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Can Conservatives Change How They Talk about Immigrants?
If they're going to do so, they'll have to fight against their own inclinations.
For many years, it's been obvious conservatives do a better job of manipulating language than liberals, not only because they seem good at coming up with new terms to describe things, but more importantly because once they decide on a new term, they very quickly get everyone on their side to use it. One of the classic examples is how they took the "estate tax," with its evocation of a white-haired gentleman named something like Winthrop Flipperbottom III sipping brandy from a gigantic snifter while petting his afghan hound as he looks over the vast gardens of his estate, and renamed it the "death tax," which evokes a cruel IRS agent bursting in on your family mourning the death of your beloved uncle and making off with his lovingly amassed collection of vintage baseball cards. You will never, ever hear a conservative call the tax anything but the "death tax," because they all understand the utility of language. How much these kind of linguistic efforts really affect the outcome of policy conflicts is debateable, and the left certainly tries to do the same thing, but few people would argue that over the past 20 or 30 years the right hasn't been far better at it. It doesn't happen by accident-there are people who come up with the new words and phrases, people who test them in surveys and focus groups, people who work to spread them, and then all the people who reinforce them with frequent use. It's a system, and it works very well.
All of which makes it so odd that it has taken until now for conservatives to realize that they have a real language problem, and what they really need is a little of the political correctness they've so despised in the past. As Garance Franke-Ruta of The Atlantic explains, not only are Republicans telling each other to shut up about the whole "legitimate rape" thing, but some of them are urging a change in how they talk about immigration. The Nevada Republican Party released a statement saying, "We support a pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants," and the language use is more remarkable than the position they take. "Undocumented immigrants" is what Latino activists and immigration advocates call them, not what Republicans call them. The Hispanic Leadership Network, a conservative group, distributed a memo telling Republicans, "When talking about immigrants: Do use 'undocumented immigrant' when referring to those here without documentation; Don't use the word 'illegals' or 'aliens'; Don't use the term 'anchor baby'."
This is hardly the first such memo that conservatives around Washington have found in their inboxes; the most notorious was "Language: A Key Mechanism of Control," in which GOPAC, an organization founded by Newt Gingrich that used to give Republican candidates tapes of Gingrich lecturing them that they could listen to in their cars, advised those candidates to use words like "opportunity," "vision," and "empowerment" to describe themselves and their ideas, and words like "decay," "sick," "pathetic," and "traitors" to describe Democrats. But the difference here is that instead of being advised to take their existing beliefs and describe them more effectively, Republicans are being told to suppress their natural inclinations.
And it won't be easy to get everyone on the right on board. Tune in to the places conservatives get their news, and those "don'ts" from the HLN memo are pretty much the only words you'll hear used. If somebody came on Sean Hannity or Rush Limbaugh's show and referred to "undocumented immigrants" he'd be mocked. Those programs have spent years describing undocumented immigrants as murderous, government benefit-sucking job-stealers, and it would be quite something if they suddenly started talking about them respectfully. A regular feature on the programs of people like Lou Dobbs and Bill O'Reilly is the story of a crime committed by an undocumented person somewhere, presented as though it were representative of some larger trend that threatens us all. ("Yesterday in Miami, an illegal alien got drunk, got into a car, and smashed into this young mother, killing her. Another life stolen by America's broken borders.")
But Republicans may be waking up to the fact that their Latino problem about both the policies they advocate, and the way they talk about Latinos and immigrants. The message of hostility they've been sending is heard loud and clear when people are described as "illegals," as though the entirety of their existence is nothing but a state of lawlessness, or "illegal aliens," as though they come from another planet. You can say you've changed your position and you're open to a new policy on immigration, but if that's wrapped in the same language you've been using, your sincerity is always going to be in doubt. Conservatives know better than anyone that in politics, words matter. But I'll be pretty surprised if a year from now they're all saying "undocumented immigrants."
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Janusz Kulig (19 October 1969 in Łapanów near Kraków – 13 February 2004 in Rzezawa near Bochnia, Poland) was a Polish rally driver. He started his career behind the wheel of a Polski Fiat 126p and during his early years in rally he also drove a Toyota Corolla, an Opel Kadett, and a Renault Clio. He became one of the top drivers while driving Renault Mégane Maxi. In this car he also won his first Polish Rally Championship title in 1997. After 2 seasons with Renault, he signed a contract with Marlboro Mobil 1 team. He changed his car to a Ford Escort WRC and in following years to a Ford Focus WRC. Those years were most successful for Kulig. He won another 2 Polish Championship titles and became well known in European and World rally. Kulig spent the 2002 and 2003 seasons competing in the European Rally Championship (2nd place in 2002) and occasional WRC events. In 2002 Janusz Kulig won the Rally du Valais. His biggest success in WRC was 1st place in PCWRC in Sweden 2003 but after the rally he was stripped of his glory by FIA due to illegal modifications in his Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VII (the flywheel had different streak than the one approved by FIA). For the 2004 Polish Championship Season he signed a contract to drive Fiat Punto S1600.

Kulig died in an accident after his car (Fiat Stilo) collided with a train on a level crossing. The crossing barriers were not lowered. He was survived by his wife and two daughters.

Statistics
 1997 – Polish Rally Championship title
 1998 – Runner-up for Polish Rally Championship title, FIA Central European Rally championship title
 1999 – Runner-up for Polish Rally Championship title, FIA Central European Rally championship title
 2000 – Polish Rally Championship title
 2001 – Polish Rally Championship title, Slovak Rally Championship title, FIA Northern European Rally Championship title
 2002 – Runner-up for FIA European Rally Championship title

External links
 http://www.januszkulig.pl/
 http://www.toprally.pl/kulig_biografia.php
 https://web.archive.org/web/20050531082909/http://www.rallyplanet.com/?pid=18278

1969 births
2004 deaths
Polish rally drivers
People from Bochnia County
Sportspeople from Lesser Poland Voivodeship
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Railway accident deaths in Poland

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CORONATION Street viewers are convinced Becky McDonald is about to make a comeback to the cobbles.
The former barmaid - who is played by actress Katherine Kelly in the ITV soap - left Weatherfield in 2012 after a bitter war with Tracy Barlow, and hasn't been seen since despite her sister Kylie being murdered by Clayton Hibbs.
But tonight Clayton's mother Shona was warned that Becky would return for revenge if she continued trying to get Clayton moved to an open prison.
Leanne Battersby told her: "It won't just be the Platts who kick off. Kylie's sister Becky, have you met her?
"She'll definitely have something to say about it. I know she's in Barbados but you wouldn't want to cross her."
Viewers are convinced it's a sign Becky is set to return to the cobbles to deal with Clayton, who will soon stage a daring escape from prison.
One wrote: "Becky needs to come back asap!!! #corrie"
Another added: "when's becky coming back then cos i miss her @itvcorrie #corrie"
Kylie was knifed to death in 2016 by Clayton as she tried to protect Gemma Winter from being robbed in the kebab shop.
She died in husband David's arms on the cobbles in front of the Rovers.
However he later found love with Shona, neither realising who the other were and after they both discovered the others secrets, they finally began to move forward.
But Clayton recently reappeared after his dad Dane died in a bedsit, and told Shona he needed her to get him out of the prison he was in or he would be murdered.
When Shona discovered that wasn't possible, Clayton told her the only option would be for her to do what Dane was doing and supply drugs to the prison to keep him alive.


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The response from the group was unanimously positive. A lot of ground was covered and a lot digested and learnt. The trainers technique is to entertain as he teaches and when done well there is surely no better way of getting the message not just across but remembered.
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Hopes are high for the OPEC meeting on 30 November. A programme of cuts to supply that was initiated by OPEC and some non-OPEC members (we'll refer to the two collectively as 'OPEC/NOPEC') last year has seen the oil price steadily rise from its lows to just short of $60 a barrel at the moment. The presumption from investors is that those cuts to production will be extended for a further nine months into next year. Data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) shows that bullish speculative positions on the future price of crude oil are at all-time highs.
Investors are getting ahead of themselves. OPEC will surely extend the programme of cuts – it's hard to imagine they'd let markets get this far ahead of themselves without any basis – but there's plenty to suggest that the cuts won't be extended by the full nine months.
The OPEC/NOPEC alliance isn't as tight as it was. Tensions in the middle east have increased since the agreement was made. This is making dialogue ahead of the meeting amongst the various countries more challenging and harming the chances of them coalescing on a common position.
Even if there is decent cohesion amongst OPEC/NOPEC, the group is likely to see risks in extending the cuts for nine months. Supply disruptions are at historically low levels of around 1.5 million barrels per day at the moment and that's unlikely to continue. Venezuela is at risk from a lack of capital for maintenance and additional development. While Nigeria is due to see an end of a truce with the Nigel Delta Avengers, a militant group that has previously attacked installations and pipelines.
If supply disruptions increase then this will push prices up to a level which will see suppliers outside of the OPEC/NOPEC deal return to the market, regardless of any extension. OPEC/NOPEC ultimately doesn't want prices much higher than where they are currently partly for this reason.
Russia has grown weary of supply restrictions. This is borne out by their actions as they continue to develop new extraction sites and pipelines to increase export capacity. This will see them actually raise production as they look to increase tax revenues for the government. Russian companies have been very vocal about their concerns that the rebound in the oil price has seen US producers come back to the market and take market share. These are not the actions of a country looking to restrict supply.
Developments in China are making the market appear fundamentally better than it is. Imports of crude oil in September were amongst the highest on record. Some of this was down to large purchases into government storage facilities but these do not represent a sign of sustainable demand. It's simply shifting the storage of global oil supplies from one place to another. Meanwhile, the addition of two large refiners that will likely increase Chinese demand by 600,000 barrels per day. But much of this will be exported so the refineries do not represent some significant uptick in domestic Chinese demand.
An extension of the OPEC/NOPEC agreement is more than likely. OPEC has increasingly borrowed the concept of forward guidance from central banks to guide markets as to its thinking. They would not have let the belief in an extension linger this long if it wasn't likely. But it's more likely that they get extended to some point in the second quarter of next year. Global oil markets are a tapestries of competing pressures with myriad interwoven domestic and international sensitivities and politics. Investors should remember that as their enthusiasm builds towards the OPEC meeting.
Oil: Should Investors Bet on OPEC Agreement?


In time for the start of the summer timetable season, Lufthansa launched a new service from Munich to Osaka on March 31.
Helsinki Airport's new extension, Aukio, opened on February 08 and boasts architecture, design and atmosphere, providing air passengers with a refreshing moment of rest and relaxation before their next flight.
With the best of wishes and a series of activations, Athens International Airport is welcomed Chinese visitors during the festive period February 05 - 20) of the Chinese New Year.
Hermes Airports has been accredited with the Platinum Investors in People standard, demonstrating its commitment to its people.
Poland's flag carrier, LOT, will fly directly from Warsaw to London City up to twice a day.


Makena Spencer (12), Shane Lockett (12), and Samantha Olmos (12) receive a scholarship at Senior Awards. Photo by Elizabeth Day.
After four years of hard work, San Clemente High School seniors were recognized for their high school accomplishments at the 2018 Senior Awards ceremony. Like the Achievement Awards ceremony in April, Senior Awards recognize student excellence in academic and personal endeavors, but with greater focus on achievement over the past four years. On Tuesday evening, about 250 senior Tritons entered the decked-out main gym for the prestigious event. Proud family members filled the stands, cheering on their soon-to-be graduates with misty eyes. A bittersweet sense of nostalgia and excitement for graduation tugged at seniors' hearts.
The annual Senior Awards event showcased student accomplishments of both academic and personal achievement. On this night, students with an cumulative weighted GPA of 4.0 or above were recognized as valedictorian, qualifying them to wear a white robe on graduation day. Senior Marissa Buenrostro exclaimed, "I've been looking forward to the white robe for four years!" Students with a 3.5 GPA or above ranked for academic distinction. Students who have qualified for California Scholarship Federation for four semesters were recognized as CSF Gold Seal Bearers, earning them a gold stole to wear on the day of graduation. Members of the SCHS chapter of National Honor Society were distinguished with a blue stole, while students graduating from AVID received a red stole. ASB seniors and K-12 Two-Way Immersion graduates received red cords respectively. Seniors who have earned a Seal of Biliteracy in a foreign language were recognized as well with a medal. Other distinctions included Perfect Attendance, Athlete of the Year, and National Merit Scholarships.
Senior Marley Macarewich recognized as 2018 Scholar of Scholars. Photo by Elizabeth Day.
While most seniors graduate in black robes, valedictorians graduate in white, IB Diploma candidates in red, and the Scholar of Scholars in gold. SCHS seniors aren't just limited to a cap and gown; paraphernalia from the senior awards ceremony is adorned on the day of graduation on top of the robe, in addition to leis and other personal accessories. Stoles given at Senior Awards help to distinguish individuals who have excelled in their high school careers.
Triton of the Year Finalists: Marley Macarewich (12), Zoe Day (12), Erika Hunting (12), and Grace Krantz (12). Photo by Lily Maranto.
Medals, stoles, scholarships, oh my! Congratulations to an impressive graduating class of Tritons! We're excited to see the Class of 2018 as they continue to excel beyond high school.
great article! It makes me so excited to graduate this year!


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From the September/October 2019 issue of Discern Magazine
Why the Decline of Christianity?
by Clyde Kilough
Why are so many Christians losing their faith? Is Christianity irrelevant to people in the 21st century? Or is it actually modern Christianity that is irrelevant to God?
The evidence is weighty and undeniable—Christianity in the West is crumbling. Its authority and influence is fading; its adherents are disengaging.
The erosion started slowly, but has picked up steam. A quick Internet search on "decline of Christianity" brings up such headlines as:
Christianity is dying in the United Kingdom.
Losing faith: why Italians are spurning the Church.
Australian census shows dramatic decline for Christianity, sharp rise of the "nonreligious."
Christianity is a dying religion for Millennials in Europe.
The rise and fall of Christian Canada.
The terminal decline of Christianity in New Zealand.
U.S. church membership down sharply in past two decades.
While its numbers are growing in Latin America and Africa, Christianity in its historical power bases is in undeniable decline. Fewer people are claiming it, and even fewer of those who claim it actually practice it seriously.
Traditional Christianity is becoming irrelevant. I'm a Christian, and I couldn't be happier.
Or sadder.
The happy/sad conundrum
Happier? Because the silent voice of the masses walking away may finally grab the attention of those who have been ignoring the few voices crying out, "Something's wrong!" Maybe the "church is irrelevant" message will be the "hello, it's not working!" wake-up call we desperately need to hear.
At the heart and core of Christ's teaching is the need for change—deep, personal, relevant, transformation into a better person and society—and the path to it.
So, connect the dots: The turning away from Christianity is telling us that what its proponents are offering is not motivating people, not producing relevant change, not satisfactorily explaining life's biggest questions.
I'm happy it's not working, because it's only in seeing the reasons for Christianity's problems that we are going to see the solutions and the need for the reemergence of what God originally intended Christianity to be.
But it's also sadly tragic, because the "tossing out the baby with the bathwater" syndrome means many, while tossing out the bathwater of religion, assume the relevance of God should go with it.
And what takes religion's place? The popular mantra "I'm spiritual, just not religious" is leading many to opt for creating their own belief systems. So they are going to the cafeteria of religious ideology and saying, "I'll have some of this, a little of that." In other words, they're becoming their own god, creating their own religious universe.
Time will prove that approach to be like drawing water from an empty well.
So, while studies are pretty consistent in describing the changing landscape of Christianity, what is inconsistent are the analyses of why.
At the risk of stepping on a lot of religious toes, what follows are three simple but scripturally based answers to the question of why the decline of Christianity.
1. Irrelevancy has become Christian
Christianity immediately started becoming irrelevant when irrelevancy started becoming Christian.
What does that mean? First, a little biblical history: We humans have always had trouble doing even the simple things God asks of us. The Old Testament story of Israel and Judah reveals repeated cycles of their following God for a while but inevitably being drawn away. Often they were tempted to integrate their neighbors' religious practices or to substitute their own ideas of righteousness.
We've been doing the same ever since. Christianity came on the scene, but from its inception, people quickly started altering nearly everything about it.
For humans to try to "improve" on God is not only arrogant and presumptuous, it also renders our religions irrelevant. The legitimacy of Christianity is totally dependent on whether its creator—Jesus the Christ, who was God on earth—is involved and active in it.
If He isn't, it's irrelevant.
Wouldn't it seem logical that whatever Jesus and His apostles did, we should do; what they said, we should say? Wouldn't it seem logical that whatever Jesus and His apostles did, we should do; what they said, we should say? When churches desperately try to reinvent themselves to appeal to what people want, as so many are doing today, they abandon what's relevant to God. True Christianity is about changing to find our relevance in God—not God finding His relevance in us.
And if Christianity isn't changing people, it isn't relevant.
Jesus' own words remain a devastating indictment of Christianity today: "Not everyone who says to Me, 'Lord, Lord,' shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven," He said. "Many will say to Me in that day, 'Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?' And then I will declare to them, 'I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!'" (Matthew 7:21-23).
He wasn't talking about Islam, Buddhism, Judaism or any other religion. He was targeting those who claim to represent Him—modern Christianity. He's pretty clear: Slapping the "Christian" label on yourself doesn't necessarily make you so.
If God says something is irrelevant—meaningless to Him—then all the popular customs, Bible-quoting and righteous talk of humans cannot somehow override that. And what's more, sooner or later, human religious inventions will fail to satisfactorily explain the spiritual questions for which we seek answers.
Human explanations cannot satisfy spiritual voids, and people will eventually start looking elsewhere for relevancy. As they are today.
2. Most people eventually stop eating bad fruit
They may move on to other bad fruit, but move on, they will.
Jesus had a lot to say about fruit when He came on the scene some 2,000 years ago. The mainstream religious institutions and teachers of the day smugly assumed they were leading people to God, but to Jesus they had long ago become irrelevant.
"By their fruits you will know them," He said, and He was unsparing and withering in His assessments. Jesus' harshest words were not aimed at the pagan Romans, but at the religious leaders claiming to follow God! Their carefully crafted religious practices made them appear pious, but He cut through their facade, calling them hypocrites, "whitewashed tombs" that are beautiful on the outside but inside are full of dead men's bones (Matthew 23:27).
They marketed their religion well, but their spiritual lives were reprehensible!
What would Jesus say if He was observing the fruit stand of Christianity today? A big reason people cite for walking away is the bad fruit of its leaders—abuse of people and power, scandals and immorality, cover-ups, confusion and opposition over moral and social issues, hypocrisy, greed and opulence, doctrinal disunity, embarrassing extremists.
Bad fruit doesn't just bring shame and embarrassment on churches. It makes Christianity appear irrelevant as a genuine, life-changing entity.
3. A counterfeit works only if it's fooling people
Once everyone knows counterfeit money is fake, it's irrelevant. But until then, a lot of people can be cheated.
The same is true with counterfeit Christianity. Here are Jesus' own words of warning: "Many will come in My name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and will deceive many" (Matthew 24:5).
He established Christianity with two strong assertions: It would never die, He promised, but it would be corrupted. It didn't take long for the "many" deceivers to come.
Within just a few years, they began creeping into the Church, and in a matter of only decades, "Christianity" began to morph into something resembling little of His original church. It wasn't long before the counterfeiters overwhelmed—both in numbers and popularity—the remaining "little flock." Their primary tools of deceit—false doctrines—are now the unquestioned norm.
But Jesus' words then are just as true today: "You have made the commandment of God of no effect by your tradition. Hypocrites! Well did Isaiah prophesy about you, saying: 'These people draw near to Me with their mouth, and honor Me with their lips, but their heart is far from Me. And in vain they worship Me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men'" (Matthew 15:6-9).
That didn't slow anything down, though. A history of the first few centuries of Christianity reveals a magnitude and pace of doctrinal change that was staggering.
Regardless, Christianity's real credibility is based on the truth of God, not ideas of man. The Bible's testimony is that man's ideas and ways have never ceased to fail. So if Christianity is failing today, a core reason is that so much of what masquerades as Christianity is man's way, not God's.
The foundation on which Christianity stands is the truth taught by Christ and the apostles as faithfully recorded in the New Testament. The foundation on which Christianity stands is the truth taught by Christ and the apostles as faithfully recorded in the New Testament. Humans cannot change the essence of something God created and expect success. False teachings may create an attractive building that looks great, but it sits on a foundation of sand and cannot stand the test of time.
God will not be mocked, and He will not tolerate lies. Truth will eventually expose the many distortions about God and life that false doctrines have foisted off on people.
It's time for hard questions
If Christians are alarmed by their faith's waning influence, it's time for a long look in the mirror. It's time for religious leaders to ask, Why haven't we learned that we can't take the Church Christ founded and turn it into whatever we want? If our spiritual forefathers took what Jesus taught and turned what was relevant to God into what was relevant to people, do we have the courage to admit it and turn it around?
It's time to ask, If Jesus didn't endorse the religious institutions of His day, what makes us confident that when He returns He'll endorse the followers of nonbiblical practices and false doctrines that have been slowly integrated into mainstream Christianity?
It's time to ask, Where do I go from here?
True Christianity IS relevant—it's meaningful, life-changing, and it gives sensible answers. But anything that masquerades as Christianity isn't. The masqueraders have fooled millions of people for hundreds of years. It's only the truth, Jesus said, that can make you free.
As Jesus told the Samaritan woman who was struggling to sort through conflicting religious views, the standard is truth. "The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him," He said. "God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth" (John 4:23-24).
Are you willing to swim against the tide and go on a quest for the truth? To "test all things; hold fast what is good," as Paul wrote in 1 Thessalonians 5:21?
If you know God exists and know the Bible is His Word, start by searching out what it really says, not what religious spin doctors tell you. How did the people in the Church Jesus built worship God? What does the Bible say about what He, and His followers, believed and practiced? For answers to these questions, see our booklet Where Is the Church Jesus Built?
Once that's established, ask, How did the plain, simple teachings of the Bible and the practices of His Church come to be changed? Why were the practices of His Church discarded and substituted, mostly with ideas and traditions borrowed from old pagan religions?
Finally, find out from God—from His words in His Bible—whether or not it makes any difference to Him! Did all these changes mean anything to Him, or is He okay with our choosing any way we want to worship and relate to Him?
A humble, sincere quest for truth—and then a willingness to live it—will make Christianity relevant in your life!
Clyde Kilough
Clyde Kilough is Media operation manager for the Church of God, a Worldwide Association. He and his wife, Dee, live in the Dallas, Texas, area.
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Looking for a vegan gluten-free dessert recipe? This almond butter fudge is what you need to try! Rich, flavorful, and yet so healthy! On top of it, the almond butter bar is gluten free and does not use sugar, requires no heating, and is a breeze to process. Gather the ingredients, churn them in a processor, collect the dough and give different shapes, and enjoy melt-in-mouth burfi.
This is one of healthy dessert recipes that you may want to try.
Healthy, delicious, and nutty is how I define this gluten free, vegan almond butter fudge - typically badam burfi.
Who does not love sweets? Hardly anybody! But yes, exceptions are always there.
Additionally, it comes loaded with health benefits, for it gives you all the benefits of the nuts involved in its processing.
Well, this nutty, gluten-free, vegan almond butter fudge is a breeze to process.So, what is it that makes almond butter stand out?
I prefer almond butter to peanut butter for reasons galore, with the prime one being groundnuts raise the risk of bad cholesterol, while almond butter helps raise your good cholesterol levels. Yes, the difference is certainly huge!
This is one reason I substitute peanuts with almonds in all recipes requiring the former! Do almonds disappoint? Na, never!
The distinct aroma and taste of roasted almonds easily makes a great substitute!
So, let's come back to the almond butter fudge vegan recipe, which is simply churning of nuts together for a nutty twist.
You may add fennel seeds or cardamom for flavor.
Roast sesame seeds and poppy seeds separately.
Take all nuts in a blender.
Add almond butter and honey or gur.
Run the processor until everything mixes up well. The walnuts may give you a hard time, but that's okay. You may leave them as is. You will love the walnutty bites for sure.
Take out the dough in a tray or aluminum foil.
Roll out with a rolling pin (belan). Press with a heavy vessel until the burfi sets.
Enjoy this easy almond butter burfi recipe and enjoy nutty bites.
Isn't this burfi processed in a jiffy?
Wanna try almond ladoo recipe? Savor these cute little almond balls even on fasting days!
What about the 2-ingredient pista badam ladoo?
Here are a few easy, quick, fuss-free almond butter recipes that you may want to try out to see why this nutty butter is a must-have ingredient on your kitchen counters.


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A fun way to scent your bathroom or any other room!
Step 1: Use a double boiler to melt 10 grams of Beeswax. Once the wax is in a liquid state, add 1 gram of Tricks or Treats Fragrance Oil and 2 drops of Spectrum Liquid Candle Dye in black. Stir.
Step 2: Now, pour the melted Beeswax onto the paper plate. Allow to Setup.
Step 3: Remove the beeswax from the paper plate. Cut two smaller circle for eyes and one larger oval shape for the mouth. Set aside for now.
Step 4: Next, melt 905 grams of Pillar of Bliss to 195 degrees. Allow the temperature to 180 degrees and add 90 grams of Tricks or Treats Fragrance Oil.
Step 5: Using tongs, dip the toilet paper roll in the melted Pillar of Bliss Wax. Allow the wax to setup. Repeat this step until you have a thick layer of wax.
Step 6: Finally, attach the finishing touches. Using a hot glue gun, attach the eyes and mouth. You can also cut a circle out of white felt and glue it to the top to cover the hole of the toilet paper.
Your Ghostly Toilet Paper Roll Air Freshener is now ready to use!


The Windows 2000 audit trail is invaluable to the system administrator. For example, it can determine how a system crashed, how security was compromised, or how much disk space a user is consuming. Windows 2000 provides highly granular control over the events logged and the objects and services allowed to record events.
The Windows 2000 auditing properties are viewed and modified through GPOs. The Audit policies found in the Default Domain snap-in under Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings, Local Policies, Audit Policies determine which events are recorded in the Security Log.
The group policies found in the Default Domain snap-in under Computer Configuration, Windows Settings, Security Settings, Event Log, Settings for Event Logs provide control over a number of properties. This control includes how much disk space is dedicated to the logs, who can access them, how long they are retained, and the method for retaining them.
From the Start menu, select Programs, Administrative Tools, Event Viewer, and save the current logs (if desired). Clear All Events from each.
Change the Registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Lsa\crashonauditfail to 1.
Reviewing audit reports while offline may prove convenient in some administrative circumstances. Auditing policies for offline folders can be found in the Default Domain snap-in under User Configuration, Administrative Templates, Network, Offline Files.
The Event Viewer gives the administrator access to six event logs. The Security Log displays successes and failures, and classifies them into Object Access, Account Logon, Policy Change, Privilege Use, Directory Service Access, and Account Management categories.
The other logs have three types of records: Errors, Informative, and Warnings. The Application Log contains events logged from programs running on the system, including all exceptions raised. The System Log records events raised by the Windows 2000 operating system. All users can view the System and Application Logs, but only administrators can view the Security Log.
File, folder, printer, Active Directory, group policy, and other system objects have associated Access Control Lists (ACLs). Each ACL is composed of a Discretionary Access Control List (DACL) and a System Access Control List (SACL). The DACL details user and group access rights to an object; the SACL determines the users and groups that will be audited when attempting or performing access rights on the object.
Set the SACL on objects of interest to identify the group and user access events to monitor.
Set auditing policies to record the desired events.
Periodically view the logs and clear them out.
As you establish your auditing strategy, remember that only NTFS files and folders may be audited.
Logon/Logoff—Provides information on logon failures, and may indicate whether a certain user account is under attack.
Account Management—Provides information on users who have sought rights to use administrative tools.
Startup/Shutdown—Shows who has attempted to invoke a shutdown command, and also lists services that were not properly initiated during startup.
Policy Changes—Indicates what policy changes were attempted.
Privilege Use—Lists attempts to change permissions to objects.
As a final note, if a cracker breaks into the system, he will most certainly try to cover his tracks and erase the logs. To guard against this action and retain logs, provide remote logging of the above events to a secure log server that is in a safe place with only local logins, and have critical events printed out to a printer. This will keep the log files intact and help trace security problems.
In the next article in this series, we will examine network services-related security issues.


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Q: Changing a button Image from Play to Pause when clicked using an Ellipse template I have a play button which I want to change the background image so it looks like a pause button when clicked, I have already seen many guides on how to do this however my Ellipse template seems to make my code much different from anything I have researched. Here is my Code:
        <Button HorizontalAlignment="Left" Width="40" Height="40" Click="Button_Click_2">
        <Button.Template>
                <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
                    <Grid>
                        <Ellipse Stroke="Black">
                        <Ellipse.Fill>
                            <ImageBrush ImageSource="Images/play.png"/>
                        </Ellipse.Fill>
                    </Ellipse>
                    </Grid>
                </ControlTemplate>
            </Button.Template>
        </Button>

A: ToggleButton solution (as suggested in the other user's answer) will probably suit you the best. Nevertheless, I'm posting another approach just for the completeness sake.
XAML:
<Window x:Class="WpfTestBench.PlayButton"
    xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
    xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
    xmlns:wpfTestBench="clr-namespace:WpfTestBench"
    Title="Play button sample">
<Button Width="40" Height="40" Click="Button_OnClick">
    <Button.Template>
        <ControlTemplate TargetType="{x:Type Button}">
            <Grid>
                <Ellipse Stroke="Black" />

                <Image Source="Play.png" Visibility="{Binding Path=IsPlaying,
                    Converter={wpfTestBench:BoolToVisibilityConverter},
                    ConverterParameter={x:Static Visibility.Hidden}}" />

                <Image Source="Pause.png" Visibility="{Binding Path=IsPlaying,
                    Converter={wpfTestBench:BoolToVisibilityConverter},
                    ConverterParameter={x:Static Visibility.Visible}}" />
            </Grid>
        </ControlTemplate>
    </Button.Template>
</Button>

Codebehind:
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows;

namespace WpfTestBench
{
    public partial class PlayButton
    {
        public PlayButton()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            DataContext = new SampleContext();
        }

        private void Button_OnClick(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            var context = DataContext as SampleContext;

            if (context == null)
                return;

            context.IsPlaying = !context.IsPlaying;
        }
    }

    public class SampleContext : INotifyPropertyChanged
    {
        private bool _isPlaying;

        public bool IsPlaying
        {
            get { return _isPlaying; }
            set
            {
                if (_isPlaying == value)
                    return;

                _isPlaying = value;

                OnPropertyChanged("IsPlaying");
            }
        }

        public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged;

        protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName)
        {
            var handler = PropertyChanged;

            if (handler != null)
                handler(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName));
        }
    }
}

Converter:
using System;
using System.Globalization;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Data;
using System.Windows.Markup;

namespace WpfTestBench
{
    public class BoolToVisibilityConverter : MarkupExtension, IValueConverter
    {
        private static BoolToVisibilityConverter _instance;

        #region IValueConverter Members

        public object Convert(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            var visibility = Visibility.Hidden;

            if (parameter != null)
                visibility = (Visibility)parameter;

            return visibility == Visibility.Visible
                ? (((bool)value) ? Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Hidden)
                : (((bool)value) ? Visibility.Hidden : Visibility.Visible);
        }

        public object ConvertBack(object value, Type targetType, object parameter, CultureInfo culture)
        {
            return null;
        }

        #endregion

        public override object ProvideValue(IServiceProvider serviceProvider)
        {
            return _instance ?? (_instance = new BoolToVisibilityConverter());
        }
    }
}

A: I think you should use a ToggleButton (a button that has a checked and unchecked states), and have a trigger that when the button is checked change its template (or just the imagesource of the background).

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Post subject: Your word of the day.
If there is already a thread like this then forgive me, but I thought that everyone should have a word for everyday. Wether it's a word you want to use for the day, or a word that describes your day or maybe a new word you learned that day. Whatever the reason, feel free to put your word of the day here, you can explain the word or not, it's up to yourself.
Anyway, my word of the day today is promise, someone very special used that word in a message that she wrote me today and it made me smile, and feel all warm inside, lol.
Wrong. That is me today.
lol, i just got back from a metal concert and so besides the ringing in my ears, that's what i'm thinking of.
"sorry" uttered by my godmother about something that happened some 17 years ago and that hurt me in more ways than she thinks.
This simple word feels really good.
Omphaloskepsis. Cause it's still the best real word in English, ever.
No-brainered my taxes last night and realized this morning that I shorted myself on my return.
It's Thursday and so I had grammar class... With Miss Yummy! Plus we were only two students with her, and after class she had some time to spare and we had a pretty friendly chat. Definitely Yummy woman. Plus she was really nice, said she was surprised my grades weren't good in other classes 'cause she though my English was pretty good for a freshman. Héhéhé... Did I mention she was yummy?
And tonight I see my girls! So definitely Yummy.
Hot. Because having a pajama day when it's over 90 degrees is dumb.
free. I'm free from work fot ten days. This is my first day off in 9 days so I'm lookint forward to relaxing! I'm away on holiday on saturday, first one in 3 years so I deserve it!


A United Kingdom-based asset management company, Codub Group, has said that infrastructure maintenance is the gateway to economic growth and development.
The Principal Consultant, Codub Group, Chidi Umeano, said this at a news conference in Lagos.
According to him, the rate of infrastructural deficiency in the country is alarming and something urgent needed to be done to prevent total collapse of infrastructure in the nation.
The company said the call for the country and organisations in it to urgently map out effective strategies for the development and of infrastructure became necessary because of the nation's huge economic potential.
Umeano explained that the incessant loss of human lives occasioned by avoidable road mishaps, collapsed buildings and other related disaster could be mitigated if appropriate and effective plans were put in place for the provision and maintenance of infrastructure.
As a result, he advised government at all levels to stop wasting money building new structures when the old were falling into ruin due to lack of maintenance.
While noting the maintenance of infrastructure had economic benefit to the government, organisations and the society, the consultant warned that the country might experience decline in foreign investment should authority failed to take note of the benefits.
To further spread the message, Umeano said in March, the group would hold a conference on infrastructure maintenance in Lagos for chief executive officers, architects, engineers and surveyors.
He explained that the programme, which had the theme, 'Reduce costs, improve safety and increase profitability through effective asset management and maintenance.' would have resource personnel from the UK.
Umeano said, "In 2012, we decided to run an event to raise the awareness on why maintenance is critical to developing countries. We had the first event at the Commonwealth Club with the support of Nigeria High Commission in London and the United Kingdom Trade and Investment.
"But we discovered that a lot of prospective participants for the event were refused visas and a lot of people found the costs of participating in the event as expensive.


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The first European-led mission to Mercury
BepiColombo - Mission to Mercury
Europe's first mission to Mercury – BepiColombo, which is named after Italian professor Giuseppe (Bepi) Colombo – will lift off in October 2018 on a journey to the solar system's smallest and least-explored terrestrial planet, with Airbus playing an important role in this deep space exploration mission.
As a joint effort between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), BepiColombo will examine the peculiarities of Mercury´s internal structure and magnetic field generation, as well as how it interacts with the sun and solar wind. It also will investigate surface features and chemistry, such as the ice in permanently-shadowed craters at the poles.
The mission's science will significantly improve humans' understanding of the formation of the Solar System, plus the evolution of planets close to their parent stars. After arriving in late 2025, BepiColombo will have a nominal one-year duration, with the possibility for an extension.
BepiColombo The Journey
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One mission, multiple components
BepiColombo consists of four elements: ESA's Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO), a three-axis stabilized spacecraft tasked to study the planet's surface and internal composition; JAXA's spin-stabilized Mercury Magnetospheric Orbiter (MMO), which will provide data on Mercury's magnetosphere; the Mercury Transfer Module (MTM), providing solar-electric propulsion on the trajectory to Mercury; and the MMO Sunshield and Interface Structure (MOSIF). Airbus is responsible for the systems design and building the MPO, MTM and MOSIF.
The ESA-built MTM, which uses solar-electric propulsion technology, is only needed for the journey to Mercury. The two science orbiters will be captured into Mercury orbit, and the small thrusters on MPO will be used to deliver MMO into its orbit. There, MMO will be ejected from MPO and spun up. MPO will then discard the sunshield, and continue into its own orbit around Mercury.
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As it is only some 58 million kilometres from the Sun, Mercury presents a special challenge to visiting spacecraft. During the day, the planet's surface exceeds temperatures of 350 deg. Celsius or more, which is hot enough to melt some metals. As a result, spacecraft in Mercury´s orbit not only have to cope with the immense heat of the Sun, but also with the infrared radiation emitted by the planet.
In consequence, the BepiColombo team has covered every external surface of ESA's MPO, except for the single radiator side, with high-temperature, multi-layered insulation. The material, made up of 50 layers of ceramics and aluminium, was especially designed for the BepiColombo mission. The antennas are made of heat-resistant titanium, covered by a newly developed coating.
As the MPO's mission is to investigate Mercury's surface, one side will always be facing the planet, so that the instruments can monitor the surface at all times, while the radiator faces away from the planet into deep space to dissipate heat.
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Ariane 5 successfully launched from Kourou: BepiColombo is now on its long 'braking path' to Mercury
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A Stunning Number Of People Watched The Latest 'SEAL Team' Episode
SEAL Team (Credit: YouTube Screenshot/CBS)
David Hookstead Smoke Room Editor-in-Chief
December 13, 2018 12:37 PM ET
Millions and millions of people tuned in Wednesday night for the latest episode of "SEAL Team" on CBS.
Over 6.5 million people watched Bravo team finish up their mission south of the border in Mexico, according to The Hollywood Reporter. (RELATED: A Lot Of Mexican Cartel Members Look Like They'll Die In The Latest 'SEAL Team' Episode)
The episode also didn't disappoint. We actually had a Mexican standoff while in Mexico. As legendary American poet Kenny Powers once said, "I was hoping to get into one of these before I left."
The episode also didn't disappoint the millions of people who watched. We got to see some bad guys get blown away with some lead courtesy of the badass SEALs. The cartel leader took a bullet to the dome and everybody got back to America just fine.
It was entertaining as hell to watch, and the hit CBS show just keeps getting better and better.
A post shared by Seal Team (@sealteamcbs) on Dec 12, 2018 at 3:50pm PST
I know that I don't need to tell the people reading this article, but I'm going to say it anyway. It is truly incredible just how great this show is. It's almost hard to believe CBS hit such a home run.
Now, we won't have any new episodes for a few weeks, but that should just give us time to keep getting our expectations higher and higher.
"SEAL Team" can't get back fast enough. Make sure to check back for all the updates when we have them.
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Mowbray's future in doubt?
Mowbray is bookies choice for Parkhead
Hot on the heels of the end of the season comes news that the majority of Albion fans will be dreading. Tony Mowbray has been made favourite by some bookmakers to succeed Gordon Strachan at Celtic following their parting of the ways at the weekend. Rangers took the SPL title for the first time in four years and Strachan felt he had taken them as far as he could.
The rumour isn't helped by the lack of any statement from the Club, or by recent stories about Mowbray being unhappy with Peace's announcement about the need to reduce the squad size to 20 full time senior professionals, with the remainder being made up from loan signings or youth team players. Chairman Jeremy Peace stopped short of directly criticising Mowbray for his record on signing players, instead suggesting that the Club had more money to spend that it had time available and that perhaps not enough work had been done.
Mowbray is still extremely popular at Celtic because of his time there as Captain, and Celtic fans seem to be generally delighted with the prospect of his appointment. Whether he feels that the SPL presents enough of a challenge and fancies a move back to Scotland remains to be seen.
At the time of writing, a poll on Scotsman.com has Mowbray in second place on 19%, trailing well behind David Moyes on 38%. It also features articles on how Strachan was forced out by the fans who hated him, and how the lack of resources for team strengthening helped him make the decision to quit. It doesn't exactly sound like an enticing job...
Albion have now issued a (brief) statement on the Official Web Site which simply says that Tony Mowbray has a contract for the next two years and that they fully expect him to be their manager next season.
No more badge kissing
Meanwhile, defender Paul Robinson has made it clear that he wants to leave the Club this summer having supposedly proved himself in the Premiership. "I can't face playing in the Championship again" said the possibly-soon-to-be-ex-Baggie full back. Mowbray has said he won't stand in his way if he attracts a suitable offer from elsewhere, but that's a big if as Robinson's previous escape attempts have all failed so far.
11 May 2009: Two Tony Mowbrays!
08 May 2009: RIP A little piece of history...
15 April 2009: Who's this Chris Woods bloke?


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center for sustainable medicine
The Center for Sustainable Medicine was created to:
Educate the public and scientific community about the need for sustainable and ecologically sound forms of medicine.
Help preserve indigenous medicinal plants and knowledge for future generations.
Create dialogue between practitioners, thinkers, and visionaries in the fields of Medicine, Alternative Healing, and Environmental Studies
Support the worldwide development of clinics and hospitals providing sustainable healthcare
Didi Pershouse, Director
In 2006, Didi Pershouse founded The Center for Sustainable Medicine with the goal of bringing together cutting-edge thinking in the fields of environmental studies, health care, and systems theory, in order to create a new model of care. This work inspired her book, "The Ecology of Care: Medicine, Agriculture, Money, and the Quiet Power of Human and Microbial Communities." During her time running the Center for Sustainable Medicine, Didi Pershouse was well known as a health-care provider in the Upper Connecticut River Valley, with more than twenty years of experience treating patients with gentle and respectful care.
Didi grew up in a family of medical and educational pioneers, and spent her childhood bicycling through the hallways of her world-famous-neurosurgeon grandfather's house and attending experimental schools in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Cambridge, Massachusetts, as well as Mexico City. She received her B.A. in Asian Studies from Barnard College in New York City, and did extensive coursework at the Institute for Depth Psychology in Rye, New York.
After college, she worked as an editor and writer in the Creative Services Department at New York Magazine for five years, then embarked on a multidisciplinary career in health care, beginning with a teacher's training course at Integral Yoga Institute, where she used to go to recover after long days in the smoke-filled editorial office. She did an internship in Shiatsu, then attended Seattle Massage School. She obtained her license in Acupuncture after completing four years of training in Acupuncture and Herbal Medicine at the Northwest Institute for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine, and the New England School of Acupuncture. She did postgraduate studies in Acupuncture with both blind and sighted teachers from China and Japan. She also became nationally certified as a classical homeopath by the Council for Homeopathic Certification, and co-authored "Vital Expression, A Workbook on Homeopathic Casetaking," published by Inner Health Publications.
Since moving to Vermont, she founded the multidisciplinary Two Rivers Clinic, spearheaded a successful effort to preserve the Zebedee Headwaters Wetland as a conservation commissioner, and for years, maintained a sliding-scale private practice in acupuncture and health counseling.
To learn about Didi's current work related soil health, community resiliency, sustainable leadership, and more, visit her website.


I recently had the opportunity to get my hands on Sky-Manufacturing's new dual case crossmember for Toyota trucks and 4Runners. Looking to address several problems with one part, they did it in style. For starters, this is one seriously heavy-duty replacement for the stock transfer case crossmember, gaining strength and increased ground clearance combined with tough skid plating action all in one. Sky's crossmember also makes use of ability to use 2 of the stock rubber mounts. This can significantly help control the effects of torque from a dual case setup, as well as helping control motor mount failure.
The kit comes with everything you need, and you can tell how beefy this thing is when you go to open the box! Crossmember center plate, frame plates, attachment hardware, transfer case mount spacers, and countersunk hardware for the mounts are all included. Just paint to suit your needs and get ready to install.
Installation is easy and fast, starting with removal of your stock parts. Support the transmission and transfer cases with a jack or stands, then remove the stock crossmember. Disconnect the driveshaft at the transfer case, since Sky's new crossmember has a strengthening loop that goes over and around the driveshaft.
Here is where the adjustability of the Sky Manufacturing dual case crossmember comes in. The side plates - in conjunction with the included mount spacers - allow you to adjust the height of where you mount the crossmember, and consequently where you mount the transfer cases. Placing the side plates on the frame with the crossmember above them an using the mount spacers puts the transfer cases at the stock height. If you need it lower, simply mount the crossmember below the side plates. If you want it higher that stock (and have the room), Sky-Manufacturing has additional spacers available to raise the crossmember further above the side plates. Then use the mount spacers as needed to get a good fit. Sky has also re-designed the side plates for additional slotted holes to allow even more adjustability - side to side *or* front to back to assure a good fit.
To make use of both of the transfer case mounts this kit will allow, you may need to pick up an extra rubber mount from a parts yard or other source. As I said, this can really help to firm up the movement the drive train sees from the added torque of a dual case setup.
Underneath you will find a smooth bottom for sliding over trail obstacles, thanks to Sky's use of countersunk hardware to attach the transfer case mounts to the crossmember. An access hole has also been placed to facilitate use of the factory transfer case drain, making for easy maintenance.
With the Sky-Manufacturing crossmember at the height you need, all hardware in place and tightened down, re-connect the front driveshaft and call it done. You are ready to hit the trail enjoying increased ground clearance, protection from the rocks and other trail obstacles, as well as improved mounting for your drive train.