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Snow Dogs (2002)
When Miami dentist Ted Brooks learns that his birth mother has passed away and that he was named in her will, he travels to Alaska to claim his inheritance. Rather than the large chunk of change that many people would expect, Ted instead receives his mother's pack of rowdy sled dogs and her property. Although the dogs seemingly have it in for Ted, he decides to keep the dogs and race them in the local race, the Arctic Challenge, spiting a mountain man who wants the dogs. What follows is a comedy detailing Ted's adventures in learning to run the sled dogs.

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Food allergy friendly restaurants are my passion. Our son presented with multiple food allergies at age five months back in 1987. At one point he was allergic to 18 foods. Gradually, by his sixteenth birthday, only four food allergies remained (counting tree nuts as one). Our home remains dairy free and nut free. Our second child was born allergic to milk, egg, and peanut. Before eighth grade he was food allergy free! Best of luck with your personal situation and food allergies. Onto food allergy friendly restaurants and experiences living with food allergies. |
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Epilepsy - Role of MRI
Laurens De Cocker, Felice D'Arco and Philippe Demaerel and Robin Smithuis
In many patients with epilepsy antiepileptic drug treatment is unable to control the seizures.
Using a dedicated MRI-protocol, it is possible to detect an epileptogenic lesion in 80 percent of these patients.
Resection of these lesions can lead to seizure freedom in many patients.
We will discuss the MRI protocol and the typical findings in the most common epilepsy-associated diseases.
Common causes of Epilepsy
The illustration summarizes the most common causes of seizures in patients with medically uncontrollable epilepsy.
Some of these lesions are readily identifiable.
Meso temporal sclerosis and focal cortical dysplasia are the most common causes and can only be depicted with a dedicated protocol.
The table also summarizes epileptogenic lesions that are detected in patients with uncontrollable seizures.
Mesial temporal sclerosis is the most common cause of intractable epilepsy.
In medication refractory epilepsia the most common location of the epilectogenic lesion is temporal lobe (60%), frontal lobe (20%) and parietal lobe (10%), periventricular (5%) and occipital (5%).
Seizures and Epilepsy
Seizures are common. About 4 percent of all people will have at least one seizure during their lifetime.
In patients with a first ever seizure imaging will mostly show no brain-abnormalities, because the seizure is provoked by fever, drugs, dehydration or sleep deprivation.
The term epilepsy is used, when there are recurrent unprovoked seizures.
About 60 percent of patients with epilepsy can be controlled with antiepileptic drugs.
Most patients with uncontrollable seizures have complex partial seizures.
Partial seizures - also called focal seizures - are seizures which affect only a part of the brain at onset. They usually start in the temporal lobe.
In simple partial seizures the person remains conscious.
A simple partial seizure can be a precursor to a larger seizure and then it is called an aura.
A complex partial seizure affects a larger part of the hemisphere and the person may lose consciousness.
If a partial seizure spreads from one hemisphere to the other this will give rise to a secondarily generalised seizure.
The person will become unconscious and may have a tonic clonic seizure.
MRI epilepsy protocol
The table shows a dedicated epilepsy protocol.
Some will also use Inversion Recovery and not use contrast on a routine base.
Superior for cortical thickness and the interface between grey and white matter.
On T1WI look for grey matter occuring in an aberrant location as in gray matter heterotopia.
Look very carefully for cortical and subcortical hyperintensities on the FLAIR, which can be very subtle.
Since FLAIR may show false-positive results due to artefacts, the abnormalities should be confirmed on T2WI.
T2* or SWI
Helpful when searching for haemoglobin breakdown products as in posttraumatic changes and cavernomas, or to look for calcifications in tuberous sclerosis, Sturge-Weber, cavernomas and gangliogliomas.
Mesial temporal sclerosis
Mesial temporal sclerosis (MTS) is a specific pattern of hippocampal neuronal loss accompanied by gliosis and atrophy.
The etiology is unknown, but there is a relationship between MTS and prolonged febrile seizures earlier in life, complicated delivery and developmental processes.
In 15% of patients another developmetal abnormality can be found, mostly focal cortical dysplasia.
This is called dual pathology.
MTS is the most common cause of partial complex epilepsy in adults and is also the most common etiology in young adult patients undergoing surgery.
Surgical removal of visible MRI changes associated with unilateral mesial temporal sclerosis leads to seizure freedom in up to 80% of cases.
Coronal T2W and FLAIR images are the most sensitive for detecting MTS.
On axial slices mesial temporal sclerosis is commonly overlooked.
Bilateral mesial temporal sclerosis is difficult to detect due to the lack of comparison with the unaffected contralateral hippocampus.
The coronal T2WI and FLAIR images show right-sided mesial temporal sclerosis.
Notice the volume loss, which indicates atrophy and causes secondary enlargement of the temporal horn of the lateral ventricle.
The high signal in the hippocamous reflects gliosis.
Mesial temporal sclerosis may occur in association with other pathology, especially focal cortical dysplasia.
This is called dual pathology.
The images show mesial temporal sclerosis with a hyperintense and shrunken hippocampus (red arrows), and secondary enlargement of the left temporal horn of the left laterale ventricle.
Also notice associated subcortical hyperintensity in the left temporal lobe indicating focal cortical dysplasia.
35-year-old patient with refractory temporal lobe epilepsy.
MR shows subtle hyperintensity of the left hippocampus on the axial FLAIR (blue arrow) and atrophy of the left hippocampus on coronal images (yellow arrow).
The patient was succesfully treated with amygdalo-hippocampectomy on the left.
Differential of hippocampal hyperintensity
Hippocampal hyperintensity on T2WI or FLAIR images with volume loss is diagnostic for mesial temporal sclerosis in the appropriate clinical setting.
Hippocampal hyperintensity without volume loss is seen in:
- Status epilepticus
- Low grade tumors (astrocytoma, DNET)
- Encephalitis
Status epilepticus
The imaging findings in status epilepticus can mimick mesotemporal sclerosis.
In status epilepticus a hyperintense hippocampus can be seen, but there is swelling and no atrophy.
Axial FLAIR, axial DWI and coronal T2WI demonstrate a hyperintense hippocampus with a slightly compressed temporal horn of the lateral ventricle consistent with hippocampal edema.
DWI shows diffusion restriction due to cytotoxic edema in the acute stage of the status epilepticus.
DNET mimicking mesial temporal sclerosis
Axial T2WI shows hyperintense, but enlarged hippocampus with a bubbly appearance.
This is typical for a DNET or dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor, which we will discuss in a moment.
The coronal contrast-enhanced T1WI shows an enlarged hippocampus without uptake of contrast medium.
Focal Cortical Dysplasia
key findings
- Subcortical white matter hyperintensities
- Blurred grey-white matter interface
Focal cortical dysplasia is a congenital abnormality where the neurons fail to migrate in the proper formation in utero.
MRI findings may be very subtle or may even be negative, therefore a high index of suspicion is mandatory!
The most common findings are cortical or subcortical hyperintensities especially seen on FLAIR-images.
These are often found at the bottom of a deep sulcus.
Another finding is a blurred interface between grey and white matter, because the white matter looks a little bit like gray matter because it contains neurons that did not reach the cortex.
The images show typical focal cortical dysplasia.
There is cortical thickening and blurring of the grey/white matter junction on T1WI (left).
The FLAIR image on the right shows the subcortical hyperintensity.
The images demonstrate cortical and subcortical signal abnormalities on T2WI and FLAIR in the left temporal lobe indicating focal cortical dysplasia.
Notice associated T2/FLAIR hyperintense and shrunken hippocampus as a result of mesial temporal sclerosis, i.e. dual pathology.
Another case of focal cortical dysplasia.
Notice the hypoplastic left temporal lobe with cortical thickening (arrow) and atrophy of the white matter.
Axial T1WI, T2WI and FLAIR-images of a 15 year old boy with epilepsy.
Notice thickening and hyperintensity of the cortex of the left superior frontal gyrus.
The FLAIR-images also show high signal in the subcortical white matter.
These findings are typical for focal cortical dysplasia.
Transmantle sign
Sometimes the hyperintensity is seen extending from the subcortical area to the margin of the ventricle.
This is called the transmantle sign.
This finding represents the arrested neuronal migration.
Images of a 27-year-old male with refractory occipital lobe epilepsy.
Coronal FLAIR and axial T2WI show T2-hyperintense cortical thickening and high signal in cortex and subcortical region.
Notice subcortical hyperintensity extending to the right ventricle indicating transmantle sign (blue arrow).
Transmantle sign seen in another patient with focal cortical dysplasia.
Cortical and glial scars - Ulegyria
Cortical and glial scars usually result from meningitis or birth injury.
Ulegyria is a specific type of scar.
It is defined as cerebral cortex scarring due to perinatal ischemia.
Ulegyria typically affects full term infants.
In these infants there is greater perfusion to the apex of the gyri than to the cortex at the depth of the sulci.
The resulting pattern is that of a shrunken cortex in which the deep portions of the gyri are more shrunken than the superficial portions, leaving pedunculated gyri on long stalks with a mushroom appearance.
Ulegyria must be differentiated from microgyria.
MR will shows tissue loss and gliosis underneath a shrunken cortex.
The shrunken cortex is best appreciated on a 3D-T1WI because of its high resolution and the superior delineation of the cortex, while FLAIR will show the hyperintensity associated with the gliosis.
Therefore always use the FLAIR-sequence to search for hyperintensities in an epileptic patient and subsequently correlate these findings with the cerebral cortex in the affected area on high resolution T1WI.
Cavernoma is also known as cavernous malformation or cavernous angioma.
It is a benign low flow vascular malformation with a tendency to bleed.
75 percent occur as solitary sporadic lesions and 10-30 percent occur as multiple lesions.
Cavernomas consist of locules of variable size that contain blood products in different stages of evolution which produces a popcorn appearance.
A complete hemosiderin rim surrounds the lesion, but not when there is a recent bleeding.
Unenhanced CT may show a hyperdense nodule or calcification, but in 50% of cases cavernomas will be occult on CT.
T2WI and T2* gradient echo show multiple cavernomas.
Notice the popcorn appearance with peripheral rim of hemosiderin on the T2WI.
The lesions are almost completely black on the gradient echo due to blooming artefacts.
T2* and susceptibility weighted imaging (SWI) markedly increase the sensitivity of MRI to detect small cavernomas.
The five black dots in the left cerebral hemisphere on the T2* are also cavernomas and are not visible on the T2WI.
Cavernomas are associated with developmental venous anomalies (DVA's).
The unenhanced CT shows a small calcification in the right lentiform nucleus.
Enhanced CT shows a venous anomaly draining the cavernoma into the right internal cerebral vein.
Coronal T2WI shows the venous anomaly as a curvilinear flow void.
Cavernoma in the postcentral gyrus on T1WI, T2WI and SWI.
Notice popcorn appeance and blooming artefact.
Same patient.
Notice the hemosiderin coating of the precentral gyrus consistent with superficial siderosis due to prior hemorrhage of the cavernoma (red arrowheads).
Differential diagnosis of microbleeds
In patients with multiple small black dots the differential diagnosis is:
- Cavernomas
- Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA)
Asymmetric microbleeds in peripheral location seen in normotensive older person with lobar hemorrhage. CAA is commonly seen in demented patients. - Hypertensive microhemorrhages
Microbleeds in hypertensive patients younger than patients with CAA - Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)
Posttraumatic hemorrhages in corpus callosum, subcortical white matter and brainstem.
Diffuse axonal injury (DAI)
A 46 year old biker presented with seizures after being hit by a car.
CT-image shows only minimal subarachnoidal hemorrhage (arrow).
MRI was performed several weeks after the injury because of a change in personality.
T2*-images show multiple hemosiderin depositions at the interface between grey and white matter, consistent with diffuse axonal injury (DAI).
Notice that the location of the microbleeds is different from the peripheral located CAA-bleeds.
Epilepsy associated tumours
All brain tumors may present with epilepsy, but there are some typically epilepsy associated tumors.
These tumours share the following characteristics:
- They arise in a cortical location.
- Often located in the temporal lobe.
- Closely related to developmental malformations.
- Typically seen in adolescents and young adults.
- Characterized by a benign behaviour, a slow growth, a sharp delineation and usually show absence of edema.
- Show signs of chronicity, such as bone remodeling and scalloping of the adjacent skull.
key findings
- Typically presents as cyst with enhancing mural nodule, but may be entirely solid
- Calcification in up to 50%
Ganglioglioma is the most common tumor associated with temporal lobe epilepsy.
Calcification is common in ganglioglioma and is an important distinguishing factor from DNET and pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma.
Ganglioglioma in a young child. Note large cyst with enhancement of mural solid tissue.
Small cystic ganglioglioma with a small enhancing nodule.
key findings
- Swollen gyrus
- Bubbly cystic appearance
- May be wedge shaped and point towards the ventricle
- Usually no or only little enhancement
- Associated with focal cortical dysplasia
DNET in typical cases present as a bubbly mass which expands the affected gyri.
The bubbly cystic appearance is seen as small cyst-like intratumoral structures that are very hyperintense on T2WI.
DNET in an 11-year old boy presenting with refractory partial seizures.
The tumor shows a characteristic bubby appearance and there is subtle scalopping of the skull.
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma
key findings
- Supratentorial cyst with enhancing mural nodule which abuts the peripheral meninges
- Meningeal contrast enhancement
- Peritumoral edema
Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) is a rare cause of temporal lobe epilepsy.
Peritumoral edema may be seen in PXA, while it is not a feature of either ganglioglioma or DNET.
Thickening and enhancement of the adjacent leptomeninges is highly characteristic but is not always present.
When meningeal involvement is not present, than a pleiomorphic xanthoastrocytoma is indistinguishable from a ganglioglioma.
Hypothalamic hamartoma
key findings
- Non-enhancing enlargement of the tuber cinereum of the hypothalamus
Hypothalamic hamartoma is also known as diencephalic or tuber cinereum hamartoma.
It represents nonneoplastic congenital grey matter heterotopia in the region of tuber cinereum of the hypothalamus.
It is seen in infants presenting with seizures and precocious puberty.
key findings
- Enlarged hemisphere with ipsilateral ventriculomegaly
T2WI shows right hemimegalencephaly.
Notice the asymmetric skull and slightly enlarged lateral ventricle.
Hemimegalencephaly is the only condition in which an increase in parenchymal volume is associated with an increase in ipsilateral ventricular volume.
Hemimegalencephaly is a rare disease characterized by hamartomatous growth of one cerebral hemisphere or part of it.
Patients present with early seizures, macrocrania and severe developmental delay with contralateral hemiparesis.
The thickened cortex may show a wide spectrum of abnormalities, such as lissencephaly, pachygyria or polymicrogyria.
In the late stage, the involved hemisphere may atrophy due to constant seizure acitivity.
Most of the affected children die in the first years of life because of status epilepticus.
CT and T2WI in a patient with a right hemimegalencephaly.
There is dysplastic thick cortex and ventricular dilatation on the affected side.
9-y-old girl with refractory nocturnal epilepsy.
MRI shows overgrowth of the left cerebral hemisphere.
T1WI shows heterotopic gray matter lining the left lateral ventricle (blue arrow).
In hemimegalencephaly it is important to exclude contralateral abnormalities, as these form a contraindication to hemispherectomy.
Rasmussen's Encephalitis
key findings
- Intractable seizure activity in children
- Progressive atrophy of the involved hemispere
- Small hemisphere with large ventricle
Rasmussen's encephalitis is a progressive hemispheric atrophy of unknown origin.
Patient develop an increasing frequency of seizures and progressive hemiplegia.
Notice that, opposed to hemimegalencephaly, the smaller hemisphere is the site of abnormality, and the lateral ventricle is larger in the smaller hemisphere.
Tuberous Sclerosis
key findings in the brain
- Cortical hamartomas
- Subependymal tubers
- Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma
- White matter abnormalities
Tuberous sclerosis or Bourneville's disease is an inherited condition characterized by the presence of hamartomas in many organs including angiomyolipoma of the kidney, cardiac rhabdomyoma and cortical and subependymal tubers in the brain.
Some patients have lymphangioleiomatosis, a cystic lung disease seen in women.
The classic clinical triad is focal epilepsy, adenoma sebaceum and mental retardation (mnemonic: fits, zits and nitwits).
The cortical hamartomas are called tubers and are similar to cortical dysplasia.
Subependymal nodules are small lesions protruding into the lateral ventricles. Sometimes they are calcified.
Seizure surgery in TSC is contemplated if a particular tuber can be implicated in seizure activity, or if a subependymal giant cell astrocytomas obstructs the foramen of Monro causing hydrocephalus.
CT of a patient with Tuberous Sclerosis shows multiple cortical and subcortical calcifications.
CT and MRI in a patient with Tuberous Sclerosis.
There are multiple cortcal and subependymal nodules.
The CT shows that most of the lesions are calcified.
Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA)
This is a tumor that develops from a subependymal nodule near the foramen of Monro.
They have a poor prognosis because they lead to obstruction of CSF flow.
They are characterized by marked enhancement and their typical location.
Axial T2WI and T1WI-CE show a giant cell astrocytoma at the level of the left foramen of Monro causing obstructive hydrocephalus.
Also notice tuber on the left.
Sagittal T1WI post contrast shows a giant cell astrocytoma in the right foramen of Monro.
Sturge-Weber Syndrome
key findings
- Leptomeningeal enhancement
- Cortical tram-track calcifications
- Atrophy mainly posteriorly
Sturge-Weber is also called encephalotrigeminal angiomatosis.
It is a vascular malformation with capillary venous angiomas in the face (port-wine stain), choroid of the eye and leptomeninges.
Venous occlusion and ischemia lead to angiomatosis with cortical calcium deposition and atrophy
Clinical features are seizures, hemiparesis, anopsia, mental retardation and port-wine stain.
The MR-images show leptomeningeal angiomatosis which is mainly localized in the occipital lobes.
Venous stasis and calcifications are best seen on the SWI.
MRI in patients with Sturge-Weber can show:
- Atrophy
- High signal on T2WI due to gliosis
- Low signal in areas with calcifications.
- Leptomeningeal enhancement
Coronal MR-images of a patient with Sturge-Weber show leptomeningeal enhancement in the right posterior hemispere.
CT in a patient with Sturge-Weber shows huge cortical and subcortical tram-track calcifications involving the left posterior hemispere.
4-year-old boy with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Notice atrophy of the left posterior cerebral hemisphere with leptomeningeal enhancement and thickening.
Diffuse choroidal hemangioma
In Sturge-Weber a vascular malformation of the choroid of the eye is seen.
These patients present with buphthalmos (enlarged eye) due to increased intraocular pressure and hemianopsia.
Eye abnormalities in a 4-year-old boy with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
Notice FLAIR-hyperintensity (red arrow) and excessive enhancement of the wall of the left globe (blue arrow) consistent with a diffuse choroidal hemangioma.
key findings
- Numerous small gyri
- Predilection for Sylvian fissure
- Atrophy mainly posteriorly
- Anomalous venous drainage in areas of polymicrogyria
Polymicrogyria is a malformation due to an alteration of the cortical development in the late stage of neuronal migration.
The deeper layers of the cortex form multiple small gyri with derangement of the normal lamination and sulcation.
The T1W-images show a comparison between normal lamination and sulcation on the left and polymicrogyria on the right (arrow).
Heterotopic Grey Matter results from an arrested migration of normal neurons along the radial path between the ventricular walls (ependyma) and the subcortical regions.
There are two types of heterotopia: subependymal and subcortical.
The most common clinical presentation is intractable seizures.
Heterotopia present as nodular foci of grey matter intensity on all sequences. They do not enhance.
Images of a typical subependymal heterotopia.
Another case of heterotopia with typical subcortical nodules (arrows).
Schizencephaly is a cleft in the brain that connects the lateral ventricle to the subarachnoid space.
The cleft is lined by polymicrogyric gray matter.
Open-lip schizencephaly is characterized by separation of the cleft walls.
Closed-lip schizencephaly is characterized by cleft walls in apposition to each other.
Patients have seizures and hemiparesis, which is proportional to the size of the cleft and are more common in the open-lip type.
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This patient has a bilateral schizencephaly.
There is an open-lip type on the right and a closed-lip type on the left (red arrow).
Notice the track of grey matter in the left hemisphere on the axial image.
The differential diagnosis of schizencaphaly is porencephaly, which is also a cleft, but it is not lined by grey matter.
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The mission statement of Messer
Messer is the largest privately-owned industrial gas specialistand present in the relevant markets in Asia, Europe and the Americas.
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Wii VC Update: 4/14/2008
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Nintendo adds new games to the Wii Shop Channel at 9 a.m. Pacific time every Monday. Wii™ owners with a high-speed Internet connection can redeem Wii Points™ to download the games. Wii Points can be purchased in the Wii Shop Channel or at retail outlets. This week's new games are:
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Stay Restaurant and Bar, Alderley Edge has recently opened in the previous premises of El Vina. Stay is the brainchild of Heddy who has successfully run Heddy's Mediterranean Restaurant and Bar in Water Lane, Wilmslow, for over the last decade. Heddy's is noted for being included in the Good Food Guide 2008. the Boardroom - Cheshire's first independent Flexi-bar. Renowned for being Wilmslow's party venue, night-time entertainment in the form of live music and Djs. Free WIFI and live Sky sports. Located just 3 minutes from Wilmslow train station, or a 10 minute drive to the motorway network and to Manchester Airport. Click here for dining out guide
Whatever your needs you will find an individual collection of specialist retail outlets that offers the choice to the customer aswell as a knowledgeable, friendly service In Wilmslow, and nearby Alderley Edge and Handforth. There are several good department stores in the area including Hoopers, Marks & Spencer and John Lewis. Wilmslow residents have easy access to good supermarkets, there are two in Wilmslow town centre, Waitrose Store and Sainsburys. There is also a Tesco Express which includes Wilmslow's Main Post Office.Alderley Edge has one supermarket, Somerfield. A further two supermarkets, Tesco Store and Sainsburys, can be found just off the A34 road, known locally as the Wilmslow By Pass.
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Wilmslow Retail Market Small well attended retail market serving the local community is held in Bank Square every Friday. The Market currently consists of five stalls with three product categories: namely fish, cheese and fruit and vegetable stalls.
In addition there is a flower stall on Grove Street selling flowers six days a week.
For more information call John Leach at Macclesfield Borough Council. on 01625 504752.
There will be 22 stalls selling a range of produce from farm reared meats to home grown fruit and vegetables, home made jams, cakes etc. It runs from 10am - 2 pm on the 2nd Sunday of every month.
All proceeds from running the market are donated to Wilmslow Lions. For more info. contact Christine Munro on 01625 251753


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'Class Act' Thomas Rhett Invited Midland to Sing During His Set, and They're Grateful
Midland was already grateful to Thomas Rhett for the opportunity to open for him on his 2018 Life Changes Tour, but the burgeoning superstar demonstrated an act of kindness that was truly special.
Rhett and Midland were tapped by Kenny Chesney to open for him at his sold-out show at Gillette Stadium in 2017 when Rhett decided to devote a portion of his set time to the rising country trio. In an interview with their record label Big Machine Label Group, the trio of Mark Wystrach, Jess Carson and Cameron Duddy share how Rhett was determined to give their first hit song, "Drinkin' Problem," the attention it deserves.
"We were the opening act. There weren't a lot of people there, so Thomas Rhett...watched the whole show and he goes, 'man, not enough people saw you play. That's a No. 1 song,'" Wystrach explains. "And we're like, 'this is a lot of people, man. More than we're used to.' That was pretty cool.'"
While the song's exposure was suitable enough for Midland, the "Unforgettable" singer was insistent on offering them another opportunity to showcase it.
"He goes, 'What if I bring y'all up during my set?' And then, sure enough, we kind of figured out an impromptu Thomas Rhett acoustic version of it and we came back out when the stadium was full," Wystrach recalls. "That was a really cool moment. A really cool act by a complete class-act guy."
The "Burn Out" singers have been on the road with Rhett since the tour launched in April, and have experienced his generous spirit on more than one occasion. "He's just really passionate about kind of everything that he does," Wystrach describes. "He's got a ol' big heart."
Midland and fellow opening act Brett Young continue on the road with Rhett through Oct. 27 when the tour wraps in Sacramento.
Midland and 17 Other Acts That Prove Traditional Country Is Still Kickin':


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Top tips for your next travel attempt
Things to know plus how to save if you plan on vacationing this year
Melissa em February 23, 2021
Last year was a complete bust, to say the least — but especially when it came to travel plans. Many special occasions were interrupted due to Covid-19 — from postponed holiday plans, weddings, concerts and other major international events. But hopeful adventure seekers see the light at the end of the tunnel as coronavirus vaccination plans are underway in countries worldwide.
Regardless, while it may still be too early to expect travel to get right back to normal anytime soon, many travellers are optimistic with talk of vaccination passports and lockdown exit plans.
So if you're planning on getting back out there this year, we've rounded up a list of some of the best money-saving advice and other travel tips for organising your next getaway, whenever that may be. ✈
Booking airline tickets
If you're feeling ready and comfortable enough to get back on a plane (and you're doing so safely), look out for flexible deals and policies being offered by many airlines. Both low-cost and major carriers are offering vouchers should your travel dates change last-minute, or even zero cancellation fees well into late 2021 bookings.
For example, with British Airways, you have the option to change the destination, dates or even cancel fee-free for bookings until the end of August 2021. Spanish low-cost airline Vueling provides passengers with maximum flexibility by allowing them to change dates, destinations, and ticket holders for free. If you've always wanted to travel far and wide but are on a limited budget, these may be the bargains and policies to take advantage of.
If you're looking to save a few bucks on your airline tickets this year, check out these top money travel tips below that'll help you save when booking your next flight:
- If you have a flexible itinerary, departing on a Tuesday or Wednesday is often the cheapest in the week
- Red-eye flights usually cost much less, so look for flights departing late at night or early in the morning
- Adding a layover can drastically reduce the price of your ticket compared to flying direct, so it's something to consider if you aren't in a hurry – but take note of any Covid-related restrictions in the country you're connecting through
For even more travel tips and money-savings gems, make sure to read Parts 1, 2 and 3 of our Smart Travel Money Tips series.
Reserving accommodation
Likewise, hotels and online travel agents are currently offering flexible booking policies in response to the ongoing Covid-19 crisis, so shop around to see what'll work best for you. For a list of places offering accommodating reservations, visit Google's Hotel Center Help.
When booking places to stay, here are some general rules to follow to guarantee you the best experience and even save you money:
- Join hotel loyalty programs — this can save you money in the long run by getting you free hotel stays and extra perks reserved strictly for members
- Link Monese and your British Airways Executive Club account to collect Avios points when you book accommodation on sites like Booking.com, Hotels.com and more
Renting a car
If you're still feeling uneasy about using public transport, you may want to opt for renting a car once at your travel destination instead of relying on the local metro, bus or train system. The car rental business is another sector of the tourism industry that was hit hard due to the coronavirus outbreak. Therefore, it'd be wise to compare costs at a few different sites to see which companies have slashed prices. With a bit of effort and research, you may snag yourself an excellent deal for your transport while on holiday!
Things to keep in mind when browsing for your next car rental include the following:
- Avoid super low, cheap prices with stiff cancellation policies — with the ever-changing travel restrictions, better to opt for a flexible cancellation policy even if it means paying a little more
- Steer clear of deals that only apply for small cars (i.e., impractical cars you can't take with you if you plan on going camping, exploring rougher landscapes and terrains, beaches, etc.)
- Booking your car as part of an airplane and hotel package can save you money, so explore and test out different options before proceeding with a reservation
Travel by train
Don't feel as put off by the idea of enjoying a scenic trip by train? Well, this is your moment because rail tours and train holidays have also drastically dropped fare prices and are offering travellers maximum flexibility. For instance, Railbookers has a new cancellation and rescheduling policy. They'll allow passengers who book through 31 March 2021 to change their travel dates or cancel their rail holiday up to 5 days before departure without incurring any change or cancellation fees.
When booking trains and railway holidays, don't forget to check for the following which could make your getaway more cost-effective:
- Don't pay the full price before checking for any discounts you may be eligible for (youth, student, senior, child, family, group, veteran, military members, etc.)
- Check if the train company you're booking with offers multi-ride tickets — this will allow you to stop and explore different areas and cities and hop back on the train over a certain period
- While most railway companies allow for free baggage check and hand luggage, it's not always the case — remember to review the baggage policy before booking, so you aren't surprised by any extra costs later
And finally...
Some general do's and don'ts to keep in mind when booking or planning a getaway:
- Don't travel without doing your research on your destination's quarantine rules or Covid-19 testing requirements
- Do read the fine print and understand the terms and conditions and cancellation policies before booking
- Don't fall for any booking scams, and make sure you're reserving from the official website of the hotel, airline, train or rental car agency
- Do know your consumer rights and remember they may not apply if you're travelling in a foreign country
- Don't pay unnecessary foreign exchange or bank charges while abroad
- Do pay in the local currency or travel with your Monese card instead for better exchange rates and worldwide ATM withdrawals with fee-free allowances
For more tips, check out our Travel do's and don'ts from Monesers on our blog.
If you're finally fulfilling all (or at least some of) the travel plans you had to put off in 2020, please remember to do so safely. Wear a mask when travelling, wash and sanitise your hands frequently, keep a safe distance from fellow passengers and follow all the rules in place.
Are you travelling in 2021? If so, where? Let us know on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or email us your travel plans at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Bon voyage! 🧳
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Enter TYRRELTYRREL
The tyrannous and bloody deed is done.KING RICHARD III
The most arch of piteous massacre
That ever yet this land was guilty of.
Dighton and Forrest, whom I did suborn
To do this ruthless piece of butchery,
Although they were flesh'd villains, bloody dogs,
Melting with tenderness and kind compassion
Wept like two children in their deaths' sad stories.
'Lo, thus' quoth Dighton, 'lay those tender babes:'
'Thus, thus,' quoth Forrest, 'girdling one another
Within their innocent alabaster arms:
Their lips were four red roses on a stalk,
Which in their summer beauty kiss'd each other.
A book of prayers on their pillow lay;
Which once,' quoth Forrest, 'almost changed my mind;
But O! the devil'—there the villain stopp'd
Whilst Dighton thus told on: 'We smothered
The most replenished sweet work of nature,
That from the prime creation e'er she framed.'
Thus both are gone with conscience and remorse;
They could not speak; and so I left them both,
To bring this tidings to the bloody king.
And here he comes.
Enter KING RICHARD III
All hail, my sovereign liege!
Kind Tyrrel, am I happy in thy news?TYRREL
If to have done the thing you gave in chargeKING RICHARD III
Beget your happiness, be happy then,
For it is done, my lord.
But didst thou see them dead?TYRREL
I did, my lord.KING RICHARD III
And buried, gentle Tyrrel?TYRREL
The chaplain of the Tower hath buried them;KING RICHARD III
But how or in what place I do not know.
Come to me, Tyrrel, soon at after supper,CATESBY
And thou shalt tell the process of their death.
Meantime, but think how I may do thee good,
And be inheritor of thy desire.
Farewell till soon.
Exit TYRREL
The son of Clarence have I pent up close;
His daughter meanly have I match'd in marriage;
The sons of Edward sleep in Abraham's bosom,
And Anne my wife hath bid the world good night.
Now, for I know the Breton Richmond aims
At young Elizabeth, my brother's daughter,
And, by that knot, looks proudly o'er the crown,
To her I go, a jolly thriving wooer.
Enter CATESBY
My lord!KING RICHARD III
Good news or bad, that thou comest in so bluntly?CATESBY
Bad news, my lord: Ely is fled to Richmond;KING RICHARD III
And Buckingham, back'd with the hardy Welshmen,
Is in the field, and still his power increaseth.
Ely with Richmond troubles me more near
Than Buckingham and his rash-levied army.
Come, I have heard that fearful commenting
Is leaden servitor to dull delay;
Delay leads impotent and snail-paced beggary
Then fiery expedition be my wing,
Jove's Mercury, and herald for a king!
Come, muster men: my counsel is my shield;
We must be brief when traitors brave the field.


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Little is known about bats' responses to fire, yet we expect they will respond strongly, because many species require unique microsites for roosting and an abundance of insects for food. As highly mobile animals, most bats likely escaped the fire. However, roost sites may have been destroyed, preventing their return to burned areas. Even if roost sites were not destroyed, the increased energetic demands of flying long distances to unburned sites to forage could reduce subsequent survival or reproduction in burned areas far from the perimeter. We anticipate an abrupt decline in bat diversity and abundance on the burned sites immediately after the fire, followed by rapid recolonization and recovery closely tracking temporal changes in vegetation and, hence, insect abundance.
We sample bats each summer by using a combination of fixed (passive) ultrasonic monitoring stations (UMS) and roving (active) surveys. We sample 36 passive UMS stations (>1.5 km apart) for three consecutive nights each: 12 in the burned area's interior (>3.5 km from the perimeter), 12 near the fire's edge (<3.5 km from the perimeter), and 12 in unburned chaparral. Each UMS station includes an ANABAT detector coupled with a CF ZCAIM storage unit, which together record bats' echolocation calls issued within ~50 meters. Active surveys use UMS equipment coupled with a GPS unit on a vehicle traveling at 5 miles per hour along transects 4 km long.
Three transects are sampled for three consecutive nights each: one in the burned area's interior, one near the perimeter, and one in unburned chaparral. The transects are sampled between sunset and midnight, and order in which the transects are run is rotated each night to eliminate temporal biases.
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Hackney Round Chapel
Images: Robert Workman |
Alcina – Meinir Wyn Roberts
Bradamante – Hanna PoulsomMelisso – Richard Walshe
Morgana – Lorena Paz Nieto
Oronte – William Blake
Ruggiero – Emma Stannard
Olivia Fuchs (director)
Yannis Thavoris (designs)Jake Wiltshire (lighting)
Victoria Newlyn (choreography)
Chorus (chorus master: Ben Glassberg)
Royal Academy Sinfonia
Iain Ledingham (conductor)
I can say without any
hesitation, still less exaggeration, that this is the best staging and
performance of a Handel opera I have seen. Olivia Fuchs's production takes us
to AMNESIA, an S&M club with mind-altering substances – and activities –
ready to hand, to foot, and indeed to any other part of the body so inclined or
so compelled. Indeed, I do not think I have ever seen quite so much onstage
crotch-grabbing, whether auto-erotically, or with partners. The sorcery of
Alcina's enchanted island lends itself readily to such a relocation. In the
twinkling of an eye, or the snorting of a line, the transformation of
pleasure-seeking fashion-victims into drugged captives perhaps speaks more clearly
to us than would a spell that turned heroes into beasts, rocks, trees, or
streams. (We still have the libretto, in any case.) I said 'more clearly', but
perhaps I should have said more deeply, for the underlying evil of the one,
especially when assisted by the instruments of sexual domination, is more
apparent than it might be in a merely 'picturesque' version. Yannis Favoris's
stunning designs and Jake Wiltshire's lighting – the headrush moment of
transformation a memorable flash of inspiration – prove especially provocative,
given the location: Hackney's Round Chapel. It cannot have been quite what
nonconformist founding fathers had in mind for their place of worship (at least
not openly). All is true to the adventurous spirit of the Baroque, never ground
down in futile attempts to recreate its alleged letter.
Not that the Konzept becomes too over-bearing; the
human relationships, such as they are, become more prominent as the opera
progresses. If anything, that is the problem for me: not with the production,
but with the opera itself, or rather with my old bugbear of Handelian opera seria. There is some of Handel's
very finest music here, but the requirements of the genre, even when so much of
the music is first rate, do tend to tedium, and militate against my ever
especially caring about any of the characters. It is certainly not that opera seria must be like that, nor is it
that Handel must be like that; in the latter case, one has only to turn to his
great oratorios. Perhaps the opera might have been more generously – or ungenerously,
according to one's standpoint – cut. The role of Oberto, created for the boy
treble, William Savage, was eliminated completely, but during the second and
third acts, the succession of recitative and aria becomes a little wearisome. (Here,
the opera was given with a single interval.) How welcome a trio was when it
finally came. However, in a production designed as a showcase for splendidly
talented young singers, one can understand why not, looking kindly upon the
work's undeniable longueurs.
Morgana (Lorna Paz Nieto) |
Singers are, of course, often
especially drawn to Handel; one can readily understand why. Clean lines, a
consummate professional's understanding of the voice and of vocal types, ample
opportunities for display, with sometimes hair-raising coloratura: those
qualities and more were all on offer from an exceptional cast. Ebb and flow
between the characters, dramatic as well as musical, was well conveyed, Lorena
Paz Nieto's Morgana quite rightly shone most brightly in the first act,
seductive in her cruelty. Emma Stannard and Hanna Poulsom traced the transformations
of Ruggiero and Bradamante with considerable emotional depth. William Blake's Oronte
likewise very much came into his own as his character did too; he makes a
highly credible doorman too. Richard Walshe made the most of his role as the
tutor, Melisso; his bass as sharply focused as it was dark of tone. If, earlier
on, Meinir Wyn Roberts's intonation was not quite what one might ideally have
hoped for in the title role, that should not be exaggerated; her performance
grew in stature as the evening progressed, both emotionally and technically.
There was, moreover, something of a Sutherland-like edge to her tone, which certainly helped mark out the role and its performance history. Members of the chorus, whether individually or corporately, impressed greatly
Alcina (Meinir Wyn Roberts) |
The orchestra, too, was on
excellent form, certainly the finest I have heard in a Handel opera staging.
Warm, stylish, never precious, it was conducted with deep understanding,
lightly worn, of Handel's protean demands by Iain Ledingham. Tempi were varied,
without exception well chosen, and with a fine appreciation of how individual
numbers might contribute to a greater whole. The contribution of the solo
cellist to his obbligato aria was simply outstanding; I could have listened to
him all night. A rollicking pair of horns truly invigorated proceedings, very
much as recorders would soothe them. Three cheers, then, once again to a Royal
Academy Opera performance of the highest order.


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We begin this hour with the latest diplomatic effort to end the conflict in Ukraine. The head of the United Nations was in Moscow today meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin and his foreign minister. The U.N. chief's mission - to try to bridge differences with Russia.
Well, NPR's Charles Maynes is there in Russia, in Moscow. Hey, Charles.
CHARLES MAYNES, BYLINE: Hi there.
KELLY: This is interesting, this visit, because, as we know, there have not been a lot of diplomatic breakthroughs on Ukraine to celebrate of late. What exactly was the secretary general hoping to achieve?
MAYNES: Yeah. Well, the secretary general, Antonio Guterres, said it was simple - he'd come to Moscow as, quote, "a messenger of peace." Let's listen in.
ANTONIO GUTERRES: My objective and my agenda is strictly linked to save lives and to reduce suffering.
MAYNES: Now, Guterres seemed to have no illusions going in. He noted that the U.N. and his Russian host had very different views about what was happening in Ukraine. And he admitted his own previous calls for a cease-fire had gone nowhere. So his focus, again, was on easing the suffering. He said this conflict was creating shockwaves not only in Ukraine and Russia, but throughout the world, causing rising food and energy prices. And he said the sooner this conflict ends, the better it'll be for everybody.
KELLY: Yeah. On that focus that he's proclaiming there of reducing suffering, saving lives, was there any progress on humanitarian corridors in Ukraine, you know, trying to get civilians out of cities under siege and then they're not allowed to leave safely or they're safe only for a few hours? Any movement?
MAYNES: Well, yeah, in a way. It's really his one big proposal. He said he wanted to allow the U.N. to take the lead in working with both sides to establish humanitarian corridors for civilians fleeing the fighting. It was a way, Guterres argued, to build trust that these offers were truly safe and not some, you know, propaganda tool for either Russia or Ukraine. You know, he also singled out the humanitarian crisis in the city of Mariupol, where Ukrainian soldiers and civilians had been trapped in a Soviet-era steelworks factory by Russian forces, calling it a crisis within a crisis that demanded action.
But, you know, Guterres also got into a remarkable back and forth at the televised portion of his meeting with President Putin. You know, the two men were sitting in the Kremlin at the far ends of a giant white table. Some people might recognize it from recent visits that Putin has had with world leaders. And Guterres told Putin that the U.N. viewed Russia's actions against its neighbor as, quote, "an invasion."
KELLY: Wait, really? He used the word invasion? How did that go down?
MAYNES: Well, not well. As you might imagine, Putin challenged him on it.
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN: (Speaking Russian).
MAYNES: So Putin said he'd closely studied legal precedents for recognizing independent countries and defense treaties in Western Europe, and said, you know, why can't Russia do the same in the Donbas? You know, there, of course, Russia has recognized and now come to the military aid of these self-proclaimed Donbas republics. And so he really tried to provide legal cover for Russia's actions in Ukraine to the head of the U.N. live on Russian TV.
Now, he also repeated an argument that Russian officials have made often of late, and it's this - that Russia wants a diplomatic solution to the conflict, but Ukraine hasn't been a reliable negotiating partner. And the reason, Moscow says, is that the West keeps giving Kyiv increasingly heavy weapons and tells them to try and settle it on the battlefield.
KELLY: Which I guess brings me back to where we began, the dearth of diplomatic breakthroughs. Where does diplomacy go from here?
MAYNES: Well, we'll see if Guterres makes any progress with his humanitarian corridor idea, first with Putin and then with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, with whom he meets later this week. The Ukrainians, I should add, weren't too happy to come in second on that list. If Guterres is successful, it may go some way toward silencing critics who say he and the U.N. have been largely missing amid this crisis in Ukraine so far.
KELLY: That is NPR's Charles Maynes reporting in Moscow. Thank you.
MAYNES: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Southern Baptists Agree Same-Sex Marriage Not a Civil Rights Issue
NEW ORLEANS — Messengers of the Southern Baptist Convention, the largest Protestant denomination in America, went on record Wednesday to oppose any attempt by gay rights activists to frame same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue.
On the last day of their annual meeting, Southern Baptist messengers overwhelmingly adopted a resolution that denounces "the effort to legalize 'same-sex marriage' as a civil rights issue since homosexuality does not qualify as a class meriting special protections, like race and gender."
The resolution, titled "'Same-Sex Marriage' and Civil Rights Rhetoric," was a direct response to President Obama's personal affirmation of gay marriage and recent federal lawsuits against the Defense of Marriage Act, according to the Resolutions Committee spokesperson.
"This was a specific statement regarding the use of rhetoric that we find to be a misappropriation, certainly with people who read a lot of history that talks about the godly Christian influences of the Civil Rights Movement," Kevin Smith, pastor of Watson Memorial Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky., and assistant professor of Christian preaching at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, told reporters Wednesday.
In May, the president had announced during an ABC News interview that he finally decided to support marriage for gay and lesbian couples after years of pondering over the issue.
The Department of Justice has also argued in Perry v. Schwarzenegger that the Defense of Marriage Act – which defines marriage as between a man and a woman and protects states from being forced to recognize gay marriage sanctioned in other states – is unconstitutional.
Dr. Richard Land, president of the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, which advocates for Southern Baptist values on Capitol Hill, said Wednesday that the nation is heading toward the culmination of the debate on same-sex marriage. He pointed out that 32 states have voted to affirm marriage as between a man and a woman, and he predicted that same-sex marriage will also fail in Maryland, Minnesota, Maine and Washington.
"The score is 32 for traditional marriage and zero for same-sex marriage," he said.
Land, who is also the executive editor of The Christian Post, argued that the opinion of the American public will make the Supreme Court, even the liberal justices, think twice on the gay marriage issue.
"If they are convinced that a majority of Americans are opposed against same-sex marriage, I think they are going to be very reticent about trying to repeat the mistake the court made with Roe and cram this down the throats of the American people," said Land.
"I think it is important the largest Protestant denomination in the United States made it clear where they stand on this issue and made it clear that they are offended by the attempt to use civil rights rhetoric to argue for same-sex marriage."
Despite their opposition to same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue, Southern Baptists wanted to express their love to those engaging in the homosexual lifestyle. The eight-paragraph resolution called on those affiliated with the denomination to stand against "gay-bashing" and to "engage in compassionate, redemptive ministry" for homosexuals.
The following is the full text of the resolution on same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue:
WHEREAS, Marriage is a covenant relationship and an institution established by God rather than simply a human social construct (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:4–6; Ephesians 5:22–33); and
WHEREAS, Southern Baptists have consistently affirmed our support of the biblical definition of marriage as the exclusive union of one man and one woman; and
WHEREAS, The Scriptures indicate that all sexual behavior outside of marriage is sinful; and
WHEREAS, All people, regardless of race or sexual orientation, are created in the image of God and thus are due respect and love (Genesis 1:26–27); and
WHEREAS, The Department of Justice has argued (Perry v. Schwarzenegger) that the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional claiming that DOMA unfairly discriminates against homosexuals; and
WHEREAS, For the first time in history the President of the United States has publicly voiced his personal support of "same-sex marriage"; and
WHEREAS, While homosexuality does not present the distinguishing features of classes entitled to special protections, like the classes of race and gender, we acknowledge the unique struggles experienced by homosexuals in some parts of society; and
RESOLVED, That the messengers to the Southern Baptist Convention meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, June 19–20, 2012, oppose any attempt to frame "same-sex marriage" as a civil rights issue; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we deny that the effort to legalize "same-sex marriage" qualifies as a civil rights issue since homosexuality does not qualify as a class meriting special protections, like race and gender; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we encourage Southern Baptists everywhere to fight for the civil rights of all people where such rights are consistent with the righteousness of God; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we express our love to those who struggle with same-sex attraction and who are engaged in the homosexual lifestyle; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we stand against any form of gay-bashing, whether disrespectful attitudes, hateful rhetoric, or hate-incited actions toward persons who engage in acts of homosexuality; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we affirm that pastors should preach the truth of God's word on human sexuality, marriage, purity, and love with all boldness and without fear of reprisal; and be it further
RESOLVED, That we proclaim that Christ offers forgiveness of sin for those who turn from their sins and believe on Christ for the forgiveness of sin.
In addition to the gay marriage resolution, messengers of the SBC also approved eight other resolutions:
– Resolution on "Appreciation," which expresses appreciation to God and all those who helped with this year's annual meeting.
– Resolution "200 Years of Baptist Ministry in Louisiana," which celebrates the 200th anniversary this year of the first Baptist churches in Louisiana.
– Resolution on the "Sinner's Prayer," which affirms that "repentance and faith involve a crying out for mercy and a calling on the Lord" and the "Sinner's prayer "as a biblical expression of repentance and faith." However, the resolution notes that the prayer is "not an incantation that results in salvation merely by its recitation."
– Resolution on the "Cooperation and The Doctrine of Salvation," which affirms The Baptist Faith and Message as sufficient for understanding the doctrine of salvation. The resolution was approved in the wake of resurging debate between Calvinists and non-Calvinists in the Convention.
– Resolution on "Protecting Religious Liberty," which denounces the HHS mandate in Obama's healthcare plan and calls on the Obama Administration to protect the religious freedom of military chaplains to express their views on homosexuality.
– Resolution on "Biblical Scholarship and The Doctrine of Inerrancy," which affirms the "direct creation and historicity of Adam and Eve" and a "literal, space-time fall of mankind into sin."
– Resolution on "Affirming Human Needs Ministry and Community Involvement by Local Churches," which encourages local churches to engage in needs of community.
– Resolution on "African American Contributions to American Baptist History," which acknowledges the role of African Americans in Baptist work in the United States, including that of Fred Luter Jr., the first African-American president of the Southern Baptist Convention.


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I've been flicking through publisher catalogues and asking booksellers and publicists about the most exciting books to be published in the UK in 2013. Next week I'll let you know which debut authors I'm excited about, but this week it is the turn of the authors we are already familiar with.
Here are the 2013 new releases that caught my eye:
Note: UK release month shown, date may be different in other countries.
Instructions for a Heatwave by Maggie O'Farrell
February, Tinder Press
Maggie O'Farrell is an author I discovered through blogging. I enjoyed The Hand That First Held Mine and The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox so am looking forward to trying her new book about a father who unexpectedly disappears. It is already getting a lot of buzz from the blogging community so it is definitely one to look out for.
A Hologram for the King by Dave Eggers
February, Penguin
Zeitoun is one of the best books I've read this year and I think Eggers could become one of my favourite authors. A Hologram for the King has already been a big hit in the US. It makes its UK debut in 2013 and I'm looking forward to reading Egger's take on an American business man struggling to make a life for himself in Saudi Arabia.
The Childhood of Jesus by JM Coetzee
March, Harvill Secker
I have a love/hate relationship with Coetzee's writing, but I'm hoping his latest book about a man and boy arriving in a mysterious desert camp will be more similar to Disgrace than his autobiographies.
Benediction by Kent Haruf
March, Picador
Haruf is one of those authors I've always wanted to try. I own a copy of Plainsong and will probably try to read that first, but I'm sure a lot of you will be excited to learn that he is releasing a new book about life and death, family and community, set out on the high plains of Colorado.
The Last Runaway by Tracy Chevalier
March, Harper Collins
Chevalier is famous for writing The Girl with the Pearl Earring. She returns in 2013 with a new book set in a Quaker community.
How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia by Mohsin Hamid
March, Penguin
I loved The Reluctant Fundamentalist so hope this new book about a man's journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon will be just as compelling.
The Hired Man by Aminatta Forna
March, Bloomsbury
The Memory of Love was shortlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize and, although it was a bit too slow for me, the quality of the writing was enough to persuade me to give her another try. Her latest book is set in a quiet Croatian town, but again looks at the effects of war on a community. I'm sure this is one to watch when the prize lists start to be announced.
Raven Girl by Audrey Niffenegger
May, Abrams Comicarts
I think this book wins premise of the year:
A postman encounters a fledgling raven while on the edge of his route and decides to take her home. The unlikely couple fall in love and conceive a child – an extraordinary raven girl trapped in a human body.
A Place in the Country by WG Sebald
May, Hamish Hamilton
Sebald is another author I've always wanted to try. His new book fuses biography and essay to reflect on six of the figures who shaped him as a person and as a writer, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Jan Peter Tripp.
In by Natsuo Kirino
June, Harvill Secker
Out by Natsuo Kirino is my favourite thriller so I'm very excited that her new book is going to be published here later this year. In contains an investigation into a best-selling author and promises to question the differences between life and literature. I hope it lives up to my exceedingly high expectations.
Untitled Novel by Diane Setterfield
May, Orion
I couldn't find any details about this book, but if it as compelling as The Thirteenth Tale it will be a great book.
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
May, 4th Estate
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's Half of a Yellow Sun and Purple Hibiscus were both outstanding. Her new book sees a slight change in that it is moving away from Africa and spanning three continents, but I am sure it will be just as good. I am very excited about this one.
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
May, Bloomsbury
I loved The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns so was excited to hear about Hosseini's third novel. This one investigates the relationships formed between brothers and sisters and promises to be equally compelling. I can't wait to read it!
Grace and Mary by Lord Melvyn Bragg
May, Sceptre
I only discovered Melvyn Bragg's writing this year, but I am shocked he isn't more widely read. I'm going to continue reading The Soldier's Return Trilogy, but this is one to keep an eye out for too.
A Suitable Girl by Vikram Seth
Date TBC, Penguin
I have been saying it for months/years, but I really am going to read A Suitable Boy soon! It's much anticipated sequel is going to be published next year so that should give me the incentive to start now!
Untitled Novel by Rohinton Mistry
December, Faber
Saving the best for last! I know nothing about this book, but I am still more excited about it than any other 2013 publication. Rohinton Mistry is my favourite author and it doesn't really matter what it is about – Mistry's writing is so amazing that I guarantee this book will be fantastic!


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A dramatic arrest earlier this week of Spanish rapper Pablo Hasél, who was convicted of criticizing the monarchy and supporting a Basque separatist group in social media posts, has sparked days of protests across Spain and renewed debate over free speech in the country.
Thousands of Hasél supporters have taken to the streets in Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, and Girona, since his arrest. But peaceful protests devolved into chaos as protesters clashed with police for a third night in a row Thursday. Dozens have been arrested across the country since the demonstrations began.
Hasél was arrested on Tuesday, the day after the expiration of a deadline to turn himself into police for his March 2018 conviction. He has begun serving a nine-month prison sentence.
Hasél and some of his supporters had barricaded themselves in Lleida University, near Barcelona, to avoid arrest. The next day, Catalan riot police stormed the university, according to local reports.
Hasél was reportedly hauled away shouting, "They will never silence us; death to the fascist state!"
Demonstrations criticizing Hasél's conviction under a strict "gag law" criminalizing insults against the Spanish Crown have grown throughout the week and spread to other cities.
Cobertura ahir per @tv3cat dels aldarulls al centre de Barcelona. pic.twitter.com/1r4PZMF4Vh
— Aitor Álvarez García (@aitor_alvarez) February 18, 2021
Videos and images of the demonstrations show protesters throwing bottles as officers rushed large groups of people and fired rubber bullets to break up the crowds.
In videos shared online recently, police in riot gear are seen running into a large crowd of protesters who moments before were seen peacefully chanting in the streets.
Earlier this week, Mossos d'Esquadra, Catalonia's police force, reported that a group of people in Girona, where the largest demonstration of 5,000 people gathered, threw stones and "pyrotechnic material" at police. A bank in the city was also burned and protesters took off with several traffic signs.
Mossos said as of 11:13 p.m. on Thursday, eight people were arrested in Barcelona. Rioters left behind burned containers, street furniture, and motorcycles and several businesses had windows broken.
VÍDEO | Tres personas hospitalizadas, decenas heridas y 44 detenidas tras la protesta por Hasél. pic.twitter.com/SoNCTMsZQ9
— El Salto (@ElSaltoDiario) February 18, 2021
Case against Hasél
Hasél was convicted under Spain's 2015 Public Security Law. It bans the glorification of terrorist groups as well as insults against the Spanish monarchy.
Spain's Supreme Court in May 2020 upheld a lower court's conviction in March 2018 against Hasél, whose legal name is Pablo Rivadulla Duro.
The Supreme Court said from 2014 to 2016, the rapper tweeted messages that "denigrated" Spanish institutions and glorified "people convicted of terrorism." He allegedly tweeted support for the Basque separatist group ETA, an organization that carried out one of Europe's longest terrorism campaigns beginning in the late 1960s. The group officially disbanded in 2018.
Hasél's case has gained the support of prominent artists and actors who have lambasted Spain's government for imprisoning someone over tweets. Film director Pedro Almodovar and Oscar award-winning actor Javier Bardem are among those who signed a petition supporting Hasél.
Amid the ongoing pressure campaign, the Justice Ministry announced plans to reform the gag law, aiming to target only actions that encourage violent actions, but any changes are unlikely to make a difference to Hasél's case.
Amnesty International has strongly defended Hasél and backs plans to change the Public Security Law.
Esteban Beltrán, director of Amnesty International Spain, said, "If these articles of the Criminal Code are not amended, freedom of expression will continue to be silenced and artistic expression will continue to be restricted."
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If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to changeRay, Saturday:
- Giuseppe Tomasi Di Lampedusa, The Leopard
Did Ray actually make it to the Varsity Match this year? Not as far as I can tell [edit Wednesday afternoon: he did! see below] since he doesn't appear in any photographs that I've seen. If that's right, it was anything but the worse for his absence.
But he was there in spirit, as his chum and crony Tony Buzan appears to have been present at the "splendid black-tie dinner" and sent Ray what appears to be the menu (is that David Sedgwick's signature at the top?) and something else that our man describes as a souvenir but seems to resemble a mindmap.
Who knows what it means.
Presumably it doesn't mean that Ray is done with the Varsity Match, nor that the Varsity Match is done with him. Such ought to be the case, since you can either have an event which boasts of the academic traditions of two great universities, or you can have the country's leading plagiarist as a guest. But you cannot have both.
Either way, it would be nice, though almost certainly self-deluding, to think that it has begun to filter through what an embarrassment Ray is to the event, to the degree that the event itself has become an embarrassment: even to mention it is to invite saracastic commentary, and entirely merited sarcastic commentary at that.
But if you're thinking you've read me saying this before, I guess you're right. It's become part of the tradition. But that's the thing about traditions: you have to change them for things to stay as they are.
Otherwise you lose them. As all traditions, eventually, are one way or another lost. For all good things must come to an end
[EDIT: Thanks to our reader for sending us this which does seem to show the Tawdry Fraud in one of the photos.]
[Ray Keene index]


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The help center comes with its own search that you can optimize your content for, but it's important to think about other search tools your customers might use to get to your content. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can play a part in helping your customers to help themselves, by ensuring search engines, such as Google, are able to easily make sense of your content. SEO can help you position your help center content properly within search results.
Search engines frequently tweak their algorithms, which makes SEO a moving target, but don't sweat it. By creating a help center, your content will always be taking advantage of the latest SEO best practices.
Read on to find out how the help center is optimized for search engines, and also find out what you can do to build your help center in a way that will benefit your users and increase your search rank on Google and other popular search engines.
This article covers the following topics:
How the help center is designed to help with SEO
You could think of SEO as three pillars: content, links and structure. The help center is designed to make each pillar strong so that your SEO results will be strong.
This section covers the following topics:
How the help center helps with SEO pillar 1: Content
Content is mostly defined as written copy, but it also includes images, videos, attachments, and so on. You have control of your help center content, and it's important to think about how your content is used and updated, the quality of the content, and where the content is placed.
Meta description tags
The help center knowledge base (KB) articles and community posts include automatic meta description tags, using the first 140 characters of your article or post. For KB categories and sections and community topics Help Center, uses the description you include as a summary of what the category, section, or topic is about.
Meta descriptions provide a concise explanation of the contents of web pages. They are commonly used on search engine results pages to display preview snippets for a page.
How the help center helps with SEO pillar 2: Links
Links include both internal and external linking. Think of it as pointing to another person and noting your opinion of them. The more people (aka domains) reference another page with their opinion, the more search engines trust what that page is about.
The help center has a clear and simple URL structure that leads to better crawling of your content by search engines like Google. Help center URLs contain both an ID and a slug, as follows:
This means they are readable by humans and search engines, but don't break when you change the title of the article. For example:
And navigation is easy, with breadcrumbs and a natural flow that ensures all levels of the help center are available to crawlers, even without a site map.
How the help center helps with SEO pillar 3: Structure
Structure includes technical areas of crawling, indexing, and site architecture.
This section covers the following topics:
Duplicate content
Duplicate content can confuse search engines as to which page to rank over another, sometimes leading to lowered rankings when the search engine chooses the wrong page. Aside from your having a good site architecture and avoiding the creation of duplicate content, the help center helps keep duplicate content at a minimum by using canonical URL tags.
Canonicalization is the process of picking the best URL when there are several choices. A canonical URL tag is a page level meta tag that is placed in the HTML header of a web page. It tells search engines which URL is the canonical version of the page being displayed. Its purpose is to keep duplicate content out of the search engine index, while consolidating your page's strength into one 'canonical' page. See Use canonical URLs from Google to learn more.
Alternate hreflang
The help center has hreflang tags on the home page, section pages, category pages, and article pages so that crawlers are not confused by our language selector. The hreflang tag (also referred to as rel="alternate" hreflang="x") tells search engines which language you are using on a specific page, so it can serve the most relevant result to users searching in their language.
For example, if you have created German versions of your English help center articles, the German versions are tagged hreflang="de" so that searches with an IP address from Germany will see a German page. See Use hreflangfor language and regional URLs from Google to learn more.
Temporary redirects
The help center keeps 302s to a minimum. 302 is an HTTP status code for moved temporarily, and it automatically forwards the requester to a different location. If both the page the requester is being redirected from and the page they are being redirected to are indexed by Google, then you get a duplicate page indexed.
Speed and website performance can have an impact on search rank. There is regular performance work on the help center to optimize page and element loading time by using caching, removing redundancies, and optimizing code.
HTTPS everywhere
In August 2014 Google announced that it would be using HTTPS as a search ranking signal. The help center uses HTTPS everywhere, so you get secure and encrypted connections.
Mobile friendly
In April 2015 Google announced that it would being using mobile friendliness as a search ranking signal. This ensures that users get relevant, high quality search results that are optimized for mobile devices. By using the help center, your content is mobile friendly by using the accompanying mobile site or by creating a custom responsive theme.
Automatic XML sitemap
The standard help center structure, with clearly marked breadcrumbs, makes it easy for search engines to correctly index your pages, and, with the XML sitemap, search engines have visibility into all your pages, regardless of your help center structure.
The XML sitemap helps search engines like Google find pages in your help center knowledge base. This ensures that users can find your categories, sections, and articles when searching, but it does not improve individual ranking of these pages. The sitemap does not include community content.
The sitemap is automatically enabled and is updated every two hours with new content, ensuring that search engines have the latest content. The sitemap is accessible to search engine crawlers via the robots.txt file on your help center. If your help center requires sign in, the sitemap will not be automatically generated. Web crawlers cannot access closed or restricted help centers.
You can view the XML sitemap for your help center at: subdomain.zendesk.com/hc/sitemap.xml
How you can optimize your help center for search
It's important to keep in mind the basics of how the help center search works and also how popular search engines work so that you can optimize your help center and its content for search. You have a number of options for improving search results so that users find answers to their questions.
Best practices for optimizing search
Create original, high quality content. Your site's content should be unique,
specific, and high quality. If it is, users are more likely to stay on the page and
link to it or your help center, thus improving your Google ranking.
Give your articles brief titles that accurately describe the page content. Don't post any content that has been mass-produced or outsourced from other sites. Your content should be created primarily to give visitors a good user experience. When linking to other articles, ensure that you convey the content that you are linking to. If you are not using a standard help center theme, ensure your links are easy to see.
- Provide a great user experience. Ensure that your help center looks good and is easy to navigate.
Include synonyms and keywords discreetly in the title or body of your article. You can also add them as labels to the article. Article titles have the most weight, labels a bit less, and the body the least.
Avoid keyword stuffing. This can actually harm your Google ranking. Google recommends that you focus on creating useful, information-rich content that uses keywords appropriately and in context. See Keyword stuffing from Google.
Create multiple word labels with white spaces. Underscores and spaces are not interchangeable in the help center search. Since most users do not search with underscores, it is best to include both types of labels.
Choose a title that concisely describes the content of your article. The title is the most prominent piece of information in the search results. It's often what people use to decide whether to click the link or move on.
Promote your content. Highlight useful, high-quality items that increase your site's reputation and Google ranking.
For example, make an announcement on the help center home page when you add something new and important. Avoid promoting every little update or addition though. It increases noise and the likelihood that people will turn off your announcements or your X (formerly Twitter) feed or your other channels.
Look at the numbers. Use Google Analytics with your help center to gather and analyze information about your visitors and your content. For example, you can determine your bounce rate, and measure the effect of your search optimizations, among other things. See Enabling Google Analytics for your help center.


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Whether it's your first home or if you're an experienced buyer, purchasing a home is a complex process. By working with me, you'll find a home in the neighborhood where you want to live, one that fits your budget and meets your goals for features, quality, and value. Once you've found the right home for you, I will guide you through making an offer; negotiating the terms of the sale; getting your potential purchase inspected, repaired, and appraised, and closing the sale.
Helping find a buyer for your home is only one facet of a real estate professional's job. There are many more aspects, including explaining the basic real estate practices and principles and all the related paperwork, Performing a Comparative Market Analysis (CMA) to help determine your home's value, helping to prepare your home for sale, listing your home, marketing your home, keeping you informed throughout the process. When the sale begins, it's important to work with someone who will assist you with the paperwork, negotiate on your behalf, ensure deadlines are met, and work with the escrow company.
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Private Loan Notification
Once an application is approved by a lender, the school will receive an electronic certification request. The proceeds of private alternative education loans may not be credited to a student's account until the funds are actually received by the University. Therefore, if the loan proceeds will be used to pay a remaining balance due, the loan application process should be completed well in advance of the bill payment due date.


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So aside from Santa Fe being one of my favorite places in the country for a mini-vacation (especially around the holidays), it is also a very enjoyable place to photograph montane species of birds. One particular spot I like to spend time photographing at is the Randall Davey Audubon Center. The following photos were all taken there during our most recent trip:
Mountain Chickadee
Townsend's Solitaire
Curve-billed Thrasher
Spotted Towhee
Wild Turkey


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I really wanted to use this for a recent job.
Client was indifferent. What was she thinking?
According to Anthro, great sycamores raise
their canopies on neutral linen cotton.
Buttonwood Curtain / $208 - 268
Who's The Fairest Mirror / $148
Washed Ashore Lamp / $228
Tea Party Candelabra / $398 (ouch!)
Collected Memories Mirror / $698
Collected Memories Mirror, installed.
Collected Memories Mirror, installed.
Look at that detail!
Knotted Vines Shower Curtain / $148
Couldn't resist this little curiosity. Well, at $648 maybe I could.


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Section 13
An extract from Joseph Smith's history recounting the ordination of the Prophet and Oliver Cowdery to the Aaronic Priesthood near Harmony, Pennsylvania, May 15, 1829. The ordination was done by the hands of an angel who announced himself as John, the same that is called John the Baptist in the New Testament. The angel explained that he was acting under the direction of Peter, James, and John, the ancient Apostles, who held the keys of the higher priesthood, which was called the Priesthood of Melchizedek. The promise was given to Joseph and Oliver that in due time this higher priesthood would be conferred upon them. (See section 27:7–8, 12.)
The keys and powers of the Aaronic Priesthood are set forth.
1 Upon you my fellow servants, in the name of Messiah I confer the Priesthood of Aaron, which holds the keys of the ministering of angels, and of the gospel of repentance, and of baptism by immersion for the remission of sins; and this shall never be taken again from the earth, until the sons of Levi do offer again an offering unto the Lord in righteousness.


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This recipe is from an idea I saw on The Pink Whisk and I want to give a giant nod to her and encourage you to visit her site. It's such an original idea I can't claim any credit for it, but it was so good I wanted to make it and share a picture with you all. This is a great recipe to share with friends particularly if you are having a dinner party on new year's eve.
The idea is relatively simple but something I would never have thought of! Bake a bundt cake – a ring with a hole in the middle – make a chocolate ganache, and pour the liquid chocolate into the hole in the middle of the cake. Slice off chunks of cake and dip into the chocolate, fondue style!
If you cut around the cake working from the outside in, you can leave a ring of cake that will keep the chocolate ganache contained. I also added marshmallows for dipping which looked pretty around the cake as well.
I used my own recipe for this and following a friend's suggestion did a marble cake; I had some oranges to use up so decided to make a chocolate orange bundt cake. I can't quite remember where I got the recipe from but these are the quantities I used:
Chocolate orange fondue bundt cake
3 1/2 cups self-raising flour
pinch of salt
225g butter, softened
2 cups caster sugar
4 eggs
1 cup sour cream
zest and juice of 3 mandarin oranges (as I had some that needed using up - you could alternatively use one large orange)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
To make the chocolate ganache:
150g milk chocolate, chopped
200ml double cream
To serve: marshmallows
Grease and flour a bundt tin and preheat the oven to 180C.
Cream the butter and the sugar, and beat in the eggs.
Fold in the flour and sat and then the sour cream.
Separate half the mixture into another bowl and add the orange zest and juice to one and the cocoa powder to the other; mix well.
Place a spoonful of each mixture in turn around the bundt tin and repeat until all the mixture has been used.
Bake for around 45 minutes, checking with a skewer to see if the inside is cooked through. When cooked, remove from the oven and leave to cool then turn out of the tin.
Make the fondue by bringing the cream to a simmer in a saucepan and adding the chocolate. Stir until it melts and set aside to cool.
Meanwhile find a flat serving plate that the cake will sit on neatly and trim the bottom of the cake if necessary so it sits flat. Arrange marshmallows around the base of the cake along with anything else you want to dip into the fondue such as strawberries.
Pour the chocolate ganache into the centre of the cake and serve!
Dip the marshmallows into the fondue and slice the outer ring of the cake, leaving enough of the cake to form a ring to keep the fondue in the middle, and dip the cake in the chocolate as well.
This makes a great talking point and sharing dessert and is a great idea from The Pink Whisk!
I think this cake would be perfect for new year's eve so I'm sending it to the Food Year Linkup, hosted by Charlotte's Lively Kitchen.


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