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Some have called nostalgia a sickness, but I think of nostalgia as if it were a tub of icing — benign and enjoyable when smeared lightly on the top of things, but if you slam your fist inside your mouth and lick it clean, you'll throw up for hours and hours.
The point is, nostalgia is good in small doses. It allows us to not just take solace in the warm memories of the past, but it also lets us accurately assess and feel the loss of things once familiar as they are crushed under the road roller of progress. That's vital for some of us who were raised in a different world than the one we presently inhabit.
Think about it: if you were born between 1973 and 1988, either your prime or the more sentient portion of your adolescence (leading into your prime years) has been spent within the digital revolution that has been raging for the last 15 years or so. You likely remember what the word convenience used to mean, and you can vaguely recall introspection, nature, and the torture of having to buy an entire album. When people joke about corded phones and the old days, you slump in your chair and hope that nobody realizes that you can — even now — use a rotary phone.
We are children from another realm, and yet, we have mostly assimilated, and unlike some of our elders, we really like it.
We like our convenient smart phones with their time-saving apps. We like TV when we want it, how we want it. We love the internet, where there's always a mindless game to play or a worthless thought to share, and where we never have a question that can't be answered by Google; a porn filled giver of knowledge and .gifs.
As the saying goes, "technology has given us time and limitless ways to waste it", but it has also slaughtered many of our sacred cows, leaving us with a palpable guilt that, nonetheless, does not restrict our actions.
Mourn with me now over the death of bookstores and record shops while thumbing an E-reader as Spotify plays in the background. The younglings never had a chance to develop an appreciation for these things that we purportedly love because they saw us fleeing from these institutions like rats from a urine flood. More than anything other than the natural evolution of things and technology, we killed paper and we killed wax, and now there is tape in our teeth.
Blockbuster is dead, and with it, the notion of the "video store" and our ability to go to these metaphorical orchards that were filled with strange and miraculous films that were ripe for the plucking. Can't you remember a time when you were hypnotized by a box cover and seduced by the alluring description of the adventure therein, walking up to the counter with an arm-full of tapes for a personal film festival, the theme of which only you could understand?
Back then, we could explore and be adventurous as we were guided by all-knowing rock stars who did nothing but ring up customers and watch movies all day. Now, we are on our own in the antiseptic wasteland of vending machines and VOD, our exploration limited to the top 20 releases of the moment and stymied by flawed algorithms that constantly suggest things that are like the other things that we have seen before.
Sure, it's more convenient and some of us can navigate the digital realm with great skill, but there are a lot of people who take the convenience of digital as an invitation to lazily take in only that which is put in front of them, and that leaves a lot of good films in the dark cold emptiness and a lot of minds un-stretched.
So, feel nostalgic and cry tears of yellow and blue (even though Blockbuster's existence sucked the blood out of the neck of the Mom and Pop video stores where most of our memories were forged), and then embrace the spirit of your inner $1 rack warrior and try to find some weird shit on Netflix before happily settling in for your third viewing of Olympus Has Fallen or the miracle that is an uninterrupted season of Breaking Bad.
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A friend and I wanted a nice get away from the business of being soccer moms and this was great! One more day at Castaway Cay would have made it perfect:) The food was good and the entertainment was great! I would recommend a chocolate buffet to make this cruise an even bigger hit for us ladies:)
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The headquarters of Equities First Holdings is in Indianapolis. Because the company wants to cover all continents of the world and the United States, it opened offices in New York, London, Bangkok, Sydney, Perth, and Singapore. The company has specialized in the issuance of fast working capital using stocks as the collateral. Equities First Holdings has also specialized in other services including the allocation of capital, alternative financial solutions, financial services provision.
Since the company was intercepted in the United States in 2002, it has completed more than 2000 transactions. For this reason, they have also worked to issue more than $2 billion to their clients and business corporations in search of fast working capital. However, the company does not view these transactions as a major issue. It sees them as its daily business. The President and Founder of Equities First Holdings, Al Christy, is in charge of more than 50 employees.
Equities First Holdings is now a major issuer of fats working capital. for the borrowers seeking urgent capital to continue in business, they need to consider a new business that has gained priority among many people. During this era of harsh economic crisis where banking institutions have tightened their lending capabilities.
The stock-based loans are the next best options for companies to work. For borrowers, the minimized lending criteria and borrowing options have increased traction on Equities First Holdings. There are marked differences between the margin and stock-based loans. For this reason, stock-based loans are considered better than the margin loans.


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Because of my rare and somewhat overpowering musk issue (brought on by an allergy/fungus situation which I won't go into at this time), it has been deemed necessary by "Management" that I bathe twice a week with a "special" shampoo. The Family Bed is required to be washed once a week, as well, so as to completely eradicate any lingering opportunity for me to 're-musk-u-late', which I find terribly rude. I find my aroma unique and pleasing … but they tell me I actually smell like feet. Whatever.
As an unexpected stroke of good fortune, the water was off at our house on both of my weekly bath days this past week. It makes Mama Dog really angry and she makes Daddy Dog call Water Guy to find out what's going on. She really gets worked up about it … apparently, she enjoys flushing the toilet, washing her hands and bathing.
Now, what they don't know is that I've secretly sent Bachmann out into the water district's pipeline system to see just what kind of mischief a beaver of his ilk can get into. A broken valve here, a 'mysterious' leak in the line there … Bachmann has really been living up to his position as Right Paw Beaver. No one seems the wiser and I've avoided a bath for 6 full days. Day 6: Musky Mix!
Today, the water seems to be flowing really well. I guess it's time to send Bachmann on another aquatic adventure. Or perhaps I should send my new Companion, Platopus, into the watery breach … he's a platypus and should be especially suited to such a task. Either way, my finely-tuned dachshund instincts tell me a water shortage will be forthcoming.
"It's your bath day, Georgie!" they'll say. Indeed. We shall see. Thank you for your support.


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Mr. Sanjay Bahadur, B.E. (Civil), serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Global Constructions & Chemicals/Paints Division at Pidilite Industries Ltd. Mr. Bahadur serves as Group CEO – CC at Pidilite Industries Limited. Mr. Bahadur served as a Managing Director of Unitech Prefab Ltd., heading the Ready Mix-Concrete (RMC) Concrete Blocks & Pavers Operations in India.
Mr. Bahadur has rich experience of 27 years in Construction Industry. He served as the Managing Director of ACC Concrete Limited at ACC Limited from April 16, 2007 to June 30, 2008. He served as the Head of RMX of ACC Limited. He served at Larsen & Toubro Limited- ECC Construction Group, India; Aeons Construction Products Limited; and Iraq for about six years. He associated with Unitech Group since 1993.
Mr. Bahadur has been an Independent Non-Executive Director at Just Dial Limited since August 2, 2011. He serves as a Director of A. B. Hotels Limited; Bamco Supply and Services Limited, Thailand; Pidilite Industries Limited; and Pidilite Bamco Limited, Thailand. He served as an Independent Non-Executive Director at Unitech Ltd. until February 23, 2016.
Mr. Bahadur holds a B.E in Civil Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering in 1984.


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Defying the regular cakes, this one was super moist, yummy and extremely filling and satisfying with coffee. Try this for your next fast!
1 cup Buckwheat flour / kuttu atta
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Mix all the ingredients well. Adjust sweetness and consistency.
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Former Maryland Governor Martin J. O' Malley will serve as a shared visiting fellow for multiple Kennedy School centers beginning this April, with a focus on local politics and student engagement.
O'Malley, who served as governor of the state for eight years and mayor of Baltimore, Md., will split his time between three centers: the Kennedy School Ash Center for Democratic Governance and Innovation, the Bloomberg Harvard City Initiative, and the Taubman Center for State and Local Government.
O'Malley entered into the national spotlight during the 2016 presidential election when he ran for the Democratic nomination against Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.
The purpose for the shared fellowship comes from a desire from many students at the Kennedy School to pursue jobs in local and state government, according to Rafael M. Carbonell, executive director of the Taubman Center.
"We've been hearing a lot of interest in how we can collaborate more along our different centers and our different programs and initiatives to really better connect our students to those opportunities as they are looking at those careers in state and local government," Carbonell said.
"[O'Malley's] very much aligned with that vision to say who are the folks who have been there and done that in a meaningful, effective way at a state and local level," Carbonell added.
O'Malley said he first started visiting the Kennedy School to discuss the modernization of city government and encourage students to pursue a job in local politics when he was the mayor of Baltimore.
"I enjoy working with mayors and universities across the country because that's where the most exciting innovations in governing are actually happening: delivering results, setting goals with deadlines, being open and transparent, doing what works and tackling big challenges," O'Malley said. "That's why you see cities growing across the country."
Stephen Goldsmith, faculty director of the Ash Center Government Innovation Program, said O'Malley will be a vital part of various initiatives focusing on state and local governance.
"At the the time that cities are more and more in the forefront of our country and the place where more and more people live, the reach of the Ash Center is considerable and the Kennedy School as well," Goldsmith said. "Governor O'Malley will help us extend that reach and the value of that reach."
In a Kennedy School press release, O'Malley was recognized for his use of data to increase accountability in policy decisions as a mayor and governor.
"We started pioneering a new way of governing when I was the mayor of Baltimore. Unlike the old way of governing in cities—it was often driven by patronage politics or constituent politics—this was a new way of governing for the Information Age," O'Malley said.
"We didn't do it to win any awards. We did it to survive. We did it to make our city a lot safer, cleaner, healthier, and a better place as quickly as we could because we were facing some huge challenges," O'Malley added.
O'Malley said he believes future urban sustainability is an important discussion for students at the Kennedy School to have.
"The drive for a more sustainable future for humankind on this planet and urbanization that is the migration of people to cities are now joined in one urgent movement of human development," O'Malley said. "The only way to create a more sustainable future on this planet is to create more livable cities."—Staff writer Alexandra A. Chaidez can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter at @a_achaidez.
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One of the relatively recent augmentations to the NCAA Tournament is the addition of four teams that have the opportunity to play their way into the regular 64-team field. This is known as the "First Four" and one of the games that is going to be played on Tuesday night pits Mount St. Mary's against Albany. But it doesn't always involve the "little guys."
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Have the Phoenix Suns gotten themselves moving in the right direction again? That is a question the experts at Final Score Network have been pondering as they consider the Suns' date against the Brooklyn Nets, which will take place on Monday night at the Barclays Center, beginning at 7:35 PM ET.
In this game, Brooklyn is listed as a 3.5-point home favorite in the basketball betting odds, but the line has dropped. Phoenix has won its last two games, after going through a stretch where it lost seven out of ten, and they are chasing two teams in particular for a playoff spot in the West, as they are a game behind the Memphis Grizzlies and a game and a half in back of the Dallas Mavericks.
A lot of interest on the part of basketball bettors in the Suns of late has centered around Eric Bledsoe, the point guard who teamed so successfully with Goran Dragic earlier in the season and who has recently come back from an injury. In three games back, he has averaged just over 15 points on 39% shooting, but while it looked as if his teammates were uneasy adjusting to his return in his re-entry against Cleveland, they have seemingly settled down in the two game since. We say "seemingly," because having a minus-12 turnover ratio in those games is nothing to hang your hat on.
Brooklyn is 33-31 on the season, which is something they could only have dreamed of after getting off to a 10-21 start, and they are going to be in the playoffs. Who they face in the opening round is another question entirely; they are in sixth position in the East and would like to avoid dropping so as to face someone other than Indiana or Miami; they are a game and a half ahead of Charlotte, and three games in back of fourth-place Chicago.
The Nets won the previous meeting in Phoenix 100-98, as a one-point underdog in the basketball betting lines, in a game that took place on November 15.
The people at Final Score Network have some pertinent information on this game that will make you a winner in tonight's NBA action - contact them and you'll see what we mean!
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After the Fall, Before the Fall, During the FallBook - 2012
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A lousy title for a good book. I like stories that play with the paradox of time travel, and this one is entertaining without taxing your mind too much. I read it in one go, staying up until 3 am to finish it. The end has a twist that brings the timelines together in a satisfying climax. Not a classic, or a life-changer, but a very good book nonetheless. The language is a bit salty, though realistically so, which is why I would recommend this book for 15 and up. The main character is 15.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. The story moves between three timelines of an apocalypse. Twenty six survivors. How will mankind survive? Will it?
This was a seamless (in a sci-fi way) story that in its possible reality can be quite sobering in idea. A fun read.
the central mystery is never solved. what are the tesslies?
Transcendent. I loved this slim book. The way the three viewpoints kept quietly marching towards their meeting point, the way the humans in both stories found what was happening around them mysterious, the mistakes everyone made: it was so true to form. How many of us would know what was happening if we were there? Without experience or language, how could we describe something we had never seen? Would we -- like the inhabitants of the Shell, like Gordon with the disappearances, like everyone "during the fall" -- know what was happening? I was hooked by these themes.
Quick and entertaining scifi that switches between three perspectives (before, during and after the fall). Dark, but ultimately hopeful!
A thought-provoking (and somewhat disturbing) take on what might be the logical apocalyptic end to the human race--or our predominance, at least.
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So the story has been passed down for years that my husband's Rickards's line is related to Pocahontas's line. I have been attempting to research this claim. My husband's 2x great aunt Mary Amelia Louis (nee Rickards) spent time researching the family. She wrote a letter to her nephew, Norman Rickards, explaining the timeline of the family back to Pocahontas. The image below is one of the pages from this letter.
So in conclusion, at this point in time, I say we are NOT connected to Pocahontas. Please feel free to share any information you have contrary to this point. I will be happy to be proved wrong!


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Joseph C. Grossi, DVM
Dr. Joe Grossi has been a veterinarian in the greater Cincinnati area since 1967. He grew up in Steubenville, an industrial town in eastern Ohio. After graduating from the Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine, he was offered a position as an associate veterinarian at Montgomery Animal Hospital (MAH) located in Kenwood, a Cincinnati suburb. In 1970, he entered into a partnership opening Wyoming Veterinary Clinic on Springfield Pike as a satellite clinic of MAH. Dr. Grossi served as a primary surgeon at MAH during morning hours, and then he traveled to Wyoming for office calls in the afternoon. In 1998, he decided to build his own full service veterinary hospital for his wonderful clients and patients, offering comprehensive health care, grooming, and boarding. Broadening these services in 2012, Dr. Grossi developed an association with Dr. William Rogers who specializes in Veterinary Internal Medicine. Dr. Rogers sees patients on Thursdays at Wyoming Veterinary Clinic, offering specialized services such as ultrasound and endoscopic procedures.
Dr. Grossi has devoted his life to his profession and stays current on new veterinary techniques. He has a particular interest in surgery, including orthopedics (ACL repair, fracture repair, etc.), urinary & digestive tract surgeries (cystotomy, splenectomy, gastrotomy, etc), and exploratory surgery to name a few.
Dr. Grossi shares his home with two very spoiled children – Marcello, a 9 year old Schnauzer and Sage, a 5 year old Standard Poodle. They travel to Wyoming with him every day and keep watch over the east wing of the hospital, expecting payment in advance for their long days at work…. mozzarella cheese sticks! At home waiting for them to return is Maurizio and Stefania, a playful pair of Caiques, and Chiara and Cesare, a chatty pair of African Grays who devour cheese and peanut butter crackers.
In his spare time he enjoys fishing, cooking, and spending time with family and friends……and, most recently, golfing!
Lisa M. Johnson, DVM
Dr. Johnson grew up locally right here in Cincinnati, Ohio and always knew she would be a veterinarian from the time she was in kindergarten. In high school, she spent time volunteering as a veterinary assistant at a local animal hospital which further inspired her to continue down that career path.
Dr. Johnson attended Miami University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in Zoology in 1993. She earned her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 1997 at the Ohio State University. Dr. Johnson worked at a small animal hospital in Louisville, Kentucky for 2 years before returning home to Cincinnati in 1999 to continue providing the best possible health care for her patients. She has a special interest in feline and geriatric medicine…she really enjoys helping pet parents keep their more senior, furry, family members happy, healthy, and comfortable in their golden years. Her own pets include some feisty felines who keep her on her toes and have taught her a lot over the years. Pictured with her is Parker, her newest addition who was a stray rescued from a park where he had been shot in the face and hip. After several surgeries and a lot of TLC, he is like any normal young male cat, spending his days pestering all the older resident cats!
When Dr. Johnson isn't working, she enjoys, reading, gardening, and crafting with natural gourds…she has created a whimsical world of gourd giraffe, mice, puppy dogs, cats and more! During Spring and Summer months, you will find her working in her yard, or at a local garden center buying even more flowers to plant! Dr. Johnson also has a passion for all things Longaberger, and she has "just a few' of their baskets.
Dalton Shroyer, DVM
Wyoming Veterinary Clinic welcomes Dr. Dalton Shroyer to our staff.
Dr. Shroyer joins Dr. Joe Grossi, Dr. Lisa Johnson, and Dr. William Rogers in providing comprehensive, compassionate pet health care for our wonderful clients and their furry little family members.
Dr. Shroyer was born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio and has been practicing veterinary medicine since 2012. He is a graduate of Wyoming High School and is very happy to be working back in his home town. He attended Miami University and received a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology in 2008. He then earned his Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine in 2012 at Mississippi State University. After graduating, he returned to Cincinnati to begin working in private practice and then in emergency medicine just before joining Wyoming. He is excited to help our pet parents keep their furry little kids healthy and happy for a lifetime.
Outside of work, Dr. Shroyer enjoys spending time with his wife, Jessica, doing yard work, planting a garden and flowers (from Shroyer's Nursery of course), cooking, and taking their dog Shady for walks through parks and trails. He is an avid fishermen when time permits and is back working on his golf game again.
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HOUSEWARMING FROM HELL: The story that won't go away...
It is oh-so tempting for me to post herein a rebuttal to his rebuttal tit for tat, but mostly, I'm just not into perpetuating this crap any further. The experience sucked: I felt as though I'd lost a friend (more to it - the illusion of a friend), or, at the least, a talented colleague whom I planned to gainfully employ, and my pride isn't as such that I feel the need to hang onto the issue when I wanted it to die well before it grew into this monstrous bit of ugliness in the first place. Perhaps this is an ironic statement since I posted my short video takes on this blog for all (and by all I mean my few friends), but I do and did have my reasons. As I then pointed out, the videos were more of a creative exorcise since the whole thing had left me feeling rotten, everyone at the party was either pissed off or confused (or both) and no one really knew what happened (will we ever know? probably not), and, lastly - c'mon, folks - that voice message was gold (how often do you get that kind of hatred directed your way?). Perhaps there was some mean-spiritedness to my portrayal of DICKHEAD, but after such heated words and bilious intent are hurled my way, I felt like he had a little payback coming (and I don't mean he deserved to be mugged).
So I hope that removing the reference's to DICKHEAD's name helps to give his career the boost that it needs. And for those of you who are interested in seeing the films, you can contact me directly and I'll point you in the right direction. For those of you who have sifted through the crap-ola to gain some understanding of this situation in the first place, I am more than happy to detail to you my hypothesis on DICKHEAD's motivations that evening and why he is the ultimate loser. One small antectode of some noteworthiness is the fact that he and I were heaping praise upon each other minutes before the good vibes went south. There is oh-so-much-more to the whole thing than what meets the eye on this here blog. But, ultimately, who gives a fuck? A drunk DICKHEAD is a drunk dickhead is a drunk dickhead. The whole affair was a vacuum of energy in the first place and it needs to RIP. I just hope to never see said DICKHEAD again.
And with that, stay tuned for the next drama-rama which I will unfold in true Napoleon, brat-like fashion in the near future.


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As a nation known for convenience living, the Japanese society has undergone significant changes in traditional eating habits - from long hours of home-prepared meals to takeout foods or dining out frequently in fast food outlets. As the number of mom-and-pop stores steadily decline, supermarkets and mega-chains providing mass merchandising of horticultural goods are increasing in the outskirts of metropolitan areas. Evidently, the homemakers have succumbed to the temptation of preparing "quick and easy" meals with an array of frozen foods, microwavable foods, instant food packages, and even takeout bentos (boxed meal) or meal portions, such as croquettes, cooked meat or fish, or salads.
The rising popularity of convenience food in Japan could be attributed to many factors: more women entering and staying in the work force; the number of singles (women and men) climbing; the casual atmosphere of the eateries and cheap prices of fast foods; and the ongoing menu changes of fast foods.
However, Japanese don't compromise food quality - taste, nutrition and especially safety - for convenience. As in the case of E. coli outbreak in 1996, many customers turned to local stores where produce was considered safer and fresher than those of the supermarkets. In the early 2000s, after a few Japanese cows were inflicted with mad cow disease, consumers boycotted beef nationwide, causing a severe setback in the dairy industry. The present ban on American beef (destined to be lifted in a few weeks) underlies Japanese main concern - American beef cannot be guaranteed safe from mad cow disease.
During the prolonged recession, a series of economic reforms, including business restructuring, deregulation, and widening trade markets, have sharpened consumer demand for high-quality food products at affordable prices. Instead of reducing food expenditures, consumers have become more selective over food purchases.
In that regard, fast food producers and restaurants have been responding to Japanese demands for a wider selection, cheaper, healthier, and tastier meals. As more Japanese opt for eating out, a growing trend of two types of fast foods has emerged: western-style food outlets and Japanese family-run food shops.
Since McDonald's arrival in 1971, other western-style fast food franchises soon followed - Kentucky Fried Chicken, Lotteria, Mr. Donut, and Wendy's - rapidly spreading across the country to more than 3,800 food outlets. Apparently, foreign fast foods appeal to a great number of Japanese families with younger children.
The presence of McDonald's inspired a Japanese version, Mos Burger, which offers an enterprising spin on the hamburger concept. Besides presenting standard hamburgers on the menu, Mos Burger provides burgers with teriyaki chicken, chicken breasts, and fish; also offers lettuce leaves or rice balls as buns. Even the desserts and drinks have a distinct Japanese taste: green tea dessert with sweet red beans and chestnuts and green tea ice-cream shake.
Another burger joint has become the rage in Tokyo - Mamido Burger makes its creations entirely out of sweets. Began in October 2005, Mamido Burger is already expanding to open another shop later this month just after a three-month debut. The uniqueness of Mamido burger lies in the ingenious use of fruits and confectionary ingredients to create the look of a burger. The Mamido burger, priced at 390 yen, features a "patty" (cream) and "pickles" (kiwis) in a "bun" (sponge cake). The fish burger contains a banana shaped as "fish" and topped with cream as "tartar sauce". The French fries are actually deep-fried elongated custard cream.
Japanese-style fast foods generally fall under three types: noodles, rice with toppings, and street foods. Most shops are family-run businesses in small facilities, serving meals ranging from 500 to 1,000 yen. Here is a list of common "quick and tasty" meals located throughout Japan:
Noodles - found everywhere; the seasoning of the broth and the type of noodles vary according to region:
- ramen - Japanese version of the original Chinese noodle soup served with various toppings
- udon - wheat-based noodle in broth garnished with toppings
- soba - thin brown buckwheat noodles: kake-soba (soba noodles in hot soup); zaru-soba (soba served cold with dipping sauce); yaki-soba (stir-fried soba with vegetable and meat toppings); and chuka-soba (boiled soba served with vegetables, meat, or seafood).
Rice plates - rice served with different toppings:
- kaiten-zushi - plates of different kinds of sushi, ranging from 100 to 300 yen, placed on a conveyor belt. Introduced in Higashi City in 1958, the self-service sushi bar has become popular with over 5,000 restaurants throughout Japan.
- donburi - a bowl of steamed rice with various toppings: tendon (tempura shrimp); katsudon (pork and egg); oyakodon, (chicken mixed with egg); and gyudon (beef and onions).
- curry rice - thick, creamy Japanese curry sauce with chicken, pork or beef served over steamed rice.
Street foods - found at food stalls in the day time and at night known as yatai:
- oden (stew with various ingredients);
- yakitori (skewered chicken, giblets, or vegetables);
- okonomi-yaki - found at food carts or small shops: pancake containing various ingredients, such as pork, seafood, cabbage, etc.
Recently, bento sales have escalated due to aggressive marketing by convenience stores, supermarkets and takeout chains, such as the popular Hokka Hokka Tei. Nowadays, consumers are presented with a vast bento selection of higher nutritional value, better quality and tastier morsels, all at a reasonable price. In the past, mainly students and young people, who couldn't afford a decent meal, bought bentos. In the last few years, the image of bento has been elevated to a delicious, balanced-diet meal. High-end bentos that cater to the health-conscious and those who care about quality ingredients, have been drawing in men and women in their forties and fifties.
While the popularity of Japanese fast foods surges at home, Japanese fast food franchises make their impressions around the world, such as Kaiten-zushi restaurants and Wagamama (known for ramen) in major cities of the West, and as Yoshinoya (gyudon), Hachiban (ramen), and Ichibanya (curry) in the East. Undoubtedly, Japan is well on its way exporting another aspect of its culture - Japanese cuisine.
(First published on UniOrb, January 2, 2006)


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Police on Wednesday raided the Southbank home of father-of-two Patrick Simon Mitchell, 42, which he shares with his new partner.
After being extradited to the southern capital on 24 charges of stealing by misappropriation, Mitchell made an unsuccessful bid for bail in the Hobart Magistrates Court on Thursday when details of the case against him were revealed.
Police prosecutor Darren Spinks said that in late 2009 Mitchell started managing the finances of a middle-aged woman from the upper-class suburb of Sandy Bay.
"(Mitchell) explained to her that whenever she wanted to transfer funds ... funds needed to go via an ANZ account," the prosecutor said.
Between February 2011 and October 2014 he allegedly coerced the woman to authorise a number of payments in amounts of up to $200,000 into an ANZ account in his name, in what was described a significant breach of client trust.
"On each occasion the withdrawal was sent by the complainant on the advice of the defendant."
The funds were then dispersed, including $212,000 to a credit card account and $561,000 for a "home deposit", the court was told.
"He was living in this house that was bought with proceeds from this particular offence," Mr Spinks said.
In May 2016 the woman was notified by another financial adviser of "serious concerns about the management of her financial accounts".
"This is not a situation where the defendant has given himself up, it is a situation police were alerted to," Mr Spinks said.
Defence lawyer Steven Chopping offered no plea on behalf of Mitchell.
"This is quite obviously a matter that will require considerable investigation," the lawyer said.
He argued that bail should be granted because the most recent allegation is two years old, adding that Mitchell's passport has been seized and he could live with his Queensland-based sister who was able to offer a substantial financial surety.
Magistrate Simon Cooper refused bail, citing a strong prosecution case.
"Given that you have no (community) connection with (Tasmania), you pose a significant flight risk," he said to Mitchell, adjourning the case to October 19.


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Wing Chun practitioner mixes it up with heavyweight boxer John McDermott
Wing Chun is a traditional Chinese martial art focusing on close-range techniques and is perhaps best known for its rapid-fire 'chain punching' techniques.
While perhaps some aspects of Wing Chun may work in some situations against perhaps an unskilled attacker, there are still quite a few flaws that a legitimate striker like a boxer or Muay Thai practitioner would easily pick apart I'd reckon.
In this video, we see a Wing Chun practitioner mix it up, so to speak, with a professional heavyweight boxer named John McDermott.
McDermott has a 28-8 record as a professional and fought tough guys like Tyson Fury and Danny Williams in the career that saw him win the English Heavyweight title multiple times.
In the video below, we see the pair mostly focus on some clinching techniques which are quite a bit different in boxing than in MMA or in self-defense.
In boxing, the clinch is a relatively safe position that you can use to neutralize your opponent and is usually quickly separated by the referee. In MMA, however, or on the street, the clinch is far from safe and there is a lot of technique and danger there and if you do not know what to do you can very well be finished there.
Check out the video below to see how the Wing Chun dude does here against the much larger professional boxer, John McDermott.
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art, literature and lifestyle website Angie's Diary have a review of Free Planet¹ CUSTODIAN on their site, and the book isn't even out yet.
"Custodian" is the tale of one group of Oxford University's finest minds, the eponymous Custodians, who offer mankind a technological 'get out of jail free card' enabling them to slip from under the yoke of Corporate Slavery to THE INDUSTRY. [source ANGIE'S DIARY CUSTODIAN REVIEW]
"Custodian" (the first Free Planet novel from Mike Philbin) is due out real soon in ebook, kindle and paperback edition.
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I'm really loving the look of that dialogue box.
This game is truly the definition of psychedelic.
I'm really loving the look of that dialogue box.
This game is truly the definition of psychedelic.
Thanks for the nice comments!
Update 011:
In the last week I continued with two of the tasks I began from previous updates.
I picked up from the engine work I had done to generate scenery for each room in update 009 and implemented a few new types of prop objects! Here are a few examples:
Here are some of the 'Forest' themed props
I've created a few new props for two areas - both the 'forest' scene which currently is the starting area and, uh, a load of lollies for some reason. These are an important part of giving each playthrough it's own character, as each maze in every playthrough will place these in different combinations and positions.
Here they are in action!
I'd like to animate some of these obstacles, for example it would be really satisfying to see the lollies melt with an offset on each of their animations, and I'm also considering scaling and flipping them to add some more variance.
The second task I worked on was completing the mini-boss mob spawn routine from update 008 for the barbecue! The generated enemies now appear with a nice spinning animation, land on the ground and then chase you!
As you can see, I also added some more types of food to the barbecue mob generator routine: burgers, corn-on-the-cob, and sausages!
Next up will be deciding on how I would like the barbecue to move around - or even if it does at all! Would love to hear any suggestions anyone has!
Thanks for reading!
Update 012
For the last couple of months I've been working behind the scenes on a new website for SUPER MEGA BEST CAT ADVENTURES, but after getting a little inspiration from another developer I decided to try out a few custom fade effects.
I saw a tweet from another F2.5 user, which displayed a great looking transition which I wanted to try out myself as it instantly game me some other ideas.
The effect consists of a small animated tile that is generated in a grid across the screen, and given an offset to start the animation. The offset increases in both the X and Y axis to give a 'sliding-fade' effect. I'm going to randomise the direction of these offsets, as I'm always looking to put in as much variety as possible.Craig Dennis (@_Zephni)
10:11AM - October 7, 2015
New fancy fade example easily rolled out to all Clickteam Fusion projects!
My implementation of @_Zephni's effect
I think this looks pretty smooth, and gives a bit more flair to when the gameplay is resumed. I can imagine effects such as this being used to restart the gameplay after a death, or at the start of a new level, for example.
Thinking about what other transition implementations I could try to give more character to the scene, I started on a twisting version, where each black tile on the grid would disappear one segment at a time, so that the action then 'windmills' into view.
An image to explain 'windmilling', for lack of a better phrase
After a little effort, a spinning effect was made, this time I didn't give an offset to each 32px square, because they didn't match up well
Spinning effect
Because this effect clearly is defined by the boundaries of the tiled animation, it looks pretty blocky to me and not as smooth as the first example. I thought about ways to make the effect appear to be a little more subtle - the best ways to blur the lines of tiled objects is usually to make the image bleed over onto other sides of itself.
I wanted the boundary between each animation tile to look less obvious, so made a new simi-circular mask over the top to give it a softer edge, and hopefully this looks more like a series of scales or villi.
When the animation is playing, the top left and right are now continuations of the bottom left and right segments.
When tiled, you can see how the effect will work more clearly, and how the nature of the tiling is less obvious - giving a more natural look
Finally, we can apply what we have learned to the engine and see what it looks like!
Final implementation
Much better! The ingame version is even better as the animation is far smoother. I've added extra frames of animation as half-segments compared to the example shown above.
So once again thanks to @_Zephni for the inspiration, it's worth spending a little time on small details like these to make the game feel more rounded. I've still got a few more things I'd like to experiment with, which I'm looking forward to trying out and sharing.
Ahh, nice to see an update on Best Cat! I really like your style.
Nice transitions! I like what you've done to remove the tiled look, it makes a difference! I did like the gradual reveal from the side as in the first transition though.
Thanks Nim!
You know what - I like that gradual reveal too. I tried it before it was on the earlier version, when it still looked very tiled and I didn't like it. Perhaps it will look better now though - next time I'm working on the game I'll try it out and post the results here!
I tried out Nim's suggestion - here's a quick GIF of the previous animation with a top-left to bottom-right offset.
I think you were right! It does look a lot better. There are a couple of small things that bug me with it that I'm considering improving - the animation doesn't quite sync as it used to, as you can see in these screenshots below.
You can see that the animation doesn't quite line up in the corners when it's paused. I'm considering spending some time thinking about how to sort it out, but it could be that it's so minor it isn't worth it! What do people think - is this something that is noticeable when you watch the GIF above?
Made a brand new bouncy jump animation today, I'm pleased with how fluid this looks!
I experimented today with some new ways of creating some psychedelic imagery, which led to making this fun new splash screen!
Woah, that looks awesome! I really can't wait for the colourful assault my brain is going to get from this haha.
Thanks Akiat! Of course, it looks a whole lot better with one little tweak!
Pro tip for Indies #1: Use confetti to add a touch of class to your videogame splash screen!


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BANGKOK The blood-soaked rise of the Islamic State group throws into lethal focus the convergence of terrorism and social media. More than any other terror group, IS has harnessed the potential of an immediately accessible worldwide network in the service of a frighteningly global agenda. From computer terminals across the planet -- as much as from bases in northern Syria and Iraq -- the movement's cyberwarriors have proved themselves to be no mean amateurs.
In the tabloid media, the online threat is typically reflected in reports of IS mass executions, jihadi Pied Pipers luring young men to serve as cannon fodder or young women to be brides for fighters. But the current media fixation on the insidious reach and effectiveness of IS's online arm obscures a more mundane reality: It probably poses little imminent threat to civilization as most of us know it. After all, terror has been on the internet for some time.
Since its startling growth in the 1990s, the internet -- like pamphlets and magazines before it -- has been a tool for reaching violent extremists -- ethno-nationalists, political radicals, racists, and religious bigots. The main terrorist launch online came just before the turn of the century. In 1998, only half of some 30 groups then defined by the U.S. government as foreign terrorist organizations had websites. By 2000, almost all had an internet presence.
With al-Qaida leading the charge, terrorist groups benefited in key ways from the revolutionary reach and speed of this largely unregulated and anonymous medium. In some ways -- self-advertising, raising awareness, fundraising -- terror groups shared the platform with organizations pushing peaceful political, social, and business agendas. Other areas, like teaching people how to kill, they made very much their own.
RALLYING TO THE CAUSE The most basic purpose of these groups' social media presence is to disseminate propaganda. Groups can communicate to wide audiences their ideals and purposes, the pronouncements of their leaders and ideologues, and, most importantly, the wrongs allegedly perpetrated against them by enemies. What al-Qaida and its affiliates brought to the table was a clear focus on instilling fear and a sense of helplessness in the broader population by posting footage of beheadings and other atrocities.
Closely related to propaganda are radicalization and recruitment -- both vital to organizations like al-Qaida and IS, which are prosecuting a global rather than a local or national struggle. For both groups, Afghanistan in the 1980s was the model. That was the first insurgency to rally fighters from all continents. Recruitment for the Afghan jihad relied overwhelmingly on word of mouth and printed media run by ideologues. The war in Iraq after 2003 brought websites run mostly run by al-Qaida and its franchises to the fore. These became the leading edge of a far wider campaign.
Online fundraising has always been secondary to propaganda and recruitment, and income from crowdfunding is almost impossible to assess. Organizations that control actual territory, such as IS or Afghanistan's Taliban, draw revenue from reliable resources at hand -- oil and opium in these instances. Groups operating underground, without access to commodities, often resort to "taxation" by extorting local businesses.
The internet has been a boon to terrorist operations, particularly as a source of data on physical and human targets. Information, maps, even the layouts of prospective targets, have become much easier to acquire -- including civil infrastructure such as dams, or even military facilities. It has also become much easier to get personal data for drawing up hit lists. Once gleaned, this information can be easily disseminated to cells or individuals carrying out real-world attacks.
Another operational benefit has been dispersed training and instruction in terror tactics: bomb making, assassination techniques, attack methods and other aspects of terrorist tradecraft. Al-Qaida has posted a training manual; there are password-protected chat rooms on Islamist websites for mentoring.
While this is alarming, the impact of online terrorist activity has been exaggerated in both mainstream media and jihadi circles. Evidence from recent years indicates that terrorists with the psychological and tactical capacity to carry out mass-casualty attacks are best trained in war zones rather than suburban bedrooms. Similarly, face-to-face instruction for bomb makers is generally far more effective than online trial and error.
Proof of the limitations of do-it-yourself terrorism can be found in the fumbling, amateurish efforts of homegrown jihadis around Southeast Asia this year. From the Jakarta shootout in January to the thwarted attack on Singapore's Marina Bay in August, incompetence and poor training have been consistent leitmotifs.
Of central importance, therefore, to international terrorism is what IS terms hijrah -- the emigration of recruits to its real-world caliphate in the Middle East, where they can gain combat experience and learn terrorist skills. Conversely, reducing those spaces and checking the flow of recruits are top priorities for counterterrorist coalitions.
A bigger challenge for globalized capitalist economies is addressing growing and systemic economic inequality, and the hopelessness and alienation it spawns. Ultimately, that is the social terrain from which the foot soldiers of modern terrorism emerge -- regardless of whether or not they have been recruited through social media.


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"On behalf of ourselves and Kiddie's family, we would like to thank everyone for their thoughts and support over the last 12 months. Together with Kiddie's family we made the conscious decision to keep his unexpected death a private matter, and to take time out to deal with it all.
When Kiddie joined us back in 1994, although he was only 17, he instantly improved Bolt Thrower as a live band, and no one was more loyal to, and prouder to be in Bolt Thrower than him.
We spent over 20 years together, touring the world, with 3 different vocalists, but he was so much more than just a drummer to us. So when we carried his coffin to his final resting place, the Bolt Thrower drummer position was buried with him. He was, and will now forever remain THE Bolt Thrower drummer, our Powerhouse and friend Martin "Kiddie" Kearns.
As for the rest of us, Bolt Thrower has been our way of life for 30 years, never driven by money, fame or ego, but by our own personal principles and values that have guided us through life, and which bonded us as friends long before Bolt Thrower was even formed…"
While this may be the end of an era, hopefully it won't be the last we hear from the remaining members. You can still check out vocalist Karl Willets other band Memoriam, who recently signed a deal with Nuclear Blast Records and released the Surrounded by Death single through Decibel as part of their Flexi series. Either way, I wish them all the best in life, or any/all future projects that may stem from this closing chapter.
Bolt Thrower's last studio album, Those Once Loyal, was released through Metal Blade Records back in 2005. They released the live album Live War in 2010, as well as the box set Eternal War in 2014.


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First of all, yay God for guiding me in my driving and I've now passed. Whoopy!
Now, from what I've gone through, I'm not a natural driver. I can drive but I'm just not natural like my brother who by the way, is a good driver with good automobile knowledge. I hope I drive responsibly and carefully in the future. Becoming a driver is a good feeling and I was most excited about it.
Until the JPJ test.
Drivers, you know when you're being tested, you drive up a slope and you brake at the peak, pull the handbrake up, and play with the accelerator and the clutch to drive all the way up? Yeah, I had trouble with that during lessons and it made me sad each time the engine stalls in between. I finally got the hang of it after much coaching from my driving instructor, Uncle Frankie. Well on that day, unfortunately I got a rather old Kancil with a loose accelarator and clutch, so the engine stalled twice on the peak of the slope. Thank goodness they don't fail you for that. In the end, I managed to bet through it and passed all three tasks (going up the slope, parking and the 3-point
Next was town-driving. I was okay about it really, no nerves going haywire.
Until I was in the car with a female examiner.
The woman seemed okay at first until she opened her mouth and blabbed. Holiness, you guys, I have never been so angry with someone before. Usually, I'm a cool-headed person. But I was PISSED with this &@!%%$&$!
I wanted to adjust the mirrors that was on her side and she went "ya (the A word)! Kenapa tak buat tadi? Kan saya tak de?" I was like "oh" but in my head, "how do I know that you will give me marks if I'd done it when you weren't looking? LIKE HELLO! SOME brains, if you please!". This was fine. Then when I was driving, she criticised that I drove like a 'bingai' and 'mabuk'.
Bingai means a person who is stupid, dumb, idiot who is smelly and the latter means drunk.
That was when my anger flared. I couldn't concentrate on the road. I was hot sulphur. What a rude, disrespectful, unprofessional piece of trash! I was so pissed that I couldn't even say a word after that. I just drove back, ignoring her "tukar gear!" and "jalan!" and "cepat!" and "eh, you faham bahasa tak?". I was going a bit fast in the school and she started "eh! brake sikit, BRAKE! Nanti kena langgar baru tau! AHHH (with that hideous accent)"
In my head, "Do you want your brains splattered all over the windscreen? Already I'm so tense, and here you are annoying the intestines out of me! And look, you aren't even wearing your seat belt! You'd be the first to die if I got into an accident THANKS TO YOU!!!"
I think I'd hang her if she didn't pass me. She passed me. Me, being a nice soft person which I regretted terribly later, automatically said "sorry" like a dumb dumb.
AND GUESS WHAT THE THING SAID NEXT : "(the A word), sorry apa?! tak pandu betul, 100 tahun pun tak boleh pass!"
I got out of the car, sent my papers in, gave my instructor some other paper, and waited for my Dad, fuming in the process.
This lady gave me her bitter shitty attitude out of nothing from start to finish. If you're having a bad day, SO??? Don't take it out on me! I'm just an innocent driver hoping to pass! If you're having that time of the month thing, don't go shooting your mouth off to me, thinking you're some queen, deal with the problem yourself! If you hate your job, like I give a rat's fart, QUIIITTTT!!!!! NO ONE'S FORCING YOU TO BE EMPLOYED!!
The very least she could strain to do was be NICE! She could have said I wasn't a good driver. She could have said I was a bit careless. BUT NO! She decided to call me a dumb drunk driver! The hag didn't even crack a smile when she got into the car.
I have nothing in my head about JPJ or the government for that matter. The test was fine. The driving was fine. It's just that thing that sat next to me during my test!
I'm fine, people, I just needed to express the repressed fury. Honestly, I've actually toned down the words that went on in my head during the test.
On the bright side, I can drive legally now! :)
Till my next ramble, ciao!


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Yes, you can sign up for free and start searching other users in your area.
We have designed this unique Voice and video calling technology where our users can use it without being annoyed. You can message any user unless you are blocked but to make a voice or video calling , you have to get access from that specific user whom you would like to call. Also you can Call as many users as you like but the only thing you need to do ,get access from them or Alternatively you can give them access if they are interested in calling you.
This is most likely to be settings of you or your partner's device microphone and camera which has to be chosen "Allow". If you don't see that message then go to settings of your device and change it to allow . Please see the image below for reference.
Yes, you can message anyone unless you are blocked. Also You can call anyone anywhere in the world for free.
If you like to give access to another user of voice or video calling or both. You have to jump on their profile through lookup or search and you will see blue icons of voice and video calling , just click on any of those or both icons to give them access. Those icons will become red after the access is granted and Calling icons will start appearing on your profile when your profile will be opened by that user only, who you gave the access. See the image below for reference.
If you would like to block a user then just go to that specific user's profile and click on block botton .If you like to report a user, just go to their profile and click the report button as shown in image below with a brief description. Please see the image below for a reference.
Go to your profile> settings> blocked profiles and you can unblock the users which you have blocked.
Go to your profile> edit profile>My photos and you can manage to upload or delete your photos from there.
Go to your profile>edit profile>Profile overview and you can make any changes.
Go to settings>account settings and you can change your password from there.
You have to be a paid member to use all these features .If you are a paid member then go to settings>account settings and you can manage all these features.
Yes you can search a specific user through our search bar by typing the username of such user or you can use our advance search technology to find someone according to your choice. Please see the image below to find out where is the advance search and search option.
Go to your profile>settings>email notifications and then just untick the bars whichever notifications you do not like to receive.
Choose carefully if you like to deactivate or delete your account .Go to settings and then deactivate or deletion and then follow the prompts from there. If you choose to deactivate your account then you can reactivate it again with the same login details but if you choose to delete your account then it will be permanently deleted and you won't be able to retrieve your account.
There is a possibility of an error in a password or username(email) .Try to reset your password first by clicking on forgot password and we will send you a link to reset your password. If you are still unable to login then contact our support team with as much as information you can provide such as your name or username on account and your location which you had selected while signing up and we will try our best to retrieve your account but also there would be a chance of ban on your account. You can visit our terms of use if your account is suspended.
You simply go to their profile and click the button and that user can see your private photos
Go to your profile>settings>photo access and you can click the button of that specific user or you can revoke access of all the users by clicking deny all users button .
If you have requested once you can't send the request again that's why it doesn't show that option again on those profiles.
At the time of signing up if you click on skip options then you will see that message until you do not fill out that options. You can click on complete profile and fill the forms and it will stop displaying that message.
Go to the advance search and you can put the name of country, state and city to browse members from different countries.
Go to that specific user's profile and you can see heart shaped blue icon, just click on that and heart icon will become red and then go to your my favorite list and you will find that they are added to your favorite list.


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Our neighbor across the street is in the photocopiers, printer etc business.
Has lots of big local accounts.
He has no use for his take backs, obsolete stuff etc.
Is there any decent money to be made with recycling those?
He would give them to us for free.
I did some sampling for better than scrap value with very poor results.
But is there any money to be made in breaking stuff down?
It wouldn't be huge volume, but steady and easy as it would take zero time acquiring it.
And I mean something in the $30+ per hour range to make it worth my while? (assuming I accumulate it and get at it, when I have a decent amount to process.)


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The Vanguard 15 is a popular one design racing dinghy designed by Bob Ames. It is a double-handed monohull sailboat with a sloop rig. Ideally the combined weight of the crew is between 270 lb and 340 lb and both members hike off the boat to keep it flat. Its design allows it to plane while sailing upwind in 12 knots of breeze or more.
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Equipment from the failed KiOR biofuel plant in Columbus is being sold, but Mississippi taxpayers are likely to recover little of the $79 million that the state is seeking.
Iowa-based REG Synthetic Fuels is paying a receiver $1.5 million for some refining equipment at the KiOR plant, which was supposed to turn wood chips into a crude oil substitute. Kior started up the plant a few years ago but never achieved full capacity because of problems that plagued its production process.
Georgia Renewable Fuels said Monday it's buying wood processing equipment from KiOR. No price has been disclosed, but it's unlikely to make a big dent in the debt created when Mississippi loaned KiOR money.
Texas-based KiOR filed for bankruptcy early this year, but its Columbus subsidiary wasn't included in the filing. Instead, a state court appointed lawyer Derek Henderson as a receiver. After trying to sell the entire plant, which cost $230 million to build, Henderson won approval from a chancery judge this summer to sell the equipment piecemeal.
Henderson's sales will first reimburse the money that the state has spent maintaining the plant since it went into receivership. Mississippi Development Authority spokesman Jeff Rent couldn't immediately say Monday how much that amount was, and Henderson didn't respond to requests for comment.


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Today I am Loving the gospel. I love to see how the Savior touches my life and those around me on a daily basis.
Our FHE (family home evening) meeting Monday night was really sweet. We talked about the power of prayer and how Enos prayed for an entire day and night. He prayed for himself, for his family and for his enemies. Then, Heavenly Father impressed upon him how he will bless him, his people and his enemies if they follow the commandments.
We then talked about how Heavenly Father has answered our prayers and how we can communicate with him at any time and anyplace and talk to him about anything at all. We can ask for anything that we need or for help for things we are struggling with.
Later that night, my son AJ, said his personal prayer and asked Heavenly Father to let the sun come out the next day. It has been raining here for the past few days.
Then next morning, he came into our room very excited to let us know that his prayer was answered! It was sunny out, Heavenly Father heard his prayer and answered it. There is nothing sweeter than seeing your child's testimony grow.


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Perfect PorridgeLeave a comment
June 1, 2013 by Dewi
Warming and delicious. The perfect breakfast.
Porridge oats. Arguably the most modest, budget-friendly ingredient on the shelves today. You can pick up a kilogram bag of the stuff for well under a pound, and it'll last you weeks. When cooked properly and served with great toppings, these humble oats are transformed into the most luxurious bowl of warming deliciousness imaginable.
Now there are endless debates to be had on measurements and liquid-to-porridge ratios, and the internet is full of them. You can sit around for hours on end reading them all, or you can save yourself the time and use this method. From my experience I've found that a ratio of 1:2:1 of oats:water:milk produces porridge with perfect texture; not too loose and certainly not in any way gluey. To paraphrase Goldielocks; this porridge isn't 'just right', it's perfect.
I use an american 1/2 cup to measure my oats, and keep it in the jar with the porridge. If you don't think that life is too short to weigh out porridge oats every morning, a 1/2 cup of oats equates to about 45 grams. I use the same cup to measure out the liquid. A 1/2 cup of liquid is around 125ml.
Serves 1
- 1/2 cup (45g) porridge oats
- 1 cup (250ml) water
- 1/2 cup (125ml) milk (preferably whole milk, nothing less than semi-skimmed) plus an extra splash for the end
- Good pinch of salt
- Toppings such as jam, honey, chopped fruit, fresh berries, nuts etc. You can use whatever is in the cupboard!
- Put the oats, milk, water and salt into a saucepan and put it over a high heat.
- When the contents of the pan are nearing the boil, start stirring. If you have a porridge spirtle then great, if not, just use the handle of a wooden spoon. I once heard that you should always stir porridge in a clockwise direction and that stirring anti-clockwise risks the wrath of the devil. Make of that what you will… But these oats taste heavenly.
- The pan will be hot now and the porridge mixture should start bubbling away.
- Keep stirring until the porridge reaches the desired consistency. This should take around 3 minutes. It's done when the spirtle/spoon leaves a light wake when dragged through the porridge. The kitchen will be smelling amazing about now.
- Pour the oats into a bowl and add the extra splash of really cold milk.
- Now throw on any toppings you fancy. Jam or honey (or in my opinion, both) are perfect to sweeten the porridge, and some chopped fruits and berries are great for some added freshness.
- Enjoy with coffee or orange juice for the perfect breakfast.


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The Hustler's Playbook
June 16, 2014
Hosted by Kelly Riggs
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Episode Description
In the Business LockerRoom this week, we will discuss selling, sales management, the sales process, and what it takes to create a winning sales playbook with special guest, Anthony Iannarino. He has written daily at The Sales Blog (www.thesalesblog) since 2009 (you can find his May 31 post entitled, "The Hustler's Playbook" there). Anthony is the President and Chief Sales officer for SOLUTIONS Staffing, a best-in-class regional staffing service based in Columbus, Ohio, and the Managing Director of B2B Sales Coach & Consultancy, a boutique sales coaching and consulting company that helps salespeople and sales organizations improve and reach their full potential. Anthony also works as an adjunct faculty member at Capital University's School of Management and Leadership, where he teaches Personal Selling in the undergraduate program and Persuasive Marketing and Social Media Marketing in the MBA program. X's & O's - with Miles Austin This week, Miles will review QuoteRoller, a terrific quote generation, submission, tracking and eSignature tool that helps companies automate much of their quoting process.
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Hosted by Kelly Riggs, BizLocker Radio is the show with compelling conversations and cutting edge business content you can use to improve your business performance TODAY! "A tip of the cap to this podcast. It's a grand slam for sure!" "A phenomenal host." "Hard-hitting and action-packed." Kelly invites world-class thought leaders onto the show and uses his award-winning interviewing experience to create high-energy business conversations. The result? Riveting conversations and ideas you can use right now to improve your own business results. The show features phenomenal guests from the fields of leadership, sales, marketing, social media, and more. And don't miss the "Xs and Os" segment with Miles Austin, the Web Tools Guy. Each week, he introduces yet another productivity tool that can take your business to the next level.
Kelly Riggs
Kelly Riggs is a sales strategist, a highly sought after business performance coach, and founder of Business LockerRoom, Inc. As a former corporate executive and entrepreneur with a strategic perspective, Kelly's track record is clear – he get RESULTS. He is also a highly acclaimed, content-rich, platform speaker; a dynamic thought leader in the fields of leadership, business development, and strategic planning; and a guy who has both succeeded and failed as an entrepreneur. Achievements: A two-time national Salesperson-of-the-Year and award-winning sales executive, Kelly has spent the last seventeen years coaching, training, and mentoring business leaders. He has written two books: "1-on-1 Management™: What Every Great Manager Knows That You Don't" and "Quit Whining and Start SELLING! A Step-by-Step Guide to a Hall of Fame Career in Sales." For more information, visit www.BizLockerRoom.com.


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A man who drunkenly fired shots in the air outside a Sery Souphorn city beer garden and karaoke bar early on Tuesday morning was charged yesterday by the Banteay Meanchey Provincial Court with illegal use and discharge of a gun.
Provincial police deputy chief Men Pirom said Kem Sreang, 43, was detained on Tuesday by military police after he fired two shots in the Kuodot shopping mall beer garden and a third bullet in front of the karaoke bar with a K-54 handgun.
"This is the first case of free fire in Banteay Meanchey this year," Pirom said. No one was injured during his spree. Banteay Meanchey court representat-ives could not be reached for comment.


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Directing: B
Acting: B+
Writing: B
Cinematography: B+
Editing: B
I'm a little young for the Beach Boys; I only have a cursory familiarity with them -- their most famous singles, "California Girls" (which I actually heard for the first time sung by David Lee Roth); "Surfing USA"; "Good Vibrations." I've heard the album titles Pet Sounds and Smile, both of which figure significantly in the story presented in the film Love & Mercy, but never in my life have I heard a single Beach Boys (or Brian Wilson) album. As such, one could say the test I represent with this film is whether it's worth watching for those not excessively familiar with The Beach Boys.
The answer is yes. To the credit of both director Bill Pohlad, this movie makes me acutely interested in hearing these albums -- this film has an objectively great soundtrack. Furthermore, stars Paul Dano (as the younger Brian) and John Cusack (as the older Brian) inspire a desire to learn more about the mentally ill but brilliantly talented real-life man they play.
Love & Mercy does fall victim to the same flaws of most biopics -- namely, that it tries to cram far too many years into the space of only two hours. This means later-life girlfriend Melinda (a wonderful Elizabeth Banks) gets plenty of focus, yet Brian's first wife, who one would think would represent a hugely significant aspect of his life, has a presence that's fleeting at best.
The story here alternates between older Brian dealing with a manipulative doctor (Paul Giamatti, here a nuanced villain) who has misdiagnosed him with paranoid schizophrenia, and the younger Brian dealing with an overbearing father (Bill Camp) and a band of brothers losing patience with his increasingly inaccessible lyrics. It seems that, although Pet Sounds was a critical smash from the beginning, it was not at all a commercial success in its time.
It should be noted that the scenes with Paul Dano as the younger Brian crackle with far more immediacy than those with John Cusack as the older Brian. People don't talk about about what a talent Paul Dano is. If there's any one reason to see this movie, he is it. That's no poor reflection on Cusack, who also excels as the older Brian. It's just that the older Brian, evidently misdiagnosed and over-medicated on the wrong pills, by definition has less vitality to him, and that unfortunately makes him slightly less interesting. Luckily these scenes have Elizabeth Banks, and even Paul Giamatti, to buoy them.
There's no question that, complex as the story presented here is, the movie vastly oversimplifies the truth of Brian Wilson's life. How horrible was his doctor really? Was Melinda really such a savior for him? Perhaps: she's married to Brian to this day and has been since 1995. Even with the comparative focus that narrows the focus to just a few years in both the earlier and later eras of Brian's life, Pohlad still can't offer a suitably balanced picture of this clearly complicated man. But, such is the nature of biopics, or at least those that attempt to cover multiple decades of a person's life.
That said, Love & Mercy is an undeniably engaging film, especially once the music kicks in. It takes a little while for this to happen, with somewhat stilted dialogue in the opening scenes. But in the end, this is a movie with rewards that more than make up for its flaws.
Overall: B+


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Full customization of livedoor blog (with 8bit dot atmosphere)
Budget $30-250 USD
It is a blog that updates football news etc.
I think that I want to make blog design 8 bits, dot picture style, but I decided to ask because I have no skills to realize it for myself.
In addition, I think that I want to make blog clean to see and allow many people to see.
The following is what I want you to do mainly.
• A design that makes it an 8-bit style font regardless of which device, OS, or browser the viewer sees (also in the smart version)
• If it is difficult, I would like you to process with an image etc and emphasize 8bit style design as much as possible
• An article with a large number of RTs and PVs is displayed at the top of the screen
• Mutual RSS installation
• Advertisement placement where easy to click
• Set up search window
• Inquiry Form Installation
• Questionnaire survey function installation
• Have a popular article display
• ID, reply function, Good button Bad button installed in comment
• Advertisement of recommended books in column of side installed with Kaeleba • Yomeleba(カエレバ・ヨメレバ)
• (カエレバ・ヨメレバ)Kaeleba • Yomeleba's display is also 8 bit style
• Thumbnail image of SNS account such as Twitter, favicon image creation (with 8bit dot picture)
• Install Administrator's comment space on articles
• Character image creation that issues administrator's comment (with dot picture)
• SNS link button installation(with dot picture)
• Link buttons are also dot picture
• Soccer's J-League and Overseas League ranking list and game dates set
• I want you to automatically include your account name when viewers tweet articles from share button (feel like tweets like 'blog title article URL @ your account name'「ブログタイトル 記事URL @自分のアカウント名」)
• SEO measures
• I want the smart version to be customized in a PC version compliant form
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Font and atmosphere: [login to view URL]
Layout: [login to view URL]
Advertisements such as recommended books: [login to view URL]
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Administrator 's comment space on the article ("Where the game is the same as the game if you do the dubbing"): [login to view URL]
J League, Overseas League Games Schedule, Embed Ranking: [login to view URL]
How to display Schedule, ranking (at the European league ranking table): [login to view URL]
Popularity is displayed as: [login to view URL]
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Fast, Cheap, and Good is a philosophy of homemaking. I believe that we can care for ourselves and our families by adopting simple lifestyle habits and techniques that will improve our health, our connection to and stewardship of our world, and our finances, all without depending on a larger organization to help us through.
Friday, September 25, 2015
Almond Snickerdoodles
One of my favorite is "Old Fashioned Sugar Cookies," which we always made and rolled out to make iced Christmas cookies. This is tremendously versatile recipe that can turn into basically any kind of cookies you like. Recently, with the addition of some almond flavoring and a cinnamon/sugar dusting, I've been turning them into sugar cookies.
This is part of my continuing effort to get myself to bake a batch of cookies each week. We eat far too many cookies around here, and not only is that expensive, but it also introduces GMO ingredients in some cases as well as HFCS. At least, if I bake one batch a week, I have a bit of quality control. Every little bit helps!
Almond Snickerdoodles
3 cups organic unbleached flour
1/2 t. baking soda (get the kind without sodium aluminum sulfate)
1/2 t. baking powder
1 cup (2 sticks) organic butter, melted
2 eggs (free range)
1 cup organic sugar
2 t. almond flavoring
cinnamon and sugar
Sift together the dry ingredients. Cream the wet ingredients together and add the dry ingredients, mixing continuously. Refrigerate if you feel your dough is too soft to handle.
Form into balls a bit smaller than golf balls. Roll in a cinnamon/sugar mixture (I like about 1 t. cinnamon for a half cup of sugar) and place on baking sheet. Flatten with the back of a spoon.
Bake 11 minutes in a 375 oven.
The Analysis
Fast: The reason I don't bake as much as I should is the time constraint, but, as cookies go, these are about moderate in time investment.
Cheap: The organic ingredients drive up the price, but I believe these are still less expensive than an all-organic variety at the grocery store.
Good: Everyone loves a good snickerdoodle, so these are a good bet to have in your repertoire.
Posted by Jennifer Lorenzetti at 9:59 AM
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