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Because I care about all of you, I want you to get this holiday started off right. For this special day, to make sure you have the proper fuel to get you though the day of eating vegan pizza, and to do National Vegan Pizza Day justice, I'm providing you with the ultimate breakfast pizza.
We all love our tofu scrambles for breakfast, but what do you serve it with? Potatoes? Toast? Well, friend, I've got you covered. Let's put the potatoes in the tofu scramble, because you know you're going to mix them together once they get on your plate. And instead of boring ol' toast, let's pile it up on top of a pizza crust and save everyone the hassle of trying to use a fork to scoop it onto your toast. Then for good measure, let's put some melty cashew cheese (because it's pizza and we need some cheese, dang it!), and some greens in there (because we need our vitamins and minerals to be healthy on this day of vegan pizza-eating).
I know you're now saying "Back up to the part about the melty cashew cheese," so let me tell you about it. Awhile back, I made this awesome Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Cashew Cheese for some burgers I was making. It was based on an incredible recipe from Annie at An Unrefined Vegan. It's on the firmer side and is just amazing in sandwiches, burgers, or pretty much anything you add it to. Well, a friend of mine, Somer, at Good Clean Food, made her own version of Annie's cheese, but she made it with pectin, rather than agar agar.
The result: a much softer, meltier cheese. I followed Somer's recipe and it blew my mind (yes, there is a link to a Flight of the Conchords music video in her recipe, and yes, that is one more reason why I love her). Chris and I practiced enough self-control to not eat the entire batch of this luscious mozzarella-flavored cashew cheese and saved some for this pizza. If you don't want to make this incredible cheese (you would be kind of nuts not to), daiya or another vegan mozzarella cheese would work just as well.
This tofu scramble is my favorite kind of scramble, the kind I like to make time and time again. Then it's combined with the awesome cashew cheese and made into a pizza… Well, it's pretty much heaven on earth for me and I can't think of a better way to start National Vegan Pizza Day. Come on, people- Let's do vegan pizza proud!
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These have been used by organizations and activists from all over and meant to inspire your own slogan and participation. The following collection of animal abuse slogans are focused on raising awareness towards ending animal cruelty throughout the worldwide.
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Veganism is abstaining from all animal products in diet and lifestyle.
Foods avoided in a vegan diet include: meat (including fish and poultry), eggs, dairy, and honey.
Outside of their diets, vegans also avoid (as far as possible and practical):
The term "plant-based" typically refers to a diet of plant foods (fruits, vegetables, beans, legumes, whole grains, healthy fats, etc.) which excludes animal products (meat, eggs, dairy, etc.) Typically the choice to abstain from animal products in diet won't apply to a plant-based dieters overall lifestyle. Someone adhering to a plant-based diet might eat similarly to a vegan but they may use products tested on animals, or wear animal-derived fabrics.
Veganism is exactly what I outlined above, the key being that vegans abstain from animal products in both their diets AND lifestyles. Veganism doesn't automatically = healthy. Vegans don't necessarily abstain from unhealthy animal-free foods and can consume highly processed foods and ingredients. The vegan's concern is typically "Does this contain any animal products?" instead of "Is this a health food?".
Plant-based diets tend to have a focus on healthier foods, also excluding highly refined ingredients (like refined sugars, flours, and oils.)
What about plant-based vegans? It's a safe bet to assume that they are vegan (in diet and lifestyle) and choose to eat mainly whole foods and avoid excess refined ingredients. Essentially, they're "healthy vegans."
If the food is completely unprocessed, any fruit, vegetable, nut, seed, bean, or legume is vegan.
If it's a packaged food, read the ingredients list. There are many by-products derived from animals which can cause some confusion at first, for example; whey powder, casein, and modified milk ingredients are all dairy products.
If you're considering adopting a vegan diet, don't let that scare you! You'll be amazed at how quickly you learn what ingredients to avoid, it's nothing to sweat over, you'll learn it all in time!
A simple tip for quickly scanning ingredients lists: look at the very bottom of the ingredients list for the information on allergens. If the product contains milk ingredients, eggs, or shellfish it will plainly say, "Contains milk, eggs, shellfish". This doesn't work so well for meat products, but it really helps when scanning for dairy and eggs.
Disclaimer: I am not an advocate for any of the following lifestyles. I'm quite content eating plain old vegan, or tip-toeing into plant-based veganism to eat better. Veganism is a hefty label to bear on its own and I'm not comfortable suggesting that anyone limit their diet further if it's not medically necessary (like in the case of some gluten-free vegans.) Further limiting yourself beyond veganism can lead to disordered eating habits and food-based obsessions, can lead to burn-out (a.k.a. quitting veganism all-together!) or nutritional deficiencies. This is based on my experience and anecdotal evidence from being a part of the vegan community for several years. Over-complicating veganism can make the lifestyle seem less unapproachable to potential vegans. Going vegan is SO awesome, you don't need to take part in any competition for "best vegan award" and limit your choices further. Do what's best for you and always listen to your body! If you're a new vegan, take your time. There's so much room to experiment with your diet by eating less oil or eating more raw foods but you don't need to slap another label on yourself to do so!
These niche labels further limit a vegan or plant-based dieters food choice, beyond not consuming animal products.
Oil-free: Consumes no refined oils but does eat unrefined fats like avocados, nuts, and whole-foods.
HCLF (High Carb-Low Fat): Restricts fat intake and relies heavily on carbs for fuel. They may eat plenty of fruit (probably a lot of bananas), potatoes, rice, etc.
80/10/10: These number refers to the ratio of macro nutrients they strive for: 80% carbohydrates, 10% protein, 10% carbs.
Raw: Raw vegans don't consume foods heated about 48 °C (118 °F), stemming from the belief that heating foods above these temperatures destroys macro-nutrients.
Raw till 4: Someone who eats a primarily raw diet but eats a cooked dinner (They eat "raw" until 4pm and then allow cooked foods.)
There are some very comprehensive lists of animal by-products and all their many names online. They're a little overwhelming for someone who is new to veganism.
Here are some of the more common ingredients to watch out for (not including the obvious such as "eggs", "milk", "beef fat", etc.)
Personal care products, cosmetics, etc.: beeswax, lanolin, keratin, musk, pearls, tallow
Food: albumen, bone char, butter fat, carmine, casein, gelatin, lactose, lard, l-cysteine, shellac, vitamin D3, whey powder
To add to the confusion there are many ingredients that could be plant-based or animal-based. For those ingredients you'll often have to contact the manufacturer directly to find out where they source their ingredients, or check online, someone else may have already found the answer.
This simply means that milk is not an added ingredient, but a very small amount may have come in contact with the food. This is really intended for people with severe allergies where even the tiniest amount of cross-contamination with an allergen could cause them to have an allergic reaction. Sometimes companies that don't even use these ingredients but will add the "may contain "X" ingredients" to the package to cover their butts if someone were to have any adverse reaction. I do not avoid foods that contain only vegan ingredients but could be contaminated with non-vegan allergens.
Going vegan doesn't need to mean you need to leave cheese behind!
Just like any other diet, you can choose to eat an extravagant vegan diet, or a more budget conscious one. In my experience so far, I spend a considerable amount less to eat healthy and vegan than I did when I was eating healthy and vegetarian.
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Hi readers! Sorry for the lack of updates lately but Girls Aloud's single (see previous post) left me speechless and unable to function properly all this time. I'm just joking. (Kinda). This month I became a writer for WhatCulture and here's what I've written so far: A Million Lights Tour Review Something about Kylie's The … Continue reading Azealia, One Direction, Tegan and Sara, Xtina and more
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Christina's new single, 'Your Body' leaves nothing to the imagination. With a chorus made of 'All I wanna do/is f*ck your body', it would seem that the singer is relying on controversy to sell, and that would be true if it wasn't because the track is an absolute bomb. This is no 'Bionic' material, 'Your … Continue reading Some amazing new music for your ears: Xtina, Kanye, Robbie and more
Here's Maroon 5 and Xtina performing their new single, Moves Like Jagger, at The Voice last night. Perhaps Xtina's performance wasn't the best of her career. Still, it is overall a good one. You can listen to the studio version here.
All the merit of this song goes legit to Maroon 5 since it is their track, but does this song make socially acceptable to like Xtina again and forget the Bionic fiasco? YES. Take me by the tongue and I'll know you/ kiss me 'til you're drunk and I'll show you/ all the moves like … Continue reading Maroon 5 ft. Christina Aguilera – Moves Like Jagger

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I have this basic muffin recipe, but I altered it so it would be much lower in the glucose load department. try adding half of the flour as almond flour, and use 2 eggs instead of one, use coconut in place of butter, as coconut oil is supposed to be really good for blood sugar control. then I add either chocolate chips the dark kind which is low in sugar or use fresh blueberries, which I did today. yummy.
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The Centre for Social and Development Reform (CSD Reform) in partnership with the Catholic Diocese of Tamale on Wednesday launched the "Harnessing Opportunities for Ex-offenders" (HOPE), project to help remand prisoners.
The two-year project, funded by the Misereor was an initiative targeted at promoting inclusive development to ensure that no one is left behind as stipulated by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Mr David Issaka, the Executive Director of the CSD reform said the overall goal of the project was to offer improved access to justice for remand prisoners, community reintegration for those released, restoration of human dignity and economic opportunities for them in Tamale by 2020.
Mr Frank Gerald Zienaa, a board member of the CSD Reform said many Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have had no interest in supporting prison inmates and ex-offenders to access economic and social opportunities despite the efforts of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and Faith Based Organizations (FBOs) to promote integral human development in the country.
He stressed that, the lack of interest had resulted in exclusion and marginalization of prisoners and ex-offenders from social interventions and this motivated the development of the project. "Through this project, the CSD Reform would inspire to create demonstrable change in the lives of beneficiaries and its successful implementation would be the CSD Reform's contribution to Ghana's efforts of achieving the SDGs", he said.
The Most Reverend Philip Naameh, the Arch Bishop of the Tamale Diocese of the Catholic Church said the restoration and reintegration of prisoners and ex-convicts was a concern to the church and that informed the reason the Catholic Church agreed to partner to initiate the project to address issues of injustice and lack of economic opportunities.
Mr Issah Mohammed, a lawyer with the Legal Aid in Tamale mentioned that, the ex-convicts had a vital role in the integration process by proving to their families and society that, they were changed people.
He lamented about the congestions of prisons and the inhumane conditions prison inmates live explaining that, some of these people got there by no fault of theirs but had to end there because they were not heard and were denied their rights.
CSD Reform is an NGO working towards the promotion of social inclusion and economic justice for the poor and vulnerable groups in Northern Ghana.


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A Bachelor of Education degree provides students with the skills and knowledge necessary to prepare them for teaching careers in various disciplines. Students learn not only how to become competent and effective educators, they also receive training in many different areas to enhance their abilities and reach as many students as possible. These degree programs are offered throughout the world at hundreds of universities, each with their own unique approach to how to create the best teachers possible.
What is a Bachelor of Education?
Students in a Bachelor of Education program are given the opportunity to learn about how to become great educators while also specializing in a particular area of interest. Students choose both the age level in which they wish to teach, either primary or secondary, and also choose their specialty, if applicable. There are a wide variety of teaching emphases from which students can choose, each of which will have a direct impact on the student's career options and marketability. Core education requirements and formats are usually similar at universities around the world, with the main focus being on giving future educators the tools they need to reach students with many different learning styles. Some course topics within the program may include:
- Historical, philosophical and sociological concepts regarding learning types.
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Graduates of a Bachelor of Education program are prepared to enter the classroom, but they may find these programs as an excellent foundation for educational studies. Many go on to pursue additional educational opportunities in master's and PhD programs in education-related fields of study.
What Are the Benefits of Getting a Bachelor of Education?
No matter the subject or specialisation, education can be an incredibly rewarding career. There are few opportunities like it for people to help shape future generations and to see young individuals grow, learn and become passionate about their interests. While some private schools may not rigidly require their teachers to have a formal degree, most public schools around the world have minimum requirements for licensing. Successfully completing this type of program is the only avenue to becoming a teacher in these cases. Some additional benefits of the degree include:
- Knowing how to design and implement a curriculum that targets the learning capabilities of students.
- Experience with different learning styles and how to handle them can make teachers better communicators.
- Schools are not open every day of the week, so teachers are able to spend a great deal of time in other pursuits with family or friends when school is not in session during holiday seasons.
The Bachelor of Education is also the gateway to many other careers within the education industry. Graduates can pursue additional degrees to increase their knowledge and skills as educators, or they can pursue a degree in a related field that may prepare them for administrative roles. In most cases, graduates are also more marketable and receive better salaries than teachers who have not completed these programs.
What Kind of Career Can You Expect with a Bachelor of Education?
Compared to other types of degrees, students who graduate with a Bachelor of Education have somewhat limited career prospects outside their chosen discipline. The program students choose to enter directly affects their ability to teach certain age groups and subjects. For example, if a student chooses a primary specialty, he or she will be unable to easily pursue a career as a high school math teacher without first completing extra coursework in these specialties. This is because licensing requirements dictate that teachers have certain experience and education that qualifies them to become teachers.
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How about waking up with a raw, vegan vitamin drink, going for a lovely 10K run in the city, and coming back to a recovery feast of protein, iron, vitamins, carbs, and fiber, all of it both delicious and beautiful?
For the recovery drink, I used 4-5 cups of spinach, 1/5th of a pineapple, 2 spoons of cocoa powder, 2 cups of almond milk.
I made the hummus with spanish olives, garlic, and roasted red peppers, with a hint of lime juice.
Later tonight: some sprints and the mandatory weights for faster legs and stronger bones and muscles. I needed that!


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Today, 156 days after the petition for an en banc hearing was filed, the petition was denied in James Rothery, et al v. County of Sacramento, et al.
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Filed order (M. MARGARET MCKEOWN, PAUL J. WATFORD and MICHELLE T. FRIEDLAND) The panel has voted to deny the petition for panel rehearing. The full court has been advised of the petition for rehearing en banc and no judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. See Fed. R. App. P. 35. Appellants' petition for panel rehearing and petition for rehearing en banc (Docket Entry No. [99]) are denied. No further filings will be entertained in this closed case. [10853761] (GB)
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Software developers and marketers are talking a lot about "context" these days. And yet, end customers are still presented with irrelevant ads and irrelevant software options. The truth is, contextual awareness is not even close to being "there" yet. Here are a few of the technical reasons reasons why the design hasn't met its goals.
More developers are thinking about and talking about context or "contextual awareness" because, like GUIs and today's touch-enabled UIs, it will change the way humans and devices interact.
"Contextual awareness" has been a marketing buzzword for about a decade. Before that, the goal was personalization in a more general sense, which required more technology and data points than anyone considered. The target marketing initially envisioned still has not reached its potential – as evidenced by the ads that search engines and social networks serve up. (Really, Facebook, you think I'd care about that?!) Behavioral awareness, a more recent addition, helps make target marketing more accurate because it adds another data element, but in the absence of context, behavior can be misinterpreted.
Meanwhile, developers have become user-centric. UIs have changed dramatically and interactions have become an art form. But still, software is not adapting to the needs and whims of users in the kinds of ways that will be possible in the future.
Who, what, where, when, why, and how questions are as relevant to software development as they are to marketing and journalism. The root of the contextual awareness problem is a shortfall of data aligning humans, their behavior, their histories, contexts, and predictive analytics in ways that truly reflect the motivations of individuals.
"Most software developers and firms strive to build straightforward products that provide the most flexibility to target users. Those two things become almost diametrically opposed as you widen your target audience," said Jeff Kear, owner of Planning Pod. "There's a reason why people only use 10% of the features provided in most software. It's because those tools were built to encompass many contexts, and most users simply don't have the time or desire to learn all those features, even if they would use them."
Context varies from person to person, company to company, device to device, Kear said. His company's computer-based event planning tools require a fair amount of data entry upfront. When he and his team began to build mobile applications, they were peppered with questions about how much flexibility to provide knowing that most of the users would only be editing information or making quick entries on their phones as opposed to typing in volumes of information.
"Not every user is the same, which leads to more head scratching as to what to include and leave out," said Kear. "So at the end of the day, you almost have to build for your most typical user because you can't possibly account for all the variations of usage for a wide population."
Data entry is one way software developers and marketers have been trying to understand context. However, software designs and marketing campaigns are often limited by "if/then" thinking that oversimplifies what the context really is and more importantly, what end users really want.
"Anytime you find yourself having to remind a system about obvious information, such as you want directions from point A to point B, the software should know you're at Point A. This type of thing is frustrating," said Jeff Powers, CEO of Occipital, which develops mobile computer vision applications. (The company also offers a 3D sensor.) "We humans continue to carry out monotonous tasks such as looking at a calendar and trying to plan or typing in credit card and phone numbers over and over. The systems we use are remembering more information about us than they did 10 years ago so the context is becoming richer, but we still have a long way to go."
The context you build into your applications needs to consider the users' circumstances and environment at a point in time but not in isolation. It needs to contemplate the present and the past. For example, a user's behavior in a given environment and under certain conditions involves many data points such as location, weather, what the person is doing there and what he did previously, how others are acting or reacting, and how they acted or reacted in the past. Given these and other data points, the UI and a corresponding functionality could adapt automatically as the user's goals, behavior, and context change. This is where sensors, machine learning, and cloud-based processing come in, not to mention the rethinking of UIs and device types.
In the absence of critical data points and the intelligence that must be derived from it, software and things running on software will continue to make false assumptions rather than true observations.
"Context is going to be an enormous market in the future. While we can sense activity and have computer vision moving forward, we will have all types of contexts including digital contexts," said Xerox PARC scientist Oliver Brdizcka, who manages PARC's Contextual Intelligence research area. "We just have a simple view of context now but it will get more sophisticated."
The sophistication Brdizcka envisions requires innovation in every area that enables the understanding of context, from models and algorithms to UIs. Greater levels of sophistication will also require more processing power, greater amounts of storage, and the "always-on" recording and interpretation of what is being experienced by the end user. All of that will be part of a fabric that enables context to become more accurate and therefore more relevant.
"It's a very hard problem," said Brdizcka. "We need a critical mass of data interconnections and the machine learning methods to make sense of it."
So the problem with contextual awareness is that we lack a critical mass of information, for now. If that were not true, there would be fewer false assumptions about lifestyles, work styles, tastes, preferences, demographics, and what is appropriate given a certain set of circumstances – that is, what should be presented in context.
Yes, technologies and methods have improved dramatically over the last decade but we have a long way to go when it comes to contextual awareness which is actually good news: It leaves a lot of room for innovation.
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Since Mitt Romney picked Paul Ryan as a running mate, many media outlets have pointed out the Wisconsin Rep's interest in Ayn Rand.
And they should — Ayn Rand's basic schtick is that selfishness is a virtue and as such, the only ethical economic system is pure capitalism. Under Rand, any social safety net is wrong and unjust and for "moochers " and "collectivists;" true moral exemplars are ultra-rich egoists. What's important about Ryan's Rand affiliation, then, is its fiscal implications (and not-so-subtle dislike of the poor.)
Ryan might have realized that aligning himself with a pro-choice atheist might piss off GOP fundamentalists and partially renounced the pop philosopher, saying before VP talk: "If somebody is going to try to paste a person's view on epistemology to me, then give me Thomas Aquinas. Don't give me Ayn Rand."
Of course, this is complete bullshit. He hasn't abandoned his interpretation of Rand's economic policies (see first link.) More importantly, though, there's no way Ryan could read Aquinas — and adhere to his beliefs — without lying to himself and/or doing some serious mental gymnastics. And that's because Aquinas would have fucking hated Ryan's capitalism.
Let's get down to business.
For starters, some — such as the Guardian's Giles Fraser — have pointed out that it's kinda impossible to be a good Catholic and/or Christian and advocate economic policies that Jesus would outright abhor.
(Remember that whole "It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God" part of Matthew 19:24? Yeah…)
Anyway, a lot can be said about Christianity and Catholicism and capitalism, but we're mainly concerned with Aquinas here.
In his Summa Theologica — which you should probably, like, read if you claim to be an Aquinas fan, considering it's his most well known work (WE ARE TALKING TO YOU PAUL RYAN!!!) — the saint had a few things to say about economics, and none of them are very free market sounding. (Note: Daily Kos got into this a bit on Saturday, but we wanted to look at this in extensive detail…)
In a portion of that tract titled "By Sins Committed in Buying and Selling," Aquinas argues that it's not OK to sell something for more than it's naturally worth — which is kinda the basis of many financial transactions driven by supply and demand.
(You know, the ones that pretty much characterize our society.)
Citing Matthew 7:12, Aquinas begins: "It is written 'All things . . . whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them.'" But no man wishes to buy a thing for more than its worth. Therefore no man should sell a thing to another man for more than its worth."
"But, apart from fraud, we may speak of buying and selling in two ways. First, as considered in themselves, and from this point of view, buying and selling seem to be established for the common advantage of both parties, one of whom requires that which belongs to the other, and vice versa, as the Philosopher states (Polit. i, 3). Now whatever is established for the common advantage, should not be more of a burden to one party than to another, and consequently all contracts between them should observe equality of thing and thing. Again, the quality of a thing that comes into human use is measured by the price given for it, for which purpose money was invented, as stated in Ethic. v, 5. Therefore if either the price exceed the quantity of the thing's worth, or, conversely, the thing exceed the price, there is no longer the equality of justice: and consequently, to sell a thing for more than its worth, or to buy it for less than its worth, is in itself unjust and unlawful.
Secondly we may speak of buying and selling, considered as accidentally tending to the advantage of one party, and to the disadvantage of the other: for instance, when a man has great need of a certain thing, while an other man will suffer if he be without it. In such a case the just price will depend not only on the thing sold, but on the loss which the sale brings on the seller. And thus it will be lawful to sell a thing for more than it is worth in itself, though the price paid be not more than it is worth to the owner. Yet if the one man derive a great advantage by becoming possessed of the other man's property, and the seller be not at a loss through being without that thing, the latter ought not to raise the price, because the advantage accruing to the buyer, is not due to the seller, but to a circumstance affecting the buyer. Now no man should sell what is not his, though he may charge for the loss he suffers.
On the other hand if a man find that he derives great advantage from something he has bought, he may, of his own accord, pay the seller something over and above: and this pertains to his honesty."
He also doesn't think that deriving a profit for the sake of deriving profit is OK, writing:
"Exchange of things is twofold; one, natural as it were, and necessary, whereby one commodity is exchanged for another, or money taken in exchange for a commodity, in order to satisfy the needs of life. Such like trading, properly speaking, does not belong to tradesmen, but rather to housekeepers or civil servants who have to provide the household or the state with the necessaries of life. The other kind of exchange is either that of money for money, or of any commodity for money, not on account of the necessities of life, but for profit, and this kind of exchange, properly speaking, regards tradesmen…
The former kind of exchange is commendable because it supplies a natural need: but the latter is justly deserving of blame, because, considered in itself, it satisfies the greed for gain, which knows no limit and tends to infinity. Hence trading, considered in itself, has a certain debasement attaching thereto, in so far as, by its very nature, it does not imply a virtuous or necessary end. ."
So yes…he is not anti-trade or anti-profit per se, but greedy profit-seeking — again, the apparent basis of a lot of Ryan's pro-investment economic beliefs — is NOT praised in Aquinas' book.
Also, Aquinas' chapter on the "sin" of usury indicates that he wouldn't be down with credit, as he argues that "it is by its very nature unlawful to take payment for the use of money lent."
Many of Aquinas sentiments — especially the previously mentioned notion of "just price" have been lamented by the very economists Ryan claims to love, such as followers of Ludwig von Mises.
"The concept of the just price will forever be associated with the medieval Roman Catholic philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas," writes Lawrence Vance. "The concept of the just price is the basis of a great deal of erroneous economic thought that permeates our supposedly free market, capitalistic society. Laws regarding usury, loan sharking, price gouging, ticket scalping, dumping, profiteering, equal pay, price discrimination, predatory pricing and lending, product bundling, and antitrust –these are all prime examples of this fallacious way of thinking."
So yeah…
Maybe you could make the argument that Ryan only said that his "epistemology" is influenced by Aquinas — not his economics.
However, we would counter that it's very problematic to say "I totally agree with the way Aquinas sees the world" — which is what Ryan basically does — while disagreeing with a sizable chunk of Aquinas ethics.
UPDATE: Some weird computer shit happened and the first part of the story apparently got deleted. Unfortunately, no backup was made, but we tried to reproduce it as closely as possible from our memory.


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Whenever life is going well, I'll ask myself one thing: do I deserve any of this?
The most likely answer I can think of is, I probably don't. Maybe I never will. But the bigger point is that regardless, I have what I have. I better make good use of it. In some way.
Any way.
Because if I don't, these feelings of guilt and undeservedness won't just get worse. They'll be justified.


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From Abigail Smith Adams to Harriet Welsh, 15 September 1814
Quincy Sep'br 15 1814
dear Harriot
What a Sad time our good Friends have for their journey. I think they will not travel in such weather, tomorrow I expect to learn something from them, I did not look for any thing on thursday. I feel rather more tranquil than when you left us, the not less solitary, and lonely, for Susan is gone to stay with her Aunt.
We have been cheered by the accounts shocking as it is to humanity, at the success of our fleet upon the Lake and the repulse of the Enemy at Platsburgh. we are anxious for particulars.
I shall send your purse tomorrow as you desire by mr Thayer, it containd 2 half Eagles, a one dollar Bill and a quarter in silver. the Evening before you went away, I took it up from the Settee, you being absent, put it into my Basket, intending to give it you and wholy forgot it, in the morning: your scissars I have, and must ask permission to keep untill you buy me a pr and send me. Caroline must have taken mine, as her own, they being like, by the way, no person has inserted her Marriage in the paper, which I think ought to be done I inclose a form you may alter as you think proper.
mr Whitney went on monday to mr d Greenleafs, mr Greenleaf asked him if he had a pleasant evening he replied, yes very pleasant, and one of the most profitable of his whole Life, for mr. de wint gave him fifty dollars!—this was liberal indeed. I presume he would like such a weding once a month.
the Bill I gave mr Foster to get changed I wish you to take, and to get me a pr scissars, and a yd of cotton Cambrick, which I saw in [. . .] [gazet] might be had in Cornhill at Brown and Fainsworth, he advertized Mull Merle & Cambrick Russin, if mr Foster has not changed it, I would have you take it and pay the inclosed Bill, many shops advertize to take them for goods, and I believe that Bill as good as Boston—
The remainder you may inclose to me—If I get any thing by port tomorrow for you or for myself I will sent it you—
Let me know when you hear from mrs Baily, and whether she will return to Wiscasset this season. I think Boston as safe a place as any, nor do I believe the Enemy will attempt it—
They will seek winter quarters upon Long Island or Road Island—if in the united States
Not a word yet has mrs Greenleaf received from her Brother or any of the Family—
continue dear Harriot to let us hear from you, and to see you as often as you can think, this place (inade solitary to you) once more pleasant and agreable—as it will always give pleasure / to your affectionate Friend
Abigail Adams
Be so good as to Buy me a quire of pink and ditto white paper, the beginning of the week will do for all these things
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|Bridesmaid girl
Inspired by Tree Change Dolls: http://treechangedolls.com.au
After discovering Sonia Singh's beautiful work a couple of months ago, I got a bit carried away in a frenzy of charity shop doll buying. Sonia saves poor rejected Bratz dollies and gives them their faces back, and some warm clothes and sturdy shoes or feet where they have stumps.
The new dolls are so delightful it is little wonder they have become something of a global phenomenon. What is even more amazing is that the artist has seemingly rejected all sorts of offers to get rich quick from this. She is very generous in sharing her craft secrets and just seems to be a really good person. She is very much into recycling and reducing waste so I feel a little bit guilty about my first attempt because, well, I cheated a bit.
I really wanted to make a little dolly for my niece as bridesmaid and I couldn't find a second-hand one with the same hair colour. Time was pressing so I..cough...bought a new 89p doll. Which I know probably encourages the factory to make more astoundingly cheap dollies, and thus the planet is a step closer to meltdown. So I apologise. The second thing about my dolly was her original face was quite nice. OK she had crazy eyelashes, but I think when you see the Tree Change before and afters you get the point - the more the contrast the greater the satisfaction.
|My dolly before the makeover
|Sonia Singh Tree Change makeover
The first thing I did was remove her face with acetone (nail varnish remover). Sonia uses eucalyptus oil as well but I haven't come across that in the UK. Maybe tea tree would do the trick.
Then I gave her a bit of a haircut and painted the scalp brown with acrylic paints (89p dolls have quite marked alopecia). I mixed my own brown (with tubes of red, yellow and blue, black and white I figured I had a good base for all colours). Then I painted on the eyes with a tiny brush. DO NOT BE FOOLED into thinking this is easy just because Sonia Singh's creations are so perfect. It is a fine line between creating an amused glint and a psychotic glare. And don't get me started on teeth. At one point she looked like she had tooth decay. In the end I was reasonably happy. The natural eyebrows make a big difference. I sealed it with a coat of Matt varnish as suggested by Sonia.
|face detail
For the shoes there is a really good video below. I had a go making my own 'Oo-goo' with cornflour and bath silicone caulk sealant. My hands got quite sticky and as there were no measurements it was tricky to get the balance between too sticky and too dry.
Some of the shoes looked a bit cracked so I DecoPatched them. This makes them a bit stronger and prettier.
|bridesmaid shoes
Finally I made a dress to look as close as the bridesmaid dress as possible. It seemed to go down a treat.
|Worth every stitch. Mum made the real girl's dress - so lovely
|after a good play and a ride in the confetti flower petal basket
And finally if it is all looking a bit too girly, her alter ego 'the NHS Activist' to remember all the marching she has done this year with her mum Bad Hair Day Lady and her aunties and uncles http://www.peoplesvotefornhs.org.uk:
|Born in the NHS
|Hand embroidery. T shirt made from old pants!
|Scottish outfit
Thanks Sonia this was so much fun. Next doll will be a recycled one!


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After traveling with several different companies, I can finally say I found a company that actually delivers on what they say. I've finished 3 great assignments and loving the 4th!
I was referred to Advanced by another traveler in my building that worked for them. She kept telling me that they really do customize packages and pay top rates so I called them and that is exactly what they did.
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Sony Announces New PlayStation Vita Model, PS Vita TV Set-Top Box
The latest Tokyo Games Show doesn't officially open for a few more days, but Sony has wasted no time announcing new PlayStation products ahead of the event. Early this morning, the Japanese firm unveiled an updated, thinner model of its PlayStation Vita handheld, as well as a new Apple TV competitor named the PS Vita TV.
Both products have only been announced for Japanese launches thus far. Sony says the new Vita SKU–officially dubbed the PCH-2000–is 20 percent thinner and 15 percent lighter than the current WiFi Vita model. It'll replace the Vita's OLED screen with an LCD one, and it'll also come in a variety of colors, including black, white, pink, light blue, lime green and khaki.
Sony also claims that the remodel will get six hours of battery life–a slight upgrade–1GB of onboard storage and a micro-USB port. It'll launch in Japan on October 15 for 19,929 yen, or around $200, which correlates with the Vita price cuts that were announced at Gamescom last month.
The PS Vita TV is the more unexpected announcement. It's somewhat like a cross between an Apple TV and an OnLive streaming box, except it's specifically tailored to play more than 1,300 PS Vita titles on your television (including the PSP and PSOne classics found in the PS Store) alongside its media streaming capabilities.
The box itself is tiny and light, at 6.5cm x 10.5cm and 110 grams, and it allows Japanese users to stream video and music from services like Hulu, NicoNico Douga and Sony's own Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited platforms. It comes with HDMI output, USB and LAN ports, but it also includes 1GB of onboard memory, as well as slots to play Vita games and read Vita memory cards.
Interestingly, Sony says that a future software update will allow the PS Vita TV to stream and play PlayStation 4 games through that upcoming console's "remote play" feature. Those who play Vita games on the Vita TV will also be able to play with standard Vita users through the handheld's Ad Hoc mode. The whole box can be navigated with PS3 and PS4 (when they're available) controllers.
But the biggest appeal of the PS Vita TV may be its price–it'll arrive in Japan on November 14 for 9,954 yen, which translates to about $100. A package that bundles the Vita TV with a DualShock 3 controller and an 8GB Vita memory card will also be available for 14,994 yen, or around $150.
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Phoebe Gresser /// Chief Justice
Lewis & Clark students are known for their unmatched dedication to making positive change within our school, community and world. Lewis & Clark's student government, the Associated Students of Lewis & Clark (ASLC), is one of our on-campus organizations that gives the student a voice in how our school is owned and operated. As the ASLC Chief Justice, I have had the pleasure of chairing the Student Advisory Team (STAT) which is a committee within the ASLC Judiciary. The Student Advisory Team is responsible for protecting the rights of students and keeping the student body informed of those rights.
During the 2014-2015 academic year, our goal was to improve the interactions between the Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC) and the Lewis & Clark student body. The OLCC is in charge of enforcing Oregon State Liquor law and one way in which they do this is by issuing citations for underaged drinking. As you can imagine, Lewis & Clark students and the OLCC don't have the most affectionate feelings towards each other. In attempts to ease the tension between the two groups, the Student Advisory Team put on a "Know Your Rights" forum that featured two OLCC representatives, a criminal defense attorney, and a member of Campus Safety.
After this panel discussion we realized that there were systematic issues within the OLCC that have created and sustained tensions between students and the OLCC. The first issue was the fact that OLCC officers were able to patrol on campus/in residential areas while undercover, meaning that they did not wear uniforms and they drove in unmarked cars. This became an issue of safety because these virtually unidentifiable officers had the power to detain individuals suspected of drinking underage. The second issue is the fact that OLCC officers have the ability to issue Minor in Possession citations without breathalyzer or field sobriety tests. This makes proving sobriety and challenging citations in court nearly impossible.
The Student Advisory Team decided that improving the relationship between the Lewis & Clark student body and the OLCC required increasing the legal and physical protection of students during interactions with OLCC officers. We concluded that to do this, the following changes needed to happen: mandated marked cars and identifiable uniforms for OLCC officers as well as required field sobriety tests as a prerequisite for Minor in Possession citations. So, that's what we set out to do.
We discussed our OLCC reform initiative with Ann Lininger, our representative in the Oregon House of Representatives, Lewis & Clark officials, and OLCC representatives. At the end of the Spring semester, all previously mentioned parties came together for a meeting. During this meeting the OLCC representatives presented us with the new identifiable uniforms and car decals that are now mandated for their officers statewide. The support and encouragement from ASLC allowed the Student Advisory Team to influence a positive change in state policy that improves the safety and security of Lewis and Clark students during interactions with the OLCC.
This year the Student Advisory Team is looking forward to continuing to work with the legal bodies that affect the lives of students. We are planning to continue pushing for field sobriety tests as a prerequisite for Minor in Possession citations. We are also planning to hold various "Know Your Rights" discussions including a workshop on the rights of protesters, Oregon Liquor Law, Oregon Marijuana Law, Landlord/Tenant Law and Bike Law. We are excited about all of the potential that this upcoming year holds. The Student Advisory Team is a committee of students who are passionate about the rights of their peers, if this kind of work sounds interesting to you, please consider joining the Student Advisory Team or the Associated Students of Lewis & Clark.


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The internet has been abuzz over the last few days with breathless rumors that Reed is getting rid of women's rugby. The reports sparked a veritable inferno of outrage from alumni who played the game at Reed, many of whom instantly leaped to the conclusion that dark forces in the administration were bent on Evil And Nefarious Deeds (and presumably fulfilling a lifelong quest to rid the world of oblate spheroids).
But as Mark Twain once said, "the reports of my death have been much exaggerated." Reed is not, I repeat, not terminating women's rugby. However, Dean Mike Brody has decided to withdraw the team from league play after a conversation with its coach.
Dean Brody explained this decision in an email sent to several members of the team and to Michael Lombardo, Reed's athletic director. I'm posting it here because it is (in my view) the best summary of the situation that I have seen [[my emendations in double brackets]].
Subject: follow up
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 21:50:02 -0800
From: Mike Brody <email@example.com>
Reed College Student Services
Good evening. I want to thank all of you for taking the time to explain your perspectives regarding the current state of women's rugby at Reed, as well as your broader concerns. Having spoken with each of you at some length today, and having talked for over an hour with Val [[the former coach]], the following seems clear:
1) Women's rugby means a lot to many people on campus. It is a program with great potential that has a lot of room for improvement. Val feels that the team is not currently capable of playing safely or responsibly at the league level, and in light of conflicting reports from players and Michael, I have no alternative but to defer to Val's expert opinion. As such, and as much as I know this hurts, Reed cannot formally support or sanction team travel or league play at this time.
What Reed can do (and what I would very much like to do) is support the process of rebuilding the team so that it can once again function at some semblance of its potential and resume league play. To that end, Val has offered to lead workouts and help with team building. I hope that you players will see this as a demonstration of my support for the team and my commitment to its future, and that you will thoughtfully consider this offer.
2) There is a profound communication breakdown between some members of the women's rugby team and Michael Lombardo (copied here). In an effort to improve communication, and from there to effectively address the myriad issues the three players brought to me today and the issues Michael and Val have described, I strongly suggest that you [[team members and Michael]] pursue formal mediation. It is my hope that through the established honor process you will find enough common ground to work together toward healing the rugby program, as well as the relationships that have suffered as a result of these conflicts. Of course, if and when issues arise that do not lend themselves to mediation, you are all are free to pursue the full range of Reed-sanctioned avenues in order to reach resolution.
I want to reiterate that which I said to all of you today - there is a great deal of passion as well as some very serious allegations on both sides of this conflict, and I am convinced that it is only through honest discourse and honorable behavior that we will work our way out of this morass. Please let me know how I can help in the steps that follow.
Since that email was sent, there have been a couple of developments. From what I understand, it seems unlikely that the former coach will work with the team this semester. Nonetheless, Dean Brody has reiterated that the team can resume league play as soon as a certified coach clears them for competition, which seems reasonable to me-- this isn't badminton, after all. And when that glorious day arrives, we will all be cheering from the sidelines.


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Tonight at the St. Louis Soldier's Memorial volunteers read the names of US heroes who made ultimate sacrifice in Iraq. Despite the cold and rain a couple of hundred people turned out for the service that started at 9:11 PM CST.
Welcome Home the Heroes
Parade Starts at NOON January 28th, 2012
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Veterans Resource Village will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. inside Union Station
Live entertainment at Veterans Resource Village from 3 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Organizer Craig Schneider says this is for the whole country.
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Over 1,000 veterans and their families are expected to march in the St. Louis Iraq War Vets parade tomorrow in downtown St. Louis. The parade is expected to include over 80 floats and the hometown Budweiser Clydesdales.
Reuters reported, via Pat Dollard:
At least 1,000 Iraq War veterans and their family members are expected to march in St. Louis on Saturday in the nation's first major homecoming parade honoring U.S. soldiers who served in the war, a coalition of veteran groups, private citizens and local officials said.
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Since the last troops left Iraq in December there have been scattered small events, including a speech by President Barack Obama at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, thanking veterans for their service, but no major parade of the style seen at the end of World War One and World War Two.
Organizers said the downtown St. Louis parade was being run by a non-profit veteran group and several residents disturbed by the lack of a major pomp-and-circumstance homecoming for troops. They raised nearly $30,000 by Friday for the event.
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"We thought that if we can have a victory parade for the Cardinals World Series victory, we certainly should be able to have one for the vets of Iraq," said St. Louis attorney Tom Appelbaum, who helped get the plans underway a month ago.
"It seems silly that there was a national debate about it," he added.
Veterans from the Iraq or Afghanistan wars may march with their families in the parade, expected to feature 83 floats, the hometown Budweiser Clydesdales, high school marching bands and units from police and fire departments, organizers said.


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"It was terrifying," Olivia Colman says of her National Theatre debut in 2009's England People Very Nice. "It was the first time I'd done a play for nine years. I probably should have started at a pub theatre, because it was like starting again. And I wasn't very good."
It's hard to tell if Colman is just being disingenuous in her appraisal of her own performance. Best known for comedy characters in TV programmes from Peep Show to Beautiful People, in person she is warm and self-effacing but one gets the feeling that she is not particularly comfortable singing her own praises.
Nor does she particularly care for public attention when not working, preferring instead to be "what I am at home – just a mummy and a wife, and pootle around with not much hassle. I think that if you're the lead, then you don't get as much privacy and I really do crave that. Ideally, I'd love for my work not to be seen – which sounds very weird," she adds with a smile.
In her new role in BBC2 comedy Rev, she plays Alex, the wife of a country vicar who has just taken over a parish in inner city London, playing opposite Tom Hollander, who created the series with writer James Wood.


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Jurassic Park III; Fantasy, USA, 2001; D: Joe Johnston, S: Sam Neill, William H. Macy, Tea Leoni
Paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant got married and now has kids, but still digs for the remains of the dinosaur bones, even though his funding is diminishing. He thus accepts the offer of stranger Paul and his wife Amanda to be their guide on island Isla Sorne, where the cloned dinosaurs are still living, in exchange for a financial assistance. Dinosaur meat-eaters eat several crew members of the expedition, but Alan finds their boy and saves him together with his parents when the army arrives.After the excellent original the "Jurassic Park" series was continued with unworthy sequels that just promoted cheap action in order to quickly cash in some buck. Part III managed to bring back the main protagonist from the 1st film, Sam Neill, yet the story still seems contrived, just as an excuse to show the exciting dinosaurs again on the screen - for instance, it is not clear why his character insists on digging the dinosaur fossils when he could actually observe living dinosaurs on that island, whereas Laura Dern as his wife has a thin cameo appearance that lasts for only 5 minutes. The arrival of the protagonists on the island was accompanied with banal violence - a hunter is waving towards them, signaling them to pick him up, but the pilot does not want to stop from fear. Suddenly, an Allosaurus shows up from a bush and eats the hunter, so the airplane collides with the lizard, creating blood on the windows. The finale is equally unconvincing, where Velociraptors surround the heroes but let them go when they return their eggs. Still, one should not criticize too much. The presence of charismatic dinosaurs last for over 20 minutes in the film whereas some of their sequences are spectacular.


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by Peggy Bechko
That's the key to a good story. Doesn't matter if it's a script or a novel. Suspense is what draws the reader/viewer in and holds on tight.
So is creating suspense one of your skills?
It's fascinating to watch a real master build suspense and there are many ways. One great example, especially for screenwriters is Alfred Hitchcock. If you haven't watched his movies you should.
That said, one I'm referring to in particular for his example is a film that wasn't as well known as his others, called Rope. In it two men commit a murder as the first thing the audience sees, then they hide the body in a big wooden chest in the living room where the pair is about to host a dinner party.
If that set-up doesn't grab you by the throat you need to check your pulse.
Of course, guests enter the apartment immediately on the heels of the murders stashing the body in the chest. This is true suspense right from the beginning.
The murder might not have been shown, it could have happened off-screen as I understand the original play had it. But Mr. Hitchcock gave it another twist.
Now the audience knows there's been a murder – it won't be a surprise at the end – and everyone in the audience is on the edge of his or her seat anticipating when or if the dinner guests will find out they've been setting their drinks on the chest that contains a body and that they've sat down to dinner with a pair of murderers.
Genius, no? Instead of hiding the fact of the murder and doing the complete set-up with just the dinner guests arriving and the hosts entertaining – saving the 'big reveal' for the end the murder was made perfectly plain along with the fact that the body was in the chest.
From that moment on it's in the air as to what might happen next, where this story can carry the audience.
The imagination of the viewers is set loose like a wild thing. At any moment things can go terribly wrong. It's like being in on a deadly secret.
Mr. Hitchcock's brilliance with suspense is showcased in that film. He did what he did with the script because he knew he was exchanging a shock at the end of the film for prolonged, edge-of-your-seat suspense throughout the entire movie. It thrilled audiences then and if you watch it now it'll thrill you too.
The same thing can be done in a novel as with the script. As a writer of suspense remember not to hold back on information that could create dangerous situations for your characters. Open up. Give that information as soon in your story as you can.
Once it's out there the reader or watcher with be biting fingernails through your entire story, waiting for 'the next shoe to drop', imagining all the ways things can go very wrong and thrilling to your conclusion.
The mystery in that case has become not what has happened to cause the situation, but rather what's going to happen next!
Seriously. Watch some of Mr. Hitchcock's films. Steal some of his methods. Then add your own twists for an edge-of-your-seat tale that'll really get the blood pumping.
Peggy Bechko is a TVWriter™ Contributing Editor. blog. Learn more about her HERE. Peggy's new comic series, Planet of the Eggs, written and illustrated with Charlene Brash-Sorensen is available on Kindle. And, while you're at it, visit the Planet of the Eggs Facebook page and her terrific blog.


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doxycycline, Medicine Ball Recipe, mycoplasma, Peanut butter, pet care, Pet Rat, pet rats, Pneumonia, Ratties, treating sick pets
Far and away, my rattie's favorite time of day is "CANNN-DY TIME!" Each night before I go to bed and just as they are getting up, each and every rat over the age of six or seven months gets a delicious treat in the form of a flour-coated peanut butter ball about the size of a garbanzo bean, cleverly laced with doxycycline. The daily dose helps prevent outbreaks of mycoplasmosis or pneumonia. It has not failed to register that my recent loss came at the end of a week in which I had run out of medication and was not diligent about replacing it quickly.
According to the excellent Rat Guide:
The prognosis for rats with pneumonia is very grave, and will require long term antibiotic therapy. Due to the belief that Mycoplasma is probably never eliminated entirely from the airways in rats, and because it is a contributor to the development of pneumonia, it often becomes necessary to use pulse antibiotic therapy (long term, intermittent, dosing), or a continuing maintenance schedule of antibiotics for rats with chronic Mycoplasmosis.
I don't think that pulsing really gets the job done for rats with a tendency toward mycoplasmosis. Call me a reactionary war-mongering Texan, but I'm for bombing the little bastards into a parking lot and keeping them that way. I'm all about daily dosing, which has worked wonders on my troops. Fear not: for whatever reason, rats don't seem to develop immunity to doxycycline over time the way humans do.
Medi-balls are easy to make and are so tasty that they make rats literally jump for joy. It's worth it to mix up peanut butter treats even if you aren't medicating them, and I do so when I have rats that are too young for doxycycline, a drug which can adversely affect bone development in rats that are still growing. Otherwise, the babies feel left out.
There are several recipes on line, but mine's the best and the easiest. I will be mixing up a batch as we go along to make sure I don't forget a step, such as "mix in medicine." Forgive the stream of consciousness style of my instruction. I'm nearly as tall a Julia Child and will, for the amusement of my dogs, cat, and rats, all of whom are looking on, use my "Julia" voice whenever it seems appropriate.
- A small bowl or ramekin for mixing
- A fork or tiny whisk for blending meds w/liquids before forming dough
- Optional: a pastry cutter for ease in mixing flour into peanut butter
- A sharp knife for slicing up properly sized balls before rolling them in your hands
- Snack-sized zip lock bags or very small containers for storage of balls in refrigerator
- Powdered doxycycline in capsule form (100 mg per capsule is the most economical)
- An ounce or so of water as needed to activate doxy powder and keep peanut butter mixture wet enough to work with
- A few drops of vanilla-butter-nut flavoring (optional but tasty!)
- Smooth peanut butter (I prefer the ultra-tasty Naturally More brand, which I eat myself and which contains loads of additional goodies and nutrients. Available in normal grocery stores)
- White flour for mixing into the balls and also for dusting the rolling surface and the finished balls (How much? Your peanut butter mixture will tell you.)
RECOMMENDED DOXY DOSAGE: 2.5 MG PER KG OF RAT (Up the dosage to 5 mg per kg of rat if you are treating an active case of respiratory distress.)
1) Plan to make enough balls for a 14 day supply. Carefully separate the top from the bottom of the capsule and allow powered medication to spill into the ramekin.
2) Add about an ounce of water to medication and use a tiny whisk or a fork to thoroughly blend medication with water. Take care that all of the medication has completely dissolved in the water.
3) Add a cap-full or so of the vanilla-butter-nut flavoring, which will somewhat lessen the medicine smell of the mixture and turn it (insert "Julia" voice here) a lovely saffron color.
4) Use the fork to mix any separated oils back into the peanut butter in the jar and lift a big glop into the bowl of medicine. How much is a "big glop?" Well, that depends upon the strength of your medication. If you use 50 mg capsules, you need less; 100 mg capsules, which will make twice the number of balls, require more so that the balls are not too tiny to easily work with. Remember, we're shooting for garbanzo-sized balls. Blend liquid and peanut butter until you can sleep the sleep of the just knowing you have blended the medication in evenly and thoroughly.
5) Put the lid back on the peanut butter jar before you leave to answer the door, so that your pernicious little fox terrier bitch does not eat up half the jar by the time you get back. Damn and blast.
5) When you've blended all of the liquid into the peanut butter, stir vigorously, which will thicken the mixture to roughly that of room-temperature cookie dough.
6) Add as much flour to the mixture as you can mix into the dough without making it crumbly, first with the fork (or a pastry cutter, if you prefer), and then by kneading with your hands. Remember, flour must be thoroughly and evenly cut in before you start kneading, so that the doxy will be evenly distributed.
7) Role dough into a ball. You will know you have used enough flour if the dough ball is not noticeably oily and yet not so dry that it cannot be easily worked. If it is too dry and crumbly for the little bits at the bottom of the bowl to be easily worked into the big ball, spread it all out in the bowl again, add a bit more water, and re-blend. Crumbly medi-balls are a problem.
8 ) Give yourself a headache while figuring proper dose per ball based on the weight of your rats, and then mathematically computed number of balls you ultimately want to end up with, depending upon the strength of the medication and the number of capsules you emptied into that ramekin. It's probably a good idea to do this before you start. Um, yeah. Next time.
9) Having forgotten how many capsules you used for this batch, sort through disgusting kitchen trash until you've counted up empty capsule shells. I used two 100 mg capsules this time, apparently.
10) Note: there are two points in the process of making medi-balls that involve a certain amount of "fudging," and this is one of them. My smallest doe, the diminutive and whip-smart Bluebell, weighs a mere 400 grams (.88 lbs) at eight months of age, while my largest buck, the porcine Henslowe, tips the scale at a whopping 720 grams (1.58 lbs). Merciful heavens, what a fatty! Right. So fudge #1 is to split the difference and decide upon an "average" weight for dosing purposes. Fudge #2: don't sweat it if some balls end up larger than others. I make "doe balls" and "buck balls," which are about a third larger than those I make for the does. So here we go: two 100 mg capsules at 2.5 mg/kg of rat, figuring an average rat weight of 500 grams or .5 kgs (because it's easy to equate), means I should get 28.5 (let's say 28 so I don't have to shoot myself in the head at this point) balls per capsule, which means I need to end up with 56 balls when I'm done. Piece of cake.
11) Recover from splitting headache from trying to figure out the dose and proceed to form the dough ball into two, three, or four equally sized smaller balls as needed to work with more easily. If you're OCD, you can use a gram scale to compare sizes of dough balls, but I just go with a visual check and how they feel in my hand. Opinions about proper dosing for rats varies somewhat, anyway.
12) Place one of the balls onto a lightly floured surface and roll into an evenly sized log with your hand. Slice the log into the correct number of evenly sized chunks. Form chunks into balls by rolling in your hand and coat each ball with flour so that they don't stick to each other when stored.
13) Put floured balls into a ziplock bag (the smaller the better–too many balls create too much weight and press together into a floury mess). I always put a few tablespoons of flour in the empty ziplock and toss the balls like shake-n-bake as they go into the bag, so that each is liberally coated with flour and will not stick.
♥ Doxycycline balls will keep up to two weeks in the refrigerator. Make enough for two weeks when you make them so you aren't having to whip up a batch any more often than necessary.
♥ MAKE CERTAIN that each rat eats his or her own ball entirely and that no thuggish cage mate (Bluebell!!!) mugs another for her treat. If a rat can steal a medi-ball, a rat will steal a medi-ball.
♥ Do not give doxycycline to rats that haven't finished growing unless they are seriously ill, and then only at the instruction of your vet. I start rats on the doxy regimen at somewhere between six and eight months of age.
♥ You should include yogurt containing active cultures in the diet of any rat that is on an antibiotic regimen to keep the gut flora healthy.
♥ Explain to your vet that the doxy prescription is for prophylactic care and ask for refills on the original prescription. You shouldn't have to call the vet each time you need a refill. Conversely, don't purchase more doxy than you can use in a year, and be sure to check the expiration date carefully on your drugs.
♥ Dose ratties at the same time each day, or close to it, for maximum drug efficacy. Your rats will soon begin "reminding" you each day that it's CANNNN-DY TIME, never fear!


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The 31 of October is only a few days away now. On that day, per tradition, it's Halloween day all over the world. It's the time of year when creepy faces are being carved out of pumpkins and children dress up as ghostly figures. To prepare well for this day we have listed the board games that help to set the spooky ambiance on a day like this.
In Fury of Dracula, you and your team are trying to find one of these spooky characters, namely Dracula! One of the players will take the role of Lord Dracula who wants to gain as many followers on the map of Europe to expand his influence. The other players are hunters that need to track Dracula down and stop him by stabbing his heart with a wooden stake. Dracula has the power to travel by night without anyone finding out where he is going to, it's the job of the hunters to find clues in daylight where Dracula has been hiding. Will the hunters be successful to kill Dracula before his vampires take over Europe?
Mansions of Madness: Second Edition is a cooperative game in which players are investigators who want to figure out the mysteries behind several spooky locations. The game contains several different mansions to explore and each has a set of several scenarios. Each of the mansions also has its own backstory which the investigators will learn while exploring. You never know what will happen before you enter a specific location, it might be haunted by angry demons or there might be a ghost of an old lady that can't leave for some reasons. You will also meet other investigators that can you can ally yourself with, but be very careful who you trust...... Your team will have to explore all the rooms of the mansion to find items and clues that can be used to protect yourself against what is waiting for you. Will you be able to solve the mystery of all these locations? Or will you succumb to the madness?
If you rather save the world from the most terrifying monsters, then Eldritch Horror will be something you shall like. The players are working as investigators who have the feeling that there is something wrong with the world, one of the Mythos creatures is trying to open portals to find a way to get to our world and plunge it in chaos and madness. To save the world your team will have to solve three mysteries that have started these events and find a way to stop the Mythos monster this way. You will have to travel the world to find clues, allies, and objects that can help you to dig deeper on what exactly is happening. You will have to make hard choices that might lead to victory, or the death of your character. Do your best, for the sake of the world.
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I've been listening to a lot of different CDs purchased through the Emotional Response website in the car. I'll just put one on while we're driving wherever we are going and not really pay attention to who it is by or what I might think of it based upon the look of things. When Emotional Response had a sale, I purchased something like twenty CDs from them for $1 each and have since listened to just about all of them, but this CD by Plastic Mastery will be the first of the lot I review.
This EP begins with a song about falling in love on the way to a funeral, and even though that might seem a bit grim it is a rather catchy number. Now, when we were out and about town and I put this on, I recognized this song coming back around the order again and found it strange. I knew we had left off on the fourth song so I couldn't explain why, when I started the car up again, we were back to the first song. Why did the car stereo seemingly reset itself? Of course, the answer I would find is that this is a four song EP.
These songs are somewhat poppy in that way that you might blend Piebald with The Rentals. They remind me a lot of something I would have listened to in the late 1990's or early 2000's when I was into what the kids would call "emo" or even before that. Bands like The Beans, Schatzi and Digger come to mind, though I suppose if you listened to earlier Motion City Soundtrack you might like this as well. (Maybe even The Ataris?) It's just something you know you're going to have a good time while listening to without being too much bubblegum pop.
Without counting how many times I've listened to this since or after putting it in and giving it a second play since I thought the car stereo was malfunctioning, I will tell you that after enough listens you will find yourself singing along to these songs which can also include some horns but not in a ska way. I'm not sure I've really heard horns placed into a band like this before, actually. So if you're looking for something somewhat catchy, fun and that will remind me of 2001, then I would definitely listen to this CD. It is not always that a CD leaves me wanting more but Plastic Mastery has done that here.


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Watch Before Sunrise (1995) : HD Full Movie Online Free On his way to Vienna, American Jesse meets Céline, a student returning to Paris. After long conversations forge a surprising connection between them, Jesse convinces Celine to get off the train with him in Vienna. Since his flight to the U.S. departs the next morning and he has no money for lodging, they wander the city together, taking in the experiences of Vienna and each other.
|Before Sunrise
|Subtitle Available
|Release Date
|Jan 27, 1995
|Drama, Romance,
|Production Company
|Castle Rock Entertainment, Filmhaus Films, Columbia Pictures, Detour Filmproduction
|Production Countries
|Austria, Switzerland, United States of America
|Ethan Hawke, Julie Delpy, Andrea Eckert, Hanno Pöschl, Haymon Maria Buttinger, Erni Mangold, Karl Bruckschwaiger, Tex Rubinowitz, Dominik Castell, Harold Waiglein, Bilge Jeschim
|Plot Keywords
|sunrise, talking, soulmates, walking, austria, vienna, austria, traveller, danube, romantic,
JesseEthan Hawke
CélineJulie Delpy
Wife on TrainAndrea Eckert
Husband on TrainHanno Pöschl
BartenderHaymon Maria Buttinger
Palm ReaderErni Mangold
Guy on BridgeKarl Bruckschwaiger
Guy on BridgeTex Rubinowitz
Street PoetDominik Castell
Guitar Player in ClubHarold Waiglein
Belly DancerBilge Jeschim
Cafe PatronHans Weingartner
Cafe PatronLiese Lyon
Cafe PatronPeter Ily Huemer
Cafe PatronOtto Reiter
Cafe PatronHubert Fabian Kulterer
Cafe PatronBranko Andrić
Cafe PatronConstanze Schweiger
Cafe PatronJohn Sloss
Cafe PatronAlexandra Seibel
Cafe PatronGeorg Schöllhammer
Cafe PatronChristian Ankowitsch
Cafe PatronWilbirg Reiter
Musician on BoatBarbara Klebel
Musician on BoatWolfgang Staribacher
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Wednesday, June 28, 2006
Wimbledon Tennis
Anyone watching the coverage? The new uniforms of the umpires look like something out of "The Great Gatsby." Trust Wimbledon to introduce a change that looks like it's been around for 80 years.
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U.S. Unemployment Claims Top 300,000; Record Closes Continue
The Dow Jones and S&P 500 set new closing highs the day before the U.S. stock market will be closed for Thanksgiving. U.S. unemployment benefit claims jumped up above 300,00 for the first time in almost three months. The biggest shopping day of the year is quickly approaching. More stores than ever are opening on Thanksgiving this year, but many shoppers won't be heading out on Thursday. There are nearly 100 petitions on change.org requesting retailers to close on Thanksgiving to give the retail employees the day off.
Word on the Street
- U.S. jobless claim tops 300,000 - hits 313,000.
- 30-year mortgage rate falls to 3.97%.
- Feds begin criminal probe into Takata airbag deaths.
- U.S. spending increased 0.2% in October.
- Fiat Chrysler (FCAU) to change iconic logo.
- The Habit Restaurants (HABT) slides on post-IPO euphoria.
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