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20 May 2015 15:44
Karen Dudley's The Dining Room can be found in Woodstock. (Image courtesy of The Dining Room).
With seven out of 10 2014 Eat Out Mercedes-Benz Restaurant Awards won by venues situated in and around Cape Town, beyond the scenic beauty, the Mother City is a top culinary destination. A short trip to the Winelands offers a
pick of some of these luminaries: there's Jordan, Terroir and Rust and Vrede
restaurants in Stellenbosch, or The Tasting Room at Le Quartier Francais in
A little further out, The Restaurant at Newton Johnson
overlooks the spectacular Hemel en Aarde Valley. For more good food, this time
under old oak trees, head south and lunch in the garden of Groot Constantia's
historical Jonkershuis, or enjoy wine and views across the valley where the
Cape's oldest vineyards grow on the slopes of boutique wine estate Constantia Glen.
Head back into the city to Bree Street and discover a bunch of
new eateries that have popped up like West Coast flowers in springtime, the latest
being Culture Club Cheese and Bacon on Bree.
Another two new Cape Town foodie
hubs worth a visit are Salt River and Woodstock, where Raw and Roxy's vegan café has
just opened on Albert Road.
Here are five of our top picks:
The Test Kitchen and The Pot Luck Club
The Test Kitchen and The Pot Luck Club – two of Cape Town's trendiest eateries that are so popular you
have to book a table months in advance – are both the brainchild of British-born, multiple award-winning chef Luke Dale-Roberts.
Opened in 2010 at the Biscuit Mill in Woodstock, The Test Kitchen has been named
South Africa's best restaurant by Eat Out no less than three times in a row (2012,
2013 and 2014), earned its space in the World's 50 Best Restaurants in 2013 and
2014, and this year ranked 44th on the Elite Traveler Top 100 Restaurants
in the World list.
In 2013, Dale-Roberts opened The Pot Luck
Club next door to The Test Kitchen. Together with Greg Scott, a renowned
Cape Town architect, they designed a striking new dining venue with an open-plan
kitchen lit up like a stage. It's Dale-Roberts's food, and not his spaces,
breathtaking as they are, that remains the star of the show – from his
tapas-size fare made to share to his artistic food presentations and brave
flavour combinations. To quote an Eat Out reviewer:
South African flavours and some serious Asian flair, every dish is technically
precise, totally original and beautiful to look at."
The Taproom
Pop into Devil's Peak Brewery's The Taproom in Salt River and be greeted by the aroma of ale freshly made at their on-site
brewery. Guests are encouraged to order a beer paired with a food board while taking in the view of Table Mountain through the large industrial
windows. If you're new to beer tasting and ravenous, order their legendary
cheeseburger with the award-winning Kings Blockhouse IPA.
Jason Bakery
Perched on Bree Street, Cape Town's über-trendy strip, Jason Bakery manages to deliver good service as well as food, even during the morning rush when the cars and
bicycles of the smart set and bearded hipsters jostle for parking spots, prime seating space and the perfect breakfast on the double. The menu is full of weekly
surprises, with The Bomb – a freshly baked croissant filled with bacon,
Emmental cheese and a poached egg – maintaining its place as a popular favourite.
The peanut butter, bacon and maple syrup croissant is ideal for the more
adventurous palate. And naturally, all the baked goods are made with stone
ground flour.
The Dining Room
The Dining Room is the only place that twinkles and sparkles at night on Woodstock's Main Road. "It's not a restaurant," says owner and chef Karen Dudley, known for her popular Woodstock eatery The Kitchen (where Michelle Obama lunched when she was in town). "It's an old-fashioned and elegant dining experience, with a quirky twist." And she's not just talking about the delightful décor. Think a decadent variety of starters served on a trolley, for mains, miso beer-braised beef short ribs – tender on the inside and crispy on the outside – and Dudley's current favourite. And for dessert? Grandma's pineapple foam pudding, of course.
Don't miss…
Kloof Street House:
Jazz on a Sunday, candlelit courtyard seating and lazy sundowners at the bar, all in the elegant comfort of this modern Victorian-style restaurant offering everything from Karan beef to bouillabaisse and salted caramel cheesecake.
Visit Hello Weekend to read more about their Tastescape Weekend specials running from May 22 to 24.
This content has been produced in partnership with Cape Town Tourism. Contents and photographs were sourced independently by the M&G's editorial team.
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Bethel Church, Dream Culture, Redding CA - November 2013
Woman hears God say to do a crusade in a certain location (Africa with Rheinhard Bonke, 2012). She takes a team of local people with her. They are stopped by a river that is in flood with no crossing. She is puzzled "But God, you said…?"
Next thing one of the local people (who does not speak English) walks up to her and in perfect English says "The God of Moses is with you." A spirit of faith comes on her and she goes back to the vehicle telling the man behind the steering wheel, "Just drive!" He says "No." She repeats "Just drive over the river!" He again refuses. The third time she says, "The God of Moses is with us!"
The spirit of faith jumped on him and he gunned the engine and THEY DROVE STRAIGHT OVER THE RIVER. And the crusade was highly successful for the Kingdom!


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The SAT's link on the left takes you to a number of speed and accuracy tests, involving expanding pairs of brackets and factorising quadratic expressions.
New content already added includes consolidation resources to practise basic techniques and application worksheets to allow students to use those techniques in a variety of different, and challenging situations. At the end of each unit will be Targeted Assessment Tasks (TAT's) with questions increasing in difficulty throughout the task.
As a project, this website does not currently contain resources for all topics. I will continue to build upon the current resources available, however, please feel free to suggest the next project you would like me to start. Please note that if a hyperlink does not take you to a new page, or the link is followed by (x), there are currently no resources for that topic.
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The brouhaha over Mike Daisey, who admitted to fabricating details in his one-man play about Chinese factory workers, "The Agony and the Ecstasy of Steve Jobs," led to a humbling backlash against the acclaimed writer-performer and innumerable essays.
It has also inspired another play: "Caught," by the San Francisco writer Christopher Chen.
Since 2014, "Caught" has been produced in Philadelphia, Chicago, London and, this spring, Seattle, where The Stranger, an alternative weekly, named it one of the best plays of the year. The Play Company is presenting the production's New York debut at La MaMa, where it opens Aug. 28.
What fascinated Mr. Chen, 34, about the scandal that enveloped Mr. Daisey in 2012 was how the debate over artistic license in documentary theater took precedence over a more humanitarian concern: the lives of the Foxconn employees who made Apple products, working seven days a week in hazardous conditions that sometimes left them injured, or dead.
"We're relieved in a way, to not have to worry about the workers' conditions in China," he said over tea one afternoon during a rehearsal break.
That's a summation that would make Mr. Daisey proud. When reached for a comment, Mr. Daisey expressed admiration for "Caught," calling it "an intriguing puzzle box of a play." The two writers spoke for the first time in July.
In person, Mr. Chen is boyish-looking and warm, and stammers slightly when he speaks, as if he's holding too many important thoughts in his head. That's reflected in "Caught," which is anchored by a number of intersecting themes: the blurry line between truth and fiction, cultural appropriation, Chinese censorship and American views of China.
The play begins even before the audience members sit down; they first walk through an exhibit that culminates with a full-size art installation piece (the Play Company requested that details not be revealed here). Then a Chinese artist named Lin Bo (played by Louis Ozawa Changchien) enters and recounts how he was jailed for dissidence.
In a subsequent scene, another Chinese artist, Wang Min (Jennifer Lim), discusses a work of hers that is inspired by Mr. Daisey's scandal. But how do those two events tie together? And are the visual artists based on real people?
To disclose too much would spoil "Caught." But Mr. Chen described his initial impulse this way: "I would start with a scene, and every single subsequent scene is going to negate the truth of the scene that came before. Then I kind of started piecing together topics that kind of excited me that could fit into it."
Watching "Caught" should be like opening up "a Russian doll," according to the play's director, Lee Sunday Evans. "It inspires a sense of awe and wonder, of 'Oh my gosh, there's more! There's another layer behind this that I didn't realize,'" she said.
Mr. Chen didn't plan to be a playwright, but he said he always knew he would be an artist. He was born and raised in San Francisco to a Chinese father and an American mother who was parts German, Scottish, Norwegian and Swiss; his first language was Cantonese. As an undergraduate at the University of California, Berkeley, he took classes in acting, directing and film; he also played the cello in the symphony orchestra. "I was suffering from an artistic identity crisis," he said with a smile.
That indecision led to a degree in social welfare, with a theater minor. He considered going into counseling or social work, for stability, but eventually settled on playwriting and received a master's degree in the subject at San Francisco State University.
"Playwriting was the perfect medium that combined all these other interests," he said. "It combined musicality, it combined literature, it combined spectacle." And it also allowed him to creatively explore psychological and sociopolitical topics.
In "Caught," Mr. Chen also incorporated details from his own life. In 2009, when his play "Into the Numbers" was being produced in Beijing, he traveled to China and visited the 798 Art District, which contained works that were critical of Mao Zedong and the Cultural Revolution. Afterward, he dug deeper into the history of the district and realized that what he had seen was state-sanctioned dissident art, to give the illusion that the government was more tolerant of free speech than it actually was.
"Mao Zedong created his own reality through an entire country, by sheer force of will and by words," Mr. Chen said. "He created his own truth. So a continuation of that is still a very real part of China. And 798 is an example of that."
To Mr. Chen, there are similarities between what Mao did and what some American politicians do, which is to garner support via talking points that are simple to remember, repetitive and yet not completely true. He cited Donald J. Trump's comments about China as one example.
"It's such a simple narrative to say that the Chinese government is illegitimate, because it's not democratic," he said. "Therefore, that perception is going to color everything you see about it. And so that allows someone like Trump to have a very simple narrative — that the Chinese are stealing our jobs, or we're in competition with them, and so they're a threat."
That kind of talking point obscures the more complicated fact that Chinese factory workers are among those making Trump products.
David Henry Hwang, a Tony Award-winning playwright who has regularly explored Chinese-American relations in his work, said he found "Caught" to be "smart" when he read the script in 2014.
"I loved it," Mr. Hwang said after an event he hosted in July, when he interviewed Mr. Chen and the New York cast at the Museum of Chinese in America. "It helps us, when we are faced with stories and news coming out about China, be more conscious of the lens through which we're viewing it, our own preconceptions and our own baggage."
Mr. Chen agrees, and he is not finished analyzing the competitive yet dependent rivalry between the two superpowers; his latest play, "You Mean to Do Me Harm," explores Chinese-white romantic relationships and microaggressions. It is to have its world premiere next summer in San Francisco.
But he maintains that these plays are not just about China or national identity. "It's my firm belief that the way to move through life is to constantly question and interrogate whatever so-called truths that are put right before your face," he said. Or, he added, "Don't believe the first thing you read."


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Youth Sports Statistics
More than 3.5 Million kids under age 14 receive medical treatment for sport injuries each year.
76 percent of coaches and officials say that they are not comfortable performing medical care.
Children ages 5 to 14 account for nearly 40 percent of all sports related injuries treated in hospitals. On average the rate and severity of injury increase as the child ages.
In the United States, on average, a youth athlete dies every 3 minutes from an undiagnosed heart condition.
Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in young athletes.
Without rapid emergency care, only one in ten young athletes survive sports induced cardiac arrest.
Since 2000 there has been a fivefold increase in the number of serious shoulder and elbow injuries amoung youth baseball and softball players.
Among athletes ages 5 to 14, 28 percent of football players, 25 percent of baseball players, 22 percent of soccer players, 15 percent of basketball players, and 12 percent of softball players were injured while playing their respective sports.
According to the CDC, more than half of all sports injuries in children are preventable.


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Lani Woodruff
We're all familiar with Ralph Waldo Emerson's words, "The earth laughs in flowers." I for
one could stand to hear some of her laughter in these gray winter days. The Polar Vortex
provided a bit of drama earlier this month, but it sounded more like eerie howling made
more poignant by the 30 below temperatures. Pining away here in St. Joe, Michigan
watching the snow, fall outside my window holds it's own romance. But it is flowers that
speak in my thoughts today. I miss their conversation.
I am reading a quirky book handed down to me from my mother-in-law. In "the Language
of Flowers", Vanessa Diffenbaugh brings back to life the Victorian practice of sending
messages through flowers. It seems fitting, yet somewhat ironic in my mind that in an era
defined by formality and manners and all things 'proper' that such an intimate language
was exchanged. Some things just must be said….and this forbidden vocabulary could be
expressed through flowers. By way of sending a pink Camellia for example, a lover could
say he was 'longing for you'. Too afraid to turn that suitor away, just send a bouquet of
withered flowers (rejected love) and that'll send the message! But how to decipher
receiving a petunia: Resentment; Anger; Your presence soothes me?
Thoughts and emotions are difficult to express. And in such times reaching for symbols
helps to take away some of the tension involved. Like the Victorians, we struggle to
converse, to convey, to touch. Flowers somehow pull this off. I work a few hours a week at
a local florist shop just blocks from my house. We take orders for every occasion you could
imagine – birthdays, anniversaries, get well, new baby, congratulations, lovers, sympathy,
dances, apologies. The list goes on and on. To place an order we enter data into the
demanding computer screen until we arrive at the place for the card message. Until we
reach this point, the customer dictates all the necessary information quicker than I can
often type and enter it. But when we get to the message there is more often than not a
pause. And then some kind of flustered response like, "Oh that's the hard part isn't it?"
Or, "I didn't think about that yet." Some even ask what I would recommend, while some
simply leave the message blank. Surely, some of the awkwardness stems from the fact that
it's personal. I am a stranger on the other line recording words and emotions meant for
someone else. That aside though, the struggle to express ourselves makes, us vulnerable
and this discomfort presents itself often in the florist shop. I wonder though, perhaps we
make it harder than it needs to be. Just maybe, the flowers can speak for themselves. And
do the individuals that leave their card blank understand this? Maybe what the flowers
have to say is just what the recipient needs to hear. No more, no less.
But what do flowers say? For me, it has nothing to do with an unspoken language of an
era now gone by. Like a grandparent who knowingly smiles with no commentary or that
mentor who guides, but doesn't state, flowers nod and sway. Flowers speak to me about
innocence, simplicity and unapologetic joy. I 'hear' these expressions when I look at their
petals so dainty and delicate like toes and fingers of a newborn baby. Flowers seem to
most always be smiling too. Gather meadows, borders and hillsides of them and I do
believe Emerson's words ring true –-peals of laughter indeed! But the topic I love most
flowers to talk about is beauty. They speak volumes. They tell me that beauty exists in the
eye of the beholder and I smile remembering the fistfuls of flowering weeds the boys
brought me as toddlers. Beauty is not a 'box' to fit in, they gently say, something to
possess if conformed to the right shape. Zinnias chatter about beauty in color. Peony in
full, round spheres. Iris, boast in posture and ruffles and lavender in fragrance. All
beautiful just being. Flowers remind me that beauty lives, even thrives in the harshest of
environments when I see volunteer petunias and impatiens sprout up in the cracks and
crevices of concrete, asphalt and stone. Beauty unfolds, retreats, stretches toward warmth
and light and even dies.
Flowers converse with me about all the beautiful dimensions of life. And that is why I miss
their conversation these winter months. I need to talk about it and be reminded when the
sun doesn't seem to shine for days and weeks that turn into months. I guess the fact that
for this season they are gone, it is not meant for talking so much. Quiet. Less chatter.
We'll catch-up come spring.


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New West Ham manager David Moyes ready to come out fighting
David Moyes is ready to come out fighting as West Ham manager having told the club's under-performing players to shape up or ship out.
Moyes has already overseen two gruelling training sessions since he was placed in charge of the struggling Hammers on Tuesday.
Questions were raised about the fitness levels of the squad under previous manager Slaven Bilic, with damning statistics showing they were bottom of the class when it came to sprints and distance covered.
Moyes built his reputation as a hardline boss at Preston and Everton, but admitted he may have mellowed during ill-fated stints with Manchester United, Real Sociedad and Sunderland.
And the 54-year-old Scot, who is in talks to bring in no-nonsense former Hammers defender Stuart Pearce as part of his coaching staff, is ready to get nasty again to drag West Ham away from the relegation zone.
"I think I want to be more aggressive now," he said.
"When I was younger it was 'this is how it is, take it or leave it'. I think as you get older you mellow in different ways.
"Probably in this job, I am going back to being David Moyes at Preston, or at Everton in the early days, when players were probably crying at the work.
"If the players were thinking the work has not been hard enough or that they maybe had not done enough, okay, I hope they won't cry if we work them harder.
"Once they know they are running the least and sprinting the least they need to take responsibility.
"Step it up or you won't play, if you don't run you won't play. I'm in a hurry and they need to be in a hurry too."
Moyes is indeed in a hurry to make his mark having only signed an initial contract until the end of the season, something he maintains he is comfortable with.
"I think it is a chance for both parties to get to know each other," he added.
"I have said it often enough about loan players. If you think he is good enough you try to keep him, if you don't then he goes back to his parent club. It's no different for me now."
Joint-chairman David Sullivan has admitted the appointment of the man who took Sunderland down last season represents a gamble.
But Moyes insisted: "I think it's a good gamble and if I was a West Ham chairman I would certainly consider David Moyes as manager, that's for sure."
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The Word of God says, "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Paul said, "Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of this world." Often, as we observe what some of the leaders of this world are saying and doing, we shake our heads at their foolishness. It is small wonder that the problems of nations cannot be solved.
Our attention has been recently drawn to the statements of Hillary Clinton as an example of the foolishness of some of our leaders.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said the Middle East is facing a "perfect storm" of unrest and nations must embrace democratic change. There has never been a true democracy in any Islamic Arab nation and there never will be. Islam hates democracy and is violently opposed to it in any form.
The question then arises, "Is Hillary Clinton possibly ignorant of the clear attitude of Islam to the idea of democracy?" Or, does she understand, but have an ulterior purpose in her foolish statements?
We have some excerpts from an article on the website of, "The American Thinker;" we have clear proof that Muslims are unalterably opposed to democracy.
The following are materials obtained at Islamic centers in the U.S., and this is what the Muslim children are being taught;
1. "The objective of Islamic Jihad is to put an end to the dominance of the un-Islamic systems of government and replace them with Islamic rule, Islam intends to bring about this revolution not in one country or in a few countries but in the entire world. Although initially it is the duty of every member of the Muslim party to work for revolution wherever he lives the final purpose is nothing but a world revolution. Any revolutionary ideology which upholds the good of all mankind, and is not of a mere national unit, cannot limit its horizons to those of any single country or nation."
Book: Come let us change this World, pages 106-107. Author: Sayyid Abul A'la Mawdudi, founder of Jamaat-e-Islami (The Islamic Party), a political party in Pakistan.
2. "If you accept the whole of Islam in your life ... a time will come when Communism will fear for its survival in Moscow, Capitalistic democracy will tremble for its safety in Washington and New York."
Book: Ibid. page 83.
3. "Islam requires the earth -- not just a portion, but the whole planet."
Book: Jihad in Islam, page 10. Author: Syed Abul A'la Maududi.
4. "Every Muslim should have the desire for martyrdom in his heart. If he is unable to go into the battlefield, he should certainly have the desire for martyrdom in his heart."
Pamphlet: "40 Hadith on Jihad," page 7. Author: Maulana Abdus Samad Siyal. Published in Pakistan.
5. "It is learnt from this Hadith that physical jihad will continue right till the day of resurrection and will be waged as such in some part or the other of the world." We do not deny the benefit of waging an academic and intellectual war. However, an intellectual war alone cannot be fought everywhere. There are special places and occasions for it. In short, despite waging a jihad with the tongue, pen, rationale and intellect, the Muslim community cannot be absolved of the duty of waging physical jihad."
Pamphlet: Ibid., pages 21-22.
6. "A martyr will go directly to heaven."
Pamphlet: Ibid., page 59.
7. "The only reward of those who make war upon Allah and His messenger and strive after corruption in the land, will be that they will be killed."
Booklet: "Duties of the learned to Ignorant Muslims," page 5. Author: Abdul Qadir Oudah (Muslim Brotherhood/Egypt). Published in Pakistan.
8. "Whatever is against Sharia, is unlawful for Muslims, irrespective of any Government which has declared it lawful or has ordered it to be acted upon because the right of legislation for any Government is restricted to the condition that the law framed by it should be in accordance with the Sharia, its fundamentals and legal spirit. Now, if any Government considers it lawful to exceed these prescribed limits, then because of this attitude of the Government, unlawful shall not become of this attitude of the Government, unlawful shall not become lawful and it would not be lawful for any Muslim to act upon or enforce laws against the Sharia. Rather in such a situation it becomes obligatory for every Muslim to refuse to accept those laws and abstain from acting upon them, for it is unconditional for the Muslims to obey the orders of men in power."
Booklet: Ibid., page 34.
9. "Justice demands that tyranny and oppression should not be allowed to work havoc in the world." The Holy Qur'an clearly brings out the fact that Qital (physical Jihad/Fighting) is not an end in itself in Islam, but a means to a higher and nobler end - the welfare of humanity". "The person who raises arms in order to curb tyranny and oppression and to eradicate evil are the blessed souls who fight in the way of Allah."
Pamphlet: Jihad in Islam, page 15. Author: Abdul Hameed Siddiqi (Jemmah Islamiyah). Published in Pakistan.
10. "The Islamic State is that it is an ideological state." The Qur'an and the Sunnah would be the chief sources of the public law of the land."
Pamphlet: "Political Theory of Islam," pages 31 & 33. Author: S. Abul A'la Maududi (Founder of JI terrorist organization).
11. "The Front is everywhere. You have been well aware now of the categorical injunction of the Islamic Shari'ah that whenever an enemy attacks any part of Darul Islam, Jihad for its defence becomes obligatory (Fard) on every Muslim." "Jihad is obligatory on all the Muslims, does not necessarily mean that all of us should take to arms and proceed to the battle-front. Jihad is a very wide term and its connotation is not confined to just the clash of arms only. In fact it denotes the entire war-effort which is made to uphold our cause and win victory over the enemy. Out of the many and varied fronts of war, battlefield is just one of them. Warfare requires total effort and all sections of people-nay, each and every citizen in the rear-must contribute his share, however humble, to strengthen the capability of those fighting on the front line. This duty of doing our best, dedicated to enhance the fighting ability of our soldiers, is too a Jihad. Indeed, every bit of work done, the minutest service rendered, is Jihad. The gallantry and dedication of the armed personnel no doubt is the key to success but next in importance for the successful prosecution of war is the procurement of money, means, and material. Besides, the Qur'an warns us that if a person fails to contribute financially, he in face invites his own doom."
Pamphlet: "Call to Jihad," pages 9-10. Author: Syed Abul A'la Maududi.
12. "Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and programme of Islam regardless of the country or the Nation which rules it. Islam requires the earth-not just a portion, but the whole planet. Towards this end, Islam wishes to press into service all forces which can bring about a revolution and a composite term for the use of all these forces is 'Jihad.'"
Pamphlet: "Jihad in Islam," pages 9-10. Author: Syed Abul A'al Maududi.
13. "Slay the disbelievers whenever you find them. The disbelievers should be killed in whatever month or time they are found."
Book: Ma'ariful Qur'an, Vol. 1, page 534.
14. "Islam is a revolutionary ideology and program which seeks to alter the social order of the whole world and rebuild it in conformity with its own tenants and ideals"
Pamphlet: "Jihad in Islam," page 8. Author: Syed Abul A'la Maududi.
15. "Islam wishes to destroy all States and Governments anywhere on the face of the earth which are opposed to the ideology and programme of Islam regardless of the country or the Nation which rules it."
Pamphlet: Ibid. page 9.
16. "The objective of the Islamic 'Jihad' is to eliminate the rule of an un-Islamic system and establish in its stead an Islamic system of state rule. Islam does not intend to confine this revolution to a single State or a few Countries; the aim of Islam is to bring about a universal revolution."
Pamphlet: Ibid. page 24.
In the light of the above I relate to you a very troubling quote from Israel Today Magazine, "On Monday, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs legitimized future control of Egypt by radical Islamists when he said the next government in Cairo will have to include "important non-secular actors."
Of course, the only significant non-secular actor on the Egyptian stage is the Muslim Brotherhood, and it is not only "non-secular," but is in effect the godfather of Middle East Islamic extremism.
Either men like Obama are ignorant of the basic tenants of Islam or they have a very troublesome agenda.


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A luxurious 3 bedroom Farmhouse with a sizeable private pool and a 2 car interconnecting garage, situated in the much sought after tranquil village of Gharb, Gozo.
The property comprises a welcoming hall, a stone spiral staircase on the right leading to a 2 car garage, a guest bathroom on the same side, a wash room/utility room on the left, a combined kitchen / living / dining leading onto the wonderful private pool and deck area with an outdoor shower. All kitchen furniture is unique in style, a reproduction of older times. On the first floor, one finds 3 good-sized bedrooms (2 with an en-suite) and a main bathroom. Features include a natural fireplace, air conditioners in every bedroom and a reproduction of an Arabic style stone balcony. At roof level, one can enjoy unobstructed views of Ta' Pinu Church and its surroundings.
This lovely Farmhouse is fully licensed by MTA so it offers great commercial potential to anyone looking to invest in the buy-to-let business. Property is being offered for sale fully furnished and Freehold.


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The Royster Group is seeking a Pulmonologist for full-time contract position available at Malcolm Grow Medical Clinic (Joint Base Andrews AFB and Anacostia-Bolling). This is a great opportunity to provide health care services to our active-duty, retired military, and their beneficiaries.
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Place of Performance: Malcolm Grow MTF (Joint Base Andrews & Anacostia-Bolling)
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Derwent Graphite Pencil Review
Derwent Graphite Pencil Review
I think it is a fair assumption to make that I, like so many artists, before selecting my medium of choice, coloured pencil, I started out with graphite. Living so close to the beautiful town of Keswick in the Lake District, home to the wonderful Derwent Pencil Company, Derwent Graphite pencils were in large supply.
If my memory serves me well, I purchased a set of the Derwent Academy graphite pencils first, which are aimed at the student and school grade market, however, it wasn't long before I discovered the silky smooth Derwent Graphic Graphite pencils. As always, I feel it is important to note that despite my love for the Derwent Pencil Company and their products, when it comes to reviewing any products, my love takes a back seat and my critical eye takes front and centre.
Made In Britain
The first thing that has to be said about the Derwent graphite pencils is the new Made in Britain stamp now emblazoned on every pencil and of course the new rebranded packaging for all of Derwent's products.
Until very recently, in fact as recent as last year, simply "England" was stamped onto each and every pencil, indicating the place of origin. however, in order for Derwent to change this to "Made in Britain" the company had to meet certain criteria and the status itself is incredibly significant regarding trade and thus an outstanding achievement for the company. Of course this only makes an exterior cosmetic change to the products and nothing more as far as the user is concerned.
Derwent Graphite Pencil
The shaft of the pencil comprises of traditional, high quality Cedar Wood, hexagonal and lacquered in a black matt finish. The core of the pencil is approximately 3.8mm with an 8mm barrel, allowing the user a generous core width for laying down graphite
Along the body of the pencil, starting from core and working toward the end, is stamped in silver "Made in Britain". Further along in a fresh new font is the name of the company, "Derwent" followed by the brand of the product, "Graphic". toward the very end is the grade of the pencil, 2H, 4B etc and then the end is finished off with a burnt orange flash, making the Derwent brand easily identifiable among other brands.
Sets Available
The largest set in the Derwent Graphic range is the 24 set, this set ranges from 9B to 9H, with HB, B, H and F also among the range. Derwent also supply three 12 sets, making them more aimed at particular artists, allowing the artists to ensure they are purchasing the relevant grades for their particular art.
The first 12 set is the Soft Graphic, this ranges from H to 9B, all the darker style graphite pencils, next is the Medium Graphic set, ranging from 6B to 4H. finally the Hard Graphic set consists of the lighter graded pencils, ranging from B to 9H.
However, the above sets are not what you are looking for and you need to be a bit more specific, ensuring that you are not purchasing a set of pencils that you will only use three or four of, you can mix and match with Open Stock. Purchasing the pencils individually, will allow you to purchase exactly what you need.
Some think that there is not much too a graphite pencil and not much to talk about in the way of performance, however, if you take a look at the amazing portraits, animal and human and landscape art that is created by some of the most amazing graphite artists, you will discover just how important quality is.
The Derwent graphite pencils are so incredibly smooth when laying down, occasionally, graphite pencils, especially the harder graded pencils, can be a bit scratchy, this has not been my experience with any of the sets I own, which if you check out my YouTube video review of the pencils you will see the sets I own.
Ordinarily, graphite pencils comprise of graphite and clay, the ratio will depend on how hard or soft the core is. So the 9B with be primarily graphite, whereas the 9H will contain a large quantity of clay, giving the core the hardness attributed to the H grades.
Sharpening the Derwent Graphic pencils was again another painless experience. I used both the Derwent Superpoint and the M&R hand held sharpener, both of which worked a dream. None of the cores shattered nor any of the wood split or snag. Again, due to the large clay concentration, the harder cores can be troublesome to sharpen.
Believe it or not, lightfastness is a factor with graphite pencils as well, this refers to the graphite not fading in sunlight over a period of time. With the Derwent Pencil Company using the Blue Wool scale, graded 8-0, with 8 the highest lightfast scale. Every single pencil in the Derwent Graphic range has been rated 8 for lightfastness, the highest in the scale.
Graphite artists, are always looking for a nice dark B pencil and one that does not give off a shine when the light hits it. On my YouTube video review, I review the Hard Graphic set, however, I also have the 24 set and to me, the 8B and 9B, give off a really nice rich dark, it may not be the very darkest, but Derwent have taken this a stage further with their beautiful Onyx range, which I will be reviewing at a later date.
In general I love the Derwent Graphite pencils, they feel incredibly good in the hand, well weighted and balanced, their hexagonal shape lends well to those using a tilted drawing board. The smoother laying down of the graphite was exceptional and you can actually see and hear this in my video review. I would highly recommend the Derwent Graphic pencils, you are spoilt for choice in the range and not restricted to sets given the open stock nature of the pencil.


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Milpa Food Trucks Hits Denton Streets
Milpa is going through renovations, a menu revamp, and are in the throes of a rebrand. Needless to say, they are killin' it. The restaurant features authentic Mexican dishes, new vegan options on the menu, and a 100+ margarita menu with house made ingredients. In addition to all of the aforementioned, Milpa has a food truck hitting the streets of Denton this weekend.
You can expect to see the blue Milpa truck outside Oak Street Draft House at 6pm on Saturday Evening and parked at Austin Street for the Super Bowl Party at East Side from 12-8pm. The menu offerings take a nod from the full restaurant menu offerings, with tacos, tortas, quesadillas, plus street nachos, street burritos, with an option for proteins that include Asada, Brisket, Al Pastor, Pulled Pork, Fajita Chicken or Beef, and a Vegano Mexicano for those on a Vegetarian or Vegan Diet. Rounding out the menu is Quatro Dip that comes with Beans, Queso, Queso Blanco, Guacamole, with jalapenos and a box of chips.
Prices are fair, and you know the food is going to be on point, with the same care and precision that comes from the restaurant also shining through the food truck offerings. They will also have Agua Fresca in Horchata and Jamaican inspired flavors to help quench your thirst, and serve as a compliment to any option on the menu.
Milpa is a long standing Denton business offering a consistent menu of fresh ingredients and authentic recipes. As some business come and go, we are excited to see a local small business thrive and continue to grow as our city does.
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Phase One will be hoping for more scenes like this at the weekend, as the team return to the Motorland Aragon Circuit to defend their European Classic Bike Series title.
After leading the Classic Bol d'Or early on last month, the team had to fight back from 32nd place after crashing out courtesy of an oil spill – which saw two other teams skittle bike and rider back to the ground after hitting the same spillage. Less than happy with 8th place overall, the team will be looking to come back strong in Spain.
Although some of the paddock may have been distracted by recent behind the scenes events which have muddied the waters as to the standings at the top of the series, it is hoped that this weekend the attention will return to the exciting 4-hours of racing we can expect to see in this hotly contested series finale.
Running two P&M Suzuki machines this weekend, both sporting a pair of ContiRoadAttack 2 CR classic race tyres, Phase One welcome the return of Ian Simpson who missed out on riding at Spa due to family reasons.
Ian will join Stephane Mertens on the #1 bike, with super-fast Swede Peter Linden linking up once again with Hugh Brasher as the team look to maximise their chances of another championship title.
Also on the grid from the UK, we'd like to wish the best of luck to Team Alf's Motorcycles, Team RST and Neate Racing.
We're just sorry we can't get to Spain this year to join you all!
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Mabote River Camp
Mabote, Sotho for "small strong river", is situated in the Southern Ravine of the farm, Groothoek, approximately 64km west from the town Potgietersrus. The various trails take in almost the whole spactrum of driving experiences including sand, water, mud and rocks. The routes are well marked, with arrows and signage in the colour of the trail. They are well maintained, with trees and bushes trimmed back to ensure vehicles don't get scratched. Other areas of interest around the camp are for instance the very popular and breathtaking walking trails to the spectacular waterfalls. Enquire about our accommodation by clicking on "River Camp" on the toolbar.
- Trail distance: 4 trails, 18.5km in total
- Travel time: 2-4 hours
- Level: 1-3
- Accommodation available
Contact Details
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P.O. Box 82, Potgietersrus [Mokopane] 0600
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14 Scenic Road KENMORE, QLD 4069
Resort Lifestyle Sensational Family Home
First time on the market since being built in 1995, this private executive level Paradise home is all about how and where you and your family want to live and grow.
Perfect for entertaining, brilliant for simply relaxing and unwinding, this superbly designed floor plan has expansive interiors with multiple living zones, north-facing indoor / outdoor living so suited to our Queensland way of life, King and Queen size bedrooms and outstanding separation for all members of the family.
A north/south competition size tennis court with astro-turf surface and lights will be used for everything else as well as tennis – cricket, basketball, roller blading and bike riding to name a few.
The recently renovated kitchen now opens to the conservatory, family room and to the outdoor entertaining sala, overlooking the private gardens and a sparkling in-ground pool. Vaulted ceilings create even more space and airiness and there are stone bench tops, European appliances and soft close drawers and cupboards.
Other living spaces are generously oversized and include the lounge and dining with wood-burning fireplace and a huge rumpus / billiard room – simply perfect as a playroom, outstanding for teenage separation.
The King-size master bedroom has an ensuite and walk-in-robe while three other Queen-size bedrooms and a three way bathroom make up a children's wing. Two adjoining studies with direct external access would be ideal for those who work from home.
Located in an exclusive river precinct of executive and mini-acreage homes, this is where neighbours become life-long friends, you can agist your pony at the Yarawa St pony club and enjoy an acreage lifestyle so close to schools, shops, buses, caf's and all of the facilities now in Kenmore.
Paradise Homes were one of the first Queensland builders to embrace the Queensland lifestyle and to build homes ideally suited for our unique climate. The double brick construction ensures this home stays cool during the hotter months and warm in the cooler ones. Entertaining salas and outdoor living were always directed to the North to catch the Winter sun and to be cooled by Summer breezes.
Features at a glance:
Crimsafe security, ceiling fans throughout
Large garage with work space and loft for further storage
Double carport
Double brick construction and tiled flooring creates thermal mass throughout the home making a big difference to comfort and heating and cooling bills
Kenmore South State School Catchment
Kenmore State High School Catchment
Property Features
- House
- 4 bed
- 2 bath
- 4 Parking Spaces
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The UAA is pleased to announce we have confirmed award winning entertainer Jason Hewlett to be the Keynote Luncheon Speaker at the 2017 Fair Housing Education Conference and Trade Show. The show will held at the South Towne Expo Center in Sandy on Tuesday, April 25th, 2017.
Jason Hewlett's Award-Winning One-Man Show will have you laughing until it hurts.
His brand of intoxicatingly G-Rated Comedy, Music, Impressions, and Standing Ovations is unlike anything audiences have ever enjoyed.
He has performed over 2,000 shows for more than 1 Million audience members in his incredible corporate career is a "Best in State" winner and received the highest award possible from the National Speaker's Association, the Certified Speaking professional (SCP) Designation.
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I have noticed the following dating profile about a month ago, and I determined to postbode it here with very minor switches, spil I consider this the most interesting and overall – the best female online dating profile I have seen so far, or at least one of the very best. Some would consider this profile to be too negative and opinionated, but I strongly believe that "playing it safe" is not the right way to go when it comes to online dating. You are much better off speaking your mind, spil that will significantly increase your chances of finding a reader who will relate and agree with what you say. So, here is the profile that I simply had to postbode here. Obviously, I don't know much about the writer, but clearly she is not your promedio woman. She is articulate, funny, and opinionated at the very least.
I have always winced at the thought of online dating… but ter the name of open-mindedness, f*** it. After being meticulously disappointed te the trashy particular nightlife, I have come to the conclusion that meeting people here might not be the worst idea. So, here goes…
Despite being very busy (aren't wij all?), I make it a point to find the time for doing the things I like and spending the time with people who I care about, and I absolutely turn down to become a salve of my work or other obligations. I like people who have brains, humor and wit, spunk, self-confidence (not narcissism), resilience, strength of character, a readiness to learn and be trained (humility), those who have bot through some sh-t ter life and shoved through it (I am not going to make your lemonade for you). If what you think and talk about goes deep underneath the surface, it won't go unnoticed by mij.
I think movie games are retarded – I want my future kids to be cut up and bruised from climbing trees and railing bikes, not fat-assed te vuurlijn of the TV being conditioned for army drone piloting. That goes for my playmate spil well.
No puny penises (earnestly), douchey facial hair styles (i.e. the Berkeley Beard, anal-retentive chinstrap or Flavr Savr), high maintenance egos, military boys/law enforcement, and guys who spend more than an hour a day at a gym.
I can say what my very first date nightmares are:
1) Fancy restaurant "wining & dining" – schmoozing is laughable
Two) Caf or nightclub yelling ter each other's ear.
I am interning at the regional Zoo. If I like you, I might let you feed the tigers with mij ,)."
The above writing style is not for everyone, and you might consider it to be too harsh and not reflecting of who you are. Obviously, there are many ways to write a good dating profile, and the above wasgoed just one of the. But, even a brief paragraph alone can communicate that a woman is much smarter and more interesting than most. Here is an contemporáneo example from a profile:
"I disapprove of joining cults and voorkant bands. I approve of paid time off and karaoke. I discourage overindulgence and under-stimulation. I encourage playing with children and learning a 2nd language. I dislike meddlers and pedophiles. I like photographs and knuckle fights. I am uninterested te vapid minds and perverts. I am interested te brainy butts and challenging repartee. Now what?"
The main principle that the above two types of writing have is that they unique, bold and different, and that's how your dating profile should be.


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The only point I would comment on is that the service at breakfast wasn't wonderful. They seemed reluctant to come over and ask what I would like to drink. On one occasion I went without and on others I had to find someone to ask. Perhaps it was because I was on my own.The location was great and the hotel was spotlessly clean and nicely decorated. The bedroom was comfortable and pleasant. The choice of buffet breakfast was lovely and very appetising.
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TrueGamma comes in a convenient gallon with a free one ounce pump included so you can accurately measure 1 ounce per feeding. Each gallon delivers 128 one ounce feedings making TrueGamma very economical.
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TrueGamma is 100% pure cold pressed rice bran oil. Rice bran oil is a natural, highly palatable source of nutrients like vitamin E and linoleic acid. It is also an excellent source of natural gamma oryzanol, a powerful antioxidant. TrueGamma is a must use product for supporting healthy skin and hair to achieve that winning fresh look in the show ring.


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Harbour Area Treatment Scheme Stage 2A - Wah Fu Adit
Construction of Sewage Conveyance System (Contract No.: DC/2007/24)
- Hong Kong
- Government of Hong Kong S.A.R (Drainage Dept)
- Maunsell / Aecom
- Leighton - Leonhard Nilsen & Sonner AS Joint Venture
- 2013
Project Highlights
The Company has been awarded the contract by Leighton-LNS JV to supply experienced supervision and skilled workforce and is currently mobilizing the personnel to execute the underground scope of works for the project at the Wah Fu Adit that will facilitate an interconnection tunnel between the Wah Fu intermediate PTW and the main sewage exchange tunnel when on line.
The whole contract includes a sewage exchange tunnel from Aberdeen to Sai Ying Pun on Hong Kong Island. The project is part of the Hong Kong Government's Harbour Area Treatment Scheme (HATS), a world-class sewage treatment project. When the project is finished the harbour basin in Hong Kong will be much cleaner and healthier. The contract includes project planning and driving of 7.5 km tunnel. Furthermore, 5 shafts with lengths from 70 to 120 meters will be constructed. Inside the tunnel, 2 oval pipes with diameters from 1.38 m to 1.65 m shall be cast. About 140 000 m3 of concrete will be used all together. The tunnel is partly below the sea and runs partly below buildings in Hong Kong.
The greatest challenge to this project is driving the tunnel below the large urban city. Very strict requirements have been set for sealing and water tightness of the tunnel being constructed using drill and blast method.
The project has now commenced and should be finished in December 2013.


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Hospital accident and emergency departments are among the National Health Service's front-line troops in its continual fight to save life and limb.
Dedicated and hard-pressed A&E staff are there to tackle serious illness and injury – not relatively minor ailments which could be dealt with elsewhere. The clue's in these departments' title – emergency.
So we make no apology for repeating local health chiefs' plea for patients to think carefully before turning up at Borders General Hospital's A&E department. As an NHS Borders spokesperson said: "999 and A&E services should only be used for serious illnesses and injuries so that essential treatment is available to those who need it most", suggesting instead pharmacists, GPs or minor injury units.
In other words, if BGH A&E is dealing with someone who could have gone elsewhere, then a fellow Borderer in dire need might have his or her treatment delayed – with perhaps tragic results.
The health authority's appeal follows its revelation that more than 1,000 people attended the local A&E department during the festive fortnight – the biggest demand on the service since 2010's harsh winter.
The pressure faced by the NHS UK-wide has been well documented – the recent headlines about some hospitals south of the border is testament to that.
Meanwhile, with a bit of thought, we could help ease that strain.


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Q3 Upgrade Sunday 19th October – ISI Web of Knowledge
Date of news item: 15 October 2008
Please be advised that the Q3 Upgrade is expected to take place on Sunday 19 October. Please note – now confirmed. The upgrade will start at 8:00 EDT ( 13:00 British Summer Time). There will be disruptions to ISI Web of Knowledge, Personaliation, and EndNote Web throughout the day, Researcher ID will also be updated at this time. We apologise for any inconvenience that may be due as a result.
What's new in the Q3 Upgrade:
- Conference Proceedings Citation Indexes now in Web of Science.
Two editions – Science and Social Science & Humanities. (Further expanded details below.)
- In the Web of Science:
Linking of author names and address information – (back dated to January 2008).
Citation Map – limit by date range; enhanced title display.
Support for linking to a specific database in Web of Science (may be dependant on site specific settings.)
Links to NCBI resources.
Additional New features
- Enhancements to the WebPlus search:
– Addition of 716 institutional repositories and a 'Repository' tab.
–Social Search, personalise and share web results with comments, bookmarks and tags.
- Enhancements to ResearcherID include additional searchable fields, sorting capabilities and other enhancements.
- EndNote Web: Links toolbar is a new toolbar for Internet Explorer and Firefox 3 - It enables the user to capture data directly from other online databases making it easier to use and capturing links to original sources. (Please note this will now be available in a couple of weeks following the Q3 upgrade).
- Now supports BibTeX export from Inspec.
For a preview of these changes and additions please see the Thomson Reuters presentation at: https://wok.mimas.ac.uk/support/documentation/presentations/Q308updates.ppt
Further detailed information about the change to ISI proceedings.
- 19 October 2008, content of the existing ISI Proceedings database will become available as two optional files within Web of Science. ISI Proceedings will cease.
– Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Science (CPCI-S) 1990-present.
– Conference Proceedings Citation Index- Social Science & Humanities (CPCI-SSH) 1990-present. (Requires an additional subscription to the JISC Web of Science agreement).
- Author Cited References are included from 1999 for both CPCI files.
- A new Web of Science search field is introduced -'Conference', enabling a search for proceedings papers using Conference title words, location, date sponsor, etc.
- A new option - 'Conference Titles' will be available within both Refine Results and Analyze Results features.
- A new Document Type will appear within Web of Science - 'Proceedings Paper' and this will be applied retroactively to all records originating as conference proceedings.
For subscribers to the CPCI, the inclusion of this information does mean that cited references from proceedings literature will be unified with cited references from journal literature - this adds to Times Cited counts for many papers. Regardless of a CPCI subscription, for all cited articles all Web of Science users will see the combined Citing Articles count within the Cited Reference Index. CPCI non-subscribers will not retrieve all Citing Articles, only those from the Web of Science journal citation indexes within their subscription file depth of course.
For a preview of this change in the Way ISI Proceedings will be made available, please see the Thomson Reuters presentation at: https://wok.mimas.ac.uk/support/documentation/presentations/newproceed102008.ppt
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BMW 3 Series Touring review
In this review
What Car? says...
When you're in the market for a practical car, it's tempting to head straight for an SUV. However, the estate car was the luggage king first, and the BMW 3 Series Touring is one that appeals to drivers while remaining unphased by the prospect of wardrobe transportation.
This is the sixth generation of the 3 Series Touring and BMW hasn't strayed far from the time-proven theme of a sporty, rear-wheel-drive estate car. It doesn't exactly have the market to itself, though, and faces direct competition from the Audi A4 Avant and Mercedes C-Class estate, as well as all those SUVs that vie for your attention.
In BMW's range the 3 Series Touring is the smallest estate car you can buy and sits below the larger 5 Series Touring. It offers a range of petrol and diesel engines, and you can add 'xDrive' four-wheel drive if you need more traction. You also get a choice of three trim levels and the same personalisation options as the 3 Series saloon.
Inside, you'll find all the comfort and sophistication you might expect of a BMW, but it's fair to say that more practical, yet less expensive family haulers such as the Skoda Superb Estate and VW Passat Estate, have made big leaps in recent years. Exactly what, then, does the 3 Series Touring offer to put itself at an advantage?
You'll have your answer over the next few pages, where we'll tell you how it drives, what it's like inside and how much it'll cost to run. And, whatever car takes your fancy, make sure to check out our New Car Buying pages for a hassle-free deal.


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Meet Angel, our Deposit Process Specialist. Angel has been part of the CHROME team for over 12 years. She lives on a farm in Lone Pine with her husband, horses, cats, peacocks, and one monster dog (Jake). Angel is very proud of her two wonderful daughters.
Angel loves to relax with a good book and do some "retail therapy" with a strong eye for bargains that she is quick to share with employees and their families. She also spoils the CHROME team with delicious goodies.
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Vintage wallpaper pink floral pattern with Deep Pink anemones on Green stems on an Off-White field is fun and fresh. The randomness of the pattern contributes to its overall charm. This wallpaper pattern has a cottage charm that would would make a great addition to a Guest Bedroom or Bath.
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Pattern Name: Floral 8
Size: 20.5 inches wide X 33 feet long (1 Roll = 1 Double Roll)
Pattern Repeat: 20.5 inches
Match: Drop
Brand: Blonders
Country of Origin: Korea
Pattern Number: AC50042
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Vegan vs Plant Based
Is a plant-based diet the same as a vegan diet? And if the two aren't one and the same thing, then what exactly sets them apart? In this article we compare: Vegan vs Plant Based Diets!
Vegan vs Plant Based: SNAP SHOT
- Doesn´t eat animal products
- Won´t consume or use animal products at all. E.g. Honey, Leather Shoes, Cosmetics that have been tested on animals.
- ´Vegan´ is more of a lifestyle than a diet.
- Although many vegans strive to eat a health-consious diet, there is also the ability to consume processed foods such as Potato Chips, Soft Drinks and Chocolate.
Plant Based
- Doesn´t eat animal products
- No ethical opposal to consuming animal by products. E.g. Cosmetics, Leather Shoes etc
- Many plant based dieters don´t want to harm animals, however a big motivator is a healthier, more whole food based diet.
- Plant Based people avoid processed food and opt to eat more whole, unprocessed foods.
Is there such a thing as a Plant-Based Vegan? Absolutely!
Let´s Look at the Topic in More Detail
These two terms seem to confuse a lot of people because, to some, "plant-based" is just another way of saying "vegan". Yet, if you only follow a plant-based diet without the associated politics and ethics of a vegan, it can be so frustrating if at every instance you've to explain to people why and how you're not a vegan.
So, what exactly does a plant-based diet entail?
Come with me and we can -- hopefully -- exhaust this topic today and put to rest the "war" that has been simmering for years below the surface between plant-based dieters and vegans.
When you encounter the term "plant-based diet" for the first time, without thinking much, it would appear quite self-explanatory: the focus on a diet that revolves around whole plant extracts like veggies, fruits, legumes, seeds, nuts and grains.
But plant-based dieting isn't just about the focus on these and other whole plant foods but also the absence of all animal by-products such as meat, eggs, fish, dairy products, etc. from your diet.
One witty plant-based dieter put it this way:
"if it walks, flies, crawls, swims, hops, slithers, jumps, has eyes, a
So, maybe you're a bit confused now: does that explanation not also describe vegan diet in one way or another? If they're different, what clearly distinguishes a plant-based diet from a vegan diet then?
It's true that because a plant-based diet also eliminates animal by-products, many people assume it to be the same thing as the vegan diet. But this is not always the case.
Actually, the scope of vegan dieting can be a little bit different and include other factors like ethics and politics like we hinted in our introduction. In fact, depending on who's talking, the distinction between plant-based dieting and vegetarian dieting can bring them closer together or set them vastly apart.
Let me elaborate…
A Vegan is a Person Who Adheres to and Practices Veganism
What this means is that in addition to eliminating all animal by-products from their diet, vegans also abstain from the use of all other animal or animal-derived products.
For most vegans, the wearing of silk clothes, fur and wool jackets and sweaters, as well as leather shoes and jackets is a no-no.
Others go a step further by rejecting commercial products such as paints, polishes, cosmetics, ink, glue, soaps and other house-cleaning products if they're animal-based. Even products like medicines that are lab-tested on animals are never used by some vegans.
Most vegans, therefore, have a philosophy that's often associated with their lifestyles: they unequivocally reject the commodity tag that most of the world has put on sentient animals.
All this is because as a way of life, veganism is founded on the principle of ethics and politics of animal rights. In this context, being a vegan involves a personal belief and obligation not to hurt animals or indirectly take part in encouraging any kind of animal cruelty. Most advocators of veganism thus also reject game-hunting for all reasons.
On the other hand, although plant-based dieting can be considered vegan, a person who adheres to such a diet does not necessarily subscribe to veganism as a lifestyle or philosophy. For instance, there are many people who follow plant-based diets yet they still don't see any problem with wearing leather shoes or silk clothes.
In fact, some plant-based dieters just adhere to this kind of lifestyle for their own health reasons and don't see any ethical issues with other people slaughtering animals for food or game-hunting tourism.
Still, although the word "vegan" derives from "vegetarian" and was originally meant to mean "vegetable- or plant-based", its meaning has evolved over time to the extent that today something described as vegan may not necessarily be plant-based.
In fact, "vegan" could just mean the absence of animal by-products like meat, eggs, fish or dairy products without automatically implying "plant-based". For instance, while an Oreo cookie can be described as vegan since it contains no animal by-products, it's not something we'd refer to as a plant-based meal.
At the least, Oreo cookies are extracts of plant fragments that have undergone extensive processing such that they no longer resemble their mother plant anymore. While "plant-based" generally describes meals that are both healthy and made from whole plant foods, the processed Oreo cookie is in no way equal to the whole grain wheat that it's made from.
For all intents and purposes, a person could live on white bread, French fries, Oreo cookies and soda yet still call themselves vegan. Yet, such a diet isn't plant-based at all.
In fact, one can be completely vegan without eating anything that is plant-based or that which looks like a plant.
Even junk foods like fake meat, fizzy drinks and faux cheese are vegan yet not plant-based. A type of meal or dieting formula can only be described as "plant-based" ONLY if it involves whole plant foods like veggies, fruits, beans and whole grains, not their processed derivatives.
You could gobble up French fries, Oreo biscuits, imitation meats, as well as all the oils and salts that you can lay your hands on -- which are all vegan foods -- without ever touching any veggie, fruit or whole grain, and yet proudly shout out your vegan credentials. But your diet isn't plant-based by any conservative definitions, especially if you're looking to be healthy! This is one of the main points in the Vegan vs Plant Based debate.
To a large extent, ethical veganism is, in fact, a big leap in the right direction. So, even if you're in this just for the moral and environmental reasons thumbs up to you for the good work!
There you go; I hope I made the distinction clearer for you and others! If you've any additions, corrections or sentiments to make, please feel free to share them in our comments section below. Hope you enjoyed this article Vegan vs Plant Based!
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1/ Crown Chakra White or Gold (trust)
2/ Third Eye indigo / deep purple (brain & eyes & ears)
3/ Throat blue ( neck, jaw, mouth.)
4/ Heart Green / Pink (circulation, breasts, lungs, shoulders.)
5/ Solar Plexus Yellow (sorting and processing)
6/ Sacral Orange (pelvis, hips, sex organs.) 7/Root Red (career,finances)
A central run down/up the middle of the body, bringing in energy.
Chakras are cone shaped energy centres that spin.
Clockwise for receiving energy and anti clockwise transmitting
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Favorite Adventure You Have Run
– Punjar Adventure Path (Dungeon Crawl Classics Published Adventures)
Consisting of three separate published adventures: Sellswords of Punjar, Scions of Punjar, and Thrones of Punjar; the Punjar Adventure Path is set entirely within the city of Punjar and takes characters from creation to 11th level.
For those who do not really know about Goodman Games DCC line of modules, they're good. Before the Fourthcore movement, DCC offered one of the best 'old school' dungeon crawl feels for 4e rules. They also publish adventure modules for 3.x and 1e if those are your systems. Goodman Games also published their own DCC rules system. I own the core rulebook but have not had an opportunity to play it as of yet. It does a good job of melding the primitive and visceral feel of OSR with the benefit of modern mechanics. It also has a wonderfully novel approach to character creation.
Favorite Dungeon Type/Location
Urban. Slums, back alleys, warrens, catacombs, and sewers. There are all sorts of places to go, things to do, and people to meet.
Part of why I like urban adventures is the suspension of disbelief problem I have with the typical 'dungeon'. Cave complexes and abandoned fortresses just did not happen. Unless really well hidden it's doubtful a bunch of low level characters were the first to find a bevy of riches and artifacts unpillaged. I always remember a tidbit I read about why there are not a lot of castle ruins around. Any castle attacked was either repaired and occupied or was too utterly destroyed to be strategically beneficial so they would build a new castle right on top of it.
But cities build on top of themselves routinely and build downwards. They seem the most reasonable adventure spots to me.
Favorite Trap/Puzzle
Harassers. While not a specific type of trap, my favorite traps are the sort that stick around for a while. Pit traps are great and useful but they're very much a Gotcha! mechanism. One person either falls in and takes a good punch of damage or it's avoided. My preference is for things like magic crossbows perched out of melee range. They do less one-time damage but coupled with some other reason for players to stay in an exposed spot (such as a low-level combat filled with high HP, damage spongy, brutes) giving the traps plenty of opportunities to do damage.
As for puzzles the odd riddle is useful, even a game of chance can be useful. For pure puzzles something like grid puzzles are best as there aren't any tricks, just time, patience, and some scrap paper is all that is needed. Time grid puzzles to give the PCs a sense of urgency. Another fun idea is to not let them write down anything if the party does not have chalk or some other way to write down the puzzle to solve it.
Favorite NPC
None I guess. I tried to think of one but came up with nothing. I have never transposed an NPC from one campaign to another or anything like that. I do like NPCs with definitive goals, even more when they do not completely overlay the path of the PCs.
Favorite Monster (Undead)
-BBEG Lich
Iconic spellcasters and powerful wizards who could not be tamed, even by death itself. Often they're absolutely mad, or at least tortured souls. Powerful enough a foe to destroy adventuring parties with a wave of a hand they can also be useful and intriguing NPCs. Take away the strangey common 'give me what I want or I'll beat in your face' approach to NPCs by some parties and some good wheeling and dealing can be had between the party and lich. Perhaps not the most common use for a BBEG, but it can be effective and even reminiscent of Vulgrim from THQ's Darksiders.
-Minion Skeletons
Probably because I watched Jason and the Argonauts too often as a kid. Ever since seeing Harryhausen's skeletons rise from the teeth of the Hydra I've been enamored with them. Simple, cheap, mindlessly loyal, and they can't be poisoned or killed with arrows. You can't ask much more from bottom-of-the-barrel henchmen.
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Favorite Deity
D&D – Moradin (Dwarves), Erathis (Others)
Pathfinder – Cayden Cailean
13th Age Icons
To be fair I don't really have a favorite deity though I do have tendencies. Moradin and Erathis provide easy ways to get into adventuring situations. The same is true for Cayden Cailean, the bonus for the latter being you don't have to be in any way formal or refined to be a paragon of faith.
I find the idea of 13th Age's Icons a much better idea for general RPG gameplay than what god a PC worships. They are actual people you can meet without divine intervention (though plenty of footwork). They have agendas and a tangible affect on the game world without that feeling of the gods looking down on you from Mount Olympus because they're bored.
Favorite Edition
Fourth Edition, up to the release of Divine Power. Originally 4e played quickly, was fun and easy to run. It accomplished all the things it wanted to be, as in not Edition 3.75 and handily slimming down the rules to get new people into the hobby. Other than significant design problems with the Paladin class I recall most things functioning well. The Divine Power book began the slippery slope of ignoring core design of 4e, primarily Surge based healing.
Fourth Edition for all the flak it catches helped to bring an entirely new audience of gamers to the table. People who avoided things like 3.x because of the convoluted rules and heavy crunch mechanics. It was a different system and appealed to an audience whose primary gaming background is video games. It brought a lot of new blood to the hobby and it's a blast to play. I consider it one, if not THE one, best ways to get new people into table top RPGs and definitely as an introduction to d20 systems.
Though despite my healthy skepticism D&D Next is looking to be a really fun system.
Favorite Character You've Played
I have a number of memorable characters though my favorite is probably Bithinor, Dwarf Cleric of Moradin. A hill dwarf bedridden through a significant part of his developmental age due to serious illness. He is short and weak, but spent a lot of time in bed reading and finding religion. Eventually he overcame the disease and took the cloth.
Bithinor became a powerful spellcaster and became a demon hunter to rid his native Impiltur (Faerun) of the demonic presence of its lands. He was a fun PC with a pretty concise motivation.
Favorite Character You Haven't Played
None? I try not to make a habit of rolling up PCs I'll never play. I tend to have a very intertwined character creation process where I come up with the fluff bits naturally as I sort through the mechanical crunch of building the PC.
Craziest thing that's happened that you saw (to party/character/your players etc)
Really any time an unexpected Natural 20 happens, amounting to a humorous situation of luck; plate armor paladin stealth, psion making an MLB hook slide through enemies and cutting the moorings of a rope ladder laden with baddies, fail a Diplomacy check and having an orc chieftain surprise round crit you in the face with an axe leaving you a mangled mess on the ground. I've also had a giant zombie fail an Intelligence check and swan dive off a cliff face to crush the PCs at the bottom.
But the oddest series of events belongs to a game I was running in my homebrew setting of King's X. As I've noted prior on the blog I like to start play in a new campaign by running a re-skinned published adventure. Mainly it gives me a few more weeks to develop the next adventure while letting me get a feel for the PCs and not having to worry about the current adventure. Well I began the campaign by running Goodman Games 'Sellswords of Punjar', an adventure from their Dungeon Crawl Classics line. It's a 4e, urban adventure where the adventurers attempt to deal with the Beggar King, leader of the city's indigent and destitute. For 'reasons' (read: horrific player fails) they end up going through the dungeon backwards. So they enter a secret cove and find a cage held aloft by a chain and pulley system and above it a trapdoor.
The elf ranger decides to shimmy up the chain and check out the trapdoor. No biggy, the rest are snooping around the smuggler cave/cove. He opens the trapdoor and peeks in to find a table with a figure draped in a heavy cloak seated in a chair facing the other way. It seems like it's the BBEG's office. Ranger sneaks up into the room and approaches the figure from behind and decides to take his surprise round and slam the BBEG's head against the table.
…Most people assume I made this part up but it is black-and-white printed into the adventure…
"You hear a sickening crunch and blood dapples the table. The cloak falls back to reveal the face of a very unconscious, bound young girl with a broken nose." I a face palm moment the ranger without a hint of humor states he wants to tie her up. All right fine, the unconscious child does not resist you binding her MORE.
After that things go downhill quickly. The rest of the party has stirred up a combat between bouts of the laughter at the ranger's ordeal. A drow assassin attacks the ranger in the office. The assassin was supposed to die about 3 fights back but always escaped and had been harrying and harassing the party since. The ranger has sworn an oath to kill him. They fight, the ranger decides he needs to regroup with the rest of the party and tosses the bound, unconscious girl through the trapdoor down into deep water of the hidden cove… where she will drown. He follows quickly and becomes a pincushion for the assassin as he drags the unconscious girl to shore.
The party survived by the skin of their teeth (as was the usual case). Later they were killed in a fight with bats, a witch, and her eunuchs in one of the compound's inner courtyards. Two PCs (of seven I think) escaped and decided it was not worth going back and it was time to skip town before they were murdered as well.


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What is that noise now? What is the winddoing?
Nothing again nothing
Swifter far than the summer's flight
Far that youth's delight and joyful night
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As a West Ham fan who knows that one of the main reasons the team managed to stay in the premier league last season was due to the skills of goalkeeper Robert Green, I was shocked by his fumble against the USA in South Africa.
It was out of character, and it was also devastating for him, for the team and for the Inger-land fans. The press was, as we might expect, unforgiving.
Green's mistake led to two Sunday red-tops presenting us with the same bad pun (based, lest you don't get it, on the Maradona incident in the 1986 World Cup).
But the criticism wasn't confined to the pops. The Sunday Times, drawing on the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster for inspiration, said Green's spill was one the Americans would certainly not complain about.
The usually nice ex-goalkeeper-turned-pundit Bob Wilson was harshly critical of Green's "basic schoolboy error" in the Sunday Telegraph, though the always nice Michael Owen showed a measure of sympathy in the same paper.
But if Green thought it would be a one-day wonder, then today's papers give more than a hint of what he can expect for the rest of his footballing life (and maybe beyond that).
Rightly, the Daily Telegraph points out that Green - one of Britain's least-known players - is now the most talked-about footballer, and not just in England.
Almost every front page refers in some way to Green's howler. Most carry pictures of him playing golf, enabling headline writers the opportunity to put the boot in with a range of puns.
So we have Putter Fingers (The Sun); "So how many shots did you drop today, Robert?" (Daily Telegraph); "After THAT goal clanger, bet he missed the putt" (Daily Mail); and "Green tries his hand at a whole new ball game" (The Independent). Marina Hyde plays psychiatrist in The Guardian to ask So, Mr Green, why don't you lie back and tell me all about that tricky ball?
The Daily Express page one blurb is somewhat charitable with a simple "England's gaffe goalie puts his troubles behind him", but inside comes the knife: Green finds a ball game he can get to grips with.
The Daily Mirror finds a different way to embarrass Green by claiming that he had let a "stunning model... slip through his fingers", a reference to his having split with a girlfriend just before the World Cup. Headline? Here's one he dropped earlier.
The Daily Star shows an unusual restraint by refusing to take a pop at Green, indulging instead in hyperbolic optimism with the splash heading "Lions are still gonna win it." Oh yeah?
The Times also holds back from heaping front page ordure on the luckless Green. It chooses to offer some sympathy in a leading article that also draws on the oil spill, describing Green as "the man who handled the ball as if it had just been dunked in the Gulf of Mexico and had emerged as slippery as wet soap."
Then it switches analogies to compare goalkeepers with rock band drummers, the people who take on tasks that ensure low profiles and little public acclaim.
Other leader writers are also sympathetic. The Indy argues: "This urge to scapegoat individuals for national sporting disappointments is as unappealing as it is nonsensical."
The Telegraph, in Standing by our goalie, believes that "butterfingers" Green "has shown dignity in humiliation."
The Express asks: "Who'd be a goalkeeper? One mistake and you're a figure of loathing." It concludes: "Spare a thought for England keeper Rob Green who must be feeling pretty desolate. From hero to zero in a split second just isn't fair."
The Mirror speaks up for Green too. Green "showed great dignity and commendable honesty", it notes.
And The Sun, echoing the Star, says: "We can STILL win the World Cup. But not if we allow one goalkeeping bungle to destroy our faith in our team."
It adds: "If you feel inclined to give someone a hard time today, what about ITV? The clowns running their HD channel destroyed the match for 1.5m viewers by switching to an advert just as Gerrard was scoring. By any definition, high or otherwise, that IS a disaster."
So, will I still want to see Green between the sticks at West Ham next season? You bet. Mind you, I'd rather the owners weren't there. But that's another story.
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If I could have picked one day—one day out of the whole school year—to have my Brat be in a good mood, it would have been yesterday.
I wanted to pull her aside and tell her how much she means to me, that she only missed it by six questions last year and I know if she works hard at keeping her head in the game she can take it this year. I wanted to look her in the eye and point to all the improvement I've seen that she can't see. I wanted to fill her up on the day before her test, and give her a whole afternoon and evening to chew on it and come around to the decision to give her all today. Especially, I wanted to make her see I know how hard it is, and how she'll still be just as important to me if she fails.
But she was as bristly as I've ever seen her. She walked in sucking her teeth in reply to my "Why hello!" and sulked until I had to ask her to start her Do Now… then it was "I'm bored, I'm bored I'm bored I'm BORED! AUGH!" and "God, Miss! Do you not know what 'Leave me alone' means?!?"
… and so I missed my chance. She's testing in room 309 today, and I'm blitzing with the freshmen in the 600 hallway—I have my arsenal of breakfast bars ready, just in case.


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For a moment stop and think about the most memorable motifs and emblems. Do images of animals fill your mind? Do Cartier's panther or Bulgari's Serpenti motif – replicated down through a range of necklaces, bangles, rings and watches – come to mind? Chanel's constellations, the camellia or stalks of wheat?
Each of the fabled houses appropriates imagery upon which it builds and shapes its iconic products.
At Chopard, the inspiration is much more subtle, but no less iconic. The most instantly recognisable signature from the storied watch and jewellery maker is arguably Happy Diamonds, where the diamonds are freed from their settings and allowed to circulate freely. It's a remarkably flamboyant concept and an idea that is unique in jewellery and watchmaking.
The inspiration for Happy Diamonds was born of an encounter between water and light. Forty years ago, Ronald Kurowski, a designer at Chopard, was taking a stroll in the Black Forest in Germany when he happened upon a magical sight. He had come across a waterfall, with thousands of water droplets bursting out from it, reflecting the daylight and sparkling with all the colours of the rainbow.
Within the mesmerising vision was the kernel of an idea. How do you capture the brilliance of the water droplets? Why not free diamonds from their rigid settings and let them sparkle to its full radiance?
The first Happy Diamonds model was born as a men's watch in 1976, an innovative design that is just as relevant today as it was 40 years ago. A big cushion-shaped timepiece with an 18-carat white gold case and bracelet, the watch has a black dial to further highlight the moving diamonds beneath the sapphire crystal case.
When Chopard co-owner Karin Scheufele first saw the original design, she proclaimed that "diamonds are happier when they're free". The name stuck and the watch became an instant icon.
That Happy Diamonds is fascinating to look at helped attract immediate success. It was probably the playful and almost childlike pleasure one gets from gently moving your hands and watching the diamonds dance across the arm.
The success of the first Happy Diamonds watch also sparked the brand's foray into jewellery making. It was a stroke of genius. Caroline Scheufele, Chopard's co-president and artistic director, and also Karl and Karin Scheufele's daughter, had always been fascinated with the circus. Giving free reign to her imagination, she had drawn a clown, its tummy full of moving diamonds and colourful stones. Initially produced as a one-off model for her own personal collection, the success of the jewellery collection led to the launch of the Happy Diamonds jewellery line and also marked the start of jewellery at Chopard in 1985. After the clown came other precious creations including an elephant, a ladybird, a teddy bear and the much-cherished heart.
Happy Diamonds continued to go through countless transformations. Happy Sport was the first watch to combine steel and diamonds in 1993. Later models include the Happy Fish in 2002, Happy Spirit in 2003 and Very Chopard in 2010, all of which have been built around the distinctive mindset of Happy Diamonds, its unique visual identity, its inimitable philosophy and its playful spirit.
Happy Diamonds is 40 years old. To celebrate, Chopard has gone back to the beginning, creating a 40th anniversary model of the original Happy Diamond watch and a new line of jewellery named Happy Dreams. Designed for women, the new version of the Happy Diamonds watch retains its initial cushion shape, with the addition of prong-set diamonds around the dial to emphasise its feminine shape. More mobile diamonds whirl freely on the white mother-of-pearl dial.
Twirl your hand, watch Happy Diamonds move around your wrist, and let beams of sunlight dance across your eyes. You're holding a piece of the Black Forest right there in the palm of your hand.


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