Due to the current political upheaval in Venezuela, citizens have been flooding to the border, trying to escape to Colombia. Conditions in Venezuela have been dire for some time, with most people unable to obtain even the most basic necessities. However, escaping the country comes with its own difficulties, as most refugees have no place to go and absolutely nothing but the clothes on their backs.
CBN's Operation Blessing (OB) has stepped in to offer help by collaborating with local churches, YWAM, and other humanitarian organizations in order to provide for needs wherever they can. So far, there are three main locations where OB has been working. The first is La Trocha, which is a crossing point at the border where a high volume of people have been pouring through. The second is the route to Pamplona, which is where many cross who intend to head further into Colombia. The third location is Talento, where some Venezuelan refugees have settled in to reside.
At each of these locations, OB is working on setting up a clean water station, medical treatment, and a place to hand out nutritious food, since many refugees are not only dehydrated, but also malnourished. Marta Duque, who runs an over-night shelter in Pamplona, said she observed that the children outnumber the women who come to stay, three to one. Because of the high number of children entering these shelters, and the different locations where refugees have been passing through or settling, it's vital to provide for the individual needs of the children. That is where Superbook comes in.
Every day since Operation Blessing has arrived, they have shown episodes of Superbook to the children. Lately they have been enjoying "Job," "Let My People Go!," and "A Giant Adventure." The children also receive Superbook materials, including the Superbook-themed The Book of Hope, which is produced by OneHope, one of our ministry partners. The local YWAM teams are even being trained in how to use Superbook as part of their current evangelistic outreach so that they can reach more refugee kids and families.
Every time the Superbook team shows any of the episodes, they introduce the children to the Salvation Poem song and ask them if they would like to pray and receive God as their Savior. At one of the showings, a little boy who had prayed the prayer earlier in the day asked if he could pray again, because at first he wasn't sure what he was doing. After talking with a team member, he said that he was now absolutely sure, so he prayed to accept Jesus—this time with full assurance.
There have been so many stories like this one in such a short period of time. Children who are going through the worst experience of their lives are finding a little bit of comfort through Superbook. It's so much more than just a television show to them. For these refugee families, it's a small taste or normality—of hope.
Check back again for more information as we continue to help the people of Venezuela!


I'm now a few hundred miles into my new electric bicycle, a CrossCurrent X made by a company called Juiced Bikes.
The CrossCurrent X is a rather fancy e-bike with a lot to offer. Let me first say a few words about how I came to decide on the CrossCurrent X, and then I will review the bike itself.
My first exposure to e-bikes was via a different company. Their offerings seemed interesting, but as I started to expand my research, I realized that there are actually a lot of e-bike companies out there. Some, like Trek and Raleigh, are traditional bicycle companies that offer electric bikes. Others, like Juiced Bikes and Rad Power Bikes, are dedicated e-bike sellers. Even my beloved BikesDirect.com sells a few different electric bicycles. With such a full marketplace, I figured I was going to have a lot of options. So I started comparing bicycles based on their specifications and components.
In my experience, Trek usually provides a benchmark for a "top of the line bike." Almost every product they sell is a top-quality bicycle. One possible approach to researching bicycles is to start with whatever Trek's best couple of offerings are, and compare anything else you could buy to those offerings. When you do that with e-bikes, you discover two things: First, a lot of companies offer bikes with similar specs to Trek bikes for much less money. And second, there aren't a lot of companies out there who are offering as much value-per-dollar as Juiced Bikes.
This is not to say that Juiced Bikes are the least expensive or most value-conscious bikes on the market. Depending on your needs and desires, and your ability to build a bicycle yourself, there are many other options out there. But Juiced Bikes offers products that are actually even a bit better than big, name-brand bikes for the same amount of money or less.
I briefly considered buying a value bike or building my own, but then I remembered something about myself. I'm always trying to do things on the cheap and squeeze as much value out of things as I possibly can. When it comes to my hobbies, this invariably turns into a situation where I spend a little money up front, then a little more money a couple of years later, then a little more money a year later, then a little more… I wanted to circumvent this process this time around. I told myself that if I'm going to buy an e-bike, I should buy more e-bike than I actually need, so that I would have absolutely no reason to upgrade later. Buy one good, solid e-bike for slightly more money and then avoid the necessity of future spending.
Juiced Bikes seems to do everything "the Ryan way." They manufacture their bicycles in China, import, and sell direct, thus shaving tons of money off the price. They invest a lot of time in engineering, designing, and testing to ensure their bikes are unique. The CrossCurrent itself has an interesting story. It started out as an e-bike kit paired with the best components they thought they could offer. Then they improved the line based on customer feedback, adding new components and features. The CrossCurrent X is evidently the latest iteration of that process. It's a great blend of engineering and customer feedback.
Thus, I arrived at the CrossCurrent X. This is Juiced Bikes' top-of-the-line commuter. As far as commuter bicycles, it comes fully loaded with everything you already want. There is nothing else to add to the bike. If my objective was to avoid the temptation of spending more money on e-bikes in the coming years, I think I met my objective perfectly.
My bicycle arrived in a big, sturdy box, almost fully assembled. I unpacked everything according to Juiced Bikes instructions and carefully assembled the bike, almost without a hitch. Everything was perfect and easy to install. In fact, all I really needed to install was the front wheel and the bell. I put the wheel on, charged the battery, and inflated the tires.
Finally it was time to take my CrossCurrent X for a spin. As per Juiced Bikes' recommendations, I started with a short ride around the block on Eco mode to ensure that everything was working correctly. I then took a longer ride, trying out the various levels of pedal assist: Eco, 1, 2, 3, and Sport.
Eco mode is designed merely the cancel out the weight of the e-bike. It feels just like riding a regular bicycle, and you can't really feel much pedal assist at all, even though it is there. Switching to Level 1 was a fun introduction into the world of e-bikes, but of course things got really fun in the higher levels of assistance, where the rider can quickly get up to a maximum speed of 20 miles per hour with almost no physical effort. Hills are unchallenging. I don't know exactly how long it takes to get from 0 to 20mph, but it's only a matter of a few seconds. Very fun.
The CrossCurrent X also has a push-lever throttle on the left handlebar, and this is a great way to jet through an intersection or speed up from a stop sign without having to worry about the cars on the road impatiently trying to drive past or around you.
Accessing the settings menu enables the user to increase the maximum speed from a default of 20 mph to 30 mph and beyond. Check your local laws before making any adjustments here. It's possible that you'll only be able to exceed 20 mph on private property. That said, once you've adjusted the settings, you'll find that 25 mph on a typical flat neighborhood road is quite easy to achieve, and with a little bit of pedaling you can get up to 30 mph. The CrossCurrent X is a thrilling bicycle to ride because it has so much power and responds so well to throttling, or to pedaling. The hydraulic disc brakes are superb – on one of my first rides, two children darted in front of me despite my warning them with the accompanying bell, and I had to slam on the brakes. No problem. The bike has excellent stopping power, and the weight of the bike help keeps it from "endo-ing." The children escaped safely, as did I.
What really sets the CrossCurrent X apart from other bikes, though, in my opinion, is the attention to detail. The seams on the frame were decoratively welded, which I thought was a rather pleasant touch. The paint is a beautiful, shiny "brushed aluminum" that gleams in the sunlight and offers an attractive curbside look. The grips are ergonomically contoured, and fan out at the ends, providing the heels of your hands with a nice platform to lean on as you ride. The gel seat is extremely comfortable. The 1000-lumen headlight seems as bright as a car's headlight and makes the road perfectly visible when you're riding in the dark. The riding posture is comfortable for anyone.
One of the big upgrades on the bike are the Schelbe Marathon puncture-resistant tires. If you keep your tubes properly inflated and steer clear of mountain bike paths, you may end up going years before having to repair a flat, and certainly years before replacing a tube or tire. This was a thoughtful thing to include with the bike.
The fun-factor of this bike is off the charts. It feels like riding a cruiser, but it goes a lot faster. The added speed and torque make the rider feel at ease in heavy traffic, but the laid-back posture and design of the bike ensures that you never really feel like you're racing. It's not unlike a fast, well-built luxury car that feels so comfortable while you drive it that before you know it you're several mph over the speed limit. Same deal with the CrossCurrent X – you set out for a nice, pleasant ride, and before you know it you're barreling down the road or the bike path at surprisingly fast speeds. It is the ultimate commuter's tool.
At this point, I have only one criticism of the CrossCurrent X: the fenders. The front fender was so difficult to attach, thanks to the tiny spaces where the nuts and bolts fit together, that I just gave up on it and left it unattached. The rear fender came already attached to the bike, but it was rubbing against the rear wheel. Since its nuts and bolts are also assembled in teeny-tiny spaces that can't be accessed without detaching the entire rear wheel, I used a pair of pliers to gently bend the fender into a more acceptable place. I will, however, detach it as soon as the rear tire needs replacing.
Well, that's about all there is to say. I can't recommend this bicycle highly enough. For my needs, it's absolutely perfect, and I'm so glad I bought it. It is well designed, well constructed, and it rides like a dream. In the future, I might upload a video review via YouTube, but then again maybe not. The bike is fun enough to ride that I don't feel particularly inclined to stop and take a video of it. But we'll see.


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How to Not Be a Mansplainer: Sports Edition
By Sam Fels February 1, 2019 1973 0
Today, hockey Twitter responded with justified derision of Pierre McGuire mansplaining hockey to two-time Olympic medalist Kendall Coyne Schofield during her broadcast debut on Wednesday Night Hockey. Coyne responded brilliantly, with the calmness and confidence of someone who knows their shit, and McGuire…well, he didn't exactly apologize so much as get in the ballpark of, "everyone called me out for being an ass, whoops." And as most women are all too well aware, often that's the best you're going to get in terms of an apology.
And now, there's the inevitable Twitter backlash of men who can't believe an incident like this would be put in gendered terms and are horrified—HORRIFIED—that a man's behavior or words could be criticized in such a way or shown back to him as an example of being foolish. It's depressingly familiar, but I've got good news, guys: only YOU can prevent mansplaining sports! Here's how:
1. Don't defend Pierre McGuire. Let's start with this immediate situation because I'm getting pissed with this backlash. Yes, McGuire says dumb shit to everyone every day. It's literally what he does for a living—spout off dumb bullshit about the record a guy had as a Bantam in some bumblefuck Canadian backwater. But just because he does that doesn't mean that THIS dumb shit is no big deal. He was an asshat to a woman eminently qualified to be taking the career step she was taking. Being a condescending dipshit in this very public forum isn't wiped away just because he's normally irritating and full of useless information and likely grossly overpaid for it. Accept that, and move on.
2. Women understand sports. Now to get a little broader in the mansplaining realm…You may have read that statement and thought, "Of course women understand sports!" Congratulations, you're in a small minority of dudes! You may not believe me, and you may know other dudes who discuss sports with women, watch sports with women, etc. But as an actual woman who discusses/watches/follows sports I can tell you in no uncertain terms that the vast majority of guys out there do not understand that we understand sports. Period.
A lot of this comes from embedded cultural attitudes that take a really long time to change (read, calm the fuck down, just hear me out). Girls are discouraged from being "tomboys" and are bombarded with overtly feminine toys, imagery, and anything colored pink literally from before we exit the womb. You can scoff, but this means that boys are taught to talk to each other about sports and play sports together, and that by and large, girls are still in a transition to a time and place where sports and athleticism are viewed as equally valuable in them as they are in boys. It's changing, yes, but it's a slow process and for those of us older than just reaching voting age, this was a much less prevalent mindset when we were growing up.
What does this mean? It means it's tough to overcome that hard coding of "TALK SPORTS WITH DUDES" attitude that's been drilled into you since childhood. It means that when you take a date to a game, you may assume she doesn't know what the lines on the court are for, or why a batter bunts, or why anything is happening in a certain way. It means that when women describe why a zone entry failed, or why a screen pass was a terrible play call on a third and long, or how a pitcher didn't keep his fastball down, you're more likely to stare blankly than you are to respond thoughtfully, because you can't compute that a woman just said that.
If you want to avoid mansplaining, you have to start from the premise that a woman—whoever it is, a rando, someone you know, whoever—understands the basics of the sport taking place in front of her, whether live or on TV. She may not be an expert, but then again, she might be. You probably don't know for sure (and if you do know, like McGuire did with Coyne, you're a fucking moron), so operate from a place of respect. Sports permeate our culture and more girls than ever are playing, so it lowers your chances of making an ass of yourself if you assume knowledge, not ignorance, in your female friends, relative, colleagues, and fellow bar patrons.
3. Would you say that to a guy? And that brings us to the other side of that gender stereotype situation I described. It's true: a lot of women don't follow sports. No one is more painfully aware of this than me because honestly, I've only had a handful of female friends who enjoy watching major sports. A lot of that is thanks to a lack of interest, a lot stems from those same attitudes and behaviors hard-wired when we were kids. They reinforce each other.
So I get it, maybe a woman in your life really doesn't understand why a third down is nerve-wracking, or why one hockey team has fewer guys on the ice for a time. When that happens and you go to open your mouth, ask yourself: Would I say this to a guy? Would Pierre have ever told Mike Milbury which benches the Lighting and Penguins were on? No. If your "explanation" to a woman is not the same as what you'd say to a dude who isn't familiar with the sport at hand, you're mansplaining. Full stop.
And that's the thing—when #notallmen dudes get all up in arms and when Twitter backlashers get all self-righteous, they're overlooking the key thing feminists want: to be treated equally The actual definition of feminism is the belief that men and women are equal. All other connotations are the result of misogynists creating false interpretations to justify their actions and attitudes. Yes, it is. (Come at me, I stand by this.)
So if you speak to a woman about sports the same way you'd speak to a guy about it, you won't be mansplaining. You won't be speaking with the inherent condescension of a response tailored for an audience you assume is unfamiliar (well, maybe you will be if you're a condescending jerk to start with). Instead, you'll be providing information like a normal human being. If you get technical and your female listener doesn't understand, she'll do the same thing a guy will: ask a follow-up question. And then what you have is a conversation, maybe even an opening of a common area of interest. But if you dumb down an answer (or an unsolicited statement) simply because you're talking to a woman, you automatically sound foolish.
Because here's the kicker—you probably aren't that much of an expert, either. I've had guys plead for me to "make her understand football" in reference to their wife or girlfriend. (I field this question a lot but we'll keep this example to football, far and away the biggest source of these requests.) My response is: explain to her the system of downs. When she understands the system of downs, the game makes sense, and she'll understand what's going on, why it's exciting, all of it. I've given this advice more times than I can count. And without fail, the male friend or acquaintance gets a blank look, mumbles something, and walks away. Every. Single. Time. Know why? Because they don't understand the system of downs. Or at the very least, they have no idea how to describe it.
So dumbing down strategy or play calling for a woman may seem easy, but would you phrase it that way to another man? No, because it would be obvious to him that you're bullshitting and didn't know what you were talking about. Guess what? It's obvious to women too.
Like so much else between us all, when it comes to talking sports, be yourself. Don't change what you would say based on the audience. Answer honestly about what you know, and be truthful about what you don't know. Start from a place of trust, and believe this person may know more than you expected, despite having a vagina. Because we're gonna figure you out either way.
Friday Foofaraw: These Are The Words I Can Do Without
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As a writer, "professionally" so for about 10 years now, I'm always fascinated by how the language is used in some places. I'm always on the look for words bent into adjectives or trying to find better verbs and whatever else (and the fact that I usually resort to "whatever else" means I'm not all that good at this). On the flip side of the coin, watching sports programming most of the time means I'm seeing the language get butchered. The problem usually lies in that those doing a lot of the talking are former athletes which probably means A) they stopped going to school for any real purpose somewhere around 7th grade and B) have been repeatedly hit in the head, knocking loose whatever education they did get.
But they're not always the culprit. So here are the things that bother me the most when watching broadcasts:

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Susan Cooper: Facts About the Author of The Dark is Rising Books
Here are some facts about Susan Cooper.
Susan Cooper was born on 23 May 1935 in Burnham, Buckinghamshire, England.
Her most famous for her The Dark is Rising book series.
Susan Cooper's mother was a teacher, her father worked in the Natural History Museum, then went to fight in World War 1. After the war he worked on the Great Western Railway.
Susan Cooper went to Oxford University and studied English.
After finishing university, she worked as a reporter for The Sunday Times. One of her bosses was Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond.
Her first published novel was a science fiction book called Mandrake. It was published in 1964.
In 1963, Susan Cooper moved to the United States, marrying Nicholas J. Grant, a professor.
in the US, she became a full-time author, and worked on The Dark is Rising.
In 1970, she published Dawn of Fear, a book about her experiences in World War 2.
Her first marriage cam to an end in 1983, and she married her second husband, Hume Cronyn (and actor and author) in 1996.
In 2002 she was presented with the Hans Christian Anderson for her contributions as a children's author.
In total, including children's picture books, she has written more than 20 books. she has also written a Broadway play and several screenplays.
World War 2 took place when she was a child and she remembers spending nights in her family's air-raid shelter as German bombers flew overhead.
She was an avid reader as a child, enjoying everything from fairy stories to the works of Charles Dickens.
The famous authors J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis were both teaching at Oxford when Susan Cooper was a student there. She remembers Tolkien shouting the opening lines of Beowulf during a lecture on Anglo-Saxon literature.
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The lack of endorsement is another blow to Toyota Motor Corp. The car manufacturer is trying to win back consumers' confidence in the wake of its recalls of millions of motor vehicles because of gas pedal defects, ill-fitting floor mats, acceleration problems, and brake issues. Earlier, the automaker said it was "mystified" by the magazine's test findings and would conduct the same test performed by Consumer Reports to figure out if further action needs to be taken. The car manufacturer says the Lexus GX either satisfies or exceeds the US government's testing requirements.
According to Consumer Reports' testing team, when the SUV was "pushed to its limits" while on the magazine's test track, the back of the vehicle "slid out" until it was "almost sideways" before the electronic stability control system finally kicked into gear. All four test drivers had the same problem when driving the Lexus GX.
The magazine says that none of the other SUVs it tested in recent years "slid out as far" as this Lexus and that that a second GX 460 it tested exhibited the same problems. David Champion, the Consumer Reports auto test division's senior director, says that this is the first time the magazine has seen this problem in an SUV that has ESC. Consumer Reports has notified the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of its worries.
About 5,000 GX 460′s have been sold since it became available earlier this year. No injuries or deaths have been linked to this issue.
Every year, thousands of people are killed in rollover accidents, many of them in SUV's. Head injuries, spinal cord injuries, paralysis, and traumatic brain injuries are just some of the catastrophic injuries that can occur.
Unfortunately, there are many SUV's that are not designed well enough to prevent a rollover crash from happening or protect passengers in the event that the vehicle does overturn. A vehicle design defect can be grounds for an auto products liability complaint.
Our SUV rollover crash lawyers represent injury victims and their families throughout the US. Gilbert & Ollanik, PC is also continuing to work with clients affected by the Toyota sudden acceleration defects.


Porcelain-berry (Ampelopsis brevipedunculata) is a deciduous, woody, perennial vine native to Northeast Asia. The leaves are alternate, simple 2 ½ to 5" long and wide with a heart-shaped base and 3 to 5 palmate lobes. The inconspicuous flowers are green-white and appear in June through August. The colorful grape-like fruits mature from September to October changing from pale lilac, to green to a bright blue.
Porcelain-berry grows and spreads quickly in partial to full sunlight. This vigorous invader grows well in moist soils and can often be found along ponds, stream banks and forest edges. Porcelain-berry can out compete native trees and shrubs by reducing the availability of light, water, nutrients and space. This tendril-climbing vine colonizes by prolific growth and seeds that are spread by water, birds, and other animals.
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Hundreds of thousands of fans flock to the PTWM page online and now, in this book, Rachaele shares her behind-the-scenes experiences with single parenthood, unexpected pregnancy, domestic violence, relationships, bullying and much more – spreading kindness amidst the craziness along the way!
Welcome to my stop on the 12 Days of Christmas Blog Tour. Before taking part in the blog tour I had never heard of Rachaele Hambleton and her online page PTWM, but after reading the blurb I was really intrigued and I couldn't wait to read it.
Even though the title includes the word "mummy", this is not only the story of a mother and stepmother, it is also the story of a daughter, a sister, a friend, a wife. It's the story of a woman. In recounting her story, Rachaele Hambleton is honest and relatable. We get an insight into the life of a woman whose life was far from easy since her childhood. From her parents' divorce to dropping out of school, from a series of bad relationships to her pregnancies, from finally finding the love of her life to becoming a stepmother, the author doesn't leave anything out. With a clear and fluid and writing style, Rachaele Hambleton shares the most important difficult, emotional, and happiest moments of her life.
Moving, entertaining, and honest, the book addresses themes that are current, common, and, unfortunately, too real, like domestic abuse, bullying, and post-partum depression. I found heart-breaking some of the experiences that the author shares in the book, both her personal experiences and the ones from other women. I shed a few tears to some of the stories I read.
PART-TIME WORKING MUMMY. A PATCHWORK LIFE is not only the memoir of a determined and hard-working woman, it is also a guide to women and mothers who found themselves in her same situation. She gives advice, she bravely shares her own experience, making the book more relatable and realistic. The book is engrossing and engaging. One moment, I found myself crying and, a few pages later, I would be laughing. I couldn't put it down and I'd like to thank Tracy Fenton for inviting me to take part in it.


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About City Music/Anglian Music
In 1963 Tony Palmer a Norfolk born man formed City Music - a music publishing firm. The name coined due to Tony's residence in London at the time. However, the true beginning starts way back in Tony's youth.
During the Second World War when Tony was eight years of age he joined the local Ormesby Parish Church Choir in Norfolk following his love of music. Due to the nearby church of Saint Nicholas, Great Yarmouth being gutted by German bombing. Vivian Woodrow, a previous member of Saint Nicholas Church Choir became the choirmaster of Ormesby Parish Church.
Woodrow while in his time at Saint Nicholas Parish Church Choir had been instructed under Dr. Hayden Hare. Dr. Hare who was known in his day as one of the finest choirmasters in the country gave Woodrow a vast experience of choral singing, voice production technique and church music in general. This influence allowed Woodrow to pass on his experience to his new choir and Tony himself. In the years that followed Tony decided that he wanted to know more than just how to read music and sing. He subsequently studied theory of music and composition under Earnest Lawson and Robert Gillings (In time that followed Gillings went on to become a cathedral organist).
Tony soon passed his grade eight Royal Schools of Music theory exam. He considered it a starting point for composition and went on to learn how to orchestrate for a full symphony orchestra. His first symphony was played by the University of East Anglia Music Society in 1999. Tony has also written hundreds of songs and many other compositions that range in style from country and western to jazz.
Many of Tony's songs have been recorded by many well known artists. This includes chart artists Yana and The Singing Postman. The Singing Postman was signed under Tony for two years and during this time forty songs were recorded by him under the City Music Label. Years later Tony has been able to add 'Hev Yew Gotta Loight Bor' and all the other postman recordings to the City Label. Further artists that have all worked with Tony are Budgie Coleman, Nigel Boy Syer, Winston The Singing Farmer and Jon Lowe. In total the City Music Label has released around sixty albums on vinyl or CD.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers announced Tuesday that they will part ways with six-year offensive coordinator Todd Haley, not renewing his contract.
Racking up an NFL's third-best 6,047 yards (377.9 per game) this season, Haley, 50, who helped keep the Steelers' offense in the league's top ten in his last four seasons as OC will not return in 2018.
The announcement was made just two days after the Steelers hung 545 yards and 42 points in a losing effort to Jacksonville in the AFC Divisional Playoffs.
It was first reported by ESPN that quarterbacks coach Randy Ficthner will likely replace Haley.
Fichtner last held offensive coordinator duties when coaching at Memphis in 2006. Joining the Steelers with the Mike Tomlin regime in '07, the coach took over for Bruce Arians as Steelers wide receivers coach, moving to quarterbacks coach in '10.
Offensive line coach Mike Munchak made a statement Tuesday that he would remain with the Pittsburgh Steelers instead of entering his name as a possible candidate for the Arizona head coaching job.
"I made the decision to withdraw my name from the Arizona Cardinals head coaching search as they continue through their interview process. The timing for my family was not appropriate for me to pursue this potential opportunity, but I am very excited with the decision to remain with the Pittsburgh Steelers."
Munchak took over as offensive line coach in 2014 after two seasons as head coach in Tennessee.


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I love these, they so moreish you just cant stop with one. Well worth it!
I ain't going to buy these again bacon not good cheese yukky pastry, not great.
The bacon looks weird and has a funny taste. Not nice at all.
Love these, not sure why there are bad reviews, they are gorgeous for brunch.
Taste like the ones from the shop, however with a fan assisted oven I still say 25 minutes cooking time.
The so called bacon was just fat, hardly any cheese & tasted disgusting. Worst item bought from Iceland.
Probably better than buying in Greggs... was really great!
These are amazing and they cook beautifully. Cheesy bacon goodness what more could you want!?
Just OK, bit soggy, taste could be better!
These were ok - nice flaky pastry; good hot melted tasty cheese. BUT, the bacon was undercooked and VERY fatty. So if, like me, you're expecting small 'cubes' or pieces of nice fat-free bacon, then this is not for you either - the bacon was of the large 'rasher' variety, with all the fat still on it - not very nice at all. If Iceland change the style of bacon in these, then I think they could achieve at least 4 stars instead of just 2 (given for the lovely pastry and cheese).


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Q: How to define frequently used variables in pseudocode?
To generate the above pseudocode, I used the following code:
\begin{algorithm}
\caption{sample}\label{sample}
\begin{algorithmic}[1]
\Require $\mathbf{D} \in \mathbb{R}^{M \times N}$
\State $\mathbf{V}^{(0)} \in \mathbb{R}^{K \times N} \gets $ random matrix
\For {$t= 1:T$}
    \State $\mathbf{U}^{(t)} \gets Update\mathbf{U}(\mathbf{D},\mathbf{V}^{t-1})$
    \State $\mathbf{V}^{(t)} \gets Update\mathbf{V}(\mathbf{D},\mathbf{U}^{t})$
\EndFor
\State \Return $\mathbf{U}^{(T)},\mathbf{V}^{(T)}$
\end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}

The problem is I have to use \mathbf for all D,UandV to represent them as matrix or vector. Is there other way to define these variables once and no need to use \mathbf for all?

A: Yes, the typical approach here is to follow the advice in Consistent typoraphy. That is, create a macro that defines the concept and use it throughout your document.

\documentclass{article}

\usepackage{algorithm,algpseudocode,amsfonts}

\newcommand{\sampleset}{\mathbf{D}}
\newcommand{\universe}[1]{\mathbb{R}^{#1}}
\newcommand{\setA}{\mathbf{U}}
\newcommand{\setB}{\mathbf{V}}

\begin{document}

\begin{algorithm}
  \caption{sample}\label{sample}
  \begin{algorithmic}[1]
  \Require $\sampleset \in \universe{M \times N}$
  \State $\setB^{(0)} \in \universe{K \times N} \gets $ random matrix
  \For {$t= 1:T$}
    \State $\setA^{(t)} \gets Update\setA(\mathbf{D},\setA^{t-1})$
    \State $\setB^{(t)} \gets Update\setB(\mathbf{D},\setB^{t})$
  \EndFor
  \State \Return $\setA^{(T)},\setB^{(T)}$
  \end{algorithmic}
\end{algorithm}

\end{document}

Above I've defined some variables, but you can do the same with functions inside your algorithm.

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Path of Exile's Betrayal brings back Bestiary, Incursion, and Delve plus better housing
Every time Grinding Gear games puts out a new update or expansion for Path of Exile – and they come like clockwork – it creates a conundrum for me. Each new league is invariably cool and I can't wait to play it, but I also am never finished playing the old one! I am all for frequent updates, but as a more casual player I can never get enough of the cool content before it's gone. If you are like me, then this next expansion is custom-made just for you! On December 7th, Path of Exile launches Betrayal, its largest expansion in a while. Well, that makes sense when it is incorporating the last three expansions into it! In fact, it is actually the culmination of a year-long arc that GGG has been slowly introducing to players.
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How exactly is this mega merge going to work? I sat down with Producer Chris Wilson to discuss the ins and outs of Betrayal, from its multi-expansion twist to its unique story to the new skills and items. And of course, there's a new league as well!
Tying it all together
Throughout my years of playing Path of Exile, I've always been impressed that the new leagues had such unique twists. Each was different from the previous with no connection. And the same is true for 2018's releases — until now. It turns out that Grinding Gear Games had a plan all along, and Betrayal reveals that and ties all of this year's releases together. Wilson explains that the plan was to finally give the Forsaken Masters content, which originally came in 2014, an update. These old masters (Haku, Catarina, Elreon, Tora, Vagan, Zana, Leo, and Vorici) "have been a part of the game that the players have known and loved for a number of years, but gradually they've loved them less as we haven't really revamped their content a whole lot," Wilson said. It's understandable that players would be weary of those same masters' missions they've done over and over and over for years.
So the 2018 agenda has been to simultaneously phase out the old masters and introduce new ones. Can you guess who these new masters are? Yup: Einhar from Bestiary, Alva from Incursion, and Niko from Delve. And Betrayal introduces the final master, Jun Ortoi, whom we'll discuss further in a bit. With the launch of Betrayal, every old master except for Zana the Master Cartographer will mysteriously vanish. The new masters take their places in the main game and deliver their special content to players. As Wilson emphasized, each set "represents three months of development of a 100 plus-person team rather than two weeks of development of a 10-person team."
And just what will that content be?
Your new Masters
My first questions were about the Bestiary tie-in. As much as I enjoyed the others, this was a favorite. Wilson explained that when players encounter Einhar, he will take them on a hunt to capture a beast. Unlike in the league, however, the master will be the one throwing the net, so players needn't worry about managing that aspect. Captured beasts will be recorded in the bestiary book and they can be used to craft items. Sadly, the menagerie itself is not making a reappearance in that form. Even though the menagerie was very easy to make, Wilson explained that many players were horrified at what they thought was an extreme waste of resources. If you will miss that private like I do, take heart: Wilson teased, "We have some interesting plans for that in the future."
I never got my fill of Incursion or Delve either (even though Delve is not done yet!). Those Masters will give me the chance to continue with that content as well. When bumping into Alva, players will have the chance to be taken on multiple incursions into the Vaal temple to build up and gather loot. And Niko is there with all of his funky technology that will allow players to delve down into the mine. One difference with the Delve content Wilson noted was that the sulphite won't be as prevalent in zones, but when players find it they will be able to collect much more at one time to allow for longer delves.
The one returning master, Zana, will maintain her position working with the endgame maps. That leaves Jun Ortoi as the fifth and final master. Players get to meet Jun and experience her content in the Betrayal league (and when that league is over, in the base game).
Betrayal, the league
Once again, the new league is going to suck me right in with interesting new gameplay. In Betrayal, the entire theme is investigating a criminal cartel, complete with a bulletin board of pictures and strings to show relationships and note significant information. When I saw that I was really intrigued! And who will we be investigating? That would be the Immortal Syndicate. This syndicate has discovered a way to revive its fallen members and bring them back to life using an artifact stolen from Jun Ortio's Order of the Djinn. Jun Ortio's goal, with your help, is to find out who is in charge, what its goals are, and thwart them. In a nutshell, players will be investigating the four branches of the Syndicate: fortification, transportation, research, and intervention. Chis explained that information includes relationships, items they have, and who is superior or subordinate to whom. And here is where things get really interesting.
To start, each branch of the Syndicate has a different encounter type. Fortification is just as it sounds, with an encounter consisting of a fortification protecting Syndicate supplies. For transportation, players encounter a convoy of supply vehicles. The research arm involves stumbling across an underground lab where players must stop members from destroying evidence. As for intervention, that means that you've gotten the attention of the Syndicate and it has sent assassins out to get you!
Although all 18 members of the Syndicate are initially unknown, players will uncover information about them as they play, starting with the underlings and moving to the leaders. But players don't just uncover information, they manipulate it! Each game world area will have some form of Syndicate activity, and players will need to subdue the Syndicate member (or members, as there is often another who comes to the aid of its fellow!). Once subdued, players have options on what to actually do with the enemy. Will they interrogate to learn more info, or will they strike a bargain? Perhaps players will just outright execute the Syndicate member, which in turn gets that member promoted for that ultimate act of loyalty of not divulging any info or betraying. Or maybe, just maybe, they can get the Syndicate member to betray his fellow. Each decision will be remembered, and once the syndicate member is restored to life, he or she will remember exactly how things went down before. Each decision has a consequence. Using these methods, players will get to manipulate the relationships between Syndicate members as well as determine who is in power, who is imprisoned, and who is in each branch's safehouse that you get to fight for your loot.
The safehouses are the boss encounters of Betrayal. When players learn enough info about a safehouse — as indicated by the progress bar — they can raid it. They will face all Syndicate members allocated to that department (perhaps one players manipulated to be there for their specific loot), and upon defeating them can raid the chests in the personal living quarters. Wilson pointed out that different safehouses will give different properties to the loot, so it matter not only who you send ot the safehouse for the gear you want, but which safehouse you send them to. Safehouses are also where you gain knowledge on the Syndicate headquarters where the mastermind behind the whole operation is. And that mastermind is the ultimate boss in Betrayal.
I may not be a hard-core player who will min-max my Syndicate, but I will sure as heck have a blast with this character-driven investigation. It's a combination of story and investigation, which is perfect for me. To add to the fun, all 19 characters (Jun and the Syndicate members) are voice-acted, and there is already over 40,000 words of text!
Hideouts, mods, and more
If this expansion already sounds meaty, well we aren't done yet. Hideouts are getting a major overhaul. The biggest change is that players no longer need to make a new hideout each and every league! Instead, hideouts will be saved as templates that players can load up instead of spending time starting over again and again. Once unlocked, the hideout template can be saved — decorations and all! I admit I have avoided the whole hideout feature (Me, ignore housing?! Crazy!) precisely because I didn't want to get a home, spend time decorating, and then have it all wiped and have to do it over and over. I can't bear having my housing poof, so I have just pretended there wasn't housing so far. Now, I don't have to! I can delve in and decorate to my heart's content and be able to keep that progress. I can also switch between hideouts I've unlocked at will in order to do a new decorating project without losing the ones I've already done. Unlocking hideouts is now done through gameplay, either given to you as you progress or stumbling across one and clearing it out instead of being tied to any master. Note, templates can also be traded! If you don't want to spend time decorating, you can obtain a cool template from someone who does.
Hideouts are pretty important when we are talking about master crafting. This is the name of the process of using the crafting options provided by the masters in your hideout to modify your items. This system has been revamped, from a better user interface (not the newsworthy change according to Wilson) to changing how recipes are learned (this is the good part!). Gone are the days of repeating master missions to gain influence and fill up a progress bar in order to learn recipes. Instead, players will unlock recipes through an achievement system as the players play the game; completing various objectives within the master missions themselves (delving, hunting for beasts, and temple incursions) will unlock the recipes. Wilson also noted that many mods are tied to places/situations that make sense, such as a poison mod in a poison room in an incursion. Wilson expects the wiki to be updated fairly quickly as players determine exactly where and how to find each mod recipe.
In the Betrayal league, targets have the chance of dropping any of the 15 new veiled mods, which are the rare and unique item of this league. Jun Ortio will unveil the item for players, which will uncover three possible modifiers. Players then choose one of those three. A little RNG and a little choice, the best of both worlds. Wilson noted that these modifiers have unique effects not found on any other item, and have three benefits. One, you get to specialize the item how you want to. Two, these crating options become permanent crafting options you can use when creating other items. And three, the more you craft that mod the more it can level up and become more powerful for you crafted items.
The endgame Atlas also gets a new feature in the form of daily master missions called bounties. A special icon will appear when an objective is active, and it will only be on maps that a player can easily get to. When players enter that particular map, they will encounter that specific master whose icon showed up and be able to take a mission. Speaking of maps, Wilson said that there will be new maps introduced, one being the mushroom cave from Delve. Note: instead of being daily, Wilson emphasizes that the objectives will randomly pop up, but the longer a player plays the more that will likely pop up to do. Currently it is set that each master will pop up each day, but Wilson said playtesting can ultimately adjust the frequency and such.
Of course, this expansion includes new skills; 10 total skills will be introduced or adjusted for three player archetypes. One introduces a brand-new mechanic. Two of those are skills are Storm Brand and Winter Orb. The rest will be unveiled as we draw closer to the expansion release. Personally, I am really looking forward to Winter Orb, which is a floating orb that pelts nearby enemies with exploding projectiles, and the more you power it up the faster it fires. Players can learn a number of ways of customizing this skill, including increasing area and duration.
Some players maybe be much more interested in Storm Brand and the new mechanic that it is heralding. Brands are runes placed on the group that bind to enemies that get too close. These brands activate repeatedly until its time runs out or the enemies die (and if the latter, it resets itself to wait for the next enemy to bind!). The Storm Brand specifically zaps three nearby enemies as well as damages in an AoE range. Pairing this skill with other supports like chain or increased area support will customize it further.
We'd like to thank Producer Chris Wilson for talking to us as always. Stay tuned for the launch on December 7th!
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The whole expansion feels like a love letter to the veterans, with all those massive QoL improvements. I think the major criticisms for Bestiary and Incursion was that they felt like beefed up versions of Master missions, rather than typical league mechanics (like Breach or Abyss) and boy were we right. I have to admit I never saw it coming.
Also, since Jun is officially one of the 5 new masters, doesn't that mean that the Syndicate story line will remain "core" for the next leagues as well? Good stuff.
I'm somewat sad about the departure of the Forsaken Masters. They were outdated content, and it's great to see master crafting updated and master leveling done away with, but I actually liked their personality and dialogue. Also, I wonder how hideouts work if they're not tied to masters or their level.
Vagan will never again bend my ear for a moment.
Bryan Correll
He bent my ear, and I shoved a dagger into his. That's the sort of relationship we had.
This has been answered already; you will find hideouts while you are out exploring, and if you clear it from all monsters inside, you'll be able to claim it. Also it will come at maximum size from the get go, and all masters will be able to be invited right from the start (when you first meet them, that is).
About the masters: considering the league is called "betrayal", I'm guessing they will be the leaders of the Syndicate. You can already see Leo on the investigation board. Just my personal tinfoil theory.
One thing I don't like is the armor in the supporter packs. The Undertaker armor would look great if it was a bit more….subdued. Someone out there must like glowing armor effects a lot more than I do.
Armsbend
i dunno i think they look pretty original at least.
I guess you're the someone out there who likes glowing armor effects a lot more than I do. If the purple glow was replaced with, say, gray mist I'd be all over it. I think the back attachment, though, looks ridiculous with its giant grabby hands.
I like some of the over the top stuff – this one looks kind of fun. Right now my character has the heaven glow from the Legacy League I guess I'm the target audience :)
BalsBigBrother
Immortal Syndicate hmmm good choice of name for the protaganists :)
boredinBC
There are so many delicious layers of irony to unpack.
Ashfyn Ninegold
This looks great. GGG is really feeling their oats.
I'm not sure I would have picked Pearl Harbor Day to launch this though. Just saying.
I didn't want to get a home, spend time decorating, and then have it all wiped and have to do it over and over.
I don't bother much anymore decorating my league hideouts, but I did put some work into my standard league hideout. I don't play standard much, but at least it's always there. And since I don't really play out of that hideout I didn't have to make it set up for convenience.
Although all 18 members of the Syndicate are initially unknown
The trailer gives away the names of nine of them when showing their cards being moved around. There are some pretty familiar names there:
Gravicius
Keem
Cyclone Jack
The one that was most interesting was seeing #5 on that list.
SHHHHHHH.! Well players who don't watch the vids won't know. =P
Dug From The Earth
Looks great… but are there any plans to release this on mobile???
what? Too soon?
Don't you guys have pc's and ps4's?
Chortle.
draugris
They release PoE on Android and Iphone 0n 04/01/2020
true story :)
Wow, this looks impressive. I love that we've been slowly introduced to the new Masters while still keeping it a big secret.
Yikes I don't know where to start and I am still trying to wrap my head around everything that is coming in this free update. In any case I think me and Path of Exile will be spending a lot of time together over the Christmas holidays :-)
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The Scientific Committee invites you to submit abstracts for consideration and inclusion in the scientific program as a poster presentation. Abstracts should be sent as a Word document attached to an e-mail to: nordiqc@rn.dk.
All abstracts will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee. The reviewers will judge the abstracts according to the relevance for standardization and quality assurance of immunohistochemistry, standard of English, objectivity of statement, description and suitability of methods to aims, conclusions confirmed by objective results, ethics, scientific value, potential clinical value, originality of work and overall impression.
Deadline is 30th April. All accepted abstracts will be published online on this conference website and in the program.
Abstracts are to be submitted in English and should not exceed 200 words and structured in the following four specified subtitles: Background, Methods, Results and Conclusion.
The abstract submission constitutes a formal commitment by the author to present the corresponding presentation at the conference.
Changes in authorship should be communicated to the Scientific Committee in order to ensure correct appearance in the printed programme.
Registration to the Congress is compulsory for speakers to be able to present the abstract and to get it published in the abstract book. Registration and payment of the fee must be completed not later than one month after the acceptance of the abstract. If the speaker fails to register and pay, the abstract will be excluded from the scientific programme and publication.
If a delegate has registered upon the condition that his / her abstract is accepted and the abstract is rejected, the registration fee will be refunded. The acceptance of abstracts by the Scientific Committee does not imply any financial assistance or fee reduction.
Notification of acceptance or rejection by the Scientific Committee will be e-mailed to the presenting author about 2 weeks after the abstract has been received. Detailed information about the poster format will be available at the conference website.
Choose a title that clearly indicates the content of the contribution.
Avoid abbreviations in the title. Abbreviations may be used in the text if they are defined when used first.
The author's name (full first name, family name) and place of work (institution, city, country) should be indicated. Degrees, titles, street addresses and acknowledgements of support should be omitted, however.
Send the abstract as a Word document attached to an e-mail to nordiqc@rn.dk.
Poster boards are placed outside the conference hall. They are 100 cm wide and 180 cm high. Paste to mount the posters is available.
Posters can be mounted Tuesday June 9th and should be taken down not later than Friday June 12th.


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Rachel Stevens replaces Frankie Bridge on Strictly tour
Victoria Wilson Fri, January 9 3:57pm
Rachel Stevens will be joining the 2015 Strictly Come Dancing UK tour, it has been confirmed.
The S Club 7 singer replaces Frankie Bridge, who is pregnant and has reluctantly withdrawn from the tour on the advice of her doctor.
Rachel came runner-up in Strictly 2008 and went on to dance around the country in the 2009 Strictly Tour and, more recently, appeared in the 2014 Christmas Special. She will perform on the 2015 tour with pro dancer, Kevin Clifton.
Rachel – who's known Frankie since her time in S Club Juniors – said: "I'm really happy for Frankie and Wayne – it's great news to start the New Year with! I know she's disappointed not to be doing the tour – I was supporting Team Frankie during the show and she was fantastic, but I'm happy to be able to step in for her.
"It's no secret that I loved my time in Strictly and that I'm a big fan of the dances so I'm excited to be back and to get my dancing shoes on again. Today, I'm straight into rehearsals learning the routines and meeting the guys and next week we'll be on tour seeing fans across the country – I can't wait!"
Rachel will join 2014 Strictly champion Caroline Flack, fellow finalists Simon Webbe and Mark Wright, together with Scott Mills, Alison Hammond and Thom Evans.
The new judging panel features the 2008 Strictly winners Tom Chambers and Camilla Dallerup, who join TV judge Craig Revel Horwood. Zoe Ball completes the line-up as host.
The Strictly tour opens with the first of 31 performances at the Barclaycard Arena, Birmingham on Friday 16 January.
In other reality TV news, it's been revealed that Channel 4 high-risk winter sports show The Jump has drafted in Jodie Kidd to replace Sally Bercow, the wife of the House of Commons Speaker, who pulled out after busting two ribs.
The 45-year-old took a tumble while skiing as the team of celebrities train in a number of different disciplines.
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Laban for All
Author: Jean Newlove & John Dalby
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Rudolf Laban is to movement what Stanislavski is to acting. He devised the first wholly successful system for recording human movement, a system which is increasingly influential in the training of actors and dancers.
In Laban for All, expert teachers of Laban's techniques offer simplified version of Rudolf Laban's system for analysing — and annotating — the way the human being moves. It is a how to book on the Laban system of movement that can be used by anyone, from beginners to pros.
Extensively illustrated with John Dalby's line drawings and diagrams, Laban for All lays out the basic vocabulary of the Laban system and goes on to offer specific exercises — each designed to strengthen and deepen your understanding.
The result is a thorough — and thoroughly practical — grounding in the most significant movement system of modern times.
Jean Newlove was Rudolf Laban's first assistant when he came to England. She subsequently became movement teacher to Joan Littlewood's Theatre Workshop and now carries on the master's teachings at the Jean Newlove Center for Laban Studies in London.
John Dalby is a voice teacher, musician and actor who assisted on Laban's courses.
Laban for Actors and Dancers
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The above quote is lifted from a brilliant essay published in the Fall of 2002 by Klaus Held titled, "The Origins of Europe with the Greek Discovery of the World". The essay is a must read for anyone interested in exploring the very origins of European culture and concerned about its present trajectory and its future destination. Now that the whole Western world is in the midst of an unprecedented economic crisis, his words on the inadequacy of a mere economic vision with an attendant banal trade treaty parading as a constitution of sort, resonate with special vibrancy.
Held insists throughout his essay that to forget the vital component of religion, which was at the root of science and democracy's appearance in ancient Greece, is to understand precious little of what makes Western cultural in general the unique culture that it is. This is a theme previously explored by Christopher Dawson (in his The Making of Europe, 1932) as well as by George Santayana, an atheist who nevertheless held that the enigma that is Europe will forever elude us without a clear and unbiased understanding of the phenomenon of Christianity.
Two years later, on June 9, 2004, Held's watershed article was followed by a report by the European Policy Center in Brussels drafted by a senior research fellow, Dr. Jocelyne Cesari. In it Ms. Cesari reports that Europe is the only region of the world which has a general hostility toward religion—that Europeans have a tendency to explain every sign of backwardness in terms of religion.
The European tendency, according to this scholarly report, is to equate Muslim religion, and indeed all religions, with fanaticism. This phenomenon unique to Europe was also documented by the World Values Survey conducted by a group of social scientists who identify its roots in the Enlightenment Period, the period of Voltaire, the very icon of Enlightenment who while asserting that he would defend to death the right of dissent and free speech of any citizen, at the same time, and paradoxically, writes the famed "Mahomet, of Fanaticism" in 1745, without ever retracting his misguided tract. In fact, he dies cursing Dante whom he considered a bigoted Medieval (Gothic was his favored slur) poet and therefore not a great poet. That spirit, according to Cesari and the World Values Survey lives on today. But there are signs that the anti-religion virulence is in abeyance in Europe and one who detects those signs is none other than the present day European philosopher J¸rgen Habermas. He seems to detect what he calls a "post-secular" age on the European horizon. This has all the self-proclaimed secular humanists, who generally disdain religion and advocate its liquidation, a bit worried lately. Their strident vitriolic statements against religion have been on the increase lately. For they have always fantasized of being at the very cutting edge of what it means to be modern and "enlightened" and now feel such a position challenged not only by theologians and religious leaders but by a philosopher to boot.
The misnomer "secular humanism" was certainly not invented by the original European humanists in 14th century Italy. Its acknowledged father, Francesco Petrarca was a deacon of the Church and indeed most humanists were and remained pious believers. Secularism by itself is a neutral term distinguishing the sacred from the secular or temporal. Dante certainly made the distinction and places three Popes in hell for failing to make that distinction and confusing the sacred with the temporal. Indeed, Humanism by itself does not indicate an unfriendly stance toward religion.