cover image might be in the offing too…
It's like waiting for buses to come along. Just at the point where I barely produce a mono photograph, in January I featured in Black+White Photography Magazine for the first time and lightning has struck again with the May edition…
In January I featured in Black+White Photography Magazine, fulfilling a long standing ambition. Getting into such publications is important (to me anyway) because they are at the quality end of the magazine stand and so it goes it's something of a subconscious stamp of approval for your endeavour. It was the start of a fair amount of interest I've had so far this year. Things definitely stepped up heavily following my relative success in Landscape Photographer Of The Year 2014 so I was very pleased indeed when Steve Watkins, editor of Outdoor Photography, asked me to write their regular Lie Of The Land piece for the April edition. Outdoor Photography are another I put in the same bracket as Black+White Photography, so it was great not just to be asked for a photograph but to write something too.
In January Practical Photography Magazine contacted me and asked if I'd be interested in completing a video shoot which would be used on the magazine's cover disc and website. It's not something I'd done before so I thought it might be a genuinely interesting experience and I agreed. Having run my own workshops previously, you can't be a shrinking violet in these situations so I figured it would probably be OK.
I've been asked for quite a few images from Amateur Photographer to date, most notably with my Wild Wood Feature last October (watch out for another coming up again soon) so I was pleased to be asked to supply an image which would be used to demonstrate how to "avoid the cliches" as part of their "12 New Year Projects" feature…
I wrote a blog post a couple of months back about the pain of seeing some of my favourite images from the last year get rejected at the first hurdle of Charlie Waite's Landscape Photographer Of The Year competition. I wrote it despite the fact I ended up with a number of photographs being shortlisted because I wanted people to know how much time and effort went into each and every image and regardless of any perceived success that the sting of rejection was still real, whether they believed it or not. Each photograph is a labour of love for me, apart from the road miles, 3am alarm calls and physical effort to generally stumbling around carrying large amounts of kit, the meticulous post-processing and final presentation all adds up to a big personal investment in each frame.
Following a bit of experimentation recently with Multiple Exposure effects, I had a request from Amateur Photographer Magazine for them to complete an interview feature on me and the image below, which I've simply titled "Cotswold Trees". I've been interviewed by Phil Hall before for a different piece, he's a very easy guy to talk to and totally understands the creative process and it was a very enjoyable half hour or so.
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You all know how I feel about music, and taking the time to shake it. We love to have dance parties at our house. Stella has been taking dance with a company for 2 years now. She recently had her recital.
Isn't she pretty.
There is nothing I love more than seeing how the music and dancing makes her feel.
She always has a smile on her face when she performs.
We are fortunate to have 3 other girls from church who dance in Stella's company. Unfortunately they are all on different teams. It is so fun to be able to watch all of them perform.
…and the mommies of the four girls.
I couldn't help get one last squeeze before she went up on stage.
I also attempted to snap a photo of the girls on her team. We were in the crazy dressing room.
OK Grandma: Here is a clip of her dance. This is on the night of rehearsal. I wasn't allowed to film on the night of the recital. I don't know why they have them dancing with a pink background; it makes their skin look awful. Enjoy Mom!! I apologize that it is a little shaky. Tess was trying to help me.
Here is the link if the video won't play: http://youtu.be/frFc2ZcOl-s
(the girl who ends the dance and is the only one left on the stage is Stella)
I am proud of Stella and how hard she worked to be a great dancer.


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Title: Boarding School
Publication Information: Houghton Mifflin Company, hardcover, 1949
Genre: Juvenile Fiction/School Story
Ballet in the Barn, which Peter Sieruta once wrote about), I had never come across this book. Given my love of boarding school stories, I'd been interested for a while and was delighted when my library was able to obtain it via InterLibrary Loan. Thanks to the Boonslick Regional Library in Missouri for lending it halfway across the country.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Boarding School (Book Review)
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I have that same feeling of being dropped in the middle of a sequel when reading Woody's dance stories, Even when reading the supposedly first book in a series.
You're the first person I know who has read "Boarding School". Its still on my to-read list - I'll have to decide if I want to do inter-library loan as well.
- April 18, 2013 at 10:34 AM
- CLM said...
I thought about scanning it because of its scarcity but decided it just wasn't inherently worth reading. I did like Woody's books growing up but she wasn't as memorable as some of the other ballet authors you and I like (Lorna Hill, Mabel Esther Allan, Lee Wyndham, etc.).
- April 19, 2013 at 2:07 PM
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Norm: I sent mail to Liam to
setup a time to chat about it.
... I'm going to propose what we talked about last week: that we have enough community interest to start a V.next on the REC track
<jfuller> Philip Fennel talking XPROC
<jfuller> http://www.meetup.com/muglondon/events/47951232/
<jfuller> some xproc libs
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Jim: I'm interested in Vojtech's shimming approach.
Vojtech: There are two main
things to this: one is the conversion between media types. On
the ports you can declare what kinds of media types they accept
or produce.
... You can specify a wildcard. For example, the identity step in my extension can process arbitrary media types.
... And the p:store step can process arbitrary media types.
... If you have two steps that are connected and the first step produces application/xml and the second step takes application/json, then if the processor knows how to convert from XML to JSON, the XML will be converted to JSON for the second step.
... This is the main idea. There are some defaults, for example application/xml and image/svg+xml, then conversion might happen or it might just be passed through.
... The second big part is what to do with XPath in XProc. Because the conversion happens only between the input and output ports, but you can also have options/choose-when/etc.
... In all the places where you can use XPath, you can encounter non-XML data in the context.
... I support that to the extent that some expressions succeed, for example base-uri() and media type information.
... Potentially you can also imagine that you could access the binary stream itself, but I didn't go that direction.
... Those are the two main things.
Vojtech's paper will be presented at XML Prague 2012.
Vojtech: There are also some
small changes to the steps to operation on non-XML data (like
p:identity and p:store)
... The compound steps like for-each and choose/when, they can operate on any media type.
... One nice feature that you get with for-each is that if you put an output that declares a media type, you can get automatic conversion to that media type for all the subpipeline's outputs.
... For the bindings, where the media type is not available or wrong, you have the opportunity to override the binding. You can say that this isn't application/xml, but instead it's a JPEG or something. It doesn't convert, it just overrides the media type carried with the document.
Jim: Thanks. That's
... It sounds like the shimming is less of a hassle than the impact on XPath.
Vojtech: Well, there are more
interesting problems.
... Before you evaluate an XPath expression, maybe you should shim to XML. But it occurred to me that you could do it beforehand.
... That way you get more flexibility.
... There's a question about what kinds of conversion you should handle and how. Maybe we could come up with some default conversions.
... But if you just take XML and JSON, there are a whole bunch of schemes. I left that open.
... Things like handling the XQuery inputs are handy.
... There are open questions about what to do with p:document or p:load if you point it to non-XML data.
... Right now we convert to base64, but with my proposal we don't do that.
... I tend to think of p:data and p:http-request as similar things, so they behave the same way.
... Overall I was surprised that it wasn't that difficult. There weren't that many breaking changes.
... It's not that dramatic a change for pipeline authors.
Jim: It doesn't sound like low-hanging fruit to me, but...
Vojtech: Well, it's not because
there are a bunch of loose ends. I made some arbitrary
... Some of the questions have broader implications.
Alex: This is an example of where
just looking at the low-hanging fruit doesn't necessarily
achieve all the goals of making XProc easier to use.
... I'm not sure we should tackle every problem that's beneficial, but we need some way of deciding.
... I really like this. It solves problems that have really frustrated me.
Vojtech: Yes. I have lost of
implementations with non-XML data, so you need to work around a
lot of issues.
... I implemented it in our XProc engine and it turns out that it's not that difficult.
... I think this whole topic is something that needs more careful consideration.
Norm: I think we should put this on the list as a possibility.
Vojtech: If you just take the
changes to the XProc language, there were only two: extra
attributes on input/output and binding elements.
... And one more XPath extension function to get the media type.
Alex: Non-XML stuff and parameters are the two big pain points.
Norm: Yeah, I think something like Vojtech's approach for non-XML might be worth doing and I still think we might do something clever with parameters and maps.
Vojtech: I changed the
pxp:zip/unzip steps to treat the ZIP documents as a (binary)
stream. The output of the pipeline is really binary ZIP
... For this kind of functionality I think that's a nice feature.
Norm: We've got a little time left. What about Mohamed's ideas for streaming.
Norm summarizes
Norm expresses general approval.
Henry: I'm not sure I understand
the unordered one.
... I'm not sure howi t buys you anything at all. Imagine that you're implementing the for-each step.
... You fork six threads and now what do you do?
Vojtech: When the first is done, you can send it's output along.
Norm attempts to explain.
Henry: It's not a buffering issue. You have to buffer all six. There's no way to know which one is going to finish first.
<MoZ> Link : http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-xml-processing-model-wg/2012Feb/0013.html
Henry: What is true is that you can hand a pointer to the buffer for whoever finishes first on to the next stage.
<MoZ> no you'll have to buffer ONE LESS
<MoZ> but you indeed may have to buffer the last 5
Henry: What I was thinking of was that someone might want to do more complex analysis. If you have a for-each followed by an identity followed by another for-each, you can make huge gains by optimizing the flow.
<MoZ> The point being to let the implementation define the strategy that minimize buffering
<jfuller> +1 to that
<MoZ> we may have the same point with XSLT 2.0+ outputs
<MoZ> but it becomes the XSLT implementation problem
Some discussion of cardinality and media type wrt Alex's question about href on p:query
Jim: In the past, was there any
discussion of adding metadata to the input/output of
... If we were going to do the shimming, instead of adding media type, we could do something broader.
Henry: "Yes" is the short answer,
a very long time ago. It was in conjunction with the question
of outputs. I mentioned the fact that in the old Markup
Pipeline Engine, it was coherent to persist the output escaping
result of an XSLT step. If you turned of output escaping, as
part of the output of an XSLT step,
... if you do that in the middle of a pipeline that gets lost.
... Because that's a property of the *stylesheet*, the pipeline author might not even know about it. You can't use the pipeline's own controls.
... So we had a general purpose backchannel (an attribute/value backchannel) in the architecture.
... Another thing you can use it for is to persist the character encoding. So you can output in the same encoding that you received.
... If you get latin-3, you produce latin-3.
Alex: This is interesting,
because it seems to go along with the idea of media
... The media type has parameters and one of them is the encoding.
... I think the immediate follow-on from having media types is dealing with other metadata.
Jim: Yeah, that's what I was thinking of. It could also potentially simplify some existing steps.
Discussion returns inevitably to parameters.
Alex: There are two large buckets: getting stuff from an uknown bucket that comes from outside the pipeline and copying directly from options passed to the pipeline.
Henry: I think what's not clear
to me is that the parameter passing topology is potentially
different from the backchannel I had in mind.
... Such a backchannel is really metadata about a particular document.
Norm: I don't think we meant the same mechanism...
Alex: What's curious about the
parameter problem compared to the media type thing is that it's
a change that doesn't seem to really rock the boat from a
pipeline author perspective.
... The parameters thing could be a radical departure.
Vojtech: I was thinking the same thing.
Norm: For my part it depends on the solution.
Henry: And here's a pipeline conversion pipeline.
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text: An edition distinguished by: (1) an intelligent introduction by scholar Neil Philip, pointing out the tales' links with Kipling family history and quoting a parody that appeared in Punch when they were first published (a ``Very-Nearly Story'' in which the ```defatigable Ruddikip'' addresses young ``Approximately Invaluable'' in ``decapitated polysyllables''); (2) two stories not included before: ``The Tabu Tale,'' a third story about Taffy (very long, even longer than ``The Cat...'' and the most didactic of all--Taffy learns to be still so that her father can hunt, one result being that it's possible to save her from a wolf), and ``Ham and the Porcupine,'' a why story that takes place on Noah's ark; (3) oversumptuous illustrations. The Just So's admirers will welcome the Taffy story; though it's not up to the others' caliber, the wordplay and parent-child interaction are amusingly characteristic. The briefer, brisker ``Ham'' is more fun; it makes a point of dark Ham becoming ``Emperor of Africa,'' with a typically euphonious string of place names. Brent provides postcard-sized watercolors--pretty but inappropriately static and humorless--that are completely overwhelmed by her elaborate gilded borders, to truly gorgeous decorative effect. Unfortunately, the art illuminates the pages but not the stories (which of course stand well enough on their own). A mixed success, but surely of interest. (Fiction. 4+)


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When I find a new recipe that I like, and it's easy to prepare, I find myself becoming a bit obsessed...Especially when it's uber healthy, gives you superwoman energy, and keeps you full half the day.
And one of the many things I love about my two health-conscious sisters is that they appreciate and enjoy nourishing, healthy food....AND we get to steal recipes from each other. So thank you to my sister for my new breakfast obsession! You can modify this recipe however you prefer, but the combo below has been the ULTIMATE!
Coconut or Almond milk, 1 Cup
Stevia, 3 Drops
Slivered Almonds, Handful
Organic figs
Agave, Drizzle
Place the hemp seeds, chia seeds, stevia, and milk into a container or small bowl. Stir, cover, and allow to sit overnight to thicken. In the morning, stir the mixture to get an even consistency. Add cacao, green powder, cinnamon, nuts, fruit, or whatever toppings you prefer. That's it...EASY! If you're really craving it in the morning and you forgot to make it overnight, you can allow it to thicken for an hour or so to get the same results.
I prefer to make 2-3 batches at one time so I can grab and go for the next few days. I have been super spoiled lately and have been using homemade almond milk from my sister, which elevates this bowl even more. She's going to teach me her tricks so I can start making my own...so stay tuned!
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Brooklyn indie-pop band Lucius are poised for a breakout year, following the release of their 2013 debut LP Wildewoman, which we previously raved about. The band will spend most of the spring on tour with Tegan & Sara, then go on a summer outing with Sara Bareilles as well as play major festivals like Firefly and Austin City Limits.
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text: In tonight's State of the Union Address (join us tonight beginning at 8:45 PM EST for liveblog coverage), President Obama is expected to propose a five-year spending freeze for non-defense discretionary spending. Such a freeze, while a good baby step, will do nothing to reign in the spending spree that Congress has been on since 2008. So, we'd freeze the budget, but not roll back any of the trillions of dollars in additional spending that Obama has added to the federal budget since his inauguration in 2008. Besides, this whole proposal sounds a little too familiar. I feel like we've heard the same song and dance before.


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The Vedas Part Two
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How to create a better society
I am always searching for ways to improve life's conditions. Presently the world is less than desirable in my humble opinion. There are too many corrupt leader that exploit the people that they are responsible for maintaining. The amount of violence is unbearable for me to even comprehend. The vast disproportionate distribution of wealth between the rich and the poor is also disturbing. The level of respect that people have for the life of living entities needs to improve over all. I am pretty sure that most of us can recognize harmful effects in our society of what I previously mentioned.
Now what should we do? To start we could make basis rules that will help us to create a more civilized global society. I know no one really want to hear about rules, we want freedom to do what we want. I want that same freedom as well, however, we have to share this planet, and reduce our egos. O.k lets not call them rules, lets call them ideas for improvement, that sound better. I will only write about four today because these are considered the major topics.
The first idea to improve the consciousness of our society is that we should not eat meat. Wait, don't shoot me just yet, I am only the messenger. Please let me explain. All living entities have a soul, and to kill another living entity to eat for pleasure will give a person bad karma. The cruelty involved in killing animals will lead to a more aggressive merciless society, because we will not value the soul of living entities.
Think of it this way would you kill your pet to eat it for pleasure. If no why should you partake in eating animals that have been slaughtered by the meat industry. This is not a display of compassion for life. There is enough fruits, vegetables and grains to sustain the entire human population. In addition, meat stays longer in the human digestive system and has a greater potential to cause ailments than fruits and vegetables.
I use to be a very big meat eater and I loved it when I was a meat eater, so I am not saying that it would be easy to give up meat. I am saying that if you know that it is a more compassionate way to live then try. You will earn better karma this way.
The second idea for improving our society is to stop getting intoxicated. This means to avoid mind altering chemicals such as alcohol, drugs, and oh caffeine (sorry that means no coffee, what a bummer). Intoxicants may cloud the mind, causing poor judgement. They may also overstimulate the senses. I know that is ow some people deal with the reality around them, that is very easy to understand. Eliminating or restricting getting intoxicated, for some people is very austere.
I would argue having a sober mind and dealing with the reality of this world may be painful, but in the end it will be well worth accepting the challenge of staying sober. Think about how many accident that have been related to drunk driving, or crime committed that are drug related. It this what we want in our world?
The Third idea to improve the consciousness of our society is not to gamble. I do not just mean playing the slot machine or poker. I mean not taking risks that you need to take. Gambling has the potential to turn one into a cheat and a liar. The act of gambling also leads to envy, greed and anger (those are the three gates to hell). Some people have been so unfortunate that they have lost their wealth and friends due to gambling.
The fourth idea to improve the consciousness of our society is, are you ready for this one. No illicit sex! Oh my goodness, that is when I loose most people. If you are still there, please let me explain. Sex out of wed lock has the potential to create more bastards running around in the world.
I could say that because I was born a bastard, and because the people who were supposed to be monitoring me and teaching me how to stay out of trouble let me run loose I got into trouble when I was younger. The trouble I got into followed me even into my adult years because it is hard to wipe a record clean. I had to work really hard to turn myself around.
These ideas are not unique to me, I learned them from the Vedas ( ancient teaching from India). I do think if more of us could follow this path the world would be a better place.
Thank you for your time and best wishes on your journey. :)
-Do you think the best way to improve society is a top-down approach? Organized religion tends to, shall I use the word, regulate us, yes with Rules. And as you suggest indirectly, the ideas are what are really dangerous! Are not our own ideas of how to connect with the divine perhaps more apt to allow us to reach the destination rather than follow a prescribed path that may not speak to us?
I am wondering what your thoughts are....as I am a fellow seeker of truth as well.


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Our current health care system is broken in many ways. Many of us who are in the business of providing health care or health insurance prove the truth of the following quote:
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends upon his not understanding it!"
Upton Sinclair
Our system is broken and doesn't serve or poorly serves many of us. Many of the people I rub shoulders with believe that the problem will never reach their doorstep. These typically are hard working middle class people who always had coverage through their jobs.
Some of them are going to wind up like Wendy, a woman I spoke with a couple of days ago. "Wendy" is a woman with many different names but very similar stories. I speak with her frequently. She breaks my heart every time.
She is in her fifties. Wendy started working when got out of college in her mid-twenties. Wendy took a low paying job as a mother of small children for a few years. The job was very satisfying but it didn't pay well or offer an insurance package. During this time her husband's employment-based insurance covered her and their children. She went back to work when her youngest went to school. At that point she got a job that covered her with insurance again.
Shortly after that, her husband left his job and started a small company. She has carried the medical insurance for the family ever since then. About five years ago she started a fight with breast cancer. She was out of work for a few months, but was able to go back to work until sometime last year. Now she is too sick to work. She lost her group insurance coverage and the coverage for her family because she got sick. (That didn't make sense to her and it doesn't make sense to me.)
She took her COBRA health insurance option so for the last year or so she has had coverage. It is expensive coverage, but they can afford it (just barely). She's helping her husband with the family business, but she can't earn the money she and her family had gotten used to. They've had to cut back on a lot of expenses.
This is when I entered the picture. Wendy called me when her COBRA was about to expire. I had to tell her that even though she had played by the rules all her life, she was now uninsurable in the private market. A Health Reinsurance Association policy might be available to her, but the coverage would not be nearly as good as what she was used to and the price would be twice what she could afford. The Charter Oak Health Plan might also be available to her after she has gone 6 months without coverage, but this is also a barebones plan.
We can help her get coverage for her family, but she is the one who is ill and has expensive prescriptions to fill. Due to her illness, she can only work part time and part time jobs that offer health benefits are hard to find in any economy.
She was technically insurable, but in a practical world, where mortgages, grocery bills and electric bills take precedent over medical insurance she was not insurable.
What is Wendy to do? In our present system she can do little but pray.
Health insurance benefits in America are typically tied to an employer's plan. Employee benefit packages for small business and large businesses almost always require that an employee is working or has worked recently. What does this mean? It means that when health insurance is tied to our jobs, a sickness or injury that causes us to lose our job causes us to lose our insurance.
Health insurance that isn't tied to a job isn't much better. Although your insurance company can't drop you as an individual because you get sick, they can raise your rates. I'll blog about some of the problems with that system later in the week.


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Career Opportunities in Dairying
The spectacular growth of the dairy industry in the last two decades has created the demand for indigenous production of various dairy equipment. A variety of products which are convenient as well as of the highest quality standards are in demand. This has resulted in the progressive development of dairy equipment manufacturing industry and technical consultancy organizations.
Such notable expansion of the dairy processing industry and related professions has opened up vast career opportunities for dairy personnel. There are some 400 dairy plants in the country making various milk products. They are looking for good, qualified and well-trained personnel to run the plants efficiently and profitably.
Dairy Technology/Engineering
Dairy technology comprises all methods of handling milk from production to consumption. It includes processing, packaging, storage, transport and physical distribution. It employs the principles of engineering and is based on the sciences of biochemistry, bacteriology and nutrition. The objectives being: to prevent spoilage, improve quality, increase shelf life, and make milk palatable and safe for human consumption.
A dairy technologist is involved in all the operations carried out till the product reaches the consumer. In addition to technical competence, he should have supervisory skill and business acumen. He is responsible for:
Equipment Design,Plant Design & Fabrication and Project Execution
The growth of the dairy processing industry has encouraged the indigenisation of dairy equipment. Most requirements of the dairy industry are now met indigenously. Presently, there are over 170 dairy equipment manufacturers, many of them taking up turnkey jobs.
The industry has two distinct jobs:
Equipment and plant design requires the designer to be well versed with the knowledge of dairy processes and their various specific requirements. Project execution needs skills in costing, scheduling, procurement and liaison with various agencies, in addition to technical competence. These jobs can be well performed by a dairy technologist with engineering aptitude. In fact, many have chosen this as their career.
With the continuing growth of the dairy processing industry, the market has become competitive. This has increased the need for better product utilization. The adoption newer products and improved technology has become unavoidable. Also the need for plant upgradation and expansion, is continuous.
Dairy processing factories are usually not in a position to carry out the above mentioned jobs themselves, and hence seek the assistance of technical consultants. Indeed, there are several such technical consultancy outfits who are engaged in providing consultancy services. The most important requirement of a consultancy job is high degree of technical competence, including knowledge of the latest technological developments. Good communication skills and convincing power are very essential for a consultant to be successful. A consultant must also be good in cost estimation and project planning.
Teaching and Research
There are nine dairy science colleges/institutions in the country, offering bachelor's degree courses in dairy technology/science, some of them also offer master's and doctorate degrees. Many are working on various research projects.
In the dairy industry, the need to employ graduates and post-graduates from these institutions has increased. Those who have aptitude for teaching and research have ample career prospects in this profession.
For a technologist starting an independent enterprise, the prospects for growth are bright. Dairy technologists make successful entrepreneurs. Small-scale milk plants, creameries, indigenous products units or ice-cream units are not difficult to set up and do not need large capital investments. Government agencies and banks encourage such technologists and have various schemes to finance their projects.
In short, for a dairy professional/technologist who knows how to run and maintain a plant efficiently and economically, there are major career opportunities for a dairy technologist. He needs to have business and marketing skills and the ability to accept challenges and he can choose a career according to his aptitude.


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Hornby Railways Thomas The Tank Engine Locomotive
Brand: Hornby Railways
Licence: Thomas And Friends
Model Number: R9287
Scale: 00
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The Hornby Thomas The Tank Engine Locomotive lets you recreate your own Thomas the Tank Engine adventures with Hornby's superb range of Thomas & Friends engines, carriages and rolling stock in 00 Gauge.
Thomas the Tank Engine is a cheeky little engine who often gets into scrapes, usually by being over-eager to do things best left to bigger and more sensible engines. As the No1 engine on Sodor Railway, life for Thomas is never dull.
Manufacturer: Hornby
Model: R9287 Thomas the Tank Engine Locomotive
Age: 3+
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text: With this walk we completed the Harcamlow Way, finishing on the corner of Orchard Road, Melbourn where we started in February. We left Arkesden to the west passing a couple of farmhouses and a Roman barrow before reaching Langley village. We then headed north taking a coffee break at the highest point in Essex (483 ft). From here we continued north in the direction of Holy Trinity church in Chrishall.We stopped for lunch in a very convenient brick build bus shelter in Heydon which commemorated the Queen's accession and always flies the Union Flag. Heydon is also one of the highest villages in Cambridgeshire.at about 500 ft. From Heydon we quickly dropped to 250 ft along the Icknield Way Path and continued a slower descent turning right off the Icknield Way Path to the A505 at the Coach House Hotel. We then continued cross-country to finish at our original starting point in February - the Orchard Road crossroads in Melbourn


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Fantasy hockey players, consider this your alert: with a dozen games on the schedule, there's tons of points to be earned tonight!
Like they do most nights, the festivities begin at 7 p.m. when two games (New Jersey at Toronto and Carolina at the New York Islanders), followed half an hour later by three more (Arizona at Montréal [RDS/TSN2], Pittsburgh at Ottawa [RDS2] and Dallas at Tampa Bay). 8 p.m. marks the start of two contests (Nashville at Minnesota and Philadelphia at Winnipeg) with another pair (Washington at Colorado and St. Louis at Edmonton) waiting an hour before getting underway. Vegas at Vancouver gets green-lit at 10 p.m. and tonight's nightcaps – Boston at Los Angeles (SN) and Florida at San Jose – close things out half an hour later. All times Eastern.
There's quite a few games that have caught my eye this evening. That list includes:
- Pittsburgh at Ottawa: It's the first of three rematches of last season's Eastern Conference Finals.
- Dallas at Tampa Bay: Welcome home G Ben Bishop; welcome home.
- Vegas at Vancouver: D Luca Sbisa called British Columbia home for three seasons, but he's traded his Vancouver digs for a pad in Sin City.
- Florida at San Jose: For the last two years, Bob Boughner was an assistant coach for Head Coach Peter DeBoer in San Jose. Tonight, he'll square off against him as the 15th head coach in Panthers history.
It's a tough selection among those four, but I have a great way to determine which game is the DtFR Game of the Day: we've featured 30 of 31 NHL teams in the series so far, but the one club that escapes us is the Panthers. It's time to resolve that today.
I don't think you really understand how happy it makes me each year to say we've featured every club at least once in the DtFR Game of the Day series. Of course, the Panthers haven't exactly done themselves any favors with 14 points in the standings…
Regardless of Florida's current situation, there's no doubt of Boughner's ability as a coach. He's been a head man before, even if his experience wasn't in the NHL. For eight total seasons (two four-year terms) he was the skipper his hometown OHL team, the Windsor Spitfires. In particular, his first stint with the club was certainly noteworthy. After missing the playoffs in 2006-'07, his first season coaching the organization, he built the Spitfires into a team capable of winning back-to-back Memorial Cups in 2009 and '10.
Of course, what can you expect from a team that featured the likes of D Ryan Ellis, D Cam Fowler, G Philipp Grubauer, F Taylor Hall, F Adam Henrique, RW Zack Kassian and F Austin Watson?
Winning two CHL championships is a good way to get noticed by the big kids in the hockey business, and Boughner was hired as an assistant coach to Scott Arniel with the Blue Jackets in 2010-'11 before returning to Windsor a year later.
His second four-year stint with the Spitfires was nowhere near as good as his first (given, winning back-to-back titles is a tough act to replicate), as he only qualified Windsor for the OHL playoffs two times – both times falling in the first round.
Following 2014-'15's failure to reach the postseason, Boughner returned to the NHL as an assistant coach for DeBoer in San Jose, working primarily with D Brent Burns and the defense. The Sharks found much success in Boughner's two years with the club, as they qualified for their first-ever Stanley Cup Finals in 2016.
And that brings us to present day. Since being hired as the Panthers head coach on June 12, he's led the club to a not-so-great 6-9-2 record that – as I indicated in my season preview – I blame almost entirely on General Manager Dale Tallon.
As the saying goes, "If it walks like a duck, flies like a duck and sounds like a duck, it's probably a duck." Well, these Panthers are definitely no Anaheim Ducks. Even though I'm sure Boughner – a former defenseman with 10 seasons of NHL experience – is telling his blueliners all his tips and tricks, Florida is the worst defense in the NHL as measured by shots against-per-game, as their 36.6 is 1.1 more than second-worst New Jersey.
Given the obnoxious number of shots it allows, perhaps it's no surprise Florida has registered the sixth-fewest blocks so far this season. I usually hold D Aaron Ekblad in high esteem, but as one of, if not the best defenseman on this team, his 1.5 blocks-per-game are definitely not cutting it.
Even D Andy Greene, who plays for a nominally better defense in Jersey, has managed 2.1 blocks-per-game this year. Good leaders lead by example, and Ekblad needs to do that if he wants any chance of a positive future for this Panthers organization – especially since he's locked in with this team until the end of the 2024-'25 season.
Maybe the Panthers are a more violent team; maybe that's how they are trying to play defense. Guess again, because Florida's 320 hits are fifth-fewest in the NHL.
Making matters worse, F Derek MacKenzie, whose 37 hits lead the team, is currently listed as day-to-day and it is uncertain if he'll be able to return to the ice for the first time since getting injured early in Saturday's game against the Devils. If he's not ready to play and D Alex Petrovic is still banished to the press box with his team-leading three hits-per-game, F Micheal Haley and his 1.8 hits-per-game would take over as the Panthers' primary muscle.
What all of this means is 3-3-1 G Roberto Luongo should probably be commended for his .919 save percentage and 3.09 GAA. He's doing the best he can to provide the league's (t)ninth-best offense a chance every night he takes to the crease.
Last thing about the Panthers before we talk Sharks real quick: that offense, though. Jonathan Huberdeau (7-14-21 totals) and Vincent Trocheck (8-10-18) are absolute studs, as they've racked up all those points on separate lines. Snoozing on Florida's offense is a recipe for disaster, and G Martin Jones would be wise to treat every attack from the top-two lines just like he would against the other team in the Sunshine State.
That's actually as good a transition as any, because 10-6-0 San Jose makes a living out of rejecting even the best of offenses, allowing a league-leading 2.25 goals against-per-game.
Perhaps Boughner can use the Sharks' defense – the same defense he helped build – as a teaching tool for his club, because there's few blue lines in the league better than San Jose's. Though 8-4-0 Jones has been solid with his .925 save percentage, it's the fact that D Justin Braun (2.4 blocks-per-game), D Brenden Dillon (3.1 hits-per-game) and co. have allowed only 28.8 shots against-per-game that has earned the Sharks third place in the Pacific Division.
In my opinion, one of the best indicators of a really good defense is finding success with a man in the penalty box. The Sharks pass that test with flying colors (I can only assume those colors are teal and orange), as their 88.5 percent kill rate is second-best in the NHL. Considering the Panthers' power play is (t)12th-worst in the league, they shouldn't have too much trouble keeping those numbers up tonight.
Florida's offense squares up rather nicely with San Jose's defense, and the Sharks' sixth-worst attack might find it in them to struggle against the Panthers' defense. If that proves to be the case, I give the edge to San Jose since it's playing at home and it has Jones at its disposal.
With a third period hat trick by First Star of the Game F Artem Anisimov, the Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Rangers 6-3 at the United Center in yesterday's DtFR Game of the Day.
Anisimov's (F Patrick Kane and Second Star F Nick Schmaltz) first goal of the game wasn't struck until the 1:07 mark of the third period, leaving him only 18:53 to complete his performance. After F John Hayden (D Cody Franson and D Duncan Keith) set the score at 3-1 46 seconds after Anisimov's first goal, the Russian struck again (Franson and Schmaltz) at the 5:14 mark with a power play wrist shot.
Since his second goal proved to be the game-winner, I suppose we'll let it be the most important of Anisimov's night, but his tip-in with 3:48 remaining in regulation (Schmaltz and RW Richard Panik) to send headgear flying has to earn silver. That tally set the score at 5-3 and was followed 2:18 later by C Jonathan Toews' (Panik and D Brent Seabrook) fifth marker of the season to set the 6-3 final on an empty net.
Making tonight's win even sweeter for the Hawks, it technically counts as a come-from-behind victory due to C Mika Zibanejad's (F Chris Kreider and W Pavel Buchnevich) wrister 9:58 into the first period. He gave the Rangers a one-goal advantage that lasted 29:10 before Third Star W Alex DeBrincat (Panik and Keith) sneaked a wrister past G Henrik Lundqvist with 52 seconds remaining in the second period to level the game.
The Blueshirts also put up a strong fight in the middle of the final frame, as they scored two goals between Anisimov's second and third. F Kevin Hayes (W Mats Zuccarello and W Rick Nash) takes credit for the first at the 7:08 mark with a wrister, followed 4:48 later by an unassisted Nash backhanded shot to set the score at 4-3 in favor of Chicago. Momentum was certainly on New York's side at that moment, but the fact that the Hawks' defense allowed only nine shots on goal in both the second and third periods put a halt to that positive energy rather quickly.
G Corey Crawford earned the victory after saving 25-of-28 shots faced (.893 save percentage), leaving the loss to Lundqvist, who saved 30-of-34 (.882). King Henrik was lifted after Anisimov's second goal in favor of G Ondrej Pavelec, who completed the game saving seven-of-eight (.875) for no decision.
Not only is this the second-straight 6-3 score in the DtFR Game of the Day series, but it's also the third-straight victory by the now 23-16-5 home teams who now have a six-point advantage over the roadies.


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Some nice scenes from various years from 1960 through 1993.
Some nice scenes from various years from 1960 through 1993.
I was convicted by the Lord to speak out on life issues after the 1) horrible Gosnell case became known; 2) 40th Anniversary of Legalized Abortion in the USA; 3) President Obama was a keynote speaker for Planned Parenthood. This trifecta of darkness disheartened me so much I felt I should see what I could do personally and what my church was doing. I feel especially close to the issue as so many millions of my Generation X were killed in this unspeakable wicked act; I could no longer remain silent.
In my dismay about where abortion has brought us, I stumbled across the story of King Baudouin I of Belgium, who I'm so sorry to say died in 1993 – way too early. In 1990 when Belgium was presented with a law legalizing abortion, Baudouin (an amazing Christian along with his wife, Fabiola) refused to give royal ascent by his signature. He even had to mount a campaign asking if it was just for the King to be the only Belgian not permitted to act in accordance with his conscience. A political maneuver was devised by the Prime Minister to declare the King unable to rule, have the governing body act in his stead to give ascent and then declare him again able to rule. An albeit awkward yet effective device, no doubt.
Even Belgians who were for the law respected his resolute adherence to his deep faith. Many people have incorrectly attributed his refusal to the tragedy of five miscarriages suffered by his wife which left them childless, but that is not the reason at all, although that is heartbreaking given the beautiful nature and faith of this couple. No, the reason for this was he absolutely believed that life is to be cherished from beginning to end and that each life has value.
In the Evangelium vitæ n. 62 of Pope John Paul II, he writes, "No circumstance, no purpose, no law whatsoever can ever make licit an act which is intrinsically illicit, since it is contrary to the Law of God which is written in every human heart, knowable by reason itself, and proclaimed by the Church."
You know, the preeminent children's hospital in Brussels is the Queen Fabiola Children's University Hospital. What cruel twist of human failing would introduce the criminality of such an illicit act in an institution named for a devout outstanding Christian woman, one who lost five babies herself.
Sadly, the new monarch, King Philippe, so close to his uncle Baudouin and partially raised by Baudouin and Fabiola, had an outstanding opportunity to reflect the same brave dedication to faith shown by his uncle by refusing to provide royal ascent to the child euthanasia law, but did not act in kind. It would have been dramatic bookends, bracketing just how far down the path we've strayed from a basic respect for human life.
King Baudouin was a champion of life and still inspires us today to reach out in faith and love for the dignity and value of each life.


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In August, the Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Snowmass Village hosted Making the Change They Want to See, a symposium featuring artists who are tackling social injustices through film, sculpture, photography, and performance. Steve McQueen, Academy Award-winning Director of 12 Years a Slave, was the keynote speaker. McQueen talks about his evolution through art and filmmaking, offers his advice to young artists, and discusses his new work.
Learn more about the Anderson Ranch Arts Center at www.andersonranch.org.


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With over 250,000 gallons of paint splashed all over the world of dance floors, extravagant interactive stage productions, over the top LED wall installations and extreme multi-colored laser light shows it's no surprise that they've now enlisted one of the most in demand touring sound companies that has been synonymous with quality, hand made speakers since day 1 – PK SOUND.
The reality is that with as many technological advances happening in the music festival industry with lighting, stage designs, exotic locations (and a new 'headliner every 5 minutes) it's been ages since someone successfully made revolutionary changes in the speaker industry. After all – it's the music (coming from the speakers) that we're all attending music festivals for right?
So what is it about PK Sound that has festival producers jumping at the chance of being 'Powered by PK?' From going on full tours with Excision, Datsik, Diplo's 'Mad Decent Block Party' and even on 2 stages at EDC Las Vegas & Mexico City; it is the experience of a full dynamic range of frequencies giving you the cleanest & fullest bass possible. Featuring crystal clear mids & highs which they've creatively re-designed using mid-high & 'super high' drivers, they deliver a virtually distortion free signal to the human ear and even all of your cell phone recordings. I personally had the privilege of seeing first hand and jumping on the nearly indestructible subwoofer drivers and stepping into the 'torture chamber' where they test the speakers at full blast (for 1,000 hours blasting proper dubstep and drum & bass) and can attest that the team behind PK lives & breaths their love and passion for dance music – which their product shows. All this plus more bundled into a robotic system for easy setups that can communicate over an Ethernet network between the speakers and FOH, and the ability to move the cones in the speakers to properly direct your sound without altering the signal digitally makes PK's Trinity a leader of it's own kind!
The story of PK Sound is one of an avid bass music DJ/producer and genius engineer (Subvert aka Jeremy Bridge) who's longing for a better experience for dance music lovers at festivals that play music 24/7 over multiple days motivated him to create this immensely gracious gift that we all get to now enjoy and experience. What started as a test for one stage at Shambhala Festival has now grown through its own organic matter to present day, ready to rattle everyone's souls that will be attending Life In Color's 10 year anniversary with ground shattering bass.
Likewise, that passion and dedication for bringing A-grade caliber events to its attendees lives deep within the team behind Life In Color. Although the days of using neon highlighters & black lights on the walls of college dorms, or filling up super soakers with paint to squirt attendees from the stage are long gone – the joy, excitement and anticipation of that 'Paint Blast' continues to spread as they eloquently continue to grow the global footprint of the Life In Color brand, now expanding to nearly every continent in the world!
It's been astonishing to see the addictive manner in which LIC has propelled itself on to the dance music world and is no surprise they are celebrating their 10 year anniversary with one of its biggest lineups to date featuring Diplo, Carnage, Marshmello, Young Thug, Seven Lions, TriTonal, Illenium, Desiigner, Mija, Ookay, Solano, Doctor P, Bonnie x Clyde, and Fresko. That intense lineup is being split between two distinctly urban environments that will also feature live graffiti art by some of Miami's finest, a wide array of multi-cultural food trucks and a variety of live elements you will have to see in person at the Mana and RC Cola Plant in Wynwoon. Described as "the perfect venue to host the paint party to end all paint parties", Life in Color can now call Miami's art district of Wynwood home.
So get ready, don't forget your most white outfit possible and prepare to be part of the flagship Life In Color Miami festival which boasted 25,000 attendees in 2016 – and if you don't get to attend, be on the look out for the cinematic recap films that are sure to have paint blasts on beautiful people all over them!


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Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Reaffirmation of Accreditation
August 24, 2015
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges Accreditation Continued
On June 15, 2015, the Higher Learning Commission's Institutional Actions Council (IAC) continued the reaffirmation of accreditation of Illinois Eastern Community Colleges until 2024-25. This action follows an accreditation visit in April 2015 by a five member Higher Learning Commission (HLC) Peer Review Team.
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges operates a four college system which includes Frontier Community College in Fairfield, Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Olney Central College in Olney, and Wabash Valley College in Mt. Carmel. The last review and approval for accreditation occurred in 2005 with a monitoring report on assessment of student learning. The recent visit focused on five accreditation criteria established by HLC: Mission; Integrity: Ethical and Responsible Conduct; Teaching and Learning: Quality, Resources, and Support; Teaching and Learning: Evaluation and Improvement; and Resources, Planning, and Institutional Effectiveness.
In preparation for the visit, IECC prepared an assurance argument, a federal compliance report, and submitted over 400 supporting documents online to the HLC and the Peer Review Team. These reports and documents provided an electronic portfolio for the team to review prior to the on-campus visit which documented and supported IECC's progress and achievement in meeting the criteria for accreditation and federal compliance requirements.
The HLC Peer Review found sufficient evidence that IECC met all five accreditation criteria required by the Higher Learning Commission and recommended that the Institutional Actions Council approve and continue the accreditation of IECC. The Higher Learning Commission approved the recommendation and continued the accreditation of IECC.
"I am pleased with the Higher Learning Commission's reaffirmation of IECC's accreditation and wish to thank the faculty, staff, students, and alumni for all the hard work during the reaccreditation process, says Terry L. Bruce, CEO. The Board, faculty and staff have always been confident in the strength of IECC's four colleges and the effectiveness of the education provided by Frontier Community College, Lincoln Trail College, Olney Central College, and Wabash Valley College. The action of the Commission reaffirms the strengths of IECC."


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