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Otto Orondaam is the founder of Slum2School Africa, one of Africa's leading volunteer driven development organizations and in 4 years he has worked with over 5000 young volunteers across 25 countries to provide education and series of social support to over 11,000 children across Nigeria. In 2016, he was selected as a 2016 Mandela Washington Fellow.
As the deadline for application for the 2017 Mandela Washington Fellowship beckons, he shares his experience exclusively with BellaNaijarians.
A fish that swims in a pond would find it difficult to compete favorably with another fish that swims in the Atlantic. Although they both have the same ability to swim, their environments are totally different and their skills over time would either be limited or enhanced.
It is usually said that Nigerians are some of the most hardworking people in the world and I agree to that. I can also say that Africans in general are hardworking but our environment has limited us because many of us were born here and have become comfortable with the status quo.
Africa is a continent on the rise. A continent filled with resilient young people, beautiful and diverse cultures, amazing natural recourses, unique tourist attractions as well as innovative and solution-driven enterprises. All indicators have shown that there has been a drastic improvement across the continent over the past decade – from healthcare to education, poverty to climate change, peace and security. But there is still so much to be done and young people need to be at the forefront of this growth.
The Mandela Washington Fellowship is an opportunity for every young Nigerian and African who is working to improve the narrative on the continent to gain access to a platform that will enable him or her develop their ability to achieve their goals faster and more sustainably. It is an opportunity for young innovators, entrepreneurs, policy developers; founders of start-ups, community mobilizers, social workers and change drivers to gain more experience and increase their impact.
Out of over 50,000 applications annually, about 1000 young leaders are selected through a rigorous merit-based series of screening by the US Government and partner organizations. And as a Mandela Washington Fellow, it is expected that you are challenging the status quo, changing/improving the norm and setting a new standard. It gives you a platform to connect with other young leaders in an environment that has been through most of the challenges we are facing back in our home countries, learn best practices and develop impactful models that can be sustained.
During my fellowship program in the Unites States, I had an opportunity to network with young African leaders from over 40 African countries. I built sustainable friendships and learnt so much about the African continent than I had learnt all through my lifetime on the African soil.
Fellows visit the headquarters of over 50 of the world's leading corporations like Nike, Adidas, CNN, Ford, Microsoft, Google, Mercy Corps, World Bank etc. We met with their CEOs as well as several world leaders.
Many of us visited the US Congress, the White House and met with Senators and Congressmen. I was opportune to speak at the United Nations Head Quarters and equally attend the UN Youth Assembly as well as a World Bank Conference.
We studied daily for almost two months, visited historic and leadership institutes. We networked with young Americans in Wall Street and at Silicon Valley. We were hosted to a meeting with President Barrack Obama which was the highlight of my fellowship and some fellows had the chance to meet with Michelle Obama.
The opportunities were endless and it basically made us realize that as young people, we can achieve whatever we want in life and transform our country into what it is meant to be. We realized that the United States isn't also perfect and there were several realities with ours and just as they keep improving theirs we need to do the same.
I have been privileged to be elected by the Nigerian fellows to represent them on the YALI Regional Advisory Board for West and Central Africa and that responsibility for me means that we need to ensure that Nigerians begin to collaborate with our brothers and sisters across every other country in Sub-Saharan Africa. We need to improve exchange of ideas and products, reduce the height of our borders and learn each other's culture and tradition.
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at 4:00 PM GMT on October 27, 2016
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An updated version of the first half of the original La Francais Facile! Level 1 text, this Level IA text now includes stories appropriate for older students in grade 7 & up, as well as grammar and vocabulary exercises integrated into the book. Designed to for use during the student's first year of high school French, step-by-step lessons provide a broad range of exercises, including Scripture memory, cultural notes, trivia, everyday vocabulary, activities and more. Many of the lesson components support a story that children listen to each day of the week; in order to help with comprehension, stories are written using French sentence construction with English words added to aid comprehension. Lessons and stories are written from a perspective of God's providential hand in history.
Appendixes provide lists and charts as well as extra activities & projects. The included data CD has the answers to the curriculum.
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I'm really a novice when it comes to overclocking and GameGain seems to be an easy way out for me. Am I wrong?
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Pressure-Induced Insulating State in Ba1-xRExIrO3 (RE = Gd, Eu) Single Crystals
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BaIrO3 is a novel insulator with coexistent weak ferromagnetism, charge and spin density wave. Dilute RE doping for Ba induces a metallic state, whereas application of modest pressure readily restores an insulating state characterized by a three-order-of-magnitude increase of resistivity. Since pressure generally increases orbital overlap and broadens energy bands, a pressure-induced insulating state is not commonplace. The profoundly dissimilar responses of the ground state to light doping and low hydrostatic pressures signal an unusual, delicate interplay between structural and electronic degrees of freedom in BaIrO3.


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Rose defamation suit dismissed
A defamation lawsuit filed by Pete Rose last year against the lawyer who got him kicked out of baseball has been dismissed. Federal court documents show Rose's suit against John Dowd was dismissed Friday. Statements issued by Rose's lawyer and Dowd's lawyer say both parties agreed ''based on mutual consideration, to the dismissal with prejudice of Mr. Rose's lawsuit against Mr. Dowd.'' Rose contended in the suit that Dowd defamed him in 2015 by saying on the radio that the former baseball great had raped teenage girls during spring training. Dowd investigated Rose for MLB in 1989, leading Rose to be declared ineligible for the Hall of Fame . . . Frank Lary, the star Tigers pitcher who was called the "Yankee Killer" because of his success against New York's big-hitting lineup, died in Tuscaloosa, Ala. He was 87. Lary died Wednesday night after being hospitalized with pneumonia. He pitched for the Tigers from 1954-64 and led the American League with 21 wins in 1956.
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Broomfield Hospital, Essex
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A nice combination. Above the original handcarved rubberstamp made somewhere in the 90-ies by Ruud Janssen. Used on outgoing mail in these years. Below it is placed on the poster of an upcoming performance at the Stendal Gallery in New York where also a selection of the TAM Rubberstamp Archive will be shown.
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- "Do not let your adorning be external - the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelery, or the clothing you wear, but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which in God's sight is very precious." ~ 1 Peter 3:3,4
- "Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised." ~ Proverbs 31:30
I remember beginning to struggle with the concept of "modesty" aged about 12 when I was heading into the "terrible teens" and so was becoming more self-concious about my appearance and the impact it had on others. However, for some reason I reacted in a very different way to most others my age: while many girls spend their teenage years trying to look attractive, I spent most of mine deciding that getting attention and looking pretty in clothes was somehow "sinful". So I dressed in a way that undoubtedly was well covered and modest but certianly not attractive. Not suprisingly, I got my way - no unwanted attention was directed my way! :) Except...I gradually came to realise that that wasn't actually what the Lord wanted either. He was at work on my stubborn heart, and helped me to slowly see that attractiveness, being feminine and pretty was actually what He had created me, as a girl and woman, to be. Yes, I still believed that I had a responsibility to be modest in what I was wearing but now I realised that I should still be embracing my feminity too. So I began to wear clothes (especially my new favourite - skirts!) that I found pretty and girly and even began to wear jeans for the first time in five or so years (up till then I mostly wore baggy black sweatpants). Yes, I do still struggle with getting a balance in being modest, fashionable and feminine but the Lord is helping me and my prayer is that He will help you too! :D


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Create something cool out of paper bags
My interest was sparked once I saw a blog where this guy used brown paper bags to use as floor treatment. I thought it looked fantastic and was really wanting to use it my home, but after consulting my husband, his words were, "no way" I decided to try it out on some lamps that I bought for 3 bucks a piece at St. Vinnies. I loved the shape but hated the design.
I made up a solution of equal parts, elmers glue and water. I ripped pieces of paper bag and wadded them up and then flattened them out again. Basically all you do it wet the bag pieces, apply and smooth then let dry. I then applied duabs of stain but it actually looked great as is. Once all dry I applied a couple of coats of poly. I bought a used leather belt at goodwill and glued it around the neck of the lamp and that's it! I thought they turned out great and for seven bucks a got a pretty cool pair of lamps!
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Arong was temporarily adopted by someone in 2012, but was returned to our Damshimni center.
She misses people so much that when she hears someone's voice, she waits in front of the door and asks them to play with her. She always wants to be hugged and when she is hugged, she is like a baby. She will roll on her back and ask for her tummy to be rubbed.
She is friendly with other dogs, and prefers to be with them instead of being alone.


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Data Sheet
Puchi Carat/Import
Two player link-up.
Screen Shots
As many of you know, cutesy puzzle games are a staple in Japan, where colorful eye-candy, unfathomable story-lines, super-deformed anime characters and slap-happy atmospherics go hand-in-hand with off-the-wall but ingenious puzzle mechanics.
Most of the time, under all that Nihon gloss, beats a truly great puzzle game, like the recently reviewed
. There are of course exceptions, like the rehashed lemon,
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, which goes to show that contrary to popular belief, disparity does exist, and that not all Japanese puzzle games are outright gems.
So, does Puchi Carat, a Taito produced puzzle game, measure up as a lemon or a gem? Let's find out.
Puchi Carat could be best described as a mix of Alleyway and Bust-A-Move with a few twists. Similar to Alleyway, you control a "paddle" at the bottom of the screen scrolling left and right with the directional pad, deflecting the ball to hit the blocks above. Holding down the "A" button while scrolling speeds up your movement, but it also means hitting the ball at a sharper angle. Once the ball hits a block, it disappears.
The goal of the game is to eliminate all the blocks hanging from the top of the screen, or out last your opponent if playing a computer or a friend. But unlike Alleyway, there are ways to speed up the process. If there is a set of blocks hanging from the top and you happen to hit the block holding the others to the top of the screen, they all disappear, similar to Bust-A-Move.
At the bottom of the screen, there is also a candy-cane-colored bar sitting below your paddle. If your ball hits the bar, more blocks appear from the top. Just like in the other two games, the blocks progressively appear as time goes by, and you lose when your targets crush you, and your little palm tree paddle collapses.
Puchi Carat also comes in several modes: single player, versus mode (which you can play the CPU or link-up with a friend), timed mode, survival mode, and story mode. You can pick different courses for each mode from beginner to expert to adjust to your expertise. Also, when playing an opponent, you can change your level of attack from offense to defense as well as your opponent's.
In addition to all this, you can select one of the two different sized paddles for a real challenge and even control the difficulty of the game under the "Options" menu where levels can be changed. When playing the story mode, you earn cards with pictures which go into a photo album. You can also trade these cards with a friend via a link cable.
The controls in Puchi Carat is rudimentary and isn't something you'd want to write home about. It's a simple puzzle game, and the extent of your control in the game is pressing either left or right on the directional pad to steer your "paddle" either left or right on the screen. Simple yes, but adequately executed and responsive enough without any lag to mar your enjoyment. You'd expect good responsive controls, especially for puzzle games, and since it was expected, I'm not going to throw Taito any kudos for this bit of programming necessity.
Despite the fact that your typical anime-style cartoon characters grace the screen on more than one occasion, many of them lacked oomph! and aesthetic appeal. While playing, I noticed that most of the screens, like the "continue" screen, the "menu" screens, and even the introduction screen were devoid of any real animation and unpleasantly super imposed on a boring brown backdrop.
Overall, most of the graphics in Puchi Carat appeared much duller than most of the puzzle games we've seen on the Color GameBoy, which made me feel that the graphic capabilities of the Color GameBoy were purposely being snubbed or over looked. I guess the programmers at Taito wanted a minimalist approach, although I can't see the reasons behind it. Puzzle games are repetitive and progressive by nature, and eye candy in these type of games are surely required to relieve the tedium or act as "bonuses" or "rewards" for completed stages. Just my opinion of course, but I'm sure many would prefer a colorful dancing character at the end of a stage rather than a static, washed-out picture.
Sound & Music
I believe that all puzzle games should have a good soundtrack. To me, having both is an unwritten requirement, like having white wine with fish, or French fries with cheese burgers. Unfortunately, Puchi Carat doesn't. Taito is a real fiend when it comes to releasing beautiful, memorable BGM for a game, and Puchi Carat is no exception. The music in Puchi Carat was a real downer. From start to finish, the same clinky-clunky song is repetitively played. It's not a bad tune, but after hearing the same one 58 times during a game, it becomes somewhat of an auditory torture. Suffice to say, sound could have been improved upon.
Final Comments
The puzzle game purist would argue that a good puzzle game does not need to look nice or sound nice, and that it only needs to achieve the important criteria of challenging and addictive gameplay. Others disagree, and claim that eye-candy is an integral requirement of any puzzle game. There are many schools of thought, but I'm sure that any one can spot a lousy puzzle game when they play one, irrespective of which school of though that they may or may not subscribe to.
Bottom-line, I liked Puchi Carat and found it fun, challenging and addictive. Taito has cleverly incorporated puzzle elements from other classic puzzle games, and fashioned a game that isn't actually original, but fresh enough to be enjoyable. Like many good puzzle games, Puchi Carat will be a game that will be easy to learn but difficult to master. The graphics and sound were a set-back, but despite these shortcomings, it's definitely a game worth buying from your local import shop.
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They'd been warned. Repeatedly.
As Hurricane Irma barreled toward Florida last week, police in the coastal city of Fort Lauderdale announced that they would not be retreating indoors.
On the contrary, Police Chief Rick Maglione wrote: "All regular days off and leave have been canceled in order to maximize the number of officers on the streets."
Officers would stand guard on drawbridges over roiling waters, he promised, and deploy throughout the city lest anyone get an urge to loot or steal amid the chaos to come.
"The teams will work 24/7 with the sole mission to apprehend criminals," Maglione wrote. "They are quite good at what they do."
Predictably, as the storm moved up Florida's southern tip over the weekend, mug shots began to show up on the police department's Twitter feed.
"Can't say we didn't warn you," police wrote, above the photos of two men arrested on burglary charges Saturday night.
But those warnings weren't enough, apparently.
In the rain-filtered daylight of Sunday, nine people lined up outside a hole smashed into the window of a sportswear store. Some of them ducked into the hole and then scrambled out, arms loaded with shoe boxes — in full view of a passing news crew, which captured the scene on video.
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"Shortly thereafter, it was the Foot Locker across the street," a reporter with ABC affiliate WPLG said, narrating the video.
The police, as ever, were watching.
By Saturday afternoon, they announced that nine people had been arrested on suspicion of looting the store and a nearby pawnshop.
A slew of new mug shots appeared on the jail's website.
Police didn't have many details on the arrests. Nor did they say whether the news crew's video helped identify the suspects — three teenagers and six adults, aged 18 to 38.
"Going to prison over a pair of sneakers if a fairly bad life choice," the chief wrote.
And the jail kept filling up: By Monday afternoon, police announced they'd arrested 19 people for burglary during the hurricane.
The story has been updated.
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India optimistic on gas pipeline: Deora
The petroleum minister says, "Pakistan is also very keen that the Iran-Pak-India pipeline project goes through."india Updated: Sep 17, 2006 13:31 IST
India said it is optimistic about the ambitious seven billion dollar Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project taking a concrete shape.
The three countries already had secretary-level and ministerial-level meetings in this connection, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas Murli Deora said in London.
"We have been informed that a final decision on the issue would be taken by the Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the Majlis.
"We are sure Iran will honour their agreement to provide five million tonnes of liquefied natural gas to India from 2009-10 for 25 years," Deora told reporters here at the conclusion of his visit to Vienna and the UK.
In Vienna, he attended the 3rd OPEC International Seminar. The minister said "Pakistan is also very keen that the Iran-Pakistan-India pipeline project goes through."
The proposed pipeline is expected to transport 90 million standard cubic metres of gas every day from Iran's South Pars fields to India from 2009-10 onwards while Pakistan would receive 60 million standard cubic meters.
"There are a lot of hurdles but we hope to make things work. We need the gas from Iran to meet energy needs of India and we are committed to make the project happen," Deora said.
He said "we are also positive about the Turkemenistan Afghanistan Pakistan India (TAPI) pipeline initiative of the Asian Development Bank (ADB)."
Earlier in the day, Deora participated in a conference organized by the Judge Business School, Cambridge at Cambridge on "Business prospects and geopolitics in Central Eurasia".
During his address, he emphasized the crucial role that Eurasia would play in the energy sector with its hydrocarbon endowment.
Deora outlined a three-point strategy for Indian engagement with the region. They are to actively participate in the development of the hydrocarbons in the Eurasian region by acquisition of equity oil and gas in the region, evacuation of oil and gas through transnational pipelines and a regime of cross investments between them.
Deora said "we had also discussed the idea of a potential gas grid from North and Central Asia to Far East region. China, Korea, Japan and India are expected to drive gas demand in the future whereas North and Central Asia have abundant reserves of gas, making them natural partners.
"The gas grid envisages pipelines traversing through gas producing countries like Russia, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Iran etc to gas consumers like China, India, Korea, Japan, Thailand, Pakistan, Turkey etc."
"The projected benefits of such a gas grid are enormous both in monetary terms as well as in terms of contribution to energy security. This concept, if feasible, can be truly termed as an energy bridge to prosperity. We are also looking at extending the proposed Turkmenistan-Afghanistan- Pakistan pipeline to India."
Responding to a query on China, the minister said Indian and Chinese companies are working on a framework of cooperation and the joint acquisition in the Colombian Upstream Sector is a fine example of the emerging energy cooperation between the two countries.
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Saturday, January 31, 2009
Hallo Berlin - Return to Taqueria
744 9th Avenue between 50th and 51st
After receiving numerous accolades from midtownlunch and winning the 2005 Vendy Awards, Hallo Berlin Cart opened a full restaurant on 10th avenue and a smaller express restaurant on 9th avenue. Hallo Berlin serves 10 different kinds of wurst sausages and a number of other Eastern European dishes like schnitzel, goulash, and stuffed cabbage. Wanting to come here for some time, I finally braved the walk uptown and ordered the double soul food combo ($8.00) which consists of chopped up pork bratwurst and a pork/beef frank mixed with fried german potatoes, sauerkraut, onions and mustard. The sausages had a crisp casing with a tasty and salty filling, though certainly not the best sausage I've ever had. The potatoes were crunchy on the ends and the sauerkraut was probably from a can. The food was prepared well and left me satisfied but it wasn't anything special and certainly not worth the hype. On top of all of this was the service that was unbearably slow for a place that has most of its food prepared already and had few people to serve. The one item that did tempt me to come back is that the restaurant also serves various german beers in 17oz steins for $8.00 that look awesome.
Tacqueria y Fonda Part Deux
See original post for location info
Just wanted to add a couple of comments about Taqueria since I returned to try some new items. I admit that I was tempted to order the burrito again but I saw someone else order the tamale and it looked excellent. I went for the beef tongue taco ($3.50) and the chicken tamale ($3.50). The beef tongue came out first. They presented a generous serving of diced grilled tongue with cilantro, tomatoes and onions on top of a corn tortilla (there were 2 there though I'm not sure they meant to give me two). Two were necessary as there was too much food to fit into one tortilla. The tongue was tender and slightly liver-y in flavor, and the corn tortilla was made fresh. I didn't expect the tamale to be spicy but it had quite a kick. The thigh meat chicken in the tamale tasted greasy but the masa (corn dough) was well seasoned and filling.
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Amai Tea - The Ginger Man
171 3rd Avenue between 16th and 17th
My default cupcake spot is Magnolia. Despite numerous calls for me to try Billy's Bakery and other spots, I have developed something of a loyalty to the smooth vanilla buttercream frosting and fluffy cake base that Magnolia serves. Amai serves a green tea cupcake, the recommended item on the list for about $3.00 (Magnolia is $2.00). The frosting was more whipped cream than frosting; light, airy and just a touch creamy, it was quite refreshing. In fact, the whole cupcake was refreshing. The cupcake and frosting are both green, the cake is moist, light and almost cooling. My friend thought it was great. For me, it didn't hit the spot. It was a bit too light for me to consider it a dessert, and I don't know what a cupcake can be besides something I crave after a meal.
The Ginger Man
11 E 36th Street between 5th and Madison
Finding inexpensive sit-down restaurants in midtown is a pretty daunting task. The Ginger Man is more of a bar than a restaurant, serving a vast collection of brews and cask ales. When I went at around 1pm, the place was almost completely empty, which I'm hoping is just a sign of the times and that less people are making the journey out for a sit-down lunch and simply retiring to office cafeterias and bagged lunches. The menu consists of traditional bar fare, though the intent was to make an Irish bar (save for the ploughman's lunch and bratwurst at around $14). Not being prepared to spend so much on lunch, I decided to try the turkey and brie sandwich served on a French baguette with a side of potato chips. The sandwich is decent and clearly nothing special. For $9.50 it's not horribly mis-priced for a sit-down lunch and given the selection of beers that they serve, it's definitely worth going to if you want to try a new ale ($6-9 with $10 flights of 4 4.5 oz samples). If only they had a happy hour…
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
JoeDoe - Nicky's - Redhead
I just wanted to note that I ordered a digital camera and desperately want to add photos of everything to the site. Also, I am working on creating a master map that will have locations of all of the restaurants that I write about. Back to the food:
6. JoeDoe
45 E 1st Street between 1st and 2nd Ave
Jew food is comfort food and chopped liver on challah ranks pretty high on my list of Jew food. In sharp contrast with this Jewish staple is bacon. For those that keep kosher, one could suggest that even mentioning these items in the same sentence is somewhat unsettling. What I know is that chopped liver is awesome and bacon is awesome. JoeDoe gave me the chance to try them together.
JoeDoe, a small 15-20 seat restaurant, opened in Fall of 2008 and with competition coming from Prune (which I have yet to go) across the street, was not particularly crowded on the Friday night at 7:30 that I continued on the TONY quest. I had planned on splitting the chicken-liver sandwich with bacon ($11) with a friend at the bar and heading on my way but we were also intrigued by the "Scottish Egg" ($9) which is a hard-boiled egg that is covered with sausage and deep fried, served with mustard. The bartender started us off with some fried chickpeas which are apparently also served at Prune. They were hot, oily, slightly crispy and a welcome snack while we waited for the appetizers. The Scottish Egg was well plated, the sausage and egg were very tasty and the mustard complemented the dish perfectly. The only problem I had with it is that it is still a $9 egg, it's only one egg and it's essentially breakfast.
The chopped-liver sandwich, however, made me even more determined to complete the list. If all of the items are going to be this good, I'm in for a spectacular ride. For $11 I was quite impressed with the amount of food that they serve. It's definitely enough to have as a small meal in itself. The challah is lightly toasted, the chicken liver is creamy and not as livery-tasting as its beef counterpart and the bacon adds saltiness and texture to each bite. As if this wasn't enough, the sandwich is served with a side of baked apple chutney. I couldn't decide whether I enjoyed the sandwich more with some of the sauce on it and finished the sandwich while alternating bites with and without it.
Though the rest of the menu looks fairly pricey, I will definitely return for the sandwich and to try some of there desserts.
Nicky's Vietnamese Sandwiches
150 E 2nd Street between A and B
I had read about this place on a number of cheap eats websites and had wanted to try it for quite some time. Nicky's is a small space that sells Vietnamese sandwiches, all served on baguettes with pickled carrots, cucumber, cilantro and mayo. All of the sandwiches are $5.00-5.50 including sardine, chicken and pork chop sandwiches with their specialty being the classic Vietnamese which comes with pate, Vietnamese ham and roasted ground pork and can be ordered regular or spicy. Feeling particular brave I chose the spicy and sat down at one of 2 tables. As my friend noted, one sandwich is not enough to fill you up but two is too many. Ideally I would come here and split 3 sandwiches with someone else. The classic was well worth the wait with the pate and vegetables providing most of the flavor and the ham and ground pork adding consistency. The baguette was fresh and the ratio of veggies to meat was just about right. The only problem that I had was that I thought I could take down the spicy sandwich which was slightly out of my heat tolerance. Nicky's sandwiches are a steal at $5.
7. the Redhead
349 E 13th St. between 1st and 2nd Ave
Redhead is a small bar/restaurant that serves Southern-inspired cuisine until 1am. I had never heard of this place until it was mentioned on the TONY list. The place feels more like a bar with tables than a restaurant, but based on the reviews I've read about the service and quality of food from the full menu, I am ready to try the full experience (reservations are taken for parties of 5+ and only before 6:30pm and after 9pm; if it's anything like when I went at 11pm, reservations are necessary as all of the tables were full and the bar was hopping). Items of note on the full menu include a homemade pretzel and Kreuz sausage which is flown in from Texas, and fried chicken. I was only there to get some of their bacon peanut brittle to go, which they sell in self-sealing jars for $7.50. It's peanut-y, it's sweet, spicy, salty and altogether befitting of the praise that it has received from food critics. There are small clumps of bacon that stick to many of the individual peanuts, combining the crunchiness of the nut with the softer texture of the bacon. I'm usually hesitant to spend $7.50 on a snack, but this is well worth it. The jar, while small in appearance, is probably enough for 3-4 tastings. For those not in the area, Redhead sells jars in 3-packs on their website for $20.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Tacqueria y La Fonda
Tacqueria y Fonda
968 Amsterdam Avenue
Tucked away in an unassuming space is Tacqueria, a restaurant serving large portions of inexpensive Mexican cuisine. The menu doesn't have anything above $12, and the value is accentuated even further given that the restaurant participates in restaurant.com gift certificates (purchase a $25 gift certificate for $2-3 with a minimum purchase of $35 which in this restaurant isn't so easy for a party of 2).
The kitchen starts off tables with home-made chips and 3 kinds of salsa. Beers are all $4 and include Sol, Dos Equis, and Corona. We started off with some guacamole ($6) for the table in an attempt to reach the $35 threshold, which was fair but easily forgettable and not something I would be quick to order again. I ordered the Giant Burrito ($9) which is filled with beans, rice, cheese, lettuce, guacamole, tomatoes, sour cream and a choice of meat or vegetable. Following the waiter's suggestion, I had mine with pork and grilled pineapple. I tend to think that I have a large appetite and yet I was narrowly defeated by the size of the burrito which I estimate to be about 1.5x the size of a Chipotle burrito and significantly tastier. While a substantial portion is rice and beans, the pork and pineapple were grilled perfectly and the mozzarella cheese forms chewy strings that contrast nicely.
At this point, we had spent $29 including 3 beers, the giant burrito and a vegetarian quesadilla. Scrambling to spend the extra $6, we were disappointed to discover that the only dessert option is flan. After ordering a chicken salad to go, which I subsequently ate the next day for lunch, our bill came to around $41, leaving the cost of the meal at $28 ($50 with tip - $25 gift certificate + $3 for the gift certificate). The chicken salad consisted of a nice portion of grilled thigh meat, avocado, tomato, onion and lettuce that left me satisfied but was certainly not up to standard with the rest of the meal.
While the atmosphere is non-existent and the location is fairly inconvenient for anyone living below 96th street, Tacqueria's portions, inexpensive menu and quality make it a strong contender for one of the top cheap eats in NYC.
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Time Out New York wrote up a list of the "Top 100 best things we ate and drank this year." I noticed that I had been to a handful of them, wanted to try others and hadn't heard of many of them. After reading an article about someone who tried to go to all 100 of the places mentioned in the 2007 list, I decided to go on my own quest to take down the list. Restaurants that are part of the list will be entered with a number before the name of the restaurant. The following 5 items represent the locations that I had previously been to before the beginning of the quest:
1. Artichoke Basille's Pizza & Brewery
328 E 14th Street between 1st and 2nd Avenue
When people think about pizza, they think about NY and Chicago. When people think about NY pizza, they think about Lombardi's and Grimaldi's. I've been to Lombardi's. I've been to Grimaldi's. I've been to Otto, John's and Patsy's and I would not hesitate for a minute to say that Artichoke is the best slice of pizza in NYC (Note: I have not tried Di Fara's which I hear serves an incredibly good slice). Artichoke serves 4 kinds of slices: (1) Margherita ($3.50) – a traditional round pizza slice made with homemade tomato sauce, fresh basil and fresh mozzarella and sliced at around 1.5x the usual size of a slice; (2) Sicilian ($3.50)– square slice with slightly burned ends that is crispy, garlicky, and represents the contender for best slice despite its size relative to the round slice; (3) Artichoke ($4.00) – a round slice topped with a creamy spinach artichoke that is rich, filling and made with clumps of cheese; (4) Crab slice ($4.00) which I have yet to try but have heard good things about.
Usually there is a line at Artichoke (20 minutes+) so whenever I pass at an off-peak time I feel slightly obliged to order a slice simply because there is no line. The place does serve beer but there are no tables and only enough room for 2-3 people to stand by the counter. They are open late and serve as a staple option for those on their way back from the bar.
2. Momofuku Noodle Bar
171 First Avenue between 10th and 11th
The restaurant deserves its own review on its own merits but for the sake of the list I will try to describe the crispy pigs' tails appetizer ($14) that is suggested. This item was not on the menu and served as a special that night but given that it is on the TONY list, I imagine that it is served often. If it has pork it in, I'm interested. If it has something unusual, I'm interested. Pig's tails? Sold. The restaurant serves a healthy appetizer portion (about 8 or so). The tails are fried and glazed with a sweet/sour sauce and are gummy in texture, very similar to oxtail. For $14 I expected a bit more and with so many other strong options at the restaurant I don't think I would order it again.
3. McSorley's Old Ale House
15 E 7th Street between 2nd and 3rd Avenue
It doesn't seem right to write up a review about McSorley's at is such a NY institution, but for those that have not yet experienced its majesty, McSorley's is the oldest bar in New York and serves only McSorley's dark ale and McSorley's light ale (Two ½ pints for $4.50). The dark ale is caramel flavored and creamy while the light is more of a pale ale. The line can get quite long and the bar very crowded so go early.
4. Indus Express
48 W 48th Street between 5th and 6th Ave
Chaat is an Indian snack food made up of potatoes, yogurt, spices, chick peas, and chilis that is normally topped with samosa pieces (samosa chaat) or fried crispy strings (papri chaat) and is served warm or cold. After searching for an Indian restaurant that served it as an appetizer, midtownlunch directed me to Taj Delhi Chat that serves generous portions for $5-6 and is spicy and filling. Indus Express serves as competition though the portions are a little smaller at Indus and the samosa chaat ($5) has more flavor at Taj. For those not willing to make the trek from their offices in the low 50's to 38th street to go to Taj, Indus Express is definitely recommended for inexpensive chaat. Additionally, Indus sells Indian sweets such as Burfi, has a buffet and a fairly nice dining area for a small fast food Indian restaurant.
5. Porchetta
110 E 7th Street between 1st and A
Porchetta has been named one of the top new places for 2008. Numerous critics and restaurant chefs have been vocal about their adoration for the porchetta (pork) sandwiches that this fast food stand sells. For me, the sandwich did not live up to the hype. Maybe I had too high expectations. Maybe it was an off night. Maybe it wasn't enough of a sample size (Full disclosure: I sampled some of my friend's sandwich). Don't get me wrong, it was a good sandwich. I just have a hard time spending $9 on a sandwich when there are a number of other great spots in the area where $9 buys more food of equal or better quality (Nicky's Vietnamese for example). I am certainly interested in returning for the platter which comes with roasted potatoes with burnt ends.
Just a quick comment should anyone want to try it for themselves. The place is quite small, with room for only about 5 people on stools so should the line be long you may be shivering in the cold for quite a bit. I would suggest taking the sandwich to nearby Tomkins Square Park to enjoy without the crowd.
Reviewing and cataloging the 10,000+ restaurants in NYC is a task that is surprisingly well undertaken by a number of the myriad food websites such as menupages, nymetro, yelp and midtownlunch, all of which I strongly recommend to those seeking a new restaurant to try.
Having spent the last few years sampling offerings from Michelin rated restaurants to street meat, I wanted to begin the chronicling of my own adventures in cuisine. Keeping in mind that food is predominantly a matter of personal taste, I hope that by journaling my experiences I can develop a catalog of reviews that others can use to make more informed dining decisions.


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Fool Us Again: 30 Years of Bait and Switch Budget Politics
Once again we go to the cliff. Once again Republicans are threatening brinksmanship. Once again, Democrats are practicing preemptive capitulation. Once again, the media is missing the real story.
You're going to be hearing a lot from Republicans about the horrors of debt and deficits in the next couple of weeks. The last time they cranked up their fear machine prior to a vote on the debt ceiling, it caused a downgrading of the US credit rating and cost us some $90 billion. You know, crashing the economy in order to save it.


text: Right the first thing I wanna say about Last Exile is that it takes a couple of episodes to really warm up to. You keep looking left and right for the first couple of episodes wondering what the hell is going on and when is that narrator going to give us a nice little prologue…. but it never happens. You're left to fend for yourself and I'll admit there were a couple of moments when I thought I might drop it but believe me i'm glad I didn't. Last Exile is a great roller coaster ride that I think would appeal to a large demographic. It pulls you in and the plot keeps you hooked till the last episode. The only thing that I found lacking (aside from the first couple of episodes) was the ending which, though not exactly bad, still left a slightly sour taste in my mouth. But I reiterate it wasn't a bad ending at all. GONZO pulled out all the stops for this little gem of an anime and it's one of the best sci-fi animes I've seen in ages… Oh and on a side note, Claus reminds me of little Anakin whenever he puts on his helmet and goggles.


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A bit of a mixed bag this week. Chris running a Turks vs Russian slaughter, under The Great War.
John and Kevin engaging in an attractive Blitzkrieg Commander, 1939, Germans vs Poles game.
While the rest of the crew lined-up for a Field of Glory, Rome vs Celts/Picts.
Phil T. 13/7/08


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It's just a white very soft and comfortable cotton V neck sweater, but I love it. This one is EDC by ESPRIT.
I've been working on my blog and photos for so many hours this week and I'm so happy to see that I have followers and people who doesn't know me at all and keep telling me how much they like my work and sense of style. I want to thank everybody for their support, lovely comments and likes! Ah, and the hypes on Lookbook of course. Thank you, it would not be possible withou you!


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attending Dahlia's 4th (that's fourth, people) ballet recital - the week just flew.
So we grabbed a few hours late Sunday afternoon and headed up north to Mr Tremblant for an over-nighter as Dahlia had a school day off on Monday.
And I grabbed (hmmmm....doing a lot of grabbing lately. What does that mean?) a few pictures while we were there.
This was the view from our balcony at about 8:45 in the evening.
Had to show you the color of the sky.
OK....one more time.
...and this was the next morning.
Some great architecture. (Felicia...are you drooling?)
And look who wants out? "Hey Mom....what's out there?"
OK....all together now...
Don't forget to scoot on over to Lisa's for some great photography.
I have a whack of photos from our tiny trip to Tremblant that I'll post later in the week in color.
That is, if this week doesn't zzzzzing by me!


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- YMCA Not Dismissed on Charitable Immunity, But on Assumption of Risk, for a Run Into a Wall as Trial Court was Premature.
- July 14, 2017 | Author: Alicia M. Smith
- Law Firm: Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin, P.C. - Cherry Hill Office
Lequerica v. Metropolitan YMCA of the Oranges, 2017 N.J. Super. Unpub. LEXIS 975
The plaintiff's claim, that she fell and hit her head in a fitness class due to running too fast and fell into a wall, was dismissed as Assumption of the Risk by the trial court. The appellate court found the opposite. According to the Superior Court, the trial court was premature in dismissing the motion for summary judgment on the Charitable Immunity claim without discovery on the defendant organization for educational and/or charitable purposes. The court also found that the trial court was premature in granting the motion for summary judgment on Assumption of the Risk before expert reports, which asserted a failure to set up a buffer zone, pad the walls and instruct the class.


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America chat seks. Mark walked through the gloomy, even a little dusty hallways and low-light scenes and for some reason thought that in the future would like to work on such a gloomy Devourer parsecs, not to shine on the tourist ship. Air conditioners were standing in the corridors of these rare, as in the lower compartments do not often go down and breathe a little more difficult here than in the upper.
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Update From Anne – My Awkward, Public Betrayal Trauma Mess
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Just want to give you an update about how my recovery is going.
Most of you know that my divorce was finalized in February. So February was rough. I went through a frantic trauma mode, realizing that this is real, this is happening, and now I need a concrete plan to move forward. It's very interesting because God is telling me the opposite thing: to relax, to trust Him, and to just take one step at a time. I'm trying to take a step back and not try so hard and to trust that I am a lily of the field and He will take care of me.
I'm struggling with living in the present. I'm disassociating frequently–where I get lost in my thoughts and zone out. Self-care is also a struggle. I don't get out of the house much. I take care of my kids and don't put makeup on or do my hair; exercising has also been rough. I really need to start focusing on self care because I think it would help my agoraphobia. I have a serious issue and that is I cannot stand to wear a bra! I can't stand it! I don't know if this is a part of the trauma. I avoid leaving the house so I don't have to put one on or I wear a big coat!
In the book, Your Sexually Addicted Spouse Barbara Steffens writes, "A messy exterior does not equal co-dependency." She also says, "We believe it can be extremely difficult for any professional to clearly assess a partner's personal empowerment because her post traumatic can trigger such extreme responses that the person may appear to exhibit co-dependency and erratic mental health. Such a person may look panicked, unkempt, hysterical, angry, depressed, impatient, and even abrasive as she sees her marriage, dreams, and life crumble, lost to a spouse's sexual addiction.
Yet we have found that if we look under the surface presentation of a sex addicts partner and seek to understand the motivation beneath her behavior, we can begin to more clearly understand where the person is coming from. Only then can we help her to determine what she needs to feel safe again. Empower her to act in her own best interest and help her to begin to heal. Once this early ER treatment and beginning steps of healing takes place, we find most partners are able to look at personal issues on which they need to work."
I think I'm at this point. I have some personal issues I need to work on – especially with self care.
Coming Soon The Details Of Anne's Story – How She Done Got Betrayal Trauma And Her Healing Process
I've been working on my book which will come out soon. It's in the revision stage right now. As I work on it, my trauma really flares up. I feel my heart clenching up, my stomach in knots, and not being able to really express my true feelings. In looking back at some of my past behaviors and the way I reacted to my husband's infidelity and abuse, I wasn't really ever able to clearly communicate what I needed and how I felt.
Most of the time I was stuck in a constant loop of trying to defend myself and trying to gain safety in my home through having my husband change his behaviors. I've learned that any time I've come at communication from this place of trying to defend myself or trying to prove something, rather than coming to it from a place of sharing my feelings, I don't come at it the right way. I still don't really know how to do that. It's just something that I am now seeing that I need to work on.
Flying Monkey's, Narcissistic Husband's And Betrayal Trauma
The trauma has caused me to be so defensive that I became detached from my own feelings. Since I don't really have co-dependent tendencies, in the past I don't believe that I was seeking control. What I was seeking was truth and safety. I think this is how many women are. We are looking for the truth and for safety. These desires may present themselves in different ways. I still have a no-contact boundary with him and his "flying monkeys." A "flying monkey" is someone who enables an abuser. Here is a segment from an article called, How Narcissist's get Away With It from pairedLife.com.
"Anyone in a relationship with a narcissist knows how much discord one person can sow. A fog of confusion descends and the environment seems to become more toxic by the minute. That's because people with disorder personalities thrive on drama and division which they create by spreading false rumors with a little bit of truth mixed in to make their story more plausible. They also recruit "flying monkeys" whom they artfully manipulate to carry out their agenda. Meanwhile, because the air has become poison, no one is happy.
However, it is very difficult to figure out what is going on. That's because an adult who suffers from a character flaw serious enough to bully another knows their number will be up if they do not use a lot of smoke and mirrors to deflect attention away from their own misdeeds. One tried and true trick is to blame everything on the innocent person who happens to be their target. Then they need to convince everyone else that things would improve if this person changed."
My ex-husband's mother sent me a note that said, in a nutshell, "We know Christ can heal people and we know he can heal you, so you can do what's best for the kids." I assume from this that they think that if I were accessing the atonement, I'd want to talk to them? Actually, it's the opposite. Christ is healing me and teaching me to set boundaries. I'm feeling the healing process work, mainly because I'm no longer being abused by my ex or abused by proxy by his family.
The reason why I cannot have contact is because they are too unhealthy. I've thought about all of the things I could write back, such as, "I hope that you can use the Atonement to heal you so you can be a safe person to talk to."
I wrote a couple different versions and then I prayed and told God that I can't control the way she perceives me. I don't know what she wants. I don't know why she's writing. If I were to write back at this point, it would be from a place of trying to defend myself (yes, I am accessing the atonement, thanks) or trying to explain it to her (this is how I access the atonement, you should try it). But I still haven't figured out how to communicate this in a clear way that does not include defending or explaining. I surrendered it and put the letter in my surrender drawer.
I think my ex thought the divorce would be the answer to his problems. I think he's realizing that he has the exact same problems. I still have a no-contact boundary. He's having financial problems (and they're not nearly as bad as mine, so I'm not sympathetic at all – especially since he caused it himself).
Divorcing didn't solve his problems. I wonder if he thinks talking to me would solve his problems – which is obviously ridiculous. I talked to him for seven years and that didn't solve anything. The only solution to his problems is genuine, honest recovery.
Someone commented on Instagram exactly what I would need to feel safe: "The worst part about toxic people is how they feel the right to walk into your life at any moment, interrupting the healing process. It's always so casual and self serving, feigning ignorance of the absolute havoc they have wrought on your life."
This is how it feels when my ex attempts any contact without taking full and total accountability for his perceptions and behaviors over the last eight years. He's not humble, honest, nor willing to surrender to God's will. I can see clearly that he has not changed and he is using his same tactics over and over again. I'm done playing this game. He casually tries to come in here or there and I'm not interested in having a relationship in any way, shape, or form unless he is healthy – which would likely take years of active recovery and therapy.
Betrayal Trauma Recovery Is A Process
Recovery is a process. It's not linear – you don't learn one concept and the next day you totally understand it and know how to apply it. It's circular and you're able to apply a part of a principle and then you learn more about it and apply more.
You have ah-ha moments – things you've heard about for years and finally it makes sense. This happened with boundaries for me. I didn't understand what this meant for years and I'm still understanding more about them. But I incorporated boundaries when it finally made sense to me.
I'm grateful for you and your listening to this process. I receive emails from you, saying you've cried with me and that you have felt some of the same things I have felt. I want you to know that I am so sorry for your pain. I'm sorry that you have been abandoned by the person who promised to love you. I'm sorry that at times it seems like there is no one there to help.
I know that God can see us. Whether our path is the path of yoga (I think if we all did yoga the world's problems would be solved), or getting an APSATS coach who will provide an immediate supporting environment. A therapist you choose, a recovery group, whatever you choose, know that God is there and He will lead and guide you.
One thing I have noticed with recovery is that it is important to choose something and give it a try for a little while. For example I tried meditation and it felt good in the moment and then an hour later I felt terrible. But if I made a goal to meditate everyday for twenty minutes, and I actually did it, I started feeling consistently better. Similarly, if I did yoga every day, I would feel better. If I followed up with a coach every other week for three months, I'd likely see consistent progress.
We recommend people start with our safety and stabilization package with our APSATS coaching. It's three session that are individual where a person can begin the process and find out where they are and what they need. Group sessions will soon be available. Look for this on our website. It's a less-expensive option. Groups cap at 5 people so there can be individual attention along with the support of a group.
I'm in this just like you. My trauma is still intense when it gets triggered – which is thankfully less and less these days. I'm working through my insecurities and worries and fears. I'm still numbing through compulsive work projects and cleaning.
We're all in this together sisters, and don't worry – we will die eventually:)!
Until next time, stay safe out there!


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PulsePoint saw 307 percent revenue growth between 2013 and 2015. "However, with this fortunate situation comes the inevitable plateau," says Gaon. "One of the greatest challenges PulsePoint has faced as a result of rapid growth is sustaining momentum, which we address in two ways. Firstly, it's important to diversify and evolve your business unit. Accelerated revenue growth has allowed us to explore entry into new verticals where there is significant revenue opportunity. Secondly, once you hit a phase of rapid growth, ensuring that you continue to hire the right people becomes more important than ever." To sustain its growth and remain relevant within the industry, PulsePoint is looking to consolidate its technologies to be as efficient as possible, while expanding its services across various verticals.


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I was recently made aware of a post by Eliezer Yudkowsky on two concepts, related to atheism, which he calls untheism and antitheism. This was a response to my comment (taken from a pseudo-scientist's (John Lennox) site) that "I am neither atheist nor theist nor deist". With this I meant that it is my wish that we lived in a society where religious dogmas and all that were as irrelevant as Bertrand Russell's celestial teapot. Yudkowsky argues that an untheist
He also mentions the following very logical concept: that in a pre-agricultural society, one of hunters gatherers, the concept of good god is absent:
would be someone who grew up in a society where the concept of God had simply never been invented - where writing was invented before agriculture, say, and the first plants and animals were domesticated by early scientists. In this world, superstition never got past the hunter-gatherer stage - a world seemingly haunted by mostly amoral spirits - before coming into conflict with Science and getting slapped down.He imagines an untheist society progressing to the point where they develop science, but without passing through the stage where they were slapped by religion. They have had no need for gods in their society. Suppose then that, at some point, they get in touch with a person from our society who tells them
"The universe was created by God -"The untheist cannot understand the argument of the theist. It is alien to them, irrelevant. If the encounter persists, the untheist will develop arguments against the irrational beliefs of the guy from our civilization, at which point, says Yudkowsky, the untheist becomes antitheist. And then, he argues, this is atheism. The argument is nice.
"By what?"
"By a, ah, um, God is the Creator - the Mind that chose to make the universe -"
"So the universe was created by an intelligent agent. Well, that's the standard Simulation Hypothesis, but do you have actual evidence confirming this? You sounded very certain -"
"No, not like the Matrix! God isn't in another universe simulating this one, God just... is. He's indescribable. He's the First Cause, the Creator of everything -"
"Okay, that sounds like you just postulated an ontologically basic mental entity. And you offered a mysterious answer to a mysterious question. Besides, where are you getting all this stuff? Could you maybe start by telling us about your evidence - the new observation you're trying to interpret?"
"I don't need any evidence! I have faith!"
"You have what?"
And as for the claim that religion is compatible with Reason - well, is there a single religious claim that a well-developed, sophisticated Untheist culture would not reject? When they have no reason to suspend judgment, and no anti-epistemology of separate magisteria, and no established religions in their society to avoid upsetting?He concludes thus:
Yet in the long run, the goal is an Untheistic society, not an Atheistic one - one in which the question "What's left, when God is gone?" is greeted by a puzzled look and "What exactly is missing?"And this is my point too.
He also mentions the following very logical concept: that in a pre-agricultural society, one of hunters gatherers, the concept of good god is absent:
Before you have chiefdoms where the priests are a branch of government, the gods aren't good, they don't enforce the chiefdom's rules, and there's no penalty for questioning them.Again, this is a very precise observation. Religion was invented to keep people subordinate to a chieftain, a lord, a king, an emperor. It's a cheap substitute of opium for the masses, distributed freely by the rulers.


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The Chicago Bears are finishing a disappointing season today with a game against the Detroit Lions, who at 2-13 are improved over last season's 0-16 mark. The Bears took a step backwards from last season and now stand at 6-9. Both teams have exciting young quarterbacks. Today I am featuring a former Lions quarterback, who made his name as a great backup.
In 21 seasons in the NFL, Morrall started every game in a regular season just twice, earning him the title of the greatest backup quarterback ever. Despite that title, Morrall had plenty of moments to shine. He was a two time Pro Bowl selection, three time Super Bowl champion, the 1972 Comeback Player of the Year and the 1968 MVP. When Morrall retired after the 1976 season, he was the oldest QB ever to start and win an NFL game. Doug Flutie and Vinny Testaverde have since eclipsed Morrall's record.
When I met Morrall at the Ultimate Collectibles Show he was as polite and gracious as any star I have ever met. I mentioned his card was in the first pack of football cards I ever bought. He was surprised that I remembered. Later, I walked past Morrall in the lobby area and he went out of his way to greet me again and thanked me for stopping by to see him. What a class act.