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Secret Best Thing Ever: Cane Syrup from Ravenel's family farm. Dark and sweet and funky in the rummy way of Molasses (which makes sense since this is what molasses is before it gets hot, boils down and goes rogue), but with the lightning quick pour of hot Aunt Jemima. Sugar Cane juiced by mules (named Molly and Weezer) in the ancient manner, bottled in an old Hurricane (with the label drawn by Rav's dad) perfect on buckwheat cakes. Secret Best Thing Ever.
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Nesty Gift Tags
If you hadn't noticed, my holiday plans are seriously nesty, and this year, I'm planning on gifting along those lines. If I'm trying to live simply with a focus on use and beauty, purging my scene of things that are not purposeful or graceful, then I should pay that forward, right? And, no, it's not just because I'm currently 396 miles away from the Union Square Holiday Market mayhem. This year, that goes for the wrapping too. So, I have my stack of plain brown paper bags and farm twine ready to go, aaaaand, as if on cue: the genius ladies at DesignSponge* are offering these free printable gift tags. How Lovely.
Found Birds
Waiting on pictures from the grand festivities of this weekend, in the meantime, it's officially fall and my need and want to nest has escalated to epic proportions. I am especially coveting Katherine Wolkoff's amazing photographs of FOUND BIRDS. The silhouettes are striking, austere—sort of like an Audubon mug-shot—and each has the description of where the bird was found, under what circumstances (brought down by a storm, taken from a cat etc. and by who. There is something sort of morbidly curious but also noble and honoring about the series. As always, it's the story behind them that makes them matter most.
Above: left: Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus. Killed by flying against a lighted window, presented by Alice Northup. May 6, 1925. right: Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus. Killed by South East Lighthouse, salvaged by Charles Rogers Jr. September 23, 1935
Red-Tailed Hawk, Buteo jamaicensis. Found beneath wires by Stanley Stinson. December 11, 1929.
Barn Owl, Tyto alba. Blind in one eye- telephone wire victim. Found by George Grime. December 25, 1943Great Blue Heron, Ardea hernias. Found dead in road by Richard Conley. November 15, 1947Great Egret, Casmerodius albus. Brought to Block Island by Captain Alfred Jacobsen. Alighted on fishing vessel "Friars" at Georges Bank during N.E. storm. April 2, 1931Greenbacked Herons, Butorides striatus left: Immature: taken from a cat by Mr and Mrs Herb Winsor. September 23, 1944. right: Male, Wired victim found by Mary Elizabeth Lewis. May 18, 1944
The Secret's Out: Fish Sandwich Edition
Everyone who knows me well knows what I'm about to tell you. It's one of my few deep, dark secrets… not mentioned at the food Co-op, kept under wraps at yoga, quieted up and hushed down until certain forces combine and champagne collides with the morning: I love McDonald's Filet-O-Fish sandwiches. Like, LOVE. A Filet-O-Fish (formerly #9 on the combo list, now #11- which I have learned in order to avoid the ignominy of actually having to say "I'll have the Filet-O-Fish, please" in line and have other patrons look at me like I'm gross) is not only the absolute best cure for a hangover, its strange and incredible squareness is at once crispy, salty, greasy, miraculous, and, yes, a little fishy. I have been shamed by this. Now, it seems: NO LONGER! We are not alone. See above. This, dear ones, is the cheese fish sandwich from Laketrout in Williamsburg (Brooklyn). It is an homage to both the classic MacDo's Filet-O-Fish and the orange-drink Baltimore fish sandwiches of the chef's youth: a perfectly executed crispy square of fish topped with a sideways square of cellophane cheese and what I can only imagine is the worlds most delectable tartar sauce. Pandemic! WMD! The secret's out, thank goodness.
This image from the absolutely incredible Fish Sandwich centerfold in New York Magazine's 2012 cheap eats issue. Read em and weep (for joy).
Kitten Caboodle
Seriously considering getting Mr. Nipsey Russell this New York Apartment friendly under-the-chair cat hammock. On my pros list: small, doesn't take up extra space, would fit perfectly on the Danish modern. Cons: could it possibly live up to the majesty/warmth of perching atop the record player receiver? could it replace the fortress of the cardboard box? We shall put it to a vote and see. In the meantime, a girl can dream.
Thanks to Smills for keeping her eyes peeled for me.
Today is a good day for Emmylou: personal style icon, heavenly angel voice on the high harmony, and strongest argument yet seen for going grey gracefully. Put on the Pancho & Lefty, sit by the open window while it rains, and think about all of these outfits.
love and thanks always to woodsmaiden for these and oh so many other awesome images.
Rare Birds
It's no secret we love nests around here, so obviously we went head over wing when we saw these newly re-released lithographs from the Illustrations of the Nests and Eggs of Birds of Ohio. The story of the book is almost as lovely as the images- a girl sees John James Audubon's work chronicling Birds of America at the 1876 World's Fair, and she and her family decide that there should be a companion book focusing on the birds, eggs, and nests of their native Ohio. So? They make one themselves. A hundred years pass, their book languishes under plexiglass in a random corner of an Ohio museum for years until a young librarian finds it, falls in love with it and writes her own book telling the family's story and preserving the images for generations to come. Rare birds all, no?
Images and backstory from here. Lovelovelove.


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If you've watched Food Network for any length of time you've seen food challenges involving one singular item that the chefs have to include in all their dishes. It's quite entertaining to see how many ways a chef can use a spice like turmeric or protein like pork belly. Often times certain episodes can be so popular that the hero ingredient from the challenge inspires new dishes, menus and sometimes entire restaurants. With marijuana now being legal in many states it's starting to become the new hot item in many kitchens. Most establishments that offer food or drink with marijuana do so via CBD. CBD (cannabidiol) is an alcohol compound from cannabis and provides health benefits minus the high that THC (tetrahydrocannabinol) delivers.
CBD – The Next Hot Food Ingredient
Chef Andrea Drummer, owner and founder of Elevation VIP Coop describers her company this way: "A unique medicinal marijuana dispensary specializing in premium innovative cuisine that enhances the quality of life for patients in the Los Angeles area." Drummer has been catering private events with THC and CBD-infused dishes since 2012. In regards to the number of chefs now using marijuana in dishes Drummer said, "there are a lot of really great chefs getting into it and getting involved which helps bring a sense of normalcy to what we're doing." This seems to be a big part of the mission with the introduction of cannabis into the world of food; making it normal. In her interview with High Times Drummer continued, "My mission is to make cannabis cooking a broader conversation among a more diverse group of people and not just preaching to the choir."
Assisting with this mission is a restaurant in Los Angeles called Spring. Chefs Tony Esnault and Yassmin Sarmadi, also husband and wife, have created a high-end experience that brings the south of France to heart of LA. With that experience comes their signature Spring CBD Power Lunch menu. It contains dishes such as their Heirloom Tomato Gazpacho and Sweet Corn Risotto both infused with CBD. The menu also gives a great description of the health benefits of the ingredients when paired with CBD.
In the San Diego area, Lego Optimo offers to pair cannabis with food in a different way. Instead of putting CBD in the food they offer smoke-outs in between courses. One of the founders of Lego Optimo, Carolyn Kate puts it this way: "When you are adding cannabis to food, you are distributing cannabis in another way. We are not a distributor, we are an entertainment company and we want to provide a different experience that included food and cannabis in a way that would be legal, safe and responsible." They pair four strains of cannabis with four courses and their cannabis comes by way of Urbn Leaf, a dispensary near the University of San Diego.
Also there are several pop-up dinners appearing in the San Diego area that make cooking with cannabis an event. Marie Daniels runs Closed Door Supper Club. She brings out some of the best chefs in the area to put their spin on cooking with CBD. "It allows my chef friends the space to experiment with an ingredient that requires them to create menus through a dynamic lens, outside their normal routine of the restaurant" says Daniels.
Now before you start searching for these spots or pop-ups you have to remember a couple things. First off, most require you to be 21 and older and provide valid ID. Also, the cost is not cheap with many of the events or dinners costing $75-200 per person. Lastly, plan way in advance. Many of these events or restaurants have long lines, waiting list or sell out fast!
So if you've been curious about CBD being the next hot food ingredient, make those reservations and enjoy!


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Las Vegas Cat Clinic Services
As a cats-only veterinary facility, A Cat Hospital designs all our services with the comfort and health of your cat in mind. Whether you bring your feline friend to our cat clinic for cat care, cat surgery, cat vaccinations or cat boarding, you can rest assured knowing your valued family member is in cat-friendly hands. Our Las Vegas cat veterinarian and all of our professional staff members are cat lovers and cat whis-purr-ers. We are familiar with issues associated with particular cat breeds and cat specific diseases, and have the instruments and medications best suited to support our feline health.
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We look forward to seeing all of our cat patients on a regular basis at our Las Vegas cat clinic for routine wellness care appointments and cat vaccinations. At a wellness appointment we check your cat for early signs of any illness and thoroughly inspect your cat's teeth, eyes, ears, hair and skin. When it comes to cat vaccinations our cat veterinarian reviews your cat's health history and discusses any lifestyle factors with you. Then we set up an individualized schedule for cat vaccinations that may include protection against rabies, feline distemper, feline herpes, rhinotracheitis, calcivirus, chlamydia, and feline leukemia.
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While nobody likes to think of their cat becoming sick, sometimes there is a need for cat surgery to restore health, prevent pain, or repair an injury. If you do bring your cat to our Las Vegas animal hospital for cat surgery you will see that we try to remove as much of the anxiety from the process as possible. We have digital x-ray services, lab facilities and ultrasound right on-site so you won't have to take your cat from one location to another for the diagnostic process. During the surgery we use lasers to reduce bleeding and inflammation so that your cat heals faster with less pain. Your cat can quietly recuperate in our clinic without the anxiety of seeing or hearing dogs in the same facility.
One surgery we do recommend for all non-breeding cats is spay and neuter. In addition to preventing unwanted pregnancies spay and neuter surgery has benefits that lead to your cat living a longer and healthier life as it reduces the possibility of certain types of cancer. You will also see that your cat is more responsive to you and less likely to exhibit unwanted behaviors.
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As household debt skyrockets, one financial expert insists interest rates may be forced to fall sooner rather than later. However, other economists say such a move by the RBA is still highly unlikely.
Chris Bedingfield, principal and portfolio manager of Quay Global Investors, suggested that despite general consensus, the RBA will likely be compelled to cut the official interest rate in the near future.
"As Australian household debt relative to income has steadily increased, there is now meaningful downside risk to the economy as the housing cycle unwinds. This is specifically due to very high levels of household debt, tight credit conditions, potential downside to jobs and economic activity from the construction sector, and the almost inevitable rise in household savings impacting 60 per cent of GDP via household consumption," he said.
"This resistance and pressure can also be attributed to the implications of the Royal Commission into Misconduct in the Banking, Superannuation and Financial Services Industry. While creating tensions within the quality of lending practices, the primary impact has been to create tighter financial conditions for households to borrow.
"In the past, certain households could supplement spending despite low savings by increasing leverage – that is, borrowing against real assets, as occurred in 2000-2005. In the current credit environment, this is almost certain not to happen again to the same degree."
Mr Bedingfield foretold of the potential for further economic weakness as a result of the falling housing market. He emphasised his concerns for a slump in construction and a loss of jobs due to tightening credit and a decline in house prices.
"If we look at the historic ratio of construction jobs to total jobs, it could be as many as 250,000 jobs (or 2.2 per cent of the total workforce)," he said.
"The experience in the US was worse post the financial crisis, as the industry shrunk to a size much smaller than the pre-cycle ratio. Markets tend to overshoot, and the construction job market in Australia is prone to meaningful downside risk.
"While the RBA will be reluctant to cut given the current governors' preference for financial stability over inflation, as far as financial stability is concerned, we fear that horse has already bolted. If the housing market continues to weaken, we believe the risk is that the RBA will face a sharply weaker economy in 2019 and will be forced to consider an official rate cut before the end of the decade."
Mr Bedingfield's prediction suggests a faster timeline for rate cuts than forecast by other leading economists.
Speaking to Nest Egg ahead of the November rates meeting, managing director of Market Economics Stephen Koukoulas said he also expected the RBA will be forced to cut the cash rate, but not until next year.
"Rates will be on hold for a while longer. I happen to think the RBA will be forced to cut, but not till 2019. The RBA needs to see something dramatic happen before it moves to cut. Perhaps household spending falling on the back of the decline in wealth? Perhaps ongoing weak inflation and wages? Perhaps the unemployment rate to touch 5.5 per cent?" he said.
"That being said, the futures market has just one, 25bp rate hike priced in by the end of 2020! So, if the market is right and I'm not, it is not a scenario that would concern too many people. Either way, rates will remain low for a very long time."
Other economists remain sceptical of a future cut
One such economist, Alex Joiner, said the prediction of a cut is not a common view held by the banks or other economists.
The chief economist at IFM Investors told Nest Egg the RBA's economic outlook for the country has been largely positive and, should such a forecast prove true, there is no indication that the next move would be a cut.
"The prospect of a rate cut any time soon seems to be a very high hurdle. It's certainly not what the RBA envisages. Their forecast on monetary policy that they released after the last board meeting was relatively upbeat on the domestic economy," Mr Joiner said.
"They see economic growth growing above trend, they see the unemployment rate going down by 4.75 per cent by 2020 and they see 2.25 per cent year on year inflation forecast for underlying inflation, which is their target, by the end of 2019.
"If all of these things come to pass, there is no chance that the reserve bank will cut interest rates."
He acknowledged that uncertainty in the housing sector may prompt experts to consider the notion of a cut, however he asserts it would take the unemployment rate to rise alongside the current housing drop and tightening of credit supply for the RBA to be forced to cut – a reality, he said, that is unlikely.
"A lot of the narrative that people who toy with the idea of a cut project comes from the situation in the household sector," Mr Joiner said.
"The one thing we know is the Reserve Bank have never commenced monetary policy tightening cycle when house prices have been in outright decline. What the Reserve Bank will be waiting for is wages growth to pick up, and household income growth to pick up to support the housing market, because they don't want to exacerbate any downturn as this would have negative economic consequences."
He said it was important to recognise that the perceived threat posed by the fall in house prices, the spike in household debt and the slow down of residential construction need to be considered in context.
"What is happening now is a relatively modest decline in house prices, from what have been very strong increases. To put it into context, we have roughly a 5 per cent year on year fall in capital city housing prices across the country, down from a rise of 30 per cent over the last four years," Mr Joiner said.
"It's true, we do have a relatively high level of household debt because we have relatively high house prices. However, the RBA is at pains to emphasise that most households that have a mortgage are actually ahead in paying that mortgage. As interest rates have come down, the proportion of principal and interest has changed but the overall level of the mortgage payment hasn't changed for those that got their mortgage, say, 100 basis points ago. So, the Reserve Bank can actually raise interest rates on that basis, as their outlook predicts, as there won't be a cash flow impact for many households out there.
"The household debt situation is manageable. You wouldn't want it to continue to deteriorate, but at this stage it is seemingly quite manageable. I think the fears in that sector are a little bit overblown and I don't really see what an interest rate cut would do to assist that.
"While there is a little bit of downside risk to residential construction, it's coming off an extremely elevated level of activity in that space. So, you know, it will back to something a little bit more normal. If the unemployment rate stays low, the additional supply of houses we're seeing will not really be a problem, because falls in house prices are actually improvements in affordability."
Mr Joiner said it will be wage growth that will eventually provoke the RBA to move the interest rate, as any increase in wages will have significant ramifications for household spending, the outlook for inflation and the forecast for the property market and borrowing. However, he does not see this happening for some time yet.
"Now, the consensus of economists is looking at around the second or third quarter of next year for an interest rate hike, and I broadly agree with that," he said.
"I don't see them doing anything in December, before they come back in February and reassess the economic environment. But, if things track along as they have, they'd be quite confident in the forecast they've presented in November. I think they're starting to prepare the market a little bit more readily for interest rate hikes that might occur later in 2019."
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Office: 855-384-5263
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Kyle Wayne Shafer joined National Land Realty in 2018. Kyle is a third-generation farmer and has been involved with farming his entire life. Kyle also brings over 10 years of ag/real estate banking experience to the NLR team.
Kyle currently serves as Greeley County High School Junior High boys basketball coach, as a Growing the Vision board member and a Greeley County Country Club member. He is truly passionate about rural life in Western Kansas and all the opportunities it offers.
In his spare time, Kyle enjoys playing golf and basketball, supporting and coaching his local youth recreation sports programs. He and his wife, Trista, were both born and raised in Tribune, Kansas. They have four children: Lincoln, Charlize, Scarlett, and Jett, as well as a dog named Chief.


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Lights in car parking buildings are expected to be on for 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Conventionally design of these types of building has made utilising standard commercial lighting controls difficult despite the potentially high level of energy savings.Now with low energy solid state led lighting and wireless control technology the power consumption of car parks can be slashed while significantly reducing maintenance and outage issues.
New Technology
The latest technology in motion detection facilitates the seamless integration of low energy led lighting to create robust and reliable lighting controls even in these challenging environments.
Safety + Energy Savings
Lighting controls in a car park can be set up so that when a person or car is detected the lights turn to full brightness.
After a pre-set time, once no further movement is sensed, the lights can either dim to 10% for example, or a percentage of the light fittings may switch to off, leaving sufficient lights to provide constant low level illumination so safety of customers is not compromised, but returning to full illumination when once more a person, or vehicle is detected.
Lighting controls such as these can provide significant savings in energy and costs, particularly when used with energy efficient lights.
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Odaw Channel Dredging Contract Renewed
Ghana's Ministry for Works and Housing has renewed the contract with Dredge Masters to dredge the lower section of the Odaw channel in Accra from Caprice to the outfall sea bridge.
According to Mr. Atta Akyea, the sector Minister, under the two-year contract, the company will also evacuate and properly dispose of the dredged material at a landfill site to prevent it from being washed back into the channel.
In the statement issued by the Ministry to outline its preparation towards the rainy season, Mr. Atta Akyea indicated that the lower section of the Odaw River channel was the most critical in the flood management.
He said that work is expected to begin immediately to clean the channel ahead of the 2019 rains.
"The dredging and removal of silt were not enough to fully mitigate the perennial flooding of the low-lying areas along the Odaw channel. Other measures such as the construction of detention ponds, flood plain lowering, channel expansion, flood zoning, and flood early warning system are needed to mitigate flood risk within the Odaw catchment," Mr. Atta Akyea added.
He also disclosed that the Ministry through the Hydrological Service Department was embarking on channel improvement works across the country ahead of the rains.


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(WASHINGTON, DC) – The Center for Education Reform (CER) announced the election of Jonathan Hage, founder, chairman, president and CEO of Charter Schools USA, Inc. to its Board of Directors. From his service in the U.S. Army to his creation of Charter Schools USA, Hage's personal life and professional career have been dedicated to service, leadership and creating systemic change.
"It's an honor to join The Center for Education Reform's Board of Directors, who for over two decades have tirelessly fought for the positive reforms we have seen take hold all across the country," said Hage. "I look forward to advancing CER's mission in giving parents the fundamental power to access better educational opportunities for their children and most importantly working with leaders across the country to put students first."
In 1997, Hage founded Charter Schools USA https://www.charterschoolsusa.com/about-charter-schools/, which has since become one of the premier charter management entities in the country, demonstrating a steadfast dedication to student achievement and parental involvement. Prior to Charter Schools USA, Hage worked to improve education as director of research at the Foundation for Florida's Future.
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Mangaluru, Dec 29, 2018: District Congress Spokesperson A C Vinayraj has demanded that Dakshina Kannada MP Nalin Kumar Kateel must prove his contributions to the district by releasing documents substantiating the same, to the media.
Speaking to reporters at the District Congress office on December 29, Saturday, Vinayraj alleged that the MP's contribution to the district was nil.
"Nalin Kumar has been the MP of the constituency for the past nine and a half years. There is no instance of him securing any additional grant over and above the Rs 5 crore that he gets under the MPLAD Funds. But the MP has been boasting in the media that he has secured grants to the tune of Rs 14,000 crore to the district. But he has not provided any proof," alleged Vinayraj.
He further took exception to the silence of the MP towards the moves of the Union government to privatise the NMPT and Mangaluru International Airport. The Pumpwell, Thokkottu flyover projects are proceeding at a snail's pace, even the BC Road-Gundia NH four-laning project initiated during the erstwhile UPA rule has come to a halt, he complained.
"Now that the Lok Sabha elections are nearing, an organisation named Team Modi has been formed to trap people emotionally and help BJP win. Let Team Modi explain the contributions of the Prime Minister to the district," he said.
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I have had this sneaking suspicion for a while that Atheists really don't have a problem with 'God' as much as they do with Christians or Christianity.
I don't know too much about Ray Comfort except that I think he is a big fan of Kirk 'Buck' Cameron, but he issued an interesting challenge to Atheists in a Christian Worldview Network post today. He wrote in part:
If you are an atheist, I hope I'm ruffling your feathers. I want to get under your skin and ask why you don't have the courage to even whisper to Moslems what you keep shouting at Christians. Prove me wrong. Get onto a Moslem website and tell them that you don't believe their god exists. Do your little "I don't believe in Zeus" thing. Tell them they believe a myth. Talk about Mohammed as you do Jesus (use lower case for Mohamed). Do your "I don't believe in the flying spaghetti monster" thing. Tell them that we weren't made by a god (lower case), but that they evolved from primates (that will go down well). Also, let them know in no uncertain terms that the Koran is full of mistakes (give some examples), and that their mosques are full of hypocrites.
Well, I'd like to up the ante just a bit and issue a challenge to certain people on the blogosphere to do the same thing. Among those I'd like to challenge are those running 'Discernment Ministries' who constantly criticize those within the Church who hold to different views of Christian Faith than they do. Instead of biting and snacking on your brothers and sisters in Christ, take it up a notch and start criticizing those who are the real enemies of the faith: Those who actually do hold to a different gospel. I think that is a fair challenge to issue.


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The problem with a pass/fail system based on 20/20 on a chart is that vision is so much more than just visual acuity! 20/20 eyesight determines how well we can see to drive or to see a whiteboard. It tells us if we can focus (at least temporarily) to see a book or a computer screen. But there are many things 20/20 eyesight will never tell us.
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Four-time Grammy Award winner Keith Urban will bring his "GRAFFITI U WORLD TOUR 2018" to Toronto on Friday, June 29 and Saturday, June 30. Tickets will go on sale on Friday, February 23 at 10am at ticketmaster.ca. The tour will feature special guest Kelsea Ballerini as Urban's supporting act on most of the North American leg.
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Longtai fire warning: keep good use of electricity to avoid fire hazards
As temperatures continue to rise, household electricity consumption is starting to rise rapidly, and some habitual use of electricity may hide a lot of safety hazards.
A fire broke out in a home in jinyun county of lishui city, zhejiang province, and the computer, air conditioner and other electrical appliances were burnt down, but no casualties were reported. A local fire department investigation found that the fire was caused by a long battery charge that caused a short circuit. According to the fire department statistics, in the annual fire accident, the electric clap caused by the majority of fire, such as short circuit, bad contact, breaking, leakage and so on. It is easy to cause this type of electrical circuit failure when the charger is not pulled.
It is known that many people sleep at night when they are used to charging their mobile phone on the charger all night, thinking it is convenient and time-saving, but do not know that there is a big fire danger. Jinyun power sector staff explained that long time to charge their phone, mobile phone of voltage and current will cause instability, a strong impact on the cell phone battery, electrical wiring short circuit caused fire.
The jinyun fire departments to remind: devices such as mobile phones, digital cameras, storage battery charging, try not to sleep during the night or when no one is present, and it is important to note that far away from flammable items. When the charging voltage is unstable (especially at a low voltage of 3 to 5), the device can ignite spontaneously.
In addition, there are many bad electrical habits that can lead to great security risks. For example, use of the appliance to continuously turn on power, use inferior electric appliance, use high power electric appliance, thunderstorm weather continuously open power supply and so on bad electricity habit, often can cause fire accident. To this end, the fire department to remind the general public, should develop with the electric power off and remove the good habit of plug, use regular equipment manufacturer production of household appliances, expired, extended equipment should be eliminated in time, not to be able to use, loathe to give up discarded scrap, "he said.
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Wow! 10+ hours of belly dancing with Rachel Brice, plus a show featuring her, some amazing local dancers, and 2 guest dancers from New Mexico. What a weekend!
I came home yesterday afternoon to a snack of milk and homemade chocolate cookies, then my husband, daughter, and I went out for a nice relaxing dinner.
Today I am catching up on e-mails, phone calls, and laundry (yuck), as well as trying to rest up a bit before I head off to 3 hours of some serious belly dancing butt kicking by Sgt. Ava Fleming. I'll have a more detailed workshop & show post in a day or two.
A journal of my thoughts as I bead, belly dance, drink tea, and chase a busy curious toddler around the house.
Monday, June 6, 2011
A Quick Quickie
Labels: Ava Fleming, belly dance, Rachel Brice
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Wow, 3 hours of dance today after that crazy weekend? I salute you! I plan to take it pretty easy today. Jen and I put a deep level in our combo yesterday, so my thighs are telling me about the foolishness of spending almost an hour drilling level changes :DReplyDelete
My back is feeling a bit sore today so I think I'll be concentrating on some backy love yoga for the next few days. Or maybe a massage. I'll have to see what sort of belly dance torture,...errr...I mean workout, Ava has for us. I may not be able to walk tomorrow. ;-)ReplyDelete
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"Sometimes, Father, if they have contributed to the sum of human knowledge. I've studied the work of one man that may well achieve it. His name is Isaac Newton."
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- ―Jonathan Beckett Sr. and Cutler Beckett
Isaac Newton was an English scientist, mathematician, and astronomer.
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During his lifetime Newton developed the theory of gravity, the laws of motion, a new type of mathematics called calculus, and made breakthroughs in the area of optics such as the reflecting telescope.
Newton's work was studied by a young Cutler Beckett who hoped to become a professor at Cambridge or Oxford.[1] Carina Smyth heard about Newton from her Italian master when she mentioned something scientific from Galileo Galilei's diary. A few years later she saw a statue of Newton at Hanover Hall, along with the statues of Galileo Galilei and Nicolaus Copernicus, realizing that all these men were scientists.[2]
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Alice Bishop
The Mississippi, April 2013
The Mississippi River is big. Really big. I knew it would be, but standing here on the bank, Arkansas is a long ways away.
'The Mississippi River, you know it's deep and wide. If I stand right here, I see my baby on the other side.'
I'm looking at the same view that Geeshie Wylie might have looked at. I think about what it must have been like to be a black, brilliant, itinerant musician in Mississippi, in the Delta, in the 30's…. and a woman.
Then I think about what it's like to be me, back in this magic place, for the third time. And I think… should we get married? He keeps asking. My feet stick in the famous Mississippi mud.
The water is high. It's rained hard for days now. The cotton fields lie fallow. Awash. I watch the swirls and eddies and the floating debris.
Geeshie Wylie left few songs behind. Details of her life are scant. It's thought she stabbed her husband to death in 1931. But two years later she was touring so I guess the courts must have thought Thornton Wylie got what was coming to him. Geeshie and her friend Elvie Thomas recorded for Paramount in 1930. Only six songs. Last Kind Word Blues is my favourite. It's a leaving song.
'I went to the depot, I looked up at the stars. Cried, if some train don't come, there'll be some walkin' done.'
Abraham grew up in the Delta. Went to work in the cotton fields at the age of eight. His family was poor but his Mama always made sure he had shoes. He is kind and generous.
'When you see me comin' look 'cross the rich man's field. If I don't bring you flour, I'll bring you bolted meal.'
He lives just near THE Crossroads, where if you tarry too long at dusk these days, the locals are likely to take a potshot at you. Falling down on your knees to pray is certainly out of the question after dark.
Every day after work Abraham takes the duckwalk which runs along the Sunflower River, then he cuts across the river to his house over the old rail bridge, upon which the freight trains have long since ceased to run.
I meet him after work some days and he holds my hand as I carefully negotiate the way across. I try not to look down – looking at the river thirty metres below through the old track is dizzying. We sit down halfway across the bridge and watch the turtles lazily go about their turtle business, and the river slipping away. He retreats into his thoughts for a while, then turns to me and says, 'I tell you one thing Boo…' He always calls me Boo. 'I tell you one thing…God is good.' I don't believe in God, but in that moment I agree with him because it's easy to believe in God in this peaceful place.
I never thought I'd meet anyone like him and he never thought he'd meet anyone like me. So here we are, trying to put our lives together. But it's harder than we both thought. I run away to Tupelo and look at Elvis' house for a few days to think. Geeshie comes for the ride. When I come back, Abraham and I decide to make the most of now, and trust everything to fate – and his God.
It's raining again. The long drive to Memphis airport, then Elvis souvenirs as far as the eye can see. I think of Abraham's last kind words… 'You take good care of yourself now, Boo. You know I always love you.'
'What you do to me baby, it never gets outta me. I may not see you again after I cross that deep, blue sea.'
©Alice Bishop.
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Adaptable Personal Access Crane
Being in a wheelchair can have its limits….. but not anymore!
After 18 months of development David Queitzsch and Dr Andrew Petersen we have produced the APAC trailer. With 4 trailers and one utility in use from Townsville to longreach with one in production at the moment for the back of a Isuzu Dmax we are very proud of this product and love being able to put a customer into machinery Etc that they thought they could never do again.
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Valentine's DayValentine's Day has to be one of the most fun holidays to give and receive cards. A homemade card gives so much more meaning to the holiday because of the customizing that can be done using your own creativity. Whether you prefer, as I do, the traditional Valentine's Day colors of red, white, and pink or if you want to go way out of the box and use different colors, a homemade card is the way to go.
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In Banking: Services, Opportunities and Risks, the authors begin by presenting findings of a Delphi study used over two sequential phases to supplement the expert opinion about the future of mobile banking. The authors maintain that mobile banking will negatively impact upon customer usage of other channels, especially the bank branch, although, despite branch rationalization, they are predicted to remain in some form. The study concludes that the future of mobile banking is more technology-driven rather than demand-led. In the second chapter, Islamic social banking, its quadruple bottom-line principles, social outcomes, responsiveness, and the possible paths to establishment are considered. The third chapter supplements this by exploring the possibility of Libyan banks participating in Islamic methods of finance through Islamic banking products and services. A questionnaire was administered to 134 bank directors and senior bank managers to collect information on their vocational profiles and their attitudes towards Islamic methods of finance.
Afterwards, descriptive statistics were used to identify the main characteristics of the sample and the potential use of Islamic methods of finance. The improvement of marketing conceptions is discussed in the fourth chapter, focusing on economic perspective, specifically the pursuit of efficient marketing management so the banking institution can achieve stable position in the market. In the fifth chapter, a study is presented wherein press releases from two different levels of organisations (local and international) are examined in an effort to interpret patterns in the use of proper nouns and pronouns. The risk management practices employed in Islamic banks in the sixth chapter are evaluated, mainly addressing the operational, credit, and liquidity risks as well as the efficiency of current risk-management methods. There is specific consideration concerning the differences in risk management practice between Islamic and conventional banks and the implications this may have for their performance and sustainability. In the seventh chapter, the approaches banks take to adjust their behavior after the subprime crisis are analyzed, with the goal of goal identifying the banking strategies according to their statutes, corporate governance, and risk management In the eighth and final chapter, a general concept of bank work description is presented based on several factors, including: investment strategy as in risk and risk-free assets, dynamics of deposits attraction and incomes from operational activity, and dynamics of liability payments.


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During her confirmation hearing, Kraninger proclaimed her intent to further the agenda of her predecessor, Mick Mulvaney, but also her desire to implement a new agenda focused on free market reform, greater competition in the marketplace, and a "lighter-touch" approach to enforcement actions. Director Kraninger did not provide details regarding her anticipated "lighter-touch" enforcement, but such a concept is good news for non-conventional money lenders, many of whom are afraid to expand into consumer lending for fear of CFPB enforcement actions.
Director Kraninger has big shoes to fill after her predecessor, former Director Mulvaney, advanced the CPPB's agenda last year by abolishing the Consumer Advisory Board—just one of many decisions by Director Mulvaney which dramatically pared back the CFBP's enforcement and rulemaking powers. Several national media outlets have reported that the CFPB is less active under the Trump Administration, and the confirmation of Director Kraninger makes it seem as though 2019 will be more of the same. Even so, the incoming Director is facing several critical reform priorities that will need to be addressed in 2019.
Specifically, in its Fall 2018 rulemaking agenda, the CFPB indicated that it would reexamine the requirements of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act ("ECOA") as it relates to the disparate impact doctrine. For example, in the past, the Bureau has been extremely aggressive in enforcing the ECOA by initiating enforcement actions against companies on the basis of a perceived, rather than actual, unfair effect of alleged actions, without requiring any evidence that actual discriminatory conduct took place. Such tactics have pushed companies into a preverbal corner, leaving them no choice but to pay multi-million-dollar settlements to end the unfair prosecution.
Additionally, the Bureau previously announced that it will work to define the term "abusive", as it relates to Dodd-Frank's prohibition against "Unfair, Deceptive, and Abusive Acts or Practices" ("UDAAP") by those who offer financial products or services to consumers. Non-conventional lenders have historically feared the term "abusive" because the CFPB has enormous discretion to enforce terms that are so broad and vague. Lenders may not know that an activity will be deemed "abusive" by the CFPB until after a complaint has been filed against them and a subsequent determination is made. This has led to unexpected punishment for activities that were previously lawful and has left many lenders terrified to enter into consumer markets for fear of arbitrary enforcement by the CFPB. Defining the "abusive" standard will hopefully be at the forefront of Director Kraninger's 2019 agenda and will clarify specific actions that lenders can—but more importantly, cannot—take.
We will closely monitor the changes and policies implemented in 2019, and over Director Kraninger's term. We hope she will pick up where Director Mulvaney left off with his policy changes and implement the free-market approach promised at her confirmation hearing. Director Kraninger has a golden opportunity to complete the much-needed overhaul in a way that ensures the CFPB is more focused on promoting a lender-friendly financial marketplace moving forward, and we hope that 2019 will show even more opportunity for non-conventional lenders to step into consumer loans free from the CFPB's prior reign of terror.
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ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Miguel Cairo hit a two-out, two-run, go-ahead single in the eighth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds to a 5-3 victory Saturday over St. Louis Cardinals.
The slumping Reds had lost seven of nine games before picking up the victory that snapped a three-game St. Louis winning streak.
A throwing error by Cardinals third baseman David Freese led to three unearned runs in the eighth and Miguel Batista (1-1) and two other St. Louis relievers could not pitch around it.
Former Cardinals closer Ryan Franklin gave up a two-run single to left field by Cairo.
Aroldis Chapman (1-0) got two outs in the seventh and Francisco Cordero pitched the ninth for his third save and No. 293 for his career, tying him with Jason Isringhausen for 22nd all-time.


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And Herodias had a grudge against him and wanted to put him to death. But she could not, for Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous and holy man, and he kept him safe. When he heard him, he was greatly perplexed, and yet he heard him gladly.
But an opportunity came when Herod on his birthday gave a banquet for his nobles and military commanders and the leading men of Galilee. For when Herodias's daughter came in and danced, she pleased Herod and his guests. And the king said to the girl, "Ask me for whatever you wish, and I will give it to you." And he vowed to her, "Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom."
And she went out and said to her mother, "For what should I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist." And she came in immediately with haste to the king and asked, saying, "I want you to give me at once the head of John the Baptist on a platter." And the king was exceedingly sorry, but because of his oaths and his guests he did not want to break his word to her.
And immediately the king sent an executioner with orders to bring John's head. He went and beheaded him in the prison and brought his head on a platter and gave it to the girl, and the girl gave it to her mother. When his disciples heard of it, they came and took his body and laid it in a tomb.
No doubt all of you are deeply concerned, as I am, about what could prove to be the beginnings of World War III breaking out this week in the Middle East.
The Israeli army moved into Lebanon this week, ostensibly to take on Hezbollah militants operating from within Lebanon who apparently captured two Israeli soldiers. Even so, it appears to be civilian areas that are being targeted and there have been a number of civilian casualties, including an Islamic Imam, his wife and eight of their children. Their family home was bombed – an incident that is not likely to be easily forgotten by those who already have a grievance against the Israeli government.
It appears indeed that Israel is now at war on two fronts – the other front being with neighbouring Gaza, where again the civilian infrastructure is being targeted.
More concerning still are the indications that hostilities are about to escalate. Israeli government officials this week have suggested that both Syria and Iran are involved in the latest Hezbollah attacks, thus posturing to open hostilities on two more fronts!
I remember about a year ago reading an article by the great Jewish human rights activist, Uri Avnery, where he depicted Israel as America's Rottweiler – the attack dog that would be used by the US to further its strategic interests in the Middle East. Avnery said then that the question really was which target the Rottweiler would be unleashed on first – Lebanon, Syria or Iran. Could it be that it will let rip on all three simultaneously?
Most disturbing of all, from my point of view, is that this week large numbers of Evangelical Christians are gathering in Washington to urge the US government to increase military funding to Israel, so that they might extend their military operations!
These people have never hidden the fact that they believe that Israel must conquer all of its enemies before the Lord Jesus can return – a twisted belief that may end up costing far more human lives than the crazy fanaticism that led to the crusades many years ago.
It is hard not to despair of the human situation in the Middle East. For all of us who have been praying and campaigning for a peaceful solution to the Israel/Palestine crisis, it is hard not to just want to throw our hands up in the air, and it must be much harder too for those who have been pouring themselves out for the cause of peace for many years from within Israel and Palestine – people like Uri Avnery and our brother Morde Vanunu.
The problem we all face in this is our apparent powerlessness in the face of global events over which we seem to have absolutely no control. Even so, we can pray, and we must pray, and we must do whatever we can to support the cause of justice and peace – hoping that one day soon these events will all just be part of an entertaining Hollywood movie with a happy ending.
Of course there's no love interest (that I know of)! And that may disqualify it as a proper subject for a Hollywood blockbuster. It's also what distinguishes it from our Gospel reading today, which is also a story of violence and political intrigue in the Middle East, but which has a love interest (or at least a lust interest).
I'm referring to the story of King Herod and the execution of John the Baptist that we read this morning in Mark chapter 6.
Most of you will remember this story I think, which I'm sure must have been the subject of at least one Hollywood blockbuster. It's about lust and adultery and murder, about the abuse of power and corruption in high places, and about a blow that was struck to the cause of justice back in first century Palestine.
What you may not have remembered quite so easily about this passage is that it actually began as a story not about John the Baptist nor even about Herod so much as it was about Jesus and what people thought of him.
Jesus' popularity in the Ancient Middle East was growing by the time we reach Mark chapter 6, and everybody was asking, 'who is this guy?'
A couple of chapters later, in Mark chapter 8, we read of Jesus raising the question himself, "who do men say that I am?" (Mark 8:27) , and the disciples respond, "Some say John the Baptist, others Elijah, some say one of the prophets." On that occasion, Jesus then turned the question upon them, asking "but who do you say that I am?", to which the Apostle Peter replied, "You are the Christ".
But long before the disciples got it right, Herod got it wrong – "It's John the Baptist", he said,"come back to haunt me!"
Perhaps the nicest thing that can be said about King Herod was that he never got over the death of John the Baptist, but one suspects that it was because he was a superstitious coward and not because he had a conscience. Certainly there is little in the rest of this man's history to suggest that he had anything resembling moral fibre.
Herod arrested John because the Baptist was telling anybody who cared to listen that the King was a greedy, lying, abuser of women. Herod, you may remember, had married Herodias, his brother Philip's wife. To accomplish this he had divorced his original wife according to Mosaic Law, but John the Baptist said quite openly that this didn't make him any less of an adulterer.
Nowadays you would take out a defamation suit against a person slandering you like John was. For King Herod there was a far simpler solution. He had John arrested, and yet he didn't seem to want to kill him, and we're told that this was because deep down he recognised that John was a prophet of God, and so he probably thought that it would give him bad karma (or something like that) if he harmed John.
Indeed, we're told that Herod actually used to go and listen to John – that he appreciated having John tell him off! To me this only suggests that as well as being a greedy, lying, murderous, man of lust, he also had masochistic tendencies!
Perhaps it is improper of me to malign a man who has been dead so long, but this king Herod had a lot of blood on his hands, as did almost every member of the Herod family! I remember one historian describing the Herod family as a great mound of maggots! And I remember reading that the Romans had a joke about one of the Herods – 'that it was better to be his pig than to be his friend', I think it was – a play upon words in Latin, but a reflection of the low esteem in which he was held universally.
At any rate, whatever we might think of King Herod, it's quite possible that his wife, Herodias, was worse. She indeed seemed to have no compunction at all about terminating John's life, and she looked for her first opportunity to get the job done.
The opportunity came when King Herod held a party with his mates, and Herodias was able to exploit not one but two of the king's weaknesses – namely, his lust for pretty women and his love of strong drink!
That's how I envisage the scene at any rate. The party was raging, full of arrogant boasts and bawdy stories, and the drink had been flowing freely, when the queen's daughter came in and danced for the king.
The dance is generally assumed to have been some 'dance of the seven veils' type of dance, designed to arouse the king with lust for his own daughter-in-law. It seemed to work perfectly, as it results in the drooling king offering the young girl anything she wants, up to half of his Kingdom!
It's a vile scene of a fat, seedy old man trying to buy sexual favours from his daughter-in-law. Did he care about how this would look in front of his mates? Perhaps he was too drunk to care. Did he care about what his wife would think? Well … she was there and she'd set the whole thing up!
The girl confers with her mother and makes the grizzly request for the head of John the Baptist, and not simply for his head, but for his head to be served on a platter for the dinner guests!
And so the scene concludes with a soldier being sent off to butcher John in his cell, and then returning to the banquet, bearing the man of God's head on a plate, no doubt much to the amusement of the assembled guests.
If we can now leave that sickening party scene, let's reflect momentarily on how this same incident must have affected the faithful Jews of first century Palestine, and the disciples of John the Baptist in particular. This would have been an enormous blow!
It's hard to know where exactly the disciples of John the Baptist expected their road of discipleship to take them. Unlike the followers of a more militant messianic figure, I don't think the disciples of John ever expected him move to overthrow the Romans. I think they saw him more as a religious reformer within Israel, who could be both antagonist and advisor to the Jewish political leaders of his time.
John was often compared to Elijah, and if you think of the role Elijah played in his day, he was the mouthpiece of God to the political leaders of his day. He challenged king Ahab and queen Jezebel, took matters of reform into his own hands, and often incurred the wrath of the monarchy and even had death threats made against him. Nonetheless, Elijah managed to bring reform to the whole land!
God always kept Elijah safe, and eventually he saw the tables turned on those who tried to imprison him and kill him. I expect the disciples of the Baptist expected his career to follow a similar course. And then they get the news that John's head had been served on a dinner plate to the queen! It must have come as quite a shock.
No doubt all of those who had thrown in their lot with John figured that their reform movement had just come to a grinding and bloody halt! What hope was their now for Israel? Where could they go from here?
And so we see the disciples of John taking ownership of what was left of their master's corpse and trying to give it a decent burial. For what else was there left to do? John was dead. The journey was over. The battle had been lost.
'Despair', again, is the word that comes to mind on occasions like this, and I think we've all been there. Our loved one is dead. The battle is over. There is nothing more to be done except to tidy up the deceased's affairs and shovel dirt on the coffin. It's similar to the despair we can slip into when we think about what's happening in today's world. The situation just seems hopeless.
But of course, for the people in our Bible story today, all had not been lost. For those disciples of John, their journey was far from over! For the work of God is not a race where, if the runner dies, the race is over. It's a relay race where, as one runner retires, somebody else picks up the baton and continues on!
And indeed the conclusion to this story of the Baptist isn't found at the end of Mark 6, with the disciples mournfully burying their master's remains, but at the beginning, when Herod realises that Jesus has taken the place of John, and is about to give him more of the same!
For while Jesus is not John the Baptist's ghost, Herod is not really far from the mark. For in Jesus, the ministry of the Baptist continues. The Baptist had been openly critical of Herod. Jesus was openly critical of Herod. Herod had felt threatened by John. Now he will feel threatened by Jesus.
Of course it's not really the ministry of John that is being carried on here, but rather the ministry of the Kingdom of God! John is dead, but God's work continues. Others before John and others after him have fallen in the battle, but still the work of God continues! Jesus Himself will fall in this work, but the work of God will continue. Indeed, in Jesus' case, not just despite His death, but throughHis death, the work of God continues.
This is the historic battle for the Kingdom of God – the battle that is still raging, and in which we are all involved! Many have gone before us into this battle and others will follow, and none of us is invulnerable.
I will fall, sooner or later in this battle. I will fall, but the work of God will continue. You will fall, at some point in this battle, but the work of God will continue!
I remember what my father taught me – that the work of God is like a flowing stream, and that when someone puts a rock in the stream, the water flows around the rock. This is what the disciples of John the Baptist discovered, this is what the first century disciples of Jesus discovered, and this is the discovery that we continue to make today – that despite the setbacks, despite the hardships, and despite those we lose along the way – as Martin Luther said, "The City of God remaineth", and the work of God continues.
This doesn't mean that there was anything good about what happened to John. It was brutal and humiliating. And there is not much that is good in what is happening in the Middle East at the moment. It is brutal and destructive. And yet we know that in both cases God's work of bringing justice, healing and new life is not finished yet. It will continue.
We do what we can. Sometimes we recognise that all we can do is simply pick up the remains of those who have fallen and give them a decent burial. Hopefully we can do more than that for those who are suffering today, and we must do what we can. But we will do so in the confidence that whatever happens, God will be God, His work will continue, love ultimately will triumph, His Kingdom will come.
First preached by Father Dave Smith at Holy Trinity Dulwich Hill, 16th July, 2006.
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