text: Jessyca Sortillon Recipe: Smoked Ribs Made Easy in the Pit Barrel Cooker Are you ready to make some of the best smoked ribs you've ever tasted? Follow this easy recipe from Pit Barrel Cooker for delicious, tender St. Louis-style spareribs or baby back pork ribs Smoking ribs in the Pit Barrel Cooker is simple – regardless of what your BBQ skill level is. I followed PBC's award-winning recipe and smoked these baby backs for about 3 hours. They turned out so good! The meat was flavorful and pull-off-the-bone tender. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) Nothing takes me back to childhood more than when I sink my teeth into a tasty rib. When I was a kid, having dinner at the local BBQ joint was a real treat! From wearing that funny bib to taking a doggy bag of beef ribs home to the family pooch, eating messy ribs with my folks was always a good time.Nowadays, I do a lot of backyard grilling and hope the fun cookouts instill similar positive memories in my son. Perfectly smoked ribs are a family favorite but also something I haven't quite mastered – until I made them in the Pit Barrel Cooker (PBC), that is.What is the Pit Barrel Cooker and how does it work?The Pit Barrel Cooker is a 30-gallon upright drum cooker that uses charcoal, is easy-to-use, and delivers tender smoked meat in a shorter amount of time compared to traditional smokers.Once you try this smoked ribs recipe using the Pit Barrel Cooker, you won't want to cook pork ribs any other way. (Jessyca Sortillon photo)Unlike a regular grill or smoker, where meat is placed on a hot grate and cooked on one side, the PBC uses a unique "hook n' hang" method to cook food evenly on all sides. To hang ribs, for example, you put a hook through the thickest part of the rack and then suspend it in the PBC so the ribs hang down into the center of the barrel. The heat from the burning charcoal at the bottom flows up and around the barrel's cylinder, rotating around the ribs. Juices from the hanging meat also fall into the charcoal, which travels with the smoke back up into the food for an incredible smoke flavor. Pork ribs and bacon-wrapped venison meatballs hanging in the Pit Barrel Cooker. (Jessyca Sortillon photo)Smoking ribs for the first time may seem intimidating, but it's easy to do when using the PBC. Not only is it extremely easy to get finger-licking good results with the PBC, but it is also an affordable outdoor cooker at $299. It's the perfect smoker-grill combo for beginner smokers. When you get one, it is ready to use, right out of the box. Plus, once you get the hang of your PBC and master using it, you can set it up and then leave it alone while the meat cooks. The temperature stays constant throughout the barrel during cooking, so there's no need to monitor the temp with a thermometer. Are you ready to make some of the best ribs you've ever made?Follow the Award-Winning Ribs Recipe from Pit Barrel Cooker below, and I guarantee you won't be disappointed! It doesn't matter whether you are a novice griller or a seasoned pitmaster. When you use a PBC to cook this recipe, you'll get tender and delicious ribs, every time.Pit Barrel Cooker's Award-Winning Ribs RecipeYield: 1-8 racks pork ribs (yes, you can fit 8 racks of ribs in the PBC!)Total time: 2 ½ - 4 hours (cooking times may vary)Ingredients: 1-8 whole slabs pork ribs, St. Louis-style spareribs or baby back PBC Beef & Game Pit Rub Your favorite barbecue sauce, to taste Special Equipment: Classic Pit Barrel Cooker Standard charcoal briquets or lump charcoal Chimney Starter Newspaper or starter cube Lighter Cutting board 1-8 Stainless-Steel Meat Hooks 1 Hook Remover (included with PBC) Meat thermometer (optional)The Classic Pit Barrel Cooker comes with everything you need to get started: 30-gallon steel drum with lid, 8 stainless-steel hooks, 2 steel hanging rods, charcoal basket, grill grate, hook remover, barrel stand, 1 All-Purpose Pit Rub, and 1 Beef & Game Pit Rub (Image courtesy of Pit Barrel Cooker)Directions: Adjust the air vent on your PBC according to your elevation: ¼ open if less than 2,000 feet, ½ open if between 2,000-5,000 feet, ¾ open if between 5,000-8,000 feet, or open completely if above 8,000 feet. Pit Barrel Cooker Air Vent Diagram (Image courtesy of Pit Barrel Cooker) Remove the coal basket from the bottom of the Pit Barrel and fill it completely level with charcoal briquets. Remove ¼ of the briquets (approximately 40 briquets) and place them in your chimney starter. Place coal basket with remaining ¾ briquets in the bottom of the Pit Barrel. Pit Barrel Cooker coal basket with ash pan (sold separately) attached to the bottom. (Photo courtesy of Pit Barrel Cooker) Set the grill grate in the Pit Barrel. Place a piece of newspaper or starter cube on the grate and light it. If using paper, drizzle some cooking oil on it so it burns slower. If you don't have newspaper or a starter cube, you can light a piece of the charcoal bag. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) Immediately place chimney starter full of briquets on top of the flame. Allow coals to burn for about 12 minutes. If you are over 2,000 feet above sea level, let burn for 20 minutes. Let coals burn 12 to 20 minutes in the chimney starter. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) Carefully remove the grate and pour the hot coals evenly over the unlit coals in the charcoal basket. Place lid on Pit Barrel. It's okay if some of the hot coals miss the basket and fall into the bottom of the barrel, just make sure the coals are evenly distributed. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) Now, let's get those ribs ready! Rinse each rack of ribs gently with cold water; pat dry with paper towels. Place ribs back side up on a cutting board (you will be able to see the bones). Trim the skirt (if present) and remove the membrane. To remove the skirt, use a sharp knife to trim it so it is even with the bones. Leaving the skirt on will increase cooking time. To remove the thin white membrane, use a butter knife to lift up the corner of it. Grab the membrane with a paper towel and carefully pull up, removing it from the ribs. Repeat for each rack of ribs. Rub Beef and Game Pit Rub liberally on both sides of all ribs. The Beef and Game Pit Rub smells really good – try not to drool all over the ribs when you are seasoning them. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) Place one stainless-steel meat hook into each rack of ribs. Hook it a couple of bones down into the center of the thicker end (often the end with the narrower width) of each rack until it's secure. Hang the ribs on the rods in your PBC, leaving space between each slab, and then place the lid on the Pit Barrel. Pork ribs hanging in the Pit Barrel Cooker. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) Cook St. Louis style ribs for approximately 3-4 hours and baby back ribs for 2-3 hours. The amount of time needed to cook the ribs may vary depending on your elevation. PBC Pro Tip #1: Use two thermometers (one for the ribs and one for the inside of the Pit Barrel) until you are familiar with the PBC and how it works. The wireless Smoke 2-Channel Alarm thermometer from ThermoWorks pairs well with Pit Barrel cooking. PBC Pro Tip #2: Check the ribs every hour until you have mastered using your Pit Barrel. Check your ribs hourly until you are familiar with using the Pit Barrel Cooker. I pulled my ribs when the thickest part reached a temperature of 175 degrees. The meat was just starting to pull away from the bones. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) If you prefer Memphis-style dry ribs (without sauce), skip this step: Remove ribs from the cooker, keeping all hooks in place, and slather each side with your favorite barbecue sauce. (Pit Barrel Cooker recommends using KC Masterpiece Classic.) Hang the ribs back in the Pit Barrel and cook an additional 30 minutes or so, allowing the barbecue sauce to caramelize. Remove ribs and verify they are done. The meat will begin to pull away from the bone. Minimum internal temperature should be 160 degrees. Slice racks into individual ribs and serve. Enjoy!Editor's Note: If you have any leftover ribs, pull the rib meat off the bones and mix the meat into baked mac n' cheese. You won't regret it!Serve Pit Barrel Cooker's Award-Winning Ribs with a side of mac n' cheese and a fresh green salad. (Jessyca Sortillon photo) GET THE NEWSLETTER Join the List and Never Miss a Thing. Sign Me Up


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text: Activities Sports & Athletics 2016 US Women's Open Qualifying Scores and Schedule Results from and schedule of remaining sectional qualifiers Share PINTEREST Email Print Jodi Ewart is one of the golfers who has made it through a sectional qualifier to claim a spot in the 2016 US Women's Open. Christian Petersen/Getty Images Sports & Athletics Golf Golf Tournaments Basics History Gear Golf Courses Famous Golfers Baseball Basketball Bicycling Billiards Bodybuilding Bowling Boxing Car Racing Cheerleading Cricket Extreme Sports Football Gymnastics Ice Hockey Martial Arts Professional Wrestling Skateboarding Skating Paintball Soccer Swimming & Diving Table Tennis Tennis Track & Field Volleyball Other Activities Learn More By Brent Kelley Brent Kelley is an award-winning sports journalist and golf expert with over 30 years in print and online journalism. our editorial process Brent Kelley Updated March 06, 2017 Sectional qualifiers for the 2016 U.S. Women's Open are complete. This year, there were 25 sectional qualifiers total, 21 in the United States plus four international sites. The first sectional took place on May 9, the last on June 3. Sectional qualifiers are 36-hole, stroke play tournaments. The number of spots into the U.S. Women's Open available at each sectional varies based on number of entries and other factors. Below, we list the qualifiers, along with the two alternates, from each site, . We also list significant golfers who failed to qualify at a site, when appropriate, along with a link the full scores when available. The 2016 U.S. Women's Open itself will be held July 7-10 at CordeValle in San Martin, Calif. May 9 Everett (Wash.) Golf & Country Club(1 spot available)a-Naomi Eun Young Ko, 74-67--141Alternates: Caroline Inglis, Muni He May 16 Woo Jeong Hills Country Club, Cheonan, Republic of Korea(2 spots available)a-Haeran Ryu, 143a-Hye-Jin Choi, 146Alternates: a-Si Woo Chung, a-Woo-Jeong Kim Bradenton (Fla.) Country Club(2 spots available)Nelly Korda, 132Jodi Ewart Shadoff, 137Alternates: a-Ya Chun Chang, a-Youngin ChunFailed to qualify: Belen Mozo, Giulia MolinaroFull scores Butler (Pa.) Country Club(2 spots available)Bailey Tardy, 146Nannette Hill, 147Alternates: Rachel Rohanna, Ana SanjuanFull scores The Heritage Golf Club at Westmoor, Westminster, Colo.(2 spots available)Jennifer Kupcho, 149Yu-Sang Hou, 152Alternates: Mariah Stackhouse, Kendra DaltonFull Scores Shady Oaks Country Club; Fort Worth, Texas(2 spots available)Su Oh, 142a-Hannah Wood, 143Alternates: a-Kristen Gillman, a-Chih-Min ChenFull scores Pebble Creek Golf Club; Becker, Minn.(1 spot available)Jing Yan, 144Alternates: Amy Anderson, a-Sarah BurnhamFull scores Waialae Country Club, Honolulu, Hawaii(1 spot available)a-Allisen Corpuz, 141Alternates: a-Mariel Galdiano, a-Malia Nam Terravita Golf and Country Club, Scottsdale, Ariz.(2 spots available)a-Marissa Chow, 143Spencer Heller, 144Alternates: a-Morgan Gonzales, Ayako UeharaFailed to qualify: Blair O'Neal, Jimin KangFull scores May 17 The Woodlands (Texas) Country Club(2 spots available)Gaby Lopez, 140Liv Cheng, 143Alternates: Lisa McCloskey, Christel BoeljonFailed to qualify: Marissa SteenFull scores May 23 Hermitage Country Club; Manakin-Sabot, Va.(3 spots available)Maude-Aimee LeBlanc, 139Lee Lopez, 142Christine Song, 142Alternates: Ai Miyazato, Katherine KirkFailed to qualify: Paula Reto, Ji Young Oh, Laura Davies, Tiffany Joh, Vicky Hurst, Meena LeeFull scores Oak Park Country Club; River Grove, Ill.(2 spots available)Erica Shepherd, 142Ashleigh Simon, 144Alternates: Lindsey McPherson, Shannon GramleyFull scores Quail Ridge Country Club; Boynton Beach, Fla.(2 spots available)a-Mika Liu, 137Sandra Angulo Minarro, 137Alternates: Jaclyn Jansen, a-Maria HoyosFailed to qualify: Stacey KeatingFull scores Dunwoody Country Club; Atlanta, Ga.(2 spots available)Madelene Sagstrom, 136Jackie Stoelting, 140Alternates: Madeleine Sheils, Min Seo KwakFailed to qualify: Madison Pressel, Kristy McPherson, Cindy LacrosseFull scores May 24 Westwood Country Club; St. Louis, Mo.(2 spots available)a-Kasey Petty, 147a-Anna Hack, 148Alternates: Ember Schuldt, a-Kathleen GallagerFull scores Canoe Brook Country Club; Summit, N.J.(2 spots available)Pei-Yun Chien, 142Sophia Popov, 142Alternates: Jenny Colemand, a-Aurora KanFull scores May 25 Buckinghamshire (England) Golf Club(5 spots available)Jade Schaeffer, 139Valentine Derrey, 140Camilla Lennarth, 140Olivia Cowan, 140Pamela Pretswell, 141Alternates: Hannah Burke, Amy BouldenFailed to qualify: Carly Booth, Stacy BregmanFull scores Carolina Trace Country Club (Lake Course); Sanford, N.C.(2 spots available)a-Lauren Stephenson, 146Paula Hurtado, 146Alternates: a-Frida Gustafsson Spang, Lauren DoughtieFailed to qualify: Hannah Collier, Kathleen EkeyFull scores May 26 Lan Hai International Golf Club; Shanghai, China(1 spot available)a-Yan Liu, 141Alternates: a-Yunjie Zhang, Thanuttra Boonraksasat May 30 Otone Country Club; Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan(4 spots available)Erina Hara, 140Emi Sato, 140Ayaka Matsumori, 144a-Chika Sawada, 145Alternates: Kotone Hori, a-Yumi Matsubara May 31 Twin Hills Country Club; Longmeadow, Mass.(5 spots available)Miriam Nagl, 135Kelly Tan, 135Sue Kim, 135Megan Khang, 135a-Albane Valenzuela, 136Alternates: Cydney Clanton, Katie KempterFailed to qualify: Annie Park, Alison Walshe, Giulia Sergas, Cheyenne Woods, Dewi Schreefel, Caroline HedwallFull scores Green Valley Country Club; Fairfield, Calif.(2 spots available)Taylor Kim, 142Julie Yang, 143Alternates: a-Jisoo Keel, Mina HarigaeFailed to qualify: Pat HurstFull scores Industry Hills Golf Club; City of Industry, Calif.(2 spots available)a-Alexandra Kaui, 141Angel Yin, 144Alternates: Veronica Felibert, a-Kassidy TearaFull scores June 2 Goose Creek Golf Club; Jurupa Valley, Calif.(2 spots available)a-Robynn Ree, 144a-Karah Sanford, 145Alternates: Brandie Burton, a-Lilia Kha-Tu VuFull scores June 3 Sugar Mill Country Club; New Smyrna Beach, Fla.(2 spots available)a-Rinko Mitsunaga, 138Sandra Changkija, 139Alternates: Katie Burnett, a-Kelly GrasselFull scores


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Is this Tara Reid or Paris Hilton?
I can't get over these pictures of Tara Reid...she looks so put together. The other pics I saw of her she just looked messed up. May be she finally channelled her inner Paris Hilton.
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Of course its Tara Reid, Paris Hilton is a ugly, spoiled and stupid. Tara is hot, made it on her own talent, and is far smarter then the half witted entertainment media would ever care to admit.
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Nordic Ski
Welcome to the 2018-19 Season
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Coach: Berit Engstrom
Berit is from Minnesota and Skied growing up, competing on the Mahtomedi High School Ski team from 2001-2006. During her college years, she taught Nordic skiing classes through the outdoor club at Lewis and Clark College. In 2012, she spent a winter working as a dog handler for a professional musher in Alaska, where she ran sled dogs and learned to skijor (skate skiing with a team of two dogs). Berit has a passion for everything outdoors and spent five summers guiding canoe trips at YMCA Camp Menogyn. Her last summer at Menogyn she led a 50-day canoe trip with 5 young women in Nunavut, Canada. This will be Berit's first year coaching at North and she is looking forward to a great season sharing her love for Minnesota winters and Nordic skiing.
(Hopefully with more consistent snow than last year!)Complete Schedules are posted at www.metroeastconference.orgNordic Ski Practice Begins Monday, November 13, 2017
Skiers should meet in the athletic hallway near the ski room. Practice starts at 3:05 pm and will be over by 5:00 pm.Please bring appropriate clothes for an outdoor workout (running shoes, warm clothes, hats/gloves/etc.).


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We Are Access
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We are Access. We work with businesses across the UK in the provision and supply of IT professionals; both contract and permanent.
Our team all share the same core values: honesty, integrity and quality of service, making us the ideal recruitment partner. Whether you're a candidate currently looking for your next opportunity, or a manager seeking that key hire, we've got the knowledge, network and experience to guide you through the process.
Understanding where we fit within the recruitment process is a large part of our success. We have designed our service to add value with an honest and personable approach. Working as a team, we assign you to the right consultant to ensure we deliver the best possible outcome for you and your business.
Our goal is to match talented, passionate candidates with exciting opportunities in the IT industry. To discover the next step in your career, or to take your business to the next level, get in touch today to discuss how we can add value to the process.
I have met and dealt with a number of recruitment consultants over the years - some good, some bad. Danny is probably the best I've ever dealt with. Not only is he extremely helpful, but also honest and straightforward to deal with.
He contacted me about a position he was recruiting for and talked me through the role and my suitability for it. Quite frankly, I was dubious about applying for the role as I'd only just started another role, but he convinced me it was worth a shot. When he said he would call me back - he did, even to say that he hadn't got any updates. He never oversold the job or tried to make out that it was something it wasn't. Others who I have spoken to also commented on what a "nice" recruitment consultant he was, so it's not only me.
After all Danny's hard work, I was subsequently offered the role! I don't plan to move jobs again but, if I were, I would certainly contact Danny first and I recommend him to anyone I know who is looking to move jobs in the IT market.
If it wasn't for Danny, I don't think I would be working in the UK yet as he sorted everything out for me. I have not more than 3 months in this beautiful country so I had no idea how to find jobs around here, how people get hired, get paid and so on - I had no clue!
Before meeting Danny, I was randomly applying for jobs and getting no luck. Danny helped me to find a role that was relevant to my past experience, and called me regularly to update me along the process. I was amazed and curious to why a stranger took interest in me and helped me get a job. After the first call we had a great connection between us, and was like we had been friends for a long time.
Even after I had started at my new company, he is always asking how I'm getting on at work, if I've found any better accomodation and if I'm enjoying my new lifestyle and so on. He works very hard, and you can trust him from the first moment you speak with him. He inspires confidence and is very friendly. I have nothing bad to say about my relationship with him throughout the process, and I think the recruitment industry needs more people like him!
Eric Wright made me feel at ease that he could secure me my current position from our very first contact, and he was true to his word. His client was difficult to get hold of, but he was persistent and kept me up to date at all stages of the interview process. My circumstances were that of having a tight deadline, but this didn't seem to be a problem and was very reassuring along the way.
Access have been a pleasure to do business with since starting my contract, and they are always very helpful if there are any issues, and communicate well with me. Billing and payments of invoices are always on time, and whenever I miss a deadline for timesheets there is never an issue with it being paid on the next payment run. I have some invoicing issues last year, whereby my accounting system was sending out duplicate invoices, but they helped me iron out my process to make sure it doesn't happen again.
I can't recommend Access highly enough, and I hope that when this contract is finished that Eric will be able to find me my next contract so that I can continue to work with them.
I was placed by Lisa Christopherson who was my point of contact at Accessplc IT Recruitment, She got a job for me to work for MOJ (Ministry of Justice) as a Project Coordinator in February 2017. I was so impressed with the quality of service she provided, and the fact that she continuously went the extra mile. From the outset Lisa Christopherson was efficient, reliable and she demonstrated a high level of professional integrity. She was always more than happy to answer any questions I had, and I felt at all times that she really cared about my future and success. I would be happy to recommend AccessPlc IT Recruitment.
Commending Access IT Recruitment as the best in the recruitment industry is an understatement. Right from the get go, Danny and the rest of the team got to know my skills and matched them to the right employer, even taking into account work place enviroment and the culture of the team. You can rest assured the interview and subsequent induction process into your new role will be smooth, because of the hard work and time the whole team spends preparing candidates. I could not recommend them enough on their highly proactive and professional work etiquette towards placing the right candidate in the right role.
Danny helped me source, apply for and gain employment in my new role. He was a pleasure to work with and offered valuable support and advice throughout. I was pleasantly surprised when Danny got back in touch after I'd been in my role for a few weeks and was genuinely interested to find out how I was getting on. I'd be more than happy to recommend their services.
Access's recruitment process was efficient and pain free. Jon was knowledgeable about the role I applied for, then helped me every step of the way, from sending the application to arriving on-site for my first day and beyond!
Right from the start, everything Adam did when helping me find my new contract was professional. He worked to overcome problems that initially delayed my onboarding with the end client, and I would highly recommend Adam and Access to anyone looking for a role in the future.
Mike helped me secure my latest contract here in Sheffield and, although I had no direct contact with the end client, I felt well informed about role requirements, organization and the people I was going to meet. Mike even called me an hour before the interview to give me some final tips and manage my stress levels, calming any nerves and last-minute worries.
Mike secured me the role straight after interview and at the tip of the rate that was advertised. I was given time to select my own Umbrella company, and I wasn't pressured into using one that Mike or Access already had good relationships with. This helped me as it was the first time I have worked through an umbrella company.
From my perspective I can honestly say that I do not see anything that would need to be improved. I am very happy with the whole process and Mike's personal approach to recruitment, and would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a new contract role.
It has been a great experience to work with Eric throughout my time onsite at his client. I am proud to have represented Access and wish Eric and Access all the best going forward. I highly recommend them to anyone looking for a new contract.
It has been a complete pleasure dealing with Mike while acquiring this new contract. I have been contracting over 14 years and it is very rare to come across someone who not only has a professional, nice and decent attitude, but also seems to genuinely care about the work he is doing and the people he is dealing with.
By nature, the IT industry is very fast moving. However, Mike seems to be able give that little bit of extra time and effort so that you feel you have his undivided attention. He is a real credit to Access and I hope for many more opportunities to work with him.


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Provide administrators, educators, and parents practical resources for identifying and serving the low socioeconomic status gifted/talented learner.
Economically disadvantaged learners who have participated in services for gifted/talented learners will yield products and performances of professional quality as part of their program services. In order to accomplish this, gifted education services for economically disadvantaged learners must be made available for learners in grades K through 12. (Adapted from the Texas State Plan for the Education of Gifted/Talented Students, 1990.)
The Texas Education Agency (TEA) charged a task force of educators with identifying patterns and trends in G/T student identification, especially in terms of the representation of students from ethnically, academically, and/or economically diverse groups who currently are underrepresented in G/T programs.
The task force's resulting publication, Equity in Gifted Education: A State Initiative, was designed to assist school district personnel in beginning to address the issue of equity in the identification process for their G/T students. This document encourages districts to consider alternative as well as traditional means of identifying potentially underserved G/T students.
Download the task force findings document: Equity in Gifted Education: A State Initiative
Texas Education Agency Project Directors:
Monica Brewer
Shelly Ramos
Education Service Center, Region 13 Project Staff:
Erin Romero
Samantha Muñoz
Marilyn Peebles
Education Service Center, Region 16 Project Staff:
Frances Pool


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Knowledge Browser
Browse … Search and find … Explore and discover … Share and publish
Semantic search seeks to improve search accuracy by understanding the searcher's intent and the contextual meaning of terms as they appear in the searchable dataspace, whether on the Web or within a closed system, to generate more relevant results. Semantic search systems consider various points including context of search, location, intent, variation of words, synonyms, generalized and specialized queries, concept matching and natural language queries to provide relevant search results
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Navigational search – quickly locate specific content or resource. IInformational search – learn more about a specific subject. Compound term processing, concept search, fuzzy search, simple but smart search, controlled terms, full text or metadata, relevancy scoring. Takes care of language, spelling, accents, case. Boolean expressions, autocomplete, suggestions. Disambiguated queries, suggests alternatives to the original query. Relevance feedback: modify the original query with additional terms. Contextualize by user profile, location, search activity and more.
Initial results are refined, annotated and easy to explore. Sorted by relevancy, important terms are highlighted: easy to decide which one are relevant. Sophisticated facet based filters. Refining results set: more like this, this one, statistical and semantic methods, more like these: graph based activation ranking. Suggestions to help refine results set: new queries based on inferred or combined tags. Related searches and queries.
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More than just search results. Different result clustering methods: statistical cluster or semantic tags clusters. Clouds of semantic tags. Personalized statistical dashboard including analytics and immediate access to datasets. Data and search results augmented using linked open data (eg. Google Knowledge Graph). Mash-up pages generations.
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Enrich results with structured data from schema.org or business specific ontology. Integrated RDFa, micro formats, GWA snippets, schema.org. Results downloadable from "shopping cart". Sparql endpoint and Json-LD simple and fast REST API.
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Ms. Markowitz has appeared before immigration courts in Florida, California, Connecticut, Kansas, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Texas, Ohio, and North Carolina. Ms. Markowitz is Guatemalan-American originally from Miami Beach, Florida and fluent in Spanish. Ms. Markowitz attended Florida International University, from which she obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice. Ms. Markowitz continued her education at St. Thomas University School of Law, where she earned her Juris Doctor degree. During her time at St. Thomas University Ms. Markowitz served as Secretary and Vice president of the St. Thomas Environmental Law Society. Ms. Markowitz also served as President and Vice President of the St. Thomas chapter of Florida Association for Women Lawyers. Ms. Markowitz was also a member of Phi Alpha Delta. Additionally, Ms. Markowitz interned at Guardian ad Litem and became a Guardian ad Litem volunteer for the 17th Judicial Circuit. Ms. Markowitz was also a Certified Legal Intern at the Miami-Dade State Attorney's office. As a certified legal intern, Ms. Markowitz represented the state in prosecuting misdemeanor domestic violence defendants. She did a judicial internship with the Honorable William Thomas in the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida where she researched all areas of civil litigation. Ms. Markowitz is licensed to practice in Florida and is a member of the Florida Bar and of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.


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Sunday September 23- Wednesday September 26
With Rev. Matt Reynolds
Sunday September 23- Wednesday September 26
With Rev. Matt Reynolds
Thank you to all the volunteers who made VBS 2018 a success! And thank you parents for letting us spend three fun-filled days with your kids!
Join us at 3pm every Sunday at our new campus!
1005 14th St. Parkersburg
We are blessed to be able to bring VBS back to Word of God Ministries on Rt. 47 this year! Call 3048345366 to register!
Thursday July 26
Friday July 27
Saturday July 28
10-3 daily
No cost, lunch is provided
Join us April 28 for a screening of Amazon Arising… director Jordan Bigler and missionary "Jungle Jen" will be with us! Doors open at 6pm
and movie begins at 7pm
Word of God Ministries is located on Rt. 47, Parkersburg
There will be prizes awarded. Free hotdogs. Limited transportation available.


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This is a huge gas pipeline project that will transport the gas produced within the framework of Shah Deniz Phase-2 to Europe. For the first time, the Southern Gas Corridor will change the energy map of the entire region by connecting the gas supply in the Caspian region to the European markets.
The project includes four stages:
- Shah Deniz Phase-2
- South Caucasus Pipeline (SCP)
- The Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline(TANAP)
- Trans-Adriatic Pipeline (TAP)
The length of the pipeline is 3,500 km. TANAP is 1850 km, TAP is 878 km and SCP is 691 km. The Southern Gas Corridor is a complex project that involves various stakeholders - including 7 countries and 11 companies. At the initial stage, it is planned to transport 6 billion m3 of gas to Turkey and 10 billion m3 of gas to Europe. The Southern Gas Corridor pipeline has been designed so that the transmission capacity can be doubled to its initial transmission capacity in order to be able to supply additional volumes of gas in the future.
The Southern Gas Corridor was launched in May 29, 2018 in Baku and the Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), which is an important part of the corridor, was opened in June 12, 2018 in Eskisehir. The first commercial gas was transported to Turkey via Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP) in June 30, 2018.
It is planned to deliver Azerbaijan's natural gas to Europe in 2020.
The overall value of the Southern Gas Corridor is 40 billion US dollars.
"Shah Deniz Phase-2" is a huge project that will produce 16 billion m3 of gas including the annual 10 billion m3 of gas produced by "Shah Deniz Phase-1" project. By increasing up to 2500 m high and going down to 800 m deep in the seabed, Shah Deniz gas will be transported. The project includes the following works:
- Construction of two offshore platforms combined by a bridge;
- Drilling 26 gas producing wells by 2 semisubmersible drilling rig;
- Construction of 500 km long submarine pipelines that will connect wells with the onshore terminal
- Modernization of the ships conducting offshore construction;
- Expanding the Sangachal terminal for the installation of new gas processing and compressing facilities.
The works on producing the first gas within the "Shah Deniz Phase-2" project have been completed by 100%. The overall project work has been implemented by 92.5%. Commercial gas was transported to Turkey in June 30, 2018 within the framework of "Shah Deniz-2" and the first gas was produced in "Shah Deniz Bravo" platform in the end of July.
The overall value of "Shah Deniz 2" is 22.7 billion US dollars.
The expansion of the South Caucasus Pipeline is part of the Shah Deniz field development project. Project work started in 2013. The expansion of the South Caucasus Pipeline includes the construction of a new pipeline throughout Azerbaijan and the construction of two new compressor stations in Georgia. This allows the volume of gas exported via the pipeline to increase up to 23 billion m3 annually.
At the border with Georgia and Turkey, the pipeline will connect to another pipeline and will transport gas to Turkey and Europe. The pipeline was exploited in 2018. Currently, commercial transportations to Turkey via the pipeline are carried out, and the SCPX facilities in Azerbaijan and Georgia and pipeline parts carry export gas volumes. The overall work on the "South Caucasus Pipeline Expansion" has been implemented by 99.9%. The overall value of the project is 4.5 billion US dollars.
Trans-Anatolian Natural Gas Pipeline (TANAP), which will transport the gas produced in the Shah Deniz-2 field in Azerbaijan's sector of the Caspian Sea to Turkey and to Europe, will connect to the South Caucasus Pipeline on the Turkey-Georgia border and will connect to the Trans-Adriatic (TAP) gas pipeline on the Turkey-Greece border.
The total length of the TANAP is 1850 km, Georgia-Turkey border - Eskisehir part is 1350 km and the length of the Eskisehir-Turkey-Greece section is 480 km. Moreover, TANAP consists of 18 km sub-sea section.
The initial transmission capacity of the pipeline is 16 billion m3 and later this capacity can be increased up to 31 billion m3.
TANAP gas pipeline was put into operation in Eskisehir, Turkey on June 12, 2018. The first gas transportation to Turkey started on June 30. It is planned to transport 2 billion m3 of Azerbaijan's natural gas to Turkey via TANAP in 2019, 4 billion m3 in 2020 and 6 m3 in 2021.
In general, the project work has been completed by 99.1 %.
The overall value of TANAP is 6.96 billion US dollars.
The share of TANAP shareholders in this project is as follows: the Southern Gas Corridor CJSC - 51%, SOCAR Turkey Energy Inc. (STEAŞ) - 7%, Botas - 30% and BP - 12%.
The Trans Adriatic Pipeline (TAP) project is an extension of the SCP and TANAP and it will transport the gas produced in "Shah Deniz-2" via Greece and Albania through the Adriatic Sea to the South of Italy and then to Europe.
The length of the pipeline is 878 km (Greece-550 km, Albania-215 km, the Adriatic Sea-105 km, Italy-8 km), and diameter is 48 inches (sub-sea section is 37 inches). The lowest part of the pipeline will be at a depth of nearly 820 m above sea level, and the highest part will be at a height of 1800 m in the Albanian Mountains.
The initial transmission capacity of TAP will be 10 billion m3 and it is planned to increase this capacity up to 20 billion m3. Two compressor stations will be constructed within the framework of the project, one in Kipoi, Greece and the other one in Fier, Albania. TAP project work has been completed by 84.6 %.
10% of construction works have been completed in the 105 km section of the pipeline, which will go through the Adriatic Sea. Construction of the offshore part of TAP will be conducted in 2019.
The overall value of TAP is 4.5 bln. EURO.


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[Event Report] Canada's Changing Energy Landscape
Sustaining Momentum
Event report as featured in April 2016 Issue of The Canadian
As the global energy market faces a dramatic downturn and new government policies are put in place to substantially cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, Japan faces renewed uncertainty regarding its future energy mix and Canada has a further impetus to diversify its economy.
At present, global energy opportunities represent about 10 per cent of Canada's GDP and Canadians, at current rates of production, are sitting on a 120-year oil supply and a 300-year natural gas supply.
But perhaps common adversity forges the best partnerships. Natural resources remain an export priority in Canada and Japan is a logical partner. In the short term, however, resource production will need to be offset by greater efficiency provided by advanced technologies.
Fortunately, Canada and Japan are both world-class energy innovators. And we must not lose sight of the long-term: global energy demand is expected to increase by close to 40 per cent by 2040.
It is against this challenging background that the CCCJ hosted with the Embassy of Canada to Japan a seminar and networking event entitled "Canada's Changing Energy Landscape" on March 1, 2016. It was an undertaking impossible without our close partnership with the provinces of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec.
The seminar focused on federal and provincial policy developments, as well as new commercial opportunities in traditional and renewable energy in Canada. Each province was requested to deliver an overview of strategy within its own jurisdiction. Alberta, possessing 80 per cent of Canada's oil and 70 per cent of its natural gas, made a compelling case for why partnerships with Japanese companies were essential to viable development of these resources. British Columbia explained how it was making major investments in infrastructure to keep local electricity rates stable and position itself as a major energy exporter to Asia and a North American climate leader. Ontario outlined how its making impressive progress on its GHG targets through energy diversification under its 2050 Vision. Finally, Quebec shared its approach to making energy the driving force for prosperity through a 2016-2025 New Energy Policy that targets innovation, sustainability, abundance and affordability.
What made the seminar especially relevant was a series of breakout sessions in which twenty-one of Canada's leading clean technology companies and industry associations were on hand to present their expertise and exchange information. The seminar clearly demonstrated that these key players had versatile, mature technologies and services in oil and gas, solar, thermal, wind and hydrogen energy.
Regarding the traditional energy sector, there has been much hand-wringing about getting resources to market through the five major oil pipeline projects proposed, but Prime Minister Trudeau has stated in the recent Vancouver Communiqué of Canada's First Ministers, "We agreed on the importance and urgency of moving Canada's resources to market in responsible, timely, predictable and sustainable ways within existing jurisdictional frameworks." This tension between reaching energy sustainability and expanding natural resource exports can only be resolved through better technologies. And therein lies tremendous business opportunities for Canadian and Japanese companies.
As the seminar highlighted, Canada has the third largest renewable energy capacity and boasts one of the cleanest electricity systems in the world. 75 per cent of its electricity supply emits no GHG and the Canadian government has a target of 90 per cent by 2020. Canadian cities are positioning themselves to efficiently use that energy with over 60 Smart Grid initiatives underway and, through Mission Innovation, the Canadian Federal government pledged at cop21 to double investment in clean energy innovation over the next five years.
Where will the money go? We know that C$100 million annually will be invested on green producers to support emerging clean technology manufacturers and for exporting clean technologies. This is smart because export is a big part of the game. Close to 70 per cent of clean technology firms export, with over half of total revenues generated outside of Canada.
Another $200 million annually will be spent for innovation and use of clean technologies in the natural resource sectors. Already, Canada is home to three of the world's 15 operational large scale CCS projects. And more broadly, Canadian companies are pioneers in hydrogen-related research and have brought to market quicker and in greater volume a variety of novel technologies in fuel-cell, solar and wind energy.
The Investment, Energy, Natural Resources and Advanced Manufacturing section of the Canadian Embassy to Japan is headed by Senior Trade Commissioner Andrea Clements. Right at the start of the seminar she put concerns about the future of the energy business in proper perspective: The clean energy sector is growing four times faster than any other sector of the Canadian economy. This is good news for both Canadian and Japanese companies who are seeking to expand business and forge new partnerships.
[Event Report prepared by Chairman Haigh in partnership with the CCCJ's publications team]
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The evaluation was carried out by a Groupe URD evaluator and a Chadian expert in financial audits, from 19 to 30 June, 2011, in N'Djamena and in the region of Batha.
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-* An organizational assessment to improve ADRB's potential for autonomy. This involved analyzing the strategic, financial, human and functional capacities of the local association in order to ensure that it had the necessary capacity to define and implement relevant development programmes in a reliable, autonomous and professional way.
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Los Angeles Times Bombing
Unionists John T. and James B. McNamara were sentenced to 15 years and life, respectively, after confessing to dynamiting the Los Angeles Times building during a drive to unionize the metal trades in the city. Twenty people died in the bombing. The newspaper was strongly conservative and anti-union. – 1911Twenty people died in the Los Angeles Times bombing. Unionists John T. and James B. McNamara confessed and were sentenced to 15 years and life. Click To Tweet
A wildcat strike occurred at the Dodge truck plant in Detroit, Michigan, one of many "illegal" wartime strikes. – 1944
The American Federation of Labor (AFL) and the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) merged into a single mega-union, the AFL-CIO, ending a 20-year schism in the American trade union movement. Membership is currently an estimated 15 million. – 1955
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney welcomed the collapse of World Trade Organization talks in Seattle, declaring "No deal is better than a bad deal". – 1999
Wall Street bankers received a gift from the taxpayers of $1.2 trillion in secret loans (on top of the $700 billion in TARP funds they already received). – 2008
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I was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses in 1984 at the age of 15. I'd been raised in the church and looked at fellow Witnesses around the world as family. Eleven years later, I left the church and with it, my families. That might make me a metaphorical orphan, though I usually think of that condition as one which happens to a person rather than one which a person takes an active role in. It's like that definition of chutzpah which involves children who've murdered their parents asking the court for mercy because they're orphans now. Only I didn't kill anyone. In a sense, I died, which I guess makes me a reverse orphan.
Or it makes me a Jesus figure, only atheist, (I wear sandals and have a beard, though, so that part's close at least.) and this second earthly life has lasted way longer than three days.
My journey away from belief wasn't the instant snap to the opposite pole you hear about so often in discussions (criticisms?) of the New Atheist movement. Very often, according to these narratives (rarely written by unbelievers, I might add), there's a reverse Saul-to-Damascus moment, where the former believer has an epiphany that everything they've believed is false and suddenly they're overcome with the power of rationality and skepticism. I'm sure those people exist–they must do, as their believer counterparts are out there; I knew my share–but just as they're a rarity in the believing community, there aren't too many who identify that way among non-believers.
This much is true: when I left the Witnesses, I never considered joining another Christian religion. I was tired of doctrine and had begun to see how contradictory the Bible was, and I needed a break. I explored the vibe of other churches–I attended midnight mass during the first Christmas I celebrated (which I still celebrate, atheist tho I am); I went to a Baptist church with one of those huge choirs and danced in the aisles, fully enraptured in the joy of the moment; I sat with some Unitarians and listened to them plan the work they were going to do in the community–but none of this was with the intent of joining. I was exploring in the anthropological sense, experiencing worlds I'd only read about through the lenses of Jehovah's Witness literature. And while I saw that these places were not quite what I'd heard, neither were they the kinds of places that I wanted to be a member of.
The biggest part of my journey might be due to a change in habits. For 26 years, I'd gone to a religious meeting three times a week, and done public preaching at least once a week. When I stopped going, it was like the ringing in my ears had stopped, but I'd grown so used to the ringing that I hadn't noticed it was there in the first place. I started to hear other stuff for what felt like the first time. I got to be a different person without feeling like I was performing for a group of people, or more so, for an invisible Father who was watching my every move. Mind you, I wasn't an unbeliever yet–I still bought into the idea that my parents' beliefs might be correct and that I was giving up future eternal life in paradise in exchange for this freedom. It's just that I was okay with the trade.
But imagine that: suddenly you have an extra 15 hours per week on average to explore yourself and this world you've only ever seen through a very limited and sheltered perspective. What would you do? You'd get high is what you'd do. You'd trip balls and drink until your head exploded and try to have sex with everyone and maybe you'd look for the religious experience in it all, because everything you've ever done has been in the context of religious experience. You're looking for epiphany, for ecstasy (not the drug), for a way to grasp the universe in your teeth and shake it like a puppy does its favorite chew toy. And eventually you realize that church isn't popping into your head as much anymore. You're having these insights and revelations and maybe you're still attributing some of that to a deity or cosmic force, but the pastor/elder/priest voice you're used to hearing interpret this stuff is fading, and you're doing more of the work on your own.
At least that's how it worked for me. I can't really say when I first admitted to myself that I'd stopped believing in a personal God who interferes with/aids people, because it just happened, natural as breathing. I made a brief stopover in agnosticism, that comfortable way station for people who understandably don't want to take a definitive stand on the big question, who are more at ease with saying they just don't know, but once I realized that what I'd thought about as God couldn't really be defined as "a unifying force in the universe,"* I made the jump.
And I think maybe I became a better person for it. I know I'm not as judgmental as I used to be, and I feel like when I do something nice for someone, I don't do it with the expectation that some invisible being is crediting me for it as one small plus mark against a miles-long tally sheet of all the bad shit I've done in my life. I don't hate myself as much as I used to, that's for sure, and because I look at this as the only life I'm absolutely sure I'm going to experience, I try to get a lot out of it. And that affects every part of my life, from my art to my politics to the way I treat strangers and family alike. Contrary to what many religious folk claim about atheists, we are not nihilists. Rather, we recognize the importance and immediacy of this life more than anything else, because we're not looking forward to heaven, whatever that looks like, or paradise on earth or the next spin on Fortuna's Wheel. This is the one we've got, so we've got to do it up right.
* A little note about this definition and why it's important. On the question of whether or not there is some grand, unifying intelligence in the universe that may have contributed the spark that set all this in motion, i.e. what existed before the Big Bang, I am still agnostic. I don't know what it was, probably can't know, and am at peace with that. Some people call that God, but if that's God, then it doesn't really matter if I believe in it or not because it's not looking for worship, or at the very least, ins't punishing us if we don't worship it. The God I am pretty sure doesn't exist is the supernatural being that knows all, sees all, and occasionally sticks its finger into the lives of individual humans and either makes things awesome or really, really shitty for them. There is absolutely no evidence for such a being, and until someone produces repeatable, empirical data proving its existence, I work from the assumption that it doesn't.
Brian Spears is the poetry editor of The Rumpus and author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press 2011). He lives in Des Moines where he currently teaches poetry at Drake University.
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What the news from Jamestown does (and doesn't) prove
Reports landed today that skeletal evidence from the Jamestown colony shows, on at least one occasion, cannibalism practiced by the first permanent European settlers in what's now the U.S.
The announcement came first from the Smithsonian's Newsdesk, in a posting that contains lots of great images and video clips. A number of big-name media jumped on it: Within hours we got writeups and broadcasts from the New York Times, Washington Post, and the BBC, among others.
From what I can tell, a lot of good archaeology and forensic work went into this announcement. At the Smithsonian link above, you can see images of the cutmarks on the skull and mandible-the evidence of what the anthropologists referred to as "hesitant" attempts to deflesh the young woman. Young woman? Yes: Isotope analysis of her bones indicates a diet high in grains native to Europe, implying she was an immigrant, and other skeletal signs point to an age at death in her early teens.
But one part of this story is, to my mind, overblown. Or at least overextended.
When I teach introductory courses in archaeology and anthropology, I always spend time talking about cannibalism. Students tend to be interested in the topic, and it's one that anthropologists have spent a lot of time studying, so I have a lot of material to draw from.
I always contextualize the idea of cannibalism: endocannibalism (consuming people in your social group, usually for ritual purposes), vs. exocannibalism (consuming people outside your social group, much rarer, and usually for different ritual purposes), vs. survival cannibalism (consuming people to avert starvation). Furthermore, I note that "cannibal" has historically been a slur (with little or no evidence) used by European colonizers to justify enslavement or genocide against Native people.
The point is that there's a lot of nuance involved in eating humans, and there are times and places where various groups have socially sanctioned cannibalizing some but not others, and that the charge of "cannibal" has historically been a fraught one.
Moreover, better than a century of anthropological fieldwork (cultural, archaeological, and biological) has demonstrated numerous examples in which human societies routinely deflesh, dismember, or otherwise alter their dead, but do not actually consume them. Bioarchaeologist Kristina Kilgrove has an excellent discussion of several cases in this post.
To put it simply, this evidence from Jamestown doesn't actually prove that a person was eaten, it proves that a person was defleshed. Big difference. The claim that the colonists then proceeded to consume her flesh is an assumption, not something demonstrated by the evidence presented.
What constitutes evidence of cannibalism? Preserved stomach contents or feces containing markers of human tissue are the gold standard, such as that found through molecular analysis of a coprolite at a site called Coyote Wash (Abstract here, though you have to pay to read the article. Also: Some dispute this analysis).
Now, as assumptions go, this one seems quite reasonable to me. I think it's pretty fair to assume that in the Jamestown case, eating followed defleshing. The skeletal remains date to a particularly bad stretch of the colony's early years, when food was short, disease was rife, and death was everywhere. Remember survival cannibalism? We know this has happened, for instance, in lifeboat situations: There's even English case law to deal with it. When it's eat our own or starve, it seems we tend to choose the former (though as in the lifeboat case, we may not be judged well when things get back to normal).
Though it might seem a bit pedantic to stress the point, good interpretation in archaeology (and all anthropology) involves clearly identifying those things that are demonstrated by our evidence and those things that result from analogy and assumption. No matter how likely the assumption.
Kari Bruwelheide permalinkMay 3, 2013 9:11 am
While your statement seems logical, as one who has worked on the remains from Jamestown first hand you seem to ignore several keys points the are particularly telling in this unique case.1) the archaeological context of the bones. Not only where the incomplete skull and leg bone found within James Fort, but they were found within a trash deposit along with butchered non-human bones (animals) that were the remains of meals. The cuts and chops on the animal bones reflect consumption, not simply defleshing. This deposit clearly dates to the winter of 1609-10 – the "starving time". 2) Historical first-hand accounts. There are numerous accounts from the few survivors of that winter that state very plainly they resorted to eating the remains of the dead and in the case of 1 man, resorted to killing and then eating his wife. 3) The bones themselves. We have seen and studied bones from Native American contexts that were products of ritual defleshing. We have also studied numerous contemporary forensic cases of murder and dismemberment. We have even examined remains from serial muderers that were cannibals. These bones clearly show marks (cuts, chops, punctures, that reflect an attempt (unskillful as it was) to remove tissue of the face and throat AND remove the brain. Within Jamestown in 1609-10, this evidence would clearly suggest survival cannibalism, not defleshing (why would they deflesh if not for food?). I encourage all interested to stay tuned for a full presentation of the evidence – it is lengthy. Jamestown as a site is unique in many ways, especially because of the historical accounts that accompany it. These offer evidence and insight usually lacking in other archaeological contexts. In this case, the archaeological, historical and skeletal evidence are indeed, proof of survival cannibalism. We look forward to future discussion on the topic, particularly with skeptics.


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Happy Sixth Birthday
Chapter: Chapter 11: And So This Is Christmas
Characters: Amanda, Billy, Darryl, Doctor Professor, Emily Jones, Gordon, Skeleton Dad, Steve
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Guys, Moonfruit is six years old! If instead of starting a webcomic, I'd had a kid, it'd be going into Grade 1 soon! Crazy!
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Born in 1995, Nicolas Coquelet Gaume studies painting at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris. 64 is his first solo exhibition. It consists of five paintings, which stand like fragments of a shattered image. From this lost and obsessing image remain only abstract and intriguing details. This strange portrait emerging from the shadows might give us a key. The delicate care for the material, the limestone coating on canvas, are ways of exploring a mysterious figuration. But the painter's technique won't give us any answers, leaving us facing pure moments of colour.


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Friends often ask how it's possible for me to be watching so many Korean dramas at once. Well, besides the fact that I watch them instead of sleeping, my addiction is fed by the various 'time slots' for dramas. There are four nationwide TV networks in Korea: 1 educational and 3 general. The 3 general stations are the ones that carry dramas: KBS (Korean Broadcasting System), MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Company), and SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System). Recently a slew of cable channels have cropped up (e.g., tvN, Channel A, jTBC, and TV Chosun), but to keep things simple and mainstream, I'll stick to the 3 main stations for this explanation.
There are generally two types of dramas: daily and twice-weekly. Daily dramas air Monday through Friday for 30-40 minutes (without commercials). They currently have two slots: morning and evening. The daily morning dramas are closer in content to American daytime soap operas (All My Children, General Hospital, etc.) aka lots of makjang (more on that another time), and they are targeted towards housewives who have just sent off their husbands and kids to work and school.
Evening serials are more family-friendly. In general, dailies revolve around several families (which translates to a large cast) that are connected through love/hate/friendship/work/whatever-they-can-come-up-with, and they run for about 100 episodes (which ends up being ~6 months). Don't expect a lot of progress in each episode – you can tune in every few weeks and still be on top of the storyline. Unless, of course, among the episodes you choose to skip, one reveals all the birth secrets, tortured pasts, and cancerous tumors of the heroes/heroines. Good luck trying to find that episode.
Now we turn to the 'real' shows that people get excited over. Twice-weekly dramas air Monday-Tuesday, Wednesday-Thursday, or Saturday-Sunday for 60-70 minutes (without commercials) during primetime. On the weekend there are two time slots, with the earlier one being more family-friendly (or ajumma/ajusshi-friendly) and the later one the usual primetime fare. These primetime shows vary in series length, but there are general categories: the mini-mini-series, which runs 14-18 episodes; the mini-series, which runs 18-24 episodes; the not-quite-mini-but-not-uber-long-series, which runs 24-36 episodes; the standard-long-series, which runs 36-50 episodes; and the we-decided-to-have-an-extension-to-the-50-episodes-series.
The weekend shows have, in general, always been 'family' dramas running for ~50 episodes. (A prominent example of an exception was Secret Garden, which was neither 50 episodes nor the traditional family drama.) One slot is typically taken by a sageuk (period pieces, usually about historical figures) and the other by a condensed version of the daily-evening-drama. Weekday offerings are more variable in terms of length and genre. Traditional sageuks and 'commemoratory' dramas celebrating random anniversaries of the broadcasting stations and other miscellaneous dates, though, do tend to be ~50 episodes. Everything else is all over the place.
So there you have it, a quick (or not so quick) rundown of the basic time slots and affiliated fare. If you do the math, that's 3 shows per day per station on weekdays and 2 shows per day per station on weekends, giving a grand total of 18 different dramas per week or 48 different episodes per week or a minimum of 39 hours per week. And that doesn't include sitcoms, talk shows, game shows, music shows, cable channels, and the occasional Friday dramas. Welcome, dear friends, to Korean television.