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Floodlights are an essential part of modern football. And not just for the evening matches, which hold their own special appeal, but for the boring old Saturday afternoon matches too. After all, in the depths of December, the sun sets before the start of the second half, even in London. In Newcastle, you won't even make it to the end of the first half before darkness descends.
Floodlit football has been around for a long time. Even longer than the Football League, which didn't get going until 1888. Because the first floodlit football match in the world took place on this day in 1878 at Bramall Lane in Sheffield, as the "Blues" played the "Reds" in an exhibition match under electric light.
As the Sheffield and Rotherham Independent reported, although "we have had plenty of athletic exhibitions by the light of gas", electricity was still in its infancy at the time. Indeed, Edison hadn't yet patented his electric light bulb. It was a huge novelty.
And so that's why 12,000 people paid sixpence each to watch the game, and as many more again snuck in under the cover of darkness without paying. "The roads to Bramall Lane were completely besieged", said The Independent. "There seemed no end to the ever-coming stream."
Four lights were installed on wooden "stages" 30 feet high. Behind each goal was a "portable engine" powering the lights, which put out a total of 8,000 candlepower. It was a big success. "Everybody seemed highly pleased with the result of the experiment, the light being most brilliant and effective", said The Independent.
Of the football on offer, however, The Times reported the next day that "the brilliancy of the light dazzled the players and sometimes caused strange blunders"– a phenomenon which is, unfortunately, still all too common at Bramall Lane today.
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Weilà raga! I hope you liked the 6th episode of Grammar Basics! What I taught in that video is definitely Advanced Italian, so if you're feeling a little confused, its totally understandable!
Before I write everything out I explained in the video, I just want to share with you guys a trick that I used when studying this verb tense for the first time. I used to always refer to it as the "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda Tense." That's how I remembered when to use Potere and Dovere as the helping verbs.
I always remembered that with Would, there's no helping verb. But with Could, C is at the beginning of the alphabet, but its corresponding verb in Italian starts with the letter P, for Potere, a letter towards the end of the alphabet. Then with Should, S is at the end of the alphabet, and its corresponding verb in Italian starts with a letter at the beginning of the alphabet, D, for Dovere. I hope this makes sense and is able to help some of you guys out.
So here's what I went over in the video:
Let's begin with Would.
Here are the ARE, ERE, and IRE verb endings for saying WOULD in Italian:
ARE & ERE share the same verb endings:
io - erei noi - eremmo
tu - eresti voi - ereste
lui/lei - erebbe loro - erebbero
IRE verb endings:
io - irei noi - iremmo
tu - iresti voi - ireste
lui/lei - irebbe loro - irebbero
Let's now conjugate MANGIARE, a regular ARE verb in the conditional tense:
io mangerei - I would eat
tu mangeresti - you would eat
lui/lei mangerebbe - he/she would eat
noi mangeremmo - we would eat
voi mangereste - you all would eat
loro mangerebbero - they would eat
Just note: though Mangiare is a Regular ARE verb, you do eliminate the I after the G when conjugating it, this happens in some other verb tenses also, such as the Future Tense.
Now, onto saying COULD. We use POTERE as the helping verb, its an irregular verb, and we conjugate it in the conditional tense. Here are the verb endings for POTERE and also DOVERE (which we'll get to later on):
io - rei noi - remmo
tu - resti voi - reste
lui/lei - rebbe loro - rebbero
io potrei - I could
tu potresti - you could
lui/lei potrebbe - he/she could
noi potremmo - we could
voi potreste - you all could
loro potrebbero - they could
Here's how you say COULD EAT:
io potrei mangiare - I could eat
tu potresti mangiare - you could eat
lui/lei potrebbe mangiare - he/she could eat
noi potremmo mangiare - we could eat
voi potreste mangiare - you all could eat
loro potrebbero mangiare - they could eat
To say SHOULD, you conjugate DOVERE in the Conditional Tense, in a similar way to POTERE:
io dovrei - I should
tu dovresti - you should
lui/lei dovrebbe - he/she should
noi dovremmo - we should
voi dovreste - you all should
loro dovrebbero - they should
Here's how you say SHOULD EAT:
io dovrei mangiare - I should eat
tu dovresti mangiare - you should eat
lui/lei dovrebbe mangiare - he/she should eat
noi dovremmo mangiare - we should eat
voi dovreste mangiare - you all should eat
loro dovrebbero mangiare - they should eat
Here's how you conjugate a Regular IRE verb (Dormire - to sleep) in the conditional tense. The verb endings are show above, but they're very similar to the ARE and ERE verb endings:
io dormirei - I would sleep
tu dormiresti - you would sleep
lui/lei dormirebbe - he/she would sleep
noi dormiremmo - we would sleep
voi dormireste - you all would sleep
loro dormirebbero - they would sleep
Here's how you conjugate a REGULAR ERE (LEGGERE - to read) verb in Italian, it follows the same verb endings as I showed above for ARE verbs:
io leggerei - I would read
tu leggeresti - you would read
lui/lei leggerebbe - he/she would read
noi leggeremmo - we would read
voi leggereste - you all would read
loro leggerebbero - they would read
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Employees are now able to view their daily timesheets on our NEW Employment Hero Mobile mobile app.
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Employees in organisations utilising one of the timesheet entry options based on daily entries will be able to access their daily timeesheets by tapping on the My timesheets card:
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Sean Maraynes is a litigator who defends physicians, businesses and nonprofit organizations in lawsuits involving medical malpractice, catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. Over the course of his career, he has served as lead counsel on more than 20 trials to verdict in New York State Supreme Court and has successfully resolved thousands of civil and criminal cases. Sean has represented physicians in nearly every medical specialty, including obstetrics, cardiothoracic surgery, neurosurgery and internal medicine specialties. Additionally, Sean routinely represents hospitals and businesses in lawsuits stemming from criminal conduct on their premises or by their employees.
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The world of Africa's frogs is versatile, vibrant, noisy and sometimes bizarre. From some of the world's biggest – weighing as much as a small dog – to fingernail-sized rainforest miniatures, Africa boasts an impressive array of colorful species.
Unsung heroes of nature, frogs devour mosquitoes and crop pests, and have made a significant contribution to modern medical research. Recently, science has discovered that because they live in two worlds – land and water – their sensitive skin is doubly susceptible to pollution and subtle environmental change. Frogs are actually living barometers of world climate change. We tell The Whole Story on these jewels of the natural world.


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A major gas field off the northwest Australian coast will undergo development, but it just won't happen as soon as Woodside Petroleum wanted because the company canned plans for a $47 billion plant to process the gas for export.
Because of risings costs, Woodside decided to hold off on plans to build a processing plant at James Price Point in the West Kimberley region of Western Australia state because "the proposed concept doesn't provide the economic return required to proceed."
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Woodside will begin talks with its joint venture partners, which include Shell Australia, about alternatives for the Browse gas field.
Options include building a floating liquefied natural gas plant or piping the gas to existing LNG facilities to the southwest.
Woodside Chief Executive Peter Coleman said the decision to dump the plan for James Price Point was the result of rising costs. Australia's mining and natural gas boom has increased wages and pushed up the Australian dollar.
"We do believe that Browse will get developed," he told said.
Woodside had been looking at alternatives to a processing plant at James Price Point, but said they were not nearly as far developed as the original plan for the facility there.
"We've already come out and said things like floating technology, for example, is a technology that Woodside supports," Coleman said. "Whether that's appropriate for a Browse development will need to be determined by the joint venture over time."
Coleman said it could be another four or five years before an alternative for the Browse gas field was ready for final approval. The James Price Point plant, which would have been among the world's biggest, had been on the drawing board since 2009.
Shell's Australian boss Ann Pickard said its floating technology would be the fastest, most economic and best technical solution for processing gas from the Browse field.
"Floating LNG can bring significant long term, sustainable jobs to Western Australia, Australia, and the Kimberley, as well as providing employment and business opportunities for Kimberley indigenous people," Pickard said.


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Crap Happens: Some Thoughts on Suffering and Resilience
My firstborn son, Ethan, would have turned 9-years-old on August 31st. He was diagnosed with a fatal birth defect at his 20-week prenatal check-up, and being assured that he was not in pain, Dayna and I chose to carry him for as long as he remained with us. We spent the remainder of the pregnancy enjoying every energetic kick while also preparing for his burial. We refused to shy away from the fact that he was going to die, and we committed to telling the truth to ourselves and to our friends, acquaintances, and strangers.
And telling the truth is what got us through: it was these friends, acquaintances, and sometimes strangers who stepped up and carried us when we couldn't have done it alone. But we also wrestled with those oft repeated clichés: "God is testing you," "God won't give you more than you can bear," and perhaps the most popular, "Everything happens for a reason."
One incident stands out to me in particular: one of our neighbors ran into Dayna outside our house and asked how the pregnancy was going (not knowing Ethan's prognosis). When Dayna told her the truth, the woman replied with "everything happens for a reason," turned on her heals, and walked quickly away. In my less charitable moments I liken this woman to a frightened squid unleashing a cloud of black ink and making her escape. I don't think she is a bad person, but this moment taught me that sometimes our platitudes are a defense mechanism, a bundle of straws we cling to when we need control in the face of chaos. But this fearful mindset, while often disguised as courage and faith, can keep us from entering into truthful, vulnerable relationships with others, both when we need to be there for others, and when we need support ourselves.
In my work at OCP I hear many of these same messages, sometimes from the mouths of those who have suffered the most from homelessness, hunger, unemployment, abuse, and family separation, and I worry about the potential destructive effects of internalizing them. If everything happens for a reason, what is it? How many times must one try and fail before one has solved the riddle of life and "passed the test?"
Someone I know says that homelessness is a result of a lack of relationship. Another way of putting it is that homelessness happens when someone loses the social ties that make one resilient in times of hardship. The truth is, crap happens. Sometime it breaks us, and eventually it's going to kill all of us. Some crap is caused by human behavior, and some isn't. I've experienced the kind of crap that can tear lives and families apart. I just got lucky: I was born with the privileges of a stable, loving network of family and friends, and the access to education, employment, health care, and financing that is readily available to those of my race, gender, and social class. These resources have all made me more resilient when bad things happened to me. Other people don't have these things, and we meet many of them here at OCP.
I don't believe there is a higher power who inflicts suffering on us to test us or teach us. I believe God's agenda is to heal us by restoring the broken bonds of relationship. If there is any test in suffering, the real failure is when we allow someone to suffer alone and unaccompanied, without the unconditional love of others that holds us, reminds us that we are beautiful, and makes us resilient.
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Bad accounting practices are like bad habits – most start unintentionally and then become hard to break. Whether it's a lack of segregation of duties, inadequate training, or the wrong accounting system, the results are the same – inaccurate and untimely financial statements. Practices that worked in the recent past may now be antiquated. Growth, acquisitions, new business lines, or new contract types all may be triggers to re-thinking your current accounting practices.
Segregation of Duties
A lack of segregation of duties leaves you vulnerable to fraud. This also leads to missed information or duplication of effort because the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing.
Risks can be mitigated by making sure you have the right setup within your accounting systems, and by ensuring you have the right checks and balances within your policies and procedures. Access rights within your accounting system should be given to those needed to perform daily duties, while posting rights should be limited to those with suitable knowledge. Limiting check signing privileges based on amount, and requiring a second signature for other pre-determined amounts is a great example of segregation of duties and control for cash. Procurement is a third area to ensure you have pre-set amounts to prevent the company from being obligated beyond its capability.
By having the controls and segregations of duties you will create efficiencies.
Is your training plan consistent and documented?
When bringing on new personnel, you should make sure they get the proper training on the accounting system, and your company's specific policies and procedures. Refresher training should be considered annually or when significant changes are made to current operations. This ensures consistency.
Policies and procedures are the backbone of the accounting department. It's the first review request when going through any kind of audit or examination. Undocumented policies and procedures leads to inconsistencies. When you're a government contractor consistency is key. As a government contractor, it's important to ensure your policies and procedures clearly document how you handle direct, indirect, and unallowable costs.
Is your accounting system right for you?
Indicators to look for include, creating a lot of excel schedules outside the system, inability to track costs by contract, and untimely financial statements which prevent you from making real-time decisions. Government contractors should make sure their accounting system can meet all the criteria of the Defense FAR Supplement (DFARS) BSR clause 252.242-7006(c) to ensure the contractor is following their established policies and procedures, and that they're compliant with all applicable guidelines and regulations. Our business system applicability rules tool also may help.
Growth, acquisitions, new business lines, or new contract types can be another prompt that you need to review your current accounting system to determine if it's meeting your current needs.
The biggest pitfall of all is not asking for help. The first step in planning for a DCAA audit includes a walk though of internal control, an understanding of segregation of duties, and a review of policies and procedures. These items set the tone for the rest of the audit. By addressing segregation of duties, having documented policies and procedures, and making sure you're using the right accounting system, you can place increased reliance on the data within your financial statements and ensure a smooth DCAA audit.
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"Vax" (slang for vinyl in swedish) is my personal comic about me and my friend Linus (a.k.a. Limpan). We share this huge passion for record collecting, and that is pretty much the line-up for the comic as a whole. Nerdy and pop cultural jokes about music and insignificant things.


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The 7th team is an occasional XI which plays cup ties. It is cobbled together from parts of around 75 former players to form a working squad of around 15. Each player is top loaded with ego and well adapted to bar room banter and story telling of the good old days. The adage 'the older I get the better I was' applies here.


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Posts Slider - Keep Sticky First in Order
I have a Posts slider (ID = 2) that just pulls all posts in any category and displays them in order by date. This works fine.
But we want a specific post/slide to ALWAYS be first in the order. We know we can tell the client to just keep updating the date on the 'intro' slide to keep it first, but it's a hassle and they may forget.
- If we tag just one post as 'Sticky', any way to keep it first and then retain the rest of the order as normal???
I tried to piece something together from your 'Modifying order of Posts...' topic and code I found for displaying a sticky post first, but I'm a complete novice with PHP and it's not doing anything. Here's the code I came up with if you can see if I'm at least on the right track and/or missing something obvious in regards to syntax.
function add_sticky_posts_to_slider($slides, $options, $type) {
$options = '2';
$sticky = get_option( 'sticky_posts' );
rsort( $sticky );
$args = array(
'post__in' => $sticky,
'caller_get_posts' => 1,
'showposts' => -1
$query = new WP_Query($args);
$additiona_slides = (array)$query->posts;
if( is_array($additiona_slides) ) {
$slides = array_merge($slides, $additiona_slides);
return $slides; // slides is array of WP Post objects that will be displayed in slider
add_filter('new_rs_slides_filter', 'add_sticky_posts_to_slider', 10, 3);
Thanks for any direction here. If there's an easier way to do this, whether by specifying a post ID, using some meta info, etc, we're totally open. Doesn't have to use Sticky feature, just thought that would be obvious.
Here is an example:
function add_additional_posts_to_slider($slides, $options, $type) { $additional_post_ids = array( 1, 2, 3 ); $args = array( 'post_type' => 'post', 'post__in' => $additional_post_ids, ); $query = new WP_Query($args); $additiona_slides = (array)$query->posts; if( is_array($additiona_slides) ) { $slides = array_merge($additiona_slides, $slides); } return $slides; } add_filter('new_rs_slides_filter', 'add_additional_posts_to_slider', 10, 3);
1, 2, 3with IDs of posts that you wish to display at first.
Hi Dmitry,
Thanks for the quick reply here! Much appreciated.
This is close to working properly. Wonder how I would modify to:
A) Apply it to only the slider with an ID of '2' (our Home page slider). Currently it looks like it's messing up a gallery slider in another location.
B) Exclude the post specified by ID in the normal, secondary query. Currently, the post I select by ID shows up first, but then shows up a second time again in the natural date order.
Thanks! We'll have another license or two coming your way on a couple upcoming sites.
Here is how to apply code only to slider with ID 2:
function use_custom_query_to_rs($slides, $options, $type) { if ( !isset($options['id']) || (int)$options['id'] !== 2 ) { return $slides; } $args = array( 'post_type' => 'post' ); $query = new WP_Query($args); return (array)$query->posts; } add_filter('new_rs_slides_filter', 'use_custom_query_to_rs', 10, 3);
Customizations for complex post query are unfortunately out of support scope. You can check WP Query arguments at https://gist.github.com/luetkemj/2023628 The easiest way would probably to run two separate queries and marge their post arrays.
Hi Dmitry,
Thanks for the response. Totally understand. I'll keep trying to learn PHP as I can, but being able to master it and spot best practices or slight syntax errors can take a fair amount of time (especially while trying to get other work done ; )
So I tried adding your second bit of code, replacing what I had there. I didn't see the option to choose an 'additional post id' to include first, so didn't expect it to do much of anything. Assume that was just an example I'd have to piece together with the first bit of code, correct?!?
But for some reason, the sticky posts option now seems to WORK!! I'm not sure why, but it 'appears' to work perfectly now. Setting a post as 'Sticky' causes it to show up first, then the others follow in date order. And no duplicate posts, nor does it mess up my other Slider!
So thanks for the help here! Hopefully it can help someone else trying to get Sticky posts to work like I was. Was this the intended result (your comments led me to believe it would only help with the targeting a particular slider issue).
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Below are a series of short stories that I have gathered from family and friends about their most meaningful experience with chocolate. Their stories range from silly to symbolic. Nevertheless, they all indicate how chocolate plays a significant role in everyone's life in one form or another.
*Names have been changed for privacy purposes.
I can recall the first time I ate chocolate like it was yesterday. I was no older than four or five years of age. I snuck into my parents' candy bowl, reserved for guests, unwrapped the wrapper, and immediately shoved the Lindt milk chocolate truffle into my mouth. I was a rebel. I knew it was wrong to go behind my parents' back, but it felt so right. After munching down on the hardened exterior, an explosive gush of luscious sweet delight stimulated my taste buds. I was addicted; this sensation was beyond anything I had ever experienced.
Prior to the late 1800's, chocolate was "coarse and gritty" (Coe 248). However, in 1879, Rodolphe Lindt developed the conching process in Switzerland (247). Conching is one of the most misunderstood processes and can take a few hours up to three days to perform. During the process of smoothing out the chocolate, it also reaches a desirable flavor due to the reduction in the size of chocolate particles (248). Lindt's invention is one of the most pivotable developments in chocolate and has led to much of the chocolate we know and love today.
When I was five year of age, I woke up in the middle of the night crying hysterically. My mother ran to my side to see what was wrong. I exclaimed, "You gave Arko [my older brother] a Kit Kat bar, but not me!" My mother insisted it was simply a bad dream, but I continued to wail. In order to subdue my cries, she went to the kitchen and brought me a Kit Kat bar. I held the Kit Kat bar in my arms as if it were a teddy bear, and fell asleep without ever even opening the package and taking a bite.
This is a perfect illustration of how the chocolate industry has targeted children to become "cradle to grave" chocolate consumers (Lecture, Mar. 29). Companies spend approximately $17 billion annually marketing to children, a staggering increase from the $100 million spent in 1983 (Lecture, Mar. 29). Children are bombarded with marketing every waking moment. Maliha's desire for this chocolate bar, with strong indications that she was socialized to crave, is a clear illustration of the media's influence on children's chocolate consumption..
In the early 20th century, Kit Kat "adverts from the late 1930's suggested that the product was popular with female office workers" and the modern housewife (Robertson 24). Kit Kats have always been a popular chocolate snack. Even during the 1950's it was seen as a small nutritional meal or an accompaniment to tea (51). Kit Kat bars have become a staple to the American chocolate industry's success. Hershey has developed successful advertisement campaigns with catchy jingles such as, "Give me a break, give me a break, break me off a piece of that Kit Kat bar."
To view Kit Kat's catchy jingle that may have influenced Maliha's love for Kit Kat bars, check out this commercial from 1988:
I moved to Australia at the age of six. I was always disappointed that Australians did not celebrate Halloween. Nevertheless, our teachers introduced the holiday by encouraging us to dress up in costumes. I admit, I was kind of a weird kid. I would dress up often throughout the month of October in eccentric costumes with hopes that I would receive chocolate candy for my efforts. I clearly had not grasped the concept of the holiday at this point.
Every year my peers and I would wear costumes, but would be very disappointed because trick-or-treating was not a cultural practice in Australia. We were not even aware of the exact day Halloween was, so we tried our own rendition that involved more trick than treat. The closest that we got to receiving chocolate was "tricking" the local convenience store and shoving as much chocolate into our pockets that we could possibly fit. Then, we would run home, empty our pockets and compete with one another by counting our pieces to see who had the most chocolate. The player with the least amount of chocolate was always forced to forfeit his/her share and divide it amongst the rest of us.
The Halloween that Americans know today was much different than the way the holiday was celebrated in the 1930's and 1940's. It was not until the 1970's that candy, especially chocolate, was the treat used in the trick-or-treating process. In previous decades, a multitude of food items were offered when children rang the doorbells of their neighbors. The primary reason that Halloween became a chocolate holiday was because the candy industry was looking for a way to spike sales during the fall season. Halloween seemed like the ideal opportunity (The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2010). With monopolized markets, three companies make up 99.4% of snack sized chocolate in Halloween candy. (Lecture, Mar. 8).
During Easter, I recall my mother hiding Cadbury chocolate eggs throughout our home. I searched far and wide to determine if the Easter Bunny really existed by searching for the receipts from my parents for the purchased chocolate. I never found those receipts, so my belief in the Easter Bunny solidified. I believed that the Easter Bunny really did hop into my house and hide those chocolate eggs.
Cadbury mini eggs were created in 1967 (Lecture, Mar. 8). These eggs are served during Easter with a sugary shell outside and a chocolate inside. Some people may describe this as a frankenfood–a different category that should not fit in with food because it is ultra processed and different (Lecture, Mar. 8). It is a different choice product when comparing it to the Mesoamerican history of cacao. It is, ultimately, a result of the changes in industrialization. People want things fast: the production is innovative, cheap, available and maintains the same expectations. On the other hand, some argue that people determine what people want and that is what people get (Lecture, Mar. 8).
To view the process of how Cadbury chocolate eggs are made watch this video:
When I was ten years old, my parents decided that they were going to take me and my sister to chocolate mecca, also known as Hersheypark. Hersheypark was my childhood fantasy–even better than Disneyworld. I daydreamed of roller coasters made of chocolate and chocolate streams flowing alongside the sidewalks. However, when I entered the themepark, I realized it looked nothing like Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory. Instead, it was a bunch of middle aged families excited to take a photo with a man dressed up in a giant Hershey chocolate bar costume. I was heartbroken. My Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory dreams were crushed and all I was left with was a Hershey Kiss plush toy.
Hershey is considered one of the the kings of American food companies and has become synonymous with American chocolate. In 1903, Milton Hershey aimed to produce chocolate in Pennsylvania by involving the local community (Coe 248). He hired locals and struggled to develop milk that came from local dairy farms. He genuinely focused on the right variety of cow to make the type of chocolate he desired. He experimented with many different types of milk from cows to get the right balance of fat and flavor.
Hershey is notoriously secretive of what they do in their factories, however they do have areas of their factory open to the public. They even have a theme park and spa. This is all part of Hershey's attempt to become a beloved American candy company (248-251).
To see how Hershey chocolate is made watch the video here:
My first boyfriend, Ty Anderson, bought me my first gift on Valentine's Day. It was a Russell Stover chocolate heart. If anyone has tried Russel Stover chocolate, one would realize the chocolate inside actually sucks and is truly only cute for the novelty behind the shape of the box. I sadly had to throw the box away before returning home from school because I was not allowed to have a boyfriend. Nevertheless, I was not extremely disappointed because the chocolate was not very tasty anyway.
There is a lot of competing history debating the roots of Valentine's Day. Some argue that it derived from early pagan rituals linked to romance or that St. Valentine himself invented the holiday. Nevertheless, the Valentine's Day understood by modern western society is believed to have originated during the Victorian era (Lecture, Feb. 8). The holiday took off on both sides of the Atlantic and was popular in both the United Kingdom and the United States. Cadbury Chocolate Company developed the first heart shaped box in the mid to late 1800's and became very popular for people to buy. The National Confectioners Association, started in the mid 1800s, saw the potential for chocolate companies to link chocolate to Valentine's Day. The association lobbied to commercialize the holiday for chocolate companies (Lecture, Feb. 8).
An Armenian tradition is to bring a box of chocolates, known as bonbonerka, to a home when you are invited as a guest. Typically, no one ever opens the box and it often gets recycled. One time, my friend brought me the same bonbonerka that I had brought to her home as a gift a few months earlier. She was quite embarrassed.
As depicted in this brief story, chocolate gift giving is popular amongst a variety of cultures. It may have originated from the American chocolate industry lobbying, but today sharing a gift of chocolate is seen as a cultural norm, even in the Caucasus.
My grandparents lived in Armenia during the Soviet times. My grandfather would smuggle chocolate from Europe for my grandmother known as "plitka." It was a simple flat chocolate bar wrapped in foil. Indulging in this chocolate was taboo. Each day when my grandmother would drink her afternoon tea, she would take a bite of this foreign chocolate. Until this day, my grandmother indulges in a bite of chocolate with her tea. The other day she even exclaimed, "I have this exclusive dark chocolate!" I replied, "Ok grandma. You're reminiscing over your chocolate days again." My grandmother still finds it fascinating that a commodity that was so difficult to acquire in Soviet times is now so easily accessible.
During the Soviet times, "Red October" was a state owned company that produced chocolate for the Soviet Union. Due to the communist regime, chocolate was limited to very few state owned chocolate factories–Red October was the most prominent and primary producer. Prior to the Communist Revolution, the factory was privately owned by a German immigrant, Teodore Ferdinand von Einem, and later succeeded by Julius Heuss (Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 1991). After the nationalization of the factory, it was first named "State Confectionary Factory #1," but in 1922 renamed to "Red October." During World War II, the factory produced a specific chocolate bar with a high concentration of caffeine for members of the military. The company was later acknowledged for their service to the government with an honorary award for their contribution to the war effort (Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 1991).
After experiencing a terrible breakup with my boyfriend of two years, I had to endure my first Valentine's Day alone. In order to make my ex-boyfriend jealous, I purchased the most expensive box of Godiva chocolate available to post on social media. I am not entirely sure if he got jealous, but I did enjoy the chocolate inside! I still don't think he knows that I actually bought the $150 box of chocolate for myself.
Valentine's Day is a highly gendered holiday. Although men and women in the United States consume the same amount of chocolate, every week, except for the week of Valentine's Day, women buy more chocolate than men (Lecture, Feb. 8). On Valentine's Day, it is a common heteronormative tradition for men to gift chocolate to the women in their lives. The practice is commonplace around traditional couples: men give chocolate to a woman and she will be romanticized and seduced (Lecture, Feb. 8).
All of this has led people to feel very divided about Valentine's Day. Some people love the tradition, while others find it to be an unpleasant holiday with bizarre expectations. One reason why chocolate is linked with Valentine's Day is due to many believing in its aphrodisiac qualities (Lecture, Feb. 8). Even Mesoamericans linked chocolate with romance and marriage ceremonies. Nevertheless, it is important to understand that the meaning of Valentine's Day is socially constructed–the gift of chocolate on this day is something we have agreed upon as a society and that is why we practice it (Lecture, Feb. 8).
I crave chocolate like people crave cigarettes. I get into crazy binges and become loyal to only one type of chocolate. For example, I'll get tired of Hershey's chocolate almond nougats after a few months and then stock up on multiple bags of Lindt chocolate truffles. During the summer months, I'll even ensure to bring a cooler with me when I buy my chocolate in bulk to prevent it from melting.
After a trip to the dentist a few year months ago, I vowed to stop eating chocolate with nuts. I now completely avoid some of my favorites, including Lindt chocolate hazelnut bars, and resort to chocolate that is not so destructive to my teeth. If I'm having a rough day, I'll have a bite of chocolate and my day instantly improves! I've never suffered from depression or anxiety. Perhaps it's because I eat chocolate every day. Who knows?
There is inconclusive evidence amongst the scientific community determining whether both the chemistry and biochemistry of cacao compounds relieve depression and improves one's mood (Watson 392). Some scientists argue that chocolate only affects short-term mood improvements. The issue is controversial because some scientists even argue that many of the studies conducted involve tests that involve the consumption of chocolate bars (ingredients not containing 100% cocao) and mood elevation may be due to other compounds in the chocolate, such a carbohydrates and sugar (393). Scientists are also conflicted because a majority of these studies focus on the short-term mood effects of chocolate and do not consider the potential "relief like state" chocolate addicts experience after fulfilling a chocolate craving.
There is an extensive body of literature that examines chocolate cravings and whether it is a viable addiction. In some studies, results have indicated that when determining whether chocolate is a viable cure for depression or anxiety, one must consider the subject's relationship to chocolate. Some scientist conclude that the taste and mouthfeel result in the mood improvement–not the active chemical compounds present in the consumed chocolate (394). One study confirms, "chocolate craving is probably the expression of a specific eating disorder whose relief may be attributable more to sensation satisfaction than to the effect of chocolate compounds" (394).
Although there is more concrete evidence that indicates that chocolate can improve cognitive effects in short-term consumption, there is less evidence to concur whether sustained consumption of cocoa can reduce the intensity of anxiety and depressive symptoms (403). The results are continually inconclusive and require a consideration of a plethora of variables (400). More research must be conducted on diverse populations and subjects containing different types of mood disorders in order to confirm these observations" (400).
As the above testimonies have illustrated, each individual has a unique and personal relationship with chocolate. Everyone that I interviewed had a different perspective on chocolate and a meaningful story to tell. Most did not realize how their experience with chocolate may have significantly impacted their lives and the lives of others. To an outsider, this collection of short stories may seem vapid and meaningless; however, when one delves deeper and analyzes the social/cultural/political contexts of their experiences, it becomes clear that a multitude of factors influences one's relationship and experience with chocolate, and in a broader scope, one's personal life.
Works Cited
"About company." Red October. N.p., n.d. Web. 3 May 2017.
Brenner, Joel. 2000. The Emperors of Chocolate: Inside the Secret World of Hershey and Mars.
Coe, Sophie D., and Michael D. Coe. The true history of chocolate. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2013. Print.
Kawash, Samira. "How Candy and Halloween Became Best Friends." The Atlantic. Atlantic Media Company, 21 Oct. 2010. Web. 2 May 2017.
Martin, Carla D. "Lecture 3: Chocolate Expansion." Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food. Harvard University, Cambridge. 8 Feb. 2017. Lecture.
Martin, Carla D. "Lecture 7: The Rise of Big Chocolate and Race for the Global Market." Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food. Harvard University, Cambridge. 8 Mar. 2017. Lecture.
Martin, Carla D. "Lecture 9: Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Class in Chocolate Advertisements." Chocolate, Culture, and the Politics of Food. Harvard University, Cambridge. 29 Mar. 2017. Lecture.
Peterson, Jonathan. "Soviet Chocolate Factory Is Facing Bittersweet Times : Economy: The Red October plant, which has survived revolution and war, is struggling with privatization." Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 1991. Web. 5 May 2017.
Robertson, Emma. 2010. Chocolate, Women and Empire: A Social and Cultural History.
Watson, Ronald Ross, Victor R. Preedy, and Sherma Zibadi, eds. 2013. Chocolate in Health and Nutrition.


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I've already glorified avocado in previous recipes with its fibers and antioxidants, not to mention the benefits of kale, quinoa … what are you waiting for? This salad is a 'must-do' for Summer !
Pour 2 Personnes.
- 1 cup quinoa
- 1 peeled pomegranate
- 1 avocado, peeled, stoneless and diced. Drizzle it with the juice of half a lemon
- 1/3 cup pistachios
- 1 cup kale baby leaves, chopped
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1 handful parsley leaves, chopped
- 1 tsp Meaux mustard
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
- Guérande salt and pepper
- Cook the quinoa in salted water, drain and set aside
- Peel the pomegranate and set aside
- Prepare the vinaigrette and mix the vinegar, the oil and the Meaux mustard
- In a bowl, mix the quinoa, the avocado, the pomegranate, the raisins, the parsley, the kale and the vinaigrette
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Both of these recipes are simple and classic. They're easy to make and always a hit. I usually don't use cupcake papers, but I found tin foil ones at the store and was able to put the batter in the papers and bake them right on a cookie sheet. I halved each recipe so that I wouldn't have a ton of each type of cupcake, but I will put the full ingredient amounts here. Also, I piped the icing on the cupcakes using a reusable Wilton piping bag fitted with a large star tip. When piping icing on cupcakes, hold the bag upright and then when you're ready to pull the tip off, don't pull straight up, rather pull to the side. This will eliminate an unwanted pointy tip. Don't overfrost because the frosting is VERY sweet.
The first recipe is a Devil's Food Cupcake. The recipe is from Chockylit (http://cupcakeblog.com/?p=10). She uses a chocolate buttercream frosting on her, but I opted for vanilla so as not to cause chocolate overload.
Oven: 350 degrees
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder( I used Trader Joe's)
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1 1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup butter (Unless you're using a Kitchenaid Mixer, I'd let it soften a bit)
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1- Add everything to a mixing bowl except eggs
2- Mix on low until incorporated
3- Mix on high for about 2 mins
4- Add the eggs
5- Mix on high for about another 2 mins
6- Measure out into cupcake papers or tin. Fill about halfway
7- Bake for about 15-20 mins or until knife comes out clean. Transfer to wire rack to cool
The second recipe is for Vanilla Cupcakes. The recipe is from Confessions of a Bake-a-holic (http://bradleykitchen.blogspot.com/2010/04/vanilla-cupcakes-with-vanilla.html).
Oven: 375 degrees
3/4 cups butter (Again, unless you're using a Kitchenaid Mixer, I'd let it soften a bit)
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
2 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/2 cups flour
1 1/4 cups milk
1- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy (About 2 mins- It should come together)
2- Add eggs and vanilla and mix well
3- Add baking powder, salt, flour, and milk
4- Mix until well combined
5- Measure out into cupcake papers or tin. Fill about halfway
6- Bake for about 20 mins or until knife comes out clean. Transfer to wire rack to cool
The third recipe is for Vanilla Buttercream Frosting. It's a basic recipe, so you can find it on pretty much any website. It will be enough to frost cupcakes from one recipe both recipes if you halve them.
1- 4 cups powdered sugar (This is about 1 box. You can do 3.5 cups to make the icing a little less sweet)
2- 1/2 cup butter, softened
3- 1 tsp vanilla
4- 1/4 cup milk
1- Beat butter and powdered sugar until combined
2- Add vanilla and milk
3- Beat everything until light and fluffy.
Frost when cupcakes are cooled. Should you have any additional frosting, you can freeze it.
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William Thornton understands the mercurial nature of inspiration. After 20-plus years in journalism — currently covering East Alabama for the Alabama Media Group — Thornton has learned that hard work and discipline — not sitting around waiting for divine intervention — is what gets stories get written, either for a newspaper or a book.
Thornton has recently published his third novel, inspired by a 2008 story in The Wall Street Journal, the headline of which read: "The Mystery Worshipper: To try to keep their flocks, churches are turning to undercover inspectors, who note water stains, dull sermons and poor hospitality."
The idea of mystery worshippers became the plot for Thornton's latest novel, "Set Your Fields on Fire," about Alex Alterman and his "dedicated band of nitpicking zealots" who are hired to evaluate a Florida megachurch and its enigmatic pastor.
Thornton imagined the type of person who would be a mystery worshipper, and then what might happen if such a "hardcore" person was dropped into a church environment with the sole mission of picking it apart.
"The comedic aspects were ready-made," he said. "Then I borrowed from "Oceans 11" because I wanted the story to seem vaguely familiar. There's an older character, a young learner, a female searcher, the zealot, and the voice of reason, as well as an adversary.
"Doing this also gave it a little suspense, because it becomes like a heist film, or a heist film about Sunday school, you might say."
The novel has been well received, winning the grand prize in the Aspiring Authors Writing Contest sponsored by WestBow Press and The Parable Group, a Christian retailer and marketing firm. The book has since been picked up for distribution by HarperCollins, and is available on Amazon.
The slow death of churches
Having taught Sunday school at his Southern Baptist church for 13 years, as well as being an active member and volunteer, Thornton has witnessed the changes and struggles his and other churches have endured — namely a decline in memberships, attendance and volunteers.
While it is comedic, "Set Your Fields on Fire" examines how churches exist and why they fail.
"There's a moment in the book," Thornton said, "when the main character loses it with his people and says, 'This is the most important thing in the world!' I mean, if you believe in what Christ says about himself, then worshipping him and leading others to him is exactly that. But how many people take it that seriously?"
A few years ago, Thornton was touring an old church when he noticed names on the walls of those who once donated money to the church for renovations or new stained glass windows. While their names were still there, the church they loved was gone, its congregation scattered.
Precious things don't vanish suddenly, Thornton realized. They quietly slip away when we aren't paying attention.
"It's late on a Sunday afternoon and you're faced with the decision of whether or not to go to the Sunday night service," Thornton said. "You'd rather nap. You'll go next week.
"Then next week turns to next year. Then your friends don't go. Then your church cancels the Sunday night service because nobody goes. Then you bemoan the fact that people don't seem to take it seriously, that the country is disintegrating and no one seems to care. But you don't connect what's going on in the pews with what's going on out there."
It's the responsibility of everyone sitting in the pews — or intending to sit in the pews — to keep not only their churches alive, but their faith as well, Thornton said.
"You hear the familiar criticism, 'I don't like organized religion.' Well, most people don't like organized anything if they're a part of it," he said. "But church is the vehicle Jesus chose to get his message to the world. If you want to be part of that, there's not another option.
"There are plenty of churches to choose from, though."
Distracted by politics
Thornton believes that American Christianity has become too focused on the political arena, ignoring the valuable role it can play in shaping art and culture.
"Christians consume pop culture — reading books, going to movies, binge watching television shows — like everyone else," he said. "But they only seem to engage in it when there's something to get angry about.
"We haven't done as good a job of creating it ourselves and explaining our savior to the world as we have telling people what makes us mad.
"I don't think that was ever a conscious decision. It just happened that way. And culture has a more profound effect, and a more lasting effect, than the politics of any given moment in time."
For all of the serious themes within his novel, Thornton said the main goal was to write a book people would read and enjoy.
"I will say that when you write religious fiction, you are opening yourself up to criticism because people will always try to figure out what your agenda is," he said.
"If there's anything I want people to come away with, it's what Alterman says: 'This is serious business.' I figured the best way to get that point across was to make people laugh."
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Tropical Cyclone 03B (Ockhi) remains active…as it moves through the Arabian Sea towards India
Here's a satellite image, along with the looping version…and what the computer models are showing
According to the JTWC, satellite imagery shows flaring central convection being sheared to the northeast.
Upper level analysis shows that wind shear has been steadily increasing over the past 6-hours.
TC 03B is tracking northeastward through the remainder of the forecast period.
An approaching trough of low pressure will soon increase wind shear, this combined with cooler waters and dry air entrainment, will significantly weaken the storm over the next 48 hours.
This storm is forecast to dissipate below tropical cyclone strength just after 36 hours, with the remnant low making landfall near the Gulf of Khambhat within 48 hours.
Maximum sustained winds as of the JTWC Warning #22 were 60 knots with gusts of 75 knots.
Tropical Cyclone 01S (Dahlia) is dissipating…as it moves through the South Indian Ocean – Final Warning
Here's a satellite image, along with the looping version…and what the computer models are showing
According to the JTWC, satellite imagery indicates deep convection is beginning to become decoupled from the low level circulation center, and moving off to the southeast.
TC 01S is moving southward, and due to declining sea surface temperatures and persistent wind shear, Dahlia is expected to continue its weakening trend…leading to dissipation over water.
The center is forecast to remain together, with bouts of flaring convection over the next 24 hours. However, increasing wind shear and cooler water temperatures will mitigate the possibility of convective consolidation…and the system will soon dissipate within 24 hours.
Some global models suggest the remnant circulation could eventually track back into more favorable conditions, however regeneration isn't forecast at this time.
Maximum sustained winds as of the JTWC Warning #16 were 35 knots with gusts of 45 knots.
Meanwhile, there's a tropical disturbance, being referred to as Invest 93W…located approximately 778 NM west-northwest of Singapore
Here's a satellite image of this disturbance…and what the computer models are showing.
According to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC), satellite imagery shows disorganized flaring convection and low level turning.
Upper level analysis indicates 93W remains in an area of light to moderately strong 10-15 knot wind shear, with favorable diffluence aloft. Warm sea surface temperatures are conducive for TC formation.
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The only life is the life of the lovers, those whose utmost joy was in the love of the Beloved of Allah ﷺ.
One of them said when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) died: "O Allah, blind me so that I see no-one after having seen Your Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)" – so that I would not become frustrated at being denied the vision of his light.
This love affected their states, their words and their deeds. The Prophet ﷺ left them in a state of love.
Look at the state of the Companions in Madinah when they heard the news of his death. Look at the strength of their connection to him and look at what the Ummah has lost! Some were silent, unable to speak. Some sat down and were unable to stand. Others were unable to think straight upon hearing the news.
Then Allah made them firm and calmed them. He sent down tranquillity upon them, so that they could then follow his teachings and Sunnah which he left for those that would come after him.
Truly he left us on the clearest of paths.
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Au Naturale Bold Eye Collection shadows Peacock, Satellite, Chiffon
Au Naturale Bold Eye Collection shadows Marina, Dijon, Auburn
The Bold Eye Collection also included the All Over Shadow Brush and Angle Liner Brush pictured above. Au Naturale all sent me samples of Beige Creme Concealer and Palma Creme Eyeshadow.
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Top swatches are without primer, bottom swatches are over Palma Creme Eyeshadow. Auburn, Satellite, Chiffon, Peacock, Dijon, Marina.
As you can see a primer is essential with these eyeshadows to make the colors pop. The Palma Creme Eyeshadow did this very well. All shadows are shimmery except for Marina, which is matte without primer. I think this shadow collection is gorgeous and am very glad I got it. As long as you have a good primer I would highly recommend these shadows. I tend to gravitate towards turquoise shades so it is no surprise that Peacock is my absolute favorite of these! I have also been using the All Over Shadow Brush pretty much every day that I have worn shadow since picking this up.
I also purchased the Organic Lip Palette, which I have been eyeing for quite some time! This was a fall release but I was patient and waited for Black Friday to purchase this. Unfortunately the glue in this palette didn't stick very well so only one of the five pans was glued down into the palette that i received. I contacted Au Naturale and they replaced the palette and I am returning the original palette to them. The palette includes five colors: Innocence, Marionberry, Ruby, Spanish Rose, and Wild Lotus. I have previously used up a tube of Spanish Rose and loved it so that was already a reason I was excited to receive this palette!
Innocence, Marionberry, Ruby, Spanish Rose, Wild Lotus.
Spanish Rose is still my favorite color of the bunch. I am also a big fan of Ruby and I think Wild Lotus is much more wearable than I originally thought. I also appreciate that both a lip brush and a mirror are included with this palette, as this makes the palette fully functional without any added accessories. The only problem I have noticed with both the first palette and the replacement is that the palette doesn't stay closed very well, but I am so excited about these colors that I am determined to be careful in transit to make it work. Overall I am very happy I purchased these products and have been pleased with Au Naturale's customer service. Au Naturale is a company I have been purchasing from for a couple years and they consistently produce some of my favorite products!
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Have you ever had such an amazing experience in your life that is something you now strive to recreate? Maybe it was just a specific season of life where everything was going great, maybe it was the day you succeeded at something amazing, maybe it is the moment you met your spouse, or maybe it was spiritual experience you had that you wish was your constant reality.
The trouble with looking too fondly at the past is that we never quite get to experience what the future holds for us. In many cases the future holds better things for us than the past ever could compare too. Yet it's when we long for what was and create that as a standard for our lives we can be paralyzed from going into the new and better.
I can remember a time in my life when I was the happiest in my spiritual life. It was a time that I experienced God in ways I never thought was possible. It was an actual act of God. Yet for many years I spent my life hoping this experience could be recreated and banking my entire life investment on experiencing that one thing again. Yet when something is an act of God and not you, it is near impossible for you to control God to create it again. I finally reached a point where I realized by doing this I was almost trying to be God in dictating how life should go instead of allowing Him to do what He desires. What if it was His intention for that experience never to happen again?
We can do this with relationships in the past as well, even those that have since grown and changed. We long for the day that was lived in the past when things were different. But when you change and grow, things are not supposed to be the same they are supposed to be different and better. We can even get caught up in relationships of all kinds that have ended that are not supposed to be part of our future and yet be held back by new and better experiences just by looking back.
You can tell what people are stuck in the past, they will talk about it fondly. "Yeah back in the day, I was buff!", "Back in the day I had it all together, we all hung out at Jimmy's and life was so great." , "Back in the day…"
It is great to have good memories in our lives, but when we start to look to our past to create our future we are setting our sights too low and setting expectations that won't be met. What if something even better is about to happen that you have never experienced but you miss it because "it's not like the past"?
Remember that as you go after dreams and goals, that you don't go after what has already happened. I honestly made this mistake for so many years and it makes me cringe to think of the time I wasted. True growth, healthy growth, healthy goals all have to do with the new and unexpected…even though by nature as humans we don't like change…change is the default for life.
When we position ourselves for change and growth, allowing for a different future than our past, we can become all we were intended to be…and not be stuck in time waiting for what will never come. I was pondering this fact last night before I was going to sleep. I thought about how old I am and realized that I had yet another entire life to live yet. I thought about my life so far and then thought about living that time out again into the future it baffled me at how much of a life I have yet to live….value the time you have left! Don't allow yourself get stuck in time, because we have a lot of living yet to do….and if you have less time than I do, well, you have less excuse then to be stuck in the past. Move forward into great things.