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And now that I have chosen
Nowhere is where I will end.
Until now tension
Was my tenant, a restive
And insensible presence.
I lived gated
Knowing there weren't barriers
But the ever-present tense.
Free I wasn't; caught
I was, so I chose all time,
Cut the cuffs of the present.
I feared the fate
Of the spider which weaves
But the web transforms the spider.
As soon as I chose
The flux fell as if a veil;
Opening in me a sense
Of separation and
Snapping one strand after another
Of the barbed bands that held me.
By choosing I gave
What I did paths to a past,
My very own deathless enclave.
I belong now
To what I did and didn't do
And what I will and won't do.
Now I have seasons
Make hopes on the horizon
Dream whilst in the hex of here.
I chose certain I
Was wiser than the spider
Because what it makes
Takes away all
That it ever once was
And all that it could ever be.
Fixed in my choice
I deliver a new voice,
One tuned to change all but
The mere me; this isn't
A punishment; it's the law
With no ties to any fall.
We will never go
Back to the garden because
We never left it; it left us.
The moment I chose
All was alien, foreclosing
On the garden and the gate.
Without an ever present
I labor to take
My place; it is mine alone:
I am Adam, first
And last, etching a brand new
Past that renders all else
But repetition.
Any talk of a redemption
Is beside the point unless
You're one who cedes
To the hue of the new time
Dividing and invents
A shameless array
Of heavens and hells littered
With life-like deities
That coyly hold back
Answers to anabatic
Pleas for meaning and purpose.
There is only one
Answer, neither right nor wrong;
I saw to that when I chose.


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The Reformation has typically been seen in two great contexts, the corruption and chronic institutional weakness of the late medieval church and the challenges presented by humanism. The dominating early figure has been Martin Luther, who, it has been claimed, sparked off the Reformation when he posted his Ninety-Five Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.
The Reformation has also been placed in the context of earlier reforming movements, those of the Englishman John Wyclif (d. 1384) and the Czech Jan Hus (c.1369-1415). Wyclif had formulated a theology of predestination, rejected transubstantiation and advocate clerical marriage. His followers, known as Lollards, went underground but survived into the early sixteenth century. Hus advocated 'utraquism', the laity receiving the sacrament in both kinds, which was a fundamental attack on the privileges of the clergy. He was burned at the Council of Constance in 1415 but the Hussite church remained secure in its national setting of Bohemia and Moravia.
This traditional view fails to tackle adequately a number of fundamental problems. If the Church was so bad, why did it endure for so long? And if humanists contributed to the break-up of Christendom, why did some of the most influential, like Erasmus and More, devote their energies to preserving its unity? Why did Luther break with Rome when Erasmus did not? And how important is Luther in the story?
Can we be sure that the Church was more corrupt in the sixteenth century than in previous centuries when there are examples of scandalous popes and lax clergy throughout the Middle Ages? Historians like Eamon Duffy have used documents like churchwardens' accounts to argue that the English Church in the fifteenth century enjoyed mass popular support. The orders of friars, in particular the Franciscans showed a remarkable capacity for reform; Cardinal Ximenes, who promoted his own order, the Observant Franciscans in the Spanish kingdoms, is just one example. Movements such as the devotio moderna in the Low Countries and the Oratory of Divine Love in Rome were growing in popularity. In France the humanist scholar Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples produced a commentary on the psalms in 1509 and on Romans in 1512. His Erasmian piety gained the support of the king's sister Marguerite d'Angloulême. It was possible to criticize the Church and want it to improve without thinking of to leaving it. And even at its worst, the Church was far from moribund. In the sixteenth century, faced with the challenge of Protestantism, it showed a formidable capacity to adapt and survive.
This is not to say that all was well with the Church. There were many vested interests working against change. For example, Lefèvre d'Etaples' patron, Guillaume Briçonnet, bishop of Meaux, fell foul of the Franciscans who accused him of heresy. There was also some serious corruption. When Leo X renewed the sale of indulgences in 1517 for his great project of St Peter's, he showed formidable marketing skills that would not have been out of place in the modern world, but also a deep cynicism. The transaction by which Albrecht of Brandenburg (left) would promote the sale in alliance with the Fuggers in order to gain the archbishopric of Mainz and a cardinal's was extremely sleazy!
However there had been plenty of sleaze in earlier centuries and plenty of hostility to reform. The Protestant Reformation succeeded (partly) because of a variety of new circumstances. These include the printing press, implications of humanist biblical scholarship, the ambitions of rulers, the politics of the cities of Germany and Switzerland and also a search for religious safeguards in an age that was especially preoccupied with the afterlife.
Luther (1483-1546)
The popular story that the Reformation began when Luther posted his 95 theses on the door of the church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517 may not be true. The theses did exist and were published, but it is not certain that they were posted on the church door. Modern scholarship places less emphasis than previously on the role of Luther and instead tries to assess how far the Reformations were popular movements and how far the mass of the people were affected by them. It seems certain that there was a popular movement - though princes, cities and peasants wanted different things from Protestantism. However no amount of revisionism can hide Luther's importance.
Luther was the son of a Thurningian miner, who became the lessee of a mine and thus a small capitalist. He went to school in Eisenach. In 1501 he went to the university of Erfurt. In 1505 he entered the Order of the Augustinian Eremites, and in 1507 he took priestly orders. In 1510-1511 he was sent to Rome on business for the Saxon Augustinian monasteries, but there is no evidence that he was especially appalled by what he saw there.
On his return to Germany in 1511 he was sent by the Vicar-General of his Order, Johann von Staupitz, to teach at the new university, founded by Friedrich 'the Wise', Elector of Saxony, who was determined to make his university one of the centres of humanist study in Germany.
In 1514-15 Luther lectured on the psalms. In 1515 he moved on to Romans where he read in the Vulgate text of Romans 1:17: 'Justus autem ex fide vivit'. He read this at a time when, according to his later accounts, he was troubled by intense spiritual anxieties. These arouse out of his Augustinian concept of a righteous God justly angry at his sins and his consequent fear of damnation. His reading of Romans led him to believe that salvation was not something that could be attained by striving, but was a free gift of God, apprehended through faith. The Pauline term for this is 'justification by faith', sola fide.
The chronology of his spiritual experiences is contradictory and contested. Long afterwards, in 1545 he spoke of a 'tower experience', a spiritual breakthrough that brought him to peace of mind. Though he never gave the date of this experience, it is likely to have been after 1517. When he made his famous protest, he had not fully worked out his 'evangelical' theology or fought through his spiritual difficulties. It was while he was in the middle of his struggles that the Dominican friar Johann Tetzel came to Wittenberg selling indulgences, accompanied by an accountant from the Fugger banking house.
The fairly recent doctrine of indulgences had been promulgated in a papal bull of 1343 that allowed to faithful to make a financial contribution to draw upon the treasury of the merits of Christ and the saints. Later in the fifteenth century it had been argued that indulgences were available to help the souls in Purgatory as well as the living. In an age of acute religious anxiety the doctrine of indulgences held a powerful appeal. But it could also be seen as a cynical exploitation of people's fears and Luther was not the only person to protest about the system.
Luther's aim had been the fairly narrow one of opening up a debate about indulgences. The ninety-five theses were not intended as a call to revolution. But the challenge was a public one, contained in a letter to his local archbishop – Albrecht of Brandenburg. Albrecht forwarded the theses to Rome and within a fortnight they were available in German. In March 1518 Erasmus sent a copy to Thomas More.
In the ensuing pamphlet debate among German theologians, Luther moved from his protest against indulgences to a wider consideration of the doctrine of God's grace.
At the end of 1518 he met the great Italian scholar, Cardinal Cajetan in Augsburg. But there was no meeting of minds and any opportunity for compromise was lost. It is probably about this time that Luther had his 'tower experience'. In the wake of his disillusionment with Cajetan, he began to call for a General Council to hear his case – a direct attack on papal authority.
In 1519 Luther engaged in a public disputation with Dr Johann Eck at Leipzig (the rival university to Wittenberg). Eck, a brilliant debater, forced him into the open - Luther said that the Roman supremacy was of recent date and that much that Hus had taught had been correct. This immediately defined Luther as an enemy of the Catholic Church. The controversy spurned a huge pamphlet literature between 1518 and 1523. Pro-Luther pamphlets outnumbered the anti by 20 to 1.
1520 Luther issued three pamphlets:
(a) Appeal to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation. This was addressed in German and called for a programme of social and ecclesiastical reform. The pope was described as Antichrist and the German nobility had a God-given duty to overthrow him.In December 1520, following his excommunication, Luther burned the papal bull Exurge Domine which condemned his writings at the gates of Wittenberg.
(b) The Babylonian Captivity of the Church was written in Latin for the clergy. Luther reduced the seven sacraments to the three he believed were explicitly mentioned in scripture (baptism, penance and the Eucharist). He attacked transubstantiation though he maintained a doctrine of real presence.
(c) The Freedom of a Christian Man was a plea for inward religion based on a right relationship with God. 'A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all subject to none. A Christian is a perfectly dutiful servant of all, subject to all'. Good works come naturally to those who are saved.
The Diet of Worms: In the summer of 1519 Charles V had been elected emperor. Though Luther was under the Ban of the Empire, Charles gave him a safe-conduct by Charles V to attend the Diet in April 1521. In a long speech he defended his refusal to repudiate his writings.
'Unless I am convinced by Scripture and plain reason – I do not accept the authority of popes and councils for they have contradicted each other – my conscience is captive to the Word of God. I cannot and I will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. God help me. Amen.'Not long after his death, the first editor of his collected works added to his speech: 'Here I stand, I can do no other'. Charles honoured the safe-conduct he had given Luther, but he also issued an edict condemning him as a heretic.
Once Luther was back in Saxony, Frederick arranged for him to be kidnapped and 'imprisoned' in the Wartburg. During this time he completed his translation of the New Testament based on Erasmus's text. He also wrote hymns most notably 'Ein feste burg ist unser Gott'.
The Swiss Reformation
Luther's protest was not isolated. In 1519 Huldrych Zwingli's sermons in the Great Minster at Zurich initiated the Swiss Reformation, which was to affect England much more. It is disputed among historians how much Zwingli owed to Luther and how much he arrived at his theological position independently.
Zwingli showed his radicalism by marrying (in secret in 1522) and by ordering the destruction of images. He also set out a revolutionary doctrine of the Eucharist: it was purely a symbol and a declaration of faith; there was no 'real presence' of Christ in the Eucharist.
In Zurich it was the city council that decided Church law, using as their reference the scriptures. With no major monastery, no university faculty and no local bishop, the council was able to force a distinctive pattern of evangelical belief. By the end of the sixteenth century, this would be called 'Reformed', and was self-consciously non-Lutheran. It was to have a great influence on the formation of the Elizabethan Church.
The development of Lutheranism
In 1521 Luther's brilliant young disciple Philipp Melanchthon published the Loci Communes that was to become the central text of Lutheranism.
As Lutheranism developed, the early radicalism of Luther's pamphlets vanished. Luther believed he was confronted by two serious challenges from the 'left'. In 1522 he returned to Wittenberg to find the scholar and nobleman Andreas von Karlstadt declaring publicly that all sacred images should be destroyed. He condemned this in a pamphlet Against the Heavenly Prophets.
In 1525 he reacted viciously to the Peasants' Revolt and urged the nobility to 'smite, slay and stab'. His language was that of a frightened man. He believed that he was partly responsible for the revolt.
Luther's religious conservatism is shown at the Colloquy of Marburg in 1529 where he and Zwingli clashed on the Eucharist. Luther insisted on a 'real presence' while Zwingli argued for a purely symbolic interpretation of Christ's works. Their failure to agree marked a permanent division between Swiss and German Protestantism.
But Luther's conservatism should not be exaggerated. His marriage in 1524 to the ex-nun, Katherine von Bora (left), was a revolutionary step.
In 1529 the Emperor convened the Diet of Speyer with a view to withdrawing all concessions to Lutheranism. A group of German princes who supported religious reform drew up a protest - a 'Protestatio'. This is the origin of the term Protestant. Following this, Lutheran theology was codified in Melanchthon's Augsburg Confession (1530).

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*"Remarkably thorough, sophisticated, and precise. This collection will be useful to readers starting with those who have a general interest in the subject to serious scholars ... this book will serve as a defining text for many years to come given its pivotal position in the history of Gambian writing and to the quality of these essays that bring into bold relied the excellence of Sallah's writing."- Re-Markings, Vol 13 No.3, September 2014
* Cambria Press, Amherst, New York.
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Dear Professor Ghosh,
Thanks a lot for sending me the September 2014 issue of Re-Markings, which has Priscilla Ramsey's review of Wumi's book of critical perspectives on my writings. I am delighted to see the review so positive and I immediately shared it with Cambria Press, the publisher of the book. They liked the review so much that they decided to upload it in their section of reviews for their books. I am sharing that below, where as you can see "Re-Markings" is featured. I thought you might like to know about this featuring of Re-Markings on the publisher's website. By the way, I also liked the overall issue.
With warm regards,
P.S.: My new book of poems, Harrow: London Poems of Convalescence, will be released next January and I will send you a copy. Maybe someone in India can review it for Re-Markings.
(Tijan M. Sallah is the celebrated Gambian poet associated with the World Bank and is based in the US).
**Excerpts from Tijan M. Sallah's interview published in the September 2013 issue of Re-Markings:
'finding beauty in our midst':
Conversation with Tijan M. Sallah
Nibir K. Ghosh
Ghosh: From the diasporic angle, what is your take on the idea of "imaginary homelands"?
Sallah: Well, the twentieth and twenty-first century would be the era of "imaginary homelands." Many of us live in societies overseas different from where we have our cultural roots. Globalization and the internet have created a flat world where we can communicate and keep in touch instantaneously with our loved ones in our "imaginary homelands." Our roots will continue to endure and be relevant to us so long as we remain in touch. The diaspora will continue to be a source of support through re-investments and through lobbying in the northern citadels of power for societies where we have our roots. For us in voluntary or involuntary exile, the uprooted, we will face challenges in our receiving societies where we will have to adapt, but also in culturally giving what is valuable from our roots to our uprooted posterity.
Ghosh: Since you have had an Indian connection, what message would you like to give to young upcoming writers in India?
Sallah: India is on the rise and has much to offer to the world. Young upcoming Indian writers must capture the rich experiences of the current moment of India's interphase with globalization to tell the story of the poor, the disenfranchised, the marginalized, the socially excluded because of, for example, caste, to those fortunate Indians and the world at large ...
The task of the young Indian writer must be that of a chameleon revolutionary, to change colors with the environment in order to see and tell the stories of the true lives of Indians – all for the betterment of India and the world.


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Barcelona has amazing beautiful park, which is one of the most beautiful in all of Europe — Parc Güell. I heard that it is planned to make the entrance fee. Although it is still not sure. We visited the city park during our November 2011 vacation. There you can get there on their own, getting public transport — bus or book a tour in Barcelona, during which a competent guide will explain the history and amazing facts associated with this place. Park Güell takes a huge area of Barcelona, about 17 hectares of land. The terrain is completely preserved, all the hills, streets. This is a very colorful park, visiting which you find yourself in the fabulous world — very bright and magical. Almost every tourist who arrives to Barcelona, do not miss a chance to make a wonderful walk in the park Güell. So we are one of the days of your vacation dedicated to visit the park. Through the internet we booked a transfer of Barcelona and in a few moments were at the gates of the park. The main entrance to the Park Güell in his own struck our fancy.
It consists of two unique of its kind houses. We can say that the two buildings are reminiscent in its design gingerbread houses of the well-known fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Passing through the gate, we find ourselves in front of the grand staircase leading directly to the hall, called the «Hall of hundred columns». In the middle of the stairs to the railing is very cute salamander, all covered with colorful mosaics, the colors that shimmer in the sun. Against the background of salamander is photographed a huge number of people willing, so we had to wait their turn to get a charming picture. Park Guell, designed by the great architect Antoni Gaudí, and in 1984 was recorded in all the well-known UNESCO World Heritage List. «Hall of hundred columns» attracts attention, it has something typical of the architecture of ancient Greece. If you go over the top, we come to the central square with a giant curved bench shaped like a snake that lives under the sea. Dressing benches made of mosaic technique, which is present in almost every subject park. This bench is very comfortable, sitting on it, you can relax after a long walk in the park. On the square are placed whole groups of students, who also came on the tour. It is interesting to observe the slow movements of tourists.
Our walk was even more informative if we were accompanied by a Russian guide in Barcelona. However, we decided to make this trip alone. The whole park planted with beautiful trees, palm trees, bushes bizarre, different plants. Here you can relax from the bustle of the metropolis and enjoy the singing of thousands of birds. In the park, you can spend the whole day and not notice how time flew. The next time, when we finally meet in Barcelona once again, be sure to look at the Güell Park again.


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This position requires travel to the client location for interviews and validation of physical and technical controls that are expected to protect credit card data (cardholder data). The work done every day makes a difference in the lives of people around us at work and at play.
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We spent some time at Sissinghurst Castle today, working on letterpress printing the inside front cover for the Sissinghurst poem booklet. Thanks to some excellent press-work from Carla and Ray, the one hundred prints were completed speedily and with enough time to stop and share with visitors to our open exhibition.
While the printing was going on, I spent some time photographing a few of the most recent entries in our exhibition log book. It looks like visitors to the exhibition have found it a positive experience. We've definitely had some amazing conversations – and heard some incredible stories – a few of which will be shared on this blog in the coming days.
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Oksana Grigorieva before and after plastic surgery.We've been seeing an awful lot of Oksana Grigorieva in the headlines lately, due to her highly publicized spat with disgruntled actor Mel Gibson.
When initially laying eyes on Oksana Grigorieva, its quite evident that plastic surgery is one of her favorite hobbies, in fact several sites have suggested shes undergone such procedures as cheek implants, lip augmentation and a nose job, along with breast implants that Mel Gibson recently referred to as "foreign bodies" during one of his leaked telephone rants.
As for the plastic surgery assessment, i think this list of procedures hits the nail squarely on the head. In addition it would appear that Oksana Grigorieva may have also opted for a brow lift, as we see the hollowed out effect above her eyes, which is typical for such a procedure.
Dolly Parton before and after plastic surgery
As you can see in the before and after photo, Oksana was a very beautiful woman to begin with, and despite her "over the top" plastic surgery makeover, she is still quite enchanting, with the exception of her trout pout lips.
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Set the Day and Date on your Rolex
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11 Thursday Aug 2016
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Rolex are one of the most sought after brands in the world, and are renowned for their performance, looks, and reliability. Rolex the brand dates back to 1905 when it was founded by Hans Wildorf, a German watchmaker. Wildorf's aim of the company was to create timeless watches at affordable prices. Wildorf worked hard over the years and Rolex has, in return become one of the most luxurious worldwide retailers.
The main problem with such sought after brands is that many manufacturers are producing fakes, some good, some bad, and consumers are finding it increasingly more difficult to spot some of the "better" ones.
Here are several ways you can spot a fake Rolex, courtesy of Bond Jewellers, Scarborough.
You can spot a fake Rolex by the detailing on the brand stamping. In the 2000′s Rolex began to place a crown logo above the Rolex name. Many manufacturers who produce the fake watches do not place the crown on their products.
The intricate detailing of the serial and model number stamping can highlight whether your watch is real or fake. For example, the numbers and letters are marked impeccably and are cut deep, whereby counterfeit retailers usually use a scratching method and are faint or of low quality.
The weight of a Rolex can be an indicator of whether it is real or fake. An authentic Rolex is crafted with the highest quality materials, including real or precious metal and quality gems or crystals, meaning that an original will be quite heavy and will have a solid feel. A fake will be significantly lighter and made of lesser materials.
Authentic Rolex watches are waterproof.
Rolex DO NOT engrave the case back of their watches, apart from the Sea Dweller model. If your watch features an engraved back, it is likely that it is fake.
As originals are a luxury product and finely crafted, they come with a large price tag. Even a second hand Rolex will not be cheap. A low price can be a huge indicator that the Rolex is fake.
When investing in a Rolex it is important to carry out some vital checks to ensure that it isn't a fake. If you are unsure or something doesn't feel right there is a good chance it isn't and you should beware before handing over any money. Also look out for the original papers that came with the watch when it was first purchased.
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Buying a diamond is an investment. A pricey investment. Therefore, you want to get things right. Where ever you decide to buy, be it a traditional jewellers or online read our common diamond buying mistakes and keep these in mind for future purchases and you're at least on the right track. Before we begin the number 1 golden rule is to avoid buying from the high street (ie, chain stores, franchises, catalogue shops etc).
You may be shown two or more diamonds of various cut qualities. While the customer may choose the best cut from the diamonds shown, it is not necessarily a well cut diamond but more likely the best cut quality the shop currently has in stock.
Well cut diamonds are more expensive per carat but only a few are ever carried in traditional jewellers. 'Less than' well cut diamonds will cost less to purchase but will be more available to you as a customer as the jewellers can turn them over quicker.
It is near impossible to accurately judge the clarity and colour of a diamond once it is set (in say, a ring for example). Flaws are easily hidden under claws and the colour can be obscured by the reflections from the setting itself. A diamond set in white gold for instance looks larger than its actual size. If purchasing a diamond as an investment ask to see it loose.
More to follow in Common Diamond Buying Mistakes, Part II
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Posted Bond Jewellers, Jewellery, Press, Scarborough, Televisionin
A man armed with a crowbar terrorises a jewellery shop owner, but what he doesn't know is that his violent act is being broadcast right around the town on short wave radio, to the police, the council and local shopkeepers…
You may have seen Scarborough's top jewellery shop owner on Series 3, Episode 8 of the BBC's Caught Red Handed series. For anyone that hasn't, keep an eye out for it and watch Mr Bond in his acting debut 😉
07 Thursday Jul 2016
Posted Birthstone, Rubyin
Birthstone, health, love, Ruby, wisdom
Rubies, the birthstone of July, are considered the king of gems and represent love, health and wisdom. It was believed wearing a fine red Ruby bestowed good fortune on its owner. A Ruby is the most valuable gemstone and its value increases based on its color and quality.
28 Saturday May 2016
Posted Bond Jewellers, Diamonds, Jewellery, Rhodiumin
Do you have any yellow gold jewellery you don't wear any more because you may have fallen out of love with yellow gold?
Good news! There are options available to you.
First off, you can always come to our jewellery shop on Huntriss Row, Scarborough and we'll try to buy it from you, or…
You can have it rhodium plated and turn it in to white gold jewellery.
What is rhodium?
Rhodium is a very precious metal that can cost ten times as much as gold or more! Rhodium is generally not considered a feasible material to make jewellery from, because it is stressed and brittle, very difficult to "work" properly for jewellery making, and it's price is terribly volatile.
But rhodium is fabulous as a plating for jewellery because it is glitteringly, dazzlingly, white and mirror-like. It's like chrome, but much whiter, and the most reflective of all metals.
Rhodium plating makes diamonds look bigger and better because it's so bright that it glints like the diamonds. From a couple of feet away and under most lighting conditions it's hard to see where the stones end and the metal begins. Nothing sets off diamonds like rhodium plating does. So most white gold jewellery today is rhodium plated.
So that's another option. Why not bring your yellow gold jewellery in to us and let us give you a price on rhodium plating (turning it in to white gold jewellery). It's very possibly cheaper than you think, and you can once again wear that jewellery you once loved.
Where are we?
7 Huntriss Row
North Yorkshire
19 Thursday May 2016
Posted Bond Jewellers, Scarborough, Various, Web Design, Workin
Our amazing web designer finishes his second year at university in a couple of weeks time and is looking for a little Summer job. If you're after a website for your local business, why not let him work (at your place, like we do) for a day a week until he starts the third year of his Web Design and Development degree in October. He can design you a brilliant website from the ground up, and it will work out so much cheaper than paying a third party to do this for you. You also have the added bonus of being able to see your website being built at every stage so he can tailor it to your exact requirements. He is also great at online marketing so will get you seen all over the social networks, and get you high up the Google rankings for your new site. Contact us and we'll arrange something for you or give him a ring/text directly on 07505 362 987. You really won't be disappointed. Bond Jewellers.
31 Thursday Mar 2016
Posted Bond Jewellers, Jewellery, Scarboroughin
Some of you may have experienced a real jewellery shop, where sales don't happen every week, and prices are based on the quality of jewellery offered within. At Bond Jewellers in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, you're not just paying for a name, or for an item you think is a bargain (because the price is so low in a sale, even though the retail price of the item is highly inflated), but you're paying for real jewellery at a real price. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, and Bond the Jewellers are a real shop.
You'll find them on Huntriss Row, Scarborough, North Yorkshire.
03 Thursday Mar 2016
Posted Bond Jewellers, Podcast, Pressin
Follow us on Soundcloud, our home for informative and educational radio talks and podcasts, https://soundcloud.com/bond-jewellers
05 Friday Feb 2016
Posted Bond Jewellers, Diamonds, Scarboroughin
We've been talking about the nearing event known as Valentines Day and thinking how we can help make the love more wholesome. From now until Valentines Day we'll be offering 10% off all our diamond stock (excluding THE Diamond) simply by quoting us the name "Cupid".
Simply visit us on Huntriss Row, Scarborough to help make Valentines Day that little bit brighter!


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As the discussion evolves into a vivid example of fauceir, in this case meme, evolution, I try to send an other comment which I copied here.
@John Dinkelspiel
I watched Susan Blackmore's talk on memes, and in fact, she is extending the concept of memes towards Fauceir Theory by introducing more types of fauceirs namely the 'teme', technological meme, but you cannot name them all. Fauceirs are innumerable. Even replicating fauceirs are abundant and they show a tremendous variation in mechanisms of replication. You cannot even name all the mechanisms but you can classify them by precision and resource consumption. Mato explained these parameters in his first Fauceir lecture, available at YouTube.
Surprisingly enough, I find myself defending Meme Theory. Though I agree with you that the meme concept is vague at best, and though I disagree with Susan Blackmore that it can be improved simply by copying and varying, still I feel there is a fundamental predication made in Susan's talk that comes true. We shy away from admitting it. I outlined it more precisely in my blog entry.
Grown up in the countryside, I know how people who live in big cities for generations loose elementary instincts to survive in the wilderness. (The movie Crocodile Dundee is no exaggeration.)
You may want to counter that this can be learned again based on the Madagascar 2 slogan "If you make it in New Your you can make it everywhere", but I vehemently disagree. These instincts are lost and gone for ever. I wonder what experienced rangers in Arizona would say about it.
There is nothing scary about that. As a matter of fact, fauceirs, manipulate fauceirs since time immemorial. Fauceir-fauceir-interactions is the prerequisite of evolution.
@Jim Brennan
I guess you compare parasitic memes with fast food. Well, all fauceirs, including memes, can evolve into parasitic behavior. Each host fauceirs has to defend numerous such attacks.
@Graham Macdonald
Well, genes are an abstract concept too. If you took a stretch of DNA into a test tube, it would not work as a gene. A gene needs its context, the environment where it can take action. The same holds true for a meme. If you wrote some source code on a paper, it would not work either. Fauceirs are abstract entities and they have always to be studies apart from its physical representation in the context in which they have evolved.
You may counter that a gene can be represented only by a certain DNA sequence while a piece of software can be transmitted by various forms. That's not true. The same gene is not always the same stretch of DNA. It may include synonymous variations. Moreover, as some organisms or organelles use a slightly different genetic code, the same gene can be coded differently at an other place.
This work by Paul Netman is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.
Fauceir theory is developed and © by Mato Nagel and available at www.fauceir.org.


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Goal Setting & Planning
"The difference between a goal and a dream is the written word."
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|Key Points
How We Achieve Our Lifetime Goals
How to Start to Achieve Our Lifetime Goals
Once we have set our lifetime goals, set a 25 year plan of smaller goals that you should complete if you are to reach your lifetime plan. Then set a 5 year plan, 1 year plan, 6 month plan, and 1 month plan of progressively smaller goals that you should reach to achieve your lifetime goals. Each of these should be based on the previous plan.
Finally set a daily to-do list of things that you should do today to work towards your lifetime goals. At an early stage these goals may be to read books and gather information on the achievement of your goals. This will help you to improve the quality and realism of your goal-setting.
Finally review your plans, and make sure that they fit the way in which you want to live your life.
Staying on Course
Once you have decided your first set of plans, keep the process going by reviewing and updating your to-do list on a daily basis. Periodically review the longer term plans, and modify them to reflect your changing priorities and experience.
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Fireside Vista is the perfect all paved access luxury cabin in Blue Ridge Georgia you've been looking for! This cabin is ideal for three couples looking to get away, as it has three king bedrooms all with their own bathroom and TVs in each room. Fireside Vista has lots of luxurious wood touches and gorgeous decor throughout, and is located less than 6 miles from Downtown Blue Ridge on all paved roads for easy access. Don't forget the outdoor wood burning fireplace on the main deck too!
Step inside the main level, to the gorgeous upscale kitchen, dining area, and great room. The kitchen has stainless steel appliances, granite countertops, and a handy wine chiller under the kitchen island and the dining table has seating for six guests. The great room has comfy seating around the gas log fireplace, a large flat screen wall mounted TV plus windows and French doors facing the Mountain view. Step out onto the main level deck to discover the gas grill and outdoor fireplace! This space is perfect for entertaining while you grill, as your guests enjoy the wood burning outdoor fireplace surrounded by mountains. Evenings by the outdoor fireplace having your favorite snacks and beverages will become wonderful memories made in Blue Ridge! Or, get up early before everyone else to enjoy the morning with a warm cup of coffee with the lovely and serene view just by yourself in one of the cabins porch rocking chairs. Inside and adjacent to the kitchen/great room is the main level bedroom and bathroom. This bedroom has a flat screen TV, an impressive King size bed, doors that open to the deck, and its own bathroom with a luxury tile shower and copper sink vanity.
Inside and up the stairs, you will find an open loft with a Twin size bed and seating. The loft also has windows in two directions, so you can catch up on reading while lounging around with the mountains peaking in through the windows. Just a few steps away, is the master bedroom! This bedroom has a log King bed, flat screen TV, a private balcony, and bathroom. The bathroom has a garden tub, luxury tile shower, and copper sink vanity. The master bedroom's balcony offers you a chance to enjoy the mountains alone or with your significant other, whether it be with champagne or coffee... the private balcony will be on of your favorite amenities!
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We are very happy that our LUM is installed at "P Cube Architectural Solutions" office in Bombay – India, to maximize their customer project in this country and Asia.
You can see the opening office in the pictures below.
Qstudio was present at the signature of the Capital Contribution for Coldelco Law enactment with our Lum panel. This law allows an extraordinary capital contribution for Codelco.
Bachelet emphasized that this law represents a "historical effort to give a new impulse to Codelco in order to strengthen its growth, its productivity and its efficiency" and she also underlined that investments materialization will have an invigorating impact on national economy.
Tom Dixon, notorious designer, worldwide renowned, appointed as designer of the year 2014 visited Chile. He uses materials like Copper, Bronze and Steel to build his works and Qstudio was invited to participate to his activities and to his public as well as private meetings, so we were present with our Lum wall in his one-time open presentation in the MAC and also in the "El Teniente" mine site visit.
Pictures of his stay in Chile below:
On June 5th, 6th and 7th, the second version of Santiago Fashion Week will be held in the Palacio de La Moneda Cultural Centre and our Lum wall will be part of the scenography of the most important catwalk in the country, a great shop window to get Chilean design abroad.
Copper ball, handmade in our workshop located in Colina 1 Penitentiary centre, will be the corporate gift from the National Futbol Association to the teams who will play in the FIFA World Cup Brazil 2014. At first, it will be Spain, Holland and Australia.
Thomas Keller, Executive President of Codelco, and Sergio Jadue, Presidente of the National Professional
Football Association Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP), showing the copper ball.
The idea is to create a poetical ride across Chile's lanscapes through the copper and the rotation generated thanks to the wind. The tree has passages of Pablo Nerduda's poem
"Cuando de Chile" and images like the Chilean map, araucarias, copihues, etc, engraved on it.
Copper is the main character, in stretched vertical bands like our territory and representing one of the biggest contrast of our geography: orange on the top, as our desert in the North and green at the bottom, as our austral forest, all this made with different copper terminations and achieving to join Chile's culture, geography and economy.
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second version, this exhibition brings toghether 21 sculptural christmas trees created by different chilean artists. The artists work with different embassys each, to represent the
culture of the country.
The original exhibition will be present on the pedestrian walkway of the Parque Bicentenario, infront of the CEPAL.


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Bat Flowers, Bat Fish, and Fruit Bats
My first encounter with bats was in Lahore, in my dadi's house in Model Town. It was one of those pretty beat old houses with high ceilings, and a front gate that nearly fell on my sister and me when we were swinging on it one day, pulling down with it the huge cement pillar holding it in place. If there hadn't been a ditch for me to fall in, so the gate fell over the ditch instead of over me, I would've died. I think my sister got scratched. Don't ask how we survived ... it was that kind of house. Yep, probably full of jinns. It is where I heard my first jinn story. BUT that is not what this post is about. One night a bat flew inside the bedroom where we all slept together in a line of beds. I was transfixed, and probably a little scared. It was my first bat.
Years later in Upstate New York, I encountered more bats, and liked them less. They would fly into pizza joints and into my apartment building, and hang in the window outside my front door.
Years later in Sydney, I saw my first fruit bats. These were different sort of bats. They were cute. They also had a great other name: flying foxes. I returned to Lahore, Pakistan, to tell my hubby all about them and a friend overheard and said there were flying foxes in our very own Lahore. Sure enough, there they were in Jinnah Park, dangling upside down with furry red breasts exposed, though they can be hard to see -- from a distance, they look a bit like shapeless pods. Of course they made it into the book I was writing at the time. (There's a scene in The Geometry of God where Amal meets her lover Omar at Jinnah Park and they talk about the bats ...)
Years later in Malaysia, I saw a bat fish. These are terrifically hard to spot, but they favor mangroves, so poke around the roots and the weeds. They are so lovely, sort of like seahorses in how they drift dreamily. The one I saw swam right by me, all upright and introverted, and at first I thought it was a leaf. Because they are so slow, Dave and I were able to look at it till we were almost sated. Then it disappeared.
And now, a week ago, in Lyon Arboretum in Honolulu, I saw a black bat flower. These are some of the strangest and most gorgeous flowers I've ever seen (and apparently, quite rare). They have long silky tendrils or "whiskers" that are purplish in the sun and the petals are so glossy and rich. They aren't exactly pretty. They have no smell. But they are stunningly intense.
Check out the photos above. White bat flower; Black bat flower in Lyon Arboretum, Honolulu (a different one from the same cluster posted in the previous post); and flying foxes in Jinnah Park, Lahore. I know, the bats are shadowy. But if you zoom in and think friendly bat thoughts, they might reveal themselves.
Hawaii Book and Music Festival
The 5th Annual Hawaii Book and Music Festival will be held this weekend, May 15-16 10:00a.m.-5:00p.m. at Honolulu Hale. Free admission and parking! Lots of food, and, well, books and music ...
PLUS, I will be in the Authors' Pavilion on Sunday May 16 from 12:00p.m-1:00p.m reading a little and talking a little. And signing copies of both Trespassing and The Geometry of God in the Revolution Books' stall at 11:00a.m. and in the Barnes and Noble tent at 1:00p.m. Hope to see you there!
For more info on the festival, see hawaiibookandmusicfestival.org
PLUS, I will be in the Authors' Pavilion on Sunday May 16 from 12:00p.m-1:00p.m reading a little and talking a little. And signing copies of both Trespassing and The Geometry of God in the Revolution Books' stall at 11:00a.m. and in the Barnes and Noble tent at 1:00p.m. Hope to see you there!
For more info on the festival, see hawaiibookandmusicfestival.org
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The Racketeer
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|"A trial was a spectacle, a farce, a ridiculous way to search for the truth. But as I learned, the truth was not important. Perhaps in another era, a trial was an exercise in the presentations of facts, the search for truth, and the finding of justice. Now a trial is a contest in which one side will win and the other side will lose. Each side expects the other to bend the rules or to cheat, so neither side plays fair. The truth is lost in the melee." P.84
Malcolm Bannister, a 40-something guy. A former lawyer yet a Frostburg camp inmate, and became one due to his previous job involving him to trouble. And ever since then, he has lost two important things in his life : his career and his family. Only his old man, his sister, and his brother cared for him. But with 10 year sentence, he always thought his life was horrible. Until someday Malcolm heard the news about a Federal Judge, named Ray Fawcett, was killed along with his secretary as well as mistress. He knew something behind this murder, no, he knew someone behind this all. Who killed both of 'em. And with this, Malcolm offered his knowledge to FBI, but with the exchange of his freedom and security after telling these all. In US, there's a rule named Rule 35 which enables a freedom of an inmate if he/she can help the police and government (If I'm not mistaken). At first, FBI could hardly buy his offer, but for the sake of the case' development, they decided to give Malcolm a try.
"It would be wrong to get the impression that Frostburg is filled with Bible-thumpers. It is not. It's still a prison, and the majority of my fellow inmates would not be caught dead in a church service." P.138
After signing some agreement, finally Malcolm stated what he knew. He told them that the murderer had been one of previous inmates in Frostburg, who was judged by the late Fawcett and felt resentful towards him. He was Quin Rucker. And without further ado, FBI searched for Quin and caught him while he's doing his business. Further investigation was done, but for few hours Quin insisted he did not do what he was accused of. But the FBI investigator threatened to put his family in jail if he did not speak the truth (actually, speak things FBI believed was true) and he forcefully confessed to be the murderer and his confession was recorded in a video. And Malcolm finally could easily breath and embrace his freedom. But to protect him from any threats Quin's family might do to him as Quin already figured out who told this thing, Malcolm entered the Witness Protection Program. He changed his identity, alter his face and look, and learnt to behave different than he usually did. He deleted Malcolm Bannister's life and welcome Max Reed Baldwin, the new him, who's never a lawyer nor an inmate, who lived his life in Florida. He would never be able to meet his father, his brother, his sister, even his son who lived with his ex-wife but he chose to keep going on. But the story didn't end there! Quin kept denying the accusation and told his lawyer the FBI forced him to confess. He knew the man behind this scene and asked his brother to look for Malcolm Bannister. He was really sure Malcolm used Rule 35 and changed his identity. And it didn't take a long time for his brother to find Malcolm, who's now Max Reed Baldwin, in Florida, enjoying his life to the fullest. Hearing this through their devices, the FBI freaked out and called Max that Quin's guys already found him. Max blamed the FBI and chose to move to other places without giving a notice to FBI. With his new identity, he made a virtual documentary movie company and acted as a famous director who earned many awards in the field. With this, he began his true mission! The mission to catch the real culprit in Judge Fawcett murder and to revenge FBI, who made Malcolm Bannister's life horrible. Through the eye of Malcolm Bannister's, readers are brought to know about life in a special camp/prison, behind the scene of FBI investigation who sometimes intimidates the accused that he/she's cornered and forced to do what FBI told. We know further about US Law System and its apparatus and how they coordinated with each other. And I bet Grisham put what his view of US Law System, FBI, and US special camp in this book (Well, almost all authors do that hhi). I find it interesting, though, it helped me to think critically of my country's.
"I often wonder about their history. Who mined the gold? From which continent? Who minted it? How did it get into this country? And so on. But I know these questions will never be answered." P. 350
First let's talk about the characters. Here Malcolm Bannister a.k.a Max Reed Baldwin is the star. Almost everything in this book is explained through his perspective. Yeah, 'almost', because there are some parts in which he didn't involve directly and those situations are described through third POV. We could see his subjective thought in every condition happening to him, which is undoubtedly suspicious towards FBI. In the beginning, I was sympathetic because seemingly he was a victim of FBI and the law system. But after he was set free, changed his identity, and finally known what he reported about Quin Rucker was not true, the sympathy gradually decreased. But still, I enjoyed to know what he's been thinking, like it's all unpredictable and brilliant. Even the FBI had no idea how to deal with the mess Max purposively created. His characterization was gradually revealed following the situations evolved and I finally could conclude how he was at the end of the story. In reality, I surely will not agree to how he solved problems, but it's different when reading them through this book, like I think it's funny hhi.
Others are also interesting, like Quin Rucker,the 'victim' of Bannister's who just poured everything in his mind, ignoring the effect it could to him. I enjoyed reading his parts, and at the end, it's also revealed he's one of the mastermind along with Bannister! This story is really full of surprise! Victor Westlake was also a nice supporting character, a thoughtful and careful one. Actually his parts were only few but it's stuck in my mind, because it always involved something funny, not meaningful though. Perhaps that is why I perceive this character is also interesting hhi.
The second one is the setting. I, and along with other readers, were brought to many places where Malcolm did his adventure; starting from Fostburg to Florida, and then to Miami, continute to Roanoke, then going to Jamaica, Virginia, and so forth (please note in mind that this is not the exact order, but these all are places in which the events took place). And before ending up with Vanessa, his friend's sister , whom he had had a crush on ever since they met in the camp, Malcolm had a only-for-fun relationship with Eva while he was in Miami (not sure about this, I forget, sorry) and managed to flirt with other women lol. He definetly was more confident with his new look hhi.
Then if you asked me what's the most special about this story, of course I would no doubt to say the plot! I think this is what those literature experts call the character-driven plot! The Racketeer, I mean, every characters and situations inside, are stirred by Malcolm. You know, especially the FBI was really only like a bunch of idiot puppets. It was really cool, in my opinion. Not all crime, mystery, and thriller authors can pull this kind of plot. So you already know for sure that I really had fun with this book and absolutely, this is one of my most recommended novel for you all, who love crime, thriller, suspense, mystery, law-themed books! No no no, not only for those kind, but also those who usually think this kind of books is not their cup of tea, because yeah, thriller, crime books usually are really serious and kinda boring.
But no, put aside that thought because you will have fun with this!! Trust me!! And I hope Indonesian publishers will translate this book to Bahasa so that people who enjoy reading in Bahasa can read this soon! =))
=) Rating : 5/5


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Out of Africa: Pickup Trucks and SUVsMay 11th, 2015 by admin
When most people think of 4×4 production plants, places like Detroit and Toledo spring to mind. Even Audi's hometown of Ingolstadt, Germany and cities in Japan could be on the short list. It's time to add Ghana to that list.
African Kantanka Automobile Company is producing three different SUVs and four pickups at their Gomoa Mpota assembling plant. The Kantanka brand went commercial earlier this year and is described as the most promising one emerging from Africa.
It's the brainchild of Kantanka Group founder and owner Dr. Kwadwo Safo, a gifted visionary who comes up with the 4×4 designs before they're produced. Throw in Safari all-terrain tires and bull bars and you're ready to roll.
The sophisticated, year-old plant imports some of the parts and partially automates the processes of assembling vehicles. It has five different sections where welding, chemical application, washing and spraying, general assembling and testing processes are performed. Assurances from the African government that they would publicize and promote the company have not materialized, but this isn't slowing down production, which is currently rolling out around 20 vehicles daily. Future plans call for sales services to be added as well.
The first four-wheel drive vehicle manufactured by the company was the Kantanka Onantefo I. Traditionally, locals are dubious of vehicles produced in Ghana, but the plant had a logical remedy. Before hitting the open market, the workers test drove the trucks and SUVs themselves to ensure they were durable and safe for on and off-roading. Ghanaian celebrities were recruited to conduct more test drives and the 4x4s passed with flying colors.
The challenge of selling the 4x4s in Africa is intensified by economic conditions and issues of affordability. Typically, people who need 4x4s invest in more affordable, used vehicles. Hilux pickups, Range Rovers, Defenders, Land Cruisers and Jeeps are the go-to brands favored by locals. The joint venture the Kantanka Automobile Company has with China also draws the ire of Africans seeking true economic independence and autonomy.


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The fatal attraction of FRP is its simplicity. Semantics are beautiful and clear. There are Behaviors, functions of time, Events, timed occurrences, and they all dance together. You write causal transformations (future values depend on past values, not vise versa), and it works. You use equational reasoning to transform your program. You get inspired by Conal Elliott's papers.
However, how do we implement it? Many a ship has foundered in these waters.
Perhaps you do not even have to. People do different things to really "get," obtain an operational understanding of something. Mathematicians like denotational semantics. They understand object A by explaining it in terms of object B we already know. Only programmers like to implement things, but then they can use an existing implementation to play with. Once I play with Impl(A), I "understand" A.
At the Budapest functional programming beer night I used to go to, we had the fortune of having Gergely Patai and Csaba Hurska. These guys have built simply amazing Haskell projects, the Elerea FRP library, and the LambdaCube purely functional 3d engine. Gergely is a mathematician. He explained FRP to me by reducing things to Cartesian closed categories. As you guess, it did not help me - to this day my understanding of those things is shaky. Csaba is a little more of a programmer, he told be Haskell is a hacker's language. Both, now that I think of it, made fun of me for talking about dependent types being the future of programming, with good reason, as I now know. But I digress.
At a very high-level, problems with implementing FRP in a language like Haskell or F# are these:
- It is quite hard to enforce causality of transformations with a vanilla type system. AFAIK most practical systems either design a new language and type system, or just leave this invariant unchecked.
- If event streams are first class values, this can easily create memory leaks in a higher-order program, if the entire unfolding history is retained. Solutions here are: do not give the user first-class event streams (but only their transformers, or something like that), create a new language and type system that rules out those nasty higher-order programs (Elm.js), or use some kind of combination of convention, types, and clever implementation (weak pointers etc), to make it work.
Much as I despair getting FRP right, I am coming back to the topic as we are working on WebSharper UI.Next with Simon Fowler. While trying to implement a sub-FRP system, something that is not quite as general but hopefully much simpler to implement, I also realize I start slowly thinking about general FRP again.
Briefly, the compromises we are making in UI.Next are:
- No first-class event streams. You want to transform event occurrences? Do it with imperative state and callbacks. That stops working? Do it with agents and communicating micro-processes. That stops working too? Use Concurrent ML (or Hopac). We are not quite there yet with providing CML primitives in WebSharper/JS but this is planned, probably as a proxy for Hopac.
- We do, however, provide a dataflow abstraction that is almost, but not quite, approaching FRP behaviors. A View<'T> is something that varies over time, in discrete steps. It is now computed from zero or more Var<'T>, which are a reactive form of ref cells.
- Using the mental model of communicating processes, we designed a protocol for View<'T> processes to synchronize in a way that is friendly to GC for most programs, even without relying on weak pointers (not at this point, at least). The protocol also does not preserve occurrences, it synchronizes to the "latest" value, which is nice.
- Views can be observed imperatively or by constructing reactive DOM documents.
It is tempting to add Behaviors too, perhaps as View
As I am playing with this, I have one rebellious thought. Are FRP event streams or their transformers even worth the trouble? Behaviors are clearly wonderful. But do you really want first-class "mouseClicks"? Or a fold on those? In the context of an ML type system such as F#.
It remains to be seen. So far I like that our system is working well with embedding typical higher-order, stateful widget code, as found left and right in the JavaScript ecosystem. It is also simple enough so we could implement it.. Reasoning laws are NOT the ones for pure FP, but things are mostly tractable if you stick to the paradigm of communicating processes. CML might just fill the spot, but some cross-pollination might also happen. That is, we might end up adding process combinators that look a lot like FRP event and event/behavior combinators.


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This is a lovely dish, simple, fairly light and full of flavour. The creamy sauce infused with the spring onions with a light lemony flavour is a delight.
Here is what you will need:-
The Stir Fry
A little Olive Oil
150 gm - Button Mushrooms (sliced)
150 gm - Samphire (washed & trimmed)
The Sauce
A little Olive Oil
6 - Spring Onions
½ - Lemon
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50 mm - White wine
150 ml - Cream
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
1 - Vegetable Stock Cube
It's best to make the sauce first so that it can be gently bubbling away while you cook the prawns, mushrooms and samphire.
Put a little olive oil in a pan on a medium to low heat, Chop the spring onions and add them to the pan
Then add the white wine, when it begins to bubble mix it into a paste again.
Then add the cream and mix well, add the salt and pepper and lemon juice.
It will be quite thick by now so add a little water to get it to the consistency of your liking mix well, and then sprinkle in the stock cube stir well as it heats up again.
Keep tasting as you go you may want to add more of certain things to get it to your liking; you will be surprised at the kick the spring onions will give.
While that's gently simmering Heat a little oil in a wok and stir fry the pawns, when they start changing pink put in the sliced mushrooms.
Stir fry for about four minutes then add the Samphire and stir fry for another three minutes or so.
Go back to your sauce and make any adjustments that you need to, and you are ready to plate up.
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What to look for at the Jackson Hole Symposium (Business Insider)
Friday marks day two of the Kansas City Fed's Jackson Hole Symposium, which has become a way for the Fed to communicate future policy. While Fed Chair Janet Yellen will not be part of the event, central bankers from around the world will be on hand. On Friday, at 12:25 p.m. ET, Swiss National Bank Chairman Thomas Jordan will participate in a panel discussing US inflation. The main event occurs on Saturday at 12:25 p.m. ET. That's when Bank of England head Mark Carney, European Central Bank vice president Vitor Constancio, US Fed vice chair Stanley Fischer, and Reserve Bank of India governor Raghuram Rajan discuss global inflation dynamics.
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