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Much as I might try to deny it in civilised circles, there's an unavoidable truth under whose burden I've been crushed by since I was child. I am, for want of a better expression, an emotional cripple. My inability to express myself in anything other than my default settings of rage and functionality has subjugated, restricted and limited my interactions and the way I deal with people. Social situations are, for me, at best awkward and at worst a potential shit storm in the making. Mingling with those I don't know always ends badly, as strangers regard me as arrogant, obnoxious and rude, whereas in reality, all of those facets of my personality are exaggerated and projected as part of a front that I use in order to deflect the unwanted attentions of every single person I feel unfortunate enough to meet. Like the best of the best in the professional wrestling business who intensify their normal personalities tenfold in order to get over with the collective force of fandom, the misanthrope that I've played for so long has ended up becoming who I am; and now it's almost impossible for me to escape his influence and control. Don't misunderstand me, my lack of affinity is not due to some overwhelming hatred toward the rest of my species, it's more a case of not being able to relate to the vast majority of them on any level.
I wasn't always this way. I've been told that when I was little I was incredibly gregarious, found it easy to mix and mingle and was content to spend time with and enjoy the company of my peers. I can't recall that being the case, but I'll take my family's word for it. They seem to think it used to be all sunshine, moonbeams, lemonade and lashings of ice cream. Maybe it was, but all that shit changed the minute my family uprooted me and moved to South Wales. I wasn't just the new kid, I was also small, skinny and ginger. And I talked "funny". My old man (convinced that the world outside of Liverpool regarded all Scousers as being subhuman) had also forbidden me from fighting as he thought it would only increase the inherent negative perception, and that if I ever fought anyone and he found out, he'd beat the holy hell out of me and give me such a hiding that it'd even make baby Jesus cry. You know when weather folks talk about a perfect storm, one created by an unlikely combination of factors, that wreaks havoc and destruction everywhere it lays its hat? That combination, all those implausible things happening at once in order to make something unique that was me. I might as well have had 'victim' etched into my forehead with a razor blade, and like a pack of starving wolves that have caught the scent of blood, it wasn't long before the animals descended like a horde on the weird little kid who couldn't fight back. And for next five years, my life became an endless cycle of daily mockery, beatings, humiliation, pain and psychological destruction. Some days were better than others. Some days there weren't any new bruises. Some days I didn't get my head slammed in a desk, repeatedly punched in the face or kicked in the balls for whatever reason my persecutors deemed fit, but even on the days when there was no physical pain, the mental torture, the perpetual insults, they continued unabated. That was my life and every damn day was the same.
But what about your friends I hear you cry? What about them? The few that I did have, they didn't want to get involved for fear that they'd end up sharing the same fate as me. Hell, sometimes, some of them even joined in and then the next day, pretended as though nothing had happened. But I remembered, because when you're caught in the eye of the hurricane, there's very little you can do except recall each and every indignity and disgrace, every moment of fear and shame when you've submitted to the inevitability of the devastation your life had become. As for my folks, well, they had enough of their own crap to deal with and were busy enough paying the bills and keeping the ship afloat, so didn't need to be burdened by my woes and misfortune. This left the teachers, who either didn't give a flying fuck about what happened to the "horrible brats" in their care or were too wrapped up in their own shit to even notice what was going on around them. Being a fast learner I soon realised that I was the only person I could rely on and trust.
So I hid away. I retreated into a world of books, film, television, role playing games and music, all of which provided solace and comfort to my increasingly battered and defeated soul. And it was there, in the comfort blanket they provided that I promised myself that no matter how much pain I endured, no matter how many times I was degraded, debased and dishonoured, I would not bend, break or become something that I wasn't in an attempt to lessen the onslaught or appease my tormentors. Sometimes I'd cry, sometimes I wouldn't, but I never, ever spoke. I just took everything they had to give, got up, brushed myself off and prepared for the next round.
Then one day, without warning, when I was twelve, something just snapped. A new face had rolled up and started to throw his weight around with me, started getting ready to throw what he thought would be a slurry of unanswered punches and before I knew what was going on, or what was happening, I hit him with a chair. Not one of those lightweight plastic, easily stackable disposable items that were designed for discomfort, no I hit with an ancient, made from the odds and ends that were left over from the Ark, built to last wooden thrones. Then I hit him with it again. And again and again and again. Instead of the euphoria and release I expected to feel, I felt nothing. Nothing at all and where the fear, frustration and panic that permanently tied my insides in a knot used to dwell, there was an empty void. There was nothing. The next thing I knew, I was standing in front of the headmaster and my whole sorry tale of agony, grief and anguish was pouring out and he just sat there, listening intently, his attention focused entirely on my life story. Instead of the expulsion that the near hospitalisation of another pupil would normally warrant, I was given a two day suspension. I don't know why and I don't how much he told, or what he said to, my parents, but instead of the existence ending pummelling that my father had promised to mete out to me should I ever raise a fist, let alone a chair, in anger, he just looked at me and without saying a word, gave me a sorrowful smile and nodded. He didn't need to say anything and neither did I. We both knew that my days of holding back, turning the other cheek and being a victim were over, that they had ended in the silent acceptance of everything that had happened.
Wish I could I say that there was a happy ending to the story, I really do, but five years is a long time and during that half decade, I learned everything that I ever needed to know about people. It taught me that I never wanted to feel that kind of hurt, that kind of abasement and ignominy ever again. It taught me that I would never let myself be humbled or made to feel ashamed of who I was, and am, ever again. It taught me to get a good offence in first, to come out swinging and if you ever do have to fight, it taught me that I needed to fight to maim, mutilate and kill and that the only way anyone would put me down was if they killed me, because I'd learned to always get up, no matter how much it hurt or how loud my brain was screaming at me to just stay down. I learned to live by three golden rules and I still adhere to them. Never bend, never break and never give in. I'd set the parameters of, and was comfortable in, my world. I still am. There are hundreds of thousands of others who have endured the same things I had to, who were made to feel as worthless, weak and pathetic as I was made to and who continue, like me, to live with the legacy of what was done to them. Not everyone made, or makes it through; and every single time without fail, I hear that someone else has been broken by abuse, my heart aches and I shed a tear. Because I lost count of the number of times that I came close to doing exactly the same thing.
I don't know who I was supposed to be before I became a victim of bullying and I never will. That person is long gone. He died in a five year flurry of meaningless, undeserved, punches, kicks and excruciating psychological anguish. All I know is who I am now. A barely functional, emotionally crippled survivor. And you know what? That's enough for me. It has to be.
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A Lurgan man who was arrested by police investigating an under-car bomb left for a married police couple in Derry, has been released unconditionally.
A 57-year-old man was detained in the Lurgan area on Tuesday.
Police confirmed on Wednesday he was freed without charge.
No one was injured in the incident last Thursday after police were alerted to suspicious activity at the house in the Glenrandel area of Eglinton at around 2.45am and discovered the explosive device.
The two officers, a husband and wife, who live at the address were both at home at the time.
Police described the attempted bomb attack as a "cold-blooded attempt to murder".
The recovered device was said to be capable of causing death or serious injury and 15 homes were evacuated while the area was cordoned off.

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It would probably be best to never talk about that ACC tournament performance again, but we can't help ourselves. We also look ahead to the Big Dance. Can Carolina squeak past higher seeds and make it to the Sweet 16? Seeing as how we know nothing about first opponent Providence, we've got a quiz. Finally in the Duke Sucks segment, we return to something we overlooked last week that has helped Andy decide upon his least favorite Dookie.
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Wresting is one of the most wild and intense soap opera that includes lots of painful finishing moves. Wrestlers spend lots of time learning and practicing things that will help them to perfect their craft and also guide them to make sure that they are safe in the ring. All the moves in WWE are not safe. So WWE has decided to ban some of the moves that may seem simple but cause much damage to the opponent.
The Curb stomp,Painful Finishing Move:
The curb stomp is easy and straightforward move. In this move you need to run up and hit your opponent's face using force of your leg. This move was popular in Japan same as all the crazy moves. WWE Superstar Seth Rollins is famous for setting different kind of painful moves. He added this move to his repertory. Rollins is famous for ending matches with this painful move, in a single hit to win a Shield. Actually this is one of the dangerous move, as it may cause severe head injuries to the opponent. That move was banner in 2016 by WWE, although it did not cause damage to anybody in the game but still to safe people from any accidents. According to WWE, this move was safe if It is used in right way, but due to concussion lawsuit, WWE has decided to ban it as WWE does not want to give anything to people that make them think that WWE moves are not risk free and painful.
We may see it again after sometime but it is not going to happen until lawsuit is over
Orton punt kick, Another Painful Move:
Long times ago,Randy Orton was violent wrestler who was agree to do anything that results in winning or taking others out even he had to punt opponent's head off to get to win. He has used this move with John Cena's father and Vince McMahon who is Chairman of WWE, this is one of the painful finish moves.
About two years ago, another move called Orton's punt was banned by WWE. According to WWE, If this move is used most often during wrestling,It may result in injuring opponent to make him quit and also It may cause severe head damage. Orton has hit his opponent several times using this move until it gets banned. WWE does permits right people to use banned moves too but WWE did not allow anyone else to use it.
BrainBuster , Dangerous Finishing Move:
Some moves are worst from the start, BrainBuster is one those moves. It is another dangerous and painful move. In this move wrestler drops opponents on his head. This is one of most dangerous moves, while dropping it hurts shoulders but may result in head damage. Because it was too risky to use so WWE banned it. Unlike other moves which may get unban after sometime but this move will remain ban forever.WWE only allows some people to use this moveshooting star press. Billy Kidman used this move last time. It was banned in WrestleMania 19 for everyone else later then no one was allowed to use it. Brock Lesnar almost broke Lesnar'neck and then it was banned. WWE did not approve any request to use it after Bourne's retirement.


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Jessica Alba's Pregnancy Style Goes From Fab To Drab! What's Going On Jessica?
Jessica's too pregnant to remember that she still has to look good when she walks out the door!
Is Jessica Alba so pregnant that she forgot to put on a cute outfit? The 30-year-old actress, who usually rocks the hottest frocks, stepped out in Beverly Hills, Calif. Aug. 11 to do some shopping in big sweatpants, a matching sweatshirt, and her hair in a messy ponytail. But just days before on Aug. 1, Jessica looked completely stunning in her black and white gown and her hair up in a fancy updo at the Spy Kids: All the Time in the World premiere in Los Angeles. How could her style go so array in just 10 days?
"I'm excited, nervous and ready," Jessica says of her pregnancy in her iVillage blog. "I've seen my friends who have multiple children, and seeing siblings love on each other is just the sweetest thing ever."
Jessica is expecting her second baby with hubby Cash Warren, 32. Their daughter Honor is now three years old!
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Artist: BIANCHI, MAURIZIO
Title: Mectpyo/Blut
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|"At the beginning of the metabolic year 1980, after Maurizio Bianchi finished the embryonal experience as Sacher-Pelz, he decided to undertake the concrete-synchronized course as M.B., a long-lived acronym that will accompany him along his next way of neuro-synthetic experimenter. His first ever release was the private cassette-tape entitled Metcpyo/Blut. An hematopoietic experiment decomposed during the months of March and beginning of April 1980 at Mectpyo Studio. Proposed here in its original layout, this 2LP set holds intact, at a distance of almost three decades, the epicenter of M.B. sonorous universe, projected towards an euphonic cacophony. Mectpyo/Blut consists of two tragic sections imbued with synthetic chloroform: the 1st, Maidanek Bakterium / Musique Belzec, exhales an icy atmosphere conveying a sense of mystery and annihilation. The 2nd, Mutant Brain / Mord Banhof assembled the most disparate electro-hypnotic levitations into a vertical rationality, bold, morbid and haunting. Psychic-cerebral works, they seem to spring from a neuro-atomic continent, with unreal outlines, where its influence artificially expands the ankylotic tissues by environmental arthrosis. Edition limited to 300 copies in full colour gatefold sleeve, reproducing various graphic materials from the original cassette edition. Attention: this is the real thing, top powerful and modern in its integral length (and not a meaningless edited excerpt as other inexperienced labels in demand would have cheaply proposed you!)." -Marquis. On red-colored vinyl.
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"While producing the second ArcheoMB boxset (including the CD edition of 5 original M.B. LP records from the early 1980s: Das Testament; Endometrio; Carcinosi; The Plain Truth and Armaghedon), the documentation staff working on the Maurizio Bianchi reprint series came across a very strange and peculiar object. It was a private tape dating back from 1980, never mentioned in official discographies and given only to close friends (this copy actually coming from the archive of mail-artist Vittore Baroni). The music was introducing a unique approach in MB sound. It was soon evident that this tape marked the passage from the Sacher-pelz concrete techniques to the new M.B. universe; the loop brutal approach applied to poor & pure electronic sounds and concrete material, so typical in Sacher -pelzv projects (see full documenation presented in Mutation for a Continuity 4CD boxset), was here pushed to its extreme consequences and used to manipulate the soundtrack of the famous movie by Stanley Kubrick, A Clockwork Orange (it is whispered that some Kraftwerk records also suffered the same treatment, but evidences of this were never found). In the same days, M.B. also produced his first power electronic tapes titled Cold, Voyeur and the epic double C90 Mectpyo Blut which set the new orientation to all his following works. M.B. plays A Clockwork Orange was a unique moment in Maurizio Bianchi sonic researches and is made now available for the very first time; the first LP record by M.B. isued in about 20 years. Due to the specific kind of material reproduced it was decided with M.B. to issue these historical recordings in an edition limited to 300 copies only." - Marquis.


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"Mary Tyler Moore" star Valerie Harper is on the cover of this week's People magazine with a tragic confession: she has terminal brain cancer.
The 73-year-old actress first rose to fame in the 1970s playing brash New Yorker Rhoda Morgenstern to Mary Tyler Moore's good girl Mary Richards and even had her own spinoff show "Rhoda."
But on January 15, the TV icon received news that would change her life forever.
"A battery of tests revealed she has leptomeningeal carcinomatosis, a rare condition that occurs when cancer cells spread into the fluid-filled membrane surrounding the brain," reports People. "Her doctors say she has as little as three months left to live."
The incurable disease, which accounts for less than 2 percent of all cancers, "comes on quickly and progresses quickly," Harper's oncologist, Dr. Ronald Natale, director of the Lung Cancer Research Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, explained to the magazine.
I don't think of dying," says the actress, who previously battled lung cancer in 2009. "I think of being here now."


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BSkyB channels will be on Virgin Media for at least five more years, coming to mobile-users too
BSkyB ('Sky') has extended its distribution agreement with Virgin Media, meaning Virgin subscribers will have access to Sky's content slate for at least five more years.
The deal includes Sky 1, Sky Living, Sky Arts, Sky News, Sky Movies and, important for many, Sky Sports. With the new agreement in place, however, this also now includes Sky Sports 3 HD, Sky Sports 4 HD and Sky Sports F1 HD, with the HD incarnations of Sky Sports News and Sky News to follow.
Virgin TV Anywhere launched back in November 2012 to rival BSkyB's Sky Go online/mobile service. Sky entertainment channels will be available on Virgin TV Anywhere as before, but now it's being added to "selected tablets and mobiles too", which presumably means iPhone, iPad and a handful of the higher-specced Android devices. Perhaps more notable, however, is that Sky now says that Virgin TV subscribers with access to Sky Movies and Sky Sports will soon be able to access these channels directly through the Sky Sports and Sky Movies mobile apps too, while Virgin Media has said in a separate statement that its customers will soon "be able to watch every Sky Sports and Movies channel on the move through two new dedicated apps", with more details to be revealed soon.
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This week I was away at the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors and once again it filled me with hope. In many parts of the United States there is an increase in the response by men to the Lord's call to the priesthood. Some dioceses have many vocations (for example the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas has over 60 seminarians for a diocese that has almost the same amount of Catholics as our diocese).
As for our diocese, we are still struggling, but there are signs of hope. A few years ago our diocese was down to only three seminarians, but this Fall our diocese increased to three more seminarians bringing our total to nine men studying for the priesthood. Furthermore, at this point we have three men actively applying for next year's entrance in the the seminary and it is possible there may be more applying. Also, though we will not have any priests ordained this upcoming Spring, this May we may have three of our seminarians ordained as transitional deacons who would be ordained the following year.
Please keep praying for vocations and encouraging the young people of our parish to discern their vocation (whatever that might be). In such troubling and morally confusing times in our country and in the world, how much more people need to know Christ and encounter him (especially in the sacraments) which is another reason why praying for vocations is so important for all of us.
O Holy Spirit, Spirit of wisdom and divine love, impart Your knowledge, understanding, and counsel to youth that they may know the vocation wherein they can best serve God. Give them courage and strength to follow God's holy will. Guide their undertain steps, strengthen their resolutions, shield their chastity, fashion their minds, conquer their hearts, and lead them to the vineyards where they will labor in God's holy service. Amen.
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Beginning the first weekend of November, we will be offering parishioners the opportunity to choose between donating each week by giving in the collection at Mass or by giving online. Those who give online can choose to have their weekly donation, and other donations, taken automatically from their bank account (so they don't have to worry about preparing a check or having cash for the weekly collection). Parishes that are doing this usually see an increase in parish financial support as well. In the upcoming weeks we will explain how to set this up for those who are interested.


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Blow up. Christmas tree. 400 messages an hour. A non-stop audiovisual assault. And an 11 year-old who aspires to being in the midst of it someday.
The language we use when describing what our devices do is exaggerated. But the feeling we get isn't. Our senses are constantly bombarded, often by unnecessary or repeated messages, leading to distraction and panic.
We need calm technology.
A phone "blowing up"
Calm Technology
Calm technology was first coined by Mark Weiser and John Seely Brown in 1995 (before, even, the most needy attention-grabbing apps and devices were invented). They were reacting to the increasing complexities that IT was creating, and Weiser believed there was potential for tech to "simplify complexities, not introduce new ones."
This would lead to an era of "calm technology", which would help people focus on the things that were really important to us.
More recently, cyborg anthropologist (amazing job title) Amber Case has continued the study and advocacy of calm technology. Her work can be found here, but read on for a summary.
Unexpected changes
July 2016—around one month after the Brexit bombshell. A lot of people needed a vacation; those who voted Brexit fancied a trip abroad to celebrate, those who voted against wanted to make the most of queueless arrivals terminals while they still could.
Would they need to bother calling Aunt June to pop over and feed the dog? Absolutely not. PetNet's automatic feeding system could be scheduled to release portions of doggy chow as little or often as required.
So off people went. And mid-vacation, just as they were enjoying some fish and chips on the Costa del Sol, an email from PetNet popped up to inform that a server outage had taken down the system for a number of users. The automatic food dispenser would not work, Truffles would not be getting his din-dins.
Case calls this a clear example of tech needing too much of our attention. If the solution (PetNet) to a problem (peace of mind that pet is being fed) creates more anxiety (pet = dead?) because of something in its design (doesn't work without internet or fully-functioning servers), the design should be altered.
On this, Case said:
"Tech should empower the periphery […] the world is not a desktop."
With that in mind, it's worth exploring some good examples of tech empowering the periphery.
PetNet: A good excuse for a cute hungry dog pic
Physical cues
Are you slouching as you read this? Chances are, you are (I'm slouching as I'm writing).
LUMOback Smart Posture Sensor is a wireless posture sensor with mobile app that is worn on the lower back. It's designed to be slim and comfortable. The app shows you an avatar—Lumo—that mirrors your posture. If you're slouching Lumo slouches, turns red, and looks pretty miserable. If your back is straight, Lumo's happy.
The thing is, you don't need the mobile app at all. It's very useful if you want to track your data, but if not the sensor will work independently of it. It does so by sending a gentle vibration as a reminder to sit up straight. These small, smart reminders don't need your undivided attention. It works on the periphery, and gives you the minimum amount of distraction possible.
Lumo: Like having your Mom correct your posture
Visual cues
Some people stick their heads out the window. Some turn on the TV to a news channel and wait patiently. Others feel it in their bones.
Despite all our technological advances, we're yet to achieve one important thing—knowing what the weather's doing on a daily basis.
Have you ever had a conversation that's gone like this?:
Partner A: What's the weather like today?
Partner B: How should I know?
Partner A: Haven't you checked?
Partner B: I've just woken up. I know as much as you.
Partner A: Alright, alright. No need to shout. Just a question.
Partner B: Well it's a silly question.
Partner A: You're always so condescending in—
—OK, let's give this imaginary couple some privacy. But the point is, we've never been very efficient when it comes to expending the least amount of mental energy on this simple question.
As more and more smart speaker devices are installed in homes, people are taking advantage by asking for weather information. Essentially, though, getting this information is still a three-step process:
- Activate speaker.
- Ask question.
- Get answer.
How about a zero-step process?
Hue lightbulbs can change colors depending on the data sent to it. Connecting it to a weather app allows it to change color depending on the weather. Placed strategically, not only can this setup tell you what the weather's doing, but it also provides a non-intrusive visual prompt. Purple? It's raining—grab an umbrella. Blue? It's freezing—get your warm winter jacket.
Hue lightbulbs: Sexy mood lighting, whatever the weather
If you think about it, we already use this kind of "ambient awareness". Take driving, for example. When traffic needs to stop in order to let another line of traffic pass, you get a subtle visual prompt in your periphery—the traffic light.
It's been working pretty well for years, unless of course people consciously choose to ignore it, or their senses are dulled to the point that it doesn't register i.e. driving under the influence. There's no need for the inside of the car to start flashing red, the stereo to switch off suddenly and scream: "WARNING, WARNING! CODE RED!"
We've even tried adapting this for a smartphone age. In Holland, LED lights were installed at pedestrian crossings in order to deliver a more subliminal message to people engrossed in their phones.
Audio cues
Machines that talk are great. And advances in AI have made machines more useful. But they don't always need to talk. Here's Amber Case again:
"Machines shouldn't act like humans, and humans shouldn't act like machines."
The idea is currently a popular one. Champions of AI are advocating that the technology will pick up the heavy "processing" work, giving humans time and space to think—essentially, helping humans to be more human. If you've seen the video of Ocado's distribution warehouse, you'll know this isn't science-fiction. The entire distribution line in the factory is humanless, save for a few employees at the end loading the completed deliveries into transportation units.
Essentially, people are keen for there to be a dividing line. In the case of calm tech, however, the idea is that we shouldn't be forcing machines to mimic humans when there's a solution that allows us to solve problems with less hassle.
Case gives the example of Roomba, the circular robotic vacuum cleaner that made a key cameo in Breaking Bad (spoiler). When it's finished cleaning the room, it doesn't yell: "I'm done cleaning!" Instead, it plays a short, triumphant trumpet notification tone. It's a tone that's internationally recognized, there's no translation needed, and it doesn't force us to engage our senses.
Consider the frequency as well. With Roomba it's one notification at the most important point of the process—the point at which the user needs to step in to put Roomba away (before the cat sits on it). Most of us have downloaded an app that notifies too frequently, about things that are way too irrelevant. It's the kind of app that has a very short shelf life.
Roomba: Credits include Breaking Bad and YouTube cat videos
The minimum amount of tech
We don't want to live in a world where our homes—or any environment for that matter—are filled with things that are constantly competing for our attention. Developers need to consider social norms, and ask the question: "What's the minimum amount of tech needed here to solve the problem?"
If you truly dig into this question, your product will simplify the world—and your users will thank you for it.
This article was based on the work of Amber Case. Check out more examples of calm tech on her website.
Steve Howe is a freelance writer, translator, and teacher living in Barcelona.
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Speaking of dairy free foods, they are difficult to find anywhere, not just in restaurants. Even your run-of-the-mill prepared or packaged foods contain dairy: breads, crackers, soups, frozen meatballs, salad dressing, etc. Add a citrus allergy and then it seems you are going to die of starvation. As a result of nursing a baby who was allergic to both, I've had to find the right recipes and make a lot of my own items from scratch. However, since I've never had the time to make everything from scratch, I've also ferreted out some dairy and citrus free convenience items. This is by no means an exhaustive list, but since it is common for small babies to be allergic to these foods, I thought it might be helpful to others. Just be sure to double check the facts if you have a serious allergy. Then enjoy!
Takeout food
Asian cuisine: Some Southeast Asian cuisine heavily features lime but most Chinese or Japanese food is citrus free.
Burgers: Burger buns usually have dairy product in them. But Ruby Tuesday's buns are free of the allergen. Some burgers come with cheese so be sure to ask for no cheese. For a list of other entrees from Ruby Tuesday that are dairy free, see its allergen info here. And of course there are the vegan burgers at Crazy Burger.
Dessert: Pastiche has macaroons and homemade dark chocolate made without dairy. Crazy Burger has vegan options. And Keenwah on Broadway has a fantastic vegan brownie.
Fast food: McDonald's buns and featured salads contain allergens so I get the Chicken Selects with a side salad.
Mexican cuisine: Avoid Taco Bell; there are virtually no options there. Look for a local spot that doesn't marinate meat in lime juice. I found SAPO Freaky Burrito, which has pretty plain meats. El Perrito has a variety to choose from and uses fresh corn tortillas (which means no citric acid as a preservative).
Pizza: I haven't found a chain which makes pizza dough without dairy and/or citric acid but locally, there's Mama Leone's. I order my pizza with extra sauce and no cheese. Just be careful about the toppings; lots of sausages and pepperonis contain citric acid so ask about them or avoid them.
Pockets or wraps: The good news is pockets or wraps don't contain dairy. The bad news is most Mediterrean cuisine features yogurt or lemon so it's out. One exception may be meat pies. I've never had a problem with the meat pies from Sam's Bakery in Fall River. Also try the Steak Bomb from D'Angelos with no cheese. I'm pretty sure it's also citrus free since I've never had a problem with it.
Sandwiches: An Italian grinder from Marzilli's or Marcucci's in Fall River. Hold the cheese.
Pre-packaged food
Breads and buns: You can almost never go wrong with the store brands, which use the least amount of ingredients. As a general rule, go for freshly baked, light and fluffy. Calise & Sons is another option for buns and rolls.
Breakfast sausage, frozen: Jones Breakfast Sausage.
Chicken tenders, frozen: Perdue Breaded Chicken Tenders.
Dessert: Dairy free ice cream such as So Delicious. Oreos, Junior mints, Peeps and Justin's Peanut Butter Cups. Many brands of dark chocolate.
Meatballs, frozen: Cooked Perfect Turkey Meatballs.
Pasta sauce: Ragu or Bertolli Tomato and Basil varieties.
Pizza crust: Top This Pizza Crust is one of the very few brands that does not contain dairy and/or citrus. It's made in Rhode Island.
Jelly/jam/preserves: Sorrell Ridge is the only fruit spread I know of which does not contain citric acid.
Salsa: Nature's Promise, Brad's Organic, Victoria's and Mrs. Renfros basic varieties.
Sausage: Aidell's Cajun Andouille Sausage. This takes like chourico, which is a bonus, because chourico is made with dried milk.
Tortillas: Chi Chi's is the rare tortilla which does not contain citric acid.
Other Resources
Avoiding citrus: Vicki Clarke's Citric Acid Intolerance Site
Avoiding dairy: GoDairyFree.Org


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Minimum Requirements for an Associate Degree
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Dallas Baptist University offers programs
leading to the Associate of Arts, Associate of Arts (Teacher
Certification Preparation), Associate of Biblical Studies,
Associate of Business Administration, Associate of Christian
Studies, Associate of Interdisciplinary Studies, and Associate of Science degrees. A student
may elect to graduate under the degree requirements of the
official catalog of any year in which the student is enrolled
for classes and receives credit, provided that the period
between initial enrollment and graduation does not exceed
six years. The six-year time frame begins at the final semester
covered by the chosen catalog. The University reserves the
right to change the requirements for graduation at the beginning
of any semester. Such changes will appear in the next edition
of the official
catalog. A student may not change degrees and/or majors until the end of a term due to Financial Aid implications.
All candidates for an associate degree
must fulfill the following requirements as a minimum:
1. Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours, including the General Studies requirements for each degree.
2. Complete a minimum of 25% of the required credit hours in residence at Dallas
Baptist University (e.g., for a 60-credit hour degree program, the residency requirement is 15 hours).
3. Be enrolled at Dallas Baptist University the semester of graduation.
4. Earn a minimum of 2.00 grade po0int average in all courses taken. DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
5. Meet the requirements for a prescribed degree curriculum and be recommended by the faculty for graduation.
6. Complete one-half of the Chapel credits required for a bachelor's degree candidate, if applicable. (Chapel
No student will be allowed to
participate in the graduation exercises of the University
until all of the above requirements for graduation have been
Degree Plan
It is the student's responsibility, as soon as possible
after entering the University, to meet with an associate degree
advisor to develop a plan of study leading to a specific degree.
With the assistance of the advisor, the student outlines the
courses needed to complete the degree. The degree plan developed
between the student and advisor is only a guide. The student
must complete all degree requirements as stated in this catalog.
A degree plan becomes official when it has been approved and
signed by the advisor, the program director, the student,
and the Registrar.
The degree plan will
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selected by the student. Additional courses (credit hours)
needed to complete the minimum 60 credit hour graduation
requirement may be selected by the student as electives. Electives
are courses that can be taken for credit on the selected degree
plan but are not specifically named. These elective courses
can enrich the program of study and allow students to explore
new interests and fields.
General Studies Requirements
The General Studies requirements are designed to develop the
basic understanding and skills needed by broadly educated
men and women in a democratic society. The General Studies
involve a concern for students' intellectual, spiritual,
emotional, and physical growth. In addition, they provide
the core of degree requirements for all associate degrees.
General Studies courses are listed at the 1000 and 2000 levels.
In addition to the other General Studies requirements, the following are included:
for Excellence - FOUN 1101
One semester of the course Foundations for Excellence FOUN
1101 is required of all first-year and transfer students
who enroll with fewer than 15 credit hours (AP, CLEP, IB,
or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does
not count towards these 15 credit hours).
A Christian Mind - DCM 2301
Developing a Christian Mind DCM
2301 is required of all traditional students enrolled
at DBU.
Lifelong Learning – PRST 3301
PRST 3301 Lifelong Learning is required of all students enrolled in the College of Professional Studies and pursuing an Associate of Interdisciplinary Studies. It is expected that all adult students will take this class in their first term of enrollment at DBU.
Religion Requirements
All students are required to
take RELI 1301, Old Testament Survey, and RELI 1302,
New Testament Survey.
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student who has not completed the general studies mathematics
requirements for his or her degree plan upon enrolling at
DBU will be required to take the eMAT Advising Tool instrument.
No student will be advised for or permitted to register in any
mathematics course other than MATH 1101 until after having
completed this instrument. Students will be permitted to register
for general studies math courses required for their degrees
upon passing the qualifying segments of the eMAT.
student who does not satisfactorily complete the Arithmetic Skills portion of the eMAT will be required to enroll
in MATH 1101. Any student whose degree plan requires MATH
1303 and whose performance on the Basic Algebra portion of
the eMAT is not satisfactory will be required to take MATH
1300. The eMAT is free and available on the DBU secure website
called "webreg." The eMAT consists of three tests and their
respective study guides. The student must read carefully the
homepage of the eMAT. For example, a specific internet browser
is required.
students must contact their advisor for the web address. New
students will be contacted by the Admissions Office. The eMAT
is an advising tool for all undergraduate advisors and students.
Each test may be taken a maximum of three times and the honor
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and Mathematics at 214-333-5303 with any questions.
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All DBU students are required to develop computer skills.
The educated person of today must learn to handle computerized
information, to identify the source of the information, to
recognize its validity, to understand the assumptions that
were made to generate the information, and to use the results
to make decisions. DBU provides students the opportunity to
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You'd think a customer at a restaurant famous for throwing bread rolls at people would be prepared for, you know, flying bread rolls – but apparently not in this case.
Lambert's Cafe in Ozark, Missouri, is known as the "Home of the Throwed Rolls," because of the trademark way their servers chuck dinner rolls at guests from across the room.
The place is something of an institution. Wait times can be two hours or more for a table, and the place estimates it cracked 368,940 eggs in the last year alone. They also bake 520 dozen rolls a day, which they then throw at customers for fun and giggles.
The practice is advertised on their website as well as on signs around the restaurant, warning customers of the potential to be hit by bread – but that wasn't enough for Troy Tucker, who got hit in the head and is now suing for roll-related injuries. She claims she "sustained a lacerated cornea with a vitreous detachment and all head, neck, eyes and vision were several damaged" after taking a dinner roll to the dome in September 2014. She's asking for $25,000 to cover medical bills and legal fees.
The restaurant still has no comment on the situation.
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The monotonous days of Saba's life after school made him stand on the balcony of his parents' home every evening to wait for a woman who sold agege bread. It was his favourite past time activity after school. He was only 14 and so his mother hardly allowed him outside their home when it was the evening except for his guilty pleasure of buying the bread they will use to have breakfast, it was dangerous in the hood.
The seller was not hard to miss, not because of her looped outfit, a pink scarf, red long-sleeved shirt, faded blue jeans and black socks to protect her feet from the sooty sand, but because of her voluptuous breasts. If anyone knew her name it was the older boys and men on their way back from work in the evening who stood in front of her engaging her in a conversation, feeling loaves after loaves, more interested in the softness of her chest than the bread in their hands. They called her auntie bread or aunty's breasts when they were being trite, but she never minded anything but her bread. Her favourite spot on the street that led to the main market, close to a mallam kiosk that sold everything, like a wooden mini-mart. Men on their way back from work passed through that road regularly and purchased loaves for their families' breakfast and then right after headed to the kiosk to buy tea condiments, eggs, as bread and tea was typical and cheapest breakfast in the hood besides beans. Saba passed this same road daily on his way to and from school, boys on their way to the night market to smoke Indian hemp also purchased bread they needed to eat after the stuff they smoked drained their stomach and left them aching with hunger, as well as other ghetto boys and hood rats.
Saba loved bread. He can have it repeatedly, a whole loaf all by himself with butter until his jug of tea was done. And then he slept, breathing softly on the ground like a baby filled with breast milk. The habit started when he was little, for unknown reasons Saba never liked onions in his food but his mother cooked a lot with it and when he complained, since they always had bread at home, she asked him to eat bread and butter. Saba was the only one who everyone knew loved bread in the family so much that he could resort into stealing it to slake his urge.
One evening Saba went to buy bread on an errand. Just beside the seller on her bench was a stocky young man in white shorts and black shirt. He had bought his own bread and started eating it and talking with the seller, laughing. They seemed like friends the way they were engrossed in the conversation before Saba disrupted them.
"Auntie good evening, I come buy bread,"
"How much?"
"100 Naira," Saba said, hands outstretched. She sorted out the bread according to prices to pick the one Saba wanted. She found it and brought it out, dusting crumbs off its body in her usual manner with a foam she had tucked away somewhere in her basket. The bread was cream with a hard-brown area where it got burnt in the oven. Saba smiled and smacked his lips as she put it into the polythene bag.
"Madam, give him back the money, I will pay for the bread." the guy on the bench said. It was the first time Saba ever heard anyone call the bread seller "madam". The guy set his half-eaten bread down beside him to put his hand in his pocket. He ransacked until he brought out a 100 naira note which he handed to the seller. She took it and gave it to Saba. Saba reluctantly took the money from the bread seller and put in his pocket, unexpected, but nobody refused money in the hood.
"My name is Kosai, wetin be your name?"
"My name is Saba,"
"Saba where you dey live for here?"
"Just across the road with my parents,"
"Okay, I live this opposite direction just by the new road those Fashola people are making."
Saba knew the place. The new Lagos governor after being elected went about making new roads in various communities or broadening the already built roads. He built pedestrian bridges too. Since the road was being built there were roadblocks and cars were restricted to pass the area. It was on that same tarred road that boys in the hood gathered to play street football and gamble cards and dice.
"Okay, thank you for the bread," Saba said, and then he trotted off excitedly, hands swinging, giddy about the money in his pocket.
The next day when Saba went to buy bread Kosai was seated next to the seller with his legs crossed as if in waiting, willing to pay for every bread that Saba came to buy. It was the best proposal for a friendship with Saba if Kosai kept paying for all the bread he bought that meant he had more money in his pocket tucked away to buy more bread, everyday Saba bought bread and most times Kosai was there to pay. Saba and Kosai began a friendship based on brief conversations about happenings on the street, whose car was stuck, what passers-by wore, women passing, people fighting etc. Sometimes Saba wasn't in a hurry and he sat there and talked to Kosai about himself. He was from Akwa-Ibom, but he came to Lagos to work for an Oga at his grains store when he was only ten years old, Imu-ahia as it was called, a form of entrepreneurship where he earned his freedom and a lump sum to set up his own business after seven years. He had his own grain store and that was how he could afford Bread for Saba without it affecting his pocket.
"Maybe one of these days you should come to my house and we can have an enjoyable time together, I live alone, and I have a television, all those entertainment stuff people like, WWE with Shawn Michaels and Triple H, Commando, Rambo, Tom and Jerry cartoons, Jet Li and Jackie Chan, I get am."
Saba's eyes lit up. His mother made sure she bought everything he needed but sometimes it felt better in someone else home.
"Sure!" Saba said, "I would love to, maybe tomorrow evening when I am going for a vigil with my family I fit to stop, watch small then leave before it is late."
"Wetin you go like make I buy and keep for you, anything you want, bread, biscuit, and fruit juice?"
"Anything wey you like but e dey fine, I go just branch then discharge."
"No wahala."
The next day was a Friday. When it was evening Saba had his bath and left to where Kosai lived to hang out until it was time for him to go to church. He walked down from where he lived out to the mouth of the street, crossed to the other side and headed on down to where the new roads were being constructed. When he got to the mouth of the road on the other side he took his left just as Kosai directed him and went to the first apartment he saw. The house was unpainted with a tailor shop in front of it; the sound of the tired machine was heard within. It was a face-me-I-slap-you apartment, a tubularly shaped house with a tunnel-like passage in the middle of it with flats on each side of the wall. It was tight, dingy and had a sour smell that could not be placed. Every house in the ghetto was like it, dirty, smelly, mostly of poverty. It was the one Kosai described. Saba stopped to talk to a lady who sat astride on a raised platform in front of the house.
"Good evening ma, do you live here?"
"I do, who you dey find?"
"I am here to see my friend called Kosai, e get anyone for this yard wey dey bear that kain name?"
The woman paused and looked at Saba, scrutinizing his appearance from head to toe with her lips curved to the side like the mischief it seemed she was cooking in her mind.
"Hmmm, this world go soon end, you dey find Kosai?"
"Yes ma, the guy dey live for here?"
"E dey oh, the guy dey live for here. But come to make I ask you question, na you be Kosai new wife?"
Saba's forehead creased, he was taken aback by the question.
"New wife, wetin that one mean?"
"Nothing ooh, I no talk anything. Kosai dey live for the third flat on the left as you dey waka enter."
After the conversation, Saba griped with inhibition, was wary as he walked in, watching his step and counting the flats until he got to the third one. He didn't understand what the woman meant by "Kosai new wife" but it made him very uncomfortable, but he had arrived already and there was no point leaving without letting Kosai know he came, for the sake of their new friendship. He took in a deep breath, opened the mosquito net and then knocked on the door.
The door unlocked and then it opened slightly, but after that nobody came to it. After a few minutes of waiting Saba knocked again and this time Kosai came to the door, but he didn't come out of the mosquito netting. Saba adjusted his position and investigated the house from the crack of the door, there was another guy seated quietly on the chair inside the room. The bed was made with white sheets and there was only one pillow on it. There were a television and a fan rolling slightly.
"Why don't you want to come in?" Kosai said, with the softest voice Saba had ever heard him speak with. "Come inside, everything don dey prepared for you."
"I just came to tell you that I am now going for the vigil with my family."
Kosai turned to look at the wall clock inside his apartment. "By this time of the night?"
"Yes, my mother want make I go early,"
"So, you no go come inside stay small, what of the movies and snacks? I buy you soft fresh bread."
Saba's eyes lit up but then they dimmed quickly as if Kosai had imagined it.
"Thanks, but no need, I am going."
"But why you no want to come inside?"
"Nothing it is just I don dey late for the program, but I go come back another day."
"Make I ask you, you meet anyone outside as you dey come to my house?"
"Yes, one woman directed me to come here."
"Wetin she tell you as you dey come to my house?"
"Nothing at all, we go see later."
"Come back!"
Saba had already left.
The next day when Saba went to buy bread he was hoping to see Kosai seated beside the seller talking in the usual manner so he could apologize for not entering into his house, but Kosai was not there, or seen around again even at where he said was his store.
The following week a man was found bleeding in a gutter with his mouth open, his eyes swollen shut and clothes were torn. A man later came around to try to take him out, he begged some of the onlookers to help him, but nobody wanted to touch the battered man for fear of being complicit to whatever crime he might have committed to earn a beating. Saba happened to be around the new road playing football on the asphalt, on seeing the ruckus he stopped abruptly. The people around whispered, and it was later found out that the good Samaritan was named Adio, a known panel beater in the area and the wounded man was his brother, Jeffery, and he had been missing at home for a day. It was then that they helped him take his brother out of the gutter and laid him out on the road for people to peruse.
It was easy for people to string stories together in the hood to figure out a situation even better than any police investigation, especially when they were highly curious about what happened. The story attached was that the man in the gutter, Jeffery, had been going to a certain private club for financial assistance as suggested to him by a friend. Young men were always seeking easy ways to make money all the time with some resorting to stranger things. But the job Jeffery got seemed easy as explained to him by his "friend". It was nothing much except to be around a group of wealthy men who needed company as they drank, like a casino shill but one needed to be handsome, and Jeffery was. He was handsome and his full beard made his face look chiselled. What was the harm in taking money to drink along with someone who didn't always feel the need to say anything? It was considered easy bread. And since Jeffery was invited back every night he thought he must be doing an excellent job drinking free drinks and eating free food, and then leaving with money for his transportation.
One night Jeffery went to work. That night, his boss seemed to be excited and did not only want more drinks he also wanted to chat a lot and get to know Jeffery, where was he from, what did he like, a few more questions followed. The shades were on but the man smiled a lot, his teeth were porcelain white in the blue light of the nightclub. He made attempts to touch Jeffery and, finally, openly said he wanted sex, grabbing his jeans and taking hold of his crotch. It must have come as a surprise, one man telling another man that he wanted to be inside him and the reaction to that was unpleasant. Jeffery gave him a punch to the face that broke his shades, the man's teeth and inner white was smeared with blood that looked black in the light. The repercussion of his actions was what Jeffery would come to regret later as he lay soaked up in the gutter, the man snapped his fingers and the hefty bouncers approached and held Jeffery down on the table and all the men in the club had their way with him.
It was considered an end time story and would later go on to be printed in conspiracy magazines spread at bus stops and campus gates. Many people talked about it. Gay men were coming out to express how they felt and people were taken aback and openly disgusted. That was the end, they put out a manhunt on anyone gay in the hood to be beaten, burned or stoned to death. The hate spread across the country like wildfire, fanned more by religious leaders who preached incessantly about it.


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Well my lovely Son returned to his Uni in Exeter today:-( It already feels very odd without him, quiet but tidy lol. It's been lovely having him home for Christmas but it's gone really quickly, he was ready to go back though I think and that's the way it should be. He is having such a great time there, studying Economics & Econometrics. Well I think a bit of studying goes on inbetween the parties! A funny old day really, it really feels like Christmas is all over with now and the house is back to normal, if normal is a word you can use for this house.
The photo is of the kids at Christmas, just so you know who i've been talking about.
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A very strange question that many people have in their minds: 'Is it really possible to acquire lessons to learn more than one language at a time'. If the answer is yes, how does one handle it? The answer is simple and clear. You can learn at a time more than one language, if you follow these guidelines.
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Display JPG images in an Adroid App
Presupuesto €30-250 EUR
Create an Adroid Application to simple show thumbNails and JPG pictures from an archived file with a certain structure (see below, no compression involved)
The archive does not need to employ compression/decompression. We use it as a simple container, the JPG files could be simply read as data buffers; encryption will be applied later
The application will only have to show thumbnails of this pictures (by dynamically resizing the pictures), the full picture and buttons:
SlideShow Random, SlideShow and Settings
Upper row: Title 1 (Customizable)
Second Row: Message Window
Third Row: Category Thumbnails (should be taken from the main pictures folders, CAT_1_Thumb.jpg... [url removed, login to view])
Fourth Row: Text: "Pics in CAT X (Selected Category): MMMM"
Left: Selected Category Pic 1.1... etc
Picture 1 from category 1 is by default: [url removed, login to view]
When pressed the image becomes partially full screen or full screen, as explained in the attached picture
Application should be somewhat customizable;
Image files should be loaded locally, therefore, all pictures are in the .apk; no internet link, the app works offline
Image files are called [url removed, login to view] (from first pic in cat1) to [url removed, login to view] (Picture Index MMMM from Category N)
I should be able to modify <all> text variables (ex: #define Cat3 "CloseUps")
A slideshow button to start a slideshow on files from a particular CATegory; always ask: Start from Pic 1.1 or continue from previously shown Slideshow pictures (settings customizable)
EX: Never start a slideshow from a CAT II when CAT III is selected
A Random Slideshow button also available; start with random pics: Show "Pic_?_?????.jpg"
The single DB or archive of files should have a simple structure that could be modified later on:
You make your own DB to test, following this structure:
4 bytes archive header (will be checked against a mask, say 0xFABACADA)
4 bytes - Total Count of Files
4 bytes - CheckSum of ARCHIVE (- the CheckSum value); could be md5 or any other simple method
2 bytes - Number of categories (CAT I, CAT II... CAT N etc)
4 bytes - CAT I Picture Count
4 bytes - CAT II Picture Count
4 bytes - CAT III Picture Count
4 bytes - CAT IV Picture Count
4 bytes - CAT N Picture Count
Picture I from Cat I
Picture N from Cat I
Picture I from Cat N
Picture N from Cat N
Some markers in between or... a prescreening of archive when the app starts to know where to extract these from
You can do your test with 1-2 JPGs in each category ex: Flowers - 2 pictures, Houses: 2 pictures, CARs: 2 pictures, Tools: 2 pictures, Buildings: 2 pictures
GUI requirements:
See atached pictures;
I need an archive with all the source files and instructions:
I expect to simply load the project, press "Build" and create a final APK.
First, put mockup image files for proof of concept. CAT_1_Thumb.jpg... [url removed, login to view], then [url removed, login to view] to [url removed, login to view] (max 100000 files)
could be any pictures in this mock-up application
Files delivered should respect Google Play admission requirements (quality of work, size, time to load, etc)
Android Version 4.X and up
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Author Notes: An unbelievably aromatic dish that I learnt from my mother, a celebrated home cook in her own community. The simple combination of ginger, garlic, sichuan peppercorn and star anise will give you one of the best ox tails you've ever tasted. For more photos: http://www.ladyandpups.com/2013/08/16/sichuan-peppercorn-red-braised-ox-tail-eng/ —Mandy @ Lady and pups
Serves: 6
grams of ox tails
tablespoons of oil
grams (approx 10 large thin slices) of ginger, thinly sliced
cloves of garlic, roughly chopped
red chilis, optional
star anise
teaspoons red sichuan peppercorn, coarsely ground
tablespoon granulated sugar
cup rice wine, or sake
cup soy sauce + 1/8 cup for adjusting
cup chicken broth, or water
teaspoon rice vinegar
In This Recipe
- NOTE: Because this dish involves caramelising the sugar, I strongly recommend doing the initial sautéing/woking in a NON-STICK pot, then transferring the ingredients to an oven-proof pot (like cast-iron) to finish braising in the oven. In a non-stick pot, the caramelised sugar sticks to the meat instead of to the bottom of the pot, which can easily burn in my experience. This process is called "red braise" in Chinese cooking, referring to the amber/red sheen from the caramel. It's quite important to grind the red sichuan peppercorn because they can be a bit unpleasant to bite into. You can use a stone mortar or spice grinder to do this, but if you have none, simply wrap the peppercorns in 2 layers of paper towel and smash them with a hammer.
- Preheat the oven on 320ºF/165ºC. Rinse clean and dry the ox tails with a clean towel. Heat up a large non-stick wok, or deep saute-pan with 4 tbsp of oil over HIGH heat (don't worry about the amount of oil because it will be removed later). Brown the ox tails in batches until all surfaces are covered and no more blood is being released. Set the ox tails aside. Drain the oil and leave only 2 tbsp in the wok/pan, and turn the heat down to MEDIUM. Add the ginger slices and cook until they shrivel up and get nicely browned on the edges, approx 5 min. Add the ox tails back into the wok/pan, along with garlic (if you like it spicy, add 2 red chilis as well), star anise, sichuan peppercorn and granulated sugar. Turn the heat back on HIGH, and keep turning the ingredients until the sugar has fully caramelised, and all the ingredients are coated in deep brown, amber sheen.
- Transfer ALL the ingredients into a cast-iron or oven-proof pot, and return it to the stove. Add the rice wine and 1/2 cup of soy sauce, and let it gently boil with all the ingredients for a minute (turn and evenly coat the ingredients). Then add the chicken broth or water, and bring back to a simmer. The amount of liquid shouldn't be able to cover the ingredients (this isn't a stew), and should taste slightly UNDER-SEASONED at this point because of the excess water, which will evaporate during the braising process. If it taste generally BLAND, then adjust with more soy sauce.
- Transfer the pot (with the lid on) to the oven and let braise for 3 ~ 3 1/2 hours. Go back and turn the ox tails once every hour or so to ensure even braising. The ox tails should be very tender and almost falling off the bone, and the braising liquid should have reduced dramatically.
- After braising, carefully remove the ox tails from the braising liquid without tearing them. Tilt the pot to direct all the braising liquid to one side, and skim off as much fat from the surface as you can, without reducing the actual sauce on the bottom (there should be QUITE a lot of fat). Discard the star anise and ginger slices (press on the gingers to extract as much sauce that's clinging onto them before discarding). Leave the garlics which should have melted into the sauce at this point. Return the ox tails back into the pot, and return it to the stove over HIGH heat. Add 1 tsp of rice vinegar and reduce the sauce SLIGHTLY, just until the ox tails are coated in a shiny sheen. Serve the ox tails over hot steamed rice. They get even better the next day.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Family Recipe
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United States District Court, S.D. Illinois
July 24, 2018
CASSANDRA M-L, [1] Plaintiff,v.COMMISSIONER of SOCIAL SECURITY, Defendant.
accordance with 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), plaintiff,
represented by counsel, seeks judicial review of the final
agency decision denying her application for Disability
Insurance Benefits (DIB) and Supplemental Security Income
(SSI) benefits pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 423.
applied for disability benefits in May 2014, alleging
disability as of March 15, 2014. After holding two
evidentiary hearings, ALJ Christina Young Mein denied the
application on March 9, 2017. (Tr. 20-32). The Appeals
Council denied review, and the decision of the ALJ became the
final agency decision. (Tr. 1). Administrative remedies have
been exhausted and a timely complaint was filed in this
Raised by Plaintiff
raises the following points:
1. The
ALJ did not properly consider plaintiff's RFC in that she
failed to properly evaluate her headaches, fibromyalgia, and
2. The
ALJ erred in discounting the opinion of treating physician
Syed Hussain.
Legal Standards
qualify for DIB or SSI, a claimant must be disabled within
the meaning of the applicable statutes and
regulations.[3] For these purposes, "disabled"
means the "inability to engage in any substantial
gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable
physical or mental impairment which can be expected to result
in death or which has lasted or can be expected to last for a
continuous period of not less than 12 months." 42
U.S.C. § 423(d)(1)(A).
"physical or mental impairment" is an impairment
resulting from anatomical, physiological, or psychological
abnormalities which are demonstrable by medically acceptable
clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques. 42 U.S.C.
§ 423(d)(3). "Substantial gainful activity"
is work activity that involves doing significant physical or
mental activities, and that is done for pay or profit. 20
Security regulations set forth a sequential five-step inquiry
to determine whether a claimant is disabled. The Seventh
Circuit Court of Appeals has explained this process as
The first step considers whether the applicant is engaging in
substantial gainful activity. The second step evaluates
whether an alleged physical or mental impairment is severe,
medically determinable, and meets a durational requirement.
The third step compares the impairment to a list of
impairments that are considered conclusively disabling. If
the impairment meets or equals one of the listed impairments,
then the applicant is considered disabled; if the impairment
does not meet or equal a listed impairment, then the
evaluation continues. The fourth step assesses an
applicant's residual functional capacity (RFC) and
ability to engage in past relevant work. If an applicant can
engage in past relevant work, he is not disabled. The fifth
step assesses the applicant's RFC, as well as his age,
education, and work experience to determine whether the
applicant can engage in other work. If the applicant can
engage in other work, he is not disabled.
Weatherbee v. Astrue, 649 F.3d 565, 568-569 (7th
Cir. 2011).
another way, it must be determined: (1) whether the claimant
is presently unemployed; (2) whether the claimant has an
impairment or combination of impairments that is serious; (3)
whether the impairments meet or equal one of the listed
impairments acknowledged to be conclusively disabling; (4)
whether the claimant can perform past relevant work; and (5)
whether the claimant is capable of performing any work within
the economy, given his or her age, education and work
experience. 20 C.F.R. § 404.1520; Simila v.
Astrue, 573 F.3d 503, 512-513 (7th Cir. 2009);
Schroeter v. Sullivan, 977 F.2d 391, 393 (7th Cir.
If the
answer at steps one and two is "yes, " the
claimant will automatically be found disabled if he or she
suffers from a listed impairment, determined at step three.
If the claimant does not have a listed impairment at step
three, and cannot perform his or her past work (step four),
the burden shifts to the Commissioner at step five to show
that the claimant can perform some other job. Rhoderick
v. Heckler, 737 F.2d 714, 715 (7th Cir. 1984).
Court reviews the Commissioner's decision to ensure that
the decision is supported by substantial evidence and that no
mistakes of law were made. It is important to recognize that
the scope of review is limited. "The findings of the
Commissioner of Social Security as to any fact, if supported
by substantial evidence, shall be conclusive. . . ." 42
U.S.C. § 405(g). Thus, this Court must determine not
whether plaintiff was, in fact, disabled at the relevant
time, but whether the ALJ's findings were supported by
substantial evidence and whether any errors of law were made.
Lopez ex rel. Lopez v. Barnhart, 336 F.3d 535, 539
(7th Cir. 2003). This Court uses the Supreme Court's
definition of substantial evidence, i.e., "such
relevant evidence as a reasonable mind might accept as
adequate to support a conclusion." Richardson v.
Perales, 402 U.S. 389, 401 (1971).
reviewing for "substantial evidence, " the entire
administrative record is taken into consideration, but this
Court does not reweigh evidence, resolve conflicts,
decide questions of credibility, or substitute its own
judgment for that of the ALJ. Murphy v. Colvin, 759
F.3d 811, 815 (7th Cir. 2014). However, while
judicial review is deferential, it is not abject; this Court
does not act as a rubber stamp for the Commissioner. See,
Parker v. Astrue, 597 F.3d 920, 921 (7th Cir. 2010),
and cases cited therein.
Decision of the ALJ
Mein followed the five-step analytical framework described
above. She determined that plaintiff had not worked at the
level of substantial gainful activity since the alleged onset
date. She was insured for DIB through March 31,
The ALJ
found that plaintiff had severe impairments of vertigo,
fibromyalgia, neuropathy, migraine headaches, depression, and
The ALJ
found that plaintiff had the residual functional capacity
(RFC) to perform work at the sedentary exertional level with
some physical and mental limitations. Based on the testimony
of a vocational expert, the ALJ concluded that plaintiff was
not able to do her past work, but she was not disabled
because she was able to do other jobs which exist in
significant numbers in the national economy.
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