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Pastors, Connect the Dots Between Joy and Mission
Pastor John from 1985:
Just as God delights in his own glory by pouring it out in mercy for others to enjoy, so the chief end of man is not merely "to glorify God and enjoy him forever." Rather, this chief end is to double his joy in God by seeing it expanded and deepened as he pours it out in mercy for others to enjoy. Commenting on the Westminster Shorter Catechism ("The chief end of man is to glorify God and enjoy him forever.") [Dan] Fuller says,
This is not quite accurate, for it sets forth only man's penultimate, not ultimate, end. Great indeed will be our joy as we enter into the marvelous fellowship that exists between the Father and the Son. But that great joy will be greatly enhanced as we seek to bring others into the same joy of it. Wolfgang Goethe said, "A shared joy is a doubled joy." Only as we share our joy of the fellowship between the Father and the Son will that joy become a doubled joy. Jesus himself said (Acts 20:35) that "it is more blessed to give than to receive." Man's truly ultimate end, to use the words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, is to be "a man for others." And the best thing which we can do for others is to get them to experience in their own hearts the love whereby the Father has loved the Son. (Unity, VII-11)
In other words, the call to be a missionary is the call to maximum joy in this world and in the age to come.
Excerpted from A Vision of God for the Final Era of Frontier Missions.


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SNOW HILL — A Worcester County grand jury this week indicted a Dagsboro, Del. man accused of the murder of woman found dead in a roadside ditch in Whaleyville in June.
One week after being extradited to Worcester County, Matthew N. Burton, 28, of Dagsboro, was indicted by a Worcester County grand jury on eight separate counts including first-degree murder and first-degree rape in the death of Nicole Bennett, 35, of Millsboro, whose body was found on a roadside embankment in Whaleyville on the morning of June 15. The grand jury also indicted Burton on charges of second-degree murder, second-degree rape, a third- and fourth-degree sex offense, kidnapping and first-degree assault.
Burton, a registered Tier I sex offender in Delaware, worked as a custodian in the church where the victim also worked and where she was last seen alive the night before her body was discovered. Shortly before 9 a.m. on June 15, Worcester Central received a 911 call reporting the discovery of the body of a deceased woman in an embankment off Swamp Rd., a dirt road east of Nelson Rd. near Whaleyville.
DNA evidence gathered by crime scene technicians from the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division ultimately connected Burton to the crime. An autopsy conducted by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Baltimore determined Bennett was murdered and had been asphyxiated. Autopsy evidence also indicated Bennett was already dead when her body was left in the embankment off the dirt road in Whaleyville. Only after the grand jury indictment in Worcester County this week did it come to light she had also been allegedly sexually assaulted and raped by the suspect.
After the investigation, including DNA evidence, connected Burton to Bennett's murder, detectives consulted with the Worcester County State's Attorney's Office and a warrant for his arrest was obtained. Around 7:15 p.m. on July 7, the U.S. Marshal's Task Force, a warrant apprehension team, located Burton driving on Route 1 near Rehoboth Beach. Burton was apprehended on a subsequent traffic stop and was taken into custody. He was eventually extradicted to Worcester from Sussex County this month.
Following the Grand Jury's indictment, State's Attorney for Worcester County Beau Oglesby expressed sincere gratitude to the Office of the Sheriff for Worcester County, the Office of The Attorney General for Delaware, the Maryland State Police Homicide Unit, the Worcester County Bureau of Investigation, the Maryland State Police Forensic Sciences Division and The Delaware State Police for their hard work, dedication and tireless resolve.

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ROCHESTER — Rochester Opera House Productions presents David Mamet's 1984 Pulitzer Prize winning drama Glengarry Glen Ross from Thursday, April 25 to Saturday, May 4 with evening performances at 8 p.m. and matinees at 2 p.m. The audience is seated on stage with the actors for a uniquely intimate theater experience. Heather Glenn Wixson directs this intense drama that follows two days in the lives of four small-time cut-throat real estate agents as they try to grind out a living. The most successful salesman Ricky Roma (Jonathan Rockwood Hoar) is ruthless and immoral; the once-successful Shelly Levene (Peter Motson) has fallen on hard times; the aging George Aaronow (Robert Macadaeg) lacks confidence and hope and the bigmouthed salesman Dave Moss (Anthony Ejarque) has big plans to steal the best leads. For the salesmen, it's a never-ending scramble for their fair-share of the American Dream.
Seating is limited to 80. Expect strong language and adult situations. Cash bar. Patrons age 17 and under must be accompanied by an adult.
Reserve tickets ($16/$14) online at RochesterOperaHouse.com or call/stop by the box office (603) 335-1992, M/W/F from 10-5 and two hours before the show. The Rochester Opera House is located in City Hall, 31 Wakefield St.
The season continues with The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee June 6-16.


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Congress considers tax breaks from horse racing to stock car racing
Horse racing may be thought of as the sport of kings, but the National Thoroughbred Racing Association says breeders and stable owners need a tax break just like everybody else.
Stock car racing has a regal status among its followers, but NASCAR has its hands out, too, as do taxpayers in seven states with no income tax who pay state sales taxes and are able to deduct them from Uncle Sam's tax bill.
The three are among the strange bedfellows who benefit from targeted tax breaks that expired at the end of 2013 and that the Senate and House of Representatives are now looking to restore.
"I especially appreciate that (Congress) understands the continued importance of our industry and the contribution of the equine economy to job creation and added investment," said Alex Waldrop, the president of the thoroughbred racing association
The Senate legislation, which is expected to be voted on on the floor this week, combines more than 50 of the so-called tax extenders Congress awarded at different times for different constituencies, everything from helping families to pay for college, homeowners to deduct mortgage expenses, business to benefit by giving away food inventory, and to hire veterans. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-N.C., included that provision with a bill called "Hire a Hero."
The tax extenders bill would reinstate them for two years at a cost to the treasury of $85 billion. Supporters are facing some stiff opposition from the right and the left, who say they create favorites in the tax code.
"Congress is able to hide the true cost of these tax breaks by renewing them every two years," Steve Wamhoff, the legislative director for Citizens for Tax Justice, a liberal research center, said in a newspaper opinion piece. "But the truth is, if allowed to continue indefinitely, these corporate tax breaks will balloon the deficit by $700 billion over the next decade."
The diverse interests that see their tax breaks as a matter of fairness make for a colorful coalition. They also have powerful patrons.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., who represents one of the seven states with no state income tax, has championed the legislation enabling filers who itemize to deduct state sales taxes on federal returns. Taxpayers who pay state income taxes are able to deduct them.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., has led an effort to allow the racehorse industry _ a staple of the Blue Grass State _ to depreciate its product over a shorter period, three years instead of seven.
Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., who represents automotive interests, got the so-called NASCAR provision, which allows the depreciation of motor sport facilities over seven years instead of 15 or more, reinserted in the Senate Finance Committee bill last month. The panel's chairman, Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., had initially removed it from consideration.
Like virtually all the tax extenders, Stabenow's provision was popular. Among those that get the biggest raves is the sales tax deduction.
For years, taxpayers who itemize deductions in the seven states without state income taxes – Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming _ railed against not being able to deduct sales taxes. The 1986 Tax Reform Act wiped out that benefit. Two states, Tennessee and New Hampshire, tax dividends and interest income. The provision gives U.S. taxpayers who itemize the choice to deduct sales taxes or income taxes.
"We would like to make the state and local sales-tax deduction permanent and have parity with other states," Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., said at the Finance Committee hearing on the bill. "The 24 percent of Americans who claim state and local sales-tax deductions shouldn't constantly have to question whether they will be able to make that deduction."
The entire bill is a tougher sell for Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas. He wants to make the deductibility of state sales tax permanent, a huge issue for the Lone Star State, not just have it extended periodically. But other breaks trouble him.
Cornyn, the Senate minority whip and a Finance Committee member, said during a call with reporters that he supported many of the provisions but didn't like that so many tax breaks were collected in one package.
"This is a terrible way to do business, and it's going to produce a flawed product," he said.
Rep. Kevin Brady, R-Texas, a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, prefers the case-by-case approach his panel is taking with the extenders. He's confident that the House will make the sales tax deductibility permanent.
"Since it was reinstated in 2004, we've saved Texans $9.6 billion," Brady said in an interview.
The NASCAR provision is also popular. The International Speedway Corp., which owns 12 tracks _ including in Kansas City, Kan., Daytona Beach and Homestead, Fla., and Darlington, S.C. _ is an enthusiastic supporter.
"We spend $120 million to $150 million a year on capital improvements," International Speedway Corp. spokesman Lenny Santiago said.
The Daytona International Speedway, one of the most famous sites in racing, has just begun a $400 million stadium renovation. "These capital projects create a significant amount of economic opportunity," said Santiago.
But an increasingly loud chorus of naysayers is objecting to the tax breaks.
"In general, we view extenders as handouts to particular groups," said Barney Keller, a spokesman for the Club for Growth, a conservative fiscal policy organization. "All tax treatment should be fair and equal."
The group plans to "score" the Senate vote, meaning it will look favorably on members who vote against the bill.


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I have had the pleasure of knowing Sean Matheis for a couple of months now. We have traded video testimonies and I have even spoken at a his NTAP events. In the short time I have known him, the one thing that I can say he has the most of, is DRIVE. This guy has two modes, GO and DEAD! Sean is on top of his game and currently the #2 producer at the insurance company he works for, and it's a HUGE company. Sean also leads NTAP a really cool lunch time networking event. North Texas Association of Professionals has multiple chapters and Sean stays on top of them all. This week, Sean tells his story about how he has achieved such great success, in a short amount of time, in a down economy.
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John Tiranno
American tenor John Tiranno recently made his Italian debut in Rome at the Festival Internazionale di Musica e Arte Sacra singing the Saint-Saëns Requiem. The New York Times has called his singing "ardent and mellifluous" and in two recent reviews said he "sang pleasing" and was "a fine soloist".
Performances in 2011 include the aforementioned Saint-Saëns Requiem, the U.S. premiere of Juraj Filas' Oratio Spei – Requiem (Sacred Music in a Sacred Space), Bach's St. John Passion and César Franck's Mass in A (Saint Andrew Music Society), Rachmaninoff's Vespers (Musica Sacra), Bach's St. John Passionin Burlington, VT (Oriana Singers), a return to Teatro Grattacielo to sing Noro di Gozzo in I Compagnacci and Il Prete in Il Re, and Mozart's Coronation Massas part of the Make Music New York Festival. Upcoming appearances include his debut with the Florentine Opera as Elder Hayes in their production ofSusannah. 2010 engagements included creating the role of Trouble in Gisle Kverndokk's Max and Moritz (New York Opera Society), Hoffmann in Les contes d'Hoffmann (Hillman Opera – SUNY Fredonia), Belmonte in Mozart'sDie Entführung aus dem Serail (Concert Opera of Philadelphia), Captain Richard Warrington in Victor Herbert's Naughty Marietta (Light Opera of New York), Handel's Messiah (National Academy Orchestra of Canada) and Totonno in Wolf-Ferrari's I Gioielli della Madonna (Teatro Grattacielo).
His 2009 engagements included Handel's Messiah (Dayton Philharmonic), Haydn's Creation (Vermont Mozart Festival), the roles of Moussah and Ferkamnat in Fervaal (American Symphony Orchestra), Dr. Caius in Falstaffand 2nd Jew in Salome (Toledo Opera), Haydn's Theresienmesse(Distinguished Concerts International New York), and Gala Concerts with the Harrisburg Opera Association and Teatro Grattacielo.
Other credits include the Alfredo in Verdi's La Traviata (Granite State Opera), Mahler's Symphony No. 8 in Hamilton, Ontario (National Academy Orchestra of Canada), Lord Tolloller in Iolanthe (Nashville Opera), the title role in Gounod's Faust (Opera in the Heights), Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni (Opera Colorado), Beppe in Pagliacci (New York Grand Opera), Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor (Connecticut Grand Opera), Beethoven's Ninth Symphony(Vermont Mozart Festival), and the world premiere of Gregory Walker's The Passion According to St. Toscanini (Boulder Philharmonic), as well as appearances with Sarasota Opera, Lake George Opera, Boheme Opera of New Jersey, Augusta Opera, and the Ash Lawn Opera. Mr. Tiranno holds a BM from SUNY Fredonia, and a MM from West Virginia University, both in Vocal Performance. He is a past winner of the Dorothy Strayer-Premier Music Award and the Pittsburgh Concert Society Major Audition.


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Italy — Felt Ötztal X-Bionic team rider Natascha Binder, along with her teammate Bettina Dietzen, rode to a second-place overall finish in the women's category at the grueling eight-day TransAlp race. The marathon off-road race started in Füssen, Germany, and finished in Riva, Italy.
Covering close to 600 kilometers and nearly 20,000 meters of climbing, TransAlp is considered one of the toughest off-road endurance events in the world. Binder and Dietzen, both from Germany, finished second to Anna-Sofie and Kristine Norgaard, two sisters from Denmark.
"I never thought that we would be able to land on the podium," Binder said afterward. "Our second place overall is fantastic, especially because Katrin Neumann and Daniele Troesch were always right on our heels."


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A cartoon by Leigh Rubin
Disclaimer. After nearly 40 years managing money for some of the largest life offices and investment managers in the world, I think I have something to offer. These days I'm retired, and I can't by law give you advice. While I do make mistakes, I try hard to do my analysis thoroughly, and to make sure my data are correct (old habits die hard!) Also, don't ask me why I called it "Volewica". It's too late, now.
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Romantic Wooden Tree House Interior Design For Romantic Couple
Hello, buddies! Have you ever seen tree house? Or may be have you ever had it? Yes? Great! Having a tree house is an wonderful excitement. Because we can see beautiful surrounding from the height. And those for you who has not know about tree house, I will show you some pictures about it.
A tree house is a house which is built in big tree. So that, you will have house which is in height. Based on this picture, this tree house is design in small size. And I think it is perfect for the romantic couple. Why? Because, this tree house is decorated for the lovers.
This house is in wooden design. It is built in height so that you will need a stairs to go inside. In this tree house, you will only find the white bed. This bed is combined with white pillows. To make romantic impression, put the rose flowers or petals in your white bed. Then near the bed, there is a warm whirlpool.Read more »


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There's no doubt everyone in the region wants an easier way to get to and from Hilton Head Island from the greater Bluffton area. What is under discussion is the priority of the U.S. 278 flyover bridge that would connect Bluffton Parkway's intersection with Buckingham Plantation Drive to the bridge over Hilton Head.
This route obviously would alleviate traffic from U.S. 278 and also provide an alternate route off the island in the event of a hurricane or other emergency situation.
Recently, Beaufort County received approval from transportation agencies to accept a bid for the bridge after contract issues had delayed the project. Project bids received this past summer were returned by state and federal agencies mainly because of issues "complying with wage regulation and Davis-Bacon Act requirements," said Rob McFee, director of engineering and infrastructure, in a Bluffton Today story a week ago.
At issue now is the new cost of the U.S. 278 flyover project which is at about $36.7 million.
Fuel and labor costs resulted in a higher project cost and county officials are left exploring options on how to best meet that shortfall.
County Council discussed the project Monday and Gary Kubic, county administrator, did what we would expect him to do. Kubic said he would bring back information and recommendations to County Council for review in about 10 working days.
The flyover bridge contract does require County Council approval. The proposed contract suggests contruction would begin before the end of the year and take between 24 and 30 months to complete.
County officials will consider other funding sources to come up with the funding for the project in all likelihood. But what must not be forgotten in all of this is that voters - when they agreed to penny sales tax to fund road improvements - were in favor of the flyover bridge. It was on the list of top projects.
While there has been a lot of opposition from mostly Hilton Head residents about the aesthetics of the flyover bridge, the bottom line is that the bridge is needed for transportation and evacuation.
About $15 million of the project's cost is expected from state and federal funds. Fees on development and penny sales tax funds were also expected to make up the difference.
We suggest the county take its time and explore what the options are for approving and moving forward with the project. We know county officials will be good stewards of taxpayers' money and do the right thing on this project.
The county does have a contingency fund it could turn to. We would expect the county to look elsewhere before going that route.
If in the end the project is priority, the county will find a way to pay for its increased cost. We don't expect the resolution is to ask for more public money.
A sound analysis is expected and that's what we pay our county administrator to do along with the elected officials who will help him make the final decision. That decision is one that should be good for the greater good of Beaufort County.


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A Sustainable Hunger
Event Date:September 6, 2012 - 7:00pm
Location:Mantova, Italy
"A Sustainable Hunger" with Danielle Nierenberg and Andrea Segrè
From September 5 to 9, the Italian city of Mantova will host Festivaletteratura—a festival of literature. Nourishing the Planet director Danielle Nierenberg will speak alongside Andrea Segrè, professor of agricultural policy at the University of Bologna, about noteworthy innovations in sustainable agriculture. The talk is titled, "A Sustainable Hunger," and will feature discussion of the Barilla Center for Food and Nutrition's (BCFN) new book, Eating Planet: Challenge for Mankind and the Planet, which examines the effects of individual eating habits on health and the environment.
Click here to learn more about Festivaletteratura.


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CRESTVIEW � National Grandparents Day is Sunday, but Riverside Elementary School invited students� grandparents to get a head start on the occasion throughout the week.
CRESTVIEW � National Grandparents Day is Sunday, but Riverside Elementary School invited students� grandparents to get a head start on the occasion throughout the week.
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Grandparents could attend classes at each grade level and enjoy eating snacks with their grandchildren. The event allowed Riverside to give back to some of its most loyal supporters, Principal Tammy Matz said.
"When we have any awards ceremonies or (school) plays at the end of the year, we had just as many grandparents as parents in attendance,� she said.
Many attending grandparents are from North Okaloosa County, but some visited from out of town.
Richard and Sandra Borie, of Old Town, Fla., visited the school twice this week to see grandchildren, Bryce, 6, and Brock Dugan, 5.
"They are active boys; they were excited about us visiting," Richard said, adding he was impressed with Brock's first-grade class.
"They ran a very good, tight ship," Richard said. "It's very fast-paced and very in depth."
Chad and Tammy Rowan, visiting from Palm Springs, Calif., were already familiar with the school when they arrived for the grandparent's day event. Their first visit was Aug. 20, Brandon's first day of kindergarten at Riverside.
"It's a great idea to get the grandparents involved," Chad said.
Tina Krug ─who visited her 5-year-old grandson, Jayden Morrison ─agreed.
"I was looking forward to this," Krug said. "I think this is a great school."
Jayden was happy to see his grandmother.
"I knew my grandmom would come � because she promised," he said.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Matthew Brown at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbMatthew.


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I recently attended a "course" and the instructor told us that when testing the Class II insulation test on an appliance with no metalwork, to hold the probe against an arbitrary part of the plastic enclosure and do the test like that.
To me, this seems like a pointless exercise. The chances of placing the probe over a part of the case that is failing invisibly seems remote. (If the case were cracked, you'd see it during inspection.)
I can fully understand probing any and all pieces of metal and screws (If present) but can't see why probing a random point on the plastic case would be a satisfactory test. It wouldn't be repeatable in any event but can't see what it hopes to achieve.


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I have three things to report, in chronological order:
1) I finished the covers and inside front/back pages for John Henry Split My Heart, which is now available to buy from my Etsy Shop, despite the fact that I still haven't printed any physical copies of it yet. I will be getting a batch done up either tomorrow or early next week though, and if I do sell 500 copies all of a sudden it won't be hard to print on demand...I hope.
2) I listened to the pilot episode of North East Geek Feast, which is a podcast created by comics cohorts Daniel Clifford and Lily Daniels. It features a documentary about the Paper Jam Comics Collective that I'm always blathering on about and that I'm sure at least the majority of you, the readership, have no idea about - if you need more reason to listen, it also has reviews, interviews and a heart in the right place. You'll even get to hear my radio-unfriendly barritone mumblings crashing through the niceness like a miniature wrecking ball.
3) I finished my submission to the forthcoming History...and that comics anthology, by aforementioned Paper Jam Comics Collective. My strip is rather gothically called "Anna & The Absence of God" and it's two pages of melodramatic speculative fiction based on a real person who existed in a real place during a specific time. It's taken from a book/film that I'm quite hopelessly obsessed with and if I had to rate it, I would say it was... adequate. Here's a panel:
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Triumph in the Absence of God
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Wednesday, 21 April 2010
The Hermit Emerges from his Hovel
Father, it's been over a month since my last blogfession, my only sin being precisely that. Otherwise, I've been a relatively normal, functioning member of society, and even got a lot of artwork produced too. But before all of that, I'd like to share with you the single greatest achievement of my professional career. A moment that not only inflated my ego to way past its bed time but also validated my existence and the amount of said existence I've wasted toiling away at comics. I got an e-mail from my all-time favourite creator and single biggest source of inspiration and awe... Mr. F. C. Ware himself.
The e-mail wasn't to tell me he thought I was the next big thing, or that he was emotionally floored by my work, but it was encouraging, helpful and substancial, and above all - CHRIS WARE READ MY COMICS! Gods of pen and ink be praised.
In other news, I did a 24 Hour Comic as part of the P.R.E.S.S. event at the Tyneside Cinema and I intend to put it out in a book, I've written an introduction and produced a front and back cover, so as soon as the last bits are done and I have two pennies to rub together it'll be in my Etsy Shop and on the shelves at Travelling Man. Here's a peak:
I also just today finished the cover for O'Messy Life's 3rd EP entitled O'Messy Life and The Quarter Life Crisis of Conan. As per Mr. Littlefair's request, it is a truly gorey scene indeed. Behold:
The EP itself is set for release at the end of next month so you'll no doubt see plenty of promo in and around the Newcastle area. I recommend going to the show as well, they are a splendid outfit of absurdly talented people who play a great live set.
Work continues on The Big Bang, I definitely haven't forgotten about it, it will come out, honest. Promise. I also had a request to make the "Sea Food" design I created for Boreal into a print, so you can pick one of those up from my Etsy Shop if it takes your fancy!
Updates soon, maybe!
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Graduation season officially began here in Alamance County on Saturday when more than 10,000 people watched 1,182 freshly minted Elon University alums collect their diplomas and head off into what is commonly known as the real world.
That�s right, time to get a job. Go to work. Get paid. Make mom and dad even more proud � or at least relieved.
But according to recently conducted surveys, it�s not that simple. Rasmussen polling, for example, finds that 45 percent of Americans believe finding a job will be very difficult for college graduates this year. Nearly 90 percent think it will be somewhat difficult.
Believe it or not, those numbers are an improvement over a year ago when 53 percent thought it would be very difficult to find work after leaving college.
And how did things turn out for the Class of 2012? Hmmm.
For high school graduates, whose time under caps and gowns is coming in a couple of weeks, the outlook is also decidedly mixed. Unemployment in North Carolina remains above the national average, even though it�s now in the 8 percent range. According to Rasmussen, only 21 percent of those polled believe high school graduates have the skills needed to enter the work force. Yet, college is no guarantee of success either.
Some other numbers to ponder:
▪ Younger people are much more optimistic than their moms and dads. Those ages 18 to 39 are less likely than their elders to describe the job path for recent graduates as very difficult.
▪ Twenty-four percent of all Americans have someone in their family who is graduating from high school or college this spring, showing no change from past years.
▪ Fifty-nine percent believe the primary purpose for attending college is to learn the skills needed to get a better job. Not sure some higher education programs see it that way.
▪ People emerging from colleges view the glass as half full and then some despite evidence to the contrary. A poll conducted by Accenture found that only 15 percent of the respondents expect to earn less than $25,000 a year, but 32 percent of grads from the previous two years are earning those salaries.
▪ Nearly two-thirds expect to find jobs in their field of study. Only half of recent college grads have succeeded in doing this, Accenture reports.
▪ Among people who graduated in 2011 and 2012, 41 percent are currently underemployed or working in jobs that do not require a college degree.
According to MoneyWatch, there is a definite gap between what potential employers are looking for and what new grads are expecting to find in the workplace. Employers want new hires to come in fully prepared for the job at hand with limited formal training. New grads, on the other hand, expect thorough training, strong starting pay and exceptional benefits.
As a result, employers believe college graduates are unprepared for the available jobs. College grads, on the other hand, believe themselves overqualified for what�s being offered.
It�s a classic conundrum.
Our advice to new graduates from universities, colleges or high schools would be the following: The way to attract the attention of employers is to make yourself invaluable. Understand the job thoroughly, do research and sell employers on the idea that there is but one worthy candidate. Expect nothing and deliver mightily on everything promised.
That�s not guaranteed to get job applicants ahead. But it certainly can�t hurt.


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The Australian Institute of Genealogical Studies Inc. was founded in 1973 and is a member of the Federation of Family History Societies and a founding member of the Australasian Federation of Family History Organisations Inc.
The AIGS has an extensive reference and research library of Australian records plus an archive devoted to the histories of Australian families and related material. We hold one of the widest collections of English and Welsh parish records in Australia - on microfilm, microfiche, CDs, periodicals and journals including many early records which are not available and may never be available on the internet. AIGS has a network of computers offering access to licensed CDs and internet subscriptions such as Ancestry and Findmypast.
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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tony Horwitz travels a far distance in A Voyage Long and Strange only to finally hear the truth from the Rev. Peter Gomes of Harvard University's Memorial Church. "Myth is more important than history," Mr. Gomes tells him. "Myth trumps fact, always does, always has, always will."
Horwitz, author of the bestselling "Confederates in the Attic," skillfully combines history and travel in this entertaining, insightful account of his road trip into America's past. The trip was spurred by Horwitz's horrified discovery that, despite his history degree from a prestigious US university, he knew almost nothing about the first Europeans to arrive in America – in other words the "awful lot" of stuff that happened "between Columbus and the Pilgrims."
What Horwitz discovers as he travels takes much of the sheen off the events glorified in our grammar school history books.
Fittingly, he begins his odyssey at the "mythical" birthplace of America, Plymouth Rock. Moving backward in time, he then travels to Newfoundland, seeking traces of Viking Leif Eriksson and the Norse settlement he established there in AD 1000. Instead, he finds frigid temperatures and barren landscapes. (At the site of a disappointing Viking settlement, Horwitz asks a man in a parked car about Vikings: "No Vikings here, never were," the man says, "They'd a found a better place than this.")
Horwitz stays ever in motion. He visits Newfoundland's Micmac tribe (whose descendants probably chased out the Vikings), follows Christopher Columbus to the Dominican Republic, conquistadors Ponce de León into Florida, Francisco Coronado into America's Southwest, and Hernando de Soto across the American South.
Like travel writer Bill Bryson, Horwitz has a penchant for meeting colorful characters and getting himself into bizarre situations. In a moment reminiscent of "Confederates in the Attic" (Horwitz's book about Civil War reenactors), he travels with a group of Florida's conquistador reenactors and even dons their heavy Spanish armor, in which he "lurched and creaked like the Tin Man."
In St. Augustine, Fla., the oldest permanent European settlement in the country (founded in 1565), Horwitz bemoans the "Disneyfication" of the city's long history, with Spain's decidedly mixed legacy being sanitized and turned into what Horwitz views as tourist-friendly hucksterism. (Given the brutal behavior of many of the Spanish conquistadors, a disgruntled employee of the St. Augustine tourist industry tells Horwitz that, "Celebrating them is like idolizing Charles Manson.")
Horwitz also focuses on the failed English settlement on Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and the nearly-failed settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. He describes Capt. John Smith, a leader at Jamestown whose writings would encourage the Plymouth settlers, as a quintessential American for putting his commercial interests above the truth. (Horwitz notes that Smith's wondrous – if factually questionable – accounts of the Jamestown settlement were "published as propaganda for the Virginia Company." ) [Editor's note: The original version incorrectly located Roanoke Island.]
Horwitz finishes his journey back in Plymouth again – now feeling sadder but wiser. He ponders biologist Stephen Jay Gould's assertion that human beings "have a psychic need for an indigenous creation myth." In the case of the United States, he realizes, the truth is that "the country's European founding was slow and messy."
Fortunately for us, the voyage that brings Horwitz to this understanding is rich with reading pleasure.
• Chuck Leddy is a freelance writer and member of the National Book Critics Circle.


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Yankees Sign Mark Teixeira; Manny Ramirez, Adam Dunn Out of the Picture
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The Los Angeles Times reports that the Angels will never have anything to do with Manny Ramirez either. Sounds like they've learned their lesson a bit too late when it comes to dealing with Scott Boras.
And the Orange County Register reports that Tony Reagins says Adam Dunn won't be an Angel.
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There's percolating sounds that a good dog makes when she is happy and healthy and sitting next to her mom and/or dad. It's like these little wet noises of pleasure, that coincide with brief petting, getting those doggie endorphins going, hands between long limbs and touching the warmth within, like you are stoking a dog fire.
I often can't believe the simple yet overwhelming joy I get from holding/ witnessing/caring for my animals. Life is too much at times, and people don't give you the quiet assurance you need. If you put your hand unexpectedly in between someone's arm and body, it's likely you will get a punch.
A dog, a nice one that is – will give you a look of gratitude, close her eyes in reverie, breathe long and hard and deep to show you she is taking all that good feeling inside, storing it up for later, dog dreams still yet to be dreamt, magnificent fields full of balls and you and her alone but for the squirrels in the trees.


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The linear superstructure of the Salón de Pinos is the element that organises the continuity of the paths along the right bank of the river. It is almost entirely built above the tunnels and has an average width of 30 metres. Over the concrete slab covering the roadway, more than 9,000 units of different species of pine have been planted, of diverse sizes, shapes and groupings within a framework of woodland planting.
The specimens have been selected principally from fields in which there was the possibility of extracting plants with natural morphologies (non-linear trunks, double trunks, leaning trunks, etc.). Thus, a controlled extension of the pine forests in the mountains located to the north of Madrid is achieved, which appear to extend to the edges of the city. These trees have been anchored to the slabs of the tunnels with steel cables and biodegradable supports, to improve their stability and the horizontal growth of their roots over the available plots of land. On this walk, structures of great heritage and urban value can frequently be encountered. Two symbolic examples of this intersection are the historical bridges of Segovia (1582) and Toledo (1732). In these enclaves the Salón acts in a particular way, expanding its limits and offering a specific design, with deciduous riverbank trees, rows of hedges and stone benches. The activities incorporated into the Salón are done so with a coherent language akin to the forest. A clear example of this procedure is the set of children's play areas, which are specifically designed as a complete system of natural forms.
The connection of the town centre and the La Latina district with the Casa de Campo had been inaccessible to pedestrians for a long time. The new form of contact, which is now possible thanks to the cars disappearing underground, has been solved through various interventions that take on the monumental and panoramic nature of the area, where the elevated skirting of the Palacio Real (the first seed of the founding of the city) makes contact with the river. Different solutions have been proposed paying close attention to the context in which they are located: the Explanada del Rey, an open space paved with a figurative pattern, serves as a great entrance hall to the Casa de Campo. The Huerta de la Partida, which are enclosed grounds in which rows of different fruit trees have been planted (pear, apple, white mulberry, pomegranate, fig, walnut, hazelnut, etc.), has an extraordinary viewing platform of the skyline of the ancient city.
The Avenida de Portugal, which has been turned into a boulevard paved with Portuguese cobblestones, and populated with four species of cherry trees (Prunus avium, Prunus avium plena, Prunus yedoensis and Prunus padus watererii), allows one to contemplate the spectacular blossoming that lasts for more than a month in springtime. Lastly, the Jardines de La Virgen del Puerto, on the other bank of the river, structured through the arrangement of the formal gardens laid out according to the axes of the main urban features of the area: the Puente de Segovia, the Puente del Rey, the Avenida de Portugal and the Puerta del Rey, which have been restored and relocated according to the data available in the historic cartography of Madrid.
On the left bank the course of the river separates itself from the city. The main project on this bank is the new Parque de la Arganzuela, built over the former communal pasture meadows. In these surroundings the Matadero Municipal (Municipal Slaughterhouse) was built, as a notable example of post-industrial architecture of the second decade of the twentieth century. With the underground tunneling of the motorway, Madrid now had at this point 33 hectares of free space at its disposal, making up the largest park of the project. It has been conceived as a large space from which the river had withdrawn leaving its ancestral print. It is organized around different lines crossing each other like tracks over which the water passed, leaving spaces for different usage between them. These lines, of a marked longitudinal nature, are the paths of various kinds, running through the space from north to south. A flatter and wider path (el Camino Rápido), a more curvy and sloping one (el Camino Lento), and a rocky strip with leafy borders (el Arroyo Seco), act as the vertebrae of the centre of the park.
The construction of the space was conceived as a large grove, which contains various kinds of landscape, some more natural and others more constructed, made up of a variety of species, heights, densities and textures. Thus, the park, envisaged as a remnant of the river basin, incorporates three botanical areas: Mediterranean wood, Atlantic wood and riverbank foliage. The nature of these interior landscapes is related to the longitudinal lines of the park, with trees following the paths and trails, and groves and woods emerging over the topography. The texture of the wood alternates with areas planted with aromatic plants between the paths and the Arroyo Seco. Following the left bank of the river, a humid green strip is set out, with a meadow sloping down towards the river.
A group of ornamental fountains and a set of three elliptical sheets of pure water introduce this element as a narrative material relating the different associations of vegetation. Each fountain presents a different sonorousness and visual game and is surrounded by little slopes planted with fruit trees that refer to the image of the gardens of legends or of paradise. The interwoven lines that structure the park allow for the formation of enclosures in which extensive recreational facilities for users of all ages have been placed. In it, a football pitch has been included, as well as two skating rinks and three large children's play areas. The park also incorporates a centre devoted to the creation of contemporary art, Matadero Madrid, within which are considerable cultural resources. Across the paths one can access the buildings of the old slaughterhouse, whose refurbishment was completed in April 2011. The design of the paths allows an understanding of the relationship between the Matadero and the park as a continuous element between the river and the city.
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This chapter includes information related to the Directory Service Control Center (DSCC) interface and to DSCC configuration. The chapter covers the following topics:
The Directory Service Control Center (DSCC) is a user interface that enables you to manage Directory Servers and Directory Proxy Servers by using a browser.
To configure DSCC, see Configuring DSCC. For information about using DSCC, see the following sections.
DSCC has a few administration logins.
OS user. Creates a server instance and is the only user who has the right to run operating system commands on a server instance by using the dsadm command. DSCC might request the OS user password in some cases. This user must have a password and must be able to create directory server instances.
Directory Manager. The LDAP superuser for a server. The default DN is cn=Directory Manager.
Directory Administrator. Administers a Directory Server. This user has the same rights as the Directory Manager but are subject to access controls, password policies, and authentication requirements. You can create as many Directory Administrators as you need.
Directory Service Manager. Manages server configuration and data on multiple machines through DSCC. This user has the same rights as the Directory Manager for each of the servers registered in DSCC and is a member of the Directory Administrators Group.
If you experience any difficulty accessing DSCC, see Chapter 8, Troubleshooting DSCC Problems, in Oracle Fusion Middleware Troubleshooting Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Ensure that DSCC has been correctly installed, as described in Chapter 2, Installing Directory Server Enterprise Edition, in Oracle Fusion Middleware Installation Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.
Access DSCC directly in your preferred application server by typing the DSCC host URL. DSCC host URL can be any of the following depending on the configuration of your application server.
where hostname is the system on which you installed the DSCC software.
Log in to DSCC.
If this is the first time that you log in to DSCC, you must set the Directory Service Manager password. On subsequent logins, use the password that you set on the first login.
You are now logged into DSCC and at the Common Tasks tab.
Navigate by using the tabs.
The Common Tasks tab contains shortcuts to commonly used windows and wizards.
The Directory Servers tab displays all Directory Servers managed by DSCC. To see more options for managing and configuring a particular server, click the server name.
The Proxy Servers tab displays all Directory Proxy Servers managed by DSCC. To see more options for managing and configuring a particular server, click the server name.
For instructions on how to perform tasks using DSCC, see the DSCConline help.
Following are the commands that help you work with DSCC.
The dsccsetup command helps in setting up DSCC. When used with appropriate subcommands, the dsccsetup command performs the operations such as creating the DSCC registry, initializing DSCC after installation, and registering local agents of the administration framework.
For more information, see dsccsetup(1M)
The dsccreg command registers Directory Server and Directory Proxy Server instances with DSCC.
For more information, see dsccreg(1M)
Use the tabs in DSCC to navigate the interface.
The Common Tasks tab (see Figure 29–1) is the first interface that you see when opening DSCC. It contains links to commonly used administrative tasks, such as searching directory data, checking logs, and managing servers.
The Directory Servers tab (see Figure 29–2) lists all directory servers registered in DSCC. For each server, you can see the server status and instance path, which shows where the instance is located.
When you click a server name, you see another window with a different set of tabs that relate only to that server.
The Proxy Servers tab lists all the directory proxy servers that are registered in DSCC. For each server, you can see the server status and the server instance path, which shows where the instance resides.
When you click a server name, you see another window with a different set of tabs that relate only to that server.
The Server Groups tab enables you to assign servers to groups, to make server management easier. If you have numerous servers, you can use filters to display only the servers in a certain group. You can also copy the server configuration (for example index or cache settings) from one server to all other servers in a group.
This tab displays DSCC port numbers and allows you to create and delete Directory Service Managers.
The online help provides the following:
Context-sensitive help for the page you are currently using.
General help for performing administration and configuration procedures using DSCC.
You can access help from most pages by clicking the Help button on the top right corner of the screen. From within a wizard, you can access help by clicking the Help tab. You can also access the online help from the Common Tasks tab.
This section provides the following information about configuring DSCC:
The default common agent container port number is 11162. The common agent container defines the DSCC agent port as jmxmp-connector-port. If for administrative reasons you need to use a different port number for the DSCC agent and common agent container, use the following procedure.
You cannot use DSCC to perform this task. Use the command line, as described in this procedure.
For native packages installation, verify the existing port number for jmxmp-connector-port. You must be root to perform this operation.
$ su Password: # cacaoadm list-params ... jmxmp-connector-port=11162 ...
Change the DSCC agent port number.
The common agent container must be stopped when changing the DSCC agent port number.
# cacaoadm stop # cacaoadm set-param jmxmp-connector-port=new-port # cacaoadm start
For the location of this command, see Command Locations.
In DSCC, unregister your servers, and then reregister them using the new DSCC agent port number.
In addition, when you create a new server, you must specify the non-default DSCC agent port number.
To reset the Directory Service Manager password, use DSCC, as described in this procedure.
Access DSCC as described in To Access DSCC.
Click the Settings tab, then choose Directory Service Managers.
Click the name of the Directory Service Manager for which you want to change the password.
In the properties screen, enter the new password.
Confirm the new password by typing it again in the Confirm Password field. Click OK to save your changes.
For information about troubleshooting DSCC, see Chapter 8, Troubleshooting DSCC Problems, in Oracle Fusion Middleware Troubleshooting Guide for Oracle Directory Server Enterprise Edition.


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The Rev. Kendra Mohn, '05, is the 2014 alum-in-residence at Luther Seminary. In March, she visited campus for a week to engage with students and faculty in various areas of seminary life. Mohn spoke of what it can be like for alumni who do not have a continued connection like the one she experienced.
"Once you leave Luther, it freezes in your memory and you move on. So when changes happen at the seminary, there can be a sense of grief and loss among alumni. They aren't as involved in what's happening so they lose that heart connection that was tied to a beloved professor who taught them or a building they lived in," she says.
By being on campus in this role, Kendra was able to forge new connections, which she plans to share with fellow alumni. "One role of the alumni council and the alum-in-residence is to invest in what's happening and changing in order to keep alumni connected with the current reality of Luther Seminary," Mohn says. "In this way, alumni can encourage people to come to the Luther of today versus what existed when they were in attendance."
Spending time in the classroom was an opportunity for Mohn to help students consider relationships between what they are experiencing at seminary and what they may find in the parish or other ministries. Nine years of experience meant that Mohn heard familiar lectures in different ways. "Now I see people's faces and stories as I sort through the theological issues. They're not abstract concepts anymore."
It is not only Mohn's perspective that has changed. It was clear to her that the institution has undergone significant transition as well. Certain cultural changes were noticeable to Mohn—the increased use of digital media and online resources for learning, the number of laptops in a classroom and even chapel's incorporation of different liturgies and styles of music. Mohn found herself grateful for both her own experience and these new campus experiences simultaneously.
Mohn also spoke appreciatively of the new teaching styles she witnessed. "I saw cutting-edge teaching innovation and classroom discussion around issues we didn't talk about when I was here. I enjoyed watching students develop their theological and biblical knowledge of contemporary issues that we are facing in congregations."
When asked what messages she hoped to bring back to the alumni council, Mohn was quick to reply. "I want to tell them about the new professors I met and encourage them to watch for their publications. I want to talk about the feelings on campus, how I noticed a sense of forward momentum and an authenticity in addressing issues head on. You can see good work happening. And I want to share how struck I've been by how thoughtful, excited and serious students are. I witnessed a healthy sense of trepidation. You can tell they'll be great by how they approach their course work."
If you've been looking for a reason to visit campus, Mohn is willing to oblige. "It's a great time to come back as alumni. It's fun to experience campus life again and it's exciting to hear people talk about all that is going on. Being back in this environment has been really nice."
Kendra Mohn, '05, is a doctoral student in New Testament at Brite Divinity School. She also serves as co-pastor with her husband, Erik Gronberg '05, at Trinity Lutheran Church near downtown Fort Worth, Texas.
Pastor Leland Armbright, '05, joined the alumni council in 2006 while serving at a two-point parish near Moorhead, Minn. By 2009, Armbright was chairing the council.
In this leadership role, he encouraged many of his peers to serve as the alumni-in-residence at Luther Seminary. The alum-in-residence stays on campus for approximately one week and preaches in chapel, speaks in seminary classes, meets with faculty members, visits formally and informally with students and eats meals in the dining room. Now that he's stepped down from the chair, Armbright only needed to look in the mirror to fill the role for 2013.
Armbright, who earned a Master of Divinity at Luther Seminary, now serves Mountain View Lutheran Church, one of the largest congregations in the ELCA that is located just outside Phoenix.
2012, The Rev. Kathy Valan, '96
2011, The Rev. Pat Lehrer, '94
2010, The Rev. Greg Van Dunk, '85
2009, The Rev. Mary Hannah Rowe, '75
2007, The Rev. Steve Holm, '71
2006, The Rev. Kathleen McCallum Sachse, '99
2005, The Rev. Steven Wigdahl, '84
2004, The Rev. Jon Lee, Dallas Texas
2003, The Rev. Ron Vignec, Tacoma, Wash.
2002, The Rev. Mark Reitan, Lynwood, Wash.
2001, The Rev. Mary Lou Baumgartner, Toledo, Ohio
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When I first heard about the book Ice Cream Happy Hour, which contains 50 recipes for spiked ice cream, I had two questions: How do you keep kids from eating it, and how does the ice cream set since alcohol doesn't typically freeze well? Authors Valerie Lum and Jenise Addison don't answer question one (my answer is to hide the ice cream behind the frozen broccoli), but they do answer question two right in the preface. Mixing the alcohol with gelatin prior to stirring it into the ice cream allows the alcohol to freeze and yields a properly creamy end result (don't worry, the ice cream doesn't have the consistency of jello shots – you won't even notice the gelatin).
Since butter pecan ice cream has always been a favorite of mine, I immediately knew that I wanted to try the butter pecan brandy ice cream. The butter pecan brandy ice cream came out just as I had hoped: a cross between a traditional butter pecan ice cream and a strong egg nog.
I'm sharing the butter pecan brandy ice cream recipe below, but there are so many other flavors in Ice Cream Happy Hour that you might want to try – like Irish coffee ice cream, chocolate martini ice cream, and strawberry daiquiri ice cream. I'll be giving a couple of copies of Ice Cream Happy Hour away later this week, so be sure to check back for the details.
Butter Pecan Brandy Ice Cream Recipe
I loved and hated that each recipe in Ice Cream Happy Hour followed a similar formula explained in detail at the beginning of the book. As you follow any recipe, you have to keep flipping back to the beginning for the specifics about how to perform each of the steps. While the flipping can be frustrating the first time you make a recipe from the book, once you learn the ice cream-making process, the book's layout ends up being a positive thing. You'll be able to quickly see what makes each recipe different without reading the basics over and over again.
Here's the butter pecan brandy recipe from Ice Cream Happy hour. I've modified the wording slightly and also used buttered pecans instead of the candied pecans called for in the original recipe.
Butter Pecan Brandy Ice Cream From Ice Cream Happy Hour
- 1 cup milk
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 1 vanilla bean
- 4 egg yolks
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
- 1/3 cup cold water
- 1 packet 1 tablespoon gelatin
- 1/4 cup cold refrigerated brandy
- 4 tablespoons butter
- 2 cups pecans roughly chopped
- pinch of salt
1. Steep the vanilla beans in the milk.
- Combine the milk, heavy cream, seeds from the vanilla bean, and the vanilla bean itself in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
- Bring the mixture to scalding (just before it begins to boil).
- Once the milk mixture is scalding, remove the pan from the heat and cover it. After about 15 minutes, remove the vanilla bean pod.
2. Prepare the custard.
- Reheat the milk mixture back up to scalding.
- While the milk mixture heats to scalding, whisk together the egg yolks, brown sugar, and cornstarch in a medium bowl until slightly fluffy.
- Gently stream about one-third of the hot milk mixture into the eggs while whisking continuously. It's important to whisk while streaming the hot milk. If you just pour in the hot milk and then whisk, you may get scrambled eggs.
- Pour the egg and milk mixture into the rest of the milk mixture in the sauce pan and stir continuously on low heat. Make sure you scrape the bottom evenly while you continuously stir. The custard is thick enough when you can draw a line on the back of the spoon with your finger and the line retains its shape.
3. Strain and chill.
- Strain the custard through a fine-mesh strainer into a heatproof container (I just used a glass bowl).
- Cover with plastic wrap so that the wrap is directly touching the entire surface of the custard. (So, don't just wrap the bowl. Actually press the wrap against the custard itself.) This prevents a skin from developing.
- Transfer the container to an ice bath (put the bowl of custard inside another bowl filled with ice water) and cool for about 30 minutes to stop the cooking process.
- Transfer the container to the refrigerator. Chill until the custard is completely cold, at least 8 hours.
4. Spike the custard.
- Once the custard is completely cold, pour the 1/3 cup of water into a small saucepan or microwave-safe container and evenly sprinkle the gelatin on top. Allow to sit until the gelatin appears to have absorbed as much water as it can, about 2 minutes.
- Gently warm over low heat and stir until the gelatin is completely dissolved into the liquid, about 3 minutes.
- Pour the gelatin into a medium bowl and whisk in the refrigerated brandy until combined.
- Stream the alcohol and gelatin mixture through a fine-mesh strainer into the chilled custard and whisk until thoroughly blended.
5. Churn.
- Pour the cold custard immediately into the ice cream maker and churn for at least 20 minutes, or as directed. Due to the alcohol content, you may wish to churn it longer to get the desired thickness.
6. Make the buttered pecans.
- Melt the butter in a medium-sized skillet over low heat.
- When the butter just begins to brown, add the pecans and salt.
- Cook for about 8 minutes, stirring regularly (to ensure that all sides of the nuts are coated) until most of the butter is absorbed into the pecans.
- Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
7. Add the buttered pecans to the ice cream.
- Scoop about one-third of the ice cream into a freezer-proof container and sprinkle about one-third of the pecans on top.
- Repeat the layers twice more with the remaining ice cream and pecans, then gently fold it all together.
- Be sure to work quickly—if the ice cream melts too much, it will just get icy once it's back in the freezer.
The Wooden Spoons
I met Brooke from Sucre and Spice at a holiday bazaar this weekend. Not only did I fall in love with her wooden spoons (I HAD to have them!), but I got a bit of a girl crush on her. I see people making amazing crafts all of the time on Pinterest, but I never actually do them. She's the kind of person who gets a fun, crafty idea and follows through. Anyway, Brooke makes the adorable custom wooden spoons that you see in the ice cream photo and I'll be giving some of those away, along with the ice cream book, later this week.
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That is so awesome - remember that Ariel's brother won the Amazing Race several years ago.Posted by: Rob | June 01, 2006 at 11:32 PM two weeks ago that guy Zanjaan was hiring people for this project and he wouldn't even tell people a single thing about it. A couple of years ago they also had that program "Lost" filmed here. I watched the few episodes last summer here in mgl and it was the most ridiculous thing ever. Posted by: Luke | June 02, 2006 at 11:50 PM
That is so awesome - remember that Ariel's brother won the Amazing Race several years ago
Hello,1. I think the people that asked me for money did have backpacks; don't quite remember.2. The picture of the cars was at the towers (hence the large tower in the background); there was one car that had yet to arrive when I took that picture.3. They most likely came from DEL (Delhi, India); based on the times.
It was moved often to various places along the Selenga, Orhon and Tuul rivers until reaching its present location in the late 18th century, on the high road from Peking to Kiakhta (Kiachta), about 700 m. N.W. of Peking and 165 m. S. of the trading town of Kiakhta on the Russian frontier. It is the holy city of the Mongols and the residence of the " Living Buddha," metropolitan of the Kalka tribes, who ranks third in degree of veneration among the dignitaries of the Lamaist Church. This " resplendently divine lama " resides in a sacred quarter on the western side of the town, and acts as the spiritual colleague of the Chinese amban. It prospered in the 1860s as a commercial center on the tea route between Russia and China (early 20th century trade was valued at over 1,000,000 ?dollar a year) and was the seat of the Qing amban (highest imperial official) in Mongolia, who controled all temporal matters, and was specially charged with the control of the frontier trade town of Kiakhta and its trade with Russia.
TPTB for TAR are known to follow the rule that the shortest distance between two points is not a straight line! They have been known to backtrack and go by the longest way just to pile up the miles so that they can brag that TAR10, for example, covered a record 75,000 miles on their trip around the world. So the seemingly indiret itinerary from Seattle to Ulan Bator (via Hawaii and or Tokyo) down to New Zealand up to Singapore and then on to Kuwait via New Delhi makes sense.
I'm still a little bit confused, so help me out on the pictures of the cars. Scenes #1, #8 and #10 show a lineup of seven cars with empty space to the left of the last car. These scenes seem to be in front of the Kuwait Towers. But in scenes #2, #3 and #5 there is a curb and shrub next to the last car and we see at least one team and cameracrew walking off to the left. So to me this is two locations. Can our friend in K set me straight. And how many cars actually are seen at the Kuwait Tower. K says that when he took the picture (seven cars) one more was still to come. That would put the number of teams in Kuwait at 8 and mean only three legs had been run before arriving in Kuwait. Also if we have a sighting now in Mongolia (May 31)and New Zealand (June 2) we now have a week to kill before the surviving eight teams arrive in Kuwait. And with the loss of a day because we cross the International Date Line, we would have to have the teams leave Seattle on May 28. And if they do go to Mongolia first, they probably connect through Tokyo.
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Here are some details. We grew from 2,943 caches on May 30, 2007 to 6,260 caches on Dec. 7, 2008. That was a gain of 3,317 geocaches, which was a 113% increase during those 18 months. That equates to approximately 184 new active caches per month. If you clicked on the link above to my previous post, you saw that our previous rate was 155 new caches per month, so you have really picked up the pace during the past year.
In terms of population, we currently have 209.9 caches per 100,000 population, which ranks us 21st on the list of 143 worldwide regions. (Previously we were at 140.4 and in 28th place.)
Once again, the numbers included in the spreadsheet are ACTIVE cache figures. Reviewers have actually reviewed more caches than those numbers indicate. The numbers are the net of total caches submitted minus those that have been archived and minus those that were not approved for listing.
In case you're interested, the state with the most caches per 1,000 sq kilometers is Rhode Island, with 307.3. Alaska has the fewest caches per 1,000 sq kilometers with 1.6. The state with the most caches per 100,000 population is Utah with 523.5. New Jersey has the fewest caches per 100,000 population at 60.9.


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Umag, Croatia
Umag, Croatia will be the setting for the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships from June 20 to 23 as the annual tournament arrives in the country for the first time in its 11-year history.
Although Croatia has hosted four FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour men's single gender events from 2005 to 2008 and the FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships in 2011, it is the first time that it welcomes this age-category World Championship.
Umag is located in the northern west of the country, in the province of Istria. It hosted the 2011 FIVB Beach Volleyball U19 World Championships. Umag is well known on the sports scene for its annual Croatia Open ATP tennis tournament which welcomes some of the world's top players, which makes them familiar with organising top-class events and ensuring that fans will get great excitement.
With an economy mainly focussed on tourism, Umag has become a popular area for many travellers in recent years thanks to its seaside location and natural landscapes.
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Closest airport: Trieste, Italy – Pula/Zagreb, Croatia – Ljubljana, Slovenia
Distance from airport to venue: Trieste (40km) – Pula (80km), Zagreb (350km) – Ljubljana (132km)
Details of transport from airport to venue: Individually paid by each person. The organisers will provide transport between Pula airport and Umag only.


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Fund aims to improve governance through new technology
A US$45 million pot to fund innovative projects that aim to increase government transparency and accountability using web and mobile technology has been unveiled by the UK, US and Swedish governments.
The US Agency for International Development (USAID) launched the Making All Voices Count (MAVC) initiative this month (5 December) to support Internet-based technologies that increase interaction between citizens and governments.
- US$45 million fund will support web and mobile technology to improve citizen-government interaction
- Initiative aims to reduce government corruption and boost citizen engagement in developing nations
- Fund is due to open for applications in the first half of 2013 and to run for four years
MAVC will focus on reducing corruption and improving citizen engagement with governments in developing countries. As well as USAID and the Swedish government, the initiative involves the UK government's Department for International Development and the Omidyar Network, a philanthropic firm that invests in innovation to help drive economic and social change.
"There's a very large movement towards open government right now," Victoria Ayes, senior advisor on anti-corruption and good governance at the USAID's Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance, tells SciDev.Net. "There are also a lot of citizen initiatives that are taking advantage of new technology to articulate citizens' concerns on corruption, service delivery and crime.
"Sometimes these two movements don't work in parallel, or they operate unevenly. Either the government can't engage with their technologically empowered citizens, or the reverse, where governments are open and transparent and the citizens don't know what to do with the data. This initiative hopes to address that gap."
MAVC was inspired by several existing initiatives.
One is an Indian website called 'I Paid a Bribe' that aims to "tackle corruption by harnessing the collective energy of citizens", according to its website. It allows people to anonymously post details of bribes that they had to pay to officials. Any patterns of systemic corruption are passed on by Janaagraha, the non-profit organisation that runs the site, to the Indian government.
An example of government and local communities using technology to improve public services is Satu Layanan, a website set up by Open Government Indonesia. The site provides information on local government services and citizens can add comments about their experiences with, or concerns about, them.
USAID hopes the new fund will empower citizens by providing access to useful information and improve governments' engagement with citizens.
"We hope to help citizens understand the information that governments are now publishing and making more transparent. A budget is a long and complex document. How does it become meaningful for the average person? That's certainly an innovation that we would expect to see," says Ayes.
"On the other side, some … countries solicit citizen engagement on legislation that is under consideration. We also want to see government opening up to analysis enabled by citizens."
As well as supporting technology-based initiatives and evaluating their outcomes, MAVC will also carry out research to create a "solid evidence base in governance, driven by social science methodologies," says Ayes.
She believes that community links can also be strengthened through improved communication.
"Mobile phones enable someone to text in about violence at a polling station and experiences of crime or bribery, as in the 'I Paid a Bribe' model. Citizens can tell their community what's going on," says Ayes.
The launch of MAVC was welcomed by the World Bank, which also supports using citizen feedback in its projects, according to Caroline Anstey, managing director for the World Bank Group. "We need to support innovative ideas and technology solutions, share knowledge on what works and why, and scale that up," she says.
Applications for MAVC support are due to open in the first half of 2013, and the initiative is expected to run for four years, according to USAID.


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An illustrated book that was two years in the making is seeking to give Taiwanese a different angle from which to view their nation by introducing readers to one of the island's less well-known cultural elements: its rich tradition of folklore.
Taiwan Monsters (台灣妖怪地誌), created by a 37-year-old illustrator who goes by his nickname, Chiaos (角斯), and his group, focuses on the country's rich, supernatural lore and features characters from Aboriginal legends alongside monsters invented by the book's creators to explain natural phenomena.
Chiaos said he initiated the project partly out of his own artistic interest, but also in the hopes that the book's subject matter will serve as a different lens through which to perceive Taiwan.
The illustrator, who is also a designer, said he came upon the idea for the book through a news report about an old man who died in a hotspring because the temperature of the water had gradually increased, instead of staying steady.
"I was puzzled when I heard the news, because if the hotspring became hotter gradually, the man should have had time to realize it and get out of the water, unless there were outside forces preventing him from doing so," Chiaos said.
That thought led him to reminisce about all the supernatural stories from his childhood, such as the one explaining the parrot-shaped Yingge Rock in Taoyuan County's Yingge Township (鶯歌), or Chiayi's "Sun Shooting" legend chronicling the origins of the moon.
Legend has it that when Koxinga (國姓爺) passed through Yingge after defeating the Dutch, he encountered a miasma exhaled by a giant parrot and ordered his troops to shoot at the bird. According to the lore, the rock was formed by the bird's body when it fell after its neck was broken by a cannonball.
The Sun Shooting legend tells the story of two suns that took turns cycling the heavens, subjecting the Aboriginal people living under them to perpetual daytime. In a bid to end their suffering, the Aborigines chose three warriors to carry three children on a quest to shoot one of the suns down, planting trees along the way to provide food for the returning generation.
The three children grew into adults during the journey and buried the old men who had carried them before slaying one of the suns, which then became the moon.
Chiaos said the trip down memory lane inspired him to start gathering information on supernatural folklore so he could bring the legends to life through his drawings, choosing to focus on monsters and creatures rather than spirits and ghosts, because he felt they are more closely tied to the local culture and geography that they originated from.
To make the illustrations look aged, Chiaos drew the pictures on wooden boards with acrylic and powder. He also illustrated ancient maps of Taiwan so readers can gain an idea of the terrain and geography of the time when the legends were born.
Chiaos included a lot of monsters in the book, such as the Aliakakay giants from Amis' lore, who were said to have thickly matted hair and cat-like eyes, and abducted children to eat their innards.
He made the legend of the giants his own through the creation of the Meilun Mountain (美崙), which he drew with childish features due to its diet of children's insides.
A proponent of the anti-nuclear movement, Chiaos also created a mutant creature off the shores of Kenting (墾丁) that he said was his vision of what a shark would mutate into after being exposed to the nuclear waste from the Ma-anshan (馬鞍山) Nuclear Power Plant in Pingtung County's Henchung Township (恆春).


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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College softball program and head coach Jamie Grodecki announced the addition of Kristen Humphries Friday.
Humphries comes to Georgia College from Columbus High, where she played for Ron DiQuattro. A third baseman and outfielder, she was an All-State selection in 2009-10, adding First Team All-Bi-City twice, and second team as a sophomore. The 2009-10 team Defensive MVP also owns the school's single-season and career home run and RBI records. She helped the Sailors softball team to 2009-2010 AAA State and Regional titles.
"Kristen is very versatile and should be able to help us out in several positions this coming year," said Grodecki. "She is an ideal student-athlete, coming in with great academic and athletic accolades. Kristen is a power hitter and I hope she will help put some runs on the board for us next year."
The daughter of Shawn and Marisela Humphries, Kristen plans to major in biology.
The Bobcats had a strong finish to a sub-par season in 2011, winning three of their last four to get into the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) playoffs, then upsetting No. 3-seed Columbus State University in the first round. The 'Cats will bring back three All-PBC performers next year in Haley Burnett (Columbus, Ga.), Anna Parker (Columbus, Ga.) and Whitney Okvist (Kennesaw, Ga.).
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Micro Start Jump Box - Randy's Electrical CornerPosted in How To: Electrical on June 27, 2014
Hi guys! Even with the new guy running Jp, I still get to do this column! It wasn't a sure thing there for a while, and I thought they might actually finally tell me to take a hike. I mean, I like hiking and all so that would have been fine with me, but somehow "take a hike" also means "we don't want you to work for us anymore." I don't really understand how that works but I'm told that's true.
This time it all started on a call with West Coast Batteries. A while ago they told me they'd soon have vehicle-starting lithium ion batteries, and you know how much I like lithium. Oh right, so anyway, I was on the phone with West Coast and they told me about this new thing they had. They called it a jumper box. I don't know about you guys, but when I hear "jumper box" I think of the 3-foot-tall box on wheels that plugs into a wall outlet and buzzes when you try to jump a Jeep. So you can imagine my confusion when they told me the whole kit could fit under the seat of a Jeep.
As it turns out, this thing is the world's smallest jump starter at 6 by 3 by 1 inches. Made by Antigravity Batteries, it is called the Micro-Star and it comes in its own carrying case with a whole bunch of accessories. It is packed with a monster lithium ion battery (whoo-hoo!), features a flashlight, several charging ports, a blue LED power level indicator, and of course, alligator-clipped jumper wires. It can charge off of household AC power or off of 12 V DC power with the two included charge wires.
While the charging stuff and accessories are all well and good, I didn't think it would jumpstart a Jeep, much less the 15-20 Jeeps the instructions say it will. West Coast Batteries told me to test it and tell you guys how it does no matter how it does. So, I got to take it out camping. I'm glad I did because Trasborg killed the JK he was driving on two different mornings with his fridge, and we got to use it on a hike to some waterfalls to keep the laptop going too.
Of course, Joy wouldn't be caught dead camping, and Maria didn't want to go on a hike, and it was kind of hard for me to take pictures and play with the Micro-Start at the same time. So I got my friend Kayla to play with it while I shot pictures. Here's how it did in the week or so I messed around with it. All on one charge.