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Heavyweight Boxing News: Vinny Maddalone RETURNS
Joe DeGuardia's Star Boxing has announced that all tickets have been sold for VIP BOXING III, set for Tomorrow Night, May 2nd, at Russo's On The Bay in Howard Beach, New York.
The full service VIP event will kick off at 7pm with an hour long cocktail reception followed by a four course elegant dinner and the first bout starting at 8pm. An open bar will run for the course of the dinner and evening's bouts.
Headlining VIP BOXING III is the return of longtime heavyweight contender and fan favorite Vinny Maddalone of nearby Flushing, Queens, in a scheduled ten round bout against tough Youngstown, Ohio veteran Chris Koval.
Sporting a record of 34-7-0 with 25 knock
outs, Maddalone looks to continue his momentum following a first round knockout of Mike Sheppard on October 22nd in Atlantic City, New Jersey.
The 29-year-old Koval enters the clash with a record of 25-8-0 with 18 stoppages including battles with notable names Shannon Briggs, Alexander Dimitrenko, Travis Kaufman and Tye Fields.
The co-main event at VIP BOXING III features an eight round junior welterweight tilt between former world title challenger "Mighty" Mike Arnaoutis of Astoria, New York and Albany's Broderick Antoine.
A native of Athens, Greece, Arnaoutis, 23-7-0 (10KO's), kicked off his 2012 campaign with a shutout unanimous decision over Shakha Moore on February 10th at the Mohegan Sun Casino.
Over the course of his ten year professional ca
reer, Arnaoutis has battled with numerous champions and contenders including Delvin Rodriguez, Victor Ortiz, Kendall Holt, Ricardo Torres, Juan Urango and Demetrius Hopkins.
Upset minded Antoine looks to even his record of 11-12-1 (5KO's), entering the ring against Arnaoutis. Included among the notable contenders and prospects he has clashed with over his five year career are Sharif Bogere, Danny O'Connor, Angelo Santana and Felix Diaz.
In an additional eight round junior welterweight battle, highly regarded prospect Issouf Kinda of New York City will battle Newburgh, New York's Luis Rodriguez.
The 24-year-old Kinda, 12-0-0 (5KO's), a native of Burkina Faso, has turned heads and impressed with each outing over the last four years while fighting in the New York City area. In his last start on January 28th, Kinda won an eight round decision over the very tough Puerto Rican veteran Angel Rios at The Paramount in Huntington, Long Island.
Also 24 years old, Rodriguez, 6-4-1 (1KO), a native of Puerto Rico, has won three of his last four including three in a row in New York State.
Rounding out the card at VIP BOXING III, heavyweights will see action in a scheduled four rounder as Boston
's Nate James, 5-1-0 (2KO's) challenges Kevin Howard of Montgomery, Alabama.
Russo's On The Bay is located at 162-45 Cross Bay Boulevard in Howard Beach. For more information please visit their website at www.russosonthebay.com
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Tip: You always want to boil your lentils without salt so they cook faster. Salt tends to slow down the cooking process. Salt can be added at the end of the dish.
I started with:
1 cup of washed Masoor Lentils.
3 cups of water
1/2 medium onion chopped
1 green chili (serrano) sliced down the middle
1/2 tsp turmeric powder
1 cinnamon stick
You can add salt here and 1 cup of coconut milk. Stir well and cook for 1-2 minutes longer. Serves 4-6 people as part of a meal. Enjoy.
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Last Sunday (Oct 1, 2017) I enjoyed a brief love affair with Cameron Lake. It's hard not to fall in love with this lovely, crystal clear lake, set amidst high forested hills. It's one of those special lakes that could only be on Vancouver Island.
I put in at the Cameron Lake Picnic site (BC Parks) and followed the lake shore around to the North, and largely undeveloped, shore. In places the shore line rises in steep sheer rock walls, in others there are small secluded gravel beaches. The forest is an interesting mix of mature cedar and fir, and more southern species like broad leaf maple and arbutus. There are lots of excellent spots to pull out for a picnic or a swim.
Approaching the Western end of the lake I crossed over to the Southern shore and the mouth of the Cameron River marked by a wide gravel delta, a perfect place to pull out, enjoy some sunshine and perhaps a swim. Here I encountered a family doing just that and also a little fly fishing. From there I continued on West along the shore line to the end of the lake which touches on Cathedral Grove. Back on the North shore there's a dozen or so cabins, some rustic, some quite modern. A few appeared to date back to the 1930's or 40's. One could not help but envy the families that own these.
After passing the cabins I found a lovely spot to pull out, enjoy the afternoon sun and a brief swim. Even on October 1 the water, while bracing, was more then enjoyably. Perhaps 40ft in from the shore I encountered the trail that runs from Cathedral Grove to the old railway trestle bridge, located about midway along the North shore.
I made it back to the Cameron Lake picnic site just as the shadows were lengthening and the sun slipping below the crests of the now towering hills. The entire outing took only 4-5 hours paddling solo at a leisurely pace, stopping to take pictures and explore the shore line in 3-4 places. Cameron Lake is definitely well worth the visit.


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Sensorimotor gating is impaired in male patients with bipolar disorder (BP) and depression, according to results published in Psychiatry. The results also indicate a positive correlation between startle measurements and certain medications used to treat BP, and these associations warrant further studies.
The study included non-manic participants with BP (n=106; 26 BP I, 80 BP II, 63 with depression, 43 euthymic) and age-, gender-, and ethnicity-matched healthy controls (n=232). The researchers assessed depression severity using the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale-21. They measured the electromyographic activity of the orbicularis oculi muscle with a computerized startle reflex test unit.
After analysis, male participants with depression showed significantly lower pre-pulse inhibition at a pre-pulse of 86 dB and 120 ms lead interval compared with male controls and euthymic male participants.
Unlike male participants, female participants with depression or euthymic state did not show lower pre-pulse inhibition compared with female controls. However, female participants with active psychosis had significantly lower pre-pulse inhibition compared with female participants without psychosis.
The results also indicated a relationship between pre-pulse inhibition and medication. Female participants taking typical antipsychotics showed significantly lower pre-pulse inhibition compared with female participants not taking those medications.
Pre-pulse inhibition was positively correlated with lamotrigine dosage in male participants and lithium dosage in female participants.
Taken together these findings suggest that sensorimotor gating is altered in male patients with bipolar disorder and depression. These findings did not apply to female patients with bipolar disorder, except female patients with comorbid current psychosis.
Matsuo K, Ota M, Hidese S, et al. Sensorimotor gating in depressed and euthymic patients with bipolar disorder: analysis on prepulse inhibition of acoustic startle response stratified by gender and state [published online April 18, 2018]. Psychiatry. 2018;9(123). doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00123


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Don Lattin has done compassionate service by bringing together the current work on the profound potential of psychedelics to treat addiction, fear of death, and physical and mental struggles. It has taken years but now researchers are able to use these methods to inquire into some of our most challenging issues, including, in fact, what it means to be human. This riveting report of these diverse explorations will certainly encourage others to expand the field.
Don Lattin's Changing Our
Changing Our Minds expertly explores the healing and spiritual journey catalyzed by psychedelic psychotherapy through the courageous voices of those who are pioneering the study of these treatments. An essential read for those interested in the expanding field of psychedelic research for therapeutic and spiritual uses, this volume lands at a crucial time during the re-emergence of psychedelic research as we approach the mainstream, scientific acceptance of psychedelic psychotherapy and the reintegration of the legal use of psychedelics into Western culture.
Don Lattin tells the amazing stories about the rise of psychedelics, their benefits, and their colorful and inspiring champions, all the while retaining his journalistic voice. Changing Our Minds will be an important reference for generations to come.
Changing Our Minds
Changing Our Minds is an experiential tour through a social, spiritual and scientific revolution that is redefining our culture's often confusing relationship with psychoactive substances. Veteran journalist Don Lattin chronicles the inspiring stories
In ground-breaking clinical trials, specially trained therapists employ Ecstasy (MDMA) to help U.S. veterans struggling with the psychological aftermath of war. Other psychiatrists in government-approved research offer psilocybin, the active ingredient in magic mushrooms, to alcoholics trying to get sober and to cancer patients struggling with the existential distress of a life-threatening illness. Mean-while, new imaging technology has enabled neuroscientists to map the psychedelic brain in real time, deepening our understanding of human consciousness.
This new wave of psychedelic study is both scientific and spiritual. Holding center stage in the shamanic revival is ayahuasca, a psychedelic tea brewed from two Amazonian plants and ritually used to promote spiritual and psycho-logical insight.
In the United States, the ayahuasca gospel is preached on two fronts. The first is via an underground network led by spiritual guides, some of them trained by South American shamans. The second front is a missionary movement launched by two Brazilian churches that use ayahuasca in their religious rites. They have established congregations in the United States that, under the limited protection of a 2006 Supreme Court ruling, can legally dispense this psychedelic communion.
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We've all suffered the after-effects of a fun day at the beach, at the park or out and about. It doesn't take long today for the sun to leave it's mark. And it's usually only as the sun sets that you first realize that you're totally burnt.
Sunburn is a kind of burning of the tissues of the skin caused by the overexposure to the radiation of ultraviolet rays of the sun. Reddish skin is one of the main symptoms of sunburn among humans as well as animals but severe sunburn can also add a mild dizziness and a general fatigue, along with that typical hot feeling. In extreme cases, excessive exposure to the radiation of UV rays can be life threatening also.
The warning of course is that excessive exposure to UV radiation can also cause non-malignant tumor of the skin and even various types of skin cancers. Mostly people prefer natural treatments for sunburn to avoid chemical reactions of the formula medications.
Prevention of sunburn
Sunburn and other problems caused by overexposure of the skin to UV radiation can be prevented by applying good quality sunscreen on the exposed skin and wearing proper clothing while going out, especially in hot scorching sun during summer. You can also prevent sunburn on your skin naturally by tanning your skin in moderate sun rays as the melanin produced within the skin protects it naturally from overexposure to UV radiation.
But what can you do if you've misjudged your exposure for the day slightly and have suffered for it?
Natural sunburn treatment
Though various over-the-counter painkillers and anti-inflammatory medications are available in medical stores to treat the implications of sunburn but still people prefer to treat their sunburn naturally as formula medications can sometimes worsen the skin condition.
Some of the natural treatments in this regard may include:
Aloe Vera: The power glyconutrients present in Aloe Vera help greatly in repairing and improving healing of the skin damages caused by its overexposure to UV radiation. The gel of matured leaves of Aloe Vera plant is used for this purpose. It can be applied as a topical ointment on the affected skin to improve its condition. Aloe Vera is an absolute favorite of many a sunburnt person and so many testify to it's quick use at the end of a day.
Potatoes: The starch-based compound found in potatoes helps in soothing the effect of sunburn. You can rub or pat down the slices of uncooked potato or apply poultice of grated raw potato on the spot of sunburn to sooth it.
Vinegar: Vinegar can help in reducing the itching, inflammation and pain on the skin due to sunburn due to the acetic acid found in it. You can soak your sun-burnt skin with the water including cider vinegar while taking bath to get quick and effective results as it works like aspirin naturally.
Honey: It has been proved through various studies that honey soothes sunburn much better than any other antibiotic ointment as it speeds up healing of the affected skin by minimizing pain and infections.
Green tea: The tannic and catechin acids found in green tea help in soothing the pain of sunburn. You can use tea bags of green tea soaked in water as a cold compress on the spot of sunburn or wash the affected skin gently with the cold extract of green tea to get effective results very soon.
So there are a few natural treatments that people turn to after getting sunburnt.
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Crown Of Righteousness
2 Timothy 4:8
Henceforth there is laid up for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give me at that day: and not to me only,
but unto all them also that love his appearing.
A Crown of Righteousness
A Crown of Righteousness seems like an impossible dream to those of us living in a very dark and sinful world. A world where sinful acts are celebrated and published for the whole world to see. A world where infants in the womb are not safe, old people are abandoned and left on their own, where citizens are concerned about walking in their own towns for fear of attack. Poverty and lack abounds all over the world. Yet in the midst of all that the Bible promises we can live a righteous life. How can that happen?
When Jesus took our place on the cross of Calvary, He took all our sins and bore the punishment of them. He replaced hopelessness with hope and joy. He became sin that we can become righteous through Him. It is not how "good" we are, how many works we do for Him that make us righteous. Rather it the finished work of the Cross of Christ. We have become righteous in Him. I love the way Paul the Apostle puts it. He was pursuing righteousness. His heart was following hard after Jesus Christ. His old ways were pushed out of the way as he pursued Jesus. He was determined to win that "crown of righteousness". Let us take up that same call today. Let us pursue Jesus and the work of righteousness in our own lives.
2 Corinthians 5:21
For he hath made him to be sin for us, who knew no sin;
that we might be made the righteousness of God in him.
Philippians 3:8-14
8 Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ, 9 And be found in him, not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: 10 That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death; 11 If by any means I might attain unto the resurrection of the dead. 12 Not as though I had already attained, either were already perfect: but I follow after, if that I may apprehend that for which also I am apprehended of Christ Jesus. 13 Brethren, I count not myself to have apprehended: but this one thing I do, forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before, 14 I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus.


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If You Have Osteoarthritis, Here's How to Give Your Cartilage the Best Chance to Heal
Osteoarthritis is a painful, debilitating condition that affects millions of people around the world and puts a significant drain on our healthcare system. More than 32 million Americans live with osteoarthritis, and the condition affects approximately 9.6% of men and 18.0% of women over age 60 worldwide. In the U.S., insurance companies spend $149.4 billion per year on medical costs for osteoarthritis, and annual out-of-pocket expenditures are $36.1 billion, for a total of $185.5 billion.
As the efficacy of hip and knee replacements improves, rates of joint replacements continue to rise—especially in younger demographics. The National Center for Health Statistics found that between 2000 and 2010, the number of hip replacement surgeries in people ages 45–54 more than doubled. Scientists are also making great strides in discovering how to repair and grow cartilage more effectively, developing biotechnology that will ultimately reduce the need for joint replacements.
These advances in medical technology are welcome because they reduce chronic pain and improve function for millions of people, but unfortunately they don't address the underlying cause of osteoarthritis. They also substantially increase medical costs and fuel a mentality that our bodies will inevitably break down, but that's no problem—we can just get our joints replaced!
We should not be pushing our bodies until they break. Osteoarthritis is almost always preventable or manageable with self-care and regular, moderate physical activity, so we have an enormous opportunity to reduce chronic pain and healthcare costs by taking this condition into our own hands. In this post I'll talk about the symptoms, risk factors, and cause of osteoarthritis; how cartilage repairs itself; and how to best take care of yourself in order to let your joints heal.
Diagnostic signs, symptoms, and risk factors for osteoarthritis
Osteoarthritis occurs when cartilage, the connective tissue that protects the ends of your bones, wears away. This gradual breakdown can occur in any joint, but most often affects the parts of the body that bear weight and get used the most: the hands, spine, hips, and knees. As cartilage gets worn away, joints become stiff and painful, and bone rubbing against bone can cause deformity of the joints.
Your doctor may use an x-ray or MRI to look for signs of osteoarthritis, which include:
- Joint space narrowing: A result of loss of cartilage
- Osteophytes (bone spurs): Bony growths that form in order to protect and stabilize the joint
- Subchondral bone cysts: Sacs filled with fluid that form inside joints
- Subchondral sclerosis: Thickening or hardening of the bone just below the cartilage surface
Symptoms of osteoarthritis include:
- Joint pain or achiness
- Joint stiffness, especially when waking up or after being inactive
- Swelling or tenderness in the joints
- Crunching or crackling sound or grating sensation in the joints when moving
- Loss of flexibility and range of motion
- Bony outgrowths in fingers or toes
- Joint deformity
Since osteoarthritis is most often the result of gradual wear and tear, the number one risk factor is age. Rates of osteoarthritis rise significantly over age 50. Other risk factors include:
- Work or activities that involve repetitive use of joints
- Being overweight: Excess weight puts pressure on joints and causes systemic inflammation, which increases joint pain
- Female gender: Women are diagnosed with osteoarthritis significantly more often than men
- Joint injury: A previously injured joint is more likely to develop osteoarthritis
- Muscle weakness or joint laxity: These factors can make joints unstable and misaligned, putting strain on joint tissues
The cause of osteoarthritis: Habitual posture and movement patterns
If you maintain healthy, balanced posture and movement throughout your life, you should suffer little joint degeneration. The problem is that because of muscle memory—the automatic way our nervous system learns and remembers muscular patterns—we tend to build up chronic muscle tension and gradually adopt dysfunctional posture and movement habits over time.
When joints are misaligned or compressed by tight muscles, more pressure is put on cartilage than it is capable of withstanding. Excess pressure is also put on cartilage when we overuse a particular joint, which often occurs in sports training or repetitive physical work. Cartilage gradually breaks down under pressure as we misuse and overuse our joints.
When cartilage breaks down, cartilage cells are damaged. Our immune system does not discriminate between physical trauma and infectious invaders. When either of these threats is perceived, the inflammatory response kicks in to remove harmful stimuli and begin the healing process.
Inflammation that occurs immediately after an injury, called acute inflammation, allows damaged cells to be removed from the area and initiates the healing process. But chronic, localized inflammation can occur when we're constantly damaging our cartilage. It will continue as long as the source of the problem—the habitual movement pattern that damages the cartilage—is present.
You may hear osteoarthritis referred to as arthrosis or osteoarthrosis. These terms describe joint degeneration resulting from wear and tear without the presence of inflammation.
Once joint protection is gone, our bones try to protect and stabilize joints by becoming thicker and growing bone spurs and cysts. All of these changes typically cause pain, inflammation, and limited movement. Muscles surrounding the painful joints tighten reflexively, worsening the condition by limiting range of motion.
These painful, structural changes are preventable virtually all of the time, and very often reversible when osteoarthritis is mild to moderate. You simply need to give your joints a chance to heal.
Cartilage can heal—if you give it the chance
Your cartilage constantly grows and maintains itself throughout your life. It was long believed that cartilage had a limited ability to repair itself because chondrocytes, the cells that produce and maintain cartilage, could not migrate out of their designated area. However, recent research has shown that chondrocytes actually can migrate, more or less depending on the specific situation and environment.
And in 2019, researchers from Duke University in North Carolina and Lund University in Sweden published a fascinating study in which they measured protein turnover in articular cartilage in human hips, knees, and ankles. They found that human cartilage has a greater innate ability to regenerate itself than previously thought. Their findings show a potential link to a capacity "for regeneration that might be exploited to enhance joint repair and establish a basis for human limb regeneration."
There is still much to be learned about cartilage, but it's clear that it has greater ability to repair itself than we thought—we simply need to give it the chance.
There are two factors that get in the way of cartilage healing, one of which we can't change, and one that we can.
First is the fact that most cartilage does not have a blood supply of its own, so it relies on the pumping action from joint movement to diffuse blood and other nutrients through joint fluid. Too much compression and too little compression both spell trouble for cartilage; it needs a moderate amount of movement, involving regular loading and unloading of weight, to remain healthy.
Due to the indirect way in which cartilage receives nutrients, its healing process is fairly slow. And if cartilage repair can't keep up with the rate at which you do damage, cartilage will continue to get worn away until it's gone for good.
The second hindrance to cartilage healing is the fact that most people don't know exactly what to do in order to most effectively let their cartilage repair itself. Many people are willing to rest their joints in order to let them heal, but rest alone does not fix the underlying problem of habitual body use.
In order to change the deeply learned muscular patterns that dictate your posture and movement, you must retrain your muscle memory using neuromuscular education. Exercises that use pandiculation to release subconsciously held muscle tension allow you to even out imbalances and restore natural, efficient body use. You can stop putting unnatural pressure on your joints by retraining your posture and movement with very slow, gentle Clinical Somatics exercises.
As you release your tight muscles and change your habitual patterns, you can also begin a gentle strengthening routine in which you repetitively load and unload your joints, very gradually increasing weight over time. This should be done under the supervision of a qualified physical therapist.
How to move forward in your healing process
There are five steps you should take when trying to heal osteoarthritic joints:
1. If a certain activity caused your joint damage or makes it worse, stop or significantly reduce the activity while you heal. Your cartilage cannot heal itself if you keep damaging it.
2. Practice Clinical Somatics exercises on a daily basis. The exercises release the chronic muscle tension that compresses joints, and allow you to retrain imbalanced posture and movement patterns that put unnatural strain on joints.
3. When you're ready, practice a gentle strengthening routine in which you repetitively load and unload your joints, very gradually increasing weight over time. This should be done under the supervision of a qualified physical therapist.
4. Lose weight, if necessary. Research shows that obesity increases risk of osteoarthritis by putting pressure on joints and also by increasing inflammation throughout the body.
5. Explore dietary changes. Research shows that eliminating inflammatory foods can significantly reduce symptoms of osteoarthritis.
If you have a joint replacement or cartilage transplant, you should support your recovery by practicing Clinical Somatics exercises. The exercises will speed your recovery, release your chronic muscle tension, restore natural posture and movement patterns, and prevent future joint damage.
Always pay attention to warning signs of osteoarthritis, like crunching sounds and pain in your joints. Allowing your cartilage to heal is much easier early on in the process than it is after significant damage has occurred.
Osteoarthritis does not have to be an inevitable part of the aging process. We have a tremendous ability to prevent and manage it with self-care, and by doing so we can reduce worldwide pain and suffering as well as healthcare costs.
Recommended reading:
The Pain Relief Secret: How to Retrain Your Nervous System, Heal Your Body, and Overcome Chronic Pain by Sarah Warren, CSE
Somatics: Reawakening the Mind's Control of Movement, Flexibility and Health by Thomas Hanna


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Smart monitoring and self-consumption device for single-phase PV systems up to 12 kW with smart wireless accessories
Elios4you Smart
Smart monitoring and self-consumption device for single-phase PV systems up to 12 kW with smart wireless accessories
Product Description
How it works
Elios4you Smart is a monitoring and self-consumption device for single-phase PV systems rated up to 12 kW, allowing automatic control of up to four wireless accessories for managing self-consumption.
With the "Elios4you" App, besides monitoring the production of their photovoltaic system simply and intuitively, users can also programme the activation of electrical appliances according to the level of surplus energy produced, using the wireless Smart Plug RC and Smart Switch RC. Elios4you Smart is compatible with other radio accessories for managing self-consumption.
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- For single-phase systems of up to 12 kW rated power (grid connected)
- Universal: whatever the type of inverter
- Configuration and control using "Elios4you" free App, even remotely (with internet connection using ADSL router). Available on App Store and Google Play.
- Programmable relay for self-consumption
- Control of up to 4 accessories with wireless connection
- Programming of wireless power sockets using App according to available energy produced
- Data displayed in real time on smartphone/tablet even remotely
- Smart Plug RC and/or Smart Switch RC
- Power Reducer or Power Reducer RC
- Energy Meter 1~ RC
- 4-cloud (web service)
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|Control system for single-phase photovoltaic systems with Wi-Fi connection and App for smartphone/tablet
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Storage conditions: -20 to +70°C; <80% RH non-condensing
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Gumenick Properties is an award-winning real estate development and management company with operations in central and southeast Virginia. Founded in the late 1940s, the company now engages in three primary lines of business — apartment community development and operation, new home building, and commercial office and retail investment. Gumenick Properties has worked diligently to be a positive force in the areas in which it operates. This means providing quality homes for customers as well as being engaged in local communities. The company's actions are guided not only by prudent business imperatives but also by heartfelt values.
The company currently owns and operates investment properties in Florida and Virginia. These apartment communities, and commercial office and retail properties are all located in thriving metropolitan areas, and consistently receive national recognition for excellence in customer service, appearance and maintenance.
Gumenick Properties also is engaged in homebuilding activities, primarily in Central Virginia. The company has made a strategic decision to focus on the quality of its ventures rather than quantity. This means that every new community and every new home represents a unique and sophisticated union of attractive architecture, pleasing landscaping and innovative use of modern materials and construction techniques. As a result, Gumenick Properties' townhomes, condominiums and single-family dwellings have met with an enthusiastic reception and enjoyed rapid sales.
Because the company does business in economically robust areas, large tracts of undeveloped land often are unavailable for development. Accordingly, Gumenick Properties has acquired extensive experience in neighborhood revitalization, a specialty it will continue to refine in the future. These projects meet many needs, including curbing suburban sprawl, enhancing local tax bases and meeting long-term community goals set by elected leaders and professional planners. The company's revitalization work always has been undertaken with respect for local sensitivities and needs. As a result, Gumenick Properties' revitalization projects have garnered praise and ready acceptance from customers, neighbors, civic leaders, and professional organizations such as the Urban Land Institute of Virginia, the Greater Richmond Association of Commercial Real Estate, and the Richmond Real Estate Group.


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Team Classic Suzuki At The Classic TT – Episode Two
Team Classic Suzuki has released the second instalment of its three-part video series, documenting its time at this year's Classic TT on the Isle of Man.
Following episode one's prologue to the event, which took a closer look at the team's XR69 machinery and the support from Suzuki's Vintage Parts Programme, the second video in the series focuses on practice week, where Michael Dunlop set the fastest ever Classic TT lap in qualifying. There's also insight into what it's like working with Dunlop and teammate Danny Webb, and how the team and riders work to set the bikes up to race around the Mountain course.
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A Program for Teaching Students about Resilience and Addressing Anxiety and Depression
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The Friends for Life program, founded in 1990 in Australia by Dr. Paula Barrett, is designed to promote resilience and to prevent and understand childhood and adolescent anxiety and depression. This evidence-based program teaches youth resilience building and social skills, emotion regulation and understanding, positive coping skills, with the goal of increasing confidence in order to prepare them for life's challenges.
The program is available in four levels: age 4-7 ("the Fun FRIENDS Program"), age 8-11 ("FRIENDS for Life Program"), age 12-15 (my FRIENDS Youth Program"), and age 16-18+ ("Adult Resilience Program"). In order to facilitate one of these training programs in a classroom, educators first must attend an eight-hour training session
Although the Friends for Life program was originally developed in Australia, the program has seen success in many other countries, including Canada (click here for the BC Friends for Life Program), New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Mexico, the United States, Japan, and many more.
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A Lenten Retreat by Fr. Larry Gillick, S.J. (Year A)
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INTRODUCTORY CONFERENCE|Lent, spring, and the Spiritual life have this in common; each is a tug of war. Spring is tugging at winter to let go. The Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius are directed at our becoming more aware of human unfreedoms and the free gift of God's love to help us let go. Lent is the prayerful time to prepare for Easter and prepare for our living the joy of being disciples of Jesus. The Spiritual Exercises help us to ask the big questions and then search for the answers. It is all about coming back to life|SECOND CONFERENCE|We are creatures wonderfully made, but not always grateful for that dignity. We have limitations which confuse and dishearten us. Lent is God's call to repent, but from what! Repent is the invitation to examine to what we are listening and to what do we hold on. Being and accepting that each of us is a creature is not a comfortable excuse for failure, but the beginning of our recovery.|THIRD CONFERENCE|Learning the voice of the Good Shepherd is not easy; there are many voices of those who wish to attract us. We love security and exactness and we will be attracted to any voice which offers us these. How do we spell relief and belief. Christian spirituality is living with the tensions which flow from the conflicts between our beliefs and our desires for Relief. The tensions caused by our beliefs, offered to us by Jesus are growthful and graceful. |We are formed to listen to what things are and use them according to our reverence for them. Reverence is proper use of God's gifts. We would like to use things according to our impatient expectations. We have a sacramental view of things in which all creation has the fingerprints of the Creator. Because these "things" are limited, they can frustrate our demands if I selfishly ask them to be more than they are.|FOURTH CONFERENCE|Does prayer change God? We are accustomed to having the power to change or manipulate things. All who have been called by God are called into faith which is the basic tension of our lives. The Transfiguration takes place often in our lives. Jesus is there, but not exactly according to our personal specifications. We love the security of the familiar and God seems to call us always to the adventure of the new, and the mystery of the "level plain." It all involves the call to listen to Him.|FIFTH CONFERENCE|Jesus comes to us according to how we need to be come to. Jesus is God's affirmation that being human is a blessed event and we will be met there. Jesus used gestures of all kinds as do we to convey our inside personal feelings and thoughts. Jesus Himself is a Sacrament of God's interior expressing to us who God thinks we are and expressing to us who God is for us. By the Sacraments we are sent to live the Sacraments by being a sacrament.|SIXTH CONFERENCE|God searches always for us and we find ourselves being found. We are like the thirsty land of springtime. What we do search out are those things which we think will satisfy us. Everything has within it the invitation to go beyond it. The Woman at the Well desires living water and Jesus offers her what will ultimately satisfy. Emptiness can be a gift that calls out for God|SEVENTH CONFERENCE|Following Jesus involves loving or gracefully accepting the unknown of the future, being obedient. The question is always about the point at which we will drop out from investing in His Company. God's will is more than when things are going well. What is God's will? Jesus lived His life as a continual act of obedience or gratitude, or openness. We were saved by His whole life of His being open to His Father, even to His death. |EIGHTH CONFERENCE|Jesus comes as Light and gives true sight so as to see who we are and what God is offering us in our lives. He offers sight so that each of us may see Him in the events of our lives. We can be blinded by what we see and faith is a way of seeing beyond and within realities. Is seeing believing or is believing a way to see? Faith allows us to see God in everything, and everything as rooted in God.|NINTH CONFERENCE|Jesus sees a woman caught in adultery differently from the way the Elders see her. With Jesus as Light of the World, sinners become sacramental; outside that Light we become judgmental. Jesus blesses time and gives us time to be a blessing. Jesus sends her to live with her past into the blessedness of her new life.|TENTH CONFERENCE|What does it mean to be saved? Salvation does not mean that everything in our lives is repaired. Sin brings darkness into the world instead of light. Sin flows from the attitude and the actions of not being grateful. Lazarus is raised from his tomb and given light and life. Sin is illness and can be cured. Jesus meets us where we would rather not be, where we do not look so good, but need to be found.|ELEVENTH CONFERENCE|Repenting is coming to our senses about who we are in God's eyes. This is the constant work of Jesus and grace. The "world" is a spirit more than a global place. That spirit works to dim His Light and define us according to its ways of valuing and rejecting. We are a gift from the Father to Jesus. We are being attracted to the ways or Spirit of Jesus, but the tug of war continues about the big question, to whom do we belong? The world will try to give us our identity, our personal worth. What of the world would we want to shake off?|TWELFTH CONFERENCE|Jesus becomes dramatically what He has always been, the Servant washing the world. His whole life is consummated with His death. This death brings us the freedom to live thankfully and not with shame and guilt which would move us away from Him. The Cross is a safe place. His surrender in the Garden begins our recovery. When Jesus breathes his last it continues God's breath of creation. This is what is very good about Good Friday.|THIRTEENTH CONFERENCE|We are baptized into Christ and Christ's being on mission. We are baptized into the "dawn," not clear blue-sky security. The Resurrection took place at dawn when the light is almost. There was always the problem of people's recognizing Him. When the resurrected Jesus met them, He sent then.|FINAL CONFERENCE|The Final Conference is about how we can pray less productively, but more personally. Praying with the day before it is experienced and after. Take the time to pray by wasting time lest the rest of the day be a waste of time. |
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The last months of 2020 saw impressive legislative activity by the European Commission, as it rolled out proposals for several regulations (namely, the Data Governance Act, the Digital Services Act and the Digital Markets Act), as well as proposed new Standard Contractual Clauses for international data transfers (expected to be adopted by April 2021), and also dealt with issues affecting data transfers to the UK due to Brexit. Amongst all of this, it would have been easy to miss a very important update in the field of cybersecurity – the proposal for a Directive on Measures for High Common Level of Cybersecurity Across the Union (NIS2 Directive), presented on December 16, 2020.
In fact, this proposal comes just in time, according to the European Commission's cybersecurity director Lorena Boix Alonso. Given the recent SolarWinds cyberattack, she argues that the NIS2 Directive will be a much-needed tool to address critical issues with similar incidents in the future, including covering public institutions and vetting supply chain security.
The NIS2 Directive in a nutshell
If adopted, the NIS2 Directive will introduce new and stricter obligations for companies to ensure adequate cyber readiness and response. These include implementing tailored cybersecurity readiness and response policies and programs, conducting regular staff trainings and supply chain audits, and notifying of any cyber incident within just 24 hours. Supervisory authorities will also have new enforcement powers, such as the right to request information and carry out audits, and even temporarily prevent a company from carrying out its business operations and suspend its CEO for a failure to address identified deficiencies.
The new directive will also bring more companies within the scope of the EU cybersecurity regulatory framework. Several companies active in the life sciences sector, digital service providers, manufacturers of electronics and motor vehicles and even public administration entities are among those that currently are still not covered by this framework. Furthermore, the directive, similar to GDPR, will have an extraterritorial scope, which means non-EU companies that provide services within the EU will have to comply with the new rules.
Adoption by EU institutions of the NIS2 Directive is expected by early 2022 and its implementation into EU Member State laws by mid-2023.
Given the rapidly growing importance of cybersecurity and the risks associated in this regard, companies should already start planning for the NIS2 Directive. Most importantly, companies should take the following steps:
- Consider how likely they are to fall under the scope of the NIS2 Directive
- Determine what is their current cybersecurity maturity level and to what extent would it be considered compatible with the NIS2 Directive
- Allocate in advance human and financial resources to implement any necessary cybersecurity measures
- Reorganize and streamline cybersecurity readiness and response programs (i.e., identify ways to have a single cyber incident response and reporting policy that complies with both GDPR and NIS2 Directive)
Historical background
In 2016, the NIS Directive (Directive 2016/1148 concerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union) entered into force, which established the first legislative framework aimed at ensuring a high level of cybersecurity across the EU. Member States had to transpose the directive into their national legal systems by 2018.
Among the provisions regulating the national cyber strategies, and cooperation and information exchange practices between Member State authorities, several general obligations were also laid down for companies deemed to be operators of essential services. These included:
- implementing appropriate and proportionate technical and organizational measures to manage the risks posed to the security of network and information systems they use in their operations
- preventing and minimizing the impact of incidents affecting the security of their network and information systems
- notifying of all incidents having a significant impact on their network and information systems
However, not long into its operation, the NIS Directive has already proven its limitations. The proposed NIS2 Directive aims to update and add to the existing cybersecurity rules applicable to companies by:
- broadening the scope of the types of companies falling under such rules
- mandating that companies themselves identify whether they are subjected to such rules
- adding new and stricter obligations for companies and granting more enforcement powers to competent authorities
Novelties proposed by the NIS2 Directive
More types of entities covered by the new cybersecurity rules
The current NIS Directive applies to Operators of Essential Services, as well as (to a lesser degree) certain limited categories of digital service providers. OES are defined as entities who a) provide a service that is essential for the maintenance of critical societal and/or economic activities; b) the provision of that service depends on network and information systems; and c) an incident would have significant disruptive effects on the provision of that service. However, the NIS Directive limits the designation of an OES only to certain sectors, such as energy, transport and drinking water supply.
With the rapid increase in society's reliance on network and information systems and the ever more serious risks posed by such a trend, it was soon realized that far more companies fit the definition of an OES but operate in sectors outside the scope of the NIS Directive. Thus, in order to rectify this oversight and to achieve the goal of a high level of cybersecurity across the EU, the NIS2 Directive will greatly expand the list of companies subjected to the cybersecurity rules by also including, among many others, producers and researchers of medical products and devices, manufacturers of vehicles and electrical products and components, essentially all digital service providers (i.e., social network platforms, cloud solution providers, data centers, messaging services, content delivery networks and others), and even public administration entities.
All companies falling under the NIS2 Directive will be categorized as either essential entities or important entities. The distinction, albeit using different titles, is essentially similar to the one already used in the NIS Directive. Namely, in the case of essential entities, competent authorities will actively monitor their compliance with the applicable rules and will carry out inspections or other investigative actions on a regular basis (so-called "ex-ante" enforcement). Whereas for important entities, authorities will investigate any potential breaches of the rules if a cyber incident occurs or there is other evidence pointing to any deficiencies in a company's compliance level (so-called "ex-post" enforcement).
Applicability of the NIS2 Directive determined by companies instead of authorities
Another major issue of the NIS Directive was that it placed the burden of identifying which companies fell within the scope of the cybersecurity rules on Member State authorities, rather than the companies themselves. This resulted in inconsistencies among Member States, where often the same company was identified as falling under the directive in one EU country, but not in others. This caused confusion both for companies and authorities, especially in cases where a cross-border incident affected several countries with differing views about a company's classification.
The NIS2 Directive solves this by shifting this burden onto the companies themselves and obliging them to self-identify as being either an essential or important entity and to provide the necessary information in this regard to a designated registry. In case an entity fails to self-identify, a competent authority may take action to rectify this situation, which could include monetary sanctions.
New and stricter obligations for companies
In addition to the single general obligation in the NIS Directive to implement sufficient technical and organizational measures, the NIS2 Directive will require companies to take various other steps to ensure an appropriate level of cybersecurity. This will entail adopting tailored security policies covering several specific risk areas, conducting regular staff trainings and vetting the security levels of company supply chains.
The NIS2 Directive will also establish a more detailed procedure for reporting cyber incidents. The most critical element in this regard will be the obligation to provide an initial notification to a competent authority within 24 hours of the incident. This is a much tighter timeframe, compared to the 72-hour deadline provided for in the GDPR. Furthermore, a cyber incident within the meaning of this directive is a much broader concept than a data breach under the GDPR. Meaning, in certain cases, companies might need to report the same incident affecting personal data to two different authorities within two different timeframes, and in other cases, report incidents where personal data has not been affected and the GDPR reporting duties will not apply.
Increased enforcement powers of the supervisory authorities
The enforcement powers of competent authorities under the NIS2 Directive will also be extended and specified. Thus, the authorities will have such rights as to carry out on-site inspections and security audits, request information and access to a company's data and documents, issue binding orders to rectify any deficiencies, inform the public about a company's failure to ensure cybersecurity, and designate a monitoring officer to oversee a company's compliance efforts for a specified time period.
Arguably the most staggering addition to the authorities' weapons arsenal introduced in the NIS2 Directive is the right to temporarily shut down a company's business activities, and even to suspend a company's CEO or person carrying out a similar managerial role. These powers, however, will be reserved only for essential entities and only in cases where a company blatantly disregards initial instructions from the authority on how to remedy any deficiencies.
One additional aspect companies should note is that under the current NIS Directive, enforcement is carried out on a local level by authorities designated by each Member State. Furthermore, some Member States (such as Italy and the Netherlands) have designated several authorities, which are responsible for enforcement only within a specific business sector. It does not appear that the NIS2 Directive will prevent Member States from keeping their originally designated authorities. Thus, companies subjected to the cybersecurity framework will need to be wary about reporting cyber incidents in all affected Member States, as well as reporting them to the correct authority.
Extraterritorial scope of the NIS2 Directive
Companies established outside the EU, but offer their services within the EU, will also need to respect the upcoming NIS2 Directive. This means that if such a non-EU company classifies as either an essential or important entity within the meaning of the directive, they will need to fully comply with that directive (which includes all of the rules explained above), as well as designate a representative in at least one EU Member State, where its services are offered.
Timeline for adoption and transposition into Member State laws
Compared to a regulation, the adoption process of a directive in the EU institutions is normally somewhat faster. Still, it is expected that the NIS2 Directive will be passed no sooner than early 2022. Afterwards, the directive will still give 18 months for Member States to transpose its provisions into national law. Accordingly, the new cybersecurity rules will start to apply around mid-2023 at the earliest.
What does this mean for companies?
If the NIS2 Directive is adopted, adherence to strict cybersecurity rules, which require implementing a holistic awareness and response program, will become the norm rather than the exception. Soon, most companies whose operation relies on network and information systems and who are considered as essential or important to the public will be covered by the EU cybersecurity framework.
Given the wide-reaching rules and enforcement risks the NIS2 Directive proposes, including fines up to €10 million or 2% of an undertaking's global turnover, companies should already consider taking certain steps to prepare. Some good suggestions would involve determining whether your company will fall under the scope of the NIS2 Directive, and if so, allocating in advance human and financial resources for updating your cyber programs to ensure compliance. General counsels should inform about the consequences a company's board could face due to potential noncompliance with the new rules, put forward any proposals to mitigate such consequences and agree on any necessary budget plans.
Get in touch with your usual Cooley contact if you would like to know how best to prepare for the NIS2 Directive. We have assisted several companies with their efforts to comply with the current NIS Directive and can further advise on the impact the NIS2 Directive will bring to your business.


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Zaachila is a ruined city of the Zapotecs and Mixtecs in the Valley of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
Zaachila is located about 17 km ( driving distance ) south of the city of Oaxaca de Juarez. Up to the archaeological site of Mitla Yagul and there are about 40 or 67 km to the east.
The original name of the place is unknown. The name was chosen after a Zaachila Zapotec rulers with names Zaachila Yoo, who is said to have ruled in the period around 1400.
The history of pre-Hispanic settlement is unclear - while some researchers suggest their beginnings in the 11th or 12th century, others advocate an even later, possibly Mixtec or even Aztec origin; However, the latter seems unlikely because of the clearly discernible relationship to Mitla. In general, one assumes, however, that the place was only established after the abandonment of Monte Alban ( around 1000 AD ).
Since many hill structures ( mounds ) are in the range of the present city, the excavations have not yet progressed very far - about the architecture of the settlement thus little is known. Only one of the hill with a palace ruins enclosed by space, in which two palatial princely graves Zapotec origin have been introduced, is exposed and accessible to visitors.
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On December 1, 2016, I was invited along with two other panelists to participate in a panel discussion for an undergraduate and a graduate Project Management course at Illinois Institute of Technology.
It was a great opportunity to give back and share stories from my career. The students found it very helpful – their questions ranged from the various methodologies, dealing with stakeholders to how to best market themselves for a job.
I was pleased to see that the profession has a group of students interested in entering it, and I really appreciated the chance to meet two other great panelists. Looking forward to doing it again in the spring semester!


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When I make chicken soup, I make a lot of it. With dozens of people in and out over the holidays, it never goes to waste. Plus, having extra is never a bad thing. As the Jewish holidays approach, I plan ahead and make the chicken soup weeks in advance, then simply pop it in the freezer until it is needed for a meal.
Using two large pots that total 40 quarts, I fill them with chicken leg quarters, carrots, celery, onion, parsnip, dill, and salt and pepper. Finally, I add enough water that the pots are extremely cumbersome and hard to maneuver towards the stove. When they are too heavy to carry, I know I have the proportions right.
The soup cooks for several hours, filling the house with the smell of the holidays. After cooking, and cooling down a little, I transfer the cooked chicken to a pan to be sorted into meat (for future meals) and bones (to trash). Then the soup goes into easy to manage containers and into the freezer.
This year, it took two of us sorting the chicken. With nearly thirty pounds of meat and bones, it is a big job. The good news is that it feeds us for a long time. The bad news? Well, I don't want to see another chicken for a long time. This year, I froze two gallon-sized Ziploc bags full of chicken pieces. They will become chicken salad in a few weeks.
But there was still a ton of chicken left to eat.
A super easy way to make this into another meal is to make… soup. This is a homemade version of the Thai classic with lemongrass, cilantro, hot pepper, coconut milk, and, of course, chicken. It is quick, and since the stock and chicken were both already cooked, took about 5 minutes of prep.
MEAL 2 (and 3, and 4): CHICKEN SALAD
I love a refreshing chicken salad in the summer. Over greens or on top of leftover challah, it makes for a delightful lunch. (It is a good thing I like it because there are many more chicken salad sandwiches in my future.)
After warming the chicken, I tossed it with a sauce made of fish sauce, chili sauce, ginger, and garlic. Served DIY with a stack of lettuce leaves for the wrapping, this is an easy and satisfying meal.
Continuing the lettuce wrap theme, but seeking a new flavor profile, I chose to make chicken fajitas. This easy meal was served with a quick green chile salsa and guacamole from Trader Joe's. (Whatever. The avocados I had were not ripe, so it was store bought or nothing. Have you had the TJ's guac? It is quite good, and I would certainly buy it again.)
At this point, I am over chicken. Done. No more. At least until next week. The upside is that a day spent making soup provides us many future meals with minimal effort. That is my kind of win-win.


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Make each room decidedly vintage or modern, but with splashes of its opposite thrown in. If your living room has vintage furniture and bolder colors on the walls, hang metal frames for a touch of modern art on the walls. This will make for a smooth transition from room to room as you negotiate each major theme per room.
Incorporate candles simplistically to add warmth
Candles easily add class to any interior design project. They can bring a lot of warmth to what I see as the cold modern style that my husband likes. Our dining room is more of the modern style, so we put a cluster of three pillar candles (QuickCandles.com has neat green ones) as a centerpiece to add warmth.
If the room you are decorating is primarily vintage, get some metallic modern candle holders to mix the two styles.
Color the walls according to one style, and get appliances agreeing with the other.
If you happen to have furniture that is decorative and vintage, keep the walls neutral and modern. This is a very simple way to compromise and make both people happy. The lime green in this kitchen design brings a very vintage look to this otherwise modern kitchen.
About the author: Carmen Denny can't believe that she's finally engaged! In between wedding planning she enjoys spending time with her fiancé, bike riding and of course, more wedding planning. She writes while drooling over choices for wedding candle sets and other decorative pieces for QuickCandles.com.Beautiful Habitat: Interior Design & Decoration www.beautifulhabitat.com


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Mini cocktail meatballs amped up with whole grain bulgur, enriched with herbs and spices, and tossed in a luscious pomegranate balsamic sauce. Whether you're entertaining guests, or simply feeding the family, kick off the festivities with this elegant and crowd-pleasing holiday appetizer.Disclosure: I was asked to participate in the #JuiceCentral campaign as a member of the Healthy Aperture Blogger Network. I was compensated for my time.
Can you guys believe we are ONE WEEK away from Christmas?! I swear, if December flew by any faster, I'd have some serious whip lash.
But what better way to celebrate the holiday season than with festive appetizers? Especially when you've already hit your sugar quota from Christmas cookie overload (guilty..) and need some savory goodness in your life.These festive holiday meatballs boast flavors that feel indulgent, but healthier ingredients so you can endure holiday gatherings without overdoing it. By forgoing sodium-laden ingredients like the usual ketchup, tomato paste, or chili sauce and including whole-grain bulgur in place of breadcrumbs, these two-bite treats are more nutritious and outrageously flavorful.
They're also made with 100% juice, which is filled with the same important vitamins and nutrients as the whole fruit it is squeezed from with no added sugar. Considering a whopping 80% of the American population does not consume the recommended amount of fruits and vegetables in their diet, juice can be an easy way to supplement this intake.100% pomegranate juice is brimming with potassium, folate, Vitamin K, and a wealth of antioxidants. The juice's natural sweetness helps cut the vinegary edge of the balsamic and rounds out a deeply savory flavor profile. Garnished with fresh mint and studded with pomegranate arils, you'll want to make sure your meatballs are fully doused in this sticky-sweet sauce.
I'm tellin' ya, love at first BITE.Beyond appetizers, you could totally turn these meatballs into a meal, too. Serve them with a gorgeous winter salad with pears and arugula, a hearty loaf of fresh focaccia and an assorted cheese platter and you are good to GO.
That is literally the exact meal I enjoyed last night with my girlfriends and we were in heaven. How awesome is food for bringing people together this time of year?
Beef and Bulgur Meatballs in Pomegranate Sauce
- 1 tablespoon canola oil
- ½ lb ground pork
- ½ lb 90% lean ground beef
- 1 cup cooked and cooled bulgur
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup fresh parsley finely chopped
- 3 tablespoon fresh mint finely chopped, plus more for garnish
- 1 shallot minced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 cup 100% pomegranate juice
- ½ cup beef or vegetable broth
- ¼ cup balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch + 2 tablespoon water
- Optional garnish: pomegranate arils
- Place all meatball ingredients in a large bowl - ground pork through black pepper. Mix well to combine. Shape into 20-24 (1-inch) meatballs.
- Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-heat. Place meatballs in pan and cook, turning on all sides, until browned. Transfer to a paper towel lined plate. Repeat with remaining meatballs.
- Leaving remaining oil and browned bits in pan, add pomegranate juice to deglaze. Add broth and vinegar. Stir to combine. In a smaller bowl, combine cornstarch and water; mix well. Pour cornstarch mixture into pan and use a whisk to thoroughly combine, removing any clumps. Place meatballs back in pan.
- Bring mixture to a boil, reduce to medium and simmer for 10-15 minutes, until sauce is thickened and meatballs are cooked through. Top with fresh mint and pomegranate arils, if desired.


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George Orwell's 1984 has arrived in the U.S.S.A. Just as in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and in Russia from 1917 to 1990, any government agent or agency in America today can confiscate or seize almost any property from any American and there is very little the citizen can do to protect himself. We are witnessing the death of property rights in America human rights and all other freedoms will follow.
In 1984, government seizures of so-called "illegal assets" totaled $30 million. In 1991, these seizures totaled $644 million (not including IRS levies) for a net increase of 2047%. (Seizures in 1992 probably exceeded $750 million.) A total of $2.6 billion in U.S. citizens' assets has been seized since 1985, the Government Asset Forfeiture Office proudly boasts. Eighty percent of these seizures never resulted in an arrest or conviction indicating that most are being taken from innocent people.
According to USA Today, there are now 1,000 forfeitures per week in the U.S., or 52,000 per year. Assets seized in order of frequency are: 1) cash or other monetary instruments; 2) vehicles, boats, planes; 3) bank and brokerage accounts; 4) real estate (including your home); and 5) pension and profit-sharing plans.
Police or government seizures now pose a seemingly random but still, very real and terrifying threat to everything we have worked so hard to earn and save over the years. It is frightening to realize that if your teenage son or daughter hosts a party at your house, and one of the guests brings a few joints of marijuana, you can lose your entire house and everything in it under many local or state forfeiture laws. (Federal forfeiture laws will apply only if the substance is present in salable quantities.)
Asset forfeiture is an unconstitutional process (though considered legal according to new socialist laws and regulations) which allows the government or any police agency to simply "accuse" or "suspect" you of a crime (but not formally charge you) and then seize your property. In most instances there is no arrest, no trial and no conviction. You are presumed guilty until you can prove yourself innocent. The plain fact is that the great majority of people who have property seized from them by the police are innocent and law-abiding. One study showed that in 80% of the seizures, the police never even filed charges against the victims of the seizures, or, in some cases, filed charges and then dropped them.
The police need no warrant to seize your car, your cash, your business, your house, your bank account, your investments, your retirement plan, or your personal property and no due process. They don't even have to formally charge you with a crime. There are hundreds of local, state and federal laws and thousands of regulations on the books under which the government can seize your property.
Furthermore . . . there's no cap on the value of the seized assets. They can take expensive cars and homes for even the most minor "suspected" violation. You might be under suspicion of violating some statute for which the maximum penalty if convicted criminally in a court of law might be a $500 or $1,000 fine. But under these laws, the police or government can seize your property worth 100 or even 1,000 times as much as the maximum fine and they don't need to convict you to do it.
Three fraternities on the University of Virginia campus found this out the hard way when federal agents raided them and confiscated a small amount of marijuana worth, at most, a few hundred dollars. Criminally, this would have been treated as a youthful first transgression of a few teenagers. But under the seizure laws, the police took the fraternity houses themselves, which were worth about one million dollars.
In Iowa, a woman accused (not convicted) of shoplifting a $25 sweater saw her $18,000 car seized as the potential "getaway vehicle." In Portland, Oregon, the police raided a bar and arrested a bartender (not the owner) on suspicion of bookmaking. There was zero evidence pointing to the bar owner's involvement the police documents didn't even mention him. But the police seized his business anyway. The deputy district attorney in charge said she didn't have evidence to press criminal charges against the owner "so we seized the business."
These seizures are legalized theft by those who are supposed to be upholding the law, and give you a hint at the mindset of government agents, bureaucrats, and the police today. Justice is out plunder is in!
Probable Cause
The government or police do not have to show any more than "probable cause" that a crime has been committed the same standard which for centuries has been applied to search warrants. So the police can now seize your home with no more evidence than it once took to search it. . . .
Bill Munnerlyn, recently profiled on 60 Minutes, used to own a Las Vegas air-freight service. But on October 3, 1989, Bill flew an old man and four padlocked blue plastic boxes to a California airport. Unknown to Bill, his passenger was a convicted cocaine trafficker, and the boxes contained nearly $3 million cash from a drug deal. An informant tipped off the DEA as to the nature of the cargo and passenger, and both the passenger and Bill were arrested upon arrival. The jet, the blue boxes, and even $8,500 in cash Bill's passenger had paid for the flight were seized.
Bill was released three days later with no charges, but the DEA kept the plane, and the U.S. Attorney prosecuting the seizure said it was justifiable because the plane flew into the Los Angeles area, which is "known as a center of illegal drug activity" and that was sufficient "probable cause" to seize the plane. In October 1990, Bill took the government to court and won a jury trial. But the judge overturned the jury's verdict.
The DEA then demanded that Bill pay a $66,000 fine (which he did not have) to get the plane back. Meanwhile, the plane had incurred $50,000 in damage while in government custody. In the meantime, under DEA pressure, the FDA revoked Bill's flight certificate. Bill never got the plane back. His business is gone, and he now drives a truck to support his family. But the informant whose tip led to Bill's jet being seized is eligible for a reward up to 25% of the value of the plane.
According to a recent article in USA Today, in 1992, 65 informants made over $100,000 each by simply alleging to police agencies that their friends, neighbors, and/or business associates had committed crimes. And no, when you go to trial, you don't have the right to confront the informant in court. The reason: it's a civil, not a criminal proceeding.
To seize your property, the government need not accuse you of a crime. All that is necessary is that the judge agree with a prosecutor that "probable cause" indicates that a crime was committed in or on your property. Or a policeman, or sheriff, or federal drug agent can make that determination on the spot and seize your car, your boat, your home, your bank accounts, etc. According to the Pittsburgh Press, over 80% of the victims of 25,000 such seizures they analyzed were never accused of any crime. . . .
A growing number of our police and government officials no longer necessarily represent justice and protection, but are being corrupted with their new loot; and everyone is beginning to be suspicious of everyone else, and especially of the police and government officials a growing number of whom are beginning to look and act more like their Gestapo and KGB counterparts every day. This is not the America I grew up in. Welcome to the U.S.S.A. a branch of the New World Order.
Mr. McAlvany is an investment newsletter writer. This is an excerpt from the January 1993 issue of The McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, P.O. Box 84904, Phoenix, AZ 85071.
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