text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Montreal Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Montreal Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> General North America Forum View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message nighthawkJoined: 12 Feb 2003Posts: 60Location: USA Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2003 8:35 am Post subject: Montreal I have a B.A., no TESL Certificate, and little teaching experience, but I'm starting to volunteer teaching English. I was wondering if there would be any TESL positions in Montreal. Could anyone give me some information about language schools there? Also, I'm wanting information on how Americans get work visas for Canada. What does that entail? Is it expensive, etc.? Any useful responses are appreciated. Thank you. Back to top LyndenJoined: 06 Feb 2003Posts: 24Location: Alberta, Canada Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 5:12 pm Post subject: For information on work visas go to the government of Canada homepage. It has a couple of links that are very informative. I don't really know a whole lot about Quebec language politics but I would guess that finding a job teaching English would be very difficult. A lot of work is put into keeping English out, not letting more of it into the province. If you really want to work in Quebec, you might consider taking a language course yourself and heading up north into the province where workers may be in higher demand. Since you had no reply's to your message I thought I'd send this along. It's by no means the final answer, just based on my observations. Feel free to e-mail me at <[email protected]>. Back to top nighthawkJoined: 12 Feb 2003Posts: 60Location: USA Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2003 5:47 pm Post subject: Quote: but I would guess that finding a job teaching English would be very difficult. A lot of work is put into keeping English out, not letting more of it into the province. That's a good point. I had that feeling too, but I posted to see if it was right. I'll type "government of Canada homepage" into a few search engines to see what I can find out about visas. Thanks for the reply. Back to top CelesteJoined: 17 Jan 2003Posts: 814Location: Fukuoka City, Japan Posted: Mon Mar 03, 2003 5:39 am Post subject: Try this: www.canada.gc.ca Back to top That Lisa GirlGuest Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 9:40 pm Post subject: Teaching in Montreal A friend of mine suggested ILSC (International Language Schools of Canada) as a good place to teach in Montreal. Here is the website: http://www.ilsc.ca/montreal.asp Another great website to check out: http://www.thescec.com/abra/ --great directory of ESL schools in canada. best of luck! Back to top That Lisa GirlGuest Posted: Mon Apr 07, 2003 10:00 pm Post subject: More advice on Montreal I should add that the school I mentioned, ILSC, would probably require a TESL certificate. I used to live in Montreal myself, although I never actually taught there. I have many friends who have. They tell me that if you want to get a job at a school that doesn't require a certificate, these are the places where you should apply in person. Bring a resume with a cover letter, look professional, and if you're a native speaker of English with a degree, they'll probably hire you. Of course, that also depends on the time of year you're applying; anywhere from late April to mid-June is a good time to look, since there are many foreign students who arrive during these months. Most of these schools do not have websites, you have to look in the Montreal phone books to find them. A lot of ESL teaching in Montreal involves going to businesses and teaching English to professionals. They won't pay you much, but then again, Montreal rents are probably some of the cheapest in Canada. These places usually don't require that you have a certificate either...although you might want to consider getting one, if you want to find a more reliable job. If I were back in Montreal today, I'd start offering private and group lessons. I'd advertise in the weekly French newspapers, and at French-speaking universities like UQAM and Universite de Montreal, where students really need to improve their English. If you have any questions on how to find apartments in Montreal or good neighbourhoods to live in, I would be happy to offer you more advice. Back to top sprightlyJoined: 07 May 2003Posts: 136Location: England Posted: Tue May 20, 2003 7:15 pm Post subject: yellow pages i've been looking around too; one place to try is the yellow pages online. choose a city, search for "language schools" and off you go. also includes websites and emails for some places. i tried the abra site, and it was quite useful. good luck. 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Familiar Faces
Last Tuesday my sister Connie had to have a surgery.
When they wheeled her away, I went to the waiting room with my oldest sister, my brother, Bill and various other family members. While we were there my oldest sister's work supervisor came into the waiting room to offer moral support and see how all was going.
The supervisor is a young mother of two boys, ages 8 and 9. The 9-year-old resembled Cody so much at that age it was uncanny. And as it turns out, he also is on the autism spectrum. I couldn't stop staring at him. He had so many of the same characteristics and behaviors that Cody exhibited all those years ago.
My sister Pam had told me a little bit about this young woman and the challenges that she and her son were experiencing. Violent outbursts—aimed at both himself and others—were a problem. His predisposition to restlessness was very obvious. I could see the agitation growing in this child and the more fidgety he grew, the more anxious Mom became.
I watched how many times she turned her attention away from conversation to make sure her son was still holding it together. As time went on her glances in his direction became more frequent. Dad was there as well. It almost appeared as if Mom and Dad were taking turns watching the boys—that look of angst on their faces—the one that just speaks so loudly and clearly to the fact that these parents were on alert for that one spark that could light the fuse that would detonate the fiery explosion they were so dreadfully anticipating.
Then Dad confirmed my suspicions:
Dad: "Well we're going to go."
My Sister: "You don't have to go just yet on our account."
Dad: "No we need to go before the meds wear off."
Mom: "We have this visit perfectly timed."
How well I remember those days. Oh my heart went out to them!
How I wished I could have had a chance to talk to them about the struggles they were going through and to express my compassion and understanding.
Cody had many of those same battles. And while there were no meds that helped subdue those battles, what it did take was time, dedication, patience, and repetition of loving methods of discipline.
It took many reminders that he had to be in control of his behavior. It took reminding him over and over that outbursts would not achieve any goal he wanted to achieve. It took restraint to remain calm, but firm. There were times when Cody would go into meltdown mode and I would sit him on the sofa. For hours he would yell, cry, hit, kick and scream obscenities at me because every time he attempted to get down I sat him right back up there. And for a while that fueled the fires even more, but it's what I had to do.
I would tell him in the beginning that when he could behave appropriately, and speak to me calmly and respectfully we would talk and then he could get down. Until then I sat in front of him and would not look at his face or speak to him. I deflected his physical attempts to lash out by blocking kicks and punches with my hands and arms. The verbal ones I ignored. After what seemed like an eternity he eventually became calm and we were able to come to a peaceable resolution to whatever it was that had set his rage in motion.
Was it difficult to do that? Absolutely! Was it exhausting, frustrating and heart wrenching? Yes, yes and yes! Did I want to just break down in tears? Oh yeah! But as the years passed these episodes began to happen less often. Cody hasn't had one in years now.
Conquering those behaviors was by no means easy. There were times it took me to my knees. But there is hope through resolving oneself to help a child or even an adult overcome those behaviors with simple techniques like these. It does require great tenacity when it comes to simply standing your ground with love and determination. But for us, the amazing results were worth every moment of trial.

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Newspaper Publisher: Search Engines Break Into Our Homes
from the excuse-me? deptReader Mark points us to the latest ridiculous claims from a newspaper publisher against search engines like Google. This time, it's Brendan Hopkins, the CEO of APN, Australia's largest regional newspaper, who seems to be blaming everyone else for his own inability to come up with a good business model. The real kicker is his attack on search engines:
"To use an analogy, I see search engines as breaking into our homes, itemising the contents, walking out and listing everything for everyone to see. And they get money out of that process.... The only problem is, I don't see any revenue being paid directly from Google, Yahoo! or Microsoft in our company profit and loss accounts."Yes, how dare they point more people to your site. And this isn't private info in your house that Google is suddenly maliciously displaying. This is content that you put up on your site on purpose with the goal of getting more people to see it. The analogy would only make sense if you didn't offer up that content for public consumption.
But, of course, the blame also gets spread around to anyone else who reports on the news in one of APN's papers:
"Our value is diminished by other media companies, both online and in print, with limited resources, who feed off our newspapers, by those who take the ideas of the newspapers, rewrite our journalists' words to be miraculously their own words, and then put it on a blog or a broadcast piece and call that journalism."No, your value isn't diminished in such scenarios -- it's increased. Otherwise, why would anyone want to use your work as a basis of their own. If you can't monetize being first and having all the contacts and the details, doesn't that suggest a problem with your own ways of trying to monetize, rather than with what your competitors are doing?
Even worse, Hopkins claims that YouTube's recent agreement with PRS over music hosted on YouTube should serve as a model for newspapers to get paid. I had suggested earlier, that Google's willingness to "cave" on some of these sorts of deals was only going to cause more problems, as more companies and industries would all start assuming that Google owed them money too -- using the examples of where Google paid others as evidence. Unfortunately, it looks like that was correct.
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Every neighbourhood in Toronto deserves its very own "casual Italian fare" spot. Paisano's at Willowdale and Sheppard, was our go-to in my part of North York and we recently discovered that Marcello's rises above the St. Clair West crowd to claim a devoted following on Corso Italia. The suits and skirt-suits who work around Queen and University — no one's allowed to live that close to the centre of the universe, right? — can get their fix for gourmet, straight-ahead Italian at Little Anthony's Restaurant and Bar.
The downtown osteria held a media dinner to showcase their new menu last month. The jointly-responsible occasions for this event were: the 1-year anniversary of Andreas Antoniou taking charge of the restaurant his family owns (he also runs Estiatorias VOLOS), and hiring Chef Garth Legree (County General) to take over from Aaron Foster.


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The City Council Rules Committee heard testimony today regarding the Bowman Properties proposal transform the old Magarity Ford site at 8200 Germantown Ave. into a retail and housing development that would include a Fresh Market grocery store. At least 40 local people attended, according to reports by those present.
The committee voted unanimously to send the proposal — a bill introduced by Councilwoman Donna Reed Miller to change the property's zoning to allow for the Bowman development — to City Council for a vote. That vote depends, also, on a recommendation and vote from the City Planning Commission, which is scheduled to review the plan on Tuesday Dec. 13.
Bowman Properties will also appear at a Chestnut Hill Community Association board meeting on Monday, Dec. 12. The board is expected to vote on whether or not it supports the plan. Other local meetings, including tomorrow night's Land Use Planning and Zoning meeting, will likely also feature discussions on the proposal. All CHCA meetings are opent to the public. Check the calendar for times and places. –Pete Mazzaccaro


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Shinedown Dig Deeper Into 'Amaryllis' With 'Through the Ghost' Video
Shinedown are digging deeper into their 'Amaryllis' album, moving on to 'Through the Ghost' as their next featured track. The band just released a video for the song, which primarily stars frontman Brent Smith.
The clip makes great use of light and silhouettes as Smith wanders through a darkened forest in search of a young woman who appears to be hidden away in a dark cave with a ray of light shining in. Throughout the entire video, we only see the woman in silhouette form until the very end when she finally turns away from the trance-inducing ray of light.
As for the song itself, it appears as the closing number on Shinedown's 'Amaryllis' album. It's more of a mid-tempo ballad, making use of a backing string section filled with violins, violas, cello and bass. 'Through the Ghost' follows 'Bully,' 'Unity,' 'Enemies,' 'I'll Follow You' and 'Adrenaline' as songs receiving attention off the album.
Though Shinedown seem to be going strong on 'Amaryllis,' Brent Smith recently told 'Loudwire Reloaded' host Sandman that the band has started working toward their next release. He explained, "We've already gone into the studio and started writing what we consider to be Shinedown number five. Now, of course, it doesn't have a title yet, but we've already started writing again. And a lot of that is because when you're writing a record you're in a moment in time at that place in your life and we've never been a band to rest 'quote unquote' on our laurels."
The vocalist continued, "We're always trying to out do what we already have done because we always want to climb a bigger mountain. If we reach the peak and reach the top of one mountain it feels good to have accomplished it but usually we just go look for a bigger mountain afterwards to climb. So, for us, we were in a different place personally and where we are with the band. We're in a very healthy place, but we have other things that we want to talk about with new material and we want to write new material."
The band even found time out for Smith and guitarist Zach Myers to step away for an acoustic covers project. Check out their rendition of Bon Jovi's 'Wanted Dead or Alive' by clicking the button below.


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adrieltan needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 82 designs submitted by 29 freelance designers.
We already have an existing website, we need a new logo to make it look more professional and friendly.
Our website is changing its format and hence need a new logo for it.
Logo not necessary has to be the same colour as existing theme. We can change the colour scheme based on the winning logo.
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Dan5 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 251 designs submitted by 52 freelance designers.
fanati.co -- Pronounced Fanatico
We are looking for a logo that will represent our new social games website - - fanati.co.
We are targeting a casual gaming audience. Our website will be a platform and should stay gender neutral. We want just as many woman playing on our website as men.
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I am going to extend the contest. I want to see some logos based of the images I just uploaded. I imagine crimson gloves incorporating the name fanati.co. Good Luck!
The logo needs to incorporate our website name (fanati.co), but we are looking to make the dot (.) between fanati and co look inconspicuous.
1) No kiddie cartoons, but we are looking for something playful.
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Ever since Facebook changed its algorithm in December to determine what users see in their news feeds, businesses have complained about a sharp decline in the number of people they reach with their posts.
According to a [email protected] report, organic reach dropped from 16% of followers engaging with a brand page post in 2012 to just 6% in February of this year -- a decline of 49% from peak levels in October. The report advised community managers to expect organic reach to approach zero by the end of this year.
After fielding an onslaught of questions from concerned marketers and businesses over the past several months, Facebook's Brian Bolan, product marketing lead, explained in a blog post the reasoning behind the changes and how marketers should adjust their approach to Facebook to succeed.
"My colleagues and I at Facebook understand that this has been a pain point for many businesses, and we're committed to helping you understand what's driving this change so your business can succeed on Facebook," Bolan said. "We must be more transparent with and helpful to the businesses that market on Facebook. We're working hard to improve our communications about upcoming product changes."
[Facebook's latest privacy changes include welcome improvements. Read Facebook Privacy: 10 Settings To Check.]
Bolan addressed a number of common concerns from businesses, including why organic reach dropped, whether paid-for fans are still valuable, and the role ads play in a page's success. Here's what Facebook had to say.
1. Competition for space in news feeds caused organic reach to drop. An average of 1,500 posts might appear in a person's news feed each time she logs on to Facebook, Bolan said. If a user has many Facebook friends and likes many pages, this number could reach as high as 15,000 posts. People like more pages than they have in the past; the total number of Pages liked by the typical Facebook user grew by more than 50% last year.
Because competition for space in your news feed is so fierce, Facebook has designed it to show you only the most relevant posts, he said. "Of the 1,500+ stories a person might see whenever they log onto Facebook, news feed displays approximately 300. To choose which stories to show, news feed ranks each possible story from more to less important by looking at thousands of factors relative to each person."
2. Displaying all content in news feeds would cause organic reach to drop further. Many Facebook users lament that they wish Facebook would show them all the posts in their news feed, and in the most recent order. Facebook said that doing this would actually cause Pages' organic reach to decrease further.
"People only have so much time to consume stories, and people often miss content that isn't toward the top of when they log on," Bolan said. "This
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Supporting Induction Teachers' Development Using Performance-Based Video Evidence
Richard E. West, Peter J. Rich, Brigham Young University, United States ; Craig E. Shepherd, University of Wyoming, United States ; Arthur Recesso, Michael J. Hannafin, University of Georgia, United States
Journal of Technology and Teacher Education Volume 17, Number 3, ISSN 1059-7069 Publisher: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education, Waynesville, NC USA
This research study was designed to inform the development of a new teacher assessment model. The goal of the Teacher Success Model (TSM) initiative is to develop a systematic, evidence-informed statewide model for teacher assessment. While the initiative included all teachers, support professionals, and evaluators, this study focused on induction teachers and their mentors/administrators. Overall, our findings suggested that participants could find examples of key attributes in videos of teaching practice and that group reflection and discussion about the practices in the videos enabled everyone to develop their understanding of what constitutes evidence of effective teaching. Findings from this study will guide further development of the TSM assessment model into a multi-faceted, evidence-informed, teacher-participatory model of assessment appropriate for higher stakes decision-making.
West, R.E., Rich, P.J., Shepherd, C.E., Recesso, A. & Hannafin, M.J. (2009). Supporting Induction Teachers' Development Using Performance-Based Video Evidence. Journal of Technology and Teacher Education, 17(3), 369-391. Waynesville, NC USA: Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education. Retrieved March 21, 2019 from https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/28249/.
© 2009 Society for Information Technology & Teacher Education
- Alexander, P. A. (2003). The development of expertise: The journey from acclimation to proficiency. Educational Psychologist, 32(8), 10-14.
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The oldest national park of Hungary, an outstanding example of the harmonic co-existence of man and nature became a World Heritage Site in 1999. Hortobágy is a single vast continuous prairie/steppe in Central Europe. With its unbroken horizon, matchless flora and fauna, increasing stock of cattle, increasing number of shepherds and rich cultural traditions, it is one of Hungary's most important sites for tourism. For centuries, Hortobágy was used for extensive stock-farming where the shepherds living in harmony with nature developed unique methods and traditions of stock-breeding. The activities, the richly decorated household utensils and devices and the man-built environment which is characteristic of the sternly hierarchical society of the shepherds, have triggered international interest to learn more about this region. Despite the manifold increase of the stock of traditional livestock (grey cattle, nonius horses, ancient long-wooled sheep or racka, mangalica hogs, domesticated buffalo), people succeeded in preserving the clean water and air and the natural characteristics of this enthralling land of exceptional beauty. Hortobágy is the biggest ecologically controlled area and accommodates more than half of the livestock considered the pure gene bank preserved for nature conservation in Hungary. This is the place where tourists can visit the Nine-Hole Bridge which is Hungary's longest vehicular stone bridge and a landmark of Hortobágy. Also the more than 300 year old Hortobágyi Csárda (Inn), the Hortobágy Stud Farm with its rich and unique horse-breeding traditions, finally, the Herd of Grey Cattle which is considered a well-deserved symbol of the Hungarian animal husbandry can be seen here.
During a series of events regularly held between spring and Advent, both young and adult visitors can get acquainted with the lifestyle, dresses, traditions, cuisine, music and dances of the shepherds and with handcrafts related to animal husbandry. Some of the large-scale events that were first held during the past centuries have acquired international fame. These are the Fair of the Hortobágy Bridge (since 1892) and the International Equestrian Days (since 1965).
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With his face smeared with red ochre, that came off the lavatory walls, Lindsay Kemp made his debut dancing Salome as a pupil at an all boy's boarding school in the north of England. Kemp had always wanted to dance the Seven Veils, ever since he had seen Rita Hayworth seduce on the cinema screen. That night Kemp was wrapped in toilet paper, and made his entrance from a cupboard in the dormitory. Bicycle lamps illuminated his performance, as he danced to the sound of a mouth organ.
This is Lindsay Kemp recalling his first performance in a TV interview. Kemp talks about his performnace, and how he takes everything that is inside and releases it, so that the audience can believe all that he performs is true.
This is a rare and incredible piece of archive, showing Kemp and his brilliant fellow dancers (including The Great Orlando) preparing and performing an extract from Salome, in 1977. In the interview, Kemp goes on to mention how a production of Turquoise Pantomime, caused offense to the Matrons of Galashiels, that led to a bun fight, and the headline "Blue Show Offends Matrons". Kemp finishes flirtatiously telling the interviewer how some people think he's impure, because he opens his mouth. Wonderful!
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by Tom Utescher
In the Lou Cappiella Summer Basketball League, the Springside Lions saved their best performance for last, finishing up the regular season schedule last week with a dramatic 33-30 win over the former league leader, St. Hubert's High School. The Bambies had been undefeated prior to a July 20 loss to Mount St. Joseph Academy.
Springside achieved good backcourt/frontcourt balance on offense, as junior guards Gianna Pownall and Maddi Hinchey finished up with 13 and four points, respectively, while senior forwards Michelle Boggs and Elana Roadcloud scored 11 and four. Senior guard Aly Markey completed Springside's total with a free throw.
Facing St. Hubert's, Springside's Hinchey (a Norwood Fontbonne Academy alum) found herself playing against her cousin Charlotte Kucowski, a forward who is also going into the 11th grade and also ended up with four points in last week's summer league square-off. The Bambies, who received contributions from numerous scorers and outnumbered Springside 10 to six, were led by a six-point effort from Eireann Anastasi, a senior guard who was missing when her team lost to Mount St. Joe's a week earlier.
Last week's bout was characterized by aggressive defense and the scoreboard ticked over slowly in the opening stages, with Springside inching ahead 8-4 by the middle of the first half. St. Hubert's tied it at 8-8 and then 10-10, and the tough "D" had netted Springside's Pownall and Roadcloud three personal fouls apiece. Late in the half Pownall had two fouls committed against her by the Bambies, and she made three of four free throws to put the Lions up 13-10 at the interlude.
When the action resumed Boggs and Roadcloud kept the Lions in front, but they only led 20-18 when St. Hubert's called time-out with 9:31 remaining in the game. The Bambies caught up at 24-all as the clock slipped under four minutes, and they went ahead 26-25 with 2:10 to go, scoring a lay-up off of a steal.
After the Lions' Boggs tied it at 26-all on a free throw, she blocked a St. Hubert's lay-up attempt at the other end. Both ballclubs were feeling the pressure, as Springside missed a transition lay-up, and the Bambies turned the ball back over on a backcourt violation with a minute left to play.
Pownall came on strong down the stretch, starting with a 15-foot jumper from the right wing. After Roadcloud's fifth foul yielded two St. Hubert's free throws to make it 28-28, Pownall went to the line herself and put the Lions up by two points once more. She stole the ball back for Springside, and this led to Hinchey hitting a pair of foul shots with 15 seconds on the clock, making it 32-28.
With a four-point lead, the Lions put up only token resistance as the Bambies went down the court for a lay-up. Springside got the ball back in Pownall's hands and she was fouled with three seconds remaining. She made the second of her two free throws, and the Bambies only had time to desperately heave the ball at the far basket.


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How to Fix 17 Basic Cooking Mistakes
Do you always burn the garlic or turn pasta into a gummy mess? Learn how to avoid these all-too-common cooking mistakes.
Boiling Pasta in a Pot That's Too Small
Why it's bad: For starters, if you use long noodles, they might not fit unless you break them first. But regardless of the pasta's shape or size, it will probably end up sticky and gummy. "When you add pasta to a small amount of water, it lowers the temperature of the water substantially more than if you added it to a large amount of water, so the water will take longer to return to a boil. In the meantime, the pasta will sit at the bottom of the pot and start to clump up and become mushy unless you are vigilant about stirring," says chef Michael Symon, the owner of five restaurants in Cleveland and an Iron Chef on the Food Network's Iron Chef America. Also, your ratio of pasta starch to water will be too high—another cause of sticking.
Do this instead: Unless you are cooking a single serving of pasta (in which case you can get away with a smaller pot), do as Italian grandmothers do: Fill a large pot (5 to 6 quarts) with water and let it come to a rapid boil. Then add 2 tablespoons of salt (don't be shy—professional chefs say pasta water should taste as salty as the sea). Finally, add the pasta and stir it occasionally until it's al dente.
Using the Wrong Knife
Why it's bad: You'll damage your food. If you've ever tried to slice a baguette with a chef's knife and flattened it as a result, you understand. What's more, when you select the proper knife for the job, you have better control over the blade. This allows you to slice and dice more neatly and efficiently—and helps you keep your digits intact.
Do this instead: Opt for a chef's knife (the big one with the long, wide blade) for most chopping, slicing, dicing, and mincing jobs. It gives you the best leverage, which is particularly helpful when you're dealing with firm ingredients (like onions and squash) or cutting things into small pieces (like garlic and fresh herbs). A small, slim paring knife is best for tasks such as peeling and removing pits, seeds, stems, and potato eyes. Pick up a serrated knife (with the sharp teeth) for bread and bagels; delicate pastries, like meringues and cream puffs (the blade won't compact the layers); and smooth-skinned fruits and vegetables, like tomatoes and plums.
Using a Tiny Cutting Board
Why it's bad: You won't have room to maneuver a knife, which increases your risk of cutting yourself. You'll also make a mess and waste time corralling ingredients that fall off the board.
Do this instead: Think small knife, small board; big knife, big board. You can use a little board for a quick task, like cutting a lemon into wedges with a paring knife. But since most kitchen prep work requires a chef's knife, you probably need a board that is at least 12 by 15 inches. It should be large enough to hold ingredients at every stage of the process. For example, if you're chopping celery, you want room for both the stalks you start with and the pile of cut pieces you end up with. Before you begin, place a damp paper towel or dishcloth underneath the board to prevent it from slipping around on the counter.
Storing Tomatoes in the Refrigerator
Why it's bad: Tomatoes have delicate cells, and excess cold (or heat, for that matter) causes the cell walls to burst, leaving the tomatoes mealy, says Aki Kamozawa, the author of Ideas in Food: Great Recipes and Why They Work ($25, amazon.com). The flavor-producing enzymes are also destroyed, rendering the tomatoes tasteless.
Do this instead: Keep tomatoes on the kitchen counter in a single layer for maximum air circulation, and avoid putting them in direct sunlight. (You can leave cherry and grape tomatoes in their packaging, so long as it contains holes.) To speed ripening, place tomatoes in a paper bag with an apple, which emits ethylene gas, a ripening agent. Once ripe, they'll last for up to 3 days. Some varieties, like plum tomatoes, will keep for up to 5 days.
Putting Good Knives in the Dishwasher
Why it's bad: Convenience comes at a price. The high-pressure water jets in a dishwasher cause knife blades to knock against other utensils in the silverware basket, dulling and damaging them over time, says Symon. (Unfortunately, a dishwasher that has a specially designed knife rack isn't much better: The blades can still rattle against the sides of the rack.) Additionally, the intense heat of the drying cycle can cause knife handles to warp, which will eventually loosen the rivets.
Do this instead: Wash knives by hand. Hold the handle so the blade faces away from you and wipe it clean with a sponge. Dry knives immediately to avoid the risk of discoloration from water droplets left on the blades. Just a few seconds of work will add years to the lives of your knives.
Overcrowding the Pan
Why it's bad: Most of us pile chicken breasts into a skillet or heap oven fries onto a baking sheet if we're in a hurry or we want fewer dishes to wash. But when a pan is stuffed, the heat that rises from the cooking surface becomes trapped under the food and creates steam, making oven fries limp and preventing chicken breasts from getting that delectable caramelized crust.
Do this instead: To help ingredients brown (which gives food flavor and locks in moisture), make sure the pieces aren't touching one another in the pan. Patting damp food dry with a paper towel before cooking also helps. Don't have a large enough skillet or baking sheet? Cook in batches, keeping the first batch warm on a plate tented with foil or in a low-temperature oven while you prepare the second. Or use two skillets or baking sheets (switch the position of the baking sheets in the oven halfway through the cooking time).
Choosing Lean Ground Beef
Why it's bad: Nothing is sadder than a dull, dry burger or meatball, which you're virtually guaranteed to get if you use lean beef. Fat bastes the meat as it cooks, keeping it rich and moist. When you opt for 90 percent lean ground beef, there's simply less of the good stuff to make the food tasty.
Do this instead: Go with ground chuck, which is typically only 80 or 85 percent lean. And don't worry about the extra fat, says Kamozawa: "A lot of it drains off during cooking—as much as 15 percent. So the 80 percent beef you start with can end up being closer to 90 or 95 percent lean as long as you drain the fat from the pan." And as the fat drains, it loosens the interior structure of the meat, so you end up with a less dense—and therefore more tender—burger.
Overmixing Doughs and Batters
Why it's bad: Overmixing flour activates the gluten, a protein that can give baked goods a firm and elastic structure—delicious in a chewy pizza crust but less so in a delicate pastry.
Do this instead: Go slow and gentle for tender cakes and flaky piecrusts. When adding dry ingredients to cookie and cake batters, use the lowest speed on an electric mixer or mix by hand until just combined. A few lumps in the batter are fine. For piecrust, whether you use a food processor or mix by hand, work the dough as little as possible. Visible bits of butter and streaks of flour are desirable.
Cooking With a Cold Pan—and Cold Oil or Butter
Why it's bad: If the oil isn't hot enough, those sautéed vegetables will adhere to the pan like glue, giving you a tough scrubbing job later on. A hot pan and oil bond to create a surface that's virtually nonstick. (Want more incentive to preheat your skillet? See mistake No. 10.)
Do this instead: Heat an empty pan for at least 1 or 2 minutes. The pan is ready when you can hold your hand about 3 inches above it and feel the heat radiating from the surface. Then add the fat. Oil will shimmer when it's hot; butter should melt and foam. One exception: If you're using a nonstick pan to brown delicate foods, add the oil or butter before turning on the heat, since some nonstick pans release fumes when they're heated up empty for an extended period.
Searing Meat Over Too-Low Heat
Why it's bad: "A good steakhouse sear requires a burst of heat so that the proteins in the meat cook quickly," says Kamozawa. If you keep your burner on low to medium, the inside of the steak will be done at the same time as the outside, with very little browning.
Do this instead: Crank the heat up to medium-high or high and let the pan sizzle for a couple of minutes before putting the meat in it. For even better results, use a heavy pan that retains heat, such as a cast-iron skillet.
Adding Garlic Too Early
Why it's bad: Garlic browns in less than a minute. If you add it to the pan with, say, chicken breasts—which need about 15 minutes to cook through—the garlic will scorch and turn bitter long before the meat is finished.
Do this instead: Whenever possible, use sliced garlic or smashed whole cloves, which are less susceptible to burning than minced or pressed garlic. And add garlic close to the end of the cooking process. (The exceptions are long braises, stews, and sauces; the liquid will keep the garlic from scorching.) If a sauté recipe asks for garlic to be added at the beginning, have the remaining ingredients prepped and ready to go so you can add them quickly, before the garlic starts to burn while on its own.
Tossing Cooked Pasta With Oil to Prevent Sticking
Why it's bad: The sauce won't adhere to the noodles. Period.
Do this instead: To stop cooked pasta from clumping, toss it with a little sauce immediately after draining. Or, if you won't be serving the pasta for 15 minutes or more, rinse the noodles under cold water to remove the starch. Then, just before sitting down to eat, reheat the pasta directly in the pot of sauce.
Using a Nonstick Pan for Everything
Why it's bad: "Unlike cast-iron and stainless-steel pans, nonstick pans transfer heat slowly, so you get less browning on the meat," says Tom Brenna, a professor of nutrition at Cornell University. And what little browning does occur will take longer, which puts you at risk of overcooking dinner.
Do this instead: Pull out a nonstick skillet when you need to cook delicate foods, such as fish or breaded items, or particularly sticky foods, such as eggs. Otherwise opt for a regular stainless-steel or cast-iron pan.
Turning Meat Too Often or Too Soon
Why it's bad: "Think of a wet sponge," says Tucker Bunch, a chef-instructor at the Culinary Institute of America at Greystone, in St. Helena, California. "The more you squeeze, prod, and touch it, the more liquid you expel. A pork chop is no different. Also, the meat won't be in one place long enough to brown. You'll wind up with a tough, gray chop and a wet pan."
Do this instead: Be patient. If you're not sure whether a chop is ready to be flipped, nudge it or use tongs to lift a corner. It will release from the pan when the outside is sufficiently browned. If it sticks, let it continue to cook undisturbed and try again in a minute or so.
Baking With Cold Eggs and Dairy Products
Why it's bad: It results in dense cakes and breads. At room temperature, eggs, butter, and liquids such as milk bond and form an emulsion that traps air. During baking, the air expands, leavening the batter or dough and producing a light and airy baked good. Cold ingredients, on the other hand, don't incorporate evenly to bond.
Do this instead: Take eggs, butter, and any other dairy products out of the refrigerator at least 30 minutes and up to 1 hour before baking. Short on time? Cut the butter into 1-inch pieces and microwave them in 10-second intervals, checking in between, until they're just malleable. Place cold eggs in a bowl of warm water for 15 minutes. "Don't use hot water or leave the eggs on top of a hot oven," says Hedy Goldsmith, the executive pastry chef at Michael's Genuine Food and Drink, in Miami. "It will heat them unevenly, and the whites will start to set." (Exception to this rule: Piecrust and pastry recipes often call for cold butter, which creates flaky layers.)
Slicing Meat Immediately After It's Cooked
Why it's bad: When meat is hot, the muscle fibers contract and disperse juice. If you cut into it right away, the juices wind up on the cutting board instead of inside the roast.
Do this instead: Let the meat rest after cooking so the muscles can relax and the juices redistribute (tent it with foil to prevent it from losing too much heat). For large roasts and whole chickens, wait at least 15 minutes before carving (a turkey needs closer to 30). Smaller cuts, like steak, need 5 to 10 minutes. Chops benefit from just a few minutes' rest—about the amount of time it takes to get them from stove to table. And remember: When slicing steaks and roasts, make sure to cut against the grain. This will break up the ropy fibers, giving you a more tender piece of meat.
Measuring Dry Ingredients in a Liquid Measuring Cup
Why it's bad: To get a read on the amount of, say, flour in a liquid measuring cup, you have to shake the cup or knock it on a counter to create a level line. "The flour will become compacted, and you'll end up with more than the recipe calls for," says Goldsmith. "The result: dry and tough cakes and muffins."
Do this instead: Use dry measuring cups when portioning out flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and cornstarch, as their flat rims are designed to help you get the most accurate measure. Spoon the ingredient into a cup, then sweep off the excess with the side of a knife. Resist the temptation to scoop directly from the bin or bag with the cup—you'll compact the ingredients, with the same result as above. In a pinch, you can use a dry cup to measure a liquid, but you'll risk spilling, since you have to fill it to the rim.


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To most fans of the pyro-infested, show-prone, diva-oriented-programs Vince McMahon and the WWE are putting together, the phrase "wrestling history" is code for the days when wrestling was king. The Joey Styles shoot style rant on RAW got fans all worked up and teary eyed for the days when "sports entertainment" was evil and the business was so much purer.
To fans it didn't matter that the Styles quitting RAW segment was just another commercial ploy to sell a watered down version of ECW, a once truly alternative brand. It also didn't matter that there is almost nothing resembling a true shoot in today's wrestling. To fans fed up with the product, Styles was a rogue element in a promotion gone wild.
But if you run the Styles segment through the time machine Scott M. Beekman built in his book, Ringside: A History of Professional Wrestling in America (Praeger Publishers), you will notice how normal and in line with history it all was. What Beekman does in his 150-page book is stretch the history of wrestling to times before the 1970s and the rise of WWF. The book is not an exhaustive history -- a feat hard to accomplish in a small book -- but a great overview for those unfamiliar with the roots of the sport.
The Ringside time machine sets roots in the ancient world and stops in the early 2000s with Vincent K. McMahon owning American wrestling. All the in between will both please and depress fans. The good news is that wrestling history is cyclical and when you look at the more than 150 years of American heritage, you'll notice the McMahon era is only one moment -- if an important one -- on this continuum. This means it's more than possible that the current form of wrestling will mutate. The bad news is that it's not necessarily going to get better and it's not going to return entirely to a previous form.
"Wrestling is seemingly indestructible, but it does go through periodic lean times (such as now)," Beekman wrote in an e-mail exchange with SLAM! Wrestling. "That may sound negative, but it should not be construed as pessimism. Wrestling will, I'm sure, again hit a
peak such as the '50s or '80s. That's one of the things that makes wrestling great -- its ability to reinvent itself for a new generation. I think the next peak may very well be something of a return to an older style, '80s style WWF, but with the hardcore match elements, might be the way. I truly believe that there's an audience out there that would love to get their kids into following wrestling but they are uncomfortable with the adult (I'd actually call it 'juvenile') aspects of Vince's promotion."
Beekman's book points out that every new development in the business -- from the use of worked matches, to the development of gimmicks, to the rise of television programming -- took wrestling farther away from its sporting roots. And most of these developments happened because the crowds craved an evolving form of entertainment. How many of us would watch 1916 greats Joe Stecher and Ed "Strangler" Lewis grapple for five hours to a draw using an arsenal of ground moves? Not the highest draw.
Still, many fans would be well served to know why there are no more five-hour shoot matches today.
That's where Beekman and his book are at their best. An assistant history professor at Ohio University, Beekman is also a life-long wrestling fan, who moonlighted as a ringside announcer and, in his greatest moment, appeared as a heel manager for a few independent promotions in the late 1990s. In a nutshell, Ringside is a book of cultural history of the scholarly kind, written by a man who knows his wrestling. The academic-oriented style also explains the price -- $39.95 US.
While researching the book, Beekman was surprised to find that a sport going back 150 years in the United States did not have a scholarly history and set out to fill that void -- fully conscious of the stigma that comes from doing this kind of work in a field shunned by many in the academic and journalistic communities. Ringside is optimistically Beekman's attempt to provide wrestling with "the basic cloak of respectability granted through possessing a written history" and is hopeful his study might help "return pro wrestling to its rightful place in discussions of the development of sporting culture in the United States."
Ringside reads like play-by-play of a man solving a complicated historical puzzle. After a brief discussion of wrestling's role in ancient times, Beekman introduces readers to the early forms of American grappling, both home grown and imported by immigrants. These styles competed with each other for supremacy and the eventual winner was the "catch as catch can" style, which later gave birth to modern wrestling.
This style proved its superiority largely because it sold better -- it was more dynamic, less restrictive and far more aggressive that the other styles, Greco-Roman among them. At the end of the 19th century, wrestling matches were not predetermined contests and there was little of the character building of today. This added to the sport's legitimacy, but sometimes detracted from the spectacle as bouts would go on forever and dominant champions would reign for extended periods of time.
As team sports began to grow in the early twentieth century, wrestling started to change to remain profitable, ushering in the World War I/1920s period, which Beekman says was the watershed mark.
"Can one pinpoint an exact moment or date within that period? Probably not," Beekman said. "But it was that era that witnessed the ascendance of the promoters. That really changed everything. Most importantly, it allowed for worked matches to become the standard within the business. One should keep in mind that this did not happen in a vacuum. Boxing, although it did not become worked [but was often fixed], went through a similar transformation during this period."
The worked matches and the ascendance of promoters happened for financial reasons and fans were kept in the dark so they would keep shelling out the cash -- the term "mark" was used to describe fools who had not yet figured it all out. Journalists also largely moved away from covering wrestling at that point. Beekman eloquently summarizes the period in his chapter "The art of deception": "[The] promoters based their business on falsely presenting a rehearsed form of entertainment as an authentic sport to an audience they considered gullible and contemptuous."
The early period constitutes the bulk of Beekman's book. He then moves on to chronicle the rise of the territories, the dominance of promoters, the relationship between TV and wrestling, the appearance of the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA) and the American Wrestling Association (AWA) before going into the emergence of the WWWF (the later WWF), the boom of the 1980s, the emergence of WCW, the Monday Night Wars and it all comes to a close when Vince K. McMahon completes his purchase of WCW and ECW.
Ringside is not a book for fans who seek an indictment of modern wrestling. It's not a character study and it offers little insight about the men and women in the ring today. It tells us nothing new about Vince McMahon and it's written with very little of the pageantry that characterizes the business. But it's spot on as the brief cultural history it intends to be. This is a history book and wrestling, not wrestlers, is the main focus. Ringside is the context many fans lack for watching wrestling and reading it makes so much of what we see today make sense. Did you ever wonder how fans know that a foreign-born character has to be booed although he never opened his mouth? Why is Madison Square Garden so important to wrestling? How did the lingo develop? Why is the South so wrestling-mad? Who came up with gimmicks? Why did Mick Foley challenge Ric Flair to a pure wrestling match that would be the best of three falls? What has television meant to wrestling? Why does the WWE use house lights and what does it mean that the old ECW didn't?
Ringside pieces all these elements together and if you're a wrestling nerd that doesn't mind sometimes slow-paced writing about the champions of old, this book is a winner. The most obvious question you're left with at the end of the book is: What now?
Using history as a guide, what's in store for wrestling? Beekman ventured a prediction:
"McMahon has the sport sown up so tightly right now that only a heavily-funded, network-backed promotion has any chance against him," Beekman wrote. "And I don't think TNA is going to be that promotion. WWE product really does nothing for me. I don't like the sexism, vulgarity, or slow-moving muscleheads that Vince promotes. The tectonic shifts in wrestling have all occurred thanks to technological developments, which means that something might come about to topple Vince, which (in my opinion) would be cause for celebration. The Internet seems the logical choice for this change (...) Could a web-based promotion also succeed? Maybe down the line. The ability to reach fans without a TV deal is an interesting concept. The problem, of course, is how to make money off a internet-oriented fed. I doubt PPV revenue would really keep someone afloat, but I suppose the chance is there."
The chance is definitely there. Because if the history of wrestling tells us anything it's that this business will never stop changing.
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It might seem the obvious answer to getting England's football team out of the black hole they have languished in since 1966.
Who better to turn to than Britain's most celebrated physicist and black hole expert Professor Stephen Hawking?
The best-selling author of A Brief History Of Time was asked to apply his mathematical genius to the cosmic-scale challenge of guaranteeing World Cup success for England in Brazil.
Prof Hawking duly came up with not one but two solutions, both couched in the arcane language of "general logistic regression modelling".
One formula described the expected probability of England winning a match, taking into account a host of variables such as temperature, altitude, team formation and even the colour of the players' shirts.
The other was devoted to the most intractable problem of all - England's nemesis, the penalty shoot-out.
As Prof Hawking colourfully put it at a London press conference to announce the findings, "as we say in science, England couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo".
Commissioned by bookmakers Paddy Power, the director of research in applied mathematics and theoretical physics at Cambridge University analysed data from every World Cup finals England had qualified for since 1966.
He concluded that the team was likely to suffer from the Brazilian heat, the altitude, and the distance from home - but could improve the odds of winning by adopting an aggressive 4-3-3 formation and wearing red.
Speaking through a voice synthesiser from his wheelchair at the Savoy Hotel, Prof Hawking - who is almost completely paralysed by motor neurone disease - said: "Ever since the dawn of civilisation, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved an understanding of the underlying order in the world.
"The World Cup is no different."
He added: "Statistically England's red kit is more successful and we should play 4-3-3 rather than 4-4-2. Psychologists in Germany found red makes teams feel more confident and can lead them to being perceived as more aggressive and dominant. Likewise, 4-3-3 is more positive so the team benefits for similar psychological reasons."
The professor went on to take a swipe at Uruguay's mercurial Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, who is famous for his on-pitch dramatics, saying: "The data shows we also need to hope for a European referee. European referees are more sympathetic to the English game and less sympathetic to ballerinas like Suarez."
Environmental and psychological factors played a major role and could make or break England's chances, said Prof Hawking.
"Like all animals, the England team are creatures of habit," he pointed out.
"Being closer to home reduces the negative impact of cultural differences and jet-lag. We do better in temperate climates, at low altitudes, with kick-off as close to the normal three o'clock as possible.
"The impact of environmental factors alone is quite staggering. A 5C rise in temperature reduces our chances of winning by 59%. We are twice as likely to win when playing below 500 metres above sea level. And our chances of winning improve by a third when kicking off at three o'clock local time."
Turning to penalties, he said the key to success was a run-up of more than three steps and giving the ball "some welly", but added "velocity is nothing without placement".
"If only I had whispered this in Chris Waddle's ear before he sent the ball into orbit in 1990," he said. "Use the side foot rather than laces and you are 10% more likely to score.
"The statistics confirm the obvious. Place the ball in the top left or right hand corner for the best chance of success - 84% of penalties in those areas score. The ability of strikers to place the ball results in them being more likely to score than midfielders and defenders."
It did not matter if you were left or right-footed, but bald and fair-haired players were more likely to score from the penalty spot.
"The reason for this is unclear," said the professor. "This will remain one of science's great mysteries."
Prof Hawking is known for his sense of humour and fun and has appeared on several shows including The Simpsons and The Big Bang Theory, even starring in an advert for the Go Compare website.
He confessed that making sense of football was even harder than untangling the secrets of the universe.
"It is hugely complicated," he said. "In fact, compared to football I think quantum physics is relatively straightforward."
The presentation featured Professor Hawking's equations scribbled on blackboards and a huge photo of his head in a bubble orbiting planet Earth.
Asked if he was a football fan, he said: "Shouting at the television is not for me, but each to his own.
"What drew me to this project was not a love of football, but my curiosity.
"I find it almost quite sad that I'm not a football fan, because this summer will be a treat for those who are."
He also revealed that he preferred to place bets on scientific discoveries than sporting outcomes.
"My best bet would be against my theoretical physicist friends about theoretical physics," he said.
Prof Hawking was candid when asked the biggest question of all - who was going to win the World Cup?
He replied: "You would be a fool to overlook Brazil. Hosts have won over 30% of the World Cups. As we know from the study, there are significant environmental and psychological benefits from being close to home."
Paddy Power, the eponymous spokesman for the bookmakers who conducted the Q&A, said approaching the professor was a gamble that paid off.
"We thought there was a 1% chance that he'd say yes," he said. "We were surprised and delighted when he agreed."
Prof Hawking is donating his fee to the Motor Neurone Disease Association and Save the Children's campaign for the children of Syria.


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Take your time with the decision, Terry Sartain was told.
A police chaplain for seven years in Charlotte, N.C., Sartain was given the news three days before a promotion ceremony — there was a change in policy.
He could no longer pray in Jesus' name during public events held on government property.
Maj. John Diggs, who heads the police chaplain program, called Sartain with the news and said he didn't have to decide on the spot. But to get back to him the next day.
Sartain, a pastor at Horizon Christian Fellowship, a Calvary Chapel church in west Charlotte, didn't need 24 hours. He didn't need 24 seconds.
"The only thing I have to offer is Jesus," said Sartain, who asked to be excused from giving the invocation. "There's no way I would ever deny Jesus. No matter what."
Sartain, also a chaplain with the Billy Graham Rapid Response Team since 2006, served at the Virginia Tech shooting in Blacksburg, Va., in 2007.
His viewpoint is strikingly similar to that of Franklin Graham, who in his book The Name talks about a moment just before praying at President Bush's inauguration where he was asked by a fellow participant if he was going to pray in Jesus' name.
"That's the only thing we've got," Franklin Graham responded.
And indeed, he closed out his prayer: "We pray this in the name of the Father, and of the Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen."
Despite the change in policy, Sartain says he still feels called to minister to the officers of the Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, even though he will no longer do so at CMPD ceremonies, where the use of Jesus' name on public property has been forbidden now for about a month.
The reasoning, Diggs explained to him, was the police department wanted to be "more inclusive of all faiths" of the 2,000-plus members of the CMPD. He heard that one recent prayer, since the changing of policy, ended with the phrase "to the being that's in the room."
"That's the kind of world we live in," he said. "I used to pray at police graduations and promotions. I'm sad about it."
Sartain isn't trying to force his religion on anyone, but feels very strongly that he needs to stay true to what he believes. And he's still volunteering for individual ministry as a chaplain.
"I still do ride-alongs with police officers," he said. "I still deal with traumas. I do marriage counseling. It's all about relationships."
Just Thursday, he was called into duty to minister to the family of a 49-year-old woman who died in the northwest Charlotte area.
"I've gotten a lot of emails this week," said Sartain, after his story has been picked up by national media outlets. "People thanking me for taking a stand. It's not a stand, it's just who we are (as Christians)."
Scripturally, Sartain along with many other Christian pastors will tell you the Bible commands us to pray in the name of Jesus.
Ephesians 5:20: "Always giving thanks to God the Father for everything in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."
John 14:3: "And I will do whatever you ask in my name; so that the Father may be glorified in the Son."
"Jesus gave me this life," he said. "He gave me this great gift of forgiveness of my sins. To pray any other way is ludicrous."
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Hey something just came up and I'm actually going to be out of town this weekend. My schedule is totally open after that though. The courts at Fleming Park have lights if you want to hit during the weekdays next week, or we can play at your courts during the weekend after this one if you'd prefer.
Nice 3:09 AM response time haha.
My bad for postponing. I'll bring a new can of balls for us to crack open. Looking forward to playing man.
Hey Leo,
I saw that you mentioned you play at Grosvenor park. I live right by the Grosvenor metro but I always end up riding my bike down to Fleming Park to play. Maybe there are some closer courts that I don't know about? I was thinking of playing tennis this weekend if I could find someone to play with. Let me know if you feel like getting some exercise.
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Hi! Thanks for the message. I will actually be traveling from Thursday evening onwards this week. Will be back on July 9th and would be happy to hit sometime that week. Thanks!
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Hey Leo,
Thanks for the note back. I can be reached at 202-302-7769. I should be available to hit Saturday night. Would Wheaton Regional Park work for you? If so, what time?
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I hope this finds you well.
Would you have any interest in hitting this weekend. I am available either Saturday or Sunday.
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When Marvin Gapultos had a craving for adobo but didn't know how to make it, he decided to learn his family's recipes. Since then, he has shared the flavors of Filipino food through his Los Angeles-based food truck The Manila Machine, on his blog Burnt Lumpia, and in The Adobo Road Cookbook.
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YOU ARE WATCHING: Urahara (sub)
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Urahara (sub)
Three high school girls are putting together a limited-time shop called "PARK" in Japan's Harajuku. One day, aliens come to Earth with the intent to steal the famed district's culture. At the same time, a mysterious girl appears. The three girls band together to defeat the alien threat and protect their beloved Harajuku.
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Psychological, Sci-Fi
Country: japan
Movie: Urahara (sub)
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Release: 2017