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In Russian the title of Vygotsky's book is Myshlenie i Rech. This can be translated literally as "Thought and Speech," but the word rech also connotes "language" and "discourse." Similarly, the title of Vygotsky's final chapter is "Myshlenie i Slovo." One of the most profound words in the Russian language, slovo ("word") can mean a single word or it can be a synecdoche for discourse, verbal expression, or the processes of language. Such problems with word-meanings are not merely a translator's headache, according to psychologist Alex Kozulin; they go directly to the heart of Vygotsky's theoretical concerns (Vygotsky's Psychology 151-2). In reading Vygotsky's and Mandelstam's work, it must be remembered that "word" is not a thing, but a dynamic process. As psychologist A. A. Leontiev expressed it, "A word is the search for it" (qtd. in Zebroski 205). An alternative title for Vygotsky's book might be "Thinking and Speaking."
In Thought and Language Vygotsky resisted splitting the meaning of words into semantic and phonetic categories. He favored compound phrases such as "meaningful speech" and "verbal thought" to identify what he considered to be amalgams of functions (212). He explained, "The relation of thought to word is not a thing but a process, a continual movement back and forth from thought to word and from word to thought" (218).
In the book's final chapter Vygotsky conceptualized a series of functional planes in which this back and forth movement occurs:
External speech
Inner speech
Vygotsky was a scientist, so he began with what he could observe on the plane of external or communicative speech. His analysis worked from the outermost toward the inner planes, but eventually he concluded that development from thought to language proceeded in the opposite direction.
The inward aspects of speech had been "as unknown to science as the other side of the moon" when Vygotsky began his studies (255). To probe inner processes, he turned to a type of behavior displayed in young children which the Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget termed "egocentric speech." Vygotsky brought Piaget's work to the attention of Soviet psychology in 1932 when he wrote an introduction for the Russian translation of Piaget's The Language and Thought of the Child. Responding to Piaget's theories became an impetus for writing Thought and Language (Kozulin, Vygotsky's Psychology 176).
According to Piaget, a child uses egocentric speech without expectation of a response from others. This speech typically accompanies play and includes comments on the child's thoughts and actions. It tends to be syntactically undifferentiated and is most common in children between the ages of three and five. Piaget considered egocentric speech to be a transitory, throw-away behavior, merely a verbal accompaniment to silent thought. In his view, it was not social and did not contribute to a child's subsequent development of logical thinking (Kozulin, Vygotsky's Psychology 174).
Vygotsky thought otherwise. He considered egocentric speech to be a rich transitional stage that led directly to the development of mature speech-for-others (external speech) and internalized speech-for-oneself (inner speech). Vygotsky devised a series of elegant experiments, widely replicated since the 1930s, to demonstrate how egocentric speech is involved in real problem-solving. In one experiment, a child's play activity, such as drawing, was impeded by an external obstacle. Egocentric speech increased as the child confronted the obstacle. Vygotsky concluded that such obstacles stimulated the child to "think aloud" (Kozulin, Vygotsky's Psychology 175).
Vygotsky (right) also theorized that egocentric speech remains connected to social communication because the child assumes that he or she is actually understood by others. In another series of experiments, Vygotsky placed the child in situations which undermined the illusion of understanding — playing in a room with children who were deaf, or with others removed at a great distance. Egocentric speech decreased in these situations. He concluded that egocentric speech requires the presumption of understanding by others. Subsequent research in the 1970s found that children produced more egocentric speech in the presence of adults whom they perceived as willing to help them (Kozulin, Vygotsky's Psychology 175).
It should be noted here that deaf children were not limited to instrumental roles in Vygotsky's experimental designs. Another of his research interests concerned the unique ways in which development proceeded for deaf and blind children. He was a founder of Moscow's Institute of Defectology in 1924. Defectology was then the Soviet appellation for what is now known as special education. Despite the politically unpalatable sound of the term in English, Vygotsky's approach to defectology emphasized the social consequences of disabilities, rather than an individual's defects. As early as 1925, he asserted, "Blindness or deafness, as a psychological fact, is not at all a misfortune, but, as a social fact, it becomes such" ("Principles" 20). According to neurologist Oliver Sachs, "Vygotsky stressed the intactness rather than the deficits" of disabled children (xvii). He was one of the first psychologists to recognize the linguistic integrity of sign languages.
Egocentric speech tends to fade away in children beyond the age of seven, according to Vygotsky, but it does not fade completely. It becomes internalized as inner speech, or speech-for-oneself. By studying egocentric speech as it faded, or provoking its production under experimental conditions, Vygotsky used it as a window into the elusive processes of inner speech. Based on his observations, Vygotsky concluded in Thought and Language that inner speech followed its own "syntax of word meanings" (222). He characterized this syntax as abbreviated, predicated, and saturated with sense. Inner speech abbreviates word-meanings by dropping the subject of sentences while preserving the predicates. A single word becomes saturated with meaning in inner speech. "To unfold it into overt speech," Vygotsky explained, "one would need a multitude of words" (243). Moving from inner speech to external speech is not simply the vocalization of silent speech. It requires the transformation of abbreviated, predicated forms into other, more syntactically deployed forms (248).
Vygotsky considered writing to be a form of speech because it involved processes connecting thought to language. While inner speech is the most condensed type of speech, writing is the most elaborate. It uses the most words to convey a meaning to an absent reader, because only words are available to it. Gesture, tone, and context are not available to help convey meaning (242). Complicated forms, in turn, require complex processes such as writing multiple drafts. "The evolution from the draft to the final copy reflects our mental process," Vygotsky wrote in a sentence that became a hook for contemporary teachers of writing (242-43). He considered the work of inner speech to be a kind of mental draft for both written and oral speech, because planning occurs even when a draft is not written (243).
Inner speech is not the antecedent of external speech, nor is it merely the reproduction of external speech in memory. In differentiating them, Vygotsky insisted that inner and external speech operate in conjunction. As external speech is the materialization of thought into words, inner speech is the sublimation of words into thought (226). "In external speech thought is embodied in words; in inner speech words die as they bring forth thought," Vygotsky wrote (248). Evoking the image of Mandelstam's blind swallow, he described inner speech as "a dynamic, shifting, unstable thing, fluttering between word and thought" (249).
A chance encounter with Osip Mandelstam on the streets of Voronezh, the provincial city where he was exiled in 1934-36, would have revealed some of the behaviors Vygotsky observed in his experiments. Mandelstam composed verse in the workshop of inner speech. The best indication that he actually was writing was the silent movement of his lips as he walked about. Even with his longer prose works, he seldom wrote directly on paper. Mandelstam evinced a blithe indifference to written texts not uncommon among Russians in the Stalin era. Nadezhda Yakovlevna would write down his daily output of words at the end of the walk. He trusted her, Akhmatova, and the secret police to keep track of his manuscripts. Nadezhda Yakovlevna knew Mandelstam's work intimately, and her memoirs are filled with insight about his writing process. She evidently read Vygotsky's book in the 1960s, for she mentions it (mistakenly reversing the title as Language and Thought) in her sole reference to the psychologist. In Hope Against Hope she quotes "The Swallow" and describes Mandelstam's composition process in terms that parallel Vygotsky's concept of inner speech:
The process of composing verse also involves the recollection of something that has never before been said, and the search for lost words is an attempt to remember what is still to be brought into being ("I have forgotten the word I wished to say, like a blind swallow it will return to the abode of shadows." ) This requires great concentration, till whatever has been forgotten suddenly flashes into the mind. In the first stage the lips move soundlessly, then they begin to whisper and at last the inner music resolves itself into units of meaning: the recollection is developed like the image on a photographic plate. (187)
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Editorial | Debating and financing justice
Delroy Chuck wouldn't, we expect, be numbered among the know-nothings who lawyer Peter Champagnie accuses of hijacking the ongoing debate about how to improve Jamaica's justice system. Neither, we believe, are Michael Lee-Chin and the members of his Economic Growth Council (EGC) cast among those with "absolutely no experience in the subject" upon which they pontificate.
In the event, the EGC has joined the discourse, insisting that the "slow pace of the administration of justice" is an obstacle to citizen safety and security and, therefore, an encumbrance to economic growth and development. It is an assumption that not only makes sense, but is a matter in which all Jamaicans have a stake.
There are two important factors here. First, the resolution of legal disputes and the clarification of laws and/or regulations by a credible and efficient judicial system are critical to the conduct of business and commerce. Long delays waste time, cost money and deter investment.
Second, there are credible data indicating that Jamaica's high crime rate is a disincentive to economic activity, snipping more than five per cent annually from the value of economic output. Fixing crime is multidimensional. But it is not helped by a court system with a backlog of more than 400,000 cases, more than half of which are criminal matters.
As the EGC said in the broad outline of its strategies to address these problems, whose cure, it argues, would be a fillip to growth: "Justice only determines crime if the punishment is swift, certain and severe, but the dysfunctional court system today means that punishment is neither swift nor severe."
The EGC has recommended a range of administrative and legislative changes that Mr Lee-Chin's group believes would enhance efficiency and transparency in the court. But some, such as the digitisation of court records, will demand substantial investment. So, too, will the promise by Mr Chuck, the justice minister, to increase the number of judges in the parish, Supreme and appeal courts, while providing them with support staff and infrastructure. Such improvements, if they happen, would make it easier to hold judges accountable.
What, however, is not yet clear is the cost of these judicial upgrades and how they are to be paid for. In the past, lack of funding has contributed to a slow, piecemeal approach to, and the failure of, judicial reform. Doing right this time will require a substantial reallocation of capital from other sectors of the law-enforcement and justice systems. Given the real problems elsewhere and the competing demands for limited resources, the Government will need to build consensus on the priority of these reallocations.
Moreover, the funding of law-enforcement and justice systems has to be sustainable, and not subject to the short-term vagaries of the Budget process. In this regard, we believe that the model employed by regional governments for the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is one that Jamaica should consider for its judicial system, or parts thereof, perhaps for the ongoing upgrading of technology and other services.
The CCJ was launched with a US$100-million trust fund, the returns from which are intended to finance the operations of the court. Recent market conditions have caused some slippage on the original capital, but more than a decade on, the arrangement has worked reasonably well. Jamaica could learn from, and adapt, the system to its own needs.

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tried to forget knew that this actress had some freaky fondness for bedazzling her vajayjay, but we didn't think she'd actually make her lower half sparkle with flashy bottoms. Sequined shorts and a peplum top? Those pieces wouldn't even look right separately, much less worn together. It's no wonder she's currently a party of one! We know what this brunette bombshell's going to do this summer—fire her stylist.
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Release Year: 2015
Studio: Digital Sin
These cousins aren't just sexy for each one more, they're going all the way! Watch Goldie, Jessica Leon, Ashley Adams and Taylor May take their cousins for a ride on their tight little vulvas. They might be family but the sex is too bang appetizing!
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Duration: 2:06:06
Video: 864×480, AVC (H.264), 1382kbps
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And I believe the banks are often applying Jenkins's advice in a sub rosa way when they let foreclosed or abandoned houses stay abandoned precisely in order to attract vandals and destruction.


text: a few weeks ago i spotted a bag so pretty that i can't stop thinking about so it became my dream bag! it's a reissue and the SA said the size is a medium (is that 226?) and the one i saw was black in lambskin with twisted chain. the problem is i can't afford to get it now it has to wait at least a few more months, probably around fall. so here are my quesitons: as i was doing some research here, i'm assuming the one i saw is not the current model because it looks like the new ones only come in the new mesh like chain, not the twisted chain... am i correct? i really want the twisted chain though. if i wait a few months, would i still be able to get one when i'm ready? looks like certain models get sold out quick and becomes almost impossible to find. (i was drooling over a baby cabas before but stopped my search because i didn't want to pay premium for it.) i hear lambskin (although so so soft!) is hard to take care for so i was thinking of getting it either in cavier or patent. what colors will the new ones come in? please englighten a newbie here, chanel experts. i'm hoping to join you gals in the near future with my new reissue!


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Everyone's favorite Shondaland lawyer has some big news for the world. Viola Davis herself has confirmed that she will be taking up the role of Amanda Waller in the upcoming Suicide Squad live-action film. Nerdreport.com spoke to the actress herself at the Blackhat press junket. Davis says she has yet to delve into the comics history of Amanda, and that she's still working out her Suicide Squad filming schedule.
"I'm fascinated by her. I'm fascinated by her in this world of superhero-ness because she is not a woman that you would expect. I think that she is a massive contradiction. She's this big powerful black woman, hard, ready to pick up a gun and shoot anyone at will. I'm fascinated in exploring her psychology, just put it that way. And I'm excited to pick up a gun."
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July 11, 2008
Cote d'Ivoire
Cote d'Ivoire was established as a French colony in 1893 and was a member of the Federation of French West Africa from 1904 to 1958. The people of Cote d'Ivoire were French people without rights to citizenship or representation from the French government. Felix Houphouet-Boigny was the first President of Cote d'Ivoire. He was elected in 1960, the same year that Cote d'Ivoire gained independence from France. Prior to this, Houphouet-Boigny had represented Cote d'Ivoire in the French National Assembly for thirteen years. He also formed the first agricultural union for the cocoa farmers. Cote d'Ivoire was a single party state during Houphouet-Boigny's control, during this time Cote d'Ivoire prospered economically. In the late 80's, when the world entered the recession, cocoa and coffee prices dropped and so did employment opportunities. The state was pressured to reform and move away from the one-party status. The death of Houphouet-Boigny in 1993 saw the end of the political alliance with the west and the start of a political battle for his successor. Ethnocentrism in the form of Ivoirite began when political rivals and candidates began competing for the presidency. Ethnicity and nationality were questioned and Alassane Dramane Ouattara was not allowed to be a candidate and Henri Konan Bedie won the election. President Bedie ruled for six years amidst allegations of corruption and mismanagement. The country's first coup occurred on December 24, 1999 when President Bedie was overthrown and General Robert Geui assumed control of the country. Geui's promises to end corruption and create a pure Ivorian government were side lined by his political ambitions. Laurent Gbagbo was elected president after General Guei fled the country.
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In Christian art, the triquetra represents the Trinity as one God. Examples of such a pattern can be seen in the Trinity Cross and Carolingian Cross.
The triquetra is found also in Celtic knotwork, so the Trinity Cross shown on the right is sometimes referred to as a Knotted Cross or Celtic Twirls Cross. It is popular with Neopagans to represent the interdependence in nature of Land, Sea and Sky, or the spiritual interdependence in man's Mind, Body and Soul.
Other three-legged symbols include the Triskele and the Tomoe. This is a symbol of three commas or teardrops, chasing one another round a circle, and used by groups ranging from Germanic Neopagans to Buddhists.
In Japan both the Triquetra and Tomoe are used as kamon, a sort of heraldic coat of arms (ka means 'family' and mon means 'crest'). The Triquetra symbol is used for the Musubi mitsugashiwa crest.
Such beautiful geometrical designs are often used in examples of mystical Sacred Geometry.
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I love people who make me laugh. I honestly think it's the thing I like most, to laugh. It cures a multitude of ills. It's probably the most important thing in a person.' - Audrey Hepburn
Hey, I'm Emmy!
Yes, like the actor award.
Anyway, I live in Los Angeles, California. I absolutley love it, everything happens there, never a dull moment, and I swear I saw Julia Roberts!
Er, anyway, I love, love, love old movies, there's just something about them!
I'm working on school, acting, and screenplays at the moment...I'm amazed I fit this in somewhere between classes.


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The company was established in 1995 by Aris Sotiropoulos, who directs it upto today. It has a vast showroom of 1500m2, located in Grigoriou Labraki 36 gr, in Glyfada.
The warehouses are located in areas of the transportation company BALAUF, which distributes the products of all brands represented by ARTIANA.
The commercial activities of the company ARTIANA are;
* Representation of women's apparel, with exclusive partnerships with German companies and products out of 17 different factories, distributed in 400 retail outlets throughout Greece.
* Products are imported by clients themselves. Artiana provides goods to wholesale customers (key account) who can offer them, with their own label.
* Artiana controls its own retail premises inside the biggest department stores of Athens, Piraeus and Thessaloniki.
* Represents big greek manufacturing companies abroad. Artiana carries its own brand name for knitwear and addresses to retail stores.
* The company occupies 14 people in various positions with great experience in their fields.


text: ok guys im going to start off by saying im only 24 but run a pretty big company But really all we do is planting (with plans), Big snow removal, and lawn maintenance.... Think its time to hire a landscape architect! What can i do to my front yard! its looking pretty bare! Its a bunch of hastas that havent came up yet and Mulch! The girl is killing me...She complained about the OVERSIZED bushes that we had on both sides of the front door... So i took them out! now its too Bare!Also because i always take care of the grass! (greenest grass on the black award!) What would look good in our front yard????? also there is a concrete sidewalk that goes up to the front door.


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Ha Noi
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February 27th, 2008 – by: jmaxiv
Since I had only two days free in Ha Noi, I hired a guide to make the most of my time. Van was fantastic and funny and made the day tour very enjoyable. I went to Ho Chi Minh mausoleum, and the presidental palace, Ho Chi Minh's stilt house, the Temple of Literature, Vietnam Museum of Ethnography.
The food in HaNoi varies, and is heavily based on vegetables, and very cheap. Most of my meals were less than the equivalent of $2 USD. The exception being my dinner at "White Lotus". I was surprised to find myself dining with an art gallery owner, and graduate of London School of Economics. Wow impressive.
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Portrait of six unidentified Maori men, with weapons - Photograph taken by William Henry Thomas Partington, [ca 1910]
Reference Number: 1/1-003126
A portrait of six unidentified Maori men, with weapons, circa 1910. The three Koroua (aged Maori men) in the front row wear cloaks and hold taiaha. The man in the middle of the back row holds a tewhatewha. Photograph taken by W H T Partington.
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1 image, related to Taiaha, Tewhatewha, Whatu kakahu and Men, Maori.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Eric Rosengren, the head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, said the U.S. central bank could continue buying assets into early next year if the labor market improves only gradually, as he expects.
In a phone interview on Tuesday, the dovish Fed policymaker cautioned that any decisions on bond-buying will be based on how the tepid U.S. economic recovery unfolds through this year.
Rosengren's personal prediction is for Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth of roughly 3 percent in the second half of this year. That, he said, is probably not enough to lower the jobless rate to about 7.25 percent, which he sees as sufficient improvement to halt the so-called quantitative easing program dubbed QE3.
The likely unemployment rate at the time "would probably be a little bit higher than the 7.25 percent unemployment that I'd probably like to see before I'd stop the asset purchase program," Rosengren said. "But I hope I'm wrong - I'd like to see the economy grow more rapidly.
"I would be pleased to have the asset purchase program ending earlier," added Rosengren, a voter this year on Fed policy.
U.S. unemployment stood at 7.8 percent last month, down from 8.5 percent a year earlier and from a crisis-era peak of 10 percent in 2009.
The U.S. economy grew at a respectable 3.1 percent annual rate in the third quarter, but growth is expected to have slowed in the final months of the year. The Fed expects GDP growth of between 2.3 to 3.0 percent this year.
To boost growth and get Americans back to work in the wake of the Great Recession, the Fed has kept interest rates near zero since late 2008 and has bought some $2.5 trillion in assets. Last month it said it expected to keep rates that low at least until the jobless rate falls to 6.5 percent, as long as inflation expectations remain below 2.5 percent.
Rosengren, who supports a continuation of this policy accommodation, said if the economy picked up steam, QE3 could be halted six to nine months before the 6.5-percent jobless level is reached.
Reporting by Jonathan Spicer; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama


text: I believe that all forward opening hoods have hooks that face the front of the car <fwd PIN>O______]<hook so that if the hood moves rearward in a collision the pin that is fastened to the hood catches on the hook and does not rise,into the windshield (screen). My WMB M6 has this at any rate. Seems like a good feature to me. Smitty


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This month, for our Inspired by Song! group contest, the theme is "Inspired by Heroes". It is appropriate in light of the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks tomorrow. For me, September 10th has a very special significance as well. You see, today was my grandfather's birthday. He passed away over nine years ago, but he would have been 103 years old today.
I wrote a post about him almost one year ago called "What Makes a Man a Real Man? Lessons from my Grandpa" that I would like to share again here, in its entirety. After that, I wrote about the song that I picked. Sorry it's so long – I have found that when I just provide a link, people usually skim past it. Thanks.
My grandfather passed away in 1999, and I still miss him. He was 93 when he died, so there was no doubt that he lived a "full life", as people like to say. Simply put, he was one of the greatest men that I have ever known.
This is a picture of him holding me when I was about two years old. It's faded now, and my mom actually took it to be retouched professionally, because she knows how important it is to me. It is probably my favorite picture from my childhood, because you can see the love he had for me, and me for him.
What was it about him that made him a man of greatness? Was it his money? Hardly. He never had much money, yet he and my grandmother managed to scrape together enough to buy my first two cars for me. He never once complained about money, although in retrospect they were really quite poor by worldly standards. I never even thought about it growing up.
Was it his career that made him a great man? Well, he was already retired when I was born, so I never saw him work for money in the time that I knew him. He was primarily a househusband, as it were. My grandmother worked at a dime store until she was in her late 70's. He had always worked in manual labor-type jobs. He actually helped to build the old harbor bridge in Corpus Christi, then he worked as an operator for the drawbridge itself. My mom has told me stories of visiting him when she was a kid, and they would fish out of his "office" window.
Was it fame that shaped his greatness? Well, he wasn't well known outside of his immediate family and a few friends, yet he impacted me in ways that I can't begin to describe in the confines of this post.
Was it a strong education that made him so great? Not really. My Grandpa didn't go beyond the sixth grade in school, but he was an ingenious inventor. He was always coming up with some device to make life a little easier around the house and garage. He was also able to intuit things about his car that mechanics have a tough time with. Honestly, I wish I had learned more in that arena from him (I am not very handy at all).
My grandfather was primarily characterized by his love for us, and by his humility and his strong marriage (64 years). He met my grandmother in November 1934 and they married less than three weeks later, yet I have never seen a marriage as strong as theirs was. He was devoted, loyal, sensitive, funny, and I loved him deeply and dearly. I never felt the generation gap that so often occurs with grandparents, even though we were separated by 65 years.
He used to pick me up from school every day because my mom was working, and we would go to his house and hang out for a few hours until my mom could come pick me up. Usually, he would make me a grilled cheese sandwich and some homemade fries, or maybe some Kraft Macaroni and Cheese. Sometimes, when I was really lucky, he would make some homemade ice cream, using the old handcrank machine. We would talk and watch TV together, (usually syndicated sitcoms like "Gilligan's Island", "Happy Days", or "Andy Griffith"). He took me to soccer practice, and he was just always there….until the day that he wasn't anymore.
One of the greatest compliments that I have ever received was when my mother told me that I was just like him. She still tells me that on occasion, probably because she knows that emulating him is a goal that I really aspire to in my own life. At some point, I will probably write about the week that he died, because it was one of the hardest that I have ever experienced, as it coincided with a surgery for my son, who was just five months old at the time. Those days deserve a post of their own.
What made my grandpa such a "real man" in my eyes was the love he shared and the memories he shaped. Since my real father was absent, he filled a huge void and truly helped to mold me into the man I am today. This is true greatness. We are not defined by the amount of money we make or the number of sales we have, but by the legacy we leave behind with our families and friends. I hope I can live my life as he did. He was a real man.
As you can see from my previous post, my grandfather was very important to me and my life.
I was thinking about songs that remind me of him. I could have used "Wind Beneath my Wings" easily here, but I wanted something a little different.
Back in 2003, Luther Vandross released what would become his final CD, "Dance With My Father". Although I had never purchased anything by Mr. Vandross, the title track hit a place deep within me, so I picked up the CD. Come to think of it, I hardly listened to any of the other songs at all. I came across it the other day when I was cleaning my glove compartment, and I listened to this song again. As always, it managed to elicit tears. There are multiple meanings for me when I hear the lyrics. I hear this song as a father of three trying to create memories with my own children, as a boy who grew up barely knowing his biological father, and as one thankful for the man who stepped in and took my father's place, my grandpa.
Enough time has passed that I can think of my grandfather without pain, but I truly miss him. I have so many good memories of our time together, and if I am half the man that he was, I am a success. When he passed away, I told my mom that I was never so sure about someone being in heaven as I was about Grandpa.
So much of this song reminds me of our relationship, even though he was in his late 60's already when my earliest memories were forming of him. He loved to joke around with me, and play with me, and teach me in a quiet way about what integrity means. I never saw him lose his temper unless there was a darn good reason. I just realized that this was a great portrait of "righteous indignation" portrayed in the Bible. Lest you think he was perfect, I should also mention that he was a shameless flirt, and I almost never saw him talking to a younger, attractive woman without a gleam in his eye.
He deeply loved my grandmother, my mom, and me, and he left a real legacy behind with his actions and his simple outlook on life and family.
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Blackburn Rovers fans let loose a chicken during last night's game at Ewood Park (May 7).
Fans were presumed to be protesting both the club's Indian owners - chicken meat processors Venky's - and their underperforming team and manager Steve Kean.
The chicken wandered around the pitch dressed in Blackburn colours before the team were beaten 1-0 by Wigan, and confirmed their relegation to the Championship.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Even though he's thousands of miles away from home, San Diego Hoover four-star safety Todd Doxey feels like he's right at home.
Doxey is one of five Oregon commitments playing in the Offense-Defense All-American Bowl, and he said the opportunity to practice with his future teammates has been really special.
"Us Oregon guys, it's like a family," Doxey, who is 6-foot-2 and 175 pounds, said. "There's like five of us out here, and we're loving it. That's pretty cool playing with all these guys. I see how it's going to be on the college level, and working with guys like Anthony Gildon is really fun."
The other Oregon commits, along with Doxey and Gildon, are Casey Matthews, Carson York and Drew Davis. But Doxey has spent the most time working with Gildon, his future running mate in the Ducks' defensive backfield.
"He's a really good player," Doxey said. "He's a real quiet dude like me, but when we're out on the field we make a lot of noise."
Doxey picked the Ducks over offers from Colorado State, Oregon State, San Diego State, UNLV, Washington and Washington State. He said he's not regretted the decision one bit.
"I'm enjoying having the decision out of the way a lot," he said. "It got to the point where if I didn't see a number on caller ID, I wouldn't answer it. I got a little skeptical. It was really refreshing to not have to worry about people calling all the time. I'm excited about my decision. It was the best pick for me."
He's also enjoying his time in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., playing for the West team.
"We work hard for about an hour and a half and get our work done and then get out of there," he said. "That's what I like about it. It's nice and easy. It's a different defense, but defense is defense. We run two or three different schemes, and we just have to adjust for each one of those. It fits me, though."
"I really enjoy playing against the good competition and making new friends," he said.
For Doxey the trip to Florida came right in the middle of basketball season. The transition back to the gridiron definitely took a little time.
"I've been running around without any pads for two months, and it's been a little tough to get back into football mode," he said. "You have to tackle and be more physical. Whereas in basketball, you can't hit like you can in football. I don't want to lay anybody on my team out, so I'm saving that for the game."


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You are looking at the falls at Lake Catherine State Park near Hot Springs, Arkansas. One of the state's most widely visited and popular waterfalls, the cascading waters are an easy hike from the camping areas of the park on a very civilized trail. Photographers who want to shoot the falls without onlookers in the shot must be patient. The trail runs along the top of the falls, so people are always checking it out. I elected to include a pair in this image.
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Like hearing one of your favorite songs, munching out on one of your favorite treats, or getting a big old hug from a cherished acquaintance, re-experiencing a favorite waterfall is one of the best things that can happen to your person. I first photographed these falls in the late sixties and keep coming back. For this human, and I suspect others, waterfalls have a curative effect that must occasionally be re-experienced.
I say experience falls as an inclusive term rather than see, because even if you are blindfolded, the sounds of a waterfall stand alone as an external stimulus, stirring the imagination to outward limits. The sounds will also have navigational benefits, according to premier nature photographer Chuck Harralson. He says when you are headed to a falls not visited before, you should stop and listen for the sound to help zero in on the ultimate destination. He's right. It always works.
The "well civilized" trail leading to and from Lake Catherine Falls skirts the lake for part of the trip. Along this lakeside stretch is a strategically located bench where hikers can take a breather while enjoying a great view of the Lake. I shot this image while plopped on the bench.
Lake Catherine Falls is a photographer magnet. While I was shooting, four other photographers drifted in as well as a lot of other non-camera-toting visitors. Ease of access is one of the falls' greatest attractions, and since we have been drenched for the last several days, those needing a waterfall fix flocked on in.
There's no admission charge for rubber-necking, so for the price of gas, you can get a bit of exercise and enjoy a phenomenon of nature that is in its gazzillionth season and still going strong. Make your move.
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Survey Says: VCs Banking On Energy Efficiency, Storage
Three-quarters of the venture capital community believe venture investment in clean technology will increase in 2010 compared with last year, according to a survey conducted by KPMG LLP.
KPMG surveyed 200 venture capitalists, investors, entrepreneurs and bankers in conjunction with AlwaysOn, a new media organization targeted towards venture capitalists, via email from Jan. 25 through Feb. 22 in advance of the GoingGreen East conference being held in Boston next week.
The venture community was bullish overall, with two-thirds of respondents saying they expect VC investment to increase in 2010 compared to the past year, a significant shift from only 23% saying as much for the survey done in the same time period in 2009. Clean-technology investors were the most confident, with 15% projecting investment to jump by more than 20% year-over-year.


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Nairobi - The burnt wreckage of two Ugandan army helicopters was found on Tuesday, two days after crashing in a remote mountainous region of Kenya while flying to war-torn Somalia, army officials said."The aircraft have been found but they are all burnt," a senior Kenyan military official said. "We do not know the fate of the crew."Kenyan army spokesperson Bogita Ongeri confirmed the aircraft had been found."The helicopters were sighted by a fixed-wing aircraft somewhere around Mount Kenya," Ongeri said, adding that officials would release more information later in the day. "The rescue efforts are ongoing."There was no news of the reported 10 servicemen onboard the two helicopters.A third helicopter on the same mission also crashed in forests in the Mount Kenya region late Sunday, but all seven Ugandan servicemen onboard were rescued on Monday, after they managed to radio for help.The three Russian-made Mi-24 combat helicopters were flying to Somalia to support African Union troops battling al-Qaeda-linked Shabaab insurgents, who have vowed to topple the country's Western-backed government.The aircraft came down in thickly forested mountainous terrain dominated by snow-capped Mount Kenya, Africa's second-highest peak at 5 199m.Wild animals including elephants, leopards and rhinos prowl the forests, about 110km north of the capital Nairobi.A Mi-17 transport helicopter which had taken off from Uganda on Sunday as part of the same mission landed without problems in the eastern Kenyan town of Garissa near the Somali border for a scheduled refuelling stop.Uganda provides around a third of the nearly 17 000-strong AU force in Somalia, and Kampala had said last week it would send its first combat and transport helicopters to the Horn of Africa nation.The aircraft are seen as key to extending gains made against the hardline Shabaab insurgents, who have fled a string of stronghold towns in recent months, stretching AU military resources over a far wider zone.
I am so touched by the soldiers of Uganda who perished on mt Kenya
on the way to Somalia for a mission may the lord lest their soul in eternal peace


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I am frequently asked about the best phone plans out there. And, to be perfectly honest, my husband works for a major phone company, so I don't actively seek out this knowledge for my personal use. Tiffany shared information with y'all about a mobile plan a while back Walmart was offering. However, I was recently invited to an event with other local bloggers to learn more about Virgin Mobile's Custom Plans, and was rather impressed by it all.
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Matthew Henson & Hollywood!
Delroy Lindo and Henry Czerny. - Photo by Michel Gauthier / photo © 1997 TBS
Matthew Henson movie
Glory & Honor, a TNT original movie was first aired March 1, 1998
on TBS.
Amistad Producer Debbie Allen has a script and Denzel Washington to star as Matt. Who will provide the funding? One thing is certain. When Debbie Allen films Matthew Henson it will as powerful as her brilliant production of Amistad! Godspeed to you Debbie.
Update June, 1998
Debbie Allen was also frustrated by the TNT special movie for cable, Glory &Honor, as this recent Henson film would make it more difficult for her to find funding for her project. So the status of a full fledged Hollywood film about Henson is that it is held up , awaiting funding.
December 1997
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Also, steam is able to transfer heat by convection and conduction in a much better way than air or water. These effects, of steam being able to reach a higher temperature and the better ability to transfer heat that steam has, allow food to be cooked faster and this way of cooking requires much less energy than cooking in open pans.
The basic principle of a pressure cooker is that the boiling point of water increases with the pressure experienced by the water and the steam produced from the steam. Thus the pressure cooker is designed to control the escape of steam generated from the water inside the cooker. When the steam is not allowed to escape from the pressure cooker freely, its temperature as well as that of the water increases. Thus the temperature inside the pressure cooker is several degrees above the 100 degrees C., the boiling point of water at normal atmospheric pressure.
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Astros stifle Rockies
Roy Oswalt gave up only one run over seven innings to earn the win, as the Houston Astros clipped the Colorado Rockies 4-1 on Monday night.
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text: Psychological aspects of hand transplantationKumnig, Martina; Jowsey, Sheila G.b; DiMartini, Andrea F.cCurrent Opinion in Organ Transplantation: April 2014 - Volume 19 - Issue 2 - p 188–195 doi: 10.1097/MOT.0000000000000047 ETHICAL, LEGAL AND FINANCIAL CONSIDERATIONS: Edited by Kathy L. Coffman Abstract Author Information Purpose of review Psychosocial aspects are important indicators for reconstructive hand transplantation (RHT). They warrant further research attention given the influence of psychosocial factors on the success of RHT. This review will contrast RHT with solid organ transplantation, provide information to guide selection of RHT candidates and ethical implications, share information on psychological outcomes, and address the importance of a multicenter research approach. Recent findings Previously published RHT reports have tried to identify psychosocial factors that are essential to guide selection of RHT candidates and that predict psychosocial outcomes. These issues in RHT are receiving increased attention, but standardized psychosocial evaluation and follow-up protocols are still needed. Recent study highlights the potential for a multicenter research approach that uses standardized assessment strategies and also emphasizes the need for a shared assessment approach to understand psychosocial outcomes. Summary RHT combines the technical rigors of hand surgery and microsurgery with the complex multidisciplinary care that defines modern transplantation medicine. As recent work has provided a more complete picture of the complexities of the psychosocial factors in RHT, a psychosocial assessment protocol developed with input across the centers currently performing this procedure would capitalize on the collective diverse clinical experiences and standardize the assessment and follow-up protocol. With such standardized procedures in place, psychosocial risk factors for both poor psychosocial and medical/surgical outcomes can be identified which can inform the selection or preparation of future candidates. aInnsbruck Medical University, Department of Medical Psychology, Center for Advanced Psychology in Plastic and Transplant Surgery, Innsbruck, Austria bPsychiatry, Mayo Graduate School of Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota cDepartments of Psychiatry and Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Starzl Transplant Institute at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Correspondence to Dr Kumnig Martin, PhD, MSc, Department of Medical Psychology, Innsbruck Medical University, Head of the Center for Advanced Psychology in Plastic and Transplant Surgery, Schöpfstraße 23a, 6020 Innsbruck, Austria. Tel: +43 512 50427709; fax: +43 512 585418; e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com © 2014 Wolters Kluwer Health | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins


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Serving a daily complimentary hot breakfast, this Frankenmuth, Michigan hotel is just 3 km from Bronner's Christmas Wonderland. Free WiFi access is available in each guest room.
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SpringHill Suites Frankenmuth features an indoor pool and a daily buffet breakfast of American dishes. It is located only 0.5 miles from Fortress Golf Course.
260 South Main Street, Frankenmuth
Located 10 minutes' walk from the Bavarian Belle Riverboat, this Frankenmuth hotel features a 37-inch flat-screen cable TV in every room. A daily hot breakfast is served to all guests.
One Covered Bridge Lane, Frankenmuth
Bavarian Inn Lodge is located in Frankenmuth, Michigan. It features an indoor waterpark, 18-hole miniature golf and Family Fun Center with over 150 arcade games.
Accommodation close to Frankenmuth
(to distance 10 km - Bridgeport, Birch Run )
6815 Dixie Highway,
(8.7 km distance from city Frankenmuth)
Frankenmuth is 5.8 miles from this motel in Bridgeport, Michigan. Classic guest rooms at Heidelberg Motel include free Wi-Fi and cable TV.
11911 Dixie Highway,
Birch Run
(9.3 km distance from city Frankenmuth)
The Comfort Inn hotel is ideally located off Interstate 75, around the corner from the world-famous city of Frankenmuth, "Michigan's Little Bavaria," and Bronner's Christmas Wonderland, where it's Christmas all year-round. Visitors will enjoy shopping at the nearby Birch Run Premium Outlets, the largest outlet shopping experience in the Midwest.
9235 East Birch Run Road,
Birch Run
(9.4 km distance from city Frankenmuth)
Located just off I-75, this hotel is under a mile from Birch Run Prime Outlets. It serves a continental breakfast every morning and features a hot tub and a sauna.
9087 East Birch Run Road,
Birch Run
(9.5 km distance from city Frankenmuth)
Located off Interstate 75, this Birch Run hotel is less than 1 mile from Birch Run Premium Outlet Mall and 2 miles from Wilderness Zoo. It features an indoor pool, hot tub and spacious rooms with free Wi-Fi.
12150 Dixie Highway,
Birch Run
(9.6 km distance from city Frankenmuth)
Minutes from Frankenmuth and Bronner's Christmas Wonderland, this Birch Run, Michigan hotel features free Wi-Fi, a free breakfast, and an indoor swimming pool. Guests will enjoy a morning workout in the on-site fitness centre at the Holiday Inn Express Birch Run – Frankenmuth Area.
12130 Tiffany Boulevard,
Birch Run
(9.7 km distance from city Frankenmuth)
Located just off I-75 and less than eight miles from "Little Bavaria" in Frankenmuth, this Hampton Inn features an indoor pool and hot tub. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel.
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text: Because the HackMii guys and many other people say that CIOSCorp is too risky, I've refrained to use it for a while. But I recently got Rock Band 2 and for some reason the DLC stacks up in my nand even if SD mode is enabled. I read that by loading Rock Band through the Disc Channel, this isn't a problem... but my Wii has a tendency to damage discs (I had to buy Zelda TP two times because a part of the game before the Mirror Chamber was damaged), so even for the games I legally own I use backups. For this reason, I have to install CIOSCorp to play RB2 through the disc channel. So my question is, is cIOSCorp really as dangerous as people say? Also, I read that cIOSCorp was not compatible with the HackMii installer. But if I already had BootMii before, I can still do NAND backups and restores, right?


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Sometime in the middle of the night, I woke up and realized that I've never made an official bucket list for my life. GASP! There are so many things I hope to do in this life, but unless I write them down, my hopes will only remain hopes.
And I don't want to hope…I want to EXPERIENCE!
(In no particular order)
#1. Learn these three dances
So that I can dance them at every party I attend.
Thriller (I know some, but not all, of this dance)
#2. Sky Dive…at least once
(I'm not saying I won't be scared.)
#3. Visit all of my favorite European countries with Mr. Smith…at least twice
Favorite countries include: England, Scotland, Ireland, France, Italy, Greece and Norway…and counting!
#4. Model in a magazine or fashion show
This might be the most difficult to make happen, but it has ALWAYS been a desire!
#5. Shop the open fish and farmers markets in the Pacific Northwest.
#6. Visit a lighthouse in Maine
(I will be crossing this off my list this coming fall!!)
#7. Be a total bad-ass for one night
For me, the best way to be a bad-ass for one night is to attend a Muse concert in London…
…wearing these clothes…
…and this make-up:
A little strange? Yes! A little specific? You betcha! But it's MY bucket list!
#8. Go Salsa Dancing a la Along Came Polly
Every weekend wouldn't be bad!
#9. Irish dance in an Irish pub
And maybe sing an Irish drinking song or two.
#10. Have my own cooking show or write my own cookbook or maybe just meet Ina Garten
Or maybe all three?
#11. A bunch of other stuff
Finish reading The Count of Monte Cristo, learn how to make gumbo, buy a gallon of real maple syrup from a country store in Vermont, go on a trip with my Momma and sisters, wear a bikini to the beach, visit the grocery store in my wedding dress (it's a really comfortable dress) and grow a peach tree.


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1. They raised me up into a certain place, where there was the appearance of a burning fire; and when they pleased they assumed the likeness of men.
2. They carried me to a lofty spot, to a mountain, the top of which reached to heaven.
3. And I beheld the receptacles of light and of thunder at the extremities of the place, where it was deepest. There was a bow of fire, and arrows in their quiver, a sword of fire, and every species of lightning.
4. Then they elevated me to a babbling stream, and to a fire in the west, which received all the setting of the sun. I came to a river of fire, which flowed like water, and emptied itself into the great sea westwards.
5. I saw every large river, until I arrived at the great darkness. I went to where all of flesh migrate; and I beheld the mountains of the gloom which constitutes winter, and the place from which issues the water in every abyss.
6. I saw also the mouths of all the rivers in the world, and the mouths of the deep.


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Chrysler Recalling 299,718 Minivans to Fix Airbags
Chrysler Group LLC says it is recalling Dodge Grand Caravan and Chrysler Town & Country minivans from the 2008 model year to replace part of the airbag system called the occupant restraint control module or ORC.
The recall includes 299,718 vehicles. Most of the vans were sold in the U.S., but Chrysler says there are also 50,251 vehicles in Canada, 3,748 in Mexico, and 13,633 export models.
The car maker says the ORC modules may have been exposed to moisture that could eventually result in the illumination of the airbag warning light. The problem could also cause airbags to deploy unexpectedly.


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text: Human Rights Observatory Libya - Threats and violence against journalists reach alarming level Reporters without borders An attack by security guards on a TV crew outside the National Congress building in Tripoli on 1 February has reinforced Reporters Without Borders' concern about the growing number of cases of threats and violence against journalists in the course of their work. "The authorities must shed light on all the circumstances of these incidents, which constitute major violations of freedom of information," Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Christophe Deloire said. "The Libyan media have a (...)Read complete article© Reporters without borders - Tuesday, February 5, 2013


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Bing Maps On Windows Phone 7 Is Using New Map Scheme
If you are a heavy Maps user on your Windows Phone you probably noticed that, after opening the application, you are greeted with a new scheme of displaying the map in the "Road" view.
The colors are now matching those on Bing Maps on the Internet (meaning purple for highways and major roads, dark grey for secondary roads, red road name badges, etc.) and the mapping data seems to have been updated with new information (though you might not notice this if you live in an area that was well covered before). Fire up your Maps app on your Windows Phone and let us know how you like the new maps.
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Galouti Kebab – The Royal Melting Kebabs
Galouti Kebab – The Royal Melting Kebabs
The Galouti Kebab (Galawati Kebab) is quite different as far as Kebabs go.. It truly melts in your mouth! I bet the phrase 'melt in mouth' was coined after having these kebabs! There is an interesting story behind the melting kebabs… The Rulers / Nawabs of Lucknow (formerly known as Awadh) were notorious for their exuberant lifestyles filled with vast luxury. But on the bright side (for us), many a regal dish was created on demand and till today remain prized recipes. Their fanciful palettes demanded and their Bawarchis (head chefs) delivered exciting food fit for a King! Galouti Kebab, legend has it is the product delivered to the aging Nawab of Kakori (Wajid Ali Shah) , Kakori is Famous for the Kakori Kebabs. The nawab had lost his teeth, and demanded for a kebab which would not require the use of his teeth! Hence was born the softest, most delicate kebabs in the world! The Royal Melting Kebabs.
Try to stick to this recipe, to get the authentic taste. Check out the video.
Galouti Kebab – The Royal Melting Kebabs
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Recipe Name: Galouti Kebab
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Author: Shana c/o Recipes 'R' Simple
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- 600 gms minced mutton – rinsed and drained well to remove all water
To pre-cook the minced mutton
- ¼ tsp mace
- ¼ tsp nutmeg
- ¼ tsp black cardamom (seeds only)
- 2 small sticks cinnamon
- ½ tsp you favorite garam masala powder
- ½ cup water
Other ingredients:
- 1 tsp salt – I used a combination of ½ tsp pink himalayan salt and ½ tsp black salt (kala namak)
- 2 Tbsp freshly chopped coriander / cilantro
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp meat tenderizer powder – papaya based (Papain) or wild cucumber based (Kachri)
- ½ (generous) tsp tandoori masala powder (Preferred – but if you don't have it, simply replace with more garam masala)
- ½ (generous) tsp garam masala powder
- ½ (generous) tsp red chilli powder
- 1 large egg white
- 3 Tbsp ginger garlic paste
- 2 large onions, finely sliced
- 5 Tbsp chick pea flour (besan)
- 5 Tbsp melted butter or ghee (clarified butter)
- Oil as needed (for frying the onions and grilling the kebabs)
- Grind all the spices ( to pre-cook ) the mince together.
- Add the mince, the ground spice mix as well as water( ½ cup) to a pressure cooker.
- Mix well. Pressure cook on high for 3 steam whistles. Then lower the heat and cook for 3 more minutes. The mince should be thoroughly cooked. Leave the cooker to cool off without manually dispatching steam.
- Once cool, open and return to heat to boil off any remaining liquid.
- Once all the liquid had dried up remove from heat. Leave to cool off.
- While the mince is being cooked, fry the finely sliced onions in enough oil, till golden brown. Drain on paper towels.
- Grind the cooked mince to a paste and set aside.
- Grind the fried onion to a fried onion paste and add to the mince paste.
- Heat the chick pea flour (besan) in a dry pan till it smells nice and nutty.
- Add this as well as all other ingredients (except oil) to the mince and onion paste.
- Mix well till thoroughly incorporated. The mixture should feel light and fluffy.
- Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Remove from fridge and smoke if desired. (See notes) .
- Form into golf ball sized portions and press into tight patties. There is no liquid, so they should form nice and tightly.
- Spread a thin layer of oil over frying pan or grill pan with a paper towel.
- When the pan is just moderately hot, place the patties and grill one side till set.
- Gently flip over (they are very delicate) and grill other side.
- Serve with green chutney and plenty of sliced onion rings.
Galouti Kebab – The Royal Melting Kebabs
- To smoke the prepared mince mixture, heat a small piece of charcoal till piping hot and red! Place in a small steel tumbler in the centre of the mince meat bowl. Pout a few drops of oil on it. Cover, as it begins to smoke and weight the lid down to prevent any smoke from escaping. Leave like this for the smoke to die down. This gives a nice smoky aroma to the prepared mince.
Key Ingredients: Minced Mutton, Spices, Onion, Garlic, Ginger, Egg, Chickpea Flour, Baking Soda, Meat Tenderizer, Butter, Coriander, Oil, Salt.
Leave a comment if you tried – Galouti Kebab – The Royal Melting Kebabs .


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Buying real estate is a great way to create wealth and pass it on to your family… to build a nest egg for college or retirement... and to protect against life's setbacks. It starts with being smart about money and finding a home you can afford. Homes.com is a consumer-focused resource for all Americans to discover their available housing options and the tools to prepare for homeownership.
There are a total of 1,794,627 for sale listings from 1,511 US cities. The average price of a home for sale is $431,535, with most expensive being $12,000,000 and the least expensive $44,000. From a size perspective the average listing is 2,579 sqft. The most common bedroom configuration is three beds, which is 40% of all for sale real estate, followed by four beds, totaling 27% of listings, and two bedroom homes which are 15% of real estate listings.


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Discussion in 'UPS Discussions' started by MendozaJ, Aug 30, 2016.
Ooh a new one!!!!
I better dust off my 97 signs
I hope that hole is still in the fence? So much easier to sneak across the line.
Old bastid !!
My AARP card gives me some nice discounts.
Never gonna happen.
No one from either side wants it to happen.
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text: Scapular and Humeral Movement Patterns of People With Stroke During Range-of-Motion ExercisesHardwick, Dustin D. PT, PhD; Lang, Catherine E. PT, PhDJournal of Neurologic Physical Therapy: March 2011 - Volume 35 - Issue 1 - p 18–25 doi: 10.1097/NPT.0b013e318208efa1 Research Articles Abstract Author Information Background and Purpose: In people with stroke, range-of-motion (ROM) exercises may contribute to hemiparetic shoulder pain, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. This study examined scapular and humeral movement patterns in people with poststroke hemiparesis as they performed commonly prescribed ROM exercises. Methods: Using kinematic techniques, we studied 13 people with hemiparesis, both with and without pain, as they performed 3 commonly prescribed ROM exercises: person-assisted ROM, self-assisted ROM, and cane-assisted ROM. Their data were compared with those of a group of 12 matched control subjects performing scapular plane shoulder elevation, using mixed-model ANOVAs. Correlation analyses were used to examine the relationship between participants' ratings of pain and kinematic data. Results: The hemiparetic group had mild pain at rest that increased during the performance of the exercises. During shoulder elevation, humeral external rotation in the hemiparetic group was decreased in all 3 ROM exercises compared with that in the control group. Scapular upward rotation in the hemiparetic group was decreased for the person-assisted ROM exercise only. No differences in scapular tilt were found between groups. The extent of movement abnormalities was not related to pain severity. Discussion and Conclusions: People with hemiparesis had altered scapular and humeral movement patterns and increased shoulder pain when performing the ROM exercises. These data can assist clinicians in making decisions regarding which exercises to prescribe to preserve shoulder motion and prevent contractures in this population. Program in Physical Therapy (D.D.H., C.E.L.), Program in Occupational Therapy (C.E.L.), and Department of Neurology (C.E.L.), Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri. Correspondence: Catherine E. Lang, PT, PhD, Program in Physical Therapy, Washington University in St. Louis–School of Medicine, Campus Box 8502, 4444 Forest Park Blvd, St Louis, MO 63108 (firstname.lastname@example.com). A portion of this work was presented at the following scientific meetings: APTA Section on Research Retreat (August 2009) and APTA Combined Sections Meeting (February 2009). Supported by an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award 0810101Z, Foundation for Physical Therapy PODS I, NIH HD047669, and NIH HD007434. We thank Justin Beebe, PT, PhD, and Stacey DeJong, PT, for their assistance with data collection. We certify that no party having a direct interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on us or on any organization with which we are associated. © 2011 Neurology Section, APTA


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New York - The S&P 500 hit a record high on Tuesday after data showing US manufacturing accelerated even if at a slightly slower rate, and as China's factory sector expanded in June for the first time in six months.
The pace of growth in the US manufacturing sector slowed slightly in June but new orders accelerated to a six-month high, while Chinese manufacturing expanded last month for the first time since December.
Other data showed Detroit automakers topped expectations for US June sales.
Manufacturing in Japan, the world's third-biggest economy, also gained pace in June, fueled by improving demand at home; but euro zone growth faltered as Germany, the region's top economy, slowed.
"We got kind of decent numbers in China and ISM manufacturing looked pretty good, in the range of what was expected," said Kim Forrest, senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh.
"The slowdown we experienced in the first quarter isn't continuing so investors are happy to buy today."
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 106.19 points or 0.63 percent, to 16,932.79, the S&P 500 gained 10.2 points or 0.52 percent, to 1,970.43 and the Nasdaq Composite added 44.27 points or 1 percent, to 4,452.45.
Twitter shares jumped 4.3 percent to $42.73 as former managing director in Goldman Sachs' technology, media and telecom investment banking will become the company's new chief financial officer while current CFO Mike Gupta will become senior vice president of strategic investments.
Amicus Therapeutics shares rose 19.2 percent to $3.98 after it said it was on track to report data from a late-stage trial of a genetic disorder drug, triggering speculation the data will be positive.
The stock was upgraded by both Janney Montgomery Scott and Leerink Swann.
Other research notes also affected stocks. Urban Outfitters fell 2.3 percent to $33.09 after a downgrade at Wedbush, and Netflix hit a record high of $465.47 after being upgraded at Goldman Sachs.
It was up 5.4 percent at $464.45. - Reuters


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Search Engine Success for Automotive Marketing
Search engines are the best way to get your site seen. Make your website easy for spiders to crawl, in order to maximize your site's search engine ranking. Search engine spiders are only able to analyze text; therefore, all images and video on your site should be tagged with text. Each description should include generous use of keywords.
However; with the EMD update Google put into place late September 2012, pushing too many key words and LSI keywords can get you penalized.
A product feed is an effective way to grow your client roster and attract a larger number of visitors to your website. Product feeds list details such as images, descriptions and prices about the products and services you offer. Make submissions to shopping comparison sites and all of the major search engines if possible. Customers will also be able to use a feed reader to subscribe to the feed. If you don't have this capability on your Dealership's Portal Software, consider using WordPress and a subdomain to help you out.
Use the language meta tag if your website content is in a different language than English. You will raise your search engine rankings for that language by using this feature.
When you are brainstorming the keywords you want to promote, think like Joe Public rather than an industry elite. People will use easy terms when they are looking for something.
When search engine optimizing your content, it's essential to pay attention to the density of your keywords. The total use of keywords on any given page should be less than 10 percent.
Your specific keyword, now, needs to be under 2% based on early feedback from the latest Google update.
You can create a robot text file. txt file and adding it to your root directory. The search engines' automatic crawlers check this file and ignore any files and directories listed there, speeding up their progress.
Most Automotive Dealership's really don't spend any time working on creating their individual car pages as unique. Those Dealerships' who 'get it' will run away with the prize EVERY TIME. Ensure each page is unique! The titles of your pages are of particular importance. Titles play a vital role in search engine optimization. Titles should always include the focused keyword to ensure the highest ranking possible.
On-Site SEO
Use good, descriptive text for your site's title tag so search engines can figure out the relevance of your site's content, and display your site in lots of search results. Search engines usually will not show content past 60 characters. They will also give text or terms coming after that point less weight.
Use keywords that best describe your locality, brand models and your service capabilities. This will bring the interested visitors to your site and raise your rankings with those little robots that weave through the Internet. You want the people most interested in what you are providing to be able to easily find your site.
Use the tips offered here as a stepping stone to higher site rankings and great success for your business. High rankings are the goal, and quality SEO practices, once learned, can help accomplish


text: hey all, im having trouble loading pal games on my ntsc, and was wondering if theirs anything i need to do to get them to stop flickering and come in color. i'd rather not burn them, but just load them through waninkoko's usbloader 1.5, is this possible? and if so could you please direct me as to what i need to do. thanx in advance ~clock work


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My old unit died and we replaced it with this one the week of thanksgiving. What a relief, It's nice to have the digital temperature controls on the oven to make baking easier. Love the cast iron grates, cleaning is a breeze.
I bought this oven and about 2 years in the oven stopped igniting on its own. I was told the cost to have it fixed would be about the same as a new stove. So I bought another stove the same one, stupid me. Here we go again the exact same problem. Sorry to say I don't trust the name Kenmore anymore.
Had for 2 years works good
Gas range looks good until you go to use it. The heat from the oven is vented center of the stove right below the touch pad, clock timer etc, and gets very hot to the touch. It almost gets hot enough to melt it. Also when the burners are turned on and than shut off the excess gas that has built up in the burner tube ignites with a poof. Many times have we **** the burners off and reached for a pot thinking it was off and poof a big ball of fire. I have contacted sears and they sent a technician that said there isn't much that can be done and if he were to order new parts it would still do it. He said it was a low end range and that was the reason. Un happy with this product!!
This free stand ing ra nge is a maz ing! It is a very very very good range, you will like it very very much!
Bought this stove online and was pleased with the price, however the grates are steel with porcelain coating. The problem is that pots or pans can slide off the grate if you bump the handles which can lead to someone getting burned like a small child or,your legs. . The grates are too slippery! You cannot stir with one hand without the pot spinning. I returned this stove and bought another kenmore with cast iron grates.
had this stove for four month and the oven not working the timer not on no more.
wonderful stove reasonable prices
The only thing that isn't great about this stive are the burner grates, they are very cheap and I don't like the look of them being raised so high. It was hard to see this online when I ordered it may have persuaded me not to.


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Wireless Multi-Touch Pad Launches at CES
IOGEAR Wireless 3D Media Kit Streams Content Through Walls, Supports Digital And Analog Devices
IOGEAR, a leader in convergence through connectivity products, introduces an unique computer peripheral product ideal for boardrooms, classrooms, offices or anywhere input control is needed. The 2.4GHz Wireless Multi-Touch Pad (GTP520R) provides an efficient navigation experience with the added benefit of hotkeys and intelligent multi-finger functions. When used with a wireless keyboard, the Wireless Multi-Touch Pad creates an easy browsing and control experience that maximizes productivity and finger strokes, without the hassle of being tethered to a computer.
With superior navigation and comfort as the inspiration, the 2.4GHz Wireless Multi-Touch Pad provides the same capabilities as a conventional mouse, including right and left click actions and instant cursor feedback. It's just like sliding a mouse around a desktop to control a cursor, except it's sliding a finger around a touch-pad.
Multi-touch commands allow the use of multi-finger gestures for even more efficient and intuitive control and navigation, much like one would get with a smartphone or tablet. Browsing, scrolling, image viewing and navigating web and computer programs becomes quicker and more natural when finger motions like the one liste


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Good collaborations are always a pleasant surprise. Yesterday, rag & bone announced that actress Haley Bennett (you might know her from Girl on the Train, The Magnificent Seven, The Equalizer) is the newest star of the brand's ongoing Photo Project.
Bennett, styled in rag & bone Spring Summer 17, was shot by renowned photographer Glen Luchford.
"The spirit of this rag & bone collaboration was all about movement and fluidity. Being comfortable in your skin and the clothes you're wearing," said Haley. "The shoot took on a life of its own when we began improvising and settling into this kind of spontaneous choreography. Glen had the very difficult task of capturing that, and did so beautifully."
Launched in 2016, the rag & bone Photo Project features a series of women who represent the diversity of the brand, featuring clothing which is available to purchase at the time the imagery launches."
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DJs Are Keeping their Insta-Game Strong by Going Live!
Once that notification pops up on your phone screen, you are invited to immerse yourself with your favorite artist! Diplo, Dillon Francis, and The Chainsmokers, to name a few, have taken creative measures on how they are connecting and interacting with their fans.
Instagram has long been a driven social game of likes and comments. While integrating Snapchat with Instagram has been great strategy to more closely connect, live is the next level. The upgrade which debuted at the end of 2016, has allowed artists and fans to get closer than ever before. The live setting allows for a raw and authentic experience without any filters.
DJs such as Dillon Francis will go live and simply answer questions and comments that are simultaneously streaming through his phone. Another fun aspect to the experience comes when fans can see when another famous artist hops in the live stream through the comments. For example, Dillon Francis hops on Diplo's live stream and playfully participates as well, allowing fans to get a chance to get to know the two superstar DJs in a more intimate way.
Chicago duo Louis the Child recently got creative with their social media engagement and started mixing live. They welcomed their Twitter followers by tweeting to join them on their live stream. This gave fans, old and new, a way to get a flavor for what LTC's DJ sets may be like.
Drew Taggart of The Chainsmokers, upon request from a fan, belted out 'Paris' on Instagram live – pleasing everyone who watched! The special part about the experience is that what you and whomever entered that live chat witnessed can never be replicated.
In this new age of music where being a personality is nearly as important as the music itself, some of EDM's biggest names are using their celebrity status to their advantage. And admittedly, we're not opposed.
What would you want your favorite artist to do on Instagram live?