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Howdy All, a few Interesting Items for your information. Enjoy –
In this issue:
- Shutdown
- Covington
- Abortion
- Stone
- Goolag
- Salmon
- 5th Circus
- Shutdown. President Trump announced the end of the 35-day partial government shutdown Friday afternoon. He signed legislation to reopen the government, pay the employees, and authorize spending for the next 21 days. There was nothing in the legislation that would pay for a wall. This was portrayed over the weekend as a complete and total cave-in to Pelosi and Schumer, gleefully so, by media. The back story comes out of Sean Hannity, who has been tracking a working group of democrats and Republicans in both houses of congress that support the wall. The leaders of those joint groups went to President Trump and asked for 3 more weeks to hammer out a deal, whatever that means. At the end of that time, there will either be a second shutdown or declaration of a national emergency. This episode demonstrates the way Republicans will work around Nancy Pelosi and her leadership in the House, not unlike how House Republicans and supportive democrats passed legislation that Tip O'Neill despised in the early 1980s in the House. Whether they come up with anything or not remains to be seen. Not only were the democrats and their media enablers (leaders?) gleeful at this apparent cave-in, but so were all the never-Trumpers, who spent the entire weekend gleefully predicting the demise of the Trump administration. Enter now Scott Adams, who on his blog has gone to an audio vehicle for presenting his information. He calls these sessions Periscopes. Friday – Sunday he broadcast three episodes describing what just happened from his persuasion perspective. Adams viewpoint on what Trump is doing and how he is doing it carries a lot of weight with me based on his predictive record of Trump's campaign, election, and the last couple years in office. Basically, Adams argues that Trump had to set the stage, turn border security into the most important thing to the general public. The 35+ day long shutdown did just that. It also got all democrat leadership on record in public in strong support of improved border security. Part of the agreement was to set up a group of experts – the users of the improved infrastructure and engineers – to recommend what was needed and where it was needed. When these people issue their report, expect it to be rejected by democrats, who will cleverly put themselves on the side of rejecting recommendations by the experts and users. The extended festivities also allowed Trump to morph his demands from a 2000-mile long concrete wall to a series of border security improvements based on the recommendations of experts and users. This is what he always does, make a blunt, moderately outrageous demand, and walk it back incrementally during negotiations to whatever he was willing to accept in the first place. The only things missing here are the suggested DACA and Dreamer deals during the latter stages of the festivities which are now off the table, at least for a while. When this is all over, Trump will end up tightening border security significantly, which is what he promised. In changing the stagnant shutdown game, he ends up looking like the only adult in the room, which is good persuasion-fu. And he will have brought the general public along with him in his efforts. If Adams is right, this will be a significant victory and will cement his support among far more Americans than anyone on the democrat / media side would ever consider as evidenced by his 50% approval rating among Latinos. https://blog.dilbert.com/2019/01/27/episode-393-scott-adams-democrats-once-again-winning-the-game-no-one-was-playing/
- Covington. Last week's Two minutes Hate was aimed at a group of high school students wearing MAGA hats from Covington Catholic School. They attended the March for Life in DC last weekend and were waiting on their bus when they came to the attention of a group of black nationalists that call themselves Black Hebrew Israelites who spent and extended period of time bombarding them with all manner of racial and sexual invective possible. These guys appear to be the functional equivalent to the Westboro Baptist Church. During the festivities, a group of Native American professional protesters joined the fray and targeted the kids. One of them, a Nathan Phillips invaded the personal space of one of the kids and banged a drum in his face for a bit. The kid, wearing a MAGA hat, did not back down or push back. Phillips group released a video which went viral along with Phillips incendiary description of the kids acting like a mob and going after the Black Israelite group. By the time the actual complete video was released, the media and a large number of anti-Trump people on the right decided that the kids were at fault and by definition evil and selected for destruction based on their color (white), religion (Catholic) and attire (MAGA hats). And destroy these kids, the media-led mob mightily tried to do. The school and local diocese immediately threw them under the bus, criticizing their actions based on Phillip's lies to the media immediately afterwards. By week's end friends and family of the kids were preparing lawsuits against the media and others who joined the piling on. None are filed as yet. One interesting fallout of this is the complete destruction of the MAGA hat as positive persuasion. Scott Adams believes this was one of the reasons that Trump did not proceed with a State of the Union speech at an alternate venue. The other thing is logic out of the media, embracing the notion that wearing a MAGA hat gives any crazy an excuse to attack its wearer. Think about that for a moment, as it is the functional equivalent of blaming a rape or sexual abuse victim for the attack / assault based entirely in what the victim was wearing at the time of the attack. Equal rights under the law? Presumption of innocence? Not anymore, especially when the target is conservative, white or Christian. https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/01/20/critics-covington-maga-critics-push-back-against-portrayal-of-catholic-high-school-as-racist-to-native-american/
- Abortion. The NY legislature passed, and Governor Cuomo signed into law one of the most radical pro-abortion laws in the nation. It was passed on the anniversary of Roe v Wade to the cheers and applause of the assembled members. The event echoed one of George Lucas' quotes out of the first 3 Star Wars movies "So this is how liberty dies … with thunderous applause." So sad to see Lucas in his worst moves, correct about this part of human nature. Among other things, the new law enshrines abortion as a fundamental right in New York's constitution. It allows non-physicians to perform abortions. It allows abortion through the third trimester, up to birth, for babies with conditions that would cause them to die shortly after birth. It removes protections for babies following abortion procedures, meaning they can be left to die if they survive an abortion and are born alive. Prevents pregnant women whose babies are killed in an attack from seeking justice for the death. Unborn children cannot be the victim of homicide by redefining the word "person" to a human being who has been born and alive, that is unless that person is an abortion survivor. All in all, a truly evil piece of legislation. https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/01/24/8-shocking-facts-about-new-yorks-radical-abortion-law/
- Stone. Robert Mueller's attack dog Andrew Weissman orchestrated a FIB raid on the residence of Roger Stone last week. They had a CNN camera crew in tow to broadcast the whole affair. CNN was the only media. Stone was arrested, released on a $250,000 bond, and arraigned on 7 process crime charges. Once again, the technique appears to be an effort to impoverish Stone with legal fees to the point where he will say whatever Mueller's team wants him to say in court to go after Trump. So why was CNN the only media on site? The guess is that they were either camped out full time or were tipped by the FIB. Both the reporter and his producer claimed their presence was simply good journalism. Others have not been so kind, with at least one claim that Shortell is former FIB and was hired under James Comey for a bit. I have seen no confirmation about this as yet but do find the lack of bio rather convenient. https://dailycaller.com/2019/01/25/cnn-films-roger-stone-arrest-mueller/
- Goolag. Looks like Goolag may be on its way to putting itself out of our misery. A Goolag executive sparked a company-wide backlash when he used the word "family" in a weekly company-wide presentation. Many Google employees became angry at the use of the term in connection with a product aimed at children. Backlash was bad enough that a Google VP addressed the controversy and solicited feedback how the company could become more inclusive. The presentation was March 2017. One employee stormed out at the notion that "family" was used as a synonym for "household with children." This snowflake went on a public rant, well received by fellow employees, that linking families to children was "offensive, inappropriate, homophobic and wrong." So why does this mean the end for Goolag? Because they have managed to create an environment where snowflakery is more important than major product presentation. And when that happens, the ones left behind are an overall cost to the company rather than the source of new ideas, new products, new sales, and any internal improvement. The article ends with the phrase "Dead company walking." http://phantomsoapbox.blogspot.com/2019/01/google-end-is-nigh.html
- Salmon. One of the things that Cook Inlet commercial fishermen have done in recent years is attempting to take their endless fish wars into federal court, removing exclusive control of the resource from the State of Alaska and forcing at least some of it into the management structure of the Magnussen – Stevens Act, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, which they hold exclusive control. Last month, a consultant to the Council blew large caliber holes into a favorite claim from commercial fishermen that over-escapement – too many salmon allowed up river to spawn – which damages the fishery because too many spawning salmon are believed to harm future returns. Those of us among the other user groups have long viewed that claim as a crock, as there are salmon rivers, particularly in Bristol Bay that regularly overescape with no noticeable negative impact on future returns. Commfish forced the discussion into federal court which in turn forced allocation into the hands of the feds. Imagine the horror of Cook Inlet commercial fishermen when their new BFFs find their most powerful argument to be utterly bogus. Over-escapement issue is less important on the state level than under the federal system with a primary goal of preventing overfishing. Cook Inlet commfish wanted to talk about underfishing to a group of folks charged with preventing overfishing. Council staff did manage to include the position in the report but would not be presented as a recommendation. It is always sad when your carefully selected and nurtured attack dog turns on you. And it couldn't happen to a nicer group of people. https://craigmedred.news/2019/01/23/here-to-help/
- 5th Circus. A federal court in Texas just shocked Planned Parenthood and the national media with an opinion that the sting videos produced by David Daleiden and the Center for Medical Progress were not deceptively edited, debunked, or anything else. Instead, they unanimously ruled that the videos presented compelling evidence of misconduct by Planned Parenthood discussing the sale of fetal tissue of aborted babies, the chop shop for baby body parts that Planned Parenthood managed to turn itself into over the years. This vacated a lower court opinion that blocked the State of Texas from defunding Planned Parenthood and disqualifying it from Medicaid. This ruling gives appeals court weight to the sting videos. This opinion is at odds with a federal judge in Louisiana that rejected its efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, mostly because the State of Louisiana hadn't actually cited the videos as their reason to terminate funding. The appeals court rebuked the trial judge for his opinion that the videos are unauthenticated. Given that we have two different opinions in two different states. I expect this will finally get in front of the SCOTUS just in time for Trump's third nominee to assume his or her seat on the Bench. https://hotair.com/archives/2019/01/18/fifth-circuit-drops-bombshell-planned-parenthood-defunding-comes-one-step-closer/
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Swedish Wooden Travel Box with Strap in Original Black Paint Circa 1800
Boxes like these were constructed with metal straps to make them strong for carrying heavy items or important documents when traveling by coach in the 18th century. This chest still retains its original strap made of a braided organic material. ref. 7-8227 $1,500 16" deep 23" wide 10.5" high
19th C Swedish Miniature Armoire or Jewelry Case with Blue Paint
This miniature model of a full size armoire is from Sweden circa the 19th century. This could have been a sample used by a furniture maker, today it makes a one of a kind display case. The old paint is nicely patinized. ref. 7-8187 $2,200 6.25" deep 13.5" wide 21.5" high
A Swedish Hand Carved Bowl in the Shape of a Heart C. 1832
While the natural growth of the tree that gave its wood for this bowl is what causes it to have the wonderful heart shape, it is unlikely to be a coincidence that the carver in 1832 chose this specific piece at random. Carving a bowl from a section of trunk with a deformity like this
A Travel Box with Old Blue-Green Paint from Northern Sweden C. 1800
This travel box is in a wonderfully deep shade of blue green, which over the years has developed an attractive patina showing the age of the paint. It is decorated with metal straps to make it strong for carrying heavy items when traveling by coach in the late 18th century. The large size and ornamentation
A Swedish Travel Case in Original Blue Paint C. 1800
This travel chest retains the original blue paint which is unusual. It is of sturdy construction with hand forged iron hasps and straps that wrap the edges. The domed lid makes it possible for the case to withstand the elements it would encounter if strapped to the outside of a carriage or coach. ref. 7-8158
A Pair of French Cast Iron Faux-Bois Jardinière Planters C. 1890
These 2 miniature jardinieres are charming copies of Versailles boxes originally developed in France to move plants inside during the winter. They are faux bois cast iron featuring a peak on each corner. The raised decorative designs on all 4 sides resemble the hinges of the originals and are dry scraped to their original surface.
American Made Large Cast Iron Tractor Sprinkler Circa 1900
This large tractor sprinkler is self propelled from water pressure when attached to a hose. Path can be adjusted. The body and wheels are cast iron, wands and fittings polished, original paint. Probably intended for golf courses or large estates. Simply magnificent. ref. D-1745 $1,250 17" high 30" long 21" wide
A Swedish Storage Bowl in Dark Red Orange Paint, Circa 1880
This hand carved bowl with handles from the north of Sweden has an unusual shape with a flat bottom surface making it very stable for storing food, such as potatoes or winter vegetables. The interior is painted a lovely shade of pale cream. There is a repair on one side where a knot in the
A Swedish Red Painted Wooden Bowl
This lovely bowl retains the original deep red paint, and is signed at the bottom with the makers name "J.Glas". There is an old repair with staples at one side. 7-8025 $600 11" diameter 3.5" high
A Swedish Hand Crafted Wooden Bowl with Floral Design, Circa 1810
This hand crafted wooden bowl retains the original terra cotta colored paint, and folk art painted floral design on the inside. Its years of use in a Swedish country kitchen is shown by minor paint loss to the interior, where a spoon would scrape. ref. 7-8029 $675 3" high 9" wide 8.5" deep
A Swedish Folk Art Hat Box in Original Blue and Coral Paint, Circa 1818
This charming box has a decorative sliding panel on the top with the initials "A N D" surrounded by flowers. It was used to store and protect the elaborate linen hats that were part of Swedish women's folk dress. According to a handwritten note that was in the box, it belonged to a woman named
A Late 19th Century Oil on Canvas Photographer's Roll-Up Backdrop
This unique piece of American folk art was likely owned by a portrait photographer, who used it to place his subjects in an attractive environment. Today it can create the impression of a window, with a view in a room that needs depth. It is framed at the top with a wooden canopy which houses
A French White Wrought Iron Diminutive Wheelbarrow Circa 1920
This charming wheelbarrow was carefully crafted to mirror a larger size version. It has the intricate scrolls and pierced detail typical of chairs and tables of the time. It is ideal for displaying plants. ref. D-1739 $450 19" high 16" wide 42" long
A Pair of French Tromp L'Oeil Columns, Late 19th Century
This unusual pair of columns with a square base are painted in contrasting shades of light and dark grey to give the impressions of carved indentations. Their spectacular tops are painted with a feather and scroll motif to complete the effect. They are made of very heavy wood and could be used in an interior

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Chiang Mai discovers ancient human skeletons
CHIANG MAI (NNT) - Officials from the Fine Arts Office 7, have excavated the Wiang Tha Kan archaeological site, San Pa Tong district, Chiang Mai province. As many as 23 ancient human skeletons and the skeleton of a horse were found. They are thought to be at least a thousand years old.
The skeletons were found behind a Chedi at Tha Kan Temple, Ban Klang subdistrict, San Pa Tong district, Chiang Mai province. The ancient Wiang Tha Kan city was a fortress of the Hariphunchai kingdom. It is more than 1,400 years old. Twenty-three skeletons were found two meters below the surface. All the skeletons lay pointing to the West and Northwest. They were laid on their backs with knees bent.
Ms. Nongchanai Tharaksa, operational archaeologist from Fine Arts Office 7, Chiang Mai, who was a member of the excavation team, said this was their second excavation. The first excavation was conducted in 2012 and skeletons of horses and humans were found then too. The second excavation was undertaken in the same area. The skeletons will undergo DNA testing in order to determine their age range. The officials excavated further and found 23 human skeletons in total. They belonged to men and women and a child not above two. They are believed to be older than one thousand years and the area could have been a cemetery. However, the officials can't tell if they died as a result of war or an outbreak of disease.
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text: Event Directory Search for upcoming events Picks and Previews Plan ahead to check out these not-to-be-missed events All Theatre Dance Music Film & Media Visual Art Literary Festival Promotion Free Free An audience gathers for Saturdays in C-Square | Photo: Gabriella Gut Aug. 7, 2019 - Aug. 13, 2019 Free This Week Get ready for another busy week ahead as August heats up Amy Jo Espetveidt Location Various Venues Price Free Mid-month brings a bunch of fresh options to check out and this week you can even see a spectacular concert of Chinese traditional music at Saturdays in C-Square. Add in the Taste of Calgary, the Calgary Dragon Boat Race & Festival, and Marda Gras and you have a full calendar. ProArts Presents Allen Reiser August 7, 2019, 12:10 – 12:50pm Cathedral Church of the Redeemer (604 1st St. SE) Free admission Allen Reiser has performed with various orchestras in England and Canada, and recital engagements have taken him to nearly every major centre in Western Canada. A pianist of diverse musical interests, see him at this free lunch hour concert with ProArts@Noon. proartssociety.ca The Gender Queery August 7, 2019, 5:00 – 6:30pm Humainologie Gallery + Store (1514 7th St. SW) Free admission This series of vibrant oil paintings by Jane Pierce explores the evolving concept of gender, expanding from a narrow binary understanding, to embracing a more diverse, fluid spectrum. Swing by this opening reception to learn more. facebook.com Music in the Plaza August 7, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00pm Heritage Town Square, Heritage Park Historical Village (1900 Heritage Dr. SW) Free admission Did you know that Heritage Park's awesome free concert series returns for an eighth season of live music this summer? It continues with L'omelette's unique sound of indie rock, garnished with funk, folk, and a heaping spoonful of jazz. heritagepark.ca Sunnyside Salsa Wednesdays August 7, 2019, 6:00 – 9:00pm containR Art Park (1020 2nd Ave. NW) Free admission The hottest dance party of the summer is back every Wednesday until the end of August. Enjoy all your favourite vacation rhythms and get your social dance groove on with music by DJ Henry Palma of Latin Sound Productions. facebook.com Breakfast at Esker August 8, 2019, 7:00 – 10:00am Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE) Free admission Join the Esker Foundation and special guests for a live radio broadcast of CJSW 90.9 FM's The Palgary Almanac with host Peter Oliver. The show features interviews on art, politics, and community, along with thoughtfully curated new music spanning the genres of experimental, avant-pop, electronic, folk, world, and hop-hip. There's even a continental breakfast generously provided by Bite Grocer + Eatery. eskerfoundation.com ArtRecruits Opening Reception August 8, 2019, 5:00 – 7:00pm Studio C, cSPACE King Edward (235, 1721 29th Ave. SW) Free admission Join Studio C for an exhibit by ArtRecruits, a program that uses art to connect individuals with mental health barriers to employment. Featuring mixed media artwork and a mural collaboration with the Royal Bank of Canada, don't miss your chance to check it out at this opening reception. studiocprospect.ca Artist Talk and Beading Demonstration August 8, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00pm Contemporary Calgary, Centennial Planetarium (701 11th St. SW) Free admission, registration required Hear Alberta Rose Williams/Ingnuk discuss her practice and demonstrate beading techniques on a loom. Guests even have the opportunity to tour Alberta's studio and experiment with techniques on a selection of looms. eventbrite.ca Taste of Calgary August 8 – 11, 2019 Eau Claire Market (200 Barclay Parade SW) Free admission Calgary's festival of food and drink offers sensational samples from Calgary's most interesting restaurants and beverage companies. There's even live music so be sure to make a day of it. tasteofcalgary.com Inglewood Night Market August 9, 2019, 5:00 – 11:00pm Inglewood (9th Ave. & 10th St. SE) Free admission This market hosts over 50 local vendors selling diverse goods from handmade craftsmen items to vintage clothing, artisan eats, and more! You'll also find singer-songwriters, bands, dancers, and other fun things to check out. inglewoodnightmarket.ca Artist Talk with Kablusiak August 9, 2019, 6:30 – 7:30pm Esker Foundation (1011 9th Ave. SE) Free admission, registration recommended Presented in conjunction with the exhibition of their work in both Qiniqtuaq and Among All These Tundras, hear Kablusiak discuss their artistic practice as a whole. eventbrite.ca Calgary Dragon Boat Race & Festival August 9 – 11, 2019 North Glenmore Park (7305 Crowchild Tr. SW) Free admission On the water, teams participate in the 2,000-year-old traditional rowing sport. On land, spectators get to cheer them on while experiencing the music, dance, and food of China. The Calgary Dragon Boat Race & Festival draws over 1,850 competitors, 4,000 spectators, and an abundance of excitement and cultural experiences. calgarydragonboatsociety.com Chinese Traditional in the Square August 10, 2019, 1:00 – 4:00pm Celebration Square (4th St. & 7th Ave. SE) Free admission Head down to East Village's beautiful plaza for the second instalment of Saturdays in C-Square featuring Musesica Trio and Harmony Guzheng Ensemble. All performances are weather permitting. studiobell.ca Art in the Garden August 10 & 11, 2019, 10:00am – 4:00pm Art in the Garden (3443 Kerry Park Rd. SW) Free admission Featuring work by Rosemary Bennett, Linda Lalonde, Fran Sayles, Gloria Chow, and guest artist Sharron Bowen, find framed and unframed paintings in many mediums as well as art cards, matted prints, and stained glass. Be sure to bring a donation for the Calgary Food Bank. facebook.com Marda Gras August 11, 2019, 10:00am – 5:00pm Marda Loop (33rd & 34th Ave. SW) Free admission The Marda Gras Street Festival attracts some 35,000 people to Marda Loop for a fun-filled and family-friendly event that embraces the culture and cuisine of New Orleans. mardagras.ca Sunnyside Open Stage Tuesdays August 13, 2019, 6:00 – 9:00pm containR Art Park (1020 2nd Ave. NW) Free admission Every Tuesday throughout the summer, head to #SOSTuesdays for the Sunnyside Open Stage, hosted each week by Eugene Saunders and guests! Swing by to support local talent or share something yourself. facebook.com


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Muslim Kids Book Nook
Hajj and Eid ul-Adha Books
Since Eid ul-Adha is less than 3 weeks away, I will start posting book reviews that pertain to it so that you might still be able to get the books in time for your kids bi-Idhnillah.
Every time this year, I am scrambling to find Eid ul Adha or Hajj children's stories. Compared to the abundant Ramadan stories we see through the different publishing avenues, stories about Eid ul-Adha or Hajj seem to be more scarce. I will be adding a few books to my collection this time around and hopefully, the Muslim authors and publishers will realize the need to add more titles for next year.
This is not a default endorsement of the titles listed. Please make sure you read my full reviews before making your purchases.
I will be reviewing the first 6 books on this list inshaAllah so keep an eye out.


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Just a few weeks out from Demi Lovato being rushed to the hospital due to an overdose she has spoken out for the first time with a special note to fans and everyone who has shown their support for her.
She seems to be in good spirits and says she will continue to fight. We are wishing her well in her recovery process.


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Adrienne made this Heavenly Plum Clafoutis only when the Italian Prune Plums are in season. Sometimes called Empress Plums or Quetsche, they are the European-style plum (Prunica domestica) – small, dense, egg-shaped fruit with blue or purple skin, freestone pits (they separate easily from the flesh) and yellow flesh. These are the plums that are made into prunes. You can use other seasonal fruits in this recipe, but it is particularly suited to tart Italian plums because they contrast so perfectly with the pastry, which is quite sweet. Adrienne was not fond of overly sweet desserts; she was always looking for that sweet/sour balance and in this recipe she found it. If you find that the plums are too sweet squeeze a bit of lemon juice on them when you are slicing them into quarters.
Heavenly Plum Clafoutis
When you slice the plums in quarters don't slice all the way through the skin - it will make it easier to lay them out in the pan.
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- About 1 pound Italian plums, washed, quartered, and pitted
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup heavy cream
- Step 1 In a standing mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter until it is white and light. Add the sugar and continue to beat until it is thoroughly incorporated and the mixture is light.
- Step 2 Measure the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt into a bowl and stir to combine. Beating the creamed butter mixture on medium speed, add the flour mixture, 2 tablespoons at a time, fully incorporating the flour between additions. After all the flour is combined, the mixture should just hold together, as a short pastry might feel. Measure out 1/3 cup and set aside.
- Step 3 Transfer the remaining pastry mixture to an ungreased 8-inch spring form pan. Using your fingertips, evenly pat the pastry on the bottom and halfway up the sides of the pan in a very rustic crust. Do not overwork the pastry. Refrigerate for 15 minutes.
- Step 4
- Step 5 Preheat the oven to 375°F.
- Step 6 Arrange the plums on the pastry in a single layer cut side down in tight concentric circles, beginning around the outer edge and ending in the center. Do not overlap. Sprinkle the remaining pastry mixture over the plums. Bake for 15 minutes.
- Step 7 Meanwhile, beat the eggs lightly and stir in the cream. Mix well. Pour the egg/cream mixture over the plums. Return to the oven and bake for 45 to 50 minutes longer, until the top is browned. Test with a knife or toothpick – if it comes out clean it is done. Allow to cool completely. It can sit for 4 to 5 hours. Do not refrigerate immediately.


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Sonoma Mountain Zen Center and Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery were both threatened by the wildfires, but now seem to be safe from major harm.
Around 2 a.m. on Monday morning, 14 monks and 12 guests at the Abhayagiri Buddhist Monastery evacuated to escape the Redwood Valley fire—one of many uncontained wildfires raging through northern California.
Amidst the sounds of air horns and exploding trees, the group headed north to safety.
The Abhayagiri community, which practices Buddhism in the Thai Forest tradition of Ajahn Chah, is currently staying at the City of Ten Thousand Buddhas in Ukiah. They ask for no visitors at this time, as Ukiah has been heavily impacted by evacuations.
While reports from fire authorities suggest that the main buildings of Abhayagiri are undamaged, the condition of the monastery — which just celebrated its 20-year anniversary — is still unknown.
Low relative humidity and high wind speeds may change the course of the fire very quickly. With that in mind, officials are not allowing people back into the area at this time.
Sonoma Mountain Zen Center, a Soto Zen center in Sonoma County, CA, has also been threatened by wildfires.
On Wednesday night, scouts and a bulldozer from the Bennet Valley Fire Department dug a trench partway around the Zen center, which stopped the fire. Residents worked overnight to clear bushes and fallen trees.
On Thursday, the Sonoma Mountain Zen Center posted an update on Facebook:
We are very positive that everything will be fine now. We thank everybody for their concern. There are enough people helping on site. We should be good and there is no need for more people to come and help right now. We will keep you posted.
Wildfires have been known to impose real danger on secluded forest centers and monasteries. Last year, the Soberanes fire in Big Sur claimed Anam Thubten's Sweetwater Sanctuary and threatened Tassajara Zen Mountain Center.
As of Friday, fires have scorched more than 190,000 acres of land in northern California, leaving 31 people dead and around 3,500 structures destroyed.
There are still 20 active blazes, some of which mark the deadliest on record in the state.


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Prosecutor's office completes investigation into Gülenist wiretapping network
Toygun Atilla - ANKARAThe Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor's Office has completed an investigation into an intelligence network by the Gülen Movement, under the U.S.-based Islamic preacher Fethullah Gülen, within the police which wiretapped and placed secret cameras at the residences of a number of victims between 2008 and 2012.
According to the investigation, which was launched on Dec. 11, 2015, some 99 suspects, including 89 secret police, played active role in wiretapping and setting up secret cameras in bedrooms and leaking them on the internet.
Some 36 police suspects, 15 of whom were police chiefs, escaped, while 53 of them were caught, the investigation revealed.
Anti-smuggling police also revealed 22 wiretapping and secret camera incidents, determining that 29 people were victims of wiretapping, which 23 of them later filed complaints.
The investigation said the Gülenist secret camera network within the intelligence also targeted politicians by wiretapping and surveilling their bedrooms.
Among the victims were President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, former Republican People's Party (CHP) head Deniz Baykal, former Nationalist Movement Party (MHP) deputies, former Interior Minister Beşir Atalay, former Aegean Army Commander Gen. Hurşit Tolon as well as some civil servants and bankers, according to the investigation.


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As Republicans inch closer to repealing and replacing the Affordable Care Act, public support for the law is reaching new highs.
A new Kaiser Health Tracking Poll finds the highest level of favorability toward the ACA in more than 60 tracking polls that it has run since 2010: 48 percent of voters reported support for the law, while 42 percent of those surveyed had an unfavorable opinion.
Forty-eight percent may not seem huge, but in context of the previous polls on Obamacare, it demonstrates yet again that as Congress gets closer to acting on the law, public support for the ACA seems to grow.
A new Pew Research Center poll also finds support for the ACA at its highest level on record: 54 percent approve of the health care law, while 43 percent disapprove. For context, as recently as December, 48 percent reported disapproving of the law. "Throughout the law's history, opinions about the Affordable Care Act have tended to be more negative than positive — or, less frequently, divided," Pew reports. But not anymore.
The new research marks the latest in a dozen Obamacare polls that have been run since January — and all have consecutively found a majority of Americans support the law, according to the Huffington Post tracker.
Still, the new polls uncovered a deep partisan divide on ACA sentiments. According to Pew, "Democrats overwhelmingly support the law, with 85 percent expressing approval. Among independents, about half (53 percent) approve of the health care law, while 45 percent disapprove. By contrast, Republicans broadly disapprove of the law (89 percent); just 10 percent express approval."
In the Kaiser poll, seven in 10 Republicans reported unfavorable views about the ACA, while a majority (73 percent) of Democrats supported the law. Kaiser cited the rising popularity of Obamacare in increasing support among independents.
While Trump has promised to repeal the law, Republicans have yet to agree on a plan. Much like the GOP itself, voters seem divided on what to do with the ACA.
In the Kaiser poll, 47 percent of respondents said they want lawmakers to vote to repeal the ACA, and 48 percent do not. Of the repeal supporters, a larger share (28 percent) want lawmakers to wait on abolishing the ACA until they have a firm replacement plan than want an immediate repeal (18 percent).
The Pew poll finds more respondents (25 percent) want Republican congressional leaders to modify the law than get rid of it (17 percent). But again, the way forward is not clear.
Taking health care away from people is shaping up to be a much trickier proposition politically than even getting the health law passed in the first place.


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Woohoo! My book is available. (Where's that champagne bottle again? Empty?)
Since Doll God is now up on Amazon here, I thought I would tell you a little more about the collection. Here is the full description:
Luanne Castle's debut poetry collection, Doll God, studies traces of the spirit world in human-made and natural objects–a Japanese doll, a Palo Verde tree, a hummingbird. Her exploration leads the reader between the twin poles of nature and creations of the imagination in dolls, myth, and art.
From the first poem, which reveals the child's wish to be godlike, to the final poem, an elegy for female childhood, this collection echoes with the voices of the many in the one: a walking doll, a murderer, Snow White. Marriage, divorce, motherhood, and family losses set many of the poems in motion. The reader is transported from the lakes of Michigan to the Pacific Ocean to the Sonoran Desert.
These gripping poems take the reader on a journey through what is found, lost, or destroyed. The speaker in one poem insists, "I am still looking for angels." She has failed to find them yet keeps searching on. She knows that what is lost can be found.
It's really hard to describe your own book! Seriously. I wrote the above description, but it seemed agonizing to do so. After all that work crafting those three little paragraphs, you better believe I'm going to use it ;).
If you're so inclined to buy Doll God and see what I've spent so much time on for the past 20 years, I will be thrilled to hear how the poems make you feel. Because above all, poems should be felt as a sensation or series of sensations.
I was so blessed to get pre-publication reviews from some absolutely stellar poets and writers. Although Stuart Dybek is most well-known as one of the most important short story writers of the time, he began his writing career as a poet and has published two poetry collections, in addition to many other books. Matthew Lippman and Caroline Goodwin are highly successful and absolutely wonderful poets. Their styles couldn't be more dissimilar, and yet they both write exquisite poetry. You can find these blurbs on the back of Doll God.
"Every day the world subtracts from itself," Luanne Castle observes. Her wonderfully titled collection, Doll God, with its rich and varied mix of poems part memoir, part myth and tale, shimmers as it swims as poetry is meant to, upstream against the loss.
Stuart Dybek, MacArthur Fellow and author of Streets in Their Own Ink
In her haunting first collection, Luanne Castle has created a space where "the sounds/of the schoolchildren/and the traffic/grind down/to nothing" and where the reader is invited to experience the lasting echo of our primal human past. Who makes our toys, and why? Which toys and in whose likeness? With startling imagery and a keen eye for the subtler shapes of violence and redemption, Castle asks us to consider and re-consider these questions. Like a "world of broken mirrors waiting" the poems call us back to ourselves, our childhoods, and the potential rewards of prayer and reflection. I find both hope and despair in these pages, where "every day the world subtracts from itself and nothing/is immune," and every object contains a voice and a story. This is a fierce and beautiful book.
Caroline Goodwin, author of Trapline
Luanne Castle's new collection, Doll God, is sublime. The manner of these poems– that they embrace the doll and bring to it humanity and divinity–is something to behold. The voice in these poems is tender, visceral, and wonderfully human. Ms. Castle has forged a vision that feels like something you want to dance with, dress up, talk to like a child, but with an adult's sensibility. I love these poems with my whole heart because they make me feel both childlike and grown, simultaneously. Doll mistresses, primordial conches, Barbies, infuse these poems with tremendous humanity, and they delight with purpose, sadness and joy, and an incredible range that will leave you breathless.
Matthew Lippman, author of American Chew
I'm so nervous and so excited for you to read my book. I hope you like it. Better yet, I hope some of the poems resonate with you and your life.


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Update on Terri in late 2018
Terri continues to progress slowly with her ALS. Her upbeat spirit and passion for her family is helping her beat the ALS odds these days. We are also hopeful that her participation in the 2015 Brainstorm clinical trial might have had a small impact on the slower progression of her disease. Regardless, she is living life to the fullest.
Thanks to all of you, Terri was fitted into a power wheelchair in the summer of 2018. To transport the hot pink and green chair, the Saenz Family had to purchase a mini van with mobility ramp built in. This expensive purchase could not have been done without some creative financing AND all of your support over the last 3 1/2 years! Lastly, Terri was fitted with eye gaze technology to help her communicate online! Jeff and Terri are doing all they can to maintain a higher quality of life! They enjoy traveling now in their new wheels, and exploring new places when able.
Living with ALS is no easy feat however. Set aside the fact that her body has failed her significantly the last four years, the expenses associated with this disease are extremely high. We continue to do all we can to host fundraisers to help the Saenz family maintain a high quality of life. Perhaps her slower progression is a direct result of this higher quality of life. The daily vitamin supplements, the frequent massages to her failing muscles, the PT/OT, and the clean eating – all of these activities take money – and most are not covered by health insurance, unfortunately. Terri is also a big advocate for ALS TDI, a research firm in Boston who are working tirelessly for a cure and treatment for all persons with ALS. Give generously to them as well at ALS.net.
What can you do to help Terri and Jeff? Well, please join us in their next big fundraising celebration, where fun is the first part of fundraising!!
You're officially invited to join us at:
The 4th Annual MyFriendTerri.com Superhero Bowling Bash on Friday, February 1, 2019 at Westland Bowl at 5940 N. Wayne Rd, in Westland. 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm.
Terri will turn 51 on January 24th, 2019. This January marks her fourth year with ALS. That's a major milestone for this disease so we have officially dubbed Terri a Wonder Woman for defying the odds! Also, we are honoring Terri's selfless caregiver, Jeff as her Superman for all he does for our cherished friend. Together, the super couple's family and friends will gather to celebrate and honor Terri & Jeff and raise some needed funds to help the Saenz Family maintain the expenses of dealing with this challenging disease.
Register to participate in this fun evening on February 1, 2019. Click here: http://myfriendterri.com/event/register-bowlers/. Thank you! Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you all.
God is good always, so are miracles and cures.
XOXO Peggy


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Hi, I am Carli Sampou and I am a sophomore at Pentucket High School. I am involved in cross country, indoor track, and lacrosse. Out of school, I enjoy skiing, boating, photography, and spending time with my friends and family. This is my first year doing journalism and I am excited for what the future of it holds.
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Domino rules Strategy
Dominoes is a family of tile playing games, typically known as dominos. Each domino is a rectangular tile that has two square ends separating its face. An end is marked with or is blank by some points (also referred to as pipes or dots). The backrests of a group of tiles are indistinguishable, either white or with a popular pattern.
A domino set, which also is called a deck or piling, is the play pieces. The standard European Domino series consists of two hundred tiles, also known as bits, bones, rock, stone… guys, cards, or just dominoes. A domino package is a traditional gaming system, including cards or dice, where you can play several genres with a set.
How Many Dominoes in a set?
Normally there are 28 dominoes in a set or table. The tile pipes reflect the 21 numerical pairs that can be tossed with regular dials, plus seven others with zero or white numbers. Larger sets are made with more pipes, allowing more players to play, but we are focusing here on the 28-type basic dominoes.
Some Domino rules Strategy – The Smart Ways to Play Dominoes
In the world, there are several different types of domino sets and several games to play with. The two Western games more commonly played, the 'normal' or 'Block' game and the 'draw' game, are followed. The guidelines describe the 28-piece domino set played weekly or 'double-six'; however, all the games can be played on a 2-pipe set.
These are often the most common games played in British bars by four players as two groups of partners. We also offer domino rules and variations for All Fives – an increasingly common dominoes game in western countries.
Domino rules Strategy -The Draw Game
- Typically, the drawn game is not more common in far too many regions of the world, than a version of the Block game. Players take fewer dominoes initially, but players who cannot place a domino have to pick a sleeping domino to add to the set.
- If dominoes are asleep, players just swipe around while they can't go. Two players start from seven dominoes; four players from 4 tiles; 3 players from 5 tiles; and five from 3 tiles.
- The biggest distinction between these two games is that drawing allows players to select which tiles to be kept in the drawing game by other players. For the Block game, a significant element of confusion reigns, as a few tiles remain asleep and unseen in the game.
Domino rules Strategy for Cross Dominoes
- This variant allows players more choices and takes less table space as an extension of the drawing game! The game is played just like Draw, but with another start.
- After playing the first tile, the remaining four tiles must be played to create a cross on the doublet. Thus, the dominoes are only played twice on all four sides of the tile.
- Players might have to take sleeping tiles until they're done, but once the cross is over, play continues throughout the drawing game. Therefore, every turn has four dominoes to play on instead of two from that point on.
Double Nine Domino rules Strategy
- For double 9 sets, this variety is appropriate. Two or three players each start with seven tiles, four players or more each start with five tiles. Play starts with the tiles played on the first double as in the case of Cross Dominoes.
- The game continues as the drawn game but once a doublet is set, two new chains begin. Thus, it is much larger than in previous titles than the number of chains available. Also, the same game should start with the same number of tiles per individual, double 12 sets.
Domino Rules for All Fives
The Fives all are played by two to four players, each player has six double dominos, also known as "Muggins" and "The Five Game" (regardless of the number of players). First plays and switches clockwise the player with the larger twin. The score is done before and at the end of each game so that we have to keep track – a cribbage board is an acceptable scoring tool.
The first player puts both tiles and begins to play as in the block game, then the tile it interacts with numbers matches is put on each player. Plays often aim to set out tiles to guarantee that the amount total at each end of the string is as high as 5 or as many as 5, as such a play adds that to the player's ranking.
Doubles are placed around the chain path like they are in the Block game and count as the sum of all spots for the two ends. For example, if there are 3 on one end of the chain and a 6 on the other, a player can play double 6, because end up to 3 + 6 + 6 = 15, a multiple of five. The player can play double 6. A player will play the double blank if there are double five on one end and a blank one on the other, to add ten ends.
If a player sets the tile to add more than five ends and does not declare them, any player will call out "Muggins!" when the next tile is put and assert the point. If that player does not declare it. When in the centre of the table there are three or four sleeping tiles remaining, the player takes a tile to sleep if a player cannot play.
Once only two tiles are left to sleep, a player who cannot only play is allowed to do so. The game stops when a player does not have tiles left or if no player can play a tile. The winner is the player who doesn't have titles, so where there's no player who manages to get out, they add spaces and the winner is the player with the least number.
The winner's sum (which is 0 if the winner is out) is taken from of loser by rounding the result to the nearest 5 times and adding this to the winner's score. For example, if the winner has a total of 3 points and the loser has a total of 11, 6, and 5 points, the winner's total is determined as follows:
Game Playing Rules
- Loser 1 eliminates 3 from 11=8 and rounds the winner's score to the nearest 5 multiples of 10.
- Loser 2 subtracts 3 from 6 = 3 the winner's overall position, rounding it to 5 in 5. The winner is 5.
- Loser 3 eliminates from 5 = 2 a limit of 3 points for a winner and rounds them to the next multiple of 5, which is 0.
The winner then wins 15 bonus points.
The first player to get 100 wins the game.
All Fives and Threes-A Modern Domino Rules for Playing
- This game is played in the same way as All Fives, with more than three now counted as points as well. So, if a player sets a tile in the game to a limit of 6 ends, players can earn 6 points for multiples of 3. 10 points for a cumulative number of five, thus 15 points for a total of 15. (a multiple of five and three).
- At the conclusion of the game, the winner will be given the losers' points that exist on a point-on-point basis or their differences. The Masters Traditional Games, an online store that offers premium games and bar games, and uncommon games.
- These regulations. These guidelines are complete instructions on how to play amicably. Often conform with the laws of the local or house if in question. The Masters Traditional Games, an online store that offers premium games and bar games, and uncommon games. These regulations. These guidelines are complete instructions on how to play amicably. Often conform with the laws of the local or house if in question.
The Block Game- Domino Rules
- The dominoes are ritually mixed in patterns with the flat side – creating a sound recognizable over the years. Per player draws 6 dominoes and positions them to avoid seeing their worth for the other players.
- The standard English pub system is represented in two rows of three such that all six are picked up with both hands and looked back and left the other hand free to drink a pint. Beginners will just position them in a row in front of them. The other dominoes are called "sleeping" blocks.
- The very first participant to be playing is the double-six person or the double-five, etc. The played tile shall be the double tile allowing the first turn of the player. If no player keeps a double, tiles will be re-drawn and reshuffled.
The Play
Ritually, the dominoes are mixed together in loops with the flat side – a sound which is common over the ages. Each player draws 6 dominoes and sets them to keep other players from seeing their worth. In two rows of three, the standard English pub technique for doing this is to pick up all the six in both hands, look at and return, leaving the other hand free for the equally necessary pint company.
Beginners can only position them in a row facing them on their side. Some dominoes are referred to as "sleeping" tiles. That the very first participant to perform is a double six-person or a double five-person or so forth. The playing tile shall be the double tile which makes the first turn for the player. If neither player has a double, the tiles are re-drawn and reshuffled.
The Match
- Towards the turn, each player has to put a tile on the table to hit the domino chain that is increasingly increasing in duration. A player can only play a tile displaying a number on or on one end of the domino chain. The player is called "stitched up" while the player plays a domino. The player reveals the same number when the domino stops (normally a number useful for the player or disgusting for the opponents).
- The way the tiles are set provides a small part of the fun. The two corresponding ends must be put next to the tiles. The tile can be positioned in one of the three ways without a tile being double so long as both sides are completely in touch. The bottom of the chain is also crossed by doubles. The tile played in a double must always be put perpendicular to the center of the double touch. The shape of the domino chain randomly forms a snake-line according to players' whims and playing surface borders.
- He needs to play whenever a player will lay a domino. The opponent is "knocks" or raping the table and the game is shifting to the player. The opponents will, of course, recall the numbers on the table to make sure they are available again in the future.
The Finish
Play usually stops as a player "chips out" (plays his last domino), although in other variants both partners need to chip. If a player can't do so at a stage, winners are partners with the least cumulative total of all positions on their other dominos. Some bars are playing a point per game for scoring. A more fun way to score on a cribbage board is for the winners to score both spots on the remaining tiles.
In a game that does not mean that everyone comes out of it, the winners will get the difference between the total points of the winners and the total points of the losers. You can play a game with 100 points, say, or 121 points on a clipboard.
- You will also play games on an even basis with 2 (start of 8 players), 3 (start of 6 players), 5 (5 players), four (not partners).
- The same game is played with a set of twelve domino sets (91 tiles) (55 tiles). Four players will choose 12 double-twelve tiles and nine tiles at the start of a double-nine.
Domino Rules for Straight Dominoes
- 2 to 4 players have to play straight dominoes.
- Before the players can draw a hand, tiles must be mixed. This is achieved through a mixing mechanism by putting the tiles face-down on a flat surface and one player moves them by chance without keeping up with individual tiles.
- Each player draws a domino to decide who is played first. The highest double match is first, or the player with the highest scoring domino is first drawn if no double is drawn.
- Now any player draws a seven-tin hand, with the player having the last draw of the shuffling.
- If there remain tiles, the players who cannot bring anything in their turn remain face down.
- The first player starts by putting in the center of the table the tile selected face-up.
- One end of one of his dominos must align the next player to a part of one tile.
- In some variant's tiles can be attached on all four sides for this domino alone and four open lines can be added to new dominos.
- Participants may connect tiles to any line they choose from this stage. When a double is perpendicular to the line, the pipes are counted on both sides.
- When a participant has no dominoes that can also be run, another player must draw from the remaining tiles.
Domino Rules with Strategy: How to Master the Game
- You might not consider it an extremely competitive domino game, but you would be mistaken. The UDL is a professional tournament with considerable prize money for grabs. The universal dominoes.
- In 2019, the UDL offered the Las Vegas Summer Classic Domino Tournament's champion with $50,000 dollars.
- You may not want to be a skilled domino player, but understanding that a successful domino plan lets you get more games even though you're playing online or against friends.
- The easiest part is to learn how to play dominoes. The creation of a winning formula will make the game much more successful than you lose. You will win more.
- Let's look at some of the tactics you should take to the top in your sports.
Strategy for general dominoes
General dominoes tactics work with almost any kind of dominoes and even if you're new to the game, are easy to follow. Possibly at first, you would actively think about them, but before they become second nature it will not take long.
Twice Early Play
Double tiles don't make improvements when they leave the same hook as the tile in which they bind. For e.g., you still need 5 more to attach to a double 5 tile on a 5 hook. However, high-point tiles can be duplicated. It's therefore a smart idea to get rid of them early enough that when they scoring you don't owe your opponent those points.
Strategically utilizing Doubles.
That's against one of the basic domino tactics, but if you're willing to take a little more chance, keeping up your doubles until afterward in the game might be beneficial. When you're adequate to get a clear idea of where the limitations of your adversary are, you'll know what the works will be. If you have doubles, you can play them to open the board, and your adversary can't bury them.
Play Early Hard Tiles
You should be playing heavy tiles as soon as possible along the same line as playing your duplicates early. The tiles with the higher numbers are "Heavier" Since these tiles have higher numbers, it means again that you can have more points if you win.
Hold in your hand a selection of tiles
Try to place in your hand a number of tiles, so that as many numbers as possible align. You'll be trapped if all the tiles have the same suits if that's all open on the board.
Please remember the vulnerabilities of your opponent
As the game advances, consider the vulnerabilities of your player. When they are unable to play and must draw from the boneyard, it is extremely likely that when the same numbers are again on the board, they will be in the same position. You will play to block your opponent's strategically while you scoring yourself.
Find out the hand of your opponent.
When the game continues, you can switch the hand of your player based on the tiles and the items in your hand. It is hard to do at the beginning of the game because several tiles are not available, however, it is easier and easier to find more tiles. You should playsuits and leave them dangling until you have a clear idea of the tile your opponent owns.
Progressive Domino Rules & Game Strategy
- You should switch to more sophisticated approaches after the general tactics have been figured out. These are the tactics from a professional domino to a highly-qualified player.
- Take the initiative. Take the initiative. Go on the offensive and play on the initiative early in the game. Go early and always to scoring chances. If you win, your enemy also has a few counter-score possibilities. If the next play happens to be missed, you will have a further chance of winning.
- In certain instances, if you keep tiles in mind, several scoring plays can be produced in line.
- Play carefully. The other side of the coin is to play in a defensive manner. It means searching for ways to restrict the scoring chances of your rival, as well as to find ways to win. Consider the board count and do plays that limit your opponent's upside whenever possible while you are behind the scoreboard.
- Try to think of a variety of steps forward and see how your opponent could work and play to block these movements. Another defensive technique is to block the surface. This ensures that you play tiles that have both of the hooks ends the same or have the numbers that your adversary doesn't keep.
- You might for example play a 6-4 tile to balance the ends, if the board is a 4 hook, and the other is the six. They're forced to draw if the rival doesn't hold a 4. This technique works well when you have tiles against blocked ends.
- For better performance, you can use attack and defense. Start the offense game and bring your points up as soon as you can. When you go into the game, turn to defense to stick to the leading points.
- Check out the Tells of Your Competitor. Many people believe in Poker, but they can also be helpful in dominoes. You should still look for the vocabulary of your opponent when you find something that your opponent does when they have good tiles, poor tile, or some aspect of the game. Maybe by watching your opponent respond to such items you will make better games or stop poor ones.
Domino Rules for Playing Free Online
You will also want to try it now that you have a good domino plan on which to work. If you have nothing to play with or you want to learn new things prior to playing with a live player, it's a nice place to start playing online.
At CoolmathGames.com you can play dominoes for free. Two separate dominoes types – standard dominoes and domino dash. Check all of them out today for your plan to start and you are ready to battle any adversary. And who knows, maybe earlier than you expect, you can race to the $50,000 cash reward!
The End
Traditional games like dominoes have a number of advantages. Only because the hardware is smarter today, and video games are getting smarter, simpler, and more immersive. One main aspect is the dominoes' regular game, where dominos either get scolded or tormented on the table – the higher the game, the tougher the slam.
The entire thing is played in good spirits and foreigners evidently have a problem with the state of play of dominoes in the playing field. This enthusiastic transition, allowed by both dominos' versatility and players' spirit, has the added advantage, considering their years of age, of enabling them to compete. You have to participate together while playing dominoes.
You will eventually have to review the rules, discuss them with your children, family members, and friends during the game. The rules must be decided upon. It gives you an opportunity to spend more time with your children while you play dominoes. Their speech and hearing as well as their thought skills would also be helpful in improving their fine and gross motor development. To make yourself connected with such kind of classic & innovative game, several domino rules has been introduced in this article


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Beijing Guitar Duo
Part of the Segovia Classical Guitar Series
Saturday, May 14, 2022 at 7:30pm CDT
Galvin Recital Hall
"The Beijing Duo's performance was a model of elegant clarity, sumptuously beautiful tone production, and emotional contrast." —San Francisco Classical Voice
Meng Su and Yameng Wang, guitar
The Beijing Guitar Duo, a collaboration between award-winning guitarists Meng Su and Yameng Wang, has performed in concert halls around the world, such as the Concertgebouw, Palau de la Música, Tchaikovsky Hall, and the National Theatre in Beijing. The Duo's performances and recordings have met with great success and their debut CD, Maracaípe, earned them a Latin Grammy nomination for the titular piece. This season takes the Beijing Guitar Duo on a 12-city concert tour of the United States as well as to performances in Europe and China. The Duo regularly collaborates with orchestras, in ensemble with flutist Marina Piccinini, with guitarists the Grigoryan Brothers, and with their mentor Manuel Barrueco.
Domenico Scarlatti, Two Sonatas
Enrique Granados (arr. Gruber-Maklar Duo), Valses poéticos
William Walton, Five Bagatelles
Agustín Barrios Mangoré, Mazurka apasionada and Contemplación
Chen Yi, Nian Hua (Chinese New Year Paintings)
Astor Piazzolla, Tango Suite
Tickets are $30 for the general public and $10 for students with valid ID.Sold Out
Mary B. Galvin Recital Hall
70 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, IL 60208
United States
Located in the Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, this 400-seat hall features a 40-foot glass wall offering views of Lake Michigan and the Chicago skyline. Undulating walls of Forest Stewardship Council–certified wood, covered with a thin layer of African moabi wood, provide optimal acoustics, and the hall is equipped with state-of-the-art sound and video equipment for recording.


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mildly or sometimes engagingly disreputable or nonconformist; rakish: a matinee idol whose raffish offstage behavior amused millions.
Raffish is protean in its meanings and possible origins. Its meanings include "mildly, engagingly nonconformist, rakish; gaudy, vulgar, tawdry." Raffish is obviously a derivative of the noun raff, but it is with raff that real problems arise. Raff means "rabble, the lower sort of people, riffraff." Raff may be a shortening of riffraff (earlier riffe raffe), from Middle English rif and raf, a catchall phrase of very uncertain origin meaning "everything, every particle, things of slight value, everyone, one and all." Related phrases or idioms exist in other languages: Walloon French has rif-raf "fast and sloppy"; Middle Dutch has rijf ende raf "everything, everyone, one and all; Italian has di riffa o di raffa "one way or another." Raffish entered English in the late 18th century.
In trying to look like raffish characters, American men spend hundreds of millions of dollars a year on hairpieces, urban cowboy clothes, disco lessons, imported sports cars, aviator glasses, tailored jogging suits or jump suits, health club memberships, and sex manuals.
He was wearing a dark suit and a collar and tie, but he had that raffish seediness about him of a newspaper journalist.
to bark or yelp noisily or foolishly; yap.
Kyoodle began as and still may be an Americanism. The word has no distinguished etymology (except for the vague label Imitative), which exactly fits the verb and also one of its noun meanings: mutt, noisy dog. Some distinguished American authors have used the word, however, including John Steinbeck, John O'Hara, and Sinclair Lewis. Kyoodle entered English in the late 19th century.
No living thing moved upon it, not even a medicine wolf to kyoodle to the invisible moon.
But the dogs waved their tails happily and sought out a rabbit and went kyoodling after it.
covered with or formed of squamae or scales.
The adjective squamous is a direct borrowing of Latin squāmōsus "covered with scales, scaly", a derivative of the noun squāma "scale (on a fish or reptile), metal plate used in making armor." The ultimate etymology of squāma is unclear, but it is related to squālēre "to be covered or crusted in scales or dirt," and the derivatives of squālēre include squālidus "having a rough surface" and squālor "roughness, dirtiness, filth." Squamous entered English in the 16th century.
The back was piebald with yellow and black, and dimly suggested the squamous covering of certain snakes.
They speak no known tongue and are said to sacrifice sailors to their squamous, fish-headed gods, likenesses of whom rise from their stony shores, visible only when the tide recedes.


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A Stitch in Time Saves Nine
Updated: Apr 26
Handle the small problems so they don't develop into a big problem.
How often do we say "Oh it's not a big deal. My shoulder will heal itself." Then we continue with faulty movements and now things have progressed to a bigger problem and the pain just won't go away.
Does this sound like you?
Rotator cuff problems may begin as a small muscular imbalance. In turn, this causes impaired movement in additional joints than can lead to much worse issues. Someone may still be moving in a faulty patterning and not using proper range of motion, causing rotator cuffs to become weak. An impingement (a compression of joints where damage occurs) is found often in people aged 35 years and older. In younger people and athletes whose sport requires overhead arm movements like tennis, faulty mechanics can lead to hyper movements that stretch the whole structure, increasing instability in an area that is by nature hypermobile. How someone moves must be analyzed and taken care of to retrain movement patterns and strengthen weakened muscles.
Lets face it: we can all move. We can raise our arm overhead, generally without pain. Even when we're not challenged we still do this movement on an almost daily basis. Listening to our bodies, addressing the small problems (and addressing them before a serious problem develops) is the answer. We like to think of Pilates and suspension training as an intelligent approach to our sports.
The good news is anyone can learn to move correctly. Just slow down, take a step back to review your movements and you'll eventually come back stronger. In order to stay on top of your game, you must take care of the little things with caring and educated instructors, before you get sidelined for a much larger issue.


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Precisely What Is Magic Mushrooms Using For?
Psilocybe seafood, also referred to as special seafood, or shroom, are an off-the-cuff, polyphyletic list of candida made up of psilocybine, a chemical chemical substance and that is exceptional to these species. If you have any kind of concerns regarding where and the best ways to make use of Weed Dispensary Vancouver, you can call us at our webpage. Most of the psilocine seen in these seafood is produced with a candida referred to as P. cubensis. There are various other types of infection that may also comprise psilopines, which include P. ergosterolata and P. subaeruginosa, although only P. cubensis and P. subaeruginosa have been located to include psilocin. The majority of the psilopines seen in seafood are types of psilosans that were changed into psilopines by fungus.
Several natural features are found in miracle fresh mushrooms, that will make them distinctive from other mushrooms. The most apparent of them is the fact seafood from the genus P. cubensis develop incool and darker, moist settings, in contrast to mushrooms in overal which include P. ergosterolata develop in an array of conditions, together with land and so on rotting organic and natural materials. They generally do have the prospect for severe accumulation if eaten, even though miracle weeds, also called space, have very secure odors.
Even though mushrooms with the overal P. cubensis and R. subaeruginosa are really dangerous, weeds on the genus S. subaeruginosa are usually not dangerous. Magic weeds can be very poisonous, but rarely does the catering company make harmful weeds. Seafood produced in mushroom facilities is usually picked while not having to worry harming oneself or other people.
These seafood are being used mainly in the planning of psiloconazole, a further good name for that's psilocine, the active component in wonder weeds, although some organic mushrooms have mold spores that are deathly when absorbed. Psilocine is often added to mushroom formulations because it is thought to have contra –antipsychotic, seizure, sedative and pain reliever and antineoplastic houses.
Other materials that can be produced from fresh mushrooms which have been handy as drug treatments include psa, an ingredient which hails from psa that was observed on an consequence similar to the try out-blockers in aspirin and ibuprofen, which is utilized to lower inflammation and boost cardiac health. psa can be utilized as an analgesicocanol, which might raise desire for foods and reduce nausea and vomiting, and will also act as an anti –emetic.
psa can be helpful to protect against radiation from triggering any problems for the cuboid marrow and help with the repair of impaired normal cartilage. psa also provides a bronchodilator, that will help to lessen mucous generation within the bronchi. psa is used in nose area aerosol form as being a bronchodilator and also may be appropriate to treat ugg and other asthmatic disorders.
Some types of use have shown to be effective versus candida albicans. psa is likewise valuable in the treating genital herpes.
Other chemical substances seen in fresh mushrooms which are used by dealing with conditions such as abdomen osteoarthritis, sores, complications and asthma attack as well as bettering storage and attentiveness and for lessening stress include psa. psa also provide been utilized as an antidepressant and aphrodisiac. and antineoplastic attributes.
Other compounds that could be produced by fresh mushrooms which have been handy as drug treatments contain psa, a compound which hails from psa that was located a great effect just like try out-blockers in aspirin and motrin, and it's accustomed to lessen soreness and increase heart health. psa can also be utilized as an analgesicocanol, which might maximize hunger and reduce nausea and vomiting, which enable it to also serve as an anti –emetic.
psa is additionally employed to avert chemo from leading to any trouble for the cuboid bone marrow also to assistance with the fix of impaired fibrous. psa also gives bronchodilator, which will help to lessen mucous output within the bronchi. psa is employed in nose apply style as being a bronchodilator and even can be informative to treat coughing as well as other respiratory system ailments.
Some forms of use have shown to be efficient next to yeast infections. psa can be useful for dealing with herpes simplex virus.
Other chemicals obtained in mushrooms which are useful for healing circumstances such as abs asthma attack, stomach problems, osteoarthritis and severe headaches and also for strengthening memory and content level as well as for lessening worry incorporate psa. psa also have been used as an antidepressant and aphrodisiac, psilocine is frequently included with mushroom formulations as it is believed to have anti-seizure. Other flowers and drugs which are ideal for dealing with depressive disorder consist of psa, often known as ayahuasca, which is actually a consume constructed from a number of two parts of pana and psiloform.
In the process of arranging psiloform for making pana herbal tea, ayahuasca is produced with the Banisteriopsis grow, which evolves only inside the Amazonian location. Many are now growing wild in other parts on the planet, this specific a shrub. brings about, stressed and while conditions of adhd.
Magic seafood also incorporate psilo-ephedrine, which , a type of lysergic acidity, a chemical material present in seafood, having said that, you can find significantly question in regards to the security of lysergic acid solution, and this is contained in some kinds of organic mushrooms, the departs and starts with the Banisteriopsis flower are dry out and steamed in large quantities until they are a sticky fluid and may teas are geared up in the causing make.
Psiloform is used in a great many drugs to create psa mainly because it produces the reverse outcomes as pana. psa is the physique tranquil and much distressed. Public accomplished by a completely independent exploration workforce at New Zealand mentioned that lysergic p isn't in connection with a known style of ingredient in miraculous seafood and was thus not dangerous. In order to stimulate circumstances of inebriation should really see a capable medical practitioner instead of make an effort to do-it-yourself-treat through use of psilocine, some experts recommend careful attention.
Oftentimes it's advocated that men and women who wants to get psilocine, on the other hand. Is always that they're employed to make sure the prep practice is performed the right way, whilst there are plenty of guides accessible that have in depth here is how to make psilocybin organic mushrooms. There are several internet sites available on the internet that include here is how to make psilocybin, on the other hand, what is important to note is always to continue with the information thoroughly.
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Getting involved in a Small Group is a practical and enjoyable way to find life-changing community. We believe God created us to live in relationship with others and only then can we live the full life He intends for us. Sharing life, through community, is part of our design and we invite you to find your people to help you in the journey!
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Hermann Collitz papers
Identifier: MS-0014
Abstract Hermann Collitz he accepted the newly established chair in Germanic Philology at Johns Hopkins University in 1907. The papers span the period 1846-1935 and consist of correspondence; photographs; newspaper clippings; course outlines and examinations; committee minutes and reports; reprints, dissertations and public lectures of other authors collected by Collitz; drafts, typescripts and reprints of articles by Collitz; notes and notebooks; research notes; lectures and articles. A considerable...
Dates: 1846-1935
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Merchants collection
Identifier: MS-0206
The manuscripts in this artificial collection are largely the records of Philadelphia merchants dealing with Baltimoreans in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Dates: 1773-1864
Found in: Special Collections
Peabody Institute Office of the Provost records
Identifier: PIRG-03
Abstract Records documenting the activities of the executive office of the Institute. Includes correspondence from prospective lecturers such as Ralph Waldo Emerson, John Fiske, and James Russell Lowell (1867-1913); correspondence concerning the library, including letters received from Abram Stevens Hewitt of Cooper Union, E. W. Blatchford of the Newberry Library, and Melvil Dewey; numerous letters from the Institute librarian, Philip R. Uhler, to the provost reporting library activities during the...
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Wired Magazine has a piece about how Canadian independent label/music management company Nettwerk is gently undermining the foundations of the traditional recording industry and setting up something new to replace it:
"This one's a real wingdinger," he says, leaning into the speakerphone so New York, Denver, and Los Angeles won't miss a word. "Let's give away the ProTools files on MySpace. Vocals, guitars, drums, and bass. We'll let the fans make their own mixes." The room falls quiet.
A voice from LA breaks the silence: "For the single, you mean, right?" McBride's features screw up in concentration, then quickly expand into a grin. "What I'm proposing," he says, "is that we make all 29 songs available as ProTools files. In two weeks."
McBride's success will depend on what he calls "collapsed copyright." Nettwerk will represent artists like BNL, but the bands will record under their own labels and retain ownership of all their intellectual property, an anomaly in the industry. The bands, in turn, can expect to earn considerably more money - say, $5 to $6 from the sale of each CD instead of the standard dollar or two.
It's a risk McBride is willing to take. Twelve of the nearly 40 acts on Nettwerk's roster now have their own labels, and McBride says that within six years nearly all his artists will have shed their major-label partners. "The old system kept us from imagining what a music product could be," McBride says. "Now we can really start to have fun."The most recent guinea pig for Nettwerk's new music industry is Barenaked Ladies, whom Nettwerk CEO Terry McBride recently persuaded to dump their major label (Warner's Reprise imprint) and go it alone, holding all their own copyrights, and getting creative with the formats they sell in:
Between ringtones, acoustic versions, and concert recordings, those 29 songs have been multiplied into more than 200 "assets" - song versions - that can be used individually or in conjunction with others to create a product. "Because the copyrights are in one place [in BNL's hands], we can be really creative," McBride says. Hardcore fans can buy 45 of those assets on a USB drive; others can download the special Sims versions (recorded in Simlish, no less). "For decades, people in music have used the number of albums sold as a measuring stick for success," McBride says. "We're trying to get people to see beyond that. It's about revenue from music, however you make it - selling concert tickets, licensing to TV, or selling packed USB drives."Nettwerk are taking on the dinosaurs in other places too: by siding against them in peer-to-peer lawsuits:
Earlier this year, he sparked a music industry uproar when he announced he would pay the legal defense for a Texas man being sued for piracy by the Recording Industry Association of America. "The lawsuits are hurting my bands," he says. "If you could monetize the peer-to-peer networks, everyone would make more money."Though it's not all anti-corporate utopianism: McBride's vision strips away the byzantine, restrictive and vaguely corrupt structures of the traditional recording industry, replacing them not with some kind of anarchosocialist GNUtopia of information wanting to be free, but with a more streamlined form of capitalism, with the artist as entrepreneur:
But even such a radical step is just one facet of McBride's larger strategy. In May, President Bush signed into law a revision of the tax code that will make it easier to sell intellectual property as a stock, with profits being taxed at the same lower rate as other capital gains. "Once we have access to all the intellectual property, we're going to offer shares in individual artists and take in equity investments," McBride says. "Eventually, a major band could be its own public company." The key, he adds, sounding like an overzealous investment banker, is that the value of a band would be measured like a stock and would receive capitalization in expectation of future earnings. "At that point, even a band selling 100,000 units a year becomes profitable," McBride says.Of course, that is a double-edged sword. It makes it easier for bands to be profitable, but it adds a new meaning to the term "selling out". We may soon actually see bands owned by beer companies and mobile phone companies, rather than merely branded. And what will happen if a band wants to do something unusual and risky, while their majority shareholder (let's say Carling or Vodafone or someone) sues them for failing to maximise returns by doing so? Could we see corporate-invested bands being mailed dossiers of market research, telling them in no uncertain terms what they are expected to do ("memo: the grebo revival is the next big thing; get right on it")?
Not that this invalidates what Nettwerk are doing. There will always be commercial bands and indier-than-thou refuseniks; this looks like merely giving the artists more choice.
Apple recalls laptop batteries that were made with potentially contaminated Sony cells. If you have a 12- or 15-inch G4 PowerBook or 12" G4 iBook, you could be a winner. Check the serial number on the battery and, if it matches, fill in the form and a new battery will be sent out to you, along with a pre-paid envelope for the old one. Even in the overwhelming probability that your battery wasn't about to explode, you do get a fresh battery for free.
The indie-mp3 blog has just posted some demos by Another Sunny Day, the Sarah Records indie-pop project best known for You Should All Be Murdered. They're rather lo-fi, though interesting enough, and there are some decent songs there. The blog also claims to have some Field Mice demos which they will be posting shortly.
Nick Bostrom (director of the "Future of Humanity Institute", who also argues that it's likely that reality is a computer simulation) speculates about the possibilities of neural enhancements:
There was a talk at this conference on 'virtue engineering' by James Hughes of the Institute for Ethics and Emerging Technologies in Hartford, Connecticut. He spoke about the idea of using technology to enhance moral behaviour. A lot of people have trouble with impulse control, for example, and they might benefit from pharmaceutical help.
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Fed Survey Confirms Farmland Plateau
Jeff Caldwell 11/14/2013 @ 3:39pmMultimedia Editor for Agriculture.com and Successful Farming magazine. Though the numbers show a year-over-year double-digit gain in farmland values as of October in the bulk of the Corn Belt, that trend effectively ended at the start of the third quarter, adding evidence to growing sentiment about the reality of a leveling-off and possible downturn in farmland values in the coming months. Farmland was worth 14% this October than it was the same time a year ago, though all but 1% of that gain came in the first 3/4 of the year. The trend definitely leveled off, according to data released by the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago this week. That's in line with other recent outlooks that paint a less bullish picture of the Midwest farmland market in the months ahead. "There was a 1% increase in 'good' agricultural land values in the third quarter relative to the second quarter of 2013, according to the 195 agricultural bankers that provided responses for the October 1 survey," according to a report by Fed senior business economist David Oppendahl. "While district farmland values increased on the whole in the third quarter of 2013, this upward trend was not expected to continue: The respondents' expectations leaned toward a decrease in farmland values in the fourth quarter of 2013, as only 4% anticipated an increase and 21% forecasted a decrease (75% foresaw stable farmland values)." The reversal in land value looks sustainable in the next few months, Fed economists say. That's mostly because of grain prices. This fall's corn and soybean crops, despite abnormally dry conditions during much fo the growing season, were larger than most expectations, and that's fueled lower prices. And, with prices already flirting with breakeven levels, land prices — a critical input cost for Corn Belt crops — will likely continue to trickle lower to keep prices within at least a range of breakeven. "For the 5 District states (Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana and Michigan), soybean production was projected by the USDA to rise 8.5% in 2013 from its 2012 level. Even with the reoccurrence of drought in parts of the District, the third-largest corn harvest and a soybean harvest just outside the top 10 filled storage bins across the Midwest," Oppendahl says. "Better-than-expected crop yields for the District may have contributed to the momentum of its rising farmland values; however, in areas affected by back-to-back droughts, the loss of revenue from declines in crop prices and yields may have constrained farmland value gains." http://www.agriculture.com/videos/ Continue reading
€6 Million Funding For French Biomass Project
13 November 2013 DEINOVE, a developer of chemical compounds from biomass using Deinococci bacteria, has announced that its plant chemistry development programme will receive nearly €6 million from the French government. The DEINOCHEM programme aims to produce a new generation of chemical compounds to replace petro-sourced chemicals. Using Deinococci bacteria, these new compounds are made from non-food biomass such as wheat straw, corn stover and cobs, energy crops, and industrial and urban waste. "We are delighted to support this internationally-ambitious French industrial project," said Arnaud Montebourg, French minister of industrial renewal. " DEINOVE was founded in France and works on developing solutions for tomorrow with breakthrough technologies . which are included as part of French innovations that need to be heavily supported in order to join the world-wide race." "This is one of the highest levels of financial backing ever granted in plant chemistry from the French government," said Emmanuel Petiot, CEO of DEINOVE. "Our country has clearly placed biotechnologies at the heart of its industrial innovation programme." Europe is the world's second largest agricultural producer and France is the top agricultural producer in Europe. Continue reading
UK Statistics Show Bioenergy Production Increased In Q2
By Erin Voegele | November 07, 2013 The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change has released updated energy trend statistics, showing that the share of renewable electricity generated in the U.K. increased from 9.7 percent during the second quarter of 2012 to 15.5 percent in the second quarter of 2013. While the share of renewables increased in the second quarter of this year, total electricity generated fell by 2.7 percent when compared to the same period of 2012. The quarterly data shows that 1.55 million metric tons of oil equivalent fuel was used by the bioenergy sector to produce electricity during the second quarter of 2013, up from 1.38 million metric tons of oil equivalent in the previous quarter. In the second quarter of 2012 and 2011, a respective 1.14 million metric tons of oil equivalent and 1.07 million metric tons of oil equivalent was used by the bioenergy sector to produce electricity. During the quarter, the bioenergy producers generated 5.2 terawatt hours (TWh) of electricity, up from 4.3 TWh in the first quarter of the year. Bioenergy producers generated a respective 3.29 TWh and 3.02 TWh of electricity during the second quarters of 2012 and 2011. U.K generating companies produced 82.98 TWh of electricity during the second quarter. In addition to the 5.2 TWh from bioenergy sources, U.K. power producers generated 29.05 TWh from coal, 0.65 TWh from oil, 23.63 from gas, 15.47 TWh from nuclear, 0.97 TWh from natural flow hydro, 6.65 TWh from wind and solar (of which 2.47 TWh was offshore), 0.69 TWh from pumped storage and 0.66 TWh from other fuels. Continue reading