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MrRapidByte wrote:. They should get random 12 year olds and see if they can do what they claim and if 1 fails to know how, then the claim is rubbish.
I have news for you, if a kid is willing to do that, then there is also something wrong with the kid. Child supervision is required, not 100% of the time but a HIGH majority of the time when kids are first learning to use the internet and here is something, maybe some common sense advice from parents.
I am a parent and I am for sure going to monitor what my daughter does online, make sure she is safe, get involved with what she is doing and how she is acting, say it be social media or online chatrooms or gaming communities. If you bring up your kids right then this kind of thing wont be an issue, its just an issue for lazy parents and doing this mass censorship is not the way forward or the way to stop it from happening.
It seems like they are trying to compile a list of people who view porn, for what means? What are they going to do with this information, where and how are they going to store it and for how long? Will they monitor those peoples' internet who asked to opt in to see the adult content?
About the whole claim that Google is the biggest host of child porn, how much rubbish is that, if that were true Google would also be the biggest host of copyright infringing content, just because they can link to it.....its not the same thing, linking to something is not the same as hosting something.
So overall, they are just taking, and I use this term loosely, data, mashing it all up and around, then trying to use it to match there point is just stupid. Show us some solid research which matches your claims, back it up with the studies to show the long term effects on kids and how you prove all of this and then I will even agree to the censorship, since I am fully against this censorship, I know they can never do this, thus I will never have to agree with it.
Sorry for the long post, good video though buddy
I suggest you watch the video by the original poster and perhaps read some others comments. It is not as simple as they are claiming it to be, it is so they can control the media further (beyond this porn thing) and get rights to govern the censor the internet from us all, without due reason.Wizav wrote:I really don't see what the problem is, if you want to watch porn ring up and keep it activated. The problems solved by blocking it outweigh the inconvenience of making a phone call.
Wizav wrote:I really don't see what the problem is, if you want to watch porn ring up and keep it activated. The problems solved by blocking it outweigh the inconvenience of making a phone call.
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Asking everyone to learn how to setup filters and learn about that stuff is a lot more inconvenient than having to opt-out with a phone call and it does nothing to help limit illegal/abusive porn and the people who make and use it.
Wizav wrote:Kids don't want to be supervised 24/7 either and parents want to feel safe knowing there children won't be exposed.
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President tells Bulgarians after bank runs: "Your money is safe"
SOFIA - Bulgaria's president reassured citizens that their savings were safe and fully guaranteed by the state, in a message backed by the central bank and main political parties following a run on two major banks. (BULGARIA-CRISIS/ (UPDATE 1), moved, by Gareth Jones and Angel Krasimirov, 578 words)
Egyptian cabinet cuts deficit in revised budget plan -spokesman
CAIRO - Egypt's cabinet has submitted a revised budget for the new fiscal year which starts on Tuesday, proposing a narrower deficit after President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi rejected a previous draft because spending was too high, Finance Ministry spokesman Ayman Alkaffas tells Reuters. (EGYPT-BUDGET/ (UPDATE 2), moved, by Shadia Nasralla, 423 words)
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Bank of England's Bean: expectations for interest rate rises "reasonable"
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Location: Idless Woods, near Truro
Event: 5 August 2012
Report: Fully Sussed
Two years ago, Fully Sussed first ambled off into the undergrowth of Idless Woods with a handful of tape, a staple gun and a determination to make mountain biking better. Since then they have been crowned patron saint of local bike shops and the arch enemy of Derriford's Accident and Emergency Department.
For 2012 Idless Woods is back! We'd like to say bigger and better than ever, but the woods look suspiciously like the Forestry Commission have administered the mother of bad haircuts. However the Fully Sussed Grand Finale will be the emergency hat that will hide the butchery beneath.
With the monsoon conditions that swept us away in the Forest of Dean, we can only assume that Ginster, God of the South West, was punishing us for deserting our roots, so all we need to do is head back home and ritually sacrifice a tourist and we are guaranteed blue skies, dry trails and a leisurely podium presentation that doesn't need to be done in the back of a luton van.
Idless is big. Big and hilly. Big ups and big downs, on tracks created by local mountain bikers, moto-crossers and mountain goats. Several categories in the series are still up for grabs and there will be the usual complicated formulas applied before we declare ourselves the winners and waltz home with all the beer. An added bit of excitement is the fact that selection for the South West youth team that will be racing the Inter Regional Champs at Hadleigh this year, will probably be based on final series standings. Extra effort therefore required from those who fancy a mystery tour of the M25 in September. The youth cup in Idless will be run by Will Newton, standing in for Uncle Ric Jamieson.
Expect podium prizes from all this year's sponsors – VeloLoco, Skinners, Specialized, Fat Spanner, Shred, Fine Fettle, Juice Lubes, Accelerade and a hearty clear out of all those prizes that we've won and decide to re-gift. It'll be all change for 2013 and we need the room in our garage for our Scalextric.
All the usual Fully Sussed crew will be there – make sure you think up a particularly noddy question for Jane on registration, we've yet to find the limit of her patience. Snapper Chick will be hiding in a ditch in the wood somewhere and Mark Minton's Background Films have pledged to be on hand to preserve your downfall for posterity. Or is that preserve your posterior's downfall?
The programme remains the same as previous rounds, the race HQ (oh the irony) is at the top of the woods. Parking is on the fire road. This isn't Tesco, if you see a space – park, don't crawl round trying to find somewhere 3 inches closer to the start, just park the damn car.
Online entry and all race info can be found at www.fullysussed.co.uk. Online entry closes at midnight on 1 August. On the day entry will also be available.


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I am thankful for the times...
I see my crushes.
I meet my acquaintances.
I am with my peers.
I spent with my intimate friends.
I have with my family.
I am thankful whenever...
I can smile.
I have the guts to say what I feel.
I can control my emotions.
I can say nothing but compliments.
I am thankful whenever...
I can think of nothing but good memories.
I can be no one else but my self.
I don't need to pretend I am fine.
I really feel good and healthy.
I have good appetite to eat heavy lunch.
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I can say to myself that I can do it.
I don't feel intimidated with Christopher Porto.
I can share my thoughts and learn.
I can give a part of myself in a work.
I feel I am needed and loved.
I am thankful that...
I seldom get sick.
I can assure myself that it is only psychosomatic.
I can consult a doctor who can cure my ails.
i can breathe without difficulty.
I can wake up every morning to make a fresh and new beginning.
I am thankful that God gives me a life to live!
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To look at Lilia Wilson today, 76 years after she made athletic history on February 8, 1938, when she managed to break her own High Jump record by leaping over 4 feet, 9 inches in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games (hosted by Panama that year), you can see that time has done little to dull the enthusiasm she feels about life.
"I surprised meself!" she admitted to us with a sparkle in her eye as we asked her what she felt that fateful day when she was just a teenager of seventeen and won the gold medal for this feat. We think she's pretty spunky, in fact, and we wanted to know more about her and the extraordinary people she came from.
Born Lilia Virginia Wilson on December 9, 1921 in Santo Tomás Hospital in Panama, she seemed destined for greatness in just about anything she might involve herself in. Her parents were both born in Jamaica; her father Simeon Wilfred Wilson from St. Thomas in the East (parish) and her mother, Dorcas Valenciana Bryan from Portland; both came to Panama seeking new opportunities in the Panama construction project. Her father worked for a while in Culebra, which was probably the most dangerous and demanding of the Canal work sites, but he soon abandoned working in the Canal Zone because he felt grieved by seeing so much death around him, deaths of West Indian workers.
He eventually opened his own cleaners and laundry establishment on "M" Street and called it Mr. Wilson's Clean and Press. He began taking in a lot of work from the Silver Roll workers who worked on the Canal while also catering to the Gold Roll employees by providing prompt pickup and delivery of their garments. Lilia herself helped her father out with delivery and she underscored how her father started out with just a charcoal burning iron and built up his business to include a tailoring department provided by Mr. Irving who partnered with him for many years.
Mr. Wilson's Clean and Press became one of the many West Indian meeting places and he was witness to the many abuses suffered by the Black workers on the Zone. His was often the first place where the deaths of many of their companions was reported and people used the business to bring and exchange messages from relatives in the islands.
Of her mother, Dorcas, Lilia said that she was a very resourceful person and a strict disciplinarian and a stalwart Salvationist- She had her hands full with the large family she cared for. Lilia was the second born after Doris Elalita Wilson, Lilia, Roy Wilson, Marcos Wilson, Vicente Wilson, Alonso Wilson, Alcides Wilson, and Dosita Wilson. The family always lived in the Sojourner's Hall Building on "P" Street for their entire history in Panama City and that is where Lilia attended English School with one of the greatest Jamaican School Masters, Teacher Thomas.
Lilia informed us that Teacher Thomas was an M.B.E, Master of the British Empire, a title of chivalry (i.e. a Knight) conferred by the British Crown on individuals of great achievement. This would explain why Teacher Thomas and his school turned out so many high achieving students who often, with only a 6th grade education, went on to be trailblazers in their own vocations overseas as well as in Panama. To this day Teacher Thomas is lovingly remembered.
Lilia has vivid recall of her adolescent years and of the remarkable people who made up her community. Mr. Louis Deveaux, for instance, a wealthy entrepreneur from British Guyana, made Panama his second home and set himself to the task of building up institutions that would generate not only wealth but employment for especially the West Indian community. He wanted to open factories in Colon and he, in fact, bought land and built a school in Panama to train young people in useful occupations.
He opened the school naming Lilia as its Director and Lilia hired all of her friends as instructors. She was responsible for directing the student bakers, hairdressers and seamstresses. Being a self-taught seamstress herself, she already had experience with some of the twenty machines that Mr. Deveaux bought to equip the school. She directed the school for three years while she operated her dress shop in Calidonia which was just above what is today's Aurora's Shoe Store. After not receiving any pay for all the work she did she left the job to someone else to attend to her, now thriving, business.
She left Panama bound for New York City in September of 1961, a bit later in life. It was only to be a vacation trip but she decided to stay and, as with many West Indian Panamanians, soon found employment in the Garment District as an Assistant designer. She designed patterns and made original designs, which was her specialty and stayed working in New York's Fashion industry until she retired in her late seventies. She made up her mind, however, to return to Panama to live out her retirement, which she did.
It pleases us to highlight this fearless woman's life with so much talk these days in Panama of young women athletes breaking records and winning Olympic medals etc.. Back in 1938 Lilia Wilson, a wiry slip of a teenager, surprised everybody, even herself, with an astonishing High Jump that broke her own record.
"Although we had great confidence in her, we did not think that she would beat Miss (Beryl) Delgado of Jamaica, who was favored to win. Nevertheless, Lilia not only reached but surpassed the bar at a height of 4 ft, 9 inches, a formidable jump for a woman."
La Estrella de Panamá, Wednesday, February 9, 1938
We agree with the reporter, Lilia has indeed surpassed many hurdles in life that would have crushed any other woman and we value her as a Cultural Treasure of the Silver People of Panama.


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Damage from the progressive dinner? .8 pounds. Not too bad considering I was so hungry and didn't have a lot of options. I'll just add in an extra work out this week - no problem!
What's a good low-fat margarine to buy? Brummel and Brown Yogurt Margarine is delicious and it's only 5g of fat/45 calories.
What peanut butter do I purchase? I should be eating the natural peanut butter because it's lower in sugar but I just can't convince myself that I like it; plus I have had trouble finding a natural peanut butter low in calories in fat. I just use low-fat Jif. BUT, my friend sent me a link for a peanut butter to try that's low in fat, calories, and sugar...http://www.betternpeanutbutter.com/index.php. Now I'm not sure how it tastes but it's worth checking out. It's not in my Kroger grocery store - it sounds like Biggs, Trader Joes, and Fresh Marekt carry it. I'm curious to try it.
Breakfast -
4 in. (1/2 in. thick) Fiber One Pancake with 1/4 cup sugar-free syrup
2 slices of Turkey Bacon
1 cup coffee with 2 tsp. fat-free creamer
Snack -
JC Anytime Bar
Lunch -
100 cal Whole Wheat Bagel with 2 tsp. of low-fat peanut butter
2 oz. grilled chicken
Brussel Sprouts
2 Kiwi
Dinner -
3 oz. of chicken with 2 tsp. Dijon Mustard/2tbsp. Parmesan cooked in the skillet
1/2 cup sweet potato with 1 tbsp. margarine
Light Caesar Salad Kit
JC Triple Chocolate Cheesecake (4g fat/ 180 cal)
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With analog broadcast television services about to shut-down forever, a growing number of Western Europeans are opting for Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) as a replacement.
Most DTT services are free-to-air (FTA) services, with no subscription and minimal hardware requirements -- in the UK, for example, DTT set-top boxes are available for as little as 10 pounds, or just under $20.
However, pay-DTT in particular is carving out a niche in competition with other pay-TV offerings from cable and telco service providers in some markets. A new market study by ABI Research finds that DTT's market potential varies widely from country to country.
"Some pay-DTT providers are positioning their service as a kind of halfway house between free-to-air services and other forms of pay-TV," says senior analyst Cesar Bachelet. "They offer all the regular FTA programs, plus some premium content at an attractive price."
Italy is expected to show the strongest growth in DTT over the next five years, and pay-DTT is a leading component of that growth. It is attractive for several reasons including plenty of sports programming, but the main driver is the prevalence of pay-as-you-go (PAYG) or a-la-carte services that don't require a commitment to lengthy subscriptions.
"The pay-as-you-go model has a strong history in Italy in broadband and mobile telephone services, so the transition to pay-DTT is an easy one," notes Bachelet. "ABI believes PAYG DTT will prove popular in other European markets as well."
Another important determinant of DTT's success in a given market is the availability (or lack) of digital alternatives, and the level to which the population depends on analog terrestrial FTA television.
In Belgium, for example, where most of the population gets its TV via cable pay-TV, the migration to digital TV will primarily occur within the cable environment. So DTT is unlikely to gain much traction.


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Coalition To Hold 'Town Meetings' on Youth Issues
Washington--Hundreds of "town meetings" will convene across the country this fall and winter to discuss youth-related problems, the National Collaboration for Youth announced last week.
Leaders of the N.C.Y., an umbrella group representing 15 youth-service organizations, said the sessions would be part of a new project entitled "Making the Grade." The campaign, unveiled at a press conference here, will also include public-service announcements and a news special this week on ABC-TV.
The effort will focus on the following issues: functional illiteracy, juvenile crime, school dropouts, substance abuse, teenage pregnancy, and youth unemployment.
"Despite all the efforts of many good programs and people, America is failing in its effort to solve these six problems," said Margaret Gates, chairman of the N.C.Y. and national executive director of the Girls Clubs of America.
A "report card" released at the briefing gave grades of F to D+ to the national response to those problems so far.
Richard F. Schubert, chairman of the project and former president of the American Red Cross, said that more than 400 communities had agreed to hold the town meetings. Parents, educators, and students all are expected to participate.
The sessions are designed to formulate "a community strategy for dealing more effectively with youth problems," according to a sample agenda.
Pilot meetings have already taken place in the Virginia cities of Alexandria and Fredericksburg.
David W. Hornbeck, chairman of the Carnegie Corporation of New York's task force on early adolescents, praised the "unprecedented breadth and depth" of the project. "It's economically stupid and a moral blunder to continue to allow the conditions that breed these [failing] grades to exist," he said.
The ABC special, tentatively titled "Survival Stories: Growing Up, Down, and Out," is set to air Sept. 14 at 9 P.M., Eastern Daylight Time.
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Christmas Fair
Many thanks to everyone who supported our Christmas Fair, whether by helping at it, providing goods or donations, or simply attending. So far, over £2,400 has been raised – a magnificent effort.
Our Christmas Fair will be held on Saturday 7th December, from 11am – 2pm in the church halls. Please come along and support it.
Christmas Fair
Our Christmas Fair was a great success and so far has raised over £2,630. A huge thank you to all who supported it. Below are a selection of photos taken throughout the day. We are extremely grateful to Santa and his elf for taking time out of their very busy schedule to come and pay us a visit and get their photos taken with most of the stallholders!
Poppy Display
Some photos of our Poppy Displays
Coffee and Cards
Our craft team have been hard at work and will be holding a Coffee and Cards morning on Saturday 3rd November from 10am – 12 noon. A wide range of Christmas Cards and other greetings cards will be available. Orders also being taken for any personalised cards.
Christmas Tree Festival – Sat 16 December
Our Craft Team are once again organising a Christmas Tree Festival on Saturday 16th December from 10am in the church. Individuals and organisations associated with the church will be decorating the trees which will be based on a theme of "Christmas Carols".
At 3pm, there will be short Shoppers' Carol Service to round the day off. This is also an ideal opportunity to come along and admire our new stained glass windows.
Midsummer Organ Recital – 25th June 2017
There was a short organ recital by our organist, Stuart McMahon, at the close of the service today, Sunday 25th June, as the organ and church sanctuary will be out of use over the summer due to the building works. The programme was made up of popular classics. You can listen to it by clicking the audio file below.
Gloria – Vivaldi
Méditation (from Thaïs) – Massenet
Trumpet Voluntary – Stanley
Gabriel's Oboe – Morricone
Choral Song – Wesley
Canon in D – Pachelbel
Dambuster March – Coates
Ashokan Farewell – Ungar
Highland Cathedral – Roever / Korb
Radetsky March – Strauss
Cream Tea – Sat 17th June
We will be holding a Cream Tea on Saturday 17th June, from 10.30am – 12.30pm in the church hall. Tickets are just £2, so come along and enjoy some lovely home baking.
Lunchtime Organ Recitals
As part of our 150th Anniversary celebrations, from Monday 11th July to Saturday 16th July we will be holding daily 30-minute lunchtime organ recitals at 12 noon. These free concerts will be given by current Kirkgate organist Stuart McMahon, and former organist Jim Grant. The concerts are intended to be very informal, and will feature a range of traditional organ music through to many popular and light classics. All welcome to attend.
Light up a Life Service
There will be a "Light up a Life" Service in aid of the Ayrshire Hospice, on Tuesday 8th December at 7pm. All welcome to attend this quiet, reflective service.
Christmas Fair 2015
Our Christmas Fair, held on Sat 28th November, was a great success despite some rather inclement weather. To date we've raised £3,150 which is a fantastic effort. A very big thank you to all who supported the event. Below are a selection of photos from it.


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In which a little boy learns to dream (1781-95)
What We Do For Friends
The Monster's story continues (1799-1803)
The Mentor
Return to Ingolstadt (1804-14)
The Return of the Illuminati
Weishaupt's legacy (1815-18)
Outcasts Together
Monsters, big and small (1818-19)
I Find Myself Famous
In which the Monster meets his creator (1823)
Bits and Pieces
Allied with a mad scientist (1827-28)
The Mad Woman of Rouen
Monster in the night (1830)
Mad Science
Creating life in a bottle (1837)
Mad Sorcery
In search of alchemy (1838-44)
The Collectors
The Arena of Death (1845)
Part 1-Children and Monsters
Light from a bed chamber window shined down upon an assortment of gears and springs and fine tools and a pair of small, busy hands. Sitting at an ornately carved table, a boy of almost eight years had taken apart an old, broken clock and used the various pieces to make something that would open and close when a wire was pulled. An even younger girl, with many golden curls, looked on in amazement, and laughed and clapped her hands.
The boy had assembled two or three such devices before, to the amusement of his family, at least when they could pull their attention away from his new baby brother. One of the contraptions could be wound up and jump, but it fell apart easily and had to be reassembled every time it was used. None of them did anything useful, but he wondered what he might construct if he could attach them all together. He considered asking Gerard, the old clockmaker in town, for his help or advice.
At that moment, their mother came in.
"Victor! Lizabetta!" speaking in French, which was the language of the household, she said, "It is time to come downstairs and meet our guests! Hurry, the coach has arrived."
The children were already dressed in their finery to meet their guests, so they merely raced one another down the stairs, much to the consternation of their mother and governess.
Outside, in the warm morning air of late spring, a coach had pulled up and a footman opened the door and lowered the step. Victor and Lizabetta came out front and stood with their mother and the servants, waiting to greet their guests. Victor's father had recently taken the position of a syndic of Geneva, but their campagne, or summer home, stood several miles outside the ancient city. Looming over the landscape in the misty west, the Jura Mountains appeared green and lush, and even the snowcap of Mont Blanc could be seen to the south, though half obscured.
Victor watched his mother embrace and kiss Madame Clerval of Geneva, whom he understood to be an old friend. Monsieur Clerval smiled and greeted the children, offering them each a morsel of chocolate. Victor and Lizabetta accepted and politely thanked him, Victor with a bow, and Lizabetta with a very proper curtsy.
But Victor was more interested in the third party who had exited the coach. He had been informed the Clervals had a son the same age as him, and since his family had been traveling throughout Europe most of his life, Victor had no real friends his own age.
"Hello," said the finely-attired boy in ascot and cut-away coat. Without waiting for an introduction, he presented himself. "My name is Henri."
"Welcome to our home, Henri. My name is Victor, and this is my cousin, Lizabetta Lavenza."
Lizabetta, being shy, stood behind Victor.
Henri frowned. "Why is her name Lavenza?"
"Henri!" said his father, "Don't be impertinent."
"Oh, but it is no offense, M. Clerval," said Victor's mother. "The boy is naturally curious."
"That was always her name," Victor explained. "She was adopted by my parents when they found her in Milan. Her own parents were dead by then."
"Children, we are going to inside to show the Clervals their rooms," said their mother, "Luncheon is in an hour. Until then, you may play."
"Come along, Henri," Victor said, "I will show you the grounds."
Victor and Henri went off down a path leading to a small stream to play before luncheon. After a moment, Lizabetta followed them.
"My father said your family has a barony." Henri said. "Is your father a baron?"
"Of course not," Victor answered. "There are no baronies in Switzerland. It is a republic."
"Oh," said Henri, sounding disappointed.
Before they came to the stream, Victor and Lizabetta showed Henri a massive oak which was the largest and oldest tree on the property. Holding hands, the three of them could not reach but halfway around the tree. Victor informed Henri that it was a wonderful tree to hide behind when playing hide-and-seek.
Then Victor showed Henri a beehive he had discovered a few days ago, and the boys watched the bees amongst the flowers from as close as they dared. Lizabetta, who had never been stung by a bee in her life, got no closer than shouting distance. Victor told Henri all he knew about bees, which was quite a bit.
"Bees are very intelligent, actually," he declared. "If people would organize their own cities so well as a beehive, there would be no rubbish or poor people and everyone would have enough food to eat."
Henri pondered this for a while. Lizabetta cried for them to come away before they were stung, which was obviously a fate worse than death.
Next, Victor showed Henri the stream where he would frequently cast a line and sometimes caught a fish. "Fish is my favorite dinner of all," he explained.
"Mine is roast beef," Henri said.
"Mine is chocolate," said Lizabetta, still licking her fingers. The boys laughed, and Lizabetta joined them in laughter, though she did not know what was so funny.
Talking of food made them all hungry, so after a midday meal of cheeses and bread and jam, the children explored the house. Henri stopped in the great hall where a large painting caught his attention. It showed a girl of no more than sixteen within a dark crypt, kneeling at a sarcophagus, her face buried in her hands. At the doorway of the crypt a smaller, silhouetted figure of a stout man stood, watching her.
"Who is that crying girl?" Henri asked.
"That is my mother when she first met my father." Victor explained. "She is crying because she is sad that her own father has gone to Heaven."
Next, Victor showed Henri the library, a large room with many volumes in several languages. Lizabetta sat in a great overstuffed chair which made her seem even tinier. But what caught Henri's eye was something very different.
"A chevalier!" he exclaimed. "Oh, he has a halberd!"
Victor looked up at the suit of armor. "Yes."
"I wish I could be a chevalier, and wear a suit of armor, and go jousting," said Henri. "That would be wonderful."
"You would look silly in a suit of armor," Victor said. In truth, he had never thought much about being a knight. "No one wears such things these days."
"This suit is not so very old." Henri declared, looking it over and noticing something on the side of the wooden base on which the suit of armor stood. "This plaque says 1723."
Victor had noticed the plaque before, which read, in full, "Voralberg & Sons of Valadilene, Fine Clocks and Novelties, AD 1723." He had never given it any particular thought before this, but now it made him wonder.
Victor stood up on the base and lifted the tassets as far as he could. Henri looked around back. By now, Lizabetta was fast asleep in the chair.
"There are steel rods inside the legs." Henri declared.
"Of course there are. That is the frame that holds it up."
"No! There are levers and gears and-Victor! This is not just a suit of armor!"
Looking inside, Victor noticed ratchets built into the elbows, and was annoyed that he had never noticed them before. He had to agree. "No, Henri. It is an automaton. It is a mechanical man."
"What does it do?"
"It has never done anything. It must be broken."
"Are you sure? Have you ever tried it? There is a hole back here; maybe you wind it up with a key. Maybe it can be fixed. If it were my automated chevalier, I would make sure it worked."
"Well, it doesn't." Victor said, annoyed, "If it could work, my father would have operated it for us. But I will ask him about it at dinner."


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Dr Pooja Nadkarni
Dr Pooja Nadkarni the eldest daughter of Dr. Kishore & Purnima is really a star material. Always stood first in all exams in school & came first in CBSC board of India in class 12 breaking all records getting 98% marks. For this she received president's medal from Delhi. She did her MBBS, MD in Gynecology with 4 gold medals. She took her training in Infertility & Assisted reproductive technology from her mother & father. She did her fellowship in advanced Gynec endoscopy under Dr. Liseletto Mettler in Kiel, Germany. She also did her training in ultrasound under Dr. Purnima, Dr. B. I. Patel, Ahmedabad.
Dr. Pooja & Dr. Prabhakar together work hand in hand in creating test tube babies in 21st Century Hospital & Test Tube Baby Center, Surat. In last 3 years they have given more than 450 successful IVF/ ICSI babies & 250 IUI babies. Dr. Pooja & Dr. Prabhakar did their advanced training in ART, Assisted Hatching & Preimplantation Genetic Diagnosis in U.K. under Dr. Joyce Harper who is one of the pioneer scientists in this field. Pooja & Prabhakar have started doing assisted hatching of embryos to improve implantation rate of failed cases in ART.
Pooja is a good swimmer, badminton champion, basket ball player, Gymnast & all round student of Vallabh Ashram School, Killa Pardi. Today she is mother of 3 sons- Samvit 3 yrs old & twin boys Aaryan & Vivaan who are one year old. Pooja manages home front as well as her profession very well.
In the last 7 years at Surat she has become the most successful IVF Specialist in city & has given more than 3500 babies for childless couples. Her passion is "Running" and she has completed many Marathons.
Dr. Ashkay Nadkarni
Eldest son of Dr. Kishore & Purnima Nadkarni has recently passed his MS, General Surgery exams from Manipal Hospital, Karnataka with first rank & a gold medal. Akshay has always been a brilliant student of Vallabh Ashram School, Killa Pardi who topped in elocutions, debates & sports like badminton, swimming. He epresented his school in various extracurricular activities. Akshay stood first all throughout his school days & also secured 95% marks in 12th CBSC board of India securing 99% marks in Biology subject for which he received Gold medal & cash of 15,000 Rs from President, New Delhi.
Akshay did his undergraduate studies of MBBS from Karamsad Medical College, standing at top all the time & getting first rank & 2 gold medals in final MBBS – medals in Gynec subject & for topping in college. He represented the Karamsad Medical College in badminton & secured many trophies. Akshay selected to do his postgraduate exams in MS General Surgery in Manipal. He received training of World class under many good & world renowned surgeons. Akshay published 4-5 papers during his tenure & received a gold medal & best paper prize in annual Colorectal Surgery Conference in Goa. He was the youngest Colorectal Surgeon to get the coveted prize which was given to him by none other than the Chief Minister of Goa. Akshay also was a youngest surgeon who was a faculty in annual Colorectal Surgery Conference which took place in Coimbatore, in 2010 Jan.
Received Gold Medal and Scholarship from Department of Biotechnology Board New Delhi for securing highest marks in biology in India CBSE Board Class 12th awarded by the Education Minister Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi.
State level (Gujarat) Badminton player for Valsad District for 3 consecutive years from 1997-2000.
Gold medal in Gynecology Subject in the final MBBBS part 2 exam in Feb 2006.
1st rank and topper of Pramukh Swami Medical College, Karamsad, Anand, Sardar Patel University, Vidyanagar, Gujarat in final MBBS part 2 exam in Feb 2006.
3 Scientific publications in the field of General Surgery in International Journals (case reports) and 3 International Papers on Robotic and laparoscopic surgeries.
Presented posters and oral papers in 4 national conferences during the post graduate period form 2007-2010 in ASICON and all India Colorectal Surgeons Association Conferences (ACRISICON 2008).
Awarded the "Best Research Paper Award-ACRSCION 2008 Mumbai" topic prospective study comparing stapled hemorrhoidectomy and open milligan morgan hemorrhoidectomy" Award handed over by Honourable Chief Minister of Goa, Dr. Kamath, at ACRSICON 2009, Goa and presented the same at ASICON 2009 at Coimbatore.
Best outgoing student of Manipal University 2010 and Gold Medal in General Surgery.
Contribution to the reference book- Manipal Manual of Surgery 3rd edition. Edited partly and contributed text to it and research paper on hemorrhoids mentioned in the book.
Worked in Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital, Mumbai as senior resident for a year in the field of Surgical Oncology.
Worked with Dr. Shailesh Puntambekar, for laparoscopic and robotic onco surgeries at Galaxy Care Laparoscopic Institute, Pune, for a year.
Taken Diploma in Laparoscopic Surgery from Geissen and Aachen University, Germany in 2010.
Completed fellowship in Advanced Interventional GI Endoscopy and Colonoscopy with Dr. Amit Maydeo, Mumbai.
He has started the 3C Cancer Care Centre at Vapi in 2012 March & joined his parents.
He is presently working as a Cancer & Laparoscopic Surgeon at Vapi, Killa Pardi & visiting Surat.
In the last 2 years, he has developed Laparoscopy and Cancer Department in Vapi and has already done over 600 surgeries.
Has been awarded the Youth Icon of the year award by Dainik Bhaskar Group for Valsad District for Cancer awareness initiative. Has been invited as the youngest speaker from India to present his work in Lap & Cancer at Asian American Corporation Summit at Honolulu, USA in Feb 2014.
He has started the Nadkarni Medical Foundation which is taking initiation for Cancer awareness in the district and giving subsidised chemo therapy and surgery to poor people. He has given over 75 lectures and 10 major free camps in last 2 years.
Dr. Vaibhav Nadkarni
Vaibhav Nadkarni, is a youngest son of Dr. Purnima & Dr. Kishore Nadkarni is an all-round student of Vallabh Ashram school, Killa Pardi. Vaibhav was brilliant in school in studies as well as extracurricular activities. He represented his school in acting, singing, badminton, elocution & debates & achieved many medals & prizes. Vaibhav stood first in Vallabh Ashram school in 2009, in 12th CBSC securing 94% marks in science subjects. Vaibhav entered V.S. Medical College, Ahmedabad for his MBBS studies where he became Mr. Fresher due to his all round nature. He also represented his Medical College in badminton in which he was first in all finals in Ahmedabad as well as in Gujarat.
After completing his Post Graduation, Dr. Vaibhav had joined his elder sister Dr. pooja Nadkarni in Surat. Presently Dr. Vaibhav is the Chief Gynaecologist at 21st Century Hospital Pvt. Ltd Vapi..


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MAR 22 Gallery Talk: New Ground
Get grounded with some art.
Looking for some artistic and intellectual nourishment during your lunch break? Join us on Wednesdays for short gallery talks to explore highlights from special exhibitions and NMWA's collection with museum staff.
This week, Assistant Educator Ashley W. Harris discusses selections from the special exhibition New Ground: The Southwest of Maria Martinez and Laura Gilpin.
Contemporaries and friends, potter Maria Martinez (ca. 1887–1980) and photographer Laura Gilpin (1891–1979) brought the American Southwest into focus as a culturally rich region that fostered artistic expression. Martinez's bold adaptation of an ancient black-on-black pottery design technique reflected Pueblo artistic traditions and also appealed to the modernist sensibility. Gilpin was one of the first women to capture the landscape and peoples of the American West on film. Organized by the Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa, Oklahoma, this exhibition features 26 significant works by Martinez and 48 platinum, gelatin silver, and color print photographs by Gilpin. It explores the way these two artists worked from the 1930s to '70s to shape the image of a modern Southwest.


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By Elias Ntungwe Ngalame
YAOUNDE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As this year's rainy season gathers momentum, authorities in Cameroon and Nigeria fear a repeat of the 2012 crisis when waterways burst their banks and devastated entire villages, killing some 180 people across the north of both countries.
As a result of last year's disaster, the two West African nations have resolved to cooperate on building new flood-control structures, sharing weather information and relocating people from flood-prone areas in an effort to avoid further losses.
"The Cameroon government and her Nigerian neighbour have engaged in a united effort through a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) established by a joint team of water management experts from both countries to take measures to forestall the flood calamities that occurred last year," Cameroon's prime minister announced after meeting Nigeria's minister of water resources, Sara Reng Ochekpe, on July 26 in Yaounde.
The move came after a gathering of experts on water resources and electricity generation in the trans-boundary Benue River Basin in the same week. All stressed the urgent need to work together to manage the shared basin, in order to minimise the risks of flooding.
"Cameroon has to collaborate with us to avoid the same flood challenge we had last year. We need adequate preventive measures because climate change impacts are very unpredictable," Nigerian minister Ochekpe told journalists.
Meteorologists said the torrential rains of July and August 2012 - which destroyed farmland and infrastructure, and displaced thousands of people – were probably the heaviest seen in the region in half a century.
The government in Cameroon put the death toll there at over 40, but in Nigeria, casualties were higher at 137, according to the Nigeria Red Cross.
The rainy season usually begins in June or July and peaks in September.
The poor management of shared water resources by governments in the region came in for criticism as Cameroon, Nigeria and Chad traded accusations over who had aggravated the disaster. Cameroon, in particular, was slammed for releasing large amounts of water from its Lagdo Dam.
"While Nigeria blamed Cameroon for the disaster, Cameroon in turn blamed Chad for unilaterally raising the dike along the banks of the trans-boundary River Logone, prolonging it for several kilometres and causing excess water flow from heavy rains into the Lagdo Dam. At a certain point the dam could no longer contain the excess water and broke down, discharging water into the River Benue that runs through northern Nigerian territory," Isaac Njillah, an environment and disaster management lecturer at the University of Yaounde 1, told Thomson Reuters Foundation.
The fledgling cooperation between Cameroon and Nigeria is intended to avoid such misunderstandings in future.
The two countries have agreed to build more water monitoring and control structures on the tributaries of the Benue, as well as to establish a framework for the exchange of hydro-meteorological and environmental data. They will carry out joint technical site visits, studies and research, and set up an early warning and response mechanism.
"We have also agreed to ask those living in areas vulnerable to floods to stay away from submerged areas, or to forcefully eject those who do not leave. Another option is to intensify administrative partnership and collaboration," said Ottou Wilson, the governor of Cameroon's North Region.
Cooperation in the area of water resources should take into account the Niger Basin Authority Water Charter, the MoU said. The two countries will also collaborate on the management and development of the trans-boundary river basin, with the details worked out by a joint committee of experts.
With regard to the Lagdo hydro-electric dam, a stronger framework will be put in place to share information on water release from the dam. The need for the Nigerian side to build a corresponding structure, or dam, to regulate the flow of water on the River Benue was also emphasised.
Cameroon said the Japanese government will donate equipment to facilitate the recording of quality meteorological data which is needed to prevent flood disasters.
"We have started reinforcing and re-equipping the over 300 meteorological centres throughout the country, many of which were not functional for lack of finances to replace obsolete equipment," Cameroon's minister of water and energy, Basil Atangana Kouna, told Thomson Reuters Foundation.
Other international donors are also helping Cameroon with measures to prevent deadly floods in the Far North. In June, the World Bank approved a $108 million grant to support efforts to rehabilitate embankments, dams and irrigation systems and improve disaster preparedness in that area.
"Northern Cameroon is characterised by high poverty levels, and it is also highly vulnerable to natural disasters and climate shocks, including frequent droughts and floods," Gregor Binkert, the World Bank country director for Cameroon, said in a statement.
"In addition to rehabilitating damaged water infrastructure, these funds will help restore the area's rice production, and provide food and income for the farmers living in the area," the statement added.
Environment and weather experts say the new assistance will revive weather monitoring activities, which have come to a standstill in most centres due to outdated equipment, as well as maintaining dams in a reasonable state.
"Weather monitoring stations are of cardinal importance in the production of relevant and timely data. The excessive rains and subsequent floods in the Northern Region in 2012 could have been avoided if we had had modern and well-equipped meteorological centres...and a policy to regularly rehabilitate the dam," Njillah said.
He urged Cameroon and Nigeria to look at using satellites to monitor weather and climate patterns and longer-term trends.


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I would imagine writing romantic comedy can be difficult. Why did you choose the genre?
I write in several different genres but romantic comedy is one of my favorites and it seems to come most naturally to me. I like entertaining people and making them laugh. I also enjoy creating humorous characters and placing them in funny situations. I also try to find the humor in most life situations, when possible.
Do you have any habits or rituals to get you in the mood to write?
Because I work full time as a university professor, I use most of my free time for writing. I don't often have the luxury of writing rituals to "get me in the mood." I have to use what little time I have to put words on the page! One thing I must have when writing is silence. I don't like listening to music when I write and I don't like to be distracted by any noise, if possible.
Do you have any interesting writing quirks?
My best ideas for stories and characters usually come when I'm in the shower or in the car and I don't have the ability to write my ideas down! I have to memorize them until I'm out of the shower or I pull over (when driving). I'm always grateful for ideas whenever they come but they never seem to come that quickly and easily when I have a pad and pen handy.
What's a typical day for you?
I have an unusual work schedule at my full time job, so days are not typical. When I teach in the evenings, I try to spend time in the morning writing and marketing my work. When I'm not teaching at night, I do my writing and marketing in the evenings. I generally get more writing done on the weekends, when I have blocks of free time available to write.
Who is your favorite character in literature? Why?
I have two literary favorites, Alice (from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland) and Dorothy (from the Wonderful Wizard of Oz). Both are strong female characters, who have become cultural icons, and both take journeys in which they meet a host of interesting characters. My first two romantic comedies, Hey Dorothy You're Not in Kansas Anymore and Where is Wonderland Anyway, were inspired by Dorothy's and Alice's incredible adventures.
Anything new coming up you'd like to share?
My company, Short on Time Books, fast-paced and fun novels for readers on the go, will be releasing its first Young Adult romantic comedy called Retro Geeks, and I'm incredibly excited about it! I have also been hired to write a biography of sports legend, Cindy McCoy, who was a Rookie Roller Derby Queen. That's what's on my plate for the next few months!
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I would love to know what some of their favorite romantic comedies are and why they like them so much.
In the romantic comedy, Twyla's Last Trip, twenty eight-year old, Lucinda Starr is an uptight research psychologist, whose deadline to complete her doctoral dissertation is completely derailed by her estranged mother, Twyla Starr's sudden death. Lucinda must take her mother's ashes on a road trip on Route 66, in order to fulfill the requirements of her will and inherit her fortune. To make matters worse, Lucinda finds herself forced to travel across the country with her mother's easygoing country lawyer, T.J. Yates, who drives her crazy, and his drooling bloodhound, Dakota, who Lucinda finds revolting.
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A former soldier who was arrested last year for plotting to bomb and shoot other soldiers at Fort Hood was sentenced to two consecutive life sentences on Friday, but not before guards were forced to put a mask on him for spitting what he thought was HIV-infected blood at them.
A judge sentenced Pfc. Naser Abdo to two life terms plus sixty years for his plans to attack Fort Hood. Abdo was arrested last year after a gun shop owner grew suspicious while he was trying to purchase 40-caliber ammunition. Abdo also fired his court appointed lawyers and chose to represent himself. Abdo told the judge he was committing a holy war agains the U.S. and trying the country for its crimes against Muslims. His complete lack of remorse for his actions contributed to severity of his sentence, and his behaviour while he was detained didn't help anything either. He repeatedly tried to harm the guards tasked with escorting him to and from the courtroom, including this on the way to his sentencing:
U.S. marshals forced Abdo to wear a black-and-white mesh mask during the hearing after he spit what he thought was HIV-infected blood on agents escorting him, Frazier said. The attack was described as one of several such assaults by Abdo on his guards.
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Did you know?
A Declaration of Trust, not a Deed of Trust, can be purely verbal, strictly speaking, although most often it is written down. The declaration is only signed by the legal owner/s and is not witnessed.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who drafts the declaration of trust?
It is a self declaration of trust that the legal owner of the property normally drafts which they hold on trust for the beneficiary. It is important to note that the declaration of trust:
- does not transfer the legal title
- is not a deed and no reference of a deed can be included on the document
- is signed by the legal owner/s only - the beneficiary does not need to sign it
- is not witnessed (like a deed)
- is not registered as a restriction at the Land Registry
- can be back dated (unlike a deed of trust) subject to evidence being provided to demonstrate that the trust was in existance prior to when it was drafted*
* If you have previously declared income from the property in different beneficial shares in the past then you cannot back date the declaration of trust.
Depending on your circumstances it is most likely you'll get a solicitor to draft a deed of trust compared to a simple declaration of trust and we go into why below.
What is the difference between a declaration of trust and a deed of trust?
A deed of trust:
- is registered at the Land Registry. A restriction is recorded in these terms; "No disposition by a sole proprietor of the registered estate (except a trust corporation) under which capital money arises is to be registered unless authorised by an order of the court". This restriction usually means that there is a tenancy in common (joint owners sharing in unequal shares). A declaration of trust is not registered and as such the property could get sold without the benficiaries knowledge.
- is signed in front of witnesses (see how to execute a deed)
- requires mortgage lender consent to be registered. The mortgage lender requires the legal owner to inform them of any party with an interest in the property
- is signed by all parties - both legal owners and beneficial owners
- is suitable for more complex structures. A deed of trust can handle agreeing other intentions around the management of the property and how to sell or buy each other's beneficial ownership.
- is only effective from the date it is executed (signed)
A deed of trust offers greater protection for the beneficiary who is not registered as the legal owner and as such the majority of express trust are drafted as a deed of trust.
How legal is a declaration of trust?
A declaration of trust is legally binding as long as it is:
- drafted by the legal owner;
- on a property the legal owner has a right transfer the beneficial interest;
- on a property held solely or as tenants in common;
- not avoiding bankruptcy proceedings; or
- not for any criminal activity.
We have a declaration of trust solicitor if you need help ensuring the validity of your documents.
How is a declaration of trust enforceable?
On sale the legal owner uses the declaration of trust to distribute the proceeds from the property to the beneficial owner. The challenge with this though is the beneficial owner has not rights to stop the sale, nor are they made aware of the sale taking place as they do not have a restriction registered at the Land Registry. This is why it is incredibly important to decide whether you feel a declaration of trust offers you appropriate security, or if you should draft a deed of trust instead.
A deed of trust still affirms the beneficial interest split, however with it being registered nd with the additional clauses often included such as selling rights and property management intentions, a deed has a greater protection for all parties involved to ensure their original intentions are handled accordingly.
How much does a Declaration of Trust cost?
Most conveyancing solicitors will draft you a basic declaration of trust at a cost ranging from £240 to £500 Inc VAT. There are however more comprehensive legal agreements that set out not just the deposit share, but also mortgage repayment contributions, what happens if your relationship breaks down and even how to sell when you don't both agree to.
We draft declaration of trusts for our clients and for any joint owners looking to clearly set out their intentions between them and the other tenant in common. Call our team of declaration of trust specialists on 0333 344 3234 to find out what you should do if you buy your home as tenants in common.
Can you do a declaration of trust after purchase?
You can change the beneficial ownership of property at any time after you purchase the property. There are however tax implications for transfers of beneficial interest. Read more on this here - Stamp duty on transfer of property between spouses
Registering a declaration of trust at the land registry?
A declaration of trust does not get registered at the Land Registry.
Declaration of Trust Joint tenants?
Only property joint owned as tenants in common can be placed into trust through a declaration or deed. If the property is held as joint tenants you must sever the joint tenancy first. Read more on this here - Change from Joint Tenants to Tenants in Common


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Just read Dominic Streatfeild's Brainwash, which contains something to the effect that at least one wheel of the whole psychedelic bandwagon may have started rolling by the intervention of Robert Graves.
As every schoolboy knows, in Claudius the God, Graves has the emperor poisoned by a dish of mushrooms. Shortly after the book was published in 1938, Graves was contacted by a young banker and amateur mycologist who wanted to know which were the deadly mushrooms. A 'shrooms related correspondence followed, with Graves drawing on his researches into paganism to assert that the best hallucinogenic variants were to be found in Mexico.
Twenty years later, R Gordon Wasson headed south in the way pointed by Graves; found the mushrooms, saw the face of God, wrote the famous article for Life and off we went down the yellow brick road.
Wasson supplied some mushrooms to LSD inventor Albert Hoffman, who turned them into chemically refined psilocybin, which he passed on to Graves. (Oddly enough, at around the same time Hoffman was also tripping with his old friend Ernst Junger). Graves, in turn, evangelised for psilocybin in his circle.
All this was entirely independent of the CIA's experiments with LSD in the MK-ULTRA programme, which gave rise eventually to the Leary/Kesey psychedelic nexus.
Except that in The White Goddess, Graves attempt to create a syncretic history of paganism, he refers to a figure he calls the club footed messiah, a kind of master of the revels at Dionysian orgies. Now MK ULTRA was headed by a man called Sidney Gottlieb: who just so happened to be a club footed folk dancing enthusiast.
I'm pretty sure that this is entirely a co-incidence. On the other hand I very much like the idea of some Langley bureaucrat recruited into the lexicon of classical paganism. It's just the kind of thing Graves would do, as well. Especially if he was off his face.


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We know about the big boys. But what about the little guys? Throughout the 2012 college football season, Playbook Fandom will take a look at some of the less recognizable schools you might see on scoreboards and TV screens.
Fresh off its overtime loss to Virginia Tech, Georgia Tech will face a considerably less nationally recognized opponent: Presbyterian College, a small liberal arts in Clinton, S.C. -- "where the tea is sweet and the 'T' is silent," they say.
So what's the deal with this FCS/Big South Conference school, whose Blue Hose -- yep, that's the nickname -- also find Vanderbilt on their schedule this year? Playbook investigates:
• Presbyterian sound a bit familiar? It's a brand-new Division I member, receiving full status in 2012, but it spent several years transitioning, playing against some big names in big sports.
• It's also the smallest Division I school, at about 1,200 students, but boasts more South Carolina Professors of the Year than any other college in the state -- no matter the size.
• About that nickname ... it comes from early 20th-century sportswriters, as many nicknames do, who dubbed the team the "Blue Stockings" because of its foot-slash-legwear. This was shortened to "Blue Hose" over the years, and the moniker was officially adopted in the 1950s.
• About that Scotsman ... it comes from legend, as some Scottish/Celtic Warriors were known to wear blue threads. Link that to "Blue Hose" and the town's Scottish heritage and you've got yourself a mascot slightly more fierce than socks.
• Then again ... it's not as if there's no silly factor to Blue Hose and Scotty the Scotsman. Frito-Lay's recent "Cheesiest Mascots" contests ranked the Blue Hose fifth in the nation (Scotty accepted this distinction with gratitude).
• Final note about the Scots: Presbyterian also claims its bronze statue, Cyrus, to be the largest such rendering of a Scotsman in the world.
• Notable non-sports alumni include Jim Samples, president/international of Scripps Networks Interactive (which owns HGTV, the Food Network and several other television stations); and the late Harry Dent, an influential aide to Sen. Strom Thurmond and later President Richard Nixon.
• Notable sports alumni include Lonnie McMillian, a former Presbyterian football coach who is credited with naming Clemson's Memorial Stadium "Death Valley" (after a series of bad losses to the Tigers); John McKissick, football coach at Summerville High School who holds the national record for wins at one school (595); and Justin Bethel, a cornerback who became a YouTube sensation for his vertical leap, set a Big South all-time record for blocked kicks and solo tackles in 2011 (he was conference defensive player of the year, as well), was drafted in the sixth round by the Arizona Cardinals, and cemented his status on the team with three blocked kicks in the preseason.
• Potential future alumnus: Shea Jones, a men's basketball freshman whose father is ESPN sportscaster Mark Jones.


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I loaded a hard disk formatted as a Windows Primary Disk onto my SATA controller. The BIOS sees the disk. In this case I want to load the new disk as a secondary drive (of course I have booted with a different hard disk). I load the Partition Manager and inside I find that the partition manger does not see the new disk. I am wondering if this has anything to do with the new disk being a Windows 7 primary boot partition as well. I was hoping to get a drive letter mapped to it so I could extract some data from that disk. What should I be doing when this occurs?
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It's not the first time we here at NBC Latino wax poetic about the wonderful world of moles. (We did so recently in this story.) But no discussion of Dia de los Muertos is complete without a specific mention of mole negro, the classic mole served on the day Mexicans believe the spirits of deceased loved ones return to enjoy some earthly pleasures, most notably the aroma of their favorite foods.
Hailing from Oaxaca, otherwise known as the "land of the seven moles," the mole negro is by far the richest and deepest of its genre. This is because of an extra step in the already intricate cooking process that calls for chile seeds to be, quite literally, burned and for chiles to be roasted until they're completely black. Indeed, it's recommended you do the burning days ahead of time in order to allow the bitter aftertaste to dissipate. If you can, do the burning outside on a grill, or at least make sure to open your windows and doors if you're doing it inside. When they're heated, the chiles and their seeds release fumes that will likely leave you coughing and crying. (All of this may remind you why, in Ancient Aztec times, people used to be held over burning chiles as punishment.)
Like so many other traditional foods, each family has its own recipe for mole negro, which is often handed down from generation to generation. Today's comes to us from Chef Iliana de la Vega, a Oaxaqueña by birth who is now a professor of Latin American cuisines at the Culinary Institute of America and who owns the critically acclaimed El Naranjo in Austin, where today she's serving her famous mole negro. The recipe was given to her by her mother who received it from her mother who received it from hers. "It's been in my family for four generations," Iliana says. "And now I have two daughters and I want to pass it on to them."
Warning: this recipe is not simple. It's not fast. It requires an insanely long list of ingredients. It requires patience. It could take you two days to make. But it is special. It is uniquely Mexican. And if you're making it to honor someone you love who is no longer here….isn't that the point?
Mole negro oaxaqueño
10 chicken pieces
½ medium white onion
3 cloves garlic
1 pound Roma tomatoes
½ pound tomatillos
1 medium white onion
6 garlic cloves, unpeeled
5 chile guajillo, cleaned, stems, seeds and veins removed
5 chile chilhuacle negro, cleaned, stems, seeds and veins removed (can substitute
with more guajillos if not available.)
5 chile pasilla Mexicano, cleaned, stems, seeds and veins removed
4 chile mulato, cleaned, stems, seeds and veins removed
5 chile chipotle meco, cleaned, stems, seeds and veins removed
6 chiles anchos negros, cleaned, stems, seeds and veins removed
1 large plantain, peeled and sliced
1 2-inch piece fresh ginger
2 large corn tortillas
1 piece french roll 2" long
1 cup vegetable oil
2 oz pumpkin seeds
2 oz raw peanuts
2 oz almonds,
2 oz raisins
2 oz pecans
2 oz sesame seeds
1 1 x 2-inch stick of Mexican cinnamon
10 black peppercorns
4 cloves
4 whole allspice
1 tsp marjoram
1 tsp thyme
1½ T oaxacan oregano
1½ tsp anise seeds
1 tsp whole cumin seeds
4 cups chicken broth
3 ounces Mexican chocolate or to taste
4 avocado leaves, dried
2 T salt
1 T sugar
1. In a large pot, bring water to a boil, along with onion, garlic and salt. When it is vigorously boiling, reduce the heat and add the chicken pieces. Let them cook until fully done, about 20 to 30 minutes. Remove the chicken, strain the broth and reserve.
2. Dry-roast the tomatoes, tomatillos and onion on a comal or skillet over high heat, until the vegetables are soft and charred. In a separate comal or skillet, dry-roast the unpeeled garlic cloves at medium heat until they develop brown spots. Peel the garlic cloves and reserve.
3. In a medium saucepan, bring two quarts of water to a boil, remove from heat and set aside. Remove the stems, seeds and veins from the chiles. Reserve the seeds. Dry-roast the chiles on comal or skillet until crisp, thick and black but not burnt. Be sure that the brown and red chiles are black as well. Then, drop the roasted chiles into the hot water. Let them soak until soft, but for no more than 15 minutes. Remove the chiles from the water and keep separately. (For better results, you can toast the chiles 3 or 4 days ahead and allow to air out. This will to let the slightly burnt taste dissipate.)
4. In a small skillet, roast the chile seeds over medium heat, until golden. Increase the heat and toast them until completely black. Cover with cold water, and let them soak for 5 minutes. Transfer the re-hydrated chiles and the seeds to a blender, add a little water and puree. Pass through a fine sieve, and reserve.
5. In a heavy saucepan, place the sliced plantains, tortillas, bread and ginger. Cover with 1 cup of oil and place over low heat. When they turn medium gold color incorporate the peanuts, pecans, almonds and, after two minutes, add the raisins and sesame seeds. After two more minutes, add the black pepper, cloves, allspice, cinnamon and herbs. (Basically everything but the chocolate and avocado leaves) Let it all simmer it is turns very dark in color. Strain the oil, and reserve it.
6. In a blender, puree the roasted tomatoes, tomatillos garlic, and onion along with the seeds, nuts, plantain, raisins, bread and tortillas, adding water to thin if needed. Strain the mixture and set aside.
7. Heat 3 tbsp of the reserved oil on a Dutch-oven. Add the chile paste and fry until it thickens, and oil reach surfaces to the top. Then add the tomato-nut-spice mixture, lower heat and allow to cook down, until the mixture is thickens enough to coat the back of a spoon. Let it simmer for about an hours and a half, stirring and adding broth when needed. Cook it down until it thickens again. Do this step 4 times.
8. Slightly toast the avocado leaves over a flame and add to the mole. Break the chocolate into small pieces and incorporate to the mole as well. Allow the mole to simmer for at least 30 minutes and taste to correct sugar and salt.
9. Add chicken broth if you need to thin; the mole should coat the back of a spoon. When the mole is ready, add the cooked chicken pieces and reheat it. Serve with rice and hot tortillas. Serves 10.


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The competitions started on 13th to 15th Feb, 2018 at Marasa Umubano Hotel Kigali where our team of two students in the names of MUSINGUZI JACKSON and KYALIMPA HOPE emerged the best debaters in the first position out of six universities that participated, ranking KIM University as the best debaters in the country.
Mr CYRUS NKUSI ( Executive Director Governance for Africa) issues out certificates to the best winners who were also awarded with medals.
The Winners extend their heartfelt appreciation to the Administration and the entire KIM University community for their contribution towards this remarkable victory and also urges them to keep up the support as the team looks forward to represent the Nation in the forthcoming EAC Regional competitions to be held later this year.


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It's the morning after the night before in Gabon, but thankfully Nick Ames has stuck around in Libreville to judge the post-AFCON mood…
It might just have been exactly what African football needed.
When Vincent Aboubakar flipped the ball over Egypt defender Ali Gabr and volleyed home the thrilling late goal that won Cameroon their fifth Cup of Nations, it was the kind of moment that makes people sit up and take notice. Clips quickly circulated over social media: the finish, the wild celebrations, the atmosphere inside Stade de L'Amitie soaring far above boiling point. As a piece of sporting theatre it was, certainly by the standards of major finals, near-impossible to top.
What a finale it was, and the Cup of Nations has had so few of that standard in recent years that it could hardly have been more welcome. The previous six finals had brought a grand total of three goals in 630 minutes' action; it hardly helps when – in a tournament whose mass media exposure has waned considerably over the last decade – the one match a casual viewer might endeavour to watch falls flat, and that was one reason why Aboubakar's intervention, and the remarkable triumph of an unheralded Cameroon side, was so important.
Those who did watch the tournament closely saw football that was, on the whole, purposeful and attacking, even if the quality of the pitches in Gabon did not always make that easy. The only leading side to play a reactive, deep-sitting game was arguably Egypt; that approach eventually failed to pay off despite their controlling the first hour of the final, and although Cameroon made a habit of starting games tentatively it felt like a success for fresh, enterprising football when Hugo Broos' team turned things around.
Some of the venues will be reused almost instantly, with Gabon having stepped in late to host May's Under-17 Cup of Nations in place of Madagascar. That readiness to assist at a time of need – both now and, quite probably, in the future – will be highlighted by officials as a positive consequence of the investments in stadia and (less noticeably) infrastructure. But what that does for the average Gabonese citizen is much harder to grasp and it was sobering, after visiting areas of Libreville whose living conditions bordered on squalid, to cast the plights of people forced to wash themselves in ditches alongside the reported $770m budget for AFCON.
Time will tell whether the stadium in Oyem – in fact situated 18km from the town of 60,000 inhabitants – comes to serve a valuable purpose as a community hub or is slowly reclaimed by the jungle that surrounds it. Part of the idea is that Gabon now has four stadiums – five if Stade Omar Bongo, still unfinished in the centre of Libreville, is ever completed – capable of hosting national team games, which can then be rotated around the country. But, when World Cup and Cup of Nations qualifying are taken account, Gabon is only guaranteed seven home fixtures every four years. Many will feel that is not enough to justify the outlay in a thinly-populated country.
The tournament's organisers will, though, feel it passed off smoothly. Few would deny that attendances held up well, largely thanks to the large expat communities of countries like Mali, Burkina Faso and – particularly – neighbouring Cameroon that live here. The protests against the regime of Gabon's president, Ali Bongo, that were promised vociferously on social media did not really get off the ground, although much of that, sources close to the opposition insisted, was down to fear of reprisals from army and police. Bongo was, in fact, cheered loudly before the final when he met the teams alongside Gianni Infantino and the CAF president, Issa Hayatou. It added to the feeling that this was a complex month to unpick, in a country with some deep-seated issues that no football tournament, whether it passed off smoothly or disastrously, could successfully bring to the surface.
Yet the abiding memory, for those watching from a distance and most of those present in the stadium, will be Aboubakar's goal and the sheer pandemonium that erupted among the huge number of Cameroon fans present upon its conversion.
If you love football, stripped of all context, then this was the place to be – in the heart of a ground full of giddy-eyed football supporters, unsanitised by the stultifying mass of corporate hospitality that populates finals elsewhere. Gabon and CAF will, looking back, congratulate themselves on Sunday night's spectacle, because it was the kind of scene that is increasingly rare.
And that might have a positive impact on a wider level.
The next edition of AFCON takes place in, appropriately, Cameroon two years from now and it will feel – after a run of tournaments in locations like Gabon and Equatorial Guinea, whose football cultures are far less rich than their governments – like a return to authenticity. It will be worth watching and, if it can provide more moments like Aboubakar's winner, along with goals of the quality and variety that peppered the entire tournament here, then perhaps the media coverage will re-intensify.
In turn it might ensure that, the next time a Cup of Nations is held in a country with Gabon's vast resources, the right depth of scrutiny can be applied to exactly what kind of bequest this tournament should leave.


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Title: Nowhere but Home
Author: Liza Palmer
Queenie Wake returns to her home town with a resume studded with firings as a chef. Queenie arrives on her sister, Merry Carole's, doorstep with no plan for her future but many expectations of being shunned by the town people. Merry Carole has made a life for herself and tries to help Queenie do the same. Queenie's way of coping has always been running: from the town, from her memories, from her anger. Out of desperation, Queenie takes a job at a near-by prison preparing inmates' last meals. Thus, Queenie begins her journey of self-exploration. A well-written and compelling read.
Nowhere but Home
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