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Jun 01, 2013 | 3:00 AM
Morgan State alumnus Soloman Howard, who plays Muhammad Ali, rehearses for the new opera "Approaching Ali." The music was composed by D.J. Sparr, a graduate of the Baltimore School for the Arts who was raised in Carroll County. (Amy Davis, Baltimore Sun)
In his typical rhyming style, Muhammad Ali might call it something like "a whopper of an opera."
The legendary boxer, who floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee, has inspired "Approaching Ali," a chamber opera with music by Carroll County native and Baltimore School for the Arts alum D.J. Sparr. The work is based on Davis Miller's 1996 book "The Tao of Muhammad Ali."
Contemporary political figures have ended up in operas, "Nixon in China" by John Adams being the most prominent example. There is at least one opera about the Kennedys, at least two operas about Marilyn Monroe, and another about the slightly less significant, but certainly famous, Anna Nicole Smith.
"Setting Ali as an operatic character made sense," Sparr said. "He's sort of mythological, bigger than real life. He seems more than a single human being."
Washington National Opera gives the world premiere of the hourlong "Approaching Ali" next weekend at the Kennedy Center. It was developed as part of its American Opera Initiative, a project to commission new works by young, emerging American composers writing about American themes.
When Sparr saw a news release about the launch of the initiative a year ago, he was intrigued and sent off an email to the opera company.
"All of a sudden, a week later I was on the phone with them," Sparr, 37, said.
With Ali as the topic for an opera, it's no wonder he got the company's interest. He was quickly accepted into the program. Sparr entered with solid credits behind him. Raised in Westminster, he started taking guitar lessons in elementary school. He was soon writing his own songs.
"Then my mom heard about this thing called the Baltimore School for the Arts," he said. "I auditioned and got in. I studied jazz guitar."
A teacher introduced Sparr to classical music ("I got a cassette tape of Michael Tilson Thomas conducting Beethoven's Third Symphony, and I really liked that"), and the idea of becoming a composer soon took hold. His first piece was written for the Carroll County Children's Choir.
Sparr took part in a summer program for high school composers at the Boston Symphony's high-profile Tanglewood Music Center in the Berkshires and earned degrees from the Eastman School of Music and University of Michigan.
Currently based in Richmond, Va., Sparr has had works premiered by the Richmond Symphony and the eclectic chamber group eighth blackbird, among others, and has earned several awards along the way.
In 2011, he was named Young American Composer-in-Residence with the California Symphony Orchestra, a post previously held by such talents as Kevin Puts, the Peabody Conservatory teacher who won the Pulitzer Prize last year for his first opera, "Silent Night."
"Approaching Ali" marks Sparr's first foray into opera. The idea for it came about fortuitously. In the summer of 2011, Sparr and his wife, Kimberly, a former faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County who is assistant principal violist in the Richmond Symphony, sublet their Virginia house to a writer — Davis Miller.
In chats about music with Sparr, Miller mentioned pieces for narrator and orchestra he liked that celebrated great men: Aaron Copland's "A Lincoln Portrait" and Joseph Schwantner's "New Morning for the World," a tribute to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
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"Davis said, 'I think there could be a piece about Ali,' " Sparr said. "So I read his book, and we started talking about an opera."
"The Tao of Muhammad Ali" details Miller's longtime admiration for the former Cassius Clay and the friendship that the author developed with his childhood hero.
By last autumn, Miller had drafted a libretto. He was joined in the final writing process by a mentor for the American Opera Initiative, Mark Campbell, today's go-to opera librettist for several composers — Campbell was Puts' collaborator on "Silent Night."
"I'm really excited about the finished product," said Michael Heaston, director of Washington National Opera's Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program. "D.J., Davis and Mark have managed to tell an autobiographical story with a lot of dramatic interest in the time frame of just one hour."
"Approaching Ali," which calls for an orchestra of 10, moves back and forth in time between 1964 and 1984 as it reveals how Miller's youth was made difficult by the death of his mother and being bullied in school.
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The young Miller drew inspiration from seeing the supremely self-confident Ali on TV and started learning to defend himself. (The real Miller became an accomplished kick boxer and shared the ring briefly with Ali in an exhibition bout before focusing on a writing career.)
The two men met and developed a friendship, which the opera depicts in scenes that take place in the Louisville, Ky., home of Ali's mother. "Champ, you changed my life," Miller sings to Ali. "When I was a kid, you made me believe I could do anything."
Miller is a dual character in the piece, portrayed as a child by a boy soprano, by a baritone as an adult. Miller's parents and Ali's mother are also characters. And, of course, there's the "The Champ" himself.
" 'Mr. Champ,' as we call him," said Soloman Howard, the bass who will sing the role of Ali in the premiere. "It's an honor to portray someone you idolized growing up. But my first reaction when they asked me was: 'What? Ali? Me?' "
The D.C.-born Howard, 32, a member of the Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program, recently sang the role of Joe in several performances of the company's brilliant production of "Show Boat" last month.
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He settled on a vocal career while studying at Morgan State University, where he sang in the school's celebrated choir, and earned a graduate degree at the Manhattan School of Music. But Howard brings more than the vocal chops to the role of Ali.
"I have an athletic background," the singer said. "I played football and did some sparring with my uncle in Baltimore. He would show me things from time to time, ways to take care of myself, 'just in case,' he would say."
Still, stepping into the operatic ring in the guise of one of the 20th century's most iconic men has to be a little intimidating, especially since Ali's own speaking voice is so well known.
"It's extraordinarily challenging," Howard said. "I was kind of shocked that the part calls for a bass. Ali has more of a tenor voice. But it was very musical to me. There was kind of, sort of a rhythm in which he spoke, with elongated phrases. Making him an operatic figure just made sense to me."
In addition to going against expectations when it came to the vocal range for the title character, Sparr avoided writing the opera in an all-out American style. He took inspiration from Eastern cultures, especially gongs and dharma drums.
"Davis told me it felt the air was electrified when Ali walked into a room," the composer said. "I wanted to create a shimmering sheen in the orchestra."
(The air would certainly become electrified if the 71-year-old Ali were to attend the premiere. That does not seem likely, but he and his family have been informed about the new opera.)
For Howard, the chance to be Ali, if only for an hour, is exhilarating.
"I feel I'm drawing something from him," Howard said. "He didn't always believe he was the greatest, but he would tell himself that. In later years, he had to psych himself out. I can relate to that. I often tell myself things for encouragement. The amount of charisma, charm and character he possesses is just amazing. To me, he's the friendly giant."
tim.smith@baltsun.com
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Tax Foundation report highlights Minnesota tax burden on businesses
February 18, 2022 0 By Mary Stroka
A report published by The Tax Foundation Tuesday showcases Minnesota's heavy tax burden on top earners compared with neighboring states.
Minnesota is one of 32 states with a graduated-rate income tax. Single filers pay 5.35% if they make up to $28,080; 6.80% if they make between $28,080 and $92,230; 7.85% if they make between $92,230 and $171,200; and 9.85% if they make more than $171,220. Those percentages apply to married couples filing jointly for the following bracket levels: $41,050, $163,060, and $284,810. Standard deductions are $12,900 for single filers and $25,800 for married couples. Personal exemption per dependent is $4,450. Bracket levels are annually adjusted for inflation.
Taxpayers with adjusted gross income over $103,025 (married filing separately) or $206,050 (other filers) have a standard deduction that is lower by the lesser of 3% of federal AGI exceeding the applicable amount or 80% of the standard deduction otherwise allowable, the report said.
Minnesota Chamber of Commerce Vice President of Tax and Fiscal Policy Beth Kadoun told The Center Square that while Minnesota's status as one of the highest top marginal state individual income tax rates in the nation isn't surprising or even new, she noted a bigger disparity between the North Star state and its neighbors that are reducing tax rates.
She said the organization compares Minnesota's rankings since it's an important consideration for attracting businesses and talent. It also can impact businesses' success in competing against businesses in states with lower tax burdens.
"Unfortunately, high tax rates have a negative impact on entrepreneurship, investment and talent recruitment and retention," she said.
In its 2021 poll that asked which direction businesses would take in the next five to 10 years, the Chamber found that 32% of businesses are looking to other states for growth and 7% anticipate leaving Minnesota. Those percentages have increased since 2020 (23%, 3% respectively) and 2019 (29%, 3% respectively).
When the Chamber asked the businesses why they're considering leaving, the number one reason they gave was Minnesota taxes and regulatory burden, Kadoun said.
While business climate factors also include factors like workforce and infrastructure, quality of life, cost of living, and cost of doing business, taxes are a key cost component states need to consider, especially as remote work will likely continue to be an option for Minnesota individuals and companies, she said.
Tax Foundation Senior Policy Analyst Timothy Vermeer told The Center Square in an emailed statement Thursday that Minnesota's marriage penalty carries economic consequences.
"The top-earning 20 percent of taxpayers is dominated (85 percent) by married couples," he said. "This same 20 percent also has the highest concentration of business owners of all income groups. Because of these concentrations, marriage penalties have the potential to affect a significant share of pass-through businesses."
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This sort of hijinks would be difficult to get away with these days, and we're probably on the side of the sort of off-road regulation that forbids the full scale and liberal laying waste to the pristine rivers and vales of the great outdoors…but we must admit the film does make us yearn for more innocent, freewheeling times.


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Genevieve Knight G Hannelius was born in Boston Massachusetts Us, she was born on December 22, 1998, she is an American actress and singer.
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Hannelius father is a Sevedish, their family moved to Falmouth Maine at the age of three.
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Hannelius theatre roles included playing Madeline in the children's theater of Maine's production of Madeline's rescue in summer 2002, Hannelius played Courtney Patterson on the sitcom surviving suburbia, she has a recurring role on Sony with a chance, a Disney Channel original series as Dokota condor, a guest role on Hannah Montana as a fan named Tiffany , she also played Emily Pearson in the Disney Channel original film Den brother in 2010 she was also the voice talent of Rosebud in spooky buddies and following films treasure biddies and super buddies .
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When it comes to Chinese medicine and weight loss there is a factor that is not being considered when writing diet plans, herbal formulas, and acupuncture protocols. And that factor is what the patient's desired outcome actually is. There can be a big difference between a healthy body and a sexy body. In ancient eastern traditions a healthy body is one that is soft, flexible and balanced without pain. In the west a healthy body is one that is tight, hard and can squat with 300 pounds of metal on its back so it can bounce a quarter off its ass. Or one that has protruding hipbones and thigh gaps. In the west we like to relish in the pain of sore muscles after a workout. "I can't walk because yesterday was leg day." Power-lifting, cross-fit and marathons keep me in business. With the majority of my patients I am treating the side effects of a prescription, or a work-out induced injury. In Taoism (where acupuncture originated) a healthy body is a reflection of a gentle balanced life style. Now a healthy body is a reflection of pushing your body to extremes. The key word you will hear over and over again with an acupuncturist is balance. Acupuncture works for weight loss by correcting imbalances and allowing your body to regulate itself. Everyone has a healthy perfect body, it is a matter of allowing your body to be that without letting stress and addiction get in the way. I am [...]
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In 1991 scientist discovered a 5000-year-old mummified man in the mountains along the border between Austria and Italy. Named Otzi after the Otz Valley where he was found, the mummies body was remarkably well preserved, as were most of his clothing, tools and weapons. One of the most remarkable discoveries was a complicated system of bluish black tattoos running along Otzi's back, right knee and left ankle. Since such non-ornamental tattoos had previously been found in similar locations on mummies in Siberia and South Africa, some researchers speculated that the lines on Otzi's body where of therapeutic importance. Researchers found that the tattoos lined up with traditional acupuncture points. X-rays of the Iceman's body revealed evidence of arthritis in the hip, knees and lumbar spine. Forensic Analysis of the mummy revealed that his intestines were filled with worm eggs which would have caused severe abdominal pain. All of the tattoos on his body lined up with acupuncture points with the specific indication of treating those aliments. Otzi died 2000 years before the appearance of acupuncture as we know it today, this raises some interesting questions as to where this form of care originated and how long it's been practiced.
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It is not often you meet a real hero much less have the opportunity to help them in some small way. I had the honor to work with retired Navy SEAL Mike Day. If you haven't heard, Mike was shot 27 times while on an operation in Iraq's Anbar Province in 2007. On his road to recovery it took two years to physically recover from his injuries, and he still deals with constant pain. Mike is determined to not have a victim mentality, however. That has launched him on a journey of giving back. Mike is now a contractor for 9Line LLC working as a Wounded Warrior Advocate for wounded Special Operations Warriors. In addition to being an advocate, Mike has independently initiated a fund raising effort that has netted more than $83000 for the Carrick Brain Center, a treatment facility that focuses on the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injuries. After his treatment Mike was kind enough to send me this testimonial of his experiences with training and acupuncture. "I received my first acupuncture treatment from my bosse's daughter, Ashley Heintz. She asked me what I wanted fixed. First of all, there are not enough needles to fix everything. Second I like where I am and how I feel, pain or being uncomfortable when I work out is normal for me. It's normal for everybody to a certain extent. I'm not saying to destroy yourself. As an individual you need to know where the point of being uncomfortable crosses over into self destructive [...]
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Scientist reversed memory loss in patients with Alzheimer without drugs, with only 3 months of regulated diet, exercise and meditation. Also, after over two years, all the patients retained their improvements. If you don't have the patience to meditate you can cheat and use Acupuncture. Alzheimer's disease affects 30 million people worldwide, but as of yet, we still don't have a good treatment for it. However, that could be about to change, thanks to new research by the UCLA Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Disease Research and the Buck Institute for Research on Aging. In their research and experiments, for the first time, scientists successfully reversed memory loss associated with Alzheimer's disease with a new combination therapeutic approach. Although there have been dozens of drug trials for treating Alzheimer's, no one drug has really worked. However, these researchers looked at the disease and targeted it with a 36-point combination approach that included diet, exercise, vitamins and even meditation. These therapies worked: nine of the ten trial patients with early cognitive decline associated with Alzheimer's saw improvements in their memory after just three months of treatment. Those patients with jobs pre-trial returned to work and had improved performance. Also, after over two years, all nine patients have retained these improvements. Other serious illnesses, such as cancer, HIV and cardiovascular disease, are often targeted with this sort of combination approach. However, until this research, no one had targeted Alzheimer's this way. Now that the results are in, the [...]
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KIP MOORE LAUNCHES "COMEBACK KID SKATEPARK PROJECT" TO BENEFIT INNER CITY YOUTH
Phase One Skateparks Planned for Nashville, Boston, San Marcos, and Annapolis
NASHVILLE, TN – June 3, 2015 – MULTI-PLATINUM artist Kip Moore announced plans for his "Comeback Kid Skatepark Project," a charitable initiative that will oversee the construction of a series of skateparks to benefit communities and "comeback kids." At a press conference today, Moore along with Mayor Karl Dean and Salemtown Board Co, revealed the phase one cities of the project including Nashville, TN; Boston, MA; San Marcos, TX; and Annapolis, MD. The inspiration for the name of the project comes from "Comeback Kid," a personal anthem from Moore's upcoming album WILD ONES.
"What started off as a pipe dream of mine years ago, has truly become a passion project," said Moore. "It came from me wanting to give kids in inner cities a safe outlet, where they can form the bonds I know can be made from having somewhere awesome to go and be a part of something they enjoy. I wrote the song 'Comeback Kid' at a time when I felt like a comeback kid, but now when I sing it I think less about myself and more about the kids we are doing this for and how much I admire and respect them. We're starting with these four cities, but the plan is to keep growing this as far and wide as we can."
Each park will have a unique design to provide the perfect first step for anyone of any age to learn how to skate. Making the most of the size and space available, most skate spots will range from 1,500 to 3,000 square feet and will include elements such as quarter pipe, bank-to-curb, hubba ledges, hand rail and step up. Most of the phase one skateparks will be up and running by this Fall.
The "Comback Kid Skatepark Project" is the first initiative of "Kip's Kids Fund," a donor-advised fund through The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee (CFMT) focused on youth and teens. As an avid rock climber, surfer, skateboarder and outdoor enthusiast, Moore has been drawn to the outdoors and alternative sports for much of his life. He also has a heart for small town and inner city kids growing up with too few options. As a result, the "Kip's Kid Fund" provides alternative outlets for youth to engage in healthy habits and physical activities like skateboarding, in addition to the traditional sports offerings where they live.
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Moore's sophomore album, WILD ONES, is set to be released on Aug. 21. A super-sized record inspired by the grit, grind and glamour of the live shows, each track on WILD ONES was written by Moore and follows his debut album, UP ALL NIGHT, which spawned three No. One multi-platinum selling smash hits. His current single "I'm To Blame," is steadily climbing the charts and was the second most added song during its debut week at country radio, marking Moore's biggest first week for a new single. Earning critical acclaim for his "high energy" (Rolling Stone) live show with Chicago Sun Times heralding him as "carving his own niche in country music," Moore will head out on the road for Dierks Bentley's 2015 Sounds Of Summer Tour, which kicks off this weekend in Raleigh, NC on 6/5.
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My phone was ringing as I walked into my office Wednesday morning. The screaming on the other end began before I could get half a 'hello' out.
Henry: I LOST A TOOOOOOOTH!
I hurrayed. I whooped. I yayed. I was awfully glad to be the only person in the office.
Erin phoned several times with updates from Henry's big day. At one point, he jumped up and down, exclaiming, "I love all the attention." Later, at a more ponderous moment, he sat on the couch, exploring the hole in his mouth with his tongue.
By the time I arrived home, he had the tooth in a film canister (marked "Henry's Tooth"), ready for placement under his pillow.
He had an awfully hard time falling asleep. It took much longer than usual. He was nervous about whether the Tooth Fairy would come or not.
He finally fell asleep. 20 minutes later, however, he woke himself up. He was quite upset.
Henry: Why does she need to take it?
Erin: That's just how it works.
Henry: But... it was part of me.
And suddenly, our five-year-old son is having mortality issues.
We calmed him down, gave him lots of hugs. We wrote a note to the Tooth Fairy politely asking her to please make and exception this time and leave the tooth (and the money). He went back to bed.
And was back 20 minutes later.
Henry: What if she doesn't see the note?
We found a hiding place for the tooth that even the craftiest Tooth Fairy could never find. This managed to put his mind at ease. He did wake up a few more times before morning, but finding the 2-dollar coin under his pillow made everything better.
Wow! I'm very concerned for the impact on the tooth economy. Major inflation: $2!!
AND you get to keep the tooth. I fear things have gotten seriously out of whack there in PEI.
I sincerly hope it doesn't spread to the mainland.
Oh, auntie. You have no idea. I remember very well getting two dimes per tooth. Twenty-some years later and the boy next door was trying to tell Henry he can expect ten bucks. Ten!
I consulted some knowing folks on Twitter before we decided on the $2. Many think nothing of shelling out five bucks per tooth.
I suspect all successive teeth may earn a loonie.


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NEW YORK CITY – Canadian bull riding fans haven't seen the last of reigning Rookie of the Year Keyshawn Whitehorse. In fact, they can expect to see more of the Navajo rider.
"I kept telling myself I need to go to Canada, I need to go to a few events," Whitehorse said after competing on Canadian soil for the first time on May 4 in Quebec. "I made some good friends with the Canadians over the Global Cup in Australia. [Lonnie West], Tanner [Byrne], Jared [Parsonage]. Just about the whole team, I hung out with them the whole time.
"But this trip, I planned it by myself. I was like, 'Man, I need to get some points,' and it was a bye weekend, and I've been meaning to go here, and I had my passport ready to go, so I just went for it."
While the 21-year-old had initial plans to ride at the Canadian Iron Cowboy in 2018, he was unable to due to an illness. In full health for the 2019 edition of the event inside the Videotron Centre, Whitehorse travelled north of the U.S. border for the first time in his career, enticed by the large payday and world points the event had to offer.
"With the money available here, and the points, you might as well go, especially if there's a break," Whitehorse said. "I don't care where you are in the world standings, you're missing an opportunity if you don't go to it."
Featuring a progressive elimination format, cutting the field of 20 to eight following the first round, Whitehorse quickly punched his ticket to Round 2 when he covered Josiah's Fire for 83 points.
His momentum continued in Round 2, reaching the Top 4 and International Major's third round, when he rode Rehab for 83.5 points.
His march to the event title, however, came to an end when he was eliminated in Round 3 after getting bucked off by Ripped at the Seams in a quick 1.33 seconds.
"Man, tonight was going well," Whitehorse said moments after the event ended. "I had some really good bulls to get on. That first bull I got on was very nice. Just that third one, he had a little trick that I didn't know so kind of future reference on that bull if I ever draw him somewhere else."
"He's a little different than all the other ones," Whitehorse said further of Vold Rodeo's Ripped at the Seams. "He didn't just come out and turn back, he had a little somethin' to him."
For his efforts, Whitehorse collected a check for $3,936.20 and 10 world points. He also gained a newfound appreciation for the Canadian events and plans to be back in the near future.
"I love it up here," Whitehorse said. "The bulls are good, the guys are good, very friendly guys, I just love being around them, so I'll be back again."
Whitehorse says he plans to attend the upcoming three-day slate of Touring Pro Division events at the Ranchman's in Calgary.
"I always heard about that one," he said. "So I'll try to go to that one, pick and choose which ones I go to, but I am really excited to go to as many Canadian events as I can."
Paralleling Whitehorse's first time riding in Canada was also his first experience competing at an event conducted in a language and held in a city thats principle language wasn't English.
"Quite different than what I'm used to, with everybody speaking French and all, but it was very exciting, and a very fun experience," he said. "This is what it's about. You never thought, or at least I never thought, as just a little kid from Utah growing up basically in the middle of nowhere, would end somewhere on the north side of the border and be here riding bulls, and do it while they're speaking French.
"Bull riding has taken me a long ways and I am very thankful for that."
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Derek Kolbaba wins 2019 PBR Canada Iron Cowboy
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Building on the previous three posts–Modeling Christ and the Bride, Reality, and Identity–I see key mindsets in 1 Peter of how to live, our marriages being the prime area we should apply these mindsets.
Be focused to do the work of the Kingdom with dedicated and watchful prayers because we have the goal and deadline of Jesus' return (1 Peter 1:13-14, 4:7).
Expect persecution which is your part of Christ's sufferings, and rejoice to the extent you are able to display His glory which will enable you to have exceeding joy (1 Peter 4:12-16)!
Expect the judgment of God as loving purification, suffering according to His will to develop complete dedication to doing the Father's plan for His kingdom and glory forever (1 Peter 4:17-19, 5:11)!
This is all to be done in mutually submissive humility which is a channel of God's grace, not seeking position but opportunity to benefit each other (1 Peter 5:5b).
Be on your guard, because the enemy attacks with fear. Those who respond in the flesh with fear, worry, pride, scorn, denial, blinding anger, or rage will be devoured. Resist the enemy by being steadfast in the faith, knowing the same sufferings are a common experience. God–the source of grace–will use the suffering as a test and perfect, establish, strengthen, and settle you (1 Peter 5:8-10).
We have a deadline; let's unify to get as much done for the Kingdom as we can. Persecution is par for the course and opportunity for God to be glorified. We should expect God's refining work in our life–it is as intrinsic as the air we breathe! Unify as a team through mutual humility and rejoice as God is glorified. We have an enemy, so be ready to fend off attack. God uses all forms of suffering to make us into His ideal, so go with His flow, soaking in His healing grace.
To minister to Father God's heart and model Christ and the Bride in our marriages, we must unify as a team, submit to God's refining, fend off all spiritual enemies, glorify God in persecution, and soak in God's grace to be supple in His hands.
There they were, the famous words—or infamous depending on whom you have been around—regarding wives submitting to their husbands and husbands loving their wives. I read them as I studied 1 Peter looking for insight into modeling Christ and the Bride.
I do not recall ever hearing teaching on them in context. By which I mean a marriage study of all of 1 Peter to get the letter's context.
So I did my own study. Wow! The context is so important!
For my study I categorized all the verses in 1 Peter as statements of Reality, Identity, Mindsets, Goals, or Actions.
We must believe God—the Father of Jesus Christ—exists to accurately model Jesus' marriage. We have to believe He exists and He created everything in order to grasp eternity past as the foundation for eternity future. Without that basis there is no way to model Jesus' marriage.
We must believe Jesus is the Christ, the son of God, and the Lord in order to accurately model His marriage. We have to know Jesus in His relationship with the Father and in His authority to properly relate to Him, serve Him, and model Him.
We must believe in God's mercy, the resurrection of Jesus, and that Father God has reborn us into a living hope and incorruptible inheritance in heaven in order to accurately model Jesus' marriage by living as the reborn new people—adopted by Father God—with the hope of our reward in eternity.
We must believe God keeps us for salvation through faith to accurately model Jesus' marriage because we must know God's love and forgiveness to model love and forgiveness to our spouses.
In order to model Jesus and the Bride we have to know God exists. We have to know Jesus. And know Father God. And be reborn into true hope of our inheritance in eternity. And be kept by God through faith for salvation.
And that is just the beginning. That is just the basics of Reality.


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How to create an ebook. Create ebook free using other people's time and ideas with this powerful method.
Thinking of creating an ebook but you simply hate to write? Here are some excellent strategies suggested by Joe Vitale; they all allow you to tap on other people's ideas and essentially get others to write your ebook for you.
How to create an Ebook? Ask for specific pieces of information – send an email to a group of people asking them for one specific piece of information, such as tips for writing classified ads.
Do multiple interviews – email a group of people and ask them to answer a short list of questions.
And other variants: record multiple short conversations, or even a group conversation.
Request original articles – Ask several writers to each write short, original articles about specific subjects; offer incentives.
Ask for recommended resources from others – the best sites, favorite blogs, and so on. People will be interested in lists such as the books which the most famous people read, the blogs which the most successful people read regularly, and so on.
Get excerpts from other people's writing – message boards, forums, newsgroups, email discussion lists, websites, ezines, videos, e-books, membership sites, magazines, books. If you are too lazy to synthesize the content entirely in your own words, email the owners and request to include their excerpts in your e-book as it is.
Request samples – similarly, you could request sample press releases, sample resumes, sample newsletters. Many people are more than willing to share.
Create a directory – I found this idea by Vitale pretty intriguing. Create an e-book directory of resources – for example, places where you can practice yoga and purchase yoga related equipment. Create a simple template that others could use, with details such as brief description, contact, and so on.
Unpublished manuscripts – Unpublished manuscripts are another good source of content. Offer to sell these unpublished manuscripts in e-book format; you would then be listed as the coauthor or copublisher.
How to create an Ebook? I hope these ideas have radically changed the way you see the writing of Ebooks. You can create value, and it does not have to be a long and arduous process!


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It's a veritable nerdgasm of a Sunday (befitting the weekend of NYC's ComiCon), with new chapters of everyone's favorite time traveler, everyone's favorite zombie trainwreck, and everyone's favorite space opera. Let's just jump into it.
Star Wars Resistance [Disney, 10p]
The new Star Wars animated series takes place 7 months before The Force Awakens and tells the story of Kazuda Xiona, a young pilot recruited to spy on the First Order by Poe Dameron. Will it have the same charm as The Clone Wars or Rebels? We can't wait to find out.
Bob's Burgers [Fox, 8:30p]
The episode title comes from the all-time great NYC subway heist movie, and it's the Belchers, so I don't really need to know any more than that. Better grab that dead man's brake!
The Girl In The Bathtub [Lifetime, 8p]
The latest Lifetime-r is based on the true story of the murder of Julia Law, a Philadelphia paralegal who was found dead in her boss's bathtub (played by Jason Patric — that's the boss, not the bathtub). My god, that's sad. Lifetime couldn't come up with a better name than that?
Based on the above pic from the season 9 debut, it looks like for Rick & Mishonne that the moon is in the seventh house, Jupiter's aligned with Mars, peace is guiding the valley, love rules the stars — but inevitably the zombies will be back. The Walking Dead returns tonight on AMC.
It's the opening of the eleventh season of the re-boot and the thirteenth doctor is in the house, and, please don't tell Reddit, but the new Doc is a lady. Doctor Who returns tonight on BBC with Jodie Whittaker in the lead role.
This week was hard. If you are up for a recap, there's options. If you want the Kavanaugh mess told straight, there's Showtime's The Circus. If you are ready to laugh at the newfound Hell we're in, head to HBO for a new Last Week Tonight With John Oliver.
While we sit here stuck in a moment we can't get out of, Hilary Clinton is in the White House (if only as a visitor) in a less dark timeline — and we stand by that even if the Hilary-guesting fifth season opener of Madam Secretary includes the aftermath of a deadly attack. Is Trump there? No! We stand by our assessment. In addition to Clinton, Madeliene Albright and Colin Powell guest star as themselves in a gathering of ex-Secretary of States starring as themselves.
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of the one-floor cube of a building.
with a basin and cloth to swab her counters.
She likes the cloth's warm moisture, her day's first sensation.
and dotted its grill with strips of bacon.
Tuesday, he thinks: biscuits and gravy the lunch-time special.
A long time away. Eggs now. Concentrate.
or his sideburn has a last-night's sleep itch he can't find.
a half-mile distant, bugles the village: Wake up, slackers!
on his stool at the base of the U-shaped seating.
over a case of waffles versus pancakes.
not needing to ask what they want.
Things have changed here, in drastic evolutions.
Judge McPhee leaves his tie home, Fridays.
even comes in non-grape flavors. Go, blackberry!
Strut your stuff, do it, crabapple-peach mélange!
Richard Swanson, a retired teacher of English, has a fondness for small town life despite living in Madison, Wisconsin. A resident of that state since 1962, he does not own a Green Bay Packer cheddar-head hat. The author of several collections, Richard's work is noted for its humor and humanity and often focuses on popular culture.You can contact him at rwswanson@tds.net.
I love how the judge "centers himself/on his stool." What better way to center oneself than on a stool at a small town cafe.
A charming write, I felt as though I was sitting at the diner watching your piece unfold. Well done!
I like this poem. It takes me to States I do not know. All I know is that I will never be part of the jury. But go for it! We have Angies over here. They call in at Seven Eleven for a tub of mayonnaise and a Mars Bar.
I love the last stanza!
A winner, Richard. Very evocative!
heading out now for same. love those "thumb-sized packets" nothing like a good dive.
The charm of this work is in its familiarity and its language. Hiz honor at the end of the U-shaped counter . . . I'm there! Fun poem, well crafted.


TJ and Tyler were invited to a sweet sixteen party for three of their friends on Saturday. TJ was escorting one of the birthday girls. The party was "dress to impress" formal.
Here's a few pictures of the boys all dressed up…… pretty handsome, don't you think?
So…who was it that TJ was escorting?
They make a cute couple….but no.
Again, another cute couple, but Emily has a few more years before she's celebrating Sweet Sixteen (and for that my brother is, I am sure, quite grateful).
No, TJ was escorting his friend, Maddie to the party.
Not the greatest of pictures, but hey, they were in a hurry to get inside!
I also tried a hand at pumpernickel for a spinach dip, since when I went food shopping, not a whole loaf (unsliced) was to be found.
Then there was, of course, dessert. TJ made an Oreo Cookie pie that looked delicious.
And speaking of the dessert table, we were invited over to our friends and neighbors' house for dessert. Here's a picture of the dessert table…looks good enough to eat, doesn't it?
Today is my father-in-law's birthday. Since we knew that we wouldn't see him for his birthday today, when they were visiting last week, we decided to surprise Poppy with a birthday cake and his presents a little early. We seemed to have done a good job and he was surprised which was nice, especially for the boys who were thrilled to have pulled one over on Poppy.
We should be thankful every single day but often we are so caught up in day-to-day life, that we take the "little" things for granted. As Antonio Smith (no relation by the way) is quoted as saying "Enjoy the little things in life for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things." I am often amazed when the boys will point out something, which usually Tom and I don't even remember happened, but evidently it was a big deal for them, a small detail that makes all the difference. Never underestimate the power you have over the people in your life and never fail to be grateful. All too often, we fail to realize just how much we have and how blessed we really are, until it is too late.
My wish is that each of you enjoys a very Happy Thanksgiving surrounded by those people that are special in your life.
Bagels! It's bagels! — At least that is what we think goes through Jinx's mind every time I make bagels. Close your eyes and say it the way the dog says it in the Beggin's Strips commercial. The first time that I made bagels, I left them in a bowl on the counter and we came down the next morning to an empty bowl. There is no way that the dog could eat a dozen bagels – she'll explode, I thought. But we searched high and low around the floor in the kitchen and the den where she slept and nothing — sure enough she must have eaten a dozen bagels. Later that day, when the boys came home and one of them went to sit down on the couch in the living room, what did he discover under his bottom? Much like the Princess and the Pea he found it uncomfortable due to a ….can you guess? Bagel. Move the pillows on the couch and what's there — a couple more bagels. Seems that the dog only ate about half the bagels and saw fit to store the others around the house for "later".
we're sure to put them up high and away from the dog.
The recipe for these bagels is from The Food Network. I tried a few different recipes and these are the simplest and the ones that seem to come out the best – they rise well and are crunchy but light, not chewy.
We're getting close. So close. Tonight I was scrubbing the beams with a wire brush and bleaching them to lighten them up. The original post and beam that we uncovered when we pulled down the wall is far too nice and old and Vermont-ish to have covered back up with sheetrock. The only problem is our doors are already stained and to avoid a room that looks like a gigantic hodge-podge of stain samples, we need to bring it all somewhat close to the same color.
The beams are dark with decades of dirt, grim and god-only-knows what else. I read that motor oil was commonly used to color wood "in the old days". Maybe that, maybe not.
The above photo shows how dark the beams were before they were scrubbed and cleaned down.
Here's the "after" – much better, not to mention cleaner.
Now…. I just have to do two wall's worth of these….before Tuesday when the carpet is delivered.
Well, folks officially less than a week until Thanksgiving. We are headed toward the start of the "holiday season" fast and furiously. For me, let's see – our house is torn apart, everything's a disaster around here and I don't think I have one single Thanksgiving dinner ingredient in my house yet. Full steam ahead! Bring it on. I've had a headache pretty much for the last week or so and nerves are frazzled. I can't wait to have things back in order – or at least our normal sense of order.
Putting all that aside, we were reminiscing tonight about the holidays and memories. I asked our youngest son what he would like to have with turkey for Thanksgiving dinner, which sparked a conversation of holidays gone by. While some things endure through many generations, some traditions or foods slowly slip away from our table as the people with whom they are associated leave us. Why this happens I am not sure. I think that we sometimes take for granted certain aspects of our holidays because we take for granted the people behind them. We assume that the food, like the person will always be around.
For example, in my memories, my great Aunt Mary always showed up on holidays with literally a back seat full of pies – chocolate cream pie, lemon meringue pie, apple pie and pumpkin pie. Pies that would make any baker shrink back in defeat. While we still make pie for dessert on certain holidays, none of our pies can hold a candle to Aunt Mary's. The same thing with her stuffing – a mix of sausage, apple, onion and seasonings – a combination that I, my sister and my brother have desperately attempted year after year to recreate and somehow always fall just short of Aunt Mary's stuffing.
I realize that we have not had antipasto since my Dad passed away. We had antipasto for the appetizer for every major holiday for as far back as I can remember and mostly since it was one of his favorites – huge platters piled high with Italian meats, cheese, olives, tomatoes, lettuce, hot cherry peppers, pepperocini and such. They are conspicuously absent from my holiday meals – intentionally or not – I couldn't tell you, it just doesn't seem right to have one of his favorite foods without him.
Tom reminisced about his grandmother's dinners for holidays which always started with a homemade fruit salad. Pretty much the same thing – even if we tried to recreate it, it just wouldn't be the same.
I know that the holidays are a natural time to remember. I hope that your reminiscing brings back as many good memories as ours did this evening.
Today is Homemade Bread Day. I didn't know that there was such a holiday, but hey – I love bread and I enjoy baking bread so I'm all for it. There is nothing as good as the smell of fresh bread baking … it even trumps the smell of cookies in my world. If you told me years ago, that I would be baking bread on a fairly regular basis, I probably would have laughed at you. At that time, bread baking (if I did it at all) consisted of throwing the ingredients into the bread machine that my husband had gotten for me as a gift and 4 or so hours later out came a loaf of bread, a round tall loaf of bread but bread all the same. Since then I have created my own sourdough starter which is just about as old as my youngest son and babied it along all these years – almost losing it completely when the cleaning people cleaning our house here in Vermont while we were not here and threw away what appeared to be something that had horribly bad. Lucky for me, I still had a jar of starter in New Jersey, which I fed and doubled and we've been good ever since.
I have used the starter on a fairly regular basis and given lots of it away to various friends over the years. Now, bread baking is a more hands-on experience and has expanded into different types of bread and different techniques for making it. While I do not at all profess to be even remotely a professional, I'm a good amateur and I enjoy it immensely. The joke around our house has become that I must have performance anxiety when it comes to bread baking since under normal conditions I can make a pretty decent looking and tasting loaf of bread (see above) but when I want to really have the loaf turn out super good (like when my mom comes to visit) it is usually less than perfect.
Despite how it looks, it always tastes pretty darn good. Personally I like bread with pretty much everything but the kitchen sink thrown in there, but my family – well not so much. So my bread baking is generally confined to loaves that the family will eat such as sourdough, sandwich loaves, baguettes and dinner rolls. My latest endeavor has been to find the perfect sandwich loaf of bread, one that will pass the boys' inspection for lunch. While, they'll eat just about anything with dinner, taking the bread and making it into a sandwich is a more grueling inspection and I'm still working on that one.
I was recently asked if I would consider doing a baking class (or a cooking class) and I was both flattered and taken aback. Really? Me? The more I think about it, I think it would be fun – but there's always the issue of the bread just not coming out the way I'd like. What do you think?
To celebrate Homemade Bread Day, go out and make yourself a loaf – here is my recipe for sourdough baguettes which were my first undertaking and is a tried-and-true favorite here at the T's House.
Place 1 cup of starter, milk and warm water into the bowl of stand mixer fitted with hook attachment. Add yeast and sugar.
Add oil, salt and flour.
Mix on low speed until blended and then mix at medium speed to knead for about 5 minutes. This dough will NOT form into a ball, if it does, you need to add more liquid. It should be wet and slack.
Place dough into a well oiled bowl or container – cover and allow to rise in a warm place (I put mine next to the woodstove in the winter or into a preheated 160 degree oven (turn it off when it reaches temperature) to proof.
Let rise until doubled in size. This can take an hour or two, depending upon the temperature. It is more important to move on only when it has doubled, no matter how long or short that is, rather than go by the time alone.
Remove the dough onto a well floured surface. This dough will be sticky and if the surfaces does not have a lot of flour, you, the counter, the utensils will all be wearing the dough – trust me on this one.
Divide the dough into three sections.
Form each section into a ball and then roll out into a log about 9-12 inches long. Repeat for remaining dough.
Place baguettes onto a baguette pan or separately on a flat baking sheet, sprayed with non-stick spray.
Take a razor blade or sharp knife and make several slits in the surface of each baguette.
During this time, pre-heat your oven to 425 degrees.
Just before placing baguettes into the oven, brush each one with water.
Set the timer for 10 minutes. During this ten minutes, you should brush them again with water at least 2 more times.
Today I dug up the potatoes from the garden. The other day I dug up the carrots.
Added honey from our bees and dill, mixed it together and roasted them for one hour at 350 degrees.
As for the potatoes, I cut them into bite size pieces also, added kosher salt, black pepper, chopped fresh rosemary, oregano, onion powder and garlic powder. Tossed them with olive oil and put them in the oven at 375 for one hour.
I was pleasantly surprised this morning to find a couple messages with questions about blogging and learn that my sister-in-law started her own blog. Her Blog, thoughtsofanotsocitygirldotcom is now online. I do hope that you all will welcome her with open arms and stop in often to say hello and encourage her along.
I remember how excited I was when I began to get comments from people that were not related to me (those strangers that I now call my friends) and every day (sometimes more than once) checked to see how other people reacted and responded to what I had written. The input has always been welcome, encouraging, funny and sympathetic. You have made me laugh and smile when I've had a not-so-good-day and made me feel that what I had written was important enough for you to read. You have showed encouragement when I needed it and sympathy.
I hope that you extend the same generous spirit to Liliana and make her see how wonderful blogging can be.
I hope that all of you readers out there of my blog will extend a warm welcome to Liliana and make her feel as welcome as I have felt.
How goes it? It goes and with it, my sanity.
These last few weeks, well, they have been in a word — hectic. The den remodeling is getting done, but also getting on my nerves. I feel trapped in my own house. For example this morning I was up and went to go out into the laundry room to get a head start on the laundry I haven't been able to do all week, to find the contractor there, working on spackling. It's like this all the time. Saturday morning and no particular plans, maybe we can lay in bed and "sleep in" just a little, but no, someone has come to work on something. Seems that a house with work being done on it, attracts everyone, they must be able to smell it…..One day I walked in to a room with three men working in it and came back through the door less than ten minutes later to a total of seven men in it, some working, some talking, some just stopped by because I think that men can smell construction like sharks can sense blood. If it wasn't so funny, I think that I would cry. I can't complain, the work is getting done, it's just like I feel like I can't get a break from it. What I need is a vacation — quite honestly — except that's a whole other set of issues that I don't care to discuss.
Maybe I'm just super sensitive. Maybe I'm crazy – there are days when I swear that I am hanging on to my sanity by a thread and I'm dead serious about that.
And just as if everything can't get bad enough, there's the whole holiday pressure thing looming like a gigantic monster over our heads. A Thanksgiving dinner, Christmas decorating, Christmas shopping, Christmas cards, Christmas dinner, Christmas gift wrapping —sheesh, makes you sick of Christmas already and it's not even the middle of November.
Add to all of that the fact that my husband will be gone for the better part of two of the four weeks in December and this girl is just about ready to scream…..


The Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) is the source of national and State-level statistics on food insecurity used in USDA's annual reports on household food security. The CPS is a monthly labor force survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Once each year, after answering the labor force questions, the same households are asked a series of questions (the Food Security Supplement) about food security, food expenditures, and use of food and nutrition assistance programs. Food security data have been collected by the CPS-FSS each year since 1995.
This data provides historical summaries of total participation and meals served as part of the USDA's Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) School Breakfast Program. The summary data begins in 1969, the year that FNS was established to administer USDA's nutrition assistance program. The School Breakfast Program is a federally assisted meal program operating in public and nonprofit private schools and residential child care institutions. The School Breakfast Program is administered at the Federal level by the Food and Nutrition Service. At the State level, the program is usually administered by State education agencies, which operate the program through agreements with local school food authorities in more than 89,000 schools and institutions.
Of interest to pharmaceutical, nutritional, and biomedical researchers, as well as individuals and companies involved with alternative therapies and and herbal products, this database is one of the world's leading repositories of ethnobotanical data, evolving out of the extensive compilations by the former Chief of USDA's Economic Botany Laboratory in the Agricultural Research Service in Beltsville, Maryland, in particular his popular Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. In addition to Duke's own publications, the database documents phytochemical information and quantitative data collected over many years through research results presented at meetings and symposia, and findings from the published scientific literature.
This content has been updated - view the USDA's Expanded Flavonoid Database for the Assessment of Dietary Intakes, Release 1.1 - December 2015. This database was developed with support from the Office of Dietary Supplements, National Institutes of Health for flavonoid intake studies. The database is a useful tool for flavonoid intake and health outcome studies for any population globally. It contains data for 29 individual flavonoid compounds in six subclasses of flavonoids for every food in a subset of 2,926 food items which provide the basis for the Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies (FNDDS 4.1).
This database was created through a collaborative effort between the Nutrient Data Laboratory, USDA-Agricultural Research Service and the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center, USDA-Agricultural Research Service. The database contains values for 205 food items for the following proanthocyanidins groups: Monomers, Dimers, Trimers, 4-6 mers (tetramers, pentamers and hexamers), 7-10 mers (heptamers, octamers, nonamers and decamers, and Polymers (DP>10).
This content has been updated - view the USDA Database for the Isoflavone Content of Selected Foods, Release 2.1 (November 2015) - This database contains data on the isoflavone content of 557 food items. Isoflavones included in the database are daidzein, genistein, glycitein and total isoflavones. Other phytoestrogens (coumestrol, biochanin A, and formononetin) are included as a separate table in the PDF report and in the database.


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'Super Mario' Monti's Tangled Legacy
How will legal scholars view Mario Monti's tenure as the EU's antitrust chief? Some say his dismantling of the notoriously arrogant merger task force changed for the better the way competition cases are handled. Others say he created an overly cautious, almost paranoid commission that's too concerned with protecting itself from court challenges. But whether he likes it or not, Monti will forever be associated with a trio of embarrassing 2002 court decisions.
By Renee Cordes | December 27, 2004 at 12:00 AM


It's the time of semester when everyone is writing an assignment (if not several). These are our favourite free web resources for getting words on the page.
1. Writing Structure Overview: there's a reason this is one of the most downloaded resources on Studywell. It includes a clear visualisation of how to structure academic writing as well as a colour-coded example with explanatory notes.
2. Thesis Generator: An online tool if you are stuck with a hypothesis for a persuasive paper/augmentative essay. Results vary – but it's not bad for brainstorming what to include in your thesis statement.
3. What is a literature review? Although not usually a fan of online tutorials, this guide to writing a literature review from the University of Sydney Library, covers everything I wish I had known before I wrote my first lit review. (There's more lit review info on QUT Cite|Write as well).
4. Grammar and Punctuation: if you need to quickly check if your apostrophes are in the right places, Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL) has comprehensive punctuation and grammar guides as well as exercises. (Or for a laugh, check out the guide to apostrophes provided by the Oatmeal).
What have you found useful on the web for writing?


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How Did Taylor Swift Train Her Fans to Act a Certain Way?
Dirk Winifred
Taylor Swift is one of the most popular artists in the world and her fans are truly a devoted bunch. While most casual listeners of Taylor will simply enjoy her catchy songs and aesthetically-pleasing music videos, her fans know that there's actually a whole lot more to the "Taylor Swift musical experience" than what we see on the surface.
So what does this all means and what do Taylor fans know that most other people don't? Read on below to find out.
Taylor Swift likes to include Easter eggs in her content
Taylor Swift | Larry Busacca/Getty Images
Many passionate fans of Taylor are aware that the pop star loves to drop hints everywhere, so unlike casual listeners, they do not take everything at face value only.
Taylor recently revealed this in an interview with Entertainment Weekly (her first real interview in three years). The singer opened up about her usage of what she calls "Easter eggs," which are essentially cryptic messages hidden in plain sight that allude to either future events or contain some other special information.
"I love to communicate via Easter eggs," Taylor said. "I think the best messages are cryptic ones."
What are examples of Easter eggs that Taylor Swift has hidden?
There are many, many Easter eggs that Taylor has hidden throughout the years.
The most obvious ones are in her music videos. In her new song "ME!", for example, fans with keen eyes have spotted quite a few throughout the whole video. There is a photo of the Dixie Chicks, which could allude to future collaboration. There is also a scene of Taylor accepting a cat from Brendon Urie, which could signify the singer getting a new cat. Another cryptic message is the word "Lover" seen on top of a building, which could be a hint about a possible track in Taylor's upcoming album.
Taylor has also hidden Easter eggs in her performances in the same way. For example, her recent Billboard Music Awards performance was full of them, including many that allude to her older hit singles.
For those who follow Taylor on social media, the singer revealed that she hides a lot of cryptic messages in her posts as well. This came in handy during her Reputation era as she did not talk to the press much at the time, so social media was her main way of communicating with fans.
And what exactly should we be looking for on social media? Jewelry is one thing, she shared. The other is nail colors and designs. "There was a specific occasion where I did a Spotify vertical video for 'Delicate' and I painted my nails the exact color tones that I wanted the next album to be," she said.
It's also important to note that, actually, anything that Taylor is involved in could potentially be an Easter egg hunting ground. The pop star revealed that she has tried to drop some hints in interviews, too. "I did a magazine interview where I mentioned Brendon Urie and his band, Panic! At the Disco, months before anyone would then find out that I had done a song with him," she explained.
How do fans feel about Taylor Swift and her cryptic messages?
While Taylor no doubt loves to leave Easter egg for everyone to hunt, there are some fans who think that what she is doing is a bit much.
"I don't have the time and mental energy for this," a Reddit user said. "Like she knows we are waiting and watching and obsessing over this and she's toying with us."
"This is a problem I have with a lot of TV shows, movies, and now music: fan service taking priority over artistry and storytelling," another person pointed out. "…Right now it feels like empty pandering and fan service at best and a manipulative marketing strategy at worst. I just hope she's put as much thought and effort into her music and lyrics as she has into dropping these hints."
However, other people do not see anything wrong with Taylor's creative marketing strategy.
"She could choose to give us 0 content in between singles/albums or she can give us clues and things we can go back to in the future with new information," a fan said. "It's ridiculous that fans are legitimately upset over this."
Another user wrote: "She's basically giving you guys the equivalent of ultra-hard mode on a video game. If you want to play for the challenge, then do it. If you don't, keep enjoying her music."


Super Happy Jen's Super Happy Blog: The First Campaign Challenge.
I assume you all have been following my blog intently and already know that I am signed up for Rachael Harrie's Writers' Platform-Building Campaign, well today Rach has presented us with our first challenge.
The door swung open like a cross between a drawbridge and the cargo doors on a military plane. Faster than Angie would have imagined, she found she didn't have time to decide whether or not to run. She had no doubt that the occupants of the cigar-shaped ship could already see her, standing in her pyjamas in the ankle-high grass. As Angie waited, she looked back in the direction the ship had come. It had knocked down the old oak tree with the tire swing before carving a black scar through her parents' corn field, narrowly avoiding the farm house where Angie's family had been sleeping. Looking back at the gaping mouth door of the space ship, Angie was shocked to see not a little green man with a bulbous head, but a blond girl of about three years old, her wide brown eyes framed by dark lashes. The girl held out her arms as though waiting for a hug. A sudden longing brought Angie to tears. The child smiled an impish grin and Angie could no longer resist. She ran up the ramp and took the delicate creature in her arms. "It's okay," Angie whispered. The door swung shut.
That's it. Hopefully a mildly original take on the UFO-in-the-cornfield cliché. Exactly 200 words so long as you count "ankle-high" as one word (Microsoft Word does). I urge you to try out this fun little exercise, even though you can't win a prize unless you are signed up for the campaign.
Edit: If you like my story, be sure to go to this page and press the like button above my name (I'm number 27). Get me in the running for the people's choice awards.
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Oh, that was so very good! Captivating, and very definitely a twist at the end. Well done, Jen!
lovely new UFO take. Great ending!
LOVE this! Woohoo for scifi entries!!!
Great entry! I loved the ending. Creeeeepy.
Ok, so you have me wondering if it's a kidnappee being returned or an alien in disguise! Loved it!
Hi. I'm in your sci-fi group. Nice story in 200 words. Well done.
So I haven't come accross the anouncement for this challenge yet. Off to check the Yahoo group.
Great job. You inspired me to do accept the challenge. I hope you come and check it out soon. Going to write it now. BTW just saying hi as a fellow campaigner.
Awesome little sci-fi piece. I liked the ending.
I've followed you fellow campaigner!
Super scene, Jen! Wouldn't trust the little girl with the innocent green eyes, though! I'm a new follower from the campaign trail!
Oooh, I wouldn't be beguiled by a cute little girl. Okay, maybe I would. hehe.
Well done, Jen, and true to your genre! I'm so impressed you managed to do it in exactly 200 words! You've motivated me to add this challenge to my to-do list. I didn't get a notice about it though. Must look!
Hey Jen, nice to meet you. I'm a fellow campaigner from the beginning bloggers group stopping by to say hello and become a follower.
I like the black scar in the cornfield. Great description!
I like this take on the whole UFO thing and nice twist. Good job!
I liked this...I am so happy the little girl did not turn into a monster...yet!
Thanks for sharing. I have to say, I'm wondering if the blond kid was just somebody who the aliens took for a joy-ride, or if they really are soul-less shape shifters.
It's nice to meet you, I'm in the Canadian Campaigners group, so I'll be seeing you again down the Campaign trail. Can't wait!
Very fun! And the twist with the little girl drawing in the earth-being at the end was quite clever!
You set the scene with a lot of description. I liked how the alien warped her emotions. You hooked me. Good luck with the challenge.


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The University at Buffalo invites current high school students to showcase their writing talents in a FREE poetry contest. All are invited to attend, particularly aspiring poetry students and their teachers.
Winning poets will be invited to UB's Center For The Arts for a celebration of their abilities at the Poetry Awards Ceremony and Poetry Workshop that will be held on Saturday, March 29, 2008, when winning poems will be read and prizes will be awarded.
Michael Basinski will award the prizes and lead the Poetry Workshop. Dr. Basinski is the Curator of the Poetry Collection of the University at Buffalo Libraries. He has published 33 books of poetry and numerous related publications. He also performs his sound poems and poetric scores with BuffFluxus, his performance ensemble.
Winners will be notified by mail no later than Friday, March 7, 2008.
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HomeTexasMetric performing at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas
Metric performing at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas
Metric performing at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas on July 16, 2018, with Emily Haines, James Shaw, Joshua Winstead, and Joules Scott-Key.
The Toronto-based Metric, who've won a large audience playing the club circuit in both Canada and the U.S., released their first album, Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?, to much acclaim from fans and critics in 2003. Backed by guitar, chirping synths and other pop-friendly instruments, singer Emily Haines provides vocals that range from soft and breathy to bold and fierce.
The album's subject matter is also diverse, featuring songs about social standing ("The List"), difficult political issues ("Succexy") and other wide-ranging topics. 2005's Live It Out, the group's second album, offers further proof of Metric's impressive versatility and knack for crafting catchy pop-rock gems.
Setlist for the show at the Frank Erwin Center
Satellite Mind
Dark Saturday
Youth Without Youth
Gold Gun Girls
Breathing Underwater
Help I'm Alive
Metric shared the stage with The Smashing Pumpkins at the Frank Erwin Center. The band continues across the United States and Canada with the last stop at the SKOOKUM Festival 2018 in Vancouver, BC, Canada on September 8, 2018.
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Lenovo/IBM ServeRAID M5210 supports online capacity expansion to increase the size of a virtual drive. Unfortunately, this is not supported for RAID 10. To avoid having to destroy the virtual drive and recreate at a larger size (thus losing all data in the process), it is possible to add create an extra virtual drive and add that capacity to the storage repository.
# No operations that change on-disk metadata are permitted.
# use could mess up your system, so seek advice first!
"/dev/sdd" is a new physical volume of "930.39 GiB"


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Crocodiles, BB King, horseshoe crabs, cockroaches and Angus Young.
All of them have been around for a very long time, and none of them has needed to change with the times.
Why? Because, in evolutionary terms, they hit the nail smartly on the head at a very early stage.
They've always been so damn good at what they do – whether that's ambushing wildebeest in the Masai Mara or kicking out a blistering blues lick – that they've stayed rock solid while other less well-adapted creatures have had to re-invent themselves to keep filling their bellies and attracting mates.
Angus Young was barely into his 20s on 'High Voltage', AC/DC's first album released outside Australia, but you can hear his trademark style very clearly on these early tracks.
And, goshdarnit, it's still going strong more than three decades later.
Like BB King, Angus could never be described as technically 'flash' on the frets. Famously, BB can't sing and play at the same time, and can be heard telling The Edge on U2's 'Rattle and Hum' movie that he 'don't do chords'.
But try to re-create his style and tone, and you're just about guaranteed to fall short – for the same reason that you won't be able to sing like Tom Waits or play drums like Ringo Starr.
These musicians are freaks, in the true sense of the word. They have a freakish propensity to create music that demands attention, like Lewis Hamilton is freakishly good at driving quickly or David Cameron is freakishly insufferable.
Their sound wallows around for a bit in their soul, then hangs a right through their heart before heading straight for their fingers or voicebox.
These freaks are few and far between, and we're privileged just to be allowed to stand and gawp at them.
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EHEDG is the most influential European network in the area of food safety. The principal goal of EHEDG is the promotion of quality and safe food by improving hygienic engineering and design in all aspects of food manufacture. Established in 1989, it represents a consortium of equipment manufacturers, food industries, food producers, research and education institutions, as well as public health authorities that has an aim to promote food hygiene during its production, packaging and distribution.
EHEDG actively supports European legislation, which requires that handling, preparation processing and packaging of food is done hygienically using hygienic machinery and in hygienic premises (EC Directive 2006/42/EC for Machinery, EN 1672-2 and EN ISO 14159 Hygiene requirement).
The equipment manufacturers and users are responsible to implement these requirements and EHEDG provides them guidance on the essential hygienic design standards in compliance with national and international legislation.
But food safety does not end at the borders of Europe. That's why EHEDG actively promotes global harmonization of guidelines and standards. The US-based organizations NSF and 3-A have agreed to co-operate in the development of EHEDG Guidelines and in turn, EHEDG cooperates in the development of 3-A and NSF standards.
But food safety does not end at the borders of Europe, the EHEDG actively promotes global harmonization of guidelines and standards. The US-based organisations NSF and 3-A have agreed to co-operate in the development of EHEDG Guidelines and in turn, EHEDG co-operates in the development of 3-A and NSF standards.
The main objective of EHEDG is to promote food safety by improving hygienic engineering and design in all aspects of food production.
EHEDG provides practical management of hygienic engineering aspects of the safe and quality food production. Founded in 1989, a consortium of manufacturers of equipment, producers of food products, researchers and educational institutions and public health authorities aimed to promote food hygiene in the production and packaging.
EHEDG actively supports the legislation under which requests handling, preparation, processing and packaging of food must be carried out hygienically, using machinery and hygienic sanitary facilities (EC Directive 98/37/EC, EN 1672-2 and EN ISO 14159).
All these events are actually places for meeting of all EHEDG members with representatives from industries and governments of many countries, particularly in terms of hygienic engineering.
EHEDG Training courses are especially designed for food industry trainers who want to gain deeper understanding of hygienic engineering and design, as well as their application. They are relevant to technologists, personnel responsible for quality assurance, and engineers working on the equipment development and sale. Trainings have a balance between theoretical and practical part, and basically represent the use of EHEDG Trainer's Toolbox. Made with the European Commission support, these teaching aids include most modern academic engineering applications, supplemented with: paintings, drawings, animations and videos.
EHEDG can approve the use of the certification logo on equipment or products which are in conformity with the EHEDG criteria.
With approval of the EHEDG authorized organizations which are in compliance with the EHEDG criteria. In certain cases approval may be given only after testing laboratories accredited by a notified body, using EHEDG test methods.
To apply for evaluation and / or testing of equipment or products for certification, you should contact one of the authorized EHEDG institutions. The addresses of these organizations and the list of certified products / components are published on the EHEDG website.


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In a high risk environment, administrative rights to computing systems should be highly restricted, and actually not granted at all. Unfortunately, this decision might not be in your hands, but there are things you can do to maintain control and promote a secure environment. Use this Administrative Rights Policy as a starting point to:
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Private general insurance company HDFC ERGO General Insurance has set up a remote sensing lab for crop insurance. The lab will work on accurately assessing the risks of the insurers and will also be able to give early warnings about the losses. This will be able to prepare the teams in advance and also make assessments in a scientific manner. Further, early warnings about adverse conditions can be given to the government as well the farmers.
The company has hired a specialist in the area of remote sensing to look into the data and assess the information so that predictions can be made. Remote sensing involves setting up scanning an area through the use of satellite to get deeper information about that region. In the earlier crop insurance schemes that were based on weather, there were a few instances of farmers submitting fraudulent claims with respect to crop yield data and crop loss. For this, physical assessments used to be carried in locations to determine the extent of the loss. The agriculture ministry called for use of modern technology like remote satellites and drones for the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY) which is a crop insurance scheme subsidised by the government. The government is also encouraging insurers to use smartphones and remote sensing to reduce crop cutting experiments and help cut delay in payments to farmers. HDFC ERGO was one of the first non-life insurers to use drones on a pilot basis to look into estimate losses from any catastrophic events for the crop areas that they covered. With the use of technology, HDFC ERGO can predict any impending risks much earlier and hence also help the farmers prepare better for any anomalies.
The government has allowed non-transport usage of quadricycles with a view to providing a safe and cheap mode for the last mile connectivity. A quadricycle is a vehicle which is of the size of a three wheeler but with four tyres and fully covered like a car but its maximum speed limit and engine capacity are lower than that of a small car. Quadricycles were only allowed for transport usage under the Act, but now has been made usable for non-transport also. Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has notified the insertion of the item Quadricycle as a non-transport vehicle under the Motor Vehicles Act 1988. This makes it a cheap and safe mode of transport for last mile connectivity.


WHAT: Your writing assignment is a research paper. Using academic sources, you are going to study organizational culture, and relate that topic to another aspect of organizational communication/behavior. For example, you may study organizational culture as it relates to group decision-making.
•	8 pages of writing, not including cover page, references, etc. It's okay to go over 8 pages.
•	APA format: Times New, 12 points, double-spaced, internal citations, etc.
•	See http://flash1r.apa.org/apastyle/basics/index.htm for APA information, including sample papers.
•	8 academic sources, minimum. You may use scholarly journals and books. No newspaper articles, editorials, magazines, etc. may count towards your 8 academic sources, but may be used as additional sources.
o	Introduce the topic, stating a clear thesis on what my paper will cover. (One page).
o	Start the body with a general overview of what organizational culture is, detailing some of the research that has been done on the topic. (I.e. a "literature review"). (Two pages).
o	Give a general overview of group decision-making, also detailing some of the research that has been done on this topic. (I.e. a "literature review"). (Two pages).
o	Discuss the research that links these two organizational communication ideas together. For example, How does an organization's culture influence how its groups make their decisions?(Two pages).
o	Summarize and conclude. (One page).
Topic- Customer service and companies that strive as customer first such as Nordstrom.
Case Study- Midsouth Chamber of Commerce: The Role of the Operating Manager in Information SystemsDiscussion. The discussion includes an analysis of each problem or question.