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Stampede Restaurant & BarSteak House
238 Great South Road Papakura South Auckland Auckland 2110
Stampede Bar and Grill is the premier nightspot and function venue in Papakura.
Stampede is an authentic Western style Bar and Restaurant and boasts an exciting Western Saloon style environment. Folks are coming from miles around to eat from the mouth watering menu on western saddle seats in the restaurant with its authentic Wild West decor.
Others come to let loose with a boot stompin' boogie to one of the many DJs and bands that perform. Whatever reason folks have for being here they all share a common thought, that Stampede is by far the most elaborately themed bar they have experienced. Not only has the effort been put into the theming of the venue, but also a great deal of care has been put in to ensure a fun, safe environment can be shared by all.
Stampede is Open 7 days from 11am-3am most days with DJ's every Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
Visit our website for more information or call us today!
Meal Price
Mid Range - $20 to $30
About the venueChildren Allowed anytime Smoking Heated smoking porch Capacity 350
- Private Functions
- Disabled Access
- Disabled Toilet
Venue Type
Food Served
- Bar snacks
- Full menu
Entertainmentmon Kids Eat for Free ( conditions apply)
Steak House , Bar & Grill , Family Restaurant
- Stampede Menu
- Lunch
- Smart Casual
- Fully licensed
- Beer - bottled
- Beer - tap
- Wine
- Spirits
- Cocktails
We offer
- Lunch
- Dinner
- Takeaway
- Kids Menu
- Vegetarian Meals
- Pool table
- Karaoke
- 46 inch big screen
- 6 televisions
Entrance Fee
- Sometimes
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Reviews (8 reviews)
Stampede Restaurant & Bar
Adult meals were great value and well prepared, although the meal descriptions were somewhat inaccurate in the detail. Was unimpressed with the children's meals - ordered from under 3 menu section, the sausage was a choritzo of a spice level that I would love, but that a child isn't going to go near. Ordered the one item without fries, which then came with fries; and was missing the raisins etc it was supposed to come with. However staff was apologetic when brought to their attention and did not charge us for those meals. Overall would try again; but hoping they improve!
20th February 2013
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although we booked with grab one voucher the guy who greated us didnt seem that thrilled about it and we were told to wait for our table which was fine - the place looked great - the bar man was missing in action so there was 4 of us waiting at the bar when he finally arrived i was told they ran out of pino gris over a week ago and no one had ordered any more.. which was a shame as i wasnt the only one that ordered it - but that was ok.. we shared a platter which was overloaded with the battered onion but it was reasonable and when my ribs for main meal arrived they were burnt but i do like them like that so i was pleased with it and my partner said the steak was really nice and the size of the meals were huge.. the staff again could have been friendlier especially as i went to pay and the guy AGAIN reminded me that i should have told him i had a voucher.. i again reminded him that i did... we would have stayed for a few more drinks but the bar man again was missin in action.. its a shame because the place is really nice..
29th October 2012
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Have been twice over the last couple of years to Stampede Bar & Grill, once for lunch and this time for dinner. It is an 85km round trip from where I live, but I can happily say worth it. Their steaks are superb and I loved the scallop entree - lovely big juicy scallops wrapped in bacon and served on a little polenta cake. The staff are also very friendly and nothing is too much trouble. I'd be there more often if I lived closer!
18th September 2012
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HAPPY MARCH, YoBis! We can't believe it's already here, but couldn't be more excited. The beginning of a new month, especially this one (hello SPRING), provides a fresh start (if you want/need it), new beginnings, and an opportunity to set new INTENTIONS. With the coming of Spring in just a few short weeks, and the recent launch of this blog (!!), we thought it appropriate and symbolic to begin setting and sharing our intentions with you all this month.
Monthly intentions can be ANYTHING YOU NEED & WANT THEM TO BE. Which is amazing, but it can be overwhelming to know where to start! A few tips that we've found super helpful:
1. Relax. Before you sit down to put pen to paper, do whatever it is that helps you calm/unwind. It could be a bath, a good workout (hot flow or barre blast, anyone?!), a glass of wine, your favorite "background show" (The Office…), lighting a candle...whatever it is, do it!
2. Create or find a personal mantra. This can be a quote you love, a phrase that motivates you, fills you up, expresses what you intend or desire for the month ahead. Write this somewhere on your intention paper so that it's always top-of-mind!
3. Write out what you want or need more of this month, asking yourself these questions:
- When and how to I feel the most calm? The happiest?
- What's something new I'd like to try?
- What's something I want to work on?
- Is there a simple task I should be doing but don't?
- Is there a word, phrase or idea I want to focus on this month?
- How can I better myself so that I can service others?
For example, if your answer to #1 is "when I take a hot bath" or "when I read before bed" or "when I go to 6am yoga", turn these into intentions - take more baths, read more, go to 6am yoga once a week. Be as broad or specific as you like - whatever works for you.
4. Make your intentions visible. Hang them on your fridge, at your desk, by your bedside table. Share them with friends (have an intention-setting party!), post them on Instagram. This way you'll be constantly reminded of your intentions and create a SUPPORT system to encourage you.
5. Reflect at the end of the month. How did you do? How do you feel? Is there anything you focused on more/less than you wanted or intended to? It's helpful to think through these things as you set your focus and intentions for future months. Most importantly, don't beat yourself up if you didn't get around to everything or didn't make as much progress in an area as you'd have liked - you're doing something SO GOOD for yourself just by setting them in the first place! :)
We asked a few of our YoBis to share their March intentions with y'all - take a look below! We are so inspired by EVERY member of the YoBa community - and hope that these will strike a chord and inspire you, too! If you set intentions this month, be sure to share them with us - we can't wait to see them and support you in them! Here's to a purposeful, supportive, and intention-filled March. We'll see you all at the studio soon! XO
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Katelyn, YoBa RYT-200 Graduate
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KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Two internal candidates are in the running to become the next dean of the Lee Honors College, and both will make public presentations on campus in the coming week.
- Dr. Christine Byrd-Jacobs, associate dean of the Graduate College, will present at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 2, in the honors college lounge.
- Dr. Gary Bischof, professor and chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, will present at 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, also in the honors college lounge.
Both presentations will be followed by receptions for those attending.
The successful candidate for the dean position will replace Dr. Carla Koretsky, who left the honors college to assume the role of dean of WMU's College of Arts and Sciences on July 1. Since then, Professor of Dance Jane Baas has served as interim dean of the honors college.
The candidates' curricula vitae are available at wmich.edu/provost/administrative-searches.
Gary Bischof
Bischof, a WMU faculty member since 1999, also is a professor in the Department of Counselor Education and Counseling Psychology. He has led the family and consumer sciences department since 2012, first as interim chair and, starting in 2014, as chair. His background includes clinical and research experience and publication in a number of counseling and family therapy journals. He has been the advisor and doctoral committee chair for 11 successful doctoral candidates in counselor education. He also has served as doctoral committee member for a number of other counselor education and counseling psychology students. Bischof eared a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Bethany College, and master's and doctoral degrees in marriage and family therapy from Virginia Tech and Purdue universities, respectively.
Christine Byrd-Jacobs
Byrd-Jacobs, a WMU faculty member since 1996, is a molecular and cellular biologist and professor of biological sciences. She has served as associate dean of the Graduate College since 2014, and before that was graduate program advisor for the Department of Biological Sciences. Her background includes extensive research in the area of the olfactory senses and neuroscience as well as publication in a number of refereed professional journals. She has been the major advisor for four doctoral candidates as well as theses advisor for a number of master's and undergraduate students. Byrd earned a bachelor's degree in biology and premedicine from Avila College and a doctoral degree from the University of Arizona. She also was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Virginia.
About the Lee Honors College
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Pokémon Go is everywhere right now. It's in our pockets and on our minds, in shops, gyms, and old converted churches. But in order to join the Poké-lution, you have to sign up for Pokémon Go! Here's how to do it.
How to download and sign up for Pokémon Go
- Open the App Store from your home screen.
- Tap Top Charts on the bottom tab. (Alternatively, tap Search and enter 'Pokémon Go').
- Navigate to Free tab.
- Tap Get and then Install.
- Authorize with Touch ID or enter your password.
- Return to your home screen.
Tap the Pokémon Go icon.
- On the sign up screen, tap the Google icon.
- Enter your Google username. (Alternatively, tap Create account and follow instructions).
- Enter your Google password.
- If applicable, follow two-factor authentication procedure.
From there, you can learn about Pokémon Go from Professor Willow, and choose your starter Pokémon.
Why use a Google account over Pokémon Trainer Club?
At the moment, it seems that signing up for a Pokémon Go account is easier and more reliable with a Google account, as the option for Pokémon Trainer Club is often overloaded or — on some devices — entirely disabled.
If you don't have a Google account already, it may be a good idea to create one while signing up for Pokémon Go since it may be useful in the future. Signing up for a Google account is only available to those over 13 years old in the U.S. and all other countries (16 in the Netherlands, and 14 in Spain and South Korea). If you are under 13, please talk to a parent before signing up.
Questions? There's lot of help in our forums!
We're just getting started with Pokémon Go, but if you have any burning questions, or just want to talk about how amazing (and addictive) the game is, head to our forums!
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If you loved Xenoblade Chronicles, Xenoblade Chronicles 2 lets you further explore the shared universe with a new team of characters. However, you don't have to have played Xenoblade Chronicles to enjoy the sequel. The gameplay leaves a fair bit to be desired, but the story and world make it worth playing through.
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Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy sparked a controversy on Friday after he claimed that those who attended 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Yakub Memon's funeral were "are potential terrorists", and that intelligence agencies should keep a tab on them.
Intelligence shd keep a tab on all (expt relatives & close friends) who assembled bfr Yakub Memon's corpse. Many are potential terrorists
— Tathagata Roy (@tathagata2) July 31, 2015
Memon was hanged yesterday in Mumbai after a closely-contested judicial battle that was only settled less than a couple of hours before his eventual execution. His funeral took place later Thursday evening amid tight security.
"Governors ought to be concerned abt security of state. Intelligence keeping tab on Yakub's mourners is preventing terror. Better than cure [sic]," tweeted Roy, who assumed office earlier this year in May.
The BJP national executive member continued to tweet through the day, defending his stance, even as he faced a volley of angry reactions for his comments. Several people slammed him for being communalist.
Seriously: this Tripura guv deserves presidential reprimand. Since @RashtrapatiBhvn sworn to protect constitution, Pranab can't ignore this
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) July 31, 2015
@tathagata2 This is the first time that I get to say that I have met an inane and degenerate governor.
— Rai Bahadur Singh (@niff_tee) July 31, 2015
@tathagata2 Sir, you seem to be a larger threat to this nation. Intelligence, beware.
— Gargi (@gargipaigude) July 31, 2015
@tathagata2 Holding a constitutional post of a Governor,My head hangs in shame that u hv made such a comment PL Resign..sad state of affairs
— Khadeer (@mkhadeerahmed) July 31, 2015
@tathagata2 shame on you Mr governor ! u betrayed constitutional values by this single tweet
— omesh meena (@meomiitd) July 31, 2015
@tathagata2 Well done Sir. By one tweet, you have earned enough Brownie points from d High command to take notice and be given higher posts
— Huss (@huss23) July 31, 2015
Criticising Roy, former Lok Sabha Speaker Somnath Chatterjee said he occupies a constitutional post and his comments were not in line with the Constitution.
"He should not have resorted to Twitter if he wants to give any advise to the government. He could have told the chief minister (of the state) or he could have sent a message to him," Chatterjee said.
Meanwhile senior Trinamool Congress leader and state minister Subrata Mukherjee said Roy should remember that he is occupying a constitutional position.
"He should be immediately dropped without any further delay. I am saying this as a citizen of the country," Mukherjee added.
Roy defended himself saying that he had not mentioned any single community, and that those who accused him of being a "communal bigot" simply have a "guilty conscience".
Oh,what an explosion! I am gratified! But consider seriously: 1.Did I talk abt any community? 2. Did I ask for action or just keeping tabs?
— Tathagata Roy (@tathagata2) July 31, 2015
Calling it his "constitutional duty" to bring such matters of public interest to public notice, he said that his position as Governor is not compromised by his statement.
"I'm sure many of my detractors are discovering I didn't say what they thought I said-like targeting any community," said Roy. "So they have to bluster."
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Christian prophet: 'I know Jesus personally and he likes Donald Trump' (Dead State link): Kat Kerr made a name for herself as a "prophetess" who claimed she could control the weather and natural disasters. That gig apparently isn't working out too well, so thankfully she has a backup persona as a Trump surrogate with divine powers.
As Right Wing Watch reports, Kerr spoke at the 2019 Focus Conference in Missouri this weekend where she declared that President Trump will coast to reelection because he has the endorsement of Jesus Christ himself — whom she knows "personally."
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"Whether anyone likes it or not, Trump is going to win again in 2020," Kerr said in a video clip flagged by Right Wing Watch. "People have their own opinions, I don't have one — I say what God says." Without elaborating, she went on to say that Trump's presidency will kick off another "24 years" of "God in the White House."
"He said the country will be so different than it is now," she continued, relaying what God allegedly told her. "Life will be sought after everywhere. People went to go live in regions of darkness to escape the glory of God."
"People go, 'Who do you support?'Jesus Christ! 'Who do you vote for?' Jesus Christ! 'Whose color you wearing?' Jesus Christ!"
"I just happen to know him personally," she declared. "He likes Trump."


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In the Midst of Losses
Paul Celan: Poet, Survivor, Jew
Selected Poems and Prose of Paul Celan
Glottal Stop: 101 Poems
Paul Antschel was born in 1920 in Czernowitz in the territory of Buko-vina, which after the breakup of the Austro-Hungarian Empire in 1918 had become part of Romania. Czernowitz was in those days an intellectually lively city with a sizable minority of German-speaking Jews. Antschel was brought up speaking High German; his education, partly in German, partly in Romanian, included a spell in a Hebrew school. As a youth he wrote verse, revered Rilke.
After a year (1938–1939) at medical school in France, where he encountered the Surrealists, he came home on vacation and was trapped there by the outbreak of war. Under the Hitler– Stalin pact Bukovina was absorbed into the Ukraine: for a brief while he was a Soviet subject.
In June of 1941 Hitler invaded the USSR. The Jews of Czernowitz were driven into a ghetto; soon the deportations commenced. Apparently forewarned, Antschel sought hiding the night his parents were taken. The parents were shipped to labor camps in occupied Ukraine, where both died, his mother by a bullet to the head when she became unfit for work. Antschel himself spent the war years doing forced labor in Axis Romania.
Liberated by the Russians in 1944, he worked for a while as an aide in a psychiatric hospital, then in Bucharest as an editor and translator, adopting the pen name Celan, an anagram of Antschel in its Romanian spelling. In 1947, before Stalin's iron curtain came down, he slipped away to Vienna and from there to Paris. In Paris he passed his examinations for the Licence ès Lettres and was appointed lecturer in German literature at the prestigious École Normale Supérieure, a position he held until his death. He married a Frenchwoman, a Catholic from an aristocratic background.
The success of this move from East to West was soon marred. Among the writers Celan had been translating was the French poet Yvan Goll (1891– 1950). Goll's widow Claire took issue with Celan over his versions, and went on to accuse him publicly of plagiarizing certain of Goll's German poems. Though the accusations were malicious and perhaps even crazy, Celan brooded over them to the point of convincing himself that Claire Goll was part of a conspiracy against him. "What must we Jews yet endure?" he wrote to his confidante Nelly Sachs, like him a Jew writing in German. "You have no idea how many should be counted among the base, no Nelly Sachs, you have no idea!… Should I name names? You would stiffen with horror."
His reaction cannot just be put down to paranoia. As postwar Germany began to feel more confident, anti-Semitic currents were again beginning to flow, not only on the right but, more disturbingly, on the left. Celan sensed, not without reason, that he had become a convenient focus for the campaign for the Aryanization of German culture that had not given up in 1945, merely gone underground.
Claire Goll never relented in her campaign against Celan, pursuing him even beyond the grave;…
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Happy Birthday to me and to all the other April birthdays out there!
For quite a few years, I worked in the jewelry industry. I've worked with fine jewelry (the "real" stuff) and high fashion jewelry (the "not real" stuff.) I don't discriminate when it comes to jewelry and am happy to wear EVERYTHING. I don't care if it costs $2 or $200. I don't care if it's silver or gold or maybe even…BOTH (heaven forbid!) If it's jewelry, it's an accessory and that makes it my friend.
What are the classic items that you can add to your wardrobe that will never go out of style? What are timeless pieces that add style and class after fashion fades? That's right…it's time to talk about another essential piece you should add to your wardrobe. A cocktail or statement ring.
Some people think that the statement ring has to be some fancy ring full of diamonds or gems. This is SO not true. Most celebrities, who can afford the big diamond rings, actually wear high fashion jewelry just like you and me! The point of a statement ring is not how much it cost but what kind of statement it makes. This is something you wear as a total reflection of you. My sister just bought a ring shaped like a jaguar. It was a bold statement ring with rhinestones that will show off her personality. When choosing a statement ring, make sure you choose something that speaks to you the minute you lay eyes on it. Remember, when it comes to a statement ring, the whole point is to go big or go home.
As always, I have some inspiration for you to enjoy. Just click on the picture for more info if you see something you like!


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Cloud services have grown into an almost essential part of businesses these days, and for average consumers you can find cloud-connected apps no matter where you look. One of the biggest services to utilize the cloud is arguably music related and Double Twist, which is one of the companies who has had a Music app on Android the longest, has just announced their new offering called Cloud Player, which aims to take whatever you use as a cloud storage account, whether it be Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, or OneDrive and turn them into a cloud-based music player for you. Double Twist is making this app for the consumer, the music lover, as a means of providing a restriction-free cloud music system for all who want it.
While not only targeting Google's Play Music Unlimited, Double Twist takes an obvious stab at the service by highlighting the limit on "authorized devices" and terming existing options for users as "crippled, proprietary music lockers." Double Twist states they made this app for anyone who isn't fond of any service which imposes restrictions. They feel users should have access to all of their music no matter where it's stored and they've basically made that a possibility, adding features like compatibility with multiple cloud storage services and the claim of lossless high-fidelity audio. Not only that, but Cloud Player boasts easy streaming to both Chromecast and Airplay devices for those who want to transition the music to a larger screen that may be connected to a home audio system, but it also supports casting to wireless speakers too.
Users will be able to enjoy a host of different features like premium sound with a 10 band equalizer and 17 different presets, as well as support for various different audio formats including MP3, m4a and others. Some features will be free while others will cost users the amount of an in-app purchase unlock for the premium version of CloudPlayer, however, Double Twist is giving users the chance to use premium for a week during a free trial. Other features are due to be introduced too, like crossfade and gapless playback, metadata/tag, and album art editing, and the ability to upload your music from your device to the cloud. It's a different approach to cloud music, but one that might be welcomed with open arms.


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AT&T Galaxy S II now available online for $199 on contract, $549 outright
The wait is over if you're an AT&T subscriber who's been itching for the Samsung Galaxy S II. Considering it's one of the best phones available for the
death star nation's number two network, I'll wager that's more than a few of you. If you need a refresher, your $199 (on a new contract, $549 outright) gets you a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED plus display, 1.2GHz Samsung Exynos processor (zoom zoom!), 1GB of RAM, an 8MP rear HD camera and a 2MP front camera, running on AT&T's HSPA+ 4G network. It's no wonder these things are selling like hotcakes around the rest of the globe.
Once you get your ATTSGSII (no comma), or while your waiting after you've ordered online, we're ready for ya in the forums, where the wait has been driving the rest of us Android fans half insane and giddy. And if you're still on the fence, you gotta check out 25 reasons to consider the AT&T Galaxy S II to help make up your mind. Hit the source link to order yours.
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Encore week on the LLVLC Show
Have you listened to the Livin' La Vida Low-Carb Show podcasts? If not, you should.
Jimmy Moore has been interviewing the biggest names in diet and health for years now, and his pace is incredible. He is up to about four guests a week. That's two guests per show. He should probably break them up to make it easier to listen to your favorites (also, attention spans are short on the internet), but I digress.
Every year Jimmy's readers/listeners vote for five guests from the past year to return for "Encore Week". This year's returning guests are: Paul Jaminet, Gary Taubes, Dr. William Davis, Dr. Jack Kruse and, I'm happy to report, Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt (that's me). Click on the names for this year's shows.
Encore Week will probably appear some time in January (and I'll make sure to be recorded with excellent sound this time). If you have any questions that you'd like Jimmy to ask us you can mail them to firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I've never understood why we only choose the fourth Thursday of every November to gather with our families, make food the center focus of the day, and give thanks for the wonderful things in our lives. Why can't every day be Thanksgiving? Isn't it time we take time out of every day to focus on enjoying our family, sharing a great meal, and talking to one another?
In this week's episode, we visit the home of my good friend Afaf, who was born and raised in Syria. As you'll hear in our conversation, a day that resembles our Thanksgiving happens every day in Syria. At around 2:00 PM, the city shuts down, everyone returns home, and the family enjoys a big meal. They spend two hours eating, talking, laughing, singing, praying, whatever. The bottom line is, they stop everything to enjoy the things in their lives that matter to them the most. The only thing missing is watching the Lions get their asses handed to them in front of a national audience. But who'd miss that?
Afaf shares her history in Syrian cooking, how she was brought up to cook the smaller dishes as her mother focused on the main meal. And as she settled into living in America, she began to miss the food of her home country. This prompted her to explore the idea of obtaining fresh ingredients, spending the countless hours (and sometimes days) it takes to make some of these intricate dishes.
More than anything, Afaf shares the ideologies behind Syrian culture, and why food is so important to them.
Later, we enter Afaf's kitchen, where she shows me how to make Kebbeh, both baked and fried. Believe me, it sounds easy and even looks easy, but that's the magic of Afaf's abilities in the kitchen. It's an involved process, and the results are beyond delicious.
Check out Afaf's pictures on making Kebbeh here. If you'd like to try making Kebbeh at home, get the recipe and illustrated directions on Afaf's web site.
Thanks for listening, and have a Happy Thanksgiving!
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Just keeps getting better and better Phil. The interview with Afaf was amazing. I had no idea that there were so many dishes from Syria. And you asked a very important question about the freshness of the ingredients – they do live in a hot climate. I've often wondered where these fresh green vegetables come from. I thought they were imported.
Happy Turkey Day!
Those photos make it all make sense. It did sound pretty difficult, but I think it can be pulled off. She's an incredibly passionate home cook. I liked listening to her talk about the mid-day break they would take to eat. I'm sure that would never work in our country, but it's a nice idea.
I'm thankful for my life as a foodie. ha ha
Good show, Phil. Enjoy the holiday.
Great to hear you speak so passionately about your friend. I love Greek food, which I know is very similar in style to a lot of the dishes she makes. Have you ever had or heard of hariisah? It's similar to what she made in her kitchen. It's made from meat and bulgur wheat, but it's contained in a sweet pastry made of flour melted butter and sugar. It's delicious and they used lamb when they made it, not beef.
Being a close friend of Afaf' for years I have had numerous opportunities to indulge myself with her wonderful dishes. She is a fantastic cook and her invites are always ending up a delectable delight for me and my family!!! After listening to your show I was highly impressed and you touched on the wonderful Afaf that all her friends love so dearly. She is a treasure not just for her wonderful cooking abilities but just as one of the great friends i have had the opportunity to know in my life. I am glad she has brought a little bit of Syria here to the United States for us to enjoy because I can't imagine my life without those wonderful experiences I've had knowing her!!!! She is the best!!!!!
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I was so thrilled to listen to your podcast! This was my first one and I will be back for more. I will be downloading them via iTunes to listen to while I workout. Listening to a foodie describe yummy edibles while I workout could be very tempting. At the same time motivating to train hard and eat great foods!
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Zobo drink also known as roselle juice, sorrel drink, or bissap is made from dried hibiscus flowers. It is widely consumed in West Africa, the Caribbean, and parts of Asia.
Serving Size: 1 liter
Cooking time: 25-30 minutes
- 1 cup dried hibiscus (sorrel flower)
- 1 cup of sugar
- 1 cup of mint leaves, optional
- 1.5 liters of water
To Add: 1 tsp of vanilla extract and 1 tsp of strawberry for flavor.
Optional: 2 cinnamon sticks, 1 piece orange peel, 6 whole cloves
Zobo Drink Recipe
Step 1: Start with washing the hibiscus flowers and put them in a deep pot with the 1.5 l of water and bring it boil for 25 to 30 minutes.
Step 2: After boiling the flowers, remove from the heat and add the mint leaves.
Then let it cool down completely.
Step 3: Pour the liquid or juice through a sieve to separate the juice from the flowers.
Step 4: Add sugar to the juice with strawberry flavor and vanilla. Put in the fridge for 3 hours.
Serve very cold and enjoy!
Recipe from Kadi African Recipes
You can drink your zobo plain or personalize it with flavours like cinnamon, ginger, pineapple, orange, or mint.


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Cleaning and Care for Relics Found Metal Detecting
Finding and digging up relics while you are out metal detecting is cause for excitement. You could be holding a piece of history in your hand. You also could be holding a bunch of dirt and muck in your hand. Read More
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Misfits: 'Dig Up Her Bones'
Posted by Hugh Platt in Old Skool, punk on October 31, 2008
Oh, like it was going to be anyone else? I don't give a flying foxfuck that Jerry Only has prostituted, mass marketed and slapped his band's logo over almost as much merchandise as KISS – the Misfits are legendary for a reason, the reason being they were Fucking Amazing.
Unlike every Camden emo-kid sporting a Misfits t-shirt, I can actually boast that I've seen the legendary ghouls play live – albeit by accident. Rewind to June 1999: I was just one of a small gang of teenage metalheads hanging around Reading (yes, as in: Reading Festival), going to any and every gig going. As a commuter satellite of London, Reading didn't always get gigs, so anything even slightly rock or metal taking place, and we'd go along. Our lives revolved around a venue on Gun Street known as the Alleycat (which would later be re-branded as The Fez Club as part of the Po Na Na Empire, before being re-furbed into the ghastly Sakura). It was a warm Wednesday night in Summer – school had just broken up, and we saw a large queue of skull costumed punks had built up outside the venue. We investigated.
Even as stupid teenagers, we'd heard of the Misfits. They'd just put out Famous Monsters, and had been getting a few column inches in Metal Hammer as a result – Cradle of Filth frontman and then-columnist of the Hammer, Dani Filth, had reviewed it and given it 13 out of 10. We were the only people there without full Misfits make-up, and we only knew about two songs. My abiding memory of the gig is my mate, "Peter Hillbilly", jokingly slamming me in the mosh pit so I flew into the back of the largest, most obese human I have ever seen. The man made Rik Waller look anorexic, and clad only in a pair of black lycra cycling shorts, with his baby-like skin slick and greasy with sweat. I somehow slid straight up him, and ended up crowdsurfing right into Jerry Only's ridiculous shoes.
Which is why I've gone for a song featuring Michale Graves as frontman, rather than with The Misfits iconic frontman, Glenn Danzig. Because Graves was my Misfits frontman. Standing on the barrier at the Alleycat, shaking his head from side to side like a dog with rabies, he's my abiding memory of that Misfits gig.
And I didn't pick 'Scream' because it's too fucking obvious.
Send More Paramedics: 'Blood Fever'
Posted by Hugh Platt in Hardcore, Split Up on October 25, 2008
They just don't make enough videos like this anymore – it's like a punk rock 'Thriller' (we prefer the one we've linked to the Jacko original…). There's a nod to John Carpenter in the intro music, gore that would do George Romero proud, and a killer track that sounds like the soundtrack to that houseparty you went to as a teenager that ended up when the police turfed everyone out at 5am after someone set fire to the bedroom and crashed the bath through the floor. In short: perfect.
Send More Paramedics were a Leeds-based zombiecore (yes, really) that couldn't fit my Halloween theme week any better if they tried. I saw them whip up the punk tent at Leeds 2006 into a feeding frenzy of circle-pit moshing. Approximately a year later they split, leaving behind them three cracking albums – A Feast for the Fallen, The Hallowed and The Heathen and The Awakening.
They loaded their songs with references to classic zombie flicks – hell, The Awakening is a straight-up concept album, a soundtrack to a zombie film that doesn't exist. For six years the band stuck to their schtick, and made their gimmick work for them rather than becoming a slave to it.
Members of the band have re-surfaced in the bands The Dead Eyes of Quint (think Down if they'd grown up in Huddersfield), and Humanity's Gone (more traditional UKHC than Send More Paramedics, but still crushingly destructive) so their legacy still endures.


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Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday 5 October highlighted the plight of 13 million people at risk in East Africa's ongoing food crisis. Somalia, Kenya, Ethiopia and other parts of the region face a severe food crisis caused by drought, conflict and social injustice. Somalia is the first famine of the 21st century, with hundreds of thousands of people in danger and one in three children suffering from malnutrition.
Pope Benedict urged the international community to tackle the humanitarian emergency. He invited everyone "to offer prayers and practical help for so many brothers and sisters so harshly tested, particularly the children in the region."
The Caritas network of Catholic aid agencies is helping over one million people in East Africa's food crisis, providing families with food, clean water, and a way to support themselves in the future. Caritas is developing and implementing programmes worth more than €30 million ($41 million).
Presented to Pope Benedict were Bishop Giorgio Bertin, Apostolic Administrator of Mogadishu and President of Caritas Somalia; Paolo Beccegato, Head of the International Department for Caritas Italy; Ken Hackett, outgoing CEO of Catholic Relief Services (a U.S. Caritas member), and Alistair Dutton, Caritas Internationalis Humanitarian Director.
"Caritas members all over the world have moved quickly to help prevent suffering in East Africa through our partners on the ground," said Dutton. "We will continue to care for the hungriest and most vulnerable victims.
"Drought triggered the current crisis, but it's as much a manmade as natural disaster. We must tackle chronic underdevelopment and help communities adapt to changing climates across the region. We must seek an end to conflict in Somalia if this is to be the only famine in East Africa this century."
The Pontifical Council Cor Unum is hosting a meeting 7 October in the Vatican, inviting Catholic aid agencies including Caritas and representatives from the Church of England to discuss new efforts to tackle the crisis. In Ethiopia, Caritas and its church partners have distributed food to approximately 500,000 people and is providing clean water to an estimated 250,000 people. In Kenya and Ethiopia, diocesan partners run feeding centres for malnourished children. To aid refugees fleeing Somalia, Caritas members are working in refugee camps to build sanitation facilities like showers and latrines.
Because farmers have lost crops and livestock to the drought, Caritas is distributing drought-resistant seeds and is giving more than 10,000 animals to needy farmers. Ongoing programmes will improve water systems and train farmers in conservation techniques so that communities are more resilient in the face of extreme weather.
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I love these easy fabric panels. They make such wonderful wall decorations for the holidays. Here is the one I made for this christmas. I opted to not add the extra pieces for the presents and the birds b/c it was too hard to cut out and I thought simpler was better. I have saved the presents for a future project. :)
So I have not ever done a tutorial on how to add fabric hooks to hang the panels up. The directions on one of these said to hot glue a wire hanger. yeah that was ugly so I came up with this technique.
First I used the leftover fabric and I cut it about 6.5 inches across. I don't know the exact length. BTW this fabric was a curtain.. wth???? I kept the bottom seam.
Fold in half and iron.
Sew the long side and also the top side.
Trim edges. Turn inside out (so now you see the right side)and iron. Fold over and sew across to make the pocket. Add glue.
I usually glue it below the top of the panel. So you can't see it when it hangs.
Add one to each side and then the middle.
Again my finished product... hanging up on a dowel.
I love these but I told myself next year no more. They are starting to build up in my closet where I store them! LOL!


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The long-awaited Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear Grill with a savory selection of "home cooked" meals is now open at Charleston International Airport.
The casual dining restaurant wears the famed golfer's internationally recognized name and features Jack and his wife Barbara's favorite recipes for meatloaf, chicken salad, seafood, macaroni and cheese, Key Lime pie and a whole lot more. The beautifully designed space borrows from the pages of Nicklaus family photo albums while the ambiance reflects the hominess, charm, and mannerly ways of the people of the Lowcountry.
Golfers will love the shout out to one of the game's great players and non-golfers will feel right at home amid the warm, inviting and comfortable décor of the sit-down restaurant, which is located in the new central marketplace overlooking the CHS airfield.
Delaware North Co., the CHS food and beverage concessionaire, chose the Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear Grill concept for a lot of reasons but golf, the enduring nature of the Nicklaus name, and family are at the top of the list.
"We are extremely excited and proud to bring yet another restaurant to Charleston International Airport. Our chefs worked extensively with Barbara on the menu to bring her home cooking to life in the restaurant," said Greg Leonard, general manager of Delaware North Co. at CHS. "Whether you have a few minutes to stop by for shrimp cocktail appetizer and a glass of wine or more time to experience a full dining experience, we look forward to serving you."
The game of golf has long been associated with South Carolina and the Charleston region. According to a 2012 report, "Economic Impact of Golf in South Carolina," from the University of South Carolina by the research director for South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism, golfers traveling to South Carolina, spent more than $850 million off-course. For travelers to South Carolina who played golf during their trip, 13 percent played around Charleston, and that translates into a large number of travelers flying into CHS that can relate to the Nicklaus' name.
Even non-golfers recognize the Jack Nicklaus brand as synonymous with greatness in the sport of golf, and his name represents a number of firsts. He was first to win an ESPY award (Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly presented by ESPN sports network), and the first golfer to receive the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence. He was the first and only player since The Masters to have completed the career Grand Slam on both the regular and senior golf tours. In October 2010, Nicklaus became the first American inducted into the Asia Pacific Golf Hall of Fame. He is considered the consummate player, designer, businessman, philanthropist and goodwill ambassador.
Nicklaus supports more than a dozen charities, including the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation founded by him and his wife. Proceeds from the sale of bottled water in the Golden Bear Grill at CHS will benefit the foundation.
Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear Grill not only pays tribute to the man and the sport he helped grow in popularity, but the distinctively designed casual dining concept recognizes the Jack Nicklaus brand's strong sense of family and values.
The design for the restaurant is based on creating a comfortable dining atmosphere that has references to the life, times, and places of Nicklaus and his family. The look and feel is meant to be tailored, and warm through the use of wood, stone, and refined details from floor to ceiling. Rather than focusing on golf, the design is more about family, which is told through the use of archival photographs. The heart of the space is open and points to "Barbara's Kitchen" where everything from breakfast to lunch and dinner is prepared alongside Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear signature items.
According to Delaware North, serving travelers far from home, and may be away from loved ones, is the cornerstone the travel and hospitality division's work. DNC strives to create airport experiences that provide the comforts of home and ease the worry of traveling. At Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear Grill, they will create an ambiance of family and salute the game of golf in honor of a man of firsts in a city with a history of firsts.
The Jack Nicklaus Golden Bear Grill is open 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.


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Organised by Sri Kothapally Krishna Reddy in memory of his grand parents.
Dr. Marri Channa Reddy
Smt. Marri Savitri Devi
Sri Kothapally Ramchandra Reddy
(under the auspises of C.S.R. Memorial Foundation)
Medical check-up for 408 patients.
Eye check-up for more than 300 patients. (Lion Dundoo Hospital)
Medicines worth more than Rs - 30,000. distributed.
Cataract operations identified 20 (3 operations performed, need better motivation).
Free Eye glasses for 111 patients will be provided by the CSR Memorial foundation
on 13th Sep, 2009 at Pulimamidi at 10 AM.
10 doctors and technicians participated, including, Dr. K. Narasimha Reddy, Dr. Jagannath, Dr. Jyothi, Dr. Arun.
Yoga Classes
Job Mela
Blood Donation
Education Classes - Solar Energy


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West Rim By Heli, Coach and Boat with Optional Skywalk
- Tour duration - 12 hours hotel to hotel
- Hotel transfer - Pick-up and drop available for Las Vegas Strip hotels
- Coach features - Air-conditioned motor coach, comfortable seats, viewing windows, restrooms, video entertainment, and informative commentary from your driver/guide
- Coach tour duration - Approximately 3 hours
- Tour landmarks - O'Callaghan-Tillman Bridge, Native American Tribal Park, West Rim, Hualapai Ranch
- Helicopter transfer - Transfer to bottom of the Canyon and back to the West Rim
- Boat cruise duration- Pontoon boat cruise for 15 to 20 minutes
- Exploration and meal - Transfers to Guano Point and avail a light meal
- Time spent at the Canyon - Approximately 4 hours
- Optional upgrade - Select a visit to the Skywalk on the next page
Grand Canyon West Rim
This tour is like a triathlon where you get to explore the Grand Canyon three ways - by bus, heli, and boat. Your adventure begins in a motor coach that takes you to the O'Callaghan-Tillman Bridge for a photo stop of the Hoover Dam. Travel through the forest of Joshua Trees to the Native American Tribal Park where you can spend time watching traditional dances, cultural performances and a gunfight. At the West Rim board a helicopter that will take you to the Grand Canyon floor for a pontoon boat cruise on the Colorado river. Spend time exploring the river after the cruise before heading back to Las Vegas in your motor coach.
- 12 Hours tour including shuttle service from the hotel and back
- 4 hours at the Grand Canyon for exploration
- 15-20 minutes pontoon boat cruise
- Transfer to Guano Point for food & beverages
- Souvenirs
- Gratuity
My Tickets
You will get an email confirmation within 20 minutes of purchase. Please display the same on your mobile phone with a valid photo ID.
Additional Information
Time listed on the website is the estimated pick-up time from your hotel
All passengers booked on a tour must carry government issued forms of identification
Any passenger weighing over 275 pounds will be charged an additional fee at the heliport
Don't forget your camera! Cameras are allowed and encouraged
Water bottles and selfie sticks are not allowed in-flight
Wear closed shoes and comfortable layered clothing
If your flight is canceled due to poor weather, we will reschedule your flight for another day at no additional cost


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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The Garrott Tee: Look #15-In Transition
It's Look #15 of the "Without my Muse" tshirt from Garrott Designs. Lately I've had a hard time with it, because the weather does not cooperate and it remains chilly and rainy and just not spring-like here in NYC.
With that being said, I've also not rotated my wardrobe from winter to spring/summer. Soon people, soon...then I'll finally have some new ideas and looks to bring you. Because honestly, I realize this here is just another GRAY way of wearing The Garrott Tee.
Anyway, this time around I wore the tshirt to work-so you're seeing firsthand a work outfit. My workplace, being part of the fashion industry, is very laidback and we can wear what we wish--but I still don't think that means I should slack off. So on the non-jeans days I try to go with a skirt or dress, especially if I intend to wear a tshirt. I don't like wearing a tshirt and jeans to work often--if so, I think it needs a little oomph, i mean afterall this is still a professional place of business.
Yeah-so this time I paired the tshirt with a skirt, a skirt from work actually, and it takes it to that creative level I require when going to the office.
Thankfully the Garrott Tee is easy to link up with accessories too. I love me some accessories, yet I'm not one to go overboard with them, just a few here and there. I think its the gray hues of the tshirt that allow me to easily toss a few add-ons into the mix. Usually its a scarf right? This time I went with just a necklace, actually two.
And there you go, a glimpse into my office-attire, and a glimpse of how you can take a tshirt like the Garrott tee and make it work at work.
Do you get to wear tshirts to work? If so, how do you style it for the office? Do you keep it casual and just go with it, or do you try to take it to the next level so as not to look like a slob?
*Gray "Without my Muse" tshirt-Garrott Designs (for sale HERE)
*Gray skirt-Alberto Makali
*Black leggings-Uniqlo
*Black booties-Steve Madden
*Black necklace-H&M
*Silver guitar tab necklace-from Bust Craft fair's goodie bag
9 comments:
- Isquisofrenia said...
the skirt looks so cool with the tee
im good, how about yourself and what is the testing thing ?another blog?
i wanna know=)
- May 18, 2011 at 3:40 PM
- K & J said...
Really love the skirt. Very HOT!!
Kara XOXO
- May 18, 2011 at 7:28 PM
- Teddi said...
i'm still tryin 2 figure out Y that is called a silver guitar tab necklace? all i see is glass beads. am i wrong? i mean they could've made it with cool guitar picks or something. i bet u already own 1 of those, like i do. but i bet u didn't found yours on the playground outside at recess like i did. true story.
- May 19, 2011 at 1:25 AM
- Isquisofrenia said...
i havent read the book but everytime i go to the bookstore and walk by the music isle is always there
- May 19, 2011 at 1:23 PM
- Rania Kelesidou said...
Very nice t-shirt!
- May 19, 2011 at 2:17 PM
- anna marie said...
i love this styling best, i think!
xo.anna marie
ps. your waist is looking super tiny! looking good lady <3
- May 19, 2011 at 7:35 PM
- Unknown said...
It's a cool shirt! By the way thanks for the visit...xo
follow each other?
- May 20, 2011 at 4:07 PM
- Unknown said...
Definetly following you! What is that testing blog? beijossss
- May 20, 2011 at 5:38 PM
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After months and months of deliberation and restless conversations inside my head, I've decided to increase the price on the blankets I sell in the shop. I really hate doing it, so it's not much...but I want all of you loyal readers and customers and people who've helped support my dream to hear it straight from me.
Ask any etsy seller and they'll tell you the most difficult part of having your own handmade business is the pricing. When I first opened my shop, things were damn near free. I was nervous to charge people something they didn't want to pay. I didn't want to scare people away, I mean who was I to charge these seemingly big amounts for someone who had barely sold anything? There are so many people selling things vaguely similar to mine for next to nothing and it always just completely confuses me on how they truly succeed as a business.
As I've gotten more comfortable with what I do, I've learned to truly see the value and hard work I put into each and every thing I make. To give you a vague idea of what it takes to make one little 36x36 blanket here's a little breakdown for you:
Average cost of materials I use: $18-$22.
I don't just buy all of the fabrics I see at Jo-Ann's and huge retail craft stores. I spend hours and hours and hours searching fabric sellers online and on Etsy. I spend just about as much time finding local fabric and quilting stores that carry high quality fabrics with unique and modern prints. It's harder than you think to find these things. Each time I'm at a fabric store I'm lucky if I'm out in an hour. It takes multiple trips both scouting and calculating what I want and how it fits in to my style. Because that's what I'm selling- my style.
Which leads to average time it takes me to even get said fabric: I can't even calculate it.
Actually, I could but I'd have to divide amount of each fabric by the time it took me to get each one individually. I usually buy bunches of fabric together. It takes time and resources to find, drive, search online for the perfect fabrics. And as my style goes, all blankets are one print. They're not multiple pieces together, so the print has to be able to hold it's own for an entire piece.
I've always been someone who wanted to do things my own way, to be different. I go out of my way to find things that are different. The blankets I sell aren't even made by other etsy sellers, not how I make them. There's a worth to that. I don't mass produce 10-15 blankets of each fabric style. I make only ONE. If it sells and seems popular, I'll make another. The huge thing I've learned since having my etsy business is that I thrive on change, I can't be making the exact same thing over and over and still enjoy doing it.
At minimum wage, the time and $ amount it takes to produce 1 blanket: 30-45 min ($4.50-$7)
This is if I'm not interrupted, which rarely happens because I don't get a whole lot of time to sew when I'm alone. I'm you know, doing mom stuff in my free time.
Other things I spend butt-loads of time on:
-Photographing each item
-Loading all of the photos
-Editing them just perfect
-Creating etsy listings and posting all of the items online
-Researching packaging for all items so that all customers get a unique, thoughtful and fun experience opening something they've purchased from an actual, live human who made it by hand just for them
-Cost of packaging and branding materials. In my case it's custom business stamps, custom made product labels, muslin bags, ribbons/tapes for packaging, business cards and thank you-inserts.
All of these things take time. SO MUCH TIME. Weeks. And this work is before I've even made a single sale on any of the items. Now, theoretically I should be charging nearly $100 for each blanket. If I go by every formula that's out there on how to price your items. And I could totally do this, and just wait and wait for that one person to buy something.
I started this shop to create what I wanted to see in the handmade marketplace; thoughtfully made, unique handmade items that didn't break the bank. My target customer is someone like me, someone who loves the special feeling you get when you receive a handmade gift. But I don't want to have to promise my next born child to get this feeling. Ya' know what I mean?
I started this shop to create what I wanted to see in the handmade marketplace; thoughtfully made, unique handmade items that didn't break the bank. My target customer is someone like me, someone who loves the special feeling you get when you receive a handmade gift. But I don't want to have to promise my next born child to get this feeling. Ya' know what I mean?
I know this might seem a little boring, but I think so many people come to the handmade world looking for a good deal, when really you go to Target for a good deal. You go to the handmade marketplace for something special. You pay a little more for something because it's supporting an actual person and it's something you won't find at Target. There's worth in that.
I know I don't have to explain myself to my customers, but I want to. I want you all to see what you're getting, to see how much love and elbow grease (not literal grease) went into what you get when you look for quality over quantity.
I also want to let you all know that I've kept 10 blankets in the shop at the original price in the SALE section, so those will be the last ones available at the lower price.


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Addressing issues of gender and justice across the globe
and working towards the full partnership of women and men in ministry.
By Rev. Dr. Norma Cook Everist, Professor, Wartburg Seminary
The Persistent Voice is an ongoing conversation of women and men at Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, that reaches around the world.
It began with the voice of one woman, Rhonda Hanisch, who was waiting for a call to ordained ministry. She came into my office at Wartburg Seminary in the fall of 1989 and said, "We need a networking newsletter to keep the women waiting much longer for calls than men, connected." She said it should have the word "Voice" in it. The next day she came back again and said "Persistent"….Persistent Voice!
So, I said, "Let's do it." If Rhonda named what was to be born, Rev. Juel Piece financed the birthing costs. That fall she was worship leader at the annual Women of the ELCA Bible Study education event held on campus. Just shortly after Rhonda's visit, Juel said to me, I would like to donate my honorarium to something to help women. I said, "Thank you. I have just the thing…."
How long would we publish? "As long as necessary" we answered. So, each fall we give an open invitation to students to gather and we ask the question, "Is The Persistent Voice still necessary?" And each year, there is a resounding "Yes!" We had no idea we would go so long. From the very beginning men and women have joined in the mission together. The first poem we published was written by a man. The collection of stories, news, poetry and reviews has become a vast reservoir of creative writing, and, of the lives of women and men in the church this past almost quarter century. The Persistent Voice has chronicled events such as the first Lutheran woman bishop, the beginning of diaconal ministry in the ELCA, women becoming seminary presidents, men taking on roles that social norms had prevented them for assuming before. We told the news as it happened. So much so, that the Iowa Women's Archives of the University of Iowa Libraries in Iowa City as well as the University Archives at Iowa State University in Ames two years ago both requested copies of this collection. All of the volumes of publication are also in the Wartburg Seminary Library.
Following years of being a 11-x14 newsletter on bright goldenrod paper that readers avidly looked for in the mail, The Persistent Voice became both a print and web journal. Now we take the blog form so that we can publish continuously and keep the conversation going. It's home is the Wartburg Seminary website. Scroll down under "Resources." The basic familiar categories remain the same: Feature Articles, Signs of the Times, the Global Scene, Poetry, Reviews (Books and Multi-media), Spirited Action, and Challenges.
WE INVITE you to contribute your writing in any of these areas. The subject matter can be as broad as the lives, experiences and vision or our readers. News, reviews, poetry, challenges, features and more should in some way relate to the mission statement: addressing issues of gender and justice across the globe and working towards the full partnership of women and men in ministry. Send submissions to email@example.com. We will edit (so don't worry about your writing form), and make sure you see the edited version before it is posted under your name.
How many students have served on the staff of The Persistent Voice over the past 25 years? Over 200! Many, having gained writing and editing experience, have gone on to publish other things. They have come to Wartburg, served, and gone forth to all kinds of service in the church and world.


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RT Published time: 10 Mar, 2016 12:14
A Romanian prostitute has been taken to court in Austria after a priest claimed she blackmailed him for more than €400,000 (US$440,000). The man says that he pitied the woman, often visiting her workplace – but no sex was involved.
The 29-year-old woman, who was living in the town of Eisenstadt, eastern Austria, was reportedly blackmailing the clergyman for more than two years – from October 2012 to March 2015, local ORF TV said. She told the priest that if he didn't pay her, she would tell his superiors that they had had sex.
The man, originally from Eisenstadt, was studying in a theological seminary in Switzerland at the time of the blackmail. Media reports suggest that he is no longer a man of the cloth.
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According to defense lawyer Alexander Philipp, the priest pitied the prostitute, who originated from Romania, and regularly visited her in her workplace to talk. The talk never involved sex, according to both sides.
The parties, however, had different opinions on the amount of money the man had given the sex worker. Philipp said the priest gave his client "a maximum of €60,000-70,000" and that she didn't blackmail him at all.
However, the former cleric claims the prostitute received some €400,000 from him via blackmail. He said he first met her in a Vienna street. Since then he apparently visited her out of pity.
Pity was also the main reason he gave her €8,000 after she said her family was experiencing hardships and her father was sick. However, she received the ensuing amounts of money solely "through blackmail," the plaintiff says.
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Yet the case has some vague and inexplicable details. For example, the victim said that the prostitute wanted €15,000 for breast reduction surgery. The sex worker rejected this allegation on the basis that "It's my job. Why should I reduce my breasts?"
The 'blackmail' trial has been postponed for an indefinite time as Austrian authorities need access to relevant documents demanded from the Romanian authorities. If found guilty, the blackmailer could face a decade in prison.


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Commenting, Chris Davies MEP, who moved the motion, said:
"As the recent case of Tony Nicklinson demonstrated, there are a number of people with conditions that inflict unendurable suffering and from which they have no chance of recovering, who want to end their lives but are unable to do so without medical assistance.
"More than 200 British citizens have now made their way to Switzerland to have their wishes met and secure help to die.
"It is time for Parliament to act and our European neighbours, Belgium and the Netherlands, have proven that laws can be framed to include safeguards that prevent the risk of abuse. Liberal Democrats believe MPs should be given the chance to have a free vote on legislation to allow people, in specific circumstances, to end their life with medical help."


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Historically, we have associated terrorist attacks with bombings, but last week's terrorist attacks in Paris also included terrorists shooting people.
I think we can assume that what happens in Europe will eventually come to the USA. We are fortunate that all fifty states now allow some legal form of concealed carry of a firearm for self defense. However, that firearm is only a useful tool if we are competent firearms users. That means that we get competent training on an ongoing basis; that we practice what we have been taught until we are competent and that we carry our firearm regularly.
When we get into our car, we buckle up our seat belt—not because we intend to have an accident, but because we don't know when or if we will have one.
Carrying a pistol should follow the same logic. Like car accidents, Terrorism and Crime don't make appointments, they just show up.


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Samsung ATIV Q review: first look
Some companies are into their second generation of Windows 8 hybrid laptops, but the Samsung Ativ Q is the first we've seen from the Korean consumer electronics giant. It's quite the debut, however, introducing the first better-than-Retina 3,200 x 1,800 resolution display we've seen on any mobile device, and dual-Windows 8/Android compatibility.
Physically, the Ativ Q cuts a familiar dash: its touchscreen display measures 13.3in across, so it's quite a large device, and it has a mid-mounted screen hinge that allows the Ativ to be used in a number of different configurations.
You can fold the screen flat against the chassis for use as a tablet, you can prop up the screen above the keyboard for typing, float it above the keyboard, or flip it over to face away from you, then spin it around. This "stand mode" is intended for watching movies or displaying photos.
It's reminiscent of the Sony VAIO Duo 11 and Acer Aspire R7 in this respect. And, just like the Duo 11, the Ativ Q has no touchpad – instead, there's a trackpoint set into the centre of the keyboard.
One unusual feature is that the CPU is embedded in the hinge strut at the back instead of under the keyboard. This lends the Ativ Q a stiffness we wouldn't otherwise have expected from such a lightweight laptop. The strut also hosts a USB 3 port and Micro-HDMI output on the left-hand side and a microSD slot on the right.
Despite its large screen and that chunky hinge, the Ativ Q is no bloater. It weighs 1.29kg, and stands a mere 13.9mm above the desk when the screen is folded flat against its body, which puts it firmly in Ultrabook territory.
Under the hood, there's plenty of oomph. The Ativ Q is powered by an Intel Haswell Core i5 processor coupled with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD. It also comes equipped with an S Pen stylus with 1,024 levels of sensitivity.
Where it differs from most Ultrabooks we've seen is that 3,200 x 1,800 resolution display. Stretched across 13.3in it gives a pixel density of 275ppi – finally, a year after Apple first introduce the Retina display to its MacBook Pro range, we have a Windows 8 rival.
In fact, in terms of raw resolution, this outdoes even Apple's pro portables, although we'll have to wait to see what Windows 8 is like to use at such a high resolution. Although the Start Screen looked in proportion and was usable on the unit we were shown, the desktop hadn't been optimised, so the taskbar and window toolbars were absolutely tiny.
The other unusual feature is the Ativ Q's ability to run Android. Tap the Dual OS tile on the Windows 8 Start Screen, and up pops Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2, complete with Google Play and all the Google apps that usually come with Google tablets. This appeared to be running as an app within Windows 8, as we were able to Alt-Tab between Android and other running Windows apps.
It's also possible to both pin your favourite Android apps to the Windows 8 start screen, and to share files and photos between the two OSes. Snap a photo with the rear-facing X-megapixel camera, and it'll pop up automatically in both the Windows 8 Photos app and the Android Gallery, without the need to drag and drop between the two installations.
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Labour inheritance – crumbling economy, clipboard Nazis, targets, unintended consequences
"Gillian Duffy may have been outraged by her treatment, but boy, what a reaction she's managed, and what a revenge she will take.
"if Britain is to have a prosperous and free future, its citizens must finally understand the true cul-de-sac, counter productive implications of Labour and the left"
DANA POINT, California – Leave it to "Not Flash" Gordon Brown to do the impossible. For the last 6 days on the west coast of America I've been striving on your behalf to find out what the locals think of our election. I've listened to radio stations and TV networks. I've read important newspapers like the Los Angeles Times, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, even the Fresno Bee. Nothing. Not a glimmer of interest in the general election taking place in the U.S.'s most important global ally.
Gordon Brown to the rescue.
He's not flash, he's just Gordon, the Labour party was saying in an earlier campaign to try and make this weirdo sociopath seem normal. But Brown showed he can do the impossible. Our election has came alive to millions across America. For the first time, U.S. nation-wide TV networks woke up, with prime time references to Brown's moment of truth, not to mention the toe-curling recordings of his crass remarks. Even the Orange County Register devoted a half page to the story. Everybody seemed to love his humiliation. It was a moment to savour, that's for sure.
Brown's crass reaction to this committed Labour party voter said all you need to know about the man. All those unsubstantiated reports about his private behaviour came alive. This man is clearly an arrogant, weak bully. He has no idea about the lives and reactions of ordinary people. Brown has no right to be our Prime Minister. Poor Gillian Duffy may have been outraged by her treatment by Brown, but boy, what a reaction she's managed, and what a revenge she will take.
Watching the last debate on the internet, even from this distance, you almost have to look away in embarrassment when Brown performs. Watching the rictus grins at inappropriate moments – in his remarks at the end – that false smile started just when he was talking about the most serious aspects of his economic policy.
So it seems that as I predicted a couple of weeks ago, the Conservatives will win by enough votes to be able to govern comfortably. This prediction was also based on the fact (well, my hope) that the British people would simply vote in the most rational way. They booted out the Tories in 1997 because they were bored, not to say disgusted, by them, and Labour had convinced them their loonies had been booted out.
This time, people have lost patience with Labour. They have been patronised and let down. The economy is in tatters. The Labour legacy is not so much a nanny state, as a fascist state in the making, with ever more intimidating laws to force us to do things we really don't want to do, where often the state has no right to be involved. If you want a symbol of the Labour years, think of them as the clip board Nazis who have risen to the fore over the last 13 years brandishing their simple-minded target culture and its unintended consequences, the little Hitlers, who take more and more of our money and order us about, often just to let us know that they have the power, rather than for any rational policy reason.
Driving almost a thousands miles in California was a stark reminder of how oppressive Labour's camera-obsessed society has become. From Los Angeles to Yosemite via Fresno, to Dana Point just south of Los Angeles from Sequioa, the traffic ran quickly, smoothly and safely. Not a camera in sight; Highway Patrol sightings rare.
A Conservative victory will turn out to be the clichéd poisoned-chalice. Whoever takes control of the train wreck that is our economy will quickly find they have taken full responsibility for everything. Voters will soon forget who caused the mess, and turn on those who remind us that the medicine, by necessity, leaves a bitter taste in the mouth. If only Cameron had the steel, commitment and vision required. That's why my vote for UKIP is a probably vain hope that Labour will be forced to take responsibility for what it has done, and will be destroyed for ever as a national political party in the process. Some hopes.
But if Britain is to have a prosperous and free future, its citizens must finally understand the true cul-de-sac, counter productive implications of Labour and the left.


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Shah Rukh Khan addresses wife Gauri as 'Cover Mother'
Gauri Khan is Femina magazine's cover girl for the month of September. And as expected, she looked every bit gorgeous on the cover wearing a white cape-shirt and blue denims. Gauri Khan was addressed as the 'Queen of Decor' by the magazine owing to her work in the interior designing space. Gauri Khan has already been part of many high profile projects and has designed the home of several Bollywood celebrities. In the magazine, Gauri talks about creativity and innovation in the field of interior decoration.
Shah Rukh Khan retweeted the cover put up by Femina along with a caption that read, "For us she is the Cover Mother…"
Gauri Khan has recently opened her flagship design store in the city. Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan and other celebrities have also paid a visit to the store. After designing homes for Bollywood stars like Varun Dhawan and Ranbir Kapoor, she recently also collaborated with Jacqueline Fernandez for her new abode. In an interaction with a media recently, she revealed that it is her husband Shah Rukh Khan who loves her work the most.
For us she is the Cover Mother… https://t.co/8nY89EEgX3— Shah Rukh Khan (@iamsrk) August 23, 2018


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Does it feel as if a pebble is stuck in your shoe, yet nothing drops out when you shake the shoe? Morton's neuroma, a common foot condition, may be responsible for your pain. Podiatrist Dr. Matthew John of Ankle and Foot Centers in Marietta, GA, discusses the condition and explains treatment options.
How does a neuroma occur?
Neuromas are non-cancerous growths that form as a result of the thickening of tissue around a nerve. The growths usually appear between the third and fourth toes and can be felt when you stand, walk or wear shoes.
What are the symptoms of a neuroma?
Putting pressure on your neuroma when you walk, stand or run can send burning pain shooting from the ball of your foot to your toes. If you must stand or walk for long periods of time, you may notice that the front part of your foot tingles or feels numb. Swelling between the toes can also occur.
How did I get a neuroma?
Your choice of footwear may be responsible for your neuroma. Wearing shoes that place pressure on your front of your foot, such as tight shoes or high heels, can cause the condition. People who've had a recent foot injury or have bunions, hammertoe or flat feet or high arches are more likely to develop a neuroma. Runners are at increased risk, particularly those who use starting blocks that require them to push off with their toes.
How are neuromas treated?
Relieving pressure on your toes is the first step in reducing pain. When you visit a shoe store, look for footwear that not only offers ample room for your toes but also provides plenty of cushioning. The higher the heel, the greater the pressure on the front of your foot. It's best to buy shoes with heels that are 2 inches in height or less.
A visit to our Marietta, GA office can be helpful if changing your shoes doesn't decrease your pain. During your visit, you may be taught how to pad and tape your feet to relieve pain. Orthotics may also be recommended. The custom-made shoes inserts decrease pressure on your foot and improve the alignment of your bones. Anti-inflammatory medication or a corticosteroid injection may be recommended to ease your painful symptoms. Often alcohol sclerosing injections can provide significant relief by shrinking the neuroma. Surgery to remove the inflamed nerve isn't usually needed but may be recommended if conservative treatment options aren't helpful.
Do you suffer from neuroma pain? Call Podiatrist Dr. Matthew John of Ankle and Foot Centers in Marietta, GA, at (770) 977-3668 to schedule your appointment.


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HISD union threatens no-confidence vote amid rising salary tensions
The president of Houston ISD's largest school employees union threatened Monday to hold a vote of no-confidence against the district's interim superintendent if a budget with employee pay raises is not approved by mid-July, a sign of escalating tensions over the administration's handling of spending plans for 2019-2020.
Houston Federation of Teachers President Zeph Capo blasted Interim Superintendent Grenita Lathan's administration ahead of Tuesday's vote to approve a preliminary budget with no employee pay raises, accusing district leaders of dragging their feet while other districts move swiftly to boost salaries. Lathan has said her administration needs more time to analyze the impacts of recently-passed school finance reform before proposing pay increases, which she plans to do in the coming weeks.
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"I'm tired of the games that are played," Capo said at a press conference Monday, flanked by about a dozen educators, school board members and parents. "How in the world can we have so many six-figure-salary administrators not able to put a proposal in front of the nine elected trustees?"
The rising discontent between the HFT's leadership, which represents about 6,350 educators, and Lathan's administration sets the stage for a closely-watched vote Tuesday, when several trustees are expected to reject the district's proposal to pass a budget without increased employee compensation. Most Texas school districts, including HISD, must pass their 2019-2020 budget by June 30. A few large districts already have approved budgets with salary increases, including Austin, Humble and Spring ISDs, while many others have issued proposals scheduled for votes in the coming days.
"We will bring recommendations as it relates to salary increases, but we want to make sure our numbers are correct," Lathan said earlier this month.