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Just a quick post to inform you of some upcoming changes to this blog. In spite of the very generous help I have received from several people (thank you so much, all of you!), the backlog of places to visit and potentially add to the blog is completely out of hand (over 50 places at the moment). This means that places that very much deserve to be on here aren't yet and possibly, due to the number of new places maybe pushing up our expectations for what makes a good place, there are probably now some places on here that probably don't deserve to be on here anymore. I am still slowly working on trying to set up some new and more useful tags to make it easier to find what you might be looking for and hopefully this will be done some time soon.
In the meantime, it has been suggested that it might be a good idea to add the places on the backlog to the Tokyo Beer Drinker map. As googlemaps now has a few more icons, I'll be adding places to the map that are not reviewed and therefore unknown quantities with a question mark icon. If and when the place is actually visited the question mark will be replaced with a proper icon and a link to the post added. I know this means that there will potentially be some below average places on the map, but I hope that the question mark icon will basically be informing you that you're taking your own chance there. I think this is better than writing minimal details without actually going there, which to me seems like a waste of time.
Along with the question marks, I'll also be adding a star icon to places that I think are particularly good for whatever reason. There's now so many places in Tokyo and so many places on this blog that it's easy to drown in a sea of information and mediocrity. These stars will be totally personal opinion and probably not reflect the scores you might find on other sites. I think there's definitely a few big name places in Tokyo that are horrendously overrated. But probably plenty of people think they are justifiably high rated and that I'm an idiot, but you know, can't please everyone I guess!
Please feel free to leave me feedback if you think these are terrible or great ideas, or whatever really. And if you have taken photos of places I've added that are better than the photo I've used (not exactly a difficult task), I be grateful for them too. I'm always open to suggestions and I'm pleased to see that people read these posts and that they are useful. When I feel like giving up doing this blog (most weeks to be honest!), it's nice to have someone say that it's been helpful for them. Guess I'd better get on with these updates then...


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Happy Sunday and Memorial Day! I hope everyone is doing something with their family this weekend. Life is so short and so unpredictable.
My Thursday group ended this week, until the Fall, with a 2 part series called Swipe Right, http://northpoint.org/messages/swipe-right/personal-advisory-board/ (this is part 2). This is a great series on how our identity defines us and how we get to where we want be. I HIGHLY recommend this series!
Take each day as a gift from GOD. We just don't know what tomorrow will bring. After each Thursday session we talk about our prayer intentions. They can range from an illness to making a decision. None have weighed heavier on me than one of our current intentions for a young 20 year old from my daughter's graduating class who needs a heart. We have known this young man for a long time and had no idea he even had a heart condition. Currently he is in a medically induced coma waiting for a heart or possibly having a temporary procedure until a heart can be matched.
A friend in my Thursday group has a son who is 3 years older and befriended the boy who needs a heart while they were both students at our high school several years ago. They each had medical conditions and they became great friends. They have stayed in touch even though they live and go to school in different countries. God has a special way of weaving us together when we are most in need of a friend or confidant.
As you go about this weekend spend quality time with a family member or friend. Life is too short!
Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect–Romans 12:2
God Bless,
3 Ingredient Vegan Biscuits
These are quick, easy, very tasty and flakey
2 Cups self rising flour
1 /4 Cup coconut manna
3/4 Cup almond milk https://themustardseedfoodfaithfeast.com/2013/12/22/almond-milk/
Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Add self-rising flour and coconut manna to a mixing bowl. Combine with two forks until crumbs form. Stir in the milk until mixture forms a soft dough and no longer sticks to the sides of the bowl. Knead the mixture until combined, about 3-4 times only. You don't want to over need or the biscuits will be tough.
- Turn the dough out onto a cutting board or counter that has been lightly dusted with flour. Gently press the dough out until it reaches a 1/2-inch thickness. (I like to press my dough out to a thinner thickness and then fold dough over itself in half and then cut because then they have a natural opening to separate and put butter or jam on once they are baked. I am not vegan so I can use the butter:) Use a biscuit cutter (mine was a 2-inch circle) to cut out the biscuits but don't twist the cutter in the dough and transfer to a baking sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes, or until the biscuits have risen and ever so slightly begin to brown on top. Remove and serve immediately.
Makes 10-12 biscuits


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Restoring Honor in Marriage
"Let marriage be held in honor (esteemed worthy, precious, of great price, and especially dear) in all things…." Hebrews 13:4a (AMP)
The current of our culture has sent the honor of marriage adrift. Either so disappointed by failed marriages, broken promises or abandonment, a generation has lost hope in the ideal of marriage or simply left commitment at the altar. How do we restore honor in marriage, regarding it as something of great value, esteemed worthy and precious, an intimacy that is actually attainable with the help of God?
Solomon was right. He must have learned from his own failed relationships what he wrote in in Psalm 127:1,
"Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it…." (Ampl.)
Remember Solomon? He was the guy with a thousand wives who also wrote,
"Vanity of vanities – All is vanity!" Eccl. 2:2 (KJV)
Go figure! The Amplified Bible translates it like this:
"Vanity of vanities! All [that is done without God's guidance] is vanity [futile, meaningless – a wisp of smoke, a vapor that vanishes merely chasing the wind.] Eccl. 2:2b (Ampl.)
Maybe you can relate. Whether it is marriage or career, whatever in life fails to have God's guidance seems to fail. Why? Because we were designed by God to function with God; so, without God, we are dysfunctional. Like a computer without the software, we are just hardware. We are missing the Divine program. Once we install Christ, the miracle of life and meaning and purpose awaken in our soul! We come alive! In Christ, we have a power to live on and a purpose to live for! We no longer just live to and for ourselves. That old self-centered life was empty and vain. Now we live for Him who gave His life for us that He may give His life to us! We live now with eternity in our hearts! We have the capacity to love and be loved! Relationships are centered in Christ and aligned with His design, bringing joy and fulfillment. We honor one another, and we hold with honor what God honors – a marriage that was designed to reflect the kind of love He has for us to a watching world.
If you've suffered the personal pain of a failed relationship, don't give up on the honor of a Christ-centered marriage. You may be broken – sin leaves us all broken. God can put the pieces of your shattered heart back together again. Just give Him your broken heart. Trust Him to make His ideal real in your life in His time and His way. Keep your heart rightly related to Him. As you cultivate your relationship with God and put Him first, He will accomplish His purpose in your life with blessing beyond your imagination!
"Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us, to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen."Ephesians 3:20-21 (NIV2011)


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SEO is not "one-size-fits-all."
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Your business should focus on local SEO if…
You may want to pursue a local SEO strategy is you want to attract local visitors to your business. In other words, local SEO could benefit you if you want to attract potential customers to a "brick and mortar" location, or if you want your audience to find you based on a location-based search (e.g., "grocery store in WI").
The next step in your SEO strategy.
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New leader points to upcoming industry challenges and opportunities
The Water Quality Assn. (WQA) elected Robert A. Hague, CWS-VI, Groveport, Ohio, as association president this month.
The election took place at WQA Aquatech USA 2010 at the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Fla., on March 11. Hague is president of Hague Quality Water International. He served as vice president on the WQA Board of Governors and chairman of the Manufacturer Section. He is also a member of the Nominating Committee, and Ultra Low Brine Discharge and Salinity task forces.
"We are facing great challenges, but that also means great opportunity," Hague said. "These are tough economic times, which makes it more important than ever for everyone in the industry to have a strong voice and a powerful advocate through WQA."


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At the moment I am busying myself with the research design for my fieldwork and I have come across some interesting theories that I want to share.
Cognitive Dissonance Theory (Festinger 1957)
It is based on the insight that:
1. People can tell when their beliefs about what ought to be don't match their perception of how things really are; and,
2. This causes an uncomfortable feeling.
This feeling is called cognitive dissonance.
Basically, when people have inconsistent beliefs, or when they perceive things in the real world to be out of sync with their ideas of how things should be, they feel discomfort and strive naturally towards cognitive consonance.
Following from this theory, cultural consonance explains the degree to which people's lives mirror a widely shared set of beliefs about what lives should look like. What makes a successful life varies from culture to culture but in most cultures there is a shared list of what indicates a success.
In experiments, William Dressler – a medical anthropologist – found that people who have more of these things from the list (whose lives are in consonance with the cultural model) have lower stress levels and fewer blood pressure problems than do people whose lives lack cultural consonance.
This is similar to Deprivation Theory which is based on the insight that people compare themselves to specific peer groups, not to the world at large.
Of course, these theories need further explanations with empirical insight but they are useful starting points for research and have certainly given me some food for thought.
(Information from Research Methods in Anthropology by H. Russell Bernard)


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By: Denise Smith, Senior Accountant
QuickBooks, unlike many other accounting software, does not have a function to "close the books" at year end. Prior periods remain open and are available to run reports going back to, in many cases, when you started using QuickBooks for the first time. This is a great feature for having information and data at your fingertips, but maybe not so great when you type in a prior year for a transaction date and don't realize it.
Many times when we are working with our client's files in QuickBooks for a compilation, review or audit at year-end, we find that an entry has been inadvertently posted into a prior period or year. You may not even realize that this has happened, as the prior year's income is adjusted by QuickBooks, and closed to your Retained Earnings. A great feature of QuickBooks is that you can set a "closing password" for prior years. This doesn't mean that you can't post or modify a transaction in a prior year – just that you will be reminded that you are posting into a prior year and asked to enter a password. So maybe once you have your year-end financials set and tax return prepared and filed, you would like to set this password. In most versions of QuickBooks you would click Edit/Preferences, and then select the Accounting preference, and then the Company preferences tab. Click the button called Set Date/Password – and just enter your date and password as prompted. If you are using estimates, sales orders or purchase orders within QuickBooks, there is an option to exclude those from the closing date and password.
For more information on ways to utilize QuickBooks efficiently, contact the BSST team at Holbrook & Manter.


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In a loft just outside Downtown Los Angeles, Meghan Leuders, is packing up her things. The recent Tufts University graduate is headed to the airport to embark on a two month internship in Ghana.
But her mind is focused elsewhere. This week, early voting began in her home state of Colorado. She flies in just a couple hours, and yet her absentee ballot is blank and unsent.
Four years ago, Leuders would have voted immediately. This is the same young woman who keeps an unabridged copy of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America in her glove compartment.
"I should vote," she sighs, "It's just that I don't believe in what either candidate has to say."
Leuders is not alone. Youth involvement in this year's election is distinctly less enthusiastic than it was four years ago. Back in 2008, the momentum behind Obama's winning campaign was largely backed by a college-educated, politically-aware generation.
But it's more than just a disillusioned youth at play here. Leuders marks a trend of increasingly indecisive voters hailing from Colorado specifically. In February, NPR released a prescient, Colorado-focused piece in which it showcased the findings of moderate think tank, Third Way:
"In Colorado, the percentage of registered Republicans and Democrats rose slightly since 2008, but at a much slower pace than the rate of newly declared independents."
On the early campaign trail, both candidates paid close attention to the usual swing states. They went out of their way to hit key cities in Florida, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, and Wisconsin. All the while, the West went largely overlooked, but after Obama's lackluster performance in the first presidential debate earlier this month, he lost his already-fragile grip on the Rocky Mountain state. Colorado has emerged on the map as anyone's game.
Now, with Election Day fast approaching, major news outlets are beginning to recognize Colorado as an highly-strategic battleground, one that could very well dictate who wins this upcoming vote.
Both candidates recognize it. After Sunday's final debate in Boca Raton, Mitt Romney left Florida to circle back across the country. Obama's motorcade followed close behind.
On Tuesday evening Romney hosted a massive, high-energy rally at the Red Rocks Amphitheater in the hills just outside of Denver. In the center of the dramatic open-air arena, Romney placed his hand over his heart, graciously accepting the cheers of his Colorado supporters.
"We're on the home stretch now," Romney told onlookers in a rare moment of public emotion, "I think the people of Colorado are going to get us all the way there."
He's not too far off. Twenty-four hours after Romney rocked the Red Rocks, Obama's entourage rolled up to City Park and packed it with comparable crowds. Both candidates spewed stump rhetoric, marveling at Colorado's greatness, its patriotic spirit, and beautiful landscape.
The near-identical tactics of both campaigns is proof enough: this state is divided, plain and simple. Romney and Obama are playing it safe, because everyone knows it's up to the swing voters. The action (or inaction) of Colorado independents will ultimately decide whether Colorado turns red or blue on the electoral map come November 5th.
As sudden as Colorado's rise in national presidential politics may seem, its path to realization has been a slower process than the media coverage otherwise suggests. Over the last four years, more and more Colorado voters are registering independent.
Yesterday, NBC News polled Romney and Obama as locked neck and neck in the fight to win Colorado. In a race as tight as this, Meghan Leuder's reluctant participation is significant. Maybe she voted; perhaps she did not. Regardless, her uncertainty, shared by eligible voters across her home state, is something to pay attention to as the voting begins.


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Elle Puckett: Actually I just turned eighteen. We all turn the next age within a matter of like thirty days. Us and our brothers.
Elle: No.
Shealeen Puckett: Oh no no no. *laughter* Well, this year we don't even get parties.
Elle: Yeah we're on tour and everything, so we're driving like five hours to the next city and we just tell each other happy birthday, and that's it.
Shealeen: No, we've been out with Bradley Hathaway, and a band called December, and then we did a two-week run with a band called PlayRadioPlay!...
Elle: They're called Analog Rebellion now.
Shealeen: Yeah, Analog Rebellion. PlayRadioPlay! is how people usually know them. But yeah we did that tour and now this one, so we haven't really toured a lot.
Shealeen: Yeah, actually, Tooth & Nail did set this one up. So yeah.
Elle: They're actually not signed to Tooth & Nail.
Shealeen: No, but Tooth & Nail did set it up, because Windsor Drive went through Tooth & Nail to set it up.
Shealeen: But yeah I think they are independent. Even though they should be signed, cause they're really good.
Elle: Well it all happened really, really fast for us, because... well, we went on one tour before the Bradley Hathaway tour, and we actually can't really count it as a tour, 'cause it was two days. It was two shows, and then we actually got cut from the home show. So it was sort of a rough tour.
Shealeen: It was one of our very first out-of-state shows ever.
Elle: First first first tour. And it was with a band called Sleeping Giant, and they're metal.
Elle: *laughter* Yeah, it was pretty random. They had two stages; one was like an acoustic stage while the metal band set up. But it was actually the first show that we did on that tour, and we met a Tooth & Nail representative, and during the tour we kept hearing things like "Yeah he won't stop playing your CD. He really loves it." And we're like "Oh my gosh that's awesome!" So we just happened to be going to Seattle to visit our cousins, and he contacted us and said "Hey while you're up here, you should showcase to the label. I set you guys up a showcase." We're like "Awesome, okay!" It was our first showcase, it was cool. And so we did it, and they seemed pretty optimistic, and then like a week later they called and offered us a deal.
Shealeen: It was crazy. God definitely opened the doors for us, 'cause we weren't trying to get signed. We didn't even think we were really gonna pursue music. We just said "Well, heck, let's just do it."
Elle: Yeah, and Tooth & Nail is probably one of the only labels we had ever heard of.
Shealeen: It really was. Growing up, all the bands we listened to were Tooth & Nail bands.
Shealeen: Well, I think the hardest part was school. Right around the time I graduated, which was in 2008, we started writing. So, for me, it wasn't that hard even though I'm taking college classes, but she was still in high school and our little brother is still in high school. We were all trying to do school and stuff, so I think that was the hardest part for me.
Elle: It's definitely hard. I had to get my GED and then start taking college classes online.
Shealeen: Plus, just the fact that we're just teenage girls, and our little brother just turned fifteen, he's been fourteen, so it's been really hard to tour without our parents. You know, they don't want us just heading out while we're just young and girls.
Elle: We'll usually have one of our parents tour with us.
Shealeen: And it's hard for them 'cause my dad has work, my mom watches our other little brother at home, so it's hard for them. It's a big sacrifice for them too.
Elle: But they're totally supportive, absolutely 100%. They'll plan their schedule around what we have to do, so it's cool.
Shealeen: Let's see... we have our bass player, Jake, and our little brother, Christian, and our dad's with us on this tour.
Elle: Before we signed with Tooth & Nail, while we were still negotiating the contract, it was totally an unrelated thing, but they were coming through town and a friend of ours said "Hey, we have this band coming through town and we're booking a show for them. Can they stay at your house?" We're like "Uh, okay."
Shealeen: I know, I was kinda skeptical, like a random band staying at our house. I didn't know what to say.
Elle: Yeah, so they came to the house and they said they were signed to Tooth & Nail, and we said "What?! We're negotiating a contract with them! So how do you like the label?" and started asking them questions, and they were just like "We LOVE that label!"
Shealeen: Talking to them really helped us decide to sign, because we were unsure, not knowing what we were doing.
Elle: But yeah that was a huge part of us deciding to sign with Tooth & Nail. And since then we've kept in touch with them. They've sorta been our very first people from the label, they're like our label siblings.
Shealeen: Yeah, 'cause they're siblings too, so we just call them our label siblings.
Elle: Yeah, so we've just sorta formed this close friendship with them, 'cause we're linked to each other in a lot of ways.
Shealeen: Oh yeah!
Elle: You know, when they stayed at our house, that was the first time we ever heard their music.
Shealeen: When they played that night, we were so shocked.
Elle: Yeah, we saw them live and we were just blown away, 'cause they're the most chill people ever. But when they perform, it's like they explode on the stage. There's this energy that's like "Oh my gosh!"
Shealeen: I remember for months after that, 'cause we got their CD that night, we just listened and listened to it. I love it. And I don't usually really like punk music. But they're phenomenal.
Elle: They're like the standard for punk rock bands.
Shealeen: On Tooth & Nail or just in general?
Elle: We like country music.
Shealeen: A lot of country.
Elle: It's weird, 'cause people probably wouldn't really think that, but we love country music, all country music.
Shealeen: And growing up we used to listen to a lot of Switchfoot and U2, they're probably my favorite bands. And The Beatles.
Elle: Switchfoot used to be, well, still IS... they've been my favorite band since I was like nine years old. And we actually had the opportunity to open up for them when they came to New Mexico. It was like a dream come true for us.
Shealeen: Oh that was such a crazy night.
Elle: Oh my gosh.
Shealeen: The day before, I lost my voice completely, and it was such a crazy night. There was a lot of confusion, but we finally got to play, so I was still excited, and they liked our music, too. They said they did... *laughter*
Shealeen: Oh yeah. Jon Foreman came up to us and told us we did awesome and I started crying. *laughter* I was just so happy.
Elle: I've never really met that sort of celebrity where I've just been so in awe of them all my life and then I finally meet them. It's never happened.
Shealeen: He's an inspirational role model. Jon Foreman's amazing.
Shealeen: We're actually doing the entire Vans Warped Tour. We were gonna do Cornerstone, we did it last year and it was a blast, but because of Warped Tour we're not gonna be able to do it this year. So if anyone wants to see us, we'll be on the entire Warped Tour.
Elle: Yeah, we're volunteering at the Girls' Garage tent, and we'll basically be playing an acoustic set there every single day.
Elle: I think it's forty-three dates.
Shealeen: It starts like June 24 or 25, I think, and it goes till, I think mid or end of August. So it's a pretty long tour.
Elle: It's gonna be nuts.
Elle: It's sorta like a mix of both. It's about awkward situations.
Shealeen: It wasn't really about a date, I guess, it was kinda just "Hey we all have awkward situations, let's write a song about it."
Elle: Basically I was writing this song, and sometimes when I'm writing, I'll just sing random lyrics to what I'm writing, and so I started writing this song, and I just sung "It's 2 AM, it's gonna be another long night," and we sorta built it around that with situations that we had experienced. But like from the get-go it was sorta this random thing that popped into our heads, like "Wow this is such a cool idea for a song" and stuff like that. I don't know, we just sorta built it around that.
Shealeen: We worked for hours on these lyrics just to get it perfect. It took a while.
Shealeen: Thank you.
Elle: It used to be that I wrote the songs. I wrote the song "Feel The Same Way" and a lot of "Blue Sweater," but then as we both matured as musicians, now it's always both of us. 'Cause Shealeen has so many good ideas for lyrics and melodies and stuff but then so do I.
Shealeen: Usually I'll feel that she'll come up with a great chord structure, and then maybe even like a melodic hook, and then I'll come in and be like "Oh what about this and this" or "let's change this."
Elle: Since we're so similar, it's awesome to have someone to ask their opinion.
Shealeen: I feel like it's identical almost.
Elle: Our style is so similar.
Shealeen: Honestly, I thought touring was gonna be so easy, but it's hard. For me, I think the biggest thing is just having each other. We can keep each other accountable and calm each other down. And I definitely try to keep in close touch with the Lord, 'cause it's hard.
Elle: Before every set, we'll definitely pray.
Shealeen: But it's hard to have quiet times and continually keep your heart in focus, but we have to make an effort to do that for sure.
Elle: Yeah, it's definitely having each other that's a big part of what keeps us sane.
Shealeen: I know! I was thinking, if we had to do this by ourselves, it would be so hard, so discouraging, but we're able to encourage each other so much.
Elle: And being family, we can be completely honest with each other, so that's a good thing.
Shealeen: Oh, the hometown show! We played in Albuquerque. We had this show booked but it just ended up not working out, so the show had to get cancelled. But we still had to play a show, 'cause this was gonna be the last show we played in Albuquerque.
Elle: Our last home show all summer.
Shealeen: So we had to do something, so we were trying to scramble and find a coffee shop, or try to play after our church service, or just something, but we couldn't get anything together, so we decided to just play in a local park. So we just tweeted that we were gonna play at this park in a couple of hours, and it was amazing. I'd say about fifty kids came out, just sitting on the grass in front of us. It was so awesome.
Elle: Yeah and it was totally just an acoustic set...
Shealeen: No mics or anything.
Elle: Just my guitar, an acoustic bass, the little box that Christian plays, and it was just really chill.
Shealeen: Such a blast. And then afterwards, we all just played volleyball and soccer 'cause we were in the park. It was such a good night. That was like one of my best memories ever.
Elle: My favorite show on the tour. Home shows are always a blast, but that was like the coolest dynamic I ever had playing a show.
Elle: It was during the tour actually.
Shealeen: Yeah it was like three days ago. It was really recent, but it was cool.
Elle: To be patient. We're sorta waiting for a lot of things to come together and stuff. And it always does, but it always seems like it's at the very last second.
Shealeen: Even with the tour. 'Cause so much of our life revolves around what we're doing in music and stuff like that, so waiting on God has been hard. Like all these tours finally coming in and lining up in like the perfect amount of time. It's amazing.
Elle: It's definitely been God's perfect timing for a lot of things that have happened. I'm starting to see that more and more as we keep going along with this, but we've only been doing this for about a year. But we're just learning so much. That's just one of the things we've been learning.
Elle: Definitely. We have enough for an entire new album.
Shealeen: We wanna get back in the studio real bad.
Shealeen: Hopefully the beginning of next year. That's what we're looking at. It's kinda far off, but I'm anxious. But it's cool, I guess we can keep working on even more songs, try to perfect them, and put the best ones out.
Elle: We love writing. Gosh, writing is so fun.
Shealeen: We're trying to write on more topics.
Elle: Yeah our subject matter has definitely matured, 'cause a lot of the songs on Sing It Now were written when we were like fifteen, well I was fifteen, and we hadn't really experienced a lot of the stuff we had written about.
Shealeen: Yeah, people were hard on us. It's crazy 'cause just in the past two years on this album, and people were like "Oh, well there's not enough Christian lyrics on this album," you know what I mean? That's just so hard to hear, 'cause I feel like writing love songs doesn't mean that your heart isn't right with God. I mean, you just write where you're at and God will honor that. I think so anyway. But I'm excited for the next album.
Elle: We've definitely had a lot more experiences now, and so the stuff in our new songs is just way more meaningful to ourselves, and the stuff we've experienced really translates through the songs. When I've actually experienced it, it comes through.
Shealeen: Well, like I said, it's a mix. A lot of people really like it. I think the sales have been pretty good.
Elle: We don't really have a reference point because we've never had a CD out. But, I think it's been good, people really seem to like it.
Shealeen: Some reviews have been kinda hard on us, mostly a lot of Christian reviews, but some have been really good. It's been mixed. But for the most part it's good.
Shealeen: Hmm... I never know what to say here! *laughter* Well, do you wanna hear about the name?
Shealeen: It's kinda cool, actually. Our mom was having her quiet time, this was like a year and a half ago, and we hadn't come up with a name until then. She was having her quiet time, and the Lord just kinda pressed on the name Poem [Po-EM], and she was like "Hey I thought of a name for you guys!"
Elle: We were just going by Elle & Shealeen. Sorta like every other girl group - Meg & Dia, Tegan & Sara.
Shealeen: But we wanted to be kinda different, we thought it'd be cool to have one word. But anyway, she said Poem, and we're like "Eh."
Elle: But people would just think it's "poem."
Shealeen: So I kept thinking about it, and I liked it, and I said "What if we did Poema?"
Elle: Make it sound more girly. More feminine.
Shealeen: It's a pretty name, and so we're like "Okay let's go with that." And then later on we actually found out it means "beautiful masterpiece" in Greek, or "God's workmanship" or "God's poem." That's what the Greek root means. I think it's pronounced po-ee-ma, but we pronounce it po-eh-ma.
Elle: It was almost like this perfect coincidence that we happened to love it and it happened to be like the perfect name for us. It was definitely meant to be.
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Old Rook NU'66
Looking at the pre-game program last night revealed an interesting offensive comparison (which may have absolutely no statistical relevance whatsoever). When comparing the 5 top scorers for each team (which I have since tried to reconcile to the statistics for both teams, and can't), Norwich had approximately 166 points among those 5 (Pelletier, Salvucci, Smith, Flaherty & Piacentini), while the corresponding 5 for Hamilton had about 108. Since the level of goal-tending seemed to be similar, the Defensive ranks were almost equal, and the strength of their schedules was not too different, I was hoping that this apparent offensive advantage for the Cadets would play out. That was the game I watched last night for the most part.
Interesting. Have you done the same exercise to compare NU to Adrian?
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Its all a misunderstanding... she wont listen
My professor became friends with my friend and she set her up with a guy. This guy was nice and he'd call her and seemed interested but he never bothered to see her. I think he just lost interest in her. When my friend contacted the professor, she denied knowing all of us. She asked public safety to please make her stop contacting her. Well pubilc safety wanted her arrested instead for harassment. I think that was a little too drastic. They contacted me and even wanted me arrested because I "wasn't cooperating"... even though I gave them as much info as I could, they still weren't believing me. So I asked what they want from me because I don't want myself or my friend arrested. What kind of friend would I be by throwing my friend in jail? She'd hate me forever! Public Safety said I can either cooperate and we both will get off the hook, or get arrested. In other words: admit I was posing as the professor and this guy and you can go home. As much as I hated to admit it, it was either get us arrested and lose our jobs or save ourselves by admitting to something that's not even real. So I admitted. I hated it but I had no choice. Now my friend hates me and never wants to hear from me again. I thought she would be a little reasonable by approaching me and questioning me. Instead she hates me. I was only trying to be a good friend. I didn't want this to happen but I was left with no choice. Now I'm not allowed to contact my friend but I want to tell her the truth. I want her to understand I'd never do something this stupid and hurt her. I don't know what to do.... I miss my best friend. She was like my sister.


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A Message From The Citysocializer Team
Two weeks ago, we had to send Manchester a very difficult email, we saw their pain and we saw their strength and our thoughts were with them, hoping that our members, their loved ones and everyone else in the city would be safe. We were worried, saddened but also hoped that this would be the end, this would be the last email of that kind.
This Saturday, our city was attacked. Our team is here in London, this is where it all began for citysocializer and London Bridge is an area we know our members go out to often. I was at a social in London Bridge myself just a few weeks ago and realising this was a shock. Being out for drinks while this attack was happening I was suddenly on my phone, checking up on friends who I know would be out as well, trying to get more information about the events that were unfolding.
Then the questions started, what would I do in that situation, how are we supposed to react, what can we do to help? I spoke to a variety of people and this is the advice I got. I wanted to share it here, for the worst case scenario, even for the one person like me who may not be sure what the best course of action is during an incident.
As soon as you realise an incident is happening in the street you need to get away from the scene. If you are in an open space, run away from the scene and look for cover. Depending on the situation it may be wise to get inside the closest venue and let them know. This is what happened in London Bridge on Saturday. Most places should have a security guard at the door, alert them immediately and help them barricade the doors. Call the police as soon as possible. Inside the venue, turn the lights and music off, hide in the back and stay quiet. Remain calm and try to comfort anyone who may be upset. Wait for the police to come and give you further instructions or help you get to safety.
Some extra advice for hosts and guests during socials… Luckily you all have access to the guestlist, you know who is supposed to be at the social and how many people you are looking out for. If anything happens and let's say you are barricaded in a pub together, use the list to make sure everyone in the group is there. When the police arrives let them know if anyone from your group is missing.
Furthermore, while we all love a drink after work and a proper night out, we would like to urge you to drink responsibly. Make sure you keep your wits about you and try to be aware of your surroundings. If anybody during the social seems to be unable to handle their drink, do keep an eye on them and suggest they take a taxi home at the end of the night. Whenever possible, you can extend that advice to strangers as well. If someone is unable to take care of themselves, helping them to a cab might be the safest solution.
Having said all that, we can not stay home forever, or put our lives on hold. So stay strong, live life to the fullest and take care of yourselves. Our thoughts are always with you.
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Whilst many of the staff here enjoy a physical activity or two, it's a sad fact that most of us spend our days seated (whether in a car or at a desk). As such, it was a pleasure to live vicariously through the Herculean efforts of two groups of cyclists closely affiliated with Kingsbridge recently. We were delighted to sponsor both the 3 Cycling Amigos of Pennon Group on the well-trodden but still fearsome path from Jon O'Groats to Land's End, as well as our good friend Giles Derry of Dunedin and his crew Lost! Again on their almighty journey from Locorotondo in Italy to St. Tropez in France.
The causes both groups were riding for made the grueling trips very much worth it, with Pennon's sojourn raising money for Cancer Research UK and Force Cancer Charity and Giles' trip raising funds for WellChild – all tremendously deserving charities staffed by and looking after truly amazing people.
As with many things in life, both journeys were far from smooth. Whether battling punctures, hunger, exhaustion, terrible roads, the weather, or a combination of all five, there were many hurdles to overcome. And yet each time an obstacle fell in their path both groups pushed on, persevered, and made their end destinations.
Rather than stealing their (very well-earned) thunder, please take the time to read more about both journeys. You can read about the adventures of the Lost! Again team on their blog here, and you can find out all about the 3 Cycling Amigos and their path from one end of the UK to the other on their Facebook page here. The 3 Cycling Amigos have currently raised almost £6,500, whilst Lost! Again appear very likely to hit their £40,000 target. We'd like to offer our congratulations to all involved one last time, and we were delighted to be given the opportunity to sponsor both.
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Victoria's two most senior players have endorsed the retention of Australia's all-pace bowling attack for the Boxing Day Test.
Captain Cameron White and vice-captain David Hussey both support an unchanged side from Perth, despite Melbourne's conditions not being as overtly suited to pace as the WACA Ground.
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The unsung journeyman
We remember the famous and the flashy ones in life, not the journeyman who goes to work everyday and makes all the rest happen.
While this is specific to boxing, I think it also is an example of one of the lessons of Heimdall and Hermod: Just Keep Going.
That can mean a lot of things and a lot of training to just "do your job", whatever that may be.
More on story and Myth
This ties to other things I have read on the power of story and fiction and their relation to myth. I recommend it.
An article on the power of meditation
I find that even five minutes a day tied to longer term work is beneficial.
As this keeps coming up, my fast meditation is:
1) Remove shoes
2) Optional reading (Could be almost anything from the Havamal to Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance to poetry to Frankenstein.)
3) 9 deep breaths in and out and 9 "Heimdall, Himdallr, Vindler, Rig"
4) 4 deep breaths in and out and 4 "Freya, Lady, Vanadis"
5) 9 deep breaths in and out and:
Hermod, Hel rider
Hermod, Sleipnir rider
Hermod, Nine Days rider
Hermod, Nine Nights rider
Hermod, Frigga's rider
Hermod, Frigga's speaker
Hermod, Brave rider
Hermod, Dark rider
Hermod, Hel rider (sometimes 3 times)
6) 7 deep breaths followed by:
The Hag of the Iron Wood had three children,
And the daughter was death,
The son was destruction,
And the third encircled the world.
Roots of a mountain
Beard of a woman
Spittle of a bird
Breath of a fish
Footfall of a cat
Nerves of a bear
For Fenris must me chained (seize wrist)
Or chaos will be king (grab shoulder)
7) Close with Hails to Aesir, Vanir, ancestors, philosophers and specific deities as applicable
All of the above being self created over the last three years based on many influences.
Another site linking to me
I was surprised and honored to find that this writing:
Apparently struck a chord here:
I had to go back and re-read to determine where I was on this (and fix a grammatical error) but find that it is still very true, even if the deities called for inspiration vary more now. I do try to meditate as close to daily as I can and frequently ask for inspiration. I see the doing of deeds to be my responsibility.


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In Virtual Dedicated Hiring you hire 160 hours of several types of resources for developing your project. Someone is always working on your project on a dedicated basis. You can contact him anytime. Unlike fixed cost hiring, you have the full control on the project manager, developer, tester when they work on your project.
It is the Ideal Hiring Model for developing a New Custom Web Application. Here is why?
Developing a new custom, concept based web application requires many experts. You need at least an analyst cum PM, a developer, a web designer and a tester. Here is the contribution table.
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Last time we checked in, Suntech Power's
For competitive reasons, Suntech has decided to no longer report shipment quantities or average sales prices for its modules. This is strange, because pretty much every company in the space reports these figures. It's hard to see how one of the largest companies by volume feels compromised by sharing this basic data.
This guarded reporting makes it a bit harder for all of us to figure out how Suntech managed to raise gross margins to levels that edged out the likes of JA Solar
Analysts probed this issue from about seven different angles on the conference call, and ultimately got the answer that price hikes and currency exchange gains contributed about 50/50 to the margin expansion. Higher selling prices are a pure function of demand in the marketplace, which Suntech characterized as "very strong" in the core Spanish market. Spain accounted for about half of total revenue in the quarter. And much like doppelgangers Canadian Solar
Looking ahead to the second half of the year, Suntech is still calling for a drop in spot silicon costs, on the order of 10%-20%. Note that this is for spot market purchases only, not overall silicon costs. For 2009, the company is even more optimistic, and expects a 25% reduction in silicon costs to offset a 5%-10% decline in module prices. Suntech has made equity investments in polysilicon partners Nitol and Hoku Scientific
As for me, I'm a bit of a silicon skeptic, which has me leaning more toward Evergreen Solar
More sun-drenched Foolishness:
- JA Solar's manufacturing some predictable profits.
- Canadian Solar has catapulted.
- Last month, SunPower got deflowered.


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Benjamin Sukle has spent nearly a decade perfecting his culinary craft in Rhode Island. After graduating from Johnson & Wales University with a B.A. in culinary arts in 2008, he worked at various restaurants in Providence before branching out on his own in 2013 with birch, an 18-seat venue serving modern American dishes inspired by Rhode Island ingredients and culture.
Oberlin, Sukle's second restaurant, serving local by-catch seafood (fish caught as a result of trawling for more commercially desirable species) with curated wine selections, was No. 7 on the 2016 bon appétit magazine list of America's 10 Best New Restaurants.
The 32-year-old Pennsylvania native hopes the acclaim he's received in recent years shows Providence has more to offer the culinary world than "small-town good."
What is your first food memory? My mom's mac and cheese, the casserole style [with breadcrumbs].
Are there foods you don't like? Green peppers and raspberries are disgusting, the little seeds get in your teeth. That's very specific, but those always make me cringe.
What are your expectations for your customers' palates? It's gotten to the point where I know what's tasty and I'm not trying to make people try things they don't want. I trust my palate and I'm not going to say, "You're going to try something really weird and you're going to like it because I'm a chef." That's not what I do.
How would you describe the missions of your restaurants? I see voids that need filling. There wasn't anything, fine diningwise, opening up in Providence for a long time, but I knew, as far as my generation, fine dining meant something completely different [compared] to the generation before [which sees it as] white tablecloths, a big to-do.
At birch, it's much more stripped-down but the food is – not intellectual, I hate using that word – you read the menu and you don't know what you're necessarily going to get. I take myself out of the equation. I'm not trying to make you think I'm an artist. … This is just the way I came up with a delicious way to represent this product.
With Oberlin, we do a lot of detailed sourcing for all of the ingredients. You can't get slices of local raw fish around here … [and] there's not a lot of places you can get several kinds of pastas that aren't a pound and a half and meant to be your whole dinner. What I always like is for somebody to get some slices of fish, a pasta and some really good wine. That's pretty chill and that's a void I think needed to be filled.
Hitting that middle ground, are you ever worried customers aren't going to be intrigued to come in or return? I'm worried about everything. [Hitting the middle ground] is more of a shotgun approach than a rifle, you just hope all the pieces land where they should. What I consider fine dining, in another generation, is not going to be relevant anymore. What I want is to be able to know when that happens and change with it. Ultimately, if it's delicious, people are going to want to eat it again. Good food and good hospitality is the simplest combination, but it's the hardest thing to do every day.
You talk about balancing good food and good hospitality – that's pretty much you and your wife, Heidi, respectively, right? Yes. Heidi has a lot to do with the front of house at birch, she is the general manager. I always say hospitality is more important than food.
How difficult is it to work and live with your spouse? It's not difficult, it's exhausting – in the sense that there's never an on or off switch. It's not like we go home and just turn off work and turn on being a couple.
Mentally, do you and Heidi ever get to leave the restaurant? No (chuckles).
How many working hours versus off hours do you have per week? Yesterday, we took the spring furniture out of the basement, but then it was right back to it. Our days off are Tuesdays and Wednesdays and everyone else works those days, so we're getting emails. … It doesn't ever end.
You're a Pennsylvania native and graduated from JWU. Why did you decide to stay in Providence to open your restaurants? I became a sous chef at a restaurant while I was [in school] and it was a job I liked, so Heidi moved and we bought a house soon after I graduated. I wasn't willing to start over, especially because now I'm going on about 10 or 11 full years of working in this state. At the time, it had been five or six years and there were really good people and really good product, so I [didn't want to leave]. It made sense.
A 2016 Zagat report named Providence a top U.S. food city. Is eating out part of the local culture in Providence? It's almost expected that a city with a culinary school [will have good restaurants], so it's almost as if we're trying to live up to that. … But, I think that's always part of the culture in any midmajor to major city, which is ultimately part of a restaurant's downfall when it comes to staffing, because once there are a lot of restaurants, there are a lot of jobs that need to be filled.
Are you having trouble finding staff? Always. I won't say it's trouble because … it's a problem we caused. The guys at New Rivers and Chez Pascal probably thought when I opened [I was the problem].
JWU is right down the block, do you feel like a constant ambassador or example? Yes and no, the curriculum is always changing at JWU. It's being geared towards a more financially and socially sound lifestyle because no one wants to work the hours I work anymore – which I get. They're always there when I need them and I try to help out. But, it's very rare that I can put my head above water and take a look around, especially because none of my restaurants is 5 years old yet – they're still very much babies.
How much of a role do you see for yourself in building the city's food reputation? None because, at the moment, I'm only focusing on what's happening inside these walls. I'm in the wrong field to be thinking that way. We're focusing on the people that are [dining] here now and making sure they tell their friends this is a good place. If it gets to the point where I can step back, I'm all for it; but right now, it's like these two little spots are my world.
What are the challenges of cooking in Rhode Island, a tourist destination where some feel pressured to stay middle of the road? I don't know if we get a lot of tourists, to be honest. … We do a better job in terms of focusing on hospitality and making sure that we recognize people who have been here before, people who are willing to return multiple times and making sure they feel welcome. What's been integral to our success is that The Dean Hotel opened the same time birch did – which made downtown [Providence] a place to come and hang out. … [Prior] it was a place where you have dinner and go away. We were fully expecting that [first] summer to be an absolute drag, but what happened was people going to Maine from New York were stopping in Providence because of the cool hotel [and they recommended birch as a place to eat].
How do you balance the need for monetary success with satisfying your creative passion? Heidi takes all the codes and passwords for the bank accounts away so I don't see them.
In between those two is trusting yourself. If I had opened a restaurant three years before birch, it would have gone out of business because I was much more, "I'm a chef and I'm going to do something you've never seen before." … We were fortunate there were no spaces available [at that time].
You have to genuinely hear what your guests are saying. If you don't listen to the people, what's the point of opening a restaurant – [which is] a public forum. … Nobody is the same, so you have to trust yourself and be willing to accept the fact that your palate is really gross to other people.
Do you feel you can be both a commercial success and a creative chef in Rhode Island more than anywhere else? I wouldn't know; I've only ever opened a restaurant in Providence. I'm still trying to figure that out; I'm wading through those waters and trying to float my way through it.
You're from central Pennsylvania, could you have opened there? No, not at all. Or I would have to word my menus way differently. People want pound-and-a-half portions of pasta there [and] I don't feel right doing that. But I don't think they're dumb for wanting that. Imagine how dumb it would have been if I had gone and done this there knowing that. That's how you balance creative success and actual success.
You go out and serve customers sometimes. Why? I think it's fun. … there's a connection there rather than just putting down a plate of food. … It's what I see as fine dining: blowing down a barrier. There's no difference between front of house and back of house, in that we're all here for hospitality and just cooking is not hospitality.
How much of what you cook is driven by being based in Rhode Island? All of it. Birch focuses much more on getting [ingredients] from Rhode Island. … In the winter months, we focus on Rhode Island but end up going to Massachusetts, Vermont and New England. Whereas Oberlin is a celebration of using everything in bulk. We'll use up a farmer's [excess produce].
When you're experimenting on innovative ideas to move your menus forward, which side of your brain – the creative end or the business end – speaks the loudest? It's more the creative side and the doubting side. I have much more of a doubting side to my brain than anything. A documentary I watched showed a New Yorker cartoonist … the guy they call when something falls through, whose [covers] end up being some of the most memorable. In the interview, he said [editors] think [a cover] is the greatest thing and then want another one. He said he felt he won the lottery and they wanted him to win it again. That struck me. I had this great idea and I'm exhausted now, but I have to do it again and again and again. The more you fail, the more you learn about yourself.
Do you enjoy balancing the books? Is that something you're involved in and did you receive training for restaurant management? That's Heidi. Anytime I sit in front of a computer, I fall asleep. … We went to some of the Small Business Administration classes, but a lot of it was us getting a very good accountant … [and] once a week we have a woman enter everything into QuickBooks because we don't have time.
How challenging is it, personally and professionally, to run two successful restaurants, one of which has national acclaim? The bon appétit award blew us out of the water. It was insane and made things way harder. It sounds dumb, but it's crazy how much being insanely busy is hard work. I've never experienced that before. It was extremely difficult. [But] Rhode Islanders don't really care [about] a lot of these [awards]. It's not something they look for. It helps for when your friend from the U.K. is coming over and reads about what's going on here … but when you're living here, you go where you feel like [eating].
Does the size of a restaurant determine the chef's ability to experiment in his or her cooking? For sure. The larger the restaurant, the more you have to pare down what you think people want. Is something fine dining going to work in a 100-seat restaurant? No. Is fried chicken? Yes. It's simple things like that.
What is the ideal restaurant size and why? I like ones where I can be involved constantly. If you have 150 seats, you're not going to be able to see the day-to-day operations.
Your cooking has won you a lot of acclaim. What does this praise mean to you? Hopefully it translates into people dining here; more than anything, I hope it translates into people wanting to work here. [It shows] you're doing something that's not just 'small-town cool.' We're not just small-town good; this is somet
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Was national recognition a goal for you? It's not a goal, but you know those people are around and will come and judge your restaurant. It's fun to [win]. … You get to see new parts of the world and country, but you don't get that without the mindset of hard work first.
Have you hit your stride or are you still working to prove yourself? No, still working. … When people want to work here, are proud of what they do and don't feel like a cog but an integral part … that's me hitting my stride.
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Wow! They look really interesting...like little sea anemones on a stem. Very irresistable little puffs. Interesting that they're endangered, too! I learned something new today!ReplyDelete
Craig, the common name was, I believe, given by Dan Ward in his book on Florida endangered plants (Ward, D. B. (Ed.). (1979). Volume 5. Plants. Gainesville: Univ. Presses of Florida). If I remember the story correctly, Flyr was a student of the genus but died unexpectedly young. You would have to contact Dan W. to get the rest of the story.ReplyDelete
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January 17-18
Birchwood - Tennessee Sandhill Crane Viewing Festival - A celebration of the thousands of Sandhill Cranes that migrate through or spend the winter at the confluence of the Hiwassee and Tennessee Rivers near Birchwood, TN.
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January 24-31
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Call 800-251-9100, mypigeonforge.com
February 19-22
Townsend - Smoky Mountain Snow Down: A Winter Heritage Festival - Celebrates the history, natural beauty and cultural traditions of Townsend, Cades Cove and Great Smoky Mountains National Park. 800-525-6834, smokymountains.org
March 5-8
Nashville - Nashville Lawn & Garden Show - The timeless appeal and importance of gardens will be celebrated at the 23rd annual Nashville Lawn & Garden Show at the Tennessee State Fairgrounds.
March 21-April 20
Pigeon Forge - Dollywood's Festival of the Nations - More than 200 performers from around the world celebrate music, dance and art.
Call 800-DOLLYWOOD, dollywood.com
March 14
Erin - Wearin' of the Green Irish Day Celebration - Enjoy a parade, food, entertainment and crafts at the largest Irish Day celebration and parade in this area. 931-289-5100, houstoncochamber.com
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April 4
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April 6-12
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April 9-11
Jackson - Rock-A-Billy Festival - The world's largest gathering of Rock-A-Billy artists and musicians, featuring the pioneers of Rock-A-Billy music as well as new artists. 731-427-6262, rockabillyhall.org
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April 16-18
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April 16-25
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April 18-25
Paris - World's Biggest Fish Fry - More than five tons of catfish are served to thousands of visitors, plus a rodeo, parade and catfish races. 731-642-3431, worldsbiggestfishfry.com
April 25-26
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April 30-May 1
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May 1-23
Memphis - Memphis in May International Festival - Monthlong events include Beale Street Music Festival and World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest. 901-525-4611, memphisinmay.org
May 3-9
Humboldt - West Tennessee Strawberry Festival - In its 75th year, this festival includes parades, live entertainment, barbecue cook-off, concerts, fireworks and more. 731-784-1842, wtsf.org
May 5-Oct. 31
Jonesborough - Storytelling Live! - Storytellers from across the United States will share stories and entertain guests.
Call 800-952-8392, storytellingcenter.net
May 9
Nashville - Running of the Iroquois Steeplechase - This is the nations' oldest continuously run, weight-for-age steeplechase.
Call 866-207-2391, iroquoissteeplechase.org
May 14-16
Knoxville - International Biscuit Festival - Named one of the country's top 10 food festivals, this popular event will rise again in downtown Knoxville at Market Square. Guests enjoy food, fun, music and more throughout the three days of the Festival. biscuitfest.com
May 14-16
Adamsville - Buford Pusser Festival - This annual festival honors the famous "Walking Tall" sheriff and features good music, food and family fun. 731-632-4080, bufordpussermuseum.com
May 15-16
Sevierville - Sevierville's Bloomin' BBQ & Bluegrass - This event features the Tennessee State Championship Barbeque Cook-Off, bluegrass concerts from rising stars and bluegrass legends, kids games, great food and authentic mountain crafts. visitsevierville.com/vsevents.aspx
May 16-17
Greeneville - Iris Festival - A juried arts/crafts festival plus food, entertainment and more surrounded by the history of President Andrew Johnson. The Annual Woodcarving Show is held each year in conjunction with the festival.
May 17
Chattanooga - Sunbelt Bakery IRONMAN 70.3 Chattanooga - The race will lead athletes through a 1.2-mile swim, 56-mile bike and 13.1-mile run on nearly the same course as IRONMAN Chattanooga. ironman.com/chattanooga70.3


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Designed for and managed by millennials, lyf is a new hospitality concept for travellers to live like locals and collaborate with the community.
A June 2016 research report by the Global Business Travel Association and American Express found that millennial travellers are much more likely to use social networking to meet up with friends (46%) and business contacts (33%) while on the road. They are also more likely than business travellers of other ages to use ride- or home-sharing services on work trips. Their behaviours, expectations and preferences have made the sharing economy mainstream and now, are set to reshape the travel industry.
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Italian Balotelli netted against local rivals Man Utd on Sunday — hours after
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Balotelli was yesterday seen canoodling in Manchester city centre with actress
girlfriend Raffaella Fico, 23.
He paid a street artist £20 to be snapped with the pair.