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Robert E. Lee trusted few men more than Major General James Ewell Brown Stuart, or "Jeb" as he came to be known. Lee and Jeb had been friends for years before the Civil War began, serving together in the U.S. Army in numerous military campaigns throughout the 1850s. Jeb was trustworthy, unflinchingly brave, and an expert in reconnaissance. Despite his peculiar flair for the dramatic (he would often lead his men into battles sporting a red cape, an ostrich plume, and drenched in cologne), Jeb was a serious soldier. General Lee said that Jeb was the only commander he trusted to bring him infallibly reliable intel. Lee called Jeb his "eyes."
Jeb literally ran circles around the Union's Army of the Potomac and reported every detail of their movement back to General Lee. Jeb's intel gave Lee the advantage at Second Bull Run, Fredericksburg, and Chancellorsville. By the summer of 1863, momentum in the war was swinging toward the Confederacy.
But in the moment Robert E. Lee needed him most, Jeb didn't show.
In June of 1863, Lee embarked on an audacious march north into the very heart of the Union. He ordered Jeb to parallel his march in the west, through the Shenandoah Valley. Instead, following a hunch, Jeb went east. He was attempting, against orders, to outflank the Union Army once again. But his decision left General Lee in the dark for eight days. During that time, Lee blindly stumbled across a group of soldiers in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, who he assumed were a rag-tag local militia. Because Lee's "eyes" were off wandering miles away, Lee had no clue that he had just encountered the west- ern tip of the primary Union army.
By the time Jeb's cavalry arrived in Gettysburg on July 2, he was too late. The battle of Gettysburg was nearly over. Furious, Lee called Jeb into his headquarters. All Lee could say was, "General Stuart, where have you been?"
Had Jeb arrived when Lee expected him, historians say the battle of Gettysburg might have gone differently. Instead, Gettysburg marked the turning point in the war. General Lee must have asked himself again and again: "General Stuart, why were you late? Where were you?"
Where were you?
It's a question we've all asked of somebody. Their absence or tardiness left us feeling abandoned, helpless, confused, and angry. If the stakes were high, we wondered if that person actually cared about us at all. Those moments when someone I depended on let me down have left me feeling helpless. When friends forget to call. When a trusted colleague doesn't deliver. When a teammate doesn't show up.
When the one who fails to show up as expected is God, it does more than disappoint. It can knock your faith off the rails.
"Lord, If You Had Been Here …"
Mary and Martha felt this way about Jesus when their brother Lazarus got sick and died. Jesus, their friend, was not far away, and they had sent an urgent message for him to come straightaway: "So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days" (John 11:6 NIV).
They waited. And waited. And Lazarus died. Then Jesus showed up. He offered no excuse.
Why hadn't he come? Didn't he love them? They thought he did. Everyone referred to Lazarus as the one Jesus loved (John 11:3). Did he not care after all?
Haven't you felt this way? These are the questions that almost every Christ-follower asks as they pass through a dark valley: Where are you, God? Why haven't you come? If you had been here … I wouldn't have failed. My parents wouldn't have gotten divorced. I wouldn't have gotten so hurt. My wife wouldn't have died.
Jesus' tardiness in coming to Lazarus was not due to a lack of care. As Jesus would explain, God had orchestrated this situation for a greater purpose: to reveal his glory through his control and ultimate victory over all things (John 11:4).
I'll go ahead and give you the punchline: Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. But along the way, Jesus teaches us what faith in a really big and sometimes confusing God looks like.
Jesus was doing three things in Mary's and Martha's pain, and they are what he's doing in your pain as well.
He's Weeping
When Jesus hears firsthand from Mary that Lazarus had died, he weeps (John 11:35). Jesus' tears have always struck me as a little strange. Didn't he know he was about to raise Lazarus from the dead? If you know that in less than 10 minutes a loved one will be alive, why cry? Instead, why not say to Mary and Martha, "No, no! You don't need to cry! I'm about to fix everything!"
I am a big college basketball fan, and sometimes games I want to watch happen during our services, so I record them to watch later. Invariably, someone spoils the outcome for me before I get home. If I find out that my team has won, I'm still excited to watch the game because even when something bad happens, I can say, "Who cares? In the end we win." The bad calls, which normally drive me insane, don't bother me that much. So why would Jesus weep knowing that in just a few minutes he was about to fix everything? It makes no sense.
But then I had kids, and I realized what it's like to see someone you really love go through pain, even when you know the pain is temporary.
When your heart is closely knit together with someone else's, their pain causes you pain.
It's true that one day God will wipe away every tear and make every sad thing come untrue. To God, that moment seems like it is only seconds away (2 Peter 3:8)! Even so, when we are in pain now, he feels it. He has united his heart with ours. So when our heart is broken, his is too. When we weep, he weeps.
I know that Jesus will one day raise the dead, and I know he will take the worst situations and use them for his glory and my good. But when I'm hurting, maybe the most comforting truth of all is knowing that Jesus weeps with me.
He's not late because he doesn't care. He's late because he's up to something greater.
God's not late because he doesn't care. He's late because he's up to something greater.
He's Saving
When Jesus first hears about Lazarus' sickness, he emphatically declares that this bout of death would not have the final word: "But when Jesus heard it he said, 'This illness does not lead to death'" (John 11:4a ESV).
But Lazarus does die! Jesus is looking past Lazarus' death to his resurrection. This sickness does not lead to death; it leads through death to a resurrection. Death is just a brief stop along the way.
When Martha, Lazarus' other sister, tells Jesus about her brother's death, Jesus responds by saying, "Your brother will rise again" (John 11:23).
To be frank, Jesus' words here seem a little bit insensitive. If I were mentoring a pastor on how to do hospital visits, and this was the first thing he said to the weeping family after someone died, I'd tell him to work on his bedside manner. Imagine a funeral of a wife who tragically lost her husband. You wouldn't slap her on the back and say, "What are you crying for? Haven't you read the Left Behind books? It's called the rapture, sister. Have some faith."
Jesus isn't just offering Martha a theology lesson about the future. He is attempting to change her perspective on the present. We are to live in present awareness of eternal life. Martha doesn't see that at first, so she responds with a good Sunday school answer, saying, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day" (John 11:24).
She knew her theology.
Jesus says, but I'm talking about more than resurrection on the last day: "I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?" (John 11:25-26)
"I am the resurrection and the life right now. In other words, I'm already turning the power of death around, using its powers of destruction to glorify my name and heal you. In me, even when you die, you don't really die."
To her credit, Martha believes. I suspect that many people in the church today don't. We still act like our "illness" terminates in death. What scares us about death is that it feels like permanent loss. Someone we loved is gone forever. But Jesus took all these permanent, bitter parts of death into himself so that none of it remains for us. As Paul explained, Jesus takes away death's sting (1 Corinthians 15:55).
Jesus took the sting of death into his hands so that in him we have nothing more to fear. Death, the mighty enemy, has been reduced to a temporary, inconvenient nuisance.
As Jesus walked up to Lazarus' grave, the Apostle John tells us he was "deeply moved" (John 11:38), a Greek phrase indicating not just sadness, but anger— the kind of anger you might feel at someone who has hurt or threatened someone you love. Some scholars say you can translate that word "snorted," like a bull about to charge into battle. And then, like a fighter, Jesus yells out in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out" (John 11:43).
Lazarus, who had now been dead for four days, comes staggering out of the grave. By the way, "four days" was significant to Jews because they believed that a person's spirit hovered above their dead body for three days to see if some miracle might rejoin the soul to the body. By the fourth day Jews believed the spirit had given up hope and gone on to heaven. Death at four days was considered irreversible.
Not for Jesus. In him death was finished, and after his resurrection there remains no power that can ever threaten his people. That's because in dying for his people he took death's terrible sting.
He's Glorifying
Jesus told his disciples that the biggest objective he was pursuing in this encounter was God's glory.
Through every episode of our pain, God is writing a story for his glory. Like Mary and Martha, we sometimes can't see where that story is going, how our pain fits into it, or why Jesus seems to arrive too late to help us. But because of stories like this one, we can rest assured that he is always working.
I've heard God's work in our lives compared to the weaving of a tapestry. On one side you see a beautiful, intricate work of art. But if you lift the corner and look on the backside, you find an erratic and chaotic mess of strands. If all you could see were the backside of a tapestry as it was being woven, you would conclude that nothing beautiful was taking shape. When you flip it and look at it from the front, however, you see that every strand finds its perfect place according to the plan of the artist. One day, God will "flip over" history, and we will see that every strand of our lives was part of a picture God wove together for his glory.
Part of that beauty is something he is weaving into us. Through suffering we come to know him better. He breaks up our confidence in ourselves. We develop compassion for others. We understand how much better God is than all earthly gifts, how he alone has power over death, and how he is faithful to sustain us even in pain. Through our pain, we experience parts of God we may not otherwise know! These are not easy or cheap lessons. They are costly and often brutal. But they are beautiful.
Through suffering we come to know God better. They are not easy or cheap lessons. They are costly and often brutal. But they are beautiful.
In 1 Corinthians, Paul says that one day "death will be swallowed up in victory." When you swallow something, it becomes part of you. Paul doesn't say that the memory of death will simply vanish. It becomes part of us, making us better for having gone through it. Death itself contributes to God's beautiful picture.


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Did you catch Chris Baker's liveblogging of the Take Two shareholders meeting yesterday? No? Shame on you! Well, here's hoping you were doing something extremely important instead, like curing cancer or getting Firefly back on the air. Here's pretty much what you need to know: old board out, new board in, company not sellin' nothin'.
Other decisions were made, regarding amending the company's stock plan, choosing new accountants, and suchlike. I'll let you read the ins and outs of who's replacing who yourself, should you feel the need to know.
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. Announces Results of Annual Meeting____Newly Appointed Board Names Strauss Zelnick Chairman; Ben Feder to Serve as Acting Chief Executive Officer
Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO) announced that, at the Annual Meeting of Take-Two stockholders held today, stockholders elected a new slate of directors to the Take-Two Board. The Take-Two
Board of Directors now consists of Strauss Zelnick, Ben Feder, Jon J.
Moses, Michael Dornemann, Michael James Sheresky and John Levy, who is an incumbent, independent director of Take-Two. Grover C. Brown, an incumbent, independent director, was also elected as a director at a meeting of the new Board of Directors held following the stockholders meeting.
At the direction of the new Take-Two Board, Strauss
Zelnick, founding partner of ZelnickMedia became the new chairman of
Take-Two. Since the formation of ZelnickMedia, Mr. Zelnick and his partners have led the successful execution of several operational turnarounds, including Columbia Music Entertainment of Japan and
Time-Life. Prior to founding ZelnickMedia in 2001, Mr. Zelnick held a number of high-level media industry positions including president and chief executive officer of BMG Entertainment, president and chief executive officer of Crystal Dynamics, a producer and distributor of interactive entertainment software, and president and chief operating officer of 20th Century Fox.
In addition to Mr. Zelnick, the following individuals joined the Take-Two Board:
- Ben
Feder, a partner of ZelnickMedia since 2001. Mr. Feder served previously as a senior executive at News Corp. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of Columbia Music Entertainment, traded on the
Tokyo Stock Exchange. Mr. Feder has been named acting CEO, reporting to
Mr. Zelnick. The Board is working with Paul Eibeler, former CEO and
President of Take-Two, to ensure an orderly and effective transition.
- Jon
J. Moses, CEO of UGO Networks, an online network of game sites. Mr.
Moses previously served as the president of BMG Interactive.
- Michael
Dornemann, an entertainment and marketing executive with more than 30
years of corporate development, strategic advisory, advertising and media experience. Previously, Mr. Dornemann was an executive board member of Bertelsmann AG for 16 years and CEO of BMG Entertainment. As
CEO, Mr. Dornemann was responsible for the oversight of BMG's music, television and games operations in 56 countries.
- Michael James
Sheresky, a senior vice president in the Motion Picture Department at the William Morris Agency. Sheresky focuses on representing major clients and developing business opportunities across the broad spectrum of the entertainment industry.
- John Levy and Grover C. Brown, incumbent, independent directors of Take-Two.
Zelnick, founding partner of ZelnickMedia, commented, "Take-Two has exceptional brands and creative resources, and we are thrilled to be able to work with the many talented people within the company. The new
Board plans to put in place strategies designed to revitalize Take-Two, focus on supporting and enhancing its creative output, improve its margins and ensure that the 2007 release pipeline meets expectations.
We are here to maximize the value of Take-Two for shareholders, for game consumers, and for the Company's employees."
The Company also announced that the Board of Directors ratified the management contract with ZelnickMedia, as described in previously issued Schedule
13D filings.
Additional Proposals__
The proposal to amend Take-Two's Incentive Stock Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for issuance under the plan by 2,000,000 shares was approved.
The proposal to ratify the appointment of Ernst & Young LLP as the Company's independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company's financial statements for its fiscal year ending October 31, 2007, was approved.
shareholder proposal requesting that the Board of Directors'
Compensation Committee include social responsibility, as well as corporate governance and financial criteria, in setting executive compensation was defeated.


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April 9, 2014 – The 18 year old student who made national headlines by engaging in a physical altercation with a teacher on Friday pled not guilty to all charges Tuesday.
Blair Roderick Moore was charged during his arraignment with "two counts of 71 (a) PC, threatening a public school official and 1 count of 11357 (d) H&S, possession of less than 28.5 grams of marijuana on school grounds," according to the Santa Monica Police Department (SMPD).
He was also charged with "1 count of 626.10(a) (2) PC, possession of a box cutter on school grounds, and 1 count of 242/243.6 PC, force or violence against a school employee in retaliation for an act performed in the course of his or her duties." All charges filed were misdemeanors.
"Mr. Moore was released on his own recognizance (OR) with an order not to harass, strike, threaten, or assault the victims named in the case," said Sgt. Jay Moroso, the SMPD Spokesman.
Moore's Pre-trial hearing is scheduled for April 22 and his first trail date is May 6.
A cellphone video from inside the classroom that went viral over the weekend shows the coach allegedly defending himself by using standard wrestling moves, such as grabbing a thigh, to take him down.
The SMPD have withheld the identity of the second student involved in the incident. The only information available describes the suspect as a 16 year old African American male. The unidentified 16-year old was arrested on suspicion of battery against a school employee. His court date will be scheduled 60 days after his arrest.
After the incident, supporters of Black did not hesitate to take to the Internet to defend the veteran school teacher. A Facebook page titled, "We Support Coach Black of Samohi" sprouted up over the weekend after news of the incident broke and has since received 18,475 "likes." In addition, an online petition calling for Black's reinstatement has also been circulating and has 6,900 supporters as of Tuesday afternoon.
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The Stamford Symphony takes young people seriously, and they also take seriously the teaching and appreciation of classical musical in an era when people, especially young people, are being exposed to very little of it. That is a whole other article.
MusiKids is the preconcert Sunday afternoon session geared to enhance the concert experience for the kids who are admitted free of charge to the concert. Two of my grandsons, ages 7-almost-8 and 6 were among those present. A remarkable young woman, Leah Potteiger, who comes through Education for Music, had everyone, parents included, spellbound, clapping their hands in rhythm patterns, even dancing a few steps of the minuet and the waltz, and much more, all in a spirit of play and fun. Potteiger is the orchestra teacher at MS 180 in New York and a very fine violinist, as she proved when she demonstrated the main themes from the afternoon's upcoming program. And who paid a visit but the violin soloist for the afternoon, a charming young man, Arnaud Sussmann, with his violin.
He told the children about himself, how he came to music, his instrument and the concerto he would be playing, demonstrating the main themes with his beautiful sound. Each child received a special program and a souvenir glowstick, which they were encouraged to wave during applause. It was then time to go downstairs and find our seats. It was more than encouraging to see the large number of young people who were helping to fill the Palace Theater. The Stamford Symphony gets high praise for this project.
Now to the music. (Many of the children understandably didn't make it through the entire concert, including ours, so we didn't hear Mozart's Symphony in G-minor.) The program opened with the familiar Serenade for Strings in C major, opus 48 by Peter Tschaikowsky.
On this occasion, the orchestra had a highly competent guest conductor, Robert Moody, who, though relatively young, has impressive credits. His interpretation of the Tschaikowsky piece, however, lacked innate energy, because he took it far too slowly, even when he didn't have to. There was some merriment in the waltz and the Temme Russo, but very little sparkle. The strings of the Stamford Symphony have a luscious warm sound, and we were treated to that, but the pauses between the movements were long enough to evince applause (theoretically a concert no-no) as people thought the piece has ended. (It wasn't boring, but a few really little ones decided to take a nap.) When Sussman came on to play Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 3, everything changed. The entire performance was lighthearted and dancey. Sussmann's excellent technique is so secure it allows to play with the music. He and Moody were of one mind on this piece and it was a delight to watch and well as hear. The Adagio was particularly effective, even at its gentle tempo, because the playing literally sang. Everyone, soloist, orchestra and audience had a splendid time, and the young people showed their appreciation with cheers. Kids love to say shout "Bravo!" and they did.
We went out into the evening, heading for an early supper. The boys chattered about the experience, and best of all, they want to do it again. That's the important thing.
Three cheers to the Stamford Symphony for this program, and long may MusiKids continue.


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The elements of construction used to make this album and the resulting music all belong to this century, to this period. I think it's clear that Christof and Mats are not looking backward in an attempt to recreate something that sounds like the past, nor do I feel that they are attempting to be futuristic and artificially avant-garde. FALLING and five other failings is a set of music that responds to the circumstances that we are currently living in, what we are seeing and listening to right now. Compositions for the times. As I hear them, abstract hymns for the left as we are faced with the advance of the right.
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Telluride: 'Palo Alto,' Latest Film From Coppola Family, Is Well-Made But Disturbing
TELLURIDE, Colo. – On Monday, the last day of the 40th Telluride Film Festival, I caught up with Palo Alto, the feature directorial debut of Gia Coppola -- yes, Carmine's great-granddaughter, Francis Ford's granddaughter and Sofia's niece. Like aunt Sofia's The Bling Ring, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in May, this is a film about today's youth that has a very talented cast, impressive cinematography, a cool soundtrack, very dark humor -- and a story that will leave you sad and fearful for the future.
The film is still seeking U.S. distribution, and would face an uphill climb for awards attention outside of Film Independent's Spirit Awards if it secures a release this year. That's not because it isn't well-made or entertaining -- it is both -- but because the field is already jam-packed and, well, I'm not sure that Academy members are going to be able to stomach this story.
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Palo Alto -- which was inspired by the short stories of James Franco, who also plays a key supporting role in the film -- revolves around a bunch of high school students from Palo Alto, a middle-class suburb in Northern California. Like American high schoolers for the better part of the century, they are bored and spend much of their time cruising around and looking for alcohol, drugs and sex. That's not so different from, say, 1973's American Graffiti.
But many of these 21st century kids -- or, I suppose, young adults -- are frighteningly vapid, scared and devoid of morals or ambition, which causes them to act out in the most self-destructive of ways: via fake friendships; promiscuous sexual behavior; prolific alcohol and drug abuse; and even inappropriate student-teacher relationships. Moreover, they are incapable of communicating their feelings of inner-turmoil to others -- perhaps because they have spent so much of their lives in front of screens that they never really learned to talk. Several of them have less-than-wonderful parents who act like kids themselves, but that is no excuse. Their goal is not to be outstanding individuals or members of the community, but rather just to fit in with the cool crowd. And when they don't, chaos ensues.
The film zeroes in on two of these youngsters: a girl (Emma Roberts) and a guy (Jack Kilmer, the son of Val Kilmer, who also has a cameo in the film). These characters show glimpses of having the potential to rise above the rest -- and interest in one another -- but the film captures how being surrounded by losers makes both of those things so much harder than they should be. Their performances are first rate and, like Coppola's screenplay, might capture the attention of Spirit voters if and when the film finally goes out into the world.
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Religious faith has inspired many artists over the millennia. Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling and Handel's Messiah spring to mind immediately, as do the pyramids of Egypt and Maya, and other mysterious monuments like Stonehenge and the Easter Island moai megaliths.
Art has been an ideal medium for hiding religious symbolism and messages during times of persecution, misunderstanding, and conspiracies. Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code has had us all studying Leonardo Da Vinci's Madonna of the Rocks, Last Supper, and Mona Lisa more carefully than ever before. Tibetan monks have used sand mandala painting as a teaching tool for centuries. Books and paintings can be destroyed, but a transient art form, by it's very nature, has more permanence by the necessity of each student memorising it completely.
Meeting religious leaders has also proven inspiring to writers like former Nazi party member, Heinrich Harrer, who wrote Seven Years in Tibet, the true story of his time with the Dalai Lama before Chinese occupation and his exile to India.
The rich symbolism and contradictions of religion makes it a tempting subject for many literary authors as well. The Autograph Man, Orange prize winner, Zadie Smith's second novel, uses the Jewish Kabbalah as its inspiration. In Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie explores the complications of losing, seeking, and changing one's religious identity. CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia reveal the literature professor and author's fascination with the similarities of the symbolism of different religions, while his Screwtape Letters satirises the personification of evil in religion.
The mysterious and darker sides of religion have inspired filmmakers in particular, who find it hard to resist a story that utilises their special effects experts to their full potential. Audiences have gasped at the enigma of spontaneous wounding in Stigmata, and the mystery of codes revealing the secrets of the universe contained in the Torah in Pi, the brutality of Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ, and the devils and demons of movies like The Omen, The Exorcist, and The Devil's Advocate.
Hollywood often takes great leaps of imagination when it comes to turning religion into entertainment. Movies and TV series' such as The Craft, Practical Magic, Bewitched, and Charmed, have given many a distorted but popularised vision of witchcraft and paganism. But the creative folk in the special effects department are still having all the fun.
This article was first published on BellaOnline in June 2006. © Elsa Neal


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It took numerous mixtapes and one debut album album before 1017 Bricksquad Waka Flocka Flame decided he had had enough of the rap game. After the end of this year, he was quitting.
Citing fake smiles and people as a source, Waka also proclaimed he would "rather work at Wal-mart."
As I listened to Waka's comments, I was reminded of the mixtape song from another Atlanta rapper known as Jeezy, "Rap Game." Part of the hook is Jeezy stressing, Rap game fucked up.
Is it really? And if it is, who caused it to be so?
I personally think the rap game is fine. Not without holes though. And one of the biggest holes can be the fans.
We say we love good music. We say we love new music. But if you think about it, are you really open to finding good, new music? Until a few years ago, I wasn't. I was one of the many hip-hop fans out there who liked a certain group of artist and no matter what, would not accept any exceptions.
If you weren't flowing like Big Pun, rhyming like Big L or trying to make me think like Canibus, I didn't want to hear you. And I wasn't the only one out there with this mindset, many people will immediately designate you as trash if you don't fit the mold of what they think a rapper should be.
So I ask you, the reader, explore some new artists. Open your minds to the way the rap game is today. It's no longer 1998 where Jay-Z, DMX or Nas ruled the game. It's a new day and age and it's time to embrace the new school.
Besides, if you really loved Hip-Hop, wouldn't you love it no matter what?


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Below is a brief summary of the WEBDAV WG meetings which took place last week. More detailed minutes are under preparation. - Jim WEBDAV Working Group Summary The WEBDAV working group met two times at the Washington IETF meeting, on Monday and Tuesday, December 8-9, 1997, and 78 people attended one or both of the sessions. The first session began with a mini-BOF on the topic of WEBDAV searching and locating (DASL), which was led by Saveen Reddy. During this mini-BOF, the goals of the working group were presented, and some discussion on the group took place. Attendees notes that there was overlap between the issues being considered by LESSOR and DASL, however there was some agreement that DASL would be able to build upon the work of the LESSOR group. At the end of the mini-BOF, a poll of the attendees found substantial, but not unanimous, support for having a DASL working group in the IETF. After the DASL mini-BOF, the WEBDAV session begain with a status report on the current documents being developed by the working group, including the creation of a new versioning protocol specification, now that the main protocol document is focused on distributed authoring capability. During this status report, the chair announced that there will be a working group last call on the distributed authoring protocol document in January. A discussion of open issues in the distributed authoring protocol specification took place during the remainder of the session. Functionality for ordered collections was discussed, with debate centering on what kind of ordered collection support should be provided, and whether the support should be mandatory given the processing burden on servers. No resolution was reached, discussion will continue on the list. Security considerations were discussed next, and the group reached agreement that a) the security considerations from HTTP/1.1 need to be reviewed to ensure they are unchanged for the domain of distributed authoring, b) WEBDAV will mandate use of digest authentication, c) for cases where greater security that an unencoded session is needed, use TLS will be recommended. Finally, the working group agreed with the decisions of the Design Team that the INDEX method be removed in conjunction with adding recursive capability to PROPFIND, and the PATCH method be moved to the versioning specification. Access Control was the topic of the second WEBDAV session. Howard Palmer led discussion on WEBDAV access control by presenting a series of slides highlighting design issues. One thread discussed the problem of underlying repositories having access control schemes which vary (e.g., by operating system), the difficulty of mapping different schemes into each other, and the challenge this poses for WEBDAV access control. No consensus was reached (none was expected) and discussion on access control will continue on the mailing list.Received on Sunday, 14 December 1997 20:52:17 UTC
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Pixar Just Released A Video That Proves All Their Movies Are Connected, And Here's How
February 15, 2017
Disney has just surprised everyone by releasing a video that connects all 17 Pixar movies, and it actually makes sense.
Pixar has built a massive world of beloved storylines and characters since the release of Toy Story in 1995, and devoted fans have spent years connecting the dots between them. No, they didn't discover a hidden doomsday prophecy, but they did reveal what could possibly be one of the most intricate and long-running tales ever put to screenplay. Disney themselves have now confirmed at least some of those theories, such as characters recurring mysteriously in multiple movies.
The best part about all of this? It's a great excuse to have a fresh Pixar movie marathon.


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.when I want to install server 2008 in VMware workstation 8 in the step for selecting the os says to me:
there aren't any option to choose .
and by clicking next button I got this error :
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By 2025, enormous military-style drones – close relatives of the sort made famous by counterterrorism strikes in Afghanistan and Iraq – will be visible 2,000 feet above U.S. cities, streaming high-resolution video to police departments below. That is the bet that multiple defense contractors are placing, anyway, as they race to build unmanned aircraft that can pass evolving airworthiness certifications and replace police helicopters. And if that bet pays off, it will radically transform the way cities, citizens, and law enforcement interact.
There's a reason big drones like the General Atomics Reaper aren't already flying over the United States. The federal rules that govern aircraft in U.S. airspace are much stricter than those that cover U.S. military drones overseas. Many of the Federal Aviation Authority's regulations were drafted for manned aircraft, long before unmanned flight across the United States was even a possibility. Now the FAA is working with the private sector to update its rules for the age of ubiquitous unmanned flight, and that will open the floodgates.
"The market won't exist until the regulations exist," said Matthew Scassero, director of the University of Maryland Unmanned Aircraft Systems Test Site. "The FAA was a little slow in coming around to the realization that we needed to get those in place."
Unlike many new industries, which grow unfettered until emerging problems prompt regulation, unmanned flight needs relief from existing restrictions in order to blossom, Scassero said. Once that happens, the market for large unmanned planes could be enormous.
It might also represent a big problem for privacy advocates. Glimmers of that future battle are today already visible. In 2009, the military planned to launch JLENS, a 242-foot aerostat over Maryland. Original documents show that the unmanned blimp was supposed to have cameras, similar to aerostats deployed to Afghanistan. Members of the Electronic Privacy Information Center sounded an alarm. "There is a lot of potential for privacy abuse if a surveillance device can identify a human at five kilometers away," Julia Horwitz, the group's consumer protection counsel, told The Washington Post. JLENS went up without the cameras attached. (It later broke loose, causing havoc over multiple states.)
Reaper drones can also carry highly advanced jammer and electronic warfare payloads into battle and still retain their satellite link. That means a police drone could carry a wide variety of signals intelligence collection payloads as well.
Ultimately, individual police departments and the communities that they serve, not drone makers, will decide what sort of sensors to carry aloft, and what happens to the information gathered. But the relatively low costs of long-endurance drones, coupled with the growing capability of the camera equipment attached to them, will likely hasten new debates about police use of surveillance, and, in all likelihood, a lot of new arrests.


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I don't care for marriage. I am interested in the topic only enough to have considered and decided that I will not bother. Marriage was something I grew up 'knowing' that all adult human must do, and that I was relieved when I found another option in my youth- to be seen as a broken instrument by the majority and to continuously hear that question 'did you have bad experience? from those 'caring' people through out my life- but at least I am in dignity with my soul, and that has been enough for me. I have trained myself to be strong enough to stand on my own feet, which according to many, something I should not be able to do. Sure it is tough at times just like anybody else's life, but it is still easier than having to act incapable in order to satisfy a man's ego.
Marriage equality has been a topic in Australia and many other places around the globe. It puzzles and confuses me. Here I am, having worked so hard to not marry while living in a society which makes unmarried women wrong. So when two adults who are in love and committed to each other do decide to file marriage, how could that then be wrong (and illegal! ) too, because they carry the same set of reproductive organs? You would be wronged by majority if you don't marry, but you would still be wronged unless you marry a group of people who are approved by a minority of the society- and that never seem to make sense to me.
To me, there is a part of marriage which is and derives from custom, culture, and tradition- the same reason why Japan engage in Whaling, and that they permit culling of dolphins to this day. You marry, because we always have; that's how and what it is to become an adult- not something you should even question. And there is this other part of marriage, whether formal or informal, which turns you magnetically attracted to another and keeps you giggly and fluffy for how long ever it lasts. People become so happy it is almost annoying to spend time with a friend in that state- though you congratulate their relationships because you celebrate joy too. And some of those people will decide to sign a piece of paper to promise each other that they will share their asset and responsibilities as well as love. We are supposed to use textbooks as our tools. When books take over our life, we always have innocent people who are made wrong.
Marriage equality debate, to me, is a given opportunity for all of us to stop and think about our own relationships. Am I with a person who I truly care about? Do I really know what love is? Because, if you knew the love I refer to, you could not possibly oppose same sex marriage. Love belong to that part of life where you cannot logistically control per human convenience. Trying to govern another's love is probably as meaningless as trying to find a way to stop a compass from pointing north/ south. We should teach people what it is to love another soul if we want to see a peaceful world, because there is not a lot of people out there who can manage giggly and violent all in a sentence. We will hopefuly always have the rights not to marry, but I suspect that love from your heart cannot be and should never be questioned or prohibited by law.


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Quick, now: what makes a fantasy story a fantasy story?
When I'm asked the well-meaning-but-terrifying question "what is your book about," my shortest and most general answer tends to take a shape kind of like this: "Oh, it's a big fat fantasy novel. You know, with swords and monsters and magic."
With these three elements, I like to think I can narrow my story's scope enough that potential readers will know if they want to hear more. The "swords" part probably suggests that my book's got some things in common with historical or quasi-historical stories (like GRRM's A Song of Ice and Fire, or Jacqueline Carey's Kushiel books); the "monsters" part probably indicates that there will be invented creatures of one kind or another (though it's certainly not only invented settings that can depict monstrous things). But the part that I suspect most clearly marks the kind of story I'm telling – that I know from experience is most likely to make someone lean in or turn away – is the word "magic." Because I'm increasingly convinced that magic is the marker of fantasy stories.
But what are we talking about when we talk about magic?
The first definition to come to many people's minds is the kind of magic showcased in the Harry Potter books and in your average sword-and-sorcery novel or MMORPG. This is the wizard in the D&D party casting Magic Missile: very showy, often involving formal words and gestures, most frequently (though not always) formally taught, and common in the culture it's a part of. But it's not the only model out there.
About 6 weeks ago, author Kazuo Ishiguro went on record in an interview with The New York Times expressing his concern that readers of his new novel, The Buried Giant, "are… going to say this is fantasy." Setting aside the ideological debate that sprung up in the wake of his comments, consider the content of the book in question: according to Goodreads, it follows an elderly couple as they wander around the ruins of their not-quite-British homeland, shrouded in a mist that makes people forget their pasts. Is this magic?
Both Martin's Song of Ice and Fire and Carey's Kushiel books are the product of an enormous amount of historical research, although neither is set in the "real world" that readers know. Both series also have elements that are generally accepted not to exist in the real world (in no particular order and without differentiation: dragons, murderous shadows, precognition, and shapeshifting). These elements are seen as generally remarkable by the characters living in the setting, and their existence is not well-understood or explained; but they're there, and they've always been there. Is this magic?
What about the feruchemy and allomancy of Brandon Sanderson's Mistborn books? These powers are openly stated to have a genetic basis, and they're fairly common in their respective populations, if not completely taken-for-granted. The time travel in Diana Gabaldon's Outlander series seems to follow similar rules: successful time travel has a genetic component, it's linked to particular places and times, and there are other factors that make it easier to travel safely. Magic? Or science?
What about Star Wars' the Force? Magic? Does your answer change if you're considering only the three original movies versus all six extant movies (which offer a pseudo-scientific explanation for it)?
When we hear the word "magic," what do we expect to see?
This question's been at the forefront of my mind lately, as the first "really magicky" parts of my novel have come under the knife for revision, but I've been thinking about it for a while now. Last April, I read a Locus interview with author Daryl Gregory where he said:
Readers will read something as science fiction if the characters are engaged in the process of science. In fantasy there's no fiddling with the rules. You pull a sword out of a stone, and that makes you King of England. There's no, 'But what if I put a sword into the stone?' In a science fiction novel, everybody would be trying to figure out how to make more kings by inserting more sharp objects into rocks! A fantasy novel is almost distinguished by not asking those fundamental questions about what is going on. A science fiction novel, no matter what the rules, is always asking those questions.
At the time, this really resonated with me – perhaps because my fantasy-worldbuilding kept being disrupted by sci-fi-loving Husband asking questions like "but where does the magic come from?" – but as I get a little more distance from it, I find myself wondering. I've encountered fantasy stories where people attempt to figure out where their magic comes from. It seems to me like the final climax of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is all about taking control of the fundamental processes of magic (and basically inserting sharp objects into rocks). If a character in Harry Potter attempted to ascertain where their magic came from, would that make the story into science fiction? Or would it only be science fiction if it was discovered that the cause was genetic manipulation or radiation?
Arthur C. Clarke's Third Law states that "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." Is the only difference the way that the story frames the unbelievable elements, that "magic" is unbelievable things that come from outside of people, where "technology" is people-derived? When Hermione Granger develops a new spell, is she using magic or technology or both?
A few months ago, I attended a Google Hangout interview with NK Jemisin through the Dive Into Worldbuilding series where she talked both about the new novel she has coming out later this year and about her philosophy on world-building. The two things that struck me most from this conversation were her points about assumptions she tries to avoid in her readers. First, she noted that people generally assume that science and magic don't coexist, that the practice of science in a fantasy setting (or even the use of scientific language) is a rare commodity. But the thing that really resonated with me was her explanation for why she doesn't use "magic" as a term in her books. The reason, she explained, was because "magic implies… differentiating between magic and mundanity."
I think that might be my new favorite explanation: that when people use the word "magic," they're drawing a line between what is normal and what is uncanny. This can be different for your setting than for the real world – in fantasy, that's often the case – and it can change over the course of the story. But "magic" as a concept carries undertones of something rare and precious and bizarre. By that definition, the mysterious stuff of Carey and Martin's books is undeniably magic. The everyday conveniences of Harry Potter's world, on the other hand, start to lose their rights to the title. Something that's common – that's just part of how the world works – wouldn't quite be magic, not to the characters. Even if it's never been seen before by the readers.
Of course, all this musing hasn't done much to tidy up the definition of magic, or of fantasy — but as I tell the students in my sociology courses, definitions are always problematic, and people get uncomfortable with edge cases (like the Force in Star Wars, or Anne McCaffrey's Pern books, which are always identified as "technically science fiction"). For most readers, I suspect that Harry Potter-style wizardry falls neatly into a different category than the more pseudo-scientific approach to weird powers taken in Mistborn or Pat Rothfuss's Kingkiller Chronicle. But are there other distinctions? Does the purported source of uncanny powers matter? George RR Martin offers up both religious and secular magic, some clearly magical creatures and some human mages and some whose nature isn't entirely clear. Is a dragon always magical? An elf? A dwarf?
I suspect I'll be thinking about this for a while longer. What do you think? What puts Ishiguro's allegory about societies recovering from atrocity in the Literature section of Barnes & Noble, while Tolkien's goes in the Fantasy section?


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Brian and his mother get picked up by Heath and arrive to a delightful meal.
Brian chuckled at himself. "All I could tell was it's green," he told his mother. "I had no idea it was spinach pilaf."
"Well, I'm sure it's delicious."
Heath led the blessing and they ate, exclaiming over the excellent meal. Brian wasn't sure half the time what he was eating, but it was all so good, he didn't care. At the end of the meal, he had to control a burp. The others chuckled at him as he blushed.
"That's the nicest compliment my food has gotten in a long time," Jacqueline said. "I'm glad you liked it. Did you leave room for dessert?"
"Depends on dessert," Brian responded with a wink.
"I think we can find something good," Jacqueline replied. "Honey, do the honors?"
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October 2018
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Collectively, The members of the Virginia Southpaws have performed at notable venues, such as The Knitting Factory in NYC, The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, The Filmore Silver Springs, The State Theatre in Virginia, the Rock & Roll Hotel in DC, and numerous music clubs across the Mid-Atlantic and NYC.
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Scripture Lesson: John 11:1-42
Today's moment with Jesus is a combination of three people. We know these people and have heard about them before this text. In Luke 10:38-42 we can read about a time that Martha invited Jesus to their home. In this encounter, Martha is busy making preparations and Mary sits at the feet of Jesus listening to what he said. We see Martha as the "get it done" kind of woman while Mary seems laid back focused on Jesus. Jesus tells Martha in that story that Mary has chosen the better way.
We don't hear again from these sisters until now in our text from John 11. As the scenario begins we are told that the relationship between Jesus and this family must be close because when the sisters send word about Lazarus being sick they say, "Lord, the one you love is sick." This makes me think that maybe Jesus visited them more than once. The scholar, Ben Witherington points out that although there were followers who left everything behind to literally follow Jesus as he moved through the country, there were others who were followers and believed in Jesus ministry but did not move about. The family of Martha, Mary and Lazarus are one such family.
The moments we are going to examine today are set up in the beginning of the text when we read that Lazarus is sick and the sisters send word to Jesus in the hopes he will come. Jesus doesn't drop everything and run back. In fact he waits two more days before going back to Judea.
This story is evidence that Jesus knows all and uses situations to help people believe. Jesus did not make Lazarus sick nor does he kill him but he allows Lazarus to die before going back. Why? Well as he told his disciples, "Lazarus is dead, and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him." So they may believe? Believe what? Let's look at the rest of the story and get some answers.
As Jesus and his disciples are nearing Bethany, where the family lived, Martha hears they are coming and she went out to meet them.
I think we have to remind ourselves of the situation. We can all understand what Martha and Mary are feeling. Their brother has just died. They are mourning their loss and now the One who they had seen perform all kinds of miraculous healing was finally coming to them.
Maybe you have experienced something similar. A loved one of yours was sick and you found the doctor that everyone has told you is the best in his field and had helped others to fight this illness successfully. This doctor was the only hope for your loved one but when you called to make an appointment he was out of town and could not see your loved one until he came back. Meanwhile your loved one gets sicker and sicker and succumbs to the disease. You went through the process of mourning, the calling hours, funeral and burial. You are back at home surrounded by family and friends and you receive a call from the doctor who has just come back. How are you going to feel towards that doctor? What would you say?
The scripture tell us that Martha goes out to meet Jesus. Can you feel Martha as she heads to meet him? What is she feeling? There must have been some anger, some disappointment in this man who supposedly loved them. When I read this I feel Martha walking out with an intensity and exasperation toward this man who could have saved her brother. She says, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." This is a sorrowful sister speaking but then in the same breath, she speaks as one who believes in Jesus, "But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask."
What does this say about Martha? Does she still think that Jesus can heal Lazarus? What is she thinking? "Even now God will give you whatever you ask." This sounds like a believer but listen to the rest of their conversation.
23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again."
24 Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
The Old Testament book of Daniel speaks of the resurrection on the last day. Daniel 12:2 "Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth[a] shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt." This most likely the reference that Martha is speaking of but it is not comforting because the last days are not comprehendible and so at this time she is just thinking of the loss she is feeling.
Jesus then tells her something that is also incomprehensible. 25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
27 "Yes, Lord," she replied, "I believe that you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who is to come into the world."
Does she really understand? Can she? She has never heard of this idea of never dying before. How can it be? Yet she believes that Jesus is the Messiah and that is what she puts her focus on.
Martha's moment pauses here and goes back to get Mary.
Mary has been in deep mourning with her family and other mourners. When she is told that Jesus is there she goes to him and does what Mary does…. she fell at his feet. Mary worships Jesus bows before Him in reverence and awe. Her faith like Martha's leads her to proclaim, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
The scripture goes on the say, 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 "Where have you laid him?" he asked. "Come and see, Lord," they replied.
And then the famous two word verse, "Jesus wept."
The Greek scholars point out that in verse 33 where it says that "Jesus is deeply moved in spirit and troubled" is pointing to his indignation that after all he has done; all the miracles and promises they still do not understand. He knows his ministry is coming to an end and yet has he made clear to the people who He is and what He offers. Yes, Jesus wept but not over Lazarus' death but over the lack of understanding His followers still seem to have.
We are now at the tomb of Lazarus and Jesus directs them to "Take away the stone."
Martha has another moment, and in this moment we see that her understanding of Jesus isn't quite where it needs to be.
Martha comes to Jesus and says "But, Lord, by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days."
It was important that it had been four days because the ancient belief was that the soul of a person would linger with the body for three days and then left, removing any hope of resuscitation. There was also the fact that the only embalming that took place then was to anoint with spices and oils. These would certainly not mask the smell of a decaying body after 4 days.
40 Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?"
41 So they took away the stone.
Then Jesus looked up and prays, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me."
This prayer is not for him but for all the people around to hear and possibly understand.
43 When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!" 44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Lazarus gets his moment. Jesus called him by name and he is risen from the dead. The only problem is he is still shrouded in the clothes of death. He is given a new life and needs to shed all that binds him.
Jesus said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go."
Lazarus is alive and free!
These moments today speak to us of those who believe but who don't fully understand. Also, those who know Jesus but still cannot comprehend that He is the resurrection and life – right now – in the present tense. There is no waiting for the last days when you believe in Jesus as the Christ. Like Lazarus, when we die to this world, Jesus calls us out from the dead, to live again with Him – without the things that bind us to death. When we believe in Jesus as our Savior, we are separated from the sins that lead to death and are resurrection to live forevermore with the One who loves us and gives us life.
Who are you in this story?
Do you believe that Jesus is the Messiah but still cannot grasp the power He has?
Do you believe and worship Him but still mourn and grieve as though there is no life everlasting?
Do you believe and have answered Jesus call to come out of the death, yet try to live in the clothes of the dead?
As we head toward Easter may you believe, worship and live freely in the life of the resurrection that Jesus has given.


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How does one describe the "kebab"? Meat meets spice; the combination is oiled and the result is no less than a happily ever after union!
Ours is an ethnic region that boasts a wide variety of delicious kebabs. The diverse culinary wonders whipped up with meat mince by Pakistani chefs, particularly the seasoned, experienced ones at Karachi's dated kebab houses, are proof of the timeless quality of this dish that is a vintage, popular part of our subcontinent's cuisine.
Whether the meat is chicken, mutton or beef, in the form of mince or coarsely chopped chunks called boti's, barbecued kebabs of various kinds remain a persistently pursued prize for young and old Karachiites alike!
Bustling Burns Road – Kebab Fry
When beef mince is fried in pure, desi butter, however, you get the meaty wonder called "kebab fry" that is popularly sought since decades at Waheed Kebab house on burns road.
Hungry and loyal Karachiites of all ages determinedly flock to this eatery, deflecting erratic traffic and stubbornly indifferent pedestrians, braving smog-ridden crossings and bumpy side dirt roads, to achieve the monumental task of finding a parking spot, and then hopping across overflowing sewage, open air food vendors and strewn trash to get to the threshold of the always hustling, busting Waheed.
"Our restaurant has been in business since 50 years," says the proud owner, "The offspring of those of our diners who have been coming in since decades now form our clientele."When asked which dish on the menu was most frequently ordered, he promptly replied, "kebab fry," just as his son piped, "Kebab fry," just as his son piped in, "And also Gola Kebab!"
The restaurant turnover is high as families keep coming in with gusto, ordering most of the variety of kebabs on offer. A dining table without fry kebabs is a rare occurrence at Waheed. However, if you expect these fry kebabs to look like neatly shaped mince patties fried on a skillet, you are in for a surprise.
A traditional stainless steel quarter plate laden with hot, mildly spiced finely shredded beef mince floating in butter is placed before the diner, along with some green chutney and chopped red onions, who then tucks into it with a piece of hot off the burner chapatti or crisp yet succulent puri paratha.
The fry kebabs are marinated with just the right amount of spices, and tenderized to perfection. Before you know it, you've wiped it all off without feeling an ounce of heaviness or heartburn! The waiters are always on hand to cater to the demands of the hungry customers, be it a soft drink, more paratha's or another plate of kebabs.
When the tantalized taste-buds are more than palatably satiated, the stomach is filled without taxing the wallet, and the hospitality received during dinner is no-frills, humble and sincere, it is no surprise that a restaurant with a modest ambience that provides newspaper squares as napkins and lacks central air-conditioning, can still attract eager diners across all social classes and from every corner of our gargantuan cosmopolitan city.
For the Iranian Touch – Chelo KebabsKarachiites would perhaps not be too familiar with what Iranian "Chelo" kebabs were, if it wasn't for the dated, quaint café chullu subhani located on main sadder road. This café has been in business for years, and has perhaps changed little in physical appearance in the time it has been eatering to the palates of foreigners and locals alike.
The special thing about the menu of café subhani is its variety of Iranian food, namely, "chullu kebabs". Chullu kebabs are served as tender and barbecued, skewered chicken or beef on a bed of steaming basmati butter rice along with a couple of grilled tomatoes. At café subhani, chullu mutton gravy and chullu fried fish is also available as accompaniments to the rice and tomato duo.
Before serving a small, open packet of butter is upturned atop the rice, most of which ends up melting into it by the time the platter reaches the diners' table. The rice is flanked on one side by two mushy soft, grilled tomatoes and on the other side, by the chullu meat the customer has chosen to order. The price of this platter ranges between Rs 250 and Rs 350 and it usually suffices two adults.
"What I love at chullu is the taste of the steamed rice drenched in butter. And the skewered kebabs with those grilled tomatoes taste just awesome!" says Irfan, an Islamic Banking executive, who has by now become a regular at Chullu Subhani. "I like the fried fish and chips at Chullu!" pipes in his 6 year old daughter excitedly.
Lunch boxes can be availed at the restaurant's downstairs counter throughout the day during business hours, as customers flock in not just to dine but also to take packed food away, especially for employees working in nearby offices.
Café Chullu Subhani offers other, regular Pakistani food items besides Iranian chullu kebabs as well, such as qorma, biryani, palak, afghani pulao, handi and karhai available with prawn, chicken or mutton as the meat component. This scribe has had their spicy daal and prawn masala with fluffy naans, and found nothing to complain about.
What's more, after you're done dining at Café Chullu Subhani, you can just walk outside, a bit down the road, straight into the famous "Iceberg" ice cream parlor and devour a cup of their cheaper than nothing, one of a kind cadbury or Sicilian ice cream. The perfect culmination to the perfectly unique meal!
While a diverse range of kebabs can be devoured all over the 'City of Lights' from gola kebabs, seekh kebabs, dhaga kebabs, bihari kebabs it is the vintage eateries tucked away in obscure locations of the cosmopolitan port since decades that undoubtedly offer the most unique and satisfying carnivorous experience for culinary enthusiasts! Bon appétit!
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A pair of Texas First Amendment groups have asked the Texas Supreme Court to rule that nonprofit Greater Houston Partnership's public funding qualifies it as a governmental body under the state's Public Information Act and should be required to comply with a public records request from 2008.
The organization is appealing a trial court's ruling that ordered the nonprofit to turn over financial information to a citizen who filed a PIA request, a decision that was affirmed by a Texas court of appeals in 2013. That appeals court said that the organization's receipt of Houston public funds "to provide economic development and promotion services" qualifies the partnership as a governmental body subject to the PIA...
"The unpredictable application of the amorphous Kneeland test makes it impossible for a private corporation to predict whether all of its private documents will be subject to disclosure," Lynne Liberato of Haynes and Boone LLP, representing GHP, told Law360. "The Greater Houston Partnership, as proved by its recent relinquishment of its government contracts, would not have contracted with the City of Houston if it had known that Kneeland would be applied in this way."
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Gerson, congratulations on the goal scored against Dinamo-Auto for the Championship of Moldova. Are you glad? Yes, of course, it's a good sensation. It's always great when you manage to excel. I'm very glad but it is just the beginning. I want to gain more success, score more for my club. Now I'm just keeping focused on the next game.
Did you feel you could score in the game against Dinamo-Auto?
Well, I don't know. I just told myself in my head that I want to win this game. I came in to help my partners and to do my job well.
Tell us about your goal.
You've seen yourselves: it was a good goal. But I don't need to think about previous achievements. As I said I'm just keeping focused on the next game to score again.
I haven't seen too much to make any conclusions yet. I think we will see it later. All I have to do is just to work hard and make good games.
This autumn, the League of the Nations begins and the national team of Luxembourg play against Moldova. What do you think of it?
Yes, I know that we play against Moldova national team. It's an important game. We want to play at a good level because we have our objectives with the National team of Luxembourg. Sure, I'm very excited to play this game but a game is a game and we must follow our tasks and win.
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CCB Swaps
Over at Canvas Corp's Facebook group, they like to do some fun swaps from time to time. I recently took part in a postcard swap and a tag swap. Let me just say there are some very talented artists out there and I have enjoyed swapping with them!
I wanted to share the items I received from these swaps, because I just can't bear to get these beautiful pieces and then put them away where no one will see them. That totally goes against what creating is about- SHARING!
This first photo is my postcard that I received from Kim over at Craftisan Studios. When I first took this postcard out of the envelope I thought the flowers were a stamp that she colored in, but after reading her little note on the back, I learned that she drew it! Isn't it amazing? I wanted to get a good photo of it so you could see the lovely details she added.
Thanks so much, Kim!
For the tag swap that I took part in, my swap buddy was Midge from Midge and Madge Mingle. She sent me this adorable little ice cream truck tag, and she explained that she used some Canvas Corp canvas fabric for the tag itself, and then added her embellishments on top.
Its so cute and summery!
She also sent me some fun rub-ons which Im totally tickled about, because we crafters always need to increase our stash, right? :D
I absolutely love getting to know more people in the crafting community and I look forward to future swaps! If you are interested in any CCB swaps, or are just looking for inspiration, giveaways, challenges, and more crafty fun, join the Canvas Corp Brands Collective group on Facebook.
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The Bravewell Collaborative Leaves a Legacy of Transforming Healthcare
New York, NY (June 1, 2015) – One of the nation's most innovative and highly influential philanthropic health foundations, The Bravewell Collaborative, will sunset its operations in June 2015. Since its founding in 2002, Bravewell has sought to shift the focus of our healthcare system to prevention, health maintenance, early intervention and patient-centered care.
"Bravewell was born with an unusual goal: to not exist," said Christy Mack, co-founder and president of The Bravewell Collaborative. "It was always our intention to come together, do the work, and then disband. We feel that, with the help of our partners, we've accomplished what we've set out to do."
The Bravewell Collaborative was formed when, in 2001, a group of like-minded philanthropists met to discuss how they could accelerate the adoption of integrative medicine. Believing they could accomplish more by joining together and pooling their resources than they could by working alone, they quickly identified key leverage points where philanthropy could make a difference for the integrative movement. Central to its vision was the idea that integrative medicine has the power to transform economic models that impede our present system and to greatly improve public health—a concept that is now central to discussions of healthcare's future.
A Legacy of Accomplishment
Over the course of the 14 years of its existence, Bravewell members invested nearly $30 million in pursuit of this vision, supplemented with investments by collaborating partners.
Among Bravewell's lasting contributions is "The New Medicine," an award-winning series on integrative medicine that has aired repeatedly on more than 560 PBS stations, reaching 4.2 million viewers. Early on, Bravewell funded the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, a group of highly respected medical schools that were developing clinical centers to deliver integrative care. Bravewell's funding helped the Consortium grow from an initial eight schools to the 56 medical schools and health systems that comprise it today. In partnership with the Institute of Medicine, Bravewell convened the Summit on Integrative Medicine and the Health of the Public, drawing more than 600 leaders from healthcare, science, policy, academia, industry, and patient advocacy to examine the scientific basis of integrative medicine and its potential to improve health. This Summit brought integrative medicine into the national conversation on health.
"We looked to partner with the best and brightest across the country, and wherever we combined our funding ability with other people's wisdom, passion and dedication, the results were amazing," said Penny George, Bravewell co-founder and vice president. "Bravewell demonstrates what philanthropy, at its very best, is capable of accomplishing," added Christy Mack.
As part of its sunsetting process, Bravewell underwrote two legacy projects that will continue to help transform healthcare after it has closed its doors. These are PRIMIER, a patient-reported outcomes registry, and the Leadership Program in Integrative Healthcare at Duke University.
Bravewell funded the establishment of a national database of uniformly collected patient-reported outcomes and provider observations. Known as PRIMIER (Patients Receiving Integrative Medicine Interventions Effectiveness Registry), this is the first nationwide database of its kind, and enables researchers to evaluate patient-reported outcomes over time for patients who use integrative therapies such as acupuncture, yoga, biofeedback, nutrition, massage, and mindfulness. Developed and managed by BraveNet, a practice-based research network established by Bravewell in 2007, with Einstein College of Medicine serving as the data coordinating center, the registry has now enrolled more than 1,600 patients.
The Leadership Program in Integrative Healthcare at Duke University
Bravewell also funded the creation of the Leadership Program in Integrative Healthcare at Duke University. In assessing the future of healthcare, Bravewell recognized that the nation needed a host of integrative healthcare leaders with business acumen who could think critically, create collaborative environments, actively involve patients and families in their own care, develop strategic approaches to change, and inspire excellence throughout an organization. Bravewell awarded a grant to Duke Integrative Medicine in 2014 to create The Leadership Program in Integrative Healthcare at Duke University and, under the leadership of Adam Perlman, MD, this program is now training its first cohort of 32 integrative leaders.
Additional Information
While Bravewell will conclude operations, its website, www.bravewell.org, will live on until 2020 to serve as a record of the work and as a resource to others in the field. The website will include a series of new videos capturing the work and legacy of the organization over the past 14 years. A book about The Bravewell Collaborative, which traces its history and the philosophies and strategies that made its successes possible, will be released in 2016.For more information, log onto:
Academic Consortium: https://www.imconsortium.org
BraveNet/PRIMIER: www.bravewell.org/current_projects/bravenet/bravenet/
Leadership Program: http://integrativehealthleaders.org


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Week 9-Graphing Quadratic Equations
This week we learned about graphing quadratic equations in factored form. In factored form, we can find the roots, as well as the axis of symmetry. With this information, we can draw a quick graph depicting what our parabola would look like.
ex. Graph the equation
graphing the equation with only the factored form won't give us a complete parabola, but it will give us enough information to get a rough idea.
$latex y=-2(x+5)(x-2)
replace the "y" with 0.
rearranging the bracketed "x's" will give us our roots
(x+5) -> x=-5, (x-2) -> x=2
with the x-intercepts, we know that when graphed will be in the format (x,y). But since the x-intercept is where the parabola crosses the x-axis, the y-intercept will equal 0. The x-intercepts will be (-5,0) and (2,0). The axis of symmetry is half way between both roots, so the AOS will be x=-1.5.


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A million years ago (when I was in high school), I was told that with a Positive Mental Attitude anything was possible. I did a miserable job of really learning that lesson. As an adult, however, I have made a concerted effort to keep a PMA.Don't get me wrong, I'm certainly not perfect (in this way or any other), but I do try. I try to remember that I have a LOT to be thankful for, and that my life could be a LOT worse.
Some days, though, I really wonder if the Universe takes exception to my attempts to be positive. Last night, I made (what was supposed to be) a quick trip to the grocery store. I came out to find that the PT Cruiser's battery, that has been giving us fits, was dead (again). I then realized that my mobile phone was not in my purse where I thought it was. but instead it was in the basket on my night stand charging. So, instead of being able to call for help, I got to walk home, get the van, go back to the grocery store, jump the car, and then finally go home.
My wonderful DH then hooked up the battery charger, so that the battery could (hopefully) get over its attitude problem. The Cruiser started nicely in the morning, but by the time it sat in the cold all day it refused to start when it was time to leave. So, I skipped the board of directors' meeting that I was supposed to go tonight. I was NOT in the mood to get stuck with a dead battery 35 miles from home! I didn't remember until 8:30pm that I was supposed to stop at Menard's to get some stuff from the Contractor's Desk for one of the guys at work. So, now I get to come in on my day off Wednesday afternoon so that I can get the delivery.
B has his post-op appointment Wednesday morning. I am hopeful that the Cruiser will decide to work, but we'll see. He's been doing very well during the days, but has been waking at night again since we started backing off the pain meds. He's been using some acetaminophen and ibuprofen, because he's still complaining of some pain. I'm not looking forward to the doctor removing the dressing! An adhesive bandage and steri-strips that has been on for two weeks is not my idea of something that will be enjoyable to have removed.
Anyway, I'm going to stop complaining now and try to get some sleep.