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The Hth Field Guide to Slash & Other Associated Strange Attractors
Title: The Hth Field Guide to Slash & Other Associated Strange Attractors
Creator: hth the first
Date(s): August 16, 2006
Medium: online
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External Links: The Hth Field Guide to Slash & Other Assorted Strange Attractors; Archive for page one, page two; Archive for page two
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The Hth Field Guide to Slash & Other Associated Strange Attractors is a post by hth the first.
For additional context, see Timeline of Slash Meta and Slash Meta.
Topics Discussed
the difference between slashy and slash-friendly
Stargate Atlantis, Due South, Firefly, Highlander, Buffy, Supernatural and many other shows
Any Two Guys
Shipping and Pairings
McShep
Posts in Response
Let 'em all die, squished like little ants, I don't care... are YOU okay? ; archive link page one; page two; archive link page two by liviapenn (2006)
In my ongoing bafflement as to why I'm apparently the only person on earth who doesn't think Sheppard and McKay are particularly slashy, I was of course taken back to ye age-olde question, What exactly *does* it take to be slashy? Well, let me answer in four parts, with the fourth part first and the third part last, and– Okay, it was admittedly funnier on Sports Night. The point, though, is that I'm trying to be critical of how I arrive at the point where I'm comfortable saying these two characters are/aren't slashy, so I came up with some broad categories of things that set my slash bells ringing. But first, a few disclaimers:
1) For "slashy," it's probably more accurate to read "Weird About Each Other," which is how I've mostly come to conceptualize this idea over the past few years. "Slashy" to me implies "open and/or begging to be slashed," so definitively it requires a certain extra-canonical reading right from the start. What I like about saying two characters are Weird About Each Other is that it can (theoretically) be a point of agreement regardless of what you think might be going on between them off-screen. So for the most part, Weird About Each Other contains and encompasses slashy, but also brings in other characters, including het pairings and sibling acts, and then allows people to believe whatever they want about their sex lives, while still all agreeing that there's something uniquely charged and interesting about their interactions.
2) I'm thinking here primarily about subtext, but the reality of course is that sometimes on tv, what used to be subtext suddenly turns into text. So while for the most part I've tried to avoid using canonical couples as examples, or even people who canonically seem to want to be couples, it's a little tricky. What about all those Veronica Mars episodes back when we were supposed to think that Veronica hated Logan, or all the good years of the X-Files? What if only half the couple's interest is clearly canonical, a la Hex? What about when nobody's exactly sure if their sexual relationship is canonical or not, like Stuart/Vince or Xena/Gabrielle? Those are crucial studies in subtext, so I hate to discard them, but just be aware that I'm distinguishing the textual from the subtextual elements of those relationships and, as much as I can, dealing with the latter in isolation.
3) No, I'm not doing this to be mean to McShep fans. It only had its origins in me feeling mean about McShep fans (and by "mean," I don't mean that I don't love y'all, I just mean frustrated by the hard sell that is the bread and butter of this fandom). I actually really got interested in subtext, and particularly in how and why people read canon so differently. This is my attempt to nail down how *I* read canon(s), which isn't a better or a worse way, but it is mine.
4) This is NOT NOT NOT in any way to be perceived as a guide to what people should or shouldn't be writing or digging on. Hell, I've made a fan career out of writing pairings that don't rise to my own standards of slashy/Weird About Each Other – Giles/Oz, Ray/Ray, Ronon/Rodney, and that's not even to mention the crossovers – and I love my fellow weirdos who do the same. I truly believe that anyone is slashable, and you can get good stories and bad out of any pairing. What I see as inherent in canon affects what makes me squee as a fan, but the two aren't synonymous, nor are they supposed to be.
1. They are life partners
In broad strokes, I mean by this that they share living arrangements, they plan to do so as far ahead as the eye can see, and that canon recognizes that any change in this situation is a moment for extreme dramatic tension – a breakup or divorce, essentially. I am, however, willing to expand the definition to people who have a shared career/mission although they maintain separate residences, but only if canon indicates that they don't have much of a life outside the career/mission, making it the functional equivalent of "where they live."
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2. They've mastered the art of the eyefuck This is the most freeform category, and it's the one people are going to try to abuse to sneak in all their favorite pairings *g* Sexual chemistry is fairly subjective, so I only permit entries under #2 if it's at the highest possible level of stunningly obvious.
3. They touch each other in somewhat inappropriate ways This one is a little more complicated than it originally seems. I'm basically opposed to the simple touching [equals] sex that can be so prevalent in this culture, but I do think that a willingness to be deeply and intimately inside someone else's personal space indicates a certain level of trust and making oneself vulnerable.
4. There's no one else in the world that matters as much Again, this doesn't mean that their friendships with other characters aren't real, but for some characters, there's clearly one person who is *the* person they trust and value.
I have to say that I was never really enamoured of Sheppard/McKay. It's not because I can't see a case being made for them, but because to me, they just don't fit as a sexual couple. Life-long friends - yes. Brothers - yes. Lovers - not really. But that's just me. Because I don't see Ronon/McKay at all. And that doesn't mean that I don't enjoy your stories, because quality fic, no matter what the pairing, gets my admiration. But I just don't see a sexual connection between Ronon and McKay at all. I see more between Sheppard and McKay.
Now...Sheppard/Ronon? That I see all over the place. *G*
I guess when it comes down to it, a lot of it's just a matter of perception and personal taste. [1]
Dude, that's what I'm saying! Neither do I! They're not at all slashy in canon -- which isn't going to stop me from writing stories about them. Like I said, I actually have a fondness for writing stories about pairings I don't think are really "there" on screen. It really just becomes, what if it were there, how would that go? I hope people don't feel like I'm saying that kind of story is less valid somehow. [2]
See, I always thought Sheppard/Ford. But really, I don't see it with any of the pairings anymore, not since they Wraithified poor Rainbow. That's what fanfiction is for, I guess - I never really saw any HP pairings, either, come to think of it. And the only Firefly pairing I loved was canonical. But like Hth said, I like to think of them like action figures - when you're playing with them, you can put any two together and make up stories - it's almost more fun when they're not plausible in canon, which is why a good crossover is such a thing of beauty. [3]
To me, the thing that makes *me* weird about a pairing is pretty much exactly that: it doesn't necessarily have to be touching inappropriately or living together, but yeah-- what are they to each other that no one else is? What are they to each other that's kind of *weird* and intimate and not a relationship that you can easily just say "Friends!" or "Co-workers!" Lex and Clark, Jim and Blair, even "enemyslash" like Giles and Ethan, Fraser and Victoria, or Xavier and Magneto. I'm with you in that I don't as yet see any one pairing on SGA being *overwhelmingly* Weird About Each Other (except maybe John/Ronon, a little) ... yet... Also, I think this is a major reason people are so invested in Rodney being an awesome ninja special forces killer with perfect aim who never drops his gun and/or John being a super secret physics savant who can solve Millenium Problems with nothing but a pointy stick and a piece of string. Because that's sort of a *surface* way to indicate that they are Living In The Same Place, and otherwise, what you're left with is two guys who don't even like the same Catwoman. ;) [4]
Really, reading this post has been refreshing if for nothing else than me going "see, I knew I wasn't a freak for not being totally up in McShep's pants". :) [5]
Also, with the truly epic slash pairings, I find that actor chemistry has a big influence. Starsky and Hutch? Wouldn't be half as memorable as they are if not for Soul and Glaser and their famous connection. Same thing with The Invisible Man - the chemistry between Ventresca and Ben-Victor just sizzled off the screen and they often said in interviews how much that helped the show. So when it comes to SGA, and I see yet another couple of actors meeting and falling into this epic new friendship as Hewlett and Paul McGillion have done, and having that translate to the screen as often as the writers can let it, I have to wonder why that's not the focus of the fandom. Seriously, though, I think some people aren't watching the same show I am. I've never been this out of touch with the rest of the slashers in a particular fandom. [6]
This is absolutely fascinating--and I agree with pretty much everything you said. I'd like to put out my view on McKay/Sheppard, which is--I like the pairing so much because they aren't really all that slashy. Because any writer actually paying attention to the show dynamics knows that given their on-screen relationship, it's pretty unlikely that they'd just fall into bed together, and what this means is--long, plotty fanfiction, where the author has to work to get them together. This opens up a huge number of options that aren't available to, say, Jim and Blair or Ray and Fraser--you get to see the whole process of "well, we're co-workers and we like each other okay when the other one isn't being totally crazy" through becoming closer to each other, maybe being put into situations where they begin to fit in one of the four categories, and so on.
And I do realize that many, many McKay/Sheppard lovers do not ascribe to the above, and do just drop them into bed with each other. This is my personal opinion. :)
Really, I think it's the same reason I love Atlantis fandom so much despite the fact that the show is *cough* not actually that good. There's so much you can do with it. If your pairing is like Jim and Blair, or House and Wilson, and really seriously obviously married, there's less fanfiction potential. Or at least different fanfiction potential. (Although watching the show then becomes that much more fun.)
Anyway. *cough* The McKay/Sheppard fan puts in her two cents. And again, this was a fascinating post! I'm totally going to be measuring slashiness by these points, now. [7]
I mean, you could *sort of* argue that Jim and Blair were just friends and not weird about each other? But then you have to make X (where X equals Blair's need to do research and Jim's need to have a guide around all the time) HUGE and almost implausibly uncanonical in its hugeness-- like, if Blair needs to be around Jim all the time for his research, why don't we ever see him *doing* any? And if Jim needs Blair around all the time to keep him from zoning, why don't we ever see him zone? It's actually simpler to solve for X = they are (or want to be) lovers. (Like [Not Exactly Funny Helen's story where they both get amnesia and assume that they're lovers because *it's the most likely explanation* of their life].) I don't think anyone on SGA is at anywhere near that point yet, but then, Blair and Jim were always turned up past eleven when it came to slashiness. [8]
I think there's less het than slash that hits that dynamic because a lot of times writers are lazy with their het on television. They figure, Cute Guy, Cute Girl, what more do you need? The fans'll love it! And a lot of fans usually do. But those of us who want those relationships really built and made so water-tight that they're inevitable often just don't get it from het relationships. I'm not sure, that's just a gut instinct. A lot of the "ping," obviously, still has to do with personal taste, especially when theoretical sexual attraction comes in. Like I said, I like the idea of Weird About Each Other, because it relies less on what gets us off -- so like, somebody can say "I never saw Frank/Tim as slashy," and I can say "OMG! They're so in love!" and we would disagree with each other...but probably if I said, "They are pretty weird about each other, though, aren't they?" almost anyone on earth would agree with me. It's probably a fool's quest to find anything that all fans will agree on, but I've always been quixotic like that! [9]
Your essay makes sense. I wonder if it's also... like, Starsky & Hutch and The Sentinel -- I don't think, at the start, TPTB behind those shows were aware of how homoerotic it was, because there was just less awareness of homoeroticism in general (of course, the TS PTB got hip to it...) Whereas SGA's PTB are more aware of that, perhaps, and can make things less homoerotic, intentionally? Not that I think they're standing there going, "You two! Too gay! Back it up!" :) [10]
Sometimes I really like the "obsessession à deux" aspect of slashiness, the "weird about each other" so-in-love thing you talk about here. But sometimes it squicks me as being unhealthy and stalker-ish. Luckily, I like threesomes, which *can't* really be as narrow-focus, and which can also (with slash goggles, obviously) fit fairly nicely over the canon of ensemble cast shows. SG-1: Jack is Weird about His Team. All of them *together*. Or Popslash: when canon has five guys living together, working together, goofing off together, calling each other "family", (their parents vacationing together,) and literally piled on top of each other for *years*... can group sex fic be far behind? [11]
There are a lot of popular pairings I can appreciate in fiction but I don't really see on the show, simply because their relationship on the show is nice, but doesn't strike me as special enough. Yeah, Grissom is nice to Nick and they have bonding moments, but he has had bonding moments with everybody on his team. I don't really see why those moments with Nick should be more persuasive of an interest in Nick than his moments with Warwick (or Cath or Sara or Greg) are. I'm guessing that is where chemistry comes in. But I think to me, that just makes somebody a pairing which might be fun to play around with, but if the canon foundation is nothing to write home about, it keeps the pairing from crossing into out of this world territory. To me chemistry usually just triggers "I like the bonding moments between X/Y better, because they have more chemistry" and not "those moments mean more in the context of the show.". They usually, in fic, usually make me think "Yeah, if they were the main/only relationship on the show, they might be really awesome." But in the context of this show they are just one of many.
I do think that a lot of pairings might be created by having a reduced viewpoint. Like, I like side character X. I look around the show with whom X has relationships. He has the most important relationship with Y and therefore I ship X/Y, regardless of what other relationships Y might have, because this is not my viewpoint, because I watch the show from the point of view of character X. Again, nothing wrong with that. And it can create great stories. But it does affect whether I see them on the show as a pairing. Or whether I see them as a healthy pairing.
For me the specialness has to be mutual in some way, for the couple to really have "superdupercouple" status. [12]
Oh, brilliant! This is a great post. I've been thinking about shippiness and subtext a lot recently, partly because I've identified as a slasher for so long, but have lately come to realize how often I ship het pairings as well, and the criteria you outline here definitely play a major role in how I read the subtext of any given pairing. [13]
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Lucy Charles-Barclay finishes fifth in World Triathlon debut, Amelie Kretz takes 21st
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Kevin Mackinnon June 6, 2021
Those of us who have followed Lucy Charles-Barclay's amazing triathlon career were hardly surprised to see the British athlete serve as a monstrous game-changer, even as she made her draft-legal World Triathlon racing in one of the sport's biggest showcases, the World Triathlon Championship Series (WTCS) Leeds.
It was the three-time Kona runner up who hammered through the swim, stringing out the rest of the field. Charles-Barclay led a group that included countrywomen Jessica Learmonth and Sophie Coldwell, along with Maya Kingma (NED), Taylor Spivey (USA) and Vittoria Lopes (BRA). A super-fast transition got Learmonth out onto the bike in first, and she hammered early to set up a three-woman breakaway with Kingma and Learmonth, with Charles-Barclay, Spivey and Lopes finding themselves in a first chase-group of three.
Canada's Amelie Kretz came out of the water in the main group, about a minute off the pace of the leaders.
Two-time world champion Flora Duffy managed to extricate herself from the second bunch of chasers to join up with Charles-Barclay, Spivey and Lopes, but the group could never get itself as well-organized as the three leaders out in front, who managed to gain more time on the rest of the field throughout the bike. By the time they were all done the hilly, windy Leeds course, the gap was about two minutes on the first group, and about three minutes to the large chase group that contained the likes of Katie Zaferes, along with super-quick runners Beth Potter (GBR) and Cassandra Beaugrand (FRA). Kretz was also part of that group, setting herself up for another top finish, which would hopefully be enough to nail Canada a second Olympic spot.
Out on the run course Kingma pushed hard early on, but the two Brits quickly marked the move. In the second lap, though, Coldwell dropped off the pace, setting up a duel between Learmonth and Kingma for the win. Duffy quickly extricated herself from the rest of the chasers, while Spivey and Charles-Barclay found themselves running stride for stride and suddenly having to hold off a charge from Potter, who was using her world 5 km record-setting speed to chase for a top finish.
Learmonth and Kingma would push each other through the final lap with Coldwell hanging tough about 15 seconds behind. On a long downhill Kingma made her move, flying away from the Brit to take the win. Coldwell hung on for third, with Duffy taking fourth. Charles-Barclay continued to amaze by sprinting away from Spivey to take fifth, with Spivey taking sixth followed by Potter in seventh.
Spivey's top finish was an important one for her as she and 2019 world champion Katie Zaferes (17th) are in the hunt for the final American spot in Tokyo.
Kretz continued her impressive Olympic run with a 21st-place finish – heading into the race she was 53rd in the Olympic standings, today's finish should be enough to keep her in at least that spot, which will qualify two Canadian women for the Olympics.
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NGOs Responsible for Dutch Pension Fund Divestment- PGGM/PFZW: Dutch Funding for NGO Lobby Efforts
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On January 8, 2014, a large Dutch pension fund, PGGM, announced that it will "no longer invest in five Israeli banks, namely Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, First International Bank of Israel, Israel Discount Bank and Mizrahi Tefahot." PGGM claimed that this decision was due to the banks' "involvement in financing Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian."
PFZW (Pension Fund for Care and Well-being), whose funds are managed by PGGM, subsequently listed these banks on the fund's "exclusion list."
NGO Monitor's research shows that PGGM and PFZW were lobbied by Dutch and Israeli NGOs to divest from Israeli banks, as part of the international political warfare against Israel. Boycott, divestment, and sanctions (BDS) campaigns are central components of such attacks against Israel.
PFZW director Peter Borgdoff confirmed that NGOs were centrally involved in PGGM's decision to divest from Israeli companies (see below).
Many of these political advocacy NGOs receive large scale funding from the Dutch government.
The Dutch government's ambiguous policy regarding economic cooperation with Israel, coupled with the propaganda efforts of powerful anti-Israel NGOs (non-governmental organizations), are responsible for the rise in activities targeting Israel – including incidents involving Vitens and Royal Haskoning DHV.
NGO Lobbying of PGGM/PFZW
According to the Director of PFZW, "For several years, we have been addressed on this issue by organizations such as Cordaid, ICCO, IKV PaxChristi, Oxfam Novib, Werkgroep Keerpunt and the Dutch Palestine Committee. Coincidentally, we also provide pensions to some of these parties." (Translation from original Dutch by NGO Monitor)
CWP/Who Profits
In 2009, a document on PGGM/PFZW was released based on information and data collected by "Who Profits?" a BDS project of the Israeli NGO Coalition of Women for Peace (CWP). This document lists information on Israeli banks, including Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, Israel Discount Bank, and Mizrahi Tefahot.
A network of pro-BDS Dutch NGOs, including ICCO, EAJG (Een Ander Joods Geluid/A Different Jewish Voice) and UCP (United Civilians for Peace– the NGO platform of ICCO, Cordaid, Oxfam Novib and IKV Pax Christi) circulated the report to banks, unions and BDS activists.
CWP's "Who Profits?" project receives Dutch government funding via the Dutch church aid organization ICCO. In 2012, ICCO received €82 million from the Dutch government, 84% of the organization's budget for that year.
Previous NGO Monitor reports highlight CWP's radical anti-Israel agenda. For instance, research shows that CWP officials have been photographed holding a flag of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine – an EU-recognized terrorist organization responsible for numerous attacks against civilians.
Stop de Bezetting (Stop the Occupation)
Stop de Bezetting is a radical Dutch organization founded by anti-Israel activist Gretta Duisenberg.
According to its website, the organization has been lobbying PGGM for years regarding its activities in Israel.
PGGM/PFZW NGO Connections
NGO Monitor research shows that a number of influential Dutch activists and NGOs have close ties to PGGM/PFZW.
For instance, Cees Flinterman serves as a member of the ethical board of PFZW. The ethical board is tasked with helping the company implement the ethical aspects of responsible investment policy.
Simultaneously, Flinterman is a board member of The Rights Forum, a highly politicized Dutch organization with a strong anti-Israel agenda.
Flinterman is a member of the Support Committee of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, a radical and highly biased forum that uses a legal façade to demonize Israel and advance a BDS agenda.
In September 2013, Flinterman was the closing speaker at a BDS event in the Netherlands, "Conference for Peace in Palestine/Israel: Trade Unions and Citizens Together in Action Against the Occupation." According to a report on the conference by the "BDS Movement," this event was organized "to generate additional momentum for the successful and growing Dutch and European movement for boycott, divestment and sanctions (BDS) against Israel until it agrees to abide by international law."
ICCO board member Prof. Dr. Gert van Dijk also serves as chairman of the PGGM council.
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1. Whyte Lake – West Vancouver
The beautiful still waters of Whyte Lake
Whyte Lake was one of the first trails that I did, and it's still one of my favourites. It's relatively flat and the trail is well established so it can be done even in light trail running shoes without poles. The entire distance is between 5 and 5.5 kilometres and is "out and back", with the midpoint being the scenic Whyte Lake dock where you can sit and have a snack. Swimming is allowed but there is a lot of debris and fallen trees in the water so most people simply enjoy the view. If you'd like a longer hike you can continue on the path around the lake that will link to the famous Baden-Powell trail, which runs east-west across the North Shore, and from there you can continue to Horseshoe Bay by turning left or to Eagle Bluffs by turning right.
Since most of the trail is under tree cover, it's a good hike to do even in the shoulder seasons (spring and fall) when it's likely raining. Dogs are allowed on leash. Find out more information and transit/driving directions from Vancouver Trails.
Note: This is also a great trail for those who are wanting to learn more about the forests of BC, as this is a typical Pacific temperate rainforest with a mix of old-growth and second growth trees, notably Douglas Fir and Western Cedar, and many different types of ferns.
2. Capilano Pacific Trail – North Vancouver and West Vancouver
This trail can be easily split up into different sections, all of which are accessible by transit. It starts near Ambleside and Capilano River at Park Royal Mall in West Vancouver, then follows the river up the canyon and ends at Cleveland Dam in North Vancouver. Although there is a moderate elevation gain compared to Whyte Lake, it's so gradual that this is still a great trail for beginners. The trail itself is also well-established, and most of the lower section of the trail is gravel. The distance is approximately 15 kilometres round trip.
A stunning view at the Cleveland Dam
Easily the best parts are the first and last parts of this trail, as the middle section goes through some residential areas and isn't very scenic. If you prefer to do a shorter version of this route, you can start at Cleveland Dam in North Vancouver, then walk down into the valley following the Great Fir Trail and do the Coho Loop. Note that this part of the hike has more elevation changes as you are at the highest part of the canyon. If you're walking during the day, you can also visit the Capilano Salmon Hatchery, which is located on the east side of the Capilano river and accessible from the canyon trails.
Dogs are allowed on-leash, and parts of the Capilano Pacific Trail and Great Fir Trail are leash optional. Check out more information and transit directions from Vancouver Trails.
3. Lynn Loop Trail – North Vancouver
I spent a lot of time in the Lynn Headwaters Park during the early days of COVID-19 as it was one of the only regional parks open. It's a beautiful network of trails that include Lynn Peak Lookout and the popular Norvan Falls. Lynn Loop is the most beginner trail in the park at 5.5 km round trip . It does have more elevation gain than the other two, but if you do the loop counter-clockwise it's quite gradual (otherwise you'll end up having to go up Second Debris Chute which is root-y and rocky).
While this trail doesn't have a viewpoint like the others, it's a beautiful walk through second growth coast forest and has a nice view of the rushing Lynn Creek headwaters at the beginning of the trail. Like the others, dogs are allowed on-leash and you can find transit instructions at Vancouver Trails.
Those are just a few of my favourite beginner trails on the North Shore. What are some of your favourites?
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Miles Mikolas tries to pull off infamous A-Rod slap
By Craig CalcaterraAug 1, 2019, 1:11 PM EDT
Remember way back in the day when Alex Rodriguez was a bad guy? That was fun. One of the top items on his evil résumé back then was the time he tried to slap his way out of being tagged out at first base during the 2004 ALCS. In case you somehow missed that, here you go. Dude was raked over the coals for that.
The stakes were nowhere near as high in yesterday's Cubs-Cardinals game — and Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas was way, way more subtle about it all than A-Rod was — but he totally tried to slap second baseman David Bote's glove as he was covering first. You'll get your best look at it at around the 45 second mark:
Javier Báez was charged with a throwing error on the play, but I can't help but think that Bote had a better shot at scooping up the errant throw if he wasn't interfered with. It's also quite possible, though, that Mikolas beats the throw even if Bote comes up with it. Still: interference is interference and Mikolas should've been called out and Matt Weiters should've been send back to second base. Joe West totally missed it, of course.
It ended up not mattering, as Kyle Hendricks pitched out of the jam and the Cubs won, but it was still a violation of the rules.
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International nonprofit organization Free Wheelchair Mission recently teamed up with solar energy pioneer SunPower Corporation for a humanitarian project in the Philippines. Earlier this month, the partnership distributed approximately 1,100 wheelchairs to people with disabilities living in the region.
"SunPower cares deeply about the people who live in the regions where we work," said SunPower CEO Tom Werner. "We are excited about this partnership and appreciate the opportunity to help Free Wheelchair Mission expand its ability to provide the gift of mobility to those in need." More than 150 SunPower employees participated in the building and distribution of the wheelchairs to beneficiaries around Manila.
"We are grateful for this opportunity to partner with SunPower," said Don Schoendorfer, president and founder of Free Wheelchair Mission. "With their help, we'll be able to provide hundreds of additional wheelchairs to the Philippines, sharing the gifts of dignity, access and hope that a wheelchair can provide."
Founded by Schoendorfer in 2001, Free Wheelchair Mission has to date provided in excess of 550,000 wheelchairs to people with disabilities living in 78 developing countries. Schoendorfer, an engineer and inventor by trade, developed the original FWM wheelchair model to navigate both the uneven rural terrain and inaccessible urban areas common to underserved regions of the world.
Free Wheelchair Mission is a humanitarian, faith-based, nonprofit organization based in Irvine, Calif. In partnership with over 200 like-minded groups, FWM funds, manufactures and delivers wheelchairs to impoverished disabled populations living in developing countries. To learn more, visit www.freewheelchairmission.org.


Sometime in August when I was visiting fellow mommies who joined Chris' Mommy Moments, I've learned about NIDO's Proud to See the Difference billboard promo from Mirage. All I did was fill out a form, answer a question, submit a picture of my son, and wait for NIDO's confirmation.
We are happy to inform you that the photo of your son Justin Edward that you submitted for the NIDO 3+ See the Difference has passed the screening process and has been approved for entry.
Plus, we will also be sending you a photo of your child's billboard entry via email. Exciting!
Thank you for seeing the difference!
Now, I'm one excited mom!
I'm not sure if the promo is still ongoing, but you can check out this link if you want to know more about it.
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Chef Sonja Finn (at left) and Chef de Cuisine Becca Hagerty (right) are making a statement with beautiful yet down-to-earth food at the Carnegie Museum of Art's Café Carnegie.
Chef Sonja Finn and Chef de Cuisine Becca Hagerty create a deliciously iconic menu at the Carnegie Museum's new Café Carnegie.
Pittsburgh chef Sonja Finn has opened a restaurant in the Carnegie Museum of Art, and the menu is meant to inspire with food that's seasonal, locally sourced and expressive, yet totally real-deal and approachable.
Finn brought that same sensibility to the Café Carnegie, along with one of her top employees from Dinette, Chef de Cuisine Becca Hagerty, who oversees day-to-day operations at Café Carnegie. Hagerty's specialty is incredible fermented dough and ethereal bread in baguettes and pullman loaves.
The café, which seats 100 and opens up to seat about 20 more outdoors during the summer, opened in December with Culinaire as the management company. The process began almost two years ago, when Finn worked with Culinaire on a proposal for the café at the museum. During that time, she ran a grab-and-go operation at the Andy Warhol Museum (also in Pittsburgh).
Seasonality has always inspired Finn during her culinary career, and while the Dinette menu can change practically every night to suit what's in season, the café at the museum has just one menu per season that stays fixed. That was an adjustment for Finn.
"When looking at the winter menu, I looked at what would be available until we hit spring," she says, describing conversations with local purveyors of fresh produce, turkey, lamb and more. Responsible sourcing, sustainability and urban gardening are all things that Finn takes seriously. She scoffs at the idea of kitchen herb gardens that are just for show, proudly describing a 70-container garden on Dinette's rooftop that supplies a large portion of the restaurant's produce.
Another guiding principal in planning ongoing menus for the café is the fact that, in Finn's eyes, a museum café should provide not just great food but also a sense of place and a sense of occasion.
At lunchtime during the week (every day except Tuesdays, when the museum closes), and at brunch on weekends, Café Carnegie is serving sandwiches, big pasta plates and salads. An attached coffee bar serves a limited menu during expanded hours.
One of the best-sellers at the café so far has been the club sandwich, another thing Finn is truly serious about.
Incorrectly, according to Finn, means omitting "the club layer" (that extra slice of toast in the middle of any self-respecting club sandwich).
Other standout menu items include entrée salads like pulled chicken salad, winter farro salad with roasted apples and blue cheese, salad chevre chaud with goat cheese melted on a baguette over lentils, greens and roasted carrots.
The menu for brunch (served on weekends) includes luxurious items like oysters on the half shell, deviled eggs with Berkshire prosciutto, bocadillo de tortilla (a pressed potato sandwich with Latin flavors) and of course, a brunch club sandwich with house-cured salmon, pea shoots, herbs and caper mayo.
And the kids' menu is no slouch, either. Finn, who has taken her young son to museums throughout his life, recognizes what a big deal a museum visit can be to a kid.
The star of the kids' menu has been le hotdog, inspired by hot dog stands in Paris that naturally use great bread. Hagerty's baguettes are perfect for the all local beef hot dogs, which have also become popular with museum employees looking for a quick, inexpensive lunch.
Kids can also choose from little tea sandwiches, a shrimp cocktail, peanut butter-banana-honey panini and English muffin sandwiches at brunch.
At the moment, Finn says she's already looking ahead to this summer at Café Carnegie, when local tomatoes will serve to inspire a new seasonal menu.


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Charleston's History of Hellish Violence
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Though only 21, Dylann Roof has an old soul — that of a 19th-century white supremacist with 21st-century tools.
The alleged shooter who killed nine people Wednesday at Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, South Carolina, reportedly told his victims, "You rape our women and you're taking over our country."
Those words marked Roof as an ideological descendant of earlier racists who, after the Civil War, justified their reign of terror with precisely these claims: that supposedly hypersexual black men were always on the prowl to rape white women, and that African-Americans' fights for citizenship and civil rights were not just about equality, but about black domination. In South Carolina — where the shots that started the Civil War were fired, where whites held tenuous and brutal control over black majorities, and where enslaved people helped launch the war by literally stealing themselves and fleeing from bondage — black domination came to be known as "Negro rule."
Dylann Roof may have changed the words ("taking over"), and it may be true that racism has in part succeeded by shape-shifting through the ages. But make no mistake: Roof's contemporary violence has everything to do with the violent vision of men who built modern South Carolina. Roof is neither lone wolf nor innovator. Whatever, if any, connection he has to hate groups, he had hundreds of years of anti-black race talk behind him when he walked into one of America's oldest black places of worship, in what is known as the Holy City (likely for its abundance of churches), and prayed with black congregants before gunning them down.
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MUMBAI: Seems like the top radio stations aren't in any mood to budge as the Ram data for, both, Week 1 and Week 2 says the same. Be it Fever FM, the ultimate ruler in Mumbai and Delhi, or Radio City and Radio Mirchi, the radio pads have maintained positions in both weeks.
To start with HT Media's Fever FM, the radio station scored 19 share per cent and 5.2 T.S.L. in Delhi in Week 1, while it recorded 18.6 share per cent and 5.02 T.S.L. in Week 2 in the nation's capital. In Mumbai, Fever FM garnered 17.5 share per cent and 6.3 T.S.L. in Week 1, while it's share per cent and T.S.L. in Week 2 was 17.3 and 6.28 respectively in Week 2. In Kolkata, Fever FM stood second in both Week 1 and Week 2 with 18.9 and 18.3 share per cents and 7.12 and 6.52 T.S.L.'s respectively. Lastly, in Bengaluru, the radio station had to settle at the fourth position in both Week 1 and Week 2. While its share per cent and T.S.L. in Week 1 was 14.2 and 8.08, it scored 14.2 share per cent and 8.05 T.S.L. in Week 2.
Next in the list is Radio Mirchi, which as usually topped in Kolkata in both Week 1 and Week 2 with a share per cent of 19.4 and T.S.L. of 4.35 in both weeks respectively. The radio station had to settle at third position in both Mumbai and Bengaluru in Week 1 with share per cents of 12.5 and 16.2 and T.S.L.'s of 4.01 and 6.58 respectively. But in Week 2, Radio Mirchi witnessed rise in its position from third to second and recorded 13.2 share per cent and 4.11 T.S.L., while its position dropped in Bengaluru from third to fourth and scored 16.4 share per cent and 7.02 T.S.L. respectively. Lastly, in Delhi, Radio Mirchi stood fourth in both the weeks. While its 12 share per cent and 3.26 T.S.L. in Week 1 was, the radio station recorded 12.3 share per cent and 3.23 T.S.L. in Week 2 respectively.
Last but not the least is Radio City that continued its legacy of topping in Bengaluru consistently now IN BOTH Week 1 and Week 2. The radio station recorded 24.5 and 24.8 share per cents and 9.32 and 8.58 T.S.L. in Week 1 and Week 2 respectively. While the station stood at second position in Mumbai in Week with 13.3 share per cent and 5.35 T.S.L., Radio City had to settle at position third in Week 2 with 13 share per cent and 5.11 T.S.L. respectively. Lastly, in Delhi, the radio station stood at position three in Week 1 with 12.5 share per cent and 4.06 T.S.L. while it jumped up to position one in Week 2 with 12.9 share per cent and 4.11 T.S.L. Radio City didn't make it to the top 10 in Kolkata in both Week 1 and Week 2.
With a strong grip on their score and a consistent maintenance of their positions in their respective metros, the radio station made a good start of year 2019 in RAM Ratings for Week 1 and Week 2 respectively.


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CaribWorldNews, WASHINGTON, D.C., Mon. Mar. 29, 2010: A 35-year-old Dominican Republic man has been added to the US Marshals 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list.
The U.S. Marshals Service added Enrique Done to their 15 Most Wanted Fugitives list on March 24, 2010. He is also wanted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on an outstanding arrest warrant for deportation.
Done is wanted by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency in Newark, N.J., and has been charged for his alleged role as the leader of an international drug trafficking conspiracy. Done is an alleged ranking member of the Los Deminos 666 (The Demons) street gang in the Newark area. He is allegedly a violent offender with several prior convictions for weapons possession and aggravated assault.
Done is 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighs 175 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair. He has a scar on his forehead.
Done is known to use multiple aliases including Ricardo Done and Daniel Martinez. He operates in the northern New Jersey area and has significant ties to the Dominican Republic.
Following a DEA Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation last year, Done was identified as the leader of a large-scale narcotics organization responsible for the alleged importation and distribution of multiple quantities of heroin and cocaine. He is also suspected of laundering the funds gained through his drug trade in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
`Done has a wide-ranging, violent criminal history, both domestically and abroad.` said Director John F. Clark of the U.S. Marshals Service. `The fact that so many agencies have made Done`s arrest a priority is a clear indication that he needs to be found and locked up.`
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Judge Halts Deportation, Threatens Sessions With Contempt
Judge halts deportation of mother and daughter, threatens to hold Sessions in contempt. WaPo: "A federal judge in Washington halted a deportation in progress Thursday and threatened to hold Attorney General Jeff Sessions in contempt after learning that the Trump administration started to remove a woman and her daughter while a court hearing appealing their deportations was underway. 'This is pretty outrageous,' U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said after being told about the removal. 'That someone seeking justice in U.S. court is spirited away while her attorneys are arguing for justice for her?' Lead ACLU attorney Jennifer Chang Newell, who was participating in the court hearing via phone from her office in California, received an email during the hearing that said the mother and daughter were being deported. During a brief recess, she told her colleagues the pair had been taken from a family detention center in Dilley, Tex., to the airport in San Antonio for a morning flight. After being informed of the situation, Sullivan granted the ACLU's request to delay deportations for Carmen and the other plaintiffs until the lawsuit is decided, and ordered the government to 'turn the plane around.'"
Court Overrules Trump EPA To Ban Pesticide
Court bans popular farm pesticide defended by Trump. Sacramento Bee: "In a rebuke to the Trump administration, an appeals court Thursday ordered the Environmental Protection Agency to ban a widely used farm pesticide that environmentalists say can damage the nervous systems of farmworkers, their children and even consumers. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals told the EPA to ban the chemical known as chlorpyrifos within 60 days. The ruling by the 9th Circuit is a major victory for environmentalists and a defeat for agricultural interests and the Trump administration, which had refused to ban the pesticide. In the late stages of the Obama administration, the EPA was in the process of banning the chemical. Shortly after President Donald Trump took office in 2017, then-EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt announced he was "reversing the previous administration's steps" and would allow farmers to keep using chlorpyrifos. In a 2-1 decision, the court rejected the EPA's arguments, saying the agency hadn't demonstrated with "reasonable certainty" that the chemical is safe. The court declared there 'was no justification for the EPA's decision in its 2017 order to maintain a tolerance for chlorpyrifos in the face of scientific evidence that its residue on food causes neurodevelopmental damage to children.'"
Trump Rule Change Gives Banks $2.5b Tax Break
Buried in the fine print, Trump rule would give $2.5b tax cut to big banks. Alternet: "As Wall Street banks continue to enjoy record profits thanks to President Donald Trump's $1.5 trillion tax scam, Trump's Treasury Department—headed by former Goldman Sachs executive Steve Mnuchin—quietly moved to hand big banks yet another major gift on Wednesday by hiding a $2.5 billion tax cut in the fine print of an "esoteric" new rule proposal. At first glance, the Trump administration's rule appeared to be little more than a mundane set of regulations aimed at providing owners of so-called pass-through businesses everything they 'need to comply with the Republican Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,' as Reuters put it. But Capital & Main journalist David Sirota decided to take the radical step of actually reading the proposal in its entirety, and he found that the White House's rule also seeks to exclude banking from the "financial services" category—a move that would allow thousands of large banks to take advantage of the controversial tax cut for pass-through income included in Trump's tax bill."
Kobach Tries To Decide Own Primary Outcome
KS governor calls on Kobach to stop advising election officials in his own race. ThinkProgress: "Kansas Gov. Jeff Colyer (R) is calling on Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach to stop advising election officials as the two are locked in a tight battle to be the state's Republican gubernatorial nominee. As of Wednesday, Kobach was up by 191 votes, but on Thursday, news broke that a counting error had shortchanged Colyer 100 votes. As of Thursday evening, Kobach leads by just 91 votes out of more than 311,000 cast. The county clerk blamed the secretary of state's office for the discrepancy. Despite the obvious conflict of interest, Kobach has not recused himself from the vote tabulation for his own race. As secretary of state, Kobach oversees voting in the state, but no law requires him to step aside and he says he sees no problem in staying in his role — even if a recount is requested. 'The recount thing is done on a county level, so the secretary of state does not actually participate directly in the recount,' Kobach said after initial results showed him winning by fewer than 200 votes. 'The secretary of state's office merely serves as a coordinating entity overseeing it all but not actually counting the votes.' In a letter Thursday, however, Colyer argued that Kobach was advising county election officials, not serving as merely a coordinating entity. 'It has come to my attention that your office is giving advice to county election officials — as recently as a conference call yesterday — and you are making public statements on national television which are inconsistent with Kansas law and may serve to suppress the vote in the ongoing Kansas primary election process,' Colyer wrote in a letter addressed to Kobach."
Ranked-Choice Voting Can Elect More Progressives
Dems complain about split votes, but few back the obvious solution. The Intercept: "Ballots are still being counted in Ohio's nail-biting special election in the 12th Congressional District, but it looks like Republican Troy Balderson will narrowly defeat Democrat Danny O'Connor. Of course, even with all of Manchik's votes, O'Connor would still come up 435 votes short. But math hasn't stopped Democrats from blaming the Green Party. But even if we were to credit the assessment that Green Party candidates are responsible for spoiling multiple presidential elections, and now, Ohio's 12th District, it remains true that the Democratic Party has shown little interest in addressing the underlying cause of the spoiler effect: our first-past-the-post voting system. In our current system, the person who wins the most votes wins the election. As a result, if a third-party candidate who is ideologically similar to one of the main two parties enters a race, they can split the vote, causing the less popular platform to cary the day. However, in a ranked-choice voting system, voters "rank" the candidates in order of preference. If none of the parties get to 50 percent of the vote, the least popular candidate is stricken, and their votes are allocated according to the second choice of the voter."


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In Switzerland you can play Pong. Yeah, I know, you can play Pong for about 30 years all around the world, but you could never play it like this – outside, with your legs serving as paddles.
The setting is very simple: a reflector on each foot is the only physical tool to interact with Sportpong. The interface is integrated in the field which is projected on the floor. The players control the game with their feet, nothing else. This control is intuitive, naturalistic and very direct.
I really, really, can't wait to try it out. Last year I had a session of Atari Pong (the first in twenty years) and enjoyed it immensely. This looks even better. Would be great having it on ARE or ISMAR.
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The majority of the world realise that three major ingredients in processed foods today (namely sugar, salt and fat) are not good for you. What they do not know is the plans, strategies and approaches that large food organisations have funded over the years to ensure that our consumption of these ingredients continues to increase. Michael Moss takes you on a journey of each ingredient's history and how it has evolved in our daily diets. He explains how your brain reacts to each ingredient and how the staggering statistics of today's sugar, salt and fat consumption have become the norm.
Moss provides plenty of statistics and anecdotes from scientists, marketing professionals and former executives of companies such as Coca Cola, Kraft and Cargill shedding light on the industry and nutrition. Worth a read to expose yourself to what sugar, salt and fat really does to your system and the food that you think you're eating isn't really the food you should be eating.
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Arab Israel Bank (: בנק ערבי ישראלי, Bank aravi jisra'eli, doslova Arabsko-izraelská banka, též ai bank, : البنك العربي الإسرائيلي) je izraelská banka, kterou ovládá Banka Le'umi.

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Zaměřuje se na finanční služby pro izraelské Araby. Ředitelem je Danny Gitter. Byla založena roku 1960 jako projekt, který prováděla Banka le-sachar chuc (Banka pro zahraniční obchod) a skupina izraelských arabských rodin. V roce 1971 ji ovládla Banka Le'umi. Roku 2008 oznámila změnu loga a korporátní identity a přechod na označení ai bank. Měla tehdy 28 poboček a cca 400 zaměstnanců. Podle dat z roku 2010 byla Arab Israel Bank třináctým největším bankovním ústavem v Izraeli podle výše celkových aktiv. Ovšem není považována za majetkově samostatného hráče na trhu a patří do skupiny Banky Le'umi, která je největší izraelskou bankou.

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Transmigrator Meets Reincarnator
Chapter 385: Deal (2)
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He Sanlang had foreseen that things wouldn't go smoothly after meeting Xiao Bojian. However, he hadn't expected Xiao Bojian to be eyeing the snowboat. Luckily, he had taken precautions before entering the northwestern army's camp.
Otherwise, they would have really had no other choice.
He had already dragged out the discussions for two days. If he didn't pretend to give in to their demands today, Yuan Zhong would likely have tried to take the snowboat by force instead.
The northwestern army hadn't seen any action for a long time. Right now, the Great Wu Dynasty was slowly progressing into a golden age, so there wasn't as much of a need for military as compared to when the dynasty had first been founded.
The northwestern army was facing imminent disarmament. The Yuan family had gotten into power due to their control over the army in the northwestern side of the country. Once the northwestern army was disbanded, the Yuan family would fall into decline.
This wasn't just Yuan Zhong alone who was struggling, but the entire noble house of the Yuan family.
After years without any notable achievements, the northwestern army would likely be destroyed if things continued this way. So what did they need the most right now? Outstanding military achievements. If they managed to claim the feat of defeating the Tuhuns for themselves, then even the Emperor would have to think twice and wait a few more years before cutting away the northwestern army.
Xiao Bojian had most likely used this angle to form an alliance with the northwestern army!
This man was just as formidable as he had been in his past life!
The depths of He Changdi's narrow eyes darkened. However, he was no longer the naive and trusting He Sanlang of his past life!
Xiao Bojian was having a rare break within his tent at the moment. He held a letter in his hand.
Gripped in his beautiful hand were two pieces of paper. His eyes flickered as he read quickly.
The letter had been sent by Duke Ying. It was just a normal letter asking after his well-being, but at the end of the letter, the duke had mentioned his marriage.
Xiao Bojian wasn't considered young any longer at his age. Previously, the duke hadn't mentioned marriage at all to him because his identity was lowly. However, now that he had managed to become the top scholar of the imperial examinations- and along with Duke Ying's help- he was now a trusted official at court.
Duke Ying had mentioned offhandedly in the letter that he wanted to marry Fifth Miss Su to him. Since they were already teacher and student, if Xiao Bojian became his son-in-law, it would only boost the relations between them.
The old duke's tone made it seem like the matter was already decided and that there was no need for further discussion.
An ominous glint shone in Xiao Bojian's eyes before he snorted and threw the letter into the brazier next to him.
A tongue of flame slipped through the wire mesh on top of the brazier and consumed the two thin pieces of paper in an instant.
Xiao Bojian's heart was filled with contempt. Hmph, that stupid old man. He was only looking to bind him with ties of marriage in order to use him to strengthen his position in court. Did that old fart think that he, Xiao Bojian, would still let him do as he wished after finally becoming successful?
Furthermore, he was trying to marry Chu Su to him? A third-rate noble miss wasn't fit to become his wife!
Back then, Duke Ying had been one of those facilitating Chu Lian's engagement to the He Family. As his teacher, how could Duke Ying not have known that he and Chu Lian were in love? Xiao Bojian had even hinted such to his teacher. However, compared to the chance of making a connection to the influential House Jing'an, Duke Ying hadn't even considered his feelings and had sent Chu Lian off to be married to He Sanlang without any hesitation!
Other than Chu Lian, he would never marry any daughter of the Chu family in this lifetime!
Far away back in the capital, the city was bustling with liveliness and joy.
It was almost time to celebrate the new year again. The streets were filled with citizens buying Chinese New Year goods.
In the Ying Estate, it was more livelier than it had been in previous years, since the top scholar had been produced from their estate.
The top scholar was the famous Xiao Wujing from the imperial college and Old Duke Ying's prized pupil.
Although he wasn't really part of the Chu family, a disciple was still considered half a son. Thus, the sombre Ying Estate had become especially boisterous. Even the servants who went out to purchase goods all had their chins lifted high in the air, as if the feat of Mister Xiao had elevated their status somehow.
Within the inner court of the Ying Estate, the junior members of the family were greeting the patriarch and matriarch.
Old Duchess Ying felt frustrated upon looking down at all of her granddaughters. Her sons had been working hard with their concubines. There would likely be a few more young misses coming out in the new year.
The youngest of her grandchildren now was Little Chong, who had just made it through her first month. She was a child born from one of Chu Lian's father's concubines and was now the fifteenth young miss in her generation...
Old Duchess Ying glanced at her with disdain, grumbling in her heart, 'Just another burden to feed!'
The concubines of the Ying Estate were producing children non-stop. It seemed like they had become even more fertile ever since Xiao Bojian had become the top scholar.
However, there weren't many legitimate sons or daughters being birthed.
When she thought about it, the legitimate wives of the main, second, and third branches were already getting old. They were already past childbearing age. Even if they were still fertile, their husbands had most likely lost interest in them in favour of younger and prettier things. The number of concubines in the estate had been increasing of late.
The Ying Estate had never lacked for children, so the old duchess was even more blasé about these concubine-born grandchildren of hers.
Old Duchess Ying looked at the grandchildren gathered before her once before waving her hands impatiently, ordering the concubines to dismiss themselves along with their children. The only ones left behind were the legitimate wives of each of the branches, as well as the few legitimate children of the estate.


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Theme parties are fun ways to spice up your social life. Here are a few more theme ideas for your next party.
Theme party ideas will never run out, and there are many things you can do to make a theme party the best. Firstly, it is vital to begin by choosing a good theme. This suggests that you have to choose a suitable theme that will go with your occasion or celebration. The primary factor to consider when selecting a theme is whether the guest of honor will appreciate it. In the case of a birthday party, the birthday girl or boy will decide whether the item is suitable in other words, an issue will go the direction they love. This also works for a retirement party where you have to impress the retiree with a good idea. There are many themes you can think about, and some of them include the following.
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Hosting a dinner party for the first time can be so stressful for the host or hostess, that actually enjoying the event could be considered a totally alien concept. It can though, be different, if we use a bit of guile and imagination. Even if the method I'm going to describe is not suitable for your idea of a dinner party, it works just as well for more informal gatherings. Either way, what follows is a way to entertain without having frazzled nerves.
The formal dinner party has been around for goodness knows how long, centuries probably. Let's have a look at a modern take on the dinner party idea, make it less formal and more enjoyable.
A typical dinner party involves the host or hostess disappearing at various times to take care of cooking a meal. This in itself seems to me to be somewhat anti social – it being a social event. Of course, in years past, if you were wealthy you would have servants to cook and serve. A bit of a rarity these days. However, there is a way to enjoy and take part in my sort of dinner party, have a good time and your guests will leave admiring your somewhat laid back efforts.
A buffet is okay for some occasions, but not for a dinner party. We're expected to cook, and we will. Just not in the conventional sense.
Have you heard of Teppanyaki? This is a Japanese method of grilling on a hotplate, 'Teppan' meaning iron plate and 'Yaki' meaning to grill. We'd normally call it griddling but 'Teppanyaki' sounds much more upmarket and will fool one or two guests. These are the ones who will be impressed when you tell them what the translation is. OK, it's a bit pretentious but why worry?
My take on this whole thing is to prepare your side dishes well in advance. This could be a green salad to accompany meat, or even vegetables kept warm in a bain marie. The meat part of the meal is going to be sizzling away on a Teppanyaki style griddle. In the UK, Andrew James does an excellent range and in the USA, Presto do a decent range of slightly smaller versions.
The whole point of the Teppanyaki grill is that the meat is going to cook in public. This is common in Japanese steakhouses and easy to replicate at home. The bonus for us is that we are having a modern informal dinner party. This means that we can invite people to eat without even mentioning 'dinner party'. Your guests can choose their meat the way that they like it, taking that responsibility away from you. There is no reason at all why some of your friends who enjoy rare meat can't eat while others have a glass of wine. After all, we accept this at a family barbecue so why not at other times?
Even if you are not keen on holding a 'dinner' party in this way, remember that this idea still works in any informal gathering where food is involved. Teppanyaki really works.
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For many people, the holidays are a time to get together with friends and family. Throwing a great holiday party can be stressful but it does not have to be. Here are a few suggestions to make your party number one in the neighborhood.
Keep It Simple – If you decide to throw a holiday party, keep in mind that you don't have to throw the bash of the decade. Some people get caught up in trying to be the perfect hosts. What you need to remember is that most people just enjoy getting out of the house once in a while. You don't need to impress everybody that walks through your door. Throwing a lavish party can be unnecessarily expensive and time consuming. You want your guests to feel comfortable and most of all, have a good time. Keeping things low key can make your guests feel more relaxed.
Send the invitations – Invitations should provide your guests with information such as appropriate attire, driving directions, and time. These days, it's easy to send out an invitation with email. Get your guests excited by sending an Evite or a traditional card.
Decorate – The tablecloth and tabletop setting is one of the most important parts of the party. It is really the first thing that people look at other than the lighting and the overall ambiance when they walk in. A bouquet of flowers, bowl of fruit, candles, or posting the evening's menu are some simple ways to set a mood.
Get the room(s) ready -The night before the party, clear the rooms where people will mingle – place extra napkins on coffee tables, bowels of nuts or candy OR set the table – this way you don't feel rushed the day of the party – have enough seating for everyone who might want to sit and remove any unnecessary furniture and knickknacks from the area. Add special touches such as mints in the bathrooms. Lastly, create specialized areas and break up the buffet into smaller stations, such as, a station for drinks and dessert.
Offer a Variety – When it comes to food and drink it is always a good idea to provide a variety of options for your guests. Be sure to have standard liquors, a few different beer choices, and some red and white wine. Don't forget to have non-alcoholic beverages on hand for your guests that will not be drinking. A simple variety of finger foods should suffice for your guests. Just make sure that you have some type of vegetarian option if you are going to serve food.
Play Good Music – This can be the most important aspect of your party. People want to have a good time. Get a play-list together that includes fun music, music that people will want to dance to. It is okay to leave holiday music off your party play-list. Everybody hears enough Jingle Bells throughout the season and there is no need to exaggerate it.
These are some of the amazing tips that can help you organize a wonderful party. Let your guests and friends enjoy!
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It is important that you check with your guest whether there are vegetarians and their food preferences. You should also enquire whether there are people who have food allergies and so on. This is the reason why you should plan a do-ahead menu with minimal last preparations. You can actually prepare one or more dishes a day or two ahead. You will realize that your guests will be more relaxed if the hostess does not spend the evening in the kitchen. It is important that you maximize your time with your guests.
It is not advisable to use flowers or candles that have a very strong smell. Remember that this can actually irritate a guest who has a sensitivity to smell. For example, star lilies in a centerpiece for dining room might be inadvisable because of their intense aroma. However, they can work well in a centerpiece for an outdoor table. This is the reason why you should consider using unscented candles and fragrance-free flowers.
3. Allow the guests to serve themselves from a buffet table.
It is important that you allow your guests to serve themselves from a buffet table so that they can choose the dishes and the size portion that suits them. If you allow them to serve themselves, food is less likely to be wasted. They will also be comfortable going back for more food.
It is always advisable to set the table a day before your event. This will actually give you ample time to look at it and make the necessary adjustments needed.
It is important that you get your invitation out at least one month in advance and be clear about the rsvp deadline. Remember that people are normally booked a month in advance, especially for popular dates such as holidays. If you are hosting a dinner party that does not have a mandatory guest list, be flexible with the invites. This can help you get many guests. You will realize that your guests will get a chance to mingle with people they do not normally associate with.
6. Go with what you know.
It is important that you prepare a dish that you have ever prepared at least once or twice before the big event. If you are used to cooking casserole, practice making it in a larger party. If you are truly determined to impress guests with a good dish, give it a test run a few weeks in advance.
Those are some of the tips that can help you host a great dinner party. Follow them and you will enjoy the results.
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Throwing a great birthday party is all about making it as memorable as possible. It doesn't matter whether you are throwing the party to celebrate the birthday of your kid, spouse, or your own birthday. Your main target should be making the birthday party interesting and fun for all your guests. So, are you planning a birthday party, but you aren't sure of what to do so as to make it outstanding? You don't have to worry because you are going to find very useful and practical tips for throwing a memorable birthday party.
The most ideal time to throw a party is during the weekend. So, if you are celebrating your birthday on an inconvenient weekday like Monday, you don't have to throw your party on the same day. Settle for a day such as Friday evening or weekend before or after the actual birthday. This will help you throw the party when all the hosts will be in the weekend mood. Also, more people are available during this time. As for the venue, your choice will be determined by many factors. You may go to a bar, hotel or restaurant if you want your birthday to be casual with lots of entertainment.
You may customize your birthday theme to match a favorite thing for the person who is celebrating his or her birthday. Some of the typical themes that you may consider include a karaoke theme and the 60's or 70's theme. The guest list ensures you don't forget anyone. Be sure to mix different people keeping in mind that your guests will either break or make your birthday party.
There is no need to throw a huge party today only to be thrown out of your house the next month due to pending bills. Subsequently, you need to set a budget to prevent spending a lot of money. Be sure to plan for a location and number of guests when setting the budget. You can also decide the type of party to host while setting the budget so as to have a clear idea of what the entire party will cost. You may have an intimate dinner party, barbecue party or a dance party depending on the personality of the person celebrating his or her birthday.
A buffet is a popular and easy method of serving food when hosting your guests at a restaurant or home. Keep the menu simple and feel free to ask your friends to assist you in food preparation. Set up various wines, beers, liquors, mixers and soft drinks such as juices and sodas. Finally, get a birthday cake because as you know, a birthday can't be complete without a cake.
It is the dream of any person throwing a party to make it as striking and memorable as possible. If you are planning to host a birthday party, be sure to keep the above tips in mind and for real, you will be assured of making your birthday party outstanding. Now you know what to do so as to make guests consult you when they will be throwing their birthday parties. Give these tips a try today and for real, you will have no regrets.
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