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Take a Leek this St David's Day
1stMarch 2016
1st March 2016 is St David's Day, the patron saint of Wales and there's no better time to celebrate Wales' most famous (and in-season) food, the humble leek.
While many people wear a leek to mark Wales' national day, you may prefer to chop and cook your leeks instead. If that's the case then try the delicious contemporary and traditional Welsh-themed recipes that have been created for the British Leek Growers Association including:-
Leek Braised Mutton with Creamy Leek and Mint Sauce
Lamb and Leek Thai Red Curry
One-Pot Oven Baked Lamb and Leek Risotto
Chicken, Leek, Prune and Caerphilly Pie
Hearty Leek and Lamb Cobbler
Welsh Leek and Goat's Cheese Rarebit
All these recipes plus high-res photography are available to download straight from our online press centre www.britishleeks.co.uk
Leeks have been associated with Wales for many hundreds of years. Legend has it that in 640AD, the Briton King Cadwallader and his men were engaged in battle with invading Saxons. To distinguish themselves from the enemy, the Welsh wore leeks in their hats - and subsequently gained a great victory over their opponents.
The leek is also associated with the Welsh Saint David. During the Middle Ages when Saint David was alive the leek was seen as a healthy and virtuous plant. Extraordinary qualities were claimed for it. It was the original health food, high in fibre, good for purging the blood, keeping colds at bay and healing wounds.
During this period the leek also acquired mystic virtues. It was claimed that girls who slept with a leek under their pillow on St David's Day would see their future husband in their dreams.
The leek is worn in the caps of today's Welsh soldiers every year on St David's Day. On the same day, in the prestigious Welsh Guards Regiment, a large raw leek has to be eaten by the youngest recruits. The green and white plume worn in the 'Bearskin' hats of the Guards also identifies them as belonging to a Welsh Regiment. According to tradition, the 600 soldiers of The Royal Welsh regiment drink 'gunfire' - tea laced with rum - served by senior ranks and officers on St David's Day.
Leeks are fabulously versatile and can be enjoyed in all sorts of ways including sautéing, stir-frying, baking, roasting, braising and even adding raw to salads. Simply boiling leeks will turn the veg soft with a mild taste, while frying gives crunchy leeks with a stronger flavour.
Perhaps the most traditional use of leeks is Welsh cawl, a stew-like dish consisting of meat and vegetables that has been enjoyed by the nation since the 14th century. Its ingredients tend to vary, but usually include lamb and leeks.
Because of their important symbolism in Wales, leeks have come to be used extensively in the country's cuisine, while in the rest of the UK, have only become popular again in the last fifty years or so, having been overlooked for several centuries.
So given that we've got a few hundred years of missing out on leeks to catch up on, start as you mean to go on by enjoying lovely leeks this St David's Day.
The full British Leeks press pack including much more St David's Day information can be downloaded athttp://www.british-leeks.co.uk/press.html
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St David's Day Recipes from the British Leek Growers Association
Leek Braised Mutton with Creamy Leek and Mint Sauce
With mutton currently experiencing a well-deserved revival, this is a great recipe to serve as an alternative Christmas dish, a hearty winter warmer or to celebrate St. David's Day. Gentle braising with leeks, aromatic cinnamon, cloves and orange gives full flavoured tender meat and the juices are used in the accompanying leek sauce.
Serves 8
Prep 30 minutes
Cook 4 hours
2 leeks, trimmed and cut into 4 rounds
1 orange, quartered
2 sprigs rosemary
1 cinnamon stick
1 carrot, halved
Sprinkling sea salt and ground black pepper
300ml / 1/2pt braising juices, skimmed of fat
1ltr / 1 1/4 pt full cream milk
75g / 3oz butter
75g / 3oz plain flour
8 fresh mint leaves, roughly chopped
Sprinkling sea salt and ground black pepper
6 leeks, trimmed, washed and cut into 2cm/ 3/4" rounds
Make 20 regularly spaced small slits in the skin of the mutton and insert cloves. Weigh joint and calculate cooking time at 90 minutes per kilo. Place mutton in a deep roasting pan.
Surround the joint with all the braising ingredients and pour boiling water to come half way up the side of the meat. Tuck a piece of wetted baking parchment over the meat and braising ingredients and cover with foil. Oven braise, adding more water if required.
Once cooked remove from the oven and save 300ml/ ½pt of the juices for the sauce skimming off fat before measuring the liquid. Allow the meat to rest for 30 minutes before carving into thin slices.
Meanwhile prepare the sauce. Simmer the prepared leeks for 3 - 4 minutes until just tender. Drain. Melt the butter and stir in the flour. Gradually add the reserved braising juices and milk stirring continuously over a gentle heat until the sauce is simmering. Season and add the mint and leeks.
Pour the sauce over the carved mutton slices and accompany with crispy roast potatoes, carrots and braised red cabbage.
Lamb and Leek Thai Red Curry
Serves 4
Preparation time: 5 minutes
Cooking time: 55 minutes
Curry Paste
2 stalks of lemongrass, trimmed and chopped
1 fresh red chilli, finely diced and deseeded
2 cloves of garlic
2 jarred red peppers in oil
1 heaped tsp tomato puree
Juice of 2 limes
1 tbsp cumin seeds
1 tbsp coriander seeds
1 tbsp paprika
2tbsp soy sauce
1tsp sesame oil
2cm (¾in) piece of fresh ginger
1 tablespoon caster sugar
Little olive oil, for frying
500g lamb leg steaks, chopped into chunks
1 x 400g tin of coconut milk
500g baby new potatoes, halved
150g leek, washed and finely sliced, tough outer leaves removed
50g, mangetout, halved
1 red pepper, finely sliced
1 lime, to serve
A handful of fresh coriander
For the curry paste put all the ingredients into a food processor and blend to a paste. Once a fragrant curry paste is formed, reserve.
Drizzle some olive oil into the hot frying pan and add the lamb and fry until golden on the outside, then add the curry paste and fry for 1 more minute.
Pour the coconut milk in and turn the heat down to a simmer and put the lid on the pan slightly ajar and cook for 20 minutes, then add the potatoes. After another 30 minutes put the leeks, mangetout and peppers in and cook for a further 5 minutes.
To serve - garnish with a wedge of lime and some freshly chopped coriander
One-Pot Oven Baked lamb and leek risotto
This is dish is so easy to make that even if we had the hordes of the un-dead banging at the windows, we'd still have time to make something gorgeous and sit down to a meal before picking up our machetes! Not officially a risotto, yet it still does everything a risotto does and has all the ingredients to produce a stunning comfort meal.
Serves 4
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: 1 hr 15 minutes
450g diced Welsh lamb - try and get it with some decent marbling
1 medium onion - chopped
5 garlic cloves - unpeeled
2 medium leeks - chopped
a handful of carrots - roughly chopped
1 litre good quality lamb or vegetable stock
1 glass white wine
200g Arborio risotto rice - you may want to increase or decrease this weight depending on the size of your dish
Fresh herbs to taste
Salt and pepper
Pre-heat a large, heavy bottomed pan and using a little olive oil brown the lamb all over and then set aside.
Place all the vegetables and seasoning in a large oven-proof dish, drizzle well with olive oil. Lay the lamb pieces on top, cover with foil and bake in the oven on 180C (160C fan) for 30 mins.
Take it out of the oven, take off the foil and pop it back into the oven for 10 minutes for everything to brown a little. Then take it out once more and stir it all together, add the rice, two thirds of the stock and the white wine. Stir together, cover with the foil and pop it back into the oven for another 30-40 mins until the rice is cooked.
Take it out of the oven, remove the foil, stir well - you may need to add a little more stock at this stage or it may be perfect. Pop it back in the oven for about 5 mins more without the foil, just to add a little more colour. Then remove and let it settle for a few mins before serving as it will be piping hot.
Chicken, Leek, Prune & Caerphilly Pie
Serves 4
Prep 25 minutes
Cook 40 minutes
1 tbsp olive oil
1 tbsp butter
1 Spanish onion chopped
3 cloves of garlic sliced
4 boned chicken thighs cubed
200g leeks sliced, white parts only
2tbls flour
150ml dry white wine
1pint chicken stock
200ml double cream
2 tsp English mustard
Salt and black pepper to taste
100g prunes halved
150g Caerphilly cheese crumbled
50g mixed chopped tarragon and flat leaf parsley
500g ready rolled puff pastry
1 egg yolk
1 tablespoon of double cream
Preheat oven to 180ºC / 350ºF
In a medium sized saucepan melt the butter and oil then fry the onions and garlic until they start to colour, about 10 minutes
Then add the chicken and cook for a further 5 minutes until the chicken is sealed
Add the leeks and flour stirring continually until they are well combined
Add the wine and chicken stock slowly until the sauce has thickened
Add the cream and mustard and then season
Take off the heat and stir in the prunes, cheese and herbs
Place the pie filling into a medium sized pie dish
Mix the egg yolk and cream together and then brush around the pie dish. Cover with pastry and cut around the sides with a knife
Brush the remaining egg mix over the pie
Poke a couple of small holes in the pastry to let out the steam
Cook in the oven for 25 minutes, remove from the oven and serve
Hearty leek & lamb cobbler
Serves 4
Ready in about 3 hours
Costs £1.21 per serving
450g/1lb stewing lamb such as shoulder, cubed (or use pork shoulder or braising beef)
2 tbsp plain flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
2 tbsp vegetable or sunflower oil
150ml/¼ pint brown ale
4 medium leeks, trimmed then cut into thumb lengths
1 stick celery, sliced
3 medium carrots, peeled and cut into big chunks
400g/14oz swede or turnip, peeled and cut into big chunks
a few sprigs fresh thyme (or 1 tsp dried)
1 or 2 bay leaves, fresh or dried is fine
500ml/18fl oz lamb or beef stock
For the cobbler topping
250g/9oz self-raising flour
80g/3oz cold butter, cut into cubes
125ml/4fl oz semi-skimmed milk
2 tsp wholegrain mustard
1 tbsp fresh thyme leaves (or 1 tsp dried)
1 egg, beaten
1 Heat the oven to 160°C/fan 140°C/gas 3. Toss the lamb with the seasoned flour. Heat 1 tbsp oil in a medium casserole, then fry the meat for 10 minutes, until dark golden brown all over. Transfer to a bowl. Splash in the ale and bring to a boil, scraping up all of the tasty brown bits from the bottom. Tip this over the meat then wipe the pan with kitchen paper.
2 Heat 1 tbsp oil then gently fry the vegetables with the thyme and bay for 10-15 minutes until turning golden here and there. Return the lamb and juices to the pan, top up with the stock, then season. Cover the casserole with a lid, leaving just a small gap to one side, then cook in the oven for 21/2 hours.
3 With 40 minutes to go, make the topping. Add ½ tsp salt to the flour in a large bowl. Rub in the butter with your fingertips until the mix looks like fine crumbs. Combine the milk, mustard, thyme and half of the egg, then tip into the bowl and bring to a soft dough. Knead a few times on a floured surface till just smooth, then pat the dough to about 3cm/1in thick and stamp into rounds. Squash together any trimmings and repeat. Don't overwork the dough as it will make it tough.
4 Uncover the meat, stir gently and taste the sauce for seasoning at this point. Place the cobbler pieces on top, brush them with the remaining egg, then return to the oven until the topping is golden and lamb tender. Let the cobbler settle for 10 minutes before serving with your favourite seasonal greens.
Welsh Leek and Goat's Cheese Rarebit
A variation on the classic recipe brings this traditional favourite bang up to date. Welsh goats' cheese comes in a variety of guises. Choose a mild, creamy one without a crust so it will easily melt into the sauce. Alternatively use Y Fenni cheese which contains mustard seed and ale.
Makes : 4 servings
Preparation Time : 20 minutes
Cooking Time : 10 minutes
Oven Temperature : Medium hot grill
1 Ciabatta loaf
2 Medium leeks, trimmed, washed and finely shredded
50g/2oz Butter
25g/1oz Plain flour
1 x5ml tsp Mustard powder
150ml/¼ pt Milk
110g / 4oz Creamy Welsh goats' cheese
Light sprinkling Sea salt and ground black pepper
1. Cut Ciabatta loaf into 2cm/ ¾" thick slices. Place in a hot oven for 5 - 8 minutes to crisp and lightly brown. Rest on a cooling rack to keep crisp whilst preparing the rarebit.
2. Melt the butter in a medium size pan and gently sweat the leeks for 2 -3 minutes to soften but not brown. Stir in the flour and mustard powder. Gradually stir in the milk and bring to simmering point to make a thick sauce.
3. Stir in the goats' cheese until melted. Season well.
4. Generously spoon rarebit onto the toasted Ciabatta. Brown under the grill until bubbling and serve immediately.


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Length of Term : An eligible individual may hold Temporary (Visitor) Registration for a period of up to 15 consecutive days in a calendar year, renewable for one additional 15 consecutive day period in any calendar year. The application fee covers application processing as well as registration for the two 15 day periods.
Applicant Processing Time: Applicants must apply at least 30 days prior to their anticipated start date in order to ensure sufficient time to process their application.
Permissable Titles: A temporary (visitor) registrant may only use the titles "visiting psychologist" and "registered visiting psychologist", and must not use any abbreviations of those titles.
The following items are required in order to process a request for temporary (visitor) registration.
- Please complete the Temporary (visitor) Registration Application Form
- Please attached the most recent copy of your curriculum vitae
- Per bylaw 49(1)(b)(i), applicants must provide:…notarized evidence, or other evidence satisfactory to the registration committee, of the applicant's registration or licensure referred to in paragraph (a) and that the applicant is the person named therein… Applicants can provide one of the following:
- Direct verification sent from the regulator to CPBC OR
- Publicly available evidence on the jurisdiction's website that includes any current limits and conditions and whether or not the registration is current / active.
For those choosing option 1, applicants should request that their regulatory body completes the Verification of Licensure and Registration Status form.
- All applicants must undergo a Criminal Record Review through the Criminal Records Review Program (CRRP). For many applicants, this can be completed online. Please consult the instructions document which includes a link and College specific access code and review the walk-through guide. If you are unable to complete the online process, please follow this link to request a consent to a criminal record request form from the College. You will need to complete the form and return it to the College along with copies of two acceptable forms of ID. The Criminal Records Review Program no longer allows organizations to post this form publicly. All applicants who are unable to use the online process must use this form as of October 5, 2019. Any older versions of the form will be rejected by the CRRP. N.B. The College does not accept shared results of a criminal record check previously completely with the Criminal Records Review Program for another organization..
- Required fees are found in the Fee Schedule. Extension/renewal fees may be waived for individuals seeking temporary registration for the first time in a calendar year whose second 15 day period of registration is within 12 months of their first 15 day period but is not within the same calendar year (e.g., registration for 15 days in December 2014 and another in February 2015) and individuals who have applied for registration as an AIT or Mobility applicant, require continuous registration in BC, and agree to complete the registration process within a time frame specified by the Registration Committee. Initial and/or extension/renewal fees may be waived for individuals providing services in an emergency situation.


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Wales won 3-0 in all three ties of the European Championship qualifier.
"I was a little bit nervous but it was good. I played well, but I think I could do a little bit better," Hursey told BBC Wales Sport.
The result sees Wales finish second in qualifying Group F, and they will face Belarus away on 10 April.The match in Cardiff was originally scheduled for early March but was called off twice as Kosovo encountered visa problems.
Beth Roberts, 19, also won on her debut with captain Charlotte Carey, 20, setting the ball rolling with a dominant display in winning the opening game.


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I usually have chicken or pork fried rice but I had leftover beef rib meat to use and veggies to use up. I like it best done in a wok but skillet stove top is about as good and you can do it at a slower pace; more suitable for my old age!
I first fried two eggs beaten to chop and add to the stir fry. I heated my CS skillet with a couple turns of extra light olive oil on medium and added some chopped carrots and celery. Cooked a few minutes then added some thin sliced cabbage, for another 2 to 3 minutes and then added the chopped beef and sliced green onions after a few minutes I added in the rice and stirred all to let heat through. I then added some soy sauce and the chopped eggs. As soon as all was heated through I was ready to serve.
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Work has begun on a £12m project to ease congestion at Salford Crescent, Network Rail has announced. The small station is used by 1.5 million passengers a year and is a key interchange point for trains entering Manchester.
A new ticket office will be built at road level on University Road West, and a new footbridge will link the ticket office with platforms, with a new lift and steps to be installed from the footbridge.
The existing waiting room will be removed to provide more space and a new platform canopy and seating will be installed. Information screens and station announcement system are to be renewed and the platforms will be lengthened in both directions.
Network Rail route managing director Jo Kaye explained: "In the peak periods the station becomes very congested, with large numbers of passengers waiting for trains mixing with those changing trains or leaving the station.
"This work will effectively de-clutter the station by relocating the ticket office and extending the platforms to give passengers more room to move around."
Lee Wasnidge, area director for Northern Rail added: "We're delighted to see the start of the work here at Salford Crescent. The planned improvements will bring significant benefits and help make positive changes to our passengers' journeys."
Work is expected to finish in early 2014 and the station will remain open throughout.
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Shape Us in the Likeness of Christ
Before the service:
Copy the Disciple Formation Guide's Disciple Profile for participants (available for adults, youth, and children) so that everyone has an age-appropriate profile to fill out. (Available at www.cofchrist.org ). These will be distributed later in the service. Ensure that everyone has a pencil or pen.
(Optional: Before the service, download and prepare to play the "Practices of Discipleship" video at www.cofchirst.org during the Focus Moment of the services.
Gathering Music
"We are Companions on the Journey" CCS 552
OR "In Nature's Voice We Hear You, Lord" CCS 368
Jesus calls us to follow. We are learning to follow Jesus, our teacher, friend, and Savior. We are at different places on our journey, and each of us has different needs and strengths. During this worship service we will take a closer look at ourselves as disciples of Christ. What areas in our walk need stretching or exploring? As a congregation we are on the road together and can learn and help each other. We will begin by taking some time this morning to use a tool provided by the Disciple Formation ministries that will help us see individually and then as a congregation which areas we wish to explore as we grow our discipleship.
Call to Confession
We have come here today disjointed, hurried, and inadequately prepared.
We have allowed our own preferences and priorities to stand as barriers between ourselves and others.
We have hidden from our divinely bestowed gifts and responded reluctantly to God's call.
Let us offer to God in silence our prayers for forgiveness with complete assurance that, in our unworthiness, we each are received as persons of tremendous worth.
Adapted from Prayers and Readings for Worship, Vol. 2, Peter Judd, ed. (Herald Publishing House, 1996, ISBN 978083097199), 20.
Scripture Reading Assign two readers on opposite sides of the room to read.
Reader 1: "As Jesus passed along the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the sea-for they were fishermen. And Jesus said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fish for people." –Mark 1:16,17 NRSV
Reader 2: "Then he said to them all, "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me."-Luke 9:23
"Creator God, Creating Still" CCS 60
OR "God, the Source of Light and Beauty" CCS 593
Opening Prayer
Focus Moment
If possible, engage two teenagers to play "Follow the Leader" with smaller children around the sanctuary (about three minutes). Have the leaders use easy to follow commands as well as those that are difficult to follow. Then gather together and talk to all about what needs to happen when a person follows another-sincere observation-to study the leader's movement and then practice. If the leader's movements are difficult, the followers may need to gain strength before they are able to perform the same skill. Discuss how following Jesus has similar challenges, but with practice, we can become quite proficient and even lead other.
Play the "Practices of Discipleship" video (three minutes) after downloading from the Discipleship Formation Guide at www.cofchrist.org. Immediately after showing the video, distribute age-appropriate copies of the Disciple Profile (for children, youth, and adults), and pens or pencils if needed.
Or consider two short testimonies of commitment
Congregational Observations
First, ensure that each participant has an age appropriate Disciple Profile (children, youth, or adult). Invite the congregation to fill out the Profile and explain that it has worth for them in their personal journey as well as the corporate journey. Profiles will guide the leadership to needed direction for the congregation. Ask participants to place finished Profiles in the offertory basket or in a basket at the end of the service placed near the exit. Allow five minutes, and provide music-without words, to allow people to get a good start on the Profile.
Ministry of Music
"I Have Decided to Follow Jesus"
(SATB arrangement with optional cello is available through the Lorenz Publishing Company, product number 19/4079L) OR CCS 499
Disciples Generous Response
Blessing and Receiving of Mission Tithes
Hymn: "Restless Weaver" CCS 145
Prayer for Peace
Closing Song
"Send Me Forth" CCS 651
OR "This Is a Day of New Beginnings" CCS 495
OR "I, the Lord of Sea and Sky" CCS 640
Sending Forth
The call is for us to respond, to follow Jesus, to become the Community of Christ. "If you truly would be Community of Christ, then embody and live the concerns and passion of Christ
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David Wood interviewed an ex-Muslim turned atheist, Heina Dadhaboy.
One caller was a Jew (24 minutes from end of video), who said that David was incorrect in limiting the term "Torah" to the Pentateuch (Five books of Moses), because, he said, the Torah refers to all the books of the Hebrew Bible. Strictly speaking, the Jewish caller is wrong.
"To the fundamentalist Christian – says Rabbi Simchah Roth – the whole Bible (and specifically what he terms the 'Old Testament') is the directly revealed word of God; while ancient Jewish tradition has ascribed that quality to the Torah, which is not true of the prophets and writings."
Barry Freundel expresses a similar opinion. In his "Contemporary Orthodox Judaism's response to modernity, p. 11, he says" "While the prophets and the Writings also contain revelations from God, these do not achieve the level of the Mosaic revelation, and, as we have said are not sources of law. Rather they tell us a history, exhort to follow God's commands, and offer understanding of the human condition."
So the above Jewish hashkafah (perspective) of the Jewish Bible says that only the Torah is all from God, and the rest of the Jewish scriptures is a melange of man and God. The meaning of "Torah" can be confusing. The Jewish virtual library explains:
"The Written Law consists of the books of the Hebrew Bible, the Tanakh. The term "Bible" is more commonly used by non-Jews, as are the terms "Old Testament" and "New Testament." The appropriate term for Jews to use for the Hebrew Bible is "Tanakh." Tanakh is an acronym for Torah, Nevi'im (Prophets) and Ketuvim (Writings)."
"The Torah is also known as the Chumash, Pentateuch or Five Books of Moses. The word "Torah" has the following meanings:
1. A scroll made from kosher animal parchment, with the entire text of the Five Books of Moses written in it by a sofer [ritual scribe]. This is the most limited definition.
2. More often, this term means the text of the Five Books of Moses, written in any format, whether Torah scroll, paperback book, CDROM, skywriting or any other media. Any printed version of the Torah (with or without commentary) can be called a Chumash or Pentateuch; however, one never refers to a Torah Scroll as a Chumash."
Jewish denominations differ on which parts are more of man and less of God. Christian denominations also differ on which parts are from God, which from man.


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About $200 billion worth of goods imported to the United States from China will be subject to a 10 percent tariff, effective September 24. The president asked US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer to study what products to tax in August, and asked him to consider tariffs ranging between 10 and 25 percent. The tariff will scale up to 25 percent by the end of the year.
Beijing will "have to take necessary counter-measures," a spokesman for the Chinese Foreign Ministry told reporters ahead of the announcement Monday.
Items that won't be included in the tariff package, as Trump previously threatened, are products made by Apple, according to reports. The newest tariffs will exclude a host of consumer electronics such as the Apple products, Fitbit wearables and Sonos speakers, Bloomberg reported Monday afternoon, citing two anonymous sources. On September 8, Trump had warned, "Apple prices may increase because of the massive Tariffs we may be imposing on China – but there is an easy solution where there would be ZERO tax, and indeed a tax incentive. Make your products in the United States instead of China."
"It will be a lot of money coming into the coffers of the United States of America," he said. Critics maintain that tariffs are essentially tax hikes on Americans, since they drive up the price of consumer goods in America.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 17, 2018


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Using the base design of the previous script, I created one that is set to test each proxy in the environment once, through the same URL, and measure the delay in response. This is not 100% accurate as internal networking issues can cause some unaccounted fluctuation, but it is good enough for general purposes. So I created a mysql database with two tables. One is a status table, which contains the proxy, a counter, and the current known status. This is especially useful as the script pulls the proxies to test from this table, so adding or removing proxies is just a matter of doing it in the database, instead of altering code. the other table is a simple log file.
The script times the delay in the final response from the initiation of the request and then assigns a status based on this result. It compares it to the current status listed for that proxy, if it is different, it updates the table and emails out an alert. If it continues in a persistent bad state, it will send out a new alert again on the 12 straight return of that bad status. This ensures we are notified that the status is persisting, but doesn't flood us every 10 minutes, which is how frequently the script runs. Anyways, without further ado, here is my simplistic little proxy monitoring script
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use threads;
use DBI;
use LWP;
use LWP::UserAgent;
use HTTP::Request;
use Authen::NTLM(nt_hash, lm_hash);
use Authen::NTLM::HTTP;
use Time::HiRes qw( gettimeofday );
use Math::Round;
use Net::SMTP;
#Opens the connection to the datbase and prepares the statement handles we will need to call on.
our $dbh = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:Proxy_Health",
our $statuschk = $dbh->prepare("SELECT * from status WHERE proxy=?");
our $statusupd = $dbh->prepare("UPDATE status SET status=? , count=? where proxy=?");
our $logsth=$dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO chklog(proxy,delay) VALUES(?,?)");
#pulls the lsit of proxies from the datbase and maps them to a hash
%proxies= map {$_ => 0 } @{ $dbh->selectcol_arrayref("Select proxy from status" )};
#generates a worker thread for each proxy to test
my $threadcount = 0;
foreach (keys %proxies){
$thrs[$threadcount]= threads->create(\&Test, $_);
#performs blcoking for the threads, and returns the result of each test and inserts them into the chklog table
foreach (keys %proxies){
$proxies{$_}= $thrs[$threadcount]->join;
$proxy_human = $_ ;
$logsth->execute($proxy_human, $proxies{$_});
#Takes the results, and comapres the current status of the proxy to the last recorded status of the proxy. If the status has changed, it updates the status table and sends an alert. If the status has remained the same but is in a negative state, it increments a counter. Every 12 checks that return that negative result will generate a new Alert.
foreach (keys %proxies){
my $scount = 0;
if ($proxies{$_}>= 120){ $status = 'DOWN';}
elsif ($proxies{$_}>= 90){ $status = 'CRITICAL';}
elsif ($proxies{$_}>= 60){ $status = 'MAJOR';}
elsif ($proxies{$_}>= 40){ $status = 'MINOR';}
elsif ($proxies{$_}>= 20){ $status = 'SLOW';}
else{$status = 'GOOD';}
my @statusline = $statuschk->fetchrow_array;
if ($status eq $statusline[1]){
if ($status eq'GOOD'){last;}
elsif ($statusline[2]==11){
$scount =1;
&Alert($_, $status);
print "ALERT $_ !\n";
$scount= $statusline[2] +1;
if ($scount==1){
&Alert($_, $status);
print "ALERT $_ !\n";
if ($status eq'GOOD'){$scount=0;}
&Alert($_, $status);
print "ALERT $_ !\n";
#This function is what the worker threads run to test their given proxy.
sub Test{
#pulls the proxy from the passed parameters, sets the target as maps.google.com because that site is set to 'private' meaning the proxy will not cache it. It then retrieves the hostname of the local machine and the login credentials, so that it can properly negotiate NTLM authentication with the proxy server
my $proxy=$_[0];
my $url="http://maps.google.com";
our $workstation = `hostname` ;
my $user=
my $my_pass =
#instanatiates the LWP user agent , sets the proxy, and sets the timeout to 120 seconds, because this is the timeout used on our ISA installs
my $ua = new LWP::UserAgent(keep_alive=>1);
$ua->proxy('http', $proxy);
#Creates the first request for the target website, starts the counter running and then fires off the request
my $req = HTTP::Request->new(GET => $url);
my $start = gettimeofday();
my $res = $ua->request($req);
#Sets up the data about the client to send the NTLM Authentication Negotiation Message
$client = new_client Authen::NTLM::HTTP(lm_hash($my_pass), nt_hash($my_pass),Authen::NTLM::HTTP::NTLMSSP_HTTP_PROXY, $user,
$flags = Authen::NTLM::NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_ALWAYS_SIGN | Authen::NTLM::NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_OEM_DOMAIN_SUPPLIED | Authen::NTLM::NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_OEM_WORKSTATION_SUPPLIED | Authen::NTLM::NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_NTLM | Authen::NTLM::NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_OEM ;
$negotiate_msg = $client->http_negotiate($flags);
#Takes the negotiation message and sets it as a header in the request and resends the request
$negotiate_msg = "Proxy-" . $negotiate_msg ;
@pa = split(/:/,$negotiate_msg);
$req->header($pa[0] => $pa[1]);
$res = $ua->request($req);
#Strips the NTLM challenge message from the response header and parses it
my $challenge_msg = "Proxy-Authenticate: " . $res->header("Proxy-Authenticate");
($domain, $flags, $nonce, $ctx_upper, $ctx_lower) = $client->http_parse_challenge($challenge_msg);
if ($domain or $ctx_upper or $ctx_lower){$placeholder=1;}
#Takes the nonce and flags from the challenge message , calculates the final authentication message, sets it as a header and sends it in the final request, recieving the originally requested page in response
$flags = Authen::NTLM::NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_ALWAYS_SIGN | Authen::NTLM::NTLMSSP_NEGOTIATE_NTLM | Authen::NTLM::NTLMSSP_REQUEST_TARGET;
$auth_msg = $client->http_auth($nonce, $flags);
@pa = split(/:/,$auth_msg);
$req->header($pa[0] => $pa[1]);
$res = $ua->request($req);
#Stops the timer, calculates the elapsed time rounding to the nearest hudnredth of a second and returns that value to the main thread
my $end = gettimeofday();
my $delta = ($end - $start);
$delta= nearest(.01,$delta);
print "Finished getting $url through $proxy in $delta seconds! \n";
return $delta;
#This function actually handles the generation of the email alert for a status change. Depending on the status it picks from different wordings in the email subject and message.
sub Alert{
my $proxy = $_[0];
my $status=$_[1];
if ($status eq 'GOOD'){
$subject="Subject: $proxy has returned to Normal Operation";
$message = "The ProxyHealth Monitor has detected that proxy $proxy has returned to a 'GOOD' status and is retrieving pages within an acceptable timeframe.";
elsif ($status eq 'SLOW'){
$subject="Subject: $proxy is experiecing delay";
$message="The ProxyHealth Monitor has detected that the proxy $proxy is experiencing slowness in processing web requests. The system will continue to monitor and will send an update when the status changes.";
elsif($status eq 'MINOR'){
$subject="Subject: $proxy is experiencing a Performance Problem";
$message="The ProxyHealth Monitor has detected that the proxy $proxy is suffering noticeable slowness in processing web requests. It's current status is rated as 'MINOR'. The system will continue to monitor and will send an update when the status changes.";
elsif($status eq 'MAJOR'){
$subject="Subject: $proxy is experiencing a Major Performance Problem";
$message="The ProxyHealth Monitor has detected that the proxy $proxy is suffering serious slowness in processing web requests. It's current status is rated as 'MAJOR'. The system will continue to monitor and will send an update when the status changes.";
elsif($status eq 'CRITICAL'){
$subject="Subject: $proxy is experiencing a Critical Performance Problem";
$message="The ProxyHealth Monitor has detected that the proxy $proxy is facing a 'CRITICAL' performance decrease. Web traffic throguh this proxy will be extremely slow. The system will continue to monitor and will send an update when the status changes.";
elsif($status eq 'DOWN'){
$subject="Subject: $proxy is DOWN!";
$message="The ProxyHealth Monitor has detected that traffic through $proxy is exceeding the timeout limit of 2 minutes. This has led to the system declaring the proxy as being 'DOWN'. Web requests through this proxy will FAIL due to timeout. The system will continue to monitor and will send an update when the status changes.";
my $mailer= Net::SMTP->new(
#Sets the UK and US Security Team Distribution lists as the Recipients
#Sets a header that will tell the mail client that replies are to go to the Security Distribution lists and not back to the fake address used to send the alert.
#Sets the message importance to high
$mailer->datasend('Importance: High');


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Shaft breakage
Most shaft breakage is the result of fatigue. High stress starts a small crack that worsens as the shaft flexes. Here are a few causes of the original crack:
- Stress concentration at a keyway. The sharp corners in the keyway cause a stress riser.
- A fretted shaft.
- The shaft diameter reduced under a grease or lip seal installed to protect the bearing.
- Chloride Stress Corrosion if you are using stainless steel shafts.
The high radial load on the shaft can be caused by
- Too high an L3/D4 shaft number
- Operating too close to shut off
- Starting most centrifugal pumps with the discharge valve all the way open or closed.
- Shifting to a specific gravity fluid like sulfuric acid can cause an excessive load on the impeller.
- The shaft may have been purchased from someone other than the original manufacturer (OEM) and does not meet specifications.
You can calculate the hydraulic force on your shaft if you refer to: Shaft bending, S040
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Top Commander Warns of Iran's Reciprocal Response to Britain's Seizure of Oil Tanker
Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri described seizure of Iran's oil tanker in the Strait of Gibraltar by Britain as a move to retaliate against the downing of a US spy drone by the IRGC, warning London of Tehran's reciprocal move.
"This move will not remain unanswered and if necessary, a response to this abject act will come on agenda at an appropriate time and place," General Baqeri said in Tehran on Tuesday.
He said the Iranian oil tanker has been seized as a response to the recent downing of a US spy drone by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC), as Iran's missile, marine and air defense power has challenged enemies' strong point in areas of air and defense power.
General Baqeri said that the Iranian Armed Forces are ready to give a timely response to any hostile moves by enemies.


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5th World Fantasy Convention
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The 5th World Fantasy Convention was held at the Biltmore Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island in 1979. The GoHs were Stephen King and Frank Belknap Long and Michael Whelan was Guest Artist. The theme was "Reunion", Charles L. Grant was toastmaster and it was chaired by Bob Booth.
This convention was notable for having the most poorly-lit art show in most fans' memories. Several hucksters talked of buying a supply of flashlights and putting them on sale.
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I got the following quote from Lexar's Director of Global Marketing, Joel Boquiren, regarding the current Lexar XQD memory card situation:
"Due to an unforeseen memory constraint from our XQD technology partners, we've had to delay production of the Lexar® Professional 2933x XQD™ 2.0 card until further notice. We are trying our best to minimize the delay as much as possible and are searching for a cost-effective plan for our XQD technology to perform at its best to meet our customer's' demand. In addition, we are working tirelessly on the future standard of CFexpress through our efforts in the Compact Flash Association."
Here is some background information I received from "unofficial channels" (these are basically unconfirmed rumors, so please treat them as such):
"Apparently, the XQD license that Lexar had from Sony was tied together with a Micron flash supplying contract. When Micron sold Lexar, the license went poof. They were supposed to have a new XQD license about a month ago, but things are slow. According to my source, there's litigation going on. Not negotiation, but litigation. Additionally, much of the price increase on Sony XQD is down to flash price increasing, not Sony milking it.
Somehow or another, patents and other IP for the XQD specs have ended up with Sony's South American subsidiary, who might or might not be a franchise - the entity that holds the patents has essentially gone rogue. The IP in question also covers the CF Express standard. They're supposedly holding Lexar (and Delkin, ProGrade and everyone who wants to build CF Express cards) to ransom. Supposedly Nikon is close to getting involved.
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As previously noted, WWE Hall Of Famer Steve Austin recently caught up with pro wrestling veteran Bob 'Hardcore' Holly for a two-part interview on The Steve Austin Show. Among many other things, Holly talked about WWE Superstars being too busy for hobbies, how he traversed the ups and downs over his 15-year WWE career, and whether stepping away from the bright lights of WWE was difficult for him.
According to Holly, WWE Superstars often do not have hobbies or learn trades because they do not have time when they work for WWE. Apparently, Holly always knew he wanted to spend more time camping once he had time for it.
"Once you're signed to the WWE, and I mean your life belongs to them, you don't really have time to do anything else other than what you're doing and that's wrestling and traveling because you really don't have time to do anything. And it's something that [has] always been in the back of my mind, when I get time to do it, that's what I'm going to do. And that's spend more time outdoors and in the woods and stuff like that." Holly continued, "a lot of guys don't have any hobbies and also they don't have anything to fall back on as far as a trade, which I think isn't a good thing. You should always have something to fall back on, but [Austin] is right - a lot of guys don't have hobbies and all they do is eat, sleep, and breathe wrestling. And it's like I can't do that. I've got to do some other things other than that."
Holly shared that he kept his sanity on the road by working out.
"My outlet was my working out and sometimes, on the road, like [Austin] said, back when I first got there [to WWE], we were working 30 or 40 days on the road without a day off and double-shots on the weekends. My outlet was the gym and sometimes I did two-a-day, which, obviously, in the workout world two-a-days [are not] really good for you, especially when we didn't get much rest and wrestling at night. But that was how I kept my sanity. And back then, you were stuck with three other guys in a car, so you were with each other 24/7. Working out was my outlet to get away from everything and get my mind off of wrestling."
When asked how Holly managed to stay with WWE for so long, the six-time WWE Hardcore Champion indicated that he would keep a positive attitude and remind himself that he chose to get into pro wrestling.
"I had a lot of highs and lows and the way I kept going as far as getting through the lows is [thinking] things are going to get better, things are happening. And they did. They did. In the [pro] wrestling business, everything is up and down. Everything is up and down. It's like a rollercoaster ride. It's a rollercoaster of emotions. And you go through every single emotion that there is in the wrestling business. And it's tough dealing with that and people don't understand if you're not in the wrestling world, like, if you're not in the type of business we're in, a lot of people don't understand, like, what we go through as far as being away from our family and having to be on 24/7. And it's tough because your mind, it's on overload all the time, as far as what we do, because we constantly have to be on and the days off are far and few between." Holly explained, "the things we went through, that was our choice as far as our job decision. That was our career path and that's how I looked at it. Everything that came around with the [pro] wrestling business, I looked at it like, 'okay, this was my choice to get into this kind of business, so I just need to deal with it.' And that's what I did. And as far as the up and downs, it was one of those things where I just dealt with everything and I just tried to handle it as best I could. And I think that's another reason why I lasted 15 years [with WWE]."
With that said, Holly admitted that he always worried about other people stealing his spot while he sat at home on the injured list.
"Dealing with injuries and stuff like that was always a setback because there's always that next person that wants to take your job, take your spot and you always had to worry about that." Holly recalled, "and so, that was something else I always had to worry about, 'okay, if I'm off because I'm hurt, is somebody going to take my spot to where I won't be back?' But I weathered that storm and I lasted 15 years and I attribute that to working hard and doing what I'm told to do, being on time everyday because I was never late. I was one of those guys who was always early and never late. I was always on time."
In Holly's learned opinion, not being a big star helped him leave WWE when he did because he never needed external validation in his life. Moreover, the former 'Spark Plug' is a mechanic and welder by trade, so he never worried about finding work after his WWE career.
"It's funny because the way I always looked at myself, I was never a big deal and so walking away was actually easy for me. When I talked to Johnny [Ace] and we came to an agreement, I was like, 'let me go', and they sent me my release. I didn't think twice about it because I didn't think like, 'okay, what am I going to do now?' I was just like, 'life moves on. I'll figure it out along the way.' And that's what I did. And yeah, I'm a welder by trade. I'm a mechanic. I'm a heavy equipment mechanic. I can do anything, so work was never an issue for me. It's like the whole time I was wrestling, if [WWE] let me go midway through my career, guess what: I can have a job today if I wanted to. It's like right now. If I wanted to go out and find a job, I could find one right now, today. If we hung up from this phone, I could find a job right now. So it was never an issue for me. As far as having the validation of walking down that ramp and hearing the cheers from the crowd, that stuff, it doesn't bother me." Holly elaborated, "I'm comfortable enough within myself that I don't have to do that. I don't need validation from people verifying that I was 'Hardcore' Holly, 'hey, you're a big deal.' I don't need that. If I was never on TV again, I'm okay with that. If I was never recognized again in my entire life, I'm okay with that. I'm okay with being Bob Howard. I'm okay being that person. I have no problem with that. I could stay in my house. I don't have to go out. In fact, I don't like leaving my house, to be perfectly honest with you."
Check out the interview here. If you use any of the quotes from this article, please credit The Steve Austin Show with an H/T to Wrestling Inc. for the transcription.
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On this day in Lewis & Clark history...
Today is another rainy day at Fort Clatsop. The sick, except for Willard, are recovering well. Lewis writes about the bushy-tailed woodrat, and Clark, most likely copying Lewis, writes about the badger.
From the journals...
Thursday February 27th 1806
Collins who had hunted up the Netul on this Side returned in the evening haveing killed a buck Elk.
Willard Still Continue very unwell the other Sick men have nearly recovered. La Page complaining.
Elk, Cervus canadensis
Photo created by the U.S. National Park Service.
Thursday February 27th 1806.
The rat in the Rocky mountain on it's West side are like those on the upper part of the Missouri in and near those mountains and have the distinguishing trait of possessing a tail covered with hair like other parts of the body;
one of those we caught at the White bear Islands in the beginning of July last and was then discribed.
Bushy-tailed woodrat (packrat), Neotoma cinerea
Photo by Ken Cole, the U.S. Geological Survey.
Thursday February 27th 1806
The Braro so called by the French engages is an animal of the Civit genus and much resembles the common badger.
this is an enhabitent of the open plains of the Columbia as they are of those of the Missouri, but are Sometimes also found in the woody country.
they burrow in the hard Grounds in the Plains with Surprising ease and dexterity and will cover themselves in the Ground in a very fiew minits.
Badger, Taxidea taxus
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Girl Scouts of Western Washington is sharing its "Adventures in Slime" workshop with girls on Orcas, Lopez and San Juan islands in the first week of May.
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Girls in prekindergarten and up are invited to come out with their families and have some fun as they experiment with chemistry. A Girl Scout membership is not required for these events, and information on joining or forming a troop will be available. With the exponential growth in Girl Scouting in the San Juans over the past year, Girl Scouts of Western Washington is offering these free workshops as a way of providing accessible programming to their new troops, and as a way of sharing opportunities with the public. Many girls will benefit from the 10 new volunteers who are sharing their time and talents with the girls in San Juan County. Since the founding of the Girl Scout movement more than a century ago, Girl Scouting has grown to include nearly 2 million girl members and more than 50 million Girl Scout alums.
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When we first visited Korean Fashion Week in Seoul in 2009, the experience was similar to Taipei Fashion week of 2014, with the only exception that Seoul is a major hub city in the world, and Taipei is more provincial and quaint.
We were met by the interpreter in Hotel Rivera, which is pronounced by Koreans as Ribera, to do with [b] and [v] sounds mixed in Korean language.
It was an OK hotel, but predominantly Korean speaking, which did make our life a bit difficult. We did not know that the interpreter was like a spy for the fashion week). They had to report how many shows we missed and why. At the time it was important to see the shows, more important than to do a buy. On the following morning, the bus picked us up and we went to the location.
In 2009 Seoul (Soul Fashion Week) was held in the Seoul Trade Exhibition & Convention at Hangnyeoul station, the event comprised the Seoul Collection (a catwalk show featuring leading designers in Korea), Generation Next (featuring selected promising local designers), and Seoul Fashion Fair (with a focus on the presentation of only13 designers). There were lots of delegates who were invited season after season and who did not buy anything. It was a free trip, free accommodation (I should not have whinged). We were real buyers, we tried to buy and we could not. In the front rows apart from the buyers and the press (VIP seats) were the faces of pensioners (free tickets) and officials who were nodding off during the shows. I must explain that in Korea the first seats are given to the pensioners and disabled, the second turn goes to the children, the third turn to the tourists and only then to the ordinary Koreans. As much as this feels fair, as a general rule, officials were a bit out of place at Seoul Fashion Week. Unfortunately, the government suits who were sitting in big boardrooms then and commanded large amounts of money for Seoul Fashion week, generally liked to engage in promotion for promotion's sake. Unfortunately, the government officials, preferred girly, pretty, feminine fashion, of 50 years ago), and there was nothing for us to buy for our style women's fashion. The problem was even deeper than the style of fashion itself.
The problem was with the sizing and the prices too. Korean designers were eager to sell abroad, but for exuberant prices. You could feel it was their only chance to get ahead. The only brands suitable for western women were at the time Kuho (Chiel industries-Samsung), Time and Mine, System (LG), which did not participate in Seoul Fashion week, but were widely available at the luxurious department stores.
We found few brands among men's fashion, namely Songzio and General Idea.
In general, Seoul Fashion week was exclusively for Korean speaking people at the time. There were Korean celebrities, Korean press, none of the English speaking media including the bloggers were invited.
A little bit of history:
Korean fashion industry has been on the international scene for a long time, but as an export industry since after the Korean War. Many from the fashion industry already know that South Korea has been a major exporter of high quality textiles for decades already. It is still very slow in producing top end designers well known on the world runways.
You must remember, that until the early 1990s, South Korea had essentially lived under military dictators, the 1st of them, Park Chung Hee, had banned fashion shows outright after his takeover in 1961 as part of austerity measures designed to weed out as negative elements of bourgeois society. South Koreans are still wrestling with the challenge of untangling the civil society from government control.
Since our first fashion week in Seoul to the last one in Spring 2014, a lot of things have changed. The buyers and press, are now staying at W hotel, the shows are at DDP (Dongdaemun Design Plaza), one of the most futuristic locations in the world. The male and female designers are plenty, the government officials decided to share the fashion week with the KFDA (Korean Fashion Designers Association).
But…for the likes of Anna Vintour or Emanuelle Alt to come to Seoul Fashion Week…It needs to be enough knowledge spread there by medium-level fashion media outlets doing stories on Korean designers and the street. And to get to that level, Seoul fashion Week needs to have enough English speaking bloggers and journalists doing stories on Korean fashion and "Soul" fashion week to generate the basic information in the "ether". The biggest problem for the Korean fashion industry is the same problem as for the country as a whole. South Korea is a pretty insular culture, both online and offline. There is a lot of information about Korean fashion designers on the Internet, most of it in Korean. Korean cultural assumption is such that non-Koreans do not care about Korea anyway. Even the international events information is mostly in Korean. Combined with the fact, that Korean language is one of the most difficult languages in the world, Korea is still the country with the big Non-English speaking padlock on the outside, and with the most hospitable people on the inside.
"Soul" Fashion week, in my opinion, deserves to be one of the 5 major weeks in the world. It only needs to be "seasoned" with the English interpretation.


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Celebrated Newfoundland authors release first-ever children's books
Robert Chafe authored "Shiny and New" and Bernice Morgan penned "Seasons Before the War"
What happens when two of the province's beloved writers sit down to chat about their latest work?
When it's Bernice Morgan and Robert Chafe, they excitedly pore over the pages of one another's books, and, while revealing some insecurity of their own, praise the other.
"Robert has the advantage on me because he can hold a stage anywhere," says Morgan, of reading in front of an audience.
"You're Bernice Morgan, stop it!" laughs Chafe.
"I'm a nervous reader," admits Morgan.
"I am, too," says Chafe.
And so, an hour is spent in the coziness of Morgan's downtown home – its walls lit with colour from local artists' works – as the pair trade compliments about their latest books.
In a cluster of coincidences – the kind that could only happen in Newfoundland – both authors are simultaneously publishing their first children's books, both books are about Christmas, and both stories were originally performed as monologues at choral concerts commissioned by artistic director Kellie Walsh.
'Seasons Before the War'
"For years I've been thinking about my childhood," says Morgan.
"It was after (Walsh) suggested it – and I'm very thankful to her for that – that I actually sat down to write."
That was about five years ago.
What resulted was a story that Morgan read at the Shallaway Youth Choir's Christmas concert.
Interspersed between songs, Morgan told the audience about four seasons during a year of her childhood in St. John's just before the Second World War broke out.
Now, "Seasons Before the War" is a hardcover children's book.
Morgan says the story is really about trying to recapture her childhood and preserve a part of the past.
"I'm in my 80s – that's history, really," she says. "It's something that's completely out of the purview of children today."
For that reason, Morgan envisions her first children's book as one meant to be shared between generations – a grandparent or parent reading it to a child.
The illustrations by award-winning painter and children's book illustrator Brita Granström capture the nostalgia of Morgan's story – images of a Singer sewing machine, hard candies stogged in glass jars displayed in a store window, and a horse-drawn cart passing Jackman & Greene grocery.
"Look at the old cash register," says Chafe as he touches a page.
Morgan smiles, saying she's "very, very pleased" with the illustrations.
'Shiny and New'
Meanwhile, Morgan holds Chafe's children's book, "Shiny and New" in her hands. She comments on how illustrator Grant Boland's work is quite different from his usual high realism style.
Meant for a reader about age seven through 12, Boland bounced ideas for the illustrations off his 10-year-old son.
In "Shiny and New", Chafe tells the story of a young girl's struggle to come to terms with newness and change in her small town during the Christmas season, but through a surprising discovery, learns the true spirit of the holidays.
"It never occurred to me that I was writing a book," says Chafe.
"It didn't occur to me, either," adds Morgan.
Chafe recounts that Walsh first approached him with the idea to commission a special piece for the Lady Cove Women's Choir that would be unique to them, rather than reading Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales" or Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol," as is often done.
"Her only criteria for me were that she wanted something that would be …," he interrupts himself with laughter, "…what were the words she used? 'Something classic, and iconic, and that we can use year after year – like a classic Christmas story.' I was like, oh great, no pressure."
Morgan laughs as Chafe puts on a nervous expression, sucking air through his teeth.
"I guess it was 2015 or 2016, and there was a lot of … conversations surrounding immigration, and refugees, and accommodation, and this whole ridiculous argument of Christmas versus Happy Holidays," he explains.
What resulted is an instant modern-day classic Christmas story of learning about how much people truly have in common despite their differences.
Preserving and evolving culture
Chafe says he was signing a contract with his publisher for something else when he mentioned this monologue he had written for the choir, and whether the publisher would like to take a look.
In that way, both Morgan and Chafe's commissioned pieces found new life as children's stories.
Speaking about their work, the pair reflected that all of their writing – even their first-ever children's books – tends to touch on a recurring theme.
"The books I've written, they're all about saving the past," says Morgan.
"They're all about putting the past into people's minds as something that was real."
"Isn't that interesting?" says Chafe.
"I think mine are all about the experience of this person that you think you know is not what you know, and the assumptions that we have about people and their lives are often deeply clouded by our own lens on them."
The two authors' latest books may share an unusual number of similarities, but there are just as many differences.
While Morgan's is a tale of long ago, Chafe's holds a mirror to today's world.
Reading both back-to-back – zooming through the decades in the span of two children's stories – it becomes clear that some parts of the human experience are constant amidst change.
Both speak to the timeless importance of unity, generosity and empathy.
Walsh says both stories relate to the philosophy behind her choirs.
"Music is a conduit … for not only preserving our culture, but also a conduit for evolving culture."
Morgan's "Seasons Before the War" is available in stores now.
The launch for Chafe's "Shiny and New" will be held at Chapters on Kenmount Road on Nov. 15. He will also read the story at Shallaway's Christmas concerts Dec. 1-2 at Gower Street United Church.
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I have a friend that is always talking about her childhood. She talks about how mistreated she was and how bad she always felt. Every once in a while, she will recall a happy memory of when she was a child. One day I asked her why she didn't just let go of all that bad stuff and hang on to all the good stuff. After several seconds of her looking at me like I as was an alien from outer space she said, "I can't".
Do you have something that you are holding onto from your past that you can't seem to let go of? Do you realize that by your continuing to hold on to these thoughts YOU are the one that is continuing to hurt yourself? Why not be kind to yourself and let those thoughts go. All it takes is a decision to do so. Forgive the person that has hurt you, (even if that person is yourself), and move on.
Make The Life That You Want
We all know that we can't change the past and what we have been through, however, choosing to move away from the hurtful, painful thoughts and remember the pleasant, happy thoughts we can free ourselves and move into a more peaceful and calm life. Figure out if the hurtful thoughts are serving you any purpose. If they aren't, why are you holding on to them? That is kind of like hanging on to clothes that you wore 10 years and don't fit anymore. They aren't serving you in any way today and they are just taking up space in your closet. Why not clean them out and let them go? The choice is yours and you really can make your life what you want it to be.
Everything has something good in it. I hope that you will find the good in everything that you see and do today.


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The Times of Israel reports that……. in a world first, Israel's Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. and Tel Aviv-based Syqe Medical said they signed a distribution and cooperation agreement to market medical cannabis in an inhaler.
The report goes on to say
Under the agreement, Teva will be the exclusive marketer and distributor in Israel of an inhaler developed by Syqe Medical for the delivery of medical cannabis. The accord marks the first time that a major global pharma company has agreed to market a medical cannabis product, according to Syqe.
The Syqe inhaler has been used for more than a year at Haifa's Rambam Hospital with the approval of the Health Ministry. This makes it the first hospital in the world to prescribe cannabis as a standard medical treatment.
Read more at http://www.timesofisrael.com/in-global-first-teva-signs-deal-to-market-medical-marijuana-inhaler/


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Listed below are a range of slot machines that can all be accessed and played online for very low stakes, and by low stakes we mean stakes as low as just 0.01 per spin! Do not think that by playing any of these games as penny slots you cannot win some decent amounts of cash for nothing could be further than the truth.
Tunzamunni Slot – Let us start by introducing you to Microgaming's Tunzamunni slot, now this is not a penny slot game but instead it is a slot on which the stake values are fixed at 0.05 and by putting into play five of these 0.05 coins per spin then a large progressive jackpot can be won.
Mega Moolah Isis Slot – One slot game which also boasts in fact not one progressive jackpot but four of them is the high variance Mega Moolah Isis slot game, now when playing this progressive bonus video slot with the stakes set as low as just 0.01 per spin you could randomly be awarded a spin the wheel bonus round on which you will, when it has been awarded to you, win one of the four progressive jackpots displayed on the jackpot meters.
Royal Feast Slot – The Royal Feast slot is a standard bonus video slot game on which you can quite easily set the game into motion with just one payline in play and set with stake levels of just 0.01 per spin, this is a non progressive awarding slot, however if you line up the five jackpot symbols on the single payline you are playing then you could win a jackpot worth 50.00. An additional bonus game can also be triggered.
Hellboy Slot – There is a potential jackpot on offer on Microgaming's Hellboy slot game of 100.00 when you play it as a penny slot machine, however thanks to two additional bonus games, one which is randomly awarded and one that is triggered via a set of scatter symbols, even when playing it with just one single line activated you should still get the fun and excitement of playing those bonus rounds, which can also award some fairly large winning payouts.
Dragon Lady Slot – Another slot that is worth playing when you are playing online slot games at a Microgaming powered site with a low budget is their Dragon Lady slot. Two different bonus games can be awarded as you are playing its base game, however when playing it with stake values of just one penny per spin then a jackpot worth 50.00 can be spun in, and that is a huge 5000 times your staked amount making it a great low rolling slot game to play.Offer valid as of date published. T&Cs apply.