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A compilation of practical advice and tips for handling day-to-day activities that routinely become problematic for ADHD children, such as getting dressed for school, going to bed, performing chores, completing homework, and playing with other children.
Colleen Alexander-Roberts is the Author of The Essential Adoption Handbook and a freelance writer whose family faces the daily challenges of ADHD. A member of Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Disorders (C.H.A.D.D.) and the Attention Deficit Disorder Association (A.D.D.A.), Colleen lives in Swanson, Ohio with her husband and their children.

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The poor Bean has been sick for the past day and a half. Luckily she's on the mend. She inspires me to suck it up about a lot of things. Hits her head really hard or falls really hard? Thinks about it for a second, then continues playing. 102 degree fever? Eh...I'm sleepy and cuddly, but I'm still going to laugh, and play, and share my toys and act like everything's okay.
Side note: Expect a crafty update sometime this weekend. I have a BIG REVEAL. Also, I'm done with work for the summer so expect alot more crafty updates. :)
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Jubilee Choir HistoryThe Jubilee Choir is the oldest choir at Brookland Baptist. The Church was founded in 1902 and Mr. Saul Koon formed the Jubilee Choir in 1915. Mr. Koon taught musical notes known as shape notes to choir members. The late Deacon Eddie Mickens was elected president and leader of the choir and served for Forty-six years. His son, the late Deacon Horace Mickens, succeeded his father as choir president and leader. Other past presidents of the Jubilee Choir includes the late Deacon Julius Brown, Sister Wilhelmenia P. Golston and the current President Deacon Donald Turner, Sr.
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Dental implants are the closest thing there is to a natural tooth. It is a prosthesis that restores mastication function.
A dental implant is a titanium component (as the root of a tooth) located through surgery on the jaw under the gum, which allows the dentist to embed the replacement tooth or bridge in the area. The implants are not removed as dentures. Dental implants are also beneficial for overall oral health it is not necessary hold them to another tooth, such as bridges.


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Sometimes in life you just have to take a break and step back in order for you to go forwards and thats exactly what i did don't ask me why i just felt i should take time out from all things social and blogging as i felt i wasn't giving my best and I'm all about giving all you can and not giving half arsed attempts at anything.
For me thats what i felt i was doing i'd lost the motivation for writing and if you know me and follow me all over social media you know i love it and i interact all the time well even that wasn't interesting me i just don't know why so thats why i decided id just take some time out and get perspective and my GOD it helps bring you back into the right frame of mind i had a notebook and pen and just used that for thoughts instead of using my phone or computer even though i took time out for about a week for me it was long enough now it might take you longer but id recommend it to anyone who's been feeling lost or confused in terms of the content they make online weather it be youtube or blog .
it might be hard at first for you too just stop but it will be the best thing you do the signs for needing a break are simple
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- Lack of sleep
- Constantly feeling that the content you create isn't good enough
- Loss of interest
- Stress
- No interest in food
- And generally just feeling down
Now those are just a few signs but everyone is different and you might have different ways of coping with lack of motivation but for me a break was needed and i encourage everyone too do the same even if you just take a weekend or two you will feel a lot better limit the time you spend creating content as its far far far to easy to get overwhelmed and swamped you don't need content up everyday by doing that theres a chance you will be rushing and it won't be the best content you can create.
Ive also found that support helped & there has been a quite few lovely bloggers that helped me out over on twitter and i appreciate the support you AWESOME People have given me you know who you are (ps blog post featuring you lovely people coming soon :P) I'm overwhelmed with the support I've got i never knew people cared that much about me and my blog/youtube channel but you do so that means a lot
Anyway i think I've rambled enough now just remember if you feel you need a break take it it doesn't matter how long you take make sure its long enough that you are recomposed and ready and raring to go.
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I stood outside and came back in soaking and dripping wet in my red towel.
I didn't really dance in the rain, but I stood under it for quite a while, feeling the heavy drops landing on my eyelids as well as the rest of my face, my clothes clinging on me, my bare feet feeling the roughness of the cement interchange with the slippery puddles forming to the soon to be really wet pavement, the rain getting stronger and stronger, avoiding the yearning to jump up and down for fear of the neighbors catching me in such a vulnerable moment.
It's one of the best feelings in the world.
Standing still under the pouring rain gave me a sense of freedom. It pacified my longing for something carefree that wasn't so risky. I went back under the shade when flashes of lightning started and wrapped myself in my towel, still staring at the fast raindrops, feeling the cold wind. Our neighbor then came out with an umbrella and I walked back inside precariously, taking a peaceful, hot shower right after tweeting my small feat.
Just this morning I finished Like Water for Chocolate in one sitting on the floor with a sleeping Charlie beside me, and last night The Metamorphosis in just an hour before falling fast asleep to meeting David Cook just before his concert.
Right after waking up, I find a text from a friend saying David Cook would be back in Manila soon.
Growing up's tough. It's finally senior year for a lot of us. I'll be filling this year with whim and spontaneous moments. With the small feats.
It really just makes you appreciate the little things and gets you to feel more- to get to know yourself more.
The little things that make you laugh.
Make you tear up.
Wrinkle your nose.
Break your heart.
The little things.
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Now I'd like to tell the story of my most exciting experience while wild-land firefighting.
After returning home from a 21-day tour in Northern Saskatchewan, I decided not to join my crew for the standard homecoming celebration; instead, I waited one week so I could celebrate with a different crew that was coming back from Alberta. It's not that I didn't want to spend that extra night with my workmates because we weren't getting along, it was because I had already surpassed my threshold for consistent bonding-time with these people and a few drinks could have caused me to finally snap, where I might have resorted to beating the smallest one of them to death with my left shoe.
It must have been one of the most prosperous seasons I had ever known because the company treated the crew returning from Alberta to a night out at a pricey restaurant. During the celebration, none of the higher-ups noticed I wasn't part of this crew and I only intended on getting some free drinks and a meal. Half way through, the owner of the company, King Misfit, stood up at the end of the table to give one of his ritualistic speeches.— I take the time in describing this character because he embodies much of the senselessness involved in firefighting and I like to think he's effective in foreshadowing any protagonist's misfortune.— He was a boisterous and ambitious soul who at first glance could be likened to Santa Clause, but as soon as he opened his mouth he revealed an embitterment that Santa could only have developed had he been shot down over Vietnam and taken as a P.O.W. at some point during his career. I found his arrogance genuinely concerning because it caused me to contemplate all other possible realities if he were living under different circumstances. For instance, had he been born in a developing country with the slightest political instability, his skills in power-tripping his childhood ant farm might have led to a career well beyond the scope of dictating his own fire crews. His zealousness in keeping us in-check through continual, unjustified, public tirades gave everyone a new perspective on tough-love. I never understood what he expected to inspire when he felt like busting everyone's balls.
Ever since grade one I've had a dislike for people speaking to me like I was still in kindergarten and whenever Saint Nick decided to speak to us like we were some little league sports team holding him back from the peewee championships, I had a greater urge to play my assumed roll and embrace incompetence; maybe eat a box of crayons, take off my pants on a whim, or go into a spontaneous temper-tantrum where I cry with such intensity I throw up; Bring out that overgrown four year old inside me just in spite of him.
Anyways, before my own bitterness upstages his any further, I'll move along and mention that this night was the first time we weren't scorned for abusing company equipment, but praised for a season nearly well done.
'"Rumor has it we'll be going to the States soon boys!" he raised his glass. "Yup, anytime now! Be sure to have your gear packed and ready!... Until then, drink up!"
This news sent many into an ecstatic frenzy of high-fives and joyous obscenities because going to the U.S. meant our wages escalated slightly. However, I refused to believe this news because I was familiar with his reputation for making false assurances for upcoming work. His details and self-convictions were so outlandish, I figured that the only way his stories contained the slightest shred of truth was if he were planning on setting the fires himself. After working for him for some time, no one would have raised an eye brow had he explained, "Rumor has it we'll be going to the moon boys! For years scientists have been telling me there's no source of revenue up there, but they're full of shit! You all better start training underwater!"
Despite all of this I tried to focus my attention on consuming as many free drinks as I could. After all, I was still shocked by the boss's insistence that we "drink up."
Imagine how a beaten dog cowers at the first sight of his master's extended hand, but once realizing that the hand is merely trying to offer food, the dog instantly consumes everything before there's a chance of it being taken away. Just like this dog, I saw the beer situation as uncommon generosity, so I tried drinking everything I could at the speed of wind.
When the night started getting messy, we left the owner at the restaurant and sauntered up the road to a nearby club. It was a typical night of us making fools of ourselves until 11 o'clock when the music came to an abrupt halt and the DJ announced that all firefighters need to meet outside immediately.
Panic set in because we realized that not only was the omen quite real but it was to happen far sooner than anyone could have expected. Some of us sped around the club aimlessly, bumping into each other shouting, "OH MAN, THEY'RE SENDING US NOW! HOW CAN THEY DO THAT? I CAN'T DRIVE TO THE STATES! ... Oh quick, look behind you…… Hi ya ladies. We're just on our way to make war with the elements. Care to help us in our quest to extinguish some burning-hot lodgepole pine wood... in our PANTS! HA! [Both firefighters high-five each other, unaware of the self-depreciating nature of the last comment]"
Eventually we all found our way outside where several of our crew bosses, who hadn't attended the festivities, were waiting. "They wanted to send our crew to Washington in two hours." One of them said, "But they realize you've all been celebrating tonight, so they've decided to send the other crew tonight and then the rest of you tomorrow. So I suggest you all go home and get some sleep."
I was amid the shit-storm of high-fives when one crew boss confronted me, "Jeff? You're not part of this team,"
"No… no, I'm not." It slowly dawned on me, "No… No they can't!" I pleaded.
"Your crew's heading out right now. You better get to the office."
If, instead of breaking this news to me, he suddenly decided to empty half a can of bear spray in my face then continually kick me in the ass as I stumble around, I would have faired a far better mood. Hell, knowing the alternative I might have been able to shrug off those actions as quirky, lighthearted humor, "Oh boy, you got me-OUCH!...That was a good one-OW!... But in all seriousness, I better go home so I can get some slee— AH CHRIST!"
That night my brother woke up to a phone-call from an irate drunk shouting, "The States!… They're sending me!…. This instant!…shit!…. Need to pack!… Please pick me up!.. Shit!..... SHIIIIT!" My brother picked me up in ten minutes and drove me to my parents' house, where he thankfully helped me gather what I needed.
When I met my sober crew they were loading up the trucks outside the office and a few of them shook their heads, laughing at me. "Boy someone's going to have a rough day," someone quipped. Who ever said it was lucky my left shoe wasn't untied because if I had easy access to it his funeral director might not have been able to conceal the Reebok emblem imprinted onto his forehead.
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DEAR DIARY, WHAT THE HECK !!!!!!!!!! It has been 5 months since my commercial was made and the spot has come out BUT I'm not in the spot!!!!!!
Seems they cut me out ! ?
My wife's job situation has not gotten any better.
My backs still hurts like heck and we have some family issues that are bugging me bad!
However I'm am sitting here watching fall leaves float to the ground in the brightest of colors and praising my GOD for the wonders of life.
To think that a year ago if I were in this place with all these difficulties I would have been drinking my sorrows away. BUT this year with GOD in control I am at peace and know that HE has it all worked out. Don't get me wrong, I still at times get side ways but now only for moments. I know that I'm going to have to rake the beautiful leaves up and do those things that make up this life. BUT for now I am going to do nothing but enjoy GOD.
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This week, Gazette readers can cast their minds back to 1997 to see if they are featured on any of these photos.
We are publishing a selection of images here from the Gazette archives and this time, we are featuring one of the most memorable years in Whitby's history - famous for the Endeavour visits and Whitby Town winning the FA Vase at Wembley.
The photos show people Whitby Rugby Club in action - they are currently on course to win the league title - a soak the scout event, testing a seat belt simulator and school pupils having breakfast French-style.
We welcome your old photos of the Whitby area and would be interested in publishing anything from school photos, sports photos, Royal visits, or perhaps photos of something which made the news.
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The software that was able to beat two US champions in the show Jeopardy had been mostly influenced by Professor Les Valiant's techniques and design ideas for improving AI learning capabilities.
Google Self-Driving Cars a Dangerous Idea?
We've always known about DARPA doing research on automated self-driving cars for military purposes. This was going to be inevitable. However, it was recently revealed that Google has a fleet of Toyota Prius self-driving cars that can go on highways and have been spotted on roads since a year ago.
That's Exactly What Skynet Would Say!
Today, I was searching for information about artificial intelligence algorithms on Wolfram Alpha, when it dawned on me that perhaps I should first determine whether Wolfram Alpha is actually Skynet (in order to make sure I'm not using some biased search engine).
And then, my worst fears were realized...
Philosophy, Logic, and Beliefs in AI
At ID, our understanding of Artificial Intelligence is one that can simulate the human mind--an entity that can assume and believe much like us with a more precise logic. Other people who work in this field, may characterize AI as search algorithms (as many classes in universities do) or general problem solving or learning entities.
MIT Plans to Reinvent the Field of Artificial Intelligence
It's been 59 years since Alan Turing created the Turing Test that would be the most accepted test to see if an artificially intelligent machine could communicate and fool a human into thinking the machine is a human too. Since then, the field of AI has progressed but still hasn't come close to fooling humans. Humans are so intelligent and complicated that the field of AI cannot emulate many of the algorithms of humans effectively.
Understanding Human Mind before Creating Super AI
There are many Artificial Intelligence classes all over the country that have a curriculum that simply teaches various algorithms for solving puzzles and different problems. These are solutions to problems with fixed domains, they are brute forcing the answer through calculation, not solving it like humans. While the human brain is very unpredictable and behaves as one entity with different neurons shouting over each other, electronic AI can simulate the human mind extremely accurately.
Artificial Intelligence: Can Computers be Human?
Artificial Intelligence is a very murky subject, mainly because the subject is very new. Although researchers have studied it since the 50s, it is clear that the subject is far more advanced than they once believed. What the researchers found out was that we don't even know enough about the human mind to begin to understand artificial intelligence. Not only are there so many functions of the brain but also many evolutionary traits that allow brains to outperform computers. Will computers ever become as powerful or even better than humans?


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Christian Starling is a graduate of Harvard University, where he earned a degree in Social Anthropology and a secondary certification in Visual and Environmental Studies. At Harvard, he spent most of his time focused on social justice work, in both volunteer and full-time employment positions year-round. He divided up his time as a director, elected officer, and student trustee at the Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA), the nation's largest student-run social justice and non-profit organization. Additionally, he worked as a recruitment intern for the Boston-based non-profit Artists for Humanity. In his recent tenure as a Citizen Schools National Teaching Fellow, he was leader of his campus's Eighth Grade Academy and college and career prep curriculum lead in Charlotte, North Carolina. Christian grew up in Detroit, Michigan, where he served as Student Council President at the University Liggett School and was a Skillman Scholar.
Christian was a 2012-3 recipient of a grant from the Gray Pedersen Fund for Teaching Excellence. His grant enabled him to attend an AP English workshop; as a result, he is now certified by the College Board to teach AP English.


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|Colby Jr. students during WWII
I occasionally get to work with the school's archives, tracking down photos, or looking up facts about the college from way back. The archivist is really friendly and loves to talk about the history of the school, and the newest photos they are digitizing, or the latest bunch of letters that have come in. Last year I was tasked with making a valentine card for all the alumni who are married to other alumni, so I asked the archivist if there was anything valentine related in the archives. She found a charming 19th Century card that was a lovely patterned orange and red with a poem in the middle. It was a bit cheesy, but Valentines Day is a bit cheesy and I got to explain inside the card that it came from the archives, which was a nice college connection.
There is a long-standing college tradition, one day in the fall the president rings the college bell and cancels class so that everyone can go climb the local mountain. Mountain Day goes back fairly far and I love the photos from the 1890s and early 1900s of the sporting types exploring the great outdoors. Then there are the photos of May Day, where the ladies of Colby Junior College dress in white and dance barefoot in the fields.
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One of the best indicators of quality is word-of-mouth recommendations. However, even this is not foolproof. For example, if you have a friend who says their new CV "looks good" then while this is useful information it is probably not unequivocal.
Firstly you should ask yourself just how much does your friend know about CVs. Secondly, you should also ask the question 'just how good it is good?'
For example, your friend may have used the services of an average CV company to produce an average quality CV, but because he/she isn't an expert then there is nothing to compare the CV to other than the original. So how do you know how good it is? Well in this case you don't, unless you have other professional CVs to compare it with. Of course it would be an expensive exercise to pay for several different CVs just in order to compare them. You really need to make the right choice first time.
One other (more cost-effective) tip I could give at this stage is that if your friend says their new CV is 'good' then this suggests that it could have been better if they had gone elsewhere. The best CV companies have genuine testimonials on their website littered with superlatives, and clients of the best CV companies tell their friends that their new CV is 'fantastic' or 'excellent' – not just 'good.'
Another tactic is to read the testimonials on the CV company websites. If the company is worth its salt it will have such a section. I do suspect that not all testimonials on every website are genuine, and unfortunately there is probably no sure-fire way of identifying the fake from the genuine. Nevertheless, at the very least, one thing you could look out for is that the testimonials are from people with proper names and locations, rather than spurious shortened entries such as "Mr T, California."
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"An Outstanding General, But A Politician With No Ideas". Discuss This Assessment Of Pompey.
The final decades of the Roman Republic saw many talented and colourful politicians, the characters of whom are still remarkably clear to us. One of the greatest and most important of these leaders was a man called Gnaeus Pompeius, or Pompey. Both as a general and a politician he had an enormous impact on politics for many years, his career and reputation being forged in a civil war while he was only in his twenties and ending just as violently in another civil war 35 years later. In this time he did much to help the Republic, not least his military achievements which greatly increased Roman power in the world, but he was also one of the politicians who must shoulder some of the blame for the end of the Republic in division and bitter civil war.
On first examination, the events of Pompey's career would seem to support the assertion that he was an excellent general but an unsuccessful politician. Pompey had risen to fame and influence in Rome because of his military achievements. Firstly, he had helped Sulla re-take Rome and finally defeat his enemies. Although only young, Pompey was one of the leading figures of the time. His military reputation was further enhanced by his action pacifying Spain and his minor role in the defeat of the rebel Sparticus. Therefore, he had shown himself to be one of the leading Generals of the Republic, while still quite young.
However, it was Pompey's actions in the East of the Empire between 67-62 B.C. which firmly established his reputation. He dealt expertly with the infamous Pirates who were based on remote rocky fortresses and were damaging Mediterranean trade, then went on to finally end the threat of the Eastern King Mithridates. From this he acquired enormous respect and support from many classes of society. The plebs supported the hero of the hour as usual and the equestrians appreciated both the end of the disruption of the Pirates and the pacification of so much of Asia, leaving it open to exploitation.
Therefore, that he was an exceptional General could hardly be disputed. The problem of the Mediterranean Pirates had been addressed on more than one occasion over the preceding decades and Pompey was the first to have significant successes. Mithridates had been attacking the Roman Empire from his Eastern base for much of his near-60 year reign. However, Pompey was not just a soldier. After the defeat of Mithridates he returned to Rome, disbanded his army and continued his political career. He was at or near the heart of Roman politics for more than a decade before this came to an end in the Civil War with Caesar, and many would see this period as demonstrating his fundamental lack of political sense.
Pompey had shown himself in the past to be without real political ideas and convictions. He had been part of the military force that returned Sulla to power so he could complete his 'constitution', yet Pompey a few years later was swept to the consulship on a promise to dismantle the reforms which he and Sulla had fought for. Therefore, he was quite ready to put idealism behind his career in his list of priorities. However, this was hardly an unusual trait in a Roman politician and does not indicate bad political judgement. Pompey's achievements on return to Rome were however fairly meagre compared to the military glory if the mid 60s. His first speech was delivered as his friend Clodius was accused of sacrilege. According to Cicero the speech pleased no-one, containing fairly empty statements of respect for the Senate which certainly did not please Clodius and had little impact on the Senate either.
Indeed, this time was one where Pompey seemed to be making little impact on anyone. He had disbanded his army on return to Rome, which could have been meant as a sign to the leaders of the Republic in the Senate that he was not a threat and wished to work with, rather than against, the system. He would not after all have been the first Roman hero to use his army for his political advantage. However, the Optimates saw the disbanding of the army as a sign Pompey was weaker and therefore did not work with him. Pompey was interested in gaining support because his veterans needed land to be allocated to them and he wanted his achievements in the East, including treaties and client states, to be confirmed. In 61 BC and 60 BC he remained unable to achieve this, despite his popularity and reputation. That changed however with the "first triumvirate", an agreement with Crassus and Caesar for the achievement of their own private ends. His mass of clientage was still the driving force behind this agreement, but it was not a good sign for his power that he needed the agreement to secure his ends. It seemed that, though retaining his reputation, his power had diminished since he gave up his role as a commander. Indeed, Pompey seemed to be unhappy that his troops and arrangements had been settled in this way, though the corruption and violence of Caesar's consulship - he would rather the Senate had been overwhelmed by the power of the triumvirate and granted its demands, leaving Pompey free to distance himself from the behaviour of his colleagues.
During the next few years Pompey was always at the centre of politics, although his power did not always remain dominant. He made a serious error in supporting, along with Caesar, the attempt of Clodius to become a tribune. Clodius should have felt indebted to Pompey, but instead turned on him and became a vicious enemy for several years, at one time making Pompey practically a prisoner in his own home by using violent gangs. He was to remain distanced from the Optimates for much of the 50s because of his association with Caesar. It could have been that Pompey was sincere in his attempts to work within the system instead of dominating it by force, as he might have been able to do after his Eastern campaigns. However, he might have found this impossible because of his own character. He was resented because of his hypocrisy, mistrusted because of his devious nature. For example, in 77BC Pompey put down the revolt of Lepidus, who had tried to subvert the government as consul and attack Sulla's constitution - but it was Pompey himself who had encouraged Lepidus to do this. Even the trusting Cicero sometimes saw through the facade to the basic untrustworthiness.
However, Pompey did have some political successes during this time. His relationship with Caesar had been growing colder in the late 50s - both Crassus, the other triumvir, and Julia, Pompey's wife and Caesar's daughter, died in 54BC and 53BC respectively. This weakened the links between the two men. Pompey showed political astuteness when he married Cornelia, the daughter of the Optimate, Quintus Metellus Scipio. This was part of a reconciliation with the Optimates. Pompey could use their support to enhance his own authority, for the Optimates he was a vital bulwark against Caesar. The question of interest here is who exactly was using who in this situation. Pompey could have been planning a union with the Optimates for some time. He would still remember the trouble he had been caused on his return to Rome from the East because of the opposition he had received from the Senate, something which took him by surprise and considerably delayed the settlement of his veterans and Eastern achievements. The Optimates had lost much from the dismantling of the Sullan reforms, but they retained power in the 50s and were often very vocal.
Therefore, the marriage to Cornelia in 53BC and the resulting warming of relations with the leaders of the Republic was a good political move. It is of the same character as most of Pompey's political successes - a manipulation behind the scenes, just as with the first triumvirate. It was the start of a renewal of Pompey's power, and in 52BC he was voted 'sole consul' for the year, to deal with the increasing political violence. He does seem to have hijacked the Optimates rather than the other way around, but like most such deals in Rome it was successful because of mutual advantage. Caesar, Pompey and Crassus had shown in the first triumvirate that personal differences could be laid aside for the achievements of ends.
The evidence does not therefore seem to support the statement that Pompey was "an outstanding general, but a politician with no ideas". Pompey does seem more successful as a general, whereas his political career was far more mixed, but to describe him as a "politician with no ideas" is to underestimate what he had achieved and the good political moves he made, despite his failures. He survived in Roman politics for many years despite opposition from many rivals and by the end of his career had many of the Republic's leaders supporting him. Indeed the statement could be seen the other way around - that Pompey was an astute politician but didn't have the essential qualities that a general needed. He was undoubtedly a competent military leader yet his career was ended not by political mistakes but by military defeat. In the Civil War he made decisions the wisdom of which have been questioned, not least the decision to evacuate Italy and head East, moving to his power base but leaving Rome - and its treasury - open to Caesar. He fought Caesar in his usual style, with meticulous planning. Caesar was however a more than competent enemy, being a brilliant general with an original and innovative campaign. Caesar also had a more unified force that Pompey's, which was divided between the different Optimate leaders. Yet Pompey was an experienced general, near the heartland of his support and with an army far larger than that of Caesar, and so it could be said that he should not have been beaten.
Perhaps he should have chosen to be one or the other - if he were a politician then he should have learned better how to manipulate the system and work with other people - including his equals. He had been shown by the success of the Triumvirate that working in unison with others was a good way forward. One of the crucial reasons for the war which was to destroy him was his inability to tolerate someone else of equal or greater power and military reputation, and as Caesar became the dominant military figure because of his success in Gaul and Britain, Pompey became eclipsed: and found he could not tolerate this. However, if he was a military leader at heart then he should have been willing to use un-constitutional means and go for power when it was offered to him. This leaves the question of whether he was right to disband his army when he landed in Italy and refuse to become dictator when a mob apparently suggested this in 52BC. Of course, some argue that on both occasions he was brought down by his arrogance, presuming because of his reputation he would have power without his army or the post of dictator. Others argue he was at heart a "constitutionalist", seeking power and domination within the framework of the system, not to overthrow it. Lucan gives us this view, pointing out that in the Civil War the side of Caesar was fighting for regnum, while it was the fear of this that drove Pompey's forces. Of course, Pompey died before these good intentions could be tested.
Ultimately, it could be simply that Caesar was a better general and that Pompey was outwitted on the battlefield, which does not necessarily mean Pompey was not a good General himself. Pompey had dominated politics and been regarded as a leading figure - or the leading figure - for a long time. He was never defeated politically but had to be brought down in a civil war by a very talented opponent. It is unfair to say he had no ideas, unrealistic to claim he was not an 'Outstanding General'. He did make mistakes, but also made many good decisions and stayed at the top of Roman politics for too long to be considered a bad politician. He was defeated, but it took Julius Caesar to do this.
Frank Burr Marsh, A History of the Roman World From 146 to 30 B.C., Methuen and Co. Ltd, 1971
Ronald Seager, Pompey - A Political Biography, Basil Blackwell, 1979
David Shotter, The Fall of the Roman Republic, Routledge, 1994
Ronald Syme, The Roman Revolution, Oxford University Press, 1974


text: (Earth Focus: Episode 72) Led by Buddhist monks, Cambodia's indigenous Chong people protest the construction of a hydroelectric dam. The dam, to be built by the Chinese company Sinohydro, would displace the Chong and destroy their ancestral forest home. Kalyanne Mam documents their plight in her film Fight For Areng Valley. China is beginning to draw on its religious traditions — Tibetan Buddhism, Daoism and Confucianism — to help address serious environmental challenges as profiled in Gary Marcuse and Shi Lihong's film Searching for Sacred Mountain. Produced in collaboration with the Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting and the Environmental Film Festival in the Nation's Capital.


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Book Tour: The Eagle Tree by Ned Hayes
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Release date: July 5, 2016
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"Fourteen-year-old March Wong knows everything there is to know about trees. They are his passion and his obsession, even after his recent falls—and despite the state's threat to take him away from his mother if she can't keep him from getting hurt. But the young autistic boy cannot resist the captivating pull of the Pacific Northwest's lush forests just outside his back door..." [+ more]
I love books about autistic children so much! This one is about March, a an autistic boy who loves to climb trees. One day he sees a new huge tree, The Eagle Tree, and from there on all he can think of is climbing that tree.
I liked March so much because he was the one telling his story, how he processed thoughts, and how he felt... instead of a narrator. I Think that there was too much information about trees in the story, though. So someone who really likes trees will be able to relate and like it. I kind of skipped those endless descriptions and information about trees. However, I do recognize that it was important because it was March talking about them, not the author.
I found a new view on autistic children in this book. For example, March would get hurt climbing a tree and he wouldn't feel the pain. In fact, he wouldn't know he was hurt is somebody didn't point it out to him.
Autistic children are peculiar, and just when I thought I had read all about them, The Eagle Tree comes along.
March is a lovely character and I had a lovely time reading this one.
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About the Author:
Ned Hayes holds an MFA in creative writing from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University. His historical novel, Sinful Folk, was nominated for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award. The Eagle Tree is based on his past experience working with children on the autistic spectrum and on family and friends he knows and loves. He lives with his wife and children in Olympia, Washington.
More about Ned Hayes can be found at NedNote.com.
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The Seattle Sounders have a significant upper hand in their Western Conference final after beating the Houston Dynamo 2-0 at BBVA Compass Stadium on Tuesday night.
The defending champions got off to a dream start when Gustav Svensson powered a header past Joe Willis following a Nicolas Lodeiro corner in the 11th minute to give Seattle a 1-0 lead and an important away goal.
Seattle could have doubled its lead before the half-hour when Jalil Anibaba pushed Joevin Jones to the ground in the penalty area only for Lodeiro to see Willis save the ensuing spot kick.
However, Anibaba was given a red card for denying a clear goal-scoring opportunity and that left Houston to play the final 60-plus minutes of the match with 10 men.
The Dynamo's wretched first half continued when former Houston player Will Bruin met a Jones cross and headed in his team's second goal past a helpless Willis just before half-time.
Against the odds and the run of play, Houston almost found a goal early in the second half when Mauro Manotas beat his defender and was in on goal only to fire his shot wide of the Seattle net.
Jones set up Lodeiro for a potential series-ending third away goal, but the Uruguayan's curling first-time shot from the top of the penalty area narrowly missed the mark.
The man disadvantage was simply too much for the hard-fighting Dynamo to overcome and Seattle held on to see out the victory without much fuss.
Seattle will host Houston in the second leg at CenturyLink Field on Thursday, Nov. 30, to decide which team will represent the West in MLS Cup.


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text: Dutch producers, Bingo Players, made their way across the Atlantic to Boston. It's been told here and there that dubstep originated in the Netherlands. As someone who's not that much into the genre, I didn't really know what to expect with Bingo Players. Sure, I was excited to see them; it was my first time. They played their big hit with Far East Movement, "Rattle," which had some interesting use of synths and pounding beats and drops. They did an awesome job getting the audience riled up. The venue had a lot less people than usual as well. Overall, it was a good time. I can't say I've been converted into a dubstep fan now, but it was a good show to experience.


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- Nat Stein
- Van Gogh trains volunteers in street outreach.
'Please know this is going to be both one of the most and least rewarding things you do," Andi Van Gogh told around 15 volunteers at the first meeting of a new civilian-run homeless outreach team gathered on a recent Friday afternoon. Van Gogh, sometimes homeless herself, shared tips and tricks for doing on-the-ground work in the Springs' homeless community as the team prepared to hit the streets this week.
Volunteers — who varied widely in age, motivation and housing status — had much to absorb as Van Gogh ran through slides on how to connect homeless people with the resources they need. That entails striking up a conversation, knowing what services are available where, and finding creative solutions to unpredictable problems. Fundamental to all of it, besides keeping certain phone numbers on speed dial, is establishing personal trust, which Van Gogh believes is the volunteers' greatest asset.
"Not being in uniform creates an entirely different dynamic, and that will give you an advantage," she told the group.
That thinly veiled reference to police is central to the team's mission to help folks in a non-threatening, non-judgmental way. Ironically, the idea came from someone who's employed to do the same work in uniform: Lt. Jeff Jensen of CSPD's Homeless Outreach Team (HOT).
After citing four protesters for violating the new sit-lie ordinance last month, Jensen was invited to speak at an arrestee's church. "I started talking about how before a major storm — not just snow but rain — the HOT team tries to give notice to individuals," Jensen says about his visit to First Congregational downtown. "But as it is, we're not able to reach everybody, especially with different camps scattered throughout the city."
Trig Bungaard, the arrestee and congregant in question, says Jensen's perspective was the impetus for forming the new civilian HOT team but that borrowing the acronym does not mean the two are affiliated.
CSPD's HOT team formed in 2009 to intervene before people on the streets enter criminal territory. The team's four officers and one sergeant try to connect people with services upon initial contact. Whether that means food, shelter, health care — the primary goal is to figure out what someone needs and where to find it. If someone is breaking the law (it's illegal to camp on public land, trespass on private land or sit on downtown sidewalks), HOT officers will give a warning and a chance to comply voluntarily. Citing homeless people is a last resort, Jensen says, especially now that the city has been forced to stop jailing homeless or destitute people for offenses that are not jailable.
Jensen says overall, the HOT team has a good rapport with the community. But the cops' shortcomings are two-fold: The team is simply stretched too thin, and the badges create an inherent divide.
"There's reluctance, often, to speak with us," Jensen says, adding that the local network serving homeless people has been strengthened by a new partnership between the city's two largest providers.
Catholic Charities of Central Colorado and Springs Rescue Mission announced last week their plan to divvy up different demographics of the Springs' homeless population onto separate campuses: families with children at Marian House, chronically homeless adults at the Rescue Mission on Las Vegas Street. The reorganization is more than a year in the making.
Andy Barton, CEO of Catholic Charities, which runs Marian House, says the arrangement will help the nonprofits "be more effective and efficient." It makes sense logistically, he adds, because Catholic Charities just received $350,000 from the state to revamp its Family Resource Center, which already offers childcare, computer access and case management. Springs Rescue Mission got $2.5 million from a community development block grant for its planned addition.
None of that is local taxpayer money, though Mayor John Suthers commended the charities' "spirit of cooperation and commitment to helping," adding that "[he wanted to] remind everybody in Colorado Springs that these organizations need your continuing support."
Later, asked whether local government would pledge that kind of support, Suthers told the Independent that, "realistically speaking, I don't think the city will ever have general fund monies to get into services that aren't a traditional government function." He agreed "construction of low-income housing is vital," adding that he'd "love to see us expand the actual housing the city provides."
Until that day comes, the affordable housing crisis continues to force people into homelessness. That's one of the myriad reasons the most recent Point-in-Time survey counted 1,302 people — a 21 percent increase from the same time last year. Shawna Kempainnen, who sits on the regions' Continuum of Care leadership committee and heads Urban Peak, which serves homeless youths, says regardless of its underlying causes, the everyday reality of homelessness means street outreach remains critical.
Several non-law-enforcement teams already do it. Urban Peak, Rocky Mountain Human Services, Catholic Charities and Peak Vista Community Health Centers have particular areas of focus: youths, vets, families and the mentally ill. Kempainnen welcomes the civilian HOT team but worries about newcomers' expertise.
"I'm afraid they're going to run into the same things all of us do," she says. "Lack of housing, lack of shelter, lack of health care. But overall, the more people who get involved in knowing and helping people the better."
The civilian HOT team is a collaboration between new players — the Coalition for Compassion And Action (CCA) and People's Access to Homes (PATH) — who hope their fresh faces will invigorate rather than detract from existing service providers.
That's why at least one volunteer at Friday's meeting, Val Samuelson, signed up. "What's out there isn't enough. It's not working," the former property manager turned peace activist said. "I need to be out there myself."
Anyone interested in volunteering can attend the next training session at 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, at Penrose Library, or go to the CCA Homeless Outreach Facebook page.


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My Child May Have Autism, What Should I Do?
Since we don't know the exact cause of ASD and each individual is unique, many families have found that treating the symptoms using a multi-faceted approach is most beneficial. Each child is unique; therefore, what works for some children with ASD may not work for your child with ASD. Be persistent in finding the specific resources and treatments that work for your situation.
Developed by Tina Taylor Dyches & Leeann Whiffen for the Autism Council of Utah (2008; 2009);
Tina Taylor Dyches, Ashley Stevens & Terisa P. Gabrielsen (2015)
Autism Fast Start Checklist
This Fast Start Checklist was created to help parents who are concerned that their child is exhibiting signs of an autism spectrum disorder. The full document, including active website links, can be found at: www.autismcouncilofutah.org
Early Detection
- Read information regarding how to detect first signs of possible ASD. CDC Learn the Signs: http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/actearly/index.html
- Learn about early signs of ASD. Autism Speaks video glossary: https://www.autismspeaks.org/what-autism/video-glossary
- Ask your pediatrician about developmental screening
If your child is 2 years old or younger:
- Complete a developmental screener such as the Ages and Stages Questionnaire
- If your child is between 16-30 months of age, complete the M-CHAT online and review results with your pediatrician.
- Contact your local Baby Watch Early Intervention Agency for an evaluation.
If your child is 3-5 years old:
- Contact your local school district's special education pre-school program.
If your child is 5 years or older:
- Contact your local school district, which will have programs for students with disabilities ages 5-22.
Evaluation and Treatment:
- Obtain diagnostic testing and/or assessment. (Child Development Clinic, Valley Mental Health, Wasatch Mental Health)
- Visit the Utah MedHome Portal to access detailed information about the diagnostic process and other resources.
- Take videos of your child to help with the diagnostic process.
- If your child is diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder, obtain a 100-Day Kit from Autism Speaks. www.autismspeaks.org
- Obtain the DVD My Next Steps: A Parent's Guide to Understanding Autism
- Create a filing system for compiling important information and documents
- Contact the Division of Services for Persons with Disabilities (DSPD)
- Apply for Social Security and Supplemental Security Income. ssa.gov
- Review various service delivery options. Resources–Autism Council of Utah, Autism Speaks, Autism Society of America
- Review various treatment options
- Determine which treatment(s) are most viable and beneficial given your unique family situation, your child's circumstances, and assessment results.
- Implement as quickly as possible, observing one intervention at a time to measure effectiveness.
- Collaborate with professionals to monitor and evaluate progress by taking careful notes and daily logs of behavior to discern which interventions are providing the best results.
- Make necessary changes in your child's treatment plan for optimal response.
Support and Education:
- Autism Council of Utah autismcouncilofutah.org
- Take an online introductory course such as the Autism 101 course through the Autism Society of America.
- Learn about the law and your rights in your child's education.
- Utah Parent Center utahparentcenter.org
Families Living With Autism: Creating a Community and Solving Challenges http://www.utahparentcenter.org/training/videos/families-living-with-autism/
DON'T GET DISCOURAGED! Getting a diagnosis of ASD for your child can change your family's life. Realize that this is a marathon, not a sprint. Take care of yourself and your other family members, and let others help you for the benefit of your child and your family.
DISCLAIMER: The information contained in this checklist should not be construed as medical advice. Please consult a professional to help guide you in your decision-making process.
See the entire document, long version here ~ https://autismcouncilofutah.org//autism-fast-start-checklist-entire-document


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Check out some supercool new tech at the library!
See, learn about, and use some of the coolest new tech out there, like a 3D printer, a CNC milling/carving machine, Ozobots, Little Bits Electronics, & a bunch of other cool stuff. Participants will learn how to use the TinkerCAD & possibly Easel programs. Space is limited; register and find out more below.


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We've had reports of a bug with clusrun, specifically that environment variables set using the /env flag to clusrun may or may not get propagated to compute nodes when the clusrun job is run. For example, doing "clusrun /env:test=ItWorked set" would result in some nodes reporting the test variable as set and others reporting it as not existing.
As it turns out, this is due to a race condition in the clusrun submission code. We hope to have it fixed in the upcoming Service Pack to the HPC Pack. In the meantime, you can work around this issue by replacing the above command with the following one:
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Series: Lazarus Rising #3
Published by Hocus Pocus Publishing, Hocus Pocus Publishing inc. on December 12th 2017
Pages: 165
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Shelly Hampton intends to spend the holidays alone in her family's mountain cabin, but when a snow-covered stranger appears on her door-step, her plans are shot straight to hell. The man before her seems oddly familiar, and he stirs a dark need within her.
It's soon apparent that John Smith is far more than a normal man—he's too strong, too fast, and she could swear that he seems to read her thoughts…and know her most secret desires.
But is John a man that she could love…or is he someone she should fear? Because even as the snow fall deepens, a deadly threat is closing in on her little cabin. And soon, Shelly will be trapped on the mountain with a dangerous man…a man who swears that he has come back from the dead, just to be with her.
There's always something about this series that I find constantly hovers on the edge of the hysterical. I think my biggest problem really, is the gradual departure from the realism that the story starts out with. Everything is writ so large, sometimes to the point where I can lose that ability to suspend disbelief: the insane villains so stylised that they can be out of an opera, the alpha, over-the-top hero and a heroine can sometimes manage the miraculous and whose greatest enemies are her previous lovers.
Not to say that it isn't entertaining—Cynthia Eden can cook up a mystery and resolve it very well—but the idea of super-soldiers becoming possessive primates (the growling, snorting and rough sex included) because of their programming somehow seems more laughable than stirring.
'Stay With Me' reminded me of a cross between Robocop/Terminator and Pet Sematary as Christmas decorations and celebrations go on—a slice of the paranormal inserted into the holiday season, which was a tad too batty for me.
Over all, Eden's Lazarus Rising is definitely a series I'd be continuing with, but at the same time, I'll be taking it all in with a heaping amount of salt…more than I normally do with such sub-genres.


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They say that you aren't really a champion until you defend your title. The light-heavyweight division of the UFC has seen several different champions in the past few years. Since 2007, all but two fighters lost their championships immediately after winning it, a testament to the strength of competition in this weight class. UFC 135 featured yet another fresh champion, Jon "Bones" Jones, defend his title against Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. Rampage is one of the former champions that didn't lose his title immediately after winning it.
Steve and I had basically taken the summer off from watching the UFC (and to be honest, so did the UFC, based on the fight cards they produced). As a rule, we don't miss fights that involve Jon Jones. I like to compare our enthusiasm for watching the 24-year-old Jones emerge as a champion to what people must've felt watching a young Cassius Clay or Mike Tyson. Winners come and go, but there's a feeling that we haven't seen someone win like this before.
One of the earlier matches involved two heavyweights who were completely gassed by the second round. Both fighters had troubles lifting their arms up in the air, just to throw a punch. After Steve and I stopped laughing, it occurred to us that the training leading up to this fight was critical. They were in the mile-high city where the air was thinner. This was a title shot, which meant instead of three rounds it would be five. Endurance would matter. Steve mentioned that Rampage Jackson's training facility was reminiscent of the Russian's from Rocky IV. If you recall the training montage, the Russian had a technologically superior program while Rocky roamed the Russian wilderness to workout with wood, snow, a trainer who would not stop chanting "no pain," all the while being spied on by the KGB, as they tried to crack the code of the relentless American spirit in vain.
Jones is a young champion and defending championships takes maturity and experience. He had never faced someone with the power of Rampage Jackson. Our anticipation peaked moments before the main event, during the stare down when Rampage scowled and growled into Jon Jones' eyes without so much as blinking. Jones simply stared at the ground, solemn and quiet.
The bell rang and Jones started the fight on his hands and knees. He crawled towards Rampage, staying on the ground, swiping with his ten-inch reach advantage at Jackson's legs, trying to pull him down. The move didn't work but it was telling. Rampage, a self-proclaimed pit bull, was pensive during a moment when his opponent sat vulnerable on his hands and knees. Despite how young and unproven Jones was as a champion, he clearly demanded respect. Beyond that, nobody could make sense of why Jones would do that.
Most of the fighting was done standing up, which was to Rampage's advantage. But Jones set the pace with a full arsenal of lanky leg kicks, swinging elbows, jabs, hooks, and flying crosses. Jones rarely had to come near Rampage to land these kicks and punches because of an unearthly reach advantage. When Rampage gathered himself, he came at Jones with vicious swings. Jones got more comfortable dodging the bag of bricks. He was seeing the punches in slow motion. By the end of the first round, Jones realized he could leave himself vulnerable and trust his reaction to get his head out of the way.
Jones won each of the first three rounds standing up, and like all of his fights, took his opponent down whenever he felt like it. But if Jones was going to finish Rampage, it was happening on the mat.
If this were boxing, Rampage would have to get close to Jones and punch the daylights out of him to win. But unlike boxing, the threat of the takedown changes how you strike someone. If you miss your punch or kick, you're left momentarily off-balance. Your opponent can take you down, which opens you up to a variety of chokes and submission holds. Even when you're down, getting up the wrong way can leave you open to arm/leg/neck locks that lead to submission. Reaction time is a big part of all fighting. But in UFC, it's also about how fast your mind races against your opponents. It's a chess match involving your body.
It was clear in the fourth round exactly how uncomfortable Rampage was on the ground. Jones took him down. Having been in this position before, Rampage didn't want to be on his back (in the previous round he took several elbows to the face lying on his back). But in avoiding one form of pain, he let Jones get him in a headlock. Looking back, the fight was over as soon as Jones got this hold. But Jones took his time to get the submission out of Rampage. He methodically fastened the airtight headlock around the neck. Jones then wrapped his legs around Rampage to secure leverage. He had Rampage in a choke hold and was wrapped around him completely, without a hint of hurry. We simply watched for Jones to yank a little on the lever and Rampage Jackson tapped instantly to acknowledge his submission.
After the fight, Joe Rogan asked Jon Jones about the unorthodox start from the crawling position. Apparently, Jones had had an idea the night before to fake a takedown of one leg, then switch to the other, something he was exceptional at. The kid came into the first defense of his championship with a trick play to try and end the fight almost immediately. He wasn't concerned about the risk of Rampage giving him one swift kick or punch across the face as he knelt before his opponent to open the match.
This is a different kind of champion. Like Anderson Silva and George St. Pierre, Jones is technically brilliant and explosive. But no other champion in the UFC would start a title fight by taking such a risk. Jones has all the focus, drive and talent of a champion but shows no fear of losing what he's already got.
–When he's not watching grown men fight, Umar Saeed covers the endless battle between money and people on his website: www.umarsaeed.ca/


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I eat yogurt for breakfast most mornings. It's not glamorous but it's healthy and easy to assemble a bowl of muesli, fruit, yogurt, and honey. I add a heaping spoonful of flax seed meal (my dad got me into flax years ago). My husband has his yogurt with just fruit. Together we eat about half a gallon of yogurt every ten days.
For years, that meant we were amassing a collection of yogurt tubs. My mom loved those tubs for freezing food and I took to gifting her frozen pho broth in recycled yogurt tubs. She got so many tubs that she re-gifted empty tubs to her friend, Mrs. Nha.
Earlier this year, I investigated buying a yogurt maker. Why keep going to Costco for half-gallon tubs of yogurt, especially when my mom had had enough of the recycled tubs?
The yogurt makers on the market are about $100 and my husband questioned how often I would use it before I got bored. I reminded him of the starter that I grew and maintained for years by baking us weekly loaves of walnut bread. He reminded me of how we had it babysat when we when on vacation.
I kept thinking about yogurt makers but then came the Instant Pot, which has a yogurt function. I was eager to try it out and looked to my friend and cookbook author Cheryl Sternman Rule for insights. She wrote an amazing cookbook about yogurt and at her website, TeamYogurt.com, she had instructions for using the Instant Pot to make yogurt.
For regular, plain yogurt, there are only two (2) ingredients:
- Milk – Cheryl suggested organic milk for making yogurt and through rounds of testing, I found that you can use low-fat milk or full-fat milk. I like full-fat milk (surprise!) for its rich flavor.
- Yogurt starter – Choose one that's full of live, active cultures. I used the Costco yogurt because it was a very natural product, made with few ingredients. For the first batch, use purchased yogurt. Subsequent batches can be started with yogurt saved from prior DIY batches.
When I make Vietnamese yogurt (da ua or sua chua in Vietnamese) I simply incubate sweetened condensed milk with the regular milk. Years ago, I posted a Vietnamese yogurt recipe with sweetened condensed milk; I incubated it in the oven and the results were inconsistent. I was a yogurt novice. The Instant Pot has made me somewhat of a yogurt expert. Let's face it, I'm a lifelong learner.
On my last trip to Vietnam, I noticed that the yogurt tended to be sweeter than I remembered. It was also on the runny side. Once home, I tried adding sweetened condensed milk to yogurt and it was okay but the sweet richness of the condensed milk wasn't fully integrated with the yogurt.
The other day, after seeing my photo of homemade IP yogurt on Instagram, someone asked if it was Vietnamese yogurt. My mom used to not add condensed milk to hers when she made it in Vietnam; she incubated her yogurt in the hot Saigon sun. On occasion, it was quite sharp but we ate it anyway. It was good for us, my mom said.
I was curious about adding condensed milk to the IP yogurt, so I made a batch of yogurt and just poured in some condensed milk (I keep it in a jar in a fridge). The half gallon of milk changed flavor with just 1/2 cup of sweetened condensed milk; I thought I'd have to add more.
I went through my regular steps to make yogurt and the next morning… Voila! The yogurt had a sweet lilt. My husband tasted it and remarked, "This doesn't seem like regular yogurt." Of course not, it's Vietnamese yogurt!
Whether you're making regular or Vietnamese yogurt, it's simply about following this blueprint:
- Pasteurizing the milk
- Cooling it down
- Adding the starter
- Incubating the mixture for hours
The Instant Pot can help you do that because it will regulate the temperature. I start a batch in the afternoon or evening and wake up to a pot of yogurt for breakfast. There's little guesswork or monitoring involved. Cooking while you sleep is fabulous!
The tricks involve working all the buttons and gauging temperature, which I zero in on with a Thermo-Pro instant-read digital thermometer. At first, I was using a regular dial thermometer and it wasn't precise enough.
I had some issues, well, some mistakes. Here are my lessons learned:
To ensure a thicker yogurt, Cheryl has you continue to keep the milk heated for a few minutes after the initial pasteurization. I do that for 5 to 8 minutes via the Saute function. The extra heating induces evaporation so the milk is richer and the yogurt is thicker. Do that with the lid off. The other night I left the lid partially covered and had an accident because the milk did boil.
Adjust the heat level, as needed, and remove the lid.
To cool the milk without getting a film on top, set the milk in a sink of water so there's enough water to come the sides of the pot — at least the same level as the milk. The photo below is from a one-gallon batch of yogurt. (If your sink is large, use an ice bath and stir the pot now and then.)
When setting the IP to make yogurt, be sure to have the temperature set to Normal. I once had it set to Low thinking it needed a low temperature and the milk remained as a liquid.
Incubation time depends on how much tang you want. Eight (8) hours is mild. Ten (10) hours is a moderate amount of tang. Twelve (12) gives a nice sharpness. This all gets mitigated by the fat in the milk. For the Vietnamese yogurt I just made this week, I used ten (10) hours because I like the tang. You can back off and go for nine (9) or even (8) hours of incubation. Less time means the condensed milk will pop more. I like the sweet-tartness so I went for a longer incubation.
When fresh and warm, yogurt will seem rather thin. It will thicken in the fridge but if you want very thick yogurt, strain it through cheesecloth or muslin or paper towel; occasionally whisk to evenly strain and create a creamy texture. The fabric I used below is very thin muslin (you could use it for curtain sheers). The straining time depends on the yogurt quantity and temperature when you strain it. Just eyeball it.
And, there's usually a film stuck to bottom of the IP pot. Avoid stirring that up or it'll mess with the texture of the yogurt.
How does Vietnamese yogurt compare to regular yogurt? The color of Vietnamese yogurt is on the buff side, rather than the off-white side. It's a subtle difference that's hard to see in this iPhone photo I took.
What's more interesting to note is the texture. Strained regular yogurt is on the right. I didn't strain the Vietnamese yogurt on the left because it's not traditionally super thick. However what I made was creamy, tangy and a touch sweet with the goodness of sweetened condensed milk. It captured the quality and quirk of Vietnamese yogurt.
Below is a yogurt recipe for your Instant Pot adventures. Make it with the sweetened condensed milk for a Viet twist; add more sweetened condensed milk if you want to emphasize the sweet. Or, keep the yogurt plain.
Double the quantity after you get comfortable with making the recipe. It'll be good anyway you do it. I never thought I'd type this but the Instant Pot makes yogurt super duper easy and fun.
Instant Pot Vietnamese Yogurt
Yield 6 to 7 cups
- 8 cups (1/2 gallon) whole milk, organic preferred
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 2 to 3 tablespoons plain yogurt with live cultures, at room temperature
- Pour both kinds of milk into the Instant Pot. Lock the lid in place; turn the pressure release valve to seal. To pasteurize (heat the milk to 180°F), choose Yogurt and press Adjust until Boil appears on the display. When done, about 25 minutes, unlock and remove the lid.
- For thicker yogurt, encourage evaporation: Press Yogurt and Adjust (or use Saute and Normal mode) to hold the milk at 180°F for 5 to 8 minutes. (Don't expect boiling, unless you mistakenly have it at More, like I did!) If you like, use a meat or candy/deep fry thermometer to occasionally gauge the temperature at the center.
- Cool the inner pot of milk in a sink filled with 3 or 4 inches of water. Or, use an ice bath: fill a large bowl or wide pot with 8 to 10 ice cubes and water to a depth of about 3 inches. Let the inner pot of milk sit in the cold water for about 10 minutes; frequently lift and swirl the pot to aerate and cool. When the milk hovers around 110 to 115°F, remove the pot from the water and dry the outside. Discard any milk skin that may have formed.
- Ladle 1/2 to 3/4 cup of warm milk into the yogurt and combine well. Stirring the warm pot of milk with the ladle, pour in the thinned yogurt. Replace the inner pot in the Instant Pot.
- Lock the lid in place (the pressure release valve can be in either position). To incubate, press Yogurt, then set the time between 8 and 10 hours (use the maximum for tangy yogurt). When done, the display says "Yogt". (Once set, I've let the yogurt sit in the IP) for several hours. The IP's Yogt mode defaults to standby so no heat is on and the yogurt cools.)
- Remove the lid. Whisk the yogurt for a consistent texture, avoiding the bottom where there's likely a film of milk. For a thicker texture, strain the yogurt through fabric (set it in mesh strainer positioned on top of a bowl).
- Transfer into containers or jars and refrigerate for about 2 weeks.
Courses breakfast, lunch, dinner
Cuisine Vietnamese
If you have Instant Pot yogurt tips or Vietnamese yogurt tips, do share them!
Related post: How to make great rice in the Instant Pot


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Ant-Man's Ants: Slave or Ally?
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Extremites, around Christmas, as part of my Journey Into Marvel series, I discussed Hank Pym's unassuming debut in Tales to Astonish #27 in which Hank is introduced as a mild mannered doctor who creates a potion that makes him shrink to the size of an ant. The issue follows his adventure as he gets lost in an anthill. At the conclusion, Hank has a pro-environmental epiphany that all animals should be respected no matter the size because some good-hearted insects saved his life. As we all know from history books, or from casual viewings of AMC's Mad Men, people had little regard for the environment in 1962. A character discovering that other animals on the planet are important is a novel idea. Kudos to Marvel for breaking the barriers.
Snap to nine months later. SNAP!
It's September 1962. You picked up this month's Tales to Astonish and you find a very different Hank Pym. You find a Hank is no longer a mild mannered scientist but a miniature warrior for justice.
He's now Ant-Man: the scourge of Red Communists everywhere.
The environmental message has changed as well. The ants are no longer equal. Ant-Man now governs them as his slaves.
Ant-Man's conception is unique in the early Marvel Silver Age. He's special because his character was never intended to be a recurring face.
The fan reaction to the story of Hank Pym was enormous. After his simple debut, the readers were desperate to see what happened next. As a result of the positive fan reaction, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created another member of their fledgling superhero gallery. The Pym shrinking potion was made a super ability and Ant-Man was on the scene.
The first official Ant-Man story has all the marks of a Silver Age rush job. It has a haphazard and cliched villain, a lofty proclamation of justice, and a diagram of Ant-Man's office with unique travel method. Ant-Man's catapult is the most absurd method of travel in the Marvel world. He is said to be able to shoot anywhere in New York. I can see about ten problems with this method and don't want to waste your time going through them. Let's all just agree that this catapult is nuts.
That's not the only change that is nuts. Ant-Man's changing relationship with the ants is just as absurd.The first thing Hank Pym says to the ants, the same ants that saved him last time, is: "all right, slaves, do Ant-Man's will." Nature is no longer to be embraced but dominated.
Hank dominates these ants through his helmet which manipulates electric impulses to emit orders to the miniature creatures rendering them automatons under his control. He uses their collective to drive to take down Comrade X's gang, our hackneyed gang of antagonists.
In comics of this period, the Soviets, and sometimes Chinese, are often faceless zombies. What is marvellous, excuse the pun, is Ant-Man's ants act in exactly the same way. Ant-Man's treatment of the ants as drones is no different then the way Nikita Kruschev, who appears in this issue, is said to treat his comrades.
American historical jingoism, of the period, often reduces Soviet Communism to a mass of drones doing whatever the dear leader dictates. This depiction looks something like a mass of people hurtling themselves into situations like lemmings to the sea. The stereotype results from two places. One, the astounding and frightful 'Scorched Earth' policy that was so effective for the Soviets in World War II, and two, a belief in a false sense of U.S. individualism.
It is unclear why there is such a drastic change in the relationship between Ant-Man and the ants. Perhaps, it comes from a need, on Stan Lee's part, to create a unique power for Hank Pym but feeling dry of inspiration.
As the title progresses, as you know, having read some of my other articles on the Silver Age Ant-Man, Hank Pym's character changes from issue to issue. The way he treats his ants does as well depending upon their role in the story. In 1963, the ants even start to disappear from the story line all together
I have read that Stan Lee and his creatives found this character hard to write, and Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers both found his stories difficult to draw, often forgetting to scale his size.
Something never quite works about Ant-Man's character because the powers that be at Marvel never had their hearts in the character and were always writing to the demands of the readership.
Having just come off a desperate issue of The Incredible Hulk and seeing what fan demand does to many of these characters in the near future, I am beginning to grasp what it looks like when the writers are not writing for the passion of it, but rather to sell issues.
Writing for the fans does not lend itself to good creation.
Until next time, Extremites, I remain: Julian Munds
Story I Read: "Return of the Ant-Man" (Tales to Astonish #35 Sept. 1962)
Rating: 1 1/2 out of 5
Pros: Neat depictions of Ant-Man running with the Ants. Absurd ideas.
Cons: Hackneyed and desperate ideas like the catapult. Lack of antagonist.
Preceding Review: "Captives of the Deadly Duo" (Fantastic Four #6 Sept. 1962)
Upcoming Review: "The Mighty Thor vs. the Executioner" (Journey Into Mystery #84 Sept. 1962)
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Samir Kassir was born on May 4, 1960, to a Lebanese-Palestinian father and a Lebanese-Syrian mother. He grew up in the Ashrafieh neighborhood of Beirut and studied at the Lycée Français. In 1981, six years after the beginning of the Lebanese war, he moved to Paris to pursue his higher studies. In 1984, he received his Master's degree in political philosophy from the Sorbonne (Université Paris I) and 1990, his PhD in contemporary history from Université Paris IV.
During the years he spent in Paris, he published a number of articles in the Al-Hayat and L'Orient-Le Jour newspapers. He also wrote for Le Monde Diplomatique and had regular contributions to The Seventh Day and the French edition of the Journal of Palestinian Studies.
In 1992, in collaboration with his friend, the Syrian historian and publisher Farouk Mardam Bey, he published "Itineraries from Paris to Jerusalem", a French book in two volumes, describing the French policy in the Arab Levant, especially in regards to the Palestinian Nakba and the Arab-Israeli conflict. A year after, he returned to Beirut to teach at Université Saint-Joseph's political science institute and join the An-Nahar newspaper as an op-ed writer and the director of the paper's publishing house.
In 1994, Samir published his second book in French "The Lebanon War", based on his doctoral thesis, and analyzing the dynamics of the conflict as well as the intricate relations of internal and foreign factors during the 1975-1982 period. This book was translated to Arabic in 2008.
In 1995, Samir starts a monthly magazine "L'Orient-Express", which rapidly became the most prestigious cultural periodical in Lebanon. The publication was interrupted in 1998 for financial reasons. In parallel, he founded "Al-Layali", a publication house that released several books of articles initially published in "L'Orient-Express", as well as catalogues of old colonial advertisements for Mediterranean cities and Egyptian movies from the 1960s and 1970s.
Samir Kassir's articles and op-eds in An-Nahar in the late 1990s and early 2000s are still viewed as the boldest writings against the Syrian hegemony in Lebanon, the rule of former President Emile Lahoud, and the political role of security apparatuses. These articles pushed General Jamil Sayed, the former director general of the General Security, to threaten Kassir, get him chased, and confiscate his passport at the Beirut International Airport in April 2001, before returning it to him after the subsequent political and cultural outcry.
In 2003, Samir published his third book in French "History of Beirut" (translated to Arabic in 2007 and to English – titled "Beirut" – in 2011). The book describes the capital's history, families, culture, economy, as well as its urban and social development, and its relations with other Lebanese regions, Arab and Mediterranean cities. After his book, a cornerstone of his intellectual life, Samir published in 2004 two books in Arabic: "Democracy in Syria and Lebanon's Independence" and "Askar Ala Meen", comprised of a series of Articles he had published in An-Nahar. The first book focused on the link between the democratic transition in Syria and Lebanon's independence, while the second highlighted the contradiction between the principles of liberty and republican values on the one hand, and the political role of security apparatuses on the other.
Samir published another book in French "Considérations sur le malheur arabe" (English title: "Being Arab"), which was later translated to a dozen languages. The book analyses the reasons for the aborted Arab renaissance in the late 19th century, refutes the simplistic assessments condemning Arabs to an eternal decline, and points out to the geographical, rather than historical, reasons for Arab populations' current misfortune.
Samir Kassir was assassinated on June 2, 2005, in Beirut, when a bomb placed under his car was detonated. The tragic death of this journalist and writer was one of many attempts to silence Lebanese free thinkers, put an end to the Independence Intifada, and prevent Beirut's winds of liberty from spreading across the region. Samir Kassir, who wrote Beirut's history, has therefore become a part of this history.
The model of intellectual renaissance embodied by Samir Kassir during his life and at the moment of his death, through his articles and academic research, has placed him at the avant-garde of Lebanese and Arab opinion leaders who have paid their life to fight tyranny and lead their country to freedom and independence.
Committed to Samir Kassir's values and aspirations, and believing in the need to renew the Arab culture through freedom of expression, several intellectuals and friends of Samir Kassir established the Samir Kassir Foundation, officially incorporated in Beirut under registry number 30/A.D., dated February 1, 2006.
The Samir Kassir Foundation is a non-profit civic organization, working within the civil society and cultural circles to spread the democratic culture in Lebanon and the Arab world, encourage the new talents of free press, and build the movement for a cultural, democratic, and secular renewal. These are the conditions to lift the Arab populations out of their state of despair.
The Samir Kassir Foundation's mission is built around three pillars:
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