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Get the scoop on what's most likely to build your confidence and what's just going to freak you out!
Saturday night date night has most likely taken on a new form during pregnancy. Skip the trip to the theater and watch these great birth flicks in the comfort of your own home, where it's totally acceptable to wear those super stretchy and oh-so-comfy pajama pants and the kicks you feel aren't on the back of your seat, but from that tiny little guy or gal in your belly!
Orgasmic Birth – Yes, you read that right! We're talking orgasms and birth, together in the same movie. While the title may raise an eyebrow or two, this film is absolutely my favorite to show the amazing strength, power, and inner wisdom that each and every woman possesses. It's not a "how-to-have-an-orgasm-during-birth" guide, but rather honest, straightforward information about the physiology and hormones of pregnancy and birth, the mind-body connection, and some incredible birth footage (yes, there is a little orgasm in there too.) This film is also available in a condensed form, Organic Birth.
Birth As We Know It – Another favorite that really gets to the heart of pregnancy and birth, this one gives you an inspiring look into the world of birth. Though much of the footage takes place in Russia (including AMAZING water births in the Black Sea) the message is universal: birth is normal and women are strong, intuitive beings. I showed this DVD to my husband shortly after I began working as a doula and he was amazed. I believe his exact quote was, "Wow, that kind of makes me realize how insignificant my job is." (He works in sales, which doesn't usually involve world-altering, once-in-a-lifetime experiences.) This film also has a shorter version, Birth Into Being.
The Business of Being Born – This eye-opening documentary definitely paved the way for the influx of birth films in the past several years and for good reason! Former talk show host Ricki Lake takes you through an in-depth look at birth practices of the past and present. For many, the information may be shocking, but my hope is that it will inspire you to make informed decisions, ask questions, and find the provider that you feel will help you to have the birth experience you want.
Birth Day (the DVD, not the TV show) — If you want a film to remind you that birth can be a calm, tender, moving experience, this is it. Birth Day takes you into the home of Naoli Lopez for the birth of her third child. This is a great one for every expectant family, especially for those looking for a video to share with children who may be at the birth. Even though this one is 100% homebirth, I think it's a powerful reminder that great birth can happen anywhere.
Laboring Under An Illusion: Mass Media Childbirth vs. The Real Thing – If my past self (who has a journalism degree with an advertising emphasis) and my present self (birth junkie in every way, shape, and form) had a baby together, it would be this documentary. You see birth from the mass media point of view, which undoubtedly shapes a woman's perception and confidence in the birthing process from a young age, and then see real birth, something few of us ever actually witness. This one is totally a must see!
Lamaze Six Healthy Birth Practices — Lamaze offers free, online informational videos that illustrate real women demonstrating each of the six healthy birth practices. Each video is less than 4 minutes long and provides simple, useful tips to keep birth safe and healthy.
My final plug for confidence-building: do not, I repeat DO NOT subject yourself to any of the "birth" shows on television. This includes "A Baby Story," "Bringing Baby Home," "Deliver Me," "Birth Day," "One Born Every Minute," or any other crazy show that you may find. They are likely to instill fear and confusion, often depicting a highly medicalized, worse-case scenario image of birth. There is very little that is real about those reality shows, so please stay away.
Now it's time to pop that popcorn and get watching, mamas!
Lamaze International, www.lamaze.org, promotes a natural, healthy and safe approach to pregnancy, childbirth and early parenting practices. Lamaze serves as a resource for information, based on the most current medical advice, about what to expect and what choices are available during the childbearing years. Giving Birth with Confidence is the Lamaze blog written for and by real women and men on topics related to pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, and parenting. The Lamaze Push for Your Baby campaign provides expectant parents with the support and information needed to spot good maternity care and push for the safest, healthiest birth possible.


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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The 10 Laws of the Weight Room
I usually don't attend the gym much anymore because I work out from home doing bodyweight strength training. However, when I did hit the gym, there were plenty of fitness fails to go around. Definite gym laws need to be mandated. From time to time and in certain circumstances, they may not apply, but in general, here are 10 rules that it wouldn't hurt you to follow.
1. Rerack the weights. It's awesome that you can deadlift 620 lbs without hemorrhaging, but remove the plates you layered on after you've left the station. Even if the next guy can throw up that much weight, he probably doesn't want to spend the next 10 minutes unloading the full barbell he didn't use just to do wrist curls. A general rule of leaving one 45 lb plate on each side of a standard barbell is also considered an acceptable practice.
2. No yelling like a savage. If you have to grunt a bit for the last few reps of your last set, or you're going berserk lifting your one rep max, feel free to get a bit loud. Otherwise, the battle cries are unnecessary. You're not in an Olympic weightlifting competition or fighting for Sparta. Besides, you should be using that oxygen you're screaming with to breathe.
3. No staring at other dudes. You should actually never make prolonged eye contact with a dude in the gym. If you want to find out about his workout, go over and ask him about it (briefly or in the locker room). The only exceptions to this should obviously be during a competition or during an unusual and impressive feat. If you want to gawk, go work out at Curves.
4. Wipe down bench sweat. A good rule of thumb is to either lie a towel down on benches or the seats of machines, or give them a quick wipe down with a paper towel (which gyms usually provide) afterward. It's not the next guys' job to put up with the 'oasis' of taint sweat you left on the leg extension machine. The other equipment like barbells, dumbbells and such don't usually require this treatment since you're only touching handles, but stay within reason.
5. No full-fledged conversations. Feel free to say a quick 'what's up?' in the gym, but leave it at that. If you really want to talk to me, hit me up after we're done working out. This especially applies to running. If someone's wearing headphones on a treadmill, they don't want to talk to you. If you can hold a casual conversation, you're not running fast enough. Talking with a lifting comrade between sets with ample rest times however is allowed, as long as it does not detract from the workout. Accepting non-emergency phone calls and texting are also forbidden.
6. No short shorts. Unless of course you're a female, in which case, the shorter the better. For men on the other hand, even if you're a marathon runner, there's really no reason to see upper thigh. It's not a good look.
7. Wear a towel in the locker room. As men, there's no reason to be homophobic. People are showering and getting dressed. That's what people do after they work out. On the other hand, there should never be a moment where you're walking around, chatting it up with no towel around your waist. What is the purpose of having a towel if you're just going to Huckleberry Finn it over your shoulder and air out your McBalls at face level of the men seated around you? No bueno.
8. The weight rack is numbered for a reason. Nothing is worst than reaching for a 45 lb plate and realizing there are nothing but '10s' in its stead. This also applies to the dumbbell rack. Don't be lazy. Working out while being lazy is an oxymoron.
9. Use discretion. If you absolutely must look at the hot girl in the gym (and I know, you must), be discreet and use the angled mirror. Like law #3, there's no reason to make people feel uncomfortable while they're exercising. You should be focused on working out anyway, because she's more likely to go out with you if you have a six pack.
10. If you have more than an 8oz bottle of water, don't fill it all up at once. This is not the Book of Eli. You're not going on a biblical journey that requires you to refill a five gallon drum. If you do need to refill, allow people to pass you in line. It's only courteous.
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This Sierra 595 to SMA-Female pigtail adapter cable connects from the top external antenna jack on the Sierra Wireless AirCard 595 (Verizon, Sprint & other CDMA cellular carriers) to provide an attachment point for external 3G/4G/LTE cellular antennas. Proxicast "Card-Guard" Pigtails are specifically designed and approved for use with the Proxicast LAN-Cell 2 3G/4G cellular router, but this top quality pigtail adapter cable will work with any Sierra 595 cellular modem "pigtail" application.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (NYSE:HPE) recently unveiled Cloud Productivity and Mobility Solution Offerings (CPM), which will integrate HPE's consulting services with Microsoft services within Windows 10. HPE will integrate its consulting services into Microsoft's SaaS (software as a service) platforms, including Office 365, Skype for Business, Dynamics CRM, and Enterprise Mobility Suite. Microsoft believes these integrations will "help organizations share information faster, increase engagement and collaboration, and optimize work."
Microsoft previously partnered with HPE across the healthcare, financial, and automotive industries. For example, HPE's Automotive Aftersales CX Management Solution, built on Dynamics CRM, extracts information from connected cars so automakers can deliver personalized offers (like infotainment, concierge services, app downloads, and fuel services) to customers. Microsoft plans to expand its partnership with HPE into the retail, energy, and transportation industries as well.
What this partnership means for Microsoft
Strengthening the bonds between Windows 10 and the cloud is the crux of Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's "mobile first, cloud first" strategy. Instead of relying heavily on Windows license revenues, Nadella wants Microsoft to generate more sustainable revenues from services tethered to its Windows 10 ecosystem. Nadella believes this strategy will help Microsoft generate $20 billion in cloud revenues by fiscal 2018, more than double its annual run rate of $8.2 billion last quarter.
The majority of Microsoft's cloud revenues come from SaaS platforms like Office 365 and Dynamics CRM. Last quarter, Microsoft's Office 365 revenue rose 70% annually on a constant currency basis. 3 million new subscribers signed up for the productivity suite, boosting its total subscriber base to 18.2 million. Dynamics revenue rose 12%, and its online enterprise base more than tripled.
Deeper integration with HPE's consulting services will ensure that both companies stay on the same page as the Windows 10 enterprise ecosystem expands. The partnership can also help Microsoft's Enterprise Mobility Suite (EMS) fend off rivals like BlackBerry's (NYSE:BB) BlackBerry Enterprise Service (BES). Both services help businesses monitor employees' mobile devices, which is becoming increasingly important due to the relaxation of BYOD (bring your own device) restrictions.
What this partnership means for HPE
After splitting with HP Inc., HPE mainly sells enterprise computer systems, software, and business support services. Prior to the split, HP shuttered its public cloud platform, Helion, which competes against Microsoft's Azure, to focus HPE's future on "hybrid cloud" installations instead.
Hybrid cloud installations merge private and public clouds for large companies that aren't ready to move all their data to the public cloud. Gartner estimates that about half of all large enterprises will use hybrid cloud installations by 2017. HPE is also dramatically reducing the size of its ES (Enterprise Services) division to cut costs. The company plans to lay off 25,000 to 30,000 employees to achieve $2 billion in gross annualized cost reductions and a sustainable operating margin between 7% to 9%.
Despite these strategic shifts, HPE estimates that its total cloud revenue (from its enterprise group, and software/enterprise service segments) will still rise 20% annually to $3 billion in fiscal 2015. Looking ahead, HPE's slimmed down ES division will benefit from partnering with Microsoft, since it can piggyback off Windows 10 Enterprise and Microsoft's other SaaS platforms. This means that it can spend less on marketing to achieve its cost reduction targets.
While deepening its partnership with Microsoft is a positive development, investors should note that HPE still faces plenty of headwinds. During its final quarter under HP, HP's enterprise services revenue fell 11% annually as demand for IT services, apps, and business services all fell.
A new growth market for mature tech giants
Microsoft, HPE, and many other "mature" tech giants are expanding their cloud and mobility offerings to diversify away from aging core businesses. For Microsoft, the cloud and mobility markets represent new ways to keep enterprise users locked into its ecosystem. For HPE, CPM represents a way to stay closely tied to Microsoft's dominance of the enterprise PC market.


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Реферат: Digital Imaging Essay Research Paper Julia Short
Digital Imaging Essay, Research Paper
Julia Short
Digital imaging inevitably undermines photography's status as an essentially truthful medium. Discuss.
Until recently, at least, it was possible to define photography as a process involving optics, light sensitive material and the chemical processing of this material to produce prints or slides. Today though, that definition is subject to change. Technological innovations…are shifting photography from its original chemical basis towards electronics… It is not overstating it to say that the advent of this new technology is changing the very nature of photography, as we have known it. (Bode and Wombell 1991)
In the last decade computer technology has been introduced to photography yet again challenging the meaning of photography. This relatively new digital technology allows the photographic image to be easily manipulated or modified. The pace of change in how images can be produced, circulated and consumed has been rapid causing a tidal wave of journalistic and critical attention. It is viewed that the manipulation of the photographic image may lead to a profound undermining of photography's status as a truthful form of displaying images. The photograph does no longer necessarily show the truth or the true image. Once digitised a photograph can be altered in many ways, the texture, tone, form and colour can be changed pixel by pixel, the focus can be sharpened, things can be taken out or replicated or the original image can be combined with another. It is also far more difficult to detect changes made with computerised alterations where as older methods of alterations are far easier to detect. With the increasing accessibility and use of digital imaging technology, anyone possessing suitably, reasonably well priced equipment, i.e. – a pc, relevant software and a scanner can make these alterations and radically alter the content and appearance of a photograph as well as create seamless interweaving of separate images.
In 1991 an exhibition called photo video: Photography in the age of the computer was held at The Photographers Gallery, London. In the exhibition and the book of the same title the authors sketched out the implications of encoding photographs as 'units of electronic information':
1) A shift in the location of photographic production; from the chemical darkroom to the 'electronic darkroom' of the computer
2) The outputting of single photographic originals in an expanded range of ways, from 'hardcopy' through transparencies and varying forms of print, to the TV screen.
3) An unprecedented ease, sophistication and invisibility of enhancing and manipulating photographic images.
4) The entry of photographic images into a global information and communications system as they become instantaneously transmissible in the form of electronic pulses passing along telephone lines and via satellite links.
5) The high-speed transmission of news images which are no longer containable within territorial and political boundaries.
6) The conversion of existing photographs and historical archives into digital storage banks, which can be accessed at the screens of remote computer terminals.
7) The potential of the new information and image networks for greatly extending the practises of military and civil surveillance.
8) The unprecedented convergence of the still photographic image with other, previously distinct, media: digital audio, video, graphics, animation and other kinds of data in new forms of interactive multi media.
However as the authors stressed, probably more significant than the change in how images are produced, distributed and used, are the ideas to which the changes are giving rise and how digital imaging is challenging and changing traditional ways of seeing and thinking. It seems that our traditional belief that 'the camera never lies' has been brought into question. It also appears important to consider who stands to lose when the truth of the photographic image stops being accepted. It is apparent that public opinion is divided and that there is both worry and excitement surrounding the developments.
For many people and types of businesses digital technology has many advantages and is extremely useful. It has been especially advantageous to people such as press photographers, artists and advertising designers. This method of virtually undetectable computerised alterations has allowed photojournalists and newspaper editors to manipulate images in order to create more sensational pictures and stories and as a result sell more papers. One example of this is where a daily newspaper altered a photograph of princess Diana and Dodi Alfied. In the original picture the couple were merely sitting next to one another talking but in the false image the position of Dodi's head was altered to give the impression that they were kissing. This kind of manipulation brings to light the moral and ethical problems involved now that photography has moved into an age of computers. It is now all to easy for the press to not only invade people's privacy but for them to show bias and give false information in images. This sort of false information can greatly affect a person's life and the views of the general public in regards to a person in the public eye. There have been movements however to control this misleading use of image and one such campaign was started by the NUJ (National Union of Journalists). The campaign was started to ensure that every time a newspaper or magazine manipulate a photograph a little symbol should appear in the picture to state so. As well as controlling the misleading use of digital imaging it could help us identify 'truth' within photographs and also help maintain the credibility of news photography.
Another disadvantage of digital technology which is once again concerned with the fact that the photograph is no longer a reliable pictorial form is that photographs are no longer such valuable pieces of evidence in the law courts. Even though they are still used they are no longer such a reliable source of evidence as they may have easily been tampered with. If used as evidence in court photographs now have to undergo a variety of tests to prove their validity.
Digital photography is also being used by magazines. An example of this is where photographs of models have been enhanced and altered to make the model appear flawless or thinner and more beautiful. This once again illustrates how digital imaging undermines photography's status as a truthful medium. This particular use of digital imaging also has its own set of problems as it is thought that the displaying of these false images of women etc makes many people feel inferior. In extreme cases these types of images have been partially blamed for such conditions as anorexia, bulimia and dysmophobia, mainly in adolescent females.
For many people however the combining of digital technology and photography has been extremely advantageous even if it does take the truth out of it. These advantages have been felt mainly by artists and advertising designers. There are fewer problems with morals and ethics in these fields as art is not about showing truthful images and neither art nor advertising ever claimed to be unmanipulated. Artists now have a wider range of tools and effects they can use to create innovative and interesting images. Graphic designers have also benefited as they can now take a single photograph of something and digitally place it into a different photographic scene. It is also possible for designers to change things like the size, colour and shape of the subject in the photograph they are working with.
Digital technology is affecting photography and the photographic image in many different ways. There have been both advantages and disadvantages to be seen. It is apparent that the photograph is being thought of as less reliable but at the same time more interesting and artistic. After weighing everything up it is my view that digital technology has contributed in making photography a more powerful medium and that we stand to gain a great deal from it.


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Transfer design from magento 1.9 to latest version of magento 2 + additional changes
Budget €250-750 EUR
Looking for a Magento 2 expert who can transfer or recreate a responsive theme used in a Magento 1.9 store to a Magento 2 (latest version) store. Screenshots of the current store are attached. Work should be done in a separate environment so that it will not interfere with the live website.
We will provide magento 2 compatible extensions to replace the old extensions if needed.
Test everything thoroughly on different devises and provide support for few days after the site is completed in case of any issues.
Site speed is important. It should perform super fast. proper codes, clean css and javascript should be used.
Below changes are needed in the current design. (New design as image files showing below changes are available):
Desktop throughout the site
Change footer by dividing the 3 columns equally.
Don't show payment method images.
Add trust mark logo to header
Info boxes in left column: Add border to right side of the boxes and make the right side top and bottom corners of these boxes appear round as well.
Add widget to the left side column
Change color header contact link from grey to orange
Desktop Home page
Product slider also needs to show the product price and an add to cart button.
Desktop category page
Desktop Sub category page
Limit the number of text lines shown with each product so that it stays within the same height as the product photo. Use the short product description for the sub category page (in the 1.9 website each product has a short and a long description in the backend of the store)
Move qty selection before shopping cart button.
Increase text size of price.
Don't show top category in sub category web browser link.
Desktop Product page
Change the layout on the right side of the product image, but make sure to leave enough room for longer product names that need two lines.
Add related products to product page below product description.
Don't show top category in sub category web browser link.
Desktop shopping cart page
Put the info from each item neatly on a line with the increase/decrease qty field.
Remove arrow
Customer account page.
Show only 1 shopping cart in left side column
Change the " my account " box in the left column so that it matches the theme.
Phone throughout the site
Don't show payment method images.
Change color header contact link from grey to orange
Phone home page
Move menu below image slider.
Product slider also needs to show the product price and an add to cart button
add white space between product slider an text box
Phone Category page
Phone Sub category page
Change quantity indicator (arrows to increase/decrease)
Use the short product description (in the 1.9 website each product has a short and a long description in the backend of the store)
Add go to product page link after the short product description.
Do not show top category in sub category link.
Phone Product page
Show product image and thumbnails below product name
Move stock status to grey area with price and add to cart button.
Do not show top category in product link.
Phone shopping cart
Center button "update shopping card" and "continue checkout"
Put the info from each item neatly on a line with the increase/decrease qty field.
Remove arrow
Phone customer account
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1. Re: IMOuser_14586677 Oct 21, 2012 6:30 AM (in response to srihari.s)
I looked at TRM, no description of its basiuc architecture.
You might want to file a tech case at www.cypress.com to get an answer.
"Technical Support"
"Create a Case"
Regards, Dana.
2. Re: IMOkishore.kumar Oct 21, 2012 8:01 AM (in response to srihari.s)
Why exactly you want that information? Any specific reasons for it?
3. Re: IMOuser_78878863 Oct 21, 2012 1:09 PM (in response to srihari.s)
These internal oscillators are usually RC oscillators. They are either factory trimmed or calibrated (for the PSoC5 it is the latter one).
4. Re: IMOsrihari.s Oct 24, 2012 10:56 PM (in response to srihari.s)
This question was out of curiosity. I was just going through the clocks of PSoC and was interested in how IMO works. I just know there is a bandgap refernece on the basis of which it works, but i dont know the exact configuration . So I thought forum will help me in knowing stuffs.
5. Re: IMOsrihari.s Oct 29, 2012 12:34 PM (in response to srihari.s)
Does any one know what these oscillators are made up of??
6. Re: IMOuser_14586677 Oct 29, 2012 3:09 PM (in response to srihari.s)
You might try the ARM website and ask that question about the M3 Core.
The core documentation for FPGA and SOC silicon integrators should have
that info.
Regards, Dana.
7. Re: IMOsridharm_21 Oct 30, 2012 12:29 AM (in response to srihari.s)
As hli said, its a factory trimmed internal RC oscillator. A factory trim for each frequency range is stored in the device.Tolerance usually varies from 1% at the lower (3 MHz) frequencies, up to about 10% at highest setting.
8. Re: IMOsachin.taneja Oct 31, 2012 10:49 AM (in response to srihari.s)
yes as hli said they are RC oscillator with frequency


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The final section of the Code Hint XML file contains the <%lt%>codehints<%gt%> tag. Only objects are specified within this element. The purpose of this section is to provide a way for Flash MX to determine what menu-style code hint to display when a user is writing code in the editor. It looks for a pattern in the text being edited and attempts to match that pattern with one of the pattern attributes within the codehints typeinfo tag. When a match is found the menu-style code hint is displayed. We would like the menu-style code hint to appear any time the user types in xxxx_simple. Here is how we would enter FSimpleClass.
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Broken Promises In The Promised Land
new internationalist 103 September 1981
THE WEST BANK is the most important of the territories captured in 1967. The Judean Hills provide Israel with security — and with water. Beneath their barren surface, the winter rains collect forming underground reservoirs which emerge from the ground as springs and rivers.
For centuries, these natural water sources have been the life-stream of the people living on the West Bank. Today seven hundred thousand Palestinian Arabs and twenty thousand new Jewish settlers are locked in a conflict over control of this most vital resource.
For its settlers, the Israeli govemment has drilled two dozen wells — most of them reaching down 2,000 ft into an underground reservoir which had never previously been tapped. So the Israelis say that this is 'new' water and deny that it has been taken from the Arabs.
But because over-pumping can ruin the underground reservoirs, the Israelis won't allow the Palestinian Arab majority to sink their own wells.
Implementing this policy is a tough task for the Arabs who staff the Military Government's water department. Their job is to check the levels of all Arab wells — to stop over-pumping — and to tell Arab farmers that there is no hope of obtaining licences to drill new wells.
'They see the drilling rigs and wells being used and water coming out and the land being cultivated — no wonder they feel bitter' says Mustapha Nuseibeh, Head of the Hydrology Division in the West Bank Water Department. Those who owned wells in 1967 didn't actually lose anything. But you can't stop life in 1967 and say that's it. Since 1967 there has been no more drilling, no more development, no more nothing — we stopped at this point'.
Military secret
Israel's Water Commissioner, Meir Ben Meir, claims that West Bank farmers are no worse off than their Jewish counterparts inside Israel, who have also been allowed no extra water since 1967. This seems even-handed but in fact enshrines a profoundly unequal status quo. Fifty per cent of Israel's cultivable land is irrigated, compared with four per cent of the West Bank's.
In the valleys between the terraced hills of olives, Arab farmers' fields thirst for water. Without irrigation only one crop a year — of wheat or barley — can be grown. With irrigation, two crops a year of much more valuable vegetables or fruit could be cultivated. The potential for agricultural expansion is immense — with water.
As a result of international criticism of the government for giving its own settlers preferential treatment, official policy is now 'no new water for Jewish agriculture except from inside the old Israeli border'. So plans are now afoot to pipe water 80 miles from the Sea of Galilee ('which', says Meir Ben Meir 'is totally our resource') to serve Jewish settlements on the West Bank. It is an expensive, ambitious project.
By contrast, Israeli investment in Palestinian drinking supplies has been positively niggardly. In Arab eyes, this offence is compounded by repeated examples of official delay in approving water schemes which cost Israel nothing, but which depend on permission to bring in funds from abroad.
Israeli hands on the West Bank taps, say the Arabs, is delaying their development, limiting their future, leaving them forever in second place.
But even if the extra water was granted, the benefits of any expansion of Arab agriculture would still be in Israel's hands. For while Israeli farmers have free access to the West Bank market, exports from the West Bank to the Israeli market are strictly controlled. And the only alternative export route for West Bank farmers is the unpredictable one over the Jordan River bridge to neighbouring Arab countries. Meanwhile Jewish settlements, originally established as a defence line, now flourish on land which Arabs used to cultivate and with water which Arabs can't touch.
As thousands more settlers move into the region, they reinforce Israeli claims to sovereignty over the West Bank. And, as the settlements take root, they underline Israel's need to control the West Bank's water.
West Bank Palestinians have seen what that control has meant. They distrust Israeli talk of Palestinian autonomy because they know the outcry any Israeli cabinet would face if it exposed Jewish settlements in the West Bank to the danger of having their water cut off by a Palestinian government. And they see Israeli water policy as evidence of an underlying intent to integrate the territory into the Israeli economy, or at the very least to control its lifelines.
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'There is no question of giving water into their hands' says Israeli settler Daniella Weiss. 'If they control water, they control everything'. It is Daniella's vote, and the votes ot many others like her which has placed the balance of power in Israel in the hands of the least compromising parties. And there is no doubt in her mind: 'In my eyes, I'm living on Jewish land, on the land of Israel. Whoever lives here now or will ever live here doesn't change the basic historic fact that this place is the birthplace of the Jewish nation; it has always belonged to the Jewish nation and it always will'.
'In the land of Israel there is one boss, there is one sovereign and there will be one kingdom, the Jewish kingdom. All other people are more than welcome to take part in the life that is here. But ruler — there will be one'.
David Elstein and Sharon Goulds produced and researched the UK Thames Television documentary 'Whose hand on the tap?' about the waters of the West Bank.
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""Yu Yu Hakusho's" first season ended with Yusuke and his buddies coming to the Dark Tournament, determined to fight their way to the finals, and defeat Toguro's team.
So it's pretty clear what the second season consists of -- a string of one-on-one fights, with Yusuke and his buddies fighting a series of increasingly dangerous enemies. There's not a great deal of central plot beyond this, but the evolving powers of Team Urameshi -- as well as some cloak-and-dagger machinations -- keep things interesting.
After Kuwabara barely survives his opening bout with the creepy child Rinku, his teammates square off against other members of Team Rokuyukai -- Kurama is blackmailed during his bout and must use his wits to survive, Yusuke dukes it out with a drunken warrior, and Hiei unleashes a devastating fire attack called Dragon of the Darkness Flame.
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The first season of "Yu Yu Hakusho" basically consisted of a string of smaller adventure arcs, with Yusuke working to vanquish the villain of the week. But the second series takes a very different format -- instead we get a series of one-on-one fights. It sounds a bit monotonous, but the various superpowers -- and some interesting side subplots -- keep it from being so.
The fights themselves are pretty colorful -- killer plants, ice, blood, magic capes, fire dragons, tiny tornados, killer robots, and a box that deages its victim. So needless to say, the battles are fairly interesting and there's really no way of telling how some of them will turn out. The whole subplot about Dr. Ichigaki and his helpless guinea pigs is pretty wrenching, although the ending is a bit limp.
But equally interesting are the stories outside the ring -- Toguro and his equally villainous partner Sakyo are doing some behind-the-scenes scheming, and cause a little bloodbath of their own. It adds a bit of spice to Team Urameshi's forthcoming battles with Team Toguro, because a lot more than their lives are now riding on their victory.
Yusuke has a lot of growth in this particular season -- not only is he a top-notch fighter, but he also struggles to absorb a new source of power from an old friend. And he gets his Spirit Beast, which turns out to be... a blue penguin with spaniel ears. But when someone close to him dies, Yusuke's rage and anger are pretty palpable.
His friends also have some power-ups -- Hiei trains himself to exhaustion, so he can master his new technique. And though he usually uses wits and plants alone, Kurama briefly turns back into a cold-blooded, silver-haired demon fox. Kuwabara is the only one who doesn't change much, but he serves as the kind heart of the team -- and some comic relief, such as when he sees his beloved Yukina watching his fight.
The second season of "Yu Yu Hakusho" is basically an escalating string of supernatural fights, but it's colorful enough to not be monotonous -- and the grand finale promises to be even more so."
So AWESOME!
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"The perfect ending for a great and classic show! As always, there's no limit to the fighting and funny comments and expressions of each character. Yu Yu Hakusho remains one of the best anime EVER! Totally worth the money and I recommend it to any true anime fan."
A Little Disappointment
Keo Hall | Sioux Falls, SD USA | 09/04/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"I love this series, and was bummed like any other fan to see it canceled. So I bought the box sets to enjoy. I got to this particular one and found out that the third disc was completely defective.
Video files were missing altogether.
I went through the process of returning and exchanging this item four times before I gave up.
Hopefully this issue has been resolved, but it definitely still exists as a problem a buyer could encounter."
A sad ending
Dr. Lillian Wallace | Santa Monica CA | 01/20/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
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STEMATSKY, AVIGDOR (1908–1989), Israel painter. He was born in Odessa, Russia, and was brought in 1920 to Palestine. He studied at the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, and in Paris. In 1947/48, he was one of the founders of the "New Horizons" group. He taught painting at the Avni Institute of Painting and Sculpture in Tel Aviv for several years. He was for many years a landscapist, but about 1948 began to work in an abstract style, using color contrasts, and constantly suggesting a link with nature. His watercolors are subtle, whereas his oils are violent and dramatic.
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Here, while the bees are sleeping, 2015
Never Waking 2015, oil on canvas, various parts in wood and clay,
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The deep shadows and foreboding skies of Sonia Shiel's moot nocturnal works for 'Here, while the bees are sleeping,' convey surreal encounters with natural phenomena in a hyper-luminous and multi-dimensional world. The installation compresses itself into a short poem/list on eternity, that choreographs the optimum chronology in which to view the work. Besieged by a suite of visual horror tropes, her domestic forms, nature and super-nature tables, and anthropomorphic furnishings take on metaphysical dimensions, coercing landscape back into the room on poetic cue.
The moon shines, 2015, oil on canvas. Detail from Here, while the bees are sleeping, 2015
Here, while the bees are sleeping
by Mary Cremin, independent curator and writer. Dublin, 2015
It would scarcely be paradoxical to say that a flash of lightning itself, travelling forever upon the circumference of this unutterable circle, would still, forever, be travelling in a straight line. That the path of our Sun in such an orbit would, to any human perception, deviate in the slightest degree from a straight line, even in a million of years, is a proposition not to be entertained:—yet we are required to believe that a curvature has become apparent during the brief period of our astronomical history—during a mere point—during the utter nothingness of two or three thousand years.
From Eureka, "An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe" by Edgar A. Poe, 1848, alternately sub-titled a prose poem.
Sonia Shiel's highly imaginative modes of representational painting references the art historical lexicon of painting – early Flemish, romanticism, portraiture, surrealism and yet creates work that is distinctively her own style. The works are wilfully eccentric and play with the lines between truth and fiction. Her use of a multitude of characters creates a mélange of intimate fictions. They are drenched in narratives, creating singular vignettes that are often times humorous and absurd.
Edgar Allan Poe's Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe, a feat which was associated with dark romanticism, a sub genre of writing, was ultimately concerned with the fallibility of human nature, using imagery of anthropomorphised evil to illustrate mans inherent nature. Shiel's work is resonant with Poe's language of terror in the apocryphal images that they conjure, along with the compression of her works' titles bending our navigation of the space into a short poem on a nocturnal nature. Within these fictions human truths can emerge, that when constructed into an artifice, have the allusion of being both vulnerable and monstrous.
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Here, while the bees are sleeping
aquatics glow
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Shiel's paintings are often populated with animals and nature that serve as a poignant reminder of our fate and relationship with the elements. Being nocturnal, the certain sleep of a bee presents a respite to the fearful. The aquatic romance in the work 'aquatics glow' (2015), illuminates the octopi, offered as a lover's gift. The luminosity and the play of light within the works add to their fantastical nature. Light conspires with ordinary things to create a kind of supernatural gleam in works such as clouds break (2015), where light emerges from the young girls palms, or in 'burrows open' (2015) where such illuminations highlight the centrality of colour and saturation to this body of work.
Each painting is a forced nocturne, from the blind folding of subject in 'colour changes' (2015) to the obtuse lunacy of 'the moon shines' (2015). Darkness looms through Shiel's skilled combination of dramatic subject matter, theatrical lighting, expressive composition and masterful handling of paint. She delivers the plight of her subject through colour and brushstroke to raise the emotional key of her composition.
We are confronted by a dimension between the interior and the exterior, a pictorial device used to create a sense of alienation and anxiety. The combination of fantasy with the modern transforms the everyday. Shiel's visual trickery includes bringing painting into sculptural form such as 'never rousing' (2015) and creates a hyper-real sensibility, where the border between fact and fiction is blurred.
This breaking-up of compositional rules creates work that is both raw and sensual. The exploration of the carnivalesque and supernatural takes us to Shiel's underworld. It is reminiscent of the lines from Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven – 'Deep into that darkness peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing, doubting, dreaming dreams no mortals ever dared to dream before'.
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Alpen Original is the original Swiss style muesli, packed full of the finest natural ingredients and classic muesli taste. Every bowlful is filled with juicy raisins, crispy wheat flakes, roasted hazelnuts and almonds and rolled oats, so it's high in fibre and tastes delicious.
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Andrea's Story
I'm 42 years old, married with a lovely three-year-old daughter. I became a Christian when I was 28, and my life has definitely been a series of adventures and mountains to climb since then. However, in my early 30s, I suffered a severe case of depression. At the time, I had great support from my doctor and friends and family (not to mention some real prayer warriors), but I experienced some very dark days, including occasional thoughts of suicide. But thank God, that He brought me through. I had occasional bouts of depression after that, but I had a very traumatic birth with my daughter and this catapulted me into postnatal stress disorder, bordering on postpartum psychosis.
This affected me severely in the first 6 months and to a lesser degree for the next 18 months. As anyone who has had a baby will know, it's a very demanding tiring time. Even for the strongest of people it's tough going, but this debilitating illness made it nearly impossible for me. Fortunately I had help from professionals and many kind friends and family.
Due to the good support, guidance and help I got, I am recovered and doing well. Although I have recovered and am leading a normal life now as a full-time mum, I still battle with my mind. It can easily spiral into a dark negative place that zaps my energy and motivation for anything. I find the mornings particularly hard (it has never been my strongest part of the day) and it can be really tough to get going.
I have always had UCB radio on in the house, but now I have it on my bedside table as my alarm clock. I find that waking up to worship songs is a real lift. It immediately gives me a peace and strength which reassures me that God is there to help me through the day.
Last year I lost my mum to cancer. She was a lively, active lady, and it was very sudden and a real shock to us all. My dad has Alzheimer's disease and poor mobility, and is now on his own 100 miles from us. So once again these last 12 months have been a very difficult, testing time. However, God is with us through everything, and in these especially difficult times, I see God more clearly and feel Him more closely, and He has provided us with what we have needed during this time.
Being able to switch the radio on and hear words of Scripture, praise songs, godly conversation and testimonies is such a wonderful thing. I love to hear other people's stories, as it reminds me I'm not on my own, we all have different struggles. As a mum of a toddler I don't have endless hours to read my Bible and sometimes even my Sundays at church can be distracted, but I find I get nourishment from the teaching and guidance through UCB. The presenters share their lives honestly; the ups and downs, the highs and lows. It makes me feel like part of the family.
Hearing others' stories of how they have come through the stormy season gives me hope and encouragement. I get so much enjoyment and support every day from UCB, and maybe my sharing will help someone else.
Has UCB made a difference to your life and encouraged you in your journey with God? We'd love to hear your story – share it with us at ucb.co.uk/stories or email us at email@example.com.


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Good sportsmanship is essential in the APA Pool League. I love (as I'm sure you do) and enjoy players who are fun to play with and against, have a positive attitude whether they win or lose, always play by the rules and who go out of their way to make sure everyone has a great time playing in the league. I love players who can win or lose with dignity and respect for their opponent and still visit/party together and enjoy each other's company. It is such a pleasure to be around those who are fair, courteous and polite day-in and day-out, win or lose.
For most of us, good sportsmanship comes naturally out of respect for others and the game we love, and our behavior is not swayed by our winning or losing. While good sportsmanship may come easy to most of us, sometimes those with a competitive nature need a little practice to put sportsmanship at the top of their game.
We don't come to APA events to be insulted, offended or disturbed by unsportsmanlike conduct.
The APA (American Poolplayers Association) was founded on the premise of offering amateur pool players the opportunity to get together with friends, family and co-workers to have a fun and relaxing time playing pool. It is intended to be a family friendly event, an event men would not be afraid to invite the wives or kids to watch or join in.
Good manners are imperative and important to the honor of the League. We all appreciate players who boost the morale of players and teams by complementing opponent's good shots. We appreciate and enjoy those who smile, shake hands, give high-fives and talk friendly to opponents. Tell your opponents "good game!" whether you've won or you've lost.
Recognize and appreciate good performances, especially by the opponent. Applause for an opponent's good play demonstrates generosity and courtesy and it shows a true awareness of the game and ability.
We see bad examples on TV in the sports world all the time. For many the concept of good sportsmanship has been lost. Some today feel no shame for their awful behavior. While winning at all costs and poor sportsmanship may be condoned and even promoted in professional sports, this does not mean it is acceptable for us normal people to behave this way. We have seen plenty of bad examples. We need good examples. We need leaders. Be the leader, set the example and be everything we expect from Ladies and Gentlemen.


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Teacher: 4th Grade
BS from University of North Carolina at Greensboro - 1993
Certified by ACSI
I have felt God's call on my life to teach for as long as I can remember. I just always knew that I would work with children in some capacity or another. I love teaching because it is wonderful to see students accomplish a goal that they thought they could not do or see them finally understand a concept that they were struggling with prior. I love sharing God's truths with students and helping them to discover their God-given talents.
I love spending my time away from school with my husband of 22 years, Brent, and our daughters, Olivia - 17 and Chloe - 14. I love worshiping, singing and serving in my church. I love reading, especially by the pool or at the beach. I enjoy going to the movies with my family and friends. You may also find me at a STORM basketball game as I am the cheerleading coach, or me getting my groove on with the LKNC "SHINE" (Seeking Him IN Everything) Dance team as their coach.


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A Season of Giving - The Arcade
Posted by Chic Aeon in freebies, iheartslFeed on Sunday, December 13, 2015
Did you know?
There is a big Christmas tree over at The Arcade with lots of lovely gifts. These are some of my favorites but there is indeed something for everyone, so don't miss it.
xin. what's in the box?
BALACLAVA!! Eggnog Tray
dust bunny . berry cake (2 li - impressive!)
O.M.E.N - French Bulldog (blinking eyes)
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Susie Leiper will be giving a talk about her exhibition One Never Quite Knows the Mountain... on Saturday 15 July, 12 noon. The talk will be an opportunity to find out more about the roots of Leiper's fascination with Nan Shepherd's lyrical testament to the Cairngorms, The Living Mountain. Responding to The Living Mountain is not a new venture for Leiper. Just as Nan Shepherd returned over and over to the Cairngorms, so Leiper is constantly impelled to revisit her iconic text. Serendipity recently confirmed some deep connection between Nan and Leiper: they are paired on the new RBS polymer fiver (Nan is the face of the note and Leiper's secretary hand calligraphy is on the reverse).
To attend, please rsvp by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com or by phoning 0131 557 1020.
Please note that this is an informal talk and seating will be limited.
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For the second consecutive year, the Orioles have three players that are finalists for the annual Rawlings Gold Glove Awards, which are given to the best defensive players at each position in each league.
This year, catcher Matt Wieters is up for his second consecutive American League Gold Glove Award, center fielder Adam Jones will be going for the second (2009) of his career and shortstop J.J. Hardy is seeking his first.
The awards will be announced on ESPN2 starting at 9:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Wieters, Hardy and right fielder Nick Markakis all made the finalists list last year, with Wieters and Markakis winning their first Gold Gloves.
Markakis played just 102 games in right field this year due to injury and will not repeat as a winner. The three right field AL nominees are Cleveland's Shin-Soo Choo, Kansas City's Jeff Francoeur and Oakland's Josh Reddick.
Wieters will be in competition with three other catchers: Detroit's Alex Avila, New York's Russell Martin and Chicago's A.J. Pierzynski. Jones is competing against Los Angeles' rookie phenom Mike Trout and Detroit's Austin Jackson. Hardy is going up against Texas' Elvis Andrus and Seattle's Brendan Ryan.
Wieters, the defending winner, threw out 39 percent of would-be base stealers in 2012, better than his 2011 mark of 37 percent, but he also made a league-high 10 errors at catcher after making five in 2011.
Trout is considered the favorite at center field, but shortstop seems to be fairly open with last year's winner, Erick Aybar, not making the cut this season. Hardy made just six errors in 158 games but isn't as flashy as Andrus or Ryan, who won this year's Fielding Bible Award at shortstop while making nine errors in 134 starts.
In defensive runs saved, Ryan is 27 runs above average, while Hardy is at 18 and Andrus, who made 16 errors this year, is at eight.
Here are the other candidates by position in the AL: Pitcher, Jeremy Hellickson, Tampa, Jake Peavy, Chicago, C.J. Wilson, Los Angeles; first base, Adrian Gonzalez, (formerly of) Boston, Eric Hosmer, Kansas City, Mark Teixeira, New York; second base, Dustin Ackley, Seattle, Robinson Cano, New York, Dustin Pedroia, Boston; third base, Adrian Beltre, Texas, Brandon Inge, Oakland, Mike Moustakas, Kansas City; left field, Alex Gordon, Kansas City, Desmond Jennings, Tampa, David Murphy, Texas.


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The Dumbarton Area Council on Alcohol was established in 1976 as part of the "Quality of Life" experiment. It is a registered charity and a company limited by guarantee, managed by an elected Executive Committee.
Services We Provide
Our principal activity is providing a counselling/ advisory service to people with alcohol-related problems, their families and friends. This is supplemented by a varied groupwork programme. DACA also acts as a local resource centre for individuals, organisations and companies.
Our Staff & Volunteers
DACA has been recruiting volunteers from the local community since 1976 when its first trainee counsellors started working in the area. In the last 20 years we have had over 140 local volunteers offering a range of services including 1-1 counselling, group work support, reception duties and committee responsibilities. Volunteers also help DACA provide an out-of-hours service on 5 evenings per week across the authority and bring skills and experience from many different walks of life.
DACA has a high retention rate for volunteers (and paid staff) which is important for the client group as consistency is a key factor in their long term recovery. Many volunteers have gone on to paid work within DACA and other addiction, health and social care agencies, due to the training and the experience they have gained with DACA.
In monetary terms DACA volunteers provide services worth over £40,000 per year. In social terms, they give DACA's clients and their families confidence that there are people willing to go the extra mile to help improve life for the whole community. Suffice to say DACA could not sustain the diverse range of services it provides without this valuable support.


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Senior Vice President, Underwriting Operations
Lee Baskey is the Senior Vice President of Entitle Insurance Company located at our insurance company offices in Cleveland, Ohio. Mr. Baskey is responsible for all title and settlement operations where he tightly manages insurance company operations including underwriting, claims and regulatory filings. He is also responsible for our title and closing operations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as well as our escrow operations in Corona, California. Mr. Baskey brings more than 25 years of experience in title operations to EnTitle Insurance Company. Most recently, Lee was President of LenderLive Settlement Services, a national title agency. Previously, he was Senior Vice President and the Group Manager of the National Residential Operations at Old Republic National Title Insurance Company. Additionally, Lee has held a number of executive positions managing title and vendor management operations. Lee is the past President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Title Appraisal Vendor Management Association and is a licensed title insurance producer in twenty states. Lee received his Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from Hiram College.


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I think my ultimate comfort food is mince. I used to ask for mince and potatoes (with peas) for my birthday tea pretty much every year and I once made a friend for life when I discovered he served his version with suet dumplings as well.
So in the drab grey and anxious week when my therapist was leaving due to ill health and I was forced to take my inner child back out into the world alone, I went to the butcher and bought a kilo of steak mince to soothe myself.
And I wanted ragu with it. Deep rich meaty sauce to wrap around pasta and remind myself things are fine even you've lost a mental health professional and a hairdresser in 24 hours. But how do you make ragu when you can't eat onions, garlic, tomato puree or red wine?
The answer is bacon. Pancetta to be precise. And tomato juice and a low slow simmer while you paint your nails. It all looked watery and insipid and in need of an extra anchovy to begin with, but when I came back two hours later the meat was plump and the sauce was rich and glossy and it smelt terrific.
I left it overnight to let the flavours mingle further and then made a lasagne with it and it was magnificent. Genuinely better than any other ragu I've ever made in both flavour and texture. I'm not sure I've ever nailed another fodmap adapted recipe first go before but this was perfect.
Fodmap Friendly Ragu
- 75g pancetta
- 1 medium carrot, finely diced
- 1 bunch parsley stalks, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon garlic infused olive oil
- 500g beef mince
- 3 anchovy fillets
- salt and pepper
- pinch MSG
- 1/2 teaspoon sugar
- 1 teaspoon oregano
- grating nutmeg
- 200ml tomato juice
- 75ml milk
In a heated frying pan, cook the pancetta cubes for a minute or so and add the carrot and parsley stalks along with the garlic oil. Allow it all soften and cook for about five minutes without colouring.
Add the mince, breaking it up as it browns. I know people say sauce like this should have a mix of pork and beef or veal and beef, but all beef is just fine if that's what you have. We're clearly eschewing authenticity for digestive ease already.
Pile in the anchovies and season the mix well. I went heavy on the pepper and less on the salt but added a pinch of MSG. This gives the savouriness of salt without the saltiness per se and it's a very similar flavour profile to parmesan which works well here.
Add the sugar, oregano and nutmeg here. Then pour in the tomato juice and the milk and mix it all well. Both the sugar and the milk mellow the tomato into something well rounded like a sleepy cat on a sunny patio rather than the slightly punchy acidic tomcat yowling in the bins in March that it can be.
You need just enough sweetness in the ragu to miss it if it wasn't there but not to seem sugary. If you don't do milk (and it's the lactose needed here) then simply add an extra half teaspoon of sugar instead.
Put your frying pan on the lowest heat of your cooker possible and stir the ragu a couple of times and then when it all settles down to barely a blip from the heat, leave the pan well alone for about two hours. If you are me you'll come back after an evening in Weatherfield and Walford and with awfully fancy looking finger tips and your ragu will be perfect.
Allow to cool and pop in the fridge overnight to mingle all those big flavours together. This is important even if you are freezing it. That overnight step makes everything harmonious instead of clamouring for attention.
Reheat gently and serve. Mine made a blissful lasagne with second helpings requested. The pancetta gave a great performance and the umami elements were like excellent backing singers. Nothing about this dish felt like a substitution in the end but an addition to a sauce that often gets treated shabbily in this country.
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Sunday, November 8, 2015
Drawing Challenge: Liminal
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the space in between where anything is possibleReplyDeleteReplies
New word for me..Liminal and I like it and this beautiful piece!ReplyDeleteReplies
I like this word, too. Thanks for the kind words, Mary Ann!Delete
butterflies are a perfect reflection for liminal, i considered the word metamorphosis for my piece.ReplyDelete
this is lovely Sharmon.Replies
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i like the 'bearably visible' aspect, therefore i must applaud the light shining in your collage! n♥ReplyDeleteReplies
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Great Portal and Interpretation too.ReplyDelete
Beautiful! And thank you for giving me a new and wonderful word. xoxoReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Annie! I like the word, too!Delete
looks like a portal of transformation to me... well done!ReplyDeleteReplies
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In the days when American society expressed racial divisions in a more shameful and less ashamed fashion, almost all music recorded by and marketed to African-Americans were considered "Race Records". (Like the history of everything else, the history of the term is complex and dealt with the times in which it existed. This article gives a good perspective: http://www.pbs.org/jazz/exchange/exchange_race_records.htm) Basically, the term encompassed all the recordings popular with black folks at the time. In the mid 1940s, a writer for the Billboard Music charts named Jerry Wexler (a hip white dude who would leave to become an executive for Atlantic Records, produce the most legendary recordings of Aretha Franklin and Wilson Pickett and apparently skim some royalties off the top) felt that the chart classification "Race Records" was rude and replaced it with the term "Rhythm & Blues," a term he made up. So until the Hip-Hop era, "R&B" was more or less code for Black People Music and for whatever music was selling in Black America at any given time. As much as I wish it would, the approach I take isn't really lighting the black music world on fire right now, but it did some twenty to thirty years before I was born. In the year 2014, in the era of Beyonce and Kanye, does that make me real or fake?
It has taken me a while to give a proper response to Baltimore City Paper's naming me "Best Real R&B". In fact, I haven't even addressed it on my own site until now. I suppose I had to figure out how I felt about it, then figure out which of my feelings I would share with you and the manner in which I would do so. This always takes some time. Why does all communication have to be such a process? Why can't I just talk? I've never been able to do it. In this paragraph alone I've backspaced at least 25 times.
And that's the thing. Every artist worth his or her salt spends a lot of time and energy trying to find the best way to reach out to you folks. Brooks Long & The Mad Dog No Good sure does. It's a very individualistic process involving a million different internal decisions that you don't need to know about, a million mostly dead-end pathways we'd rather you didn't go down with us. I don't mean that to be harsh. You know how when you get a DVD of your favorite movie and you're super-excited to watch the behind-the-scenes, then you fall asleep after five minutes, wake up and somehow it's not your favorite movie anymore? You don't need to know the magician's process, we just hope you see the magic. But I can't help feeling that anything that distracts from the magic disrespects the unseen process. Issues of legitimacy are a big distraction.
I was ecstatic when a friend told me I was named "Best Real R&B" in the City Paper (though I was very disappointed that Ian and Dan were not mentioned as they ABSOLUTELY deserved and I was puzzled that they mentioned "Baby Gon' Be Funky," definitely my most obscure track. Really? That one?). But it was back down to earth for me when I heard Bosley, a fantastic white Baltimore artist, was named "Best Fake R&B."
Oh damn. Race Records, right? Sho' ya right.
I know, I know. I can hear you saying "Just take the compliment. Bosley's too successful to care. He's a great act, with a great new album, getting great recognition. And under those "Real" and "Fake" labels, they actually have in-depth, nice things to say about both of you." I hear ya. Could it be that a publication would dare sprinkle provocative language to intelligent analysis just for the attention? That's probably why I've been reading the City Paper since I was 13. It's their job and they do it well. But I think part of my job is to make sure my communication with you is as pure as possible. Please don't press play on my music waiting for something "real" to happen. Questions of authenticity and legitimacy distract from actual things I'm trying to express to you. Some of my biggest influences were once and sometimes are still labeled as inauthentic. Different strokes for different folks, I guess. Que sera, sera.
It's complicated. When I need to simplify, I try to remember the only thing I know for sure about music: "All music," Walt Whitman wrote, "is what awakens from you when you are reminded by the instruments". And so I guess what I'm finally trying to say is thank you. Thank you so much for coming to our shows, thank you for buying our CDs, thank you for spreading the word about us to your friends and family, thank you for checking out this website. Thank you to all those who have supported the band and felt our music worth connecting with, including those at the Baltimore City Paper who have undeniably raised our profile through their witty provocations.
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Castleford Tigers head coach Daryl Powell has made a number of changes to his 19-man squad for the visit of Wakefield Trinity on Friday night.
The Tigers will take on their local rivals at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle (kick-off 7.45pm) with the two clubs once again playing for the Adam Watene Trophy.
Powell has made four changes to the team that were defeated at the DW Stadium against Wigan Warriors last week with Ben Roberts (calf), Alex Foster (calf) and Nathan Massey (shoulder) all injured and winger James Clare set for a two month lay-off after suffering a tibial plateau fracture.
The Tigers are boosted by the return of Jesse Sene-Lefao and Junior Moors after injury while James Green and youngster Calum Turner have been called into the squad, the latter from the Cas academy.
Tickets for the game are still available from the Tigers Den in Carlton Lanes, Castleford Tigers Super Store at Xscape and online via the Tigers online box office.
The Castleford Tigers squad is:
18. Matt Cook, 6. Jamie Ellis, 7. Luke Gale, 22. James Green, 11. Oliver Holmes, 12. Mike McMeeken, 9. Paul McShane, 10. Grant Millington, 13. Adam Milner, 2. Greg Minikin, 17. Junior Moors, 15. Jesse Sene-Lefao, 4. Michael Shenton, 19. Gadwin Springer, 21. Jake Trueman, 33. Calum Turner, 16. Joe Wardle, 32. Liam Watts, 3. Jake Webster