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(Vatican Information Service) – After several months of development in conjunction with Aquinas and More Catholic Goods, the Holy See has announced a new payment system for Catholic businesses throughout the world. The new PaPal(r) system, while superficially similar to other payment processors, will have several features that the Holy See is sure will make it as big a hit with Catholics as St. Joseph House selling kits*.
The first feature is that the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, the developers of the Vatican website, will be offering daily prayers for everyone using the new service.
Second, all users will have the option of having a penny of each transaction given directly to the "Peter's Pence" fund.
Finally, all message sent using the PaPal(r) system will contain a brief Faith fact to help catechize those using the processor. The Faith facts are being developed with the help of Catholic Answers and Catholics United for the Faith (CUF), both located in the United States. "We were very happy to be invited to assist with this new project of the Holy See and Aquinas and More. It's rare that you get the opportunity to bring the Faith to so many people.", said Leon Suprenant, president of CUF.
"The new processor will be made available to the public on September 21st, the Feast of St. Matthew. We believe that any remaining bugs will have been exorcised by then," said Sister Judith, head of the Vatican web development team. "We are glad to have such a prominent Catholic on-line store like Aquinas and More be the first live site to use the service and hope that customers will choose our new service over other options that may appear similar."
When asked if another payment system might try to take the Vatican to court for using a similar processor name, Pope Benedict XVI replied, "Do you think the Swiss Guards just march around in striped suits carrying poleaxes for tourists? This is the oldest standing army in the world and they don't keep machine guns in the armory for show!"
*Aquinas and More Catholic Goods does not actually carry St. Joseph kits as we believe that St. Joseph is much more likely to help you sell your house by being put in a place of honor in your house instead of being buried upside down on the east corner of your property.


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The Communist Manifesto foresaw the predatory and polarised global capitalism of the 21st century. But Marx and Engels also showed us that we have the power to create a better world.
by Yanis Varoufakis
Part 4 - It is our duty to tear away at the old notion of privately owned means of production and force a metamorphosis, which must involve the social ownership of machinery, land and resources
If the manifesto holds the same power to excite, enthuse and shame us that it did in 1848, it is because the struggle between social classes is as old as time itself. Marx and Engels summed this up in 13 audacious words: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggles."
From feudal aristocracies to industrialised empires, the engine of history has always been the conflict between constantly revolutionising technologies and prevailing class conventions. With each disruption of society's technology, the conflict between us changes form. Old classes die out and eventually only two remain standing: the class that owns everything and the class that owns nothing – the bourgeoisie and the proletariat.
This is the predicament in which we find ourselves today. While we owe capitalism for having reduced all class distinctions to the gulf between owners and non-owners, Marx and Engels want us to realise that capitalism is insufficiently evolved to survive the technologies it spawns.
It is our duty to tear away at the old notion of privately owned means of production and force a metamorphosis, which must involve the social ownership of machinery, land and resources. Now, when new technologies are unleashed in societies bound by the primitive labour contract, wholesale misery follows. In the manifesto's unforgettable words: "A society that has conjured up such gigantic means of production and of exchange, is like the sorcerer who is no longer able to control the powers of the nether world whom he has called up by his spells."
The sorcerer will always imagine that their apps, search engines, robots and genetically engineered seeds will bring wealth and happiness to all. But, once released into societies divided between wage labourers and owners, these technological marvels will push wages and prices to levels that create low profits for most businesses. It is only big tech, big pharma and the few corporations that command exceptionally large political and economic power over us that truly benefit.
If we continue to subscribe to labour contracts between employer and employee, then private property rights will govern and drive capital to inhuman ends. Only by abolishing private ownership of the instruments of mass production and replacing it with a new type of common ownership that works in sync with new technologies, will we lessen inequality and find collective happiness.
According to Marx and Engels' 13-word theory of history, the current stand-off between worker and owner has always been guaranteed. "Equally inevitable," the manifesto states, is the bourgeoisie's "fall and the victory of the proletariat". So far, history has not fulfilled this prediction, but critics forget that the manifesto, like any worthy piece of propaganda, presents hope in the form of certainty. Just as Lord Nelson rallied his troops before the Battle of Trafalgar by announcing that England "expected" them to do their duty (even if he had grave doubts that they would), the manifesto bestows upon the proletariat the expectation that they will do their duty to themselves, inspiring them to unite and liberate one another from the bonds of wage-slavery.
Will they? On current form, it seems unlikely. But, then again, we had to wait for globalisation to appear in the 1990s before the manifesto's estimation of capital's potential could be fully vindicated.
Might it not be that the new global, increasingly precarious proletariat needs more time before it can play the historic role the manifesto anticipated? While the jury is still out, Marx and Engels tell us that, if we fear the rhetoric of revolution, or try to distract ourselves from our duty to one another, we will find ourselves caught in a vertiginous spiral in which capital saturates and bleaches the human spirit. The only thing we can be certain of, according to the manifesto, is that unless capital is socialised we are in for dystopic developments.
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The Monday Effect has been around nearly as long as the workers' compensation system that spawned it.
Historically, a modest but disproportionate amount of work-related injuries – particularly difficult-to-diagnose sprains and strains – are reported on Mondays compared to other work days. This suggests a certain percentage of individuals who are injured on their day off attribute their complaint to the workplace so they can be covered under their employer's workers' compensation insurance policy.
Weekend Warrior claims no doubt contribute to the Monday Effect, but there are other causes. One of the culprits is sedentary lifestyle.
People who are inactive during their leisure time tend to be more prone to injury on return to work, especially when their jobs require physical exertion. (Have you ever gone on a long plane or car ride and then tweaked your back lifting your suitcase?)
Moreover, with commuting to and from work, sitting virtually all day long and relaxing later at home, millions of American workers are at increased risk of injury as well as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, depression and other conditions that diminish productivity and even shorten lives, according to researchers at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
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It's too soon to fully understand the ACA's impact on the Monday Effect. However, as formerly underinsured or uninsured Americans gain access to basic health care coverage under the ADA, it is presumed they will use it for Weekend Warrior complaints rather than file false workers' comp claims.
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ACA: An act of unknown consequences for workers' compensation, article by Derek A. Jones, Milliman, July 20, 2013
Is Workers' Compensation Covering Uninsured Medical Costs? 49 Indus. & Lab. Rel. Rev. 690, 1996.
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Our cookbook of the week is Red Hot Kitchen by Brooklyn-based writer and photographer Diana Kuan. Over the next three days, we'll feature more recipes from the book and an interview with its author.
To try another recipe from the book, check out: XO sauce cashew chicken and enoki mushrooms with XO garlic sauce.
XO sauce is an instant flavour booster. The Hong Kong concoction has a relatively brief history – chefs created it in the 1980s – and depending on the maker, its flavour and texture varies widely.
"Even in Hong Kong nowadays, depending on where you go the XO sauce is always different. Some restaurants will make it not spicy at all to cater to patrons who have eaten Cantonese food their entire lives and don't like spicy food, and then other restaurants will make it very spicy," says Diana Kuan. "Some restaurants will make it very thin and other ones will make it more like a chunky paste. It's really interesting how differently everyone does it."
A mixture of dried seafood, chili peppers and bacon (in the territory, dry-cured Jinhua ham would likely be used), you'll need a steamer, food processor, and wok or skillet. Making it, Kuan adds, is a labour of love, which is why she designed the yield to be more plentiful than the eight other chili sauces in Red Hot Kitchen. (She also includes a vegan version in the book.)
"It's a little bit more difficult than some of the other sauces in the book but you just make a ton at once," she says. "The flavours are just amazing."
6 oz (170 g) dried scallops (see note)
3 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped
60 dried red cayenne, Japones or Tien Tsin chilies, coarsely chopped
3 fresh jalapeño or Fresno chilies
6 oz (170 g) dried shrimp (see note)
3 large shallots, coarsely chopped
4 oz (113 g) bacon, minced
1/3 cup (75 mL) vegetable oil
2 tbsp (30 mL) brown sugar
Step 1
Place the scallops in a steamer insert and fit the steamer insert into a small saucepan filled with 1 inch (2.5 cm) of water. Bring the water to a boil. Cover the pan and steam until soft, about 10 minutes. Transfer the scallops to a cutting board and save about 3/4 cup (175 mL) of the liquid in the pan. When the scallops are cool enough to touch, shred them by breaking them up with your fingers. Transfer to a food processor and process until they resemble very fine threads. Transfer to a bowl.
Step 2
In the food processor, combine the garlic, dried chilies, and fresh chilies and pulse until it resembles a paste. Transfer the garlic-chili paste to another bowl.
Step 3
In the food processor, pulse the dried shrimp, shallots and bacon until minced. Scrape out and set aside in a third bowl.
Step 4
In a large wok or skillet, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Add the shrimp/shallot/bacon mixture and stir-fry until the mixture is bubbling, very fragrant and starting to crisp up, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the brown sugar and cook until the mixture is slightly caramelized, another 30 seconds. Add the shredded scallops and garlic-chili paste and cook for another 30 seconds, then add the reserved scallop steaming juices. Cook until the liquid is almost gone, another 1 to 2 minutes. Allow to cool before transferring to glass containers for storage. The XO sauce will keep in a fridge for up to 1 month.
Makes: 4 cups (1 L)
Notes: You can save money by buying smaller scallops or shredded scallops.
Look for dried shrimp that have an orange hue as these will have much deeper flavour than the opaque white ones.
Find the dried shellfish at a local Asian grocery store such as T&T Supermarket (or online).
Excerpted from Red Hot Kitchen: Classic Asian Chili Sauces from Scratch and Delicious Dishes to Make With Them by Diana Kuan. Copyright © 2019 Diana Kuan. Published in the United States by Avery, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, New York. Reproduced by arrangement with the Publisher. All rights reserved.


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One year after his controversy with Matt Kuchar, caddie David "El Tucan" Ortiz is back at the Mayakoba Golf Classic.
He's just not with Kuchar this time.
Ortiz is on the bag for Rob Oppenheim this week at the annual PGA Tour stop in Playa Del Carmen, Mexico, filling in for his regular caddie, Dean Emerson. Oppenheim was a late addition to the event after Jason Dufner withdrew.
"I needed a caddie," Oppenheim said, via Golf Digest. "He lives here, was available and aside from everything that has gone on, I was looking for the best opportunity to play well. He knows the course and has had success here."
Ortiz filled in for Kuchar's regular caddie at the tournament last year, and the two sides agreed that he would be paid $5,000 for the week. Kuchar ended up winning the event, a $1.3 million payday.
While caddies are generally given 10 percent of a winner's check, Ortiz did not receive any additional money.
Naturally, when the story broke months later, there was immense backlash. It only grew when Kuchar — who has won nine times on Tour and earned more than $50 million — defended his decision to only pay Ortiz $5,000.
"Listen, I feel like I was fair and good," Kuchar said in February. "You can't make everybody happy … So I certainly don't lose sleep over this. This is something I'm quite happy with, and I was really happy for [Ortiz] to have a great week and make a good sum of money. Making $5,000 is a great week."
Kuchar eventually apologized and paid Ortiz $50,000.
Oppenheim, who has yet to win on Tour but recorded four top-10 finishes on the Korn Ferry Tour last season, met Ortiz for the first time on Thursday, one day before the delayed start to the four-day tournament.
Ortiz had been trying to find someone to caddie for all week. While others may not have wanted to deal with the controversy from last season, Oppenheim wasn't bothered.
Given Ortiz's track record at Mayakoba — he led Alex Cejka to a T9 finish there in 2017 — it was a no-brainer.
"It's not like he didn't want to be here," Oppenheim said, via Golf Digest. "Maybe some guys didn't want to deal with the [attention] of it.
"I didn't look at it that way. It was a good fit for me. [What Kuchar did] was last year. I just want to give myself the best chance to play well."
How much will Oppenheim pay Ortiz this week?
While Oppenheim didn't say specifically what he will be paying Ortiz this week, he said they agreed on an amount they both thought was fair.
"Whether it's him, or any caddie, you want to discuss what the expectations are and payments are and get that out in the open before you go to work," Oppenheim said, via Golf Digest. "But I would have done that with any guy."
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One of the cutest parts of Lathan's preK graduation: Lathan walks across the stage in the quiet church and stops to have his tassel moved from left to right… and from the silence you hear a childs voice scream at the top of his lungs, "YAY BUBBA!"
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Lathan's GraduationPosted: May 21, 2009 in family and friends
My Little Texas Garden – part 3Posted: May 20, 2009 in nature, texas
Echinacea purpurea – 'Magnus': 1998 perennial plant of the year… and probably my new favorite in the garden. It attracts so many butterflies and it has become so beautiful! It was a stubbly little thing when I bought it, without any blooms, but look at it now! In no time it has come into it's own.
Coreopsis auriculata 'Nana': They are the bright yellow flowers in the front and one in the back. The flowers spike out on long stems from the base of rounded leaves, sometimes called 'Mouse Eared Tickseed' because of the shape of the leaves. This is another of my all time favorites, because they are yellow (my favorite color) and they attract just as many butterflies as the Echinacea.
My 'Mont Blanc' Nierembergia scoparia (pronounced: near-im-BERG-ee-ah) seems much happier planted in the ground instead of that small hanging basket it was in before. Also sometimes called 'Whitecup' or 'Cup Flower'.
Tulbaghia violacea variegata – 'Variegated Society Garlic' or 'Silver Lace Garlic': this plant is SO cool! When it blossoms it will have a lovely branch of purple flowers on each stem. It smells nasty when you mess with it, but it is said to keep almost all insects away from it and any surrounding plants because of the odor. You can mulch the yellowing leaves and sprinkle them around the base of your plants… or if you eat what you grow, (I have not gotten to that point in my gardening yet) the leaves can be used in salads or for cooking, and the 'garlic bulb' lies under ground and can be used when your plant has propegated. It's called 'Society Garlic' because back a jillion years ago people thought it smelled less bad than traditional garlic, hence less bad breath, hence the polite 'society' garlic was named.
Pretty Pentas
Portulaca/Purslane (pronounced: por-chew-LAC-ah) Not sure which variety… many are common. I know it is not Moss Rose, probably Portulaca grandiflora. It's very pretty and the blossoms close up at night.
Earthquake in EulessPosted: May 16, 2009 in nature, texas
So today at work… I felt an earthquake. A baby earthquake (3.3,) but I FELT IT!
Once BittenPosted: May 14, 2009 in nature, texas
Class: Annual – House plant
Growth habit: Climbing or trailing vine
Plant Ipomoea Black Heart in full sun to light shade in fertile well drained soil. Feed monthly with a balanced liquid fertilizer. Once established 'Black Heart' is a vigorous grower that is well suited to containers or hanging baskets. Try growing one on a trellis and moving it indoors to a sunny window for the winter
New Guinea Impatiens
Colors – Apricot, burgundy, blue, orange, pink, red, rose, salmon,scarlet, violet, white, purple, lavender, deep pink and mix.
Flowering period – Mid June to mid October.
Height – Grows 12″ to 24″ tall (30 – 61 cm).
How to grow – Plant in sun or part sun.
Features – Large flowers on upright plants, variegated or dark foliage.
Soil – Fertile, sandy soil, rich in organic matter.
Spacing – Plant 15″ apart (38 cm).
Tips – Poor frost tolerance. Low maintenance flower. Do not plant in a hot, dry location. Requires frequent watering.
Uses – Use in beds, pots or containers.
Croton petras
Tropical house plant that will probably not be happy about sharing it's space with a bunch of flowers and vines… does well indoors and grows to a height of up to 5 feet (if it has some room… unlike mine!)
The Hibiscus flower will also not do well with the crowding, but hey I was thinking small time, IE: one season. (I am assuming you now what a Hibiscus flower looks like, therefore no pic)
Variegated Vinca
Has a lot in common with the regular Common Periwinkle. Both are excellent forms of ground cover, offering support and moisture for flowerbeds as well as adding stability for the surrounding soil. Both versions are low-growing evergreen vines, rarely topping 12 inches in height but spreading out much wider.
My Little Texas Garden, Part DeuxPosted: May 1, 2009 in nature, nostalgia, texas
It's only been three days since my last post full of garden pictures… I guess that tells you I have an exhaustively enthusiastic personality. But just look at all of my lovely new arrangements that I devised Wednesday. I guess I would rather think about gardening than the swine flu. Is anyone else freaked out? My Aunt's school district CLOSED. Mayfest was cancelled. They have a full on decontamination when I drop the kids off at daycare. I'm trying to tell myself not to be scared because 48,000 people die from the "regular" flu in the USA every year… and that Mexico doesn't have the same resources or situations as us… but now that I have kids I'm a total wuss. I don't want anything to happen to them. I would DIE.
So scared that my finicky Grace Ward is going to hate it's new spot out of it's cute planter it was so used to.
Hummingbird CollectionPosted: May 1, 2009 in favorites, nature, texas
It's a little peculiar that I have been surrounding myself with hummingbirds these last few weeks, like painting a mural on my friends wall with a hummingbird, wearing a hummingbird charm that my Aunt gave me, and buying two hummingbird cards the day of my craft show… All this and then last Sunday Peter, the kids, and I were gardening in the front yard and I hear Peter calling to me from the garage.
"Sara! Sara! Come here! LOOK! It's a baby hummingbird!"
I ran into the garage to see a hummingbird ramming itself into the garage window trying desperately to get out.
I said, "Peter, that's not a baby… that's just how big they get."
Then I tried to tell everyone to walk back out of the garage so I could scare it away from the window so it would fly back out. But as I put my hand near it, the poor little thing only exacerbated it's efforts to fly through the paned glass window.
I needed a new plan, and I tried to think what my parents would do in the same situation. And I immediately heard my mom's voice in my head saying, "LICE!" And my dad's voice saying, "wear gloves so your scent will not get on it."
Killing two birds with one stone (pardon the expression) I thought, gardening gloves! I'll just have to catch the poor little dear and take it outside the garage. I immediately grabbed my gloves and put one hand to the left of the hummingbird so it would concentrate on it, and then gently placed my other hand over the top of it. It landed in the center divider of the window and I scooped it up into my hands.
I called for the boys to hurry up and come watch as I let it go, but, to my surprise, it was so worked up be nearly having a hummingbird heart attack trying to fly through the window, that when I moved my hand to let it go it just sat there… it's little chest panting. It sat, and sat, and sat. Long enough for Peter to run inside and grab my camera, then run back inside after he realized the batteries were out, dig through 2 junk drawers for new batteries, erase pictures after he saw that my memory card was full…. and long enough for Lathan to run inside for his Fischer Price camera. After around 5-8 minutes it finally flew to a tree in our yard and rested another 5 minutes and then took off as quickly as he could.
Really though… what a coincidence. Pretty cool!!!
Part of Samantha's mural.
The cards I bought at the craft show.


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Symposium: Communicating the Science of Climate Change for Natural Resource Management Applications. Examples and Concepts for Success
Communicating science clearly and effectively is an essential step in the process of managing the impacts of climate change on our natural resources.
You may download the Discussion Session Graphic Notes and Briana's Symposium Summary
Session Coordinator: Deanne DiPietro, California LCC
Session Summary by Briana Abrahms, UC Berkeley
Discussion Moderator: Miriam Morrill, BLM California
Graphic Facilitation: Alison Kent, Listen-Ink
Speakers and Presentation Titles:
Carolyn Enquist
Presentation: "Toward optimizing the delivery of climate science for natural resource management: lessons learned from the recent adaptation efforts in Southern California" -- Graphic Notes
Adina Merenlender
Presentation: "Engaging the public through a community of climate stewards" -- Graphic Notes
Susan Rose
Climate Change Adaptation Specialist, Rose Climate Change and Environmental Services
Presentation: "Engaging Tribes in Climate Adaptation" -- Graphic Notes
Amanda Sheffield
Climate Scientist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Presentation: "Drought Early Warning Systems – making drought science available, understandable, and useable for decision making" -- Graphic Notes
Sam Veloz
Climate Adaptation Group Director, Point Blue Conservation Science
Presentation: "Scenario planning and incorporating uncertainty into management decisions" -- Graphic Notes
Tamara Wall
Associate Research Professor of Atmospheric Science at Desert Research Institute in Reno, NV
Presentation: "Using Narrative Stories to Understand Ecological Knowledge in the Great Basin" -- Graphic Notes


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The more "macho" the man, the more risks he took on the road, according to a study by Julie Langlois, a graduate student at the Université de Montréal Department of Psychology, who presented her findings at the annual conference of the Association francophone pour le savoir (ACFAS).
"Our hypothesis was that hypermasculine drivers, often referred to as macho, were more likely to take risks in order to catch a car," says Langlois. "We didn't tell test subjects to disobey the law, yet they knew others had accomplished the same task in seven minutes."
So what is a macho man? In 2004, an American researcher developed the Auburn Differential Masculinity Inventory, a questionnaire to identify such men. It comprised 60 statements such as "men who cry are weak," or "generally speaking, men are more intelligent than women." Men had to answer questions on a scale of one (strongly disagree) to five (strongly agree).
Results of the car simulator exam highlighted men's slight tendency for risk. Still, it was during interviews that a link between macho men and speed revealed itself. "Previous studies had shown that hyper-masculine men were more aggressive on the road," says Langlois. "But we wanted to take it further."
"Some men develop a passion for driving that can verge on the obsessive," says Langlois. "They consider cars to be an extension of themselves and they become extremely aggressive if they are honked at or cut off."
During testing, some participants disregarded how they were being evaluated on their degree of masculinity and caught the car within five minutes. Others caught the car in 12 minutes and were much less dangerous on the road.
Langlois' study found that aggressive behavior is deeply rooted in the male stereotype. Aggressive driving allows some men to express their masculinity, which could serve as a predictor of dangerous driving. Cars are often a vehicle by which character traits are expressed and preventing risky behavior is an issue of public safety.
On the Web:
- University of Montreal
- Université de Montréal Department of Psychology
- Association francophone pour le savoir
Media contact:
Sylvain-Jacques Desjardins
International press attaché
Université de Montréal
Telephone: 514-343-7593
Email: [email protected]


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The 2012 Butterfly Ball
On Saturday, November 10, 2012, Living Beyond Breast Cancer hosted a remarkable evening at our annual fundraising black-tie gala, The Butterfly Ball. Taking place at the
Loews Philadelphia Hotel in Center City, the Butterfly Ball guest list included some of the region's most influential business and social leaders.
For 21 years, LBBC has helped define the journey after a breast cancer diagnosis by providing one-of-a-kind educational resources and support services for women, their families and their caregivers. The money raised at The Butterfly Ball funds these services so that they can always be provided at little or no cost.
By attending the gala, you helped raise more money than ever to continue programs like our
toll-free Survivors' Helpline,
large-scale conferences and free teleconferences and the production of our expanding programs and
Presented by long-time LBBC supporter
White House | Black Market, The 2012 Butterfly Ball was co-chaired by Beth and Steven Haas, Jeanne and Sam Pace, Liz and Stephen Raynes and Nicole and James Robinson.
During the event, Stephanie Lawrence, Tyesha Love and Jackie Roth were presented with LBBC's Going Beyond Award. Debra Somers Copit, MD, was recognized with ourorganization's highest accolade, The Founders Award.
Funds raised at The Butterfly Ball are crucial to fulfill LBBC's mission to empower all women affected by breast cancer to live as long as possible with the best quality of life. LBBC is nationally recognized for our programs and services, which are as varied as the women and healthcare professionals who benefit from them. The Butterfly Ball is one of our most important fundraising events, and your support allows LBBC to continue to provide programs to anyone in need.
The year's Fund-a-Need effort benefited the
Cis B. Golder Quality of Life Grant, a program that provides small grants to women affected by breast cancer in the five-county Philadelphia area.
Brought to you in part by the generosity of our event partners.


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Fake Police Busted in Kano After Doing This Evil Thing to a Woman
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A fake police officer who dared to harass a woman in Kano, has been nabbed for the criminal act by real officers.
One Yakasai Mohammed who posed as a cop and extorted N100,000 from the mother of a suspect, has been arrested by the police in Kano.
Punch Metro reports that the illegal activities of the impostor was brought to an end after a complaint was made to the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit on July 27, 2017 by a female Kano resident.
The resident was said to have contacted the PCRRU after picking a PCRRU leaflet she found on the ground a day before.
The Head of the PCRRU, ACP Abayomi Shogunle, explained on Tuesday in Abuja that the leaflets were dropped over the city from a helicopter, adding that the flyers were in English, Hausa and Kanuri languages.
Shogunle stated that the complainant had reported to the police that her son was arrested as a robbery suspect in the Kwana Hudu area of Kano and remanded in Kurmawa Prison by the court.
According to Shogunle, the complainant had met the fake policeman, Mohammed, in court where he collected N100,000 from her on the promise that he would release the complainant's son, which he failed to do.
Shogunle said, "The case was immediately registered and the matter referred to the Commissioner of Police, Kano State for investigation and report.
"The said Mohammed was arrested and it was discovered that he is not a police officer or court official but an impostor who goes around courts in the Kano metropolis, pretending to be a police officer and a court worker."
The ACP said the suspect confessed to the crime, while the N100,000 he obtained from the complainant had been recovered.
"The money has since been returned to the complainant and Yakasai has also been charged to court for prosecution accordingly and remanded in prison custody," he explained.
Shogunle advised the public against paying for bail, stressing that it is free.
"We urge members of the public to immediately report any demand for bribe to the PCRRU, which is available 24/7 via telephones, emails and social media platforms," he added.
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Buell Neidlinger Quartet Live at Ravenna Jazz '87
with Special Guest Steve Lacy
K2B2 Records 3969
K2B2 Records
1748 Roosevelt Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90006-5219
Recorded at the Ravenna, Italy jazz festival in 1987, and including some of Thelonious Monk's classic compositions, this exemplary demonstration of post-bebop jazz presents five remarkable musicians at the very top of their game.
Leading the group is the legendary bassist Buell Neidlinger, a musician distinguished not only by the size of his talent—his extraordinary acuity, accuracy, intonation and tone—but also by what one writer called "the sheer, bewildering diversity of his resume."
Possessed of an uncanny affinity for virtually every category of music, Neidlinger, as a bassist and cellist, and in clubs, concerts, on records and for TV and films, has worked in every imaginable musical context from polka bands to the Boston and Houston Symphony orchestras. The people with whom he's played range from Lester Lanin to John Cage and they number among them such luminaries as Cecil Taylor, Ben Webster, Dick Wellstood, Tony Bennett, Herbie Nichols, Frank Sinatra, Barbra Streisand, Igor Stravinsky, Elvis Costello, Gunther Schuller, Billie Holiday, Lester Young and the Beach Boys.
Neidlinger takes a justifiable pride in his history and his ability to shine in any musical situation. But if he's a monster soloist (go immediately to "Epistrophy" and "Reflections" for confirmation) and not without an ego, his first purpose—the specific use he wants to make of his astonishing virtuosity—has always been to "serve" the music he's playing, whatever it is. And this attitude extends beyond his role as a sideman. It applies to bands that he fronts as well. He puts bands together, he says, to "play and promote other people's music." In this instance, Thelonious Monk's music.
Neidlinger regards Monk, with Ellington and Herbie Nichols, as the "greatest" of American composers, and bemoaning the fact that, because of their idiosyncratic nature, Monk's tunes—like those heard here: the riff-rollicking "Epistrophy," the intensely melodic "Reflections" (among the most beautiful of Monk pieces), the witty and humorous "Little Rootie Tootie" and the compellingly built "Criss Cross"—are largely neglected by current jazz musicians, he wants to correct this circumstance. "Monk is on a level that very few got to," Neidlinger says. "I mean in the sense that he created a sound and a concept. It was probably Monk who had the most to do with creating those tunes at Minton's Playhouse—to confuse guys like Coleman Hawkins—and which became bebop. I want to keep the tunes of Monk alive."
And the band that Neidlinger assembled to accomplish his objective is more than up to the assignment.
Nat Hentoff called the tenor saxophonist Marty Krystall, who's played with Miles Davis and Freddie Hubbard, "one of the most passionate, powerfully swinging, and just plain unselfconsciously original players in all of jazz." And Kirk Silsbee observed that "Krystall remains one of the strongest reed players in jazz. His mobility on the tenor and ability to retain a fullness in any register is formidable. He can slide effortlessly into the stratosphere and avoid the thinness that plagues so many overtone excursions. Just as quickly, he'll drop down into a low explosive note for an accent and be up the ladder again."
I would add that Krystall's ability to stir the emotions is matched by his stunning inventiveness. (His work on "Epistrophy," "Reflections" and "Criss Cross" offers especially salient examples of the breadth of his capabilities.) I always thought of John Gilmore as having been the best of the lesser known tenor players in jazz—until I heard Marty Krystall.
The late pianist Brenton Banks came from much the same musical background as Thelonious Monk, but as a gifted violinist as well as a pianist, he spent most of his career in Nashville where, as Concert Master and String Arranger for the likes of Patsy Cline, Chet Atkins and Elvis Presley, he attained something of a legendary stature of his own. In addition to his achievements in country music, Banks was an authentically creative and individuated jazz soloist (check out his right hand on "Epistrophy" and "Reflections") and, in Neidlinger's words, "a wonderful comper." He was also a venerated teacher who could claim Jim Hall and Hank Crawford as his students.
Billy Osborne has a connection to Neidlinger that reaches back to the '50s, when they accompanied Chris Connor and Big Joe Turner together. Of Osborne, Neidlinger says: "He's one of the greatest drummers I've played with—he's right up there with Philly Joe Jones. Coltrane and Miles wanted him to play in their bands." Osborne, who has worked with Ray Charles and Wes Montgomery among myriad others, is a bright and intuitive drummer, thoroughly versed in all genres of music from R&B to every species of traditional and modern jazz.
And Steve Lacy. If Neidlinger views this set as being more about Monk than about him, he also wants it to function as a reminder of the considerable artistry that was the late Steve Lacy's. Invited to join in on the gig, Lacy, an expatriate since the early '70s, came down from his home in Paris to play it. And renewing a musical relationship with Buell that began in 1955, when they both worked with Cecil Taylor (and later with Gil Evans and Jimmy Giuffre), he acquitted himself brilliantly.
Lacy, who single-handedly brought the soprano saxophone into modern jazz and in whose hands the instrument seemed almost to be an organic extension of himself, was no stranger to Monk. On the contrary, a devoted disciple of Monk since the late '50s (and a member of several of Monk's bands), Monk compositions, notably in a group he co-led with Roswell Rudd, had long been at the center of Lacy's repertoire. In fact, he had made of himself the leading interpreter of Monk tunes.
Recognizing, as he said once, that Monk's "harmony comes from the melody," Lacy's expertly composed solos never fail to respect this essential aspect of Monk and they are, everywhere here, beautifully structured—by turns heated and jagged, soaring and lyrical.
So played by elevated musicians, all of whom fully comprehend the intricacies and complexities of Monk's rhythmic, harmonic and melodic uniqueness, this is a ferociously exhilarating album that from the opening notes of the high-velocity "Skippy" (Monk's satiric take on "Tea For Two") crackles with energy and marvelous interplay.
Indeed, feeding, challenging and extending one another, these musicians make each of the tunes models of group interaction (listen to the astonishing unity and the wondrous exchanges on "Little Rootie Tootie" for a prime case in point), and they succeeded in producing a set that, in its entirety, yields new marvels with each hearing.
A master played by masters.


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What are those? You would think that sneaker designers would have learned their lesson after social media erupted into a weeklong impromptu roast last year when Under Armour released the Steph Curry Twos (my favorite name was the "Let Me Speak to Your Manager 5s").
Nah, bruh. The black Twitter sneaker-roasting session has resumed—this time over Chris Paul's latest offering from brand Jordan.
When the internetseseses caught sight of CP3's third-shift Waffle House-cook-inspired playoff kicks, everybody went in on them:
Of course, they brought out current news references to drag through the mud what looks like sensible footwear for a mall security guard:
And this one pic might tell the entire story of how Kendall Jenner ended that protest:
Thank God for black Twitter.
I would post more, but I need to run to the store to grab my uncle a pack of Newport 100s, a bag of pork skins and the new Chris Paul Jordans.


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Crystal Lake Hatchery is operated by SSRAA under contract to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Sport Fish Division. This contractual relationship is unique in Alaska in that SSRAA is contracted to carry out a program historically determined by ADF&G. SSRAA does not lease the site for its own programs. The hatchery is located 17.5 miles south of Petersburg just off Mitkof Highway near the city of Petersburg's hydroelectric power plant. The hatchery takes its name from Crystal Lake, the source of water for the power plant. The lake supplies water to the power plant and the hatchery uses water from the tailrace.
Crystal Lake Hatchery is one of the oldest currently operating hatcheries in SE Alaska. The hatchery began operations as a FRED Division facility (ADF&G) in 1973. The facility was first stocked with chinook from the Columbia River. As salmon enhancement was being developed under FRED Division, fish pathology and genetic integrity of Alaska fish stocks quickly became an important consideration. There were historic incidences of IHN Virus in the chinook stock from Washington; and in addition, the fish were not from Alaska chinook stocks. IHN Virus is a threat to chinook in Alaska, and at that time Alaska chinook stocks were not thought to carry the virus. Likewise, genetic protocol strongly suggested the use of local stocks in all enhancement activity. As a result, this first chinook stock was removed from Crystal Lake, the hatchery was totally disinfected, and FRED Division personnel began gathering chinook eggs at Andrews Creek, a tributary of the Stikine River.
Andrews Creek fish were used at the hatchery and spread from there as the initial stock used at many different chinook projects across SE Alaska.
There were several serious fish health problems at the facility during the late 1970's. Crystal Lake was where Alaska fish culturists first learned to work around disease issues like "Bacterial Kidney Disease" (BKD, now called simply KD) and "white spot". In the first years of the program it was not uncommon to lose close to 50% of the fertilized eggs and sac fry to "white spot". The disease is more an environmental condition caused by accumulated stressors: excessively warm water on the broodstock, excessively cold water on eggs and fry, spikes of gas super saturation, lack of minerals in the water, and etc. It is not an infectious disease. Ultimately fisheries scientists at the Western Disease Lab discovered that lack of minerals in the water made it difficult for chinook, more than other salmonids, to recovery from excessive stress. The water at Crystal Lake was virtually distilled. King salmon don't naturally occur in water with so little mineral content. The water was also excessively cold during the winter, and excessively warm water filled Blind Slough in front of the hatchery during some years when adults returned to spawn. Likewise, there were spikes of gas super saturation in the hatchery water supply each winter and spring. In 1980, after consultation with a fish physiologist at the University of Washington (Dr. Wedemeyer) ADF&G pathologists suggested adding calcium carbonate to the incubation water. This was done and by and large ended the issue with "white spot". This is still being done during incubation today.
At the same time white spot issues were being examined ADF&G pathologists were applying real-time screening for BKD among spawning adults, using fluorescent antibody. The fertilized eggs from infected adults were removed and destroyed. This is still being done in rare situations in 2009, though the incidence of KD has been dramatically reduced with the use of antibiotic treatment of heavily infected spawning populations.
Crystal Lake was chosen as a hatchery site because of the existent hydroelectric plant and water source. While initially this water source made the hatchery attractive, in retrospect the volume and quality of the water has limited the growth and on occasion the productivity of the facility. Today Crystal Lake has twice the raceways that it can effectively use; there is only enough water available to provide an effective flow for half the raceways when filled with normal rearing densities. Regardless, the hatchery has made a lot of adult chinook salmon across the years and the Andrew Creek Chinook Stock from Crystal Lake has been used in a number of large effective chinook enhancement programs across SE Alaska.
Fish from Crystal Lake are released in three different programs. The largest release (600,000 smolt) is at the hatchery site, into Blind Slough. Returning adults from this release are harvested by commercial trollers and local sport anglers. The sport fishery in Blind Slough itself can annually provide a harvest of more than 4,000 adult fish. There are few successful recreational bank fisheries for chinook in SE Alaska, and this is the largest. The adult fish returning to Blind Slough also serve as brood to continue production at the facility. The release into Blind Slough is a Sport Fish (ADF&G) funded project.
Another 450,000 Andrews Creek smolts are annually transported to Anita Bay for release. Adult fish returning to Anita Bay are harvested by commercial trollers and both net fleets, drift and seine. Historically very few of the fish released at Anita Bay have been harvested by recreational anglers. For a number of years this project has been funded by SSRAA.
In addition to the Andrews Creek fish, about 500,000 Chickamin River Chinook smolt are produced in Crystal Lake each year. This is a Behm Canal stock that is used exclusively by SSRAA in Ketchikan area releases. Chickamin River chinook eggs are transported from Whitman Lake Hatchery (SSRAA) to Crystal Lake each fall. Yearling Chickamin River smolt are transported from Crystal Lake Hatchery each spring to Neets Bay where they are fed in saltwater and released. Adults from this release contribute heavily to Ketchikan area sport fisheries as well as spring hatchery access troll fisheries, regional drift gill net fisheries as well as an early June terminal seine and drift harvest in the Neets Bay Terminal Harvest Area. The SSRAA cost recovery fishery cleans up the unharvested fish in late June through early July. This project is funded with both Sport Fish funds and by SSRAA.
Crystal Lake also produces about 150,000 Crystal Creek Coho smolt for release each spring. This production was included in the initial management plan as mitigation for blocking Crystal Creek to adult coho at the hatchery site. This program has also produced a number of fish across the years the hatchery has been operated. The fish are primarily harvested by troll gear and local recreational anglers, though some are caught in drift gear.
The hatchery has served many purposes across the years: an important role in the development of chinook culture in Alaska; a source of broodstock for many current larger chinook programs in SE Alaska; an insurance policy against broodstock shortfalls in other programs; and provided numerous fish in the recreational fishery creel as well as the commercial fisherman's hold. Individually, a chinook remains far and away the most valuable salmon to both sport and commercial fishermen. Though she may sometimes shows her age, Crystal Lake remains a critical factor in the enhancement of chinook fisheries across all of SE Alaska.


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Brewed Food Revolution Embarks on National Tour
Originally published in April 2016, view the original article here.
A food and beer revolution is primed to sweep the nation. No I'm not talking about food and beer pairing dinners, nor am I referencing cooking with beer. This runs much deeper. Brewed Food, which we've documented several times before on PorchDrinking, takes the entire brewing process and incorporates those elements in the very fabric of cooking. From malted barley miso to hop cured egg yolk, Jensen Cummings' food and beer revolution has sparked a new movement within the culinary industry.
Brewed Food officially kicks off its national tour this Tuesday night at 6pm at The Odd Duck in Austin, TX. The Austin stop will also feature beer from New Belgium Brewing, as well as Jester King Brewery as well as the entire Brewed Food experience. Jensen's next stop takes place in Portland, OR on April 19th followed by future stops in Los Angeles, San Diego and New York planned throughout the rest of the year.
For a chance to win two tickets to the Portland stop or any other future stops, subscribe to our newsletter by e-mailing firstname.lastname@example.com. Reply the the subject line Brewed Food and in the body include your first and last name as well as the upcoming city's Brewed Food event you'd like to attend.
Here's a sneak peak of Tuesday night's menu.
New Belgium 2016 La Folie
Wild yeast fermented soup dumpling & Tender Belly Pig Heart Yakitori / pedio-lacto yuzu kosho
New Belgium Fat Tire Amber Ale & Citradelic Tangerine IPA
New Style Sashimi / wort soy, hop cured egg yolk
New Belgium Trippel Belgian Style Ale
Tender Belly Pork Bugolgi / baechu kimchi, fermented cherry sriracha
Jester King Dichotomous
Gulf Fish / hop & spent grain sauce
Jester King Gotlandsdricka
Bone Marrow / beet, cricket miso
Jester King Nocturn Chrysalis
Spent Grain Cream Puffs / wort caramel
Written by: Tristan Chan


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- BỘ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO ĐỀ THI TUYỂN SINH CAO ĐẲNG NĂM 2007 Môn thi: TIẾNG ANH, Khối D ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút. (Đề thi có 04 trang) Mã đề thi 321 Họ, tên thí sinh:.......................................................................... Số báo danh:............................................................................ ĐỀ THI GỒM 80 CÂU (TỪ CÂU 1 ĐẾN CÂU 80) DÀNH CHO TẤT CẢ THÍ SINH. Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi câu từ 1 đến 10. Because writing has become so important in our culture, we sometimes think of it as more real than speech. A little thought, however, will show why speech is primary and writing secondary to language. Human beings have been writing (as far as we can tell from surviving evidence) for at least 5000 years; but they have been talking for much longer, doubtless ever since there have been human beings. When writing did develop, it was derived from and represented speech, although imperfectly. Even today there are spoken languages that have no written form. Furthermore, we all learn to talk well before we learn to write; any human child who is not severely handicapped physically or mentally will learn to talk: a normal human being cannot be prevented from doing so. On the other hand, it takes a special effort to learn to write. In the past many intelligent and useful members of society did not acquire the skill, and even today many who speak languages with writing systems never learn to read or write, while some who learn the rudiments of those skills do so only imperfectly. To affirm the primacy of speech over writing is not, however, to disparage the latter. One advantage writing has over speech is that it is more permanent and makes possible the records that any civilization must have. Thus, if speaking makes us human, writing makes us civilized. Câu 1: We sometimes think of writing as more real than speech because ______. A. writing is secondary to language B. people have been writing since there have been human beings C. it has become very important in our culture D. human beings have been writing for at least 5000 years Câu 2: The author of the passage argues that ______. A. everyone who learns to speak must learn to write B. all languages should have a written form C. writing has become too important in today's society D. speech is more basic to language than writing Câu 3: Normal human beings ______. A. learn to write and to talk at the same time B. learn to talk before learning to write C. learn to write before learning to talk D. learn to talk after learning to write Câu 4: According to the passage, writing ______. A. developed from imperfect speech B. is represented perfectly by speech C. is imperfect, but less so than speech D. represents speech, but not perfectly Câu 5: Learning to write is ______. A. not easy B. very easy C. easy D. too difficult Câu 6: In order to show that learning to write requires effort, the author gives the example of ______. A. intelligent people who couldn't write B. people who speak many languages C. people who learn the rudiments of speech D. severely handicapped children Câu 7: In the author's judgment, ______. A. speech conveys ideas less accurately than writing does B. writing has more advantages than speech C. speech is essential but writing has important benefits D. writing is more real than speech Câu 8: According to the author, one mark of any civilized society is that it ______. A. teaches its children to speak perfectly B. affirms the primacy of writing over speech C. affirms the primacy of speech over writing D. keeps written records Câu 9: Which of the following is NOT true? A. Writing has become so important in our culture. B. Writing represents speech, but not perfectly. C. It is easy to acquire the writing skill. D. Speech is essential but writing has important benefits. Câu 10: The word "advantage" in the last paragraph most closely means ______. A. "benefit" B. "rudiments" C. "domination" D. "skill" Trang 1/4 - Mã đề thi 321
- Chọn từ (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) có phần gạch chân được phát âm khác với ba từ còn lại trong mỗi câu sau: Câu 11: A. zone B. stone C. none D. phone Câu 12: A. cheap B. chemistry C. check D. change Câu 13: A. widen B. kitchen C. given D. ridden Chọn phương án đúng (A hoặc B, C, D) để hoàn thành mỗi câu sau: Câu 14: ______ he did not attend the English class, he knew the lesson quite well. A. Despite B. However C. In spite of D. Although Câu 15: Every member in Nataly's class admires her ______. A. dishonesty B. dishonest C. honest D. honesty Câu 16: The shirt in the window was ______ expensive for me to buy. A. too B. enough C. so D. such Câu 17: The air is not as pure as it ______. A. is used to be B. used to be C. was used to be D. is used to being Câu 18: The population of the earth is increasing at a tremendous rate and _______ out of control. A. why it will be B. are soon going to be C. they have become D. soon will be Câu 19: When I last ______ Jane, she ______ to find a job. A. saw / tried B. have seen / tried C. see / is trying D. saw / was trying Câu 20: ______, we couldn't go out because it rained. A. Unfortunate B. Unfortunately C. Fortunately D. Fortunate Câu 21: After a meal in a restaurant, you ask the waiter for the _______. A. prescription B. bill C. cheque D. receipt Câu 22: Medical researchers are continually looking for ways to control, ______ and cure diseases. A. prevented B. preventing C. prevent D. be prevented Câu 23: John never comes to class on time and ______. A. so does Peter B. neither doesn't Peter C. neither does Peter D. so doesn't Peter Câu 24: The students ______ to be at school at 3 p.m. A. were told B. tell C. have told D. told Câu 25: He couldn't get back _____ his car. He had locked himself out. A. on B. to C. in D. into Câu 26: Havy: "Thanks for your help, Judy." Judy: "______." A. Never remind me B. It's my pleasure C. With all my heart D. Wish you Câu 27: If I were in charge, I ______ things differently. A. would have done B. will do C. had done D. would do Câu 28: He bought all the books ______ are needed for the English course. A. those B. that C. what D. who Câu 29: The existence of many stars in the sky ______ us to suspect that there may be life on another planet. A. leads B. have led C. lead D. leading Câu 30: He is going to get married ______ the end of this month. A. to B. in C. on D. at Câu 31: It's said that he has ______ friends of his age. A. plenty B. few C. a little D. little Câu 32: Janet has left home and is ______ of her parents. A. depend B. independent C. dependent D. dependently Câu 33: "Just think, ______ 2 years' time, we'll be 20 both." A. under B. in C. over D. after Chọn phương án (A hoặc B, C, D) ứng với câu có nghĩa gần nhất với mỗi câu cho sẵn sau đây: Câu 34: The bread was too stale to eat. A. The bread was not fresh enough to eat. B. We cannot eat the bread because it was burnt. C. It was stale to eat the bread. D. Eating the bread was stale. Câu 35: "If I were you, I would go to see the doctor", David said to Claudia. A. David advised Claudia not to go to see the doctor. B. David advised Claudia to go to see the doctor. C. David told Claudia that he would go to see the doctor. D. David told Claudia to become a doctor. Câu 36: Unlike his sister, Bob exercises every day. A. Bob and his sister exercise every day. B. Bob's sister exercises every day, but he doesn't. C. Bob doesn't like his sister to exercise. D. Bob exercises every day, but his sister doesn't. Câu 37: John Smith is a farmer. I bought his land. A. John Smith, who is a farmer, bought his land. B. John Smith, who is a farmer, whose land I bought. C. John Smith, whose land I bought, is a farmer. D. John Smith, whom I bought his land, is a farmer. Trang 2/4 - Mã đề thi 321
- Câu 38: Barbara didn't wear the raincoat, so she got a cold. A. If Barbara worn the raincoat, she didn't get a cold. B. If Barbara has worn the raincoat, she won't get a cold. C. If Barbara wore the raincoat, she wouldn't get a cold. D. If Barbara had worn the raincoat, she wouldn't have got a cold. Chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) để hoàn thành các câu sau: Câu 39: Le: "I can't understand how you missed the exit." Tuong: "Well, it was so dark that ______." A. hardly could we see the road signs B. we could see the road signs hardly C. we could see hardly the road signs D. we could hardly see the road signs Câu 40: I am going to the hairdresser's ______. A. to have my hair cut B. to cut my hair C. to have cut my hair D. for to cut me my hair Câu 41: He has received several scholarships ______. A. not only because of his artistic but his academic ability B. because of his academic and artistic ability C. as resulting of his ability in the art and the academic D. for both his academic ability as well as his artistic Câu 42: ______, give her this map of the city. A. When Mr. Leat's wife arrived B. When Mr. Leat's wife arrives C. When Mr. Leat's wife will arrive D. When is Mr. Leat's wife arriving Câu 43: I wouldn't have got wet ______. A. if I had an umbrella with me B. if I have an umbrella with me C. if I had had an umbrella with me D. unless I had had an umbrella with me Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi chỗ trống từ 44 đến 53. Many parents believe that their children (44)______ be taught to read right after they have learnt to walk. This is fine if the child shows a real interest but (45)______ a child could be counter-productive if she or he isn't ready. Wise parents will have a relaxed (46)______ and take the lead from their child. What they should provide is a selection of (47)______ toys, books and other activities. Nowadays there is plenty of good (48)______ available for young children, and of course, seeing plenty of books in use about the house will also (49)______ them to read. Of course, books are no longer the only (50)______ of stories and information. There is also a huge range of videos, which can (51)______and extend the pleasure a child finds in a book and are (52)______ valuable in helping to increase vocabulary and concentration. Television gets a bad press as far as children are concerned, mainly because too many (53)______ too much time watching programmes not intended for their age group. Câu 44: A. could not B. must not C. had to D. should Câu 45: A. insisting B. starting C. forcing D. making Câu 46: A. decision B. competition C. pastime D. attitude Câu 47: A. bright B. stimulating C. adult D. expensive Câu 48: A. games B. amusement C. sense D. produce Câu 49: A. provide B. encourage C. provoke D. attract Câu 50: A. search B. site C. source D. basis Câu 51: A. assist B. watch C. enjoy D. reinforce Câu 52: A. perfectly B. worthily C. properly D. equally Câu 53: A. pay B. devote C. save D. spend Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi chỗ trống từ 54 đến 63. Alexander Graham Bell was born in 1847 in Edinburgh, Scotland. His father was an expert in phonetics. (54)______ a boy, Alexander became interested in sounds and speech. In 1870, the Bells decided to (55) ______ to America. They lived in Boston, (56)______ Alexander taught in a school for the deaf. There he began experimenting with a machine (57)______ help the deaf hear. While experimenting with this machine, Bell had an idea, "Why do not use electricity to (58)______ the human voice from one place to another?" He began to work on a new (59)______. For years, Bell and his assistant, Thomas Watson, worked day (60)______ night. They rented rooms in a boarding house. Bell was on one floor, and Watson was on (61)______. They tried to send (62)______ through a wire. Finally, on March 19, 1876, Watson heard these words very clearly: "Mr. Watson, come here. I want you." Watson rushed upstairs, ran (63)______ Bell's room, and shouted, "I heard you!" Câu 54: A. Be B. As C. Despite D. During Câu 55: A. move B. return C. leave D. take Câu 56: A. when B. where C. which D. why Câu 57: A. in order B. so that C. for D. to Câu 58: A. change B. go C. send D. get Câu 59: A. inventive B. invent C. invention D. inventor Trang 3/4 - Mã đề thi 321
- Câu 60: A. by B. or C. and D. after Câu 61: A. others B. other C. another D. the others Câu 62: A. speech B. letters C. telegram D. speaking Câu 63: A. into B. to C. onto D. in Đọc kỹ đoạn văn sau và chọn phương án đúng (ứng với A hoặc B, C, D) cho mỗi câu từ 64 đến 73. A pilot cannot fly by sight alone. In many conditions, such as flying at night and landing in dense fog, a pilot must use radar, an alternative way of navigating. Since human eyes are not very good at determining speeds of approaching objects, radar can show a pilot how fast nearby planes are moving. The basic principle of radar is exemplified by what happens when one shouts in a cave. The echo of the sounds against the walls helps a person determine the size of the cave. With radar, however, the waves are radio waves instead of sound waves. Radio waves travel at the speed of light, about 300,000 kilometers in one second. A radar set sends out a short burst of radio waves. Then it receives the echoes produced when the waves bounce off objects. By determining the time it takes for the echoes to return to the radar set, a trained technician can determine the distance between the radar set and other objects. The word "radar", in fact, gets its name from the term "radio detection and ranging". "Ranging" is the term for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set. Besides being of critical importance to pilots, radar is essential for air traffic control, tracking ships at sea, and for tracking weather systems and storms. Câu 64: What is the main topic of this passage? A. Alternatives to radar. B. Types of ranging. C. The nature of radar. D. History of radar. Câu 65: According to the passage, what can radar detect besides location of objects? A. Speed. B. Weight. C. Size. D. Shape. Câu 66: The word "exemplified" in the passage can be replaced by _______. A. "resembled" B. "justified" C. "illustrated" D. "specified" Câu 67: The word "shouts" in the passage most closely means _______. A. "shoots" B. "exclaims" C. "yells" D. "whispers" Câu 68: Which of the following words best describes the tone of this passage? A. explanatory B. imaginative C. argumentative D. humorous Câu 69: According to the passage, the distance between a radar set and an object can be determined by _______. A. the time it takes for the echoes produced by the radio waves to return to the radar set B. the time it takes for the radio waves to produce echoes and bounce off the object C. the time it takes for a burst of radio waves to produce echoes when the waves bounce off the object D. the term "ranging" used for detection of the distance between an object and the radar set Câu 70: Which type of waves does radar use? A. radio B. heat C. sound D. tidal Câu 71: The word "tracking" in the passage most closely means _______. A. ranging B. sending C. repairing D. searching for Câu 72: Which of the following would most likely be the topic of the next paragraph? A. The technology used by pilots. B. Uses of some technology. C. Other uses of radar. D. A history of flying. Câu 73: What might be inferred about radar? A. It has improved navigational safety. B. It gave birth to the invention of the airplane. C. It takes the place of a radio. D. It was developed from a study of sound waves. Chọn phương án (A hoặc B, C, D) ứng với từ/ cụm từ có gạch chân cần phải sửa trong các câu sau: Câu 74: A huge amount of tourists come to this city every year. A B C D Câu 75: She refused to tell us why was she crying. A B C D Câu 76: The film was so bored that all the audience had gone home before it ended. A B C D Câu 77: Many people have complain about the dirt from the factory. A B C D Câu 78: Folk artists have few or no formal art training. A B C D Chọn phương án (A hoặc B, C, D) ứng với từ có trọng âm chính nhấn vào âm tiết có vị trí khác với ba từ còn lại trong mỗi câu: Câu 79: A. comprehend B. religion C. understand D. engineer Câu 80: A. suppose B. attract C. forecast D. prefer ----------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- HẾT ---------- Trang 4/4 - Mã đề thi 321
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Reading Between the Lines: Need to Know's "Crossing the Line" Suggests a Reexamination of the Border Patrol's Culture – Rachel Stonecipher
Rachel Stonecipher
In 2012, a series of PBS investigations into Border Patrol abuses corroborated years of humanitarian volunteers' reports, finding that the agency's institutional culture cultivates a climate of medical neglect – and sometimes outright harm – toward migrant detainees. In July 2012, the PBS show Need to Know aired the second installment of its U.S.-Mexico border series "Crossing the Line," an investigation into abuses of migrants in Border Patrol custody. The program reported that agents in the Tucson Sector, the busiest of nine regional divisions of the Border Patrol on the U.S.-Mexico border, have been accused of thousands of physical, verbal, and sexual abuses against migrants who are usually deported before they can report the crimes. "Crossing the Line, part 2" focused on the problem of poor treatment during detention, while Part I addressed agents' excessive use of force. In light of my own research with humanitarian volunteers,[1] the two programs prove the frequency and injuriousness of abuse. Although PBS stops short of claiming that the Border Patrol's "war on illegal immigration" actually promotes harm against migrants, to some volunteers' dismay (including my own), "Crossing the Line" effectively conveys that abuse is an institutional problem that takes direct and indirect forms – including impunity.
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- In the early months of his second term, President Obama plans to swiftly seek a path to citizenship for most of the country's undocumented population as part of a comprehensive bill overhauling the immigration system.
- The Obama administration will soon introduce a waiver that can lift the 10-year bar on reentry into the country for undocumented spouses and children of legal residents, who are required to return to their countries of origin to be issued green cards. Previously an unavoidable Catch-22, the ban kicked in whenever family members left the country to retrieve their cards. This change suggests that administration is moving ahead on immigration reform through executive action in anticipation of a larger legislative battle in the months ahead.
- Following a public outcry driven largely by social media, the mother and brother of prominent Dream Act activist Erika Andiola, who had been arrested by ICE in Phoenix on January 10th, were released from detention. Read more…
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- Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced on December 21 that in fiscal year 2012, it deported 409,849 individuals, an all-time record high. In the same period, ICE audited a record number of companies for undocumented immigrants on their payrolls.
- Also in its year-end press release, ICE announced new "immigration hold" guidelines that aim to focus mainly on targeting serious criminals for detention. However, the memo states that mere "illegal entry" to the U.S. can justify a detainer.
- Colorlines.com reported that between July 1, 2010 and September 30, 2012, ICE deported nearly 205,000 parents of U.S. citizen children, comprising 23 percent of all deportations. Read more…


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The Marshfield Vampire
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Melvin, in a marriage he can't get out of, finds a vampire under his stairs and works out a deal that he hopes will unburden him from his obnoxious wife. What happens proves to be less than he'd hoped for.The Flip Side was born in the back isles of a retail store during a slow night at work. From there the series grew into a grand scale adventure that would take over a year to flesh out and create. This issue marks the close of the series and I want to thank all the people who gave their time to read the story. I hope that the ending to this adventure is found to be satisfactory!Summary:"It has all come down to this! Starla Knight and the other survivors of the Alliance shuttle crash must face off against Kujaens and corrupt Protectors as they fight for their chance at rescue, however, the news of an approaching comet means that living long enough to be rescued may not be possible. The final issue of The Flip Side series is a mad rush of action and a thrilling conclusion!!!"


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The long-term, trusting cooperation began with a pitch for the creation and production of the annual report. As a lead agency, AD AGENDA participates in almost all important communication activities of berlinovo. Together with other agencies we accompanied the renaming of the company and the development of the new brand berlinovo, developed the CD, responsible for the website and the intranet, created an app, shot various advertising and PR films, produced numerous publications, advertisements, social media appearances, supported corporate publishing, trade fair appearances and measures of internal communication and much more.
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Supporting the global efforts in strengthening the safety, security and resilience of Cyberspace, the Commonwealth Cybersecurity Forum 2013, organised by the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation. The ceremonial opening examined how Cyberspace could be governed and utilised in a manner to foster freedom and entrepreneurship, while protecting individuals, property and the state, leading to socio-economic development. Speakers of this session, Mr Mario Maniewicz, Chief, Department of Infrastructure, Enabling Environment and E-Applications, ITU; Mr David Pollington, Director, International Security Relations, Microsoft; Mr Alexander Seger, Secretary, Cybercrime Convention Committee, Council of Europe; Mr Nigel Hickson, Vice President, Europe, ICANN and Mr Pierre Dandjinou, Vice President, Africa, ICANN, added their perspectives on various approaches to Cybergovernance, with general agreement on the role Cyberspace could play to facilitate development equitably and fairly across the world.
Hosted by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications of Cameroon together with the Telecommunications Regulatory Board of Cameroon and backed by partners and industry supporters including ICANN, Council of Europe, Microsoft, MTN Cameroon, AFRINIC and Internet Watch Foundation, the Commonwealth Cybersecurity Forum 2013 seeks to broaden stakeholder dialogue to facilitate practical action in Cybergovernance and Cybersecurity, some of which will be reflected in the CTO's own work programmes under its Cybersecurity agenda.


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I am not posting a photo of this beer, because I am afraid that some of you will see a Shiner Holiday Cheer display in a store someplace, recognize it from the blog, not remember what I said about it, and buy some of this bottled shit. Flavored with pecans and Texas peaches, this manages to taste like chemicals, with a metallic aftertaste. It is sickly sweet and medicinal, almost as if a cough drop was dissolved in it, and that is the best part of this beer. Shiner is very much hit or miss, with more misses than hits, but this is a new level of crappiness. I would not even use this shit for cooking, which is my preferred method of getting rid of lousy beer. I am not going to grade this, but please avoid it at all costs.
On a more cheerful note, check out Marah covering A Fairytale of New York. It is only a fragment, but I like it:
This is the Pogues performing the song on Saint Patrick's Day, 1988 in London. I was at this show, and can pick myself out of the crowd in the shot at the end of this clip. I would point out which one was me, but then you'd all ask, "How'd you get so fucking fat since then?":


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|Now with 30% less running aground
|Dusk at the stuffed ABYC: Dragonfly or slow shutter speed? You decide.
|Mrs. Alchemy in repose contemplating how the proximity to a sewage treatment plant (and the evening Parade of the Brown Trouts) may have kept the ABYC's rent low enough for them to have such a nice facility.
|The Cabin Boy delves into obscure '80s science fiction and ice tea in an attempt to ignore LYRA-based revelries.
We just wanted to get away for the weekend on the boat, and threw together some food and T-shirts in a hurry. As for sailing, there has been very little wind, but the continuous motoring has provided plenty of juice to play with OpenCPN, a free and pretty decent nav program I am running on the rather basic netbook on which I'm typing this post. Even with the old version I'm running, the response is fast with a GPS "puck" and I got here without incident or worry, save for the vast field of waterlogged branches and tree trunks we had to dodge in the otherwise untroubled-by-wind waters.
|Observed: One of many tree trunks and branches washed into the lake. This sort of thing went on for about three miles and was considered notable enough to report to the Coast Guard, who promptly issued a "Notice to Mariners".
|Blurry, but amusing. Talk about a tactical advantage.
By the time we got to FBYC by steering for the massive tokenism of engineering, a 380-foot tall wind turbine behind the Pickering nuclear power plant, the wind must have been blowing a stern three knots. I was rather surprised to see that the entrance to Frenchman's Bay looked, well, like a French bay, well-constructed, obstacle-free and heavily issued with shiny aids to navigation.
|More benign and welcoming moles than a first edition of Wind in the Willows
This rather charming YC used to be hard to get to in a shallow and silty bay with a dodgy entrance. Someone has paid to lift the submerged seawalls above the level of the waves, and has carefully buoyed and presumably dredged out everything between the spars to what would appear to be seven feet of depth. May they profit from their efforts, as it's a nice quiet spot that is tidy and well worth a visit, so it seemed to me. Last time I was here, around 1999 looking at a Grampian 34, the place seemed to be more or less a swamp with a water feature. But it is now a doddle to reach; a nice beach is a short walk away, and three new Weber barbeques and a reasonably priced YC bar ($4.75 pints!) offer comfort to the wandering crew. They seem afflicted by the general malaise among Lake Ontario yacht clubs of an aging and therefore inevitably declining membership, so if any of my readers (assuming there are some) in the east end of Toronto or the west end of Oshawa/Whitby are looking for a good place to tie up, consider this a rare endorsement.
|Not seen: The other two squalls through which we had already driven.
|Not unusual for a warm day in August, we were squalled upon a few times, but clearly, others had it worse.
The return to Toronto the following day featured a couple of hours of actual sailing, despite the automated drone of the weather frequency informing us "GRIMSBY BUOY, 2 KNOTS, GUSTING 2 KNOTS", which is at best discouraging. The only problem was that the 10-knot breeze in question was coming directly from the end of the Leslie Street Spit extending into the lake, and which we had to round to get back into Toronto Harbour.
|We heard a few MAYDAYS on the VHF and saw a few boats coming out of clubs under full sail, only to tack about and head back to the dock when it became clear it wasn't a great day for sailing.
So there were many longish tacks until the skies darkened and we decided that motoring was the better part of valour. We kept the jib doused and secured on deck and the main up in a token attempt to perhaps resume sailing, but if the threatening stormy bits around us truly roused themselves, I wanted to be motoring in the direction of the end of the Spit and directly into the wave train, which were essentially the same bearing.
|Toronto, Mordor's summer getaway.
|Just before what I judge 30-35 knots hit. It was very similar to last fall's Brittany squall and lasted about the same 10 minutes.
After pushing our way around the corner into the Eastern Gap of Toronto's Inner Harbour, things quieted down very quickly as the extensive waterfront development can block a lot of gusting winds...or the squall line simply moved on to drench other regions. This gave us the chance to notice our surroundings, which included the oddest damn rainbow we had collectively ever seen:
|The black smudges are cormorants. The pinkish thing is a blob, not a bow, of rainbow.
|Best viewed with the Hallelujah Chorus playing in the next room.
|A slightly less worse shot showing the patchy, non-radiused aspects of the "rainblotch".
|Two colourful blobs of rainbow-like phenomenon for your enjoyment.
|The lower blob brightened before vanishing.
|Pretty, weird and pretty weird. Like a sundog celebrating Pride Week.
So if anyone has any ideas (ice crystals?), I would love to be educated on the topic of "blobs of rainbows". And yes, I realize the camerawork is poor, but it was not the weather nor in line with the helmsman's duties to be busting out the prosumer-grade lenses. My shorts are even now not entirely dried off.