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Gidae Skincare Cream Canada Reviews Does It Work Really Works?
Gidae Skincare Cream Reviews:Being a woman, you desire to look gorgeous and pretty forever. You want to have a beautiful looking skin for the most period of your lifetime. Hence, we bring Gidae Skincare Cream which is made to improve your skin quality and complexion naturally. Aging is one aspect that destroys your skin beauty and makes you look awful. Wrinkles, dark skin, and fine lines are some of the most common aging effects that degrade the natural charm of your skin. But this cream has the ability to improve your skin surface to make your skin bright and shining. It has become the number one choice of the women looking to enhance their skin beauty. It can develop fresh skin cells and maximize your skin quality. It helps you to eradicate dead cells from your skin and stop the further skin damage. To get the complete details about this cream, just read out this amazing article!
What is Gidae Skincare Cream?
Gidae Cream is a fabulous skincare formula which is natural and made to improve the surface and layers of your skin. It is one of the most effective solutions to revive your skin beauty. Another special feature of this cream is to reduce the impacts of aging that can badly disturb your skin surface and overall quality. It lessens the age spots and wrinkles by improving collagen level in your skin. There are several skin improvement solutions and treatments available in the market that promise to deliver outstanding results. However, those products never provide you the best outcomes due to their poor composition. Most of them include unsafe chemicals and unhealthy contents that can bring various side effects to your skin. But this cream is completely free of danger as it is made only from the trustworthy and safe ingredients. Therefore, you must think about using this cream seriously in order to rejuvenate the beauty of your skin.
Benefits of Gidae Skincare Cream
- Hydrates your skin pores and layers
- Improves skin complexion and appearance
- Diminishes wrinkles, acne, and other aging spots
- Erases dark spots from your skin and revives skin tone
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- Enhances collagen level to provide flexible and supple skin
- Loaded with minerals, vitamins, and effective properties
- A safe and useful formula to enhance your skin texture
Ingredients of Gidae Skincare Cream
- Antioxidants – They provide the ultimate protection to your skin layers from UV radiation, pollution, dust, and environmental changes. They revive the skin cells and remove the dull and damaged skin tissues. They help you to look younger and fresh.
- Collagen – One of the main elements of this cream is collagen that provides the firmness and smoothness to your skin. By that, you look youthful and attractive. It helps to make your skin supple and gorgeous.
- Manuka Nectar – This effective compound is filled with anti-toxin elements and anti-fungal properties that can prevent your skin from inflammation, reaction, and aging marks. It also provides necessary hydration to your skin.
- Vitamin E – It helps your skin to stay protected from UV rays. Also, it eradicates the wrinkles and dark spots from your skin.
- Vitamin C – This wonderful ingredient works as an antioxidant to help you getting over fine lines, uneven skin tone, and dryness. It gives proper moisture to your skin and keeps you away from skin imperfections and damages. It provides elasticity to your skin cells.
- Vitamin A – This vitamin is also known as retinol that can erase aging effects significantly. It makes your skin shining, firm, and smooth naturally.
Is there any side effect?
No! This skincare cream is a wonderful solution to improve your overall skin quality in a natural way. The contents used in making of this cream are herbal and risk-free. Hence, you won't get any side effect from using this cream. Even the existing users and many renowned dermatologists are recommending this cream due to its safe outcomes.
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Baby Beatz - Vinyl Sleeve
For this project we had to create a typographic only 12' vinyl sleeve using one typeface only, and a maximum of 2 colours and no images. The typeface I was given was Baby Teeth, Designed by Milton Glaser in 1964. It was a tight brief but good testing restraints to work with. My outcome was an interactive vinyl sleeve that had slits hand cut out the front, which blinked as you pulled the sleeve out, in coherence to the music genre I chose; electro/pop.

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New events and returning vendors who weren't scared off by higher fees will keep the Central Missouri Event Center busy next year, but whether the lineup of events can generate enough revenue to offset the county's operating subsidy remains to be seen.
"I think the future's much brighter than the past," said Mike Teel, co-owner of TAG Events, the management company that has overseen operations and repairs at the former Boone County Fairgrounds since October 2011. The fairground had been operating in the red for a number of years.
"I'm not sure it's gong to be self-sufficient" without continued subsidy from the county or another revenue stream, "but it's going to be a lot closer than I had anticipated in the beginning," Teel said.
Teel and business partner Brent Gibson met yesterday with the Boone County Commission and other county officials to give an update on 2012 operations and an overview of plans for next year. TAG's two-year management contract ends at the end of 2013. Gibson said he was working on a year-end financial report to present to commissioners.
"I would consider the last 12 months very successful," Presiding Commissioner Dan Atwill said.
The county pays up to $275,000 in annual operations and utility costs, and $100,000 from the county budget for capital maintenance and improvements. The agreement also includes a profit-share arrangement, with the county collecting 70 percent of profit until the $275,000 investment is recovered. The county's share drops to 30 percent of profit in excess of that amount.
The meeting yesterday also focused on additional maintenance and capital improvements needs.
In her budget message for the proposed 2013 county spending plan, Auditor June Pitchford listed a long-term management plan for fairground operations as one of the "emerging issues facing the county."
The "reverse" lease with TAG Events, which started Oct. 1, 2011, and runs through the end of 2013, provides an operating subsidy, a utility subsidy and funding for capital repair and improvement. The county will pay approximately $760,000 for that 27-month period.
"The general fund cannot sustain ongoing operating subsidies for this operation," Pitchford's budget message asserted. "It is unclear whether the year-round event center can be self-sustaining, which has been the stated assumption and goal since its acquisition."
Southern District Commissioner Karen Miller she expects the commission will have enough information by the middle of next year to decide whether to ask for bids on a new management contract "or do something different." She asked where the operation would be without the county subsidy, and Gibson replied, "Probably $200,000 in the hole."
Teel said he would like to see more scenarios such as this past weekend, when a major gun show and sale took place in the front of the multipurpose building while a national-level barrel bash competition took place in the horse arena. Teel said those events accounted for a $30,000 weekend for the event center. Just 20 of those events in a calendar year would help the event center stand on its own, he said.


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Here are 10 of my favorite upbeat worship songs. These are songs with strong lyrics, Biblical themes, and great grooves.
Hello and Welcome! This website is focused on helping worship leaders grow in their musicianship, leadership, and devotion to Christ. I hope you find this content helpful and inspiring. Enjoy! - Brenton


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About Hexagor.io
Hexagor.io is a free online multiplayer Io game where you will have the chance to build up an empire of your own. However, you should claim as many lands as possible. Deploy units and occupy adjacent areas first. Do not forget to mine resources! Let's begin and dominate the map now!
How To Play
Use the left mouse to claim hexagons.


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After receiving the background information on Pil Sung from Chul Gi, Jong Sam decides to use the information to corner Pil Sung and get a testimony. Jong Sam hands in his resignation to the police force and tells Jin Young that he is Lee Kwang Ho's biological son. Meanwhile, Su Chil asks Chul Gi to spend the day with Kang. Despite being hesitant, he agrees.


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Paper or plastic?
If a group of high school girls get their way, it might not be a choice in Lynn much longer.
The teens, armed with a PowerPoint presentation on the evils of plastic, are lobbying the City Council to join more than five dozen Bay State communities, including Salem, who have banned plastic bags.
"The idea came about because we see lots of plastic bags scattered around the city among the litter and wanted to make a difference," said Jarivel Castro, a 15-year-old sophomore at KIPP Academy Charter School. "We figured banning plastic bags would go along way to cleaning up Lynn."
Castro was one of an original six girls in an initiative by the Beach Sisters, a partnership between Northeastern University Marine Science Center and Girls Inc. The program's mission is to promote protecting the environment through leadership training and hands-on learning. These youthful peer leaders have become educators and environmental stewards through the planning and implementation of community action projects.
Lia Funicella, 18, a senior at Lynn English High School, said the group's research included interviewing Salem lawmakers who implemented the ban in January, talking with state Sen. Brendan Crighton (D-Lynn) and City Councilor-at-Large Brian LaPierre. They have a planned meeting with state Rep. Lori Ehrlich (D-Marblehead) and have requested a session with Mayor Thomas M. McGee, she said.
In addition, the group started a petition to get signatures from residents who support the ban.
"We set up a table at the Lynn Museum for the Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service teaching recycling and got 300 signatures," Funicella said. "A few people declined to sign saying they've used plastic bags their whole life and asked how they could just randomly stop."
Still, she said, since then, the teens have gathered more than 500 signatures.
Louise Silva, a 16-year-old junior at Lynn Classical High School, said plastic bags harm animals and the environment.
Jenny Ly, 15, a freshman at Lynn English High School, said there will be opposition from families who depend on plastic bags to line small trash cans, clean up after their dog, and a variety of other uses. But she said the benefits of banning plastic outweigh the inconvenience.
"It's better for the environment to have paper," she said.
For the last six years, Ehrlich has championed legislation on Beacon Hill to ban plastic bags statewide. Her measure would require merchants to use paper for customers who don't bring their own bags.
"Our goal is to reduce the nuisance and pollution of plastic waste in our environment," she said. "We see plastic bags carried up into trees, clog city drains and hurt marine life, which is a great concern along our coast."
On why her bill has failed to pass the Legislature, she said statewide change takes time.
"But keep in mind that grassroots efforts have led to 64 communities, including Boston, to step up and ban plastic bags," Ehrlich said.
Deb Ansourlian, Girls Inc.'s executive director, said the project
is teaching the teens valuable lessons they will take with them as they become adults.
"The girls saw a need in the city and are doing the homework to find a solution," she said. "They are building leadership skills, learning to communicate effectively, developing presentation skills, and discovering their voice."
Carole McCauley, outreach program coordinator at the Northeastern University Marine Science Center, said the girls are not only about the environment, they are developing tools to protect it.
"It's not enough to teach about the environment," she said. "The key is to understand where power lies, how decisions get made and how they can make a difference."
Crighton said he's an enthusiastic supporter of the ban.
"If you walk down any street in Lynn, you'll find plastic bags," he said. "On the environment side, it takes forever for plastic to deteriorate."
LaPierre, who watched the girls' presentation, said he supports the effort.
"It's worthwhile," he said. "Other North Shore communities have banned plastic bags or are considering it, so we have to keep an open mind about doing anything that will improve our environment and reduce waste and litter."
But not everyone is on board.
McGee said he plans to review the proposal and determine what's best for Lynn.
City Council President Darren Cyr said he has not made up his mind yet and has not see the Beach Sisters' presentation.
"I know lots of people recycle the plastic bags for a variety of uses," he said. "We will have to see."
House Speaker Robert DeLeo did not respond to a request for comment.
Jon Hurst, president of Retailers Association of Massachusetts, said his members are opposed to the ban because it's anti-consumer and anti-choice.
He said the plastic bag ban has been a nightmare because each city or town appears to be making its own rules.
"We don't like dealing with this crazy quilt of regulations in 351 cities and towns, that's not how this is supposed to work, it's not good for anyone," he said.
Still, he said, he is not enthusiastic for a statewide ban either.
"It's a solution looking for a problem," he said.
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Sunrise to Sunset Settings and Daylight Saving Time/Standard Time
November 2018
I'm using different instances of a single camera with different settings to capture things during the daylight and during darkness. I'm using the "Sunrise to Sunset" setting for motion capture during the day and "Sunset to Sunrise" at night.
I'm not sure how SecuritySpy determines the sunset and sunrise times, but it appears that it's switching over from one setting to another 1 hour too early; it's changing to "Sunset to Sunrise" about 1 hour earlier than it should. It worked fine during the summer months (Daylight Saving Time here where we are 1 hour ahead) but now with Standard Time, it's changing about 1 hour too early before sunset.
Is there a bug here? I'm using El Capitan as the system software on an old iMac. I don't see SecuritySpy having or asking for location services in the System Settings. My Mac's clock shows the correct time and time zone. I'm using the latest version of SecuritySpy. Thoughts about this?
December 2018
Please go to
Preferences -> Schedules
and click the "Advanced Schedule Options" button. Here you will see what SecuritySpy thinks is your location, time zone, and sunset/sunrise times. Does any of this information look wrong to you?
December 2018
I had a similar issue but the handy Sunrise Offset feature in Preferences really is flexible enough for me to optimise my times for recording.
December 2018
Hi Ben,
My Mac time shows that I am (correctly) in the New York (Americas) Time zone which is -05.00 GMT. SecuritySpy, with the "advanced schedule options" shows me in the same time zone (New York Americas) , but it shows (incorrectly) as -04.00 GMT. So there is indeed a 1 hour problem with the calculations used by SecuritySpy. Please advise.
December 2018
I see the same problem in my setup. Mac shows EST/Toronto (-05:00 GMT) which is correct. SecuritySpy shows America/Toronto GMT-04:00 which is incorrect.
To fix it I set the offset in all cases to -60m.
January 1
We have discovered a bug that affects the display of the time zone in the "Advanced Schedule Options" panel that may lead to it being an hour out. However this only affects the way the GMT offset it actually displayed in the panel - as far as we can tell, the schedule itself uses the correct time - so you shouldn't have to specify an offset to compensate for this. So I think a -60 minute offset will result in the change from arming/disarming happening an hour before sunrise/sunset.
January 1
I think you're correct based on my observation.
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The Opera Android browser will soon be in a position to hold your cryptocurrencies. The program, now in beta, allows you retailer crypto and ERC20 tokens in your browser, deliver and get crypto on the fly, and secures your wallet with your phone's biometric security or passcode.
You can sign up to check out the beta in this article.
The function, named Crypto Wallet, "makes Opera the very first big browser to introduce a crafted-in crypto wallet" in accordance to the organization. The function could enable for micropayments in the browser and paves the way for related characteristics in other browsers.
From the launch:
We think the world-wide-web of nowadays will be the interface to the decentralized world-wide-web of tomorrow. This is why we have picked out to use our browser to bridge the gap. We think that with a crafted-in crypto wallet, the browser has the prospective to renew and lengthen its crucial role as a resource to obtain data, make transactions on line and regulate users' on line id in a way that gives them much more manage.
In addition to remaining in a position to deliver funds from wallet to wallet and interact with Dapps, Opera now supports on line payments with cryptocurrency the place retailers support exists. Customers that choose to pay back for their get utilizing cryptocurrency on Coinbase Commerce-enabled retailers will be introduced with a payment request dialog, inquiring them for their signature. The payment will then be signed and transmitted straight from the browser.
Even though it's nonetheless early days for this sort of technological know-how it's interesting to see a mainstream browser getting into the space. Do not hold your breath on observing crypto in Safari or Edge but Chrome and other "open source" browsers could easily insert these characteristics provided sufficient demand.


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Parallel Verses
New Living Translation
But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.
King James Bible
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.
Darby Bible Translation
But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities; the chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his stripes we are healed.
World English Bible
But he was pierced for our transgressions. He was crushed for our iniquities. The punishment that brought our peace was on him; and by his wounds we are healed.
Young's Literal Translation
And he is pierced for our transgressions, Bruised for our iniquities, The chastisement of our peace is on him, And by his bruise there is healing to us.
Isaiah 53:5 Parallel
CommentaryWesley's Notes on the Bible
53:5 Wounded - Which word comprehends all his pains and punishments. For our iniquities - For the guilt of their sins, which he had voluntarily taken upon himself, and for the expiation of their sins, which was hereby purchased. The chastisement - Those punishments by which our peace, our reconciliation to God, was to be purchased, were laid upon him by God's justice with his own consent. Healed - By his sufferings we are saved from our sins.
Isaiah 53:5 Parallel Commentaries
LibraryMessiah Despised, and Rejected of Men
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrow, and acquainted with grief. T he heathen moralists, ignorant of the character and perfections of God, the true dignity and immorality of the soul, and the root and extent of human depravity, had no better foundation, for what they call virtue, than pride; no higher aim in their regulations, than the interests of society, and the conduct of civil life. They expressed, indeed, occasionally, some sentiments of a superior kind; but these, however just …
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Messiah Suffering and Wounded for Us
Cross References
Romans 4:25
He was handed over to die because of our sins, and he was raised to life to make us right with God.
1 Corinthians 15:3
I passed on to you what was most important and what had also been passed on to me. Christ died for our sins, just as the Scriptures said.
Hebrews 5:8
Even though Jesus was God's Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered.
Hebrews 9:28
so also Christ died once for all time as a sacrifice to take away the sins of many people. He will come again, not to deal with our sins, but to bring salvation to all who are eagerly waiting for him.
1 Peter 2:24
He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.
1 Peter 2:25
Once you were like sheep who wandered away. But now you have turned to your Shepherd, the Guardian of your souls.
Deuteronomy 11:2
Keep in mind that I am not talking now to your children, who have never experienced the discipline of the LORD your God or seen his greatness and his strong hand and powerful arm.
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Scarlet Bennett is a mixed media artist who works primarily with metal using silver smithing and metal work techniques. She uses recycled silver, upcycled metal, and found objects (along with traditional materials and gemstones) to create distinctive, unique pieces. Scarlet gets much of her inspiration from nature and her work features colours and themes from the scenes that inspire her in the natural world. She is an experimental artist who continually seeks out new artistic challenges and new ways of incorporating other art forms - such as painting and sculpture - into her work.
Scarlet has been making bespoke pieces of jewellery on commission since 2011.
Working with other artists, musicians and corporates
Scarlet holds a Masters degree in Psychology, and her graduate research was in performance psychology. In 2011, she was the Course Convenor for Psychological Strategies for Peak Performance at the Australian National University's College of Arts and Social Sciences, teaching emerging musicians, actors and artists how to maintain peak performance and resilience in the competitive field of the arts. She has run a successful organisational psychology business since that time, providing performance and occupational psychology services to public and private corporate clients throughout Australia.
Earlier in her career, Scarlet worked as a popular singer (live and as a studio session singer) before training in classical vocal technique with Robert Gard OBE in Sydney in the 1990s. She was Head of Music at David Atkins' Dynamite Dance School of Performing Arts where she taught singing and music theory. While she performs infrequently these days, she remains engaged with music education through a part-time voice teaching role at the Burgmann Anglican School in Canberra.


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During a boom, the expansion of debt-financed investment spending causes initial "robust" financial structures to evolve into "fragile" financial structures, and it is this evolution that ultimately brings the expansion to an end. In the subsequent contraction, typically some fragile financial structures collapse while others are refinanced into more robust financial structures, thereby creating the preconditions for renewed expansion.
There is an old joke in economics (really!) about two economists walking down the street, one of them notices a $20 bill on the pavement and says, "look there is a $20 bill", and the other one says "no it can't be, someone would have picked it up by now"… (control yourself I know).
In a way it's a geeky, very dry, insiders joke about the nihilism of neo-classical economics, and its inability to explain well the endogenous nature of economic change. I mean how do you explain the success (in product development and capital raising rather than financial return terms) of Tesla? Surely electric cars as a business model would already have been invented before Elon Musk if there was a real opportunity? But the (sic) joke also points to a deeper economic truth about innovation: that there is generally a very good reason why something isn't being done, and that free money, ideas that haven't been thought of before, are a very rare commodity. Which is why of course innovation can be so rewarding.
I say this, as yet again, I have read a claim about a company building a fleet of the world's most sophiticated DSVs, that has miraculously, in the worst OSV/DSV market ever, managed to bag it's second long-term contract for a new build DSV. Details are scarce, but the Americas is mentioned.
Now it is highly unlikely for a tornado to rip through a junkyard and assemble a 747, even if all the constituent parts are there, an idea commonly known as Hoyle's Fallacy. It is just as unlikely in this market, that a company, would manage to find two counterparties, in two differing geographic locations, willing to sign an economic charterparty, for a multiyear period, when no one else in the industry had heard of these contracts or been given the chance to bid for them, and that these have real substance.
I could spend hours here writing about how impossible this is: Why would a contracting company give free money away (by paying a higher than market dayrate) by not using a shipbroker to get various bidders into an auction process? Does the vaunted fuel economy of these new vessels, which could be no more than 2 or 3 cubes a day in DP, so max $3000 a diving day, really cover the capital cost of a $150m new build when a near identical unit sold second-hand for $60m (and lower on a blended price)? Who are the oil companies willing to pay above market rates for a new DSV which offers no operational advancement on current functional technology? Who are these small companies that have so much DSV work they are going long on assets while established players lose money running high-end DSVs?
Or I could mention that the current charter announced has gone to a 4 year old Malaysian company, with limited operational experience, in a market where people have been lucky to get OpEx or above for years, and the leading buyer in the market has encouraged vessels like the Stephaniturm? Have Petronas really decided to pay above market rates just to have a shiny DSV? Anyone who has had to negotiate a contract with them, and been through the extraordinary lengths they will go to in order to save minimal costs, will find this idea fantastical in the extreme. Who is this company in the Americas with the financial resources to charter one of the worlds most advanced DSVs but without the commercial skills to get involved in a competitive auction? I'd almost bet my house that this will emerge as a Mexican company, in which case satire is dead.
But then I would simply be playing the same game… And as I am going skiing on Saturday I am time constrained and it's boring. Because these things go back-and-forward without looking at the bigger picture: which is that clearly it can't be true that these are economic deals or a charter party like a 365 BIMCO time charter as the statements imply. The only thing I know for certain here is someone is getting less money out of this than they thought: if it's the yard, then they are not getting the full build cost of these vessels on delivery, or at any point in the future (on a real basis); if it's investors then they are not getting a charter that covers the investment cost, or any mixed scenario of the two or some other third scenario I haven't thought of.
It is simply not possible in a market with such informed buyers, and as many shipbrokers working, who make the market structure for assets with such a high degree of specificity nearly perfectly competitive in a down period, that one company could assemble a veritable 747 of contracts from the primordial soup of DSV demand. The only question is here: who is going to take the financial hit and when?
This is one of those situations where a business model cannot stand serious economic scruntiny. It appears in essence to involve delivering the most expensive assets, without long-term and fixed time-charters charters (that reflect financing cost) into an over supplied market, with extremely high running costs, and lacking credible counterparties. People like to say nice things about start-ups, and I understand why, it's a hard thing to do (as I can personally attest), but just like Enron, Railtrack, and countless other examples, if something is too good to be true it is (not a 747 or a $20 note).
I am going to write my predictions for 2018 while I am skiing (I don't think I did a bad job of 2017 if you want a look here, pessimism was warranted), but one of the things I am convinced of is that in 2018 substance will count. Companies that claim they will grow 50% in this market are simply dreaming, and companies that claim they can find work that no one else is bidding for, or can deliver on are just as delusional. Unlike late 2016 (going into 2017) people are now aware there will not be an elastic bounceback for the offshore fleet, and as the cash running costs are so high, as the pay-off so uncertain, funding costs will increase dramatically, and the Demand Fairy will not save everyone despite a better market.
To everyone who sent me nice wishes about this blog thanks. I have sometimes wondered where I am going with it, and it hasn't always gone the way I planned, but it has involved a fair bit of work so I appreciate the positive feedback. Have a safe and merry festive season.


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My Barbecue Sauce Journey: From Hate to Love
Thursday 11 October 2018 — Category: Cooking & Food
I grew up in Santa Maria, California, home of the world-famous Santa Maria-style barbecue. Any type of barbecue sauce was the last thing you wanted to put on meat. Those who slopped that tomatoey junk on any kind of meat were barbecue reprobates, cut off from barbecue paradise, which of course was Santa Maria style.
As a result of this unspoken and probably unintentional childhood indoctrination, it is no wonder that I saw barbecue sauce as anathema, to be avoided at all cost. My whole life I had looked down on barbecue styles that included a sauce, seeing such meat as defiled and second-rate (or lower!). It took me nearly half a century to finally realize the error of my ways!
My conversion started on July 16, 2016, when I attended the McMenamins Cornelius Pass Roadhouse 15th Annual Brewfest as part of my McMenamins Passport adventure. Before heading back home I ordered a pulled pork sandwich for the first time in my life. I guess that after all of those beer and hard cider samples my resistance was lowered, so I thought I would take a chance and give it a try.
In addition to my life-long opposition to barbecue sauce, I've also had a long-standing aversion to pulled pork ... too dry and stringy. So I was quite surprised and delighted to find that the pulled pork sandwich was absolutely delicious. It was amazing to discover that I actually liked pulled pork and barbecue sauce. Better late than never!
I took the next step in my barbecue sauce journey the following month when I stopped by the McMenamins Old Church and Pub, located in the southern Portland metro area city of Wilsonville, for their 5th birthday celebration.
The Hammerhead BBQ Ribs, a special dish for the party, sounded both intriguing and a bit scary. According to the menu, it consisted of "a half-rack of house-smoked baby back ribs with Hammerhead / Dr Pepper BBQ sauce, served with coleslaw, beans and napkins."
I skipped the beans because I don't like them. Dr Pepper in the barbecue sauce sounded pretty weird, but the ribs were actually quite tasty.
A couple of months later McMenamins once again provided the opportunity to continue my barbecue sauce journey when I had lunch at their Market Street Pub, located on the Portland State University campus in downtown Portland.
I tried a "Baby Got Baby Back Grilled Cheese Sandwich" and fries. The menu described it as "Hammerhead BBQ pork, mac & cheese, caramelized onions on brioche with fresh-cut fries." It seemed like a bizarre sandwich, but it was really good!
These three McMenamins restaurant experiences of barbecue sauce took me from hate to love. In my next article, my barbecue sauce journey brings it on home.
For more tales about other locations, see My McMenamins Passport Adventure.


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TOKYO — The latest installment of Japan's growth strategy will aim to triple infrastructure exports and double farm exports by 2020, as well as increase private investment, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Friday.
The government will set a target for annual domestic private-sector investment of 70 trillion yen, or $683 billion, Mr. Abe said in a speech to business executives and academics. That is 10 percent higher than the current figure and would restore the investment level before the 2008 financial crisis.
Measures to promote growth constitute what Mr. Abe calls the third arrow in his policy quiver as Japan battles to end 15 years of deflation and generate sustainable economic growth. The first two arrows of his program, called Abenomics, are large-scale bond-buying and a burst of government spending.
Mr. Abe has promised that structural overhauls like deregulation will be a key part of the package of steps, to be fully unveiled in June. But it also includes a significant role for government in generating investment and innovation in key sectors, a stance some critics see as outdated and ill-advised.
The monetary and fiscal stimulus already have yielded Japan's fastest economic growth in a year in the first quarter, but corporate investment has yet to follow suit.
Promising to be a "top salesman" for Japanese infrastructure exports, Mr. Abe vowed to promote private-sector investment at home and asked corporate Japan to do its bit to pass on the benefits of Abenomics.
"The government will broadly implement a growth strategy starting with making it easier to invest," he said, "and I would like you business executives to pass on the fruits of this to working people in the form of jobs and compensation."
Politicians in Mr. Abe's party, the Liberal Democrats, worry that, while share prices are up and the yen's value is down — lifting corporate profits — Japanese households have yet to see the benefits in the form of higher wages, although prices are starting to rise.
Mr. Abe, who took office in December after a big election win for his party, has said he wants to unveil the growth strategy before a Group of 8 summit meeting in Northern Ireland that begins June 17. That would also come ahead of an upper house election in July that his party needs to win to cement its grip on power and set the stage for a long-term government.
Noting that the Japanese economy has begun to show signs of recovery, Mr. Abe reiterated his pledge to free the economy from the "spell" of prolonged deflation and lost confidence.
"This is an era in which you cannot survive tough competition unless you are No. 1 globally," he said, promising that the government would make it easier for companies to invest on a scale needed to compete with foreign rivals.
Mr. Abe said the growth strategy would focus intensively on increasing domestic private investment over the next three years, triple infrastructure exports by 2020 and double farm, fisheries and marine exports to 1 trillion yen by the same date.
In a nod to the farm lobby, which was upset by Mr. Abe's decision in March to join talks on the U.S.-led Transpacific Trade Partnership free trade pact, Mr. Abe also pledged to double farmers' income over the next 10 years. That would ease the pain of scrapping the high tariffs that currently protect many farmers.
Mr. Abe also said the growth strategy would aim to increase the number of annual foreign visitors to Japan to 20 million a year, from about 8 million now, and triple the overseas sales of "Cool Japan" content like anime in five years.
Experts have said policy measures announced so far contain some positive steps but fall short of a sweeping overhaul of Japanese capitalism with extensive deregulation.
Among the areas where the final package is expected to fall short are steps to free up Japan's rigid labor market to make it easier for companies to shed dying businesses; improvements in corporate governance; and addressing the touchy question of immigration to make up for a shrinking population.


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French anti-terror forces swarmed a forest just outside of Paris on Thursday, hot on the trail of two commando-style gunmen who killed 12 in a bloodbath at the Charlie Hebdo newspaper.
Even as darkness fell on Foret de Retz, authorities vowed to press on, look in every cave and over turn every rock in the pursuit of brothers Cherif and Said Kouachi.
Cops are combing through the forest as well as the nearby northern French towns of Villers-Cotterets, Longpont and Corcy.
French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve urged citizens not to panic even if two crazed killers are on the loose.
"We need to be calm and show that we are not afraid and that we will remain united in this trial," he said.
The Kouachi brothers are believed to be the crazed gunmen responsible for Wednesday's attack on a satirical newspaper, killing 12 people in Paris.
Heavily armed police scoured the 51-square-mile Foret de Retz, which is actually larger in land area than the French capital where the carnage unfolded.
The Interior Ministry said 88,000 police and military personnel were involved in the nationwide manhunt.
"We must prepare ourselves for a hunt that could take several days," ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet told iTele.
The grieving nation remained on high alert in hopes the terrorists are captured soon.
"There are lots of policemen. I can see a huge police car. They are asking people 'Have you seen anybody?' They have big guns with them," Longpont hotel worker Benoit Verdun told Sky News.
"The forest is bigger than Paris – it is very big and very wide."
It's believed that the suspects knocked off a service station in Villers-Cotterêts, stealing fuel and food, according to multiple French media reports.
The gas station manager said the robbery happened at 10:30 a.m. local time and that the two men were armed with Russian-made automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenade launchers.
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Police are searching door to door in the area, maintaining roadblocks and keeping a close eye on the town from helicopters.
"It's an incessant waltz of police cars and trucks," said Villers-Cotterêts mayor Bruno Fortier, describing the intense manhunt in his city, about 50 miles northeast of Paris.
The killers are believed to be driving a Renault Clio.
Police are also keeping a close eye on the N2, a highway leading northeast out of Paris to Villers-Cotterêts that could possibly bring the killers all the way to the Belgian border.
Security has been dramatically increased at every border crossing out of France, in case the killers try to drive out of the country, authorities said.


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Poetry is The Grand Stage Production of The Living Universe,
The Poet, hangs in the wings night after night,
In a desperate attempt to capture all of the subtle sweet
And terrible beauty sewn into the choreography of the dance.
-Christopher Roper
My ears don't hear merely feel sound around me,
My eyes don't see they drink light by design,
Converse this to the mind which in turn may just lie
Throw things in, swap stuff out keep assumptions
As facts, acting mainly to keep me from going insane
Brain remaining on track and my feet down and grounded
Yet this means I can't trust the truth of these truths that
I claim and hold near to my heart since I found them
Dear Chris,
Don't you dare start this thought process,
Soon you shall cry out obsessed that you're
Merely some head contained in a large jar,
Without skull nor flesh, simply electrical impulses
Fed by someone nuts as those who profess
That the smashing of atoms can teach us of Adam
And Eve, I can't fathom though how some believe
This tall tale told by those who'd sell assured
Insurance quotes "Pearly Gates Road be yours!!!"
Worship depiction of greatest affliction toward
Horrifying historic Non-Fiction.
What was I on about?!
Oh yea!!! How can I be sure that I'm not just a…
Suddenly wish as a wash of emotion brings such fear
So stressful I'd not had this notion,
Equipped with Pseudo-Scientific devotions
Of epic proportions cause thoughts such commotions,
Blancmange type mass bubble and bobbing in glass,
Are these real eyes of mine? Realise now that I have
No way to know yet I continue to ask
Uncontrollable mind-set set solving this task.
Well I'll tell you exactly what task just as….
Faster and faster this I made disaster now
Plunges me deeper down blast past black darkness,
Enthralled through the falling these thoughts now recalling
Cause warm constricts sickness from tonsils to toes
One may feel more than think real lies misconceptions
Consider my teeth VR digital dentures,
Fake face holographic, my SIM saved as "Manic"
With insight inside within brains drowned in panic.
©Christopher Roper
Summer Son
He sits in silence looking through the window pane
and the monotonic melancholic skies that the sight
of dawn now assured him,
To a place of eternal summer where he lay
with his lover in arms as far removed from
lonesome living room as the sofa was from a kingly
bed that was contained within it,
His awareness snaps back to a noticeably brighter morose
wall of cloud than had previously been there before his distant
gaze had first pierced them,
Pondering how many times had such an event passed him by
since last he slept and whether any
including himself even cared other than her,
Did she now look into a sky existing in a time apart
being the last human on earth focusing thought
toward and thus giving substance to his existence?
Would she perceive him weak and meek? Her
pitying him would surely douse what remained of the man,
The smoldering embers of flames once as wildfire
would light never more under so kind an expression.
Just as choosing tend her
loving faith filled eyes would fan the wildest fires once more.
He looks to the skies with hope
Full eyes through happiness as
he knows beyond what sight allows
eternal summer burns brighter still….
….and she burns,
Just for him
© Roper 2018
I am eager to place all that I am to the warmth of your gentle touch,
Should you choose to marry your heart to mine unbound from social prejudices,
Removed from all ceremonial practice that ever took place,
For a love as this has never been witnessed before,
So there is no Church or Temple to house our devotions,
Nor could any dogmatic religious denomination assume represent us to officiate the union of our souls.
Eyes wide seek the cries with the smiles, with our arms open in acceptance to the hardships that we shall surely face in the coming years balanced by times of true happiness.
A wedding to exclude all guests and even family,
As we look to one another for the validation of our loves existence,
The oaths that we speak could be the only authority worthy to preside.
I find my heaven in the life that we build,
Here on Earth.
©Christopher Roper
You can't really ever tell anybody anything,
So I've wasted your time already.
– Christopher Roper
Head down tended, Often slumbers,
Restarts clock, Mark my days numbered,
Light in darkness warms the heart with
new directions forth to March then
Eyes locked on such prize would turn
all focus from which I despise and even
as the blackness closes tighter,
My surprise would find a fighter inside
render threats from shadow hold no substance
Yet the light was not the door that I'd mistook it for;
Mere candle placed with care upon the floor,
I stumbled as I stare in disbelief
To brim with tears a heart as lead filled
by despair for nowhere can
I see small candles shine,
Mine eyes now spill their waters,
Finally succumb to darkness,
I let them close,
Lay down my head,
To fall asleep one final time
©Christopher Roper
Fading Memories of Open Skies
Once what was THE song of wind,
Marvelled by all kith and kin,
Built bars around reside within,
Affront of natures law, such Sin,
Caught and CAGED, such lonesome soul
Now sings for the pleasure,
Of a master taxing mighty toll,
Yet never understood such treasure,
She keeps the BIRD because she's able,
Often cruel, Always unstable,
Now she's lost all interest, Unwilling still to free,
This bird that SINGS, Who's skyward soar
is all but lost to memory,
He Must remember how to fly
So he it is that holds the key,
To this prison that I call my home,
For the bird of which I speak is me.
©Christopher Roper 2017
I know those eyes of yours,
sometime forgotten mind where the soul
till most recent days preferred remain and be at home.
Woken from blissful dreams
crafted carefully from the most delicate of memory's recall,
Abandoning all responsibility of the oaths once taken of secrecy,
Promises made to oneself for the benefit of experience
As I stared once more into the heart of the ocean,
That burning intenser fires blue and golden wild passionate flames.
Will still my endless questions,
I would again wash clean in the one
sole source that quench
my imagined wants and childish unimportant efforts of self gratification.
Gladly I leave, ebbed with each moment that fills me
With the gratitude for her gaze.
Those eyes that look to mine once more… forever seeking hers.
©Christopher Roper
If this is to be my finale,
Then I'd hope it Grand,
If this is to be my final day,
Then let it be in a place of love,
Within a space I call Home.
Be with me please, let me be,
Let me go, and go with peace.
©Christopher Roper
She appears….No He…. No hang on
Who are you?
I am God…. And you are the devil…. Idiot boy
You are God!? I repeat in disbelief
No Son, I'm The Devil
You said that I was The Devil
You? You are God!
Wait, wait wait…. What are you tal….. who is who here to be clear,
You are speaking riddles of two concepts entirely opposite of one another
Well… Yes you are
Would you consider yourself a good man Bodeyzephr?
You call me Bodeyzephr?
I used the name you chose, of course
er, oh Well I know that a lot depends on Point of View but Yeah, Yes I consider myself a good man. Of course
Almost all is Point of View, though yours you feel the highest is a very limited viewpoint from my perspective I can assure you, and what is not subjective, what you would call pure evil…. this creates by its very existence the Purity of Goodness found within all things! Would you I remove this from creation?
Heavens no, Of course not
Heavens no, Hell yes, all the same to me. if this your choice then one must accept the counterpoint of all that is good and acknowledge it too must exist within all things.. Bodeyzephr, tell me, from your….unique point of view, What is God?
God is … LOVE!
She is indeed. God is Desire!! Desire to create and experience the unique and newness that had never yet been dreamt, the desire as you have in yourself… is my desire, to know myself. I desire
I was taught that The Devil played upon desire, craved desire
Yes, well the Sons desire was sired by the Father and the bringing of light? The light of awareness that you.. all… may choose. Choose as you Freely Will, though I see seldom paying proper attention to the choices that they continue to make.. so squandered power
Temptation then… the Devil gives Temptation for the darker things
And so it is…. You are He by your logical deduction for it is your awareness of the darker things that brings your awareness of choice fresh burning desire. You create your own Temptations. And when you do, the choice, you already made it.
So who is The Devil
i AM..
You Are!?
Then I Am..
I Am… she nodded with the kind of smile as one would see upon a parents face when observing that their child may have finally understood.
©Christopher Roper
A Relationship On The Rocks
Neither of us ever felt the tides flow, long it held our gaze,
Passion thrashing out of night in light left little more than grains,
Outside beauty seemed to tether feelings that we shared together,
Lust misunderstood mistakenly we thought more felt as love
Now, we stand with one another, Upon this sturdy ocean shoulder,
A Rock Id known for me no other,
Ledge ends friendship for first lover,
Older none the wiser, surely both have realised
The ties that bind our hearts and minds,
Our knot, who lie on this most sacred plot.
It didn't always look this way, Frayed by years seas angered spray,
Yet by your side, share now a smile, we stand again a shore,
Hoping waves that carve away our rock be beautiful once more.
©Christopher Roper
Stagnant as water in still seeping marsh
Wretched and cold as winter draws near
Daydream, Day sleep, this creature of Dark,
All memory of laughter lost to his tears,
In years gone by, there'd be many who'd cry
To see shadow and torment in this they'd seen fly,
Resigned to despair, His eyes scream beware,
Beware dangers that can, from a single small word,
For word brings to being thought, feeling, intention,
These the most potent of all Gods invention,
He waits and he waits on small rocky slope
His bitter companion that small word.
His HOPE.
©Christopher Roper
God Smiles Glad upon Floored Apple Core
No need to succeed while drenched in success,
This Eden see me free complacent and kept,
And so no Change will I suffer no pain inside;
My Spirit condemned by a pleasure blinded mind,
To stay still move swiftly towards stagnant mire,
Souls prayer sent forth begs and pleads, Brimstone!, Hellfire! ,
Creators answer soon darkens horizon,
Cause lazy man sit up abrupt locking eyes on
This veil that prevails such rain as it sails
Overhead soaking use from the bed wakes ahead,
A brief respite afforded from the wind biting cruel
Let Man glance his chance acting fast making tools,
The storm brought the fire, fuel the engine, drive survival,
Delay further its return
The eye above would watch him learn
That he could build a proper shelter,
using this to help protect the
Things he now began to dream,
create such wonders earth to sea.
©Christopher Roper 2017
Wishing is where these 'New Agers' lose my trust,
When they preach that thought and focus shall bring everything to us,
All people every moment pop out and into brand new real,
And yes will heading be toward, What head thinks most you mostly feel
Reel is right, like Movies might
Assume these things move round in light,
Senses can mislead perception,
Steers away from truths direction,
Assume they move yet move they don't,
No matter how you'd wish or want,
Just beyond sights limits sit,
Shown in dark room brightly lit,
The many rapid static photographic stills will flicker,
Sense is now deceived by something simply moving quicker.
Now wishing selfish wanting mind,
Will cause precisely those to find,
Wishing well, well-wishing still,
Never having only want you will,
This 'The Secret' they would teach,
If so I Wish , just one for thee,
If seeds your will bent sowing,
Have not mind for want nor wish but knowing,
Know this thing already yours,
You'll find soon not so simple chore,
You may lie to those close by, even skilled deceiving all,
Figured you think cheat the game,
But you can't lie to self the same,
Cheated all, then try cheat more,
Attempt sell self this false known wealth,
So sad deceived belief shall miss,
That all their knowing serves the dish
Of bitter wanton wish
©Christopher Roper
Be certain when you take such love as rarely shines as mine,
The one who hands it to your hands knows nothing burns as burns Divine
If care to take your choosing, I'd take care as careless act see losing,
Such a gift would see your soul be left with only pain and ruin.
The fairy tale of true love that you seek
has ever been a tale of tragedy,
A deluge of emotion washing flames of passion burning madly
Yes it makes you feel alive, as do all just as they die,
See love as this is pure as lives in highest height of heaven
Lantern trusted kept by son who keeps it still forever will,
My love shares its birthplace
With the one you name The Devil.
©Christopher Roper


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Exam stress getting to you. Don't panic find a goat to stroke!
Last week Bath Spa University was encouraging students to de-stress by setting up a 'petting zoo' where they could go along and stroke a goat or feed ducks. This hasn't gone down too well with animal rights groups, though, who suggest bouncy castles and back massages may be more appropriate!
Similarly, one Students Union is planning to set up 'bubble wrap stations' for stressed out students, where they can relax by continually popping the bubble wrap. It would appear that students have found this method of relieving mental stress before exams more relaxing than both yoga or meditation.
Failing the availability of a goat or bubble wrap, a chat with your tutor will help relieve the pressure. Your tutor will know what you're going through and will help you get things in perspective.
Tutors - what advice would you offer on calming the nerves of stressed out students at this fraught time?


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don't let life's pace run you over.
Jennifer Cole
When you think of the word "grace," what comes to mind? I know for me, the word "grace" was kind of foggy at first. I could tell that grace was a good thing, that it was desirable and positive. But, it was hard to put my thumb on just what it meant and how to apply it to my life -- and don't even ask me to explain it to someone else back then! Ha!
But at some point along my journey I got the revelation knowledge of what grace truly is...and WOW it's a big deal! And did I tell you...it's FREE! The basic truth we're diving into today is that grace is not just a warm-fuzzy or feel-good word. It's not good vibes or positive thoughts. Grace is actually a tangible deposit of God's ability and strength into your life!
>>Did you catch that? It's HIS ability and strength, freely given to YOU!
It's no wonder that in Romans 5:17 we read: "For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ." So there's a direct tie here between receiving an abundance of grace and reigning in life. God's desire for us is to reign in life, not to be run over by life!
The question for all of us today is...do you feel like you're reigning in life? Or does it feel like you're living "one nostril above water?" Stressed out, maxed out, burned out, you name it. None of those describes the type of lifestyle God desires for you! It's true that in this day-and-age, there's no shortage of things that will try to command your attention and fill your schedule. There's work, raising children, going to school, travel, phone calls, paying bills, eating and sleeping, Facebook, Zumba class, grocery shopping, walking the dog...I mean, isn't it easy to see how quickly you could feel overwhelmed? That's why it's absolutely essential that you obtain God's grace for the pace!
God's grace in your life is like great ropes that hold a ship together through a storm. When everything around you is falling apart, the waves are crashing and wind is beating down on you, it's God's grace -- those incredibly strong, tough, supernatural ropes -- that keep you in tact. And in calm waters, it's the grease for the motor that helps you cruise forward with ease and joy!
I want to encourage you today -- if you're feeling run over, out of steam or at the end of your rope...then right now RUN, don't walk, to the Throne of Grace to obtain supernatural deposits of His ability and strength! Simply ASK the Lord for extra grace for the pace. Obtaining grace deposits into your life is an active process -- it's something you need to ask for, seek, require and grab hold of. So don't wait...access the grace He has for you today and every day -- just ask and receive!
Say This: "Father, thank You that I can approach Your Throne of Grace at any time and ask for extra grace for the pace! Thank You that You are depositing Your ability and strength into my life, helping me to reign in life, to enlarge my capacity and to fulfill all that You've called me to do in this life. Today I ask You for extra measures of grace, and I thank You for it! In Jesus' Name. Amen."


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Granville Arts Commission (GAC)
Minutes of October 19, 2015
Members Present: Jurgen Pape, Lois Foreman-Wernet, Kyle Morgan, Marilyn Sundin, Jodi Melfi, Jackie O'Keefe, Neal Zimmers, Mickey Smith, Meg Ginther
Members Absent: Tom Carroll
Guests Present: None
Meeting Started: 7:10
Approval of Minutes: Minutes of August 17, 2015 were reviewed. Marilyn moved and Meg seconded to approve the minutes as amended. The motion carried.
Treasurer's Report: Marilyn distributed the budget report. Lois moved and Neal seconded to accept the report as corrected. The motion carried.
Old Business: None
New Business:
Grant #15-17: The First Presbyterian Church requests $1000.00 to offset the expense of a new composition for the "Journey of Seasons" for their concert series. Meg moved and Kyle seconded to approve. The motion carried.
Grant #15-18 – The Granville Historical Society requests $150.00 to purchase art supplies for the making of holiday decorations by community members as part of the Candlelight Walking Tour. Marilyn moved and Mickey seconded to approve the request. The motion carried.
Neal put forth the idea of pursuing Capability Funds from the Ohio Arts Council, which could further our vision for the future, but first we need to decide what that vision is. The group will be thinking about ideas on this topic to be discussed at the next meeting.
Marilyn will once again approach "Ladies Night Out," a choral group from Denison, to perform at the Candlelight Walking Tour.
Announcements: Marilyn plugged the upcoming Licking County Players performance of Arsenic and Old Lace, in which she will be appearing.
Meetings: Next meeting is November 16, 2015 at 7pm in the Village Offices. Upcoming meeting is December 14, 2015.
Adjournment: The meeting was adjourned at 7:55pm.
Respectfully submitted: Kyle Morgan


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A day that many may have never thought would come finally came this week, Joe Hart's ten year stay in Manchester is at an end as England's number one heads to Italy in search of first team football after being left out of Pep Guardiola's plans.
A year ago it would have been absurd to bench Joe Hart, let alone leave him out of the squad all together. Having been one of City's longest and perhaps most passionate servant in this era it's understandable that some are getting misty eyed over this news.
Hart's City Career
Joining City at the tender age of 19 in 2006 from Shrewsbury Town, Hart was third choice keeper behind Andreas Isaksson and Nicky Weaver. Hart's debut came in October 2006 when both Isaksson and Weaver were injured, keeping a clean sheet in a goalless game against Sheffield United.
This was followed by loan spells at Tranmere Rovers, Blackpool and Birmingham City before establishing himself as the number one keeper in the 2010/11 season under Roberto Mancini.
Hart would go on to make a fantastic haul of silverware, both personally and with team awards including; two Premier League winners medals, an FA Cup, two League Cups and four Golden Gloves as well as two inclusions in the PFA Team of the Year.
Joe's Italian Job
Having joined Torino, Hart becomes the first English goalkeeper to play in Serie A since it's inception in 1929. Perhaps the most heart- wrenching part of this transfer was the goodbye message he left on his Instagram page.
Thanking the fans for their relentless support throughout his tenure at City, Joe said that the "feelings he felt" during the recent game against Bucharest would "live with him forever." He went on to thank fans for all the "amazing memories."
The most important task now is for fans to now welcome Joe's replacement, Claudio Bravo, and show him the respect and trust he deserves.
There will be portions of fans who resent Guardiola for this decision but he must be trusted to make the tough decisions if City are to progress to the next level both in England and Europe.


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"I regard highly how Neil communicates, advises and conducts my representation. I've not witnessed anything near this calibre of dedication in a long while with any other recruitment aide." Paul Irvine, Global Web Development Manager
An ex Sony Centre manager, customer service and an interest in technology are core to Neil. He has gone from strength to strength since joining the company.
When not in the office, Neil enjoys spending time with his wife, fishing, working on his VW Panel van and is an avid player of Call of Duty on the PS3 with a very high online global ranking.


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I recently posted a meme that hit me where I live. It sums up how I have felt about aging over the last few years.
For the first 46 years of my life, I was pretty oblivious to aging. I loved being 36. That was the year I felt the least insecure, the most vital, the most energetic. It was the start of a wonderful energy surge that lasted 14 years. Between the ages of 36 and 50, I truly felt young. The number representing my age during those 14 years meant little to nothing for me. In my mind, I felt 36, sometimes I felt as young as 25, and that was all that mattered to me. My kids were growing but still quite young. I showed signs of graying hair, but I felt energetic enough to color my own hair. Presto change-oh, I'm still young! Physically, emotionally, spiritually, the rising number of my age had absolutely no effect on me. I paid it no mind. Young people at work would look and sound amazed (ok, they were being nice) when I told them my age. I've never lied about my age. I don't see the point.
Then I turned 51. My son graduated from college. My daughter had a beautiful baby boy and made me a grandmother. I had to color my hair more often. I was getting mentally and physically tired of doing it myself, so I started paying to have it done. I didn't feel the presto change-oh magic that I used to feel. I started acknowledging that the hair coloring wasn't the wizard's wand that made me feel younger anymore. I looked in the mirror and noticed skin tone and facial changes that seemed to have appeared overnight. I was sure I looked younger yesterday. I went on a serious, almost religiously regimented weight loss plan and lost 72 pounds. The most I'd ever lost in my life.
I went from this:
to this:
I didn't maintain that loss, but I digress. My weight loss-gain history is one I'll save for another time, another post.
What I am saying in the most meandering way is that as I think of how I've aged, it seems like one night I went to bed feeling 36 (paying no mind to my looks at all) and I woke up the very next morning feeling every bit of 51. I know, I didn't age overnight. It just feels that way. I felt that way about my daughter hitting adolescence. She and I have always been very close, and I remember when she was a little girl and wanted to be with me all the time. I cherish those memories. I've told friends that it seems like she was my little girl and woke up the next day in full-blown adolescence and all that it entails. If there was an in between, I didn't pay enough attention. She didn't grow up overnight, it just feels that way in my memory. She is an incredibly beautiful, strong, wise young woman and I'm so proud of her. But still, presto change-oh she grew up!
I began working as a technical writer in the IT field back in 2008. I wanted to have a career that allowed me to write. I now resent deeply that I actually paid for university coursework in hopes of learning technical writing well enough to get a job. If I could, I'd demand my tuition money back. I learned to be a technical writer by doing the job. The university coursework I paid for and completed was seriously antiquated. The instructor had no clue software had been invented that took the place of the cutting-pasting layout process he routinely assigned to us. Adobe InDesign, to name just one.
My tech writing career has allowed me a first-hand look at the world of technology and software development. What happened in my TW career was that I began to see what software developers do, how much they earn, and I also saw that they have a passion for what they do. I detected in them a passion that I want very much to have. I was fortunate enough to land a technical writing job at a good company during a time when they offered an excellent employee education program. I took full advantage. I took courses in Linux, MySQL, cloud computing, and four courses in Python. I decided to learn the Python programming language and to become a software developer. That was in 2014. I fully intended to continue on the dev path that the company offered. So excited was I about learning to code that I started a group to find others who wanted to learn to code like me. I called it Alamo Python Learners.
My employer had other plans. The company did a big layoff in 2016, and I was one of the employees that got cut. I had planned to stay there for a very long time, had hoped to retire from that company. I went down a deep well of depression. I lost the desire to continue my developer education. I dropped out of Alamo Python Learners and went off to lick my wounds. The group still exists but they're now called Alamo Code Learners and their Meetup site boasts 1,363 members. I started that.
During my layoff recovery period, I mused over the fact that most of the devs I worked with were very much younger than me. I decided to give up my hopes of coding in Python. I told myself that I'm too old. Who was I to think that I could work and keep up with developers that were my kids' ages and younger? Python dreams still lingered but I didn't mention it to anyone and pushed it out of my mind.
This past summer, once again working alongside devs way younger than me, I acknowledged that their jobs are what I want to do. I will turn 54 this month, two days after Christmas. I had previously invested heavily in Python development books and learning material. I decided to revisit my Python past. I didn't even know where any of those books were. In a box, in a closet? Did I throw them out? I had thrown some of the materials out, but I kept most of it. I found one book, I found another notebook, etc. I popped open my beloved MacBook (which had sat unused for quite some time) and whaddya know? I had exported my Safari and Chrome bookmarks and was able to use them again. All those online sites are still available to me. I have no excuse for giving up on Python development. Except that I'm even older than I was in 2014. The devs I work with look even younger to me now.
I have decided to get over being age conscious and go back to thinking as young as I want to feel. I'm back to learning Python and, crazily enough, it is coming back to me quite swiftly. Stuff I thought was hard doesn't seem so hard anymore. I set time goals for my learning. Maybe I will be a white-haired Python developer (the hair coloring routine is getting old) and I'll stick out like a sore thumb in comparison to 20-something coworkers. I have decided that I'm fine with that.
My father set a great example for me of what it really means to be a lifelong learner. There was always a stack of books on his night table, and he returned to college a few times as he grew older. He pushed me and my sister and brother to make school and learning a priority. He worked hard to pay our private school tuition, but he expected results for his expense. "I'm not paying good money for you to bring home C's on your report card!" He paid our tuition but expected us to do the work and to do it well. He passed away in 2010, and his words of wisdom with regard to learning and education become more powerful to me as I grow older.
I'm not ready to give up coloring my hair, and I'll admit that I worry about wrinkling, but what I am more concerned about is my brain going stale. Somewhere I heard or read that we only stop learning when we are in the grave. I believe that's true.
There is a quote that I love. It is attributed to Maimonides, a medieval Sephardic Jewish philosopher.
"May there never develop in me the notion that my education is complete, but give me the strength, leisure, and zeal to continually enlarge my knowledge." — Maimonides 1135-1204
I found another meme that hits me right where I live, which is in a much better place than before.


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1.6.18 Obituaries
Fri, 01/05/2018 - 3:57pm
Rinehart & Sons
Jerry Edwards
Jesup—Jerry Edwards of Jesup died Jan. 2, 2018, after an extended illness and under the care of Hospice of South Georgia.
The U.S. Army veteran was a 34-year retired Rayonier employee and the owner and operator of Riverland Bait and Tackle Shop. He enjoyed fishing, spending time with family and friends. He was predeceased by his former wives, Elaine Hall Edwards, the mother of his children, and Patricia Coleman Edwards, and his parents, Lewis Edwards and Marie Edwards Miller.
Survivors include two daughters, Tina Blue of Ludowici and Mary (Chad) Carter of Ludowici; five sons, Kevin Edwards of Jesup, David (Anissa) Edwards, Timmy Edwards, and Joey (Tammy) Edwards, all of Ludowici, and Michael (David Crosby) Edwards of Quitman; a stepson, Christian Fowler of Jackson, North Carolina; 22 grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren; and his dog, Carly.
Funeral services were held Jan. 5 at Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Stanley Todd officiating. Interment followed in Baggs Cemetery. Active pallbearers were Chad Carter, Zachary Edwards, Tyler Edwards, Jason Howard, Keith Summers and Ronnie Cooksey. Honorary pallbearers were the staff of Hospice of South Georgia.
Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
Catherine Blackmon Flowers
Jesup—Catherine Blackmon Flowers, 55, of Jesup died Jan. 2, 2018, after an extended illness.
The Wayne County native was a retired custodian with the Wayne County school system. She enjoyed all kinds of crafting and gardening.
She was predeceased by her husband of 28 years, Kenneth L. Flowers, and parents, Ruben and Earline Landon Flowers.
Survivors include two daughters and sons-in-law, Shanan and Mike Swinea of Brunswick and Lisa and Allen Spradley of Jesup; four grandchildren, Dannon Westberry, Logan Westberry, Keith Spradley and Konner Spradley; two great-grandchildren, Heidi and Owen Westberry; a sister and brother-in-law, Diane and Bill Kirkland; a brother, Robert Blackmon of Jesup; and several nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held today (Saturday) at 11 a.m. at Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home with the Rev. Dale Bange officiating.
Interment will be in the Manningtown Cemetery.
Active pallbearers will be Allen Spradley, Mike Swinea, Dannon Westberry, Hunter Landon, Robert Flowers and Jeremy Kirkland. Honorary pallbearers will be the staff of James E. Bacon Elementary School.
Visitation will be held from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. prior to the services at the funeral home.
Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Betty Ann Kelly
Jesup—Betty Ann Kelly, 72, of Jesup died Jan. 2, 2018, at Jesup Health Care after an extended illness.
The Wayne County native was a member of the Church of God and a homemaker. She enjoyed church, singing, being a Sunday school teacher and cooking.
She was predeceased by a former husband, Charles William "Bo" Dowdy, and a daughter, Sybil Toler.
Survivors include two daughters, Cindy Dowdy, Theana Cantwell, both of Jesup; a sister, Anita Kelly Stafford of Jesup; nine grandchildren; 15 great-grandchildren; several great-great-grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Private memorial services will be held by the family.
Rinehart and Sons Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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AUGUSTA, Ga., April 11 (Reuters) - Golf's not-so-mad scientist Bryson DeChambeau has been putting with the flagstick in the hole for much of this year after a rule change that allowed it.
Perhaps it is too bad he did not remove the stick for his 195-yard approach shot to the final hole at Augusta National on Thursday.
Had he so, the ball might have gone in, but instead it clattered against the stick and stopped a couple of inches away for a tap-in birdie.
"Should have pulled the flagstick out," the American joked after a six-under-par 66 that tied for the first-round lead with Ryder Cup team mate Brooks Koepka.
"But no, it was a great shot, and I was excited just to tap-in to finish off a great round."
It was his first sub-70 score in nine rounds at Augusta, where he tied for 21st and 38th in his previous appearances.
Physics major DeChambeau has brought a level of scientific analysis to golf perhaps unmatched by a professional.
The 25-year-old former U.S. Amateur champion plays with shafts of all his irons the same length, all but unheard of until he burst onto the scene. He claims it allows for a more repeatable swing plane.
He knows that it will take a few more rides at the rodeo to learn every nuance of Augusta, where experience does not go astray.
"I don't know if I'm going to be able to figure out every little nuance of this golf course in my third year playing, but what I can do is prepare as good as I can and be comfortable with my own game in any situation," he said.
"So that when I get out here, any situation that arises, I feel I can execute and play the game that's necessary."
Only one under after 11 holes, there was little to suggest the fireworks to come.
"Executed a beautiful nine-iron on 12 that got me rolling," said DeChambeau, who also birdied the final four holes.
"What a magical back nine.
"I was hitting it great all day, driving it well, just an accumulation of great golf that finally showed in the score." (Reporting by Andrew Both)