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Mulling the microwave
When thinking about molecular gastronomy – have you ever considered the microwave? It genuinely messes around with your food on a molecular level, but is considered a long way from "gastronomy"!
Came across an interesting Radio 4 programme today, that you may appreciate seeing written out and paraphrased.
Today we're looking at a form of cooking that many of us would rather not admit to, begins the host.
"There sort of kitchen's dirty secret, really. No one likes them, no one really cooks with them – if they were that good, Jamie's 15-minute meals would all be done in a microwave," said one contributor.
However, said the host, there are evangelists among us.
"People say I'm obsessed really. And I admit, I do bang on about them all the time – but I am passionate about them." said another speaker.
So clearly there are a range of views on microwaves. Personally (and this is me speaking, not the programme) I think they are an excellent and useful invention. Sure you're never going to get a nice golden brown crust on your macaroni cheese, but for heating up leftovers or of course ready meals, why be sniffy about them? They're quick, efficient and better for the environment (as they take less power than conventional methods to heat an identical quantity of food to an identical temperature, although of course they may have other environmental costs in their production that I'm not aware of. I'm no expert – hence why I listened to this programme, so that I could learn more and then share it with you.
Suspicious minds
Today, continued the presenter, we'll be looking at one of the most scoffed at kitchen items, a magic box that uses dark arts to mysteriously cook our food in a suspiciously short period of time: namely, the microwave.
As you might have guessed from that word 'suspiciously', the host continued, I don't own a microwave. I'm a sceptic, a Luddite. I once had to rely on one at my mother's for a month, and although I was using what was then considered the best microwave cookbook, nothing I cooked during that month convinced me to give up my saucepans and oven. But maybe it's time for a rethink, as it's actually been voted by people in the UK as our favourite appliance – although actually the Scots preferred their knives by a small margin.
At this point during my listening, I did wonder how this vote had been conducted. And I wondered what I would vote for. Think I might be with the Scots to be honest. While microwaves are marvellous devices, knives are pretty fundamental. Then again, "favourite" is an odd way of thinking about kitchen appliances – and are knives even classed as appliances? The whole thing doesn't sound that scientific to me, although I take the point that people do quite like their microwave ovens.
Ready steady eat
So what does that tell us about the way we eat, live and cook – is it just a reflection of the still steady rise in the sales of ready meals, she mused.
Another lady could then be heard saying, let's go to the staff kitchen, and look at our microwave. Because we do have a microwave, and there it is, there you are, used by all of us.
She said this as if it was sort of a guilty secret. And I suppose on a Radio 4 foodie programme, maybe it is.
Then there was a dinging noise, for atmosphere. The presenter went on to say that the "favourite" accolade actually came from a BBC food magazine survey of 10,000 people, so actually maybe I should have listened on before wondering about how they arrived at that conclusion. Apparently, 56 per cent of respondents said that the microwave oven was the one thing they couldn't do without, followed by knives (except in Scotland where, as established above, the situation was actually reversed. But the main point is, for the purposes of this programme and indeed this article, that microwaves scored quite highly both north and south of the border).
The magazine's editor expressed surprise at the results of the survey.
She said that what it tells us is that people like to embrace technology. Clearly, she went on, whatever feelings people have about microwaves – and people can be a bit snobbish about them, saying things like, well, I only use it for heating up the children's meals, that kind of thing – I think people are very creative in how they use these devices.
On our website, she said, people have uploaded and shared their microwave recipes, and this really is the way people eat. If you're a busy woman – and yes, it usually is still the woman who prepares food for the family – then it's really useful to discover proper supper dishes that you can prepare. For example we have a delicious salmon recipe with leeks and filo pastry, and a chorizo jambalaya – a really nice and spicy dish – and a sweet and sour chicken. Also we have lots of sponge puddings and chocolate puddings, that kind of thing. We all know that you can buy those things from shops and that they cook really well in the microwave, but you can make them from scratch too.
Eggs is eggs
On hearing her discuss these various recipes that readers had sent in, I was put in mind of the first recipe I came up with in a microwave. Or rather, using a microwave. And that was for a sort of omelette, kind of crossed with scrambled eggs. If you break a couple of eggs into a bowl and beat them lightly with a fork, they actually puff up really nicely with just a couple of minutes in a microwave. Season the mixture first with salt and pepper or whatever you like, and if you want to make more of a meal of it, why not chuck in a handful of frozen peas, or leftover curry, or maybe cheese or mushrooms. Basically, anything that you might fry up with an omelette or scrambled eggs.
The result is a light, soft and perfectly cooked omelette, ready in literally a couple of minutes and with no oil needed during cooking, and hardly any washing up. You might need a second plate to slide it on to (as the first one gets very hot of course) but that's really about it. Give it a go.
Molecular Gastronomy Kits & Microwaves
Despite the fact that if you're playing around with a molecular gastronomy kit you have an interest in the science of cooking. How many gastronomy kits have recipes that involve a microwave? Is it because they don't have any particular use in the world of molecular gastronomy or is that they are two "common" to be considered by the budding modernist chef? The only microwave recipe we could find that described itself as molecular gastronomy was for making an instant chocolate cake with a cream whipper and microwave. It doesn't involve any modernist ingredients and perhaps the only molecular gastronomy aspect is the use of the microwave?
A question of passion
But how many microwave owners, pondered the host, are really doing much more than simply reheating their coffee? It was a fair question as I was thinking much the same thing. While it's of course that you can do these creative recipes with salmon and filo, most people I know just tend to use their microwaves for ready meals and for reheating leftovers, and if they were going to the time and trouble of actually making a recipe at home, then they'd probably cook it conventionally. After all, it takes time to prepare a recipe, so it's not going to be instant anyway. In the time you are preparing the ingredients the oven can be heating up or the oil heating in the pan.
One lady was then heard to say that with her passion for microwave cooking and for educating people in microwave cooking, then she does literally educate the whole of the UK on a one-on-one basis. I couldn't help thinking that even though the definition of the word 'literally' has relaxed somewhat in recent times, this was still probably stretching it a bit. Nevertheless, I listened keenly, curious to learn more.
Last month, she said, I actually gave 15 cooking shows, and some chefs have even told me off for, in their words, making cooking too easy.
The presenter then told us that the woman who'd just been speaking had made it her life's work to try to convince people everywhere that they should be harnessing the power of the microwave. Not too surprising really, as she's president of the trade body for the microwave industry. But microwaving for her is almost more of a crusade than just a job. She says she hasn't used a saucepan for 30 years.
Good old common sense
The woman from the trade association then began to explain her views. Microwaving for me, she said, is common sense. Why would I want to cook rice in a pan of boiling water and then have a really sticky, horrible pan to clean up afterwards? Why would I want to cook scrambled egg in a saucepan when you can cook it directly in the bowl that you are going to be serving it in?
She went on, saying that on average, four saucepans on the top of your stove, containing carrots, broccoli, peas, cabbage and so on, a saucepan will take on average 15 or 20 minutes to cook those vegetables.
I'm not sure on her figures here. Cooking veg for that length of time sounds rather like overcooking to me. It's more common these days (as well as being more tasty and more healthy) just to cook the veg in a very shallow amount of water for a couple of minutes or so, thereby effectively steaming it. This retains all the colours and flavours of the veg and it also retains a nice crisp texture. I think back in the 70s people did indeed overcook everything, and if this woman says she hasn't touched a saucepan for 30 years, this might explain why she's a little out of touch with her cooking wisdom.
That said, her point that microwave cooking saves on both time and washing up is very hard to dispute.
Watching the figures
She wasn't finished though. During cooking of the aforementioned veg in saucepans, she said, you will lose about 85 per cent of the nutrients, as well as much of the colour and the flavour. Again, I couldn't help but think that yes, obviously it you boil it to death for 20 minutes then this is the case, but a quick steaming generally produces a nice, bright al dente product. Having said that, I really can't see any problem with microwaving veg, and while her 85 per cent figure sounds a little high, the fact that it is cooked quicker in the microwave surely would mean that more of the nutrients are indeed retained. Unless there's some science-y bit that I don't know about.
She then pointed out that if you cook all those veg together, in one bowl in the microwave, you are essentially cooking them in their own steam. Hard logic to argue with. She also said that the cost of the cooking would be only about a quarter of the cost of cooking on the stove. Again, good points one and all.
So, she concluded, if you cook your veg in the microwave you are giving your family more nutritious food, saving washing up and saving time. Not only that, but in one month alone you will save something in the region of five pounds on your energy bills.
Spreading the word
She said that she was quite evangelical about it, a point that the presenter had actually made earlier, although it was good to reinforce this point. When she goes into cookery classes (that she teaches), she says she asks how many of you have a microwave at home. Something like 100 per cent of hands go up, she says. Hardly surprising you might think, given that the people in the class had chosen to do a microwave cookery course. The really interesting question would be to ask the people who didn't put their hands up what exactly they were doing there. Were they just hoping to learn about microwave cooking out of purely academic interest, and had no actual intention of making the microwave recipes at home? Or were they going to do the course, then if so inspired go out and buy their first microwave? Or maybe they were planning to stay at a friend's house, and the friend had a microwave as opposed to a conventional oven so they thought it might be useful to learn a few recipes? We'll probably never know.
Anyway she said, although nearly 100 per cent of people in the class say they own a microwave, when she asked how many of them used it to cook proper meals, she says the percentage goes down to 16 per cent. I thought I must have misheard this and she actually meant 60 per cent, as 16 per cent does sound oddly precise. But I listened to it back and no, she does seem to say 16 per cent. By the end of this cookery course, she tells them (presumably addressing mainly the 84 per cent who hadn't put their hands up), I'm going to have converted you all to be massively into microwave cooking.
She who laughs last
When she tells the class this, she says, a lot of them laugh. But at the end of her demonstration (usually about an hour, she tells us), when they come up and taste the food, they are really surprised and impressed by how genuinely delicious it tastes. People know how to put water in a pan and boil a potato, but microwave cooking she reckons can be out of some people's comfort zones. You need to sit down and think about it a bit. But once you do, the results are worth it. And then when people see how easy it truly is, they tend not to go back.
Lies, damn lies and statistics
The presenter then informed us that according to government statistics, per cent of of UK households own a microwave. That's about 53 million of us popping and pinging away – but where do those metal boxes at the end of our counters come from?
To help answer this question, she went to the Science Museum in London, to talk to the curator of household appliances – a position many people may not have even realised existed.
The curator tells us that microwave technology had quite an exciting start, coming as it did from radar technology during the war. It was apparently two British scientists at Birmingham University who came up with the idea, and they used it in anti-aircraft operations. Sadly she didn't expand on this, as it would have been interesting to know how microwave ovens could help to combat enemy aircraft. Maybe the cooked them out of the sky or something.
Inspired by chocolate
Then after the war, the scientists continued to experiment with microwave technology. The story goes that it was actually an American scientist who stumbled across its other use, when he noticed that a chocolate bar in his pocket had melted. He hadn't felt any heat and yet the bar had definitely softened considerably, so he knew that something unusual was happening.
Him and his team began to experiment with foodstuffs like popcorn, eggs and so on, and in due course after a couple of years or so were able to bring out the world's first commercial microwave oven. It wasn't entirely practical at that time, being about the size of a fridge and weighing in at three-quarters of a tonne.
By the 50s though they were being made to be a bit smaller and more practical, and the UK followed soon after. However it wasn't until the mid-70s that they were affordable enough and reliable enough to begin to appear in UK homes.
Holy trinity
Even then though, says the curator, they didn't really take off until what she calls a holy trinity of events had taken place. The three things were the availability of affordable microwave ovens, the widespread use of home freezers, and women beginning to go out to work in large numbers. This she says really took off in the 80s, when around half of UK women were working outside the home. This meant that they simply had less time to prepare meals both for their families and for themselves.
It was, she says, the first real development in cooking methods for hundreds of years. While there have been developments in solid fuel, electricity and gas, they all work by applying heat directly to food. With microwave ovens, the cooking is happening in a metal box, you can't actually see it happening. This must have seen really space age and exciting when it first came out, and they were indeed marketed in this way. The real heyday was in the 1980s, she says, although I'm not sure this is true as the whole premise of the programme, as discussed at the start, is that they are now as popular as ever and possibly more popular than ever, so surely that would make the heyday right now, or even suggest they they haven't really had a heyday and are instead just perennially popular.
Testing it on a doubter
The programme then spoke with a chef and self-confessed microwave snob. He told us that he hadn't even owned a microwave until a few years ago, and that he kept it in his utility room, not his kitchen, using it only for reheating food or for defrosting things from the freezer. Nevertheless he was willing to try out a couple of recipes from back in the 80s to see how he found them, focussing on some of the most popular and famed dishes from what were considered the top microwave cookery books of that era.
He started with a cheese soufflé. The reason he says he picked that recipe is that the recipe book says that it was once thought impossible to cook a soufflé in the microwave, but if the sauce is properly stabilised using evaporated milk then this can be done. The chef said this was throwing down the gauntlet to a microwave-hater such as he, but he gave it a go.
One concern was the evaporated milk is quite sweet, so he's not sure that it would work. Still he got his can opener and opened the tin, then mixed the milk with flour, cheese and seasoning as per the recipe. Next he put it into the microwave for one to two minutes on full power. While it was cooking he watched it revolving through the oven window, beseeching it to rise. It did indeed rise, but he said it wasn't that appetising to him as it rapidly collapsed. As it also lacked the crust of a normal soufflé he declared himself overall disappointed with the results.
Space age all the rage?
While early microwaves were marketed for their space age attributes, the host of the programme says that it was actually this that put many people off, including her from the sound of things. But, she muses, in this age of smartphones, isn't it time we got into smart cooking?
A contributor then agrees with her, saying that while some chefs are a bit sniffy about microwaves, for most of us they are just practical and useful. Certainly Monday to Thurday evenings, do we really want to spend out time chopping, peeling and boiling, when a microwave oven can save so much time? This technology works for us.
She says she thinks the snobbishness comes from the fact that most of us probably wouldn't be too happy to go to a restaurant and be served microwaved food. Somehow it seems almost too easy, not enough effort to justify the bill. And people at the top end, she speculates, maybe don't like technology that demystifies the cooking process and makes some seemingly complex things actually easier to do. Has she got a point here? Maybe.
Where's the beef?
Next we went back to the chef we met earlier, the microwave sceptic. Next he was going to try cooking a steak, again using one of the leading microwave cookery books of the 80s. He noted that when they discuss cooking meat, these books all tend to call for the use of a browning agent of some kinds. This he describes as giving the meat something of a fake tan, because of course the meat doesn't really brown in a microwave as it would in an oven or pan. For his browning agent he used a mushroom ketchup and some Worcester sauce, though he noted that other recipes called for brown sauce or tomato ketchup, neither of which sounded particularly nice, he thought – and I have to say, I think I agree with him.
He painted the meat with the sauce and placed it in the microwave for the appropriate amount of time, guided by the weight of the meat. In his case, this was about 10 minutes, and it was quite exciting waiting to hear whether this would turn out any better than his soufflé had done a few minutes ago.
The results were better. While he said that the steak lacked that lovely crust of normal cooking, it was nice and pink in the inside and, he suggested, once sliced and covered in gravy would not be too bad, in a sort of boiled meat kind of way. But, he added, it didn't seem anywhere near as tasty as an oven-roasted joint. Few people would argue with that you'd imagine. I certainly wouldn't.
Ovens of the world
Next the presenter of the show asked what the future of the microwave was. Strangely though she didn't really seem to answer this question, so this seemed like maybe a scripting issue. She interviewed a taxi driver who said that he didn't know what the buttons on his microwave all did, but he appreciated the convenience. There was a brief discussion on how microwave ovens vary across the world. In Asia for example, where steamed rice and veg are popular, there is a demand for ovens that can sense humidity levels to make nicely steamed food. In India, there is a real fondness for microwaves with lots of pre-coded auto-cooking menus. In the States, there is (perhaps unsurprisingly) a big demand for microwave ovens that are quite simply a lot bigger.
After this we returned to our chef again, this time to have a crack at a dessert – crème caramel, to be precise, again from an 80s microwave cooking book. We heard the sound of him beating eggs, adding hot sugar, milk and vanilla, then heating it in the microwave. Once it had cooked for the requisite time he let it cool and set. The taste test wasn't too bad. A bit like an egg custard he thought, and edible if unremarkable.
Product development
The show then went over to chat to a product developer at a leading microwave oven manufacturer. They are now producing ovens with all kinds of additional features such as grills, convection ovens and steaming. She showed how using these you can make such relatively sophisticated foods as goats cheese tarts, rocky road mud cakes, puff pastry, steamed salmon and poached eggs. The show's host sounded genuinely surprised by how nice all this stuff looked.
The product developer said that many of her friends, who are in their 20s, are active in swapping recipes and ideas on various social media sites. Once they realise that those really impressive looking recipes can all be prepared in under 10 minutes, they tend to find they get a bit hooked. Another positive point she said is the simplicity of these meals (simplicity to prepare, that is). Many of the recipes only call for two or three ingredients, which makes them quite appealing for the cook in a hurry and who maybe doesn't have all that much cooking expertise.
She then demonstrated how to cook caramelised onions using the convection function of the microwave, and followed this by talking through how to poach salmon. This seemed remarkably straightforward, and consisted just of placing the salmon in a bowl with a little water and lemon, covering it and microwaving for just three or four minutes.
The proof of the pudding
After the successful and delicious sounding main course, we next were guided through how to make the rocky road mud cake. This involved melting some butter in a large mug by giving it a quick zap for 10 seconds then mixing it a tablespoon of cocoa powder, three tablespoons of caster sugar and a medium egg. You could then hear the sound of her beating all this together, while all around her microwaves could be heard dinging and whirring. The rocky road mud cake mix was then put back in the microwave for two minutes.
Meanwhile the poached salmon was ready, having only taken three minutes. She also gave us a top tip, which is that after you've cooked fish in a microwave, if you put a bowl of water and lemon juice in the oven and heat for 30 seconds, they vapours can do a good job of getting rid of that fishy smell for the next time you use it. It was good that the presenter of the radio programme refrained from making any puns about smelling something fishy, or not smelling something fishy, or something.
The host, an experienced food broadcaster – who you'd think knows her stuff – tried it all and pronounced it "delectable" and a "revelation", as well as saying how impressed she had been by the speed it all took – calling it scarily fast. However it should be noted that his particular presenter tends to be rather flattering towards most food she tries on that programme. Of course, it might all be absolutely delicious, it's hard to say without trying it.
Therefore it was with real curiosity that I had a crack at some of these recipes. They were actually quite delicious. The mistake seems to be in trying to recreated things that need to be oven-cooked to create a Maillard reaction in order to achieve their ideal flavour, as opposed to food that is basically wet-cooked and so doesn't need to brown. This would explain why steamed veg, poached salmon and so on work so well, while pizzas or steaks don't.
In conclusion, it is strongly recommended that you experiment with some of this stuff – you are very likely to enjoy the results.


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Yelapa Style Banana Pie
Adapted from the Auguest 2018 issue of Food & Wine.
The recipe calls for a hot water pie crust because it is sturdy for eating on the beach. While it was good, I see no reason why a regular crust wouldn't suffice if you are eating it at home. Also, The recipe calls for a 9 1/2″ deep dish pie pan. But the custard was a bit shallow for my pan so I increased it by 50%.
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp. salt
1/3 cup butter
1/3 cup vegetable shortening
1/4 cup water
3 large bananas, cut diagonally into 1/3-inch thick slices
3 large eggs, at room temp.
1 cup whole milk
3/4 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 vanilla bean pod, split and seeds scraped
1/4 tsp. salt
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar, optional, for topping
Preheat oven to 375F. Whisk together flour & salt in a medium bowl. Make a well in the center. Set aside.
Combine butter, shortening and water in a small saucepan. Cook over medium-high heat until butter & shortening are melted, stirring constantly. Bring to a simmer and cook 30-60 seconds.
Pour into well in flour. Working quickly, mix until a shaggy dough forms. Transfer to a clean surface and knead until smooth, about 1 minute.
Roll out between two pieces of parchment. Remove top parchment and carefully flip dough into 9 1/2-inch deep-dish pie plate, patching if necessary. Line with parchment and fill with pie weights.
Bake in preheated oven until crust is set, about 18 minutes. Remove weights and parchment and bake until lightly browned, about 15 minutes.
Remove to wire rack and cool completely.
Reduce oven temp to 325F.
Line pie pan with banana slices.
In a medium bowl, whisk eggs until completely blended.
Add milk, condensed milk, salt and vanilla bean seeds. Whisk to combine. Carefully pour over bananas.
Bake 325F until edges are set and center is slightly jiggly, 45-50 minutes. Banana slices will rise to the top. Remove to wire rack & cool.
If desired, sprinkle with sugar and carmelize with a kitchen torch.
Serve warm or chilled.

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Clouds above the St. Croix flowage.
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Clouds above the St. Croix flowage.
Larvaly, simply larvaly.
Nice shot of those clouds. I wonder if you got as much rain as we did in the cities this (Saturday) morning. Sun is out now though. I hope those rapids on the Brule go OK.
I went from Solon to Saint Croix Falls over the 12th-17th, and was hoping to run into you. You weren't at Riverside on the 14th, were you? It was a cold windy day and I saw a white canoe beached at the camp there. Anyway, good luck on the Brule. I'm enjoying following your trip, and wondered a few times while drifting downriver how awfully strenuous paddling upriver would be.
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There are many institutions that offer a bachelor's in management degree program, which can help you to learn the essential management skills to lead a company into a successful position in a burgeoning global market place.
Essential management skills that a bachelor's in management degree program usually covers include: effective communication with employees, problem solving, logic, analysis of business practices of various industries, and critical thinking. Managers must wear many hats in the office environment, including counselor, mathematician, philosopher, enforcer, statistician and coworker. For this reason, employers typically look for managers who are well rounded, so that they can effectively and efficiently manage a team of employees.


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The Blockbuster Challenges from Fortnite Season 4 are now finished and no longer available. For the similar challenges in Fortnite Season 7, make sure you check out our Fortnite Snowfall Challenges guide.
For those who aren't already aware, you earn Fortnite Blockbuster Challenges by completing all the Fortnite Battle Pass Challenges from the same week. Each week of Battle Pass Challenges you complete in full unlocks a new loading screen, which in turn gives clues to the location of some extra hidden Battle Stars for you to collect on the Fortnite map. Remember that these bonuses will only appear when you finish every Fortnite Battle Pass Challenge for an individual week, so don't think you can just head to any of the locations shown here and grab them without putting in the hard work first.
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Fortnite Blockbuster Challenge rewards
Managed to complete all of the Battle Pass Challenges in seven different weeks? Congratulations, the reward for your dedication is this very cool legendary outfit. As well as The Visitor skin, you also get the legendary Offworld Rig back bling, allowing you to add a cape to your character. And that's not all - you can also customise the head display to one of four different versions as well - Crosshair, Visualizer, Smiles, and Mandible! You'll be the envy of other players when they see The Visitor heading in their direction.
If you collect all the hidden Battle Stars revealed in the seven loading screens you unlock, as outlined below, then you'll also receive this bonus Retrofit loading screen for your trouble. This shows The Visitor hard at work on a missile display, foreshadowing the missile launch that triggered the Fortnite map changes seen towards the end of the season.
Fortnite Blockbuster Challenge hidden stars location - 7 Weeks
The Visitor
This final loading screen shows the new Blockbuster character The Visitor emerging from what looks like a capsule. If you've explored the research area set up in the middle of Dusty Divot then you may recognise the location, which is where the large meteor was being examined. Head inside the building in the centre of Dusty Divot and climb on top of the capsule to collect your last hidden Battle Stars.
Fortnite Blockbuster Challenge hidden stars location - 6 Weeks
That's a Wrap!
What looks like a lovely little catch up after filming is complete is obviously posting you directions to those free Battle Stars if you complete the next set of challenges. Although originally located at Greasy Grove, the Fork Knife food truck shown in the background has now moved to the small plaza north of the stadium by Junk Junction, so head there and you'll find your bonus stars on top of the vehicle.
Fortnite Blockbuster Challenge hidden stars location - 5 Weeks
There's an epic superhero battle going on here, but if you look closely at the remains of the wall in the background, you'll see a stencil of a crab with the Battle Star above it. This refers to the large crab statue, and if you're not familiar with it (it was the location of one of the first Battle Pass Challenges back at the start of Season 3) then it can be found on the south coast of the island below Moisty Mire. Land on its back or build up to it and your reward will appear.
Fortnite Blockbuster Challenge hidden stars location - 4 Weeks
Take a look in the background of this scene, in the middle towards the top, and you should be able to spot a Battle Star hiding away behind the flag. If you don't recognise the area, it's the secret missile bunker built into the hill east of Snobby Shores. Glide in or build up to the bunker, then when facing the console with the hologram projection build up to the right of the missile to collect your reward.
Fortnite Blockbuster Challenge hidden stars location - 3 Weeks
A Looming Threat
If you check out the detail on the hologlobe our heroes are studying here, you can make out another Battle Star hovering over a hill by a river. This translates to the hill west of Fatal Fields, and if you look between the three trees there your reward will appear.
Fortnite Blockbuster Challenge hidden stars location - 2 Weeks
At Last… I Am Free
Look carefully at the prison wall in the background, and you'll see four codes scrawled on it - A4 B4 B3 A3. Head to the area of the map where these four coordinates intersect, which is in the northwest between Haunted Hills and Snobby Shores, and you'll find a bare patch where your reward will appear.
Fortnite Blockbuster Challenge hidden stars location - 1 Week
Quiet on the Set!
If you look closely at the background of this movie scene, you should just about be able to see the outline of a Battle Star on top of the prison tower near the explosion. Land near Moisty Mire on top of the northeast tower of prison (or build up to it) and your reward will appear on the ledge closest to the woods.
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Bridesmaids (Paul Feig, 2011)
Comedy is a landscape typically dominated by men. Regardless of the actual quality of a film or its material, men can be expected to have a dominant role in whatever comedy they're cast for. I'd have to stretch my cinematic memory to recall a straight-forward comedy that focused on the bonds between women, perhaps the problem is that there aren't very many memorable American films of that nature. Even more confounding is if any such film displays a ratio of feminine bonding to vulgarity that say, The Hangover does for male bonding and utter crassness.
The exploits of The Hangover's trio are celebrated as an opportune chance for male bonding and hegemonic affirmation. Women who enter such territory are often relegated to symbolic roles (an apt description I've read for Heather Graham's role in the original is that she's less a human being and more a physical manifestation of a breast). This male dominated genre makes one thing clear – women aren't funny and instead suffice as markers of heterosexual masculine affirmation.
Enter Bridesmaids, a film to wreck the inner circle boys club. Here's the thing about Bridesmaids: it's good. Really good. It's better than any of Todd Phillips' male-driven fantasies and upper-tier among the Apatow-produced endeavors. Writers Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo have a fantastic handle on their characters, fleshing them out fully before subjecting them to ludicrous physical gags. It's a straightforward technique that allows the audience to sympathize while laughing hysterically. Given the wedding setting, Wiig and Mumolo have to juggle plenty of characters, and do so admirably. There's definitely a sense of community involved throughout the feature, one where everyone is in and out of character's lives, maintaining a presence but never overtaking Bridesmaids' central narrative.
The narrative conceit is that Annie's (Wiig) best friend Lillian (Maya Rudolph) is getting married. Annie is the maid of honor, though faces stiff competition for the role in Helen (Rose Byrne). The social and economic divide between Annie and Helen plays an interesting role in the two vying for Lillian's friendship, making for some remarkably funny exchanges between Wiig and Byrne. Meanwhile, Annie's love life is dismal, instead having an "understanding" with Ted (Jon Hamm). She eventually encounters a police officer named Nathan (Chris O'Dowd), whose sincerity is misconstrued and questioned by the suspicious Annie.
Why was this film a tough sell? Advertisements have stressed the notion that it's "for guys too!" I walked in and out of this film without the impression that this was geared toward a specific gender – it's meant for anyone who enjoys a good comedy.
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Focusing on essential leadership capabilities that are in demand for today's leaders, this 184-hour certificate program is for leaders and aspiring leaders, across all departments, at all levels of your organization. It meets the requirements for a program of instruction for Administrators in the Regulations under the Long-Term Care Homes Act.
Duration: 184-hours (complete within eight months)
Start Date: October 18, 2018
End Date: July 22, 2019
In-class dates:
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Remote access is available for students who are unable to attend in person.
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Holy Ghost Creole Festival
Holy Ghost Catholic Church 788 North Union Street, Opelousas, Louisiana 70570
Live Creole and zydeco music, Creole food favorites, and a gospel choir concert that's drawn crowds for over twenty-five years now—it's all part of the Holy Ghost Creole Festival! The fun begins with Gospel Night on Friday, followed by an early rise on Saturday for the 5K Run and a Sunday parade. Alongside raffles and games, live music offerings include Lil Nate & The Zydeco Big Tymers, T-Broussard & the Zydeco Side Steppers, and more. Admission is free, but donations of non-perishable food items are encouraged. 4 pm–10pm on Friday; 10 am–10pm on Saturday, and 1 pm-till on Sunday. 788 North Union Street. Free. holyghostcreolefestival.com.


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text: Last week our friends Sam and Ben visited us from Raleigh for some mountain fun times. It was the perfect autumn weekend; the leaves were falling with every gust of the wind, the sun came peeking out while we picked apples, then we took a venture 3,000 feet higher in elevation. The Blue Ridge Parkway offered us some spectacular views on our way up, then once we got high enough in elevation we were in the clouds. It was as if we were in a Tim Burton movie, and wondered when the headless horseman was going to come riding out of the woods. When Sam and Ben come we always have an adventure in our western part of the state!


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This ultrasonic jewelry cleaner earned The Best rating from the Hammacher Schlemmer Institute because it removed debris from jewelry better than any other model. Earrings, rings, and necklaces were soiled with a mixture of hair gel, hand lotion, and dirt and placed in an oven to solidify the detritus. An independent testing laboratory used a scale with an accuracy to 0.0001 grams to weigh each piece after the soiling process and again after one cycle in the ultrasonic cleaners. The best model removed 99.85% of the debris from earrings. It uses 46,000 Hz of ultrasonic sound waves and water (detergent is optional) to penetrate deep into crevices and safely and effectively clean intricate areas of bracelets or watchbands. It has an 11 oz. water reservoir and comes with tweezers, a funnel, a measuring cup, a basket, and a microfiber towel. Stainless steel. 17" L x 10 1/2" W x 4 1/2" D. (8 1/2 lbs.)
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Leadership Speaker in the Philippines Declares Attention as a Rare Commodity
To be modern isn't always to be human. We now live in what I call the "Attention Community," when attention has become one rare commodity we all fight to get as leaders. Because of the free flow of information and continuous innovation and technological advances, we, along with our people, are easily distracted to always…Details


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Tutorial: Integrating Runscope with CA APM
Note: We'll be at AWS Summit San Francisco on April 4th! We'll have our own little booth there, so if you can please come and find us (the event is free!) and we'd love to chat with you. :)
CA APM is an Application Performance Management solution that can help teams gain performance insights and diagnose issues across the full software lifecycle. It includes transaction tracing that supports modern APIs and apps, and it can help teams get to the root cause of bugs in APIs, transactions, code and database calls.
By connecting CA APM with Runscope API monitoring, you can get a complete picture of your application and find the root cause of why an API is slow or failing.
Watch the following video to learn how to set up the Runscope and CA APM integration, or follow the step-by-step instructions below:
Connecting Runscope with CA APM
Go to your CA APM SaaS tenant and log in. After that, copy the url (without the path) that we'll be using in the next steps. For example: https://954976.apm.cloud.ca.com
In your Runscope account, click on your profile on the top-right and select Connected Services:
Find the CA Technologies logo and click on Connect CA APM:
Paste the CA APM URL that we copied in the first step in the text field and click on Enable APM Traces:
And you're all set! Next, we'll look at how to start sending the API monitors information to our CA APM instance.
How to View an APM Trace
The first thing we need to do is enable our integration in our API monitor environment settings, to start sending information from Runscope to our CA APM instance:
- In your Runscope account, select a bucket and open an API monitor
- Select Editor on the left-hand side, and open the environment settings
- Open the Integrations tab in the environment settings and turn on the flag for the CA APM integration.
Now that the integration is enabled, we can click on Save & Run at the top. After the test is completed, open the result page under "Recent Test Runs":
The first link at the top next to Trace, "View in CA APM" will show the metrics map for the entire test.
You can also expand each individual API request and select the "Connection" tab. You'll find a Trace section under Timings with another "View in CA APM" link. Following that link will land you on the metric view for that specific request.
Root Cause Analysis with Runscope and APM
For in-context viewing of an APM trace, please make sure you have the correct "Universe" settings. You can use "All" if you haven't created a Runscope-specific Universe.
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NEW YORK (August 2, 2013) – The TICA Northwest Consortium invites you to appreciate the variety and coolness of feline beauty from around the world on August 31 – September 1, 2013 in Bellevue, WA. Attendees will view hundreds of cats from bare to fluffy, sleek to stocky, jungle eyes to pampered puss!
What: TICA Northwest Consortium
Where: Meydenbauer Center, located at 11100 NE 6th Street, Bellevue, WA.
When: Saturday August 31 and Sunday September 1 from 9AM-5PM
Price: Free & Open to the Public to attend and enjoy a complimentary cat show tour!
You won't want to miss this show: it's the biggest cat show held in the Seattle area for more than a decade! You'll get to see hundreds of beautiful cats — 50+ breeds — competing in twelve simultaneous judging rings. The event will have a 12-Ring continuous format championship and household pet cat show. The competition will bring feline excitement and fun for everyone!
"Totem Cat: Spirit of the Northwest" is the show theme for this year's event.
This unique but fun theme may have some individuals wondering, what is a totem cat?
Northwest Native Americans have long believed in the power of animal totems, which has been reflected in their culture for centuries. It is a symbolic object that can be used by a person to his/her benefit. The totem has enabled the Northwest Native Americans to get in touch with the qualities of the animal honored. The right animal spirit guide can promote a connection with nature.
This year's annual show will have attendees and our pur-fect furry friends feeling grounded and balanced with the totem cat spirit theme! Plus, meet the vendors. This is a great place to shop and get all you need for your furry friends at home. Vendors include The Cat Ball, The Collectable Cat, Custom Cat Structures, Community Cat Coalition Rescue Group, Eye-Deas Fantasy Cat Art, Helping Hands Veterinary Clinic, Kitty Cat Litter, Lost in Time Collectables, Power Paw Products, Solid Rock Memorials and The Whole Cat and Kaboodle. This show would not be possible without the help of our amazing show sponsors, a huge thanks to Sturdi Products, for traveling pets and their people, Huber's Trophies & Awards, Royal Canin and SM Show Supplies. Hospitality Sponsors include the Napoleonlane/Munchkinlane Cattery and the TICA Chartreux Breed Group. Additional Show Information: http://www.meetthecats.org/.
About TICA Northwest Consortium
The TICA Northwest Consortium is a group of six cat clubs that are working together to put on the 2013 TICA Annual show and banquet. The Consortium representatives from these six clubs have a combined 150 years of experience putting on cat shows, so this is going to be a show one will not soon forget. Learn more at: http://www.meetthecats.org/consortium.aspx.
About The Meydenbauer Convention Center
Spacious and modern, the Meydenbauer is Bellevue's premier convention center and performing arts theatre. Centrally located just nine miles from Seattle, the Meydenbauer Center is a 54,000 sq. ft. convention and conference center offering a host of the Northwest's best amenities for conventions, events, meetings and banquets. For directions, a map, and parking information, please see: http://www.meydenbauer.com/maps-and-parking.html.
About The International Cat Association
Organized during 1979, The International Cat Association (TICA) is the world's largest genetic registry of pedigreed cats, largest registry of household pet cats and kittens, and one of the world's largest sanctioning bodies for cat shows. TICA currently recognizes more than 54 breeds of cats. No matter where you are, you're in TICA's world. A world of fabulous felines…fun…and friendships.
To learn more about TICA visit http://www.tica.org.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TheInternationalCatAssociation.
Twitter: @TICAcats.
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Frequent Asked Questions
Question: Can I put my above ground pool in the ground?
Answer: Yes, but you will void your warranty 100%. This is not recommended. Also there are steps you will need to take to prevent corrosion.
Question: Can you put a pool in a yard with a septic tank?
Answer: Yes, but you cannot place it on top of the tank or grease trap area.
Question: Do I need to get a permit?
Answer: Some areas require you to have a building permit. You should check with your city/county offices.
Question: Do I need a fence?
Answer: Again, some areas may require a fence; others may require a safety ladder, which we sell with all of our pools.
Question: What are the electrical requirements?
Answer: Your manual should give you this information. We prefer you to have an outlet installed at least 5 feet away from the filter system.
Question: Does the pool have to be level?
Answer: Most definitely, your pool could collapse.
Question: Can a hot tub really help relieve the pain from arthritis?
Answer: Yes! In fact, the National Arthritis Foundation recommends a daily regimen of spa use to help improve flexibility, range of motion and to ease pain. A hot tub is also great to help untangle tense muscles and relieve everyday aches and pains.
Answer: A lot of different factors affect the cost of operation of your spa. Things like your specific region of the country, the cost of electricity in your community, how often you use your spa and how exposed your spa is to the wind and weather. However, Master Spa is absolutely one of the most energy efficient spas ever built. You can expect to spend on average as as little as $14.00 a month or as much as $32.00 a month. Actual costs will vary from situation to situation.
Answer: For most spas, that's true, but not a Master Spa. At the heart of clean, clear water is the patented Freedom Filtration SystemTM which filters every drop of water in the spa every 3 - 4 minutes. In fact, the huge 140 square foot filtration system could keep a 20' x 40' pool clean... imagine what it will do to your 8' x 8' spa!
Answer: Because every Master Spa is completely self contained, it is quick and easy to install. All that's required is a flat, level surface that can handle the weight of the spa with water (around 3500 lbs.), a 50 amp electrical hook-up and a garden hose to fill it up. IN just a few hours, you can be enjoying the warm, swirling water of your own Master Spa.
Question: What's the difference between a spa and a hot tub?
Answer: The term "spa" and "hot tub" are now used interchangeable, but originally they meant two different things. In the early years of the spa business a "spa" was made out of acrylic or some other thermoplastic. A "hot tub" on the other hand, was a wooden tank made out of redwood, cedar of similar wood. Both had therapy jets, a pump, and a heater and were designed for relaxation. For a while in the late 70's and early 80's, wooden hot tubs were very popular, but as acrylic portable spas became more sophisticated in design and maintenance-features, hot tubs eventually lost their popularity, but the "hot tub" name became part of our language.
Answer: Safety is absolutely the top priority at Master Spas. That's why every Master Spa is built to Underwriter Laboratory (U.L.) stringent safety standards. U.L. is the world-wide leader in safety testing. Each Master Spa model has been submitted to the U.L. facility in California for testing and approval. Additionally, U.L. performs several surprise inspections annually at the Master Spa facility. This gives you peace of mind. As with any other product that involves water, you should follow all electrical precautions outlined in our owner's manual. And even thought our spas come with locking covers, you should never allow children to play around the spa without adult supervision.
Question: Do I need special plumbing for my spa?
Answer: In a word, no! That's one of the great things about a portable spa. Because the spa has a built in heater and filtration system, you leave the water in for up to four months. Simply fill the spa with a garden hose and drain it with a hose bib connection or with an inexpensive submersible pump.
Answer: The choice is really up to you. Master Spas has a number of models to fit through a standard door, so getting them inside isn't a problem, but Master Spas are so well insulated that using them outside makes a lot of sense. When you use a spa inside, you sacrifice size and depth but that might be worth it if you want to prevent the elements from getting to your spa. On the other hand, a lot of people enjoy relaxing under the stars and savor soaking in the warm, swirling waters of their spa during even the coldest days. Inside or out the choice is up to you.
More frequently asked questions
Question: My eyes burn, is it the chlorine.
Answer: Most often it is the ph of your pool water. Ph that is too high or low will irritate your eyes.
Question: How often should I shock my pool?
Answer: If you are using chlorine, you should shock once per week during hot summer months, less in cooler months. If you have a big party or lots of bathers, you may need to shock more often. Talk to your pool professional if you are having problems.
Question: Can I throw bleach in my pool?
Answer: There is a three-step program you should be using in order to keep your pool sanitized correctly.
Question: Are there other products on the market that do not have chlorine in them?
Answer: Yes. See your pool professional for details.
Question: When should I open my pool?
Answer: Whenever you get tired of seeing the cover on it. Just seeing the crystal clear water in your pool is exciting and puts you in the summer mode.
Question: When should I cover my pool for the winter?
Answer: Whenever the weather gets to a point the water is too cold to swim.
Question: Do I have to cover my pool for the winter?
Answer: No. But be sure to run the pump a few hours a day and put chemicals in the pool to maintain a crystal clear pool.
Question: Does your company clean pools?
Answer: Yes. We clean weekly, bi-weekly, monthly. Whatever your need may be.
Question: Do you open pools for the summer and close them for the winter?
Answer: Yes. Call the store for rates and details.
Question: What do I do when I want to open my pool?
First, uncover your pool.
Replace all your baskets and plugs.
Add water up to the middle of the skimmer.
Change the sand if you desire.
Shock your pool water
Start circulating the pool. Circulate overnight.
Take a sample of the water to your pool professional for further instructions


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Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 40: 1-11
Comfort, O comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and cry to her that she has served her term, that her penalty is paid, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins. A voice cries out: "In the wilderness prepare the way of the Lord, make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low; the uneven ground shall become level, and the rough places a plain. Then the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all people shall see it together, for the mouth of the Lord has spoken." A voice says, "Cry out!" And I said, "What shall I cry?" All people are grass, their constancy is like the flower of the field. The grass withers, the flower fades, when the breath of the Lord blows upon it; surely the people are grass. The grass withers, the flower fades; but the word of our God will stand forever. Get you up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, do not fear; say to the cities of Judah, "Here is your God!" See, the Lord God comes with might, and his arm rules for him; his reward is with him, and his recompense before him. He will feed his flock like a shepherd; he will gather the lambs in his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and gently lead the mother sheep
Gospel Lesson: Mark 1:1-8
The beginning of the good news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. As it is written in the prophet Isaiah, "See, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way; the voice of one crying out in the wilderness: "Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight,' " John the baptizer appeared in the wilderness, proclaiming a baptism of repentance for the forgiveness of sins. And people from the whole Judean countryside and all the people of Jerusalem were going out to him, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. Now John was clothed with camel's hair, with a leather belt around his waist, and he ate locusts and wild honey. He proclaimed, "The one who is more powerful than I is coming after me; I am not worthy to stoop down and untie the thong of his sandals. I have baptized you with water; but he will baptize you with the Holy Spirit."
As we are in this season of advent, we often hear these words of prepare. Prepare the way of the Lord, prepare for Christmas, maybe if you're lucky, you may even hear words as we get closer to Christmas, I am about to prepare the Ham for dinner. Being prepared requires a few things, no matter what it is that you are preparing for. It requires first, a goal. Anything that you prepare, you must first have this goal in which you are working towards. For instance, this past Sunday I prepared myself to climb to the top of Seneca Rocks on Monday. Secondly, you must think about what it is that you are preparing. As I thought about the appropriate preparation for this excursion, I began going through all of my climbing gear to make sure that I had everything I may need, a checklist you could say of things I needed to ascend the mountain. I not only had these things, but I checked over them to make sure they were still in good shape. The next thing that preparation requires is an action. You must take your plan that you have thought about, and begin to act on that plan. For instance if your goal is to harvest a deer, you have thought about where you want to sit and what time of day to sit, you then must load your gun and go and carry out your plan. Today we are though going to talk about another type of preparedness. We, in this season of advent are preparing for the birth of the Messiah, and we are to be actively preparing ourselves spiritually for Christ's return.
Isaiah was a prophet that held great interest in the messianic prophecies. You see, even in the Old Testament they were awaiting and preparing for when the Messiah would come and a messianic prophecy is one who would speak God's word about the one who was to come. Isaiah was such a man who foretold many truths about the Messiah who was to come. In the passage that was just read earlier, Isaiah though prophesies about another man that was to come before the Messiah that was going to prepare the way for Christ. This man was a man that was going to be in the wilderness crying out to the people to prepare the way of the Lord.
But who is this man that Isaiah speaks of? And how does someone prepare the way of the Lord, preparing the way of the most righteous, preparing the way of God…
John the Baptist was a man who we may call eccentric. He lived in the wilderness, clothed himself with camel's hair, and while being in the wilderness ate insects and honey. This is the man that Isaiah prophesied about and this is the man that God called to prepare the way for Christ. Not exactly what who we might expect to say announce the coming of God on earth, the incarnate Christ. We may be tempted to look at this man John the Baptist as somewhat of a lunatic. One who wears camel hair and eats insects and honey. This is not a normal man at all. But these things of the camel hair and of the food he ate was a symbol of the simplicity of John and that his full devotion was to his preaching and to his ministry. John's main ministry came after the coming of Christ, but nonetheless John was the man that preached before Christ.
So I don't know about you all, but when Christmas comes around my family and I do a lot of cooking. Oh we love to bake cookies, buck eyes (in Jackie's case Moose eyes), and we love especially Jackie and I, love to make homemade hard candy. Actually if you haven't already seen, the Youth group will be making some of this hard candy next Sunday to help raise funds for their mission trip. But before we begin to cook anything, we always have to prepare the place for cooking. We always first must make sure that we have the right recipe first. Once we have the recipe, we must look at the ingredients and make sure that we have everything. Once we have figured out we have everything we place it out all on the counter. But before we do any cooking in the house, we need a clean surface to prepare the food, and we need clean hands to prepare the food as well. I would like you to think about John the Baptist as a cooking recipe. John is mostly trying to make sure we are prepared for the coming of Christ.
What was it that John preached that was preparing the way of Christ? John had three main messages that he preached to the common people. Repent, for thekingdomofGodis at hand (Mt. 3:2). Make ready the way of the Lord (Lk. 3:4-6). Submit to baptism in the RiverJordanas proof of your repentance (Mt. 3:6; Lk. 3:3).
I want to dive a little deeper into these three ideals that John preached as we begin to prepare for the birth of Christ and how is it that we apply the preaching of John to our lives to prepare our hearts for Christmas.
Repent, for thekingdomofGodis at hand…This word Repentance is used a lot in Christology and in the Christian faith. Most Christians think of repentance as asking for forgiveness. However I am going to tell you that they are only half right. Repentance has two parts to it…the first of course most would say is the easier part of the two. The first part is to ask for forgiveness for the sins that you have committed. The second part reminds me of a bumper sticker I had seen once. God allows U-turns. That means that we are to go then and stop doing the sin that we had been committing. John the Baptist was not preaching ask for forgiveness, for the kingdom of God is at hand, instead he preached Repent, for the kingdom of God is at hand. John was calling people to come and stop doing the evil things that they were doing because soon, the messiah will be here. As we prepare this year for the Christmas season, the coming of Christ, let us prepare our hearts with this ingredient of Repentance. Not allowing sin and evil to take control of our lives, but rather with the authority given to us by the Spirit, conquer over sin and evil and repent from it.
The second part that John preached was "Make Ready the way of the Lord." What a task this is to do?! How exactly do we make ready the way of the Lord? John the Baptist was asked the same question in the Gospel of Luke chapter 3 from people of different backgrounds. He said to them if you have two coats, go and take one and share it with someone who is need, and likewise with your food. In our creeds, like the one we will be using today we speak about love and serving others, seeking justice and resisting evil. By the use of these creeds we make ready our hearts by speaking and professing the Word that we desire in our lives and when we say it, it hopefully reminds us more fully that this is what we desire, what we believe is right. It is in our creeds that we help make way in our own life the way of the Lord. John then goes and says that if we people are like trees and do not bear good fruit of repentance we will be like the tree that is cut down and thrown into the fire. John continued to answer questions about one's profession and how they should prepare the way of the Lord. John was trying to help others come to make ready for the way of the Lord. We make this way ready by remembering our creeds and scriptures and being doers of the Word. We begin to prepare our hearts and souls for Christ when we give to others what we have in abundance. When you are able to give to someone who is in need, it not only benefits the person that you are giving to, but in turn you have a sense of joy that you were able to help and make a difference. It can be just as small as giving an anxious child something to do in Church. Last year at Thanksgiving service at my father's church, Jackie and I sat behind this young women and her little boy who was probably about eight. This child was very anxious and could not sit still in the pew. He was trying to find anything to play with. He found a book mark and began making the ribbon fly around his mother's head. Although this was very cute, it embarrassed his mother. She took away the bookmark and corrected her son. About five minutes later, he was back at it trying to find something to play with. I look at Jackie and ask if we had any of that playdo in her purse. She said no, so I took out that bookmark in front of me and began weaving the ribbon in and out of the plastic holes in the bookmark. I finished about halfway down the bookmark and tapped this young boy on the shoulder. And asked, could you finish this for me. I was able to give something to this child that he wanted and in turn gave calmness and peace to this mother simply with a gift of an activity for this boy to do. As I left that thanksgiving service there was pure joy in my heart to have seen that there was something that I could do for someone else who was in need. Another great way to do this may be to pick up one of these remaining angels on the angel tree, this may be a way to prepare your heart for the coming of Christ and the reason for Christmas.
The third message that he preached to the common folk was to come and be baptized in theJordan riverfor the forgiveness of sins. Even before the coming of Christ, baptism meant something to people. This baptism that John spoke of though is not the same baptism that we symbolize today in the United Methodist Church. John baptized for the forgiveness of sins and it was through Christ and his death that we are now baptized with the symbol of water but baptized with the Holy Spirit. In other churches they believe in a believers baptism and that is where the person that comes into the church is only baptized after they have confessed that they believe in Christ and are baptized for the forgiveness of their sins. This type of baptism is one that reflects the baptism of John. The United Methodist believe that the Spirit begins to act in our lives before we are believers and baptize infants with the Spirit of Christ and invite them to be a part of the community called the Church. The church then has the responsibility of taking this new child and raising this child to be righteous through Christ. Then later the child can confirm their baptism and become a full member of the Church. Regardless, I do plan later to be able to speak to this more in full, but for now John the Baptist was baptizing to confirm the people's repentance and forgiveness of sins. When preparing for a recipe, this is the act of washing our hands and washing the counters in order to keep the food sanitary. Before we let Christ in our lives we must wash up, clean out those parts of our lives that have hidden away in the darkness. Remember the third part was baptism in the Jordan river.
Finally, John the Baptist, the man who was sent to prepare the way of the Lord states that even he is not worthy to stoop down and untie the throng of the sandals of the Messiah coming after him. He, a man who's entire life was devoted to preaching the gospel of the coming of Christ was unworthy to touch the feet, the lowest servants job. And yet, we are here with the blood of Christ, worthy to call ourselves disciples of Christ. We are worthy to be called brothers and sisters to Christ, the Messiah. You may ask how am I worthy to stand next to God incarnate, Emmanuel, God With Us and be worthy? It is through the sacrifice that of Jesus on the Cross that we have become worthy.
John the Baptist preached one main message to all people he spoke with. Be prepared, repent, make ready, and be baptized. I would like to share this quote from R.L. Wheeler to close today.
If I had the wisdom of Solomon, the patience of John, the meekness of Moses, the strength of Samson, the obedience of Abraham, the compassion of Joseph, the tears of Jeremiah, the poetic skill of David, the prophetic voice of Elijah, the courage of Daniel, the greatness of John the Baptist, the endurance and love of Paul, I would still need redemption through Christ's blood, the forgiveness of sin.
R. L. Wheeler


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Customers used to flock to Vera's Cafe for her famous baked turkey wings and fried chicken. Last year she might do $450 worth of business on an average day, but now she averages around $75. With that kind of business, "I'm holdin' on by a string with everything I got. I'm nowhere near breaking even," she says. "Every day--every single day--dips into my own pocket. It's like I have to knock Peter out, take his money to pay Paul. Then knock Paul out to pay Peter."


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Tuesday, November 30th, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: George Castrataro 954 573-2003 [email protected]
Fort Lauderdale, Florida- November 30, 2010 — Michael ("Mikey") Verdugo, the former openly-gay Hollywood Police officer who charged that he was unfairly terminated by the City of Hollywood in January 2009, lost an appeal today in a Broward County Circuit Court hearing relevant to his discrimination case, it was announced today by his pro bono attorney, George Castrataro. The Court concluded that the threshold to show bias in arbitration was not met.
Castrataro and Kent's petition claimed bias, that "The City was allowed to terminate Verdugo not for failing to list any specific employment prior to the commencement of his duties, but failing to list alleged employment that was homosexual in nature, and by nature of its expressive personal and intimate human contact, should have been outside the scope of review." Castrataro stated, "Overcoming arbitration is rare at best, but this fight was about right a wrong not winning or losing." Absent substantive laws on the state and national level people like Mikey will continue to face institutional discrimination.
"This long-fought battle against bias will not end here," Castrataro said, "we must continue to advocate and fight for GLBT employment rights at the state and national level. This travesty of justice underscores the need for passage of the stalled ENDA bill that would provide critically needed job protections. Had ENDA been in place last year, Mikey's job would have been protected," he added. Castrataro has long been active in working with the Broward County Commission on local human rights issues.
The Verdugo loss follows a victory when, on August 12, 2010 at a hearing in Tampa, Castrataro persuaded the State of Florida Criminal Justice Standards and Training Commission to uphold a negotiated Settlement Agreement in the discrimination case. That unanimous ruling allowed Mr. Verdugo to retain his State certification as a law enforcement officer.
The pending Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) is a comprehensive remedy to address the lack of state and local protection afforded to American GLBT workers. Under the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, all Americans have the right to equal protection. This protection includes employment, guaranteeing that the government not discriminate in its employment practices, but the lack of state and local protections exacerbates the widespread discrimination that GLBT workers experience by all types of employers. These affected employees have no adequate remedy in federal law. ENDA would provide critically needed job protections for the entire community – including those most vulnerable to discrimination.
Please visit www.lawgc.com for more information about ENDA and the Verdugo case.


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Bottom of the 9th - Friendship
Friendship - Block 3, John Wooden's Pyramid of Success
by Keith Wahl
John Wooden says this about "Friendship" and the next two blocks of the Pyramid:
The three blocks between the cornerstones are the "people blocks" of Friendship, Loyalty, and Cooperation. People make us better. It is easier to reach our potential when we learn the value of including others in our quest. We can accomplish so much more when we work with others.
Wooden strikes a truth here in ways we see in our own lives, but also on the movie screen.
Have you ever noticed that movies have a pattern in their storytelling? That concept of a mono-myth is for another time, but, for the sake of this message, we'll focus on one of the stages of that kind of storytelling - seeking out community.
None of the great film characters of screen history could have made it alone. Luke Skywalker? Nope, not a chance. Indiana Jones? Plenty of help. The Avengers? Only when they came together as a team did they succeed. Seeking out community in the form of mentors, helpers, and guides along your journey is vital to the character's journey and our human experience. The next time you watch a movie, pay attention to how the main character has to seek out community in order to succeed in his or her transformative journey.
The Bible speaks to this in voice of the writer in the letter to the Hebrews. In Hebrews 12:1-2, the author refers to a "great cloud of witnesses" helping us in our journey of faith:
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Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles. And let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us, fixing our eyes on Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of faith." (NIV)
It saddens me that in our little "i" society, that we have too many kids in this current generation seeking to complete their journey on their own. They struggle with constructive criticism that could advance them in their journey. When things get difficult, they don't dive in, they tend to run. The Bible doesn't give us a picture of rainbows and puppy dogs at every turn - life is going to be difficult. It takes real friendship, tried through the fire, in order to help move us along on our journey of transformation.
In forming his championship teams, Phil Jackson has often used this passage rom Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book:
"Now this is the law of the jungle, as old and as true as the sky, And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree trunk, the law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.â€
In the end, the lone wolf dies. We must draw all generations into community and friendship in order to survive. Again, may we take the simple perspective of this prayer written in one of the books about Wooden's pyramid to heart:
"Dear Author of friendship, I thank You that I can have You as a friend through Jesus Christ, my Lord. Please send a few good friends my way so that I can be part of a three-strand cord of strength and bring more glory to Your Name. Use me to help them and them to help me faithfully walk with you. Thank You."
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The specific gravity of a glaze slurry is simply its weight compared to water. Different glazes optimize to different specific gravities, but 1.4 to 1.5 is typical (highly fritted glaze are higher). To measure, counter-weigh a plastic measuring cup on your scale and fill it with 500 grams of water and note how high the water fills it (hopefully to the 500cc mark!). Fill the container with your glaze to the same place. Divide its weight by the number of ccs (in this case, 500) and you have the specific gravity. The more you weigh the more accurate is the test.
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We at MIC are all set. Article 19 flags are being cut into shape and are being pasted all over the university-town. Sound scratches about Article 19 play are playing in every restaurant in Manipal. The Hawaiian Luau Fun Fair work is in full swing, happy Hawaii colours make the college look very nice indeed! Signature campaigns have reached a big fat number for Power Off. There is constant calling between delegates and us. Arrangements and the jazz for the resource people is underway. It's all work here in college.
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In 2001 Apple was still at the beginning of its slow transition from the Mac OS 9 era into the X one and also building up what would become a prominent role in the desktop video market.
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Luxury goes to sea: Regent Seven Seas' suite will run $5,000 a person per night
Regent Seven Seas Cruises on Tuesday unveiled plans for what it is calling the "most luxurious ship ever built."
One of the key features of the Seven Seas Explorer, launching in summer of 2016, is a massive two-bedroom suite with built-in spa and eye-popping price: $5,000 per person per day. There will be one suite in the new "Regent Suite" category.
"There's nothing else like this in the cruise industry at all," said Jason Montague, president and chief operating officer of Doral-based Regent Seven Seas Cruises, who referred to the 3,875-square-foot offering as "over the top."
In addition to the in-room spa area and unlimited treatments, the suite also boasts a glass-enclosed sitting area with 270-degree views.
By comparison, the largest suite Regent currently offers is the 2,002-square-foot Master Suite on the Seven Seas Mariner, which is selling for nearly $1,650 a night per person for a seven-night sailing in Alaska. The smallest suites on Seven Seas Explorer are 356 square feet.
On Regent, fares include round-trip air, all restaurants, wine and liquor, shore excursions at every port, and gratuities.
Also adding to the luxury experience, the company said: Passengers will have plenty of room. Regent said that the 56,000-ton ship will carry 750 guests, giving it the highest space ratio in the cruise industry.
Cruise specialist Julie Osinski, who owns a Cruise Planners-American Express franchise and sails frequently on Regent, said she and other fans of the line have been waiting "for a long time" to see the newest offering.
"We're looking forward to what's supposed to be just an incredible new standard of luxury," said Osinski, who splits her time between Coral Springs and Bath, Maine.
Osinski said she doesn't expect the price point of the Regent Suite to scare cruisers away.
"I think we're going to have the opposite problem," she said. "I'm anticipating having clients call, and what I'll be looking for is not even the itinerary so much as trying to find time with the suite available."
Passengers will have three restaurants to choose from: steakhouse Prime 7, main dining room Compass Rose and La Veranda, with a buffet for breakfast and lunch and fine dining experiences for dinner.
The vessel will be the first new ship since 2003 for Regent Seven Seas Cruises, which was acquired late last year by Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. While its three other ships have gotten $150 million in upgrades since 2008, Regent has been facing demand for a new build — especially as competitors such as Seabourn have added new tonnage at a much faster pace.
Montague said the decision to build a new ship wasn't driven by competition but by customer feedback.
"We follow our own march," he said. "It was our guests who were telling us they were ready for a new build."
The ship is under construction at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. It will launch in July of 2016 with a 14-day voyage from Monte Carlo to Venice and remain in Europe for its first sailing season.
When Regent announced the ship order in 2013, the company said the contract price was about $450 million, but Montague said the final tally would be known in 2016.
"It's going to be an interesting number at the end," he said.