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"Bring me the head of John the Baptist on a platter!" Matthew 14:8
The beheading of John the Baptist happened 2000 years ago because John was brave enough to convict Herod of wrong doing in God's eyes. Today many Christians are being beheaded just for being Christian. In Pakistan, a Christian couple was beaten and burned in an brick making oven after being accused of burning the Koran. They were just bringing out the trash as part of their job in a brick making factory.
Pastor Kevin White has shepherded a flock of 6000 Christians and a minority of Jews in Iraq for a decade. He has played a key role in freeing hostages as the envoy of the Bishop of Canterbury. But because of the advance of Islamic terrorists, more than a thousand members of his congregation have been murdered including some of his staff and some children. From 6000 they are now 1000 including the remaining 6 Jews in the place where Abraham was born.
Just like in Jesus' day, when Herod tried to stop John from proclaiming the truth, we can be sure that no amount of persecution will stop God's work. Beheadings, burnings, silencing of Christians will not halt the spread of the Gospel. God's Kingdom advances!!! We can be sure if that!
"I cannot carry all this people by myself, for they are too heavy for me." Numbers 11:14
Poor Moses! Asked to lead a people through the wilderness to the land of Canaan, their promised land. The Jews were always grumbling, even though they witnessed miracles and wonders. They actually longed to go back to their life of slavery in Egypt! I think it is but natural that Moses would complain to God about the responsibility given to him. Sometimes we complain too. When our backs start aching. When the task at hand seems thankless. When no one seems to realize how hard we are working. When we feel unappreciated. When we feel our load is just too heavy.
Sometimes when we need to assemble something, we get frustrated at the instructions. Sometimes we even want to give up! The instructions are just too complicated to understand! What to do? We need to look at the box cover to see what the bits and pieces will look like once the work is over. We need to see the outcome.
I think it is the same with our work for the Lord. Take my job, for instance. I have so much to do, it can seem overwhelming at times. Never ending. Too many details to remember and follow through on. When I get frustrated, I just need to look at the big picture. What is God's plan? Our business is almost 50 years old, and sometimes, because of the many little and big things that need to be done, I can feel we are travelling through a never ending wilderness. But God has led us through that wilderness even if sometimes we did not know what we were doing. Step by step, he gets us through the challenges. There has not been a single time he left us to cope on our own. How many people has He helped through our business though the years? How many people has He inspired and encouraged? Yes, we are all pilgrims on a journey, and we always need to focus on the big picture, the picture on the box, the vision God paints for us in His word.
"Since you have heard and read all about Him and have learned the truth...there must be a spiritual renewal of your thoughts and attitudes. You must display a NEW NATURE because you are a NEW PERSON..." Ephesians 4:21-24
Last Saturday we celebrated the 10th anniversary of Pathways Ministry, a prayer group under our community which ministers to all kinds of peoples from different walks of life. I was so inspired listening to several testimonies of changed lives. Marriages broken by infidelity and bitterness were mended. A drug addict caught in an entrapment now serving the Lord. A businessman whose priority was advancement in his career now puts God first. If I turn the flashlight on my life, I cannot say there has been a dramatic change. There was no big bad sin in my past that I needed to turn away from. But I still need a spiritual renewal of my thoughts and attitudes. I need a change in the way I speak. I need to be kinder, and more loving. And I especially need patience! I know I can be a really horrible person. And if I let the world influence the way I think, I can become greedy, acting entitled all the time, combative, and unkind. I have to be careful about what and who I surround myself with. It is just too easy to fall into the enemy's traps!!!!
Do we want to be a new person, the best we can be? Then we need to look for people who will help us to become that person! We have to read good books and we need to refrain from watching TV shows and movies that will influence us in the other direction. We need to be purposeful in pursuing that "new man or woman created in God's image". But we do not go off on this quest alone- "Be confident of this, He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion." Philippians 1:6
"You shall bring the first fruits of your harvest to the priest..." Leviticus 23:10-11
Paul Washer is an evangelist I regularly listen to for his earnest and heart rending preaching. He said that although most people stop reading the Bible because of tediousness of the book of Leviticus, that is where we can find biblical principles to live our life by. The main focus of the book of Leviticus is that God is holy and we should worship Him.
Although Leviticus shows us how free we are in Christ, how the demands of God's holiness are met in Christ, it also shows us what is important to God. For instance, how serious some sins are because of the punishment meted out for it. Here in Leviticus 23, we see how God wants us to offer Him our first fruits. Not because He needs it, but because it is part of our worship.
I have tithed ever since I was single and I have found that He really takes care of me and all that I need, and even provides for helping others. I remember when my brother in law found it hard to tithe and my sister would keep convincing him to do so. He could not imagine giving the money away when he was having a hard time providing for his family. He even wanted to go abroad in search of a better livelihood. But out of obedience to God, he decided to tithe. Now he has a thriving practice, has enough money to travel around the world, and help generously where it is needed.
God is indeed faithful and I have witnessed that indeed, obedience brings blessing!
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|Painting by Susan Klahr
Eve expelled from the Garden by an angel,
anguished as she walks alone into the world,
deprived of Eden,
deprived of Adam's understanding and support,
deprived of intimacy with her God,
all for the desire for knowledge.
Eve, unaware that all anguish is transitory.
Eve, unaware that God and Adam were the true intimates,
to the exclusion of her and her kind.
Eve, unaware that the wisdom of the world
brings the gift of light, sweet light.
Behind her, angelic vengeance.
Behind her, the weakness of Man and his fate.
Behind her, the dark verdancy of oblivion.
But before her, before her (if she only knew),
wisdom gained from the flesh of fruit would lead her
to the benevolent caress,
the delight of dance,
the healing power of flesh
moving to the sound of drums.
by Donna Snyder
Written from paintings by Susan Klahr and dedicated to her memory. Painting is shared with the permission of Ms.Klahr's family.
This poem is a selection from the upcoming Girl God Anthology: Jesus, Muhammad and The Goddess.
Donna Snyder was born into a family of Southern Baptists in a rural community in North Texas. She began her process of leaving organized religion when she was eleven years old. In her mid twenties she worked and lived in Navajo Indian Country which solidified her certainty that any belief system has meaning and power for its followers.
Donna lives in El Paso, Texas. Her third book of poems, The Tongue Has its Secrets is forthcoming from NeoPoiesis Press in 2015. Her work appears frequently in Red Fez, VEXT Magazine, and elsewhere. Until recently, she worked as an activist attorney for indigenous people, immigrant workers, and people with disabilities. Her blog is poetry from the frontera.
Susan Klahr was born in the Bronx, lived in Cape Breton in Nova Scotia for several years, and moved to El Paso, Texas in 1982, where she died in 2010. She was one of the first two people to get a Masters in Art from the University of Texas at El Paso, and went on to become one of UTEP's most respected members of the faculty of working artists. Over her career, Klahr exhibited various places in North America, from Toronto to New York, from Halifax to Salt Lake City, and elsewhere.

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Operation Center remains at a partial activation. There are still many uncertainties with the possible impact of this storm. A shift in the storms path to the left (west) or the right (east) will look very different. The EOC will be fully activated at noon Thursday, October 6.
• Hendry County Schools will be closed Thursday, Oct. 6 and Friday, Oct. 7
• Hendry County government offices will be closed Thursday, Oct. 6 and Friday, Oct. 7
• City government offices in Clewiston – hours to be determined later today
• City government offices in LaBelle open Thursday until noon.
• General Population Shelters will be open in the following locations (no pets allowed except service animals) The American Red Cross will be staffing the shelters with area volunteers beginning at 8 a.m. Thursday.
• Clewiston Middle School, 601 W. Osceola Ave, Clewiston
• LaBelle Middle School, 8000 E. Cowboy Way, LaBelle
• The Special Needs Shelter – West Glades School (pre-registration was required and applications are no longer being accepted for this storm event)
There will be NO trash/garbage or recycle pickup in Hendry County, the City of LaBelle or Clewiston for Thursday, Oct 6th. Next scheduled pickup will be the regular pickup day. The Clewiston transfer station will be allowing unincorporated residents to bring their waste free of charge to the transfer station on Saturday, Oct. 8th from 8 a.m. to noon.
If you have any type of yard (political) sign in your yard, please pick it up and store it securely until after the storm.
Voluntary Evacuations are recommended for those living in low-lying areas prone to flooding and high-risk structures such as R.V.'s, mobile homes and manufactured homes. This is not a mandatory evacuation at this time.


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These days a Web-connected computer simply can't be without security software. Many different types of security protection are available; here are the best of each.
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The next password manager in The Tech Herald's series of reviews is KeePass. KeePass could best be described as a small and portable warehouse for your passwords. We took KeePass 2.08 for a spin, with the goal of working out why this little application is so popular and so recommended. Here's what we discovered.


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The Fullness of Now
Artist: Charles Emerson
Title: The Fullness of Now
Dimensions: 75cm x 50cm
Medium: Photographic Print, printed with Ultrachrome Pigment Inks onto Gold Fibre Silk 310gsm
Edition size :- 20
This work is from a new series of photographs Charles is releasing in October 2013, an extention of his Flower series
Charles creates photographs that experiment with the boundaries between painting and photography. This work captures the moment in which a flower is submerged in water and inks.
Charles' flower series draws on the composition and lighting values of still life paintings. Influenced by the use of symbolism in Dutch Vanitas, Charles has created his own symbolic imagery, in which he explores ideas of fragility in life, death and the hereafter.
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Demystifying accessible name
When it comes to creating accessible products, understanding the interactions between different technologies and the code we write is very helpful. In this post, Joe Watkins talks about accessible name–what it is, how to apply it, and why it's such an integral tool in the accessibility toolkit.
How can I do this better?
Nothing makes us happier than knowing there are people out there just as eager as we are when it comes to making the digital world better for everyone.
Starting the conversation: report from Accessibility Scotland
When Kevin White found himself longing for people to talk with about the challenges of accessibility work, he didn't just go online and join a meetup group; he decided to organize a conference with his peers. Here is Kevin's report on the first-ever Accessibility Scotland conference, held last September in Edinburgh.
Listening to the web, part three: working with screen readers
In the previous article, we unveiled the magic behind semantic code and using native elements in designing usable sites. Remembering to keep a mindset of accessibility and inclusivity, we journey onward in the third and final article in this series. Destination: screen readers. You'll come away with everything you need to know to get your hands dirty when it comes to designing, developing for, and testing your sites with screen readers.
Listening to the web, part two: it's all semantics
Building upon our accessibility mindset, in this part of Scott Vinkle's three-part series we journey into the land of accessible code. We cover the basics of writing semantic HTML, and we explore why native HTML elements are so effective in creating highly user-friendly websites.
Listening to the web, part one: thinking in accessibility
Before we can boldly venture into the world of semantic HTML and screen readers, we must establish a solid foundation of thinking in accessibility. In this post, developer Scott Vinkle reminds us of the importance of creating and maintaining a mindset of inclusive thinking.
Supporting the keyboard for mobile
Keyboard support means you have the freedom to use your hardware in the way that is most efficient and effective for you, which is really the whole point of inclusive design. But how do we get to keyboard accessibility for touch interfaces?
GAAD: Carrots, sticks, and accessibility in Japan
With Braille support and wheelchair accommodations prevalent in every major city, inclusive and people-centered design seems to be a way of life in Japan.
GAAD: Inclusive education and the Samoa experience
It doesn't really matter whether we're discussing children or adults; it doesn't matter whether we're talking about access in Samoa or in your own country: accessibility is the same everywhere you go.
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Belkin iPod TuneBase FM
The Belkin iPod TuneBase FM has been out for more than a year. But, I just picked one up today. It has a lot of advantages over the Belkin TuneCast that I used a couple of years ago.
The TuneBase (pictured to the left) plugs into a car power adapter (AKA cigarette lighter) while the TuneCast used an AAA battery. One of the problems I had with the TuneCast is that the battery would rapidly die while driving. The TuneBase also charges a connected iPod which means that both the iPod and the TuneBase are powered and ready to go all the time.
The TuneBase can tune into arbitary frequencies while the TuneCast is limited to four fixed frequencies. This can be a problem if none of those four stations provide a clear signal to the car radio. The FM radio frequency is displayed on the iPod's screen when configuring the unit. This makes it pretty easy to quickly configure the system with your car radio.
The sturdy looking flexible arm can be adjusted to get it out of the way of other dashboard controls. I am kind of concerned about how much pressure it puts on the cigarette lighter though. I think the best thing to do is to use two hands to insert and remove an iPod from the TuneBase.


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|The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation and Union County Foundation Announce New Garden and Greenspace Fund to Benefit Union County
Hometown Grant Program to Promote Local Greenspace Development,
Marysville, Ohio (August 20, 2018) –– Today, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation announcedthe creation of its Hometown Community Garden and Greenspace Grant Fund with The UnionCounty Foundation. The fund was opened to mark the 150th anniversary of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company and to further support the development of thriving gardens and greenspaces in itsbackyard of Marysville, Ohio.
The fund is part of The Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation's commitment to bring the life-enhancingbenefits of gardens and greenspaces to more people and more communities, especially in itshometown of Union County. The grant program symbolizes the 100th fund opened at The UnionCounty Foundation and helps further its mission of enhancing the quality of life for localresidents.
"We look forward to seeing the impact of this grant program on our community and its well-beingfor years to come," said Dave Vollrath, Executive Director of The Union County Foundation."We're proud to partner with ScottsMiracle-Gro to bring more gardens and greenspaces into thelives of our residents."
Residing in the Marysville community since 1868, The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is deeplyrooted in Union County. The corporate headquarters sits only a few miles from where thecompany was founded 150 years ago, and ScottsMiracle-Gro attributes the local community'ssupport as a critical factor in its success.
"This is a very special time for ScottsMiracle-Gro as we celebrate our 150th anniversary andreflect back on our company's rich history," said Jim King, president and chairman of The ScottsMiracle-Gro Foundation. "A big piece of that reflection is giving back to the local community that helpedour roots grow so strong."
In its inaugural year, the Hometown Community Garden and Greenspace Grant Fund willsupport all types of community-driven greenscape projects, including community gardens,school gardens, athletic field refurbishments, beautification efforts, park restorations, and more.All nonprofit organizations having a primary impact in Union County are welcomed to apply.
The 2018 application is available online now at www.unioncountyfoundation.org under "grantsand scholarships." The deadline for application submission is October 8, 2018. Monetary grantsup to $2,000, as well as product donations, are awarded based on community impact, youthengagement, and sustainability, among other factors. Winners will be announced later this fall.
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This is a sponsored article on behalf of Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
Whatever the weather this Easter, Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park has to be one of London's top spots to enjoy it. There are over 560 acres of gorgeous greenery to explore, and events galore for those with and without little ones in tow. Plus, it's open 24/7, so whether you're an owl, a lark, or anything in between, discover the Park this spring.
1. Relive your youth at Bricks in the Sky...
This Easter, ArcelorMittal Orbit plays host to a series of models of iconic world landmarks — made of Lego! Fans young and not-so-young can travel the world at Bricks in the Sky, from the Eiffel Tower to the Empire State Building. Make your own Lego sculpture and you could contribute to the London skyline. 2-10 April
2. ... at night with a glass of fizz
Plus big kids (over 18) will love the special evening opening Bricks in the Sky Late. A glass of prosecco and the lit-up London beyond should help those creative juices flow. 8 April
3. Get fit for free with APAP
Cancel your gym membership — Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will turn you into an Olympian (or thereabouts) for free! There are daily classes from Monday circuit training to Sunday running groups. Try hula hoop fitness, dance aerobics, parkour, tai chi and more. Daily
4. Go footie mad at Soccer Six
Get tickets to catch your favourite celebs from Game of Thrones, Geordie Shore and more battling it out on the football pitch at the Soccer Six 2016 tournament. 26 March
5. Tour the Park with the experts
Take a tour with a Blue Badge guide and discover the Park's transformation as well as the area's local history. There's nothing the Blue Badge guides don't know — just try them! Wednesdays and Saturdays
6. Float through the sights
For a more relaxing tour, float down the river that runs through the park, passing beautifully landscaped gardens and the iconic venues from the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games while learning about the Park. Daily
7. Take a self-guided stroll
Take a self-guided stroll on one of the themed trails. Pick up a map or print one out at home, and discover little-known stories, 2012 history, public art or flora and fauna. Plus there's a special trail with secret missions for children. Daily
8. Go for a Santander cycle
Santander bikes have landed at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park with eight docking stations, so hop on and go for a two-wheeled wander around the glorious grounds. Daily
9. Drop the kids off at a free class
Bring the kids to Timber Lodge Cafe this Easter for free fun inclusive sports, from boccia to tennis to new age kurling. Turn up between 11.30am and 4.30pm and see what's on. 29-31 March
10. Go crazy with BMX
Hit up the Lee Valley VeloPark where older kids can pick up BMX and mountain bike skills like jumps, flips and dirt track slides or get some track etiquette, while littler ones learn to ride, with the help of games. 25 March-17 April
11. Swim in the lanes of Olympic greats
Londoners of all ages can splash about in the former Olympic training pool, with swimming courses and AquaSplash classes this Easter. 25 March-9 April
12. Train up with the London Lions
7-18 year olds have an awesome chance to play with the pros this Easter. They'll learn to shoot and dunk with experience basketball coaches, plus they can see the Lions live. 30 March-17 April
13. Leave the children to get sporty and creative
Bring your 4-12 year olds to the Copper Box Arena for a healthy alternative to the traditional holiday camps with Fit For Sport. Kids will get crafty, play games and keep moving! 29 March-8 April
14. Eat and drink E20-style
Tuck into home-cooked locally-sourced food at the Podium Bar & Kitchen at the base of the Orbit, or a well-earned coffee and cake at the Timber Lodge Café. Or, if the weather holds, watch the sun go from the outdoor decking area with a glass of wine.
15. Just enjoy the Park!
Take a relaxing walk with with friends, go for a jog, bring a picnic, take the dog... the choices are endless! Just don't miss Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this Easter.
For more information on offerings, events and access, visit the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park website or follow them on Twitter @noordinarypark and Facebook.


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Expressive work. The sea or ocean, I do not know.. But a photo good
Ocean Evgeny . Thank you my friend ! Regards , Barry )))
With day of independence you my friend:-)
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I'm 3 years into my autism journey. At the beginning, when the shit first hit the fan, I was in a total fog of disbelief, trying to accept it, learning about it, adapting to it, and grieving hard for the child I felt I had lost. Even though my child was still with me. I loved him, but our future was bleak and uncertain.
Somebody, somewhere, with more years on their journey, told me "it does get easier".
This week, I've had different autism mum's from different areas of my life all say things to me about this concept of things getting easier, and it's made me question whether or not this is really true.
Does it ever really get easier?
I'm 3 years into our autism journey, not exactly an old timer, but definitely not a newbie anymore. When I clock a parent sitting alone at a SEN event, looking a bit lost, I'll always sit down and have a chat with them. It's a personal mission of mine, as I remember being where they are, and I don't ever want anyone to feel as alone as I did back then.
I ask about their child. Listen to their feelings about the impending or recent diagnosis. I tell them they're not alone with this and I've been where they are. Although they've just started to walk a path they didn't choose… there's an army of us all walking it too. And we all stick together. That's a beautiful fact.
And I've said it to them sincerely, "It does get easier".
We get used to the diagnosis. We get used to talking about it with others. We become used to our child behaving differently to other kids. We learn more about autism. We start to parent in a different way. We learn about how they see the world. We adapt our hopes and dreams for our child. We start to suss out the system. We find other autism parents. People who 'get it'.
So it does get easier. I'm sure of that.
Then I listened to two autism mum's this week. I listen to the mum with the high functioning child with PDA, who comes home from school and punches her in the face because of the anxieties he's built up through the school day. Violent outbursts are regular. She can't take him out at the weekend because his anxieties are too high for her to socialise him with other children; so she feels trapped in her own home.
I listen to the mum with the severely autistic, non verbal child, who has given up hope of ever hearing her child speak, or make a friend. She worries daily about looking after him as an adult, and is already planning his care when she dies. He's only 6.
Does it really get easier? It didn't seem to me like these mum's felt so.
In my personal experience, I do believe that life overall has got easier. The Pickle has changed and adapted, and so have we. The challenges we have though on a day to day basis, are very real…
You can't change it. You can't fix it. It's the permeance of it that can make it so overwhelming.
I started to think about what gets me through the difficult days. And I believe it is the support I have around me.
It's the family who love and accept him, who take him for an afternoon when I need a break.
It's the friends who listen and understand, who never judge or tell me what I should do… because they get it. They're living it too. And when all is said and done, we can meet up, drink coffee (with a little vodka on a bad day!) and believe it or not, we can all laugh hard about the crazy lives we lead. It keeps us sane.
It's the friends without kids, who take me out for dinner and drinks and let me just be myself for a few hours again.
It's my daughter. I feel a little nervous of admitting this one… I am very lucky to have her. I don't love her any more or any less than the Pickle, but she has given me back some of what I lost. I love the Pickle to the moon and back, he is who he is, and I love him for who he is. He's amazing, and funny, and clever. Autism is a part of who he is. But as a parent, when we got that diagnosis, it was hard to come to terms with the realisation that my dreams and wishes for the baby that I held in my arms, were never mine to have.
I think things do get easier. But there will always be those days… when you just want to curl up and disappear. The days where you have nothing left. And it's those days where the support you surround yourself with, will pull you through to fight the next one.
So my advice to any parents starting their autism journey, whatever your child's age, developmental stage, high functioning or severe… it is no better or worse than anyone else's journey. We're all going through it together. Different challenges, same diagnosis. Always say yes to help. Don't be proud, don't try to do it all alone. It's the village that surrounds you, that will keep you afloat when you feel like you're drowning.
Set yourself up with the right tools you need to do the job. That's what every successful workmen does!
Today might feel like the worst day of your life… but hang in their dear one; you are enough.
It will get easier.


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Researchers at UC San Diego looked at the drinking patterns of nearly 1,000 pregnant women. They found that the hazards of drinking are greatest at the end of the first trimester, causing physical deformities as well as behavioral and cognitive problems.
The babies showing these signs were born to both heavy and light drinkers. Researchers say women who are trying to becoming pregnant should avoid drinking entirely.


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The Matter of India
John Bayley
In that great study of early narrative, Epic and Romance, W.P. Ker suggested that there were two kinds of story going in the Dark Ages, roughly defined in the terms of his title. In a European and, more specifically, a British context, he was inclined to think that Celtic stories dealt in magic and 'wondrous matters', while Anglo-Saxon poems and Norse sagas preferred the facts. There might be dragons and monsters on both sides, but a Nordic monster, like Grendel in Beowulf, was an altogether more convincing affair than his Celtic counterpart. Ker conceded that the two traditions often came together and got mixed up: but in keeping with the racial ideas of his time he argued for two distinct types of creative imagination.
The remarkable, and to many incomprehensible, success of The Lord of the Rings shows that Ker's concepts are not entirely fossilised, even today. Gentrified and emasculated as it is by Edwardian, Wind in the Willows-type fantasy, the world of Tolkien's narrative still has some genuine ingredients from Dark Age epic and romance. Nor does it seem improbable that its success may have had some underground influence on other British fiction of the time, however seemingly different. Narrative can make fantasy out of stirring past events, or it can make pseudo-epic. Does J.G. Farrell take the Celtic line in The Siege of Krishnapur, and Paul Scott follow a more plodding and literal Anglo-Saxon formula in the four-novel sequence of The Raj Quartet?
There might be something in that. I suspect, for one thing, that those who cannot read Tolkien find Paul Scott heavy going too. Although one is writing about elves and hobbits, and the other about Indians and English, both are decidedly Anglo-Saxon in their approach. This has its own drawbacks and its own kinds of advantage. Paul Scott's India is entirely believable. The reader is speedily convinced that everything happened exactly as he says it happened: that India in the last days of the Raj really was like this; that Indians and Anglo-Indians, soldiers and police, missionaries and civilians, behaved just this way and felt about one another just this way. Nothing is 'made up' except the story, and that is not very much made up either. Then shouldn't this be as impressive in its own way as War and Peace or that Anglo-Saxon chronicle so much beloved by Russians, The Forsyte Saga? Alas, no. Art does not work like that, even with a writer as talented, industrious and conscientious as Paul Scott. Art abhors a vacuum, and Scott's sequence seems to be founded upon a wholly negative principle: the careful avoidance of anything romantic, dashing or phantasmagorical: the avoidance of Kim, of the Plain Tales, of the Marabar Caves and their echo, of the riddle of just what happened to Adela Quested. All the strangeness of India so artfully concocted by other writers, all its imputed, paradoxes and enchantments, all the stories made up about it, must be scrupulously forgone.
The evidence of the work suggests that this was conscious policy on Scott's part. It does him honour but it does not justify itself, either in terms of history – 'how it was' – or in terms of the novel. The two are in fact not so far apart, for both are made by the individual, who puts himself into them, puts in his 'life illusion', as John Cowper Powys called it, his unconscious fears and desires. History will not work without fiction, or at least the fictive principle, which Scott renounced as far as he could. This of course amounts to choosing a principle of another kind, but a negative one, based on the rejection of the positive model. Thus the story of Dr Aziz and Adela Quested becomes in Scott's Quartet the story of Hari Kumar and Daphne Manners. This story is far more likely to have taken place, in the world of fact, than is the dramatic fantasy divided cunningly into acts, with a catastrophe and a dénouement, which Forster concocted. Scott's story is at once meagre and over-documented, laboured but obscure, and it dwindles away just as unsatisfactorily as such things do in life. Its potential interest is considerable, but disappears in the scrupulousness of the method, whereas the encounter of Aziz and Adela remains for ever memorable in the wholly but secretly unscrupulous medium of Forster's art.
Scott's intention was to keep himself out of the archival perspectives of the Raj Quartet, and he succeeded, but fatally. Just how fatally is shown by the admirable essays in My Appointment with the Muse, notably one called 'A Slight Case of Cultural Shock'. This gives a far more memorable glimpse of an Englishman in India than anything in his novels, and it gives it because Scott is himself present, telling us how he feels. He was invited by an old comrade, an Indian NCO, to the latter's house in a country village. The visit was a disaster, perhaps predictably, an illustration – magnified a hundred times by the Indian setting – of the old truth that a friend you make in one context will prove a total stranger in another. There is a spontaneity in this account quite lacking in the Indian novels, and the reason for this is made quite clear by some of the other essays in the collection. Scott was a theorist. He pondered, and pondered very intelligently, the problem of how he could write a novel, present his material in fictional form. He asked himself questions like 'In what does reality consist?' – and when the novelist asks himself that things begin to look bad.
He decided that where the novel was concerned reality consisted for him in 'a sequence of images': when arranged in sequence, such images 'tell a story'. In The Jewel in the Crown we have the image of Miss Crane, the missionary teacher, holding the hand of her dead Indian assistant, killed by rioters; the image of Daphne Manners running and running through the night streets, not so much escaping from what has happened to her as trying to rejoin it, to rejoin the hopeless situation of herself and the young Indian, Hari Kumar, who knows only England and English ways, and now finds himself having to live in India and be an Indian. But these things don't explain themselves: they have to be explained to us, and Scott explains them very well indeed, makes them very moving. In fact, it could almost be said that his characters are all the more convincing because we don't know them: a paradox that carries its own penalties and rewards.
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John Bayley discusses the following books:
The Raj Quartet, by Paul Scott: The Jewel in the Crown (Granada, 576 pp., £2.95, 1985, 0 58 603877 9);
The Day of the Scorpion (Granada, 576 pp., £2.95, 1985,0 58 603872 8)
The Towers of Silence (Granada, 464 pp., £2.95, 1985, 0 58 603800 0); A Division of the Spoils (Granada, 719 pp., £2.95, 1985, 0 58 604306 3)
Staying on by Paul Scott (Granada, 255 pp., £2.50, 1985, 0 58 604585 6)
My Appointment with the Muse: Essays and Lectures by Paul Scott (Heinemann, 175 pp., £14.95, 1985, 0 43 462600 7)
The Siege of Krishnapur by J.G. Farrell (Flamingo, 314 pp., £3.50, 1985, 0 00 654117 8)
After the Raj by David Rubin (University of New England Press, 197 pp., £13.95, 29 January 1986, 0 87 451383 9)
Patrick O'Brian's 'Jack Aubrey' novels are published by Collins and Picador. The most recent, The Reverse of the Medal (Fontana, 256 pp., £10.95, 0 00 222733 9), came out on 12 March 1986.
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Location: The area loosely referred to as the Boulder Mountain is located in Wayne and Garfield counties and includes Boulder Mountain, the Aquarius Plateau, Griffin Top and Escalante Mountain. It is roughly bounded and accessed by Highway 24 on the north, Highway 12 to the east and south and Forest Road 154 to the west.There are approximately 80 fishable lakes or ponds in the area. There are several Forest Service campgrounds at the major access points. Some of the best fishing at these lakes occurs in fall. Types of fish: The Boulder Mountain is best known for its brook trout. Lakes on the mountain also contain rainbow trout, cutthroat trout, tiger trout, splake, and grayling. How to fish: A popular technique is fishing a black marabou jig with spinning gear. A long rod will enable you to jig the lure near cover (vegetation, logs, etc). Flyfishers will generally do best using a sinking fly such as a wooly bugger, leech or scud pattern. The old reliable worm will also work. Special regulations apply to some of the lakes so check the proclamation. These are high elevation lakes so be prepared for any changes in weather.
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Sony Ericsson has announced its first full touch Walkman phone that is called the Yendo that combines music, social networking and communication in one colourful phone. The phone includes the four-corner touch UI found on the Xperia X10 and X10 mini pro and comes with the Touch Walkman player, Touch TrackID and PlayNow functions.
The Yendo features a 2.6-inch 320×240 touchscreen display, a 2 Megapixel camera, Bleuetooth and 3.5mm audio jack. It is pre-loaded with facebook, orkut and twitter applications. The handset supports GSM/EDGE 850/1900 and 900/1800 networks. It will be released in Q3 in Black, Blue, Green, Orange, Pink, Purple, Red, Silver, White and Yellow colors.Samsung Galaxy Beam i8520
Samsung has announced its Galaxy Beam i8520 Android smartphone with built-in pico projector. The Galaxy Beam is a smartphone running Android OS 2.1 with TouchWiz 3.0 UI.
It features a 3.7-inch 800×480 AMOELD touchscreen and built-in pico projector based on TI's DLP technology. It gets a 8 Megapixel camera with auto focus and LED flash, a VGA front camera, 16GB internal memory, AGPS, Bluetooth and WiFi.


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Augmented reality: the way forward for mobile advertising
Advertisers rapidly adjust to the advanced condition of technology, and advertising to modern people involves innovative utilization of fraxel treatments. Augmented reality is among the most enjoyable trends in modern advertising, and it has shown to be a very effective type of marketing.
Augmented reality was already used extensively and thru it, the virtual world is removed the tv or monitor, and in to the real atmosphere. Augmented realities could be utilized through products like wise phones, or perhaps through projections on our bodies.
This mixing from the real life using the virtual world may be the coming trend, and also the uses and programs of augmented reality still multiply.
The advertising potential of the new type of technologies are astronomical.
Adverts superimposed around the real-world atmosphere might be greatly lucrative, and also the groundbreaking ads presently being created through augmented reality are proof of this potential.
A sizable part of people around the globe own wise phones, and lots of information mill presently striving adverts only at that market.
Some ads in subway stations have digital overlays that may simply be utilized via a wise phone. These ads can also be triggered by pointing a wise phone camera at certain objects.
Lego uses augmented reality via cameras which will make the boxes of the items appear as virtual objects on the screen. The screen shows a 3-dimensional type of the finished Lego project instead of this area.
Probably the most promising trends in augmented the truth is the present growth and development of virtual reality glasses by Google. These glasses will have a small screen close to the user's right eye.
Oakley is developing similar glasses directed at athletes amongst others. Adverts tailored to customers of those glasses might be shown on the screens of those items later on, making augmented reality glasses as helpful to companies because they are to consumers.
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The crowds who filed into the Palace Theatre in downtown Los Angeles may have felt like they were stepping a century back in time.
The polished marble near the entrance gleamed, and the gold leaf around the giant pastoral murals that flank the theater's stage glistened. Eleven hundred brand-new red velvet seats awaited theatergoers there to watch Billy Wilder's 1950 classic, "Sunset Boulevard."
Sunday's three sold-out screenings marked the 100th anniversary of the venerable theater at 630 S. Broadway, which first opened its doors on June 26, 1911, as a vaudeville house.
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If you own an online business, responsive web design will help you target your audience browsing the internet through different devices easily. With the changing technology, a responsive website has emerged as a necessity for an entrepreneur. It does not matter whether you own a real estate business or an online store, people are browsing the internet from different screen sized devices to shop for multiple services.
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Recently acquired #1915/2000 up in Canada. It's a fun little car and get a lot of positive reactions to it.
A little history and introduction:
From what I understand of its history is it was brought up north, rally raced, and sold to various POs before me. It's obviously been a little abused in the past with some interesting modifications (not all bad). I'm slowly putting the TLC into it to restore it to its former glory and smooth out some of the rougher edges it has developed.
My New Problem:
It seems the engine has developed a stutter/violent loss of power above 4000RPM when pulling through the gears.
What I know: Off of boost there is no problem revving. In neutral I can rev to redline with no stutter whatsoever, which makes me believe this is related to the forced induction.
I have unfortunately yet to invest in various aftermarket gauges or sensors to help analyze this any deeper so all I have to go in is what I see and feel.
The stutter occurs just before 4000RPM and opening the throttle further will cause it to bog or choke while pushing full boost (based off the factory meter on the dash). I can milk it gently with the throttle above 4000 but as the turbo continues to wind up it'll eventually stutter and more throttle will cause it to bog and RPMS to drop (boost gauge still reads full though). Lot's of throttle causes it to start bucking as if about to stall.
Interestingly, within the first 5 minutes of coolant reaching normal operating temperatures I can pull through all the gears no problem. After about 10 minutes and the entire engine bay heating up is when this problem arises. If I shut the car down, let it cool, and start again, I can pull through all gears without stutter but then eventually run into the problem again.
The first thing I did was replace the plugs with BPR6ES and gapped to .028, thinking it was a spark blow out. That didn't fix it, so now I'm onto the next steps.
It'd be nice if someone has maybe seen this/had experience with this and has the surefire guaranteed answer, but I doubt that. So instead I'm hoping to get a little feedback as to where to go next and my best options.
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When I got the motor it had a coil on plug setup which I converted back to the regular coilpacks and wires. My plan is to reinstall the coil on plug setup and, if that cures the problem, I know it's related to ignition and will continue to replace the wires and coilpacks to try and fix it.
If that doesn't work, my next option are to look towards air and fuel delivery, as I'm guessing there's something wonky happening there. Maybe if it's starving for fuel it'd cause that stuttering followed by the ECU retarding the timing drastically to avoid knocking. I'm thinking maybe fuel pump and fuel filter as next on the list to try and replace, followed by taking a look at the injectors.
It currently has a K&N cone filter on and that seems to be the only modifications on the intake side. I'm wondering if it could possibly be a MAF issue or TPS or TB issues on the intake side either letting too much air/not enough air in. I don't think a turbo leak would cause these problems and I can't hear any noticeable whine or leaking sound but I could always do a leak test to see if there is a savage leak causing these problems.
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Yesterday, we went to the pet shop to buy another hamster, so that Ira wouldn't be left on his own. We came away with a tiny Roborovski, which looked about 5 weeks old. We've named her Gelasia. Before going to the shop, we double-checked Ira's gender, and we think he might actually be a she. Roborovski's are very difficult to sex but we now think that both Ira and Gel are actually girls.
Thankfully, they seem to get along well. We started by placing them both in the bath (while it was empty of course) so they could meet each other on neutral territory and so we could easily seperate them if they started to fight. Everything seemed amicable so we moved them to a tub with wood shavings in the bottom.
Later in the day, we put them both in Ira's cage. There was no fighting, just some gentle sparring while they both established their presence. We were very surprised to find that little Gel sometimes acts dominant over Ira.
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Bear Creek Trail For ATV Riding
The 4th most popular all terrain vehicle trail in Arkansas.
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Southwest of Little Rock and west of Kirby, the Bear Creek Trail is a 31 mile ATV trail system. The trails roll along the eastern shore of Lake Greeson through wooded hills.
Bear Creek Trail is 31 miles long with four access points for ATV riding, one of which is at Daisy State Park. Some sections of this trail are fairly level and great for beginners, especially around the Bear Creek area. Other sections are rated as challenging because of rugged terrain and steep hillsides. The trail, which was cut through the forest and utilizes no logging roads, is very scenic, running near Lake Greesons shoreline. It is mainly a motorcycle trail, though ATVs are allowed. The other three access points are also at campgrounds, offering a combination of camping and riding opportunities. The campsites range from primitive to Class A, which have electricity and bathrooms. There is no day-use fee for the trail.
Bear Creek Trail is located near Kirby, which is south of Hot Springs on U.S. 70.
From Texas, the easiest way to get there is to take Hwy 70 East out of DeQueen. Hwy 70 goes along the North side of Lake Greeson and goes by Daisy State Park. (Approximately 40 miles NE of DeQueen AR on Hwy 70).
Overall, Bear Creek Trail is the 4th most popular ATV riding trail of all 12 ATV trails in Arkansas.


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One Two, Buckle My Shoe
The picture above illustrates two nursery rhymes. At the top is Deedle, Deedle Dumpling, My Son John. At the bottom is Jack Sprat Who Could Eat No Fat.
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Although there is a reflection on the glass, I thought I would include this photo anyway. The picture is about two nursery rhymes that I don't know--Diddlety, Diddlety, Dumpty, The Cat Ran Up the Plum Tree… and Bow, Wow, Wow! Whose Dog Art Thou?
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I've moved to stellenbosch and I'm keen to join the gym but I don't have anyone to climb with. I do lead and/or toprope and I have a rope so let me know if you want to climb or if there is some kind of club in the area.
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One of our readers* (names and identifying info have been altered upon request) whom we shall call Justin, wrote to TheDatingGurus.com with a heartfelt plea for assistance with a profile review and re-write. Justin, a good-looking guy of 38 who lives in a small city on the west coast, explained that he had been through a string of bad relationships. His latest had just turned out to be a untrustworthy liar, cheating on him, while making him feel like he was the crazy one for being suspicious. He writes:
Despite all this, and despite weathering through depression and pretty severe social anxiety over the last few years, I am really committed to finding a special woman with whom I can share my life. I have been working hard on improving myself--I've been in therapy, I'm eating better, exercising, getting out and making new friends, overcoming my anxiety and fear, and getting myself out there to meet people. I decided to join match.com, and I want to put my best foot forward, so I had professional photos taken and really did research to make my profile as good as it can be. I tried eharmony a few years back, sort of a half-a**ed my profile, and I got a half-a**ed girlfriend. I really want to do it right this time.
I read most of your dating guru website, and I was hoping you might be willing to take a look at my profile and give me some suggestions, pointers or revisions that will help improve it. I have attached a word document copy for your review. Thank you in advance for any advice you might be able to give, I would really appreciate it.
The Match.com Profile Re-Write:
Here is our re-write of his decent but not great profile. We crossed out his original words and replaced in red:
IMJUSTIN4KEEPS (change user name to: Justin4Real)
The best thing in life is true intimacy. "Solid guy looking to play for keeps"
About Me & Who I'm Looking For
(His originals are crossed out, followed by our suggestions in red.)
I am one of those eternal optimists, a hopeless romantic who knows I will find a deep spiritual, emotional, and (of course!) physical bond with a special woman, one who feels the same way toward me. Casual flings and one nighters: been there, done that. To me, there's nothing better in life than true intimacy. I've been close, I've been burned—who hasn't?--but I've loved the journey so far and wouldn't trade it for anything. The past is the past, and the future is promising.I am
Loving life right now in this great city: I live pretty simply, but have nearly all I could want: good friends, leadership in my career,a decent job a condo, and a crazy
but lovable dog rescue mutt named Ralph (*name the breed to add color and personality to your profile.) What more could you ask for? Although I've come close a couple of times, I remain optimistic that it's possible to find a deep spiritual, emotional, and physical connection with an extraordinary woman. The future is promising.
life's a constant journey of discovery, right? I look on the lighter side of life, and try to stay positive. I have a dry sense of humor with a bit of a sarcastic streak, and truth be told, I can be slightly devious at times. Never mean, though!
At heart I am truly kind, generous, and pretty goofy. I love to do little things for someone because I care about them: fix that hole in the wall for you? No problem! I am far from perfect, but I try to improve every day. I am mature enough to admit when I'm wrong, and I try to learn from every mistake. Lord knows I've made plenty.
OtherRegular exercise, meditation, and riding my racing bike help keep me centered. I stay active and will try just about anything once, except if it involves jumping from a height (skydiving, no thanks!). As a former anthropologist (yes, really!), I like adventure and travel and have done plenty of both, but I'm not an adrenaline junky.
Who am I? I wish I knew:As a former anthropologist (yes, really!) I've always been fascinated by the discovery and study of cultures: looking below most surfaces usually reveals a trove of the unexpected. These days,I scratch my itch for frequent adventure by riding my new racing bike whenever possible. No, I'm not an adrenaline junkie, and yes, I ride with friends who are not racers. Other physical activities range from working out, to playing football and yoga. Meditation helps me stay centered, and a dry sense of humor with a dash of the prankster keeps me balanced.
Dig a little, and you will find a kind heart and a willingness to look outside of myself, listen to feedback, and learn from mistakes. I believe that a healthy relationship has some absolutes: trust in your partner, a commitment to consider the other's perspective, and passion and romance.
Interests and Passions:
I am passionate about music, especially classic , 90s, dub, trip-hop and electronica, and I think live music of just about any genre is amazing. I have also been known to indulge in karaoke on occasion ;-) I love deep conversation--whether it be on pop culture, history, politics, religion, the meaning of life, you name it-- and enjoy spirited debate with people who can handle disagreements and still remain friendly. Joy is in compatibility, but passion is in celebrating and appreciating the differences. I am ready to enjoy the rest of my life with a truly extraordinary woman. Is that you? Only one way to find out…
Great conversation—always. I appreciate different perspectives and stimulating thought. Never said no to sushi, a great steak, or hot pot; checking out hole-in-the-wall eateries and dive-bars, as well as museums and theater. Also, the quiet moments: hanging on the couch, holding hands watching a movie, and truly relaxing together.
Music! Live music of almost any genre is just amazing and makes me happy. Fav's to listen to anytime include classic rock, 90's, dub, trip hop, and electronica. I admit to having tried Karaoke.
For Fun:So much to list!I love to hang with my friends,beingGetting my butt outdoors,out of the house,spending time with friends, checking out new neighborhoods or towns, taking a walk, going for a ride on the bike, playing a game of pool, or even something goofy like bowling (although I'm terrible at it!).I love to try new things going to live music, grabbing a bite.
Favorite Hot Spots:The Moderna Supper Club: is a fave. It's got a Great vibe, usually has a live band, and it's close to me. I've been exploring more of the city lately, and I'm loving digging the North Lake District
Favorite Things:For Movies? Definitely Big Lebowski is #1. Weather?I love crisp fall weather--don't get too much of that here though, so a lazy afternoon cuddling hanging with that special someone, or taking a long ride. Enjoying life!
*Here, we added a closing statement about what our reader was seeking in a partner, to tie it up.
You: a lady whose eyes are open to possibilities and who has learned that she is worth waiting for. You understand the value of mutual trust, and open communication. While I'd like nothing more than to meet a woman who I click with, I'm at peace with enjoying the present, continuing to learn, and practicing.
How did we do it?
1. Understand that your Profile Headline will be the first tool you have to either keep or lose someone's interest. Read article on the importance of headlines/taglines.
2. Edit down wordiness. Make your message easy to read. This is not the story of your life.
3. Nix flowery language (never use the word cuddling if you'd like to be thought of as masculine, etc..)
4. Giving some life to your words by creating color and specific examples
5. Never highlighting your perceptions of your flaws
6. Removing typical phrases such as, "I am ready to enjoy the rest of my life with a truly extraordinary woman.. Is that you? Only one way to find out...".


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Day 1
I drank a 40 oz. Mickey's on the way home last night. The problem with the 40 oz. is that it doesn't have the puzzles on the cap or the wide-mouth for that matter.
I never minded the taste. You don't want to let it get hot, but the taste is slightly below what I would consider to be an acquired taste. 40 oz. That's a lot to get down before it does become an acquired taste.
The puzzles. Not much point in those when you are driving down the road. Its just knowing that they're on the cap. Maybe when I get home I would do one of the puzzles. That's if they were there or if I really cared when I got home.
About three years ago in my sister's first attempt at marriage I rediscovered Mickey's. Her then father in-law brought over a six pack of Mickey's. The idea of a grown man drinking Mickey's never occurred to me. It was a great novelty. I grabbed one out of the fridge and drank from that extra wide mouth sipping it in. It wasn't bad. Nothing like what I remember in high school. And I loved the puzzles. I drank all of his beers and gave him mine in exchange just so I could do the puzzles. I sat exchanging them with people around me.
It was really the only thing I remember about that day. That and my sister's father in-law never realized there were puzzles on the inside of the caps. How the fuck do you miss a thing like that?
This was a planned 40oz. The last in a while and the last of the day.


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PAUL SMITHS, NY (12/03/2014)(readMedia)-- Paul Smith's College President Cathy S. Dove will join President Barack Obama, the first lady and Vice President Joe Biden today along with other higher education leaders to announce new actions to help more students prepare for and graduate from college.
The Obama administration said the event, titled The White House College Opportunity Day of Action, allows Obama to partner with colleges and universities, business leaders and nonprofits on his commitment to support students across the country and to help the U.S. reach its goal of leading the world in college attainment.
During the event, Dove will announce a new program for students interested in pursuing careers in science fields related to Paul Smith's strengths such as ecology, sustainability and the environment. The program, titled Excellence in Environmental Education, combines personal mentoring, experiential education and financial aid to increase student engagement, retention and employability.
Paul Smith's will commit at least $10,000 per year in financial aid to students who are selected for the program. Aid will continue each year for students who remain in good standing.
"Our goal is to have 80-90 percent degree-completion rates for the participants of this program," Dove said. "We want to build on our current success in these important educational areas and attract even more students to careers in environmental studies and sustainability. A Paul Smith's education results in jobs for students; more than 90 percent of our graduates are employed in their fields or pursuing advanced degrees within six months of graduation."
"In this critical time of global change, developing practical environmental awareness and the ability to communicate it is more crucial to the well-being of humankind and the rest of the world than ever before," said Curt Stager, professor of natural sciences. "Paul Smith's College does this better than any other place I know, and it makes me proud to be part of this amazing, innovative educational community."
Today's participants were asked to commit to new action in one of four areas: building networks of colleges around promoting completion, creating K-16 partnerships around college readiness, investing in high school counselors as part of the first lady's Reach Higher initiative and increasing the number of college graduates in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics.
Obama will announce new steps his administration has taken toward these actions, including $10 million to help promote college completion and a $30 million AmeriCorps program that will improve low-income students' access to college. Today's event is the second College Opportunity Day of Action, and will include a progress report on the commitments made at the first day of action on Jan. 14.
The Obama administration says that expanding opportunity for more students to enroll and succeed in college, especially low-income and underrepresented students, is vital to building a strong economy and a strong middle class. Today, only 9 percent of those born in the lowest family income quartile attain a bachelor's degree by age 25, compared to 54 percent in the top quartile. In an effort to expand college access, the Obama administration has increased Pell scholarships by $1,000 a year, created the new American Opportunity Tax Credit worth up to $10,000 over four years of college, limited student loan payments to 10 percent of income and laid out an ambitious agenda to reduce college costs and promote innovation and competition.
At Paul Smith's College, it's about the experience. Paul Smith's, which was founded in 1946, is the only bachelor's degree-granting institution of higher education in the Adirondacks. Our programs – in fields including hospitality, culinary arts, forestry, natural resources and the sciences – draw on industries and resources available in our own backyard while preparing students for successful careers anywhere. For more information: www.paulsmiths.edu.


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>> The Modern Cafe will cease to exist as Jim and Patty Grell's Nordeast pot roast institution. The business has been sold and the couple will bow out after service on Saturday, so ending their reign on 13th Avenue. No news has been released about the new owners and their plans, but it better be good is all I'm sayin'. Big shoes.
>> Warmish weather brings optimism for home runs and dreams of hitting for the cycle, and margaritas, of course. New to Target Field this year, besides Molitor's charge, will be a Barrio Bar just inside of Gate 6. It will serve margaritas, tacos, and other Latin bites among rail seats, high-tops, and a loungey area.
>> Joe Rolle is the new main guy at Il Foro, plus here's an update on The Lexington and the upcoming Hotel Ivy projects . . . all rolled into one convenient post.
>> Pip Hanson Goes To London! Not a jaunty rom-com or buddy flick, but an actual sad/not sad thing that means one of our favorite bartenders leaves us, but promises to come back.
>> This seems like a brilliant match-up to me: CSA fair at a brewery. Right? This Saturday, head out to Maple Island Brewery for the River Market CSA Fair where you can quaff a pint and chat up some farmers. Is there really a better way to spend a spring afternoon?
>> The sun has been shining, the snow has been melting, and the pizza has been baking! A to Z Produce & Bakery relaunched their farm pizza nights as of last Tuesday! WE MADE IT!!!
>> Saturday is a magical food nerd day folks: it's Pi Day. That's because it's 3.14 on Saturday, but super unicorny spectacularly it also happens to be 3.1415 this year! And that's NEVER going to happen again, so you might as well eat some pie. Seward Co-op is celebrating this nerd-pie convergence by offering a $3.14 discount off all pies. Muddy Paws Cheesecake is throwing an Epic Pi Day hootenanny at their shop all day, with live music, free coffee, and slices for $3.14 (if cheesecake as pie is wrong, I don't want to be right).
>> It's the Once A Month Brunch at The Rabbit Hole this Sunday, and I think you'll not want to miss it. The hand-drawn menu looks pretty compelling, what with the Hall & Oatcakes, the crabburito with crispy soft shell crab, and the hash"ish" with seared pork belly, buttered kimchi, and roasted jalapeño hollandaise. GET IT because the family is skipping town after that and TRH will be closed from the March 17—24.
>> If you're hosting Easter brunch, and want a great ham, think about reserving one of Tim Fischer's hams through Cooks of Crocus Hill. You need to do so by March 27, but those Fischer Farms heritage hams are slow smoked with applewood and fully cooked.
>> Let's start with Liftbridge Irish Coffee Stout. Specially brewed, this limited release beer is made from Silhouette stout aged in whiskey barrels, which is then blended with milk stout and infused with locally roasted Five Watt cold press coffee. Look for it at Rival House is St. Paul and Dan Kelly's in Minneapolis.
Starting Early . . . Saturday March 14
>> Lucky Palooza in St. Paul
Block party on West 7th, from 2-11 p.m. Live music, food, stunt bikes and plenty of beer. Highlights: Burger Moe's will have an ice bar and fire pits, The Liffey will have full breakfast and full bar at 8am and Bennet's Chophouse will have Reuben soup, Reuben egg rolls, and soda bread!
>> Morrissey's in Uptown
They're doing a Magical Medallion hunt with other local businesses, winner gets $500.
>> Jake O 'Connor's in Excelsior
Join in the Luck of the Lake 5k Fun Run, then stay for the tent party with live music (U2 cover band), food and drink specials.
The Big Day . . . Tuesday, March 17
>> 49th Annual St. Paul Parade
Starts at 12 p.m., goes along 5th from Wacouta to Rice Park. St. Paul Grill will have a street cart serving Reuben sliders, plus Guinness and Jameson Gingers starting at 10:30 a.m., Pazzaluna will be offering grilled corned beef and cabbage sliders.
>> Minneapolis Parade
Starts at 6:30 p.m., goes along Nicollet Mall from 11th to 5th. There's a big party following, called Blarney Blast, at the Normandy Inn. But also check out Brit's and The Local for hot scenes and specials.
>> Merlin's Rest
On Tuesday, the pub opens at 9 a.m. with Full Irish Breakfast, corned beef and cabbage dinner starts at 12 p.m., bag pipers throughout the day. All this plus dancers and bands on the 14/15.
>> Brits'
Tuesday: No cover, no price increases, same HH, corned beef and cabbage, 6:30 p.m. parade on Nicollet Mall.
>> Kip's in SLP
Friday: Whiskey tasting with Keiran. Saturday: bar opens at 8 a.m., green beer, bagpipe band. Tuesday: bands and lunch specials.
>> Emmett's
This is the new pub on the side of Dixie's on Grand, it will be opening for the first time on SPD.


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Stephanie Lindeborg's study of the Homeric scholia shows how disturbing Odysseus's behavior in Iliad 8 was to ancient scholars, and how it continued to occupy medieval scribes as well (see her series of three posts: Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3). Whether Odysseus hears Diomedes and disregards him, or simply does not hear him, his brief appearance in the episode in Iliad 8, far from bringing him any glory, seems intended to undermine his reputation, and for no apparent reason. To be sure, there is no blame if Odysseus did not hear Diomedes, and this is how his reputation is defended in the scholia. The defense, however, is anything but iron-clad, and I side with those who understand the crucial words oud' esakousen as "he did not listen," and not "he did not hear" (the preverb es, in and of itself, indicates where Odysseus directed his attention, namely, not to Diomedes, and not what he did not hear from that direction). But this point, too, is uncertain, given counterexamples of the meaning of the compound verb in later authors. The difficulty with Odysseus's action was not resolved in ancient or medieval times, and arguments continue to be made on both sides today as well. A scholar whom Stephanie cites presents both sides of the argument and concludes that "any audience is perfectly at liberty to assume that Odysseus ignores the cry, but it is impossible to be certain that this was the poet's intention" (Adrian Kelly 2007; see Stephanie's bibliography and the second installment of her study).
The poet's intention in a wider sense is the real question here. Why does the poet put Odysseus in a position where "any audience is perfectly at liberty" to think the worst of him? Surely the poet was not so tone-deaf to his own poem as not to realize that this is absolutely the case, whatever may be said to defend Odysseus in this episode and in general. We can in fact tell that the poet knew that this episode risked blackening Odysseus's name by the measures taken later in the poem to set the record straight. This does not happen immediately. In fact Odysseus is left out of account later in Book 8 when the retreating Greeks turn and make a stand (8.245–266). The Venetus A scholia, as discussed by Stephanie, took this second "no show" by Odysseus as confirmation that it was his deliberate choice to play the coward earlier as well. I don't disagree with the scholia (Stephanie suggests it may have been the scribe himself who made the argument) that there is a connection between the two incidents in Book 8, but the object of the second incident, which is a non-incident after all, was not to draw attention to Odysseus for shirking yet again, but simply to leave him out of account for the time being, allowing him, as it were, to cool off after his disturbing action on the battlefield. It is not until Book 11 that Odysseus's reputation is redeemed (Book 10, where Diomedes slays sleeping Trojan allies, but Odysseus is ready to do it, does not count, and in Book 9 words rather than deeds are at issue). In Book 11, during another Greek retreat, Odysseus has a peculiar soliloquy as he alone is left to face the oncoming Trojans, and he asks himself, Hamlet-like, whether to flee or not to flee, and then answers, with no Hamlet-like hesitation, that cowards (kakoi) flee but a champion stands his ground. He then awaits the Trojans as they surround him like hunters surrounding a wild boar. After showing his mettle by dispatching several Trojans he is finally wounded and helped from the field by others who come to his aid (Odysseus's soliloquy, Iliad 11.404–410; note that in the immediately preceding lines the last to leave Odysseus in the lurch is the wounded Diomedes—tit for tat after Iliad 8).
Calculated to remove any stain from Odysseus's earlier behavior (if you thought he was a kakos, think again), the episode in Iliad 11 only deepens the mystery of that earlier behavior. Something must be going on that does not meet the eye. The episode in Iliad 8 has three protagonists, and Odysseus's role is by far the shortest. Nestor and Diomedes are the main actors, and the scene that they play out together is apparently based on a similar scene in which Nestor's son Antilochus dies. Antilochus's death lies outside the time frame of the Iliad, but it is mentioned in the Odyssey, when Nestor receives Telemachus in Pylos and tells him of the Trojan war and its aftermath. The actual story of Antilochus's death is not told in Homer, but we know it from fragments of the epic cycle and, especially, a Pindaric ode. Nestor's horse is again shot by Paris's arrow, and this time Antilochus instead of Diomedes rescues him. But Antilochus pays for his father's life with his own when Memnon (who now champions the Trojans in place of the dead Hector) slays him standing at his father's defense. Diomedes, who is young like Antilochus, reenacts the episode in advance (this can happen in traditional poetry), but with a crucial change of outcome. Together Diomedes and Nestor rout the Trojans on Diomedes' chariot, which Nestor drives, until Zeus hurls a thunderbolt in front of them that stops the horses short, and Diomedes, persuaded by Nestor, reluctantly retreats. This episode ends the terrific run Diomedes has had on the battlefield since Book 5, when Athena herself was his charioteer and he wounded even immortals. But Zeus's plan is to have the Greeks defeated, so that at the end of Book 8 the Trojans are able to camp outside their city walls for the first time. Nestor, who restrains Diomedes in Book 8, is a direct contrast to Athena, who incites him in Book 5, and this plays on Nestor's own traditions, when he was young and impetuous himself. These traditions are evoked in his stories about his youth in Iliad 11 and Iliad 23, but the aged Nestor in Iliad 8 has long since learned his lesson, and he imparts that lesson to his young companion.
But there is more. The episode in Iliad 8, as mentioned, looks ahead to Antilochus's death. It does so not by direct reference, but by poetic allusion—by the parallelism between the two situations. In the same way the episode in Iliad 8 looks even further ahead to Diomedes' fate, which is not to be slain in Troy like Antilochus, but to return home. Unlike the death of Antilochus, this story is told in Homer, and it is Nestor himself who tells it. It is again in the Odyssey, when Telemachus visits Nestor to find out what happened to his father, that we hear the story. After the fall of Troy the Greeks, in a drunken and disorderly assembly, were divided as to their course, whether to return home immediately, or to stay at Troy to appease Athena, who was clearly angry about what some of the Greeks had done in their moment of victory. The brothers Agamemnon and Menelaos were themselves divided, Agamemnon keeping half the army at Troy to appease Athena, Menelaos leading the other half of the army to Tenedos, where a second quarrel broke out. Nestor, who went with Menelaos, was in no doubt about the right course to take at this point, and fled at once for home. Diomedes, we learn, went with him, and together they reached Lesbos, where again they made the right decision, taking the fast route across the Aegean rather than the slow route by way of islands—the slow route would have been the safe route except for Athena's anger. Diomedes, accompanying Nestor, was home in Argos in a matter of days after leaving Troy. Diomedes in fact owed his swift, safe return to his older companion, who correctly read the signs at every turn on their way home—or so we can infer from clear indirect evidence. Nestor's name, which is closely related to the noun noos, "mind," makes him a bred-in-the-bone interpreter of signs. His name in fact means "he who brings back," and this meaning, which did not survive after Homer, was still very much alive in Homer. In Iliad 8, when Diomedes saves Nestor—"he who brings home"—on the battlefield, he in effect saves his own nostos—"return home"—at the end of the war.
|Nestor performing a sacrifice back home in Pylos after the war. Red-figure calyx crater by the Meleager painter, 400–380 BCE, photo by Marie-Lan Nguyen / Wikimedia Commons.
Odysseus, too, is part of this story. In Odyssey 3 Telemachus comes to Pylos to hear what happened to his father, and Nestor tells him all, but some of it only indirectly. Nestor explicitly narrates the quarrel between Agamemnon and Menelaos that split the army in two. The second quarrel, on Tenedos, is left vague, except for its immediate effect: when Nestor fled for home, taking Diomedes with him, Odysseus—this is the crucial point in Nestor's account—turned around and returned to Troy and Agamemnon. The second quarrel must have been between Nestor and Odysseus, though Nestor does not say so directly to Odysseus's son. But he does so indirectly when, at the very start of his account to Telemachus, he says that he and Odysseus never disagreed with each other in counsel during the war. After the war, as we learn at the end of his account, this was no longer the case. The disagreement between Nestor and Odysseus on Tenedos could not have been sharper to judge by their opposite actions.
When Odysseus does not respond to Diomedes' call to save Nestor on the battlefield in Iliad 8, he completes the triad of characters who will replay everything in reverse in their return from Troy: Diomedes saves Nestor on the battlefield, but Nestor saves Diomedes in their nostos; Odysseus does not save Nestor on the battlefield, but Nestor—this is the point of his account in Odyssey 3—fails to save Odysseus in their nostos. For the triple allusion to the return home of all three heroes to work, Odysseus must be seen as pointedly not saving Nestor in Iliad 8, even if this risks Odysseus's reputation in the short run. A bigger poetic point justifies the risk to Odysseus's reputation: unlike Diomedes, who will stick with Nestor and reach home immediately without any great tale to tell, Odysseus, by separating from Nestor, will take ten years to find his own way home, and have an outstanding tale to tell. If he too had followed Nestor from Tenedos there would be no Odyssey, and this, it seems to me, is the underlying poetic motive for Odysseus's questionable behavior in Iliad 8. To put it somewhat differently—and somewhat bluntly—Odysseus, unlike Diomedes, simply does not need Nestor.
If the episode in Iliad 8 alludes specifically to Nestor's account in Odyssey 3, as I have argued (Hippota Nestor, chs. 6 and 11), it would mean that the Iliad and the Odyssey must have been composed together in performance. There are good indirect reasons for thinking that this was the case, but Iliad 8, if my argument is correct, constructs a point-for-point correspondence with the Odyssey, and that, I think, is unique.


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If you can't beat 'em…
… join 'em.
And that's what Encyclopaedia Britannica have done – sort of.
The competition in the form of Wikipedia have had much success (yes, I know, I remember the sabotage examples too – but they seem to have overcome them) and has people flocking to their site in droves. Ask any 20-year old what Encyclopedia Britannica is and you very well might get blank stares. Wikipedia allows Joe Soap to contribute to it, and so Joe Soap knows all about it and its among his first choices when looking for information on whatever topic.
Britannica aren't quite going the Wikipedia way of embracing the crowd for its contents. They are retaining the emphasis on the domain experts (ok, there is some UGC but it seems to be downplayed). One wonders how much an Encyclopedia Britannica expert gets paid. The cost adds to the cost of the final product. Wikipedia have discovered that people are more than willing to give away their expertise for free. This has a double plus – allowing the end product to be freely available and so more accessible to the those who want to peruse it. Also, there is the the associated status. Having contributed to a working and accepting page of a well-travelled site is a badge of merit worn with pride – and we all know how pervasive online viral marketing can be.
I am curious about the "web-based tools that visitors can use to put together their own reference materials". That might be interesting. Interesting enough to pay for….. perhaps, or perhaps not.


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05 Oct 2014 16:49
The Dude and the man who played him in The Big Lebowski abides. That's right. Jeff Bridges & The Abiders will release a new album, simply titled Live, on September 30. The 14-track album will include live recordings of songs from Bridges' debut album Be Here Soon as well as the self-titled follow up, along with original music from the film Crazy Heart, the role for which Bridges won his Best Actor Academy Awaard. The live release will also include some of Bridges' favorite covers of The Byrds, Tom Waits and Creedence Clearwater Revival.Live was recorded during performances at Red Rock Casino in Las Vegas earlier this summer. Live Track Listing: 1) Blue Car 2) I Don't Know 3) What A Little Bit of Love Can Do 4) Maybe I Missed The Point 5) Exception to the Rule 6) She Lay Her Whip Down 7) Lookin' Out My Back Door (cover) 8) Slow Boat 9) Van Gogh In Hollywood 10) To Live Is To Fly (cover) 11) Fallin' & Flyin' 12) Never Let You Go 13) So You Want To Be a Rock & Roll Star (cover) 14) Somebody Else Anyone plan to get Live with Jeff Bridges?-Amy Sciarretto09.25.14
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I made this cheesecake before I went to Paris on Sunday.
This was the first time I have made a lemon cheesecake, the recipe is simple & easy but the result is satisfactory.
The cheesecake is light & refreshing, coupled with the subtle taste of cherries.
This wasn't my original idea, I was inspired by Dear Pig (chinese) & used a simple yet delicious recipe for the lemon cheesecake.
The trip to Paris was great, we stayed there for 3 days & the weather was nice & sunny, not too hot though.
Although I have already been there once with my friends in the winter, this time I went in summer & I'd enjoyed French foods & cakes over there.
I'll post some photos later after my brother has sorted them out.
Recipe (8" round):
Cherries in Red Wine:
250g fresh cherries
50g red wine
40g sugar
1 tbsp lemon juice
Wash & dry the cherries, then cut into halves & remove the stones.
Mix all ingredients in a large pan & cook until cherries soften.
Remove from heating & set aside to cool.
Simple Lemon Cheesecake:
100g digestive biscuit crumbs
50g unsalted butter (melted)
Mix all ingredients & bake in a preheated oven at 150'C for 10-15 min or until dark brown.
Press into the round pan & refrigerate to set.
Lemon Cheese Filling:
300g cream cheese
350g whipping cream
1 lemon (juice)
50g sugar
Whisk cream cheese with sugar until smooth.
In a large bowl, whisk up the whipping cream & then fold in the cream cheese & lemon juice.
Pour into the prepared pan & refrigerate to set (2 hours to overnight).
Remove the cheesecake from the cake pan, cut & serve with cherries in red wine.