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- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 178.3
- Total Fat: 4.5 g
- Cholesterol: 61.2 mg
- Sodium: 253.2 mg
- Total Carbs: 24.6 g
- Dietary Fiber: 8.3 g
- Protein: 13.8 g
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Number of Servings: 4
Cabbage, fresh, 1 head, large (about 7" dia)
Carrots, raw, 1 cup, grated
Onions, raw, .5 cup, chopped
Egg white, 2 serving
Egg, fresh, 1 large
Milk, nonfat, 1 cup
*Kraft 2% cheddar block cheese, 1 oz
Parmesan Cheese, shredded, 2 tbsp
Saute' the cabbage, carrot and onions until crips-tender. In a bowl, mix the egg, milk, cheese and seasoned salt. Combine the cabbage & egg mixture in a 2 quart baking dish. Sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake, uncovered, at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a knife inserted near the center comes out clean.
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The 20mph zone stretches the length of the High Street to just north of the traffic lights in Church Street.
The limit also applies along Church Street, through the narrow section.
A 20mph speed limit is part of the Uckfield High Street improvements which are now coming to an end.
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This is my third post on Mascaras which shows the importance of them to me! Every year there is always something new in Mascaras. A new brand, a new 'improved' version.
One thing I have learned about mascaras is that I never go by first impressions. I always give them a good trial to see if they work. One thing I dislike about certain blogs is that they try them once and say 'it's no good', 'it doesn't do what they say'. You can't do that. Mascaras need to be used for a good week before you can come up with a opinion.
These are the six I tried in 2017.
Maybelline 'The Falsies Push up Drama Mascara' has a rubbery brush with small bristles. It gave good depth and volume and opened the eyes OK. It was clumpy on the lashes so I did have to work quickly with it.
Max Factor 'False Lash Epic' Mascara has a very disappointing brush which I didn't like at all. Plasticky and a prickly ball at the end. If you are not careful you could prick your eye out! It separated and elongated the lashes OK but I did find that at the end of the day, I had dark eyes underneath.
Revlon 'Volume+Length Magnified' Mascara has a bristle brush which was very good. The formula is thicker than the Maybelline or Max Factor mascaras. I did have a little smudge under the eyes but I really liked the volume and length from this mascara. This was my first Revlon mascara from the new range and I have to say I was quite impressed and I will have to look at the other mascaras from their range.
Beauty Pie 'Uber Volume Boost' Mascara has a small curved bristle brush. It gave good volume and length to the lashes. It grabbed the lashes well and only gave a slight smudge to the eyes at the end of the day. A good everyday budget option.
Beauty Pie 'Uber Curl Drama' Mascara has a small curved bristle brush. I found this to be a perfect size to use on the eyes. Not to big as some can be. It really settled the curl and lasted very well throughout the day. At the members prices I don't think you can go wrong with either of the Beauty Pie mascaras.
Smashbox 'Full Exposure' Mascara has a large, almost too large, bristle brush. I wasn't sure about this mascara. I used it for longer than normal and found you had to work carefully as you can easily smudge the upper lid! With technique it really gave depth and volume to the lashes. I have never tried Smashbox mascaras and this was a great one to start with.
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"Learn to… be what you are, and learn to resign with a good grace all that you are not."
– Henri Frederic Amiel –
Sometimes everyone needs you to be everything, and the to-do list is dragging on the floor. Expectations are rising, and the chances of you having enough energy to meet them are dwindling every moment.
These are the moments when it feels like my hair is standing on end, my nerves are strung out to their utmost length, and my spirit is about to crack at any moment.
In the last week, one of the jobs I had to do loomed over me like a flash flood. I was nearly incapacitated in the face of it. I didn't know what to do, what to say. I didn't even know where I would find the right words, or enough strength to open my mouth. My sickness of heart was so great that I didn't really know what emotion dominated the mix of feelings. Anger, dread, fear, helplessness, uncertainty, the desire to overcome, a protective instinct–all of these swelled inside me and warred among themselves. I sat at my piano and played soft, melodic chords, trying to still my raging soul. All I could do was pray.
And I wasn't particularly eloquent.
"Lord, help me."
It was the prayer that I breathed again and again, because He had to come through. I was too unraveled. He would have to come up under me if I was going to make it.
And He did.
Honestly, it was one of the hardest things I've ever done, to keep moving toward the moment when I would have to confront the job that defied every emotion in me. I wanted to run away. I wanted to say I couldn't do it. I wanted to hide from the uncertainty and pretend it didn't exist.
But I moved forward, even though I was nearly incapacitated.
And that, my friend, is where He met me.
Yes, He came to me when I silently cried for help. But His power rained down grace in the moments I needed it most. My anger slipped away, and I was able to deal with my task with a clear mind and a loving heart. The words came in the moments I needed them, words that I hadn't even imagined speaking–just the right words.
These situations are becoming more common in my life as I face unprecedented struggles and emotions. Wonderfully, His grace is shining all the clearer in the face of new circumstances and unexplored chapters.
In the middle of all this, I am learning about myself. As I drove home from the grocery store recently, I found myself getting worked up over all the tasks that I still had to complete in the day. Then I smiled to myself.
"You have all the time necessary to do what God wants you to do today," I told myself.
What a comforting thought!
I push myself to do certain things, to complete them in a certain way, to meet self-determined deadlines. I can drive my heart ahead of me in fear, whipping it in line with reminders of expectations and reminders of what other people are capable of. And I forget to breathe.
But all my hours are enough.
They are enough for uplifting moments, the responsibilities that cannot be postponed, and the unexpected storms. My hours are enough to care for all the hearts that I love, at least as much as I'm meant to love them in one day.
I suppose I'm slowly accepting the fact that I am not superhuman. I can agonize over what isn't getting done…but why? If I am doing my best, if I am loving as well as I can, if I am not neglecting the main priorities of my life, why can't I let up on myself?
Is it possible that I expect more of myself than God created me to be?
Do I expect to satisfy the people in my life, when only Jesus can do that? Do I expect to solve all the problems, when I am not equipped with omnipotence or omnipresence? Do I expect a broken world to function perfectly if I can only push hard enough?
Please understand, I do not mean neglecting responsibilities, casting off priorities, or embracing laziness.
I mean that our anxiety and 90-mile-an-hour pace are not making us more like Jesus. Frantic scurrying does not help those around us. When our spirits or our bodies break down under the strain, we are not doing anyone any good.
There is a woman who joyfully and calmly embraces each moment as a gift from God, knowing that He gives perfect gifts. She is not perfect, but she knows that God has a plan even in her fight against sin. When she faces the day, the number of tasks overwhelms her less and less, because she is learning that God will give her every moment she needs. If she doesn't have enough moments to do necessary things, maybe some unnecessary things need to be moved out of the way.
She realizes that life comes in seasons, and all things do not fit in all seasons. There may be a season for "survival mode" in house cleaning, while she engages in recreation so she can be a better daughter, sister, student, mom, friend, or wife. There may be a season when an "extra" activity like a restful or energizing hobby may be very necessary, and something usually considered necessary should be scaled back. This woman is balanced, recognizing what things are Biblical priorities (taking care of herself mentally, physically and spiritually, nurturing her family, keeping reasonable order) and what things are self-created pressures that really have little Biblical basis or balance.
God gives me enough strength and time for everything necessary today. He never makes it impossible to obey Him.
That is very freeing.
So when I wake up and the to-do list items begins to single-file through my mind, I don't have to panic. I can use wisdom to "thin down the ranks" to the most vital responsibilities. After that, I can choose what other things would be nice to accomplish. I don't have to drive myself until I collapse. I don't have to get frustrated over "running out of day." I don't have to put in a prayer request for the Lord to add 10 extra hours to a day.
If you are a daughter of God, you are already accepted in the perfectly-finished work of Jesus. Today is a gift of grace, to be lived in grace.
Do your priorities today reflect this grace?
"May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace in your faith, that by the power of the Holy Spirit, your whole life and outlook may be radiant with hope."
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I returned from our travels with this Chamber of Commerce certitude undiminished, only to be shaken on August 23 by an earthquake that, though mild, had people evacuating buildings up and down the East Coast, including in Manhattan.
|A supermarket aisle after the August 23 earthquake.
Havoc, cautioned Mayor Mike Bloomberg, who has ordered the evacuation of the Rockaways and other low-lying areas, suspended subway service as of noon today, and urged Broadway theaters not to raise their curtains this weekend. Havoc, so the ominous silence in the streets would suggest. Havoc, worries Diane, who has just filled two pots and the bathtub with water, in case the power fails.
We are hunkered down in the Brooklyn house of my daughter Amanda and her husband Gustav, while they and their kids are battened down with his parents in Bethesda, Maryland. It is 8:30 P.M., the trees outside barely rustle, a slight drizzle falls. Lull before the havoc? Harbinger of something less? Details at . . . .
11 P.M. Spurred by an email from Amanda, we venture down the front steps and into the night, twice: because I failed the first time to fully comprehend her instructions to pull the air-conditioning tubes from, and shut the window of, the absent downstairs tenants. This we ultimately accomplish, but not before struggling with three recalcitrant door locks, our wavering flashlight signaling to any passerby the presence of burglars, at once dedicated and inept.
Between these damp adventures, we sit on the couch with laptop (me) and Kindle (Diane) and indulge the Anglophilia still percolating after our two weeks in England earlier this month. Diane reads The Guardian and I listen, via Spotify, to an enchanting Iolanthe: a remastered 1959 classic recording, Sir Malcolm Sargent conducting the Pro Arte Orchestra and Glyndebourne Chorus. Not surprisingly, the English baritone George Baker nails "The Nightmare Song," as I wonder if Irene will soon make me, too, ". . . dream I am crossing the channel, and / Tossing about in a steamer from Harwich. . . ."
8 A.M., Sunday: I have not even dreamed of crossing the Hudson in a kayak. Nor has Irene caused enough fuss overnight to disturb either my or Diane's slumber. Amanda soon calls to say that winds in Bethesda felled a giant tree on her in-laws' property, tearing down power lines and leaving them without electricity. Typically, she sounds more concerned about us.
11 A.M. The leaves still dance a bit but the rain has stopped; the sun even peeks out occasionally, as dog-walkers below our windows head for Fort Greene Park, cardboard coffee cups in one hand, ear-pressed cell phones in the other.
12:30 P.M. We go for a walk ourselves. Mothers stroll with babies in slings or on their hips, cyclists spin along Willoughby Avenue, the brunch crowd queues up at the restaurants on DeKalb and Myrtle Avenues. It's just a normal Fort Greene Sunday, sans havoc: until, three blocks from the house, we come upon this:
|Photo: Diane
Under all the foliage is a black Range Rover SUV, the owner of which may be excused for cursing the havoc Irene wielded while we slept so serenely.


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The OECD advises countries on how to meet future demand for health professionals and how to manage the supply of health workers, by reviewing policies related to education and training, continuous professional development, geographic distribution and immigration.
The OECD also assesses changes in the scope of practice of health care providers, and the impact that these changes might have on access, quality and efficiency in health service delivery.
Key REPORTS on health workforce
Recent Trends in International Migration of Doctors, Nurses and Medical Students
This report describes recent trends in the international migration of doctors and nurses in OECD countries. Over the past decade, the number of doctors and nurses has increased in many OECD countries, and foreign-born and foreign-trained doctors and nurses have contributed to a significant extent. New in-depth analysis of the internationalisation of medical education shows that in some countries (e.g. Israel, Norway, Sweden and the United States) a large and growing number of foreign-trained doctors are people born in these countries who obtained their first medical degree abroad before coming back. The report includes four case studies on the internationalisation of medical education in Europe (France, Ireland, Poland and Romania) as well as a case study on the integration of foreign-trained doctors in Canada.
Health Workforce Policies in OECD Countries - Right Jobs, Right Skills, Right Places
Health workers are the cornerstone of health systems, playing a central role in providing health services to the population and improving health outcomes. The demand and supply of health workers have increased over time in all OECD countries, with jobs in the health and social sector accounting for more than 10% of total employment now in several OECD countries. This publication reviews key trends and policy priorities on health workforce across OECD countries, with a particular focus on doctors and nurses given the preeminent role that they have traditionally played in health service delivery.
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Health at a Glance - Europe 2018
Health workforce data in Health at a Glance: Europe 2018 - State of Health in the EU Cycle:
Health at a Glance - Asia/Pacific 2016
Health workforce data in Health at a Glance - Asia/Pacific 2016:
For more data on health workforce, go to the dataset on Health Care Resources in OECD.Stat.
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September 2016 - United Nations Secretary-General High-Level Commission on Health Employment and Economic Growth: Final report and recommendations presented at the margins of the UN General Assembly
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We are delighted to offer this investment opportunity in Cantabria, northern Spain. This is a cozy small hotel that has been in business for decades and the current owner wants to sell due to his retirement. He deserves a rest and he has set an excellent asking price (negotiable) for this property-business according to the current economic climate. A bargain we would say. Either you want to exploit the house as the current business that it is, or you want just to make a charming home for you in the North of Spain, this house offers a diversity of strategies. For more info, contact us
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Price: 850.000 € (excl. VAT). Negotiation basis
Ground Space: 996 sqm
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Rooms: 11 (10 bedrooms with bathroom)
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Year of construction: 1882
Last complete rehabilitation: 2002
Current status: Upmarket, being operated as a country side hotel. All the required licenses and insurances are up to date. The hotel is one of the best rated in the region (e.g. trip advisor).
Others: Swimming pool structure available but not in operation.
Second house included in the property with 525 sqm ground place just by the described house, which is currently used as wharehouse/garage, but could be easily adapted to a second family house or two appartments (e.g. guest house)
Additional 8 parking places 80 metres away from the main property.
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The house includes a big living room, with traditional chimney, elevator and a nice garten very well maintained.
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The property is located in a lovely, small and traditional village called Hermosa ("beauty"), very close to the city of Santander located in the green coast of North Spain. The northern regions of Spain are the less spoiled by visitors and industry and also less demanded by the massive "low level" tourism. However the north of Spain keeps a great number of jewels of the country: amazing landscapes and charming beaches, friendly peoples and nature preserves.
Besides its appeal as a holiday resort, the city is becoming an important centre for congresses and conferences (mainly promoted by the worldwide Banco de Santander). Additionally, the whole region of Cantabria has a wide range of opportunities and excursions for exploring the nature, with beautiful mountains, prehistoric and historic sites, sky resorts, beautiful villages and world heritage sites.
The international airport is only 15 minutes from the house. The most beautiful beaches are also very close to the property.
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Archive for Tuesday, July 28, 2015
New Tonganoxie Elementary School creates 'excitement and pride'
July 28, 2015
There were no official counts of how many people visited Tonganoxie Elementary School on Saturday for the new school's open house.
But Parent Teacher Club members handed out 504 cookies and bottled water to visitors — and then handed out packaged cookies because they ran out of the original allotment. Volunteers had to make two visits to Brothers Market for more cookies.
That meant at least 500 came through the doors to check out Tonganoxie's newest school, a spacious two-story structure that will be home to grades kindergarten through fifth grade starting next month.
TES principal Ty Poell said he estimated there were 1,000 visitors Saturday, many with rave reviews of the new school.
"There was a lot of excitement and pride," Poell said. "It was just a huge day to be able to open the building to the community."
Festivities kicked off with a dedication ceremony at 10 a.m. in the TES gymnasium. A packed house was on hand for the dedication, and then visitors made their way through the school, maps in hand.
Some visitors also participated in a scavenger hunt, but many who attended just were getting themselves acclimated to the new school.
Matt and Emily Ditty of Tonganoxie were two of the patrons who visited the school.
Emily, who taught in Eudora the past four years, said she liked the school's layout, especially the pod configuration of each of the grades.
Matt, who went through the Tonganoxie school system, also was impressed.
"Oh yeah, very different," Matt said, referring to the former elementary school where he was a student.
Poell said there still were some things that needed to be addressed before school starts Aug. 20, but finishing touches would be put on the campus in these final weeks before the 2015-16 school year begins.
The new school has its shares of new amenities, including a stage in the main gymnasium.
The two gymnasiums in the former school did not have stages. The new school also boasts more natural light and a more spacious library.
The Tonganoxie Recreation Commission had planned for an outdoor movie night outside the new school Saturday evening, but the group moved inside because of potential rainy weather. The showing of the original "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" took place at the TES gymnasium.
Voters approved a $27.2 million bond issue in 2012 to fund the new school. The measure passed with about 60 percent of the vote. State aid covers about $9.3 million of that total.
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Every other Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal development, personal productivity, or entrepreneurship book.
I've been a reader of the Zen Habits blog nearly since its inception. The author of the blog, Leo Babauta, applies a very simple filter to countless aspects of life: how can we break it down and make it simpler?
Over time, it became apparent that there were a handful of principles that could be applied again and again to any life situation, and those principles are the core of The Power of Less, Leo's first book.
Reading the book, it comes off like a series of eighteen interconnected and exceptionally polished blog posts. This is actually a good thing – it means that each chapter isn't overly long, has a focused and specific point, and connects well to the other chapters in the book.
Leo separates these chapters into two separate groups: one group clearly serves to explain the underlying principles behind the "power of less," while the next group of chapters applies these principles directly to specific aspects of life.
Let's dig in and see what we can learn.
Part I: The Principles
Quite frankly, I found the first half of the book much less powerful than the second half. Leo opens the book by attempting to set in place a handful of general principles that can be used in any situation to break things down into simpler and more manageable loads, but it becomes clear that these principles are clearly more powerful when seen in action.
Here are some of the principles outlined by Leo in this section:
Set limits Many people who are successful in a particular area often find themselves weighted down over time with related tasks – but ones that don't really maximize their skills or their passion. Leo's solution to this is to simply defend your area of expertise – step up to the plate for tasks that maximize your skills, but delegate or even avoid tasks that don't utilize your skills well.
Single-task, not multi-task When you have one big task that needs to be accomplished, turn off all distractions and focus on that task. Remember, a five minute interruption actually eats much more than five minutes, as you also lose time in refocusing on the big task at hand. Turn off your phone, close that email program, and focus!
Start small Many things that we want to accomplish in life often feel too big to deal with – so we don't. We give up on plans for the big diet or the big career push because the size of the task seems overwhelming. The key is to start small. Find a very small subset of the big task that you actually can accomplish, then focus on that. Instead of resolving to lose 50 pounds, resolve to lose one pound this week, for example.
Try thirty day challenges If you're looking to change a behavior in your life, try that change out for just thirty days. Want to start eating a healthy breakfast each day? Try doing it for thirty days. Want to get into an exercise pattern? Just try it for thirty days. Want to try going vegetarian? Give it thirty days and see how it goes. By the end of the period, you'll know whether that behavior truly works for you – and if it doesn't, you can toss that behavior off to the side.
Part II: In Practice
The second half of the book was much more inspirational and valuable to me, personally. Here, Leo focuses on applying the principles laid out in the first section to specific situations. Here are five examples that stood out to me.
Time management Leo subscribes to the "rocks and sand" philosophy of time management. You should fill your day with just a few major tasks (the "rocks") and let the small tasks fill in the time around it (the "sand"). When you attempt one of the major tasks, focus in on it and nothing else. Eliminate every possible distraction and allow yourself to get in the flow with that task. Not only will you get done faster, you'll often get it done better as well.
Email Only check your email a time or two a day – and never first thing in the morning. When you check it, you should set up automatic filters to get rid of the routine things (like PayPal notifications) so that you can just peek in a certain folder, see all of the ones of a certain type, and move on. Most importantly, don't reply to everything – read an email and ask yourself if it needs a follow-up – or what the worst case is if you don't follow-up. If there's no burning reason to follow up, don't – delete it and move on to something more important.
Filing See the stuff written above about email? Apply the same thing to filing. Do it regularly – every day is a good place to start. If you don't think the document will be needed again, shred it now – don't file it. If you keep on top of it (and don't waste time and space storing stuff that's not going to be used again), filing doesn't have to be a huge task.
Daily routine Establishing a good morning and/or evening routine can be the key to a successful day. Figure out a handful of things you want to get done during that routine (a shower, reading, etc.), then do them. Make a thirty day commitment to just maintaining your routine – make that routine the focus of your day. Once it's established and is clearly a normal part of your week, you'll find that it has become the foundation of daily success in your life.
Fitness Start off small, with an exercise routine that you can complete without feeling completely worn out. Then simply repeat this routine every day (or on a schedule that fills most of the days in a week). Gradually, as you feel stronger, add bits and pieces to the routine. Most importantly, couple it with a thirty day commitment to a healthier diet – don't completely transform your diet, but replace a few unhealthy items with a few healthy items (like eating a banana for a snack instead of bananas foster).
Is The Power of Less Worth Reading?
Visit Zen Habits. Read a handful of entries. Dig into the archives a bit and read some of the stuff that seems interesting to you. Are you starting to get inspired? If you are, The Power of Less will really click with you – it's much like a polished version of the material there. If you don't find anything inspiring, though, The Power of Less likely won't click with you either.
There's no good or bad about this, either. I've come to believe that the general philosophy of breaking things down into smaller pieces and establishing simple routines really clicks well with some people – and completely doesn't work for others. It happens to work for me, so I quite enjoyed the book. My wife, on the other hand, thrives on the complex – I wouldn't recommend this book to her at all.
Regardless, The Power of Less is well-written, easy to pick up and read either all at once or in bits and pieces, and is simple and approachable enough that anyone can tackle it.


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by Patrick Devlin
The people's pope ventured again into precarious doctirnal waters when he recently made comments suggesting that he believes that human 'fundamentalism' has been a barrier to advancement. The pope shared his analysis with 120 priests who are the leaders of Catholic religious orders in a meeting in Switzerland this past November.
Responding to queries regarding how the new leader of the church wants his priests to approach the communities of the faithful as well as those who may consider becoming Catholic, the pope proposed his analysis stating, "It is a hermeneutical question: reality is only understood if it is looked at from the periphery, and not when our viewpoint is equidistant from everything. Truly to understand reality we need to move away from the central position of calmness and peacefulness and direct ourselves to the peripheral areas. Being at the periphery helps (us) to see and understand better, to analyze reality more correctly, to shun centralism and ideological approaches."
Pope Francis exemplified his critique of fundamentalism by pointing to the dangers of "clericalism", a kind of fundamentalism the pope finds in the training process of Catholic priests that leads student priests to focus on rules and doctrine and obscures the church's larger canonical mission, by providing an illustration from his experience as a Catholic priest. As a young priest, Francis said he was advised, "If you want to advance, think clearly and speak obscurely," advice that the new Pope realized is "a clear invitation to hypocrisy." Francis told the assembled priests, "Charism (the church's preparation of young priests) is not a bottle of distilled water. It needs to be lived energetically as well as reinterpreted culturally," and that educating and preparing priest is "a work of art, not a police action," capable of "creating little monsters" if mishandled, instead of compassionate and helpful priests and missionaries. The Pope said that this blinkered and passive mindset causes a "lack of maturity" in the church.
But Francis' critique of fundamentalism appeared to be a broader evaluation of how fundamentalism promotes myopic and self-justifying human thought that has stifling consequences for human growth. "I am convinced of one thing: the great changes in history were realized when reality was seen not from the center but rather from the periphery," the pope said. The Catholic leader continued; "This is really very important to me: the need to become acquainted with reality by experience, to spend time walking on the periphery in order really to become acquainted with the reality and life – experiences of people. If this does not happen we then run the risk of being abstract ideologists or fundamentalists, which is not healthy."
The pope went on to suggest that priests and the teachers of the Catholic faith should strive to "recapture tenderness, including maternal tenderness" in their teaching and embrace these modes of human interaction that are neglected and shunned in the modern world. Strange and sensible, bizarre and beautiful, contradictory and commonsensical – the Pope (with vigor and without whimsy) diverges from the historical Catholic church and from other bastions of orthodoxy where top-down automatons belch the bromides of the received fundamentalist cannon.
Why, it was not so long ago that the Conference of Catholic Bishops in a concerted vote-swinging act of political-theologism warned American Catholics from the pulpit of the wages of their voting for politicians who appreciate a woman's right to privacy and support modern medicine. And the people's pope himself just recently, cleaving to centuries of wayward sexism that borders on the pathologically misogynistic, took the executive-fundamentalist-in-chief step of excommunicating an Austrian priest who agitates for the capacity of women to become priests. But perhaps Father Bergoglio (now pontiff) is capable of memory and its fruits; humility and metamorphosis, and he remembers the sad and sickening days of the Argentinian "Dirty War" (itself tied to American anti-Soviet imperialism) and how the Catholics were up to their cassocks in much of that murderous madness…who knows.
But, new year and old hippie and all, I'm willing to give the guy a chance. After all, any leader who suggests, not a religious occupation, not an uber-surveillance regime, not a 'get out of jail for free card' for the wealthy, not a purge, or pogrom or prohibition, but rather implementing an agenda of "inculcating maternal tenderness" seems to be on the right track.
The rising tide of fundamentalism in modern America, however, displays our leaders' disdain for tenderness. The way we frame problems and the solutions we propose indicate that we have created our own 'little monsters'. Corporatism, jingoism, classism, imperialism propelled in part by a modern form of Christian theology but mainly by human greed are re-branded as power projection. The geo-political melds seamlessly with the theo-political.
America is in the midst of an historic revolution of super-bipartisanship. Our leaders agree that corporations and the wealthy should receive unfair tax advantages and that private business solutions can speak to just about every problem we face. There is broad agreement that bank criminals cannot be prosecuted. Our current Democratic president is winding down a 15 year war by proposing 'exiting' Afghanistan, while leaving as many as 10,000 US soldiers in the country for an unspecified timeframe. No one disagrees with extrajudicial execution of innocents in sovereign states. The fact that party big-wigs, after agreeing to not use the phrase "grand bargain", are still trying to finagle a cut for our sick and elderly and on-going revelations regarding history's most expansive and invasive secret spying regime that has been eagerly expanded upon by presidents both Republican and Democrat since the 1990's aptly demonstrate a continuum of party agreement heading the US down a pre-determined path.
But, alas, we are told because American politics are permanently frozen by "abstract ideologists or fundamentalists" engaging in faux debates revolving around inflated disagreements eliciting hyperventilated fulminations on Sunday talk shows, all we are able to do at this point of late-stage American Democracy is embrace "centralism and ideological approaches" that themselves create more problems that our practical leaders claim can only be solved by limiting citizens' freedoms and empowering private businesses with super-citizen rights…"which is not healthy", exudes a "lack of maturity" and expresses the antithesis of "maternal tenderness".


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In sum, Stern Agony is a story of a man's life, a man who begins this journey as a precocious teen, living in wealth and privilege, but also mired in alcoholism, drug addiction and abuse. What will become of Shaw Pence and his beloved Hollows Ranch?
The premise of my novel demonstrates that life is indeed just a game and nothing more--and everything more--that whatever happens in life is simply what happens. It's in how we move forward that we find significance.
Stern Agony demonstrates that what 'will happen' is key to a fully lived life, and what 'will happen' is entirely dependent on us. The main character of our lives is us; we are cause and effect for everything--the good, the bad, the random. What didn't happen, what could have happened, or might have, or should have, or did, are simply old stories we tell ourselves, barren landscapes littered with useless objects best ignored, twice told tales of failure, of acclaim, of excuse. Our past is not prologue; our past is dead to us.
The world is, in fact, but a stage; the things in it are givens. Our intention is our through-line, and the point of it all is change and understanding. Without change there can be no depth, no progress, no understanding, and we remain forever and always at the shallow end in a pool of excuses. Without purpose and intention, without challenge and change, we may as well be stalled boats on a pond, and when the water dries up, dead trees.
It's what we intend to do, will do, actually do, that's important. Just having understanding, and nothing more, no desire, no purpose, no movement, is like having a fervent desire to do something never done--and then never doing it. We must keep our sails furled, harnessing the wind, our ship sailing toward shore, because someday the lake bed will shrivel and crack.
Just ask Shaw Pence.
It's what we intend to do, will do, actually do, that's important. Just having understanding, and nothing more, no desire, no purpose, no movement, is like having a fervent desire to do something never done--and then never doing it. We must keep our sails furled, harnessing the wind, our ship sailing toward shore, because someday the lake bed will shrivel and crack.
Just ask Shaw Pence.
1. The poem Thanatopsis, by William Cullen Bryant serves as a source for the novel's title, Stern Agony.Following are the relevant passages, as alluded to on page 102 of the novel, wherein the poem serves as a clue to Gramp's hidden treasure:
"To him who in the love of Nature holds
Communion with her visible forms, she speaks
A various language; for his gayer hours
She has a voice of gladness, and a smile
And eloquence of beauty, and she glides
Into his darker musings, with a mild
And healing sympathy, that steals away
Their sharpness, ere he is aware. When thoughts
Of the last bitter hour come like a blight
Over thy spirit, and sad images
Of the stern agony, and shroud, and pall,
And breathless darkness, and the narrow house,
Make thee to shudder, and grow sick at heart;—
Go forth, under the open sky, and list
To Nature's teachings, while from all around—
Earth and her waters, and the depths of air—
Comes a still voice—"...
2. The co-progatongist's name, Cassie (short for Cassandra) was chosen purposely from the ancient greek Myth of Cassandra, alluded to in Homer's Iliad and elsewhere in literature. The myth is mentioned by Gramp and it would behoove readers to familiarize with the Myth:
Cassandra was a daughter of King Priam and of Queen Hecuba of Troy in Greek mythology. In modern usage her name is employed as a rhetorical device to indicate someone whose accurate prophecies are not believed by those around them.
In an effort to seduce her, Apollo gave Cassandra the power of prophecy: when she refused him, he spat into her mouth to inflict a curse that nobody would ever believe her prophecies, despite their complete accuracy. She falls asleep in a temple, and snakes lick inside her ears so that she can hear the future.
Cassandra is a literary figure in epic tradition and tragedy.
3. Legend of sacred Native American burial grounds. Indigenous peoples thrive on traditions of merging with the land, physically and spiritually. After death, restless spirits can be trespassed and wronged. Native Americans are more present and powerful in their burial and sacred places, because they have merged their essence with the land itself and the land spirits there. And when the land is damaged, disturbed, built on...the spirits, the land, nature, revolts. The average American feels that when they die, they go to heaven or hell, or somewhere else. The traditional Native American may have an idea of a distant "happy hunting ground" but also that some part of their spirit is fused within the land, especially where they are buried. Stern Agony explores this idea when Shaw and Zella unearth artifacts in a cave on Hollows Ranch, unleashing the Myth of the Wet Man.


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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
What It's Like
I'm very happy to be back. I'm contributing to this blog, maintaining a calorie budget and staying fairly active with Facebook and Twitter. I'm logging food, exercise and water consumption everyday on My Fitness Pal. I'm also staying closely connected to friends far and near, staying accountable and reaching out via text whenever a counterproductive food thought passes through my brain. Oh yeah, Gerri Helms has taught me, the best way to shut those crazy obsessive food thoughts down is to tell on 'em to someone, anyone. I'm getting more and more in touch with my own personal spirituality throughout this process. I'm realizing the truth, and that is: This isn't a solo battle. I'm not alone. You're here. I'm here. We're all here and we're doing this thing. And this thing is worth every ounce of effort. It's about life and freedom, clarity and peace. And it's about love and taking personal care. Choosing change is about all of these things and more. It's not effortless. It's work. But it's good work. It's not always fair, but some things just aren't and that's okay.
I'm wholly committed, my friend. And it feels phenomenal. It does because it wasn't that long ago when I wondered if it was even remotely possible to feel this way again. I was at the point of completely giving up. Struggling harder than I ever imagined possible, isolating in a place full of shame, guilt and regret...filling up on self-pity, self loathing and a general disgust--completely choosing a perspective void of even a shred of hope. And still occasionally trying to get it together only to fall again and again. As the weight gain continued, old issues started resurfacing.
I haven't shared this with anyone, but why not? A couple of months ago I sat on the edge of my bed and noticed a scab on my lower right leg. The weight gain had brought back swelling and since the skin on my lower right leg is forever damaged from my 500 pound days, it doesn't take much abuse for a tear to happen. And there it was. The first sign of something horrific returning. I'll never forget the pain of having a dozen or more sores after the constant swelling would rip my skin apart. I never want to get to that place ever again...but here it was, the start...and there I was feeling hopelessly doomed, almost attracted to the decline as if it had some insanely strong gravitational pull. What other freedoms will I lose? How could this be happening?? Why????
All kinds of questions pelted me during this decline: What did I learn while losing 275 pounds? And why did the strength I felt back then feel a million miles away? It was like being fluent in a language and suddenly losing even the most basic elements of communication. Was I really going to work that hard, get to a healthy body weight, work through emotions and get to a place where I was healthier than ever...and then turn around and go the other way??? Did I somehow subconsciously decide I wasn't worthy?
Oooh... That's it, isn't it? I didn't deserve it. Okay, wow. That's heavy stuff. I wasn't worthy. How did I reach that ridiculous conclusion?
I suppose it happens over time. It's like we have a constant checks and balances happening with our perception of the good and the bad of our life. Every negatively perceived thing makes a mark, an impression, a scarring on our brain and then it sits and waits for other negative things to join in and these things grow. Most of the time these negative perceptions aren't even our fault, but in a desperate effort to explain and understand, it becomes easier to just take the blame. And maybe some aren't even bad, but compared to the standards and beliefs we hold, they're perceived that way. And so it goes, our self-esteem, self-worth. And the other side, the positive happenings? They are wonderful, and they keep us going, but eventually they're diminished by the overwhelming darker, more negative perceptions, a bad apple if you will, spoiling the bunch.
As powerful as these dynamics seem, there's a serious problem. They're not true. I'm a good person, no--check that, I'm a great person. And I am worthy of feeling good. I am worthy of my success.
I'm going to take care of me with the positive care and love I've always deserved but was too caught up in false negatives to fully recognize. I want it for others, so why not offer the same love and compassion for me to enjoy?
This is a new day. This is a new perception. This is happening like no other time I've ever known.
This is the moment when "I'm Choosing Change" becomes even more powerful. And it does because it's uninhibited by the deep seeded belief of unworthiness.
Let's do this.
Thank you for reading,
Goodnight and...
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Sean ... yes, you are a great person. You have given so many people hope and inspiration. You support us as we like to support you. You are so worthy of feeling good about yourself and the way you're living it. You will get back to where you once were and this backslide will be history. You will be better for it! You will have learned more about yourself. You are doing a great job. I'm so glad that you are sticking close to your calorie goal and blogging again. It holds you accountable and that you are. :DReplyDelete
I, on the other hand have had a few bad days. How can one gain 7 pounds from 2 1/2 days of bad eating. :( Oh well, hopefully, tomorrow I can pull in the reins.
Keep up the good work!
Hi again Sean, I'm so glad you're back and feeling better. You are so worthy, please don't ever forget that! We are on the right track now that is certain. I have been wanting to start a blog now for many years but starting it is the hard part. You've been such an inspiration to so many. You know, so many times I traveled across the country to New York and back then Arizona and back again home to good old Ponca City and your voice was like a beacon every time. You probably have no idea how many people just love you. There were many trips I had to take that were so sad but again I would get close to the listening area and there you were. Well my friend I for one will not let you down, I want to be here to cheer you on with your new found success as well as share mine too for added motivation. As of today I've lost 41 lbs and it's been a long road getting to this point. I have about the same to lose as you so I'm really happy to be on the same team! We can do this! I know it! ~ JulesReplyDelete
Thanks Sean. That resonates in several areas of my life.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 2:03 AM
Sean you SO deserve it. i think this realization is key. Well done as always! You are a superstar. Keep treating yourself like your best friend not an enemy- self compassion is the key. Im writing this to us both by the way!! :) have a great dayxoReplyDelete
Love your post.. because.. I get it.. it was me just before christmas. Even though my weight loss is incredibly slow. Its coming off, BUT and its a huge BUT I am getting fitter and working on my mental strength and challenging myself.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 8:11 AM
Sean, I know my problem was I treated my weight loss like a temporary thing. I would "temporarily" eat like that and then I could go back to eating like I used to. Well, to maintain, there is never any "going back". What made me fat before will always make me fat. It has to be a lifestyle change. It's like quitting drinking. We have to "put the plug in the jug", and be responsible for what we do. ~ We're here for you, Sean. One day at a time, one meal at a time, you will climb out of this. Reach out. Call someone when you get tempted. We're all here for you. Never give up. Your life is worth fighting for. ~ Love, LindaReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 8:44 AM
The other day, I was wondering some of the same things you record here. Yo know, how did I go from full speed ahead ad 20 pounds short of my goal and gaining it all back. I recalled that part of it was the fact that I had surgery 2 days before Thanksgiving that went badly, forcing me to have two months with very limited activity and an abundance of discomfort. Over the holidlays. Yeah. I think 30 pounds came back over that 2 months.ReplyDelete
But, I had been struggling before then, barely holding my own. One hit was when I looked in the mirror and saw my elderly mother'r's face. :o That is w2hen I began to struggle.
But it was more than that, too.
It wasn't that I felt like I didn't deserve it. No. I realized the other day that I regained because I didn't feel that I was up to it. I wasn't strong enough to live life out loud. the increased social interactions. The increased speaking engagements w/out my fat. You see, when an audience sees an obese woman take the podium, they dont' expect much. That makes what I deliver a pleasant surprise to them.
I didn't feel up to facing life as a normal, unencumbered adult. I only knew how to work from a deficit, proving to others that I was more than I looked to be. I felt safe in giving them more than they expected. After all, if I failed to deliver a top-notch job, they would only get what they expected, anyway. No disappointment there.
Turns out, being fat was both a safety net guarding me from other's disappointment, while giving me the opportunity--over and over again--to see faces light up with surprise and appreciation over what the fat lady actually delivered.
How convoluted is that? :}
It is amazing to me how these little things work. When I weighed 100 pounds more than I do today, I isolated, ate in shame and prayed no one would ever find out. As if my ever-expanding girth wasn't evidence that I was doing something with food when no one was watching.ReplyDelete
Thank God I learned that I could recover in community. I have built an army of support for myself. Even after 20 years of this new, healthy lifestyle, I will have the occasional moments where I think that food is some sort of solution. Hey, if the house is on fire, the right thing to do is call 9-1-1, not head to the fridge. After a while, my thinking became so skewed that food seemed the only solution to life's challenges.
Today, if I get the first inkling of eating instead of dealing with life, I grab my trusty little iPhone, and I either call or text someone. In essence, I tell on myself. It works every time. I'm maintaining a healthy body weight for 20 years, using this fool-proof trick. It takes the power out of that momentary compulsion where it feels like I'll die if I don't eat something. Food is a liar!
I'm so glad you are 'back' Sean. Let's do this together. I'm glad we are in each other's army!
I think you've caught hold of something fundamental and true. Thank you for being so perceptive and sharing that. I think the thing that's so devastating about feeling unworthy is that in a way it's true! ALL of us, when compared to the perfection of God and even our own potential fall far far far short and somewhere deep inside, we know it. I think Satan is as real as God and he hammers mercilessly on that theme--we don't deserve it, we blew it, why should we have this good thing when others, who are better than us don't get to have it? etc etc etc etc. And it's hard to argue with those negative thoughts because we know they're true! But the other much more important truth is that IT DOESN'T MATTER!! None of us are anywhere close to perfect, but God (who knows this full well), blesses us and loves us anyway. He sent His Son to save us. He wants us to keep trying and to be happy. That fact that we're undeserving is completely irrelevant--we all live in this amazing world with blessings all around us anyway. Why? Because we're His children and of infinite and unimaginable worth. We're like little children who don't contribute anything to the family income, and spend our days making messes and mistakes but still get to have a birthday party. Do children deserve to be treated well? Of course!! Because they're precious in and of themselves. So are we. I think it's important to recognize where feelings of being undeserving come from so we can throw those feelings joyfully away and fully enjoy the party of life. Because we're worth it no matter what.ReplyDelete
God Bless!
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2014 at 10:13 AM
Rick Hanson, PhD. says "It's the law of little things: a small thing repeated each day adds up over time to produce big results. A small thing that is in your power to do – in a world in which so many things are not." Our journey to wellness isn't necessarily a straight line, and that's okay. The detours are where many answers can be found.ReplyDelete
I am convinced that who have struggled with overeating have to learn how to live in the "skinny" culture. We're there, we've lost the weight, but we don't quite think or feel like them. We still struggle with the overeater's mind battles and emotions in a skinny body. I am convinced it's culture shock. I have lived abroad and I am exploring apply cross cultural coping techniques to maintaining large weight losses. I think I'm on to something...It would be easiest if everyone who once was obese and maintaining and thin body could move to the same Island and all live together! :)ReplyDelete
I am just healing from those sores you are talking about - they have been absolutely awful and taken over a year to heal. I am so ready to move forward, applaud you for all you have already done, and hope to get to the finish line right there with you...on to the next phase of a new healthy life for both of us....for everyone who reads your blog and seeking inspiration. I'm proud of you and your honesty on here!ReplyDelete
Getting and staying honest is such a key, it seems. Sometimes our actions get ahead of our emotional healing and we end up taking a pause in some form or another. It's how we deal with the moments when we're not totally 'on' that will probably determine our long term success- that's what I'm thinking at this point anyway. Sharing what we've learned along the way is really the only way to go!ReplyDelete
You're definitely back, Sean -- it's good to see :)ReplyDelete
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A couple of years ago, after the death of Chris Squire (bassist for the prog rock band Yes), I had a crazy and psychedelic dream about him that has haunted me to this day.
A couple of days ago, strange as this seems, I sort of "felt" him all around me.
Keep in mind that I never met Squire in person. I only grew to know about Yes after I met Mr. LaVeaux in 2003.
My knowledge of the band is quite young.
Anyway, today while I was working it dawned on me that maybe, just maybe, it's time to sit down and write a story based on that dream.
So, that's what I'm going to do.
Stay tuned. If you like fantastical realism, I think you might like the book idea. This next project will be a short novella, and I hope to have it out by early 2018.
Keep dreaming, my friends…and while you're dreaming, be sure write down any dreams that stand out upon your awakening.
They may prove to be fuel for your waking imagination.
Photo credit: gostica.com


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2 weeks ago, I was in Melbourne for the Melbourne Marathon Festival. This post was initially meant to be titled 'Riding the wave', but was changed instead to what it's now, considering the anticlimactic turn of events that stopped me from running the full race.
As a disclaimer to avoid wasting anyone's time, let me state that I ended up running an easy half-marathon instead of the full thing, owing to a few factors in the lead-up to what was meant to be my jewel race (dramatic much?).
The post here is less for sharing and more for self-reflection and a bit of a humbling reality-check, which is why I'll make a modest effort to keep this brief.
Melbourne Marathon was to be the race of choice, considering the timing of the race, the novelty of the MCG finish, and the fact that I've got some really good friends over there. Not to mention it's a gorgeous city that I absolutely love visiting!
With 8 weeks to go and barely back to being good with my feet, I put a revised plan together with my mate, Dan, which unfortunately looked to peak at 7.5 Hours instead of the initial lofty 10 hours goal. I was disappointed but we both knew it would be stupid to get too ambitious and establish a long-term injury. Consistency over intensity, as they say. Or as Dan puts it, "softly softly catchee monkey".
Now, I was also pursuing my skydiving certification through this time, which required me to be in York (90min from Perth) 1 day every weekend for around 8 weeks. This made efficiency in time management all the more critical.
With 5 weeks to go, a not-so-ideal foot, and constant travel for work, an expanding waistline was the cherry on the train wreck of a prep (so far).
28 years of zero injuries and then 1 year to make up for it all, yay!
Take that for not wanting to be an obese little chubby and trying to actually do something with your life! The heart-attack-prone-female-repelling-kitchen-haunting-piggy teen me would be shaking his head so hard if he saw this.
So with that, my final two weeks of peak training turned into half-dead waddles, while I worked on strengthening my shoulder on the side with Nina's help. In the end, I had to face reality and admit that there was no way I could run a competitive marathon, or even a slow one for that matter. However, considering the MCG finish, the social catchups and the fact that the tickets were already booked, I was keen on heading over nevertheless.
I focussed the final weeks on just having slow consistent runs and building back the shaken foundation. Running an easy half-marathon seemed to fit in with this new outlook, which is exactly what I did.
I had been warned by a few Melbourne Marathon veterans that this race was notorious for putting the runners through 5 different seasons in a span of a few hours. Thankfully, this was far from the case on the day, with the conditions being near perfection.
The event itself was a lovely run through the iconic spots of Melbourne, running through the finish line of the Melbourne Grand Prix at Albert Park, and finishing with a lap of the MCG with crowds in the stadium making you feel like a superstar.
I also had three of my friends, Minh, Steph and Connie, run the event with a PB each, which was certainly the highlight of the day!
- Build a strong base, but in slow increments (especially if you've had a hiatus)
- Don't keep eating like a pig that's about to be slaughtered
- Don't umm… dislocate your shoulder?
Yeah, I realise that none of those sound like life-changing revelations, but the point here is that I'm now old and wise. So there's that.
In the foreword in Craig Alexander's (3 time Ironman world champ) book 'As the crow flies', Greg Welch (acknowledged as one of the greatest triathletes ever) talks about how Crowie not being selected for even the backup teams for the Australian Olympics was a likely reason for why he ended up becoming one of the greatest in the sport. Like so many other athletes, the rejection was a fuel to a fire that spread well beyond the initial goals.
So I guess what I'm saying is that since I didn't get picked for the Aussie Olympics team either, Crowie and I have a lot in common and I'm likely to be a world champ.
Alright, maybe not the world champ but I'm certainly saying that this makes me want to do more than I've been able to before.
Have I figured out what I want to have a go at next? Yup.
Do I know how ambitious I want to be for that? Yup.
Am I going to talk about it? Probably so, but certainly not now. I think I've done plenty of talking with not much walking to back it up. So I'm keen on shutting up and first putting work on where my mind is.


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VW's new boss promises reform, not revolution
Wolfsburg, Germany - Volkswagen's new chief has vowed to push on with reform and cultural change to steer the German auto giant out of the cloud of the "dieselgate" scandal and into a future of electric cars and sustainable mobility.
"It's about continued development, not a revolution," said Herbert Diess, the 59-year-old Austrian who took over from Matthias Mueller, 64, as CEO late on Thursday.
"We will emphatically address the special challenges that lie ahead of us, especially in electromobility, digitisation and new mobility services," he told a press conference at the group's Wolfsburg headquarters.
Diess promised to push on with "cultural change" in the company that suffered its deepest crisis when it had to admit in 2015 that it installed software in 11 million diesel vehicles worldwide to cheat on emissions test.
The crisis has so far cost the company more than 25 billion euros (R371bn) in buybacks, fines and compensation as well as massive reputational damage.
The carmaker remains mired in legal woes abroad and in its home market, where it also faces possible diesel bans in some smog-clogged inner cities, a prospect that has already depressed resale prices to the chagrin of millions of owners of diesel vehicles.
"We lost a lot of trust, especially here in Germany but also worldwide," Diess conceded, acknowledging that VW faced "a long road" toward winning back the confidence of consumers.
He stressed however that VW remains opposed to costly hardware fixes for its cars as well as to urban diesel bans.
A former executive with rival BMW, Diess joined VW only two months before the emissions cheating scandal broke in mid-2015 and is thus relatively untainted by the crisis.
He takes over the company as a new super manager, running both the group as a whole, with its 640 000 staff worldwide, and the flagship Volkswagen brand as well as the research and development and vehicle IT divisions.
'Long to-do list'
While VW has defended its cherished diesel technology against the public backlash, it has also vowed to transform itself into a champion of greener cars in the medium term.
Diess' predecessor Mueller had already steered the mammoth carmaker into a massive restructuring, aiming to offer electric versions of many of its models and streamline operations over the coming decade.
But Mueller himself landed in prosecutors' sights over suspicions he may have known about the cheating before it became public and failed in his duty to inform investors.
"The new VW boss Diess has a long to-do list," Greens party parliamentary leader Anton Hofreiter told German news agency DPA.
"He must finally clear up the diesel affair ... Otherwise, the charge of secrecy and cronyism will keep sticking to VW in future."
While Mueller brought VW's share price and profits back up to pre-crisis levels, observers say he made little progress in shaking up the firm's famously hierarchical and insular corporate culture, which some critics believe discouraged employees from speaking up about the diesel scam.
Diess, the relative newcomer to VW, promised that "we will continue to anchor integrity and compliance within the whole organisation".
The change in CEO is part of a wider management shake-up for the VW Group whose 12 brands include Audi, Bentley, Bugatti, Lamborghini, Porsche, SEAT and Skoda.
The company said it would reorganise to group its units into volume, premium and super-premium segments as well as a China region portfolio to help it adapt "in a phase of highly dynamic change in the company and the entire automotive industry".
It would also prepare its Truck & Bus division for a future stock market listing after 2018.
VW's goal is "to safeguard its position among the leaders of the international automotive industry with innovativeness and profitability," said supervisory board chairman Hans Dieter Poetsch.
"Herbert Diess is the right manager to do that," Poetsch said, praising "the speed and rigour with which he can implement radical transformation processes".
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The Beach House is in quite a Nanna street. The lovely Nanna who lives across the road gave us a big bowl of figs recently. We were super grateful for these as we used to be able to nick them over another neighbours fence, but they cut their tree right back, and there are no longer any overhanging branches laden with figs. The Farmer and I think it was a bit rude of them really....
Anyway, I used some of the figs to make a little fig salad which is really yummy. If you like figs. Figs seem to be one of those foods that people either love or hate.
|Fig Salad
This is just a few figs cut up with some feta crumbled on the top and then some fresh basil thrown over the top. I dress it with a drizzle of olive oil and another drizzle of balsamic. It is very simple.
We also have lots of crayfish on holiday. For non Australians these are like lobster. The Beach House is situated in a cray fishing town and so we can either catch our own crays or buy them very cheaply. I have recently discovered this little marinade for crays which is very easy and super yummy.
These are the ingredients.
- 2 green crayfish (ie uncooked)
- 3 lemons
- 1 tablespoon of dijon mustard
- 2 teaspoons of dried dill
|A Green Cray
Now the first bit is not for the faint hearted. (Make sure the cray is already dead!) Wrap a tea towel around your hand and grab the cray head, twist and pull and it should come off the body. Then cut down the long axis of the tail and rinse all the yukky stuff out. Do this to both crays. Then mix the juice from the lemons, the mustard and the dill in a jar and give it a really good shake. It should then look like the picture below.
Taste the marinade, the flavours should be kind of equal, as in neither the lemon or the mustard should predominate.
Then tip it into your half cray tails as below.
|Marinading cray tails
Pop the cray tails in the fridge for an hour or so. Then remove and pop under a hot grill for about 6-8 minutes or until the crayfish flesh is cooked. Keep an eye on it as it can cook quite quickly.
I normally serve this with steamed vegies or a simple salad and potatoes. Yummy and very easy.
|Lemon, Dijon and Dill Crayfish
One cray tail (ie two halves) will serve one person.
I have also marinaded peeled green prawns and scallops in this mix and got The Farmer to barbeque them on a clean hot plate. That was pretty special too...
Soon enough though I will be back at The Farm, staring into the freezer, trying to work out what to do with mince for the third time in a week!


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Legendary Brazilian footballer Pele was hospitalised on Tuesday, according to a spokesman at a Sao Paulo-based medical centre, who did not give any further information
"Pele is in hospital here, but we are not able to provide any more details, as per the request of the family," said a press officer for the Albert Einstein hospital, who did not reveal when the 72-year-old had been admitted.
Nicknamed The King, Edson Arantes do Nascimento -— his birth name — reportedly underwent a hip operation, according to Brazilian daily Folha de Sao Paulo, citing a person from the patient's circle. Pele is regarded as one of the greatest players ever to have graced the game, having won the World Cup on three occasions — 1958, 1962 and 1970 — and scored 1,281 goals during his career. — AFP
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Although not called for at this mileage interval, I first checked the valve clearances with the engine "cold", and its good that I did, I found the left side intake valve loose (tightened to .004 in. per spec) and more troubling, found the right side intake valve very tight (.002, which is still within spec but tighter than I prefer, so I made the clearance .004 in.). The right side exhaust valve was loose as well, so that got tightened down.
I did find a tiny bit of swarf clumped together in the right side valve cover, am hoping it was due to the tight intake valve or just normal engine "break in", we'll see when I check it next time.
Another check called for is the "check adjustment of the wheel bearings". Well, back when I had my '96 Ural Sportsman Rig: Natasha (I miss her), this would involve also disassembly the wheel hub components and repacking the tapered wheel bearings with fresh grease, a messy but strangely satisfying ritual. Starting like in 2008, Ural now uses "sealed" wheel bearings, so none of that maintenance is called for now. Instead, you need to check for wobbling of the wheel while on its respective axle, if any, take the wheel off and:
- Remove locking ring with special wrench (provided in Ural Tool Kit)
- Remove bearing retainer with pin wrench from tool kit.
- Check condition but don't remove the sealed bearing
- Replace the bearing retainer, tighten down snug (don't back it off as with older units)
- Secure the bearing retainer down tight.
- Note: Though I didn't do it, you can apparently carefully pry off the plastic cover on the sealed bearings, apply a small (pearl sized) drop of grease between bearings and replace the plastic cover.


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Fiddlehead Ferns
If you broke up with nature over winter, the popping of fiddlehead ferns (and scapes and ramps) is like her way of saying, "Hey babe, let's give this another shot." And with a swish of butter, you're back in. So, since you have an extra day or two to actually file your taxes, why not spare some time for nature? Put the top down and cruise to a seasonal drive-in, indulge in some spargel, or go watch a movie about wonderful bugs (and then eat them). It's a new green world—anything can happen.
>> Bartmann is back in her formerly Third Bird/Bearcat space with a new idea: The Bird. She's keeping the Loring Park space as a breakfast and lunch spot and offering nosh like juices, smoothies, quinoa pancakes, spring cobb salad, roasted turkey sandwich, and that delish bologna sandwich that popped up during the last iteration. They'll offer the space for events and pop-ups during evening hours.
>> Taco Cat has launched a food truck, which will be in residence at Dangerous Man Brewing on Thursday nights for the forseeable future. Theirs are currently my favorite nachos in town, btw.
>> Dave, who is Famous for BBQ, has launched Old Southern BBQ Smokehouse in the former Chatterbox spot on France/44th. It's a cute counter-service spot with all the right wood-burning smells, smoky ribs, pulled pork sammies, brisket, and these whacked out crazy bowls in which many things are thrown together (like chicken, mashed potatoes, mac n cheese, cole slaw, party corn, and BBQ sour cream) and it somehow works. Meat by the pound, Smokehouse packs, and Pitmaster platters will feed the fam.
>> Hell's Kitchen has launched a Power Salad Bar (making use of that 35ft long Bloody Mary bar when it's not the weekend). Getting in on the healthy bowl game, HK allows you to choose your own adventure, adding ancient grains or greens to your bowl IN THE AMOUNTS YOU WANT, so no more skimping on the feta (I'm looking at you rhymes-with-Smeshii). Or pick up one of their pre-made bowls, perhaps the Thai Mango Peanut Crunch or the Original Crack Salad) and get moving. It runs from 11a-2p M-F, larger bowls are $10.95 and mediums run $7.95.
>> SEASONALS AHOY!! The Dari-ette Drive-In is now open for saucy meatballs and pizza burgers in St. Paul. The Minnetonka Drive In is open for chicken dinner, house-made root beer, and classic cars on Thursday nights. And Sandcastle on Lake Nokomis, with its fat BLTs and fry bread, will open next Fri. 4/21.
>> Hey, did you vote in our Best Restaurants Readers Poll? Wanna know the results? Of course you do.
>> I'm betting my German Opa wasn't the only grandfather to flick errant elbows on the table, and surely someone in every country around the world has laughed so hard at another family member, that some sort of beverage has been shot out of some kind of nose. I think these are important stories, and so does Daniel Klein of the celebrated Perennial Plate. Think about giving him a few bucks so that he can tell these kinds of stories to whole new sets of ears.
>> The MSPIFF has kicked off with a few great foodist films you need to check out. The Chocolate Case is about a candy bar that fights slavery, Theater of Life focuses on Mossimo Bottura's mission to make waste food into beautiful food for those in need, and The Gateway Bug is all about how we're going to eventually start eating crickets, so why not start now. In fact you can see that film and then head to the Bug Banquet at GYST, which is a four course dinner of tasty bugs. Yes, there will be wine, and yes, there will be an appearance by Andrew Zimmern. If you're not feeling buggy, you can always take your ticket stub to these local hot spots for some post show deals.
>> The James Beard Awards has nominated two of our finest chefs to compete in the Best Chef Midwest category this year, so you think there'd be lots of snippery and trash-talking, yeah? Oh cripes, nah, not here in MN. Instead, Steven Brown of St. Genevieve and Jorge Guzman of Surly and all of their kitchen crews are throwing a dinner party on Tu. 4/18, and you can come. Join in the love fest for a six course beer dinner, with limited release brews, all in for $180. Tastes like winning.
>> It's time to get wild with Babetender Night at Constantine. On Tu. 4/18, a trio of women (Katie Dimick, Anne Clifford, and Megan Luedtke who all happen to be badass bartenders) will take over the bar and pour drinks while wearing full animal drag. Onesies encouraged. It's all in the name of comfort and do-goodery: all tips will be donated to Wildlife Rehabilitation Center MN.
>> It seems like Tu. 4/18 is already stacked, but if you can swing by BauHaus Brew Labs for a beer, you'll be helping babies born in Syrian refugee camps. All proceeds, profits, tips, and monies from this special night will go to Heroic Hearts Org which puts Parcels of Love (formula, blankets, healthcare items, etc.) in the hands of mothers and babies in the camps.
>> Is it Spargelfest already? According to Meritage, ja. Get over there to celebrate everyone's favorite spring crop, asparagus or spargel (SPAR-gull) auf German. Starting Th. 4/20 and running through 5/07, they'll be featuring special dishes and menus focused on the green spears, but also the more delicate and prized white spears too. This is one of the best carry-overs from Brasserie Zentral days.
>> Dust off your favorite crop talk for Sat. 4/22, because it's Seward Co-Op's Annual CSA Fair. It's like speed dating your farmers, but you're just chatting up the growers, seeing what they've done in the past, and figuring out who's your soul-grower. That may be too much pressure.
>> Get your calendars inked in for Blue Fin Bay's Food & Wine Lovers Weekend, May 5-6. It's always nice to have your north shore viewing sided with multi-course dinners and wine pairings, no? This year they've got a whole new culinary team and wines from Napa to lure you up, and if you have time to take it all in, your fourth night is free!
>> Prepare for the Twin Cities Burger Battle, babykins. Tickets are on sale for the May 20 event on Harriet Island where some 25 restos will griddle up patties to win your hearts and waistlines. Red Cow took home top honors last year, will they be able to bring it back for an unprecedented second win?
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Interactive map highlights UK danger hotspots vulnerable to environmental and criminal risks
Shocking new research into social and environmental risks to the UK has highlighted the country's major danger hotspots.
The stats, compiled into an interactive regional map, uses historical data and official government research to bring to light the areas of the country most at risk of disaster.
The map allows users to select their region of the UK and learn more about the issues that have affected it throughout history, and the current threats posed now. From sinkholes, coastal erosion and earthquakes to the aftermath of the London Riots and burglary.
The map was completed by survival food company, Fuel Your Preparation, to highlight the need for people to be prepared for any eventuality. Diana Morris, Country Manager at Fuel Your Preparation said:
"This is a fantastic tool for anyone with even a passing interest in preparedness. It allows people to see what issues there have been in their area and what steps they could take to ensure their safety and the safety of the people they're responsible for."
In the UK, prepping is seen often as an extreme hobby, but the research into danger zones shows the importance of being fully prepared for any eventuality.
British prepper, Steve Hart, runs UKpreppersGuide.co.uk and spoke of his reasons for preparing for the worst:
"Too many people think they don't need to worry if disaster strikes and think that help is just a phone call away. I'm a prepper because I believe the exact opposite to that, I believe we should all have enough provisions and skills to ensure we are self-sufficient and able to ride out both short, and long-term disasters.
Essentially everyone is a prepper to some degree, you have a spare tyre in your car, maybe a first aid kit and a fire extinguisher. Why? What are you prepping for there? You have home insurance, pet insurance, travel insurance, the list goes on. What are you thinking? Surely nothing can go wrong, can it? Why not add a few more essential provisions, like a store of long-term food and a means to filter water for safe drinking and up your survival ante? With me, I just take things a few steps further and believe we should be prepared for much more than just a flat tyre."
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Part of the west London building was filled with smoke and the electricity was cut off, leaving the Philadelphia Orchestra unable to play on Sunday.
They will return on Monday to perform the fifth symphonies of Beethoven and Tchaikovsky, conducted by German-born Christoph Eschenbach.
Tickets will be refunded for Sunday's event, which will not be rearranged.
Those who bought tickets from the Royal Albert Hall by telephone or online need take no action, the BBC said, as they will receive their money back this week.
Anyone purchasing tickets with cash from the box office has been advised to post them back to the venue.
A Late Night Prom will also go ahead as planned.
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How To Improve Your Local SEO Success With Sensible Tactics
SEO is one of the most significant marketing methods currently available, and in what way it is used can be vital to success both online and locally. Productive keywords are well reviewed by reliable companies so that a business can have the best possible success. This takes time, but it's an endeavor that can harvest the benefits over time.
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Link building via social media for local search engine optimisation commences with great content that can be easily shared. Use your social networking for a comprehensive advertising campaign and build a presence online for your local business. Followers will share your backlinks and promote your organisation if you're a rock solid presence with regularly up-to-date and appropriate content.
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Hi guys! So after an overwhelming response on my first video (Restaurant review – Chai Pe Charcha) we decided to vlog our take on another eatery, Hashtag Lounge, Malad West.
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The Norwegian state broadcasting company is using bittorrent technology to distribute free TV programs – mostly the big ones so that they can save bandwidth. They explain the technology – how to do it – so that even your grandmother can understand it – as well.
They are not making money from it, but technically it works fine – customers are satisfied it seems.
See link: NRK Beta
The discussion around it is positive – and what else can we use bittorrent for – suggestions are forthcoming from users.
The commercial world should try this approach as well. Long term thinking combined with innovation may lead to value for your customers – and you learn the technicalities and thinking of the new world. Pulling your customers into courts is very alienating.
Other broadcasters are looking into bittorrent too – there is movement.
So all you film, record companies of the world – get the bittorrent feeling – try it. It is coming your way now. Giving away free combined with paid services may make a strong team if you are clever! Start by setting up bittorrent for your advertising and demos – and some old stuff?
Build some value for your customers in the process?