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Today we're going to look at how old myths, folktales and legends became a few of the superheroes we know today. We're going to study a few specific ones today: Superman, Wonder Woman, Thor, Shazam!/Captain Marvel and The Thing.
First, make sure your group reads the original myth, folktale or legend. Then read the comic version.
On a sheet of chart paper, compare/contrast the superhero to the original story.
1) First, explain whether or not this superhero comes from a myth, folktale or legend
2)Evaluate how much the modern day superhero resembles the myth/folktale/legendary character — talk about each one's "super powers"
3) How has the superhero updated the myth/folktale/legendary character for a modern audience?
4) As other groups present, make sure you fill out your superhero/myth comparison chart.
Wonder Woman
Sensation Comics #1
All Star Comics #8
Wonder Woman 101
The Thing
Rabbi Loeb and the Golem of Prague
Shazam!/Captain Marvel

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Yesterday we had a blast going over Rupert Murdoch's first foray into Twitter, the scolding he got from his wife and his spat with Jack Dorsey. But this morning it turned out Wendi Deng's Twitter account was a fake, even though it had been verified by Twitter for a time yesterday.
"You might ask 'why didn't I tell them?' But surely Twitter should be checking out its Verified status more carefully? No?" the user behind the parody account tweeted this morning. "It might be only a small matter, but you have to worry about the management of News International and Twitter if they can both readily confirm, for a while at least, that this was the account of a very noted personality." Read More


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When it comes to fitness, everybody seems to have an opinion. Some say that one has to train with weights, lifting ever heavier and heavier weights while others seem to think that the ability to pick up heavy stuff is a way for nature to compensate for the lacking intellect of the bulkiest among us and that your training-time is far better-spent training for and competing in cycling or running races… mmm I'm not so sure. Some others may say that it is best to train the mind and the body with Yoga or Pilates to strengthen the mind-body connection, or whatever the yuppie crowd is into nowadays. Then there are the CrossFit crews that will argue that they're getting the best of both worlds. Testing themselves in their all be it, incredibly challenging, but still, made-up competitions claiming the real world functionality of their approach to be superior.
While all of these are very good ways to get fit there is also another way for you to become stronger and more athletic, able to go for a run if the mood takes you and not feel like you're going to drop dead at any moment and also look like you could be one of those fitness people you see on Instagram and magazine covers. You could even learn impressive physical skills in half the time with no equipment required and with such convenience that all excuses not to workout will disappear like biltong at the rugby. Well, you can get all that and more by learning to train with your own bodyweight.
With nothing more than a basic understanding of how to perform a few simple movements and how to put them together in a workout you can build the foundational strength, coordination, flexibility and endurance to become strong enough to eventually do stuff like one-hand push-ups, handstands and any kind of variation of a pull-up that might've seen on youtube. There is no telling what potential lays within you. When you commit to training hard, smart and consistently you would not need to get ready for a challenge because you will be ready, always.
So here's how to go about it.
Form a habit. You become good at the things you do most often. If you complain a lot and make excuses for all the things you don't have then you will always be able to find a reason for not achieving your fitness goals. Break that habit and replace it with a new one. Commit to the new habit of working out regularly, preferably at a regular time of the day on regular days. Once you have got the habit locked in you'll find that you don't have to muster all your willpower to get off your butt and train. You'll get up to train almost as if you're on autopilot and you'll achieve the consistency that is needed. In fact, consistency is the silver bullet when it comes to fitness as it is in most life goals. If you consistently form the habits that fit people have, you will be able to do what fit people do and look like fit people do.
Focus on form. This is crucial. You are far better off with doing fewer repetitions of any given exercise with perfect form than doing double the amount of reps with poor form. With poor form, your muscles and joints don't align the way they should and the muscles that support the major muscles through initiating and stabilizing the movement can't perform properly, which is sure to lead to injury. Also, you won't be able to work the desired muscles correctly which means you won't achieve the results you are looking for. Here's a tip- make practicing good, stable support exercises part of your warm-up routine. There's a video at the bottom of the article that shows you what I mean.
Dial in your diet. Actually, you should do this even if you're undecided on the whole working out thing at this point. It is a fact that modern people eat way, way, way too much and too much of the stuff we know is bad for us. Some estimates seem to indicate that up to 65% of all the food stacked on the shelves of your favourite grocery store contains added sugar and as much as 40% of everything that you buy there couldn't really be considered food when you think of food a fuel for your body that is supposed to nourish you and sustain or improve your health.
Now I know that taking on a meal plan is really difficult and could be quite restrictive and while it is true that this is what fit people do, you don't have to start there. If you find that you break out in a cold sweat at the thought of pre-prepared chicken breast, broccoli and lentils stacked up in containers in your fridge, then try these simple tweaks first.
- Eat more produce. It's recommended that we eat 5 portions of fresh fruit and vegetables each day. But that is a minimum recommendation. The more plant stuffs you eat the more nutrients and phytonutrients you get in, which improves your overall health and supports your fitness goals. Also, if you think about it, the more good stuff you eat the less room there'll be on your plate for the bad stuff.
- Dish up once and pack the leftovers for lunch. It is an undisputed fact that food is more readily available today than it has ever been in our history. Big industry and the marketing machines that drive it is forever coming up with new ideas for convincing us that we need to eat more of this and that by making it tastier and putting it in more enticing wrappers. The truth is that we simply do not need to eat that much. A normal dinner plate filled to half with veggies or salad and the other half equally deviled between a good carbohydrate like rice or sweet potato and a protein like fish or meat can easily bring you 400 calories, which is plenty. So cook generously and eat only what you need then pack the rest in your lunch box for a later meal that you may not have time to prepare. That way you build some consistency in your daily eating habits.
- Eat in. You already now to eat more fresh food, meat that is not too fatty and to reduce the amount of grain-based foods like bread, pasta and other doughy stuff like pizza. Making your food at home is a good way to control what you eat.
- Reduce the sweet stuff. Sweets and treats really are like kryptonite to your plans for getting fit. It has an addictive control over most of us but you must try your best to avoid it. If you think you may have difficulty here, try to find alternatives for sugary sodas and cookies, like unsweetened flavored water and nut or raisins. It shouldn't be too hard to find an alternative snack that you love to eat.
So if you haven't yet figured out what the secret is to this whole fitness-thing, let me spell it out. C-O-N-S-I-S-T-E-N-C-Y. Yes, it really is that simple. The power of consistency is mind-blowing. It starts when you make small sustainable improvements. When you lock-in one positive change in your diet, training-consistency or workout intensity in such a way that you never let it slip, then you refocus and adjust to lock-in the next level of improvements. Then you are on the path to achieving your goals, one step at a time.
Now that you know everything you need to know, there's just one thing left for you to do and that is to get started. The albiefit.com website is a great place to start. There you can view a range of workout tutorial videos and get a lot more information to help you get your fitness goals on track.
I can also register for the I'll Be Fit, body transformation challenge.


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So today, let's talk about our last stop in the Bahamas before heading back to sea. This visit once again features my drunk, back of the scooter riding friend. And once again, we will let her remain nameless to protect her anonymity.
After we returned the slightly wrecked scooter to Duran and company, we still had a couple of hours before we had to reboard the Carnival Fantasy, sooooo we went to Señor Frog's.
This place is a haven for inebriated tourists who don't want to have to venture far from the cruise ship to get their drink on. Everyone I know who has done a Bahamas trip recommends it.
If your recall, my friend and I had already consumed a couple of blenders full of alcohol with a little bit of fruit mixed in - Thanks Chris!
So with our good base coat of alcohol laid in, we proceeded to order the standard size drink at Señor Frog's - the yard.
After a couple of these apiece, we were dancing at our table. In fact, the anonymous friend climbed on top of her wobbly bar stool and proceeded to shake her booty with the best of the 20 year olds.By the time she climbed down, the DJ was forming a "free shots Conga line", in which participants dance in a line around the bar to about 7 stations where the waiters were standing on top of chairs with squeeze bottles which forcefully projected massive doses of alcohol down the conga line dancers' throats. If you don't get alcohol poisoning, you will have a damn good time.
Of course, my drunk buddy not only joined in the Conga line, but proceeded to cut to the very front of the line in front of the DJ. As a "reward" for her daring line break, at every station when the friend was getting her free shot, the DJ would start the crowd chanting, "One more time! One more time!" Whereas everyone else at each station got one shot each, my 40 year old friend took 5. I will let you do the math on how many shots that came out to be --- on top of her two yards --- on top of Chris' daiquiris.
So, of course, a few minutes later this all led to my friend running around the bar and backing that thing up on each member of the wait staff. This is turn led to the DJ starting a new chant in the bar: "Go Cougar! Go Cougar!"
After 45 minutes of this, I decided it best to escort my friend back to the ship while I could still carry her. Just in time it seems, since as we were leaving, one of the wait staff came up to my friend and, holding her hand so sweetly, asked her which ship and room number she was in and if she was up for a visit later. This guy had a shaved head, but was a little thicker and more soft spoken than the other waiters. It was interesting that his shirt was also a lot baggier than everyone else's, and he had some really soft looking lips. This was also the first time "he" had been close enough for me to see his name tag.
Better luck next time, Desiree.
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Bashar al-Assad, it sometimes seems, is lucky in his enemies. Controversy and bitter recriminations have been raging in their ranks since the leader of the Syrian opposition coalition (SOC), Moaz al-Khatib, dropped a bombshell by offering talks with Assad's vice-president, Farouq al-Sharaa.
And now confirmation that the White House vetoed Pentagon plans to arm the anti-Assad rebels has underlined just how hard it has been for them to translate political support from the west into practical assistance to achieve victory.
Khatib said he would negotiate with Sharaa if 160,000 prisoners were freed and passports issued for Syrians abroad. But outrage erupted because the SOC's charter states that it will not talk to the regime – except about its departure. Khatib retorted that he was expressing a personal view, but then met the foreign ministers of Russia and Iran, Assad's main backers.
Now, after a flurry of tense consultations, Khatib and colleagues will meet in Cairo this weekend – with the UN envoy Lakhdar Brahimi – for an emergency session to clarify the position.
Others hailed last week's initiative as reflecting the wishes of Syrians desperate to end a war that has killed 60,000 people. Activists of some of the Local Co-ordination Committees have given their qualified support. So has a commander of the Free Syrian Army (FSA).
"Khatib's offer of talks with Assad helped undermine the terrible fear of many that this struggle is existential and will continue until one side has eliminated the other," wrote Joshua Landis on the Syria Comment blog. "To many Syrians who feel that they are mere pawns caught between two clashing giants … [it] provided some hope of a kinder and saner future."
Khatib, a former imam of the historic Umayyad mosque in Damascus, was supposed to usher in an era of unity when he became SOC president in November. The fractious Syrian National Council (SNC) was subsumed into the new body. Its performance was said by the western governments calling for Assad to go to have become more businesslike.
But the SOC is still divided into camps, like the SNC before it. "This initiative has taken us back to square one after all the efforts we made to convince the international community that the opposition was united," complained one activist. "It was handled completely unprofessionally. It was a wasted opportunity."
Kamal Labwani, an independent, warned of "betrayal" and a "fifth column" inside the opposition. "The regime understands only the language of force," he protested. But George Sabra of the SNC – the largest component of the SOC – was more nuanced: he first rejected the initiative but then softened his position, calling for unity and support for the FSA as fighters made new but probably temporary gains on the outskirts of Damascus this week.
Khatib, described as charismatic but a bad listener, is said to dislike foreign-based activists and intellectuals he considers out of touch – disparagingly known as "hotel warriors". Based in Cairo with his own loyal team, he has the support of powerful businessmen from Damascus who are alarmed by the rise of Islamist and jihadi groups in the armed opposition.
"People have criticised Khatib for naivety but there are forces telling him that this is the way to go," said commentator Malik al-Abdeh. "They tell him that if this carries on then everything they have achieved will come crashing down because of the backwoods fighters of the FSA and the jihadis who will destroy Damascus as they have large parts of Aleppo."
Others warn that Khatib's leadership, and that of the SOC, remains far more dependent on external recognition than any internal legitimacy.
The US, Britain and the EU gave Khatib's initiative a cautious welcome while insisting Assad must be held accountable for his crimes – a position that is unlikely to persuade him to step down voluntarily. Only Turkey publicly rejected it.
"We are positive but it would be useful to tie it into other diplomatic efforts," said one western official. Hopes are focusing on Khatib's visit to Moscow next month – and for a shift in Russia's stubbornly pro-Assad position at the UN.
Still, some opposition figures fear foreign pressure to cut a deal. "Lots of friendly countries or those who claim friendship for the Syrian people were waiting for this exact kind of initiative to justify their failure to deliver on military support for the revolt and the protection of civilians," warned Burhan Ghalioun, a former SNC president.
In one sense the whole dispute is a theoretical one since the official Syrian media dismissed Khatib's offer as "political manoeuvring" while Assad himself has said nothing. It still looks as if fighting, not impassioned debates and diplomatic initiatives launched in foreign capitals, will decide the course of this war as it nears its grim second anniversary.


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It's Game on at Level Up! AMD Foundation and the Alliance for Young Artists & Writers Team Up for Gaming
You might already know the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have a video game design category (sponsored by AMD!). But did you know that now teachers have a place to go to online to find tools for their students to design their own video games? AMD Foundation, the Alliance and Scholastic come together thanks to AMD Changing the Game, to bring you video gaming excitement and education with a new online initiative – Level Up!


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Stubbe's BrandSource Home Furnishings celebrate the Grand Opening of their new Appliance Centre!
Tillsonburg, ON, November 28, 2016 – Over the past few months, there has been many store improvements at Stubbe's BrandSource Home Furnishings. First came the addition of the new Sleep Centre in August and now the appliance showroom has been doubled in space to offer customers more selection and more savings. Stubbe's now boast a new 3,050 square foot Appliance Centre to offer customers more choice to improve their overall shopping experience. Customers are greeted by expert consultants who have the capability to demonstrate the most advanced technologies available. In fact, most of the appliances on the floor are fully functional in order to illustrate how new innovations create energy efficiency, saving them time and money.


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Fiona Wilkinson.
A healthy diet full of fruit and vegetables, such as the Mediterranean diet, is associated with an increase in healthy fats. Researchers found high fibre diet linked to heart healthy fats… In addition, if you like to gain muscles, strength, endurance and speed, look for the best steroids at https://roids.co/
These fats can reduce the risk of a number of diseases. A study published in the journal Gut looked at 153 adults; 51 omnivores, 51 vegetarians and 51 vegans. They measured their levels of gut bacteria and a number of metabolites in urine. 88% of vegans, 65% of vegetarians and 30% of omnivores followed a diet that is close to the Mediterranean diet. Higher levels of short chain fatty acids which are really beneficial for health, were found in the vegans and vegetarians. Levels of short chain fatty acids were linked to the quantity of fruit, vegetables, legumes and fibre eaten on a regular basis. The vegetarians and vegans also had lower levels of a compound linked to heart disease (trimethylamine oxide or TMAO). On other related news, if you need quality Home Care Service for your loved ones Checkout this link homecareassistance.com/la-jolla/
It is great to hear even more positive news about the Mediterranean diet. To make your diet more Mediterranean make sure you are eating plenty of wholegrains, fruit, vegetables, nuts, seeds, fish and plant oils. Keep processed meat and red meat to a minimum.
Some Fruits and Vegetables Could be Better than Others
And if you are working on managing your weight, it's worth knowing that certain fruit and vegetables could be better for weight loss than others. A study published in journal PLOS Medicine analysed data from over 133,000 men and women, most of who worked in healthcare. The research was a partnership between Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Brigham & Women's Hospital in Boston. The study took place over 24 years with the participants being monitored every 4 years and the scientists monitored the frequency of around 70 food items.
Eating an extra portion of fruit daily led to weight loss of 0.24kg (0.53lb) and eating an extra portion of vegetables daily led to 0.11kg (0.25lb).
According to this paper, vegetables associated with weight loss were cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower. Fruits associated with weight loss included berries, apples and pears which lead to greater weight loss compared with vegetables.
High-level adherence to a Mediterranean diet beneficially impacts the gut microbiota and associated metabolome
Changes in Intake of Fruits and Vegetables and Weight Change in United States Men and Women Followed for Up to 24 Years: Analysis from Three Prospective Cohort Studies
About Fiona
I am a Nutrition and Behavioural Psychologist with an MSc in Clinical Nutrition and a PhD in Mental Health. I specialise in long-term weight loss, disordered eating and binge eating. I run both online and in-person programmes to help you with any weight or eating issues you may have picked up over the years. We're all different and have different needs so I work very much with you as an individual and together we'll work out a programme to fit you.


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Love was Written in the Stars
Alison and Nathan met as freshmen at New Trier High School in Winnetka, where they quickly became close friends. Years later, while attending their senior prom, the couple realized they were more than friends. College kept them geographically apart, but their friendship remained intact. When Alison returned to Chicago, their relationship was renewed. "Nathan enlisted the help of Chicago Chocolate Tours to plan a private tasting tour around our neighborhood. At the final stop, he presented me with a box of truffles with the ring box hidden underneath. I, of course, said yes once I finally stopped crying."
"Nathan and I were very excited to show off ouar favorite city – the city where we met and fell in love," says Alison. The Adler Planetarium was chosen as the perfect venue thanks to its stunning view of the Chicago skyline. The outdoor festivities were moved inside because of heavy rainfall, but romance prevailed. "As Nathan and I were standing at the altar, the clouds parted and the most amazing sunset appeared. Everyone said it was like magic."
The bride and groom were delighted to be joined by friends and family who had known them both since their early high school days. "They had been there for every step of our relationship, both the good and the bad. It was amazing to be surrounded by such love and support on our big day." Alison, Nathan and their guests ended the evening with a breathtaking fireworks display from nearby Navy Pier.
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Ceremony & Reception Site: Adler Planetarium Photography: Deonna Caruso Photography Videography: Twelve Twelve Studios Officiant: I Now Pronounce You… Wedding Consultant: North Shore Weddings & Events Bride's Gown: Ultimate Bride Hair & Makeup: Reiman Condron Beauty Bridesmaids' Dresses: J.Crew Formalwear: Formally Modern Tuxedo Stationery: Paper Source Flowers: Yanni Design Studio Catering: Food For Thought Entertainment: Dolce Strings; Spoken Four Sweets: Cake Sweet Food Chicago Transportation: Windy City Limousine


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The fever is still on. It won't go away. Within the realm of Pablo's day, he has calmed down, and is stable. He is trying to fall asleep but the nurses and docs keep coming in by the handful. And there are beeps going off all the time from any one of the six machines pumping fluids and meds into him.
We hope things will calm down by 6 p.m.
Jo Ann's mom Patricia is flying out from Houston tomorrow morning. I am 99% certain that I'll cancel my business trip to London - was supposed to fly out Saturday for five days. I leave 1% on the table cos part of me dreams of P waking up in the morning and laughing. Altho we KNOW he will pull through this, there's not much reality to support the 1% plan.
Tony is still here. He's been with is for hours. When the nurses wheeled P's bed from the ER, Tony carried all of our suitcases and bags, allowing Jo Ann and I to flank the bed and hold P's hands. Tony and I signed up to be one another's brothers a long time ago. I'd say he's kept his end of the deal.
Peter's wife Brie brought tacos for lunch. She has a friend bringing a picnic basket to us full of home made dinner. Peter's on tour with his band Eulogies, sick in a New York City hotel room. We've kept in touch all day via email. And so many of you have been emailing, texting, Twittering to us. We know we have many, many rays of light heading our way from all over the world.


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With the looming deadline of new legislation coming into force in May 2018, we're asking you to take a moment to review the new privacy policy of York RI AFC.
Welcome to the York RI AFC website for both junior and senior football sections. York RI AFC is now a FA Charter Standard Community Football Club in York serving the community of Holgate and surrounding area. We train and play matches at the York RI facilities in New Lane, Holgate, and have thriving junior (both boys and girls) and senior sections playing in local leagues. The club is run by volunteers, with coaches holding a minimum of the FA Level 1 coaching certificate and the necessary CRB checks and aim to provide an environment that is safe and enjoyable for all and welcome active involvement from all members. We work closley with North Riding FA to ensure the continued progress of our club and the members and currently have over 230 registered players in our junior section. We run a well organised and fun tournament every year in June for both the boys and girls sections. For more information please check out the Tournaments Section and do get in touch via the Contact section below if you would like to know more.
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This blog is about how I went about setting up my website and email on Digital Ocean. It is a continuation from my previous article about the decision to move from shared hosting to a VPS.
My requirements are:
- Run my personal website
- Run my own email server
Note: The following guide assumes that you have basic understanding of VPS, Ubuntu, Webservers, Database, Webhosting etc
Step 1 : Create A Digital Ocean Droplet
You have to select the size of your Droplet, the physical location and an operating system. I chose the 1GB package, Singapore as the location and Ubuntu as my Operating System. Click here to get $10 free credit from Digital Ocean. It is enough to let your try out for a month.
Digital ocean lets you one click install applications like – LAMP/LEMP Stack, WordPress on Ubuntu etc.
I did not choose the preconfigured stacks because sometimes it creates issues while installing your applications.
Once your Droplet is ready, the IP address, root password is mailed to you.
Step 2 : Install Webmin and Virtualmin
Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix. Using any modern browser you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and so on. Webmin consists of a simple web server, and a number of CGI programs which directly update system files. The web server and all CGI programs are written in Perl.
Installing webmin is pretty straightforward. Both Digital Ocean and Webmin has good guides on how to do this. In short, you add the repository and install webmin.
Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file using
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
Add the following repos
deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contribdeb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib
Download and install the GPG key with which the repository is signed
wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.ascapt-key add jcameron-key.asc
Install Webmin using the following commands
apt-get updateapt-get install webmin
Once installed, Webmin is accessible at http://your_ip_address:10000 . You can log in with as root or any other user with root previliges and access webmin.
Webmin alone, however, was not enough. I needed Virtualmin on top of Webmin.
Virtualmin is a web hosting control panel based on Webmin. You can manage your virtual domains, mailboxes, databases, applications, and the entire server, from the Virutalmin interface.
You can download the installer script using
wget http://software.virtualmin.com/gpl/scripts/install.sh -O /root/virtualmin-install.sh and
install it using
sh /root/virtualmin-install.sh
Once installed, Virtualmin can be accesssed at http://your_ip_address:10000.
The Post-Installation Wizard will run and it is self-explanatory.
Step 3 : Creating your Virtual Server
Login into Webmin and click Create Virtual Server
Fill in all the relevant fields and enable the features you might need and create the server.
Virtualmin is pretty solid. It creates your home directory, DNS entries etc as you create the Virtual Server.
Step 4 : Update your DNS entries.
This has to be updated at two places
- With your Domain provider
- In the Digital Ocean control panel
Step 5 : Install add-ons
I use Roundcube for emails, Phpmyadmin to managed the MySql databases and Virutalmin makes it easy. Click on install Scripts. Choose your script and the location where you want it installed.
If you had done the above, then your email will be accessbile at
You can create users/email accounts from Virutalmin and log in via Roundcube.
Step 6 : Secure Your Server
This is a tricky part and there are a bunch of things one can do. The most basic ones include
- Disable remote login for root
- Secure Mysql and Phpmyadmin
- Implementing intrusion detection
- Use SFTP instead of FTP
This comprehensive article on Linux server safety by Digital Ocean is a great place to start.


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List Price: USD 149.99
Price: USD 127 (As of March 15, 2017)
Product Features
- 3-in-1 harness booster helps protect your child from toddler to youth
- Front facing car seat harness booster (22 – 65 lb.), high back booster (30 – 100 lb.), backless booster (40 – 100 lb.)
- Simply Safe Adjust Harness System adjusts the height of your harness and headrest in one motion, to ensure that your child is always properly secured
- 3-position recline helps keep your growing child comfy
- Side-impact tested for occupant retention with built-in 5-point harness system
Product Description
Finally, the car seat that parents have been searching for is here! Our Nautilus 3-in-1 car seat helps keep your child secure from 22 to 100 lbs. Nautilus is a 3-in-1 car seat that converts from a harnessed booster to a high back belt-positioning booster and finally to a backless belt positioning booster. The harness booster can be used up to 65lbs, and as your little one continues to grow, the Nautilus does too, transitioning into a Highback belt positioning booster which can be used from 30 – 100lbs, and finally into a Backless belt positioning booster for a comfortable fit from 40 to 100 lbs. The seat is designed to help keep your child in a harness booster longer as well as to fit them up to 57″ tall. You can easily see Graco's commitment to safety as this seat is extensively crash tested to meet or exceed U.S safety standards, side-impact testing, and outfitted with reinforced steel for effective energy management. Nautilus has been thoughtfully designed with plush comfort features, an integrated cup holder and storage compartments, as well as a one-hand height adjustable headrest to help keep your growing child happy on even the longest rides! This 3-in-1 car seat is will last your little travel companion well into childhood.
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Serves 4
You Will Need
Two Tubs Of Quark. This is fat free cream cheese and is widely available in Dunnes, Tesco and Aldi.
4 Sachets Of Options White Hot Chocolate like this. One sachet per person at 2 syns each.
3 Tablespoons Of Granulated Sweetener such as Canderel or Stevia.
1 Punnet Of Raspberries.
8 Tea Biscuits. I got these ones in Dunnes Stores and they are half a syn each. You could also use any low syn biscuit but always check the syns so you are protecting your weight loss.
To Make
Add both tubs of quark to one large bowl.
Mix in the sachets of white chocolate and the sweetener. Stir well.
In a zip lock bag crush 6 of the eight biscuits until they resemble crumbs.
Line each individual dessert dish with some of the biscuit.
Top the biscuit with the white chocolate cheesecake mixture.
Decorate with raspberries and half a biscuit per dessert (there should be two left).


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Calibration Block (part 2)
So just to re-cap from the first part of this message, let me once again define in my own words what calibration is. Calibration is simply bringing anything, any tool, any devise, or any appliance into alignment with a standard value. In other words calibration means making something accurate and true. Calibration could involve making an oven read accurate temperatures in it's display, so that whatever temperature it reads is exactly the temperature that is in the oven. Calibration could involve tuning a piano to play the right notes in accordance with the right keys. Or it could involve getting a rifle to be dead on with it's rifle scope at 100 yards. No matter how you look at it calibration is alignment of a tool with a separate guide or 'standard'. In the case of the oven, the display reading will have to be tuned with a master temp gauge that actually goes in the oven and reads the temp directly(this tool also has to be calibrated). The piano will have to be tuned to calibrated set of tuning forks by a master tuner or he will use an electronic devise, and, you guessed it, even those tools have to be calibrated. And the rifle will be made to come into alignment with the scope using a laser boresighting tool.
For those of us who are believers in Jesus Christ calibration simply means coming into alignment with the Word of God. And even more specifically into alignment with Jesus Himself. And why is that? Because Jesus Himself is the Word. Why just read John 1: 1-15, the Bible in one way or another is a testimony of Jesus Himself on many different levels. So much so that it is easy to see why He is called 'the Living Word'. We are called to come into alignment with Jesus because He is the Living Word of God. We are called to be dead to this World and alive in Jesus Christ. After all the first commandment Jesus ever gave to His Disciples was "follow me", make no mistake about it, when He said follow me He meant leave your life and and find your life in me. He wanted them to believe and follow His Words AND His actions to the point that all who followed Him emulated His very life. In this way we who follow Jesus become a light unto the World just as He was a light unto the World. But we are not a 'true' light if we are not 'in calibration' with the master, and that is Christ Himself. So in order to be calibrated to Jesus we must come into exact direct alignment with His Word. And I do mean His Word and not our own definition of what His Word should be in our opinion, but what is actually there. Many people find this to be challenging to say the least and some see it as impossible. Because they want both the World and Jesus, but as Jesus said "no one can serve two Masters for he will either hate the one and love the other, or love the one and hate the other".
Most 'challenging' Bible teaching is done just to show rebellious people that they have a problem with God and they need to change, this is even the root of the salvation message. Many rebellious people don't seem to be angrily or purposefully rebellious, but then their rebellion is against God because in their heart they don't feel God is loving or understanding enough and therefore He is the one that needs to change and not them. And yet they will hide this from themselves trying to believe they have no problem with God, that is until His Word ends up right in their face showing them God in yet one more way they didn't really want to see Him. So they make up all kinds of personal little doctrines to make God appear more 'loving' in their own eyes.
And why? Because they want to judge God Himself using their own heart and feelings as a measuring stick for His Word. So inevitably their Bibles will gather dust while their refrigerator begins to get covered with all kinds of pretty new magnets containing misconstrued scriptures and heart felt little sayings that are later mistaken for scripture itself in their own minds. In fact you can take choice little pieces of scripture from all different places in the Bible and stick them all together to form a 'new Gospel' that sounds similar to the one found in God's Word but is really just a twisting of His own Words in His own mouth to create an alternate 'salvation' that doesn't require obedience to God's Holy Word at all. This is just one of the many ways that people introduce God to their own man made salvation designed just for Him,..a salvation from looking like a big ol' meanie in the sky, a salvation from looking like He just doesn't understand the hearts of His own creation, a salvation from looking uncaring and unloving. It is just so blasphemous I can barely write this, I am almost breaking down with grief and sorrow as I write this. This is what happens when humans try to calibrate Jesus to themselves.
Many people demand that God accepts them the way they are, and that if He were truly loving He would see that even though they are not perfect their intentions are good, so if He were truly merciful and full of 'grace' He would cut them a break. These people are just sure they are a more advanced form of Christian than those 'Bible thumpers' because they understand people and they 'get' peoples hearts because in their own mind God has made them so loving and kind. In fact if they were in charge of the Universe there would be no need for judgment of any kind because they would just love everyone into tears and reconciliation with Heaven and there would be teddy bears, and rainbows, and chocolate for everyone.
Listen to me! I will say this really, really clear, Jesus may love you the way you are, but He does not accept you the way you are. If He did there would be no need for salvation, and no change would be required from us to receive eternal life or a relationship with God. The goal of the Word of God isn't to get God to accept us the way we are, it's to reveal to us God and His ways so that we will do something very, very, very, necessary! We need to accept God the way He is! This is true worship!
God has never told us that He will accept us the way we are, and He has been very clear about the fact that a relationship with Him involves us constantly changing as we continually learn to come into alignment with His Word, His ways, and HIS HEART,…because our hearts are, as the Bible says, desperately wicked(Jeremiah 17:9). In other words in order to have a relationship with God and to receive salvation we MUST change and we must change in accordance with His Word. He loves us so much that He gave us the life and the blood of His own Son so that we would even be able to be made clean so that we would have the privilege to obey His Word,…We must be cleansed by the Blood of Jesus and obey the Word of God and then and only then can we be made acceptable in His site.
Hell is full of people that Jesus loves, the reason that those people ended up in hell isn't because Jesus didn't love them it's because they rejected Jesus, because they couldn't accept Him the way He is. The Bible even says that we can do many great things in the name of Jesus and still not know Him because we are lawless(do not obey His commandments, or heed His Word). Consider Matthew 7: 21-23.
"Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father who is in heaven will enter.22"Many will say to Me on that day, 'Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name cast out demons, and in Your name perform many miracles?'23"And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; DEPART FROM ME, YOU WHO PRACTICE LAWLESSNESS." Matthew 7:21-23
The people speaking to Jesus on judgment day in this passage are saying that they operated in the power of God in the name of Jesus apparently they were doing this to glorify God(how many today even do this?) So what were the reasons Jesus gave that they would not enter into Heaven? I mean after all isn't every one who calls on the name of the Lord saved just as Acts 2:21 says??? Well there is alot I could say about Acts 2:21 in fact that is a whole teaching and that is another day but basically in Matthew 7: 21-23 Jesus says with His own mouth that not everyone who calls Him Lord will be saved. The people in this passage speaking to Jesus were serving Jesus in accordance with their own ideas of the way they should serve the Lord. They had their own ideas as to what was pleasing to God. Does that mean we shouldn't cast out demons, heal the sick, and prophecy? Are we somehow more likely to avoid judgment if we just ignore the power of God as a part of our testimony all together? Of course not, we should do all those things because those are some of the things Jesus taught us to do as followers of Him. In fact the power of God is part of the very Gospel message itself, and those who really follow Jesus will run right into the power of God anyway it is inevitable. So what are the reasons that Jesus calls these people workers of iniquity and tells them to depart from Him? Well basically Jesus gives three reasons, 1) Only those who do the will of the Father will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven. 2) Jesus never actually knew them. 3) They practiced lawlessness.
I want to take a look at these three reasons that the people in this passage will not enter into the Kingdom of Heaven, but as usual my fingers are getting a little long winded, and this article is getting a little long. These three reasons are so important because it helps us identify what it means to be in calibration with the Word of God and with the will of God in ways we may not have considered. Also it seems that many will go to judgment day thinking they are right on with God and they really aren't so right on. Some feel that the manifestations of power in their life are the evidence that they are in alignment with God and some feel that their character and their version of love is the evidence that they are right with God. This is why I really want to finish examining what Jesus had to say to the people standing before Him on judgment day, because honestly I really do not want to be standing with that crowd at that moment, and I tell you the truth, I have stood in that place many times in my life and it was really easy to get there. So I will finish the calibration block with a part three,…and yes I WILL finish it in part three(Lord willing).
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Dear Kim,
I am a long time co-director of a women's health center. My new position in the organization is Development Director. We are 'growing our own' development director as you said in one of your recent letters, and I am it! I am searching for training opportunities to get me started. I have an eye out for your future workshops and wonder what training would you suggest I take to get started?
—Eager but Ignorant
Dear Eager,
There are a lot of training opportunities, and I would suggest asking other nonprofits in your community which trainings they have found most useful. Some ideas:
- The Fund Raising School at the Center on Philanthropy at the University of Indiana, which has offers courses in a number of different cities around the country.
- In many counties, there is a Council of Agencies or a Volunteer Center which will offer one day seminars.
- The Foundation Center has a number of fine courses in their main locations of San Francisco, Atlanta, Cleveland and New York.
- Another option is to put together a dozen other agencies which are similar to yours in size and politics and hire a fundraising trainer for a one or two day course. You can all split the fee and expenses and get something more tailored to your situation.
- Finally, since you have been the co-director, you may simply want to hire a coach, who will help you plan a fundraising strategy and then be available a couple hours a week or month to talk with you about it.
Good luck and welcome to our profession!


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The penultimate episode of The CW series Arrow, entitled "Streets of Fire," will see Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell) rallying his team as Slade Wilson's (Manu Bennett) soldiers attack the city, and Thea (Willa Holland) comes face-to-face with her father, Malcolm Merlyn (John Barrowman). Meanwhile, Felicity (Emily Bett Rickards) gets a call from S.T.A.R. Labs with game-changing news that will hopefully help Roy Harper (Colton Haynes). And if you survive the roller coaster ride, there is still the Season 2 finale on May 14th.
During this recent exclusive phone interview with Collider, actor John Barrowman talked about how he played a part in Malcolm Merlyn turning out to be Thea Queen's father, that he knew his character would continue to be a villain throughout Season 1 and 2, just how calculated his return is, why Malcolm is desperate for family, what he's enjoyed about working with Willa Holland, in this capacity, how he used to watch her on The O.C., that he thinks Malcolm is too selfish to sacrifice himself for someone else, and how he's unsure about whether he'll be back for Season 3. Check out what he had to say after the jump, and be aware that there are some spoilers.
Collider: At what point did you learn that Malcolm Merlyn is Thea Queen's father, and what was your reaction to that bit of news?
JOHN BARROWMAN: Well, I've gotta be honest with you, it was partially my doing. Andrew Kreisberg and I had a lunch one afternoon, and my husband, Scott, was sitting with us. They were discussing the future, way back in the first season, of Malcolm, what he was going to be doing and what would happen. They were discussing different aspects, and my husband said, "Why don't you make him Thea's father?" And I just lit up. Andrew looked at us and said, "You guys do like this genre, don't you?," and I said, "Yeah, of course!" I'm a total comic book fiend. DC and Marvel, you name it, I'm into it. With the sci-fi background I have, all of these twists and turns are great. It's like a saga. So, that's how it started. And then, Andrew went back with the writers. There was talk of doing something else, but then they went back to it. And Andrew always says, "I credit Scott, your husband." So, I knew about it. I would never normally interfere with what the writers are doing because they're there to do that job, and I'm there to do what's on screen and bring it to life. I never, ever will question what they've written because it's just not my job to do that, unless I'm one of the writers myself. But when you're asked something, you obviously speak up. Also, it made sense because it meant that I would be coming back then. I was procuring myself a job.
How many times have you thought that Malcolm was actually dead and wouldn't be returning to the show, or did you always know that he would continue to find a life somehow?
BARROWMAN: During Season 1, Andrew had said to me, "Malcolm Merlyn will be one of the stable villains." So for me, that meant that I would be popping up. For Season 1 and Season 2, I knew that I would be coming in and out. With things that happened in Season 1 or Season 2, if he got shot or killed, I knew something was going to be up. For Season 3, it's up in the air. Who knows what's gonna happen?
How can you tease the return of Malcolm Merlyn and the part he's going to play in the story that's left, this season?
BARROWMAN: I don't want to give anything away because I don't want to spoil it for anybody. If you look at it like a card game, he's a man who's got a poker face, and he's got an eye on the card game and he knows exactly what hand to play. And he will play his best hand, right when you least expect it.
Would you say that his return is pretty calculated? Was he lurking in the shadows, until he knew he'd have an in with Thea?
BARROWMAN: I've gotta tell you honestly that we don't know that backstory yet. That's something that was never discussed and hasn't been discussed. But personally, as John Barrowman, as the fan, and as the guy who's on screen with the character, I have to create something and yes, of course, I see him lurking in the background and waiting for the right moment. Anybody who is going to manipulate a situation and take advantage of it is not going to just pop up and go, "Oh, what's happening?" You know exactly what's happening. Malcolm might have lost control for a little bit, with everything up in the air and going nuts with starling City, but he still would have had his eye on the piece of the puzzle that he wants. He's not a dumb-dumb. He knows what's going on. He knows who's in there, up against Oli.
Do you think he really wants what's best for Thea, or is he interested in her because it suits him and works to his advantage?
BARROWMAN: I think he's desperate to have the family around him that he's lost. He's a control freak, so he's desperate to be in control with that stuff. If you go way back to Season 1, there were little ways that I would play things, like when Tommy was still alive and I went to his birthday party to hand him a present and he wouldn't take it. The first person that I toss the present to is Oli, with a wink and a smirk. In my eyes, as Malcolm, Oli is the son that he always wanted. For Malcolm, that revelation, when he pulled the hood off and Oli was the Arrow, was a massive shake-up for Malcolm. Here's this kid that he really felt compassion for, but all of a sudden, now he has to do something to him. It's those things that he has to deal with. He's desperately seeking that control, that calm, and that all-over power. Also, Malcolm thinks he's actually doing right. That's the way I see it. The best anti-heroes are the guys who think they're the heroes themselves. He's a character who's searching. He's soul searching. He knows who he is, but he's searching for the people around him and what he needs.
Your characters really only passed by each other before, but now there's a definite shift in the dynamic between Malcolm and Thea. What's it been like to work with Willa Holland, in this capacity?
BARROWMAN: I used to watch Willa on The O.C., as an avid fan, when my niece was growing up. That was our show that we would connect with and watch together. Ironically, we were both watching it for the same reason – for the hot guys in it. But, Willa is this amazing presence. She's a wonderful young actress. It's funny 'cause she's also got a really out there sense of humor, just like me. When she and I are on set together, we've actually said to each other, "We're gonna have to rein this in and keep it under control." The camera stops and we're just nuts. I love to have a good time, but I love getting the work done, and she's the same way. We're known to have a bit of fun. The fact that our characters had never crossed is what made it even more surprising, when it was revealed that I was her father. It's like, "Oh, my god!," because you just never thought.
In Episode 21, there was a line in the show that said, "The essence of heroism is to die so others can live." Is there someone that you think Malcolm Merlyn would die and be a hero for? Do you think he could have that love for Thea?
BARROWMAN: I don't know. That's a really good question, and I don't have the answer because I haven't thought that far into it. But, Malcolm is selfish. I don't think Malcolm would give his life for that. That's John Barrowman's personal view. I don't think he would. I think he would be selfish. But, that would be his fall. That would be the thing that would tip him over the edge.
The good news about him not being willing to sacrifice himself is that at least he'd be around for Season 3!
BARROWMAN: From your mouth to whoever's ears!
Arrow airs on Wednesday nights on The CW.


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As previously reported, Lansbury will return to the West End stage for the first time in nearly 40 years to reprise the role of Madame Arcati in the Coward comedy that will begin previews March 1, 2014, at the Gielgud Theatre prior to an official opening March 18, for a run that is booking through June 6.
Michael Blakemore will also reprise his directorial duties with a cast that will also star the previously announced Janie Dee as Ruth Condomine and Charles Edwards as Charles Condomine.
Jones (Waiting in the Wings, Private Lives, Benefactors), who appeared as Dr. Bradman in the 2009 Broadway revival of Blithe Spirit with Lansbury, will repeat his performance for London audiences. Also added to the cast are Dickinson as Mrs. Bradman, Rooper as Elvira and Ferran as Edith, the maid.
To book tickets, contact the box office on 0844 482 5130 or visit blithespiritlondon.com for more details.


text: Your Voice Can Make A Difference League Staff | May 17, 2019 Through creating and nurturing relationships with our members of Congress, we can ensure our voices are heard. [Post written by Amelia Weeder and John Kashwick. Above, Rep. Tom Malinowski (D-NJ) is sworn in by former Secretary of State John Kerry. (U.S. Congress)] Read more Read more


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Richter and Company is known as a "Family of Farms," a trademark that developed through close, personal relationships with growers. Some have been with us since the company began, and we're proud to serve as their exclusive sales agents.
McLeod Farms
Kemp McLeod voted 2017 South Carolina Farmer of the Year
"Life's a peach" is more than a slogan for the McLeods, who run massive orchards in McBee, South Carolina. Fourth-generation owner Kemp McLeod and his son, Spencer, grow peaches on land that has been in his family for a century. Nearly 30 varieties of peaches that the McLeods grow include Cary Mac, developed on the farm and named for McLeod's grandfather.
Kemp's great-great grandfather, Hector McLeod, planted the first orchards in McBee around 1916. Now the family has 900 acres of peach trees, 650 of them in production, and they ship their Mac's Pride brand all over the U.S. and Canada, as well as overseas. That's a far cry from the first-generation business, when peaches were sold to travelers passing through McBee on the Seaboard Coastline Railroad.
Although peaches are their No. 1 crop, McLeod Farms — voted South Carolina Farm of the Year in 2011 — doesn't stop there. They have a sizeable business in corn, wheat, rye and soybeans and a retail store that is a favorite stop for folks headed to and from South Carolina's beaches. They also grow strawberries, blueberries, red potatoes, cabbage, sweet corn, squash, onions, bell peppers, okra, tomatoes, peas, pumpkins, turnips, egg plants and other produce that's sold at their roadside markets.
Locals still visit the McLeods' original store, a tiny building at the gate of the packing shed, but most people stop at the modern market a few miles away. Customers linger on the long porch, cooled by ceiling fans and lined with rocking chairs. Inside are peaches, of course, along with a gourmet meat market, baked goods, pickles, jams and preserves. At the cafe, favorites include tomato sandwiches, peach cobbler and peach ice cream.
McLeod Farms: Family owned since 1916
There's also Mac's Pride Museum, which houses more than 20 antique cars from each decade since the horse and buggy, old-time tractors and farm implements that belonged to the first peach-growing McLeod —much different from the high-tech machines Kemp and company use now. Among them are drip irrigation, high-speed wind machines and hail crushers.
Wind machines pull warmer air from the upper atmosphere down into the orchard, a process that raises ground-level temperatures to help save crops from devastating frost. In spring and early summer, hail prevention equipment generates high-frequency sound waves to crush hail before it batters crops — all this to deliver some of the world's juiciest peaches, every one hand-pruned, hand-picked and hand-packed.
McLeod Farms
25455 Hwy 1
McBee, SC 29101
Phone: (843) 335-8335
Fax: (843) 335-8873
Cotton Hope
Sweet peach heaven in South Carolina
Cotton Hope sits comfortably on "the Ridge," near the tiny town of Monetta, South Carolina. It sounds like a landmark, but the Ridge is a huge slice of heaven on Earth, covering three counties and known for the peaches that grow there in juicy abundance. It's South Carolina's most famous peach-growing region, and it's one of the most popular sources of the fruit worldwide. Peaches are said to be sweeter here. That may be because they grow where the Coastal Plains and its sandy soils meet the Piedmont clay, making the ground extra fertile. The land also slopes, which provides good drainage.
Cotton Hope's owners, cousins Tristan and Clark DuBose, have farmed peaches since they were kids. They are part of the magic of the Ridge. They can get peaches from tree to table in two days or less — almost as fresh as picking and eating them in the orchard. The cousins know the secret to growing a peach that requires a napkin to catch juice that drips from chin to elbow. Their peaches truly are the taste of summer.
Cotton Hope officially opened in 2005, but the family partnership is decades strong. Tristan and Clark were born into farm families. Their fathers grew peaches. The cousins worked the orchards, fertilized, plowed, picked by hand and did whatever was required. After graduating together from Clemson University, both DuBoses continued to work with their fathers. Eventually they found their own independence but stayed within the family tradition. The DuBose family has grown peaches in Monetta and neighboring Ridge Spring for 75 years.
Clark DuBose continued with peaches and was the original owner of the Titan Farm before selling it in 2002. Meanwhile, Tristan and his sons developed a loyal following from folks who appreciate the taste of a sweet Carolina peach. In 2005 the cousins decided to invest heavily in a new packing shed to better process and ship their peaches. Since then, they have become one of South Carolina's top peach producers. Together, they grow 35 varieties each year, most of which are sold commercially.
Cotton Hope Farms
P.0. Box 207
Monetta, SC 29105
Phone: (803) 685-5118
Jimmy Durbin Farms
Chilton County, Alabama: Known for Sunshine Brand peaches
Jimmy Durbin Farms is known for its peaches, strawberries and bell peppers. On I-65 between Birmingham and Montgomery is an impressively large water tower shaped like a peach, probably because Chilton County is Alabama's peach central. Along its rambling back roads, hand painted and homemade signs promise the chance to pick your own fruit, an experience that is both nostalgic and progressive.
Grab a Sunshine Brand peach and a napkin. You can't have one without the other.
Chilton County farms produce everything from its famous peaches to a variety of berries, plums, figs and nectarines. Whether they're from the small, family-owned farms or the large operations, peaches are an important part of the agriculture industry's role in the Alabama economy. They are Alabama's leading commercial fruit, and the state ranks 18th in peach production in the United States. Most of those peaches came from Chilton County, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the state's cultivation. And Jimmy Durbin and his Sunshine brand are smack dab in the thick of it. Most of his peaches travel from field to retail stores in 24 hours or less.
The Durbin family has grown peaches in Chilton County since 1940, when Jimmy Durbin's father started with two mules and hand labor. Decades later, hard work, honesty and a strong Christian faith have helped the family peach orchard grow to 500 acres and more than 60 employees, many who have been with the family 18 years or longer.
Sunshine Farms handpicks its peaches one at a time and harvests the fruit only when it reaches maturity, not a single minute before. "When we say it's tree-ripe, we mean it," says Jimmy. "We want our customers to experience juice running off their chins when they eat one of our peaches. After all, there's still a little bit of kid in all of us."
Jimmy Durbin Farms
3233 County Road 30
Clanton, Alabama
Phone: (205) 755-4203
George S. Orr and Sons, Inc.
During the Great Depression, George S. Orr Jr. helped his grandfather work a small fruit and berry farm west of Martinsburg, West Virginia, on the east side of North Mountain.
Later, young George joined the U.S. Navy and traveled to California where he met his future wife, Juanita. With his military service over and missing his grandfather's farm, George returned to West Virginia, bought a 60-acre orchard and went to work. By 1979, his orchard had grown to 350 acres. At his death in 1989 George Jr. bequeathed the family business to Juanita and their sons Mike, Mark and G.W. At the time George S. Orr and Sons, Inc, owned 1,100 acres and annually produced 500,000 bushels of fruit under the "My Three Sons" and "Lorring Hill Peaches" brands.
In 1995, the family opened Orr's Farm Market to serve the local community. They have since started a pick-your-own operation and regularly host agritourism events on their property.
George Orr's children and grandchildren continue to walk the agricultural path he cleared for them. Mike Orr, the eldest of the sons, manages the packaging facility, and Mark tends the orchards. Spouses and grandchildren work the farm, too, managing everything from accounting to customer service.
George S. Orr and Sons, Inc.
P.O. Box 906
Martinsburg, WV 25402
Phone: (304) 263-1027
Fax: (304) 263-1153
Chappell Farms
Pat's Pride Peaches: The South's best early brand
Peaches have been part of the Chappell family for five generations, dating back to 1927. The year that James Chappell planted his first peaches in Candor, North Carolina, Calvin Coolidge was president; Charles Lindbergh flew from New York to Paris in a single-engine plane; Ford debuted the Model A; and the Yankees swept the Pirates in the World Series.
Great-grandson Pat Chappell continues the family business from his home base in Kline, South Carolina, where he moved in 1952 and planted his first 100-acre orchard. The farm has since grown to 1,000 acres and sells mostly early-variety peaches — the first to be plucked from the tree, usually in mid-May but sometimes in late April if the stars align.
Chappell's is the southernmost peach farm along South Carolina's Coastal Plains, where winters are mild, summers are warm and ample rainfall keeps crops well-hydrated — perfect conditions to grow early fruit bursting with flavor. Dedication to quality and craft have established "Pat's Pride" as one of the South's best early brands.
Pat, the patriarch, a few years shy of 90, clocks in every morning at sunrise. Why? "I farm to live and live to farm," he says.
The matriarch, "Mrs. Phyllis" retired at 83 but still shows up with Sunday lunch for the family. Their son, Tommy, handles the picking operation; his brother, Bud, handles the packing; their sister, Lynne, oversees quality control; and sister-in-law, Sonia, coordinates local sales. But everybody — grandkids included — mans the grading line when peaches are in full production.
Grandsons Patrick and Joseph also tend more than 4,000 acres of corn, wheat, soybeans and peanuts that the farm produces each year.
Clearly, the Chappells love what they do, and it shows in quality, flavor and customer service.
Chappell Farms
166 Boiling Springs Road
Kline, SC 29812
Phone: (803) 584-2565
Fax: (803) 584-3676
Email: [email protected]
Generations Farms
Largest organic fruit and vegetable grower on the East Coast
Generation Farms is the largest grower, processor, packer and shipper of carrots and sweet onions on the East Coast. It also grows sweet potatoes, green beans, bell peppers, berries and watermelons.
The Stanleys bring to the table three generations of onion expertise. Their name is synonymous with Vidalia sweet onions and family farming in Vidalia, Georgia. R.T. Stanley began his agriculture career as a sharecropper in 1964 and eventually bought his own land. He grew his first five acres of sweet onions in 1975. Today, Stanley Farms, operated by the patriarch's sons Tracey, Brian and Vince, grows more than 1,000 acres of onions, including sweet Georgia reds. They also grow sweet potatoes.
With farmland spread across Georgia and Florida, Generations has become the best alternative to West Coast produce, all the while holding to its promise to act as good stewards of the environment.
Generation Farms
2214 J'Frank Culpepper Rd.
Lake Park, GA 31636
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Gioachino Rossini
Tobia Mill – Paolo Bordogna
Fanny – Désirée Rancatore
Edoardo Milfort – Saimir Pirgu
Slook – Fabio Maria Capitanucci
Norton – Enrico Maria Marabelli
Clarina – Maria Gortsevskaya
Orchestra Haydn di Bolzano e Trento
Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, conductor
Luigi Squarzina, stage director
Giovanni Agostinucci, sets and costumes
Filmed at Rossini Opera Festival, Pesaro, Italy, August 2006
Picture format: NTSC 16:9
Sound format: Dolby Digital 2.0 / Dolby Digital 5.0
Region code: 0 (worldwide)
Subtitles: English, Italian
Running time: 83 mins
No. of DVDs: 1
The plot of La cambiale di matrimonie, which Rossini composed when he was just eighteen years old, revolves around the farcical attempts of Tobia Mill, a rich English merchant, to combine business with pleasure by forcing this daughter, the lovely Fanny ("the merchandise") to marry Slook, his rich colonial correspondent from America, by means of a bill of exchange. Eventually, it is the gallant Slook himself who persuades Mill to allow Fanny to marry her true love, Edoardo Milfort. This Rossini Opera Festival—Pesaro production features two well-established singers, Désirée Rancatore and Saimir Pirgu, who are joined by three promising young singers: Fabio Maria Capitanucci, Enrico Maria Marabellie and Maria Gortsevskaya.
Rossini, Gioachino
Rossi, Gaetano
Michelangeli, Umberto Benedetti
Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra
Bordogna, Paolo; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Gortsevskaya, Maria; Marabelli, Enrico Maria; Pirgu, Saimir; Rancatore, Desiree
Label: Naxos
Genre: Opera
Period: Romantic
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So with the hype of the SNES Classic still being felt, it's appropriate to say that the SNES Classic is a limited edition item. Unfortunately, people have taken to Twitter, Reddit, Facebook, and the comment sections to give their thoughts about the NES Classic and the upcoming SNES Classic and Nintendo's business practices. While I'm not going to cherry-pick comments to talk about, I am going to summarize them in one sentence: Nintendo is purposely creating an artificial supply to mess with the stock market and help scalpers.
While I don't agree and I don't fully understand supply and demand, I do believe between the Switch and SNES Classic, Nintendo is trying to do right by people who want these items. Switch supply is set to see a massive increase over the next two months. Especially with bigger games coming like Splatoon 2, Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle, and Monster Hunter XX: Nintendo Switch Ver. (Japan), production is priority. We also have confirmation over at Kotaku that states Nintendo going to increase the amount of units over the NES Classic. We might see a good supply this time around. We also learned that they are ceasing SNES Classic production at the end of 2017.
Unfortunately we have very large crowd of still angry people that have no understanding of supply and demand. To put it in basic form, if the demand is high, the supply will be low. We've seen this already with the Wii. Selling out practically everywhere for six months straight. The Switch in its current state has been constantly sold out everywhere and stores are finally getting stock. In the case of the Wii U, the supply was very high and the demand was so little that Nintendo had temporarily stopped production of units. Currently Nintendo along with mobile phone manufacturers are battling the likes of Apple for parts for their devices. This is the world of business and it's not all that glamorous.
In the end, what do you think? Are people just over-hyped? Do you believe Nintendo? Let us know in the comments below!
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Tewksbury Man Sentenced To 12-15 Years For Rape Of A Child
Oct 09, 2014 08:37AM
By Bill Gilman
A 29-year-old Tewksbury man was sentenced to 12-15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a nine-year-old girl.
Scott Brzezowski, 94 Pennacook Road, pleaded guilty to four counts of of rape of a child with force, four counts of aggravated rape of a child, four counts of indecent assault and battery on a child under 14, one count of providing obscene matter to a minor, lascivious posing/exhibiting a child in the nude and possession of child pornography.
The crimes took place in 2012.
Prosecutors told a Middlesex Superior Court Judge Kenneth Salinger that Brzezowski made the child view pornographic materials with him. After sexually assaulting the child, he threatened to cut off her finger to try to ensure her silence,
According to the police report, the mother of the victim became aware of at least one of the attacks and confronted Brzezowski. She did not, however, report the assault to the police at that time because Brzezowski promised it would never happen again.
In addition to the 12-15-year prison term, Brzezowski was sentenced to an additional 10 years probation and must register as a sex offender.


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"Give What You Have"
For no good tree bears bad fruit, nor again does a bad tree bear good fruit, for each tree is known by its own fruit. For figs are not gathered from thorn bushes, nor are grapes picked from a bramble bush. The good person out of the good treasure of his heart produces good, and the evil person out of his evil treasure produces evil, for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks. Luke 6:43-45
This story comes from the early days of division in East and West Berlin.
One day some of the folks in communist-controlled East Berlin took a truckload of garbage and dumped it on the West Berlin side. The folks of West Berlin could have retaliated and become involved in a garbage war.
Instead, they took a truck of canned goods, bread, and milk, and neatly stacked everything on the East Berlin side. On top of this stack of good stuff, they placed the sign that read, "EACH GIVES WHAT HE HAS."
How true that sign was.
People who are filled with gladness give their joy to others. Others, who have spirits of anger, jealousy, and greed, share those negatives with those around them. Each of us gives what he has, including God.
This leads me to observe that while the world seems to give us a lot of garbage, God has given us only love, and through His Son, forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life.
Each gives what He has. Knowing the truth of those words let me ask you a question: "Today, tomorrow, what will you give to God and your neighbor?" I pray it's good stuff rather than garbage, but I know each gives what he has.
From a devotion originally written for "By the Way"
THE PRAYER:Dear God, thank You for giving what You have, especially the gift of salvation through Your Son. Help me to give what I have. May it be good fruit through which Your love is shown to others. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
In Christ I remain His servant and yours,
Pastor Ken Klaus
Speaker emeritus of The Lutheran Hour®
Lutheran Hour Ministries
Today's Bible Readings: 2 Samuel 6-7 Psalms 30 John 1:29-51
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Hello Angels!
So, I'm a huge Imagine Dragons fan so when I saw that this had been released, I squealed a little. Taken from their most recent album, it has a different tone from their last few singles, namely Believer and Warrior (two massive singles that differ entirely to this).
I think it'll divide fans: the more fierce lyrics in past singles has what people have grown used to and I know I go to them for when I need the confidence boost. This on the other hand is more tender lyrically, showing vulnerability: a trend in singles this year apparently (which you'll know about if you read my last music review which I'll leave here).
The beginning few seconds packs the punch we're used to, the drums creating a heartbeat sound which sound like they'll lead us into battle (again, what we've gotten used to), to then be toned down by the acoustic guitar. Usually, I'd not think they'd merge well, but the contrast between them interests me. There's a fierce edge, but there's also a softer side, and seeing as the song is seemingly about love and the downsides of loving the singer (stop being silly Dan Reynolds, you're lovely). This being said: the downside is, that for the first few listens, that contrast was all I could really focus on. I wasn't listening to the music, I was too drawn in by all of the contrasting elements, which if separate would work perfectly, but when thrown together, it's just distracting.
That is a sad point, because lyrically. this song is so incredibly beautiful. The lyrics hit me to the core once I let them sink in, so the fact that they may go overlooked actually physically hurts me. Reynolds voice is full of emotion, but at the same time it's complex because he sounds almost distant, adding another layer, but this is a layer that works and I was crying out for throughout the whole of the song. This is where the divide comes in: for some people there may be too much going on to be listening to the lyrics properly, meaning that it will go over peoples heads completely and they may just write the song off. The lyrics relate to me a lot:
"Thank you for taking a chance on me, I know it isn't easy, but I hope to be worth it."
Look at those lyrics. Just one line taken from an incredibly well written song. They pack a punch, especially in the flow of the song where they're sang almost acapella. The thing is, the rest of the song is as powerful, but it gets drowned out: especially in the end with the random high notes that come in, making me feel like I'm in some dramatic opera or a battle on The Voice. Yes, those notes are hella impressive, but they seem out of place.
The band is incredibly talented: all instruments are played with precision and with thought, but they don't always mesh well together and I don't think this was the song to experiment on… To me, it should have been stripped back, if emotional layers are on show, a song should be more simplistic. I really hope there's an acoustic version somewhere, because that's what this song deserves: for the story and the lyrics to be heard without the unnecessary drama.
I'd name each musician one by one and go in and explain the elements I love but how they don't work together in full, but just look up the amount of members: I have to stop rambling at some point or this would be a small novel and not a review. But listen to it and separate each instrument if you can. They're incredibly well played, but together it sounds more like a battle than trying to put a message across. I get that the song can be seen as dramatic and it's a heart-wrenching song and they wanted it to stand out, but let the lyrics and the music do the talking toned down. Not everything has to be dramatic.
I respect the band a lot, and I had high hopes for this song. Do I love it? In a way yes, despite all of that, I do because those lyrics kill me, but I'm also slightly disappointed by it because it had the potential to be something amazing and even more beautiful. If it had been stripped back a little, I think it may have been one of their best.
Stay safe and stay happy, Angels!❤


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By Hwaa Irfan
The snowstorms that led up to the Christian festive season, was a blow for many. Increasingly there has been a tendency to escape the sorrows that raise their ugly heads to only remind one of the life that one has led in the past year. By escape, it has been a desire to escape from the country in which one lives, so that one does not have to face the disappointments, the disappointments that are reflected in the increased bout of drinking, and forms of abuse that take place between Christmas and the New Year.
Like mourning the loss of a loved one, there is no room for grief in certain western societies thus locking one into one's grief. This pervasive feeling is not discussed, explored or solved, because without bearing witness to it, one would not know that it exists – but it does!
These melancholic feelings may have been stronger this year after looking back on a year that may have questioned everything one has been told to be true. The platform that one has considered to be the means from which one advances into the world, the career, the income bracket – all compromised by forces that one in real terms cannot comprehend. The large cars that express the ego, with all the things that it can do at a flick of a switch, the world at a flick of switch seems to be switching off without ones finger to dictate on/off.
If one is lucky, one will have fellow mates to share the same melancholia, but in that sharing, besides not being alone with those same lies, one is becoming further, and further engrossed in the loss of what seemed real. The mourning seems real, because what one had was real – well what else is there!
When there is no room to explore or express the negative feelings that one is experiencing, if not is not too careful, one can be pulled down further by those feelings, especially if one had no idea that there is an alternative to what one thought to be real. In some societies, these negative emotions are normal, and are but a phase taking one from one end to a new beginning. There are even words to describe this feeling, and ways of processing those feeling, but words cannot express the inexpressible!
The Culture of Saudade
"Saudade" is a Portuguese word which frankly speaking like the negative emotions that one cannot shake off, is difficult to explain. It is an emotional state, the feeling of irrevocable loss, and a yearning for what has been lost. It is for something that cannot exist in the present or the future, a "nostalgic yearning for an impossible object." It is a word that arose out of the Portuguese maritime culture. Saudade has full expression in the Brazilian culture of today three centuries of Portuguese colonialism, and became an aesthetic movement of Portugal after WWII. If one thinks of the Palestinian in the Diaspora, hoping, praying, and singing about a homeland that they may never see again – this is "Saudade." The difference with saudade, is that there is a deeper acknowledgement of the sad truth!
And Marânus, looking at the bright mist,
Sweet dream of the sea, standing there,
Meditated: whiter goes the human dream,
When smoothed away from us, already dreamed?
And we become sadder and more alone,
Every dream that finishes, in the world.
And, every ethereal cloud that is shaped,
It becomes saltier the deep sea." – Teixeira de Pascoaes
The lack of presence of what one was longed for in one's life creates an inner emptiness that cannot be replaced for as long as one holds onto the longing. The concept of saudade has been alive in Brazilian culture since the 16th century for various reasons. It has become a source of inspiration for many Brazilian musical forms and poetry. There is a whole genre of music in Brazil around this notion of saudade has exemplified by the Brazilian musician, Chico Buarque de Hollanda on his song Pedaço de mim, in the lyrics. "saudade é arrumar o quarto do filho que já morreu." or "saudade is to tidy the bedroom of a son who has already died." In fact the meaning has become so prolific amongst those who feel that they are in some sort of exile that it has transmigrated through art forms across cultures.
When one grows up on the tradition of a music that has been slowly commercialized, and then hears the feeling of saudade has expressed through the Latin American genre of Bossa Nova by a Sufi drummer at a Naseer Shamma concert in the middle of Cairo, for like the emotion, the music haunts.
The expression of saudade in Brazilian culture today, takes place as a celebration on January 30th. The Day of Saudade is the day when one many commemorate the absence of presence… sounds strange, but if one was to ponder on the idea for a while, it makes perfect sense. In this way one gives room without being censored to what is missing in one's live in a way that makes the feeling apparent along with the pain, which one might not always understand. By allocating time for this, one can make tangible what may be a vague feeling, and then move on with the rest on one's life.
What Next!
In our longing, we are only creating more suffering as with any form of stagnation, life evaporates while we are under the illusion that we are living it. How does one know that one is part of the great conundrum, because it is affecting your life! All these global crises are nature's call for change, a change for something healthier, and more in tune with the natural rhythm of life. The limited horizons that we had set for ourselves are no more, because they were limited. It taught us how to be happy with what is, yet we were never really happy. It told us for so long how to be slaves under the illusion that we were free. We might find that the stories we told ourselves and each other can no longer be told, for those stories only constructed fears that walled us in. Just look how paranoid we have become of everything as soon as a derogatory word is spread.
If you have been waiting to exhale for so long, watch out, for now it is time to breathe, and as we expand our lungs with new breath, so we must expand our lives to more wholesome, and more balancing ways. Life is a school from which to learn from, and when we stop learning we stop living. By living the reference is not to the schoolbook information that we have been told for so long translates as knowledge, but to live our lives with meaning and purpose. Look back, and remember if you ever really wanted to be what you are now, if not, look out for the wind of change in your life, and get ready for new thoughts, eyes, opportunities, and learning what it really means to share joy and sadness – in other words get ready to breathe before the wind blows you away!
I have the sense that life is so much more than what I see and touch. The emotions of joy, loss, and longing engulf and almost overcome me.
"Then God's Spirit reminds me: There is a time coming when it will all be united and fulfilled: past and future. God will bring it all together. ALL of our loved ones, all those beautiful sunsets and sunrises, feeling the glorious breeze on a spring day as the cherry blossoms move in the wind, smelling the apple orchards in the fall and new mown grass in the summer, roses and lilacs, seeing and hearing a fire burning in a fireplace, feeling its warmth, the smell of guava, fresh pineapple, a rain storm coming on a hot day… the sound of waves and waterfalls and the heavens thundering a mighty symphony of sound mingling with a full symphony orchestra and choir singing the Hallelujah Chorus and we will be there experiencing a completeness never imagined.
"There is coming a time when you and I will no longer experience SAUDADES. Only joy, fulfillment, wholeness as the Son of God sits on His throne and we, men, women, children and all of nature, create a NEW SONG of delight in His presence that fills the heavens and all the universe!" – Voni Pottle
Feldman, L. "Aesthetics of Saudade." http://www.albaglobal.com/article-print-111.html
Pottle, V. "Voni in Brasil." http://manualoflife.com/voni/2009/10/28/saudade/
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New flickr Photo Pool
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I am trying to learn all I can about using flickr for a class I plan to teach at this summer for our patrons. I have set up my first group and am trying to create a photo pool. Hope some of you wil help me out so that I can use this as an example for when I teach the class.
Below is the description of the Group. Please join in!
About Library Blog Signs
A photo pool for bibliobloggers to post a sign made using a sign generator. The sign should represent their blog or something about themselves. Be creative ...
Go to a site such as www.customsigngenerator.com/ and create sign and then post it here to promote your blog.
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Or if your blog already has a logo or unique graphic of some sort, post that here so we can collect them all in one place. Be sure to include a link back to you blog in the description.
Your additions to the photo pool can be serious or funny... just hope to see that I am not the only, lonely member for much longer.
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O'Rourke announces 1st campaign hires in early voting Nevada
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is announcing his first campaign hires in the early voting state of Nevada
LAS VEGAS -- Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke is announcing his first campaign staff hires in the early voting state of Nevada.
The five staffers announced Monday by the former Texas congressman come months after other candidates in the packed Democratic presidential field announced their first hires in the Western state, with most of the top-tier campaigns boasting at least 30 paid staff.
O'Rourke, who has struggled to break out following his much-hyped debut in the field of White House hopefuls, has been relying on volunteers and traveling staff on recent campaign visits to Nevada, which has a nearly 30% Latino population and is seen as the first test of a candidate's appeal before a diverse electorate.
To serve as his state director in Nevada, O'Rourke has hired Marina Negroponte, who helped organize the Hispanic community for We Are All Human Foundation, a civil rights nonprofit, and who spent a decade working in international development for the United Nations.
O'Rourke's early states director is Abe Rakov, who recently served as president and executive director of voting rights group Let America Vote. The organization ran a 2018 volunteer campaign in Nevada and four other states on behalf of Democratic candidates.
O'Rourke's Nevada organizing director will be Sean Hoey, who worked on Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign and at the consulting firm co-founded by veteran Democratic strategist Jen O'Malley Dillon, who is O'Rourke's campaign manager.
Cameron Miller, who worked on several Nevada state legislative campaigns, has been hired as O'Rourke's Nevada political director, and Aman Afsah, who has been working for the Democratic Party of New Mexico, will be the regional organizing director in Nevada.


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This page provides a best practice example for standard 10 of Facing the Future: Standards for acute general paediatric services. The RCPCH Child Protection Standing Committee have developed this model for teams to have access to immediate advice and assessment from a paediatrician with child protec...
BPSU 'Orange Card' reporting scheme - applying to run a study
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BPSU Rare disease tea party - reports from past events
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Child health - A manifesto from RCPCH
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