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"You can't blend in when you were born to stand out."
That's the lesson Auggie, a young boy born with a facial difference, learns in the bestselling novel Wonder by RJ Palacio. In the book, he enters his first mainstream school in Grade 5.
According to their teachers Jaime Harpster and Sarah Lancaster, the Grade 5 students at Chase Elementary School are extraordinary in their own ways: smart, vivacious, motivated, and unique. For the language arts unit on transformation, the students read Wonder, conducted research, and reflected on what it means to transform. The teachers wanted their students to experience the sensitivity, acceptance, and bravery of the characters in the book.
"I like how the book was told in many different perspectives, like August, Via, Summer, and Jack Will," said student Blake Reed. "It wasn't just one persons' point of view and how they felt about stuff, how others felt about Auggie getting bullied. I like how it was told in many different ways."
Students also found personal connections to the story.
"I know a couple of people with special needs problems," said Autumn Schultz. "Sometimes people jump to conclusions about them and say I don't want to be friends with them. I'm not like that."
Blake paid special attention to the fact that Auggie had 28 facial surgeries. "My aunt had 30 surgeries," said Blake, "… but no one calls her names."
In response to the book, students painted and stenciled their own "Choose Kind" shirts to promote class unity. Eliana Paragios explains how they chose the slogan. "We were thinking what should we write on the shirts," Eiliana said. "We wanted 'choose kind' because you shouldn't judge a person by their look."
Noelyn Metzger said that making the shirts "brought us all together. It was reflecting on something we all loved: Wonder, the book."
Finally, the students requested a special "field trip" to see the film version of "Wonder," which was released after they had finished reading the book. On November 20, students, parents, and staff filled a White Marsh AMC theatre – many of them wearing their Choose Kind T-shirts.
"It was cool to see the audience in the theater with the same shirt," Autumn. "It was cool that we made them."
While overall, the Chase group laughed and cried during the film, Autumn's review was this: "It was good, but I liked the book better because they left parts out of the movie."


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A gay couple, Akwasi Boakye and Kwame Amankwa, got married on Easter Sunday in Kumasi, Ghana. The wedding, attended by hundreds of members of LGBTI community, started at 10 a.m. on Sunday and lasted all night. The Tafohene, Nana Agyin Frimpong II, has banished the couple from the town. The couple has allegedly disappeared on a honeymoon to Accra.
A 27-year-old man has been banished from Tafo in Kumasi for allegedly wedding a male partner on Easter Sunday. Akwasi Boakye is believed to have played the role of a woman and was wedded by his male partner, whose name was rumored as Kwame Amankwa.
The wedding, according to eye witnesses, was held at the GPRTU Conference Hall in Mbrom – the same place the two had originally booked for a birthday party.
The Tafohene, Nana Agyin Frimpong II, according to reports, was highly infuriated when he got wind of the rather abominable act by the duo, and therefore decided to ostracize the 'couple' from the town.
The decision, according to a confidante of the chief, was arrived at after Akwasi Aboagye, who is an indigene of the town, had admitted he engaged his partner in the marriage ceremony.
However, as of the time of going to press yesterday, the whereabouts of the 'couple' were readily unknown, as speculations were rife that they had left for Accra for their honeymoon."Boakye showed no remorse when Nana questioned him about the said marriage ceremony. He indeed confirmed it, but remained adamant and said there was no way he could abandon his lover," the source said.
"Yes I'm gay and we had the wedding. That is my choice and I don't think anybody should have a problem with that," Boakye is alleged to have told the chief upon interrogation.
The wedding is said to have started around 10:00 p.m., on Sunday and lasted all night long, with hundreds of gays in attendance.Sources continued that at the time Nana Frimpong was questioning Aboagye, his eye lashes, his beautiful acrylic finger nails and his make-ups were visible for everyone at the palace to see.
Further information gathered indicate that a fetish priestess in the house of Akwasi prior to the wedding hand informed his parents that their son was involved in gay practice and told them to advise him (Akwasi) to desist from it.
The venue that hosted the wedding is conducting an internal investigation.
Officials of the Ghana Private Road Transport Union (GPRTU), Kumasi branch say they are completely dazed over reports that a gay wedding was held in its conference hall Sunday night…
Hajj Issah Clifah Principal Industrial Relations Officer of the Ashanti Regional branch of the GPRTU told Joy News they met today and have launched a full scale investigation into the matter.
"We heard that last week there was a gay wedding at our premises so we became so alarmed. This afternoon, we met to discuss that issue and tomorrow we are meeting because we have instituted a full scale investigation into the matter."
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Steve Forbes Claims Global Warming Is a Myth
Reported by Marie Therese - April 4, 2006
Last Saturday morning, Steve Forbes said this about global warming: "There are no real facts to back it up. It's now become a religion instead of science and great fundraiser for extreme environmentalists. I don't think it's a hoax, just bogus science, like eugenics was decades ago. I got news for you ... the weather patterns change. A thousand years ago, Europe was warmer than it is today. Five hundred years ago we had a mini-ice age. Sixty years ago between 1940 and 1970, the weather got cooler. Now it gets a couple of degrees warmer and suddenly the world's comin' to an end. It's nonsense."
Mr. Forbes was clearly a little mixed up here. Eugenics was a "social philosophy" that claimed that the human race could be improved through the application of scientific techniques. Global warming is not a philosophy. It is a scientific theory, formulated as the result of much scientific study. It is widely accepted. Virtually no credible scientist disputes that the planet is warming up. Only a handful of environmental scientists disagree. Forbes may be taking his information from Steven Milloy, who writes for FOXNews.com, publishes two blogs, JunkScience.com and CSRWatch.com and is an adjunct scholar at the Competitive Enterprise Institute . He calls himself a "junk science expert" and an "advocate of free enterprise."
After Forbes made this statement, Quentin Hardy, Forbes Silicon Valley Bureau Chief, noted that the information comes not from guys standing outside with thermometers but from "core samples and good information that now tell us that things are accelerating faster in some weird, spiky way that never happened before. Nine of the ten hottest years, since people did stand out with thermometers in 1861, have been since 1995. That is a weird spike and we should be worried about it."
Rich Karlgaard, Publisher of Forbes, held up a piece of paper claiming it was a 1975 story from Newsweek magazine that claimed that "the evidence was so massive that there was not doubt that we were entering [the] beginning stages of a new ice age." He went on to claim that Thomas Kuhn taught us a long time ago that science is just as subject to fads as any other human discipline. He concluded by saying that global warming is just a fad cooked up by the baby boomer generation.
So, let me get this straight. Mr. Kargaard's justification for his opinion that global warming is junk science is one article from 1975 and an opinion expressed by author Thomas Kuhn?
Staff writer Lea Goldman brought the panel back to political reality, saying that "85% of this country believes it is happening - more than half believe it's serious." She then asked "Why is it that the industrialists and their sympathizers on Capitol Hill resort to attacking the messengers instead of the science?" She went on to say that those who don't believe in global warming "are on the fringe - they become the crackpots."
The ever-pragmatic Elizabeth MacDonald, Forbes Senior Editor, brought it back to Wall Street, saying that, while she listens to scientists, she also listens to Wall Street where firms like Goldman Sachs, J. P Morgan Chase and Lehman Brothers all agree that gloabl warming exists and that they are worried about it.
It was up to Associate Editor Victoria Barret to bring out the main argument for decreasing hydrocarbons, namely, that it will lessen our dependence on despotic governments who hold us hostage with oil. She said "I think green, meaning eco-friendly, is the new red-white-and-blue. Green is patriotic because we need to reduce our reliance on Middle Eastern despots and dictators for oil and green will allow us to do that."
Steve Forbes was not moved by any of the arguments.
FORBES: Well, the extreme environmentalists, like the Kyoto Protocol, want to put a straightjacket and impose socialism which they can't do with red so now they do it with green. 17,000 scientists have signed petitions saying global warming is not a problem so, if it's an uncertainty, don't treat it as a religion [and] browbeat everyone who isn't going along with it." He continued, "...[We] don't really know what changes the climate. It could be sunspots, ocean currents. It keeps changing every few years."
Here, Forbes was referring to a petition signed by 17,000 scientists worldwide ago in 1998 in opposition to the Kyoto Accord. Here is the text of the petition, originally crafted by Dr. Fredweick Seitz:
"We urge the United States government to reject the global warming agreement that was written in Kyoto, Japan, in December 1997, and any other similar proposals. The proposed limits on greenhouse gases would harm the environment, hinder the advance of science and technology, and damage the health and welfare of mankind.
There is no convincing scientific evidence that human release of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases is causing or will, in the foreseeable future, cause catastrophic heating of the Earth's atmosphere and disruption of the Earth's climate. Moreover, there is substantial scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide produce many beneficial effects upon the natural plant and animal environments of the Earth."
Scientific American magazine took a sample of the petition's signatories and reported the following:
"[This magazine] took a random sample of 30 of the 1,400 signatories claiming to hold a Ph.D. in a climate-related science. Of the 26 we were able to identify in various databases, 11 said they still agreed with the petitionâone was an active climate researcher, two others had relevant expertise, and eight signed based on an informal evaluation. Six said they would not sign the petition today, three did not remember any such petition, one had died, and five did not answer repeated messages. Crudely extrapolating, the petition supporters include a core of about 200 climate researchers â a respectable number, though rather a small fraction of the climatological community."
Quentin Hardy argued that "we better think long and hard about our behavior." He continued, saying "We've been given a garden in this world and we've been despoiling it because it's too much work to try and solve the problem."
Steve Forbes then made one of the most absurd statements I have ever heard uttered on TV: "As countries get richer, the environment gets better. We have more forests on the east coast today than we did at the time of the landing at Jamestown. Technology is our friend, not our enemy."
Elizabeth MacDonald countered by asking how the people of China would feel about Forbes' statement as they've seen pollution increase and people die from benzene that is dumped into rivers.
The discussion continued as follows:
DAVID ASMAN, Host: So what happens is eventually, when people have a little more change in their pocket they spend it on lowering pollution. China hasn't quite gotten there yet.
MacDONALD: I don't - you know what, I don't agree with that!
ASMAN: It's happened.
MacDONALD: No. It's not happening.
ASMAN: Sure it has! There's plenty of examples.
MacDONALD: Look at the amount of the SUV - look at the amount of SUVs on the highway. You know and that's spilling more CO2 ...
FORBES: The air is cleaner today than it's ever been in our history
MacDONALD: No, it is not! There's more CO2 in the atmosphere than at the beginning of the 18th century. It's dirtier.
MALE VOICE, off screen, possibly Quentin Hardy: And we're living dirtier.
BARRET: (indecipherable) installing solar panels.
FORBES: We live longer and we say the world is coming to an end!
MacDONALD: Because of great technological advances in medicine.
ASMAN: Quentin, go ahead.
HARDY: Well, look. We know about the greenhouse effect. It was warmer on earth before because there was more carbon dioxide in the air. Since the industrial revolution ...
HARDY: ... we've been producing a hell of a lot of carbon dioxide.


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- 1 onion, peeled and chopped
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- 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
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- 1 can Campbells Condensed Chicken Soup
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Conde Nast, described by one insider as a "very page-driven culture" where the marching orders are to "build pages at all costs," has found special ad sections are one way to do that. In some cases, the publishing giant is selling incremental advertorial pages for as much as 80% off the open rate.
"Conde Nast as a company is trying to combat what is going on in the marketplace without going off its rate card. Their answer is the special sections," said Mira Fein, associate media director at Kirshenbaum Bond & Partners, New York.
While buyers confirm Conde Nast still refuses to negotiate published rates, they say the glossy-magazine publisher has developed aggressive packages to compete with rivals who negotiate rates as a normal part of doing business.
Still, some Conde Nast competitors, annoyed by what they see as an aloof public stance, say the publisher's programs amount to little more than discounts in disguise. And they question whether the proliferation of special ad sections threatens to cheapen the editorial products of a company that prides itself on quality.
Among Conde Nast's recent ad programs was one under which advertisers that bought a page in Vanity Fair were listed in a special "Businesses to Watch" section distributed by sibling American City Business Journals.
But it is Conde Nast's special sections, many of which are tied to events or retail merchandising opportunities, that are among its most frequently used page-boosting weapons.
"It's a tool all the publishers have used to build pages and revenue," said Steven T. Florio, Conde Nast president-CEO.
Glamour Publisher Mary Berner and Vogue Publisher Ron Galotti credit special sections with bringing in nearly 200 incremental ad pages to each magazine last year.
"Often these pitches come up when I say I can't afford the rates, and then the special section is offered as an alternative," said Kirshenbaum's Ms. Fein. "I think they are probably sensitive to the fact that other publishers are giving significant discounts. This may be a way to allow them to pitch business that wouldn't normally run with them."
Mr. Florio said he believes in fighting "the war on all fronts." The exception, he insisted, is rate negotiation.
"First we have to go out and sell the magazine on its editorial strength. Then we have to get all the standard advertising schedules. Then we have to find ways to provide more for advertisers to get them [to buy more than] that schedule," Mr. Florio said.
Corporately, greater emphasis is being put on the special sections for multiple titles. Catherine Viscardi Johnston, the exec VP overseeing corporate sales and database marketing, said Conde Nast ran 125 pages of multititle special sections this year out of her department. More emphasis is also being placed on finding ways for advertisers to use the company database, also under Ms. Viscardi Johnston's charge.
In addition, as many as five Conde Nast monthlies, including Vogue and Vanity Fair, are looking at adding a 13th issue next year. The strategy is appealing, said Mr. Florio, because it is a way to give subscribers extra value, a chance to sell more newsstand copies and an opportunity to sell more ad pages.
Another program being employed at titles such as GQ and Glamour is to offer advertorial adjacency pages, paid for with merchandising dollars but sold sometimes for as little as 20% to 30% of the standard rate card rate. The advertorial adjacency pages, created by Conde Nast's marketing departments, highlight an advertiser's product and always run opposite page ads bought at the advertiser's earned rate (based on published volume discounts).
"Conde Nast won't discount, but they are constantly coming up with new stuff, new packages, to make you comfortable with the rate card," said a media buyer who asked not to be identified.
Glamour has retailing partnerships with Dillard's Department Stores; Federated Department Stores, which owns Macy's and Bloomingdale's and mass retailers such as Target Stores and Eckerd Drug Co., and has carried special ad sections tied to in-store events.
Self's September issue features a 38-page special ad section tied to its five-city Workout in the Park event for sponsors including Volkswagen of America, Nike, Eastman Kodak Co., Club Med and Liz Claiborne Inc.'s Lizsport.
GQ ran a 24-page special ad section in its July issue featuring brands as diverse as Reebok, Skyy vodka, Bugle Boy, Fila, Budweiser and Ford. The September Mademoiselle has a 21-page special section tied to its Life-o-matic Campus tour featuring sponsors Chrysler Corp.'s Dodge division, Chanel, Sony Corp. and Liz Claiborne.
The danger of the proliferation of packages, insiders and observers say, is that the "race to build pages" will lead to Conde Nast titles stealing share from each another and lowering profit margins.
"It is semantics," said Hearst Magazines President Cathleen Black, referring to the difference between off-rate-card discounts and value-added packages. "One way or another, it has to have an impact on revenues."
Mr. Florio maintained publishers are closely monitored and limited in the number of special sections each title may run.
"It can lower profit per page if you let publishers just run them to build pages, but we're also running a business and we have to build revenues, too," said Mr. Florio. "It can get to the point where you're running so many special sections that it can drive down profit per page, but we monitor it closely and every special section has to be run by corporate for approval."
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Taking a cue from a good friend, I decided to start the day by drawing a Tarot card — something I've not done in ages, but that's another discussion.
I was hoping for something light and airy, inspirational. A card that would stimulate my creativity and help me launch into a particularly productive and joyful week. But that's not the card I drew. Instead, the card that came into my hands was Judgement (20).
Yeah, I never have been one to start with the easy stuff.
The Judgment card is about a day of reckoning. It speaks to self-judgment, and how our own real freedom comes from the choice we make to forgive ourselves. This is a card about making difficult choices, about how we meet the challenges and opportunities that come our way, and about the Final Judgment of our lives as a whole — how we have chosen to use our time here on Earth.
So what does a Tarot card have to do with living a sustainable life?
There are times that I don't know how to start a project and so I end up wasting a lot of time considering each possible approach from every angle — not actually trying any of these, but just examining them. I've spent too much of my life being afraid of "doing it wrong" or making a mistake or unintentionally offending someone, and I've often missed out on real living. This includes my efforts to bring myself into greater harmony and better symbiosis with the planet I'm living on.
I get overwhelmed with choices. If I sign up for renewable energy through Portland General Electric, what does that really mean? Aren't they still burning coal to generate most of their electricity? Is it a scam, or does it make a positive difference? Or should I build a small electric generator with an exercise bike, and then run my laptop computer and printer off a car battery that I can charge up? Am I really using the best power strips to help conserve electrical usage? Mine are kind of old, but should I replace something that still works, even if a better model exists?
And so on. I spend way too much time worrying about making the wrong choice, both in environmental terms and in life in general. With so many questions and concerns competing for attention, it's easy to get exhausted just considering the possibilities, and then not have any energy left over to actually do anything about them. The result is that I don't make as many changes or as much progress as I can, and then I judge myself — often rather harshly — for not doing better.
The Jewish High Holidays are fast approaching. Last year, I wrote about making Yom Kippur a day of "green atonement," of recognizing where I'd failed the environment during the previous year, and deciding how I could do better over the next twelve months. I've not completely failed in my efforts to be a better "eco citizen," but I don't know that I'm a shining example of hope and inspiration either.
The good news is that each new year — and every new day — brings another opportunity to try again, not only to try to do better in my relationship with and my impact on the environment, but also to lighten up on the self-judgment so I don't end up paralyzing myself into inaction and futility.
And if I decide to take another shot at drawing a morning Tarot card tomorrow, maybe I'll get one that's a bit gentler and more cheerful.


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Still suffering the limitations of a Windows 2003 Print Server while all around you Windows 7 clients are without the full driver support of a Windows 2008 server? Make life a little easier with the Print management tools available in Windows 7.
In control Panel, select programs and features. Then select 'turn windows features on or off. Select the Print and Document Services server role. Click OK until you are back at the desktop and reboot as indicated or requested.
Open the new "Print Management" console in your Start Menu. Right Click on Print Management and select add/remove servers. Type in the name of your Windows 2003 server and click OK. you are now able to add/remove Windows 7 drivers on your windows 2003 print server. Just right click the print server you desire and select add printer. Because you are managing from a Windows 7 install, you will have the opportunity to add Windows 7 drivers as well as Windows XP, 2008, etc.
If you have ever used the PrintMig utility from Microsoft to migrate your printers from one print server to another, you'll be pleased to know it just got easier. Right Click a source print server and you will see the option to migrate printers. The functions of PrintMIg are built right into this print management console. Give it a whirl. After you export or backup, you would just restore or import to the desired destination printer.
I'm running Win 7 Pro SP1. I don't see an option labeled Print and Document Services server role.


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My 2015 Honda CR-V has a black perforated leather interior. I use the Lexol to clean/condition the leather every few weeks. If moisture from cleaning the seats were to go through the perforations, could this damage the heated seat element? Thanks!
My car has 9980 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
I don't think it would damage the elements since they are encased in plastic material. I would however recommend not spraying anything directly on the seats. In the future you should apply it on a clean rag and wipe it on. By doing it this way you do not get excess liquid into the seats. This will also prevent you from possibly getting cleaner on your clothing if you sit down on it immediately. If you managed to damage the heater elements, consider contacting YourMechanic, as a certified professional can diagnose your electrical issue firsthand and help you fix it accordingly.
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WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT SANDY HOOK – Full Documentary
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Independent Media Solidarity is a loose knit group of independent journalists that have come together to tackle the issue of Sandy Hook. We are normal people with normal lives, who have families, children, and jobs. Although many of us haven't physically met each other, we are united. All we seek are answers to the many inconsistencies. But most importantly, we just want the truth made available to all who might seek it. Over the past two years, efforts to explain and expose the Sandy Hook event may seem to have slowed down. We never slowed down.
"We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook" is a focused Documentary designed to review much of the information that was released into the public and much of what was fought for by these researchers to present to you in this video.
-Did you know the Guns did not have Adam Lanza's blood on them?
-Did you know that the inside ammunition used in the guns and shootings had a teachers DNA on it?
-Did you know many of the parent of the Sandy Hook Tragedy were previously actors or associated with the film and movie industry?-Did you know that the annual asking on many donation project of the parents is around 500,000$?
These and many other questions are explained within the documentary. Hard investigation has gone into the project and the final release to the public realm. We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook needs to be spread far and wide. This was designed for the public's benefit and no profit has been asked to view it. It is a gift to all those who want to explain the strange events of the day and the strange impact it has had on us as a nation. Talking about the evidence has been taboo among many news outlets, if you ask questions then you must be a terrorist. Honestly if you don't ask questions from all the strange anomalies that were presented by the Press, Media and officials I would question ones ability to think clearly.
The presenters are individuals who worked hard to gather the less known evidence by many means in order to explain their perspective on the course of events during this live shooting. Interesting they call drills live drills and events like this live shootings. It begs the questions there are not dead shootings so why place that key word into the vernacular of an event other than to explain to those in the know it is a staged presentation.
Please review the less know evidence that was officially released that is the focus of this documentary. The less known results of many of the tests and investigations surrounding this conclusive staged production.
We talked to the producers of the "We Need To Talk About Sandy Hook" Documentary on a live broadcast of Max Resistance Round Table discussion, if you interested in knowing how this documentary came to fruition please listen to it here:
We hope to keep the momentum going by having many of the other participants in the Documentary join us at a later time, telling us all about their segments in the documentary.
We look forward to having YOU join us on Tuesday's on MaxResistance.com/chatroom at 8pm EST.
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Editor's Note: How heavily armed and armored do we want our police force? Should it become outwardly indistinguishable from the National Guard, yet inwardly lacking in the same military command structure and culture?
NEENAH, Wis. — Inside the municipal garage of this small lakefront city, parked next to the hefty orange snowplow, sits an even larger truck, this one painted in desert khaki. Weighing 30 tons and built to withstand land mines, the armored combat vehicle is one of hundreds showing up across the country, in police departments big and small.
The 9-foot-tall armored truck was intended for an overseas battlefield. But as President Obama ushers in the end of what he called America's "long season of war," the former tools of combat — M-16 rifles, grenade launchers, silencers and more — are ending up in local police departments, often with little public notice.
During the Obama administration, according to Pentagon data, police departments have received tens of thousands of machine guns; nearly 200,000 ammunition magazines; thousands of pieces of camouflage and night-vision equipment; and hundreds of silencers, armored cars and aircraft.
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The equipment has been added to the armories of police departments that already look and act like military units. Police SWAT teams are now deployed tens of thousands of times each year, increasingly for routine jobs. Masked, heavily armed police officers in Louisiana raided a nightclub in 2006 as part of a liquor inspection. In Florida in 2010, officers in SWAT gear and with guns drawn carried out raids on barbershops that mostly led only to charges of "barbering without a license."
When the military's mine-resistant trucks began arriving in large numbers last year, Neenah and places like it were plunged into the middle of a debate over whether the post-9/11 era had obscured the lines between soldier and police officer.
"It just seems like ramping up a police department for a problem we don't have," said Shay Korittnig, a father of two who spoke against getting the armored truck at a recent public meeting in Neenah. "This is not what I was looking for when I moved here, that my children would view their local police officer as an M-16-toting, SWAT-apparel-wearing officer."
A quiet city of about 25,000 people, Neenah has a violent crime rate that is far below the national average. Neenah has not had a homicide in more than five years.
"Somebody has to be the first person to say 'Why are we doing this?' " said William Pollnow Jr., a Neenah city councilman who opposed getting the new police truck.
Neenah's police chief, Kevin E. Wilkinson, said he understood the concern. At first, he thought the anti-mine truck was too big. But the department's old armored car could not withstand high-powered gunfire, he said.
"I don't like it. I wish it were the way it was when I was a kid," he said. But he said the possibility of violence, however remote, required taking precautions. "We're not going to go out there as Officer Friendly with no body armor and just a handgun and say 'Good enough.' "
Congress created the military-transfer program in the early 1990s, when violent crime plagued America's cities and the police felt outgunned by drug gangs. Today, crime has fallen to its lowest levels in a generation, the wars have wound down, and despite current fears, the number of domestic terrorist attacks has declined sharply from the 1960s and 1970s.
Police departments, though, are adding more firepower and military gear than ever. Some, especially in larger cities, have used federal grant money to buy armored cars and other tactical gear. And the free surplus program remains a favorite of many police chiefs who say they could otherwise not afford such equipment. Chief Wilkinson said he expects the police to use the new truck rarely, when the department's SWAT team faces an armed standoff or serves a warrant on someone believed to be dangerous.
Today, Chief Wilkinson said, the police are trained to move in and save lives during a shooting or standoff, in contrast to a generation ago — before the Columbine High School massacre and others that followed it — when they responded by setting up a perimeter and either negotiating with, or waiting out, the suspect.
The number of SWAT teams has skyrocketed since the 1980s, according to studies by Peter B. Kraska, an Eastern Kentucky University professor who has been researching the issue for decades.
The ubiquity of SWAT teams has changed not only the way officers look, but also the way departments view themselves. Recruiting videos feature clips of officers storming into homes with smoke grenades and firing automatic weapons. In Springdale, Ark., a police recruiting video is dominated by SWAT clips, including officers throwing a flash grenade into a house and creeping through a field in camouflage.


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Source: Algemeen Dagblad
Date: 28 June 2001
Esmee Lammers working on her second feature film.
Report by: Koen Kleijn
On location in Amsterdam, Gent and London, Dutch director Esmee Lammers is completing an English language feature film from her own script, called 'Tom and Thomas'. After 'Long live the Queen' it is only Lammers' second film, but the budget, production and cast are all but child's play. At her disposal are a large crew and a solid cast, with at least one world star in it, actor Sean Bean (Ronin, Patriot Games).
'Tom and Thomas' has an intricate plot. Twin brothers Thomas and Tom grow up separately, one with his father (Bean), the other in an orphanage. They don't know each other, but they both feel something missing; they both have an imaginary friend, whom they talk to. At age nine they meet for the first time. Because Tom is pursued by a gang of kidnappers, Thomas hides him at his place and as no one knows the difference between Tom, Thomas and their imaginary friends, it leads to confusion, a kidnap and an exciting climax.
To avoid the Christmas competition with Harry Potter and Minoes [another Dutch children's film coming soon] the film will be released in February 2002.
Lammers has almost finished her 60 day shoot. On the set in the Amsterdam harbour area, she says: "Tom and Thomas intends to be a lovely, romantic, adventurous Christmas film, a modern 'Kruimeltje' [a very successful film about a street urchin, set about 1910]. It is a film with a lot of action, quite different from my former film. Action filming is difficult, certainly in London, but on the other hand it is easy as well: you are led by the technique and you can't do much about emotions, about investing in your actors. It is all rush, rush. In Amsterdam I have more time. The crew and art direction are almost entirely English, which works out very well, I actually don't have to do a lot."
The atmosphere is clearly relaxed. Cameraman Marc Felperlaan quietly gives guidance to the takes, a big golden retriever lies relaxed on his dog bed. If big problems should occur, Lammers can always call on the experience of Dick Maas, who is, apart from a producer and director (Flodder, Down) also her husband.
For the double part of Thomas and Tom, Esmee herself selected young Aaron Johnson. Filming with children is notoriously difficult, but with young Aaron, Lammers has no problems at all. Johnson has a lot of experience on the stage, in TV programmes and commercials. On the set he has his own coach and his father, mother and sister are present.
Lammers: "Aaron is exceptional. He is childlike and professional at the same time, without that typical Dutch embarrassment that acting is a bit silly. In fact the English are acting all the time - they are always so polite, for example. Aaron thinks nothing is strange. He needs only half a word. For the father part I was not necessarily looking for a big name, but the funny thing is that good actors in that age-group are almost always pretty well-known. Sean Bean often plays the tough guys, but I could see straight away that he is a very introspective guy, who can have sadness in his eyes. He is originally an artist and that made him entirely suitable. He was ready for a 'human' film, not for more superficial American realism."
That Sean Bean (1959) wanted to play a 'emotional' part in a relatively modest production is remarkable, but maybe it is also proof of the constant development of Dutch film. Bean got known by parts in Ronin and Patriot Games and on TV with Bravo Two Zero and Sharpe, all roles where Bean effortlessly throws people out of windows or shoots them in the knee. He got a classical education, shared the stage with Gary Oldham, who is the same age, and was Romeo with the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Bean is modest, almost shy. On the set in Amsterdam he is clearly at ease.
Bean: "Acting came late to me. I never took part in school plays, or the like. I discovered acting when I was about 20 or 21. I was a painter, but I dropped it for acting. That experience was so much more intense."
Bean read the script for Tom when he was in Toronto working on 'Don't Say a Word', a thriller with Michael Douglas and Famke Janssen. He didn't mind the story being Dutch. "I liked the script. Magical, quibbling, a good structure, surprising and an intellectual challenge. Built around real characters, with whom you connect, who you care for. I get a lot of scripts, but they are rarely challenging ones like this. It is a bit like returning to the theatre."
With 'Tom and Thomas' Bean completes five films over three years, including the colossal 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy, which will conquer the world from Christmas 2001 on. Bean plays the part of Boromir, another warrior again, and stayed for almost a year and a half with celebrities like Ian McKellen, Christopher Lee and Kate Blanchett in New Zealand, where the three films were made in one go. "It was madness. I dreamed about it, all those gnomes, elves and Hobbits. You couldn't escape from it. They were everywhere."
Isn't the transition to Tom and Esmee Lammers a huge one? "I really wanted to do it. In the part of Thomas' father I feel entirely at home: an artist, in an untidy house, with a messy life. I am like that myself. I've got three kids and I love nothing better then dropping them off at school, hanging around a little, having a game of football or a little cricket. Besides, Esmee has a very elegant, flexible way of filming. She has an easy style, but still is very focused. When 'Tom' is over, I'll take a rest. I've hardly been at home these last years. I'm carefully talking about a return to the theatre. Macbeth, perhaps, with the RSC. It would suit me. In the mean time I have got a lot of experience on the battlefield with Boromir and Sharpe."
Then lunch is served. With Lammers, and Aaron and his family, Bean joins in for the Yorkshire pudding, roast beef, roasted potatoes and carrots. A real British Sunday Lunch. Just like home.
Translated by Gerda Seinhorst
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Salmon is one of the best sources of omega-3 fatty acids, which have been shown to decrease the risk of abnormal heartbeats, lower triglyceride levels, slow the growth of artery-clogging fat deposits, and reduce blood pressure. There is also evidence that omega-3s could be a "brain food," since they may reduce the risk of dementia and cognitive decline. Most fatty fish are rich in omega-3s, but salmon is a particularly nutritious healthy food choice because it is low in the potentially toxic contaminant, mercury.
Blueberries are another healthy food that can help protect against disease and potentially boost longevity. In addition to vitamins and minerals, blueberries, like many other brightly colored berries, are a terrific source of antioxidants, natural compounds that are thought to decrease inflammation, guard your cells against damage from free radicals, and reduce the risk of certain cancers, heart disease, stroke, and age-related brain diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's.
This healthy food is a great source of probiotics, which are "friendly bacteria" similar to the bacteria that are naturally found in your gut. Probiotics function to support your immune system, protect you against disease, and help your body digest and absorb foods and nutrients. There is emerging evidence that regularly consuming yogurt and other sources of probiotics can help bolster your general wellness, prevent certain cancers, and treat some health conditions including diarrhea, urinary tract infections, and irritable bowel syndrome
Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are delicious vegetables that pack a powerful nutritional punch. They are good sources of potassium, which can help lower your blood pressure, and are also packed with vitamin A, which is important for your vision, bone health, reproduction, and cell growth and maintenance. This vibrantly colored healthy food also delivers about 3 grams of fiber per 160-calorie potato and, thanks to its natural sweetness, it tastes great on its own — no fattening topping needed.
Green Tea
More and more people are learning about the health benefits of green tea, a rich source of antioxidants. Green tea has been shown to help keep you mentally alert, and it may also help with weight loss, regulate cholesterol levels, and prevent sun damage on your skin. There is preliminary evidence that regularly drinking green tea may even help prevent or slow the growth of certain cancers.
If your mother told you to eat your spinach when you were a kid, she had good reason. This low-calorie dark leafy green vegetable is a healthy food loaded with many of the vitamins and minerals your body needs. A cup of spinach contains as much bone-building calcium as a cup of milk. Spinach is a good source of magnesium, a mineral that helps your body's muscular and cardiovascular systems function as they should. It's also loaded with vitamin A and vitamin E, which support the health of your cells.
Tomato Paste
Tomatoes are one of those healthy foods that become even healthier when you cook them, since cooking releases and concentrates key nutrients. Canned tomatoes, tomato paste, and even ketchup are great sources of lycopene, an antioxidant that has been shown to reduce your risk of prostate cancer and cardiovascular disease. Tomato products also provide potassium, some iron, and vitamins A, C, and E.
Dark Chocolate
It is not often that a healthy food is as indulgent as dark chocolate. But the next time you are nibbling on a piece of this sweet, savor the fact that it delivers antioxidants called flavonoids, which support the health of your heart and blood vessels. Just don't overdo it since chocolate is high in fat and calories. And remember: the darker the chocolate, the higher level of healthy antioxidants.
Oatmeal is one of the best sources of soluble fiber, the type of fiber that can help lower your low-density lipoprotein (LDL) or "bad" cholesterol and control your blood sugar. This reduces your risk of developing heart disease or diabetes. Eating a bowl of this healthy food in the morning can also help you maintain a healthy weight, since soluble fiber helps you feel full longer.
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EL-President Gregor Gysi on Brexit
30 March 2017
Gregor Gysi on Brexit
Brexit is a serious warning signal for the European Union (EU). It cannot simply proceed as before otherwise it could fall apart. There is only a future for the EU if it is able to win over majorities in all populations of the member states. Yet, to achieve that European politics, largely determined by the German government, must change essentially. The European Union must become solidary, socially just, democratic, peaceful, ecologically sustainable, transparent and non-bureaucratic. In short: the European idea and not the profit seeking of large corporations needs to become the benchmark of politics again. That is why we urgently need a policy change in Germany as well.


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Ujung Pandang - Makassar
The provincial capital was Ujung Pandang and had an important role as the gateway to the former kingdom of Gowa and now to the whole province because of its natural harbor. The center of business and administration, the city has expanded outwards from its most important landmark that is 'Ujung Pandang fortress' that faces to the sea front. One of the eleven fortresses of the kingdom, it was built in 1545 during the reign of Tuni Pallanga, the 10th Gowa sultan. When Gowa capitulated to the colonial forces under the treaty of Bungaya in 1667, the fort was renamed Rotterdam by Admiral Spellman who constructed bastions and buildings of typical Dutch architecture making it become the center of the civilian government, including a church on its premises. One of the best preserved forts of that area, only the thick walls of earth and stones remain of the original complex, now occupied by educational and cultural offices of the provincial government. The two buildings house Ujung Pandang State Museum, exhibiting archaeological and historical objects, manuscripts, numismatics, ceramics and ethnic costumes and ornaments.
Visiting hours of the museum are from 8.00 a.m. until 4.00 p.m. daily except on Mondays and public holidays. The fort itself is open daily till 17.00 p.m. Dedicated as the center of culture, the Conservatory of Dance and Music is located here and on the open stage in the center of the fort, dance classes for children can be seen in progress.
Though unmarked, but of historical interest is the dungeon where one of Indonesia's most prominent heroes in the struggle for freedom, Prince Diponegoro was imprisoned for 27 years. Prince Diponegoro was buried in a family plot in the middle of the city on a street named after him: Diponegoro Street. The family tree displayed on the wall indicated that none of his descendants returned to the courts of Yogyakarta, instead, they settled in Ujung Pandang and their custodian is a great-grandson.
Mr. Bundt, a Dutchman, has in his private residence at Mochtar Lutfi Street 15, a collection of seashells and corals. His spacious garden is filled with rare Indonesian orchids and hybrids. A visit is worthwhile and several of the collections are on sale. Mr. Bundt is registered in the Sander's List of London as an expert in orchid cultivation.
Now on, the capital of South Sulawesi is Makasar regency. Makasa city is known as 'Angin Mamiri', because its soft wind. It is also known with its Losari Beach, which has beautiful beach. With the 22 - 33o C temperature and 175,77 Km2 width of area, Makasar city is located at 5o 30' 18 - 5o 14' 49" south latitudes and 119o 18' 97" - 119o 32' 3" Longitudes. Makasar boundaries is:
North side: Pangkep regency
East side: Maros regency
South Side: Gowa regency
West side: Makasar strait
Sunsets in the Makassar Strait can be viewed from a promenade at Penghibur Street or the Paotere anchorage in the north end of the city where the Phinisi schooners are berthed. Across the harbor is Kayangan Island, which can be reached in 15 minutes by ferry. A popular recreational resort for the people of the city, there is entertainment in the evening and on Sundays.
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The Delicate Movements of Tari Kipas, South Sulawesi
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Takabonerate Islands, The Paradise Near Us
Takabonerate Island Takabonerate is an island and a sub-district from Selayar Regency, South Sulawesi. Takabonerate National Park has the third largest coral atoll in the world after the Kwajifein in Marshall Islands and Suvadiva the Moldiva Islands. The size of … Continue reading


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I'M ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH restless nights, whether I'm in the throes of an over active mind—a story begging to be let out—or it's due to my "normal" aches and pains … or due to overly warm nights, or even my falling asleep too early and the middle of the night is when I've fulfilled my sleep quota.
Despite all of this—or perhaps because of it—nights hold a magic all their own for me. But, only if I take the time to listen. And imagine. Normally there is some sort of activity that will catch my attention—seldom is the night completely still and quiet for long. My cat, Sebastian, is excellent at this "game" of listening. He may be snuggled in, obviously dead asleep when a noise I cannot hear awakens him with a start. He then launches himself off of me (bringing me to full consciousness—sigh) and is off to investigate, returning only after he is satisfied the thing is gone or no threat.
The sounds I hear are usually include my hoot-owl—occasionally a screech owl, an occasional confused rooster, or the footfall from my resident deer—oh (insert huge, dreamy grin … I love my deer)! And my various mocking birds that do not confine their vocalisations to daytime. Always playing a "solo", they will wander their territory enchanting the air with their song. I've grown so accustomed to hearing all of these sounds that when they are absent, it's literally deafening. Like on the last day of August. It was very strange. There were no bits of white noise from traffic (I live near a freeway, with only a hill between us), no dogs barking, cats yowling, or even roosters announcing some unseen threat. No footfall or music from my feathered friends. It was strangely silent, which pulled me even further from my sleep, leaving me wide awake to wonder why.
… And it left me to reminisce of times when there were very strange sounds haunting the night. Whether due to a vivid imagination (yeah, writers do have to deal with that …) or perhaps some late night movie leaving a lasting impression, I imagined dark and scary things were lurking. It could have been a coyote or some nasty beast of the night making strange noises—not a bark … nor a howl. It was somewhere between. I imagined a mad animal wandering about, looking for prey. I certainly didn't want to meet up with it. Don't get me wrong—I didn't see it as encountering a nightmare, but it was just spooky and made me curious … and my mind took off with ideas. So that August night was like that … I anticipated some strange occurrence—perhaps an earthquake (we haven't had many recently—we're actually due for a good shaker). We need a really "good" shaker—one that will take the pressure off so we don't have to deal with The Big One for a bit longer.
In any case, I've missed my normal night sounds … and any chance at a good nights sleep—I've had about a week of extraordinarily hot. Ugh. Freakishly hot of weather (no a/c)—aaah! Perhaps that was the calamity that befell us … all the animals knew to escape the heat, leaving us behind to cope. The evening temperatures have slowly dropped, and by Tuesday night we were supposed to be pretty much back to "normal"—not. The one good this is, my night sounds have begun to return to normal.
Now, with things returning to normal—even my health is finally returning, so yes … perhaps now I can get a good nights sleep. I am wishing each of you the adventure of nighttime magic, without the things that go thump in the night. Have a blessed weekend and week to come!
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YAKIMA - A number of events are planned for the coming months at the Allied Arts of Yakima Valley in standing with 50 years of providing community members with arts and entertainment opportunities.
On Mondays from 6 to 8 p.m. through Jan. 28, 2013, a "Football Widows Unite" class to enjoy time together "getting crafty" with Diane Smith.
A 3-D drawing class is being offered on Tuesdays through Nov. 20 for youngsters, ages 8-12. Teaching the 3:45 to 5 p.m. class is Carmen Petersen.
Children will learn how to build hovercrafts, cars, robots, flying boats and more with Legos. They will then learn to transfer their creations into drawings.
High school students and adults can enjoy learning how to paint with water-based materials and methods on Tuesdays from 6 to 8 p.m. through Nov. 27. Eric Ashcraft is the instructor, helping those attending the class to explore the methods of transferring drawing to painting, tools for painting, mediums, application techniques and more.
Those wanting to learn the arts of cartooning and Manga can participate in Thursday classes with Mark Northcott from 4 to 5 p.m. through Dec. 13.
Still life drawing classes are being offered on Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m. through Dec. 6.
The class, taught by Northcott, is offered to high school students and adults.
Also being offered are watercolor classes for home school students on Tuesdays from 12:45 to 2 p.m. beginning Tuesday, Oct. 16.
Home school students ages 7 and up can participate in the classes instructed by Megan McFadden, exploring basic watercolor techniques.
An adult poetry writing class is being offered November through June on the first Tuesday of each month from 10 a.m. to noon. The class is being offered to adults, ages 18 and up.
On the same note, Allied Arts of Yakima Valley is offering poetry open mic nights on the second Wednesday of every month from 7 to 9 p.m. through the month of March.
The open mic nights are held in the Peggy Lewis Gallery at the Allied Arts Center.
For more information on these classes and events, visit alliedartsyakima.org or call 509-966-0930.
The Allied Arts Center is located at 5000 W. Lincoln Ave. in Yakima.
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Kuryakyn Chrome Dash Visor has a classic look and fits 2006+ Newer GL1800 Gold Wing motorcycles. Installs in minutes, just peel and stick and enjoy the look. Styled after classic 50's luxury cars, this tasteful dash trim acts as an effective visor for the instrument cluster.
Although I don't have this unit, a friend of mine put one on his trike and immediately found that it messed up his GPS system. The other thing that he found was that the sun shining off it at sunrise and sunset often shone directly in his eyes. It soon came off and is now one of those parts that you see hanging on the garage wall as a reminder that some things just don't work........
WARNING for riders with the integral GPS:
For those of you who have the GL1800 with the GPS upgrade, please be aware that this dash cover WILL interfere with the antenna for the unit. It will cause sporadic reception and availability to satellite signals.
The dash visor itself is nice and of the type of quality we have come to expect from Kuryakyn. I wish i could keep it. But, I can't tolerate the interference with the GPS antenna/transponder.
Thanks for trying Kuryakyn, but I think some additional research is required. Or at least some additional warnings.
Installation was fairly simple, but the instructions has a bit to be desired. There is an extra foam piece that appears to be for a cushion, however the instructions need ID it or refer to it in anyway. I thought it would add some more bling from the front, but does little. The visor portion does not hang over much so does not add any shade blocking to the dials. Overall, it adds a bit but I could live without it.
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Wine Down Wednesday
I'm no wine expert but I do know if I like what I am tasting. I do enjoy drinking wine regularly and have my favorites.
There are so many great wines out there. Pricey and those that are really affordable and great tasting. My favorite regions are California, Chile, and Australia/New Zealand. But I have found delicious tasting wines from other world regions.
I will be the first to tell you what I like to as to the best every day drinking wines. I do love to splurge with a special bottle on occasion.
I'm always asked by friends what I recommend or they ask me what wine should I buy. It shouldn't be rocket science. And it isn't . So I decided to designate some of my Wednesday posts to wines and beers. I love to share new finds with my family and friends.
You can find great wines at great prices at your local wine store or grocery. I have discovered Amazon is a goldmine for good wines shipped straight to your door.
I always say - try it all. Like it? Drink it!
Great Cabernet Sauvignon Wines for under $15
(I found all these wines on sale at the grocery store for under $15)
Legend of the Vine - Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
From coastal California - "flavors of deep blackberry, ripe forest fruit, and dark chocolate. Mellowed through Oak aging resulting in a rich long finish."
Avalon – Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
From California - "complex dark berry fruit flavors. Aromatic anise, spice and vanilla. Barrel aged for richness and toastiness.
Milestone – Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
From California - "rich and smooth with luscious, jammy notes of blackberry and dark fruit followed by subtle hints of vanilla and spice."
Thorny Rose - Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
From Washington - "smooth, comfortable, easy to like, delicious, meant for sharing, the crew, classy blackberry, every day, yes please."
The Great American Wine Company by Rosenblum – Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
From California – round and smooth with flavors of ripe berries and toasted oak.
Magistrate -Cabernet Sauvignon - 2013
From California – "aromas of sun ripened black cherry, warm spice and vanilla...flavors of rich plum and dark berries, spiked with currant and espresso."


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28 May 2017
Pretty in pink ...
Another pretty moodboard on Scrapbook Boutique this month. Loved the pink, white and gold tones of this and decided to run with a simple card in these colours.
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- lostinpaper said...
What a beautiful card, love how you have added the texture with the embossing folder! I am so happy that you could share this with us at Scrapbook Boutique!
- 30 May 2017 at 12:18
- Louise Turner said...
Beautiful Jane! I love those little pops of gold. Wonderful to have you join us at Scrapbook Boutique.
Louise xo
- 30 May 2017 at 12:50
- Linda Langes said...
Love the gold details on the butterflies.
- 30 May 2017 at 17:20
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Hi Rodney.It was great to read all this news! I am very glad that you are being kept busy and not missing tings at home too much! You certainly have been busy and it is great to hear of the opportunities that you have had to share about Alfred Furniss and the work that The Esperanza Trust is doing. Where are your photographs from? Is it the project at Canal San Martin? May you know God's blessing upon you this week during the remainder of your stay. May God be with you in the places you go to and the conversations that you have. My love to David and the family! Laura xx
Always busy in Santiago del Estero
This is Tuesday morning around 9.00 a.m., it is a dull drizzly day and a little cooler than what it has been of late. People on the street are going around with jumpers and the like and here am I in my short sleeves. While passing the temperature sign at the Plaza Libertad I noticed it registered 17.5 degrees Celsius so really not that cold!!! Walking some 800 plus metres from the plaza to Jorge´s Agency without a raincoat (I didn´t bring one with me!) meant that my clothes became rather damp but no doubt they will soon dry out!!! While on my journey to the office here I passed two women at the doors of a shop and heard one of them say to the other, "está lloviendo y helando" (it is raining and freezing!!!!). I never knew that 17.5 degrees Celsius could be considered as a freezing temperature but then when the folk here are used to temperatures of nearly 50 degrees Celsius during the Summer the comments of that woman, I think, can be justified!! While coming from Fini on my way to the office this morning I called in at the local market "Armonía" and it brought back many memories from the days we lived here and where along with my brother we used to take turns in going there early in morning at our mother´s request/orders to queue to buy ice, not little cubes as one gets from their home fridges but a big block some 1 foot cubed to cool our then non-electric fridge as electric ones were few and far between and generally found in the homes of people with better financial incomes! The market is a wonderful place to tour to see the vast range of fruit and vegetables, meats, pastries and a variety of cooked foods. There is also a section devoted to caged birds happily singing away and also a wide variety of small and large fish for indoor tanks and upstairs there are many stalls selling lots of craft products as well as a vast variety of powdered spices. Really worth a visit if you ever happen to come to Santiago del Estero!!!!
Well, what has been happening since my first Blog about a week ago!!! It has been quite a busy one and yet there have been one or two moments throughout the week when left on my own due to friends and others having commitments that I did really feel the loneliness at such a distance from home. Anyway, let´s not talk negatively but positively as there is plenty to do here.
I cannot recall if in my earlier Blog I mentioned my invitation to attend a meeting of a group of elders from a number of the churches. It went well and the chap who lead the meeting referred to times past when there was a number of live and active evangelical outreach centres scattered in certain areas of the province and which today are either dormant or have closed completely. He emphasised the need to see that these zones were revitalised by people taking a keen interest in spreading God´s Word and also to new areas within the province. Obviously, during the presentation and discussion the name of Alfred Furniss often came up and so I was able to make some comments which I believe went down positively. We will have to wait and see what developments do take place.
During the past week I also attended a Concert at the Forum venue where a Puerto Rican born Tenor gave an absolutely wonderful presentation of songs from classical as well as Christian music. I am told he ranks in the top four leading tenors in the world and is also an Ambassador for the United Nations. A fine Christian man whose name is Carlos Seise and if interested you can look up a little more about him in YouTube. He will be in London next June and he has agreed to keep in touch with me, so who knows we might be able to recruit him for an event if he has an evening to spare.
I have also been around some of the places where The Esperanza Trust (Argentina) has had, to a great extent, an input and a few more are on my agenda before my visit here comes to an end. Also throughtout the week I have met with people from different churches and groups to talk about their interests and plans for future projects and the like. This evening I have been asked to give a presentation on Esperanza/Alfred Furniss to a group who meet on a weekly basis at a centre here in the provincial Capital.
Yesterday evening I had time off visiting the family in La Banda and enjoying a good time around a table full of eats and especially with those fast growing grandchildren. David, my son, told me that their youngest, Daniel, had asked him one day if his grandfather was still alive when he was born!!! What do you think about that????? Daniel was present at the table when this was related to me and of course as well as a hilarious laugh the poor little lad was deeply embarrassed!!!
Well I´m in my last full week here in Santiago before moving south to Buenos Aires but I hope to be able to submit a final Blog before I leave here.
Thank you all for taking time to read my Blog and I hope you will have found it interesting so as to continue to pray for the people here and the work of Esperanza in its efforts to making a change for the good to the needy of this lovely province.
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Dear Laura,
Thank you for your lovely and positive comments. You ask about the photos? Well they are a mixture of Canal San Martin and Zanjon.
My last Blog could be on the website by the evening time as earlier I sent it to Tim. I leave for BsAs tonight and as I have been notifying people here of your pending visit next year with Claire they have asked me to let them know when and for how long. For example, "Cuando vienen las chicas y por cuanto tiempo?"


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Viewpoint: cross border control
The financial integration of Europe, and the economic benefits of a common financial market, are under threat from the twin global and European crises. Across Europe, we are witnessing an astonishing process of financial fragmentation. As a result, the very concept of cross-border banking is being challenged.
European Central Bank interest rates remain at record lows, €1 trillion in central bank funds have been made available but lending rates and credit conditions are continuing to drift apart across eurozone countries. Sovereign and bank risk are impairing the ability of banks in periphery countries to lend.
But this is not only a eurozone phenomenon. The UK is not immune from the impact of financial fragmentation. At the same time, emerging Europe is also suffering from its…


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Here's the deal. With such a rich heritage, there are many deep-rooted variations of Vietnamese beef noodle soup. I'm no pho expert. I'm just a Kentucky boy who loves to stick his face in a steaming bowl of pho. While fabulous restaurant versions are great for instant gratification, I wanted to experience the essence of pho with an adventurous culinary jaunt.
Pho Broth.
There's a fine line between broth and stock. In a way, they're interchangeable. The bone to meat ratio is key. Whereas stocks use mostly bones, broths use a combination of meat and bones. Pho broth, with a few fun tweaks and interesting change-ups, is actually very similar to classic French beef stock. With the exception of some minor prep, it might even be simpler. Who knew? It's definitely more fun.
Typically, basic beef stock is made from roasting beef bones and mirepoix (separately) until they are caramelized. The combination is then tumbled into a stock pot with herbs and spices, covered with water, brought to a boil, and left to simmer for a few hours with periodical scum skimming to achieve clarity. Blah. Blah. Blah. Pho broth takes an alternative route.
I fell in love.
Blanching. The crud police.
To achieve purity and alleviate the need for excessive skimming, I tumbled 3 pounds of Quarle's Farm meaty beef shins into a large stock pot along with 2 pounds of Elmwood Stock Farm oxtails. After covering them with cool water, I cranked the heat to high and boiled the bones/meat for 10 minutes to release the crud. I drained the bones into a colander, rinsed the pot, and rinsed the bones before returning them to the pot.
Aromatics. Onions and ginger.
I sliced 2 Shelby County candy onions in half (skin on) and split a 5" hand of ginger before grilling the pieces over flaming hot coals until they were charred. Yep. Blistered caramelization. The quirky looking outer char insured succulent and aromatic sweet flesh.
I bundled 5 gorgeous star anise pods, 1 tablespoon fennel, 5 cloves, 1 large stick cinnamon, and 1 tablespoon whole coriander into frilly cheesecloth, tied it up in a knot, and set it aside.
After tossing the charred onions and ginger into the stock pot with the blanched meaty bones, I added the spice bundle along with a 2" chunk of white rock candy. After throwing an additional cinnamon stick into the pot for good measure, I filled the pot with 3 quarts of cool water, brought it a boil, reduced it to a simmer, added 1/4 cup Three Crabs fish sauce, and let it rip for a ridiculous 9 hours. Some broths can go for as long as 24 hours. Nope. 9 hours allowed enough time for the aromatics, spices, collagen, marrow,
and beef to amply flavor the broth.
Just before calling it a day, I drained the broth through a colander double-lined with cheesecloth, quickly chilled it down over an ice bath, discarded the bones, reserved the oxtail meat, and slid the broth into the refrigerator to chill overnight.
As the beef jelly slowly melted into the pan, I blanched fresh Banh Pho rice noodles in boiling water for 10 seconds, rinsed them under cold water, and briefly set them aside.
I feathered the rice noodles into large bowls, tucked warmed shards of oxtail meat into the noodles, draped thin slices of raw beef tenderloin over the top, scattered slivered candy onions to the side, and carefully covered the noodles with the aromatic broth. I served the garnishes on the side to keep them fresh and vibrant for every sensual bite.
Transcendent steaming broth. Tender beef. Slippery noodles. Fiery Sriacha. Spicy sweet Hoisen. Perky mint. Thai Basil. Flowering chives. Crisp jalapenos. Crunchy sprouts.
Pho bo.
Toss the chopsticks
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In talking about Himself, Jesus used the story of Jonah to illustrate His place in this world. He told those seeking a sign from Him that the only sign they would get would be the sign of the prophet Jonah:
"…An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah: For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth" (Matthew 12:39-40).
The words of Jesus here, in one sense, point to His days in the tomb after the Cross and to the triumph of His resurrection. But there is something more to the answer that He gave to the scribes and Pharisees who questioned His identity, His authority, and His mission.
Strange Comparison
In mentioning Jonah, Jesus seems to be making a rather strange comparison. Jonah was a prophet of God who wound up in the belly of a great fish. This prophet was a disobedient man who ran, hid, slept, and sulked in fulfilling the mission God called him to execute. Jesus, in contrast, fulfilled all the Law. He was obedient to every detail of God's plan regarding the life He lived and offered to secure our redemption.
The sea creature was sent by God to swallow Jonah and get him back to the purpose at hand, which was preaching to the city of Nineveh. The fish, however, could not digest Jonah and, eventually, the prophet was vomited out onto a shore, one of the more inglorious exits ever described. This emergence is quite unlike the descriptions in the gospels that relate to Jesus and the tomb. At the resurrection of our Lord, the earth shook, the stone was rolled away, the Roman guards were stunned, and angels made proclamations.From the beginning, the world had no room for Jesus. Click To Tweet
What was Jesus really trying to tell His questioners?
I think the point He was making was this one: As Jonah was out of place inside the fish, so Jesus was out of place in this world's system. Christ stood apart — and has always stood apart — from the religious, political, and social boxes constructed by men.
The life of Christ spoke and shook people to the core. His presence was rarely comfortable, especially for those unwilling to embrace His message, a call to come unto Him, leave burdens behind, and take up His easy yoke (see Matthew 11:28-30).
From the beginning, the world had no room for Jesus. So crowded was Bethlehem in the days of His birth that Mary delivered the Son of God in a manger, a cave-like place where animals gathered to feed. Later, Jesus would say of Himself that "foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has nowhere to lay his head" (Matthew 8:20; Luke 9:58).
Challenges to Jesus
Think of the big fish that tried to swallow Jesus. There was the Roman Empire, embodied in the Herods and Pontius Pilate. These men did what they could to devour the King of kings and quash His movement. Babies were slaughtered. John the Baptist was beheaded. Christ was battered and crucified in violation of statute and decency.
Did any of these things frustrate the purpose of God? They did not.
The Temple and the Sanhedrin Council formed a big religious fish in Jerusalem. These men and their carnal merchandising operation turned the way of Moses into a stream of profits built on traditions and the fears of the people. Aaron had fashioned a golden calf in the wilderness, the Pharisees, Sadducees, and scribes cobbled together a cash cow — a system of money-changing and sacrifice that turned God's house of prayer into a den of thieves.
Jesus strode through the Temple with zeal and a whip of small cords. This system, He could not tolerate. His actions sparked a conspiracy against Him, a confederation that would combine religion and government to put Him away. This "fish" could not digest the Truth incarnated in the Person of Jesus.
Socially, a big fish opened its mouth in John 6. Jesus fed five thousand and there was a buzz among the people. Poverty was prevalent in Judea and here was Someone with power to feed. They would force the issue upon Jesus and champion Him as King.
Imagine the platform: Bread! More than enough for all! Jesus for Emperor! It would have been a powerful populist movement for sure.
How did Jesus respond? He sensed it, heard the buzz, and retreated to a mountain alone to pray.
The Challenges Today
Big fish come and go. They are there for us to read about in the pages of history. They attempted to swallow Jesus, His message, and His church. There are active fish today. We see and feel them as believers. Secular thinking and carnal religious systems seek to bite and devour Christ and the Christian message.
How should we respond? As Jonah did in the belly of the fish. Let us give thanks to God and proclaim that salvation is of the Lord (see Jonah 2:8-10).
Jesus does have His place on earth, in the midst of this world system. His place is in us. Proverbs 8:31 tells us that God rejoices in the habitable part of "His earth" and that His delights are with the sons of men.
God so loved the world that He gave His only Son so that with new hearts and new capacities we can be filled with the Spirit. He lives in us, His people, the ones who have cast themselves upon Him and His salvation.
That's the message. That's the answer for the great fish seeking to swallow us. Our Light shall shine in the darkness and reveal Him.
Want to hear more about Jesus in us? Listen to "Christmas Presence — Room for the Light in Us" preached by Thomas Schaller at Greater Grace Church in Baltimore.
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You can prevent duplicate values in a field by creating a unique index. A unique index is an index that requires that each value of the indexed field is unique.
There are two basic ways that you can create a unique index:
Set the field's Indexed property to Yes (No duplicates) You can do this by opening the table in Design view. This method is easy and a good choice if you only want to change one field at a time.
Create a data-definition query that creates the unique index You can do this by using SQL view. This method is not as easy as using Design view, but has an advantage: you can save the data-definition query and use it again later. This is useful if you periodically delete and re-create tables and want to use unique indexes on some of the fields.
What do you want to do?
Set a field's Indexed property to Yes (No duplicates)
In the Navigation Pane, right-click the table that contains the field, and then click Design View.
Select the field that you want to make sure has unique values.
In the Field Properties pane, on the General tab, set the Indexed property to Yes (No duplicates).
Create a unique index for a field by using a data-definition query
On the Create tab, in the Other group, click Query Design.
On the Design tab, in the Results group, click the arrow under View, and then click SQL View.
Delete all the SQL from the query.
Type or paste the following SQL into the query:
CREATE UNIQUE INDEX index_name
ON table (field)
In the SQL, replace the variables as follows:
Replace index_name with a name for your index. It is a good idea to use a name that helps you determine what the index is for. For example, if the index is to make sure that social security numbers are unique, you might name it unique_SSN.
Replace table with the name of the table that contains the field to be indexed. If the table name has spaces or special characters, you must enclose the name in square brackets.
Replace field with the name of the field to be indexed. If the field name has spaces or special characters, you must enclose the name in square brackets.
Save and close the query.
Run the query to create the index. Note that you can run the query from a macro by using the RunSQL macro action. For more information, see the See Also section.


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