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Monday, October 18, 2010
Trick or Treat? Thanks for the Apple
This dead cheese fingers video is the only real Halloween-themed recipe I've done before, so I thought I'd rerun it today, after a fun, but tiring trip to Los Angeles, which has left me video-less. This was inspired by a version I saw on the blog, Our Best Bites, and you can read the full, original post here.
Today, I'm very excited to start production on several very-requested food wishes including …drum roll …New York Cheesecake! Also, working on a revolutionary new mac and cheese recipe. So, enjoy, and stay tuned!
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would it look even surreal using light coloured sausages ?
- October 19, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- Chef John said...
ewwww, that's just gross! Well, maybe it would work.
- October 19, 2010 at 12:53 AM
Chef! Chef!
Can you try my suggestion ? I want to see if the end result looks like real fingers !
- October 19, 2010 at 4:37 AM
Chef John! Loooooooved this one, I'm surely gonna make it.
Was looking for some scary food recipies and this one just made my day!
As always..thanks :-)
- October 19, 2010 at 8:53 AM
- Chef John said...
Me? Why don't you try?!
- October 19, 2010 at 12:29 PM
Chef John...
The one you did was gross except that
It looked too 'white' to be fingers... Then
it dawn on me that perhaps sausages
would make it even more convincing...
Whatever it is, I don't want to do it, or
even go near this thing... It gives me
the CREEPS!! So disgusting! Please
dont make me turn off sausages, i love
them... But still curious about it though...
Oh by the way, made Sloppy Joes from
Watching your video and it was a big hit!
Still searching high and low for your Sloppy
Giuseppe, the sound version but no luck.
- October 19, 2010 at 5:12 PM
- Patti A said...
Wow, way easier than the severed finger cookies I made a few years ago. Thanks for the idea. Marinara sauce would be good instead of ketchup.
- October 20, 2010 at 9:28 AM
- Ethel said...
Actually I was thinking of using goiaba paste for the blood. I lived in Brazil and they have a simple but delicious mozarella cheese and goiaba dish called Romeo and Juliet (Romeu e Julieta quejo if you want to google for pics).
I was thinking of that cause I've never had cheese with hot sauce or ketchup and thought the combo was kind of strange..but of course my sweet combo may appear strange to people who are more used to the savory combo.
Anyways, thanks Chef John!
- October 21, 2010 at 2:46 PM
- Faiza Shafi said...
I was reading your article and wondered if you had considered creating an ebook on this subject. Your writing would sell it fast. You have a lot of writing talent. patrick mackaronis
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Replace Capitalism with Democracy
The financial elite have gained more and more power in society, especially in the United States. Since the 70s big capital has gained an increasing power over politicians and the public. They control the institutions in society, they control the economy to a large extent, and they have a huge influence on politicians. Yet despite having all this wealth, power and influence over our lives they have never been democratically elected. This is unacceptable.
This state-capitalist system we have today is not sustainable. It leads to exploitation, injustice, the destruction of the environment, and last but not least, it undermines democracy.
We have a huge democratic deficit. It is undemocratic when the ones who have the overwhelming power in society are not elected by people. The financial elite have most of the wealth, they control the resources and the means of production - things that affect our lives - yet we�ve never voted for them. People don�t control their own lives, workplaces and communities; instead the super rich non-elected minority make big decitions and control huge part of the society with their enormous wealth which is very highly concentrated.
Not only are the rich and powerful in an undemocratic way controlling the economy as a whole in huge networks of transactions, investments and stock exhange, they also rule the institutions in society in a totalitarian way. The economic institutions in a capitalist society have a totalitarian model; a tyrannical non-democratic hierarchy in which the people at the top - the CEOs, owners etc - dictate how the institution is being run, what�s being produced, working conditions and so on, while people further down the hierarchy must follow their orders. Capitalist institutions are in other words private tyrannies. These structures are in no way not even recembling democratic organization.
Democracy has also been reduced to just putting a piece of paper in a box once every second year.
This is not good enough. We can do much better than that!
So what is the alternative?
In my opinion the people must take the power back from the non-elected elites so they can take control over their own lives by creating a more democratic society. In other words, more direct democracy and direct participation. That means democratic control of communities, democratic control of workplaces and so on; a society where people participate in the decision-making and cooperate in building a society where we focus on people�s needs, not billionaire�s short term profit.
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The HANS® (Head And Neck Support) Device was originally designed to limit the extreme front to back and side-to-side movement of the head and neck during a violent crash. Using a collar and yoke system made of carbon fiber and Kevlar, the device is connected to the helmet with a series of quick connect tethers. The HANS® Device is worn around the neck and down the front of the shoulders, underneath the safety belts of the shoulder harness. This allows for normal movement of the head and helmet, but limits the extreme movement of the head and neck that is so common in the rapid deceleration during a crash.
Robert Hubbard invented the HANS® Device in association with IMSA driver Jim Downing in the early 1980's. Having worked at General Motors as a biomechanical crash injury expert, Hubbard led the development team that created the Hybrid 3 crash test dummy head and used that experience in designing the HANS® Device. Hubbard is a PhD, and currently a Professor at Michigan State University's College of Engineering. Jim Downing, who is also Hubbard's brother-in-law, has a long history as an IMSA sports car driver and was the first to identify the problems associated with a restrained torso and an unrestrained head in sudden deceleration impacts. Working together, their goal was to create a device that would reduce the chance of a serious injury caused by the violent movement of the unrestrained head and helmet during a crash. In a high-speed impact, the amount of loading, sheer and tension that a helmeted head places on the neck can be tremendous. In the worst-case scenarios, like those of Adam Petty and Kenny Irwin, it can cause a basalar skull fracture and almost certain death. Hubbard and Downing hoped to minimize these injuries by designing a piece of equipment that would restrain and stabilize the head, while still remaining in relationship to the driver's torso. With that design in mind, the HANS® Device slowly took form.
The HANS® Device has undergone extensive testing at Wayne State University by General Motors using crash sleds and a full 5-point racing harness. Addition crash tests by Mercedes Benz, now DaimlerChrysler, have shown similar results. Their tests have shown that the HANS® Device significantly limits the amount of stress and potential injury to the neck and head. These tests and real life examples have been persuasive enough to warrant both CART and Formula 1 to mandate the HANS® Device as a standard part of their safety equipment for next year.
In addition to the CART and F1 mandate, a number of NASCAR drivers have been fitted for the HANS® Device. This should come as no surprise since the tragic death of Tony Roper at Texas Motor Speedway. While Roper did not die of a skull fracture, his injuries stopped the supply of blood to his brain, rendering him essentially brain dead. This weekend at Fontana at least 6 Craftsman Truck Series drivers were spotted racing with the HANS® Device, and others have already ordered it.
Perhaps the most compelling fact about the HANS® Device is that not a single driver who has worn one in a crash has suffered a neck or head injury. With more than 250 units currently in use, the HANS® Device works every time according to its co-creator Bob Hubbard.
Available for sale at Hubbard Downing, Inc, the HANS® Device is available in different models for different race vehicles. When purchasing a HANS® Device the driver's helmet is shipped to Hubbard Downing for the installation of the unit. Normally, the seat and padding around the driver's seat must also be minimally reconfigured to account for the addition of the HANS® Device. At a cost up to $2,000 the HANS® Device is portable and can be used in nearly any type of vehicle, including powerboats. Please visit their website at www.HansDevice.com or call (770) 457-1046 to contact Hubbard Downing Inc. directly, or for technical information, please contact Robert Hubbard in Michigan at (517) 353-5013.
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DETROIT -- I had a little time Tuesday morning between interviews, meet-and-greets and general schmoozing to devote real time to the much-hyped scent at the Nissan display at the Detroit auto show.
The booth, erected by marketing firm George P. Johnson Co., featured what was advertised as the first-ever "brand smell" -- which Nissan planned to roll out to its dealers this year. The automaker described the smell as "modern" and green-tea like.
On Monday, I made two attempts to smell the Nissan smell, but with little success.
I thought I identified the scent as shoe leather -- at that moment, the booth smelled a bit like DSW Shoe Warehouse. Turns out it was just the fresh leather smell of the new cars on display.
Returning in the afternoon, I smelled a pungent citrus odor. I jotted it down in my notepad, looked up and noticed a display worker using a spray cleaner on a nearby display.
Thwarted again. It seems the Nissan smell thought it was 2009 (the automaker skipped the 2009-11 Detroit auto shows).
But Tuesday morning, with the help of a booth model, I found the smell -- near the back of the display on a set of stairs about 50 feet from the nearest Nissan on display.
I (keep in mind I'm no bloodhound) found the smell to be similar to the new light, slightly perfumey colognes on the market. It is somewhat woodsy-scented with a bit of a floral aroma, not pungent like some retail stores. (I'm looking at you, Abercrombie & Fitch. Seriously, can a mall shopper walk by your store without gagging?) In fact, the Nissan scent is barely noticeable.
By now, you've wondered why Nissan would spend the time and marketing dollars on a seemingly elusive scent.
Well, the odor idea didn't get off to a good start. A source informed me that workers complained of headaches from the strong odor Sunday as they put finishing touches on the display. For fear of nauseating the press and then the public, Nissan and George P. Johnson tuned down the scent -- maybe a little too much, my source said.
But a Nissan official said the reports of smell snafus were wrong.
"We actually turned our scent up on Monday as we felt it was too light and only noticeable at first on the lower tier of our booth," said Josh Clifton, public relations product specialist, via email.
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Women are more capable than ever before. We are educated, we are working, and we are taking control of our lives. Gone are the days of getting married soon after high school and standing barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen while cooking your husband some meal made entirely of canned ingredients. Unless that's what you want, of course. To each her own.
A growing number of married women are now the breadwinners of their family, something that was virtually unheard of in our mothers' generation. How could a female make more money than a man? Why would she want to? As it turns out, maybe they had a reason for not wanting to out-earn their husbands -- marriages in which the wife earns more money tend to be unhappier.
Why is that? One theory is that men like being manly and women enjoy being feminine, so when you toss the gender stereotype that the man brings home the bacon on its head, there's bound to be internal conflict that could lead to strife in the relationship. This is backed up by the fact that women who out-earn men are more likely to take on the majority of the housework as well, as if they're overcompensating for their "economic masculinity." Things are bound to spiral downward as the lady begins to feel like the weight of the world is on her shoulders -- what's wrong with that lout she married?
Has the feminist revolution stalled in the home? Are gender stereotypes to blame? Maybe. But it doesn't have to be that way.
Chicks dig strong guys, no matter what their bank statements say. Men, we are not trying to show you up by earning more money than you -- we are just trying to reach our own full potential. Don't take everything so personally. If you act like men, we will treat you like men.
Be chivalrous. Be confident. You know what's sexy? A man secure enough in his manhood to not feel threatened or act pissy when his wife out-earns him. How about showing a little pride or even some swagger over it? Yup, that's my girl … isn't she amazing? Compliments are especially good when they're heartfelt ones from our husbands.
Breaking preconceived notions about gender roles in marriage can be difficult -- but it's not impossible. All relationships have their quirks that make them non-typical, and there is no rulebook to making it work. Just respect and admire your spouse for his or her amazing attributes, even if you're a dude and your wife makes more money than you.
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And yet, the night breeze, I sensed, it became a hurricane in the morning, my dream, in it as though truth itself, is to know that night breeze, as though in romance- to romance the mystery of the hidden truth. For I love the night breeze, which so few yet can sense.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Human rights, what human rights
Jacaranda FM is doing a poll on human rights day. I, like the majority of those before me, said that there was nothing to celebrate, the second biggest majority were having a braai (cooking meat and traditional food (Afrikaans traditional food, like pap) using a fire, and sitting around eating 'n drinking usually outside by the fire), but South Africans do that anyway!
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A deep interest in the law of South Africa, especially our constitutional and common law, guided my studies and continues to influence my current career path. I enjoy engaging in the day to day work of being an attorney, and reading the material contained in our case law.
I have gained and enjoyed much exposure to the law and to the day to day details of practice, and to extensive litigation work, during my years of practise since my admission to the profession and enrolment as an attorney of the High Court, as well as during my articles of clerkship and, prior to that, when I worked as a student counsellor/paralegal at the Wits Law Clinic – in the final year of law school and during my studies at the School for Legal Practice.
I am passionate about the place of my birth, South Africa, and am proud to be a patriot and citizen of this diverse and beautiful nation. I consider myself a global citizen and keep connections in a number of different nations across the world. Communicating with people from other cultures, I believe, has aided me to have a more open-minded approach in so far as how I see, and interact with, the world.
I believe success requires not just hard work but intelligence, perseverance, humility, integrity, ingenuity, diligence, a strong work ethic, and the courage to request the assistance of those better-versed in a matter, or field, where necessary.
The cultures and legal systems, morals and courtesy systems, languages, intricacies and religions of South Africa and of the nations of the world, are subjects I love to research. I enjoy reading and writing. To keep abreast with important events occurring in other countries, I find my knowledge of other languages, especially French, to be highly useful. I passed Afrikaans at a matric level. I took Zulu from grades 5 to 7. The language I am best acquainted with, is my first language of English, which I speak in everyday life.
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The instructions were easy to follow and the finished product was the perfect size for transporting pies and casseroles. As an added bonus, the carrier also kept my dishes warm while in transit (I used scrap quilt batt instead of fusible fleece). I would suggest using a walking foot to do the top stitching as the corner and edges could be quite thick.
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Out with a Bang: Riverfest
In the traditional style of Empire Wake, we like to close the curtain on events with a blowout. Sometimes it's an amazing contest with the best riders on the East Coast, Red Bull vehicles and fireworks. Other times (like this one) it is with an all out party. Lucky for us, the Atlas Wake Series riders just take care of the spectacular all on their own.
The Riverfest wake contest moved locations just four days before the event was to take place. Some thought we were crazy, but we wanted the final Riverfest event to have perfect water conditions and more to offer then ever before.
Pulled with the brand new 2010 Axis 22, 50 riders fought not only for the top spots on the days podium, but for the right to claim the 2009 Atlas Wake Series' overall winners.
Each season Riverfest is a taste of what is to come next year. This time it was a perfect ending before a new beginning. Stephen Pierce had secured his 2009 Open Division title in Charlotte before his hometown crowd just 2 weeks before. Now he was ready to step up and stake his mark with the Pros. Riding against, Justin Sellars, Matt Kirk, Nick Galotifiore, and Kyle Rowland, Stephen skipped home with a cool, $1000 cash and the 1st place trophy in his hand. His quote… "I have never had $1000 before."
The open division didn't miss Stephen much though. Nick Joesph (1st), Gordon Harrison(2nd) and Sam Baker(3rd) filled that void quickly. Nick hadn't ridden a contest since taking first in Myrtle Beach July 13th. Graham Knott stepped out of his comfort zone of the intermediate division to finish 5th in open. Keep your eyes open for this name in the next couple years.
Last on the water was the always impressive wakeskaters. After a close call to being cancelled in the 2009 series, this division really showed they belong. Garrett West took third behind Ben Pierce and another big up and coming rider Matt Deal. Matt has shown all year he is atop the wakeskaters on the coast. Not only did he podium at 2 other stops this year, but is the 2009 Wakeskate Champ.
The day ended at a downtown night club with the party of the year. Starting with the video premier of "No Named Losers," the club was packed by 9pm. This video was hosted by Teleprompted Anthems and displayed riders from the Aussie Island Wake Team. Following the video was an indoor skate contest and bikini contest to end the night. The year couldn't have ended on a higher note.
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We Lutherans -- "we" being the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, insofar as the name has not been removed or hidden so people don't think we're some kind of frozen chosen, maintenance rather than missional mentality, or wannabe Catholics stuck in a Eurocentric liturgical straight-jacket for worship rather than ablaze to bring you to a critical event and get you all on fire with our praise band -- are about to celebrate the Feast of St Monica on 27 August.
Thing is, the Feast of St Monica is 4 May. Has been since there's been such a feast, the Lutheran Reformation didn't have an issue with it until Vatican II did and moved it, so of course we follow suit as if Vatican II were held in St Louis.
Huh? Who cares? What difference does that make? And who is and why bother about this Monica anyway? The last Monica anyone heard about was Lewinsky! Besides, it's all adiaphora, right, why trample on my Christian Freedom with all this dead weight from the past?
OK, Monica was the mother of St Augustine. Geez, whozzat? Well, arguably the most influential Christian theologian ever. We'll leave whether that was for better or worse, as well as biographies of Augustine or Monica, aside here. You can check that out in our next post, or at Section VIII of Eastern Church/Empire, Western Church/Empire, 2012, on this blog. Except for this: Augustine was quite non-Christian, anti-Christian really, held the most prestigious professorship in his time, and his conversion was brought about in part by the example and prayers of his Christian mother, Monica, which is why the church honours her.
When the church sets up a day in honour of someone, the traditional practice is to choose the day on which the person died, if known, since that is the day they were born into eternity. St Augustine's date of death, his heavenly birthday, is 28 August 430, so 28 August is his feast. St Monica's date of death is not known, and when that happens, some other date of significance is chosen. Here's the story on hers.
St Monica's feast day was not a part of the overall observance of the Western Church for about three-fourths of its elapsed history to date, until about the time of the Council of Trent in the Sixteenth Century. However, it was long observed by the Augustinian Order. Geez, whazzat?
The "Augustinian Order" is a rather motley assortment of religious associations rather than a clear cut single entity, all of them tracing their origin to St Augustine and his rule of life, or regula in Latin. That's what it literally is to be regular -- you live under a regula, or rule. Readers here may have heard of one such Augustinian. Guy named Martin Luther. Anyway, in the Augustinian Order but not the church as a whole there was, besides the observance of the feast of St Augustine on 28 August, another one whose focus was his conversion to Christianity, which conversion in turn influenced the entire church.
This Augustinian feast, the Feast of the Conversion of St Augustine, was and still is celebrated on 5 May. So they celebrated the single biggest human factor in bringing about that conversion, the example and prayers of his mother, St Monica, on the day before, 4 May. The Conversion feast never did make it into the overall Roman Calendar, and when St Monica's did, since her date of death is not known, the traditional Augustinian date was retained, 4 May. Simple.
And was retained in the Lutheran Reformation for centuries. Until the Revolution, er, Vatican II.
One of the stated aims of the "liturgical reform" at Vatican II was to pare down the historical hodgepodge of stuff into something more straightforward and accessible. So they effectively banned the old order and came up with an entirely new order (novus ordo), sporting four "Eucharistic Prayers", several new options for other key parts of the Mass, a new lectionary of readings spread out over three years, and a new calendar -- a new hodgepodge crafted from an even wider spread of historical sources than the old hodgepodge that was supposed to be pared down! Oh well, it was the 1960s after all. I guess you gotta make allowances for that.
One small item in this was relocating the Feast of St Monica to 27 August, the day before the feast of her son. There's a logic to that. And as far as the institution of Christ and fidelity to Scripture goes, you can celebrate the Feast of St Monica on 4 May, 27 August, any other day, or not at all.
However, it's not the 1960s any more. You don't have to be a rocket scientist to learn or be taught that we honour St Monica not because of her physical motherhood of St Augustine but because of her example in the conversion of her pagan son, who went on to be one of the church's greatest saints, and that we do so on 4 May because in the religious order that looks to her son as their patron saint they had long celebrated Monica on 4 May, the day before they celebrated the conversion of their patron on 5 May. And then to stay connected to and become a part of that ongoing history by leaving it there rather than turning one's back on all that and relocating it.
Sorry, Roman dudes. There already was a liturgical reform. It was to pare down all right, but in view of what contradicts Scripture, not our ideas of what makes something more "accessible", and to zealously guard and defend the worship of the church's existing order, not invent a new one. It's called the Lutheran Reformation. You're a few centuries late to the party. If the Roman hierarchy and associated academics are going to busy themselves with something other than preaching Christ and him crucified, and along the way explain the history of this movement, let them put off the period clothes, get married and raise a family and learn something of real benefit to their fellow man, like heating and air conditioning repair.
Yet, we and other Christian bodies now fall in line with them as if there had been no Reformation! The 1960s Roman novus ordo, with emendations and adaptations, is now the common property of pretty much all other heterodox Christian denominations with liturgical aspirations, rather than the traditional order of the Western Church.
And "our beloved synod" falls into line too, even those parts of it trying to remain true to our Confessions in the Book of Concord. We moan and groan why other parts of our beloved synod seem to be heading off on all sorts of tangents, or rather, variations on the tangent of chasing after the success in attracting numbers of the American suburban "evangelical" megachurches.
We wonder how our people could be taken in by these false hopes and promises. Yet, why should our people not wonder why these are not also valid options that we can Lutheranise, when we set Lutheranised "options" modelled after 1960s Rome before them as confessional, side by side with our common catholic history -- this historical mass and that Vatican II For Lutherans mass, this historical lectionary and that Vatican II For Lutherans lectionary, this historical calendar and that Vatican II For Lutherans calendar. Why not listen to Willow Creek and Saddleback and Lakewood too with their false hopes and promises when we adopt and adapt the stinking filth of the Whore of Babylon as it toys with our catholic heritage? Why should they not think it's all about options, personal preference, all OK? We let something in through the back door then wonder why it comes knocking at the front!
Even in a small matter like when a saint's day is observed the whole rotten Roman mess in the church is revealed, and its adoption/adaptation by other church bodies!
St Monica gave St Augustine physical birth, but her greatness for which we honour her is not that but in her role in his spiritual birth, his conversion, in this life. Therefore she is better honoured by leaving her day where it is for the reason it is there, or better yet finally inserting the Conversion into the Calendar, rather than moving her feast day from a day which does have inherent reference to her to the day before her son's feast, which does not.
Jacking around with the feast of St Monica is a small example but typical of a big issue. Once again, the calendar, lectionary and ordo of Vatican II all miss the mark, even of its own intended reform. They are the products not of the Christian church, but one denomination, and that headed by an office bearing the marks of Anti-Christ -- regardless of its current occupancy by a nice guy of Italian descent from Argentina -- and now are the common property of all heterodox liturgical churches in the West, utterly irrelevant to Christ's Church and therefore should be utterly irrelevant to Lutherans.
Right along with Saddleback, Willow Creek and Lakewood, Rome no less than they offers "contemporary worship" whose forms derive from and express a content that is not ours and rejects ours, derived from an agenda that is not ours and rejects ours, and therefore into which our content does not fit nor should we try to make it fit, and when we do, we abandon that part of our mission which is to zealously guard and defend the mass, for the most part retaining the ceremonies previously in use.
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Apparently, fraternal organizations offer things that nobody
wants any more: buddy-buddy fellowship, mumbo-jumbo rituals, and
frequent mandatory meetings. But even though we may not want to join
them, it's still possible to admire them from a certain (ironic)
distance. It's a bit like watching the last of the dinosaurs thunder off
into the sunset, doomed but glorious. We know the world may never see
their like again. The Shriners, the boldest and most in-your-face of all
the fraternal organizations, hold a special fascination for me and many
Most of us couldn't tell an Elk from a Rotarian from an Odd
Fellow, but we all know at least something about the Shriners: that they
wear those funny hats, that they support a network of charity hospitals
for children, that they've organized themselves around a
hokey Arabian Nights theme. And most of all, we know them from their
public appearances in parades and such, dressed as clowns, or teetering
on tiny mini-bikes, or tooling around in go-karts decked out as
miniature cars or trucks (or even, in the case of a Kansas crew called
the Wheatwackers, mini-threshing machines.) To a person with a
post-modern sensibility, red-fezzed Shriners present an irresistible
retro image. They're like walking, talking clip-art!
Though most of us have some idea what they look like, not many
know what the Shriners actually are. Officially, they're the Ancient
Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine (A.A.O.N.M.S.), founded
in 1872 as a fun-loving recreational super-fraternity. A colorful Near
East theme runs through everything they do. Their 191 chapters or
"Temples" bear names like Sahara, Tangier, Damascus, Mecca, and Nile.
They surround themselves with Ali Baba trappings of pyramids, camels,
palm trees, and scimitars. Dressed in Bedouin robes, new Nobles are
initiated in a symbolic journey across a desert's burning sands to an
oasis, where thirsts are quenched with free-flowing wine. While real
Moslems shun alcohol, the play-Arabs of the Shrine have a reputation as
party-hearty drinkers. The Shrine's annual conventions are famous for
bringing together thousands of jolly, tipsy, boys-will-be-boys carousers
for a week of good-natured minor mayhem.
But rearrange the letters A.A.O.N.M.S. and they spell "A
MASON," a not-so-subtle clue that one must first be "a Mason" in order
to become a Shriner. If you're seeking a dark side to the Shriners'
frisky tomfoolery, here's where to look, because the Masons (or
Freemasons) are an older, larger, and much more mysterious group. For
centuries, outsiders have speculated about the Masons' secret oaths,
rituals, and handshakes, all based on legendary stonemasons who
supposedly built medieval cathedrals and Old Testament temples. (For
this reason, Masonic symbols include builders' tools like the compass,
the square, and the trowel.)
With members as illustrious as George Washington, Winston
Churchill, Mozart, Ty Cobb and Roy Rogers, you'd think the Masons would
be above reproach. But their secrecy and claims of ancient wisdom make
them a magnet for every paranoid theorist. Masons are lumped in with the
Trilateralists, the Bavarian Illuminati, the New World Order and all
those other bogeymen who are supposedly pulling our strings from behind
the curtain. A recent episode of "The Simpsons" perfectly captured these
fears, as the secret society of "Stonecutters" gathered to gloat over
their octopus-like reach into every aspect of life:
Who controls the British crown?
Who keeps the metric system down?
Who robs cave fish of their sight?
Who rigs every Oscar night?
We do! We doooooooo.
When you become a Shriner-watcher, you inevitably have to
confront the question of whether the Freemasons are a shadowy cabal of
masterminds or a sociable bunch of fuddy-duddy insurance salesmen. It's
fun to indulge in paranoia, and I'm as fond as the next guy of Pynchon
and Robert Anton Wilson and Smoking Man episodes of "The X-Files." But I
also try to look at the Shriners the way I do professional wrestlers:
drawing a line between Entertainment and Reality. And I just can't
believe these fraternal organizations are anything but a bunch of
harmless old coots who like to dress up and chant some ritual claptrap.
A little voice in the back of my mind pipes up "Sure, that's what they
WANT you to believe." But common sense suggests that if these groups
really had any powerful secrets, they'd have waiting lists of people
eager to join, instead of plummeting membership rosters.
The one power that Masons and Shriners do
control is the ability to keep women outside their Temple's doors. And
this seems to be at the heart of both their former appeal and their
current decline. It's as if men once deeply craved opportunities to
withdraw from the fearful presence of women. Nowadays, despite the
occasional noise about men-from-mars-women-from-venus, we just don't
have that anxious need to escape from each other. Men and women don't
inhabit separate spheres in the modern world. We bump up against each
other all day long, at work and at play, and we don't seem to have a big
problem with that. Whenever possible, men and women choose to be
together, whether it's in co-ed dormitories or on co-ed softball teams.
Sure, we sneak out for the occasional boy's night out or
all-girl-evening to bitch and blow off a little steam. But we don't
require formal clubs with frequent meetings and robes and regalia to do
so. *
Another conflict that keeps modern men out of the fraternal
life is society's demands on our time. We've all heard that life was
harder back in Great-Grandpa's day, but he did seem to have plenty of
leisure time to spend down at the lodge. Today we're busy with our
careers, busy with our families, and when we want entertainment, we've
got TV and videos and the internet right in our homes. After days full
of packed schedules and time conflicts, the last thing we want is the
Lions' Club or the Shriners making more irritating demands on our
Still, there are a few ways in which hip post-modern people
can relate to the Shriners. One of these is the appeal of Exotica. The
Shriners adore wrapping everything into a fancy package of Orientalia, a
fantasy world of camels and oases, turbans and fezzes, Poo-bahs and
Rajahs, and Most High Imperial Potentates. We are suckers (in an ironic,
tongue-in-cheek way) for Exotica from the really, really Far East:
bamboo-trimmed tiki bars, pineapple-garnished cocktails, and the
birdcall-laced sounds of Martin Denny.
The rituals of every fraternal organization are laced with
grandiose speechifying about returning to lost, mysterious, ancient
truths. We've read that kind of stuff before: on the backs of our
collectible 50s record albums, the ones with names like Taboo and
And we can certainly sympathize with the Shriners' urge to
escape every once in a while into an evening of costumed role-playing.
The Shriners play at being Sheiks and Nobles of a loyal, royal Desert
Brotherhood. We want to pretend to be what the Shriners themselves were.
We put on their cast-off fezzes (picked up at a yard sale or thrift
store) and dress in sharkskin suits or cocktail dresses, put some
Mancini or Dean Martin on the stereo, and sample a cigar or a martini.
And just for one night, we transform ourselves into ... confident,
prosperous, Cadillac-driving aluminum-siding salesmen, without a serious
thought in our heads except having a serious good time. And to our
surprise, it feels pretty darn good.
It's a crazy, mixed-up, one-step-removed way of being a
Shriner, but it's probably as near as most members of our generation are
ever going to get.
Candi Strecker occasionally publishes her pop-culture journal
Sidney Suppy's Quarterly and Confused Pet Monthly (PO Box 515 Brisbane
CA 94005-0515). She lives with her husband and daughter Nicola (yes,
after Tesla) in a house full of antique transistor radios.


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The stunning fall from grace of CIA Director David Petraeus surprised me, in a day and age when nothing surprises me.
What we know about General Petraeus and his affair with his biographer, Paula Broadwell, is the stuff that makes titillating novels — a heavy dose of sex and drama — and now it's playing out in real life. Some of those novels may have more truth in them than we'd like to believe.
In the wake of Petraeus's resignation, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta ordered the Pentagon to find out why so many top military leaders become embroiled in legal and ethical problems. Two of the military's best-known commanders — Petraeus, the four-star general who has led much of our military efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and Gen. John Allen, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, who was allegedly engaged in yet another inappropriate relationship — are now under investigation.
And let's not forget that it was just two years ago that Gen. Stanley McChrystal, commander of our troops in Afghanistan, and his colleagues gave a candid interview with a journalist from Rolling Stone magazine and used poor judgment by publicly questioning the commander in chief. McChrystal was also forced to resign.
Remember the old saying, You can't send a child to do a man's job? Well, in all of these cases, the men acted like children.
It's sad when those entrusted with the leadership and security of our nation fall into the traps of their power, but it's nothing new, and history repeats itself. Power has always been an aphrodisiac, and beautiful women, going back to the time of Julius Caesar, Mark Antony and Cleopatra, have expertly captured the attention of powerful men.
Now we have a similar "love" story, 2,000 years later.
Many powerful Washington figures have had secret affairs, but it's unfortunate that Petraeus's was about much more than sex. It wasn't just his reputation that was on the line. His affair has raised questions of national security and politics.
One of the questions on everyone's mind has to be, What was going on at the CIA when a U.S. ambassador and three others were killed in Benghazi, Libya?
The FBI had been investigating Petraeus's affair for months, so the timing of his resignation is certainly suspicious.


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How a U.S. Default Would Hurt China
China holds nearly $1.3 trillion in U.S. Treasury debt. Deborah Kan chats with the WSJ's Aaron Back about the risks of a default and the potential repercussions for China and the world.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
... the the ... the US to take necessary steps to bully defaulting on government debt and ever con joining me now is that he called ... in ... I see ... at a time as a major holder of the US the Treasury's how much exposure to say ... so of course the U S Treasury Department data ... China has ... roughly two short of one point three trillion dollars of U S Treasury debt ... now that data is in perfect it doesn't capture some ... Treasuries that ... China holds through third party vehicles around the world ... soprano understates somewhat ... demanded that I mean a lot of expense or so what would it mean really if the USD faults what it what what would it mean what implication would have on on time ... well it's obviously negative for China like any creditor China would prefer to be paid back ... in full and on time ... but I think the biggest impact on China from the U S defaults ... would actually be through China's Treasury holdings ... I think you have to be through economics ... so you know China holds these Treasuries but the discrete holding to maturity ... and a really cold for their investment value they told them ... as a side effect of their policy of controlling the exchange rate ... so ... your default is negative but the impacts are limited on their holdings of Treasuries think the real risk is that he could trigger a global recession ... could be ... a Lehman Brothers like moments if the U S defaults ... and that could cause global market chaos ... and this could get hurt global demand for Chinese ... products Chinese exports ... just as we saw ... during the great financial crisis so I think that's the real risk ... the peso a winger will we talk about I mean if if if there's like another Lehman like crisis and what of the global him implications ... dropped a bomb I mean this could be the beginning of the starting point for something a lot bigger ... Yemen assured Sir I'd you know it's it's hard to know ... but in my opinion it would basically be a disaster for everyone in the world ... the deal including China and everyone else so ... he obviously you export dependency Asian countries like Japan Taiwan Korea who are also was a Treasurys would all be impacted ... by things import to realize that ... actually more than half of the U S publicly held the ... national debt ... is domestic ... it's held by ordinary Americans ... is held by pension funds banks insurance companies things like this ... so there's a perception United States that ... we all this money to foreigners especially Asians of defaults ... you know ... will be jolting them ... really denied says Abheek ring itself ... with the default so I think is important not to miss the force for the treasonous and politicians certainly know that right ... a woman holds her cake thanks Fran


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I warned you I suck at writing patterns. Thank you so much for all your patience and feedback. Recently I was contacted by Laurel who kindly pointed out a mistake in Rnd 18 (of the head) in THIS pattern. After much thought, I THINK the problem is only in the final count of the stitches for that row. It should read (9) and not (12) - I have corrected this in the original pattern. And as I told her, luckily since it's only a doll, we don't need to be precise anyway. The idea is that the head tapered down to a neck. So I leave it up to the maker's discretion on how to handle that row. Just follow your instincts and make it neat. That's what's so great about making amigurumi. There's really no right or wrong - only what you create with your own feeling.
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Market-Leading Cisco CRS Platform Leads Again
Derided as an expensive box that would experience little demand when it was introduced in 2004, the Cisco CRS core routing platform has time and again proven those predictions wrong.
At its inception, some thought Cisco would never sell more than 50 CRS units. It has now sold the CRS to more than 450 service providers in 80+ countries . . . and counting.
The CRS-3 has ramped even faster than the CRS-1, shipping to more than 80 operators – including nearly 20 Tier 1s – in more than 30 countries in just the first year since it was introduced.
And Cisco isn't stopping there. The company today announced major packet transport enhancements to the CRS-3, which was designed to serve as the foundation of the next-generation Internet and support the tremendous growth of video transmission, mobile devices and new online services.
- Introducing Flexible Packet Transport for New Market Opportunities – The Cisco CRS-3 flexible packet-transport capability is a form of label switching enabled with the addition of a blade to the Cisco CRS. This scales the core network economically with fast switching, providing a high-speed, agile transport backbone.
- Significant Savings With a Single Cisco CRS-3 Platform – Because the flexible packet-transport capability does not require a new standalone product to be deployed in a network, operators can easily add it to existing CRS-3 networks without expensive, time-consuming qualification testing. The CRS-3 delivers functionality that competitive solutions require three platforms to deliver. Thus, the CRS-3 lowers total cost of ownership by as much as 40 percent.
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New book gives balanced view of energy debates
Associated Press
In recent years, the seemingly dry subjects of oil and gas drilling and renewable energy have become fodder for Hollywood movies, celebrity concerts and protests outside the White House.
Many advocates suggest one side is "good" for America and the other is "bad," even if they can't agree on which energy sources are which.
But like any good movie, the reality is more complicated. If oil and natural gas are bad, does that mean powering a hospital or school with those fuels is bad, too? What about a poor family who buys cheaper fossil fuels to help put food on the table or buy a house? And if an eagle dies after being hit by a wind turbine blade, is that less of an outrage than when another one hits a high-transmission power line?
Michael Levi's "The Power Surge: Energy, Opportunity, and the Battle for America's Future" is a welcome relief to melodramatic debates over energy. With a calm voice and an eye for detail, Levi makes the case for a more realistic scenario: renewable energy and fossil fuels are set to share the stage for decades to come.
Levi sets the stage by noting that the assumptions many experts made about energy just a few years ago were wrong. The United States isn't running out of oil and natural gas; it's producing more and even headed toward exporting some of the bounty. But at the same time, renewables such as wind and solar are growing rapidly, too, since mass production and demand have significantly lowered costs.
Levi notes that such massive shifts have "far-reaching consequences for the U.S. economy, the environment and America's role in the world."
But he is quick to add that both sides tend to exaggerate the benefits from their fuel of choice, be it shale oil or solar. Hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, has led to a huge boom in U.S. oil and natural gas production, providing jobs, royalties for property owners and lower energy costs for industry and the general public. Yet compared with the whole economy, the boom is a drop in the bucket, and the bounty won't make the Middle East or Russia irrelevant, it will just provide some political and economic buffers. Levi also notes that people have legitimate environmental concerns about the process.
And though solar and wind power have made enormous gains, they still provide just a few percent of total energy in the U.S. Getting to the point where those renewables replace 30, 40 or 50 percent of fossil fuels will take decades, Levi notes, unless there is some enormous technical breakthrough.
Levi touches on many ways the energy boom may impact other issues, including climate change, foreign policy and even the dynamics within small communities. This occasionally simplifies some topics so much that it might have been better to leave them out, such as the question of whether the U.S. and China will ever engage in a major war. That's a subject for several books, not just a few pages.
But on most topics there is a wealth of detail and insights, delivered in a clear prose that makes reading about wonky topics such as gigawatts bearable. And ultimately, Levi has an important message: For Americans to reap the full benefits from the energy boom and avoid potential harm to the economy, public health and the environment, policymakers will need to make balanced, rational choices and avoid the temptation to believe that there are simple answers to fueling the world's enormous appetite for energy.
Partisans on both sides may object to that message, but in a huge nation of diverse cultural and political beliefs, it's hard to argue with Levi's suggestion that the country should carefully embrace both old and new forms of energy.


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HOUSTON - It was a cruel end of innocence for an 8-year-old Dickinson girl. Her life was changed forever when one night, she was kidnapped from her bedroom, brutally raped, her throat slashed and she was then left to die in a field.
But Jennifer Schuett is a survivor.
Nineteen years later, cold case detectives used DNA to crack the case and tracked down her accused attacker in Arkansas.
But Dennis Bradford hanged himself in his jail cell before the case went to trial.
Reluctantly, Schuett moved on as best she could.
"I could just always kind of sense that something was wrong," she said.
Schuett may have healed from the attack, but deep within, scars remained.
She struggled silently with painful, irregular menstrual cycles.
"(The doctors) would just send me away with pain medication. No one ever really took the time to do any testing like extensive testing. I felt like they thought I was just being dramatic," Schuett said.
In 2007, then 25 years old, she was diagnosed with hydrosalpinx, a condition where the fallopian tubes are blocked and filled with fluid.
Reproductive endocrinologist Dr. Craig Witz with Houston Fertility Institute explained, "Both of her tubes were damaged, likely from previous infection, and both of them were damaged so badly that surgery wouldn't allow for them to be fixed in order for her to become pregnant."
Schuett said the rape she endured all those years ago was to blame.
"They could tell from how old the infection looked that it had to be from that," Schuett said. "It was just like another obstacle, and I was honestly devastated."
Witz said even after corrective surgeries, Schuett's chances of becoming pregnant naturally were slim to none.
He explained, "Unfortunately, the best option for Jennifer was to remove the fallopian tubes and do in vitro fertilization."
So Schuett and her boyfriend, Jonathan Martinez, decided to try IVF. It was their only hope of becoming parents.
"Just knowing that you may not have the opportunity to experience what so many others get -- to carry a baby, feel the baby inside of you and watch the baby grow and all those things," Schuett said.
In February, Schuett found out the frozen embryo took. She's due on Nov. 11.
She said, "I've always wanted to have a family of my own."
Schuett recently found out she's having a baby girl, which brought a wave of conflicting emotions.
"Having a girl, it scares me, but it'll be fine," Schuett said. "It's just so hurtful to see that a grown man could do something like this to a child, so I definitely think I'll be on the overprotective side without trying to be too overbearing. But, it definitely scares me and I'm sure I'd be the same way with a boy, but I think even more so with having a girl."
Moved by her story, Houston Fertility Institute, which provides financial options to couples, donated their services to Schuett. IVF treatments can range anywhere from $10,000 to $20,000.
Dr. Witz told Local 2, "Everybody in the practice, in hearing the story, a lot of people remembered the story. It was a national story. We told Jennifer we would do whatever we could to help her."
"This is just a dream come true for me and a long painful road, but I couldn't be more grateful or happier with Houston Fertility. They've been amazing for me," Schuett said.
For Schuett, it's a new chapter, a new life and a beautiful future.
She said, "I definitely feel like this will always be a part of my life, my attack. Now it's just about even more so making it a positive. I just can't wait to see what she looks like!"
Schuett continues to speak to law enforcement and victim's advocates across the country.
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The Guide to LEED Certification will lead you through the process of certification for residential rating systems.
LEED certification involves four main steps:
- Register your project by completing key forms and submitting payment.
- Apply for LEED certification by submitting your completed certification application through LEED Online and paying a certification review fee.
- Review. Your LEED application is reviewed by GBCI.
- Certify. Receive the certification decision. If you've earned LEED certification: congratulations!
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|Updated: June 14th, 2014
Truthism 101: Matrix Basics
It's hard for people to wrap their thick
heads around the simple fact that the group of
beings who built the ancient Egyptian pyramids,
Stonehenge, and other so-called "ancient
mysteries" is the very same group of beings
who control Earth right now. Moreover, the
group of beings who created ultra-popular
religions such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam,
Hinduism, and Buddhism is, once again, the
very same group of beings who control Earth
right now. And, the group of beings who
invented civilization, first in ancient
Mesopotamia and then in ancient Egypt is,
again, the very same group of beings who
control Earth right now.
And yes, "group," not "groups."
The ruling elite's deception against humanity mainly exists at a fundamental level, affecting the aspects of reality that you erroneously assume are basic truths. After all, it's not as if you were born 5,000 years ago. Rather, you were born only within the last 100 years, and thus, you were born into a world that was already neck-deep in deception. So, for example, your understanding of history is skewed, because the so-called "official" version of history that you were taught was written by the ruling elite themselves.
Human beings were created (that is, invented)
via genetic experiments that were conducted by
reptilian aliens. These reptilian aliens, also known
as the "Anunnaki" or the "Reptilians," still rule the
Earth to this day.
In fact, the Reptilians have indoctrinated you so
thoroughly that you are probably too weak-minded to
even fathom that they exist. Via religion, science, and
other forms of indoctrination (i.e., brainwashing), the
Reptilians have steered you (and the rest of humanity)
in the exact opposite direction of the truth, to the point
where the concept of an alien master/creator is
considered to be the ultimate crazy fantasy.
"The ruling elite's deception against humanity mainly exists at a fundamental level, affecting the aspects of reality that you erroneously assume are basic truths."
The year is 2014 AD, but we do not live in modern times yet. Since Earth is still set up in an archaic, knowledge-ignorance format where god-kings (who hold the knowledge) rule over the masses (who bask in ignorance), we are literally (yes, literally) still living in ancient times.
"God-king" is defined as "a human sovereign believed to be a deity or to have godlike attributes"
(Dictionary.com). The ancient Egyptian pharaohs were considered to be not just kings, but rather, god-kings. However, people today don't realize that those Egyptian god-kings did indeed have godlike powers. But, more importantly, times have not changed. Today, the elite still have godlike powers. And, the relationship between the elite and the masses is also still the same: The elite are aliens who know the truth about reality, whereas the masses are completely oblivious to all of this. The only major difference between then and now is that now, the elite do not literally call themselves "god-kings."
The earliest recorded crop circle is depicted in this 17th-century woodcut pamphlet, and is entitled "The Mowing Devil." The pamphlet was published in England in the year 1678.
The inscription on the pamphlet reads as follows:
"Being a True Relation of a Farmer, who Bargaining with a Poor Mower, about the Cutting down Three Half Acres of Oats: upon the Mower's asking too much, the Farmer swore That the Devil should Mow it rather than He. And so it fell out, that very Night, the Crop of Oat shew'd as if it had been all of a Flame: but next Morning appear'd so neatly Mow'd by the Devil, or some Infernal Spirit, that no Mortal Man was able to do the like. Also, How the said Oats ly now in the Field, and the Owner has not Power to fetch them away."
The Reptilians need not operate in "absolute secrecy." Even in this technological age, they can still interact with other alien races, in a relatively open setting, without even needing to worry about being bothered by human beings.
Area 51 is a Top Secret U.S. government facility that the public is well aware of. However, due to the power of official authority, the government is able to deny anything, such as the existence of aliens, and you simply believe them without any proof at all. The power of official authority is indeed a great thing.
The D&M Pyramid on Mars, Cydonia
The Dadan Rock on Earth, Iran, 1937
The ambitious human beings who scurry around in Earth's secret societies try their best to overcome the morality barrier. That is, their ultimate goal in life is to become powerful enough so that they will no longer need to have any morals (as is the goal of pretty much every human being on Earth, whether they want to admit it or not).
These humans who are in Earth's secret societies are merely pseudo-elites. On the other hand, the Reptilians are the ruling elite because they are at the very top of Earth's control pyramid.
But, whereas the pseudo-elite are at least aware of their place on Earth's control pyramid, the common man does not even know that there is a control pyramid. Even despite the fact that the common man's knowledge, beliefs, and values are based upon what Earth's authority figures tell him, he is still oblivious to the fact that he is at the very bottom of a system of control.
Getting back to the issue of overcoming the morality barrier, a true Freemason is indeed a free man, and thus is no longer a slave to morality. Ironically enough, though, Freemasonry officially defines itself as "a system of morality"--the exact opposite of what it actually is. Gee, go figure.
Now, pay close attention, and scroll down
far enough in order to see the entire image:
The aircraft that were depicted by the
ancient Egyptians were not even their own.
Rather, these aircraft actually existed before
our era--that is, thousands of years before
ancient Egypt and ancient Mesopotamia.
The miniature gold airplanes from
ancient Colombia (the Quimbaya Native
Americans, to be specific) were
depictions of aircraft that existed
thousands of years before our era.
When your mind wakes up from sleep quicker than your physical body, and you feel someone pushing down on you or "watching" you, it is a Reptilian (or other kind of alien) in the fourth dimension.
If your mind wakes up quicker than your body, then your mind cannot exist in the third dimension because your third-dimensional human body is still asleep. Thus, your mind switches to the fourth dimension and is able to experience fourth-dimensional reality.
Right now, we are in the third dimension. And, when we die here, we go to the fourth dimension (the astral world). The fourth dimension feels just as "real" as this, but the rules (Darkness's rules) are considerably different over there:
"The astral world is a 'place' where beings reside when they are not in the physical. The physical world is a 'place' where the same type of beings reside when they are not in the astral. The astral world is a complex place full of subtle entrapments just like the situation here in this physical world. In one sense it is far more deceptive than the physical dimension" (Amitakh Stanford, "The Spirit World").
Along with humans, the Reptilians also exist in both dimensions.
The Earth is hollow, with an inner sun
and a more advanced civilization than ours.
In fact, all planets are hollow and have inner
suns. Some of the Inner Earth people are
aware of Earth's outer surface, and others
are not.
Earth's radius is 3,963 miles long. And, its
shell is approximately 800 miles thick--so,
the halfway point between Outer Earth and
Inner Earth is 400 miles below us.
Note that the deepest point of any ocean on
Earth is only 7 miles (6.86 miles, to be exact)!
There are two polar openings (one at
the North Pole and one at the South Pole) that
lead into Inner Earth. You yourself have seen
the sunlight of the inner sun--this is what the
aurora borealis (the northern lights) and the
aurora australis (the southern lights) are.
You are looking at actual NASA footage of sunlight emitting
from Jupiter's north pole. And, here are the actual links to this
NASA footage: image one; image two.
|Often people accept things happening around them as being 'the way things are.' Few suspect that they are programmed to accept 'the way things are.' Fewer still comprehend that 'the way things are' is because they have been programmed to be that way" (Amitakh Stanford, "Are Humans Merely Sophisticated Programmed Robots?").
|Suspension of disbelief is an aesthetic theory intended to characterize people's relationships to art. It was coined by the poet and aesthetic philosopher Samuel Taylor Coleridge in 1817. It refers to the willingness of a person to accept as true the premises of a work of fiction, even if they are fantastic or impossible. It also refers to the willingness of the audience to overlook the limitations of a medium, so that these do not interfere with the acceptance of those premises. According to the theory, suspension of disbelief is a quid pro quo: the audience tacitly agrees to provisionally suspend their judgment in exchange for the promise of entertainment" (wikipedia.org).
|An Apocalypse (Greek: apokálypsis; 'lifting of the veil' or 'revelation') is a disclosure of something hidden from the majority of mankind in an era dominated by falsehood and misconception, i.e. the veil to be lifted" (wikipedia.org).
You can no longer hide behind your conventional,
spiritually immature worldview. And, your feeble-
minded reasoning does not and cannot negate that
which actually exists. The truth will not bow down
to your ignorance or insecurities.


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The other day we posted the about how Rogers in Canada was finally getting ready to sell their Windows Phone 8 devices Nokia Lumia 920 and HTC 8X. The date was rumored to be November 12th but the announcement was quickly pulled. But thankfully that date appears to be back on...
The Lumia 920 has a very soft launch a few weeks ago with a few stores getting even fewer of the phones. But this finally looks to be the "full launch" and the fact that you can go to the Rogers site and buy either phone is testament to that fact.
The Nokia Lumia 920, only available in black, comes with 32GB and will go for $99 on a 3 year contract or $549 on month-to-month. Meanwhile the HTC 8X in California Blue and 16GB of storage will go for the exact same price--$99 or $549 on month-to-month.
Unfortunately there is no sign of the Samsung ATIV S, which was shown earlier for the carrier though presumably it is coming "later". Nor is there word on an 8GB version of the HTC 8X, rumored to be priced at $49 on a 3 year contract or $499 month-to-month.
Rumor also has it that the Rogers Lumia 920 is unlocked, allowing it to even work on fellow Canadian carrier WIND or T-Mobile US due to its pentaband radio. We have not verified that info with this new stock of 920s but we hope to do so soon.
Head to Rogers to order online or maybe swing by your local store to see if they have any in stock. Thanks, Shane, for the tip!


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Browsing University of Bergen Library by Title
Now showing items 6-25 of 86
Building the Capacity of Librarians through Collaboration: The Experience of the University of Bergen and Makerere University Libraries with their New Partners in the North and South (IGI Global, 2014)This chapter details the collaboration scenario of the University libraries of Makerere University in Uganda and the University of Bergen in Norway for over a decade. This chapter highlights the multiplier effect of the ...Chapter
CERIF-Cris for the European e-Infrastructure (CODATA, 2010)The European e-infrastructure is the ICT support for research, although the infrastructure will be extended for commercial / business use. It supports the research process across funding agencies to research institutions ...Journal article
Charters in the Bergen University Library - XML encoding and digitisation in cooperation with the faculty (Editura Universitatii Transilvania din Brasov, 2005)The paper presents an ongoing digitisation project on old charters in the Bergen University Library Special Collections. The idea for this project originated in cooperation between the faculty and the library and AKSIS, ...Chapter
Comparing Google Scholar and ISI Web of Science for Earth Sciences (Springer Verlag, 2010)In order to measure the degree to which Google Scholar can compete with bibliographical databases, search results from this database is compared with Thomson's ISI WoS (Institute for Scientific Information, Web of Science). ...Peer reviewedJournal article
Cooperation between librarians and teaching staff (Asociaţia Bibliotecarilor din România (ABR), 2009)The changing times with new challenges and new need means that university libraries must look closely at their own visions and missions. The libraries must be ready to accept new tasks and cover the needs of the student's ...Journal article
Creating a library service for scholarly open access journals (Universitetsbiblioteket i Lund, 2009)In 2008 the University of Bergen Library started a project for supporting independent open access journals at the University of Bergen.1 The service was aimed at already existing journals that wanted to convert to an ...Journal article
Current Research Information Systems (CRIS): Past, Present and Future (Zentrum für Wissenschaftsmanagement e. V., 2009)Journal article
Data Intensive Science: Shades of Grey (Elsevier, 2014)The vast majority of research output is grey; white (peer reviewed scholarly publications) forms a minor proportion. Historically, grey material was generated and used within an organisation. However, in recent years some ...Journal article
Digital Library in a Collaborative Context: Romania and Norway 2003-2012 (IGI Global, 2014)In this paper, the authors report on collaboration between two universities from 2003 and beyond. The collaborations have been carried out in four main spheres: in the area of Staff training programmes, in the area of ...Chapter
Digital Presence of Norwegian Scholars on Academic Network Sites—Where and Who Are They? (PLOS ONE, 2015-11-13)The use of academic profiling sites is becoming more common, and emerging technologies boost researchers' visibility and exchange of ideas. In our study we compared profiles at five different profiling sites. These five ...Journal article
Digitisation as a strategy for preservation and dissemination of photographic archives (Alvheim & Eide, 2006)Chapter
DSpace AddOn and Component Management System (2006-04-24)With moves towards increasing the modularity of DSpace, and the idea that DSpace should act, at least in part, like a platform for repository activities, it is necessary to consider how to manage extensions to the core ...Conference object
Ebooks at Bergen University Library? (Svensk förening för informationsspecialister, 2004)The ongoing quality reform in academia in Norway leads to changing user needs for Bergen University Library. This article discusses advantages and disadvantages of ebooks in an academic institution like the University of ...Journal article
Enabling the student to write a good thesis : combining information retrieval with the writing process (Swedish association for information specialists, 2006)Working from the information retrieval model of Carol Kuhlthau (2004), and the pedagogical approach to writing of Bean (1996) and Dysthe (1999), we put their theories into practice. Through the project "Digital literacy ...Journal article
Experiences of developing an educational course for librarians in international cooperation. MedLibTrain: a joint Polish-Norwegian project (European Association for Health Information and Libraries, 2013)Medical librarians from Poland and Norway participated in the joint project MedLibTrain, and developed a training program for medical librarians performing teaching tasks. The project was developed in tight Polish-Norwegian ...Journal article


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Here's a sneak peek...
I'm currently working on a 5" Michael Lau - Mr Shoe.
More progress pics at Phu Daily Photoblog.
Final custom pics will be up soon...So Stay Tuned!!!
Friday, June 26, 2009
Custom in Progress
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Next-in-line production
Monday, June 22, 2009
Next-in-line project
Friday, June 19, 2009
Phu x Steel Fairies = Osiris
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Next-in-line production
Monday, June 15, 2009
Next-in-line project for MyTummyToys
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Next-in-line production
Monday, June 08, 2009
Custom in Progress
Saturday, June 06, 2009
Phu! x Imperial Shuttle = Midnite
Tuesday, June 02, 2009
Next-in-line project
The name Phu in short is a self-created lingo. Entirely imaginative and not based upon adherence to actuality.
3D art is his pursuit, especially in vinyl customizing. Phu's Phuturistic concept is a manifestation through his artistic form of thought and personalized treatment in which he exercises the habit of recycling.
And it's with this Phuturistic niche, Phu's customed vinyls have been commissioned and showcased in various international exhibitions and shows worldwide.
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o: MauryCountyKennelClub <HYPERLINK
Or to anyone taking a dog to visit family in a nursing home-
Crossposted with permission ...
From: Jean McIntosh jeannie1025@... (@HYPERLINK
To all you cross-posting queens out there, if you cross-post
anything today,
please cross-post this to everyone you know that either has a
therapy dog, or
takes their pets to visit a family member in a nursing home. For
once it will
be something worthwhile.
I am a moderator here on Valley Dog Rescue, and I have just had a
Australian Shepherd pass away in the past month. This was a dog
that was given to
me as a gift from a breeder who had the #2 ASCA bitch and #8 ASCA
male in the
US in 2000, and the #1 male ASCA Aussie in Australia. Needless to
say, this
breeder's pet quality dogs were other kennel's to die for show
This dog's death was a mystery until today. I've always prided
myself in not
only talking the talk but walking the walk as well. There wasn't a
moment of
this dog's life that wasn't closely supervised.
Tip's death was very sudden, he was healthy on the Friday before
his death, a
normal Aussie, all wiggle-butts. By Saturday he was having dry
heaves every
so often, nothing to really alarm. Sunday he was having bloody
Monday he was vomiting when I took him to the vet (there isn't an
emergency vet
here where I live). Tuesday he was dead from a pulmonary embolism
before the
vet could do any real testing on him. In Tip's case, it is
possible that the
Clostridium Difficile had perforated his bowel which would have
caused the
The clue here is that my 90 year old mother had contracted a
disease called
Clostridium Difficile (C-Diff for short) during this same time that
Tip died
while she was in the hospital for a heart attack and a Gall Bladder
attack, and
was taking antibiotics that allowed the C-Diff to flourish.
In researching this disease, I found the following article how this
was contagious to therapy dogs:
They have found that this bacteria can live on solid dry surfaces
for up to
70 days, and have even found the bacteria on doctors' stethoscopes!


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by J.B. Hyppolite
Larry McKenna, 75, is a Philadelphia jazz icon with an international reputation. This Sunday, Dec. 16, 6 to 10 p.m., he will receive the annual Jazz Bridge's "Making a Difference" award at LaRose Jazz & Banquet Hall, 5531 Germantown Ave. Jazz Bridge is a Philadelphia-based non-profit organization that helps jazz musicians who have health and financial problems, and this event is a fundraiser for the Daphne Fund, which assists Philly area female jazz and blues musicians.
"It's a really good organization, so I'm very pleased to be honored by them," McKenna said in an interview last week. "I think one of the reasons that they might have chosen me is because I've coached a lot of younger people for over the past 40 years. The way I look at it, there's always a small percentage of younger people who are still attracted to jazz music, even though only three percent of records sold today are jazz. What we need is to get more people to come out and hear it, but Philadelphia unfortunately doesn't have as many places to play jazz as it used to."
McKenna has spent quality time on the road with the legendary Woody Herman, and he has backed giants such as Clark Terry, Buddy DeFranco, Rosemary Clooney, Peter Nero & The Philly Pops, Tony Bennett and Frank Sinatra. According to a statement from the Jazz Bridge, "McKenna is simply a beautiful player in every sense of the word. No matter what the nature of the performance, the musical style, the tune or type of recording session — and he's appeared on hundreds of CDs as an accompanist and leader — he can always be counted on to swing tastefully, inventively, creatively and with feeling. His singular sound and refreshing approach to improvisation make him a certifiable, one-of-a-kind, instantly identifiable artist."
McKenna is very modest and self-effacing when asked about his collaboration with so many musical giants of the past 50 years or more. "It wasn't exactly that I was hanging out with those guys," he told the Local. "I was hired to play in the orchestras that played behind them; you know? It wasn't exactly the kind of thing where they even knew who I was. When I played with Frank Sinatra, we had something like a 40-piece orchestra."
Of all the instruments he could have chosen, what is it that drew him to the tenor saxophone? "People have said that it's the closest instrument to the human voice," he replied. "I would say that if you listen to all the great saxophone players in jazz going back to the very beginning, one of the things that all the great players had was an individual sound. Within two measures I could figure out who was playing. The instrument echoes a distinct sound akin to its player."
Larry does not want to discourage young jazz musicians, but because there are not many places to play any more, he wants them to be realistic. "What I would advise young musicians," he said, "is to be aware of the reality and to find something good to fall back on. You can't just go out there and say, 'Here I am' and hope somebody's gonna hire you. It doesn't work that way. You have to know what you're going to be up against."
Larry McKenna started his musical journey at the age of 14 when he was living in Olney and attending Olney High School. After turning 18, he immediately went out on the road with Philadelphia area bands, but aside from playing Las Vegas during a brief stint with George Young's Band, Larry has spent most of his musical life in Philadelphia.
Larry is also an instructor of jazz theory, harmony and saxophone at the Community College of Philadelphia. He has also taught at Temple University, University of the Arts, Widener University and West Chester University, and many of his former students have churned out successful musical careers. Larry has been featured as a sideman on many albums and has three CDs out under his own name: "Profile" (2009), "Might as Well be Spring" (2001) and "My Shining Hour" (1995). His next one will be entitled "From All Sides."
Music arranged by McKenna was performed on "The Tonight Show" with Johnny Carson and in the Nicholas Cage movie, "Birdy," in which Larry played and appeared. He has published many jazz-oriented arrangements for school concert bands. McKenna is a widower with a daughter who lives in Philadelphia and a son in California who writes music and plays the guitar.
Along with receiving the Jazz Bridge "Making a Difference" award this Sunday, McKenna will also be performing, beginning at 8:30 p.m., backed by drummer Rob Henderson, bassist Steve Beskrone and pianist Luke O'Reilly. An open jam session will be part of the evenings' festivities, and for a $10 contribution, musicians are welcome and invited to sit in.
For more information, email email@example.com, visit www.jazzBridge.org/Upcoming-Events or call 610-745-3011.


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