Garden-guru Monty Don follows in the footsteps of gardening greats Percy Thrower, Geoff Hamilton and Alan Titchmarsh, as the main presenter of Gardeners' World.
Monty has a two-acre garden in Herefordshire, where he lives with his wife Sarah and their three children. He has also recently bought a farm in wales. He particularly loves his spring garden, which is filled with flowers from February to late May. He says When everything else is grey and miserable, it's full of hope.
It's difficult for him to name his favourite plant because he has so many. Slugs are his biggest gardening heartache, and he admits that he's hopeless with houseplants.
A perfect gardening day for Monty would be in late spring. He'd get up at about 5.30am and take photos of the garden in the morning light. The work would involve either making a new piece of garden - digging out new beds and replanting - or tidying up an existing part of the garden. Half of the day would be spent in the vegetable patch and the rest of his time would involve sowing seeds, definitely some planting, pruning, some heavy work and at least one meal, if not two, eaten outside. In the background he'd like to listen to a good play and a comedy on BBC Radio 4, without too many noisy aeroplanes overhead.
Monty's TV work includes five years of This Morning (Granada), and Real Gardens, Fork to Fork, Lost Gardens and Don Roaming (all Channel 4) as well as Gardeners' World.
His books include The Prickotty Bush, The Weekend Gardener, The Sensuous Garden, Gardening Mad, Urban Jungle, Fork to Fork and The Jewel Garden.
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November ushers in a bounty of celebrations with friends and family as well as sharing and enjoying food from each other's tables.
With a desire to create a new seasonal dish to share, I concocted a recipe using sweet dumpling squash. The orange-maple flavor compliments the mild taste of the sweet dumpling and makes this recipe a delicious side dish.
1) Cut the sweet dumpling squash in half. Scoop out the seeds and stringy membrane. Place the sliced squash in an oiled pan. Add four tbsp. of water.
2) Bake squash for 45 minutes at 375. Squash should be soft and almost cooked through. Remove from oven.
3) After the squash cools, peel off the skin with a sharp knife and cut into ¾ in. cubes.
4) In a sauce pan, add all the ingredients except the orange zest and 1/4 cup of the coconut milk. Cover the pan and cook on medium heat for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
5) Remove from heat and add the orange zest. (The orange flavor is predominate in this dish so you may want to reserve a 1/2 tsp. of the zest use to adjust to your taste).
6) You can stop here if you like and serve the squash chunky style or add all the ingredients to a blender along with the remaining ¼ cup coconut milk and puree until smooth.
Transfer to a serving dish. If desired add additional maple syrup to taste. Garnish with a dollop of sour cream or toasted pecans.
Winter Squash is a good source of vitamin A, Vitamin C, magnesium and potassium.
I have a lovely lady in my life who never fails to say how much she loves me and how much I mean to her.
My mother-in-law is a spunky woman with a sweet disposition and enthusiastic joy for life. She celebrated her 95th birthday this month!
Shirley is still as sharp as they come. She is taking classes at Saddleback College and she stays fit doing group fitness classes with her 100 year old friend! If you asked her what her secret is to her longevity and quality of life, she will tell you, "it's LOVE." My mother-in-law has a huge heart for people. With a fun loving spirit, she regularly walks up to strangers and engages them in conversation.
My daughter, Lindsay, shares a special bond with her Nana.
Mom frequently tells me how blessed she feels to have wonderful friends and family in her life. I am equally blessed to have such a terrific mother-in-law.
I am very grateful for this amazing woman and the beautiful family and extended family she created!
From my heart to yours, happy Thanksgiving and blessings to you all.


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'My time in the WBBL defines me and my game'
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Finch-Marsh heroics go in vain as Hurricanes make their way into playoffs
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Big-hitting Veda Krishnamurthy opens up about the doubts and difficulties she faced in Australia, and what she has learned from them
Annesha Ghosh17-Mar-2018
Krishnamurthy made two half-centuries in eight matches on the recent tour of South Africa ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Veda Krishnamurthy's Instagram bio reads: "Cricketer. Movie freak." And though she hasn't watched any of the Rocky films, her career has followed the franchise's theme: "It ain't about how hard ya hit. It's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward."
"I was thinking about this earlier today," says the 25-year-old Krishnamurthy via video call from Delhi, where she was visiting her friends, Karnataka team-mate Akanksha Kohli, former India allrounder Reema Malhotra, and current India team-mate Mona Meshram.
"Autobiography mein masala daalne ke liye abhi time baaki hai [There's still time for me to add some spice to my autobiography], but, really, I have gone through a great deal [of ups and downs] in my career already."
Between her 45-ball 70 that knocked out New Zealand from the 2017 World Cup, and a series-winning tour of South Africa last month, where she struck two consecutive ODI half-centuries and an unbeaten 37 in a T20I, came a phase where cricket threw more punches at her than she could defend against.
The implosion in the World Cup final has been "a learning", Krishnamurthy says, and the ghost of the defeat was buried at Lord's that very evening. It was five months later, in Australia, that she faced a "much bigger challenge". Her maiden Women's Big Bash League stint, which came about thanks to a chat with former Australia allrounder Lisa Sthalekar on the sidelines of the early World Cup matches, veered from the script she had conceived in her head. Yet she considers herself "lucky" to have been able to experience it.
"If I am put in a difficult situation now, I'll be better off to handle it than ever before. And it's largely because of the changes the WBBL has brought in me.
"My time in Australia has taught me a lot. It now defines me and my game. Right now if I can think of myself as someone who knows what she is doing, a major part of it is because of the WBBL."
Her underwhelming WBBL campaign - 144 runs at an average of 18 and one wicket from five expensive overs of part-time legspin - was mirrored by her franchise Hobart Hurricanes' last-place finish. In her last game she made a 35-ball 40, her top score in the tournament, in Hurricanes' first win of the season.
"I had to keep telling myself, 'Okay, this game you will do well.' And then, when it would turn out to be another bad performance, it got really difficult for me mentally. After every defeat, it got even more difficult"
The difficulties she faced, she believes, will shape her approach during the "challenging" home season ahead - against Australia and England - as they did in South Africa.
"To be away for two months, play only on the weekends, and just train on the rest of the days, you have more than half the day to yourself. That gave me enough time to think about myself, my game, and what I want to do in the future. You cannot teach someone any lesson about life or their game unless they go through the experience. That way, WBBL was a turning point in my life.
"In South Africa, I walked in to bat in two different situations in the second and the third one-dayers. [I] had to go and score quickly in one instance [51 not out off 33 balls], and counter the early wickets in the next [56 off 64 balls]."
The WBBL experience included dealing with the pressure of repeated failures as an international star.
"Somewhere I feel I put a lot of pressure on myself - like, being an international, you have to play vital knocks, you have to win matches, get the team out of these losses. I had to keep telling myself, 'Okay, this game you will do well.' And then, when it would turn out to be another bad performance, it got really difficult for me mentally. After every defeat, it got even more difficult to have the same kind of energy and take the field.
"What I realised is, when you play a team sport, no matter how much you tell yourself, 'You need to perform and keep the team going', no matter how much you try at the individual level, you can only do that much because the entire team needs to click."
Krishnamurthy also found help and comfort in long video calls to her family and friends - especially the ones she could call even at three in the morning: Kohli, Malhotra and Meshram.
"I have never spoken to my friends or family before as much as I have done while being in Australia for WBBL," she says with a laugh. "I'm lucky to have them, for I know if I need them, say, in Bangalore, at any hour, they'll board the first flight to the city."
Krishnamurthy's struggle for form in the WBBL gave her a new perspective on the game and life outside it Getty Images
She also stayed in touch with Tushar Arothe, India's head coach; Biju George, the fielding coach; and a team-mate who knew exactly what she was going through - opener Smriti Mandhana, who had managed only 89 runs from 12 WBBL games for Brisbane Heat last season.
"I spoke to Smriti while she was playing the Challenger Trophy in India [in February]. I would pull her leg for not playing the Big Bash [this season], while she'd have a laugh at the expense of my struggling to find form."
Krishnamurthy also exudes gratitude towards her Hurricanes team-mates, who made her "feel at home from day one", hanging out and planning dinners together. "Hayley [Matthews] and I would travel together to the ground. I got along really well with her and Lauren [Winfield], Corinne Hall and Nicola Hancock. The five of us would sit together often and talk about what to do with the team. Those interactions helped me realise I was not being myself earlier.
"But that comfort of falling back on a familiar face," she adds as an afterthought, "to be able to share your concerns with them - that was missing. It was really difficult for me to fit myself in during the first half of the tournament, or understand what was happening around me. Probably that was one of the reasons why it took me a while to settle in the mix."
For someone who strives to be self-reliant, it is hard to overlook the succour Krishnamurthy derives out of merely talking about her family, or the confidence she finds in the emotional security they provide.
"My father keeps reminding me of one thing all the time: 'You play cricket because you want to. The day you feel like quitting, you're welcome to do so. You don't have to think about money, job - know your dad is always behind you.' So even if I don't succeed, or go through a period of struggle, I still have my family who are going to accept me for who I am. It gives me a cushion to be fearless, to express myself, and that reflects in my game."
While her father, who was in the army, remains a guiding force in her life, and especially was during the three years between 2012 and 2015 when she fell off the Indian selectors' radar, he encourages and supports her in taking her own life decisions, whether it be switching from karate to cricket as a 12-year-old; or staying back in Bangalore to further her cricketing aspirations instead of returning to her family in Kadur, a town about 200km west of the big city; or the decision to take a job with the Railways a year after making her India debut.
"I've realised one thing: cricket is important, it is my bread and butter, but it's not life. I've realised I need to give equal importance to other things in life as well"
He didn't quite like the swap from karate. "He wanted me to excel in an individual sport," Krishnamurthy says. "But he never opposed my decision to play cricket. 'It's your life; I want you to take the call,' he said. At times, when I go wrong [in my decision-making], he points that out, but he never stops me from doing my thing."
That includes not feeling the need to tweak her methods depending on the format, given her role in the side remains pretty much the same whether it's an ODI or a T20I.
"I'm sure no so-called big-hitter in the world would say it's easy to go in and smash from ball one, but the onus rests on me. There are days when you feel good about how the bat makes contact with the ball. On others, you struggle.
"If the ratio is six out of ten, I make sure I utilise those six chances and make 30 off 15 balls or 60 off 40. Scoring 40 off 70 is not the kind of cricket I want to play. That way, even if the tail scores 20 in the last five overs, I will be okay with it, because I will have by then compensated [for them] with my high scoring rate. That's the cushion the team expects me to provide because it suits my approach."
It's an approach she has formed after spending some time outside the Indian team, having first made her debut as a flamboyant big-hitting 18-year-old.
"I've realised one thing: cricket is important, it is my bread and butter, but it's not life. I'm playing for India now, but that won't be the case forever. When I made my debut, I would keep telling myself, 'I have to do well, no matter what.' But when I was dropped and made my comeback, that's when I realised I must put myself in a space where life beyond cricket is not taken for granted. I realised I need to give equal importance to other things in life as well."
Detachment from cricket, she says, has helped her become a better player.
"Right now, I'm in a space where I can ignore people or things at will. And trust me, I can be really good at it! I keep telling my friends you need to master the skill of ignoring if you have to live happily. I'm pretty clear about what I have in my life and what I want: these are the people and things that are important to me, and above that I don't care. My job is to go out there, give it my best and help the team win. But once I'm off it, there's more to life.
"Now I enjoy my cricket. I'm jovial, have fun on the field, I can be myself - I don't need to guard or mask myself. What I'm outside, I'm the same on the cricket field. When you like what you're doing, it automatically gets easier, as much for the human as for the cricketer in you. This wasn't the case in the initial phase of my career, but now this is what drives my cricket."
The big break: Krishnamurthy's performance in India's historic T20I series win in Australia in January 2016 made her and others believe in her match-turning abilities Getty Images
One particular game, after she returned to the side, helped her be comfortable in her own skin. It's also special because of the backing she has received since from the selectors, the former India coach Purnima Rau, senior team-mates Jhulan Goswami and Mithali Raj, and now the team's support staff, especially Arothe.
India's T20I series win in Australia was a landmark victory for the side and a highlight of Krishnamurthy's career. In the first match, in Adelaide, Australia had made 140 and India were 7 for 1 in the second over, having just lost Raj. Krishnamurthy, who usually bats five or lower, was asked to go in at one down.
"That game was the first match ever in my life when I was walking in at No. 3, in any format in international cricket. We were chasing 141, and Jhulu [Goswami] just came to me and said, 'Mooh todh dena unka [Break them.] I said, 'Theek hai, didi, karungi [Okay, I will]."
She hit 35 off 32 balls as India pulled off their highest chase in T20Is.
"It all began from there. These people gave me that cushion to understand what I can do for the team. That's why, since the time I've made my comeback, my career has just been somewhat shooting up. If you know you have those big people around who sort of have faith in you, they drive the best out of you. At times, it comes down to that thing: to have someone you can fall back on. At other times, you have back yourself."
Veda Krishnamurthy
India Women
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Annesha Ghosh is a sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo

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Medal of Honor recipients from Oklahoma memorialized at OKC park
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ABIGAIL: A FITTING CELEBRATION ON VETERANS DAY. KOCO'S ZACH RAEL WAS THERE AT THE MEMORIAL TODAY ALONG THE OKLAHOMA RIVER. >> OH SAY CAN YOU SEE. ZACH: THE NAMES OF 35 OKLAHOMANS WHO HAVE EARNED THE MEDAL OF FREEDOM, AND THE OKLAHOMANS WHO WILL EARN THAT HONOR, WILL FOREVER HAVE A PLACE TO BE MEMORIALIZED AT MANUEL PEREZ PARK. >> HONORING OUR OWN MANUEL PEREZ, AN AMERICAN HERO. AND ALL OUR MEDAL OF HONOR RECIPIENTS, AND ALL VETERANS, IS SOMETHING I'M VERY PROUD OF. OBVIOUSLY, A VERY FITTING WAY TO CELEBRATE VETERAN DAY. ZACH: CITY LEADERS, INCLUDING MAYOR DAVID HOLT, HOPE THE NEW MEDAL OF HONOR MEMORIAL IS A PLACE PEOPLE CAN GO TO REFLECT ON OUR SERVICE MEMBERS WHO HAVE SACRIFICED SO MUCH FOR OUR COUNTRY. >> TO THE PEOPLE THAT VISIT THIS PARK, I HOPE THEY FEEL GRATITUDE FOR THOSE THAT SERVED. ZACH: THE MAYOR ALSO HOPES THE PARK
The names of 35 Oklahomans who have earned the Medal of Honor and those who will earn that honor will forever have a place to be memorialized at Manuel Perez Park in Oklahoma City."Honoring our own Manuel Perez, an American hero, and all our Medal of Honor recipients and all veterans is something I'm very proud of. What a great way to celebrate Veterans Day," Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt said.City leaders, including Holt, hope the new Medal of Honor memorial is a place people can go to reflect on service members who have sacrificed so much for the country. "To the people that visit this park, I hope they feel gratitude for those that served," Holt said.The mayor also hopes the park inspires other parts of the community."I hope the surrounding community, which is predominantly Latino around this park, is inspired by Manuel Perez."
The names of 35 Oklahomans who have earned the Medal of Honor and those who will earn that honor will forever have a place to be memorialized at Manuel Perez Park in Oklahoma City.
"Honoring our own Manuel Perez, an American hero, and all our Medal of Honor recipients and all veterans is something I'm very proud of. What a great way to celebrate Veterans Day," Oklahoma City Mayor David Holt said.
City leaders, including Holt, hope the new Medal of Honor memorial is a place people can go to reflect on service members who have sacrificed so much for the country.
"To the people that visit this park, I hope they feel gratitude for those that served," Holt said.
The mayor also hopes the park inspires other parts of the community.
"I hope the surrounding community, which is predominantly Latino around this park, is inspired by Manuel Perez."
Veterans Day: Honoring KOCO 5's veterans


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(q) Why constructor in c++?
One of the goals of c++ is to create such type of class which is very similar to basic data type like int, char, float etc. It is possible in basic data type like int, char etc we can initialize the data type at the time of creation.
but a member function or friend function cannot initialize the data member at the time of creation of respective objects.
Hence C++ introduce a special type of function which is called constructor and it can initialize the data member of respective objects at the time of creation like basic data type int, float etc.


So how do you steal credential in memory in mobile?
They have jailbreak/ root detection implemented. So the app cannot be installed on a rooted device.
>>Counter argument: The JB/ root detection are completely by-passable as they are client side protections. Scenarios, a user can intentionally/ unintentionally bypass this check and install at his own device to enjoy banking and other apps also, which require a root. Second scenario, a security researcher can do the same thing to do a research and learn how this app works. If this app belongs to a reputed firm and he/ she makes this finding public, it would be reputation loss.
If you try to root the device which has the app already installed, the device will reboot and in this order kills the app's process and consequently clears the memory which holds the credentials.
The point here there could be N no. of possibilities to exploit something, if not today, maybe in near future. That does not mean, we'll not fix our problem and rather challenge others to prove that it's not possible. If that's the case, we need not develop secure applications just because there are so many perimeter defense available on the network? That's security through obscurity, which is bound to fail one fine day!


Quad Lock produces some of the strongest and most streamlined smartphone mounts on the market. Their iPhone 7 Bike Mount Kit makes using an iPhone to navigate, track fitness, or view notifications while riding a simple and secure process. Included is Quad Lock's Bike Mount Pro that attaches to stems and handlebars with removable O-rings or a more permanent zip tie attachment. The slim and robust phone case perfectly fits Apple's iPhone 7 and has the compact Quad Lock mounting mechanism built in on the back. Just set the phone at a 45° angle and twist to secure it in either portrait or landscape orientations.


We need your help to pedal a revolution!
As we return to Afghanistan to continue our work with the Afghan National Women's Cycling Team we are looking to raise the funds we need to pull off the trip by crowdsourcing Kickstarter style. Our work over the past 5 years has always depended upon the generosity of the average person, donating small and large amounts to support the work we do and follow along on the journey as it unfolds.
In two weeks we leave, and we are looking to rally the masses to support the upcoming trip. We have two weeks to raise $5,000 and we need everyone's help, whatever that looks like to you.
Last spring we delivered our first round of gear for the mens and women's national teams and started production on the film, Afghan Cycles with Let Media. Afghan Cycles documents the story of the Afghan women that dare to ride which will premiere in 2014 at film festivals around the world. You can see a glimpse of the that trip and our first steps with the team, which we will be continuing this trip.
Unfamiliar with the work we do, and why we do it? Check out the TEDx talk by our founder, and National Geographic Adventurer of the Year, Shannon Galpin about the bike as a vehicle of social change and how we are pedaling a two-wheeled revolution.
It truly takes a village – and we are grateful to everyone that has continued to support the work we do, and to those of you that are just joining us, we look forward to bringing you along on the journey ahead as we continue our next steps with your help! A revolution doesn't happen in a bubble, it takes hundreds of people willing to step up and join the movement! Please join us to keep us rolling forward!
You can ensure the success of this upcoming trip by supporting our work and the women that dare to ride by donating today!! We'll update on Facebook daily as we get closer to reaching our goals! It has been our biggest honor to work with the women and girls in Afghanistan, and it wouldn't have been possible without individuals donating in belief that change is possible and that women around the world deserve a voice. Thank you.
We are so proud to share the launch of the Streets of Afghanistan coffee table book from Hatherleigh Press. The book is available for pre-order now and hits bookstores October 29th.
This books documents the Streets of Afghanistan exhibition from inception in Kabul in October 2008, where we met the Afghan photographers at AINA Photo who became part of this exhibit. To its journey to the series of public exhibitions in the streets and villages of Afghanistan last fall. Photographer Tony Di ZInno was with us on both the initial trip in 2008 and 4 years later for the public exhibitions in 2012, beautifully documenting the process and the exhibitions.
My heartfelt gratitude goes out to the photographers involved in this project, from the five photographers I met on my first visit to Afghanistan at AINA Photo Agency, Travis Beard, Wakil Kohsar, Najibullah Mustafer, Gulbidden Elham, and Mariam Alimi. To the international talents of Beth Wald, Paula Bronstein, and the late Paula Lerner. To the addition of two images by NBC's Ann Curry who we met in the spring Kabul in 2009 . And, last but not least a huge bear hug to the man that joined us in 2008 and returned in 2012 to document the exhibition he was then a part of, Tony Di Zinno. 10 photographers, from 3 countries.
Its been the biggest honor to share these images taken in Afghanistan with Afghans in their streets. The power of photography and voice has been part of Mountain2Mountain since its inception in 2006 with our very first event with photographers Beth Wald to set the backdrop of our fundraiser, to our first photography exhibition in support of a project in Nepal, Views of the Himalaya, to the first iteration of the Streets of Exhibition in a small scale studio show after our 2008 visit, Dreams of Kabul. Time and time again, we have integrated photography into our outreach and our mission to inspire, create conversation, and challenge stereotypes in an effort to connect communities and cultures.
We hope you will be inspired by this book, and believe that public art is an integral part of communities, and more of it is needed in countries like Afghanistan. We hope you will add this book to your collection, and give as gifts of inspiration, and know that you were part of the journey. Many thanks to you for your support, for your encouragement, and for continuing to follow the journey through our blogs and photos.


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Q: How to edit/change TTF OS/2 usWeightClass value? I have the Dosis font which I want to use as a webfont in one of my projects. I can convert the TTF files to WOFF with the Font Squirrel Webfont Generator; nothing new so far. Doing so results in the following error message in the Firefox console:

downloadable font: OS/2: bad weight: 250 (font-family: "dosis" style:normal weight:200 stretch:normal src index:0) source: http://example.com/fonts/dosis-extralight.woff2

The error message is clear and the problem is clear, but I have no clue how I can change the value from 250 to 200 without altering the font in any other way. I tried with FontForge but the newly generated TTF file is completely different than the original. I also tried to use an HEX editor but couldn't make head or tail of the file's content.

Tried it with the "Adobe Font Development Kit for OpenType" and this is the WinMerge DIFF. I can't interpret if this is an issue or not.

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*Check if you have got the ttx commandline tool available on your system. If not, follow steps 2-3. If you do, skip to step 4.

*Check out this Open Source, multi-platform tool from its Github repository.

*Locate the tool ttx in the Tools/osx or Tools/linux or Tools/win folder (whichever is appropriate to your OS platform).

*Type ttx -h.

*Follow the instructions.
In short: Run ttx -v -o dosis.xml Dosis-Medium.otf. Edit the generated XML file. Run ttx dosis.xml -o Dosis-Medium-modified.otf. Test your Dosis-Medium-modified.otf.

A: This already exists as a webfont: http://www.google.com/fonts/#UsePlace:use/Collection:Dosis

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Spend your weekend learning and tasting what we know best: CHEESE! Murray's Boot Camp is for cheese enthusiasts and professionals alike who seek a strong (and tasty) foundation in the world of cheese.
Our weekend-long class is a serious course of study and includes suggested readings and a final exam. Successful completion of the program is awarded with a Certificate of Achievement.
After three days of lectures, demonstrations, and tastings in our Greenwich Village classrooms and Cheese Caves, each student will be able to differentiate cheese styles, describe cheeses in depth, and pair like a pro.
WHO SHOULD ATTEND BOOT CAMP?
Serious cheese enthusiasts: You know it, we know it: cheese has arrived. Time to get a crash course on one of food's hottest subjects.
Wine, beer, beverage, mixology professionals: Grow your knowledge of fermented foodstuffs with this cheese intensive. Make your wine shine and your beer cheer with expert pairings.
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WHAT SHOULD I EXPECT FROM BOOT CAMP?
Welcome to Cheese Boot Camp: no ordinary cheese course. Collect your binders, complete with readings for each session, and get a crash course on the common thread throughout the series: tasting! Explore the role raw materials and technique shape the final product of cheese through milk science and sensory observation. Taste through a bevy of cheese styles and introduce your palate to the flavor characteristics of each and every family of cheese. In assessing major cheese styles, you'll arm yourself with the skills to identify nearly any cheese that crosses your path.
In this session, understand how history, politics, and religion have influenced cheesemaking and cheese styles. How does a country's topography influence its cheese production? What are the origins of cheese? How have cheesemaking methods evolved through time? During an international crash course on the world's greatest cheese regions and the fromage that made them famous, learn about the pivotal elements of history and geography that have influenced cheesemaking styles.
Ah, affinage: that magical final step in the cheesemaking process, the culmination of every measure taken to ensure an exceptional wheel of cheese, and the process that can determine whether your cheese becomes nutty and full bodied or rubbery and dry. Observe how, through brushing, washing, patting, flipping and other methods, affinage changes the flavor, texture, appearance, and durability of cheese. This session, be one with the cheese, as we guide you through an extended cave tour and tasting, illustrating the integral role that aging plays in the flavor development of cheese.
In this session, we're putting our knowledge to the test! We'll introduce the tools of the trade and learn how to break down whole cheese wheels. From there we'll plate and portion the cheeses we've tasted thus far for presentation, creating your own fantastic cheese plate. We'll blind taste cheeses to determine which milks and techniques were utilized, as well as in what regions the cheeses originated. Finally, we'll prepare ourselves for an extensive beverage pairing session by partnering cheese with a variety of condiments of all flavor profiles to create our own perfect matches using our universal pairing principles.
SESSION 5: BEVERAGE PAIRING: WINE, BEER & MORE!
After twelve hours of exhaustive cheese research, it's time for an afternoon of matchmaking. Understand in full the pairing capabilities and fundamentals of wine, beer, cider and whiskey with our cheesy little friends, and learn for yourself how the unique craft of pairing correctly makes your cheese sing.


There is no greater pleasure than indulging in a cheeseboard and a glass of wine. That is not up for debate. What is less certain is where exactly you should go to enjoy such a pairing. All of that is about to change, however, with the return of Jones The Grocer's Thursday cheese and wine night.
By day, Jones The Grocer at Emirates Golf Club masquerades as a bistro serving awesome big breakfasts, burgers and steak sandwiches.
But by night – especially on Thursdays – it's a cozy hideaway designed for wine and cheese aficionados, who come here as much for the dulcet tones of live jazz by Chinua Hawk Trio as they do for mouthwatering artisanal cheeses.
Chinua Hawk Trio soul-pop video from Peter Antal on Vimeo.
The wine and cheese evening takes place every Thursday between 7.30pm and 11pm and diners can enjoy two hours unlimited reds and whites along with cheese board for just Dhs199 per person. Book ahead to avoid disappointment.


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FBC-PLAYOFF RANKINGS
Playoff rankings: Alabama, Notre Dame, Clemson, Ohio State
UNDATED (AP) – Alabama is No. 1 in the first College Football Playoff rankings of the season, followed by Notre Dame, Clemson and Ohio State. Texas A&M was fifth and Florida was sixth, followed by unbeaten Cincinnati at seventh, the best ranking for a non-Power Five team in the seven-year history of the selection committee's rankings.
Another unbeaten team from outside the Power Five was not so highly regarded by the committee. BYU was slotted 14th, behind No. 11 Oklahoma and No. 13 Iowa State among others.
NFL-INJURIES
Burkhead will miss the rest of the season
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) – Patriots running back Rex Burkhead says his recent knee injury will keep him sidelined for the rest of the season. In an Instagram post Tuesday, Burkhead wrote that he looks forward to "coming back better than ever in 2021."
The proclamation comes after he was carted off the field in the third quarter of New England's 27-20 loss at Houston following a knee-to-helmet collision with Texans cornerback Bradley Roby. His injury is the latest blow to a Patriots running back group that has already had to make several adjustments.
In other NFL developments:
– The Browns are down another defensive star. Starting cornerback Denzel Ward, who leads the NFL in passes defensed and is coming off his best game this season, will miss time with a strained calf he sustained in Sunday's win over Philadelphia. Ward's injury is just the latest to a big-name player for the Browns, who are already missing dynamic end Myles Garrett. He'll miss his second straight game this week at Jacksonville as he recovers from COVID-19.
-Injured San Francisco 49ers cornerback K'Waun Williams has been suspended two games for violating the league's policy on performance-enhancing substances. Williams was already sidelined by a high ankle sprain but now will officially be suspended the next two weeks. He is eligible to return after the Week 13 game against Buffalo.
-The Dallas Cowboys canceled practice Tuesday after a non-coronavirus medical emergency involving their strength and conditioning coordinator. The Cowboys said Markus Paul experienced a medical emergency at the facility, where he was immediately treated by Cowboys medical personnel before being transported to a hospital.
NFL-HALL OF FAME-SEMIFINALISTS
Manning, Woodson on the list
UNDATED (AP) – Peyton Manning, Charles Woodson, Jared Allen and Calvin Johnson are first-year eligible players to make the list of 25 semifinalists for the Pro Football Hall of Fame's class of 2021.
Joining them are four players who previously have been eligible, but never made the semifinals: Eric Allen, Willie Anderson, Cornelius Bennett and Rodney Harrison.
A player must be retired for five seasons before being considered for entry to the Canton, Ohio, shrine. The selection committee will meet during Super Bowl week to select the entrants.
NBA-NEWS
Ingram signs five-year deal with Pelicans
NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A person familiar with the situation says restricted free agent Brandon Ingram has agreed to a five-year, $158 million contract with the New Orleans Pelicans. Ingram is the NBA's reigning most improved player after averaging a team-high 23.8 points in his first season with the Pelicans.
Elsewhere in the NBA:
– Veteran 7-foot center Steven Adams has agreed to a two-year extension with the Pelicans following his trade to New Orleans as part of a four-team deal that also sent guard Jrue Holiday from the Pelicans to Milwaukee. A person familiar with the deal says Adams' extension is worth $35 million. The Pelicans' acquisition of Adams follows center Derrick Favors' decision to leave New Orleans for Utah in free agency. The deal also sends Milwaukee's 2025 and 2027 first-round picks to New Orleans.
– Free agent guard Brad Wanamaker has signed with the Golden State Warriors. He will give the team additional depth in the backcourt in the wake of Klay Thompson's Achilles injury that will sideline him all season. The Warriors announced the deal two days after acquiring guard Kelly Oubre from the Oklahoma City Thunder in a trade for draft picks. Thompson will miss the season after tearing his right Achilles tendon during a pickup game.
– The Miami Heat front office says it's working on a contract extension with Bam Adebayo. When finalized, the deal will likely guarantee him at least $168 million over the next six seasons and perhaps as much as $200 million in that span. Adebayo will make $5.1 million this season, the final year of his rookie contract.
– The Los Angeles Lakers have signed veteran Spanish center Marc Gasol. The NBA champions confirmed the latest step in their roster reconfiguration by formally adding the 35-year-old Gasol. He spent the last 1 1/2 seasons with the Toronto Raptors and won a championship ring in 2019. Gasol will suit up for the Lakers nearly 13 years after the franchise acquired his older brother, Pau, by trading Marc's draft rights to the Memphis Grizzlies.
– The Utah Jazz will play homes games before a limited number of fans when the NBA season begins. The team said Vivint Arena will reopen with a reduced seating capacity of 1,500 in the lower bowl only and limited seating on the suite level. The arena has a capacity of 18,306. Several safety measures are being put into place, including requiring face coverings, mobile entry, and screening procedures at all entrances.
VIRUS OUTBREAK-COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Tennessee extends pause
UNDATED. (AP) – No. 12 Tennessee has extended its pause of team activities through Dec. 4 after receiving the results of COVID-19 testing.
The Vols paused activities Monday and ran more tests after announcing coach Rick Barnes, 66, had tested positive. Tennessee later canceled its Volunteer Classic that had been scheduled to start Wednesday.
Now Tennessee has extended its pause on activities, and the Vols will not play No. 1 Gonzaga in Indianapolis next week as part of the Jimmy V Classic. School officials also announced Tennessee will not play at Notre Dame on Dec. 4. That was a game that had not been announced with the contract not finalized yet.
In other virus-related developments in college basketball:
– No. 2 Baylor has pushed back the start of its men's basketball season even further with the cancellation of Sunday's game at Seton Hall. Baylor said Tuesday that it was a mutual agreement between the schools to cancel the Big 12/Big East Battle matchup. The Bears had originally been scheduled to start the season Wednesday night against No. 18 Arizona State, and then play No. 3 Villanova or Boston College on Thanksgiving Day in Connecticut. Baylor didn't make that trip after head coach Scott Drew revealed he had tested positive for COVID-19.
MLB-BRAVES-MORTON
Braves boost rotation, sign Morton for a year at $15 million
ATLANTA (AP) – The Atlanta Braves have added another veteran arm to their rotation by signing two-time All-Star Charlie Morton to a $15 million, one-year deal. The 37-year-old right-hander is returning to the Braves after helping Tampa Bay reach the World Series this season.
The signing comes after left-hander Drew Smyly signed an $11 million, one-year deal with the Braves on Nov. 16. Smyly, 31, became the first of the 181 free agents to switch teams.
Morton was drafted by Atlanta in 2002 and made his major league debut with the Braves in 2008 before he was traded to Pittsburgh in 2009.
In other MLB news:
– Tampa Bay outfielder Randy Arozarena has been arrested in Mexico's Yucatan state for a situation involving an apparent custody dispute. The incident comes just two weeks after he won the Babe Ruth award for the Most Valuable Player in the postseason. Prosecutors say Arozarena was detained "for problems relating to his ex-partner." He has not been formally charged yet.
– Hall of Fame manager Tom Lasorda's condition has improved while he remains hospitalized in Southern California. A Los Angeles Dodgers spokesman says the 93-year-old former Dodgers manager has been taking online calls with former players. The team first announced he was hospitalized on Nov. 15.
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I had no idea this existed. Looks like a nice place for a quick getaway. I get so antsy too if we don't have plans.
More and more I like my trips to have time to do nothing. This seems like a place you can just relax.


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Enjoy the Wentworth Walk. You can also enjoy the Wentworth Trail (Drive).
Commence your walk from the Wentworth Visitor Information Centre.
The present Post Office was rebuilt in 1899. The architectural features utilised were unusual for this area and make the Post Office one of the most prominent structures in Wentworth. More importantly, it complements the surrounding heritage items of Darling Street and with its picket fences, it is a fine example of Wentworth's prosperous history.
Beside the school tennis court the galleried classroom built in 1881, is an extension of the first National School opened in 1860. The Wentworth Public School is proactive in the 'Stephanie Alexander Garden" program. Learning to grow fresh fruit & vegetables to prepare and cook meals.
The wharf was originally built in 1879 using local timber. It was a major landmark of the town and a hive of industry. Throughout the riverboat era Wentworth was the busiest inland port within NSW (third busiest port after Sydney and Newcastle). During one week a record 31 steamers were docked at the wharf. The original wharf deteriorated and was demolished in 1983. A similar replica of the wharf, including the little customs office, now stands in its place.
Blessed and opened in 1925 (a Jubilee Year) by Bishop Fox. After 115 years of Catholic education in Wentworth, the school closed in December 2006 due to a lack of pupils.
The first house to be called Rendelsham was built by William Gunn, who was the first Mayor of Wentworth. He lived here until he built the second residence in the centre of the town, again called Rendelsham House. The first Rendelsham House then became Catholic Church property and was used by the local Priest as the Presbytery. In 1892, it became the Convent, home of the Sisters of Mercy, who established and taught at the neighbouring St Ignatius School.
Catholic schooling began at Wentworth on February 8, 1892, when the Sisters of Mercy answered the Bishop's call to come to the town at the junction of the Darling and Murray Rivers. St Ignatius, a wooden structure located in the convent grounds, was built in 1911 and was the first Catholic High School in the area. The building was used in the 1940's as the infant section of the St Francis Xavier School in Short St. and was eventually closed to the public at the end of 1950. The little school-house was restored by the National Trust and in February 2002, the school building was listed as a local historic building on the State Heritage register.
The first Presbyterian property was in Cadell Street and extended back to Murray Street. One of the earliest brick buildings, the Manse, was built in 1859. When this Manse was destroyed by fire, the original chimney-stack was converted to a sundial here in the grounds of St Andrew's Uniting Church. The Alex & Betsy Armstrong Memorial Manse, (the adjacent building), was erected in 1929. In 1977 the Methodist and Presbyterian churches merged to form the Uniting Church. The Wesley Hall was then moved here from Sandwych Street. Sadly the picturesque 1881 Methodist Church was demolished, although the parsonage built in 1935 still stands.
The Wentworth Town Hall began life as a Mechanics Institute Hall, built in late 1884. Later it included a library and facilities for films to be shown. The Town Hall has recently undergone restoration and refurbishment and is available for use by the Community. Magnificent hand-carved Honour Rolls that once adorned the walls are now displayed in the foyer area of the Wentworth Services Club.
The Wentworth Military Collection is a must see for the avid military history buff, servicemen and women past and present or anyone who has a connection to the Australian armed forces. This unique collection displays relics, artefacts and militaria from all over the world, with an emphasis on Australian service to our nation. From the 1890 Boer War to Operation Slipper 2012, the collection also displays past and current service issue uniforms and equipment. Visit www.wentworthmilitarycollection.com for more information.
Built in 1879-1881, the small single storey brick gaol with bluestone trim was designed by colonial architect, James Barnett. It was the first of the Australian designed gaols (Hay and Dubbo gaols followed this one). The bricks were made on site from local clay, by Joseph Fritz and the bluestone from Wales was transported from Malmsbury, Victoria. The new gaol replaced over-crowded lock-ups and was utilised until its closure in 1927. After its closure as a gaol, the building was utilised as extra classrooms for the Wentworth Central School until 1963 and today, due to its remarkable condition, is a major tourist attraction. Visitors now enter the building through the Warden's residence. There is a site map available for self-guided tours plus a well stocked gift shop.


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Up to my eyes in client work this week, so only time for a couple of images from the Peak District over the last week or so. I've been fortunate to get up there a couple of times recently and have been blessed with almost perfect conditions. Very early starts mind. 4:30am alarm calls are still something that I struggle with, especially when the weather turns out to be less than favourable, but when it works, and the coffee stays warm, then I am in my element and wouldn't change my job for all the tea in China!
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Hockey, soccer, bowling, fencing, quidditch, and more! Iowa State has over 50 Sport Clubs, but have you ever thought about what goes on behind the scenes to make those possible? Believe it or not, we have some excellent student staff working alongside our professional staff to make these things happen. With that being said, meet Cierra Bielinski, this week's Staff Spotlight!
In her free time, Cierra enjoys hobbies such as traveling, hiking, and creating new foods with her food science buddies. Some of her adventures have included traveling to Costa Rica, Jamaica, and almost all 50 states. She also plans on taking a spring break trip to Budapest and a post-graduation trip to Turks and Caicos. Her favorite hike she has done was Misery Ridge at Smith Rock State Park in Oregon.


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Researching Unusual Bible Questions
What are Textual Variants?
May 2nd, 2020 Paul Gibson
What is Textual Criticism? (36 articles)
Why are there Variations in Different Translations of the New Testament? (1 of 36)
What are Textual Variants? (2 of 36)
How Many Textual Variants Exist in the New Testament Manuscripts? (3 of 36)
Are Spelling Differences Meaningful in New Testament Manuscripts? (4 of 36)
What are Variant Units? (5 of 36)
How Are Textual Variants and Variation Units Related? (6 of 36)
Why did God Allow Variants in the New Testament Manuscripts? (7 of 36)
Do Textual Variants Show Christianity is False? (8 of 36)
How Careful were Scribes when Copying the Bible? (9 of 36)
What are Unintentional Textual Variants? (10 of 36)
What are Intentional Textual Variants? (11 of 36)
Is a Textual Variant Both Meaningful and Viable? (12 of 36)
What is a Singular Reading? (13 of 36)
Were the Church Fathers Aware of Variations in the New Testament Manuscripts? (14 of 36)
Are Textual Variants Motivated By Theology? (15 of 36)
What are New Testament Text Types? (16 of 36)
How do New Testament Text Types Compare? (17 of 36)
What Text Types are the Variants in Colossians 2:2? (18 of 36)
What are the Most Important New Testament Manuscripts? (19 of 36)
Do I Need a Dictionary to Study Textual Criticism? (20 of 36)
What is New Testament Textual Criticism? (21 of 36)
How are the Best Textual Readings Determined? (22 of 36)
What Evidence do Textual Critics Evaluate? (23 of 36)
Is Textual Criticism an Art or a Science? (24 of 36)
What are the Approaches to New Testament Textual Criticism? (25 of 36)
What is a Critical Edition of the New Testament? (26 of 36)
What do the Sigla in a New Testament Apparatus Mean? UBS Edition (27 of 36)
What do the Sigla in a New Testament Apparatus Mean? NA Edition (28 of 36)
What do the Sigla in a New Testament Mean? Swanson Edition (29 of 36)
What do the Sigla in a New Testament Mean? CNTR Edition (30 of 36)
How do English Versions of the Bible Identify the Variant Reading in Matthew 1:7-8? (31 of 36)
What is the Correct Wording In 1 John 5:7-8? (32 of 36)
Why are Some Verses in Square Brackets? (33 of 36)
What is the Purpose of Textual Criticism? (34 of 36)
Do We Have What The New Testament Authors Wrote? (35 of 36)
Is New Testament Textual Criticism Important? (36 of 36)
Last week I started a new series with the article Why are there Variations in Different Translations of the New Testament?. Textual Variants are places where ancient manuscripts attest to more than one reading of a passage. There are about 138,000 words in the Greek New Testament, and it's unreasonable to think anyone could copy it without making a single mistake. Most of the variants are simple spelling errors or other accidental mistakes.
Some changes to the Greek text were deliberately made. For example, the Greek New Testament uses idioms1, some of which don't make much sense to 21st century Christians. The Good News of Jesus Christ spread quickly across the vast first century Roman Empire, and different locals had different idioms, ways of speech and life experiences. Even in ancient times, scribes and translators changed the text slightly to clarify parts, making it more easily understood by the audience.
Greeks and orientals [people of the East] viewed the written word differently. For orientals the very letter had a sanctity of its own. The Hebrew text of the Old Testament, like the text of the Quran, is alike in all manuscripts (except for unintentional errors). For Greeks it was the message contained that was sacred.2
Modern scholars don't know the exact words that were originally written in the New Testament, so they use multiple manuscripts of the Greek New Testament, which have slightly different wording in some places, to try to reconstruct the original wording. These copies of the New Testament were written decades, or even centuries, after the individual books of the New Testament were written. How is it possible to know what the authors originally wrote?
In my article How Many New Testament Manuscripts Exist?, I showed there are over 5,000 Greek New Testament manuscripts available. When copying the New Testament, different scribes made different errors. If most manuscripts have the same word in a verse, but a few manuscripts have a different word in the same place, it's likely the word used just a few times is not original3. The abundance of manuscripts give scholars the opportunity to study the text of these manuscripts with the goal of determining the text of the original autographs4. Textual variants and the study of them, Textual Criticism5, are to be expected when studying ancient manuscripts.
When I think about the variants among the manuscripts, all of our diverse manuscripts, not just in Greek, but also in Latin and other languages, and when I think of the four Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, which share many stories in common, but don't always tell the stories in exactly the same words, I'm reminded of what Jesus told his disciples in Matthew chapter 136. He has given them seven parables about the kingdom of heaven. He's asked them if they understand; they assure him that they do, and he said "Good, because the scribe who has been trained for the kingdom of heaven is like a scholar or a householder who can open up the treasure box, the thesaurus and reach inside and pull out old stuff and new stuff." In other words, Jesus is telling his disciples "If you really understand what I'm saying, you're better than just a parrot that repeats word-for-word what I taught. You understand what I taught and you can adapt it, because you're going to have to. You're going to be preaching in contexts where it's a different culture, it's a different language. You have to show me that you understand my words and can apply them in a variety of settings." And invariably that will create some variations. So in a sense, the manuscripts that we have, the four-fold Gospels that we have, hark back to Jesus himself, the way he taught his disciples, the way he instructed them, and the commission that he gave them in teaching the world his teaching.7
Christians should not be concerned about textual variants in the Bible. The study of New Testament textual variants applies to Greek New Testament manuscripts, and most people in the world don't know Greek. Even if there were a standard Greek text every Biblical scholar agreed contained the exact words of the Biblical authors, there would still be disagreements on how to translate the Greek text into other languages. There are dozens of English versions of the Bible that have slight differences in wording (see Bible.com), but these Bibles have the same meaning8. If the English versions can have differences, why would anyone assume differences in the Greek manuscripts means Christianity is false?
Daniel Wallace… [states] that some "noncentral" beliefs or practices seem to be affected by viable variants but that "no viable variant affects any cardinal truth of the New Testament."9 Both qualifications ("viable" and "cardinal") are important and match what we have here called difficult and important variants. In this sense, Wallace is surely right that no core Christian doctrine (e.g., the resurrection, the deity of Christ, salvation, the Trinity) is based solely on a textually difficult passage.10
This series will primarily be about New Testament textual variants, but I'll also refer to some variants from the Old Testament. Many of the textual criticism principles are also applicable to other written works, such as the ancient Greek philosophers and the Greek and Roman historians.
Evans, Craig. Fragments of Truth. Rhys-Davies, John (Narrator) and Evans, Craig (Presenter). (Faithlife Films, 2018)
Wallace, J. Warner. Why Would a Scribe Deliberately Change the Biblical Manuscript? (Cold Case Christianity, June 6, 2016) Accessed 25-Mar-2020.
Andrews, Edward D. Idioms in Bible Translation (Christian Publishing House, May 6, 2018) Accessed 29-Mar-2020.
Aland, Kurt, and Aland, Barbara. The Text of the New Testament: An Introduction to the Critical Editions and to the Theory and Practice of Modern Textual Criticism Translated by Erroll F. Rhodes (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.: 1987) Page 286.
There are exceptions. In some cases, the oldest and most reliable manuscripts differ from the majority.
What's the Difference Between an Autograph and an Original?
Criticism: the work or activity of making fair, careful judgements about the good and bad qualities of somebody/something, especially books, music, etc. (Oxford Learners Dictionary, 2nd definition)
Matthew 13 (ESV)
There are some exceptions where cults have changed theologically significant passages in the Bible to support their own beliefs, but these corrupted Bibles are the exception rather than the rule, and the changes can be detected.
Komoszewski, J. Ed, Sawyer, M. James and Wallace, Daniel B. Reinventing Jesus: How Contemporary Skeptics Miss the Real Jesus and Mislead Popular Culture (Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2006) pg. 114.
Gurry, Peter J. "Why Most Variants are Insignificant and Why Some Can't Be Ignored" In: Hixson, Elijah and Gurry, Peter J. Myths and Mistakes in New Testament Textual Criticism (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2019; Logos) Page 207. (Amazon) (Logos)
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Bwahahaha! Maxie, the look on your face in that second picture is PRICELESS!
That looks medicinal anyway! MOL!
We won't tell! Love that toofie!
Hmmmm... How does munch compare to inhale?????
And who cares if you did?
However you got your fix, we can see it was really good to your demeanor, MOL!!
My kitties munch on our houseplants too sometimes. I promise not to tell on you, though.
Even if you did, I wouldn't tell!
OH Maxwell you are just so much fun!
You should! And inhale big!
Oh, Maxie, you are always so adorable. That second photo made us MOL.


Melanie Ting lives and writes near the ocean in beautiful Vancouver, British Columbia. Her first hockey romance was inspired by the intense competition and crazy party atmosphere of 2010 Olympics. Her hobbies include cheering on losing hockey teams, hiking low mountains, and removing cat fur from her black wardrobe.
Melanie's books include the Vancouver Vice series, the Hockey Is My Boyfriend trilogy, and How the Cookie Crumbles.


Although I have composed and arranged acoustic music in different genres over the years, I have developed an interest in exploring the world of sequencing, sample libraries, virtual instruments and all things related. These recordings are ones I made a number of years ago and upon review found interesting in one way or another and I decided to share them. These are definitely a departure from other work I've done, but they were fun to make.


Comics Weekend "Treasures of the Sea!" by Jack Miller and Ramona Fradon.
I love mobsters that hang out in suburban back yards. You've got to diversify in this post-WWII economy!
Aquaman brings back a bag full of clams, loaded with pearls...or the microscopic beginnings of pearls, actually, meaning he has kept his promise to Captain Stillar, while simultaneously tricking him.
Up top, I said a new era of Aquaman "quietly" started with this issue, and looking over this story over backs that statement up, I think. "Treasures of the Sea", by Jack Miller, is pretty goofy and silly, and reminds one of a lot of the kinds of Aqua-adventures that came before.
John Daly's Aquaman was a cheerful, good-natured, but generally staid fellow (as were most Golden Age superheroes). Fradon's Sea King is goofier, beefier, a little more excited about being a superhero. Aquaman's body language is more bold, as are the ink lines: everything drawn by Ramona Fradon looks vibrant and bright, more alive.
Eventually the stories would catch up to Fradon, which undoubtedly helped Aquaman as a strip survive, even as most of his fellow superheroes got retired in favor of funny animals and bland houses of mystery.
Re: Superboy: Superboy pretends a helmet Lana's wearing (that her dad brought back from Egypt) gives its wearer superpowers in order to protect his secret identity. I'm sure the backyard gangsters fit in, too!
It's fascinating to see how well-developed Fradon was at this early stage of her career. Her skills were right up their with the best of her peers at the time. I wonder if Fradon's debut could be considered the demarcation point between the Earth One and two versions.
Once again, Aquaman beats a crooked captain at his own game.
I'm sure the backyard gangsters fit in, too!
I'm sure they do and its not at all contrived!
The generally accepted debut of the SA Aquaman is in #260, but there could be an argument to be made that when Fradon showed up, so did the SA Aquaman.
Of course, that would make him the VERY FIRST Silver Age character, beating The Flash by half a decade. I don't think the comics world is ready for that!


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The Ender Quartet Boxed Set
Ender's Game / Speaker for the Dead / Xenocide / Children of the Mind
This boxed set contains "Ender's Game," "Speaker for the Dead," "Xenocide," and "Children of the Mind." "Ender's Game"Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cut--young Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training. Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychological battles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister. Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives. "Speaker for the Dead" In the aftermath of his terrible war, Ender Wiggin disappeared, and a powerful voice arose: The Speaker for the Dead, who told the true story of the Bugger War. Now, long years later, a second alien race has been discovered, but again the aliens' ways are strange and frightening...again, humans die. And it is only the Speaker for the Dead, who is also Ender Wiggin the Xenocide, who has the courage to confront the mystery...and the truth."Xenocide"The war for survival of the planet Lusitania will be fought in the hearts of a child named Gloriously Bright. On Lusitania, Ender found a world where humans and Pequeninos and the Hive Queen could all live together; where three very different intelligent species could find common ground at last. Or so he thought. Lusitania also harbors the descolada, a virus that kills all humans it infects, but which the Pequeninos require in order to become adults. The Starways Congress so fears the effects of the descolada, should it escape from Lusitania, that they have ordered the destruction of the entire planet, and all who live there. The Fleet is on its way, a second xenocide seems inevitable. "Children of the Mind" The planet Lusitania is home to three sentient species: the Pequeninos; a large colony of humans; and the Hive Queen, brought there by Ender. But once against the human race has grown fearful; the Starways Congress has gathered a fleet to destroy Lusitania. Jane, the evolved computer intelligence, can save the three sentient races of Lusitania. She has learned how to move ships outside the universe, and then instantly back to a different world, abolishing the light-speed limit. But it takes all the processing power available to her, and the Starways Congress is shutting down the Net, world by world. Soon Jane will not be able to move the ships. Ender's children must save her if they are to save themselves.
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This 7" Inch Pink Coated Sparklers Indoor Use (Pack of 8) is specially made for girls' birthday party celebrations because pink is the ideal colour of girls. She feels happy to see this pink colour decoration in her birthday cake.
These 7" Inch Pink Coated Sparklers Indoor Use (Pack of 8) is come in gold colour effects that make your cake décor more bright and beautiful.


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require 'socket'
require 'openssl'
require 'net/http'

COMETA_HOSTNAME = "service.cometa.io"
COMETA_PORT = 7007

@@cometa_sock
@@app_name
@@app_key
@@app_secret

class Cometa
    #
    # Class initializer.
    #
    # Connect to the Cometa server and initialize a socket.
    #
    @@cometa_sock = Socket.new(Socket::AF_INET, Socket::SOCK_STREAM)
    addr_info = Addrinfo.getaddrinfo(COMETA_HOSTNAME, COMETA_PORT, :INET, :STREAM)
    count = 0
    # addr_info contains an address list
    addr_info.each do |addr|
        # puts "DEBUG: trying to connect to : " + addr.ip_address
        begin
            @@cometa_sock.connect(addr)
            break
        rescue
            count += 1
        end
    end
    if count == addr_info.length
       # failed to resolve COMETA_HOST
       abort "Failed to resolve " + COMETA_HOSTNAME + ". Exiting ..."
    end

    #
    # Setters and getters for class globals.
    #
    def self.app_name=(name)
        @@app_name = name
    end

    def self.app_key=(key)
        @@app_key = key
    end

    def self.app_secret=(secret)
        @@app_secret = secret
    end

    def self.app_name
        @@app_name
    end

    def self.app_key
        @@app_key
    end

    #
    # Helper for generating a Cometa authentication signature from a
    # received challenge and the application secret.
    #
    def self.signature(challenge)
         # extract the challenge attribute from the received object
        challenge = JSON.parse(challenge)

        # use the "connection_id" in the provided challenge to generate a signature
        signature = OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest('sha256', @@app_secret, challenge["connection_id"])

        # add the application key and a separator
        signature = @@app_key + ":" + signature
        puts "DEBUG: challenge: " + challenge["connection_id"] + " signature: " + signature

        signature
    end

    def self.publish(device_id, message)
        cmd = "/publish?device_id=#{device_id}&app_name=#{@@app_name}&app_key=#{@@app_key}"
        # create a signature for the command
        auth = OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest('sha256', @@app_secret, cmd)
        cmd += "&auth_signature=" + auth

        uri = URI.parse("http://" + COMETA_HOSTNAME + ":" + COMETA_PORT.to_s + cmd)
        request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)
        request.body = message
        request["Content-Type"]="application/json"
        http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
        # puts "in publish - " + message
        reply = http.request(request)

        # the Cometa server returns a JSON object such as:
        # { "status": "200", "device": "S100", "reply": "XXXXXX" }
        # puts "DEBUG: response from Cometa: " + reply.body

        reply.body
    end

    def self.info(device_id)
        if device_id.nil?
            cmd = "/info?app_name=#{@@app_name}&app_key=#{@@app_key}"
            # create a signature for the command
            auth = OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest('sha256', @@app_secret, cmd)
            cmd += "&auth_signature=" + auth
        else
            cmd = "/info?device_id=#{device_id}&app_name=#{@@app_name}&app_key=#{@@app_key}"
            # create a signature for the command
            auth = OpenSSL::HMAC.hexdigest('sha256', @@app_secret, cmd)
            cmd += "&auth_signature=" + auth
        end
        uri = URI.parse("http://" + COMETA_HOSTNAME + ":" + COMETA_PORT.to_s + cmd)
        request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
        request["Content-Type"]="application/json"
        http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)

        reply = http.request(request)

        reply.body
    end

end


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Remembrance Sunday 2015
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Remembrance Sunday: Orange Order in historic Dublin wreath ceremony
By Lyra McKee
On Saturday, around 15 or so people gathered in the rain on Dublin's Mount Street Bridge to lay a wreath of poppies in what is believed to have been the Orange Order's first public event in Dublin since 1936.
Copyright Belfast Telegraph
The commemoration had been deliberately kept low-key, with no publicity or press statements issued beforehand
"Hopefully, there'll be no vandalism," said Chris Thackaberry, one of the organisers.
Given that it was the day before Remembrance Sunday, a passer-by wouldn't have found anything particularly remarkable about the scene.
Thousands of Irishmen and women served in the two World Wars. The Taoiseach, Enda Kenny, formally paid tribute to them when he attended a commemoration in Northern Ireland three years ago. Speaking after the event, the then Tanaiste, Eamon Gilmore, said: "There isn't a village or town anywhere on the island of Ireland that was not touched by the great wars of the 20th century."
Yet Saturday's event was significant. It's thought that the last time the Order held a public event in the Irish capital was 1936 – commemorating British soldiers who died during the 1916 rebellion.
Organised by members of the Dublin and Wicklow Loyal Orange Lodge and The Reform Group – which lobbies for the Republic of Ireland to rejoin the Commonwealth – the poppy wreath was laid in remembrance of members of the Sherwood Foresters.
This British Army regiment sustained significant casualties during a gun battle with rebel volunteers under Eamon de Valera's command near Mount Street Bridge in April 1916.
"In many respects, these lads probably didn't know the political situation in Ireland," said Mr Thackaberry, a senior member of the Dublin and Wicklow LOL who splits his time between Northern Ireland and Dublin.
"They just landed in Kingstown and some of them thought they were in France. There were 214 casualties in total," he said.
You can read the full article on the Belfast Telegraph Website
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Today is a pretty exciting day! Hailey and I depart for Cuba this afternoon! We plan on learning a bit of Spanish, climbing on steep Thailandesque limestone, and using our bicycles to explore the country. Internet is not widely available, so I won't be posting (not that my posts are anything close to a regular thing anyway). Everyone I have talked to that has visited Cuba has had a wicked time, and the more I read about it the more interested in this history-rich country I am. I'm sure to miss some of that early season blower powder skiing, but what the heck! Hasta Luego Amigos!


Your out on a trip with your family and the unthinkable happens, someone in your group gets hurt. What if that someone is you? Do you know what to do? Do your children know what to do? If your bleeding or serious injury, what do you do next? This is a situation that no one wants to be in. Unfortunately, it does happen. Do you want to give your family an advantage that most do not have? Well then this show is just the one for you.
Listen to this broadcast or download "Family First Aid" in player below!
We are going to have a wonderful guest Tony McCallum, a family man, father and the CEO of Mid-American Safety Services. Tony's history as a former Naval Corpsman, and also his experience from working as a Department of Defense Contractor, Paramedic, Executive Protection Specialist, and Dignitary Protection Specialist definitely sets the bar high on how much this man knows. He also maintains a instructor status in Wilderness First Aid, Tactical Combat Casualty Care, Defensive Hand to Hand Tactics, Close Quarter Combat, K9 First Aid and much, much more.
We will also get to hear more on the business that he runs here in the Mid-South and how your family can benefit from what he has to teach. Also we will go over some basics that everybody needs to know. Discuss how to treat and handle first aid emergencies for both everyday to the off grid and extreme situations. Lets make sure you and your family know what to do. Because it could just save your life or the life of someone you love. Remember folks, it takes a village to raise a child and lets be that village and give our children and family the skill set to go even further. This is definitely a show you do not want to miss out on.
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Kirkby-in-Ashfield Film Production
Kirkby College Film production company. We can provide film, television and commercial production services to help you film in Nottinghamshire or the Kirkby-in-Ashfield area.
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Keyword: World War II Archives - NYU Jordan Center
Teymur Ateşli: A Traitor-Hero for the Cold-War Era
Irina Levin	 Tuesday, March 13th, 2018
For an ethnically Turkish man from the Soviet Union, fighting with the Nazis was no betrayal.
The Long Hangover – Putin's Russia and the Ghosts of the Past
Ben Dalton	 Friday, February 9th, 2018
Shaun Walker discussed his new book, which examines the Kremlin's use of Russian and Soviet history to reinforce Putin's regime.
Julia Sweet discusses the role of collective memory in Putin's propaganda machine
Daria Prokhorova	 Tuesday, October 17th, 2017
Julia Sweet considers the Russian state's most effective propaganda strategies in maintaining anti-Ukrainian sentiment.
Images against Words: Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union at War, 1941-1945
Natasha Bluth	 Friday, April 14th, 2017
Occasional Series | Friday, April 14, 2017 | 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM EST
Polina Barskova surveys poetries from the Siege of Leningrad
Nigar Hacizade	 Monday, February 13th, 2017
The Siege of Leningrad (1941-1944) produced "multiple poetries," some published within hours, some written "in the dark," never to be published.
Brandon Schechter looks at the Great Patriotic War Through Everyday Objects
Natasha Bluth	 Thursday, December 22nd, 2016
The Soviet state reduced the soldier's biography to the parameters that the army was interested in.
Evgeny Dobrenko examines the "Cold War" through socialist realist ideology
Natasha Bluth	 Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016
On April 15, 2016, the NYU Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia welcomed Evgeny Dobrenko for a lecture entitled "Soviet Cold War Imagination." Dobrenko, head of the department of Russian and Slavonic Studies at the University of Sheffield and an April Fellow at the Jordan Center, was introduced by Rossen Djagalov, Professor of Russian and Slavic Studies at NYU. His presentation focused on the Stalinist years of the Cold War, as a unique period charting the transformation of the Soviet Union from outcast to superpower in the postwar bipolar world.
Not Crimea: Stalingrad in 3-D
Anne Lounsbery	 Friday, March 7th, 2014
Stalingrad is a movie that meets a certain need—the need to be able to cheer wholeheartedly when an evil enemy gets blown up.


Anxiety and fear are normal and understandable responses to stressful situations which we experience as threatening. Such feelings often result from finding it difficult to know what to do or how to cope with what is happening. These emotions can be very useful as they make us aware of danger.
Fear can create strong signals of response when we're in emergencies – for instance, if we are caught in a fire or are being attacked. It can also take effect when you're faced with non-dangerous events, like exams, public speaking, a new job, a date, or even a party. It's a natural response to a threat that can be either perceived or real.
Anxiety is a word we use for some types of fear that are usually to do with the thought of a threat or something going wrong in the future, rather than right now.
Fear and anxiety can last for a short time and then pass, but they can also last much longer and you can get stuck with them. In some cases they can take over your life, affecting your ability to eat, sleep, concentrate, travel, enjoy life, or even leave the house or go to work or school. This can hold you back from doing things you want or need to do, and it also affects your health.
Trying to stop anxious thoughts doesn't work, at least not for long. You can distract yourself or suppress anxious thoughts for a moment, but it's like sweeping the dust under the carpet, it only stays there for so long, and out it comes again.


Sister Lucy Dumont tops the list of 2012 fundraisers from the GoodLife Fitness Victoria Marathon, having pulled in $9,063 of the $325,000 total.
Marathon officials released the final figures on Wednesday morning.
Dumont, a spunky octogenarian and member of the Sisters of St. Ann, walked the eight-kilometre road race. She directed all her funds to the Mount St. Mary Foundation – the Sisters founded the old Mount St. Mary Hospital in 1941.
Dumont's fundraising work is legendary within the seven-year-old Victoria Marathon charity pledge program. She has raised thousands of dollars in pledges since first walking the half marathon a few years ago.
Next to Dumont, Katherine Hart pulled in $5,050 for the B.C. Cancer Foundation, Evan Fagan raised $3,845 for the Mount St. Mary Foundation and Mei-Sheng Shanks raised $3,775 for the B.C. Cancer Foundation.
There are 24 official Victoria Marathon charities.


The official website of New Gokula Farm, the Hunter Valley home of their Lordships Sri Sri Radha Gokulananda in New South Wales, Australia. Sight of many cows is the speciality of this Farm Project.
Category Australia, Farm Communities April 25, 2012 by ISKCON Desire Tree.


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Summary: "Read the adventures of Marvel's greatest Super Heroes as they save the world and the universe!"--Back cover.
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Summary: An unlucky twelve-year-old Norwegian boy named Odd leads the Norse gods Loki, Thor, and Odin in an attempt to outwit evil Frost Giants who have taken over Asgard.
Summary: In this graphic novel adapted from Norse mythology, Thor and Loki journey to the land of the giants in order to teach them a lesson, but get tricked by the magic of the giant Utgarda-Loki into competing in a number of impossible challenges.


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GPU re-echoes call for journalism without fear or favour
Banjul, May 03: Today marks the 27th edition of World Press Freedom Day (WPFD). May 3rd has been set aside by the United Nations to pay tribute to journalism and journalists who have been killed in line of duty.
It is also a day to remind governments of the need to uphold the values and principles of press freedom while providing a platform for media professionals to reflect on the freedom and responsibility of the media.
This year's commemoration comes at a time the world is grappling with the coronavirus pandemic, which poses enormous challenges to the freedom and development of the media.
Dozens of journalists have already been killed in pursuit of stories by the virus, besides nearly two dozen journalists who had been killed in the first quarter of 2020.
About 250 journalists are currently in prison and at risk of coronavirus. To complicate matters even more, the coronavirus pandemic is being used by governments around the world to stifle press freedom and the right of the citizens to exercise freedom of expression and access to information.
The GPU president, Sheriff Bojang Jr., said: "Journalism has never been more endangered. Not only are journalists being killed but also media houses are overstretched in human and financial resources terms."
He added: "But this is also the time for the media to persevere and rise to the challenge. Information has never been more of a life and death issue, but misinformation can be as dangerous as the lack of information. So, we have to up our game."
Meanwhile, the theme for this year's commemoration of World Press Freedom Day is 'Journalism without fear or favour'. In this view, the GPU calls on journalists in The Gambia to honour their social contract with people, more so in these trying times.
We call on the public to support journalists, bearing in mind the words of Nelson Mandela that "none of our irritations with the perceived inadequacies of the media should ever allow us to suggest even faintly that the independence of the press could be compromised or coerced."
In the wake of the rising number of coronavirus patients in the country, we wish to renew our call to the government, through the Ministry of Health, to provide support that is critically needed to promote effective reporting and protect journalists from COVID 19. Reporters are frontline workers who are putting their lives at risk in order to keep the public informed.
The GPU notes with appreciation the improvements that The Gambia has made in the latest world press freedom index released by Reporters Without Borders. Out of 180 countries surveyed, the country was ranked 87 in 2019, up from 92 in 2018.
Despite the improvements, the year 2019 is particularly remembered for the attack on the four journalists by supporters of the President. This incident, like dozens of similar incidents that happened since the new government took over in 2017, was never investigated as promised by the authorities.
The Union remained deeply concerned by the new wave of attacks in 2020, including the arbitrary arrest of four media workers and the unlawful closure of two radio stations over coverage of anti-government protests.
We therefore call on the government to address the issue of impunity for crimes against journalists and carry out the media laws reforms with speed and purpose.
Secretary General, GPU
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