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24/11/2018 (3:00pm - 5:00pm)
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This class will feature the TM5 and cook-key.
Come along to our Christmas Hamper workshop to gain inspiration and ideas for how you can give something extra special this year by making your own affordable and simple gifts in your thermomix. There will be demonstrations and stations where you will be hands on making simple and quick gifts in the Thermomix. You will gain inspiration for how to get the most out of your Thermomix during the Festive season. Bring along a friend and enjoy a fun and relaxed girls afternoon out!
You will receive a goody bag with sample sizes of everything made in the class along with ideas and recipes of other items you can make at home, packaging ideas and inspiration for how to use your Thermomix this Festive season to ensure less time in the kitchen and more time at the table!
Here is an example of what we will make at the workshop:
- Raw nutty Chocolate
- Fudge
- Salt rubs
- Hot chocolate mix
- Chai Mix
As it is the season for giving there will be Lucky door prizes and also a special gift for everyone who brings along a friend who is a non-owner.
Last year we did sell out so be sure to get in quick!
This workshop is suitable for Thermomix and non Thermomix owners at all stages!


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The City of Edinburg has lost a loyal son, say lawmakers and former city officials about former city council member and mayor pro-tem Fred Longoria who passed away this week.
Longoria, 80, died on Sunday, March 22, due to complications of a stroke at McAllen Heart Hospital, Rep. Aaron Pe�a, D-Edinburg, first announced on his blog.
The lawmaker shared a distant relation with Longoria as Pe�a�s eldest son, Aaron Lionel, married Longoria�s daughter Clarissa in 2005. Pe�a also credits Longoria with launching his political career in 2002.
�Fred Longoria was a man who loved the City of Edinburg in any way he could he would serve the people of the community,� Pe�a told the Review. �He was a real inspiration to me, and to many others.
�He encouraged me to run, at the time when he was the most popular man in the City of Edinburg, everyone knew him,� Pe�a said.
Longoria began his tenure as a city commissioner in May 1992 and served until May 2002. During that span he held positions on the Board of Planning and Zoning, and was a boardmember on Amigos Del Valle, a cooperative effort between county and city officials providing assistance to the elderly of Cameron, Hidalgo, and Willacy counties in South Texas. Longoria was also an Edinburg Chamber boardmember from 2001 to 2002.
He was an entrepreneur and owner of Fred�s Food Store, Clean Rite Janitorial Supplies, and Sweet Scent. He also served in the National Guard and was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Edinburg.
�Fred was a very community oriented individual and elected official,� said former City Manager John Milford who served from 1993 to 2003. �He was always available for phone calls and took people�s interest at heart, and I think that�s what separated him in a lot of different ways from other elected officials.
�He brought a different approach in viewing challenges from the community, and he will thoroughly missed,� Milford said.
Mr. Longoria is survived by hi wife, Sylvia Longoria of Edinburg; seven children, Clarissa (Aron III) Longoria Pe�a, Priscilla (Rick) Olivarez, Michelle (Manuel) Guerrero all of Edinburg, Derek (Sandy) Ruiz of San Antonio, Texas, Gina Longoria of Dallas, Texas, Lolly (Jesus) Pe�a of Edinburg, Fred (Allison) Longoria, Jr. of McAllen; 14 grandchildren; two brothers, Miguel (Angie) Longoria of Edinburg and Charlie (Kay) Longoria of California; a sister, Olga (Henri) Deroaul of California; and sister-in-law, Leonor Longoria of Edinburg.
He was preceded in death by his parents; a son, Michael Longoria; brother, Ruben Longoria; sister, Viola Silva; granddaughter, Miranda Hunter.
Visitation for Mr. Longoria will start at 5 p.m. on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 at Memorial Funeral Home located at 208 E. Canton Road in Edinburg. A rosary will follow at 7 p.m..
Funeral service will start at 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 25, at St. Joseph Church located at 122 W. Fay St. in Edinburg. Burial will follow the funeral service at Valley Memorial Garden Cemetery located at 3600 N. Taylor Road at Mile 2 North, in Mission.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that memorial contributions made to St. Joseph Catholic Building Fund, 122 W. Fay, Edinburg, TX 78539.


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Let's start with the numbers from the last exam. Last Thursday was a barn-burner for tutorpaul.com, the site hosted 26.5 gigs of content for your enlightenment! That is almost double the previous single day record, I am astonished and thrilled by the viewership of this content!
I've just posted a selection of problems from the second half of chapter 5. If there are any problems you wish I would have done please feel free to let me know and I'll try to add them before the final exam. Right now I'm very thankful to be done with video editing for a little while!
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Forming part of a unique and individual collection of four similar executive houses set in the most idyllic of locations in Morley.
Open house on Sunday, February 19, 1pm – 3pm
Enjoying spectacular views of surrounding countryside and Howley Hall Golf Club.
Located in a sought after location ideally situated for access to the M621 and M62 motorways.
The property briefly comprises: large entrance hallway with wooden floor and bespoke staircase, dining kitchen with white kitchen units, utility room, downstairs guest WC, dining room, lounge, sun room, master bedroom with dressing room and fully tiled en-suite bathroom, second bedroom with en-suite, three further bedrooms and a family bathroom.
Underfloor heating to the ground floor and radiators to the upper floor.
Outside there is a large driveway with ample parking for several cars, detached double garage and generous gardens to both the front and side of the property overlooking countryside. Electric security gates to the front.
Agents: www.watsonsweb.co.uk
Price: £775,000
Open house on Sunday, February 19, 1pm – 3pm


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Gregory H. Piponius
Chief Operating Officer
Greg, as Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Rhythm Management Group oversees and directs the operations for the Company. He also manages the strategic partner relationships, whilst spearheading operational strategies, and oversees regulatory compliance. With his established expertise in operational leadership and application of both Six Sigma and Lean initiatives to the process of delivering healthcare; Greg is uniquely positioned to bring greater efficiency and sophistication to Rhythm's operations. Greg joined Rhythm Management Group in 2018.
Immediately prior to joining Rhythm Management Group, Greg ran Great Practice Consulting, LLC, in the Washington DC metro area. His firm assisted healthcare companies and cardiology groups to optimize operations and revenue. In addition, Greg served a long career in the aerospace industry with multiple leadership positions for General Electric Aviation Systems, Smiths Aerospace and Rockwell Collins, as well as Panasonic and Sony's in-flight entertainment companies.
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Bio: The Nation's biggest tribute band to Ozzy Osbourne At 4 feet 8 Inches tall! He looks and sounds just like OZZY! Little Ozzy just appeared on the History Channel with Ozzy Osbourne himself and Son Jack! Little Ozzy was contacted to be part of Ozzy and Jack's World Detour show and the Little impersonator was told by Ozzy himself. " You do sound like me honestly" and "You are very good". The show recently aired 9-18-2016 and included recommendations by Sharon Osbourne ,as he performed for her as well on NBC. You can watch the rerun on Little Ozzy's website and The History Channel website. Little Ozzy performs accurate Ozzy/Black Sabbath live shows. According to Howard Stern in a brief sentence on his radio show,"Little Ozzy embodies his idol in such a way it will leave you with an eerie feeling that you were in his presence" Just a couple years ago, Little Ozzy sang her song Mama I'm Coming Home , to Sharon Osbourne in front of 14 million people onNBC's America's Got Talent. Lin never auditioned for the show. The producers were searching specifically for a pint-sized, Ozzy impersonator. Lin knew going in, he wasn't there to compete. Lin said "I knew I wasn't going any further". Lin and his band have performed in clubs all over the country, and he plays to a packed house every time. Little Ozzy was also flown to Hollywood to make an appearance on SPIKE TV's Tattoo Nightmares. He has become known worldwide and is recognized in any town everyday for an autograph or a quick picture with fans. Little Ozzy has been featured in and has appeared in Rolling Stone, E Hollywood, TV Guide and Revolver Magazine, Blabbermouth, He trended worldwide on Twitter as the number 4 most searched for name in the entire WORLD, the night he aired on NBC. He has also appeared in countless newspapers, TV shows, and on radio interviews all over the USA. Including a major Hollywood film with Kevin Nealon and Tom Arnold. If you would like to schedule a concert event, or a personal appearance do not hesitate to email me or call me . Please find all the information you need on our website. SOUNDCLIPS, VIDEO, BIO, PICS, etc. Little Ozzy is also available for special appearences alone! Please contact Lin Doak at (804) 513-5154 Please enjoy our website! http://littleozzyrocks.com/fr_home.cfm You can view press, videos, as well as pictures. I do hope you will consider this show for your venue. Sincerely, Lin Doak ( Little Ozzy)


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The sad irony of this week's column is that it begins right where last week's column began, with me seated at the kitchen table looking out into a sickeningly monochrome, deep-frozen world. It's February in Ohio, and despite having lived as a Buckeye for all of my days, I still can't come to grips with the standard foul-weather game plan of pulling on another pair of socks and going back to bed -- a world beset by white forces me into the thick of it.
Yes, sir, I've been known to bundle-up, head out, and thrash about like a pit bull in a pen full of pullets at this time of year; but this should never be construed as an acceptance of the season. I am not a winter sports enthusiast by any stretch; my thrashing is more of a statement of rage than a rollicking rumba. I move about to forget winter, not embrace it.
That's why, on many a ridiculously cold and snowy day, my friends and I might be found shoveling a path roughly the width of a bicycle somewhere across this frozen land. Sometimes the path leads us to happiness; sometimes it leads directly into a ditch, or a tree, or some other object sent down from heaven to leave deep purple bruises on the limbs of those who don't know any better.
My wife likes to point out that there are actually a number of activities that are ideally suited to provide cold weather entertainment for men who simply can't sit still -- the shoveling of driveways and splitting of wood, for instance.
She, of course, misses the point that while each of these activities has its merits in terms of generating sweat, both lack that critical element of mindless stupidity that makes bicycling in the snow so attractive. Men sometimes need to do things that make absolutely no sense to women; it's what keeps a mother from flying into a spatula-swinging rage when she one day catches her son peeing on her rose bushes.
So let the winter rage as it has. I will rise each morning to sit briefly beside the kitchen window, stare blankly into a white-washed world that seems to have been sent specifically to test the limits of my sanity, then venture out into it to prove that -- at least to a woman's mind -- there isn't really all that much to lose!


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Lower Cape May Regional High School picked up its first win of the football season by crushing Wildwood at Warrior Stadium, 58-0 in a game broadcast live Saturday afternoon on WCZT. Lower Cape May collected six interceptions not he day, and Wildwood remains winless not he season. For more on the game, see Brian Cunniff's [...]
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Stone Harbor's Borough Council will meet Tuesday and will consider some major changes to the construction schedules in the community. Council will discuss potential ordinance changes that would prohibit demolitions from July 1st through Labor Day. Council may also discuss the prohibition of Sunday construction from July 1st through early September.
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My dad's, and my grandfather's, love of antiques or anything that has seen a good amount of history has rubbed off on me. It is probably the reason why one of my majors is Art History, actually.
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I can't say that I was thrilled after I took a chance on the noodles with a mix of seafood. There wasn't any scallops as it promised on the menu and the general lack of taste was quite a let down. The rest of my party, though, chose safe delicious fresh choices in the form of seafood. Note – do not order any dish that isn't primarily seafood – not even noodles…
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Feminist Field Trip: Feminist Afrofuturism: Black History Month at PSU (2/22)
February 22 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pmFree
Join us as we take a Feminist Field Trip to Feminist Afrofuturism: Black History Month at PSU! In a series of four workshops at Plymouth State University, attendees will learn about the history and craft of crocheting, as well as partake in the creation of a collaborative art project. No need to attend all four workshops in succession – simply join us for as many as you can! Instruction, materials, snacks, and fellowship will be provided! Coordinate Ridesharing here: Rideshare / Carpool doc More on this series from PSU: This series aims to bring together a dynamic group of students, scholars, and community members to create a collaborative art project that celebrates the contributions of black women in American History. Students, faculty, and community members will come together throughout the month to collaboratively crochet large-scale renderings of Harriet Tubman (Abolitionist and Activist), Marian Anderson (20th Century Musician/Activist and UN Human Rights Committee Delegate), and Nina Simone (Civil Rights Activist and Musician). These three prominent African American Women highlight social justice work from the 1800s through the 1900s. Inspired by the Love Across the USA project, those involved in this project will come together to learn during weekly workshops and practice a traditional fiber craft. Following the completion of the event we will connect with the Museum of the White Mountains in order to display the work beyond Black History Month 2019. As such, Feminist Afrofuturism: Black History Month at PSU encompasses both past and present, history and future. Throughout history, women have had to work together and depend on each other to effect meaningful change, and these crocheted banners will be both a metaphor and an example of what we can achieve when we unite and work toward common goals.


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Fiese Kuhe, Portal and Suburbia
No one took a guess at what was possibly one of the easiest quizzes I have set to date so that will ride for another week with the addition of this weeks' picture quiz which is possibly the second easiest.
This week we launched straight into 6 nimmt! (aka take 6) where only 2 of the players had no idea of the rules thus they had a steep learning curve of "Play a card and see what happens" – actually the mechanics are a lot easier to see in action as opposed to just explaining them so this was not as harsh as it sounds. Our winner beat me by 3 points to set up a 3 in a row winning streak for the night, the two players at the back of the field appeared to be trying to gather every card that was out there for as many penalties as possible beating all previous club records for worst one round score.
We split into 3 tables – Table 1 went for Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game, this game is (world) widely enjoyed and has been printed in 8 different languages, it currently sits in 18th place on the geek list of all board games placing it above other excellent games such as Dominant Species, Keyflower, Caylus and 7 Wonders however this is a game I am unlikely to play and although the concept is interesting it really does not call to me.
It is a co-operative game but only to a limited extent, in addition to the joint goals everyone also has a secret objective which sometimes will result in a lot less cooperation than the other players may expect, I am not comfortable with "secret" stitch-up games, but this should not deter others from playing who enjoy this sort of game.
Table 2 went with Suburbia a game I have put off purchasing for several years however I played it earlier this year whereupon it got bumped onto my "to buy" list. Suburbia has a simple mechanism but which creates quite a bit of a book-keeping which can become a nightmare for those of us with disordered minds. Players each build their own suburb within a great Metropolis on a turn purchasing a tile from those on offer and adding it to their domain, all parts of a suburb must have contact with at least one other tile. The tiles are of four colours depicting heavy industry, business, housing or municipal and usually confer a benefit which normally comes from tiles in your own suburb but may also include those of other suburbs, the benefits are cash income and prosperity, the prosperity is your turnover of victory points each turn.
The benefits conferred may take effect on any players turn depending on what tiles they place, benefits also multiply up when you start grouping buildings, towards the end of the game I was placing a tile then calculating the costs, new income and prosperity bonus by which time two others had also bought and placed a tile so I was catching up on what they had bought in case it also affected me. The score track is interesting in that there are barriers to cross, each barrier decreases your prosperity and cash income by 1 point and as these barriers occur closer together the more points you get it is possible to reach a stage where you are losing points each turn, so timing your end push can be crucial. Despite the book-keeping aspect, it is a very nice game.
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- Glad to have finally played Suburbia. I didn't want to be short on money but it meant that I had to sacrifice not having a good reputation for the most part of the early game. The big turning point was the doubling of a key tile that increased my ability to get victory points every turn.
Table 3 in the meantime were playing Portal: The Uncooperative Cake Acquisition Game a game about cakes. Apparently the game is based on a computer game which I have never played or even heard of but the anticipation of this game amongst others has caused some excitement.
I know nothing about it but BQ has kindly given some feedback.
- Portal was fun and intriguing, but short, because one of the game-end triggers is any player not having any people on the board, and when one's playing for the first time there's a lot to keep track of, so it's easy to miss the fact that you're about to lose your last person :) . I really enjoyed the jeopardy elements, and was sad we didn't manage to incinerate any cake :p . Next time!
My table had agreed to try a game that I have had for several years but never played before this week Fiese Kühe, I tried it out two player before the club and found it a bit bland, however I could see that it probably played best with four and thankfully I had three willing volunteers. It is a race game with the goal being to get your four cows from one end of the playing area to the other, however with four players there are sixteen cows all trying to rush down a gap five lanes wide. Players have a hand of five cards and on a turn you play a card and then draw a new one.
Each has their own deck which is identical to the other players. There are restrictions which are no diagonal or backwards movement, your whole move must be in a straight line and unhindered by obstacles (other cows or cow pats). Fortunately the cards all have a special ability as well as the movement, for instance a Stoss card allows you to push other cows, a Muh card allows you to make all cows adjacent to you move 1 space (this may be backwards) Platsch allows you to wade through cow pats, Huh allows you to choose how far you move, Zig-zag allows you to change direction during your move and Grrr allows you to swap places with a anothers cow. There is a lot of swapping and being moved around that you feel that you are never really in control which makes this game a little frustrating but also generates quite a bit of fun for instance one of my cows started the race at least three times as he kept being frightened back off the board by more aggressive cows and at the end when I thought everyone was moving off the board I cleared a lane to get one of my cows off with a Huh card just to have my way blocked by someone else who took advantage of my clearway.
There are some tactics (which I totally failed to grasp) for instance cow pats although blocking can be defensive spaces against the Grrr card and one of our number won convincingly despite being the last in the round. The feedback I got was that it was not a bad little game, crib cards would have been very handy though, ironically I had them at home but did not think they would be needed – I was wrong.
Table 3 next went for Vault Wars – why are there so many games I know nothing about? This was described to me as being very close to the TV programme storage wars, players outbid each other for the contents of various vaults hoping to find treasures to sell at a profit, there are hidden roles and everyone only gets to see a small part of each vault.
There is quite a bit of bluff and lots of player interaction and those that played seemed to enjoy it, the only caveat seems to be it really needs 4 or more players.
BQ fortunately gives some feedback
- Vault Wars was a very enjoyable bit of fantasy-themed, auction-based game, with a good amount of bluffing and player interaction . The various powers of the "vaults" you auction off (yes, it IS a high fantasy version of those "Storage Wars" TV shows) add a nice bit of variation, and the multi-use item cards (that one can keep for victory points, sell for cash or "equip" for their special ability) mean there's a surprising amount of interesting decisions for a game whose mechanisms are, on the face of it, quite simple. We didn't use the "workers" expansion this time, so I'd been keen to try it again with that in play: it too adds additional ability options.
Table 1 had moved on to Sheriff of Nottingham, this is a revamp of the 1950's game Contraband by Pepys and introduces pouches and extra bits, the aim of the game is to make the most cash. Players place items in their pouch to take into the thriving market town of Nottingham however the Sheriff (the role of which moves on a player each round)gets to speak to each player and demand to know what is in the pouch, players can bribe the sheriff to let them into Town with the bag unopened and if accepted they get all the goods in their bag.
If challenged by the Sheriff the bag is opened and penalties applied for contraband, however if the player was honest about the contents the player gets bonus money for having their character maligned. I personally am not sure all the extra bits are necessary – Contraband (later Smuggle) was a solid card and cash game that played 3-6 players in about 20 minutes, Sheriff of Nottingham is fiddlier, plays 3-5 players in 60 minutes, however it is certainly more tactile with nice bits and colourful graphics drawing the players into the game, the earlier versions were not as "nice".
Table 2 next played Zooloretto: The Dice Game, this is a simple dice game where a player on their turn can take a truck with at least 1 dice played upon it or roll 2 die which they must then add to one or two trucks in play, each truck has a limit of 3 die. Each dice has a different animal on each of five faces and a coin on the last. When a truck is selected the player takes the die and ticks off boxes on their display sheet, if they are the first to complete an animal row they get a bonus point (2 points in the case of the lion).
They now take no further actions in that round. Once everyone has taken a truck the round is over and the start player moves on. The game plays smoothly and has a stitch up factor, tactical play is possible and there is a fair amount of decision making to be done, however this is not a game I rate highly, with only 2 dice to roll each turn there is a fair amount of luck on what you will be providing for your opponents, but as a filler it is ideal and should play in about 15 minutes.
The last game on Table 3 was The Little Prince: Make Me a Planet, this has been covered before.
We finished off the evening with Super Rhino which I covered last week. Three of us played 2 rounds, this is a game firmly on my "to buy" list and probably fits my intellectual level being aimed at players aged 5 and above.


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Fresh Forest Snow – Keene, NH
We received about three inches of fresh powdery snow here in Keene last night. With the sun coming out early this morning, I knew that the light would be beautiful in the forest behind my house, so I layered-up and grabbed a camera to head out.
My first discovery was a handmade cabin just off the Gilsum Road trail, complete with a roof and a stone foundation. The small sign above the cabin reads "Tom's Cabin."
After hiking for about and hour, I came to the power line clearing on Drummer Hill which intersects Court Street in Keene. Looking toward West Keene, the early morning light was beautiful on the snow covered trees that lined the clearing.
The evergreens were plastered with light, fluffy snow.
As the sun began to warm the branches of the trees, they would release their snow in a curtain of powder raining down upon the trail. Fortunately, my camera and I managed to avoid being underneath one of these.
All along the trail, the snow covered trees leaned in, framing a perfect Winter scene.
Small evergreens throughout the forest bent over from the weight of the snow.
I found a new section of forest just off the trail which I had not explored before. The light was beautiful here, and I loved the contrast of the dark brown tree trunks against the snow covered evergreens.
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July Newsletter
Working with the legendary Barry Fletcher
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I was selected to run public relations for Barry Fletcher Product line the past few months. During my time working with Barry he shared his perspective on hair care for women of color. He has offered me instruction and unlimited access to testing the products in his hair care line.
One of my favorite products beside the loc set serum was the stimulating growth cream. The growth cream It is part of a bigger system, "Holistic Hair Growth System" containing three products, however, I enjoyed using in by itself.
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Posted: July 2, 2011 at 8:13 am
i don't think i have ever met a creature so destructive, so into himself, and sometimes…. so utterly foul… as conan the barbarian cat. to me he is an icon of absolute barbarism…completely uncivilized with no social graces at all.
he is not feral or a wild cat, he just has this spirit of doing whatever the hell he wants to do and screw what the rest of the world thinks about it…he really does not care.
and i don't know why i like him so much..it must be his complete honestly. he will rip the shit out of something or spray the computer moniter right in front of me. he doesn't even look away to not see me watching whatever bad thing he does. and it is not like he is challenging me either, he doesn't purposefully make eye contact to stare me down while he wrecks something either.
he is so casual…so natural…he is conan the barbarian and this is just what he does.
what is really a shame here is this cat will never get a good home. no one else is going to embrace and appreciate and be in awe of a black and fuzzy trollcat.
i find myself watching him, and anticipating the next ugly house wrecking thing that he does…for some reason i admire his dedication to gross and destruction….it is an integral part of him.
conan is a nice cat….maybe not in the traditional sense, but he is a nice cat in his own uncivilized way….once in a while he hooks me with his claws as i try to pass…that is conan's way of saying hi and noticing me.
and folding things from the dryer usually ends up into a tug of war and a swat or a scratch. but he is not being mean here…he just likes to play in a sort of hard way with a drop of my blood here and there.
most of the time he is not bugging me…he is usually unobtrusively wandering about doing his own kind of destructor thing, and he is getting old now so he naps quite a bit.
he is an odd cat…and he makes me weird too because i think he is pretty damn down and dirty and totally cool.
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Fiorentina started the game with hunger in their bellies. Attacking with pace and pressing vehemently. They possessed the ball beautifully and proved effective with both their passing and fluid interchange. The Bianconeri struggled to settle in. Every pass they attempted was well intercepted while their best players, including Pirlo and Paul Pogba were man-marked impeccably well.
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Please welcome MA Lawson (aka Mike Lawson)to the blog! His brand new novel (and first of a new series), ROSARITO BEACH, just came out today, and he was kind enough to answer a few of my questions about the book, and more!
Your newest book (and first of a new series), ROSARITO BEACH, just came out! Will you tell us a little about it?
Rosarito Beach is the story of a doesn't-play-well-with-others DEA agent named Kay Hamilton. Kay sets her sights on bringing down the San Diego based little brother of the leader of a Mexican drug cartel. In the opening scenes of the novel, she arrests the little brother – and his big bad brother down in Mexico reacts by putting Kay in a position where she's forced to get his younger brother out of jail. I can't reveal exactly what the drug cartel leader does to put Kay in this position without giving the way the plot – but Kay, who's fearless and uncompromising extracts, herself from the situation with a some violence, a bit of luck, and little sex – and while being pitted against both the drug cartel and the DEA.
You've got quite a few titles under your belt already, and have an engineering background to boot, but have you always wanted to be a writer? What made you take the plunge into fiction?
I've been asked this question a number of times: how did I go from nuclear engineering to writing. I don't remember a Road-to-Damascus moment. I always read a lot of fiction, I did a lot of technical writing when I had a real job, and one day just decided to try my hand at writing a novel. The catalyst for doing this was basically two things: First, the invention of the laptop computer and programs like Word and Word Perfect which made it "mechanically" easy to write. Or I should say, made it mechanically easy to rewrite. I don't know how people write books by hand and using typewriters considering all the revisions I make when I write a book. Second, I used to take a ferry to work and the ferry ride gave me about forty-five minutes each day in which to write – and this is a luxury most writers who have families and real jobs don't have: forty five minutes of uninterrupted writing time each day.
ROSARITO BEACH stars DEA Agent Kay Hamilton. What do you like most about her, and why do you think readers will root for her?
What I like about Kay is that she's flawed. I like flawed heroes. On the good side, Kay is smart, tough, sexy, and brave. She has a sense of humor. She's willing to take risks, she's loyal to people not organizations. On the "bad" side, she's uncompromising; she makes mistakes both personally and professionally; she's so driven she can be a tad insensitive. I'm hoping readers will like her not only because of her attitude but because, like in Rosarito Beach, she overcomes some of her own flaws to ultimately do the right thing.
What kind of research did you do for ROSARITO BEACH?
I guess I'd say I just did the usual stuff that writers do to get smarter on a subject. I talked to a lot of people: people who live in Mexico, federal judges and lawyers, guns guy to tell me about guns (because I'm not a gun guy). I visited the brig at Camp Pendleton, the federal lock-up in San Diego, the border region of Mexico. I read books, watched movies and documentaries, and surfed the Internet. I did my best to make sure I was being accurate – it's jarring to readers when writers get the facts wrong – but I was mostly focused on telling an entertaining story.
How did you celebrate when you sold your first book?
That's a great question. And even though it happened ten years ago – 2004 – I can still remember the moment. When my agent called me at told me that I had a two book deal for my first novel, The Inside Ring, I was down in Las Vegas with a bunch of family members. My reaction was total astonishment. I couldn't believe that after ten years of trying to get published, I finally had a publisher. I was simply stunned – basically standing there with my mouth open – but my brother-in-law, Joe, went out and bought a couple cigars, a bottle of brandy, and we sat there on a balcony, drinking and smoking, looking at the Las Vegas lights – me continuing to be stunned, mostly speechless, and grateful I was so damn lucky.
What's one of the most interesting things you've learned since becoming a published author?
The biggest thing I've learned is that it's a lot easier to write a book than it is to sell a book. Again, I'm just lucky to have a publisher like Penguin Blue Rider Press who's doing the hard work.
What's one of your favorite book villains?
I can't name a particular villain so much as a type of villain. I like villains that have a human side as opposed to the steely-eyed Terminator type characters you see in many books who are totally focused on death and mayhem. One of my favorite examples of this kind of villain, and what I mean by villains with a human side, is the scene in Pulp Fiction where John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson are driving toward an apartment where they're going to kill four or five guys. But what do they talk about on the way to the apartment? They talk about what do you call a quarter-pounder at a McDonald's in Paris where they have the metric system. You see villains like this Elmore Leonard's books, in Don Winslow's and George Pelecanos' books.
What are a few books or authors that have influenced you the most?
That's a really long list. But I like the books of John Sandford, the humor in the books, the "relaxed" writing style. The late, great Elmore Leonard mentioned above for the way he can tell so much with so few words. David Ignatius for the way he mixes real life politics with fiction. Dennis Lehane because his good guys are always flawed.
What was one of your favorite books of 2013?
Boomerang by Michael Lewis. It's a non-fiction book – I read a lot of non-fiction. I don't know when it was written but I read it this year. I like all of Michael Lewis's books, The Big Short, Blind Side, Moneyball, et cetera. Also Carol O'Connell's It Happens in the Dark, which was published in 2013. Carol is one of my favorite writers because she invented a sociopath for a protagonist long before Dexter came along.
What are you reading now?
*Tatiana by Martin Cruz Smith.
When you're not working on your next project, how do you like to spend your free time?
Playing golf – I'm a really shitty golfer but I like to play. I read a lot, I watch TV and movies a lot, particularly series like the type you see on HBO. But my main activity when I'm not writing is doing whatever my wife tells me to do.
What's next for you?
Another Kay Hamilton novel, tentatively titled Viking Bay, which is currently with my editor. Also my ninth DeMarco novel, number 9, titled House Reckoning, being released in 2014. I'm currently working on the third Kay Hamilton novel and the tenth DeMarco novel. I love being a writer.
Keep up with M.A. Lawson: Website | Twitter
About ROSARITO BEACH:
Bold, brash, and beautiful, Kay Hamilton is not your average DEA agent—she's as infuriating as she is irresistible. Having recently been transferred to San Diego after a case in Miami brought her more notoriety than medals, Kay once again finds herself embroiled in an international bust. Tito Olivera, younger brother of drug czar Caesar Olivera, is within her grasp. If she takes down Tito, Kay is positive that Caesar will follow—and when Caesar falls, so does the largest and most vicious cartel in Mexico. But when a mysterious stranger shows up on her doorstep, all of Kay's carefully laid plans are thrown out the window. The Olivera case suddenly becomes far more personal—not to mention dangerous—and Kay must be willing to sacrifice everything to get her man.
Rosarito Beach is an explosive, action-packed thriller that will have readers on the edge of their seats until the final moments of the epic conclusion.


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Combine input signals of same data type and numeric type into virtual vector
Simulink / Commonly Used Blocks
Simulink / Signal Routing
HDL Coder / Commonly Used Blocks
HDL Coder / Signal Routing
The Mux block combines its inputs into a single vector output. An input can be a scalar or vector signal. All inputs must be of the same data type and numeric type. For information about creating and decomposing vectors, see Mux Signals.
The elements of the vector output signal take their order from the top to bottom, or left to right, input port signals. See Port Location After Rotating or Flipping for a description of the port order for various block orientations.
The nonvirtual components of a virtual signal are called regions. A virtual signal can contain the same region more than once. For example, if the same nonvirtual signal is connected to two input ports of a Mux block, the block outputs a virtual signal that has two regions. The regions behave as they would if they had originated in two different nonvirtual signals, even though the resulting behavior duplicates information.
Simulink® provides several techniques for combining signals into a composite signal. For more information, see Composite Signal Techniques.
Port_1 — Accept nonbus vector signal to extract and output signals
Port that accepts the input nonbus vector signal from which to extract and output signals.
Port_1 — Output signals extracted from input vector signal
Output signals extracted from the input vector. The output signal ports are ordered from top to bottom. See Port Location After Rotating or Flipping for a description of the port order for various block orientations.
Number of inputs — Inputs
Specify the number of input signals. You can also specify signal names and sizes. Use one of these formats.
|Block Behavior
Specifies the number of inputs to the Mux block.
When you use this format, the block accepts scalar or
vector signals of any size. Simulink assigns each input the name
The length of the vector specifies the number of inputs. Each element specifies the size of the corresponding input.
A positive value specifies that the corresponding port
can accept only vectors of that size. For example,
Cell array
The length of the cell array specifies the number of inputs. The value of each cell specifies the size of the corresponding input.
A scalar value
Signal name list
You can enter a list of signal names separated by
commas. Simulink assigns each name to the corresponding
port and signal. For example, if you enter
If you specify a scalar for the Number of inputs parameter and all of the input ports are connected, as you draw a new signal line close to input side of a Mux block, Simulink adds a port and updates the parameter.
|Block Parameter:
|Type: scalar, vector, cell array, signal name list
|Values: number, vector of port numbers, cell array, or list of signal names
Display option — Displayed block icon
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To display the icon as a box containing the block type name, select
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Data Types
Direct Feedthrough
Multidimensional Signals
Variable-Size Signals
Zero-Crossing Detection
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We took an hour train to Nürnberg over the weekend and enjoyed our time in the city despite that it rained all day. The cold and dreary weather enhanced the Gothic sections of the city. As one of our first excursions in Germany, I would recommend Nürnberg and consider going back for more exploration. The city has a distinctly grim feel, I am sure that I have not been anywhere like it. The train station is at the perimeter of the Altstadt so you can begin there and do a full day of walking, which is what we did.
St Lorenz
The images of Lorenzkirche (1250 A.D) are mainly in contrast to the Hofkirche from the previous post. It felt very gothic and dark, not as bright and romantic as the ornate 18th century chapel at the Würzburg Residenz.
Saturday's moody skies set the tone for our walk through the stone and iron corridors of the city's 12thC imperial fortress. Afterwards, we had the local specialty for lunch – Drei im Weckla "Three in a bun", three smokies in a hard roll! And you get a pack of mustard! Not bad. Dad- I think you would like this!
Albrecht-Dürer House
Living space and workshop of artist/draftsman/printmaker Albrecht Dürer is now a museum with a neat interactive interface.
Long gone, Albrecht Dürer still has celebrity status in his hometown.
Dürer was a 15thC humanist. Instead of drawing from memory or imagination, journeymen were sent out to collect everyday natural objects for reference. This was a new approach to german art, and a fundamental contribution to the Northern Renaissance. At the same time, Martin Luther's Reformation was in full swing; And across the continent in Italy, DaVinci was creating the Mona Lisa.
finally, yarn graffiti! I heard about this awhile ago and here it is. Derek saw this reference in Vita.MN last week or so about Mpls based yarn street artist HotTea.
A huge event in Nürnberg is the Christmas market beginning in November; We will definitely be back. The city was also a Nazi launch pad in the 1930's and later the location where they were tried.
+ Jürgen Weber. Ehekarussell (Marriage Carousel).1978-1984. Nürnberg
+ Jürgen Goertz. Der Hase—Hommage à Dürer (The Hare—a Homage to Dürer).1984. Nürnberg
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This is gonna take a minute #5
Then we walked and talked a moment longer.
The reason I wanted to explain such a intamite part of my life was another vision I had just the other day during my worship time. I saw the Lord and there was a huge vat, I mean it was huge. It was filled with a translusiant liquid. It was very similiar to the sea I had seen in my experience of heaven. It was the most beautiful blue green that glowed with Gods glory. Everything about the liquid in these vats reminded me of heaven. It reminded me of holding hands with Jesus, and the nakedness I felt in the Fathers glory. (yet not ashamed). The joy, peace everything it was like liquid heaven. In this vision The Father was asking His people to direct Him as to where we would have them pour out these huge vats of liquid heaven. I believe God is wanting His people to arise and point out places that we desire heaven to be seen. People, places, things, items. God is desiring for His people to partner with Him, to get close to Him and hear His heart. Some may say well I can't pray for heaven to be poured out on this or that, or this person or that person. They don't deserve it. Well never do you deserve to direct God's vat of liquid heaven. I don't deserve to be the one telling of the visions. None of us deserve any of this. But God has offered us heaven and He also allows us to be vessels of Heaven. His liquid heaven.
Love ya,
This is gonna take a minute #4
All most done!!!
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This is gonna take a minute #3
Little more later!!!
Love ya
This is gonna take a minute #2
Stay tuned for #3
Love ya
This is gonna take a minute #1
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Heaven's Yes
Iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.
Man, that word last night sharpened the sin outta me. Good stuff!!!
So many times when we hear that scripture it brings almost a negative feel to it. To be sharpened would mean to say that I'm not as sharp as I should be and I need others to help me be all I can be... WAA!!!
Really this sharpening should take place often and from all directions. From sermons, mentors, pastors, heck nature, friends, moments and life, all kinds of stuff can sharpen us... If we will let it. Example, last night you would have had to been dead not to be sharpened by the sermon. For those who haven't seen it... It was well... INSANE!!! (Damon Thompson first night at the 220 conference)
Yeah it had an impact... I had a follow up impact right after the sermon, I was talking to a friend, a fellow youth pastor and he brought up a sermon I had preached a few years back at a conference he was hosting. (Pastor Jayson from G-boro NC). Not just the sermon but that time in my life was crazy brutal, in a good way. To be reminded of that moment after the sermon aaahhh... It was like a one, two punch. There is something on the inside, a desire for purity, holiness. It's a desire to be consumed' a desire for the river, for the wind, for the rain, for the fire. I had a vision the other day of the father with large, I mean huge vats of heaven and He was pouring it out on His people as they directed Him through interseccion. So come on lets have heaven poured out, lets consume hell with a double shot from the vats of God and transform a desolate dry place into Heaven. YOUR WILL BE DONE ON EARTH...
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There's a Need!!!
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How can I???
How can I live how He lived, do what He did, heal how He healed, walk how He walked?
How can I???
Everything is based on seeing how He saw, feeling how He felt... I always talk the talk of wanting to do what He did. But am I willing to feel what He felt? Not just at Calvary! But the compassion He felt for the multitude, the frustration of faithless followers, the pain of betrayal! What deep emotion caused Jesus to weep at Lazarus's' tomb, or sweat drops of blood at Gethsemane.
Could I handle it???
Father take me one step at a time one foot in front of the other. Catch me when I fall, teach me to walk in your steps...
Love ya,
God Is!!!
We could also say, "God is" to each of these things… God is Love, God is joy, God is peace, God is patience, God is kindness, God is goodness etc… For those that like to make it personal they could say, God gives me love, God gives me joy, God gives me peace, yes God gives me patience, kindness, goodness etc. For those that want to make it really personal can pray a prayer today that says…
God you are my Love,
Father you are my Joy and peace,
Jesus you are my patience and my kindness
You are so good, so faithful and so gentle
I ask you to control myself today…
Love ya
I am living in a moment and drinking in what it has for me... Whether sweet wine or bitter.
Love Ya
Prayer Furnace
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Intimacy and Fire...
Love ya
Heart and Tongue
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Brian Hardin from Daily Audio Bible @ IHOP-KC
I am sitting in Kansas City at the International House of Prayer as I write this. There is genuinely something very special about sitting in a place where prayer and worship goes on 24 hours a day and never stops. It's been going on for over a decade and it shows. It's really quite remarkable. One of the most striking aspects of this place is the median age of those involved. Most are in their twenties. They've given up whatever they have to to sacrifice their lives calling out to God. On the one hand we could look at this as irresponsible. They are, after all at the prime age to begin the process of making their way in the world. It's these years that really count when it comes time to retire. Even as I write those words on the page here I cringe. I suppose it all boils down to what worldview you have. What culture you are choosing to embrace. What kingdom you've chosen to serve.
It's almost midnight here. There are probably two or three hundred people praying right now. This will go on all night, all day tomorrow and all night tomorrow night. It simply never ceases. I've spent about 12 hours in the Prayer Room this weekend. I could spend another 12 easily. I'd stay in here all week if I could. Sitting here it all becomes so clear and I scratch my head and wonder what is wrong with we Christians sometimes. I'm not saying we have to all commit ourselves to a lifestyle of day and night prayer but sheesh. How many hours do we pray each day? How many minutes? How many seconds. Think about it. I have prayed along with this rotating, never ending prayer movement for the end of abortion, for revival in the hearts of the youth in California, for God to raise up 10,000 twelve year olds who would give themselves to God at a young age like Christ in the temple. It goes on and on and I'm humbled at how selfishly I pray usually. This weekend has taught me much but one of the more profound things is that it's REALLY and TRULY not about us and we REALLY and TRULY have to stop saying those words and still making everything about us. We have to REALLY and TRULY start living it.
Twenty somethings giving themselves to a life of sacrifice believing that it matters that they cry out to God day and night. I see almost no affects of the outside world here. Not in a wierd way like the real world doesn't exist. Quite the contrary. They are praying for the real world but are unaffected by it. It holds no appeal for them. They really could care less who wins American Idol. I see people crying before the Lord in profound love. What happens on the latest TV show or who wins the game this weekend is just not that important when you have an audience with the King and He smiles on you. Ughh. It's so sad the things we go to for life. The things we substitute for the real life Jesus offers. I see very little depression or self absorption around here. This probably has something to do with staying in the presence of the Lord as well. I have a lot of processing to do and I've managed to scribble out another stream of conciousness post that probably makes little sense but hopefully conveys some emotion. I am ever more convinced that we cannot live the life Jesus offers and that we're supposed to live without the Word of God every single day and without a genuine and fervant prayer life. It just won't work any other way and we have to stop pretending it will and sacrifice whatever we must in order to give our lives to God.
Onward Comrades,


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Genevieve Bennett on Instincts, Intentionality and Women in Leadership
2: Genevieve Bennett, Co-Founder and Artistic Director of Redbird Theatre and Chair of the Theatre Department at Saint Paul Conservatory for Performing Artists, sheds light on the formation of her company and her way of developing "short-hand" with collaborators. She also discusses how to surround yourself with the right group of people.
We cover teaching as service and service as an antidote to doubt.
Genevieve lends exceptional advice to young artists emphasizing the responsibility to create your own opportunities.


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I've been working on number 38 on my 101 in 1001 list lately:
38. Have fresh flowers at home for 4 weeks
It is amazing how much fresh flowers can boost my spirit. Nick has been out of town for the last ten days for work training (did I tell you all that he started a new job last month? Changes all around for us!), and I've been missing him a lot. He'll be home Friday and I can't wait — the schmoopy factor is off the charts and we need to be reunited, already!
Anyhow, I took a walk to Trader Joe's yesterday to pick up a few things, and I couldn't resist when I walked in and saw a bunch of ranunculus for $4.99. They're my favorite flower and they remind me of our wedding day, so they'll help to tide me over until Nick gets home. Aren't they pretty?


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Merry Binge-mas: Why I Wrote A Dark Comedy About My Eating Disorder
By: Angela Gulner Some may find it odd, insensitive, or tasteless, even, (pun intended) that I (and my teammates at HLG Studios) chose to launch our crowdfunding campaign (https://igg.me/at/binge) to fund Binge, a dark comedy inspired by my decade-long struggle with bulimia, the Monday after Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving. The day you're basically required to have an eating disorder.
Um, no thanks, two pieces of pie were eno–WHAT!!!! What is wrong with you?! It's Thanksgiving! Why do you hate Thanksgiving? Do you hate America, Angela, is that it? Do you? Do you? No, I don't hate America, Uncle Pete, I'll have another piece of pie.
If you don't feel like vomiting after Thanksgiving Dinner (and dessert, and second dinner, and second dessert) then according to society, you're just not doing it right. So, by that measure, Thanksgiving should be a great day to be bulimic, right? The entire country is bingeing. Your behaviors, on this day, are normal, glorified, and insisted upon (minus the purging part, that's still considered 'effing gross'). But for me, Thanksgiving was one of the most painful days of the year.
I think what so many outsiders don't understand is that we don't want to be bulimic. At least, I didn't want to be bulimic. Bulimia isn't fun. It's ugly. It's embarrassing. It's animalistic. And bulimia doesn't usually cause weight loss, so we don't get the positive social benefits that anorexics get (wow, that's hella fucked up – anorexia is rough, too). We hate ourselves and we hate our bulimia, even while we're addicted to it. Like many bulimics, I'd often go into a trance-like frenzy where I couldn't see clearly. My heart would pound, time would blur, and then a few hours later, I'd realized I'd just consumed my entire kitchen pantry. But I didn't want to. What I wanted – what so many bulimics want – was to eat nothing at all.
For me, the days leading up to Thanksgiving were filled with crippling anxiety, constant dread, and obsessive planning. Weeks in advice, I'd map the entire day out for myself– what I'd eat, and when, and how slowly. How would I manage to: 1. Eat as little as possible while still 2. Appear totally normal and happy without 3. Triggering a binge so I wouldn't need to 4. Puke my fucking guts out in the basement toilet. But every year of the ten I struggled, when Thanksgiving day arrived, my well-crafted plan backfired. I'd be 15 minutes in, with a respectable vegetable medley resting on my tiny plate, take a sharp left turn at the cookie tray, and be hunched over the toilet before Halftime.
Bulimia is a vicious cycle. And regardless of how it appears, bulimics are not choosing to partake in it. Now, I'm not a dietician, or a doctor, or a therapist. But I spent ten years, a shit ton of therapy, and two rounds of treatment in that cycle and I have learned a lot. Eating disorders change your brain chemistry and your body's physiology. With bulimia, despite the massive quantity of food consumed during a binge, purging and frequent starvation between episodes means one is generally malnourished. And when you're malnourished, you're depressed. You just are. Your brain doesn't have what it needs to fire correctly. When you're malnourished, your body kicks into "survival mode". It tries to save itself…by eating. By eating a lot, as quickly as it can. Because it doesn't know when it will next be fed, and it doesn't know how long it will have that food once it gets it. But when the binge ends, those survival instincts disappear. The bulimic is left alone, physically ill and emotionally devastated. I can't believe it happened again. I said it would never happen again. I'm a failure. I'm an idiot. I'm a pig. I suck.
The shame and fear is too much. We purge. And the cycle begins again.
Bulimia – and eating disorders in general – are so often thought of, by the general public and by those who suffer, as emotional afflictions. Deficiencies. Vanity gone too far. Maladaptive behavior patterns caused by some trauma, or ineffective coping mechanism. And while that's definitely (sometimes) part of it, it's not the whole story. Our bodies are at work here, too. And the longer we're in the bulimic cycle, the harder it is, emotional and psychologically, to break out of it. Ending the cycle, for many, is beyond what we are capable of without outside interference. Only when the body and brain get steady, uninterrupted nourishment can the cycle be broken (and can the underlying emotional traumas be worked through).
This whole tangent is all to say — there were a shit ton of mechanisms at work for me during my bulimic Thanksgivings. And the self-hate, the shame, and the failure I felt wasn't fair. My bulimia was beyond my control. I wasn't weak. I wasn't selfish. I wasn't a pig. I was trapped. And it really fucking sucked.
…so if it was all so terrible (honey, it was), then why? Why make BINGE, a webseries about the pain and strife that comes with these afflictions? Why ask for donations to create a show about this illness? Because 30 million people in the US alone suffer from eating disorders. Because in many countries around the world, there is no talk of eating disorders at all, so thousands suffer in silence. Because eating disorders have the highest mortality rates of all mental illnesses, and yet there is very little representation of them in the media. Because this community shouldn't have to feel alone.
We released BINGE (www.bingetheseries.com) a year ago, and over half a million people have seen it, all over the word. We have received thousands of emails from men and women who have been moved by the show, who have learned something about their friends or their loved ones, and who want to fight the stigma surrounded these illnesses. I hopes that the show helps you get you through your struggle.
You're not alone. You're not a freak. You're not a pig. You're a badass. You're going to get help, and you're going to kick this thing. For those of you who don't struggle in this way, I hope BINGE gives you some understanding of what is going on with those who do. Even if you don't know it, you know someone who's hurting in this way. And your compassion can make a shit season a little less shitty.
Keep fighting!
( If you'd like to get involved with our crowdfunding campaign, click here: https://igg.me/at/binge )
Angela Gulner is a writer, actor, producer, and recovering bulimic. She co-created the dark comedy BINGE, inspired by her decade-long struggle with bulimia. She also co-hosts the feminist comedy podcast Welcome to the Clambake. Follow her on Instagram, @gulnatron and Twitter, @angelagulner.


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'Listening while discovering has never been easier!'
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Launched 28th February 2018, Listen to Discover's Spotify Playlists mean that you can now hear all of the tracks featured throughout the site without having to hunt for them. Giving you direct access to the music featured, the Listen on Spotify menu, shown throughout the site, means you are never too far away from making your next musical discovery. Additionally, at the start of each post, the enhanced images mean you can click through to the tracks you are about to discover and listen while you read. But there is even more to it than this.
Need a few moments to chill out? Choose 'Chilled Discoveries.' Need a boost of energy? Choose 'Motivational Discoveries.' Or if you just want to hear some great music, choose 'Feel Good Discoveries.' Equally, if you want to listen to every track reviewed – for which there are well over 150 tracks – choose 'The Master Playlist.' So you see, listening while discovering has never been easier.
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Enraged man attempts to cut off lover's hands
A woman who escaped death by a whisker after her enraged lover attempted to amputate her hands is fighting for her life at Princess Marina Hospital in Gaborone.
The ugly incident happened in Thamaga last Saturday when the dangerous lover who had raped and nearly killed the woman before he struck again.
As soon as he was granted bail for threat to kill and rape charges, Kedibonye Shoko, armed with an iron rod and a grass cutter headed for her lover, Emang Ramakadi's house where he broke a window pane to gain access.
Ramakadi's Mother, Boikhutso Ralebekwa who witnessed the horrible attack told of how the terrifying giant of a man did not utter a word as he battered her 29- year- old daughter with an iron rod in their full view.
"There were three of us in the room. He hit her all over the body until she passed out. All this happened in my full view. I screamed for help at the top of my voice but none of my neighbours came out to help although they could hear me pleading with this man for mercy and calling for help. We also phoned the police but they took long to arrive," the devastated mother said.
Ramakadi had an on- off and on again relationship with Shoko for almost six years. They have a daughter in standard 3.
Their relationship according to Emang's sister, Amogelang Ramakadi was an unhealthy one.
" Sometime back the two had a fight in which this man forced my sister to swallow a packet full of Anti Retroviral Drugs (ARV's) in an attempt to kill her. He also raped her. The matter was reported to the police, who might have angered Shoko." Amogelang explained.
The police have since engaged the services of a helicopter to hunt down the suspect who has disappeared into thin air.
At the time of going to press the search was still on while Ramakadi was being treated for severe head, shoulders, chest, legs and left arm injuries at Princess Marina Hospital.
The devastated family also appealed to members of the public to help find the suspect.
"We don't even have transport money to check on her at the hospital let alone to bring her fruits," Ralebekwa said.


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Stephen Michael Bagarus, the former pass-catching and running ace who wore a "OO" on his jersey when he played halfback with the Washington Redskins here in the mid-1940s, died of cancer Friday at his home in Gaithersburg. He was 62.
Mr. Bagarus, who became a Redskin in 1945, also played with the Los Angeles Rams football team and was signed by the Baltimore Bullets basketball team, which suspended him for failing to appear for a game.
In his first season with the Redskins in 1945, when the team won the Eastern championship, he set a local record by catching 35 passes, good for 623 yards and six touchdowns. The next year, he caught 31 passes for 438 yards and led his team in pass interceptions (four), kickoff returns (13 for 332 yards), and punt returns (18 for 192 yards).
Retired Washington Post Sports Editor Shirley Povich called him "the most feared ball carrier on the Redskins" and "the toast of Redskin fans in 1945-46" in a 1949 column announcing that Mr. Bagarus had just been put on the waiver list.
After Mr. Bagarus was traded to the Rams at the end of the 1946 season, he suffered a broken leg in the second game of the season and wore a cast for 17 weeks. Although doctors said he wouldn't play football again, he spent the remainder of the 1947 season with the Rams. However, his chief asset -- his "dazzling" speed -- was diminished by the broken leg and he was released.
The following year, he was picked up as a free agent by the Redskins. During preseason training, he suffered a pulled groin muscle from which he never fully recovered, and the club placed him on the waiver list in 1949.
A native of South Bend, Ind., he was named "All City" and "All State" in basketball, football and baseball. He attended the University of Notre Dame and earned football letters in 1939 and 1940 with teams that were beaten only by Iowa (twice), Southern California and Northwestern universities.
Drafted into the Army his junior year, he was playing on the side with the Pacific Coast League's San Diego Bombers when he caught the eye of George Preston Marshall, former owner of the Redskins.
Marshall signed the handsome and slender, six-foot, 175-pounder as a free agent and borrrowed him for several games. Mr. Bagarus played spectacularly, especially in exhibition games against the Packers and Bears in Baltimore. He was signed to a three-year personal service contract with Marshall in 1945.
For the last 30 years, Mr. Bagarus worked in automobile sales in this area. He was a new car salesman for King Pontiac in Gaithersburg when he retired in May for reasons of health.
His marriage to Nancy Bagarus ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife, Ann Merritt Bagarus of Gaithersburg, whom he married in 1947; a daughter by his first marriage, Mary Robin Bagarus of Germantown; two sons, Gary M. of Laguna Beach, Calif., and Ronald S. of Germantown; three brothers and three sisters, all of South Bend, and two grandchildren.


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Liam has two ears again. His implant was activated last week with little fanfare and stress. He did great at the audiologist, cooperating fully with the mapping and all the things that went along with it. He seemed proud of his new ears, showing them off to friends and family. He asked to call Aunt Ry that first day so that she could "see new ears!" I was so proud of my little man, breathing a little easier with that hurdle cleared.
And then the hard part came.
Part of his activation process is to spend some time each day using only the implant. His hearing aid must be turned off for one hour each day to allow his brain to get acclimated with the implant. Initially the cochlear implant makes everything sound strange. The best explanation I've been given is that everything sounds kind of squeaky, like Minnie Mouse and differentiation between voices or different types of noises is all but impossible at first. Over time his brain will be retrained to understand the electronic impulses but at first everything sounds like the inside of Minnie Mouse' head. Liam does not like this one little bit.
The first day I turned his hearing aid off while he was outside playing. Immediately agitated, Liam kept crying, "turn back on, turn back on" while reaching for both devices trying desperately to return his hearing to normal. My mom distracted him with a lollypop and he calmed down. He asked for his aid to be turned back on intermittently throughout the next 40 minutes but overall he acquiesced to hearing with just his implant. Unfortunately he did not appear to understand anything that was said during that first hour. It was unsettling: the blank looks whenever we asked him a question. Eventually we turned the hearing aid back on and let the tension of those 40 minutes settle, assuming it would be easier tomorrow.
It wasn't.
Day two I put both devices into his ears after naps but never turned the hearing aid on in the first place. It was an epic failure on my part. I did it this way because I thought it would be smoother, rather than taking away the comfort of his "regular hearing" I thought it would be easier to not introduce it at all after naps. In retrospect I think he thought this mode of hearing was permanent and everything had changed forever.
At any rate he cried and cried devastated tears. This time he didn't even ask for his hearing aid to be turned on. He just grieved. I held my boy as he sobbed knowing he was being thrown unto an uncomfortable situation where he felt little control, knowing he was unhappy and frustrated and didn't have the language to communicate or understand why. Knowing he must be scared and confused and more than a little freaked by how different everything sounded. I wanted desperately to take it all away, but I didn't.
I don't know what was harder, watching him cry and mourn and wrestle with these big feelings or knowing there was an easy fix and choosing not to use it.
Because that's the crux of it, isn't it? I could have turned his hearing aid on, problem solved. It would have made everything better, lightened the load for my sweet boy who has already borne so much this year. It was all I wanted to do really. Just turn the damn hearing aid back on and make it better.
But, though it may have been better, it wasn't best. I'm realizing that parenting requires a lot of "doing difficult things." Some of these hard things are flung upon us, matters in which we have no choice but to put our head down and one foot in front of the next, each step more unbearable then the last because there are no easier options. Those situations are hard, but in a way the lack of choice helps. There is only one way to go, difficult as it may be, and so you go.
Sometimes though as parents we must choose to do the hard things even in the face of easier options. Because the hard thing is the best thing. It is the thing that will shape our kids, define their character, enable them to survive on their own. Painful and torturous as it may be to send our kids into the fire alone, it is there where they are refined. Keeping them safe is more dangerous in the long run.
And I remember my Jesus who chose the hard path time and again. Who could turn water into wine and fish into more fish but chose to fast in the wilderness for forty days because it was the right, hard thing to do. And I think of his Father who sent him into the world fully human to suffer not just death, but a life where he would be misunderstood and mistreated. He chose to put Jesus into a life of hard things because that was the best thing.
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•4 lbs large potatoes
•1/4 pint milk (warmed)
•2 oz butter
•1 large egg
•Salt and pepper
•Parsley sprigs and lemon slices, for garnish
To prepare
•Peel potatoes, cut into large chunks, boil in salted water until tender. Drain and mash until smooth.
•Beat in the warm milk, most of the butter and the egg yolk. Season to taste.
•Lightly whisk the egg white until it just holds its shape. Fold into the potato mixture.
•Spoon the mixture into a greased 5-pint shallow ovenproof dish. Dot the top with the remaining butter and sprinkle with ground black pepper.
•Place on lower shelf of oven and bake at 200ºC for about 45 minutes.
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Antique French Bronze & Marble Candelabra Pair
Antique French Bronze & Marble Candelabra Pair
With all the regal design hallmarks of the French Empire, our pair of Antique Bronze and Marble Candelabra make an imposing and majestic statement. The four bronze acanthus arms and candle cups surround a central bronze arm extending from a black marble amphora form which is raised above an embellished black marble plinth. The entire piece is raised on ornate bronze clawfoot legs.
This pair of candelabra with their neoclassical form are sure to bring their Napoleonic grandeur to your home.
Strictly one-of-a-kind and subject to prior sale. Circa 1900. In excellent antique condition. 18 1/2" tall x 5 7/8" x 4 1/2" at base.


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A california winter wedding: Matt and Katie
Matt and KatieJanuary 4, 2014 Chico, California "There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice." -F Scott Fitzgerald Thank you Matt and Katie for letting us into your beautiful story. We can't help but see that you are strong, talented people, who are going to do great things in this world.


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Christ Church Walkley, Sheffield (Sept 2018)
Category Prayer Letters
Authors Pete Jackson & Kenny Larsen
Added September 2018
Please Pray for our leader's away day. We will be thinking about "The Church that Reaches the World" as we prepare for the term ahead with a particular focus on evangelism in the run up to Christmas.
Praise God for our upcoming week of prayer at the end of September, with a special international mission focus on the Wednesday evening.
Please pray for our thanksgiving service on Sunday 7th October, pray for the visitors who attend, that they will clearly see God at work and He will be glorified throughout the service.


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USW Vice President Tom Conway: Vets of Steel
Today and every day, taking care of those who served and ensuring they have what they need in our union is the least we can do to honor our veterans. In this video message, USW International Vice President Tom Conway, USAF Sgt. 1970-1974, pays tribute to our veterans and gives an update on our growing Vets of Steel program.


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peanut butter is my life
Today was definitely a Monday. And when it's a typical, slow-moving Monday I need to motivate myself with food. More specifically baked goods. A heavenly treat to start the week off right and distract myself as time seems to move twice as slow and my body hurts double even though I had two days off. The Monday munchies were cured by Chocolate Peanut Butter Pillows courtesy of The Post Punk Vegan Kitchen (http://theppk.com/blog/2009/03/30/peanut-butter-pillows/). One of my favorite vegan blogs and created by the same authors as Vegan with a Vengeance and Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World. This cookie is literally a vegan version of a Reese's cup turned into a fluffy cookie. As someone who hates peanut butter, it was shocking that I chose to make these in the first place, but I also loved them. Definitely a keeper.
The only challenge was not eating them all before sharing them at work! And now onto some motivation for the rest of the week. Thinking about some of my favorite recipes to cook for the upcoming weekday nights! I think the time has finally come when I can comfortably make hot soup in Arizona. The weather is cooling down and I can actually fathom eating something piping hot. My sister and I got really into miso soup this summer after reading about the macrobiotic diet. It is a really interesting way of life revolved around yin and yang and all about the whole grains. We tried a layman's version of the diet in preparation for a cleanse (a whole other story resulting in one tragic day and the inability to look at green apples or olive oil for quite some time). We both really liked the concepts about food energy and eating according to the seasons and your surroundings. Definitely something I want to learn more about-Alicia Silverstone wrote a book called The Kind Diet that has a lot of good recipes and information on the subject. Anyway, miso soup. It's so easy to make and you can pretty much throw anything in there. The orignal soup has water, miso, wakame, tofu and green onions. But you can add mushrooms, spinach, cabbage, daikon radish, carrots-you name it. I even tried a colorful red miso soup with rainbow chard. You can't go wrong.
Soup is finally in season! And pizza. Well, pizza is always in season. And just because I'm vegan does not mean I can't eat pizza. Cheese is unnecessary. I don't even use fake cheese...mainly because I haven't found a brand that I'm crazy about. I recently made two delicious and very unique pizzas for a friend. Red wine, pizza, and Dexter. I used a gluten free pizza dough mix and substituted flax seed meal for eggs. I prepared the dough the night before, letting it rise and then refrigerating it. The first was topped with a pre-made olive and roasted red pepper tapenade from Trader Joe's and sliced yellow heirloom tomatoes. Yum. For the second pizza I slow roasted tomatoes with olive oil and garlic, on top of kale. The kale absorbed all of the excess tomato juice and tasted phenomenal. I put the kale and tomatoes on top of the crust and drizzled a balsamic glaze over everything. Amazing. Two delicious pizzas...no cheese.
Good dinners for dates, friends, or yourself. Don't forget the wine.


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Large flat shoulder bag with adjustable strap. Made of soft natural leather with a silver metal buckle detail. Unlined. Magnetic button closure. Small inside pocket with zipper. Shoulder carry or cross-body. Fits a 13-inch laptop.
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Check out this map of the San Fernando Valley from 1923. Donated by Robert Aitchison. [caption id="attachment_3694" align="aligncenter" width="604"] Map of the San Fernando Valley from 1923. Donated by Robert Aitchison[/caption]...Read more
The Palomino
Early last year, Valley Relics rescued a sign from one of country music's most important pieces of history. For 43 years, the Palomino served as host to many of country western's greatest stars, such as Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Linda Ronstadt, Buddy Knox, Gram Parsons, Waylon Jennings, Kris Kristoffersen, Rita Coolidge, Emmylou Harris, and...Read more
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We are proud to announce the museums first All British Car Show! This event will take place on Sunday September 13th 2015 from 9AM-4PM. There will be a live DJ, food trucks and lots of vendors. This is a free event and everyone is welcome! All proceeds from the event will go towards supporting The...Read more
Mentryville: Remnants of Valley History
Deep in the heart of the Valley, along a lonely road in Newhall, lies a ghost town that was once home to one of the world's longest-running oil wells. On September 26, 1876, Charles Alexander Mentry punched into a well tucked away in Pico Canyon, striking oil at the 617-foot mark. The subsequent geyser attracted a...Read more


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In the past week, friends, 2 (two!) new people told me that they read the blog! I think that brings the readership of the blog up to 10 now! Hurray! SO MANY great things this week, friends; let's get to it!
We are just on such a great roll with the Smoking Lily in the shop these days! Lovingly hand made by the Smoking Lily team in Vancouver and Victoria, and always special to find in the shop.
This skirt has pockets! And check out the fabric, friends! We are really flushing out my new love of fabrics that look like vintage curtains! I love it when you discover a new a way to look at fashion and clothing; it feels so mindful and refreshing to see things from a new perspective. And in the case of this skirt, there is a good possibility that is made from vintage curtains!
Ever mindful of their goal of zero fabric-waste in the production of their garments, check out the printed lining that was probably remains from another project! I love when the inside is just as cool as the outside!
..........a ghost from our most beloved loss....Nokomis!
And here it is again: a print that looks like it's from vintage curtaines/tableclothe/bed-sheets. This one is such a great a find!
Lucky for us, Nokomis is like a zombie that won't die! (Yikes, this metaphor got away from me...). My point is that we were blessed and euphoric last year with Vera Véro, and Nokomis collaborator Elizabeth Hudson lives on with Ursa Minor in Montreal!
Great purse from Matt and Nat:
I'm fascinated with the industrial chain:
And remember when Matt and Nat used to have this message inside?
And from another Canadian sweet-heart (whose name has always been one of my faves): Gentle Fawn!
(These cropped pants are labeled as a size 8, friends, but, um, no. These ain't no regular 8).
Super cool Fly London sandles!!
This awesome circle skirt is unexpectedly...Lululemon? For reals, friends. It's a comfortable wear, with pockets (thanks!) and, as Sara (who used to work at Red Pony) pointed out: the moisture wicking technology is perfect if you, like me, constantly spill stuff all over yourself! This has totally blown my mind in terms of the usefulness of moisture wicking clothes for those of us who spend way more time spilling stuff on ourselves than sweating from any form of vigorous exercise!
An easy, minimalist knit dress from Aritzia:
OK, so, weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Let's look adoringly at this super satisfying print!
This tank aslo has a very cute, but hard to photograph, back!
Lovely feather earings:
Believe it or not, friends, but this is a Gap dress! And believe it or not, friends, this dress is silk!
Friends, let's talk about feelings for a minute. The turnover in the shop is so bananas lately that this week when I came into the shop to check things out, I got kind of frantic. There were so many cool things that I wanted to share with you that I started to feel overwhelmed, and I had this alarming moment where I wondered if it was possible that I was having some sort of fashion burn-out. (Nooooooooo!). So I made a stranger who was in the shop go fetch me a coffee and a puffed-wheat square from Remedy, and I took a step back for a minute. It was surreal for me to think that if a small consignment store can feel like it's moving too fast, I will definitely need some sort of sedative the next time I have to go into a real store in a mall! But no worries, friends, a little bit of existential angst goes a long way with me. This was a small reminder of how grateful I am that all the stuff in Red Pony is so thrilling and fulfills all my fashion needs!
I also had some non-existential, positive experiences in the shop! Like spotting a companion just sitting down and reading a book while his friend shopped!
(He was reading "Folk Songs of Canada"!)
And also, some new people came into the shop and I chatted them up, hoping, you know, that I could convince them to go get me a coffee and puffed wheat square from Remedy. One of them said, "You seem like a really interesting person". HOLD ON. Friends, flattery is totally the way to my heart, and totally your way to a 10% discount. So I *casually* laid down the seemingly most interesting thing about me: I'm from Belgium, and I lived in the Middle East and Africa before coming to Canada. (I KNOW! Am I interesting and mysterious, OR WHAT?!). I was very careful to quickly shoo them off before they asked questions and found out that it's actually a disappointingly boring story, or that I spend most of my time sitting at home knitting while watching British murder-mysteries that take place in cozy villages. Or that my second favorite pastime is sitting at home knitting while watching shows about teenagers struggling to make it alone in a post-apocalyptic world. (The maze changes shape at night! All the grounders speak English! Barnaby has a new Detective Sergeant who thinks he's too good to work in a small town! Um, oh....what was I saying?).
I will be in all weekend this weekend if you want to come in and chat about any of these things! Please bring me a coffee and puffed wheat square from Remedy.
I wrote this at The Woodrack Café, another independent, locally {woman} owned business. When we support independent businesses we make an immediate positive impact on real human beings in our community.


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