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Much of the United States labors under what is being called a heat dome, and that doesn't even touch on the flames being set off by our political conventions. As the temperatures rise, I like to think about crisp blue glaciers, like the ones I saw ages ago in Alaska. But then I recall all those wasted opportunities and how I wasn't even birding back then; the way I feel hardly qualifies as cool.
I'll be enjoying the heat here in Rochester, where temps never get too high. Corey will be doing the same while camping in the Northern Catskills. How about you? Where will you be this weekend and will you be birding? Share your plans in the comments below.
Whatever your plans this weekend, make time to enjoy SkyWatch Friday. Also be sure to come back Monday to share your best bird of the weekend!
Montrose Point in Chicago — woo-hoo!!
Temps are actually cooler in much of Costa Rica. I should be guiding in the Poas area, always interesting to see how many can be found while moving through three different ecosystems.
© 2013 10,000 Birds. All words, images, and opinions are the property of their respective authors unless stated otherwise.


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Reviews by Amy Talbott
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Pressing Pause
On 4/11 Amy Talbott wrote: A few years ago, 9 to be exact, I got married. I didn't expect to have children at the time because of some things my doctors had told me about my health. It turns out that the Lord had other plans for our family. I came home pregnant from the honeymoon. Over the next 5.5 years I was pregnant for 3 and ... Learning to Feed our Souls as Mothers
London Art Chase
On 3/19 Amy Talbott wrote: One of my favorite parts of our home school day is the read aloud time. My kids have enjoyed several books over the past few years, some more than others. This year we have read through a few abridged, young readers versions of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and Little Women. I have four girls and one ... My Kids Love this book
40 Days of Decrease
On 3/15 Amy Talbott wrote: Are you currently fasting for Lent? I am not, yet the idea is one that has been sitting in the back of my mind for a few years now. I grew up in a protestant, evangelical church that did not practice the Lenten fast. I had a few friends who were catholic growing up and I was aware of Ash Wednesday, but ... A New Take on Lent
NIV, Beautiful Word Bible, Hardcover
On 1/18 Amy Talbott wrote: Note: I received a copy of the NIV Beautiful Word Bible free from BookLookBloggers.com for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own. For more information please see my disclosure policy. I have played around a little bit with Bible journaling. I bought a note-takers Bible about a year ago and ... A Lovely Bible for Journaling.
Money-Making Mom
On 1/1 Amy Talbott wrote: I received the book Money Making Mom by Crystal Paine from BookLookBloggers.com free for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own. For more information see my disclosure policy. Finding ways to make more money, while at the same time being home and available to your children is a dilemma that ... Keeps the focus where it needs to be.
Frost Bible
On 12/31 Amy Talbott wrote: I received the Frost Bible by Tommy Nelson from BookLookBloggers.com free for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own. For more information please see my disclosure policy. I have been looking for girlie Bibles for my girls. I was really pleased when I got the opportunity to review the Frost ... A Glittery, Girlie Bible
NIV Understand the Faith Study Bible
On 12/7 Amy Talbott wrote: Understand the Faith Study Bible NIV This study Bible was created by the editors from Christianity Today. It is packed full of lots of different resources. This book contains: An Alphabetical order of the books of the Bible Each book has it's own introduction Sections called Doctrine 101 that teach ... Not what I expected, but a good companion study aid.
Seven Women
On 12/1 Amy Talbott wrote: Note: I received the book 7 Women and the Secret of their Greatness by Eric Metaxas from Book Look Bloggers for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own. For more information please see my disclosure policy. 7 Women and the Secret of Their Greatness by Eric Metaxas I am a huge fan of Eric Metaxas' ... A Beautiful Book about Beautiful Women
Glory Days
On 11/18 Amy Talbott wrote: Note: I received the book Glory Days by Max Lucado Free from BookLookBloggers.com for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own. For more information please see my Disclosure policy. Glory Days by Max Lucado. Glory Days by Max Lucado is a book that journeys through the book of Joshua and teaches ... Another beautiful book from Max Lucado
Giant Print Holy Bible, NIrv
On 10/28 Amy Talbott wrote: Note: I received the NIrV Giant Print Holy Bible free for the purpose of review from BookLookBloggers.com. All opinions are my own. For more information please see my disclosure policy. NIrV Giant Print Holy Bible The NIrV Giant Print Holy Bible is an easy to ready large print Bible. This Bible is ... If you are struggling with your eyes, this is a great Bible for you.
The Printer and the Preacher
On 10/28 Amy Talbott wrote: I do enjoy reading historical books. There are some historical books that are more interesting than others. The Printer and The Preacher is a book that stands out to me because of the comparison of two very different men, and how they were able to work together and benefit each other in many ways. Even ... A well written historical biography of two of our nations founding fathers.
Sacred Marriage
On 10/8 Amy Talbott wrote: Note: I received this book for free from BookLookBloggers.com for the purpose of review. All opinions expressed here are my own. For more detail please see my Disclosure Policy. Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas Sacred Marriage is….. The book Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas is a different sort of marriage ... A Fabulous Book that reminds us that marriage is more than just to make us happy.
NKJV Foundation Study Bible
On 10/2 Amy Talbott wrote: Lately I have been enjoying a new found love of study Bibles. One advantage of reviewing books is that I get to have the opportunity to take a look at and dig into some of the new Bibles that are being released on the market. Today I get to tell you about one such Bible. [image] The NKJV Foundation ... A Wonderful Resource
5 Minutes with Jesus
On 9/21 Amy Talbott wrote: I love to read Sheila Walsh's writings. She is so genuine, and transparent. Her words seem to envelope you in a hug as she takes you on her own spiritual journey through God's word. I think you will find this book to be a great book for you or someone else you may know who drowning in life's business. I ... A Great Little Devotional Book
The Berenstain Bears' Harvest Festival
On 8/13 Amy Talbott wrote: Do your kids love The Berenstain Bears? Mine do, and the more books by Mike Berenstain I read the more I enjoy them too. I was given a free copy of the book The Berenstain Bears' Harvest Festival by Mike Berenstain from BookLookBloggers.com. This book has a lovely story teaching kids that we need to ... Another Wonderful book from Mike Berenstein
Princess Joy Sticker and Activity Book
On 7/7 Amy Talbott wrote: I recieved this book from BookLookBloggers.com for the purpose of review. The artwork in this sticker and activity book is lovely. The book contains several different types of activities that will engage many young ladies who like to keep busy. These activities include mazes, wordfinds, pages to color, ... A fun Sticker and Activity book that focuses on teaching Character for young girls
Princess Charity Sticker and Activity Book
On 7/7 Amy Talbott wrote: Princess Charity and Princess Joy Sticker and Activity Books: A Review. I received the books, Princess Charity Sticker and Activity book, and Princess Joy Sticker and Activity book free from BookLookBloggers.com for the purpose of review. All opinions are my own. My girls really love stickers, and ... A Fun Alternative for Young girls that teaches Character qualities
God's Beloved Daughters
On 6/23 Amy Talbott wrote: God's Beloved Daughters: Daily Discovering the Blessings by Merrilynn Grodecki This book is a daily devotional book, it contains readings for each day of the year. Each daily reading is prefaced with verses that the author recommends the reader look up, read and study before jumping into each chapter. ... Not My first Choice
Jesus Swagger
On 6/23 Amy Talbott wrote: Over all Jarrid Wilson is calling out poser Christians. You know who I am talking about, those people who go to church and look the part. They have all the right words to say, and they look like they are Christians, but their lives seem to morph and change depending upon who they are around. When they ... Once you get past the title, the book has great content.
On 6/16 Amy Talbott wrote: hauna Niequist has written a delightful devotional aptly titled Savor that contains readings for each day of the year, in addition it also has recipes scattered throughout the book. Savor invites us to sit down, slow down, and drink in God's word. Shauna invites us into her life in a very vulnerable ... A Great Devotional,
The Relevance of Jesus' Own Gospel
On 6/6 Amy Talbott wrote: When I am considering a book to review I try and pick books that are of interest to me and that I believe I will be able to give a positive review. This book was one chosen in haste I regret my decision. In the book The Relevance of Jesus' Own Gospel Mr. Dotson claims that he is seeking to show that ... Not a Book I can Recommend
Women are Scary
On 4/16 Amy Talbott wrote: Finding mom-friends can be a difficult task for any woman. It seems that most women struggle to find friends after they become moms. Many things happen when we get married and our lives change. Maybe we have moved to a new city, or maybe our closest friends have moved away. There are many different reasons ... This is a Fabulous Book for All women.
The Story for Kids, NIrV
On 4/3 Amy Talbott wrote: This children's bible is a nice tool for parents to have. Our family likes to have regular nightly Bible time. We gather all 5 kids together to sing songs, read some scripture and talk a little bit about what we read. Our oldest child is 7 years old and the youngest is about to turn 2 in about 3 weeks. ... A Great Tool For Parents.
All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes
On 3/18 Amy Talbott wrote: All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes by Betsy St. Amant is a love story between the young lady Kat Varland and Lucas Brannen. The story starts in a cupcake shop in Bayou Bend, Louisiana and ends at the exact same cupcake shop taking the reader on a stressful trip to California in between. Kat Varland is ... All's Fair in Love and Cupcakes by Betsy St. Amant: A Review
NIV Proclamation Bible
On 3/5 Amy Talbott wrote: This bible has some wonderful notes in the beginning before you even get to Genesis. These notes include a general introduction to the Bible itself and explaining what the Bible actually is, an overview of what the whole Bible contains, and an essay on the Historical Reliability of the Bible. These notes ... good basic study bible for anyone ready to dig deeper into God's word,
Keep It Shut
On 2/18 Amy Talbott wrote: s wives, mothers and friends we have a great deal of power in the words that we use each and every day. I know that I personally struggle with using my words in a way that is uplifting rather than destructive. I can easily allow my emotions to dictate to me how I speak to my husband or my children rather ... Keep it Shut by Karen Ehman
The Nesting Place
On 1/5 Amy Talbott wrote: So have you ever read a book that caused you to rethink something. Like maybe your living room should be completely rearranged, or that perhaps the walls in your vanity that have been waiting to be sanded for 10 years should actually be done. Well, I have just read a book like that,and it has been causing ... Thank you @TheNester for The Nesting Place
The Daring Heart of David Livingstone
On 12/29 Amy Talbott wrote: (This post contains affiliate Links.) I have been enjoying a lot of biogaphies lately, and this book is a great biography which, I believe, should be in any homeschooler's curriculum. The book, The Daring Heart of David Livingstone by Jay Milbrandt is a wonderful story that tells us unflinchingly of ... The Daring Heart of DavidLivingstone by Jay Milbrandt
It Will be Okay
On 12/19 Amy Talbott wrote: I am excited to share with you this beautiful book. It will Be Okay is a children's book written by Lysa Terkeurst, and illustated by Natalia Moore. I have read a lot of children's books and once in a while you come across one that touches even the parent's heart. This book walks you through a very important ... A Wonderful Christmas Gift
Fierce Convictions
On 12/8 Amy Talbott wrote: I have come across a lot of good books lately, but this book stopped me in my tracks. I was stunned by this woman Hannah More. Not only for the fact that I had NEVER heard of her before, but also for the profound impact she has had on our culture. Without Hannah More it is possible our world would be ... Fierce Convictions
Messy Beautiful Love
On 11/13 Amy Talbott wrote: In the book Messy Beautiful Love Darlene Schacht tells the story of mistakes she made in her marriage, and how those mistakes brought her face to face with who God is and what he has done for her and for us. Darlene tells her story in a way that constantly brings you back to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, ... Messy Beautiful love

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WASHINGTON (NNS) -- On Jan. 26, the Navy released NAVADMIN 015/17 that updates several previously announced uniform policy changes.
These include specifics for the occasion for wear of Navy Security Force (NSF) identification badges/patches, revised implementation schedule for the Navy fitness suit, policy clarification for combination covers, female Service Dress Blue (SDB) covers and black slacks, safety boot wear, coyote brown command ball cap manner of wear requirements, and Cold Weather Parka insignia.
Below are some of the key uniform policy updates:
1. Badges. Effective immediately, the eligibility criteria to wear NSF identification badges and patches is as follows:
* Security Limited Duty and Chief Warrant Officers and (649X/749X) and Master-At-Arms can only wear the Security Force Identification Badge while they are in the Navy Security Force career field. Personnel who change designators or transition out of the security career field will no longer be authorized continuous wear of the NSF badge.
* Correction Specialist badge/patch. Sailors with the Navy Enlisted Codes (NEC) of 2008, 9575 or 9516 and performing correction specialist duties will wear the correction specialist badge or patch only when assigned to a corrections facility.
* Chief Master-At-Arms (CMAA) is the new name for the Command Master-At-Arms and those with Permanent Change of Station to CMAA duties are authorized to wear the CMAA badge and patch only for the duration of their assignment.
2. Navy Fitness Suit. Production challenges delayed recruit issue of the new Navy Fitness suit at Recruit Training Command (RTC) Great Lakes from the previous target issue date of Oct. 1, 2016. The new target date to issue the fitness suit is now April 1, with fleet availability for personal purchase at Navy Uniform and call centers to follow at a later date. A future NAVADMIN will provide an update to RTC introduction and fleet availability.
3. Dress Covers. The new deadline for mandatory wear of the Alternate and Unisex Combination Covers for female officers and Chief Petty Officers is extended from Oct. 31, 2016, to Oct. 31, 2018. The enlisted White Hat remains mandatory for wear with jumper style uniforms only. The Navy continues to rollout previously announced uniform changes as scheduled.
4. Female Officer and Chief Petty Officer SDB Uniform. Effective immediately, the optional wear of male officer's and chief petty officer's SDB Trousers is authorized with the female SDB uniform. We are continuing our efforts to redesign women's pants that will result in an improved fit.
5. Enlisted SDB. Enlisted female Sailors E-1 - E-6 and below Sailors may wear the SDB uniform with four button jacket and slacks or skirt until Dec. 31, 2019. When wearing the optional SDB uniform, the female enlisted combination cover shall be worn. The White Hat is not authorized for wear with this uniform. The new jumper style female enlisted SDB began introduction at RTC Oct. 1 and Fleet availability is expected to commence in February.
6. Safety Boots. As previously announced, the black leather safety boots (steel-toed) are the standard boots worn with the Navy Working Uniform (NWU) Type III. Commanding officers may authorize the optional wear of the Navy certified desert tan or coyote brown rough-side-out leather non-safety boots when wear of safety boots is not required. Sailors must buy these optional brown boots if they are not issued them by their commands as organizational clothing. Optional boots not required as organizational clothing will be procured at the expense of the Sailor and not the authorizing command.
7. Coyote Brown Command Ball Cap. Guidance was provided on the manner and occasion for wear of the Coyote Brown Command Ball Cap with the NWU Type III to be consistent with how the Blue Command Ball Cap is worn. For officers O-5 and above, visor ornamentation for Navy head gear shall be gold in color, consistent with Navy standards.
8. Cold Weather Parka. Sailors E-4 through O-10 will wear rank insignia, either a metal rank insignia or NWU Type I slip-on rank insignia, centered on the rank tab of the Cold Weather Parka. A black slip-on rank insignia is being developed for the cold weather parka to replace the NWU Type I insignia.
For details and more information on the uniform update read NAVADMIN 015/17 at www.npc.navy.mil.
Navy uniform feedback and recommendations can be sent to "Ask The Master Chief" on the web at http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/support/uniforms/ or by email at umo_cmc(at)navy.mil.
For more news from Chief of Naval Personnel, visit www.navy.mil/local/cnp/.


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Vampire + Ketchup = Fun? [PHOTO]
It was along time coming, but our vampire obsession has paid off. The folks at Perpetual Kid.com bring us the Count Ketchup Spread Head. It's a a cap for your bottle and it will make dinner so much more fun. Now I'm really looking forward Thanksgiving.


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a big b-tch that likes to take others boyfriend and is a hoe
that bailey jacobs girl is such a hoe
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The Art of Small Talk for Business
The Esquire Guy is back with his notoriously cheeky look at small-business issues. Here, he humorously dissects the dilemma of making small talk in business. His hilarious rules cover everything from what to talk about and how to fill silences to making eye contact and approaching strangers.
Related: A Small Talk Survival Guide for the Schmooze-Averse


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While shoveling snow this morning – yet again! – I was thinking about how quick the media are quick to hype the latest "blizzard" or "worst winter since the Ice Age."
But should investor relations blame weather for missed earnings or a chill in sales? It's not an easy question, but IR people (like the investors we serve) should at least ask skeptical questions when confronted with a claim that rain or hail or snow or dark of night kept the company from delivering earnings.
If you haven't seen it, warm up your day with this entertaining video of Barry Ritholz discussing earnings excuses. Speaking on "Tech Ticker," the economic commentator, investment strategist and keeper of the Big Picture blog excoriates "these pinhead PR guys" for foisting weather on investors as an excuse:
We've had God knows how many feet of snow, but IT'S JANUARY! And you know what? It snows in the north in the winter. … Look, if it was 120 degrees in January – hey, that's why winter coats aren't selling -that's a legitimate issue. But snow and sleet and ice in January and February? This is not a surprise.
And in case you hear another seasonal excuse, Ritholz says don't go there:
There was, I don't remember which restaurant chain it was, that blamed a bad quarter last year because few people went out to dinner during the Super Bowl Sunday. And I said, 'Did you not know the Super Bowl was coming? I think it's scheduled for the next hundred years.'
Of course, icy weather may in fact keep consumers home for a time. Or delay our trucks from running. Or even shut down a plant or office. But let's not be too quick to write or say weather is the reason for sales and earnings falling short.
CEOs, CFOs and, yes, IROs should apply the same disclosure disciplines to weather as to other factors affecting the business. In internal discussions we should probe a little deeper: Can we quantify how bad the weather was compared to last year? How many days did we lose? What exactly was the impact, and how can we back that up?
Being just a bit skeptical up-front may help us answer our investors' questions.
© 2011 Johnson Strategic Communications Inc.
Tags: Earnings, Investor relations, Quarterly, Weather


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The classic phrase of retail outlets is "the customer is always right". However, as someone who gained street wisdom from posting online, I know the truth - that the customer is NOT actually always right. Warning up front: the following posts are real.
You might think the customer is right, but they're not! In fact, they're wrong!
Typical customer (hambeast): I want a million dollars for free and I looooove being a Christian.
Me (got kicked out of class a lot for being too smart so I got bored): Actually, the Bible has a lot of inconsistencies, and we sell consumer electronics.
Typical customer (smelly): I want an Android phone then.
Me: *murders her with a katana, but not really, it's in my mind*
Fucking MORONS!
Ultra Spoot
Customer: Excuse me, which aisle are the cheez- its down?
Me: UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH *this goes on for 5 minutes straight*
Customer: what was that?
Me: aisle 6.
Customer: oh yes, thank you.
Cashier: You want bags for this? Their 10c each in California now.
Customer: No thanks
Cashier: Really, you have like... 16 cans of soup here. Can you really carry all that?
Customer: doesnt your store still offer me 'help to my car'?
Cashier: how are you going to get those cans out of your car though smart guy? One at a time like a chump?
Had a customer come in to pick up his computer this morning, and he calls back an hour later, get this, complaining about the bees!
I tell him, it's a Windows 7 machine man, you're gonna have a few bees in there.
He gets all mad and says there weren't bees when he brought it in.
Well no shit sherlock, what do you think we do here?
google THIS
Me: This won't scan.
Idiot customer: Oh. The shelf tag said it was $2.99. I even compared the UPC from the item to the tag, just to make sure it was the correct one.
Oh wow you think you're SO funny telling that tired old joke? Fucking MORONS!
customer: *coughs*
me: *chasing after customer* hey! HEY! just wait until i post about that you bastard! you bastard! *falling to my knees and crying* you motherfucker...
cashier: Sorry sir but the ice cream machine is broken.
me: *using Jedi mind tricks* the ice cream machine IS broken
cashier: actually sir the ice cream machine works fine
me: great! could I please get a double scoop ch-
cashier: the ice cream machine is broken, sir
Customer: My laptop is broken because of viruses.
Me: Is it because of porn?
Customer: No.
Me: C-cool, I, uh, I have sex as well.
customer: Could I return these shoes I bought yesterday? They're a bit too narrow.
: Sure, I just need to see your receipt.
customer: Here you go.
*quickly stuffs receipt into my mouth before chewing and swallowing*
The disaster at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant might have been mitigated if CBD oil had been given to the Soviet heroes.
I only tolerate movies because they contain movie scenes, which I love.
You think goons are sexist? Yeah!? Well...
Milk, eggs, augmentation upgrade canister
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The Comedy Goldmine examines the funniest and most creative threads from the Something Awful Forums. Although the Comedy Goldmine has changed authors many times over the years, its focus on the Something Awful Forums is still the same. Includes hilarious Photoshops, amusing work stories, parodies, and other types of oddball humor.
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Welcome to Himont Group
Himont was started in 1995 by a group of Professionals who had a vision of a Pakistani company with high standards and the best quality possible. Within a short span of time Himont Pharmaceuticals established its self as the market leader in iron protein sucinilate, and a few other formulas. The quality of Himont was noted and other local companies began to test their products against Himont Quality.
We,at Himont believe that this company is born to lead the industry with innovation and creativeness.
A Little Bit About Us
Himont became the only national company that had the capability to manufacture bulk chemicals and finished pharmaceuticals as well as conducting self-distribution. The company has also had a successful Herbal portfolio since 2005 and has recently entered the field of FMCG. We take pride in what we do and ensure whatever we do is of the best quality possible.
Our primary focus is the welfare of the employees, since they are the ones who make everything possible. Himont is continuously upgrading its' Human resource department and reinvesting in its people. The dynamics of the Pakistan Pharmaceutical sector are rapidly changing with companies improving standards of operation. This requires top quality human resource to understand the new challenges and to change with the times.
The quality of an organization is a state of mind in each and every employee along with the systems the company follows. Quality is a continuous process that has to be upgraded to the demands of the customer, environment and social responsibility. Since the inception of the company, the board of directors has strived to maintain the highest possible standards in each of the existing departments. Himont quality assurance tests each batch of raw material against the international standards and also checks the integrity of packaging materials on a daily basis.
Our product line includes Tablets (Coated, chewable, dispersible and effervescent) , Capsules, Syrups, Suspensions, Injectable (liquid and powder), Ophthalmology, Toothpaste, Mouthwash, Bio Adhesive Gel, Ointments and bio technology products.


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Mariners Insider Blog
Jeremy Bonderman named PCL pitcher of the week
From the excellently written press release of Mr. Ben Spradling ...
Tacoma Rainiers right-handed pitcher Jeremy Bonderman has been named the Pacific Coast League Pitcher of the Week for April 29-May 5, the league office announced today.
Bonderman made one start for the Rainiers over that period, tossing a season-high 8.0 scoreless innings in Tacoma's win over the Tucson Padres on May 2nd. He surrendered just two hits and struck out seven with one walk allowed.
The Pasco, WA native is 2-2 with a 3.57 ERA (14X35.1IP) with 24 strikeouts and nine walks issued over six starts with the Rainiers in 2013. This season is his first pitching in organized baseball since his 2010 campaign with the Detroit Tigers. Bonderman underwent 'Tommy John' surgery in April of 2012.
Originally selected by the Oakland Athletics as a first round pick in the 2001 draft, Bonderman went on to play eight Major League seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 2003-07. He was twice selected as the Tigers Opening Day starter and he was key factor in Detroit's run to the World Series in 2006.
Bonderman is the third Rainiers player to be selected for a weekly league award over the last two weeks. Infielder Nick Franklin was named the PCL Player of the Week and right-hander Andrew Carraway was selected as the PCL Pitcher of the Week for April 22-28.
The first-place Rainiers play their final game of the homestand at 11:30 a.m. today against the Reno Aces. Tacoma opens an eight-game road trip with stops at Oklahoma City (May 7-10) and New Orleans (11-14) tomorrow before returning to Cheney Stadium on Thursday, May 16.


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By Chandler Guadagnin
With the National League falling to the American League in the 2016 All Star Game at Petco Park, they have also surrendered home field advantage for the upcoming World Series. While not having home field advantage in the Fall Classic is a daunting task, the San Francisco Giants know what it takes to win on the road, on the biggest of stages.
In their historic five year run, in which they have won three titles, San Francisco has not clinched a single World Series at home. According to www.baseball-reference.com, in 2010, the Giants claimed a 4-1 series victory in Arlington. In 2012, San Francisco would sweep the Detroit Tigers, at Comerica Park, 4-0. In 2014, perhaps their most stressful World Series yet, the orange and black would take care of business at Kauffman Stadium against the Royals in Game 7.
So, if the Giants don't make it this year; perhaps, whoever does claim the NL crown, can take a page from the Giants playbook.
Postseason Statistics Courtesy Of: www.baseball-reference.com


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Dear Kilgraney,
Here are a few photos of our latest project as promised.
Thanks in advance for showing them on your superb web site and thanks also for the prompt and friendly service.
John Taylor
Garden TLC.
What a difference a bit of TLC makes ! A very attractive and imaginative use of an existing slope to create a multi levelled garden with intricate interconnecting steps, paths and beds. It looks great !


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Husband Wife Problem Solution Molvi Ji in Surat
Are you an introvert? Can't open up to others? Struggling to share with your family members about your problems? Feeling depressed? Worried about the problems on your shoulder? Can't balance your professional life and personal life? Can't take any decision? Are you in need of a companion to support you? Can't get the shoulder to cry on? Can't show yourself where you want to go? Any family problems? Love problems? Love marriage problems? Is your daughter or son is not being well for so long? For all these problems you have vashikaran specialist molviji. Read the article completely to know more about husband wife problem solution molvi ji in Surat– Moulana Rashid Khan
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(Question 1) I agree that moves and deletions make the DAV:baseline-comparison REPORT more expressive than a sparse configuration concept would be. But I'm concerned whether this lends itself to efficient implementation for release management purposes. For large products, baselines are big, and patch deltas between them might often be small. Would time and space efficiency suffer because the only way to name the (small) patch is to compare two (big) baselines? Of course, a release management system could cache the results of the DAV:baseline-comparison REPORT, but this would not be a namable WebDAV resource in the URL namespace. (Question 2) Suppose an author wanted to define a patch as the set of merge target versions from a patch activity into the mainline activity, where the reference baseline was the baseline defining the initial release. How could the patched baseline be computed? Roy "Clemm, Geoff" wrote: > > You can create a new baseline in the collection, > and then use the DAV:compare-baseline report > to describe the differences. > > Creating a collection that just contains the > "changed files" doesn't really capture the change, > since it can only capture additions, and not > moves or deletions. > > Cheers, > Geoff > > -----Original Message----- > From: Eric Sedlar [mailto:email@example.com] > Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2001 2:43 PM > To: DeltaV (E-mail) > Subject: Patches > > What's the best way to model a patch set in deltaV? (Let's say I want to > create a > configuration including only the files in a collection, recursively, that > have changed since > a particular baseline.) > > --EricReceived on Thursday, 1 February 2001 17:48:20 UTC
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OK… so let me introduce myself. My name is Eric Byrd and am part owner in my mother's mortgage business. Yes, yes.. I know we have different last names.. Byrd Financial just doesn't seem to have the same "ring" to it.
I'm a full time student here at Quinnipiac getting my bachelor's. Theres not much I can do during the school year.. BUT I do intend to blog on here as much as possible adding anything I can. I plan to add a section with different articles of the wall street journal that is specific to the mortgage industry right now. I also plan to add some lessons I am taking away from my classes to share with you all.
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Truth be told, I listen to the radio only a fraction of the percentage that I used to. I have an insanely large collection of music, and instead of taking my chances with what I suspect is largely crap on the airways, I pull something off my shelf (or out of my digital library) that I know I will enjoy. Is that elitist? Perhaps.
And yet, there are a couple things that I really enjoy listening to the radio. There's something soothing to me about waking on a weekend morning and hearing at least part of "Car Talk," and there are days when I come home from work and spend an hour in the kitchen working on a meal where I flip back and forth between sports talk radio and "Fresh Air" with Teri Gross.
I'm getting really circuitous here, but the other thing I absolutely adore listening to on a radio is baseball games (particularly college baseball). There's something about the numbers, the names, and particularly the cadence of it all that really appeals to me. There are the long periods of near dead air sometimes punctuated by rapid bursts of action and the ocassional low-scoring pitching duels that unfold with ever-increasing tension. I have my team that I follow, and this is where the cutest damn chunk of plastic and wires in the world enters the stage. Please let me introduce the Panasonic R-70 transistor radio (aka "The Panapet").
I discovered my first Panapet at a thrift store about 3 years ago. I'd never seen anything like it before and knew that for the $3.99 price, it would be mine whether it worked or not. I got it home and replaced the 9-volt battery and it crackled to life. I spun through the AM dial and realized that sadly, there wasn't much worth listening to. Not much to listen to, that is, except baseball...
In less than a month, it will be college baseball season, and my army (which now numbers 4, in 3 of the 5 total colors available) of Panapets will be ready to inform me of every inning of the season and provide a chattery backdrop as the days get a little bit longer and the temperature gets a little bit warmer.
From a design standpoint, I don't think that this particular device has been rivaled until recent times, if at all. It's got an Eames era, space age flair that just works in the five color combination that it were released in (blue, green, red, white, and yellow). In addition to the dual dials for volume and tuning (which look like eyes), the split body (which opens to reveal the transistor guts and 9-volt connection, along with a solid battery housing cage) is highlighted by a clear, rotating band display, a perforated speaker opening, a mono earphone jack and a built-in keychain. Yes, you saw/read that correctly, a keychain. It was the 70s version of the iPod, but much more colorful and playful.
Fortunately, they were also very popular, and if you can't find one at a thrift store, flea market, or junk store, they're abundant on ebay as well.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Objects I Love: Panasonic R-70 transistor radio
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Saying Goodbye, Bay Guardian…
The shot captured here will apparently be the final cover ever published from the San Francisco Bay Guardian, one of the great bastions in the country for progressive, alternative journalism. Very sad to see this.
Even more sad…with MoM[S] having long been a student of media as well as a practitioner…is that this day was pretty much baked more or less for both the BG, as well as that other great liberal bastion, New York's great Village Voice, as soon as the lovely folks from New Times reared their heads in the world out of Phoenix, to the regret of so many. Basically following radio's acquire/purge/hollow-out model from Clear Channel, the result is now more than clear.
Yes, the web also put major pressure on books like the Bay Guardian, sure, but the legacy, and M.O., of the New Times crowd was well-known even before their disgraceful buy of the Voice, and even longer before the successful lawsuit against them in SF…set as it was, against teary, bogus 'testimony' from corporate [as I would allege all of this to be, as depicted.] Please.
From town to town, we had long read about their alleged thuggish, scorched-earth policies as employed by New Times. Not only against their competitors [resulting in the lawsuit above], but their very employees & reporters.
Journalism has always been rough & tumble. Ad sales, or selling Media in general, has never also been for the faint of heart. Yet you will notice that this very blog, MindOnMedia[Sales] has never advocated such practices as we read about in that lawsuit. Nor have we ever felt a need to engage in them ourselves, and yet we've been fortunate to experience what is arguably a reasonable successful career. One we are still enmeshed in, every minute of our life.
In the end, a free & independent press is more important to this country than any $2M moron on Wall Street, or self-important hack in DC, could ever imagine. Nothing is more important to this great country, except possibly the document that allows a free press to always be extant, the US Constitution.
We salute the Bay Guardian, brave & unwavering from its first day until its last. May independent journalism find a way to carry on against corporate tyranny and government thugs forever, always.
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Recipient Detail
Rank: Private
Organization: U.S. Army
Company: Company K
Division: 33d Ohio Infantry
Born: 17 July 1843, Fairfield County, Ohio
Departed: Yes
Entered Service At: Hardin County, Ohio
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Date of Issue: 03/25/1863
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Place / Date: Georgia, April 1862
Rank and organization: Private, Company K, 33d Ohio Infantry. Place and date: Georgia, April 1862. Entered service at: Hardin County, Ohio. Birth: 17 July 1843, Fairfield County, Ohio. Date of issue: 25 March 1863. Citation: One of the 19 of 22 men (including 2 civilians) who, by direction of Gen. Mitchell (or Buell) penetrated nearly 200 miles south into enemy territory and captured a railroad train at Big Shanty, Ga., in an attempt to destroy the bridges and tracks between Chattanooga and Atlanta.


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A 1.4 kilometre low-lying stretch in Orchard Road from Orchard Parade Hotel to The Heeren were raised by 1 foot to protect it against flash floods. Recently it was hit by one of the worst floods in recent history when the Stamford Canal, designed to discharge excess water to the sea (now a fresh water reservoir), could not cope with two successive bursts of intense rainfall, causing rainwater to overflow onto the roads.
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eleanor sings
January 28, 2010 § Leave a comment
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Indie-soul songstress Eleanor Dubinsky combines sultry, jazzy vocals with global pop to create hot original music with international appeal. Her music fuses French pop, canto nuevo and new American soul, using multiple languages and global rhythms to tell a story that is personal and universally accessible. Based in New York City she performs her original music throughout the New York City area, the United States and internationally.
In addition to singing, Eleanor plays cello, guitar and hand percussion. She writes in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese and her international background and ease with many languages and cultures enhance her personal appeal as an artist to people from all over the world. Eleanor independently released her debut EP "Us" in May 2009 and is currently finishing her debut LP for release in 2010.
Check her out at EleanorDubinsky.com.
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Georgia Kotretsos
January 9, 2009 § 1 Comment
Athens based artist, Georgia Kotretsos is the editor-in-chief of Boot Print, a contemporary art publication published by Boots Gallery. For the next two weeks Georgia will be the guest blogger on Art 21.
excerpt from her first post
[I] condemn all forms of violence and vandalism and I have been firm on this since the very beginning. Yet in a cloud of ambiguity the media, a political party and many civilians justified the mayhem and fed its appetite. A state of simmering pandemonium stamped this holiday season and with no further delay, a bloody dialogue was set in motion in the early hours of January 5th, 2009. Thirty Kalashnikov shots were fired towards three policemen who were guarding the Ministry of Culture. The gunmen sealed the attack with a grenade. A 21 year-old policeman was wounded and still remains in critical condition.
Both shootings took place in Exarchia, in downtown Athens. When asked about January 5th, a middle-age female resident of the area said with confidence to a news reporter "I heard Kalashnikov shots been fired." Who can distinguish the type of a gun by its shots in the middle of the night in Athens? The death of the student has sparked the worst riots for decades, which escalated to be a sociopolitical vendetta. Is this a society of an eye for an eye?
Why is this all happening? For way too many reasons that go too far back, but most importantly because the Greek gluttonous government in power since 2004 is digging a hole and inviting us all to jump in. For the last 18 months, new scandals make weekly headlines, there isn't even enough time to react in between – the lethal combination of a corrupted government and a lethargic Prime Minister, Kostas Karamanlis, is what we're left with at a time of severe economic stagnation, a chronic lack of meritocracy, an endless list of social injustices and continuous brutality towards protestors, which in this case were often teenagers, by the state.
How could I ever link this intro to the art postings I'll upload from Athens for you in the following days? Maybe I can't and maybe I shouldn't and for that I have to say this now.
Art may echo this page of Greek contemporary history, but I'm not convinced it's entirely necessary unless we're willing to individually evaluate the role of art within the contemporary Greek society and further admit openly the kind of voice it has for each one of us, and then get on with our day. There is life after art and if artists are willing to react, or make a stand, they are not obliged to call it art – an artist is also a citizen. If anybody finds comfort in turning this into some careerist driven niche, I'll personally stay away. An open dialogue that's not addressed exclusively to the intellectual elite can be an initial answer to our racing thoughts[…]
Talented Female Artists: Eleanor Dubinsky
June 19, 2008 § Leave a comment
Eleanor Dubinsky is a musician, choreographer, video and visual artist whose performances and installations create the experience of travel and a sense of immersion in the unknown. Eleanor's work embraces and inspires imagination and explores our connections to our bodies and to one another. She is interested in expanding who gets to participate in art-making and wants to engage audience members in a sense of wonder, questioning and creativity about their everyday lives. To this end, she rehearses, installs and performs her pieces in public spaces such as train and subway stations, parks and storefront windows. Eleanor's artistic roots are in music, beginning with classical cello at the age of three. Based in New York since 1999, she has performed and created in France, Poland, the Czech Republic, Argentina and throughout the United States.
be sure check out her myspace page to hear her awesome music…
Get on the Guagua
coming soon….
Eleanor's pieces Fast Body (2007) and Get on the Guagua: a film about getting on the bus and around in general in Havana, Cuba (2006) were selected for the Danca em Foco International Videodance Showing in 2008, which will take place from August 7-24th at Oi Futuro, Rua Dois de Dezembro, 63/4º andar – Flamengo – Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Eleanor will be in Turkey from July 12-29 participating in a week-long intensive workshop in music and dance improvisation with master teachers Julyen Hamilton and Barre Phillips, followed by a week-long performance residency in Cappadocia with the Paris-based dance and music collective Emma Jupe, of which she is a member. They will be developing and performing new work and performing daily for the local residents in public spaces.
Gina Grafos
March 13, 2008 § Leave a comment
beauty, brains, talent, wit… she has got it all.
my girl Gina Grafos will be featured on the front cover of zeek magazine's april additon.
be sure to check her out.
Birth. Soul. Spirit. Death. All cycles of life are overlapped in Gina Grafos' life and in work. Raised in a Jewish, evangelical Christian, Greek Orthodox family, Grafos' perception of belief was left quite askew. Her work now deals with the beliefs of others, with a preference for representations of faith whether relgious or philosophical.
The Cuentos Foundation
February 28, 2008 § Leave a comment
I just submitted the work of Michele Feder-Nadoff, to the magazine I work for Zeek. Michele is a dear friend and a phenomenal artist, activist and educator. I thought it would be a good idea to share some information about Michele and to promote her organization the cuentos foundation.
Artistic Director, Michele Feder-Nadoff, who is Jewish, founded Cuentos in 1998 with the humanist vision and commitment to tikkun haolam, a Jewish principal expressing each person's responsibility to play a part in "healing the world." Cuentos members believe art is a transformative catalyst for effecting positive social change. Our work combats prejudice and discrimination through artistic and educational intergenerational projects and programs promoting mutual understanding.
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Ritmo del Fuego / Rhythm of Fire is a unique achievement, telling the story of the deep-seated copperworking tradition of Santa Clara del Cobre, an ancient community in the forested mountains of Michoacán, Mexico. What is often seen as "folk art" is shown to stem from early workshops established in Michoacán during the 8th-9th centuries AD, by coastal traders and artisans from the Andean Region of South America. Since then, the manufactures have included utilitarian and ornamental objects. Many have been recovered at archaeological sites, most notably from the 15th century Tarascan Kingdom. Others embrace forms of Spanish origin after the 16th century conquest. Today in the expanding international market, Santa Clara copperwares include a wide range of sophisticated decorative vases, pitchers, trays, dinner wares and related forms. A vital community has evolved with this ongoing tradition, portrayed with affection and care by the project organizer Michele Feder-Nadoff, and the many other authors in this remarkable, well written contribution to the cultural history of the Americas.
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But Aruba believes its interoperability with third-party network access control solutions, as well as its new Endpoint Compliance System, can lessen these vulnerabilities.
Firstly, Aruba says that it has verified the interoperability of its networks with the three leading NAC solutions, namely Microsoft's Network Access Protection (NAP), Juniper's Unified Access Control (UAC), and Cisco's Network Admission Control (NAC).
According to Aruba the identity-based access feature of its Mobility Controller authenticates users through the Active Directory, RADIUS, and LDAP databases used by these platforms. As a result all three NAC platforms can compare device security settings against enterprise security policies such as the anti-virus software version, firewall settings or operating system patches.
The Mobility Controller also correlates this policy information with its knowledge of user behaviour, environmental factors (such as time and location), and third-party in-line security appliances (such as IDS/IPS systems or anti-virus devices). Any discrepancy will result in a flag and the device will be either quarantined or blacklisted.
The second NAC enhancement is Aruba's new Endpoint Compliance System (ECS), a NAC solution which it says is suited for unmanaged mobile devices. Aruba says that these two advancements "address the spectrum of managed and unmanaged devices, and offer users a comprehensive security solution for both fixed and mobile devices."
Aruba's new ECS tool extends the company's NAC offering to include threat assessment and policy decision making. Working in conjunction with Aruba's user-based stateful firewall, policy enforcement is role-based and can be implemented as RF-level blacklisting, quarantining for immediate remediation, and redirection to third-party in-line security services such as anti-virus tools.
"Mobile computing devices outsell desktop systems two-to-one, so networks must be designed to accommodate unmanaged, mobile devices," said Robert Fenstermacher, Aruba's industry marketing lead for enterprise solutions.
Aruba's ECS tool is available now and prices are available upon request. Last month Aruba reinforced its security credentials when it purchased Network Chemistry's wireless intrusion detection and prevention business.


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Top 3 things I liked about the main character - Time. She has regrets, felt that she has made mistakes and feels more comfortable when she cannot be publicly seen by others. Sounds almost human, don't you think? Robert (her sort of butler) and she have some deep conversations that allow the reader to think and contemplate about their own lives.
Top 3 things I liked about the setting in this book - There were some elements of the setting that I found confusing but I think this was because you are so wrapped up in the characters, you tend to lose track of which background you are in. The backgrounds are out of this world fantastic so you need to understand this before you actually read the rest of the scene.
Cover - I loved the shades of purple and the figure of the women. You don't understand the combination of this and the title until you read the book and then "time" makes complete sense. I liked it and the formatting is also clean and polished with almost no errors. We haven't got to the end of the book so I can't say for sure.
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Gospel Lesson: Luke 21:25-36
Undoubtedly, some of you got ready for worship this morning in homes already decorated for Christmas. You could hardly wait for Thanksgiving to be over so you could bound down to the basement or climb into the attic to pull the decorations from their precarious place on the shelf. For some of you, the tree has already been cut down, shaken, and stood up. The light strands have been untangled and sorted into piles that work and piles that should have been replaced years ago. The garland has been unfurled and wrapped around bannisters or laid upon the mantle. Some of you have already started listening to your favorite Christmas music and you're just beginning to feel that stirring of nostalgia and warmth that comes with the holiday season.
But just as you've settled into the annual ascent to the cultural feelings of good tidings and great joy…just when you think Christmas is here…just when you think that peace on earth and goodwill toward all has arrived, the lectionary assigns to us this strange Gospel passage we just heard read from Luke 21.
Our Scripture for this morning is not, as you might have anticipated, a nativity scene. In it, we find no angels singing, no shepherds kneeling, no wise men worshiping, and no Christ-child sleeping. Instead, we find a very adult Jesus speaking about global distress and people fainting from fear. We find Jesus talking about dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life. This doesn't sound very Christmas-like of Jesus.
Today, the lectionary wants me to speak about the signs in the sun, moon, and stars. But, if I can be honest with you, I'd rather have a steaming glass of hot chocolate instead. Today, the lectionary wants me to talk about vengeance and distress upon the earth. But, honestly, I'd rather put on a warm sweater and Bing Crosby's "White Christmas" and not think about these things. For someone who is supposedly "the reason for the season" Jesus is a huge downer today!
But in the midst of all this frightening language and apocalyptic imagery, perhaps there is some good news for us this morning. Before we dive in, let us pray:
Living God,
Speak to me, speak through me, if necessary speak in spite of me, but always beyond me. As you speak, give to us open ears, soft hearts, and courageous minds, that we might be shaped by your word and our lives might be justly ordered according to your wisdom which orders all things for good. We pray these things in the name of Jesus Christ: who was, who is, and who is to come.
These days between Thanksgiving and Christmas form a season of the year when most of us are acutely aware of and supremely concerned with time. Perhaps it's because there are so many things to do between now and Christmas that we're afraid we won't have enough time. Perhaps its because of all the parties and end of the year work projects that we feel as if everyone wants a piece of our time. Or, perhaps, its because as they days literally grow shorter, it feels like time us running out more quickly each and every day.
But Christians have always been concerned with time. So the Church, in her creativity and wisdom, decided long ago to create its own Christian calendar as a way of marking time with the story of Jesus — from birth, to ministry, to death and resurrection. So this morning's Scripture doesn't sound like Christmas because, according to the Christian calendar, we are not quite to the Christmas season just yet. Today is the first day of the new Christian year. It is the first Sunday of Advent and Advent is a season of preparation. So over the next four weeks, we will not be hearing about shepherds and wise-men. Instead, we will hear Scripture passages that offer us some instruction on how to live our lives in this Advent season if we are to be ready for Christmas. And as time itself ripens towards the due date of Christmas, our hearts, God-willing, will also ripen until they burst open ready to receive the good news of God's arrival among us.
In this morning's Scripture passage, Jesus tells us to "Lift up our heads." Later he says, "Be on guard." Once more, he warns us, "Be alert at all times." In The Message Translation it says, "Don't fall asleep at the switch." Lift up your heads! Be on guard! Be alert at all times! Keep awake!
As an over-caffeinated graduate student, rarely do I need reminding to keep awake and stay alert. But perhaps Jesus is not trying to increase the ranks of the insomniacs among us. Perhaps the problem is not that we are literally asleep but that we are distracted by or pre-occupied with the wrong things. Jesus isn't interested in our ordering an extra shot of espresso with our morning coffee. This Advent, Jesus wants us to watch. Jesus wants us to pay attention to the world around us. It is the urgent work of attentiveness that is at the heart of this morning's Scripture.
The words from Luke's Gospel, assigned to us on the first Sunday of Advent, don't sound like the beginning of a new year. They sound like this beginning of the end; which is why this passage is often referred to as the "little apocalypse." When we hear the word apocalypse, it typically calls to mind images of chaos and catastrophic destruction. But the word apocalypse comes from the greek word which means, "to reveal," or "uncover." Think of it as a pulling back of the veil to see what is really there. Advent is a season of preparation but in our preparation, Jesus wants us to watch, to pay attention, to see what is really there.
Given the current state of world affairs (attacks in Beirut, Bagdad and Paris, children kidnapped and sold into slavery, economic injustice ignored, unwelcome refugees, and racism running rampant) pulling back the veil to see what is really there can strike fear in our hearts. But maybe it's a blessing in disguise. To pull back the veil and see things as they really are means that Advent gives us permission to tell the truth –the truth that everything is not okay in our world, in our cities, in our lives. It gives us permission to tell the truth that on this first Sunday of Advent, while we light the candle of hope, some of us feel hopeless. Advent is a time in which we wait for God to appear and some of us have, at one time or another, made our own quiet, desperate pleas for God to appear — wondering if God ever will.
It happened to the writer Ann Weems after she lost her son Todd on his 21st birthday. Overwhelmed by the pain and unresolved grief of her loss, she began thumbing through her Bible and found what we know as the Psalms of lament. Her discovery was a revelation — a pulling back of the veil. Here, in these Psalms, were people who were willing to tell the truth. So Ann Weems started writing her own laments to God:
The sky has fallen and no one seems to notice. Mountains have fallen into the seas and people are oblivious. Oh God, my life is destroyed. People go to the bank and the store. They eat and drink while I crumple under the weight of my own heart. Have mercy on me for I am all alone. No one sees that the sky has fallen. No one, O God, but You! All knowing God, you are the only one who can put the stars back into place. Take pity of me and hold up the sky. I will walk by the river of hope and you will find me there and you will reach out your hand and push the heavens back into place. I will kneel and give thanks for you will be with me. You will put the stars back in the sky.
As Ann Weems' lament demonstrates, when we watch for God to tear open the heavens, we also look within. When the stars fall from our skies and the ground beneath our feet begins to shake, we often go deeper into a life we could not have otherwise known. When our own personal apocalypse happens, when the veil is pulled back and reality is uncovered, we often see more clearly. We gain a new perspective. We remember those things which are most important to us and we let the distractions and preoccupations go. We place our hope in a future we cannot know or see, and we wait.
As Ann Weems offered up these laments, she waited on God. This Advent, we, too, are called to wait. For waiting is precisely what the early Christians reading Luke's Gospel were doing. They were watching and waiting for the coming of Christ but this time it was the second coming. Decades after Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, things hadn't gotten much better for Jesus' followers. Jesus told them to watch for the signs. The heavens will be shaken and you will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds. Meeting in secret, fearful of persecution, they were watching and waiting for God to come and save them. And here, 2000 years later, on the first Sunday of Advent, you and I are still waiting.
But there is something about waiting that so focuses your attention that you cannot hear or see anything else. Like a mother, awake at night, unable to sleep, waiting for her young teenager to come home – listening for the sound of the car in the driveway, and the back door opening. It's an experience so galvanizing that she literally shuts out every other sound. I know this is true, because I've been that young teenager, trying to sneak in at an hour far past my curfew, only to find my mother awake…waiting.
But all of us know the experience of waiting. We wait on delayed flights and in unanticipated traffic jams. We wait for a job opening or for the market to improve. We wait on aging relatives who have slowed down. We wait for the doctor to call with the test results. We wait to meet the right person and we wait for our broken hearts to heal. In the arch of biblical history it seems like God's people are always waiting. Abraham waited on a homeland. Sarah waited for a child. The Israelites waited for a promised land and the Jews for a Messiah. Waiting is an experience common to all humans but as Christians we are to be a people who wait in hope – looking for the signs that God is here among us.
Because God's history is so full of amazing acts, we are always waiting — anticipating God's next big move in the world. Will it be handing down justice, bringing peace, or finally answering that prayer we pray so often: "Thy Kingdom Come?" In my own waiting, I've often wondered if we're really ready for that to happen. I often silently wonder to myself if the reason we obsess so much over the 2nd coming is because deep down, we are very disappointed in the first one. Let's be honest. We weren't expecting a helpless little baby, or a Messiah that would go and get himself killed. So as we wait, what exactly are we waiting for? Are we waiting for God to come crashing to earth like a cartoonish super-hero who will put our enemies in their place and right every wrong? What are we waiting for? I don't know about your wish list, but mine would include eradicating disease, stopping terrorism, fighting injustice and racism, and protecting the most vulnerable among us.
But then I wonder, what if God is waiting? What if God is waiting on us? This Advent, as we watch and wait, I see two options: We can wait passively, wringing our hands as we look anxiously at the sky for God to do something about our world; or we can pull back the veil, tell the truth about what we see and go to work preparing this world for the coming of Jesus.
Now, if that thought overwhelms you as much as it does me, let's start small. Let's think simple. In Matthew's Gospel Jesus tells us to "feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit the sick and imprisoned, and welcome the stranger." I think that is a great place to start. "Just as you do unto the least of these, you do unto me," Jesus says. Maybe he's right. Maybe, if we're doing the work we've been called to do, instead of staring at the sky, we might just discover, in our waiting, that God is already here at work among us.
While in college, I would occasionally volunteer at a homeless shelter. On Friday nights during the winter months some friends and I would go down to one of the old historic Episcopal churches in downtown Spartanburg. At some point, it occurred to them that they were heating this large basement that no one was sleeping in while men, cold and hungry would sit on their steps. So they opened their basement, the men would come in, and we would give them a tiny mattress, a thin blanket, and a pillow. About 40 men would sleep there for the night. Those of us who volunteered would sit at a table and play board games, card games, or read books to stay awake as we ketch watch to make sure everyone was okay. It was one of the only shelters that would allow you in if you happened to be inebriated or on something. The only rule was you could not cause trouble with the other guests.
Sometimes I would look at these men who often came in with angry scowls on their faces, but while sleeping looked so peaceful. I'd be reminded that 30 or 40 years ago, that was someone's precious sleeping baby boy. These men had stories that they loved to tell. One had been a jazz musician in New York City. Another would show us pictures of his grandchildren. Another was the artists among the group who, if we promised to bring pen and paper, would make the most amazing sketches.
We enjoyed volunteering on these Friday nights, but Saturday mornings were a struggle. We had to get the men up and out of the church by 7am. Out into the cold with no breakfast or hot shower. As I got into my car, I would drive past them on my way back to school. There, I'd open the door to a warm apartment, a soft bed, and a kitchen full of food.
That's when it would hit me: the revelation, the pulling back of the veil to reveal the great difference between their world and my own. Each time it would strike me in the chest and cause pain in my heart. And do you know what I did? I crawled in my bed. I pulled the covers over my head. And I went to sleep. A few hours later I would wake up and everything would be back to normal — like there had been no revelation at all. When I pulled the covers over my head to sleep, it was if I had pulled the veil back over the truth. But Jesus says, "Don't fall asleep at the switch! Lift up your head! Be on guard! Be alert at all times!" The truth is right before you.
The season of Advent is a season full of paradox. Yes, it's a time to celebrate the coming of Christ with family and friends, with parties full of good food and drink, and the giving of gifts. But its also a time to watch — to look beyond the superficial and face the reality of the brokenness that exists. It's a time of waiting patiently for God to be revealed, but its also a time of urgency in which we should be about the work we are called to do. It's a time to celebrate the light that has come into a world grown dim, but it's also a time to allow the darkness of our world to do it's work of nurturing — like a seed beneath the ground or a child in it's mother's womb.
So as we move into this Advent time and, with it, a new Christian year, let us not forget the ultimate goal: Thy kingdom come! I admit. At times, it sounds fantastical. At times it seems absurd. But if we take Jesus' advice — if we stay alert, if we don't fall asleep at the switch, if we lift up our heads as we watch, wait, and work together — we may just start to see some of the signs. We may just see our redemption drawing near. We may just see heaven descend a little bit more in this generation — arriving like a small vulnerable infant whose redeeming cry ends the wails of his mother's birth pangs.
Thanks be to God.
(Patrick Craig is a graduate student at Duke University Divinity School)


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1. That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; with for; as, a remedy for the gout.
2. That which corrects or counteracts an evil of any kind; a corrective; a counteractive; reparation; cure; followed by for or against, formerly by to. "What may else be remedy or cure To evils which our own misdeeds have wrought, He will instruct us." (Milton)
3. The legal means to recover a right, or to obtain redress for a wrong. Civil remedy. See Civil. Remedy of the mint, a small allowed deviation from the legal standard of weight and fineness; called also tolerance.
Synonyms: Cure, restorative, counteraction, reparation, redress, relief, aid, help, assistance.
Origin: L. Remedium; pref. Re- re- + mederi to heal, to cure: cf. F. Remede remedy, remedier to remedy. See Medical.
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Below I have copied a dispatch from MEMRI, an important and highly credible research organization that I have referenced on numerous occasions in this blog. MEMRI's work is a very useful research tool to gauge leading edge thinking, both left wing and right wing, in the various Islamic countries and centers of intellectual thought.
This interview with Dr. Bassam Tahhan is an example of Ijtihad. This is a very important sign of progressive thinking in Islam– and there are other progressive Islamic voices, though they are hard to hear in the shrill wind of dogmatic literalism that comes from conservative clerics. My hope is that constructive voices questioning orthodoxy of all kinds will continue to find their way onto the web and eventually into the mainstream. These voices need to be enouraged across all faiths.
When I read interviews like this one, I am remind of Tom Friedman's comment that Islam 1.0 is in search of Islam 2.0. We may not be much further than version 1.1, but as long as we keep seeing new revisions, the Islamic OS will continue to make its way forward into modernity. One of the most important statements made in this interview is the assertion that there are multiple versions of the Koran– not just one– which immediately opens the door to to the possibilities for different interpretations of the Koran. This is a big deal.
Muslim Intellectual Calls for "Protestant Islam"
To view this Special Dispatch in HTML, visit: http://www.memri.org/bin/opener_latest.cgi?ID=SD119806 .
Dr. Bassam Tahhan, a Syrian-born French professor of Arabic literature, teaches at the prestigious Henri IV secondary school in Paris and is an expert on the Koran. In his numerous lectures and interviews, he advocates "Protestant Islam," which he defines as Islam that allows freedom of thought and permits questioning the Sunna, abrogating hadiths not grounded in the Koran, and reinterpreting the Koran in light of modern values. Tahhan recently attended a UNESCO conference on human rights in Morocco, where he gave the following interview to the independent French-language Moroccan daily Telquel:(1)
"To Be a Rationalist is to Acknowledge That the Orthodox Approach is Fundamentally Wrong"
Telquel: "You characterize yourself as one who interprets the Koran rationally. What do you mean by that?"
Tahhan: "To read the Koran rationally is to accept that the Koran is open [to interpretation] and has many meanings. The tradition regards the Koran as one-dimensional and fixed. This approach is not rationalist. To be a rationalist is to accept that each era, with its [particular] methods and discoveries, presents its own reading of the Koran, and this is the way it will be until the end of days. To be a rationalist is to acknowledge that the orthodox approach is fundamentally wrong since it does not accept the multiplicity of readings."
Telquel: "You are one of a handful of experts around the world on the different versions of the Koran. How did you come to have a passion for this topic?"
Tahhan: "Let me remind you of a historical fact that is accepted by all. In the year 901 – an unfortunate year for Muslims – a Muslim qadi named Ibn Mujahid canonized [one version of] the Koran. Before that, there were many different versions of the Koran, and this did not upset the good Muslims!"
Examining the Different Versions of the Koran Reveals "Its Wide Range of Possible Meanings"
Tahhan: "Today, Muslim thought evolves within a very rigid framework, namely the framework of the Shari'a. I, on the other hand, refer to the sacred scriptures. Specifically, I allow myself to draw upon the various [versions of the] 'sacred scriptures,' since there are many of them. This is a fact. In order to see this, one must merely read the chapter Kutub Al-Masahif ('The Books of the Koran') in Ibn Nadim's book Al-Fihrist. Ibn Nadim enumerates several versions of the Koran which were not recognized by the Caliphs. He explicitly refers to mushaf al-rasul (the Prophet's Koran)! Remember that, ever since the Koran was canonized, we have been referring to Mushaf 'Uthman ['Uthman's version of the Koran].
"The German orientalist Theodor Noeldeke wrote several volumes on the history of the various Korans. Today the Arabic translation of his book is being circulated in secret. Jews and Christians readily accept the different versions of their sacred scriptures. Why shouldn't we? When you examine the different versions from different perspectives – sociological, philosophical, juridical and linguistic – you reveal the Koran's wide range of possible meanings. This breathes new life into [the Koran], instead of petrifying it for all time!"
"Why Can't the Word of God Be Multifaceted? Why Can't the Koran Be True in Its Different Versions?"
Telquel: "You do understand, though, that it is difficult for believing [Muslims] to accept your arguments, [since they] believe that there is only one truth, which stems from a divine revelation and is recorded in one single book, namely the Koran."
Tahhan: "I allow myself to search for the historical truth. I believe that it is my right and duty to check the sources. Who decreed that the Koran is monolithic because the word of God is one? Why can't the word of God be multifaceted? Why can't the Koran be true in its different versions? God never deprived man of his freedom of thought. God created history, and allows it to unfold. But he never deprived human beings of the right to manage their own affairs in the course of history. Arab and Muslim history – the history which bores our children in school – is a history of palaces; it is not a social history. When our elite [finally] examines the social history of Islam, no one will find it strange that researchers are excited about examining the various versions of the Koran!"
"As a Protestant Muslim, I… Challenge the Over-Application of the Shari'a"
Telquel: "You find it unfortunate that Islam is limited to the Shari'a. Must we become 'Protestant Muslims' in order to set the Shari'a aside?"
Tahhan: "As a Protestant Muslim, I do not merely challenge the over-application of the Shari'a. I believe that basing Islam [only] on the Five Pillars is a narrow approach. I say that Islam has many dimensions: the judicial dimension which deals with ethics, the theological dimension that has to do with philosophy, and the mystical dimension which has to do with socio-psychology and spirituality. I wish that the training of theologians in Muslim countries would consider all these various dimensions. When you limit religious teaching to the Shari'a, you impoverish it. That is why I completely support the pioneering reforms of [Moroccan] Minister Ahmad Tawfiq, including the modern reforms implemented by [the Moroccan institute of] Dar Al-Hadith Al-Hassania…"
"We Should Found a New Community… of Protestant Muslims"
Telquel: "For many, 'Islam' and 'Protestant' [are concepts that] do not go together. How do you reconcile them?"
Tahhan: "We should found a new community: the community of Protestant Muslims. Its roots already exist in [Muslim] history. This community would promote a return to the word of God, since the overwhelming majority of prophetic hadiths are subject to serious questioning and suspicion. A Protestant Muslim has only one goal: to track down the truth to its very source. He has only one guiding principle: never to let himself be content with the so-called revealed truth. Freedom of thought is a God-given gift that should be honored by Muslims."
Why Should One Religious School Be Better Than Another?
Telquel: "You often object to the dictates of the religious schools regarding religious practices. Why is that a problem?"
Tahhan: "Why should one [religious] school be better than another? For example: Abu Hanifa accepts the testimony of a Muslim woman, whereas the other schools reject it along with the testimonies of Jews and Christians – and thus treat the Muslim woman as an apostate! Why should [we believe that] Malik is right and not Abu Hanifa? Why should I be considered a less devout Muslim if I follow the directives of Al-Tabari (a brilliant exegete who was murdered by obscurantists) rather than those of [Ibn] Hanbal? God granted me freedom of thought and I intend to make use of it!"
"Al-Shafi'i is Dangerous Because" He Gives the Same Status to the Sunna and to the Koran
Telquel: "You say that [Imam] Al-Shafi'i is dangerous because he replaced the Koran with the Sunna. What do you mean by that?"
Tahhan: "There was always a tendency to supplement the Koran with the Sunna. This tendency is questionable since the Koran is defined as the Sunna of God and his Prophet! Various historical factors gradually led the Sunna to become an indispensable
supplement to the Koran, to the point that it superseded the Koran. Remember that the Koran never mentions [the practice of] stoning, but [only] whipping. Likewise, the Koran does not explicitly [mandate] the death penalty for apostates (la ikraha fi din). The Koran doesn't totally prohibit [the drinking of] wine… Al-Shafi'i is dangerous because, in his book 'Rissala,' he explains that the Koran and the Sunna can be given the same status. Al-Shafi'i is dangerous because he created a certain ambiguity: he turned the fundamental text [of Islam] into a twofold text [consisting of the Koran and the Sunna], to the point where the Sunna came to impinge on the word of God. Unfortunately, [even] in the 21st century, the orthodox world still fails to challenge his unjustified status.
"We should also have the right to [apply] a diversified reading of the Koran in religious ruling. The [status of the] Sunna must be redefined. Why should those who believe only in the Koran be expelled from the Sunni community?"
Telquel: "You say that Islam did not abolish slavery. This is not what we were taught in school…"
Tahhan: "Many suras deal with slaves, for example with abid [slaves] and ma malakat aymanukum ['those whom you own'], which clearly refers to women captured in war. Islam is against slavery, but no sura explicitly forbids it. This shows that it is necessary to come up with a new historical and sociological reading of the scriptures. And since you offer me the opportunity to do so, let me call upon the [religious] authorities. Our orthodox religious scholars take the liberty of abrogating the sacred text, so why don't they go all the way and abrogate everything that infringes on the universal rights of Muslim women? The problem is that the religious scholars have only one guiding principle – the domination of women by men, to the extent that they made laws that undermine the [one] positive [right] granted to Muslim women, namely financial independence… The [notion that] women are naqisat 'aql wa din ['deficient in both intellect and faith'] is an outdated theological fabrication which is mentioned nowhere in the Koran. However, it is so frequently evoked in sermons that the Muslim in the street believes that this absurdity is mentioned in the scriptures, when [in actuality] it is [nothing more than] a 'weak tradition' [i.e. a tradition whose authenticity is in doubt]…"
Telquel: "Aren't you being over-optimistic when you say that Morocco holds the seeds of Islamic renewal, including a reform in the status of women?"
Tahhan: "I honestly believe that it is no coincidence that Mohammad VI was the one who ratified the new mudawana [the new Moroccan family code that grants more rights to women]. He is a descendent of [the Prophet Muhammad's daughter] Fatima, who was dispossessed by the followers of Abbas. They are the ones who decreed that women cannot inherit, and thus deprived her descendants of the right to the caliphate… And it was Fatima's descendant… who restored the Muslim women's rights. In this I see the seeds of Protestant Islam – which are potent enough to shake the dust off [Islam] after 13 centuries of stagnation!"
(1) Telquel (Morocco), Issue 229, June, 2006.
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Gary Liggett moved into double figures in trhe scoring charts as Dungannon Swifts edged closer to the comfort zone in their quest for survival, the striker showing a clinical edge on a day of missed chances in a 1-1 draw at Shamrock Park.
His first half header was his sixth in the league this term, with another four goals coming in the two main cup competitions.
Unfortunately it wasn't enough to secure all three points, with Portadown hitting back in the second period through Chris Casement.
However, Casement's afternoon ended in frustration when he and Robert Garrett were sent off in a bad-tempered finale.
The point was the least Dungannon deserved after another encouraging performance.
Darren Murphy's side have lost just twice in the league since the turn of the year, and are now eight points above the drop zone.
Liggett felt they more than merited a point.
"I thought it was a good performance – particularly in the first half," the forward said.
"In the first five minutes we were a bit edgy and Alvin Rouse pulled us out of a couple of holes, but after that we did really well.
"We went 1-0 ahead and thoroughly deserved it."


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I'm really excited. I've been planning on a mission my whole life. —Eric Mika
PROVO — A big part of BYU's basketball future will be spending the next couple of years in Europe.
That's where a trio of Lone Peak High products are, or will be, serving LDS missions.
Cougar freshman forward Eric Mika, who's averaged 12.3 points and 6.4 rebounds this season, and Lone Peak senior guard T.J. Haws, who committed to BYU in 2011, both received their mission calls Wednesday, on the eve of the Cougars' game against Gonzaga.
Mika has been called to serve in Rome, Italy, and he'll enter the Missionary Training Center on May 14. Haws, the younger brother of BYU star Tyler Haws, will serve in Lyon, France. He'll depart on April 16. Before going on his mission, Haws is hoping to lead the Knights to another state championship.
Cougar walk-on Graham Pingree received his mission call a couple of weeks ago to the same mission in Italy as Mika, and will leave June 25.
Meanwhile, BYU signee Nick Emery, who committed to BYU the same day as T.J. Haws, is currently serving a mission in Germany, and will enroll in school for the 2015-16 season.
Rome, Italy. Leaving May 14th— Thunder-Mik (@erc95) February 20, 2014
I've been called to serve! France Lyon Mission. 🇫🇷— TJ Haws (@teejlp11) February 20, 2014
Last week, Mika was asked about serving a mission.
"I'm really excited," he said. "I've been planning on a mission my whole life."
Mika is looking forward to being reunited with his former Lone Peak High teammates at BYU. Mika, Haws and Emery, who were each four-star recruits and led Lone Peak to a high school national championship last year, will play together again in 2016-17.
"It's going to be fun. Not only are they really good on the court, but we mesh well," Mika said. "They are some of my best friends from high school. All those guys, the last two years of my high school career, I spent every day with them."
Carter Williams contributed to this story.


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3Ring wants to save science
As a former high school physics teacher, Joel Donna knows firsthand how challenging developing a top-notch curriculum can be.
"I loved lesson planning, but the time preparing lessons was becoming increasingly complex and time consuming" he says, reflecting on his six years of service.
So with co founder Sarah Hick, an assistant professor at Hamline, and their CTO Lee Carmichael — they have created 3Ring.
"The mission of 3Ring," he says, "Is to close the achievement gaps in science and to reduce beginning science teacher turnover by supporting teacher lesson planning and instruction" ."
Their first product, Binder, helps students "learn science by doing science," enabling beginning science teachers to select lessons that best meet the needs of their students. The modules contain 3-4 days of instruction and lessons packaged into units for teachers to access off the shelf.
"Research suggests that 50% of all teachers leave within the first five year. This is an acute problem in science and math where the available pool of teachers is smaller and many new science teachers do not receive content focused induction support. This is especially a challenge rural and charter schools where science teachers may be the only one of their kind. 3Ring can bridge the gap between science teachers preparation and their first years of service," he claims.
3Ring was field tested last year with St. Paul Public Schools, including 7 classrooms, 3 teachers and 170 students. This fall, that pilot will expand to 30 beginning teachers across Minnesota.
"What we're learning is that students are truly more engaged and interested in learning about science, exploring STEM careers." The content is naturally aligned with Minnesota state science standards and the Next Generation Science Standards.
Incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit entity, "3Ring isn't owned by the founders, rather the stakeholders at large." They license all the content and assessments under creative commons and offer it for free to the schools.
"Bootstrapped on passion," 3Ring recently became a Minnesota Cup Social Division semi-finalist, vying for some cash, connections and notoriety.
Donations from individuals, organizations and large research grants are part of their sustainability goal. The team also has ideas about some earned income revenue for certain add-on services such as ongoing professional development workshops for the teachers, retailing materials, or white labeling for districts who want a more integrated experience.
"Not to say that we don't run it like a business, because we will," Donna asserts.


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I made a new pork tenderloin recipe tonight, loosely based on this recipe. It was super-tender and juicy, and the sauce was nicely balanced. I served it with creamy parmesan risotto and some steamed green beans. It was yummy! (The picture is awful - my battery went out right as I was trying to get a decent pic!)
Roasted Pork Tenderloin
2 lbs pork tenderloin
2 1/2 Tbsp olive oil
kosher salt and pepper
1 large onion, thinly sliced
1/2 - 1 cup white wine
2 Tbsp apricot preserves
zest of 1 orange (I used a clementine, since it was what I had)
splash of balsamic vinegar
Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In an oven-safe skillet, heat up 1 Tbsp of olive oil. Salt and pepper the tenderloin, transfer to skillet, and brown on all sides. Transfer the skillet to the oven and roast 15-20 minutes, or until meat is done (I heated mine to 150, but the powers that be recommend you heat it to at least 160). Remove from oven and let rest for 10 minutes. Transfer to a cutting board/platter at this point.
Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 1/2 Tbsp olive oil in another skillet on medium high heat. Add the sliced onions, and cook for a few minutes. Turn the heat down to medium low, and let the onions continue to cook for about 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat.
Once you have removed the tenderloin from the skillet, place the skillet over medium-high heat, and add the wine to deglaze the pan. Add the apricot preserves, onions, zest, and balsamic, and let cook on medium-low heat for 5-10 minutes (until sauce reaches desired consistency).
Slice tenderloin and top with sauce. Serve immediately.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Roasted Pork Tenderloin
Posted by Domestic Kate at 6:12 PM
1 comment:
- Lipstick said...
That sounds wonderful!!!
- December 19, 2009 at 10:33 PM
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