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If I say if
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From triage
A tree is born
Playing pontoon, the bridge opens up,
Swallowing the canons, the soldiers
Culled, sacked, down to the bottom
Of the red river
Oh yes, the French are truly dangerous.
If I Say If
The Poems and Short Stories of Boris Vian
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Boris Vian is a rare phenomenon. Nothing short of a national treasure in France, he is hardly known overseas. In his lifetime, he divided literary opinion with masterpieces that failed to sell and best sellers that caused outrage, trials and even deaths, including his own. As an impresario, he became the figurehead of the jazz scene that marked the French left bank at the end of the Second World War and was responsible for bringing Duke Ellington and Miles Davis to France. As a musician, he played his trumpet against the advice of cardiologists, sang pacifist songs before audiences of outraged patriots and, in passing, created French rock 'n' roll. Posthumously, he became known for his theatre, film scripts and poetry as well as for his novels. And in May '68 he became a revolutionary icon.
In two posthumously published collections of short stories, translated for the first time in English in this volume, the France of Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir is seen through Vian's idiosyncratic and often rather madcap lens. And alongside them there is another voice entirely, a side of Vian that blends his dry irony with deep, at times startling, emotion. His poems, again published in English here for the first time, give a counter-point to the public figure loved throughout France but never quite admitted into the Pantheon of her great artists. For those who may have read L'Écume des jours or J'irai cracher sur vos tombes, or heard someone singing "Le Déserteur" on the Paris Métro, or for those who are discovering him for the first time, here are both sides of the incomparable and never quite self-coinciding Boris Vian.
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From my grandfather Verus: decency and a mild temper.
From what they say and I remember of my natural father: integrity and manliness.
From my mother: piety, generosity, the avoidance of wrongdoing and even the thought of it; also simplicity of living, well clear of the habits of the rich.
These are the opening lines of the second century work that came to be called Meditations, penned in Greek by the Roman philosopher-king, Marcus Aurelius. These words fill me with longing for my family back in India and Brunei. It's not just due to the distance that bars the joy of being together. I don't constantly embody these listed virtues – often far from it. But my very recognition of and aspiration towards them is rooted in my fortune of an attentive upbringing by decent and principled adults, a fact I only fully grasped myself, like countless others, with the ripening of years. The esteemed Classics scholar, Diskin Clay, summed up the core of Meditations in this way:
The virtue of honesty, truthfulness, and a courageous recognition of reality (aletheia) combine into one of the most important of the virtues of the Meditations, integrity. These virtues connect with Marcus' deep sense of responsibility to and tolerance for his fellow human beings.
As has been chronicled elsewhere in the Winter 2016 edition of C2C Journal, it seems as if it is the antithesis of these 'Marcus virtues' that are falsely held up as vehicles of tolerance and responsibility to others. The tetrad of honesty, truthfulness, a courageous recognition of reality, and integrity, appear to be forgotten. The fruits of this forgetfulness don't look promising. We can reasonably guess that what is happening in our post-secondary institutions are both symptoms of and predictions for our society at large.
The personal irony is that it was the opportunity to study at a Canadian university that motivated my 17-year-old self to leave all that I knew behind and move nearly 15,000 kilometres away. I was no pilgrim of privilege; the move demanded everything from me and my family, materially and emotionally. I still recall with a chuckle the naïve frisson I experienced on discovering, in those early days, that the Latinate etymology of alma mater meant "nourishing mother." A notion that would probably strike the majority of students today as laughable. I had very idealistic notions of universities in the West, being impressed by thumbing through glossy brochures at my Bruneian high school.
After a dozen years in Canada, as I ponder my own journey as an immigrant, I realize that many of the 'Marcus virtues' that helped me to survive and thrive require practice and cultivation. Which is both good (that they are not innate and can be developed) and bad (they require the hard work of being valued, the harder work of being taught, and the hardest work of being lived out). They are already difficult enough per se, but they become impossible when they aren't even affirmed as virtues, which seems to be the case on campuses today.
Let's take a closer look at what makes these traits tick.
'No thief can steal your will' — Epictetus, quoted in Meditations
One of the key characteristics that Marcus Aurelius emphasizes is "self-mastery." There is a sturdy confidence in Stoic thinking on the ability of a person to will themselves to desirable traits. Paul Tough, writing in his book How Children Succeed, expanded on the notion of self-control and willpower in helping build the type of character that led to academic success. Tough cites Angela Duckworth, an expert on motivation, who observed that: "To help chronically low-performing but intelligent students, educators and parents must first recognize that character is at least as important as intellect."
A crucial building block of character is something Duckworth defined as "a passionate commitment to a single mission and an unswerving dedication to achieve that mission." She labelled this as "grit." Fundamental to grit is a non-voguish virtue: loyalty. In the early twentieth century, American socialists exhorted their faithful to "wash the flag, not burn it." Implicit in this sentiment is a very important distinction. Loyalty (or patriotism or a fondness for Western Civilization), does not mean docility, a dumb allegiance that fails to question. But its position of critique is tied to a dedication to the object of criticism; it does not seek its wholesale destruction. You criticize because you care. You don't lose hope that reform, renewal and yes, even redemption is possible. But this type of "critical thinking" seems to have been abandoned on many campuses, and in its place a radical rejection seems to have momentum. One of Duckworth's aphorisms is: "Enthusiasm is common. Endurance is rare." Enthusiasm only has the lower demand of energy, but endurance asks the harder assent of loyalty.
'The art of living is more like wrestling than dancing' – from Meditations
For Aurelius, the stoic life was not achieved without struggle, and persistence, or without loyalty to a group and ideas. Even more importantly, the maintenance of loyalty requires the aid of others.
J.D. Vance, whose Hillbilly Elegy should be on the year-end reading list for anyone who wants to understand what happened in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, explained in an interview with the Hoover Institution what he owed to his displaced and dispossessed Appalachian community and their values in shaping his conservative ideals:
…liberals tend to have a certain discomfort with talking about actors other than the state and other than the individual. If you read this book [Hillbilly Elegy] the theme that runs throughout it is that family is an important actor, that community is an important actor, that neighbourhoods, that churches are important actors. That's a long way of saying that culture matters in a way that is distinct from the way an individual acts, and the way the state acts.
One of the great tensions in life is between self-preservation and solidarity. And the non-individual, non-state spaces that Vance refers to – frequently mediating the major part of our lives – help us grapple with that conundrum. This is a tension that needs to be taut, for lived life can't cope with a chaotic unravelling. This is why Charles Taylor, the Canadian Catholic philosopher, in speaking about meaningful political engagement, advocates "localism and subsidiarity," with the view that problems should be ironed-out by those closest to it. It might mean a "political life centered on local schools, town governments, voluntary associations, and churches." When I look back to my own time as an undergraduate, it was my involvement in the many campus clubs and other aspects of student life such as athletics and residence that helped form my closest friendships, salved my loneliness, and helped me thrive. I could say the same for my adult life today. Maybe this is where the hope for students today lie. And not just the clubs and associations sanctioned by campus authorities, but in the ones you can form on your own, if need be.
One of the things these civic spaces also do for us is that they help us move past ourselves. Marcus Aurelius' notion of self-mastery was not egoist. He advocated humility:
Think of the whole of existence, of which you are the tiniest part; think of the whole of time, in which you have been assigned a brief and fleeting moment; think of destiny — what fraction of that are you?
He also preached an attachment towards others:
Fit yourself for the matters which have fallen to your lot, and love these people among whom destiny has cast you — but your love must be genuine.
Duckworth notes a strong correlation between grit and selflessness by observing that "grittier people are dramatically more motivated than others to seek a meaningful, other-centered life."
The other disservice we do to young people by propagating a grievance-first-and-last mindset is to deprive them of the opportunity to persist in a discipline, to learn a craft, to accept that while not all problems are solvable, this still need not be a cause for despair. As the philosopher Alain de Botton notes, our vocations and purpose, like romantic love, "is in essence a skill we need to learn, rather than an enthusiasm we simply experience."
The final point I want to press is that the neglect of the Marcus virtues, particularly in shirking a "courageous recognition of reality," enfeebles our moral sense, short-circuits our mutual trust, and robs us of an ability to "stand ready for what comes"; the true ambition of Stoic thought.
Lewis Mumford, writing in The New Republic in 1940, castigated the liberalism and liberals of his day on the dangers of appeasement: "[T]heir complacency, their emotional tepidity, their virtuous circumspectness, their unwillingness to defend [Western] civilization with all its faults and all its capacity for rectifying these faults, means barbarism tomorrow."
I neither fancy myself an alarmist nor a seer. Yet it is quite clear to me, with much still unsaid, that our present cultural hedonism is a self-inflicting wound, and a cul-de-sac of futility. Our campuses and culture need to become reacquainted with the virtue of grit: honesty, truthfulness, a courageous recognition of reality, and integrity. That maybe the notion of an alma mater, "a nourishing mother," need not – some fine day – be a laughing matter.

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Meditation – An Inexpensive Vacation
Photo this. You are lying on a sandy coastline utilizing the sunlight warming you and your favorite drink close by. For music, there is the gentle noise associated with the waves washing up regarding the coastline and a light piece of cake blowing through sea-grass. You are so calm which you cannot quite make yourself consider the crisis you left behind at work yesterday or that which you'll be coping with in your return. Life for you personally is you on this tranquil coastline — now as of this present minute.
Only a happy few of united states can escape into the coastline whenever we want or need certainly to. But all of us get access to an equally effective leisure tool, meditation. Such as the coastline scene, meditation can create the relaxed, serene state of mind where our thoughts are centered on today's minute.
Meditation – The Facts?
Meditation happens to be referred to as the creation of a calm mind-body state with concentrate on the present moment. Hawaii can be entered by focusing mental focus on the breathing, an audio, a visual scene, or an object. While the professional gets better into the capacity to focus, mental chatter diminishes, worldly thoughts can be shut out and a serene mind-set is attained.
Meditation Through the Years
Meditation is main to many of the world's religious traditions. In Asia, the Hindus meditated to determine the true nature of God. The Buddhists meditated in an effort to comprehend the interconnectedness of things on the planet. As well as in China, meditation had been recommended in order to balance the opposites of yin and yang also to achieve unity of the elements in life. Prayer is widely recognized as a form of meditation and lots of around the globe's religions have their prayer practices. Christianity emphasizes prayer therefore the study of scripture. And Islam prayer is offered several times daily as a way to focus on the genuine nature of Allah. Throughout thousands of years of history, meditative practices in spiritual traditions have actually commonality with all the present religious and secular meditative practices.
The Reason Why Meditate?
Aside from the spiritual benefits of a calm mind targeting the present, meditation is also prescribed in alternative medicine, and more and more in conventional medicine, to alleviate many health problems. A few of these tend to be allergies, asthma, migraines, PMS and raised blood pressure. And these aren't only people remedies; there's a considerable human anatomy of analysis to support the health advantages. Additionally, there are numerous reported mental benefits including much better capacity to get a handle on thoughts, improved interactions, and enhanced willpower. So everyone smokers and dieters nowadays can attempt meditation to assist you build your perseverence to quickly attain your aims.
These are merely a few of the stated great things about developing a normal meditative practice. In less than 10 or 15 minutes per day, meditation makes it possible to discover your very own 'inner coastline' without making home once you have to take a mental break.
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I have always known that the three were different. But have never been able to articulate what 'exactly' the difference is. That was until I stumbled on this article. Here goes:
Lucknowi biryani, Yakhni pulao, veg fried rice–we love these dishes, and every other variant of their larger categories. But the one thing every foodie needs to keep in mind is that they are not the same.
Yes, they look similar. On occasion, the non-discerning ones among you might even assume they taste similar. But, the fact remains unchanged. Biryani, pulao, and fried rice are not interchangeable categories of rice dishes.
Many restaurants are as confused as the home cooks out there who assume making a biryani, a pulao and a fried rice dish entail the very same things. You should know the difference–because if you are in fact interchanging them, you are missing out on the authentic taste of all of these rice dishes. There are five major differences that you should be aware of.
1. Origins
Biryanis and pulaos are popular dishes in countries from India to Turkey. The Turkish pilaf is barely any different from the Indian versions. Biryani's main variants were invented by the Mughals and Nawabs of the subcontinent–which is why we have different recipes from Lucknow, Kolkata and Hyderabad. Fried rice is basically a Chinese dish, and it's made with predominant Chinese flavours.
2. Rice Preparation
Biryani is made using the draining method of cooking–which basically means the rice is par-boiled in water, and then drained, dried and used to layer up. Pulao is made through the absorption method, so the amount of water or stock is completely absorbed by the rice and vegetables in the dish. Fried rice is cooked with pre-cooked rice, and the method of cooking the rice doesn't matter much.
3. Layering
Biryani is always prepared in layers, with at least one layer dedicated to meat and another one for fried onions. The ingredients are half-cooked (quite like the rice) separately, then layered. In Pulaos, the veggies, meat and rice are sauteed together, and then cooked with water or stock. The ingredients in a fried rice are never layered. The veggies are fried first, and pre-cooked rice is added later.
4. Spices
Biryanis are chock full of aromatic spices, with everything from whole cinnamon, cloves, cardamoms to saffron. Pulao is much less heavy on the spices, and usually the white on the rice isn't hued with any other colouring. Fried rice is made with Chinese spices and ingredients like ajinomoto and soy sauce.
5. Heat
Biryani is always cooked for hours on a low flame. The utensil–whether made of terracotta, cast iron or copper–is always sealed to preserve the aroma of the dish. Pulao is cooked faster, on medium to high flame. Fried rice is always cooked on a high flame.
It's because of all these differences that biryani, pulao and fried rice each have a distinct taste. If you don't know the difference, you are actually being cheated out of enjoying all three as they're meant to be. So it's high time you know how to identify a proper biryani, pulao and a fried rice.


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After playing in the first varsity lacrosse game of his Marriotts Ridge career, Troy Hensh can already add "game-winner" to his résumé.
With just over two minutes remaining in a tie matchup against Atholton Friday night, Hensh streaked in front of the crease, collected a pass as the defense collapsed and tallied what would ultimately be his club's go-ahead goal.
"It was one of those dream goals," said the sophomore, whose visiting Mustangs defeated the Raiders, 6-5, in the season opener. "I really didn't think it was going to be enough, but then our defense came up and got great stops."
Throughout the contest, Marriotts Ridge was forced to do the majority of its work from behind. "It was ugly, but our guys played really hard, and that's all I can ask of them right now," Marriotts Ridge coach Tony Incontrera said.
In the opening frame, Sam Smith and Tyler Shams each collected scores to jump out to an early 2-0 Atholton lead.
"It's the basics of offense. When the guys are patient, and they get the right looks, good things happen," said Raiders coach Erik Burnett.
The Mustangs (1-0) finally got on the board when midfielder Patrick Clipp snuck from behind the goal for a wraparound shot just over two minutes into the quarter.
Yet, three minutes later, Shams notched his second goal of the night, firing a rocket shot that skidded past goalie Chris McTague (6 saves).
With four minutes remaining, the Mustangs began their ascent back into contention. It started with Jack Grote pass to Sam McCoy, who faded to his left as he scored his squad's second goal of the quarter.
Then, nearly two minutes later, Eric Skogmo collected a ground ball and raced up the center of the field. The junior long pole broke through a few Atholton defenders and found Grote in front of the crease for the goal, knotting up the score at 3-3 heading into halftime.
Atholton (0-1) came out of the break in a hurry, finally pulling ahead again when Scott Brown found Ryan McHugh to his left for the team's fourth goal of the game.
Then, Marriotts Ridge's Mak Kennedy hit Austin Dorsey with a pass, allowing the senior midfielder to rear back for the goal that, once again, tied things up. Nearly 10 seconds later, however, Atholton's Shams completed the hat trick and put his squad ahead entering the game's final 12 minutes. It was the last time the Raiders would find the back of the net.
With 5:45 remaining in the game, Grant Hanlon broke away from the Atholton defense, and found his Mustang teammate Kennedy, who bested goalie Andrew Seidel (11 saves) for the game-tying goal.
Three minutes later, Hensh's score gave his team its first lead of the game.
Incontrera called a timeout and debated whether the one-goal advantage would be enough to stop Atholton. But, the Mustangs regained possession, began killing the clock and ultimately secured the victory.
"Hats off to Atholton, they played their butts off too," said Incontrera, who commended his players for starting the season off right. "The kids really dedicated themselves over the offseason…they earned this win."
Burnett echoed his coaching counterpart when he said his team's overall technique wasn't as clean as he would have liked right out of the gates. Still, while there's much to work on as the season progresses, the Atholton coach said there were no glaring mistakes that needed to be addressed.
"They don't come a lot tougher than that. It's always a good game when the other team brings its best," he said. "Effort is not the issue. We just have to clean up the little things."
Marriotts Ridge 6, Atholton 5
Goals: MR – Troy Hensh, Mak Kennedy, Jack Grote, Austin Dorsey, Patrick Clipp and Sam McCoy; A – Tyler Shams (3), Ryan McHugh and Sam Smith.
Assists: MR – Grote (2), Skogmo and Kennedy; A – McHugh, Scott Brown
Half: 3-3
Around the county
Mt. Hebron 13, Oakland Mills 3
Goals: MH – Brookhart 4, Stevens 3, Stone 2, Sutton 2, Watts, Dubois; OM – Neely 2, Riss.
Assists: MH – Brookhart, Sutton; OM – Neely.
Saves: MH – Dubois 7, Edmondson 1; OM – Ketchum 16.
Half: 6-2, Vikings.
Reservoir 15, Hammond 1
Goals – Re: Matt Marsh (4), Hans Wicklein (3), Cole Evans (3), Austin Mitchell (2), Max Schuster, Gary Cidre and Jackson Hill; Ha: Shane Strott.
Assists – Re: Schuster (5), Austin Mitchell (3), Hans Wicklein and Nick Carson.
Saves – Re: Trent Teodori 3, Smith 3; Ha: Ballard 19.
River Hill 12, Long Reach 1
Goals – RH: N/A; LR: Chris Yum.
Assists – RH: N/A; LR: Skylar Briscoe.
Saves – RH: N/A; LR: Anthony Valenza 20.


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I hate my Van it has a Funk to it I swear Manny said i did it but it was their since day 1! & something is wrong with it all the time like now I have a ghost in my radio ( it skips channels all time) & the passenger side back door thing motor is going out i swear >I think i just got a lemon but it runs & i get from point a-point b & it is paid off . so i can't complain too much it is not like all theses things can not be fixed but the car is only 4 years old .But then i have guilt over anything till it makes me sick i think i may have a disorder but will deal with that at a later time .
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Microsoft gained 6.9 points of reach during the quarter ending in October, and jumped from 11th to fifth place overall in the latest PC-Meter Sweeps. PC-Meter measures Web site visits via a panel of 10,000 home Internet users.
America Online vaulted over No. 2 Yahoo! to regain the top spot it had held in the first and second quarter Sweeps. Netscape lost 2.8 points and dropped from the top spot to No. 3. Eight sites entered the top 50 for the first time this quarter, including No. 39 ESPNET SportsZone and No. 49 The Weather Channel. PC-Meter also reported that 36.7% of all Internet users in its panel were women, up from 27.5% in April.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Hong Kong's Most Beautiful Leading Men, According to CNN
Three journalists from CNN's Hong Kong bureau recently sat down and compiled an intriguing list of "the most talented, charismatic leading men of Hong Kong cinema". They came up with a selection of nineteen actors, headed by the late and sadly missed Leslie Cheung (张国荣, pinyin: Zhāng Guóróng) - a timely choice as we approach the 7th anniversary of his death.
Cheung was only 46 and still at the height of his career when he committed suicide on April Fool's Day, 2003. Like Marilyn Monroe and James Dean, two other tragic and troubled stars who met untimely demises, Cheung has if anything become even more of a cult figure after his death. Already a superstar in his lifetime, he won numerous Best Actor and Best Singer trophies, and in 2000 was named by China's national TV network, CCTV, as Asia's Biggest Superstar.
Cheung was born in Hong Kong in 1956 and endured an unhappy childhood, including a less than pleasant stint in an English boarding school. He got his first break as a singer, performing on a talent show in 1977 and earning a recording contract with Polydor Records. His entertainment career had an unpromising beginning however, with mediocre record sales and an acting debut in a soft porn film. But a combination of persistence and talent won out in the end, and by the mid 80s he was one of Hong Kong's biggest selling pop stars.
The period spanning the mid 80s to the end of the 90s is considered by many as Hong Kong's Golden Age of cinema, and Leslie Cheung was one of the foremost actors of that time. His film credits include A Better Tomorrow and its sequel, A Chinese Ghost Story and its sequel, The Eagle Shooting Heroes and Days of Being Wild for which he won Best Actor at the Hong Kong Film Awards. In 1993 he gave another memorable performance in the mainland production Farewell My Concubine, and in 1994 another Best Actor award, this time from the Hong Kong Film Critics Society for Ashes of Time.
Openly gay in his later years, he progressed from teen idol to serious artist known for taking on risky and emotionally challenging roles. He moved on to directing, but this next stage was cut short when he finally lost his ongoing battle with depression and from the 24th floor of a Hong Kong hotel jumped to his death.
Number 2 on CNN's list of Most Beautiful Men from Hong Kong Cinema is another impossibly photogenic star, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (梁朝伟, pinyin: Liáng Cháowěi). As well as being blessed with matinee idol good looks, which he combines with a soulful almost melancholy presence, Leung is one of Hong Kong's most decorated actors. He has won Best Actor five times at the Hong Kong Film Awards, and taken home the Golden Horse and Golden Bauhinia Best Actor awards three times each.
At number 3 is another Tony Leung, Tong Leung Ka-Fai (梁家辉 , pinyin: Liáng Jiāhuī) - affectionately known as Big Tony to distinguish him from his namesake. It's perhaps a surprising choice with his unconventional good looks and chiselled features. Moreover his versatility meant he was as often as not playing bumbling bespectacled sidekicks or devious crooks rather than traditional leading role heroes. Now in his fifties, Leung Ka-Fai was most recently seen in last year's blockbuster Bodyguards and Assassins.
Representing the new generation at number 4 is Daniel Wu (吴彦祖, pinyin: Wú Yànzǔ). The 35 year-old Californian born actor started his career as a model. In his early career his roles were very much in the teen idol category, but Wu has constantly strived to break out of that teenybopper mould with some ambitious and unconventional role choices. Wu's many caps include writer, director and producer, and he has also set up the social networking site for artists, Alivenotdead.com.
One of Hong Kong's greatest action stars, Chow Yun-Fat (周润发: Zhōu Rùnfā), rounds out the top 5. The towering giant with the languid, easy-going demeanour actually started his career as a soap opera star. In 1980 his career reached new heights when he starred in the gangster series The Bund in which he played a 1930s triad leader. By the mid-80s he was one of Hong Kong film's biggest names with the action blockbusters A Better Tomorrow and City on Fire, then in 1989 starred in what was at the time Hong Kong's biggest grossing film God of Gamblers. Unfortunately he never quite made the leap to international superstar - his Hollywood films were by and large mediocre offerings.
The full list of "19 Most Beautiful Men from Hong Kong cinema" comprises:
1. Leslie Cheung (张国荣)
2. Tony Leung Chiu-Wai (梁朝伟)
3. Tony Leung Ka-Fai (梁家辉)
4. Daniel Wu (吴彦祖)
5. Chou Yun-Fat (周润发)
6. Lui Kei (吕奇)
7. Nicholas Tse (谢霆锋)
8. Patrick Tse (谢贤)
9. Aaron Kwok (郭富城)
10. Kenny Bee (锺镇涛)
11. Danny Chan (陈百强)
12. Ti Lung (狄龙)
13. Daniel Chan (陈晓东)
14. Ekin Cheng (郑伊健)
15. Andy Lau (刘德华)
16. Leon Lai (黎明)
17. Louis Koo (古天乐)
18. Bruce Lee (李小龙)
19. Donnie Yen (甄子丹)
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That webpage purports to answer a "Myth" with a government "Fact."
Myth: The SPP was an agreement signed by Presidents Bush and his Mexican and Canadian counterparts in Waco, TX, on March 23, 2005.One problem with this government "fact" is the claim by then Prime Minister Paul Martin that "[O]n March 23, President Bush, President Fox and I signed the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America that establishes the way forward on our continental agenda for security, prosperity and quality of life." [my emphasis] So whom should we believe: former Prime Minister Paul Martin, or the college intern who put together the SPP website?
Fact: The SPP is a dialogue to increase security and enhance prosperity among the three countries. The SPP is not an agreement nor is it a treaty. In fact, no agreement was ever signed.
Earlier today I sent a note to the SPP webmaster asking this very question, citing the URL found in this webpage from Vive le Canada, which has this URL:
That webpage, as I write this, is now missing, and a patriot in California is huffing mad, accusing me of tipping off the SPP to a website that contradicts the SPP claim that nothing was "signed."
I think the webpage will be back online in the morning, after whatever late-night repairs on the server are completed. In case I'm wrong, I encourage readers to copy the print version of the page found here.
I don't believe that anything was "signed" back on March 23, 2005, despite the use of the word by Prime Minister Paul Martin. Signing something might require Senate confirmation (Art. II, §2 cl. 2). The modern trend of the New World Order is called "soft law" -- unsigned and even unwritten laws that advance the agenda of hemispheric integration without allowing Congress to exercise congressional oversight. Here are five articles explaining this legal revolution: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Americans trust their incumbent Congressmen, and trust their government. This is unAmerican. We are not to trust government, but DIStrust it, and remain cynical and vigilant of government's claims. Thomas Jefferson wrote in 1799:
Confidence is everywhere the parent of despotism. Free government is founded in jealousy, and not in confidence; it is jealousy, and not confidence, which prescribes limited constitutions to bind down those whom we are obliged to trust with power.… In questions of power, then, let no more be heard of confidence in man, but bind him down from mischief by the chains of the Constitution.As you are reading this, a new government is being created which will overrule all laws and constitutions in the United States. The progress being made in this "soft revolution" will continue unabated regardless of whether or not anything was signed on March 23, 2005. We need representatives in Congress who will work to stop it.
Unfortunately, this issue is not on the political radar of most voters in 2006, and many important milestones in the creation of the North American Union are scheduled for completion in 2007, which will create political and legal inertia that will make it even more difficult to stop in 2008.
In the long run, humanity must reject Jefferson's claim that "we are obliged to trust [ANYONE] with power." The whole concept of political power must be repudiated if the human race is to survive.


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Yaxley Lynx boosted their title hopes in Under 16 Division One with a 2-1 win against table-topping Stamford Red.
Stamford still lead the way, but only by goal difference, and Yaxley have three games in hand.
Liam Sanderson and Jordan Harris were the Yaxley scorers with Joseph Stephens the Stamford marksman.
In Under 16 Division Two, Netherton Blue Jays continue to set the pace. They remain seven points clear after a 6-3 win over Deeping Rangers Claret in which Lewis Irvine and Samir Hansraj both netted twice.
In Under 18 Division One, Stamford have drawn level on points with Northern Star thanks to a 6-1 beating of Riverside. Tom Login (2) led the rout with the rest of the goals coming from Daniel Tooth, Cameron Durrant, George Mann and Stefan Taylor.
Spalding and Glinton and Northborough Black remain neck and neck at the top of Under 18 Division Two after weekend wins.
Spalding overcame British School of Sport 4-0 with goals by Jonathan Lockie (2), Declan Earth and Levi Butland while Glinton edged home 3-2 against Bourne Blue.


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Parents send their children to school everyday with the assumption that they are learning and that teachers are keeping parents informed. The problem with this however is that there are so many more students to teacher ratios in school systems. It makes it very difficult for the teachers to coordinate or keep parents up to date on their children. There is a remedy to this problem however.
The ClassDojo is a new technology that is being made readily available to parents and teachers. This new technology allows for parents to keep in constant contact with the teacher and other school officials. The technology will allow parents to be keep up to date on all social, behavioral and even school activities that their children are participating in. This will allow parents to be kept current on behavioral problems occurring while in the care of the school. It is easier to address behaviors when the parents know of the behaviors on the day of instead of at parent teacher conference's. Check angel.co
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The teachers will make up a schedule that is then made available to the parents regarding the activities going on at the school. This schedule is typically done daily and will allow for teachers to also send photos as well as videos to the parents. The communication platform will make it easier for everyone to stay better connected and better communication to occur between the people who teach the children and the parents who are trying to raise the child to be better educated. This method will allow for parents and teachers to share a connection that other schools may not have available to them. It helps to create a community based connection between school professionals and the parents who are actively involved with their children's education. Go Straight to this.


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Frozen Veggies and Fruit
Believe it or not, some frozen vegetables and fruits can be more nutritious than fresh produce especially in the winter months. Vegetables and fruits that are picked for freezing are processed when they are most nutrient dense -- their peak ripeness.
When choosing frozen vegetables and fruit, there is a quality difference between different brands and products. The differences in quality can influence taste, texture and appearance. Which means if you are not a big vegetable eater, you always want to make sure that you are buying "U.S. Grade A" or "Fancy" because those are the vegetables/fruits that "are carefully selected for color, tenderness and freedom from blemishes". Other grades such as B or C are not as high of quality and Grade C are ideal for soups, stews and casseroles.
Organic vegetables/fruits are available frozen. Personally, I am a big fan of Trader Joe's frozen vegetables and fruits. Hands down, they offer the most variety of mixes and always with high quality ingredients.
When choosing canned fruits, it is best to keep with those products that are simply just the fruit and either juice or water. A lot of companies add high fructose sugar to canned fruits, which really isn't necessary. Some fruits are sold in light syrup or heavy syrup. Heavy syrup fruits are ideal for baking and quite sweet to eat for your fruit serving.
Some easy tips for produce consumption in the winter months:
- Keep 3-5 packages of frozen vegetables/fruits "in stock" at all times (you will never run out)
- Frozen vegetables can be made in the microwave (5 minutes on high) or sauteed with some seasoning and olive on the stove top (5 minutes)
- Frozen fruits taste great pureed with milk and ice -- smoothie
- Choose frozen vegetables over canned for greater nutrient content
- Both Grade A and Grade B frozen vegetables would taste good, Grade A is a higher quality
- Keep 3-5 cans of canned fruit "in stock" at all times
- Read the labels for canned fruit and avoid products with added high fructose corn syrup
- If you accidently purchased fruit in heavy syrup, you can always rinse the syrup off
- Cooking frozen vegetables on the stove retains more heat in the vegetable than microwave cooking. Microwaved vegetables can lose their heat very quickly, thus leaving the vegetable tasting pretty bad
- Experiment with different seasonings for vegetables. Visit Penzeys spices either in the store or online, they have some excellent seasonings for veggies


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Friday, November 19, 2010
The Royal Society has informed me
my review article will be published online on December 1st. This is very fast. Considering how long such things usually take, this is effectively instant gratification.
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At his audition for America's Got Talent, ventriloquist Terry Fator's puppet crooned Etta James's romantic tune "At Last," and in the words of the popular wedding day favorite, the entertainer's love has come along. On November 3, 2010 the season two winner of the NBC reality series spoke in his true voice when he said "I do" to the stagehand who has become his soul mate, Taylor Makakoa.
According to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the performer at The Mirage pledged his devotion in an intimate ceremony held at the Lily of the Valley Chapel in Las Vegas. The couple's walk down the aisle was preceded by a walk down the beach at Haleiwa on Oahu's North Shore on October 17, 2010, when the entertainer knelt on one knee and asked for his love's hand in marriage with a four-carat vintage ring which he had tucked away inside a seashell.
Continuing to celebrate their new status as husband and wife, the newlyweds will once again exchange vows in a traditional Hawaiian ceremony in the near future.


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Keep it fresh Mondays! With the expert guidance of The Market Company, the Adrienne Arsht Center Farmers Market features Florida-grown produce and prepared foods on the Thomson Plaza for the Arts, 1300 Biscayne Blvd. in downtown Miami. You can purchase fresh food from stands overflowing with local harvest – seasonal fruits, vegetables, meats, prepared food and beverages – while enjoying periodic workshops with food writers and chefs, live music and cooking demonstrations.
It happens every Monday from 4pm to 8pm. Head over after work to check out awesome vendors like the:
- LNB Grovestand, a family-owned and operated farm in South Florida that specializes on tropical fruits. Its stand at the Center Farmers Market is run by Levi and Sara, a husband-and-wife team. Levi's parents started the farm 33 years ago.
- Urban Oasis Project, a Miami-based farm that is USDA certified organic. The Urban Oasis Project is a volunteer-run organization filled with people who are passionate about eradicating urban food deserts and celebrating the farm-to-table movement. Its stand at the Arsht Center Farmers Market is equipped with EBT and credit card technology and features fantastic seasonal vegetables like dandelion greens, different kinds of kale, lettuce, scallions, sun gold tomatoes and more.
- Keez Beez Honey, a small but rapidly growing apiary located in the Florida Keys. Run by John David and his wife, Keez Beez produces different types of honey depending on what is in bloom nearby, from mango blossom to black mangrove to sea grape and Brazilian pepper, –exotic flavors that found only in the Keys. The husband-and-wife team started the farm after retiring to the Keys and John received a hive from his wife as a birthday present. Today Keez Beez produces more than 20,000 pounds of honey. One of the many exciting stands at the Arsht Center Farmers Market, Keez Beez also sells raw honey and natural skin care products. If you stick around long enough, you will not only get a taste of the different honeys, but you will also hear all about the health benefits of consuming locally-produced honey or you can read all about it here:


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"Preaching the gospel to myself each day mounts a powerful assault against my pride and serves to establish humility in its place. Nothing suffocates my pride more than daily reminders regarding the glory of my God, the gravity of my sins, and the crucifixion of God's own Son in my place...Pride wilts in the atmosphere of the gospel." - Milton Vincent, A Gospel Primer
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Megyn Kelly Shouts Down Bernie Sanders On Dem-Only Nationalized Health Care Plan (Video)
Megyn Kelly and Bill Hemmer reported on the Democrat-only meeting held yesterday with President Obama on nationalized health care. Dems want to ram this trillion dollar boondoggle through Congress before the August recess.
Like the Stimulus Bill, this will be another Democratic bill. They are excluding Republicans from the process. Then later they'll blame the GOP for not offering any ideas. And, the media will continue to play right along with their liberal cohorts in Congress.
That's how things work these days.
At least we can watch Megyn Kelly shouting down the Vermont socialist as a sort of consolation prize:
The Wall Street Journal has an idea why Democrat's want to ram their plan through Congress…
Because their bill can stand public inspection:
Democrats are trying to rush the largest entitlement expansion since LBJ into law with a truncated debate and as little public scrutiny as possible. At this point all they've released are the vaguest "policy options," not concrete specifics. Yet the Senate plans to begin marking up legislation next week, maybe hold a hearing or two, then have something to the floor by the end of the month, votes by the August recess and a bill to the Oval Office by Thanksgiving. On the seventh day, they will rest. Mr. Obama had 24 Senate Democrats over for a White House chat yesterday to drive the calendar ahead.
It's not hard to see why Democrats are trying to hew to this full-speed-ahead timetable. Their health overhaul will run up a 13-figure price tag at a time when spending and deficits are already at epic levels and hook up the middle class to an intravenous drip of government health subsidies for generations to come. These are not realities that Democrats want the American people to mull over for very long.
This is especially true for the majority of Americans who are generally satisfied with their coverage and doctors but worried about cost. They might get scared off if they were allowed the chance to realize that Democrats will do almost nothing to restrain rising health spending. Based on the leaks so far, this year's legislation will hone in on traditional liberal concerns of social equity — covering the uninsured.
Founding Bloggers has more on Bernie the socialist.
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Desktop isn't entirely a rare sight in households and offices, but laptops are certainly something you're much more like to see when visiting a house or cubicle. Well, desktops are still good choices for people who don't need to carry around their computers a lot – these things, for example, offer better bang for your buck than notebooks. Dell XPS 8700 X8700-1572BLK is an example of such a powerful yet rather affordable desktop, boasting a fast Core i7 processor, 1024GB hard drive and 8GB RAM. Let's examine the unit a bit further and draw our conclusions after that…
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General performance
Dell XPS 8700 X8700-1572BLK features one of the fastest processors currently in the market. The quad-core Intel Core i7-4790 has already a very high clock speed, 3.6GHz, but there's also a turbo frequency up to 4.0GHz. This kind of setup brings a superior performance, this is evident in benchmark tests – CPU Mark giving this unit over 10,000 points, a feat not many processors have been able to accomplish (for your information, popular Core i5-4460 gets around 6600 points). It's no surprise this Core i7 is good for any task, be it programming, video editing, serious multitasking or virtualization software.
The computer has 8GB DDR3-type memory installed. The configuration is two 4GB DIMMs, while two other memory slots are free. You can go all the way to 32GB by putting in four 8GB sticks (this is also confirmed from the specifications), but sticking with the default eight gigabytes is an excellent starting point.
It's not common to spot a solid-state drive in a desktop yet. Indeed, also the Dell XPS 8700 X8700-1572BLK relies on a mechanical hard drive. It offers 1024GB storage which is obviously a good thing in case you have gargantuan files. Spindle speed seems to be 7200RPM, it's tad better than regular 5400RPM, however in real life the difference isn't very noticeable. Anyway, you'll be able to put in more drives – there are two free 3.5″ bays inside. Also one mSATA interface is available, meaning you can install an SSD without removing the current drive.
Any games that would run on it?
Dell XPS 8700 X8700-1572BLK can run a bunch of games, but you shouldn't get too excited about fancy settings in-game. The graphics engine is NVIDIA GeForce GT 720 with 1GB DDR3 memory, dedicated although still quite a weak unit (however faster than integrated Intel HD 4000). The games that require a lot from the graphics card will need eye candy turned off, Battlefield 4 would give ~35 frames per second on Full HD and low details. Grand Theft Auto 5, if you can do with 720p and low details, would give around 50 FPS.
Installing a faster graphics engine is possible, the system has a PCI-E x16 slot for full length cards.
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Connections, ports
There are a total of 10 USB ports in Dell XPS 8700 X8700-1572BLK. Six of those are USB 3.0, rest are USB 2.0. Two of the USB 3.0s are located in the front panel. In back, there are also HDMI output and DisplayPort for connecting a monitor or two – dual display setup is indeed possible.
Naturally, there's a DVD burner in front to allow for easy transfer of data locally. The 19-in-1 media card reader might also come handy with cameras and such, you can put in an SD card there and upload files that way.
Communications include a 1000Mbps network adapter (RJ-45 port) and a 802.11 n-type WiFi 2.4GHz card with Bluetooth 4.0 support.
Miscellaneous stuff
Dell XPS 8700 X8700-1572BLK doesn't include a monitor, but keyboard and mouse are shipped along.
The power supply is 460W, it should accommodate a beefier graphics card or extra drive if you wanted to upgrade.
Dell XPS 8700 X8700-1572BLK is a pragmatic approach to solve a person's computer problem: it offers very strong performance thanks to the full-blown i7 processor and 8GB memory, and there are not many people who would fill up the terabyte hard drive during the lifespan of this desktop. The unit itself doesn't look fancy, but why would a power user really care – unless, of course, he wanted to show off the computer to his friends? One thing that might be a bit tough is gaming, there's dedicated graphics inside but a very slow one indeed. So if you're a non-gamer looking for a reliable workhorse, this kind of Dell should be a good answer to your needs.
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Hello Readers. Welcome to our first Sunday of February. Today I'm chatting to author, Michelle Zink. Michelle lives in New York with her four children.
Represented by Steven Malk at Writer's House with Matthew Snyder at CAA for film.
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How about the heroes in the series? Are they based on any guys you know in real life?
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Michelle, can you share with us your most successful moment as an author?
Temptation's Heat:
When Rowen Black is assigned to the elite unit of angelic assassins known as the Shadowguard, he thinks his biggest challenge will be overcoming his less-than-stellar reputation. But that's before he meets his match in Scarlet Montgomery.
Beautiful, strong, and with a temper to match Rowen's own, Scarlet is focused on the Shadowguard and her possible future as its leader. She's become an expert at keeping her personal life separate from the Guard, all too aware that as the boss's daughter, fellow warriors see her not as someone to be respected, but as someone to be protected.
Avoiding entanglements gets a lot harder when Rowen saunters into the room. Rowen puts the bad in "bad boy." Their connection is hot, visceral, and instantaneous.
When the pair are assigned to a joint investigation, they come face-to-face with their undeniable attraction, forcing Scarlet to consider that the connection is not only physical, but a destiny written in the halls of time.
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Temptation's Kiss:
Lily Montgomery is perfectly happy taking care of everyone else. That is, until her friendship with Shadowguard warrior, Kane Dawson, begins to blossom into something more.
But Lily has a secret. One that will keep her from ever making her feelings known to Kane.
One of the Shadowguard's fiercest warriors, Kane has a soft spot for Lily. A long-standing member of the Shadowguard, he can't figure out when his feelings for Ambrose Montgomery's youngest daughter morphed from brotherly affection into desire and an unfamiliar longing that feels a lot like love.
Kane holds himself in check knowing that Lily deserves better. A man in a suit, dinner at six every night, rosy-cheeked children who won't have to worry that their father might be killed by one of the Legion's wraiths.
But when the pair are thrown together by a set of circumstances beyond their control, they are forced to confront their growing passion and decide if love is worth the risk of baring it all.
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Ivan Montgomery isn't exactly Mr. Popular. As the son of Ambrose Montgomery, head of the Shadowguard, Ivan has a reputation for being surly and confrontational. But somehow Maggie's spirit and vulnerability make him want to be a better man.
Too bad a future between them is impossible.
As an outsider, Maggie can never know that Shadowguard Security is a front for the Alliance, a group of angelic descendants who keep mankind balanced between the forces of light and dark. And that means she can never know who -- and what -- Ivan really is.
But as the pair come closer to solving the mystery of who is framing the Shadowguard for murder, their attraction becomes impossible to deny. When a confrontation with a deadly foe forces them to face their feelings -- and their passion-- they will have to answer the question; can true love survive the ultimate secret?
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Elisabeth Moss & Ruth Wilson Are All Ready for the Tony Awards 2015!
Elisabeth Moss steps out in a floral and fun dress at the 2015 Tony Awards on Sunday evening (June 7) at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.
The 32-year-old actress was joined on the red carpet by The Affair's Ruth Wilson. Both Elisabeth and Ruth are nominated tonight in the Best Leading Actress in a Play category for their work on Broadway this past season. Best of luck to all of the nominees!
The 2015 Tony Awards will air live from Radio City Music Hall TONIGHT at 8/7c on CBS.
FYI: Elisabeth is wearing Oscar de la Renta. Ruth is wearing Ralph Lauren.


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"Pachakam" means cooking in kerala and Pachakam.Com welcomes you to the magnificent world of easy and healthy Indian cooking with a probe into the fascinating Indian cooking recipes. Cooking is not just about making food but is an art of presenting your culinary skills to those who love food with a different flavor and Indian cooking, by no means is an exception.
Bengal gram curry as accompaniment for breakfast
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English: Bengal Gram
tamil: Kothukadalai
malayalam: Kadala
telugu: Sanagalu / Sanaga
kannada: Kadale / Chana
hindi: Chana
Bengali: Chola
Gujarati: Chana
Konkani: Chanae
Marathi: Harbara
Oriya: Buta / Bata
Punjabi: Chole / Channa
Tulu: Kadle
Kashmiri: Chanu
for more details, click the name of the ingredient
English: Coriander Powder
tamil: Mallipodi
malayalam: Mallipodi
telugu: Dhaniyalu
kannada: Kottambari Beeja / Haveeja
hindi: Dhania / Dhana
Bengali: Dhonay / Dhaniya
Gujarati: Dhana / Dhaniya / Kothmiri / Libdhaba
Konkani: Kottambari / Konpir
Marathi: Dhane / Kothimir
Oriya: Dhaniya
Punjabi: Dhaniya
Tulu: Kothemberi
Kashmiri: Deaniwal / Kothambalari
English: Garam Masala
English: Salt
tamil: Uppu
malayalam: Uppu
telugu: Uppu
kannada: Uppu
hindi: Namak
Bengali: Laban / Noone
Gujarati: Meethu
Konkani: Meet
Marathi: Mith
English: Coconut oil
tamil: Thengaai ennai
malayalam: Velichenna
telugu: Kobbari nune
kannada: Thengina Yenna
hindi: Nariyala tela
English: Mustard Seeds
tamil: Kadugu
malayalam: Kadugu
telugu: Avalu
kannada: Sasuve / Karisasive
hindi: Rai / Banarasi Rai / Sarson
Bengali: Sarsay / Shorshe / Rai
Gujarati: Rai
Konkani: Sasaun
Marathi: Mohori
Oriya: Sorisa / Sarosha
Punjabi: Rai / Banarasi Rai / Kalee Sarson
Tulu: Sasive
Kashmiri: Aasur / Sorisa
Urudu: Rai, Banarasi Rai, Kalee Sarson
English: Red Chillies
tamil: Vatral Milagai / Kaindha Milagai /Sigappu Milagai
malayalam: Vattal Mulaku / Chuvanna Mulaku / Kollamulaku
telugu: Erra Mirapa Kayalu / Yendu Mirapakayalu
kannada: Molaku / Kempu Menasinakai / Ona Menasinakai
hindi: Lal Mirch
Bengali: Paka Lanka / Lal Mirch / Lankamorich
Gujarati: Lal Marcha
Konkani: Sukki Saangi /Suke Miriyasang
Marathi: Lal Mirchi / Mirchya
Oriya: Lanka / Nali Lankamaricha
Punjabi: Lal Mirch
Kashmiri: Marach Wangun
Urudu: Lalmirch
English: Curry Leaves
tamil: Kariveppilai / Karivempu
malayalam: Kariveppila
telugu: Karivepaku / Karepaku
kannada: Karibevu / Baisoppu / Karibevina Soppu
hindi: Kadi Patta / Kathnim / Mitha Neem / Curry Patta / Gandhela / Bareanga
Bengali: Curry Patta / Barsanga / Kariphulli
Gujarati: Mitho Limdo / Meetho Limbado / Goranimb / Kadhilimbdo
Konkani: Karbapathi / Beva Palo
Marathi: Kadhi Patta / Karhinimb / Poospala / Gandla / Jhirang / Pandheri Kunthi
Oriya: Bhrusanga Patra / Barsan / Basango / Bhuraunga
Punjabi: Kadipatti / Curry Patta
Tulu: Bevudirae
Soak the kadala in water for 8 hours.
In a pressure cooker, boil the kadala along with chopped big onions.
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Remove from fire. Heat oil in a pan, splutter mustard seeds. Add sliced shallots, red chillies and curry leaves. Pour this to the kadala curry.
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(from Ch. 17, par. 6000)
Sec. 0.01.
Short title.
This Act may be cited as the
Credit Card Issuance Act.
(Source: P.A. 86-1324.)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6001)
Sec. 1.
As used in this Act:
(a) "Credit card" has the meaning set forth in
Section 17-0.5 of the Criminal Code of 2012, but does not
include "debit card" as defined in that Section, which can also be
used to obtain money, goods, services and anything else of value on
credit, nor shall it include any negotiable instrument as defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code, as now or hereafter amended;
(b) "Merchant credit
card agreement" means a written agreement between a seller of goods,
services or both, and the issuer of a credit card to any other party,
pursuant to which the seller is obligated to accept credit cards; and
"Credit card transaction" means a purchase and sale of goods, services or
both, in which a seller, pursuant to a merchant credit card agreement, is
obligated to accept a credit card and does accept the credit card in
connection with such purchase and sale.
(Source: P.A. 96-1551, eff. 7-1-11; 97-1150, eff. 1-25-13.)
(815 ILCS 140/1a)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6002)
Sec. 1a.
No person may be denied a credit card, upon proper
application therefor, solely on account of unlawful discrimination, as defined
and prohibited in Section 4-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
No question requesting any information
concerning an applicant's marital status shall appear on any credit card
application except in connection with an application for a joint
(Source: P.A. 81-1216.)
(815 ILCS 140/1b)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6003)
Sec. 1b.
All credit card applications shall contain the following
words verbatim:
a. No applicant may be denied a credit card on account of race,
color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age (between 40 and 70), sex,
marital status, physical or mental disability unrelated to the ability to
pay or unfavorable discharge from military service.
b. The applicant may request the reason for rejection of his or her
application for a credit card.
c. No person need reapply for a credit card solely because of a
change in marital status unless the change in marital status has caused
a deterioration in the person's financial position.
d. A person may hold a credit card in any name permitted by law that
he or she regularly uses and is generally known by, so long as no fraud
is intended thereby.
(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15.)
(815 ILCS 140/1c)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6004)
Sec. 1c.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 1a and 1b, credit
card applications which conform to the requirements of the Federal Equal
Credit Opportunity Act, amendments thereto, and any regulations issued or
which may be issued thereunder shall be deemed to be in compliance with this Act.
(Source: P.A. 80-898.)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6005)
Sec. 2.
Except to the extent provided in a merchant credit card agreement, a
seller shall not be liable to the issuer of a credit card, or to any other
party to a merchant credit card agreement or that party's agent or
representative, for loss or damage to the issuer or other party resulting
from a failure of the holder or user of the credit card to pay any
obligation arising from a credit card transaction, provided that the seller
has fully performed its obligation under the merchant credit card agreement
and has not breached any of its obligations to the purchaser in the credit
card transaction.
(Source: P.A. 76-1333.)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6006)
Sec. 3.
In every case where an applicant for a credit card is
rejected by a credit card issuer, the applicant, upon request, shall be
informed of the reasons for such rejection.
Failure to comply with this section is a civil rights violation under Section
4-103 of the Illinois Human Rights Act.
(from Ch. 17, par. 6007)
Sec. 4.
A credit card issuer shall, when requested, consider the financial
status of a married couple when making a determination as to whether to
issue a credit card.
A credit card issuer shall, upon request by an applicant, consider such
person's financial status when making a determination as to whether to
issue such person a credit card as an individual.
(Source: P.A. 78-839.)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6008)
Sec. 5.
No credit card issuer shall require a person to reapply
for credit solely because of a change in marital status. Nothing in
this section shall prevent a credit card issuer from requiring notification
of any name change.
(Source: P.A. 79-600.)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6009)
Sec. 6.
Disclosure to applicants.
(a) Except as provided in Section 25 of
the Retail Installment Sales Act, relating to sellers or holders under a
retail charge agreement and in subsection (c), a credit card
issuer shall disclose, either on an application
for a credit card or on literature accompanying the application, on or with
any credit card account solicitation, and on each periodic billing
statement mailed to a card
holder, the following:
(1) the annual percentage rate or rates of interest
applicable to the account, or if the rate is variable, that fact, and the rate as of a specified date or the index from which the rate is determined;
(2) the annualized membership and/or participation
fee or charge, if any;
(3) the grace period, which is defined as the period
within which any credit extended under such credit plan must be repaid to avoid incurring an interest charge represented in terms of an annual percentage rate of interest, and if no such period is offered such fact shall be clearly stated;
(4) transaction fees, if assessed, for the use of the
credit card account, including, but not limited to a late payment charge, minimum finance charge and over the limit charge.
The term "solicitation" means written material mailed or any other
solicitation in a written form which constitutes an application for, or
a written offer which allows a person to open a credit card account without
completing an application.
Information required to be disclosed under item (2) of subsection
(a) of this Section may be disclosed on literature accompanying the
periodic billing statement.
(b) (Blank)
(c) No application, literature accompanying the application, account
solicitation, periodic billing statement or literature
accompanying the periodic billing statement sent by or on behalf of an
issuer to residents
of this State with respect to charge cards shall be
required to set forth the information specified in items (1) and (3) of
subsection (a) of this Section. As used in this subsection, the term
"charge card" means any card, plate or other credit device pursuant to
which the charge card issuer extends credit which is not subject to a
finance charge and with which the charge card holder cannot automatically
access credit that is repayable in installments.
(Source: P.A. 88-546.)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6010)
Sec. 7.
(Source: Repealed by P.A. 88-546.)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6010.1)
Sec. 7.1.
Certain credit card transaction form required.
(a) Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation which
issues forms used for credit card transactions between the credit card
holder and seller, shall only issue such credit card forms, except for such
forms utilized for a special purpose incidental but related to the actual
purchase and sale agreement including but not limited to shipping, delivery
or installment of purchased merchandise or special orders, which:
(1) are carbonless; or
(2) are carbonized backed forms that may be retained
for recordkeeping purposes of the seller, the seller's agent or sub-contractor, the issuer or the customer; or
(3) after the transaction is complete, do not render
a separate piece of paper, carbon or otherwise, which readily identifies the cardholder by complete name or account number, other than those necessary for use by the seller, the seller's agent or sub-contractor, credit card holder and issuer to complete the credit card transaction; or
(4) has a perforated or split carbon, half of which
is disposable, and upon completion of the transaction the disposable portion of the carbon renders only half of the cardholder's name and account number.
(b) Any person, firm, partnership, association or corporation which
accepts credit cards used for credit card transactions between the credit
card holder and seller, shall only use credit card forms, except for such
forms utilized for a special purpose incidental but related to the actual
purchase and sale agreement including but not limited to shipping, delivery
or installment of purchased merchandise or special orders, which:
a separate piece of paper, carbon or otherwise, which readily identifies the cardholder by complete name or account number, other than those necessary for use by the seller, the seller's agent or sub-contractor, credit card holder and issuer to complete the credit card transaction; or
No person, firm, partnership, association or
corporation which accepts credit cards for the transaction of business shall be deemed to have violated the provisions of this subsection, if such person, firm, partnership, association or corporation shows by a preponderance of evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from bona fide error made notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adopted to avoid such error.
(c) A violation of subsection (a) of this Section is a business
offense punishable by a fine of not less than $750 nor more than $1,000. A
violation of subsection (b) of this Section constitutes a business offense
punishable by a fine of $501, if a first offense by a person; and punishable
by a fine of not less than $501, nor more than $1,000 if such offense is a
second or subsequent offense by such person.
(Source: P.A. 86-781.)
Sec. 7.2.
No credit card issuer shall issue, provide, assign or deliver
in any way a credit card account to and in the name of any person under the age
of 21 unless the person has submitted a written application and the credit card issuer has:
(1) financial information that the person has an
independent ability to make the required minimum periodic payments on the proposed extension of credit; or
(2) financial information that a cosigner, guarantor,
or joint applicant who is at least 21 years old has an independent ability to make the required minimum periodic payments on the proposed extension of credit, and a signed agreement of the cosigner, guarantor, or joint applicant to be either jointly liable for any debt on the account or secondarily liable for any debt on the account incurred by the person before the person has attained the age of 21.
Upon delivery of a credit card account to and in the name of any person under
the age of
18, the credit card issuer shall also include a pamphlet which details the
responsible use of a credit card, an explanation of applicable
credit limits, payment requirements and the penalties for the misuse and
fraudulent use of a credit card.
This Section does not apply to a supplementary card issued to a person under
the age of 21 that allows that person to access a credit card account in the
name of a person over the age of 21 if the person over the age of 21 requested
orally or in writing that the supplementary card be issued to the person under
the age of 21.
(Source: P.A. 96-1193, eff. 7-22-10.)
(from Ch. 17, par. 6011)
Sec. 8.
The Attorney General of this State may bring an action in the
name of the State against any person to restrain and prevent any violation
of this Act and to enforce and collect any penalty provided hereunder.
In the enforcement of this Act, the Attorney General may
accept an assurance of discontinuance of any act or practice deemed in
violation of this Act from any person engaging in, or who has engaged in,
that act or practice. Failure to perform the terms of any such assurance
constitutes prima facie proof of a violation of this Act.
(from Ch. 17, par. 6012)
Sec. 9.
(a) Any credit card issuer who knowingly violates this Act is guilty of a
Class A misdemeanor.
(b) No credit card issuer who violates this Act, except as a result of an
accident or bona fide error of computation, may recover interest, annualized
membership fee or participation fee or charge, late payment charges, minimum
finance charges and over the limit charges in connection with any credit card
(c) A credit card issuer who complies with or is exempt from the
applicable disclosure requirements of the Truth in Lending Act and the
regulations promulgated under that Act shall be deemed to be in compliance with
or exempt from all of the provisions of subsection (a) of Section 6 of this
(Source: P.A. 88-569; eff. 8-5-94.)


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Youve decided to join a writing workshop to show your work and hone your skills. Right? Youve read in the ads that, members read and give constructive reviews. You want to be read! Did you quit reading before the end of the sentence? Did you miss the part about the critiques?
With excitement you think: Will anybody read it? Will they like it? Then, you take the plunge and, Merry Christmas! It was read! And it was critiqued. Oops.
but I did'nt expect anyone to rate my things! the "SPELLING & GRAMMAR POLICE"sent me a low rate!
Ive had more then a few express surprise at actually being reviewed. They dont think to proofread or check their formatting, then theyre hurt when they receive a low rate.
Being critiqued is not easy to take by anyone, but especially for beginning writers.
Writing is our personal thoughts and feelings, our babies; and we want to protect them for as long as possible. But remember, reviewers are not judging you. I know thats hard to accept, and you wont believe it at first. Your words are you, right? Youve poured your heart and soul into them. Youve looked forward to being read and enjoyed - praised. Believe me, I know.
If someone gives you an honest opinion of where your story isnt working for them, try to be gracious. Dont slam the reviewer or make excuses. Try to view your story through the eyes of the reader and understand for yourself why your point isnt getting across. Read what the reviewer had to say.
Dont edit or delete your work simply because one reader didnt understand it or your feelings were hurt. Wait to see what other reviewers say. By clarifying what you meant to say, you dont need to change the story - only the way you chose to tell it. If one reviewer makes a suggestion, and you dont agree, then leave it alone. Its your story. If several make the same suggestion, it would be to your advantage to at least take another look at that area.
The opportunity to have someone look at where your story is going wrong and offer advice should be treasured. Learn from the reactions of your readers; they are your future audience. Thats why were here.
The Excuse
but its supposed to be slow-paced. I wanted the reader to think.
my character is supposed to be inconsistent.
you werent reading it right. You didnt get it.
but I wanted to leave the readers in suspense.
I intended to write with ambiguity. (New writers love that one, and they do accomplish it.)
Theres nothing wrong with your story containing any of these elements. What is important is that the reader must be able to understand why you wrote it that way.
A writer who needs to make excuses for his or her writing is missing the point. The idea of writing a story is to take readers into your make-believe world for awhile, and make them believe it. Write so your words are clear enough to carry the images from your mind into the minds of your readers. If you feel the need to explain, then you havent achieved the goal yet. No one said it was going to be easy; in fact, its very hard. Youll cry and tear up more than one writing during the journey. Just be sure you always keep the original. After a while, youll go back to it and see it in a new light. You really will.
Poor writers make excuses for their work. Good writers revise, tighten and polish until every word shines. Keep practicing, youll make it.
Harriet Silkwood is a reader of new writers and has written many newsletters and articles on the subject of novice writing and reviewing with common sense and encouragement. Her portfolio can be found at http://www.Writing.Com/authors/storytime.
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Yoga On My 50th
Warning: This video might inspire you towards increased vitality!!!
This video of my yoga exhibition is from the celebration at my 50th birthday...and what a wild ride it has been to get there! This past year has been the most challenging year of my physical existence...and I have had a monumental shift in my awareness of my physical body. Diet was only a piece of the puzzle. Opening up my spine and deepening my inner calm/chi/prana have been other key pieces. I started working with neighbor Michael Manfredo in yoga therapy (http://www.yogatherapymalibu.com/). A new level of life is awakening deep within my core...to embody, experience, create...and be the my best version of myself.
I thought giving up white sugar and white flour nine years ago was the hardest thing I had ever done (!!!)...this trumps that! In December, I got the best challenge ever: Healing my leaky gut and getting fungus out of my organs, especially my brain. Turns out, my body had been wrestling with this for the past 12 years, but after the elections it reached its zenith. So I got my protocols in place (a future blog) and dove deep into a healing yoga/tai chi practice of energy/prana cultivation. 85 days later, the leaky gut was healed and the fungus was mostly cleared. Hallelujah...and for a bonus, I am having the most fun I have ever had in my physical body.
This practice has given me many bonuses, like new hips, a new spine and neck, a new brain, rejuvenated my organs...a new biology and energetic space. I've been recreating myself...restructuring the most minute details of my existence (breath, morning ritual, family interaction) with this practice. As I open and remove the blockages (kleshas) and improve my internal (pranic) flow ...my higher self likes hanging around more. It is hard to put it all into words, so here's the video.
Oh...and my diet...I served my favorite foods from my book at the party. Here's the menu: Green Smoothies (p.3) and Jeff's Blueberry Smoothie (p.31 with kale from the Louks Garden), Lemonade (p.34, with honey from the Louks Garden), Sapote with Lime (p.37), Refreshing Citrus-Rosemary Water (p.38) "Ceasar" Salad (p.43), Summer Sushi (p.52), Cucumber Wraps (p67), Pesto Pizza (p.69 substituting a corn meal crust), Mashed Squash (p.102, with pumpkin from the garden), Quinoa and Veggies (p.99), Fermented Veggies (p.104, always, at every meal!), Lasagne (p.70, with zucchini from the garden) and Lima Bean/Sweet Potatoes From The Garden Dish...and for dessert...Malibu Mud Pie (p.86, with Louks Honey) Personally, I avoid sugars and fruits (well, just a little).
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