Several versions and too many cakes later (well, I've got to try them), I have finally created a recipe for what I think are utterly delicious banana and chocolate cakes.
A lot of people I cook for say the same thing – that they can allow themselves one of my cakes as they are so small.
Let's face it – there is no way you are going to cut 24 slices out of an ordinary-sized cake!
Apart from the butter and sugar – they are cakes after all – these banana and chocolate cakes are almost good for you. Wishful thinking perhaps but they contain lots of healthy bananas, nuts and a bit of dark chocolate. Oh yes, a little bit of antioxidant-rich dark chocolate is good for you – as long as you stick to "a little bit…".
If you can't find spelt flour (dinkel wheat) in your supermarket, try a health food shop. You can, of course, use ordinary plain flour – preferably organic stone-ground flour.
I am also using xylitol in place of sugar these days. Xylitol looks and tastes like sugar but has very little effect on raising your blood sugar.
I read about xylitol a while ago and finally got around to try it. And now that I have, I won't use sugar again. Xylitol is a vegetable sugar which is similar to fructose in fruit and has a very low GI.
I'm not sure if it's sold in super-markets. I bought it in a health food shop.
1. Pre-heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/350F/gas mark 4. You can use individual muffin cases or silicon trays - place whichever you choose on a baking tray. Place the eggs and sugar in a bowl and whisk together, using either an electric whisk or an ordinary whisk, until the mixture becomes pale and fluffy.
2. Add the melted butter to the bowl and mix it in using a large metal spoon. Add the mashed bananas, chopped chocolate and walnuts to the bowl and mix everything together.
3. Place the ground almonds in a separate bowl. Sieve the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into the ground almonds. Mix well and then add this to the other bowl, mixing it all together quite quickly.


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Things to do in Notting Hill
by insidrdev June 4, 2020
written by insidrdev June 4, 2020
There's lots of things to do in Notting Hill when you visit London; the place that conjures up images of the famous romantic comedy film of the same name. The bustling street market, the quaint travel bookshop and of course, the apartment with the blue door where Hugh Grant's lovable character lives. It's all a part of the charm that draws so many people to visit London in the first place. The good news is that all of those things exist in real life and can still be considered among the traveller's things to do in Notting Hill – if you know where to look.
Notting Hill's popularity may have gone global thanks to the classic film, but there are plenty of other claims to fame that you may not know about. Among the things to do in Notting Hill is Europe's biggest yearly street festival – Notting Hill Carnival. This street party attracts around 2 million visitors each year, celebrating London's cultural diversity over 2 big days.
Notting Hill is also famous for its main market on Portobello Road. Here you'll find the world's largest antiques market where over 1,000 dealers are sprawled across half a mile of road, with hundreds of buzzing market stalls, shops and arcades. If you fancy yourself a good old-fashioned Del-boy who loves yourself a deal, then you can add Portobello Road to your list of things to do in Notting Hill.
With so many attractions coupled with amazing food and entertainment, it's no wonder so many tourists flock here every year in search of things to do in Notting Hill, just to get that taste of the quintisenntial London experience.
Preparation for Visiting Notting Hill London
Things to do in Notting Hill: When to Visit
The Notting Hill Carnival is held over two days – on the August bank holiday Monday and the preceding Sunday. Portobello Road market is on every week with the general market on Monday – Thursday, while the antique market starts on Friday and the main day to visit with the market in full bloom is Saturday. The markets opens at 09:00am and if you want to avoid big crowds then you should aim to arrive early.
Things to do in Notting Hill: How Long
You should reserve at least two hours to spend at Notting Hill. Stroll along the half-mile stretch of Portobello Road and explore the many market stalls. You can also sit down for a coffee at one of the many fashionable restaurants and cafes for a spot of people watching on a busy, market day. Finally, don't forget to make a small diversion at Westbourne Park Road to see the famous blue door.
Things to do in Notting Hill: Attire
It's a very fashionable West London district, part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, so be prepared to see many well-dressed Londoners going about their day-to-day life. The market, however, is very diverse and welcomes people from all over London and beyond. For a day out strolling the streets and enjoying the market, simply wear something comfortable.
What to See in Notting Hill
Portobello Road Market is one of the main attractions of the area. Not only is it one of the most popular markets in London, every Saturday it's also the biggest antique market in the world. People come from all over the globe to walk the half-mile stretch and see what kind of bargains they can find. Unfortunately, these days good deals are hard to come by but you'll still find some wonderful treasures none-the-less.
Local shop in Portobello Market, Portobello Road
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Notting Hill Carnival
The Carnival is a star attraction of London every August. If you're visiting at that time of year, then the Carnival needs to be right up there on your list of things to do in Notting Hill. This is when over two million people descend upon Notting Hill for a two-day street party, celebrating London's diversity and Caribbean culture. Amazingly, Notting Hill Carnival is actually the world's second biggest carnival after Rio de Janeiro's Carnaval! Sunday is classed as Family Day, while the real party is on Monday when things get a little crazy. In other words, it's definitely not one to be missed.
Notting Hill film locations
For all film lovers, there are many film locations to be found in the area. Starting with the infamous blue door, which can be found on 280 Westbourne Park Road. The little travel bookshop location is 142 Portobello Road, however it was based off the real book shop at 13 Blenheim Crescent. Then there's the Rosmead Gardens where William (Hugh Grant) and Anna (Julia Roberts) shared their "Whoops-a-daisy!" moment.
Where to stay in Notting Hill London
Garden Court Hotel
If you want to stay in the heart of West London without the price tag, this family-run hotel is the perfect solution. Garden Court Hotel offers an excellent location, good value for money, bright and modern rooms in addition to great service.
Amenities: Restaurant, Fitness center, Valet parking, Massage/treatment rooms, 24-hour business center, Limo/town car service, 24-hour front desk, Garden, Free WiFi
Recommended for: Couples, families, business travelers, solo travelers
Address: 30-31 Kensington Gardens Square London W2 4BG
Reserve at: Booking.com | Agoda | Hotels.com
This boutique hotel is found in the heart of Notting Hill and offers wonderfully themed rooms such as the Japanese Water Garden. Portobello Hotel has also built a bit of a celebrity status, hosting the likes of Johnny Depp, Kate Moss and Alice Cooper over the years.
Amenities: Bar, coffee shop, restaurant, 24-hour room service, Laundry service, Concierge services, Free continental breakfast and free wifi
Recommended for: Couples, business travelers, families, solo travelers
Address: 22 Stanley Gardens, London W11 2NG
The Laslett
Named after the original founder of Notting Hill Carnival, The Laslett is a modern and luxurious boutique hotel which occupies five beautiful Victorian townhouses. Moreover, it really brings the legacy of its neighbourhood to life.
Amenities: Free wifi, Restaurant and bar/lounge, Library, Free newspapers in the lobby, bar, room service
Recommended for: Couples, business travelers, groups, families, solo travelers
Address: 8 Pembridge Gardens, Notting Hill, London W2 4D
Things to do in Notting Hill London
Electric Cinema
An opportunity to visit the Electric Cinema should not be missed. This independent cinema is one of the oldest working cinemas in Britain and also has the most impressive decor to boot! So grab a wine from the bar, pull up a foot stool and get cosy under the cashmere blanket.
Recommended for: Families, couples, solo travelers
Address: 191 Portobello Rd, London W11 2ED, UK
Reserve at: Electric Cinema
Notting Hill Taxi Tour in London
Jump in an iconic London Black Cab and get driven around Notting Hill for your very own 75-minute private tour. There's seldom anyone with more knowledge on the quirks of London than Black Cab drivers, and it's an experience within itself to chat to them about the city.
Address: Pick up wherever you specify
Reserve at: Viator
Notting Hill Tour
This walking tour of Notting Hill will show you everything this chic urban oasis has on offer. From Portobello Road to the famous street carnival, music studios and film locations – you'll benefit from local insider knowledge that most visitors don't have when visiting the area.
Recommended for: Couples, families, solo travelers
Address: Sun in Splendour, 7 Portobello Road, London W11 3DA
How to get to the Notting Hill
Access Notting Hill by air
Notting Hill is easily accessible from London's biggest airport Heathrow, which is a 35 minute taxi or alternatively, a 40 minute tube ride.
London's other airports including Gatwick, Stansted, Luton and City airport also connect to Notting Hill via trains, buses or taxis.
Reserve at: Kayak
Access Notting Hill by car
Street parking aronud Notting Hill is rare and mostly reserved for residents and permit holders. However, there are some paid car parks in the vicinity.
NCP Car Park London Arthur Court is the largest car park nearby.
Reserve at: Auto Europe | Europcar
Access Notting Hill by Train & Bus
Notting Hill is easily reached by London's Underground Network. You can access Portobello Road from Notting Hill Gate station on the Central, District and Circle lines, which is a 10 minute walk from the south end of the market. Go to Getting Around London – a dedicated article for using London public transportation for more tips!
There's also Ladbroke Grove station on the Hammersmith and City line and the Circle line, which is a 4 minute walk from the heart of Portobello Road.
Reserve at: Trainline
What to eat in Notting Hill
Electric Diner
Attached to one of London's most popular independent cinemas, Electric Diner's Americana-style menu and atmosphere make it a great destination for a quick bite.
Recommended for: Families, couples, groups, business travelers, solo travelers, budget travelers
Address: Electric Diner, 191 Portobello Road, London W11 2ED
Reserve at: Website
This Spanish gem in the heart of Portobello Market serves good value tapas and paellas with a relaxed vibe. Tables are sprawled across the pavement outside so it's especially popular in summer.
Recommended for: Couples, groups, business travelers
Address: 78 Tavistock Road, London W11 1AN
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The leaders of Shreveport Jewish congregations and of the Jewish Federation on events at the Tree of Life Congregation in Pittsburgh.
Our Jewish community mourns with the Jewish community of Pittsburgh. The day of rest is meant to be a peaceful time of inspiration and connection with each other. The synagogue is supposed to be a house of prayer and a sanctuary for all people. America is supposed to be the country of religious freedom. Communities should be places where people can take care of each other.
Hatred shattered these ideals this past weekend. Faithful people were murdered for being Jewish while worshiping in a sanctuary on Shabbat in America. The pain we all feel is almost unbearable.
We do not lose faith, however. The millennia of hatred we have endured has taught us to be resilient. We will continue to keep Shabbat by worshiping together in our synagogues.
We are comforted by the outpouring of support from the non-Jewish community here. Our friends and neighbors here have reached out to say that they mourn with us and stand with us against hatred and violence. The tragic shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue is only one terrible event among too many.
Beyond the injustice of our time, its cruelty and its wars, we look forward to a world at peace when people deal kindly with each other, and no one is afraid. Every bad deed delays its coming, and every good deed brings it nearer. May our lives be lived in such a way that future generations bless us. Help us to pray for it, to wait for it, to work for it, and to be worthy of it.
The Jewish community of North Louisiana stands with our neighbors against hatred and violence.
In this time of darkness, we are grateful for the light of kindness in our community.


In her book The Happiness Project, Gretchen Rubin mentions the one minute rule; If something takes less than a minute, then go ahead and do it instead of putting it off.
Friday night, I came home to find my dining table covered with books, papers all over my sofa, and clothes hanging off my bed frame. Had someone broken in my house? No, it was the inevitable result of not following this rule. Instead of putting things away, I stacked them. And then stacked them some more. And then some more.
So after spending part of the weekend putting away the stuff that piled up over the previous weeks, I made a resolution to follow Rubin's rule. I will no longer throw something to the side if I could just as easily hang it up, put it in the bookcase, or place it in a file.
Now, I need to do the same with my office here. But one step at a time. . .
Of all the things that I memorized in school, I really can only recall one: present tense verbs in Spanish. This might have been because, in my summers during college, I worked in a cotton mill sewing remnants together. To help make the days less tedious, I practiced my Spanish verbs. When you considered all the memorization, I did in high school and college, my retention rate was not terribly high. Maybe my approach was wrong headed.
Last week, a colleague sent me this article on better ways to memorize. And I realized that I had failed in two major ways.
I had done too much cramming in college. I tried to memorize everything I needed for a test in a very short time. My brain held the information for the exam, but soon after, it was gone. The better way to memorize something is to space it out: A certain amount of time each day is much better than the same amount of time pushed into one or two days. Fortunately, you can often work in these periods into a daily routine. You can go as low tech as flash cards or download an app.
I also tried to memorize in isolation. Research shows that it's easier to remember ideas that we understand the subject. Unfortunately, for some of us, we try to memorize WHEN we don't understand, hoping that pure memory will carry us through on a test. So it's imperative to understand the concepts and how they relate to each other if you need to memorize material for a course.
If you are looking for some helpful apps to download, here are some suggestions.
Click here for an article on apps for Android users.
We are more than halfway through the summer and through the year. Maybe you've already taken your summer vacation, and you have those post-holiday blues. Maybe work is beginning to pile up as you get ready for fall semester. The return of the hot, steamy weather isn't helping. And the World Cup is over.
Get an ice cream cone and don't worry if some melts on your shirt.
Go to the pool or the gym, not so much to work out, but just to play. Splash in shallow end or play basketball.
Play tourist in your hometown.
And, last but not least, rejoice in the fact that Weird Al Yankovic has come out with a new album of parodies. "Word Crimes" is for English teachers everywhere. And "Tacky" . . . well, you know who you are!
I am not a morning person. That is actually putting it too mildly. I basically hate everything about mornings. I don't like that the sun is shining so brightly that I have to bury my face in the pillow to go back to sleep. I don't like alarm clocks. I don't like leaving my bed. I don't like that people want to talk to me.
But for years, I have tried to change because, let's face it, morning people rule the world. Success books and blogs extol the virtues of early rising. And morning people often judge those of us who don't get up at the crack of dawn and are at work before the doors are even unlocked.
I've come to the conclusion that I simply can't make myself a morning person. I can get my body out of bed (well, some of the time) but not my mind. To me, the morning hours drag past. I can't seem to do any real thinking, and I feel mired in quicksand on projects. However, the minute that morning passes and afternoon has arrived (yes, the stroke of noon), I suddenly perk up and my to-do list no longer seems so overbearing and endless.
I've even brought this self knowledge to my work-out. Two weeks ago, I started going to the gym at 7:30 or 8 in the evenings. Suddenly, I felt like a kid again, having play time after supper instead of forcing myself through a routine. Yes, it requires an extra quick shower when I get home, but it makes my day better. So I'm sticking to it.
The lesson here is simple: Find what works for you. And then do it.
This is partially set in Tennessee. It is a very funny summer read. I plan to read his book, At Home, this summer.
Jolly Librarian note: According to Bryson's website, A Walk in the Woods is going to be made into a movie.
make an "A" in College Algebra.
And these are certainly useful goals to make and achieve. But sometimes as a guide for specific days, they can be a bit fuzzy in helping us know what to do.
It is September and final grades won't be given until December. I have three months to study and only one night to see this band. It won't be a big deal if I don't study tonight.
This is where short-term benchmarks can come in handy to make sure I stay on the right track.
Take three pages of notes.
Conduct one hour of research/writing for the two papers assigned in the class.
If I'm invited out, then I can check to see how many of these things have been done and if I have time to still complete them if I take the night off. I have to be honest with myself, but that's a little easier to do on a weekly basis than on a semester one.
This has proved to be a very helpful tool for me. Give it a try and see if it works for you.
I felt more kindly towards all the other people in Target.
I wanted to do a nice thing for the next person I saw.
So today, choose the small, kind act.
What happened? It wasn't the teacher. It wasn't the class. It wasn't even my fault. Well, not entirely. You see, I knew while I was taking the online course, I was missing out on one crucial aspect of learning a language: I wasn't practicing speaking it in regular conversation. And we even had a student worker in the library who was a native speaker and would have been more than happy to speak French with me. But I was too embarrassed about my 'Southern' pronunciation of French words and my having to think and translate the word I wanted before saying it. So I didn't practice, and I still don't know French despite that credit on my transcript.
So learn from my mistake. You are only going to learn what you practice. Athletes know this. They think nothing of practicing skills for hours to make sure those moves are automatic in the game. So do musicians. A friend who plays for the symphony practices at home before going to work where the orchestra practices some more. I'm not sure why we are so slow to follow their example in the academic world because it works.
If it's math, practice those problems. Don't stop when you've got one worked out. Work some more. Get to the point when solving them is automatic before you move on to the next skill.
If you're having trouble, go back and find the spot where things start to break down. Then get that under control before moving on.
Whatever subject you're trying to learn, make it a daily habit to review and practice those skills. There's no substitute for regular practice. And if I'd practiced a little more in class, I would be able to make that point in French.


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Big Pharma Stops Search for AZ Solution.
Dementia / News
News via Dow Jones today is that pharmaceutical giant Pfizer is to stop research into producing new drugs for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease.
Like several other companies, Pfizer has invested heavily in developing treatments for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's because of the potential benefits, but were disappointed when they failed to work during testing.
In 2012, Pfizer and partner Johnson & Johnson halted development of an Alzheimer's drug called bapineuzumab after it failed to slow memory loss in test subjects. And in 2017 Eli Lilley's drug, solenazumab, failed to produce results in a trial of 2,000 patients in the UK, despite earlier reports of success in a smaller clinical trial. Other companies, such as AstraZeneca PLC, Biogen Inc. and Eli Lilly & Co., keep pursuing Alzheimer's treatment, but analysts consider the projects very risky.
For 20 years pharmaceutical development for Alzheimer's disease has largely focused on removing the protein deposits in the brain thought to be responsible for causing neurological damage leading to dementia. In May last year it was announced that a new Dementia Research Institute would be set up in University College London and in three other research centres, headed by Dutch neuroscientist, Bart de Strooper, who was directing researchers to examine the role of inflammation and the brain's immune system.
But there is good news. The incidence of dementia, that is the rate of new cases, has dropped by 20% in the last two decades in the UK and other developed countries. The decrease has been due to healthier lifestyles, including stopping smoking, reducing alcohol intake to moderate, having a good diet, regular exercise and maintaining good social connections.
Living a genuinely fulfilled life
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Arguments can help put off dementia


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Westbourne by-election: update after the first weekend of campaigning
I think I have just seen the first flower of spring, one usually hears in late February. Today's version is who has seen the first poster of the Westbourne by-election. Both Greens and Labour make the claim, but I am yet to see evidence in the form of a photo on Twitter or one emailed to brightonpoliticsblogger@googlemail.com.
But the troops have been out, both Labour and the Greens, and did I see a Grizzly?
Caroline Penn reported Labour posters up in Westbourne at lunchtime today, but the first report of a poster going up came at 14:29 yesterday (Saturday) from Green councillor Christopher Hawtree, who wrote: "Former Peace Messenger Brian Fitch looked daggers when he saw me giving a resident a poster which went straight up at noon."
Any advances of 12 noon on 19th November?
The Tories recognise that the "by-election looks like a three way marginal… Bring it on and keep it blue!" says The Estate Agent (Rob Buckwell) on Twitter. Is this an indication that he might be the Tory Party candidate?
Both Labour and the Greens have been out on the knocker and delivering leaflets. The Greens, according to Luke Walter, have put a Greenleaf through every door in the Ward. Tim Sewell reports that there has been a good "doorknocking and delivery session" with Caroline Penn, Warren Morgan, Lis Telcs and "many others in Westbourne. Will be hard one to call."
I assume he means that it is a genuine 3-way marginal. Labour's Spiritual Leader in Brighton, Lord Steve Bassam, does not think the same. On Twitter he wrote: "Feel a bit guilty as I think I ought to go canvassing in local council by-election. We all need to get out there it's a R Tory/Labour fight." I don't think so, and nor do I imagine that Lord Bassam thinks so either. The Greens are the ones to beat but I admire the old campaigner's instinct in talking down the Greens so to consolidate the anti-Tory vote with Labour.
Steampunk draws attention to an omission in my posts and comments by others: "Is Paul Elgood planning a come-back? I was going to say, nobody's commented on the Lib Dems' chances yet." I have no knowledge about Mr Elgood but I think that the Lib Dems' chances of winning are as likely as two of my regular readers, Biker Dave and Doris, eloping to Gretna Green.
Harris Fitch is full of bravado, the same bravado that led him to predict a win in Rottingdean Coastal in May: "It won't be a futile course, we shot off the starting line months ago. We have so many keen members there compared to the Greens that we probably could man the election campaign with locals. Of course outside help is always welcomed though!" That is a remarkable claim, that Labour "shot off the starting line months ago". I doubt it, but if that is the case (and I have seen no evidence of it in Westbourne Ward) it should make it a more even fight.
One welcome entry to the fight is the report from The Pepperpot Post that the shy and retiring Paul Perrin will be standing for UKIP.
Dr Faust has said that the issue of school places will be a key issue in the by-election. All parties will claim that they are the one who are most keen on a new school. The reality is that this by-election will not ultimately influence such provision.
Daniel Yates agrees that education is an important, but not the sole, issue: "the Labour and Co-operative vision for first class education with true community engagement really does appeal across a very wide political spectrum. Of course, there are also many other issues where this is true and we wont be sucked into believing that everyone is Westbourne is going to vote purely on schools." If that is the case, how come education is in such a poor state after 13 years of a Labour government. Education is one reason why voters in Brighton and Hove have lost faith in Labour.
Keep reports flooding in. Either email me on DM @BrightonPolitic.
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Harris Fitch, on November 20, 2011 at 4:51 pm said:
Sorry, I must have failed to explain myself!
Over the summer about 4 of us were going out on Friday afternoons from about 12-5pm getting new members and knocking on keen supporters doors.
Result = 30 new people offering their support.
Bravado or not I have the names and numbers in front of me 😉
Sadly it wasn't me that reported a good day's canvassing as I have been in floor sanding hell all weekend. The knockers of Westbourne (where I live, incidentally) will be introduced to me and my 2yr old campaigning partner through the week, however (that's how keen we are in labour around here – we even bring our own babies to kiss!) and my local knowledge tells me that the ward will be far from the walkover the Greens and their cheerleaders would have us believe.
The Pepperpot Post, on November 20, 2011 at 9:16 pm said:
No Green thinks it will be a walkover, Labour is being acknowledged as a threat. But I sense Labour would have the residents believe it's a straight fight between them and the Tories.
Pete gillman, on November 20, 2011 at 9:20 pm said:
A good days canvassing for the Labour team on Saturday and I always seem to learn something new.
I met Caroline Penn for the first time who was charming. Great to get back in the saddle so quickly. Wish I was standing as a candidate but not the best time for me. I know that we have a number of very worthy potential candidates though. I wonder what the turn out will be so close to Xmas and if perhaps there could be another surprise by election, on the same day ? Labour can swing it.
Christopher Hawtree, on November 20, 2011 at 10:23 pm said:
How can there be a surprise by-election on the same day?
That is a subject for more gonkish spirits than me. Though I like to be an honorary gonk…
Obviously enough, I am not going to say too much here, other than to repeat that Phil Spector has a handle on it – and that the one-eyed crocodile has already played a part. That might sound the stuff of David Lynch, but do remember Central. I shall explain afterwards. And this is my last word, here, on Westbourne, where the Tories treat me as "a clown". Ho, hum, I think they made a mistake…
I don't know if you have read what you have typed out before you typed it…
Matt, on November 21, 2011 at 2:57 pm said:
Is the claim made by Labour in their weekend leaflet, that the Greens voted against a new school in Hove, true?
Tim Sewell, on November 21, 2011 at 10:12 pm said:
It is indeed.
Jerzy Pawlicki, on November 21, 2011 at 10:31 pm said:
The reason the greens voted against it was that the school labour were proposing would have been an academy.
That's correct, Jerzy. Our proposal was to endeavour to gain funding for an academy school set up and run along co-operative lines. It's called 'putting childrens' futures before dogma' – something the Greens, had they more experience of public service, would recognise and endorse, one presumes.
steampunk, on November 21, 2011 at 11:24 pm said:
"our proposal was an endeavour to gain funding" – it was an empty publicity stunt, Labour group cannot summon an academy into existence. Green group are working on long term plans that don't involve selling out local education provision.
Tim Sewell, on November 22, 2011 at 11:36 am said:
The Labour Group, most notably Cllr. Morgan, have done considerable work on the concept of leveraging Academy funds to found schools run along mutual and co-operative lines. This is a matter of public record.
Just what are the 'long term plans' the administration are working on? I'm a parent of a pre-school child in Hove and I'd like to know, because I certainly don't want his first experiences of education to take place in a Portakabin – the solution the Greens seem to feel will be good enough for the likes of him.
We don't need long term plans: we need plans to solve a clear and present crisis in education in Hove, which will come to a head in 2 years when the first intake at the Connaught Centre need primary places.
From where I'm standing the Greens' refusal to even contemplate a progressive way to take funding which is on the table right now looks like the empty ideological stunt. When they promised in their manifesto to 'to campaign for a new secondary and a new primary school for the city' it was no secret that the DoE's funding priorities had changed – so where's the campaign and where are the plans?
Or was it just an 'aspiration'?


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Francisco Pertierra was a Spanish photographer of the 19th century who established in the Philippines. He became one of the first professional photographers of that country.

Biography
Francisco Pertierra started at photography in Madrid, where he was scholar of Hebert. He got a studio at 1864, exactly on 13 Barcelona Street.
Few years later, he was moved to Salamanca, where he opened a studio, despite of that success was out of time and with undesirable conditions. However, he was the first photographer with a studio in that Castilian city, at the first time in the core of the Plaza Mayor. Later, he would make to competition to the French photographer Jean Poujade. Finally, different troubles caused him to transfer his studio to José Oliván and left the city. In 1885, Pertierra arrives to Manila (Philippines), where he established a new studio at 2nd Carriedo Street.

Work
Furthermore, than working at the studio, Pertierra started to making publications of Madrid and he began to introduce at cinema, on he was one of the pioneer of the 7th art on Philippines.

Expositions
 2006. Filipiniana, an opened looking to the past & present of the Philippines, by the first time in Spain. Conde Duque Palace

Books (selection)
His workings can see on a lot of books & articles about  Philippines:
The colonial imaginary – Photography on Philippines during Spanish period (1860-98), from Juan Guardiola.

References

External links
Fotografía en Filipinas durante el siglo XIX

Spanish photographers
Filipino photographers
19th-century photographers

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Q: How can I connect from Android to PC via USB? My ultimate goal is to have an app on my Android tablet connect to an app on my desktop via USB. I don't want to require my users to enable USB debugging- I have seen several implementations (1, 2, 3 ...) which use adb to handle data transfer, but that is unsatisfactory for my use case.
I followed the USB Accessory guide, and tried to list devices with:
public void onResume() {
    super.onResume();
    UsbManager manager = (UsbManager) getSystemService(Context.USB_SERVICE);
    log( "Devices:" + manager.getDeviceList().toString() );
    ...

but the device list is always empty. manager.getAccessoryList() returned null.
AndroidManifest.xml:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<manifest
  xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
  package="com.example.usb" android:versionCode="1" android:versionName="1.0">
 <uses-sdk
   android:minSdkVersion="12" android:targetSdkVersion="17" />
 <uses-feature
   android:name="android.hardware.usb.accessory" android:required="true" />
 ...

Later I tried lsusb on the device, in a terminal emulator and also in a cron'd script. It showed no devices connected. (I tried disabling USB debugging just in case- still nothing.)
Am I missing some permission for listing usb devices or do I need to configure my desktop to allow the UsbAccessory connection or what? If so, why would that prevent lsusb from showing the computer it's attached to?

A: The easiest way would be to enable USB tethering on the tablet and then use TCP to connect your client and server.
See https://support.google.com/android/answer/182134?hl=en

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The Arts North visit to the Adelaide Art Gallery's 'Colours of Impressionism' was very rewarding. Not only was it an opportunity to see and closely examine famous works (first time available in Adelaide), but the guided tour given to members was presented with an emphasis on, not only the much considered 'painting of light', but also the particular techniques and compositional elements that all successful works display. Very informative.
And, yes, this wonderful opportunity was presented to Arts North members as a 'gift' - Arts North picked up the tab! Thanks to all concerned.
Colin Ross Trenaman's imaginatively titled work '2018-06-02'. Produced on a smartphone over an Arts North Life Drawing session of that date (yesterday), this work is truly 'digital'- the primary 'digit' being Colin's index finger working the screen.
What a tool for anyone who would like to 'loosen-up' a bit!


Barley Station will be releasing a single on Thursday, July 2 and it is planned to be available on iTunes that day. (and other digital retailers soon thereafter)The title is: "4th of July". The song is a contagious downhome footstomper sitting solidly in the realm of the Americana genre and about as organic as you can get. It makes a comparison of a promised relationship to the explosiveness of a Fourth of July celebration.
But we have to warn you, if you hear it once it will be stuck in your head for the rest of your life, even if you don't like it!
The story of how it was recorded is Coming Soon!
This entry was posted in Americana Music, indie, Music, new music, new single, recording artist and tagged 4th of july, alternative country, americana, Barley Station, music, new music, new single, randy's blog, single on June 30, 2015 by Randy Wayne Belt.


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Everyone needs a dream
"Where I come from
I cannot return
But where I am headed I will,
Live, grow and learn"
After a year of semi lockdown life can become somewhat introspective and 'samey'. Fortunately, I volunteer with a number of charities and get the opportunity to hear about other people's lives.
Take Lien a Vietnamese refugee who came to the UK age 13. Like many refugees who flee their place of birth in search of a safe haven, there were many obstacles to overcome but Lien always had a dream and it was this dream that propelled her forward.
It is difficult to dream when you are in turmoil and trauma but dreams are necessary because they give life a purpose, a shape and most important – hope.
I can't imagine what it must feel like to be 13 and suddenly catapulted into an entirely alien culture where you don't speak the language and the food, the clothes, everything you have known previously is now strange and frightening.
"The first time I saw a westerner was in our brief time in Hong Kong and to then become a person distinctly different to everyone else, a minority in a country full of westerners was very disconcerting," explained Lien
Her dream was to work hard in school and become something. No mean feat when you have only spent three months in a resettlement centre learning English before moving to Milton Keynes a predominately white city.
She explained that at school she was an oddity, older than her peers both in age and maturity. What did her peers know about war and trauma? "They talked about boyfriends, clothes and pop music about which I knew nothing. In Vietnam teenagers at this age were not interested in these things." Lien was desperately homesick and lonely but she had a dream.
And it was the realisation that she could excel at Maths that helped her to achieve this dream. Here her poor English was not a handicap. When moved to the top maths tier life changed. Her peers no longer teased her and viewed her as 'just a poor boat person' but someone who was clearly clever.
"It gave me self-confidence and changed the game. When you have nothing, education can set you free. It is all we had and so I had to make it work for me. When we arrived, we had no possessions no money, just each other but I was determined to make a difference," said Lien.
And she did and she has. Lien is the mother of five, married to a fellow Vietnamese who also fled the country and she is now an academic, author and a university lecturer.
So, this got me thinking about the children that I volunteer with at the Separated Child Foundation. What are their dreams. And indeed, do they have an opportunity of achieving any of them. It was tough back in the 1980s and it is a lot tougher now, but that doesn't stop the dreams.
Take Stephen who arrived in the UK as a separated child from Cameroon. Now aged 19 he is hoping to start a law degree. When he arrived, like Lien, he spoke no English. But he too had a dream. He wants to defend those who are dying in silence around the world and are not listened to. "I would like my voice to be the voice of those without a voice."
"As long as I'm in control of my brain and my mouth, I will continue to entertain the dream and the hope that one day there will emerge leaders in my own country and region, on my continent of Africa, in Britain and all over the world who will not allow that any should be denied the right and freedom, that any should be turned into refugees like I am, that any should be condemned to go hungry, sick and homeless as many refugees are, that any should be stripped of their human dignity."
A thought echoed by Egerton Gbonda, a teacher who fled to the UK from Sierra Leone. Here he worked as a supply teacher in a number of London schools and completed a Master's degree in Refugee Studies at the University of East London. He has run Club Class for separated refugee youths since its inception in 2010.
Last week he asked them about their dreams and what they wanted to do with their lives. They all had goals.
To be a politician, business man, engineer, teacher, solicitor, social worker, soldier, nurse, doctor, bus driver and of course like so many young men a footballer.
I remember speaking to one young man who had fled Syria and was passionate about making something of himself here in the UK. "Now that I feel safe, I can dream. When you are just surviving this is not possible," he said.
"My father was killed by a bomb and my mother used all her money to pay for me and my brother to leave Syria. When I get a job, I will send money back so that she and my sister can join us. That's my dream."
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90 letters in 90 days: The courtship of Lady Bird and LBJ
February 14, 2013 by hilaryparkinson, posted in Presidents
"I do believe before the day was over he did ask me to marry him and I thought he was just out of his mind." Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor
LBJ sent this photo to Lady Bird during their courtship. The caption reads "For Bird--A lovely girl with ideals, principles, intelligence, and refinement from her sincere admirer, Lyndon" (Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library)
Two teenagers in love might exchange hundreds of texts on their phones. But during their two-and-a-half month courtship, Lyndon Baines Johnson and Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor were each writing a letter—and sometimes even two—every day in a constant overlapping correspondence between Washington, DC, and Karnack, Texas.
Just in time for Valentine's Day, the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library is releasing love letters between the future President and the First Lady. Most of the letters have not been seen before by the public, and they offer a glimpse into the feelings and thoughts of the couple during this intense courtship.
It was a whirlwind romance. LBJ was 26, and Lady Bird was just 22 years old. They met in the office of a mutual friend in Austin, Texas, in September of 1934. Although LBJ had a date that night, he asked Lady Bird to meet him for breakfast. The breakfast date turned into a day-long affair as the pair drove around Austin.
LBJ even proposed! In an oral history interview, Lady Bird recalled, "I do believe before the day was over he did ask me to marry him and I thought he was just out of his mind. It was very—I'm a slow, considered sort generally, and certainly not given to quick conclusions or much rash behavior."
Undeterred by her refusal, he introduced her to his family the next day. And when he had to drive home to Washington, DC, where he worked as a congressional aide, he dropped Lady Bird off in her hometown of Karnack, Texas, and met her father.
While Lady Bird remained hesitant at the speed of the courtship, her father seemed to approve of her suitor. According to Lady Bird, her father remarked: "You've brought a lot of boys home, and this time you've brought a man."
Although she was more cautious—she wrote to LBJ that she wanted to wait six months before getting married—Lady Bird was certainly interested. Many years later in an oral history interview, she recalled that "The only thing I knew I didn't want to do was to say good-bye to him and put him out of my life; that much I was sure of."
A 1934 photograph of Claudia Alta "Lady Bird" Taylor. In the corner, the inscription reads "With much love, Bird." (Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library)
LBJ returned to Washington, and the flurry of letters began. In less than three months, they had sent more than 90 letters, including pictures and books (even a congressional cookbook from LBJ). Despite this pace, the letters were not as immediate as texts. A letter sent from DC to Karnack took about two days, but a letter sent from Karnack to DC could take four. According to archivist Claudia Anderson, LBJ sometimes sent his letters by air mail or special delivery.
Anderson calls the letters during this courtship "ardent" rather than romantic. For her, the letters are fascinating for the glimpse they give into the future First Couple. "The letters show LBJ being really passionate about his job, and about helping people," she says, noting that Lady Bird's letter also reveal a love of flowers that that would become her well-known devotion to nature and beautification projects as First Lady.
But where Lady Bird was cautious, LBJ was determined to move ahead—or on without her. "Tell me just how you feel—give me some reassurance if you can and if you can't let's understand each other now," he writes on September 15, just days after their first meeting. "I'm lonesome. I'm disappointed but what of it. Do you care?"
But Lady Bird could not be immediately persuaded. In her letter of November 8, she tries to explain her reluctance: "Darling, darling the reason I talk and act the way I do is because everybody is so constantly urging me to 'wait two or three months,' 'wait-wait,' 'two months isn't long enough to have known the man you're to marry,' 'if he loves you he' ll wait for you'—and so on until my head aches."
But on November 17, 1934, Johnson and Lady Bird drove to San Antonio to "commit matrimony" as she would later describe it. Although LBJ had given her an engagement ring, they had no wedding bands picked out. Dan Quill, friend and Postmaster of San Antonio, bought a wedding band at the nearby Sears Roebuck for $2.50. And although she still had not made up her mind on the drive to San Antonio, Lady Bird decided to do it. They were married in front of a small group of LBJ's friends at St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San Antonio.
The marriage lasted far longer than the engagement. LBJ and Lady Bird were married for 39 years until LBJ passed away in 1973. You can now read the letters on the LBJ Presidential Library web site.
Newlyweds Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson pose in a boat on the Floating Gardens in Xochimilco, Mexico, during their honeymoon, November 1934. (Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library)
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A blend of three coffees. Two sweet and toasty Brazils and a rich, fruity Guatemala.
This coffee is a blend of three coffees. The two Brazilian coffees bring sweetness and toasted cereal notes. They are pre blended and then post blended with a rich, fruity Guatemala that compliments the toasted sweetness from the Brazils.
Brazil: Catuai, Araponga, Sitio Shalom (pulped natural). Lots of fruit flavour with ripe fruit, tropical fruit, cane sugar, berry and lemonade flavours; sweet with clean fruit acidity and a smooth mouthfeel. Grown at 1185masl.
Brazil: Bourbon, Yellow Bourbon, Typica, Catuai, Catucai, 'Serra Negra' Blend from South Minas Region (natural) Sweet, citric and smooth with cashew, cocoa and lemon flavours. Grown at 1150masl.
Guatemala: Bourbon, Caturra, La Libertad, Huehuetenango, Finca La Bolsa (washed). Balanced, sweet and tangy with a smooth mouthfeel; lots of sugar flavour with caramel, toffee, lemon and melon flavours. Grown at 1465masl.
Taste Note: It's mega sweet with a syrupy mouthfeel and creamy doughy notes which blend perfectly with the heavy dried fruit. The Guatemala adds fruit and body.
We like: The sweetness in tight shots and the buttery body. Stunning with small volumes of milk.


"The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." Drawing from Psalm 111:10, Pastor Bobby Chaw preached on the wisdom of getting wisdom.
On the weekend of 18-19 January Bobby Chaw, executive pastor of City Harvest Church, continued with his series on the book of Numbers 17. Pastor Bobby has been teaching out of Numbers the past year, and felt that the lessons to be learned from this chapter were fitting for the start of the year.
Following Numbers 16, in which the Israelites grumbled and were dissatisfied with God's anointed one, in Numbers 17:5, God wanted to end their complaints. When the people saw the phenomena of how the rod of Aaron came alive and produced almonds (Numbers 17:8), they became fearful and believed they could not go near the tabernacle for they had offended God.
"This is our typical spiritual experience," highlighted Pastor Bobby. More often than not, when believers discover they have make a mistake, they become fearful of God, withdrawing themselves from the presence of God. This, said the pastor, is the very opposite of the "fear of the Lord", which is respect for God.
He reminded the congregation that in judgment, God always remembers mercy (Exodus 34:6-7) and that it is crucial for every believer to have a good understanding of who God is.
Moving into the main subject of the message, Pastor Bobby quoted Psalm 111:10 (NIV), "The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom." He explained that those who practice the fear of the Lord will have good understanding.
"Wisdom is better than cleverness," he said. "A person can be clever but not wise. Wisdom is more than knowledge." Wisdom is the art of living: the ability to live right and not let one's life drift into ill-fated chaos but to live life with substance and direction.
"Experiences and age do not guarantee wisdom; it is the fear of the Lord that is the beginning of it", he reminded the people as he brought them into a study of the life of the wisest man who ever lived: King Solomon.
In 1 Kings 3:7-9, in a "genie in the lamp" moment where God offered to grant him any wish he asked for, Solomon did not ask for honor, victory or long life—he asked for wisdom to lead his people. The Bible says that God was pleased with his answer, and granted him not just wisdom but all the riches and success that came with it.
WHAT LESSONS CAN WE LEARN FROM SOLOMON?
First, said Pastor Bobby, Solomon did not presume to be wise. In 1 Kings 3:7, Solomon confessed that he was "he was only a child and did not know how carry out my duties". He asked the Lord to give him wisdom.
"Wisdom says nobody is already wise, but we may only becomewise", said Pastor Bobby to the congregation. He added that one may get wisdom by asking it from God with empty hands stretched out to heaven.
The pastor then shared that, during his personal quiet time, he was reading through the book of Samuel about David, and he was touched by David's attitude and his way of living in 2 Samuel 5. David did not assume how to fight but he inquired of the Lord what he should do (2 Samuel 5:18-19). He had already won one battle against the Philistines, but instead of falling back to the same strategy when the Philistines came up against him and his men again in the same place in 2 Samuel 5: 22-23, David once again inquired of the Lord, who gave him a new strategy. David's army earned a resounding victory.
Despite David being in the same circumstance twice, he did not take it for granted that he knew what to do. Instead, he looked to God for help.
Secondly, Solomon asked for things for others. In 1 Kings 3:8-9, Solomon knew that to be king was his divine appointment, to reign was his duty, and he knew that his entire life was a service for the good of his people and the people of God.
"We are called to be servants of the living God. To serve not for our good, but for the good of His people." Pastor Bobby reminded the congregation.
He shared that those who fear the Lord constantly hear this commandment in their heart, "Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind… And the second is like it: 'Love your neighbor as yourself" (Matthew 22:37,39).
Wisdom comes when one constantly asks God what to do to serve the people and how to serve others best.
Thirdly, Solomon asked for the ability to discern between good and evil (1 Kings 3:9). Matthew 6:33 clearly states the priority in life and that is to seek God's kingdom first.
Exercising discernment is important if believers of Christ want their lives to be a blessing to others. "If not, we would keep doing and saying the wrong things to the wrong people at the wrong time," Pastor Bobby told the congregation.
Exemplifying this point with the story of the five foolish virgins in Matthew 25:8-10, the pastor pointed out that if one does not have discernment and gets their priorities wrong, they might miss out on the key things in life. Pastor Bobby urged the church that it is important to keep reaching out to God in prayer and worship, and to ask for a discerning heart. One should not be too sure of themselves, or they could be like the foolish virgins who missed the arrival of the bridegroom because they neglected to bring extra oil for their lamps.
Lastly, Solomon asked for an understanding heart. Pastor Bobby shared that the word "understanding" in Hebrew word "šâma'" which means "hearing". Therefore, an understanding heart literally translates to a hearing heart. He continued, saying that true wisdom is the ability to hear the voice of God.
In the Old Testament, the word "šâma'" also means "to obey". To have an understanding heart is to also have an obeying heart.
"We can have deep theology but if we cannot obey, then the word means nothing," Pastor Bobby said, encouraging the people to listen to James 1:22 and be doers of the Word. When believers of Christ listen to God's voice in everything they do and everywhere they go, that is the beginning of true wisdom (Proverbs 3:5-6 MSG).
The fear of the Lord is different from the fear that comes with anxiety, worry, lack, failure, and death that drives one away from the presence of God, as seen in Numbers 17:12-13.
True fear of the Lord is the reverence towards God, a fear that gives one the desire to obey God (Psalms 111:1, 4, 5-7, 9-10). The revelation that God is a good God, He remains faithful when one is faithless, and He never lets His people go even when they do—that is the fear of the Lord.


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Nebraska Football and Lowered Offensive Expectations
New QB, new receivers: Can the Huskers rebuild quickly?
By Jesse Collins, MNWildcat, WhiteSpeedReceiver, BigRedTwice, StewMonkey13, 87Townie, and Candystripes for Breakfast Jun 26, 2017, 11:00am CDT
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The Nebraska Cornhuskers football team enters some uncharted territory in 2017 as they look to break in a brand new QB, thus ending the long line of mobile threats who may or may not have been able to throw a football. Tulane transfer Tanner Lee is turning a lot of heads in Lincoln, but previous experience feels less than convincing. Add to it that security blanket Jordan Westerkamp, big TE threat Cethan Carter, and pretty much all of last year's receiving yards went with the turning of the calendar, and well, you have an interesting offensive dilemma in front of you.
That in mind, excitement still abounds. What do you think is a reasonable expectation for this team offensively? Can Tanner Lee get in sync with Stanley Morgan? Will Demornay Pierson-El fight back from an injury riddled 2016? Will Mike Riley finally be able to take advantage of the TE role? Or, is this pro-style offense a disaster waiting to happen?
MNW: My mind was pretty blown when I learned that, by Bill Connelly's "continuity" metric, Nebraska ranks 127th out of 129 in returning production, a projected 6.3 ppg dip. That's...um...yeah.
On the whole Tanner Lee and wideouts question, I remain skeptical like no doubt the rest of the writing staff here will, but I am impressed that he halved his interceptions between his freshman and sophomore years (or, if you prefer, went from 4.17% of attempts to 2.54%). I will just assume it's a function of the Tulane offense, because you could not bother me to look up Tulane's offensive sets, but no one was exactly whipping it around the park in Nawlins--Lee's career high in passing barely cracks 300, and his high as a sophomore was 277 against Maine. By all accounts he's accurate, though, and if that's the case, it might ease the pressure on Morgan or Pierson-El to be the guy for the offense.
But yeah...I'm not Scott Bilo, but no. ALL THREE of Nebraska's tight ends who caught passes are gone?! A bowling ball for a running back behind a good offensive line is nice, but the personnel this season smacks of a team that looks like it should run wisconsin's offense but doesn't actually have two of the four parts it needs. Nondescript transfer quarterback who's white and/or a transfer? Check. Running back who doesn't miss a meal? Check. Tight end? NOOOOPE. Scrappy, lunch-paily, gritty gym rat who's probably also a local kid? If Bryan Reimers turns into a deep threat for the Huskers, I guess Mike Riley could have found his answer; book'em for another 9 wins. But unless there's someone for Lee to huck it to, UNL's ppg drops into the 23-24 range and Ozigbo's running into a lot of 8- and 9-man boxes.
As I wrote this, I also learned that Zac Taylor is a bear who's coming to eat me:
C4B: Breaking in a new QB is never easy, and if you're also planning to break in a new receiving corps as well (which this certainly sounds like you are), it's gonna be a long start to the season. Can you pull some good numbers out of such a group? Yeah, it's certainly possible, but I wouldn't start expecting big things to happen for the first few weeks, though you might have some crazy highlights to look forward to until that point.
BRT: I can't see them replacing what they've enjoyed in the receiving corps the past few years, but I also don't think they'll be awful. Do I have any basis for that hope? Not really, but when in doubt, predict mediocrity.
87townie: I hate going into a season with an unsettled quarterback race. Particularly when you change styles from mobile to a pro set offense. Fans, in their infinite wisdom, get set in their ways. Half the fan-base will revolt the first time the starter has a bad game. The guy looks like a tree stump compared to what they are used to. The constant barrage in the media undermines the starter's confidence, he gets the yips, the "Sackenberg" chants start...ugh.
Oh wait, sorry. I drifted there. Good luck Huskers...you'll need it.
Jesse: I wrote this question and the preview this morning so obviously I have a little bit of a bias to my answer going in. As MNW said, this is a season where you're going to see a lot of messiness on offense as Nebraska goes from established starters to a bunch of guys no one outside of the Good Life has seen.
That in mind, I like our odds as a whole. The best part of the new guys is that this isn't exactly a bunch of 2* try-hards. We're seeing an absolutely beautiful set of athletes who can - and should - push defensive coordinators across the midwest to their wits end. The biggest problem will be consistency and let's be real, that won't most likely come this year.
I'm going to hedge quite a bit and say that Tanner Lee looks the part by mid-season and his TD:INT ratio is somewhere around Iowa QB level. Sure, that's basically saying game manager, but so long as this offense can score something, things should be good in Lincoln and a wave of reinforcements can join the team next year.
WSR: Luckily for Nebraska, there aren't a whole lot of great teams in the West. Also,
Lincoln is a bit of a fortress. You could say that things are reasonably stable with
Lee and that the transition on offense will lead to a minimal amount of surprise
Losses.
Stew: I think that with an offense with that many questions UNL should run the dang ball more. However, I just don't think that's Riley's style. I think with that much unknown he'll revert to what he's most comfortable with, and that's throwing the ball ~40 times a game. I don't think that's sustainable, and will likely lead to a whole bunch of ints and losses.
How will Nebraska's offense fare in 2017?
Lee clicks, Ozigbo mashes, Morgan and Pierson-El jet. 30+ ppg.
Lee brings a modest uptick, offense is consistent but not elite. 28-29 ppg.
Meet the new Mike Riley offense, same as the old Mike Riley offense. 26-27 ppg, 4 losses.
No depth and a new QB mean regression. 24-25 ppg.
So bad that Jesse actually utters the phrase "Say what you will about Bill Callahan, at least his offenses scored."


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Sometimes in the darkest moments the brightest lights shine. Let's make Trump a force that brings the world together, to fight for everything we love.
For whatever reason these days are days of high anxiety for me, nervousness to the point of tears. Meditations are "noisy" with all thoughts and negative ones in particular. To deal with this I share with you a helpful 9:06 minute webcast on fear and love with Jack Kornfield and Catherine Ingram.


International law permits using force to improve international peace and security.
President Barack Obama and his advisers are hesitating to punish Syria's use of chemical weapons because of concerns about international law. This latest tragedy in Syria's civil war shows the damage done by a legalistic approach to international security: Earlier intervention by the United States might well have ended the Assad regime, forestalled the deaths of more than 100,000 civilians, and prevented the opening of the Pandora's box of chemical weapons.
Under the administration's reading of the U.N. Charter, however, the United States may resort to force only in self-defense or when authorized by the Security Council. President Obama delayed war in Libya until the Security Council approved, and it so far has refused to stop the killing in Syria on the same grounds. In his quest to be the anti–George W. Bush, whom he accused of waging an illegal war in Iraq, Mr. Obama has refused to provide aid to the Syrian rebels, impose a no-fly zone, or attack regime targets, allowing the civil war to kill civilians, displace millions, and further destabilize the Middle East.
#ad#It is time for the United States to stop hiding behind such obsolete, formalistic views of the laws of war and embrace a pragmatic approach in keeping with long American practice. Instead of blindly following the U.N. Charter's ban on war, the United States can argue that protecting international peace and security takes precedence. The U.N. Charter aims to prevent the great-power wars that destroyed Europe in 1914 and 1939, but which have largely disappeared during the "long peace" of the post-war world. International law should not outlaw force that promotes international peace and security by stopping civil wars, humanitarian catastrophes, rogue nations, terrorist groups, or failing states.
Even France, which opposed the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq because of its lack of U.N. authorization, realizes that international security can no longer depend on a complete ban on all war. "International law must evolve with its times," French president François Hollande said this week. "It can't be a pretext for allowing massacres to be perpetrated." President Obama has put the United States in the unaccustomed position of embracing the U.N. more tightly than France.
Removing the Assad regime, and thus ending the Syrian civil war, would restore regional and global security. In the short term, the fighting in Syria has cost at least 100,000 civilian lives, driven about 1.4 million refugees into neighboring countries, and displaced 4 million Syrians within the country. It has prompted terrorist groups such as Hezbollah to fight on the side of the government and drawn in regional powers such as Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Iran. Assad's use of nerve gas against the rebels not only crosses the line between civilization and barbarism, it also portends the killing of even greater numbers of civilians.
Going further back, Syria's authoritarian regime has long oppressed its population by arresting and executing thousands of political opponents, most conspicuously when Bashar's father, Hafez Assad, killed between 10,000 and 25,000 civilians in Hama in 1982. Syria has long pursued efforts to destabilize the region — attacking Israel in 1967 and 1973, occupying swaths of Lebanon during its civil war, supporting insurgents in Iraq during the U.S. occupation, and acquiring chemical weapons and seeking nuclear weapons. Unrest has spread beyond Syria to Lebanon and Jordan. With one of the largest confirmed stockpiles of chemical weapons in the world, Syria has now demonstrated its capability and desire to use one of the most barbarous means of war to win.
#page#The U.S. and NATO could have shortened the fighting and removed the Assad regime's threat, as they did in the 2011 Libya intervention. At the outset of the Syrian civil war, the rebels enjoyed significant gains in territory and population despite their lack of air, armor, and centralized command, and their dependence on light-infantry units. The Assad regime succeeded in halting the rebels' momentum by relying on heavy armor, artillery, and air supremacy. Western imposition of a no-fly zone, combined with military aid to the rebels, could have blunted the regime's advantages and allowed the popular uprising to succeed.
For the last two years, Russia and China have systematically protected Assad by vetoing proposals in the U.N. Security Council to impose heavy sanctions. Since the outbreak of the civil war, Russia has delivered heavy arms to Syria such as air and naval defense systems, large stocks of ammunition, aerial missiles and bombs, and perhaps helicopters and aircraft. While the U.S. and its NATO allies imposed arms embargos on Damascus and declared that Assad should step down, they limited their support for the rebels to non-lethal economic and humanitarian aid. Regional powers have filled the vacuum, with Saudi Arabia and Qatar apparently providing arms and funds to the rebels.
#ad#Mistaken worries about international law have kept the Western democracies, led by the United States, from stepping in to restore stability and prevent the further massacre of civilians. According to reports in the Wall Street Journal, the Obama administration refused to send any direct military aid — not to mention taking more aggressive steps such as attacking Syrian air-defense units — because administration lawyers argued that the lack of U.N. Security Council authorization renders any U.S. aid illegal. While an international agreement, the Chemical Weapons Convention, bars the production of chemical weapons, Syria has not joined the treaty, and the law does not permit the use of force as a sanction.
Defenders of the administration might argue that fealty to the U.N. avoids any wider great-power conflict. U.N. Security Council approval of the Libyan intervention implied that neither Russia nor China would attempt to block Western attacks on the Qaddafi regime. Without such a guarantee, U.S. military aid or action in Syria might risk direct conflict with other countries: Syria and Iran might respond to U.S. force by launching attacks on Turkey and Israel to impose higher costs on the West. Russia might counter a NATO no-fly zone by sending sophisticated ground-to-air defense systems to Assad. Moscow might arm Damascus with top-shelf anti-ship missiles to hamper U.S. naval operations in the Eastern Mediterranean. Russia and China might send ships carrying arms, or Iran might continue its airborne aid, risking direct military conflict with U.S. forces. The risk of escalating the Syrian civil war into a broader conflict involving the great powers — which could end the long peace that has prevailed since 1945 — could far outweigh the gains of replacing Assad with a regime that respects the human rights of its population and disavows a revisionist agenda toward its neighbors.
Nevertheless, the more concrete benefits of removing the Assad regime outweigh the more speculative harms of Russian or Chinese resistance or great-power conflict. This calculation turns on both the costs of using force and the likelihood of Russian or Chinese military hostility, since the benefit of a peaceful Syria and the harm of a great-power conflict can be estimated and will not change under different scenarios.
#page#Deploying air assets to Syria would certainly entail substantial risks to Western air forces and would require real intensity to tilt the balance toward the rebels. Syria in 2013 can field a far more sophisticated air-defense network and a larger air force than Libya could have in 2011. Syria appears to have about 450 Russian-made aircraft and more sophisticated Russian surface-to-air missiles (SAMs). According to U.S. military officials, Syria has an air-defense network that is five times as effective as Libya's, covering one-fifth the territory. Nevertheless, Syria's air defenses should prove no match for the U.S. and its allies. In 1982, the U.S.-equipped Israeli air force confronted the Syrian air force in the Bekaa Valley and destroyed 87 Russian-made MiG's and 19 SAM batteries while losing a few helicopters and two aircraft. In 2007, Israeli air units slipped through Syrian air defenses undetected to destroy a suspected nuclear-reactor site without any loss of aircraft.
Even assuming the possibility of more losses over Syria than over Libya or Serbia, the benefits of regime change in Syria would still easily outweigh the costs. Removing the Assad regime would end the ongoing and indiscriminate attacks on civilians and remove a destabilizing agent in the Middle East that has supported terrorism in Iraq, sought conquest in Lebanon and Israel, and served as a vital link between Iran and terrorist groups. International law, properly understood, should allow nations to wage war that benefits global peace and security and preserves civilian life from indiscriminate attack.
#ad#There is a chance that events could spiral out of control and lead to a confrontation with Russia and China or regional powers such as Iran. Despite that dire scenario, the probability of a direct conflict remains low. Russia, for example, also opposed the NATO air war in Serbia, where Russia's strategic and political interests were even stronger, but did not resist. While it might have an interest in increasing the costs of Western intervention by supplying Assad with arms, the Kremlin would gain little by interposing Russian military units against a no-fly zone. Russia is reducing the size of its conventional military, as its budget has fallen along with oil and gas prices; meanwhile, it seeks Western cooperation on strategic-weapons and commodity sales. China also seems highly unlikely to pursue any military response because its foreign policy is rooted in general support for territorial sovereignty against international activism, and the country would have little incentive to risk military confrontation to defend the sovereignty of Syria in the Middle East. Unlike Russia, China does not have the capability to project military power in the region, and it appears to be focusing its current buildup on denying access to the U.S. in the seas around East Asia instead.
While removing the Syrian regime would bring benefits both inside and outside Syria, the aftermath could cancel those gains. An equally or perhaps even more oppressive government could succeed Assad. Or central authority might crumble, causing more civilian death and destruction and the possible dispersion of Syria's conventional and WMD arsenals beyond its borders. Arguably, the first scenario has developed in post-Mubarak Egypt, while the second may have occurred after the fall of Qaddafi in Libya. The problems of a failed state could replace the threat of a rogue nation. As in Iraq and Afghanistan, the great powers might spend blood and treasure in an attempt to rebuild Syria in the image of a market democracy, which would increase the costs of the use of force and create another obstacle to intervention. Western nations could alternatively allow Syria to devolve into more compact, ethnically homogeneous units that would not require an expensive military occupation and civilian reconstruction. Smaller, more numerous nations would improve the lives of the people living within, and would reduce the threat to the peace of the region without.
Others might calculate these probabilities, costs, and benefits differently. They depend on the prediction of uncertain events and the evaluation of hidden motives and resources. But it seems clear that the real choice is between the improvement to global welfare from a change of regime in Syria and the expected harm of a great-power conflict. Here, the chances of the latter seem too low to veto the modest Western action needed to bring about the former.
— John Yoo is a law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, and a visiting scholar at the American Enterprise Institute. He served in the Bush Justice Department from 2001 to 2003 and is the co-editor of Confronting Terror.


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Put your face in GIFs with Snapchat's new Cameos feature
Coming to iOS and Android on December 18!
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Snapchat has announced its new Cameos feature, coming December 18.
Cameos will allow users to replace faces in videos with their own.
It's essentially a way to deep-fake yourself into a GIF!
Snapchat has announced its brand new Cameos feature, which will allow its users to replace faces in looping videos with their own.
Over on its blog, Snapchat posted a quick rundown of the new feature:
Cameos make you the star of your own short, looping videos that you can send to friends in Chat. Whether you're feeling excited, exhausted, or just want to say hi, you can find the perfect Cameo for the moment. You can even customize the captions for certain Cameos to make them your own!
These Cameos will be located in Chat right next to your stickers, and there will be over 150 to choose from on both iOS and Android, with "many more" on the way. To use the feature, all you have to do is hit the Cameos button, take a selfie and then select the scene/video you'd like to appear in. There are even two-person Cameos where you can add two faces!
As reported by TechCrunch, Snapchat has announced that the global rollout will take place on December 18. Some French users have already seen test version of the feature show up in their Snapchat apps, take a look below!
https://twitter.com/gartr268/status/1203080218912739330?
The 150 or so videos feature sound, and there are lots of different scenes to choose from. As TechCrunch notes:
They can show you flaunting your cash, dancing like crazy, falling asleep and tons more. Snapchat will then stretch and move your selfie to create different facial reactions that Cameo can apply to actors' heads in the videos.
This should certainly prove to be an exciting new feature for Snapchat users. It seems very similar to a controversial feature in Zao, a realistic face-swapping app for WeChat. So realistic in fact that it was restricted by WeChat over security concerns. Whilst "deep fakes" as a concept is pretty controversial, Cameos seems to be quite far removed, with enough silliness to stop it turning into a tool for misinformation or abuse.


If you live in Texas, as does the Big Red Car, you have an affinity for Mexico. You love Mexico, Mexicans, breakfast tacos, and fajitas. Margaritas get some love also. Texas used to be part of Mexico until that unpleasantness at the Alamo.
It was once fun to go to Mexico until the drug cartels ruined everything. Now, you can only go to an all included resort and never leave the property.
Mexico? Why, Big Red Car?
Because Mexico is the murder capital of the freakin' world, dear reader.
This is a cartel hit dead body which washed up on the beach in Acapulco. Does this make you want to visit Mexico? Do you love the gawkers?
I read that last year there were 25,000 murders in Guerrero state (home state of Acapulco). That number is so large as to be beyond belief. I am honestly skeptical that it could be correct. It appears to be right, but how can that be? As a frame of reference, there were 17,250 murders in the US in 2017.
There is a war going on in Mexico. Know this. Act accordingly. Be safe. Vacation in Cleveland.
Read this article about murder in Mexico.
But, hey, what the Hell do I really know anyway? I'm just a Big Red Car. Stay home and eat fajitas at Matt's El Rancho.


Mix dough and use enough flour to roll out easily, it's impossible to handle the dough too much. Divide dough to make about 7 large cookies, use a plate or pot lid for a cookie cutter. Bake 1 or 2 at a time on a cookie sheet for about 10 mins at 350F, till a light golden. When cool put together with prune mixture, use lots. Let sit for a few days to settle before icing if desired with an almond flavoured icing. It freezes well.
I made the recipe prior to our baking lesson, just to familiarize myself with the recipe, and to make it using a gluten-free flour blend to determine how it would work. It is a lovely recipe. The concept behind this recipe is to make seven layers of cake (the cake is actually more like a cookie layer than a cake layer). The layers are filled with fruit filling (traditionally prune filling), wrapped and left to cure for a few days in a cool dark cupboard for the layers to soften and the flavours to assimilate before refrigerating or freezing. For this cake, I filled it with Apricot Filling and I show you how to do it here.
CHEF TALK: I find that vintage recipes handed down through generations are often very vague in their preparation methods, and I think that probably leads to some hesitation for the generations that follow on how to go about making it. When I was in culinary school, I was trained by my chef instructors to read through every recipe for balance before you start. This is very good advice. Most recipes follow a formula. Using my background in recipe writing, I listed the ingredients in the order in which they are typically used.
I have included a recipe for a simple buttercream type icing to ice the top layer of the cake. I prefer it with the icing layer but you can leave it plain, as well.
Preheat the oven to 375oF (350oF if using convection setting).
Using a mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs, one at a time, (scrape the sides of the mixer), blending well before adding the next egg.
Add the cream and the almond flavouring.
Combine the salt, cardamom, baking powder and 3 cups of the flour together. Add to the butter mixture and blend well.
Turn the dough out on a lightly floured board and knead in the last cup of flour.
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough and use an 8″ round or square cake pan as a cutter. CHEF TIP: I find it easier to roll the dough out right on a sheet of parchment paper, use the pan to cut around the dough, remove the excess dough, then lift the sheet of parchment paper with the trimmed dough on the baking sheet. You can fit two cookie disks on each baking sheet.
With a fork, dock (pierce) the cake disks over the entire surface.
Bake for 7 – 10 minutes or until the cookie disk starts to turn a light golden brown colour. Let them cool.
In a heavy saucepan, combine the prunes (without pits), brown sugar, cinnamon, cardamom and cloves.
Bring the mixture to a boil and then turn the mixture down to a simmer and cook until softened (about 15 minutes).
Puree the mixture with an immersion blender or place in a food processor and puree until the mixture is very smooth. The mixture will be very thick.
Keep the mixture warm until you are ready to fill the cake layers.
Place the first cake disk on a cake board or turntable.
Spread some of the prune filling on the cake disk, covering the top thoroughly. CHEF TIP: I find it easier to determine the amount of filling needed for each layer by measuring (or my preferred method is weighing the filling amount on a scale) and dividing by six, using that amount of filling per layer. The more even the layers, the better it will look once cut. This cake is all about the lovely thin layers of cake and filling – it is visually very beautiful.
Repeat the layers until all seven layers of cake and filling are all used.
Wrap the completed cake in double layers of plastic wrap and store in a pantry at room temperature for two days. This allows the cake to soften and the flavours to assimilate.
After two days, either ice the top of the cake with buttercream and serve (small slices), or wrap without icing in plastic wrap and then foil. Freeze the cake.
Add the vanilla bean paste and 1 tablespoon of the milk.
Beat in just enough remaining milk to make the icing smooth. It will gradually become spreadable. If it is too thick to spread easily, add a drop or two of milk. If the icing is too thin, just add more sifted icing sugar until you get the consistency you want. Ideally, it should be quite thick.
Spread about one half of an inch thick layer of the buttercream icing on the top layer of the Vínarterta.
Chill in order to firm up the icing before cutting.
Once the buttercream is firm, use a knife (warmed with hot tap water and dried) to cut cleanly into small portions. Typically the pieces of Vínarterta are quite dainty – 1 1/2 inch by 1/2 inch pieces Since the cake is quite tall with seven layers, this is a nice sized portion.
STORAGE: Store the cake wrapped at room temperature, if it is not iced. If the cake is iced, store it in the refrigerator for up to three days, covered in an airtight container. Bring the cake to room temperature before serving. FREEZING: The cake freezes well. Wrap it very well and store for up to three months. If you are going to store the cake in the freezer, ice the cake after you thaw it.
Looks great!! Love vintage recipes. Especially making sense of them in today's context where some of the steps could be updated. I'd love to try this one soon!
Thank you, Susan. I adore working with really old cookbooks, vintage recipes and making sense of them. Come back when you make the recipe – I always love hearing from fellow bakers. Thanks for visiting.
I LOVE vinarterta!Grew up on the stuff. I did a guest blog post on it this summer for a friend's travel blog after visiting the Gimli Icelandic Festival. Funny, but it's much easier to find in Manitoba than it is in Iceland!
It's quite 'the project' to make – good for you for trying it. You did a wonderful job!
Gosh! I agree – it was quite the project to make but fun to do with my neighbour who really wanted to try her grandma's recipe from the 1800s. I am happy to hear that you are familiar with this cake – it is delicious, isn't it? Thanks for your kind words.
That is a gorgeous cake and one I had never heard of before! It looks so beautiful with the contrast from the prune filling (and I love prunes!) Would love to try making it, thanks for all the chef tips!
Thanks so much, Nicoletta for your comments. It is a very interesting and delicious cake to make. It does somewhat remind me of Italian desserts in the way that it is not too sweet. I hope you get a chance to try this recipe.
A question. I'm in the middle of making this marvelous-sounding cake, & there's no mention of whether or not there is water in the prune mixture (that I can find anyway, maybe I missed it?) and I can't imagine cooking the prunes without some liquid? How much? To cover…? Or?
Hello, Mel. Thank you for your comments. The brown sugar acts as a liquid in the prune mixture. Keep it at low heat and it makes a nice filling. If you want to add a little water or orange juice to get it started, it will all work out in the end. The paste is quite thick. Good luck with your Vinarterta. It is a wonderful cake that keeps quite well. Let me know how it turns out. Cheers and happy holidays.


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Maite Perroni opens up about her desire to be a mother and a possible return of RBD to the stage
Happy and with the desire to start a family, it's like Maite Perroni and her husband, the producer Andres TovarThey close the year.
This was shared by the couple during a brief meeting with representatives of the media at the Mexico City airport, where once again the actress was blunt in assuring that not pregnantAlthough it is one of their purposes for the next 2023, but for now they are focused on continuing to enjoy this new stage as spouses.
"I wish it so, We already put our letter under the tree, it's already ordered, We are going to see what happens and when it is achieved", said Perroni.
She assured that when the time is right they will share it with their public and asked to ignore the rumors that arose a few days ago when she was seen in a hospital, noting that her visit was due to various situations, one of them a neck problem. .
"There have been different situations for which he was going, he had a neck issue and other things. But the truth is everything is fine and when we say so, that's what we're at. I hope that soon we will say yes to them ", she pointed out.
And he was blunt in saying that he does not care what is rumored about her, because nothing that is said is true.
"Many things are said, but we do not take it into account. let them say whatever they want. It slips more and more for me, "she said.
During the same meeting, the singer also shared some details of the recent meeting with her former colleagues Anahí, Dulce María, Christopher Uckermann and Christian Chávez, which she described as "very nice", and confessed that between them there has always been a relationship of " lots of love, lots of history, lots of love", but so far they have not planned a tour with the successful pop group.
"Every time they don't see together they think that's why (for a return to the stage), but they see us together because we have a friendship in lifeWe have many stories, because we love each other and we have been accomplices for many years," he clarified.
In the interview taken up by the 'Hoy' program, he emphasized that it would be nice if they could coincide, but it is not so easy due to each one's projects.
"It would be very nice, but you have to agree in many ways and hopefully it will be achieved one day, we would all like it, but suddenly it is complicated by the dates, by the commitments, and life will tell," he mentioned.
–Maite Perroni shows her first Christmas tree after wedding with Andrés Tovar and criticism rains down on her
–The husbands of Maite Perroni and Dulce María look like twins and this photo proves it
–Maite Perroni and Andrés Tovar exude love during their honeymoon in the Maldives
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In the fourth and final issue of "Ultimate Fallout" to be released Wednesday, Miles Morales inherits the Spidey costume, which "boasts a sleek, streamlined black outfit with a deep ride spider on the chest and cobwebs on the shoulders and head." (AP/Marvel Comics) (MARVEL COMICS) .
With great power comes greater diversity.
When Axel Alonso spoke with Comic Riffs early this year — immediately after being named Marvel's new EiC — he said that rendering a more ethnically diverse comic universe would be important to him.
On Wednesday, that effort will be reflected in the Ultimate world of Spidey.
Marvel has just announced that Miles Morales — described as a half-black, half-Latino American teen — will be the Ultimate Comics Spider-Man when "Ultimate Comics Fallout" #4 lands tomorrow.
"When the opportunity arose to create a new Spider-Man, we knew it had to be a character that represents the diversity — in background and experience — of the twenty-first century," Alonso says in the Marvel announcement. "Miles is a character who not only follows in the tradition of relatable characters like Peter Parker, but also shows why he's a new, unique kind of Spider-Man — and worthy of that name."
Parker died this summer in "Ultimate Spider-Man" #160. (In the larger, non-Ultimate universe, Peter still wears the suit.)
"He's younger than Peter Parker, he's coming from a completely different background, a completely different world view," writer Brian Michael Bendis tells the Associated Press. "It's Peter Parker's death that inspires this kid to step up."
Bendis also tells the AP that Marvel CCO Joe Quesada and he "talked about it at great length — what if [Spidey] was an African-American and how interesting it would be."
On Twitter, Bendis also credited "Community" actor Donald Glover for convincing him he was on the right track. Glover — who tweeted to Bendis: "thank you for doing something really cool and interesting!" — campaigned last year for the feature-film role of Spidey that went to Andrew Garfield.
Adds artist Sara Pichelli in Marvel's announcement: "I promise, you will fall in love with Miles — I already did."
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