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The West is the best. This is the famous lines from The Doors song "The End". Whether Jim Morrison referred it for the west of the USA or the western part of the world, he might have changed his mind today after he took a trip to the Balkans. So many things have changed and are still changing in the Balkans, its sometimes hard to keep up.
I've been to Belgrade before back in Feb 1992. A very sensitive and tense time to be in the region. Yugoslavia was falling apart by one country announcing their independence to another. Not a very good time to be in Serbia. That said, I wanted to erase these bad memories and replace them with newer and much improved ones.
The most memorable thing about Belgrade is people like to party. Regardless their age, rich or poor, taste in music, etc., Belgradians like to go out. And the plus side of things, its really cheap to do so. Getting into clubs can cost you 200 Serbian Dinars = 1,70 Euros! So you can imagine what your Euros can be worth in Belgrade. The most interesting and different places to go out was the docks. Along the river in Belgrade, there are big boats anchored along the shore and every boat has their taste in music. So if you start feeling you want to switch from techno to rock or from jazz to balkan music, just head over to the next boat beside you.


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|System and method for establishing TV channel
|Dew et al.
|System and method for encouraging viewers to watch television programs
|Matheny et al.
|Information relay terminal and information distribution server
|Sato et al.
|User controlled targeted advertisement placement for receiver modules
|Coffin, III
|Interactive reward associated with a broadcast
|Weinblatt et al.
|Micro-auction on television using multiple rewards to benefit the viewer of commercials
|Yassin et al.
|Method and apparatus for providing on-demand electronic advertising
|Kitsukawa et al.
|Apparatus and method for generating product coupons in response to televised offers
|Jones et al.
|Broadcast system with associated data capabilities
|Takahisa et al.
|Electronic redeemable coupon system and television
|Electronic redeemable coupon system via television
|Holman et al.
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|Method and apparatus for contemporaneous delivery of data
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|Digital coupons for pay
This is a continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10/080,949 filed Feb. 20, 2002 now abandoned, the entire content of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
This invention is directed to an interactive technique applied while an audience is listening to and/or watching a program broadcast from a programming signal source as it is being performed by reproduction equipment and, more particularly, to interactive broadcasting that enables individual members of that audience to readily obtain a supplementary, program-related output, such as a discount coupon.
When a program is broadcast, the information it contains may be more limited than the program provider wants to provide and less than the audience member (referred to hereinafter as a "viewer" or "participant") is interested in obtaining. The "program" can be audio and/or video, commercial (e.g. advertisement) and/or non-commercial (e.g. an entertainment show), and is obtained as a programming signal (e.g. a television signal) from a program signal source (e.g. a television station) originated by a program provider (e.g. an advertiser). The "broadcast" of the program can be over the airwaves, cable, satellite, or any other signal transmission medium. This term also applies to playback from recording media such as audio tape, video tape, DAT, CD-ROM, and semiconductor memory. An "audience" for such program reproduction is constituted of the persons who perceive the program.
The program is "performed" by any means which result in some form of perception by human beings, the most common being video and audio. The "reproduction equipment" is any and all types of units to convert a broadcast signal into human perceptible form.
The audience can be described as being "tuned" to a program when the signal source is a TV or radio broadcast station. This term may be less commonly applied when the signal source is a tape recorder, for example. However, for the sake of brevity and convenience, the word "tuned" is applied herein to all situations in which an audience member selects a particular program, whether it be by twisting a dial, operating a remote control, or popping a cassette into a tape recorder for playback.
It can be readily appreciated that TV programs are restricted to a particular length due to the time period allocated to a show, and the high cost charged for broadcasting a commercial advertisement (referred to herein interchangeably as "commercial" or "advertisement") based on its duration. Many illustrations can be given that show the need to provide materials to supplement the show and/or advertisement. For example, consumers may seek detailed information about an advertised product. A news program could provide viewers with historical information about a person or place currently in the news. Government institutions could provide application forms related to announcements for public services. A retailer could make available an incentive reward, such as discount coupons, to purchase its products. Other rewards could also be available, such as free theater tickets for viewers who qualify by participating in a survey or in a game. All such broadcast program-related materials, in tangible and intangible form, be they information, rewards or anything else, are collectively referred to herein as "supplementary materials". However, for reasons of brevity and convenience, the ensuing discussion related to the present invention will refer only to incentive rewards, or reward coupons, or just "rewards," for short.
It is well known by TV advertisers, for example, that the experience of viewing an advertised product creates an immediate desire in the viewer to purchase that product. This desire has an initially high level of interest during and shortly after the broadcast, but decreases sharply during a falloff period in the hours that follow. However, if the viewer receives an immediate reward while the level of interest is still high, in the form of a reward coupon for example, an incentive is established for the viewer to retain a high level of interest to purchase the product, or at least higher than it would be otherwise, well beyond the falloff period. Also, the prospect of receiving an immediate reward can convert an attitude of annoyance at having a TV show interrupted by an unwanted commercial into an attitude of at least tolerance and perhaps even a degree of interest in the commercial.
Viewers have been provided during broadcasts with telephone numbers and/or website addresses for obtaining the rewards offered by advertisers. However, the need to memorize or write down the telephone numbers and/or URLs is an inconvenience as well as a source for error. Consequently, prior art techniques have been developed for providing interactive access to such rewards. The word "interactive" as utilized herein denotes an activity that takes place during the course of a broadcast. The aim of such interactive access is to enable and facilitate access to the rewards without having to write down or memorize anything. Access should be gained with only a simple manual intervention by the viewer.
Several techniques for interactive access to web sites on the Internet are known. However, such techniques have various shortcomings. For example, they are relatively complex in design and the use of an additional computer with a separate display is required at the viewer end. Also, the interactive access takes over a communication line, such as a telephone line, making it unavailable for its normal use.
One object of the present invention is to provide an improved interactive technique for obtaining supplementary, program-related outputs, such as rewards.
Another object of the present invention is to provide an effective interactive technique for obtaining such program-related rewards that requires minimal equipment at the viewer end.
A further object of the present invention is to provide an interactive technique for interactively obtaining such program-related rewards that is simple and convenient to use by the viewer.
These and other objects are attained in accordance with one aspect of the present invention directed to an interactive method for generating a supplementary, program-related output, comprising obtaining a programming signal and a supplementary, program-related data signal. The programming signal and the supplementary, program-related data signal are combined into a broadcast signal which is then broadcast from a program signal source. The broadcast signal is received and the programming signal of the received broadcast signal is performed with reproduction equipment for an audience. The supplementary, program-related data signal of the received broadcast signal is stored, and retrieval of the stored supplementary, program-related data signal is enabled interactively with the programming signal being performed. In response to a control signal being actuated by a member of the audience tuned to the programming signal being performed, the stored supplementary, program-related data signal is retrieved and used to generate the supplementary, program-related output.
Another aspect of the invention is directed to an apparatus for interactively generating a supplementary, program-related output. The apparatus includes means for combining a programming signal and a supplementary, program-related data signal into a broadcast signal, and then broadcasting the broadcast signal from a program signal source. Means are provided for receiving the broadcast signal and for performing the programming signal of the received broadcast signal with reproduction equipment for an audience. The supplementary, program-related data signal of the received broadcast signal is stored, and means is provided for enabling retrieval of the stored supplementary, program-related data signal interactively with the programming signal being performed. Responsive to a control signal being actuated by a member of the audience tuned to the programming signal being performed, the stored supplementary, program-related data signal is interactively retrieved and used to generate the supplementary, program-related output.
FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the invention.
FIG. 2 is a flow chart showing operations performed by the arrangement of FIG. 1.
The present invention relies on the following key components. As shown in FIG. 1, a programming signal source 1, such as a television ("TV") broadcast station, generates an output signal 2 which is a combination of a programming signal 5 and a reward data signal 7. Signal 2 is received by program reproduction apparatus 3 which can be capable of suitably reproducing the programming signal for video and/or audio performance. The received signal 2 is inputted to reward output apparatus 10 which can be manually activated by the viewer, such as with remote control 27, to interactively print a reward on a printer 37.
The present invention is particularly valuable to an advertiser who is offering a discount coupon applicable toward purchase of the product being advertised. Turning now to a more detailed explanation of the present invention, a reward data signal is provided along with the programming signal in order to enable printing a reward coupon interactively with the program to which the viewer is tuned. Thus, the conventional programming signal 5 is encoded by encoder 6 with a reward data signal 7. The term "encoded" is used in the broadest sense to include any and all techniques for combining a programming signal with another signal for broadcasting both together by a well known, commonly used broadcast transmitter 8. At the viewer end, both signals are received, separated, processed and reproduced. The specific technique chosen depends on various design considerations. The reward data signal can be either analog or digital. The encoding, transmission, detection and decoding of such data signals are conventional and readily apparent to anyone with ordinary skill in the art. Such specifics do not form a part of the present invention. Details thereof would add unnecessarily to the length and complexity of this description. Consequently, such details are not provided herein.
In accordance with a key aspect of the present invention, the reward data signal 7 includes all of the data specific to the particular reward coupon that is required to print it. Such data includes, for example, the text, font, formatting, symbols, background color, font color, and the like. All of this data is included in a reward data signal 7, is combined with programming signal 5, and is transmitted along with the programming signal as part of output signal 2. A variation of this approach is presented below in connection with a discussion of memory 39.
Broadcast output signal 2 is received by program reproduction apparatus 3. In particular, receiver 11 processes the received programming signal 5 and inputs it, as signal 5A, to reproduction device 13. Thus, if apparatus 3 is a TV set, receiver 11 could be a tuner, and device 13 is the TV screen. Receiver 11 can include circuitry to extract the programming signal and/or the reward data signal from signal 2. Such circuitry is well known, and thus details thereof are not needed herein.
The reward data signal 7 is provided, as signal 7A, to decoder 15. Alternatively, signal 2 can be inputted directly to decoder 15. Decoder 15 outputs a reward printing signal 16 to short term memory circuit 17. Signal 16 can be identical to signal 7A, it can be a minimally changed version thereof (e.g., amplified), or it can be a substantially changed version, depending on the specific signals and encoding/decoding technique chosen based on well known design considerations.
For example, decoder 15 can accumulate therein all the data required to print one reward coupon, for example. When the accumulation of that data is completed, it could all be transferred into short term memory 17. Alternatively, the accumulation and storage of data for an entire coupon would take place in memory 17 under control of controller 19 (discussed below). In any case, memory 17 stores therein data corresponding to a reward for as long as it needs to be kept available for selection by the viewer interactively with the program being performed and to which the viewer is tuned. When that situation changes, such as when a new reward is offered during that same program, or in a different program to which the viewer is tuned, controller 19 can reset memory 17, and the data for the new reward is stored in the newly reset memory 17.
When decoder 15 detects a reward as part of signal 2, it generates a reward recognition signal 18 to controller 19. This results in controller 19 generating a memory control signal 20 and an indicator output signal 23 to availability indicator 25. Indicator 25 can generate a visual, audible or sensory signal to alert the viewer to the fact that a reward is interactively available during the program to which the viewer is then tuned. The viewer is provided with a handheld, remote control device 27, such as is commonly used with TVs. Such a device includes buttons 28, 29 and 30 depicted for illustrative purposes. Of course, device 27 typically includes many such buttons. Button 30, for example, could be a programmable button on a generally available remote control device, or it would be a specific button on a customized device 27. In any case, when the viewer depresses button 30 in response to an alert received from indicator 25, and due to the interest by the viewer in a reward then being offered, the reward can be interactively printed as follows. As a result of button 30 being depressed, remote control device 27 generates output signal 31 which is inputted to controller 19. The remote control can be connected to controller 19 directly by wire or through remote transmission. In either case, controller 19 responds to signal 31 by generating print control signal 33 to reward processing circuit 35. Reward processing circuit 35 retrieves the reward printing data then stored in short term memory 17, and processes that signal so as to render it suitable for printing by printer 37. Thus, for example, circuit 35 can have stored therein the printer driver particular to the specific printer 37 being used by the viewer.
To summarize, signal 2 broadcast by the TV station 1 includes both a programming signal and a reward data signal for the reward being made available to the viewer for printing the reward interactively during that program. When such a reward is interactively available, the viewer is alerted to this fact by indicator 25. If the viewer chooses to have that reward printed, button 30 on remote control 27 can be depressed to actuate printer 37 to print the reward for which the data is then stored in short term memory 17.
As explained above, a key aspect of the invention is that the reward data signal 7 includes all of the data required to print a specific coupon, and all of that data is transmitted as part of the broadcast output signal 2. The addition of reward data signal 7 to programming signal 5 adds to the data transmission burdens both at the transmitting end and the receiving end. Although text-heavy reward coupons should not normally be too burdensome in this regard, image-heavy coupons may have a more significant impact. In any case, it may be advantageous to limit the amount of additional data that needs to be broadcast due to the inclusion of the reward data signal in output signal 2. One way of doing so is to permanently store at the viewer's location some of the reward data that is required to print a reward coupon and which is common to all interactively available rewards. This data is stored in memory 39. Thus, the common reward printing data is stored in memory 39, whereas only the data specific to one reward is broadcast as part of output signal 2. For example, such common reward printing data could be related to the formatting of the rewards. Thus, when controller 19 receives an output signal 31, it generates another memory control signal 41 to memory 39. This triggers the transfer of information from memory 39 to reward processing circuit 35. Circuit 35 then combines the specific reward printing data from short term memory 17 with the common reward printing data from memory 39, and then transfers the combined printing data to printer 37 for the printing of the reward coupon.
FIG. 2 shows the flow of operations required to implement the invention with the apparatus depicted in FIG. 1. In particular, broadcast signal 2 is received by apparatus 3, as depicted by 50. The remaining operations depicted in FIG. 2 are performed by controller 19. In particular, controller 19 determines whether decoder 15 has detected a reward data signal, per 52. If it has, then an indicator output signal is generated by controller 19, per 54. Also, controller 19 is responsible for having the reward data for a particular reward coupon stored in short term memory 17, per 56. Controller 19 then also determines whether a print control signal 31 is received from remote control device 27, per 58. If so, then operation 60 sends the signals to reward processing circuit 35 and memories 17 and 39 to collect and process the data required by printer 37 to print a coupon. Finally, printer 37 prints the reward, per 62.
Memory 39 could also have pre-stored therein print data for several different types of formats. Which format is printed depends on a digital bit, for example, included in output signal 2 and processed by controller 19 for input to memory 29 in a well known manner.
Apparatus 3 is a conventional component of a commercially available video and/or audio instrument, such as a TV set. Apparatus 10 could be embodied as a separate box that houses all of its components. Only minimal retrofitting of the TV, for example, would be required in order to implement the invention, such as connecting the broadcast receiver 11 (e.g. TV tuner) to the decoder 15. The connection to the TV set could be with a direct line or by remote signal transmission (e.g. RF, infrared). Other than that, the installation of the box housing apparatus 10 is very simple in that it just needs to be plugged into a wall outlet socket to receive power. Only a one time, fast, simple installation is involved that requires no retrofit of other apparatus in the house.
Alternatively, apparatus 10 could have its circuitry incorporated into the electronics of the TV. For example, the electronics could be fabricated on the semiconductor chip used to control operation of a TV and the viewing of programs on it. Such TV chips are becoming increasingly sophisticated with modern TVs being provided with added functionality approaching that of a computer. The cost of adding such circuitry to a TV chip is minimal considering the large number of chips over which the cost would be spread.
Although a preferred embodiment of the present invention has been described in detail above, various modifications thereto will be readily apparent to anyone with ordinary skill in the art. For example, memories 17 and 39 can be combined. Also, rather than printing the reward as coupon made of paper and ink, the reward data can be outputted to a portable electronic storage device, such as a smartcard. The smartcard could be inserted into a reader at a merchant's shop designed to read the reward data and enable redemption without the necessity to use paper and ink.
Other possible variations include use of printer 37 to print supplemental information other than a reward coupon in place of or in addition to the printing of rewards. Also, indicator 25 can be eliminated by coupling the output signal 23 of controller 19 to the TV inputs so that an icon, for example, is displayed on the screen to provide an effect equivalent to the effect of the indicator. In addition, manual actuation of button 27 to produce signal 31 can be replaced by voice commands, for example. Furthermore, the sequence of steps in the flow charts depicted in the drawings can be modified with equivalent results.
A further variation has to do with the common reward printing data, such as the format or formats, pre-stored in memory 39. It is also feasible to enable the entry of data into memory 39 from a remote station (not shown), as via a suitable wire or wireless communications link (e.g. a telephone line, ISDN line or cable, for example, or a wireless communication system can be used, such as satellite or cellular). This remote entry can be used, for example, to conveniently load new pre-stored formats into memory 39. Various other settable parameters can be set in this manner to provide added convenience and flexibility as features of the invention.
These and all other such modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims.


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DA: Two Long Islanders among 13 indicted in Metro-North Railroad exam scam
Two Long Islanders are among 13 current and former MTA employees indicted on charges they cheated to obtain questions and answers to Metro-North Railroad exams required to become conductors or engineers, prosecutors said.
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. on Monday announced the indictments of Dennis Degenfelder, 36, of Holbrook, Danielle Bonge, 45, of Lindenhurst, and 11 others. In a news release he said they shared digital copies of Metropolitan Transportation Authority safety tests via email.
Each of the 13 is charged with multiple counts of impairing the integrity of a government licensing examination, a class D felony. Degenfelder is charged with eight counts, Bonge three.
According to the indictment, between December 2013 and May 2014, nine defendants, including Degenfelder, emailed photographs of three different tests and the answers to other conductor candidates. The tests covered such topics as speed limits and safety procedures.
Degenfelder was able to access the exam and record a portion of it with his cellphone -- while an instructor was out of the room -- before emailing the test to several classmates, prosecutors said.
Three prospective engineer candidates, including Bonge, distributed digital copies of three different tests to other locomotive engineer candidates who had yet to take the exam, officials said.
The eight tests wrongfully obtained and distributed between November 2011 and May 2014 at Grand Central Terminal have been replaced by new versions, officials said.
Vance said helping candidates cheat on their license exams "poses potential dangers far beyond the act of passing answers."
MTA Inspector General Barry L. Kluger said the alleged cheating was uncovered by a joint investigation with MTA police and called the conduct "unacceptable and deplorable."
Metro-North said in a statement that it immediately brought in MTA police and the MTA inspector general for an independent investigation when it learned of the allegations a year ago. It also retested candidates and disbanded one class of conductor trainees.
Metro-North also said "it is confident that the railroad is safe for its customers and employees, and that every engineer and conductor is competent and qualified to do their jobs."
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These locally handmade Adirondack chairs are ready to be painted by local artists. The Adirondack chairs are made in Ticonderoga by Tierney Adirondack Rustic Design, the 2017 Street Art Project product sponsor.
TICONDEROGA — It's the return of the "Adirondack Chairs" for this year's Ticonderoga Street Art Project.
This is the seventh Street Art Project organized by the Ticonderoga Montcalm Street Partnership Promotions Committee.
The partnership wants businesses and organizations to sign up to be Street Art Project sponsors and buy and decorate a chair.
The cost of sponsorship is $60 for an adult chair and $40 for a child chair. Sign up by contacting the Ticonderoga Area Chamber of Commerce at 585-6619 or by calling Libby's Bakery Café at 558-1522.
A limited quantity of adult and child Adirondack chairs will be available on a first-come-first-serve basis. Product sponsor is Tierney Adirondack Rustic Design of Ticonderoga, which has handmade each of the Adirondack chairs.
When the project is underway in May, hand-painted Adirondack chairs will be on display in front of or inside Ticonderoga businesses and organizations.
"Community members and visitors are invited to check out the uniquely designed Adirondack chairs, as well as stop by the dedicated businesses and organizations in Ticonderoga sponsoring this project," Street Art Project and Auction Co-Chair Katy Rasmus said.
"The goal of the street art project is to decorate sidewalks, businesses, and organizations with hand-crafted, hand-painted art work done by local artists, as well as raise funds for a Montcalm Street project."
She said anyone can participate by sponsoring a pallet, being an artist and being creative with a favorite theme, or attending the auction, which will be held at the end of the summer.
"We hope to have many businesses and organizations sign up to be Street Art Sponsors for the 2017 project," Rasmus said. "Join us to brighten the community through art. Enthusiasm and support can be contagious for the entire community."
The initial street art project was wooden soldiers, "Soldiers on Parade"; followed by Adirondack chairs, "Relax in the Adirondacks"; bird houses, "For the Birds"; "Adirondack Benches"; "Adirondack Rain Barrels"; "Pallets" and now the return of the popular "Adirondack Chairs."


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"When feathers appear, angels are near."
It has been said that white feathers appear as a sign that a lost loved one is near. Even though you can't see them, they are always with you.
Guardian angels are sometimes thought to be those who passed watching over you, protecting you, and guiding you to all good things.
This Angel Feather pendant serves as a reminder that you are never alone and love is always around you and with you.
Pendant measures 0.75" long and comes with an 18" black cord necklace with clasp and is gift boxed.


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LONDON — A group of British lawmakers says naturalist Charles Darwin's work should be marked by an annual public holiday in his honor.
Lawmaker Ashok Kumar is one of 10 legislators backing a campaign to make Feb. 12 — Darwin's birthday — a national holiday.
Kumar said it would reward "one of Britain's greatest, if not the greatest, scientific minds."
The 200th anniversary of Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of his seminal work "On the Origin of Species" are both being celebrated this year.
Biologist Richard Dawkins, author of "The God Delusion," and Nobel Prize winner Francis Crick, one of the scientists who discovered the DNA molecule, have previously called for a public holiday honoring Darwin.
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Dr. Sreekala Sreehari completed her MBBS in 2000 from Government Medical College, Alappuzha, India and her MD Pathology in 2006 from Government Medical College Kottayam, India.She underwent further training in Histopathology in the United Kingdom obtaining the prestigious 'Fellow of the Royal college of Pathologists (FRCPath) degree in 2010 and continued to serve the National Health Service, UK till 2010.
She took up the position of Senior Specialist/ Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology at the Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, India and continued in this capacity as a Clinical doctor and Medical teacher for the next 3 years.
Dr Sreekala joined NMC Healthcare as a Specialist Histopathologist in 2013. Currently she is the section in-charge of Histopathology at NMC Specialty Hospital, Abudhabi reporting on Histopathology, Cytopathology, Immunohistochemistry and frozen sections.
Dr Sreekala holds full registration and license to practice with General Medical Council, UK, Health Authority Abudhabi, UAE and Travancore Cochin Medical Council, India. She is an active Member of the Emirates Pathology Society, Pathological Society of Great Britain and Ireland (PathSoc) and European Society of Pathology (ESUP). Most recently, she was appointed as the Country Advisor to UAE of the Royal College of Pathologists, UK in May 2015.
Dr Sreekala holds the European Computer Driving License (ECDL) Certificate, and has completed her HSE Risk Assessment Training Certificate based on Abudhabi EHSMS Version 2.0 and Internal Auditor training Certificate based on Abudhabi EHSMS Version 2.0.
With 9 years of international experience after specialization, she is an expert diagnostician. Her key areas of interest include Oncopathology related to Breast, Colon, Endocrine, Male and Female genital tracts. She is actively participating in the National cancer screening programmes related to breast, cervix and colon in the region. She has authored and co-authored several articles, done audits and been part of several projects.
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If you are craving for an Asian meal, try this Szechuan Shrimp and Broccoli recipe. This is very easy to make for lunch or dinner. This sweet and spicy recipe will satisfy your craving for a healthy Chinese food. You can adjust the flavor depending on your preference. If you want it to be sweeter, add more coconut sugar. Likewise, if you don't like spicy food, then you can put less crushed red pepper.
Prep Time: 15-20 minutes Cook Time: 20-25 minutes Total Time: 35-45 minutes
- 1 lb Shrimp
- 1/2 lb or 1 bunch of Organic Broccoli
- 3 Cloves Garlic
- 1/2 tsp Ginger
- 1/2 cup Organic Green Onion
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Chili Powder
- a dash of black pepper
- 2 Tbsp Sesame Oil
- 1 Tbsp Rice Vinegar
- 4 Tbsp Coconut Sugar
- 2 Tbsp Soy Sauce
- 1/2 Tbsp Crushed Red Pepper
- Boil the chopped broccoli for 5 minutes and set it aside
- Heat a medium pan and add the sesame oil, garlic, and ginger
- Fry until they are light brown and add the shrimp
- Add the soy sauce, vinegar, coconut sugar, black pepper, and crushed red pepper
- Stir and cook for 20 minutes
- Add the cooked broccoli and stir
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Jane Jackson, my guest
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What a lovely and interesting post and what wonderful childhood memories! Thank you for A Place of Birds - I'm off to download it now xReplyDelete
Ah, Jane your words, have brought Cornwall to my desktop on this sunny morning. We lived in the county for 15 years, until 1995, and we've travelled back at least once a year since.ReplyDelete
I'll be downloading 'A Place for Birds'. Thank you very much.
I will be downloading it most certainly, Jane! Thank you and thank you Lynne for the interview...ReplyDelete
- Glynis Scrivens11 September, 2012 00:13
Such an interesting post,Jane. I've only been to Cornwall twice, but loved it, especially the Falmouth area. Now I know where I can go when I'm feeling nostalgic for those holidays - your booksReplyDelete
Thanks for the post
Great blog Lynne, and a very interesting interview with Jane Jackson. I'm sold on Cornwall. I love Jane's novels. I met her at Caerleon and, not only is she a wonderful writer, she's a lovely person. She was so kind and helpful. My favourite novel of JJ's so far, is 'Heart of Stone' I couldn't put it down. I'm looking forward to reading 'Devil's Prize.ReplyDelete


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To this end, the university implements a proactive recruitment policy for international students, in particular for the master's programmes.
Within this framework, scholarships are made available by the UM Scholarship Fund with the aim of encouraging talented students from outside the EEA to follow a master's programme at UM: the UM HIGH POTENTIAL Scholarships.
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The scholarship is awarded for the duration of the programme, with a maximum of 12 months per academic year.
If a two-year master's programme is involved, the UM Scholarship Committee will award the scholarship for a maximum of 24 months.
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Diamond Set Flower Coin Insert in Sterling Silver
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"Please remember that every person you love and admire—every author, every artist, every business owner, every luminary who seems to 'have it all together'—just remember that their story is filled with hundreds of awkward firsts, too."
—Alexandra Franzen
It was love at first read when I encountered Alexandra Franzen online, and it has been ever since. She's a delightful, talented, prolific writer and thinker who seems to always write just what I need to hear. I love how Alex has pivoted her business over the years, and she's someone I love looking toward for inspiration and insight.
In this episode we talk about opening a brunch restaurant with her boyfriend, why she finds it helpful to dive into details on her Plan Z, how she makes time for art (so she doesn't feel "squished and sad"), her best tips for getting clients over their creative finish lines, why she quit twitter, how she says a graceful no, and so much more. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did!
More About Alex
Alexandra Franzen been a professional writer for 10 years. She writes articles about creativity, productivity, communication, goal-setting, entrepreneurship, and how to deal with difficult situations in your life and career. Her latest book is YOU'RE GOING TO SURVIVE, a collection of true stories about tough, scary stuff and how to get through it which has been called "Your new best friend on a bad day."
I have had the pleasure of attending two workshops with her in NYC and can verify that she's a true wizard with words! Other fun facts: Alex loves music and dark roast coffee, has blue hair and a fish named RuPaul, and she lives in Portland, Oregon with her partner Brandon (who she helped open a brunch restaurant called HunnyMilk).
Topics We Cover
Her decision to limit social media and the impact on her business
Filtering out negative reviews and focusing on the positive
Keeping your attention on the things that are working and on the people that you are helping
Sometimes the worst moment of your entire career can be the catalyst for a new beginning, and maybe the best work you've ever done.
Plan Z: writing down what could happen if everything falls apart as a calming exercise; you can rise up from just about any situation and it will be okay
How to see projects across creative finish lines
Listening to your heart and gut, or "hut," when deciding when to take on new projects
Alex's Graceful No: how to decline with heart, and provide alternatives to things that aren't a yes
Podcast: On Plan Z, Creative Finish Lines and the Graceful No—with Alexandra Franzen
Listen below or on iTunes, SoundCloud, Overcast, Stitcher, or Google Play Music:
Resources Mentioned
Alex on the web
Alex's articles
Alex's books
You're Going to Survive: True stories about adversity, rejection, defeat, terrible bosses, online trolls, 1-star Yelp reviews and other soul-crushing experiences and how to get through it.
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Oh I had fun with this card. It took me back to a fun time when I was in high school and starting college. Long strait hair, bellbottom jeans, and leather fringe.
I do think it is kinda, "Far Out"
I hope you do too.
Have a great day!
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Well, Saturday I had the privilege of shooting Lindsay and Steve's wedding. From the beautiful church to the gorgeous grove, this wedding was a magical event at St. Mary's College in Moraga. Here is just a taste of what's to come. . .
Congratulations Lindsay and Steve, and thank you for giving me the honor of capturing your very special day.


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Reality Lovers-The Vaginal Exam-Ornella Morgan
Title: The Vaginal Exam
Studio: Reality Lovers
Date: May 31st 2017
Starring: Ornella Morgan
Desc: Do you reminisce Ornella Morgan? She wasn't conversing so much in her recent flicks, right?
Well this time, she wants to switch that by becoming a student who wants to learn English with you. Do you want to help her with that? Observe her closely and you will watch that her student garment is indeed sex-positive and she wants to do so much more than just learn English. Will you study her bod as well? Ornella is more than willing and you know you want her from the very first moment you eyed her!
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Anti-Lock Brakes
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A brake is a mechanical device for slowing or stopping a vehicle (usually by means of friction). In short, a brake inhibits your car's motion. It lets you stop the car whenever and wherever you choose. Brakes are one of the most important parts of a motor vehicle. Without them, you would not be able to stop the car. If your vehicle's brakes are having issues, consider having them worked on. Brake experts at Empire Automotive can work on your car's brakes to ensure you have a safe drive.
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Uma Jade Drop Earrings
Uma Jade Drop Earrings
The Uma Jade Drop Earrings are an elegant and timeless set of earrings perfect for everyday wear. Made a dark Green Jade bead set on a unique organic silver form these lightweight earrings are set on a sterling silver shepherds hook and are comfortable enough for everyday wear. A lovely and understated way to add a splash of color to any outfit.
This lovely piece is made with meticulously sourced materials to be a high quality accessory made to last a lifetime. All Dolorous jewelry is sent out gift wrapped in tissue and a hand-stamped muslin bag, or box, and can always be shipped as a gift to any location internationally. If you have any special requests feel free to message me, I'm always happy to accommodate.


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Pressed on time? Try this full body at home workout. You will need a set of dumbbells and a yoga mat. This minimal equipment workout is only 12 minutes. It can be done one time through as a quick workout. Or repeated multiple times. Follow along in real time for a quick full body workout.Read More
HIIT Workout [Full Body]
This 25 min workout will be followed along completely in real time. Hit play and get ready to sweat.
You will need: One light set of dumbbells and one heavy set of dumbbells
Part 1:
10-15 secs Plank
3 each side Forearm Army Up Downs
10-15 secs Plank Jacks
30 secs Mountain Climbers
Part 2:
30 secs Russian twists
Part 3:
30 secs Butt Kicks
15-20 secs Prisoner Squats
15-20 secs Burpees
10 secs Calf Raises
15-20 secs Ski Lunges
15-20 secs High Knees
Part 4:
15-20 secs Good Morning Raises
15-20 secs Fire Hydrants
15-20 secs Sumo Side Bends
X3 No rest between rounds
Heavy Dumbbells:
15-20 secs Squats
10 secs Jump Squats
One Heavy Dumbbell:
15-20 secs Curtsey Lunges
Light Dumbbells:
30 secs T raises
15 Hammer Curls
15-20 Renegade Rows
10-15 secs Plank
3 each side Forearm Army Up Downs
10-15 secs Plank Jacks
30 secs Mountain Climbers
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For the past two years, naval shooter World of Warships has held a special Halloween event in which the game's early 20th-century setting is traded for an alternative steampunk universe. This year the Halloween game mode will feature an exciting new class of warships: submarines. Starting November 1, everyone will be able to test their underwater skills against the evil Halloween fleet and try to defeat end boss Rasputin once and for all. So far submarines have been a class that's been absent from World of Warships, so will these silent killers from the deep make it into the full game?
As Marek Tučan, associate publishing producer at Wargaming, explained to us, that will depend on player feedback from the Halloween event. World of Warships currently has four classes that have been balanced toward each other: destroyers, cruisers, battleships and carriers. The addition of submarines must not upset the balance of the game too much, despite the fact that the community has requested their inclusion from the early days of the game. That's why the developers have decided that submarines will be very vulnerable, their torpedoes can only be fired one at a time from a reloading canister, and (in accordance with reality) they will run out of oxygen and need to surface after being submerged for a limited amount of time.
During our preview session for the Halloween event, we found the sub's controls to be identical to that of the other ships in the game, with the addition of depth levels which you control with the F and C keys (to go up and down respectively). Submarines are basically blind in the water unless they go up to periscope depth or fully surface - the top two depth levels. First-off we picked the Barracuda which has both torpedoes and two gun turrets (classified as secondary armaments) on top. The controls for the submarines work very well and we cannot imagine WoWS players having any difficulty controlling them. The Barracuda allowed us to attack stealthily with its forward-firing torpedoes, as well as surfacing to use the secondary deck guns. While on the surface though, we noticed that any incoming shells will hurt badly so this is only viable if your enemy is preoccupied elsewhere.
Next off, we tried the Gerfalcon which has freezing torpedoes in the front and damaging torpedoes firing from the back of the sub. This was a more nimble submarine that required a completely different playstyle from the Barracuda; fire a freezing torpedo from the front, dive under the enemy ship and surface again to fire torpedoes from your aft-side. It's this kind of fast submarine that can seriously impact the game's current playstyle as it allows you to dive in and out while remaining mostly undetected. In any case, the subs seem to work well and are enjoyable to play. However, we didn't feel very vulnerable when submerged, because the depth charges dropped by the enemy ships don't come very close; as long as you steer clear of the aft of enemy ships they can't really target, let alone hurt you.
It's therefore unclear how depth charges will work effectively as a counter to submarines for other classes, if submarines are added to the full game. If player feedback is positive, Marek Tučan told us they might add submarines to World of Warships "sometime in 2019". If included, submarines will be built around three pillars: the anticipation while stalking other players and the tension due to their fragility, the necessity to surface regularly, and the satisfaction from scoring a kill after careful planning. Tučan told us that "Wargaming is already studying historical accounts from both sides" of the war regarding submarine warfare. He couldn't tell us anything about which nations would receive submarines first, but the Halloween subs are already inspired by historical subs. For example, the Barracuda, with its secondary guns, was inspired by the British M-Class with its 305mm forward-facing gun turret and the French Surcouf submarine cruiser with its 203mm rotating guns. These two ships alone illustrate that there's a lot of interesting submarines to add from different nations.
Concluding, the Halloween submarines are a fun addition to this year's event. The developers will first be introducing a rework of the Aircraft Carriers in the game which will replace the top-down view with a third-person one from behind the aircraft. Submarines would only be worked on at some point in 2019. In our view, they would definitely be a fitting addition to the full game, as long as the depth charges are worked out properly as a counter for the other classes. For those who can't wait, we suggest watching the cinematic classic Das Boot one more time.
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The History of The Suffolk Show
Looking back at the history of the Suffolk Show—a quintessentially Suffolk day out for everyone!
We love the Suffolk Show here at the Record Office! It's always a fantastic opportunity for us to shout about what we do (including, this year, 'The Hold'!), and to show Suffolk people some of the rich heritage we care for on their behalf. We hope you enjoyed this year's event – we thought it would be nice to wrap-up our own show experience with a little wander through the rich history of this 'superbly Suffolk' day out!
In 1831, a group of landowners and progres-sive farmers met at the White Hart, Wickham Market, to discuss the possibility of holding an agricultural show. The group formed the East Suffolk Agricultural Association (we hold a fascinating range of archives from the Suffolk Agricultural Association at our Ipswich branch!).
The Agricultural Association set themselves the task of improving farming techniques in their county by holding an annual show. Since this date, the Suffolk Show has mirrored and helped to shape agriculture and rural life in Suffolk.
The first show was held on 21 September 1831 at Wickham Market and embraced only East Suffolk with the Earl of Stradbroke as president. West Suffolk started their own show the following year and for over twenty years the two shows existed side by side. After the two shows merged, the Show moved round the county, often on the estate of the current President. In 1856, the East and West Suffolk shows amalgamated to form the Suffolk Agricultural Association.
The first of the new Suffolk shows was held in the centre of the county at Stowmarket and it then moved to different areas every year. While Ipswich and Bury St Edmunds were the most popular sites, Stowmarket, Saxmundham, Beccles, Framlingham and Sudbury also hosted several shows. This practice continued until, in 1959, a 130-acre site was purchased on Bucklesham Road, Ipswich for a permanent Suffolk Showground. Since 1960 the show has been held on this site.
Agricultural associations sought to improve agricultural methods by, for example, judging farm animals from leading breeders, holding ploughing matches and rewarding cash prizes to men and women who worked on the land and contributed to improving agriculture.
The East Anglian Daily Times has also been a great supporter over the years. Reporting on the Royal Show at Ipswich in 1934 it was noted that special thanks were due to Mr C H Clarke of the East Anglian Times 'who undertook the whole of the Press Publicity work at home and on the continent for a considerable period before the Show, and stimulated a sustained interest in the event until it was assured of success'.
As part of its ongoing development and to celebrate the Association's 175th anniversary, the Showground was re-branded TRINITY PARK. This brand is supported by three life-size sculptures of a Suffolk Horse stallion, a Red Poll bull and a Suffolk ram, known as the Suffolk Trinity, which take pride of place at the redesigned main entrance.
Send your memories of the Suffolk Show to firstname.lastname@example.com
Looking forward to seeing you next year!


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A World in Two Colors
"Who told you that one paints with colors? One makes use of colors, but one paints with emotions." Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin
Sometimes I daydream about walking out the door with a pack on my back, wandering off to sketch my way around the world from Vermont to Timbuktu. I wouldn't take much: a compass, a bedroll, a change of clothes.
I'd only need a few art supplies: a small pad of paper, a brush, a little watercolor palette filled with Burnt Sienna and Prussian Blue. That's it, just a brown and a blue.
I'd be in good company carrying just those two tubes of paint. Before the Industrial Revolution in the early 1800's provided a wide variety of pigments like pink, violet and orange, the great British landscape painters made due with Umber, Ochre and Sienna, colors that came from the earth.
When they added a blue pigment for the sky, they had all they needed to paint the world from top to bottom.
There's a surprising amount you can do with just two colors, if you chose the right ones, like brown and blue.
Right out of the tube they are potent and intense, but thin them with water, and they transform to delicate tints.
Mix them together and make mysterious, murky darks.
Or brush them pure, side by side, and you've got clean, bright contrasts.
I usually prefer Prussian Blue in a limited palette. Prussian is very dark right out of the tube, so it gives a wide value range from light to almost black.
And Prussian leans towards green, which is a good starting point for landscape painting
Cobalt and Ultramarine are two other blues that are often used in limited palette paintings.
They lean towards violet rather than green, and sometimes the landscape does that, too.
On the "earth" side of the pair, painters have the choice of a variety of browns. Burnt Umber is the darkest, and when mixed with blue, gives the most "neutral" black and greys that lean neither warm nor cool.
Burnt Sienna is redder in hue than Burnt Umber, and I find it a livelier partner when I'm painting only with brown and blue. Within every color, there's much variation by manufacturer and by variety. My favorite Burnt Sienna is Daniel Smith Quinacridone Sienna.
It's transparent, meaning you can see the light of the white paper shining through, and decidedly reddish, which comes in handy for getting intense oranges, and a strong difference between warm and cool..
You may be wondering what the words "warm" and "cool" have to do with color. My students are often trying to figure that out, too.
Temperature plays a big role in painting. If you want to create a sense of deep space, the cool of blue retreats into distance.
The warmth of brown, or orange, or yellow pulls forward. This creates a back and forth against a cool color like blue or violet even in the shallow space of a still life.
This use of warm and cool holds true in abstraction, too, where temperature differences create a push and pull.
Temperature differences also create differences in mood. Think how you feel walking into a room with orange walls, versus one painted deep blue. Warm colors are more energetic and extroverted, cool colors are quieter and invite us in to stay for awhile.
When I feel overwhelmed by a home full of gadgets and studio full of stuff, I remind myself that I can run away anytime I want to. I'll carry everything I need, art supplies and all, in my trusty backpack—including those two tubes of color, brown and blue.
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A strong, confident Islam within the West is a bête noire of conservatives, but The Economist says that Muslims living here are dealing with Moralistic Therapeutic Deism — and even outright apostasy — too. Excerpt:
As the number of American Muslims has increased by almost 50% in the past decade, so too has the number of ex-Muslims. According to the Pew Research Centre, 23% of Americans raised as Muslims no longer identify with the faith. Most of them are young second-generation immigrants who have come to reject the religion of their parents. Some, however, are older when their crisis of faith arrives, already married to devout Muslim spouses and driving children to the mosque to study the Koran at weekends.
The vast majority, whether young or old, are silent about their faithlessness. One Muslim college student, who came home drunk one evening, was confronted by his father. Not thinking clearly, the son confessed to his father that he was an atheist, whereupon the father revealed that he too had lost his faith many years ago. Yet he still admonished his son for not hiding his secret well enough.
Publicly leaving Islam is difficult because many Muslims live in tight-knit communities. Many apostates are left closeted, afraid to put at risk their relationships with their parents, on whom they may still depend, or with their siblings and their friends. Non-believing Mormons, Hasidic Jews and evangelical Christians find themselves in a similar predicament. Within Somali enclaves in Minneapolis and Pakistani ones in Dallas, renunciation of Islam is tantamount to renunciation of an entire social circle. "The most frustrating part is living knowing that my life has to be guided by the rules I don't agree with," says one still deep in the closet.
Apostasy is different from apathy, but that is also growing among Muslims. Among believers aged 55 or older, 53% say they perform all five of the mandatory daily prayers—no easy feat, considering that the first must be done before dawn. Among Muslim millennials, that proportion falls to 33%. Few would be ostracised for missing a prayer, or not fasting during the month of Ramadan—so long as those misdeeds were not made public.
That's in America, where liberty and diversity make it much harder to hold on to traditional faith. In Iran, and within other Muslim countries, the force driving some Muslims away from their faith is too much oppression and politicization of religion, writes Mustafa Akyol. Excerpts:
The antigovernment protests that erupted in Iran in the last days of 2017 showed that millions of Iranians are now disillusioned with the Islamic Republic. Moreover, there are signs that quite a few Iranians are now also disenchanted with Islam itself. Often silently and secretly, they are abandoning their faith. Some opt for other faiths, often Christianity.
This trend is being observed and reported, with understandable excitement, by Christian news sites. "Despite Regular Targeting and Imprisonment, Christianity in Iran Is Spreading," the Iranian Christian news agency Mohabat News reported recently. The Christian Broadcasting Network, which transmits globally from Virginia, even declared, "Christianity is growing faster in the Islamic Republic of Iran than in any other country in the world."
While a 2015 study by two researchers, Duane Alexander Miller of St. Mary's University in San Antonio and Patrick Johnstone of WEC International in Singapore, estimated Iranian converts to Christianity from Islam from 1960 to 2010 at 100,000, it is hard to know the exact number. But the trend seems strong enough to worry Iran's religious establishment — and make it turn to a solution it knows well: oppression.
The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has reported that since 2010 more than 600 Christians in Iran have been arbitrarily detained. Iranian authorities have also raided services, threatened church members and imprisoned Christians, particularly evangelical Christian converts.
As a Muslim who is not happy to see my coreligionists leave the faith, I have a great idea to share with the Iranian authorities:
If they want to avert more apostasy from Islam, they should consider oppressing their people less, rather than more, for their very oppression is itself the source of the escape from Islam.
The core problem is that traditional Islamic jurisprudence, and the religious culture it produced, were formed when society was patriarchal, hierarchical and communitarian. Liberal values like free speech, open debate and individual freedom were much more limited. Hence Muslim jurists saw no problem in "protecting the religion" by executing apostates and blasphemers, and by enforcing religious observance. Some of them, like Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, whose ninth-century teachings were a precursor of modern-day Wahhabism — also championed blind faith, a notion of believing "without asking how."
Modern society, however, is a very different place. People are more individualistic and questioning, and have much more access to diverse views. Questions cannot be answered by platitudes, and ideas cannot be shut down by crude dictates. And those who insist in doing so will only push more people away from the faith they claim to serve.
Read the whole thing. I have several thoughts.
1. There is no escape from modernity. There is nowhere to hide from secularism, in the Charles Taylor sense: the awareness that we might believe something else, or nothing at all. This is the modern condition. It hit Christians much earlier, but it is hitting Muslims, and will continue to hit Muslims.
2. Laissez-faire is going to cause Muslims to drift from their faith. This is the lesson from the first example above. Modern secular society is not neutral about religion, and exclusive religious claims. If you think your kids are going to hold on to the faith (Muslim or otherwise) without real work on your part, you're deceiving yourself. You must in some sense inculcate into your kids a sense that the religion teaches authoritative truth, not just one "truth" among others.
3. Authoritarianism is not enough — and in fact, it could make things worse. This is Mustafa Akyol's point, obviously. "Because I said so" simply won't cut it. Religious authorities — including parents — have no choice but to enforce the religion's rules, or the religion will dissipate. This kind of negotiation is going to end up with atheism. I've written before about how I, as a 17 year old agnostic, defied my father by telling him that I wasn't going to go with my mother and sister to Easter services, because I wasn't sure that I believed in God. He was furious, and said that he would make me go. "If it's so important, why are you going hunting instead?" I said. He had no answer to that, so he let me stay at home if I promised to read the Bible for an hour while he was in the woods and my mom and sister were at church. I made good on my promise, but I knew from that point on not to take anything he said about religion seriously, because he didn't.
On the other hand, had my father compelled me to attend church, even if he had come along with us, it would have increased my respect for him, but not changed my skepticism about God one bit. You cannot compel belief. In fact, I can easily see that his compelling me to attend services might have hardened my heart against Christianity, because it would have given grounding to my then-belief that there were no good reasons to believe in Christianity, only the force of habit or compulsion.
4. The mosque — like the church — must propose, not impose. I see no other effective way to pass on faith in the modern world. We make the best arguments we can for the faith, but we do so with the understanding that faith is not the sum total of syllogisms. There is no such thing as an entirely rationalistic religion, and if you try to turn religion into that, you'll kill it. More important than making arguments is to fully incarnate the faith into our personal lives, our family lives, and the lives of our communities. We bear the most effective witness to the truth of our faith by the lives we live. (This, by the way, is the main point of The Benedict Option). Kierkegaard said that "truth is subjectivity," by which he meant not that truth is relative, but that the kinds of truths for which one lives and dies are only really known by committing oneself to them. It's the difference between knowing God, and knowing about God.
We all know about the savage ethnic slaughter in Rwanda in 1994. In 2004, The New York Times wrote about the religious effect that was having in that country. Excerpt:
When 800,000 of their countrymen were killed in massacres that began 10 years ago this week, many Rwandans lost faith not only in their government but in their religion as well. Today, in what is still a predominantly Catholic country, Islam is the fastest growing religion.
Roman Catholicism has been the dominant faith in Rwanda for more than a century. But many people, disgusted by the role that some priests and nuns played in the killing frenzy, have shunned organized religion altogether, and many more have turned to Islam.
"People died in my old church, and the pastor helped the killers," said Yakobo Djuma Nzeyimana, 21, who became a Muslim in 1996. "I couldn't go back and pray there. I had to find something else."
Wearing a black prayer cap, Mr. Nzeyimana was one of nearly 2,000 worshipers at the Masdjid Al Fat'h last Friday. The crowd was so large that some Muslims set their prayer mats on the dirt outside the mosque and prayed in the midday heat.
The Muslim community now boasts so many converts that it has had to embark on a crash campaign to build new mosques to accommodate all of the faithful. About 500 mosques are scattered throughout Rwanda, about double the number that existed a decade ago.
Although no accurate census has been done, Muslims leaders in Rwanda estimate that they have about a million followers, or about 15 percent of the population. That, too, would represent a doubling of their numbers in the past 10 years.
I would like to know where those numbers stand today. If anybody is knowledgeable on that front, please post something in the comments section.
I find this entirely credible, though. What many religious people don't realize is how fragile faith can be. Those Rwandans who abandoned Christianity for Islam didn't go because they were convinced by rational argument of the merits of Islam over Christianity. They were shaken by horror. If Mustafa Akyol is right, something similar is happening to some Muslims within the Islamic world.
Again, our problem with traditional religion in the West is primarily (overwhelmingly!) the first example: the difficulty passing on the faith in a secular, pluralistic culture. The problem in Iran (and other Muslim countries) is more from the second example. Walking the tightrope of staying faithful to tradition in modernity is an incredibly difficult task. But we have no choice.


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