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If you are planning on relocating or investing in Real Estate in the Caribbean or Latin America, chances are your investment in Honduras is safer that in most countries in the region.
Hondurans have made it clear that they do not believe in the XXI century socialism that Chavez promotes.
This means that Honduras is a safe investment haven as far as respect for private property and foreign investment.Honduras believes that its future lies in a good relationship with the USA and Europe, not with Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, Ecuador and Bolivia. Hondurans have said no to the populist demagogic rhetoric that Chavez, Kirchner, Correa, Morales and Castro thrive on. So I invite you to come back to Honduras, visit it, discover it, you will find that our slogan is right:Honduras, the Central America you know, the country you'll love!
Investing in the Bay Islands of Honduras
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House for Sale in La Ceiba- 1007
Location: Colonia El Sauce, La Ceiba, Atlantida
Description: 4 Bedrooms, 3 Bathrooms, Living Room and Kitchen
Other Information: Private Security, near Shopping Mall
$ Negotiable
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Property for Sale in Choluteca – 1006
Property with view of Isla del Tigre, Amapala y Sacate Grande is located in Punta Raton, Marcovia a 30 minute drive from Choluteca and about 2 hours from Tegucigalpa.
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Riverfront House on 3 acres – 1005
Two bedroom, two bath, two story house on the Cangrejal River. Includes a guest cottage and caretaker's house. Planted tropical gardens and fruit orchards.
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Rio Cangrejal Riverfront – 1004
Uncleared and in its natural state, this riverfront property is breathtaking. Neighbor to property-1001 (down below), you could combine both for an amazing amount of riverfront. Discount available for cash purchase; financing available.
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Oceanfront Business – 1003
Invest in this lively beachfront spot featuring a restaurant, bar, and discotec. Children's play area, large sandy beach, and amazing ocean view. Run a business, build a home, or enjoy the best of both worlds. This one has it all.
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22,000 sq.ft. in La Ceiba – 1002
Creekside. Cleared and fenced land along paved road. Close to town, beautiful views. Perfect for home or business.
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3 Acres Riverfront – 1001
Lush Property along Rio Cangrejal in La Ceiba. Views of waterfalls and protected forest preserve. Clear creek runs through. Banana plants, tropical foliage, and more. Water, electric, and existing roadway to property.
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>the following sentences are ungrammatical or are border cases (the
>judgement should be based on one`s intuition and/or similar examples from
>English prose texts without using special cases such as historical
May I suggest that B-Greek is about Greek, and not about English? If we
start going down the path of which constructions are grammatical in
English, we will then have to make judgements about whether the verb "to
be" operates the same way, for both English and Greek, and we will get into
a deep swamp that we will never get out of.
The Greek is more relevant: if this construction is a commonly used form in
the Greek of the day, as opposed to a form used to describe supernatural
states related to God, it would be helpful to have some examples of that.
Can you give some examples of this construction used in Greek for everyday
human events?
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Thank you to everyone who took the time to enter the Chuck E. Cheese' s Valentine's Day Pinterest Contest! It was so nice to see all the place that you took Chuck E.! From the park, to sleepovers and playdates, it was hard for the judges to choose.
The 5 winners have now been chosen and notified via their Pinterest board. So without further ado, here are the 5 Winner's of a month's worth of trips to Chuck E. Cheese' s. If you are a winner and you still haven't gotten in touch with me, please make sure to email me at ghada (at) mamagoesbam (dot) com ASAP!
The winners are: Jacqueline Taylor Griffin, Shyla Rittgers-Atkins, Kristie Waddell, Joanne French, and Hazel Lopez.
Winners in No Particular Order
Hazel Lopez
Hazel took Flat Chuck E. to Chinatown in Las Vegas
Joanne French
Joanne's children had a bubble bath with Flat Chuck E.!
Kristie Waddell
Flat Chuck E. hanging with the twins.
Shyla Rittgers-Atkins
Flat Chuck E on an aquatic adventure.
Jacqueline Taylor Griffin
Flat Chuck E went for a relaxing hot stones massage.
Congratulations to all the winners


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It's time for the family camping trip, but are you prepared to give your kids an experience that is both fun and safe? Camping can the most memorable part of childhood. I've put together some tips to make your next camping trip safe and fun for everyone, including the grown-ups.
Camping trips are all about fun and family bonding. There are tons of things to do, as a family, while camping. Kids get excited by when they have a lot of things to look forward to, be prepared with a long list of activities to do in the wilderness. Here is a short list of suggested activities to keep your kids happy and occupied:
Hiking is the most common thing to do while camping in the woods. Taking part in nature can be more than just enjoying the view, it can be a great place to learn about plants and animals. You can purchase books about birds, plants and animal tracks, so your kids can identify what the species they find. A pair of binoculars will keep a child occupied for days. Alternatively, if your kids have a cell phone or digital camera, have them take pictures of the different birds and animal tracks for identification later. Keep paper and crayons, markers and pencils at your base camp so your kids can draw what they see in the woods.
Teaching your kids to fish can be one of the most rewarding lessons of their childhood. I learned to fish from my father when I was ten and thirty years later we still fish together. Buy them their own fishing rod before you go, if possible, and a book about the fish. Make sure to check local age requirements for a fishing license.
Many activities are available for kids during the day. Besides Hiking and fishing, there is canoeing, swimming and mountain biking. Part of camping fun is learning wilderness survival, like building a campfire or recognizing poison ivy. When I was a kid I had fun just trying to skip stones and collect rocks.
In the evenings, and during poor weather, plan for tent activities like ghost stories, sing-a-longs and card games. Remember to bring marshmallows, graham crackers, hot chocolate and of course chocolate bars for S'Mores. Be sure to leave the hand held games at home or you may not get much outdoor activity!
Whatever types of activities you choose, the most important part of a family camping trip is keeping your kids safe. Keep your children safe by teaching them these basic tips for outdoor safety.
. A flashlight enables you to find your kids in the dark. It can also keep very young kids from being scared by the noises at night. Flashlights are also fun for smaller kids. Tip: hook flashlights to their belt hooks.
. Teach children about staying put if they feel lost. Make sure you explain that they will be found faster if they're standing in the same place.
. A cell phone or whistle is ideal for young children and teenagers. Voices can get hoarse, but a whistle blows just as loud as long as you need it. It's easier to calm a child if you can talk to them on their cell phone.
. Learning can be fun as well as keep your kids safe. Teaching your children how to build a fire from sticks or moss is a great way to bond. Older kids can carry matches or a lighter in their pockets.
. There are pocket foil blankets available online for everyone to carry.
. The best way to ensure your kids are safe is to tell them to stay in the campgrounds until they are comfortable finding their way around.
Have a safe and fun camping trip and don't forget your cameras!
Camping works up a healthy appetite. After all, campers spend long hours hiking, setting up tents, gathering firewood and preparing camp sites. Campers, then, need the right camping food to keep themselves at full strength during their trips.
There are certain camping food favorites sure to keep all of your campers happy. Bring these top camping foods along, and you'll be the most popular camper on your trip.
First, start with the basics. There's something about hot dogs and hamburgers when you're camping. These hearty outdoors fundamentals just taste better when you're eating them under the stars.
They're also easy to prepare, which is a definite plus during camping trips. And because they're hearty, campers will quell their appetites when eating them.
You might also bring along ingredients for foil-wrapped meals. These, again, are easy to prepare. Simply wrap some potatoes or vegetables in tin foil, add butter, salt, barbecue sauce or other seasonings and place them on a hot grill. The tinfoil will hold in both the heat and the flavor of these dishes.
And when your foil-wrapped delicacies are done? There's little cleanup afterwards. Just throw away the foil and you're basically done. Again, this is a plus after a long tiring day of camping.
Of course, what's a camping trip without a traditional camping dessert or two? One of the favorites are s'mores. Again, these are ideal camping foods because they require little work and even less cleanup afterwards.
The traditional s'mores recipe is a model of simplicity: Simply take two graham crackers, place a stick of chocolate and a marshmallow between them, and heat them over a fire. Watch carefully, so that the marshmallow filling doesn't melt. Once it's good and gooey, remove the s'more from the campfire and enjoy.
Eating s'mores isn't the healthiest aspect of camping. But it might be the most enjoyable. It's also a longstanding tradition that your kids will love.
Plain old toasted marshmallows are also fine examples of camping food. Toasting marshmallows, like toasting s'mores, is also a fun way to wrap up a day of camping. What camping trip is complete without toasted marshmallows, campfire songs and ghost stories?
You might also try roasting a hotdog or two over the fire, too. Hotdogs deserve to be roasted over a fire, instead of boiled in water or zapped in a microwave oven, once in a while.
Remember, camping food isn't about serving up gourmet meals. The best camping food is easy to make, quick to clean up and hearty. And, most important of all, it's fun.


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Tucked in the heart of Port Chester, is an Italian Restaurant that has been serving authentic, Neapolitan cuisine and gourmet pizza since 1990. Decorated with our children's/grandchildren's photos, T&J is family-owned and operated for two generations! We're proud to keep the T&J tradition of being a family-run restaurant - as our family started in the food business in the 1950s.
With the help of our mothers Mena and Grace, who prepare classic Southern Italian family recipes, proudly passed down from their mothers and aunts - you are sure to experience a meal "just like Nonna used to make". T&J is a special place - our family has really gotten to know our customers personally. We have formed wonderful relationships with them. It really brings joy to share our delicious family recipes with them. When they dine with us, they feel like they're having dinner at home or at a friend's. It truly is a unique dining experience. Our wait staff consists of family friends, cousins, brother and sister-in-laws!
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text: Situated by the ocean, Aparthotel Puerto Azul is a great choice for a stay in Marbella. After having fun at the outdoor pool, you can grab a bite to eat at the restaurant or unwind with a drink at the bar/lounge. Conveniences like kitchens are in all apartments, along with balconies and flat-screen TVs.


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- Share TV sets, air-conditioners, refrigerators, others to aides
Incoming members of the 8th National Assembly may not have a smooth start upon inauguration in early June as their predecessors have looted the property in their offices.
Some of the outgoing Senators and members of the House of Representatives turned themselves to Father Christmases as they shared the public property which they could not carry away to their aides in the National Assembly.
Their action came a few days to the swearing-in of President-elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, who has vowed to fight corruption in the country to a standstill.
Some senior workers of the National Assembly told Nigerian Pilot yesterday that the action of the lawmakers would be an acid test for the much-advertised anti-corruption crusade of the Buhari administration.
They wondered why the lawmakers should cart away public property, which they inherited from their predecessors.
Nigerian Pilot confirmed from the benefitting aides that they were given items such as televisions and computer sets, rugs, tables, chairs, pictures, electronics, refrigerators, among others as parting gifts for their dedicated services.
Some of the recipients were seen yesterday with the items amidst excitement.
One of the legislative aides, who pleaded anonymity, said they got refrigerators as parting gifts from the lawmakers they served.
The aide said that they had since taken the refrigerators home for personal use.
Another aide also pointed out that computer sets and tables were given to office assistants and drivers, respectively.
Even some members of staff of the National Assembly were given souvenirs by their lawmakers.
When our correspondent visited the new wing of the House of Representatives, it was almost empty except for the book shelves, tables and chairs.
Nigerian Pilot gathered that the National Assembly bureaucracy has resolved to deduct from severance allowances the cost of the property that the affected lawmakers had taken away.
A source said that the deducted money usually ranges from N100, 000 to N300, 000 depending on the item(s).
It was also revealed that re-elected lawmakers can maintain their current offices if they so wish. According to sources, "what the person should do is to write formally to the management of the National Assembly."
Our correspondent also saw a memo which shows that a lawmaker must write to the Sergeant-at-Arms notifying him of his or her intention to move certain property out of the Assembly Complex.
It was learnt that some of the lawmakers had written the National Assembly management to move certain items out of their offices while others ignored the rule.
The National Assembly management had issued a procedural directive to the lawmakers to remove their personal belongings in order to prepare the offices for reallocation ahead of the June 6 inauguration.


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I hate to spoil their fun but my bet is that Di Fi goes 0 for 3 on this one.
Folks, the DiFi bill wasn't intended to "go anywhere".
It was intended to be the most egregious piece of infringement possible in order to get you to accept the "compromise bill" that's coming.


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A lot of people asked me to post more tutorial, well...then I made this one, and my intention is still the same with my last post about 'skin problems'.
It's for you-who are not familiar with Adobe Photoshop- and still wondering why there are a lot of cute girl's pic swarming on internet.
Became graphic designer and get familiar with photoshop is a good thing, I know it really well which pic is fake and which is not. Though, sometimes...very skilled photoshop editor won't leave any marks. But somehow edited pic is easy to be detected. E.g blurry pics, too much saturated pics with glow effect that are quite popular these days.
My bestie told me that she got envious when looking to celeb pic, ulzzang girl, and a cover girl.
Nah... I don't want you to feel the same way like my bestie did~
Back then a graphic designer from vogue magz told me that most of cover girls pic on magazine are a fake.
He even showed me his collection of 'non-edited' version of it.
I was shocked!
He did a lot of editing. Liquified and pucked a lot of fat from the model to make her looks slimmer, resizing boobs, erased all flaws, and so many2
♥This tutorial is a very simple one~ and take only 5minutes to finish it^^It's not a scary big eyed ulzzang version. I tried to make it as natural as possible.♥
You don't need latest series Adobe Photoshop for this~CS2 is just ok.
♥What I did:Erased all flaw, brighten up the skin~make it more radiant and glow, Slim down cheeks area.
This version of skin brigtening process is different from my first post. This timeI didn't adjust the color level and curves.
Some tips, don't adjust color level of picture too much, it just make it looks fake and 'too much' edited.
3 simple and easy steps to get flawless skin ^^~
First, for those who are not familiar with adobe PS, or first time user, I complete my post with images.
Here's a pic to show you tools that I used:
The same way goes for 'dodge tool' Choose 'Midtones' range and adjust the exposure to 10-15% only. Dodge tool is used for brighten desired areas, e.g skin. I used it for cheeks, chin, and nose area.
Tips: Don't use too much dodge tool if you prefer to brighten overall pic and skin using 'curves' or 'color level'
See image below for example:
Second, choose Filter> Liquify> Pucker
Pucker tool is used to slim down or make desired area become smaller, or thinner.
Now, she her chubby face? I want to make her cheeks looks slimmer by 'pucked' her outline cheeks.
puck precisely over the cheek's outline.
I did the cheeks part 'naturally' So don't use pucker too much.
Tips: Bloat tool (on liquif) can be used to make your eyes look bigger
Finishing touch up, Feel not satisfied enough? and want the skin to be even more radiant?
You can do this additional step. Add a new layer above and fill it with all white paint bucket. Set the opacity to 20-25% and set mode to 'overlay' or 'soft light' whatever you want.
Adjusting the opacity mode is depend on your own taste, the smaller the opacity is, the more natural it would look.
Or else, you can add a same layer by press Ctrl+J. Then choose filter> Blur> Gaussian Blur.
Set the mode to overlay or soft light and adjust the opacity as you wish.
This gaussian blur-overlay mode is a secret step that creates 'glowy' effect to skin. it's been used widely by a photographers too.
and here is your finished pic ^^
Feel free to comment if there is any question~
Thank you.
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ATTLEBORO, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – A man charged as an accessory to murder in the case involving former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez has been held on $500,000 bail.
Ernest Wallace appeared before a judge at Attleboro District Court Friday morning.
Wallace has pleaded not guilty to a charge of being an accessory to murder after the fact in the killing of Odin Lloyd. Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to murder in the death of Lloyd, a 27-year-old Boston semi-professional football player whose body was found June 17 in an industrial park about a mile from Hernandez's home.
At Friday's hearing, prosecutors said that Wallace was with Hernandez when he picked Lloyd up in Dorchester in the early morning hours of June 17. Prosecutors said that later that morning, Wallace and Hernandez discussed recovering weapons and could be seen going into the basement of Hernandez's home on Hernandez's home security system.
Prosecutors also said that the next day Hernandez and Wallace returned a rental car and picked up a new one before Wallace went to Hernandez's Franklin "flop house." They said Wallace eventually left the apartment, shut his cell phone off, dumped the car and fled to Florida with the assistance of Hernandez's aunt.
Prosecutors originally asked that Wallace be held on $1 million bail, saying that he has a list of past drug and motor vehicle charges. Prosecutors argued that Wallace has no home, family or job and that he was a flight risk. They said that Hernandez was his sole source of income.
Prosecutors say Hernandez orchestrated Lloyd's killing because he was upset at him for talking to people Hernandez had problems with.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide Viet Nam with a $196 million loan to construct a hydroelectric facility that will help ease growing power shortages that threaten the country's future economic growth.
The 156-megawatt Song Bung 4 hydropower project will be built on the Song Bung River in central Viet Nam's Quang Nam province. Song Bung 4 is expected to be completed in 2013, and is the first hydroelectric project in Viet Nam to receive funding from a multilateral financing institution.
Viet Nam has an acute need for more power generation. Electricity demand has grown at an average rate of 15% per annum and it is expected to maintain a high growth rate until 2015.
"Affordable and reliable electricity is essential to Viet Nam's continued economic growth and poverty reduction efforts," said ADB Energy Specialist Pradeep Perera. "This project will improve the stability and reliability of the country's power network, and will further reduce its dependency on fossil fuels."
Four villages with 206 households will need to be relocated to nearby sites due to the project. Most of these families belong to the Co Tu ethnic minority group, and most are currently living below the poverty line.
The project will provide affected families with new homes equipped with clean water and sanitation fixtures, and enhanced livelihood opportunities. The relocated communities will have better schools and health services, as well as improved road access.
"We have held extensive consultations with these families, and we will ensure their livelihoods are improved and their cultural practices are respected," Mr. Perera said. "ADB, through the Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction, will also provide a $2 million grant to finance enhanced livelihood improvements for the 206 families that go beyond current Government practices."
Extensive efforts have also been taken to minimize the environmental impact of the project. Though the project will affect migratory fish that use the river for spawning, there will not be any significant biodiversity implications.
The project also includes a 35-kilometer, 220-kV transmission line to Thanh My in Nam Giang district. The total cost of the dam is $267.3 million. The balance of the funding is being provided by the Viet Nam Development Bank and Viet Nam Electricity.


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After the explorer and the fur trader the missionary came to Nebraska. Rev. Moses Merrill and his wife, Eliza Wilcox, were the first to come. They were sent out in 1833 to the Otoe Indians by the Baptist Missionary Union. At that time the Otoe tribe lived along the Platte as far west as the mouth of the Elkhorn. Their largest village was in Saunders County about ten miles north of the place where Ashland now is. They hunted south and west along Salt Creek, Weeping Water and the Nemaha.
Mr. Merrill and his wife drove an ox team from Missouri to Bellevue. Here was an Indian trading post where the Otoe, Omaha and Pawnee Indians came to trade furs and skins for white man's goods.
At first very few Indians attended the missionary meetings and those who came begged for corn, potatoes and whisky. Mr. Merrill began to study the Otoe language in order that he might talk to the Indians without an interpreter and translate the Bible and hymns into their tongue. In this way he spent the first winter.
The Building of an Earth Lodge.
The next spring Mr. Merrill rode on horseback, fording two rivers, to the Otoe village on the south bank of the Platte near Ashland. He was received by Itan, the great chief of the Otoes, in one of his lodges which was made by setting large trunks of trees in the ground, laying poles on them and covering the whole with grass and dirt. This lodge of Itan was circular in form and measured a hundred and twenty feet in circumference.
Itan gave Mr. Merrill a feast of boiled buffalo meat served in a wooden bowl. It was to be eaten with the fingers, the guest eating first. All the rest waited until he had finished. Itan was a great chief. He had five wives and four houses for them to live in. Town of Yutan in Saunders County is named for him. It is only three miles from where his lodge stood.
On Sunday, the next day, Mr. Merrill was invited out to eat four times before noon. He went, and after eating, read to the Indians part of his translation of the Bible. He showed the children some pictures and began to teach them to sing the scale. The children were deeply interested and tried hard to sound the notes as the white man did. At the end of a week two of the children could sing the scale correctly and knew twenty-two letters of the alphabet.
One day Mr. Merrill learned that fifty Otoes had gone to the white trading post with fifty beaver skins, worth five hundred dollars, to trade for whisky. Chief Itan spoke in strong words to the missionary against the curse of the white man's strong water. On the very next day he and another Otoe chief were drunk and talked very loud against whisky, saying that it was bad, the Indians did not make it, the white man was to blame. Mr. Merrill kept on trying to teach them better, reading verses from the Bible and praying for them.
One Indian was sick and the Otoe medicine men came to cure him. The sick man was stretched out naked in his lodge. The medicine men beat their drums, shook their rattles and danced around him, each stopping to take a mouthful of water from time to time and to spurt it on the sick man's head. It is to be hoped that he survived this treatment.
Then the Otoes went away for their summer hunt. When they came back in the fall they brought skins and began to trade them for whisky. Mr. Merrill wrote from a trading post where whisky was sold as follows: "This is not the house of God, nor the gate of heaven. It is rather the house of Satan and the gate of hell. Two kegs of whisky were carried from the house this morning by Indians. They will trade their horses, their guns and even their blankets for this poisonous drink."
It was against the law then, as now, to sell liquor to Indians, but Nebraska was far out on the frontier and the white traders could make greater profit by selling whisky than in any other way.
In September, 1835, Mr. Merrill moved his family to the Otoe Mission on the Platte River, about eight miles west of Bellevue. Here the government built a log cabin and a schoolhouse which enabled him to carry on his mission work away from the evils of the trading post. It was a beautiful site with an open prairie sloping to the Platte, with rich meadow for stock and gardening and a large body of timber close by. Half of the Otoe tribe moved there and made their village at the mission.
The Otoes were very poor these years and became poorer. They hunted deer, elk and buffalo in the summer of 1836 and brought home very little meat. Their appetite for whisky was greater than before and the more bad luck they had the more whisky they wanted. Many were sick with fever this summer and Mr. Merrill gave them food and medicine, cared for them and tried hard to have them give up liquor and look after their crops and families. He urged them to keep away from the places where whisky was sold and this stirred up the traders against him, as the whisky trade was their best business. For a single tin cup full of whisky the trader would often get ten dollars' worth of furs.
When the people became sick and began to die the traders told them that God was angry with the Otoes for having the missionaries among them. Two pupils in Mr. Merrill's school died in the fall and the traders said that they were killed for learning to read. As the whisky habit grew in the tribe the men became miserable and quarrelsome. The United States had sent a farmer and a blacksmith to teach the Indians how to farm and to make tools for them. These men and their families lived near the Mission. Drunken Otoes shot at the farmer and both he and the blacksmith moved their families back to Bellevue, leaving Mr. and Mrs. Merrill alone among the Indians at the village.
Two of Itan's wives ran away with two Otoe young men. Itan was in a very great rage and said that he would kill the young men when they came back. News was brought that these braves were in the village and Itan took his gun and pistol to kill them. When he passed the mission house Mr. and Mrs. Merrill went out and begged him not to begin a bloody fight. He was wild for revenge and went on. The two young men came out to meet Chief Itan singing their war song. The chief fired his musket at one of the young men and missed him. Then one of the chief's friends fired at the same young man and he fell. He rose, however, and shot the chief through the body. A brother of this young man then shot Itan the second time. One of Itan's friends shot the brother. A third young man shot Itan again and was at once shot himself. The three young men and Chief Itan died that evening. Two of them were Mr. Merrill's pupils. This happened on April 28,1837. The whole Otoe tribe was torn into factions by this tragedy. Some wanted to kill the friends of the young men, others to avenge their death. The bloody feud over the fight lasted for many years.
After Itan's death Melhunca, the second chief in the tribe, came to take breakfast with Mr. Merrill. He wanted presents and said that the traders told him it was bad for the teacher to live near him and never give the Indians presents or fine clothes, and sugar and coffee as the traders did. Mr. and Mrs. Merrill tried to show him that they were poor and had no means of making great profits, as the traders had selling whisky. They urged him to keep away from liquor. He soon became angry and said he was going at once to the trading post to trade horses for whisky. On the next day the school children who were given bread for lunch every day they came to read began to complain loudly and said that they would not read any more unless they were given a full dinner every day.
In August, 1837, a band of fifty Ioway Indians came over from the Weeping Water to trade with the Otoes. They brought fifteen kegs of whisky. Mr. Merrill held a great temperance meeting that day. The next day the whole Otoe village was drinking whisky. One Otoe had his ears cut off and another was stabbed and died. The Ioways left, taking with them six Otoe ponies, paid for in whisky.
In 1838 Mr. Merrill went with the Otoes on their buffalo hunt. By this time he had learned to speak their language and had translated portions of the Bible and several hymns into Otoe. The Otoe hymns had been printed in a book with the name:
In spite of all Mr. Merrill could do the Otoe men cared more for whisky and less for good things every year. They no longer loved their old time games and exercises. They longed for the white man's fire-water and the visions that danced before their brains when they drank it more than for all the gospel messages and Christian hymns brought by the missionary. All they could get was spent for liquor and food was begged from the mission. The young men became impudent and pretended to be Sioux in order to frighten the missionary family.
Old Otoe Mission..
(From photograph by A. E. Sheldon.)
It was six years since Mr. Merrill and his wife came to give their lives in teaching and saving one tribe of Nebraska Indians. A baby boy, Samuel Pearce, had been born to them in l835. He became a Baptist minister and is to-day the second oldest living white person born in Nebraska, the oldest being Major William Clark Kennerly, of St. Louis, Mo., who was born at Ft. Atkinson, Nov. 2, 1824. Mr. Merrill lives at Squirrel Island, Maine. They had built a large log mission house with a great stone chimney which could be seen for many miles. In this they held school on week days for the Otoe children and here they held their Sunday services.
A new and deadly enemy to the mission appeared. Mr. Merrill became the victim of consumption. Exposure, overwork and grief hastened its ravages. He was deeply discouraged and wrote in his diary at this time: "Formerly Mrs. Merrill felt perfectly safe day or night, but it is not so now. The Otoes trample upon my property and rights unreproved. They occupy my pasture with their cattle and horses when it suits their convenience, often leaving the fence thrown down. They steal my potatoes, pumpkins and corn by night. As we are alone it would not be prudent to resist these thefts. How long we shall be able to live quietly in our own habitation is uncertain. Indeed we are disturbed often now. My family fear these vagrant Otoes. These Indians do not feel friendly toward white people. They are ungrateful for favors received."
Mr. Merrill grew worse rapidly. He died on February 6,1840, and was buried on the east bank of the Missouri River opposite Bellevue. The Otoes called him "The-One-Who-Always-Speaks-The-Truth."
On a Nebraska farm in Sarpy County sloping gently to the Platte River is a grove of giant cottonwoods over eighty years old. In their midst stands an old building with a great stone chimney. This is the monument and witness to-day of the life and labors of the first missionaries to Nebraska.


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10 Absurd Religious Books
This week sees the second instalment in my Ludicrous Religious Books series. Here are 10 more ludicrous religious-themed books. I have added pithy/fictitious comments below each.
Do you ever feel embarrassed by something, even though you are not responsible for it in any way, shape or form.
A Holistic Approach to Exorcism
Finally, I was getting so tired of specialised approaches to exorcism.
Does GOD Ever Speak through CATS?
Cat: 'Meow! Meow! Purr, purr…'
Person: 'That's God speaking. Sssh, let me listen.'
Cat: 'Hiss! Meow! meow … Hiss! hiss! MEOW!'
Person: 'YES! I was right all along — God just said polygamy is virtuous.'
The Beginner's Guide to Sex in the Afterlife
Sex in the Afterlife — that is just way a fancy way of saying necrophilia.
Helping The Retarded To Know God
And the winner of the most offensive book title is…
Penned by religious humorist Nick Page, The Tabloid Bible parodies the sensationalist nature of tabloid newspapers.
What Really Happened to the Dinosaurs?
This creationist title teaches children that dinosaurs were roaming The Earth with the rest of us pre-flood. Note evolutionary-defier Tracker John riding on his pet dinosaur DJ.
Penned by M. L. Brown — Reverend and masturbation connoisseur.
Bobbed Hair, Bossy Wives, and Women Preachers
Dr John R. Rice's fire and brimstone sermon is directed at bossy wives, women preachers and women with bobbed hair.
21 Reasons Why Christians Should Speak in Tongues
Reason 1: If you are a Christian aspiring to be admitted to a mental health facility, then tongues…
Reason 2: Having an additional language on your CV is no bad thing.
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A Black Comedy of True Distinction


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United States Navy Miniature Special Warfare (SEAL Trident) Insignia
Criteria: The Special Warfare insignia, also known as the "SEAL Trident", is one of the most recognizable military badges of the United States Navy.
First created in the 1960s, the insignia recognizes those service members who have completed the Navy's Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training, completed SEAL Qualification Training and have been designated as U.S. Navy SEALs.
The Special Warfare insignia was initially issued in two grades, being a gold badge for officers and silver for enlisted. In the 1970s, the Silver SEAL badge was abolished and the Special Warfare Badge was issued thereafter in a single grade. The SEAL badge is therefore unique in the Navy in that it is one of the few badges issued in a single grade for both officers and enlisted personnel. This is partly due to the combined training that both officers and enlisted receive, side by side, when involved in BUD/S training.
The Special Warfare insignia consists of a golden eagle clutching a U.S. Navy anchor, trident, and flintlock style pistol. The decoration is considered a "successor badge" to the obsolete Underwater Demolition Badge.


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A 20-year lie
I hear that telling the truth will set you free.
I'm not feeling too free right now.
I have been telling a lie for over 20 years. For the sake of my health and my son's, I'm going to "liberate" my black heart from this lie. It's not like I have to confess it to Jesus as he's oh, so very, aware of my silliness. I really don't expect some angelic, trumpet-blowing moment after relinquishing this lie, but here goes:
I been telling doctors for 20 years that I've had my tetanus shot recently and I haven't.
There. {For those of you laughing…try going in at 11 year old to a Health Center and letting some 80 year old lady throw needles at your arm all day! Those needles were 6 feet long! Yes, they were!!!}
…big breath…
This means, that in reality, I haven't had a tetanus shot since sometime in the 80's. My mother knows about this HORRID lie I've been telling. It makes her crazy. "What about lockjaw!?!?!" I figure it's the 21st century…don't they have a cure for that yet?
I'm going to a new doctor. I actually kind of dig her, but she's got this "bad patient" radar and she zero'd in on me like a buzzard on roadkill. Something about how they're having to give the whooping cough shot WITH the tetanus shot to protect me from my bad immune system. I immediately started sweating.
*the above image makes me sweat…really*
Oldman is due for his 12yo boosters and he's freaking out. He had such a bad experience with so many needles when he had his Purpura bout that he looks at needles like I do. So I do the stupidest thing EVER…
…I'm going in with him tomorrow morning so we can get our shots together.
You don't understand! Just writing about this about to put me into a straight jacket!!! For some reason, something highjacked my brain into thinking that I could go first and show Oldman how it's done. Now, all he's going to see is his mother throwing up in a cold sweat saying, "Ok, let's do this…WAIT WAIT WAIT…GIVE ME A MINUTE….Ok…NO…NO!!!!!"
He's going to be more terrified than ever…
Jesus, take the wheel….Oy.


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Andre Villas-Boas held more talks with Tottenham yesterday.
The Daily Mail says Villas-Boas held a second successive day of discussions with Tottenham on Tuesday over the vacant managerial role.
Following on from Monday's negotiations, the Portuguese's representatives continued talks with Spurs officials as the ex-Chelsea chief stakes his claim to replace Harry Redknapp.
Chairman Daniel Levy wants to speak to France manager Laurent Blanc before deciding on who will be the club's next manager.


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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
The Strong Differentiation Strategy Lock Customer In
Based on the analysis of Porter genetic strategy, we can clearly target the apple's product in the corner of the Focused Differentiation Strategy. They use the different operating system with the window and developed their own operating system with high designed hardware and software. In the market, although their target customers are relatively much smaller than windows, they locked their customer by the unique operating system and design. From the last year's profit comparison of the mobile phone market, apple use its 4% market share to acquire almost 50% profit in this market. This is the successful differentiation strategy. Apple thinks the price is not a good way to attract customer. And this way will lead to a negative impact on the company' financial statement. So, they insist their high quality, excellent design, superior user experience and horizontal and vertical integration system to attract customer. This method cultivates the strong customer loyalty and gives a halo effect of other product of apple. Once the customer get used to Apple's unique operating system and like it, it represent that apple success to lock this customer and keep this customer consume in their ecosystem, which include all the Apple's product, like from iPhone to iPad, from Mac to iTV, etc. The successful differentiation strategy brings the huge profit margin this industry. Also, the strong financial condition provides a company more flexible to put more capital and resources to develop their technology innovation and design.
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Skip to comments.Hundreds Turn Out To Support In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students
Posted on 03/16/2011 5:54:36 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
Diego Aguilar of Norwalk told legislators Tuesday that his parents "worry, fight and struggle" to pay his out-of-state tuition fees at Norwalk Community College.
Aguilar graduated as valedictorian of Brien McMahon High School in Norwalk last year, but because he is an illegal immigrant he does not qualify for the lower tuition rate available for state residents. His parents brought him to Connecticut from Mexico when he was 8.
(Excerpt) Read more at courant.com ...
It's about education. It's about money. It's about the law.
I find it terribly depressing that so many people think that we need to bend over backwards and shovel treasure at the criminal class.
So if I rob a bank and get caught..can I trot out my children before the courts asking the judge to keep the money so they can go to school???
Connecticut is a lost cause.When will the taxpayers put a stop these tax increases that will only benefit criminal aliens?and why are these aliens not reported to ICE so they can be deported?
I for one am sick of these criminal alien parasites coming into the U.S. and sucking the life out of the taxpayer.Afterall we do have our own families to care for.
..."because he is an illegal immigrant he does not qualify for the lower tuition rate available for state residents..." DAMN RIGHT! And while you are at it, throw the bastards out!
Wow... bending over for the illegals must be "in" this week.
1. CT protests for in-state tuition for illegals.
2. Utah governor signs bill allowing illegals to remain and sponsor unlimited family members from other countries.
3. Taxpayer-funded LaRaza expands its presence in the U.S.
4. L.A. County in CA caves to hispanic pressure groups; backs away from impounding cars driven by illegals.
So if it is known that this guy and his family are in the country illegally, why isn't the INS on his doorstep right now deporting him and his family?
Wouldn't a college or university in Mexico be glad to have this bright young man as one of their students to make Mexico a better place to live
I think that if people want to invite illegal aliens into their city or state and give them free tuition, that's their right. I also think that they should NOT get any federal funds from the rest of us to pay for their decision.
"worry, fight and struggle". Well isn't that a novel idea for parents to do. If this child is so smart; let him apply his ability in his own country and how smart do you have to be to steal?
I wonder if he's aware that Mexico has universities comparable to any in the US. And he can go to them legally!
Hello, I'm calling to find out where I can sign up to get $10,000 'free' from the State of Connecticut each year for four years.
Yes, I am a US citizen.
What exactly do you mean by "when hell freezes over"?
Nah, his Spanish probably isn't good enough....
This would mean that his parents are illegals too, so where are they getting the money to pay the out of state tuition????
but his GPA was probably boosted by taking 4 years of high school spanish...!
We're tired of paying for illegals.
We can't afford it. Go home.
You want to live in the U.S.?
Then, get in line and come in legally.
Send all the illegal aliens caught in the other 47 states to Utah, CT, and LA. Maybe after 2 or 3 million illegals come their way, they may re-think their position.
There is no contradiction here....
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Stratford church fires pastor
Published 11:22 am, Tuesday, August 12, 2014
STRATFORD -- The Stratford Baptist church has fired its pastor of 16 years following allegations he stole from parishioners.
The church's trustees voted Sunday to fire the Rev. Dr. Robert Genevicz after he refused to step down, church sources said.
Church officials did not return emails for comment.
The American Baptist Churches of Connecticut recently removed recognition of Genevicz's ordination.
Genevicz could not be reached for comment.
Genevicz, 67, is charged with first-degree larceny for allegedly scamming a 71-year-old retired Stratford school teacher and member of his flock out of more than $173,000 -- the victim's life savings. Since his arrest Genevicz was served with a lawsuit by Cathy Devack, of Trumbull, who claims Genevicz defrauded her 88-year-old father of about $200,000.


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The five main parts of a sentence are:
In general, the subject refers to the part of the sentence which tells whom or what the sentence is addressing. The subject is going to be either a noun or a noun phrase.
For example, "Kelly walked down the street." Kelly is the subject, because she is the actor, or subject, in the sentence.
There are a few different types of subjects. The underlined word is the subject.
Let us return to our example "Kelly walked down the street." In this sentence, "walked" is the predicate because it is the verb that tells us what Kelly is doing. A sentence can have just a subject and a predicate. For example, you could just say "Kelly walked" and you have a complete sentence.
Here are the types of predicates.
A clause is usually some sort of additional information to the sentence. We could say "They like ice cream." However, we could also say "They like ice cream on hot days." "They like ice cream" can stand by itself, but "on hot days" adds something extra to the sentence. Therefore, "on hot days" is a clause.
There are two different types of clauses:
A phrase is sort of like a dependent clause. It is a group of words that cannot stand alone as a sentence, but it can be used to add something to a sentence. There are a few different types of phrases:
As you can see from above, there are many different types of ways to add additional information to a sentence. All of these examples are known under the general category of modifiers.
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Class A hybrid power dac project
I am making a power dac, as part of my on going personal research in to sound quality. Purpose of, to achieve minimum of everything, signal path, active components, no feedback etc to try and hear the raw sound of "digital" so to speak.
2x tda1543
ecc88 as I/V converter
shunt volume control
class a(b) bipolar darlington output buffer with dc servo
about 10W
I have a prototype up and running and now sounding fairly together, am posting interesting observations for anyone interested:
first interesting shock was how much effect a normal electrolytic decoupling across my vbe multiplier had, changed to oscon much cleaner!
not sure if this has been done elsewhere, but inverted WS to one of the TDA1543 and the left right connections, this gives a sort of 2x oversampling with slight cost of 11uS delay, sounds happier like that.
all for now, hope to post more if any interest as i need to write up this project, but busy so not much time.
Is that powered DAC, or power DAC?
it is a power dac, it has SPIDIF input and drives speakers directly.
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1 Attachment(s)
one Class A (b) biased output stage, about 300mA bias
1 Attachment(s)
But, I see that you amplify already analog signal. Isn't a power DAC like this one?(see my pict), My picture is Digital to (Analog)Power Converter. Sorry, I don't really know the differences.
Yes you are right, it is not that much of a power dac... It is about getting the (normal) dac as near to the output stage as possible with hopefully the least number of the most transparent audio stages i.e. a triode and a class A buffer. I know a bit about switch mode psu, but not sure I would personaly try that approach ! I would always be tempted to have all the current sources running in to the bottom of a cascode, which is effectivly what I have got in my circuit.
I ever make a power DAC once and yes only once using that time based switching, and only 8bit resolution 33KHz. It need at least 4 parallel switch to discharge inductor current to zero each cycle. It is become too complex, rejecting supply ripple with precise A*B circuitry, reducing Mosfet timing error, and many more.
Any way, what is your goal? more linearity or more power, from your circuit?
The most transparent digital playback...?
I know I am a noob to posting here, but I have been doing this stuff for 25+ years. and have a pretty good home made set up, that I can listen to almost anything (music) and it sounds good, anyway.
The Mrs has gone out and its daytime and I have been spending a few hours listening to this thing..... ****... yes it has a sound of its own, or maybe its my speakers, I need to test it on some other settings.
I need to make these and sell them to every record company, because they would never make a bad sounding CD again if they had to listen to it on this...wow.
got my Isely brothers super-hits, its your thing, great intro, loved it in the car for a couple of minutes, great for a pulsating exit of petrol station moments, but then it went down hill fro there on, and normally got spat out after. I totally know why now, what a mess, where as pull out an AAD loyd cole big snake, sounds delicious, (my CD collection is a bit inaccessible due to moving house and having free roaming small destructive hands at work).
Attempted description of sound, if possible: all constituent sounds are free of each other, they start and stop independently in there own space. some familiar CDs Duende, a man called Adam, man what were they thinking, gratuitous compression I had never noticed before, totally obvious now, it is like the recording is de-constructed.
so it goes. I have "integrated it now, it no longer needs 3 separate power plugs, so time to move on to some evaluation.
Attempted some measurements last night, not really conclusive. My Sound Technology 1700 has broken (haven't used it for 10 years), sniff, I am hoping it is just the oscillator, as I don't really need that bit.
I couldn't get Paraxis to work, But ARTA works ok (W7 64bit), Have access to a prism sound set up at college, but I like to work at home. At any recommendations for free software I could use to check this thing out on.
I love the recorded sound time machine/ travel, shut your eyes and you are some where else, some other time effect. I like to know how things work, I don't like bulshit myths that transistor amps sound bad because of crossover distortion, why do SETs sound nice etc etc, I want to know the truth!!!
But, have you ever using transistor for your I/V converter instead of ecc88? and is that converter using current that flow into resistor to get voltage across it?
May be the truth is only one of a million right now.:)
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When you're a runner you know it in your bones.
Despite the times of injury, cross-training purgatory, and miles withdrawals, you know in your heart you are a runner.
When the track workouts and intervals gnaw at your fortitude, your stomach and your lactic acid riddled muscles, you know you are a runner. You curse it a little in your mind, your sick attachment to this thing that tests you in such painful ways.
The moments when you wish your long runs lasted forever, the miles ticked off more by feel than numbers, when time hangs and dawdles outside of hours and minutes. You know in your soul you are a runner.
Your friends, faceless companions racing alongside you, strangers you pass running on the street; this community, these are your people, you know you are a runner.
The times when the alarm clock goes off and you dread the first step, yes you actually dread it even though you don't want to admit it, it happens. You still force foot into shoe and get moving, you are a runner after all and you know it. You also know the crummy runs are worth it too.
Because the moments, the ones that you can only catch if you're lucky and you can't really ever perfectly plan them. The ones when you feel like you're not really running, but are outside yourself watching this body complete this incredibly magical yet totally simplistic action. These runs you wish you could catch in a bottle like fireflies and watch them forever…these are the times when you're not just a runner but the run is shining through your bones.
You know you're a runner more-so of how you feel, it's a sense, and you know it in your bones.
1) When you're injured or unable to run for whatever reason, you still know you're a runner on the inside. What's an example of feeling like a runner through the times you can't actually run?
2) Even when you dread the workout or run, how do you motivate yourself to get the first step in?
3) How was your last long run? Was it one where the miles seemed to fly by, or craaaaawl by?
4) Who raced this weekend…brag on your fine selves! 🙂


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I will eventually recap my entire birthday trip.
It just might take until my next birthday.
I posted our Golden Gate bridge urban hike, but after that we packed up and headed south down Highway 1, the scenic route down the coast of California. It's a beautiful trip – if you ever have a chance to make the drive, DO IT!
Day 1: Half Moon Bay, Santa Cruz, and Salinas
We started out not quite as early as we meant to. I had a conference call and opted to hit the gym for an hour.
I may have had some things to sweat out.
When we got on the road, Vegas presented me with a print out about things to see and do along the drive. I happily read it on our way out of town with a tasty snack. Bacon almonds, FTW.
Not more than an hour down the road, we stopped in Half Moon Bay for lunch. Well, we meant to stop for lunch. We got a little distracted by some goats first.
Do the baby goats come with the lease?!
Then we really were headed to lunch… until we passed a cute little winery called La Nebbia. (Side note: nebbia means fog in Italian.)
After a tasting and with bottle of sparkling wine in tow, we finally went in search of food.
Our lunch spot was a great find. San Benito House Deli is a tiny sandwich shop right along the main drag. They make their breads fresh; I don't think I need to tell you that the olive-walnut bread was to die for.
There isn't seating inside, but they had a gorgeous deck area with a guy playing covers on a guitar. It felt like a dream.
Tip: their sandwiches are HUGE. Unless you're starving, order just a half or split one with you partner-in-crime.
I sort of wanted to sit there all afternoon, but we had much to see! About an hour dow the road was out next stop: Santa Cruz.
It took us a bit longer because we had to keep pulling over to take pictures. The California coast is breathtaking, and worth the drive alone!
Once we landed in Santa Cruz, there was no question about what we would do. It's home to California's oldest surviving boardwalk, The Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
I jumped out of the car and half ran to the entrance. I've never been to a boardwalk so big! It's not a "thing" in Georgia.
They had live music on the beach, roller coaster, and other fair rides. We were more interested in the games though. They had all the old school stuff like ski ball, Donkey Kong, shooting, and the game where you try to toss rings in a cup floating in the water.
Vegas found the perfect game for me: Spider Stompin'. (I HATE spiders.)
When it was time to leave, we had a handful of tickets to redeem. They offered the usual variety or crap you don't need.
Vegas chose playing cards and Tootsie Rolls. I was happy with the fish she gave to me after winning the afore mentioned ring toss game.
Next stop was to our sleeping location in Salinas. The following day we planed to hike in Big Sur, but there aren't a lot of options for places to stay right there… unless you want to spend $600 a night. We roll with Marriott points.
There were a few more coast stops on the way down. I swear there's a view point turnoff ever quarter of a mile!
You have to be really careful driving. People are going slow to take in the view, or because they're lost, or they just want to turn off for pictures every quarter of a mile.
OR, if you're like us, you need to stop to buy roadside cherries, honey, and avocados.
FIVE AVOCADOS FOR 99¢. Whole Foods been ripping me off! On sale 3 for $5, my ass. *grumble grumble*
We also passed a ton of cabbage and strawberry patches. I had no idea so much produce was grown that close to the water! I bet developers salivate over all this wide open space.
About 50 minutes later, we were in Salinas. It was getting late and we were hungry for dinner. Plus it was my actual birth DAY! The lady at check in recommended her personal favorite, a little Italian place called Gino's Fine Italian.
Apparently everyone in town agreed with the lady because they were packed! We were lucky enough to get in and we weren't disappointed. Vegas even declared her lasagna the best she's ever had! (This is not a small compliment coming from her.)
We. Were. Stuffed.
But not so stuffed that I turned down my free birthday dessert. Nonna's Cassata Cake. It was pound cake drizzled with marsala wine, layered with whipped marscapone mousse, and topped with imported chocolate ganache. OMFG – it was even better than it looks.
At the end of day 1, my birthday, we went to bed like happy little piggies. I slept a long, hard sleep. It was one of those nights you don't even remember falling asleep.
Stay tuned for day 2 – hiking in Big Sur!
I'm still having impure thoughts about that cake.
Have you ever been to a boardwalk?
What's the last thing you bought from a roadside stand?


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Since the ending of Vatican II, the Church has officially published no fewer than eight major documents calling for adults to be the center of the church s educational mission. And the Catholic faithful are calling on the church to quench their thirst for a deepening of their lived faith. They realize that the catechesis they received as children simply isn t enough to continue in the faith as adults in the church and world; they desire a deepened faith. In "Deepening Faith," Janet Schaeffler, OP, offers a practical guide and source of encouragement to parish and diocesan committees, catechists, and adult faith formation teams. She outlines the essential foundations, methods and strategies that can support this journey for today s adults of all ages and generations. "
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U.N. Aims at Sustainable Energy for All by 2024
UNITED NATIONS, Jan 10 (IPS) - When the General Assembly wound down its 67th session in late December, it underscored the key role for energy in the U.N.'s post-2015 economic agenda by declaring 2014-2024 the "Decade of Sustainable Energy for All".
The declaration, adopted unanimously by the U.N.'s 193 member states, was followed by grim statistics: over 1.3 billion people worldwide are still without electricity, and more than 2.6 billion people rely on traditional biomass for cooking and heating.
The General Assembly also expressed concern that "even when energy services are available, millions of poor people are unable to pay for them."
Even before the resolution was adopted, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned, "There can be no sustainable development without sustainable energy."
There is growing recognition among world leaders that access to energy is crucial for achieving the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), including a drastic reduction in extreme poverty and hunger by 2015, he added.
The importance of energy - including bio-energy, geothermal energy, hydropower and ocean, solar and wind energy - for sustainable development will be one of the key issues at the World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UAE) next week.
The summit will be part of the Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week, Jan. 13-17, which will run parallel to the International Water Summit promoting water sustainability in the world's arid regions.
Asked about the current energy situation, Uchita de Zoysa, executive director of the Centre for Environment and Development, told IPS that energy in the modern era is a gateway for well-being and prosperity and can no longer be a luxury for a large part of humanity.
"Energy necessarily should be pursued as a human right," he argued.
In a world where inequitable opportunities for development are partly based on energy, the failing global negotiations on addressing climate change need to fundamentally address sustainable consumption and production opportunities for all, De Zoysa said.
"No negotiations can succeed by marginalising a part of humanity from their right to well-being and prosperity. Each community and individual needs to be provided an equitable opportunity to progress and prosper in life," said De Zoysa, who is also chairman of Global Sustainability Solutions and facilitator of the People's Sustainability Treaties.
Kaisa Kosonen, climate policy advisor at Greenpeace International, told IPS more than 84 percent of the energy poor live in rural areas. Therefore the solutions for sustainable energy access lie primarily in decentralised energy, such as wind, solar, biogas, and micro-hydro, which make economic sense too, she said.
According to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA), renewable energy technologies are now the most economic solution for off-grid electrification and grid extension in most areas, as well as for centralised grid supply in locations with good resources.
In addition, said Kosonen, they protect users from price hikes associated with fossil fuels.
She said the role of the United Nations will be to keep the partners focused on the holistic needs of the poor, rather than on the needs of big utilities or other industries. This means, for example, that the energy can't be just "available", or success measured only in kilowatt hours produced.
"Energy needs to be affordable too, and reach the people in need," she said.
Energy solutions must support local societal and environmental goals and not worsen water scarcity, pollution levels or other problems. The hidden costs of these and other impacts must be considered when making plans and decisions, she added.
De Soysa said that "energy for all" should not become another obstacle to climate sustainability. It should become a sustainable development goal in the post-2015 U.N. agenda.
History has shown that carbon-based polluting energy sources have been a major obstacle to sustainable development and pose a clear threat to human existence on earth through aggravated climate change, said De Soyza, author of several books, including "It Has to be CLIMATE SUSTAINABILITY".
Therefore, the responsibility of leadership from local to global is to provide sustainable energy for all, he added.
Sustainable energy for all could become a realistic sustainable development goal, he pointed out, "only if our high energy dependent consumption and production patterns are radically reformed."
For sustainable lifestyles and livelihoods to emerge popularly on earth, the carbon-based "brown economic model" should be eradicated, De Zoysa stressed.
Kosonen told IPS it is important to keep in mind that energy efficiency and renewable energy solutions, such as wind and solar, save water resources for other uses. This is due to their low to no water requirements, compared to the water-hungry lifecycles of coal and nuclear power plants, in particular.
Asked about the role of the United Nations, she said the world body must ensure that the solutions promoted are in line with other development goals. Energy needs and solutions must be assessed as a whole, instead of focusing only on electricity, she added.
"And the United Nations will have to continue to play a role in connecting different players, aligning the efforts of existing institutions towards common goals, helping to mobilise financial resources and technology transfers, and to ensure accountability and transparency around pledges made," she said.
Asked if the U.N.'s "Decade of Sustainable Energy For All" will make a difference, Kosonen said: "This remains to be seen, but we surely hope so, because the goal of providing sustainable energy for all couldn't be more topical and important.
"We are encouraged by the declaration's strong emphasis on renewable energy and energy efficiency - the truly sustainable solutions for our energy challenges."
Predictable funding as well as policy and technical support is needed from wealthy countries, while political leadership is needed from developing countries to ensure the integration and priorisation of sustainable energy access in the core development planning and policy frameworks.
"What's needed from all sides is long-term commitment," she said.
© Inter Press Service (2013) — All Rights ReservedOriginal source: Inter Press Service
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