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Urban SDG Campaign Mobilises Cities Behind the SDGs
Press Release issued by the UNSDSN
[22 September 2014] -- Sustainable cities and regions matter now more than ever. They hold the key to the future of our societies, our economy and planetary health. Through a series of bold and visionary actions, we can collectively grasp that future and make it real, for all people everywhere.
Today, more than half the world's 7.3 billion people and around three quarters of its economic output (over $50 trillion) are in urban centres of all sizes. These concentrate most new investments and most new jobs and so also most opportunity. Between now and 2030, almost all the growth in the world's population (over one billion people) will be in urban areas – mostly in Asia and Africa.
Yet, will these new urban dwellers be added to the current billion who live in slums or informal settlements with high levels of overcrowding? Most have no piped water connection and poor access to sanitation, drainage, waste collection, clean energy, education and healthcare. Close to 70 percent of greenhouse gases emissions come from urban consumers.
Is it possible to transform our cities, towns and regions, to both address the challenges of today and embrace the opportunities of sustainable development for our children tomorrow?
In the words of UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon "Our struggle for global sustainability will be lost or won in cities". Mayor Eduardo Paes of Rio de Janeiro, host to the 2016 Olympics said "…as a global mayor and one whose city is, who will forever be, linked to the global Sustainable Development agenda, I cannot stress enough the fact that without an urban goal the SDGs will be incomplete".
On September 22 in New York, at a meeting convened by the Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the global urbanSDG Campaign, ten of the world's leading cities representing all six continents will show how this struggle has been joined. Further, they will outline how it can be won through a new 'social contract' and partnership between countries, cities and regions, citizens and civil society and private enterprise.
The Mayors of New York City, Rio de Janiero and Paris will explain to UN Ambassadors, political representatives and private sector partners just what can be achieved by city and regional governments to achieve local, national and global sustainability.
They will outline the steps required to make the new development and urban agenda a reality for over 3.5 billion people now living in cities and towns, to: promote, full and productive employment; end hunger and poverty in all its forms; ensure healthy lives and well-being at all ages; ensure inclusive and equitable quality education; promote gender equality; build resilient cities with infrastructure able to protect them from climate change, ensure availability of water and sanitation and access to sustainable modern energy systems for all - a potential multi-trillion dollar transformative development and urban agenda under consideration at the UN, in national capitals and international institutions across the world over the next year.
Most important, they will reiterate their support for and outline concrete steps over the next 15 years to achieve the proposed UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG 11) to "make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable," that was adopted by consensus by the UN Open Working Group (OWG) in July 2014.
This came at the culmination of a year-long global campaign by hundreds of local governments and collective engagement of the world's leading urban groups and institutions around the urbanSDG Campaign that includes: C-40, Cities Alliance, Communitas, ICLEI, Metropolis, SDI, SDSN, UCLG, UN-Habitat, and WUC, working together to enable the convergence between the new development, urban and climate agendas, culminating in 2016 at Habitat III.


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My snow day craft project is finally done, and the snow is melting. Which is convenient, because I needed somewhere to put the canvas while I waited for the acrylic sealer to dry/air out, and I certainly couldn't use a snow-covered patio!
The finished project:
My inspiration was this (much better) two canvas piece from Kelly Hicks Design. For some reason, my paint always bleeds underneath the painter's tape. In this project, it's probably because I was supposed to use spray paint, and I used regular acrylic paint.
My art supplies:
1) Paint whole canvas in a bunch of different colors (I used mainly blues and greens with a bit of raspberry and purple for accent colors.)
Here are some progress shots:
2) Cut strips of painter's tape of the same size (This part is boring. Very boring.)
3) Tape them onto the canvas in a herringbone pattern leaving some out (I am apparently not very good with patterns, because I had to do the whole canvas herringbone and then peel a few off at the end, or I lost track of the pattern.)
4) Spray paint whole canvas in white. (You can try using acrylic paint like I did, but I'm not sure I'd recommend it.)
5) Finish painting edges of canvas
I hung it up in the kitchen, but I'm not sure I love it. I like the idea of it, but the messiness of where the paint bled under the tape, and some cracks that happened when I peeled the tape off are bugging me. I like having something above the sink, though, so I may make something else. Stay tuned!

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Document Clustering by Topic using K-Means and MDS
Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) is a method to convert sets of document terms into a data frame that can then be visualized. The distances expressed in the visualization show how similar, or dissimilar, the contents of one text are to another. This recipe deals with several advanced text analysis concepts and methods. Links are provided to additional information on these terms.
Panda Data frame: https://pandas.pydata.org/
TF-IDF: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tf%E2%80%93idf
Vectorizer: http://scikit-learn.org/stable/modules/generated/sklearn.feature_extraction.text.TfidfVectorizer.html
K-Means Clustering: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K-means_clustering
Multidimensional Scaling: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multidimensional_scaling
Dendrogram: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dendrogram
- Python 3
- Natural Language Toolkit (NLTK)
- Panda
- Numpy
- Scikit-learn (Machine Learning in Python)
- SciPy (Open-source Software for Mathematics, Science, and Engineering)
- Matplotlib (Plotting)
- A collection of electronic texts
- Sample code available on TAPoR
- Open the Python notebook and import NLTK, PANDAS, NUMPY, SCIKIT-LEANR, SCIPY and MATPLOTLIB libraries.
- Gather the electronic text content.
- Set a path for the destination folder of the novels.
- Save the titles and contents of the novels in separate variables.
- Append the file contents.
- Double check that the number of titles matches the amount of content.
- Prepare the text for cleaning.
- Import a stopword list.
- Import a stemmer tool.
- Create cleaning functions to:
- tokenize the text with the cleaning function.
- remove the stopwords from the text.
- remove proper nouns from the text.
- remove contractions from the text.
- Combine these functions together into one function.
- Apply the cleaning function to all the texts in the corpus.
- Create a loop that cleans each text separately.
- Append the cleaned files in a variable for tokenized text and a variable for stemmed text.
- Convert these lists into a Panda data frame.
- Use the stemmed list as an index.
- Use the tokenized words as columns.
- Convert raw data into TF-IDF features using Vecotorizer.
- Place the terms from the TF-IDF matrix into a variable.
- Calculate the similarities of the documents with Cosine Similarity
- Cluster the similarities with K-Means.
- Declare number of clusters.
- Store the document clusters into a list.
- Set up the results for plotting.
- Create a dictionary to hold the book title, content, and clusters.
- Print the Panda data frame.
- Examine the clusters and their contents (optional).
- Use MDS to group the clusters.
- Fit the model.
- Save the results.
- Set up the MDS cluster graph.
- Assign colours to the document clusters.
- Assign names to the document clusters.
- Create a function to produce and visualize the MDS graph.
- Display the MDS cluster graph.
- Graph the results with a Dendrogram.
- Create a matrix for the clusters.
- Set graph size.
- Set graph type and other labels.
- Display the Dendrogram graph.
Using document clusters with MDS provides not only visually striking graphs, but a deeper understanding of how texts in a corpus are related to one another. This is useful in projects comparing the works of a single author over time, or of a group of authors from the same genre or era.


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Closed-Loop Deep Brain Stimulation: Bidirectional Neuroprosthetics for Tremor and BCI
Herron, Jeffrey Andrew
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) has become a widely adopted method for treating a variety of neurological and movement disorders. However, current clinically deployed systems are open-loop and do not take into account the potentially intermittent nature of symptoms. By closing the loop with wearable sensors to directly sense symptoms such as tremor, we can determine not only when stimulation may be necessary but also estimate what intensity of stimulation should be used. By limiting stimulation to only the level needed, we can increase the battery life of the implanted devices and reduce exposure to unintended side-effects. To accomplish this, I have developed a mobile and wireless platform for investigating closed-loop DBS applications in ambulatory patients. The platform consists of a set of worn sensors communicating over Bluetooth to a host application running on a smartphone or PC. By taking advantage of sensed data including inertial measurements, electromyography(EMG) and local field potentials, host applications built on my research platform are capable of performing digital signal processing and data fusion in order to make control decisions. These control decisions can include enabling or disabling stimulation or modifying individual stimulation parameters (voltage, pulse width, frequency) in response to changes in neurological symptoms. These control decisions are then sent over Bluetooth to a Medtronic Nexus system which relays packets and control decisions to an implanted Activa PC or PC+S neurostimulator. By taking advantage of this real-time command link between the implanted device and the host application we can create a closed-loop DBS system for testing in human patients. To test this research platform, I have performed vanguard experimental work to use these closed-loop systems with both Essential Tremor and Parkinson's Disease patients. In Essential Tremor patients, I have used wearable inertial and EMG sensors to suppress kinetic tremor as the patient repeatedly performed a task that produced tremor. Two control methods were used with a patient at the University of Washington, one using an inertial-based tremor estimate to manipulate the stimulation amplitude and the second used EMG to selectively determine when clinical stimulation should be delivered. Additionally, by making use of the sensed neural data available from the Activa PC+S, we have been able to prototype brain-computer interface(BCI) tasks to teach the patient how to use motor imagery to control a cursor. In Parkinson's patients, I have developed systems to suppress rest tremor using both an inertial sensor and the beta-band sensed from the patient's subthalamic nucleus. Both of these systems were tested at Stanford University. This work represent some of the first experiments using where wearable sensors or neural-sensed signals have been used in this way with a fully implanted neural interface. As this project has moved forward it will allow for investigations into the clinical performance of long-term closed-loop deep brain stimulation and brain-computer interfaces. This future work will include developing system-identification experiments to develop models of symptom-stimulation relationships. This system modeling work will enable new patient-specific algorithms to be developed to improve the closed-loop DBS performance with either wearable sensor or neural sensing in the future. There is also a future opportunity to design a system that uses a BCI-triggered DBS algorithm to allow patients to use their BCI cursor control to manipulate their own stimulation level. The significance of this work will be in improving DBS patient quality of life through enabling DBS systems to provide selective therapeutic stimulation. This will allow implanted batteries to last longer or to be made smaller, and patients will only experience side-effects when the need their symptoms treated. The mobile systems I have developed will also be useful in expanding our understanding of neurological movement disorders treatable with DBS by providing consistent data collection and monitoring while patients continue their lives outside of the clinic or hospital. As these systems are clinically deployed, we anticipate that a large amount of valuable data will be obtained. This will facilitate dynamical modeling that will give new insight into the neurological basis of tremor and will expand the understanding of the underlying neural control problems that give rise to tremor disorders.
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I have to start by apologizing for my long and unexplained absence. Finals rolled in, then wedding stuff and work and a day or two slid into a week or two before I looked at my homepage and realized it had been weeks since I posted. I've really no excuse, other than a little bit of business and a whole heck of a lot of laziness. So, to those of you who check this blog from time to time hoping to see something new, I'm sorry.
Anyway, I thought I'd get my butt back into gear. These short rib and goat cheese empanadas were absolutely bursting in flavor, thanks in no small part to the delicious Pinot Szechuan sauce from The Czar's Fine Foods, which I won awhile back from Noble Pig and finally had the occasion to use.
Empanadas are admittedly quite a bit a work, but there are several ways you can cut it down so it isn't completely overwhelming. The first thing is to use leftovers, or mostly leftovers, for your filling. I already had some short ribs hanging out in the fridge from having some friends over for dinner, so it was as simple as chopping up some mushrooms, tossing with sauce, and adding a dollop of goat cheese to each empanada. The second tactic is to use pre-made empanada shells, if you are so inclined, or even puff pastry. You can also make the dough the day before and keep it refrigerated until you want to roll it out and assemble, which is what I did.
Regardless of whether you use all of the short cuts or none of them, these tasty mouthfuls of succulent beef and mushrooms with spicy, peppery sauce and tangy, creamy goat cheese are totally worth the investment.
Short Rib and Goat Cheese Empanadas
Empanada Dough:
4 cups whole wheat flour
1 tsp. salt
3/4 cup cold water
1 whole egg
1 egg white
1 tsp. vinegar
1/4 cup shortening
Lightly whisk together water, egg, egg white, and vinegar. Set aside.
Add flour to a food processor. A little bit at a time, while pulsing, add shortening. If necessary, add more shortening or flour to get a crumbly, moist consistency.
With machine running, slowly pour in egg and water mixture until dough just forms.
Remove from food processor and knead until dough comes together. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour, up to 24 hours.
Short Rib and Goat Cheese Filling:
3-4 leftover beef short ribs, shredded (for example, beet braised beef short ribs – the ones I used were braised in the slow cooker with pinot noir and some Pinot Szechuan sauce)
1/2 cup mushrooms, roughly chopped
1/4 cup Pinot Szechuan sauce (or substitute something like hot barbecue sauce or sriracha or Tabasco)
Mix together all ingredients.
Assembled Pork and Sweet Potato Empanadas:
Makes about 6-8 empanadas
Empanada dough, see above
Short rib filling, see above
1/4 cup goat cheese
1/4 cup olive oil
Kosher salt
Non-stick cooking spray
Preheat oven to 400º
When making empanadas, work with a floured surface and rolling pin. Roll out dough and, using cookie cutter (or, if you're like me and don't have them, a round bowl 6″ in diameter), cut into circles.
Place a heaping tbs. of filling (see above) in the center of the empanada dough. Add a tbs. or so of goat cheese. Brush edges with water and fold in half to form a half moon.
Crimp edges on both sides with a fork.
Spray a casserole dish with non-stick cooking spray. Add empanadas. Brush with olive oil and sprinkle with kosher salt.
Bake about 35 minutes or until golden brown.


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This series is heart-warming and full of good values and good advice. Cynthia,Father Tim's love interest is very patient with him as he finds his way to her. This book is a nice comfortable cozy read
My Favourite Character: Father Tim. He is such a vulnerable man who is searching for the right way.
Least favourite Character: Edith. A widow in need of a man, any man LOL
Favourite Part of the Story: The end
Least Favourite Part of the Story: Why did Father Tim let Cousin Meg get away with so much?
What was Missing: I would have liked a bit more about Dooley


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American markets rose again in Thursday trading as some of the world's most important central banks launched a coordinated effort to provide dollar liquidity to market participants through the end of the year. Thanks to this bold move by the ECB, SNB, BOJ, and BOE, as well as coordination from the Fed, the Dow managed to gain close to 1.7% on the day, beating out the tech-heavy Nasdaq which rose by 1.3% but failing to match the slightly higher gain from the S&P 500. In commodity markets, oil finished close to the $89.25/bbl. mark on hopes of more economic activity while gold slumped below $1,800/oz. as European fears continue to cool off. Other resources were more mixed as most energy products rose, almost all of the softs fell, and industrial metals rose broadly.
In currency trading, the U.S. dollar fell against most of the world's major currencies, sliding by about 1.4 cents against the euro and about half a cent against the pound. The dollar also saw weakness against the resource currencies as well, falling by about .7% against the Aussie dollar and 0.6% against the Canadian dollar. Big losses were also had against the Swiss franc, as one franc is now worth about $1.15 in dollar terms. Thanks to this move away from dollars and the return of the 'risk on' trade, Treasury bonds had a rough day too. The Two Year edged up to the 0.2% yield level while the Ten Year soared, adding nine basis points and finishing the day at the 2.09% yield mark.
One of the biggest ETF winners on the day was the Vanguard European ETF (VGK) which rose by 2.6% in the session. Today's surge was largely thanks to the infusion of liquidity by some of the world's key central banks, a move that helped to ease fears of a liquidity crunch in the short term. The agreement also helped to dismiss concerns over funding at some of the continent's biggest banks, especially French ones that were recently downgraded by Moody's. "This provision of U.S. dollar liquidity to European banks — channeled from the Fed via ECB, BoE, and SNB — confirms our view that policy makers are not asleep and have learned lessons from the post-Lehman credit tightening that caused unwanted bank de-leveraging," said Dan Dorrow, strategist at Faros Trading in Stamford, Conn. Thanks to this, VGK was easily one of the biggest winners in the ETFdb 60 on the day, adding to the fund's near term strength and helping to reverse its malaise from earlier in the quarter [see charts of VGK here].
One of the biggest losers in the ETF world was the United States Natural Gas Fund (UNG) which slumped by 3.4% on the day. Today's losses, which came on high volume of nearly 15 million shares, was largely the result of a bearish supply report from the EIA. In the weekly update, the organization stated that stockpiles of the vital heating and cooling fuel rose by 87 bcf for the week, beating out expectations which called for an increase of 80 bcf. This increase was a little below the year-ago period figures but was about eight bcf more than the five-year average, pushing traders to sell off contracts in the fuel after the report.
Nonetheless, thanks to a relatively hot summer, current stockpiles are a little less than the five-year average for the fuel, allowing UNG to gain back some losses before today's report. In fact, the often beaten down fuel is actually up 2.2% over the past four weeks and nearly 2.3% in the past week alone. However, with today's bearish report and the beginning of more moderate weather across much of the nation, UNG could once again resume its longer term trend downward in the months ahead [see more on UNG's Fact Sheet].
Disclosure: No positions at time of writing.


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Stono Ferry suffered a long, eight-year horse-racing drought until November, when the Charleston Cup returned to its grounds. The steeplechase featured beautiful horses and their jockeys racing around a track, jumping over fences and ditches. Attendees camped out along the course, showing off spreads of everything from Bojangles and Budweiser to catered canapes with the finest bourbon. Here's hoping we don't have to wait another eight years for more horse-racing action in the Lowcountry.
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You'd be hard pressed to find a brand that doesn't want to be seen as contemporary and cool. The problem is this often leads to the folly pursuit of cool agencies – and not necessarily agencies that do cool work.
The problem with a cool agency is its source of coolness tends to be a singular vibe. They're edgy! Dripping in art direction!! Hire that agency and you'll likely get the same thing over and over again. It's what they do, because that cool is who they are. I lived this first hand as the creative director of an agency renowned for comedy. Our first instinct on every client was the funny bone. In retrospect, it served us more than them.
A cool adjacent agency, by contrast, may not possess that singular cool. But – here's the critical bit – they are aces at strategy and creative platform ideas. And only then, relevance in hand, they know just where to look to bring the right kind of cool to your project.
Our agency cleansheet recently launched our CanadaSound album which was rewarded with a Silver Music Clio in the company of Drake, Elton John and Jay Z. None of us I might add can play an instrument, but we had the courage a big idea always bestows and simply went out and found the artists to make it sing.
Hire cool and you'll get what makes them cool – no more. Seek out a cool adjacent agency and you'll start with the foundations and creative ideas that will allow your authenticity to find whatever cool your cool should be.
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Over the past weeks, five groups of people have been threatened and sometimes robbed. Though nobody has been hurt, this is a sinister crime.
In all cases, the crime and the criminals appear to be the same. A group of three young men approach young people on their way home from Chaminade school, and threaten them, sometimes into giving up their phones and property. The first time, two young people were threatened, and the would-be muggers tried to steal the phones and jewelry of the teenage victims, who would not file police reports—perhaps because they were afraid of repurcussions. A week later, two more men were mugged, this time successfully, near the same place, just on the other side of Jane. They were, like the first group, accosted by three young men. That same day, another group of young men were threatened. It happened again last week. And this week.
Five times in all, young people on their way home from Chaminade school have been threatened by a group of three young men.
The school says, sensibly, that students should travel together, on main roads, without cell phones, and without wearing the bright yellow school colours. This reminds me of the behaviour of defensive herds under threat. Caribou do the same thing, and they leave the weak, the friendless, and the young to be picked off by the wolves.
And that tells us who the thugs are doing the muggings: predators.
My esteemed colleague, Roy, says that these are not muggings. I agree. Muggings are random. This is not random. Chaminade students seem to be singularly vulnerable and picked on by this small gang of thugs.This is not mugging; it is much more alarming.
I worry how this will end. I know how I would have dealt with a similar threat in high school, when I was unpopular, proud, myopic, and cocksure. Anyone mugging me would have been sorry they had—and I would have been sorry that I had made them so, though I can only see that now.
Your humble correspondent is usually strict about not reporting things outside of Weston; this time, we have made an exception, because it is important for local politics. Mike Sullivan has a private member's bill before the House that would not stop this crime, but would make it less profitable by making stolen cell phones useless. It is an uncommonly sensible, inexpensive, and well-designed bill—just the kind that should get the support of all parties, and all residents.


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Jake Johnson came across this week with his second rookie win in Late Models: a gritty challenge after starting eleventh on the field. The division has been blessed this year with three talented rookies coming in from SYRA ranks, and all three of them finished in this week's top ten – and Johnson topped them all. He and Ryan Kuhn have been disputing the Rookie of the Year honors, coming into this week in a virtual tie. Kuhn kept the competition tight with a third place finish and Mikey Toner made it in with a tenth place finish.
Toner and Jake's cousin Dan Johnson started off on the front row. Toner nabbed the lead after some first lap wheel-to-wheel, but Dan kept on him as Rey Lovelace pulled into third, ahead of Tom Scully, Jr. and Vinny Arrenegado. Vinny got under Scully, who got high in the turn and slid back. He wrestled with the car, but fell back rapidly. At mid pack, Kuhn was in a battling with John Paiva and they came under Scully, creating a three-wide. Jake, meanwhile, motored along in his starting slot for the first five laps.
At the front, Toner had Dan on his bumper while Arrenegado and Lovelace battled behind them. Gerry DeGasparre, Jr. had pulled into fifth. Dan looked to the outside but couldn't make progress. He looked underneath and Toner shut the door DeGasparre slipped past lovelace into fifth and Charlie Rose got underneath Lovelace.
Lap nine saw Dan finally get under Toner and to the lead as Vinny got under Toner as he slid back.
Jake had moved from eleventh to tenth and was still taking his time, running in place for seven more laps. Before getting by Lovelace.
A Nick Johnson spin brought lap 10 caution. Dan and Toner went side-by-side for a two laps
until Dan was able to retake the lead in turn two of lap 12. Arrenegado again got under Toner, who went around at the end of the backstetch.
Now, Dan Johnson had Arrenegado on his outside with DeGasparre and Rose as trailers. Nick Uhrig and Kuhn were row three. Jake was now appearing on the radar, outside Mike Mitchell in row four. Points leader Ryan Lineham was underneath Lovelace behind them.
Dan and Vinny ran door-to-door for a lap until Dan took the lead in turn two of the subsequent circuit. But Lineham had a tire cut down and spun. Lovelace was too close and was caught up in Linham's spin.
Dan and Arrenegado engaged in three laps of side-by-side racing. Arrenegado dropped under on the front stretch but Johnson seized the moment and took the front, sticking Arrenegado in second. DeGasparre had come into third and Uhrig was working below Rose with Jake following.
Jake summoned up his chutzpah and went three-wide underneath them to find himself on DeGasparre's bumper, in fourth on lap 21. They ran in this order until lap 26, when Uhrig took a 360 degree spin down the front stretch. He recovered and was about to continue, but caution had already flown.
Dan and Vinny now had Jake and Gerry behind them with Mitchell and Kuhn in row three. Dan nosed out with Jake on his bumper and Arrenegado battling on the outside. He nosed ahead but got loose and nosed down into Dan and they went around. Arrenegado's hood was pushed back, blocking his vision and he ran into the back of Jake. But Jake kept it straight and became the new leader for the lap 28 restart with seven laps remaining.
He had DeGasparre on his high side, while Mitchell and Rose followed with Kuhn and Jeramee Lillie holding down row three. Dylan Estrella and Tom Scully, Jr. followed. Jake immediately seized the front as Mitchell got under DeGasparre while Kuhn battled under Rose.
Jake became a skyrocket and immediately grabbed a three-car lead while three rows followed, two abreast. Jake went supersonic and forged a half-straight lead on lap 31. Mitchell nosed under DeGasparre the next time around and another lap had Johnson ahead of him by a full straightaway as Kuhn worked in under Gerry.
As the white flag flew, Kuhn took control of third, ahead of DeGasparre and Rose. Jake continued with his straightaway lead through the final lap to the checkers, a full 2.37 seconds ahead of the second place Mitchell. Kuhn grabbed third (continuing the virtual tie for Rookie honors with Jake) just ahead of DeGasparre and Rose rounded out the top five. Sixth went to Lillie, followed by Estrella, Lineham, Uhrig and Toner.


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Location and directions
The hotel is ideally located for the National Exhibition Centre, Birmingham Airport, Birmingham Business Park and Hams Hall Distribution Park which are all only a few minutes drive. The Midlands motorway links are close by with quick access to the M6, M42 and the M6 Toll Road. Coleshill Town Centre is only a few minutes walk.
Travelling by public transport
Please contact us if you would like to arrange a taxi for you in advance. We are approximately 3.5 miles from Birmingham International Airport and Station, and approximately 2 miles from Coleshill station (about a 20 minute walk).
Travelling from M42 (approx 2 miles)
North: Take Exit 9; A446 to Coleshill; go straight on at the large roundabout; go through 3 sets of traffic lights; after 3rd set of traffic lights go over the hill and at roundabout turn right into Gilson Road B4117. The Hotel is 100 metres on the right.
South: Take Exit 6; A45 to Coventry; A452(A446) to Lichfield; A446 Lichfield; at the third island turn left into Gilson Road B4117, the Hotel is 100 metres on the right.
Travelling from M6 North or South (approx 1 mile)
Take Exit 4; take A446 to Lichfield; at first roundabout go straight on; at second roundabout (police station on the right hand side of the island) carry straight on towards Lichfield; at next roundabout turn left into Gilson Road B4117. The Hotel is 100 metres on the right.
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The 34-year-old veteran spent 93 games with the Kings, who acquired him in February 2018. Phaneuf scored 16 points and racked up 68 penalty minutes, but the former Maple Leafs captain occasionally sat as a healthy scratch last season for the first time in his career.
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WITH THE 102ND DIVISION IN GERMANY—What do you do while you are waiting to be court-martialed for an offense having to do with a bottle of calvados (as the French call applejack) and rude words with a major? Well, when Pvt. Mark Pullam was in this unenviable position, he whiled away his time helping take a Nazi pillbox.
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Pullam's pillbox was a Nazi troop shelter, large enough to hold a company. It was a square, squat box of reinforced concrete four feet thick, surmounting a ridge where it could give plenty of trouble. It was up to Lt. William O'Brien of Arlington, Mass., to knock it out. Pullam, of Woonsocket, R.I., was a volunteer on the detail; so was Pfc. Charles W. Kirk of Newell, S. Dak.
Their team had one advantage: a demolition man had reached the pillbox earlier and blown its outer door. He had run out of explosives before he could take a crack at the second door leading to the inner chamber. Then Pullam had a try.
Ten riflemen held the line for him on his first attempt, but they weren't enough. Jerry was laying down so much fire that two of the riflemen were wounded and had to be pulled out. Pullam meanwhile moved into a trench that ran around the pillbox. He reconnoitered it and made his way to the outer chamber. At the end was a grilled door. Pullam thought he heard some movement.
"Somebody's in here," he called back to a rifleman just outside the shelter.
"Ja," came a guttural answer from inside.
Pullam figured the Jerry was warning the others, but he still wanted a good look at the chamber. He stuck his head around the corner and almost into the bore of a German rifle. The German jumped back, then fired and missed. Pullam retreated fast to the open air.
He knew the pillbox lay-out now. Next try he tossed a charge into the chamber against the far door and touched it off with a hand grenade. Smoke kept pouring out until the sun went down, and by that time it was too dark to tell how much damage had been done.
Six Americans were left around the pillbox. They took refuge in the surrounding trench and built mud barricades. As a full moon swing up through the sky, it robbed them of their protective shadow. They could see vague shapes moving in on them. One man covering the communications trench was hit twice by sniper bullets. They knew the Germans were just around the corner.
The German attack started at 0200 hours. A short time later a runner oozed out of the mud with orders for the Americans to retreat if attacked. They didn't lose any time getting out. Their attempt to blow up the shelter was temporarily halted.
Pullam went back to his platoon CP. Lt. O'Brien was there, and they decided the job should be tried again in the morning. Pullam dragged himself into a corner and tried to grab some sleep.
By 0830, O'Brien, Pullam and Kirk had run and crawled through timefire to the foxholes underneath a haystack from which they planned to launch a second try. They brought with them 12 charges of composition C2, dynamite, caps, primacord, fuses, igniters, time fuses and TNT. There would be flame throwers in the hands of the infantry.
Kirk and Pullam, together with a volunteer who had offered to carry some of the stuff, crowded in one foxhole under the haystack. Lt. O'Brien was in another. The infantry moved in while Pullam and Kirk, crouching in their hole, talked over the lay-out of the shelter. The dough-feet were backed by six Sherman tanks, but one Sherman nosed into a shell crater and stuck there. When the infantry reached the pillbox, the three combat engineers took off on their stomachs—Pullam leading, followed by Kirk and O'Brien.
"The infantry did a damn good job of covering us," Pullam said later. "We made it to the shelter okay, and the lieutenant and me followed the trench to the shelter door. Kirk sat in a corner covering us. Lt. O'Brien reached around to push open the outer door. Just then I saw some kind of movement inside and grabbed for him. He was kneeling forward, holding himself up by his hand. A shot zinged between his hand and my foot and missed us both."
"I could see the inner door was open and partly sprung, and I figured the Jerries were shooting through there. So we moved back and opened up with hand grenades and flame throwers. We kept yelling at them to come out, us and the infantry guys. We were really giving them hell."
The Germans yelled back in good English that the door was jammed, but the Americans didn't bite. They knew someone had come out during the night to close the outer door.
"It didn't look like they were going to be smoked out," Pullam went on, "so I grabbed two bags of explosives and started off for the opening. I was scared stiff, but I knew if I didn't do it, Kirk or the lieutenant would and I didn't want them to. I poked my head around the door, the smoke helping to conceal me. I gave the bags a swing and heaved them in right next to the door. Somebody threw in hand grenades and—boom—out came that door sailing through the air like a maple leaf."
"Pullam almost went nuts for a minute there," Kirk said. "He must have been too close to the concussion. I had to grab him to keep him from going in after the Jerries. I held him and yelled in his ear, "Give them a chance to come out first!" At the same time the infantry guys were all yelling to the Jerries."
And the Jerries came out. There were 22 of them—not old men this time, but young Nazis. The first one through the door could talk English. Pullam started to walk the prisoners back to the U.S. lines, all except one whom Kirk held back to help him inspect the shelter and to field-strip some German weapons to show they weren't booby-trapped. The shelter was packed with guns and ammunition.
Pullam had gotten his prisoners about 60 or 70 yards from the shelter when the Germans from other emplacements opened machine-gun fire on their own men. None was hurt. Pullam dived into a shellhole on top of a dead GI. Then he climbed out and rounded up his prisoners again.
That evening, Pullam and Kirk were fingering through a helmetful of trinkets in the basement of an Army-occupied farmhouse. The helmet held souvenirs they had picked up in the captured German shelter. "Look at this," said Pvt. Pullam, rummaging through the odds and ends. "Here's an American Good Conduct Ribbon. I never thought I'd get one of these." And he went back to sweating out his court martial.


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This past weekend I had the opportunity to travel up to Cape May, NJ to attend Kaitlin Noel Photography's Workshop! I have been stalking Kaitlin on Instagram and Facebook for over a year now! hahah! Without sounding too creepy…….have you ever seen someone online that you just adore and are drawn too? Like their energy and personality just exudes from their online presence? Well, that was Kaitlin for me! Not only is her work gorgeous, but WHO SHE IS just makes her stand out from the crowd! When I saw that she was offering a workshop, I just knew I had to be there!! So my husband and I loaded the kids up in the van and traveled up to BEAUTIFUL Cape May. Words cannot describe what it was like to be there. It was such a quaint and lovely place. The streets were lined with Victorian homes, colorful buildings and horse drawn carriages! It was straight out of a movie! I could go on and on about how adorable this city was. I look forward to going back in the future. 🙂 There are so many things I want to say about this trip, but I'll keep things short. Here are a few images from the styled shoot part of the day. I only got to take a handful of images because I had to leave early to catch the Cape May Ferry back home at 6pm. I bawled like a baby. Why? Because the set up was so beautiful and I was so sad that I had to leave and wouldn't be able to take part in it! I cried. How embarrassing is that? ha! So, here is what I have! 🙂
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Over a hundred Chinese Troops in UN uniforms at the mall today!!Located close to NSA HEADQUARTERS in MD.
My son who just graduated from high school this past year,was at our local mall for many hours today.This mall is by Ft.Meade Army Post/NSA headquarters in MD.He does not like to discuss anything like this,so I was surprised when he told me he saw over a hundred Chinese military men,walking around today.I asked him to describe the uniforms and they were clearly U.N.He said the soldiers spoke Chinese to each other and when speaking to store clerks,spoke perfect English.Time has just about run out! Thank you for all you do for our precious savior Jesus.
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- Physics - Unit 1
- 1. Energy Transfer
- 1.1: Infrared Radiation - Heat energy transfer by electromagnetic waves; emitted by all objects; direct correlation of heat with emitted infrared radiation.
- 1.2: Surfaces and Radiation - Dark, matt surfaces emit and absorb more radiation/heat than light, shiny surfaces; lighter surfaces reflect more radiation.
- 1.3: States of Matter - Flowe, shape, volume and density are used to define states of matter; particles in a solid are connected and fixed; particles in a liquid are connected and fluid; particles in a gas are unnconected and free-moving.
- 1.4: Conduction - Metals are the best conductors of energy (ALL ENERGY - NOT JUST ELECTRICITY) as they have fixed structures and free electrons; non-metals such as wool and fibreglass are the best insulators as they do not contain free electrons.
- 1.5: Convection - circulation of a fluid (liquid or gas) by heating it; heat makes it less dense, causing it to rise and cool.
- 1.6: Evaporation and Condensation - Liquid into gas; gas into liquid; cooling by evaporation is due to fast moving molecules are released.
- NOTE: Earth's water cycle is a continous example of evapouration and condensation. Ocean -evapouration-> Cloud/Cloud -condensation-> Rain/Rain -precipitation-> Surface water/SW - run-off-> Ocean
- 1.7: Energy transfer by design - Rate of energy transferred depends on size, shape, volume, SA, material, contacting materials, delta temperature between the object and surroundings.
- 1.8: Specific Heat Capacity - The greater mass of an object, the slower its temperature increases; the delta temperature depends on: energy supplied, mass, and shc.
- NOTE: Typical specific heat capacities - Water: 4.2 J/g/degrees C, Ethanol: 2.5, Copper: 3.85, Diesel: 2.05
- 1.9: Heating and Insulating buildings - Energy transfer can be controlled by: loft insulation, wall cavity insulation, double glazing, draught excludeds; U-values (E/s that passes through 1m sq when Delta temp°C is 1°C) can be used to compare materials - the lower the U-value, the more effective the material is as an insulator.
- 2. Using Energy
- 2.1: Forms of Energy - Energy exists in different forms (Chemical, Kinetic, Potential); it can change from one to another; when an object falls, the grav potential decreases and the kinetic energy increases.
- NOTE: The most common forms of energy are - Thermal (Infrared, Heat), Kinetic (Movement), Potential (Gravity), Chemical (Electrochemical), Sound, Friction, Elastic, Electrical, Electromagnetic, Nuclear.
- 2.2: Conservation of Energy - ENERGY CANNOT BE CREATED OR DESTROYED, JUST TRANSFORMED; conservation applies to all ordinary energy changes.
- 2.3: Useful Energy - Useful energy is energy in the correct place and form that is required; any lost energy is wasted; both useful and wasted energy are transferred to the surroundings WHICH WILL ALWAYS HEAT THE SURRONDINGS, REGARDLESS OF FORM.
- 2.4: Energy and Efficiency - The efficiency of a device = useful energy/total energy supplied in %; No machine can be more than 100% efficient; measures to make machines more efficient include reducing friction, drag, resistance., etc.
- 2.1: Forms of Energy - Energy exists in different forms (Chemical, Kinetic, Potential); it can change from one to another; when an object falls, the grav potential decreases and the kinetic energy increases.
- 3. Electrical Energy
- 3.1: Electrical Appliances - Appliances can transfer electrical energy into useful energy; everyday uses include heating, lighting, creating light, sound, and movement.
- 3.2: Electrical Power - Power is the rate of energy transfer, measured in Watts (W), Kilowatts (KW) or Megawatts (MW); P = E/time.
- NOTE; WATTS are just measures of power. KILOWATT HOURS is a measure of energy supplied, allowing the Big Six to overcharge us.
- 3.3: Using Electrical Energy - A kilowatt-hour is the energy supplied to a kilowatt appliance in one hour - although not all appliances are 1 kilowatt exactly; E = P x time; total cost = no. kWh x cost per kWh.
- 3.4: Cost effectiveness matters - CE means getting the best value for money out of something - this is dependent on material, quality, production costs and transport; running costs and environmental costs are also dependent on the Green Energy rating of an appliance.
- 4. Generating Electricity
- 4.1: Fuel for Electricity - Electricity generators are driven by steam turbines; coal, oil and natural gas are the three most common burned in power stations; Uranium or Plutonium are used in nuclear power; biofuels include Methane (CH4) and Ethanol (C2H5OH)
- 4.2: Wind, Tidal and Hydropower - Wind turbines capture wind energy (and unfortunate birds) and convert it into power; wave generators are floating generators powered by the movement of the waves; hydroelectricity generators are turned by water freefall through the inside of a dam, turning the generator; tidal power stations trap tidal surges and gradually release it again, generating power.
- 4.3: Solar and Geothermal - Solar cells are flat solid cells that convert light energy directly into electricity; solar heating panels use the Sol's heat to heat water; geothermal energy comes from energy released by reactions deep within Earth - water pumped onto hot rocks underground produces steam to drive the turbines.
- NOTE: Iceland are the world's largest supplier of geothermal energy, thanks to their island being situated directly on top of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
- 4.4: Energy and the Environment - Fossil fuels produce increased levels of greenhouse gases (400 ppm or 0.04 %), which destroys the ozone and can cause global warming; nuclear fuels produce no emissions other than radioactive waste; renewable energy resources can have a devastating effect on plant and animal life.
- NOTE: The most infamous nuclear disaster of all time is when Reactor No. 4 in Chernobyl went into meltdown and exploded killing 31 people, irradiating thousands of others and making the surrounding area uninhabitable for the next 20,000 years. More recently, the Japanese Tohoku earthquake and tsunami caused three of the six reactors at Fukishima nuclear plant to also go into meltdown.
- 4.5: The National Grid - the National Grid is a network of power plants, control stations, cables and transformers across the UK that distribute and control both fossil and renewable energy to the country; step-up transformers are used to increase voltage from power stations to grid levels, and step-downs are used to decrease the voltage into the mains; a high grid voltage reduces energy loss and makes the system more efficient.
- NOTE: Countries which rely more and more on green energy have weaker, less reliable grids; due to the fact that most green energy is temperamental.
- 4.6: Energy issues - Gas-fired power stations can meet variations in demand when and where needed; nuclear, coal and oil can meet base-load demands; whilst wind, solar, tidal and to an extent, geothermal, cannot.
- 5. Waves
- 5.1: The Nature of Waves - Waves are used to transfer energy and information.; transverse waves vibrate at right-angles to the direction of energy transfer; longitudinal waves vibrate parallel to the direction of energy transfer; mechanical waves, which need a medium to travel through, may be t-waves or l-waves.
- NOTE: All electromagnetic waves are transverse.
- NOTE: Sound waves are an example of longitudinal waves
- 5.2: Measuring Waves - For any wave - its amplitude is the height of the wave crest/trough from 0; its frequency is the no. of crests passing a point in one second; its wavelength is the s from one crest/trough to the next.
- 5.3: Reflection - For a light ray to be reflected by a mirror: the angle of incidence must be between the incidence ray and the normal; the angel of reflection must be between the ray and the normal; the law of reflection states that the angle of incidence = the angle of reflection.
- 5.4: Refraction - 'the change of direction of waves when they cross a boundary into a different density;' when a light ray refracts as it travels from air into glass, the angle of refraction is less than the angle of incidence; when a light ray refracts as it ravels from glass to air, the angle of refraction is greater than the angle of incidence.
- 5.5: Diffraction - 'the spreading of waves when they pass through a narrower gap, or around an obstacle;' the narrower the gap is, the greater the diffraction is; if radio waves do not diffract enough, radio and TV reception will be poor.
- 5.6: Sound - Human hearing ranges from 20 Hz to 20,000 Hz (the upper limit decreases with age); sound waves are vibrations that travel through a medium. They cannot travel a vacuum (eg. space); echoes are due to sound waves being reflected by smooth, hard surfaces.
- 5.6: Pitch - The pitch of a note increases if the frequency of the sound waves increases; the volume of a note increases if the amplitude increases; vibrations created in an instrument when it is played produces sound waves.
- NOTE: Different instruments achieve vibration by different means: strings by the bow and string, wind by the reeds, brass by the mouthpiece.
- 5.1: The Nature of Waves - Waves are used to transfer energy and information.; transverse waves vibrate at right-angles to the direction of energy transfer; longitudinal waves vibrate parallel to the direction of energy transfer; mechanical waves, which need a medium to travel through, may be t-waves or l-waves.
- 6. Electromagnetic Waves
- 6.1: The Electromagnetic Spectrum - Waves of different lengths, across the spectrum; the wave speed equation is used to calculate the frequency or wavelength of electromagnetic waves.
- NOTE: In order of longest to shortest wavelengths - radio, micro, infrared, light, ultraviolet, gamma, X-rays.
- 6.2 - Light, Infrared, Microwaves and Radio Waves - White light contains all the colours of the visible spectrum; Infrared is used for carrying signals from remotes and optical fibres, microwaves carry satellite TV and mobile phone connections, radio waves are for TV broadcasting, radio comms and WiFi.
- NOTE: Different types of electromagnetic radiation are hazardous - microwaves can cause internal heating whilst UV can cause skin burns.
- 6.3: Communications - Radio waves of different frequencies are used for different purposes as wavelength affects reach, spread, speed and amount carried; further research is needed to evaluate rumours of whether mobile phones are safe to use; optical fibres are very thin wires used to transmit signals by light and infrared radiation.
- NOTE: Optical fibres are very useful as they can transmit multiple signals at once along the same 'wire' as long as all signals are at a different angle under 84 degrees, to a minimum of 0.1 degree.
- 6.4: The (Increasingly) Expanding Universe - Red-shift is the shift to longer wavelengths of light, useful for calculating the distance and speed of galaxies and clusters around us; the greater the red-shift, the faster the galaxy/body is moving away from us.
- NOTE: All galaxies and clusters are moving away from each other because the Universe is expanding. The rate of expansion has recently increased - and no-one knows why (DUHN-DUHN-DUHN!).
- 6.5: The Big Bang - The Universe began with The Big Bang from an infinitesimally small point known as The Singularity; it has been expanding ever since; C(osmic) M(icrowave) B(ackground) R(adiation) is electromagnetic radiation created just after the Big Bang, allowing us to date it to 13.8 billion years; CMBR is the definitive proof of The Big Bang as there is no other way for it to have been created.
- NOTE: The Big Bang was not so much an explosion as a sudden and colossal inflation of The Point or Singularity over the first few seconds of The Universe.
- 6.1: The Electromagnetic Spectrum - Waves of different lengths, across the spectrum; the wave speed equation is used to calculate the frequency or wavelength of electromagnetic waves.
- 1. Energy Transfer
- NOTE: The Big Bang was not so much an explosion as a sudden and colossal inflation of The Point or Singularity over the first few seconds of The Universe.
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Archdiocese adds deputy director to child protection staff
The Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis has tapped another person from the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to serve in its Office of Ministerial Standards and Safe Environment.
Janell Rasmussen began Feb. 17 to work as deputy director alongside the office's director, Tim O'Malley, former BCA superintendent.
"This position is our investment in both fulfilling the Ramsey County settlement agreement and setting the stage for long-term change, and embedding the processes that we're putting in place to make sure that they're going to last, that they'll withstand the test of time," O'Malley said.
In December, the archdiocese reached a settlement with the Ramsey County Attorney's Office related to a civil petition it filed in June alleging the archdiocese failed to protect children in the case of former priest Curtis Wehmeyer, who pleaded guilty in 2013 to sexually abusing two boys at Blessed Sacrament in St. Paul in 2010.
The 24-page agreement outlines child protection measures the archdiocese has already implemented or has promised to implement, and Ramsey County's oversight of those measures for three years. Seeing this through will be one of Rasmussen's responsibilities.
"Janell brings a skill set that we need now," O'Malley said, citing Rasmussen's extensive senior leadership working with legislators, attorneys, law enforcement and victim advocates.
Rasmussen, 40, has worked in public safety for the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul — her alma mater — and the BCA, where she served as program administrator and coordinated the state's AMBER Alert program.
"The archdiocese couldn't have found a better advocate for ministerial standards and safe environment," said Patty Wetterling, mother of Jacob Wetterling, whose 1989 abduction remains unsolved. "She is brilliant at providing training, accurate communications and building a very successful program that has led the nation in expansion and creativity. Most of all, you won't find a more caring individual who is committed to building community safety."
Robert Hoever, director of special programs for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, called Rasmussen a "passionate advocate" and "innovative in her effort to keep children safer."
Rasmussen said she is "excited to be a part of the change that's coming and the work that's currently being done in the area of child protection."
"Hearing about the work that everyone [in the archdiocese] is doing to move forward and to build the trust back up was very encouraging, and I think there are a lot of opportunities," she said.
Rasmussen grew up Catholic attending St. Theresa Church in Mapleton. She lives in Wisconsin with her husband and two children, ages 10 and 12. Both children attended St. Francis Catholic Elementary School, where Rasmussen's family continues to be involved.
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Call me Random. Random McRandomton this week. Next week's entry will be one of the more controversial of all and will get you talking on Monday AM. The working title: M.M.O.M. You'll see. For this week, just a mish-mash.
Now…TWIB Notes!
–A leftover from last week: Working in the arena, we occasionally get to see some big-names walking around even though they mostly are kept at bay for obvious reasons. Last week though, WWE wrestler Triple H was in the house doing some press for a pay-per-view that is happening here in May. Anyone that knows me understands that I used to have an obsession with wrestling, watching up to 10 hours a week at the highest point. I became a part-owner of a wrestling promotion that never got off the ground. I was addicted, but then with time, the storylines made me lose interest and the talent wasn't allowed to actually perform to the best of their capabilities. I won't go into further details which I'm sure would excite you to no end, but know that I basically have scaled back quite a bit. Still, meeting Triple H (even though I believe he's played a huge role in the industry's collapse) would have been a huge thrill.
So there he was, 10 feet away just sitting on a couch reading a magazine. And I couldn't muster up the nuts to go shake his hand. Why? Not sure. Even when he walked past me upstairs, I was speechless and frozen. I couldn't even muster a 'Hey, how are you doing?' I've met some famous people before, but had nothing in the courage tank. I talked about it afterward to some friends and we came to the conclusion that just going up to a celebrity and introducing yourself for no reason is a bit of an intrusion on them and also kind of awkward.
This aspect of celebrity fascinates me: their job is to entertain people and this somehow makes them untouchable in the normal day-to-day interactions with other people, not by their own hand but by people like myself who think they wouldn't even care to meet a fan. I often wonder what would happen if I became famous. I hope that I would take the opportunity to seek other people out and say hello rather than wait for them to come to me. I'm sure everyone says that, but ends up covered up by publicists, assistants and makeup people. Someday, I'm going to work on a 'Level of Celebrity' column to really distinct who's untouchable and who should be offering to buy you a beer in any situation (like every MTV reality 'star'). In the end, I'm sure HHH would have been cool with a handshake, a minute of conversation and the offer for me to become his man-servant…I mean, good friend. So I didn't meet Trips and felt like a heel for not breaking through the fan barrier. Maybe next time…
–Speaking of celebrity, I caught the first few episodes of Project Greenlight, the show that gives struggling writers/producers the chance to make it big through getting selected to make a movie. Ben Affleck, Matt Damon and a jerk named Chris are the producers. While the show angers me every time I see it due to its painting everyone in Hollywood as pretentious a**holes, the head-shaker of this season is a now laid-back Affleck. Decked out in an awkwardly-adorned backward hat, trendy t-shirt, camoflauge paints and new beard, Ben wins the 'I'm trying too hard to act like I don't care' award. What happened to this guy? He had a good run a few years ago and was one of those male actors that crossed over to women that wanted him and guys that thought he'd be cool to hang around. Did J-Lo ruin him this badly? Was that the turning point?
Anyway, that's my Ben Affleck thoughts. Hope you enjoyed them. And if you want to get your blood boiling, watch Project Greenlight which does a great job at making you hate the people that make movies.
–It's Sunday night and more people from That 70s Show are on Hollywood Hold 'Em. I have a feeling that the True Hollywood Story on this group will be pretty good. There's a lot going on there. I've seen the show twice, by the way.
–Is it time to look for a new job when your boss says, "You know, you're at a crossroads in your career"?
–Thoughts on vodka and Red Bull: being drunk and wanting to play basketball all at the same time. My new favorite drink, even though it helped add to me not knowing how to work my cell phone Saturday night. I was going to text somebody and realized I had no idea how to do it. Two words: Black. Out.
–On a final note, while it was sad to see UMaine go down in the NCAA Frozen Four tourney, it was satisfying to see UNH lose again and also the Duke Blue Devils collapse. It's UNC time, baby!
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
Cooking Thursday
Southwestern White Chili
1 tablespoon butter
1 cup chopped celery
1 green pepper, seeded and finely chopped
1 onion, finely chopped
3 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cooked and diced
1 jar (48 ounces) Great Northern Beans
2 1/2 teaspoons cumin
1 jar (16 ounces) salsa
4 cups chicken broth
8 ounces cheddar cheese
Melt butter in skillet over medium heat. Saute celery, onion and green pepper until translucent.
In stockpot or crockpot, combine chicken, beans, cumin, salsa and chicken broth. Stir in celery mixture. Simmer uncovered in stockpot for about an hour stirring occasionally, or in crockpot for 6 hours on low. About 5 minutes before serving, stir in cheese and allow to melt.
11 comments:
- Arlene @Nanaland said...
It is chilly here this morning Mari...that chili would be a good idea for supper.
- November 16, 2017 at 8:42 AM
- Jennifer Hays said...
This looks so good. I love white chili. I will add this recipe to my list. Thanks, Mari!
- November 16, 2017 at 9:03 AM
- Changes in the wind said...
- November 16, 2017 at 9:13 AM
- Jenny said...
Wow I don't have a recipe for white chili. This sounds awesome. Thanks, Mari! xoxo
- November 16, 2017 at 9:38 AM
- Sally said...
Thanks, Mari. I haven't had this before! :)
- November 16, 2017 at 11:07 AM
- Terri D said...
This one went into my private cache of recipes on Pinterest! Yum!!
- November 16, 2017 at 3:06 PM
- Marilyn @ MountainTopSpice said...
I love the fact that this soup can be made ahead and enjoyed in the evening! It looks scrumptious!
- November 17, 2017 at 11:25 AM
- Cherdecor said...
A perfect meal for this kind of weather.
- November 17, 2017 at 2:23 PM
- carrie@northwoods scrapbook said...
That sounds so cozy & yummy for my cold rainy/snowy northwoods right now! I've never made a white chili - just traditional. I need to try this! Xo
- November 17, 2017 at 4:45 PM
- Phoebes World said...
Oh that looks so yummy...Hubby would love it. Another one for the recipe box
Phoebe x
- November 18, 2017 at 11:21 AM
- Joyful said...
That looks like the perfect chili for a cold and dreary day. I made some chili too but the kidney bean kind. I love your little cartoon also. Have a Happy Thanksgiving Mari.xx
- November 19, 2017 at 4:18 PM


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Have you ever watched a pendulum swing? As a child, I found it mesmerizing. The old grandfather clock in my friend's living room kept perfect time, swinging first to the left and then back to the right with a gentle "tick-tock, tick-tock" while the seconds, minutes, and hours marched unrelentingly into the future, turning it into the present. To this day, I am still fascinated by the phenomenon of time and the swinging of pendulums.
Since the fall of man in the Garden of Eden, humanity tends to react much like a pendulum by swinging too far to one side and then over-correcting their response too far to the other. Sadly, Christians also find themselves stuck in pendulum mode. The fire-and-brimstone preachers of the last century have been succeeded by fluffy evangelicals who find it necessary to gloss over the seemingly harsh aspects of the Gospel. "Judge not" has become a favorite Scripture verse and "love" is promoted as paramount to principle. As the pendulum swings back, "fearless defenders of truth" randomly drop harsh comments all over social media, blasting anyone who dares to differ. Case in point: the recent death of the well-known atheist, Stephen Hawking.
It's easy to bravely promulgate our opinions when we're sitting in the comfort of our own home, typing our "expert critiques" for the internet's worldwide stage. Random people respond and engage. We shoot back with a well-aimed quip, YouTube link, web article, or Scripture verse. The discussion can last for days, weeks, even months. Back and forth the battle rages—just like the pendulum in my friend's living room. Dear warriors, allow me to ask: Are we more concerned with reaching an eternal soul or winning an argument?
The servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient; In meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. 2 Timothy 2:24-25
Ironically born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo's death, Stephen Hawking died on the 139th anniversary of Albert Einstein's birth. Battling Lou Gehrig's disease (ALS) for over half a century, the theoretical physicist would be an impressive character even without his intellectual brilliance. Since his passing, the death of Hawking has prompted controversy among internet trolls of every kind. I have to admit that, as I read raging comments by some professing Christians, I was rather embarrassed by their lack of compassion. Yet, what should be the Christian's response to the death of a man created in God's image, who used the breath God gave him to blatantly deny his Creator?
I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark. —Stephen Hawking
Contrary to sugar-coating the Gospel, Jesus instructed His disciples to use righteous judgment (John 7:24). His command, "judge not," was qualified with instructions on when and how to judge (Matthew 7:1-5). Viewing the extensive writings and claims of Stephen Hawking, it is not difficult for someone with a Christian worldview to grasp the critical state of the man's soul. Instead of gloating at his demise, should not each one of us grieve when we imagine anyone entering eternity without Christ? And should we not be equally concerned for the beggar on the street, the clerk in the grocery store, the doctor at his operating table, and the president in the White House? Do we love each one of them enough to tell them the truth?
Truth without love is brutality,
and love without truth is hypocrisy.
—Warren W. Wiersbe
It's easy to get on a soapbox and criticize the beliefs held by others; it's quite another to lovingly share the Gospel with someone who needs Jesus. In our zeal to bring the swinging pendulum to center, let's not rush to blasting jabs and condemnation, nor to delivering a sugar-coated false Gospel. Let's not crow behind our keyboards, taking potshots at those with whom we disagree, as the world mourns the loss of a brilliant mind. Rather, let's respectfully comfort this grieving family (Gal 6:2). Let's fervently share the Gospel with those facing eternity without Christ (Phil 3:14). Let's speak the truth in love, defending it with meekness and fear.
But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear. 1 Peter 3:15
It doesn't matter if you are young or old, healthy or sickly, rich or poor. We all have an appointment with death and no promise of tomorrow. Trust Jesus Christ and begin your God-quest journey with your Creator today! https://creationtoday.org/about/how-to-be-saved


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The smoke from incense sticks, commonly known as Agarbattis is as harmful and causes simlar health
problems that cigarette smoke does. An article on Sky news likens Agarbattis to Cigarettes. Why, searching for the keyords, "are incense sticks harmful" resulted in around 13000 results in Google. And most articles had the same thing to say. Incense smoke is Bad. As bad as any of your other run of the mill smokes.
But, as is the case with most Hindu festivals ( Diwali, Holi, Navratri), all is fair in the name of God, right? I have no problem with religious people, or with God. I am proud to be a Hindu, an Indian, and a citizen of the World. But what is wrong, is wrong. If we are so hell bent on banning smoking, what measures are being taken to stop the flagrant use of Incese sticks? Aren't children, elders and pregnant women exposed to those fumes? Is fighting for a curb on incense sticks too touchy a topic? Is it not sexy enough?
The only point I want to make is that while Cigarette smoking is harmful to the smoker, the passive smoker and the environment, so is lighting incense sticks. Equally so. One must be aware. It is better than rueing how that oh so religious non-smoker/tee totaler died young due to lung cancer, and how god fearing and nice people are called onto heaven early. Nope, the Incense stick smoke probably caused the Cancer, people.
And now, you know :).
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
I'll stop smoking if you stop lighting aragbattis, honey
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Bruton defends corporation tax system
Minister for Enterprise Richard Bruton has defended Ireland's corporation tax system, saying there are no "special deals or cosy arrangements" in place with companies investing or operating in the State.
Speaking as the IDA released figures showing the net number of jobs generated through foreign direct investment reached its highest level in a decade last year, Mr Bruton said it would be "misplaced" to apply the same scrutiny to tax regimes in Ireland as has recently been done in France and the UK.
"International evidence shows the effective tax rate in Ireland is 11.9 per cent, very close to the nominal rate of 12.5 per cent," he said.
"There are no special deals or cosy arrangements being made. Different countries choose to have different rates of tax, but ours is not one that could be in any way described as harmful in the way it is put together. It is an open and transparent system."
Mr Bruton said commentators should look elsewhere in Europe to find "roll-you-own tax arrangements" as Ireland's were in accordance with OECD guidelines on taxation.
"Lots of people have criticised it because they don't like what we do, but it has always been clear that it does not breach any rules in terms of harmful tax competition."
The IDA, in its end of year review, said a net gain of 6,570 jobs was recorded in the foreign direct investment sector last year. A total of 12,722 jobs were filled by companies investing in the State, but 6,152 workers were let go by multi-nationals in the same period.
Some 145 firms – among them Apple, EA Games, Allergan and PayPal – announced investments in the State last year.
The total number of people employed in multi-national firms increased to 152,785 at the end of last year. The total has almost recovered to the pre-financial crisis level of some 156,000, having fallen below 140,000 in 2009.
IDA chief executive Barry O'Leary said helping clients to transform their operations within Ireland had also helped to reduce job losses, created by foreign direct investment, to their lowest point in a decade.
He attributed the improved job-creation figures to the IDA taking a targeted approach to attracting companies in five key areas – IT, social and digital media, international financial services, pharmaceuticals and medical device manufacture.
Mr O'Leary said competition for investment was fierce from markets such as the Netherlands, Switzerland and the UK. However, he was hopeful a similar net jobs gain could be recorded in 2013, and the IDA hoped to continue to exceed the targets set out in its Horizon 2020 strategy.
Under the strategy the IDA committed to creating 62,000 jobs through foreign direct investment between 2010 and 2014. It said a gross of 36,650 jobs had been delivered over the last three years, some 7,000 ahead of target.
"There are opportunities for growth in the IT and technology sector, in specific areas of financial services, in life sciences, in social and digital media and in sectors where consolidation is taking place on a pan-European basis," Mr O'Leary said.
Mr Bruton said the figures were "a superb vote of confidence" in Ireland's economy and people.
Asked if raising taxes on high-earners would deter investment, he said the Government was conscious of the issue.


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Tonight I'm linking to the blog Castles, Crowns and Cottages in order to be a part of the festivities tomorrow called
Simply Irresistible.
This is just the most delicious blog, and I spent at least an hour there looking at the marvelous assortment of photos and witty captions, as well as dancing to the great music! The sweet drawing above was done by the blog writer, Anita, who is obviously a very cool lady.
There will be a lot of bloggers joining in , and all will be posting Paris photos, or poems or art work. It does sound irresistible, doesn't it!!? I have no idea whether or not anyone will visit my blog, as I'm an unknown in the blogosphere, and barely know how to do a post, let alone all the other sophisticated maneuvers, but if it's a party and it's about Paris, I'm playin'!!!!
So here are a few more of my pix from the City of Light...
...or, City of Flowers as the case may be. Paris has the most most beautiful flower shops of any place on earth...
...and the most beautiful window gardens. This is in the Marais.


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