text: Bisnis Bali reports that plans to build an international airport in the Gerokgak district of north Bali remain very much in flux. This state of confusion follows intensive lobbying of a candidate Turkish investors by the Regent of Buleleng, Putu Bagiada, and other north Bali officials. Statements from regency officials following contact with the Turkish investor confirmed the willingness to go ahead with the international airport project.Locals living in Gerokgak are said to be growing increasingly impatient with the stalled project and are seeking a firm commitment from Buleleng officials that the airport constriction will go ahead.Adding to the confusion, are earlier announced plans for the Turkish investor to visit the proposed site for the airport which have not come to fruition. The chief of the region's planning body (Bappeda), Gede Dharmaja, has confirmed that the international airport plan for north Bali has received bilateral endorsement from the governments of Indonesia and Turkey. Moreover, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has designated the location for the facility at Gerokgak in the Buleleng regency.Said Dharmaja: "This is the agreement between two countries and as a result the central government has designated that the location will be in Gerokgak and not in another region. Previously many regencies requested this project but the selection has been made by the President."He said the investor will visit Buleleng following a visit by the Regent, Putu Bagiada, to Turkey. That visit, however, was postponed because of the busy schedule of the investor and a conflict with the Islamic fasting month. Dharmaja explained: "We have not received a firm date, but the investor will certainly visit Buleleng. We just need to wait."Separately Dharmaja said the proposed international airport would be located at the villages of Pemuteran and Sumberkima. Adjoining villages will be involved in building access roads. "The present runway at Sumerkima will be incorporated into the new airport, possibly forming a part of the new airport," Dharmaja said.The land required for the project is said to be in hand. The regency has set aside 700 hectares of the needed 1,000 hectares. The lands for the project has come from government-owned land formerly held by PT Margarana. The remaining 300 hectares will be acquired from private landowners.


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Who was/is Johnnie Ray ? - CDs, Vinyl LPs, DVD and more
Born January 10, 1927 at Polk Station, Oregon, Johnnie was the second child of Elmer and Hazel Ray, a hardworking farm couple. The family was astonished when the boy, not yet age three, toddled, unprompted, over to a pipe organ that had stood, unused, for years in their house and coaxed a melody, perhaps Rock Of Ages, from the dusty keyboard. As he grew, Johnnie became a popular local fixture in Dallas, Oregon, the nearby town where the Rays moved after the Depression forced Elmer to give up the farm. Playing organ at the local First Christian Church's Sunday school, frustrating his one and only music teacher with an endless capacity to jazz up the classics, grinding out boogies for hours at a time on any piano he could get at, Johnnie led a charmed life.
"Show business was his obsession all the time," his older sister Elma explained, "There wasn't a time in his life when he wasn't pursuing musical interests. It was his single interest in life for as far back as I can remember, and the obsession always showed itself in one way or another." Ray traced the origin of his lifelong show business aspirations to a trip to Dallas' one movie house: "When I was about 5 years old, we saw 'Murder at the Blackboard.' It was a mystery with Edna May Oliver and I remember that so well--it was just like somebody hit me over the head with a baseball bat. I thought 'That's what I want to do with my life.' I made up my mind that I wasn't going to be a farmer or laborer. I was going to be a movie star like Clark Gable or Tarzan."
Although he later reckoned that this "burning ambition to be in the business was strange in itself, given my environment," it was really inevitable. Elmer, his father, was an accomplished country fiddler; indeed, he first met Hazel at a barndance where he was performing with a local stringband. "My basic background in music came from gospel and country & western," Johnnie said. "There was a lot of Western music around Oregon. When I was a kid, I was taken to square dances where Dad used to fiddle. We were well aware of Roy Acuff and far-out people you wouldn't expect us to hear, like the Maddox Brothers & Rose, Homer & Jethro. I sang in church a bit. Don't know whether you'd call it gospel. It depended on the spirit in which you sang it. After all, you can take 'Bringing in the Sheaves' which is basically a hymn, and make a gospel out of it. Basically, it was a combination, a wedding of the two kinds of influences."
As the gifted village eccentric, well liked by boys and girls alike, his need to entertain was not only unquenchable but also much in demand, and the hillbilly and gospel mixture provided a rich stylistic bedrock. After his elder sister Elma fanned Johnnie's smoldering talent by exposing him to her not inconsiderable collection of jazz and swing records, the recipe was complete.
Despite the hardships of the Great Depression, Johnnie and Elma led an idyllic life, and with his natural talent it seemed as if the boy's existence was an entirely charmed one. Johnnie frolicked through his childhood, singing away the afternoons in hay lofts, exploring the local woods, mounting backyard entertainment programs, eventually joining his friends as a member of the Boy Scouts of America.
In the summer of 1940, Dallas was site of a Boy Scout Jamboree. Troops from all over the Pacific Northwest flooded the area, setting up tents in a field behind the Dallas City park. 13 year old Johnnie was among the sea of boys, and eagerly fell in when his own troop organized a blanket toss. Then, Johnnie's turn: flying up into the wild blue yonder, silhouetted against the sun for a brief instant and just as suddenly back down—but someone, someone accidentally (or on purpose?) let go of the fabric. Johnnie slammed, head first, into the ground. The shaft of a dry straw was all it took to tear through his ear drum; he instantly and permanently lost fifty percent of his hearing. He wordlessly arose, dusted himself off--there was no tell tale trickle of blood, only a wan smile as he shambled off, alone, towards the nearby woods.
The accident was Fate's stamp upon the boy, a cruelly paradoxical twist for one blessed with such innate musical ability. He never mentioned the fall to his parents, not even to Elma. His condition went undiagnosed for months and Johnnie had no understanding of what happened, assuming perhaps that what seemed mere concussive affects would soon wear off--but Johnnie Ray would never be normal again. He became more and more withdrawn, "the loneliest boy in the world," and, since he could barely understand what anyone said to him, was often thought to be rude, coldly ignoring those who addressed him; he eschewed music and friends; everything was horribly altered. It was during this period that Johnnie Ray went through puberty--probably unaware of when his voice changed. A challenging enough passage under normal circumstances, for Johnnie Ray, it was part of a torturous, unexplainable mess.
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The Real World Brooklyn premiered on MTV last week. First the first time there are 8 cast members which means 4 cute guys for us to watch. Scott is a a fitness model who has been featured in Men's Health magazine. Check out the videos below for an interview with Scott and a great shot of his ass in a jock. You can find more Scott at his Model Mayhem profile & his fitness website. Check back tomorrow for pics of gay roommate JD.
If you checked out The City last week you saw Olivia's cousin/gay bff get a ticket for spitting. This is apparently the least of his legal woes.. According to the Smoking Gun James Nevan Donahue was arrested in February 2007 for soliciting a prostitute in West Palm Beach, Florida. The bad news is that it was a female undercover police officer. He offered the officer the prescription pain killer oxycontin as payment for sexual services. I love that the arresting officer felt the need to include that he was wearing a "white cheetah shirt" and that his pants were open exposing his "shiny black underwear".


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Buying a pump
Ok mamas, I'm thinking of trying for a LO #2 and nursing was a disaster the first time around, however I really want to give it another try.
I didn't have a pump the first time around (maybe part of the problem) so this time I'm looking for Medela PISA. Ive found some very cheap on here but my question is would you buy a Medela from someone you didn't know???
No only buy new, they are not made for re-use call medela directly they will give u good deals!! My free style is amazing!!!
Re: Buying a pump
Just so you know, unless you are going to be working outside the home or otherwise separated from your baby regularly for long periods of time, or you have a baby in the NICU, you don't need a double-electric pump. You don't need a pump at all to have a successful breastfeeding relationship. Pumping early in your breastfeeding relationship can exhaust you, decrease your confidence in your ability to breastfeed, cause oversupply, etc etc.
A good manual pump will do everything you need unless you WOH or have a seriously ill baby. The Avent Isis is a good manual pump and isn't very expensive.
Re: Buying a pump
I second what previous poster said, I am a SAHM and I only pump to leave some milk for dh when I can't be there to nurse. I have the medela swing and would recommend it, I prefer it to a manual pump. To make it easier this time around I would recommend contacting your local LL Group or to read a good breast feeding book like "The womanly art of breastfeeding". Good luck to you, breastfeedig can be wonderful!
And yes, I would buy a breast pump used and then replace the parts like tubing, valves and breast shield.
Thanks mamas. I do work outside the home. I'm a nurse and work long 12 hour shifts so I definately need a pump.
Do you use wic? Our wic office has hospital grade pumps that they lend out. Mines awesome so happy I got it. And it's free for as long as you need it! :) just an idea. I personally couldn't use a pump from someone I didn't know. And idk maybe buying all new parts might make me feel better about it....
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I would not buy a used pump from someone I didn't know. I have the Medela PISA, love that thing! I got by with the Avent Isis with the first baby but double electric is SO much nicer. And I don't work outside the home...so technically I could get by without on. But sure is nice to have.
Watch out for coupons...Target has a good price on it I think.
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Ok, so you do need a pump! :)
I have an Ameda Purely Yours and it works great for me. I have also heard good things about the Avent Isis IQ double electric.
I would buy a used pump, sure. I'd just buy a new kit (tubing, valves etc). I'd want to make sure the motor is working well.
Are you a nurse in a hospital? Just wondering if you could use the hospital's pumps. I loved the hospital grade pump I rented so much more than the PISA.
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While Siege Wars are very hard to defend, there are tons of steps to make it easier.
People tend to think "Oh we're defending against a semi-good guild. They have 31 health monks, we're doomed." While that is pretty much true if they had 31 monks you might aswell just throw in the towel, quit the game, and maybe go raid their homes irl.
But let's be serious, most guilds have very little variety in classes today and most people tend to run with the things that works the best, thief, archer, squire, priest, magician & tamer. While this will take you very far, it will never push you past the edge of the abyss. To really get the feeling that you're doing something other than just dealing as much damage as possible, you need other classes. Spiritualists, necromancers, demons, witches, princesses, angels etc. Classes that is "harder" to play than what we normally see today, they can bring alot of things to the table that most people don't see, just because you don't see them murdering people on a daily basis.
Having a witch using rabbit rush to stop the attacking monk can be so annoying and can win you valueable time on the field.
Having a good angel teleporting everyone around will negate the time walking for the party and since the angel never has to stand still he can run after people calling the whole party to kill enemies.
Using necromancers and spiritualists to debuff the enemies is more powerful than people think. Simply having a sucessful debuff can render someone useless or simply strip them of all their defenses which gives everyone else the opportunity to strike.
If you don't know what I'm talking about,
Abnormal: Stun, Sleep, Paralyze, Flint Fire, Confusion, Cold, Poison etc.
Curse: Berserk, Level, Stats
Dropped System: Avoidance, Accuracy, Defense, Attack, Attack Speed, Movement Speed etc.
Theres also a something that plays a very big role on the GvG field, your ability to move and your positioning. It's your most powerful tool on the field. Standing still in the wrong position will kill you 95% of the time. It makes you an easy target and free points for the enemy. Simply running away will negate the damage you will take in GvG by 99%.
Running away until you find the best time to strike is something I actually learned NyaNya while I was doing GvGs for RSUnderground, I believe she told me she didn't have much GvG experience from earlier, all I told her was to move all the time and hit the right targets. Which she did perfectly. (This is obviously supported by the items she have.)


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When it comes to healthy, sustainable food, the broccoli's out of the bag, thanks to movies like Food, Inc. and books like The Omnivore's Dilemma. So now we all join CSAs and hunt for the least bruised organic apples — and then we come home and just slap on lotions and potions without nearly as much thought about their ingredients or origins. Maybe it's time to start focusing some of that scrutiny we apply to the food we put in our bodies on the bath and beauty products that we put on our bodies.
Now, Whole
Foods is doing what they can to help step up the USDA's lack of
policing in the body product arena. As of June 2011, Whole Foods has
pledged that all body products in their stores that are labeled organic must be certified
Translation: Certified organic means composed of 95% organic
agricultural materials grown using earth-friendly practices without
toxic or persistent pesticides; the last 5% must come from a carefully
vetted list of approved additives. From here on out, at Whole Foods,
you'll know exactly what organic shampoo, made with organic rosemary,
and contains organic lavender mean. Consider the playing field leveled.
a lot of companies that make natural bath and beauty products are going to have to change labels, reformulate
products, or spend money to get certified. That is going to be tough on
some small businesses, but overall we think it's a step in the right
Since it took the FDA and USDA three solid months to decide just to
discuss the issue, Whole Foods is actually doing us a great service by
insuring that "organic" means the same in every aisle. And thanks to
that last 5%, I may never have to see the word paraben
Read the full article about certified organic labeling on the Whole
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In March 2012 I launched on The Lunch Tray a Change.org petition seeking to remove lean, finely textured beef ("LFTB," more widely known as "pink slime") from the ground beef procured by the USDA for the National School Lunch Program. The petition garnered over a quarter of a million signatures in just a few days and ultimately led the USDA to change its policy, allowing school districts for the first time to opt out of receiving beef containing LFTB.
Though I've since been asked by activists and concerned readers to start petitions on other food-related issues, I didn't want to exhaust your goodwill by urging you take action on one issue after another, no matter how important each individual cause might be. But in the past few months I've been learning about a particular food safety issue and believe that an online petition is urgently needed to address it. Earlier this week I launched that petition on Change.org, along with two respected food activists, Nancy Huehnergarth and Barbara Kowalcyk.
Here's the background.
In late August, the USDA announced that it will allow four Chinese facilities to process poultry raised and slaughtered in the United States, Chile or Canada, and then export the cooked poultry products back into the United States. The USDA's move is considered to be a preliminary step toward eventually allowing China to export its own raw poultry into this country, in exchange for China's opening up its lucrative beef market to American beef producers.
A few weeks later, I posted on The Lunch Tray an exclusive report in which I determined that USDA had significantly misled parents regarding the possible inclusion of Chinese-processed chicken in school meals. In response to my reporting, USDA eventually corrected its website to admit (in a rather convoluted fashion) that such chicken could in fact appear on school lunch trays and in other federal child nutrition programs.
Since that time, I've been honored to work with Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and a coalition of other legislators, food safety experts and food activists regarding both Chinese-processed chicken in school meals and the prospect of Chinese-raised and slaughtered chickens eventually reaching our supermarkets and schools.
Here's why we're so concerned. China has an unusually troubling record when it comes to food safety, as reported on by numerous media outlets:
- More than 300,000 Chinese children have suffered illness, and several have died, from melamine-tainted milk powder.
- Dangerously high levels of mercury has been found in Chinese baby formula.
- More than $1 million worth of rat and other small mammal meat has been sold to Chinese consumers as lamb.
- More than 16,000 diseased pig carcasses have been dumped in a river to rot.
- Last year, according to news reports, a Chinese poultry supplier provided Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurants in China with chicken fattened by large quantities of illegal drugs.
- Here in our own country, the FDA recently warned pet owners not to feed their pets jerky treats from China. Since 2007, approximately 600 dogs and cats in the United States have mysteriously died, and 3,600 have been sickened, from eating Chinese pet treats containing chicken or duck.
Yet, despite these concerns:
- Chinese facilities which process chicken for consumption in the U.S. will not have on-site USDA inspectors to ensure food safety.
- Chinese-processed chicken will not have to bear "Country Of Origin Labeling," which means that consumers will not know if they are purchasing or eating chicken processed in China.
- Chinese-processed chicken, as my reporting showed, can be used in school meals and other federal child nutrition programs, despite the fact that children are particularly vulnerable to foodborne illnesses and dangerous chemicals.
Even more alarming is USDA's plan to eventually allow chicken raised and slaughtered in China to be imported directly into the United States, despite the fact that:
- A December 2013 USDA audit found that China's poultry slaughter system is not yet equivalent to that of the United States in terms of food safety practices.
- The New York Times reported earlier this month that toxic soil and water pollution in some areas of China is causing growing concern over the safety of food produced in that country.
- Bloomberg News reported that at a press conference last summer, one of China's own food safety officials essentially admitted that his country can't meet the food safety standards of more developed nations.
Last month, Representative DeLauro led a bipartisan group of 14 federal lawmakers to submit a letter on these issues to the Agricultural Appropriations Committee, and Senators Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) have also sounded the alarm on Chinese chicken.
In support of these lawmakers' efforts and to express our own dismay -- as mothers, consumers and food activists -- regarding these developments, Nancy, Barbara and I have launched a Change.org petition asking Congress, President Obama and his administration to to keep Chinese-processed chicken out of school meals and other child nutrition programs, and to prevent the importation of Chinese-raised and -slaughtered poultry. (Barbara also appeared on the Dr. Oz show last month, along with Food Politics' Marion Nestle, to discuss Chinese chicken -- watch the segment here.)
I hope you'll take a moment to sign this petition and then use Facebook, Twitter (hashtag: #chinesechicken) and email to share it with friends and family.
As I learned from my 2012 petition, our governmental officials do listen when we join our voices together. Please lend your signature to this important effort to ensure the safety of our food. Thank you!


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Interesting results from dust cover upgrade
I recently made my own dust cover to replace the one that came with my Linn Sondek, with the view of isolating it from air borne vibrations as much as possible.
I used .200" thick smoked acrylic for the front and back panels and two .100" thick pieces of smoked acrylic separated by an air gap of ~0.125" for the top. For the side panels, I sandwiched acrylic, lead and red oak (from inside to outside) to make sound reflecting and damping panels.
I had already replaced the bottom board of the Linn with two 3/8" thick sheets of baltic birch plywood laminated with a 0.125" thick sheet of lead in the middle. (I had drilled out part of the lead sheet on the platter side to balance out the overall weight on the four Air Pod AP1 isolation feet which I've been using with the Linn for years.) This, I think, has been quite effective in isolating from structure borne vibrations, short of mounting the whole turntable on a half ton concrete platform located in the basement. I should mention that none of the lead I used is exposed to the environment - it's all encapsulated by solid sheets of wood or acrylic. I estimate that the whole turntable & these enhancements weighs around 35 lb now.
The effect of adding a dust cover that really isolates the turntable from air borne vibrations (as well as the base damping/isolation that isolates from structure borne vibration) is very worth while. In particular, I noted a naturalness of tone and low level detail throughout the mids and highs that I'd never heard to nearly this extent before from the Linn. Cymbals and upper harmonics of instruments on many recordings stand out more clearly than before and lost coloration with the result that there is a significant enhancement of their true to life representation. Image stability was consistently rock solid. Of course, detail (already excellent with the custom base and Air Pods) also improved with the dust cover change, but I haven't yet listened to enough recordings to exactly quantify that.
The only real downside to the new dust cover is that it is quite heavy (several pounds) and it is hard to lower all the way (considering that the whole assembly tends to rock on the four Air Pods when I do) without causing the stylus to skip. I have a fix in the works for this, however.
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New way to correct tracking angle?
I thought I 'd add this to an old post that I never got any response on to 'refresh' it.
I believe it would be possible to create a tonearm that would maintain a perpendicular tracking angle by implementing its bearing to adjust the overhang depending on the arm angle. I wonder if anybody has ever tried this? It would seem that, if friction is kept low, it would provide most of the benefits of the linear tracking tonearms. A version could even be made that didn't require antiskating, but it would require excessive horizontal bearing repositioning, IMO.
Btw, this is not the Garrard articulated headshell idea. The only bearing(s) would still be at the base or pivot point of the tonearm.
Also, thinking about this, it might be possible to create a type of tonearm (perhaps facing in the 'wrong' direction) coupled with this bearing approach that possibly could actually compensate for the speed variation of off center records.
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Military and naval sciences are interdisciplinary by their very nature; they have aspects in the arts, sciences and social sciences. While the "U" and "V" classes have the smallest number of works in the Libraries' collections, related works are present throughout all of our holdings. Thus, this collection development policy statement has an impact on the development of other subject fields. The scholarly users of military and naval works are diverse. In examining the student population, a major group is the Air Force and Army ROTC cadets. Other sizable populations are those studying foreign relations, history, political science, and engineering. In terms of faculty usage, those in the social sciences are the most frequent users, followed by those in the humanities, ROTC, and science departments (in that order). Finally, there are a small but constant number of community researchers in the utilizing the collection. Based on examination of the return shelves, the condition of books, and discussions with library and teaching colleagues, the military and naval areas are heavily used for recreational reading by the three user populations. In summary, military and naval works support the activities of other fields. There are no plans to build up our military holdings.
B. History Of The Collection/Existing Strengths And Emphases.
Past support of the "U" and "V" collections has been geared to provide basic materials. English language works predominate. The periodicals in it are few, but are the most important ones in their fields. There are many British imprints and topics since they reflected our past concentration on British studies. Strategy, nuclear warfare, intelligence, conscription, air warfare and Soviet forces have been the topics, which have received the most attention. Works on uniforms and equipment receive high use, probably from recreational readers. Other military areas and the entire naval area have basic collections.


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John Shea reporting from Rangers Ballpark . . .
The A's aren't counting on Jed Lowrie, one day after he was drilled by a Yu Darvish pitch on the right foot. Adam Rosales will play shortstop.
Bob Melvin said he hopes Lowrie will be in Friday's lineup in Houston.
—– Josh Reddick still is slated to take BP before Friday's game, with a coach pitching. Saturday, the BP session will be amped up. After that, the A's will make a call on Reddick's rehab assignment.
—– Yoenis Cespedes' homer last night was the team's 14th straight solo homer, an Oakland record. One more ties the franchise record, set in 1947 by the Philadelphia A's.
—– There was some history with Dan Straily's sixth-inning pickoff of Jurickson Profar.
"He was the last guy I picked off in Double-A," Straily said.
The rookie had learned a few things at Double-A Midland from his friend, Sonny Gray, who's said to be a pickoff master. Shortly after receiving advice, Straily picked off Profar.
Happened again last night. He was Straily's final baserunner in Oakland's 1-0 victory.
"It got us out of a situation," Straily said. "If he steals second base, and the next guy gets a base hit, it changes the whole game."
—– Hiroyuki Nakajima played third base for Triple-A Sacramento, one day after he played second base. Technically, his rehab assignment expires after today's game, but he's expected to stay with the River Cats.
In a minor-league transaction, the A's traded infielder Sacramento Josh Horton to Baltimore. That would clear a roster spot for Nakajima.
—– The A's, looking for a sweep today, swept the Rangers here once in eight years, Sept. 14-16, 2009.
—– Half of the A's last 22 games were decided by one run. In their current five-game win streak, four were one-run decisions. Says a lot about that Cook-Doolittle-Balfour arrangement.
—– Luke Montz got a pinch single in the seventh inning. Finally. A's hitters were hitless in their previous 16 at-bats in the pinch. They're now 3-for-42.
—– The A's are 17-7 (.708) inside their division, the best intradivision record in the league. Atlanta is 11-4 (.733).
—– The lineup: CF Crisp, DH Jaso, LF Cespedes, 1B Moss, 3B Donaldson, RF Smith, C Norris, 2B Sogard, SS Rosales. RH Parker.
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ASU Graduate Wins Range Management Research Award
February 14, 2011
Kendall Tidwell, who graduated from Angelo State University in December, won second place in the Student Research Poster Contest at the Society for Range Management's (SRM) 64th annual international meeting last week in Billings, Mont.
Tidwell's research project was titled "Do Super Juniper Eating Sires Produce Super Juniper Eating Offspring?" His poster was one of 120 displayed during the annual meeting, of which more than 100 were entered in the contest. His runner-up finish was the highest placing ever for an ASU student in the annual SRM poster contest.
The posters were displayed in four-hour sessions, during which the students presented their research findings and answered questions from a panel of judges. The posters were scored based on visual appeal, layout, content and the verbal communication of the student presenters.
A native of Snyder, Tidwell graduated in December with a Master's Degree in animal science. He was mentored on his research project by ASU Agriculture Department faculty members Dr. Cody Scott, Dr. Mike Salisbury and Corey Owens.
The SRM is the professional scientific society and conservation organization whose members are concerned with studying, conserving, managing and sustaining the varied resources of the rangelands, which comprise nearly half the land in the world. Established in 1948, SRM has over 4,000 members in 48 countries, including many developing nations. SRM's members are land managers, scientists, educators, students, producers and conservationists. The mission of the SRM is to promote the professional development and continuing education of members and the public, and the stewardship of rangeland resources.


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das Gesamtkunstwerk des Orgien Mysterien Theaters
verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König
Saturday 28th November 2015 h. 6.00 pm
Museo Nitsch vico lungo Pontecorvo 29/d – Napoli
Hermann Nitsch
Massimo Fusillo Sinestesia e sinergia dei sensi
Lorenzo Mango Un concetto unitario declinato al plurale
Michael Karrer
Julia Kuon
Doris Riegelnegg
A monography of the O. M. Theater that expresses the fundamental elements of philosophic-artistic theory and practice of Master Hermann Nitsch. Since the 1957, Nitsch begins to write the grammar of the Orgien Mysterien Theater, a complex form of total art work / gesamtkunstwerk based on the BEING and on a sensual experience of real events (aktion) experienced through the senses, possibly in synergy.
«…through my artistic production (a form of the mystique of being), I take upon myself the apparently negative, unsavoury, perverse, obscene, lustful, and the consequent hysteria of the sacrifice, so that YOU ARE spared the degrading, unashamed descent into the extreme. I am the expression of all creation. I have merged into it and identified myself with it. all torment and lust, combined in a single state of heady alienation, will pervade me and therefore YOU.
(…) the O. M. Theater has nothing to do with the generally accepted form of theatre. I want to put together for the world its deeper FESTIVAL (FESTIVAL of jubilation, a world FESTIVAL, the liturgical realization of the FEAST of life) and claim a consciousness of our innermost religious symbols. by means of the theatre, the conceived sanctification of art is made manifest. for the first time in the course of history, a constructed, ritual FESTIVAL arises with the help of the laws of depth- and mass-psychology. the being creates a purification and abreaction ceremony…»
Hermann Nitsch Orgien Mysterien Theater 1962
A beguiling apparatus of thoughts, icons and sounds, Hermann Nitsch's das Gesamtkunstwerk des Orgien Mysterien Theaters flies obliquely on the O. M. Theater, revealing its topics, from theory to artistic and philosophic practice, from internal mechanisms to linguistic and aesthetic potentialities.
This expansive book offers the chance to come close to Hermann Nitsch code through the essence of his theoretical-philosophic writings that, with the refined chronological and critical visualization of the actions, the abreaction practices of the painting actions (malaktion), and the significant theatrical and musical creations, compose the extraordinary score of Nitsch's ideal universe and its flexible symmetries, exposed in all their power.
The book is also enriched by a selection of theoretical essays, among which Rudi Fuchs, Peter Gorsen, Lóránd Hegyi, Lorenzo Mango, Wieland Schmied.
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Creative rejuvenation. Spiritual revival. Professional development.
You hear about pastors, professors and corporate execs taking time off for study, rejuvenation, travel… But business owners??
Why not???
This business owner is going to do it!
I need time to heal and get my strength back: mentally, emotionally, spiritually.
You may or may not know that I was recently diagnosed with CRPS in my foot. CRPS is a nerve disease that is very painful and has kept me from wearing a shoe for over a year. I'm getting around fairly well on a knee walker, but my mobility is limited. I'm scheduled for surgery at the end of February to implant a Spinal Cord Stimulator to help manage pain. We're hoping this device gets me back in a shoe, on my feet, and ready to get my energy and strength back after months of inactivity. I appreciate your thoughts and prayers during my recovery.
So if I am this close to getting back up and running (at least walking!), why would I choose to pause now for a Sabbatical?
A Sabbatical is a time for refreshment, study, reflection and rejuvenation. I feel my heart, soul and business all need a time to dive deep, to rediscover the roots of my passion and purpose, and then clarify the calling and focus of my life's work. I promise you I won't be simply watching Netflix and coloring mandalas — however I do anticipate doing some of that too! I plan to use this time to read, talk with people who inspire me, write, and listen.
So no new clients, speaking gigs or marketing for the next 9 months. I'll fulfill the contracts and promises I've made over the next few weeks… and then I'm done!
Lots of fear is popping up in between moments of thrill at the thought of time to rest and write and read and think and possibly travel — but I am confident I will emerge with more focus and clarity, passion and purpose.
You'll still see me here and on social media. I'll keep you posted on projects and progress. But I will also probably take a bit of time offline too.
And at the end of these 9 months we'll just see what is born from this time of refreshment.


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A part of living your life happily ever after means taking care of yourself first and making how you feel a priority. This does not make you selfish, it makes you healthy and happy.
I've been surprised over the years at the number of people who live their lives through what others want, need and expect from them, not to speak of what they think someone wants, needs or expects. They feel an innate obligation to do for others in a way that ends up stealing their own happiness. There is certainly nothing wrong with caring for and helping others out, but it has to be on your terms ~ on how it is going to make you feel at the time. It has to come from your Inner Life, not from the expectations of your outer life.
The common response as to why people do this is because somewhere inside them they feel it is the "right" thing to do for whatever reason. But I have to ask, who is it right for? Is it right for you if it causes you to feel any type of negative emotion particularly resentment or anger? Is it right for the other person when it creates a dependency on you and hinders their growth to take responsibility for their own happiness and well-being?
The feelings of it being the right thing to do, your responsibility or obligation all come from a place of fear. Fear that if you don't do what someone wants, needs or expects from you, something bad will happen to them. However, you are not responsible for anyone else's happiness or well-being. If something "bad" happens it is purely because of what they are attracting into their lives which has nothing at all to do with you.
When we live through our Inner Life it produces genuine love, kindness and positive energy. It is through this love, kindness and positive energy you will always know what is best for you. There will never be doubt in the taking care of or guilt in the not taking care of another. You will give and help lovingly because it comes from a place of love versus guilt, obligation or fear.
In reality, this is not about anyone but you. It is only about taking care of yourself first and how you feel. When you feel good you are in tune with your Inner Life. When you are in tune with your Inner Life, life flows easily and effortlessly. Meaning, life will sort itself out including those who do not truly appreciate your loving kindness and only feel as if you owe them something.
If true and lasting happiness is what you seek, seek first from within. Live, breathe and be your Inner Life. Quiet your mind, focus solely on the present moment, and allow the power of your Inner Life guide you to where you want to be……
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Generic scalar transport equation
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A differential equation epxresses a certain conservation principle. Whether be it in electromagnetics, fluid dynamics, heat transfer, radiation, electronics... conservation principles are the basis for the derivation of differential or integro-differential equations. In this respect, any differential equation addresses a certain quantity as it dependent variable and thus expresses the balance between the phenomena affecting the evolution of this quanitity. For example, the temperature of a fluid in a heated pipe is affected by convection due to the solid-fluid interface, and due to the fluid-fluid interaction. Furthermore, temperature is also diffused inside the fluid. For a state state problem, with the absence of sources, a differential equation governing the temperature will definetely express a balance between convection and diffusion.
A brief inspection of the equations governing various physical phenomena will reveal that all of these equations can be put into a generic form thus allowing a systematic approach for a computer simulation.
For example, the conservation equation of a chemical species is
where denotes the velocity field, denotes the diffusion flux the of the chemical species, and denotes the rate of generation of caused by the chemical reaction.
The x-momentum equation for a Newtonian fluid can be written as
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With analysts and commentators everywhere coming up with all kinds of nonsensical "fundamental" reasons why the market has rallied (strangely performance gaming and manipulation never seem to get mentioned), I thought it worth seeing if indeed there were investors who were "buying" stocks today.
Few metrics gauge this as well as mutual fund cash levels. With over $10 trillion in assets, stock-based mutual funds are a decent benchmark for the "herd." With that in mind, it's worth noticing that mutual fund cash levels are at their lowest levels in over 40 years!
That's right, mutual fund cash levels are lower than they've been in 40+ years. Lower than they were during the Tech bubble and lower than they were when the market put in an all time top at the peak of the housing bubble. Put another way, mutual funds are more "all in" than they've been in 40+ years.
On top of this, the financial system is even MORE leveraged than it was during the Tech Bubble.
Source: Diapason Commodities Management
The above chart shows the level of leverage in the financial system: essentially how much borrowed money exists relative to actual capital. The first large peak is the Tech Bubble. The second large peak is the Housing Bubble. The third peak is today.
In simple English, this chart shows us that the financial system currently has even MORE leverage than during the Tech bubble. Put another way, asset prices today are being held up by borrowed money. This is also known as a Bubble.
The last two times we were at these levels or higher, the financial system suffered a severe Crash (the Tech Bust and 2008). I full believe we are fast approaching another Crisis… however, this one will be different for one key reason: people will finally give up hope in the Fed's ability to manage the financial system.
Taken in the context of the mutual fund cash levels chart I showed before, this indicates that not only is the financial system more leveraged than during the Tech bubble, but mutual funds are more heavily invested than at any time in the last 40+ years.
To say that the potential for a full-scale market collapse is high would be a gross understatement. Should the market begin to crater, the margin calls (when an investor has to put up more capital to cover a losing position that was bought using borrowed money) could be absolutely enormous.
This is what happened in 2008 when the market entered a free-fall: large institutional investors who were overcommitted to the market had to sell positions to meet redemptions (when investors pull their money).
This, in turn, forced other large investors (especially those who had borrowed money) to sell positions to cover their losses and return the funds they borrowed. And thus we entered a negative feedback loop in that the lower the market fell, the more investors had to sell.
This is how Crises take place. Ad the next Crisis is not far away. Indeed, Europe is already beginning to experience it. Interbank lending rates there are now on par with the levels that occurred in the wake of Lehman Brothers' collapse. Put another way, European banks no longer trust each other enough to lend to other banks.
This is precisely what hit in the US in 2008. And it will come to these shores again in the near future. The leverage levels and the mutual fund cash levels are already warning us of this.
If you've not taken steps to prepare for the coming Crisis, you can download my FREE report devoted to showing in painstaking detail how to protect yourself and your portfolio from the coming ROUND TWO of the Financial Crisis (round one wiped out $11 TRILLION in wealth).
I call it The Financial Crisis "Round Two" Survival Kit. And its 17 pages contain a wealth of information about portfolio protection, which investments to own, which to avoid, and how to take out Catastrophe Insurance on the stock market (this "insurance" paid out triple digit gains in the Autumn of 2008).
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Denman Named Acting Chair Of Theater DepartmentSept. 4, 2000
Dr. Stan C. Denman, assistant professor of theater arts at Baylor University, has been appointed acting chair of the department of theater arts at Baylor. He succeeds Bill Cook, who has returned to full-time teaching.
"Dr. Denman is a well-known, extremely active contributor to theater in this community and an excellent teacher and leader in the theater arts department at Baylor," said Dr. Wallace Daniel, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "He has strong leadership abilities as a developing scholar and writer and as an actor and director. He has a strong commitment to the theater program at Baylor, which is one of the top undergraduate theater programs in Texas."
Denman received his bachelor's degree summa cum laude from Abilene Christian University, his master's degree from Baylor and his doctorate from the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to joining the Baylor faculty in 1991, he taught at the University of Pittsburgh and Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
He has participated in the Three Rivers Shakespeare Festival, the University of Pittsburgh's Staged Reading program and the Waco Civic Theater, and has directed or acted in numerous Baylor-produced plays, including Joined at the Head, Me and My Gal, Romeo and Juliet and The Hands of Its Enemy.
For more information, contact Denman at 710-6484.
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Vietnam Airlines (VN) has downgraded its profit forecast for the year as it deals with more competition.
Vietnam Airlines 777-200. By Rob Finlayson Vietnam Airlines (VN) has downgraded its profit forecast for the year as it deals with more competition. The airline has asked the Ministry of Transport to adjust its business targets due to business difficulties during the first seven months of the year, Vietnam News Agency has reported. "The airline blames fierce competition from newcomer low-cost carrier VietJet Air as one of the reasons for the missed targets due to a loss of ...
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Kings Recap: "First Night"Eric Hochberger at . Comments
NBC's epic Kings just aired its third episode last night, yet still the giant is moving so slow it doesn't feel like much happened. For an hour long episode, "First Night" could be described in a few short sentences.
Here, we'll give it a try. It was the first night of the ballet and David went out with Jack instead, Michelle got set up with a guy by her mom, and Silas went to see his sick son. If you want the details, check out our "First Night" recap.
Eric Hochberger is the programmer of TV Fanatic, so please forgive his mediocre writing. His programming is far better. Follow him on Twitter and/or email him. Just don't request threaded comments. They're coming.


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"It's not so much how busy you are, but why you are busy.
The bee is praised. The mosquito is swatted." Mary O'Connor
I thought this quote apt for this time of year. We are all tasked to be so busy with holiday parties and gift shopping but really those are all good things to be busy with-it means you have people in your life you cherish and love you back.
Now friends, here are some hearted links for you to enjoy.
Above: A raaaaad list of holiday traditions to adopt.
GREAT DIY GIFT-texting gloves.
In case you're in the midst of wrapping here are gift tags galore!
I love this list of stylish reusable bags! Some of my faves are here and toting a reusable bag is a greener, easier, and now cuter way to do your holiday shopping.
Of course Ryan Gosling gives a holiday reason to love him. (WARNING! audio may not be office appropriate)
Lastly, below- I DIE for this Christmas tree.
Hope you all are busy bees and having a wonderful week!
Oh! Don't forget I have a little holiday giveaway courtesy of HappyScarf.


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I made a new thief called Charrg Lightbrigade. And as much as I like the engineer, thief is pretty rad.
I made a new thief called Charrg Lightbrigade. And as much as I like the engineer, thief is pretty rad.
Damn thing got lucky.
Well i've totally changed classes, ( again ) i'm really enjoying warrior so i'll probably be playing that in live.
I'm loving the engineer, especially in Pvp. It's definitely the profession that I will be on launch.
Screw it,next time I'm picking the highest population server. It's lonely in RoF
Is it just me or do all of the classes feel weak.
probably less people care about wvwvw and got their fix yesterday, or 1 guild rushed a ton of shit while it was all neutral in the beginning.
what servers are you guys playing on? anyone in sorrows furnace?
And now I can't even get into WvW
Goddamn this beta has been a cacophony of frustrations from start to finish(which should be around 8 o'clock in the morning tomorrow for me and I have school aaarrrrrggghhh
When you buy an item from the trading post, where do you get it? Is there some sort of mail box like in WoW? It didn't appear in my inventory or bank either.
How long do we have till the beta is over?
Nice one I played like crazy today thinking that it'd be over soon.
12 hours
I'm a bit sad characters won't carry over, I'm not very excited to play right now, knowing my level 15 will be gone in the mists.
also I don't have any reason to play as a human, I mean, I'm already a human in real life. The only thing I'd play as them for would be their city.
Are their any dungeons that we can do? i found a level 30 but are there any before that?
Wait, will character names carry over/be reserved? Like maybe we can choose to import the character we made as if we just finished character creation.
Quite sure character name reservation will be based on GW names, and everything will be wiped after beta.
I think you get all (or some) of your GW1 names if you linked accounts reserved, so you can get your HoM rewards
From what I understand, GW names are reserved if the owner of the name has EoTN, or something like that. So only people who bought EoTN will have their names be reserved.
Actually yeah, I guess it would only work if you linked the account.
my god the high res picture feature is awesome
Guess its time to create Charrcolate Rain and Charrg Lightbrigade and level them to 20 in GW1...
I believe Nightfall provides the fastest climb from 1-20, so I'll take care of that after the BWE.
Edit: I wonder if Paul Bunyan the norn ranger is taken... not that I can get a blue ox as an animal companion anyways...
Does anyone have a gold mini (unded) in GW? I need just one HoM point to reach my next milestone, 15
Seeing as this was the last day, I decided to push through and finish the personal story. Turns out the Greatsword is badass with its chain-pull skill, and Staff for support. Tried Wv3 today, got dominated by red. Even lost our garrison, so there was no point in trying at that rate. Took some silly pictures:
Found this naked Norn running around with the name "Hello Friends". He just ran around and jumped while we were fighting this massive army of Dredge. This was before I rebound my logout key.
My Norn got into some silly pose and didn't change until I got into combat:
Me before going to defend our garrsion, which we lost later. Noticed the walls weren't rendering anymore:
Noticed I got all tiers of Survivor for the month. I felt awesome. Then realized I've died more than few times, so maybe it's broken :v :
I had fun. Sad knowing I'll have to wait for the full release for more fun times
Does this game actually CHANGE in the higher levels? Everything feels like a tutorial, go there, do some
of this shit and then yay, get some xp. Even the storyline feels kinda slapped on. Its fun, but the fun is in PvP imo.
iunno man
yeah now when my friend gets ahead in leveling i dont have to rip his intestines out of his anus
Its like, why did I spend all that time leveling to 80 and getting high level 80 gear when it really wont matter unless im doing level 80 content, and if I go anywhere else that scales me down my gear wont even matter.
I guess GW2 isnt an mmo for me because I really like that feeling of progression and endgame content like raids, it gives you something to work towards after you hit max level.
It was either GW2 or Diablo 3 for me and I am just going with Diablo 3.
Yeah levelling with friends was always annoying for me, cuz the bastards either played when I was away or didn't want to play, then there'd be 5 level gaps and I'd repeat allll the lame quests


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Imagine a world in which gun powder has been banned. Wars between the most powerful Empires are fought not on open battlefields, but instead in established Warzones by elite teams of chosen warriors. This is the world established in Battlecry, Bethesda's new free-to-play third-person arena-based multiplayer game from the newly-established Battlecry Studios.
"In the world of BattleCry, a World War has broken out hundreds of years ahead of its time. The result of this is what we call a 'black powder treaty,' banning the use of gunpowder in warfare," explained design director Lucas Davis at the event.
"Additionally, nations have formed what we call 'Warzones', and in these Warzones your warriors come and fight for their factions." Warzones essentially serve as maps in which the battles take place.
As a result of the Black Powder Treaty, the world went through the Pansophic Revolution, a golden age of industrial manufacturing and design that led to the creation of advanced technology. With old tensions reignited, this technology now serves as the force in which disputes are settled.
Battlecry's backstory is an intriguing one that, if anything, gives some reason behind the seemingly random battles that take place. I'm not used to seeing such story in multiplayer battle-arena based games, but Battlecry's — even if just filler to provide some context — lends itself to some fascinating and unique gameplay.
Battlecry features three "Factions," two of which were revealed to us at Bethesda's pre-E3 event. The Royal Marines had a British-inspired look to them, while the Cossack Empire had Russian influence to their design. The only real difference between these two factions, however, were their appearance. Both offered the same set of playable characters, of which there are five to choose from. Each class, of course, offers their own unique playstyle and set of abilities.
The Enforcer is strong tank character armed with a big sword capable of also transforming into a giant shield. While wielding his weapon in sword form, the Enforcer could perform a powerful spinning attack.
The Duelist class plays similar to a rogue in most MMOs. It comes with a cloaking ability that allows you to sneak up on your enemies and perform devastating attacks with blades that can store energy.
The Tech Archer, as the name suggests, is a ranged class. With no gun powder, this class wields a special bow that you can shoot multiple arrows rapidly with or charge up for a single, more powerful long ranged attack. The Tech Archer is also equipped with daggers for some close range damage.
Those were the three playable classes, but Davis revealed that there are still two more classes to come at a later date. The Gadgeteer is a support class with "a host of sophisticated gadgets," while the Brawler is a melee class with a giant mechanic that deals heavy damage at close range.
Though each class has its own unique abilities, they all have an Adrenalin system in place. As you get kills, your Adrenalin meter will fill, eventually allowing you to activate it and become "super human" for a limited time. This essentially increases your character's strength and speed. Those skillful enough to raise their Adrenalin quickly became the most dominant player on the map.
The map in which our demo was played on was "Fracture," an old and abandoned English mining town that has been "devastated and fractured apart by an experimental Panosophic drill." Now abandoned, it has been turned into a Warzone.
At its core, Battlecry is a fast-paced team-based arena action game. Though the mode we played was a standard deathmatch, Davis promises additional gameplay options at launch. To put it simply, Battlecry looks and plays a lot like Team Fortress, but without guns. Movement is quick; combat is fast, but smooth. Combat in Battlecry relies on your ability to work as a team, carefully position yourself in the arena, and skillfully time your abilities and actions. As I learned early on, it's imperative that you stick with your team. The lone wolf approach will likely end in your death very quickly.
If there's one thing I picked up on while playing, it's that positioning is imperative to your survival. Battlecry encourages fast-paced movement and agility as evidenced by the zip lines and grappling points that allow you to traverse the Warzone more efficiently. The emphasis on movement led to some fun cat-and-mouse chases as one-one-one duels quickly turned into giant team battles.
Combat is definitely raw at this point of development. At times, it felt like a chaotic hack and slash, though that could be because this was literally our first time playing the game. Even so, the gameplay could definitely use some polishing and balancing, the latter which could perhaps be achieved through the introduction of the two additional classes. There were some noticeable frame rate issues when too many characters were on screen at once, resulting in some lag which in the middle of combat wasn't too conducive to my survival. Despite a few hiccups, the game was still enjoyable. Each class felt unique and, more importantly, was fun to play.
What I found most appealing about the game, was the system Battlecry has in place that encourages good behavior and sportsmanship. Anyone who plays games knows the online community can be dicks. So to help combat this, Battlecry has implemented several features that encourage positive community behavior. When a match ends, rather than simply taking you to a stats screen, you have a limited time to run around the map and salute people for a battle well-fought. Following this, newspaper moments will fly across the screen showing off the top-performing warriors. This, again, presents an opportunity to give medals or salute them. "These kind of features help us develop a really strong community," Davis explained.
Looking to offer this community something to do, Battlecry also has a "war effort." This is a persistent game that you can play with friends, guilds, or factions in which you can "watch the tides of battle move back and forth weekly across factions." Though the developer will talk more about this later on, Davis did explain that the war effort will reward you and your teams' participation to your factions' success. Winning battles in the game will also earn you Iron, the in-game currency used to unlock "multiple tiers" for your warriors, new skills that enhance their abilities. There's also an extensive armor customization system that allows you to switch out your armor, helmets, skin, and more. I'm assuming many of these customizable options will be available through microtransactions.
Contrasting the brutality of the Battlecry's combat is the game's art style, inspired by comics and illustrations. Even with this cartoonish look, the world in which Battlecry is set is quite beautiful. "Details of the foreground dissolve into essential shapes in the background," Davis explained, and the highly-stylized environments will change depending on whether you are winning or losing the match.
Battlecry isn't due out until 2015, so there's still plenty of time to address the issues concerning framerate and balance. I love the highly-stylized look of the game, but would like to see how other maps differ both in design and gameplay strategy. It's hard to get a real feel of a game in four-or-so matches, but Battlecry has the core to be a really fun and entertaining online battle arena game. We know it'll be free-to-play, but it wasn't explained how microtransactions will fit into the game. I'm assuming it'll be purely cosmetic, but we'll have to wait for official confirmation from Bethesda.


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On Tuesdays I will be exploring a new location to satisfy my wanderlust while my feet remain firmly planted on Canadian soil. I'm so excited! I hope you'll join me in these new adventures.
It's been way too long since my taste buds have taken a trip. And since I'm currently on a staycation of my own this week, my mind has had lots of time to wander to all those places I have yet to discover.
There is nothing wrong with the backyard pool and some reading time in the hammock, but imagine travelling to Portugal?
I've always been intrigued by that place tucked on the west side of Spain that people often don't make the time to check out on their European tours. Funny, because I hear amazing things about their pilgrim trail, their food, their wine and port…
They are actually called pastel de nata and are an egg custard tart. Even if you haven't travelled to Portugal, you've probably tried one of these sweet delights if you live in Canada, the U.S., Australia, France and other countries with large populations of Portuguese immigrants. Here in Toronto, they are quite easy to find and are deceptively easy to make too.
Those one-of-a-kind crispy, flaky shells are actually just puff pastry (store-bought) twisted and layered into tart cups or in this case, muffin tins. The filling is egg custard, also much easier than you think.
In fact, this is a recipe that could absolutely be pulled off by a relative baking newby and with amazingly professional results.
While your store-bought puff pastry is defrosting on the counter, you can whip up the simple lemon vanilla syrup and then move on to the eggy custard, made so easy that the hardest part is whisking the thickening mixture over medium heat for 5-6 minutes. No straining, no double boiler, just added to one pot and mixed until thickened.
Wait a minute–I think I know what the hardest part about these tarts is–waiting until their done to eat them!
Yes, Portugal is on my travel list, but in the meantime, it`s back to the kitchen for me to whip up the next batch of these tarts, that will at least give my taste buds the thrill of adventure. Until next time, happy eating!
Portuguese-style Custard Tarts
Donna Hay magazine, Issue 62
Image from Mrs. Dalrymple


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UK papal visit background: beatification of Cardinal Newman
September 15, 2010
Pope Benedict's apostolic journey to the United Kingdom will culminate on September 19 with the beatification of Venerable Cardinal John Henry Newman, described by Venerable John Paul II as "one of the most distinguished and versatile champions of English spirituality" and as a thinker who came to "a remarkable synthesis of faith and reason."
Hailed by James Joyce as "the greatest of English prose writers," Newman was at once a seminal theologian (An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine, An Essay in Aid of a Grammar of Assent), a poet ("The Pillar of the Cloud," "Dream of Gerontius"), the leading defender of liberal education in his day (Idea of a University), the author of a classic spiritual autobiography (Apologia Pro Vita Sua), and a preacher with an eloquence perhaps unsurpassed in the English language, from his Anglican Parochial and Plain Sermons to his Catholic Sermons Preached on Various Occasions.
Born in 1801, Newman became an Anglican cleric in 1825; seven years later, he helped launch the Oxford Movement, which sought to emphasize and restore the Catholic aspects of the Church of England while conceiving of Anglicanism as a via media between Rome and Protestantism. In 1845, he was received into the Church by Blessed Dominic Barberi. Ordained to the priesthood in Rome in 1847, Newman brought the Congregation of the Oratory to England the following year.
Pope Leo XIII created Newman a cardinal in 1879. Upon his death in 1890, the Guardian hailed him as "one of the very greatest masters of English style," "a man of singular purity and beauty of character," and "an eminent example of personal sanctity." Pope John Paul II declared Newman venerable in 1991, and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints issued a decree last July that cleared the way for his beatification.
Following the Mass, Pope Benedict will visit the Oratory of St Philip Neri in Edgbaston, where Newman died, and meet with the bishops of Great Britain at Oscott, site of the synod in which the English hierarchy was restored in 1852 and Newman preached his famous "Second Spring." The Pontiff will depart from Great Britain at 6:45 in the evening, arriving in Rome at 10:30.
Further information:
- Day Four (Official Papal Visit Website)
- Program of apostolic journey (Holy See)
- Ven. John Paul II: Letter on the occasion of the second centenary of the birth of Cardinal John Henry Newman (2001)
- Newman's collected works (NewmanReader.org)
- Newman Association of America
- Dr. Jeff Mirus: Newman's Inner Life
- Dr. Jeff Mirus: The Meaning of Newman's Grammar of Assent
- Dr. Jeff Mirus: Newman the Writer, Newman the Saint
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Credit cards have the ability to help consumers build credit records and handle money conveniently. Understanding charge cards is essential for making wise credit decisions. The piece that follows includes credit card fundamentals aimed at helping consumers make smart decisions about their finances.
Sometimes limited time offers of interest free accounts can be a bad idea. It may seem as though you are scoring big, but the fact is that you may be making a costly error.
Try to avoid any credit card fees--late payment fees, annual fees, and exceeded limit fees. These fees can be very expensive and both will have a negative impact on your credit score. Be very careful to never spend above the limit on your credit card.
Learn what the FCBA is, as well as the terms it contains. This act was passed to protect consumers from being held liable for fraudulent credit card charges. Even basic knowledge will help you protect yourself. Credit card companies sometimes try to hold consumers responsible for charges they did not make, and this is when the law is helpful.
Make sure you thoroughly understand the terms before signing up for a new credit card. The fees, payment schedule, interest rate, or other specifics might be worse than you originally thought. Read through the entire terms of agreement pamphlet to make sure you are clear on all the policies.
Never give your credit card information out over the phone. Credit card thieves often contact people by telephone. Only provide your number to businesses you trust, along with your card company if you call about your account. Never give your numbers to people who may call you on the phone. There is simply no way you can safely verify the identity of an unsolicited caller.
Do not assume that your interest rate is concrete and unchangeable. Credit card companies normally have several interest rates they can offer to customers. If you do not like your current interest rate, contact your bank and request that they lower it.
Don't use a fax machine to transmit your credit card information. Faxes sit in offices for hours on end, and an entire office full of people will have free access to all of your personal information. One of them could end up using your number fraudulently. Although many bank cards will cover the costs associated with fraudulent use, it can take time to resolve.
Do not get bank cards the minute that you are old enough to get them. Before you apply, you should investigate how the industry works, and what your responsibilities will be when you have a credit card. Read further to gain some insight into the credit world.
Never leave a space blank on your credit card receipt when you make a purchase. If your receipt includes a space for indicating a tip, it's a good idea for you to zero it out or line through it so that an unauthorized amount does not appear on your final bill. Make sure your statements match the charges you make.
Being aware of your financial status is important before you put in a credit card application. You should obtain a copy of your credit report so that you can better assess what possibilities you have. Dispute anything that you think is not accurate. You should also look to see if you are able to rectify any of your negative marks on your credit report.
You ought to take the time to give your monthly credit card statement a careful review. Make sure that every new charge listed is legitimate. Contact the credit card company as soon as possible if something does not look right. It is always easier to deal with disputes, and resolve them, when they are reported immediately.
Keep your credit card in your purse or wallet when your purchase is small, no matter how tempted you are. Lots of vendors require a minimum amount to use cards so you can't always make use of your credit cards. Don't charge anything less than 10 dollars.
Think about applying for a cash-back credit card in order to get rewarded each time you shop for groceries or gas. These types of cards are good for day-to-day purchases. You can easily gain a decent cash back return from normal, monthly purchases. You can use this for extra holiday cash. Be wary of carrying balances on these types of cards, though, because interest charges eliminate the benefit of the cash back rewards.
As previously noted, bank cards can be a major benefit to any person looking to improve their credit up and take control of their finances. Making sure you understand each of your cards is important, so that you make the right financial choices. Grasping the basics of bank cards help consumers make better spending and credit decisions.
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