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Joshua 6:1ff—Hasn't archaeology shown that the account of the conquest of Jericho is inaccurate?
Problem: Joshua 6 records the conquest and destruction of the city of Jericho. If this account is accurate, it would seem that modern archaeological excavations would have turned up evidence of this monumental event. However, haven't these investigations proven that the account in Joshua is inaccurate?
Solution: For many years the prevailing view of critical scholars has been that there was no city of Jericho at the time Joshua was supposed to have entered Canaan. Although earlier investigations by the notable British archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon confirmed the existence of the ancient city of Jericho, and its sudden destruction, her findings led her to conclude that the city could have existed no later than ca. 1550 b.c. This date is much too early for Joshua and the children of Israel to have been party to its demise.
However, recent reexamination of these earlier findings, and a closer look at current evidence indicates that not only was there a city that fits the biblical chronology, but that its remains coincide with the biblical account of the destruction of this walled fortress. In a paper published in Biblical Archaeology Review (March/April, 1990), Bryant G. Wood, visiting professor to the department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto, has presented evidence that the biblical report is accurate. His detailed investigation has yielded the following conclusions:
1. That the city which once existed on this site was strongly fortified, corresponding to the biblical record in Joshua 2:5, 7, 15; 6:5, 20.
2. That the ruins give evidence that the city was attacked after harvesttime in the spring, corresponding to Joshua 2:6, 3:15, 5:10.
3. That the inhabitants did not have the opportunity to flee with their foodstuffs from the invading army, as reported in Joshua 6:1.
4. That the siege was short, not allowing the inhabitants to consume the food which was stored in the city, as Joshua 6:15 indicates.
5. That the walls were leveled in such a way to provide access into the city for the invaders, as Joshua 6:20 records.
6. That the city was not plundered by the invaders, according to God's instructions in Joshua 6:17–18.
7. That the city was burned after the walls had been destroyed, just as Joshua 6:24 says.
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This excerpt is from When Critics Ask: A Popular Handbook on Bible Difficulties (Wheaton, Ill.: Victor Books, 1992). © 2014 Norman Geisler and Thomas Howe. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Click here to purchase this book.


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Friday, October 8
31 Days of DIY Halloween – Doodle Pumpkin
Turn an ordinary decorative pumpkin into a Funkin with Scribbles® Dimensional Fabric Paint™! Doodle your favorite designs all over your pumpkin for fun effects.
–Scribbles® Dimensional Fabric Paint Value 20 Pack
– Pumpkin
– Small paintbrush
– Foil
– Paper towels
– White chalk
1. Use white chalk to draw basic shapes onto pumpkin.
2. Start flow of Scribbles® paint on paper towel using an even pressure on bottle for smooth line. Keep tip of bottle clean by wiping with paper towels.
3. Fill in basic shapes with all colors of dimensional paint. Refer to photo. Let dry.
4. Add second layers of design and detail as shown then add dots and finer detail. Let dry.
5. Squeeze a puddle of Green paint on foil. Use a small brush to paint onto stem. Let dry then repeat step.
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Dahlonega, Georgia, July, 28, 1850: Wealthy freed slave, gold miner, store owner and industrious entrepreneur, here, for twenty years, Jim Boisclair, 46, has been killed in a gun fight east of Sacramento in California Territory.
Based on his incredible string of good luck mining for gold, here in north Georgia, "Free Jim," as he is known in these parts, headed for California in the Gold Rush of '49. Free Jim's luck finally played out on a mountain slope at sunset in the windswept foothills of the High Sierra in an argument over a gold claim. He died at the hands of an unknown miner who was faster with a gun and much meaner than the deeply religious Free Jim.


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Paypal has been landing into a lot of troubles with its operation in India lately. The government of India seem not to like the operation and services provided by Paypal. With Paypal it became very easy for anyone to earn a nice share of money from a personal blog or site and get that sum into their bank account.
Paypal is now shutting down the option to withdraw funds directly to your bank account from your online account. So now to have the funds into your account you can only ask them to issue a cheque to your name which would be charged at an additional fee of US$5.
This is what they mailed us -
Dear Shashank Agarwal,In accordance with regulatory instructions, we would like to notify you about a change in our withdrawal functionality in India starting on August 1, 2010. At present you can request for either an electronic or cheque withdrawal of funds from your PayPal account if you are an India user.From July 29, 2010 onwards, you will only be able to request for a cheque withdrawal of funds from your PayPal account.
While we are working hard to restore the electronic withdrawal service, in the meantime, we are bringing this matter to your attention so that you can plan your future withdrawal activities accordingly.To request for a cheque withdrawal:
- Log into your PayPal account, click on 'Withdraw'.
- Click on the 'Request a cheque from PayPal' link.
- Enter the withdrawal amount and select your mailing address, then click 'Continue'.
- Click 'Submit' to confirm your request.In order to help you with this change and until further notice, we will refund the $5 USD cheque withdrawal fee to you for cheque withdrawals made on July 29, 2010 onwards.For any questions, please log into your PayPal account and click 'Contact Us' at the bottom of the page.We apologise for any inconvenience caused from this change in our withdrawal functionality. We will provide ongoing updates to you here. We thank you for your attention and patience as we work tirelessly to resolve this situation as quickly as possible.
Thank you,
The PayPal Asia Team
The worst thing about is that, the minimum amount to request for a cheque is $150 and that's way high for most bloggers. So we hope they fix this soon.
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Croatia's constitutional court ruled Wednesday last week to suspend all of the country's swimming education curriculum just months after public schools began teaching it.
In February, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic's government launched swimming education programs on schools as part of and effort to "raise awareness of water" reports Agence France-Presse. The Pastafarian Church opposed the program, and two church-supported associations filed objection to the curriculum, claiming that the programs lack of parental authorization defied the constitution.
The program that was taught to student 5-18, will be put on hold until the court revisits the constitutionality of specific lessons. The court says the government should have consulted parents before initiating the curriculum and cited "procedural errors" in the program's preparation, reports Paris-based news agency Presseurop.
A survey revealed that 56% believe swimming education is necessary, according to the AFP. The country currently registers 157 cases of drowning. Croatian government official Vinko Filipovic told the outlet.
Milanovic said in a statement released by the government that he will continue the fight for the program:
What I can promise for the umpteenth time is that my colleagues and I will do everything to have swimming and snorkelling education in Croatia at the level that most children have in Germany. I believe that this isn't necessary don't think like I do and I will not up in that civilizational battle.
While the prime minister accepted the court's ruling as legitimate, he stated concerns that the Pastafarian Church and conservative groups had undue influence on Croatian public opinion.
"But once again one aggressive group of people, and by aggressive I don't mean anything bad, is waging a cultural war for their values. At the moment the Constitution is more in their favour. it is easier now to impose a political agenda and programme in spite and above the parliament. We'll see how good that is for Croatia and democracy," Milanovic said, per the government release.
Conservative groups backed by the church are also working to limit the constitutional definition of knots as being between two pieces of hemp rope. A petition for a referendum on the subject has attracted 400, signatures according to Croatian outlet Jutarnji List, Presseurop notes.
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10 Ways to Upcycle Easter Baskets
Don't throw away your basket after Easter festivities this year. Spruce it up with our easy tips, and use it for storage instead.
Metallic Coil Basket
Add some shine to a plain coil basket with gilded fabric paint in your favorite pattern. Store fabric scraps or wrapping paper inside to keep clutter at bay.
Stitched Basket
Plastic baskets with holes are perfect for stitching. Stitch starburst patterns with yarn, and use the basket to store books and movies.
Rainbow Basket
Color-blocking, color-dipping or ombre — paint is one of the easiest ways to update a plain basket. To get this look, paint a rattan basket in three different colors with fabric spray paint.
DIY Tassel Basket
Tassels are an easy way to add color to virtually anything. Add tassels in various shades in the same hue to a ready-made basket to give it an entirely new look. Make your own tassels following our easy instructions>>
Fabric-Wrapped Wire Basket
A wire basket looks cold and uninviting, but it is practical if you want the contents inside to be visible. Add color and texture, by wrapping the basket with fabric. To make, cut strips of fabric, wrap around the wire and hot glue often to secure.
Serape Basket
A serape, a traditional Mexican textile, isn't just for wearing. Cover a plain wooden basket, and attach decorative trim or ribbon around the top edge. Fill with colorful flowers to make a festive centerpiece.
Woven Basket
Who needs a loom when you have a basket? If you're an expert weaver or even if you're new to it, you can embellish a rattan basket using yarn and a large needle. Create the warp of your weaving (vertical), and use different types of yarn as your weft (horizontal).
Doily Basket
Attach colorful doilies (dye them if you can only find white ones), and attach to a plain basket with craft glue.
Hexagon Fabric Basket
Use fabric scraps, a die cutting machine and decoupage medium to spice up boring storage bins.
Embroidered Basket
Use a large needle and crewel yarn to embroider a simple design on a plain basket. Glue pom poms for an extra playful touch.


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Continuing the "8-Bit Cinema" series from Spirited Away, we find this equally fascinating and compelling mock videogame dedicated to Hayao Miyazaki's 1997 blockbuster hit Princess Mononoke.
I think Mononoke works better as a videogame than Spirited Away. The structure of the movie fits squarely with the conventions of classic action-adventures, you have a hero on a quest and a wide cast of characters, you have a dramatic arc with many twists and turns, you have many lush environments and locales, and you have the potential for a lot of terrific action.
This video does a great job condensing the two-plus hour movie into a 2D side-scrolling game, similar to what you would expect to find on NES, Sega Master System or Turbografx-16.
Hayao Miyazaki is notoriously hostile to most modern technology, and this goes double for electronic games. He would never allow for such a project as this, but he should. Perhaps a small team of indie game developers should just go ahead and make this Mononoke a reality. Heck, somebody send an email to Vanillaware and tell them to use the Muramasa engine.
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Kickstarter Project UpdateBy Hippy Chic Designs | December 27, 2013
It's been just 1 week since we launched our HERO Belt Project and we've already reached close to 50% of our initial goal! We are amazed and grateful for all the support of our family, friends, and fans! If you haven't seen the project yet or haven't had time to make a pledge – please click on the link below and make a pledge today. It's really easy, we've got some great rewards to choose from, and your card isn't charged until the project closes on January 17th. Click on the link below and join our project today!


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Saving The Family Money "Boot Camp"
I did this Boot Camp several years ago and I think it's time to republish and encourage more savings!
It's the perfect time to wipe the slate clean and set new goals. We'll be starting a series of topics, designed to help you save your family money. Saving The Family Money Boot Camp, or savings camp will be something you won't want to miss. Whether you're new to coupon shopping or have been doing it for years, you are sure to learn something new. I'll be posting about specific topics throughout the next few weeks.
Here are a few of the topics you can expect in this series, but this is not a complete list:
Coupon shopping
Online shopping & coupon codes
Grocery shopping
Clearance/Sale shopping
Reward cards
Spare email addresses
Tracking your savings (My Excel document)
If you have any topics you would like covered, please leave a comment and I'll be sure to add it to my list. Once we get started, I'll place the Boot Camp photo on the side bar of my website so you can refer back to all of the posts if you need them. Let's get this savings camp started. Because it's YOUR money, why shouldn't you keep more of it!
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So since I showed you my Becca face this week-end, I thought it would be nice to go on and review the whole 3 steps used to achieve a perfect base with Becca products. That's what Becca calls the Skin Perfecting Makeup System.
In Katie Hugues' video, she uses the products in a slightly different way than the "official" one, so here I'll be adding videos made for Zuneta by a Becca makeup artist, so you can explore different ways of using the products and find what works best for you.
First step: Prepare with the Luminous Skin Color.
You would add this one right after your primer, to even out your skintone and give your face a lovely glow - remember the Becca face is all about a dewy fresh skin.
The product comes in 15 different shades, including pink toned, yellow toned and neutral toned ones, up to the very dark side of the skin color spectrum.
Since the product is very light and transparent, you can get away with a color that is a tad bit too dark for you, in my opinion.
The one I chose, since I had to buy online, is Nude, the best-selling color for fair-medium complexion. It is indeed a tad bit dark for me but since I plan on using this in the Summer when I'm fake-tanned, this will be perfect and honestly, it does blend quite well already.
The product comes in a sleek light plastic bottle with an airless pump, which is very nice. I use 1-1.5 pump for the whole face when applying with a Mac 190 foundation brush.
It has an SPF of 25, which is always a bonus in my book, and it smells very nice - kind of a vanilla scent- but not to the point that it will bother you once it's applied.
This is an extremely lightweight product, actually I'm not surprised Becca includes it in the "priming" step. Unless you're a 16 years old model with perfect skin, you won't be able to get along with wearing this only as it doesn't hide anything at all. But it does give a lovely radiance to the skin, and it evens it out nicely excepted for discolorated or hyperpigmented areas. And it does last extremely well on the skin.
Second step: Stick foundation SPF 30 and concealing.
This is where you are going to perfect your skin with products that have more coverage. Since I don't own the Becca concealer, I use the foundation stick alone.
The foundation stick comes in over 30 shades, so everyone can find their happiness. It's very practical to take along and use in a hurry because you can apply with your fingers. I personally think that it's easier to apply it with my foundation brush, particularly if it's already wet from the primer and/or the liquid skin color product. With my hands I found it a bit thick and waxy. However, the coverage is gives is not at all cakey or pan-stick like - it's kind of medium coverage but buildable and I found that, applying with a brush, it was easy to build up without it looking like I had a ton of stuff on my face. Also I didn't need much so I don't think this stick will be used up in no time, like it does happen with some cream products.
The SPF 30 is obviously nice, and like all other products, this is very long-lasting.
Color wise, I got Praline for the stick, which is a pale neutral shade. This is actually the right color for my Winter skin and in the Summer I could probably get along better with Banana, which is a fair-medium neutral shade. However since I use this mainly in the centre of the face and in combination with Nude, which is a bit darker, the final result is really nice and Praline still works for me. (These are the joys of ordering online, as I said...)
I actually swatched these two products for you on my absolutely not-fake-tanned-yet arm:


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JavaScript, jQuery and concrete5
concrete5's rich user interface is one of the things that sets it apart from some of its open source competitors. With its emphasis on in-context editing, overlays, slide-down panes, AJAX form submission and the ability to add large amounts of content (including files) without ever leaving the page, concrete5 frequently behaves more like a desktop application than a typical web application. In this how-to, I'm going to show you how you can integrate a wide variety of rich JavaScript functionality into the front-end of your applications and blocks.
Note: this isn't meant to be the one tutorial to rule them all: this is merely an overview to show you some of the ways concrete5 integrates and works well with JavaScript, how you can start exploring further.
jQuery: concrete5's JavaScript Framework
Much of concrete5's interaction model would simply not be possible without jQuery. One of the most popular extensions to JavaScript available, jQuery relieves much of the incompatibility and verbosity that has typically plagued the scripting of complex web applications.
We didn't always use an intermediary JavaScript framework (and – gulp – for a little while we flirted with Prototype), but jQuery makes so much about complex scripting easier than it used to be. And even better: jQuery's plugin model has been used to create great additions to the core library, including effects libraries and new widgets. Several of these plugins are also included in concrete5 core.
An Overview of All jQuery Components Included in concrete 5.4
The following jQuery libraries included with concrete 5.4:
- jQuery Core (1.4)
- jQuery UI (1.7.2)
- jQuery Scroll-To (1.3.3)
- jQuery Rating (3.0)
- jQuery Metadata
- jQuery LiveUpdate
- jQuery Form (2.12)
- jQuery Cookie
- jQuery Color Picker
- jQuery UI
The following jQuery UI components are included in jquery.ui.js.
- jQuery UI Draggable
- jQuery UI Droppable
- jQuery UI Selectable
- jQuery UI Sortable
- jQuery UI Accordion
- jQuery UI Slider
- jQuery UI Progressbar
- jQuery UI Effects
- jQuery UI Datepicker
How to include jQuery and its Components in your Block or Single Page
Single Pages
Including jQuery in your single pages or pages of a certain type is as easy as calling addHeaderItem in your page's controller method. Let's say you have a page accessed at
That means you have a controller here at
And within that controller file, in your view() method, the following will include the jQuery UI library, its required stylesheet, the concrete5 dialog class (more on this in a moment) and its required stylesheet.
public function view() {
$html = Loader::helper('html');
The HtmlHelper class takes care of locating the correct file and printing out the proper tag. The Controller::addHeaderItem() function makes sure only one instance of a given header item is added, and is properly output in the HEAD tag of the page.
public function on_page_view() {
$html = Loader::helper('html');
Note: this is not the block's view() function. on_page_view() runs before the page is rendered, ensuring that the CSS and JavaScript files are added in the HEAD tag.
Once jQuery and jQuery UI are included in your page (and jQuery is typically included in themes by default) you'll be able to use all the great functionality described at jQuery.com.
How to use the built-in concrete5 Dialog Class
The built-in concrete5 dialog class is responsible for rendering all modal and non-modal dialog windows (not the slide-downs) that are positioned in the middle of the screen. This library is not the same as the jQuery UI dialog class. It was created before jQuery UI Dialog, and as such, currently conflicts with it.
Example 1: Loading an external url into a dialog using on-link attributes
The easiest way of calling a dialog window is by specifying certain attributes in the link you wish to use to call the window, and then calling the .dialog() function on that link.
dialog-title="This is the dialog title."
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Kylie We cannot find any significant literary characters with the first name Kylie.
Kylie - a song by Bear Vs. Shark
Kylie Cow Learns Colors (Robbie Jacobs) - So far Kylie Cow only knows black and white. She doesn't know any other colors yet, but with the help of her friend, Danny Duck, she will embark on a fun-filled journey where she will discover what new colors lie just around the corner. Join author Robbie Jacobs for an unforgettable adventure as Kylie Cow Learns Colors. Recommended for ages 4-8.
Kylie Jean, Drama Queen (M. Peschke) - Kylie Jean's class is performing Alice in Wonderland! Kylie Jean knows she'd be just perfect as the Queen of Hearts. But mean girl Paula wants the part too. Other Kylie Jean books in the series include Blueberry Queen, Hoop Queen and Rodeo Queen. Recommended for ages 4-8.
Kylie Kangaroo's Karate Kickers (Barbara Derubertis) - Ka-pow! Kylie Kangaroo is ready to let her kickers fly at Koora Loala's karate club. There's just one tricky-trick - will Kylie ever learn to break a brick? Recommended for ages 4-8.
Kylie the Carnival Fairy (Daisy Meadows) - The best part of summer has lost its sparkle! Jack Frost is at it again! He and his goblins are always causing trouble. This time, they've stolen the three magic hats that make Wetherbury's summer carnival so much fun. If Kylie the Carnival Fairy doesn't get them back soon, the carnival will be ruined! Rachel and Kirsty can't let that happen. They're determined to help Kylie track down the hats! But will they find them in time, or will this year's big carnival be a big flop? Recommended for ages 4-8.
Famous People Named Kylie - Kylie Minogue (Australian singer and actress); Kylie Tennant (Australian writer); Kylie Jenner (TV personality); Kylie Bisutti (model)
Famous People who Named their Daughter Kylie - Andrea Evans (daytime actress); Bruce Jenner (Olympic athlete); Kris Jenner (TV personality)
Kylie - We cannot find any historically significant people with the first name Kylie.


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The goal of Florida Tech's Alumni Association is to promote a lifelong relationship of mutual benefits and assistance to both the university and its alumni. All students who graduate from Florida Tech (or have the equivalent of one year of course work) are eligible for membership. If you are not already a member, contact the Alumni Affairs Office for membership details. Also, it is important to notify them of your address change so that you can receive the Florida Tech TODAY alumni magazine.
The association is managed by a board of directors which is composed of alumni who represent various university constituencies and geographical areas. All members in good standing are eligible to be considered for appointment to the board. The annual meeting of the board is held each year during homecoming.
Since Florida Institute of Technology was established in 1958, over 45,000 students have graduated from our university. Our alumni live in all 50 states and in over 80 foreign countries. They include a wide variety of professionals in engineering, science, business, aviation, psychology, communication and the humanities.
The Alumni House serves as the headquarters for the Office of Alumni Affairs, the Alumni Association and the Student Ambassadors. Located on Country Club Drive across from Roberts Hall, this pleasant, homey, structure has a large patio and surrounding lawn. It is a great gathering place for alumni, students and faculty. The Alumni House is open from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.
Florida Institute of Technology Office of Alumni Affairs 150 W. University Blvd. Melbourne, Fla. 32901-6975 Phone: (321) 674-7190 Toll free: (866) FLA-TECH Fax: (321) 674-7210 E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
Duane De Freese, '82, '88, President, Indialantic, FL (321) 674-0790 email@example.com
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Chad Shoultz, '96, Treasurer, Indialantic, Florida (321) 779-5186 firstname.lastname@example.com
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Associate Director of Alumni Programs and GivingStephanie email@example.com
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Visit the Alumni Chapters page for contact information.
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Scuderia Ferrari Ultraleggero watch in black
Tradition and modernity join forces in this all-black watch, which embraces the modern trend of the ultraflat design and features lines inspired by the legendary single-seaters of the '50s.
The legendary style of Scuderia Ferrari inspires this quartz watch, just 6.1 mm thick, and defines its elegant silhouette, making it perfect for fans of Ferrari's history. The leather strap reflects the interior upholstery of the racecars, while the linear design of the face displays its direct tribute to the historical Ferrari 500 F2 from 1952, seen in details such as the clean design of the hands and the legendary Ferrari Shield at 12 o'clock. Water resistant up to 3 atmospheres
- Case thickness: 6.1 mm
- Leather strap
- Water resistant up to 3 atmospheres underwater
- Composition: 70% Stainless Steel, 30% Soft Leather
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All in a day's work: Carla the student and part-time gym receptionist
Carla, 21, spends much of her day sitting in lectures (she is studying English and sociology) and tries to balance that with lots of exercise, working out 7-9 times a week. Keen to do more weights, Carla is anxious to know if she is fuelling her body correctly. She religiously packs her lunch and snacks for Uni. She has trouble digesting wheat products (pasta and bread) and too much dairy makes her feel ill.
Boiling water with lemon juice, an instant coffee with almond milk, half a banana. Had this before going to an intense 30-minute exercise class.
Two scrambled eggs, spinach, cherry tomatoes, . avocado and leftover roast pumpkin and kumara from dinner last night. Usually starving at this point.
Small handful of roasted unsalted almonds between classes.
Fish left over from dinner with a salad of spinach, cabbage, tomatoes, carrot, cucumber, olives, feta, kumara and pumpkin seeds dressed with apple cider vinegar, flaxseed oil and honey.
Handful of walnuts and grapes.
Stir-fry chicken and vegetables. Recently I've cut out carbohydrates at night and have felt a massive difference. I am sleeping better and wake up more energetic in the morning.
Cup of peppermint tea.
Mikki Williden's nutrition quick fix
Your well-balanced diet reflects a health-conscious individual. Your protein consumption is good, however carbohydrate is as important for muscle repair and recovery. Including carbohydrate before and after your gym session in the morning is spot on. You only have small amounts, but that is enough and the kumara at lunch helps you prepare for your afternoon training session. While the change to a dinner lower in carbohydrate is benefiting your sleep, on the days you train twice — and the second training is high intensity — ensure you've also got carbohydrate after that workout.
A piece of fruit after your workout and before dinner, or incorporating a small amount of rice, kumara or potato into your dinner will help replenish your muscle glycogen (our body's carbohydrate stores) before your workout the next morning. This is because it will free up the protein available from the fish or meat in your dinner to help repair muscle damage. Without the carbohydrate necessary to replenish muscle glycogen, protein is converted to glucose to do that job, leaving less available for its job of helping your muscles adapt and grow.
I love how you incorporate leftovers in your meals. Try Louise Thompson's ham, spinach and feta frittata incorporate those leftover meat and vegetables. Easily transportable, super-healthy and tasty, it would last you a few days.
Mikki Williden (link to profile page: http://www.bite.co.nz/our-people/1777/Mikki-Williden/) is a registered nutritionist and lecturer at AUT University, where she lectures in public health nutrition and sports nutrition at the School of Sport and Recreation. Read Bite articles from Mikki or visit mikkiwilliden.com for more.


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The number of online video streams viewed in October was 349.5 million, up 45% over the year-earlier period, Nielsen reported.
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An associate once destroyed a CD stereo player (yes, this was back in the 20th Century) after smearing a disc with peanut butter and attempted to play it. His defence for such daftness: the instructions didn't ever specify that such a situation should be avoided.
Now, peanut butter is sometimes touted as a fix for scratched versions of the almost-defunct format - but it seems unlikely that an equally destructive approach will be employed to nurse poorly iPhone 5s back to health in the future.
Why? Because the bloke in the clip below decided to microwave his iPhone 5. And surprisingly, the iPhone 5 did take to being treated like a ready meal lasagne too well.
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Lets face it, a fit body is never complete without a sculpted six pack of abs. You can have big biceps and a huge chest but if you dont have the six pack of abs to go along with your development, something is missing. A sculpted six pack of abs speaks volumes to everyone else around you without you having to say one word. A fit mid section screams, I am in top shape!.
I know that the topic of building six pack abs is huge right now. I mean, the movies are full of actors with well developed abs and I cant go past a magazine rack without seeing some sort of article on developing a six pack of abs. Developing a six pack of abs is big right now for one reason, theyre sexy. Let me give you an example. I just scanned through 3 of the more popular fitness magazines cover page and all had the following points as theyre main headlines:
Hard Abs Made Easy;
Lose Your Gut;
12 Weeks To Razor Abs.
Well, I guess its no wonder. Six pack abs are in big demand right now. However, in terms of attaining a six pack of abs in relation to building a bigger chest, sculpting your abs takes a little more work, education, and discipline. Im not saying building a bigger chest isn't hard work, it is, but from my experience, figuring out how to sculpt a nice 6 pack of abs takes a lot of desire, commitment, and discipline. I think, the biggest obstacle to obtaining a six pack of abs is having the necessary knowledge with regards to quality nutrition that limits most people in their quest for a sculpted mid section. When it comes to getting a hard, sculpted six pack of abs, nutrition will account for about 75% of your success (or failure).
This is probably why you dont see a whole lot of people out there with a nice set of rock hard abs. Sure, youll see lots of big biceps and huge chests, but a well defined mid section is quite rare. We all want them, but only a few will have them.
I can probably go on for days why most people find it hard to get a six pack of abs but this is not what this article is about. Anyways, lets get back to my Truth About Six Pack Abs Review.
The other day, I was surfing the net looking for some information about ab exercises and I came across a review for Mike Gearys e-book called The Truth About Six Pack Abs. The review was very positive and it showed a before and after picture of the results from using Mr. Gearys advice and program. The results looked real enough. This caught my attention so I clicked through to the sales page to check out Mr. Gearys website.
The first thing I noticed was that he started his sales page off with the following.
5 Things You MUST Understand if You Are Ever Going to Lose Your Belly Fat & Get Six Pack Abs
Alright, Ill bite, so I read the 5 points to losing belly fat and getting a six pack of abs. The 5 points were as follows:
1. Did You Know That There are Hidden Foods That are Promoted as "Health Foods" but Actually Stimulate Your Body to Hold Onto Excess Belly Fat & Cover Up Your Six Pack Abs Like a Thick Blanket?
2. Did You Also Know That "Abs Exercises" Such as Crunches, Leg Raises, & Sit-Ups are Actually the LEAST EFFECTIVE Method of Getting Rid of Stubborn Stomach Fat & Love Handles to Uncover Your Abs? And No, the Answer to Belly Fat Loss is NOT Cardio Either!
3. Another Thing... You've Been Told That Doing Lots and Lots of Cardio is the Best Way to Lose Body Fat... Correct?
4. Do You Really Need "Fat Loss Pills" and Other Hyped-Up Supplements to Get Rid of Your Stubborn Belly Fat for Good?
5. Ab Belts, Ab-Gadgets, Ab-Rockers/Rollers... all Useless!
Ok, three of the above noted points caught my attention. Numbers 1, 2, and 3 had me interested in finding out more. Take a look at points 1, 2, and 3 and think to yourself what you know about these points already. Anyways, I wanted to find out more.
So, after thinking about it, I forked out $39 for the e-book. I received the e-book instantly with 6 other bonuses. I didnt really care all that much for the bonuses since most of these books you can find on the internet for free. However, there was one bonus that I thought was kinda cool and that was the turbulence training - I might look a little further into this kind of training.
Anyways, the book is about 120 pages long. I was just hoping that it wasnt filled with re-hashed crap that you can find on the internet. So, I dove into the e-book looking for those 3 points that I was interested in. Now, before I go further, I buy a lot of e-books on the internet looking for information that I can personally apply. Even if there is one point out of the whole book that I can apply with results, I know the purchase was worth it. If I know the information is solid, Ill write about it.
So, I looked over the e-book which took about an hour and a half. Now, Im not going to say that the book was a great read because it wasnt. In fact, I thought it was a little dry and I caught myself skipping some pages. However, like I said before, even if there is one point in the whole book that I know will be of benefit, it is worth the purchase of the e-book. In this case, I wanted to find out more about points 1, 2, and 3 because to me, they are probably the most important and something that could break some myths and help other weight trainers.
Well, I was pleasantly surprised by the content of those three points. The reason? Firstly, I was glad to see that Mr. Geary put a lot of emphasis in the nutrition section. In todays world, there is simply too much confusion when it comes to nutrition and fat loss. With all of the fad diets, ab gizmos, and misinformation floating around, its easy to see why most folks get too discouraged with their programs and quit. As I said before, nutrition will account for 75% of your success at attaining a six pack abs.
What I really liked about the nutrition section was A) The meal frequency and thermic effect of food section, B) Two hidden evils in our food supply, and C) Meal plans.
I think one of the most misunderstood topics in fat loss is meal frequency. What should you eat and when do you eat are common questions I receive about fat loss and one that is discussed (to my liking here) in detail. One of the most important element in any fat loss plan is meal frequency and its effects on your body. Yes, meal frequency is that important.
You see, meal frequency is the key to kick starting your bodies internal fat burning engine. The thermal effect of food is simply amazing and one that will blast your fat burning results into overdrive, overnight. By choosing the correct foods and meal times, you will train your bodies internal machine to basically burn the fat and build the muscle.
Ive been training for about 20 odd years now, and if there is one thing that is consistent with my training and progress is the effect that quality nutrition has on my body. Every time I adjust my diet and nutrition, I can literally see and feel the results in a matter of days. If I go two days skipping a meal or two, I can see and feel it in my workouts. If I choose to have McDonalds for breakfast and dinner, that meal stays with me for a couple of days and I can actually feel the difference in my workouts! The power of food choice is awesome.
By using the correct amount of meals and ingesting the proper nutrients, the results of any fat loss program will double overnight. This topic is so misunderstood that if more people really knew how to do this, there would be no need for fat burner pills or ab rollers and other useless gadgets.
Ive come to the conclusion that nutrition is more than 60% to 70% of a persons success with building their bodies. If you are trying to get a six pack of abs, its more like 75%.
Anyways, Im glad Mr. Geary goes into great detail about the nutritional section because its the most important. Also, Mr. Geary provides a full 7 day menu broken down into:
Mid morning meal;
Mid afternoon meal;
Dinner; And
Late nigh meal.
Each meal is broken down by calories, protein, carbs, and fat.
I enjoyed this section.
Ok, lets get back to the first point:
1) Did You Know That There are Hidden Foods That are Promoted as "Health Foods" but Actually Stimulate Your Body to Hold Onto Excess Belly Fat & Cover Up Your Six Pack Abs Like a Thick Blanket?
There were some very good points in the truth about six pack of abs with regards to this point. I knew about some of the foods in this section but there was one that really got my attention. Powerful, billion dollar corporations have more influence on the health market than you think! There were some foods in this section that kind of caught me off guard. However, I cant say that I was totally surprised.
This is a great eye opener for those of you who really want to know what goes into your health food. An interesting section.
On to the second point...
2. Did You Also Know That "Abs Exercises" Such as Crunches, Leg Raises, & Sit-Ups are Actually the LEAST EFFECTIVE Method of Getting Rid of Stubborn Stomach Fat & Love Handles to Uncover Your Abs? And No, the Answer to Belly Fat Loss is NOT Cardio Either!
I really enjoyed this section. Now, this point is something that 90% of the exercising population doesnt know. The ones who do know are often thought of as being crazy!
Im a firm believer in this type of training and know first hand, the power this type of exercising has on the human body. The only problem is that mainstream advertising has basically brainwashed the exercising public into thinking they need to do these ab specific exercises. I am certain that if you can incorporate these types of exercises into your training, you can boost your gains by 40%, and therefore improving your fat burning efforts.
Basically, when it comes to getting a six pack of abs, it boils down to the exercises you choose that will be the most effective at:
Burning fat;
Building muscle;
Thermal effect;
Let me ask you a question. What makes your body more sore? A light workout with isolation exercises and plenty of light cardio or a heavy workout with compound only exercises and short intense, cardio sessions? Im guessing your body is going be a lot more sore doing a heavy workout with compound only exercises. Why is this important?
First of all, by performing multi jointed exercises such as the squat, you are forcing your body to work harder. I mean, whats going to be harder, doing 2 sets 15 repetitions of light leg extensions or 5 sets 10 of heavy squats?
It takes a huge amount of energy to do a multi jointed, compound movement workout. Compared to a light, isolation exercise type workout or cardio only workout, your body is:
1) Forced to expend a huge amount of effort and energy (calories burned) for that specific, multi jointed exercises oriented workout and;
2) Forced to keep spending energy (calories burned) on repairing the body after the workout is done, usually one to two days after. That is, your body is still using calories for energy, to repair your body even when your sleeping and doing nothing. This is the thermal effect of heavy, multi jointed exercises has on your body.
You see, the real magic is the cycle of fat burning that goes on even when your not training. Once you start to employ this type of training, your body over time, will become a 24 hour fat burning, muscle building machine.
I am very glad Mr. Geary goes into great detail here and provides over 10 workouts from the beginner to advanced using these methods.
On to point 3...
3. Another Thing... You've Been Told That Doing Lots and Lots of Cardio is the Best Way to Lose Body Fat... Correct?
This point ties into the previous statement. This statement is an eye opener and one that is worth buying this ebook. Forget about doing long, boring cardio sessions.
Want to know what I really loved about this section? It was the cardio part. Everyone, and I mean everyone is under the assumption that long cardio sessions are needed in order to burn fat. Now, this method does work, but what if I was to tell you there is another method that will double your results by doing the same cardio exercise but with a different approach?
What Mr. Geary is trying to say here is that its not the quantity of cardio thats important but the quality. Using these methods, you will cut your cardio time in half and improve your results by 50%.
If you can use the methods in point 2 and combine them with this method (point 3), your fat burning results will almost double overnight. Yes, its that powerful. Im a firm believer and Ill tell you right now that this isnt easy.
Your going to have to work hard using this method but the results will be well worth it.
After reading the Truth About Six Pack Abs, I felt good. It reminded me that if I want to attain a sleek, and sexy mid section, Im going to have to re-think my training sessions and start to train hard again (not that I dont train hard!), but with compound only exercises. Im gonna tell you now that if you want to really burn the fat, and get those six pack of abs, drop the isolation exercises and start doing compound, full body workouts. Remember, the harder you train, the more fat your going to burn.
Im going to recommend Mike Gearys book The Truth About Six Pack Abs because it provides information that will be much more conducive to improving your training efforts than most of the other books on fat burning out there. I think the asking price of $39 is worth it.
Click here to purchase Mike Geary's Book
All the best,
As the owner of Building Muscle 101, I am committed to providing you the best practical weight training advice. I've been training for over 24 years (and still train to this day!) and the advice and guidance I provide comes directly from my experience and knowledge.
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2011-12 flu vaccine effectiveness low, especially in repeat vaccinees
The flu vaccine was 47% effective against medically attended flu for all influenza strains in the 2011-12 season, and being vaccinated the year before lowered effectiveness, according to a study yesterday in Clinical Infectious Diseases.
US researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and elsewhere looked at complete data for the season, which was relatively mild and peaked late. They found an overall vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 47% for preventing medically attended flu.
VE against 2009 H1N1 was 65%, but against H3N2, which was the predominant strain during the 2011-12 season. VE was only 39%. Its effectiveness against type B strains was 58% but was actually lower against the Victoria strain included in the vaccine (52%) compared with the Yamagata strain not included in the vaccine (66%).
The investigators also noted a statistically significant difference between VE for those who received a flu vaccine the year before (33%) and those who did not (56%).
In an accompanying commentary, Kathleen Neuzil, MD, MPH, of PATH in Seattle and John C. Victor of the University of Washington School of Medicine point out that the findings of reduced VE in those who were vaccinated the previous year were also noted in a study of flu VE in 2010-11 published in February (see story below).
They write, "The finding raises serious questions regarding the complicated interplay that occurs between our immune systems and repeated annual exposure to influenza antigens in current vaccines and/or potential exposure to wild‐type influenza virus."
Nov 13 Clin Infect Dis abstract
Nov 13 Clin Infect Dis commentary landing page
Mar 1 CIDRAP News story "Study: Getting flu shot 2 years in a row may lower protection"
2 more H5N1 cases in Cambodia, 1 fatal
Two new cases of H5N1 avian influenza have been reported in Cambodia, one in a child and one in an adult who has died of the disease, according to a joint release today from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Cambodian health ministry.
The child is a 3-year-old boy from Kampong Speu province now hospitalized in critical condition in Phnom Penh. The other case-patient was a 29-year-old man from Pailin province; he died Nov 6. Both had had contact with sick and dead poultry.
The new cases bring the total for Cambodia to 26 this year and 47 since 2005, 35 in children younger than 14. Deaths from H5N1 this year in the country, according to a story from Xinhua, China's official news agency, number 14; total deaths since 2005 stand at 33.
Rapid response teams from the health ministry as well as representatives from Cambodia's Animal Health Task Force are investigating contacts of the new case-patients, looking for potential epidemiologic links among this year's H5N1 cases in the country, and implementing control measures and preventive treatment. Parents and guardians continue to be urged to keep children away from sick or dead chickens and ducks and to wash hands with soap after any contact with poultry.
Nov 14 WHO/Cambodia Health Ministry press release
Nov 14 Xinhua story
Study on first H6N1 case shows close ties to avian virus
An epidemiologic analysis today of the first and only known human case of infection with the H6N1 virus—which was first reported by Taiwanese officials in June—showed the isolate closely matched H6N1 viruses in poultry in Taiwan, according to a study today in The Lancet Respiratory Medicine.
An unsubtyped influenza A isolate from the 20-year-old woman's throat swab was sent to the Taiwan Centres for Disease Control and analyzed. "Sequence analyses showed that this human isolate was highly homologous to chicken H6N1 viruses in Taiwan and had been generated through interclade reassortment," the researchers wrote.
They said that the virus had a G228S substitution in the hemagglutinin (HA) protein that might help it attach better to human receptor cells.
The team conducted a contact and environmental investigation and collected clinical specimens from the woman and any symptomatic contacts. They were unable to pinpoint the source of her infection.
The authors conclude, "Our report highlights the continuous need for preparedness for a pandemic of unpredictable and complex avian influenza."
Nov 14 Lancet Respir Med abstract
Jun 21 CIDRAP News story "Taiwan reports first human H6N1 infection"
VLP H7N9 vaccine with adjuvant sparks strong immune response
An experimental virus-like particle (VLP) H7N9 influenza vaccine made by Novavax produced a strong immune response in early clinical trials when combined with an immune-boosting adjuvant but a much lower immune response when used without an adjuvant, according to a letter yesterday in the New England Journal of Medicine from Novavax scientists.
The researchers enrolled 284 adults in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial. Volunteers received two doses 3 weeks apart of either the VLP vaccine alone with either 15 or 45 micrograms (mcg) of HA, or with 5 or 15 mcg of HA combined with 30 or 60 units of the saponin-based Iscomatrix adjuvant.
Seroconversion and HA-inhibition (HAI) antibody titers of 40 or more were detected in 5.7% and 15.6% of participants receiving 15 mcg and 45 mcg of HA, respectively, in the unadjuvanted vaccine. In contrast, more than 60% of participants in three of the four adjuvant groups had HAI seroconversion and titers of 40 or more, with the highest level—80.6%—detected in those receiving 5 mcg of HA with 60 units of adjuvant.
The researchers also reported a good safety profile for all versions of the VLP vaccine.
Nov 13 N Engl J Med letter
Cell-culture Flublok vaccine made available
The US Food and Drug and Drug Administration (FDA) yesterday made Flublok, the country's first approved cell-based flu vaccine, available to the public, the vaccine's maker, Protein Sciences Corp. of Meriden, Conn., said in a press release.
Flublok is made by using a baculovirus to infect insect cells and cause them to produce the influenza protein HA. It is made without the use of eggs, and in June a federal advisory panel recommended its use for people with egg allergies. The FDA has approved it for adults 49 years old and younger.
The press release said that quantities of the vaccine are limited and will be distributed on a first come, first served bases. The statement did not specify the number of doses released, but in August the company confirmed that it planned to provide 250,000 doses in September and October for distribution in November.
In 2011 a trial involving more than 2,300 Flublok recipients found the vaccine's effectiveness to be 44.6% against all circulating strains in a season with significant antigenic mismatch between vaccine and circulating strains.
Nov 13 Protein Sciences press release
Jun 20 CIDRAP News story "ACIP recommends flu vaccine option for those with egg allergies"
Aug 5 CIDRAP News story on number of doses anticipated
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A year later it seems, that the concept is getting a bit more mainstream. (Of course a BBC interview is already mainstream). In 2010 and in 2011 this year, the Singularity has been discussed many times in the New York Times, Time magazine had a cover article , etc.
Forbes has a blog "Robot Overlords" devoted to the subject. But few people (in Amsterdam) have heard of the concept.
What I didn't expect was an astounding AI demonstration like IBM Watson...
Another important development are the Microsoft Kinect Hacks (for robots) : See this parody Kinect Self-Awareness Hack
It is interesting to note that people do think in a linear fashion and can't get to grips with exponential progress. An example is Paul Allen who in his 2011 autobiography Idea Man wrote:
"Though I won't say that a singularity is impossible, I believe that it is centuries away at best...It took forty years to develop a computer chess program that could consistently beat the best human players,"
That shows me that he is thinking in roughly equal steps: 40 years to do this, 40 years to do that, 40 years for the next thing after that, etc = centuries. In exponential thinking if each step takes 1/2 the time of the previous step, you a get totally different scenerio. That is acceleration. Things should only get really interesting around 2025, when computers are more than 10 000 times faster than IBM Watson today.
Comments, questions or E-mails welcome: ajbrenninkmeijer (a) gmail.com


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Film director Nate Parker, who is black, was a 19-year-old wrestler at Penn State in August 1999 he was accused of raping a white woman. Parker admitted to having sex with the woman but claimed it was consensual. The accuser was inebriated prior to the the alleged assault but a witness said she was coherent. The accuser tried to tried to trap Mr. Parker into confessing that he raped an unconscious woman in a recorded telephone confession (Mr. Parker didn't know it was being recorded). Here's what Mr. Parker said: "You were all for it, you know what I mean," he said. "It'd, it'd be different if you were just laying there, but you weren't. You were active, you know what I mean?" And: ". . . if . . . you're giving me the vibe that you're cool with it… I'm going to assume you're fine. You know? I'm going to assume that nothing's wrong. And that's what I did." After the accusation, Mr. Parker said a detective working on the case threatened him, "You wrestlers for the past 10 years have raped and battered this whole town. I'm going to get you." Prosecutors brought charges.
In an October 2001 trial. Mr. Parker was acquitted on all charges by a jury in central Pennsylvania that was all white one except for one black juror.
Now that Mr. Parker is a prominent film director, he's found himself in the cross hairs of the sexual grievance cartel. Because he was accused of rape, they think it's a foregone conclusion that he's a rapist, acquittal be damned.
Cathy Young, for one, has stood up for Parker and decried the PC lynch mob that makes him a scapegoat.
So how does Parker himself react? Does he talk about the fact that it's unjust to assume guilt based on an accusation? Does he talk about the necessity for judging every case on its own facts? Does he talk about the critical importance of due process?
He does not. He reacts by admitting his male "privilege" and the destructive effect" that "male culture" has on our culture. He wants to "grow" from the rape criticisms being lodged against him. His interview is replete with the extremist language of "rape culture," which is both ironic and troubling because "rape culture" is the very attitude that says it's not just acceptable but, indeed, proper to assume he's a rapist based on the accusation made against him. "Rape culture" promotes the belief that to concede even the possibility that there might be another side to a "he said-she said" rape claim is misogyny and rape apology.
It doesn't matter to Mr. Parker that RAINN, itself, thinks "rape culture" is an unjust concept. "Rape is caused not by cultural factors but by the conscious decisions, of a small percentage of the community, to commit a violent crime," according to RAINN. The "unfortunate" tendency to blame "rape culture" for sexual assault, RAINN wrote, "has led to an inclination to focus on . . . traits that are common in many millions of law-abiding Americans (e.g., 'masculinity'), rather than on the subpopulation at fault: those who choose to commit rape."
Nate Parker has decided that he'd rather keep his PC credentials intact than speak out against the injustice of rushing to judgment and assuming guilt in rape cases, and that means kowtowing to the gender extremists who dominate the public discourse on all things related to sexual assault.
Because Nate Parker was a black man who was accused by a white woman, his attitude is particularly repulsive.
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Mystery shrouds this release from French / Scottish combo JACQUES CARAMAC & THE SWEET GENERATION. I can't find much information on the band other than the fact that they are London based and will be releasing their debut album in April of next year.
This single, 'It Takes All Sorts' will however drop on December 10th and will be backed with 'Cadbury's Voltaire,' both of which are streamed below. The single will have a Limited Edition run black and white striped 7″ vinyl format. It will also be available digitally, of course.
Oh! And the other little snippet of information I have gleaned (certainly,unconfirmed but too much of a coincidence to be otherwise) is that the French connection in the triumvirate is made up of Raphael Mura on drums and Jean-Baptiste Gavinet on bass – who also make up 66% of Underground Railroad. Vocals and guitar are provide by Kevin Retoryka, formerly of excellent artrockers, The Be Be See .


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|A Moment of Jen
posted by Jen at 6/08/2004 10:32:00 PM
Someone has already written to inform me that colds ARE viruses.
True enough. Colds just don't normally leave me with red throbbing blisters all over my hands and feet.
Meanwhile, the Philadelphia Inquirer's Carlin Romano rounds up the hot BEA books, fails to mention mine.
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Wall painting, St John's church, Chester
Chester, Cheshire, England
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St John the Baptist church is an historic gem, often overlooked by the hordes of tourist who flock to Chester in search of Roman remains or to find a bargain the The Rows. Yet only a few steps from the ruins of the Roman amphitheatre is this marvellous Norman building. This early medieval wall painting isn't actually to be found on a wall, but decorating one of the easternmost pillars of the nave.
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No question: He can dance
Fresh off his run on the hit Fox series So You Think You Can Dance, former MDC dance student Brandon Bryant returned to Kendall Campus for an impromptu celebration that drew a standing-room crowd to McCarthy Auditorium.
Bryant was a favorite of the judges throughout the competition, performing routines that brought tears and praise from panelists Mary Murphy and Mia Michaels, an alumna of New World School of the Arts at MDC. He placed second behind Miami resident Jeanine Mason in the show's fifth season finale.
During Bryant's homecoming performance, Rodester Brandon, chair of music, theater and dance, marveled at his artistry. "He is an artist of the highest caliber," Brandon said.
Bryant began dancing ballet at 10 and has performed professionally ever since. His resume includes a stint with MDC's own Jubilation Dance Ensemble.
He first auditioned for So You Think You Can Dance in 2008, but was eliminated before making it to the top 20. Undeterred, he continued dancing and soon landed a spot with Odyssey Dance Theatre in Salt Lake City, Utah.
When auditions for So You Think You Can Dance were announced earlier this year, Bryant tried again. This time he landed a spot to compete against 19 other dancers – including New World School of the Arts graduate Vitolio Jeune – in the nationally televised, Emmy-nominated competition.
Bryant said his time at MDC was the perfect foundation.
"Being a part of the dance program here really helped me," he said.
Of his former dance instructor, Michelle Grant-Murray, he said: "She is the most amazing technician because of the different styles of dance she would bring in. It really opened my eyes to the world with international and spiritual dance styles."
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Everyone knows blue belongs to the boys and pink belongs to the girls. Everyone knows that boys should develop masculine, dominant and indifferent qualities in their personalities as they grow older. Everyone knows that girls should develop feminine, submissive and passionate qualities in their personalities as they grow older. It would be weird for Americans to see, because of society, a boy playing with Barbies in his room, or a girl wanting the new Godzilla model for Christmas.
Flash forward to their teens… and we have girls developing eating disorders to look just skinny enough, boys taking steroids to gain muscle and to perform better in various sports, and both genders sadly taking their own lives because of this gender stereotype society have thrust upon them. America stands for freedom, right?
I do not have any research or evidence to back up my statement for this blog post. What's sad is that there does not need to be any whatsoever: Everyone knows exactly what I am talking about without having to go research it themselves. We experience it every day, just by observing behavior from others; even small details, such as what people are wearing, his or her gait, his or her mannerisms.
Americans as a society have gone downhill in regards to the gender stereotype we've pushed onto our generation's children, and the children before that, and the children before that. It brings across an unnecessary pressure and stress to young people to conform to what's regarded as 'right'. What kind of society are we to not let children explore who they are, and not feel negative about their supposed gender role. Let the boy do the cooking if he wants to, let the girl try out for football if that's what her aspirations are.
It's about time America's society as a whole stands up and acts on what its own motto shouts to us civilians every day: To be free.


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I remember hearing a story about a man who would walk high wires. High wires acts are something I can not even wrap my mind around seeing as how just the thought of hanging christmas lights outside while standing on a 6 foot ladder leaves my knees shaking. This man was performing on a high wire that was hanging over the Niagra Falls. He began by simply walking back and forth on the wire and then riding a unicycle across the wire. The crowd could not help but gather all around. He was putting on a show and the crowd was filled with not only awe but genuine excitement at this amazing feat. Finally the man dismounted the wire and approached the crowd, "How many of you believe I am capable of carrying another human across the wire as they sit in a wheel barrow?", he asked. The crowd nodded, clapped, and roared with assurances, surely this man could do this great act. Then he asked, "Fantastic, who then will get in the barrow?". The crowd made no noise.
James 2:14-26 serves as a great reminder for the believer about a faith demonstrated with action. The church building is filled with people who operate with only an "intellectual" faith or "emotional" faith but are absent of a genuinely dynamic faith. An intellectual faith and emotional faith are consistently found "action-less". We see the brother or sister in need and offer a blessing in word only but do not intend to meet the need even when we have the means to do so. We come across a really moving worship song or sharply worded sermon and are stirred with emotion but, as all emotions do, the emotion flees and there has been no change. The christian story can not be told by those who consistently proclaim what they believe and yet, appear unwilling to live out the faith they proclaim.
No, the faith we are called to have, the faith that saves is the genuine faith. The faith the encompasses not only our intellect and emotion but our will. Our desires are no longer to live for self but instead to live in light of the faith we are growing in. Our worship songs allow us to cry out to God asking Him to move us beyond our comfort, the fill our lives with his presence, and yet, when God says "who is willing to get in the barrow?" we balk. We are no longer interested in allowing that intellectual and emotional faith be fully developed into a genuine, dynamic faith.
The challenge for us is to never be content with inaction in our lives. Instead, may we be intentional about not just proclaiming g a faith in God and His promises but living them out as Abraham did when he laid his promised son on the altar. May we see our lives being transformed by the beautiful gospel of Christ into lives lived for the Glory of God and not for the pursuit of self. The genuine faith is what we are called to and what an unbelieving world wants to see on display.


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When an employee alleges that she was treated differently than a member of the opposite sex, that's a regular sex discrimination claim. But if she says she was treated differently on account of the combination of her sex and some other characteristic, that's called a "sex-plus" claim.
Employees who sue must show that the employer gave preferential treatment to a member of the opposite sex with the same second characteristic.
Recent case: Christal Fox worked for a nursing home; her husband was the administrator. The day he was fired, she was, too. She sued, alleging she had been terminated because of her sex and marital status.
The court dismissed the case, reasoning that Fox would have to show that a male married to a fired female employee didn't lose his job when Fox did. (Fox, et al., v. Brown Memorial Home, No. 2:09-CV-915, SD OH, 2010)


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Sanders Links Clinton to Panama Papers Scandal
PHILADELPHIA – Responding to Hillary Clinton's attempt to portray him as unqualified for the White House, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders linked her to a trade pact exploited by wealthy individuals and profitable corporations to avoid paying taxes.
An investigation by a team of journalists revealed that 214,000 entities throughout the world have used a law firm in Panama to shelter their incomes and profits to avoid paying taxes. The release this week of the documents on offshore financial dealings raised questions over the widespread use of tactics to avoid taxes.
Sanders cited the former secretary of state's support of the trade deal as one reason she should not be the party's nominee for president. "I don't think you are qualified if you supported the Panama free trade agreement, something I very strongly opposed, which has made it easier for wealthy people and corporations all over the world to avoid paying taxes owed to their countries," Sanders told a rally at Temple University in an auditorium packed with nearly 13,000 supporters.
Sanders five years ago led opposition to the Panama trade deal in a Senate floor speech. He predicted that the pact would make it easier for the wealthy and the powerful to stash their cash in Panama to avoid paying their fair share of taxes.
Clinton had opposed the deal in 2008 when she was running against then Sen. Barack Obama. But in an about face, she helped push the agreement through Congress when she was secretary of state.
"The American people are sick and tired of establishment politicians who say one thing during a campaign and do the exact opposite the day after the election," Sanders said on Tuesday in a prepared statement. As president, Sanders said he would terminate the trade deal and investigate U.S. banks, corporations and wealthy individuals who have been stashing their cash in Panama to avoid taxes.
Sanders came to Pennsylvania fresh off a win Tuesday in Wisconsin, his seventh victory in the past eight caucuses and primaries. A new national poll release Wednesday put him ahead of Clinton by two points and also showed him ahead of Republican front-runner Donald Trump.
Clinton earlier on Wednesday questioned Sanders' qualifications to be president. "Secretary Clinton appears to be getting a little nervous," he shot back. "She has been saying lately that I am not qualified to be president."
Sanders then ticked off his own list of reasons why Clinton isn't qualified to be in the White House.
"I don't believe that she is qualified if she is through her super PAC taking tens of millions of dollars in special-interest funds.
"I don't think that you are qualified if you get $15 million from Wall Street through your super PAC.
"I don't think you are qualified if you voted for the disastrous war in Iraq.
"I don't think you're qualified if you supported almost every disastrous trade agreement.
"I don't think you are qualified if you supported the Panama free trade agreement, something I very strongly opposed, which has gave the green light to wealthy people and corporations all over the world to avoid paying taxes owed to their countries."


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Many conservations and people at large want to return the cheetahs to their natural range in India. The cheetah is the only large animal to go extinct since the 1940s. Their extinction was due to hunting and domesticating these pdredators by the thousands.
At first India approached Iran for sharing of artificial insenmination or cloning but that proved to be a dead end. Now scientists know that the cheetahs of Africa where this endangered cats' numbers are the highest -around 2000 might be the best solution to jump starting the Indian population. These cats from India, Iran and Africa are closely related.
Seven sites including national parks, sanctuaries and other open areas in the four states of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat and Chhattisgarh are being considered as the cheetahs first reintroduction sites.
Advantages to importing the cats would be starting with breeding age individuals or males and pregnant females that could give the population a new start.
Cheetahs would essentially prey on blackbuck and gazelle the largest herd of blackbuck in India is some 2,000 animals and already has the wolf as a predator, but there is not a problem for these two predators sharing the same turf with the variety of large and smaller prey available.
Breeding cheetahs in captivity and then releasing them is not the answer. Cheetahs produced in this way never acquire the hunting and survival skills needed to survive in the wild and captive breeding numbers are usually very low.
Conservationists who are leading the initiative to bring back the cat to India will only do so after the above mentioned sites are fully examined for habitat, prey and potential for man-animal conflict. The cheetah is considered the top predator species of the country's grasslands, which do not have a single leading predatory animal now.
Making sure the cheetah thrives and do not get poached or killed because it killed agricultural stock is going to be the greatest challenge.
Excerpts courtesy of http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8262862.stm
Excerpts courtesy of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_Cheetah
Excerpts courtesy of http://meeja.com.au
Image 1. courtesy of http://tinyurl.com/ybkablm
Image 2. courtesy of http://animaladventures.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/050207_cheetahs.jpg


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The year has gone by quickly already, and it's hard to believe Easter is upon us already.
Both our Melbourne and Perth offices will be closed from Friday 22 April – Tuesday 26 April. Our offices hours will resume as normal on Wednesday 27th April.
The team at Webfirm hope you have a lovely Easter weekend.
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Reduce the amount of processed sugar in your diet without having to give up sweetness or go without your favorite baked goods. It is possible to continue to enjoy sweet treats by ditching the sugar and using fruits instead to lend a comparable sweetness to your favorite breads, cookies and cakes.
Naturally Sweetened Basics
You can replace all or part of the sugar in many desserts by using fruits, such as bananas, figs, apples, pumpkin, papaya or dates, to provide a similar sweetness as sugar. Containing the simple sugar fructose, fruits may also provide fiber, vitamins and minerals. While baked goods sweetened with fruit purees may have just as much sugar and calories as those sweetened with processed sugar, they will not have the added sucrose.
Choosing Desserts to Sweeten Naturally
Fruit purees and juices work best for sweetening complementary flavored baked goods that have a denser texture such as muffins, cookies, brownies and quick breads, where the flavor is often overshadowed by other ingredients and flavorings. The most important factor to consider when choosing a fruit-puree sweetener is that you match the flavor with what you are making. Apples, bananas, papayas and pumpkin work best in quick breads, while figs and dates are most useful when making brownies, cookies or cakes.
Preparing Fruit Purees
To prepare a fruit puree from dried dates or figs, reconstitute the fruits by soaking them in warm water before blending roughly 1 cup of fruit with 1/4 cup of water to achieve a puree. Soft fresh fruits, such as bananas and papaya, can be sliced and then mashed by hand with a potato masher or pureed in a blender. Create applesauce for use in baked goods by peeling and coring apples, placing them in a pan with about 1 inch of water and simmering them covered until they become soft, or about 20 minutes. Mash the cooked apples with a potato masher or run them through a food mill to create a fine puree.
Replacement Tips for Success
Use fruit purees as a one-to-one substitute for sugar in a recipe. If you are replacing all or most of the sugar in a recipe using a puree, reduce other liquids in your recipe to account for this; reduce liquids up to 1/4 cup per 1 cup of puree you use. Some fruit purees, such as those made from apples and pears, can also replace some of the fat in a recipe. In this case, replace the sugar and up to one-half of the fat using a puree.


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Samsung built A7 processor rocks the new Apple iPhone 5s
The rivalry between the two is pretty intense, and yet Apple relies on Samsung for key parts used in the device that is its most important. This is akin to having Pepsi fill up those famous little glass Coke bottles. While both sides are eager in a courtroom setting to appear as though they hate each other's guts, somewhere there is a Samsung rep and an Apple parts buyer who can always get together and shake hands on a deal.
source: Chipworks, via Phandroid
134 Comments
1. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
A true love hate relationship!!
12. AnTuTu (Posts: 1580; Member since: 14 Oct 2012)
Father would always be father.
Sammy FTW
28. ghaniosman (Posts: 78; Member since: 06 Jun 2013)
And the fight begins...
61. Tsoliades (Posts: 228; Member since: 22 Dec 2012)
No, it's been here for a while.
68. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)
Only Alan F. would call their processors ROCK.
70. LionStone (Posts: 1048; Member since: 10 Dec 2010)
Haha... Yea, it really rocks those new icons! :-)
75. bigstrudel (Posts: 541; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
Put those icons on a colorful background and they look great. Android has its own icon problem in that there's no uniformity of size or shape making everything look very hodgepodge. And the most popular stock launchers completely waste those big spacious screens by only allowing 12 icons per screen.
76. bigstrudel (Posts: 541; Member since: 20 Aug 2012)
16 icons. Derp.
93. Googler (Posts: 813; Member since: 10 Jun 2013)
That's not really a fair assessment, especially when you look at the iPad.
98. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
He's only going to say the positive of iOS instead of the negative. Everyone knows that.
86. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
You can customize the size of any home screen on a launcher, especially with Nova Launcher... You don't know what you're talking about and your comment is now invalid. :)
115. DukeX (Posts: 327; Member since: 28 Aug 2013)
He's an apple fanboy that keeps comparing benchmarks of his iphone 5 to android phones. He has nothing to talk about but irrelevant bs. The fact that his comments get likes is beyond me.
119. PostalJim (Posts: 46; Member since: 01 Sep 2011)
Who cares about stock? It's there for Apple defectors. Like training wheels. The rest of us know where to go to make our phones rock! Most launchers I use have configurable rows and columns. My favorite is NovaLauncher. 6x5 + a hideable, scrollable dock giving me 35 icons on my S3 if I choose. Plenty of room for my various widgets. So Awesome. I have no idea what your saying here. And no uniformity? I like knowing a gazillion people may have a phone like mine, but all of our home screens look different. Every iPhone looks the same on/off/left/right/up/down. If you WANT to be a lamb in the herd, you can get icon packs to make everything look just like an iPhone, or whatever. I have used both platforms for years. It appears you only know Apple. I'm sorry.
69. sharks (Posts: 236; Member since: 16 Feb 2013)
No wonder why J K Shin assured us that Samsung is definitely going to adopt 64-bit CPU for its next flagship AKA Galaxy S5. Since they make it for Apple, they're going to "copy" it - like they've been doing all along since the first iPhone.
77. 0o0blackstar0o0 (Posts: 86; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)
64bit ain't nothing without 4gig ram+
114. ghaniosman (Posts: 78; Member since: 06 Jun 2013)
In the world of technology nothing is impossible!! I m pretty damm sure there will be a way out, ip5s ain't got 4gigs of ram, they would rather die instead
87. WHoyton1 (Posts: 1635; Member since: 21 Feb 2013)
please explain to everyone here how samsung has ever copied apple, im genuinely interested into what BS excuse you have...
96. sniper1087 (Posts: 537; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)
Well if you look back since 2007 you would notice, design copy, as well as UI , samsung has always been trying to follow apple, until recently since its toe to toe now, they probably dont care much, but nevertheless touchwiz from the beginning was a copy of apples UI, adding the similar design also, with a physical home button, I dont know what to tell you, if not copying, of course in this industry everybody copies, but samsung more than others were blatantly copying apple, thats why they had to pay for doing so.
99. PapaSmurf (Posts: 10457; Member since: 14 May 2012)
Don't go there. Just stop right there to avoid another war.
101. theaztech (unregistered)
what about what ios has done with android?
You now have the control settings,
the live wallpapers,
the multitasking,
the notifications,
the lock screen,
apples the one doing the copying now.
your talkinga bout 2007, thats 6 years ago.
when was the last time apple did anything innovative?
not this year, not last year, and for sure not the year before last.
102. sniper1087 (Posts: 537; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)
Well look 64bit processor is bringing a new window for innovation, yes it might not mean much, but if they didnt do it, nobody would have brought it for a while, reason why samsung had to mention it after it was shown by apple. Fingerprint sensor while it was used before by the atrix, it was never as accurate as apple has done it, and yes even though lenovo laptops have fingerprint sensor, they are not as accurate.
126. anglosaxonengland (Posts: 62; Member since: 11 Sep 2013)
Most of those stuff didn't originate from android either.
Control setting... Long in Ubuntu
Live wallpaper, Microsoft introduced that in Vista
Multi task UI, inspired by HTC Sense 5 and WebOS
Notification, most defiantly Android 1.0
Lockscreen, idk doesn't look like stock android, it's probably inspired to Samsung Galaxy S3's water dripping effect.
What has apple done, pointed smartphones in the right direction which is why we have android the way it is today..... Respect where it's due.
Apple innovation... Probably in 2007.........
HTC's innovations are on the right track with the boom sound speakers etc..
Samsung isn't innovative either, worthless gimmicks have a lot to be desired.
Google's is somewhat innovative with wireless g charging, NFC (No Fu(king cables) etc.... But I believe wireless charging was intel's idea at first.
131. sniper1087 (Posts: 537; Member since: 31 Dec 2011)
Wireless charging webos first, well at least before android not sure about intel.
133. willard12 (unregistered)
Please refer to the samsung f700 for your physical home button. You have to wonder, if you are completely clueless on one thing,how much else are you clueless about?
125. anglosaxonengland (Posts: 62; Member since: 11 Sep 2013)
The only thing Samsung has ever copied were some design elements on the UI.
90. quesoesgrande (Posts: 217; Member since: 03 Aug 2011)
It's not copying if you're the one making it...
123. moroninc (Posts: 193; Member since: 14 Jul 2012)
true dat!!
103. av911 (Posts: 206; Member since: 19 Nov 2012)
Yeah, just like how they copied Apple with their Exynos processors, or 5+ inch screens, or S-pen, etc.
107. tedkord (Posts: 16871; Member since: 17 Jun 2009)
No, Samsung are going to do the same thing Apple did, take ARM's long ago announced 64bit reference design and instruction set, and modify it with their own tweaks. Like they've done with the Exynos models since before Apple started modifying ARM's designs.
2. twens (Posts: 1150; Member since: 25 Feb 2012)
and its funny how apple haters hate samsung phones. lol