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Last weekend was different.
We discovered 2 markets worth keeping on the list for next year at Stilwerk Design Galerie Wien and the Mittelalterlicher Adventmarkt at The Arsenal. Consider these two the "polar" opposites of Christmas Markets in Vienna.
Normally, Stilwerk Design Galerie is a multi-level mall filled with stores catering to the avant garde of Vienna's contemporary minimalist, modern and mid-mod interior design for every room of the home. One could outfit a bare apartment from studs to reveal with one visit to Stilwerk. During weekends in December, the shops and individual artists display their wares for the Christmas season. It was lovely to wander the mall, surrounded in warmth and beauty, looking at all of the displays and shops. Inspiration everywhere!
A return to the Middle Ages was waiting for us at The Arsenal. Cauldrons of bubbling wine and rotisseries of meat filled the cold air with the smell campfire vittles. This market was a 9 year old boy's dream: handmade swords, shields, knives, slingshots, bows and arrows. We told Jake he could buy a weapon if he would dress up with Mom and Dad in the "Robin Hood, Maid Marian and Friar Tuck" costumes for sale. Surprisingly and lucky for us, he declined. The food at this market was spectacular, the vibe Middle Ages and the artisans turning wooden furniture legs on "people powered" machinery fun to watch. It is a shame this Market only runs for 4 days. I would return for more and probably end up with both a costume and slingshot.


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Today you should read: Daniel 6
Welcome to one of the favorite stories of Sunday school history. This is one of the stories that we always teach and act out with kids in church. This story is a great picture how:
Our faith, lived out, is one of the greatest witnesses we can give to others
At any point Daniel could have decided to throw in the towel and just give up his faith. He has been taken as a slave to a foreign land and now is forced to serve as an advisor to the king who has enslaved him. For many of us it would be a difficult situation to follow through with our faith. Now, throw on top of that a night in a den of lions and most people would just give up. Daniel didn't. He stood on his faith until the end. God delivered him miraculously from the lions and this amazing act of faith moved the king to make a decree that the whole kingdom was to revere and worship Daniel's God.
So, here is a question for you to ask yourself today:
Does your faith live itself out in such a way as to move others to worship your God?
As you go about your day today think about how your faith is reflecting to others and ask yourself this question. Am I moving people to worship God by my faith?
Posted by: Robbie Byrd

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Aircraft flying through Pakistani airspace, or using Pakistani airports to refuel, are not being subjected to proper checks by the Civil Aviation Authority, whose upper echelons have advised the officials concerned to overlook their duties, it emerged on Tuesday.
An official of the CAA, which regulates the aviation industry in the country, said he had been "told" not to check, pursue or carry out checking of aircraft.
Given the conflict in Afghanistan, in which both international forces and private security contractors were engaged, a highly placed source said the situation was particularly serious.
"Cargo aircraft from the Gulf states fly through Pakistani airspace to reach Bagram and Kandahar airbases in Afghanistan, both of which are primarily used for military operations."
Under the CAA's rules on surveillance and inspections, officials are fully empowered to carry out inspections of aircraft that are passing through Pakistani airspace, regardless of whether or not they plan to touch down in the country.
The CAA Flight Standards Directorate has been designated as the relevant authority, and is supposed to carry out regular inspections of all domestic and international aircraft operators as well as charter cargo services.
However, the sources said, the CAA had not been carrying out regular inspections of any aircraft and had particularly been overlooking those belonging to foreign airlines.
It was only after five major air crashes/accidents in the country (three of them on flights originating at Karachi airport) and the subsequent hue and cry regarding air safety that the CAA began carrying out inspections, the sources said.
On the very first checking, officials found that many cargo planes flying from Afghanistan to a Gulf state that stopped in Karachi for fuel did not have proper documentation.
Another cargo plane bound for Afghanistan from a Gulf state was directed by the CAA to land at Karachi airport for an inspection. Rather than complying, the aircraft turned back towards its originating airport despite having covered more than half its journey when the request was made. This fuelled the suspicions of officials that there were security concerns regarding some of the cargo that was flown through Pakistani airspace.
Sources in the CAA said that all countries were empowered under international aviation laws to request, and even force if necessary, aircraft using their airspace to land and undergo cargo inspections.
The sources said allowing aircraft to use Pakistani airspace and airports without being subjected to inspections was a major security threat and that checks must be carried out in order to ensure that national security was not compromised.
They said that a similar issue had cropped up as the security agencies had expressed concerns even over the aerial survey in relation with the proposed Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline through Balochistan, while most of these cargo aircraft flew over Balochistan to enter Afghanistan.


text: I know I said in an earlier post that you should shoot death in the face when he comes for you. I don't actually own a gun. When are we going to have a serious gun debate? The gun owners always say we can't talk about it after a mass shooting… which I guess means we can never talk about it.


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Vikings coach Mike Zimmer received good news from his eye doctor this week.
Zimmer, who has had eight surgeries on his right eye since last November, said he was told Wednesday his "retina is perfect" and "pressure is great." Zimmer missed two weeks of practice after his most recent surgery, on May 17, but said he doesn't expect his eye condition to prevent him from working the rest of the summer.
Zimmer, though, did say he was informed by his eye doctor it's possible he could have a future issue with his left eye.
"Maybe they're always a little cautious," Zimmer said Thursday after spring drills concluded with a three-day minicamp. "He actually said, 'I'm more worried about your other eye than this eye.' Now, don't get all headlines on that, because what he said was, 'Because your eyes are typically shaped the same way, there's a 1-in-5 chance that something could happen in your other eye.' "
Zimmer did not express a great deal of concern about that Thursday. He said doctors will be "diligent" and likely would catch any possible problem with his left eye in time to prevent further damage.
The coach scratched that eye during an Oct. 31 game at Chicago. That led to Zimmer missing a Dec. 1 game against Dallas the night after he had emergency surgery and to taking the two weeks this spring before returning last week.
Zimmer said his vision with correction is now 20-100 and will continue to improve. He said he has a "little bubble" in his eye that is expected to be gone by the end of next week.
"(The doctor) said he would be absolutely shocked if anything else happened to this eye the way it is now," Zimmer said. "I'm just about out of the woods. …. I'm not out of the woods totally but it's nice we're progressing the right (way) and maybe No. 9 (surgery) doesn't show up."
Zimmer's doctor doesn't want him flying another another couple of weeks. He is planning to drive to Dallas for his daughter Corri's June 25 wedding.


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The skeleton of a man allegedly murdered 13 years ago was found Wednesday in the Boisar home of a woman where she allegedly ran a brothel. The man has been identified as the woman's husband whom she allegedly killed and later lied to neighbours that he had left the town.
The body was found two days after the woman, Sarita Bharti (43), was arrested by the police for running a brothel from her home in Dandipada, Boisar. The police had rescued four young women from her home Monday.
Sarita and her accomplice, Ashish Kamlesh (43), were booked under the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act. During investigation, the police were tipped off that the two were involved in the disappearance of Sarita's husband, Sahdev Bharti (then 35), who was last seen in 2004.
Fattesinh Patil, Sub-Divisional Police Officer, Boisar, said when Sarita was confronted about the allegations, she led the police to the place where her husband's body was buried.
According to the police, Bharti claimed that her husband would physically assault her under the influence of alcohol. "The accused struck Sahdev on the head with a stone, dug a pit in the compound of her home and buried the body. The accused then covered the pit with cement blocks and tiles in order to conceal the crime," said Patil. The police dug out the skeleton Wednesday and sent it for a post-mortem and DNA tests.
"It is clear that the body belongs to the woman's husband. She is claiming that she was in a relationship with the other accused when she committed the murder, and that she married him later. We are verifying the claims," said Patil.
He added that when neighbours and family members would ask her about Sahdev, Sarita told them that he had left Mumbai to look for a job but did not return. "We have found a large fracture on the skull of the skeleton, so it is clear that he was hit on the head with a heavy object. We are carrying out further investigation," said Patil.


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JERUSALEM, June 4 (Tom Perry and Ari Rabinovitch - Reuters) - Israel tightened security in Jerusalem on Friday, anticipating Palestinian violence in reaction to its sea raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship earlier this week, an Israeli police spokesman said.
US President Barack Obama said the incident at sea in which nine international pro-Palestinian activists were killed while trying to break the Gaza blockade was tragic but should be used as an opportunity to advance Middle East peace efforts.
A spokeswoman for activists aboard another boat trying to run the blockade said they would continue their voyage. Israel, facing an international outcry over its naval operation on Monday, has vowed to stop the MV Rachel Corrie, named after an activist killed by an Israeli bulldozer in Gaza in 2003.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered Israeli forces to exercise caution and politeness in handling the ship. The boat is expected near the waters off Gaza by Saturday.
Israeli officials have defended their security forces after the incident which has pushed to breaking point Israel's ties with Turkey, nine of whose nationals were killed aboard the Turkish-flagged vessel boarded by commandos on Monday.
Together with Egypt, Israel tightened its blockade on Gaza after Hamas took control of the coastal enclave in 2007.
Israel has defended the embargo, saying it stops Hamas from bringing in weapons to fight Israel. But officials said on Thursday Netanyahu was considering modifying the blockade.He is considering some form of international role in enforcing an arms embargo, while letting in civilian goods.
POLICE FAN OUT IN JERUSALEMWhile this week's incident has brought thousands to the streets in other countries, the popular reaction in the Palestinian territories has been limited.
Anticipating protests by Palestinians on Friday, Israeli security forces fanned out in Jerusalem, spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said.
Men under the age of 40 would not be allowed into the area near the al-Aqsa mosque, a site that is regularly a flashpoint for confrontation between Palestinians and Israelis.It's all connected, Rosenfeld said of the heightened alert in the holy city.
The United States, which is overseeing indirect Palestinian-Israeli peace talks, has said the incident must not undermine the negotiations. US envoy George Mitchell, who is mediating the talks, on Thursday spoke of progress in talks which many observers doubt will achieve a breakthrough.
Mitchell met Netanyahu on Friday. He held talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Wednesday that a Palestinian official said were dominated by the ship incident and the Gaza blockade.
I think what's important right now is that we break out of the current impasse, use this tragedy as an opportunity, to advance the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Obama said in an interview with CNN's Larry King on Thursday.
The United States has been less critical of Israel than other friendly states, expressing sympathy for its security concerns while also saying the people of Gaza must get the supplies they need.
US Vice President Joe Biden has suggested an Israeli probe with international involvement, a proposal embraced by Israel's foreign minister.


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The next San Francisco offering by Pocket Opera will be given at the end of this month. The selection will be Domenico Cimarosa's two-act opera Il matrimonio segreto (the secret marriage), the only work by that composer to be regularly performed. The premiere took place on February 7, 1792 at the Imperial Hofburg Theatre in Vienna before the "imperial presence" of Emperor Leopold II. The Wikipedia page for the opera describes it as "arguably one of the greatest 18th century opera buffa apart from those by Mozart." Having seen it several decades ago presented by the Santa Fe Opera, I am not one to dispute the argument!
The pedigree of Giovanni Bertati's libretto for this opera is an interesting one. He based it on the play The Clandestine Marriage, written jointly by George Colman the Elder and David Garrick and first performed at Drury Lane in 1766. Coleman and Garrick were, in turn, inspired by a series of six pictures painted by William Hogarth entitled Marriage A-la-Mode. Hogarth is better known among opera lovers for another one of his narrative series, A Rake's Progress; and that narrative approach makes him a major forerunner of the graphic novel.
The plot itself involves a familiar assortment of stock characters. Geronimo is the rich old codger trying to arrange marriages for his two daughters. He has a young assistant, Paolino, who has secretly married the younger daughter Carolina. The source material made for a first-rate Georgian farce, which was just ripe for reconception as an opera buffa.
Jonathan Smucker as Paolino and Liesl McPherrin as Carolina (photograph by Nicolas Aliaga Garcia)
The leading vocalists for this performance will be bass Lawrence Venza as Geronimo, tenor Jonathan Smucker as Paolino, and soprano Liesl McPherrin as Carolina. The opera will be sung in English to allow the intricacies of the comic plot to have their greatest impact. Musical direction will be by Frank Johnson. The production will be staged by Ted Zoldan.
This performance will take place at the Legion of Honor, beginning at 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 27. The Legion of Honor is located in Lincoln Park. It is approached by following 34th Street north of Clement Street (which is the southern boundary of the park). General admission is $50 with a discounted rate of $45 for seniors. Tickets will be sold at the door beginning at 1:30 p.m. Tickets are also available at the presale rate of $47 for general admission and $44 for seniors. Presale is being processed online through a Vendini event page, which allows for individual seat selection.


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to the waiters, as he is neither
eating nor drinking, nor doing any thing at all. So if you two ladies
will go in at that side, Mr Harrel and that other gentleman," pointing
to Mr Marriot, "may go to the other, and then I'll sit by the ladies
here, and those other two gentlemen--"
Here Mr Meadows, raising himself from his reclining posture, and
staring Morrice in the face, gravely said, "What's all this, Sir!"
Morrice, who expected to have arranged the whole party without a
question, and who understood so little of modish airs as to suspect
neither affectation nor trick in the absence of mind and indolence of
manners which he observed in Mr Meadows, was utterly amazed by this
interrogatory, and staring himself in return, said, "Sir, you seemed
so thoughtful--I did not think--I did not suppose you would have taken
any notice of just a person or two coming into the box."
"Did not you, Sir?" said Mr Meadows very coldly, "why then now you do,
perhaps you'll be so obliging as to let me have my own box to myself."
And then again he returned to his favourite position.
"Certainly, Sir," said Morrice, bowing; "I am sure I did not mean to
disturb you: for you seemed so lost in thought, that I'm sure I did
not much believe you would have seen us."
"Why Sir," said Mr Hobson, strutting forward, "if I may speak my
opinion, I should think, as you happen to be quite alone, a little
agreeable company would be no such bad thing. At least that's my
"And if I might take the liberty," said the smooth tongued Mr Simkins,
"for to put in a word, I should think the best way would be, if the
gentleman has no peticklar objection, for me just to stand somewhere
hereabouts, and so, when he's had what he's a mind to, be ready for to
pop in at one side, as he comes out at the t'other; for if one does
not look pretty 'cute such a full night as this, a box is whipt away
before one knows where one is."
"No, no, no," cried Mrs Harrel impatiently, "let us neither sup in
this box nor in any other; let us go away entirely."
"Indeed we must! indeed we ought!" cried Cecilia; "it is utterly
improper we should stay; pray let us be gone immediately."
Mr Harrel paid not the least regard to these requests; but Mr Meadows,
who could no longer seem unconscious of what passed, did himself so
much violence as to arise, and ask if the ladies would be seated.
"I said so!" cried Morrice triumphantly, "I was sure there was no
gentleman but would be happy to accommodate two such ladies!"
The ladies, however, far from happy in being so accommodated, again
tried their utmost influence in persuading Mr Harrel to give up this
scheme; but he would not hear them, he insisted upon their going into
the box, and, extending the privilege which Mr Meadows had given, he
invited without ceremony the whole party to follow.
Mr Meadows, though he seemed to think this a very extraordinary
encroachment, had already made such an effort from his general languor
in the repulse he had given to Morrice, that he could exert himself no
further; but after looking around him with mingled vacancy and
contempt, he again seated himself, and suffered Morrice to do the
honours without more opposition. Morrice, but too happy in the
office, placed Cecilia next to Mr Meadows, and would have made Mr
Marriot her other neighbour, but she insisted upon not being parted
from Mrs Harrel, and therefore, as he chose to sit also by that lady
himself, Mr Marriot was obliged to follow Mr Harrel to the other side
of the box: Mr Hobson, without further invitation, placed himself
comfortably in one of the corners, and Mr Simkins, who stood modestly
for some time in another, finding the further encouragement for which
be waited was not likely to arrive, dropt quietly into his seat
without it.
Supper was now ordered, and while it was preparing Mr Harrel sat
totally silent; but Mr Meadows thought proper to force himself to talk
with Cecilia, though she could well have dispensed with such an
exertion of his politeness.
"Do you like this place, ma'am?"
"Indeed I hardly know,--I never was here before."
"No wonder! the only surprise is that any body can come to it at all.
To see a set of people walking after nothing! strolling about without
view or object! 'tis strange! don't you think so, ma'am?"
"Yes,--I believe so," said Cecilia, scarce hearing him.
"O it gives me the vapours, the horrors," cried he, "to see what poor
creatures we all are! taking pleasure even from the privation of it!
forcing ourselves into exercise and toil, when we might at least have
the indulgence of sitting still and reposing!"
"Lord, Sir," cried Morrice, "don't you like walking?"
"Walking?" cried he, "I know nothing so humiliating: to see a rational
being in such mechanical motion! with no knowledge upon what
principles he proceeds, but plodding on, one foot before another,
without even any consciousness which is first, or how either--"
"Sir," interrupted Mr Hobson, "I hope you won't take it amiss if I
make bold to tell my opinion, for my way is this, let every man speak
his maxim! But what I say as to this matter, is this, if a man must
always be stopping to consider what foot he is standing upon, he had
need have little to do, being the right does as well as the left, and
the left as well as the right. And that, Sir, I think is a fair
Mr Meadows deigned no other answer to this speech than a look of
"I fancy, Sir," said Morrice, "you are fond of riding, for all your
good horsemen like nothing else."
"Riding!" exclaimed Mr Meadows, "Oh barbarous! Wrestling and boxing
are polite arts to it! trusting to the discretion of an animal less
intellectual than ourselves! a sudden spring may break all our limbs,
a stumble may fracture our sculls! And what is the inducement? to get
melted with heat, killed with fatigue, and covered with dust!
miserable infatuation!--Do you love riding, ma'am?"
"Yes, very well, Sir."
"I am glad to hear it," cried he, with a vacant smile; "you are quite
right; I am entirely of your opinion."
Mr Simkins now, with a look of much perplexity, yet rising and bowing,
said "I don't mean, Sir, to be so rude as to put in my oar, but if I
did not take you wrong, I'm sure just now I thought you seemed for to
make no great 'count of riding, and yet now, all of the sudden, one
would think you was a speaking up for it!"
"Why, Sir," cried Morrice, "if you neither like riding nor walking,
you can have no pleasure at all but only in sitting."
"Sitting!" repeated Mr Meadows, with a yawn, "O worse and worse! it
dispirits me to death! it robs me of all fire and life! it weakens
circulation, and destroys elasticity."
"Pray then, Sir," said Morrice, "do you like any better to stand?"
"To stand? O intolerable! the most unmeaning thing in the world! one
had better be made a mummy!"
"Why then, pray Sir," said Mr Hobson, "let me ask the favour of you to
tell us what it is you _do_ like?"
Mr Meadows, though he stared him full in the face, began picking his
teeth without making any answer.
"You see, Mr Hobson," said Mr Simkins, "the gentleman has no mind for
to tell you; but if I may take the liberty just to put in, I think if
he neither likes walking, nor riding, nor sitting, nor standing, I
take it he likes nothing."
"Well, Sir," said Morrice, "but here comes supper, and I hope you will
like that. Pray Sir, may I help you to a bit of this ham?"
Mr Meadows, not seeming to hear him, suddenly, and with an air of
extreme weariness, arose, and without speaking to anybody, abruptly
made his way out of the box.
Mr Harrel now, starting from the gloomy reverie into which he had
sunk, undertook to do the honours of the table, insisting with much
violence upon helping every body, calling for more provisions, and
struggling to appear in high spirits and good humour.
In a few minutes Captain Aresby, who was passing by the box, stopt to
make his compliments to Mrs Harrel and Cecilia.
"What a concourse!" he cried, casting up his eyes with an expression
of half-dying fatigue, "are you not _accablй_? for my part, I
hardly respire. I have really hardly ever had the honour of being so
_obsedй_ before."
"We can make very good room, Sir," said Morrice, "if you chuse to come
"Yes," said Mr Simkins, obsequiously standing up, I am sure the
gentleman will be very welcome to take my place, for I did not mean
for to sit down, only just to look agreeable."
"By no means, Sir," answered the Captain: "I shall be quite _au
desespoir_ if I derange any body."
"Sir," said Mr Hobson, "I don't offer you my place, because I take it
for granted if you had a mind to come in, you would not stand upon
ceremony; for what I say is, let every man speak his mind, and then we
shall all know how to conduct ourselves. That's my way, and let any
man tell me a better!"
The Captain, after looking at him with a surprise not wholly unmixt
with horror, turned from him without making any answer, and said to
Cecilia, "And how long, ma'am, have you tried this petrifying place?"
"An hour,--two hours, I believe," she answered.
"Really? and nobody here! _assez de monde_, but nobody here! a
blank _partout_!"
"Sir," said Mr Simkins, getting out of the box that he might bow with
more facility, "I humbly crave pardon for the liberty, but if I
understood right, you said something of a blank? pray, Sir, if I may
be so free, has there been any thing of the nature of a lottery, or a
raffle, in the garden? or the like of that?"
"Sir!" said the Captain, regarding him from head to foot, "I am quite
_assommй_ that I cannot comprehend your allusion."
"Sir, I ask pardon," said the man, bowing still lower, "I only thought
if in case it should not be above half a crown, or such a matter as
that, I might perhaps stretch a point once in a way."
The Captain, more and more amazed, stared at him again, but not
thinking it necessary to take any further notice of him, he enquired
of Cecilia if she meant to stay late.
"I hope not," she replied, "I have already stayed later than I wished
to do."
"Really!" said he, with an unmeaning smile, "Well, that is as horrid a
thing as I have the _malheur_ to know. For my part, I make it a
principle not to stay long in these semi-barbarous places, for after a
certain time, they bore me to that degree I am quite _abimй_. I
shall, however, do _mon possible_ to have the honour of seeing
you again."
And then, with a smile of yet greater insipidity, he protested he was
_reduced to despair_ in leaving her, and walked on.
"Pray, ma'am, if I may be so bold," said Mr Hobson, "what countryman
may that gentleman be?"
"An Englishman, I suppose, Sir," said Cecilia.
"An Englishman, ma'am!" said Mr Hobson, "why I could not understand
one word in ten that came out of his mouth."
"Why indeed," said Mr Simkins, "he has a mighty peticklar way of
speaking, for I'm sure I thought I could have sworn he said something
of a blank, or to that amount, but I could make nothing of it when I
come to ask him about it."
"Let every man speak to be understood," cried Mr Hobson, "that's my
notion of things: for as to all those fine words that nobody can make
out, I hold them to be of no use. Suppose a man was to talk in that
manner when he's doing business, what would be the upshot? who'd
understand what he meant? Well, that's the proof; what i'n't fit for
business, i'n't of no value: that's my way of judging, and that's what
I go upon."
"He said some other things," rejoined Mr Simkins, "that I could not
make out very clear, only I had no mind to ask any more questions, for
fear of his answering me something I should not understand: but as
well as I could make it out, I thought I heard him say there was
nobody here! what he could mean by that, I can't pretend for to guess,
for I'm sure the garden is so stock full, that if there was to come
many more, I don't know where they could cram 'em."
"I took notice of it at the time," said Mr Hobson, "for it i'n't many
things are lost upon me; and, to tell you the truth, I thought he had
been making pretty free with his bottle, by his seeing no better."
"Bottle!" cried Mr Harrel, "a most excellent hint, Mr Hobson! come!
let us all make free with the bottle!"
He then called for more wine, and insisted that every body should
pledge him. Mr Marriot and Mr Morrice made not any objection, and Mr
Hobson and Mr Simkins consented with much delight.
Mr Harrel now grew extremely unruly, the wine he had already drunk
being thus powerfully aided; and his next project was to make his wife
and Cecilia follow his example. Cecilia, more incensed than ever to
see no preparation made for his departure, and all possible pains
taken to unfit him for setting out, refused him with


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While under the coaching of Eddie Jones, we look at England's 7, the six and a half story. The recent history, current options and the future of the jersey
The search for a seven
During the 2015 Rugby World Cup, the term 'six and a half' was coined by the Australian Eddie Jones. The was referring to the 7 and captain of England at the time, Chris Robshaw. Of whom Eddie Jones was clearly not a fan. While on media duty, Jones commented on how England were playing without a recognised openside, but two blindsides. From here, Jones labelled Robshaw and other options for the English side as 'six and a half's'. This home World Cup was a disaster for England. Crashing out of the tournament at the group stages, resulting in head coach Stuart Lancaster and his coaching staff losing their positions. After a worldwide search, the head of the RFU, Ian Richie, employed the national sides biggest critique Eddie Jones as the man to lead England to World Cup success in Japan in 2019.
Jones completely changed the coaching staff, employing his former assistant and forwards coach Steve Borthwick from his stint in Japan, as well as Saracens defence coach Paul Gustard to the England fold. Jones made a few things clear when he began his tenure, firstly, his job was to win the world cup in 2019. Secondly he was to bring through the next head coach and lastly to choose a new captain and to find a out and out openside flanker to replace Robshaw. Many were expecting a player as of yet that was out of the international spotlight. Names such as Matt Kvesic, Jack Clifford, Luke Wallace and Will Fraser were thrown around the media as possible suggestions. However to much surprise Jones selected James Haskell, who ironically had been playing on the blindside during the 2015 World Cup fiasco. In addition to this the man greatly criticised by Jones for his play as an openside and his captaincy was named in Haskell's previous position, Chris Robshaw.
Jones answered his critiques by stating that the situation had not changed, there was still no true openside in the reckoning. The new head coach further justified his selections stating that the roles they wanted fulfilled at 6 and 7 were well suited to the two players who's positions had been reversed. So the former Australian head coach still did not have his true 7. Both players seemed rejuvenated in they new positions, with Jones hailing Robshaw as one of England's top players and Haskell receiving the man of the series award in Australia the following summer.
Jack Clifford
The hunt for a fresh face began, Jack Clifford was the first called up to the England squad, a man with pace and footballing skills. Clifford was a former rugby sevens man and seemed to fill the hole Eddie Jones saw in the national side, however, had yet to be proven. Clifford benched for the 2016 Six Nations, of which England were Grand Slam winners. A 3 test tour to Australia was looming at the end of the season, Clifford was ruled out due to injury and was unable to back up his cameos from the bench. A cruel twist of fate for the Harlequin youngster who had so far impressed.
Jones only public criticism of Clifford was that he needed to earn a few more scars and stick his head in the dark places of the ruck to do so. The Harlequin man was then ruled out of further Six Nations and another summer tour the following year due to injury, a tough break for the former England U20 captain.
Teimana Harrison
The tour down under was fast approaching, with it came the figure of Temaina Harrison. The abrasive New Zealand born Northampton Saints back row had impressed Jones, and earned a call up to the touring party. Harrison seemed to be left out of all 3 test sides, with Jones happy enough observing him in training.
Prior to the final test, 'six and a half' and later named man of the series Haskell was ruled out with a toe injury, Harrison got his break. A mere 30 minutes into his England debut the openside from Rotorua was abruptly removed from the pitch and replaced by second row Courtney Lawes. Jones later admitted Harrison had not impressed in his debut, struggling with the physicality of test level. The series had been won, however, the future of the 7 jersey had not.
Sam Underhill
Casting his eye over the Welsh border, Jones took interest in a young openside playing for the Ospreys. The former Gloucester man Sam Underhill had began a degree in economics and with it secured a playing contract with the Swansea based club. Despite only being 19 years old at the start of the 2016/17 season, rumours were that Jones had been persuading Underhill to sign for an club in the English premiership, with the promise of a shot at the 7 jersey.
The young osprey announced he had signed for Bath Rugby ahead of the 2017/18 season. In the summer of 2017 the British and Irish Lions tour was to take place, with Haskell called up as replacement for England teammate Billy Vunipola. Fifteen players from Jones's team were taken to New Zealand with the Lions, leaving a total of 30 players unavailable to him due to touring or injury, leaving many squad places bare.
Jones took this chance to call a surprising number of youth into the team to face a two test series in Argentina. With it, Underhill was announced in his first ever England squad. The England hopeful was named at 7 for an uncapped Barbarians match at Twickenham, a warm up prior to the trip to South America. Both Underhill and Robshaw were ruled out of the first test in Santa Fe through injuries sustained at Twickenham. Allowing young Tom Curry to step into the frame, along with twin brother Ben who also toured despite injury.
Underhill made his full cap debut in the second test. The promising young man produced an impressive performance. Tackling anything that moved and showing physicality above his years. Underhill had so far backed up the promise he had brought with him over the severn bridge, however he faces stiff competition from an even younger man, two of him infact.
The Curry twins, Tom and Ben
Two promising 18 year old twins had begun to make their names in the rugby world during the latter stages of the 2016/17 season. Impressing at U20 and premiership level, the Curry twins only featured in the last handful of rounds in the premiership season. In such a limited time period the identical brothers punched well above their weight, producing an impressive and wide skill set. Sale Sharks head coach Steve Diamond rewarded the promising twins with 5 year contracts, a length unheard of for academy players breaking into the senior team. The young guns were further rewarded by selection in the touring squad to Argentina, alongside the seemingly 'prodical son' Underhill.
The Curry's would not let Underhill claim the title as Haskell's successor unopposed. Ben Curry was unfortunately injured before the Barbarians game in Twickenham, but had impressed enough for Jones to take him on tour regardless. Brother Tom was named on the bench for the Twickenham warm up match. Fortune struck the promising twin late in the first half. Underhill was removed from play injured in the 37th minute, allowing the Sale Sharks youngster to make his mark on the international stage.
Remarkably, despite playing just over a half the game, Tom Curry was awarded man of the match, showing the levels of physicality Harrison had been lacking. Curry was rewarded for his stellar performance with the starting 7 jersey in the first test in Argentina. Again he showcased a level of physicality a seasoned international could not sniff at. In the final test both Robshaw and Underhill were declared fit and in the starting lineup. However impressed Eddie Jones had been with the youngest English player since Jonny Wilkinson, he still wanted to allow Underhill to take his chance to impress. Had the teams been picked purely on form, Curry could well have been a shoe-in.
The state of the jersey
It would appear for Eddie Jones, young promising openside flankers were like busses, couldn't string one together from a premiership consisting of 12 clubs for a year and half, only for 3 new faces to appear all at once. Not to forget the injury struck Clifford! James Haskell will return from New Zealand more decorated than ever, with 75 England caps and a Lions tour to New Zealand under his belt. Despite this he will be looking over his shoulders, with four impressive youngsters snapping at his heels, his days in the starting lineup could be numbered. The 2017/18 season will show us the front runners to succeed Haskell, the new contenders will be eager and willing to impress during their first full premisership season. The questions now are who will impress the most? which of the Curry Twins will prove first choice? and will Clifford be able to return to form and remind Jones that he is still very much in the running. Either way it has provided us with plenty still to talk about next season.
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Quick Reference Guide to TNM Staging of Head and Neck Cancer and Neck Dissection Classification, 5th Edition
AAO-HNSF and the American Head & Neck Society present the "Quick Reference Guide to TNM Staging of Head and Neck Cancer and Neck Dissection Classification, 5th Edition". This eBook incorporates changes from the AJCC Cancer Staging Manual – 8th edition, as well as updated discussions of site-specific cancers.
Otolaryngology Lifelong Learning Manual, Third Edition
In response to the recent advances in the field of otolaryngology-head and neck surgery, this manual contains substantial revisions and additions to the content carried forward from the first edition. The chapters have been restructured to cover topics by specialty area, while also including the business of medicine and clinical fundamentals. Our goal has been to provide an efficient and easy-to-read, comprehensive reference manual to meet the needs of the practicing surgeon, and simultaneously serve the needs of the maturing resident.
Geriatric Otolaryngology
The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery is pleased to introduce Geriatric Otolaryngology. In keeping with its vision to empower otolaryngologist-head and neck surgeons to deliver the best patient care, this Foundation publication provides expert guidance and the most up-to-date information regarding the diagnosis and treatment of ear, nose, and throat disorders in the elderly.
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Janelle Brown would like your attention, please.
The veteran Sister Wives cast member has apparently been reading the Internet and browsing through various celebrity gossip websites.
She knows what folks out there are saying about her and her marital/professional status.
And the TLC personality is now here to put a stop to the rumors once and for all.
We type, of course, about one rumor in particular:
Is she leaving Kody Brown and, in turn, is she therefore leaving Sister Wives?
Janelle attemped to address this chatter in May when she shared a selfie of her and her husband out on a date.
Wasn't that sufficient evidence to prove she and Kody were still madly in love? Especially when she wrote the following as a caption?
I've wanted to see U2 in concert since I was 19. Finally made it 30 years later and with my love. So dang excited.
Yes, critics, she just referred to Kody as her love.
But the Internt is gonna Internet and speculation has continued to run wild in regard to Janelle's marriage, along with her role on one of TV's most controversial reality programs.
"@JanelleBrown117 You are in the hot seat on fb this wk!" wrote a fan on Twitter late Sunday might, adding:
"I've seen various "articles" about "Janelle leaving SW", "Janelle leaving family", "Janelle's new diet plan just $19.95." LoL. You've been quite busy."
Janelle apparently appreciated this individual's comment and sarcasm, responding with a very simple and light-hearted statement of her own:
"Haha – so crazy. Of course it's all rubbish."
So there we have it, we guess?
Janelle is committed to Kody and will remain a strong presence on Sister Wives going forward.
Can the same be said of her other co-stars, however?
Tabloid cover stories for years now have ran anonymous quotes that claimed one Sister Wife or another was finally sick of her unusual arrangement with Kody.
It wouldn't be hard to blame them if this were the case, considering they're sharing a man with mulitple women.
Most prominent among those rumored to be departing the series is Meri Brown.
She was caught in a catfishing scandal in 2016 during which she thought she had found herself a new man… only it turned out to be a woman.
Then, just a few weeks ago, we reported that she has once again found herself a new man… only this time it turned out to actually be a man.
Still, as far as we know, Meri is still a key part of the series.


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Actress Barbara Billingsley—who became one of the most iconic mother figures America has ever had playing June Cleaver on Leave It To Beaver—died over the weekend. She was 94.
Before Leave It To Beaver, Billingsley was a model and MGM contract player who had several small, mostly uncredited roles in films throughout the 1940s and 1950s. She broke into television in the early '50s with appearances on early programs like The Abbot And Costello Show and Make Room For Daddy, the latter of which almost cast her as the second wife to Danny Thomas' widower. Although she lost the part, in 1957 she landed the much more iconic role of the loving matriarch of the Cleaver family—who always looked impeccable in pearls and high heels, even while vacuuming or preparing a roast—a part that she would play until the show's end in 1963. Billingsley was the ideal TV mom, always waiting with a kind word and a plate of cookies—an archetypal spin on the nuclear family that Billingsley, a working single mother herself, often acknowledged was a total fantasy.
Billingsley would return to the role of June Cleaver again—in the 1983 TV movie Still The Beaver and then the 1985 series The New Leave It To Beaver (while turning up as "Aunt Martha" in the 1997 big-screen version), as well as playing the character in the "Remote Control Man" episode of Amazing Stories, on the short-lived 1988 sitcom Baby Boom, and as the leader of a posse of fellow TV moms on Roseanne—but less directly, the character would define the rest of her career. After having trouble getting work during the years immediately following Beaver's cancellation, Billingsley eventually found a way to get back at the typecasting that dogged her: She spoofed the hell out of it with a memorable cameo in 1980's Airplane, playing a passenger who happens to speak jive.
That cameo led to a slight career resurgence that contributed to Billingsley playing a mother figure to a whole new generation, as the voice of Nanny on The Muppet Babies. Billingsley's voice—soothing and full of gently scolding tough love—filled the screen, although her character is only seen as a pair of striped socks. In her later years, Billingsley also turned up on shows like Parker Lewis Can't Lose, Murphy Brown, and Empty Nest, always with a nod to her role as America's most trusted TV mom.


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Sweet And Spicy Margarita
When my friends at FreshDirect brought up the idea of "Margarita Week" leading up to Cinco de Mayo, duh, I was hands down, immediately all in! One, I love margaritas, and two, it's an excuse to try a different one every day for a whole week. For me, the spicier the better! So, get ready to get hot, hot, hot (and way delicious)!
Do note, this recipe requires you to make simple syrup and have it cool before using it. It would be best to make the simple syrup ahead of time, perhaps before work, let it cool all day (2 hours minimum) and then have your cocktails when you get home. Also, this recipe makes a lot more simple syrup than needed for one cocktail, this way you and your friends (and me and my friends) can have lots o' dranks! You're welcome!
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PREP TIME: 3 minutes
COOK TIME: 40 minutes
REFRIGERATE TIME: 2 hours
TOTAL TIME: 2 hours 43 minutes
1 Cocktail
Jalapeño (1, sliced)
White Sugar (2 cups)
Water (4 cups)
Ice Cubes
Tequila (3 Oz—I used Herradura Silver)
Orange Liqueur (1/2 Tsp—I used Grand Marnier)
Lime (2 oz lime juice—zest your lime before squeezing out its juice, see "Lime Salted Rim")
Pineapple (1 small wedge slice)
Lime (zested—can be the same lime used for its juice when mixing the cocktail)
Mason Jars (Or Other Heat Proof Containers)
Wooden Spoon
Lime Juicer
Small Plate (2)
IT'S CALLED SIMPLE SYRUP FOR A REASON. in your saucepan, over high heat, use your wooden spoon to mix together your water, sugar and jalapeño slices until your sugar is fully dissolved.
Bring to a boil and then lower to a simmer.
Let simmer for 40 minutes.
Carefully transfer your simple syrup into your mason jars.
Refrigerate till cool—about 2 hours.
MIX UP LA MARGARITA. zest your full lime onto your small plate.
Add the same amount of salt as your lime to your lime zest on your small plate.
Mix your salt and lime together.
Fill your second small plate with water.
Dip the glass you plan to drink your margarita out of top down into the water.
Dip that same glass into your lime salt mixture—you should now have a zesty salted rim!
Fill your shaker about halfway with ice.
Pour in your tequila, Grand Marnier, lime juice and 1 oz of your simple syrup.
Shake it vigorously for about 20 seconds and then pour into your zesty salted rimmed glass.
Drink on! Cheers! ¡Feliz Cinco De Mayo!