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BIG PHARMA POLITICS: Consumers pressure politicians to do something about rising drug prices. Read More
We all know that health care costs continue to rise dramatically. But this should never deter you from getting the treatment you need. Consumer Reports outlined nine ways you can take control of your health care spending and reduce your out-of-pocket costs. Here are a few to consider:
Would you buy a car without knowing the price? What if a different dealership had the same car but cheaper? Many health insurers and third-party websites have cost-estimator tools that allow you to see what a specific doctor charges for a treatment. You can compare costs and quality and possibly avoid a surprise bill. Consumer Reports outlined popular cost-estimator tools on their site.
Don't skimp on preventive care, which is often covered by your health insurer. This includes vaccines, annual well-woman visits and tobacco use screenings. Other preventive services that you might want to explore include depression screenings, diet counseling, anemia screening for women and colonoscopies.
"How much does this drug cost?" is a question that doctors don't typically discuss with their patients, according to a 2016 study by Consumer Reports. Don't be afraid to ask the question, as your doctor can let you know the cost and help come up with an affordable alternative for your treatment plan.
A 2017 study by Consumer Reports showed that when patients asked their health care providers if they could stop taking any of their current medications, 71 percent got the OK to stop taking at least one drug. Depending on the type of drug, that can save you a significant amount.
Take advantage of tax breaks. Both FSAs and HSAs allow you to set aside dollars tax-free to cover health care costs. HSAs are available on plans that have a high deductible, and FSAs are available on employer-sponsored health plans. FSAs must be used during the calendar year, and you can put up to $2,650 in each year. HSAs have a limit of $3,450 for individuals and $6,900 for families.
In order to increase their profits, pharmaceutical companies will reformulate brand-name drugs that have expiring patents, by combining two drugs or changing them in some way, such as making an extended-release version, according to Consumer Reports. This new brand-name drug is more expensive than its generic equivalent, and you'll pay more out-of-pocket than you need to for the same treatment.
Health plan deductibles reset on Jan. 1 every year. If you know you'll need treatment or an expensive procedure this year, get it on the books sooner rather than later. That way, if you have follow-up care, you may have already met your deductible. Keep in mind some doctor's offices book out months in advance. It never hurts to plan ahead.
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Wafae Ahalouch El Keriasti works with thematic as well as aesthetic contrasts. Her black and white sketches of everyday life, reduced to contoured lines and usually in a large format, present such pairs of opposites as guilt/ innocence, power/impotence, or man/woman. In the reduction to contours and liberation from the concrete details of time and space, the fixed images are transformed into scenes from well-known narratives. In contrast, through their interaction with superimposed visual layers, her spatial installations create complete narratives. The combination of murals, two-dimensional sculptural figures, collages and found objects integrate diverse levels of reality and generate idiosyncratic spatial effects. The artist draws her inspiration from history, religion and politics, as well as images from films, the media and fairy stories. In her most recent works, she has shifted her focus from the radius of the family to universal and political topics.
At Rohkunstbau, Wafae Ahalouch El Keriasti explores Plato's Critias dialogue. In her work "Fearless Fountain", she takes the cold and warm water springs on Atlantis as a metaphor. As one of the four elements, water symbolises change. Plato interprets Heraclitus's principle of "everything flows" (panta rhei in Greek) as everything is subject to permanent change. The nymphs, as female guardian spirits of the fountainheads of springs, stand both for life and temptation, and hence represent decay and ruin. Wafae Ahalouch El Keriasti addresses this idea as the male and military part in her in her second work "The Carousel". The horses revolving around the carousel are caught in the process of a fall that can no longer be stopped, a fall symbolising the end of Atlantis.
Selected Solo exhibitions
2009 Family Affairs, galerie sans titre, Brussels,BE
2008 Jan Cunen Museum, Oss, NL , Fighting Temptation
2004 Moira, Utrecht, NL, Double Trouble
Selected Group exhibitions
2009 White Box, New York, USA, Towing the Line
2009 Lacen gallery, Paris ,FR, I Spy with my little eye
2009 Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, TR , Actual account is elsewhere
2008 Young Artist Biennale, Bucharest, RO
2008 MK galerie, Berlin, GER , Present of the Future
2007 Villa des Arts, Rabat, Casablanca and Fes, MA, TROC Art
2006 Parts, Xiamen City, CN, Rijksakademie at Parts
2005 Hopkins Centre for the Arts/Dartmouth College, Hanover (NH), US, Contemporary Artists from the Netherlands, Jordan Schnitzer Museum, Eugene (OR), US
2004 Galerist, Istanbul, TR, The Visitor


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So, I've wanted to learn to drive for a LONG time now but I've always been too nervous to get started. After all, it is a pretty big thing and quite daunting! Here's the answer to every question I've had while thinking about taking my test. I think it's about time I finally start my theory.
The driving theory test is a very important part of the journey of learning to drive as you have to pass it before you're allowed to take the practical driving test. However, once you take that, and you have your car, the next part is finding the right car insurance for you. There are a lot of car insurance companies out there like, one sure insurance, that could be right for you.
Make sure you know everything about this vital test by reading through this comprehensive driving theory test FAQ put together by Pass 'N' Go – provider of driving lessons in Newcastle, Middleborough, Durham and Sunderland.
Booking a theory test
How much do theory tests costs?
A theory test costs £23 when you are learning to drive. This is the regardless of what day/time you are taking the theory test. It isn't as expensive as I thought it would be, to be honest!
If you have a Safe Road User Award, you can sit an abridged theory test. This costs £18 and is the case whether you take the test on a weekday, during weekends or through bank holidays.
Can I book multiple theory tests?
No, you're not able to book multiple and if you want to take it again, you must rebook your theory test if you have failed. The date you rebook for a resit must be at least three working days away from the booking date, which is helpful to know.
If you find yourself double booked or unable to attend your appointment, you have the option to change the date of your solitary theory test appointment. You can:
- find an earlier date for your theory test.
- move your theory test to a later date.
- change the test centre where you would like to sit your theory test.
Can a theory test be done online?
No. A theory test must be sat at a theory test centre. But you can take a free mock test of the multiple choice portion of the theory test on the GOV.UK website. This is made up of 50 questions – the same number that will be provided in the actual driving theory test.
There's also The Official DVSA Guide to Hazard Perception DVD-ROM for learner drivers to learn how to deal with hazard perception skills on their computer.
Is the theory test free?
No, unfortunately not!. Only GOV.UK's practice theory test, consisting of the multiple choice portion of the driving theory test, is free.
What theory test do I need to take?
Most drivers need to sit the standard theory test which costs £23, however, you won't be required to sit a driving theory test when you are booking a driving test to:
- upgrade a car licence.
- upgrade a motorcycle licence that you've held for a minimum of two years.
- upgrade a lorry or bus licence.
- a taxi driving test.
- a tractor driving test.
What age can I sit a theory test?
As soon as you turn 17, you are able to take a driving theory test.
If you receive or have applied for the enhanced rate of the mobility component of Personal Independence Payment (PIP), you can sit the theory test as soon as you turn 16 years old.
How long is the theory test waiting list?
According to this report by Book Theory Test Today, the DVSA aims to achieve a target of 95 per cent of driving theory test candidates receiving a theory test appointment no longer than two weeks from their preferred date. – Which isn't as long as I expected it to be!
Theory test centres
Where are theory test centres?
They are all over just head over to the GOV.UK's simple postcode search service.
Are theory test centres open on Saturdays and bank holidays?
Not all theory test centres open on Saturdays and bank holidays. Luckily, when booking your test you will be advised whether or not you can sit it on a weekend or bank holiday – good news.
Sitting a theory test
Do theory test questions change?
Questions will change from one theory test to the next. However, all questions are based on the following three books:
- The Highway Code by the Department for Transport
- Know Your Traffic Signs by the Department for Transport
- The Official DVSA Guide to Driving – The Essential Skills by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
How do theory tests work?
Each theory test consists of the following:
- A set of 50 multiple-choice questions, some of which will be presented in a case study whereby:
- A short story is shown and then five questions will be given based on this.
- A real-life situation that you could come across while driving will be detailed.
- A hazard perception test consisting of 14 separate video clips.
At the end of the test, you must score at least 43 out of 50 for the multiple-choice questions and 44 out of a possible 75 points for the hazard perception test. Both parts of the test must be passed.
How long do theory tests take?
You have a maximum of 57 minutes to get through the 50 multiple-choice questions. Additional time can be requested for this part of the test if you have reading difficulties, though proof must be sent to the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency in the form of an email or a letter supplied from:
- A doctor or medical professional.
- An independent party who is aware of your reading difficulty – your employer, for example.
- A teacher or other educational professional.
This proof should be sent to one of the following two locations:
- DVSA theory test enquiries, via the email address [email protected].
- By post using the address: DVSA Theory Test Enquiries, PO Box 1286, Warrington, WA1 9GN.
Up to three minutes can be taken as a break between the multiple-choice portion of the test and the hazard perception test. There is no time limit as such for this part, as this is based on how long it takes for all 14 video clips to be shown.
If you have obtained a Safe Road User Award within the three years prior to sitting your theory test, take note that you can sit a shorter version of the theory test. This is known as the 'abridged theory test', which will see you answering 35 multiple-choice questions with the aim of getting 30 out of 35 to pass. There are no changes to the hazard perception test though – it still consists of 14 video clips.
To book an 'abridged theory test', you must contact the DVSA theory test booking support team via the phone number 0300 200 11 22 between 8am and 4pm Monday to Friday and have the following to hand:
- A credit or debit card to pay for your test.
- Your provisional UK driving licence number.
- Your Safe Road User Award certificate number.
Does a theory test include hazard perception?
Yes, all theory tests are made up of a series of multiple-choice questions and then a hazard perception test. You must achieve passes in both parts of the test in order to pass the overall theory test.
Does the theory test include the highway code?
Yes, due to the questions in the theory tests being based on the following three books:
- The Highway Code by the Department for Transport
- Know Your Traffic Signs by the Department for Transport
- The Official DVSA Guide to Driving – The Essential Skills by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
Are driving theory tests timed?
Yes, there is a 57-minute time limit on the multiple-choice portion of the theory test. However, you aren't expected to use the full allocated time – you can finish this part of the test at any time once all questions have been answered.
A break of up to three minutes can also be taken between the multiple-choice part of the theory test and the hazard perception test. Again though, this entire time does not need to be taken.
Are theory test questions multiple choice?
Yes, every one of the 50 questions that you will be presented with will come complete with several possible answers. You simply need to select your answer from the list for each question.
The hazard perception part of the theory test
What is a hazard perception test?
The hazard perception test is a video test which quizzes you on your efficiency at spotting hazards on the road through a series of fourteen video clips.
Each video clip consists of the following:
- Everyday road scenes.
- At least one 'developing hazard' – this is something that would cause a driver to take an action, such as changing their speed or direction – though one clip will feature two developing hazards.
The way you receive points is by sussing out the hazards as they begin to occur.
What is the hazard perception pass score?
You need to score at least 44 points out of a possible 75 points available in order to pass the hazard perception part of the theory test.
How long does the hazard perception test take?
There is no time limit as such for the hazard perception test; this portion of the theory test lasts as long as the 14 video clips take to be viewed as you only receive one attempt at each clip.
How much does the hazard perception test cost?
The hazard perception test must be taken as part of a theory test, so the charge is £23 for a theory test if you're learning to drive a car.
Do theory tests expire?
Yes, unfortunately. When you pass your theory test, you will receive a letter that contains your pass certificate number and this number is needed when you book and take your driving test but it only lasts for two years.
Where is the theory test pass certificate number?
The theory test pass certificate number will be recorded within a letter that you will receive at the test centre as soon as you pass. It is extremely important that this number is kept safe.
What is Theory Test Pro?
Theory Test Pro is a highly realistic online simulation of the UK's driving theory tests, it contains every official revision test question that has been licensed by the DVSA as well as complete access to the hazard perception test. When compared to the national average, learners who used Theory Test Pro were twice as likely to pass their theory test. Click here to find out more about Theory Test Pro and how to get started on the system for free. When it comes to finally passing your test and choosing your first car, there are a lot of options, so make sure you can use a Car Loan Calculator to help you figure out what your first car could be, based on what you can afford. Then once you've found the perfect car, make sure you have insurance. The best approach to this is using a comparison website like GoBear.com.
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Chess, Mate
Chess is a mentally stimulating game that aids in the development of both memory and analytical skills. It is full of infinite possibilities requiring mental discipline as it tests the abilities of players to concentrate and solve complex problems. Now, schools, such as St Catherine's and governments across the world are utilising Chess to not only improve mathematical, literacy and critical thinking skills in their students but also build confidence.
In 2012, the European Parliament adopted its Declaration on Chess in Schools, declaring:
…whatever the age of the child, chess can improve children's concentration, patience and persistence and can develop the sense of creativity, intuition, memory, and analytic and decision-making skills; whereas chess also teaches determination, motivation and sportsmanship. [1]
Studies in both Canada and the United States found elementary school students had significant increases in memory and verbal reasoning skills and increased gains in mathematical problem solving. [2]
In 2018, St Catherine's has introduced weekly Chess across both the Junior and Senior Schools, providing students with access to experienced coaches and opportunities to broaden their reasoning and cognitive skills in a social and engaging activity.
"As well as playing just for the enjoyment of it, Chess has the potential to add great value to overall learning, both from an academic and social perspective," explains Deputy Head of St Catherine's Junior School, Ms Catherine Samuel.
"The skills, attributes and mindset required to learn and play Chess are remarkably in line with what current research shows are the 21st Century skills we need to be teaching our children so they are prepared for their futures. These skills are also what employers are looking for in candidates."
Below are just some of the benefits Chess provides:
- Playing the game can improve the logical and sequential thinking, analytical and reasoning skills, and decision-making ability of children.
- Chess helps students understand strategy and tactics, helping them recognise the importance of foresight and planning.
- Promotes sustained concentration, memory and focus.
- Practising Chess regularly aids in improving the self-confidence of children, which is extremely essential for a child's growth.
- Reinforcing mathematical concepts – Chess is a game of prediction, calculation and pattern recognition. Predicting consequences and pattern recognition are key elements of Mathematics.
- Encourages an understanding of game play – fair play, competition winning and losing.
- Provides opportunities to meet new friends and find common interest.
In St Catherine's Senior School, Chess is available for all abilities. Students who are beginners have the opportunity to learn about the basics of Chess, enabling them to comfortably play a game of Chess without assistance. Experienced students are coached on the finer points of Chess such as opening systems, middle game tactics and endgame strategies.
St Catherine's School is very fortunate to have to two students who are experienced Chess players at tournament level. Lillian Lu (Year 9) and Paula Chen (Year 8) have both participated with success in internationally rated Chess tournaments and both have a FIDE Chess rating (FIDE is the International Chess Federation). Both Lillian and Paula assist with coaching their peers during the sessions.
All students who regularly attend coaching sessions at the Senior School Chess Club are eligible to represent St Catherine's in interschool Chess competitions.
Morning Chess in the Junior School has students from Years 1 to 6 competing against each other in mini-tournaments. "It has been wonderful to watch the growth in each girl as they learn and practice new strategies and skills. It is amazing to watch how quickly they absorb and apply the new learning," says Catherine Samuel.


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River Raisin National Battlefield Park is an enduring reminder of the great sacrifices that have been and continue to be required to defend our freedom and democratic form of government. The Battlefield forever holds the story of the struggle to build a new Nation, the fight for world dominance and the great efforts American Indians exerted to preserve their way of life and lands. The Battlefield celebrates the liberation of Michigan and the years of peace that have ensued since the War of 1812 between Canada, Great Britain and the United States. The Battlefield recognizes the tremendous loss American Indians suffered in the aftermath of the War of 1812 and the continuing struggle of many American Indians who continue to work tirelessly to keep their heritage and native customs alive.
River Raisin National Battlefield Park is the only National Battlefield Park dedicated to preserving and telling the story of the War of 1812. It is also the only unit of the National Park System that preserves and tells the story of the conflicting interests central to the War of 1812 in the Northwest Territories. The Battlefield is internationally significant for the following reasons:
- Battle for Supremacy or Survival: River Raisin National Battlefield Park reflects the multinational battle for supremacy or survival in the Old Northwest during the War of 1812, which included the United States, tribal nations, French settlers, and the British Empire.
- "Remember the Raisin": The Battles of the River Raisin resulted in the largest number of American combat facilities of any battle during the War of 1812. Following the battles, "Remember the Raisin" became the United States first War-Time battle cry that galvanized the fledgling nation, helped unify the cause for war, and influenced U.S. policy regarding tribal nations.
- Le Choc Des Cultures: River Raisin National Battlefield Park reflects the many different cultures (including tribal nations, French habitants, American, African American, and British) involved in the land campaign of the Old Northwest during the War of 1812.
- Tecumseh's Confederation Realized: The combined forces of Tecumseh's Confederation demonstrated their strength and power on the battlefield at the River Raisin, leading to recognition as a significant military force and threat to western settlers. Tecumseh's Confederation united many tribal nations to defend their lands and ways of life against Western expansion and the threat of change – a struggle that continues to evolve today. Chief Tecumseh was killed as a result of the U.S. revenge for the devastating defeat at the Battles of the River Raisin.
- Hull's Corduroy Road: Rare corduroy road remnants of Hull's Trace are located near the mouth of the Huron River in Wayne, County Michigan. The 200-mile long Hull's Trace between Urbana, Ohio, and Fort Detroit was constructed by American troops under the command of General William Hull as a supply route. Portions of the route built through marshy tracts were shored up with a series of logs placed horizontally. These became known as corduroy roads. The road was a thoroughfare for troops entering and exiting Frenchtown for the battles.


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- Jim Louvau
- Lola Black: Haunted by the ghosts of Gwen Stefani and Joan Jett.
All of which begs the question: Have either of those two things changed?
"No, that's pretty accurate," laughs Black. "We were actually describing our band the other day, and it's turned into, 'We're just a bunch of like-minded lunatics trying to write good music and not kill each other.'"
The fact that the band has managed to accomplish both over the course of seven years is an impressive feat, especially when you consider the fact that they've flown largely under the music-industry radar, bashing out hard-rock originals in the studio, on regional tours and at Colorado Springs all-ages clubs like Sunshine Studios and the Black Sheep.
The latter venue will be the setting for this coming Saturday's CD release show. Nothing's Gonna Be Alright is a collection of thundering rhythms, grinding guitars and powerhouse vocals that suggest a more aggro version of Gwen Stefani. This time out, the band worked with producer Bob Marlette — whose past credits include Rob Zombie, Alice Cooper and Red Sun Rising. The result is an album that was clearly meant to be played loud — which is nothing new for the band — although a cover of The Weeknd's "Starboy" does slow down the pace with an electronic beat, moody synthesizers and a vocal that sounds more Selena Gomez than Joan Jett.
"'Starboy' was kind of a last-minute decision," says the singer, who regards it as the most unlikely track the band has ever recorded. "We knew that we wanted to do a cover, but we kind of went back and forth on what we wanted to do." The solution was suggested by Ra frontman Sahaj Ticotin, who co-produced and features on the track. "I had already been listening to a lot of The Weeknd — I'm a fan of his lyrics and his style — and I also thought it would kind of show, 'Hey, you know what? We're not just a one-trick pony band here. We can switch it up.'"
And the cover ideas that fell by the wayside? "Our covers are always all over the place. Sometimes you want to go really heavy, it'll be like, 'Oh, I want us to do a Pantera cover.' And then sometimes we're like, 'Well, let's just do something completely different, like 'Nights in White Satin.'"
While it's highly unlikely that the band will be able to work up a version of the Moody Blues' signature tune between now and Saturday, she doesn't rule out doing it online. "My guitar player Taylor and I, we've talked about the two of us possibly just doing a couple oddball songs that people wouldn't want us to do," says Black with a laugh, "and putting them up on YouTube just for fun."
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Meanwhile, the band has posted videos for the singles "All In" and "Nothing's Gonna Be Alright." The former opens with them in Hollywood, being coached by a cigar-chomping, gold-chained record executive. "We have an image problem, it's not working, all the black," he says, pointing at the heavily tattooed frontwoman. "It's like, there are more colors out there." Soon, the band is lip-syncing its way through the song in a sequence of emo, indie-rock and crabcore costumery, all of which nonetheless finds the singer dressed in black. (Black says watching Joan Jett inspired her chronically monochromatic wardrobe.)
The video for the title track is a more dramatic affair that culminates in Black taking a baseball bat to a television set, which is a lot less cliched than the rock-video trope of smashing people's heads open and digging their graves.
"Those old TVs, they don't just smash apart like you would think that they do," Black cautions. "I gave that thing a couple of really good whacks, but then the video's producer got really worried because it was such an old TV and he was like, "There's too much that could go wrong with you actually trying to smash the thing. I would feel bad if you hit this thing and it expels mercury and it got in your eye.'"
Now that the album and videos are done, the band has gone back to concentrating on live shows, which guarantee plenty of rock bombast along with echoes of the aforementioned No Doubt singer.
"Gwen Stefani was one of the first women singers that I actually looked up to," says Black. "I thought she was like the absolute coolest, and I grew up singing along to her records. So I still have a lot of that influence in my voice, it's still there. I think it will always be with me."


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Every EC2 instance exposes metadata of the running instance on its special address: "http://169.254.169.254". This service is often queried by attackers who gain a shell on a compromised host, or through application style proxy attacks.
This token has 2 design goals:
1) It installs painlessly on your EC2 host;
2) It alerts you when the metadata service is queried.
1) In your Canary console, select the EC2 Metadata token.
You will first be creating a token-factory. (This will allow you to mint tokens for your EC2 instances without giving them your API key or other sensitive info)
2) Choose a memo for the Apeeper URL Factory (like the EC2 region you are deploying to) and enter the number of Canarytokens you want this Factory to be able to mint. (Leaving it blank lets you create an unlimited number of tokens from this factory):
3) You will see the Apeeper Factory URL tile populated in your Canarytokens list.
At this point you have two options for finishing the deployment of the Apeeper Canarytoken.
1) Click on the "Copy Factory URL" link and head over to your running EC2 instance.
2) On your EC2 instance, update and install the necessary packages by,
yum update -y && yum install python python-pip gcc -y
3) Now install the Apeeper application using pip by,
pip install apeeper
4) You can run apeeper by using the Factory URL you were provided (on your Canary Console)
apeeperd -a <factory_url>
1) On your console, click on the "Display AWS Startup Script". You will see a small bash script.
2) Head over to your AWS EC2 management console and start the process of launching a new instance. Stop once you get to the "Configure Instance Details" section.
3) Under "Advanced Details", you can supply the instance with "User data". If you supply it with a script, it will be run the first time it boots. Let's copy the script from our Canary console into that "User data" section. Please be wary to customise the script as need (i.e. you may want to remove the whitelisting/blacklisting flags or add paths for those options).
4) And click "Review and Launch" and launch the instance.
You now have Apeeper successfully running on your EC2 instance. You can check this by running,
ps aux | grep gunicorn and checking that you can see the following two processes:
Or we can go and trigger an alert to make sure it is working correctly. Head back over to your EC2 instance and run the following command,
curl -kis "http://169.254.169.254/latest/"
Back on your Canary Console, you should see an alert coming through.
Whitelisting & Blacklisting ?
- Apeeper has three modes: whitelisting, blacklisting and all. What does this mean?
Typical output from a request for metadata will look like this:
Now, you can tell Apeeper to alert only if certain of those paths are queried (blacklisting)
apeeperd -a <factory_url> -b /latest/meta-data/
Or you can tell Apeeper to not alert for certain paths (whitelisting)
apeeperd -a <factory_url> -w /latest/meta-data/
Or you can tell Apeeper to alert for all paths (default)
apeeperd -a <factory_url>
- Both sets of paths can be comma separated lists.


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SOCIALCARBON projects are selected to participate in emissions offset during World Cup 2014
Regarding the increased number of people moving around Brazil during the World Cup, especially concerning flights and cars as transport, the greenhouse gases emissions also increased. With that in mind, some organizations started partnerships to neutralize the harmful effects of these emissions through carbon credits' purchase, and we are very proud to see SOCIALCARBON projects selected to participate in this action.
Purchasing carbon credits, a company compensates greenhouse gas emissions in a place by removing or preventing the emissions elsewhere. This way, by buying credits, a company invests directly in a low carbon project. With SOCIALCARBON, the idea is to bring not only positive environmental impacts for the country, but also provide social and economic benefits to local communities.
One of the companies that acquired VCS + SOCIALCARBON credits was TAM Airlines, in a partnership with Sustainable Carbon, one of the developers accredited by SOCIALCARBON Standard. The goal is to offset the emissions from the company's flights during the World Cup. According to Claudia Sender, TAM Airlines' president, the company is compensating more than five times the emissions corresponding to the increase in domestic flights during the tournament (there are 750 new flights). The compensation is being made with credits linked to six ceramic factory's projects in Brazil, which replaced fossil fuels with renewable biomass, significantly reducing the greenhouse gases emissions. In addition, the projects bring social actions for about five thousand people from local communities, such as investment in education, sport and health. The selected projects are in the states of São Paulo, Pernambuco, Tocantins, Alagoas, Ceará and Rio de Janeiro.
FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) also offset emissions by purchasing VCS + SOCIALCARBON carbon credits. According to their official website, "the low carbon projects' portfolio in Brazil was carefully selected, along with BP Target Neutral carbon management nonprofit program. All projects went through a rigorous process and meet the standards set by the International Carbon Reduction and Offsetting Alliance (ICROA) ". The group of ceramic projects selected by FIFA is composed of four individual projects in Rio de Janeiro, Tocantins, Pernambuco and Alagoas. The projects replace native wood with waste wood from renewable plantations, besides contributing to local causes, such as programs for children with cancer, rehabilitation center for drug users and a women's soccer team.
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Five tips to surviving concert camping
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Network Crime
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|Vice City Internet Cafe, Vice Point
|Conditions of mission failure:
|Player busted, failure to hack any of 3 web sites.
|Dance to Hell
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|Less Talking, More Killing
I'll see what the earth had.
- Mikhael Hussels while hacking the site.
Network Crime is a 16th Story mission on Grand Theft Auto: Vice Strips given by Shawn Mossrans via a phone call.
Mikhael got a call from Shawn to hack the following 3 websites. Shawn said that he will be on internet cafe on the Vice Point to accompany Mikhael. Then, Mikhael managed to get into the Vice City Internet Cafe on Vice Point and meet Shawn. He instructs Mikhael to hack the website remotely using Shawn's laptop. Then Mikhael beginning to hack the 3 websites, filling the hack meter. After hacking all the 3 websites, Shawn had to pick up Mikhael to his home, while being chased by VCPD police officers. Eventually, Mikhael bailed out from the car and getted to his apartment, thus finalizing the mission.
Mission objectives
- Go to the Vice City Internet Cafe in Vice Point
- Fill the hack meter by hacking all the 3 websites
- Police are going to come! Follow Shawn to his car quickly.
- It is possible to prevent wanted stars appearing after hacking some sites by entering the "Never Wanted" cheat.
- The following websites are hacked and inaccessible after this mission:
- MyFriendsBook.com
- Ammunation.com
- Love-meet.net (still possible to date via cell phone)


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The recent announcement that AOL and Yahoo! will start charging e-mail marketers postage per thousand e-mail messages delivered, via the pay-me-to-deliver-email Goodmail program, is rocking e-mail marketers all around the world and at the same time making die-hard RSS fans proclaim the death of e-mail marketing.
It's certainly a fact that AOL and Yahoo! announced they'll start implementing the above mentioned pay-me-to-deliver Goodmail program and charge $2.5-$10 per thousand emails sent to guarantee delivery.
But what does this really mean for e-mail marketers? Is it the end of the world as we know it? And is RSS really poised to take the throne for direct content delivery and direct marketing?
While e-mail postage will certainly increase e-mail delivery costs, it's still too early to say whether it's actually going to drive ROI down.
Depending on your own e-mail metrics, the increase in delivery might actually help you increase your ROI, even considering the increased e-mail campaign costs. This is by all means certainly a time to start carefully analyzing your e-mail metrics and calculating what these changes might mean specifically for you, before you actually start getting worried.
It's now also finally a fact that website optimization, to ensure increased visitor-to-customer conversion rates, will become paramount to reaching online profitability.
The important point right now is that you start measuring and analyzing, finding ways to adapt to the coming changes in the world of e-mail marketing. It's not the end of the world, but simply another issue to adapt your marketing to.
But adapting to the new rules of internet marketing is not only about optimizing your e-mail programs and your website conversion rates, but also finally getting started with RSS marketing, if you haven't done so yet.
For those new to RSS, the simple explanation is that RSS is a tool that gives you the benefit of 100% content delivery, without any problems associated with spam and other filters, such as the one that AOL and Yahoo! announced they'll start using. And the best thing about RSS is that it can even be free to implement and certainly free to deliver.
But if you haven't started with your RSS marketing program yet, now is most certainly the time.
First, consider these tactics for integrating RSS marketing with your existing e-mail marketing programs:
1. Use RSS to announce each new issue of your e-mail e-zine, which you make available in full on your website.
2. Provide a separate RSS feed for the articles you publish in your e-mail e-zine and get them to your subscribers as soon as the articles become available, without them having to wait to receive them in your e-mail newsletter. The same goes for your news section, if you have one.
3. If you publish much content in different topic categories in your e-zine, provide a separate RSS feed for each of those topics rsspromo. Take another look at the elements we listed above that a typical e-zine might include. Each of those elements could in fact become a stand alone RSS feed.
4. If you're doing e-mail autoresponder marketing, provide those very same autoresponders as RSS feeds, allowing your visitors to subscribe either to the e-mail or RSS delivery channels to receive the very same content.
5. If you have your own affiliate program, make sure that your affiliates can also subscribe to your affiliate notices via an RSS feed, not just e-mail. Basically, all you will be doing is duplicating the same content you're sending out via e-mail in an RSS feed.
6. If you're sending out special notices or updates to your existing customers via e-mail, create a special limited-access RSS feed to deliver those same updates via RSS as well.


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I'm feeling a very quiet sense of happiness this year so I was thinking why yesterday. Two things jump out:
- I'm doing only what I want to do with my time.
Yesterday, I went for a social event. I didn't speak more than two sentences in six hours because I didn't think I had anything of value to add to the conversation. I don't think I was a bad guest. Just a quiet one. Today, I'm skipping a book launch party I'm supposed to go to. I'm saying no to everything that I'm "supposed" to do, work, friends, family, books I ought to read, publicity plans, everything, if it doesn't give me a warm feeling of anticipation in the gut. Tomorrow, I'm taking a call from an excellent company in India about a leadership role although I don't have any plans to move to India right now. But I want to talk to them so I'm doing it. I don't know where anything is going to lead me, what's right for me, what's not. I'll likely be broke and friendless by the end of the year. But that's okay. I have a hunch I'll add more value to people and the world only if my heart is fully in something. Or maybe not. All I know is I'm happier this way. That counts for something, doesn't it?
- I'm feeling like I've become a medium for my work.
I'm doing writing and book launch stuff half the time and corporate stuff half the time. In both, I'm feeling that work is happening through me instead of because of me. I'm not thinking about whether I'm helping people with my writing or not, doing good work or bad work, making the world a better place or a worse place, I'm just working. Like a tree that flowers without thinking and withers away without clinging, helpless to act as if it were. Hopefully, I flower but it's okay if I don't.
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Cordie J. Akins: ObituaryObituaries December 27, 2018
April 02, 1939 – December 25, 2018
Cordie J. Akins, age 79, of Dalton passed away on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 at her home.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Edward Eugene Akins; brothers, Ellis Price, Clarance Price, Calvin Price, and Phurlow Price; and daughter-in-law, Rose Akins.
Survivors include her sons and daughters-in-law, Edward & Charlene Akins of Dalton, Keith Akins of Dalton, Berry Akins of Ohio, and David & Ann Akins of Ohio; brothers, Amos Price and Don Price – both of Florida; sisters, Alice Akins of Chatsworth, Lecoda Price of Florida, Roma Kirkland of Ohio, Joyce Melillo of Connecticut, and Linda Lambdam of Tennessee; grandchildren, Carl Eugene Akins Hammontree, Brandon Lee Akins Hammontree, Stewart Pierison, and Amanda Akins; and great-grandchildren, Breanna Hammontree and Carter Ray Akins Hammontree.
Funeral services for Mrs. Akins will be held at 2:00 pm on Friday, December 28, 2018 in the chapel of Peeples Funeral Home with Rev. Danny Cochran officiating. Interment will follow at Cane Creek Cemetery in Tellico Plains, TN.
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The idea to go to Dakar has been cooking for a while, but it wasn't really an intention until this spring, and it wasn't a commitment until after the Raid de'l'Amitie in April. Now it's public, and everyone I know and many people I don't are aware that I'm working on this. I've drawn a line that is my goal, and the question becomes if everything I have to give is going to be enough to get to the finish. At some level, that's the core question that attracts me to the race- it's a big challenge, and I want to see where I stand relative to it.
In addition, because I'm asking for help from people, there's an intense pressure not to let people down. When I step back, I know that I was proud of the guys I contributed to, even if they made it only to the 3rd or 4th stage, but I won't be happy with myself at that outcome. I want to finish the race, and I think I can finish the race with just a little good luck. I've spent years studying it pretty closely, and I didn't make the decision to go until I felt very sure that I had what it took. But, I might be wrong.
If I've overestimated my own abilities, I think I can handle that, but what will be crushing is bad mechanical luck, having the chance to finish taken away from me. At some level, there's no such thing as mechanical luck, but of course, in the real world, there are situations that are so many standard deviations out, they may as well be luck for all you can prepare for them.
For me, the stress of the situation seems to come out as lists, lists, and more lists, and making sure that every day, I set those lists aside and take some actions that move the bar forward even a little bit. Every day needs to be another step toward the goal, and lists don't count.


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Texans QB Deshaun Watson sacked NFL-high 62 times this season
Under siege all year, Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson was still standing at the end of the regular season and an AFC South division champion.
The season-long problem of Watson being under heavy duress played out again Sunday in a win over the Jacksonville Jaguars. The second-year dual-threat quarterback was sacked six times and hit 12 times overall, bringing his season totals to 62 sacks and 133 hits.
This represents the most sacks a quarterback has endured since Jon Kitna with 63 in 2006. It's the third-most in franchise history, trailing former Texans quarterback David Carr's NFL-record 76 sacks in 2002 and 68 in 2005.
And the mounting totals are a concern to the Texans.
"No doubt about it," Texans coach Bill O'Brien said. "We've got to figure that out. He's getting hit too much. It's taking us forever to figure it out, but we'll keep trying."
Despite all of the punishment, Watson has thrived. He rushed for 66 yards and a touchdown Sunday, leading the team in rushing yards for the fourth game in a row while completing 25 of 35 passes for 234 yards and no interceptions. He finished the season with 4,165 passing yards and 26 touchdowns with nine interceptions, rushing for 551 yards and five touchdowns.
"I wasn't concerned," Watson said of the hits he took Sunday. "It's football. If I'm out there concerned, playing timid, then that's how you get hurt. I'm out there playing full speed, trying to not take any unnecessary hits. At the same time, make sure that I'm getting what I need to get to keep moving the chains."
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That hard landing in China will have to wait another month.
Chinese PMI just came in at 50.5 vs. expectations of 49.6.
That's still in improvement territory, and it also is an increase from last month's 50.3. So good news all around.
And here's the spike in the Aussie dollar via FinViz.


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I have fallen in love with trees.
It began with a trip to Savannah, Georgia, a place new to me and my six traveling companions. Almost immediately, I was charmed by the slower pace, the architecture, and the way everything was framed by majestic trees.
Obsessed with the stature and curve of their branches and the dangling Spanish moss so foreign to me, I regularly interrupted conversations to say, Oh, look at this tree! Then I would stop and have a personal photo shoot with my new muse.
At one point, my friend Claudia eyed me pointing my camera phone at yet another set of trees and, with sweet sunshine in her voice, staged a one-woman intervention with her words. Okay. We get it. You love the trees. I think you got your picture already. Maybe something else?
So I kept snapping images, but only in my memory.
During a walk through Forsyth Park, I spotted a tree trunk so massive it had to be a few centuries old. I felt deeply connected to its roots, a gravitational pull moving me to stand by its side. I resisted the overwhelming urge to hug the tree.
I mean this quite literally.
Back home, joy filled me one morning when I saw the tree underneath my window about to burst into leafy bloom. My favorite color in the world is the fresh green of a newly born leaf, so vibrant and bright and full of life.
New leaf life always makes me think of the winter just past. What a marvel it is for a tree to have shed old leaves and to devote an entire season to creating new life in their place. How it looks so bare and forlorn, and how the lack of life on the outside always makes me sad. But, that sadness is misplaced. In reality it is still full of life, though it lives beneath the bark.
I think this is true for people, too.
I think this of me, in the middle of a transition difficult to name, even to myself. The old life—and its stagnant, stale, and unnecessary parts—has fallen away, and the new life is not yet fully formed. In this space of becoming, I chase the things captivating my attention, which I now understand is a way of rebuilding. The muse highlights what really matters. In seeking the things I love, the things that love me back, I am able to begin again. Rebirth is inevitable, and I'm excited to see where it leads.
In the meantime, I will let nature have its way with me.
xo, with goodness and grace.
I walked onto the elevator in my apartment building, beginning my journey to work. As the door opened, I heard the woman inside heave an exasperated sigh. As I strode on, one foot barely in the elevator car, she angrily pressed the "door close" button.
Lucky for me, I got in before the door closed. But this was not quickly enough for the woman. She shook her head and looked down at her watch.
We're all in such a hurry.
I could tell you how rude the woman was and how I took her impatience personally, but the truth is I've been that person. I understand her. I've been her more times than i would like to acknowledge.
This, too often, is city life. In a hurry to get from one place to another. In a hurry to make it happen. We often don't know what that is, but we do know we have to get there—now.
Last week, I got hurt. I did something awful to my tailbone and could hardly move for a few days. This was awful in many ways. There was also an unexpected benefit.
I was forced to slow down.
Instead, I noticed how the world has gone pink. Nature, emerging from the harsh gray and brown of winter, has blossomed into a range of pastels of soft, girly blush and fiery fuchsia.
It's not that I just observed this—the last two posts will show you that—but now, I could feel this burst of energy permeate through me.
Because I was in pain, I had to slow down my normal hurried pace. I began to walk slowly and take carefully measured steps. I felt the brisk air on my face and took notice of how the breezes made the budding trees sway. Not speed walking through my morning, I saw how quickly everyone moved. I saw how everyone was lost in their phones or in their thoughts. I saw a city of people who have learned to pay no attention to the humanity around them.
I want to make a better effort at paying attention.
I took my time getting to work, and a funny thing happened. I still arrived on time, if not before. I noticed I was less stressed as I sat down at my desk, and less stressed throughout the day. Though I was in physical discomfort, I felt more at ease.
Does this mean my life is changed and I won't rush around anymore? No. But it does mean I know there's a better way.
Sometimes it takes some pain to be awakened to something better.
xo, with goodness and grace.
Imagine escaping from normal life on one chilly and blustery spring day for a day trip. There's a museum an hour away that used to house an old Nabisco box printing factory, but now is home to modern art, large scale and small. You need a beauty fix, and the pocket of stillness that falls alongside it.
This place is reliable in delivery of this.
Imagine walking through the msueum, charmed by the openness, the light, and the art, but then one thing catches your eyes and instantly brings forth a joyfulness, a fullness, within you. A wall of windows—stark and simple—is enchanting, not because of its design, but because of what is behind it.
This wall of pink, the cherry blossoms outside, leaves you enraptured. The sheer vibrance of color begins to breathe life into you, just as the blossoms usher in a season.
You cannot get enough of this vivid, luminous, flamboyant hue. You must go outside to see it for yourself.
It is a smaller version of what you imagine Japan to be like in the springtime.
Petals from the blossoms fall soundlessly from the trees and softly onto your head, as if they are christening you—and shepherding your towards a new season of your life.
It feels like magic.
Allow yourself to take in the beauty of spring, wherever you are. Allow it to permeate every cell of your insides. Allow it to charm you—fully, forcefully, completely.
Allow it to make you feel alive.
xo, with goodness and grace.
I'm not gonna lie—in a string of difficult weeks, this was one of the toughest. All the reasons don't matter. But added to that difficulty was the morning I left my apartment for work and the temperature read 2 degrees.
The extremes of this winter have been challenging, though I try to make peace with the season.
This morning, I decided to snuggle with pillows and hibernate. I sat on my couch, ate breakfast, drank a cup of coffee, watched one of the Oscar-nominated movies. A perfect, lazy Sunday morning. Then, the movie ended. I listened to the silence.
Suddenly, I could feel it.
I could feel a shift in the air. Spring, a calendar month away, seemed possible. Even though it snowed yesterday, and the temperature hovered near zero the day before, something felt different. I hadn't known that it was above 40 degrees today, but the promise of something new whispered in my ear.
This is what I remember: no matter how hard a moment is, it always passes. Though the temperature will drop, the winds will pick up, and surely the snow plows will be on the street yet again, easier times are around the corner.
May you find shifts in your life to help navigate your way through any difficulties you encounter this week.
xo, with goodness and grace.
I started a post when I was escaping from the city to the beach this week. It was about what the beach teaches me.
I'd gone to the beach because I desperately needed a day away from my regular routine so I could hear myself think. Sometimes when the world gets noisy, I wonder I'm missing out on anything, if any bites of intuition have gone unheard because my life is so full. The beach brings me back to myself.
As I sat on the bus on my way out east, there was more traffic than is normal this time of year because of construction in a long stretch of the road. I was comforted by the patches of weeds outside my window whenever we stopped, the very ones that had dotted my childhood landscape. Back then people told me they were weeds, but to me, they were beautiful, magical flowers. As an adult, dandelions and "wishing flowers" still evoke sunshine and happiness.
I arrived at the hotel, an hour and change after we were supposed to arrive. I walked out and looked at the ocean. It was cloudy and overcast, but I didn't care. The sound of the waves lulled me into that place they always do. That calmness, the sense of home—we drove nearly four hours and there it was.
I spent the next there, walking in the quiet of my thoughts that had finally calmed down. It was chilly, but I was over prepared as usual, walking all bundled up with my jacket and scarf and gloves. Even though it was cold, I walked barefoot so my feet could feel the spring of the sand which always feels so good against my leg muscles.
I ate lunch and I read. Every now and then I looked up at the waves just to acknowledge them, as if to let them know that I was still there. I felt calm and content.
And then I felt an overwhelming need to go home, to sleep in my own bed and spend the morning lazily going about my Sunday routine.
So I did.
I came home to my city, stepping off the bus to warm spring air. I walked in my front door. I felt relieved.
I'm sitting in the park in my neighborhood admiring the tulips that have bloomed since I was last here. There's an abundance of them, and they are beautiful. I'm resisting the urge to photograph them. What I realized when I was at the beach is that I so often try to hold on to special moments—especially with pictures—sometimes forgetting to actually be in the moment. I took pictures of the fog ahead of me on the beach, so beautiful and theatrical. Sometimes I was more concerned with getting the right angle so the picture could look its best. Nevertheless, I felt the peace I'd been seeking.
Now I'm sitting here feeling the warmth of today, captivated by the cool breezes that move between the trees. It is perfect. People keep coming in and out of the park, taking photos of the tulips in all their glory with their camera phones. I wonder if they can really see the beauty, if they can take in the lush fullness of their heads, so open and lusty, and their leaves, such a verdant reminder of spring. I wonder if they really see them, if they'll remember them when the garden settles down into a normal state.
I'm resisting taking a photo, just so I can experience them fully, so I can say that I was part of this day, that I felt the glory of it.
Because life is full of moments and we are meant to be in them, to embody their goodness, to allow them to transport us where we need to go. Even if where we need to go is right in our own backyard. Sometimes we need to get away from where we are to know that home is where we needed to be all along. Sometimes where we are is exactly right.
It's all about being present.
xo, with goodness and grace.
I always think it's funny how people forget that spring is, in its volatile essence, basically a few months of unpredictable weather. The day the calendar finally turns to spring, people start shedding their layers and take off their socks, no matter the temperature is actually still wintry. It's like a mass delusion, needing to believe that the season is perfect.
The earth is about blossom, and I like to think, so are we. The promise of what is to come is enough to get me through the fickle weather.
And that is perfect to foster some self care.
Long walks in the rain continued. Rain, in the right temperature, is magical. And, you can still find random, faded signs of love.
Day 27: I'm noticing that walking at this time of year is a big thing for me. Maybe being indoors during the seemingly-perpetual winter has left me with a need to shake it off in search of what's about to bloom.
After work, I felt an urge to go window shopping. Browsing through stores without a purpose has made me happy since I was a child. It's a time to allow yourself to dream of who you want to be.
The dream me would look chic in these shoes from Vince. There is such joy in footwear.
Like these shoes I found in J Crew. I instinctively knew I had to have them—falling in love makes you want to possess the object of your desire, now!—so I bought them. (I later discovered that almost everyone I know has had the same reaction. And bought them.) And the fancy earrings, I couldn't resist. Put them together, and you've got a great representation of me. Fancy casual.
The dream me later went back to the store and bought the flat version of those Vince heels, so the practical me can be stylish and comfortable (and fancy casual) at the same time.
Day 28: I wore my new earrings, made me feel a little glamorous, despite a very bad hair day. And, just resting my gaze on my new shoes brought me an irrational amount of joy.
Day 29: Needing to have something every day can take the pleasure out of it for me. That's why I don't have coffee every morning. I have a cup when I want it, but I don't like needing to have it to feel awake. Life should be enough to feel awake, shouldn't it?
Today was a coffee day. And it was goooood.
Simple pleasures can be self care, too.
Day 30: Spring weather finally arrived! I was juggling multiple projects and deadlines, and I didn't have the time to go outside and enjoy the warmer temperatures.
I did it anyway. Letting the sun warm your face at lunchtime is serious self care.
Day 31: The week behind me and the rain falling again, I came home, scooped some homemade dough—because having cookie dough on hand at all times is 100% self care—and baked two chocolate chip cookies.
Snack in hand, I crawled in the bed and turned on Shark Tank. Two of my favorite (not-so) guilty pleasures made for the perfect evening.
Day 32: Finally, I've started spring cleaning my apartment, which is beginning to look like an episode of Hoarders. I started by tackling the ridiculously tall stack of magazines accumulated over the last few months, and I brought over a new jar of Vanilla Almond Butter so I could take a couple of spoonfuls as a snack while I worked.
Let's just say that most of the magazines are still there. I got distracted by deliciousness.
Just writing that sentence made me go grab a spoonful.
Day 33: Ah, Sunday mornings. The act of hanging out, doing nothing but just being is sacred, beautiful and simply awesome.
On Sunday mornings, I usually clean out the fridge and concoct a unique meal for breakfast. This morning, I just made a plate of a vegan, gluten-free (but delicious) biscuit, a handful of pecans and a bit of cheese. Randomness can be tasty.
I also found a heart-shaped package of goat cheese on the back of one of the shelves, which sadly was moldy. It made me want to venture out and immediately buy a replacement. I cut into it and revealed that the decaying cheese—decadently studded with chunks of dark chocolate—was still beautiful and full of loveliness.
Such a great metaphor for life. Our hearts may get worn from the harsh elements of life, but if we scrape away the dirt and the mold, the essential beauty of who we are remains. Remembering this is the epitome of self care.
xo, with goodness and grace.
Do you love this world?
Do you cherish your humble and silky life?
Do you adore the green grass, with its terror beneath?
Do you also hurry, half-dressed and barefoot, into the garden,
and softly,
and exclaiming of their dearness,
fill your arms with the white and pink flowers,
with their honeyed heaviness, their lush trembling,
their eagerness
to be wild and perfect for a moment, before they are
nothing, forever?
–Mary Oliver, "Peonies"
Every spring my love affair with peonies is renewed. I'm obsessed with them.
How can you not be captivated by their beauty, in all of their voluptuous exquisiteness?
Typically blooming only for one week in May and June, their season is short, making their earthly presence that much more exceptional. I keep a bouquet on my table whenever I can find them as a celebration of the robust, fragrant, magnificent gifts that life gives us.
Peonies are my reminder to be present, appreciate beauty—no matter how fleeting…most especially when it is fleeting—and to take in magical goodness when it is in front of me.
Even with temperamental temperatures, pollen-inducing allergies and all-around unpredictability in the air, spring is my favorite season.
It ushers in an abundance of life, with nature springing into bloom in flowers and produce. This is my call to venture out to the farmers' markets around the city.
I heeded this call yesterday, and as I walked through the Union Square Greenmarket, I noticed a pungent scallion-like scent wafting in the air. I was mesmerized by it. It had me thinking about what I would make for dinner.
Then I found out the scent wasn't from freshly-picked scallions, but from ramps. A new world had opened up to me.
Ramps, also known as wild leeks, have a very short season, only available in certain parts of the country from late March to early May. Their flavor combines the sweetness of an onion with garlic's spicy bite. The buzz on ramps has increased over the last few years, at least here in New York, with many restaurants incorporating them on menus for the few weeks they are available.
Though I'd heard about them, I spotted them for the first time at the greenmarket.
Having never tried them, I asked one of the farmers how to use them. He suggested using the sauteed white bulbs in risotto, pasta or scrambled eggs, and wrapping fish with the leaves.
Another customer turned to me and said somewhat conspiratorially, "They are also really good on toast."
That was a simple enough inspiration for me. I'd make crostini.
I sliced the white bulbs and sauteed them in butter and olive oil until they were tender. I threw in the chopped the greens at the last minute, wilting them as they hit the heat of the pan. Then I put them on a sliced baguette and topped the whole thing with shavings of pecorino cheese.
It was like a ray of sunshine on a misty spring day. And a perfect light lunch.
Spring has sprung. It is gloriously, deliriously beautiful. Trees are budding, flowers are blooming, the sky is clear and the cool air is slowly rising in temperature.
And everyone is complaining in my ear about it.
The winter lovers are at their wit's end about the impending warmth.
"When did it become summer???"
One friend described yesterday's soft breeze-filled 70 degree day as "horrible" because it was too hot.
And the common refrain in the office, "It's soooo HOT in here!!"
Change isn't easy for many people. But change is inevitable, and it is easier to take when you embrace it. The good and gracious thing to do is to acknowledge the discomfort, accept it and move on.
For me, spring ushers in a hopefulness. The sun is warmer on the skin. Everything is in bloom after a winter of laying dormant underground. The air is filled with the possibility of what will come from all the seeds planted – in the earth and in the mind – before the frost set in.
And really, what's so bad about this?
Or this?
Look around. Choose to see the beauty in the moment. Take it in. Embrace the change.


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Too often I see golfers trying to swing in a way that doesn't work with their physical capabilities. They end up never realizing their potential or, even worse, getting hurt. For the young, limber player, a body-driven swing is often the way to go. It involves swinging from the center outward, with the big muscles in the trunk and legs doing all the work. The preferred shot is often a fade. For the older player in search of more power, the draw usually works better. By focusing on the hands and arms and incorporating more lateral body movement in the swing, a less flexible golfer can become more of a free swinger, and that means more distance. Here I'll walk you through two model swing sequences: one for young, athletic types and one for older, less flexible golfers.


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NJPW Dominion 6.9 (6/9/2019)- Osaka, Japan
Umino jumps the bell on Moxley with a dive. Kevin Kelly, who usually gets upset whenever Suzuki-Gun or Bullet Club jump the bell on someone, has no problem with this when Umino does it because Kevin Kelly is a hypocrite, which is one of the worst things a babyface announcer can be.
They had a very good match for the time they got (just under four minutes). Moxley won clean, then cut a promo saying that he wants to be in the G1. Well... there goes my theory that part of the reason they put the US Title on him was to avoid the champ doing a bunch of jobs in the G1.
SHINGO TAKAGI vs. SATOSHI KOJIMA- 6.75/10
Lots of work on the head and kicking out of each other's big stuff. Shingo got the win, which was the right move... but it's also a little awkward that Ospreay said he wanted to face heavyweights but now here is Shingo getting booked against (and beating) a heavyweight before Ospreay does.
JUSHIN "THUNDER" LIGER & YOSHI-HASHI vs. SUZUKI-GUN (Minoru Suzuki & Zack Sabre Jr.)- 5/10
The dumbf*ck babyfaces turn their backs on Suzuki-Gun so they get jumped from behind before the bell. I have absolutely no sympathy for them. We immediately spill to the outside for the usual Suzuki-Gun bullsh*t. More usual stuff happened to "build" to towards the Suzuki vs. Liger match that should have happened already because they're not actually telling any sort of story here with them. The whole idea of the feud is "Liger and Suzuki will fight at some point."
YOSHI-HASHI rolled Zack up for the win, so that sets up an RPW Undisputed British heavyweight Title match for YOSHI-HASHI. Zack attacked YOSHI-HASHI after the match but the babyfaces actually won the post-match fight for once, with YOSHI-HASHI laying Zack out at the end.
HIROSHI TANAHASHI, JUICE ROBINSON, & RYUSUKE TAGUCHI vs. BULLET CLUB (Jay White, Chase Owens, & Taiji Ishimori)- 5.5/10
Holy crap Tanahashi actually pinned someone with a Slingblade. And a standing one, too, rather than the usual running version.
NEVER OPENWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Taichi(c) (w/Miho Abe) vs. Tomohiro Ishii- 7.5/10
Taken on its own, the in-ring work here was great puro-style action, but their attempts at telling a larger story than "we both work the head and it's a contest of wills" wound up being rather incoherent.
Taichi was uncharacteristically sporting for the beginning of this. He wouldn't even take advantage of Ishii's offer for a free shot to hit Ishii full force. Instead he threw some soft-looking strikes that encouraged Ishii to get up. Ishii then knocked Taichi down with one forearm.
Then Ishii grabbed all of Taichi's usual weapons and told him "you don't need any of this" and threw them away. The problem with this was that Taichi hadn't been cheating yet (other than one mutual eye-rake spot). As I just said, Taichi's behavior so far has been uncharacteristically sporting, and even Kevin Kelly mentioned that Taichi has used a lot less bullsh*t while feuding with Ishii than he does with everyone else. And yet here is Ishii telling Taichi "come one, buddy. You don't need to cheat" even though everything they have done so far in the match seems to establish that Taichi has no chance of overcoming Ishii without cheating.
We would then have several minutes of Taichi taking it to Ishii completely cleanly with Ishii selling for him and making him look like an actual threat. Then we got a ref bump caused by Taichi pushing the referee into Ishii... but during this ref bump Ishii thwarted Taichi's attempts at cheating, which merely consisted of two attempted low blows. They traded strikes and some moves and there were dramatic nearfalls, concluding in Ishii winning cleanly.
This was all very strange. It seems to me that either Taichi should cheat and Ishii should have to attempt to overcome an opponent who takes shortcuts, or that Taichi should have his attempts at cheating thwarted early, followed by Ishii challenging/goading him into wrestling a completely clean match, with Ishii even showing him respect after the match no matter the outcome. Instead we got this odd hodgepodge that didn't make coherent sense as a story. Everything they did was logical from the point of view of two men trying to win a wrestling match so I can't say that these spots took hurt the match by their inclusion, but I do think the match would have been better if they had picked one story and stuck with it.
Ref bump but no cheating was able to occur
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TAG TEAM TITLE MATCH: Guerrillas of Destiny(c) (w/Jado) vs. Los Ingobernables de Japon (Sanada & EVIL)- 7/10
A very solid match. I props to referee Marty Asami for selling the bump of getting pulled out of the ring in a way that I found it believable that he has out before he was able to see he pulled him out of the ring (of course he correctly assumes that it was Jado, but he didn't actually see it and thus can't act on it).
This is pretty darn stale right now, but the last few minutes of this match actually got me excited to see this feud continue. I've been rather critical of stablemates not making the save for each other in New Japan, so I popped huge when BUSHI came out to prevent Jado from using the Kendo stick. The finish built on what had come before it to work as a great "pull the rug out from under you" finish to keep the babyfaces questing, and now when they run the Guerrillas of Destiny & Jado vs. EVIL, Sanada, & BUSHI as an undercard tag match at the next big show it will feel like it means something rather than just doing a big tag match with other random stablemates for the sake of holding off on booking the title match like it usually feels.
IWGP JR. HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Dragon Lee(c) vs. Will Ospreay- 9.25/10
An OUTSTANDING athletic junior heavyweight match that did an excellent job of building things up throughout. If something didn't work the first time, the wrestler would hit come back and hit an even bigger version of the move later. Lots of excellent nearfalls and new twists and turns on spots, and we even got a Canadian Destroyer that was treated like a maneuver that this is actually dangerous rather than a flippy thing you can do that looks cool before you fighting spirit out of it and do a double-down.
They teased their big finishers, with being the man to finally manage to hit one and get the win, which is a baffling decision when you consider that just a few days ago he said he wanted to start facing heavyweights, so this way either Ospreay brought that up for no reason or we're going to have the champion tied up in programs with people who can't possibly win his belt. Dragon Lee showed Ospreay respect after the match, then Ospreay cut a promo saying he wants his first title defense to be against Robbie Eagles at Southern Showdown in Australia.
IWGP INTERCONTINENTAL TITLE MATCH: Kota Ibushi(c) vs. Tetsuya Naito- 8.5/10
Naito German suplexed Ibushi from the apron and Ibushi hit his head on the apron when the plan was to take a face-first bump down to the floor. It was utterly terrifying. Not as quite as bad as Ospreay's last year, but it still looked like Ibushi might well have broken his neck.
After checking on Ibushi, Red Shoes began to count him out, and f*cking Kevin Kelly had the gall to say, "Red Shoes having to do his job here and get to the count." Are you f*cking kidding me? I just sat through an entire tournament of guys brawling all over the building without getting counted out, referees not restarting counts when someone got into the ring and then rolled out again, weapon shots in front of the referee with no DQ, wrestlers manhandling referees, and referees completely inconsistently deciding that the last bit of rule-breaking they didn't do anything to stop was too much or that they thought a cover was too disrespectful so they weren't going to count a pin, and f*cking Kevin Kelly- on the occasions that he even decided to acknowledge the ridiculousness of what he was seeing in front of him- kept justifying it to me by talking about the "referee's prerogative." Well where is your f*cking referee's prerogative now, Kevin?
Ibushi made it back to the ring just in the nick of time. Naito then hit him with a super-poisonrana, in which Ibushi almost died a second time. Ibushi then managed to reverse an attempted Destino into his own finisher, and he dropped Naito right on his head. This is getting scarily similar to Taker vs. Goldberg.
From that point on the match was basically all big moves and counters, and while there was a story with everything targeting the head, it was also extremely terrifying, as there were several more times where people appeared to land on their heads. There was also a spot where Naito picked Ibushi up for something and I assume it was a move because Chris Charlton shouted "Valencia" or something like that and then repeated it, but it looked a lot like Naito lost his balance and that whatever he had been trying to hit turned into a not-quite-Emerald Flowsion. Ibushi took an awesome bump for Destino on the finish. I really hope both guys are okay.
IWGP HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE MATCH: Kazuchika Okada(c) vs. Chris Jericho- 7/10
They circle each other for a bit and then finally lock up... and we cut right to Tanahashi, sitting at the commentary table doing jack sh*t. If you have to cut to the guy, CUT TO HIM WHILE THEY ARE CIRCLING AND CUT BACK ONCE SOMETHING HAPPENS! Why does New Japan insist on doing this the other way and showing us the wrestlers doing nothing, and then cutting to the commentary table the moment the action starts?
They fought on the outside forever without being counted out. No comments from Kevin Kelly about Red Shoes needing to "do his job" this time, because Kevin Kelly is full of sh*t, which is not how your babyface announcer should come across. Jericho put his hands on Red Shoes several times and wasn't disqualified for it.
That is a minor complaint, but it was the sort of thing that was repeated throughout the match. Actually, A LOT of things were repeated throughout this match. It was like Brock vs. Roman except if instead of having only two moves each, they had seven. In hindsight it seems clear that they were trying to save stuff for a rematch, but it very much had this feeling of repetitiveness to it, and not in a good way. Credit where it's due: They told a decent story with it (Okada did his usual stuff to work over the head and set up for a Rainmaker while Jericho worked over the ribs), but it also felt like it wasn't really able to kick it into that next gear that is the minimum we've come to expect for an Okada main event. That being said, I did enjoy the flash pin finish as something very different from every other Okada match.
Also, do none of these announcers know the Walls of Jericho? Really? And can we please stop it with this talk about "Young Lions' moves." In order for the concept to make sense in kayfabe, you're basically saying that the Young Lions are limited to only a certain set of moves, which would be fine if the Young Lions only wrestled each other, but they don't. They face non-Young Lions all the time, in what talking about the concept of "Young Lions' moves" basically turns into fights with company-mandated unfairness. Can you imagine if in the US Open, players who had not yet competed in five majors weren't allowed to use backhand shots? That's basically what this is... except this is actually worse because you can seriously hurt your opponent in pro wrestling. And really... if a Young Lion decided to go into business for himself and instead of a Boston crab he locked on a cloverleaf or a sharpshooter or whatever, what's the referee going to do? Call for a DQ?
POST-MATCH SEGMENT- meh
Jericho attacked Okada after the match and hit him with a chair. He then proceeded to beat Okada all over the ringside area. Despite Okada being a leader of the top babyface stable in the company and one of the biggest babyfaces in company history (Tanahashi) sitting just on the other side of the guardrail at the Japanese commentary table, no one came out to stop Jericho from beating Okada up. Jericho took the beating to the outside and was going to powerbomb Okada through a table he had set up during the match right in front of Tanahashi, but Tanahashi finally got off his lazy ass to make the save. Okada is lucky that Jericho didn't set the table up on the other side of the ring of Jericho might still be beating on him right now.
This was a great show from new Japan, but it still feels disappointing because it completely fails to match up to the great Dominion shows of the past few years. The disappointing main event was certainly part of it, but I think another big part of it was the fact that they basically split it up into two shows by putting the Juice vs. Moxley US Title match and the White vs. Tanahashi match on the BOSJ finals. Dominion has been a perennial Show of the Year contender, and the reason for it was that the card was loaded up with big matches that were all given the time to go out there and deliver. This year we took two of those matches off this show and replaced them with pointless filler. This has me a little worried for their planned two-day Tokyo Dome show next January.
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I love beets but I hate the mess they leave behind. I usually have to lay plastic on my counter and get out my plastic gloves otherwise the skin on my hands stay stained red for days! If I am ever in a crunch I will simply grate them raw or use golden beets instead but the deep red ones are my favourite.
Growing up, my mom always told me they were good for cleansing the blood. I thought it was an old wives tale until I looked into it. It turns out beets have many health benefits. According to one site, bbcgoodfood.com, they help fight inflammation, lower blood pressure and are great for detoxifying. There are plenty of websites describing these health benefits and beets are becoming more common in grocery stores and households. Maybe the Ukranians knew all about the goodness of beets when they created borscht.
In my family, we have always served up a simple beet salad. Once boiled, we slice up the beets and marinate them in a vinaigrette. They keep for days and the vinegar preserves the lovely red of the beets. The thin slices give them a delicate texture and beets are naturally a bit sweet so it is almost like a sweet and tart salad.
They do take some time to prepare. Cut off the stems if there are any (which, if fresh, can also be cooked. . .try this basic recipe from all recipes. . .it is a good one for the beet greens but also kale or even swiss chard) but leave the skin and place the beets in a deep pot filled with water to cover them. There is a theory that adding vinegar to the water will prevent the beets from bleeding but I have tested this out and bleeding is inevitable. Don't worry when the colour of the water changes.
Bring them to a boil and reduce the heat to a simmer. Cover the beets and let them be for about 45 minutes to an hour. The long, narrower ones I chose are cylinder beets which I opted for because of the rounds I would get for the slices. If you are using different beets than this, they may be thicker and will require a bit more time. You can turn off the heat at this point, drain the water and rinse them under cold water or let them cool naturally.
Once they are cooled, prepare your hands and your kitchen. With rubber gloves, use a knife to peel the skin from the beets. This will be easy to do since they were boiled. You then have the option to cut the beets in chunks, or as I prefer, in slices. Add some olive oil and vinegar and season with salt and pepper and you have a nice beet salad base. This will keep for several days and you can eat them as is or dress them up.
I find crumbling some goat cheese on them pairs nicely with the beets. Also, I have been on a bit of a nut kick and so I sprinkle some crushed and toasted pecans or walnuts on top. Thinly sliced red onion would also be a very nice addition if you like onions. If you choose, you can even use a combination of red and golden beets but keep in mind that whatever the red beets touch will change colour so you will need to cook up the different types separately and carefully layer them when serving. Tossing them all together will simply turn everything a shade of red.
Beet Salad
author: Eve@DivineDiuum
5 beets
3 Tbsp olive oil
3 Tbsp apple cider vinegar
salt and pepper
150 g (1 package) goat cheese
1/4 C coarsley chopped, toasted pecans
1. Add scrubbed beets to a large pot of water.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Lower temperature, cover and simmer for an hour.
4. Remove beets from water and let cool.
5. Peel and slice beets to about 1/2 cm thickness.
6. Toss slices in olive oil and vinegar.
7. Season with salt and pepper to taste.
8. When ready to serve, arrange beets on a plate.
9. Sprinkle beets with goat cheese and pecans.
Calories 169
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There was a huge line up to get in the festival and, once inside, there were people waiting for food. It was a great success. Live folk music was a great addition to the festival, which attracted people of different ages and parts of the country. Given the omnipresence of spices, fresh beers were seen as essential for many of the visitors to refresh the mouth from the "fire" of the chilly sauces.
One of the best street foods of the festival was the Peruvian Burger by "El Peruanito". It is made with beef marinated in aji panca, a Peruvian red pepper, served in a potato bun and topped with red onion and creams. Simply delicious: one of the best burgers I ever had. No surprise: the man behind the stand "El Peruanito" is Adolfo Martinez, an experienced cook who uses only high-quality ingredients and the Peruvian know-how in the kitchen. Highly recommended. Have a look at their website for more info.
I left the festival with a full stomach and goal of using more spices in the future for cooking. We'll see how far I will venture.


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