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It's rare to see me with all 3. It looks so sweet and calm. But actually, on this day I had 2 babies attached to me that wouldn't leave my side, my daughter wanted to be near me too (even at a birthday party), I had no husband all weekend, no sitter avail, and family nowhere to be found, because, well, we live in Nashville.
But we made the birthday party circuit round because that's what you do and to be honest we needed to get out. But it was hard. You know that. Even if you don't have children, you just know.
Raising children is hard work. It requires the patience of a saint. Well, sort of. This weekend was no different than the last several weekends. My husband has been out of town a lot for work and as much as I am thankful he is busy in this "roulette wheel of a music business" as my friend quoted the other day, it's pretty hard raising kids when you're on your own.
My good friend reminded me of this the other day. The music business looks fancy. And it is and can be. It can blow your mind creatively. And personally. It's awesome. But it's also the kind of business that can swallow you up and ask more of you than you'd like to give. I remember when I was an artist and living on a bus or flying somewhere and my mom would always say to me (later) you didn't love it out there. You always craved home. And I did. Don't get me wrong, the lights, the stage, the trains and planes, the rush, the music, it was epic at moments, and yet lonely at others. And I'm grateful for that time. I have the utmost respect for artists that spend the majority of time on the road. It's a job. And a huge sacrifice. And tough. Not for the meek.
But when you are married to an artist or producer/songwriter, and they are required to be gone more than you'd like, it can be a big challenge. One of my good friend's husband received an award the other night and said something in his speech like "thanks to my wife for creating a world for me in which I have the honor to be creative." My other good friend (mentioned above) posted it and basically summarized how honorable and admirable it is to be "the woman" who helps create this world for her husband by showing up everyday, raising the children, folding the laundry, having twins, bouncing back to body, having the suit tailored come awards night, keeping the fire burning, creating a beautiful home. And it hit me hard. Mostly because I'm grateful for friends who constantly remind me that we are warriors and capable of anything. But that we really are warriors. And awesome. Awesome, loving, strong women. Thanks for that reminder Nic.
For a while it's been that struggle of am I doing enough? Am I creating a world that I should be proud of, not only for my family, but for me? This post had me so emotional. Because us mothers out there that are doing all of the above are Heroes. We may not get all the credit or any, but believe me, we are heroes.
I posted on fb a while back about wanting to go back to work full time and create music again on the daily, (not just occasionally or night time with my melodies and my guitar) and a friend (music business executive) posted back, "Maile, you are working full time." I cried. Again. I do that a lot obv. But what we don't see everyday is all that we do.
We are consumed by the children, the household, the babysitter schedules, the school calendar, the birthday parties, the gift wrapping, the bill paying, the estate management, the toy buying, the baby proofing, the dinner making, the tear wiping, the poop changing, the band aid nursing, the breast pumping, the landscaping, the trip scheduling, the Mother's Day card buying, the vacuuming, the picking out clothes doing, the cartwheel teaching, the sunscreen applying, the reading teaching, the Dr. appt going, the throw up cleaning, the potty training, the 5 am baby rocking, the diaper buying, the drop off driving, the lover making, that we simply forget because we are tired and we don't remember.
When I read it back, I'm exhausted. We may be supporting their dreams and helping the husbands fly, but we are making the dream for the whole family. And that is my dream come true. It doesn't feel like it all the time or in moments when you just are so frustrated that you wanna check out and take off to Italy, but it is in fact a dream.
And maybe your husband isn't in the music business. Maybe he has to fly to China on business or anywhere for that matter and you're home with a newborn and that seems frightening. Or maybe he's a firefighter and is gone for days or weeks at at time and you are in charge of everything. Or maybe you don't have a husband anymore and the daily drill is all day everyday. It seems impossible. But it doesn't matter which scenario is yours, it's work. And you'll do it forever and ever all day every day, because it's your family. Because you love your family. And I salute you. All of you.
Thankful for my friend for this reminder. And thankful I'm wise enough to finally understand that the job I have is immensely important to not only my husband and children, but to the world. Congrats mothers, all of you. I salute you. You are my heroes.


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A Brief Critical Manifesto
I no longer want to be right.
The more I think about it the clearer and more obvious it becomes. I am over it. I do not need it and I do not want it. I am, in short, 'post-right'.
Do not get me wrong; I am not suggesting that somehow all thoughts and opinions are of equal value trapped in a meaningless web of relativity. This is a pile of bull-crap so old as to be stale rather than steaming, which all but the most retarded (sorry that was inappropriate – I meant "spastic") flies have long since departed.
I am a clear and unambiguous elitist in the sense that I do not believe all opinions are of equal value. I believe there is a 'return to reflection' or a 'pay-off to pensiveness' or whatever fumbled alliterative collection of words best captures the idea that if you think about stuff, if you make an effort to understand something, you may have something more valuable to say that someone who does not. If you do not believe this is true then you are probably an idiot, your time has past and your king has left the throne. This is the age of Obama now.
No my point is different. My point is to ask, what is the actual return to trying to persuade people who already disagree with you? How long for example have Americans been split fairly evenly between 'progressives' and 'conservatives', see-sawing between an elephant and a donkey, which trumpet and bray at one another in a cacophony of all too often (but perhaps not always) useless moralism; the other is always clearly morally bankrupt.
Perhaps moralism should have died in the concentration camps, perhaps it should have died when the state of Israel was thrust upon the Arab world as ethical reparation, perhaps it should have died when the injustices of Israeli action was used to justify the transformation of men and women into martyrs, perhaps it should have died in Iraq or Afghanistan, perhaps it should have died at the feet of Terry Schiavo. But it hasn't and it won't. But here I think the correct structure is found in Lacan's conceptualisation of atheism: "the true formula of atheism is not God is dead– even by basing the origin of the function of the father upon his murder, Freud protects the father –the true formula of atheism is God is unconscious".
I think then I would echo the words of Pierre-Simon Laplace, the great French astronomer and mathematician who was one of the first people to present a 'mechanical' theory of the universe. When asked by Napoleon about the place of God within such a system he replied simply, "je n'avais pas besoin de cette hypothese". Moralising (to me the logical implication of any claim to be right), I simply do not need you.
What I present here then is a critique aimed not at the hypocrite but the critic, above all the self-styled 'progressive' critic. My suggestion is this: that often when making a choice to engage with the obvious hypocrisies and injustices of the world the progressive critic becomes simply a tool of the system they wish to expose.
One of the great insights of the work of Slavoj Zizek is his analysis of the workings of ideology. Near the beginning of his book The Sublime Object he points out that we all know that money is just paper and virtually worthless in itself, but that we all behave towards money as if it were some special substance of intrinsic value, and it is precisely that gap between our stated beliefs and our actions that brings this property of money into being. His point is that ideology isn't located simply at the level of our conscious thoughts, but rather at the level of practice. This has probably never been a more important insight. We live in a hypercritical age; with so much information available to us consciousness has never been greater of political and economic realities. And yet what impact has this consciousness had?
Many critical voices will be happy to concede that the arguments and ideologies used in the actions of elites or governments function, consciously or not, as mechanisms of displacement, ultimately disguising the true power relations at work. But yet at the level of action those same people will go on to wade into debate with those same ideas, delighting in pointing to their fallacies and hypocrisies as they serve up their own 'true' account in its place.
Zizek has a typically controversial, vulgar, and slightly uncomfortable joke which captures this action perfectly. One day a poor farmer is walking home from the fields with his wife when an invading soldier riding along the road catches up with them. He announces to the farmer he is going to rape his wife, but more than that, because the road is dusty he expects the man to hold his balls as he does it. If he does that then he will spare both their lives. Afterwards, as the soldier rides away, the farmer sits there smirking to himself. Angrily his wife asks 'how can you sit there smiling when I've just been raped by this man?!', to which he replies 'no, you don't understand – I managed to get some dust on his balls!'.
The critic of course plays the part of the farmer in the joke; the point is not to dirty the balls of systems that violate and wrong. At best this displaces resistance away from the actual injustice; at worst that act of resistance becomes integral to that injustice's successful functioning. The soldier would perhaps have found it much harder to do what he did if the farmer hadn't been distracted trying to dirty his balls; his act of subversion in the end was assisting in the greater crime.
The dialectical logic is obvious: it is too simple to believe that argument and critique are always oppositional; instead often they can be trapped in one mutually constitutive relation. Ideology can not only survive the existence of its critique, but can in fact be completed by it. Often the true critical act then is not direct engagement. I have no need to show you are wrong; in fact the paradox at work here is that this might be the biggest favour I could offer.
As Levi Bryant, a minor celebrity in the philosophically-inclined blogosphere, put it in a wonderful post on his Larval Subjects blog:
Michael Foucault, Naomi Klein, Judith Butler, Marx, and Gloria Steinem do far more to produce just change, it seems to me, through their analysis of the dynamics of power and the interests involved than do the moralists. When did moralism ever prevent a single death? When did a normative theory ever prevent a holocaust? When did an ethical theory ever halt a single despotic government? If anything, it seems to me, we instead always see normative discourse on the side of the despots and sadists.
But more than that, those who aspire to change things need not always do it by showing how those with whom we disagree are wrong. It is precisely in engaging with the ideas they present that we can perpetuate the ideology not challenge it. Instead we need to be questioning the coordinates themselves, examining not the picture but the frame.
If you don't agree with me, well…err….whateverz.
Hajduk permalinkAugust 14, 2009 8:06 pm
An interesting post. Permit me to make a couple of points:
"No my point is different. My point is to ask, what is the actual return to trying to persuade people who already disagree with you? How long for example have Americans been split fairly evenly between 'progressives' and 'conservatives', see-sawing between an elephant and a donkey, which trumpet and bray at one another in a cacophony of all too often (but perhaps not always) useless moralism; the other is always clearly morally bankrupt."
There is a great return to trying to persuade people who disagree with you.
You make a good point with reference to the increasingly poisonous debates in the USA – one almost wonders how long the Republic will hold together. But that obscures a far more fundamental point.
For a start, one does not need to always hold the 'other' as morally bankrupt. Indeed, that assertion would be at odds with the very foundation of liberal thought – that certainty does not exist. That the very reason for deliberative institutions and the aggregation of mass preferences while simultaneously holding certain rights inviolable is this exact uncertainty. The true liberal admits that they do not have the right way, the only way; that bar the preservation of essential freedoms, society and its individual components – ie people – must be allowed to go about in their own way the pursuit of life, liberty and happiness.
This is not to say the liberal ideology forbids its own defence from external threat – the fight against the ideologies of the absolute in the 20th century is a prime example.
The good liberal could hold National Socialism as morally bankrupt because it revoked the non-negotiable rights reached at by the progress of human reason.
But the good liberal (in the philosophical, not US political, sense) would not hold his Democrat or Republican opponent as morally bankrupt; rather, he would reach for the words of Voltaire, and the contest of political will would take place in a carefully proscribed political sphere.
Which brings me onto my next point: that this process of debate, persuasion, critical appraisal and self-reflection has actually produced meaningful normative shifts that have changed the rules of the game massively.
"When did moralism ever prevent a single death?"
That depends on what kind of causation you would demand to satisfy the question.
Directly, it is probably hard to prove either way. Then again, the abolition of the death penalty in the UK for example was borne not of pragmatic reasoning but rather an increasingly wide revulsion to the idea that the state justice system should be able to take the life of one of its own citizens.
"When did a normative theory ever prevent a holocaust?"
Same problem of causation as above – but one can compare the treatment of racial, religious and political minorities in liberal Britain between 1933-45 and that of the Soviet Union and Germany. Not saying the UK comes out free of sin – but it is impossible to deny the marked difference in respect for fundamental human dignities. Differences, I might add, developed intellectually and implemented politically through the slow efforts of 'moralisers'.
One also has to realise that the abolition of the slave trade in the UK – and later the USA – was actually pushed forth vociferously by 'moralisers' in the truest sense. In other words, activists drawing from religious morals.
"When did an ethical theory ever halt a single despotic government? If anything, it seems to me, we instead always see normative discourse on the side of the despots and sadists."
I would say this is quite a curious statement given that the increase in the frequency of non-despotic regimes over the last three hundred years has coincided with the progress of human reason. The ethics and norms of the enlightenment, aside from their perversion and reversion in the twentieth century, gave birth to the democratic governments of today.
The norms (if not, ultimately, practice) of liberalism underlay the overthrow of absolutist monarchy in the thirteen colonies and then France. And perhaps consider that what most frightens despotic regimes are not rifles and bombs, but ideas and communication. Maybe today, norms are sometimes hijacked by autocratic regimes exploiting the intellectual ennui of the West – but only yesterday were they the nourishment of hope for millions in the Communist bloc.
Maybe the farmer was a fool the first time round, but I've read enough history to know that the knight and his ancien regime can be strung up from a lamppost all too easily.
Maybe the problem isn't whether we are looking at the frame or the painting, but rather that most of the time we can only see and understand change after it has happened.

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14 Jun 2018
We are thrilled to announce The Saltaire Cottages are now under new management! The Saltaire Cottage Court is located at milepost 2.5 in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. It has been welcoming families for over 50 years. During the in-season, guests can rent 2 or 3 bedroom cottages or apartments with full kitchens and a screened porch. During the off season, 1 bedroom apartments are available. Each unit has heat/air, at least 2 TV's, stove/oven, microwave, coffee pot, toaster, pots and pans, dishes and silverware.
Enjoy Direct Access to the Beach
Breathe in the salt air and enjoy the natural beauty of the Outer Banks! With beach access directly across the street, you won't have to go far to put your toes in the sand. If you tire from the beach, you can still watch the waves roll in from the amazing Saltaire community pool, open seasonally. As our guest, you can expect all these great amenities and more, such as:
- Spacious Community Pool
- Elevated Lounging Deck
- BBQ Pit
- Picnic Tables
- Direct Beach Access
- Coin Operated Laundry Facility
- Sheets & Towels Provided
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Pastor Ben brings us around on our Letters To the Church series so far, and brings us the next step. As the series has discussed, the reason we want to be a part of the church is to be engaged - not to be entertained. This engagement, however, needs to lead to action.
All believers are called to action - not just the leaders we see at the front of the sanctuary. Because Jesus has given us a tomorrow, we can give our today to somebody else.


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The result of your work, the pouring of a draft beer from your brewery. This happens every minute,
every day and night, all across the world. Your goal is for that pouring to be your product,
and that's why CraftGeneration was born.
CraftGeneration works exclusively for beer distributors. Your distributor is our customer, and we're giving them the tools to reach consumers with your product and your story. We provide the applications and tools which lead consumers to your product.
CraftGeneration also maintains an open line of communication with every brewer, to make sure we
have your latest logos and product descriptions. This way, we take some of the work off the
distributors so they can focus on receiving, delivering, promoting and loving your product.
When beer lovers search products through our distributor framework, we want to make sure product labels and descriptions are current and give accurate information.
All we need from you is information, and we'll likely be calling you soon as we deploy
CraftGeneration for distributors who carry your product. We're already building our next level
of applications, and just want you to know we may be calling soon.
Information we'll ask for includes:


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Unleashing the Potential of Partnerships and Reinforcing Joint Ownership of UN Assistance to Lower Middle-Income Viet Nam
A background Paper on the UN's Role and Modalities for Cooperation in preparation to the formulation of the One Strategic Plan 2017-2021 commissioned by the United Nations in Viet Nam in 2015/2016
The paper "Unleashing the Potential of Partnerships and Reinforcing Joint Ownership of UN Assistance to Viet Nam", commissioned in 2015 and finalized in March 2016, serves as a Background Paper on the UN's Role and Modalities for Cooperation in the context of Viet Nam as a lower middle-income country and with commitments to the 2030 Development Agenda and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It provided inputs to the formulation of the One Strategic Plan 2017-2021.
This paper discusses the main direction for delivery of UN support to Viet Nam over the next five years through the One Strategic Plan 2017-2021. It outlines the UN's commitment to relevant, responsive and effective assistance and summarizes the approaches and modalities that underpin a more flexible and agile response, with greater effectiveness and efficiency. The paper was developed through a consultative process with Government ministries, committees of the National Assembly, CEMA, VASS, Viet Nam Fatherland Front, one provincial People's Committee, civil society organizations (national and international), prominent intellectuals, private sector representatives and development partners, including donors to the One UN, other bilateral and multilateral partners, and development banks.
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Commissioned by the United Nations in Viet Nam in 2015/2016 in preparation for the formulation of the One Strategic Plan 2017-2021
As a common instrument of the UN system in Viet Nam, this Common Country Assessment (CCA) provides a situational analysis of the country as it prepares to operationalize and implement its commitment to realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), globally adopted in September 2015 by UN Member States. The CCA is, therefore, a first attempt at consolidating the available official knowledge on Viet Nam's development progress as well as the remaining challenges, embracing the new conceptual framework of the SDGs.
This CCA is also an initial step in the planning process for the One Strategic Plan for the new programming cycle of 2017-2021 (known as United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF) in other countries). As the current One Plan 2012-2016 nears its end, the UN Country Team (UNCT) has initiated the planning process for the 2017-2021 period, following the guidance of the United Nations Development Group (UNDG) and the in-country experience gained during the development of the One Plan 2012-2016. This process will mark the first time that UN agencies embrace the SDGs in planning their support, "as one", to the Government of Viet Nam.
The assessment was conducted by an external team of consultants - Tsamota Limited under close guidance by the UNCT. The CCA uses an innovative methodology that combines the issue of human rights with socio-economic analysis, with an explicit focus on equity, inclusion and vulnerability. The CCA was conducted through a systematic desk review and was based solely on sources and data in the public domain. All UN agencies in Viet Nam provided documentation and participated in the review process. The Government of Viet Nam and regional UN agency bodies also provided extensive comments to finalize the document in March 2016 and officially publish it in May 2016.
Click "Download" for the English version and here to download the Vietnamese version
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Financing Viet Nam's development: Meeting the new challenges
Vietnam has entered into a challenging new phase in its national development. After two decades of rapid progress, the pace of economic growth and poverty reduction has fallen away. The Government of Vietnam (GoV) has recognised that it needs new strategies to maintain its growth as a Middle-Income Country (MIC).
Vietnam is also entering a new phase in its development cooperation. Over the past decade, Vietnam has been one of the top recipients of official development assistance (ODA) in the world. Yet other funding sources, including domestic revenues, public borrowing and foreign direct investment (FDI), have grown much more quickly, making ODA an increasingly minor part of the overall development finance picture. Now that Vietnam is a MIC, ODA flows will decrease and become less concessional in nature.
This Development Finance and Aid Assessment (DFAA) was commissioned by Vietnam's Ministry of Planning and Investment (MPI), with support from UNDP and the European Union, to examine the changing development
finance picture. It examines the various sources of development finance available to Vietnam, looking at how they have developed in recent years and their likely future trajectory. It assesses legal and institutional constraints on their mobilisation and effective use. It makes recommendations to the Government of Vietnam (GoV) and development partners on options for improving the complementarity of different sources of development finance, in keeping with the focus of the Busan Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation and the Vietnam Partnership Document on overall development effectiveness.
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In June 2009, the GoV, UN and EU for the first time introduced the common UN-EU Guidelines for Financing for Local Costs in Development Co-operation with Viet Nam (Version 2009). This all-encompassing concerted effort - based upon an open market approach - was considered a significant step towards gradual alignment of donor cost norms and GoV systems for ODA-funded programmes and projects in Viet Nam. It also signified the GoV's intention to progressively update its cost norms closer to market conditions.
Since 2009, the common UN-EU Guidelines approach has brought positive results for improving aid effectiveness and strengthening national ownership in Viet Nam and further facilitate the implementation of ODA-funded programmes and projects in Viet Nam.
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This study has been commissioned by the United Nations (UN) and a group of "like-minded" partners (LMDG) with the purpose of achieving a deeper knowledge of current key development challenges and policy choices facing Viet Nam. The study identifies development challenges, analyses potential barriers to maintaining rapid economic growth and explores the requirements of promoting broad-based improvements in living standards and welfare, inclusive of the most disadvantaged and vulnerable segments of Viet Nam?s population.
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Michel Sidibé
Executive Director of UNAIDS
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations
This World AIDS Day, we are highlighting the importance of the right to health and the challenges that people living with and affected by HIV face in fulfilling that right.
Community spaces design contest for an exciting hanoi
Ha Noi, October 17/10/2017 - Aiming at improving the living environment and bringing culture and art to the community towards a better urban future, United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) successfully developed the project "Promote participatory, community-based and youth-led approach in safe, greening public spaces in Hoan Kiem district toward a pro-poor, inclusive and sustainable urban development" (hereinafter called Public Spaces project) under the Block by Block program with Mojang, the makers of the videogame Minecraft.
Deadline for round 1: From 17/10/2017 to 04/11/2017 Extended to 9 November 2017
Harsh punishment for child offenders doesn't prevent further criminality
The age at which a child, can be held criminally liable is a controversial issue around the world. Within Viet Nam, this issue is currently being grappled with in the Penal Code amendments. Some argue that a "get tough on crime" approach is necessary to punish children to prevent further criminality.
However, international research shows that because of their developmental stages, labelling and treating children as criminals at an early age can have serious negative impacts on their development and successful rehabilitation.
New Year Greetings from the United Nations Resident Coordinator a.i. in Viet Nam
On the occasion of New Year 2017, on behalf of the United Nations family in Viet Nam I wish to reiterate our appreciation and express our warmest wishes to our partners and friends throughout the country. We wish our partners and their families in Viet Nam peace, prosperity, good health and happiness in the coming year.
As we enter the second year of the Sustainable Development Goals era, we look forward to continuing our close cooperation for the sake of Viet Nam's future development; one which is inclusive, equitable and sustainable, with no one left behind.
Youssouf Abdel-Jelil
United Nations Resident Coordinator a.i. in Viet Nam
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's message for World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December
Thirty-five years since the emergence of AIDS, the international community can look back with some pride. But we must also look ahead with resolve and commitment to reach our goal of ending the AIDS epidemic by 2030.
There has been real progress in tackling the disease. More people than ever are on treatment. Since 2010, the number of children infected through mother to child transmission has dropped by half. Fewer people die of AIDS related causes each year. And people living with HIV are living longer lives.
The number of people with access to life-saving medicines has doubled over the past five years, now topping 18 million. With the right investments, the world can get on the fast-track to achieve our target of 30 million people on treatment by 2030. Access to HIV medicines to prevent mother to child transmission is now available to more than 75 per cent of those in need.


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Beijing Rock 101 is a series of 4 shows this May hosted by School Livehouse. The aim of these shows is to showcase local acts that represent important aspects of the Beijing scene's past, present, and future.
As a collaboration between Loreli, ChairmanWow, and School - bands will be interiewed on stage about their own music, and experiences participating in music-making in the Beijing scene live on-stage before performing a set for the audience.
We're looking forward to bringing you these unique events that will showcase: the emerging youth generation in the beijing scene, the extensive punk and experimental scenes, and the experiences of expats who have participated in the Chinese scene over the long term.


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A very intelligent and competent friend of a friend was caught up in a workplace dispute recently.
He described how he felt:
'the kind of workplace I cannot tolerate',
'lost my joy and cannot seem to get it back'.
While intelligent and worldly, this was his first experience of workplace conflict.
He had assumed that if he did his job well and with all his heart, that he would be protected and supported by the organisation.
He was wrong.
He's now questioning everything.
Not just work.


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Fresh out of Havana comes one of my all-time favourites. The Mojito has a unique flavour, sweet and fresh, yet deep and mellow at the same time. It is rum based, and everyone has their favourite. I like Morgan's Spiced Rum, as it has a kick, and the spices add layers to the flavour.
So you start with a nice thick based glass. You also need a muddler stick. If you don't have one, just use the end of a rolling pin. And a bar spoon. Right, that's the kit.
For the ingredients you need:
- Rum. I recommend Appleton's, Havana Club or Morgan's Spiced. Bacardi, at a stretch.
- Sticky brown sugar, nice and dark.
- Fresh mint, nice big leaves
- Fresh limes
- Ice for crushing
- A mixer, such as 7up or sugar syrup
Take a nice, wide, thick-based glass and, using the bar spoon, add a spoonful of brown sugar. The darker and stickier, the better. Add four or five large mint leaves. Carefully crush the mint into the sugar, this releases the flavour. Cut a lime into wedges and add three to the glass. Now crush them in too.
Add the rum, and we are talking 50ml as a bare minimum. Make it 70ml, what the hell. And stir well.
Take some ice cubes and crush them into tiny little pieces. Pour them into the glass. Decorate the edge of the glass with a wedge of lime placed over the ice and a few mint leaves arranged in a fan shape around the edge.
Enjoy, amigos. Hasta Manana


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Millennials are creatives. Now, you could have one of three reactions to that statement. 'YES!' or 'I wish.' or 'Heck no.' Obviously I wouldn't be writing this blog if I didn't agree with that first ecstatic expression of solidarity. Yes. I believe that creativity is in our DNA. I believe that not only are all Millennials capable of creative feats but we are one of the most creative generations yet. And I do have evidence to back up my enthusiasm: the upcoming Hamilton Zinefest.
First, let's start with what creativity is not.
Creativity is not about singing in tune. Or about having your work picked up on social media. It's not about getting featured on The Spinoff. It's not even about being "good" at writing, drawing, singing, or making. Don't get me wrong. Those are all awesome achievements to aim for. They are amazing talents worth celebrating. But I guess what I'm getting at is that creativity is not about success. At least, it's not about that kind of success (More on that later. I'm getting ahead of myself.)
So what is creativity about?
It's simple really. Creativity is DIY. All you need to be creative are four things:
A unique perspective on the world. We've got that in spades. We've got that just by the fact that we are alive. The other day a friend and I went on a walk and we each had completely different ways of describing the sky. We both looked up and saw the same beauty but had different ways of expressing it. That happens a lot because we are human. That is something worth celebrating.
Ownership. It's one thing to recognize that you see the world a little differently from the person next to you. The next step is owning that perspective. Not only that, but it is about owning the ways you express your vision. Whether it's through poetry, music, photography, or painting. Whether you problem solve, take pride in colour coding your calendar, or love to find new and better routes to random destinations. Whether you are dabble in coding, can appreciate the symmetry of a good equation, or you can put a car back together. Own it. Those are your talents, your joys, and your interests. They are creative.
A little effort. Be curious. Learn. Challenge yourself. They're all essential to being creative because being creative means changing it up. Then practicing. Then improving. Then starting the cycle anew.
Joy. Do your thing. Have fun. Enough said. I don't think that needs more explanation and this post is already longer than I thought it was going to be.
This is a great time to be a creative.
Now, more than ever, humanity is looking at success differently. Millennials in particular are breaking the boundaries of what the word "success" means and that is especially true of activities that have traditionally fallen under the "creative" label. In the words of Sam Brebner:
The gatekeepers are gone. Artists are no longer only those who have their work featured in galleries. Writers are no longer only those aligned with a major publisher or periodical. Musicians are no longer only those lucky enough to get signed by a record label.
I think this redefinition of success can also help us to redefine creativity. It's also a great chance for us to share all our diverse creative projects and to celebrate the talent that surrounds us.
Hamilton Zinefest: DIY creativity at its best.
Hamilton Zinefest does just that. This one day market (which is TOMORROW) is a celebration of self-publishing and the indie spirit. It's about a bunch of cool people getting together to champion unique visions, own their eclectic interests, and show off their hard work. It's also just plain fun. Featuring creator talks from the likes of Zee Southcombe and Ross Murray, this really is an unmissable event in the Creative Waikato calendar.
Feel like unleashing your undercover creative?
Then go to Hamilton Zinefest tomorrow. Seriously. Go. I even up the poster up and everything.
Come along to The Creators' Friday meet up and be blown away by the talent that's spread around the Waikato.
Check out the amazing smorgasbord of visual awesomeness that is on show at Hamilton's own Weasel Gallery.
Follow my poetry account on Instagram for a weekly dose of creative (and random) musings that I write as inspired by the awesome region we live in and the people in it.
Support an up and coming Kiwi, the Grammy nominated Gladius James on SoundCloud. His latest song, "Rich" features Wiz Khalifa.
Have a little project you've been putting off? Why not get started this weekend?
Try something new. Do your creative thing.
And until next time, keep #Livinglit.
Maryana Garcia
Maryana is a firm believer in the power of storytelling. You can find her poetry on Instagram.


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Overview of Azure compute options
The term compute refers to the hosting model for the computing resources that your application runs on.
At one end of the spectrum is Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). With IaaS, you provision the VMs that you need, along with associated network and storage components. Then you deploy whatever software and applications you want onto those VMs. This model is the closest to a traditional on-premises environment, except that Microsoft manages the infrastructure. You still manage the individual VMs.
Platform as a service (PaaS) provides a managed hosting environment, where you can deploy your application without needing to manage VMs or networking resources. For example, instead of creating individual VMs, you specify an instance count, and the service will provision, configure, and manage the necessary resources. Azure App Service is an example of a PaaS service.
There is a spectrum from IaaS to pure PaaS. For example, Azure VMs can autoscale by using virtual machine scale sets. This automatic scaling capability isn't strictly PaaS, but it's the type of management feature that might be found in a PaaS service.
Functions-as-a-Service (FaaS) goes even further in removing the need to worry about the hosting environment. Instead of creating compute instances and deploying code to those instances, you simply deploy your code, and the service automatically runs it. You don't need to administer the compute resources. These services use a serverless architecture, and seamlessly scale up or down to whatever level necessary to handle the traffic. Azure Functions are a FaaS service.
IaaS gives the most control, flexibility, and portability. FaaS provides simplicity, elastic scale, and potential cost savings, because you pay only for the time your code is running. PaaS falls somewhere between the two. In general, the more flexibility a service provides, the more you are responsible for configuring and managing the resources. FaaS services automatically manage nearly all aspects of running an application, while IaaS solutions require you to provision, configure and manage the VMs and network components you create.
Azure compute options
Here are the main compute options currently available in Azure:
- Virtual Machines are an IaaS service, allowing you to deploy and manage VMs inside a virtual network (VNet).
- App Service is a managed PaaS offering for hosting web apps, mobile app back ends, RESTful APIs, or automated business processes.
- Service Fabric is a distributed systems platform that can run in many environments, including Azure or on premises. Service Fabric is an orchestrator of microservices across a cluster of machines.
- Azure Kubernetes Service manages a hosted Kubernetes service for running containerized applications.
- Azure Container Instances offer the fastest and simplest way to run a container in Azure, without having to provision any virtual machines and without having to adopt a higher-level service.
- Azure Functions is a managed FaaS service.
- Azure Batch is a managed service for running large-scale parallel and high-performance computing (HPC) applications.
- Cloud Services is a managed service for running cloud applications. It uses a PaaS hosting model.
When selecting a compute option, here are some factors to consider:
- Hosting model. How is the service hosted? What requirements and limitations are imposed by this hosting environment?
- DevOps. Is there built-in support for application upgrades? What is the deployment model?
- Scalability. How does the service handle adding or removing instances? Can it autoscale based on load and other metrics?
- Availability. What is the service SLA?
- Cost. In addition to the cost of the service itself, consider the operations cost for managing a solution built on that service. For example, IaaS solutions might have a higher operations cost.
- What are the overall limitations of each service?
- What kind of application architectures are appropriate for this service?
Next steps
To help select a compute service for your application, use the Decision tree for Azure compute services
For a more detailed comparison of compute options in Azure, see Criteria for choosing an Azure compute service.
For a guided introduction to compute services on Azure, try the Core Cloud Services - Azure compute options module on Microsoft Learn.
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Take Your Linn LP12 To The Next Level With Booplinth/
We have just received our first Booplinth for a customer with a fully loaded Linn LP12 record player who wanted to go to the next level.
On opening the box the plinth is well packed and has a note with some tips on fitting the plinth.
There are four finishes available and this one is the Natural finish which is the closest colour to the customers Afromosia plinth - fitting is included in the retail price £1650.
We will follow with another blog showing the fitting and our final listening of the deck to hear the improvements the plinth has made.
Watch this space!


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Heya Jammers!
With Animal Jam now in full swing, the world of Jamaa is now and always will be improving and growing. Shamans and explorers are always searching for new lands in Jamaa, and each land they discover will always be a unique adventure! Minigames, den items, accessories, quests, den designs, and achievements are constantly being added to Animal Jam, as well as National Geographic facts, videos, and content. All this ensures children always have a world of fun—and learning—right at their fingertips! Who knows what adventures await in the land of Jamaa? Come play National Geographic Animal Jam and find out!
A great post on the Animal Jam Blog.
One thing get's me wondering, though, about the part with the quests.
I never ever knew we were able to do quests!
Maybe later, you will see a post about them!
Happy Jamming! Toodles!


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Recently, I (re)finished a manuscript I started last year after a qualitative study looking at the factors that influence pre-service APE specialists when working with children with ASD. The study involved lots of interviews and observations of the students in the schools. Below is the updated abstract:
Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) present an exceptional need for varied instruction with the physical education environment. Adapted physical educators need to be prepared to make a significant amount of choices in regards to adaptations and modifications given the situations they may encounter with their students. However, many pre-service adapted physical education (APE) specialists may be unprepared to address the unique challenges faced when teaching children with ASD. This study involved interviews and observations of four pre-service APE specialists who were working one-on-one with a child with ASD during a practicum. In this analysis four factors, 1) physical environment, 2) instructional strategies, 3) behavioral issues, and 4) personal discernment, surfaced as major influences in the decision making of the pre-service teacher. This analysis looks to build a foundational understanding of how this relationship exists in the APE setting with children with ASD. This study reveals that pre-service teacher have limited knowledge which leads to an inability to make important instructional decisions and overcome barriers that arise with children with ASD. Teacher-training programs should address these concerns in order to build confident and successful teachers.
The article's title comes from a quote one of the participants said and I thought it summed up a lot of what the teachers were trying to do when working with their students.
Currently, this article is under review at the International Journal for Special Education.


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Name: Marisa Rama (@marisa)
Number of Countries on her profile: 27
Follow her to: Brazil, Iran, Tanzania, the United States or Vietnam!
Particularities: Marisa, AKA the ultimate traveller and Live2Leave super user. Marisa is the person who embodies what Live2Leave is all about: with her home on her back, she feels home everywhere she goes. Because she has truly lived everywhere. Born in Uruguay and raised between Washington DC, Paris and Hanoi, she speaks French in the morning and Spanish in the afternoon with her family, while speaking Portuguese with her boyfriend, and English with everyone else.
Tell us a few things about you
"Currently I am back to being a student! I'm living in glorious Cambridge, Massachusetts studying to get a master's in public administration and international development at the Kennedy School of government."
When did you catch the travel bug?
"I love travelling! I'd say I inherited the travel bug from my parents – my family quite literally wouldn't exist if it weren't for the airplane. Growing up we moved around quite a lot (from Uruguay, to the US, to France and finally to Vietnam) and I was very lucky each time to be able to explore the region where we were. Once it came to making my own decision, this nomadism stuck. Today I get restless if I'm in any place for too long."
When travelling, what are the top 3 things in your suitcase that you never leave home without?
"I wish I had a nifty answer to this question but my suitcase is generally packed last minute and more often than not I forget pretty essential stuff. I find that as long as you have underwear and a toothbrush the rest can be figured out upon arrival."
Hanoi or Bangkok?
"Hanoi!!!! I grew up there and (very objectively) think its one of the most amazing places in the world. Hanoi has a unique charm. Despite being chaotic in many ways it has a traditional side that has been lost in many other Asian cities. I love its lakes and how much life takes place on the street. Vietnamese people are the nicest and the food is amazing. Honestly, it's the best – what's not to love?"
If you had a year to travel the world, where would you start?
"My travel has been concentrated in the regions where I've lived (North and South America, Europe and East Asia) so I'm missing some pretty big and important parts of the world. I would probably start in Africa, work my way to the Middle East and then to Central and South Asia."
"The Buracão is an 80m waterfall in a canyon on the south end of the park of the Chapada Diamantina and is absolutely gorgeous. Great day activity, involving a bit of hiking and swimming."
"You wouldn't guess it from its looks but Loyal Nine is some of the best food in cambridge. Tasty restaurant serving creative plates based on local ingredients with a strong penchant for seafood. The set dinner is great but come hungry because there is a lot of food."
What is the best experience you've had while on holiday that you'll never forget?
"This is an impossible question to answer! Its cliché but every trip is its own adventure. I think I was particularly lucky to live in South East Asia before it got quite so touristy. I got to go to Angkor, Ubud and Bagan in the early 2000s when there were very few tourists, which was very special."
What was your biggest travel fail?
"I have too many travel fails to count! I'm very laid back about travelling (probably too much so), which means that often things don't go as planned. I'd say biking through the "Valle de la Muerte" (death valley) in Chile at mid-day without water was probably not the best idea. Getting stuck on a Bolivian bus in the middle of the Altiplano for close to 40 hours also wasn't great. Running out of money in Iran (where visa and mastercard don't operate) was pretty tricky. Like I said, too many to count – but that's half the fun!"
How do you plan your trips? Months in advance or last minute?
"From my last answer you can probably gather that I'm not that organized. I tend to have the idea months in advance, do a fair bit of research but commit to plans last minute."
Have you already followed a Live2Leave recommendation, inspiration? If so, was it a positive experience?
"I'm a huge fan of Live2Leave. It has been amazing on so many of my trips! I've also used it to find places both when I travel and in the city where I live that I didn't know about. I was recently in Japan and used it a bunch."
What has been your favourite souvenir (gift) that you've brought home with you after a trip?
"I love bringing back things for my house, in particular plates bowls etc. I brought back a vintage yukata (spring kimono) from my recent trip to Japan that I'm in love with. I haven't used it outside of my house but I wear it at home and feel fabulous (if slightly silly)."
Have you ever travelled alone? If so what's the best thing about it?
"I traveled to India alone for a few months, it was a great experience. For me the best part was that I met different people along the way and ended up having several very different trips within a trip. I think travelling alone allowed me to have a more varied experience than I would have had travelling in a group."
In your view, what are some of the undiscovered/under talked about places that people should visit?
"I went to Iran last year and that was an absolutely amazing experience. My father worked in Iran in the 90s and I spent my childhood hearing about the beauty of Isfahan, so it had always been a dream of mine to go. My boyfriend organized the trip as a surprise and it was just incredible. I think most people have a distorted idea of the country. It's a fascinating place and Iranians are the kindest, most welcoming people. I highly highly recommend going."
What is your favourite travel literature?
"I'd be lying if I said I had favourite travel literature. I love to read but I find that I never manage to match my reading to my travels. The only time I've actually done that was when I spent a few months in India. Longer trip + English bookstores + travelling alone really helped though."
What is your secret to cope with jet-lag?
"I'm lucky in that sleeping is never a problem for me. I think the secret is to sleep on planes and try and stick to whatever timezone you are in."


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Gordon Heald looks at an ancient path linking the ends of the old county of Lancashire
Few people in Lancashire now realise that the A6/M6 corridor is not the only route which traverses the county from end to end and that from earliest times a little known north-south route has existed on the Lancashire coast, by-passing all the main centres of authority and control by fording estuaries and running across the wastes of mosses and dangerous tidal sands.
Starting at the Mersey it crossed the Ribble at Freckleton, the Wyre at Shard near Poulton, the Cocker at Pilling, the Lune at Sunderland point, and Morecambe Bay in two long stretches across the sands, continuing on into Cumbria across the Duddon.
It is likely that much of the route was already in use in pre-Roman times despite the possibility of higher sea levels, and the siting of the Roman fort at Kirkham makes good practical sense if it was intended to control the connection between the ford at Freckleton on the Ribble and the one on the Wyre at Shard, paved by Romans in 80 AD.
Certainly the next link in the chain, the secret split log pathway across the morass of Pilling Moss, known as Kate's Pad, connecting the ford at Shard with the crossing of the estuary of the Cocker at Pilling, is of pre-Roman date.
This section fell out of use in later times, probably because it was only suitable for light pedestrian traffic. It was replaced by a route along from Pilling to Preesall and then inland to Shard. One variation of this route is confirmed in a Charter given by Geoffrey de Hackensall to the monks of Cockersand in the 1260s:
'Moreover, he confirmed to the said Abbot and convent, that when they had desire or need to do so, their carts should pass and repass without let from henceforth by the sands below the bank, and by Hackensall Knott to his mill, and so to the highway, saving only to him and his heirs all wreck of the sea.'
The last stage of this route, the connection to the highway, is still called Monks Lane to this day. Another variation shown on the Towneley Hall Maps of 1684 indicates the route actually passed through Preesall and Stalmine via the crossroads known as Preesall Park, described thus:
'Right hand way goeth to Preesa and so to Lancaster by way of ye sands, which is ye winter way.' The summer way would be across Pilling Moss.
The whole extent of the old highway probably only began to be fully used in the middle ages with the establishment of the monasteries and their extensive and widely separated landholdings which necessitated travel between the mother houses and their outlying granges which could be many miles away, for example Furness Abbey held land in Stalmine.
The monasteries were also centres of refuge and hospitality for other travellers who would be using the same routes as the monks, and so the Monasteries became responsible for the safe passage of all travellers across potentially dangerous areas such as estuaries and tidal sands.
This is confirmed by the attempts made by the government to pass on these responsibilities to the purchasers of monastic lands when the monasteries were suppressed by King Henry VIII in the 16th century.
To address this problem a meeting was held in the White Hall at Westminster in July 1536 between representatives of the Duchy of Lancaster and the Court of Augmentations.
Among items discussed and agreed were the following: Item: The lessee of the demesnes of Conishead to find a Friar and one Officer continuously to be abiding there, to ring the Bell there accustomed when need shall require according unto the old custom for the safeguard of passengers over the sands in those parts.
Item: The leases of Cartmel not to pass until they be bound in likewise to find a guide over the sands adjoining to the said house according to the old custom.
Item: The lessees of the Demesnes of Cockersand to find one other guide over the sands adjoining thereunto.
There seems to have been some reluctance on the part of the purchasers to undertake these responsibilities and eventually the Duchy agreed to take on the Conishead and Cartmell sections, which is why the Queen's Guide to the Sands still performs that function in the 21st century.
Cockersand was dissolved somewhat later than the others and the responsibility for that section was allowed to lapse although its local use continued for centuries, as evidenced by the depositions made by Pilling folk in 1808 in defence of their ancient right to take building stone from Wet Arse Scar, an outcrop situated half a mile offshore from the Abbey, and cart it back across the sands to Pilling where it was used in the construction of many buildings still existing today.
Many people testified, including James Bourne of Pilling, 'aged 88 and upwards' who said that '..when he was about 11 years of age... he drove a cart for one Fazacherley, and he led stone there from under Cockersand Abbey, and stone was led from thence by any person who chose to cart them. He believed that the Pilling people always had a right to get stone from Wet Arse Scare.'
The right presumably originated when the whole 'Hay of Pilling' belonged to the Abbey, and apparently continued into the 19th century.
During the civil war in the 17th century the route to the south across the fords at Shard and Freckleton saw considerable action. In 1643 a Spanish ship with a lost and starving crew was beached in the Wyre and seized for Parliament whereupon the Earl of Derby 'stirred up with envie came with a slender troupe of horse over Ribble...'
A parliamentary force under Major Sparrow marched from Preston to Poulton but then had to cross the Wyre at Shard to escape the Earl's cavalry.
Shard remained an essential link between Over Wyre and the Fylde. Use of all parts of the old highway continued into the 19th century and from 1781, the sands of Morecambe Bay became established routes for coaches and carriers to and from Lancaster.
However, crossing the sands was a very dangerous business and many fatal accidents and drownings are recorded.
Edwin Waugh, the Lancashire writer and poet, writing in 1869, described a terrifying experience crossing tidal channel,'It is a wonder to me now how I got through that deep, strong, tidal current... My clothes began to grow heavy, and the powerful action of the tide swayed me about so much that I could hardly keep my feet.'
The coming of the railways and improvements in road transport led to the virtual ending of the cross- sands route as a viable alternative and the coach and carrier services did not survive completion of the Ulverston-Carnforth-Lancaster rail line in 1857.
Since then crossing the sands has been mainly a recreational pursuit. The dredging of the Ribble and construction of training walls to allow large ships to reach the new dock basin at Preston made it impossible to ford the river at Freckleton, leaving only the new Shard bridge over the Wyre as the last remaining crossing on the old highway still in use as a public thoroughfare.


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Enrolling in our school is a very straight forward process. We have made our documentation available to make the process even more easy.
When you are ready to enrol, please complete an Education Department's enrolment form and then phone the school to make an enrolment appointment.
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Rare Sets Include Texture Change HUD with 3 Tones, 2 Metals, and Cover Hide/Show Options.
Common Corsets and Undies all come with a Metal Texture HUD as well.
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Psychologist | Outpatient | Part-time
2510 Westchester Ave Suite 208 Bronx, NY 10461
Psychologist | Outpatient | Part-time
Our well established private practice in the Bronx is seeking a psychologist to join our team. In this role, you will treat adult patients who have been injured or are dealing with chronic pain and health issues. Experience treating anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder will be highly valued. We have an established patient base and offer a flexible schedule to fit your preferences. We offer strong administrative support so you can focus on what' s most important… treating your patients. Apply today, this will fill very quickly.
- Licensed Psychologist in NY
- Experience treating outpatient adults, relaxation techniques and strong therapeutic skills are important.
- Flexible schedule for 2, 3 or 4 days per week.
- Practice is open Monday – Friday, 8: 00 a.m. to 8: 00 p.m.
- No nights
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$20, 000 + per year for one day per week
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Herb Crusted Pork Loin
This is a great Hot Recipe for those cool nights!
Herb Crusted Pork Loin with Zesty Port Wine Demi-Glace
Boneless Pork Loin 2 #
Baby Spinach 2 #
Razing Cane Garlic Relish 1 – 10.5 oz Jar
Baby Bella Mushrooms 1 # Sliced Thin
Shredded Parmesan Cheese 2 Cups
Shallot 1 EA. Diced Fine
Extra Virgin Olive Oil 2 Tablespoons
White Wine ½ cup
Seasoned Flour 1 cup (season with 1 tsp smoked sea salt, 1 Tablespoon Fresh ground pepper)
Italian Style Bread Crumbs 2 cups
Fresh Rosemary 1 Tablespoon Diced Fine
Fresh Thyme 1 Tablespoon Diced fine
Montreal Steak Seasoning 2 Tablespoons
Eggs (Large) 2 Beaten
Butcher Twine
Procedure :
1. Heat Olive oil in a medium size sauté pan over medium heat, Add shallot and sauté 1 minute- caution do not burn shallot!
2. Add sliced mushrooms and sauté 2 minutes, add white wine and simmer for 2 minutes
3. Add spinach and sauté until wilted
4. Remove from heat and place into a mixing bowl; add 1 cup Parmesan Cheese and mix well.
5. Place Pork Loin onto a cutting board and with a sharp knife place a ¼ deep slice length wise into the pork
6. Then slice the pork loin in a circular motion so as to end up with a large flat piece of meat ¼ thick
7. Spread the flattened pork with the Razing Cane Garlic Relish so as to cover the whole side
8. Spread the Spinach/mushroom mixture over the Garlic Relish
9. Roll the Pork Loin back to its original shape
10. Tie off each end and middle of loin with the butcher twine being careful not to tie too tightly.
11. Mix Bread crumbs, remaining parmesan cheese, Rosemary, thyme and Montreal seasoning
12. Roll the Stuffed Pork Loin in the seasoned flour
13. Brush with beaten egg
14. Roll egg coated loin in the Bread Crumb mixture
15. Place stuffed pork loin seam side down in a glass baking dish and bake in a preheated 375 degree oven until you reach an internal temperate of 160 degrees.
16. Let stand for 15 minutes when removed from oven and slice ¼ slices – Note: Remove butchers twine before slicing. Serve with Zesty Port Wine Demi
Port Wine Demi-Glace
Port Wine 2 cups
Red Wine Vinegar 2 cups
Demi Glace 1 cup Thicken Brown Stock
Fresh Rosemary 1 Sprig
Fresh Thyme 1 Sprig
Papa Jack's Buffalo Hot Sauce 1 Tablespoon
Procedure :
1. Place Port Wine, Red Wine Vinegar, Rosemary and Thyme in a sauce pan and reduce by 2/3rds, remove herb sprigs and discard
2. Add Brown Stock (Demi Glace) and Papa Jack's Buffalo Hot Sauce
3. Serve with Herb Crusted Pork Loin
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- Size -> 8
- Manufacturer -> Trotters
Trotters Liz - Women's Loafer
Trotters longest running and best-selling style, Liz is a sleek leather loafer that mixes great looks with superior comfort. Lizn features a unique basket weave pattern, a wide variety of colors, and easy slip-on design. A padded insole and flexible, lightweight outersole finish off this great classic style.
Trotters Josie Women's Comfort Mary Jane
Trotters Josie Women's Comfort Mary Jane. Josie is a sporty Mary Jane with dual elastic straps for fit and function. The contrasting tonal textures add a touch of fun. Trotters' proven lightweight sole provides great support. The soft lined footbed has great arch support and is removable for people who prefer to use orthotics.
Trotters Arnello Women's Loafer
Trotters Arnello. European styling meets Trotters' comfort in the Arnello slip-on. This loafer pops with contrasting toe cap and heel counter. The soft lined footbed has great arch support and is removable for people who prefer to use orthotics.
Trotters Anastasia Women's Comfort Slip-on Shoe
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Trotters Melinda Women's slip on
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Trotters Liz Women's Open Weave Casual Shoe
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The Haberdashery: Part 1
The Haberdashery, part 1 of a trilogy, extends from the early 1600s to the end of the Revolutionary War in America. The story follows Kate Smallwood Gantz, the current owner of the Haberdashery, as she reads a recently acquired family diary detailing the lives of her family's arrival in America on the Mayflower and their establishment of a tailor's shop in Plymouth, Massachusetts. Serving their customers with hand-sewn garments is only part of the service Kate Gantz and her predecessors provide. They have a secret: they serve their country covertly, receiving coded messages on the bolts of fabric they use to sew the shirts and slacks their neighbors wear. The Haberdashery is a story of faith in God, love and trust between generations, and an intelligence network that only a few know exists.


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Earlier this week, Debra Rubin, the long-time editor of The Washington Jewish Week, was let go from her position when the paper changed business hands from Florida-based HarborPoint Media to local businessmen with considerable ties to the Jewish Federation of Greater Washington. Sources suggest that she may have lost her job due to negative coverage she gave J-Fed.
As a former journalism student, this story is both fascinating and wearying to me. According to a December 2009 blog entry by eJewish Philanthropy, about half of the Jewish papers affiliated with the American Jewish Press Association are Federation-owned. This begs the question…are these newspapers doing the honest work of journalism, that is, telling stories from the outside, without one particular bias, trying to get at "the truth"? Or are they just sounding boards for the folks in charge?
Let me just cover my bases and say that I love J-Fed–I've even been a donor myself, though certainly not a macher. 😛 And this blog is certainly not a "real" journalism enterprise. I rarely say anything negative about the events I review, and this post contains the most outside research I've done in a long time. But when the new owners make a statement such as making the paper "a tool for increasing the number of people involved in the Jewish community," according to this Forward blog, which covers WJW's recent news in more detail, I have to wonder personally if that is more a job that should be filled directly by the Federation, rather than by an independent media source.
I am excited for this alleged new focus on the local community–I do love news pertaining to Jewish DC! But in the meantime, I wish Debra Rubin a fond farewell and best wishes for the future. I've always been a fan of WJW under her editorial direction.


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If your End Of Sale page is kicking back false error messages, maybe that needs to be seen to, yes?


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Lydmar Hotel- Stockholm, Sweden/
Swedish style is clean, easy-going, practical but also filled with personality at the same time. Which explains why so much great music, art and design come out of its capital Stockholm. In the Norrmalm area of Stockholm, Lydmar Hotel personifies these sensibilities and elements.
Lydmar Hotel is cool, classic and contemporary. In a very Swedish way, the hotel pulls it off looking like it's not even trying. Assorted details in the hotel combine in a cohesive and functional way. Think of the way the books on a bookshelf all come together despite the different titles, fonts, bindings, sizes, colors and stories they each have. Then it makes sense how Lydmar Hotel can fuse so many elements in such an appealing way.
On the outside across from the water the hotel's unassuming character keeps the hotel low key. It actually looks like part of the Nationalmuseum right across the garden.
The downstairs lobby has a gallery of art and photographs that changes regularly along with the hotel's events managed by its own curator and staff.
During our check-in, Norwegian photographer Margaret De Lange's Daughters were on display.
On the main floor upstairs you can find the concierge/check-in desk and also the hotel's restaurant/bar. All spaces are separated by wall-sized bookshelves. The hotel is not only a patron of the arts, it is also very well read. You will find volumes of books in the shelves and on the tables through out the hotel. But it's not all academics here because there's a fun selection of board games mixed in.
The breakfast bar moonlights as the drink bar in the evenings.
The restaurant is hard at work all day from breakfast to late in the evenings where it becomes a hip meeting place for locals and savvy visitors staying in the rooms upstairs.
Room 516 is one of the Lydmar's 46 individually designed rooms. No room is the same and each has it's own personality, art and décor making it feel more like a home than a hotel.
This room has clear views of Gamla Stan and Katarina-Sofia across the water.
The sun sets from 21:00-22:00 depending on the time of summer you visit Stockholm. Don't be surprised if you take a late siesta and wake up to bright sunlight.
It's great to go out again to explore and immerse yourself in the city's culture in the extra sunlight or chill in one of the lobbies with friends old and new.
You might even witness the hotel metamorphosing for the next event.
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Vidyasagar University Recruitment 2016 For 05 Various Posts. Vidyasagar University has issued a notification for the recruitment of Deputy Inspector of Colleges, Special Officer, Associate Professor on Zoology, Assistant Professor vacancies on contract basis. Eligible candidates can apply in the prescribed application format on or before 13-06-2016. Other details like age limit, Education Jobsal qualification, selection process, application fee & how to apply are given below
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2. Special Officer: 01 Post
3. Associate Professor on Zoology: 01 Post
4. Assistant Professor in History: 01 Post
5. Assistant Professor in Physics and Techno-Physics: 01 Post
Age Limit:
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Question 1:
Attached you will find a series of pictures taken with both my Sony NEX-5 and my Sony DSC HX7V.
The pictures are of a small flower in the yard, and when looking at them with the naked eye every detail stands out very clearly.
However the photographs of the flowers are not clear, showing little detail in the center of the flower, and even with post processing there is no change.
The series titled " NEX 1,2,3" were taken using RAW, Program Auto and with no post processing.
The series titled "DSC A,B,C were taken using jpeg , Program Auto and no post processing.
What suggestions, or settings, might you have to enable a clear focus of the entire flower, including the inner core?
Question 2:
Do you have, in your tutorials, a review of the use of the HSL feature in Lightroom 3? A description of the Hue, Saturation and Luminescent sliders for each color.
I have some understanding of each of the options and what the use is, but could use additional information.
Question 3:
In your latest response to me you made this comment:
Your report will be well received. Have you noticed under the "most read" sidebar widget.. your "Rick reviews the Sony E Mount 18-200mm" has received 968 views? I wish my work got that many..
I do not find the "most read" sidebar widget.. on my screens. Perhaps I do not have the latest Release downloaded.
You said you enjoyed questions so here are a few. LOL
Great first release of the weekly column and very enjoyable to read. Perhaps we have a budding Hemingway in our midst.
Thanks as always....
Sony NEX-5 with large APS-C sensor
Sony DSC HX7V with much smaller 1.7 sensor
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Nice to hear from you again. Would you settle for 2 out of 3 answers? The instinct to bargain is deeply embedded after a total of ten years in the Kingdom.. ;o)
Yes, I can help you with this one and have you shooting clear flowers in just a few minutes. Really. What we have in all six of your images is a shallow depth of field (DOF) which can easily be corrected by stopping down your aperture. This means you'll need to use either Manual or Aperture Priority and set your aperture to at least F11.
The theory of DOF can be found in these tutorials:
a. Aperture: One of the Basics You Need to Know
b. Depth of Field: A Useful Tool For Your Composition
c. Playing With Depth of Field
a. Aperture: One of the Basics You Need to Know
b. Depth of Field: A Useful Tool For Your Composition
c. Playing With Depth of Field
There are at least 3-4 other tutorials on depth of field. It's an important concept to master.
The DOF formula goes like this if you desire a shallow DOF:
a. Increase focal length (for example, 200mm gives you less DOF than 50mm)
b. Increase aperture (for example, F2 gives you less DOF than F8)
c. Decrease focal distance (for example, 24 inches gives you less DOF than 100 inches)
d. Increase sensor size (for example, an APS-C sensors gives you less DOF than a point and shoot 1.7 sensor)
a. Increase focal length (for example, 200mm gives you less DOF than 50mm)
b. Increase aperture (for example, F2 gives you less DOF than F8)
c. Decrease focal distance (for example, 24 inches gives you less DOF than 100 inches)
d. Increase sensor size (for example, an APS-C sensors gives you less DOF than a point and shoot 1.7 sensor)
To put it simply, your focal distance was very short, your focal length long, and your aperture relatively wide. The recipe for a shallow depth of field, in your case less than inches. You nailed the focus on the stamen of the flower. ½ inch from the stamen you lost focus. Make your settings F11-F22 to get the desired depth of field.
Here's the problem with macros. It's hard to hold the flower still, a bit of wind can move it a lot. As you stop down the lens your shutter speed greatly decreases making a tripod and shutter release mandatory, otherwise your image will be blurred. You can increase the exposure to adjust for your decreased aperture by increasing the time your shutter is open, increasing the amount of light (use a reflector and bounce it in, or use a nice ring flash for macro work), or increasing your ISO. Increasing your ISO of course will result in less detail, more noise, and loss of color depth.
The best macros are the result of much hard work and usually a tidy investment in gear. The longer focal length helps, a quality tripod with a quality articulating head, a quality light source, and all the time and patience to set things up properly. Many photographers even tie down the flower so the wind doesn't move it.
No, I haven't yet made a tutorial for HSL. The HSL feature in Lightroom is a feature best used only after mastering the more basic controls like exposure, presence, detail, and lens/camera correction. It's also best done in a workshop environment because it's highly visual. I'll remember this question when I start producing video tutorials later this year.
The Most Read Articles sidebar is on the right side of the What's New page right below the Most Recent Sidebar which is right below the weather sidebar. See the screen shot below:
If you still can't see it, it's possible you're browser hasn't refreshed it's history in ages. Try holding down your Control key and then press your F5 key. This will force the page to reload to the most recent rendition. If this is the case, you need to investigate your browser settings to refresh your pages more often. I've had the "Most Read Articles" sidebar in place for almost a year now.
You're right, I do enjoy questions and these were some really good ones. Let me know if you need more explanation on depth of field after you read a couple of the tutorials, and I'd like to see some more samples once you do.
Take care Rick
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