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Q&A with Visionary Artist Juliana Huxtable/
Juliana Huxtable is an artistic powerhouse. Her texts and multimedia projects have been seen and heard at MoMA and The New Museum in New York. She has modeled for DKNY and Eckhaus Latta and is featured in this January's issue of Vogue. She is the co-founder of the queer NYC party called #ShockvalueNYC and DJ's around the country. Her poems can be heard in music and fashion shows alike and shows no signs of slowing down. It seems almost impossible to list all her accomplishments and happenings in one paragraph.
We at WUSSY, then, were so grateful to be able to ask the House of Ladosha member a few questions about her artmaking process, the South, her upcoming performance at Mammal Gallery this Saturday at ShartThrob (6)6(6):: Mixtuplet Sextape, and some inspiring words for new trans artists.
Get inspired by her wise and passionate words below.
A lot of your projects as a poet are multimedia and collaborative undertakings. There doesn't seem to be a fear of your work crossing too many genres and takes new approaches to art- making that are refreshing and exciting. Do you see the definition of poetry perhaps changing from the traditional senses of spoken and written word into something else?
I sort of came into the role of 'poet' unintentionally and a bit apprehensively. I studied poetry in the more traditional literary sense – anything from romantic poetry to the l-a-n-g-u-a-g-e poets, but that was something that I approached as an academic, and although it affected how I thought about poetry, it didn't speak to me in terms of inspiration or grounding for my own practice. My writing, like the rest of my work is ambiguous because the way that I live and create is ambiguous. The career tracks of 'poet' or 'artist' don't really make sense to someone like me who creates from and in conversation with the fringes of productive society. I think that poetry is seen as irrelevant or esoteric and so many people who are in fact writing something approximating poetry would never understand their work in that context. I guess what I do exists somewhere in between and is a reflection of the polymath nature of artistic production generally. Most of my peers do many things at once. Partially maybe out of economic necessity but also because that is the age that we live in – it's a reflection of the excess of how-to knowledge regarding production, technique, etc.
Poets tweet, poets rap, poets graffiti. In this world where everything is moving faster, attention spans are getting shorter, and poets are doing what they need to adapt and be heard, what is the role of poetry in today's society? Why bother to write?
I really like what Eileen Myles recently said of poetry:
"It's like the un-Trump: The poet is the charismatic loser. You're the fool in Shakespeare; you're the loose cannon. As things get worse, poetry gets better, because it becomes more necessary."
Poetry, even more than art making, has been something that I've always felt was necessary, but after college felt increasingly distant, inaccessible, irrelevant. I've come back to the text, and poetic text as an essential part of my work because it feels necessary. It asks necessarily unanswerable questions, creates linguistic catastrophes and does so in a way that can be particularly illuminating of the conditions we live under. Things are really really bad right now – bad for women, for trans folk, for artists trying to support themselves and by virtue of that pursuit are marginal – and text – taking language, the way that it currently seems so malleable but is rarely presented in a way that utilizes and plays in its flexibility, has become a way for me to create events that speak to other possibilities without losing them in 'realistic' or 'pragmatic' demands. Maybe what I write is actually terrible! but it feels necessary nonetheless. And I hope that I can do so in a way that speaks beyond the worlds of 'poetry' proper.
You are an incredible DJ and one of the dopest nightlife figures in the country. How does the nightlife club scene influence the other areas of your work? Has the club life and art life always merged pretty fluidly for you?
Thank you!! I think the beauty of nightlife is that it happens when and how it happens, and all we really have after is the documentation and the legacy that exists in how people engage and celebrate the communities that nightlife engenders. I would not be anywhere were it not for nightlife, both fictional and real. Growing up, the club is a central space of release for southern black people. It exists in so many songs, and has so much language belonging to it uniquely. The club was a space of possibility, imagining, community and a sort of Dionysian celebration that the harsh racial reality of the south would all but suggest is impossible. I left TX for new york b/c I wanted to find my club, my space of ecstatic and liminal existence. Nightlife was and still is a primary site for how I experiment firstly with my own self posturing and identity and beyond that a way of seeing how the aesthetic inclinations, dialects, etc of the (sub?)cultures around me function. It's so easy to get sucked into NY exclusively b/c there's always this archive of nightlife that directly influences the nightlife that's being created. Being a DJ has been amazing b/c I get to see how there is a inter-continental dialogue and cultural exchange happening. Musical styles are exchanged – there's a whole sort of pan-POC hip hop culture happening in the bay area and the ways that female bravado and language that in other areas would be exclusively black is really beautiful. Philly has a really amazing queer women led club music (using philly club proper as a launching point) scene that's really amazing – the energy there in particular has greatly inspired me. The way that ballroom culture has emerged as an eastern-seaboard wide community has brought so many amazing vogue producers from places like Atlanta and at the same time, you have original plumbing publishing an entire issue dedicated to trans male culture in the south, largely centered around Atlanta. I'm always thinking of and influenced by these things and they invariably influence my musical and artistic practices.
You were born and raised in Bryan-College Station, Texas. How has your upbringing in South Central America influenced you as an artist and human being? How has New York?
I think the south is a magical place. My family is largely from Alabama and I was raised in TX so I have really strong sense of ethnic ties to southern culture and southern black culture, southern Baptist culture. I think it provides in a lot of ways an ethical framework but musically it really gives me a set of rhythms, harmonies, and ideas of what dance music can do that really has influenced how I read and mix music. Coming to NY, I was thrown into largely house, club and vogue music. I felt a need to really make music that spoke to what I felt, which often times was tied to the south. The way I dance, how certain beats make me move … It so tied to things like Swisha house, Amanda Perez and The Mississippi Mass Choir.
A lot of writers find it difficult to find ways to or be confident enough to discuss their identity, whether it be race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, etc. What advice would you give these writers struggling to develop creative language in this way?
Trust your instincts and don't be afraid of nuance. We're in a moment where identity is being championed and explored in ways perhaps unseen since the mid 1990s. With that comes the self policing of one's own work. I am an advocate of artistic and creative de-limitation. Even as intentional way of editing one's work. The beauty of identity is its fluid, multi-faceted and intersectional nature and I think the more we approach the complexities the better and more dynamic the writing
Who are some artists in any genre that you're obsessed with right now?
Donna Huanca, Elysia Crampton, Andrea Crespo, Andrew Durbin,
Bernie or Hilary?
What can we expect for your Feb 13th set at Mammal Gallery? Have you ever been to Atlanta?
I have been to Atlanta, with my family and as a college debater. This is the first time I'm coming as an independent doll. As for what to expect, it'd be boring if I gave that away!
Any words for the young budding trans artists out there?
For more information on Shartthrob (6)6(6): Mixtuplet Sextape feat. Juliana Huxtable, click HERE.
Nicholas Goodly is a graduate poetry student at Columbia University. He is the current art editor of Columbia Journal Online and writing editor of WUSSY MAG.


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A month ago I released the Yummy Treats Scrapbooking Recipe Book as a special gift for Mothers Day.
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The CIIE logo and mascot Jinbao are showcased at a news conference in Shanghai on July 27, 2018. [Photo by Yang Yang / chinadaily.com.cn]
A giant milling machine arrived in Shanghai on Tuesday for the upcoming first China International Import Expo, after a more than 30-day voyage from the German port of Hamburg, its shipper said.
The massive machine tool was brought by Waldrich Coburg, a German company specializing in industrial machinery and large machine tools.
It was carried by COSCO Spain, a container vessel with a capacity of 13,000 TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units), owned by China COSCO Shipping Co, the nation's largest shipping group by fleet size. As one of the largest industrial products to be seen in the expo, it was packaged in 12 containers, according to the publicity office of Shanghai-headquartered COSCO Shipping.
This is the first transport service that COSCO Shipping has offered to exhibitors since it was nominated as the recommended global transport service provider for the first CIIE.
The milling machine-which is 20 meters long, 10 meters wide and eight meters high-weighs 200 metric tons and will cover an area of 200 square meters in the high-end intelligent equipment exhibition area of the first CIIE, which is scheduled to be held in Shanghai from Nov 5 to 10.
The area will focus on four themes-aerospace, integrated circuits, industrial automation and robotics.
The milling machine can turn out high-accuracy micron-sized parts, which can be used for automobile production and the aerospace industry. The German company hopes to attract Chinese buyers with its high-tech equipment at the expo.
"As China is currently undergoing an industrial upgrading boom, the CIIE this year will gather a large number of top-class intelligent equipment manufacturing companies," said Liang Feng, president of China National Machine Tool Sales and Technical Service Corporation.
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The shipments contain tea, wine, medical equipment, food, beverages and pharmaceutical products, as well as vehicles and manufacturing machinery.


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Guest post by: Diana Maria, more information at the bottom of the post. Want to contribute to Alwarakiblog?
If you understand what makes a normal phone a smartphone, it could simply help you in making the option of leaving your bulk size computer at home or office and simply rely on its miniaturized version through smartphones. If you compare any normal phone with a high end smartphone, there are many visible differences between the two. The smartphones are capable of doing many functions unlike your PC or laptop; it offers you a more amount of features and high end experiences without actually sacrificing any function you enjoy in your PC. In order to make your normal phone a smartphone, it should carry the following features as discussed below.
Enhance messaging capabilities
Any normal cell phone has the capacity of sending out only the text messages; however, a smartphone is capable of sending different kinds of messages in a much faster speed and ease. You can easily send a number of email messages from multiple accounts; even shoot messages over different social media sites like Facebook, Twitters or Google Plus. You can even chat with your friends or family using different instant messaging software like GTalk or Yahoo Messenger. All these messaging programs also cater some additional functionality including better message management via some advanced sorting options.
The internet functionality
When you hook your smartphone with any competent internet package via any wireless carrier, the phones simply render you a huge amount of powerful web browsing experiences. Instead of getting the simple and limited access of your favorite site over the phones, the smartphone devices help you in enjoying the full featured versions without any hassle unlike you experience over your PC. This increased kind of functionality found especially in some of the flash based websites could hardly give the same experience unlike you experience over the smartphone due to the hardware and software constraints.
The QWERTY Keyboard
A smartphone cannot be smart without having a full keyboard. In fact, without having a QWERTY Keyboard, it can be same as any other normal mobile phones. You may not be able to carry out anything in an instant fashion, hence making the process difficult. The QWERTY Keyboard in smartphone gives the same functionalities, which you enjoy in your PC or laptop.
The media capabilities
One prominent difference between a normal phone and smartphone is usually in terms of media capabilities. The smartphone help you in loading videos and music files without any hassle, rather simply sticking over the old fashioned mp3 player or the bulky portable DVD player to enjoy a perfect music experience. You can easily streamline a wide range of devices required to enjoy your favorite music with a smartphone. These devices are available with loads of software (which you also use in PCs) for simple media management process.
Additional Applications
One of the most useful functions found in smartphone is the capacity to have its usefulness extended via downloading a number of apps. If you do not like your calendar, you have many other types of calendar apps available on web, which you could download without any hassle. If you want applications for your business or professional use, you could find a number of business related applications for smartphone. The GPS system in your smartphone would guide you while moving in your car to find exact roads to reach your desired destination. You name any application; you can have them downloaded over your smartphone. This is certainly not possible over any normal phone.
Final word
A normal cell phone is restricted with functions like calling or texting or enjoying small amount of videos or music over these phones. However, smartphone features a number of things, right from video conferencing, enjoying movies, photo sharing, capturing quality pictures and videos to playing games, you have loads of things to enjoy over these phones.
About the author: Diana is a blogger by profession. She loves writing, reading and travelling. She contributes to Dr. David Fett website.


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Early Antique Staffordshire Figures
Pottery figure groups from the first quarter of the nineteenth century represent perhaps the richest source of social history in Britain. These naïve and charming pieces tell the stories which were of interest to ordinary working folk in the days before images in newspapers, magazines and television.
These figures modelled in clay and decorated in bright enamel colours were produced mainly in the Staffordshire area of England and other factories in Scotland and Wales.
These figure groups from this period are one of the last true examples of folk art from the British Isles. The figures represent images relating to religion, rural sports, work and pastimes, love, crime, politics, war, theatre, circus, entertainment and every aspect of every day life one could imagine. Sometimes they are elaborately modelled but they always retain a charm, warmth and humour which mirrors aspects of our humanity.
The most famous potters producing these figures which were affordable compared to the rather more refined and rather clinical porcelain examples were, Walton, Sherratt, Salt and Wood. Scores of other potters in the Staffordshire area manufactured figures and we still do not know the origin of the maker on many of the pieces. The fact that most examples were unmarked by the potter adds to the mystery associated with many of these figures today.
Figures were also produced in Scotland and several factories in the Portobello area of Edinburgh produced distinctive and colourful examples.
Several books have been published on the subject. Our recommended reference is the Myrna Schkolne work titled People, Passions, Pastimes and Pleasures (Staffordshire Figures 1810-35). This book is full of excellent pictures, technical information and most importantly it explains the social context and importance of the figures which makes these pieces alive and relevant today.


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Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Then try this. It's not very good quality, and it may have been pulled by the time you get over to it, because Garth doesn't like YouTube videos. Sorry.
1) This song is about a trucking "accident" that was covered extensively in the local paper. What's the big news story in your neighborhood?
Our consolidated high school has built a new sports center. A grand opening celebration is slated for next week, and the public will have a chance to tour the structure, which is capable of withstanding an EF-5 tornado, or 250 mph winds, and can hold about 3,000 people.
2) The action centers around a motel. When is the last time you stayed in a hotel or motel?
2) The action centers around a motel. When is the last time you stayed in a hotel or motel?
DD2 and I spent a weekend in Kansas City last spring to go to Trader Joes. We stayed in a nice hotel right next door to a Cost Plus World Market. Shopping heaven!
3) In the song, Papa wants to surprise Mama with a bottle of wine. Do you prefer white or red?
I prefer white but now that I know about the benefits of red, I might order it instead. I don't drink a lot of wine. Many doctors agree that something in red wine appears to help your heart. It's possible that antioxidants, such as flavonoids or a substance called resveratrol, have heart-healthy benefits.
4) This week's featured artist, Garth Brooks, has said that the late Chris LeDoux -- singer, sculptor and rodeo champion -- is his hero. If you had to single out someone this morning as your hero, who would it be?
I am very partial to dog hero stories!
5) Before he was able to support himself as a singer, Brooks was a bouncer at a bar. Have you ever had an encounter with a bouncer (either that he threw you out or came to your aid)?
No! I have never been anywhere that had a bouncer. Bars were not my scene.
6) According to the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America), Garth surpassed The Beatles as the top selling artist of the last 25 years. Whose music do you listen to more -- Garth Brooks or the The Beatles?
The Beatles....I do like Garth too. But don't listen to him often. I admire that he retired for a decade to raise his kids.
7) While 1992 was a banner year for Garth Brooks, it was a bad one for another country legend, Willie Nelson. Willie ended up paying the IRS more than $9,000,000. When you file your taxes, will you qualify for a refund? Or will you owe money?I
It is always hard to say, we took some money from our retirement annuity this year.
8) When this song was popular in 1992, Sarah Ferguson, then the Duchess of York, was in all the papers and magazines for her controversial conduct -- including being photographed sunbathing topless with a man not her husband. Today no one seems to care much about what Sarah Ferguson does. Can you think of someone else whose fame was fleeting?
Carmen Electra, some of the Spice Girls. Just last week I wondered where Selma Hayek went. I wish the Kardashians would go the way of Paris Hilton.
9) This is Super Bowl weekend. Where will you be watching The Big Game?No. I will be shopping, unless it snows.
9) This is Super Bowl weekend. Where will you be watching The Big Game?No. I will be shopping, unless it snows.


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New "Asian Style" Short Ribs and Recipe./
I (Jay) have had the blessing of visiting many countries around the world to offer advice to local farmers on how to get better at what they do. One of my favorite trips was to South Korea where one evening after a long day in the fields we sat down at a "Gogigui" (or Korean BBQ) restaurant for some "Galbi" (for us marinated beef short ribs). This was my first experience with the cut, Korean style marinade and who doesn't love eating the beef right off the grill at your table! (Korean style BBQ often uses a small grill at the table to cook the meat.)
Here in the States we are more familiar with the "English Style" short ribs. Cut with the bone and left as thick pieces. They are mostly used in slow cooking recipes using a crock pot, oven or smoker.
"Asian" or "Korean Style" short ribs are cut across the bone and sliced thin, take a marinade very well and can be seared quickly on the grill, broiler or even pan fried.
For March 2016 we have cut a box of "Asia" style short ribs for you to try. Packs are 1.25lbs to 1.75lbs and contain 6 to 8 thin slices of ribs.
We know it is not grilling season everywhere but if you love this cut like we do, you will brave any weather to enjoy them!...or just cook 'em' inside.
Here is our favorite "Korean Style" marinade recipe. Enjoy! (Adapted from allrecipe.com)
1 cup Soy Sauce
¾ cup water
3 tablespoon white vinegar
1/3 cup brown sugar
2 tablespoons white sugar
1 tablespoons black pepper
1 tablespoon of Sesame oil
¼ cup minced garlic
½ large yellow onion
3 lbs (2 packs) of J&J Grassfed "Asian Style" Short Ribs
Combine ingredients in a non-metallic bowl and whisk until sugars are dissolved. Use bowl or plastic bag and submerge ribs in marinade. Marinate in fridge for minimum of 7 hours but we have done them for as long as 24. Take out and let ribs come to room temperate, sear over medium heat.


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Saturday, June 14, 2014
Avocado Chicken Salad
But whats chicken salad without mayonnaise? As usual, Pinterest held the answer. I never actually clicked on a link leading to a avocado chicken salad recipe because I had a better idea.
Remember my awesome guacamole that I shared a while back? Well imagine that married to chicken and a few extra herbs. Yum. Normally, I do not add the feta to the chicken salad, but you can feel free to do so. In fact, don't make a special trip to the store if you're missing a minor ingredient (such as an herb or lime or vinegar)
My cooking philosophy is basically to add everything to taste, and according to whats in the pantry. It has always worked!
Feel free to use white onions in lieu of red. You also can use extra vinegar instead of lime juice, and vice versa. Have fun with it!
Avocado Chicken Salad
1 cup chopped chicken (I use breast meat)
1/4 cup chopped cucumber
1/4 cup chopped celery
1/4 cup chopped red onion
1 1/4 Tbsp. red wine vinegar
1 1/4 Tbsp. lime juice
1 large ripe avocado, mashed well
1 Tbsp. oregano, finely chopped
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp. cumin
1 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. dill
1/2 tsp curry powder
salt and pepper to taste
1) Combine the last ten ingredients (this includes the salt and pepper as one ingredient)
2) Stir in the chicken and chopped vegetables until they are well coated with the avocado mixture.
* I garnished with cilantro, it adds more freshness to the flavor, I'd highly recommend it!
~~{~@ Danielle
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"How can you wear those pants in public?" and "Can
I ask you about the ET thing?"
You can check out
YouTube for the pants, but about the whole ET thing I'd like to say
two words:
Happy Anniversary!
And now I'd like to
add a few more.
Exactly twenty-five
years ago today, millions of ET cartridges were being produced and
distributed to retailers around the world. They were still hotly
anticipated Christmas gifts and I was still recovering from the
development and making plans to fly to London for the debut. The
games hadn't yet made it to discount bins, desert burial sites or
even Worst-Of-All-Time lists. In twenty-five years I've told many
stories about the game that "killed the industry" and answered
many questions about having authored the worst game of all time. I've
spoken at length (on these very pages) about the final resting place
for all those cartridges. It's always been about the aftermath. So
to honor the silver anniversary of the ET game I would like to share
some of the least told anecdotes about the inception of the most
celebrated catastrophe in video game history.
It was the afternoon of
July 27th, 1982, just three days before my own 25th
birthday when my office phone rang. It was a lovely female voice
asking me to hold for Ray Kassar, the reigning CEO of Atari. So I
held. When Ray came on the phone, he said "Howard, we've just
completed negotiations for ET. Steven Spielberg has personally asked
for you to do the game. We need it by September 1st, can
you do it?" I thought about the question.
September 1st
was exactly five weeks away. I just finished spending about ten
pretty intense months doing Raiders of the Lost Ark and that was
right after having spent over 7 months doing Yar's Revenge. No one
had ever done a game in less than six months, so five weeks? Hmmmm.
But the challenge is very attractive and Spielberg is asking for me
personally. That's pretty cool. But how much of a game can I do in
five weeks? Am I setting myself up to fail? But ET is a very hot
property and I like the movie and what an opportunity to make
something very innovative and fresh on the 2600. But trying to do
something totally new in the shortest development time ever, does
that sound like a great idea? Of course, the key to doing a game in
five weeks is to design a game that can be done in five weeks. But
would that be a good game? What would make it worth doing?
That took about three
seconds. At which point I said, "Ray, I can definitely do that game
. . . provided we reach the right deal."
I was very satisfied
with my answer.
So Ray said, "OK, be
at the Private Jet Terminal at San Jose Airport at 8:00am Thursday
morning, there will be a Learjet waiting for you."
Oh good, I
thought, at least I have two days to do the design.
How does one design a
video game? Simple. You need a world with a goal. Then you need a
path to the goal. Then you need obstacles. It's really that simple.
It's not easy. . . but it is that simple.
So let's do it.
World? Go 3D, play on a cube. And the goal, well, with ET it has to
be "phone home." The path to the goal? You assemble the phone,
call the ship and then meet at the landing zone. Sweet. What about
the obstacles? Hmmm.
Goals are always
simple. It's the obstacles where a game succeeds or fails. ET's
obstacles were mostly adults. So we'll have some adults who chase
ET. OK. Adults? On the 2600? Five weeks? We'll need something else.
A timing challenge for the pick up? Good. What else? How about hiding
the phone pieces? Where? Ah, I know, I'll create pits. They're
easy to manage and they'll add an extra venue. Cool.
And just that simply, I
laid the basis for 25 years of ignominy. At least that was step one.
Step two came the next
day, after a Learjet flight and a limo ride. I'm in Steven
Spielberg's office laying out my design of an innovative original
2600 game play for ET. He listens carefully and then says, "Couldn't
you do something like PacMan?" That blew my mind. I thought, "Gee,
Steven, couldn't you do something more like Star Wars?"
But that was just my
ego twitching, and in retrospect he was probably right. He was
invoking the sacred Hollywood mantra: "Talent borrows, genius
Perhaps a little Grand
Theft Gameplay would have been a better choice. On the other hand,
we're still talking about it after twenty-five years, harkening
back to another bit of Hollywood wisdom: "There's no such thing
as bad press."
Happy Anniversary to me
and ET, pressing on.
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Enjoying The Holidays Without Weight Gain
Holiday munching can last for 3 months. It begins with the endless candy of Halloween,
extends to the feasting at Thanksgiving, continues with the goodies of Christmas and Chanukah, winding down to the clicking of the Champaign glasses on New Years Eve. For the typical American, New Years begins with a weight gain of 1 to 10 pounds thanks to the holidays. Planning and preparation can help you make it through the food fest no worse for the ware. It may not be a good time for weight loss but maintaining your body weight is a realistic goal.
Alcohol and holiday drinks can pack on calories and appetizers often add hundreds of calories before the feast begins. Here are some super delicious calorie saving ideas:
Dress up your standard cheese board with in-shell Wonderful Pistachios and crispy apple wedges:
In-shell Wonderful Pistachios + Gouda/Cheddar/Brie + Apple Slices + white wine spritzer to keep calories down.
In-shell Wonderful Pistachios + Rosemary Garlic Roasted Tomatoes + Parmesan Crisps + Champaign with POM pomegranate arils
Light Holiday Drinks
For the holiday drinks, use lighter cocktail ideas with POM or Sweet Scarletts.
1). Include this Sweet Texas Cocktail with red grapefruit recipe that involves tequila, Compari, lime juice, red grapefruit juice, and ginger simple syrup. The simple syrup adds a lot of flavor, but that you are in control of the amount and calories and that a little goes a long way because of the ginger kick. (see recipe below).
2). Add some pizzazz to your cold drink by using festive ice cubs filled with berries, cherries, lemon and orange slices, or a sprig of mint in ice trays. Fill with water, fruit juice or sparkling water and freeze as usual. Make a white wine spritzer with white wine club soda over these festive ice cubes. Add Wonderful Pom Pom fresh pomegranate arils to Champaign for a beautiful, delicious drink.
3). Low fat Eggnog. One cup of regular eggnog has 440 calories and that's with out the alcohol! One cup of low-fat homemade eggnog has only 180 calories: See recipe below.
Desserts can be light and offer nutritional value and still be so very delicious.
1). For the guest wanting gluten-free, healthy dessert to take with you: KIND BARS (cool little box display) and give them out as party favors for out-of-town guest to take on the road with them.
2). Substitute fruit puree for sugar in recipes and add fiber with shredded carrots like the ingredients you'll find in the applesauce carrot cake recipe below.
3). Try a very Lemon and Berry cheesecake made right in the blender. Substitute cottage cheese for cream cheese, some egg whites for whole eggs, evaporated skim milk in place of cream, cut back on sugar with Splenda Blend.
Drink Recipes
Sweet Texas Cocktail
Served on the rocks, this grapefruit cocktail gets a Texas-style kick from tequila and lime. Ginger and tarragon round out the aromatic flavor.
You will need:
¼ cup of fresh Wonderful Sweet Scarletts grapefruit juice
2 Tbl. Silver tequila
1 Tbl. Campari
1 Tbl. Fresh lime juice
1 Tbl. Ginger/tarragon Simple syrup, *recipe below
- Combine grapefruit juice, tequila, Campari, lime juice and simple syrup
- Pour over ice in a tumbler and serve
¾ cup water
¾ cup sugar
- In a small saucepan over high heat, stir together ginger or tarragon, water and sugar.
- Bring to a simmer and remove from heat.
- Let cool and use or refrigerate.
Low-Fat Eggnog
Total Time:
Yield:6 servings
2 cups nonfat milk
2 large strips orange and/or lemon zest
1 t real vanilla
2 large eggs plus 1 egg yolk
1/3 cup sugar
1 teaspoon cornstarch
White rum or bourbon (optional)
Ground nutmeg and cinnamon stick for garnish
Combine 1 ½ cups milk and the citrus zest in a medium saucepan. Split the vanilla bean lengthwise and scrape out the seeds; add vanilla to the saucepan and bring to a simmer over medium heat. Meanwhile, whisk the eggs, egg yolk, sugar and cornstarch in a medium bowl until light yellow.
Gradually pour the hot milk mixture into the egg mixture, whisking constantly, then pour back into the pan. Place over medium heat and stir constantly until the eggnog begins to thicken, about 8 minutes. Remove from the heat and immediately stir in the remaining ½ cup milk to stop the cooking. Transfer the eggnog to a large bowl and place over a larger bowl of ice to cool, then chill until ready to serve.
Garnish with a cinnamon stick and nutmeg.
Per serving (1/2 cup): Calories 90 vs. 220 for regular.
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Applesauce-Carrot Cake
Makes: 20 slices (2 loaves) Prep Time: 10 min Cook Time: 1 hour
1 ½ cups all-purpose white flour
½ cup whole-wheat flour
2/3 cup Splenda®/Sugar Blend
2 tsp. baking soda
1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
½ tsp. nutmeg
¾ cup unsweetened applesauce
½ cup Smart Balance® oil
2 egg whites
2 whole eggs
3 cups coarsely grated carrots
- In a large bowl, combine the flours, sugar blend, baking soda, cinnamon and nutmeg
- In a small bowl, combine the applesauce, oil and eggs. Add them to flour mixture until ingredients are just blended *Do not over mix or bread will be too dense. Add carrots, mix again
- Pour batter into 2 greased loaf pan. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and bake for about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
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Makes: 16 servings Prep Time: 15 min Cook Time: 25 min
1 pound 1-2% cottage cheese
2 egg whites
1 whole egg
½ cup evaporated skim milk
1/3 cup Splenda® Blend
1 Tbsp grated lemon rind
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
¼ cup whole wheat flour
1 tsp corn starch
Kiwi Slices
- Preheat oven to 300⁰F.
- In a blender, combine all ingredients, except for fruit that goes on top. Blend well until smooth. Pour the filling into graham cracker crusts.
- Bake the cakes for about 25-30 minutes or until the filling is set. Cool cakes slightly and put in freezer for an hour to an hour and a half.
- Add sliced fruit on top. Begin at edge of the pie and work to the center. Finish with 3 slices of kiwi in the middle.
Other Recipe Modifying Techniques
- In most recipes and dishes calling for sour cream, you can substitute plain yogurt and save 349 calories per cup. This works well in recipes salad dressings, dips, and toppings for food like bake potatoes or chili.
- To keep yogurt from separating in foods that are cooked or stirred vigorously, first mix 1 T of cornstarch with 1 T of yogurt, and then add it to your recipe.
- Use yogurt in place of oil, mayo, buttermilk, butter or buttermilk in recipes.
- 1 c yogurt = 1 c sour cream
- 1 c yogurt = 1 c oil
- ¼ c yogurt, ½ c butter = 1 c butter
- 1 c yogurt = 1 c cream cheese
- 2/3 c yogurt + ¼ c butter milk = 1 c buttermilk
- Make pies with a single crust and save 75 to 100 calories per serving. Crumb crust (graham cracker, cereal, gingersnaps) can be lower in fat than traditional crust. For further calorie reduction, skip eating the crust altogether.
- For some foods, you may be able to skip the cooking fat altogether and use a nonfat liquid instead, such as low sodium chicken broth or tomato juice to prepare vegetables.
- Trim all visible fat from meat before you cook it
- Cook soups and stews far enough in advance to allow them to cool so you can skim off the fat or use a fat separator.
- Choose the leanest cuts of red meat: For beef, these are sirloin tip, eye of round, round steak, chuck with round bone, flank steak, tenderloin, lean stew meat, and extra lean ground beef. For pork, try pork loin or tenderloin, center cut ham and Canadian bacon. For lamb, the leanest cuts are the leg, lamb steak, and sirloin chop. All cuts of veal are lean except the breast.
- Small chickens (broilers and fryers) are leaner than roasters, which in turn are leaner than hens and capons. Turkey and Cornish game hens are also lean. Remove hunks of fat inside before you cook. For dishes made with chicken parts, skin the chicken before you cook it.
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Article By: Mike Peck
Front office leader steps down after eight seasons
Rockford, Ill.- Rockford IceHogs Team President Ryan Washatka announced on Wednesday that he is resigning from his position with the American Hockey League club. Washatka has accepted a position outside of hockey and he will remain with the team until Sept. 21.
After joining the IceHogs staff as assistant general manager prior to the 2000-01 season, Washatka was promoted to general manager of the United Hockey League club in 2002-03. The University of Kansas graduate held the position until the team moved to the AHL prior to last season and then served as the team's president and governor during its inaugural AHL campaign in 2007-08.
Under Washatka's watch, the IceHogs have become an integral part of the Rockford community. During Washatka's six-year tenure at the helm of the IceHogs, the club averaged 3,767 fans per game. Seven out of the IceHogs top 10 all-time attended games came during Washatka's stint as GM/President of the team.
"Ryan has always been a very integral part of the IceHogs success in this community," said Corey Pearson, General Manager of the Rockford MetroCentre. "His hard work and dedication to making hockey an exciting and powerful attraction to Rockford was especially demonstrated as we made a smooth transition from the UHL to the AHL. We are sincerely sad to see him leave the IceHogs, but we are delighted he will remain in our community. We wish him nothing but continued professional and personal success."
Washatka, along with former team owners Dr. Kris Tumilowicz and Craig Drektrah, helped establish the IceHogs Charitable Foundation during the 2006-07 season. The team has helped raise nearly $400,000 since Washatka took over in 2003 with all proceeds benefiting the Rockford community. Washatka has helped foster the Jr. IceHogs youth hockey program with the Rockford Park District which has seen significant increases in participation since its inception.
Other accomplishments attained by Washatka during his term with the IceHogs include the UHL's General Manager of the Year following the 2004-05 season, UHL's Marketing Director of the Year in 2002-03 and the IceHogs were twice named the UHL's Member Club (2004-05 and 2005-06). Under Washatka's watch the IceHogs also claimed the UHL's Colonial Cup Championship following the 2006-07 season.
The IceHogs released the following statement from Washatka:
It has been my pleasure to lead the Rockford IceHogs for the past six seasons and into this new era of American Hockey League hockey. This organization has been through a lot and continues to persevere. With the help of our staff, players and great fans we have been able to meet and surpass all the expectations set forth in 1999.
I am excited for the future that awaits the IceHogs and IceHogs hockey will always hold a special place in my heart. I am very proud of our 2006-07 championship and helping to orchestrate our inception into the AHL and affiliation with the Chicago Blackhawks. A great opportunity has presented itself that allows me to remain in Rockford and be able to spend more time with my family.
I would personally like to thank all of our fans, sponsors, present and past players, staff members and ownership for their dedication to the IceHogs and making it a true success story.


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Moscow State Automobile & Road Technical University
MSARTU was founded in 1930.
Every year MSARTU provides education for more than 9 thousand graduate and postgraduate students. 350 young people from more than 68 countries of the world enter the Preparatory Faculty for foreign students annually.
The University has 8 head Faculties, the Faculty of Humanities, the Preparatory Faculty for foreign students, and the Postgraduate Faculty. The University chairs have 24 branches at different enterprises, research institutes and design offices in Moscow. In addition 2 centers for training, research and production which function under the University`s supervision have been founded.
The University offers the following Principal Degrees and Diplomas.
Bachelors training in the following fields:
- Traffic management systems building
- Economy
- Management
- Automatization and monitoring
- Electrotechnics
- Electromechanics and electrotechnology
- Technological machi-nes and equipment
- Informatics and computers
- Diplomed Engineers and Masters training in the following qualifications:
- Automobiles and automobile economy
- Combustion engines
- Machines for lifting and transportation
- Building machines
- Road building machines and equipment
- Wheeled and caterpillar machines
- Control traffic engineering
- Highway and airport engineering
- Bridged and transport tunnels
- Transport economy and management
- Building economy and management
- Motor transport and transport management
- Automatization of technological processes and manufacturing
- Electricity and electronic equipment of automobiles and tractors
- Equipment and technology for development of wear resistance and reconstruction of details of machines and equipment
- Hydraulic machines
- Hydraulic drives and compressed air automatics
- Automatized systems for data development and controlling.
Student Life
Students free time is devoted to various interests and types of activity. There are video, dance, music and other amateur clubs and discotecs opened at the University and in the Hostels.
The University has its driving courses which train drivers for the category C transport means (passenger cars).
Many students have become winners of important sport competitions.
Here is the list of departments with chairs of the MSARTU:
- Preparing Faculty
- Faculty for training foreign students
- Applied Mathematics
- Physics
- Chemistry
- Common Theoretical Disciplines
- Drawing Geometry and Designing
- Theoretical Mechanics
- Mechanical and Machine Design
- Details of Machines and Theory of Machines, Tracking Machines and Amphibious
- Machines
- Transport and Technological Robots,
- Transport Equipment
- Hydraulic Drivers and Hydraulic and
- Compressed Air Automatics.
- Economics Theories
- Economy of Motor Transport
- Road Economy
- Management Faculty with Chairs
- Delivery Organization and Motor Transport Controlling
- Automatic Systems of Controlling
- Safety Management
- Motor Transport Faculty with Chairs.
- Automobiles
- Industrial Electronics and Automatization
- Exploitation of Automobile Transport
- Faculty for Road Building and Technological Machines with Chairs
- Road Building Machines
- Exploitation of Road Building Machines
- Production and Repairing Automobiles and Road Building Machines
- Metals and Thermo Development of Metals
- Technology of Metals
- Automatization of Industrial Processes
- Energy and Environment Faculty with Chairs
- Automobiles and Tractors Engines
- Industrial and Transportation Environment
- Electrotechnics and Electricity Equipment
- Faculty for Highways and Aerodromes with Chairs
- Geodesy Road Design
- Road Building and Maintenance Aeroports
- Faculty for Bridges and Transport Tunnels with Chairs
- Hydraulics
- Building Mechanics
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This project requires borrowing the video equipmpent and green screen (which I guess is not very expensive for a day)
So we choose any available ready footage for the background. We can change them many times. Or we can create our own, for example to make an abstract cartoon with color papers and the stop-motion technology (video out of photos)
Then we can choose the song and start dancing alltogether in front of our background or to dance one by one or to try to interact with creatures from the background or just act somehow.
We can all be wearing masks from the Masks workshop.
At the end all the participants are getting their video, may be we can do several of them or let the participants to separate to the groups based on their preferable song.
It's a very raw idea but I guess it can be developed:)
The cheapest version of it can be even produced with just a green piece of textile and some IPad/Iphone apps.
This is just a technical idea but I believe it's really enjoyable and interesting for teens to share and explore each other music preferences, to dance together and to know some technology.


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We used the picture above this post a few years ago, when it was relevant to what we wrote in Barbara Forrest Demolishes a Creationist. That was undoubtedly seen by the creationists at the Discovery Institute, and they've been waiting for an occasion when they could use it. It's been a long wait, because the Discoveroids — being stealth creationists engaged in a conspiracy to overthrow science — never have a legitimate opportunity to denounce anyone — as Cicero did in his Orations against Catiline.
The Discoveroids still haven't found the right subject matter, but they've decided to use that picture anyway. You can see it displayed above the latest post at their creationist blog: Intelligent Design, from Cicero to Kant. It was written by Sarah Chaffee, whom we call "Savvy Sarah." Here are some excerpts, with bold font added by us.
Lest anyone think that discussion of what Doug Axe calls the universal design intuition dates back only as far as the modern ID movement, James Gallant supplies some relevant historical references (Modernity and metaphysics).
BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Who cares how many ancient writers said something about what they perceived as design in nature? The Discoveroids need more than their "intuition" and some old literary hunches. They need data — observable, verifiable data that contradicts the theory of evolution — but that's what they don't have. Nevertheless, they're doing the best they can with whatever they can scrounge up, and Savvy Sarah's post is a good example of that. She says:
From Etienne Gilson to Alfred North Whitehead to Immanuel Kant, he catalogues a series of arguments for design in nature. Although quite a few of his citations are to the writings of natural theologians (and thus to a divine designer), many talk simply about mind and thus overlap with ID, which cannot determine whether design is from a natural or supernatural source.
After a lot of quotes from Gallant's article, and some Discoveroid commentary, Savvy Sarah declares:
So how does the science work? Intelligent design theorists utilize the scientific method to come to their conclusions: Scientists begin by observing what human intelligence creates — namely, information that is both complex (unlikely) and specified (matches a given pattern). Next, these scientists analyze natural objects to see if they contain these elements. Those objects suspected to exhibit design are subjected to tests to see if they really do contain complex and specified information (for example, genetic knockout tests demonstrate the irreducibly complexity of the bacterial flagellum). Finally, scientists conclude that items displaying specified complexity are products of intelligent design. These investigations have resulted in numerous scientific articles [link to articles at Discoveroid websites by Discoveroid authors] in favor of intelligent design.
Very impressive. Let's skip to near the end, where Cicero is dragged into this mess:
Though this science is new, the argument for intelligent design is not. In fact, Cicero wrote, "Can any sane person believe that all this array of stars and this vast celestial adornment could have been created out of atoms rushing to and fro fortuitously and at random? Or could any other being devoid of intelligence and reason have created them?" Darwin himself sought to overcome his own design intuition. A century and a half later, the evidence confirming that intuition keeps getting stronger.
That's it, dear reader. That's the Discoveroids' best case for intelligent design. Poor ol' Cicero. He was a splendid Roman, and he doesn't deserve to be associated with the Discoveroids.
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Little Gate Farm believes that becoming a volunteer can offer the chance for people to gain fulfilling experience whilst working in a pleasant, rural environment, helping people with learning and physical disabilities or mental health issues to reach their full potential.
Volunteers are crucial to the success and future of Little Gate Farm becoming an outstanding provider of care to vulnerable adults and young people in our community.
Our aims are to provide a place where everyone can exercise choice, independence and improved wellbeing, irrespective of ability or disability, by recognizing individual needs and providing inspiring and stimulating activities. We are driven by the desire to provide a safe, fun, happy learning experience for our vulnerable participants, with the explicit aim of increasing skills, knowledge, self-confidence and self-esteem. We expect our volunteers regardless of role to share these in these aims.
- Volunteers will undertake an induction to the farm on their first day, supported by a Little Gate Farm owner or staff member. Volunteers will be given a named person for having responsibility for their support and supervision, and each volunteer will have regular access to this person and this person will ensure that each volunteer is adequately supported.
- The induction process will include volunteers being made aware of farm policies and procedures with paramount focus on their health, safety and welfare.
- Volunteers will have a clear idea of the tasks they are asked to perform and of the responsibility that goes with these tasks, in particular their responsibilities with regard to health and safety.
- To ensure fair representation of their needs and interests, volunteers will have access to and play a part in the decision-making process within the farm.
- Volunteers will be protected against exploitation of their interests. They will not be put under pressure to do work which goes against their principles.
- Volunteers will be protected against risks which occur as part of their duties. They are covered by Public Liability Insurance.
- Volunteers will not suffer financial loss whilst at the farm. They will be provided with adequate tools, equipment and materials to enable them to carry out their tasks, and transport fees will be reimbursed.
- As part of the induction process, volunteers will be given full safety instruction before use. PPI must be worn if necessary, which will be provided for by Little Gate Farm. Tools must be stored and transported safely in a box, bag or wheelbarrow.
- The relationship between paid workers and volunteers at the farm will be complementary and mutually beneficial.
- Volunteers will be recruited through various possibilities, social media, through the volunteering centre, college and university.
- An application form, for data collection with volunteer's interests will be filled in and an interview process will follow, information on all volunteers will be stored confidentially in a locked cupboard. References will only be required for volunteers working with participants directly.
- An introductory period will follow of 3 weeks, which can be terminated immediately by either the volunteer or Little Gate Farm. Volunteers, if found unsuitable for the role, will be offered alternatives or encouraged to discuss their requirements with the volunteer centre.
- Some volunteering roles will require the volunteer to have a DBS check if they are working directly with vulnerable adults or children.
- Opportunities to develop skills for volunteers will be offered and discussed. Learning opportunities include building round structures in woodland, pond management, sheep & lamb care, chickens, tree bog construction. Conservation, coppicing, outdoor cooking, fundraising, events, Makaton signing.
- Support will be on-going, and a review of the volunteer's role will be performed at 6 monthly intervals.
- Little Gate Farm believes that volunteering is an option that should be available to everyone irrespective of their gender, race, beliefs, disability, physical health, religion, sexuality or age.
- A copy of the health and safety policy, safeguarding vulnerable adults, and risk assessments are available on induction.
- A complaints procedure is available to enable volunteers to raise issues they are concerned about.


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A RUBICON FAMILY CHRISTMAS Nov. 29 through Dec. 8.
Rubicon Theatre continues its annual tradition of going all out for the holiday season. A series of productions and celebrations kick off with the Rubicon Family Christmas Concert, a joyous celebration featuring renditions of holiday carols and contemporary songs of the season performed in classical, pop, jazz and gospel styles. A Rubicon Family Christmas features Broadway stars from well-known productions along with a chorus of talented young singers. $20-$59. 1006 E. Main St., Ventura, 667-2900 or rubicontheatre.org.
TALL SHIP LADY WASHINGTON Friday, Nov. 27, noon-5 p.m. (through Dec. 8).
Launched in 1989, Lady Washington is a wooden-hulled replica of one of the first U.S.-flagged ships to explore the west coast of North America. Visitors can take a tour of the ship and learn about life in the time that sailing the high seas meant swashbuckling adventures. $3. Channel Islands Harbor, 3900 Pelican Way, Oxnard. For more information, visit www.channelislandsharbor.org.


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But the actor describes the role as the hardest of his life
Michael Fassbender has described playing a sex addict in shame as the hardest role he has ever taken on.
The actor plays the lead in Steve McQueen's acclaimed drama. But he has now revealed that he initially thought that playing Brandon Sullivan would be an easy ride.
He told W Magazine:
I must admit – I initially thought it might be fun. You hear 'sex' and you think… sex. But this was definitely the hardest job I've done.
Describing the challenges of the part, Fassbender continued: "I can usually shake a character off, but I couldn't shake Brandon. He had no sensual enjoyment in his life, and since we filmed the movie so quickly, I found myself living in his skin. Keeping him close to me was exhausting, cold, horrible.
"As Brandon, I never ate. He had one container of chinese food in his fridge. All that sex and he didn't have any pleasure. That sad container of noodles tells you more about Brandon than any nudity."
Shame is currently on release in cinemas. You can watch the trailer at the top of the page.Video


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By Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Michelle Obama says the beats and melodies in Latin music are so irresistible that even President Barack Obama "will shake his groove thing" Monday night.
Gloria Estefan, Romeo Santos, Lila Downs, Marco Antonio Solis and other top Latin musicians are joining the Obamas for a taping of the latest installment in the PBS series "In Performance at the White House." Coming at the start of the monthlong celebration of Hispanic heritage, the concert will showcase the various styles of Latin music.
The first lady described Latin music as having "some of the most fun, dynamic, rhythmic melodies" anyone will ever hear.
"Me encanta la musica Latina!" she said, Spanish for "I love Latin music." She added that its "percussive beats and buoyant melodies" come from just about everywhere, including the Caribbean, Mexico, Central and South America, Africa and Europe.
"And when you put all of that together, you can't help but move to the music," she told area high schools students during a late-morning workshop with some of the artists, including Estefan and her husband, Emilio, both of the band Miami Sound Machine. "Even the president, you will see tonight, will shake his groove thing every now and then."
He's scheduled to open the taping in the White House East Room with brief remarks.
Other artists scheduled to perform during the hourlong program are Ricky Martin, Price Royce, Arturo Sandoval, Raul Malo, Alejandro Sanz and Natalie Cole.
The taping, which the White House announced just last week, was to go on as scheduled despite a shooting Monday at the Washington Navy Yard that killed at least a dozen people. It will be shown live on the White House website, http://www.whitehouse.gov/live . It also is scheduled for broadcast by PBS stations nationwide on Oct. 8.
Natalie Cole's late father, Nat King Cole, pioneered singing in Spanish and Portuguese by an American. He recorded three albums in Spanish at the peak of his career in the late 1950s and early 1960s and became a hit among Latinos, especially in Cuba, where he had performed in some of Havana's famous nightclubs.
Cole's daughter recently followed in her father's footsteps by releasing a Spanish-language album of her own, "Natalie Cole en Espanol," in June. As a little girl, she traveled to Mexico with her father and never forgot how well received he was, she said. She decided to record an album in Spanish because she wanted to broaden her international audience.
"I love this music so much. I feel like I have done so much jazz and I really did not want to do another jazz record," she told reporters during a media availability arranged by the White House. "I wanted to do something a little more diverse, and I figured 'Why not try a Spanish record?'"
"Musica Latina: In Performance at the White House" is the 12th installment in the series.
Since Obama took office in 2009, the programs have celebrated the music of Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney, Carol King, Burt Bacharach and Hal David, Hispanic music, music from the civil-rights era, Motown, the blues, Memphis soul, Broadway music and country ballads.
Each presidential administration since Jimmy Carter has participated in the series.
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Note: This article is excerpted from our resource Missional Small Groups.
When my husband and I started attending a new church in 2011, we knew we wanted to be in a small group. But we don't just like our small group; we've fallen in love. Our church is highly missional, and the mission is lived out through small groups. The group members always have their eyes open for opportunities to bless others.
It's been a growing experience for us. We've been stretched out of our comfort zones, and we're compelled to look for opportunities to care and serve. If there's one thing I've learned about being missional, though, it's that it's messy. It doesn't fall into neat boxes. It doesn't stick to normal lines. It doesn't even have a clear cause and effect. Regardless, though, there's a definite sense that you're doing what God calls his followers to do: show the love of Jesus to others.
Warming Up to Missional Living
A few months after we started attending, our group decided to throw a housewarming party for a woman who had been homeless. Now in an apartment with a young son, she had nothing—no silverware, no plates, no pans. She didn't even know how to cook. We showed up at her apartment on a rainy night. More than 15 of us stood in her small living room, giving her our gifts, helping her put things away. One couple brought a slow cooker with several recipes, offering to show her how to prepare them. The young mom was overwhelmed and quietly put the items away. We didn't know the right things to do or say, yet we stayed for over an hour just loving on her, laughing at jokes, sharing stories, and listening to music. We didn't know what our gifts would mean to her, but we tried to be Jesus' hands and feet … and that's all we could do.
Later that year, the young mom we helped desired to help others in the way she'd been helped. She let our small group know about an under-resourced mom and her two girls—and she wanted to work alongside us to bless her. This small family was on the cusp of homelessness. They had a home, but there wasn't much money left over for anything else—including food. When we talked to the mother and found out how badly they needed food, we set to work. We brought tons of groceries over to their home, filling their cupboards and refrigerator. The mom was overwhelmed by the bags of groceries brought by the eight relative strangers invading her home.
The biggest blessing, though, had nothing to do with food. Instead, it was the love we gave her daughters—a 9-year-old and a 7-year-old. Her younger daughter was born with a condition that has left her severely deformed. Her body remains the size of a 1-year-old, and she must be carried around like a baby, unable to walk or sit on her own. She also can't speak. Because people aren't sure how to act toward this young girl, many just look away.
I, too, was nervous to interact with this young girl, a million questions running through my mind. Despite those questions, two of us sat holding her while the rest of the group helped the mom put away the groceries. When I said "hello," she smiled so wide. A grin snuck onto my face. We held her, brushing through her hair with our fingers, telling her how beautiful she is. The woman with me had brought her own daughter who promptly asked what was wrong with this little girl. My friend quickly responded, "That's how God made her. Isn't she beautiful?"


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Untying the knot
by cricketjeff on September 10, 2008. © Jeff Green, All rights reserved
I know which plays are on and which to see.
I've faced an angry mob and aired my views
And told a baying zealot "speech is free".
No man has ever faced me down unheard.
I'm confident of all I wish to say.
My diction means they all hear every word
And nobody can sweep my thoughts away.
But when you're there I mumble like a fool,
I'm hardly heard above a gentle breeze.
I loved you when I met you back in school
But you have never seen me at my ease.
You smile at me and seem to know it's true,
So tell me why can't I say "I love you".
A dozen years I've loved but never said.
I wish that I could learn to talk to you,
I have a thousand love songs in my head,
The most I've ever said is "How are you".
You giggle with your friends and do not know
That I am here and lost inside your eyes.
There has to be a way the I can show
You are the author of my plaintiff sighs.
And then today a miracle occurred;
You walked across to where I sit to eat,
You looked at me and didn't say a word
Just grabbed my tie and pulled me to my feet.
Inside my mouth, inside our breathless kiss
I heard you whisper "say it just like this!"
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A double Shakespearean sonnet


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Just browse the past issues listed below and find the article you would like to read. Then, look on the right side of this page and see the little rectangular box that says "past newsletters". Hit the drop down arrow, pick the appropriate month and click on it. Your issue/article will appear.
FEBRUARY 2013 – THE GREAT ORGANIC DEBATE – THE SCIENCE! Read this article!
SEPTEMBER 2012 ISSUE: Why modern tomatoes taste like cardboard! June bearing versus ever bearing strawberries. Science corner – a link to a great article on epigenetics.
JULY 2012 ISSUE: More on Tomato hornworms. Controlling cucumber beetles. Science corner – bugs develop pesticide resistance. Controlling tomato diseases with Copper Fungicide.
JUNE 2012 ISSUE: Slugs – how to deal with and control them. Everything you ever wanted to know about SPINOSAD. Saving seeds – how long will they last?
APRIL 2012 ISSUE: The Manchester refugee agriculture program.
MARCH 2012 ISSUE: Beneficial soil microbes and mycorrhizae.
FEBRUARY 2012 ISSUE: Soil science – the earth's fragile soil layer and its role in climate change.
JANUARY 20112 ISSUE: Heart Healthy diet choices for everyone.
DECEMBER 2011 ISSUE: Preparedness 101 survival seminar.
NOVEMBER 2011 ISSUE: Growing systems defined – Hydroponics, Aquaponics, Vermiponics, Bioponics. Eutrophication – what it is and why it is so important.
OCTOBER 2011 ISSUE: Tomato hornworm control – a follow-up article. Getting the garden ready for fall. Maximizing your Brussels sprout harvest. The herbicde IMPRELIS and its potentially deadly (to your garden) impact on the compost you might use. Wild mushrooms – why you should think twice before you eat them. Read this article.
AUGUST 2011 ISSUE: Dealing with cucumber and squash beetles – links to Cornell University. More on dealing with and tracking late blight. How the widespread use of herbicides is causing immunity in many weed varieties.
JULY 2011 ISSUE: Tomato growing tips. Dealing with tomato diseases. Pesticides and bees.
MAY 2011 ISSUE: Don't plant too early. The effects of cold soil on seedlings.
APRIL 2011 ISSUE: Soil borne diseases. How to protect against them both when you are growing your Spring seedlings and growing your summer garden crops. Also, beneficial bacteria and mycorrhizae – what they are and why "living soil" is so important. Read this article.
MARCH 2011 ISSUE: Your complete guide to starting and raising seedlings. Make sure to read this article! Also – vitamin D enhanced mushrooms.
FEBRUARY 2011 ISSUE: Planning your spring garden -crop rotation, varieties, space restrictions, sources for hyigh quality seeds. Plus, does your garden get enough sunlight for the varieties you want to plant?. Here's how to find out.
DECEMBER 2010 ISSUE: The Birth of the PHOTORON and THE VEGGIE CLINIC. Also, the recipe for Loretta's famous mushroom, barley, garlic, sweet potato soup/stew.
NOVEMBER 2010 ISSUE: Planting and growing garlic. Just about everything you ever wanted to/need to know about compost piles. This should be a must read! A discussion of the increasing use of systemic pesticides – these don't wash off!
OCTOBER 2010 ISSUE: Understanding the science and health impact of the oils we use in cooking, salads and baking. Another highly suggested read.
SEPTEMBER 10TH 2010 ISSUE: The basics of composting. A discussion of some of the most effective cancer risk reducing practices we can incorporate into our lives.
SEPTEMBER 1 2010 ISSUE: How to prepare your garden for the fall and winter. What to put in and what to take out. Crops you can plant for fall harvest both in the ground and in low tunnels. Also, a discussion of how to retain the most nutrients in your food when you cook.
AUGUST 2010 ISSUE: The science of how and why tomatoes ripen.
JULY 25TH 2010 ISSUE: Tomato blossom end rot and those wonderful tomato horn worms.
JULY 7TH 2010 ISSUE: Understanding how plants use water and how we aid them or hinder them in the process. Also, bugs, blights and bacteria – their prevention and control. Plus a discussion of mosquito control options.
JUNE 2010 ISSUE: All you need to know about container growing. Another must read.
MAY 2010 ISSUE: The importance of soil temperature.
APRIL 26TH 2010 ISSUE: Plant nutrition 101. A must read!
APRIL 15TH 2010 ISSUE: Pressure treated wood and its use in gardening.
MARCH 18th 2010 ISSUE: Soil science 101. A must read!
MARCH 1 2010 ISSUE: Understanding pH and its critical role in successful growing. Plus, the use of wood ashes on the garden – should you or shouldn't you? A must read!
FEBRUARY 10TH 2010: The science, biology and health benefits of mushrooms.
FEBRUARY 6TH 2010 ISSUE: Plant genetics 101 – understanding open pollinated, hybrids and GMOs. What they mean to our vegetable gardens, our health and the environment. A must read.
JANUARY 20TH 2010 ISSUE: Food for friends.
JANUARY 15th 2010 ISSUE: Low tunnels.
JANUARY 5TH, 2010 ISSUE: Planning for spring.


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This can be a very controversial topic. There are some people and doctors who would say that dental xrays are not necessary as often as they're being taken. On the other hand, there are people and doctors who say they're not as harmful as people are led to believe and it's better to be proactive with your dental health instead of waiting until you have a problem to address it.
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The obvious issue is radiation. While the amount of radiation used for dental xrays is small, some doctors will say that radiation is still radiation and it should be used only as needed. A few decades ago the radiation level used for dentistry was significantly higher. This was partially due to the size of the cone in the xray head. Back then, the cone would cover most of the head and neck. New advances in dentistry have gotten the size of the cone down to less than 3 inches. This is giving a more concentrated doses, protecting your body from unnecessary radiation scatter. Several studies have shown that the amount of radiation from dental xrays is equal to or very close to the amount of radiation you get from the sun naturally in one day. Even with this miniscule amount used, most dental offices still use a lead vest or apron as an extra precaution to protect vital organs.
Currently there are no studies that prove any effects of low-dose radiation. This is what is used in dentistry. This is mostly because radiation exposure problems are usually cumulative. Meaning the more you're exposed, the more likely you are to end up with concerning medical symptoms and side effects. At this point in time, there are very strict rules and regulations set in place to help keep the population as safe as possible.
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The frequency that doctors prescribe xrays will vary between each patient. Ultimately, the decision is yours. If you're seeing a doctor you trust and are receiving all the necessary information, you should be able to make an educated decision on whether or not you should get the xrays, or skip them at your next 6 month check up. With all the evidence and studies on this topic at this time, it seems to appear that the pros significantly outweigh the cons.
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Dr. Chavez, a dentist in Provo, takes patient care extremely seriously. If you are at all concerned with the safety of dental x-rays, please talk to him or his staff about it. Dr. Chavez's staff are more than willing to answer any questions you may have, too. This is the kind of care it takes to become the best dentist in Provo, so give his office a call at (801) 396-2944 to schedule your next appointment.