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I suck at intros so let's just get to it.
- We set a date. Okay, we set two dates. Our first date happens to be the same weekend of a major festival in our town. Nobody misses Maple Leaf. NOBODY. And so we deicded that it was a bad idea. So that brings us to the date we have now. I will be a Mrs. on October 24, 2015!!!! I'm so excited. Eeep!!!!
- Some people (cough future in-laws) are driving me insane. They keep suggesting that we get married this year. Not suggesting really, more like demanding. No, not gonna happen. LET IT GO! They also keep suggesting other things we should do. I know they're excited, but damn. I'm trying to keep them involved but they have ideas on the opposite side of the spectrum then I do.
- Invitations are stupid. I don't care about the font or the other shit that has to go in them. Little details aren't my thing. Who has the time or energy to care about font? Or all the little cards that need to go inside them. And more than one envelope? The hell.
this is how I feel about the small things
- My most favorite confession of them all...I said yes to a dress!! It was complete accident. I went to David's Bridal to try and find and get some ideas for bridesmaids dresses and then I saw it. I knew I had to try it on. And when I put it on, I felt like the prettiest princess in all the land. I wanted to wear it every where and never take it off. I totally want to show you a picture but I can't. Because that will be when Blake decides to read this here blog!
- My first assisstant at DB sucked majorly. Apparently she didn't think I was being serious because she didn't keep any of the information she had for me. She didn't tighten the dress all the way up so I could see what it would truly look like. She also told me that they didn't have blush as a color option for other dresses. She was a lying bitch. I'm not disappointed though. Because when I went back later that night to buy it, I had a wonderful girl helping me who made me feel insanely special.
Are you tired of wedding talk yet? I hope not! Any stories about shop girls who were bitches for no reason? Let me hear em!


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How EvoTards Define "Creationist"
From the rantings of OM and RichTard Hughes it has become quite clear that anyone who follows the evidence is a "Creationist".
The evidence says life begets life-> don't blame science, call me a Creationist.
The evidence says fish beget fish, humans beget humans, ie baraminology rules, and no amount of mutational accumulation can change that-> don't blame science, call me a Creationist.
And if those facts ever change I will adjust my opinion accordingly.

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By Richard Grimes
The Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust has revealed plans to make savings of £15 million this year – with £10 million of that being cut from the staffing bill. Unions say that this could mean losing up to 290 staff posts.
Health chiefs want to axe 500 acute beds across north-west London to prevent a £1 billion overspend in health and social care in the next five years. The area has already seen the closure of two A&Es and a maternity unit under a separate shake-up, which continues next month with the closure of the paediatric department at Ealing hospital.
Fifteen young people have been waiting longer than 18 weeks to get help for mental health issues in the East Riding, including three who have been waiting longer than a year.
Two GP practices in Bradford will close in September.
Cambridge and Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) intends to remove the entitlement of coeliacs to have gluten-free food on prescription.
In Buckinghamshire, 20 out of 97 pharmacies could close completely after cuts to government funding.
University Hospitals of North Midlands, which run hospitals in Stoke and Stafford, says its deficit for the last financial year will be almost £27 million, £10 million more than expected. This includes fines for missing government targets: £2.4 million for delays in A&E, £2.8 million for missing the 18 week target.
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust in Cumbria has said it needs to save £12 million this year. "Senior figures within the organisation say the current £30m deficit could rocket to £70m within the next five years if spending continues at past levels."
A&E Problems
There has been a slew of trusts sending out press releases asking fewer patients to attend A&E:
- East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust Hospital bosses are urging the public to only use A&E in an emergency after seeing a huge increase in demand at the Royal Blackburn Hospital over the past two days. Ambulances had to queue to admit patients after East Lancashire's only A&E department was "stretched to breaking point".
- Addenbrooke's is urging people not to go to A&E unless in an emergency after the department saw near-record levels of patients turn up. Later in the week the hospital said that it had to cancel operations due to the "intensity of pressure" of the number of patients.
- Royal Derby Hospital issued a plea for people not to come to its A&E because an "extremely high" number of people had come to the department in recent days.
- Patients in Huntingdon are being urged to avoid A&E at Hinchingbrooke Hospital where there has been "a rise in the number of people using the emergency department this year".
- Southend Hospital was put on 'black alert' and declared it was in the middle of a critical incident because of high numbers of acutely ill and injured patients needing beds.
- Nearly 2,000 people have signed a petition calling for the reopening of Garforth Clinic in Leeds.
- More than 50,000 people have already signed two petitions in a bid to safeguard the future of Poole Hospital's A&E trauma unit. The closure is due to the CCG's plan to save £30 million by making Royal Bournemouth Hospital the only A&E centre in Dorset. Under the plan, Poole Hospital's maternity and paediatric services will also be relocated to Bournemouth.
- Local councillors in Grantham declared plans to downgrade A&E in the town's hospital as a "disgrace". An online petition against the closure attracted more than 1,000 signatures in its first day.
- A petition signed by 6,000 signatures to reinstate A&E at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage has been rejected by the trust.
- GPs have joined forces with campaigners to fight to save a minor injuries unit under threat of closure in Hornsea. East Riding CCG also wants to close the minor injury unit at the Alfred Bean Hospital in Driffield where 2,500 residents have signed a petition against the planned closure.
- Thousands of campaigners have vowed to fight proposals to close the walk in centre at Accrington Victoria hospital.
- Hundreds of residents in Alston in Cumbria attended a meeting to campaign against the closure of the town's community hospital.
- Campaigners marched through York to protest against mental health cuts.
- A campaign group in north Norfolk say they are worried about plans by North Norfolk CCG to close beds at Cranmer House and replace the service with a community care team. The Friends of Cranmer House said: "We're not accepting their proposals as being practical or feasible."
- Darlington's MP is calling for volunteers to join her in campaigning to protect services at Darlington Memorial Hospital after persistent rumours about the fate of A&E, maternity and ITU services.
- West Norfolk CCG has claimed it is not responsible for consulting patients on proposed funding cuts to a group of GP surgeries in the borough. Patients' groups have threatened to take legal action if the planned cuts are not scrapped.
Staff issues
Emergency surgery will no longer be offered to patients at Bassetlaw Hospital due to "limited availability" of doctors. Patients will have to go 20 miles away to Doncaster Infirmary for surgery.
The East Midlands Ambulance Service has been rated as "requiring improvement" by the CQC. The regulator said there were concerns over the lack of staff and vehicles needed to respond to patient needs.
Staff shortages in Lincolnshire ambulance service are so severe that paramedics don't have time to clean the ambulances between patients.
A mental health hospital in Dartford is failing to provide proper care because of a severe staff shortage, according to one of its patients.
NSL, a private company that delivers patient transport services in Cornwall, has handed over the contract to another private company, E-zec Medical Transport Services Ltd.
Central Nottinghamshire Clinical Services (CNCS), the private company that provides out-of-hours GP services and urgent care services at Kings Mill Hospital in Sutton-in-Ashfield, announced that it is to go into administration. The services at Kings Mill will be taken over by another private company, Nottingham Emergency Medical Services. CNCS also provided the urgent care centre at Loughborough Hospital and these have transferred to another private company Derbyshire Health United.
Homerton hospital is considering whether to privatise its pathology services. A petition imploring the Trust to keep the service in-house has over 3,000 signatures. A local GP, Dr Nick Mann, said this will have "major implications for cost and quality", adding that "private labs may choose to use cheaper, less accurate tests and may also increase such charges to the NHS so as to maximise their profit."


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Happy Monday and MLK Jr. Day to you!
I thought I'd try a new smoothie recipe this morning. Years ago when I first started making smoothies I would see recipe after recipe using a packet of jello mix as the base- I never got around to trying it, until this morning. Here's a tip for you DON'T! 😉 The jello base left it very grainy and that (mixed with the packet of stevia I threw in) made it way too sweet.
For sticks and giggles I figure I'll share with you the recipe, so you can add it to a DO NOT MAKE list…
What you'll need to NOT make this:
- 1 banana
- 6 frozen strawberries
- 1 large handful baby spinach
- 1 packet of sugar-free strawberry jello mix
- 1 packet Stevia
- 1/2 cup rolled oats
- 1 tablespoon chia seeds
- 1 tablespoon walnut pieces
- 1 tablespoon toasted wheat germ
- 1 scoop vanilla protein powder
- 1/2 cup water
- Blend all ingredients and DO NOT enjoy instead pour it down drain.
So yes, I will not be making this again. At the moment I am trying to determine if it can be salvaged- we shall see later if I am able to.
It's my dad's birthday today! YAY! I have lots to do before we meet up with the family for dinner and cake (or cupcakes). I'll check in with you later. Have a great day!
Questions of the day
Do you have any smoothie fails to add to the list?
Anyone else celebrating a birthday today? If so, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!


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A river of words flowed between us.
Middletown is the painstakingly detailed replica planet created by James Halliday in the OASIS. It is also the location of the First Gate.
From Ready Player One:
In the early days of the OASIS, Halliday had created a small planet named Middletown, named after his hometown in Ohio. The planet was the site of a meticulous re-creation of his hometown as it was in the late 1980s. That saying about how you can never go home again? Halliday had found a way. Middletown was one of his pet projects, and he'd spent years coding and refining it.
Middletown is also a reference to the Rush song, "Middletown Dreams," from the album Power Windows.


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Forum News Service: N.D. voters to decide on tobacco tax hike in November/in In The News /by Erin Hill-Oban
Forum Communications: Local makers of e-cig 'juice' say regulations could crush industry's small players/in In The News /by Erin Hill-Oban
Bismarck Tribune: Veterans community backs ballot measure to raise tobacco tax/in In The News /by Erin Hill-Oban
Grand Forks Herald: Ballot proposal would raise taxes on electronic cigarettes in North Dakota/in In The News /by Erin Hill-Oban
By John Hageman
Heather Nelson is well-versed in the arguments over electronic cigarettes.
Armed with a stack of printed news clippings behind the glass counter at her Grand Forks shop, SnG Vapor, she's adamant that the products her business sells helps smokers quit traditional cigarettes.
But Nelson worries that a proposed tax in North Dakota will harm her business and present an obstacle for those looking to stop smoking.
"I don't think it's fair to boost the tax on something that's actually helping them," she said.
But public health officials and backers of the proposed ballot measure argue the liquid nicotine used in electronic cigarettes is a tobacco product, and therefore it should be taxed as such. Moreover, they say the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has not identified electronic cigarettes as a smoking cessation product.
The proposal to tax vaping products is included in the ballot language put forth by Raise it for Health North Dakota, which is focused on increasing the state's cigarette tax from 44 cents a pack to $2.20 a pack. The measure would classify liquid nicotine that's derived from tobacco as a tobacco product and would raise the tax on it and other items from 28 percent to 56 percent of the wholesale purchase price.
Aside from the larger debate over raising taxes on traditional cigarettes, the proposal is likely to open discussion on the merits of electronic cigarettes, a relatively new product that has grown rapidly in popularity. Though it is much smaller than the traditional cigarette market, the vapor market grew by 23 percent in 2014, according to a Tax Foundation report released earlier this week, and several shops selling e-cigarettes have opened in Grand Forks in recent years.
Dr. Eric Johnson, a Grand Forks physician and chairman of the committee organizing the ballot measure, said electronic cigarettes are subject to sales tax in North Dakota but not a specific tobacco tax. He pointed out that more than 20 North Dakota cities, including Grand Forks, consider electronic cigarettes tobacco products for the purposes of preventing their sale to minors.
"It's just kind of an example of the law not really keeping up with technology," Johnson said. "The e-cig vape technology, they're tobacco products by about just any medical definition."
Looking at the data
Mike Jacobs smoked cigarettes for more than 20 years before picking up an e-cigarette last year.
"My last cigarette was Nov. 11," he said from the other side of the counter at SnG Vapor, which is on South 18th Street just south of DeMers Avenue.
Nelson points to Jacobs as one story of how the products at her store can help people dump traditional cigarettes. She also cited the Public Health England's statement last year that vaping is safer than smoking, though the agency stressed the products aren't without risk, according to the Guardian.
That was echoed in the Tax Foundation's report, which argued "vapor products have the potential to be a boon to public health by acting as a less risky alternative to traditional incinerated cigarettes."
"Further, to the extent that smoking cessation is a stipulated goal of tobacco taxation, exposing vapor products, which many see as a promising cessation method, to such hefty tax rates as traditional tobacco would be counterproductive," the report added.
But not everyone is convinced.
Johnson said electronic cigarettes are not FDA-approved as smoking cessation devices and there isn't sufficient evidence that they help people quit traditional cigarettes. Indeed, a study published in the Lancet Respiratory Medicine in January found adult smokers who use e-cigarettes were less likely to quit smoking, according to CBS News.
"If they had data, I would recommend them just like any other stop-smoking product," Johnson said. "Since we don't really know whether these help or promote use, it's very difficult as a health care provider to recommend them at this time."
Moreover, Johnson is worried that they act as a gateway for young people to move on to other tobacco products. While the percentage of North Dakota high school students who smoke has dropped substantially over the past 20 years, roughly 20 percent of Grand Forks students use electronic vapor products, according to survey results previously provided by the Grand Forks Public Health Department.
"We're kind of wondering, 'Is what we're doing in public health working or are they switching from one product to another?'" said Haley Thorson, tobacco prevention coordinator with the health department, who added they've "also accomplished some very successful policy initiatives in our state."
Becoming law
Raise it for Health submitted its petition to the North Dakota Secretary of State's office last week. Supporters will need to collect 13,452 signatures to get the measure on November's ballot.
Minnesota became the first state to tax vapor products in 2012 by imposing a tax of 95 percent of their wholesale price, and only a handful of other states have similar policies in place, according to the Tax Foundation.
Meanwhile, at least 25 states and the District of Columbia considered legislation to tax vapor products in 2015. North Dakota was among them, but the bill ultimately failed to become law.
"We want all of those products taxed at the same rate so one addiction doesn't cost less than the other," said Sen. Tim Mathern, D-Fargo, who was a sponsor of the bill last year to raise tobacco taxes and is a member of the ballot measure's sponsoring committee. "The goal really here in this measure is to reduce the amount of people who are addicted to these products in order to keep them healthy and in order to keep our society healthy."
But for Nelson, the tax "will put a damper" on a product she argues is helping people move away from more dangerous traditional cigarettes. She said it may prompt shops like hers to unite in opposition.
"We want to get organized and we want to be heard," Nelson said.
Drug Store News: CDC's latest anti-smoking campaign inspired 104,000 smokers to quit/in In The News /by Erin Hill-Oban
ATLANTA – The latest outcomes measuring the impact of CDC's national tobacco education campaign are as strong as those achieved in its first year, and suggest that three years into the campaign, the ads were still having a significant impact.
More than 1.8 million smokers attempted to quit smoking because of the nine-week-long 2014 Tips From Former Smokers ( Tips ) campaign. An estimated 104,000 Americans quit smoking for good as a result of the 2014 campaign.
The survey results are published in the March 24 release of the journal Preventing Chronic Disease.
Unlike the 2012 campaign, which aired for 12 consecutive weeks, the 2014 campaign aired in two phases, from Feb. 3 to April 6 and from July 7 to Sept. 7. Phase 1 of the 2014 campaign ran ads primarily from the 2012 and 2013 campaigns; Phase 2 contained new ads. Those new ads featured people and their struggles with smoking-related health issues, including cancer, gum disease, premature birth and stroke caused by smoking combined with HIV. About 80% of U.S. adult cigarette smokers who were surveyed reported seeing at least one television ad from Phase 2 of the 2014 campaign.
"CDC's Tips campaign has helped at least 400,000 smokers quit smoking for good since 2012," stated CDC Director Tom Frieden. "Tips is also extremely cost-effective and a best buy, saving both lives and money. With a year-round campaign we could save even more lives and money."
Tips, the first federally funded anti-smoking paid media campaign, features former smokers talking about their smoking-related illnesses. Smoking-related diseases cost the United States more than $300 billion a year, including nearly $170 billion in direct health care costs and more than $156 billion in lost productivity.
"The Tips campaign is an important counter measure to the $1 million that the tobacco industry spends each hour on cigarette advertising and promotion," said Corinne Graffunder, director of CDC's Office on Smoking and Health. "The money spent in one year on Tips is less than the amount the tobacco industry spends on advertising and promotion in just 3 days."
The most recent Surgeon General's Report, The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress, called for airing effective messages such as the Tips ads with high frequency and exposure for 12 months a year for a decade or more. Cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the United States, killing about 480,000 Americans each year.
For every American who dies from a smoking-related disease, about 30 more suffer at least one serious illness from smoking. And while the percentage of American adults who smoke is at the lowest level since the CDC began tracking such data, there are still an estimated 40 million adult smokers in the U.S. Surveys show about 70% of all smokers want to quit, and research shows quitting completely at any age has significant health benefits.
Dr. Eric Johnson: Tobacco tax will deter young people from using products/in Opinion /by Erin Hill-Oban
By Dr. Eric Johnson, Grand Forks – Jamestown Sun
As a Grand Forks physician and chairman of the recently announced efforts to initiate a ballot measure to increase North Dakota's tobacco taxes, it's important the public be given the facts right off the bat.
First, North Dakota's tobacco taxes have not been increased since 1993, ranking us 47th in the nation for cigarette tax rates. If passed, this measure would bring North Dakota's cigarette tax from 44 cents per pack to $2.20 per pack, just slightly above the average of $2.08 per pack of our neighboring states.
Second, it will treat the liquid nicotine drug (smoked via electronic cigarettes) and those who sell it exactly the same as all other tobacco products.
Third, it will dedicate current revenues exactly where they currently are: to the state's general fund and back to North Dakota's cities. New revenues generated from the increase will be split evening between a fund created to support the unmet needs of North Dakota's veterans and a fund to support health programs associated with chronic disease treatment, county health programs and the mental health and addiction crisis facing our state.
Luckily, North Dakota already fully funds a tobacco prevention program utilizing a small portion of the money won by the state of North Dakota when it sued tobacco companies in 1998 for lying to the public and to Congress about the deadly impacts of tobacco. No moneys from this measure will go toward these efforts.
These are the facts. Seventy-five percent of adult tobacco users started before the age of 18. Significant tobacco tax increases are proven as the most effective way to keep young people from ever starting tobacco. That's an effort we can all support.
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If you have landed here and are reading this it is because you and I have one great thing in common, we love being in the kitchen. Cooking, baking, and everything that comes along with serving up something yummy for family and friends to enjoy are right up our street.
Perhaps you are deciding what you would like to do with your future, or maybe you are looking for a bit of a change in career direction, a break to do something different.
Have you considered a career in the kitchen? That's right, imagine being paid to do what you love all day, every day.
But you may be thinking, I love to cook and bake, but surely, if I were to take that up as a full-time career, I wouldn't enjoy it anymore. But the truth is that there are so many varied careers in the kitchen, that you will be cooking something different every day, which keeps things interesting and will help you to build up more skills and will teach you to make different foods.
Study the Kitchen
If you are considering a culinary career, you will need the necessary training to get you to reach your goal. You will be thrilled to know that there are many study options available in culinary careers, some that are more hands-on, and others that are more theory-based, there is something for everyone.
Not too sure what your options are?
Not to worry as I have devised a list below of the most popular study options to get you a full-time professional career in the kitchen. These study options contain the most diverse study programs that will help you to gain the skill set you will need to tackle just about any menu in the kitchen. Have a look at the list and have a think about which one will suit you best.
1. Culinary Certificates and Diplomas
Most diploma and certificate programs are short courses about a year or two long, providing you with knowledge about different cuisines and most importantly, plenty of practice time in the kitchen. Many of these courses also include apprenticeship programs so that you can earn while you study.
2. Associate's Culinary Degrees
These are the most popular courses selected amongst those who want a culinary degree, mainly because of the appeal of the short course – only two years long, and the degree received afterward which can take you to many leading roles in the kitchen.
3. Bachelor's Degrees
These are more intensive four-year courses at universities which can be followed by Master's studies at specialized culinary schools that provide an intensive program that will lead to the top culinary arts credentials.
Kitchen Careers
Do you have your heart set on a kitchen career, but are not too sure on which one to go for? There are so many options and different careers available so it is important to choose one that suits the kind of cuisine you are interested in making.
Choosing your career will also help you decide which culinary study program to take so that you are prepared for what will come your way in the kitchen.
Have a look at the following list of kitchen careers, there are many of them, so don't feel like you have to decide on one straight away. Try narrowing the list down to two or three of the career paths that catch your eye the most and then do further research on each one to see which will be best suited for you.
1. Executive Chef / Chef Manager/ Head Chef
If you are a natural-born leader, then this may just be the role for you. An executive chef oversees what happens in the kitchen. This role also includes hiring new staff, training them, and ensuring high-quality standards are met in the kitchen. You can also let your imagination and creative side run wild with this role, as it involves putting together and designing new menus and computing food costs.
As this is such an important leading role, the applicant is usually required to have an Associate or Bachelor's degree behind them and a few years of culinary work experience but it pays well.
2. Sous Chef
The sous chef is second-in-command in the kitchen and plays an important role in supervising what is happening in the kitchen and making sure that kitchen equipment is in proper working order. A sous chef will also be involved in the hiring and training of new staff, although final decisions will normally be made by the executive chef.
This is another important role so an Associate or Bachelor's degree and a few years of work experience are usually required to apply. The nice thing about this role is that after some time, a sous chef could be promoted to executive chef, so there is plenty of room to grow.
3. Pastry Chef /Pâtissier
The key is in the name with this one. A pastry chef is someone that specializes in making pastries, desserts, bread, and other baked foods such as cakes, cookies, cupcakes, pies, and ice creams. If you have always dreamt of running a bakery or a dessert shop, then this is the role for you.
This role involves a lot of creativity as it requires the chef to sample and create new pastry and dessert recipes, plan a menu, and organize the costing. A pastry chef may also be in charge of supervising pastry chef training, hiring new pastry chefs, and ensuring the high-quality production of the pastries and desserts.
The nice thing about a pastry chef role is that there are no strict educational requirements to be one. An aspiring pastry chef will need a culinary certificate or diploma behind them to prove their culinary competence.
4. Restaurant Owner / Restaurant Manager
Perhaps you have always wanted to own or manage a restaurant.
Restaurant managers are in charge of overseeing, coordinating, and assessing all of the operations in a restaurant. They are also in charge of hiring and making staff training programs, ensuring safe practices are being carried out within the restaurant and ensuring that kitchen equipment is being used properly. This role also allows you to get a little creative as it involves making final decisions on new menus and pricing.
As this is such a heavy leadership role, an Associate or Bachelor's degree is normally required along with a few year's experience to prove competency and leadership skills.
5. Banquet Chef
Banquet chefs usually work in hotels, resorts, country clubs, and other large facilities where they work behind the scenes managing staff and purchasing ingredients. There is a lot of creative licenses that come with this role as the banquet chef is usually the key member of the team that is involved in designing the menu and sourcing the best ingredients to use.
Becoming a banquet chef requires at least an Associate's degree in culinary arts or food management. But the nice thing about this role is that once you have a few years experience under your belt, a banquet chef usually has the opportunity to advance to higher roles in the kitchen such as a sous chef and can even work up to becoming an executive chef with some additional training.
There are so many kitchen careers out there for you to choose from, but the nice thing about a career in the kitchen is that some jobs don't require you to do exaggerated years of study to be able to land the role. Some of the apprentice and diploma courses are very intense and can be completed in as little as one year.
So, if you are a lover of everything kitchen-based, consider a culinary career, so that you can get paid to do what you love, every day.


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What do you do when you're thrown off of a pirate ship and wash up onto the shores South Africa? If you're Nick Clarke you grab a bike and head off to every set of trails you can.
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Sunday Soetvlei Session
Sessions were ripping all over the world this past weekend! The boys at South Africa's Soetvlei Trails ran it hot all the way until there wasn't anymore light to see, and filmer Kevin Schnider was with them the whole time capturing the action!
The Trails Crew – Soetvlei Trails Session
The Soetvlei Trails Crew in South Africa has been hard at work this year building new lines and getting the existing ones more dialed in. This video is from the first session to open up and test out their revised main line. It looks like the mods were a success!
Justin Novella Soetvlei Edit
Welcome to the very first installment of MTB Mondays. Totally kidding, but Justin Novella did send through this edit of him riding his local trails and he just so happens to rockin' the big wheels. His trails are in South Africa and go by the name of Soetvlei (which I have absolutely no idea how to pronounce). Anyway they look really dialed and the South African backdrop is pretty amazing.


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It's OVO takeover! With God's Plan still hitting the charts, Drake's 'Nice For What' is another song you should get familiar with now.
Drizzy dropped a new song 'Nice For What' on Friday night and it's video has steadily become the talk because it features a host of superstars that made cameos in it. However it came as a surprise because From Issa Rae to Rashida Jones to Tiffany Haddish to Tracee Ellis Ross and mere appeared in the visuals for Drake's Nice For What.
Drake's Nice For What is a sample of Lauryn Hill's 1998 song "Ex-Factor," and was produced by Murda Beatz, a Canadian rapper that worked with Drizzy on his previous projects.
In 'Nice For What', Drake talked about women and addressed life for women while acknowledging their hustle.
Quotable Lyrics
Everybody get your mothafuckin' roll on
I know shorty and she doesn't want no slow song
Had it made last year, life goes on
Haven't let that thing loose, girl, in so long
You been inside, know you like to lay low
I've been peepin' what you bringin' to the table
Workin' hard, girl, everything paid for
First, last phone bill, car note, cable
Twitter Reacts To 'Nice For What'
Twitter reactions followed Drake's new single. After the song drooped a whole lot to Twitter to air their opinions on the song, although, majority of the tweets there were of praise to Drake with some saying it's another hit while of course some were not okay with Lauryn Hill sample.
"Nice for what" video maddddd fire Drake put mad powerful women in the video 😍😍😍
— Joan Rivers. (@A_Geechi) April 7, 2018
That new @Drake is FIRE! And @MsLaurynHill is on the sample 💯
— AdELA (@adelamusic) April 7, 2018
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Though the situation with star defenceman Ryan Merkley remains up in the air to start the season, the Peterborough Petes head out for nine straight on the road with a good mix of established veterans and promising young talent poised to contend in the East Division.
2018-19 Record: 33-31-2-2, 70 points (3rd East Division)
Head Coach: Rob Wilson (2nd season)
Key additions: David Maier, Mason McTavish, J.R. Avon, Artem Guryev, Tucker Robertson, Josh Kavanagh, Cole Patey, Curtis Trolley, Keegan McMullen, Michael Simpson
Notable graduates: Cole Fraser, Adam Timleck, Chris Paquette, Austin Osmanski
Leading scorer: Ryan Merkley (63 GP, 14-57–71)
Leading scorer (defencemen): Ryan Merkley (63 GP, 14-57–71)
Leading scorer (rookie): Cameron Butler (64 GP, 18-8–26)
Leading goaltender: Hunter Jones (57 GP, 28-24-2-2, 3.31 GAA, .902 SV%, 3 SO)
Quick Hit: The selections of Hunter Jones (Minnesota) and Nick Robertson (Toronto) gave the Petes two second round picks in the same NHL Draft for the first time since 1997
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Hamburger Hash Browns
Our three young children keep me very busy. So I need dishes that are quick to cook and, most importantly, that the kids will eagerly eat. This recipe meets those criteria.—Lois Oligmueller, West Point, Nebraska
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 30 min.
Makes4-6 servings
- 4 cups frozen shredded hash brown potatoes, thawed
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/8 teaspoon pepper
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 envelope brown gravy mix
- 1 cup water
- 1 package (10 ounces) frozen mixed vegetables, thawed
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- 1 can (2.8 ounces) french-fried onions, divided
- In a bowl, combine hash browns, oil and pepper. Press onto the bottom and 1 in up the sides of an ungreased 9-in. square baking dish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15 minutes. Meanwhile, in a skillet, cook beef over medium heat until no longer pink; drain. Stir in gravy mix and water. Add vegetables and garlic powder. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Stir in 1/2 cup cheese and half of the onions. Spoon into the potato shell. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 15 minutes. Sprinkle with the remaining cheese and onions. Bake 5 minutes longer.
When making Hamburger Hash Browns, you can use 1 cup of prepared gravy (homemade or purchased) instead of the gravy mix and 1 cup water.
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Dec 5, 2019
Husband says it's his favorite casserole I've made. I made a few tweaks to use what I had in my pantry. I grated fresh red potatoes, and added some chopped onions to the crust. I added an envelope of beefy onion soup mix and revved up the umami with s splash of soy sauce. Followed the recipe otherwise, good hearth meal.
Mar 13, 2013
I have been making this recipe for over 20 years. Tastes even better the next day. Love it!
Sep 4, 2012
Awsome. Loved it!
Aug 25, 2011
It was easy to make and great for little ones, but adults thought it needed more flavor. I'd doctor it upnext time!
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I live in a rather tiny village – no more than 60 family homes, on a small Galilean mountain top. The village's infrastructure are somewhat (meagerly) supported by "The Jewish Agency of Israel". I'm not quite sure what exactly they are doing to help the village. They did buy the land for the village, but, after all, we had to buy the land from them (though I've signed a legal piece of paper giving them the right to evacuate me from my home "in accordance to the national interest"), and the infrastructure (roads, sewers, electricity, etc.) are paid for by the settlers themselves (that is, by us). But I needed to register at their offices and get their formal approval to join the village. So far so good. True, I have been denied some inessential assistance by a religious clerk who resented the fact that my wife and I are not "officially married" by a Rabbi. But that didn't matter much. At least it didn't matter enough for us to rush and get a religious matrimonial ceremony at the nearby Rabbinical institution. But my resentment of religiously defining my life is not the issue of this entry.
The issue here is ethnicity.
This village, having been raised and nurtured by the Jewish Agency, is naturally enough a Jewish village. That is, it is meant for Jews. Not that we even have a synagogue. The local kindergarten has some biblical schooling and teaches about Jewish holidays and traditions, which I have nothing against (as long as they don't start stuffing hard-line religion in, which they don't. After all, they don't teach children that homosexuality is wrong or any heaven-v.s.-hell kind of nonsense. True, I would have liked my child to learn a bit about other religious traditions too – like those of the neighboring Bedouin villages. But it's a very good kindergarten as it is), and we have occasional (loosely attended) parties at Jewish holidays. And that's about it. Most of us are completely secular, and, living in a country with a moderately high degree of religious coercion and abuse, we try to live our lives as happily oblivious of religions traditions as we can. No, this is not a religious matter, nor a cultural one. Rather, it is an ethnic issue: the Jewish Agency, like most of my neighbors, is terrified by the idea that a member of a non-Jewish ethnic minority might infiltrate our Jewish village. The Jewish Agency, like most of my neighbors, uses a special code-word when invoking that fear: code name Zionism.
Now comes the funny bit: we already have Bedouin within our village. The Bedouin neighbors from the village next to us visit our playgrounds all the time, with no friction that I am aware of. But most important of all – there is a Bedouin family living on the edge of the village, whose lands the Jewish Agency is desperately trying to buy for quite some time. Negotiations are going on for years now, and without buying these lands, our village's future development is stalled.
The geographic reality is that the Bedouin family is a part of our village. The ongoing Quixote attempt to shut our eyes at this simple fact is ludicrous. They are situated in the middle of the area saved for future development by the local planning committee. The village development maps have a black hole in them, representing the spot where the Bedouin are situated, as if they were some element of nature, a tree, a national park. There they are, at the village edge, but no one ever seems to notice them.
For most of my neighbors, then, being a Zionist amounts to wishful thinking, or rather wishful seeing. Their delusions come with a heavy price tag. Had this single Bedouin family been incorporated into the village, given local voting rights, become part of the local committees, etc., their lands could have been treated within the local framework, and the village development would not stalled. What price should we have paid for it? None. Why is it not done? Because we are programmed to ignore non-Jewish minorities. It is considered "anti-Zionistic" to incorporate them into our settlements.
All this is bad for us. It is economically inefficient. It generates a warped, illogical, and convoluted development. It is morally wrong. But… is it Zionistic?
Well, what the heck is this Zionism anyway?


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Brisbane's most exciting restaurant and bar are now open at the spectacular new Adina Apartment Hotel Brisbane at 171 George Street. The much anticipated opening of Donna Chang and The Boom Boom Room is led by Ghanem Group, the team behind the famed Blackbird Bar & Grill Brisbane, Byblos Bar & Restaurant Melbourne and Lord of the Wings.
Donna Chang brings together a stellar line-up of industry leaders, spearheaded by Executive Chef Jake Nicolson (formerly of The Lakehouse in Victoria, Spain's El Bulli and The Ledbury in London), Head Chef Jason Margaritis (formerly Spice Temple, Melbourne) and 2014 Good Food Guide Sommelier of the Year, Penny Grant.
The 120-seat restaurant with its opulent interiors takes pride of place on the ground floor of the hotel. Three luxe private dining rooms are on a mezzanine level that overlooks the vast lobby. The building opened in 1920 as the Queensland Government Savings Bank and still features its original double-height timber-panelled walls and magnificent ceiling roses.
Donna Chang is described as a "dining experience for the senses" that gives a gentle nod to Sichuan flavours and authentic Cantonese cuisine. The name is a tongue-in-cheek reference to an episode of the TV show Seinfeld.
Below the restaurant, at basement level, is the space where the bank's vaults once were. A bar called The Boom Boom Room now occupies that space, fusing avant-garde design with an inspired cocktail list a visually dramatic lounge setting. It has capacity for 250 people and private rooms inside the former vaults.
TFE Hotels Chairman Allan Vidor said the venues added sophisticated and novel dining and bar offerings to the city's rapidly growing hospitality scene.
"This will be an international talking point for visitors to Brisbane and offers a real point of difference for the local dining space," he said. "Guests and visitors to the hotel will love the combination of history and exciting contemporary cuisine, brought to us by Australia's top chefs and sommelier."
Nehme Ghanem said he was thrilled to expand the group's offering with these two exciting new venues.
"Donna Chang and The Boom Boom Room offer dining and bar experiences unlike anything Brisbane has seen before – from the high end food and beverage offering, through to the extravagant exteriors – the venues will bring food to life in ways we have previously only imagined," Mr Ghanem said.
"Queensland's climate lends itself perfectly to the vibrant, aromatic flavours of various Chinese cuisines. Coupling traditional Chinese cooking techniques with native Australian ingredient, and a nod to Cantonese and Sichuan flavours, Donna Chang will be the new way to enjoy Chinese cuisine in Brisbane."
Diners and bar patrons can overnight at Adina Apartment Hotel Brisbane, which offers 220 luxurious rooms and suites over 12 levels, many with stunning views over the Brisbane River. The apartments are spacious and contemporary, providing guests with the comforts of home. Each has its own kitchen, laundry and living room and offers the ease of full hotel services including 24-hour reception.
Rooms are available at 25% off introductory rate, starting from $135.
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* Concerns about virus outbreak keep sentiment cautious
* Earnings from Toray, Nikon disappoint
* Honda bucks trend with profit outlook upgrade
TOKYO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Japanese shares slipped on Monday as fears about the severity of the coronavirus outbreak in China and weak earning results outweighed any boost from strong U.S. employment data.
The Nikkei share average fell 0.6% to 23,685.98 points, slipping for two trading days in a row after hitting a two-week high on Thursday. The broader Topix lost 0.72% to 1,719.64.
The death toll from the coronavirus rose over the weekend, passing the total killed by the SARS epidemic. In mainland China, the toll has topped 900 with total infections reaching 40,000.
"We can't see signs that the epidemic is easing as yet. The damage to supply chains is also not clear," said Nobuhiko Kuramochi, chief strategist at Mizuho Securities.
"We need to see whether the epidemic will peak out this month or it could take a bit longer."
Worries about the disease dampened any boost from strong U.S. jobs report on Friday. Non-farm payrolls increased 225,000 in January, far above expectations of 160,000.
Shippers were the worst performing sector, falling 1.8%.
Earning results from some Japanese firms also highlighted tough business conditions.
Toray Industries fell 2.3% after the manufacturer of fibres and plastics cut its annual profit outlook, citing softening demand of products for cars and smartphones.
Camera maker Nikon dropped 5.8% to hit a decade low following its weak earnings due to shrinking demand for digital cameras.
Nippon Steel fell 0.6% after the steelmaker booked a record loss of 440 billion yen ($4 billion) this financial year as it announced closing three blast furnaces to deal with waning domestic demand.
While the losses were bigger than expected, some market players saw the restructuring efforts as a long-term positive.
According to SMBC Nikko Securities, profits from Japanese firms that have reported quarterly earnings so far are down 3.8% from a year earlier, with manufacturers hit particularly hard.
Rakuten dropped 1.5% as Japanese antitrust officials raided the offices of the e-commerce company after complaints from online merchants about the company's free shipping policies.
Meanwhile, Honda Motor gained 2.9% after Japan's third-biggest carmaker raised its forecast for full-year operating profit by 6% on Friday due to a weaker yen.
Its top executive said the company has not suffered from major supply chain disruptions in coronavirus-hit China.
Leopalace21 jumped 15% after the scandal-tainted apartment builder reported a recovery in occupancy.
Trading was subdued ahead of a Japanese market holiday on Tuesday. (Reporting by Hideyuki Sano Editing by Arun Koyyur and Sam Holmes)
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Day 3: The Machine Shop
Jeremiah 18:1–4 (NIV): "This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 'Go down to the potter's house, and there I will give you my message.' So I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him."
While making my rounds on the ship, I stopped in to see the personnel in the machine shop. Their job was to take hard metal and, with the aid of special machines, shape it into components that were needed to replace parts that had been damaged or broken. I marveled as I saw some of the hardest materials known to humankind shaped, trimmed, and transformed into the exact replica of the needed part.
My awe must have been akin to that of Jeremiah as he watched the potter at the wheel and heard the voice of God give him a valuable object lesson. He saw misshapen pieces transformed at the whim of the potter. I, too, saw raw materials turned into valuable parts. What a joy to know that God has the power to turn willing members of his creation into replicas of himself. Please consider:
When I am stubborn, Lord, and hard to bend like steel,
God, mold me and make me, shape me according to your will.
Constrain me to understand your purpose each and every day,
Jesus, you are the potter, please make me the clay.
Questions to Consider:
- What are some hard personality traits that I need to work on?
- Am I willing to ask God for help?
Reflection for the Day:
- Consider the joy of being fashioned by the Lord!


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Ted 2 Review
Seth MacFarlane and chums are back for more from the swear-bear in Ted 2. Newlywed Ted and Tami-Lynn decide to have a baby, but their plans are thwarted when our stuffed hero's personhood is revoked. Ted and best friend John (Mark Wahlberg) team up with junior lawyer Samantha (Amanda Seyfried) in order to prove that the former really is human, whilst a shady corporate boss pursues the bear for his own sinister uses.
After the disastrous A Million Ways to Die in the West, it really would be difficult for Ted 2 to be a failure. That being said, there are still some inherent problems that MacFarlane will probably never shake off. For one, his particular brand of comedy only works in short bursts, which wouldn't be an issue were the film not two hours long. A good third of the jokes fall completely flat, and running time is wasted on the Family Guy creator's irritating habit of lapsing into extravagant musical numbers. We get it, Seth, you like musicals, now can we see the toy say naughty words, please?
Of course, I'm not for one moment suggesting that there are no chuckles whatsoever: an oft-wavering stream of decent gags inject just enough humour to keep the audience interested (the knock-out arriving in the form of a Jurassic Park-driven set piece), but a lacklustre and overly-sugary second half is punctuated only by a rather daring scenario in an improvised comedy club. The comedy as a whole is thankfully less in-your-face and shouty than a lot of contemporary American comedies, and whilst the slapstick is still serviceably funnier than the constant slew of pop-culture references, it delivers nothing to match the man-versus-bear brawl from the first Ted.
Mark Wahlberg still doesn't look completely at home in a purely comedic role, but Amanda Seyfried holds herself with a lot more confidence than her stint in A Million Ways, here playing a pop-culture ignorant lawyer named Samantha L. Jackson (boom boom). Ted himself is the centre of attention as always, but his wife Tami-Lynn (Jessica Barth) is just there as window-dressing and Giovanni Ribisi is dragged up yet again to be the Ted-obsessed weirdo as the mainstay of one too many unnecessary subplots.
All this might seem like small fry for a film billing itself as a comedy, but after the laugh-free ordeals of A Million Ways to Die in the West and Mortdecai, I'll take anything Ted 2 is ready to dish out…even if it's occasionally been copy-pasted directly from Family Guy.
Overstuffed with plot, short on coherence and only a touch more generous with it's humour, Ted 2 is a lacklustre sequel but not a total write-off


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Blockchain's Big Bang: Web 3.0
by Avivah Litan | August 8, 2019 | 7 Comments
The potential of blockchain is enormous as it will be a foundational protocol for the next generation Web 3.0 which we expect will overtake the current Web 2.0 in 5-7 years.
Here is how we define Web 3.0, the decentralized Web:
Source: Guidance for Assessing Blockchain Platforms, Homan Farahmand, Gartner.
See also Hype Cycle for Blockchain Technologies 2019 for Gartner writeup on Decentralized Web.
Web 3.0, the Decentralized Web, Defined
To summarize, blockchain technology will be a foundation protocol of Web 3.0, which will support peer to peer transactions and communications that eliminate the need and functions of Web 2.0 central authorities and 'gatekeepers' such as major search engines and social media sites. Blockchain-based peer to peer transactions will range from value transfers of cryptocurrencies and other digital assets, to anonymized identity information and financial accounts that users control.
Web 3.0 will transform us from Web 2.0's monetization via surveillance capitalism and advertising to monetization built directly into the protocol that is equally available to any connected user.
Pockets of Enterprise Blockchain Success
In the meantime we are seeing limited but noteworthy pockets of success in enterprise blockchain primarily in supply chain (asset tracking and provenance) and payment (mainly stablecoin, fiat token) use cases. The main reason why enterprise blockchain success is limited – aside from technology immaturity – is that the governance models are still basically centralized. They typically replace central authorities with task force/committee/consortium authority where a couple of players exert the most influence. The state of enterprise blockchain today is akin to EDI 3.0 and not much more than that, though it does have significant evolutionary value by leveraging a combination of transforming technologies including AI, IoT, and blockchain.
Blockchain's Big Bang
The big bang with for enterprises, when it comes blockchain, will not occur until businesses learn to participate in a truly decentralized model. That won't happen until we move to Web 3.0, and the technologies that support it are mature and scalable. At that point, users won't have to worry about blockchain protocols, just like today they don't worry about underlying Internet protocols.
Users and consumers, who in many cases will be their own application and content developers, will just have to worry about their decentralized applications and processes. The rest will just work. We may even get to a point of 'government for the people by the people' but that's for the libertarians to figure out.
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Looking forward to the big Web3 news!
Well said but wrong
Will happen sooner
this a great artacle avivah. my stepfarther workin for a blockchain company. it is the future.
Great but it will be no longer
Excellent analysis
I couldn't agree more. The blockchain infrastructure is being built and for the most part this is a stealth megatrend. Ask 10 random people if they've ever heard of blockchain and I doubt more than one has. I've even recently asked quite a few people who don't even know what bitcoin is! Great time to make your investments. It's like the internet in the early 90's. I can't wait for the future and all the benefits that will come from Blockchain as we gain back our privacy, drive out of business the platform tech companies and work toward a decentralized, safe and private web 3.0.
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"In 2017, the NHS Dorset Clinical Commissioning Group launched what were intended to be four test cases seeking clarification of the law concerning the deprivation of liberty of mentally capacitated adults. For various reasons, however, all of those applications, or in some cases that part of the application relating to the deprivation of liberty issue, were withdrawn, but not before the Official Solicitor had agreed to act for two of the respondents with the benefit of publicly-funded certificates and had incurred some legal costs. Subsequently, the Official Solicitor has applied for all or part of those costs to be paid by the applicant. This judgment sets out my decision on that costs application and the reasons for that decision."
|Public Guardian v DA (2018) EWCOP 26
LPA wording - euthanasia and multiple attorneys
"This judgment concerns two test cases brought by the Public Guardian, by applications made under s.23 and Schedule 1 paragraph 11 of the Mental Capacity Act 2005, regarding the validity of words in lasting powers of attorney ('LPAs'). The first concerns words relating to euthanasia or assisted suicide, whereas the second concerns words as to the appointment of multiple attorneys. Although the substance of the issues to which the words are directed is very different in the two cases, there is considerable overlap in the legal argument, the active parties were the same in the two sets of proceedings (the Public Guardian and the Official Solicitor) represented by the same counsel, and it is convenient to consider both cases in one judgment."


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In August 2016 everyone in Troop 407 packed up their bags to go to Camp Chawanakee, which is near Shaver Lake. We got there and chose tents. Our troop got a spot right by the lake. It was very rocky, but the views were breathtaking. In the morning, you could see carp jumping out of the water.
Summer camp is an opportunity to earn merit badges, awards, ranks, and many other badges. We had four stations to go every day, then there was free time, where you could do various activities, like swimming, mountain boarding, mountain biking, or do extra merit badges. Some people who didn't have merit badge classes during their free time went to the lake to fish.
On some days you could go to Polar Bear, which was at 6:00 a.m. You would participate in various activities, which included getting into the lake, which was warmer than the air outside. Then the staff would wait until you got used to the water then make you lay on the deck which would make you VERY cold. You would also get back in and do polar bear exercises and catch a sand fish, which is a clump of sand. Participants earned a patch for their commitment.
Some troops could participate in a canoe trip, which you would do at night, and then sleep on an island. The sun set while we were canoeing. When we got to the island there were no tents to set up; we just slept on the ground in our sleeping bags. The island was forested, but some of the trees were dead. We woke up really early, went back to our regular camp and ate breakfast there. The experience was really fun and taught us to be prepared for anything.
Near the very end of camp, the staff had an awards ceremony. Some participants earned various awards, including Elliott winning a prize for catching the heaviest fish of the week and Aiden winning Pilgrim Scout for being a good representative of the Scout Law. Several kids also earned the Hunter Award. The troop also earned awards including Wilson, which was awarded because we did a good job cleaning up our campsite, and the Horse stick, which was awarded to Jude, Zach and Zack for cleaning up every single bucket in the horse corral really quickly.
Summer camp was a great experience, and I'm sure all the Scouts can't wait until next year.