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Erode was sick tonight, thanks for all the hard work Chex. During qualifying it was atrocious, but it was sick during the motos! I had to change up my lines 2-3 times throughout the race, it's definitely a step in the right direction. Cheers to my first top 10 of the outdoor season!
If Grant was caught, how come he was racing tonight? Also, wasn't Robert Wilson banned for 2 weeks from high point? He raced tonight also.
He was caught during the race and kicked from it as soon as he was.
Not sure why Robert's ban wasn't put in place, but once he was partway through moto 1, his ban will still be 2 weeks starting next week.
Thanks Chris and Crew for the work you put in. Was a fun one! I just couldn't stay off the ground.
You actually have to be dumb to think that was anyone's fault. You're pathetic chase. If anything it was dcope he was headed left and also was behind.
Erode was awesome tonight, loved having to find new lines and tip toe through super rough sections!
As Jeremy Martin would say, that was a real outdoor national.
Hopefully we can continue to build on these settings!
Also S/O to Dennis for charging through the field with me after we both were literally the last guys to cross the finish on lap two!
Racers52 wrote: Erode was awesome tonight, loved having to find new lines and tip toe through super rough sections!
I was critical after seeing it in qualifying, but it turned out nicely during the races. Lines actually formed realistically if you ask me.
What was the erode settings for 450s?
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Timothy Earl Smith Belford, age 61, passed away the evening of Wednesday, June 17, 2015 surrounded by his loving family members and friends.
Tim was born February 12, 1954 to Guy Ponca Belford, Jr. and Colleen Joyce (Marrs) Belford in Tulsa, Oklahoma . He graduated from Broken Arrow High School with the Class of 1972. After a successful blind date by a mutual hair stylist, he married the love of his life, Jean Rene (DeSirey) in 1978. He attended OSU and the Mortuary School Dallas… Institute. When not spending time with his family, Tim enjoyed hunting, fishing and was an avid reader of fiction, sports and read the Bible daily. His love for music brought him to participate in sound engineering for various musical groups performing in Tulsa including Tulsa’s own, The Bopcats. Tim was an avid sports fan, rarely missing a St. Louis Cardinal baseball game or an OU football game. He worked in the oilfield supply industry ending his career with Wilson Supply Company as an oilfield supply sales representative in 2009. Tim was a member of Highland Park Christian Church.
He was preceded in death by parents: Guy and Colleen Belford.
Tim is survived by his wife, Jean "Rene" Belford; his son, Bryan and wife, Stephanie; his daughter, Allysa Shanks and husband, Sam; his grandchildren: Rylee, Beau and Pazleigh ; his sister, Leeann Wheeler; his two brothers, Pat Belford and wife, Cindy, and Mike Belford and wife, Deborah, along with other family members, and a host of friends and acquaintances.
Services are 1:00 p.m. Monday, June 22, 2015 at Highland Park Christian Church, 5708 E. 31st Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma. Pastor Dave Dunson will officiate. In lieu of flowers, the family has requested donations in Tim’s memory to www.secondwindstl.org.
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Jim was a great person and friend. Me a country boy let me come into his world and friendship him and his circle of friends. I kmow he was recieved by God in the most perfect way being presented to Him by Jeasus Christ.
I was so glad I went to the reunion and Tim was there. We went to Northeast Elementary together and on from there. I lost touch with a lot of people thru the years but NEVER forgot any of them. Tim always had a special place in my heart, he was a fine person and an old friend. My sincere condolences to his beloved family. | 2019-04-24T07:56:27 | http://www.bahs72.com/class_profile.cfm?member_id=4506552 |
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Kelly Finnigan, the lead singer of Bay Area-based indie-soul auteurs Monophonics, has announced his debut solo album ‘The Tales People Tell,’ out April 26 on Colemine Records. Over the course of the album’s 10 new, original songs, Kelly channels a multitude of influences that reflect a lifetime immersed in the music and culture of soul, R&B, and hiphop - it’s the story of an outsider that followed an unorthodox route, always guided by his own creative north star. | 2019-04-22T18:37:38 | http://store.landlockedmusic.com/product/finn |
(04-20-2017) NoFriender continues his amazing look at the origins of thrash heavy metal. This episode takes a look at Overkill. This incredible series, exclusive to the When It Was Cool website, has been amazing. Check out all the parts for a complete understanding of the origins, development, and evolution of thrash heavy metal. | 2019-04-19T03:20:55 | http://www.whenitwascool.com/thrash-show-podcast-13 |
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Rivaling even the most surreal runway shows, these pencil-drawn, object-animated fashion illustrations use food and other found objects into cutting-edge apparel.
Amenian illustrator Edgar Artis starts with something simple: an illustrated figure that acts as an underlay. But things get strange quickly from there, as he drizzles on spaghetti and meatballs, sprinkles pencil shavings, or carefully arranges lettuce leaves to form dress patterns on top.
These mouth-watering works highlight the possibilities of ordinary colors, textures and patterns, like the fractal forms of fruits and vegetables or the organic diversity of trail mix. | 2019-04-23T18:57:03 | https://weburbanist.com/2018/01/23/3d-fashion-illustrations-organic-textures-bring-runway-drawings-to-life/ |
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Every week, Vulture runs through the best, most interesting, and sometimes most confusing rap releases. In this installment: Wiz Khalifa and Curren$y reunite, are still really into weed. The producer Small Professor constructs an excellent posthumous album for gravelly voiced rapper Sean Price; Earl Sweatshirt’s friend and collaborator Navy Blue finds his voice; and AJ Tracey uses British rap to hop genres and moods.
It’s hard to romanticize consistency, but if anyone has been able to work steadiness into his own myth, it’s Curren$y. The New Orleans native has been kicking around since the apex of No Limit Records but established himself, in the latter half of the 2000s and throughout this decade, as one of rap’s most reliably good-to-great workhorses, churning out dozens of albums and mixtapes that are often inventive and always hypnotic. The Pilot Talk trilogy, his work with the Alchemist, and the slew of hazily poised songs scattered through RSS feeds for years on end made him a sort of cult hero.
There’s a similar, though far lazier and far more profitable, mechanism at work with Wiz Khalifa. By the time he broke through, at the peak of the blog-rap era, with 2010’s Kush & Orange Juice (a good mixtape elevated by revisionism and nostalgia), the Pittsburgh native had already put out a series of promising records with winking titles like Flight School and Burn After Rolling. The best of these, called How Fly, paired him with Curren$y. But Atlantic pushed Wiz to the top of the pop charts almost immediately after announcing his signing, and by the time Kush & Orange Juice was 18 months old, Wiz had three top-ten singles, including a No. 1 in “Black & Yellow.” In the years since, he’s drifted into a strange lane — one that runs largely parallel to the rest of mainstream rap, but which still allows him to sell out stadiums. Wiz seldom feels part of [gestures manically] the conversation, but has a better relationship with Maroon 5 than the rappers who do.
Ten years after How Fly, 2009 aims to capture the bubbling nostalgia for early Obama-era rap. It succeeds in fits and starts: There are pleasingly stoned songs like “10 Piece” and there’s the pulsing Problem collaboration called “Getting Loose.” But the tape is marred by rocky production (there are hammy drums and goofy synths) and occasionally lets Wiz sink too far into that pit of oversold, underwritten punch lines. But Curren$y is solid throughout — he locks in especially on closer “Forever Ball” — and at his semi-frequent best, Wiz plays up to the level of competition. 2009 does conjure the year, but the machine keeps moving.
Speaking of steadiness: From the beginnings of the New York–based ’90s rap crew Boot Camp Clik through 2012’s Mic Tyson — the last solo album to be released before his tragic death three years later — Sean Price was a force of nature. Though thoroughly deserving, it felt like a stroke of luck when his 2005 album, Monkey Barz, became a sensation among underground and digital-native rap fans, cementing P as a rapper’s rapper who would snap other rapper’s rappers’ spines with his bare hands.
86 Witness is produced entirely by Philadelphia’s Small Professor, whose beats get cacophonous and heavy without losing their playfulness. There are odes to Refrigerator Perry and John Gotti. P is still invigorating and gruff and slyly funny; his voice is paired here with old friends like Rock, his partner from Heltah Skeltah, and with new East Coast and underground guards that include Elucid, Curly Castro, and Quelle Chris. Missing are the Gothic stakes that often crept into the canonical Sean Price albums, but that’s fitting for the new project, which is lighter and freer than nearly all of its predecessors.
In the way nearly everyone and everything is tokenized, British rappers are nearly always framed, Stateside, as being broadly representative of a specific sound, style, or region of their homeland. But what makes AJ Tracey’s self-titled album compelling is its willingness to hop genres and moods. While the self-explanatory “Country Star” works mostly as novelty, it’s Tracey’s lapses into dance hall and garage (“Butterflies” and “Ladbroke Grove,” respectively) that do the most to sell him as a technically proficient and musically gifted rising star. The album opens with a trio of gloomy cuts that unavoidably recall West London, but ends with far more experimental fare, plus a supremely confident back-and-forth cut with Giggs.
One of the strange things about Earl Sweatshirt’s excellent Some Rap Songs, released late last year, was the fact that Earl took cues, by his own admission, from the Bronx-bred rapper Mike. Though talented, Mike began his career as a carbon copy of what Earl had been doing. But as Mike explored different nooks of that sound and found a more distinctive writing voice, the snake circled back to its tail, and the two artists forged a relationship as friends and collaborators. Navy Blue is the rap project by the professional skateboarder and model Sage Elsesser; he appeared under that assumed name on Some Rap Songs. On this solo collection — largely self-produced and piano-led, entirely lo-fi and always looking inward — he juts out just a bit from the creative collective that he and his friends have formed, less misanthropy, a little more spiritual. He’s very unpolished as a rapper, and occasionally struggles to sell the lines that are meant to wring something out of his misery. Pleasant, if a bit familiar. | 2019-04-22T06:50:11 | https://www.vulture.com/2019/02/best-rap-of-the-week-wiz-khalifa-currensy-sean-price-more.html |
There was a whole cabinet full of old children's books at the house we stayed in while in Maine. Two in particular caught my eye: Manners Can Be Fun by Munro Leaf, and The House in the Tree by Karen Gunthorp. The first one is such an entertaining read, even for adults, and it's actually still in print. I loved the illustrations in the second one.
"Why is it desert island instead of deserted island?" Haha, LOL . . . what a wonderful brain fart that was! :P I'm so embarrassed now! I'm glad it's still in print, but love the charm of the dog-eared pages and yellowed hue . . .
Random fun fact: I just saw _Manners Can Be Fun_ at Anthro! Looks like it's making a comeback! | 2019-04-18T21:03:59 | http://dozidesign.blogspot.com/2011/07/old-childrens-books.html |
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Secluded and quiet but outdoor activities abound. Located in the Waterloo Recreation area, but only minutes to downtown historic Chelsea and 25 minutes to downtown Ann Arbor. Surrounded by over 30 miles of trails for hiking, biking, running, horse back riding and x-country skiing. Paradise for the active or quite relaxed getaway. Room to dock your boat at our dock. Feel free to use our kayaks and paddle board. Fire pits for your evening pleasure and comfort. | 2019-04-20T11:34:22 | https://www.airbnb.com/rooms/20280562 |
This is our 3rd summer in Las Vegas! We are still acclimating to the desert heat and how to be summer smart, so I am always on the hunt for new products. As you know, we are expecting and with all the baby stuff coming into the house, I have been really overwhelmed. Babies can’t use certain products, pregnant mama’s can’t use products with Salicylic Acid, and dad just wants something simple and doesn’t smell girly! But finally, there is a product that is good for the whole family.
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Above is the 6-month daily chart for Almost Family (AFAM). Pretty much immediately after entering the position, this stock went from about 40, to hovering just above 30. I originally shorted five February 30 Puts for .85 (that’s $85 per contract). With the nose-dive, the value of those puts rose significantly, touching as high as $2.50 a couple weeks ago.
In all honestly, I should have gotten out of the trade once the options doubled up on me, but nothing about the move seem justified. I’ve been down this path already, but for new readers out there, you can catch up on my inexperienced trading psychology now… $AFAM has been a solid equity for the past few months, even when others were tanking rather significantly last quarter. Then, to have the bottom fall out on this health care based stock didn’t seem right.
So far, my conviction has stayed correct. 30 has turned out to be at least a decent support level for this stock, being a unit of 10, and as 40 was also previous support and resistance. At this point, I will be quite pleased with shares holding above that mark through Friday. I’ll likely be ready to move on and forgo another month with AFAM. Ideally, it can close above it’s MA(20), which has not happened since last year, in order to give it a little staying power for the remainder of the week.
PHM in a range. Click to enlarge.
Pulte Homes (PHM), has been a little less turbulent the past month. From the chart, we can actually see it’s been in a 10-12 range since the beginning of December. That’s actually perfect for a stock that I was able to sell February 10 Puts on for $1.00 to open my position.
The only thing with a stock like this being in such a tight range for so long is that it’s really just building up for a burst in one direction or the other. I imagine some of this will hinge on the outcome of the stimulus package 2.0 which could get put in place by the end of the week. That’s going to make the market very interesting in general, but I imagine it will be even more so for a major home builder.
Despite the turbulence, I believe I’ll still plan on holding at least $PHM through expiration, regardless. The shares are inexpensive enough, and if I should get the puts exercised on me, I’ll be getting them at 10% discount due to the premium I’ve already collected. It will be an interesting experience to deal with owning some of these shares if that should happen. I already have a game plan ready, but we’ll worry about the details if and when it comes to that.
Almost Family will be a different situation. If the 30-mark starts to get threatened in the next few days, I’ll have to be ready to take action. I’m not really up for getting exercised on 500 shares at $30. I could make it work, but it would by no means be an ideal situation for me and the current size of my options trading account. That’s a little to big-time for me at this point.
So, stay posted here for updates. I’m also going to put together a research post or two this week to get ready for March expiration. Happy trading!
This entry was posted on Monday, February 16th, 2009 at 10:24 pm and is filed under Position Update, Short Puts. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site. | 2019-04-25T13:53:58 | http://smalltimeoptions.com/2009/02/position-update-afam-and-phm-presidents-day-weekend/ |
We’re gone…but now we’re back!
I realize I should have posted that we would be going off island for the last two weeks instead of just leaving this blog hanging. Well – now you know, we were gone…but now we are back! Between unpacking two young children, myself & husband, cleaning, laundry, etc. it may be a day or two before I can post here again. Oh, that and catching up with a million emails! Will be back just as soon as I can…. | 2019-04-20T09:09:13 | https://www.islandblissweddings.com/were-gone-but-now-were-back/.html |
Start the Certificate Request Generator by navigating to https://hostname:port/certificate. Please Note: replace hostname with the IP address of the server, and port with the SSL port of the server.
In the CSR screen, the required organization details must be entered. You can also enter a password for the Private Key here, which is strongly advised. If this option is chosen, a conform PKCS-8 secured Private Key will be generated.
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This spanner wrench is a necessity when making adjustments to front and rear coil-over shocks on your G-Body car. The wrench allows easy movement of the adjustment collar and features a rubber coated grip for comfort and control. | 2019-04-26T04:05:15 | https://www.opgi.com/monte-carlo/L240761/ |
These solder type Decora wall plate inserts are used to cleanly bridge between in-wall cable runs and their origin and destinations. This particular insert converts in-wall wiring for transmitting XLR audio to devices utilizing XLR style audio inputs and outputs. The back of the XLR connection is solder based so you will need to be able to solder your in wall wiring to the decora wall plates connections. | 2019-04-22T18:29:50 | https://www.cablewholesale.com/specs/301-2006.php |
Your customers can create different kinds of custom fields for both Styles and Items.
When they create a custom field, they can define any field to be visible for you. They can also allow you to fill in data.
If that is the case, you will see a small edit icon which enables you to make changes to the custom field.
To edit a custom field(s), simple type in the needed value(s) and click on the save icon. | 2019-04-24T12:09:34 | http://help.delogue.com/support/solutions/articles/9000021681-supplier-add-content-in-custom-fields |
It took a while, but Sony has finally launched its next Flagship phone, Xperia Z4 powered by Snapdragon 810 chipset. Going the HTC way, Sony has left several things unchanged, subtly improving upon the predecessor in several key areas.
For starters, once again Sony is using the familiar omni balance design, with glass back and Aluminum frame, all confined within 6.9 Inches. Sony has refrained from Quad HD display and has rather opted for tried and tested 1080p 5.2 Inch Triluminous IPS LCD display with 600cd brightness.
Like all other recent flagship devices, Sony is using Snapdragon 810 quad core chipset with 4 cortex A57 and 4 Cortex A53 cores to balance performance and power consumption. Graphics will be handled by powerful Adreno 330 GPU paired with 3 GB RAM. This is sufficient horsepower even for the most demanding tasks.
Internal storage is 32 GB and can be further expanded by another 128 GB using MicroSD card slot. Sony is using the 20.7 MP rear camera sensor with very large 1/ 2.3 Inch size and 4K recording support. A front 5.1 MP Exmor sensor selfie shooter is also there and interestingly, this selfie snapper also features Optical Image stabilization besides a wide angle lens.
There are no flaps on Audio jack and USB port, but the Xperia Z4 flaunts IPX5 / IPX8 ratings for dust and water resistance. Sony has also used new LDAC audio compression codec to please audiophiles. Software is Android 5.0 Lollipop based Xperia UI.
Other features include 4G LTE /3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/ GLONASS, MHL 3.0, NFC and 2930 mAh battery.
Xperia Z4 will be available in White, Black, Copper and Aqua Green colors, but there is no official word on price or availability as of now. | 2019-04-24T03:49:32 | https://gadgetstouse.com/blog/2015/04/20/sony-xperia-z4-with-snapdragon-810-processor-and-1080p-display-announced/33449/ |
This presentation aims to foster a conversation among SPACE participants regarding issues related to teaching university students about racial and gender inequality. In an effort to create inclusive classrooms, university instructors must introduce dynamics of the resiliency of racism and sexism; yet, ofentimes, students remain steadfast in their belief that these injustices are elements of past social relations and no longer applicable to their more enlightened generation. This conversation will posit more questions than answers during this interactive session to highlight stratgies for competently engaging with these topics in the academy. | 2019-04-20T12:29:26 | https://www.spaceducators.com/2016/sessions/pedagogy-post-racial-post-feminist-american-society |
Most visitors to an online store aren’t ready to buy. That’s where micro conversions come into play. They help build the excitement and trust that shoppers need to make a purchase.
Micro conversions are smaller actions that indicate a visitor’s interest in what you sell or have to say. They’re important building blocks for branding, sales, and overall customer loyalty.
Visitors to an ecommerce home page leave, browse, or search. Ideally, they’ll navigate to a product page and add an item to the cart. Here’s a basic overview of what happens, assuming that 100 percent of the visitors start at the home page of the store for each session.
A natural progression for buyers on an ecommerce site could be (a) home page, (b) then browse or search, (c) then product page, (d) then shopping cart, (e) then checkout, and (d) complete purchase.
What happens to the visitors that do not complete a purchase — the other 98 percent, above? Many leave and never return. Some will research at other sites and return to purchase from yours. Some may bookmark or favorite a product, with the intent to purchase when funds become available. What happens exactly, though, relies on whether or not you encourage micro conversions that give people reason to come back.
Signing up for an email newsletter. Email remains one of the best ways to stay in touch with shoppers and build lasting relationships.
Searching for products or ideas. The use of site search indicates interest. Search results determine the next course of action.
Sharing products or content via email or social media. People like to share what they love.
Watching video. Time is valuable. Shoppers that spend time watching your videos are likely interested in your products.
Creating an account. Creating an optional account indicates the desire to save items to a list or purchase in the near future.
Adding products to wish lists or registries. This could indicate an intent to purchase products or to share with others.
Downloading content, such as an ebook or instruction sheet.
Contacting your company, especially by filling out an online form.
A product comparison tool helps visitors find the product best suited for their needs. Source: Apple.
Shoppers can carry out all of the actions above whether or not they make a purchase. Thus it’s important to measure those actions. Some can trigger purchases. For example, a visitor who shares a product on Facebook may result in new, immediate buyers.
When analyzing micro conversions, track what a visitor does immediately afterward. This tells you more about the visitor’s intent. It can also help identify problems.
For instance, if a visitor clicks the “Add to Wish List” button and then leaves without actually adding a product, this could mean there is a problem with the feature or the visitor has difficulty using it. Understanding intent and fixing potential problems is the first step in benefitting from micro conversions.
Consider the following ideas to encourage micro conversions.
Offering something of value in exchange for an email address. This could be coupons, access to special products, exclusive membership discounts, content downloads, or personalized content.
Vitamin World, for example, offers new email subscribers $5 off a purchase, coupons, and alerts to new products and sales.
Vitamin World offers an instant $5 upon and other incentives for signing up to its email newsletter.
Additional contest entries for specific actions. Hosting a sweepstakes-style contest for cash or prizes? Offer bonus entries for sharing across social networks or completing certain tasks on the website.
Produce and host short and compelling videos. Videos should last about one minute or less. The more emotion they evoke, the more likely they will be shared. Take advantage of video tagging and linking, too.
Display recommendations after various actions. Product recommendations that are personalized convert the best. Display personalized recommendations after visitors run searches, add items to lists, create accounts, and share content.
Offer relevant or alternative product comparisons. What happens if a visitor isn’t thrilled with the features of two or more compared products? Provide info on running additional comparisons, as well as links to a few related items.
Respond to contact requests quickly. Fewer people take time to reach out for information. Don’t delay getting them what they need. | 2019-04-18T15:05:43 | https://www.practicalecommerce.com/leverage-micro-conversions-close-sales |
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BEIJING — Two-time Olympic gold medalist Steven Lopez, denied an opportunity to continue toward a third gold after losing the first match of his Olympic career in the wake of a disputed referee's call, bounced back to win his last two matches and claim his third medal, a bronze.
Lopez, a four-time world champion, joins brother Mark, who won a silver medal despite fighting most of the day with a compound fracture in his right hand, and Diana, who won a bronze medal, as Olympic medalists in taekwondo.
USA Taekwondo filed a protest on behalf of Lopez, claiming that a penalty assessed in his match against Mauro Sarmiento represented an incorrect application of the sport's rules.
The protest was judged "unacceptable" by officials with the World Taekwondo Union, the sport's governing body.
Lopez led 2-0 after two rounds in his quarterfinal against the Italian in the 176-pound class, but Sarmiento scored with 1:34 left in the third round, and Lopez lost a point on accrued penalties with 49 seconds left in the round, forcing the match into overtime.
Steven Lopez of Sugar Land, walks off the floor after his loss to Mauro Sarmiento of Italy during 80kg taekwondo quarterfinals at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games on Friday in Beijing.
Sarmiento then won it 32 seconds into overtime, landing a kick to Lopez's back as the two-time champion pressed the attack.
The Italian advanced to the gold medal match, losing 6-4 to Hadi Saei of Iran.
Under the competition rules, that enabled Lopez to re-enter the repechage rounds for one of the two bronze medals, which he won with a 3-2 victory over Rashad Ahmadov of Azerbaijan.
"I'm in disbelief a little bit," Lopez said. "Pride was getting to me. I'm fighting for bronze, and I'm accustomed to being in the finals and winning gold medals. "But I'm happy. I'm happy that all of us came here as a family. We all medaled, and that is all I can ask of myself."
Diana and Mark Lopez and their parents, Julio and Ondina Lopez, watched from the stands as Steven Lopez lost the disputed match to Sarmiento, then fought his way back to the medals stand.
Mark Lopez watched with his left hand, which was broken in his opening match Thursday against Nesar Amhad Bahave of Afghanistan, wrapped in gauze and protective padding from fingers to wrist.
He said he suffered a compound fracture of the third and fourth metacarpal and will undergo surgery as early as next week.
Herb Perez, an executive with USA Taekwondo, said the federation believes the referee, Oh Il Nam of Indonesia, improperly applied a rule and assessed an unwarranted penalty in Steven Lopez’s match against Sarmiento.
That penalty, combined with an early out of bounds call against Lopez, resulted in his score being deducted by a point in the third round, which sent the match to overtime.
Perez said the WTF violated its own procedures by not granting a proper hearing to the protest and by not considering video evidence. He also said it reflects the degree to which change is needed in the Korean-controlled WTF.
“This has been going on for 20 or 30 years, and every time it happens we’re told to be quite and it will get better,” Perez said. “It gets better every four years for about 10 seconds, and then it happens again. And when it happens to you, you’re told to shut up and not say anything because of what might happen to the sport.
Meanwhile, Jean Lopez, the oldest Lopez sibling and coach of Steven, Mark and Diana, said Steven Lopez’s inability to win a third gold medal should not reduce the magnitude of what his family has accomplished.
“It (a silver and two bronze medals) represents success. It really does,” he said. “I can’t say we’re not highly disappointed with the way things turned out (in the Steven Lopez-Sarmiento match) but looking at everything, you can’t dismiss the fact that we created even more history. | 2019-04-20T16:11:42 | https://www.chron.com/sports/olympics/article/Sugar-Land-fighter-Steven-Lopez-gets-bronze-in-1634253.php |
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This article is about the "KH III Maleficent" Medal.
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An evil fairy who seeks to rule over all worlds. She and Pete are searching for a black box.
1 turn: ↑ R- & M-STR 15, ↓ target's R- & M-DEF 15. Damage+: the more gauges are full.
Gauge +30. Triggers before slot 4 is activated when defending in PVP.
KHIII Maleficent is a Super Rare Attack Medal in Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ / Union χ.
KH III Maleficent can be evolved into Supernova - KH III Maleficent by using 5 Dual Meow Wow [SAB LV 8] Medals.
In the English version, KH III Maleficent was first available in the 01/25/19 - 02/11/19 KHIII Falling Price Deal. In this deal, players had a small chance of drawing a boosted version of KH III Maleficent with 1000 more base strength and defense.
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Prior to coming to Interlochen, Colby Carson served as Director of Recruitment and Enrollment at the Carnegie Mellon University School of Music, a position he came to after serving as Director of Admission at the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Colby was previously Assistant Director of Admissions for Recruitment at The Juilliard School in New York City.
Colby is originally from Kennesaw, Georgia and holds a master of arts in arts administration from The Florida State University College of Music, where he began working in admissions in 2009. Before returning to FSU, where he also received a bachelor in choral music education, Colby was a high school chorus teacher in Orlando, Florida. He is currently pursuing an Ed.D. in Higher Education Management at the University of Pittsburgh. | 2019-04-23T21:01:02 | http://academy.interlochen.org/person/colby-carson |
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The NY Art Book Fair, which runs September 26–28 at MoMA PS1, is the world’s premier event for artists’ books, catalogues, and zines. We asked a few of this year’s 350-plus vendors for tips on tackling the overwhelming amount of merchandise, what’s on their personal shopping list, and more. For details on the NYABF, visit MoMAPS1.org/nyabf.
What item from your own table are you most excited about?
The Sara Cwynar screenprints are our fundraising edition this year. She scans an image from a 1980s darkroom manual and swivels it around while it’s scanning so it creates distortions in the image.
Tips for an ideal Art Book Fair experience?
Do your research beforehand to get an idea of the exhibitors. Talk to the publishers! Don’t be afraid to make conversation with them.
What’s on your shopping list this year?
Album zine in the Norwegian Focus room.
We just released The Thing: The Book. It’s a meditation on the book as object. We worked with over 30 different artists, writers, filmmakers, and designers to take on a different element of a book and use that as an exhibition space.
Don’t be afraid to ask questions. Take breaks. Hydrate.
Every year I end up re-upping my subscription to Cabinet.
The newest publication is this chain mail book. It’s a series of images of different chain mail weaves which have been processed and rendered with a specially-devised half-toning system. Instead of black dots, it’s all white rings, similar to the ring mesh that chain mail is. It’s bound with the same rings that chain mail is made of.
There’s an amazing Dan Flavin poster at 6 Decades Books. He made a neon-y font for it.
Probably our Seth Price print, which we’re debuting at the fair this year.
Ben: Bring lots of money and give yourself lots of time.
Dodie Bellamy’s The TV Sutras just came out this spring.
I like to come in the morning before everyone else. It’s really nice and mellow and not so hot yet.
Siglio has a new book by Robert Seydel.
A book we published by Jason Brinkerhoff called Unfinished Drawings. I saw the drawings in his studio and he told me they were unfinished, but I found myself wanting to publish and collect them. It raises the question of who decides when the work is finished, the artist or the viewer or the potential collector.
I engage the same way I do with museums. I do a quick pass of everything and then focus on the things that really draw my attention. There’s so much to look at you won’t be able to look at it all, so you might as well look intently at the things that capture you the most.
The publisher Christoph Ruckhäberle of Lubok Verlag. I love all the books he does.
Eric: We just did a new book with Gene Beery and Joshua Abelow which is kind of a catalog. The next show we’re doing at the gallery is a collaboration with paintings by each artist and collaborative photographs.
Elyse: Make a game plan first. There’s almost too much to see in one visit. It’s kind of great being here the whole weekend.
Elyse: Peradam is coming out with a bunch of new books, and I always love their books.
The piece I just finished is this accordion-fold book called Half of My Head. It’s about my experience with chronic migraines over the last two years. The images in it are from an MRI I received when I first met with a neurologist to get treatment. Being here at the event is a celebration of the success of the treatment.
It’s my first visit to New York, so probably something from Printed Matter. | 2019-04-21T22:00:25 | https://www.moma.org/explore/inside_out/2014/09/26/new-york-art-book-fair-101/ |
Now, you and your surgeon have options. There are different types of facelifts, each one designed to address different areas of the face or neck and to produce varying degrees of lift. This is great news, because we can custom-tailor facelift surgery to match your aesthetic goals. For example, would a deep plane facelift be the best option for you?
Typically, a deep plane facelift is indicated if you have moderate to severe jowling along the jawline or if you have moderate to severe fullness and/or banding in the neck area. Dr. Jeffrey Raval, MD, MBA, FACS believes that, for many patients, the deep plane facelift is indeed the best option, because the results are better. In a deep plane facelift. Dr. Raval raises the skin, then pulls deeper muscles upward and re-suspends them. He says that every surgeon performs the details a little differently.
The surgery itself doesn’t necessarily take longer than an SMAS facelift, and there is no more downtime required. However, patients can expect their swelling to last a little longer, due to the deeper surgery. The bottom line is that there are more advantages with a deep plane facelift.
On the other hand, for patients with only slight skin laxity, Dr. Raval still recommends an SMAS procedure. SMAS stands for Superficial Muscle Aponeurotic System. This surgery addresses more advanced signs of aging in the lower face and neck, so it is usually most appropriate for older patients – those in their 50s or older.
A true mini-lift is generally best for younger patients – men and women in their 40s or early 50s who want (and need) just a bit of “pick-me-up” in the jowl and jawline area instead of more noticeable results. This is a shorter surgery with less recovery time. However, Dr. Raval says the deep plane technique is so great, he can even use it in conjunction with a mini-facelift. By going further below the surface, he can suspend deeper tissue, enhancing the final result.
Regardless of the surgical technique, Dr. Raval’s goal is always to produce entirely natural looking results. With a deep plane facelift, you may expect to look as much as 10-15 years younger. Although your body (and face) will continue to age, you will continue to look that much younger than your years.
Is a deep plane facelift the best option for me?
All in all, says Dr. Raval, the deep plane facelift can be a real plus for certain patients looking for a more extensive type of facelift. As always, though, it takes a personal consultation to determine what would be best for your own face. We are all different, in age as well as visible aging, in facial structure, and skin type. Plus, each patient has a certain personal goal in mind.
Discussing your goals and medical history with Dr. Raval, and giving him a chance to examine your face in person, enables the two of you to formulate a surgical plan that is just right for you. | 2019-04-18T16:19:43 | https://www.ravalmd.com/blog/when-is-a-deep-plane-facelift-the-best-option |
I’ve been friends for J Bennet for two decades…crazy, so it’s a pleasure to have him and his bandmate Sera Timms on the podcast as guests. Their band Ides of Gemini started out as a lo-fi project with a drum machine and has evolved into a powerful dark rock band that defies classification. That’s my favorite stuff. Their new album “Women” is out on Rise Above, go check it out. | 2019-04-21T08:09:37 | https://everythingwentblackmedia.com/everything-went-black-posts/2017/5/6/podcast-127-j-bennet-sera-timms-ides-of-gemini |
Apple said Monday that senior vice presidents Scott Forstall and John Browett would leave the Cupertino, Calif., company. People familiar with the matter said both men were asked to leave.
The moves follow stumbles from both executives and their groups. Mr. Forstall, for instance, oversaw the launch last month of Apple’s new mapping service, which was riddled with bugs. The software later prompted an apology from Mr. Cook. | 2019-04-23T20:54:48 | http://www.itnetwerk.com/news/apple-software-retail-chiefs-to-leave/?shared=email&msg=fail |
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Jammu: Another police personnel, who was injured in yesterday's heavy mortar shelling by Pakistan army in Balakote sector in Poonch district, succumbed to his injuries today taking death in the shelling to three. Mohd Shaffi, a Selection Grade Constable (SGC) posted at Balakote police post, breathed his last in the Medical College hospital this afternoon. He was airlifted here yesterday from Balakote in view of his critical condition, official sources said. Body of the police constable was sent to his home town in the evening after post-mortem. Mohd Shaffi was among six persons including two cops and four civilians, who were injured in the shelling. Two others including a young girl and a Special Police Officer (SPO) had died in the shelling. A police post and some houses were damaged in Balakote. However, there was no report of any shelling in Balakote or any other forward village in Poonch district today. Retaliatory shelling by the Indian side had also caused heavy casualties and damage on other side of the border. Meanwhile, Indo-Pak troops today exchanged small arms firing on the International Border in Jammu, Kathua and Nowshera sectors, the sources said. Firing in Jammu sector was reported from Chhowani, SH Way, Korotana Khurd, Fatwal and Bhudwar while in Kathua district, the exchange of firing took place in Mangu Chak border village. In Nowshera sector in Rajouri district, the firing took place in Bhawani village. However, no loss of life or damage was reported on Indian side in the firing on the International Border while details of damage on the other side couldn't be ascertained. However, a civilian was injured in a mine blast in forward village of Londi in Hiranagar sector this afternoon. He has been identified as Heera Singh son of Kaka Singh, a resident of Londi. Sources said the civilian stepped-over a land mine, leading to an explosion. Injured civilian has been admitted in the Medical College hospital. Meanwhile, security forces today busted a hideout of the terrorists at village Khurji, about four kms from Banihal tehsil in Doda district. The hideout belonged to Hizbul Mujahideen outfit. Recoveries made from the hideout included one Under Barrel Grenade Launching (UBGL) gun, 23 UBGL grenades, 237 rounds of AK ammunition, one IED receiver, 11 detonators, 30 kg RDX, 24 pencils cells and a large quantity of ration, kerosene oil and personal belongings of the terrorists. | 2019-04-25T04:21:36 | http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2003/kashmir20030210a.html |
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Last weekend I had the opportunity to see U2 perform, and the concert was amazing! One of the things that I like so much about U2 is that they not only devote time to music, but they spend a good deal of time raising awareness and advocating for causes they believe in, like the ONE Campaign. The ONE Campaign is an international, nonpartisan, non-profit, advocacy and campaigning organization that fights extreme poverty and preventable disease, particularly in Africa. The project raises public awareness and pressures political leaders to support effective policies and programs which are saving lives and improving futures. While at the concert they were encouraging fans to use their voice and change the world. I feel exactly the same way about our work in rural Colorado. We can all use our voice to raise awareness of the great work that is being conducted in our rural communities.
In April I had the honor to be part of a group of individuals that authored the National Rural Health Association Policy Brief on Population Health in Rural Communities. We emphasized how our healthcare system is undergoing one of the largest changes in history by moving the delivery system payment toward value over volume. We recognize and understand that this is and will continue to be a difficult transition and remaining viable will be a challenge. In fact, in 2014 the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) released goals for revising payment incentives which include having half of all Medicare payments paid through value-based alternative payment models and 90 percent of all remaining fee-for-service Medicare payment models linked to quality and value by 2018. This goal, and its objective to improve population health, is to have states implement comprehensive delivery system reform by 2018. We also know that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) includes multiple sections that address population health such as Medicaid expansion, individual health insurance mandates, health insurance exchanges, use of electronic health information, etc. This is part of the reason why it is so important for you as rural providers to engage in efforts and strategies around population health and quality improvement.
One way to get engaged is through use of population health data. We know that in rural Colorado 42 percent of adults have tooth loss, 13.4 percent of adults do not have a high school diploma, 13.7 percent face a lack of transportation, and 9.7 percent of families live in poverty. As you know, CRHC’s HARC DataBank is celebrating its one year anniversary this month. HARC is the first databank created solely to examine the health and wellness dynamics of rural and frontier counties in Colorado, through the use of quantitative measures. As part of our celebration we launched HARCs first interactive, data dashboard. The interactive data dashboard features county-level food environment index data, including rural, frontier and urban averages. One component focuses on the rate of adults that do not consume vegetables daily. With data from the HARC DataBank, the dashboard illustrates the disparity between rural, frontier and urban counties, with a 19 percent rate in rural and urban and upwards of 22 percent in frontier counties. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. The visualizations in the dashboard allow users to creatively analyze trends and raw conclusions without reading an entire publication. CRHC plans to release additional dashboards on various topics and we are currently working on compiling data around access to care in rural Colorado. Join us for HARC week July 6 – 10 in celebrating rural!
We know strong community partnerships are essential to achieving success. We will remain dedicated to our mission and vision of assisting rural communities in addressing healthcare issues and advocating for policy change to ensure that rural Coloradoans have access to comprehensive, affordable healthcare services of the highest quality. | 2019-04-26T04:07:03 | https://coruralhealth.org/2015/06/ceo-update-rural-population-health.html |
LEEANN LANDS: You can go ahead and introduce yourself and tell me your history of Emmaus House.
MIMI BODELL: I’m Mimi Bodell. I’m a Sister of Notre Dame de Namur. I moved to Decatur, Georgia in 1965 and lived with other Sisters in St. Thomas More convent. I was 28 years old. I was working at St. Pius X [Catholic] High School, and was friendly with Alan Dillmann, a priest who also worked there. He was a friend of Austin Ford. I also taught Sunday school at Holy Cross parish and the pastor there was Lenny Mayhew. He was a friend of Father [Austin] Ford. At some point I met Frances Pauley who lived in Decatur—she was a real activist –at the time she worked with the Georgia Council on Human Relations. I knew some key players before the Episcopal Church purchased the property in 1967 and it became known as Emmaus House.
I got involved shortly after the church purchased the property. The house on the corner and the house next to it were the first houses that the church began to rehab—they had been vacant and they were very run down. I brought teenagers from St. Pius X [Catholic] High School to work on Saturdays to help clean out these two properties. It wasn’t that we were just cleaning them out, we were really shoveling out debris from the different rooms. This was before the professional construction people came. One memory I have is John Armstrong, a senior at St. Pius X [Catholic] High School, shoveling debris from the second floor in the main house, shoveling it over the banister down to the first floor. I heard him saying to another teenager, “I really think this is what religion is all about.” I realized that this was good. Austin Ford had been the rector at St. Bartholomew’s church in the suburbs and had left there and was now going to reside at Emmaus House. Austin chose the name “Emmaus House.” He was grateful that the students from Pius High came. The new rector at St. Bartholomew’s needed to relate and bond with his congregation. It just wouldn’t be fitting for Austin to try immediately to get volunteers from the St. Bartholomew’s church community. The house was rehabbed and it looked very nice. Austin was quite the gardener, and as you may know, he had a magnificent garden at St. Bartholomew’s. Austin with the help of a neighbor, Mr. Smith, an older gentleman who lived across the street, really beautified the property—the landscaping and the garden were beautiful. It was at this time when volunteers with Vista and conscientious objectors came to the house to live and to do volunteer work. Some of those early ones, who you would really like to interview, are Sandy Schwartz who was a Vista volunteer and Dennis Goldstein.
LANDS: Do you remember how to spell Sandy’s last name?
BODELL: S-c-h-w-a-r-t-z. Dennis Goldstein came. I believe he had finished college in Chicago. I’m not positive of that, and then there was Sue Hoffman. They were some of the early people who actually lived at Emmaus House. They were wonderful and very committed to the people and the work.
LANDS: So at this point has Emmaus or has Father Ford established a mission for the organization?
BODELL: Well, as I remember—of course you’ve talked to Austin I’m sure?
BODELL: My memory would be that Austin moved there to be a neighbor. He never brought the traditional Episcopal Church programs. The idea was to be a neighbor, to see what the spirit did, to see what evolved, and not to come with any set programs. Margaret Mead was a personal friend of Austin’s. She mentioned that France was just filled with these church houses. The people who lived in them were neighbors and were there to meet the needs of the community. She was very familiar with what Austin was doing and encouraged him.
LANDS: Now you hadn’t yet moved to the property at that time? Is that right?
BODELL: No, I never permanently moved there. I lived there often during the summer months. One of the first things—and Austin I’m sure has told you this story—he would stand on the corner or stand on the lawn and talk to the neighbors. He met Ms. Ethel Mae Matthews. He would talk about the neighborhood problems (and she was a little suspicious of this lay preacher), but eventually that was the beginning of the Welfare Rights Organization at Emmaus House. They met weekly. That was one of the first welfare rights groups in the U.S.
They were being developed throughout the rest of the country. I remember we had a meeting at Emmaus House. 20 Welfare Rights Organization presidents from different states attended.
LANDS: Now I haven’t heard that story. Were you able to sit in on those meetings?
BODELL: Ethel Mae Matthews was a powerful lady, and there were 20 equally powerful women from different states. It was really the bonding—what was happening in [their] state was happening in Georgia. It was really wonderful. They were wonderful, powerful women.
LANDS: So that emerges pretty early after you’ve established Emmaus House?
BODELL: I think that emerged pretty early and I believe fundamentally Emmaus House is there as a change agent, as an opportunity for the people in the neighborhood to empower themselves, to meet and to decide what they wanted to do together, and to talk about what was important to them. Emmaus House provided the meeting place and the staff. More and more people came—the staff would pick people up to come to the meeting.
More and more young people lived at Emmaus House. My guess would be, and I’ve never had these statistics, but I would think nearly a hundred young people lived at Emmaus House. One of the most powerful things I think Emmaus House did for these people was it shaped their careers. It shaped my career. It shaped Sue Taylor’s. Sue was one of the early residents. Sue studied for her doctorate or studied for her doctorate in reading. She lives in Decatur and works with Title 1 programs and trains teachers. Dennis Goldstein was a resident for years and became a legal aid lawyer in the neighborhood. He stayed with the legal aid profession his entire career. And a number of the volunteers like Tom Erdmancyk, David Morath, and Debbie Shields (who married Tom)—they all became teachers in poor neighborhoods. Alex Kotowitz of Chicago has written books about public housing in Chicago. He became an author supporting low-income housing. He lived at Emmaus House. Gene Ferguson was a worker at Emmaus House and worked there for years. He was an inspiration and leader for all of the children and teens. I know you will interview him.
BODELL: Gail Mahan, who was there around my time, lives in Philadelphia where she works for the Human Relations department in the City of Philadelphia. She did community organizing in housing projects for the City in Philadelphia. Her career was shaped there. All of these people – oh, and of course Sam Dimon. He lived for a time at Emmaus House and is married and has three beautiful children. They’re almost all through college now. He is a tax attorney in Manhattan. In his church work, he has helped many people in non-profit agencies. He and his church have supported the economic growth of some groups in Africa. He has helped support me in the House of Prayer where I worked for 22 years in Philadelphia. Margie Brown graduated from South Georgia College and worked at Emmaus House for many years. After I left in 1977, Margie continued much of my work. She later got a master’s in social work. I just can’t remember every name, but Emmaus House shaped the lives and careers of many people.
LANDS: So in the earliest years, the welfare rights organization is emerging out of Emmaus House’s work and the community’s needs. What other major programs are developed?
BODELL: One major program was Austin’s Sunday service—never as a way of starting an Episcopal Church—the idea was never to be in competition with the already existing churches in the neighborhood. I’m sure you’ve heard about this.
LANDS: Well, I know the chapel exists, but I haven’t really heard about the beginning of chapel.
BODELL: The chapel was in one room in the second house. Austin was our leader. Sister Mary Joseph, another sister of Notre Dame, was there. She made the vestments for Austin for the Sunday service. A few people from St. Bartholomew’s did start to come to church there—also people from All Saints Church, and St. Luke’s Church. Muriel Lokey was an early founder of the Poverty Rights office and Johnnie Taylor came. Johnnie played the organ and taught Sunday school for years.
BODELL: Every week there was Sunday service. Coffee and pastry were served afterwards in the main house. More and more children began to come to the service, not with parents, just by themselves. It fell to me to start having Sunday school after the service. As the parents were drinking coffee and eating pastry, we met in the little room in the main house and talked about the Sunday scriptures. Gradually adults from the neighborhood came to the service and assumed leadership roles.
BODELL: Austin probably told you this story. The children did not receive communion because they hadn’t joined the church. They were coming for the camaraderie, the community, the pastries, and the little Sunday school. One day, Silva told Austin she wanted to go to communion, and I guess he didn’t even know what to say because this was unexpected. So he said, “well first you will have to meet with Sister (I was called Sister Marie then), for some instruction.” We did this. At the end of the instruction she would meet with Austin, and then she would be baptized. So the story goes (it’s a true story), when it was time for her to meet with Austin, he told her about the different denominations and he said, “Oh you know Sister Marie is a Catholic.” Silva said, “Oh I know all about it. She’s Catholic and you’re Presbyterian, and it doesn’t make any difference to me. It’s all the same.” So, he said to her, “Well, why do you want to join?” She said, “Because of the community. I feel if I got sick or if I was in the hospital, people here would come and visit me.” Silva got the sense of community. Silva was in the eighth grade. Her Baptism was a big celebration.
LANDS: There’s a picture of the communion service, though, or maybe the baptism?
LANDS: That’s one of the Boyd Lewis photographs and it’s still in the house. She pointed that out to me.
BODELL: It was Silva’s sense of community that called her to the church. The neighborhood came from a different backgrounds and culture than the European “heresies” that founded all the different denominations in the European Christian denominations. She had no interest in them. Little by little, more children were baptized. After this the Saturday weekly program began.
LANDS: What did you do there?
BODELL: We had fun. I had no specific training in any of this because I was a high school teacher, and college librarian. The need that became very apparent was that the children were way behind in reading. Mary Slade, who lived in the neighborhood, came and helped with the Saturday program. Marilyn Dornbush, a volunteer from the suburbs, came. Then we began to have a six-week summer program that we held at Pryor Street School. Marilyn came to that. She tested the children. We really began to have an accurate idea of where the children were with the reading, and so they could be grouped with people who were on their level. Gene Ferguson was there teaching black history. Have you talked to Peter Bryg?
BODELL: B-r-y-g, Bryg. Peter has worked for the U.S. Dept of Labor for 37 years. He is in the office of Federal Contract Compliance Program. For years he has been a senior advisor in the area of Equal Opportunity. He lived for a summer in the Poverty Rights’ office. There were bedrooms there. He was able to get the children writing poetry in the summer program. In addition to the church program, there was a surplus food program that Muriel Lokey coordinated. Eventually she had a hundred women going to the warehouse to pick up surplus food and deliver it to the families. Certainly you should give her credit for starting and coordinating the People’s Rights office for years and years, if not decades. The other woman who did so much in the Poverty Rights Office was Dee Weems.
LANDS: Now you mentioned Ethel Mae Mathews.
BODELL: She was all Welfare Rights. At the same time, Frances Pauley worked and helped with Welfare Rights. Then she got involved in the Georgia Poverty Rights office creating a state-wide group that related to the Emmaus House Poverty Rights. Who have you interviewed in the Poverty Rights Office?
BODELL: Oh Dee. Dee was there and she knows a lot about Muriel. Be sure to ask her about what Muriel did.
LANDS: Yes, I’ve heard about this surplus food program. I feel like I’m not getting some of the earliest people in the Poverty Rights office, because of course, I can’t get Frances Pauley and Muriel Lokey at this point.
BODELL: In the food program was Jane Pollock. Her husband, John, worked for the government in civil rights, and that’s how Peter Bryg got his job. Peter is still working in the civil rights office. So his career was shaped by the summer he lived at Emmaus House.
LANDS: So all of these things are really emerging at one time in the very early days, 1969 to the early 1970s.
BODELL: Yes, and here you have Peter—who comes to live there and work with the children—over coffee in the dining room table, meeting Jane Pollock (she was a surplus food driver) whose husband worked for the government in civil rights. Everyone sort of bumped into each other because the house was like a central gathering place for like-minded people. The house was open from eight in the morning to eleven at night, seven days a week, and staffed by volunteers for years and years and years.
LANDS: So, tell what all this felt like. If you can imagine that somebody reading your transcript here won’t know what Peoplestown looks like. What was it like to be on the site in this time? What did it look like? What did it feel like?
BODELL: It was a very, very friendly neighborhood. The majority of people were African American. Some people lived in apartments on Washington Street. People were poor. Middle-class people did not live in Peoplestown. On Primrose Circle, the houses were one-story with maybe two and a half rooms, they formed a semi circle—it was called Primrose Circle. There were about forty houses. Dennis Goldstein eventually worked to get better housing for those people. He began working with housing on Primrose Circle, and Dennis has moved to Oregon. He has a website about low-income housing. He recently retired.
LANDS: I’m looking forward to talking to him.
BODELL: Yes. He would be very good about the early days. Emmaus House was always open. Luesta Knox was an elderly woman who came regularly every morning just to answer the phone, to take messages, to welcome people who came to the door to invite them in for coffee. Sometimes there were problems. There was a neighborhood teenager who stole Luesta’s purse. She went running after him to get it. I think she may have gotten it. It wasn’t all peaceful. We even had volunteers who lived there who would lose the keys to the house. We were always changing the locks. We had a van and the volunteers who lived there would drive the people wherever people were going. And Ginny Tuttle—her father was Judge Tuttle in Atlanta—was a volunteer who collected 3,000 books of green stamps so we could buy a bus. We bought one of those big Bluebird yellow new buses. One of the first trips the bus took was to Reidsville Prison. Austin and Roche Heriot took turns taking the 12 hour round trip journey once a month. The bus often broke down. You could only visit the prisoners for two hours. Another marvelous worker at Emmaus House was Anne Ruth Magby. She was the housekeeper at St. Bartholomew’s church when Austin was there as it’s rector. When Austin was preparing to move to Emmaus House he asked her to come with him. She said “yes”. It couldn’t have been an easy decision to make such a radical move. I shall never forget Anne Ruth’s marvelous meals, served every weekday night around 6:00 PM. Her fried chicken was to die for and life hasn’t been the same without her hot biscuits. She also cooked many casserole dinners for us. She knew many of the children and gave them much needed advice. She died when I was at Emmaus House. She was terribly missed.
LANDS: I had not heard that story.
BODELL: But if you went on your own and took a local bus, you would take a local bus to Reidsville and then there was only a local bus out to the prison twice a day. If you missed it, you walked to the prison. It was quite a walk. Then we had Ralph Johnson. Oh, I loved Ralph. He lived in the community. He would sometimes drive the bus to Reidsville. So it was really Emmaus House providing an opportunity for people of different races, different religions, and different family incomes to come together to work together on projects—to have fun together—to relate.
LANDS: So I guess what is it about Emmaus House that’s transformational? What was it for yourself? You mentioned that there were so many people who were influenced by working at Emmaus House.
BODELL: While you were there, you weren’t aware of transformation. The needs were great. It was kind of crazy. We were all alike—there was no place you could go and get professional training nor did we necessarily want it. In the meantime, I was running over to Atlanta University to get my Masters in Social Work so I could get out of teaching middle class white kids at St. Pius X High School, and I did. I was able to redirect my life. A lot was going on, and the needs were great. The needs were great and the laborers were few. Although there were many laborers, compared with the needs, it was overwhelming.
LANDS: So what are those challenges?
BODELL: I always saw Austin’s main role—he had to raise all the money and he did it single handedly. There was no development committee. He raised the money to keep us going, and he never talked about how much money it cost or anything. Lights just went on and new programs got started. It was his role to keep the focus on change. We were not there primarily doing service. We were there hoping to change attitudes, to change laws. We worked and succeeded in changing welfare laws. Protesting was a big part of the Emmaus House work. We protested Model Cities. We had a sit-in at Model Cities. One of things I could do, because by then we had a lot of children in the program, if we ever needed a protest, we would just also round up a hundred kids, and they loved it. And we would sing songs on the protest line, “Climbing Jacob’s Ladder,” “Nobody is going to turn us around.” My work there—it was so meaningful. It was so needed. It was so counter culture to the work I was doing at the middle-class high school way out in the suburbs. I forget even where it was. It was way out there.
LANDS: Now do you remember some of the specific things you were protesting about? what issues?
BODELL: Well, the use of Model Cities money and, of course, wanting it to go, I believe, (Dennis would better than I about this) into housing for the people. Because there was also around that time an opportunity to get Section 8 housing in different neighborhoods.
LANDS: There was or there wasn’t?
BODELL: There was, and I can remember some housing that eventually was built was Section 8, and it was nice housing. Also, we did a lot with housing (and Dennis is the one to talk to you), and Austin worked hard organizing tenants associations in the housing projects. When there was a protest, they would all come together from the different housing projects in the city. We were TUFF- Tenants United for Fairness.
Another main social change action that we wanted to happen—to integrate the schools, and I’m sure Austin talked to you about the majority to minority program that we got involved in.
LANDS: He did give me kind of an overview, but if you remember some of that, I would love to hear it.
BODELL: The children came from 10 housing projects, and we had a bus (not our bus) — we got buses that would take the children to these schools in the suburbs, and parents would be paid to ride the bus with the children. And I remember children who went to E. Rivers were coming back and saying, “Mother, we could live out near there. You know nobody lives out there.” All of those houses on that street, which would be Peachtree Battle, are empty. I went to ten PTA meetings a month at these different schools and took parents in our van to these PTA meetings. I remember E. Rivers. They had a white principal. He gathered his teachers together who were black and white and said, “We are going to make this work and everyone has to have the right attitude.” He set a leadership tone.
LANDS: Do you remember who it was?
BODELL: Oh, what was his name?
LANDS: I may be able to find out.
BODELL: I can’t remember. When he died, many, many black parents were at his funeral.
LANDS: So, the public schools are not providing buses for transportation, even though the courts have ordered the desegregation? Do I have that right?
BODELL: Well, I’m not sure about that. I think nothing was being done to integrate the schools. There could have been an individual family that crossed town with their own car and went to E. Rivers, but there was really nothing being done. It wasn’t just a question of buses. There was no way that they were even trying to interest black families to go to these schools. And they could go there because when they got there, they would be the minority race. Burney School was another school, and I liked Burney’s because some of those teachers at Burney came in the summertime and did volunteer work in our Emmaus House summer program. The children went to 5 suburban elementary schools and one high school.
Good things did happen. One of the things that the children learned is that you went to school on Mondays. Many of our children didn’t go to school on Mondays because they had to get themselves up to go. They also learned to go to school when it rained. Other kids went to school when it rained. So they began to live up to the expectations that the suburban school had. They came to school on Mondays, they came when it rained. They brought their homework in, to do better. I don’t know if they ever challenged them to be scholars, but that’s what I was hoping.
LANDS: So why were you actually targeting the PTA meetings? What was that about?
BODELL: Oh, to bring the parents so they could participate. I didn’t do anything except drive the van or drive a car.
BODELL: Oh, it was a concerted effort to get the parents to go to the suburban PTA meetings to be represented.
LANDS: And they wanted to go, but didn’t have transportation?
BODELL: There was no way they could get there, because I don’t remember any of our families having cars.
LANDS: My sense from talking to Gene Ferguson and Austin Ford and some others was that there was a real philosophy of empowerment.
BODELL: Yes, that was the purpose of the house.
LANDS: What were some other ways that you helped empower families?
BODELL: The summer program still goes on today. We went to Camp Mikell for a week. The children loved Camp Mikell. One of the things that the staff told us was different in our camp—when the suburban kids came to Camp Mikell, nobody at night wanted to go up to their cabins. Our kids could hardly wait at night to get to their cabins, because it was like a pajama party. They loved it. And one of the things they had to learn was—in the dining hall the food was served family style, and of course, they had staff, but our kids would go up to the counter and bring the dishes of meat and peas and potatoes. Our [serving dishes] usually emptied just half way around the table. The children had to learn that when it ran out, there would be more. Then they would go up to the counter and get refills. Gradually, they [learned that they] didn’t have to fill their plate to the tippy top. Often they couldn’t eat all that they put on their plate. Eventually, Austin got many scholarships for the children to go to summer camps outside of Georgia.
There was a great community-building opportunity. Gene, of course, helped lay out black history, and we had Sister Mary Joseph who made a beautiful sign that was in the front entrance for decades that said, “black is beautiful”. “Black power” and “I’m black and I’m beautiful” were chants that the kids would say all the time, and we would teach the children the freedom songs.
Oh, I’ll never forget years later—I left Georgia in 1977—when I would come back to visit, I met Pat Morgan on the subway. I was taking the subway from the plane into the terminal, and I knew her. She became a teacher in the public school system. Many of the children did go to the integrated Northside School after grade school, and a number of them became professionals.
Reginald Williams worked for the city. He worked for the city’s events program, and was in charge of the Omni at that time. He would give me free tickets to anything I wanted in the city. We got a hundred free tickets to Ice Capades. We got free tickets to the theatre in Atlanta. We got free tickets to the circus. We got free tickets and we took all the children on buses, or we rented buses. Gene Ferguson ran into the Huntley children, three boys—he ran into Edward once and he and Henry years later—I guess they were in the eighth grade, and they got themselves to the circus. As you know, one of the ideas of exposing children to these opportunities is that they could get their parents to take them or someday they would take themselves and their children. So that’s an empowerment within all the works with the children. Then after I left, they hired more professional teachers and they had a professional principal and things got better and more academic.
BODELL: Yes, and the Panthers, the Panthers.
LANDS: Yes, and it sounds like y’all embraced that. So, you’re teaching freedom songs. You’re teaching the chants. I’ve seen the photographs where it appears that some of the boys are using the black power fist.
BODELL: Oh sure. But it was also non-violence instruction. We said no fighting. Now let me tell you. Children were raised—and it is still true everywhere in the city—children were beaten at home. They were hit, and we had a policy that no one could ever strike a child. And we had Harold Smith—who was seminarian who came and lived at Emmaus House—he went up and taught at Carver High School, I think he did it a year. He couldn’t continue because he was the odd person out. He refused to hit a child. Hitting—even in high school—kids being beaten was acceptable.
LANDS: The end of the 1970s?
BODELL: Yes. So this was a radical thing that we would not hit children.
And the children got violent. We had Henry Huntley. We had kids who were a terror. We had kids with emotional problems. We had Willie Pitts who would go around and bite people. Once we had the summer program—before we got Pryor Street School, we went to St. Bartholomew’s school for the summer program—and Sue Taylor (that was her first year) was in charge of Willie Pitts. She lived at Emmaus House that summer. She was from Dalton, Georgia. I can remember her saying to me with tears, “I don’t know if I can do this.” So I said to her, “Well Susan, do you want to go home? If you want to go home, it’s okay. I understand. Just think about it.” Well, of course she did not go home. She stayed, and she’s the one who is a specialist in reading now. Willie Pitts we learned recently has died. Michael Hardy was a child with a lot of problems. And then we had Maury and her husband. Oh, I forget her husband’s name. We had volunteers come in and be big brother and big sister to some of the children. And Maury and her husband eventually moved to Hilton Head and they invited Michael Hardy and Wayne Johnson to visit them. And I drove them to Hilton Head and they had a week there, and they drove them home.
We had young people having babies. Austin buried Edith Johnson’s little baby in the cemetery. The child may have been born dead, but Edith insisted on a funeral and a gravestone, and Austin did it. And then we also had some of these teenagers in the neighborhood who then became helpers. I remember Columbus Ward was a senior when he first joined the program. And you’ve interviewed Columbus of course?
LANDS: I’ve actually not been able to get him to sit down with me yet. He’s very busy.
BODELL: Oh, you have to just go follow him around. You can’t do something without Columbus’ viewpoint. He is the neighborhood viewpoint, and he was a senior in high school in the Liberator program that Gene was running. We encouraged him. Then there was Tony Pace who went to Carver High School and he wanted to go to college. I believe Austin told him that if he wanted to go to college, he had to leave Carver, [otherwise] he would never get to college, and he did it. He went up to Concord, Massachusetts in the ABC program as a junior, and I believe he had to repeat his junior year. He knew ahead of time he would have to, but he did it. He met another girl from Mississippi or Alabama in the program. Years, years later they got married. He finished the ABC high school program. He went on and graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Around that time Bobby Kennedy had a child there. Then Trinity College hired him in their Admissions Office. I met Tony years later, and was so proud of him.
Now have you met Tyrone Crawford?
LANDS: No, I have not.
BODELL: Oh, I loved Tyrone. I saw him when I returned for Emmaus House’s 40th reunion. I will never forget that day. I went to Emmaus House—I saw boys and girls who are now middle aged. Betty Eubanks was there. She was a kid in the program who lived on Capitol Avenue. The last time I saw Betty she was working for the city. She was riding a trash sanitation truck—loving it. Now she is a supervisor. She is getting ready to retire. She was there with her husband. Tyrone Crawford was there, Dexter Favors—I’m sure Austin told you how we drove children to Galloway school. We got eight scholarships.
BODELL: Dexter Favors was at that reunion, and he was at the dinner that evening.
LANDS: Now did Dexter go to Galloway?
BODELL: Yes, he went to Galloway and so did his sister. Herman Shackleford was also at the reunion dinner. He grew up through the Emmaus House program. As a young adult he began working at Emmaus House and he still works there.
BODELL: Herman’s three sisters, whom I knew as children, were at that reunion. It was the joy of my life to see so many boys and girls come back so happy, living lives that were so meaningful.
LANDS: Ms. Eubanks’ first name is Peggy or Becky?
BODELL: Sarah is the mother. Betty Eubanks is her daughter.
LANDS: Betty Eubanks, OK. So what kind of things did you do at the anniversary? Tell me about that. What did you celebrate and how did you remember Emmaus House?
BODELL: We arrived at Emmaus House and saw all kinds of activities on the property. One of the things that touched me deeply was that Herman Shackleford came up to me and took me aside—we were with others, but he took me aside so others couldn’t hear him. He said, “I want you to know, Sister, that I always considered you my mother—you and Nancy Beishline.” I was deeply touched.
BODELL: I had no, no inkling he felt that way. Children were getting their faces painted. There was music. There was all kinds of food. People milling around, and of course, a lot of Boyd’s pictures were on exhibit, loads of photography was there in the second house. Emmaus House seniors were there. It was just a happy time.
LANDS: What have we missed about Emmaus House that you think I should know about?
BODELL: I feel if something is of the spirit, it lasts. If something doesn’t last, it’s not meant to, and, of course, everything has its time even in the spirit. The fact that Emmaus House continues today, 40 some years later, truly says it was all the work of the spirit and we were all instruments. The spirit worked through all of us. We didn’t know what we were doing. A good, great thing happened. It was all God. People didn’t necessarily talk about God or the spirit, but you felt it. You felt this was different. It’s like John Armstrong saying this is really what religion is about, and he wasn’t talking about doctrine. He was talking about spirituality. I was led there. I never thought I would end up doing anything like that. I worked there full time for five years, and before that, even though I worked at the high school, I was down there every night and every weekend. And I’m sure Austin told you about the three children who drowned in Gulfport, Mississippi.
LANDS: I have heard about that, but he wasn’t the person who talked about it.
BODELL: That was a tragedy. That was a great pain in my life. There were three children—two from one family, the Spratlings. I don’t know if you’ve heard this story. Dave Morath actually went back recently to newspaper reports. He’s the one you should talk to for the exact details of this. The story is that a white man in a motorboat created those waves. There were two motorboats and our children were between the motorboats. We should not really have been swimming there. An older man, a minister I believe who was the director of the camp, never told us that it was a dangerous place to swim. The children were caught in a whirlpool and one of the boys, Willie Kemp, was a teenage helper from the neighborhood, he tried to save Teresa Williams and couldn’t do it because he would have gone down in this whirlpool. It was a horrible experience for all of us.
BODELL: Willie was so distraught. I can still see him crying. It was terrible. And Teresa Williams’, who drowned, blood sister Connie was there. I remember going to see the Spratlings with Austin. We immediately sent everybody home on the bus so the parents could see their children. We hired a man to drive who apparently couldn’t. Either he drank or fell asleep. Tom Erdmanczyk drove straight through to Atlanta. We were [in New Orleans], because the sixth district court was hearing the school integration case that we brought. It was named after one of our kids. It was Armour versus [Nix]. It was named after Cocoa Armour. Austin and I stayed in Mississippi. It was a tragic story with the undertaker. I’ll never forget this. I’ll probably still cry. In the town, only black undertakers would have black children and adults and white undertakers would have the white folks. Now, when the children’s bodies were found, they went to a morgue, and then they were given to the black undertaker. Did you hear this story?
BODELL: Austin and I drove out to where this man had his funeral parlor. He lived with his sister in a cottage, and the children were being embalmed in something like a garage, and he took Austin in to see the children. Austin told me not to go in—so I didn’t. I was in shock. Well, to make a long story short, we could never get the bodies from that man. He was seriously disturbed as a person. He kept saying it would take weeks to make the coffins and he’d have to go to New Orleans to get them. We didn’t know what to do but someone tipped us off. I think we went back to the white undertaker who initially got the children from the hospital. He gave us the name of a Mr. Lockett, an African American minister. On Sunday, or maybe it was Saturday, we drove to his funeral parlor. He had a service going on. We waited for it to end. Until I die, I will never forget that man. We know it is a work of mercy to bury the dead. For Mr. Lockett, it was his vocation. The love and respect for the families were incredible. Austin told him our problem. He told us that the undertaker who had the children was disturbed. We were staying at the camp. He said, “you go back to the camp. You are to do nothing more. I will get the children from him.” I don’t know how he ever did it. It was almost like he had to take over. We may have notified him when there would be a plane, and when the coffins could go on the plane. Mr. Lockett did it. He met us at the airport. I can still see us standing with that man at the airport window. Outside you could see the three coffins being loaded onto the cargo of the plane. Mr. Lockett stayed with us from the moment we met him until the moment we got on that plane. He was a holy man. I will never forget him and he did not even know us. I was so grateful for him.
LANDS: What town was this in?
BODELL: I always thought it happened in Gulfport. David Morath said that’s not the truth because he’s got the papers. Somehow he went there or somehow he’s got newspaper clippings and everything. Now let me give you his name. He’s retired now. Oh, I’m not done with the story. We get home, we’re flying into the airport. Everyone came to meet us. Everybody came. It was very, very moving, and of course I think Austin and I are still in shock because, what do you say? What do you do? We went to all of these funerals. We then went and visited the families who had lost their children. We are over at the Spratlings. We went to their house and we sat in the living room, and Mr. Spratling—they were so accepting of us and concerned about us, Austin and me. It was unbelievable. He comforted us. He told us he knew about it before he got our call. He had had a vision. Did you hear this?
BODELL: He had a vision. He saw his two children in the water and they turned and waved to him to say goodbye and to say we’re okay. Poor people live very, very close to the spirit world and God.
And then I left Emmaus House in 1977 and went to do low-income housing in Baltimore, Maryland at our Julie Community Center. I lived and worked with other Sisters, other women in my religious community. After nine years in Baltimore, I celebrated my fiftieth year of life by living in a hermitage in Kentucky. Then I went to Philadelphia and started an Urban House of Prayer in a poor African-American community, and I was there 22 years. I had a prayer group of older African American women and we sang the same songs that we did at Welfare Rights. They couldn’t understand how I knew them. I also worked an awful lot with children during those 22 years even though my training—in later years I was a social worker and a pastoral counselor and I worked with people’s dreams—but still that thread of being with children continued, and I never said I’ll do it or I want to do it. It just always has happened. I moved to Baltimore, two months ago. I’m in a low income senior high rise with mostly African American people, but no children. I think my days of having groups of children or going to Six Flags —oh, you couldn’t imagine all that we did—are over.
LANDS: Well, it sounds like it was a joy.
BODELL: It was pure joy. It was pure joy, and of course, when you think of all those young people who lived there. What held them together was the commitment to the neighborhood, but this is not always easy. They all came from very diverse backgrounds, from all over the country. It wasn’t like we were one big happy family all the time either, but the commitment helped us to always get through things.
LANDS: Well, I really appreciate you giving me so much of your time today especially when you weren’t expecting my call.
BODELL: You know what was really touching? The night during the election [of President Barack Obama], friends in Philadelphia called me. Where was I? I was at the House of Prayer. They said, “Come over we’re going to celebrate.” I wanted to be alone. I just wanted to be alone with the TV, and I was. I can’t tell you how many Emmaus House volunteers called me and then I called one or two saying, “Can you believe it? Did you ever think we would live to see this day?” We were all connected at that election, forty years later. Someone called me and said, “Well, you must feel that your work is really done now.” When you think of this, when we think—. It’s just unbelievable. I thought it was also unbelievable that all of us, like ten of us or more, were all on the phone with each other. We don’t see each other that much, but there was no time difference. It was just this moment, and there was this feeling that all our work had helped elect our first African American president. We were bursting with pride for our new president.
LANDS: Well, I appreciate all the help. You have pointed me in many directions too.
BODELL: I think [the Emmaus House-Peoplestown Project] is just wonderful. This is history. The impact on all the children and adults when Obama was elected. It’s just incredible.
Oh, you know we were talking about the Panthers and black power. We were also very involved with the SCLC. Austin went to their meetings. I went to one or two, but he went regularly. One of the most incredible things about Emmaus House, it was a black community. You have no idea how much they loved and welcomed all the white folks. The total opposite in a white neighborhood when a black family moves. Everyone was so loving. It was just beautiful. No wonder people liked to work there. Volunteers learned about the African American culture and worship service. They went to the funerals, and they were 21, 22, 23 years old. The spirituality in the African American community was wonderful.
Well, I think it’s a gift that you’re doing this because I think storytelling is so important to keep it alive.
LANDS: I agree. I agree and I appreciate everybody’s willingness to tell their story about Emmaus. It was a pleasure talking to you. It was a real joy. I appreciate it.
BODELL: OK, well thank you for doing it. It always makes me joyful. I’m filled with joy every time I think of Emmaus House. It was a gift to me.
My life shaped by Mimi Bodell. She was my spiritual director and I would go to her House of Prayer and be “fed” – she set that spirit of homely presence as the essence of Christian life in a poor neighborhood and did it with graciousness. There was always a smile on her face and little stories of her neighbors. She just shared their joys and sorrows. | 2019-04-23T20:09:20 | http://thepeoplestownproject.com/2011/mimi-sister-marie-bodell-2/ |
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Effective leaders have systems to help them to make smarter, data-driven decisions to improve their leadership effectiveness, employee engagement and business performance.
So having a system makes a lot sense. But how do you go about putting one in place?
One example comes from a manager who’s managed the highest performing business unit in a large organisation for three consecutive years. The secret to his team’s success was that every time he got out of his chair, he’d go looking for good things. He said that it didn’t matter what he was going to do; whether he was going to get a coffee, see a customer, or go to the printer, he’d make sure he walked past one or two of his people, pay attention to what they were doing, and if they were on track he’d pass a positive comment.
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Evertz has touted 2018 as the “Year of IP” and at the NAB Show New York will display its Scorpion media aggregation and transport platform.
With logistical (and financial) issues like the channel repack still underway (stations have until Nov to complete their move to a different wireless frequency), broadcasters need to figure out their next big move. It turns out that deciding whether (or when) to embrace 4K UHD acquisition, IP infrastructures, augmented reality graphics, cloud-based storage and artificial intelligence is not an easy decision.
Some stations have made advancements in all of these areas. Still others have not, preferring not to “fix something that’s isn't broken.” Stations have been on-premise, baseband SDI, hardware-based, linear content producers for 50 years. With completion are fierce as it is today, change might be hard but urgently necessary.
In the conference sessions, file sharing, artificial intelligence (AI) and Augmented Reality (AR) are sure to attract attention. That’s because stations have to figure out how to compete in a fractured content delivery universe. They know consumers have already drifted to OTT platforms and the myriad of other content available on their cell phones. Broadcasters know the key is to create new types of content or popular content delivered in innovative, audience-pleasing ways. And, these professionals recognize that viewers demand high-quality.
That’s where software-defined networks come in. They can help anyone deliver a new channel across the country in as little as a week. This type of flexibility allows a content owner to try new services without a huge financial risk. Various micro-services can be obtained from CDNs and even broadcast equipment vendors themselves and, with careful planning, a new channel—for linear or mobile—is born.
With the growth of managed IP networks for transport applications, broadcasters now need to support both dark fiber and managed IP networks on the transport network side and a growing multitude of IP, digital and analog signals on the media aggregation side.
Typically, support for all of these technologies would require racks of standalone processing, conversion and transport equipment which is costly, difficult to maintain and difficult to operate. Enter IP and cloud solutions.
At the NAB Show New York, Evertz Microsystems will showcase its new Scorpion Smart Media Aggregation Platform. The company says it’s a scalable, high-density media aggregation and transport platform for dark fiber and managed IP networks. The platform supports a selection of user-selectable interface mini-modules that can create a customized transport system for multiple types of delivery needs. The mini-module interfaces support all of the common signal interfaces found in broadcast facilities including 12G/3G/HD SDI, ASI, HDMI and analog video. In addition AES and MADI audio, intercom, Ethernet and serial data are supported.
Using MediaCentral | UX, a cloud-based, web front end to the Avid MediaCentral platform, users can access media and work on projects from practically any device, everywhere.
Avid will show new cloud services and solutions that extend the capabilities of its MediaCentral platform. This platform allows remote collaboration among team members and provides an easy way to deliver content across the internet. Many station groups have embraced it as their content needs become more complex.
Many infrastructure vendors at the show will be addressing business-first strategies and new ways of monetizing content through innovative distribution. Imagine Communications, for example, will demonstrate its Versio Platform, a playout and media software workflow solution that includes microservices for ingest, prep and playout to automation, graphics, master control and branding. As a cloud-native, microservices-based playout solution, the Versio Platform supports baseband, IP, and hybrid IP/SDI scenarios and can be deployed on-premises or in a private or public cloud environment.
Acquiring images has always been a contentious issue with broadcasters. While many digital cinema users tout their 4K workflows and 8K image acquisition, stations are content with their existing HD production prowess. Local news does not have to be produced in 4K to get local stories across. Even those producing live sporting events are shunning 4K UHD in favor of the highest quality HD (1080p/6 fps) pictures shot in high dynamic range (HDR). Blackmagic Design, Grass Valley, Hitachi, Ikegami, Panasonic and Sony will all show traditional broadcast-style (3 CCD chips) 4K cameras but will supplement their offerings HD cameras capability of acquiring the full color gamut that HDR shooting can bring.
The LDX 86N Series camera features native 4K UHD (3840x2160) and native 3G/HD (1920x1080) image capture, using three XensiumHAWK CMOS imagers.
Graphics systems from companies like ChyronHego, Vizrt and others continue to get more sophisticated, both in terms of their makeup (3D, camera tracking virtual sets) and seamless integration with live action (augmented reality). At the show both will show new camera- and motion-tracking production tools that add new production values (and virtual characters!) to any newscast.
Finally, the 2018 NAB Show New York exhibit floor will be filled with products that leverage AI algorithms in one way of another. Some—like Tedial, with its latest Hyper IMF MAM software, and Dalet with its Archive MAM—make searching for media across vast libraries and storage systems faster than has ever ben possible before.
Speaking of storage, a subject that every broadcaster is facing with the ever-growing demand for video across the consumer viewing landscape veteran suppliers will show their latest content production and archive storage platforms. Quantum Corp. will demonstrate its latest version of the StorNext platform. It’s designed with new enterprise capabilities that are focused on improved integration with cloud resources, enhanced data protection functionality, and better support of collaborative environments.
Quantum will also showcase its support for the latest (non-volatile memory express) NVMe flash technology. The technology enables faster transfer of data between enterprise and client systems and solid-state drives over a computer's high-speed Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe) bus.
Speaking of fast file transfers for both internal and external applications, companies like FileCatalyst, IBM (Aspera), Telestream and Signiant (Media Shuttle) will all show advancements to their file sharing platforms. With the rise in station group mergers, sharing content between stations is going to be a huge factor in their future success.
So, this year it’s clear that show attendees will be interested in many of the newest technologies with the hope of finding relevancy and a path to success in the new world of digital media. With this attitude, the future for broadcast looks bright. | 2019-04-21T08:35:08 | https://www.thebroadcastbridge.com/content/entry/12107/trends-tv-stations-will-be-watching-at-2018-nab-show-new-york |
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Voyager is designed to be an incubator for systemic change throughout the education system of Hawai‘i. Voyager was created to introduce, test and demonstrate methods of learning that have proven to be effective in accelerating learning. Voyager School is the first school to combine these three methodologies in one program. By successfully demonstrating these approaches and methods with a diverse group of students, Voyager can free other schools in Hawaii to utilize them with confidence of success. Voyager aims to prove that high performance is possible; thereby raising the bar of what is possible and expected in the whole system. Resources utilized by Voyager thus will be used both to benefit its students and to return an even greater benefit to the community.
In 2002, the Voyager Foundation was established as the non-profit entity that provides support to Voyager School. The goal of the foundation is to assist Voyager School in its mission to “raise the bar of public education” in Hawai‘i.
Extensive and rigorous staff development is central to the success of Voyager. To the greatest extent possible and practical, Voyager offers opportunities for teachers from partner schools and other schools, charter and non-charter, to participate.
Charter schools are privately managed, nonsectarian, public schools that are freed from many of the regulations applied to conventional schools. Charter schools enjoy increased autonomy in exchange for meeting contractually defined goals. The charter that establishes and governs each school is actually a performance contract describing the school’s mission, its programs, goals, the students served, and the methods used to measure success. Charter schools are accountable to their sponsor‚ usually a state or local school board‚ to produce positive academic results and adhere to the charter contract. The school management is accountable for both academic results and fiscal practices to the school’s sponsor, the parents who choose them, and the general public.
Our Board is made up of highly committed community leaders who are active in making sure the school has all it needs to function at the highest levels. Board members were instrumental in securing the new location. | 2019-04-18T20:58:05 | http://voyagerschool.com/about/ |
The Group is currently trading from sixty-five restaurants after successfully opening 4 new sites in the 26 week period to 2 July 2017.
The Board believes that the sector as a whole has been suffering due to a slowdown in consumer spending since the beginning of 2017 and this is set to continue into 2018. This is not unique to the Group or any particular area but appears to be a nationwide problem particularly evident in London and has impacted turnover and profit.
A number of sites have been identified as underperforming and turnaround measures have been implemented which are producing encouraging results. We are currently in the process of disposing of some sites and are marketing others which have not shown significant signs of improvement.
We have carried out a major review of our menus taking into account customer feedback to ensure, the offering remains current and in line with our customers' tastes and we are in the best position to maintain and increase our market share. We have reduced the number of dishes on the menu, along with improving the recipes of over a third of the items.
The Board has noted that the level of promotional activity in the sector has increased significantly in 2017. The Group continues to match the activity of the competition with regard to promotions and is reviewing alternative strategies.
The pace of the roll out has been scaled back in the current climate and The Group will be reviewing its functions to ensure cost savings.
Sales increased by 11.8% on the corresponding period to £24,375,000 (2016 - £21,794,000) with like for like sales declining. Headline operating profit, before pre-opening costs, non-trade items and interest, was £544,000 (2016 - £1,925,000) and pre-tax profit before pre-opening costs and non-trade items decreased to £210,000 (2016 - £1,615,000).
The Group has undertaken a comprehensive review of its estate during the period and has recognised an impairment charge of £9,492,000 in light of current trading conditions. After taking into account all non-trade adjustments the Group has a stated loss after tax for the period of £9,302,000 (2016 - loss £2,637,000).
During the period capital expenditure of £4,414,000 (2016 - £5,044,000) was incurred. Four sites have been opened in the period, with a further two sites due to open imminently and no further sites planned for 2017. The Board has reviewed its property pipeline and is currently not committed to opening any sites in 2018.
Overall, the net cash outflow for the period was £3,425,000 (2016 - inflow £334,000). As at 2 July 2017, the Group had net borrowings of £5,421,000 (2016 - £7,445,000). The Group has an available banking facility of £12,000,000 and it is the Board's intention to reduce net debt by the year end.
The Group recognises the challenging conditions ahead and is taking action to strengthen its position. The Directors are confident that the Group's restaurants remain appealing to customers and the Group will continue its growth in the future.
Tasty plc ("Tasty") is a public limited company incorporated in the United Kingdom under the Companies Act (registration number 5826464). The Company is domiciled in the United Kingdom and its registered address is 32 Charlotte Street, London, W1T 2NQ. The Company's ordinary shares are traded on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange ("AIM"). Copies of this Interim Report or the Annual Report and Financial Statements may be obtained from the above address or on the investor relations section of the Company's website at www.dimt.co.uk.
The condensed financial statements have been prepared using accounting policies consistent with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (IFRIC) interpretations as endorsed by the European Union. The same accounting policies, presentation and methods of computation have been followed in the preparation of these results as were applied in the Company's latest annual audited financial statements.
The financial information for the 26 weeks ended ended 2 July 2017 has not been subject to an audit nor a review in accordance with International Standard on Review Engagements 2410, Review of Interim Financial Information Performed by the Independent Auditor of the Entity, issued by the Auditing Practices Board.
The financial information for the period ended 1 January 2017 does not constitute the full statutory accounts for that period. The Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2016 have been filed with the Registrar of Companies. The Independent Auditors' Report on the Annual Report and Financial Statements for 2016 was unqualified, did not draw attention to any matters by way of emphasis, and did not contain a statement under 498(2) or 498(3) of the Companies Act 2006.
The condensed financial statements are presented in sterling and all values are rounded to the nearest thousand pounds (£'000).
Except when otherwise indicated, the consolidated accounts incorporate the financial statements of Tasty plc and its subsidiary, Took Us A Long Time Limited, made up to the relevant period end.
The income tax charge has been calculated by reference to the estimated effective corporation tax and deferred tax rates of 20% (2016 - 20%).
The basic earnings per share figures are calculated by dividing the net profit for the period attributable to shareholders by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue during the period. The diluted earnings per share figure allows for the dilutive effect of the conversion into ordinary shares of the weighted average number of options outstanding during the period. Options are only taken into account when their effect is to reduce basic earnings per share. | 2019-04-19T14:33:08 | https://www.investegate.co.uk/tasty-plc--tast-/rns/half-year-report/201709120700084318Q/ |
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I don’t know about you but I LOVE SHAMROCK SHAKES. So much.
When I was in college, I would anxiously await their return to the McDonald’s menu and then, before I had any care about ingredients, would purchase at least one a week until they were again removed from the menu almost a month later… YIKES.
Now that I have more knowledge about nutrition, I would never again purchase a McDonald’s Shamrock Shake, but that doesn’t mean I can’t have a nutritious, tasty alternative! These Keto Shamrock Shake Bites are not only virtually carb-free, they are dairy-free, paleo-compliant, and SO DELICIOUS!
Made with matcha green tea powder, gelatin, peppermint extract, and sweetened with monk fruit sweetener and vanilla protein powder, these Keto Shamrock Shake Bites are simple to make and taste just like their sugary counterparts, without all of the weird ingredients!
In this recipe, I use unflavored gelatin to give the Bites their shape. The gelatin is completely flavorless and allows for the Shamrock Shake Bites to solidify into bite-sized gummies. This is a required ingredient in this recipe and I personally prefer this brand.
Low-Carb/Keto: Minimal carbs in these Shamrock Shake Bites (0.2g net carbs per serving), unlike that of a McDonald’s Shamrock Shake. Even a small sized McDonald’s Shamrock Shake has a whopping 74g carbs!
Paleo: This recipe is made with clean, paleo-compliant ingredients (free from gluten, grains, dairy, or soy).
Dairy-Free: Almond milk is utilized in this recipe in place of traditional dairy milk. To make this recipe nut-free, coconut milk can be substituted for almond milk.
Refined-Sugar-Free: These Keto Shamrock Shake Bites are sweetened with monk fruit sweetener.
One Keto Shamrock Shake Bite is only 0.2 grams net carbs!
This recipe is keto, low-carb, paleo, dairy-free, nut-free, gluten-free, grain-free, and refined-sugar-free.
These Keto Shamrock Shake Bites are simple, delicious, and keto-friendly! This recipe is low-carb, keto, paleo, dairy-free, nut-free, gluten-free, grain-free, refined-sugar-free, and only 0.2g net carbs!
To mixing bowl, add 1 cup almond milk and sprinkle gelatin on top. Set aside to set for 5 minutes.
In small pot over medium low heat, heat remaining 1 cup coconut or almond milk until steaming. Remove pot from heat and pour heated milk into gelatin mixture and whisk until well-incorporated.
To blender, add gelatin mixture, coconut butter, protein powder, monk fruit sweetener, matcha, peppermint extract, and vanilla extract. Blend on high speed until all ingredients are thoroughly mixed. Pour mixture into silicone mold and transfer to refrigerator to chill until solidified, about 2 hours, before popping bites out of silicone mold.
It is far too moreish! I even halved the amount of sweetner and it took all my self control to offer my children to rescue me from eating the whole jar full alone.
I don’t know if it was the quality of my matcha and peppermint extract but the taste was a little weak. Next time I’ll add a bit more of those and a little more sweetener (I used sukrin gold since monkfruit isn’t available wher I live). That said I liked them, both taste and texture!
Thanks for your comment, Emma! I find that the higher quality the matcha, the more flavorful. Sometimes the cost of ceremonial-grade matcha is totally worth it! Happy to hear you enjoyed the recipe! | 2019-04-21T03:06:25 | https://realbalanced.com/recipe/keto-shamrock-shake-bites/ |
HomeAutoStrategies of Rio de Janeiro: The way to Survive in Brazil During the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games – Best Tips and tricks from locals to fellow foreigners.
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Certainly, you’ll want to use a fantastic experience, as Four years is really a very long time to have to wait for another world-class event to take place. Thankfully, Liege Neves, a passionate world traveler and Brazilian writer, has been evolving the Brazilian travel game august with her new ebook, How to Survive in Brazil in the 2016 Olympics and Paralympics Games – Best How-to’s from locals to fellow foreigners.
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With north of 15,000 athletes from over 2 hundred countries, twenty-five thousand media personnel, 70,000 volunteers, and countless Brazilians, this eBook, is central to the help guide the greater than three hundred thousand tourists anticipated to visit Rio de Janeiro come july 1st. Driven by some negative past experiences in their own travels to europe, Neves provides insider tips which will allow tourists to truly take pleasure in the games, while staying safe and respecting cultural diversity. The publication offers interactive media for tourists to assist them feel at home and go through the better if Brazil, plus more specifically Rio, provides. The knowledge will likely be delivered through easy-to-follow guidebooks and personable interactive videos. Neves, provides essential information on local routes to search, safe places to stay and feel the local culture and cuisine, and ideas to lower your expenses and steer clear of scams.
Liege Neves is a Brazilian lecturer, writer and entrepreneur. A strong feeling of adventure drove Neves to go away home on the chronilogical age of seventeen having a desire to learn various cultures of the world while bettering herself. After visiting forty-five countries, six which she lived in, Liege now helps tourists spend less on the trail, live just like a local and truly talk with the world’s beautifully diverse cultures. Currently, Liege provides digital marketing consulting while taking care of her “Traveling the World” project, in which she teaches people how you can live unique experiences in their travels. She’s also an advocate of her native Brazilian culture and it is unique characteristics and it is ecstatic to express the data she’s acquired throughout her lifetime with tourists planing a trip to Brazil for your Rio Olympics and Paralympics. | 2019-04-23T00:49:30 | http://mnlcatalog.com/2016/07/31/strategies-of-rio-de-janeiro-the-way-to-survive-in-brazil-during-the-2016-olympics-and-paralympics-games-best-tips-and-tricks-from-locals-to-fellow-foreigners/ |
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The Muslim-American advocacy group advertises the satirical drug as a cure for the Islamophobic thought and rhetoric pervading this election cycle.
We reported in May on Islamophobin, the satirical drug advertised by the Council on Islamic-American Relations (CAIR) as a cure for Islamophobic feelings. CAIR leaders distributed the "drug"—which is actually gum—yesterday (July 18), on the first day of the Republican National Convention (RNC) in Cleveland.
"There's no winner when hate dominates the conversation and there is less room for dialogue and respect for one another," Nihad Awad, CAIR's national executive director, told NBC News. The group also held a press conference, during which Awad criticized current and former Republican presidential candidates, saying that they "pandered to these inner-core Islamophobic leaders and their supporters with proposals like patrolling so-called Muslim neighborhoods, surveilling and shutting down mosques, and openly questioning whether a Muslim can serve as president." | 2019-04-23T14:01:26 | https://www.cair-ny.org/news/2017/3/8/cair-distributes-islamophobin-a-fake-cure-for-islamophobia-at-rnc |
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When was the last time you made an effort to brush up on your networking skills?
Well, if you’re in job search or trying to improve your ability to connect in business situations, your appetite for networking help may be related to the level of pressure you feel to get results. Fortunately, networking tips are not hard to find, and there are some excellent books that can help you. Of course, there are some great online resources too. In fact, my friend, Ora Shtull, posted a helpful video on using body language to enhance likeability. Great tips, and well worth checking out!
Unfortunately, that’s not how most individuals approach it. Most are reluctant to meet new people. Until they have to. [Tweet this] In fact, based on what I’ve seen in my career consulting work, it’s often some need – often desperate – that gets people to reach out to forge new contacts. So, they brace themselves to venture out to networking events and other meetings to connect.
Some still work the room, leaving a trail of business cards in their wake. By now, however, most people realize that coming across as too needy or too aggressive can be a turn off. So, they seek to avoid appearing to be someone who is merely using people. To that end, most people follow the advice of networking advisors who suggest uncovering needs, and to lead with giving. In fact, recently, this idea has taken on such momentum that some see it as a paradigm shift from taking to giving.
While the intent is admirable, I don’t believe most people carry this out particularly well. Frankly, I become uncomfortable when someone I barely know follows up a meeting or an online interaction with an offer to help me. Call me cynical, but my first thought in these instances is, “What do you want?” That’s often followed with me thinking that if I need help, I’ll turn to my friends.
To be fair, Selena Soo, an advocate for leading with giving, takes a long-term view. That is, by being proactive in meeting people daily, and then nurturing these relationships, you’ll build good will and trust. Sounds to me like sowing the seeds of friendship!
Incorporating this longer-term approach into daily life makes sense. But how? Fortunately, not every situation is a networking event. Life presents us with many natural opportunities to meet others. And in situations were people are consistently exposed to each other, it’s often easier to connect.
Almost magically, through mere exposure, whether in person or online, the barriers come down and relationships get started. Familiarity, it seems breeds not contempt but likeability. [Tweet this] With consistent exposure we get opportunities to reduce our anxieties and break through barriers to establishing new relationships. Often, at a comfort level and pace that can work for us as well as the other person.
While the level of intimacy in these budding relationships may be low, consistency leads to what Shasta Nelson calls Contact Friends, that is, people with whom we are friendly when we see them in a shared context, say at a class or in an online group. Over time, consistency and growing intimacy allows these friendships to mature.
Clearly, the level of success we attain in life most often depends on our ability to earn the positive regard of others, and to establish the kind of intimacy that leads to satisfying and sustainable relationships. Of course, while developing friendships seems like it should be natural, they don’t just happen. [Tweet this] They start with intentionality, but also take attention, interest, and sharing; and as trust grows, more transparency.
Certainly, there are some basics for relating to other people that work both in person and online. In fact, your mom probably taught you some of these. Yet, I think that fundamental to establishing relationships is draw out (or maybe nurture) your spirit of generosity and genuine interest.
When you take an interest in other people, they take notice. And more often than not, they take an interest in you. [Tweet this] But let’s face it; too much interest too soon is simply creepy. Rather, it’s important to do this in small steps. With care, you can make friends, even in a digital world.
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Kiefer's latest trick was to sing "Silent Night" before a press conference for the U.S. slopestyle ski team.
A 22-year-old Fishers man who doesn't even play sports and is purely a behind-the-scenes worker has made another splash, or at least caused another ripple, at the 23rd Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
He has not arrived at "viral," perhaps, but he could be heading there — As of only Day Three of the games, Adam Kiefer, a graduate of Hamilton Southeastern High School, already had a nickname: The Singing Soundchecker.
Kiefer's latest trick was Sunday when he sang "Silent Night" during a mic check before a press conference for the U.S. slopestyle ski team. This followed his breakthrough mic check Wednesday, a spontaneous rendition of a Pink song in the moments before a press conference for Canada's women's ice hockey team.
As journalists and hockey players assembled, Kiefer stepped to the mic. "Sing a song," someone shouted. Into Kiefer's head jumped Pink's "Just Give Me a Reason."
He gave a jaunty rendition. He executed some well-timed though subtle head jerks. He remembered some — though not all — of the words. Someone shot video, and a 41-second clip wound up on the internet.
His "Silent Night" was similarly spontaneous. "I was put on the spot and was cycling through songs I know and 'Silent Night' was the first one to pop into my head," he told Indy Star in an email. "I always just roll with whatever comes to me."
Kiefer went to the games as a purely-behind-the-scenes guy. His job is to set up athletes' press conferences, so one of his tasks is the mic check.
The clip has yet to go viral, but there's time. Kiefer said in an email interview with Indy Star that it "has been shown on TV in places around the world."
Channel NewsAsia, the news agency that proclaimed him the Singing Soundchecker, reported the clip had been shown in the U.S., South Korea, Germany and Brazil.
Click here to watch Adam Kiefer perform Pink's "Just Give Me a Reason."
"I’m here to play my small part in the Olympics and contribute to the spirit of the games," Kiefer sais, "so I’m happy people are responding to the energy I brought that day to the Canadian Women’s Hockey team press conference. The limelight feels nice, especially because it’s being shone on a moment I’m quite fond of."
Contact Star reporter Will Higgins at (317) 444-6043. Follow him on Twitter @WillRHiggins. | 2019-04-25T00:22:16 | https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/2018/02/12/road-viral-indy-mic-check-guy-strikes-again-nickname-secured-singing-soundchecker/331092002/ |
One of my goals in life is to build my entertaining culinary repertoire. You know, so that some day I can randomly invite 10 friends over and know the 5 things I’ll make that will be incredibly fool-proof and simple, but will also make my guests happy. These are the things I think about because I’m the kind of person who majorly freaks out whenever I entertain. It’s mostly because I’m a huge stress mess, but it’s also because I like to try to attempt brand new challenging recipes when I’m super short on time and also need to clean my entire apartment and somehow make myself look semi-presentable. Yes, it’s so fun being me (but even more fun being my husband!). So, in an effort to find foods that are ideal for entertaining, I made this delightful Tequila Shrimp Ceviche.
I actually got the idea for this dish when I had a very similar appetizer at The Oceanaire on Valentine’s Day. I quickly realized it’s one of those dishes that looks pretty impressive and tastes delicious, but is actually super simple to make. So, I went home and made my own version. And I was right. It takes no time at all. Oh, and tequila. We have to mention the tequila. Now do you want to make it?
So, I brought a pot of water to a boil and cooked my shrimp for literally less than two minutes.
When I drained them, I put them right in an ice bath to stop the cooking.
Then I chopped them into bite-sized ceviche-like pieces.
I love the color of lime juice. And my functional OXO measuring cup.
In a large bowl, I combined the tequila, lime juice, chopped red onion, and chopped serrano chili.
And then I stirred my shrimp in.
I popped the bowl in the fridge for an hour. Allegedly, you shouldn’t let it marinate for much more than an hour or it will actually be too cooked.
After an hour, I stirred in the cucumber, tomato, avocado, and cilantro.
I enjoy A LOT of avocado. But by all means, use however much you want.
You can serve the tequila shrimp ceviche with whatever you want (or eat it with a spoon), but I highly recommend these chile dusted tortilla chips.
These are also super easy.
Lay a tortilla on a cutting board. Brush oil on top of it and then lay another tortilla on top of that. Continue until you have 8 tortillas layered on top of each other. Then cut tortillas into 8 triangles.
Set triangles on a lightly oiled baking sheet (with oil-side facing up). Sprinkle with sea salt and chile powder.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 10-12 minutes, until nice and crispy to your liking.
These chips are now all I want to eat ever. I don’t think I’ll buy chips from the store anymore as I’m pretty sure I’m just going to be making these again and again and again and snacking on them.
However, they’re most definitely even better when served with this ceviche.
But even that was a bit of a battle because I kind of sort of wanted to eat the ceviche with a spoon. It was that good.
Obviously I dipped about a million chips into it though. And then ate a million spoonfuls.
This is definitely a dish for a crowd. Or a crowd of me, but you get what I’m saying. I think it’s perfect because it looks pretty impressive and tastes like a dream.
But it’s so low-key and easy to make. Especially considering you can make the chips a day ahead and chop all the veggies the day ahead and keep them in the fridge. All you really have to do day of is boil the shrimp for a couple minutes and mix everything together. OK, maybe wait on the avocado, too.
And since the shrimp is cooked a bit, you don’t have to worry about harming anyone at your party! Which is always an excellent thing.
In case you’re worried about the tequila, it’s definitely a downplayed taste, especially with all that lime juice. I would, however, recommend eating this with a side of tequila (in a shot glass) if you do so please. It would be the most excellent accompaniment.
This chip will most definitely be in my dreams. Is that weird? To say a chip will be in your dreams? Well, maybe if it was a Dorito or something it would be weird. But I think a homemade tortilla chip dusted with chile powder and topped with shrimp, avocado, and more is actually OK to dream about.
Because how could you not??
And now I know one thing I’ll be making the next time I have guests over. So far it’s only one, which may mean people could get a bit hungry the next time they come over. Perhaps two pounds of shrimp would do the trick? Just kidding. I’ll be exploring more make-head appetizer options in the next several months. And by the end of the year, I’ll have a plethora of recipes to make whenever guest show up. Of course, I’ll probably still be tempted to try to do one more absolutely ridiculous thing in the kitchen. One thing that will take me hours and loads of stress and won’t even come out that good. But at least they can be eating this, in the meantime!
What’s your favorite appetizer to serve when you have guests?
24 Responses to "Tequila Shrimp Ceviche with Chile Dusted Tortilla Chips"
I LOVE this! It really is perfect for a crowd! I’m the same way- I can feel comfortable trying 100 new recipes in my kitchen, but when we’re having guests over, I can’t seem to figure out 2 things to make!
OK..seriously. My mouth is watering for shrimp at 7:58 am! This sounds ABSOLUTELY amazing!!!
I agree with Leslie, is it too early for shrimp? No? This looks phenomenal!
Yes to both a bunch of tried-and-trues for easy entertaining and yes to ceviche! I’ve always wanted to try making ceviche, but I’m a little scared to try it raw and I see you’ve solved that problem. If I lived in a spot where I can pick up fresh seafood from a fisherman at the docks, I’d proceed. Even though I get my meat and seafood at Whole Foods, I just don’t know how fresh the seafood is. Gets me every time.
Um…I think we’re the same person based on the first sentence alone. I actually have a spreadsheet of themed menu ideas with my fave foolproof dishes. I’m a nerd. This ceviche looks sooo good!
My favorite appetizers for guests fall into the “vehicle and dip” category, like baguette toasts with spiced goat cheese or ricotta-artichoke-spinach dip or goat cheese cooked in tomato sauce. Or chips and a different salsa (pineapple serrano from Bobby Flay). I think your idea of having a practiced repetoire is a great one!
I, too, stress out when I’m entertaining – although I love to entertain! I’m always looking for easy and delicious appetizer ideas like this one. One appetizer I do make often, when I’m especially low on time, is homemade hummus – it’s really versatile, easy, and affordable to whip up!
I’ll come over anytime if you’re having this ;). Josh’s mom makes something sort of similar with crab=amazing!
Wow looks very tasty! I love shrimp!
That last photo made me drool 😉 Leave it to you to put tequila in shrimp. I seriously love it!
That looks so insanely delicious! I want them right now! I usually serve something like spaghetti and meatballs. I’d much rather have this! Puts me right to shame.
I love a good ceviche recipe. I haven’t had one since I was pregnant but I’m assuming its time to break it out and have some dip.
This is one of my favorite appetizers! I will be doing this complete with the homemade tortilla chips. Love the wow factor – but you know – I’d do this just for me and husband. Better be careful – you may be becoming Martha.
Definitely ok to dream about. 🙂 Like you, I tend to like to try new recipes and have a million things going on when I’m entertaining, but I rely on a good cheese plate that’s out and ready when guests arrive, so I can direct them there and still be bustling in the kitchen.
When I entertain, I often make one new dish, one tried-and-true and a bunch of easy sides so that, even if the new one falls through, there’s still lots of leftovers! I made this ceviche with all lime juice since we had no tequila and used garam masala to season my chips. It was fantastic! | 2019-04-19T12:41:26 | https://wearenotmartha.com/tequila-shrimp-ceviche-with-chile-dusted-tortilla-chips/ |
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Adult Choir-The Adult Choir consists of adults and some older teens. They sing at least once a month and for Christmas, Holy Week, Forty Hours, Holy Days and other occasions deemed appropriate and necessary. Adult Choir practices on Thursday evenings from 7-8:30 PM in the choir loft.
Cantors-A cantor is a leader of song. As such, it is important for the cantor to be well-rehearsed, comfortable and confident so that they are able to give their best in helping to lead the assembly in song. Commitment to weekly practice is very important and necessary. Cantors practice either on Wednesday evenings or Thursday evenings as mutually agreed upon and whatever is most convenient for the cantor and music director. Cantors can be younger or young at heart.
Children’s Choir-The Children’s Choir will sing monthly at the Religious Education Youth Masses at 10:30 AM as well as at the Religious Education Christmas Program, Christmas Eve, and any other times deemed necessary or appropriate (such as First Reconciliation, and First Communion, Stations of the Cross etc). The Children’s Choir is open to children ages 5 (Kindergarten) to 8th grade.
Contemporary Choir/Band-This is a brand-new group that is forming! This group is open to students (ages 8th grade and up) and young adults or adults. Ideally this group will be composed of mostly student leaders and instrumentalists with adults facilitating. We will be providing music for the Contemporary Masses that will occur during the 10:30 AM Mass.
Please contact Geniene with any questions or to volunteer to either play or sing with this group or any of the groups mentioned here.
Musical Instrumentalists-We are always looking for either students or adults to share their musical abilities with us through their lovely addition to the liturgy with the use of their musical instrument. You must have been playing your instrument for at least one year. The instrumentalists will be utilized throughout the year at any liturgies, and could also be used with Youth Masses, and Contemporary Masses. A mutually agreed upon practice schedule on Wednesday or Thursday evening will be drawn up between the music director and instrumentalists.
If you feel called to participate in any of these groups, please contact Geniene Ronald, the music director through any of these ways, see her after Mass any time, email: gsronald@comcast.net; home phone (717) 450-4021, or Cell phone (717) 669-8495 call or text. Advance notice is greatly appreciated so that she can get any materials ready for you or your child(ren). | 2019-04-22T03:05:25 | https://www.sacredheartcornwall.org/musicministry.html |
Wraps were all the rage towards the end of the last century—and we’re still fans, thanks to their quick-meal appeal.
Preheat the oven to 450°F. Spray a large roasting pan with nonstick spray.
Toss the eggplant, zucchini, bell peppers, 2 teaspoons of the oil, and the salt in a large bowl. Spread the vegetables in the pan. Roast, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender and browned, about 40 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine the arugula, tomato, vinegar, and the remaining 1 teaspoon oil in a bowl.
Spread the goat cheese on the warmed tortillas. Divide the roasted vegetables and arugula mixture among the tortillas. Roll up, then cut diagonally in half.
These wraps will keep nicely for up to 1 hour at room temperature if you lay damp paper towels on top, then cover them with plastic wrap to prevent them from drying out. | 2019-04-22T10:58:47 | https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/recipe/roasted-vegetable-wraps-1/5626a61ba6d5b396107007be |
Is your scene lacking the emotional impact to get the point across to your viewers? Maybe some shadow work around the subject is all you need to make it intimate and pull the audience in. Let’s look at what low-key lighting can do for you.
The low-key lighting style has been around for longer than most people think, with one of the most prominent uses for it dating back to the renaissance period. The chiaroscuro technique, pioneered by painters Leonardo da Vinci, Caravaggio and Rembrandt, consisted of using strong tonal contrast between light and dark to achieve solidity of form with a dramatic effect.
Having this as a backbone, it didn’t take long since the introduction of cameras for photographers and directors to experiment with the style. The most common use for low-key shooting is to abstract the subject from the rest of the shot, surrounding it with darkness and giving it an air of mystery. This way, the viewer’s attention is guided where the light wants it and can emphasize detail as well as emotion.
We can observe that the light is quite dim, so we’re looking at some sort of softbox that is projecting from the right side, at a low-to-eye level height. To achieve this particular aesthetic you would only need a black background aside from the other two basic tools and, of course, total darkness in the workspace.
When dealing with lighting for a shot, it’s important to note that most of the time less is more. If you’re struggling to get the right atmosphere for your shoot, then maybe turning off some lights is the answer!
Like any other scenario where the subject has a small amount of light on it, the attributes of the camera you’re using, your lighting rig and considerations in post production are essential to get the best results.
Before any shooting takes place, there’s the choice of doing it in a JPEG or RAW format. This is something every photographer has to consider at some point, and it is crucial for how much editing in postproduction a photograph can have and what the end result will look like!
For any professional setting where experienced image processing is available (especially with low-key lighting), RAW shooting is ideal as it contains the most information and has the most editing possibilities.
For settings where the images need to be delivered fast and quality can be compromised, JPEG is the better option. This format will automatically compress the photo and add blacks, contrast, sharpening, noise reduction and brightness. While the image will probably look more “finished” than the RAW version right after shooting, the processing for it will be very limited.
Aside from a good camera, another important piece of gear to invest in are quality lights. As we now know, low-key lighting is very dependent on the light source for optimal results, so you should try to get at least some decent soft boxes. Going for a cheap alternative or using hard lights can ruin a whole shoot- avoid making that mistake!
Having a camera with some fast lens is crucial when shooting low-key. Faster lens have larger maximum apertures. This means that the hole in the lens will allow more light to get in when you hit the shutter. Combining this with how long the shutter is open (longer than the average time if you want to shoot in low light) will help make the image brighter and more detailed.
Let’s take a look at some examples of low-key lighting photographs and what they achieved using the technique.
In the image above we can tell a couple of things: the light source is projected from the left side at an eye level height, likely coming from a soft box. The camera has a large aperture (given the brightness and crisp quality), and it is using a slow shutter speed noticeable on the punching arm, which has some degree of blur and gives a feeling of motion.
The second photograph used low-key lighting for a more intimate effect; having a still subject, the shutter speed allowed to be faster and “absorb” more detail. This way, we can appreciate the man’s facial features better (time-worn skin, rugged facial hair). The shadows really bring focus to the eyes for a dramatic and emotive effect.
I hope you put this awesome style of shooting to good use in your own projects! If you have any other suggestions, don’t hesitate to put it in the comments below! | 2019-04-24T21:58:50 | https://amazingmusictracks.com/blog/using-low-key-lighting-dramatic-effect/ |
Certified otwolistas! We watched pay-per-view last Friday for the finale episode and we were shouting in a volume that is...bother-your-neighbors high... but we can't help it! Sobrang kakilig tong dalawang 'to!
What's great about these 2 is they were upfront about their just-friends status for years so for them to finally admit that they are officially together... just makes one want to shout "may forever!"
Their Lake Tahoe video, during which James admitted to being in love with Nadine already.
From best friends to lovers, James (first name basis kasi close kami) admits that this is a new take on a relationship for him because he usually is physically attracted to the girl first before getting to know her... but with Nadine, it's the opposite.
He wasn't attracted to her at all which made him just be 100% himself (he wasn't on his toes or conscious about the way he was because doesn't like her that way). But in the process of getting to know her, that's when the attraction grew. He started to see her in a new light.
He got to know her first, so now when he looks at her, he sees someone so beautiful. EEEEEEEPPPPPP!
Love is friendship on fire! This is one of my favorite definition of love. A relationship that is grounded on real and authentic friendship. You're best buddies, best of friends, just with more depth and passion that you gravitate toward that person in a special way. | 2019-04-22T10:44:31 | https://www.joybuena.com/2016/02/otwolistas.html |
It looks like every time a celebrity is getting engaged all eyes will be on that over the top, amazingly beautiful ring. No wonder we look at celebrities in awe of their fine possessions. Often, celebrities will have the opportunity for customising their ring. Unique and extremely valuable rings of the celebrity engagement rings. It can leave us all feeling a little jealous. Why not? It would be nice to have a ring like a celebrities ring? And one good thing is that finding celebrity style rings at a very nominal cost is just a click away when you know what to look for and where to look.
An old-world feeling is in many celebrity engagement rings. When possessing a diamond solitaire, they will also include an intricate design by a famous designer. There will usually be different kind of stones used in these rings. Lately, a sapphire instead of diamonds has been included as a popular celebrity trend (thanks to English royalty). If you like and want celebrity styles, then visit antique shops where finding different vintage rings in a lot of numbers is easy and the ring you find might just be as beautiful as a celebrity ring, with the friendly price tag. Specialised vintage jewellery has some antique stores. For example Art Deco is particularly popular among celebrities. This time period brought about a distinct style that is easy to find in antique stores all across the nation.
Many celebrity engagement rings include big, bold, dazzling diamonds with stones and metal. Of course, it may be out of your price range when you are buying a ring with a 4-carat diamond. On a single ring, you can’t drop tens of thousands dollars. But you can have that type of ring if you are happy to settle for a lab created diamond. These lab created diamonds can be just as beautiful as natural ones with friendly price tages. However they are just not real diamonds.
About $100 per carat cost of a high quality lab created diamond. When you compare the cost of the diamond to cost of the stimulated diamond ring, you will find a very nice celebrity style option for a much more affordable and friendly price. However we do not recommend this, as they are not real diamonds. We recommend altering the celebrity ring that you love to fit within your price tag.
Platinum metal is one of the most popular metal choices in celebrity engagement rings. Of course, platinum is very attractive but it comes with a very expensive price tag. Instead of platinum, choosing silver you can recreate the look for a much lower cost. Many people may not like silver, but when they attempt to differentiate the platinum one from the silver one? The metal can look just as attractive, but it can be much more in your price range. Celebrity engagement rings are definitely some of the most beautiful and striking options available and celebrities can afford to have these rings and customise a ring made to be worn with beauty. We normal people cannot afford anything like that. This does not mean you cannot have an amazing ring to rival those of the celebrities. Instead, you just know where to look in order to discover a more cost effective option. They definitely do exist. Try Goldenet Australia. We can create a stunning celebrity looking ring for a fraction of the celebrity price with only real diamonds and gorgeous gold or platinum metals. | 2019-04-19T07:09:25 | https://www.goldenet.com.au/blog/celebrities-engagement-rings |
Health Chronicle strives to be one of the world’s leading health portals providing trustworthy and relevant content to help you make an informed decision.
How often has it been that we look for a solution online regarding a disease, but are confused what to trust because of all kinds of advice available on the internet. If you search for how to cure a cough, you end up looking at links which tell you that you may have cancer. Suddenly we are more stressed than needed which does nothing but aggravates the disease. On the other hand, if you look for treatment options, you will get confused reading 100 links which lead you no where. Moreover, there is not a single platform that tells you which doctor to visit for which disease/ problem. The percentage of misdiagnosed cases is continuously going up. This is partially our fault, for we visit a surgeon for a ear problem. Its very important to know who to visit for which disease, so that chances of misdiagnosis are minimised. Also we should be aware of all treatment options possible – whether holistic or specific, whether herbal or chemical and know what side effects each has to make an informed decision which is best for us.
Health Chronicle aims to provide a single platform where all this health information is easily available. From tips regarding what to do if you’re not well, to which doctor to visit for certain diseases and how to diagnose them – Health Chronicle has all this information presented in a crisp way so that you can make an informed decision without getting worked up.
Health portals like Health Chronicle are not meant to be an alternative to doctors but to complement them and provide various support services. You can depend on us to provide expert content along with genuine caring. Both of which will support, guide, and inspire you toward the best possible health outcomes for you and your family. | 2019-04-21T09:08:51 | https://www.healthchronicle.org/about/ |
Increases in Internet traffic place never-before-imagined demands on conventional 4G LTE networks and public WiFi networks, which may not be able to keep pace with the growing demand.
Wireless carriers, device and equipment vendors, and researchers around the world are looking toward the next generation of wireless technologies (popularly called ‘5G’) and beyond to support this unparalleled growth in devices and traffic.
Over the past two years, a new Industry Consortium comprising more than 28 leading networking vendors, device manufacturers, and wireless carriers has been established to support the PAWR effort, contributing $50 million in cash and in-kind contributions.
Two years ago, the United States became the first country in the world to make vast quantities of high-frequency millimeter wave spectrum – frequencies that have the ability to send large amounts of data quickly but that don’t travel as far as the lower-frequency waves used today in 4G networks – available for both licensed and unlicensed use.
This newly available millimeter wave spectrum, in combination with other spectrum already available, promises to enable faster speeds and increased capacity in future wireless networks.
Research conducted on PAWR platforms will advance robust new wireless devices, communication techniques, networks, systems, and services that will revolutionize the Nation’s wireless ecosystem.
PAWR will enable rapid commercialization of promising technologies, provide hands-on practical training to a new generation of graduate students, increase job opportunities, and support overall economic vitality.
The results from this effort will sustain US leadership and economic competitiveness in wireless communications and technology for the next decade and beyond. | 2019-04-22T22:19:22 | https://www.advancedwireless.org/why-now/ |
Being closed out doesn’t always happen, so please be strong and persevere.
Keep trying, and I think you’ll agree that the risk of rejected communication is very small, especially when compared to the reward of meeting someone who could be the love of your life!
So unlike many in-person situations, the emphasis is not on who starts the communication.
I mean, I had thought our first date had gone really well, what with all the conversation and kissing and stuff.
Warren, As a woman I feel a little strange about making the first move, and yet I see matches I would really like to begin exchanging messages with.
This perspective is quite common, and may be right for you when dating in person.
However, as society evolves to accept more open expression from women and technology progresses, the rules of first contact online appear to be different than those observed in offline dating space.
Equally important, these people come to e Harmony looking for the same thing: an open and honest sharing of information.
e Harmony is less like a club, party or singles’ mixer and more a community of like-minded people who are looking for that special someone with whom they really click.Women feel more comfortable expressing their interests in getting to know men as potential partners, and likewise, most men are comfortable with this.Part of this is the feeling of freedom of expression on the Internet itself.Think of initiating communication as beginning a friendly conversation with no expectations, just a natural curiosity to know more about your match and their interests.All of your matches have been found already to be deeply compatible on 29 Dimensions of Compatibility, which is already a big step in the right direction to become acquainted with people that you’ll really enjoy getting to know—and who will really enjoy getting to know you, too.I don’t want you to miss out on the happiness and contentment that a successful relationship can bring. | 2019-04-18T22:23:48 | http://concept007.ru/who+should+make+the+first+move+in+online+dating/page-4196.html |
Enhance your everyday life. Philips Hue can welcome you home. Wake you up. Get you energized. Make you feel safe. Improve your mood. Enhance your entertainment experience. It can even keep you informed about the weather or incoming calls. The possibilities are endless once you start exploring.
This Hue lightbulb is to be used alongside the Hue starter kit as a Hue Bridge is needed to connect to your wireless network.
Turn your everyday lighting into an extraordinary experience. Play with colours or sync lights with your music, TV and games for an immersive effect. The possibilities are endless once you start exploring. And with hundreds of apps to choose from, the only real limit is your imagination.
Philips Hue welcomes you home and lets you control your lights from your bedroom to your backyard. You can automate your lights completely to make it seem like you’re home when you’re not. With geofencing technology, your lights can even welcome you home or switch off automatically when you leave your home. It’s all about simplifying your life and giving you peace of mind in smart and useful ways.
Hue can be linked to data feeds via the IFTTT (If This Then That Service), to give you a visual alert when you get an important email, or let you know when something happens at home.
Compatible with IOS, Android, Alexa and Google. Hue also works with Nest and Apple HomeKit. | 2019-04-25T09:55:07 | https://www.diy.com/departments/philips-hue-led-colour-ambience-smart-light-bulb-b22/1525075_BQ.prd |
Choosing the right estate agent is of the utmost importance when you are looking for a comfortable residential property. The combination of over 20 years’ experience and our position as a specialist means that we possess a thorough knowledge of this industry. We offer new, high-quality properties on a daily basis via clear presentations and assist those seeking properties in our capacity as a rental estate agent. Transparent communication is a priority for us, trustworthy landlords a matter of course.
Do you need to find a suitable rental property fast but also want total certainty? Interhouse will help you rent a suitable property via a transparent and worry-free procedure.
Interhouse’s transparent procedure provides you with the certainty you seek. Thanks to our thorough checks and extensive screenings, we offer and search for the best residential properties.
At Interhouse, you always rent a property that matches your wishes and requirements. Our professional and expert estate agents can be trusted to mediate in your best interests. A suitable home under the correct terms and conditions; comfortable living is guaranteed.
Have you got your eye on a home from our range of available properties? We will help you to schedule a viewing. If the property matches your requirements, Interhouse will check whether you are a suitable tenant and whether the landlord agrees to the rental. We then draw up the tenancy agreement. That’s how you rent a home directly via Interhouse.
If you task Interhouse with being your rental estate agent, you will have at your disposal our expertise and knowledge of the market. We will help you to find the most suitable property, arrange a viewing, negotiate and mediate on your behalf and draw up a legally-correct tenancy agreement. Would you like to know more about the advantages of hiring Interhouse as your estate agent?
We may be able to offer you a suitable home directly. In addition to our online properties, you can also receive the extensive and exclusive range of available properties by E-mail. This gives you a wide choice of suitable rental properties. Our experienced agents know the rental market well and are ready to offer you their full assistance.
The GDPR: what does it involve and what has changed? | 2019-04-24T21:58:32 | https://interhouse.nl/en/renting-a-residential-property/?office=amsterdam |
In Coco [2017, PG, 109 min], a boy journeys into the Land of the Dead to seek forgiveness from his ancestors and lift a curse. Coco©Walt Disney Pictures. Free. | 2019-04-22T18:55:57 | https://www.marinmommies.com/calendar/afternoon-movie-coco-2017-rated-pg |
Our many years of experience with regard to quality and environmental protection prompted the decision in 1993 to certify both of these aspects. An integrated management system (IMS) comprised of quality assurance, environmental protection and occupational safety was implemented for this purpose in 1994. The quality and environmental aspects were then quickly certified in 1995. The ISO 9001 quality standard was also certified for the first time in 1995 and has been constantly renewed since then.
In the case of EMAS (Environmental Management and Audit Scheme), previously also referred to as the Eco-Audit, CWS became the first paint factory in Europe to implement this management system.
Environmental management in accordance with ISO 14001 – Responsible Care (Chemical industry) – was integrated in 1998.
CWS was awarded in German Environmental Prize in 2001 in the area of Responsible Care. Data protection was also implemented in IMS at that time.
CWS was additionally awarded the Ethics Prize in 2005 for its efforts in the areas of personnel, environment, and exemplary organisation. | 2019-04-24T04:15:10 | http://en.cws-powder.de/company/certification |
The right to care for and nurture a child is something so basic that it is often taken for granted. It is assumed by many that fathering a child and acknowledging publicly that you are the father of that child secures your rights to raise that child. In reality, paternity is not always that simple and can become extremely complex if the parents of a child are not married. Not taking steps to secure or protect your legal rights could harm you and any children that you have.
Have you or someone close to you recently fathered a child? If the answer is yes, making sure that your legal rights as a father are established is crucial. Failing to establish paternity can impact your ability to spend time with your child and cause you to miss priceless parenting time during your child’s earliest years. Not establishing paternity can negatively affect your relationship with your children and cause serious heartache to your family. If you are worried about your ability to establish paternity, the Miami paternity lawyers at Costa & Associates have the experience needed to fight for your rights.
Being ordered to pay child support for a child who is not biologically yours.
In these different scenarios, it is not uncommon for a father to spend years fighting to change an order that was established when he did not have the legal advice needed to avoid adverse actions. Trying to reverse an order or modify an order after it has been approved is often an uphill battle that can usually be avoided with the help of an aggressive Miami paternity lawyer.
When you have a child, you ought to have a right to participate in that child’s life and the right to be protected from the harm caused by being legally responsible for a child that is not biologically yours. In Florida, a paternity lawyer can guide you through each stage of the process. A Miami paternity attorney can assist you with obtaining a DNA test, negotiating time sharing and major decisions with your child and secure an accurate and enforceable child support determination.
Protecting your rights as a father is something that no parent should take for granted. No matter how close you are to your partner, it is in your best interest to establish paternity at the earliest opportunity. The experienced paternity attorneys at Costa & Associates are here to provide you with the representation you need. Contact us today to schedule a consultation so that we can begin discussing your case. | 2019-04-20T23:20:09 | https://www.costalawyers.com/paternity.html |
UNCLE GLENNY’S ZOMBIE ‘PACOLYPSE…AN ADULT COLORING BOOK!
All original art by Maine artist, Glenn Chadbourne! Due in early October in limited hardcover and trade paperback from Overlook Connection Press!
Keep a look out for our coloring contest to win a limited with original art by the artist!
Order details later this week!
The cover and more information can be found here. | 2019-04-24T13:57:19 | https://www.glennchadbourne.com/2016/09/06/glenns-coloring-book-update/ |
Well, it was predicted by that silly groundhog known as Puxatawny Phil that we’ll be getting another six more weeks of winter. Even if the forecast said there would be an early spring, you still have to endure what feels like the endless nights of winter. I don’t know about you, but I don’t do well in the cold.
I find it really difficult to do anything at all when it’s wintertime. I don’t want to go outside and I don’t want to stay in. TV doesn’t feel good to watch especially since most shows are on winter hiatus.
What’s the best way to beat the winter blues as a book person? I always turn to some more summery reads to help me get past this last leg of the winter, so I wanted to share some summer reads to get us through this together. Nothing says summer like reading a summer read and pretending that the snow you see falling outside is really just a summer shower.
This is a great one if you’re interested in a varied number of YA authors putting together a short story collection of summer love. You’re going to find all genres in this one including some science fiction and fantasy, but it’ll remind you of warmer days.
The Lord of the Rings series all together is great, but I always find myself enjoying The Fellowship of the Ring in the later winter months. My favorite summery scene is right in the beginning as the hobbits prepare for Bilbo Baggins’ birthday. You can’t get more excited about summer than a feast made for hobbits.
I think that anything by Morgan Matson can be good for the wintertime, but this particular one talks about the fun of being young, having all your future plans fall out from under you, walking an insane amount of dogs, and meeting someone to keep those summer months fun.
Nothing warms up the winter like a good romance and RS Grey is the master of the Rom-Com. Not only is this book great for the cold and lonely winters, but it also takes place during the Summer Olympics. I know the Winter Olympics are happening now, but these Summer Games will get you hot in more ways than one.
When it’s summer in the city, anything can happen and for Natasha and Daniel, summer is fleeting. What do you do when you’re about to be deported to Jamaica or you’re working to be the son that makes your parents proud? It’s definitely not the formula for a romantic relationship, but feelings can’t be helped in this lovely read.
You can’t not think of summer with this one. Even though life is pretty nice when you’re rich, it gets tough when your family is as traditional as they come. Enjoy this one with a glass of rose while you watch a young man bring his new girlfriend home to Singapore. While there’s drama, there’s also a lot of fun in the Southeast Asian sun. | 2019-04-22T20:48:53 | http://365dayz.com/6-summery-reads-to-get-you-through-the-rest-of-winter/ |
1. Preheat a charcoal or gas grill to 400°F (200°C).
2. In a mixing bowl, combine 2 1/2 cups of the flour, the salt, and shortening. Using an electric mixer, beat until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the water, a little at a time, until the dough forms a ball.
3. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to an 11- or 12-inch round and fit into a 9-inch pie pan, fluting the edges.
4. In a large bowl, combine the sugar, 2 tablespoons of the flour, the nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, and lemon juice. Add the apples, stirring to coat. Transfer the apple mixture to the pie pan, smoothing out the filling; set aside.
5. To prepare the topping, in a bowl, combine the brown sugar and the remaining 1/2 cup of flour. Using 2 knives or a pastry blender, cut in the butter until the mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Sprinkle the topping evenly over the apple filling.
6. Place the pie in a brown paper bag and transfer the bag to a baking sheet; loosely fold the top of the bag under the pie. Transfer to the grill rack over direct heat. If you don’t have a cookie sheet or baking sheet, cut 3 large pieces of heavy-duty aluminum foil and cover the grill with this triple layer of foil. Close the grill lid and cook the pie until the apples are tender, 50 to 60 minutes.
7. Carefully remove the pie from the bag, avoiding the hot steam when you open the bag. Serve with generous scoops of ice cream and slices of cheese, if desired.
This works best with a metal pie pan. If all you have are aluminum disposable tins, put one inside the other so you have two layers of aluminum. For a fun effect, I sometimes use a propane lighter and call folks out to see the bag when I open the grill. Since it’s extremely dried out, the bag ignites like flash paper and quickly burns away, while your guests are gasping, “Oh, no, the pie is burning!” But the pie will be perfectly okay, emerging from the flames a delicious golden brown.
Brown-Bag Apple Pie Recipe © 2008 Rich Browne, Wishing Wells Productions. Photo © 2008 Rick Browne. All rights reserved. All recipes and photos used with permission of the publisher.
This pie looks fantastic and I am intrigued by the brown paper bag – can we know what this does for the pie, please? Thanks!
According to our research, Jamie, folks who’ve made this pie find that the bag ensures the apples are perfectly cooked by trapping steam and prevents the crust from browning too much by shielding it from the heat. On a more practical front, the bag contains all the drippy mess that you’d otherwise scrub from a baking sheet or the bottom of the oven. And perhaps most impressive of all, it creates something of a spectacle when you take the bagged pie to the table to slip it out in front of guests. We’ll be awaiting your assessment…!
Such a fun way to bake a pie, and I love the idea of bringing the bag to the table for serving. A great way to ignite playful conversation.
It is isn’t, Marla? Half the pleasure of cooking and baking are the conversations that swirl round the table. Wishing you a wonderful holiday season! | 2019-04-22T22:42:21 | https://leitesculinaria.com/3624/recipes-brown-bag-apple-pie.html |
Georgiadou, who voted to stay in the European Union in the 2016 referendum, said Remainers like her had been "silenced and ignored" since that vote. Britain's parliament will be able to vote next week on a range of preferred courses of action for the government to take if MPs reject for a third time a divorce deal negotiated by Prime Minister Theresa May .
The Michigan Wolverines and the Tennessee Volunteers round out the President's Final Four. Each year I write about the teams to watch.the ones who could make a deep run in the tournament or the teams that are most likely to pull off an upset or two.
The scandal has caused an uproar in South Korea , where women are increasingly speaking out against what they describe as a culture of misogyny with the rampant spread of intimate photos and videos taken by hidden cameras , which they say have women living in anxiety and distress.
The monarch and Duchess of Cambridge had the same event on the calendar today as they stepped out with one another for a visit to King's College . Meanwhile Queen Elizabeth opted for her own traditional look, a coat dress, this time in bright pink, and a wide-brimmed hat.
You can check out the promotional art featuring Brie Larson's Captain Marvel and Chris Evans' Captain America in the post below! Marvel Studios President Kevin Feige has revealed that the first three phases of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will collectively be known as The Infinity Saga .
Netflix announced today that Stranger Things Season 3 will debut on July 4 , and developer BonusXP revealed that the game will be available on the same day. So what do you think? It also looks like change could be happening in the small town of Hawkins as it appears elections are taking place, with several residents chanting and holding signs. | 2019-04-25T04:28:14 | http://nysepost.com/entertainment/page1024/ |
If you go in nasskaltem weather in the countryside, the sporty outdoor jacket is "Laglan is the right product for you. Thanks to the wind and waterproof and breathable AQUAMAX Elite® 5.8 laminate with a water column of 5,000 mm and Aquapel coating proves the hiking jacket Suitability for bad weather use. They are all equipped with a removable hood, an adjustable hem, waterproof zips and useful features include three pockets for other essentials. With a weight of approximately 440 g (based on a size M) - The » Laglan « also very easy to. | 2019-04-20T18:57:23 | http://www.paperwishesplans.co.uk/mckinley-wills-laglan-b07bjmnfx9-p-1306.html |
After the loss of his son, man rides 300,000 miles across America with his dog.
After the devastating loss of his son to cancer, Ara and his faithful companion set off on an endless journey across America.
Ten years ago, Ara Gureghian lost his only son Lance to cancer. Devastated by the loss and finding life hard to endure, he rescued a dog that was just one day away from being euthanized at a shelter.
Spirit always rides with a helmet and goggles and enjoys posing for the camera.
The pair have covered roughly 300,000 miles around the United States and Ara is now 67 years old. But there’s no finish line in sight for the duo. Ara’s only goal is to continue to ride and seek out isolated places of beauty with his furry friend.
Over the years, Ara has documented their journeys through photography and videos on their website “The Oasis of My Soul”. There is also a book about their adventures “Freedom on Both Ends of the Leash” and a photo book “Hues of my Vision”. | 2019-04-21T08:45:40 | https://www.advpulse.com/adv-videos/dog-in-sidecar-10-year-moto-journey/ |
Bailey of Bristol, the oldest caravan manufacturer in the UK, recently asked us to keep them posted about our motorhome adventures. We are now, as my wife Mel likes to call us, “roving ambassadors”. Ever since the 1980s Fererro Rocher ‘Ambassador’s Reception’ advert, I have been waiting for some sort of ambassador status. We are truly honoured and really rather excited about this whole new chapter in our lives.
We love nature, we love travel and we have big plans. Mel is a multi-talented wonder-woman who excels in photography, whilst I particularly appreciate the satisfying flush that you only get with a Thetford cassette toilet. It’s the perfect blend. And our twelve year old daughter Lois? She has no say in the matter.
Having already taken in quite a bit of the UK we are now planning our next British sojourns, plus a big European trip in 2018. I think this makes us officially ‘motorhome-heads’ (is this a recognised term, or have I just made it up?).
Back in late 2016, I knew almost nothing about motorhomes. Just a year later and I have finally worked out what the blue liquid is for. (Still not sure about the pink). We are also members of the ‘Twittersphere’ and you can follow us if you like. We are @TheOvernighters. On Twitter, obviously.
MEL (wife, 40s) in the front passenger seat, with a large map on her lap, her hand in a tube of Pringles.
RYAN (husband, 40s but younger than MEL) in the driving seat, driving at a comfortable speed, despite being in need of a ‘comfort break’.
LOIS (daughter, 12) in one of the two rear passenger seats. She eats Haribo ‘Tangfastics’ and stares at her phone. She is ‘on’ Snapchat and so using expensive 4G.
RYAN looks at LOIS in his rear-view mirror.
You’re not on 4G are you?
RYAN nods. He looks across to MEL.
MEL hands him a stack of six Pringles. He expertly fits them all into his mouth.
LOIS looks up, breaking from her fixed iphone stare. She shouts towards the back of RYAN’s head.
So now we’ve got this motorhome, Dad… are we ever going to go on a normal holiday again?
Fragments of Pringles fly out of RYAN’s mouth.
MEL bends down from her seat, picking up said fragments.
The point is Lois… nothing will ever be normal again. Our lives have changed forever!
Oh my god! You two have gone completely mental.
LOIS bites the head off a fizzy cola-bottle.
Don’t eat all of those.
MEL turns the map around.
I think we’re going the wrong way.
It’s been a long and action-packed summer. Yes, it rained for most of July, but who cares when you’re in a Bailey Advance 615? It’s been a stonker for the Philpott family and we’ve had a ball. Very much a game of two halves. Actually, it was more like three halves if you count the 3 weeks I spent in Newquay in June.
I was filming a German movie (playing an alcoholic fisherman, despite having little angling experience!!) and staying in the beautiful Headland Hotel next to Fistral Beach. I had a few days off and Mel flew down for a long fun-filled weekend. We visited the quirky coolness of Port Isaac, Rock and Padstow. We surfed all day at Polzeath, of course, I mean body-boarded. We feasted on fresh crab and quaffed Sharp’s and St Austell beers. In between burps, we talked about coming back to Cornwall in the summer holidays with our motorhome (or as we like to call it ‘the van’. Sounds cool, right?).
But, there were two snags.
1) We’d already booked a hot holiday at a villa in Kefalonia.
2) Mel’s got a thing about getting the van stuck down narrow country lanes, during the busiest time of the year in the most popular UK holiday destination known to man.
Which brings us to the ‘second half’ of the three halves. I know, what you’re thinking. “How can you have three halves?” Well, it’s my blog, so my rules.
Anyway, after much discussion and prevarication, it was mutually decided (by Mel) that the three of us would avoid the craziness of Cornwall in the summer holidays and instead head for the equally beautiful, but palpably less overpopulated Pembrokeshire coast for the last week of July. We loved it. Hooking up our van at three different campsites, we surfed, we ate, we drank, we laughed and we got lost a lot. It was as wonderful as Cornwall, but with its own glorious western Welsh tint.
The city of St David’s is beautiful, Whitesands Beach breath-taking, and Newgale Beach a surfing must, even when it’s peeing down! Anyway, apart from admitting that, as usual, Mel’s instincts were proved spot-on, that’s all I’m going to give you. For the full story check out Mel’s blog, covering our Pembrokeshire motorhome odyssey.
And so to the much hyped ‘third half’ of our summer.
In late August, along with grandparents, aunts and cousins, we flew out from Stansted to a stunning villa with all the trimmings, in Fiscardo in the very north of the Greek island, Kefalonia. Lois is an only child and she loved her week with the family and her cousins. Mel and I both loved the luxury of the villa and quality family time is priceless for us. But, we still found ourselves double-taking passing motorhomes or campers. We watched one drive onto a ferry departing for Italy. Early one morning we found a parked up camper with blissfully sleeping inhabitants right next to a tiny beach.
We spotted an ancient and decidedly knackered caravan halfway up the side of a cliff (how did it even get there?) We found ‘Sami Beach’ camp-site, one of only two on the entire island. We met a French couple in their seventies who hated Italians and swore that the Greek islands were the only place to bring your van! We vowed to return. In our van. One day.
So, now we’re home. It’s October. Mel is back teaching at her school and Lois is settled into Year 8.
The other weekend, we took the van out for a spin, trying to temper the end of summer blues. We spoke of attempting something special next year. Something intrepid. Something daring.
LOIS, MEL and RYAN are sat at the table drinking Diet 7Up and eating cheese and pickle wraps made by RYAN. In the middle of the table sits a bowl of Tesco ‘Cheese Balls’.
MEL is studying a map of Europe. It is the right way up.
Sure we don’t want to sit outside?
I’ll put the awning up?
It is a bit grim.
RYAN takes a massive bite of his cheese and pickle wrap. MEL returns to the map. RYAN looks expectantly at MEL.
To drive the van down to Kefalonia next summer.
What?! That’s like a Greek Island, Dad!
It’s not like one, Lois. It is one!
And that’s going at a leisurely pace, Mel. I bet we could do it in 4 days if we split the driving.
MEL nods, whilst reaching for a ‘cheese ball’.
Oh my god! Who are you both…and what have you done with my parents?
Maybe driving all the way to a Greek Island is a bit too ambitious for novices like us? Maybe a pootle around France and Spain might be more realistic? Half the fun’s the chat, anyway. And we’ll keep chatting. We’ll keep thinking. We’ll keep dreaming.
The holidays are over… long live the holidays!!! | 2019-04-24T00:05:40 | https://www.baileyofbristol.co.uk/news-and-info/blog/728-the-holidays-are-over-long-live-the-holidays |
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A deviated septum refers to a condition where the septum, the cartilage that separates the nostrils, is crooked and lies off line. This interferes with normal breathing, and in extreme cases, may cause the blockage of one of the nostrils. In addition, the deviated septum exposes the nose to increased airflow, and this often leads to drying up of the nasal membranes and sometimes frequent nose-bleeding. Other symptoms of a deviated septum include nasal obstruction, facial pain, headaches, postnasal drip and snoring during sleep. Depending on the severity of the condition, a deviated septum may also lead to sleep apnea, a condition where breathing stops momentarily during sleep.
One may be born with a deviated septum, or it may result from trauma to the nose and face. The treatment of a deviated septum depends on the extent of the crookedness. In many cases, the condition is treated by targeting the symptoms of the condition. In severe cases where the condition causes nasal blockage, surgical intervention is required. This surgical procedure is known as septoplasty, and may sometimes be combined with surgery of the sinuses. This post focuses on home remedies used for the treatment of a deviated septum in order to alleviate the condition’s symptoms and ease the discomfort.
What You Need: 1 Teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of hydrogen peroxide, 1 glass of warm water and a nasal syringe.
One of the main symptoms of a deviated septum is nasal blockage that results from the skewed alignment of the nostrils. To deal with this symptom, use nasal irrigation to get rid of the blockage. This involves the dissolution of salt in warm water and irrigating the nose with resulting solution. The salt helps dissolve the mucus and clear the nostrils to eliminate nasal blockage. Warm water soothes the nasal membranes and helps flush away mucus and irritants. Since the salt dries the nasal membranes, it is important not to overuse the remedy to prevent excessive drying. Limit the application of this remedy to once daily.
Mix the salt and hydrogen peroxide in the glass of warm water.
Stir the solution for complete dissolution and mixing of the remedy ingredients.
Transfer the remedy to the clean nasal syringe.
Cover one nostril and irrigate the other, holding that position for a couple of minutes.
Repeat the remedy for the other nostril and hold for a couple of minutes.
Use this remedy once daily until you get relief from nasal blockage due to a deviated septum.
What You Need: 2 Drops of eucalyptus oil and a clean towel.
Eucalyptus oil is an effective home remedy for the treatment of the symptoms associated with a deviated septum. The oil’s decongestant properties help prevent nasal blockage, which in turn makes breathing a little easier. The oil is also popular for its anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce the characteristic facial pain associated with a deviated septum. The combined healing properties make it a befitting choice for the management of this condition. Follow the simple directions below to enjoy the oil’s healing properties.
Place a few drops of the eucalyptus essential oil on the clean towel of handkerchief.
Fold the cloth inwards and hold it close to your nose.
Inhale the oil’s aroma as deeply as you can and hold for 2 seconds before exhaling.
Repeat step 3 severally everyday until -you get relief.
The best time to use the remedy is in the early morning as well as just before bedtime for a good night’s sleep.
What You Need: 1 Tablespoon of carom seeds, pestle and mortar, hot boiling water in a basin and peppermint essential oil (optional).
Steam therapy is one of the best ways to relieve the symptoms of a deviated septum. It is particularly effective in getting rid of nasal congestion and works as a gentle expectorant. In clearing the congestion, steam therapy also moisturizes the nasal passages and this provides much-needed relief from nasal congestion. Add peppermint oil for its excellent decongestant properties to improve the remedy’s efficiency. Note that owing to the risk of scalding with the boiling hot water, this remedy’s difficulty is categorized as moderate, and is not intended for small babies, expectant women, those suffering from diseases affecting the Central Nervous System (CNS) as well as the elderly.
Place the carom seeds in the mortar and grind using the pestle until you have a coarse powder from the seeds.
Add 1 tablespoon of the crushed seeds to the boiling water and allow to steep for a few minutes.
Place a few drops of the peppermint essential oil to the mixture.
Lean forward and tilt your head downwards about an arm’s length from the bowl.
Cover your head with a towel to trap the steam and allow you to inhale the steam.
Take deep breaths at a go and exhale gently so that the carom seeds, steam and peppermint oil can relieve the nasal congestion.
Repeat the procedure thrice daily to get relief from a deviated septum.
What You Need: 1 Teaspoon of cayenne pepper, 1 glass of hot water and honey (optional).
Cayenne pepper is best known for its fiery hot taste, and out of these traits come the pepper’s healing powers in the management of deviated septum symptoms. When prepared as a drink or added to food, the cayenne pepper’s hot taste helps to decongest the nasal passages, which also goes a long way in reducing inflammation. Other benefits of using cayenne pepper is that it boosts the body’s immune response and helps improve blood circulation.
Place 1 teaspoon of cayenne pepper in a cup of hot water and stir.
Take this mixture at least twice daily.
Alternatively, add the cayenne pepper powder to your meals at least twice daily to help you counter the effects of a deviated symptom.
What You Need: 1 Piece of raw ginger, 1 cup of water, 1/4 cup of lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of honey.
Raw ginger is used for the treatment of a deviated septum because its healing properties are relevant for some of the condition’s symptoms. These symptoms include headaches, nasal congestion and difficult breathing. Ginger has excellent anti-inflammatory properties that help deal with the headache, while the presence of polyphenols in the herb go a long way in reducing mucus production in the nose.
The act of decongesting the nasal passages eases breathing and overall provides relief from a deviated septum. It is also important to add that the active ingredients present in ginger hep maintain the normal activity of the cilia in the nose. Cilia play a key role in the nose because they filter out allergens and prevent the condition’s symptoms from becoming worse. Lemon juice is added because it is high in Vitamin C which speeds up the healing process.
Chop about an inch of the raw ginger into very thin slices. This is done to increase the herb’s surface area for the release of the active ingredients.
Transfer the ginger slices to a pan and pour in 1 cup of water.
Boil the water for 10 minutes and turn off to allow the herb to steep.
Pass the water through the strainer and add the lemon juice.
Stir in the honey and drink the mixture.
Take this remedy thrice daily until you start to feel better.
What You Need: Peppermint tea bag, 1 cup of hot water and honey for a natural sweetener.
Hot herbal teas such as peppermint tea work to unclog the nasal passages, and as a result, are recommended for the natural treatment of symptoms linked to a deviated septum. Another benefit of using herbal teas is that they help flush toxins from the body. Note that for all herbal teas, milk is not used. Instead, honey is added as a natural sweetener whose healing benefits contribute to the remedy’s benefits.
Steep the herbal teabag in a cup containing hot water for 10 minutes.
Stir in the honey and drink at least twice daily until the congestion clears and breathing is made easier.
What You Need: A handful of ice cubes and clean towel.
A deviated septum has a wide range of symptoms, among them, frequent nose-bleeding. One of the easiest ways to deal with nose-bleeding is to use a cold compress to stop the bleeding. The low temperatures aid in the constriction of the blood vessels so that the flow of blood is restricted and clotting occurs to seal the nasal vessels. Use this remedy to stop the nose-bleeding in a short while. If the nose-bleeding is accompanied by a headache, the cold compress helps reduce the pain and dull ache providing relief from the symptoms of the deviated septum.
Place the ice cubes on the towel and tie to get a handy wrap for easy application.
Sit upright and tilt your head backwards.
Place the ice wrap on the nose for 5 minutes or so.
Use this remedy as often as is required to stop nose-bleeding and treat the headaches.
NOTE: Direct application of ice is discouraged because it causes skin damage.
What You Need: 1/2 Cup of apple cider vinegar and cotton wool.
The treatment of a deviated septum, for the most part, revolves around the use of remedies to manage the symptoms of the condition. Nose-bleeding is one of the common symptoms for people who have a deviated septum. This is where apple cider vinegar comes in handy. It not only prevents excess loss of blood, it also helps seal off the broken blood vessels. This remedy is both simple and effective to use.
Soak the cotton wool in the apple cider vinegar and squeeze the excess.
Place the wet cotton wool in one nostril at a time and leave it in place for 15 minutes.
Never place the wet wool in both nostrils at the same time because of the risk of suffocation.
The essence of increasing your Vitamin C intake is to make sure that you strengthen your body’s immune system and make it less susceptible to respiratory infections that easily complicate the symptoms associated with a deviated septum. the decrease in dairy and dairy product intake is recommended to reduce mucus secretion which, if left unchecked, causes nasal congestion. these changes may take time to effect, but ultimately are intended for your good.
Excellent sources of Vitamin C include cabbages, citrus fruits such as oranges, limes and lemons, strawberries as well as broccoli.
Reduce dairy intake of products including, but not limited to milk, milk products, cheese and butter among others.
Other ways in which you can manage a deviated septum include an increase in Magnesium and calcium, onions that help reduce nose-bleeding, garlic to reduce nasal congestion as well as lavender oil. If there is no improvement, consider booking a doctor’s appointment to map the way forward and look at the possibility of medical intervention for a deviated septum. This is especially important if you get sleep apnea as a result of the deviated septum. Your doctor will then provide a treatment plan which may include surgery depending on the extent of the septum’s mis-alignment. | 2019-04-21T18:14:29 | https://www.pickaremedy.com/deviated-septum/ |
I like the idea of the bonus being race/class dependent. A human warrior gets better stamina, an elf warrior gets better dexterity, and a dwarf warrior gets better strength. All three have an advantage, but leaning towards a specific type of gameplay: The damage sponge, the fencer, and the breaker. Nothing prevents those stats from being useful in other builds, but it does reflect their race's mentality.
In previous 3.5ed games like IWD2 and NWN1&2, the stat system pretty much coerced you into having even numbers because an odd number (one higher) gave the same bonus. IIRC they're now taking fractions into consideration in P:E, which is better.
And to add to the half-orc wizard example, if you could choose a background feat like Librarian or Scribe which gave bonuses to INT and Lore, it could counteract any racial penalty.
And for the Elf Fighter/Barbarian, if you chose Soldier or Prize Fighter as your background for example, then a bonus to STR and/or CON, or bonuses to Intimidate, Discipline or Parry would also counter things.
Let's be creative here and provide the player with options, rather than take options away.
You make an excellent point, and a different handling of the stats and their affects on classes is something I'd love to see in P:E. It's come up in a lot of threads. However, he did say "-4 to the primary spellcaster stat," so he had that base covered. And most of our examples have been within the context of already-defined stat systems from previous games, rather than trying to assume whatever specific stat system P:E will use.
... I SAID NO ONE! ... I kid, haha. I'm actually bad about doing things like that sometimes, just for funsies. I typically don't do entire playthroughs like that or anything, though. Heh.
Edited by Lephys, 14 January 2013 - 04:31 PM.
It admittedly makes some sense for different races to have different physical attributes, it's undeniable that say, an average Masai man living on the East African Savannah tends to be taller and lankier than, say, an average Taiwanese woman, but these shouldn't be as extreme/racist as they are in games like The Elder Scrolls ("black people, err... REDGUARDS are physically strong, and are well suited for manual labor due to their dull minds and great stamina,") so long as we're dealing with different "races" rather than different species.
If a Godlike or Aumaua is a different species from a Human or a Dwarf then it's fine for them to go nuts with different base stats. Nobody can reasonably argue that it's speciesist to say that an Elephant is orders of magnitude stronger than a human, or that a human is orders of magnitude more intelligent than a squirrel.
Edited by AGX-17, 14 January 2013 - 04:40 PM.
The background over race approach for most of the bonuses does make a lot more sense, but it might be good to still have some of the options based on race. Maybe each race has 3-4 different backgrounds, with some overlap between them. For example, all races might be able to choose "Soldier" as their background, but they might still get slightly different bonuses because of the specifics of soldier life within the given culture and the physiological factors that affect that race's development of specific skills.
Just, if any race is going to get a bonus to a class aspect at all, such as magic, I'd like to see each race get a bonus to a different facet of magic. Then, the background thing makes sense, because if you grew up a soldier, and you're a Warrior now, why on earth would you have a greater number of spells per day? That would just be moot, within the realm of the game's mechanics, as it affects nothing either positively OR negatively. So, I would think it would be better for some racial difference to apply to an Aumaua who physically worked in the fields and joined an army and studied the sword/axe/flail since childhood than one who studied magic since childhood.
There is of course the subject of multi-classing though. It may be that you actually want all of the bonuses that don't seem to provide a benefit at first, yet it allows you to very craftily create a character build where eventually everything falls into place. If you want to be an Elven Bladesinger with both longsword and spellcasting abilities, then that's when it would make sense.
Same with an Aumauan Barbarian/Wizard combo. Or a Dwarven Sorcerer/Monk. <-- gah!
I just realized Sorcerers aren't in P:E (yet?), so just substitute a non-archetypal class build in the above example.
Edited by TRX850, 14 January 2013 - 06:45 PM.
True, but the principle remains the same whether or not mutli-classing is in. If it is, then clearly the parameters for the bonuses would be different, but still based on the same principle of non-exclusion.
Str could be the "primary fighter stat" too though (let's assume there's no 'finesse'), and still a high Dex, medium Str build might make sense for example (like getting better dodge values, or AoO's, etc.). So while Int or Cha could make a mage's spells more powerful, they might not be required to be able to cast any spells at all as in D&D. It's very early to speculate about P:E's stat system though, true.
Choose the standard class (which will probably be Humans), which will be good at everything but excel at nothing (and at the same still be the race of choice for certain classes).
Make a party full of Humans if you don't like making strategical choices. It will work.
Edited by Helm, 15 January 2013 - 03:18 AM.
that's completely besides the point.
If you want to make an elf barbarian, but elves get -2 strength, you are basically crippling yourself. since barbarians rely on strength. Sure you can make a good barbarian with another race. But that means some classes will never be picked for some classes. that's the issue.
Sure you can make a better barbarian if you're an orc. But maybe I don't want to play orc, and I might want to be a barbarian.
So either balance racial traits so every class remains a viable option for every race, or restrict classes from the outset.
So your suggestion, in the matter of how to best determine (in the design of the game) the specifics of the racial bonuses for all available races in the game is to make sure the Humans don't get any bonuses (or penalties, for that matter) and not worry about the rest of the races? I wasn't aware that the desire to discuss design potential design possibilities in a "cRPG (Gameplay & Mechanics)" discussion forum somehow inferred that I "don't like making strategical choices." By the way... Humans aren't a class.
Thank you, though, for that extremely useful contribution to the discussion, Helm. I really appreciate all the effort you put into making sure you don't ever hop into completely optional discussions only to suggest that discussing is stupid. You need a trophy or medal or something.
Edited by Lephys, 15 January 2013 - 05:36 PM. | 2019-04-18T19:01:52 | https://forums.obsidian.net/topic/63152-racial-restri-i-mean-bonusestraits/page-2 |
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