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What makes New Zealand's vote last night even more ironic is that a few years ago, Pope Francis as Cardinal Bergoglio battled against the introduction of same-sex marriage in his home country, by being upfront as to who was at the root of it all.
"Let's not be naive, we're not talking about a simple political battle; it is a destructive pretension against the plan of God," wrote Cardinal Bergoglio in a letter sent to the monasteries of Buenos Aires. "We are not talking about a mere bill, but rather a machination of the Father of Lies that seeks to confuse and deceive the children of God."
New Zealand politicians seem to be very easily deceived when it comes to moral issues.
David Farrar pointed out something Chester Borrows said about this debate on marriage, that the bad behaviour of some Christians had influenced politicians to vote in favour of redefinition when they probably would have voted the other way.
As a Christian—a conservative Christian—I find it abhorrent the way that Christians have entered into this debate, and the threatening nature with which they have emailed colleagues. I know of colleagues who have set out thinking they will vote against this bill and who have changed their mind because of the way they have been treated by Christians, supposedly worshipping in their daily lives and witness a loving God. If they profess to worship that God, then it is a different God whom I worship and whom I believe in, because they have shown nothing of that love—that all-encompassing love—in the way that they have conducted themselves in this debate. It is unfortunate that in every debate where fundamentalist Christians get involved in lobbying one side or another, they always bring out the worst, and seek to have those people who do not hold to our faith shove us into a pigeon-hole that would brand us all in the same way. I think that is a despicable way for people of faith to behave.
This highlights another tactic of the Father of Lies - the stirring up of anger and hatred against opponents that then ends up working to his favour. Were NZ politicians more discerning, they would have realised the use of these tactics and not voted in a way that seems vindictive and petty, given their original positions on the bill.
Just one more vote to go, and it looks like it will be a mere formality unless there is some sort of miracle.
Related links: New Pope Francis called homosexual 'marriage' a 'machination of the Father of Lies' ~ LifeSiteNews
2nd Reading Marriage Bill (the Votes; Discussion) ~ John Stringer, CoNZervative
The Same Sex Marriage Second Reading ~ David Farrar, Kiwiblog
UPDATE: Brenden Malone, of the Leading Edge blog (listed in our sidebar) has written a fantastic post on how gay marriage has corrupted the democratic process in New Zealand. This whole thing is bigger than the ephemeral "equality" politicians think they have voted for.


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October 02, 2014
Experts of the Department of Geography develop a pioneering tracking system that will offer specialists and general audiences millions of snapshots taken since the 1940s
Taking picture while flying offers a privileged view of any territory, a different perspective with which to analyze its evolution through time. A group of researchers, led by Tenured Professor of Regional Geographic Analysis of the University of Oviedo, Felipe Fernández García, is developing the first system to track historical aerial photographies of Spain. This archive will offer specialists and general audiences millions of snapshots that show the changes that have taken place in our country since the 1940s until our days.
The research project, funded by the Ministry of Economics and Competitiveness, is a pioneering experience in Spain and almost all of Europe, where only on similar database has been developed in the United Kingdom and as a private initiative. The University of Oviedo coordinates members of eleven Spanish universities. The research team has performed an exhaustive work when gathering the source, which began more than a decade ago with the collection of the existing materials in Asturias, amounting to a total of almost 100,000 pictures of the Principality.
These photographies show how the territory has evolved and represent a valuable material for fields as diverse as archeology, urbanism, the environment or law
"This material represents a very valuable tool not only for researchers and teachers, but also for the administrations and professionals of such diverse fields as urbanism, landscape analysis, coast dynamics or law", explains Felipe Fernández. The sequence of the evolution traced by these images from above shows the changes that have been present in the territory, which is why this work is linked to the Cluster of Energy, the Environment and Climate Change of the Campus of International Excellence.
The main documental sources have been the Armed Forces, the collections of the Spanish Geographic Institute and some private enterprises. "Many of the public and civil works that were started in Spain during the phase of "developism" were projected and planned using the information taken from aerial photographies. Enterprises were hired to fly over the city or the place in question in order to take pictures of the zone", explains the Tenured Professor of Regional Analysis. The documental collections of some of these enterprises like Cetfa, whose originals are deposited at the Department of Geography, are part of the documental heritage gathered.
The research project will finish next year and has been developed with the goal of creating a spin-off that may answer the very high demand that exists in the market. "This material holds the key to very valuable information for different professionals", remarks Felipe Fernández.
Although the first aerial photographies were taken at the end of the 19th century, the truly significant collections, due to its size and the systematic nature of the photographies, start in the 1940s. The tracking system that is being worked on by the teams of experts will allow them to easily find all the available photographic information on a certain place (number of photographies, date, scale, archive in which they can be found, etc.) and, based on them, faitfully reconstruct the evolution they had undergone.
A simple check in an online application shows us from space any point of the territory with a desktop computer, a tablet or a cell phone. The archive of historical aerial images of Spain constitutes the immediate antecendent of these applications. In fact, some of them are beginning to incorporate to their services the ability to see pictures of the main cities of the world taken decades ago.
Research Team
- Felipe Fernández García (University of Oviedo) Lead researcher
- Carmen Rodríguez Pérez (University of Oviedo)
- Daniel Herrera Alonso (University of Oviedo)
- Cristina Fernández Bustamante (University of Oviedo)
- David Olay Varilla (University of Oviedo)
- Héctor Rato (University of Oviedo)
- Jose Maria Sierra Alvarez (University of Cantabria)
- Luis Carlos Martínez Fernández (University of Valladolid)
- Juan Sevilla Álvarez (University of Salamanca)
- Encarnación Gil Meseguer (University of Murcia)
- Guillermo Morales Matos (Carlos III University of Madrid)
- Jesús Alcalá Reygosa (Complutense University ofMadrid)
- José Balsa Barreiro (University of Santiago de Compostela)
- Carmen Ginés de la Nuez (University of La Laguna)
- Santiago Hernández Torres (University of La Laguna)
- Ignacio Maestro Cano (University of Valencia)
- Beatriz Mateos (University of Extremadura)
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It's never easy predicting the second half of an MLS season based on what transpired in the first three months, but playing
Nostradamus this year is especially vexing.
More than two dozen foreign players arrived to start their MLS careers in the 2008 season; by contract-guarantee date on July 1, several of them, as well as a handful of others acquired in the past few seasons, had been sent on their way.
With the opening of the U.S. transfer window July 15, scorers were in demand. Toronto landed Scotsman Paul Dickov, San Jose grabbed Englishman Darren Huckerby in a trade with TFC and also obtained ex-Wizard Scott Sealy, Kansas City enticed U.S. striker Josh Wolff to return, and goal-challenged Houston brought back Nate Jaqua.
The Red Bulls had signed a quartet of foreign players and were auditioning several more. Stuck in limbo for more than a month was Olympics-bound striker Brian McBride, claimed via allocation by TFC, which rebuffed trade offers from Chicago, which was where he wanted to play. Likewise, New England played hardball with ex-Rev Pat Noonan, who left MLS last winter but couldn't play for the Crew unless it could obtain his rights.
Players changing addresses might have a greater impact. How can Chivas USA replace Brad Guzan? Carlos Ruiz played little for the Galaxy in the first half of the season, but if he's traded how can his teammates cope when Landon Donovan and David Beckham leave for international duty?
Toss in SuperLiga participation for D.C. United, Houston, New England and Chivas USA, and CONCACAF Champions League preliminary-round play for the latter two teams. Good luck predicting how all that will shake out once the regular season ends Oct. 26.
Eight teams qualify for the 2008 playoffs, with the top three teams in each conference guaranteed a slot. Points, regardless of conference position, will determine the seventh and eighth spots.
Teams in each conference play each other in 16 of their 30 matches, and thus Eastern Conference teams – despite their superiority to Western foes — could suffer by playing a tougher schedule. The conference-v-conference results stood 27-17-5 in favor of the East as of mid-July.
Here is how they might finish up.
1. NEW ENGLAND. The Revs have been marginally affected by international callups and have few U.S. candidates. Still they have so much depth they can probably hold the top spot to the finish line.
Young Gambians Kenny Mansally and Sainey Nyassi, who joined the team only last August, have spiced up the attack in the absence of injured Taylor Twellman, and so has rookie Kheli Dube, a possibility for the Zimbabwean team. They inject energy into the attack, and the powerful if sometimes blind runs of Khano Smith add punch to a solid core of central midfielders Shalrie Joseph and Jeff Larentowicz.
As a rookie, forward Adam Cristman scored four goals but flattened out in the final months, as rookies are wont to do. By mid-July 2008, he'd netted six, as had Steve Ralston, who stepped in effectively at forward when not pulling strings in midfield.
The back line is a good one and keeper Matt Reis, solid in every game as well as spectacular when he needs to be, gives New England a great shot to finally break through after losing four MLS Cups, including the last three in a row.
2. COLUMBUS. It has pace, guile, experience and cohesiveness. Playmaker Guillermo Barros Schelotto is ringing up assists, Alejandro Moreno and Robbie Rogers are scoring goals, rookie forward Emmanuel Ekpo is an exciting prospect, and the defense ranks in the top half of MLS. So why is the Crew getting so little mention as a championship contender?
There might be a lingering stench of last year's 9-11-10 record and playoff miss, the third straight failure to qualify for the postseason. Head coach Sigi Schmid insisted his team could build on season-ending road wins at D.C. United and New England, and so far in 2008, he's been proven right.
The loss of midfield fulcrum Adam Moffat to a season-ending injury could be costly, as Brian Carroll works well with a reliable partner.
3. D.C. UNITED. A nice winning streak, fueled by Luciano Emilio's goals, heading into SuperLiga eased calls for the head of Coach Tom Soehn. United won four league games in a row, went unbeaten in six straight, and knocked off rival Chicago in the U.S. Open Cup before losing a tough 2-1 decision to Chivas Guadalajara in its SuperLiga opener.
Issues remain. Keeper Zach Wells has yet to inspire confidence, the gritty Ben Olsen is on the shelf again following more ankle surgery, and breakdowns through the middle that result in preventable goals continue.
Marcelo Gallardo gives D.C. a game-breaker to take that load off Jaime Moreno, just as Christian Gomez did after arriving midway through the 2004 season, which is the last time D.C. won an MLS Cup. But the Eastern Conference is stacked with good defenses, which United must emulate to reach the final.
4. HOUSTON. More than Nate Jaqua, who came aboard in midseason last year to score six regular-season goals and another one in the playoffs, will be needed to liven up the attack, yet he can take some pressure off Brian Ching and provide another target for Brian Mullan and Brad Davis, who by July had shaken off rust from injury recoveries and were creating chances.
The Dynamo set a league record last year by conceding only 23 goals in 30 games; it won't match that mark this year, but the return of regular right back Craig Waibel from injury helped stabilize the back line. Yet with Dwayne DeRosario (Canada), Ricardo Clark and Ching (U.S.), and Stuart Holden (U.S. Olympic team) on international call, Coach Dominic Kinnear will be juggling personnel constantly, which might impair his efforts to infuse consistency in time for the playoffs and could cost them the conference title.
5. CHICAGO. Such a furor has arisen from McBride's stated preference to play for the Fire and Toronto's hoarding of him that the question is seldom asked: Does Chicago really need him?
Certainly it wanted a warrior like McBride. No doubt adding a proven scorer can bulk up any team. The cost, though, might be unbearable.
The Fire's championship hopes rest in midfield catalyst Cuauhtemoc Blanco, obviously, and an excellent defense of eclectic makeup. Young Malian Bakary Soumare, Costa Rican Gonzalo Segares, Colombian Wilman Conde, and veteran Americans Diego Gutierrez, C.J. Brown, Brandon Prideaux and goalie Jon Busch are the league's best defensive group.
6. KANSAS CITY. The sharp goalkeeping of Kevin Hartman, a resilient defense and the prospect of Wolff teaming with Claudio Lopez up front give the Wizards playoff hope. In the second half of the season, they also get to play two games apiece against bottom-feeder San Jose, and Guzan-less Chivas USA.
Adjusting to cozy CommunityAmerica Ballpark should aid KC's playoff push. It endured a six-game road trip during the spring, but must do better than its 3-4-2 record against conference foes (as of mid-July). With only 14 goals scored in its first 15 games, there's no ambiguity about where the weakness is.
7. LOS ANGELES. Can one man transform a leaky defense? Galaxy fans will find out if Argentine defender Eduardo Dominguez can shore up The Paragon of Porosity that is LA's back line.
There's plenty of excitement with Donovan, Beckham, and Edson Buddle storming through the opposition. Chances and goals aren't a problem, as shown by 34 goals scored in the team's first 16 games. Despite the endless spirit of veteran right back Chris Klein, the international experience of Abel Xavier and Greg Vanney, and the promise of rookie Sean Franklin, Los Angeles can't seem to stop anybody, home or away, and also led the league in goals allowed with 31.
Ruud Gullit didn't waffle when ballyhooed Nigerian defender Celestine Babayaro couldn't cut it during preseason, and the Galaxy coach dropped him. Yet the back line is only one element of defensive play, and unless it tightens up midfield, LA can't survive the playoff gauntlet if it qualifies. It also plays nine of its last 14 games on the road.
8. CHIVAS USA. Nearly impregnable at home last year, Chivas USA lost three times at HDC as the host in the first half of 2008 and in its first seven away games won only once.
The return to full fitness of defenders Claudio Suarez, who missed time due to the death of his father and various injuries, and Shavar Thomas can help mask, somewhat, the loss of Guzan. Defender Bobby Burling won't get as many Rookie of the Year votes as he should, since he's quietly played well both at right back and in the middle.
Another rookie, forward Justin Braun, has filled in admirably for another injury victim, Maykel Galindo, but depth up front is rather thin, since Alecko Eskandarian needed a follow-up sports hernia surgery in June after undergoing the procedure during the offseason.
Francisco Mendoza has found a new zest for the game at left back. He and Jonathan Bornstein often interchange positions and their dynamism in midfield was needed when Sacha Kljestan left for the Olympic Games.
9. REAL SALT LAKE. Success can be attributed somewhat to the difficulty opponents encounter on the hard, artificial turf at Rice-Eccles Stadium, yet RSL has the tools to maintain its home superiority in early October when it moves to a new facility in suburban Sandy.
Strength up the middle is a necessity in any team sport, and that's where RSL can send out forwards Kenny Duechar and Robbie Findley, midfielders Kyle Beckerman and Javier Morales, defenders Jamison Olave and Nat Borchers, and keeper Nick Rimando. That's a strong enough spine to get a team into the postseason, if RSL can improve on a poor road record.
RSL has tough road trips to Chicago, New England, D.C. United, Los Angeles, Houston, New York and Columbus in the second half of the season. No matter where it is playing at home, the road will decide its postseason fate.
10. TORONTO FC. A woeful road record (1-6-0) as of midseason disguised somewhat the fact TFC had yet to play most of its Western Conference games. Nine of its finaºl 15 games are against teams from the supposedly weaker West; of the first five it won four.
In different games, different players have provided the attacking spark. Midfielders Amado Guevara, Laurent Robert, and Rohan Ricketts have served as catalysts, while Maurice Edu (occasionally) and Carl Robinson (rarely) pick their spots to get forward in support of forwards Danny Dichio and Jeff Cunningham. Dickov, a quick, bustling pain-in-the-neck, can ratchet up the pressure on defenders already rattled by the BMO barmy army.
Captain Jim Brennan and his defensive counterparts are competent yet prone to errors of miscommunication and fluffed assignments, and keeper Greg Sutton is capable but hardly among the elite. Still, the great strides made since last year's six-win season have landed TFC right in the playoff chase.
11. NEW YORK. Head coach Juan Carlos Osorio toughened the Fire defense last year when he brought Wilman Conde with him from Millonarios, but he wasn't able to take along Conde when he took the Red Bulls job.
Instead, he scouted and signed Venezuelan midfielder Jorge Rojas, Argentine defender Juan Pietravallo and Mexican defender Diego Jimenez, and brought in another Venezuelan, defender Gabriel Cichero, on loan. Will this revamp the Red Bulls, who look competent one game, confused the next, and by the midpoint of the season had suffered losses of 5-1, 4-0, and 4-1?
If Juan Pablo Angel, bothered by back, hamstring and ankle injuries in the first half of the season, stays healthy, New York can hit the playoffs as long as the new signings pan out. But if takes time for those talents to emerge, RBNY may be too far behind to catch up.
12. FC DALLAS. An offer from Norwegian club Rosenborg for Kenny Cooper added yet another headache for new head coach Schellas Hyndman, who left the college ranks after a 31-year stint to replace the fired Steve Morrow in June.
Colombian Juan Toja has struggled through a sophomore jinx; fortunately, Brazilian Andre Rocha has assumed some of the playmaking burden. Cooper's scoring earned him a spot on the All-Star first XI; forwards Dominic Oduro and Abe Thompson are speedier options and dangerous running with the ball.
Former Mexican international defender Duilio Davino hasn't been the rock that Morrow believed him to be; neither has he been poor. Hyndman needs to infuse stability into the back line, and throughout the lineup, or FCD will be squeezed out of the playoff picture.
13. COLORADO. In first place for the first two months of the season, the Rapids are good enough to slug it out in the playoff arena but may be forced to rely too heavily on rookie midfielder Nick LaBrocca and second-year forward Omar Cummings.
After a strong start, Christian Gomez hit a lull in midseason and the attack stagnated at times. To get necessary points in August and September, Colorado needs his canny playmaking, strong flank play from Colin Clark and Terry Cooke, as well as toughness and leadership from Pablo Mastroeni whether he plays in midfield or central defense.
Head coach Fernando Clavijo is in the last year of his contract. The frugal Kroenke Sports Group won't hesitate to cut him loose if Colorado slips too far from the playoff octet.
14. SAN JOSE. The Quakes' anemic scoring hastened a bid — and a wasted allocation slot — for Pegeuro Jean-Phillipe, whose bad knees quickly forced him onto the season-ending IR list.
The midseason transfer window added Huckerby and Sealy to earlier additions John Cunliffe and Brian Johnson. They give San Jose greater depth, but someone on the roster needs to blossom into a regular goalscorer, or the rebuilding of this expansion team — particularly in midfield — will begin sooner rather than later. San Jose scored just 11 goals in its first 16 games.
After struggling for a few months adjusting to MLS, Ramiro Corrales contributed several solid games in central midfield. The back line and keeper Joe Cannon have, for the most part, done their part.
(This article originally appeared in the August issue of Soccer America magazine.)


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There is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war
"Pray, look better, sir," quoth Sancho; "those things yonder are no giants, but windmills, and the arms you fancy, they are sails, which, being whirled about by the wind, make the mill go." "It is a sign," cried Don Quixote, "thou art but little acquainted with adventures. I tell thee they are giants; and therefore, if thou art afraid, go aside and say thy prayers, for I am resolved to engage in a dreadful, unequal combat against them all." This said, he …rushed with Rozinante's utmost speed upon the first windmill he could come at, and, running his lance into the sail, the wind whirled around with such swiftness, that the rapidity of the motion presently broke the lance into shivers, and hurled away both knight and horse along with it, til down he fell, rolling a good way off in the field. Sancho Panca ran as fast as his ass could drive to help his master, whom he found lying, and not able to stir, such a blow he and Rozinante had received. "Mercy on me!" cried Sancho, "…did I not tell you they were windmills, and that nobody could think otherwise, unless he had also windmills in his head?" "Peace, friend Sancho," replied Don Quixote: "there is nothing so subject to the inconstancy of fortune as war. I am verily persuaded, the cursed necromancer Freston, who carried away my study and books, and has transformed these giants into windmills…"
by Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra (September 29, 1547 – April 23, 1616)
from Don Quixote
Chapter VIII
this translation by P. A. Motteux
image – Jonathan Gill
Are you feeling quixotic today?
Sometimes posting here every day seems quixotic, or at least impractical, but being a little on the extravagantly romantic side when it comes to literacy can have its up points. Unpredictable flashes of insight come to those who have been up past bedtime, reading under the covers, as far back as memory goes and then some. Never mind that we may be half dreaming, or that the "flash" may be from dropping the flashlight: a vision is a vision, even a vision of tilting at windmills.
Speaking of quixotic, this is September 29th, the birthday of Miguel De Cervantes, author of "Don Quixote," a book often cited as the first modern novel. The hero of the novel is an aging farmer who is obsessed with reading fanciful tales of chivalry, every word of which he believes to be true. Others believe he has lost his mind because of lack of sleep, but Alonso Quixano isn't the least bit interested in conforming to their reality. He begins to act as if he is really living in a romanticized dream world. Alonso Quixano declares himself to be Don Quixote, knight-errant in search of adventure, illuminated by his dreamstruck heart and whatever heroic details his desperately dedicated mind can muster.
Can you imagine writing a protagonist who is so memorable that he becomes his own adjective?


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Life usually knows what a person needs. I find myself forgetting sometimes that life is my greatest teacher. And even though I really do want to believe in coincidences, I don't.
Just a week prior to my first session with my pelvic physical therapist, my aunt gave me a gift for a 90-minute massage to the spa therapist. So, even though my aunt was coming with me to the spa, I couldn't help my anxiety levels because this was my first time and the idea of a stranger touching my body intimately was a bit nerve-wracking.
All these normal tiny question-based fears crept up like a cold draft in a haunted apartment like: Will my naked body look okay? What about that little bit of cellulite in my inner thighs? Will they notice and are they going to feel it when they massage me? Am I going to perspire like a madwoman because of my revved up anxiety levels and stink the whole place up like a skunk?
Ah, so with all the dread, it finally came time to strip down to my bra and panties at the locker room which brought back memories of never wanting to get undress in gym class at junior high and how other girls would make fun of me because I prefer privacy over publicity. But I managed to get into the lovely plush robe despite the fact that some eyes were peering my way. I confidently shook it off and strolled nervously into the massage room.
It was beautiful! Dim lighting, meditative music, candle atmosphere. Then it was time to undo my bra. My panty I could leave on! And I managed to get through it. But because I went through this experience, I was able to not completely freak or walk out the door when I had to strip my pants and panty at the physical therapist place.
The first real session (not the initial evaluation) with my pelvic physical therapist was surprising but expected since I've done my research. Still, I was freaking out internally. The dim lights, classical music, and earthly décor put me at ease to an extent, but the rest of the time I'm sporting a deadpan expression with brewing spades and acid in the pit of my stomach.
For me, there's nothing comfortable being half naked and having this talkative nice lady massage and stretch my stomach, pelvis, inner thighs, sit bones, hips, glutes and lower back. Nothing. As if nothing could top that, she brought out the vagina dilators, gloves and lube. And I reassured myself, "This doesn't make you gay. This is medical procedure. This appears sexual but isn't sexual at all. Relax."
This was when I had to channel my anxiety and awkward levels to asking her a million questions about her life and her career and everything else in between, so I wouldn't die too much in the present moment of vagina dilators. All I could think is, if I can handle a 90-minute plus massage with wraps, hot oil and hot stones, I can handle someone sticking dilators inside me, regardless if they're the same gender.
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All I needed to get were the sponge finger biscuits and i was ready to goooo!!
The recipe I used was originally for Tiramisu Charlotte cake from Happy Home Baker, however I did not have enough sponge finger biscuits to decorate the outside :( and didn't have any Marsala ... so this is an ALCOHOL FREE version :P
but it still tasted GREAT!!!!
|The cream should have covered all the biscuits >< oops!
Espresso Syrup:
1 tablespoon instant coffee powder
1/2 tablespoon sugar
1/2 cup (125ml) boiling waterFilling:
250g mascarpone cheese
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
3 tablespoons icing sugar
1 cup (250 ml) heavy/whipping cream
about 24 sponge fingers (savoiardi)
50g grated dark chocolate
cocoa powder, to dust
1. Make the espresso syrup by dissolving instant coffee powder and sugar in boiling water. Leave to cool.
2. Make the filling by whisking marscapone cheese with icing sugar, vanilla extract and 3 tablespoons of espresso syrup until blended.
3. Whip cream using electric mixer until soft peaks form. Fold 1/4 of whipped cream to the marscapone mixture with a spatula, then fold in remaining whipped cream.
4. Gently dip (not soak) sponge fingers in the espresso syrup and use to line the base of a 7" spring form round tin. Cut the sponge fingers into shorter pieces if necessary.
5. Spoon over half of the filling and spread evenly. Sprinkle graded chocolate over the filling. Repeat with another layer of sponge fingers and spoon over remaining filling. Spread and smooth the top and sift cocoa powder and grated chocolate on the top.
6. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate for at least 4 hours - BEST left overnight! the sponge fingers soak up the flavour better :)
You can also decorate with fresh strawberries and other chocolate goodies!!


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Crazy, right? Not so fast, says my colleague Kevin Roose. We shouldn't be letting Facebook off the hook so easily. It was months of pressure that made Facebook take disinformation issues seriously. Just because we made it through the midterms without a significant impact from disinformation doesn't mean meddlers won't give it another try somewhere else in the world.
No doubt, it wasn't for lack of trying by a Russia-linked group. The day before the election, Facebook, acting on a tip from the F.B.I., took down a handful of rogue accounts linked to a Russian troll outfit, the Internet Research Agency. Finally, Facebook and law enforcement officials seem to be on the same page in the disinformation fight.
I guess we should be happy that things didn't go completely sideways after two years of scrutiny and preparation. Perhaps, at least for a moment, we can breathe a collective sigh of relief.
That is, until the next Election Day.
Here are a handful of other things you may have missed last week:
■ In a last-minute decision, Amazon appears close to deciding on splitting its second headquarters outside Seattle, settling on locations in Long Island City, in Queens, and Arlington, Va. There is a growing concern among critics that Amazon has played cities in a prolonged game to get the best possible deal on taxes and concessions from local government leaders.
■ After a New York Times article shed light on a history of sexual harassment scandals at Google, workers at the company's global offices walked out in protest last week. Now, Google has acquiesced to at least part of the workers' list of demands, overhauling its sexual harassment policies.
■ In more Google news, the company is said to be shopping for new real estate in New York City, which could result in a 1.3-million-square-foot expansion into St. John's Terminal in the West Village. The site, if it goes through, is expected to be finished in 2022. An expansion of that size could more than double the number of workers Google employs in New York, which is now around 7,000.
■ Facebook released its Portal video chat device this week, the first piece of hardware it has built from the ground up. I tested the Portal and Portal Plus units with my colleague Farhad Manjoo and found them useful, if not otherwise creepy because of Facebook's privacy scandals.


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You Are STILL Not The User
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This week I am reprinting a classic from the Nielsen/Norman group about the dangers of using internal consensus as a stand-in for actual research and testing. This is a classic mistake, usually committed by product people who have backgrounds in sales and marketing instead of research and/or engineering. But it is not limited...Read more →


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Maps and Plans
- 1 Railway Maps and Plans - Europe and beyond
- 2 See also
Railway Maps and Plans - Europe and beyond
Many of the railway layout maps and plans on this page were drawn by Rodger Wilkinson of Chester-le-Street and Gregory Beecroft of Welwyn Garden City. These maps were formerly hosted on the 'Rinbad' website, but have been moved with permission.
You may access the maps and print them for personal use, but must not use them for any purpose involving resale. You may have more control of how your printer fits a map on to a paper page if you Save As File and print from another program such as Microsoft Photo Editor rather than printing direct from your browser.
Please remember that the maps were current at the dates when they were created but may have been overtaken by subsequent events.
- Wien Meidling-Wien Hbf.pdf
Wien-Meidling / Wien Hbf as at October 2017
Czech Republic
- Brno.pdf
Brno as at July 2017
- Gröbers.pdf
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Will Barack Obama be the first American president to invade Africa?April 21, 2011 at 9:29 pm | Posted in Arms Control, democracy, Human Rights, International Relations, Political Economy, World Politics | 1 Comment
Tags: Africa, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Global South, interstate system, intervention, Italy, Libya, Middle East, NATO, North Africa, Spain, United Kingdom, United States, US hegemony, US politics
One month into the bombing of Libya by NATO forces, if anything the situation is worse than before. After an initial assault, the United States withdrew to a supporting role but those of its NATO allies that chose to participate in the military attack against Colonel Muammer Gaddafi's forces–mainly France and the UK, with some support from Spain, Denmark, Canada, and Belgium–have discovered that they do not have the military force required to roll back the Libyan government troops. Without anti-tank planes, they were unable to stop the pro-Gaddafi forces' advance against the rebels in the east or to relieve the siege of Misurata. President Barack Obama has now authorized the use of US Predator drones and is gradually being drawn out of the supporting role he had sought. Will the NATO allies and the US have to commit ground troops to resolve the impossible situation they have got themselves into? Will Barack Obama go down in history as the first American president to invade an African state?
Despite the aerial bombardment of Colonel Gaddafi's forces, the ragtag militia of the rebels do not have the training or the weaponry to withstand his forces which have now adapted measures to blunt the effectiveness of air raids–using human shields, riding in pickup trucks, using camouflage. About the rebels, a New York Times correspondent wrote:
… by almost all measures by which a military might be assessed, they are a hapless bunch. They have almost no communication equipment. There is no visible officer or noncommissioned officer corps. Their weapons are a mishmash of hastily acquired arms, which few of them know how to use.
Military chiefs on both sides of the Altantic had urged caution but France's Nicholas Sarkozy to boost his domestic poll ratings and Britain's David Cameron seeking some of the glory that Margaret Thatcher reaped from her victory over Argentina in the Malvinas conflict urged President Obama to support their 'humanitarian intervention' in Libya. Yet, there was never any clarity as to who the rebels were–as General Carter Ham, commander of the US Africa Command, told Congressional leaders and it appears that they represent coastal tribes of Cyrenaica while the tribes of the interior and the west continue their allegiance to Colonel Gaddafi.
Most notably, the objectives of the NATO mission in Libya are unclear or cannot be achieved merely by an air campaign. Its efforts have certainly postponed the defeat of the insurgents but without ground troops, it cannot oust the Colonel from power even though Sarkozy, Brown, and Obama have all called for his departure as the only acceptable solution. Note that this was not mandated by the UN Security Council resolution 1973 which sanctions the NATO operation and the resolution had explicitly forbidden 'foreign occupation troops of any form.' Yet, Britain, France, and Italy have all said they would send 'unarmed military advisors'–a prospect almost certain to involve deeper involvement: what would happen if these 'unarmed' advisors were targeted by the Libyan government forces as they surely are a legitimate military target?
Insistence of the removal of Colonel Gaddafi from power rules out a negotiated settlement. A more likely prospect is that Libya will be partitioned into an eastern part which will effectively become a NATO protectorate with the bulk of Libya's oil supplies. Neither France nor Britain has sufficient forces to keep pro-Gaddafi forces from attacking the Benghazi enclave–and it would require US boots on the ground–making the first African-American president of the US to be the first American president to invade and occupy an African state! After all, Khalifa Haftar who has been claiming to be the field commander of the rebel forces had been living near the CIA headquarters in Langley, Virginia for 20 years and they had provided him with a training camp.
The whole of Libya–east and west–would require massive reconstruction assistance given the damage done to its infrastructure by civil war and aerial bombardment. Who is going to fund this reconstruction? Is it 'humanitarian to bomb the hell out of a country and then leave it in shambles? After all, the neo-conversatives claim that Iraq–which has far greater oil reserves–can pay for its own reconstruction remains hollow eight years after the US invasion.
Even if the Gaddafi regime were to implode due to economic sanctions and the loss of the bulk of its oil revenues, his boast of arming every Libyan is likely to plunge the country into a prolonged phase of violent disruptions.
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The turning point in the war came with the Battle of Derna (April–May 1805). Ex-consul William Eaton, who went by the rank of general, and US Marine First Lieutenant Presley O'Bannon led a mixed force of eight United States Marines[18] and 500 Greek, Arab, and Berber mercenaries on a march across the desert from Alexandria, Egypt to assault and to capture the Tripolitan city of Derna. This was the first time in history that the United States flag was raised in victory on foreign soil. This action was memorialized in a line from the Marines' Hymn—"the shores of Tripoli."[19]
Yes hard to believe but North Africans taking white slaves was a massive problem from as far away as Iceland!
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Is there a "right" time to have children?
I was at a party (yes I know I got out to a party!) recently and got chatting to someone I hadn't seen in a long while. Roughly the same age as me. I asked who was minding his children to which he told me they were now in their late teens, early twenties!
Wow wow wow, stop right there! How did that happen, more importantly when did that happen?
We chatted some more and he told me about his fancy holidays, going out for dinner at the weekends with his wife and generally having free time to do things. Yes "free time" to relax, go to cinema, watch movies, go out for drinks etc.. It sounded fabulous, it really did. It got me thinking I'd like some of that action but wait wait I can't, the 3,4 and nearly 1 year old won't allow it..
More importantly however, once the middle aged hangover dispersed the next day or maybe the day after, I smiled and realised I'd had this elusive "free time" . It was familiar to me and I remembered enjoying it, a lot. From the 3 week holidays in the summer to exotic locations (as pictured below in Singapore), winter weeks away, watching boxsets and going to the pub when I wanted, me and "free time" got along just great. Nowdays with the 3 children planning an event such a holiday or trip out usually takes longer than the event itself!
It got me thinking did we do it right? Was it better to have all this fun and free time on our own pre children or would it be better after the children have grown up? What do you think? Now I do realise that children are a blessing and will come along as they please with only minor control remaining in our hands as parents and potential parents as I mentioned previously in my wrong assumptions post
Add on top of this the societal pressure most people feel particularly when first married to have children, finances, career etc…, it really can be a minefield. So when do people think it is right to start a family?


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THE WORLD'S END. Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Paddy Considine, Eddie Marsan, Martin Freeman, and Rosamund Pike. Directed by Edgar Wright. Rated MA15+. Restricted. (Strong coarse language and science fiction violence). 108 min.
This science fiction film combines fantasy and realism for comic effect. It is a difficult mix, but this is a film in which it succeeds.
Five men, who were friends in the '60s come together 20 years later to complete a pub crawl to a pub by the name of "The World's End". They travel to "Newton Haven", the hometown where the pub is, to resume their drinking. During their crawl, they start symbolically with "The First Post" and move from pub to pub on their "legendary path of alcoholic indulgence" to The World's End. They soon realise that Newton Haven looks oddly unfamiliar. The town has been taken over by aliens.
The movie is the third in a line of movies, called the Cornetto Trilogy. It follows "Shaun of the Dead" in 2004, and "Hot Fuzz" in 2007. All three movies celebrate in their own way the oddities and eccentricities of life. They have the same writing team (Wright and Pegg), the same lead main actors (Pegg and Frost), and they are all directed by Edgar Wright. The trilogy is linked by tone, rather than by content. It swops zombies ("Shaun of the Dead") and gun-crazed cops ("Hot Fuzz") for aliens.
As college students, none of them ever made it to The World's End which was the final pub on their list. The five men are convinced to rerun their drinking marathon by Gary King (Simon Pegg), who insists that his mates find the famous pub that they all missed the first time. In the course of their drinking, they notice that the townspeople in Newton Haven look more grim-faced than usual. Getting into a fight with the local youths, they discover that the youths are robots that ooze a blue substance when hurt. Instead of sensibly retreating to London, they continue their crawl to find the fateful final pub. All the time while they drink, aliens from another galaxy roam the town, "merging" any humans they find into their own community.
Gary leads the group as an abrasive, bombastic individual who has never grown up. Andy (Nick Frost) hasn't spoken to him for years, and is a corporate lawyer in the group with a grudge. Oliver (Martin Freeman) is an estate agent with a sister, Sam (Rosamund Pike), whom more than one of them likes. Peter (Eddie Marsan) is a car dealer, who is unhappy, and Steven (Paddy Considine) has a firm eye on the girls.
In the movie, the men drink, reminisce, argue, bond, fight, and try to re-state their identities. Each of them attempts to reconcile the past and the present, and the end of the world that they know is coming pushes them to contemplate the future. A night that starts in drinking, progresses to other things, and ends up with the group (or what is left of it) debating humanity with the alien force in a final show-down.
This is a film really about male camardadiere. It descends at times into matey British bonding, but it explores comically the limits of friendship in the face of adversity. Most of the men have made decisions in their lives that they regret, and demonstrate male insecurity in different ways. Their efforts to remain alive, when the end seems near, are backed up with moments of great humour, and this is helped by fast, witty scripting that has a fair amount of political incorrectness. Copious fight scenes with the aliens integrate very well, and the film as a whole is heavily nostalgic.
This is an unusual movie, full of routines that spread across action pieces not considered normally as comic. The acting is poignant and surprisingly realistic. Garry is obnoxious, for example, but you feel sorry for him, knowing that he has never learnt to grow up. Other members of the group want to change their life decisions, but you, and they, know that with what is about to happen most of them won't be able to.
This is a smart comedy that is hard to categorize, and it has an obvious cult following. It is the final film in the series, and it is not necessary to have seen the other two movies in the trilogy in order to enjoy it.
Peter W. Sheehan is associate of the Australian Catholic Office for Film and Broadcasting.
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Out 1st. August, 2013.


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An off-duty English policeman has been seriously injured after being stabbed outside a bar in Paris. The 25-year-old, who was on holiday with his partner, was reportedly watching the Euro 2016 quarter final between France and Iceland on Sunday (3 July) when he became involved in a dispute.
Witnesses say they then heard his partner scream as he was stabbed in the abdomen by another man. His attacker then walked away "as if nothing happened", according to witnesses.
The attack occurred around 11.30pm outside a brasserie on Boulevard de Magenta, in the 10th arrondissement of the city near the Gare du Nord rail station, according to Le Parisien.
Chaotic scenes in the aftermath of the attack saw the knifeman then chased by employees from a nearby bar, before he was subdued and arrested by a passing French off-duty policeman, who heard bystanders yell "he killed someone".
Two blood-covered knives were later discovered in a nearby bin after witnesses reported seeing them being thrown away by the attacker.
The victim, who has not yet been identified, was taken to a hospital in central Paris where he underwent an emergency operation. Police say his condition is serious but not life-threatening.
A friend of the victim said a "verbal dispute" was behind the attack. It was suggested by officers the suspect, who has been taken to a psychiatric unit, may have suffered mental health problems. One officer said: "It's obviously not someone who is all there."


text: Bofors Missiles outsource Electronics Production Press release 12 May 2000 The Saab Bofors Dynamics business unit, Bofors Missiles AB, and CombitechElectronics AB have signed a letter of intent regarding the outsourcing ofthe electronics production at Bofors Missiles in Karlskoga. CombitechElectronics is owned by Kitron ASA, a leading Norwegian concern that isactive in the area of contract manufacturing of electronics.In electronics production there is at present an ongoing rapid structuralchange of the market. Through the procurement of Bofors Missileselectronics production, Kitron will increase its total volume of contractproduction in Sweden. In connection with Kitrons procurement the partnerswill now enter a long-term working agreement, involving 180 persons.Bofors Missiles will now concentrate its future investments on its coreactivities of development, final assembly and testing missiles at the sametime as activities will be integrated with Saab Bofors Dynamics during thecourse of the year.Saab is Northern Europe's leading high technology company and operateswithin the defense and aerospace areas and offers leading-edge productsand systems built on sophisticated information technology. Its businessareas are Infomatics, Aerospace, Dynamics, Technical Support & Services,Space and Aviation Services.Kitron ASA had a turnover of MNOK 1200 in 1999. Combitech Electronics ABforms the Swedish base of the Kitron ASA Concern and for 1999 its turnoverwas MSEK 230.Further informationHåkan Littorin, Vice President Bofors Missiles ABTel +46 586 816 80 or mobile +46 70 534 96 10------------------------------------------------------------Please visit http://www.bit.se for further informationThe following files are available for download:http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/12/20000512BIT00120/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/05/12/20000512BIT00120/bit0002.pdf This information was brought to you by Cisionhttp://feed.ne.cision.com/client/saab//Commands/File.aspx?id=66637The following files are available for download MSWORD PDF Last updated: 23 January 2015 • 14:43


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3 Ways to Access And Use Cloud Storage (SkyDrive etc.) In Linux
Personal cloud storage has become so useful as you never have to worry where your stuff is: it's easily accessible, and it's always up-to-date. On Linux you can access your personal cloud storage in multiple ways. This is great, because you can use whatever method works the best – even if you're a terminal junkie!
Use The Official Client
Getting the obvious out of the way, you can access your various personal cloud storage via their respective official applications. Currently, services such as SpiderOak, Dropbox, Ubuntu One, which is an unknown but worthy cloud storage contender Ubuntu One: An Unknown But Worthy Contender In Cloud Storage Just a little over a week ago, a lot of news was made in the world of personal cloud storage, where Dropbox added more sharing features, SkyDrive introduced their new synchronization application for desktops, and... Read More , and Copy, a Dropbox alternative with more storage Copy: A DropBox Alternative With More Storage [Mac, Linux, Windows, iOS, & Android] Read More , offer official Linux clients which can facilitate communications between your computer and their servers, as well as set up special features such as selective synchronization.
For any regular ol' desktop user, using the official clients is the best way to go as they offer the most functionality and the highest level of compatibility. Getting these to work is as simple as downloading the respective package for your distribution, installing it, and running it for the first time. The client should guide you through the easy setup process.
Dropbox: Use A Command Line Script
If you're a Dropbox user, you can also access your cloud storage via the terminal command line. This method is especially useful for power user terminal junkies, as they can their own scripts that can make use of the commands offered by the Dropbox script in order to perform automated tasks. To install it, you'll need to run these commands (for Debian, Ubuntu, or their derivatives – other distributions should use equivalent commands instead):
sudo apt-get install curl
curl "https://raw.github.com/andreafabrizi/Dropbox-Uploader/master/dropbox_uploader.sh" -o /tmp/dropbox_uploader.sh
sudo install /tmp/dropbox_uploader.sh /usr/local/bin/dropbox_uploader
When you run that last command, the script will notice that it's your first time running the script. It'll tell you to visit a certain Dropbox website to allow the script access to your account. It'll also give you all the information you need to put into the website, which will allow Dropbox to return an App Key, App Secret, and Access Level that you give to the script. Now the script will have the correct authorization to your Dropbox account.
Once that is completed, you can use the script to perform various tasks such as upload, download, delete, move, copy, mkdir, list, share, info, and unlink. For full syntax explanations, you can check out this page.
Storage Made Easy Brings SkyDrive To Linux
Microsoft, unsurprisingly, does not offer an official SkyDrive client for Linux. That doesn't mean you can't access that cloud service, however: the web version works fine.
But if you want to consolidate multiple personal clouds, or you would like easy (and sane) access to your SkyDrive account from Linux, you can also try out Storage Made Easy. This third party service consolidates its own storage offerings with up to three other personal cloud services. Even better: it offers an official client for Linux, and SkyDrive is one of the supported external cloud services!
In order to get Storage Made Simple to work, you'll first need to create an account with them. Once you do, you have to go into the Dashboard and choose "Add a Cloud Provider". Here you can choose the SkyDrive API and log in with those credentials. When you've added the credentials, you'll need to hit the authorize button to create the authorization necessary. Then, download the client for Linux and install it.
Upon first launch, it'll ask you to log in, as well as where you'd like to mount the cloud to. After you've done all this, you should be able to navigate to the folder you've chosen and you should be able to access your Storage Made Easy space as well as your SkyDrive space! While this method is great for getting SkyDrive to work on Linux, it's also great for all other services to simply combine them into a single location. The downside to this method is that you won't be able to use the special features found in the official clients for each service.
Since it's now possible to access SkyDrive from your Linux desktop, you may want to read my comparison between SkyDrive and Google Drive OneDrive vs Google Drive - Which Is Best for Office Productivity? As the push towards web apps has evolved, we're now met with two powerful cloud solutions -- SkyDrive and Google Drive. These two options offer all the tools needed for file synchronization and office productivity.... Read More to figure out what works best for you.
As you can see, there is more than one way to access your personal cloud storage. Of course, if you feel like your current setup is best for you, then there's no reason to change. However, as an example, if you've always been a lover of the terminal and have wanted a way to interact with your Dropbox account using the terminal, you can do so! The beauty is that you can choose what works best for you. Also, keep your mind open – while I've highlighted certain tools and examples, there may be other tools for other cloud services in the future which can make you more flexible.
What's your favorite way of accessing your personal cloud storage? What would be your most ideal solution? Let us know in the comments!
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This is a live demonstration of the camera systems that I use at home, so you may consider buying one of them for your own home security. They are nearly ideal for joining together as a Virtual Neighborhood Watch Program as explained on the "About" page. I have two separate camera systems right now, and offer three ways to view them below:
View Our Live Webcam – This is a demo page I put together myself. It gives you a visual guide to features you'll see through the cameras, a slideshow of recent images, and a live camera which you can pan and tilt in different directions. If other neighbors buy this type of camera, I can add them to the network easily.
The other cameras are down for development, but you can read about them on Page 2:
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OLDEMIRO BALOI, Minister for Foreign Affairs and Cooperation of Mozambique, said his country was preparing for general elections, which would include, for the first time, voting for provincial parliaments. "These elections bear witness to our strong political will and commitment to further strengthen democracy in the country," he said, adding that, because of such political advances, Mozambique's economy had become more stable. However, while GDP growth rates had averaged 7.8 per cent over the last five years, the global financial and economic crisis had curtailed the Government's plan to reduce the poverty rate to 45 per cent, and it had been forecasted that the economic growth rate might slow to 4.3 per cent in 2009.
Turning to economic integration, democratic consolidation and political stability, he said countries in Southern Africa had made advances in such areas as free and fair elections, but challenges remained, particularly in areas like peace, security and stability. In Zimbabwe, there had been progress in implementing the Global Political Agreement, which "is enabling the country to move towards an atmosphere of political and social stability, conducive to a permanent dialogue, reconstruction and economic recovery". Mozambique reiterated SADC's call for the removal of all sanctions imposed on that country. It also reiterated its support for political dialogue in Madagascar and urged the parties to implement the Maputo Agreement.
Regarding conflicts in Africa, he praised ongoing regional and continental initiatives aimed at promoting peace and stability in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Darfur, Somalia and other places. In the Middle East, Mozambique supported a two-State solution and broader Arab-Israeli normalization. The United Nations had an important role in coordinating the response to global challenges and needed to be reformed. " Mozambique strongly believes in multilateralism, and that the United Nations is at the centre of it. We also believe that the United Nations is a privileged form that congregates the universal aspirations for a peaceful, secure, stable and prosperous world, where the values of tolerance, respect of human rights and international cooperation for development are upheld."


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