One afternoon, a few years ago, while my wonderful sister-in-law was visiting from the U.K., we were having lunch at a nice restaurant in St. Jacob's. The waiter was very solicitous, and asked a number of questions to ensure that our dining experience was a pleasurable one. My sister-in-law was very polite but also somewhat bemused by all his questions: 'Would you like brown bread or white? Would you like that toasted or plain? Would you prefer mayonnaise with that or mustard? Would you like the soup of the day or tomato juice? Would you like a garden salad, spinach or Caesar? Would you like French, Italian, Balsamic, Thousand Island, Blue Cheese or Caesar dressing on your salad?' The waiter repeated the same litany of questions with my brother-in-law, my husband and me. After he left, my sister-in-law laughed and said she had never ever been given such an array of choices. On reflection, it did seem a bit over the top; but we all had a good laugh about it and enjoyed our meal together.
Churches soon discovered that if they were not open to a certain amount of flexibility and freedom, then they could expect to decline. This is true of congregations that do not invite feedback or input from their members and adherents.
This is just one of the ways that the culture has changed since the Boomers began to make their presence felt back in the sixties. Congregations that want to grow may need to offer choices when it comes to style and time and place of worship and other activities or spiritual opportunities.
Now will that be French dressing on your salad or Creamy Garlic?
It's Father's Day on Sunday! Boomer Dads Have Been Fully Engaged with Their Kids Right from the Start!
I am married to the most amazing husband anyone could ever ask for and the most wonderful father a kid could ever want! I say this not just because it is Father's Day on Sunday, but simply because it's true. Our four children have been blessed by a father who has been fully involved in their lives right from the moment they drew their first breath. And not just the fun stuff like taking them to the park every evening after supper, reading them bedtime stories, coaching their soccer games, or taking them to basketball and hockey and choir. Richard often helped to feed them and bathe them, to get them ready for bed, and even changed their nappies. When our first child was born, the older nurse at the little hospital in St. Marys ON, where Alexandra let out her first cry one bitterly cold winter's morn, said she was amazed that Richard actually wanted to be there when she showed me how to bathe our baby. Apparently she had never had any father who showed a real interest in the more practical aspects of parenting.
Today of course many Dads take a more active role in caring for their little ones. It is not uncommon to see Dads pushing the stroller or baby pram — I never saw this when I was growing up in the late 50's and 60's. That was Mom's job. But in the 70's and 80's, when Boomers started to become parents themselves, things began to change. More Dads, like Richard, decided that they wanted to play more of a role in their young children's lives. Nowadays it is not uncommon to see Dads do all the things that used to be done solely by our mothers. Many fathers take parental leaves as well so that they can stay home and take care of their infants.
And now that many Boomer men are becoming grandfathers, I see even greater involvement in the lives of their grandchildren. Often retired or semi-retired, these Boomer grandfathers have more time to spend with their grandchildren and are enjoying every minute of it!
This is not to say that many pre-Boomers have not been good parents. I have known many older men who have been loving and devoted fathers. My own Dad would be 104 now if he were still living, and he was always interested in everything my brother and I did and would often play ball with us in the backyard or teach us how to skate. But he was usually the only father in the school auditorium who came to watch opening exercises when his children were giving the welcome. Not only was that not cool back then, but most fathers did not have the kinds of jobs that would have allowed them to go into work a half hour late so that they could get to their kids' performances. That said, Dad never changed a diaper or prepared our meals.
This is simply to point out that we have come a long way. So hats off to our Boomer Dads and Grandfathers, and hats off also to all the Dads and Grandfathers who have given us a human face to God's love!
Did you know that a growing number of Canadian Boomers suffer from substance abuse? Years ago it was much more common for addiction centres to treat people who were mostly in their 20's and 30's. Now older adults are increasingly seeking help for alcohol and prescription drug abuse. Some are also returning to drugs they used back in their teens and young adult years.
Why are treatment centres seeing an increase in substance abuse among Boomers and older adults? The primary triggers are loneliness, the death of a loved one, retirement and health issues.
At Canadian Boomerfest 2018, one of the topics we will explore will centre around mental health. Dr. Paul Links will address the topic of "Men at Risk". Dr. Jane Keupfer will lead us in a workshop on how to care for yourself while caring for others, since the demands of being a caregiver can place very real stress on Canadian Boomers. Former Moderator of the United Church of Canada, Mardi Tindal, will talk about how to live independently while being inter-dependent — an important topic since relationships in retirement are key to a healthy second half of life.
Please join us at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 17th to Friday, October 19th at 3 p.m. at Siloam United Church for the inaugural Canadian Boomerfest 2018!
Thanks to my friend Maria for sharing this wonderful video about alternative housing for Boomers and older adults, which recounts how three single Boomer women in London, ON have chosen to buy a house together, not only to share expenses, but also for companionship. This is something that more and more Boomers are trying, sometimes to reduce their carbon footprint, sometimes to reduce living expenses, and always in order to maintain healthy relationships.
In his study about men and aging, Harvard psychiatrist and aging specialist George Vaillant discovered that the number one factor in healthy aging is "relationships, relationships, relationships". As one of the women in the above video says, when you live alone you can sometimes go for hours without ever talking to another human being. That's not healthy. Studies show that even very introverted people are healthier when they are in relationship with others.
This October former Moderator of the United Church of Canada Mardi Tindal will be talking about her experience of shared living arrangements at Canadian Boomerfest 2018. Mardi and her husband have recently bought a house together with other couples who recognise the value of living together and sharing housing with one another. Mardi says that, as they age, this is a way for her and her partner to continue to live independently through interdependence. Come and hear about Mardi's experiences at Canadian Boomerfest 2018, October 17th to 19th, Siloam United Church, and learn how you too can maintain a healthy independence as you age through living life interdependently.
The United Church of Canada Foundation Supports Canadian Boomerfest 2018 — a unique, first-of-its-kind event in Canada!
Had a great conversation with the members of the of the United Church of Canada Foundation this morning and felt very encouraged by their support of my research (The McGeachy Senior Scholarship) and their enthusiastic feedback on my book, Re-Designing Your Life: A Practical Spirituality for the Second Half of Life, as well as the videos that go with it. I am pleased to report their excitement also for Canadian Boomerfest, which the Foundation has also generously supported through the Alfred J. Mitchell Fund.
For those of you who have had a chance to look at the book, you will notice that I use the metaphor of home renovations to frame my discussion of the second half of life and how we answer God's call when many of us may be retired or semi-retired or find ourselves as empty-nesters. Years ago not many of us got a chance to have a long retirement; but now, with advances in medical science, more of us in Canada are living an extra twenty to thirty years beyond what we used to think of as normal retirement age.
Cultural anthropologist Catherine Bateson's says that these extra years have not been tacked on to the end of life but can be thought of as a kind of atrium at the center of our lives, a time when most are still active and healthy and have much to share. In the book I try to look at some of the challenges we face as we enter the second half of life, particularly the transitions we undergo. By this time of life, many of us, for example, have known loss: the death of parents, partners, or siblings; possibly the end of a marriage or a partner suffering from Alzheimer's; the loss of a job that brought meaning to our lives, whether through downsizing or our choice to retire. The questions we seek answers to are profoundly spiritual: Who am I now that I am no longer defined by my job, my partner, or my children? Where is God calling me to serve?
A lot of us Boomers find ourselves in the Sandwich generation, having to juggle the needs of frail, elderly parents, full or part-time work, and still helping adult children or caring for young grandchildren — all the while, trying to find ways to care for ourselves and nurture our own spirit.
This is why I am also very excited about the other project that the Foundation has generously supported, Canadian Boomerfest: A Colloquium and Celebration on Boomers and Spirituality! We have a wonderful group of speakers and workshop leaders who will be addressing many of these issues that so many of us face as we enter into the second half of life: growing our spirituality and learning new spiritual practices as we age; caring for ourselves while caring for others; learning about the risks to our emotional well-being and developing a strong ecology of health, especially good mental health; new rituals and new living arrangements for the second half of life; and how we as a community of faith can better connect to the younger generations and leave a valuable spiritual legacy.
Hope to see you there! October 17th to 19th, Siloam United Church, 1240 Fanshawe Park Road East, London, Ontario.


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February 2011 – Life happens!!
Today's Fun Monday is hosted by Molly. She wants us to share a memory from childhood. I have many fun childhood memories and one which sticks with me was when we would go to Mombasa for vacation (we called it holiday) by overnite train. That was so much fun, just sleeping in the train as it moved. It was like sleeping while it was raining. Mombasa was always fun! good food and good times! Another fond memory was going to the Drive In to watch movies…Oh, how I loved those! My dad loved to take us to watch movies and I remember watching "Banana Joe"! Head over to Molly's and read about childhood memories!
Today, February 26th, I ran my 1st Half Marathon (Applause!!) Monica and I have been training for the last 10 weeks or so and today, was the Dday!! My goal was to run 11 minute miles (144 minutes) I came in in 150 minutes, (must have been the two potty breaks). I am so proud of myself for having completed it!! I am so thankful for Monica, for being there to train with every saturday morning and for running the race with me. I am thankful for Amy, for training with us the first few weeks and even though she hurt her foot and the doctor told her she cannot run this time, she still hang out with us, encouraging us and she was our cheerleader from the beginning of the race to the end. I am thankful for Sharon, (you are still part of our team) Thank you for coming out early to cheer us on and cheering for us from the beginning of the race to the end. To both of you, the signs were awesome and the flowers were a sweet beautiful surprise. With friends like Monica, Sharon and Amy, I was definately set for success! Thanks to Sila for coming and bringing the kids! Thanks to all the volunteers, they do make a difference!
I have been watching too many reality shows, I am on Team Russell on Survivor, I want the Cowboys to win in Amazing Race but I am think they are being cut since they can't figure out that puzzle thing, I love Naima on American Idol and of course, Idol needs to come to town through Lauren…at least this time, we wont have to hang on a phone forever, this year we get to vote online.
2 days to the half marathon and nyquil is my friend! Not good!!
Yay, I received a $110.00 P&G coupon book today, so exciting… I also received a signed copy of Bill Gracey's CD…yes, the COO also sings and has a CD!!
I have had so many great road trips and a few interesting ones. There was one which we (Sila, Jason, Gurney and I) took the overnight train from Nairobi to Mombasa, we left Nairobi in the evening and half way there, another train had derailed and since they share railroad at some point, we could not go anywhere and we stayed at that spot for like 6 hours. Luckily it was an overnight train so we had beds and they fed us. We reached Mombasa the next day in the evening, a 24 hours train ride!!
One of the best road trips ever was when we went to 3 different National parks in Kenya…we went to Aberdare (spent one of the nights at Noah's Ark) Amboseli and finally we saved the best for last, Mt Kenya National Park. It was at this road trip that I acquired my first pet!
Apparently, in Mt Kenya National Park, there is a dress code for dinner. Yes, you are not allowed to wear jeans to dinner. We did not have any dress clothes!! The head waiter allowed us in to eat the dinner we had paid for! It was a fun road trip!!


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13 Best Movies Like Parasite
People unfamiliar with the award-winning South Korean film Parasite will automatically think of it as the usual cartoon movie about insects.
But that is the opposite; the one who made up the title is smart because they took its meaning to a deeper level. If you loved and enjoyed the movie, from its cinematography, plot, actors, sound, and more, then you should try these 13 Best movies like Parasite.
Parasite (2019)
Everything in this world is political. And these days, people are becoming more and more woke and, at the same time, bold and critical enough to talk about hard pressing societal issues. Many viewers have enjoyed watching the film Parasite even if it is not in the universal language.
The film introduced so many social class issues that are present even today. It reflects the reality most people have while opening the eyes of everyone.
The film itself is considered a masterpiece and is proven by the fact that it has won multiple awards and is even acknowledged by the most prominent award ceremonies in the film industry.
Watch the film to discover the relationship between the two families from two social classes. Moreover, to fully understand the plot. After all, the title Parasite itself can spark someone's curiosity.
1. Wild Tales (2014)
Spanish 2h 2m IMDb
Director: Damián Szifron
Stars: Darío Grandinetti, María Marull, Mónica Villa
Wild Tales movie has garnered so much positive feedback from millions of viewers. They loved the entire film as it had a variety of genres and, at the same time, was educational in a way that enables the viewers to understand the extremities of our behavior as a human, especially when in times of distress.
People loved this film as the plot was well thought of, and at the same time, the entire movie was well directed. Moreover, it has talked about multiple satirical topics similar to Parasite. It has spoken about social classes in modern society, corruption issues, and much more, even if it is an anthology film.
Though, comedy scenes in the movie complement the dark side of humanity. Hence, you can enjoy it while being either woke or educated without having a heavy heart as you watch the entire film.
2. Black Pond (2011)
Director: Tom Kingsley, Will Sharpe
Stars: Chris Langham, Simon Amstell, Amanda Hadingue
Black Pond is one of London's many locally self-produced films that are considered the best and the strongest film in 2011 despite having a tight budget during production.
People did not only like the film because of how the actors gave justice to each character, but it also has an exciting plot that is a mixture of comedy, mystery, and at the same time, psychological plot twists.
Though many people loved the film, and most of them are British, the movie still has something to improve as not everyone appreciated it as not all viewers have the same perspective on life.
Though a few people were disappointed with the plot, most of them enjoyed the movie, especially when it highlighted the storyline where the main casts are in a dysfunctional family to which most people can relate.
3. Panic Room (2002)
Director: David Fincher
Stars: Jodie Foster, Kristen Stewart, Forest Whitaker
As the title of the movie implies, the Panic room is all about a space where the characters do whatever it takes to claim the objects within that space, hence, a little thrill and panic. A lot of film viewers actually loved this film because it did not disappoint!
Starting from the opening credits, where it catches the viewers' attention until its ending, the consistency of the thrilling storyline and on-edge turn of events are rarely achieved by directors and producers.
Though, some scenes are actually gory, so parents who have watched this already would suggest being with their kids when watching the film unless they are okay with a bit of brutality.
And in addition, the viewers appreciated the storyline and the cinematography, which is why it deserved to be nominated and win some movie awards from various awarding ceremonies.
4. Memories of Murder (2003)
Korean 2h 11m IMDb
Director: Bong Joon Ho
Stars: Song Kang-ho, Kim Sang-kyung, Roe-ha Kim
Memories of Murder is one of the many films that debuted earlier than Parasite and were loved by many worldwide film viewers. Of course, these two films are directed by no other than Bong Joon-ho, and he never disappoints.
Take note that Hallyu Wave had not yet taken the world by storm when this was released, so that is a big win and something to flex about this film.
People loved this film because it was well directed by Bong Joon-ho, a well-known director in South Korea who was acknowledged across the world for producing great movies such as the Parasite. Many people have watched this to the point that it is considered to be the top 4 most-watched movies.
It is one of the best movies to be considered as the actors gave justice to every character. At the same time, the direction, cinematography, color-grading, production design, and script writing are superb. People who are into thriller movies appreciated the film because the storyline and plot were well thought out.
6. Demon (2015)
Polish 1h 34m IMDb
Director: Marcin Wrona
Stars: Itay Tiran, Agnieszka Zulewska, Andrzej Grabowski
Even long before the film Demon made its debut in countless cinemas in the United States, it had already made headlines as its own director had committed suicide. The film Demon was well-loved by most people in its entirety.
It was well-written, well-directed, and well-played by the actors who portrayed each character. It is thrilling and a bit scary but with a pinch of some humor and psychological twist in its storyline.
On the other hand, though some viewers have loved the film for being funny at some point, it is recommended to brace yourself because the film will bring you on a roller coaster ride of having mixed emotions.
However, despite it having many viewers who appreciate the beauty and well-crafted of the entire film, Demon, there are still a few who demand closure as it was an open-ended story that will make you guess in its finale.
7. May (2002)
Director: Lucky McKee
Stars: Angela Bettis, Jeremy Sisto, Anna Faris
The movie May is intriguing, engaging, and shocking all at the same time because of its plot, where it also tackled some psychological conditions, especially of a social outcast. Though the movie's flow might be a bit slow for some people, it is definitely worth watching, especially when it finally reaches its climax.
In addition, the cinematography and the music have made a harmonious relationship resulting in a beautiful movie such as May. This film awakens the curiosity and open-mindedness of the viewers that there are lonely people who suffer from mental illnesses and have some obsessions that ordinary people find weird.
Moreover, most people appreciate the movie's entirety and consider it one of the brilliant movies that were not only realistically but also well portrayed by the actors involved.
8. Villains (2019)
Director: Dan Berk, Robert Olsen
Stars: Bill Skarsgård, Maika Monroe, Blake Baumgartner
Though not that perfect, the movie Villains is one of the must-watch-movies you should include on your binge-watch list for the coming weekend. The storyline is quite interesting because if you put your place in the two main characters, it is like you meet a worse version of yourself.
You may not see this coming, but it is about how two novices met the experts who made their lives more difficult. Many moviegoers highly recommend this film as it perfectly balances all its genres.
This includes action, comedy, and drama. Hence, you will not notice that the film is actually about to end until it is finally over. Moreover, the actors gave justice to each character they portrayed.
9. Cheap Thrills (2013)
Director: E.L. Katz
Stars: Pat Healy, Ethan Embry, Sara Paxton
Cheap Thrills is one of the recommended movies you should watch after binge-watching Parasite and other similar movies. It is a fusion of comedy, drama, and crime where it talks about fighting dares and temptations, especially when you have to do whatever it takes for your family's life.
Moreover, it highlights how money can also be the root of evil because some people would do whatever it takes to get it. Many people who have watched the film highly recommend this to those who have not yet seen it.
Watch now, or you will be late for the party! It is quite a successful and great movie which proved it more by winning different awards locally and internationally. Though its title may be Cheap Thrills, it was not short on thrills!
10. The Housemaid (2010)
Director: Im Sang-soo
Stars: Jeon Do-yeon, Lee Jung-jae, Youn Yuh-jung
The Housemaid is one of the best and most-watched Korean Films in the movie industry. The storyline is quite interesting, especially when it is relatable even up to this day. The rich can get whatever they want, while the poor have nothing to lose.
However, it is those who are marginalized who lose. It is when they decided to sell their conscience and morality over some inhumane actions.
Most movie-goers enjoy the The Housemaid movie because it is well-written and well-directed at the same time. Although, not everyone enjoyed the entire film and found it just average. After all, we are different from each other, and we have different standards.
11. The Rules of the Game (1939)
French (France) 1h 50m IMDb
Director: Jean Renoir
Stars: Marcel Dalio, Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost
The Rules of the Game may be considered the oldest film compared to the recent award-winning movie such as the Parasite, but it deserves to be included on this list. This film is older than most of the readers here, but it is worth trying to watch it.
Though, the new generation of movie critics may find multiple errors as there was not much technology when this film was shot and produced. Thus, you may stumble upon their shared concerns about the technicalities of making the movie.
However, despite critics, some approved of the storyline while others were confused about where the story was going. The film is quite exciting and pretty much similar to the movie Parasite because of how you will notice the vast difference between being rich and poor living in the middle of World War III.
12. Gosford Park (2001)
Director: Robert Altman
Stars: Maggie Smith, Ryan Phillippe, Michael Gambon
If you cannot get enough of the storyline of the film Parasite, you can watch next this interesting movie Gosford Park which was released in 2001. The film's plot is set in the 1930s, where many pretentious people and groups act as if they were rich and famous like celebrities.
However, the exciting plot twist of the film is when someone in the group is murdered. A lot of people, especially the movie critics, adored the film so much because of its cast's excellent portrayal of the characters as well as how well the script was written, especially when the movie tackled political topics such as homicide as well as social class issues.
12. Knives Out (2019)
Stars: Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Ana de Armas
You can binge-watch the movie Knives Out with your family, mainly because your kids will enjoy its plot because of its comedy, crime, and drama genre. The film has not yet been released that long, but many people still love and enjoy watching it.
Simply because it was well-written despite the fact that it has only a limited running time. The plot was well-sawn together gracefully as it was able to show many points of view from the characters. Apart from this, people also loved the cinematography and the set and production design of the entire film making it more likable to watch.
13. Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Director: Boots Riley
Stars: LaKeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler
Greed is included in the 7 deadly sins; this was tackled in the movie Sorry to Bother You, which you can find very similar to the storyline of Parasite. Money and also power are the root of all evil. People become increasingly greedy, primarily when they are used to getting the things they want.
Many people resonated with the movie the most. Simply because they also believe that even if the film was set in an alternate universe or somewhat dystopian world.
Not all people favored it because of some personal preferences despite the countless moviegoers who loved the storyline and the genius script writing of the movie writers. Nevertheless, people enjoyed its entirety from the production, set, storyline, cast, and such.
In case you cannot get over with the entire Parasite movie, then while you are still in the verge of your emotions, you can opt to try these 13 Best movies like Parasite.
You will definitely love these entries just as much how you loved the movie Parasite. Watching more and more movies can also lead you to some technicalities, thus, somehow making you like an actual movie critic.
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Since my internet was completly pantz...thanks BT for the great service...I was unable to get any good referance material to do any other repaints. I did how ever have plenty for some F-18's that I had been meaning to do. So here are the latest three I knocked up.
I've got to finish of uploading some of my other freeware stuff, then I'll get these guys on the shop floor.
I have just submitted the VMFA-115 repaint into our QC department. I'm hoping to have the other two in there shortly too.
I'm certainly looking forward to these. As well as the other one!
Well to keep you going I've just checked and the Chippy Ho! scheme is now up and running at Avsim. �You can find them by either searching for the file names or by the direct links as below.
Great repaint. As usual. As for the others. They are done when they are done!
The VMFA-115 is now available from Avsim.
The NASA HARV repaints are now available from Avsim.
I'd like some tips on painting the camouflage you do a great job!!


As pregnancy spa services have become so popular, many spas are qualified to provide prenatal treatments. And what an amazing plethora of treatments from which to choose! However, there are some spas and services to avoid. Consider the following when booking your appointment.
If a spa requires a doctor's note before treatment, it may show lack of experience or confidence in offerings. As far as treatments go, very few are contraindicated as long as you're working with a trained, experienced therapist. Unfortunately we are still victims of the myth that pregnancy is a "delicate condition" and the resulting fear surrounding this myth.
If a spa isn't comfortable seeing you in the first trimester, they may not have the proper training and experience with prenatal clients.
Facials feel great and can only enhance the glow of pregnancy. However, many women are affected by skin sensitivity and hyper-pigmentation during pregnancy so facial peels and microdermabrasion are not recommended. Facials designed to treat these conditions should be part of the spa menu and products used should support these changes.
Wraps constrict movement and a client may get too warm. If mom gets too warm, blood vessels dilate to bring more blood to the skin surface for cooling. This could make mom lightheaded and uncomfortable.
It is suggested that pregnant women use essential oils derived from flowers rather than herbs during pregnancy, and that "calming" oils such as lavender are preferable to "stimulating" oils such as camphor.


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The King Demands Hot Water - The "National Treasures" and Washing Implements of the King of the Shang Dynasty
The majority of homes today are equipped with water heaters, and if desiring to wash with hot water, one simply turns on the faucet and watches warm water flow forth. But from 3,200 to 3,300 years ago during the late Shang dynasty, how did the king of the Shang dynasty, the royal family, and members of the aristocracy freshen themselves up? How did they bathe? And did they use hot water? Textual materials are insufficient to answer these questions, and so, we must turn to archaeological findings and materials. At Yinxu (the Ruins of Yin) in Anyang, Honan province, we have discovered four or five linked tombs and sacrificial pits where unearthed artefacts have allowed us to better understand the washing methods of Shang royalty, including the use of hot water.
The exhibition has two core themes of interest: "vessels and implements for the king of Shang to wash" and "vessels and implements for the king of Shang to use hot water." Regarding the first, a group of related objects discovered from the east ramp of royal tomb M1400, Hsi-pei-kang, Yinxu are on display, including a"Yü Basin,""Yu Shao Ladle,""P'an Plate with Dragon Decor,""Hu Pot with Bow-string Line Decor,""Bronze Human Mask,"and five "Pottery Skin Scrapers."And the vessels and implements concerning the use of hot water have been unearthed from sacrificial pits associated with royal tomb M1400, specifically pits M1435, M1380, and M1382. The artefacts on display include a "Ting Cauldron," "Ting Cauldrons with Single Handle," "Bronze Spoons," a "Pou Lidded Stoneware Vase," and other objects of interest. In some of the sacrificial pits, the remains of human sacrifices have also been discovered, indicating that these vessels and implements for heating water and the servants who attended to the heating processes belonged to the king of the Shang dynasty.
In short, from these artefacts discovered at royal tomb M1400, Hsi-pei-kang, Yinxu and associated sacrificial pits, we are able to apprehend the washing practices and processes of heating water used by the king of the Shang dynasty. A big cauldron was used to boil the water, and single-handled small cauldrons drew the water out to be poured into basins for use. When washing one's hands or face, a servant poured the water using a ladle and the water then collected in a basin. For bathing, skin scrapers were also used to remove any dirt or dead skin. These processes, from start to finish, were all attended to by servants. In addition, these vessels and implements on display are not just rare to get a glimpse of—whether by us today or even by most living during the Shang dynasty—but four of the artefacts have been registered by the Ministry of Culture as "national treasures" or "significant antiquities," thus deeming these objects as both washing implements and treasures of the king of the Shang dynasty.
Royal Tomb M1400 and Associated Sacrificial Pits
1. Vessels and Implements for the King of Shang to Wash
Royal tomb M1400 is located in the eastern section of the Hsi-pei-kang cemetery. It is the only large tomb in this section constructed with four ramps. Surrounding M1400 are over one thousand accompanying small graves and sacrificial pits. M1400 had been robbed long ago, but two undisturbed groups of vessels were discovered. The first group, excavated in the western section of the tomb's east ramp, contained bronze vessels for holding water and articles for the toilet, including a p'an-plates, a yü-basin, a shao-ladle, a hu-jar and five pottery pieces for scraping the skin. There was also a bronze human mask, the use of which is unknown. A yü-basin contained a four-character inscription that read "Yü-basin for the small l room within the bedchamber." This inscription and the location of this group of vessels along the eastern side of the outer-coffin chamber indicate that they were probably toilet utensils of the "small room within the bedchamber" of the Shang king.
Bronze Human Mask
Pottery Skin Scrapers
Hu Pot with Bow-string Line Decor
Yü Basin
P'an Plate with Dragon Decor
Yu Shao Ladle
2. Vessels and Implements for the King of Shang to Use Hot Water
At royal tomb M1400 and associated sacrificial pits M1435, M1380, and M1382, a big cauldron that bulges slightly, single-handled small cauldrons, bronze spoons, lidded stoneware vase, and human remains have all been discovered. The artefacts found at these three pits are similar those unearthed in 1976 at sacrificial pit M229 near Wuguancun in Anyang. From our observations and joint efforts, we can now deduce that the warming cauldron, single-handled small cauldrons, spoons, and a lidded stoneware vase comprise a set of implements to make and use hot water. Moreover, the human remains are of the servants who attended to the processes of heating water. A warming cauldron was used to boil the water, and single-handled small cauldrons drew the water out. A lidded stoneware vase then held the water as bronze spoons ladled the water out for drinking or washing.
Ting Cauldron
Ting Cauldrons with Single Handle
Ting Cauldron with Single Handle
Pou Lidded Stoneware Vase
Bronze Spoon
Bronze Spoon and Jade Dagger-axe
Drawn Representations of Sacrificial Pit M229 near Wuguancun and Discovered Implements
2.1 Sacrificial Pit M1435
Sacrificial pit M1435 is rectangular and measures 2 m by 0.9 m. It is oriented north-south and no human remains have been discovered. Three bronze cauldrons have been unearthed:one large cauldron that bulges slightly and two single-handled small cauldrons.
2.2 Sacrificial Pits M1380 and M1382
Sacrificial pit M1380 is rectangular and measures 1.92m by 0.8m. Remains of two humans slightly leaning over have been discovered, and the skeletal remains are layered on top of one another. A single-handled small cauldron with animal motifs, a lidded stoneware vase, and a bronze spoon have also been unearthed. Sacrificial pit M1382 is rectangular and measures 2.15m by 0.75m. Remains of two humans slightly leaning over have been discovered. A jade dagger-axe has been found on one of the persons, and in addition, a bronze spoon has been unearthed at the pit.
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The right-wing Progress Party (FrP) has suffered a decline in all polls taken in April. The party is supported by an average 18.9 percent of voters, compared with 22.2 percent in March, NRK reports.
The polls in April also show that for the first time since July 2010, the Conservative Party (Høyre) and FrP would not have achieved a joint majority in Parliament (Stortinget) if the average of the polls had been the election results.
The winner of the April polls is the Liberal Left Party (Venstre), with an average of 5.3 percent, up 1.2 points from 4.1 percent in March.
Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg's Labor Party is supported by 29.3 percent of those asked, up 1.1 points from March. The Conservative Party is now the second largest, with the support of 27 percent, a decline of 0.2 points from March. The Socialist Left also declined by 0.2 points, to 5.8 percent.
The Agrarian Party (Senterpartiet) is up from 4.9 percent in March to 5.3 percent in April. The Christian Democrat Party (KrF) is also up, from 4.4 percent in March to 5 percent in April.
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Travel Guide Africa Ethiopia Gondar
Gondar is an historic royal city of Ethiopia, in the Amhara region. It was the home of many emperors and princesses who ruled the country from the 12th century to the last decade of the 20th century, including Suseneos, Fasiledes, Empress Mentwab, Iyasu I, Tewodros II and Empress Taitu. Leading the list of its attractions is Fasil Ghebbi (the Royal Enclosure), containing several castles and palaces from the 17th and 18th centuries. Gondar was an historic royal city of Ethiopia from the 12th century to the last decade of the 20th century and is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Fasil Ghebbi, the remains of a royal fortified city that was founded by Fasilides, emperor from 1632 to 1667 with the Fasilides' Castle, Iyasu's Palace, Dawit's Hall, Mentewab's Palace and some other buildings.
Fasilides Bath on the other side of the town.
Debre Birhan Selassie Church on the eastern outskirts of town built in the 17. century.
Around the Atse Tewodros Square the Italiens left some Art Deco colonial buildings.
Gondar Airport is also named Atse Tewodros Airport. Ethiopian Airlines has daily flights from Addis Ababa – usually leaving Addis around 07:00. Flights are also available to/from Axum, Lalibela and Bahir Dar. Ethiopian Airlines flights are frequently cancelled or rescheduled at short notice, so allow plenty of time if travelling for an international connection.
There are comfortable buses from Addis Abeba via Bahir Dar. To Axum the road is spectacular, but you must change bus in Shire.
The blue and white minibuses run through the city efficiently. There are also some horse drawn taxis called garis. Both are inexpensive.
You can contract a small blue coloured taxi for a day or several days during your visit.
Tuktuks/bajajs (three-wheeled motor vehicles) are ubiquitous and inexpensive: rides around the city shouldn't cost more than 10 birr -and often should be substantially less- during the day time, and no more than ~25 birr at night (Jan 2015).
There is no regular minibus service from the airport into town, so it is best to make arrangements with your hotel in advance. Otherwise a seat in a shared taxi goes for 50 Birr.
The pure tej (without sugar - only from honey), tela (korefe, tiru) are the local famous drinks. They are also common throughout Ethiopia, particularly in the Amhara region, although there is some sugar. Factory beers of all kinds are found. It is very common to get Dashen Beer, as Dashen Brewery is in Gondar.
There are a number of bars and clubs with music and dancing on the street running down the slope from Walia Ibex roundabout (with a statue of an ibex in the centre) towards Atse Tewodros Square. The Walya club is on the corner of the ibex roundabout; down the slope there are the Balageru, the Atse Bakafa and others.
Internet is slow and is better early in the morning or middle of the night. There are numerous internet cafes in Addis Ababa, Dire Dawa, Nazret, Bahir Dar, Gonder, Awasa and other cities; however their speeds are often dial-up at best, and some operate illegally. In Addis Ababa, connection speeds are more than adequate for performing tasks such as checking e-mail most of the time.
See also International Telephone Calls
Ethiopa's international telephone code is 251.
For all travellers, having a mobile phone is a must. It is cheap and easily available. There are only a few stores renting SIM cards including ArifMobile. However, purchasing a SIM is inexpensive, and can be done anywhere that sells phones. The best spot is to buy it at a Ethio Telecom shop to not get ripped of. A SIM card costs 15 birr and the system requires the seller to take a photo of you and your passport information to activate your SIM. You'll have to sign an agreement that you will not commit any crimes with your phone. All local stores will have calling cards you can purchase to call internationally. For domestic calls, phones are topped up with a prepaid card, available in denominations of 2000, 500, 100, 50 and 25 birr and smaller.
The Ethiopian postal service is one of the most efficient postal services in Africa.
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Charcoal is more than just the idea of summer cookouts, although it reminds you of tasty burgers and baby back ribs. In fact, charcoal provides a number of health and beauty benefits. Chemists and pharmacists have been conducting various studies regarding charcoal since the 18th century. Nowadays, cosmetic manufacturers are integrating charcoal with beauty products.
Charcoal may look black and dirty, and you may not associate it with skincare products immediately; however, charcoal has proven itself very effective in eliminating impurities from your skin. Now, more and more people are raving about it! What gives?
Each BIOAQUA Charcoal Whitening Soap is handmade to perfection. Truly natural, its formula emphasizes on organic volatile oils that are extracted in the finest extraction methods available. Needless to say, it features activated bamboo charcoal as its key ingredient.
The soap's activated bamboo charcoal acts like a magnet: absorbing bacteria, dirt, toxins, micro-particles, and harmful chemicals from your skin. Thus, it gives you a fresher, clearer, and brighter complexion after every wash. It is crucial that you wash all the impurities away everyday; otherwise, it will settle on your skin and cause pimples and blackheads.
Moreover, regular soaps leave a greasy film on the skin, which cause decongestion that can lead to breakouts. BIOAQUA Charcoal is different. It leaves no residue, which allows pores to breathe.
BIOAQUA Charcoal provides deep cleansing and natural exfoliating effects without parching your skin. Gentle yet effective, it is suitable for all skin types. Since impurities are the leading cause of breakouts, acne-prone skin would greatly benefit from BIOAQUA Charcoal's incredible absorption power.
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Majestic Pure Activated Charcoal is an effective, natural treatment for acne. This product is also ideal for curing insect bites owing to its activated charcoal's anti-bacterial properties.
Dirt, bacteria, excess oil, and stale sebum within pores cause pimples and blackheads in all parts of your body, particularly facial areas. Scrubbing with Majestic Pure Charcoal will remove the accumulation from your skin's surface; thus, minimizing pores and reducing the chances of breakouts.
Its special formulation consisting in dead sea salt and activated charcoal provides thorough cleansing without dehydrating your skin. Dead sea salt contains roughly 20 minerals that contribute to the prevention of premature aging.
Moreover, Majestic Pure Activated Charcoal is a head to toe exfoliating product, which help promote a faster cell turnover to reveal a brighter and healthier complexion. The product is also suitable for all skin types.
Lastly, this product can whiten stubborn dark underarms. It exfoliates the armpit area, draws out impurities, lifts the dark dead skin cells, and even neutralizes odor.
Regular soaps contain surfactants that help lather and cleanse. However, these surfactants may upset the pH balance of your skin and cause over drying.
Unlike conventional brands, the Japanese Charcoal Face Whitening Soap Bar has no surfactants, parabens, fragrance, and sulfates. Its unique formulation contains essential oils, Squalene, and its key ingredient Binchotan, an activated charcoal derived from the Japanese Ubame oak.
Japanese have been using Binchotan charcoal for many centuries to exfoliate and moisturize skin. Similarly, this product with its fine charcoal powder and creamy texture provides deep cleansing and skin renewal.
The activated charcoal in this soap is more absorptive compared to regular soaps. As a result, it removes all traces of impurities as well as excess oil to reveal a brighter, radiant skin. Moreover, it also makes skin feel smooth and tighter. This product is ideal for all skin types.
Activated charcoal, also called activated carbon, is a powder derived from the common charcoal heated in a certain way that it develops small pores that can lock in harmful substances, chemicals, etc.
Charcoal may not seem a glamorous ingredient for skincare products, but it surely works. In a nutshell, all three products unclog pores, deeply cleanse, balance oily skin, soothes irritation, and feature antibacterial as well as antifungal properties.
With charcoal as the key ingredient, you can't expect sweet fruity notes but a slightly earthy smell. All-natural soaps don't lather because it lacks surfactants, but that is not a major concern as long as it does what does best. And that is keeping clear, fair, and fresh!
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Kitab Al-Irshad: The Book of Guidance
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This is the earliest surviving history of the Twelve Imams who are revered in Shi'a Islam as the primary sources of religious guidance after the passing away of the Prophet (saw). Written by one of the most prolific authors of the medieval period, this work offers a brief account of the circumstances pertaining to the function of the imamate and the manner of its transmission, set within a comprehensive account of each of these twelve towering personalities. The first half of the work is devoted to the first Imam, Ali b. Abi Talib. It provides, in addition, a fascinating insight into the religious and social circumstances of these first centuries of Islam.
Author: Shaykh al-Mufid
Translated by: I.K.A. Howard
ISBN: 0 907794 00 9
Binding: Hardback with dust jacket
Publisher: Muhammadi Trust
Preface: S.H. Nasr


The orchestra was founded in 1984 by local musician and music teacher, Adrienne Cleary. It was started as a community orchestra in the market town of Wymondham in South Norfolk. It rapidly grew from strength to strength under the musical directorship of Ian Hÿtch, developing an enviable reputation for its high standard of performances of extensive repertoire. In 2003 Andrew Parnell was appointed as music director, and the orchestra has continued to develop under his baton, exploring new areas of repertoire and producing critically acclaimed performances. The orchestra has worked with choirs for notable performances of Walton's Balshazzar's Feast, Elgar's The Dream of Gerontius, Verdi's Requiem and Bruckner's Mass in E Minor.
Over the years the orchestra has worked with many soloists performing concertos, from the internationally famous such as Emma Johnson, to winners of the Haverhill Sinfonia Soloist Competition and the Norfolk Young Musician of the Year competition. Notable people who have performed with the orchestra are Brian Blessed who narrated William Walton's Henry Vth in Norwich Cathedral and Ian Wallace who narrated Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf in St. Andrew's Hall, Norwich.
The first patron of the orchestra was Sir Malcolm Arnold. The orchestra performed a range of his repertoire and he, himself, conducted the orchestra on occasion. Following his death, the internationally known oboist, Nicholas Daniel, took over as patron and has performed with the orchestra.
Adrienne Cleary has been the orchestra's president since its formation. She is a passionate advocate for the orchestra, plays with the orchestra, and is very actively involved in its organisation.
The orchestra has, throughout its existence, had a policy of encouraging young players. A succession of local students has played with the orchestra prior to going on to further studies. Some outstanding young players have been invited to perform concertos and solo parts with the orchestra. In addition, Christmas concerts provide the opportunity for very young school children to perform with an orchestra.
Based in Wymondham, the orchestra performs many of its concerts in the glorious setting of Wymondham Abbey. Performances have also been given in many other venues, including Wymondham High School, Wymondham College, Fakenham, Swaffham, Old Buckenham, Eye and Cromer Parish Churches, Norwich Cathedral, St Andrew's Hall in Norwich, Hempnall Village Hall, Diss Corn Hall and Ely Cathedral. It has earned the reputation of South Norfolk's premier orchestra.


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Anyone who's been watching BBC's iPlayer without a TV licence will have to fork out for one from September 1.
A change in the law means as of September 1 a licence will be needed to download or watch BBC programmes on demand, including catch up TV, on BBC iPlayer.
And TV licence bosses fear that students will be caught out by the change as research has revealed iPlayer is the most popular catch up platform used by students, ahead of sites such as YouTube and services including Netflix.
The survey confirms two in three students view catch up TV, with many watching on-demand programmes. With less than a quarter (22 per cent) of students taking a TV with them to university, online viewing on mobile devices has become by far the favoured way of consuming catch up TV content.
Ben Craig, TV Licensing's spokesperson for London and South East, said, "Watching catch up TV is really popular among students and we want to make sure students are aware of the change in law. From 1 September, everyone will need to be covered by a TV Licence to watch BBC TV programmes on demand – including catch up – on iPlayer.
Students who already have a licence will be covered automatically. Those who do not will need a licence from September 1 to watch BBC programmes on-demand on BBC iPlayer, including where iPlayer is accessed through another provider such as Sky or Virgin.
· If you are at university, visit our dedicated TV Licence for students (tvlicensing.co.uk\studentinfo) FAQ section, or contact an adviser over the phone on 0300 790 6113.
· Find more information and the answers to the most frequently asked questions about TV Licence and the change in the law (tvlicensing.co.uk\iplayerinfo).


So beginning this month, when Monthly Offers released their deals, I had my eye on the Sushi-Licious deal at Blue Jade in Ritz-Carlton JBR. So excited, only 180AED for all-you-can-eat sushi, paired with selected Japanese beverages (in their own words, hand-crafted infused sake). I'm in!
So we had scheduled for Saturday, to catch up with two good friends of ours (waves to T&C 🙂 ).
Now, you may have known that just a few days ago, Time Out Restaurants had awarded Blue Jade the 'Best South-East Asian Restaurant' for 2015. My expectations rose considerably, and as Saturday came closer, I was getting pretty amped up to try this famous"award-winning" restaurant.
Haha, that's the problem ay.
I think the issue is, we had just been back to Fazaris for brunch the day before (updated photos to the blog here), and eventhough it was 150AED for all-you-can-eat with non-alcoholic drinks included, it was really good sashimi and sushi.
And you get to refill this, the exact same selection, as many times as you want over the next two hours. Now, if you include salmon to the sushi, I may be a little nicer but it was really cheap ingredients ay i.e surimi, vegetarian, and prawns. I know you can upgrade to the 'Royal Sushi-licious deal which does include salmon, but erm, 200AED for sushi is a wee bit steep I think.
The sushi rice quality was varying from plate to plate. Sometimes too soft and soggy, sometimes just okay.
I can never understand when you dribble sweet-chilli sauce over sushi as well.
Although it was extremely filling, as G pigged out over 3 plates and myself over 2, it was more so just to 'fill the tummy' than that because it was actually tasty.
Now with the Entertainer Offer, it is reasonably priced. If you were to go for their drinks package (180AED for two), it will probably be a bit more worth it. But hey, honestly, G and I was pretty let-down ay.
I guess sushi is not south-east asian? Maybe that's not where their strengths are?
Time: from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m.
AED 70 per child from 5 to 12 years old, unlimited kids sushi (0 – 4 years old is free of charge).
thanks for this! was thinking of trying it out with the family as well. do you have any idea if they also accept the entertainer for the royal sushilicious package?
Let me know how it goes! We've yet to try the Royal Sushilicious, I'm sure it'll be better than the simple one!


One of my most difficult Photo Friday challenges ever. I have favorite spots in Alabama, Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nevada, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and Wyoming.
In Houston, I have a variety of favorite places depending on my mood. In the middle of a drought in July, my current favorite spot is sitting on my bed next to snoozing dogs, laptop in front of me for writing, favorite book and beverage next to me, and maybe a canvas to paint or a doll outfit to sew.
Still, Glenwood Cemetery is one of my favorite places in the city regardless of the weather. Shaded by majestic trees, set among rare hills in this flat coastal city of 2.5 million, it offers a chance to be left alone with only a fountain or waterfall breaking the silence. It even provides a view of Houston's fantastic skyline. It's the ideal secluded spot for reflection and daydreaming, and the dead have never objected to my walking among them.


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Can working dogs learn to detect COVID in humans? The Army is working to find out
Working dog Poncho works on the canine training wheel. Each arm of the wheel holds a device that contains substances the dog trains to distinguish. (Jack Bunja/CCDC Chemical Biological Center)
A joint research effort between the U.S. Army and the University of Pennsylvania is hoping to train dogs to develop pinpoint detection of COVID-19 biomarkers in humans.
Researchers from the university previously trained dogs to successfully detect both diabetes and ovarian cancer. Given present circumstances, shifting focus to the coronavirus was a no-brainer.
"I called up the research partner in my branch who I work most closely with on dogs," Michele Maughan, a researcher at the Combat Capabilities Development Command Chemical Biological Center, said in a release. "And said to her, 'We keep saying we need to find a way for dogs to detect COVID-19, let's do this!"
Maughan then reached out to the director of Penn Vet's Working Dog Center, Cynthia Otto, who quickly endorsed the partnership. An additional phone call to Patrick Nolan, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran and former military working dog trainer, got the ball rolling, and by May 26, just months after proposing the idea, the first dogs entered training.
Nolan, who now owns a training center for working dogs in Maryland, enthusiastically supplied 10 working dogs to participate in the six- to nine-week program.
"Training dogs to do this kind of work, detecting a substance down to the parts per trillion level is an art," Maughan said in the release. "And I could think of no one better than him to do it."
Each Labrador retriever in training learns how to detect the proteins the human immune system produces while fighting COVID-19 without ever needing to be exposed to the actual virus.
Because dogs can detect the immune system's response even before the onset of a fever, they are able to identify COVID-19 carriers without the need of a thermal camera and they're faster than any swab test.
To train the Labs, researchers use a container known as a Training Aid Delivery Device, or TADD, a tightly sealed capsule capable of holding hazardous substances that can be detected safely by each dog.
The Training Aid Delivery Device, or TADD, can contain toxic substances that can be safely detected by working dogs. (Jack Bunja/CCDC Chemical Biological Center)
These devices are then placed on a training wheel containing a series of spokes, or arms, each with a TADD attached to the end. The dog must discern canisters on the wheel that contain substances emitted by a COVID-19 carrier from those containing materials designed to distract the animal, such as food or a toy.
Still, detection isn't the sole element of training the dogs will have to master. Keeping them locked in on the task at hand for hours at a time is another undertaking entirely, said Jenna Gadberry, Maughan's research partner.
"Not every dog can stick with the length and degree of intensity of the training to get all the way to being able to detect in the part per trillion range," Gadberry said in the release.
"And not every dog has the drive to stay with the game for hours at a time, which is essential if the dogs are to provide COVID-19 screening at the entrances to crowded public places such as at airports, sports stadiums, or at border control checkpoints."
While the end goal is to have dogs assisting such locations, funding for the current partnership extends only through the training itself — not the onsite application of the newly-trained animals.
Despite the program's future uncertainty, it'd be hard to validate a penny-pinching approach with a cohort of virus-detecting dogs standing by.
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Hyderabad Restaurant Enters Limca Book Of Records For 'Most Biryani Servings Sold In A Year'
NDTV Food | Updated: February 27, 2019 12:27 IST
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Paradise Food Court in Hyderabad entered Limca Book of Records
The restaurant served 70,44,289 biryanis in a year
Paradise has outlets in four cities across India
Biryani is perhaps one of the most-loved dishes by Indians. The rice dish has a number of regional variants from Hyderabadi to Lucknowi biryani and is usually served with meat like fish, chicken or mutton. Indians have a robust appetite for all kinds of biryanis and recently we just got proof of just how popular the dish is, at least among Hyderabadis. A restaurant in the city has gotten itself a mention in the Limca Book of Records 2019 for managing the commendable feat of serving 70,44,289 biryanis in a year. Paradise Food Court in Hyderabad shared the amazing news on its twitter page. The restaurant said that they served the whopping number of biryanis between January 2017 and December 2017, for which they have been entered into the Limca Book of Records.
Take a look at Paradise Food Court's tweet:
It rained awards on Paradise dis month. V entered in2 D Limca Book of Records 4 "Most Biyani Servings Sold in a Year". At D Asia Food Congress, Paradise received D prestigious "Restaurant Serving D Best Biryani" award. Our Chairman, Mr. Ali Hemati won D Lifetime Achievement award pic.twitter.com/Jz7Rn7Orgt
— Paradise (@paradizbiryani) February 23, 2019
The restaurant has earned its place for "Most Biryani Servings Sold in a Year", said the tweet. Paradise Food Court was honoured for their achievement at the Asia Food Congress, held in Mumbai. The chairman of the restaurant was also honoured with the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' during the same event. The restaurant has outlets in Bangalore, Chennai and Vishakhapatnam, besides Hyderabad, and according to their website, the restaurant chain started as a small 100-seater outlet in the early sixties. They now have their outlets in multiple locations in the above mentioned cities. Paradise biryani is also known far and wide for great taste and authentic flavours.
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Besides a range of vegetarian and non-vegetarian biryanis, Paradise Food Court also serves a wide variety of soups, starters, kebabs and even Chinese food items. Biryani is a mixed rice dish which is prepared by slow-cooking basmati rice with any meat that is marinated in curd and a number of aromatic spices. The dish is popular among meat-eaters across India, as well as among the Indian diaspora around the world. Kolkata biryani, Hyderabadi biryani, Lucknowi biryani, Tehri biryani, Malabar biryani are some popular varieties of biryanis served in states across India.
Have your tried Paradise biryani? Let us know what you think about it, in the comments section below!
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The 19th-Century Secret Society Preserving the History of the West
The irreverent, all-male E Clampus Vitus commemorates overlooked people and events.
by Shoshi Parks June 29, 2022
The Virginia City, Nevada, headquarters of E Clampus Vitus still stands in the middle of the town. According to officials, E Clampus Vitus is the only one of the remaining nineteenth-century fraternal orders that is growing in the twenty-first century. Shoshi Parks
On the northern edge of Virginia City, Nevada, where silver once honeycombed the rocky slopes like arteries beneath the skin, lies a historical plaque commemorating the burial site of Mary Jane Simpson. Like other miners of the mid-19th century, she lived her days in darkness, working the miles of treacherous tunnels beneath the town. But Simpson had a few things they didn't, starting with four legs and a tail.
"Mary Jane Simpson was a mule in the mine in Virginia City," says Virginia City resident and history buff Ken Moser. "This is an absolutely true story. She was incredibly intelligent, and she had a driver, but she didn't really need him to know her way around. She understood all of it, she knew all the bell signals and lights."
So when Simpson was killed in the boomtown's Great Fire of 1875, the miners placed an inscription at her grave: "The within was only a mule, still she was nobody's fule [sic]. Stranger tread lightly." Over a hundred years later, in 1993, Simpson's death was made official, with a permanent plaque installed by the not-so-secret fraternal organization E Clampus Vitus (ECV).
Mary Jane Simpson's is just one of 1,641 obscure histories from Virginia City and the whole of the American West commemorated by E Clampus Vitus, stories that despite never appearing in official histories, nonetheless shaped not just those early days but everything that followed.
Virginia City—shown here circa 1870—was a mining town, and E Clampus Vitus got its start in West Virginia as among miners. Today, the membership is mostly working and middle class, white, and still all male. Universal History Archive / Getty Images
E Clampus Vitus was one of several brotherhoods that swept as many as 40 percent of American men into their fold during the "golden age of fraternalism" in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, societies that included the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, the Knights of Columbus, and the Loyal Order of Moose. Men joined for a number of reasons. Not only did fraternal organizations provide social opportunities, but they also offered insurance, financial aid, business connections and, above all, political clout. Women, unsurprisingly, were not permitted to participate.
E Clampus Vitus emerged from West Virginia mining country sometime in the 1840s or 1850s; by 1853, the organization was oozing like tar across Doddridge County, according to early twentieth-century journalist Boyd D. Stutler. Founder Emphraim Bee traced the origins of the order to a Chinese descendant of Confucius. But, writes Stutler, "it was burlesque"—a farce and parody—"pure and simple." Everything about E Clampus Vitus, from its heritage to its rituals, was a caricature of the self-serious fraternal organizations of the day.
Weary miners, many of whom may have felt out of place in the prim Oddfellows and Freemasons of the day, flocked to E Clampus Vitus in search of a light-hearted escape and the additional security a brotherhood could provide in a dangerous industry. Initiates today still "swear to take care of the widows and orphans—especially the widows."
"Members swear to take care of the widows and orphans — especially the widows."
When gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill, California, in 1849, miners descended like ravenous mosquitos on the rigid mountain spine separating California and Nevada. E Clampus Vitus descended with them. Like a backdraft, it swept over dusty, half-baked mining camps in far-flung outposts like Mokelumne Hill, Sonora, Mariposa, and Murphys.
Whiffs of their absurd traditions weaseled their way into newspapers across the state in the 1850s and '60s, some of which were collected in Lois Rather's 1980 book Men Will Be Boys: The Story of E Clampus Vitus and Seth Slopes' 1979 E Clampus Vitus: Now & Then.
Instead of elegant badges, they pinned themselves with tin can lids. Instead of waving a flag, they flew a hoop skirt. They drank liquor—a lot of it. Initiates, referred to as "poor blind candidates," were subjected to a series of humiliating tasks like climbing greased poles and being dipped into a vat of water by rope from the top of a church steeple. One memorable 1861 E Clampus Vitus parade sent 54 members in black masks and gowns and white sashes through the muddy, rain-soaked streets of Downieville near the California-Nevada border. The Noble Grand Humbug—a leadership position that rotated among chapter members—wore pink.
Samuel Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, served as editor of the Virginia City newspaper in the 1860s. It is said he was a member of E Clampus Vitus. Smith Archive / Alamy Stock Photo
"E Clampus Vitus actually had quite a bit of clout," says Moser, an ex-Noble Grand Humbug in Virginia City. "In order for people to do business they'd have to become a member to be considered. At one point, the California legislature was closed for a few days so that its E Clampus Vitus members could travel to the big convention."
Almost every mining town in California had an E Clampus Vitus lodge in the mid-nineteenth century, Rather writes, so when the largest silver deposit ever found in the United States, the Comstock Lode, was discovered in Virginia City in 1859, an ECV chapter shouldn't have been far behind. No one knows why it never made it in those early days, but E Clampus Vitus didn't skip over the boomtown altogether.
When he was hired at Virginia City's newspaper in 1862, Samuel Clemens, aka Mark Twain, had already gone through the rites of initiation in Angel's Camp in California. It was there, at an ECV meeting, that he heard the tale he would turn into his 1865 short story The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County—or so the legend goes.
E Clampus Vitus fell out of favor slowly around the turn of the twentieth century. By the 1920s the once-robust brotherhood was essentially defunct. It was the knowledge of Adam Lee Moore, the last Noble Grand Humbug of the Sierra City Balaam Lodge No. 107,304, that saved the group from obscurity. When it started anew in 1930, E Clampus Vitus was just as absurd as it once was, but there was a new objective afoot: to recognize the history of the West which, like ECV had itself, was fading fast.
Membership in the Clampers, as they are known, flagged in the 1920s, but revived in the 1930s with a new commitment to preserving the history of the West. Here, Clampers parade through Coloma, California, in 1963. Toby Palmieri / The Enthusiast Network via Getty Images
As if making up for the brotherhood's absence in the days of the Comstock Lode, Virginia City chapter, Julia C. Bulette #1864, was the first lodge to be reborn on the Nevada side of the Sierra. They've erected a historical plaque almost every year since, illustrating the minutiae unique to Virginia City through time. It's the only historical fraternal order whose membership is growing, according to Moser. He'll be attending the confirmation of two more chapters—one in Spokane, Washington, the other in Lovelock, Nevada—just this summer.
Miners no longer make up the majority of the membership of E Clampus Vitus. Today, the brotherhood is predominantly made up of working- and middle-class white history buffs—teachers, firefighters, construction workers, small business owners and the like. Some join because their father or uncle or grandfather was a member; others join for the shenanigans or the beer-swilling, boy's club environment or just for the historical preservation activities.
"A lot of people really see their identity as being part of the Clampers as really important in life," says Matthew "Metric" Ebert, Virginia City's previous Noble Grand Humbug. "People want to feel like they're part of something. We're a history gang with monuments."
The historical figures and events ECV chooses to recognize are selected annually by the Noble Grand Humbug and approved by the chapter as a whole. In Virginia City, a number of them are dedicated to the intense but short-lived mining madness that built, and rebuilt, the town.
The next historical marker installed by the Virginia City chapter will commemorate the filming of The Misfits, a 1961 western starring Marilyn Monroe. This scene was filmed at Odeon Hall in Dayton, Nevada. Ernst Haas / Getty
"The one we put up last year is on the Yellowjacket Fire in Gold Hill during the mining days," says history teacher and current Noble Grand Humbug Travis Stransky. "It killed a bunch of miners and that fire burnt down there for some time." They placed the monument on the side of the 1862 Gold Hill Hotel; its saloon was once frequented by Clemens, and rusted out mining equipment and rotting wooden scaffolding still sit among the scrub brush on the property.
The monuments contrast sharply with towns in which "a lot of preserving history has been done by wealthy white men," says Ebert. In town, where horses occasionally wander onto A Street in the lingering afternoon heat, ECV plaques dot the Western false-front architecture. Many plaques recognize the lives or work of those on the margins of society, including Chinese laborers and sex workers. Julia C. Bulette, for whom the Virginia City chapter is named, was among the latter: a sex worker, accomplished seamstress and honorary member of the fire company who was brutally murdered in 1867.
This year, the Virginia City Clampers will commemorate the filming of the 1961 western, The Misfits in the Odeon Hall in Dayton, Nevada. "I'm a huge fan of old school Hollywood and to this day there's nothing in downtown that says anything about the filming," says Stransky, who selected and researched the site for approval by the chapter. "I tracked down the owner of the building in which Marilyn [Monroe's] famous paddle ball scene was filmed." In July 2022, they'll dedicate the plaque, another arcane piece of the past rescued by E Clampus Vitus.
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Proponents of coal have held out CCS as the key to a future use of coal in keeping with efforts to combat global warming, but the technology remains unproven and has long faced skepticism.
In theory, carbon dioxide given off during combustion would be captured and injected in either liquid or "supercritical" state into an underground rock formation so that it would not disperse into the atmosphere.
The new study on CCS by Michael Economides of the University of Houston and Christine Ehlig-Economides of Texas A&M University says that proponents of CCS have underestimated the amount of reservoir space that will be required because the volume of carbon dioxide to be stored cannot exceed more than 1% of pore space, and perhaps much less, rather than the 1-4% in most calculations.
Michael Economides himself is a self-declared skeptic of global warming and long has argued that traditional fossil fuels must continue to provide the bulk of our energy needs.
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Modernising Traditions and Traditionalising Modernity in Africa
written by Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Chieftaincy and Democracy in Cameroon and Botswana
Chieftaincy in Africa has displayed remarkable dynamics and adaptability to new socio-economic and political developments, without becoming totally transformed in the process. Almost everywhere on the continent, chiefdoms and chiefs have become active agents in the quest for ethnic, cultural symbols as a way of maximising opportunities at the centre of bureaucratic and state power, and at the home village where control over land and labour often require both financial and symbolic capital. Chieftaincy remains central to ongoing efforts at developing democracy and accountability in line with the expectations of Africans as individual 'citizens' and also as 'subjects' of various cultural communities.
This book uses Cameroon and Botswana as case studies, to argue that the rigidity and prescriptiveness of modernist partial theories have left a major gap in scholarship on chiefs and chieftaincy in Africa. It stresses that studies of domesticated agency in Africa are sorely needed to capture the creative ongoing processes and to avoid over-emphasising structures and essentialist perceptions on chieftaincy and the cultural communities that claim and are claimed by it.
Francis B. Nyamnjoh
Francis B. Nyamnjoh joined the University of Cape Town in August 2009 as Professor of Social Anthropology from the Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (CODESRIA), Dakar, Senegal, where he served as Head of Publications from July 2003 to July 2009. He has taught sociology, anthropology and communication studies at universities in Cameroon and Botswana, and has researched and written extensively on Cameroon and Botswana. In October 2012 he received a University of Cape Town Excellence Award for "Exceptional Contribution as a Professor in the Faculty of Humanities". He is recipient of the "ASU African Hero 2013" annual award by the African Students Union, Ohio University, USA. He is: a B1 rated Professor and Researcher by the South African National Research Foundation (NRF); a Fellow of the Cameroon Academy of Science since August 2011; a fellow of the African Academy of Science since December 2014; a fellow of the Academy of Science of South Africa since 2016; and Chair of the Editorial Board of the South African Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Press since January 2011. His scholarly books include: Africa's Media, Democracy and the Politics of Belonging (2005); Insiders and Outsiders: Citizenship and Xenophobia in Contemporary Southern Africa (2006); "C'est l'homme qui fait l'homme": Cul-de-Sac Ubuntu-ism in Côte d'Ivoire (2015); and #RhodesMustFall: Nibbling at Resilient Colonialism in South Africa (2016).
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3) Carefully add wine; bring to boiling. Add mussels. Cook, covered, for 5 to 7 minutes or until shells open and mussels are cooked through. Discard any that do not open.
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Swindon drug driver given three-year roads ban
A DRUG driver has been banned from the roads for three years after being caught under the influence twice in four weeks.
James Metcalfe, of Whitehead Street pleaded guilty to the charges against him and was sentenced at Swindon Magistrates Court earlier this week.
The 32-year-old drove a Renault Clio along Dorcan Way on October 12 2020 while having 236 micrograms of Benzoylecgonine per litre of blood in his system.
For this, he received a £100 fine and must pay £34 to victim services.
Then, on November 15 2020, he drove a Renault Clio along Wootton Bassett Road while having 800 micrograms of Benzoylecgonine per litre of blood in his system.
And, at the same time while behind the wheel, a test showed he had 16 micrograms of cocaine per litre of blood as well.
For this offence, he received a £200 fine.
There was no order for costs and his guilty plea was taken into account when sentenced.