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Well, that certainly wasn't worth delaying the Rays' comeuppance.
Barack Obama's 30-minute homage to the entitlement mentality opened with The One trying to look presidential in a mock Oval Office, as he explained that he would be introducing the audience to some "Americans who are looking for real and lasting change that makes a difference in their lives".
First up was Rebecca, a middle-class mother who, the Obamessiah intones, bought a house in the suburbs so that her children could attend good schools. She explains that her husband has delayed surgery in order to avoid trying to get by on his disability income. The kids have to make sacrifices too; she opens the refrigerator to point out each individual family member's door shelf, which contains all the snacks they get for the week. The family mini-van sports stickers representing each member of the family and its pets.
What "change" does this mother want? "[A]n end in sight to all the worry and the chaos of everyday living, trying to make ends meet," she says in a voice-over as images of her son playing football appear on screen.
"All over the country I've met families just like Rebecca's," says Sen. Obama.
Families with suburban homes. Good schools. Disability coverage. Mini-vans. Pets. Athletic equipment. And personal refrigerator shelves.
Well, then, Sen. Obama, I really don't think they need any wealth spread their way.


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Welcome to the Rollback: a frame-by-frame look back at our past week's most notable news — and our favorite SRK articles — from September 29 to October 5, 2017!
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Senko no Ronde 2 impressions: A shoot 'em up that's also a fighting game
I'm a big fan of strange mash-ups and experimental game concepts, so this unusual fighter/shooter hybrid has definitely got my attention.
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Shoryuken review: Gundam Versus is a great — if slightly impenetrable — introduction to the Gundam Vs. series
This game is a blast. Check out our review from Trilby, then go try it for yourself!
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Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition launches on January 16th, 2018
So "Super Street Fighter V" wasn't a fairy-tale after all. With a host of of both cosmetic changes and gameplay additions — including the long-desired arcade mode itself — this could be the shot in the arm SFV needs to pull out of its PR slump. I'm rooting for 'em.
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Dragon Ball FighterZ will allow players to collect all seven Dragon Balls in actual matches
Shown off as part of Game Informer's month long coverage of Dragon Ball FighterZ, a new mechanic has been added which sees players gathering the mystical Dragon Balls during a match. We've no clue what they do just yet, but expect more over the coming month!
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The Atom is coming to Injustice 2
Revealed on the CW, shrinking superhero The Atom is coming in Injustice 2's Fighter Pack 3. His fighting style has him shrinking down to sneak behind opponents, and then returning to normal size to deliver a savage beatdown.
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Capcom is aware of Spider-Man infinite in Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite, currently investigating solutions
Fret not MvC:I fans, Capcom is well aware of Spider-Man's Web Ball/Reality Stone infinite. They are currently looking for a solution, so expect a fix to come along with the first pack of DLC characters on October 17th.
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Shoryuken interview: Mark Essen of MESSHOF on Nidhogg II's development and inspiration
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Rumor: Monster Hunter and Black Panther were ready months before Marvel vs. Capcom: Infinite's release
Are Capcom back to their old tricks with MvC:I's DLC? With three characters ready to go less than a month after the launch of the game… who knows? It's a concerning rumor, but hopefully there isn't any truth to it.
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The winner of Revolution 2017's Fight of Gods tournament will take away a golden crown of thorns
I can't even begin to explain how much I love this. It's tacky, mental, and a whole lot of fun — just like Fight of Gods! I can't wait to see who walks away wearing those golden thorns.
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A new arcade version of Street Fighter V, based on a Taito board, will be playable in Japan on October 21 and 22
Appearing just before the announcement of Street Fighter V: Arcade Edition for PlayStation 4 and PC players, it looks like SFV will earn the "Arcade Edition" moniker in the wild, with some help from Taito components.

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Explication of "Dulce et Decorum Est" In Dulce et Decorum Est Wilfred Owen explores the harsh conditions and realities of war. The burdens of war and the overwhelming weariness faced by soldiers are described in the first ten lines of the poem. Many soldiers in World War I did not have the proper training and equipment to fight a war. The long marches to battle through bad conditions wore the soldiers down and caused their reaction times to be down. The author is expressing the weariness of the soldiers and the hardships the soldiers are undergoing during World War One. In line eleven the poem changes mood to one of urgency.
He begins to talk about bombs, in this case nuclear warfare. When the bomb is dropped the soldiers begin to fumble with their helmets to protect themselves from the gas of the bomb. The helmets of this time were crude, but they did their job. The soldiers get their helmets on in time, except one. The soldier is "found " ring like a man in fire...
drowning" from exposure to the poisonous gases fired by the enemy. The author is expressing the cruelty of war through this poem in describing the slow and painful deaths that many soldiers went through. Death by poisonous gas is slow and painful. The soldiers who died did so painfully, it was as if they were drowning.
Choking slowly, like being drown, death by compression and collapsing of the lungs. This is a horrid death. The poem is from the viewpoint of a soldier watching another soldier die. The soldier is experiencing the death of the other soldier. He is describing his dreams of choking and grasping for breath, grasping for life. As he watches the other soldier die he is thinking about his own death, about the deaths of other soldiers, about the deaths and casualties of war.
The author is discussing the realities of war... war is death. The reality of it all is that war amounts to death, there ha never been a war without death. The author is revealing a viewpoint towards this death from a soldier watching his fellow soldiers die.
Death by suffocation is a hideous way to die. The poet is expressing his feeling towards this death. In line 15 the poet begins to describe the "smothering dreams" of following behind a body wagon picking up the dead and tossing them into the wagon. Those who were not fortunate enough to have gotten their masks on and were choked and killed by the gas. At the time the soldier is thrown into the body wagon he is not dead. He is dying a slow and cruel death.
He is coughing blood up from his dying lungs, the gas is slowly eating the lining out of his lungs. He is dying form the inside out. The innocence of the soldier is taken away through this hideous death. The suffering of the many for the good of the many- How can these acts be justified.
War is a painful series of losses for a higher amount of gain. During war the value of life is forgotten. This poem explores these aspects of the cruelty of war. The poet describes the agonizing deaths soldiers undergo during wartime. The slow pain suffered by many for the good of the country. The pain suffered in world terms by a few for the many.
The poet is describing the value of giving ones life for ones country. The quote in the poem is from the Roman poet Horace means "It is sweet and becoming to die for one's country." In using this quote the author is expressing his views towards war. That to die for ones country is a good and honorable thing. That death can be somehow justified by the fact that death can be justified if it is for something good. That death to help others can be a good thing although at the same time it is a bad thing.
Death for ones country is an honorable death, to die to save others and make others lives better is an honorable way to die. To die while protecting freedom is honorable. When death comes while fighting for what you believe in, it is almost justified. Although the soldiers that have dies in wartime while in battles and those killed under friendly fire are missed.
They have not died in vain, they have died honorably and for honorable reasons.


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A police pursuit that started with a carjacking in Kansas City, Missouri, ended with the driver of the stolen pickup crashing into an Overland Park duplex.
Police said the pickup was taken about 1 a.m. Thursday from Independence Avenue and Maple Street. Kansas City police tried to stop the driver. Authorities said speeds reached 100 mph at times.
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Saturday, July 23, 2016
Dissapointnemt in Disney: Tower of Terror Becomes Guardians of Galaxy
I had heard rumors several months about that Tower of Terror in Disney's California Adventure Park was going to change to Guardians of the Galaxy but did not think Disney would be that stupid or cheesy. I even called Disney and asked and they said it would't happen in the near future if it was going to happen. Well, sadly today they announced that it is happening. Tower of Terror will now be Guardian of the Galaxy. Words can't even begin to express how angry and upset this makes me.
I have not seen Guardians of the Galaxy because I am sick of superhero movies. Yes Batman was good and Superman too. Antman was funny but they do not belong at Disneyland. DC comics are cheap and cheesy looking. I just cannot believe Disney would do something like this to a popular attraction.
Of course we are all creatures of habit and sometimes change is difficult. But sometimes there are changes that are unbelievable and upsetting.
When Disney decided to get rid of Golden Dreams I was sad, we loved that attraction but Little Mermaid is Disney and Golden Dreams hadn't been all that popular. So we accepted that and find that we love Little Mermaid. Country Bear Jamboree was another attraction we were sad to see leave and we still miss it but at least they replaced it with Many Adventures of Pooh, which is Disney.
Tower of Terror is a popular ride. People absolutely love it. Part of the charm is the theme. With the new attraction you will have to look at a bunch of creepy characters in boxes and follow an animal thing around. Not for me!
The Imagineers are losing their magic and their charm. I do not think Walt would like this at all. It does not have a magical feel. The entire DK thing just feels more like Universal Studios and well, we don't like it there. We don't go there. We go to Disney for Disney things. Before we know it they will change Haunted Mansion into a Batman vs.Superman attraction and Splash Mountain will become something Avengers themed.
Maybe Disney wants to run people off. They want to thin the crowds. Well if they keep adding crappy things like this they will succeed. While watching the video for the making of the new attraction it felt like everything Lillian Disney did not want for Disneyland or any of Walt's parks. It felt cheap and seedy. The idea of Marvel as any part of the Disney parks is cheap and seedy to me. Why don't they just open up a Marvel Land park of its own somewhere else and leave Disneyland and Disney's California Adventure Park alone.
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With that in mind, the recent confirmation of Alden Ehrenreich as the new Han Solo has set our expectations for the prequel film sky high. However, we don't know much about how the new actor will fill Harrison Ford's shoes -- other than the fact that it will take place before he agreed to fly an old man, a kid, and a pair of droids to Alderaan. We've compiled a list of established, but unconfirmed Star Wars characters that could (and should) pop up alongside the beloved smuggler in Phil Lord and Chris Miller's upcoming standalone film. Now let's get started with one who never even made it passed the first Death Star...
Grand Moff Tarkin
Believe it or not, Han Solo didn't always fight on the most righteous side of the Galactic Civil War -- at least if this part of the Expanded Universe remains canon. During his younger years he enlisted in the Imperial forces and trained to become a pilot. With that in mind, this seems like a prime opportunity to bring back Grand Moff Tarkin (originally played by the late Peter Cushing in A New Hope) as a central member of The Empire's imposing military. Tarkin has become a major element on the Star Wars Rebels, and considering the fact that the timelines more or less seem to line up, it would make perfect sense for him to appear in Han Solo's standalone adventure -- possibly even accompanied by a wheezing Darth Vader.


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Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (NTR) Telugu Film actor
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao (28 May 1923 – 18 January 1996), popularly known as N. T. Rama Rao or by his initials NTR, was an Indian filmactor, director, producer, and politician who also served as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh for three terms. He received three National Film Awards for co-producing Thodu Dongalu (1954) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1960) under National Art Theater, Madras, and directing Varakatnam(1970), and He garnered the Inaugural Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Telugu in 1972.
NTR made his debut as an actor in a Telugu social film Mana Desam, directed by L. V. Prasad in 1949. He gained popularity in the 1950s when he became well known for his portrayals of Hindu deities, especially Krishna and Rama, roles which have made him a "messiah of the masses".He later became known for portraying antagonistic characters and Robin Hood-esque hero characters in films. In total he starred in over 320 Telugu films and has become one of the most prominent figures in the history of Telugu cinema.
Besides Telugu, he has also acted in a few Tamil films. Widely recognised for his portrayal of mythological characters, NTR was considered as one of the leading method actors of Indian cinema, He was referred to in the media as Viswa Vikhyatha Nata Sarvabhouma. He was awarded thePadma Shri by the Government of India in 1968, recognizing his contribution to Telugu cinema.
After his career in films, NTR entered politics. He founded the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in 1982 and served three tumultuous terms as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh between 1983 and 1995. He was known as an advocate of Andhra Pradesh's distinct cultural identity, distinguishing it from the erstwhile Madras State with which it was often associated. At the national level, he was instrumental in the formation of the National Front, a coalition of non-Congress parties which governed India from 1989 until 1990.
N. T. Rama Rao (NTR) was born on 28 May 1923 in Nimmakuru, a small village in Gudivada taluk of Krishna District, which was a part of the erstwhileMadras Presidency of British India. His was a poor farming family. From a young age he showed an interest in singing and developed a baritonesinging voice as a young man.
NTR passed the matriculation examination in 1940 and joined the SRR & CVR College in Vijayawada to pursue his Intermediate course. While doing this course, he supplemented the family income by supplying milk to hotels in Vijayawada on his bicycle, ran a small provision store and worked as a clerk. At the end of the first year of his Intermediate course, the students of the college decided to stage a play written by Viswanadha Satyanarayana, the well-known Telugu poet and writer and the head of the Telugu department of the college. NTR played a female role in that play. NTR joined the Andhra-Christian College at Guntur for pursuing his Bachelor of Arts course in 1945. During this time, he started performing and directing many stage plays like Chesina Paapam along with Kongara Jaggayya, Mukkamala and K. V. S. Sarma. After his graduation, NTR passed the Madras Service Commission examination and settled down in a sub-registrar's job at Mangalagiri. He later quit this job to pursue acting.
NTR started his film career playing a small role as a police sub-inspector in the movie Mana Desam (1949). The role was offered by director L. V. Prasad. Following this, he appeared in Palletoori Pilla, directed by B. A. Subba Rao.[10] It marked the first occasion that Rama Rao and his contemporary Akkineni Nageswara Rao (ANR) acted together for the first time. The title role was played by Anjali Devi and the story was loosely based on the English play, Pizaro by Richard Sherton. The film was a commercial hit and ran for more than 100 days in six centres. He got his major breakthrough with the 1951 film Paathala Bhairavi, directed by K. V. Reddy, where he played the role of a prince. He soon became famous for his commercial film roles, usually depicting an adventurous prince saving a damsel in distress.[citation needed]
His first mythological film was in 1957, where he portrayed Krishna in the blockbuster film Maya Bazaar.[11] He essayed the role of Krishna in 17 films,[11] including some landmark films like Sri Krishnarjuna Yudham (1962), the Tamil film Karnan (1964) and Daana Veera Soora Karna (1977). He was also famous for his portrayal of Lord Rama, essaying that role in films like Lava Kusha(1963), Shri Ramanjaneya Yuddham (1974) and Shri Rama Pattabhishekham (1978) to name a few. He has also portrayed other characters from the Ramayana, such as Ravana in Bhookailas(1958) and Seetharama Kalyanam (1961) among others. He portrayed Lord Vishnu in films like Sri Venkateswara Mahatyam (1960) among others and Lord Shiva in Dakshayagnam (1962). He has also enacted the roles of Mahabharatha characters, such as Bheeshma, Arjuna, Karna and Duryodhana. These mythological roles catapulted him to the top of Telugu film stardom and he soon achieved a demigod status in Andhra Pradesh.
Later in his career, he stopped playing the role of a prince in his commercial films and began to play roles of a poor yet heroic young man fighting against the existing system. These films appealed to the sentiments of the common man. Some of these films are Devudu Chesina Manushulu (1973), Adavi Ramudu (1977), Driver Ramudu (1979), Sardar Paparayudu (1980), Justice Chowdhary (1982) and Bobbili Puli (1982). He also portrayed fantasy roles, his notable film in that genre being Yamagola (1977).
His film Lava Kusain which he starred as Lord Rama collected 10 million in 1963. Even after his entry into politics, NTR continued to act in films. He directed and acted in the hagiographical film Shrimad Virat Veerabrahmendra Swami Charitra (1984) while he was the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. He also acted in films like Brahmasri Viswamitra (1991) and Major Chandrakanth(1993) while he was the Leader of Opposition in the assembly. His last film was Srinadha Kavi Sarvabhowma, a biopic on the Telugu poet Srinatha which released in 1993.
In the later half of his career, NTR became a screenwriter. Despite having no formal training in scriptwriting, he authored several screenplays for his own movies as well as for other producers. He also produced many of his films as well as other actor's films through his film production house National Art Theater Private Limited in T. Nagar, Madras (now Chennai). He actively campaigned for the construction of a large number of cinemas through this production house. He was influential in designing and implementing a financial system that funded the production and distribution of movies. He was so dedicated to his profession that he would often learn new things in order to portray a particular character on-screen perfectly and realistically. At the age of 40, he learnt dance from the renowned Kuchipudi dancer Vempati Chinna Satyam for his role in the film Nartanasala (1963).
NTR's film career spanned about 44 years. During this period he acted in a total of 320 films, with 186 of them being commercial films, 55 of them being folklore films, 42 of them being mythological films and 13 of them being historical films. In the remaining 24 films he acted, he was uncredited. 140 of his films celebrated hundred days and 33 films celebrated silver Jubilees while six of his films ran more than 50 weeks. He received three National Film Awards and one Filmfare Award South. His achievements in films was honoured with the institution of the NTR National Award in 1996, which is awarded as part of the Nandi Awards ceremony to a prominent film personality for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema.
NTR entered politics when he founded the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) on 29 March 1982 in Hyderabad. He said that this decision was based on a historic need to rid Andhra Pradesh of the corrupt and inept rule of the Indian National Congress which had governed the state since its formation in 1956 and whose leadership had changed the Chief Minister five times in five years. The popularity of NTR was such among the people of Andhra Pradesh that a jittery Congress decided to hold early elections in January 1983 instead of August 1983 as scheduled.
In the elections, the TDP allied with the Sanjaya Vichara Manch party and decided to field educated candidates who had a good name in the society and were not indulging in corruption, which was an innovative political concept at the time. NTR himself decided to contest from two assembly constituencies, Gudivada and Tirupati. NTR used many innovative ways of campaigning, such as being the first politician in India to use rath yatras for campaigning. For this, he used a modified Chevrolet van which he named as Chaitanya Ratham.[citation needed] In this van, NTR travelled across the state of Andhra Pradesh, crisscrossing all the districts. With his son Nandamuri Harikrishna, also a film actor, driving the van, NTR notched up over 75,000 kilometres during his campaign, a distinctive sight with the van's yellow party flags and banners and NTR sitting on top of the vehicle hailing the crowds. NTR campaigned for restoring the dignity of the Telugu people and advocated the forming a closer bond between the government and the common people, going into the elections with the slogan, Telugu Vari Atma Gauravam (lit.Telugu people's self-respect).
In the elections, the TDP won by an absolute majority, winning 199 out of the 294 seats in the state assembly, with NTR himself winning both the seats he contested. Their alliance with the Sanjaya Vichara Manch fetched 202 seats.[citation needed] NTR was sworn in as the 10th and the first non-Congress Chief Minister of the state on 9 January 1983 with ten cabinet ministers and five ministers of State.
On 15 August 1984, NTR was removed from office by the then-governor Ramlal while he was in the USA to undergo open heart surgery. His finance minister, Nadendla Bhaskara Rao, a former Congressman who joined the TDP during its inception, was made the Chief Minister by Ramlal. Bhaskar Rao purportedly had the support of majority of the TDP MLAs which was never the case. NTR returned to India immediately after his surgery, disputed the claims by Bhaskara Rao and demonstrated his strength by bringing all the MLAs supporting him, which was a majority in the 294 member assembly, to the Raj Bhavan (Governor's Office). Ramlal did not relent, as a result of which NTR relaunched his Chaitanya Ratham campaign, this time campaigning for the restoration of democracy by mobilizing the support of people and various anti-Congress political parties in the country including the Janata Party (JP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Left Front, theDravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), and the National Conference (NC). During the one month crisis, the MLAs supporting NTR were secured in a secret place to avoid horse-trading. Due to mobilization of several political parties and the people and due to bad press, Indira Gandhi, unwillingly removed Governor Ramlal and appointed a Congress veteran, Shankar Dayal Sharma, as the governor of Andhra Pradesh to pave the way for restoring NTR.[26] Shankar Dayal Sharma removed Bhaskara Rao from power and restored NTR as the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh in September 1984.
A month later, Indira Gandhi (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru) was assassinated and was succeeded as prime minister by her son, Rajiv Gandhi. In the ensuing national elections to the Lok Sabha, the Congress, riding on the sympathy wave caused by Gandhi's assassination, won convincingly all over the country except in Andhra Pradesh where the TDP secured a landslide victory. TDP achieved the rare distinction of becoming the first regional party to become the main opposition party in the Lok Sabha. Meanwhile in the state, NTR recommended dissolution of the Assembly and called for fresh elections the following year in the state the following year to ensure the people had a fresh choice to elect their representatives. The TDP again won with a massive majority in those elections, with NTR winning from 3 seats; Hindupur, Nalgonda and Gudivada, thus marking the beginning of his second term as Chief Minister. Senior Leaders of the Congress in the state including former Chief Ministers Kasu Brahmananda Reddy and Kotla Vijaya Bhaskara Reddy lost in their constituencies of Narasaraopet and Kurnool respectively to the TDP.
NTR completed his five-year term as Chief Minister. In the December 1989 assembly elections however, he was voted out of power due to a wave of anti-incumbency sweeping the state as a result of which the Congress returned to power. NTR himself lost from Kalwakurthy by a narrow margin to the Congress, but retained the Hindupur assembly seat. During this time, he suffered a mild stroke, as a result of which he was unable to campaign, which, according to some political analysts and TDP supporters, was the reason for the TDP's loss. However during this period, he established himself in national politics, forming a coalition of non-Congress parties opposed to the Congress known as the National Front. It included parties, besides the TDP, such as the Janata Dal, the DMK, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Indian Congress (Socialist). This alliance governed India between 1989-1990 with support from the Left Front and the BJP. Meanwhile, NTR assumed the position as the Leader of Opposition in the state.
NTR returned to power for a third and final time in the December 1994 state assembly elections with his party in alliance with the Left Front. This alliance won 250 seats in the 294 seat Assembly, with the TDP alone winning 226. The Congress, which once again had multiple Chief Ministers in the state during its five year rule between 1989-1994, won only 26 seats. NTR contested again from Hindupur and won the seat for the third consecutive time, achieving a rare hat-trick of wins from the same assembly constituency. He also won from another assembly constituency,Tekkali.
NTR's third term only lasted nine months. On 23 August 1995, he was removed as Chief Minister and as the president of the TDP by his son-in-law, Nara Chandrababu Naidu, who engineered an internal party coup against him and took over the offices. Naidu claimed that the reason for overthrowing NTR was that the latter was planning to hand over the reins of the party to his second wife Lakshmi Parvathi and felt that the party was in danger of disintegrating under her rule. Most of the TDP MLA's sided with Naidu and camped at the Viceroy Hotel in Hyderabad, the centre of the revolt. NTR's sons Nandamuri Harikrishna, Nandamuri Balakrishna and his other son-in-law Daggubati Venkateswara Rao played a crucial role in the coup but all of them fell out with Naidu soon afterwards. The reason for this is that Naidu is said have promised to make Venkateswara Rao the Deputy Chief Minister and Harikrishna the party's general secretary, but he sidelined all of them soon after becoming the Chief Minister and Party President. In an emotional interview after the coup, NTR called the coup a planned treachery and lambasted Naidu for being power-hungry and untrustworthy, likening him to Aurangzeb, the Mughal Emperor who jailed his father and killed his siblings to become the King of the Mughal Empire.
Main article: Chief Ministership of N. T. Rama Rao
NTR reflected socialist and populist views in several of his policies and provided basic necessities such as home, clothes and food and subsidies on them for people below the poverty line. He was also an advocate of women's rights and worked on a bill to amend inheritance law to provide equal rights for women to inherit ancestral property, enacted in 1986. He introduced many populist schemes such as the Midday Meal Scheme for poor children, rice at 2/kg, subsidised electricity and prohibiting the selling of alcohol in the state among others. He started the EAMCET(Engineering, Agricultural and Medical Common Entrance Test) which allowed students to join a professional college on merit. He was also a champion of social justice and introduced various measures that broke the upper-caste hegemony in various areas. He passed legislations allowing private transport operators to compete with the government-owned APSRTC. He also pioneered the Telugu Ganga project with support from the Government of Tamil Nadu, which provides water from the Krishna river for drinking and irrigation purposes to Rayalaseema and Chennai. He was a fierce advocate of Telugu pride and was instrumental in shifting the Telugu Film Industry from Madras to Hyderabad. The Telugu newspaper Eenadu wholeheartedly supported NTR and the TDP and covered most of NTR's achievements.
Achievements at the National Level
NTR earned a seat for the poor in Andhra Pradesh at the centre via well-thought out political decisions. NTR extended un-qualified support (cleared an MP seat and did not field a TDP candidate) to Congress leader and former Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh P. V. Narasimha Rao resulting in the latter winning from the state and entering Parliament for the first time in his long career with a record majority. While the Congress wanted Narasimha Rao to be a powerless un-elected (Rajya Sabha member) yes-man of the Nehru-Gandhi family, NTR actively made sure Narasimha Rao had independent power. This earned Telugu people some influence even when the Congress was in power at the centre. His National Front government at the centre led by V. P. Singh was at the forefront of social justice by implementing the provisions in the Mandal Commission for providing 27% reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBC's).
Campaigning in other states
NTR also campaigned in other states, besides Andhra Pradesh. In 1984, when the then Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu and fellow actor M. G. Ramachandran (MGR) was unable to campaign in thestate elections due to his being hospitalised in the USA for kidney failure and a massive stroke, NTR, who was a close friend of MGR, campaigned for his party, the 'All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK),[citation needed] despite the fact that that party was an ally of the Congress at the time. As leader of the National Front, he campaigned extensively for the constituent parties when they faced elections, again using his Chaitanya Ratham campaigning concept.
In May 1942, at the age of 20, while still pursuing his Intermediate, NTR married Basava Tarakam, the daughter of his maternal uncle. The couple had twelve children- eight sons and four daughters. The sons were (Late) Nandamuri Ramakrishna Sr., Nandamuri Jayakrishna, (Late) Nandamuri Saikrishna, Nandamuri Harikrishna, Nandamuri Mohanakrishna, Nandamuri Balakrishna, Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr. and Nandamuri Jayashankar Krishna. The daughters were Garapati Lokeswari, Daggubati Purandeswari, Nara Bhuvaneswari and Kantamaneni Uma Maheswari.
His eldest son Nandamuri Ramakrishna Sr. died in 1962, soon after NTR completed shooting of the film Dakshayagnam.[citation needed] NTR founded the film studio Ramakrishna Studios inNacharam in his memory. His fourth son Nandamuri Harikrishna is a child actor-turned-politician elected to the Rajya Sabha, representing the TDP. Harikrishna's sons Nandamuri Kalyan Ram andJr. NTR are also actors in the Telugu film industry (Tollywood),with the latter being one of the top actors in the industry today. Nandamuri Balakrishna is one of the leading actors in Tollywood from the mid-1980s. He also started his career as a child artist. Balakrishna has plans to contest the 2014 assembly elections as a TDP candidate. Nandamuri Ramakrishna Jr. is a film producer. Nandamuri Saikrishna, who was a theatre owner, died in 2004 following diabetic complications. The other sons Jayakrishna and Mohanakrishna are noted cinematographers. Mohanakrishna's son Taraka Ratna is also a Tollywood actor.
NTR's second daughter Purandeswari is the sitting MP from Visakhapatnam representing the Congress. She is also the incumbent Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry. She is married to Daggubati Venkateswara Rao, who is also in the Congress and is distantly related to film producer D. Ramanaidu. His third daughter Bhuvaneswari is married to Nara Chandrababu Naidu.
Basava Tarakam died of cancer in 1985. In her memory, NTR established the Basavatarakam Indo-American Cancer Hospital in Hyderabad in 1986. In 1993, at the age of 70, NTR married again, this time to Lakshmi Parvathi, a Telugu writer. He became the stepfather to Lakshmi Parvathi's son from her first marriage, Koteshwara Prasad, as a result of the marriage. She was the author of his 2-volume biography, which was published after his death. However she was never accepted as a family member by NTR's family members, who kept a distance from her after NTR's death.
NTR was a highly disciplined and punctual person. He would get up every morning at 3:00 am to do Yoga, physical exercise and worship God. By 5 am, he would be ready for shooting. He would always arrive on the film sets one hour in advance of the stipulated time.[citation needed] He never stumbled or stammered in front of the camera as he used to take all the dialogues by heart when he was doing a particular film. He used to practice hard on the shores of Marina Beach at Madras, to retain his bass and echoic voice for excellent dialogue delivery and base modulations. He insisted on giving and showing respect to all members of the film crew. He would always stand whenever the producer walked into the sets, even if the producer was many years younger to him, thus setting a good precedent to his younger co-stars.
He shunned drinking both on- and off-screen.
NTR died of a massive heart attack in the early hours of 18 January 1996 at his residence in Hyderabad, just a few months after he was ousted from power. At the time of his death he was 72 years old. Though he had been a heart patient, his death was nonetheless sudden, as just the day before his death he had been in good health and had even declared that he would contest theupcoming Lok Sabha elections as a NTR Telugu Desam Party candidate. He was cremated by his eldest surviving son, Nandamuri Jayakrishna. His ashes were immersed atSrirangapatna by his second wife Lakshmi Parvathi, eight years later, in 2004, after Chandrababu Naidu was ousted from power in the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh held that year.
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Mike Miller Appointed CEO of OneBeacon
BOSTON, July 1, 2005 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX/ -- OneBeacon Insurance Group, a wholly owned subsidiary of White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. (NYSE: WTM), today announced that Mike Miller has been appointed President & CEO. He replaces John Cavoores, who is leaving the company for personal reasons. The change is effective immediately.
Ray Barrette, CEO of White Mountains and Chairman of OneBeacon said, "John Cavoores joined the White Mountains team in 2000 and was a major player in the subsequent turnaround of OneBeacon. As OneBeacon's CEO since 2003, he has successfully reinvented the company around dedicated teams of talented professionals focused on specialty and segmented lines and supported by a flexible corporate organization. We wish him and his family happiness as he transitions away from his White Mountains-OneBeacon family and would hope to work with him again in the future. Further demonstrating his commitment, John recruited his old friend Mike Miller earlier this year as Chief Operating Officer and likely successor."
Barrette continued, "Mike Miller is able, willing and ready to assume the leadership of OneBeacon. Mike is a consummate professional with a long track record of underwriting profits, sound business decisions and successful team building. He has already demonstrated his grasp of the business challenges and his ability to get things done. As CEO, he will continue to build on the specialty/segmented focus; guide the team through a softening market; and above all, continue to deliver value for shareholders. We are delighted to welcome Mike as a senior partner on the White Mountains team."
Miller came to OneBeacon with over 24 years of insurance experience. He spent his first 14 years at Chubb Specialty and the last ten years at St. Paul, where he ran the specialty businesses. Most recently he was co-chief operating officer at St. Paul Travelers. He joined OneBeacon in April as Chief Operating Officer.
Headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, OneBeacon Insurance Group offers a wide range of specialty, personal and commercial insurance products and services sold primarily through select independent agents. OneBeacon is one of the oldest property and casualty insurers in the United States, tracing its roots to 1831 and the Potomac Fire Insurance Company. The Company's specialty businesses provide customized coverages to certain niche markets including ocean marine, professional liability and agribusiness, among others. OneBeacon serves personal insurance customers and small-to-midsized businesses through a variety of highly segmented products.
OneBeacon Insurance Group is wholly owned by White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. of Hamilton, Bermuda. White Mountains' principal businesses are conducted through its subsidiaries and affiliates in the business of property- casualty insurance and reinsurance. The company is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Bermuda Stock Exchange under the symbol "WTM."
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Colombo: Sri Lanka has settled over 80
per cent displaced Tamils with only 38,127 people left in the
welfare centres which initially had over 2.7 lakh IDPs.
The number of IDP zones has also come down with only
four such zones in the Menik Farm relief village due to the
speedy re-settlement, Sri Lanka`s Chief Coordinating Officer
of the Competent Office for IDPs in Vavuniya Colonel
Vadugodapitiya said.
He said of the 297,000 who had been displaced, more
than 80 per cent have now been resettled. The Government will
resettle another 3,000 IDPs in Karachchi, Kilinochchi by 26th
of this month (July).
Accordingly, three groups will be resettled on 18, 22
and 26 of July. The Sri Lankan Government has worked
vigorously over the last year to resettle people affected by
the war.
"In one year`s time, we have achieved a great deal.
If you look at countries in these kinds of situations, it has
taken them 20 years, 30 years," said Minister of External
Affairs G L Peiris.
During a meeting with Minister Peiris on May 28, US
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton commended Sri Lanka on
efforts to resettle IDPs saying, "There has been tremendous
progress and many thousands and thousands of such internally
displaced persons have returned home," she had said in
Meanwhile, An area of 1113 square kilometres, out of
1,474 square kilometres in over 640 villages in Kilinochchi,
Mullativu and Mannar in North has been de-mined, reports
According to the Economic Development Ministry, Jaffna
district has been completely de-mined. Thus, an estimated 1.5
million land mines has been de-mined utilising manual methods
and machinery specially imported for this purpose.
The Ministry of Economic Development has provided 29
flail machines to the security forces for de-mining operations
and 1,050 security personnel are being deployed in de-mining
Eight sniff-dogs have also been used to locate mines
in areas that cannot be penetrated by flail machines, an
official statement said.
In addition, one local and six selected foreign
organisations are also involved in the de-mining activities.
These organisations use six additional flail machines with a
workforce of 2013 persons.
The Government spent SLRs. 2,180 million for de-mining
activities in 2009. It has also conducted 17,654 programmes up
to May 2010, sponsored by the UNICEF to enlighten the masses
about the dangers of land mines.
"The Government hopes to de-mine the rest of areas
in Vavuniya, Mannar, Mullativu and Kilinochchi as early as
possible and resettle people in these areas," the statement
The Ministry of Economic Development is the nodal
ministry for carrying out all infrastructure work required for
these activities.


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It is small comfort to the 500 Lexmark employees in Central Kentucky who will soon lose their jobs that a lot of people can truly share their pain. Layoffs have become an unfortunately common part of the economic landscape.
Despite the pain any layoff brings, there's little benefit to be gained from looking for a villain here.
Lexmark is closing its inkjet business, the branch that produces printers largely for home use. Anyone who has strolled through an electronics store, or even a discount store, knows how keen the competition is in that market.
Additionally, sales of new computers and the printers likely to accompany them have, of course, faltered during this long economic slump.
Markets change, the economy fluctuates and companies that survive can't just hunker down and hope for the best. They've got to anticipate the future and prepare for it.
The same is true about communities. The mayor, private business people and economic development leaders must work hard to keep and attract every good job possible.
They've got a great advantage because Lexington and Central Kentucky have wonderful location, landscape, climate and access to transportation.
But those advantages aren't enough in this competitive world. Hundreds of studies have shown that a community that attracts both employers and the workers they want must also offer great quality of life and world-class education.
On the most basic levels, that means our streets, our water must be safe and our schools are open for business. But beyond that, it means we've got to have a vibrant downtown, flourishing neighborhoods, a lively and diverse arts and entertainment scene, an education system whose graduates are ready to enter the world and employers are eager to hire.
We've got to protect and leverage our historic neighborhoods and our world-class landscape.
Money is short; local government, like everyone else, must squeeze every penny. The temptation is great to hunker down, to decide that only the basics are worth the investment until the economy improves.
But that strategy will never give Lexington the kind of diverse, durable economy in which the talented professionals losing their jobs at Lexmark can stay here and find new careers.
Communities, like companies, must invest in the future to be ready for it.


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There's still time to register for the BLF's online surgery - it starts at 6.30pm this evening.
Tonight's surgery covers COPD in primary care. Ren Gilmartin, an advanced nurse practitioner, will talk about the importance of early identification and self-management of COPD.
The talk will then be followed by a question and answer session. Register at: blf.org.uk/copd-webinar


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I decided to ring in the new year with some PASTAAAAAA. What is better than spaghetti and wine??? Spaghetti that is cooked in 9 minutes with one pot is better than just plain old spaghetti. I have my normal spaghetti recipe down to an art. I cook the meat, brown the onion, pour the wine and make the sauce. I wanted to spice things up a bit and combine everything into one pot which means only one pot that I have to clean. Are you down? Sounds too good to be true huh? Well… it isn't. If you do not own a pressure cooker, I highly recommend getting one. They are incredible. I have an instant pot that I got a few years ago and it never ceases to amaze me. I sometimes go weeks without cooking in it and then I make one dish and I think to myself "why did I ever stop using this magical machine?"
One thing I did in this recipe that you do not have to do is to cook the noodles in 1 cup of red wine and 1 cup of water. Typically you would just cook them in 2 cups of water (or enough water to cover everything in the pot.) I like red wine in my sauce so that is why I chose to use it to cook the noodles. It does make things tangier and you will need to add salt and sugar.
Also, I love a creamy tomato sauce. You do not have to make it creamy it's just a personal preference of mine. Omit the heavy cream if you just want regular tomato sauce.
- 6 Ounces of Pasta- UNCOOKED
- 2 Cups of liquid (I did 1 cup red wine, 1 cup water)
- 1 Jar of high-quality pasta sauce or 23-25 oz of your fave sauce
- 1 lb of meat (I used extra lean ground beef so there was nothing to drain)
- 1/2 Large yellow onion
- 1-2 cloves of minced garlic
- Italian Seasoning
- Salt
- Sugar
- Olive oil
- Press the Saute button on the instant pot. Pour some olive oil in and begin to brown the meat. Add the onion and garlic while continuing to break up the meat until it is fully cooked (Pink —> brown)
- Add in a jar of pasta sauce and Italian seasoning
- Add in the spaghetti noodles (uncooked and broken in half)
- Add the two cups of liquid and if you need a little more to cover what you're cooking– add more!
- Place the lid on the pressure cooker and select cancel/off
- Make sure the pressure cooker is switched on top to NOT VENTING
- Press manual high pressure- 9 min
- Once it is finished perform a quick release (switching the vent switch to vent)
- Take the lid off and stir
- Add in the heavy cream a TBS at a time until you reach desired creaminess 🙂
- Add in a 1/2 TBS of sugar (if not cooking in wine you might not want to add that much. Add in 1/2 tsp)– taste and add more if needed
- salt to taste
Top with parmesan 🙂


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As a counselor and a pastor… and as man, rites of passages are very important to me.
Throughout history and across people groups, rites of passages have been culturally vital ways to communicate to members of the community that they are taking on a new role within that community – boy to man, worker to leader, girl to woman, servant to warrior, etc.
The medieval noble families moved their sons from children to page around age 7, from page to squire around age 14 and from squire to knight around 21. The Massai tribes "capture" the boys from the women's side of the village and declare them men and then train them to kill a lion; when they kill the lion they move from "runner" to "warrior."
Today in America, we have essentially nothing cultural that communicates when a boy is accepted generally as a man. The consequence? We have hundreds of thousands of males who are not confident that they are a man. The boy looks around and sees those he thinks of as men, but none of those men are making it clear that they think of him as a man… and many of those "men" doubt it deeply about themselves as well. Where can we find them? One option is to look outdoors.
I remember helping my father pile firewood in the wheelbarrow. I was there with him. He dropped the tree, cut it up, split it, loaded and hauled it, and stacked it. Probably around age 4, I was helping him to some loading. Then one year he had me push the wheelbarrow full of firewood (and incidentally, nothing will teach someone temper control like a one-wheeled wheelbarrow, right?).
Then one year he handed me a splitting maul and had me start splitting. I knew my father saw me differently. Maybe not a man, but not a boy anymore either.
He saw me as responsible, wise and strong enough for the edge.
And then, around age 17, he handed me the eye and hearing protection and with no preamble, talked me through using the chainsaw. I spent that day with him training me on various cuts and techniques (my father was a forestry professor). I went to be knowing that night that my father thought of me as, to an important degree, a man.
… but the message was plenty clear. In fact, I remember my father referring to an adult male the he apparently thought of as "less than a man" with the phrase "I wouldn't trust that guy with a chainsaw."
In the ancient Hebrew scriptures, in Deuteronomy chapter 6:7, the men of Israel are instructed to teach their children the truths of God not just a few hours one morning a week… but all the time… "You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise." [1]
We cannot relegate these vital truths of life and death, God and Christ, sin and redemption, love and sacrifice, temptation and forgiveness to the voice any other man, even if he is our pastor. We, as fathers, must remember that responsibility still lies with us.
When, in today's nonstop busy world with buzzing phones, are we centered and quiet enough to talk to our children about these things that really matter?
Over logs being tossed into a wheelbarrow, and after that wheelbarrow, despite the boy's best effort, has tipped and dumped the whole load… or find the activity you can engage with, adding with intentionality to your child's responsibilities, and talk.
These are when these conversations can happen without feeling awkward and forced. These are when the world's problems are solved. These are when our sons might know that they are men. This is when our kids can hear that we are proud of them for no other reason than the truth that they are our children, even without words sometimes. This is when our children might know that they are, ultimately, not ours, but God's.
In an effort to help us men out, I have created "The Gauntlet – A study that works even for busy dads and sons along the Deut 6 model." To learn more or to find out how to purchase one, look at the resource page or email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
How I handle these rites in my family might offer some ideas as well.
I also have done a rite of passage for an adult man that has some fun ideas in it.


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- Author
- Year
- 2013
- Title
- The development of creative cognition across adolescence: distinct trajectories for insight and divergent thinking
- Journal
- Developmental Science
- Volume | Issue number
- 16 | 1
- Pages (from-to)
- 2-12
- Document type
- Article
- Faculty
- Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences (FMG)
- Institute
- Psychology Research Institute (PsyRes)
- Abstract
We examined developmental trajectories of creative cognition across adolescence. Participants (N = 98), divided into four age groups (12/13 yrs, 15/16 yrs, 18/19 yrs, and 25-30 yrs), were subjected to a battery of tasks gauging creative insight (visual; verbal) and divergent thinking (verbal; visuo-spatial). The two older age groups outperformed the two younger age groups on insight tasks. The 25-30-year-olds outperformed the two youngest age groups on the originality measure of verbal divergent thinking. No age-group differences were observed for verbal divergent thinking fluency and flexibility. On divergent thinking in the visuo-spatial domain, however, only 15/16-year-olds outperformed 12/13-year-olds; a model with peak performance for 15/16-years-old showed the best fit. The results for the different creativity processes are discussed in relation to cognitive and related neurobiological models. We conclude that mid-adolescence is a period of not only immaturities but also of creative potentials in the visuo-spatial domain, possibly related to developing control functions and explorative behavior.
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Starving Polar Bear Makes Do-Or-Die Stalk on Alert Seal
A desperate polar bear makes an incredible stalk on an alert, but unsuspecting seal in this stunning film.
Did you know that polar bears succeed, on average, in only about one of every twenty hunts? When a bear is as malnourished as this one appears to be, the margin for error is very small indeed.
As narrator Sir David Attenborough indicates, "The cost can be great. Each failed attempt brings her closer to starvation."
The attention to detail and focus of this starving bear's stalk is incredibly intense. She ingeniously considers the wind direction, her own silent and deliberate movement, and the position of a young seal lying on an ice raft.
The climax of the hunt is far more exciting and dramatic than one might think possible for a three-minute video.
The video is a segment from the "In the Grip of the Seasons" episode of the BBC series The Hunt. The Hunt is produced by Alastair Fothergill, who says,
The most exciting behaviour in the natural world is predation, but it has always been portrayed in the same way on screen: bloody teeth, marauding sharks, nature red in tooth and claw.
Yet actually the kill itself isn't interesting, because once animals have killed, the story's over. What is interesting is the build up, the strategies adopted by both the predators and prey. This has never been looked at in detail, and that is the aim of The Hunt.
The suspenseful story and high visual quality of this brief video production make it unique. This is a wildlife drama you'll want to share.


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Chairman – Program Academic Advisory Board
Dr. K. Subbarao, FRCR, FACR, FICP, FSASMA, FCCP, FICR, FCGP, Former Director/ Vice-Chancellor, Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences.
- Padma Bhushan Dr Nageshwar Reddy, Chairman, Asian Institute of Gastroenterology
- Dr Raju Narayanaswamy, Principal Secretary to Government of Kerala and Guest Faculty at ASCI PGDHM
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- Dr. Usha Ramachandra, Dean of Training Programmes.
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- Dr Bhawna Gulati Muradia, Associate Professor, Centre for Healthcare Management, ASCI
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"For from Him and through Him and to Him are all things to Him be the glory forever." Romans 11:36
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A Plea to the Christian Wife: Being a HelperNov-04-2013
I have recently been involved in helping several couples mend their struggling marriages. I wanted to share a simple observation with you. In Genesis 2:20 after all of the animals (and their mates) have been paraded in front of Adam the Bible comments, "But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him." (ESV)
First, Adam's best included a helper that was compatible (fit). Both animals and/or human isolation are inadequate. They are evaluated by God as "not good."
Second, Adam's deficiencies were not sinful. Adam, at this point, had not yet sinned. Therefore, Adam did not need a wife to help him overcome sin or compensate from some sinful masculine tendency.
Third, Adam needed someone to help him fulfill his God-given obligations. These obligations would have included (1) be fruitful and multiply, (2) subdue the earth, (3) have dominion over the animals (Gen 1:28).
Frankly, just working through these three implications would take a long chapter in a book. However, let me make some applications for marriage today. Compatibility is not so much about helping your spouse overcome sin as it is helping him to engage the tasks that God has created him to accomplish. Namely, a wife's primary role is to draw her husband into a greater and more thorough obedience to God. When a wife becomes a barrier to her husband's obedience then she has thwarted the very purpose of marriage. Plainly put, wives ought to promote and energize their husband's love for the Lord rather than becoming competitors of the Lord. Your husband should read his Bible, go to church, encourage other believers, and train his children better because he has you as a wife. Ask yourself, "Will my husband have a richer reward when he sees Jesus because he married me?"
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Well its only been 4 months this time.
What's been going on with me? Lets see:
1. New job. I had like 5, but now, I have 1.5. Which is great. Really great. And I have health insurance. And normal business hours. And less responsibility. And more pay. And fabulous coworkers. Did I mention how great it is? Because it is. Great.
2. A shortage of best friends. Two have left me so far this year. Another is leaving in May. Apparently its exodus time in Abilene, and I didn't get the memo. Oh right, my new job. My great job. Think I'll stick around, at least for a little while longer.
3. Kristie gave me her trampoline.
4. My art studio is really taking shape. The parents were down this weekend and helped me put up some shelves. It looks so much more professional now. Excitement! Now if I can just find a cheap pottery wheel. =)
5. Still doing the praise team thing at Beltway. I'm so glad to be involved with music and singing again. I just got a keyboard, and I'm trying to teach myself. We'll see.
6. I'm losing weight. For real this time. And I feel healthier already. And its apparently noticeable, which is nice.
I guess that's it for now. And I promise I'll be back soon.
Monday, March 24, 2008
why hello there
3 comments:
- Raena said...
Yes. There will be room for you to come visit.
Yay for the job!
You can exodus to SA anytime!
Camden loves trampolines.
Did you sing when Max came to Beltway?
I need to loose weight...what are you doing?
I love you!
- LJ said...
Totally love your short hair!!! Super cute! Austin is another "exodus" strategy ./wink
- Leslie said...
I need to update your new blog address on my website. Congrats on the weight loss. Congrats on the art studio as well. Brian & I are headed to Virginia & I hope in the extra bedroom we have to set up shop since I haven't painted in over two years. Take care and keep in touch.
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George Lopez, the Postal Service's vice president of area operations whose region includes Plano, noted that "we still have a way to go" in improving on-time delivery of standard mail. "Confirm has provided us a way to work together on it, so we can look at things the same way."


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Student Summer Program begins
Prof. Mazrui speaks on Obama's Identity
Two New IIIT Titles
On Sunday evening, March 17, 2013, the Hartford Seminary community and guests from across Connecticut and the nation celebrated the successful completion of funding for an endowed faculty Chair in Islamic Chaplaincy. The Chair is currently occupied by Dr. Timur Yuskaev, Assistant Professor of Contemporary Islam and Director of the Islamic Chaplaincy Program at the Seminary.
Prof. Sachedina on End of Life Decisions
The International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) in collaboration with the Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies sponsored an Inaugural lecture of the IIIT Chair in Islamic Studies at George Mason University on February 20, 2013. Professor Abdulaziz Sachedina, who assumed the position in January 2013, delivered the lecture entitled "End of Life Decisions: Culture and Tradition in Islam."
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Making holiday cards can be loads of fun. Kicking it up a notch to make a special holiday card is a real investment of your time. I recently chose to create a slider card, after watching a video from Laura Bassen. I admire her creativity and always enjoy watching her make crafty projects. You can find her at her blog here. Making this card with Basket Bunch was perfect! The images are well drawn and fun to color with Watercolor pencils and smooth out with a water brush before using the dies to cut them out in a flash.
measurements for this project:
Smoky Slate card base is 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Whisper White card stock layer : 3 3/4″ x 5″
A Little Foxy DSP panel: 3 5/8″ x 4 7/8″
Thick Whisper White and Pear Pizzazz card stock for die cuts
This project is a bit more on the complicated side and will require a video tutorial in the near future. My schedule has not permitted me to tackle making one at this time but I will place it in my list of videos to produce. For now, here is an overview of how I made the card.
- I created the slider channel first by placing foam adhesive (either foam tape , foam strips or dimensionals can be used). This channel is attached to the card front. I made it wide enough to let the bunny move but not come out of the channel.
- I made a strip to slide out to the right side of the card that will allow me to attach the bunny unit.
- I placed the slider bunny to this strip and used adhesive to attach it to a small strip of window sheet acetate. The bunny is then attached to the acetate. This allowed the bunny to be higher than the channel and also for the acetate to be invisible.
- To cover up all of the mechanics, I created another die cut of the grass , big enough to cover up the movements of the slider portion. The grass is a partial die cut, as I purposely did not let the Big Shot die cutting machine cut the bottom of the grass. This allowed the grass to be cut on the top but not come away from the panel.
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Letterbox Love is a meme hosted by Lynsey of Narratively Speaking whereby book lovers can exhibit the books they received this week.
A tiny book haul for you this week!
Wedding Night by Sophie Kinsella
Crazy by Han Nolan
Rich and Mad by William Nicholson
Playing Hurt by Holly Schindler
Sweet Treats and Secret Crushes by Lisa Greenwald
Touching Snow by M Sindy Felin
Thanks so much to Jim for these!
Popular by Maya van Wagenen
Betty Cornell's Teen-Age Popularity Guide by Betty Cornell
Thanks to Stacey and Jim for picking me up a goodie bag!


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I grew up in a family that loves to cook, as you might have guessed based on previous family recipe posts. Christmas dinner has always my Dad's specialty. He usually pulls out all the stops: appetizer, soup, entree and dessert courses all with matched wines. Last year we moved to Wisconsin and had the stomach flu over Christmas so we postponed dinner and just went simple the following weekend. This year since a multi course meal takes a while, we decided Bubba would be more entertained in his own house with all his toys, so my family came up to Wisconsin. When we talked about a Christmas dinner theme this year we decided to go Cajun with an oyster trio that my Dad is famous for, gumbo, and a smoked ham served with cajun coleslow and hush puppies. I decided to do a three part series of our Cajun Christmas Dinner beginning with the gumbo.
Back when I worked in Chicago I always went to this awesome Cajun place called Heaven on Seven. Their gumbo is amazing! I used to buy a half gallon to-go and bring it home with me on the train whenever my husband had a cold (so much better than chicken noodle soup). One day I bought their cookbook so I could try to make the gumbo. I have had the book for years but have yet to attempt it. It is a little intimidating looking at the ingredients list alone. There is a bit of prep work involved including making a signature Cajun spice, roasted garlic puree, chicken stock, and a dark roux. All of these can be done the day before and if you break the recipe down the gumbo is not quite as time consuming and totally worth it.
2 lbs chicken breast cut into 3/4 inch cubes,
tossed with 4 teaspoons Angel Dust Seasoning
tossed with 4 teaspoons Angel Dust Seasoning
1/2 teaspoon Angel Dust Cajun Seasoning
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 lb andouille sausage cut into 1/4 inch slices
1 cup diced yellow onion
3/4 cup thinly sliced green onion
1/2 cup red onion
2 cups seeded, diced green bell pepper
1 1/2 cups diced celery
1 tablespoon seeded, minced jalapeno
1 tablespoon Roasted Garlic Puree
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon oregano
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes
1 bay leaf
6 1/3 cups Chicken Stock
1 cup Dark Roux
White Rice
I started with the garlic puree in my prep work.
Roasted Garlic Puree:
8 cloves of garlic
enough olive oil to cover the cloves
Cover with tin foil and bake at 300 for about an hour
Puree with a little of the olive oil
Place in a covered container and refrigerate
Then I made the chicken stock. Kind of a cheater chicken stock because I was supposed to use chicken bones instead of bullion cubes, but I didn't have any chicken bones. Turns out it tastes pretty much the same.
Chicken stock:
9 cups water
7 chicken bullion cubes
1 cup carrots
1 cup celery
1/2 cup onion
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon parsley
1 bay leaf
1/8 teaspoon black pepper
Simmer all of the ingredients in a covered pot for 3 hours
Let cool then strain all the vegetables out
Cover and store in the fridge
Next the Cajun Seasoning.
Angel Dust Cajun Seasoning:
3 tablespoons Hungarian Paprika
1 1/2 tablespoons Spanish Paprika (I used smoked)
5 teaspoons salt
1 1/4 teaspoons thyme leaves
1 1/4 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon ground white pepper
1/2 teaspoon basil
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
1/8 teaspoon garlic powder
1/8 teaspoon onion powder
And last of all the hardest part. The dark roux.
Dark Roux:
Dark Roux:
1 cup canola oil
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
Heat oil over high heat, about 3 minutes.
Carefully whisk in a little flour at a time until incorporated.
(Watch out the oil spits a little and is HOT! I got two nasty oil burns the size of a pin point)
Reduce heat to medium and stir constantly with a wooden spoon for 22 to 25 minutes,
until the roux is dark brown.
Ivor decided to help me make the roux.
By biting my feet at the point where I could not leave the stove.
Carefully pour into a heat proof bowl and cool for 45 minutes.
Drain off and oil that separates from the roux. Store in a covered container in the fridge.
Carefully whisk in a little flour at a time until incorporated.
(Watch out the oil spits a little and is HOT! I got two nasty oil burns the size of a pin point)
Reduce heat to medium and stir constantly with a wooden spoon for 22 to 25 minutes,
until the roux is dark brown.
Ivor decided to help me make the roux.
By biting my feet at the point where I could not leave the stove.
Carefully pour into a heat proof bowl and cool for 45 minutes.
Drain off and oil that separates from the roux. Store in a covered container in the fridge.
Once I spent the day before making all of the special recipes and pre chopped my veggies the actual assembly of the gumbo itself was fairly quick.
Here are all of my ingredients ready to go in the gumbo pot:
First heat 2 tablespoons of olive oil on medium high heat then add the andouille sausage
and saute 6 minutes and stirring occasionally.
Then add the cajun spice covered chicken and cook anther 4 minutes.
Then the onions for 2 minutes
And the peppers, celery, and roasted garlic puree, then cook another 2 minutes
Add the remaining spices, cook 2 more minutes
Then add the chicken stock and bring to a boil
Whisk in the roux, a little at a time, then stir continuously for 5 minutes.
Turn down the heat to low and simmer for 1 hour.
Remove the bay leaf and at this point it is ready to serve with white rice,
But my gumbo was cooled and added to the crock pot to wait for
Christmas morning.
Where it sat happily letting all the flavors blend all day.
It was fabulous! Just like the original Heaven on Seven's. If you happen to be in Chicago, go and try the gumbo in person and the rest of the food on the menu is also amazing as well! Now having made their wonderful gumbo I can fully appreciate all of the hard work they put into perfecting it.


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Honesty is always the best policy, and in this case I have to say I wasn't really sure what to wear this morning, so I went for this crop shirt I hadn't worn yet and my lightweight, very distressed jeans (hopefully the big holes will prevent me from bursting into flames in this heat).
I'm usually taken by particular items in my closet, especially the high-end stuff I try to get as often as I can, but this simple (not that simple if you look closely) shirt that had been hanging there for some days now (which is unusual for me, I usually wear something new the very next day I've purchased it) just begged to be worn. The modest garment, had been picked up at H&M the previous week after spotting it first on some other blog. The issue now was what to match it with and you know what? My brain isn't quite awake yet at 7:00 am, so I opted for the simplest way to go: jeans. After reviewing the outfit, now completely awaken, I have come to the following conclusion. I've underestimated the shirt, it is too pretty and deserves to be worn properly with something other than plain old denim. Better luck next time…
Jeans: Rag & Bone, Shirt: H&M, Mules and bag: Alexander Wang, Watch: Longines
Pictures by: Rubens