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The classic route
The classic town route offers the opportunity to visit the most interesting monuments and places in just one day. It starts from the square Piazza Eremitani where there stand the Scrovegni Chapel, Giotto's masterpiece; Musei Civici Eremitani (the Eremitani Town Museum with an archeological section, and a picture gallery with works painted from 1300 to 1700 including Guariento's "Armed Angels", a Crucifix by Giotto, and works of art by Bellini); the Eremitani Church (that preserves frescoes by Guariento, Giusto de' Menabuoi and Andrea Mantegna); and Palazzo Zuckermann, the house of a Museum of the Applied and Decorative Arts, and of the Bottacin Collection. Please be informed that the visit to the Scrovegni Chapel must be booked not less than 48 hours in advance. People who have not booked can enter only if there are unsold tickets for the day. Access is allowed to 25 people per shift, with shifts lasting 15 minutes in the technological room, and 15 minutes inside the Chapel.
Tourists can then walk to Caffè Pedrocchi, then to the University of Padua housed in the Bo Palace. This university is one of the oldest in Europe, and it contains the renowned Anatomy Theatre (from the 16th century) and Galileo Galilei's chair. The tour then continues to Palazzo della Ragione and its surrounding squares (Piazza delle Erbe, Piazza dei Frutti, and Piazza dei Signori) that host a colourful market daily. The Cathedral of Padua, called Duomo in Italian, is not far away. Beside the Cathedral there rises its Baptistery, which preserves wonderful frescoes by Giusto de' Menabuoi. Do not miss a visit to Museo Diocesano. Located in the old Palazzo Vescovile (the Bishop's palace), the museum of the Padua See of the Catholic Church preserves precious paintings, sculptures, and jewellery that formed the rich Treasure of the Cathedral, and then religious vestments, illuminated manuscripts, and incunabula. The visit includes the Chapel of Santa Maria degli Angeli with frescoes dating to the end of the 15th century, and the wonderful Salone dei Vescovi, a wide hall with a walled surface exceeding 900 square meters fully covered by frescoes portraying the first 100 Bishops of Padua.
Walking in via Soncin and via S. Canziano the tour takes visitors back to Piazza Antenore, with the tomb built in 1283-85 to contain the mortal remains that humanist Lovato de' Lovati had attributed to Antenore, the legendary founder of Padua. Close to this square there stands Palazzo Zabarella, an ancient palace of the da Carrara family now turned into a prestigious location for events and art exhibitions.
Via del Santo takes to the Basilica of St. Anthony, a temple of Christian faith and a box of works of art, every year the destination of millions of pilgrims and tourists. The Basilica is surrounded by more distinguished monuments, as the monument to Gattamelata by Donatello, the 14th-century masterpiece Oratory of St. George, the Antoniani Museums and the Scuola del Santo. Not too far from the Basilica, at the end of via Cesarotti, there rises the monumental complex of the Loggia and the Odeo Cornaro, wonderful examples of Renaissance architecture in Padua.
Back on Piazza del Santo visitors can take via dell'Orto Botanico to reach the oldest university Botanical Garden in Europe, founded in 1545. Slightly ahead is Prato della Valle, a grandiose elliptical square onto which many historical buildings and old palaces look, including Palazzo Angeli with the Museo del Precinema (the museum of the age that preceded cinema) and, to the south, the Basilica of St. Justine, one of the largest in Europe.


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3 Bible Tips: Body of Christ
The Church of God is also called other descriptive names, like the household of God, a holy temple, the Bride of Christ and the Body of Christ. What does the term Body of Christ teach us?
1. We are not baptized into any particular sect or denomination. Rather, through baptism we become members of the spiritual Body of Christ.
"And if one member suffers, all the members suffer with it; or if one member is honored, all the members rejoice with it. Now you are the body of Christ, and members individually" (1 Corinthians 12:26-27; see also Ephesians 2:19-22).
2. The Holy Spirit is what unifies members of every background.
"For by one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—whether Jews or Greeks, whether slaves or free—and have all been made to drink into one Spirit" (1 Corinthians 12:13).
3. God admonishes members of the Body of Christ to strive for unity and recognize the need we have for each other.
"I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling" (Ephesians 4:1-4; see also 1 Corinthians 12:12-25).
For more about the Body of Christ, see "The Body of Christ" from our Bible Study Course lesson "What Is the Church?"

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Geordie Translators
Image by stumayhew via Flickr
I was proper amused at this article on the advert for geordie translators. As a geordie myself I have to say that I have never had problems with anyone understanding my northern accent until I spent a year working in Cumbria and it was very difficult at times being understood as well as understanding some of the thicker west coast dialects. But is a need for translators not taking things a bit too far? Having said that if it pays well you can count me in.
Language firm advertises for 'Geordie translators' | UK news | guardian.co.uk
Language firm advertises for 'Geordie translators' Hundreds apply for work as 'Geordie translators' to help foreign visitors baffled by north-east accent
XFactor finalists are Joe, Ollie and Stacey
I've followed the series of XFactor with interest as someone who cannot sing a note in tune I am envious of those who can sing so beautifully as on the XFactor. I felt sorry for Danyl as he left last night and the finalists were announced, though I'm pleased with who did get through.
Emotional night as X Factor finalists revealed | News | What's On …
It was an emotional evening for the remaining acts in X Factor 2009 after they learned who had made the final. First to learn his fate was Olly, who burst into tears and hugged his mentor Simon Cowell upon learning he was in the final …
The X Factor: why vywers dydn't lyke Danyl – Telegraph Blogs
Some thoughts on the weekend's episodes of The X Factor: 1. Danyl's departure can't be put down to lack of ability (after all, Olly's still in – he sings like an out-of-work children's TV presenter hosting a karaoke night for an 18-year-old … My campaign to persuade the world that the wonderful Stacey Solomon is not a 24-carat dunderhead will never succeed if she insists on behaving as she did when Dermot announced she was through to the final – i.e. continue to stare …
I've been following the 3 finalists during the series. Stacey is great and I'm loving the songs she is belting out, Ollie is so entertaining I love his dancing and singing and can really see him being a hit after the show whether he wins or not. As for Joe Mcelderry I thought he was OK but nothing special however in the last few weeks he appears to have really blossomed and is truly delivering what I would expect from a XFactor winner. As a fellow Geordie it would be great to see Joe win especially as he is an amazing singer, though a bit of me still really hopes Stacey will make it.
Joe McElderry – X Factor Live Shows Week 8
Joe McElderry takes over with his second perfromance of Saturday night singing "Sorry seems to be". All the judges seemed to agree that Joe was the stand out performing on Saturday. What do you think? Leave your comments below …
I know I will be glued to the TV next weekend to watch the XFactor final and seeing whether it is Joe, Ollie or Stacy that wins Xfactor 2009.


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Hadiya Masieh: How 7 July bombings made me question my beliefs
Hadiya Masieh was recruited by Hizb ut-Tahrir radicals, but 7/7 bombings five years ago opened her eyes
The women will gather at a west London cinema for a special screening of Arranged, a film about inter-faith friendship, before talking and learning about their respective lives. That the event is taking place at all is surprising, but what is even more startling is that the woman who has organised it was once a senior figure in a radical Islamist organisation.
Hadiya Masieh, a 32-year-old mother of three, spent 10 years as a member of Hizb ut-Tahrir, the controversial group that seeks an Islamic caliphate and has been accused of encouraging antisemitism. But then the terrible events of 7 July 2005 transformed her outlook. "I feel like I was a pawn," she told the Observer. "Led down the garden path when I didn't know better." Today Masieh devotes her time to speaking out against Islamist extremism.
As the anniversary of Britain's worst terrorist atrocity approaches, the story of her radicalisation provides a grim reminder of how a young person can lose her bearings. The way she managed to turn around her life in the aftermath of the bombings, even becoming an adviser to the last government on Muslim women's issues, is one of the few positive outcomes from a horrifying day.
In the autumn of 1996, Masieh was just another teenager leaving her home and family to start university. The boarding school-educated daughter of middle-class Mauritian and Ugandan parents, she had been raised as a Hindu but even before leaving to study in London she had begun to question her faith.
In the months before she left home, Masieh had begun to read and learn about Islam, and the more she studied it the more certain she became that Islam was the path she wanted to follow. Within months of arriving at Brunel University, she had converted to Islam and begun searching around at university for fellow Muslims. "I went looking for people who were religious," she says, "and they were the most prominent ones."
"They" were the members of Hizb ut-Tahrir (HT), the radical Islamist organisation which rejects democracy and campaigns for a single Islamic caliphate. "They would be in the prayer rooms and they seemed very religious," Masieh says. "I was a clean slate and I was impressed by how well they spoke. What they said seemed to make sense to me."
They told Masieh that the entire western world was out to destroy Islam and that the west feared the rise of Islamist ideology. "Because I was so ignorant and naive, what they said seemed persuasive," she says, "and it appealed to my political side. So before long I was spending every night with members of HT, getting more and more brainwashed."
The radical Muslims with whom she was spending ever more time became her substitute family. "We would talk and it wasn't just religion that we were discussing – it was about building a perfect world and establishing an Islamic state. My studies were secondary to what I was doing. I felt I was doing God's work."
After leaving university, Masieh became a full member of Hizb ut-Tahrir and it was through the organisation that she met her husband. "I was really into the thick of it by then," she says. "I was spending so much time trying to recruit people, going on marches, giving out leaflets, organising bazaars in Muslim areas as a way of getting people to join the organisation."
On 11 September 2001, when the United States was attacked by Islamic terrorists, it was evidence for Masieh and her fellow radicals that there were others who shared their anger at America and the west: "9/11 was great publicity for our cause," she reveals. "We found that more people were listening to our cause and when George Bush made his speech about being either with us or against us that just reinforced what our organisation had been saying."
But for Masieh 2001 was not only the year that the twin towers fell – it was also the year that she had her first child. "Having a baby meant I had less time to be active in the organisation," she says. "And I also moved out of London, so I wasn't mixing with the same crowd."
Once she was out of the Hizb ut-Tahrir cocoon, Masieh began to slowly question some of the certainties they had been preaching. It was during this time of doubt that Masieh, then heavily pregnant with her third child, went to her local hospital to check on the progress of her pregnancy. The date of her appointment was 7 July 2005. "I was in the hospital room having nurses doing tests on me but watching the television screen," she recalls. "It was then that it suddenly hit me that this was not a film – this was happening in London, the city I called home."
Two weeks later, on the day of the foiled second wave of terrorist attacks on the London underground, Masieh gave birth. The synchronicity of attempted murder and of new life left her convinced that she had to abandon any vestiges of her radical thinking and embrace a more tolerant version of Islam.
"The 7/7 bombers and the people I knew at HT were two sides of the same coin," she says. "HT says it does not believe in violence, but the violence was never condemned; they just didn't think it would achieve anything." She told the organisation that she no longer believed what it preached and she left.
These days Masieh works for the Three Faiths Forum, an inter-faith organisation that seeks to build bridges between religions. Her campaigning has led her to speak at universities, where she meets young Muslims who could be tempted to embrace radicalism.
"Because I have been there, I can counter the extremist arguments at a drop of a hat," she says. "I know how they work and operate and I can dismantle their arguments. If I had been offered alternatives, I would never have followed the path that I did."
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INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – Get ready to say goodbye to Indy's Hard Rock Café.
The restaurant will close on March 18. The Hard Rock Café opened in Indianapolis in April 1999, but the lease at the 49 S. Meridian St. location expires in March. As a result, parent company Hard Rock International said the restaurant will shut down.
The company said it "has enjoyed serving the Indianapolis community and playing a role in the city's dining culture" since opening downtown. It didn't discount the possibility of opening another location in the Indy area "if the right space can be identified."
The chain traces its roots to the 1970s, when the first Hard Rock Café opened in London. The restaurant later started putting music memorabilia on the walls and began expanding worldwide in the 1980s. In the 1990s, it expanded to hotels and casinos. The Seminole Tribe of Florida acquired the brand in 2007.
The Hard Rock Café is known for its music memorabilia and signature merchandise like clothing with the Hard Rock logo. All of that memorabilia will return to Hard Rock's warehouse, but may be seen in other restaurants in the future. The chain has locations in 75 countries, including 183 cafes, 27 hotels and 12 casinos.
For Hoosiers wanting to visit another Hard Rock Café, the closest options are in Louisville, Chicago and New Buffalo, Michigan.
Hard Rock International provided a statement about the closing:
Since opening the doors of Hard Rock Cafe Indianapolis in 1999, Hard Rock International has enjoyed serving the Indianapolis community and playing a role in the city's dining culture. In March 2019, the lease for Hard Rock Cafe Indianapolis, located on South Meridian St, will expire. The location will close on Monday, March 18, 2019, as a result. The brand remains committed to the city and is open to having another location within the market, if the right space can be identified.


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Example Reflection – Storytelling
Storytelling is a tool I use all the time, one of the most useful skill sets that I use all the time and intend to improve over time. As a business analyst cum consultant, I often use this technique to get people to open up and tell me their thoughts, ideas and concerns. I usually do this over a cup of coffee, outside of the office, so they feel more comfortable to open up. Once this is over, I use the information I got and transformed them into ideas to improve or develop the functionalities of the software tools we developed for our clients.
Application – From What to Why
I have numerous stories about storytelling in my short career of five years. A common example would be driving the adoption of technology of all of the software that fall under my care. Usually, I would have regular one to one catch up over coffee or have a conference call with each one of them regularly if they are not based in the same country as me.
There was an incident where our stakeholders in South East Asia (SEA) were not embracing the analytics tool that we have developed for them. So I arranged a video conference with the main stakeholder in each of the countries in SEA to understand their concerns. Turned out that there was a lack of adoption because of lack of training and lack of follow up to understand their future concerns.
Approach and Insight
So during most of the conference calls or what I call 'catch ups', I would listen to their thought process and concerns. Turned out that our stakeholders or rather users of our tools are worried about their job security. The analytics applications that we developed will at least shorten their job tasks by 50% while numerous tasks will be automated, such as email scheduling and running reports based on the filters they want.
This was an eye opener although I was not that surprised. Upon understanding this major concern, I had to reassure them that their jobs are still secured while their main job tasks may have shifted towards providing insights to the sales and marketing teams. This also means that we had to create additional materials on how they can provide insights to their respective sales and marketing teams such as using color codes and understanding the nature and purpose of the reports. At the same time, we developed a self-service component of the tools to encourage users to explore ways they can further contribute to their teams. As such, we were able to drive adoption of the applications and improve the working lifestyle of our users and stakeholders. The long term benefits, everyone makes better use of their time and fully contribute at work and grow their skill sets.
I never thought that storytelling will allow me to not just deliver my work duties, but it is a truly great feeling when you improve the quality of life for others. Indeed, Albert Camus was right when he said 'There is no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do'.


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Talking to an Empty Chair
by William Fankboner | Posted September 17, 2012
I keep hearing some people say that Clint Eastwood's hilarious skit at the National Republican Convention was in poor taste. I am reminded of Marshall McLuhan's famous quip that "good taste is the last refuge of the witless."
Indeed, I found it comical watching media insiders, even conservative ones, agonizing over Clint Eastwood's "disrespect" to President Obama as he mimed him telling Mitt Romney to perform an anatomically impossible act.
This is disrespect? To the president who by proxy or surrogate has accused Mitt Romney of schoolyard bullying, murder, lying, felony, dog-whistle racism, and income tax evasion, and who ran a video that showed Paul Ryan pitching granny into a ravine? When did we get so finicky and reverential about the president, particularly this president, who was tutored in the political graces in the corrupt down-and-dirty precincts of Chicago?
The insider campaign wonks who are expert in the art of manipulation claimed that Clint interrupted the touching emotional sweep of the painstakingly choreographed narrative leading up to Mitt Romney's acceptance speech. Mika Brzezinsky, co-anchor of "Morning Joe," said that Clint's shtick was "absolutely disgusting." And even Ann Romney claimed she "didn't know it was coming."
Such sensitive souls!
Governor Scott Walker said that Eastwood's speech made him "cringe," and Roger Ebert added that he found Eastwood's performance "sad." But as the cameras scanned the convention floor I didn't see anyone cringing or sad. What I saw was the uproarious laughter of an audience previously about to die from an assault of cloying sentimentality. The majority rose to their feet in cheering approbation, and many were laughing so hard they seemed on the verge of crying, if not rolling in the aisles. I have a hunch that many of these embarrassed and shocked TV newsmen were secretly laughing up their collective sleeves as well, and will wake up in the middle of the night and burst out with geysers of uncontrollable laughter.
There was a subtext to Eastwood's funny, roguish skit: it covered some pretty deplorable behavior of President Obama and his dysfunctional administration; it was, in fact, a serious bill of indictment. But what Clint Eastwood really brought to the proceeding was some much-needed irreverence in a too carefully scripted presentation. It's called comic relief.
William Fankboner is the author of Marshall McLuhan: A Hypertext Field Guide, and The Triumph of Political Correctness. His articles have appeared in FrontPage Magazine, Alternative Right, and The Magic City Morning Star. He is a former computer programmer whose utility software has been reviewed and published by Macmillan Publishing QUE Division.
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Jon Harrison
It's not that there was something "wrong" or "disrespectful" about Eastwood's performance -- in politics almost anything short of outright slander is considered acceptable. The problem was that Eastwood looked like a doddering old fool out there. He might've carried the thing off thirty years ago, but at the convention he looked like that old uncle suffering from senile dementia, who makes speeches on streetcorners in his pajamas at 3 a.m.
That the convention delegates loved the performance says nothing about its effectiveness or good taste. After all, these were delegates to a Republican convention. By definition they suffer from babbitry (among other ills) in one form or another.
Mon, 2012-09-17 09:13
Beauty, as they say, is in the eye of the beholder. I agree that Eastwood's hilarious performance was badly needed comic relief. Old he may be, but he was right on target!
Mon, 2012-09-17 17:48
William Fankboner
I think you missed the point. The hesitancy, vagueness, wandering off topic, etc. were all a part of the skit. I can't describe this better than a fellow by the name of Basman: "I didn't mind one second of Eastwood. I was hooked and felt tingles and thrills going up my leg even as Clint and I waited and wondered what he was going to say next and then next after that. All the sanctimonious tut tutting about his naughty, wildly wonderful, totally unorthodox political incorrectness misses that in his utterly human but authoritative way, his authority deriving from his iconicism, he channeled what many Americans feel about Obama but did that without, I'd argue, going over some invisible line, however daringly he edged up to it. He was a refreshing contrast to the necessary piety of these events which finally starts to weigh them down. His presentation, talking to the empty suit in the empty chair, as the metaphoric argument of his presentation has it, lit up the room and, I dare say, lit up those watching, sympathetic to that argument."
"Sad," "disastrous": I think not. " spectacular," "memorable": more like it.
Mon, 2012-09-17 16:47
Jon Harrison
Why "Sad" and "disastrous" in quotes? I used neither word. I didn't miss any point; we just disagree. If you believe Clint's performance was spectacular, that simply indicates that you and I think very differently. I could perhaps agree it was memorable, but not in the sense you mean it.
I feel tingles and thrills when a beautiful woman looks meaningfully at me. I don't feel anything of the sort when I watch the goings-on at a political convention -- and that includes an old, old man addressing an empty chair. I do find somewhat humorous the fact that persons professing libertarian views become aroused by Republican Party festivities. What's next? An essay extolling the intellect and character of Glen Beck?
Tue, 2012-09-18 09:24
William Fankboner
Smart aleck quibbles.
Those quotes, and in fact the entire comment, are from a blogger named Basman. One of the things that troubled Eastwood was the fact that 22 million people were out of work. Another was Obama's dismal failure to honor any of his campaign promises, especially his professed belief in a post-partisan administration. And finally, there was suggestion that Obama, despite his charm and soaring rhetoric, wasn't such a nice guy. These are not Libertarian concerns?
Thu, 2012-09-20 11:47
Jon Harrison
Sorry, never heard of Basman.
Is Obama not nice? Who cares? Now we have touchy-feely libertarian concerns? Why would his failure to honor "any" (or some) of his campaign promises bother libertarians, since his agenda is a Democratic one? Surely, his failure to honor those promises comes as a relief to most libertarians.
I would agree that unemployment is a libertarian concern, unless one takes an extreme Objectivist position. But why should libertarians raise this issue in a Republican context? This is the point I'm trying to make: some libertarians basically espouse the Republican Party line, forgetting the broken campaign promises, budget-busting economic and social policies, and war-mongering of the last Republican administration. The problem boils down to the fact that all too many libertarians (and on this site in particular) are older white men who basically hold a Fox News world view. This does not advance the cause, and indeed appears even more ludicrous in the context of a rapidly imploding Romney candidacy. Old white males worshipping an even older white male who talks to empty chairs are the flip side of the younger white males blogging away in Mommy's basement -- together they form a corps d'irrelevant for the politics of the future.
Thu, 2012-09-20 20:37
William Fankboner
Sorry we 'old white men' don't pass your Libertarian Purity Test. Is there a secret handshake?
As a relative newcomer to the arena, I find your wholesale dismissal of conservative values and your literalism especially unproductive. It's a little reminiscent of the nineteenth century Anarchist movement.
It doesn't matter that Obama is devious propagandist? It doesn't matter that he broke his promise to cut the national debt in half and actually increased it by several trillion? It doesn't matter that he pushed through a health care bill that will cost trillions more?
Mitt Romney may not be a perfect candidate, but to declare everyone who supports him a victim of right wing extremism is an absurd canard. Such pompous and exclusionary partisanship contributes nothing to the discussion. If your vapid purism represents the 'politics of the future,' then the future looks very bleak indeed.
Fri, 2012-09-21 12:50
Jon Harrison
I still subscribe to many conservative values. But George W. Bush and Mitt Romney aren't conservatives. They are so unlike Bill Buckley, Barry Goldwater, and even Ronald Reagan. Bush was arguably our most liberal president ever, rivaled only by FDR, LBJ, and BO. Romney is a guy who wants the presidency because "it's there", and not because he has any core conservative values. He lacks character, and will do or say anything to advance his ambition.
There's no libertarian purity test as far as I'm concerned. I'd fail it if there was.
As for your calling me a pompous and exclusionary partisan, well, as Socrates put it: "You know me, Sir!"
Fri, 2012-09-21 21:05
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It's National Pizza Day, or at least that's what we've been told.
It got us wondering — and salivating — what each Big 12 football team would look like as a national pizza chain, and we think we may have found the answers.
Oklahoma / Papa Johns
Oklahoma and Papa Johns are huge national brands. Both are one of the first names to come up as "the best" in their respective fields once you eliminate your local pizza places that you swear are the best even though they stop delivering after 8 p.m.
Better players. Better coaches. Boomer Sooner.
Texas / Sbarro
These two have been around forever, and everything is bigger with them. You can find them at any mall — seriously, I consistently find more Texas apparel outside of the state of Texas than any other school. And yes, they've fallen on hard times. But you loved them when you were a kid. Maybe it's not the best product. But you know the name. And that's all Tom Herman cares about.
Oklahoma State / Little Caesars
A hot and ready offense like Oklahoma State's is a fun time every now and then. The Pokes occasionally have some amazing undiscovered talent — like Little Caesars and its unheralded side dish, Italian cheese bread. It's always in the conversation for what to do on a Saturday night. But at the end of day/season, it simply doesn't … puts on sun glasses … deliver.
TCU / Pie Five
Not enough people give either of these products based out of Fort Worth, Texas, their due credit. Often forgotten in the mess of the Papa Johns' and Pizza Huts of the world, this is seriously a legitimate contender for the best national pizza chain. The only problem? They're constantly overlooked and they really just came around this decade.
Baylor / Domino's
It has its moments. Both have certainly in recent years tried to repair its image by switching up the recipe — Domino's literally changed its recipe not too long ago and Baylor brought in Matt Rhule to change the culture in Waco, Texas. It's fighting an uphill battle with more contenders rising up, but have you seen that 2018 recruiting class? The Bears are doing just fine. A quick Google search also tells us Domino's' stock is up.
West Virginia / Chuck E. Cheese
In theory, it seems like a fun place to take your kids until you actually get there. The product is okay, but it's nothing special. This is a kid's place after all. The Big 12 Conference is a "big boy" league. And until this place proves it has grown up and gets rid of the gimmicks, it's not much of a contender.
Texas Tech / Cici's
It's typically best served on its home turf. I mean, you can take it out on the road, but it's just not the same. Both can fill up on points/pizza really quickly. But in the end, it simply doesn't match the bigger chains.
Iowa State / Blaze Pizza
It's up and coming. You're not really sure where or what it is until you get there. But it's a purer brand with a structure. It just needs the right person to make it into a national power … oh and would you look that, LeBron James/Matt Campbell.
Kansas State / Digiorno
It's fundamentally sound, but history is not on its side. Both are loved by the common man simply wanting a taste of football/pizza if it's on television/out in front of you. And sure, that often times can be a serviceable option. It's just not ever going to get the job done like a Papa John's.
Kansas / Red Baron
Just … no. Never.
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One of the biggest problems with electric vehicles (EVs), I feel, is cosmetic, leaving aside range anxiety or the hassle of finding a free charging spot. Tesla's Model S might be a gorgeous looking car, but you couldn't say the same of the more popular and more affordable Nissan Leaf, the Renault Zoe or the Kia Soul EV. Though beauty may indeed lie in the eyes of the beholder, perhaps good looks simply come at a premium in this segment – the Model S starts at €81,086, the BMW i8 at €142,360, far outside the budgets of many motorists who buy with their eyes as much as their head.
And now we have the futuristic Jaguar I-PACE Concept, which leans towards the latter category of good looks for a bigger price (and, to be fair, a few more features). Combining the aggressive Jaguar prow with big wheels, SUV styling and shades of the Volvo V40 in the profile, the concept car recently took a leap towards production in taking a spin on the streets of London for the first time, albeit on a closed road inside the Olympic Park.
The initial figures are impressive – 0-100km/h in four seconds courtesy of twin electric motors producing 400hp (placed on either end for near perfect weight distribution), 700Nm of torque (as much as the impressive F-Type SVR), and a top speed of 193km/h from the all-wheel drive EV.
Charge times and range are among the biggest concerns for EV owners and, according to Jaguar, the I-PACE will reach 80% in 90 minutes and last up to 500km on a single charge. If that translates to the real world then Tesla might well have a battle on its hands, though the I-PACE's range in less than perfect conditions is likely to be a little less impressive. There's also space for five adults – and quite a bit of luggage in the 530L boot – courtesy of the more space efficient electric drivetrain.
And, because it's a Jag, you know the interior is going to be impressive. Alongside a 12-inch digital instrument panel, a central 12-inch touchscreen and a futuristic dash a little reminiscent of the BMW i3, there are leather seats with cricket ball stitching and a panoramic glass roof to maximise the feeling of space inside.
Due to go on sale in 2018 (Jaguar is accepting pre-orders now), the I-PACE will weigh in at around £60,000 (€69,000), somewhere in between the BMW i3 and Tesla's Model S. Jaguar is feeling positive about its potential success; perhaps the I-PACE can tempt the more environmentally conscious Jaguar enthusiasts or others within the premium market to make the move to electric.
"The feedback on the I-PACE Concept has been fantastic. With the I-PACE Concept we've torn up the rule book to create a vehicle with supercar inspired aesthetics, sports car performance and SUV space, in one electric package. It has surprised people and the enthusiasm for our first electric vehicle has been beyond all my expectations," says Ian Callum, Jaguar's Director of Design. "Driving the concept on the streets is really important for the design team. It's very special to put the car outside and in the real-world. You can see the true value of the I-PACE's dramatic silhouette and powerful proportions when you see it on the road, against other cars. The I-PACE Concept represents the next generation of battery electric vehicle design. For me, the future of motoring has arrived."


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President Obama and the First Lady made a surprise visit to 12 Bones smokehouse in Asheville, North Carolina this afternoon, which had seen another surprise visit from then-candidate Obama in October 2008. (12 Bones appears to be well-liked by most.)
The Obama mingled with customers and staff, posed for photos and eventually ordered two rib plates, and given order number 99. From the pool report, the precise order per Bill Burton was:
Ribs, greens, baked beans, corn pudding, mac & cheese and corn bread. All washed down with a couple of sweet teas.
About those ribs...deputy press sescretary Bill Burton tweeted during the meal:
Plates of ribs here at 12 Bones Smokehouse give new meaning to 'too big to fail'
When the Obamas left 12 Bones, a crowd had gathered on the corner, a few with "Welcome" signs, and a couple that read: "We love Sasha" and "Howdy Malia."
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You have tried countless diets and failing. This is because most people fall into the same boat as you. Boredom can wreak havoc on their weight loss efforts. This article will show you some ways to liven up your weight loss journey.
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Keeping track of your caloric intake each meal and day is a good idea. Always realize ways to cut down on the amount of fat you're taking into your body. Making substitutes for those fatty ingredients and recipes can really help you out.
Drink green tea to lose weight. Green tea boosts the metabolism boosting and it is all natural.Enjoy a glass before working out and you'll be invigorated!
Weight loss is easiest if you know what works well for your specific situation. If you are a morning person, set your alarm earlier and do your workouts in the morning. Night owls should exercise by night.If you do not enjoy going to the gym, you're especially not going to want to wake up early.
Thick, chunky soups and stews are a must-have for anyone who wants to lose weight but has a hearty appetite. It's an unwise choice to drink your calories. If you eat chunky soups that are full of healthy vegetables and beans, you will feel fuller longer.
A good way to maintain the proper weight loss is to stop eating several hours prior to bed. When you eat before bed, it will sit in your stomach and turn into fat.Try to spend your evening while doing something productive such as reading a lot at night.
This will reduce the cravings that you from eating large portions and you won't be hungry. This allows you to take in less calories each day so you can reach your fitness goals.
Avoid eating before bed to see weight loss results. It is easier said than done, but avoid eating before bedtime. Any food you eat will not be burned off and just stored in your fat cells. If it is difficult to resist the temptation to eat before bed, try to stay busy right up until bedtime. Reading is a great way to get your mind off of food.
Keep plenty of healthy snacks in your house if you're attempting to lose weight. Buy a large resealable container.Prepare your veggies, fill the bottom of the container with ice and a small amount of water and store the vegetables in the refrigerator.You will always have a healthy snack on hand which is easy to take along with you!
Get a friend to be your exercise with. Having someone to exercise with will make your exercise time much more like a sociable event. You and your buddy can give each other and share stories.
If the reason you are exercising is to lose weight, then you need to focus more on cardiovascular exercise than weight training. Cardio training is important for burning fat and losing weight, whereas weight training helps to tone and maintain muscle mass. Try raising your respiration and heart rate to build muscle mass when losing weight.
Don't eat too late at night to lose weight fast. Snacking late at night can pack on the pounds since our bodies do not going to burn off.You can start losing weight as soon as you cut out late night eating.
You can break down your weight loss. A single pound of human fat has around thirty five hundred calories in it. To lose that pound, you must burn 3500 more calories than you take in. This allocation sets you to drop one pound weekly.
Pack a lunch for work or school. By getting a lunch prepared for work you'll be able to know exactly what your portion sizes will be. For those trying to lose weight, controlling portions is crucial.
Eat with a friend so you eat less. Eating alone gives you nothing to focus on cleaning our plates.
Working out should be included in a weight loss. It makes sense to determine a time each day for completing your exercise. Write the time in your calender so you are sure not to make plans that interfere with it.
Eating more broccoli can help with weight loss. It is a very healthy vegetable and is high in antioxidants. Broccoli is great because it can be eaten raw or steamed, and placed in a tasty salad. You will be healthier for it.
If you hit a plateau with your weight loss or if you can't shed those last couple pounds, it's time to up the intensity of your workouts. Your body tends to adapt to a certain workout that you are constantly doing and that leads to it no longer has the same affects.
As you can see, using the same old techniques can hold you back in your weight loss goals. You should try some new techniques. This article will give you some hints that you have not heard of. Hopefully, the information you learned here is going to help you meet your goals.
It is important to get adequate rest. It is recommended for adults to get about 8 hours of sleep. If you think that staying awake will help you lose weight, you need to think again. Getting the required amount of sleep will help your body maintain a healthy metabolism.


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Learn About PAWS and What to Expect Your First 90 Days
Everything is scarier when it's unfamiliar. That's why the earliest part of your recovery, when you're totally new to the process, can be some of the most nerve-wracking. Maybe you're already a couple weeks in, or maybe you're still hesitating on whether or not to get help. Either way, you're wondering what comes next and what you can expect during this often difficult and confusing time.
Here's glimpse into your first 90 days, as well as some advice on how to best tackle challenges you'll face including post-acute-withdrawal syndrome (PAWS).
What Is Post-Acute-Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS)?
When people start the recovery process and go sober, there are often two distinct phases of withdrawal that they go through before they really start healing. The first is acute withdrawal, and the second is post-acute-withdrawal syndrome (PAWS).
Acute withdrawal typically features all the worst physical symptoms of withdrawal, depending on the substance that the user was addicted to. It tends to clear up after a few weeks at most.
However, after those couple of weeks are up, there often remains a condition called post-acute-withdrawal syndrome, or PAWS. While not a precise medical diagnosis, PAWS is a widely-reported condition which results from your brain starting to correct its chemical imbalance from the addiction. PAWS will last anywhere from a couple months to as much as two years, and during this time you experience the brunt of the psychological and emotional effects of withdrawal.
At first, PAWS feels like you're trapped on a roller coaster as you cycle through changing emotions hour by hour and even minute by minute. As you progress, your moods will become longer-lived and your mood swings less rapid. However, the bad will still be just as long and intense as the good. Eventually PAWS will only hit you for a handful of days at a time. It might still hit hard sometimes, but you'll know that it won't stay around for long.
Here are some of the symptoms associated with PAWS:
-Mood swings
-Lack of enthusiasm
-Energy comes and goes
-Concentration comes and goes
-Trouble sleeping
The combination of PAWS and having to build a new sober life for yourself makes this early stage a vulnerable time. Here are some tips on how you can navigate this phase and minimize the impact PAWS can have on your life and your recovery.
Secure a Solid Foundation for Your Recovery
So, what now? You probably weren't under any impression that it was easy to just up and quit an addiction—otherwise it wouldn't be an addiction. However, you may have expected that once you remove the substance abuse from your life, everything else will either stay the same or fall into place.
Unfortunately, this isn't the case, and your recovery will require constant care. That's why it's so important that you utilize your first 90 days to their fullest, building yourself a solid foundation for your recovery from the beginning.
In order to do accomplish that, it's best for you to focus on your recovery and avoid any other life changes or developments.
This means everything personal, professional, and everywhere in between. As you may recall from our piece on the first year of recovery, early on in your recovery isn't the time to be taking on new work duties, romantic relationships, living arrangements, or other roles or responsibilities.
Those disruptions will only serve to distract and overwhelm you. As you likely know, feeling overwhelmed and exhausted is exactly the type of circumstance where a former substance abuser might relapse. Focus on establishing a stable routine and setting a good precedent for yourself, so you can minimize that pressure and concentrate on your recovery.
Focus on Physical and Mental Self-Care
The best thing you can do to establish that solid foundation is to spend your first 90 days in recovery building a routine of both physical and mental self-care.
Nurture Your Body with Diet and Exercise
The benefits of diet and exercise in early recovery are twofold.
First of all, your body is still in literal recovery from the devastation an addiction causes. For it to be able to repair itself properly and at a reasonable pace, you need lots of nutrition. The same goes for exercise. You likely weren't very fit during your addiction. Together, a healthy diet and exercise will speed up your detox process and help your body rebuild and regain strength.
Secondly, exercise and food both release dopamine in the pleasure receptors of your brain. The substance you'd been abusing was likely constantly flushing you of your dopamine and leaving nothing left. That's why nothing else seemed able to produce nearly as much pleasure at the time. Now, when your brain is crying out for the dopamine it's suddenly deprived of, workouts and snacks can give you a small boost to hold you over. It also helps your brain start relearning healthy chemical cycles and restore a proper balance.
You don't want to trade one addiction for another in the long run, but early in your recovery, candies and gym visits can be a valuable tool.
Nurture Your Mind with Patience and Understanding
Finally, you also need to practice self-care with your emotional and spiritual side.
As we said earlier, you shouldn't make large changes in your life. You also should stay patient with yourself. Don't get frustrated that you aren't progressing as fast as you'd like. Don't push yourself to always give the impression that you're fine. Don't overcompensate by also throwing yourself into work, and fixing relationships, and making every change you want to make in your life all at once.
Of course, the biggest asset in this step is your support network. Always remember to make full use of your loved ones and the help you've received. If you're wondering where you can get help, or you might be ready to start recovery and want to know the next step, give us a call at The Other Side at (779) 220-0336. We'll be happy to point you in the right direction.


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The Ashmolean Museum installed its electric lighting
in 1895 while the Leeds Art City Gallery, opened in
1888, was the first that has been built specifically to
use it. By the 1900s, electricity had become the fuel of
choice for illuminating interior spaces.
Gas lighting systems had undoubtedly revolutionised
access to museums. However, a report by Thomas
Thorp – incidentally, the co-inventor of the gas
meter – would show that preliminary gas lighting
systems in gallery spaces would provide average
illumination levels of only 0.7 foot-candles, a fraction
of the threshold of human photopic vision. Nor would
early artificial lighting systems come without other
concerns: indoor pollutants of gas effluvia, fire hazards
and high utility costs among them.
In the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art it was
assumed that the fluctuations of temperature and
humidity caused by the gas system would make the
wooden displays warp, allowing combustion products,
soot from gas burning and dust to enter the display
cases. Concerns about the use of gas in museums and
galleries were addressed by a scientific commission
chaired by Michael Faraday himself.
Later, Faraday would also conduct further experiments
in response to the British Museum's worries. He
concluded that gas lighting was suitable for museums
and galleries but acknowledged the danger of fire and
proposed that gallery roofs be constructed of steel
and not timber. Faraday and the Irish scientist John
Tyndall – whose work 150 years ago first identified the
possibility of the greenhouse effect – also investigated
temperature fluctuations caused by gas lighting but
decided they did not pose a significant risk to artworks.
The degrading effect of light on materials –
watercolours in particular – was identified early on.
Sir Arthur Church had conducted experiments back
in 1856. Sir John Robinson, surveyor of the Queen's
Pictures, suggested in 1886 that the South Kensington
Museum's watercolour paintings should only be
exhibited at night and under dim electric lighting
to avoid fading. He accused the South Kensington
Museum of negligence, a position that would trigger
a public debate.
In response to Robinson's claims, the South Kensington
Museum (although publicly silent) ordered Captain
William de Wiveleslie Abney and Dr WJ Russell
to investigate the action of light on watercolours.
Simultaneously, the Royal Society of Painters asked ▼
Three of seven original gasoliers installed in 1885 at Birmingham
Museum and Art Gallery are in the Industrial Gallery and can still
be viewed ( www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/bmag)


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I am a seasonal business, can I use Koomi only when I am open?
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Chances are you've tried and loved his cooking, even if you haven't been to his Oak Cliff restaurant, Kavala Mediterranean Grill,
You see, HIghtower has perhaps the perfect Dallas resume--at least as far as chefs are concerned. He spent a few years cooking for Stephan Pyles at AquaKnox, did a stint at The Mansion, handled chores at Tei Tei Robata Bar, ran things at Ziziki's and Hattie's--and that's the short list.
Kavala allowed him to move home. He grew up in Oak Cliff and started cooking in 1981, slinging eggs before school for the Steven's Park golf course. Despite his love of the 'hood, he still finds the non-OC Winedale Tavern indespensible, at certain hours of the morning...
1. So how does someone named Hightower learn Greek cooking? A lot of hard work and brown nosing a bunch of Greeks. I learned a lot at Ziziki's, but I brown nosed. Greeks don't give up their secrets easily.
2. Can you pronounce spanikopita? It just rolls off the tongue now.
3. What's the most difficult Greek dish to cook? You know, I haven't found any that is off-the-charts hard. But the casserole dishes demand the right seasoning and require a lot of patience. So they're not difficult, but they require time and detail.
4. Olives--Spanish, Greek or Italian? I love Spanish olives. I don't know what it is--the rich oils? The Greeks are so proud of their olives, but...
5. What is the draw of Oak Cliff? Well, I think it's like Deep Ellum used to be, back in the day. There's a little aura of danger right now and a lot of good restaurants.
6. Do you have a favorite restaurant? I do. I love Bolsa and Hattie's and La Calle Doce. Those would be the top three.
7. Is there a 'must visit' place in Dallas? The WInedale Tavern at 7 a.m. It is ugly.
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8. What do chefs do for fun? I consider trying new food fun. So I go to Manhattan and do a whirlwind tour--nine restaurants in a weekend, which is about all I can afford--and eat my brains out.
9. Do you like ownership? No. Being a chef, you are cooking or overseeing the cooking. Now it's 25 percent of the job. The other 75 percent isn't much fun.
10. If you weren't a chef...? Oh, God. I don't know. That's the toughest question, 'cause I don't want to be anything else. I guess, if I could go back in time, I'd love to be a farmer.


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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Too Old For The Mosh Pit
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For you to drink a beer, things must have seemed pretty bleak.ReplyDelete
Well, now I know where I get my concert-going attitude. I sat through most of inxs and left a Duran Duran concert early for some of the reasons you state. I have learned that I only like really mellow acts or lawn seats. Lawn seats are where you get to sit up in the grass overlooking the concert, spread out on a blanket like a picnic. Those are just my style. Of course, zz top is not an act I would ever voluntarily go see...ReplyDelete
I told Jason you guys went to see ZZ Top and he said their concerts are known for being sort of over the top. He saw them once and they had naked women dancing on stage for the entire show. I wanted to ask, "Are you sure you were at a ZZ Top concert and not just a strip club that was playing ZZ Top on the juke box?" but I refrained.ReplyDelete
I have never been to a concert either. I once went with Jaimee and some others to a show put on by a radio station that had a few acts, but that is it. I don't feel like I am missing out. I do not like noise, I do not like crowds, and I do not like beer. I think I would not be a good time at a concert. Maybe I'd go with lawn seats like Jenn mentioned...maybe. Did Bill at least have a good time?ReplyDelete


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Romans 3:25
whom God put forward as a propitiation by his blood, to be received by faith. This was to show God's righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over former sins.
ESV NOTES: Jesus' blood "propitiated" or satisfied God's wrath, so that his holiness was not compromised in forgiving sinners. Some scholars have argued that the word propitiation should be translated expiation (the wiping away of sin), but the word cannot be restricted to the wiping away of sins as it also refers to the satisfaction or appeasement of God's wrath, turning it to favor. God's righteous anger needed to be appeased before sin could be forgiven, and God in his love sent his Son (who offered himself willingly) to satisfy God's holy anger against sin. In this way God demonstrated his righteousness, which here refers particularly to his holiness and justice. God's justice was called into question because in his patience he had overlooked former sins. In other words, how could God as the utterly Holy One tolerate human sin without inflicting full punishment on human beings immediately? Paul's answer is that God looked forward to the cross of Christ where the full payment for the guilt of sin would be made, where Christ would die in the place of sinners.
Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people.
ESV NOTES: Jesus must be human in order to serve as high priest on behalf of humanity. Propitiation conveys the sense of an atoning sacrifice that puts away sin and satisfies God's wrath.
1 John 2:2
He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.
Propitiation here means "a sacrifice that bears God's wrath and turns it to favor... As the perfect sacrifice for sin, Jesus turns away God's wrath. For the sins of the whole world does not mean that every person will be saved, for John is clear that forgiveness of sins comes only to those who repent and believe the gospel, but Jesus' sacrifice is offered and made available to everyone in "the whole world," not just to John and his current readers.
1 John 4:10
In this is love, not that we have loved God but that he loved us and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.
Monday, November 23, 2009
The kids and I are going through all of the difficult words we encounter in the Bible.
The Oxford Dictionary defines propitiate as a verb which means "win the favour or forgiveness of, placate"; propitiation is the noun. It is from the Latin placare - placate; to appease.
Once a year, on the Great Day of Atonement, the high priest would carry the blood of the sacrifice behind the veil, into the Holy of Holies. He sprinkled the "mercy-seat" with the blood, and so made propitiation, or in other words, he satisfied the wrath of God.
Propitiation is mentioned four times in the Bible:
God demonstrates His wrath many times in the Old Testament. The earth swallowed the sons of Korah, who rebelled against God's anointed. God's anger burned hot against His own people when they worshipped idols, and if Moses had not begged God to turn away His wrath, they would have been consumed. Our God is a consuming fire. He cannot wink at sin.
So out of His great love for us, He sent His only Son, Who had never sinned, to satisfy divine justice. Jesus took the sins of the people upon Himself, and suffered and bled and died in our place.
Without the shedding of blood, there is no remission of sin. But with the blood of Christ applied to our hearts by faith, our sins are covered, and God is satisfied.
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December 11, 2007
…surviving ROUS's ,food poisoning, cars that suddenly reverse for no reason, running on ice at 6AM,and bathing once a week, I have been doing many productive things and thus haven't done a true update. I will be on holiday in a mere 2 weeks, so before then I shall dazzle you all with a stunning epic of my life over the past few months. You are of course allowed to clap and cheer at appropriate moments while reading.
December 11, 2007
The Contents of this blog are mine personally and do not reflect any position of the U.S.Government or Peace Corps.
December 4, 2007
i declare victory over a rabid pack of 8 ROUS (rodents of unusual size)


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A Frenchman accused of a deadly 2014 shooting at a Brussels Jewish museum has been handed preliminary terrorism charges in France today relating to a separate case in Syria.
Lawyer Francis Vuillemin said Mehdi Nemmouche was escorted under high security for "just a few hours" to Paris from Belgium - where he is currently being held - to face the French authorities.
The charges of "kidnapping and illegal sequestration with links to a terrorist enterprise" relate to allegations the 32-year-old was the jailer of four French journalists held in Syria between June 2013 and May 2014.
The lawyer said Nemmouche remained silent throughout.
Nemmouche is suspected of gunning down four people with an assault weapon in the Brussels museum in May 2014.
Meanwhile, the Paris prosecutor's office said the lone surviving suspect in the massacres in France in November 2015, Salah Abdeslam, went before a French judge in Paris today.
Abdeslam, 28, remained silent during the hearing into the attacks that left 130 dead in Paris and its suburbs, according to the Paris prosecutor's office.
Abdeslam is currently in prison in France and unlikely to face trial there for several years.


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continually strive to stay on top of the latest developments
in equine treatment protocols and techniques. Our
veterinarians are members of the American Association of
Equine Practitioners and the Florida Association of Equine
Practitioners. We chair committees for horse owner
education and engage in research programs for next
generation vaccines and sports medicine therapies. We have
a network of the brightest and most respected individuals in
the equine veterinary field, so if we do not have the
answer, we will get it.
At FEVS, our goal is to provide a superior level of care and
service for your equine.
Another combination of eastern and
western medicine is also offered by FEVS which is
chiropractic medicine. Adjustments of the horses vertebrae
and pelvis are done with minimal amount of exertion. The
joints and facets of the boney junction are able to be
manipulated due to the angle they lie in as well as the
minimal structures around them.
For horses with chronic neck and
back pain, FEVS uses mesotherapy. A series of very small
needles penetrate the inter-dermal layer of skin and
depending on the horse's condition, inject substances to
stimulate the mesoderm.
For a fast, definitive diagnosis of
skeletal issues, FEVS uses digital radiography (DR) by Eklin,
the gold standard of the DR industry. In as little as
three seconds, we are able to clinically review an x-ray
image on a high resolution monitor. The images can be
manipulated for the best possible diagnosis, and allow for
immediate treatment or quick surgical/podiatry consults.
This is extremely valuable to horse owners and trainers
involved with horse shows, competitions and pre-purchase
IRAP or AUTOLOGOUS CONDITIONED SERUM
For the equine athlete suffering from joint
degeneration and/or inflammation that conventional
treatments do not help, FEVS offers Interleukin-1 Receptor
Antagonist Protein (IRAP) therapy. IRAP therapy uses
the patient's own blood to produce a serum concentrated with
regenerative and anti-inflammatory proteins. This
serum is completely autologous and contains no drugs, so the
possibility of adverse allergic or anaphylactic side effects
is drastically reduced.
FEVS offers Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy
(ESWT) therapy for horses suffering from chronic pain and
lameness. This alternative non-invasive therapy is
generally used for degenerative or acute problems in soft
tissue and bones. Most patients require approximately
three therapy sessions. FEVS uses the Versatron from
Sanuwave, which uses an electro-hydraulic design for greater
depth of penetration and focused area that minimizes
surrounding tissue damage.
Ultrasound is one of the primary tools for
evaluation of soft tissue trauma. FEVS veterinarians
use Digital Ultrasonography to carefully evaluate Muscles,
tendons and ligaments, relative to their corresponding boney
structures. We locate and measure inflammation and
fluid accumulation in order to prescribe a treatment
protocol to maximize the patient's healing response.
Our veterinarians having attended recent continuing
education seminars in order to offer accurate diagnosis for
your horse.
FEVS veterinarians perform cooled semen and
artificial insemination on a regular basis. Clients
may have these procedures done at their location, or may
haul their horses to our clinic.
In addition to cooled semen and artificial
insemination, FEVS veterinarians also perform frozen semen
insemination and embryo transfer. These procedures
involve specialized equipment and a more intense evaluation
of the mare's cycle, so horses must be hauled to our clinic.
Gastric ulcers are a source of
chronic colic even on the most well managed farm.
Recent discovery of the gastric ulcers has been made
possible by 3 meter scopes that give a complete view of the
horses' stomach. FEVS has the ablility to evaluate the
upper gastrointestinal tract with an
3meter video gastroscope. This procedure is relatively
simple and quick but requires an overnight stay at our
clinic for proper fasting. It is a fairly
noninvasive procedure requiring the scope to pass through
the nose into the esophagus and finally into the stomach.
Mild sedation is all that is needed. You may view the
procedure on our 20" color monitor, and get color photos
from the exam.
For the equine athlete suffering from joint degeneration,
inflammation, or tendon/ligament injuries that conventional
treatments do not help, FEVS offers Interleukin – 1 Receptor
Antagonist Protein (IRAP) therapy as well as stem cell
injection treatments. IRAP therapy uses
the patient's own blood to produce a serum concentrated with
regenerative and anti-inflammatory proteins.
This serum is completely autologous and contains no
drugs. Stem cell treatments are acquired
from the patient's own fat stores, processed, and
re-injected into the soft tissue lesion in need of
treatment. The possibility of adverse
allergic or anaphylactic side effects is drastically reduced
with both treatments. Depending on the
lesion or injury either one or both therapies could be used.


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This recipe for Herb Cheddar Biscuits with Sausage Gravy is from The Campground Gourmet by Kate Dunbar. We are publishing select recipes on the RVFTA blog to give you a taste of the wonderful collection of over 100 recipes. You can pick up your own copy here. If you purchase and review of a copy of The Campground Gourmet before January 1, 2019, we will enter you into a drawing for a $100 Cabela's Gift Card!!!
Makes 16-20 biscuits
- 5 cups all-purpose flour, plus extra for rolling pin and counter
- 1 cup sharp cheddar cheese, grated
- 1 tablespoon granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons aluminum free baking powder
- 4 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons Kosher salt
- ½ tablespoon dried sage
- ½ teaspoon dried thyme
- 4 1/2 cups heavy cream
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. In a large bowl mix sifted flour, sugar, baking powder, kosher salt, and herbs. Add cheddar cheese and stir well to distribute the cheese throughout the flour. Make a well in the center of the bowl and add heavy cream. Mix all ingredients together until the dough comes together.
Remove the dough and place on a lightly floured counter. Knead dough gently about 1 minute until all the little crumbs come together. Flatten by hand and then roll out to ½ inch thickness, then cut into rounds. Make sure when you press the cutter into the dough you are not twisting. Cut out biscuits as close together as you can. You cannot re-roll the dough. Place biscuits on a parchment lined baking sheet so they are touching. Bake until golden brown and puffed, 20 to 25 minutes. Serve hot.
Sausage gravy
- 1 pound breakfast sausage or sage sausage
- 3 ½ cups whole milk
- ¼ cup unbleached all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
In a skillet over medium heat, add sausage, stirring until the sausage breaks down into crumbles, about 6-8 minutes. Cook until no longer pink. Sprinkle the flour evenly over the cooked sausage and stir to combine. Cook about 2 minutes. Very slowly pour your milk into the pan, stirring constantly. Cook for 10 minutes, taste for seasoning and add pepper if needed. Serve over cheddar and sage biscuits.
Make sure you check out some of other recipes from The Campground Gourmet like Kate's Pale Ale Shrimp Kabobs and Colombian Coffee Grilled New York Steaks. The Bacon Pancake Dippers have also been a big hit in the RVFTA community! We obviously have our priorities straight!!!
See you at the campground,
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Well we elected a new idiot in chief. The market responded very positively for some reason.
In hindsight I wish I had been a little more active with my options trading, but all in all I'm pretty happy with how everything turned out.
Thou can't time the market so thou shalt not try to.
Let's take a look at November.
Portfolio Summary
Stock Purchases
2 stocks purchased. 1 position increased; 1 new position. Projected annual income increased by $350 based on current dividends.
11/4/16 – TGT: 100 shares purchased @ $67.00/share. This was an assigned put, which I had sold earlier in October. This is a new position. It adds $240 to my projected income based on the current forward annual dividend of $2.40/share.
11/4/16 – VER: 200 shares purchased @ $9.50/share. This was another option assignment. The put was sold at the beginning of October. This is an increase to an existing position. I am trying to transfer my ownership of VER into tax-advantaged accounts, and this gives me an equal position in the beneficiary IRA as I have in the taxable. I will likely sell the 400 shares in the taxable account after the next ex-div date, so this won't increase my projected income in the long run, but for now it increases that annual projection by $110 based on the current forward annual dividend of $0.55/share.
Pay Days and Raises
Dividend Income Tracker is published back at the mothership and has been updated..
Total investment income of $848.85, with a taxable total of only $30.88. We'll call it 135"pay days" with 35 individual payments received.
Lending club income is aggregated into a single income record for simplicity's sake. It actually arrives as a lot of small payments over the course of the month. There are still two loans that are late (between 31 and 120 days) and now there's one in the grace period. So Lending club's algorithm has decided to write down $$42.28 worth of principal (compared to $36.40 last month).
Month over month comparison is a little goofy considering last month had a major loss due to getting out of my gold miner stocks. When I disregarded that capital loss, I was at $635.41, so compared to that, this month represents a 33.6% increase.
Compared to November 2015, which was a $528.65 total, it represents a 60.6% YoY increase.
You'll notice that the first month in the income summary back at the mothership is November 2014. This month's total represents a 2,143% increase over that measly monthly income of $37.83. Of course I can't sustain that kind of growth indefinitely, but it is kind of fun to write.
Two of the dividend payments represented an increase:
OHI came through again with yet another raise of $0.01 per share, which is a 1.67% increase over last quarter's payout of $0.60. They keep raising the payout each quarter, never mind per year. Is this sustainable?
EV raised their payout as anticipated. The increase in the quarterly distribution was $0.015 from $0.265 to $0.28, which is good for 5.7%. Back when I first bought EV shares, my investment thesis was operating on an assumed DGR of 8%. In that context, this increase is kind of a disappointment, but a raise is a raise…right?
Net/net this was a pretty good month, even if we did put a moron in the oval office. It's hard to say what December will look like, but there's only one direction to move and that's forward.


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Yes...it's true! I am officially at 40 weeks and 1 day along! And yes...it's true....I DID perfect the best chicken pot pie recipe ever Thursday night! DOUBLE WHAMMIE! My husband was especially excited about the second part...even though he was a little skeptical while I was cooking and kept trying to take ingredients OUT of the mix.
While I don't think Jackson will make his debut today...at least I have something yummy to take my mind off of it! If he doesn't show up by Wednesday, I have been scheduled to be induced that morning. I am praying that he comes on his own before then though! Prayers are needed!
Just in case you are curious about this new magically delicious recipe...I have typed it up below for you to use! And yes, you are more than welcome to print it off, laminate it, and frame it up in your kitchen for safe keeping forever.
Also....just a little thought...I absolutely HATED chicken pot pie growing up! My mom would always pop the frozen ones in the oven for a quick meal and I was NEVER excited about it...glad I have changed my ways! But that has not been said for other childhood hates....such as meatloaf, brussel sprouts, or ham. SICK.
Hilary's Magically Delish Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients :
- Carrots (3-4 medium ones)
- Broccoli (a small head)
- Yellow Onion (i used about 1/4 of an onion)
- Red Potatoes (2 medium sized red potatoes)
- Celery (3 stalks)
- 3 chicken breasts
- Salt
- Pepper
- Butter
- Olive Oil
- Garlic Powder
- Milk
- 2 cans of cream of potato soup
- 2 pie crusts (I just used the Pillsbury already prepared crusts!)
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon of water
*just a side note...I wrote about how much of the vegetables I used but I really just kind of winged it on everything...so I don't have exact measurements! Just play and have fun with it, you don't have to stick to specifics!
Directions :
- Thaw your chicken, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and cook with a little olive oil in a skillet until just about done (if it's still a little pink, that's okay b/c it will cook more in the oven!)
- Let it cool and then chop into bite size pieces (not too big)
- Slice up all of your vegetables into bite sized pieces
- Throw about a tablespoon of butter and a couple drizzles of olive oil into a pot with all of your sliced veggies and let it all cook together for a bit (don't let your veggies get TOO cooked and soggy bc they will cook a little longer in the oven too!)
- While the veggies are cooking, place your bottom pie crust into a pie pan or round metal cake pan, poke a few holes in the bottom with a fork and go ahead and cook this at 350 for about 5-7 minutes, just to get it going - you don't want it to be doughy on the bottom!
- Once the veggies and chicken are done, mix them all together in the pot with your 2 cans of cream of potato soup and about 1/2 cup of milk, to make it a somewhat thick/soupy consistency. It will thicken as it cooks, you don't want this to be too dry!
- Sprinkle with about 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder, salt, and pepper to taste
- Pour over the bottom pie crust and top this off with the second crust. Poke holes in the top so that the air can move through it while in the oven.
- Mix the egg and water together to make an egg wash and brush this over the top crust...it will make it a little more golden and crispy in the long run.
- Bake on 350 degrees until the pie crust is golden.
Let me know if you make this and what you think! I would love to hear any tips or tricks you have for the perfect chicken pot pie or if you make any changes to this recipe!


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The Roker Lodge bed and breakfast in Sunderland is located right on the coast and offers a variety of excellent value rooms, lots of great facilities (including full use of facilities at neighbouring BEST WESTERN Roker Hotel) and a picturesque setting for your North East break.
Overlooking the North Sea and Roker Pier & Lighthouse, Roker Lodge provides great scenery whilst still being ideally situated for the city as well as an inexpensive way to stay in Sunderland.
0191 5671786
Roker Lodge
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Using the 2Animate app on Purple Mash, the children in KS1 have created some simple animations to show the 'flow' and 'ebb' of the tide at a beach.
They picked up the skills really quickly and added some of their own touches of detail to make the animations really fantastic. Well done to them all.
Use the arrow keys at the top of the display board to see all the work.


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Gilby is available to make personal appearances at Akron, OH area schools, day-care centers, and certain community events (such as parades, etc.). A Gilby appearance is $50 per hour, which includes a meet and greet. Free Gilby materials may also be given out during the event.
To schedule an appearance or to find out at what types of venues Gilby can appear, use the following form or call 1 877 ASK-GILBY (or 330-761-2928 locally).
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Rope Gift Set XII.
Features 1 x beech wood stand with integral cutter and 1 x ball of jute twine rope.
Twine Holder Dispenser with Cutter – FSC Wood.
If you are looking to keep your string and twine handy and easy to cut, then this twine stand with a cutter is the answer. Keep twine tidy and easy to find!
Looks great in the kitchen, desk or potting shed.
This stand has a 'thistle top', incorporating a cutting blade for easy handy cutting.
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Cameroon is planning to divert part of the next European Union (EU) Budget support to develop agricultural value chains, especially cotton. The European Investment Bank and the EU Delegation in Cameroon recently organised a meeting on cotton in Yaoundé that was attended by government officials, technical and financial partners, local banks and sector players. The exact amount to be injected into the cotton sector is yet to be known as negotiations are under way, according to a report.
The short-term needs of the cotton sector in Cameroon are valued at XAF60 bn. The Cotton Development Corporation (Sodecoton) has conveyed it needs XAF40 bn to raise production from 300,000 tonne in 2018 to 400,000 tonne in 2022, as part of its recovery plan. The company, in which the government has a 59 per cent stake, plans two ginning plants (XAF15 bn), a new oil mill (XAF20 bn) and a solar plant (XAF3 bn). Remaining XAF2 bn will strengthen site supervision teams. Cotonnière industrielle du Cameroun (Cicam) needs about XAF20 bn to cushion past two years' decline and intends to process 7,000 tonne of cotton seeds. Cotton is a major driver of the economy in Cameroon's northern regions which record highest poverty rate in the country. The crop is grown over 85,000 square km and directly sustains two mn people in the region. Cotton provides 2.5 per cent of Cameroon's gross domestic product (GDP) and 5 per cent of the agriculture GDP. It accounts for 4 per cent of overall exports, 15 per cent of agricultural exports and generates XAF30-40 bn per annum.


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The New World
Their families think they're unconventional, but longtime French couple Lucie and Marion are as normal as it gets: Lucie (Natalia Dontcheva) wants kids, Marion (Vanessa Larré) wants motorcycles. Eventually, Lucie gets her way and what starts as a comedy of double-edged support – Marion only chooses ugly dads for the insemination process – becomes a straight-up drama, complete with saccharine music. Dontcheva and Larré have an earthy chemistry; they don't kiss much, but they lean on each other constantly. Ludovic Pion-Dumas and Catherine Touzet's script plunders every 21st century, three-parent Unexpected-Drama-to-Expect-When-You're-Expecting trope. There are plenty of hugs, but this pulse-reading of Parisian gay rights and acceptance stops shy of treacle. Managing to be obvious without being boring, and sensitive without being false or cloying, it's the rare vitamin that goes down smooth as sugar.


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Differences Between Schnauzers & Miniature Schnauzers
- There are three schnauzer breeds recognized by the American Kennel Club.miniature schnauzers image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com
Both the American Kennel Club (AKC) and the European kennel club recognize three distinct types of schnauzers: miniature, standard, and giant. These three types have several characteristics in common and several distinct characteristics. Although miniature and giant schnauzers were bred from standard schnauzers, the breeds mixed in to create them resulted in some differences.
Breed Development
- The schnauzer groups were developed at different times with different mixes of foundation breeds. The standard schnauzer, which is the oldest breed and the foundation for the others, began in Germany. According to the AKC, the breed mix probably includes the German poodle, gray wolf spitz (also known as the keeshond), and wirehaired pinscher.
After World War I, there was a limited number of giant schnauzers, and more interbreeding helped to reestablish it. Although no records state the breeds used, the giant schnauzer may include the standard poodle, Great Dane, and wolf spitz. The giant and standard breeds predominately come from working dog mixes.
The miniature schnauzer was produced by mixing the standard schnauzer with smaller breeds, such as the poodle and affenpinscher, to reduce its size.
Size, Function, and Popularity
- Giant schnauzers are a large, not giant, breed.miniature schnauzer playing image by Alison Bowden from Fotolia.com
According to the AKC, the standard schnauzer measures 17.5 to 19.5 inches at the shoulder and weighs 30 to 45 pounds. The giant schnauzer's standard shoulder height measures 23.5 to 25.5 for females and 25.5 to 27.5 inches for males. A giant weighs 55 to 80 pounds. The miniature measures 12 to 14 inches at the shoulder and weighs 11 to 20 pounds.
The miniature schnauzer's small size makes him an ideal companion animal. He belongs to the AKC's terrier group. Both the standard and the giant schnauzer are in the AKC's working group. Although they are also companions, these dogs function as herding, guard, and police dogs.
The popularity of companion-type dogs helped the miniature schnauzer place 11th among breeds registered with the AKC in 2009. Standard and giant schnauzers placed 89th and 99th, respectively.
- The breeds used to create the three types of schnauzers also created differences in coat color standards. According to the AKC, both the standard and the giant schnauzer may have the same acceptable colors: solid black or salt and pepper. The miniature may also be black and silver. The European kennel club accepts white miniature schnauzers, but the AKC disqualifies white coats from the conformation ring.
Health Issues
- According to the University of Minnesota, the miniature schnauzer's risk of developing calcium oxalate urinary stones is more than ten times higher than for other breeds. Miniatures may also develop a blood-clotting disorder called von Willebrand's disease. Other health concerns include pancreatitis, liver shunts, juvenile renal disease, and retinal dysplasia.
Miniature schnauzers have a low incidence of canine hip dysplasia (CHD). However, according to the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA), almost 9 percent of standards and more than 18 percent of giants tested have CHD. Except for CHD, standards and giants have few common genetic disorders.