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Investors were cheered by Spectris today, which shrugged off the gloom that has surrounded industrial groups of late with a reassuring message for traders.
Shares in the instrumentation group had been under pressure after engineers Morgan Crucible, GKN and Cookson put out profit warnings earlier in the month, with some in the market anticipating bad news from Spectris too. However, the FTSE 250 company said it is "well positioned" to meet full-year expectations after unveiling a 12pc increase in sales in the third-quarter. That saw Spectris shares climb 185p – more than 11pc – to £17.79.
Among the blue-chips, Aggreko was not so lucky. The temporary power supplier tumbled 165p to £21.37, the FTSE 100's heaviest faller, after issuing a profit warning, cautioning that bad debt provisions and exchange rates would hurt earnings. Distribution and outsourcing group Bunzl, which highlighted slowing underlying revenue growth during the third quarter, shed 44p to £10.38.
Overall, a lack of significant progress at the European Union summit and weak earnings saw the FTSE 100 close 20.90 points lower at 5,896.15, a rather unexciting move on what was the 25th anniversary of Black Monday. The dip followed four consecutive days of gains that culminated in a seven-month high on Thursday.
The banks were weaker, with JPMorgan Cazenove estimating the industry faces £15bn in payment protection insurance costs. Lloyds Banking Group, down 1.38 at 40.49p, was cut to "underweight" from "neutral" by the broker, which said the lender had the highest exposure to PPI. Barclays shed 6.85 to 233.85p and Royal Bank of Scotland fell 6 to 281p. Hammerson was lifted by its acquisition of four retail parks for £254.5m. The group said the purchase will boost its earnings-per-share by about 5pc from next year. The shares advanced 7.3 to 483.4p.
Redrow dipped 6.1 to 156.4p on the mid-cap index, after chairman and founder Steve Morgan abandoned his bid for the housebuilder. The FTSE 250 closed 3.05 points higher at 12,074.30.
Down with the smaller companies, mounting expectations of a farm-out announcement soon saw Solo Oil climb 0.145 - or 38.2pc - to 0.525p, while its partner in Tanzania, Aminex, put on 0.625 to 5.225p. A high court victory in a dispute over its Mozambique subsidiary saw shares in Pathfinder Minerals surge 1 to 1.875p.

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Whether or not he was the rock on which the Church was to be built, it's fairly obvious Peter had an immense assignment and role in launching Christ's Church. But why Peter?
Isn't this the same Peter who denied Christ three times? Who lost faith when attempting to walk on water? The rash, uneducated Peter?
Who in their right mind would place all bets on a person who claimed not to know you?
I wouldn't.
It does sound like the kind of thing Jesus would pull… but really? He really went all-in with Peter. This was the man who was to tend the sheep? To build the Church?
Or was he?
Looking closely, I really see two Peters. There's the Peter that he wanted to be, and there's the Peter that he was. There was, at times, a vast difference between the two, but Jesus knew that and was apparently okay with it. At the Last Supper when Peter was told he would deny Christ, he refused to accept that–even if it meant his death.
Then he denied him. And again. And again. But Jesus already knew about that, and he was okay with it. What had happened between the Last Supper and Peter's denial? Nothing. Peter wanted to be there, but he just wasn't yet. Yet.
He would be, wouldn't he?
And after it all went down, what does Jesus tell Peter when he's still having trouble declaring his devotion? He tells him that he'll get there. That he will die for it, but he has some stuff to get to first. Tend my sheep.
Even earlier Peter had asked to be called out, to be summoned across the water. It was when he took his eyes off Jesus and focused on the storm he began to sink–but at that point in time, in that moment of panic and faltering faith, what were his words? Lord, save me. Save me. He wasn't there yet, but he knew where to put his hope meanwhile.
So why Peter?
Because Peter would never allow himself to be satisfied with where he was at. He insisted on being something greater, and he'd rather lay it all on the line for that greatness. Sometimes, many times, he couldn't do it. But that was the point, wasn't it? He knew who to fall back on, and he knew he had no choice but to do so.
Examining Matthew 16:15-18 a bit closer I see reference to two different rocks–Petros, a smaller/piece of rock, and petra, a massive rock. Substituting these back in, we would really get:
"But what about you?" [Jesus] asked. "Who do you say I am?"
Simon Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God."
Jesus replied, "Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in heaven. And I tell you that you are Petros, and on this petra I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.
Peter had been named a small part of the rock, and only when that's combined with the revelation of Christ do we have something truly powerful.
So now, as I sit here at 1:55 a.m. on November 22, 2008, which happens to be my 20th birthday, I'm forced to reconsider a few things. For much of my life I always figured I'd have most things figured out by now, or at least the important stuff. That I'd be that put-together, knowledgeable, spiritual person that I'm not. I'm not at all the person I want to be.
And it's my prayer that I'll never be allowed to think I am. If I knew what I was doing, I wouldn't have much use for faith, would I? And, as it seems, only the truly amazing happens when that revelation of faith gets thrown into the mix.
So when faced with the decision, the decision to either be satisfied or to oversell myself and let God fill in the gaps, I pray that I'll always take the jump. Furthermore, I don't want to wait for the obvious assignment, either. The obvious never seems to require much. Rather, like Peter, I pray that I'll always seek the calling to walk on water, even, and especially when, I'm going to fall.
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Today I'm making a Mixed Media collage using 3 images
'How To Tame A Beast by Charity Dauenhauer'
'Dragon Luck by Lisa Victoria'
'Come Play With Me by Gabriella Szabo'
Buy some wooden letters from your hobby store and Glue glue glue!
Use modgepodge matt and some metal glue
This is how it looks glued
Then add Gesso when the other dries overnight. Gesso is a primer for painting.
I colored with glimmermist and colorshine, I did not spray it, I used a brush and it's good when it pools, dry it a little with your embossing heat gun. (It will take several coats)
Remember ALL THIS IS JUNK so save your junk! LOL! The electrical switch plates are for my digis so I know to keep it flat and your done, JUST KIDDING!
I added my digis after I made the collage so I wouldn't get anything on them
I made sure I laminated my digis because it makes them more durable
I was asked to refrain from adding butterflies and flowers (I put them on everything! LOL! So dragonflies and leaves, HERE I COME!
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Diving is a great sport. But once you go deeper than 65 feet, it can get really cold even in tropical waters. Wearing a thicker wetsuit may help, but this causes buoyancy adjustments and, frankly, isn't really all that effective. One trick I learned from experienced divers (and which I stumbled upon purely by accident and a lack of bladder control) is that pee is a great way to instantly warm yourself. Sure, you stink when you get out of the water, but think of all that nitrogen you are returning to the underwater ecosystem. Just be sure not to let your dive shop know that you let yourself go in their rented wetsuits.
Disgusting you say? You can shell out $1,000 for the Rip Curl H-Bomb then. Using two rechargeable lithium ion 7.4-volt batteries, the titanium heating element on the back of the wetsuit lets you bring the internal temperature up to 51 degrees Celsius (124 degrees Fahrenheit). The 3/2mm-thick suit (3mm neoprene for torso and legs, 2mm neoprene for arms and crotch) has three heat settings for different environments.
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Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.
The New Testament psalm of love, as the forty-fifth Psalm (see Psa 45:1, title) and the Song of Solomon in the Old Testament.
1. tongues--from these he ascends to "prophecy" ( 1Cr 13:2 ); then, to "faith"; then to benevolent and self-sacrificing deeds: a climax. He does not except even himself, and so passes from addressing them ("unto you," 1Cr 12:31 ) to putting the case in his own person, "Though I," &c.
speak with the tongues--with the eloquence which was so much admired at Corinth (for example, Apollos, Act 18:24; compare 1Cr 1:12 3:21, 22 ), and with the command of various languages, which some at Corinth abused to purposes of mere ostentation ( 1Cr 14:2, &c.).
of angels--higher than men, and therefore, it is to be supposed, speaking a more exalted language.
charity--the principle of the ordinary and more important gifts of the Spirit, as contrasted with the extraordinary gifts ( 1Cr 12:1-31 ).
sounding. . . tinkling--sound without soul or feeling: such are "tongues" without charity.
cymbal--Two kinds are noticed ( Psa 150:5 ), the loud or clear, and the high-sounding one: hand cymbals and finger cymbals, or castanets. The sound is sharp and piercing.
2. mysteries-- ( Rom 11:25 16:25 ). Mysteries refer to the deep counsels of God hitherto secret, but now revealed to His saints. Knowledge, to truths long known.
faith. . . remove mountains-- ( Mat 17:20 21:21 ). The practical power of the will elevated by faith [NEANDER]; confidence in God that the miraculous result will surely follow the exercise of the will at the secret impulse of His Spirit. Without "love" prophecy, knowledge, and faith, are not what they seem (compare 1Cr 8:1, 2 Mat 7:22 Jam 2:14; compare 1Cr 13:8 ), and so fail of the heavenly reward ( Mat 6:2 ). Thus Paul, who teaches justification by faith only ( Rom 3:4, 5 Gal 2:16 3:7-14 ), is shown to agree with James, who teaches ( Jam 2:24 ) "by works" (that is, by LOVE, which is the "spirit" of faith, Jam 2:26 ) a man is justified, "and not by faith only."
3. bestow. . . goods. . . poor--literally, "dole out in food" all my goods; one of the highest functions of the "helps" ( 1Cr 12:28 ).
give. . . body to be burned--literally, "to such a degree as that I should be burned." As the three youths did ( Dan 3:28 ), "yielded their bodies" (compare 2Cr 12:15 ). These are most noble exemplifications of love in giving and in suffering. Yet they may be without love; in which case the "goods" and "body" are given, but not the soul, which is the sphere of love. Without the soul God rejects all else, and so rejects the man, who is therefore "profited" nothing ( Mat 16:26 Luk 9:23-25 ). Men will fight for Christianity, and die for Christianity, but not live in its spirit, which is love.
4. suffereth long--under provocations of evil from others. The negative side of love.
is kind--the positive side. Extending good to others. Compare with love's features here those of the "wisdom from above" ( Jam 3:17 ).
envieth--The Greek includes also jealousy.
vaunteth not--in words, even of gifts which it really possesses; an indirect rebuke of those at Corinth who used the gift of tongues for mere display.
not puffed up--with party zeal, as some at Corinth were ( 1Cr 4:6 ).
5. not. . . unseemly--is not uncourteous, or inattentive to civility and propriety.
thinketh no evil--imputeth not evil [ALFORD]; literally, "the evil" which actually is there ( Pro 10:12 1Pe 4:8 ). Love makes allowances for the falls of others, and is ready to put on them a charitable construction. Love, so far from devising evil against another, excuses "the evil" which another inflicts on her [ESTIUS]; doth not meditate upon evil inflicted by another [BENGEL]; and in doubtful cases, takes the more charitable view [GROTIUS].
6. rejoiceth in the truth--rather, "rejoiceth with the truth." Exults not at the perpetration of iniquity (unrighteousness) by others (compare Gen 9:22, 23 ), but rejoices when the truth rejoices; sympathizes with it in its triumphs ( 2Jo 1:4 ). See the opposite ( 2Ti 3:8 ), "Resist the truth." So "the truth" and "unrighteousness" are contrasted ( Rom 2:8 ). "The truth" is the Gospel truth, the inseparable ally of love ( Eph 4:15 2Jo 1:12 ). The false charity which compromises "the truth" by glossing over "iniquity" or unrighteousness is thus tacitly condemned ( Pro 17:15 ).
7. Beareth all things--without speaking of what it has to bear. The same Greek verb as in 1Cr 9:12. It endures without divulging to the world personal distress. Literally said of holding fast like a watertight vessel; so the charitable man contains himself in silence from giving vent to what selfishness would prompt under personal hardship.
believeth all things--unsuspiciously believes all that is not palpably false, all that it can with a good conscience believe to the credit of another. Compare Jam 3:17, "easy to be entreated"; Greek, "easily persuaded."
hopeth--what is good of another, even when others have ceased to hope.
endureth--persecutions in a patient and loving spirit.
8. never faileth--never is to be out of use; it always holds its place.
shall fail. . . vanish away--The same Greek verb is used for both; and that different from the Greek verb for "faileth." Translate, "Shall be done away with," that is, shall be dispensed with at the Lord's coming, being superseded by their more perfect heavenly analogues; for instance, knowledge by intuition. Of "tongues," which are still more temporary, the verb is "shall cease." A primary fulfilment of Paul's statement took place when the Church attained its maturity; then "tongues" entirely "ceased," and "prophesyings" and "knowledge," so far as they were supernatural gifts of the Spirit, were superseded as no longer required when the ordinary preaching of the word, and the Scriptures of the New Testament collected together, had become established institutions.
9, 10. in part--partially and imperfectly. Compare a similar contrast to the "perfect man," "the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ" ( Eph 4:11-13 ).
10. that which is in part--fragmentary and isolated.
11. When. . . a child-- ( 1Cr 3:1 14:20 ).
I spake--alluding to "tongues."
understood--or, "had the sentiments of." Alluding to "prophecy."
I thought--Greek "reasoned" or "judged"; alluding to "knowledge."
when I became. . . I put away--rather, "now that I am become a man, I have done away with the things of the child."
12. now--in our present state.
see--an appropriate expression, in connection with the "prophets" of seers ( 1Sa 9:9 ).
through a glass--that is, in a mirror; the reflection seeming to the eye to be behind the mirror, so that we see it through the mirror. Ancient mirrors were made of polished brass or other metals. The contrast is between the inadequate knowledge of an object gained by seeing it reflected in a dim mirror (such as ancient mirrors were), compared with the perfect idea we have of it by seeing itself directly.
darkly--literally, "in enigma." As a "mirror" conveys an image to the eye, so an "enigma" to the ear. But neither "eye nor ear" can fully represent (though the believer's soul gets a small revelation now of) "the things which God hath prepared for them that love Him" ( 1Cr 2:9 ). Paul alludes to Num 12:8, "not in dark speeches"; the Septuagint, "not in enigmas." Compared with the visions and dreams vouchsafed to other prophets, God's communications with Moses were "not in enigmas." But compared with the intuitive and direct vision of God hereafter, even the revealed word now is "a dark discourse," or a shadowing forth by enigma of God's reflected likeness. Compare 2Pe 1:19, where the "light" or candle in a dark place stands in contrast with the "day" dawning. God's word is called a glass or mirror also in 2Cr 3:18.
then--"when that which is perfect is come" ( 1Cr 13:10 ).
face to face--not merely "mouth to mouth" ( Num 12:8 ). Gen 32:30 was a type ( Jhn 1:50, 51 ).
know. . . known--rather as Greek, "fully know. . . fully known." Now we are known by, rather than know, God ( 1Cr 8:3 Gal 4:9 ).
13. And now--Translate, "But now." "In this present state" [HENDERSON]. Or, "now" does not express time, but opposition, as in 1Cr 5:11, "the case being so" [GROTIUS]; whereas it is the case that the three gifts, "prophecy," "tongues," and "knowledge" (cited as specimens of the whole class of gifts) "fail" ( 1Cr 13:8 ), there abide permanently only these three--faith, hope, charity. In one sense faith and hope shall be done away, faith being superseded by sight, and hope by actual fruition ( Rom 8:24 2Cr 5:7 ); and charity, or love, alone never faileth ( 1Cr 13:8 ). But in another sense, "faith and
hope," as well as "charity," ABIDE; namely, after the extraordinary gifts have ceased; for those three are necessary and sufficient for salvation at all times, whereas the extraordinary gifts are not at all so; compare the use of "abide," 1Cr 3:14. Charity, or love, is connected specially with the Holy Spirit, who is the bond of the loving union between the brethren ( Rom 15:30 Col 1:8 ). Faith is towards God. Hope is in behalf of ourselves. Charity is love to God creating in us love towards our neighbor. In an unbeliever there is more or less of the three opposites--unbelief, despair, hatred. Even hereafter faith in the sense of trust in God "abideth"; also "hope," in relation to ever new joys in prospect, and at the anticipation of ever increasing blessedness, sure
never to be disappointed. But love alone in every sense "abideth"; it is therefore "the greatest" of the three, as also because it presupposes "faith," which without "love" and its consequent "works" is dead ( Gal 5:6 Jam 2:17, 20 ).
but--rather, "and"; as there is not so strong opposition between charity and the other two, faith and hope, which like it also "abide."
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In the latest bump on Finland's rocky road from Swedish and Russian duchy to independent nation, the newly-crowned Frederick, German-born and the brother-in-law of Kaiser Wilhelm II, renounces the Finnish throne after barely two months.
After Finland declared its independence from Russia in December 1917, a struggle for power began within the country. While government forces worked to disarm and expel the remaining Russian troops, the socialist Red Guard rebelled in late January 1918, seeking to spread a Bolshevik-inspired revolution. The clash between the Reds and the Whites, as government troops were known, ended in victory by the government, due in part to the assistance of German troops sent by the Kaiser to southern Finland.
In an effort to reestablish order in the form of monarchal government, conservative forces, in league with the Germans, gave the throne to Frederick, a German prince, in October 1918. His coronation was seen as a confirmation of the close relations between Finland and Germany. After the war ended on November 11, however, the choice of Frederick as a ruler no longer seemed viable. The Kaiser had abdicated two days earlier, and Germany itself was no longer a monarchy. Moreover, it seemed unlikely that the triumphant Allied powers would look kindly upon a German prince on the throne in Finland. In light of these considerations, Frederick abdicated on December 14, leaving the way clear for the Finnish parliament to adopt a new republican constitution in July of the following year.


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Leading nutrition, health and wellness company, Nestlé Lanka PLC, delivered a revenue of LKR 8.6 billion with a YoY growth of 11.0% for the first quarter ending 31 March 2014. This double digit increase was largely benefitted by strong growth in the company's exports of Maggi Coconut Milk Powder. Nestlé also posted a profit after tax of LKR 1.1 billion.
"Our continued investments in 2013 and 2014 in marketing of our brands set the foundation for us to further leverage our assets, our scale and our capabilities and to work smarter" said Ganesan Ampalavanar, Managing Director of Nestlé Lanka PLC "This has enabled us to deliver a solid performance for the first quarter, thanks in large to the steadfast work and alignment of our people towards our goals and priorities for the year. We aim to continue being disciplined in driving and sustaining this good performance for the rest of 2014."
Q1 saw Nestlé Professional, the company's food service arm which caters to the 'out-of-home' market, launch its revolutionary Cold Vending Beverage Solution with Nescafé ice coffee and Nestea ice lemon tea for the first time in Sri Lanka. Nestlé's food brand Maggi was alsovoted 'Food Brand of the Year' and 'Youth Food Brand of the Year' for the second consecutive year at the SLIM Nielsen People's Awards in Q1.
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[UPDATE Saturday 1:25 p.m: 'Closed at least a week'…] Hwy 1 Closed Due to Slide
A "large landslide" swallowed Hwy 1 as of 7:15 p.m, according to the California Highway Patrol Incident site.
The road is closed in both directions near Leggett, according to Caltrans. This occurred about one mile west of Hwy 101 in the same place as the road was closed in January.
There is no estimated time of reopening.
UPDATE 10:05 p.m.: "Stop. Proceed when clear," reads the sign sticking out of the slide that ate Hwy 1. Photos provided by the folks at Caltrans who went out on a rainy night to take these!
UPDATE 10:40 p.m.: According to the California Highway Patrol Incident page, The highway is "fully closed in both directions–closed for days possibly weeks."
UPDATE Saturday: Photos of the slide from Caltrans taken this morning.
UPDATE 12:45 Saturday: According to Caltrans, "Route 1 near Leggett to remain closed at least a week due to an active slide.A geotechnical evaluation reveals the slide is too active at this time to safely begin cleanup. We will provide an update as soon as more information is available."
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In mid-April, a 12-year-old girl in Malaysia participating in the National Scholastic Chess Championships in Putrajaya was kicked out of the competition. Apparently officials thought her dress, which was almost knee-length and covered both shoulders, was "too seductive."
The unnamed girl's coach Kaushal Khandhar posted about the incident on Facebook, demanding an apology for the "disturbing incident."
The preteen was in the second round of the chess tournament when the tournament's chief arbiter told her and her mother that the dress she was wearing was "too seductive" and was a "temptation from a certain angle far, far away." Officials then asked the mother to buy the child another dress from the mall nearby so she could participate in the next round, but unfortunately, shops were closed at that time as it was after 9 p.m. As a result, the girl had to quit the game, forfeiting the registration fees along with coaching costs, travel expenses and all the hard work she had put in preparing for the event.
Khandhar, who has competed in Malaysian chess tournaments for nearly 20 years, says something like this has never happened before.
He called the girl the "chess champion" of her district in Kuala Lumpur, saying she had "tremendous potential."
The child subjected to sexism also felt "extremely disturbed and embarrassed," according to her coach.
"My daughter was shocked after her game was interrupted by the chief arbiter," said the girl's mother, Chin Wai Ling.
"From that point onwards, she said all she could think of was whether anyone was peeping (at her) throughout the game," she added.
Apparently, FIDE, the world chess federation, handbook states that competitors must be "dressed in a suitable manner" but does not specify a particular dress code.
People on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook have called out the chess tournament's officials over the absurdity of this incident. Most netizens said the fact that the girl was asked to change her dress is outrageous, and if someone found it "seductive" the problem is with them, not the attire.
@staronline If you find a child seductive, it is you who is the problem, not the dress— Simon Mosca (@MoscaSimon) April 28, 2017
Still wondering how a basic shirt dress can be percieved as seductive on the body of a 12yo— flackolovesme (@oumou_c99) April 30, 2017
So my guess is, she was winning so they sabotaged her. If this dress is seductive, then, maybe they should be... https://t.co/6ShASWyXRx— Lola Loquacious (@AskTheBigGirl) April 30, 2017
"Anyone who saw that dress on a child and felt 'seduced' is a damn pervert, and the shame is his, not hers," one woman commented on Khandhar's Facebook post.
"Knee length, short sleeves, no low neck. The arbiter is clearly a pedophile," another person commented.
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Hi Folks – Before some time I came to a situation where somebody dropped so many tables from our database and we had a hard time to find the details. This article will tell you that what were the tables that were dropped and who dropped them. To illustrate this I'm taking a below example :
/* Use an existing db OR create new one, I'm using existing one */
Use Test_1
/* Lets create a test table */
Create table Test_Table(empID int, name nvarchar(20))
/* Insert values in that table */
insert into Test_Table values (100,'Gaurav')
insert into Test_Table values (101,'Ashish')
insert into Test_Table values (102,'Vivek')
/* Check the data in that table */
select * from Test_Table
/* Note down the Object Id of that table */
SELECT OBJECT_ID(N'Test_Table'); — In My case object id was 581577110
/* Drop that test table */
DROP TABLE [Test_Table];
Everything that we do in db is captured in T-Log and By using below command we can find the transactions that drop tables in the log:
SELECT [Transaction Id], [Begin Time], SUSER_SNAME([Transaction SID]) AS [User]
FROM fn_dblog (NULL, NULL)
WHERE [Transaction Name] = N'DROPOBJ';
This command will show an output like below :
Above output tell us who dropped the tables as User (In this case it was gshri) but to know what tables got dropped, pass transaction id in the same function :
SELECT [Lock Information] FROM fn_dblog(NULL, NULL)
WHERE [Transaction Id] = '0000:00000343'
AND [Lock Information] LIKE '%SCH_M OBJECT%';
In my case Output was :
Here 6 shows a database id and 581577110 shows an object id, which is the same that I captured above.
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- n. American yankee or leader.
- n. Priest of high rank, or often said of an expert in a profession, such as dentistry.
- n. Sorcerer, magician or wizard.
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- n. A priest or medicine-man.
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Every sort of kahuna was at bottom and in some regard a priest, his special department being indicated by a qualifying word, as _kahuna anaana_, sorcerer, _kahuna kalai wa'a_, canoe-maker.
The Hawaiian word kahuna meaning "priest" sounds remarkably similar to the Hebrew word for priest, but unless you can devise a story about an ancient encounter between Semitic tribes and Polynesians, it is likely that the two languages just happened to hit upon the same combination of sound and meaning in this one instant.
Charley shot off the spelling of "kahuna" before making a mad dash off the stage.
Once that power base is recognized, the biggest "kahuna" of them all becomes visible.
Whether you are a Native American medicine person, a Hawaiian kahuna, or a Kalahari Bushman, a sacred song is the line that connects you to the divine and enables the medicine to come forth, whether by direct infusion or recommended prescription.
It was the first of an expected wave of technology IPOs including companies such as discount-deal website Groupon Inc., music site Pandora Media Inc., and online game developer Zynga Inc. The big kahuna of technology offerings, Facebook, is expected next year.
Zynga Inc., the San Francisco social-gaming company, has filed to go public, with the big kahuna—Facebook Inc.—expected to follow next year.
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"My guess is that Florida is going to be the big kahuna," said Brad Coker, a Florida-based pollster for Mason-Dixon who conducts surveys nationwide.
She could skin the ordinary kahuna lapaau (medicine man) when it came to praying to Lonopuha and Koleamoku; read dreams and visions and signs and omens and indigestions to beat the band; make the practitioners under the medicine god, Maiola, look like thirty cents; pull off a pule hoe incantation that would make them dizzy; and she claimed to a practice of kahuna hoenoho, which is modern spiritism, second to none.
I'm not talking about the Constitution of the State of Michigan; I'm talking about the big kahuna: The Constitution of the United States.
Kahuna is a Hawaiian word, defined in the Pukui & Elbert Dictionary as "Priest, sorcerer, magician, wizard, minister, expert in any profession."
Forty different types of kahuna are listed in the book, Tales from the Night Rainbow. Kamakau lists more than 20 in the healing professions alone, including for example Kahuna la'au lapa'au, an expert in herbal medicine and kahuna haha, an expert in diagnosing illnesses.


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Kevin from the University of Texas at San Antonio asked:
When highlighting experiences on my resume, should I summarize them in a paragraph or use bullet points? Which is recommended when going to a career fair?
Hi Kevin –
Great question, but one that does not have a single answer which can be applied to every resume in every instance.
In my opinion, the most important factor to consider when trying to resolve the "paragraphs vs. bullets" debate is your audience:
Present your information in a way that is reader-friendly
You want to make all resume content as reader-friendly as possible. The easier it is for them to get to know you, the better chance you have of being considered.
Bullets usually work when you have a lot of ideas/accomplishments/unique statements to present, paragraphs work when you have fewer messages to present. Present your information in a way that will allow readers to get to know you quickly. The more time they have to invest in a specific section of your resume in order to understand it, the greater the chance they are going to give up and skip to the next section; whether that means jumping from one bullet to the next, from one paragraph to the next, from one complete resume section to the next, or from your resume to the next person's resume!
Remember, you are not writing this resume for yourself. you are writing it for the reader. Make it easy for the reader to get to know you and what you offer.
Let me give you a few examples:
Paragraphs are used below, because the amount of information being presented is relatively small and focused.
Paragraphs are used in this example, as well. Note that each paragraph begins with an action verb and each highlights an accomplishment.
Bullets are used below. The statements are brief, but each one is unique. The bullets help create a list of qualifications.
Bullets are definitely the right call for the example below. Each bullet contains a key accomplishment/qualification that would be obscured if all of the information were provided in one large paragraph.
Remember, resumes are marketing documents, not informational documents, and you need to be prepared to discuss everything that is on your resume with potential employers. If you are not ready to have that conversation, it won't matter whether you used bullets or paragraphs on your resume!
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Ibrahim Chatta, without doubts, is a bundle of talents. He means many things to his far-flung fans: actor, voice-over artiste, writer, song writer, song performer, script consultant and director. In the past 25 years, he has remained faithful to his first love, acting. And for this, he has been honoured with several awards, at home and abroad, for his worthy contributions to the nation's entertainment industry. Interestingly, after a failed relationship that produced a kid, Chatta recently took another bold step on the boulevard of marriage. In this revealing interview with GBENGA ADERANTI, the versatile actor talks about his recent introduction/ engagement to beautiful Salamat Shaaba, daughter of an ex-governor of Kwara State, Sen. Muhammed Shaaba, his nasty encounter with pirates and other interesting issues.
YOU seldom appear in movies these days, what could be the reason for this?
On the contrary, I have always been very active. I guess you are talking about the period I took a break for about two years when I had a problem with the leadership of our association, the Association of Nigerian Theatre Art Practitioners, ANTP. That was when we founded another association called the Indigenous Movie Makers Association of Nigeria, IMMAN, otherwise known as One House. Then, I personally withdrew from shooting films. But as I said, I have since returned to the industry.
Are you sure you were not banned then?
No, I wasn't. I did that on purpose. There are a lot of things I do that you don't know about. I am a very rebellious person and when I see wrong things being done, I can be very outspoken. Besides, as an actor, there are a lot of things that I can actually do without being on screen or before the camera. You see, I am a writer, song writer, song performer, script consultant and director.
Do you regret your disagreement with the leadership of the association?
You are trying to put words into my mouth. The truth is that I take my time before taking any decision. In my entire life, the only thing I regret today is not having higher education. Concerning your question, I don't think I have any regrets, though we shouldn't have done it the way we did then. I think it was due to youthful exuberance; we should have applied a logical way of doing it. I have no regrets because it changed a lot of things in the association. People in the industry will attest to this.
Is IMAN still in existence?
Yes, it is but I am not part of it any more. Frankly, we never really wanted to have another association. All we wanted was just for the leaders to listen to us. But when we were chased out of the association, we had to form IMMAN.
So, where do you belong to now, IMAN or ANTP?
I know that some people who read this interview will say that I don't usually attend the ANTP meetings. However, the truth is that I am a full member of the ANTP. I have been part of the Association from the onset of my career. You see, I was made the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the IMMAN, but I told them I was not interested in any position or title. Honestly, a lot of my people in the IMMAN then were crazy about titles or positions, and I think that was what later led to the crisis in the group.
How true is the report that you were beaten up during a protest against piracy?
I was attacked by pirates. I remember I came to Ikeja that night to do a promotional jingle and there was supposed to be a party the following weekend, so I decided to go and collect my dress near a mosque at Iyana Ipaja. As I approached that place, I saw some of our films being displayed. I was just looking at them on the ground where they were displayed. Immediately they sighted me, they began to attack me. There was no confrontation between us, but someone from behind me just slapped me and I held on to him. I was later told that it was because they had been raided some days before that incident.
You said earlier that you regret not having higher education. Could you tell me what really happened?
Well, it was due to peer group pressure. When I was young, I wanted to explore and I didn't really know how important education was then. From my childhood, I have always wanted to be an actor, though I didn't really know that there is so much to stage production than just being an actor. As a result, I stopped schooling in form three.
What effort have you made to go back to school?
I have been planning to do that for four years now. However, the major challenge is that I am responsible for the education of some people in my family. But really, I am thinking of going back after my forthcoming main Nikkai, Insha Allah.
What do you miss about not having higher education?
I miss a lot. Sometimes, when I am in the midst of some of my friends who are graduates, I tend to think about it. The Yorubas would say, Bi mi o ka we, mo ka ogbon ori mi; so, I am still intelligent and educated in my own way. I have never been to the four walls of the university, but I have taught myself a lot of things. For example, I have taught myself not to suffer inferiority complex. A lot of my friends are well read, but I don't feel inferior to them in any way. So, whenever they raise any topical issue, I try to make my own contribution. Sometimes, I look at it and I feel like if I had gone to school, the story would have been different today.
How did your parents react when you dropped out of school?
I was very stubborn and I hated going to school then. I had a lot of bad friends who also had a bad influence on me. But you will be surprised to know that are all educated today.
And your parents didn't force you to go back to school?
They really tried, but it wasn't long then that I lost my father.
What year was that?
It was in 1993.
In what circumstance did he die?
He just had a headache and died three days after. I was in Saare practising as a professional actor then. In fact, until his death, he thought I was in school, but I was involved in stage productions. So, when I learnt about his death, I went home. My mum then was in Bachita, where I grew up.
Are you from a polygamous home?
Yes, I am. We are 14 in all: my mum had three children, another woman had nine and the third wife had two.
Did you suffer any unpleasant experience while growing up in that family setting?
Yes, I did, but I won't want to go into the details now. I suffered so much while growing up, but the truth is, every of your experience helps you in one way or another. I hawked ice cream, doughnuts and even worked as a bus conductor so, I don't have any regrets. That was my father's life, I have my own life to live.
How did you meet your wife?
I have known her since her childhood days when she was in a school in Bachita, Kwara State. Her father, Alhaji Muhammed Shaaba, was first a General Manager and then Managing Director of the Sugar Company in Bachita. There was a school for the children of the rich, and I used to go there to play. After school, they would ride home in the school bus, a long air-conditioned bus. I would abuse them because while they were riding in a bus, we would be trekking because of our poor status. It was then I noticed her: she looked like her father, a very handsome man. I also knew her cousin then. And much later, her father went into politics and my father happened to work for him.
What kind of work?
I can't really say. All I know is that my father liked politics, but I don't know what he was doing for her father. I always saw him with her father in Ilorin.
What really attracted you to her?
She is honest; she doesn't pretend and she is very straight-forward. We argue sometimes, but we resolve it by communicating. Okay, I should tell you this: I had a son out of wedlock and I was supposed to get married to the lady, but her mother didn't support the relationship. I don't want to bring her into this discussion. So, at that particular time, I was asking God to give me a woman that would love me for who I am and for Allah's sake.
Don't you think people would say you married her because of her father's status?
As an actor, there are people who will read this today and will testify to it that I have a lot of women, young, beautiful and even divorcees, who have money and are ready to offer me money. But my brother, I can't marry a woman for money. I didn't marry her because of her family background. You see, one thing I also love about her is that we speak the same Nupe language. My mother is Yoruba from Modakeke, while my father is Nupe.
Given that most actors are known not to have stable homes, how have you been able to allay her fears that yours will be different?
People judge us because of what we do. I don't even think I need to convince her in any way. We are in love; I love her and she loves me too. That one is wayward is all a matter of individual personality; it is not limited to actors. I was telling her recently that her parents would have done their homework about me. As Ibrahim Chatta, do you think I will have a beautiful daughter like her and I won't screen whoever wants to get married to her?
Was she in any relationship when you met her?
She is the only that can tell you that. According her, as at the time I came into the picture, someone else had come about a month before me.
So, what edge did you have over the fellow?
I don't know o. Allah just gave her to me, since I had prayed for true love.


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Apple implements an interesting layered user experience in both iOS and OS X. They've always done this to some degree; early on with Mac OS X, UNIX gurus could live comfortably in Terminal while those raised on the GUI of classic Mac and Windows would feel right at home in Aqua.
With iOS 4, Apple's mobile platform added similar layers of user experience. While an expert user could double click home to open up the Fast App Switcher, or hide multiple apps into a single Folder, casual users could keep using the iPhone or iPad perfectly well without ever exposing either of those UI elements. iOS 5 adds Notification Center to the mix. Experts can click and pull and expose greater pro-level features while someone coming from a feature phone can use iPhone as little more than a phone that plays music and takes pictures. And both can be perfectly happy.
OS X Lion even adds an iOS-like upper layer with LaunchPad, so now the UNIX geek in Terminal and the GUI user in Aqua can finally give their parents, kids, and non-computer savvy family and friends an iPad-like app launcher to use, compete with auto-save, restore, and a host of other, far more humane features.
Making computers more and more mainstream is something Apple's done from Apple II, through Mac, to iPad, and it's something they're continuing to invest in for Lion, and iOS 5. And their market share seems to indicate it's paying off.


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It was the mid-1950s, and Wolverhampton Wanderers were enjoying the best spell of results in their long history. A founder member of the twelve-team Football League in 1888, Wolves had gone up and down the divisions, with only a couple of F.A. Cup trophies to show for themselves until the arrival of manager Stan Cullis, a man who not only turned Wolves into self-proclaimed Champions of the World, but also transformed the science of football management and inadvertently prompted the foundation of the European Cup.
Cullis, a former England international and physical training instructor in the Army, became manager of Wolves at the tender age of 31 in 1948. Within a year, Wolves had won the F.A. Cup again, and five years later won the league. Cullis was a key figure in the managerial revolution within English football that reflected the modernisation of industrial relations more generally in England. He brought hard-edged leadership but also a scientific approach, moulding homegrown talent into winning football based on a direct percentages style of play that stemmed from the statistical research of Charles Reep, who advocated long ball tactics.
Cullis' approach was hardly a step forward for the art of the game. Whilst the likes of Liverpool and Tottenham were perfecting the art of pass-and-move, Cullis' mantra was far more primitive: "Fast, direct attack" was his preferred phrase, the ball pumped forward on attack and defenders pressing hard on defense. Critics called it kick-and-rush.
Cullis paid no mind, and hired an athletics coach as he continued to focus on developing his team's formidable pace and power. Cullis' approach and Reep's statistical work would later influence Charles Hughes, the FA's Coaching Director who presided over the disastrously backward period of English football coaching two decades ago.
Yet there was also quality in his side. The team's stars were the likes of wingers Johnny Hancocks and Jimmy Mullen who chased down the direct, searing passes, and the captain, stalwart defender Billy Wright, capped 105 times for England.
What no-one doubted was Cullis' passion. When he died in 2001, the first line of his obituary in The Independent read, "If you kicked Stan Cullis in the heart, you'd only break your leg."
Cullis' and Wolves reputation for transforming European soccer stems from one night in December, 1954. Wolves had been playing a series of high-profile friendlies against top European teams under the newly installed floodlights, bringing some glamour to the Black Country. That night, they took on Honved from Hungary, who featured several players that had starred in the two shocking pummelings Hungary had given England over the previous eighteen months.
Wolves won a classic tie coming back from a two goal deficit to win 3-2. The second half was screened live on BBC television.
Afterwards, Cullis motioned to his team in front of the assembled press, and pronounced: "There they are, the champions of the world." Many felt Wolves had restored English pride, though Honved were exhausted at the end of a long tour. English newspaper headlines the next day screamed "Hail Wolves – Champions of the World" and "Wolves the Great".
This comment did not go unreported or unnoticed in European football circles. Indeed, it is credited as the catalyst for the establishment of the European Cup (today's Champions League): in France, L'Equipe editor Gabriele Hinot said that Wolves should visit Moscow and Budapest "before proclaiming their invincibility". L'Equpe quickly drew up a blueprint for a true European competition, which was adopted by UEFA the following year, leading to the European Cup's establishment.
Wolves would never again reach such heights, their kick-and-rush tactics leading to poor results in the European Cup after their further domestic league titles in 1958 and 1959. After a run of bad form in 1964, Cullis was shockingly sacked in 1964, a decision still debated today around Molineux. It was the start of a downward spiral (besides a brief revival in the 70s) that saw Wolves drop to the bottom decision by the 1980s, and almost liquidated. Still, not many provincial clubs can claim to have once ruled the world.


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ISSN 0021-8294 (Print); ISSN 1468-5906 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
on behalf of
the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion
From the Editor: Globalizing the Social Scientific Study of Religion
pp. v-vi(2)
Parochialism in the Social Scientific Study of Religion: A Response to Cornwall
pp. 227-228(2)
Poulson, Stephen C.
Cognitive Science of Religion: Looking Back, Looking Forward
pp. 229-239(11)
Barrett, Justin L.
Religion in Global Perspective: SSSR Presidential Panel
pp. 240-251(12)
Meyer, Katherine; Barker, Eileen; Ebaugh, HelenRose; Juergensmeyer, Mark
Religious Differences in Female Genital Cutting: A Case Study from Burkina Faso
pp. 252-271(20)
Hayford, SarahR.; Trinitapoli, Jenny
The Religiosity of Immigrants in Europe: A Cross-National Study
pp. 272-288(17)
van Tubergen, Frank; Sindradóttir, Jórunn Í.
Religion and Suicide Acceptability: A Cross-National Analysis
pp. 289-306(18)
Stack, Steven; Kposowa, Augustine J.
Religion and Educational Ideals in Contemporary Taiwan
pp. 307-327(21)
Zhai, JiexiaElisa; Woodberry, Robert D.
Mystical Experience Among Tibetan Buddhists: The Common Core Thesis Revisited
pp. 328-338(11)
Chen, Zhuo; Hood, Jr, Ralph W.; Yang, Lijun; Watson, P. J.
Measuring Religiosity in a Majority Muslim Context: Gender, Religious Salience, and Religious Experience Among Kuwaiti College Students—A Research Note
pp. 339-350(12)
González, AlessandraL.
Challenging Merton's Protestantism-Science Hypothesis: The Historical Impact of Sacerdotal Celibacy on German Science and Scholarship
pp. 351-365(15)
Becker, George
Religious Resources or Differential Returns? Early Religious Socialization and Declining Attendance in Emerging Adulthood
pp. 366-387(22)
Vaidyanathan, Brandon
Religious Change and Stability: Seasonality in Church Attendance from the 1940s to the 2000s
pp. 388-396(9)
Olson, PaulJ.; Beckworth, David
Church-Based Social Relationships, Belonging, and Health Among Older Mexican Americans
pp. 397-409(13)
Krause, Neal; Bastida, Elena
A Note on the Frequency and Sources of Close Interreligious Ties
pp. 410-421(12)
Scheitle, Christopher P.; Smith, Buster G.
FAITH, POLITICS, AND POWER: THE POLITICS OF FAITH-BASED INITIATIVES by Rebecca Sager
pp. 422-424(3)
RANKING FAITHS: RELIGIOUS STRATIFICATION IN AMERICA by James D. Davidson and Ralph E. Pyle
pp. 424-425(2)
AMERICAN GRACE: HOW RELIGION DIVIDES AND UNITES US by Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell
pp. 425-426(2)
A HISTORY OF ISLAM IN AMERICA: FROM THE NEW WORLD TO THE NEW WORLD ORDER by Kambiz GhaneaBassiri
pp. 427-428(2)
EMPIRE OF SACRIFICE: THE RELIGIOUS ORIGINS OF AMERICAN VIOLENCE by Jon Pahl
pp. 428-430(3)
WHAT IS A PERSON? RETHINKING HUMANITY, SOCIAL LIFE, AND THE MORAL GOOD FROM THE PERSON UP by Christian Smith
pp. 430-431(2)
PARANORMAL AMERICA: GHOST ENCOUNTERS, UFO SIGHTINGS, BIGFOOT HUNTS, AND OTHER CURIOSITIES IN RELIGION AND CULTURE by Christopher D. Bader, F. Carson Mencken, and Joseph O. Baker
pp. 431-433(3)
GOD'S BATTALIONS: THE CASE FOR THE CRUSADES by Rodney Stark
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On Christmas Eve's eve we sat together on the couch and watched some of our favorite holiday classics. There was The Grinch, and Rudolph, and Charlie Brown to keep us company. We've done this since the boys were small, usually earlier in the season to build the excitement. But every year the showing comes later and later, seeming to stretch out with each inch added to their height. As boys grow, so do their personal calendars and family time becomes a rare gift to be savored.
But I kept falling asleep in my place on the edge of the couch. There is a lot of flu going around here and I worried perhaps I was coming down with something. So I went to bed early without kissing anyone and Bonnie joined me and we snuggled in deep for a long winter's nap.
So, on Christmas Eve's morn, what do I do? I rise early, with nothing more than a slight morning sniffle, to get more work done, creep out of bed in the dark and sit with some last minute editing to meet a deadline. And I don't mind it, really, I don't. This lover of words could drown in a sea of them and be happy. But when I've done all I can do, I pick up that book on Sabbath I've been reading on the lonely mornings, the one that has become my favorite. And Wayne Muller says this, "Sabbath requires surrender. If we only stop when we are finished with all our work, we will never stop—because our work is never completely done. … If we refuse to rest until we are finished, we will never rest until we die. Sabbath dissolves the artificial urgency of our days, because it liberates us from our need to be finished."
I sat there fingering that page, aware of all the work that is undone, and felt a loneliness so deep. Such a longing welled up inside of me for something unknown. I wanted rest, I wanted beauty, I wanted hands on my body and poetry in my ears. I wanted paradise and wholeness and the love that never fails.
So I did what I always do when eternity woos me this way, I went outside. The earth was just waking up to birdsong, her thirst quenched by the showers that passed through last night; everything gray and damp and dripping with baubles of light. It smelled like spring, like new life and I marveled at the ways of creation once again. The newspaper tells me we might break the record today for warm temperatures on Christmas Eve. The record temperature for this day is 73 degrees, set in 1964—before I was even born. I stand outside with only a light jacket, breathing in new life and it hits me.
This is the season of new life. Isn't this Christmas? Hope took on flesh and suckled at the breast of a woman. Hope came in the most impossible of all ways, in the helpless form of a babe. And isn't it God's way to come in the most unusual of ways, the most unexpected? Isn't this what I believe when I light the Christmas tree, when I sing the carol, when I open the gift?
God came down. It's impossible to grasp and I will never convince my unbelieving friends of this story that is next to lunacy. Because love rarely makes sense, love rarely comes in the ways we expect it to, Love cannot be explained in words.
And so this lover of words sets them aside for a time this morning. She gives herself fully to the surrender. And for a brief moment, one tiny millisecond, eternity floods her heart and that loneliness is filled.
And it is enough. It is enough for now.


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A couple things happened: we got rid of cable and our DVR along with it, and I was in the throws of putting the final touches on my latest book that was published about two weeks ago.
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So that got me thinking about the reasons I like to watch my shows, and how they're intrinsic to what I do as a fiction author. Maybe some will resonate with you.
- Obviously, the characters. If there's one thing I love, it's a well-developed character. Whether that's Richard Castle from "Castle," Deeks & Kensi from "NCIS: LA," or The Doctor from "Doctor Who," they're what keeps me coming back week after week and season after season. When you get right down to it, the humanity of the characters and how they're growing and changing is what I want to see more of. As a sci-fi and mystery viewer/writer, it's not so much the plot that keeps me tuning in, it's how the story is going to affect the characters. So much to learn from as a writer--especially if, like me, you're a series writer.
- The plot. I may have pooh-poohed it in my last point, but what better way to learn story technique than to see it expertly done in thirty or sixty minutes? Or, in some instances, not so expertly done, and you can pick it apart after? I've gotten spoiled a bit with Castle especially: I'm used to picking it apart the next day when I go read Lee Lofland's blog where they examine the use or misuse of police procedure. That's always fun to read--and it's educational to boot. But even Doctor Who can be pulled apart, or, if you're like me, you just go scream "Moffat!" a lot after a particularly infuriating episode. (True Whovians will understand.)
- The story arc. I'm not talking about the arc in one episode here. I'm talking about the development arc in a season, or, in a handful of cases, an entire series. Maybe Netflix has started to spoil us, but the ability to marathon a season of TV over a day or a week really enhances your ability to keep track of a meta-plot much better than watching it over the course of eight or nine months. The David Tennant and Matt Smith eras for Doctor Who really embody this way of story-telling, but on an even broader level, both Longmire and Bones have used the "we're in it for the long-haul" approach, keeping some elements of the story alive over several seasons. In Bones, we watched the two main characters go from colleagues who virtually despised each other to the opposite: two characters who fell in love, had a baby, and got married (not necessarily in that order.) They've also used meta-plot over several seasons by having criminals go unpunished/free. And who can forget the outcry when Longmire was unceremoniously dumped by the cable channel who shall remain nameless last summer? I wholeheartedly believe that had all the loose ends been tied up neatly in that series, the outcry wouldn't have been so strong. But we had a meta-plot that hadn't been tied up, and gunshots at the end--and we didn't know who had been shot! Of course there was an outcry!
By being able to watch an entire season of a show in order and in close succession, it gives us writers--especially those of us who write series fiction--a chance to see how to develop meta-plot, especially if you go back and watch a second or third time to watch specifically for it.
How about you? Do you find you watch TV with an eye for strengthening your knowledge of story or structure?


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With its many shipbuilding yards, Govan was perhaps best known the world over for its shipbuilding industry, although today you could be excused for overlooking this as only one survives. As T.C.F. Brotchie stated in his book The History of Govan "Shipbuilding made Govan and Govan made shipbuilding". In the early 1830's Govan was a relatively small fishing and weaving village, however in the 70 years that followed the banks of the Clyde at Govan would become unrecognisable as yards and docks developed all the way along from Linthouse to Tradeston.
McArthur & Alexander opened the first shipbuilding yard in Govan in 1839, this heralded great change in Govan as new yards such as; Govan East Yard, Middleton Yard, Linthouse Yard, Clyde Yard and Fairfield Yard developed all the way along the banks of the River Clyde in Govan. These yards were to be graced by pioneers in engineering and shipbuilding such as Napier, Elder, Pearce, Kirk and Thomson. These yards built and launched many ships in Govan. Click the link to the left to read about the histories of the Govan Yards.
(Photo: The official illustrated guide to the Great Northern Railway: ..... by George S. Measom (1861) )
Robert Napier, John Elder, William Pearce and Alexander Kirk are just some of the greatest ship builders of their time. Click the link to the left to read about their achievments in engineering and shipbuilding, however the great ships these engineers built would not have been possible without the skilled workforce who toiled and in some cases died in the yards, click on the link to the left to read about some of these workers of the Govan Yards.
(Photo: Robert Napier 1791-1876)Read about David Elder The Father Of Marine Engineering On The Clyde
Many ships were built at the Govan Yards from small tugs and fishing trawlers to great transatlantic passenger liners and great warships such as the latest type 45 destroyer HMS Duncan launched at Fairfield in October 2010 which unfortunately may possibly be the last ship launched from a Govan Yard and the Clyde. Click on the link to the left to discover some of these great vessels' histories including the many Blue Riband winners and the ships who ran the blockades during the American Civil War, there you can also access a list of almost 3000 ships built at Govan.
The ship above is the RMS Etruria a Blue Riband winner built by John Elder & Co. at the Fairfield Yard.


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Football friendly cancelled after opposing chairmen have 'spending' bust-up on Twitter
Billericay Town chief Glenn Tamplin objects to Concord Rangers' Ant Smith's 'negative comments' over his club's budget
A row over comments made on Twitter by Concord Rangers chairman Ant Smith has led to a friendly with Billericay Town being called off.
Town owner and manager Glenn Tamplin has objected to what he sees as "negative comments" from his counterpart over the club's spending.
Smith claimed Concord won promotion from the Ryman Premier on a budget of £2,500 per week – while Tamplin is apparently on record as saying he is paying £25,000 per week on players next season.
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The matter has come to a head and Tamplin has decided his team won't travel to the Aspect Arena this summer after all.
Billericay Town, who did sign former Spurs star Jamie O'Hara and ex-Charlton full back Paul Konchesky, released a statement which said:
"The club is aware of some negative comments on social media, made by Concord chairman Antony Smith.
"The club is aware of some negative comments on social media, made by Concord chairman Antony Smith.
"Our players and supporters had very much been looking forward to the friendly away fixture on Saturday July 28 but, in light of those personal and negatives comments, directed at Glenn Tamplin, as a club we do not feel it appropriate to expose our travelling supporters to such open negativity.
"The safety and enjoyment of our travelling fans is of paramount importance to us as a club and we have therefore had no choice but to cancel the fixture.
"The club are pleased and proud to welcome Leyton Orient on July 28 instead."


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There have been so many requests for crab recipes and advice about dealing with it live, that I have made a separate section.
There is a huge debate on the best way to deal with live.
I couldn't possibly tear a live one apart as some people do - there's loads of videos on youtube showing this and I don't really like the thoughts of it.
I often buy them pre-cooked and dress them myself, but I will sometimes buy them live and cook them.
There are instructions for dressing and cooking live crab here.
I don't want any hate mail from the crustacean liberation front please!
Crab and Avocado
This fish appetizer is delicious. Instructions here for a variety of methods of serving this classic combination.
Crab Balls
Crispy fried crabmeat in a breadcrumb coating. Lovely served with fresh salad.
Crab Cakes
Lovely fresh crab cakes with dipping sauce recipes.
Crab Dipping Sauce
A lovely herby mayonnaise to use with any fish.
Plaice Stuffed with Crab Mousse
A poached plaice with a delightfully tasty stuffing.
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Would YOU like to be a blogger?
If you're answer is "yes" then you have come to the right place. Here are a few simple points you need to consider before starting your new blog.
1. What writing topic appeals to you?What is it that gets your motor thinking? This step is what your entire blogging activity will focus around and the best part is, it doesn't necessarily have to be a big shot topic. You need to find out what is it that appeals to you. It can be anything from home making to teaching, from politics to home gardening, from fashion to health oriented topics, or simply a place where you jot down your creative ideas; short stories, poems, etc or plain updates. If you run your own business, a blog can be the perfect fit to communicate any news/updates about your product with your customers. My personal suggestion: whatever topic you choose, make it authentic by adding your own personal touch. That way people can relate to you more. Make it yours!
Some popular blogging topics are:
- Food
- Health tips
- Weddings
- Fashion
- Parenting
- Technology
- Personal or small business
- Gardening
- Creative writing, i.e. poems and prose
- News and politics
- Current affairs
- Entertainment blog, e.g., music, movies, celeb blogs etc.
- Art blogs, e.g., photography, painting, etc.
And many more.
2. To host or not to hostThis is one of decisions you need to make before starting your new blog. You can either opt for a free blogging service or sign up for self hosting.
Free blogging platforms:While this is easy to learn and ideal for beginners, free blogging platforms offer less flexibility and certain limitations. A free blogging platform like Blogger uses its own domain yourblogname.blogspot.com while you use their platform for your blogging purposes for free. However, you can choose to buy your own custom domain and redirect your blogspot.com URL to this new custom domain with no charge to Blogger. We will discuss in detail using a custom domain for your Blogger blog in later posts.
Hosting Options:There are several very good hosting options available on the Internet like Wordpress that offer good self hosting options for a small annual fee. Though these hosting options take some time for beginners to get acquainted to, they are very flexible and will give the owner more benefits in the long run. Since this blog is all about how a free blogging service, Blogger, works, we will not focus on self hosting options till in later chapters.
3. Choosing a PlatformThere are many blogging platforms available, both free services and hosting facilities that charge a small fee. Based on your needs, you can choose which platform suits you best. In a snapshot, here are some of the most popular blogging platforms you can choose from:
- Blogger :- Free blogging platform with all basic facilities, focusing on free options for controlling blog layout and design. There are many other reasons why you should choose Blogger as your blogging platform which we will discuss later on.
- Wordpress :- Free (with partial paid services) blogging service that offers limited layout and design features when used for free and more features and control when used as paid hosting.
- Tumblr :- For image based blogs
- Typepad :- Similar to Blogger, but with less flexibility. Ideal for beginner level bloggers who are more concerned with their content for now.
We will explore more on how to choose the blogging platform of your choice, based on your needs.
4. Blog title and optional taglineThis can be anything of your choice but one thing to keep in mind is that it shouldn't be too arbitrary or dull as to lure off a potential reader. A blog title should be short and preferably unique as well as loyal to the whole concept of your blog. For example, a gardening blog can have the name "The Love Of Gardening". Similarly, if a gardening blog were to have the name of "Home Making", which is a wider term, the reader will not instantly know what area of home making this blog is about. On the other hand, if you own a personal blog, you can use your own name as the blog title. For example, my personal blog has the name "Mehreen Farhan". I use my blog space to write creative pieces or just random things I come across. If it were a gardening or a news update blog, then naming it "Mehreen Farhan" would not only be misleading, but also off the whole topic, unless I was already some known personality.
In short, keep in mind the following:
- Blog title should be short and unique
- It should highlight the concept of your blog
- You can use blog tag line to further illustrate the purpose of your blog.
A good practice is to decide on a blog title and stick with it. Most readers will naturally associate your blogs through your blog title and may Google it up frequently to stay connected. So it's best to stick with a title and make it easier for people to find you on the Web.
5. Blog URLJust like a blog title, a reader might associate your blog with its URL so its important to come up with an easy to remember blog URL and stick with it. While there are options where you can redirect your blog URL to another URL, if your source URL changes, you can lose a lot of readers unless they are informed off the record e.g. by email or any other notification process. So in order to minimize any risk of readership loss, think through a good blog URL and keep it. Your blog URL appears as: <your blog URL>.blogspot.com in case of Blogger URLs. For example, my gardening blog "The Love Of Gardening" can have that the URL theloveofgardening.blogspot.com. This will help my readers find my blog more easily if they happen to remember either the title or URL.
Here's a small checklist to keep in mind while deciding on a blog URL:
- It is a good practice to match your blog title with your blog URL.
- It is best to use symbols such as underscores "_" and dash "-" as less as possible.
- Use readable words like "theloveofgardening.blogspot.com" in your URL instead of word combinations like "sfghu.blogspot.com" which make it almost impossible for a reader to keep in mind easily.
Once you are done with these five simple steps, you are half way done to starting your new blog. This was a general thought process to set up your blog. We will move onto see how to set up a new blog on Blogger in the next post.
Stay tuned!