Did you read my mind today when I started googling "boyfriend jeans" ?! This is sooo cute!
did you really? I actually got these a couple months ago … omg, i can't even believe how much I have worn them–i wear them more than my designer $$$ jeans. They are so amazing. Check and see if they still sell them! xO!
I don't think it matters what you wear, you are always gorgeous!
Great outfit… so chic! Love those boyfriend jeans!
These have to be the perfect boyfriend jean. You look gorgeous!
love the jeans & the hermes belt!
I love Boyfriend jeans, they are so comfy and cute.
You wear them to perfection!!
I can't pull of this jean to save my life, but you are totally rocking it!!
This outfit is simple chic perfection – those jeans are fabulous – I can never find the right "fit" for boyfriend jeans!
awe np girl. hope you ok now. It's so hard going through the stuff you have had to endure all so suddenly. *hugs * XO!
Perfection from head to toe Sooae!!!
I love how you wear boyfriend jeans and heels. You make it look so chic and gorgeous! Love it.
beautifully cut pair of jeans! interesting detail on the sweater in the back. great style, as always!!!
I love how your boyfriend jeans are so distressed! They look great with those gorgeous heels!
I love this look because you kept it casual while mixing in the perfect amount of feminine detailing.
I've been looking for some new distressed boyfriend jeans. Mine are from AE and they look okay but they're a little too low waisted.
Of course you manage to look totally incredible in boyfriend jeans. Your style is always so amazing!
you always have amazing style. this look is so simple but so beautiful. Great job!
This is so simple but it's just SO. GOOD. I love it with those shoes – they make it for me!
The belt and the shoes are fabulous. I love how it is the perfect mixture of casual yet still done up just a tad.
I love those they def have become a staple in my closet due to their versatility! & I'm lovin' the belt!
Love the look. very chic !!!! It looks simple and yet you look beautiful and very pull together.
You make wearing boyfriend jeans so chic!! And love your heels. 🙂 Great look!!
I tried those on, they were very cool and they look so good on you, much better than on me, haha! Great look! Have a great weekend!
OK, seriously, you even make boyfriend jeans look glamorous. I still haven't figured that one out yet.
You look awesome in boyfriend jeans! Love the sweater too.
I love this simple but chic look. The belt and the heels are my fave pieces!
I'm always enviable of people who can pull the boyfriend-look off with finesse and that's exactly what you've managed to do. How is everything so perfectly proportioned in bagginess? Hahahaha awesome outfit!
you are so sweet C. thank you! xO!
So happy I stumbled upon your fabulous page! And I LOVE that belt!!!
Boyfriend jeans are the perfect look with heels. A mix of comfort & style. You look great!
I love how effortlessly chic this look is!
I love these jeans! Follow me back!
And I would kill for your heels haha!
Wow, those jeans are amazing! Want!
I love bf jeans. Actually I like lose fit more than skinny fit.
My bf jeans just two more size up straight style than my regular. But still look ok.
Think I wear these jeans more often. So comfortable.
Can I seriously just have this whole outfit?! I am in love with all of it, the sweater, the jeans, the belt & the heels!!! Just ship it to Utah asap:) ha!
You are so good at combining class, edge and femininity! Just love your simple and chic style!
The wedges do add the magic to those jeans! Like how you styled this, very, very, very much!
Gosh, I love everything about this outfit!!
Looks so cute and casual!
I've been looking everywhere for nice boyfriend jeans, those are awesome!
Love your jeans! They are perfectly distressed and fit you like a dream!
Those look like the perfect pair of boyfriend jeans. You styled them well from those heel to that belt, love it!
i love those boyfriend jeans! i've been looking for a pair like that. is it still available in stores/online? p.s. drooling over your hermes belt!
i think so jin!!! xO!
you look great. so comfortably chic.
Those are from Zara? Wow they look better than some of the higher priced denim brands. I love the distressing on them. Next on my list is a perfect pair of knee ripped jeans. I'm certain that I need an Hermes belt now.
Cute, cozy, and chic all at the same time – love this look Sooae, and those heels are gorgeous!
Loving the Hermes belt! Ur rocking it!
I love how you mix high and low designs together with effortless style! Great look! Have a wonderful day!
I love the cuffed jean look on you Sooae! So casual and beautiful at the same time.
Love your sense of style. Your blog is filled with great ideas.


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Facebook's chatting app messenger, social media, has been completely rearranged. There were 9 separate tabs before the messenger, where the new version contained just three tabs.
CNBC News says three new tabs are – Chats, People and Discovery. Among these, the Chat tab will include conversations, People tabs, Friends and various Stories will be displayed and which will be visible on Facebook. There will be various business information and contact facilities available in the Discover tab.
messenger's vice president Stan Chudhovski said it is a new design that will give us the ability to work faster, with much improved and more powerful features.
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One arrested, one sought in armed robbery
Terri Sanginiti
An 18-year-old Wilmington man was arrested late Wednesday after he was spotted holding a gun on a 25-year-old man during a robbery, police said Thursday.
Deshawn Jones was charged with two counts of first-degree robbery displaying what appears to be a deadly weapon, said Sgt. Andrea Janvier.
A second man is still being sought.
The incident occurred about 9:30 p.m. when state Probation and Parole officers with Operation Safe Streets were patrolling the area of Ninth and Pine streets and they saw several people on the corner engaged in some sort of altercation, Janvier said.
On closer inspection, they saw Jones pointing a black handgun at a 25-year-old man.
Another man and a 23-year-old woman ran off when they saw the officers approach.
Jones, who was found with a black pellet gun, was arrested.
An investigation determined that Jones and an accomplice confronted the 25-year-old victim and the 23-year-old woman as they were walking south on Pine Street and hit the man in the head from behind with an unknown object, Janvier said.
When Jones took the victim's cellphone, the two men got into a struggle until Probation and Parole officers showed up.
Jones is being held in Young Correctional Institution after failing to post $10,000 cash bail.
Contact Terri Sanginiti at (302) 324-2771 or tsanginiti@delawareonline.com

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Watch it again: Estonia's e-Residency celebrated its 3rd birthday
Estonia became the first country to offer e-Residency 3 years ago & now has nearly 30,000 people from 139 countries signed up. Happy birthday, e-Residency!
by Adam Rang
e-Residency Blog
Estonia launched it's e-Residency programme three years ago so that anyone on Earth could apply for a secure government-backed digital identity and gain access to our e-services, e-Residency Blog writes.
Understandably, no one was entirely sure back then who would actually sign up and why. Many of the first e-residents were simply excited to join our borderless digital nation and had no plans to use their digital ID cards.
Three years later however, it's now very clear who benefits most from e-Residency and — as a result — the programme is growing at its fastest ever rate.
The latest statistics show that there are almost 30,000 e-residents from 139 countries and the biggest motivation for signing up (at present) is the desire to establish a company. Why? Because companies established through e-Residency are trusted location-independent EU companies, which can be run remotely from anywhere on Earth with low costs, minimal hassle and access to all the tools needed to grow globally, such as international payment providers.
There are even more advantages to being an e-resident under development, but more than 4,000 companies are now run by e-residents and these companies make a significant contribution to the Estonian economy. On the third anniversary of the e-Residency programme tomorrow, Deloitte will publish an independent economic assessment of the full impact of these companies.
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New e-Estonia Briefing Centre taking Estonian digital success stories to the world
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Glassmaking Technique: Roman Mold-Blown Glass
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The only 'real art' is love. We are all born with a blank 'tabula rosa' to create what we choose as we run through the 'bramble bushes' of life's challenges of roses and thorns. The heart of the 'blind beggar' may well be the 'abode of love' while the 'tycoon of the ego' and, the 'self serving' heart that masks the cave of the vampire, can be nothing but just the smiling peddler of the drugs of illusion..
Slop covered with creme and cherries soon turns to something other than what it appears. Those who seemingly galavant through life parading illusion, are also looking for love, but in all the wrong places. 'Things' accumulated for a myriad of reasons are but masks of what's really lost within.
The best investment in art, is to invest in the inner search for the lost treasures that are hidden in plain sight within. 'Fine art' is 'priceless' and can be found smiling all alone in that deep cave within. You're a character, you're a mystery to be found.. Tricks and gimmicks are for the kids, not for the sincere of truth and bliss. Life is more than the ravages of the outer always on the verge of the dancing 'la-la-la' that lights the air all around.
Each possesses the finest and most unique art called a 'you'. The whole world may seem bleak but every moment has a 'corner to turn' beyond the foolish kind of love and self doubts. Everyone has everything even though sometimes it seems as if only you are without. The art that won't sell for all the money in the world is the art of self love. Self love is free even when the lights of hope are dimmed, there is always a flicker ready to become a blessing beyond imagination. Money buys the false art while the lights shine all around the real art of appreciating the divineness in 'you'.


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Building Forward Together: Ending Persistent Poverty, Respecting all People and our Planet
This year's theme followed on and deepened the different ideas and reflections raised last year on social and environmental justice. People who experience poverty were able to express very strongly that there is only one justice, and that it is both social and environmental.
These videos were prepared last year for the commemoration of the World Day for Overcoming Extreme Poverty in collaboration with the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs and the NGO Committee for Social Development. They were broadcast on UN Web TV and on ATD Fourth World's YouTube channel. They are very interesting tools for working on how to build forward together.
Young people in the Democratic Republic of Congo, confronted with the devastating effects of torrential rains, show how they worked together to make earth bricks for reconstruction after the disaster.
Fourth World activists from Belgium show their commitment in a participatory process on sustainability with the Interfederal Service for the fight against poverty.
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Over the TCPA's Definition of an Autodialer
By Steve Augustino, Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik, Lauri Mazzuchetti, Paul A. Rosenthal, Whitney Smith, Jewel Tewiah & Julia Schuurman on December 9, 2020
Posted in Litigation, Privacy
For the second time this year, the TCPA came before the Supreme Court via teleconference oral argument in Facebook, Inc. v. Duguid, et al, Case No. 19-511 (2020). The Supreme Court's disposition of Facebook's petition is expected to resolve a widening Circuit split over what qualifies as an automatic telephone dialing system ("ATDS") under the TCPA, 47 U.S.C. § 227, et seq., and thus determine much of the scope of the TCPA's calling restrictions.
Continue Reading Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument Over the TCPA's Definition of an Autodialer
Sixth Circuit Holds That Stored-Number Systems Meet the TCPA's Definition of an Autodialer, Deepening Circuit Split to be Addressed by the Supreme Court Next Term
By Steve Augustino, Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik, Lauri Mazzuchetti & Julia Schuurman on August 4, 2020
Posted in Federal & State Regulatory, Litigation, Privacy
It has been more than two years since the D.C. Circuit found the Federal Communications Commission's (the "FCC") discussion of predictive dialers and other equipment alleged to be an automatic telephone dialing system ("ATDS," or "autodialer") to "offer no meaningful guidance" on the question. In the absence of an FCC ruling on the remand, multiple courts of appeals have addressed the statute's definition. In the most recent case, Allan v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency, the Sixth Circuit adopted (in a split decision) a broad definition of an autodialer. Construing the term ATDS to include both devices that "generate[] and dial[] random or sequential numbers," and "that dial from a stored list of numbers," the Sixth Circuit has aligned itself with the Second and Ninth Circuits in a growing circuit split, with the Third, Seventh and Eleventh Circuits adopting a narrower interpretation. At this point, all eyes are on the Supreme Court, which accepted a case addressing the ATDS definition for next term.¹ The FCC, meanwhile, is not likely to address the core ATDS definition until after the Supreme Court ruling.
Continue Reading Sixth Circuit Holds That Stored-Number Systems Meet the TCPA's Definition of an Autodialer, Deepening Circuit Split to be Addressed by the Supreme Court Next Term
Supreme Court to Weigh-in on the Definition of an Autodialer Under TCPA
By Steve Augustino, Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik, Lauri Mazzuchetti, Paul A. Rosenthal, Whitney Smith & Jewel Tewiah on July 10, 2020
On July 9, 2020, the Supreme Court granted Facebook's petition for certiorari in a case with potentially broad implications for both class action litigation and business communications with their current and potential customers. The Supreme Court's disposition of Facebook's petition may settle the complex question of what qualifies as an automatic telephone dialing system ("ATDS") under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227, et seq. ("TCPA").
The TCPA prohibits telemarketing calls to be placed using an ATDS without the requisite level of prior consent. Thus, the definition of what technology qualifies as an ATDS is often a fundamental, threshold question upon which TCPA litigation turns. Prior to 2015, the FCC had offered various, sometimes vague, interpretations of the term. In 2015, the FCC offered an expansive definition, which was set aside in March 2018 in the ACA International decision. While the issue has been before the FCC on remand for over two years now, courts nevertheless engaged in their own analysis of the statute, resulting in a broadening Circuit split on how the law is interpreted and applied and divergent outcomes based on the court in which the case is filed. Now the Supreme Court is poised (potentially) to resolve that dispute.
Continue Reading Supreme Court to Weigh-in on the Definition of an Autodialer Under TCPA
Beginning of a TCPA Clean-Up? FCC Sets Another Robocall Blocking Item for Vote While Addressing Two of Nearly Three Dozen Pending Petitions
By Steve Augustino, Lauri Mazzuchetti & Alysa Zeltzer Hutnik on June 26, 2020
On the same day that the FCC set a call blocking declaratory ruling for vote at its July 2020 Open Meeting, the FCC's Consumer and Governmental Affairs Bureau issued rulings in two long-pending petitions for clarification of the requirements of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). Although these clarifications do not address the core questions regarding the definition of an autodialer and consent requirements that were remanded two years ago in ACA International v. FCC, they may signal an effort to clean up TCPA issues in what is expected to be the waning months of FCC Chairman Pai's tenure at the Commission.
In the first ruling, P2P Alliance, the Bureau ruled that an automatic telephone dialing system ("ATDS") is not determined by whether the equipment has the capability to send a large volume of calls or texts in a short period of time. Instead, the Bureau, while recognizing that the Commission's interpretation of the ATDS definition remains pending, ruled that "whether the calling platform or equipment is an autodialer turns on whether such equipment is capable of dialing random or sequential telephone numbers without human intervention." The Bureau also provides an illuminating discussion of the so-called "human intervention" element of prior FCC statements regarding autodialers.
In the second ruling, Anthem, Inc., the Bureau denied a petition to exempt certain healthcare-related calls from the TCPA's consent requirements. In this order, the Bureau breaks less new ground and instead reiterates that prior express consent must be obtained before a call (or text) is made and that the supposed value or "urgency" of the communication does not necessarily make it permissible.
Besides these two petitions, the Commission has nearly three dozen petitions pending before it on a variety of matters relating to exemptions from the TCPA's consent requirements, the collection and revocation of consent, the "junk fax" provisions, and other questions raised by the flood of TCPA class action litigation in the last five years. If the FCC begins addressing these other pending petitions, the course of TCPA class action litigation could change significantly.
Continue Reading Beginning of a TCPA Clean-Up? FCC Sets Another Robocall Blocking Item for Vote While Addressing Two of Nearly Three Dozen Pending Petitions
The Eleventh Circuit Weighs in on ATDS Definition
By Steve Augustino on February 4, 2020
Nearly two years ago, in ACA International v. FCC, the DC Circuit reversed the FCC's 2015 order interpreting the term "automatic telephone dialing system" (ATDS) in the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and remanded that interpretation for further consideration. Since that time, callers, call recipients, practitioners and litigants have all been awaiting the…
4th Circuit Declares Government Debt Exemption to the TCPA Unconstitutional, But Leaves the Rest of the Statute Intact
By Communications Practice Group on April 24, 2019
Since its adoption, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA") has periodically been attacked as unconstitutional on grounds that it violates the First Amendment right to free speech due to its content-based restrictions. Until today, those attacks have generally failed, leaving defendants with the threat of potentially crippling statutory damages. Today, the Fourth Circuit announced that part of the TCPA, an exemption for calls to collect government debts, is unconstitutional and will be stricken from the Act.
Continue Reading 4th Circuit Declares Government Debt Exemption to the TCPA Unconstitutional, But Leaves the Rest of the Statute Intact
John Oliver Robocalls the FCC: Is it Legal?
By Steve Augustino on March 18, 2019
Posted in Federal & State Regulatory, Privacy
"Yes FCC, we meet again old friends" was the message comedian John Oliver had for the FCC on his show Last Week Tonight, when he devoted nearly 20 minutes to an in-depth criticism of "robocalls" and the FCC's approach to regulating such calls. (Oliver had previously taken aim at the FCC in multiple segments about net neutrality – which included comparing then-FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler to a dingo – and he allegedly crashed the FCC's comment system after encouraging his viewers to submit pro-net neutrality comments in the proceeding that led to the decision to revert back to light-touch regulation of broadband Internet access service.) He ended the March 10th segment by announcing that he was going to "autodial" each FCC Commissioner every 90 minutes with a satirical pre-recorded message urging them to take action to stop robocalls.
The irony of John Oliver making robocalls in order to protest robocalls is rather funny. But, it raises the question – are these calls legal? The fact that the calls appear to be lawful – and would be legal regardless of the action Oliver called for in the program – highlights that there is an important distinction between illegal calls and unwanted calls. In the end, Oliver's segment demonstrates some of the problems with modern efforts to apply the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"), a statute that was adopted well before the proliferation of cell phones in America, and seems to deter many legitimate calls while not sufficiently stopping scam calls.
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Taking Stock of the TCPA in 2019: What is an "Autodialer"?
By Steve Augustino on March 4, 2019
[Spencer Elg co-wrote this post]
The current and future definition of what qualifies as an automatic telephone dialing system ("ATDS" or "autodialer") remains a hotly debated and evaluated issue for every company placing calls and texts, or designing dialer technology, as well as the litigants and jurists already mired in litigation under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act ("TCPA"). Last year, the D.C. Circuit struck down the FCC's ATDS definition in ACA International v. FCC, Case No. 15-1211 (D.C. Cir. 2018). Courts since have diverged in approaches on interpreting the ATDS term. See, e.g., prior discussions of Marks and Dominguez. All eyes thus remain fixed on the FCC for clarification.
In this post, we revisit the relevant details of the Court's decision in ACA International, and prior statements of FCC Chairman Ajit Pai concerning the ATDS definition to assess how history may be a guide to how the FCC approaches this issue.
Continue Reading Taking Stock of the TCPA in 2019: What is an "Autodialer"?
FCC Turns to ATDS, Other TCPA Issues Following D.C. Circuit Decision
By Steve Augustino on May 17, 2018
Posted in Federal & State Regulatory, Litigation
On May 14, 2018, the FCC issued a Public Notice seeking comment on a number of issues regarding the proper interpretation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) in light of the recent decision by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn most of the FCC's 2015 Omnibus TCPA Declaratory Ruling. Given Chairman Pai's strong dissent from the 2015 Declaratory Ruling and his statement praising the D.C. Circuit's findings regarding it, this comment cycle presents a valuable opportunity for parties who have been adversely affected by the uncertainty surrounding the TCPA in certain years to provide input to the FCC on how it should interpret the statute to best serve its intended purpose.
Continue Reading FCC Turns to ATDS, Other TCPA Issues Following D.C. Circuit Decision
Mobile App Provider Seeks Clarification on Applicability of the TCPA to OTT Texting Services
By Kelley Drye on April 8, 2014
Posted in Emerging Technology, Federal & State Regulatory, Litigation, Privacy
With class action cases proliferating, the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") continues to receive petitions seeking guidance on the applicability of its rules to various calling or texting scenarios. In the latest example, the FCC issued a Public Notice seeking comment on a Petition for Declaratory Ruling filed by TextMe, Inc. ("TextMe"). TextMe provides a free…


In a large kettle or stockpot combine the carcass with 4 1/2 quarts of the water, or enough to cover it, and simmer the mixture, uncovered, for 3 hours. Strain the stock through a large sieve into a large bowl, return it to the kettle, and boil it until it is reduced to about 10 cups.
In a blender purée the garlic and the gingerroot with the remaining 1/3 cup water. In a heavy kettle heat the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking and in it cook the purée, stirring, for 2 minutes, or until the liquid is evaporated. Add the potatoes, peeled and cut into cubes, the onion, the carrots, and 5 cups of the stock and simmer the mixture, covered, for 30 minutes, or until the vegetables are very soft. In the blender purée the mixture it batches until it is smooth, transfering it as it is puréed to another large kettle. Stir in the remaining stock, the coconut milk, the lime juice, and salt to taste, simmer the soup for 10 minutes, and stir in the chopped coriander. The soup may be made 2 days in advance, cooled completely, uncovered, and kept covered and chilled. The soup keeps, covered and frozen, for 2 months. Serve the soup garnished with coriander sprigs.
Prep does not say when to add curry and cumin.
There are a lot of helpful reviews here. One that struck me as really on the mark is that this soup should be considered a base soup to which other items can and should be added. The soup by itself is pretty dull and disappointing. So I looked through all the reviews and added turkey meat, lemongrass, red lentils, cayenne, extra cumin and then...wow...the soup suddenly turned around. I agree that the original recipe would have been much too thin ... I trusted my instincts and held back two cups of the turkey stock, wish it had been three. Oh and I agree that it is peculiar that the recipe does not say when to add the spices. With so many changes that so many of us have made I wonder if we can really give the original recipe all that much credit!
This soup is a great way to use leftover Thanksgiving turkey. I had frozen my turkey stock and leftover turkey, from Thanksgiving. The recipe doesn't read easily and never mentions when to add the curry and cumin. I added it with the veggies and let them saute for a minute or two. Like others, I added turkey at the end. I shredded the turkey. Pretty tasty with a baguette on a cold December day!
I was disappointed with this soup. It sounded really good. At first, I would have said it was good, but after a few bites I was bored with it. No variation of flavor.
I didn't use as much liquid as the recipe called for and added garham masala to the spice mix. I also garnished with mint instead for fresh coriander. My husband went crazy for the soup. Oh, I also added cubed turkey at the end of cooking.
This was terrific with these alterations: I made my turkey stock ahead. I halved the recipe, and cut the liquid by a further 2.5 cups, added more curry and lime juice (I used 4 packets of True Lime powder), after puree was made I added 1 cup lentils and bits of turkey meat from the carcass.
A great way to use up the left-over T-giving turkey...I added about 3 cups of meat at the end. I also substituted sweet potatoes for the russet. Gave the soupe a beautiful color and sweetness.
I made this soup half the stock from out large turkey, and it is a hit. I added some lemongrass in the initial reduction and had some winter melon from a friend so threw it in, adding a nice sourness. i also used extra coconut milk because we love it. Some people sprinkled a little cayenne at the table but I didn't want to add it for everyone.
Tried this after Christmas this year. The soup is rich yet bland. It seemed almost hollow to me. We added a lot more curry than the recipie called for, additional cumin and garlic. Scotch bonnet peppers are also a nice addition to give it some pazzaz! The recipie never tells you where to introduce the curry. With the additions my family enjoyed the soup.
This is a great base recipe - I made just as directed then added toasted almonds, toasted unsweetened coconut, turkey meat and a healthy dash of Sriracha chili sauce. You can adjust the seasoning to make the dish more Indian, Thai or whatever works for you. This is also not the time for "Don't we have some curry powder in the spice rack?"-type of dried-out, flavorless curry. USE A GOOD, FRESH CURRY POWDER, one you like and you will love your soup. If you don't like curry you should pass on this recipe.
Ths is a great day-after-Thanksgiving soup for when you can't possibly face another big heavy meal. Interesting that there was no actual turkey in turkey soup; we added some. We also felt it needed some heat and used a spicy Madras curry powder and a bit of cayenne. And salt, pepper, and ground coriander. This time we didn't use the coconut milk but we will next time, along with lemongrass and the lime. We agree lentils sound like a great addition.
I FOUND THIS RECIPE IN GOURMET YEARS AGO AS A WAY TO USE UP LEFTOVER TURKEY. MY HUSBAND AND I LOVED IT SO MUCH IT HAS BECOME A YEARLY TRADITION IN OUR HOUSE AS AN AFTER HOLIDAY SOUP.BUT, IF YOU DON'T ENJOY INDIAN FLAVORS, YOU WON'T ENJOY THIS SOUP.
This recipe is calls for way too much ginger and not enough varied spices such as cloves or cayenne. If I were to try it in the future I would use 1/3 the amount of ginger and add in some cloves, nutmeg or mace. That said, the recipe instructions themselves are very porrly written. When to add spices? What kind of onions work best?
Delicious and a different version for turkey soup.
The whole family enjoyed this, used ground turkey, a great jumping off point. I have added peas and julianned carrots for texture and color. a lovely winter day soup.
With minor modifications, this soup was deliriously good. Started with my turkey broth, substituted low-fat coco milk, used 8 rather than 10 cups of broth overall and went a bit havier on the cumin and curry. It was unbelievable. Who cares if it isn't authentic mulligatawney? Name it something else if you like!
Note - this recipe directions omit addition of spices - recommend adding at the beginning of the dish when sauting garlic and ginger.
Let's just call this "Mulligatawny-Inspired?" I made a lot of variations on this recipe, but if you do too, you'll surely end up with a meal you love! The seasonings needed extra support, although I did forget the lime, which disappointed me because I think that would have been good, and would have added flavor. Omitted the coconut milk. Doubled cumin as suggested, and doubled cilantro, also seasoned with cardamom, cinnamon, and lots of salt and pepper. I substituted the potatoes for a yam and half a small head of cauliflower plus 1 1/2 granny smith apples, chopped. Also added 1 cup of lentils. I didn't think the apples nor the yam added much beyond a nice stewiness to the texture.
My recommendation: make the soup up to the point just before adding the coconut milk and stop there. Add some turkey and diced potatoes and this is a good recipe. That's what I did the first time I made it. The next time I made it as written and was not impressed.
A good recipe, but not to my taste.
This soup was one of the best, and certainly the most interesting thing to come out of thanksgiving! I took the cook from Seatle's advice and added more spices, lentils and the apple. I substituted cauliflower for potatoes and added lemon grass to the broth and fresh mushrooms to the finished product. I plan to make more of this soup with the stock I have in the freezer!
Made this after Thanksgiving (Canadian, eh?) and since I only had a few hours on weeknights to work on it it took me a few days to get the stock as rich as I wanted it. But once done, it turned out fabulous. I added extra hot curry powder, and some hot hot sauce for a little kick. I didn't puree the veg since I only have a small chopper, so I just mashed them a bit once they were soft. The soup wasn't very thick, so I added some leftover jasmine rice, and it was perfect. I would probably make this again, but won't need to for awhile since I now have tons in the freezer! Very nice tasty soup, and a nice change from the usual turkey-veg.
Made this at christmast time, and just opened up one of my containers in the freezer --- ahhh, sublime on a cold dreary day. (it freezes great). Loads of changes: double the cumin, add chopped turkey meat white & dark, add chopped hot peppers to the broth, red lentils and diced green apple a must. My turkey carcass was from Cook's Illustrated spice-rubbed brined bird (a great recipe, http://www.cooksillustrated.com/turkeyhelp/turkeyhelparticle.asp?did=6291)...it already was very spicy, but I liked that in this broth.
not hot enough. Should have bits of turkey or chicken. Spices should be added during first veg saute. NO OTHER INDICATION GIVEN!! I am accustomed to having dried onions to sprinkle on. And the result would also be darker. I remember the Singapore Cricket Club version had rice not potatoes as the main starch.


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The UK's plan to please India by promoting Ayurvedic medicine puts politics ahead of science
By Edzard Ernst
Edzard Ernsthttps://edzardernst.com/
Edzard Ernst is Emeritus Professor of Complementary Medicine at the Peninsula School of Medicine, University of Exeter. He is the author of ten books on complementary and alternative medicine.
It has been widely reported that, in order not to jeopardise our trade deal with India, Boris Johnson failed to close the border quick enough for preventing the delta variant entering Britain. The consequences were devastating. Now our government is about to please Modi again. The "2030 Roadmap for India-UK future relations" is a policy document of the UK government. In it, we find that the UK government intends to:
Explore cooperation on research into Ayurveda and promote yoga in the UK. Increase opportunities for generic medicine supply from India to the UK by seeking access for Indian pharma products to the NHS and recognition of Indian generic and Ayurvedic medicines that meet UK regulatory standards.
This begs the question, are these plans good or bad for UK public health?
Ayurveda is a system of healthcare developed in India around the mid-first millennium BCE. Ayurvedic medicine involves a range of techniques, including meditation, physical exercises, nutrition, relaxation, massage, and medication. Ayurvedic medicine thrives for balance and claims that the suppression of natural urges leads to illness. Emphasis is placed on moderation. Ayurvedic medicines are extremely varied. They usually are mixtures of multiple ingredients and can consist of plants, animal products, and minerals.
Relatively few studies of Ayurvedic remedies exist and most are methodologically weak. A Cochrane review, for instance, concluded that
although there were significant glucose-lowering effects with the use of some herbal mixtures, due to methodological deficiencies and small sample sizes we are unable to draw any definite conclusions regarding their efficacy. Though no significant adverse events were reported, there is insufficient evidence at present to recommend the use of these interventions in routine clinical practice and further studies are needed.
The efficacy of Ayurvedic remedies obviously depends on the exact nature of the ingredients. Generalizations are therefore problematic. Promising findings exist for a relatively small number of ingredients, including Boswellia, Frankincense, Andrographis paniculata. Caution is, however, indicated: Ayurvedic remedies often contain toxic substances, such as heavy metals which are deliberately added in the ancient belief that they can have positive health effects. The truth, however, is that they can cause serious adverse effects.
Yoga has been defined in several different ways in the various Indian philosophical and religious traditions. From the perspective of alternative medicine, it is a practice of gentle stretching exercises, breathing control, meditation, and lifestyles. The aim is to strengthen 'prana', the vital force as understood in traditional Indian medicine. Thus, it is claimed to be helpful for most conditions affecting mankind. Most people who practice yoga in the West practise 'Hatha yoga', which includes postural exercises (asanas), breath control (pranayama), and meditation (dhyana). It is claimed that these techniques bring an individual to a state of perfect health, stillness, and heightened awareness. Other alleged benefits of regular yoga practice include suppleness, muscular strength, feelings of well-being, reduction of sympathetic drive, pain control, and longevity. Yogic breathing exercises are said to reduce muscular spasms, expand available lung capacity and thus alleviate the symptoms of asthma and other respiratory conditions.
There have been numerous clinical trials of various yoga techniques. They tend to suffer from poor study design and incomplete reporting. Their results are therefore not always reliable. Several systematic reviews have summarised the findings of these studies. An overview included 21 systematic reviews relating to a wide range of conditions. Nine systematic reviews arrived at positive conclusions, but many were associated with a high risk of bias. Unanimously positive evidence emerged only for depression and cardiovascular risk reduction (Ernst E, Lee MS: Focus on Alternative and Complementary Therapies Volume 15(4) December 2010 274–27).
Yoga is generally considered to be safe. However, the only large-scale survey specifically addressing the question of adverse effects found that:
approximately 30% of yoga class attendees had experienced some type of adverse event. Although the majority had mild symptoms, the survey results indicated that attendees with chronic diseases were more likely to experience adverse events associated with their disease. Therefore, special attention is necessary when yoga is introduced to patients with stress-related, chronic diseases.
So, should we be pleased about the UK government's plan to promote Ayurveda and yoga? In view of the mixed and inconclusive evidence, I feel that a cautious approach would be needed. Research into these subjects could be a good idea, particularly if it were aimed at finding out what the exact risks are. Whole-sale integration does not, however, seem prudent at this stage.
In other words, it would be wise to first find out what generates more good than harm for which conditions and subsequently consider adopting those elements that fulfil this vital criterium. Yet, I doubt that things will pan out like this. More likely, political interests will again outweigh scientific caution. I just hope that the consequences are not as bad as the failure to close our borders in time.


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Dodgers' ace Kershaw should win NL MVP
Despite only playing every fifth game, Dodgers' ace Klayton Kershaw deserves MVP consideration.
Despite only playing every fifth game, Dodgers' ace Clayton Kershaw deserves MVP consideration. Photo courtesy of MCT.
With the MLB season , the NL MVP race took an unexpected turn. For a couple weeks, there were two candidates for the MVP. One player was Marlins' outfielder Giancarlo Stanton. The other was Los Angeles Dodgers' starting ace Clayton Kershaw. As Kershaw and the Dodgers gear up for post season play, last season's NL Cy Young winner should wind up as this years' NL MVP.
Stanton was having a great season until he got hit in the face by a 88-mph fastball from Brewers' pitcher Mike Fiers. It resulted into facial fractures and laceration.
There were talks that he might come back. However, a few weeks ago the Miami Marlins officially ruled him out for the season and said that he will be ready for spring training of next year.
Let's take a look at Stanton's stats.
He has a batting average of .288 (18th) with 37 home runs (1st), 105 RBI (2nd), 94 walks (1st), .395 on base percentage (2nd) and a .555 slugging percentage (1st).
He seemed to have the MVP almost on the lock although his team was not performing up to par. the Marlins' record finished 77-85, good for fourth in the NL East and missed the postseason.
The last time they were in the postseason was during the magical season of 2003 (more than 10 years ago!) when they were crowned the World Series Champion surprising everyone.
People and other sports analysts were already questioning the validity of putting Stanton in the MVP talks due to him being on the Marlins. And I was one of them also.
Can you actually be the Most Valuable Player on a bad team? If they are bad, then how can you even be considered for the award.
Historically, the MVP award has gone to players who are in teams contending in the postseason.
Last year, Andrew McCutcheon of the Pirates won the award and they had a record of 94-68.
In 2012, Buster Posey of the San Francisco Giants won the award and they had a record of 94-68 also.
In 2011, Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers won the award and they had a record of 96-66.
In 2010, Joey Votto of the Cincinnati Reds won the award and they had a record of 91-71.
All these respective teams made it to the postseason.
However, there are years when players win the award although they aren't on postseason teams.
Albert Pujols of the St. Louis Cardinals won the award in 2008 and Ryan Howard of the Philadelphia Phillies won the award in 2006. Both of these teams did not make the postseason.
However with Stanton almost surely out of the picture due to his injury, it seems to be that Kershaw is the frontrunner for the award.
As of Sept. 22, Kershaw has an ERA of 1.77 (1st) with a 21-3 record (1st). He has 239 strike outs (2nd) and 21 walks.He threw six complete games (1st) and two of them being shutouts.
He had a very shaky start, spending time on the disabled list for 41 days and allowing 7 runs in just over a inning during a game in May against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
However, ever since then, Kershaw has been dominant often pitching till the eighth inning.
With Kershaw, similar to Stanton, people have also been questioning his validity to the award.
The main argument is that starting pitchers only play in a fifth of the games, while position players play everyday.
Some people also say that pitchers should not win the MVP award, because the pitchers already have their own "MVP award": the Cy Young Award, given to the best pitcher
History also has not been on Kershaw's side. The last time a pitcher won the NL MVP award was during the 1968 season, almost 40 years ago. That award was won by hall of famer Bob Gibson.
Everyone else who are in the MVP talks, aside from Kershaw and Stanton, are having good years but not great years. There is Jonathan Lucroy of the Brewers who batted .301 and leading the league in doubles with 53. There is Adrian Gonzalez of the Dodgers who is batting .276 and leading the league in RBI with 116.
But there is no other player who is having a historic season quite like Kershaw.
He is the first player in the major leagues to win eight consecutive starts in a single season while also compiling 80 strikeouts and a sub-1.00 ERA over that span.
In the last 30 years, only one other player had an ERA lower than Kershaw. That would be Pedro Martinez in the year 2000 with a 1.74 ERA.
Since the 1920 season, other than Martinez, only three other players have ended the season with ERAs lower than Kershaw: Ron Guidry in 1974 (1.74), Luis Tiant in 1968 (1.60) and Spud Chandler in 1943 (1.64).
The Dodgers are 22-4 in the games that Kershaw has pitched. The Dodgers are barely above .500 when he does not pitch at 67-64.
In the end, the award should go to the most valuable player and the Dodgers are a completely different squad when Kershaw does not pitch.
My money is on Kershaw to win the NL MVP award.
MVP award voting takes place before the postseason but the winner is not announced until after the world series.
Andrew Lim, Author


The aim of the research is twofold. First it seeks to examine and provide evidence of urban livability and health (in)equities in the context of land use and infrastructure policies in Cali, Colombia's third largest city. The research focuses on the area of influence of the 'Corredor Verde', an ongoing large scale urban regeneration initiative in the city, seeking evidence of current conditions of health (in)equity and the social and spatial distribution of livability. This seeks to produce an evidence base for future health assessments of land-use and urban interventions and policies, as well as the monitoring of the 'Corredor Verde' in future phases of its development. Second, the research seeks to spark a dialogue regarding practices and challenges for planning and assessing healthy urban environments that can resonate with growing debates about urban health in Latin America. Such a dialogue will build on local evidence gathered for this research, and the analysis of the potential of the 'Corredor Verde' to address health equity through workshops and debates with local practitioners from a range of disciplines and stakeholders in Cali. The research will draw on qualitative and quantitative evidence, with case studies in both high and low-income areas adjacent to the 'Corredor Verde' with different characteristics in relation to the social determinants of health.


Big plans for New Year's Eve.
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- Downtown Raleigh is getting ready to play host once again to First Night Raleigh, a labor of love by Raleigh's Artsplosure.
The rides are getting built, the barricades are going up, and the art installations are being placed along Fayetteville Street.
All of this as Raleigh prepares to host a party for an estimated 50-75,000 people. They've been planning First Night since June to bring a variety of fun to downtown Raleigh to ring in the New Year.
"That's what's so great about our event, is that there's really something for everyone," said Cameron Laws, the Marketing Director with Artsplosure. "If you want rock and roll music, we've got it, if you just want traditional classical music we've got that too, you can get a taste of everything."
"It's a New Year's tradition," Raleigh resident Travis Bradshaw said. "I do it every year. I'm looking forward to it."
Artsplosure's First Night Raleigh features fireworks, rides, food, art, live music, and - the highlight - when the Raleigh Acorn is lowered to ring in the New Year.
Dollar explained they've added a DIY festival this year to keep with the popular do-it-yourself trend. And there's symbolism behind it too.
"Folks can learn to weave, they can learn to play the ukulele," Dollar said. "They can learn to throw a pot. They can learn to do something new for the New Year. We've also added things like yoga classes, we've added things like mindfulness training, just to try to help people move into the New Year."
And with so many people converging onto downtown, Dollar said security will be tight with dozens of private security guards in addition to Raleigh Police officers.
"We've taken every precaution and the Raleigh Police Department is out in full force," she said. "They are on it. They have a safety plan in place. We have own security staff in place and our own volunteers in place. So folks should feel really safe in downtown."
Katie Fisher said she feels secure with the security measures in place and plans on attending.
"I know that normally when they have different events down here there's a lot of security out here," Fisher said.
You need to purchase a wrist band to attend First Night Raleigh. The cost is $10.
Also new this year is a free app you can download to plan your night before you even arrive.
"You can pre-plan your night. You can check out all the different performances and activities and you can actually organize them alphabetically, by category or by time so you can really get the most out of first night Raleigh because there is so much to see," said Laws.
And if you don't want to drive you can park and ride with GoRaleigh buses. The service starts at 5 p.m. and it will run from NC State park-and-ride lot at Oval Drive and Initiative Way and from North Raleigh's Triangle Town Mall. That location is new this year. Buses run every 30 minutes or less and will drop people off at Morgan and Wilminton streets downtown. The service runs until 1 a.m.


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"Her walk is so mean" is from which song?
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B. Drag Me Down
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Do you like to travel? Here's the deal: Kindamuzik takes you on a trip into the large musical landscape of Belgium, only to find Reiziger as one of the most active travellers themselves. Stunned by their musical capacities on one side and lack of fame on the other, we decided to pack our bags for some serious travelling.
Tekst: Bas Ickenroth
Publicatiedatum: 08 mei 2001
Well, Geert, introduce Reiziger to the big ignorant world!
"Actually, Reiziger started when Kosjer D split up, some five years ago. Kristien (the bass player) and I were in Kosjer D and, after doing nothing for six months, we were hungry for the stage again. So we formed Reiziger, for fun in the beginning, but things started to get more serious very soon. In the following months, we already had enough material to start recording (which resulted in the EP 'Don't Bind My Hands'). Because of the success of Kosjer D we already had some connections outside of Belgium, to do some gigs there. A European tour followed, which was actually quite a challenge, because what we did with Reiziger was much more quiet than Kosjer D. Kosjer D was heavily influenced by the DC hardcore scene, things like Fugazi. Those influences can also be found in Reiziger, but that slowly evolved into a more quiet and sophisticated style we play on our new record 'My Favourite Everything'. It took us five years to get our own, original sound; in the beginning they compared us a lot with bands like Karate and the Vanpelt. In the meantime, this is our sixth record, if you include the singles and EPs. Now we get a lot more attention and airplay than before, maybe because we're on a new label, Sticksister (a division of Stickman). We are very glad we made this step to another label, but we wanted to make sure we had the same security and independence as on our former label, Genet Records. In comparison with them, Sticksister has a lot more things to offer and bigger distribution, and they are also more professional, but they still have that independent, do-it-yourself attitude."
You've been touring for a couple of weeks now. How is it going so far?
"Very interesting, I would say. This is our fourth or fifth tour, and every time you can look back on the last time, and we saw that there were many more people attending our gigs in France and Germany, and that, of course, gives us a good feeling. We also went to places we hadn't gone before, like Switzerland, where it was very difficult to make a lasting impression. But we still played a good show there, and they invited us to play at a big noise festival this Summer over there. So it's a good tour, and it's good to see that Reiziger gets a bigger role in the music world."
Tonight will be the first time I see you on stage, what can I expect?
" Our strongest points are, in my opinion, to create tension and atmosphere, and to play very energetically and dynamically. We try to make the audience the fifth band member, and sometimes we succeed very well in doing so. If we found that connection with the audience, it surely gives a damn great feeling! I think that the above is our strongest point, although it could go differently this evening in Zaal Belgie: The audience is much older than usual, and the atmosphere is more arty, you know. Actually, that could be rather good when I think about it. The arty atmosphere is fascinating too, for instance, for quite some time we have this idea of making a soundtrack for some kind of movie or something. We think that can be a good follow up to the things we do now. We already often work with creating those tension-driven atmospheres, so making a soundtrack for some sort of documentary sounds very fascinating to us."
You've just released 'My Favourite Everything'. What are the reactions so far?
"We receive rather good reviews in the Belgian and German press, and of course that is very flattering. We got four out of five stars in 'De Morgen' (THE newspaper covering the music culture in Belgium.), and that is absolutely great. I expected a little more airplay on the Belgian radio. Not that it is absolutely necessary, but from the leading alternative radio station in your own country, one could expect a little more acknowledgment. But hey, the record just came out, it's still very fresh, and who knows there will be some kind of buzz around it after all. You just want for everyone to hear your music, it's that simple. But as a whole, this record has given us the greatest response in all these years, absolutely."
You've played with acts as Karate and Blonde Redhead. Are you influenced by that kind of American underground music?
"Yes, absolutely, that's undeniable. If you dig deeper in our past, you inevitably end up in the 80s: Sonic Youth, Pixies, Wire, Joy Division. But maybe those acts are not the first bands that come to mind when listening to us. Other big influences are Slint, the whole DC hardcore scene, and everything that is released on the Dischord label, like Fugazi. The attitude from Dischord we definitely share, just like the do-it-yourself and hardcore feeling. Although we don't sound hardcore at all. Furthermore every individual band member has his and her own favourites, so it's a blend of many things. There isn't one band specifically, and we're glad we've let go a bit of our favourites."
Sometimes you are labelled as a, emocore band. What do you think of that?
"I understand that journalists have to have some kind of a reference to give to the people. But we always get the same reaction: We're being labelled as emocore, but the same journalists also say "but you aren't really emocore." We may have some similarities with emocore, but it isn't more than that."
What I'm trying to say is, nowadays there is some sort of hype happening with emocore, with At The Drive-In and the rediscovery of Fugazi and such. Do you get the feeling this could help you along too?
"Not necessarily, not if we can help it. Often they ask us to label ourselves, and most of the time we say we make some sort of postcore. We originated from the hardcore, and now we evolved into a post-hardcore band. The music still often gets emotional and tense, and those things are very important to us - maybe even our strongest points - but I don't feel comfortable with the emocore label. With that I think of something completely different."
How the hell did you get on the Sticksister label? Quite a famous label, with names like Motorpsycho and Fireside.
"Actually, we didn't give it that much thought when we received the email with the message "We want to sign you!" They asked us before to come on their label. Last year we were looking for another label, and when we saw Motorpsycho at the Pukkelpop festival giving a frightingly good performance, we thought of Stickman and their independent way of working, so we decided to send them our new demo. And it was right in the bullseye!"
Did your music have to be approved by Motorpsycho themselves as well?
"They indeed have what they call the Motorpsycho-police: Everything they sign first has to get the 'approval' stamp by Motorpsycho themselves. They gave us the choice of signing to Stickman or Sticksister, and we wanted to try Stickman. So, the music was sent to Trondheim in Norway, and every member has to give his individual fiat for making it an actual Stickman release. Their reactions were mostly positive, but according to their drummer our sound didn't really fit in the more psychedelic direction Stickman is heading. So, the thing they do after this: Bands that are good but don't fit on Stickman are signed for Sticksister. We like this approach, we don't mind at all being on a so-called sublabel. The distribution and promotional back-up is the very same as for Stickman, and we think it's a great honour to be on this label."
Is your way working in the studio much different from your live performances?
"Of course! Yes, actually, there is a big difference. The studio approach tends to get rather technical, and the stage of course is a more physical way of working. But, in comparison with other bands, Reiziger still works very naturally: We record as much as possible without overdubs, without much tech-stuff, and we record our songs playing live in the studio. Well, actually, there isn't that much difference between the two things (laughs)! But we are a real live band, we rather play live than in the studio. And the things we put on record, we want to recreate them on the stage as much as possible."
Are you booked for the bigger Summer festivals yet?
"Yes, a couple, but I'm not allowed to say any names. There's the big noise festival in Switzerland, which was the result of that show we did for an audience of 20 people. In the past we played the Pukkelpop festival twice. I can't say if we'll play there a third time, but I'll keep you informed (laughs)."
Looking forward to it! Last question: How the hell did you get that band name?
"You don't know that, as a Dutchie?"
Well, no...
"We're named after Michael Reiziger, your soccer player! So, Reiziger is not used in the way of travelling ("reizen" means to travel in Dutch - Ed.), but after that soccer player. Not that we are that soccer-minded, but he is something else alright, in between the Patrick Kluiverts and Edgar Davids of your team. We don't know how he is as a person in daily life, but he looks much more timid and modest, some sort of grey mouse inside your orange team (laughs)! Those others like Kluivert seem to be much more arrogant than Michael Reiziger with his "why me?" expression on his face. According to us, he is the complete opposite pole of the things that are happening before him in the team. And I think that Reiziger the band also is like that in the musical landscape from Belgium. We are also quite modest in between dEUS and the music scene in Antwerp. But still, we work hard, and just like Michael Reiziger we've already played in Barcelona (laughs)!"
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Posted in agnoticism, Atheism, Atheist, belief, Bible, culture, faith, freethought, Hebrew scripture, prehistory, random, religion, thoughts with tags Abram/Abraham, ancient astronomy influence, Ararat, Bible background, cabala, Hebrew scriptures, prehistory knowledge, scriptural history on February 1, 2011 by chouck017894
Long before the Hebrew scriptures were crafted in 7th century BCE Jerusalem, the nomadic Hebrew tribes were clearly influenced by older cultures they touched upon during their wanderings across the ancient Near East. In their extended wanderings, often across barren regions, the creative powers that other cultures personified as gods were more easily comprehended by them as a singularly harsh deity that was grudgingly supportive. Not surprisingly, tribal leaders found it politically convenient to insinuate that they embodied some supernatural connection to that power, and the concept of a priest-like go-between was the accepted custom.
Centuries later when the nomadic Hebrew tribes had wandered with their herds into the more agricultural region of Canaan, the rank of priest was virtually one and the same as tribal leader. Even in the more advanced cultures that the Hebrew tribes touched upon—cultures such as Egypt, Babylonia and Assyria—were commonly presided over by priest-kings. The more prosperous Hebrew tribes that had settled in the northern regions developed into the kingdom of Israel as the southern secondary Hebrew tribes tended their flocks and herds in the more rugged hill country. But the northern kingdom of Israel fell to Assyrian invasion, and the priests in the little 7th century BCE village of Jerusalem, fearing a similar fate, threw their lot in with the young tribal leader Josiah who dreamed of bringing the scattered tribes of the south into a cohesive society. To aid and abet Josiah in this ambition, the priests of Yahweh embarked upon a propaganda program to not only inspire allegiance of the people but to intimidate any neighboring cultures that entertained any ideas of taking control of the territory of Judah.
In the process of composing a "history" for their tribal region and the cult of Yahweh, the priests drew upon two teaching devices that they had collected (but little understood) in their wanderings and which were regarded as ancient even then. One was astronomy-inspired teachings of Sumerian origin that once used groups of stars (constellations) to illustrate lessons of creation and cosmology. These astronomy-based educational props were referred to as "logi." The second device drawn upon was a text known as Ha-Qabala —a set of guide lines better known today as the Cabala or Kabala. This is commonly, but erroneously, said to be an occult mystical philosophy of rabbinical origin, which became widely transmitted in medieval Europe. But the analytical eminence upon which the Ha-Qabala later became interpreted in that medieval timeframe pre-dated any esoteric rabbinical interpretation of the Hebrew scripture.
There is a claim among Cabalists, undoubtedly with much justification, that a kind of religious metaphysics was taught by word of mouth among some of the Tannaim—i.e. the earliest theology-shapers of Judaism. Certainly oral instruction preceded the invention of writing. Not generally known among Bible scholars is that the opening book of the Bible, Genesis, was originally presented in cabalistic script. The key to cabalistic script lies in understanding the code that was used, which involved the use of graphs derived from twenty-two proper names and which correspond to numbers, symbols and ideas. The difficulty in translating from this original code was formidable, for the cabalistic presentation of twenty-two proper names did not simply designate identifiable things: the names were regarded as being the things themselves! This is difficult for most of us to comprehend who are trained in the A-B-C approach to teaching. We do not use words that have an ontological link with the essence of the object that the words specify. That is to say, the words that we use do not emanate from the objects that are designated. An example is the opening line of Genesis; in the schemata of the cabalistic Genesis the words are: Bereschyt Bara Elohim. From this the Yahweh priests interpreted "In the beginning God…"
Ancient Cabalistic insight was not concerned with any specific persons, nor was it concerned about the history of any group of persons. Neither did that insight embrace the notion of a humanlike discriminatory god. The Cabalistic texts from which the priests worked was encoded with names such as Aleph, Bayt, Ghimel, etc., and these pertained to projections of biologically structured energies at various stages of manifestation. In other words, the Creation process. The ontological connection with names taken from the Ha-Qabala reveals a startlingly different understanding of Creation than the Yahweh priests interpreted it. The subject is too vast to be adequately covered here, but consider these few names from the Ha-Qabala texts as examples of how priestly translations perverted the scientific significance of the complicated texts.
Moses: The Cabalistic name from which the star of the Exodus tale was derived is traced to Mosheh, properly spelled Mem-Sheen-Hay. The Mem part of the name refers to water—the waters (energies) of Creation. This was altered in priest translation to mo, the Egyptian word for water, which strengthened the association of the character to that earthly locale. The kingdom of Egypt in the Exodus saga symbolizes the power and abundance that is the generative source of Creation. The Sheen part of the name means "breath," and implies the stirrings of life which emanate from those primal energies. The Hay part of the name referred to the activation of life. The biblical character of Moses therefore personifies the Life Principle in its movement through the elemental energy dimensions to manifest as matter form. The energy involvement as matter is thus presented as the destined "Promised Land."
Abram/Abraham: To understand the Cabalistic meaning with these two adjusted names, we have to first look at the ram part of the name. The ram component carries the crucial meaning of "Cosmic Dwelling"—or what may be interpreted as the non-manifesting conditions out of which all diverse energy forms of matter are projected. Thus Ab-ram (or Av-ram) indicated the stage of primal energy development out of ram, so Abram represents the Life Principle at the level of cosmic action.
For this reason the priests of Yahweh declared Ab-ram to be the seed bearer—the biological regeneration factor that is carried into manifestations of life. These energies evolve and transform as matter forms of life, and this transformation was indicated in scripture with the character's name being changed from Ab-ram to Abraham. It is at this point that the four skins of matter are initiated (mental, astral, etheric and dense energies). In the priest contrived "history," Abraham is then characterized as a fervent, unquestioning believer in Yahweh. The Ha-Qabala, however, stated only that the manifested life form recognized its energy alliance with the Life Principle. This is what is declared by the priests of Yahweh to be God's covenant with Abraham. But to advance beyond the imperfect stage of dense matter development, the four energy dimensions from which a matter form is made manifest (the four skins of matter) must be transcended (cut around), and it is from this Cabalistic teaching that the practice of circumcision was instituted as a condition of Jewish faith.
Ararat: The mountain upon which the scriptural character of Noah is alleged to have landed after the Deluge is given as Ararat, a name derived from a Cabalistic name that vibrates in meaning as "new cycle." Noah is depicted as riding upon the waters of Creation into a new cycle of energy involvement that is represented as having taken place over forty days. This disguises the involvement with, and passage through the four elemental energy planes that manifest as matter—identical with the four energy planes mentioned with Abram-Abraham. Thus in scriptural myth Noah's ark was launched upon Creation's waters to navigate out of timelessness to become grounded upon the peak of matter where a new energy cycle is begun. The scriptural version then asserts that Noah planted a grape-vine, made wine (of life), and became drunk (intoxicated with life) all in the same day after he landed!
These few examples of the prehistory astronomy knowledge and the Cabalistic source material used to manufacture a "history" of ancestors of the Judaic faith system provide reason for Jews, Christians and Muslims to reevaluate their "holy words;" and maybe reconsider their contentious relationship to each other.
Priest-Style History
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After the little kingdom of Israel fell to Assyria, c. 722 BCE, the more rugged central hill country of Judah south of Israel experienced an influx of refugees and the modest village of Jerusalem burst forth in sudden expansion c. 720-718 BCE. Until this time Jerusalem had covered no more than ten-and-a-half acres, but it quickly expanded outward from its narrow ridge site to engulf the entire western hill and envelop one hundred and fifty acres with closely packed residences, workshops, businesses and public buildings.
In this timeframe Jerusalem was not yet regarded as a "holy city"—except, perhaps, by the priests of Yahweh who had long dreamed of making their temple in Jerusalem the center of political spirituality. The common understanding has long been nourished that Jerusalem and the region around it was always devoted to belief in one god and one god only. In truth there was a widespread diversity of worship practices throughout Judah, and there was a widespread mixing of other gods with that of Yahweh in the Jerusalem Temple. Archaeology finds have shown conclusively that the claimed golden age of tribal and Davidic fidelity to Yahweh was not a historic reality. Indeed, cults of various gods and goddesses were prevalent throughout Judah. So diverse were the customs of the people that some of them regarded the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah as the consort of YHWH. This, of course, was deemed blasphemous by the priests of Yahweh.
Scriptural accounts of coexisting kingdoms of Israel and Judah (as noted in the previous post Scriptures' Contrived History, June 16) is priestly fabrication, for Judah developed extensively only after Israel's fall to Assyria. The priest account of defensive forts said to have been erected by Solomon's son Rehoboam were actually erected 200 years later than the implied c. 931-914 BCE date as II Chronicles 11:5-12 would have us believe. The same is true of the palaces and gates that Solomon is claimed to have commissioned.
The political minded priests in Jerusalem recognized that they had to blend the popular Creation myths known in Israel with their own myths if they were to lure the refugees into becoming part of the "chosen people" of Yahweh. Thus chapters one and two of Genesis present noticeable differences in Creation sequences, as well as the different versions that Adam and Eve allegedly played in the Creator's scheme of things. The two accounts are mismatched enough that Bible scholars refer to them as the "J" and "E" versions. The "J" version was written by priests in Judah whose God was addressed as Yahweh: the version that was known in Israel is referred to as the "E" account because the authors of that tale referred to the Creator as Elohim.
It should be noted that the "J" version of Genesis does not exactly make it clear as to whether or not Yahweh was the sole creator of heaven and earth and Man. In trying to bond the two accounts the authors of the revision suddenly have God muse aloud, "Let us create man in our image…" (Genesis 1:26). But in the second chapter it says, "God (again singular) formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life…" (Genesis 2:7). The political reason for this description of man being fashioned from dust was to block any idea that man might share some divine attributes of the Creator as other cultures believed. The "J" authors were determined to bind the act of Creation to ordinary time, which allowed themselves the liberty to compose a "history" in which those who believed in Yahweh could be presented with the status of having been "chosen." And with the characters of Moses and Abram/Abraham there was set in place the means by which they could claim the special destiny of owning the land of Canaan.
For the fundamentalists who assert that every word in scriptures is to be taken as God-sent, it might be wise to note that the uncertainty that is revealed in the two patched together Creation myths is reason to pause for reassessment. That the scriptures were written with political intent, not spiritual enlightenment, is only faintly disguised somewhat later (in II Kings) with the priestly assessment of Manasseh who came to the throne of Judah at age 12, c. 692 BCE, after his father, Hezekiah, revolted against Assyria and was defeated (even though priests assured him that God approved his policy of religious purification). It was up the Manasseh to pick up the pieces and try to restore Judah to an operational kingdom. His subjects were primarily country folks and few of them had ever embraced Yahweh as the one-and-only God that the priests demanded. As a result, religious pluralism returned. The priest authors in Jerusalem were a spiteful group, and in their writings expressed only denunciatory outrage at Manasseh for letting this happen. True to the revisionist style of history making, we find Manasseh being presented by the priest authors as the most sinful monarch that the kingdom Judah ever had (II Kings 21: 1-18).
Archaeological evidence reveals that Manasseh was nothing of the sort. Under Manasseh the kingdom of Judah was revived and prospered. For the sake of the kingdom and the people Manasseh became a vassal of Assyria—and went on to reign for fifty-five years—the longest, most prosperous and most peaceful reign of any Israelite or Judean king. The population grew and the nation flourished under his policies. But the priests continued to fume with jealousy over the blessings enjoyed under his rule—all of which occurred without the benefit of priestly intercession with Yahweh.
Fundamentalists, take note: The settlements and cities that were established during Manasseh's reign survived and thrived after his death. Indeed, it was only after the priests had again finagled themselves into political influence that Judah fell c. 587 BCE.
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We think we have the answers, but we need to be asking a lot more questions.
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Courage & Love
Some Inspiring Words of Swami Vivekananda.
Sri Aurobindo on Bhagawan Sri Ramakrishna and Swami Vivekananda
"What was the message that radiated from the personality of Bhagawan Ramkrishna Paramhansa? What
was it that formed the kernel of the eloquence with which the lionlike heart of Vivekananda sought to shake the world? It is this that in every one of these three hundred millions of men from the Raja on his throne to the coolie at his labour, from the Brahmin absorbed in his sandhya to the Pariah walking shunned of men, GOD LIVETH. We are all gods and creators, because the energy of God is within us and all life is creation; not only the making of new forms is creation, but preservation is creation, destruction itself is creation. It rests with us what we shall create; for we are not, unless we choose, puppets dominated by Fate and Maya: we are facets and manifestations of Almighty Power." (CWSA 6: 84)
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Modern civilisation has cast its pall of shadows and mists on all fields of human thinking and endeavour. However, its utter superficiality and emptiness is dawning on the more perceptive amongst men. The penetrating insights and inspiring words of Swami Vivekananda help to dispel the mists and lead towards an understanding of the true spiritual basis for human life and work. Bhakti, Jnana and Karma intermingle in his personality to infuse his utterances with a singular dynamism. Swami Vivekananda's unequivocal views on the place of spirituality in human life in general and in Indian culture and her future particularly; on the distortion of Indian history by the Euro-central world view and the consequent debased self-image held by Indians, are some of the things that make his words a continuing source of clarity and inspiration. His ringing words of vigour call across the years just as strongly today as they did when he spoke them at a time when, it might be justifiably asserted, they were the single most important impetus for India's freedom struggle from the British and the incomplete attempt to bring her culture back to its unique trajectory.
This selection from the Collected Works of Swami Vivekananda of some of his most inspiring words brings his message into sharp focus. His burning words of love and courage have a special relevance to the youth of today and we hope they can bring to today's lost generation a sense of true direction and purpose to complete the work of realignment with India's destiny.
Our homage at the feet of the true son of India and lover of God!
साहस और प्रेम
The Essential Gita
भजन मंजरी – भाग २
भारत एवं उसकी संस्कृति की महानता वैदिक युग (VEDIC YUG)
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America's youth sports culture is sick. But the conventional diagnosis of the illness has it backward: The problem isn't that we take youth sports too seriously. It's that we don't take them seriously enough. As a result, we're producing bad citizens and bad athletes.
From my limited experience as a middle school basketball and JV soccer coach--and my much larger though less mature experience in playing sports*--this rings true. The kids who tend to cause the most problems and create the most tension are actually the kids who take it the least seriously. The ones who are serious tend not to mess around with trash talk and shoving. Those who are not serious, on the other hand, do not mind disrupting the game.
*My tentative count has me playing thirty-seven seasons of organized sports between age 4 and high school graduation (twelve seasons of soccer, nine seasons of basketball, eight seasons of baseball, six seasons of swimming, and two seasons of flag-football).
Mahler notes that "Europe's soccer academies... are serious and demanding, but the kids are still having fun. There is pleasure in playing the game right, in learning to look for a pass or move into open space." Again, drawing on my experience as a player and coach, I believe that kid have more fun playing well the game well rather than messing around. The problem is that at the age I coach--twelve-to-sixteen years old--most kids would rather mess around, because playing well requires hard work.
And I think, to make a vastly generalizing and get-off-my-lawn statement, America as a whole has given over to the idea that kids should almost always be able to do what they want rather than what's good for them--perhaps because most Americans no longer buy into the idea that anyone should have the authority to tell another human being what's good for them.
I gave this as a faculty devotion. In some ways it's a continuation of my earlier two posts on "Teaching History, Confronting Suffering." In other ways, perhaps, it's a response to those posts.
I'm going to start with a passage from The Historian's Craft, a classic by the French historian Marc Bloch. The book is famously unfinished—unfinished because, in the midst of its composition, its author, who was a member of the French Resistance, was tortured and executed by the Gestapo.
Indeed, the Christian faith rests wholly upon the historical reality of Christ crucified and Christ risen again. As St. Paul writes, "...if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied."
It matters, in other words, that Christ was actually—historically, physically—resurrected. For if he only served as a good example and the resurrection is only spiritual and non-corporeal, Paul indicated, we're a bunch of fools who deserve pity. It's the story of Christ's resurrection that lends our faith the weight of reality.
The four gospels tell—and between the four of them, retell—story after story after story. The Old Testament is filled with books of history—and the books that aren't historical, strictly speaking, are stuffed with stories too. I could go on and on.
I have spent a good while thinking about what it means to be a people of history—a storied people. I am thinking about this as a Christian first and foremost, but also secondarily as a historian, and now as a teacher of American history at a Christian school.
And I have to admit that I am extraordinarily cautious about the uses to which I put history.


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Gap between public and private property valuations must be reduced, says finance minister
Samantha Ho
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April 30, 2019 12:12 pm +08
PUTRAJAYA (April 30): The difference in property values derived by the public and private sectors must be reduced, according to Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.
Speaking at the launch of the National Property Information Centre's (NAPIC) 2018 Property Market Report today, he said that recent arguments against using the comparison method and opting for the cost valuation method instead need to be discussed among stakeholders before a final decision can be made.
"I believe if there are clear SOPs (standard operating procedures), then the gap in property prices will not be so wide," he said in his speech.
Guan Eng also noted that private sector valuers were serving their customers.
Meanwhile, NAPIC director Md Badrul Hisham Awang said the cost approach to valuation could be practical in valuing affordable housing, although this would require transparency on costing by developers of such homes.
"In this case, there is a need for government intervention and a strong policy," he said, referring to the push for developers to reveal their costs.
However, he noted that a cost approach is the last resort in valuing properties as cost is not equivalent to value.
"As a government valued (method), we adhere to standards. We share the same standards and principles as the private sector, but a difference in opinion," Md Badrul said.
He added that NAPIC occasionally meets with their counterparts in the private sector to discuss the differences in property valuations.


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UTEP picks up first conference win over LA Tech
by: UTEP Athletics
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The UTEP Volleyball team (8-10, 1-4) swept LA Tech (11-8, 1-4) in three sets (25-16, 25-18, 25-20), 3-0, on Sunday afternoon at Memorial Gym.
EFFICIENCY, EFFICIENCY, EFFICIENCY! Picked up our first conference dub and hit .381 as a team 🔥 🤩
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— UTEP Volleyball (@UTEP_VB) October 13, 2019
The Miners were a force on the offensive end, hitting a red-hot .381 hitting percentage as a team. UTEP out dug the Lady Techsters 45-33, and posted five more blocks than LA Tech.
The Orange and Blue saw incredibly efficient days from Cheyenne Jones, Serena Patterson and Anamarija Mikovic. Jones led the way with 14 kills on a .545 hitting clip. Patterson wasn't far behind with 13 kills and a .550 hitting percentage. Mikovic came in with 11 kills, and hit .320.
Syenna Masaki produced a career-high 30 assists to help set up the offensive performance of the Miners. Kenidy Howard was a force at the net with a team-high six blocks, and Alex Torres locked in 14 digs as the libero.
UTEP cruised to victory in the first two sets, and in the first frame LA Tech only held the lead for two points. In the second game, UTEP produced a wire-to-wire victory.
The third set was in jeopardy for the Orange and Blue, with the Lady Techsters jumping out to a 15-9 lead. However, UTEP would string together eight straight points, regaining the lead and the momentum. The Miner would outscore LA Tech 16-5 to close out the match.
Wallis's Thoughts
"First and foremost Jessica Landeros, a freshman from El Paso, who hasn't played in a match this year helped stabilize us. You can't really tell in the box score, but she was solid. She gave us another pin player that does the right thing, slows the ball down and gave us another opportunity to side out in different ways. We passed it well and were really efficient offensively. It was nice to see us get back to aggressively attacking it. We have been working on something new with our middles, and we aren't very good at it yet, but we are trying to grow and be different. Sometimes when you experiment with lineups and change the pieces a lot you can look like a hot mess like we did on Friday. Eventually at some point they start to understand we can be a chameleon, and we can do different things. Our lefts were very efficient today, Ana (Mikovic) and S.P. (Serena Patterson), but really everybody was efficient. It was nice to see Cheyenne (Jones) get back up there and just start being aggressive and attacking it. We were much better defensively than we have been. We also got behind the service line and served it the way we are capable of, which is tough and efficient and attacking. All five phases we played very well today. I am very proud of them, coming off of a heartbreaking loss on Friday where we didn't play well at all."
The Miners will play at FIU on Friday, October 18 at 5 p.m. MT.
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EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - The UTEP women's basketball team will look to improve to 4-1 in Conference USA play when they host UTSA at the Don Haskins Center on Saturday. Tip-off is scheduled for 1 p.m. MT.
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Miners mount 24-point comeback win over UTSA
EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) - For the UTEP fans who stuck around at the Don Haskins Center on Wednesday night, they witnessed history. The Miners erasing a 24-point deficit to comeback and beat UTSA, 80-77 in overtime. It is the largest comeback win in program history.
"I've been coaching Division I for 23 years and as a head coach, it's probably the best comeback I've ever been a part of," "I told them it's one of the biggest comeback wins I've been a part of and it shows character and grit."
UTEP to host UTSA, nation's second-leading Scorer on Wednesday night
by Colin Deaver / Jan 14, 2020
EL PASO – After coming off a tough loss to LA Tech, the UTEP men's basketball team will be put to the test when it hosts upstart UTSA on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Tipoff is set for 7 p.m. in the Haskins Center.
Miners (10-7, 1-3 Conference USA) lost their first home game on Jan. 11, and are 2-6 in their last eight contests. The Roadrunners (8-9, 2-2 C-USA), after an 0-5 start, are 8-4 in their last 12 games.


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