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INDIO, CA (October 14, 2016) – The Greater Coachella Valley Chamber of Commerce in partnership with the City of Indio and the Indio Visitors Bureau is proud to host the Third Annual Taste of East Valley. The event will be held at Shields Date Garden on October 27th, 2016. Register here.
The Taste of East Valley event will take place from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM on the beautiful grounds of Shields Date Garden. The garden path at Shields winds through a 17-acre date farm that features a lake and natural desert gardens. The Taste event will showcase many of the best restaurants from across the eastern portion of our valley. Participating restaurants includes:
The Bistro at Fantasy Springs Resort Casino: The Bistro specializes in exciting, contemporary fine cuisine including succulent seafood and tantalizing sushi selections. You'll also enjoy carefully dry-aged on site, hand-carved, premium USDA beef. The Bistro offers an enticing array of salads, appetizers, entrees and desserts.
The Café at Shields Date Garden: Description: The Cafe at Shields Date Garden offers breakfast, lunch and dinner, specializing in traditional American and Mexican dishes. The majority of The Cafe's seating is on the outdoor patio boasting fresh white umbrellas, ivory linen covered tables, our rose garden, date palms and mountain views.
California Ocean Grill Kitchen: At California Ocean Grill, we strive to serve the freshest seafood in the desert in a fast, casual setting. Our clean interior and collection of unique greenery offer the perfect, relaxing atmosphere to share a meal and drinks with friends and family. From the classic fish and chips to our Coronado Trio Sliders, our dishes are made with a conscious desire to provide fresh, sustainable foods to the desert.
Cie Sichuan Cuisine: CIE Sichuan Cuisine, is traditional Chinese food from Sichuan Province, in China. Sichuan Province is the most famous Province in China for their flavorful food. True Chinese Cuisine at its finest.
Ciro's Italian Restaurant: "Where the locals eat!" For generations families have come to Ciro's and looked through the window into the kitchen as their pizzas were made. Almost 50 years after it opened Ciro's is still serving up traditional Italian recipes to the valley.
Costco Wholesale: Costco is known for carrying top-quality national and regional brands, with 100% satisfaction on guaranteed to our members, at prices consistently below other retailers.
CV Rescue Mission Catering: Mission Catering benefits the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission. Our trained chefs under the auspices of the CVRM prepare for your event a wide variety of gourmet and popular boards of fare tailored to your desires. From sumptuous banquets to elegant dinners to hearty BBQ, we will make your event the talk of the town. All proceeds go towards feeding and housing "the least, the last and the lost", providing over 18,000 meals a month to hungry men, women and children of the Coachella Valley as well as sheltering 150+ people and providing job training and counseling.
Dunkin' Donuts: Dunkin' Donuts is the world's leading baked goods and coffee chain, serving more than 3 million customers per day. Dunkin' Donuts sells 52 varieties of donuts and more than a dozen coffee beverages as well as an array of bagels, breakfast sandwiches and other baked goods.
El Ranchito Restaurant: Our take on Michoacan style Mexican food. Family owned business for 27 years, in the heart of village of old town. We have the best carnitas in town!
Jimmy John's Gourmet Sandwiches: We serve from-scratch food made with excellent ingredients. At Jimmy John's our food is simple; it's clean, and it's fresh! We use locally purchased produce, which is brought in fresh and hand sliced daily. Our tuna salad is made from scratch by hand. Our real provolone cheese, oven-roasted turkey, choice top round roast beef, hickory-smoked ham, or dry cured genoa salami and spicy capicola, are also brought in fresh and sliced by hand daily in every Jimmy John's location.
Mario's Italian Café: Mario Del Guidice (A' Ciao), the founder of Mario's Italian Cafés, started his career in Brooklyn and Queens, New York, back in 1961. He moved his family to the valley in 1972 and for the past 41 years hase been delighting residents with the old-world family recipes. Come enjoy his award-winning restaurant in Indio with Vicki & David.
Mimi's Café: Different tastes and textures all coming together in one delectable forkful of flavor. Dishes with this sort of perfection are what we strive for and you will find at Mimis Café.
Pizza Factory La Quinta: We're proud to serve you delicious calzones, ooey gooey pasta, and of course, piping–hot pizzas. Since we made our first pie, we've used only the freshest ingredients around. But we wouldn't be Pizza Factory without hungry customers like you. So sit down, grab a slice (or two, or three), and dig in.
RosAmarillo's Restaurant: RosAmarillo's blends integral Mexican attributes with a progressive technique of cooking to create unique and flavorful dishes.
SIP Coffee House & Juice Bar: The aroma of fresh coffee fills the air in this friendly neighborhood coffee house and juice bar. Family owned and operated, it's the perfect stop to spend time with friends and enjoy a freshly brewed coffee, juice drink or pastry.
Title Sponsor: Smart & Final: Smart & Final is the smaller faster warehouse store where busy households find great savings on food, supplies and culinary equipment. We have everything you need for cooking, entertaining and cleaning-up afterwards.
Last year 18 restaurants took part in the event, serving up sample dishes for the sold out crowd of 400 attendees. The cost of admission is $20 and includes samples from every restaurant in attendance. The evening will include live music, art, and entertainment. Maximum attendance is 400, those wishing to attend should book their tickets online.
Taste of East Valley is presented by our Title Sponsor Smart & Final.
Shields Date Garden is located at 80-225 U.S. Highway 111 in Indio. For additional information on Taste of East Valley please visit www.CVDining.com or call 760.347.0676. To reserve your tickets visit Eventbrite.


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A pungent gas with an important function
Hydrogen sulphide regulates vital biological processes
Scientists from Bioinorganic Chemistry at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have broken new ground by researching the role and function of hydrogen sulphide in the human body. The findings presented by the researchers from Erlangen have now been published in two acclaimed scientific journals and received excellent international reception.
Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) is a poisonous gas which smells like rotten eggs. Surprisingly, it is produced inside the cells in our bodies and has a key physiological importance. Scientists were previously unaware of the true function of hydrogen sulphide at the molecular level within our bodies.
A research group led by Professor Dr. Ivana Ivana-Burmazovic from Bioinorganic Chemistry at FAU was able to demonstrate that hydrogen sulphide reacts with various nitrogen species including NO, NO+ and NO-. These nitrogen molecules are, for instance, used to regulate blood pressure, heart functions, neural transmissions and immune reactions. Hydrogen sulphide allows these nitrogen species to be transported through the cell membrane through a chemical connection to a new HSNO shuttle molecule.
Until now, it was unclear how protein modification caused by nitrogen species was transferred from one protein to the other – especially as proteins cannot be transported through the cell membrane. "We were able to prove that HSNO functions as a new redox signalling species that helps to transfer such protein modifications," explains Ivana Ivanovic-Burmazovic, who also coordinates the 'Medicinal Redox Inorganic Chemistry' project funded by FAU's Emerging Fields Initiative. "Our findings on the physiological significance of HSNO open new perspectives for the pharmaceutical use of hydrogen sulphide."
The research conducted by Bioinorganic Chemistry was recognised as 'News of the Week' in the American Chemical Society 'Chemical & Engineering News' (Volume 90 Issue 28 | p. 5 | News of The Week Issue Date: July 9, 2012) The publication was also selected as a 'Novel insight into H2S biochemistry and physiology' in the biochemical journal BJ Energy.
Further information for the press:
Prof. Dr. Ivana Ivanovic-Burmazovic
Tel.: 09131/85-25428
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Do Attorneys and Deputies have the authority to make a gift?
With Christmas on the horizon, attorneys and deputies may be considering whether they have authority to make gifts to family members and friends of P (the person whose property and finances they manage). For example, an individual may have been appointed as attorney under a Lasting Power of Attorney for Property and Financial Affairs for their elderly mother or father and they are confused as to whether they have authority to gift £50 to P's grandchildren at Christmas. The Office of the Public Guardian has issued guidance for attorneys and deputies regarding their authority to make gifts.
The primary duty of attorneys and deputies is to act in P's best interests. Attorneys and deputies have a duty to protect P's interests, to administer their financial affairs and property for P's benefit, to keep their own money separate from P's and a duty not to take advantage of their position as attorney or deputy.
There is no general approach to gifts. Each decision to make a gift must be considered by its own content and timing and must be made in P's best interests. What amounts to P's best interests must be determined on each occasion taking into account all of the relevant circumstances and taking into account Section 4 of the Mental Capacity Act.
A gift is made when an attorney or deputy transfers money, property or a possession of P to themselves or other people. When considering whether to make a gift, the gift should be a reasonable amount which would normally be incurred and must be affordable to P, taking into account P's future needs.
With regard to deputies making gifts, a deputy's power to make gifts are set out in the Order appointing them as deputy. When considering whether to make a gift, deputies should carefully check the terms of their Order and seek advice from the Office of the Public Guardian (OPG) or from a solicitor if they require clarification of their powers. Most Orders give deputies limited powers to make gifts and the Order will usually allow for the following;
- The power to make a gift on a customary occasion (such as Christmas and birthdays) to relatives or persons connected to P provided the gift is not unreasonable having regard to all of the circumstances and in particular the size of P's estate.
The power to make charitable gifts that P might have made, provided that gift is not unreasonable having regard to all of the circumstances and in particular the size of P's estate.
For attorneys appointed under an Enduring Power of Attorney (EPA), the Mental Capacity Act states that an attorney may;
- Make gifts of a seasonal nature (Christmas!), or a birthday, or anniversary of a marriage or civil partnership.
- The above gifts may be made to a person (including the attorney) who are related or connected to P.
- Make gifts to any charity to whom P made or might have been expected to make gifts.
The value of each gift should not be unreasonable having regard to all the circumstances and in particular the size of P's estate.
Finally, attorneys appointed under an LPA for Property and Financial Affairs have no authority to make gifts under the Mental Capacity Act except in the following limited circumstances;
- Attorneys must only make gifts on customary occasions (eg Christmas, birthdays, wedding anniversaries or any other occasion where presents are customarily given).
- These gifts may be made to persons (including the attorney) who are related to or connected with P.
- Gifts may also be made to any charity to whom P made or might have been expected to make gifts.
- The value of each gift should not be unreasonable having regard to all of the circumstances and in particular the size of P's estate.
Where attorneys and deputies are considering a gift which exceeds their authority, they must apply to the Court of Protection for authority to make the gift.
There are consequences for attorneys and deputies who make unauthorised gifts. The OPG can investigate and ask for an account of any gifts made. Therefore, attorneys and deputies must keep a record of any gifts made and the circumstance in which the gift was made. Below are some of the consequences for attorneys and deputies if they make unauthorised excessive gifts. The OPG may;
- Apply to the Court of Protection for removal of the deputy or attorney (and if appropriate, ask the Court to arrange for a deputy or new deputy to be appointed.
- Apply to the Court of Protection for the security bond of a deputy to be called in (deputies).
- Instruct the attorney/deputy to apply for retrospective approval from the Court of Protection in circumstances where such an application would have a reasonable prospect of success.
- Request the attorney/deputy to seek the return of the gifts and restitution of P's assets.
- Refer the matter to the police or other relevant regulatory or safeguarding bodies.
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An extensive near-global survey of the public awareness of climate change and perception of the associated risks has some good news for India. While less than 40% of India's population is aware of climate change, nearly 80% of those who are aware perceive climate change as a serious threat. The biggest predictor of awareness for India is, of course, the education levels of the respondents. This offers another strong motivation for the country as a whole as well as each for each state to invest heavily in education. Clearly, in addition to the continued focus on K-through-12 and autonomous institutes like IITs, IISERs and Central Universities, a serious and concerted effort is needed on lifting the local universities to much higher standards undergraduate and postgraduate education as well as basic and applied research.
For a country such as India, with its sights set on continuing economic growth, the perils of underestimating or ignoring climate risks are high.
The push for sustainable development by the UN has typically relied on national-level indicators such as per capita income or the Human Development Index (HDI includes life expectancy at birth, education level and per capital income). The climate awareness study finds no direct relation between such gross indices and climate awareness. This can easily be seen in the way per capita carbon emission is reported as well. India's emission rates are just under 2 tonnes per person per year which is grossly misleading since the wealthy tend to have a carbon footprint that is about as high as the Western World, viz., about 16 tonnes per capita per person. The average per capita thus rides on the backs of the vast population which hardly emits any carbon. The key question then is whether climate adaptation and mitigation strategies are better accomplished by rapid increases in literacy and climate awareness or by focusing on gross national-level indices which can be misleading. India has the additional complexity in terms of the cultural heterogeneities among states which are obvious in the regional HDIs—with Kerala enjoying higher HDI than the BIMARU states, for example. The upward movement in India's HDI ranking in the last decade has thus come from an HDI increase in a handful of states which again corresponded to increased literacy. Considering the range of climate vulnerability across the subcontinent, climate vulnerability and resilience also vary from state-to-state and can be exacerbated by varying education levels.
India will thus need region-specific strategies that account for the uniqueness of each state when it comes to ensuring that education leads not only to higher HDIs but also to increased climate change awareness and risk perception. Specific attention needs to be paid to educating the female population since there are indications that climate vulnerability is reduced significantly when women are aware of natural and socio-economic hazards. Combine this nugget of information with the fact that female literacy leads to a natural drop in birth rates and voila, we have a multiplier effect in terms of advancing education levels, climate awareness and risk perception while also driving down population growth. India has a tremendous advantage in achieving higher education levels considering that nearly 25% of its population is under 25 years of age. Adult literacy can easily be combined with education from K-through-12 and higher to bring the entire nation to become among the most climate-aware country in the world. Fortunately, India does not suffer from the politicisation of the global warming issue as rich countries like the US and Australia do.
A focus on education is a no-brainer—it's imperative to exploit its multiplier effect on advancing climate change awareness, risk perception and climate adaptation and mitigation goals.
A recent report from the World Economic Forum—an international non-profit agency of public-private partnership that has a stated mission of improving the state of the world—summarises the top five global risks in terms of likelihood as well as in terms of impacts.
The top five most likely risks are weather extremes, large-scale migrations, natural disasters, terrorist attacks and data breaches. The top five risks in terms of high impact are weapons of mass destruction, weather extremes, water crises, natural disasters and failure of climate adaptation and mitigation. Needless to say that India is vulnerable to each one of these. But these challenges are also a grand opportunity to set long term goals on not just mitigating climate risks but also the risks of other natural and socio-economic hazards via education, climate awareness and increased risk perception.
For a country such as India, with its sights set on continuing economic growth, the perils of underestimating or ignoring climate risks are high. Fortunately, the goals for mitigating climate risks are also consistent with economic growth in terms of investing in green economy and aiming to capture the global green markets while the rich countries dilly-dally based on the politics of climate denial. The strategies to accomplish these goals include investment in education as the foremost requirement which also should place India at the forefront of knowledge economy of the future. A cashless economy and corruption-less governance should lead to a smooth ride into a bright future we all dream of for our great country. A focus on education is thus a no-brainer—it's imperative to exploit its multiplier effect on advancing climate change awareness, risk perception and climate adaptation and mitigation goals.


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Brotherly love in playscale: finding diversity in fashion dolls and action figures from the 1960s to now: Barbie, Fashion Royalty, Momoko, Susie, GI Joe, Power Team, Mixis.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Scanned Jade Princess
Feeling very pleased that I've added a photo of the Jade Princess from Kmart. There's nothing like actually seeing the doll or action figure. This photo was scanned using an HP Deskjet F4240. I would have felt more comfortable tweaking a photo from my digital camera, but the printer/scanner/copier is already attached to the computer I am using now.
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Observations by the Association of British Drivers
The ABD objects to the government's decision to continue tolls on the Dartford crossing.
We note the government's admission (Section 9) that a two year study by Brown & Root about the impact of changes in tolls, contained "significant margin for error in its findings". Consequently we find it deplorable that the findings are used to prop up the case for charging.
As a matter of principle, the ABD considers it unacceptable to continue to charge vehicles to use the Dartford crossing once the initial period of paying off the debts associated with the construction of the bridge and tunnels has passed.
The government has no moral right to impose charges on the public highway. Such concepts are archaic and belong back in the eighteenth century.
The Dartford crossing is a vital part of Britain's national trunk network and should be maintained as part of it, not subject to some additional charge.
It is fundamentally unacceptable in a free society that any government should attempt to use road tolls in order to discourage travel; or as is increasingly the case, to enforce a particular political ideology. It is the job of government in any democratic country to facilitate travel, not to restrict it. The restriction of travel is a concept that belongs with communism or other political extremes.
Tolls are a grossly inefficient way of collecting money. A significant proportion of the money raised from them has to be spent on the effort of collecting them. Far better to pay for the route maintenance from the general roads budget.
The claim that the continuation of charging will "help to smooth the flow of traffic at the crossing" is absurd.
At peak times the congestion is entirely due to the effect of the toll booths themselves. This congestion can extend for many miles either side of the crossing, leading to massive delays, and increasing business costs.
It is an insult to drivers to impose a "congestion charge" upon vehicles, when it is only the collection of the charge itself that is causing the congestion.
Despite our serious objections to the proposed extension of the tolls, the ABD observes that in the current political climate roads are perversely regarded as some kind of problem rather than as the primary arteries of the country.
We therefore consider that the government will in all likelyhood continue to go against the vast majority of public opinion on transport matters and proceed with the charges.
In this event we would make the following observations:
The ABD fully supports the decision to remove any charge for motorcycles, but consider that the reasons for this — to speed the flow of traffic — apply to all other vehicles as well. We further ask what facilities will be provided to allow motorcycles free passage through the toll barriers.
We consider the rate for trailers or caravans — twice the normal rate — to be excessive, since any such vehicle does not occupy twice the effective road space of a non-towing vehicle. Further, since most non-commercial trailers and caravans are lightweight they inflict no additional damage upon the road over and above that of the towing vehicle. The additional charge is not going to dissuade towing vehicles from using the Dartford crossing, it merely acts to penalize those who use a trailer or tow a caravan. We thus consider the additional charge to be unjustified and petty.
The higher rate for light goods vehicles (i.e. vans) is unreasonable. Such vehicles take up no more road space than a car, and vary in size and weight considerably. The higher cost has to be passed on to their customers, and prevents them using the auto-tolls to pass through the toll booths more quickly.
The higher rate for minibuses will have particular impact on voluntary groups, charities, and schools. In this case we consider the higher rate to be grossly unfair, and in many cases to penalize those who can least afford to pay.
The charge of £5.80 for HGVs with trailer is an affront to common sense. Would not a charge of exactly £5 be so significantly quicker and easier to collect that it would compensate for the loss of revenue?
We demand that all money raised should be spent only on the maintenance of the route itself, and than the charges be reduced to reflect this. It is unacceptable that road users should be forced to subsidize other forms of transport. Drivers do not expect rail and bus users to subsidize them, so why should road users be forced to subsidize rail and bus users?
In May 2001, the ABD put forward the Proposed Outer London Orbital ('POLO') transport corridor , including both motorway and rail. The construction of this would resolve existing congestion problems on the M25, and make the government's concerns over congestion at the Dartford Crossing irrelevant. Further details may be found on our website — here
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Stunning Sriracha made at home
Fermented Chilli Paste
Sriracha is a very versatile, long lasting, hot and delicious fermented chilli paste.
During the warmer months we have an abundance of chillies and after chilli jam, bottled whole chillies, dried hanging chillies and simply frozen chillies are processed, there is still an abundance of these gorgeous, fiery red chillies.
After reading The Hungry Tigress http://hungrytigress.com/2012/10/fermented-sriracha/ post on Sriracha (pronunced 'see-ray-shah') I was inspired to make some of this delicious fermented chilli paste.
I weighed 650grams of freshly picked hot chillies for this recipe then washed and dried them.
After cutting off the stem and removing any soft chillies, I put them in the blender to chop them.
When they were processed finely, I added three cloves of minced fresh garlic and 2 tablespoons fine sea salt.
This is how they look at the start of the process.
Cover with plastic film, leave at room temperature and stir once or twice each day for 5 - 7 days.
After two days, they look a little more dull.
After four days, they appear less shiny.
At the end of seven days, at approximately 27 degrees Celcius each day, the Sriracha looks like this :-
and has a slightly sour smell.
At this time place the chillies into a sieve and extract as much liquid as possible from them by pushing down on the chillies to remove the juices that have been extracted.
Then place chillies into a food processor with 1/4 cup white vinegar and 2 tablespoons of caster sugar.
Process until a paste forms and store in a sterilised jar in the refrigerator.
This paste will last for months and is useful for many purposes.
Add Sriracha to mayonnaise for a tasty condiment.
Use alone with barbecued grilled meats for a hot flavour burst.
Mix a little with scrambled eggs before cooking.
Use in marinades for chicken with soy sauce, garlic, shao hsing wine and sugar.
Mix with butter and freeze in a log shape to offer with grilled steaks.
Add to fried rice.
Use in place of sambal oelek in recipes.
The uses of Siracha are endless and you will appreciate a jar, or two of this in your kitchen, and at work, as well as in your mother's kitchen for when you are visiting.


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Praise be to Allah.Praise be to Allaah.
What is meant by "reverse tawarruq", which is also called "reverse muraabahah" is that the customer appoints the bank to buy a specific product and he gives the price of it to the bank in cash, then the bank buys this product from the customer for a deferred payment, with a profit agreed upon with the customer.
This transaction is haraam, and it is no different than the planned tawarruq that is offered by the bank, except that the roles of the customer and bank are reversed. The basic principle is that the customer is the purchaser and the bank is the seller, but in this case that is reversed, which is why they call it reverse tawarruq. In the answer to question no. 82612 and 98124 we have stated that planned tawarruq is haraam, and the shar'i reservations concerning it.
There has been issued a statement of the Islamic Fiqh Council that the kind of transaction mentioned in the question is haraam. This statement reads as follows:
Praise be to Allaah alone, and blessings and peace be upon the one after whom there is no Prophet, our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and companions.
The Islamic Fiqh Council of the Muslim World League, in its nineteenth session, held in Makkah al-Mukarramah between 22-27 Shawwaal 1428 AH (3-8 November 2007 CE) examined the subject "products offering an alternative to depositing for a certain length of time" which are offered by some banks at present under several names, such as reverse muraabahah, reverse tawarruq, direct investment, investing by muraabahah and other names which have been invented or may be invented. The most common form of this product is as follows:
1.The customer appoints the bank to buy a certain product, and the customer hands over to the bank the price of the product straight away.
2.Then the bank buys the product from the customer for a price to be paid at a later date, with a profit margin as agreed.
After listening to the comprehensive discussion on this topic, the Council determined that this transaction is not permissible, for the following reasons:
1.This transaction is similar to the 'eenah transaction which is haraam according to sharee'ah, in that the purchased product is not sought in and of itself, so it cannot come under the ruling on that type of product, especially since the bank is committed to buying this product from the customer.
2.This transaction comes under the heading of planned tawarruq. The Council has previously stated that planned tawarruq is haraam, in its second statement in its seventeenth session. The reason why planned tawarruq is forbidden is also present in this transaction.
3.This transaction is contrary to the purpose of the Islamic way of financing, which is based on connecting finance to real activities which support economic growth and prosperity.
The Council appreciates the efforts of Islamic banks to protect the ummah from the problem of riba, and it emphasizes the importance of proper application of Islamically-acceptable transactions and avoidance of dubious or superficial transactions which lead to haraam riba. Hence it recommends the following:
1.Banks and financial institutions should avoid riba in all forms, in obedience to the command of Allaah (interpretation of the meaning): "O you who believe! Fear Allaah and give up what remains (due to you) from Ribaa (from now onward) if you are (really) believers" [al-Baqarah 2:278].
2.The role of fiqh councils and independent academic bodies in correcting and guiding the course of Islamic banks should be affirmed, so as to achieve the aims and goals of the Islamic economy.
3.A supreme committee should be set up in the central banks of all Muslim countries, independent of the commercial banks, composed of Islamic scholars and financial experts, to act as a reference point for Islamic banks and to ensure that their work is in accordance with Islamic sharee'ah.
And Allaah is the Source of strength. May Allaah send blessings and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad and his family and companions. End quote.
And Allaah knows best.
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Jonathan Cruz is now a contestant on the CW's "Beauty and the Geek." I hope he wins.
Jonathan Cruz is now a contestant on the CW's "Beauty and the Geek." I hope he wins.
Sally Kern, a representative in Oklahoma, said that homosexuality is a bigger threat than terrorism.
Yes. People strapping bombs to themselves and blowing up large numbers of people. Not quite as scary as some man I don't know who happens to be sexually attracted to another man.
God is going to punish us to be sure. Who knows? Maybe his punishment for homosexuality is terrorism. Perhaps Rep. Kern should have made that connection.
This is the kind of thing that makes me hate conservatism. I mean really, what good does that kind of a statement do? And it's not just the statement; it's the whole way of thinking that just doesn't make a lick of sense to me. Do you honestly think that if we were able to outlaw homosexual lifestyles it would get us somewhere? Do you honestly think that homosexuality is a bigger problem than terrorism, a bigger problem than drug abuse, than violence, than poverty? Really? What it would really solve if we were able to pass legislation that outlawed gay marriage?
Oh wait… we have passed such legislation, and our problems remain. Good job, fundies.
Over-arching question: Why is it that Christians feel the need to enforce their morals/beliefs on others? This isn't a new concept (think Spanish Inquisitions).
Why can't the church just be the church? Why do we have to be hateful bigots?
Final question: which is more immoral – to live a lifestyle of homosexuality, or to live a lifestyle that is characterized by demeaning others who you don't agree with?
'Wal-Mart for Jesus,' aka Mardel, doesn't sell Halloween costumes. They just have Christian "dress-up" stuff (seriously, I received an add in the mail yesterday). Halloween is too offensive. We don't use that word. Halloween has demons and goblins and vampires and ghosts and other things that are contrary to Christianity.
But dressing up like a Christian crusader is not offensive. It's okay to kill the infidels who don't believe in Jesus like me.
We need to teach our kids that violence and war is fun and silly and goofy and light-hearted. And that a long time ago there was a nice and devoted group of people who tried to "to take back the Holy Land from the infidels."
We need to to take back America from the infidels, too!
Let's teach our kids to be soldiers for Jesus!
All that peace-making talk in the Sermon on the Mount just isn't all that useful. I mean, really, who actually "turns the other cheek?" What good does that do us Christians? It certainly doesn't get us ahead in the competition for prominence in today's world. So I say we forget all that peace-making talk in the New Testament and turn back to the good ol' days of war-mongering in the time of Joshua and the Judges! And rather than look to Jesus as our example, let's look to the Medieval times where chivalry was the rule of the day!
careful disclaimer: I'm sure the people who created these costumes meant well, but, geez, we need to think these things through….
… of fish.
I mean, not only do I kill fish either at a lake or in the ocean when I want to eat them (i.e., when I go fishing), but I kill them within my home as well.
You ask, "Why would you kill fish in your own home, Marc?"
My answer, "Because I hate them!"
Here's what I do: I go to Petsmart, buy three or four fish, and take them home to my 10 gallon, (apparently) poisonous tank.
"Why," you ask?
My goal in life is to kill off all of Petsmart's tropical fish population, three at a time, once a week.
You ask, "If you want to kill off Petsmart's fish population, why not buy more at a time? And why even bother bringing them home and putting them in your (apparently) poisonous tank?"
My answer, "That's too expensive. I have to strike small. " And to the second question, "I'm not that smart."
But you've gotta admit, it's a pretty good strategy, killing these fish three at a time. I make the Petsmart people "think" that I actually want to buy and keep their fish. I even bring a sample of my water, and I even go to the extent of asking why my fish keep dying (suckers). The strategy works perfectly because they tell me that my water is perfect for keeping fish, and that they don't know why my fish are dying. Little do they know I have planted an undetectable poison in my tank to kill off their precious fish. And they actually sell them to me!
Die guppies. DIE!!!!!!
Please stop using the Bible to justify the current U.S. presence in Iraq.
Just stop it.
I know, I know. The Bible says that God blessed the Israelites when they massacred their enemies in the land of Canaan. It even says that God commanded them to kill their enemies, even women and children. I'm not going to tackle why that is right now because that's not the issue here.
The issue is your shoddy interpretation and application of the text.
You're missing the fact that this is a biblical story. It is NOT a truism that applies to all times and all places. God is not commanding everyone to kill their enemies. Nor is he calling all of his people of all times to violence. He is ESPECIALLY not calling 21st century Americans to violence in this text.
It seems to me that you're operating out of your Republican agenda and coming to the biblical text looking for an excuse and a justification to fight your war that you were already fixated upon anyway. This is what biblical scholars like to call "eisegesis." That means that you're reading into the text what's not really there. You're coming from your own time and place and making your actions and ideas fit into the text where they don't really go.
You know what, though? It's one thing if you think the war in Iraq is a good idea based upon current political and international circumstances. You're wrong, but I can at least respect that opinion.
But don't use the Bible and say, "God blessed Israel at war, so God's blessing America at war today." It's just wrong on so many levels.
And since when is pre-emptive war a Christ-like response to the world's problems?
Christ calls his people to nonviolence. It is because of the call of Christ that Christians must no longer support this type of violent war-mongering in our society. Just stop it. To do so is evil, oppressive, intolerant, and ignorant.
If we do not stand up as a people of God and prevent our government from making another mistake by continuing to provoke Iran and other groups like them, then we are in deep trouble. Quite frankly, I am growing terrified of the current administration's aggressive foreign policy. Let us learn from our mistakes in the very recent past. Let us promote peace and diplomacy and justice.
Now, I am not sure how to reconcile my faith in Christ and my love for our country when I am confronted with these statistics:
As a believer in the God of Peace and Christ the peacemaker I don't know how to deal with these issues.
(Thanks to Mark Hobbs for providing these statistics in his review of Brian McLaren's new book, Everything Must Change.)
[edit] Here's a great article by Jim Wallis on dealing with Iran.


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Pet Rabbit Breeds
Ningthoujam Sandhyarani
Feb 28, 2020
Some of the rabbit breeds that make great pets are the American chinchilla, flemish giant, mini rex, and himalayan. This story provides more information about the different breeds and some caring tips for a pet rabbit.
Rabbits are friendly and fascinating as pets. Their soft fur and gentle nature are worth adoring. They can be wonderful companions if trained with proper care. They have a long lifespan, hence by keeping them as pets, you are making a long-term commitment. Before raising them, make sure you understand the basic caring tips so as to create a wonderful environment for them.
Caring Tips for Pet Rabbits
Regarding food habits, rabbits enjoy eating vegetables, hay, and pellets. They love to feed on a wide variety of vegetables such as carrots, cilantro, broccoli leaves, mint, and parsley. Oats, alfalfa, and timothy hay should be included in their daily diet.
Fresh pellets with high fiber and low protein content should be purchased. Reduce the amount of pellet in the feed as your pet ages. Pure water can be provided in a dish or in hanging bottles.
The cage should be large, spacious, and easy to clean. It should be built according to the size of your pet. For litter training, you can place a litter tray with raised sides (to avoid spillage) in the cage. If the bunny litters in the cage, then it is well and good. Otherwise, examine where it litters normally and place the tray in that particular area.
Speaking about handling, some rabbits can tolerate it whereas some do not. For doing so, place your hand under the torso of the bunny and scoop it up closer. Never pull a rabbit by its ears, legs, or tail. The nails should be clipped regularly; you can cut them by handling them carefully and gently isolating each paw.
Popular Breeds as Pets
There are several breeds of rabbits from which you can choose your favorite one. Following are some of the popular breeds that are excellent as pets.
American Chinchilla
The coat color of this breed resembles that of a real chinchilla. The fur is soft with slate-blue, wavy-white, and black surface color. It is a medium-sized breed weighing about 9-12 pounds. It exhibits upright ears and noticeably broad shoulders. It enjoys attention and loves to be handled. For grooming the coat, brushing with the help of a slicker brush once a week is advisable.
Flemish Giant
As the name suggests, the Flemish giant is an enormous breed which weighs about 14 pounds. It has a short, glossy, and dense-textured coat. The fur color may be white, light-gray, steel-gray, blue, or black. This breed is calm and affectionate as a pet. However, it may revert if handled incorrectly. Mild grooming is enough as the fur is short.
Mini Rex
The Mini rex has the shortest fur among all the breeds. You can touch and feel its velvety and plush texture. The coat color may be white, opal, red, blue, or black. For removing loose hair, don't comb the fur, rather moisten your palm with water and run over the fur backwards. It is a small breed weighing about 3½ - 4½ pounds. It has small ears, a medium-length face, and a rounded body. It is a friendly breed which tolerates handling.
The Himalayan is well-known for its long, narrow, and flat body type. It is a small breed weighing about 2½ - 4½ pounds. It exhibits thin and upright ears and a long head. The coat is short and is usually white with brown, blue, or black colorations on the nose, ears, legs, and tail. It is extremely calm, making a great pet. Weekly grooming with a slicker brush is sufficient to take care of the coat.
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Moving from overcast to bright and sunny through the day, although it did not feel cold.
News came through today that Count Robin Mirrlees, proprietor of Great Bernera, died in a Stornoway nursing home at the age of 87. His is quite a story to read, but I'll just refer to the link on Hebrides News.
A debate has been on-going for about a year on the subject of Scottish independence. The Scottish National Party have announced that a referendum on the issue is likely to be held in October 2014 or thereabouts, and have launched their campaign to pursuade the undecided to back their cause. The opposing camp, who have adopted the slogan Better Together, inaugurated their campaign as well. Think I'm with the latter. I'm not given to make strong political statements on this blog, but a number of issues were raised by the pro-Unionist camp that resonate with me more strongly than the SNP arguments. For a party that has been promoting independence for 80 years or so, the SNP appear to be markedly thin on the subject of the practicalities of independence. I also find their tenure negative, divisive and confrontational. That's my colours nailed to the mast, but to long-term readers of this blog and its predecessor, this should come as no surprise.


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In Newtown, a place known for an abundance of Thai restaurants, where most of the time the venues have gone for elaborate decor to wow the crowds sits a little place known as Saab Wer Thai Esan. "Saab wer" in fact means "extremely delicious" in the Esan dialect from North-Eastern Thailand and the food from this little gem definitely lives up to its namesake. Is Saab Wer the best Thai venue in the area? I honestly haven't eaten at all of them to be the best of judge, but to me it is my favourite from the venues I have eaten at over the years. It is with thanks to Ciao Magazine that I attended this wonderful venue a few months back.
Do not be dissuaded by the front section of the venue. It looks more homely than elaborate in this pink walled venue with splashes of wood. There is also a back section that is outdoor and well covered. And it was here we dined. For a booking in June the place was still (or always remains) decorated with Christmas tinsel and baubles. It is quite dark out in the back section but the festive additions make it feel very welcoming and more homely than a traditional restaurant. It is completely lack of any pretension and is the place you would feel comfortable in shorts and thongs in summer with your BYO bottled wine and beer.
There was a table not far from us that contained guests the owners called "family," a group of Thai people who dine in the restaurant basically every night. For these people this was their family room. It felt like we were dining in their house at another table.
The owners of the Saab Wer are the heart and soul of the place. Bruce and Noi are a divine couple of gents who have been married for years (obviously not from this backwards country) and who are in love. When he was younger Noi was a performer in Thailand and Bruce is a sprightly elderly Scottish gent. By the end of our meal they were sitting with us and Noi had photo albums out and was regaling us with bygone joyful memories. Bruce was glowing watching the pleasure on Noi's face at telling the tales I am sure he has told many times. We all enjoyed some drinks together and Noi aught us some swear words in Thai. I hope I find their kind of love, it was a beauty to see.
The delivery at this place gets some fantastic reviews for the local area and you will be surprised to see that Bruce is the guy who will bring it to your door.
Saab Wer is not your standard Thai restaurant, of course it has your Pad Thai, and the like, but it has a lot more than the usual fare. They feature dishes from the North-East, country dishes, as well as the more familiar Bangkok dishes.
Our mostly North-Eastern Thai dinner was some of the best Thai I have eaten in years. The menu is HUGE, split into many sections. We perused the Esan section, the entrees, the soups, BBQs, salads, curries, stir fries, sizzling, noodles, rice and Chef's specials section before handing the ordering to Noi and Bruce.
Saab Wer Prawns: Deep fried whole Prawns wrapped in spring roll pastry
Golden Bags: Minced chicken, corn, shredded coconut & peanuts in wonton pastry
Pork Skewers: Grilled marinated pork skewers with a serve of sticky rice
Papaya Salad (Som Tum Thai): Shredded green papaya & shrimps, peanuts, tomato, carrot, green beans with lime dressing and 4 grilled king prawns on side
Red Duck Curry: Medium hot curry with coconut milk, lychees, pineapple, tomatoes, chilli and Thai basil
Kana Moo Grob: Stir fried crispy pork belly with Chinese broccoli, soybean paste, garlic and fresh chilli
Saab Were Fresh Coconut Rice: Stir fried rice of your choice with eggs, fresh coconut, and vegetables served in a coconut shell
Sweet Durian and Coconut Sticky Rice
The entrees were delicious and all of us commented on what were the best Money Bags of all time. The Kana Moo Grob was divine with perfectly crispy pork and vibrant Chinese Broccoli. My personal favourite was the Red Curry Duck but for me the Som Tum Thai aka Papaya Salad with Prawns was too hot – being the only white guy dining I was laughed at because I couldn't stand "Asian hot."
To round out the mains we had a divine surprise dish of fried rice and chicken served in a coconut – it was delicious and wins extra points for the theatrical presentation. To finish we had a truly divine dessert I will return for – Sweet Durian and Coconut Sticky Rice. Just heavenly.
Saab Wer Thai is next level Thai food cooked with love and respect. The venue felt more like I was eating with Bruce and Noi and their family than being in a Newtown restaurant. As I haven't eaten at every Thai restaurant in Newtown I cannot judge if it is truly the best Thai in Newtown but it is one of my all time favourite Thai dining experiences and I wish Bruce and Noi all the best for their future. Kob kun krub.
SCORE BREAKDOWN: 3/3 food, 2/2 service, 1/1 drinks, 0/1 venue & ambience, 1/1 cost, 1/1 toilets and 0/1 bonus
Saab Wer This Esan Deets:
105 King St, Newtown NSW 2042
BOOKINGS: Not Eessential
HOURS: 7 days, 11am – 10pm (1030pm Fri & Sat)
TAKEAWAY: Yes
LOCAL DELIVERY: Yes
VEGETARIAN OPTIONS: Yes
GLUTEN FREE OPTIONS: Yes
KID FRIENDLY: Definitely
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Udta Punjab – A Movie Review
The youth of India, despite all the odds against them, politicians and mafia and what not, they are still standing, they remain a redoubtable force that can turn over an economy to the stars!
Right after the movie, one says to oneself, well why will the Censor Board of India be giving everyone a hard time to approve this movie, and why would Anurag Kashyap and friends have to call an 'extraordinary meeting' with the press to revalorize and reconfirm the honesty of their work.
Yes, India is a terribly messy place at times, but the point here is that this movie should have right off the bat been given free rein for all the youth of Punjab, and of course all of India and the world to see it without a purdah being threatened on anyone. And yes we agree with Anurag Kashyap, Pahlag Nihalani is a "stooge', no actually an "oligarch" and "dictator" and that he should be living in North Korea.
Oh and I love India`s free press… because despite the Censor Board and politics, it is the public outcry that will give reason to freedom. Udta Punjab starts with a big bang which may be a bit of a put off for the first few minutes, but once the drug package is sent with an Olympic spirit over the border to Punjab from Pakistan, there and then starts the traffic à l`indienne. We then trace the fate of the gift of the red devil, this white powder called heroin, and many other white liquid concoctions of evil minds to the heart of the youth of Punjab via their easily swayed souls.
Director Abhishek Chaubey's movie is about the extent easily 'accessible' heroin has invaded the youth but this demand is not only created but supported by a very diseased and corrupted system which includes the police, the local goondas, the farmers turned drug manufacturers, corporate pharma of India and the suave deep-pocket politicians, the actual real profiteers of this guaranteed tax free business.
Chaubey is very aware that the subject is dark and grim and the flick instead of teaching the youth about how they were made to fall into a ditch would actually scare them, so he weaves in two love stories in the movie to give us a short respite. The drug trade can be tackled not by pamphlets that are seen being distributed all over the place but by the will of NGO workers. Dr. Preet Sahni (Kareena Kapoor`s role) works incessantly to foil the program du jour of the drug lords and slowly falls in love with Sartaj Singh (Diljit Dosanjh) a police officer, who himself discovers that instead of 'stoppers', the police were the 'feeders' of the corrupted system.
Sartaj Singh learns it the hard way when his brother gets mired into addiction, but as they say in the movie, it is always 'saddemundetheek, horan de kharab (our kids are fine, it's the others who have turned wayward)'. A very Indian problem of never accepting that the family has failed, that society has failed, that the system is totally pouri. The revelation of the story to me were the caustic dialogues which very much followed the grimness of the story. A police officer calls it the 'green revolution part 2' and the drug lord says 'land cultivation is down but who cares 'coz the youth are high'.
What has caused, or better what is causing this disease to grip India? The answer to me came through Shahid Kapoor's character Tommy Singh/The Gabru, the quintessential Indian returnee from Europe who discovers that better than live a mediocre life, rap sells especially when you are high. He is the pop sensation of Punjab and lives in total debauchery. I thought the party scenes were very Tarantinoesque and were perfectly executed.
The Gabru soon gets caught up in his own debauchery when the government (by the way led by a head who is as much involved in the trade as anyone else) needs a scapegoat. He gets thrown into prison very much by his own stupidity but then realizes after being whacked by Sartaj Singh that 'first learn to be a man before becoming a pop sensation'. Gabru 'sees' the damage he has done to the youth and finally ends up with the golden lines: "I composed a song on drugs and you turned it into your philosophy. You are even bigger losers than I am."
A last word on Alia Bhatt. She's the real sensation of the show. Playing a Bihari migrant who, forced by living conditions, ends up in Punjab and gets also caught in the traffic and is kidnapped. She makes a wonderful plea to the Gabru at the end. A scene so poetically charged, with her eyes raised to the sky, standing on hay, looking at eternity, destiny, fate, she says, 'I am still standing, despite all, I am still standing.'
This is the response of the youth of India, despite all the odds against them, politicians and mafia and what not, they are still standing, they remain a redoubtable force that can turn over an economy to the stars! Glory to the Youth of India!
* Published in print edition on 24 June 2016


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A "marauding gang" of plants including brambles and nettles are increasingly taking over road verges and squeezing out wildflowers important for bees, conservationists have warned.
The "nitrogen guzzlers", which also include cow parsley and creeping buttercup, thrive in nitrogen-rich soils caused in part by pollution from road traffic which settles on road verges, wildlife charity Plantlife said.
[Read more: Chris Packham launches nationwide nature audit]
They are forcing out other wildlife-friendly and threatened species that prefer less rich soil, with the array of wildflowers on road verges shrinking by almost a fifth, analysis of trends since 1990 show.
Species such as red clover and lady's bedstraw, which support high numbers of insects, have seen the most rapid declines.
And rare wildflowers such as fen ragwort and wood calamint are clinging on in just a handful of verges, their last remaining habitat.
The pollution from traffic, which sees 90% of nitrogen of car emissions deposited within 15 metres of the road edge, combines with poor management of road verges to create a "perfect storm" for wildflowers.
Plantlife is calling on councils to manage verges better for wildflowers and the wildlife they support, while keeping them safe for motorists.
Changes could include cutting less and later in the year so flowers can set seed, allowing semi-parasitic plant yellow rattle to act as a natural lawnmower and not leaving cuttings on the verge where they increase the nutrient richness.
If all the road verges in the UK were managed for nature there could be almost 420 billion more flowers – 6,300 per person – the charity estimates.
The "dirty dozen" plants increasing in both the frequency they are found on verges and their abundance are stinging nettle, bramble, rough meadow-grass, ash, ivy, hawthorn, cow parsley, Yorkshire fog, hazel, blackthorn, sycamore and creeping buttercup.
Victims of the changing verge include tufted vetch, bugle, tormentil, white campion and greater knapweed, Plantlife said.
While nettles and the other species which thrive on the "junk food" of nitrogen are important for certain creatures, road verges are losing the mixture of species that support a range of wildlife, Plantlife's Dr Trevor Dines warned.
"It's playground thuggery. It's these bigger things which produce big leaves and lots of vegetation and they literally shoulder these small plants aside and out-compete with them," he said.
Road verges are home to more than 700 species of wildflower, and protecting the rich diversity of the country's roadsides is important in the face of the loss of wildflower meadows across the countryside, Plantlife warns.
Dr Dines said: "They're increasingly important when we remember that 97% of wildflower meadows have gone, that's 7.5 million acres gone from the countryside.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018
Trump Promised to Be LGBTQ-Friendly--His First Year Shows That Was a Huge Lie
Vox reports:
President Donald Trump said he was a different kind of Republican. As someone from liberal New York, he signaled that he would be the person to finally move his political party on LGBTQ issues. He held up a Pride flag at a campaign event, and he said the key acronym ("L, G, B, T … Q") at the 2016 Republican convention.
In its first year, the Trump administration has tried to reinstate a ban on transgender people in the military. It has nominated multiple people to the courts and elsewhere who have anti-LGBTQ records. It has directed its army of federal lawyers to take the anti-LGBTQ side in court cases. And it has done some extraordinarily petty things, like refusing to recognize Pride Month.
Together, it all marks a significant shift from President Barack Obama's administration. In the runup to his 2012 reelection, Obama became the first sitting president to support same-sex marriage. His administration interpreted civil rights law to protect trans people where other existing laws failed to. It reversed "don't ask, don't tell" — which banned gay people from serving openly in the military — and began to reverse a similar ban on open trans service members. In court cases in which it chimed in, the Obama administration was a reliable ally of LGBTQ rights causes. And it took on smaller yet still symbolic causes, such as designating the Stonewall Inn as a national monument.
The Trump administration, based on a review of what it's done so far, has essentially worked to undo all of this progress. . . . From Trump's nominations for courts that will decide the expanse of LGBTQ rights across the country to his administration dictating who has basic civil right protections, it's an agenda that could seriously harm LGBTQ people in the years and perhaps decades to come.
2 comments:
- Raybeard said...
Among topics to remember him for (and, boy, what rich pickings there already are!) this is likely to be the one I'll most remember him for - if he goes the way that we fear he will, that is.
- January 23, 2018 at 11:10 AM
- John Gray said...
All will be well when Streep, Oprah or mcDormund is in power
- January 23, 2018 at 4:51 PM
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