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I think this image provides a wonderful opportunity for me to point back to an old post I did (eh? eh? Earth day post recycling?)... about not standing in bad stuff.
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Has anyone ever told you that you're addicted to the internet? Would you qualify as an 'excessive user'? A recent report from EU Kids Online unpacks the issue of excessive use of the internet by children in the European Union. It shows that while almost a third of children show at least one of the signs of excessive use, only 1 % fell into the most extreme category.
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The goal of Acts of Kindness Day is simple: to get people to think about how they treat one another and encourage a culture of civility in our community. Applications are currently being accepted from schools and performing groups who would like to demonstrate how their efforts make our community a kinder, better place to live.
The event draws its inspiration from Rachel's Challenge, a program which urges teens to strive for an atmosphere of kindness and compassion in schools and to reject bullying and violence. Rachel's Challenge is named in honor of Rachel Scott, one of the students killed in the Columbine High School shootings in 1999. In keeping with Rachel's legacy, Acts of Kindness Day encourages students to reach out to and connect with all of their peers, especially those who might feel ignored or threatened, and to treat each other with courtesy and respect with the ultimate objective of banishing bullying.
What is Acts of Kindness Day like? Check out our photo gallery!
Acts of Kindness Day features games and activities for children of all ages, musical performances from student groups, and booths where schools, organizations, and businesses share good things they do for the community. Participants are invited to help in creating a "chain of kindness" where participants can write down something kind they did for someone and include it as a link in the chain. Participants can also pledge to do something kind for someone else.
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Employees shall be entitled to an uninterrupted and 'duty free' meal period of at least a thirty minute duration when the scheduled work shift exceeds five consecutive hours of work. The employees must be completely relieved of all duties and permitted to pursue personal activities to qualify as a non-work,uncompensated period of time. When the nature of the business activity or other circumstances exist that makes an uninterrupted meal period impractical, the employee shall be permitted to consume an "on-duty" meal while performing duties. Employees shall be permitted to fully consume a meal of choice "on the job" and be fully compensated for the "on-duty" meal period without any loss of time or compensation.
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The reasonable cost or fair market value of meals provided to the employee may be used as part of the minimum hourly wage. No profits to the employer may be included in the reasonable cost or fair market value of such meals furnished. The meal must be consumed before deductions are permitted.
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Every employer shall authorize and permit rest periods, which, insofar as practicable, shall be in the middle of each four-hour work period. A compensated ten-minute rest period for each four hours or major fractions thereof shall be permitted for all employees. Such rest periods shall not be deducted from the employee's wages. It is not necessary that the employee leave the premises for said rest period.
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Review: John Meyendorff, "Introduction to Byzantine theology" and "Christ in Byzantine theology"
John Meyendorff, Introduction to Byzantine theology, éditions du Cerf, 2010, p. 320, series "Orthodoxy" Christ in Theology Byzantine, éditions du Cerf, 2010, p. 302, series "Orthodoxy." Both books are published in French.
Editions du Cerf commenced with a new collection "Orthodoxy", in which two first books are reprints of two classics of late P. John Meyendorff: Introduction to Byzantine theology and Christ in Byzantine theology.
The first book consists of a historical part, which covers the period from the fifth to the fifteenth century, and one doctrinal part which is dealing successively with the creation of man, Jesus Christ, the Holy Spirit, Trinity, the sacramental theology, Eucharist and the Church in the world.
The second book explores the different steps in the explanation of the Orthodox Christology of the fifth to the fourteenth century through various crises that had occurred (Nestorianism, Monophysitism, Origen, and mono-energy Monothelitism, iconoclasm ...).
Although it sometimes leads to some concerns in detail and often seem overly schematic, the first volume is a useful introductory manual. The second presents a more detailed study and is essential for the understanding of Orthodox Christology.
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Features and benefits for Mothercare Snoozie Teddy's Toy Box Sleep Bag 6-18 months - 1 Tog
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- Coordinates with the rest of the Teddy's Toy Box collection
- Features a cute bear and embroidered detail
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- Please note: 0-6 month sleeping bags are suitable from a minimum weight of 4kg/8.8lbs to a maximum height of 68cm
Baby sleeping bags can be the ideal solution to a number of common sleep problems. Your baby has plenty of room to kick and wriggle but without the worry of getting tangled in layers of bedding or waking up cold having kicked their bedding off. When you're away from home, it can also help settle them to sleep in unfamiliar surroundings.
During night feeds, a sleeping bag helps to keep them cosy throughout so you can settle them back to sleep afterwards and this sleeping bag unzips from the side for easy nappy changing too.
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2014 has come and gone and it's been 3 months since the kids started school full time. Mistakenly, I thought I'd have a lot more free time but as it turns out, I'm still doing the same stuff I always did but now I don't have 2 kiddies by my side.
Every year we make resolutions but some we keep and some we let slide. I almost didn't bother with making any resolutions but I'm a goal oriented person and without something to strive for, I predict my 6 hours alone on weekdays will mean a lot of DIY projects get started but not necessarily finished.
So here's what I have so far in no particular order:
- Post on the blog with some more regularity. I initially started this as a way to highlight my crafty adventures but when I read back over the years, it's not the pictures that bring back my memories. It's my words. So I am going to go back into the summer picture folder and pull out the pictures of the memorable or fun things we made.
- Go to bed by 12am. Yup. Forget striving for a healthy 10pm, I need to start small. Some nights, I'm up until 1am or even 2am. It also doesn't help that hubby is a night owl so we both agreed this was a good one.
- Create a short term career plan for 2015. I love being a stay at home mom. By staying at home, I've created a less hectic environment for my kids and husband. I love being there for my kids because I know they will only be little for so long. However, it's time for me to figure out what the next steps are going to be in the short term. This means a couple of things: jumpstarting my ETSY shop, a part time job, a volunteer gig, or furthering my education. To get me moving, I worked on my resume and I have a pretty good working copy. Even if I don't end up sending it out, it feels good to have one.
- Healthy Stuff. We're pretty good over here for eating but exercise? Unless I'm running with the kids, I have fallen flat on the exercise front. A lot of it has to do with all of our home improvement projects. I don't even want to think about what we ended up doing in 2014 (when will it ever end?????) let alone the list for 2015. So I'm starting off again small... 15 min in the morning of whatever activity I want to do that gets my heart rate up.
- Purge! Fabric closet - you know I'm talking about you... When we moved, we just hid all of our old stuff in closets but as we are moving from room to room, the need for some of this stuff goes away. So step one is to build a wall to wall library to put all of our books. That will solve at least 9-10 boxes.


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There are many impressive aspects to the new San Diego Central Library.
The gleaming dome, the latest landmark on the city's skyline, is one and a half times the size of the U.S. Capitol's dome.
The eighth floor reading room has comfy chairs and views of the Gaslamp, San Diego Bay, Coronado and the Pacific.
The 2.8 million items shelved here range from the latest Dan Brown thriller to a CD collection that embraces Bach and "Blurred Lines."
All notable features. But perhaps the most impressive thing about the new Central Library is the fact that it exists.
"Many people have worked on this real hard for about 30 years," said Charles Elster, a former library commissioner. "It's immensely gratifying to see it happening."
Some are less impressed, seeing this $185 million high-rise as a costly relic. Skeptics point to e-readers like the Kindle, which can download digital books, many of them free; and schools like Escondido's Del Lago Academy, where textbooks are loaded onto students' iPads and the campus "library" is largely devoid of ink-on-paper material.
San Diego's new Central Library
- New library: Is this monument necessary?
- Tour new library with its architect
- Central Library: Frequently asked questions
- How it was paid for
- Timeline, how it came to be
- Opening schedule
Richard Rider, a local libertarian, called the new library "a monument to an era that is ending — a structure that in a few years will have little more utility value than a Pharaoh's pyramid in Egypt. The only difference is that the library will have high operating costs — the pyramids need no such annual funding."
For a different view, step inside our newest and grandest public facility. Yes, said Marion Moss Hubbard, the Internet revolutionized how we access information. And, yes, the library has extensive e-offerings.
Still, "only about 10 percent of all materials worldwide have been digitized," said Hubbard, a spokeswoman for the San Diego Public Library. "There are so many items, it's not economical to digitize everything."
Venture deeper into this nine-story, 497,000-square-foot structure and you realize that books — of any format — are just part of the story. This was designed as secular cathedral, with goals as broad and elevated as its signature dome.
Mission: All-encompassing
The library that offered bound volumes, quiet and little else? It's gone, demolished by the Internet and electronic media — movies, recorded music, books on tape.
Libraries everywhere wrestle with this challenge. Many take a high-tech route. This summer, the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington, D.C., opened an 11,000-square-foot Digital Commons that resembles an Apple Store, stocked with laptops, tablets, e-reading devices, a Skype station.
In the Riverside County Library's Temecula branch, patrons use an "Espresso Book Machine" to print and bind custom paperbacks.
Many libraries, including San Diego's, circulate electronic books. Patrons can download the latest best-seller without leaving home.
"The best thing about libraries," Elster said, "is they can be repositories for everything — sheet music, art work, audio and video recordings — as well as books."
The new Central Library has no lack of traditional volumes. The first floor is a library within the library, offering the latest fiction and nonfiction. This is also where you find the children's section, its walls festooned with Dr. Seuss murals.
Take the escalator to the second floor and enter the teen's library — if you meet the entrance qualifications. Other than librarians, no adults are allowed in this haven of young adult books, study nooks, a snack area and a gaming room equipped with two 60-inch screens.
"We wanted them to be front and center," Hubbard said, "to feel that this is their library."
More teens are upstairs — the sixth and seventh floors are leased to a charter school, e3 Civic High, which has its own entrance. While classes will use the library's resources, these two floors will be off-limits to ordinary library patrons.
Few are likely to feel shortchanged. The other seven floors in this nine-story high-rise cater to adults and children with disabilities; film buffs; demographers; political junkies; stargazers; students of World War II — check out the posters, such as the one commanding "Save Waste Fats for Explosives!"
This wealth of materials is not due to a recent spending spree. Many "new" books and documents had been stashed in the old Central Library's basement. Now they will see daylight — and patrons.
"The genealogy people will be excited by what they see here," Elster said. "The government documents people will be excited. The very fact you have room for a baseball collection is great."
Look beyond these materials and you'll see that something else abounds: Space, waiting to be filled.
Just as we are
While some compare this library to a community center, it's more like a village. There's an outdoor square, bordered by a cafe and a 350-seat auditorium with concert hall-worthy acoustics.
Patrons are encouraged to check out a small office for intensive studying — or lease the upstairs terrace for a rally (500 adults can stand here) or wedding reception (there's room for 200 diners).
Poke around and you'll find a sculpture garden, an art gallery, a shop with museum-quality items. Admire the views from the ninth floor, and don't forget to inspect the dome, which is really eight overlapping metallic sails. The architect, Rob Wellington Quigley, wanted it to look unfinished.
"Always in a state of becoming," Hubbard said, "just as we are as human beings."
If there's something here for everyone, that raises a sticky issue. "Everyone" includes the homeless.
"They'll be part of our population," Hubbard said, "and we're glad we're able to serve them."
On his blog, Rider warned that the new library could become "the nation's most ornate, ill-designed homeless center..." In fact, homeless men and women bathed in the old downtown library's restrooms and slept in the stacks.
The library must be open to all, Hubbard said, but she cited three factors that should limit other patrons' encounters with the homeless: 1) Unlike the old library, the new one won't allow shopping carts to be parked outside; 2) Mental health staffers will be on site to offer counseling; and 3) The new library is more than triple the size of its predecessor.
"This is so much larger a space," she said, "you won't have people packed in so tightly. We're going to have so many more people coming through here."
Love and money
New libraries tend to draw new patrons. When Seattle's central library opened in 2004, officials predicted 1.1 million annual visitors — then logged more than double that amount.
San Diego's city libraries have seen patronage fluctuate. Between 2009 and 2012, annual visitors fell from 6.6 million to 5.5 million. This year is seeing a rebound: already the system has had 200,000 more patrons than it did during all of last year.
Libraries, in fact, are among the United States' most popular institutions.
"We found that just about half of Americans visited a library in the past year," said Kathryn Zickuhr, a researcher who led a recent study of libraries for the Pew Research Center. "Add in website usage, whether to borrow an e-book or check out what's available, it's 59 percent."
Elster, though, questions whether this love translates into money. "The crucial question is: Are people willing to spend their taxes on them?"
The new library's annual operating costs are projected to run $2.7 million higher than the old place. To defray costs, the San Diego Library Foundation raised $62.8 million; donors paid more than $500,000 to inscribe 3,200 bricks; the school paid $20 million for a 40-year lease.
Rooms, halls and terraces can be rented for special occasions. The 250-space underground parking lot is free for visitors, but they'll need validation — and an accurate sense of time.
"They'll probably have one hour," Hubbard said. "After that, patrons will pay the prevailing rate."
At least they won't have to pay for the books.
"This city has some great cultural attractions," Elster said. "But the thing about the library that is different from the opera and the symphony and most of the museums is that every wonderful and beautiful thing they have to offer is free."
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Whether we celebrate at home with family and friends, attend lots of parties or take a vacation to get away from it all, the holidays always tempt us to consume more food and drink than we normally would – and more than may be good for us.
The average American adult devours about 3,000 calories and 229 grams of fat in one Thanksgiving meal alone, according to surveys by the American Council on Exercise (ACE), a non-profit fitness advocacy organization. Those figures can quickly swell to 4,500 calories and more when all the feasting is considered.
Many people start by snacking throughout the day, which combined with the meal can lead to substantial overeating, according to Dr. Cedric Bryant, an exercise physiologist at ACE. However, those casually added calories are rarely remembered.
Another source of uncounted calories are often alcoholic beverages. It's no secret that alcohol consumption escalates during the holiday season. The distilled spirits industry alone makes more than 25 percent of its annual profits from Thanksgiving to New Year, according to reports by Forbes, based on data from the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States (DISCUS).
"Many may not realize that even a little daily drinking can lead to weight gain over time," says Dr. Samara Joy Nielsen, a senior fellow at the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS).
She admits that even health experts tend to forget how many calories from beverages contribute to the total calorie intake among adults. "Although the risks of excessive alcohol consumption in terms of injury and chronic disease are well known, less is known about the calories consumed from alcoholic beverages. As with calorically sweetened beverages, alcoholic beverages are a top contributor to calorie intake but provide few nutrients," says Dr. Nielsen in a study report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While people are becoming increasingly aware of the effects of sodas in terms of weight gain, alcoholic beverages have so far escaped similar scrutiny.
Of course, the impact of alcohol on the waistline is not limited to the holidays. About one-third of men and one-fifth of women in America consume calories from alcoholic beverages on most days, according to the CDC report. For most Americans, the average intake is less than 100 calories per day, however, 20 percent of men and 6 percent of women consume more than 300 calories from alcohol on any given day.
One of the reasons why the consequences of alcohol consumption are not always understood may be that many people don't even know what constitutes a "drink," says the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA). A "standard drink" in the U.S. is defined as any drink that contains 0.6 fluid ounces or 14 grams of pure alcohol. For regular beer that is equivalent to 12 fl oz, for table wine 5 fl oz, and for 80-proof spirits 1.5 fl oz. For beer that's about 150 calories and for wine 100 calories. For hard liquors, especially when mixed or combined with other ingredients in cocktails, those numbers can be much, much higher.
Needless to say, drinking alcohol – at any time, but especially during the holidays when there are so many opportunities – can also be hazardous in other ways. Multiple health problems and potential addiction are well documented. And, of course, there are safety concerns. Nearly half of all driving fatalities on Christmas Day are alcohol-related, according to Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD), disasters that could easily be avoided.
If you enjoyed this article, you may also enjoy reading "Your Drinks Count, Too"
Timi Gustafson R.D. is a registered dietitian, newspaper columnist, blogger and author of the book "The Healthy Diner – How to Eat Right and Still Have Fun"®, which is available on her blog, "Food and Health with Timi Gustafson R.D.", and at amazon.com. You can follow Timi on Twitter and on Facebook.


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Stewardship Is A Way of Life
The Budget: Strategy In Action
By Luisa Bonillas
Cuando nuestra hija que solo hablaba español cumplió tres años de edad, decidimos dejar nuestra comunidad episcopal anglohablante en un suburbio de Phoenix por una feligresía episcopal hispanohablante en el centro de Phoenix.
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In this issue, we bring you stories and ideas for tackling difficult change with positive results.
By Alissa Newton
Can satisfaction be an impediment to positive change? In Satisfied Churches Don't Change, Alissa Newton narrates a personal story of how dissatisfaction becomes a powerful way to move change forward.
By Adriane Bilous
In Shepherding Change, Adriane Bilous offers real stories of change, shared by participants in ECF's Congregational Leadership Initiative program, that provide practical advice on how to tackle difficult changes in ministry.
By Diane Jardine Bruce
How does change affect finances and budgeting? In Why Budget?, Bishop Diane Jardine Bruce shares two budgeting techniques to help craft budgets that are mission-aligned, but also flexible enough to accommodate changing circumstances.
By Luisa Bonillas
Change can be deeply painful, especially when it affects our emotional and spiritual wellbeing. In Conflict and Change, Luisa Bonillas describes the impact of difficult change in her church and what she learned from the experience.
By Melissa Rau
Melissa Rau writes our latest blog from the viewpoint of young parents who are interested in getting involved, but are ultimately turned off by their church. They are welcomed, but not welcome to change anything.


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WWII In American Music: Army Life
Part 7: Army Life
Section 3 on defense contains some songs about life in the army that were recorded following instatement of the peacetime draft in 1940. After the war began, this genre of song did not entirely disappear. This section contains "army life" songs from the war years, 1942-1945. A more detailed examination of this topic is planned for the future. In the meantime, this archive is presented.
Sheet Music: "Move It Over" (1942)
"Move It Over" by Ethel Merman (1942)
"Private Buckaroo" by Gene Autry (1942)
"Would you rather be a colonel with an eagle on your shoulder
Or a private with a chicken on your knee?" by Gordon Jenkins (1942)
"This Is The Army, Mister Jones" by Horace Heidt (1942)
"Overture" to "This Is The Army" by All Soldier Chorus (1942)
Sheet Music: "G.I. Jive" (1943)
"G.I. Jive" by Johnny Mercer (1943)
"G.I. Jive" (V-Disc) by Glenn Miller (c. 1944)
"G.I. Jive" by Louis Jordan (1944)
Sheet Music: "What Do You Do In The Infantry" (1943)
"Hup! Tup! Thrup! Four! (Jack, the Sleepy Jeep)" (V-Disc) by Sgt. Ace Goodrich (1943)
"Sam's Got Him" by Johnny Mercer (1943)
"Why Do They Call a Private a Private?" (V-Disc) by Ethel Merman (1944)
"G.I. Blues" by Floyd Tillman (1944)
"The Bunion Brigadiers" by The Jesters (1944)
"$21 a Day--Once a Month" by Dick Robertson (1944)
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Book Discussion for June 1, 2017: A FIRE UPON THE DEEP by Vernor Vinge
First up for our new quarterly book discussions is Tor.com's May 2017 selection, the Hugo Award Winning A FIRE UPON THE DEEP by Vernor Vinge. A free download of the book is available at Tor. com** until May 15, 2017, at 11:59 p.m. (U.S. Eastern Time). It is also available for Kindle on Amazon, though I do recommend grabbing from Tor while it's free.
Why a Science Fiction novel in the Contemporary Lit subforum?
Lisa mentioned the book as Tor's current download, so it is easily accessible to most as a free download right now. "Alternative facts" and determining the reliability of information bombarding us currently via the internet (in particular) is already on all our minds. And artificial intelligence and what would happen were some "evil intelligence" to direct our quest for information/knowledge in service to its own purposes has been on my mind. (Pure serendipity, I guess you'd call it.) A FIRE UPON THE DEEP is one take on such a post-human era brought about by this technological singularity of humanity completely freed (by robotics and artificial intelligence) from mundane tasks—unprecedented in human history and with no foreseeable outcome based on our prior experience.
Why this novel in particular?
It meets the criteria: published post-WWII, strong characterization (specifically Ravna Bergsndot, a human librarian); contains contemporary cultural elements and implications; a well-written and conceptually dense book that makes us think.
The Plot:
In the far future, humans have found they are not alone in the universe. The universe is populated by many species—and they are the most "alien" aliens you'll encounter; they aren't the lizards in cheap suits variety—and information/knowledge is the source of great wealth. When humans of the Straumli realm discover and try to tap into a lost "archive", they unleash a Power that is bent on the destruction of worlds.
Attempting to flee the now-discovered threat, two ships take off: one containing a husband and wife team and their two children, as well as the other children from the colony now in a cryogenic state; the second ship contains adults from the colony and is destroyed by the Power. Upon landing on another world, the survivors are taken captive by the Tines, an alien race with a harsh medieval culture. A rescue mission, of both humans and non-humans, is launched to rescue survivors and obtain a secret that may save the rest of interstellar civilization.
Interviews with Dr. Vernor Vinge:
Additional thoughts on AI and the Singularity: Dr. Stephen Hawking, Elon Musk, Nick Bostrom, James Barrat, Dr. Vernor Vinge.
**It's available there in both Mobi (Kindle and others read this) and Epub (used for iBooks for OS X/macOS and iOS, and other apps/OSs too)
The download is free.
It has no DRM.
Free ebook readers:
Kindle apps for computers and smart phones and tablets
iBooks for OS X and iOS (see app store)
Icecream for Windows (reads Mobi and ePub)
Calibre for Windows, OSC, Linux
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Secretary of State John Kerry on Sunday warned Russia about possible economic sanctions if it continued to intervene militarily in Ukraine.
In separate interviews on ABC, NBC and CBS, Kerry said the United States and its allies are prepared "to isolate Russia" if it continues to keep troops on southern Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said the troops are there to protect the Russian people who live there.
"There are very serious repercussions that can flow out of this," Kerry said on CBS' Face the Nation. "There are a broad array of options that are available. … I spent yesterday afternoon on the phone with many of my counterparts … and all of them, every single one of them are prepared to go to the hill order to isolate Russia with respect to this invasion.
"They're prepared to isolate Russia economically," Kerry continued. "The ruble is already going down. Russia has major economic challenges."
As the world's western powers debate what to do with Russia going forward, we wanted to look at the current state of Russia's economy by fact-checking Kerry's statement that "the ruble is already going down."
That rates Mostly True.
Kerry is right to say that the ruble has declined -- its value has tumbled by 15 percent in the past year. But its decline is partly because that's what the Russians wanted.
In the middle of last year, the Russian Central Bank announced it wanted to get out of the business of setting the ruble's value on the international market. It had in mind a gradual glide path for the currency's fall, and in October, it gave the ruble even more leeway.
The country's economy grew less than 2 percent last year, and Russia has struggled to keep inflation in check.
That said, the violence and political turmoil in Ukraine is also taking a toll. Russian banks have about $28 billion in loans in the country. Before the Russian troops moved in, investors were worried. Last week, two of the largest banks in Russia said they would suspend any new lending in Ukraine.
Ties of another kind between Russia and Ukraine also were discussed Sunday.
On Fox News Sunday, U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, the Republican chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said he believes Russia wants to essentially annex Crimea.
"I would believe that the Russians would love to see the Crimea as part of the Russian Federation," Rogers said. "It was there until 1954 when it was given to the Soviet Republic of the Ukraine. I think they'd like it back."
The Washington Post's David Ignatius made a similar claim on Face the Nation. "Crimea became part of Ukraine only in 1954," Ignatius said. "Crimea was historically part of Russia, and (Soviet leader Nikita) Khrushchev gave it to Ukraine in a gesture that mystified some people."
Both claims rate True.
Crimea is an eastern Ukrainian peninsula located on the Black Sea. It's connected to the rest of the country by a small strip of land. Out of its 2 million residents, about 60 percent consider themselves Russian.
For much of the past 300 years, Crimea was part of Russia or the Soviet Union. In 1954, Russian Premier Nikita Khrushchev transferred what was then called the Crimean Oblast to Ukraine. It's often reported that it was a gesture of goodwill from Khrushchev, who had Ukrainian roots.
When the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, many observers expected President Boris Yeltsin, the new president of the Russian Federation, to take Crimea for Russia. But he didn't bring it up during negotiations with Ukraine. In 1997, the two countries signed a treaty allowing Russia to keep its naval fleet in Crimea.
Staff writers Jon Greenberg and Julie Kliegman contributed to this report. Aaron Sharockman is the editor of PunditFact.com.
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Spotted: Giant Orange Crayons
Isn't the appearance of mysterious large crayons one of the first signs of spring?
SPOTTED BY: An observant reader
WHERE: Trinity Bellwoods Park
WHEN: Monday, April 7, 10:30 a.m.
WHAT: Four very large orange "crayons," which suggest that Trinity Bellwoods Park is home either to (a) a group of tiny druids who practice strange colouring-related rites in and amongst these standing crayons, (b) a group of giant children who do not pick up after themselves, or (c) a creative and resourceful person who wanted to bring a touch of colour and whimsy to a city that's sick of winter.
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Regents keep plan to establish UTRGV moving forward
AUSTIN – The University of Texas System Board of Regents voted Thursday on its first official action to establish a new institution, UT Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV).
The Regents approved three significant items: degree programs to be offered at UTRGV; a process to hire tenure and tenure-track faculty from UT Brownsville and UT Pan American; and the allocation of up to $5 million to fund critical communications efforts to help launch UTRGV.
All three items were presented and discussed during the Academic Affairs Committee Wednesday and were voted on by the full Board of Regents Thursday.
A total of 137 baccalaureate, master's and doctoral degrees are proposed to be offered at UTRGV. Regents gave the authorization to submit the inventory of degree programs to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for review and approval.
Here's a complete list of degree programs approved by the Board of Regents. A group of faculty and academic administrators from both UT Brownsville and UT Pan American worked together to accomplish the consolidation.
The Regents' vote marks the first official act to combine the talent, assets and resources of UT Brownsville and UT Pan American. UTRGV will welcome its inaugural class of students in the fall of 2015. Its medical school will open in the fall of 2016.
Regents named Guy Bailey the sole finalist for president of UTRGV and are expected to meet later this month to consider his official appointment. Dr. Bailey will visit UT Brownsville and UT Pan American Friday to meet with students, staff, faculty and local leaders.
More than 100 faculty members from both UT Brownsville and UT Pan American have been meeting since October to help guide the process of combining the academic programs of the two institutions.
"The first day of classes for UT Rio Grande Valley is quickly approaching, and we are pleased with the progress being made to transition to the new UTRGV as smoothly as possible," Board of Regents Chairman Paul Foster said. "We are indebted to the students, faculty and staff of UT Brownsville and UT Pan American who have been helping us guide this historic effort."
On Thursday, Regents also adopted the process and procedures that will be followed to hire tenure and tenure-track faculty from UT Brownsville and UT Pan American to UTRGV.
The full process adopted by the Board of Regents is posted on the UT System website.
Regents also allocated up to $5 million from the Available University Fund to fund resources needed to recruit and enroll students; create a comprehensive website for UTRGV and its medical school; and to produce electronic, print and video materials needed to provide essential information to students, parents, faculty and staff.
"This has been a dream of so many for so long, and it is incredible to see the wheels fully in motion," Chancellor Francisco G. Cigarroa, M.D., said. "We are establishing a world-class university for South Texas, and there's a tremendous amount of work to be done in the next 15 months and there's not a moment to waste."
About The University of Texas System
Educating students, providing care for patients, conducting groundbreaking research and serving the needs of Texans and the nation for more than 130 years, The University of Texas System is one of the largest public university systems in the United States, with nine academic universities, six health institutions and a fall 2013 enrollment of more than 213,000. The UT System confers more than one-third of the state's undergraduate degrees, educates two-thirds of the state's health care professionals annually and accounts for almost 70 percent of all research funds awarded to public universities in Texas. The UT System has an annual operating budget of $14.6 billion (FY 2014) including $3 billion in sponsored programs funded by federal, state, local and private sources. With about 90,000 employees, the UT System is one of the largest employers in the state.


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The arrival of football weather usually prompts me enough to look a little farther down the beer shelves, past a brewery's IPA and other hoppy offerings, in search of a full-bodied porter or stout.
It's true these beers lean toward more robust, malt-driven flavors, often with some degree of roast, but there's no need to fear the dark. The coloring comes from the specialty grains used in making the beer — porters are typically brewed using black and chocolate malts, while stouts often include black malt and roasted barley, but no chocolate malt — and give little indication how "heavy" the beer will feel on your palate.
In fact, many stouts and porters feel quite light on the tongue, while still delivering rich, complex flavors that pair well with seasonal fare such as braised meats and caramelized vegetables, hearty soups and stews and rich desserts, among others. Think of them as being like a black-gesso canvas on which brewers can play with a variety of flavors, ingredients and techniques.
Here are some wickedly delicious stouts and porters to try the next time you're in a mood to venture into the dark side:
Boulder Beer
Released this week to local liquor stores and on draft in the tap room, Boulder Beer's Shake Chocolate Porter is the brewery's first new year-round offering in several years. At its core, the beer is a robust American porter brewed with five different grains, including Chocolate Wheat and Chocolate and Caramel malts, with added cocoa nibs.
It smells like that moment when you drop a straw into a frosty, stainless steel milkshake canister and lean in for a first sip; a slightly nostalgic blend of sweet chocolate and dry cocoa powder. The taste is dominated by flavors of chocolate and cafe au late, a slight roasty undertone on the finish and a light, velvety mouthfeel.
Enjoy it on its own, or pair Shake with meatloaf, one of Boulder Beer's buffalo burgers or even with a chocolate sundae.
Left Hand Brewing Co.
Left Hand recently expanded its Nitro beers: Sawtooth and Wake Up Dead Nitro have joined Milk Stout Nitro. Through a proprietary method (i.e., they ain't telling), Left Hand figured out how to achieve the light, creamy mouthfeel of a nitrogenized beer in a bottle without using a widget.
Wake Up Dead Nitro, a Russian Imperial Stout, benefits especially well from this treatment. It takes a leap of faith to upend the bottle vertically and watch as the beer gurgles into the glass — the quickly rising foam cresting precariously close to its rim — but watching as a cascade of nitrogen bubbles mixes with the brew is a neat bit of beer technology.
Once the beer settles, I get cocoa, tobacco and a whiff of spicy spearmint on the nose. The nitrogen really lightens and brightens this beer and lends an overall roundness that melds creamy chocolate and coffee flavors with a bit of roast on the back end, finishing with a warming bloom that hints at the beer's 10.2 percent alcohol content.
"Generally speaking, dishes need strong flavors to accompany this strong beer," said Emily Armstrong, Left Hand's marketing and public relations coordinator. "As far as proteins go, I would pair it with beef or buffalo with a rich, heavy sauce or gravy." She also recommends rich desserts such as tiramisu or cheesecake, or just pouring it over vanilla-bean ice cream.
Great Divide Brewing Co.
Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti Imperial Stout from Great Divide is the latest in the rotating and ever-evolving seasonal incarnations of the brewery's flagship Yeti Imperial Stout. Yeti is a big, complex beer in its own right, with a depth of flavor that encompasses rich, roasted grains, stone fruit and mocha. The brewery tones down the hops in its Chocolate Oak Aged Yeti and adds cocoa nibs, then ages the beer in oak barrels for a hint of vanilla that lightens the middle part of the sip. The overall effect isn't unlike drinking a milk-chocolate candy bar, although with a balancing bitterness and a dash of heat at the end, thanks to added cayenne pepper.
The brewery recommends pairing this big beer with rich, bold flavors, like those found in chicken mole, grilled steak or even vanilla-bean creme brulee.
Oskar Blues Brewery
Oskar Blues' seasonal Ten FIDY Imperial Stout is a go-to choice for a stout that consistently delivers a satisfying experience. It's a big beer at 10.5 percent, yet is also very balanced and approachable. Although it pours dark as night, its sweet scent is reminiscent of a chocolate malt and the mouthfeel is relatively light. Notes of chocolate and sweet toffee mingle with a muted hop bitterness in the sip, with a dry roasty finish that keeps me coming back for more.
"I like to pair it with desserts like a salted chocolate truffle or some chocolate ice cream," said Chad Melis, Oskar Blues' marketing manager. "The Ten FIDY Bourbon Balls at our Oskar Blues Home Made Liquids Solids Restaurant are perfect, as well."
Twisted Pine Brewing Co.
Twisted Pine's Northstar Imperial Porter, an award-winning Baltic porter, is another highly anticipated annual release. Brewed with black, crystal and chocolate malts, as well as three hop varieties, Northstar features a sophisticated interplay of light and creamy milk-chocolate flavors with a roasty base swirling with notes of raisin and plum. It's also a prime candidate to reserve a few bottles in your cellar to see how it ages.
Twisted Pine will release this year's batch of Northstar on Nov. 8. In addition, there will be a vertical tasting of at least eight vintages of the beer during a special tasting and food-pairing event at the brewery beginning at 7 p.m. Nov. 7. (Tickets, $40, are limited. Contact the brewery at 303-786-9270 for reservations.)
"Personally, I like to pair Northstar with a big, juicy ribeye," brewery representative Justin Tilotta said. "And a few years back we paired it with chocolate-covered bacon during our vertical tasting event. That was incredible."
Upslope Brewing Co.
Upslope's Foreign Style Stout started as the brewery's first anniversary beer in 2009, and it was such a hit the brewery brings the beer back each year as a winter seasonal. (Upslope will celebrate its fifth anniversary Nov. 1 at the original Lee Hill location and Nov. 2 at the Flatiron Park brewery. Visit http://upslopebrewing.com for details.)
"Somewhere between an export stout and a tropical stout," Upslope founder Matt Cutter said, the Foreign Style is rich with roasted barley and balanced by the brewery's signature Patagonian hops, with flavors of dry chocolate and anise rounding out this satisfying brew. Try it with a roast or other savory meat preparation to bring out the beer's roasty undertones.
Crystal Springs Brewing Co.
Doc's American Porter, from Crystal Springs Brewing Co., is a robust American porter that exemplifies the style extremely well. It's a more balanced "everyday" beer than some of the bigger offerings, while still exhibiting a nuanced flavor profile that brings together sweet chocolate, mocha, licorice and coffee with a pleasant bitterness and a warming finish.
Its lighter mouthfeel and palate-cleansing carbonation makes it a good choice to pair with a slice of German chocolate cake and other desserts.
Doc's American Porter is available year-round, and look for both regular and bourbon barrel-aged versions Crystal Springs' bigger Black Saddle Imperial Stout to be released Nov. 13 in bottles and in the brewery's new Louisville taproom, which is set to open soon.
Avery Brewing Co.
The Czar — a massive Russian Imperial Stout loaded with thick currents of mocha, molasses and dark fruit — is also due to make its annual appearance.
Avery will tap and release this year's version of Czar during a release event at 5 p.m. Nov. 1 at the brewery. Avery is also planning a food drive during the event to benefit Harvest of Hope Pantry in Boulder. Bring three or more high-need items to earn a glass of Czar on the house, as well as a raffle ticket. One lucky winner will receive a case of Czar.
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Everyone seems excited. Not one person said anything even remotely like, "Geez, what a bad dream" or "It's too far," or anything else of a negative nature. I am trying to organize something around the National Open in June. No further details yet. Everything emerges over time.
I wrote about mastermind groups yesterday.
Lots going on... let's see if we can keep the momentum up. Am hoping for 50-100 attendees at Las Vegas. The more, the better the event will be (you know me). I've been to Las Vegas many times, always on business or to play chess. Of course it is a gambler's paradise but that's not MY reason for going. At any rate I am looking at a "during the week event" which drops the cost of staying overnight by a staggering amount.
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2008 PARALYMPIC GAMES: Jessica Long Sets World Record in Preliminary Rounds
Sept. 11, 2008
BEIJING, China - Jessica Long (Baltimore, Md.) set the world record in the women's 200m IM (SM8) heats Thursday morning with a time of 2:42.56. Long, who held the previous world record (2:43.60) from 2006, goes into tonight's finals looking for her fifth medal of the Beijing Paralympic Games. Teammate Amanda Everlove (Colorado Springs, Colo.), who finished second in the heat with a time of 2:52.93, will also be vying for a spot on the podium.
"I'm happy I set the world record. I felt like I got out fast," said Long. "I'm a little upset at the backstroke time so I'll improve on that. I'm 10 seconds ahead of my nearest competitor. I know all the competitors are great swimmers and will drop time tonight, so I'm going to need to swim hard. I can't wait to race tonight."
The U.S. women's team also holds the top two spots in the 400m freestyle (S7.) Cortney Jordan (Henderson, Nev.) finished in first place with a time of 5:31.27, while teammate Erin Popovich (Fort Collins, Colo./Silverbow, Mont.) is ranked second (5:34.18.)
Lantz Lamback (Colorado Springs, Colo./Augusta, Ga.), who is coming off a world-record, gold medal swim (1:12.09) in the men's 100m backstroke (S7), will be chasing a third medal in the men's 400m freestyle (S7) tonight.
13 U.S. athletes advance to tonight's finals, including:
17:00 Men's 400m Freestyle (S7) - Lantz Lamback (Colorado Springs, Colo./Augusta, Ga.) - 5:05.65 (2)
17:00 Men's 400m Freestyle (S7) - Alex Dionne (Mequon, Wis.) - 5:14.97 (5)
17:09 Women's 400m Freestyle (S7) - Cortney Jordan (Henderson, Nev.) - 5:31.27 (1)
17:09 Women's 400m Freestyle (S7) - Erin Popovich (Fort Collins, Colo./Silverbow, Mont.) - 5:34.18 (2)
17:24 Men's 200m IM (SM5) - Roy Perkins (Del Mar, Calif.) - 3:30.69 (5)
17:55 Women's 200m IM (SM8) - Jessica Long (Baltimore, Md.) - 2:42.56 (1, WR)
17:55 Women's 200m IM (SM8) - Amanda Everlove (Colorado Springs, Colo.) - 2:52.93 (2)
18:19 Men's 200m IM (SM9) - Michael Prout (West Springfield, Mass.) - 2:25.65 (5)
18:19 Men's 200m IM (SM9) - Cody Bureau (Colorado Springs, Colo./Latrobe, Pa.) - 2:27.30 (6)
19:32 Women's 200m IM (SM10) - Anna Eames (Golden Valley, Minn.) - 2:43.21
19:32 Women's 200m IM (SM10) -Susan Beth Scott (Colorado Springs, Colo.\Cape Girardeau, Mo.) - 2:45.39
18:49 Men's 400m Freestyle (S11) - Philip Scholz (Mt. Sinai, N.Y.) - 5:02.07 (5)
18:59 Men's 400m Freestyle (S12) - Tucker Dupree (Raleigh, N.C.) - 4:24.95 (2)
19:55 Men's 4x50m Freestyle relay (20 point) - Team USA (to be announced)
Additional Results
Men's 50m Breaststroke (SB3) - Michael DeMarco (San Diego, Calif.) - 1:03.26 (9)
Women's 400m Freestyle (S7) - Deb Gruen (Hamden, Conn.) - 6:05.90 (10)
Men's 200m IM (SM9) - Jarrett Perry (Colorado Springs, Colo./Wichita, Kan.) - DSQ
"It was a really smooth race and it didn't take a lot out of me, which gives me confidence going into the final tonight. I know it's going to be tough going up against my teammate Cortney [Jordan] and of course the rest of the competition. Cortney is a really smart swimmer and I know she wants the win just as badly as I do. I've got a feeling tonight is going to be a very tough race."
"I had a lot of energy left when I finished. I feel really strong. I'm going to push harder in the middle 200 and just go as hard as I can."
Julie O'Neill (Colorado Springs, Colo.), head coach, U.S. Paralympic Swimming Team
"In the 400m prelims, they tend to sit back a little more and just make sure they get in [to the finals.] Our swimmers are in a good position going into tonight."
"I'm not quite there yet [on my race performances], but I'm doing my best and that's all you can ask for. I'm looking forward to the 100m breaststroke."
For complete swimming results, visit http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRMP/ENG/Schedule/SW.shtml.
For more information, please contact Tara Dugan Kusumoto at 139 1063 1844. If calling from the U.S., dial 011 86 plus the local number.
Daily video highlights of the 2008 Paralympic Games are available at www.usparalympics.org and www.universalsports.com.


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The Weather Channel + Citrix
The Weather Channel employs producers and reporters in every part of the country. And every one of them needs access to high-end video and editorial systems at a moment's notice. With Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and HDX, The Weather Channel can deliver complete resources on-demand to workers in any location, and provide a high definition experience that can weather any storm.
The Weather Channel Companies (TWCC) delivers weather, news and information through The Weather Channel television network, which reaches more than 100 million U.S. households. The Weather Channel digital properties, including the weather.com website, The Weather Channel Desktop and The Weather Channel Mobile, reach more than 45 million unique users per month. And Weather Services International (WSI) provides business-to-business weather services, particularly for the media, aviation, marine and energy sectors.
Weather happens everywhere, often in unpredictable ways—so The Weather Channel has to be equally far-reaching and dynamic in its coverage. This poses significant challenges for IT. Beyond providing management and back-office personnel with business applications, the company must enable producers and reporters in every part of the country and on the road to access high-end video and editorial systems at a moment's notice. While reporting on the weather, the company remains as vulnerable to the weather conditions as its viewers. "Our broadcasting and web operations are 24/7, so if there's a severe weather crisis, people need to be able to work from home as if they were in the office," says Andy Drooker, Senior Director of Emerging Platforms/Technologies at The Weather Channel.
Meeting the demands of users within its own newsroom was difficult. Freelancers and employees competed to use the newest computers. Workers often needed additional software or RAM to complete projects, stretching thin a small IT staff that at times could provide only one technician per 150 users. Desktop virtualization offered a way to standardize the company's computing environment, centralize desktop management and increase IT efficiency – ultimately resulting in being able to deliver complete resources on-demand to workers in any location. A conversation Drooker had at a Microsoft TechEd Conference suggested a way forward: pairing the free Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization solution, which was included under the company's Microsoft licenses, with Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops desktop virtualization solution. "It hit the bull's-eye—it was exactly what we were looking for," says Drooker. "We can pool applications—including both internal and external resources—and deploy virtual desktops to users either on a one-to-one basis, or as a pool of virtual desktops for folks to log into and use."
The longstanding partnership between Citrix and Microsoft ensured a seamless addition of Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops to the Microsoft Hyper-V stack. With the leadership of Drooker, The Weather Channel completed a proof of concept (POC) with CentriNet, a Platinum Citrix and Gold Microsoft V-Alliance partner based in Atlanta, which delivered virtual desktops tailored to the needs of 65 workers in every part of the enterprise. Dario Ferreira, VP of Technology at CentriNet, worked with The Weather Channel through the POC process. "Once people see the POC taking shape, they see the savings, the ease of management and the ability to have their desktop on any device, anywhere. All that comes with the virtual desktop model," said Ferreira. Administrative personnel were provided with access to Microsoft Office applications; producers and reporters accessed standardized news writing and video production tools on-demand. "The need for a homogeneous desktop in the newsroom is critical, so everybody is looking at the same content within the same applications," explains Drooker.
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2009 NIKE Awards
Haven't found the full list online yet, but apparently the longlist for this year's NIKE Literary Award (the most prestigious literary award in Poland) have been announced. I'll post an update when I find the full list, but for now, I can say that both Bambino by Inga Iwasiow and Poland Marches On by our own Jerzy Pilch are on the longlist.
And both titles are published by Swiat Ksiazki, who notified me and sent along sample translations . . .
Here's the info on Jerzy Pilch's book (which sounds a bit mental, and a bit like The Master and Margarita):
The protagonist – the writer's alter-ego – has just turned fifty-two. This compulsive seducer decides to find himself a woman on his birthday. She should be different from all his lovers to date. And there have been more than a few … Just when it seems as though his search is all in vain, he gets a text message from the Devil Incarnate himself, inviting him to a ball. Legends are circulating about this party: an out-of-this-world orgy, the Rolling Stones are to be singing, and they're keeping a zombie in the cellars of the castle… But this is just a small taste of what really is going on there! Our protagonist accidentally finds out that the local residents are planning to attack the estate that day. And this is just the start of a wild, dream-like tale.
And a short excerpt:
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Spirit of Storytelling, Amen. On the eve of my fifty-second birthday I decided that the following day I would meet a new woman. This thought had been rattling around in my brain for a long time, but it had only gradually been assuming its definitive key.
I was not undertaking a frivolity; this was neither a game not a wager. I was not giving myself an easy task—my serious and ambitious intention was, within the next twenty-four hours, to meet, get to know, and seduce an intelligent, slim girl just shy of thirty years old and at least six feet in height.
I wanted to offer myself an intensive birthday present and I wanted to test whether I could afford to offer myself an intensive birthday present. On the surface I was in good shape, but I felt that the monster dwelling inside of me was beginning to die. People still regarded me as a rogue, but in essence I was relying on reputation alone. Appearances to the contrary, cynicism was never my strong suit; the irony and instrumental nature of my stories about women had once served to conceal the wrongs I did them. Now, I used the remnants of cynicism, the remains of irony and a show of instrumentalism to mask my despair and my longing.
And a bit about Iwasiow's Bambino
Bambino is a story about people and a place, or rather places. One of them is the Bambino snack bar, where the four main characters meet. Another is the whole of Szczecin and the surrounding area, a city that has been badly churned up by history, to which people from various parts of Poland made their way after the war. We follow the fortunes of the four heroes from before the war up to 1980. Marysia was born into a large family in the south-eastern borderlands (now Ukraine). After the war, she and her entire family were repatriated to Poland, where they were given a home in a Pomeranian village. She was the only one who managed to get away to the city, where she became a nurse. There she met Janek (and married him), a bastard from a village near Poznań who was abandoned by his mother and later tried to get his own back for years of humiliation by choosing to work for the security service, which ultimately led to the collapse of their marriage. Anna comes from Gorlice, which she left to escape an overly strict mother and a stepfather who didn't care about her. She had a hard time finishing her studies, and got married late in life, purely for practical reasons, to a merchant navy captain who is older than her. Ula is a German by origin, and is the only one of the main characters to have been born in Szczecin. Because of the war, she almost entirely lost contact with her family, which meant that she has stayed in the city, trying to live like an ordinary Pole. Her not very ardent relationship with Stefan, a Jew who survived the Holocaust and the only man she has ever wanted to be with, was cut cruelly short by history, as Stefan was forced to leave the country in 1968.
And excerpt:
Maria carries it inside her, I swear. An image of the journey, but not only. Something that happened in the course of it. Something left far behind her. Like all the others, she has this something inside her, the threads run together, the genes, they intersect, various things can arise from this combination, and I want to find out who they are – perhaps it is actually my story, but it could just as well be not mine or anyone else's. I want to rummage in the pictures, carbon copies and waste paper. There's nothing to hold on to, no album, no diary, no central concept, apart from need. There are just disconnected stories instead, whatever someone has made up about himself. About the person he is. And a life, quite simply, his or whoever's, past and continuing. That's all we have on the subject. Centrifugal motion, stealing up from behind, the same thing but with no prospect of the same thing. The mother of all such lost illusions – that's Maria.
I'm starting with Maria, because her name attracts me. All women are called EveMaria. This one all the more so, as if she were made out of her name straight off from the start, more than Eve, naturally, less marked out, or chosen from the crowd, but then no one ever promised her that. No one did, in naming the girl, yet that's just what she longs for, to be designated. Thoughtlessly giving a girl that name is a way of tempting and inviting fate. It means she is marked out for sure, but let us not forget that Maria is a common name in this situation. It is sure to be the name of every third heroine whose life began in the circumstances that interest me, the ones I regard as a part of the image of the journey. Quite simply, our grannies often had that name. I've got nothing to be proud of, because we'll see what happens to those names and to them further on. They were only brought here in 1957. They were brought here. They were brought by train, but first someone gave permission, issued documents and stamped their decision on them. First came their and those people's hesitation, the decision was just about to be made, but then the hand was withdrawn, the circle turned, and they went on standing by the same fence. Until that final moment. And it wasn't at all funny or heroic in those – of course, nowadays we say "cattle" trucks.


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Wishlist - 10 things I want to do before see off!
Well, this is something that I have always wanted to jot down.
These are THE shortlisted 10 that I want to accomplish before I see the almighty.
In every to accomplish statements you will find a touch of travelling and moving around. This is because I was born with gypsy soul.
The List goes like this:
1. To Live in the world's most fantastic places for 1 month each!
Amazon &
Serengeti .
Man, I can forego anything for this!
For all the flora and fauna at these amazing places ANYTHING!!.
In India, I have explored quite a few jungles but the craziness that goes on within the Amazon and Serengeti is priceless.
2. Adventure sports:
Yes, right now bungee jumping and sky diving are on my agenda. Can't think of scuba yet. I'm aquaphobic you see !
3. Become a lecturer of an off beat subject:
I always knew I'm a good teacher( forgive my overconfidence)
As for my domain subject, I was a visiting faculty to college from Nov to Feb. But apart from my domain subject I would like to teach subjects like problem solving, importance of travelling, Who is Rabindranath Tagore, so on..
4. Bunking office:
Writing this on behalf of many poor souls like me.
I want to bunk office and go for a bike ride alone. And hope to fulfil it in this coming monsoon(hopefully).
5. Want to be known as artist and not a professional:
I've always wanted this and I think I'm on the right track . It's usually when my physical battery goes off .
I always wish that i should be known as an artist instead of a professional who ran in a rat race and raced to never win it. I have already started with a few portraits, hoping to learn a genre of dance and guitar soon. Even the thought of it is like 'woah! what a feeling' .
Not only will I stop at that, after running for a mil in this, I want to see me discussing some cool stuff with other artists too.
6. Witnessing the FIFA World Cup:
In fact, this one should be No. 1 in this list. Football is not my sort of sport but being a part of the waves of cheering and witnessing the most followed sport in the world live surely gives me goosebumps.
7. A visit to Istabnbul, Funchal and Disney land: Yes, for a few years now these cities have been crossing my mind currently im transported there by merely just a few reads but optimistically someday! One-day exploring them will be on the top of my priority lists.
8. To participate in a triathlon:
This is because even thinking of it is like challenging myself. Here more than age what matters is mental fortitude. Swimming, riding and running... come on let's push our limits .
9. See an active volcano:
There are 500 active volcanoes around the world. I want to see the one either of these I.e. the ones in Iceland, Italy, Japan, Costa Rica or Hawaii.
10. Want to love not hate .. :
I'm not the one to hate someone easily but once I do I'm a cold blooded home sapien!
I'd like to not be but i guess it's inherited! Well one day as the rest on my to accomplish list..


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I've got a debian server at home, that I use to have a VPN access to my home computers.
I've redirected the openvpn port on the port 2000 : in my file "server.conf", I've added this :
mode server
proto udp
port 2000
With the connexion tracking, I allow all the related and response connexions.
I've set up a rule, allowing everybody on the port 2000 :
iptables -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 2000 -j ACCEPT
however, it doesn't allow me to connect to my VPN (if I disable the firewall, I can connect without any problem).
So, what haven't I understood? does openvpn need another port?


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Nick Foles got the start today for the Eagles because Michael Vick is still recovering from a concussion he suffered against the Cowboys last week. Eagles trainer Rick Burkholder said "[h]e's had symptoms all week" and that he is "foggy."
According to USA Today, Vick is also suffering from the following symptoms.
• Still can't drive a car due to balance issues.
• Sleeps all day, can't sleep at night.
• Lethargic.
• Nauseous.
• Can't sit in meetings.
• Sensitive to light.
Burkholder says Vick is stuck in "Phase 1" of his recovery—unable to progress to workouts and exercise—and while that sounds scary, it may not be as bad as it sounds. Different people recover differently from concussions and each injury is itself different.
"We've had guys that have come out of Phase 1 immediately, and have been stuck in Phase 2. I've had guys who have gotten to Phase 3, and then 2 weeks later, they couldn't get out of Phase 3," Burkholder said. "There's no way to determine [how the recovery will progress]. We come back here Monday and he could be fine, and then I can progress him through the next couple of phases.
Whatever the phase, Michael Vick currently cannot perform what many of us would consider activities of daily living because of a concussion. He will likely recover to a point where he would be permitted to return to the field. What that point is and whether it will still be the same later in his life become less certain the more we learn about football and head injuries.
Trainer: Michael Vick still can't drive a car, sleeps all day [USA Today]
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Sometimes it's amazing what you can come up with in the spur of the moment! We needed some additional pictures for my upcoming baking cookbook and we needed something colorful... an editor suggested a bread with carrot flecks. Carrot flecks? Who makes bread with carrot flecks??
So I strummed my fingers for a while... what can I make? What can I make? And then it came to me... why not make a very lightly sweetened version of a carrot cake... put it in a loaf and make it a bread! Why not?
One of my favorite aspects of this new book is that it will include a chapter of lower glycemic gluten-free baked goods. This means the primary ingredients will be almond flour and coconut flour. There's also going to be a vegan chapter as well (although not a low glycemic, vegan chapter!) so this cookbook will have a LOT of different options for people on all kinds of gluten-free diets.
While this bread isn't anywhere NEAR as sweet as a carrot cake would be, it definitely has hints of carrot cake and a lovely sweet flavor accented by ground cinnamon. It's a snap to make and has a great texture. Try it out and tell me what you think! If you're not a fan of banana bread, this is a perfect alternative! It's also really tasty spread lightly with sunbutter or almond butter!
|AutiMom asked what the green flecks were in the bread... and strangely enough they are a magic (ie... chemical) reaction of the baking soda, almond flour, and carrots! I have no idea why this happens, but I'm sure we could google it! :-)
Gluten-Free Carrot Cake Bread
This moist, slightly sweet loaf is perfect for breakfast. If you can tolerate dairy it is delicious with a smear of cream cheese. It's also a fun and tasty base for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich!
Free of gluten, dairy/casein, soy, and corn
Yields 2 (7 1/2" x 3 1/2") loaves of bread
Recipe created by Carrie of Gingerlemongirl.com
2 1/4 cups blanched almond flour
3/4 cup arrowroot starch
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon sea salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons olive oil or coconut oil
3/4 cup coconut palm sugar (or brown sugar)
3 large eggs
2 cups shredded carrots
1/2 cup almond milk or other non-dairy milk
1/2 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
1/2 cup raisins (optional)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Heavily grease 2 (7 1/2" x 3 1/2") loaf pans with non-stick cooking spray or coconut oil. In a medium bowl whisk together blanched almond flour, arrowroot starch, ground cinnamon, sea salt, and baking soda. Set aside. In a large bowl mix together olive oil, coconut sugar, eggs, carrots, almond milk, and apple cider vinegar Stir the whisked dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. Fold in the raisins, if desired. Divide the batter evenly between the two pans. Bake for 350-40 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean and the tops of the loaves are golden brown. Allow loaves to cool on a wire rack for one hour before slicing and serving.
OR You can make donuts instead:
My friend Diane decided to make Carrot Cake Bread DONUTS instead!! (Pure Genius Diane!) Simply pour the batter evenly into well-greased donut pans and bake at 350 degrees for 15-18 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean!


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Happy New Year you guys!!
Yes, it has been exactly 9 months since my last post. That's enough time for a whole human being to come into existence. (This is NOT the reason for my disappearance)
It seems that I've been through a series of life changes over the last 9 months. And not changes like, Oh hayyyyy…I bought a new plant.
No, I mean real changes!
1) I got a new job- no more skinny jeans to work, just corporate rags. That's right…CORPORATE. And 'corporate', as we call know, is just another word for I have better looking people on my commutes.
2) I moved. I used to live in a basement with small windows.l have now upgraded!! 😀
Now I live in a basement with big windows). More importantly, it has shortened my commute time from one hour and a bus full of mass murderers to 30 mins and a couple of hobos.
3) I got a new boyfriend. Guys! I'm now actually dating an real human male, not a Ryan Gosling meme. I was able to confirm that we're boyfriend/girlfriend when he changed his profile picture on Facebook (you know shit's real when…)
I thought this might be a good place to pick up where we left off- with big changes. I considered changing my blog name and starting over but that made no sense. This was what I built everything on. But I will admit there will probably be some changes in content:
– Won't have any more of my single girl escapades. We all know that was the cornerstone of this blog.
– Won't talk about the suburb freaks on public transit. Now it will be the urbane freaks. Freaks all the same.
*Another new development that was totally missed out the first time around*- My best friend Bernice, who I have been friends with for over 10 years, got married (I wrote her a kick ass Maid of Honor speech) AND MOVED DOWN THE STREET FROM ME!!. Buh bye, Skype. Hello many after work happy hours and pie dates!
On the flip side, here are the things that did not change:
– I still take public transit,
– I still live in Toronto ( Immigration Canada still sees me fit to live here.)
– I still find myself browsing feminist Ryan Gosling memes at 2am. Apparently dating someone does not magically make Ryan memes any less addictive. Sometimes I look at Grumpy Cat memes too.
– I still come home from work and lounge around with Suits/Mad Men/Dexter reruns.
This blog will be different but still the same as The Chronicles. It's still me, just facing different things. But still blow-drying avocados in the winter.
Its good to be back, folks. Again. 😉
What have all you guys been up to when I was gone?!


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Draftnik wrote:Shero is paying for the appreciation Staal will have over the life of the deal. He should enter his prime around 22 and still keep improving for the duration of the deal. Obviously it is a gamble, but that is the way of the most recent CBA. $4M on the UFA market only buys fading guys like Naslund. $3.5M buys Satan.
Staal is an infinitely better deal than the crap on the UFA market.
Pretty much. I think a lot of people are being very short-sighted with this signing. Simply put, it's not necessarily about what he's worth now as what he's going to be worth in a year or two.


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2009 game footage appears in ITV show as 1988 IRA vid
An ITV documentary rehashing well-known links between terrorist/freedom-fighter organisation the Provisional IRA (PIRA) and one-time Libyan leader Colonel Gaddafi has drawn fire for seemingly presenting a sequence of game video masquerading as real footage.
During the documentary, Exposure - Gaddafi and the IRA, which was shown on British televison last night, the voiceover says: "With Gaddafi's heavy machine guns it was possible to shoot down a helicopter, as the terrorists' own footage of 1988 shows."
This was accompanied by blurry footage of a heavy machine gun mounted on a jeep, with the words "IRA film 1988" superimposed on top.
While the troops in the video fire at the distant helicopter, causing remarkable regular puffs of smoke to be emitted by the chopper, the commentary continues: "This was what the security forces feared most… It may have been a lucky hit, but for the Army and crew, once was enough. No one died in this attack..."
It has been widely reported for decades that Gadaffi supplied the Provisionals with a wide array of weaponry including Soviet-pattern 12.7mm calibre heavy machine guns. These weapons were a source of concern to British helicopter crews operating in Northern Ireland before the PIRA ceasefire in the 1990s, though in fact security forces feared many other things much more - bombs, ambushes and the possibility of PIRA acquiring anti-aircraft missiles all caused much greater concern. Helicopters were wrecked by IRA action, but always during mortar bombardments of chopper pads - the heavy machine-guns never made an effective attack.
The fact nobody died might seem to be rather obvious to some, because this is just a clip from Bohemia Interactive's tactical shooter Arma 2, released in 2009. In fact, even to the naked eye the footage looks clearly computer generated.
A number of viewers vented their disgust this morning on the developer's website.
As PC Gamer points out, the source of the ITV footage appears to be a YouTube clip which, though uploaded this year, contains captions that claims the footage shows an IRA attack on a British helicopter on 23 June 1988.
ITV has yet to respond to our inquiries about how the game footage came to be used.
If you fancy watching the entire show, it's still available on the ITV Player, viewable to UK residents. The gaffe begins 28 minutes in. ®
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Nelson Cruz is from San Francisco de Macoris in the Dominican Republic, and his home town didn't have much in the way of a fire truck or ambulances. Until now. Cruz leveraged his athletic success to buy one for the town.
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