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In my post on David J. Williams' The Mirrored Heavens, the first book of his Autumn Rain trilogy, I explored the ways in which the use of the present tense in the narrative supported and expressed the political edginess of that novel's themes. The unrelenting presentism, or nowness, of the narrative, I suggested, reflected not just the nature of the novel's events as experienced by the characters, but also the nature of the characters' world -- which in turn reflects something of the nature of our early 21st-century world and its increasingly rapid pace of life and complex sociopolitical and environmental situations. Specifically, I offered the possibility that one can read The Mirrored Heavens as at least in part a science fictional envisioning of, if not commentary on, the mood of the world as created by the Bush administration in its post-9/11 years. I feel even more certain of this reading after finishing the second book of the trilogy, The Burning Skies.
The Burning Skies, in fact, heightens the presentism and political edginess of the narrative by steering the story further into the centre(s) of power of the 22nd century, where the stakes become measurably higher and the dangers and mysteries more acute. In doing so, the novel reinforces what I take to be a fundamental goal of the trilogy as a whole: to illustrate the consequences and implications of the global sociopolitical and socioeconomic climate post-9/11 and, now, post-George W. Bush. The picture is a tenaciously dystopian one.
What make Williams' future such a bad, undesirable place are certain elements of that climate shifted to logical, plausible outcomes. Thus, The Burning Skies offers an opportunity to delve more deeply into the relationship between narrative form and thematic content in the Autumn Rain trilogy specifically and in SF more generally. To do so, I wish to consider how the novel exhibits SF's potential to function as historical allegory -- here, an allegory of mood, atmosphere, and tone, buttressed by Williams' terse, fierce, restless dialogue.
Allegory of Mood. Traditionally, allegory relies upon two levels, or orders, of meaning: a surface or literal meaning, and an underlying or implied meaning -- together serving to refer perhaps to the current social/cultural climate (historical allegory) or to illustrate a concept, argument, or belief (allegory of ideas). Often, the relationship between these two orders of meaning can be one-to-one, with a character, situation, or setting representing an identifiable analogue. In Edmund Spenser's The Faerie Queene (1590/1596), for instance, the Queene herself stands for Queen Elizabeth I and Faerieland is an analogue for the social and cultural complexion of Britain at the time, while characters such as the Redcrosse Knight, Una, or Sansfoy personify particular ideas, qualities, or values (i.e., holiness or faithlessness). Think also of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1678) and Orwell's Animal Farm (1945) as well known allegories (of ideas and history, respectively).*
Also traditionally, critics and historians of literary SF observe that its narratives are about their present sociohistorical context, are about now. Whether taking place in the far future or imagining an alternate history or being set on an alien world, SF narratives reflect and respond to the time in which they are written. Ursula K. Le Guin's 1976 introduction to her novel The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) exemplifies this understanding of SF (see here):
Science fiction is metaphor. What sets it apart from older forms of fiction seems to be its use of new metaphors, drawn from certain dominants of our contemporary life -- science, all the sciences, and technology, and the relativistic and the historical outlook, among them. Space travel is one of these metaphors; so is an alternative society, an alternative biology; the future is another.Le Guin's explicit linking of SF to "our contemporary life" relates both to the primary source of its ideas (or, "metaphors") and to the grounds of its basic perspective, which is distinctly modern (as in post-industrial, rational, materialist, scientific). Novelists, Le Guin writes, "can tell you [only] what they have seen and heard, in their time in this world." Thus, she claims that SF is "descriptive," in that it aims "to describe reality, the present world." Certainly, not every single SF narrative intends to function as an allegory of -- or, commentary on -- its "present world." A great deal of SF does do this, which accounts for a fair measure of its power as a form of cultural critique, or description, but I would caution against requiring all SF narratives to fulfill this goal to the same degree.
With The Burning Skies, however, I think approaching the novel as an intentional allegory of the mood, atmosphere, and tone of the post-9/11 world created by the Bush administration's response to terrorism reveals much of the underlying, implied meanings at work in its narrative.
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For the first 257 pages of its trade paperback edition, The Burning Skies in effect constitutes a single, extended action sequence occurring over several hours and moving from end to end through the Europa Platform (an immense, very long, inhabited space station with an asteroid attached to its south pole) as Autumn Rain seeks to assassinate US President Andrew Harrison and elite US razors and mechs seek to save him and destroy the Rain. On the surface, this is a harrowing, thrilling, breathtaking sequence, as Williams whisks the characters (Carson, Sarmax, Lynx, Linehan, Spencer, and Haskell) all over the Platform, from train tunnels to cities to vacuum, displaying the complexity and magnificence of the Platform's construction. Moreover, the stakes in this specific conflict are everything: the political fate of Earth, as well as the evolutionary direction of humanity.
When reflecting upon how Williams sets up and explores these stakes in the movements of the extended action sequence on the Platform, the allegory of mood and tone unfolds. Like with The Mirrored Heavens, Williams' choice to focus on characters who are government agents puts the action squarely in the high levels of social, political, and economic power -- of which the agents are both representatives and pawns. In this respect, the most significant connection between the agents is their nearly constant state of not knowing.
Carson and Sarmax wake up in separate rooms on the Platform, unsure of where they are or even if they can initially trust each other; they do not know where they must go or what they must do, although such information becomes steadily available, as needed. Spencer and Linehan wake up in separate areas of a ship that is part of a group surrounding the Platform, embedded with command and combat teams respectively yet uncertain about their roles and about the developing situation. Take, for instance, Spencer's discussion with a technician as he comes out of cryo-storage:
"Sir," she asks, "what's the name of this ship?"
"The Larissa V," he replies.
He has no idea where that came from. But apparently it's the right answer. He takes the jack, slots it into the back of his neck. Zone expands all around him. . . . (21)From this point onward, Spencer and the other agents figure out their roles and the situation moment to moment, guessing and guessing again and receiving new information strictly as it becomes relevant. Having "no idea" defines their condition, to varying degrees depending on the character and on the particular point in the action. This management and parsing of data, of knowledge, and the confusions and mysteries and subterfuges it generates and permits, is crucial to the mood and tone of how Williams portrays the nature and functioning of political power in his Earth-Moon system of 2110 A.D. Information is incomplete and fragmented, protected, deferred, unreliable, vulnerable to tampering and deception -- echoing, I think, the state of affairs in the Bush administration and the ways that it engineered information to forward its agendas, resulting in an atmosphere of suspicion, tension, hubris, uncertainty, betrayal.
Other aspects of the extended action sequence on the Europa Platform reinforce this atmosphere. Perhaps around halfway into The Burning Skies, I realised that Autumn Rain acted persistently through "proxies," hacking all kinds of drones and robots on the Platform to throw in the way of the US agents; the Rain also commandeers the Helios, a kind of weapons satellite, and begins firing it repeatedly at the Platform from a distance. As well, Williams occasionally alludes to the massive cost in human lives owing to the conflict on the Platform, the final "death toll" eventually "numbered in the millions" (261), but does so only briefly as the point-of-view characters rarely stop moving at high speeds. These millions of deaths are seen from afar, impersonally and with little remorse. In these two examples, I see terrorism and terrorists figured as enigmatic and evasive, coming from anywhere and being possibly anyone, moving in shadows, strange and remote, and I see the "war on terror" and its thousands of casualties rendered as insignificant collateral damage in the powerplays for political and cultural (and economic) dominance.
For the final nearly 140 pages of The Burning Skies, Williams makes a striking change of pace and mood, as matters become more personal and so more intense, anxious, and disturbing. With the Europa Platform destroyed and Autumn Rain seemingly defeated, the US and Eurasian Coalition turn to re-establishing order, which includes a joint occupation of a neutral Hong Kong. This also includes the US moving against the Coalition on multiple, secret fronts, attempting to assume control of the Earth-Moon system in one, swift strike. So much for détente.
At the heart of this second movement of the novel is the imprisonment and torture of Claire Haskell, also known as the Manilishi, a super-razor prized by the US and the Rain to manipulate the zone. The imprisonment and torture constitute her reward for helping President Harrison survive the Rain's assault on the Platform. Two key elements make her torture disturbing and uncomfortable: one, the isolation and secrecy with which it occurs; two, its invasiveness, for Haskell's mind is hacked against her will. As both unpredictable threat and invaluable weapon, Haskell must be contained as well as mined for information. That mining for information is the torture:
"What are you doing?" she asks.
"I'm operating," he replies.
He's not kidding. He's got her strapped back into the chair, her blood filled with painkillers so she can't feel a thing. She can see through only one eye. The other one's dangling in the zero-G beside her nose. He's plucked it out. The optic nerve is hanging there, along with tangles of circuitry that lead back inside her eye socket. He's got his razorwire extended from one hand into the circuitry. But she sees something else, too: droplets of blood floating in front of her, and she suddenly realizes that --
"You've cut through my skull," she says.
"Trepanation," he replies. "Of a sort." (304-305)This "messing with her brain" (305) shifts the narrative to an intimately personal focus that, I suggest, is just as violent as the overt action of the Platform sequence. Penetrated by the torturer's "razorwire" through an open hole in her "skull," Haskell is incapacitated and unfeeling: helpless physically and mentally; utterly vulnerable. Much like the stories of rendition and torture carried out by the US government and some of its allies during the Bush administration, the treatment of Haskell by her own government speaks of the arrogance and coldness (as well as perhaps the fear) that promotes and enacts such practices in the name of "national security." The intimacy of Haskell's torture, the literal "messing" with her memories and fundamental sense of identity, suggests on one hand the inhumanity of this practice and, on the other hand, the decline or absence of the sociocultural and even legal values that should prevent it.
Dystopian, indeed.
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Restless Dialogue. Much like Williams' use of the present tense expresses and supports the nature of the future he envisions, his approach to dialogue reinforces the trilogy's underlying allegory of mood, atmosphere, and tone. Several reviews comment on the difficulty, at times, of keeping up with the narrative's intertwining plots and seemingly interchangeable characters. Mihir Wanchoo of Fantasy Book Critic, for instance, writes that Burning Skies' "intricate battle sequences" make it "a little hard for the reader to understand what might be actually happening," while the "constant switching of the POVs might disrupt the average reader from truly enjoying this story." I disagree with this sentiment, as Williams provides distinct cues when changing point-of-view characters and gives his characters individual voices. More importantly, those voices reflect the uncertainty, suspicion, and tension created in a world where, as discussed above, not knowing predominates.
Throughout Burning Skies (and in The Mirrored Heavens), the dialogue illustrates, even articulates, both the management of information by those in power and the processes of confusion and realisation experienced by the characters. It is always terse, pointed, edgy, abrupt. The conversations between Spencer and Linehan epitomize these aspects of the dialogue in the novel. For example:
"The fucking Eurasians," says Linehan. "They're here too."
"Is that what the rumor mill's saying?"
"That's what the officers are saying! What the hell's going on?"
"Sounds like you already know it."
"You were going to tell me, right?
"I only just found out myself," says Spencer.
[. . .]
"They're with us," says Spencer. "Not against."
"You sure about that?"
"Do I sound like I'm sure of fucking anything? I'm just saying what they're telling us up here."
"Down here, too. This is a joint operation."
"Aimed at Autumn Rain."
"Or the Euro Magnates," says Linehan.
"Who may be the same thing by now."
"Who may always have been."
"You really think they've been pulling the Rain's strings?"
"I think you've got it backward, Spencer. What's the story with that chase you're monitoring?"
"Getting weirder by the minute." (52-53)From their separate parts of the ship, Spencer and Linehan must decipher the realities of the situation into which they have awakened by a combination of speculation, assessment of limited data, and what they hear second- or third-hand. Everything gets increasingly "weirder" as they begin establishing connections between their local situation and the wider context of all else happening around and inside the Europa Platform, so that "'What the hell's going on?'" becomes their basic condition of awareness -- as they progress deeper into the Platform physically as well as into the unfolding political implications of their circumstances. In fact, "only just [finding] out" and not being "sure . . . of anything" defines every point-of-view character's experience in Burning Skies, to varying degrees.
The reader's confusions and discoveries occur simultaneously with the characters', such that the narrative works to manage information precisely as its world does. Confronted with this kind of fragmented, unreliable, and constantly shifting process of making sense of things, the reader becomes enmeshed in the dislocation, disorientation, and unpredictability of the narrative's events -- and so the mood, tone, and atmosphere of the narrative's setting and its allegorical connotations.
What is Real? In a discussion about cyberpunk on his Autumn Rain blog, Williams writes that "the essence of cyberpunk is that it's all about alienation." Alienation, I think, describes quite appropriately the temperament of the historical allegory at stake in The Burning Skies. Here, Williams furthers the updating of cyberpunk to early 21st-century concerns begun in The Mirrored Heavens, with characters alienated from their own memories and essential identity, such as Claire Haskell, and characters alienated in different ways from and by their own government, such as Spencer or Linehan or Sarmax (and, again, Claire Haskell).
The opening discussion between Haskell and her former boss Sinclair establishes this underlying alienation crucial to the tone of the novel's historical allegory:
"Because activating you meant restoring your true memories."
"My true memories?" Her voice is taut.
"Once they were restored, your loyalty would have been a wild card without the proper precautions. As the Rain found out the hard way. What's wrong?"
Tears are running down her face. "You know what's wrong, you sick fuck. How can I tell what my real memories are?"
"Because that's what we linked your activation to."
"Fuck you and your sophistry! How do I know they're real?" (14)Questions of what is "true" and what is "real" perpetually harry the characters in The Burning Skies. Haskell is the central figure, however, for these questions prove so crucial to her sense of self, a self she can never wholly trust because she can never actually stabilise the boundary between what is "real" and false in the construction of that self. Sinclair's unwillingness to see or acknowledge the frightening moral implications of Haskell's dilemma is discomfiting, distressing, "wrong." It is an obstinacy intimately wedded to Sinclair's belief in the ideological rightness of Autumn Rain -- and thus dismissive of other perspectives and so profoundly alienated and alienating.
The Burning Skies, ultimately, relies upon the reader's awareness and even experience of the mood and atmosphere and discourse of the post-9/11 sociopolitical state of affairs. Its power, as with The Mirrored Heavens, derives from its reflection upon the implications of that state of affairs, implications that continue to unfold today.
In this respect, the novel shows how SF can function as a description of and commentary on -- an allegory of -- what Le Guin called "our contemporary life," challenging the reader to dig below its surface of intense, exciting action and search out the deeper roots of its resonances and meanings. Herein resides the heart of Williams' impressive achievement with The Burning Skies: he lets readers have their cake and eat it too, giving them a gripping story that reveals upon reflection layers of thoughtful, provocative significance.
* On allegory, see M.H. Abrams and Geoffrey Galt Harpham, A Glossary of Literary Terms, 8th ed. (Thomson Wadsworth, 2005), pgs. 5-9.
Reviews/Commentaries on The Burning Skies
• Fantasy Book Critic (Mihir Wanchoo, Aug. 2009)
• Figures (Jess Horsley, May 2010)
• Graeme's Fantasy Book Review (June 2009)
• MentatJack (Apr. 2009)
• MilSciFi (Mike McPhail, Apr. 2009)
• Monsters and Critics (Sandy Amazeen, June 2009)
• Omnivoracious (interview with Jeff VanderMeer, June 2009)
• Only the Best Science Fiction & Fantasy (June 2010)
• A Progressive on the Prairie (June 2009)
• Rescued by Nerds (May 2009)
• SFF World (Mark Yon, June 2010)
• SF Signal (Andrew Liptak, July 2010)
• Worlds in a Grain of Sand (Andrew Liptak, Aug. 2010)


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So Bill Clinton and Joe Sestak "discussed alternative paths to service," in the words of White House counsel Robert Bauer, and a wonderful new euphemism is born. If "hiking the Appalachian Trail: is (thanks to South Carolina governor Mark Sanford) forever a coded way to refer to sexual intercourse, then "discussing alternative paths to service" will always mean attempted bribery, or at least attempted bribery with the offer of a job. No, no, of course I don't think the Obama administration did anything illegal, or even terribly wrong, in sending the former president out to dangle a seat on an unpaid advisory commission in front of Rep. Sestak, in a failed attempt to discourage him from running against Senator Arlen Specter in the Pennsylvania primary. I wouldn't even be terribly offended if it had turned out that he was offered Secretary of the Navy. As everyone has pointed out, this is politics. It's not even "just politics," which suggests something slimy but inevitable in this world of sinners. It's politics.
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An electronic envelope or e-envelope is almost like a postal Envelope in function. Where a paper Envelope privately encloses its contents like a mail message, so an Electronic envelope privately encloses its contents like an e-mail message. Currently, e-mail not enclosed in an electronic envelope is like sending a Postcard in the standard postal mail system. Just like the postcard, where any postal worker handling the mail can read its contents, any server operator and programs from governments can read your E-mail (also "email"). E-mail is more or less an electronic postcard (or E-postcard)in function. ("e-" = electronic as in e-mail (email), e-envelope or e-postcard.)
A missive, composed personal or business letter or a document is placed into a postal envelope, usually sealed, addressed and mailed through the Postal system. The envelope can be intercepted and the interceptor of the mail can open it, read it and understand it providing the interceptor can read the language, understand the terminology or break any encryption of data. Most paper mail does not have this happen to it unless a government has a specific interest in a person's mail. When the letter or envelope arrives the recipient opens the sealed envelope, takes out the contents and must have the understanding and knowledge to read it.
In the postal system there is no way of scanning the contents of the envelopes passing through the system for specific key words or text enclosed in the envelope. But in the Internet world, e-mail can be scanned by governments, ISP's, companies, Internet traffic servers, bots, by key words, names mentioned, etc.
An e-envelope is an electronic e-mail with a message or data which has been encrypted into a data packet. The Plaintext Internet address header is at the top of the e-mail message and the encrypted message or data packet is in the message area. An e-mail message with a fully encrypted data packet in the message area is an electronic envelope or e-envelope. The message can be intercepted and the interceptor of the e-mail can read it with the right Decryption method, Password or Passphrase. The ease of decryption depends on the strength of the Encryption method. Cryptographically strong methods usually use Passwords or Passphrases to protect the Key (cryptography). Weak Passwords or weak Passphrases make the e-envelope easier to open by e-mail handlers or snoopers. Strong passwords or pass phrases can make the opening of these electronic envelopes virtually impossible to open except by its intended recipient. The loss of the key, a forgotten password or pass phrase can also yield these e-envelopes impossible to open. It is always a good idea to make the e-envelope open able by both the sender and recipient so the message can be re-sent to a person who has lost the key, or forgotten a password or passphrase.
An e-envelope can also be an encrypted communication between parties using Internet browsers that can use https. The encryption/decryption engine on a special Internet server like the free Hushmail Express at www.hushmail.com can be used without any resident software on either computer. PGP (or Pretty Good Privacy) has been an Internet Standard since the early 1990s. It is freely available for most common computer platforms. One source is a free "trial" version at www.pgp.com that has been available for a number of years. When you get to that website as it frequently changes, look for the individual and or small business versions and download it as an individual for personal use. After the trial version expires the automatic features cease to function, but the functions that allow you to encrypt the text of an e-mail or other documents on your computer remains functional. It is easy to use it in manual mode after that for free. Another version of PGP is freely available as GNU Privacy Guard. Most IT (Information technology)workers are familiar with it and it has been an Internet standard since the 1990s. It always has a free version, but there is a small learning curve in learning how to use it. Just download the personal or small office versions and after 30 days the commercial version reverts to the free version usable for e-mail. There are other such free Internet encryption engines available which can encrypt/decrypt your e-mail message text. Whatever you use, the other party or person must have the same compatible software as well, unless using self-decrypting archives and mailing them as an e-mail attachment. There must be strong trust between the sender and the receiver that the self-decrypting archive is from them because it is an executable (.exe)program file with the encrypted message in it. A phone call or Internet Chat message between two persons that have known each other for considerable time is a good way of being able to tell if what you are receiving is trust worthy to allay fears it is a virus or other malware. It should be sent and expected in a short time frame of just a few minutes so there is less chance of someone pretending to be the other party sending a virus. Various PGP programs can do this, but a pass phrase must be set up between the sender and receiver to open the message. Some e-mail providers will not let these types of files through their systems as attachments because the Internet Service Provider does not know if such a file is a virus or not. In that case that file might have to be enclosed in an industry standard Zip (file format) that in itself cannot cause harm by passing through server or e-mail provider system on the Internet. High end "pay for" providers often have a way for these files to get through but many of the free services do not. You must check with the e-mail providers you are using or experiment. Another "free trial" use and pay for provider is www.s-mail.com in Ireland, but the computer you are using must be able to download and store a java program. Many public library and employer computers have security features enabled to prevent this. But using a personal laptop or wireless PDA in an employer's, library's, Internet Cafe's or other Hotspot (Wi-Fi) public use area often do not have these limitations.
Hand calculated pencil and paper ciphers or codes when typed up in a digital form on a computer can also be considered electronic envelopes. Some simple Substitution ciphers or transposition ciphers or combinations of both, using the common ASCII (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) computer characters can also be used. These characters are found on the standard Romanized Latin alphabet text keyboards in English and other European countries which are used to compose Internet messages encased in electronic envelopes.
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Hillary Clinton seems to not care about security protocols.
There are Homeland security protocols to protect the safety of American people. But Hillary Clinton does not seem to care that attention to the details of Homeland security protocols are important. Such carelessness by a government official can endanger American lives. What if ISIS gets her emails?
Hillary Clinton's carelessness and disrespect for Homeland security protocols show what the American people can expect from her in the future: a more insecure America.
It is not surprising that many good people in government care about Hillary Clinton endangering America's security and American citizen lives, especially as Islamic terrorism spirals out of control in the Middle East.
Christians should care about responsible government. It is a Christian duty to hold governments accountable. According to the Christian theological system, each government is responsible for respecting the citizens and ensuring that the citizens receive protection, security, and just rule from their government.
Thus, it is a good thing that the FBI is reopening investigation on Hillary Clinton.
Christians must be actively involved in politics, This is the will of God in Christ. Christians who close their eyes to politics in their city, their state, and their country will be held accountable before Christ the King on the Judgment Day.


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It's official, folks. Donald Trump is the brand new President of the United States of America.
So many people around the world are absolutely shocked that Americans would allow this to happen, but it's time to get used to it.
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SUMMARY: The Lab Assistant I performs positive patient identification and the collection of various laboratory specimens on inpatients and outpatients, as needed. Receives specimens into the lab reception area, inputs specimen information into laboratory information system and conducts patient/client registration as necessary. Makes determinations for specimen collection containers and volumes based on patient weight and performing laboratory. Maintains specimen integrity during specimen collection, specimen transport, and processing of samples received in the laboratory. Communicates specimen issues to caregiver. Provides customer service by greeting visitors, answering the telephone, transferring phone calls, faxing results, and assisting with specimen requirements. Performs other clerical or clinical duties as required by area of service. Patients served at Cook Children's range in age from newborn through the adolescent period. Every effort will be made to collect specimens in the least traumatic manner to both child and family, to include attention to age appropriate child life issues and pain control techniques. Additionally, adults are occasionally served. Specific instructions appear in the procedure manuals. All Laboratory personnel are required to follow Cook Children's Compliance Policy, Code of Conduct, and the Clinical Laboratory Compliance Plan. Laboratory and Corporate Compliance, as outlined by the OIG and HCFA is an important aspect of our laboratory's environment, and each employee is expected to be knowledgeable of, and behave in accordance with the Laboratory and Cook Children's Compliance Plans. These job functions are performed with a professional, courteous and knowledgeable manner towards physicians, management, nurses, co-workers, and other customers of Cook Children's Healthcare System.
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Gamecock guard Rakym Felder chosen for USA East Coast basketball team
By Chandler Mack (ColaDaily)
Gamecock rising sophomore guard Rakym Felder will play for the USA East Coast team.
Felder will travel to Madrid, Spain later this summer to play alongside a group of college all-stars under the tutelage of Hall of Fame head coach Larry Brown.
Gamecock's Head Coach and former USA East Coast head coach Frank Martin spoke highly of Felder and his recent opportunity.
"The opportunity this summer with USA East Coast will be a tremendous experience for Rakym in both basketball and life." Martin said Tuesday. "He will be spending time learning from a great basketball mind in Larry Brown."
In his freshman season, Felder averaged 5.6 points and 1.3 assists per game. He also posted nine double figure performances during the season, including a 15-point performance in the Gamecocks' victory over Duke in the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
"I'm blessed to receive an opportunity to travel to Spain and represent the USA East Coast team." Felder said Tuesday. "Looking forward to represent my country."
Several former Gamecock players have been members of the squad in some capacity over the past five years. Martin served as the head coach of the team in 2014 and former Gamecock Tyrone Johnson played for the team in 2014. Most recently, Marcus Stroman and the 2016-17 SEC Player of the Year Sindarius Thornwell were members of the team.
The team's training camp will be held at Columbia University in New York City on Aug. 5 and 6. The team will arrive to Madrid on Aug. 7.


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'The Spirit in the Mass'--a talk by Guy Austin at the Laing Art Gallery
On 23 May, Professor Guy Austin gave a talk at the Laing Art Gallery on David Bomberg's concept of 'The Spirit in the Mass'.
This talk was given to an audience of 30 as part of the Laing's current Bomberg exhibition. It focused on Bomberg's concept of "The Spirit in the Mass", a crucial element of his painting and his teaching which is evident not just in his own work but in that of the students he taught at Borough Polytechnic from 1945 to 1953. Dismissed at the time by Pop Artists and realists alike, the "Spirit in the Mass" is finally being recognised as an important contribution to British painting in the mid and late twentieth century. Bomberg's idea has been succinctly described (by Jamie Anderson) as aiming "to ignore superfluous detail and capture the pure essence of a subject".
The talk considered examples of this trend in Bomberg's work and also in work by his students, especially perhaps his most famous student, Frank Auerbach, who explained the intuitive, gestural power of Bomberg's idea as follows: "you begin to imply a sense of mass on the paper or canvas simply because you felt it."
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It's All Semantics
Digital semantics is the next horizon in reputation analytics.
The question of how to use the notoriously fickle indicator of sentiment has plagued the digital analytics field since inception. Some heavily caveat use of sentiment, create custom frameworks or throw it out all together. It comes up in project pitches, vetting interviews and fine print. Many start up companies have been founded and perished on promises of solving this puzzle.
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None of the options are good. However, don't despair. We can now leapfrog this whole sentiment morass by using emerging advanced analytics capabilities to understand how words are being used in context.
Semantic analysis involves using machine learning techniques to score how words are used in the wild and find synonyms that are being used in the same way. Machine scoring quantifies the sentiment of the word and how it was being used by the given commenter. This opens up a whole new, and more accurate, world of understanding what consumers or the broader public is thinking on an issue.
The context of consumer language reveals how they think, why they said what they said, and with whom they intended to communicate. The ability to apply numeric pattern recognition enables brands to compare their own messaging with the way their consumers, brand fans and category influencers talk about key market themes. Brands can now unlock insights into how to align with audiences and understand when, where and how to connect in order to maximize impact.
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Nearly all of my professional life has been spent navigating the often blurry line of where the business of Healthcare meets the practice of Healthcare. Gaining competitive advantage in this area does not depend on recognizing key trends industry trends; it depends on recognizing how those trends affect customers. Although I am slightly removed from those blurry trenches today, staying in touch means keeping my edge.
I met my cousin last week for lunch so that she could tell me a little bit about Patient Centered Medical Home (PCMH), that I keep hearing about to, you know, stay sharp. Meg is the project manager for a large outpatient, multi-specialty, multi-provider clinic at a nearby teaching hospital and she is currently navigating her clinic towards PCMH certification. Unlike Ammonoosuc Community Health Services, a fully functioning PCMH that was highlighted by my colleague Sue Feury in a post earlier this year, Meg's clinic has not yet achieved PCMH certification.
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Meg explained that Monday through Friday five different specialties roll though her clinic and that Monday through Friday five different processes, procedures and personalities define the type of care delivered by her clinic. The hospital that Meg works for has subsequently recognized that her clinic needed to be run more efficiently. Becoming PCHM certified is her first response to that need.
I began to share some thoughts with her about EMR technologies that I thought could help, but very quickly could tell by the look on her face that I was missing the mark. So to cover for my clear misunderstanding I asked another question.
"When will you finally become a PCMH?" She said that she didn't really know if her clinic would ever become PCMH certified, but that that was completely ok. For Meg and her group, the pressure to establish a more efficient clinic made PCMH certification a good choice. But for Meg, efficacy wasn't the problem. For Meg the five different specialties, all practicing in individual own silos, that were stretching the resources of her clinic was the problem.
So why was it ok that she did not know if her clinic would ever get the certification? The expression on Meg's face then changed, like she was about to tell me a secret. She explained that every week for 60minutes, she was given the authority to sit members of all of her specialties down, in the same room, to discuss PCHM. The resulting conversation had little to do with PCMH though she explained, but that most of the time was spent discussing best practices and sharing experiences within the clinic.
PCMH may be the answer to the clinics problems she said, but better communication she glowed, was the solution for her clinic's success.


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Barbara B. LeBlanc, MSW, LCSW-BACS is the Director of The Parenting Center at Children's Hospital, a wellness program providing education and support to parents. She has been at The Parenting Center since 1987, first as Assistant Director and assuming leadership in August 2005. The Center is a primary prevention program whose mission is to help parents develop competence and confidence in child rearing. She is past-chair of the National Parenting Education Network and was the inaugural chair of the Louisiana Parenting Education Network, an organization providing support to professionals working with parents. Ms. LeBlanc has over 40 years' experience as a social worker, having worked in child welfare and as director of the social work department at Children's Hospital prior to her employment at The Parenting Center. She is mother to three adult children and the proud grandmother of five.
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Lisa Phillips, MSW, GSW has been a Parent Educator at The Parenting Center since 2001. She received her BA from Occidental College and her Master's of Social Work from Tulane University. Before joining the Parenting Center staff, Lisa worked as a school social worker. She has two children, a daughter and a son. Lisa teaches discipline classes for parents of preschool children, shares in staffing the Metairie Center, and teaches the Busy Babies.
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"The Court saw this as an easy case whereby the government improperly denied a public benefit because of religious status," Ilya Shapiro, senior fellow in constitutional studies at the Cato Institute, told FOX Business. "This doesn't mean that taxpayer funds can now be used to fund religious instruction or any of [the] other parade of horribles that was raised by Trinity Lutheran's opponents."
The high court ruled 7-2 that the church was illegally denied access to the state grant program and while critics of the ruling believe the Supreme Court is overriding the country's longstanding tradition of separating church and state by making it easier for states to directly fund religious institutions, Shapiro said this case doesn't go that far. It also doesn't address the ability of businesses or taxpayers citing religious freedom to claim exemption from certain laws.
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At the center of the debate was a church located in Missouri (Trinity Lutheran) that operates a preschool and daycare center with a playground open to students when school is in session, and open to the public when school is out. The state of Missouri offers a grant program to nonprofits and government entities that Trinity Lutheran applied to for help with the cost of resurfacing the blacktop on the playground. While the church was otherwise completely qualified for the program, its application was denied because of the school's religious affiliation. The church successfully argued this was an infringement upon its First Amendment rights.
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Bebel Gilberto, "Samba de Benção"
As part of a Brazilian musical dynasty, she has considerable bossa nova bona fides and is a major star back home — and in these parts, a loyal core of fans who eagerly await these rare visits. This time around she's going more intimate than usual, flanked by guitarist and musical director Masa Shimizu, and given her swaying, beguiling ways in three languages, it's a natural pick of the week and one of the top nights of the whole winter season. (Queen Elizabeth Theatre, doors 7 p.m.)
Update - February 26, 2016: Troye Sivan's Toronto show has been postponed due to illness. New dates will be announced.
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Following on the example of Drake and the Weeknd — and even outright filching some of their production tricks and wounded outlook — the 23-year-old is a chill soul whose slow-melting R&B/hip-hop candy has found an audience quickly. This lead single from debut LP Trapsoul, for instance, began life as a homemade Soundcloud track that went viral 16 months ago and earlier this year gave the Kentucky native his first No. 1. For this sold-out Toronto debut you know he'll be bringing it, along with an oft-told story of how he turned down Drake's OVO label. (Phoenix, doors 9 p.m.)
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Good Day to You!!! This was a fun card to make and I've been told that the birthday girl that received it really like it.
In the background is cardstock embossed using the Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations Steampunk texture fade. The piece was then colored with Nuvo Embellishment Mousse using a Nuvo brush and a few metal type colors. Next I brushed a glaze over the whole panel, let it sit a bit and then wiped it back using a baby wipe. Isn't it great!!!! The words "Enjoy the Journey" (Idea-ology metal piece) was colored using a Distress Crayon. It is set upon some strips of Washi tape. The thread is Tim Holtz Craft Thread. I really like the weight of his craft thread for things like this. Now for the flowers (Sizzix Tim Holtz Wildflowers). These were die cut from Mixed Media Card and then used as a mask while making prints doing the shaving cream, marbling technique. Under the main layer of the card is a white cardstock layer (edges distressed), then Tim's Gold Metallic Kraft-Core (edges distressed), then a folded purple card.


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Saudi Gazette – As many as 35,000 workers are giving the final touches to the expansion work of the Mataf (circumambulation area) and the northern plazas of the Grand Mosque in Makkah.
Quoting informed sources, Makkah daily said on Monday that about 14,000 workers are involved in the Mataf expansion project while 21,000 others are carrying out the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques project to expand the Grand Mosque and its northern plazas.
The sources said the workers in the expansion of the plazas and the mataf are doing the final touches, installing the systems of lighting, sound, cooling and communications.
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Climatologists are also studying the various weather conditions around the year so as to keep the Grand Mosque cool in winter for the comfort of pilgrims and visitors.
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In July, Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman inaugurated five new projects as part of the third expansion of the Grand Mosque.


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Saturday, December 12, 2009
Afternoon Ride 12-12-09
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Hey, Starbucks is better than Quicktrip. Guaranteed!ReplyDelete
get that tent and let's do a s240.ReplyDelete
peace :)
hey myles...maybe try and get your starbucks to serve a 'flat white' like those in the UK are starting to serve. it's a good way to present espresso imho:ReplyDelete
That tent is similar in design to mine, which has been quite satisfactory. Sounds like Chandra is ready to go...ReplyDelete
I almost went out for a S24O Friday night, but wimped out. I'll try again when it dries up some.
what kinda sleeping bag do you use? thx
Sometimes cold and gloomy can make for a great ride.ReplyDelete
Steve A-I have to agree with you, although QT coffee is better than the Folgers you used to get at most convenience stores.ReplyDelete
Chandra-I'm fairly confident that I'll have a new tent by next spring. A stove of some kind and a couple of panniers are the only other things I'm lacking.
fridaycyclotouriste-That's interesting. I only buy drip coffee from Starbucks because I don't care for all of the milk, plus it's cheaper than their other offerings. Flat White sounds like a good idea.
Pondero-I should be ready to go in a couple of months. Pick out a good spot for us.
Chandra-I've got a North Face Cat's Meow 15 degree bag that I bought back in 1998 or 99. I need to wash it in one of those front loading machines at the laundromat before I use it again.
Apertome-I've had some good rides lately in cold and gloomy weather. I'm avoiding rain for now. I don't have fenders yet.


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Sundays With Steph
Back to School + Finals Week
This has been one long spring break and now it's over... For most people this just means going back to school again, but unfortunately my school has decided to put finals... right. after. spring. break?! Who does that?! Instead of having the usual relaxing break I've had a week of tons of projects and very little reading. Enough of this depressing news so instead I've decided to sum up the fun things I've done over break.
1. Finally start The Young Elites ( IT WAS SO GOOD THANKS @booksthetics aka Nani )
2. I watched Zootopia (AND SO SHOULD YOU! LOVED IT!!)
3. I tried to hike with cats with my sisters (dog owners were totally judging us)
4. Went to the library and got a buncha books to read after finals are over!
5. I started the #aprilbookshowers challenge on instagram and I hope to be able to keep up!
6. I watched LOTS of youtube videos...
Not much but still had a pretty decent spring break! Overall I just had a nice slow paced week amidst many future busy weeks and it was nice to really de-stress myself just a little. Now it's time to get back into things *sigh* let's just not how about instead you tell me a bit about your break!? (or if you're one of the lucky one's that just started break what you plan on doing!)
Stephanie C.
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Monday :: Feb 24, 2003
Rummy and His Selective Memory
by Steve
As you may have seen recently, photos revealed that Donald Rumsfeld represented the Reagan Administration in a 1983 Baghdad meeting with Saddam while that administration was supplying Hussein with some of his earliest weapons of mass destruction.
Now it turns out that Rummy sat on the board of directors of the company that sold North Korea its two nuclear reactors in 2000 under the terms of the 1994 Agreed Framework. Both Rummy and Cheney have blasted the Clinton Administration for the 1994 deal, saying that their predecessors were too soft on Pyongyang and that the North should not have been rewarded for their earlier behavior.
Yet it appears that Rummy, like his pal Dick Cheney, never lets national security get in the way of profits.


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Another busy week of weather is in store for the United States, but thankfully the tropics have returned to relatively quiet levels.
This is your 5 Things to Watch for this week.
Rising Rivers Behind Florence:
Even though the heavy rain is beginning to clear out of the southeastern US, that doesn't mean the impacts will come to an end. All of the water that came down since late-last week has now made it into the rivers, allowing for many waterways in the Carolinas to reach major flood stage, and in some cases record crests.
This includes the Lumber River at Lumberton, NC. The river gauge actually stopped reporting Sunday afternoon when the water level was at 24 feet, but it is forecast to crest at 25 feet this Monday. That would break the record of 24.39 feet during Hurricane Matthew in 2016.
There are numerous rivers that are currently experiencing flooding or are forecast to overflow their banks later this week as far west as the Appalachian Mountains. As of Monday morning, 58 locations, or river gauges, are in flood stage, 18 of which are experiencing major flood stage and 13 in moderate.
Thankfully, no additional rain is in the forecast this week for the Carolinas and surrounding locations, which will allow for rivers to gradually recede beginning late-week or possibly even as late as this coming weekend. Once this begins, the clean-up process from Hurricane Florence can finally start.
Florence Brings Rain to Northeast:
Florence has slowly moved inland during the weekend over the Carolinas. Now that it has reached the Appalachian Mountains, it has to escape somehow, so it will take a path up the mountains and through the Northeast, bringing heavy rain and thunderstorms to much of the Ohio River Valley, New England, and the Mid-Atlantic between now and Tuesday.
As mentioned, some of this rain will be heavy given the tropical entity moving through. Along the northern periphery of the moisture will be an area of convergence from the northern Mid-Atlantic through central New England, which will enhance rainfall totals. It's these areas that will likely experience anywhere between 2 and 6 inches while areas to the south pick up generally 1 to 3 inches.
Summer Heat:
A new round of summer-like heat will move across parts of the central US through midweek associated with a ridge of high pressure traversing the nation. This ridge will promote temperatures upwards of 10 to 25 degrees above-average. On Monday, the warmest of the temperatures relative to average will be found from the central Rocky Mountains through the Midwest, even into northern New England. Actual high temperatures will generally be near 90 degrees.
While cooler air oozes into the upper Midwest and northern New England, the heat will remain intense across the central Plains and lower Midwest, with high temperatures still near that 90 degree mark on both Tuesday and Wednesday. A location or two may even break their daily high temperature record.
By Thursday, the central Plains will cool back down close to normal while the heat peaks in intensity across the Midwest. Temperatures will be as much as 25 degrees above-normal, which translates to highs up to 95 degrees. Cooler but seasonable air will then return in time for the weekend, while the eastern US experiences above-average temperatures, although not at the same magnitude.
Midwest Flood Threat:
A developing area of low pressure over the Plains will track toward the Midwest midweek. This will promote rounds of heavy rain and thunderstorms along a warm front draped across southern Minnesota and central Wisconsin. This warm front will act as train tracks for the precipitation to follow, and since moisture will be streaming in from the south, the persistent round of heavy storms will aid in the risk for flooding in this region between Tuesday and Wednesday night. Up to 5 inches of rain is forecast to fall near the Minnesota-Iowa border with a sharp rainfall gradient.
Northwest Snow?
The model guidance ie beginning to hint at the risk for the first substantial snow of the season for parts of the Northwest, centered around the northern Rocky Mountains. Based on the Monday morning's runs of the American (GFS) and European (ECMWF) models, there is an area of low pressure over the northern Plains with varying pressure. The ECMWF model has the pressure down to around 985 mb (stronger storm), while the GFS is closer to 1000 mb (weaker storm). There are also differences in timing of the precipitation and the cold air. The ECMWF model has the moisture still in place as the cold, freezing air moves in behind the low, which would allow for snow in the northern Rockies early next week. Then there's the GFS model, which clears the moisture out before the cold air arrives. Given the uncertainty at this time, snow is possible in the region in about a week from now, but there are a lot more questions than answers that exist at this time.


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8 portion(s)
Taco Sauce
- 500 g chicken breast or thigh, cut into bite size pieces
- 1 Small brown onion, quartered
- 1 Large Garlic Clove (or 2 Small)
- 1 small carrot, peeled and cut into quarters
- 1 small capsicum, or half large
- 1 heaped tablespoon Vege Stock or Chicken stock concentrate
- 2 large fresh tomatoes, OR
- 200 grams Tinned tomatoes
- 1 package Mexican/Taco Seasoning, or your own favourite mexican flavoured spices
- 1 litre water
- 2 tablespoons Butter, Or a big tablespoon of oil
- 1-2 Rashers of Bacon, chopped chunky, (Optional)
Other Ingredients
- 2 cups of your favourite Salsa
- 1-2 Cups Of Cheese, grated
- Guacamole, or
- Fresh Avocado Slices
- sour cream, to serve
- 3-4 Cups cooked rice, OR
- 300 grams uncooked white medium grain rice
50minPreparation 40minBaking/Cooking
8Recipe is created for
TM 5Please note that the TM5 mixing bowl has a larger capacity than the TM31 (capacity of 2.2 liters instead of 2.0 liters for TM 31). Recipes for the Thermomix TM5 may not be cooked with a Thermomix TM31 for safety reasons without adjusting the quantities. Risk of scalding by spraying of hot liquids: Do not exceed the maximum filling quantity and observe the filling level markings of the mixing bowl!
Recipe's preparation
1. (If you don't have cooked rice you can put your dry rice in the steamer basket in this step.) Fill your TM bowl with 1 litre of warm water. Place your chicken pieces on the varoma trays, leaving enough gaps for steam to circulate. Set your TM for 17 min/Varoma/speed 4.
2. Set chicken in varoma aside and empty water from TM bowl. Your chicken may not be cooked through at this point. That is ok, it will be cooked further later.
3. Spray a large (at least 2 litres) baking dish lightly with oil and place your rice into the dish.
4. No need to clean bowl. Place onion and garlic into the TM Bowl and chop 8 seconds/speed 5. Scrape down sides with spatula.
5. Add butter (or oil) and vege stock concentrate and Bacon (if using) then saute 4min/Varoma/speed 1.
6. Tip onion and garlic onto rice in baking dish and stir through using spatula. No need to clean bowl.
7. Place tomatoes, capsicum and carrot into TM bowl. Chop 10 seconds/speed 6. Scrape sides and repeat for a few more seconds if carrot pieces are too large.
8. Add the Mexican Seasoning and mix in speed 4 til seasoning is incorporated.
9. Add chicken pieces that were set aside, then 6min/varoma/ reverse. MC on.
10. Pour Chicken and sauce into baking dish, stir through rice with spatula.
11. Top with salsa, then cheese.
12. Bake uncovered in 190°C for 10min or until cheese is nice and golden.
Serve with sour cream and Guacamole/Avocado.
This is a great way to use up leftover rice!!
You could add kidney beans in with the chicken for extra bulk and flavour.
For a vegetarian alternative, leave out the Chicken and add a tin of your favourite beans instead.
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Please observe the safety instructions in the Thermomix ® instruction manual at all times.
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Loved this. Made some minor changes like shredding...
Loved this. Made some minor changes like shredding chicken and combining some steps. Very yummy. Thanks for sharing.
eskimoezmay: thank you for your feedback and...
eskimoezmay: thank you for your feedback and sharing the recipe 😍 I'm glad you enjoy it. Clever little tip with mixing the extra tomatoes into the salsa. Brilliant!
MrsFrankie: love that your kids enjoyed it with...
MrsFrankie: love that your kids enjoyed it with all the hidden vege. Thank you for your feedback
This was enjoyed by all - especially the kids. I...
This was enjoyed by all - especially the kids. I was able to hide lots of veggies in it too. Will definitely make again.
Great dish. I added fresh chilli at the tomato and...
Great dish. I added fresh chilli at the tomato and carrot stage for a bit of a kick. Also added a can of black beans. I would do less rice, more chicken next time. Flavours is great, had it with corn chips used to scoop it up with sour cream. Left overs in tortilla wraps for lunch the next day with sour cream and coriander.
LOVE this dish!! A favourite in this house and a...
LOVE this dish!! A favourite in this house and a recipe I always recommend! I used the 1/2 tin of tomatoes as suggested so with the other half I mix it with 1 jar of salsa for the topping. Amazing!!!!
Thoroughly enjoyed this recipe. Yum! 😄
Thoroughly enjoyed this recipe. Yum! 😄
This is amazing! I added kidney beans (as per...
This is amazing! I added kidney beans (as per tips) and didn't have any capsicum. I'm making this for our staff lunch club!
So yummy, great for a dinner party or a plate to...
So yummy, great for a dinner party or a plate to take .. thank you very much for sharing
I may try it with tuna or mince
Great easy tasty recipe with a twist on Tacos....
Great easy tasty recipe with a twist on Tacos. Thankyou
Lenka: So glad to hear that your picky eater loved...
Lenka: So glad to hear that your picky eater loved it! ❤
My 2 year old loved this! And he doesn't like...
My 2 year old loved this! And he doesn't like many dinners great recipe, I followed as per instructions and it worked well, we served with sour cream.
very yummy, definitely recommend the avocado for a...
very yummy, definitely recommend the avocado for a bit of freshness. I froze the leftovers and still tasted great after freezing.
Lovely thank you!
Lovely thank you!
Loved it - thank you!
Loved it - thank you!
Really delicious and you can pack a lot of veggies...
Really delicious and you can pack a lot of veggies in!
This recipe was a big hit! We added a stack of veg...
This recipe was a big hit! We added a stack of veg and it was perfectly hidden. We also used the Mission Chipotle seasoning and it tasted just like a burrito might taste!
Lovely recipe. I cooked chicken in the bowl with...
Lovely recipe. I cooked chicken in the bowl with tomatoes, stock and veggies and it worked perfectly.
Love this Recipe!!
Love this Recipe!!
Ok this is delicious. I read a few comments prior...
Ok this is delicious. I read a few comments prior to starting and decided to skip the chicken in the varoma and went straight to cooking onion and garlic with chicken stock paste rather than veggie. Mixed that through the rice, added red and green capsicum + carrot, tomato to thermi and then just store bought salt reduced taco seasoning then added chicken and a diced chorizo to it and cooked 10 mins on varoma setting. Put a layer of sour cream over the rice, poured chicken mix on top, then half a jar of salsa followed by cheese, 10 mins 190 etc.
YUMMM!!!!!!! huge hit in our house and will go on...
YUMMM!!!!!!! huge hit in our house and will go on the regular rotation. Love it. I added kidney beans and corn in the final step before transferring into the baking dish.
I now make this fortnightly as we love it so much!...
I now make this fortnightly as we love it so much!
I've simplified the recipe to cook the chicken in the sauce (Reverse Speed 2/3) which shreds the chicken nicely, which we all prefer. I also blitz the onions & garlic with the other veg and leave it in the sauce (only because I'm lazy). I then spread the chicken & sauce over the rice, top with cheese and bake!
So quick & simple!
Delicious, great to have leftovers for lunch...
Delicious, great to have leftovers for lunch tomorrow. I also added the kidney beans. Yum
Very tasty thank you.
Very tasty thank you.
Delicious Regards,
Went down a treat!...
Went down a treat!
served it all up separately with corn chips and had as a dip
Amazing!!! So tasty, healthy and it made plenty -...
Amazing!!! So tasty, healthy and it made plenty - winner!!!
We will be making this regulary, thank you for the share
Outstanding! A winner in this house .
Outstanding! A winner in this house .
The whole family loved and devoured this We are a...
The whole family loved and devoured this. We are a family of 4 and there were few leftovers, despite it making 8 serves as everyone went back for seconds. Thanks for an awesome recipe, this will be a regular
Will be adding this to my regular list of tea...
Will be adding this to my regular list of tea options. Was enjoyed by all.
Thanks for sharing.
Super tasty!...
Super tasty!
I would add less rice next time but that is it. ☺
So easy. So delicious. Loved by my family!!!
So easy. So delicious. Loved by my family!!!
Wow! This one's a keeper!...
Wow! This one's a keeper!
I made this tonight, exactly as per the recipe, and it was amazing. The only thing i was missing was the sour cream, but it was still fantastic.
I used my own taco seasoning (about a tablespoon - not quite enough, but it was all I had left!), and served wtih ThermieFit's Spicy Guacamole - I didn't bother washing the bowl before making it, so the flavours melded perfectly!
Child thought it was a little 'boring', but hubby and I absolutely loved it, and are very pleased to have leftovers for tomorrow night!
Thanks for the recipe
Great recipe, my husband LOVED this.. kids did...
Great recipe, my husband LOVED this.. kids did too! Winner winner chicken dinner! I didn't add all the rice, nor did I add all the sauce.. Will definitley be making this again!
Yum! Our family loved this dish and it made enough...
Yum! Our family loved this dish and it made enough for 2 dinners for our family of 5 with a can of kidney beans added. Thankyou
Yummy. A few steps involved
Yummy. A few steps involved but well worth it. I only had 3/4 of a jar of salsa and that was sufficient. My daughter who is very picky loved it.
Yumm! It was well liked by
Yumm! It was well liked by the family
Really great recipe!! Even
Really great recipe!! Even though I didn't add the complete 2 cups if salsa, I thought it was actually too much salsa. This could very well just be for the type of salsa I used though! I think with 1 1/4 cup salsa this would be 5 stars for me.
This was a huge hit in our
This was a huge hit in our house tonight. Lots of flavour and bonus leftovers for lunch tomorrow.
Thanks for sharing
Delicious! Kids loved it
Delicious! Kids loved it
Yummy!! Super easy and made
Yummy!! Super easy and made lots!! Yum yum!!
Many thanks
This was delicious. In my
This was delicious. In my fiance's words, best meal we've had for a long time! I used natural Greek yoghurt instead of sour cream. Next time I think I'd use a bit less rice just to make it a little bit healthier
Great recipe, nice flavours
Great recipe, nice flavours and makes heaps.
Jalapeños! What an awesome
Jalapeños! What an awesome idea! I might have to serve it with Jalapeños for my partner. My kids would never touch it with them in there, but he loves spice. Thanks for the idea, AntheaS.
Great recipe! Made it exactly
Great recipe! Made it exactly as per recipe. My other half added jalapenos, my 7yo ate it without complaint (!) Good all round meal, with lots of leftovers for lunch. Thanks for sharing
Thanks for all the positive
Thanks for all the positive comments. I'm so happy everybody enjoyed it.
Winner with 3 of my 4 family
Winner with 3 of my 4 family member ( 4th wasn't home) . Quick and easy dish that we will definitely make again! really enjoyed it with mashed avocado and sour cream..
Great recipe! I loved it and
Great recipe! I loved it and my four teenagers had plenty of serves over a couple of days!
I'm so glad you enjoyed it,
I'm so glad you enjoyed it, meld1970!
I usually use leftover rice in mine and add a tin of kidney beans if I think there's not enough to fill up the family.
It's a really flexible recipe. Chilli beans would be so yummy. Might have to try that when the kids aren't around, thank you.


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I like to play a game with other cars on the road. Not a game they know is going on; but a great way to entertain myself during the car concert on a long drive.
Two rules….and they are simple.
1) You must drive just as you would normally without breaking too many laws. Like if you always drive about 5 miles over, you can still do that. Don't race the dude at 80.
2) You cannot aggravate or frustrate the other driver in any way. If they want to speed, you must let them. Don't be a dick and box them in.
Recently on a jaunt north there was a dark explorer who tried to pass me using the carpool lane (he was a legit carpool). In the collector distributor lane, my light happened to turn green in enough time to take the lead. And we were off.
I maneuvered perfectly from one freeway to another. Merged in a perfect scissor manner with my new friends and transitioned flawlessly into the express lanes. All while keeping an eye on the explorer to see how they were keeping up. They were creeping closer.
Unfortunately, I got stuck behind a CRX doing just under 60, and not enough room to get over; the explorer passed me. Game over…they won.
Only the game though. Jokes on them really. The toll lanes are at $8 this time of night. I ride this bitch for FREE! Happy 4th!!


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18 January 2009
God Can Make it Happen!
January, 2009
This re-tells the recent experience of a good friend of mine, whose story provides a great example that God Can Make it Happen! I hope that you are more encouraged to trust in Him and in His provision as a result. God does not disappoint. Read More...


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But made some cool music while enjoying the heeeat! Beside swimming, Sauna and sporting outside I have discovered that I´ll be moving away from my lovely home to another place! I´m gonna miss it ;__;
Hopefully the neighbors..oors won´t be dissapointed if I randomly play and create music x)
I really should write more..This place is easily reachable >_>
PS. If anyone reads this,I wish everyone good end summer and upcoming autumn! Hopefully you have had a splendid summer too to this point!
- Prem


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After surging to $315 on Monday, Netflix, Inc. (NFLX - Get Report) is at it again, closing near its highs Tuesday, up 3.25% to another closing record of $325.22.
What's driving the rally? At this point it only appears to be momentum. Netflix stock is up an absurd 68.8% this year alone. Over the last 12 months, its stock price has soared more than 134%. With the recent move, Netflix stock now boasts a pretty remarkable market cap, sporting a total valuation of $140.4 billion.
In a day and age where companies like Apple Inc. (AAPL - Get Report) are knocking on the $1 trillion door, $140 billion may not seem like that much. But consider it against some of the world's other largest media companies.
Netflix's $140 billion market cap is above Twenty-First Century Fox Inc. (FOX) (FOXA) at $69 billion, Charter Communications Inc. (CHTR - Get Report) at $83 billion and even Sony Corporation (SNE - Get Report) at $64 billion.
It barely lags media conglomerates like Walt Disney Co. (DIS - Get Report) and Comcast Corporation (CMCSA - Get Report) , which have market caps of $157 billion and $170 billion, respectively.
At this rate, though, Netflix will pass them in market cap over the next few weeks.
It again circles back to the question of, what's driving the stock higher? Last year Netflix increased domestic subscriptions by $1 per month. That would equate to about $55 million in additional revenue per month. These increases are vital to Netflix because of its ballooning content budget.
Because it costs Netflix so much money to license content from other producers, it's now bringing production in-house. This means paying big bucks for talk show hosts and comedians to move onto its platform or bringing in big-name producers and actors for TV series and movies.
This year, Netflix management said it plans to spend up to $8 billion in content. $8 billion.
That may not seem like an insane amount of money at first glance, but consider that current analyst estimates call for revenue of "just" $15.8 billion this year. In other words, we're talking about a content budget that's roughly 50% of revenue. That's before any of the company's other costs are calculated.
And yet, investors continue to bid up the stock knowing this. I think it's because, like Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN - Get Report) a few years ago , investors know that down the road Netflix will be the platform of choice. While cable and satellite can survive, Netflix still has 118 million subscribers around the world. There's no reason that won't go to 150 million, then 200 million and higher.
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Because of Netflix's low price point, consumers are drawn to the platform. It's a reasonable expense in a recession and a thoughtless splurge when times are good. As consumers continue to join and Netflix -- which proved a price hike wouldn't hurt subscription numbers -- slowly ratchets up the price, it can add billions to its top line by a simple price change.
In other words, it may not be worth $140 billion today because of its financials. But investors see where this is headed five or ten years down the road. Although, all of this comes at a price. Shares trade at more than 9 times this year's expected revenue. The company's trailing free-cash flow stands at an almost $2 billion deficit and that will widen in 2018.
All the other companies above -- Disney, Fox, Charter and Comcast -- generate billions of dollars in free cash flow. That's not to say Netflix is terrible by any means. After all, it's the one that's disrupting the space. But it does come at a price.
The news has been good this year for Netflix, but good enough to warrant a near-70% gain to its already hot-stock? I don't know about that.