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Not long ago, Brazil was riding high. It was feted as one of the "BRIC" nations destined to be the next world economic powers. The commodities boom had its natural resources and agricultural sectors humming. The press – for example, Monocle magazine's swooning over Brazil's push to boost its diplomatic presence – was adoring. And Rio was awarded the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympics, two events that were intended to both serve as a catalyst for further development, and also as a coming out party of sorts for the country. read more »
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David Peebles works in a glass tower across from Houston's Galleria mall, a cathedral of consumption, but his attention is focused on the city's highly industrialized ship channel 30 miles away. "Houston is the Chicago of this era," says Peebles, who runs the Texas office of Odebrecht, a $45 billion engineering firm based in Brazil. "In the sixties you had to go to Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit. Now Houston is the place for new industry." read more »
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In 2005, in order to boost their city's economy, a small group of donors in the city Glenn Miller made famous created the Kalamazoo Promise. It offered any graduate of the city's public schools a four-year scholarship covering all tuition and mandatory fees at any of Michigan's public colleges or universities, provided those students maintained a 2.0 grade average in college and made regular progress toward a degree. read more »
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California's dream is shrinking inexorably, and only radical steps can prevent the condition from becoming permanent. Compared with previous economic expansions, fewer state residents and communities are benefiting from this recovery, which has largely been restricted to the small coastal zone surrounding the Bay Area, as well as certain parts of western Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties. read more »
What We Earn
Discussions about housing affordability focus almost exclusively on the price of the real estate, movements in which are monitored by multiple organisations on a seemingly daily basis. There is comparatively little discussion about people's incomes, which are equally as important as prices in determining what can and can't be reasonably afforded. The income profile of what most Australian's actually earn paints a sobering picture which could more often be taken into account in debates about housing and affordability. read more »
California's Green Bantustans
One of the core barriers to economic prosperity in California is the price of housing. But it doesn't have to be this way. Policies designed to stifle the ability to develop land are based on flawed premises. These policies prevail because they are backed by environmentalists, and, most importantly, because they have played into the agenda of crony capitalists, Wall Street financiers, and public sector unions. read more »
Reversing American Decline
Across broad ideological lines, Americans now foresee a dismal, downwardly mobile future for the country's middle and working classes. While previous generations generally did far better than their predecessors, those in the current one, outside the very rich, are locked in a struggle to carve out the economic opportunities and access to property that had become accepted norms here over the past century. read more »
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I recently received an email from the folks behind the Meetings of the Minds conference asking if I'd participate in a group blogging event they were doing by writing a post on the topic of "How can cities better connect all their residents to economic opportunity?" As this is a topic I personally care quite a bit about, I was happy to do so. They will be linking to responses to other people's answers should you be interested. read more »
Thinking About Housing in the Northwest
With one of the most successful economies in the nation, the real estate news in the Pacific Northwest is positive and gives hope for a housing sector recovery, albeit at different rates in different markets. CNNMoney reports that from the third quarter in 2012 to the third quarter in 2013, the median home price in the Seattle-Bellevue and Everett area increased by 13.7%. The forecast for changes from the third quarter in 2013 to the third quarter in 2014 is another 5.2%. read more »
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From the earliest settlement of the country, Americans have looked at their homes and apartments as critical elements of their own aspirations for a better life. In good times, when construction is strong, the opportunities for better, more spacious and congenial housing—whether for buyers or renters—tends to increase. But in harsher conditions, when there has been less new construction, people have been forced to accept overcrowded, overpriced and less desirable accommodations. read more »
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I have got two little tombs, facsimiles of Shah Jehans and his wifes, with all the same little patterns inlaid.
Your wifes mother ceased to be a Forrester when she married that scoundrel.
Mr. Y. set off after church to go back to Simla for his wifes accouchement.
His long experience of his wifes wisdom and her years are mentioned, III.
Marriage does not lessen mans interest in his wifes attractiveness.
He could not understand the look of anger on his wifes face.
Any word spoken disrespectfully of my wifes father, I shall consider a personal insult to myself.
Her presence helped to divert my wifes thoughts from her grief.
During his absence, his wifes maid introduces the lover into her mistress chamber while Amelia sleeps.
He had the assurance to inquire for my wifes health, and why she had not come.
Old English wif "woman," from Proto-Germanic *wiban (cf. Old Saxon, Old Frisian wif, Old Norse vif, Danish and Swedish viv, Middle Dutch, Dutch wijf, Old High German wib, German Weib), of uncertain origin. Dutch wijf now means, in slang, "girl, babe," having softened somewhat from earlier sense of "bitch."
Some proposed PIE roots include *weip- "to twist, turn, wrap," perhaps with sense of "veiled person" (see vibrate); or *ghwibh-, a proposed root meaning "shame," also "pudenda," but the only examples of it are wife and Tocharian (a lost IE language of central Asia) kwipe, kip "female pudenda."
The modern sense of "female spouse" began as a specialized sense in Old English; the general sense of "woman" is preserved in midwife, old wives' tale, etc. Middle English sense of "mistress of a household" survives in housewife; and later restricted sense of "tradeswoman of humble rank" in fishwife. Wife-swapping is attested from 1954.
The ordinance of marriage was sanctioned in Paradise (Gen. 2:24; Matt. 19:4-6). Monogamy was the original law under which man lived, but polygamy early commenced (Gen. 4:19), and continued to prevail all down through Jewish history. The law of Moses regulated but did not prohibit polygamy. A man might have a plurality of wives, but a wife could have only one husband. A wife's legal rights (Ex. 21:10) and her duties (Prov. 31:10-31; 1 Tim. 5:14) are specified. She could be divorced in special cases (Deut. 22:13-21), but could not divorce her husband. Divorce was restricted by our Lord to the single case of adultery (Matt. 19:3-9). The duties of husbands and wives in their relations to each other are distinctly set forth in the New Testament (1 Cor. 7:2-5; Eph. 5:22-33; Col. 3:18, 19; 1 Pet. 3:1-7).


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Topic: Summer of Hope
Word Count: 150-750
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Prizes: $15 for the 1st place winners in each age group (7-11 and 12-16), $10 for the 2nd place winners, and publication of the two 1st place winning entries in the FaithWriters' online magazine.
Stretch your imaginations. The theme for this contest will be a Summer of Hope. You can write about a time when you hoped for something or your dreams for the future. Show how hope or faith helped the character through a tough time. Also remember the summer part, so it could be set at a Christian Camp or on a family vacation. Think about how Jesus helps you hope or have faith. Be creative and try to think out of the box. As long as the story is about hope and summer, then we want to read it.
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I'm thinking about buying a W370 from Net10. Can anyone tell me if it has a volume control? I'm hearing impaired (half deaf in plain language) and have problems hearing on my Nokia 1100 and would also like a folder. The W370 looks like what I want if I can hear the darn thing.


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A space category is a label that you can apply to a space for the purpose of grouping your spaces in the the space directory, and in the recent activity area of the dashboard.
For example, if you have a space for each of your projects, you can add a category of 'project' to each of those spaces. It'll mean they're easy to find if your Confluence site has a lot of spaces, which are a mix of project, team, personal, and other spaces.
Add as many space categories as you think you need; it's just like adding labels to a page or blog post.
You need to be an administrator of the space to add categories to it.
Categorise a space
- Go to the space and choose Space tools > Overview from the bottom of the sidebar
- Choose Edit next to Space Categories
- Under Space Categories, enter your category name and choose Add
Alternatively, choose a category in the list of 'Suggested Space Categories - Choose Done
Categories in the space directory
Once you've categorised some spaces, you can view your categories by choosing Spaces > Space directory in the Confluence header, then choosing one of your categories from the list on the left.
You can also view spaces by category in the Space Categories tab of the recent activity section on the dashboard, or embed the Spaces List Macro on any page and allow filtering by category.
Remove a space from a category
To remove a space from a category, follow the above steps to add a space category but, instead of adding a new category, choose the x next to the space category you want to remove. If you remove all spaces from a category, the category will also be removed.
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A man searching for the truth about his wife's killer learns more than he wanted to know about her own private story in this powerful drama. Harry Cain (John Turturro) works as a security guard at a large shopping mall in Wisconsin. Harry's life takes a sudden and disturbing left turn when his wife, Kate (Deborah Kara Unger), is shot to death in the mall's parking facility...more
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12 May 2011 Humanity's current voracious consumption of resources cannot be sustained, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) cautioned in a new report today, warning that the world was already running out of cheap and sources of some essential materials such as oil, copper and gold.
According to the report by UNEP's International Resource Panel, by 2050, human beings could devour an estimated 140 billion tons of minerals, ores, fossil fuels and biomass per year – three times the current consumption rate, unless economic growth is "decoupled" from natural resource use.
Currently developed countries citizens consume an average of 16 tons of those four key resources per capita ¬¬¬– ranging up to 40 or more tons per person in some countries. By comparison, the average person in India today consumes four tons per year.
With the growth of both population and prosperity, especially in developing countries, the prospect of much higher resource consumption levels is "far beyond what is likely sustainable" if realized at all given finite world resources, the report warns.
The report calls for improving the rate of resource productivity or "doing more with less."
That goal, however, demands an urgent rethink of the links between resource use and economic prosperity, buttressed by a massive investment in technological, financial and social innovation, to at least freeze per capita consumption in wealthy countries and help developing nations follow a more sustainable path, the report recommends.
The trend towards urbanization may help as well, experts note, since cities allow economies of scale and more efficient service provision. Densely populated places consume fewer resources per capita than sparsely populated ones thanks to more efficient services such as water delivery, housing, waste management and recycling, energy use and transportation, according to the authors of the report.
"Decoupling makes sense on all the economic, social and environmental dials," said Achim Steiner, the UNEP Executive Director. "People believe environmental 'bads' are the price we must pay for economic 'goods.'
"However, we cannot, and need not, continue to act as if this trade-off is inevitable. Decoupling is part of a transition to a low-carbon, resource-efficient green economy needed in order to stimulate growth, generate decent kinds of employment and eradicate poverty in a way that keeps humanity's footprint within planetary boundaries," added Mr. Steiner.
The report is the fourth one in a series and was launched earlier this month in New York at the annual meeting of the UN Commission on Sustainable Development, where sustainable consumption and production are key issues.
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FP - The Tadpole Socks
The tadpole socks are done...YAY!
In fact, they have been almost worn to bits by now as they were finished Mid-July already, I just didn't get a chance to upload the pictures earlier.
There is something about red socks that I love...
It's a good thing that I still have a lot of red and orange yarn left - I see many more bright socks in my future :)
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Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) September 09, 2013
John Demas, a Sacramento personal injury attorney, implemented the "Green Apple Award Program" last year as a way of giving back to the community. Mr. Demas and the attorneys at Demas Law Group are continuing this program to assist teachers in purchasing supplies for their classrooms. Every week, a drawing will be held to choose a teacher from Sacramento, Yolo, Placer or El Dorado public schools who has been nominated to win a $250 OfficeMax gift card.
According to recent statistics, teachers are spending their own earnings to supplement lean classroom budgets. Surveys show that 91 percent of teachers spend their own money on classroom supplies and necessities. In 2009 to 2011, teachers spent more than $1.33 billion in out-of-pocket expenses for supplies and instructional materials.
In order to qualify for the Green Apple Award, nominators and teachers must adhere to the guidelines below:
John Demas and the attorneys at Demas Law Group hope that the Green Apple Award Program helps hardworking teachers supply their classrooms with the necessary items they need to enhance the their students' education.
About John Demas:
John Demas has been a Sacramento personal injury lawyer for over 20 years. Mr. Demas has earned the respect of the legal community for his zealous representation of his clients. As a result, he has been selected by his peers as a Northern California Super Lawyer every year since 2009. In 2013, he was also named a Top 100 Attorney for Northern California.
Mr. Demas has been granted membership to The American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and is a member of The Million Dollar Advocates Forum, an organization consisting of the nation's top personal injury attorneys. He also has an "AV" rating, the highest possible national rating from Martindale-Hubbell and the highest possible rating with the prominent attorney ranking web site, Avvo.com.
John Demas was recently recognized as the Trial Lawyer/Advocate of the Year by the Capitol City Trial Lawyers Association in recognition of his extraordinary trial results and intrepid work in advocating for the rights of consumers.
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...I'm sharing an amazing recipe with you!
My friend Susan brought this dessert to the Court of Honor last week, and it was a HUMONGOUS hit. Honestly, it's so simple but it's goooooood. It is NOT gluten-free, low-carb, low-fat, low-sugar, or anything people should eat everyday, but if you want a decadent and delicious dessert, look no further!
Susan's Sopapilla Cheesecake!
Oh yeah, and the boys earned several merit badges & Nathan earned his Tenderfoot rank. Very proud. :)
And if you're wondering about that crazy look on Nathan's face, let's just say he was a bit sugared-up...
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wow thats nice, and the pics are great too!
hehe, yes, SINGLET! I was wearing a jumper that night too I think. lol.
oh well, the old crew were cool. Everyone was so friendly.
Thanks dude
For sure man. I'm just trying to find a set that have the fitment I want 2nd hand. I might cave and order new. But that leaves very little money for making them fit!
I was looking for some equips before, but recently have been looking at something without dish, and nicely concave.
wow thats nice, and the pics are great too!
Love the 2nd and 3rd photos... it's like a beast lurking in it's natural habitat! Very admirable that you've kept the car through all those years.
Remember that photo Will?
Thanks guys
That's the feel I was going for with those photos. I was hoping that they would help tell the story.
Yes, yes I do. I think I have a shot of the car from the rear in that same position.
And check out the Buffy sticker on the windscreen! I copped so much flack for that everywhere.
Now that was either the cruise I didn't end up going on, but showed up to take photos, or it was the start of the big cruise where we ended up at a beach somewhere after meeting up at Thornleigh. I can't remember.
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YES (Youth Entertainment Stage) Company will stage its first-ever production of "Autumn Broadway Blast," a Broadway music review in a coffeehouse type setting with desserts and warm drinks served. A special project of the Stanislaus County Office of Education and the Education Foundation of Stanislaus County, a limited number of tickets ($7-$10) are available at www.showtix4u.com. The event is scheduled for this Sunday, Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. at Mildred Perkins Multipurpose Room, 3920 Bluebird Drive, Modesto.
Local service organization Soroptimist International of Oakdale is accepting applications for its annual Scholarship Award and Live Your Dream Award.
Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Chairman Jeff Denham (R-Turlock) voted for passage of a six-year highway bill to reauthorize the nation's crucial infrastructure and surface transportation programs.
On Tuesday, Nov. 3, the Oakdale Children's Play Park re-opened with a ribbon cutting and new name: The Alex and Emma Play Park.
Now that it's November, the view from the Knights Ferry Bridge is sure to include Chinook salmon during the peak of their migration. To celebrate the salmon, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, East Stanislaus Resource Conservation District, FISHBIO, and other local partners come together to put on the annual Stanislaus River Salmon Festival. The sixth annual event will be held in Knights Ferry at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Stanislaus River Park on Saturday, Nov. 14 from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m.
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Environmental concerns by a state agency over the safety of a former dump site has caused the City of Oakdale to spend an unexpected $80,000 from its General Fund for environmental cleanup efforts before it can proceed with a grant-financed river trail.
The first Saturday of November heralded the arrival of the holiday shopping season with a couple of festive boutiques. The annual St. Mary' Catholic Church Craft Fair drew plenty of shoppers and diners both Saturday and Sunday, with breakfast and lunch available. Not far away, the Oakdale Family Church of the Nazarene played host to another craft fair, with tables set up outside and indoors. Food was also available for purchase there.
With each taking 60 percent of the votes cast, the challengers to the Oakdale Irrigation District Board positions for Divisions 1 and 4 have defeated two longtime incumbents.
The City of Tracy has named Stanislaus Consolidated Fire Protection District Chief Randall Bradley as its new fire chief to head its 65-staff, seven station department effective Dec. 1.
With all Stanislaus County precincts reporting, the challengers to the Oakdale Irrigation District Board positions for Divisions 1 and 4 have defeated the longtime incumbents.
As part of their 75th Anniversary Celebration, the Gospel Center Rescue Mission is hosting its inaugural "Spinning With A Mission" bicycling fundraiser on Saturday, Nov. 7 at Oak Park in Stockton. All proceeds raised for the event will benefit the mission and the programs they offer to aid the homeless and addicted in the community. The Gospel Center Rescue Mission is the only agency in San Joaquin County that meets the long-term needs of the homeless and has the highest success in their recovery.
The Oakdale Shelter Pet Alliance, OSPA, will be hosting a pet adoption event at PetCo in the Crossroads Shopping Center in Riverbank on Saturday, Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. with hope to find forever homes for some furry little friends.
The ASTRO (Animal Shelter To Riverbank and Oakdale) Foundation has the perfect gift item for the hard to please. As tribute to its rescued pets and the rescuers who put their lives on the line daily, the 501(C)3 non-profit has produced "Rescuers and the Rescued" wall calendars for the 2016 year.
The public is invited to examine the topic, "Ending the Culture of Violence - Hearing the Youth Perspective." Those concerned about recent current events, and who desire to learn about what our local youth are doing can attend a meeting Thursday, Nov. 12 at 7 p.m., in the Royal Oaks Room of the Medical Arts Building at the corner of H and Ash in Oakdale. This event is the second in a series of four meetings planned and sponsored by the local American Association of University Women, Oakdale Riverbank and Escalon Branch (AAUW ORE), as a follow-up to their successful ...
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The Modesto Junior College Civic Engagement Project (CEP) invites the community to a screening of the documentary 'Beginning Again: Syrian Refugees Settle in Modesto' on ...
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A Friday night accident along River Road claimed the life of an Oakdale man, as his vehicle hit a tree west of Cleveland Avenue.
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For over 35 years, Orkney has been welcoming Cruise Ships to its shores. Such has been the growing popularity of Orkney as a Cruise Ship destination that it has become Scotland's favourite Cruise destination and the most popular cruise ship destination in the United Kingdom with an average of 140 ships calling annually carrying over 100,000 passengers and 30,000 crew. Growth in Orkney's cruise industry has been exponential in the last five years with passenger numbers increasing by almost 300% and gross tonnage by the same percentage. It is Orkney's unique location for itineraries in Northern Europe, Scandinavia, the Round Britain Cruises and to Greenland and Iceland, that has encouraged this growth, plus the fact that Kirkwall has Scotland's longest deep-water , commercial berth at Hatston measuring 385 metres with a 10.5 metre draft.
The three main berths are located at Kirkwall, within walking distance to the town centre, Hatston just outside Kirkwall where a complimentary shuttle bus is provide into town, and Stromness, Orkney's second town all offer excellent berthing facilities for cruise ships with anchorage also popular in Kirkwall Bay.
Variety is certainly key when it comes to shore excursion itineraries with a World Heritage site dating back to 3100BC which includes Skara Brae, a Stone Age Village (circa 3100BC), Maeshowe Chambered Cairn, The Ring of Brodgar (Orkneys own Stonehenge, circa 2000BC) and the Standing Stones of Stenness.
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A Canadian smelter released pollutants that were carried by the Columbia River into the U.S., past the Colville reservation. In 2004 tribal leaders sued the company for its failure to help pay for clean-up. The latest is that the Supreme Court had denied cert. (06-1188, Teck Cominco Metals, Ltd. v. Pakootas). U.S. high court declines to review Can. company pollution ruling, Seattle P-I, Jan. 7, 2008. Colville tribes can sue Canadian mining firm: Court upholds pollution ruling, Seattle P-I, Jan. 7, 2008.
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Eustace mayor indicted Charge stems from Sept. 23, 2007, brawl outside Gaters Bar Monitor Staff Reports ATHENS–The Henderson County Grand Jury brought down an indictment against Eustace mayor Laura Ward for aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury Tuesday. The offense occurred Sept. 23, 2007, outside Gaters Bar and Grill in Gun Barrel City. The young woman on the receiving end was airlifted to East Texas Medical Center in Tyler in critical condition and later transferred to Presbyterian Hospital of Kaufman. The incident was the second time Ward was charged with aggravated assault. The first time was in April, 2005, when she allegedly struck her friend Twanna Brewer, who fell sustaining a fractured pelvis. Alcohol consumption were factors in both instances. Eustace citizens were split over the incident, some calling for Ward's immediate resignation from the council, while others defended her citing her six years of public service to the city. The incident played a role in the recent election. Newly seated councilman Mark Sanders said he ran for the seat expressly to see Ward taken out of office. "This has been a black eye on the city," Sanders said. "I'll repeat what I said before, she needs to immediately step down because what hangs over the mayor hangs over the community." Members of the council disagreed and had not asked for the mayor's resignation. The only comment Ward made in regard to her arrest at any public meeting was that she's leaving it up to the judicial system to establish her guilt or innocence, and will not pander to the court of public opinion. File photo Laura Ward
Mabank High School gets new leadership By Barbara Gartman Monitor Staff Writer MABANK–A new principal and assistant principal will step up to the helm of Mabank High School beginning Tuesday, July 1. The appointments were announced Monday at the Mabank Independent School District board meeting. Brad Koskelin has been named high school principal and Jess Satterwhite has been named assistant principal. Koskelin has served as one of the assistant principals for the past four years. He has 15 years experience in education, 12 of those with Mabank ISD, superintendent Dr. Russell Marshall said. Koskelin could not be reached for comment. He was at the Grand Canyon vacationing with his family. His wife, Shela, is also employed with the district as the director of Career and Technology. Satterwhite also comes up through the ranks from being a coach and teacher. He's been in education six years – all of them with Mabank ISD. His wife Cindy chairs the History and Social Studies department. "We're very pleased to be able to fill these positions from the talented and experienced staff here in the district," Marshall said. Monitor file photo Brad Koskelin
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Rason, North Korea
News of an "event [that] is apparently intended to encourage foreign investment" — North Korean city to host 1st int`l product exhibition — brings to mind one of the saddest and at the same time most inspiring things that I have read about the long-suffering country, about some American "investors" encountered there — Christian Missionary "Investors" in North Korea:
- They actually were missionaries, based just across the border in China. They can't preach in North Korea, of course, but they've come as "investors" to build and run an orphanage, a bread factory, and a soy-milk factory. These "businesses" don't make money; they're just there to help people. To this day, one of most popular themes in North Korean propaganda involves evil Christian missionaries who inject Korean children with deadly germs, before the revolution. They even put the story in comic books for kids. Officially, they're inhuman monsters. Unofficially, the government invites them in because they're the only people willing to extend a lifeline.
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Sign up now for the upcoming Back to Basics: Northern Legends competition! The registration process will run from now until September 30th, 2012. The building phase will be approx. 4 months until Jan/Feb 2013. That depends on the amount of people signing up for this and how things are going during the building phase. Read more about the theme here. Here's the official Registration thread @ trle.net community forums For those of you who are new to Back to Basics: The "Back to Basics" challenge is to build a single level of about one hour net gameplay with every builder using only the supplied wad and texture set for BtB Northern Legends. The levels will be released by the author "BtB 2012". This way reviewers can send in their reviews without favouring any levelbuilder. The builders will be revealed about 2 months after the levels have been released. Until that time, no builders is allowed to give away any information about who built which level. The builders with the highest ratings win the competition. The players can submit guesses about who built which level and the players who have guessed most levels and builders correctly will win the player's competition. Back to Basics is targeted at both experienced and unexperienced/new builders. In BtB we will be using an old version of the NGLE (which is much more stable than the original winroomedit but it does not support any of the new TRNG features) in combination with an exe that is slightly patched with TREP so that the exe can handle large levels and detailed objects. Audio tracks, objects, textures and so on will be part of the BtB package that the builders download. The only tools you may use in this competition to build your level is the supplied version of the NGLE, the converter and tomb4. I'm looking forward to your applications! ...and of course the wonderful levels you all are going to build! For the past few months a group of very talented people have been working hard to compile the package for this Back to Basics challenge and now the package is very close to completion Nadine.
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I have been sitting here the past few minutes thinking "my life has no purpose right now" and then I see the beginnings of this threead title! D: SO EXC ITED! EK. edit: BTW The registration link goes to the voting thread.
the next tomb raider game is going back to it's roots! Last edited by larafan25; 05-09-12 at 20:31. |
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twas a pleasure to participate in BtB2010 (though I never finished it and it eventually became its own levelset that im still working on) and it was an even bigger pleasure to participate in BtB2011 (and I actually finished it by the deadline and am also expabding it into its own levelset), so I defintely cant wait to sign up for it this year! such a great experience to be apart of.
signing up when i get home. edit: i notice that all my current prpjects are inspired or expanded versions of my entries to BTB
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Beautiful photo shoots of wild animals by Nick Brandt. He has had numerous one-man exhibitions between 2004 and 2006, including London, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Hamburg, Santa Fe, Sydney, Melbourne and San Francisco.
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Yasser is a young man who along with his family deals with the social changes implemented by Abdul Nasser. When he believes his family may be out of money, he vows to become like Robin Hood and steal from the rich. Leil is a peasant boy he recruits to help in his mischievous adventures. His Aunt Mona is courted by a Nasser aid, and his cousin Dahlia's romance with a soldier ends because he is lower class. The feature serves up an excellent slice of life representative of 1961 Egypt. ~ Dan Pavlides, Rovi
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O-M-G... This is just soo awesome! Amazing! Perfect! I really love it! Keep it up!
how are you so great at this? wow. It reminds me on how.......... terrible I am on here. lol


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My Garlic Herb Chickpea Sandwich will knock your socks off with layers of flavors. Cream cheese, avocado, the most delicious garlic herb chickpeas, an egg and a drizzle of Sabra hummus spreads are loaded up on gluten free bread for a perfect brunch or lunch meal. A side of herby baked sweet potato fries, also drizzled in hummus, are a filling but wholesome side to cap it off.
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I'll be the first to confess, I'm not a big sandwich person.
I don't eat "bread" because I'm gluten free, and usually substitutes just don't appeal to me. Truth.
But, I did find this random loaf at my grocery store that seems to taste like real bread, so it just keeps sneaking its way into my cart. I keep it in the freezer and whenever the hankering calls, I pull out a piece or two and go topping-crazy.
So here's how this sandwich began: first, it was avocado toast. Then, it became avocado cream cheese toast. Then I made my first batch of herby garlicy chickpeas…and those hit the bread…then I suddenly started adding an egg on top…THEN I blew it over the top with a drizzle of hummus.
Um, yes.
So, as you can tell, I'm in a bit of a "hit repeat" mode with this one because I think I've landed perfection.
The chickpeas have such few ingredients and they come together in minutes in a pan. I make a big batch and keep them in the fridge, because hot or cold they're wonderful on sandwiches and salads. Do it.
I cook my egg in olive oil, making the bottom crispy, the yolk runny, and a hint of fruity olive oil flavor throughout. You'll never make them with just cooking spray again after you try them with olive oil.
And then that drizzle of hummus. *muah finger kisses* Normally hummus doesn't drizzle, right? But Sabra has these squeezable hummus flavors now (garlic herb, cracked pepper and sea salt, honey mustard) so you can squeeze hummus on anything, no mess. I LOVE it! I seriously, just squeeze hummus directly onto veggies during road trips, I drizzle it on salads, spread it on sammies for the hubby…everything. So good, so portable, so much better than some rando fatty spread. They're refrigerated, so you might have overlooked them at the store (because they're not with the mayo in the aisle), but once you find them, GRAB them and run. Your sandwich will seriously never be the same (flavorful, healthy, done).
Anyhoo. I drizzle the hummus on top! AND I made a huge batch of sweet potato fries too, because we are keeping things healthy here. I baked up the sweet potatoes, dropped some fresh herbs on top and then MORE HUMMUS! Who needs ketchup?
Catsup? Ketchup? HELP!
Let's be honest though, I made these sandwiches open-faced. So I can eat them both. Annnnndddd I probably ate the whole batch of sweet potato fries too. Granted, I ate them for lunch and dinner. With more hummus. Because, well, hashtag mamashungry.
Ok! Now recipes! You're going to LOVE your sandwich, promise. And don't get intimidated by my long-winded sandwich directions. It's a sandwich, it actually comes together quickly. Ditto the baked fries. Enjoy!
- 15oz can of garbanzo beans/chickpeas, drained, dried
- 2 Tbs. olive oil
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- ½ cup chopped parsley (flat leaf)
- ½ cup chopped cilantro
- salt, pepper
- 2-4 slices of gluten free bread (depending on if you like "open faced" sandwiches)
- avocado
- 2 farm fresh eggs (1 per sandwich)
- 2 Tbs. cream cheese
- extra chopped herbs
- Sabra Spreads: garlic herb flavor
- For the Potatoes
- 2 large sweet potatoes
- 3 Tbs. olive oil
- salt, pepper
- chopped parsley and cilantro
- Sabra Spreads: garlic herb flavor
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Line two baking sheets with parchment.
- Scrub your sweet potatoes well. Then, chop them into the size "fries" you like (I like around 1 cm in diameter). Place them in a bowl with the olive oil and a generous pinch of salt (Kosher or sea salt) and pepper. Toss to coat, then spread the potatoes in an even layer on the baking sheets.
- Bake for 40 minutes, turning them once or twice with a spatula in the middle. Then, turn up the baking temperature to 400 degrees F. Bake for 10 minutes, or until the reach a more deeply golden color on the outside. If you want them even darker, watch them carefully and let them bake for 5-10 minutes more, flipping them every 5 minutes.
- {WHILE these are baking, prepare your chickpeas! See below!}
- Spread the finished fries on a piece of parchment (you can just dump them all onto one of the baking sheets if you prefer) and sprinkle on a few Tbs of freshly chopped parstly and cilantro. Then, drizzle the whole lot with Sabra garlic herb hummus spread!
- In a pan over medium low heat, combine the olive oil, minced garlic and chickpeas. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the chickpeas obtain a golden, crispy layer on the outside (10-15 minutes). Then, sprinkle the finished, warm chickpeas with the parsley and cilantro and a pinch of salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Toast your bread. Spread 1 Tbs. of cream cheese on the bottom piece of bread. Then, add ¼ an avocado to each bottom piece (I like to slice and fan mine, but you can just smash it on if you prefer!). Next, add a few Tbs of the chickpeas, pressing them into the avocado. Finally, quickly soft fry an egg (over medium heat with 1 Tbs of olive oil in the pan, add your eggs, let them cook until they become golden on the bottom, then flip them and let them cook for just a minute more, ensuring the middle is still runny) and add the egg to the top of each sandwich. Drizzle the whole sandwich with Sabra spreadable hummus in the garlic herb flavor and then add more chopped herbs (parsley and cilantro).
- Add a top piece of toasted gluten free bread if you desire. Eat up!
- You can keep extra chickpeas in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days. Make lots of yummy sandwiches with them!
Additional hummus info from Sabra: The spreads come in 3 flavors (Garlic Herb, Sea Salt & Cracked Pepper, Honey Mustard). They are refrigerated, and they are legit hummus, not fatty, sugary spreads. They are vegan, kosher, gluten free, non-dairy, 0g trans fats, 0 cholesterol. You can find more info at http://sabra.com/hummus.html .
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