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Happy Wednesday,
So thrilled I am finally planning my first trip to Europe and was talking with friends, family & coworkers alike for thoughts on where to start. A dear friend at Eater.com shared this with me so I wanted to share with you! BTW – note "Tickets" in Barceloena, Spain is on the list #4 & looks great as my first trip right now is a tie between Italy & Spain this is helping me out a lot. You will see "minibar" located here in DC on the list #8 Which I am trying to get in this spring – will let you know. Chef Andres on the small list and deservedly so. I enjoy his cuisine very much but….. his Jaleo restaurant located in Bethesda which I have had the pleasure of eating at many times over the years has now become tired and had a horrible "fishy" smell upon entering the foyer for lunch. A lot of time had passed since I had dined there and with all the great places popping up now – most likely a long time before returning. We even dined at his Ritz Carlton – Dorado Beach – MiCasa and that blew Jaleo away – yet wasn't executed perfectly either – with all due respect the Ritz had just opened & were still working on the growing pains yet I feel with the RITZ stamp it will be perfected quite quickly.. Any way check out the list and as always leave your thoughts – email – FB or Tweet etc… What would be on your list??????
Here Are the Eleven Toughest Reservations in the World (And How to Get Them)
This Post contributed by the great people at www.eater.com
1) Noma
Location: Copenhagen,Denmark
Chef: René RedzepiMichelin stars: 2
World's 50 Best ranking: #1
After two straight years at the top of the San Pellegrino list — not to mention the closing of elBulli over the summer — there is little question that René Redzepi's Noma is the most in-demand table in the world.
How to make a reservation: on the 6th day of every month, the third month out opens up for reservations online and by phone (this coming February 6th, for example, they start taking requests for May). If the last cycle is any indication, it takes only a matter of hours for an entire month to book up; Noma managing director Peter Kreiner estimates that about 20,000 people attempt to get a table on reservations day.
As Redzepi will tell you, people cancel or even no-show with some frequency, and he'll sometimes announce openings on his Twitter account. You just have catch it and get yourself to Copenhagen. And of course, there's a wait list. [Photo credit]
2) Sukiyabashi Jiro
Chef: Jiro Ono
Michelin stars: 3
World's 50 Best ranking: N/A
The Ginza location of Sukiyabashi Jiro is likely the world's most hallowed sushi temple, a 10-seat bar where chef Jiro Ono (b. 1925) presides over the short but expertly orchestrated affair.
With three Michelin stars, an http://www.magpictures.com/jirodreamsofsushi/ acclaimed documentary on the chef, – which is awe inspiring and so worth watching over again. The complete passion and work ethic and attention to detail leaves me speechless. Very limited space, it's no mystery that it's tough to get in. What makes it nearly impossible to pull off, though, is that no one on staff speaks English, and that they tend to not welcome foreigners without a Japanese host. "If they detect an accent, it's likely that they'll tell you nothing is available," says A Life Worth Eating's Adam Goldberg, who had trouble getting in for quite some time but has since managed to dine there on multiple occasions.
How to get a reservation: According to Goldberg, "What you need to do is have your hotel call and tell them that you eat everything with no exceptions and will be dining with a Tokyo native." That means you'll either need to hire a guide or know someone in Tokyo. [Photo credit]
3) Next
Chefs: Dave Beran and Grant Achatz
Michelin stars: N/A
By introducing a ticketed dining experience at Next, Chef Grant Achatz and his business partner Nick Kokonas simultaneously managed to combat the inconveniences of a traditional phone reservations model and to embrace the notion of restaurant as theater. Among the pluses: they don't have to pay people to pick up phones and say "no" all day, nor do they have to worry that a party might not show for their reservation, since it's all paid for in advance.
But getting one of those tickets is no small feat. To give you an idea, when Kokonas announced an on-sale date for their second three-month menu cycle, "Tour of Thailand," the site crashed when tickets went live.
How to get a reservation: Most likely, you'll have to follow the restaurant's Facebook, which Kokonas manages, to see when a quarter will go on sale or to get wind of randomly released tickets. A number of same-day tables are made available throughout the season, but once their elBulli menu debuts next month, there'll only be one of those per night, auctioned off for charity. If none of that works, you can stop in for some drinks at The Aviary, their bar next door, and let them know that you're interested in dining at Next; they'll try to accommodate you.
Then again, you could always try your hand at Craigslist — just like a Bears game — or get really lucky and nab season tickets when they go on sale next month. [Photo credit]
4) Tickets
Location: Barcelona, Spain
Chefs: Albert and Ferran Adrià
Despite the fact that the year-old Barcelona tapas restaurant from Ferran and Albert Adrià has ninety seats and more turnover than a typical fine dining destination, it's still practically impenetrable.
How to get a reservation: You really have to plan ahead for this one, as reservations are only taken online, and three months to the calendar date. On the bright side, as Albert has mentioned, not everyone shows up for their reservations, and tables are often set aside for friends. If you're in town, pop by, talk to the ringmaster out front, and see what happens.
NB: For the moment, Tickets eclipses its neighbor 41 Degrees in popularity. That space, which recently transitioned from progressive cocktail bar to sixteen-seat restaurant, serves 41-course tasting menus many have compared to elBulli. Bookings are taken one month out online, and as more and more Adrià devotées get wind of it, it'll probably become a fortress. [Photo credit]
5) Quintessence
Chef: Shuzo Kishida
It is easier to get into chef Pascal Barbot's three-star L'Astrance in Paris than it is to get into the Tokyo three-star of one of his disciples. That restaurant is Quintessence, where chef-owner Shuzo Kishida assiduously follows Barbot's tenet of the three processes: respect for the product, a thorough understanding of the cooking process, and attention to detail in seasoning.
Goldberg has never managed to get in, even though he's tried on his own and through his hotel on several trips. "You can attribute a bias against foreigners to many restaurants in Tokyo, especially the traditional ones," he says, "but Quintessence seems to favor local businessmen and regulars."
How to get a reservation: Get to know someone with an in, or keep trying. Other sources have told Eater that it's not a completely impossible feat. [Photo credit]
6) The Fat Duck
Location:Bray, Berkshire, England
Chef: Heston Blumenthal
At the height of its popularity (let's say 2005, when it was named best restaurant in the world), Heston Blumenthal's sensorial wonderland in Bray was getting 30,000 calls a day for reservations. Things have toned down a bit, but it remains so difficult to get into the Fat Duck that its chef has spent years developing an interactive video to thank and congratulate those who manage to get in; it features the actor John Hurt and music from Willy Wonka.
How to get a reservation: Nowadays, the reservations line is only open for three hours a day, Monday to Friday (11 AM to 2 PM), and they've logically shifted their emphasis to online reservations. The next round of tables (the month of April 2012) will go live at 9:30 AM on February 1st.
The online situation is kind of bleak at first blush: go on there when a new month opens up to find an online calendar that doesn't indicate which days are already booked up and doesn't have a feature that allows you to select the next available opening. But if you know which date you want and are quick about it, you can get yourself a table the honest way. [Photo credit]
7) Chef's Table at Brooklyn Fare
Location: Brooklyn, New York
Chef: César Ramirez
Bouley alum César Ramirez quietly opened this 18-seat restaurant connected to a supermarket three years ago. In that time, he's managed to climb his way up to three Michelin stars with a wholly unorthodox fine dining experience: metal stools, a casual environment, BYOB up until just recently, and a Brooklyn address. The most mind-bending aspect of the experience, though? Booking a meal there.
How to get a reservation: Every Monday at 10:30 AM, the restaurant takes bookings for an entire week, for the sixth week out. Getting through to someone is a pain, but it's not as backwards as it used to be just a year ago, when you'd call, leave your name and information, and then have to wait until they decided to ring you back and put your party in the calendar. The thing is, it's getting more and more popular as it racks up the accolades. [Photo credit]
8) Minibar by josé andrés
Chef: José Andrés
Minibar has room for six diners and serves an extended tasting menu from one of Ferran Adrià's greatest acolytes, José Andrés.
How to get a reservation: It is, understandably, a pain to nab one or two of those spots. Seats are available one month before the calendar reservation date, and reservations must be made by phone. As ThinkFoodGroup chief of operations Hollis Silverman explains, "Seats are full within about fifteen minutes from the time our reservationists answers the phone at 10 AM. It's difficult to gauge how many people are getting a busy signal, but we have close to a thousand requests for seats each month that we are unable to fill." Since it can be quite frustrating, they are kind enough to allow you to be on the wait list for up to three different nights.
Andrés recently opened é, a similar restaurant in The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas. It seats eight, and reservations are made via email. For the moment, it is less difficult to access than minibar. [Photo credit]
9) Schwa
Chef: Michael Carlson
What makes the gastronauts at Michael Carlson's 18-seat Schwa so wonderful is that they don't seem to give a shit about anything besides the food. It's a decidedly informal, borderline anarchic affair in which the chefs do basically everything.
The experience begins with the randomness of their reservations system, which is either the most egalitarian or completely unfair thing you've encountered. To get in, you're supposed to call and leave a voicemail request, but that inbox is usually full. If you do happen to get through and get a call back to confirm a time and date, keep in mind that there's always the chance that Carlson will decide to close the restaurant at a moment's notice. So delightfully absurd is the current arrangement that the restaurant's PR company is now using Twitter to field more reservation requests, likely in disorganized fashion.
How to get a reservation: Keep trying, or become a restaurant industry type. [Photo credit]
10) The French Laundry
Location: Yountville, California
Chef: Thomas Keller
World's 50 Best ranking: 56
Chef Thomas Keller's bastion of New American cooking — the place where Grant Achatz, Jonathan Benno, Corey Lee and many other heavy hitters cut their teeth — remains one of the premiere restaurant pilgrimages in the world. For that reason, it's still one of the toughest tables, a reservation more difficult to obtain than for its younger New York City counterpart, per se.
How to get a reservation: You can book up to two months to the calendar date by phone, which gives you the opportunity to put yourself on the wait list. Or you can try OpenTable, whose "Find Next Available Date" feature will at first probably just remind you of how hopeless the situation is. But if you keep clicking here and there throughout the course of days, there is a good chance something will open up. [Photo credit]
11) Yam'Tcha
Chef: Adeline Grattard
Paris food writer Alexander Lobrano has described the Franco-Chinois cooking of Yam'Tcha chef Adeline Grattard as "deeply personal, gently creative, and unfailingly delicious."
Such praise would be cause enough for wild popularity, but add to it the fact that the restaurant sits in one of the more perfect areas of Paris — the rue Sauval, in the 1st Arrondissement — and it becomes clear why this place has proven so elusive for seasoned Paris diners and traveling gastronomes. "For me, the toughest tables have been The French Laundry, most recently Brooklyn Fare, and then, Yam'Tcha," admits Ali Kurshat Altinsoy. It is harder to access than the big names (Pierre Gagnaire, Guy Savoy, Jean-François Piège) and even the popular bistronomic spots (Le Comptoir du Relais, Frenchie).
How to get a reservation: Call, and call, and call. Some see it as one of the toughest tables in the world, especially of late, but others have had plenty of luck. [Photo credit]
Again, please share with me your thoughts on the list and what would be your top 5 – looking for suggestions for Spain and Italy right now too! Cant wait to hear from you all!
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Things Don't Wanna Live Without – I Could But……
Below are some things I have done, had, used almost my whole life and would feel a little lost without them……
My Clinique 3step – use other serums but this is a keeper always
Hot Baths – I've been know to take several baths in one day – boil hot pots of water to make it hotter – and sit on a towel in a hotel shower if no tub (LOL- kooky I know…)
My camera & colored pencils – I love photos, color & design always finding ways to express my love of it all
Good Stationary – love sending and receiving handwritten notes – my cross pen too!
Dark chocolate w/almonds and a fresh squeezed juice…..
Things Don't Wanna Live Without by loriannmd featuring Blomus
Maison Scotch black top, $67 / Jennifer Meyer Jewelry white gold necklace / Blomus small item storage / Sketching art set, $120 / La Maison Du chocolat / Personalize Bickham A6 Stationery – Round Corners | Paper Source / 3-Step Kit with Facial Soap- Combination Oily Skin Types | Clinique
What are your "must haves" to be comfy in your little part of the world?
Weekend Dinner Party – Don't Forget Your Hostess – These Are Some Great Ideas
Dinner Party Hostess Gift by loriannmd featuring French Connection
Square dinner plate / Flamant serving bowl / He Loves Me kitchen dining / Lazy Susan stained glass / Milton King paper wallpaper / Marquis by Waterford home decor / French Connection candles candleholder, $21 / Nicolas Feuillatte Palmes d'Or Grand Cuvee 1998 / ELUCX body cleanser
You will be much appreciated and invited back often I'm sure – especially if you think outside of the box and don't reach for the traditional bottle of wine. I keep a spare closet ready with a few things – I grab them when sales are going or I see something that I know would be loved by a friend for later. +HomeGoods is a fantastic resource for these items. A great box of stationery and nice pen – also a favorite of mine!
Cheers All – Carpe Diem!

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The next of our periodic blogs which discuss food security, with a specific focus on how plant genetic research might contribute to addressing the challenge of feeding a fast-growing global population in increasingly uncertain climatic conditions.
Achieving food security is a complex problem that goes far beyond just producing more food. Its realisation will require deep transformations of food systems, and for many, it will also mean fundamentally changing our relationship with food.
Focusing on underutilised crops to improve them is an obvious first step, but critical for attaining an impact is ensuring that the improved, no-longer-neglected crops are planted, sold and eaten. This is not an easy task, since they do not benefit from the very well developed seed-distribution systems of the "big 3" (maize, rice and wheat), which also deliver complementary agricultural inputs and advice to farmers. These also enjoy very well developed markets, and there are countless recipes of how to prepare them.
Food, however, is not just calories, people have strong associations with and cultural preferences for what they eat. Everybody knows sugar is not nourishing and is in large quantities bad for us, but how would the world be without sweets? Countless examples of the power of particular foods exist. In the creation myth of Popol Vuh, a sacred body of narratives from the ancient K'iche' kingdom of Q'umarkaj (in the highlands of modern Guatemala), the gods only successfully managed to create men with the gift of intellect, language and soul when they used maize meal – quite a literal interpretation of "you are what you eat". And matooke is the word for highland bananas in Uganda, but it also simply means "food".
And when it comes to the content of their plates, most people are creatures of habit.
Of course this does not mean that change is impossible, rather bringing about change will require concerted efforts at many levels, from making it possible for farmers to grow the different crops, to encouraging consumers to buy and eat them, not forgetting all the steps in between. The "big 3" probably have a lot to teach in this respect.
Take quinoa as an example. Once the most important crop in the Andean region of South America before the Incas, then referred to as the "mother-grain", it had since lost much of its standing. However, the recognition of its potential to improve nutrition and raise the income level of smallholder farmers, who produce most of it, led to a series of international initiatives that included the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) declaring 2013 as the International Year of Quinoa; a book and a website of recipes – there are many other sites, too – and studies showing its benefits.
And now look – a surprising twist of fate for the ancient superfood of the gods took quinoa to the mainstream market.
And by the way, the world is currently celebrating the International Year of the Pulses.
Dr Claudia Canales Holzeis is a plant molecular biologist with a near-decade of experience in plant genetics research. She previously worked as Senior Project Officer for the International Service for the Acquisition of Agri-Biotech Applications (ISAAA), based in the Philippines. A graduate of the University of Reading in Environmental Biology, Dr.Canales gained a DPhil. in Plant Genetics at Oxford.


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Full and firsthand report on the SNCC 50th Anniversary Gathering in Raleigh, NC, April 15-18 .
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32 US House Representatives have signed on as sponsors or co-sponsors of H. Res 635, which would create a Select Committee to look into the grounds for recommending President Bush's impeachment, Atlanta Progressive News has learned.
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Interurban is a competitive tennis league where Victoria Park's teams play teams from other clubs from Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph, and Brantford. Four men and four women play every Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m., followed by a social time.
Anyone interested in playing interurban for Victoria Park should indicate this on their membership form, and come out to tryouts on TBD. Our Division 2 tryout will run from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. Men need to be a minimum 4.0 and women 3.5 with match and tournament experience recommended.
Beginning Date: TBD Harry Greenan, our tennis professional, will provide group lessons and organized round robin play for juniors aged 5 to 16 years.
This program is available at no additional cost during May and June for eight weeks and consists of two, 1 hour group lessons each week.
Harry Greenan will organize a Wind-up Round Robin & Barbecue near the end of the program.
Played on 3 courts beginning TBD. A minimum skill level of 4.0 is required to participate.
The Saturday morning Advanced Round Robin is organized by Sammy Parekh, please contact Sammy for more information.
There are various groups who organize round robins during the week. Please contact victoriaparktennis@yahoo.ca if you are interested in playing, give us some information of what you are looking for and your skill level and we will pass your email on to the appropriate person.
Beginning TBD, Harry Greenan will provide group lessons from 9:30 am to 10:30 am followed by one hour of organized round robin play. This program will run every week for 8 weeks. During the months of July and August, players may organize their own round robins.
Wednesday Evening Open Tennis Nights beginning TBD 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm.
Intermediate to Advanced players can come out for drop in round robin play. Our head pro will be around from 7-8 to provide tips on play and strategy if desired.
An excellent way for all players to increase their skill level and meet other players.
with 1 being the most advanced player.
Team tennis is played on Thursday evenings from 7:00-8:30pm and 8:30-10pm.
If you are interested in playing team tennis please email Jeff Collins .
At an additional cost, Harry Greenan will run tennis camps from 11.00 am - 1.00 pm during the months of July and August.
Juniors who do not take out a full season membership will be required to pay court fees during the tennis camp.
Get more information about summer camps.


In the final video masterclass in this series of five, Steven Mead addresses the subject of melodic playing. So often these days students are practising and studying melodic music but seem not to have experiences to draw on to make this music really live. After a short explanation we hear excerpts from the Serenade by Toselli, the second movement of the Euphonium Concerto by Horovitz, the main theme from Amilcare Ponchielli's Concerto per Flicorno Basso and the ending of Drigo's Serenade. As this latter work fades away we cut to the main church in Smarano, the centre of activities for the Brass Masterclasses held this week, to hear Ave Maria [Bach/Gounod] played by Steve accompanied by local organist Mauro Brusaferri. This was part of the final concert in which all students participated. At the end of August 2013, Steve will be a recording a full CD with organ in Laon Cathedral, France with the celebrated Polish organist Lidia Ksiazkiewicz.
It's hoped these 5 masterclass videos will be useful for brass students everywhere.
There will be more to come during the summer of 2013 with next videos being shot on location in China, Macau,Trakai [Lithuania], Jeju Island [South Korea] and Voru [Estonia].


Imagine a game that draws inspiration from the large scale, multiplayer experience of a title such as Battlefield 3, and combines it with the cops and robbers style of Grant Theft Auto and HEAT. Welcome to POLICE WARFARE; a multiplayer first person shooter set in the world of armed robbery and law enforcement. Players will go toe-to-toe as either a member of the Los Angeles Police SWAT team, or the opposite side of the law, robbing banks as an armed gunman.
They had me at HEAT (my all time favorite movie). At the time of writing this they are very far away from their funding goal ($15664/325000), but there is a month left so who knows what could happen if enough people spread the word. I was actually surprised that the other crowd sourced video game I blogged about was 110% funded when it ended!
Lots more details over at the KickStarter website. Make sure you check it out and even put some of your own money in to back the project if you're interested.
Thoughts? Are you guys excited about these crowdsourced games, or are you happy with what the major game companies are currently delivering?
I'm a little skeptic to this approach in gamemaking, honestly.
It doesn't matter how good the team producing it is, or whatever their goals really are, but it all seems to come down to how they're selling it.
That trailer is pretty awesome, yeah, but it only shows their ambitions and defines their target group, but does squat nothing showing what they've accomplished so far except for some pretty damn smooth animations and concept models, and proving that they have a pretty decent video editor too.
I want specifics; will it be made on a new engine or an existing one (effectively reducing their budget by a shitload), will it use any kind of physics simulation, will there be customization, etc, etc.
I'm probably just nitpicking though, hahah.
Good points. I think the one advantage is the small amount of overhead these guys have if it's currently a "spare time" type thing for them. Like you mentioned if they are not using an existing engine (and no doubt paying huge licencing fees) then what are they doing?
It's a bit both ways for me, to be honest; I'm all for the idea of developers producing games for the gamers that know what they want, but on the other hand things like these have no formal guarantee of making it.
What if they make an awesome game in the end, but miss out on the budget and can't afford proper servers to host the game?
People wouldn't get what they "paid" for or funded, and in case the pledge made it they won't get it back either. Complicated.
I'm not sure it will make it. I don't see a lot of people outside of US supporting a SWAT sim.
Pretty ambitious to combine all of those elements.
There's already game that's been out for a while now called Payday The Heist, that has taken inspiration from Heat. It can be pretty intense, just make sure you play with some friends as it was designed to be a cooperative experience. PC and PS3 I think are the platforms.
i don't think i want to play a game where i have to shoot family pets.
dangit! Dave beat me to the pets comment.
I like the concept but you know if it gets released its probably going to catch some serious flack for letting people play as bank robbers and shoot cops ala the taliban controversy that Medal of Honor had.
just do the gta police mod. I looks cool but i am not smart enough to have tried it myself.
I didn't watch the whole video, and I'm not a big gamer. Way back when (OS Win98) I had MechWarrior and Battletech. Both versions' 1. I can't remember which, but on one of the games I was killed almost immediately. I could never play the rest of it, because nothing I could find would let me create a new profile, or try again. The other I played through to the end.
I want to say Battletech was the bad game.
That turned me off to a lot of the FPS market. And that was what I prefer.
would be 100000% dope if they kept as much of the LA county layout.. like.. sunset, and la brea, and stuff… I dunno… I'm down… I love the BF franchise.


When I began writing about food, I was in the midst of feeding three children who ranged in age from infancy to pre-teen. One just needed a quiet place to nurse, the middle child wanted nothing more than pizza or plain pasta with butter. The third child was beginning to worry about weight and nutrition. My kitchen was chaotic to say the least.
One day, I was sitting with a friend and we began to talk about our kids' food quirks. I posed a question: What foods were available in the Garden of Eden and, after the eviction, did Eve have trouble feeding her boys? We both laughed, but then talked about how simple it must have been to eat in the Garden of Eden. In Genesis 1:29 there is a quote which tells Adam and Eve that every food they could ever need had been provided for them: "And G-d said: 'Behold, I have given you every herb yielding seed, which is upon the face of all the earth, and every tree, in which is the fruit of a tree yielding seed — to you it shall be for food'." There is nothing about chips, and chicken fingers, buttered pasta and more.
Eve never battled TV advertisements and the thousands of new foods that debut each year. According to the FDA, 21,528, new food products were introduced to our supermarkets in 2010 alone. Since then, people have begun to demand healthier choices, fewer chemicals in their foods, and more organic produce. So that number of processed foods is decreasing as manufacturers look to healthier foods, more gluten-free options, and better labeling. Still, I hear from young mothers all the time that they try to give their kids healthful and nutritious food but that, somehow, the kids want the latest advertised treat or won't eat the healthful meals that have been carefully planned.
So, for good health in the New Year, it's back to the Garden of Eden and those foods that might have given Adam and Eve all kinds of secret health benefits, much of them in the form of seeds and nuts and fruit. Today, seeds like Chia, Hemp, sunflower, flaxseeds and more top the list of superfoods to eat every day. In addition, organic greens and berries are also among the healthiest foods that we can eat. These are available in many supermarkets and health food stores; from them, we can make our own healthful and delicious foods for our families.
Michael Pollen, acclaimed cookbook author and food guru has, as his mantra, "Eat food, not too much, mostly plants." As we exit the land of latkes and brisket and look to the New Year, this sounds like a good plan.
Line a large rimmed baking sheet with foil. Set aside. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Line an 8x8 baking dish with waxed paper. Lightly grease the paper. Set aside.
Place the first 7 ingredients, up to and including the nuts, on the rimmed baking sheet and place in the oven for 4 to 8 minutes, until just fragrant. Remove to cool. When cool, pour into a large bowl.
Place the almond butter, honey, sugar and vanilla in a small pot and heat until it just begins to bubble. Mix well.
Add the apricots, raisins, cranberries to the bowl with the seeds and nuts, and toss to mix. Pour the almond butter/honey mixture over the nuts and fruit and mix well. Scrape into the prepared 8-inch pan and smooth with a spatula. Cover and refrigerate for several hours or overnight. Makes 16, 2-inch bars or 8, 2X4-inch bars.
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large, rimmed baking sheets with parchment and set aside. Place the oats, sugar, flours, seeds, baking soda, baking powder, and spices in a large bowl. Use a whisk to blend.
In another bowl, mix the applesauce, vanilla and coconut oil. Whisk to blend. Scrape into dry ingredients and mix well. Add the fruit, coconut and chips and mix evenly.
Drop by rounded spoons onto the prepared pan. Place both pans into the oven and rotate and turn halfway through the baking time. Bake until golden around the edges, about 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool completely on the pans. Makes about 12 large or 24 smaller cookies.
These are carrots that even kids will love. Mine used to eat them for after-school snacks and I often packed them in lunch boxes to eat at room temperature.
Cut and slice the onions. Heat a large skillet over medium-low heat and add the olive oil. Add the onions and cook until golden brown, about 8 to 10 minutes.
While the onions are cooking, peel the carrots and slice them thinly on the diagonal. Pat the carrots dry and add them to the onions. Add the brown sugar or maple syrup and mix well. Add 1 to 2 tsp. water and mix. Cover, reduce heat to low and cook for about 5-8 minutes over medium-low heat. If you like, add a tiny pinch of cayenne pepper and mix. Check to make sure that there is some liquid in the pan (this should come from the carrots). If there is none, add more water. If there is too much, uncover the pan and continue to cook until the carrots are tender and the liquid has evaporated, about 10 minutes. Serves 8 to 10.


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Козло́в — хутор в Наурском районе Чеченской республики. Входит в Калиновское сельское поселение.

География
Расположен на северо-востоке от райцентра станицы Наурской.

Ближайшие населённые пункты: на северо-востоке — хутор Селиванкин и село Бурунское, на северо-западе — хутор Клинков, на юге — станица Калиновская, на юго-западе — хутор Мирный и станица Мекенская, на юго-востоке — село Ульяновское и село Фрунзенское, на востоке — хутор Постный.

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По данным переписи 2002 года, на хуторе проживал 101 человек (50 мужчин и 51 женщина), 100 % населения составляли чеченцы.

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Населённые пункты Наурского района

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Ashton Hardwell & Justin LeBeau
Ashton Hardwell has a lot of experience making gay porn scenes, and significantly more experience with gay sex off cam. So when Ashton says that this scene is the most turned on he's been in years, we think that's worth noting. Maybe it's the idea of corrupting a str8 boy or maybe it's just because Justin Lebeau is so damn cute. But whatever it was, this scene just sizzles with intensity.
Almost every porn video these days makes some claim about showing an authentic str8 guy the joys of gay sex. And it's pretty clear that in most cases it's obviously a big act. But let me assure you this scene is NO act. Justin Lebeau has been exclusively for the ladies up until a few weeks ago when, in a moment of drunken weakness, he let a gay boy give him a blow job at a party. And to his surprise, he found that it wasn't as bad as he thought. In fact, he call us up to say he was ready to try a blow job scene. And WOW did he impress us.
We asked him, "Can you kiss a guy?" He consented to give it a try. And after the first tentative efforts, Justin and Ashton were sucking face with an intensity that we've rarely seen. Justin was not ready to suck a dick yet or fuck a guy but he sure made up for it in every other aspect of what he was doing. But he did get an unexpected new experience when Ashton worked his tongue down Justin's balls and managed to get a few licks of Justin's ass before Justin became aware of it and moved Ashton's tongue back to territory that was more familiar to him.
Ashton was so worked up by Justin's intense passion we thought he would pass out. When the scene was over Ashton thanked us for one of the best sexual experiences of his life. And Justin, too, was very forthcoming about how much he enjoyed the experience and hinted that he might be ready to take it to the next level. We'll keep you posted.


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The U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources, now run by Democrats under the leadership of Ranking Member Rep. Raúl M. Grijalva, will strike the words "So help me God" from the default oath it gives to witnesses who appear before it.
Naturally, making the phrase optional — as it is with the presidential oath of office — is blasphemy for Republicans who think saying the word "God" matters far more than passing legislation that's in line with anything Jesus ever said.
Please. We don't need lessons on morality and decency from anyone named Cheney.
Anyone can say the phrase if they want. It just won't be required. After all, if you need the threat of God in order to compel you to tell the truth, you're already in trouble. I'd much rather politicians remind witnesses of the weight of the law, not a fictional deity who won't do a damn thing if they lie under oath.
The full House committee will vote on the proposed changes later this week. Incidentally, Rep. Jared Huffman, the only openly non-religious member of Congress, sits on the committee. It's unclear if his input had anything to do with the proposed change.


I was honored to meet with a group of Brehm Center students last Tuesday at Fuller Seminary. My task was to lead them through a couple of chapters of Bob Kauflin's recent worship book, and share some of my perspectives based upon 40+ years of being a professional church musician. In the next few posts, I want to highlight, and elaborate upon a few of the things we talked about in that class session.
I think he makes a critical point. The hallmark of a musically advanced group is their ability to listen to what is going on around them, and adjust "on the fly" to what they are hearing. I do think that Kauflin leaves out one important point, however. It is not just the other musicians that we need to be listening to when we play. Even more importantly, when accompanying congregational song, we need to be able to listen to the congregation singing.
I would say that unless the congregation hears itself singing on a regular basis, that congregation will slowly become more passive in their singing. I firmly believe that letting the congregation sing a cappella (without accompaniment) from time to time is crucial to their feeling like they are participating in worship. Even if you don't believe that to be true, I urge you to try it on a hymn or chorus that they know well…Amazing Grace if nothing else.
Try it…it does work. Soon you'll be letting the congregation sing unaccompanied verses because of the meaning of the text of that verse. It will bring the words home to them even more clearly because the texture of the accompaniment has changed.
This is not a new idea, and I'm sure many of you reading this already use this technique. Please leave a comment and let me know if you have any variations on this tip.


There's something about the picturesque nativity scenes that have caused to me to ponder this Advent season. The cast of characters are usually the same in nativity scenes leaving out part of the story like the camel-hair wearing, locust-eating voice crying out in the wilderness. He's just a little too out there. I mean how would we explain him to our kids?
Not only have I been wondering about why some people are included in these scenes and not others, but I've also been wondering about the peaceful expressions on these characters. Last Advent was a blur of new motherhood, but even though it is a blur, I know for certain our family certainly wasn't this peaceful and put together. And as I've thought about our family and this divine family, I've been struck this year that they were a blended family. Did Joseph worry about whether his son would look at him one day and say, "You aren't my real father!" like so many stepparents do? How were they going to explain to this baby that he was different than other families?
And as these questions roll around in my head and heart, I realize that although nativity scenes decorate our communities of faith during this Season, these questions of challenging truths don't often accompany the scenes. Instead, we preach a peaceful, picturesque gospel that sits on a shelf, decorating our lives, but not transforming our lives.
If we really preached how revolutionary this blended divine family was, then we would have to question our nice, neat faith that allows us to worship both the Christ Child and Santa Claus at this time of year. If we really preached how this Christ Child gathered the outsiders and outcasts of society in a barn where animals slept, then we would have to question our pretty, festive church buildings. If we really preached what the birth of this Christ Child means, then we would have to accept the understanding that Jesus' birth is a celebration and not a way of life for us.
There is nothing picturesque or peaceful about the birth of the Christ Child.
I clicked "save draft" and forgot about the post. I knew it wasn't quite right and that my attention was in two or three places, after all it was Thanksgiving week, so I decided not to hit publish, and to come back to it later.
But when I came back to it, it still wasn't right. There was a tone, a bitterness to the post that I didn't want in my writing, not here at least. Maybe in the journal I keep by my bed. Maybe my eyes were the only eyes to see these words. Maybe this saved draft would never be published, but instead would live its life out in my bedside journal. Yeah, that was probably a better place for them.
I could have so easily pushed "publish." The two buttons are so close together. It takes no more effort for me to hit "publish" than it does to push "save draft", an amazing phenomenon of the digital world we find ourselves living and communicating within, but the editor in me decided not to publish, making the conscious decision that there are words to be said here in this space and perhaps more importantly words not to be said here in this space.
It reminds me of the letters I wrote in middle school when I was so upset by the latest lunchtime seating arrangement drama. I can remember coming home from school and being so upset and my mom suggesting writing a letter explaining why I was so upset to the person with whom I was upset. Yes! I thought. Yes, I will tell her exactly what I think of her new seating arrangement.
And so I would write, scribbling furiously, and many, many times as I folded the note with one of the special note folding techniques I had practiced at recess, I would decide that the note was too mean, the subject not as important as I had just felt it was, but I felt better having written those words and releasing them from my own self even though they would never be published by giving them to someone else.
Perhaps the most sacred act we can engage in this Advent season is waiting to hit publish or post or send and being mindful of the powerful impact of our words on other people's hearts.
We've been celebrating the Christmas season, savoring every minute of having our three kids together by baking homemade treats, watching the Star Wars movie, and wrapping presents. As we have, I have been overwhelmed with gratitude. Gratitude that we had extended time to spend with our girls after a semester of school schedule and after a couple of missed weekends with Ben's birth. Gratitude that I had a sleeping 5 week old in his bouncy seat. Gratitude that our girls love their brother so much. And most of all gratitude that I get to share this with the man of my dreams.
When you share kids, holidays are extremely difficult because everyone wants a chance to celebrate with them. It means having to celebrate birthdays and Christmases on off days. It means lots of driving and traveling to ensure that the kids get to celebrate with as much family as possible.
It means being flexible, something I'm terrible at.
To all those parents who are sharing kids, spending hours in the car trying to make it all work, Merry Christmas today and tomorrow and whatever day you celebrate!
I can tell you whether the outfits in the diaper bag are clean or dirty. I can tell you the last time Ben ate and the last time that his diaper was changed, but I couldn't for the life of me tell you where my work bag was. This is becoming more and more important as my work bag contains my preaching Bible, and this Sunday, I am preaching.
It has been six weeks since I stood behind the pulpit to deliver a word to God's people and now the last Sunday in Advent, it's time for me to become pastor again. I should clarify that being the pastor of a people doesn't just disappear when you become a mom and take maternity leave or when you take sabbatical, but it does fade or become minimized for a time. It is this fading and minimizing that allows you, as the pastor, to be more fully who you are with the grace and understanding of your congregation. It's an understanding that you, too, are a human being who has a family, or in the case of being on sabbatical, needs rest and inspiration. It's this understanding that allowed me to put aside my work bag as we waited and then celebrated Ben's arrival.
As I ponder what this new life will look like as I prepare to add back the full weight of responsibility that comes with being called pastor, I have all the questions that any working mom does. How is this going to work? Am I always going to feel like I am giving halfway to both or is there some way that being a parent of a newborn and being a pastor can enrich and deepen our journey as a community of faith?
Even when I do locate my work bag, I know that the answers won't be contained there, but what I do know is that being community together means understanding that all of us have are trying to understand what it means to be committed to follow after Jesus in the midst of being mothers, fathers, spouses, employees, and friends.
And the only way that we can understand how we can be more fully and wholly ourselves is by fellowshipping together around the table, around the altar, and around the Christ child born into human form just like us.
I have to confess that before I met Sam and before our girls started to watch and become fans of the Star Wars canon, I knew very little about Star Wars. I knew the main characters, and I knew I had seen some of the original trilogy, but I had never seen the prequels nor did I understand the mythology and world of Star Wars. Now, most of our discussions in the car have centered around theories of the new Star Wars and which character has found Darth Vadaer's helmet and of course, who the Jedi Knight with the crossguard lightsaber is and whether this lightsaber is even practical.
We aren't the only ones discussing the debut of the new lightsaber. There has been much discussion about the new crossguard lightsaber that will appear in the Force Awakens this week and with that discussion brings the reminder that in order to become a Jedi Knight you have to construct your own lightsaber as part of your training. We have certainly discussed as a family whether the new movie would have a scene where a manual was found that contains instructions about how to construct lightsabers or whether someone would find an old lightsaber and then try to construct one himself or herself, but the question remains (at least until Thursday), how do you construct your own lightsaber?
In this season of Advent, where candles are lit every week to represent love, hope, joy, peace, and finally the birth of the Christ child, we are all reminded that we are light-bearers. We are the ones who display and brighten the world with these traits. This is how the world knows and understands the gospel message, the Advent message. The light that shines forth from transformed lives is how people understand that the kingdom of heaven is indeed here on earth.
But the thing about being a Jedi Knight and constructing your own lightsaber is that no two lightsabers are the same. They are each created and constructed as part of Jedi training, which means they bear the marks of the internal battles between the light and dark side. They bear the marks of the transformation process.
As light-bearers, the light we shine does the same. My battle between the light and dark side and my transformation into one called and dedicated to the hope the Christ child brings to the world is not the same as anyone else's. There is a different glow to my journey than to my family's or to my congregation's journeys. There is something miraculously specific about my journey that no one else can claim. In sharing that journey of transformation, perhaps there are parts that ring true for other people. Maybe there are intersections, but there are never repetitions of our journeys. We each hold the ability and the responsibility to construct our own lightsabers.
And if you've yet to begin that training or to construct your own lightsaber, what better time then the season of Advent and the opening of the new Start Wars movie where we are reminded of the difference light can make in a world of darkness.
Yesterday marked the second year I have been living this life as an ordained minister. I took time to reflect and read the encouragement offered as I took that step two years ago. I took time to reflect on how I had changed as a person and as a pastor, and I took time to think about how the world had changed.
Can the world change in two years? Can a person and a pastor change in two years? Yes, and those changes can be more than we expected and more than we thought possible.
I look at this picture and see someone who was trying to prove herself as a pastor, as a wife, and as a stepmom. Over the past two years, I have settled into the realization that I don't have to prove these aspects of who I am because they simply are. I am a pastor. I am a wife. I am a stepmom. I am a mom. There is no need to prove what is.
I also look at the changes that have taken place as MH has grown and changed, especially as she has learned to read and write, and now as she is a doting older sister to her half-brother. I wonder at how she is so sure that she likes Star Wars and spy gear and how she isn't bothered if other people don't like those things or think she should like those things. I look at LC and see how much she has grown into who she is as a person and how Kindergarten has captivated her imagination. I wonder at how she is unlocking the mystery of reading and now the mystery of not being the youngest, but being an older sister.
And then I look at the way the world is changing.
Maybe seeing the changes in the world is an aspect of life as parenting. Maybe inevitably, you wonder at how the world is going to be for your children. Maybe you can't help but look at the world in which you grew up and think that it was easier for you than it will be for your children. Whether this is something that happens to everyone who is a parent or not, the world is changing. The sheer number of mass shootings is surely one way we know this is true. Public discourse has changed drastically with the immediacy and availability made possible by social media and internet access. Radical claims about how we treat people of different beliefs and different backgrounds than ourselves are receiving shouts of approval and those who are speaking out against this mindset are being escorted out and silenced.
As the reality of the world we live in sinks in, I realize that being ordained does not mean what it meant two years ago. Two years ago, as an ordained minister, there was no real concern that someone would come into a church bible study, and open fire. Two years ago the conversation about welcoming and affirming all people regardless of sexual orientation or ethnicity was seen as a way to represent the teachings of Jesus. Now, these teachings are shrouded by a growing number of Christians who want not only to exclude people who are different than they are, but who now want permission to harm those who are different than they are. The scariest part of this mindset is that those who hold these views are finding each other and finding a spokesperson in a presidential candidate.
Being ordained has always meant being set apart. Now being ordained, for me, means speaking out against these changes. This is not what Jesus taught and certainly not what it means to be a follower of Christ.
If the world has changed in these way, then it can continue to change as can our public discourse. In order for that to happen, those of us who believe that what we are seeing and hearing must not be the way our country is ruled or governed, must be roused out of our belief that this too shall pass and stand up and speak out. We must not live in fear of the unknown, but instead live in the reality of the world that we are now in: a world we can indeed transform if we are willing to change ourselves. To change ourselves, we must examine ourselves in relation to our world. Are we truly trying to make the world a better place or are we merely trying to make ourselves more comfortable by surrounding ourselves with people who believe the same thing we believe?
If we believe that God did become man and come to the earth, then the world we see needs the good news of great joy for ALL people even more today than it did two years ago or even perhaps two thousand years ago. Thanks be to God that the good news isn't the news on our TV, Twitter feed, or Facebook feed.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior, who is the Messiah, the Lord.
We don't have many Silent Nights around our house right now. They are interrupted with shuffling feet, Willie Nelson playlists, and diaper pulls during nighttime feedings that make it hard to determine whether it is night or day; but in the midst of these noises, there is a peace that falls over our house. It's not a silent peace, but a noisy peace.
It's a peace filled with tiny squeaks of a three week old sleeping and growing. It's a peace filled with snoring from parents or another as rest finally comes quickly over them. It's a peace filled with puppy yips as they settle down now that the baby is asleep. It's a noisy peace that takes a lot of work to achieve.
And I just wonder in the midst of our peace if it's not an indication that the peace we all pray will settle over our country needs to be reimagined. Maybe the peace we need to strive towards is a noisy peace filled with discussion, even heated discussion. Maybe the peace we need isn't represented in the lovely, melodic songs of the season. Maybe the peace we need isn't found in a silent night, but in voices joining loudly together to ask for a change.
Let there be peace on earth and let it begin with me, my voice rising loudly against injustice and brokenness.
One of the after effects of having a c-section that I wasn't prepared for was the numbness that has lasted weeks after surgery. I've read that some women actually never regain feeling in parts abdomen post-c-section because of nerve damage. It's a strange sensation to know that you literally can't feel pain or any sensation, but this is not a purely physical phenomenon.
Anesthesia is administered to a patient in order to allow a medical procedure to occur in which the pain would prove too intense for the person to experience. The anesthesia administered during the medical procedure and then slowly wears off, so that the patient can pay attention to his or her body's need to recover and take it slow. The idea behind anesthesia is not to leave the patient in a continual state of numbness, but rather to offer a temporary way to deal with pain.
I think to some extent, we all experience this numbing sensation emotionally when we read about another mass shooting or when we read about how many mass shootings we have had to date in comparison to the number of days that have passed this year (so far in 2015, we've had 274 days and 294 mass shootings). There is just no way that our minds or our hearts can comprehend the pain and hurt of the news of so many deaths and so much pain.
What I fear is that as we approach this Advent season, we will be tempted to ward off the pain and reality of the tragedies we hear about with the messages of hope, joy, love, and peace numbing ourselves to the pain of living in a broken world, a world in need of this very message. It is tempting to take these messages as a way to alleviate our pain, rather than offering this gospel message to a hurting world. In order to make this transition, we have to fight off numbness. We have to feel hurt. We have to feel pain. We have to feel broken for the people who are broken by senseless death. We have to hurt with those who are hurting. We have to think of others before we think of ourselves.
We have to believe Advent is about the Christ child coming to change the world rather than Advent being about our comfort and our peace. Only when we fight off the temptation to numb ourselves and pretend that the world is full of joy all the time can the transformative message of the Advent season really come alive.
I zipped up the garment bag that held my robe and stoles. Today's vow exchange service was the last time I would be wearing my robe for at least two months. I was 39 and a half weeks pregnant, and had already arranged for pulpit supply to start on the following Sunday just three Sundays before Advent would begin.
I was thankful to have been able to lead our celebration of All Saints Day and to preach before heading into week 39 because having not grown up in a liturgical church, I valued and looked forward to high, holy days. This is why zipping that garment bag was proving to be so difficult. I had walked with my congregation during the ordinary times during my second and third trimester and now I was going to have to abandon them right when we got to the good stuff.
There was only one reason I would step back and let others step in the pulpit during the high, holy season of Advent and that's for a high, holy life moment. As ministers, way too often, we abandon family and ourselves in the most important moments because of our calling to lead and guide God's people. Being a female minister, giving birth kinda requires that I be present, and I was so thankful there was no way I was going to wiggle out of the responsibility of caring for this new life.
It doesn't mean that I am missing Advent. In fact, this Advent there is still a lot of waiting. Waiting for the next feeding. Waiting for his eyes to slowly close and his breath to become steady. Waiting for my body to readjust after nine months of supporting another life.
This is holy work, too.


He put them on and the room came into focus.
May seemed to try to get me into better focus.
Then, everything came again into human focus all at once.
And then brought his eyes into focus on her face.
The technology's role in music will continue to come into focus.
As he did so, the world came back into focus.
And for the first time the room came into focus.
A moment later everything came into focus and they were able to look about them.
Then the rest of the world finally came into focus.
For Will, the day brought itself into natural focus very early.


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Manos al aire è un singolo della cantante canadese Nelly Furtado, il primo estratto dal quarto album in studio Mi plan e pubblicato il 29 giugno 2009.

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Manos al aire è stato reso disponibile per l'airplay radiofonico in tutto il mondo il 29 giugno 2009, mentre la commercializzazione del download digitale è avvenuta il giorno seguente, il 30 giugno 2009. In Italia ed in Messico la pubblicazione è invece avvenuta il 25 giugno, dopo che una anteprima del brano era stata resa disponibile sul sito ufficiale dell'etichetta Universal Music Latino.

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Sabato 18 luglio 2009 è stata resa disponibile un'anteprima del video nel quale si vede Nelly Furtado in panni militari, che cammina per strada e si siede alla guida di una jeep, lanciandosi alle spalle volta per volta un oggetto personale che appartiene al fidanzato, come segno di sconfitta e rinuncia alla loro storia insieme fatta di litigi, tant'è che si ritrovano a discutere durante una terapia di coppia. Alla fine Nelly sembra tornare sui suoi passi fermando la jeep, scendendo e raggiungendo la casa del suo amato, dimostrando di rinunciare a tutto per il suo amore.

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King Koil Expands Arizona Plant
A drone shot this image of King Koil's enlarged plant in Arizona.
Manufacturer King Koil has added 40,000 square feet to its plant at its headquarters in Avondale, Arizona. The company also has hired 20 additional workers, bringing the site to 130,000 square feet and employment to 90.
"Our retailers are experiencing a surge in demand from consumers who have more disposable income to spend on upgrading their homes and who are also placing more emphasis on innovation and luxury, two key areas of the market where we have focused our efforts the past few years," said David Binke, chief executive officer. "As we continue to place SmartLife, as well as our other very popular product lines, with our retail partners across the country and consumer demand continues to rise, this expansion allows us to become an even more important — and reliable — partner for our retail customers."
The plant ships to 26 states, mostly west of the Mississippi.
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Rina Erlina Berliana is my formal name, but professionally, I'm known as Lia Marpaung. I love being in nature and island living. I am especially fond of Papua, its nature, and its people. I grew up in urban, district, and rural settings, giving me a breadth of experience and perspective in the diversity of local, national, and international contexts.
I've worked on economic and social development issues in challenging development settings in Indonesia for more than two decades. This includes working with the United Nations and the Australian Government aid programs under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) for Indonesia. My most recent appointment prior to joining AAI was with the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Justice Program where I led the first national strategy on preventing child marriage, access to justice regulations for people with disability, organized policy dialogue among government, CSOs and DPOs in addressing concerns for people with psychosocial disability, and in driving collaboration of CSOs, government officials, parliamentarians, in passing the seminal sexual violence law.
I hold a Master of Economics and Public Policy from the University of Indonesia and a Master of Social Policy from the University of Melbourne, Australia, which I completed through the Australia Awards. My first degree was a bachelor's degree in business administration which I obtained as I concurrently embarked on working in the private sector and in development works. I value all learning, whether it be in classrooms, workspaces, or through interaction with people.
My role at Tetra Tech is as Gender, Disability, and Social Inclusion (GEDSI) Adviser for the Australia Awards in Indonesia (AAI). I began this role in June 2022, it allows me to open equal opportunities for people, including women from disadvantaged backgrounds, people with disability, and those living in disadvantaged districts, to have access to higher education. GEDSI is my passion and I love that I can share my knowledge and skills with the program while working with and learning from the many experts at Tetra Tech. GEDSI is still nascent in Indonesia's development and I believe it is essential to ensure equality, diversity and inclusion for all.
Tetra Tech's purpose is thriving people, communities, planet. In your role, how do you create a positive impact?
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All About Ann Arbor
Sarah M. Parlette
Published: October 1, 2019, 5:44 pm
Tags: Events, All About Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County
Seven events at the Ann Arbor District Library to spice up your October
Spooky spots, author events, more at AADL in October
A look inside the Pittsfield branch of the Ann Arbor District Library. Phot | Sarah M. Parlette
ANN ARBOR, Mich. – This month the Ann Arbor District Library is offering some "spooktacular" programming and fun community finds.
Along with its monthlong Halloween costume drop and a costume swap on Oct. 26, here are seven AADL events to make your October a bit more fun or spooky.
Read-In with Debbie Dingell: 'Señorita Mariposa'
Oct. 3 -- 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Downtown branch: Youth story corner
Join U.S. Rep Debbie Dingell for preschool storytime. Dingell will be reading "Señorita Mariposa," a story about monarch butterfly migration written by Mister G.
Author Event | Garth Nix: 'Angel Mage'
Oct. 7 -- 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Downtown branch: Lobby
Award-winning author Garth Nix will be in Ann Arbor to discuss his latest novel, "Angel Mage." A fantasy novel about angels, magic, and kinship, "Angel Mage" takes readers on deep into a fantasy world. Nix will be available to sign copies of the book, which will also be for sale at the event.
Author Event | Jon Milan & Gail Offen: 'Michigan Haunts: Public Places, Eerie Spaces'
Oct. 14 -- 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Join authors Jon Miland and Gail Offen as they talk about their book "Michigan Hunts: Public Places, Eerie Spaces." Highlighting spooky spaces throughout Michigan, the book takes readers on a tour of paranormal places and spooky spots on both of Michigan's peninsulas. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the event.
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Order Up!: The Henry Ford's Lamy's Diner with Curator Donna Braden
Oct. 20 -- 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Malletts Creek Branch: Program room
In partnership with Culinary Historians of Ann Arbor, join Donna Braden, Senior curator and curator of public life at The Henry Ford Museum, to learn about Lamy's Diner, which sits right in the middle of the museum. Braden will discuss how the museum has turned Lamy's Diner into an experience at the museum, not just an installation.
2019 Halloween Costume Contest
Oct. 27 -- 12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Wear your best Halloween costume to the AADL costume contest. Participants need to be seen by the judges between 12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m. and the award ceremony will begin at 2:30 p.m. Target gift cards will be awarded for best kids costume, best teen costume, best adult costume and best family costume.
Medals will be given out to costume wearers in numerous categories. The AADL will have a photo booth, crafts and snacks.
Bob Ross Birthday Paint-Along
Downtown branch: Lobby, multipurpose room, Secret Lab
Do we really need to say more? Celebrate the birthday of Bob Ross with a festive paint-along. This even this BYOPS -- bring your own painting smock.
Oct. 31 -- 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m. to noon
Little ghouls and goblins are welcome to join AADL staff at a puppet show, storytelling and eat some trick-or-treats at two separate times.
Afterward, families can join a Halloween Treat Parade on Main Street.
Library lovers take note - The Pittsfield branch is closed for six to eight weeks for updates and renovations.
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Bizarre coastal cliffs, charming sandy bays, beautiful chestnut and pine forests, sparkling clean brooks, magical mountain lakes, summit destinations at over 2,700 metres high, as well as predominantly unspoilt nature – what other holiday destination in Europe can boast a similar offer? There is hardly another place where a walking and bathing holiday can be combined in such an ideal way as on this Mediterranean island.
Among hikers and mountain climbers, Corsica is no longer a secret. The long-distance alpine hiking trail 'GR 20' is especially popular, and a few tours in this guide follow portions of that route. The undisputed highlight, however, are the towering peaks of the two-thousand metre mountains Monte Cinto, Monte Rotondo, Paglia Orba and Monte d'Oro, which place the breathtaking, small world of the 'Mountain Range in the Sea' at the feet of hikers. But also nature lovers with less than alpine interests, and even die-hard Corsica fans will love this walking guide. Because, in addition to the main tourist routes, the author presents a number of less known walking options, from a beach walk to an adventurous cascade tour, to an easy panoramic summit.
Most of these tours can be undertaken by families with children and elderly persons without difficulty. Lots of tips and information round out this well-executed walking guide and make it a must when travelling in the unique mountain landscape of Corsica.


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Selects the secondary LFO modulation source. The choices are: [SINE], TRIANGLE [TRIANG], [PEAK], [RANDOM], [SQUARE], [RAMP], Sample and Hold [SMPHLD], Envelop [ENVLOP], or [ADSR]. In addition, the Expression Pedal [EXPPDL] can be chosen as a source. When [EXPPDL] is chosen, the current preset's pedal mapping is ignored.
At 0 the output level is unaffected. Increase the output level of the effect by up to 20 dB or lower by 30 dB.
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The Saturday Evening Post mourns the loss of owner Dr. Beurt R. SerVaas
Credited with rescuing the Post in 1970, Dr. SerVaas passed away on February 2, 2014 at the age of 94.
Beurt SerVaas in the early 1920s.
After a lifetime of public service , Dr. Beurt R. SerVaas was called to "final duty" on February 2, 2014. Son of Beurt Hans and Lela Etta (nee Neff) SerVaas, Dr. SerVaas was born in Indianapolis on May 7, 1919.
A 1937 graduate of Shortridge High School, Dr. SerVaas was named to the high honor roll for all four years. At 15, he achieved the rank of Eagle Scout. Sixty years later the national Scouting organization honored him as a Distinguished Eagle Scout. He continued to serve scouting and was named one of Indiana's most distinguished scouts of the past 100 years. He obtained an amateur radio license from the Federal Communications Commission, also at 15, and to generations of amateur radio operators thereafter he was known as W9WVO.
Although awarded a scholarship to Indiana University, SerVaas lacked funds to live on the Bloomington campus, so he took a janitorial job at the Indianapolis IU Extension Division while carrying a full load of science classes. He needed to learn Spanish to qualify for jobs in Argentina, so SerVaas, with a $35 loan from his Grandfather Neff, hitchhiked to Mexico City and enrolled at the University of Mexico.
SerVaas (center) served in the China theatre in World War II as a commanding naval officer.
When war broke out in Europe in 1939, SerVaas returned home to study at IU, graduating in May 1941 with a degree in chemistry, history, and Spanish. He accepted a position at Shortridge High School where he taught chemistry and Spanish, and commuted to Purdue University as a DuPont scholar to complete post-graduate work in chemistry.
Recruited by the newly formed Office of Strategic Services (OSS, now known as the CIA), SerVaas served in the China theatre in World War II as a naval officer commanding a group of 15 men. The group flew from a small airbase in India and jumped into the outback of southwestern China with only a rucksack filled with survival gear, weapons, and a radio transceiver–the only link to the American command. Their mission was to disrupt Japanese river supply lines, train Chinese troops, and work with a newly formed OSS group to establish intelligence resources essential in preparing for the invasion of the Japanese mainland.
As the war in China ebbed, SerVaas was assigned a potential suicide mission still legendary in the intelligence community. The American command in China sent SerVaas, alone and armed only with cyanide suicide pills, to the heavily fortified Japanese garrison on Formosa (Taiwan) with a surrender demand. Successful in the mission, SerVaas received a battlefield commission to Navy Lieutenant, the Bronze Star, and was invited to return to Taiwan with Chinese and American officials to witness the Japanese surrender ceremony.
Ten years after the war, SerVaas was invited back to Taiwan to receive the Chiang Kai-shek Medal of Honor. Later, Taipei city officials, urged by SerVaas, formed a sister city alliance with Indianapolis, a partnership still working for the economic and cultural benefit of both populations.
Using $5,600 he saved during his long war years, SerVaas bought a four-person electroplating company on the eastside of Indianapolis. A fan of a particularly effective cleanser/polish he used on his plated metals, SerVaas then purchased Bar Keepers Friend from the Gisler family in the late 1950s.
Once established as an entrepreneur, SerVaas, known as the "business doctor," continued to purchase and aid in the recovery of plants that manufactured school buses, truck engines, food machinery, chemicals, auto parts, pharmaceuticals, and magazines. His initiation into heavy manufacturing came when he took North Vernon Forge out of bankruptcy, and eventually acquired additional plants in Michigan, east Chicago, and Ohio.
Former President Ronald Reagan (left) poses with a copy of The Saturday Evening Post with his portrait on the cover and a Post delivery bag. Dr. SerVaas (center), and Dr. Corey SerVaas (right) look on.
SerVaas bought control of Bridgeport Brass from absentee owners and saved more than 1,000 jobs for Indianapolis. Later, at the urging of Mayor Bill Hudnut, he "rescued" historic downtown Uniroyal Rubber Company, saving another 600 jobs. SerVaas also purchased struggling Franklin Power in Franklin, Indiana. With the purchase of the then-bankrupt Curtis Publishing Company, SerVaas brought the famed magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, to Indianapolis from Philadelphia.
His business interests were international in scope with operations in Canada, Mexico, South Africa, Italy, Poland and the UK. In Poland, he built the first color TV manufacturing plant in Eastern Europe, prior to the fall of the Iron Curtain.
With a doctorate in Medical Science, SerVaas served as chairman of the Governor's Indiana State Commission on Medical Education. The group brought together forces for the implementation of SerVaas's plan for medical school reorganization, which passed the Indiana General Assembly without one dissenting vote.
Dr. SerVaas served as chairman of the Governor's Indiana State Commission on Medical Education, chairman of the original State Commission for Higher Education where he helped plan for the development of IUPUI, and served on the Indiana State Board of Health's board of directors.
SerVaas later became chairman of the original State Commission for Higher Education where, with the partnership of IU President John Ryan, he helped plan for the development of IUPUI. He also served on the Indiana State Board of Health's board of directors.
Always a proponent for healthy lifestyles, Dr. SerVaas was one of the founders of the National Institute for Fitness and Sport (NIFS). As its early chairman of the board, he helped raise $12 million from the city, state, and the Lilly Endowment for the institute's creation bordering White River State Park.
After Dr. SerVaas lost a kidney in surgery, he searched for a better way to relieve such suffering. He found a German instrument which shatters kidney stones with sound waves, allowing out-patient operations at a very reasonable cost and under local anesthetic. Naming the instrument a Lithotripter, SerVaas helped fund the cost of bringing it to Methodist Hospital where, still today, it relieves kidney stone suffering with its innovative technology.
Dr. SerVaas often told how his native city was nicknamed "India-noplace" or "Naptown." During the 11 years of the Depression, no new buildings were erected; banks failed, and the city was gray, dirty, and somewhat desolate. After his return from the war, he was discouraged to see that not much had improved. He entered public service to help bring about a vision of change. In 1962, SerVaas was elected to the Marion County Council where he served as a member for four years, vice president for five years, and president of the subsequent City-County Council for 32 years. Remarkably, in all 41 years of leadership, he never missed a council meeting in spite of travel to his many worldwide business interests.
SerVaas loved problem solving, and the city he served offered innumerable opportunities for his efforts, always within the framework of study and research. First among the governing challenges he faced was increasing the city tax base to help rebuild the dreary downtown. He conceived the model of Uni-Gov, a county-wide restructuring which was enacted–under the leadership of Mayor Richard Lugar– by the General Assembly in 1967. The visionary form of government helped propel Indianapolis to national recognition as a clean, safe, exciting, and prosperous place to live and work.
His support for the Indy Greenways was instrumental in the eventual development of a county-wide system. He took an avid interest in neighborhood organizations and helped fund improvements at Holliday Park and the purchase of the Juan Solomon Park addition. He believed in and supported comprehensive land-use planning, initiated the upgrade of Monument Circle, and played a major role in bringing the Colts to Indianapolis.
Beurt married wife Corey Synhorst on February 4, 1950.
Decorated World War II China theatre combat officer; family patriarch; business, political, and civic leader; advocate for healthy living; advisor, mentor, and friend of national and international leaders, Dr. Beurt R. SerVaas received many citations and honors. Recipient of honorary degrees from four institutions of higher learning; induction into the Central Indiana Business, IU Alumni and Indianapolis Public Schools Halls of Fame; named Sagamore of the Wabash by four Indiana governors; and having the City-County Building's auditorium designated as the Dr. Beurt R. SerVaas Public Assembly Room are some of the recognitions he was awarded. He was especially pleased to receive the Horatio Alger National Award in Detroit in 1980–the honor recognizes community leaders who demonstrate remarkable achievements through honesty, hard work, self-reliance, and perseverance over adversity.
Dr. Beurt R. SerVaas was predeceased by his parents and brother William. Surviving are sister Lela Williams; wife Cory Synhorst SerVaas; children Eric (Marcia), Joan (Larry Roan), Paul (Marsha), Kristin (William Loomis), Amy (Jeff Riesmeyer); special assistant and great nephew Hans; 22 grandchildren, and two great-granddaughters.
The funeral service is at 3p.m. Saturday, February 8, 2014 at Second Presbyterian Church, 7700 N. Meridian Street, Meridian Hills, IN 46260 with calling there from 1p.m. until service time. Burial follows immediately at Washington Park North located at 2706 Kessler Blvd. West Drive, Indianapolis, IN 46228. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made in Dr. SerVaas's honor to the Scottish Rite Cathedral Foundation, Boy Scouts of America, Indianapolis Humane Society, or National Institute for Fitness and Sport.
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Bob McGowan, jr. says:
I was saddend to learn of Beurt SerVass's passing while l was visiting the website today. First of all, I send my condolences to his entire family, including his Saturday Evening Post family, of course.
This article by the POST editors is incredible, and such a wonderful tribute to a man that throughout his life was SO astonishing on so many levels as a force of GOOD, literally making America and the WORLD a better place for his having been here since 1919.
Here though, I'll concentrate on the POST. I don't know if I believe in reincarnation or not, as I don't fully understand it (even after reading a couple of Shirley MacLaine's books), but I really believe Dr. SerVaas is about the closest man to being a reincarnation of Benjamin Franklin; being the right man, at the right time to rescue the magazine Franklin founded, in addition to saving the Franklin Power company. THAT's no coincidence! I truly believe Ben Franklin (my favorite Founding Father) was a guiding force to Beurt SerVaas in the '60s as he was to Cyrus Curtis in the 1890's with both decades having necessary reinvention intervention in common for the future.
I'm pleased he lived long enough to see the metamorphosis of the POST the past few years culminating with the first issue of 2013, with none other than Shirley MacLaine on the cover to kick things off. He had to been thrilled with Joan SerVaas and her talented team in reinventing America's magazine for a new, very complicated era. Joan's care and love for the POST come across strongly in the wonderful video from 2012 in addition to future plans.
I see that by a quirk of the calendar, Dr. SerVass's funeral will be on Saturday, February 8th, the exact same day and date (temporarily) of the last issue of the old POST. Just a coincidence? I don't think so.
I lost my Mother to Parkinson's recently (Dec. 20th) at 85, so I'm still in a grieving process myself. To end my comments on a happier note, my "Beatles" issue of the POST arrived on Dec. 31st, just hours before a New Year's Eve party with friends a couple of miles away, and I brought it with me. The reaction to the magazine was 100% positive.
Most people (not surprisingly) thought it had been gone for decades, were "surprised" to see it standard size etc. They loved the very extensive coverage on the Beatles, but never see it at the newsstands.
Basically I kept the answers simple by stating it was only "gone" for 2 years around 1970 and has basically been a bimonthly ever since in the standard size all the larger magazines converted to a long time ago.
Just yesterday I took the Beatles issue with me into a beautiful Von's grocery store and showed the manager, asked if she could order it for her store. She loved it too and said she'd do her best. There's corporate politics with magazines she hates, but will do her best.
So I'm keeping an extra copy with me in the car to show managers at nice upscale stores out here like Gelson's, Trader Joes, Whole Foods. I have business in Century City near Bev Hills on Sunday and will take it into the ONLY grocery store around there, Pavillion's Place. In a couple of weeks I'll be in Pacific Palisades and see what I can do there. So in my own limited ways I'm trying to get it back in the public eye. Perserverance over adversity!


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