These are deliciously light and soft vanilla bean cupcakes, topped with sky-high silky smooth Swiss meringue buttercream and rainbow of sprinkles, of course!
For the last two years, I've been in search for the best vanilla cupcake recipe.
By "best", I mean the lightest, fluffiest cupcakes with delicious vanilla flavor throughout.
Finally, I have my very own go-to recipe now. Everyone should have a trusty recipe for basic vanilla cake. It's simply a must! And if you're in search of one, look no further.
These fluffy cupcakes speckled with tiny vanilla beans are so easy to make. No more cake mix!
Throughout my journey in search of the best vanilla cupcakes, my biggest problems were too heavy, dense or dry textures, or not enough vanilla flavor, or too greasy. Forget about these problems.
Today, I'll walk you through how to achieve perfectly fluffy, light vanilla cupcakes from scratch.
By whisking the dry ingredients, we're not only mixing everything together, but also incorporating air into the flour mixture. Don't skip this step.
For these cupcakes, we're using the creaming method. Creaming the butter and sugar until fluffy incorporates air into the mixture, therefore the cupcakes become light and fluffy. Rule of thumb, more air in the batter, fluffier and lighter the cupcakes become. So take your time for this step, no rushing here!
When you add the flour mixture, be careful not to deflate the batter. It's also important not to overmix the batter after adding the flour. Longer you mix the batter, more gluten develops, which creates heavy cupcakes. A big no-no.
To ensure moist and soft cupcakes, I added a little bit of buttermilk. If you don't have buttermilk, simply add a teaspoon of lemon juice in ½ cup of milk and let it stand for 5 minutes.
And one last thing, make sure all the ingredients are at room temperature, because ingredients mix better that way.
Now, let's talk about the frosting. Although the basic buttercream is super easy, it's just not my favorite frosting. To dress up these simple cupcakes, I made luxuriously silky Swiss meringue buttercream loaded with vanilla beans. Once you make this buttercream, you will never go back. It's that good!
It's silky smooth, light and buttery. It requires a little elbow grease, but the end result is totally worth it. You can read the detailed step-by-step instructions with my tips and tricks for perfect Swiss meringue buttercream here. Give it a try.
And because sprinkles make everything more colorful!
Those tiny vanilla bean speckles are just gorgeous. I bought a pack of fresh vanilla beans on Amazon. Totally worth the money!
Preheat the oven to 350°F (177°C). Line the muffin pan with cupcake liners.
In a small bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
Cut the vanilla pod lengthwise and scrape the seeds inside.
In a mixing bowl with paddle attachment, or using a handheld mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy, 1-2 minutes. Add eggs, buttermilk, scraped vanilla beans and vanilla extract and mix well, about 3 minutes. Stir in the flour mixture and mix until everything is well combined, 2-3 minutes.
Divide the batter into 12 cupcake cups and bake for 15-18 minutes, or until the inserted tooth pick comes out clean. Let the cupcakes cool for 5 minutes in the tin and then transfer to wire rack to cool completely.
In a double boiler, whisk together egg whites and sugar until sugar melts and the mixture reaches 160°F (70°C) stirring continuously, about 5 minutes. Transfer the mixture into clean, fat-free mixing bowl with a whisk attachment. Whisk on low speed for a minute, then slowly increase the speed to medium high and beat until hard peaks form and the mixture is cool to touch, about 10 minutes.
You can substitute 2 teaspoons of pure vanilla extract for vanilla beans.
You can use handheld mixer to make Swiss meringue buttercream. However, it will take twice as long to whip up the meringue.
The Fresh Market sells Madagascar vanilla beans in glass tubes in twos. I always get them there. Second time making these. I can never go wrong with this recipe.
Good vanilla is one of my very favorite flavors. I always get secretly annoyed whenever people write it off as plain. Us bakers know how awesomely delicious vanilla can be. These cupcakes look amazing. I must try.
Can't agree more, Renee! Vanilla is NOT plain, and it's one of my favorite flavors. Thanks, Renee!
Swiss meringue buttercream tyrshij uzlee. undugnii tsagaan n goe utgurch baisnaa masloo hiisnees hoish keksnii zyyrmag shig shingen bolchihloo. ene yuniih ve?
Maslo tasalgaanii temperatyrt baisan. unduguu 10 munit buyu hurtul ni mikserdsen ym.
Dutuu hutgasan bololtoi. Urgeljluuleed hutgasan bol yag goe boloh bsan bhaa. Gar mikser hereglesen uu?
I've tried 43242 vanilla cupcakes buy never one with swiss buttercream. These look so yummy! pinned!
Agreed on all points! 🙂 Thank you, Chichi!
These vanilla bean cupcakes look SO good. Loving that thick layer of frosting especially.. could definitely devour a couple right now. Pinned!
The frosting is the best part of the cupcake, isn't it? Almost! 🙂 Thank you, Thalia!


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Sanaa, Dec 25 (ANI): Archaeologists have discovered an ancient horse tooth, apart from a thousand of rare pieces during excavations at the area of Khamis Bani Saad in Tehama district of Hodeidah province, Yemen.
The site of the excavation is the oldest and the largest one in the Arab peninsula.
According to a report from the Yemen news agency, a French expert has said that the finding of the horse tooth is the most important discovery of the excavation, as this kind of horse does not currently live in the area, but in Middle Asia.
The expert has also confirmed that such animals lived here long times ago and left the area due to a change in climate.
This fact, particularly, might open several scopes for new studies on the field of climate change in Yemen.


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The Pale Beyond, Part 2
(Watch for Part 3, coming up in early June, 2014!)
Last One Standing: The Met State Administration Building, August 2013
In Part One, I talked about growing up not far from the legendary Danvers State Hospital, the castle-like institution that loomed over U.S. Route One about twenty miles north of Boston. As kids we didn't know much, if anything, about how idealistic new methods for treating the mentally ill devised in the late 19th century eventually yielded an abusive hellhole by the middle of the 20th underneath those baleful Victorian spires. What we did know was that it had a very creepy vibe and woe to them who should ever end up being admitted there. I was recently reminded by my sister Pam that my mother would warn us kids that she would "end up in the nuthouse" if we didn't stop misbehaving, something that we would not want to have on our conscience. But that never erased Danvers State's morbid fascination, and its strangely alluring infamy spread far and wide in later decades.
So was it coincidence or confluence when, fast-forwarding to 2001, I found myself living off of Trapelo Road in Waltham? Of course my wife and I bought the house for all the right reasons. Our son was born the previous fall and it was an affordable starter home only ten miles west of Boston. It also backed up to a huge tract of conservation land, accessible through a convenient hole in the chain link fence that acted as its border. I was well aware that the sprawling Metropolitan State Hospital, closed less than a decade before, lay in glorious ruin nearby. The conservation area's trails and fire roads were a great place to mountain bike and a perfect backdoor portal to the grounds as a security trailer had been placed at the old official entrance. I was soon up there with my camera.
The sun sets on Met State, August 2001
Met State was a magnet for urban explorers braver than me (willing to go inside buildings and/or after dark) who came away with great photos and videos to be seen online. My favorite was the brilliant short film simply called "Met State", made by Waltham-based Bryan Papciak, a tour de force of stop-motion effects and optical printing. (See it at vimeo.com/13646263). For me, it was more a place to criss-cross on my bike before dipping back down onto the wooded trails. But off the main section was an area that always freaked me out. It was a group of about ten long, uniform brick buildings (almost like an older-style housing project) that were connected and arranged around a grassy rectangle. I will have to dig up the video I once took (for part 3?), cycling around it with one hand on the bar and the other holding a camcorder. It took several minutes to circle these barracks that were called the CTG Unit. Despite its immense size it was reportedly so overcrowded with patients that some were housed in the hallways. It was overwhelming to try and think about the sum total of mental distress that these buildings once contained.
CTG Unit and graffiti, 2001
The northeast corner of Waltham was historically rural and eventually the farms gave way to several mostly state-run institutions. Met State was not alone there as a receptacle of human misery. Adjacent to it was the snake pit known as the Gaebler Children's Center, closed since 1992 and the top floors of which could be seen from our back deck during leafless seasons. It was demolished a few years ago, its new role as a link in a regional greenbelt conflicting with the oft-ignored "No Trespassing" signs.
Like at Danvers State, pressure from relatives of deceased former patients have persuaded officials to at least place signage at anonymous gravesites.
Just across the town line in Belmont is the more upscale McLean Hospital, immortalized (though not named) in former patient James Taylor's hit "Fire and Rain" as well as by the book and film "Girl, Interrupted." Most prominent among this cluster of institutions (the "sadlands" as my wife called it) was the historic Fernald School and its sweeping 200-acre campus. Fernald was our first public institution for the mentally retarded and opened in 1848 back when its patients could still be called "idiots, morons and simpletons." It was still open but in a much diminished capacity. I believe less than a dozen patients (considered the most severely disabled residents in the whole state) remain to this day as the state, the city and citizen's groups wrestle with the ultimate fate of this valuable real estate.
Recently closed to public access, the campus is still easily entered over ground and I poked along the perimeter a few months ago on a suitably gray day. It may be the last time I set foot there before its likely transformation into something like the "apartment community" built by the Avalon Company at Met State, where the gloomy inner courtyard of the CTG Unit is now the family-friendly "Great Lawn."
The grounds of Fernald were shady and reassuringly pleasant as was the recuperative ideal of the 19th century.
School's out forever: Fernald grounds, April 2013
Still, many of the patients here were children and, judging from a documentary produced several years back by Boston's PBS station, it's amazing how easy it was—for the better part of a century—to have a vulnerable family member or ward of state committed here for an indefinite stay. Once admitted, they were often treated by medical researchers as "cheap and available test subjects", some even being fed radioactive isotopes. Frederick Wiseman's 1967 direct-cinema classic, "Titicut Follies", shows similar travesties taking place at the Bay State's most infamous such facility, Bridgewater State Hospital. A place that housed many of the most dangerous criminals (the Boston Strangler was housed there for a spell) it was also a dumping ground for unfortunate forgotten men caught up in unusual and suspect circumstances. One example, from the BSH Wikipedia entry, tells of a lowly street vendor in his late 20's who first was sent there for painting a horse to look like a zebra to draw attention to his fruit stall. After being picked up a second time for drunkenness, he was sent back to Bridgwater and died there of old age. In "Titicut Follies", Wiseman follows the story of one sane-looking man, likely put there on a vagrancy rap (and coerced into taking strong anti-psychotic drugs), desperate to get out and periodically confronting doctors in the exercise yard in the film's only YouTube clip.
When this man gets before an unsympathetic panel, we see exactly how these unconscionable policies play out as his opposition to hospital policy is quickly written off as denial and justified fears of incarceration in a place that resembles a medieval dungeon is termed paranoid schizophrenia. God only knows what happened to him.
But I'm getting far afield into a subject I'm no expert on. Please see the full "Titicut Follies" if you ever get a chance (an expose labeled by a court as an invasion of patient privacy, it was long banned and only received a home video release in 2007) A little more readily available is Martin Scorcese's recent pulp-fiction fantasia "Shutter Island" which features a haunted WWII vet turned Fed agent (Leonardo DiCaprio) investigating a missing patient/inmate at the titular asylum. I was a bit skeptical, if only because as a former location scout I scoffed at the computer-generated Alcatraz-on-steroids that is supposed to sit at the outer reaches of Boston Harbor. Granted, some real harbor locales were used as well, esp. the old Fort Andrews on Peddock's Island. Although a bit too lurid for its own good (apparently to hold the attention of sensory-overloaded 21st century viewers) Scorcese does touch upon the insidious, Catch-22 methods of so long used by such institutions.
I wonder why these places always seem to be looming just over my shoulder. In my hometown of Salem, Mass. there were once shaded walks that led from the various institutions on the base of Salem Neck out to its point. For the last century it's been the location of Willows Park, long loved by area residents for its eateries, arcades, kiddie rides and breezy outlooks to Beverly Harbor and the Atlantic. The name of the park suggests the former utility of the giant trees for shading convalescing patients on a stroll from the nearby facility. The first was the charmingly named Pest House for smallpox sufferers in the 1700s (way before the park and its famous chop suey sandwiches). Various almshouses also stood there over the long stretch of the 19th century. My father remembers the poor farm that was in the area when he was a kid. Later, only one building remained, one of the lesser-known works of architect Charles Bullfinch, designer of the Mass. State House and the U.S. Capitol expansion. It was known in its final incarnation as the Chronic Care and Rehabilitation Hospital. My father's grandmother was a patient there in her last years and the place closed in 1970 and stood there at least until the mid-80s as the date stamp on the back of this photo I took was 1983.
When it came time to break ground for the inevitable condo development a few years later, a local resident protested to builders and city officials that they would disturb the pauper's cemetery on the edge of the property. As recently described by this longtime Salem resident in an online town forum, the sad neglect of this graveyard meant it was known mostly to local kids who explored the vacated shoreline of the cove there. Met with denial by the authorities, the resident who posted this comment claims he was later vindicated when the excavator started digging up human bones!
But my childhood visit to see my great-grandmother was not the last time I set foot inside that building on the Pest House site. In 1977, an older friend in a clique I ran with at the time headed an obscure youth-services program out of a first floor office. The rest of the building was empty. As one of the few events this friend ever managed to pull together, she screened a movie against a sheet affixed to the back of the building. We sat probably a stone's throw away from the cemetery that remained undetected in the pale beyond just behind us. The film was "Night Watch" a 1967 chiller starring Elizabeth Taylor as a woman who has seen a terrible crime that no one wants to hear about. The guy who wrote that post must know the feeling.
Posted in The Pale Beyond and tagged Fernald School, mental institutions, Met State, pre-archaeology, Salem, Shutter Island, state hospitals, The Pale Beyond, Trapelo Road Waltham, urban exploring on August 16, 2013 by Rick Ouellette. 2 Comments
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daseger says:
So interesting on a regional level and more!
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Thanks. Although I set up this site to spotlight my writing, your posts have inspired me to do more with the visual aspect of it. Cheers, Rick


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The Music Board met on November 23rd 2013 and approved the following grading changes for the 2014 season. These changes are subject to approval from the Board of Directors.
George Watsons College - Appeal upheld band will be Grade Novice Juvenile.


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UEFA announce silly new seeding system for Champions League group stage draw
By David Pasztor@D_Peezy Oct 9, 2014, 5:43pm BST
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Considering that UEFA base just about everything on the all-important coefficient points that they assign to every team and every member football association, it's absolutely baffling that they've decided to partially ignore it when determining the seedings for the Champions League group stage draw.
The system's never been perfect -- just ask Manchester City or Borussia Dortmund -- but at least it was consistently imperfect across all applications of it. The rolling five-year calculations for the coefficients rewarded the uniform, Arsenal-esque repeat mild successes rather than the one-off, more shooting star qualities of BVB and City campaigns, keeping the former firmly in Pot 1, while relegating the latter to Pots 2 and even 3. But it also ensured that consistent, excellent performers like Chelsea or Barcelona or Real Madrid stayed ranked at the very top as far as continental competitions were concerned.
All that is set to change starting next season.
BREAKING: UEFA confirm #ChampionsLeague seeding system will change next season. The holders and top 7 champions will be in pot 1.
— ESPN FC (@ESPNFC) October 9, 2014
The "top 7" leagues are determined by... wait for it... UEFA coefficients! The same coefficients that were deemed no longer suitable for uniform application to all teams instead, only to the non-winners of the top 7 leagues and any team from outside the top 7 leagues. Or something. Silly is as silly does.
So what does this mean for Chelsea? Basically, despite being easily to most successful English team in Europe in recent times, we would only be in Pot 1 if we also win the Premier League. And even if we win the league and get the seedings reward, we will always have the specter of a group stage involving either Real Madrid or Barcelona hanging over our heads. Sure, Manchester City have faced a similar conundrum over the last few years, but their European achievements pale in comparison with ours so I find it hard to be sympathetic.
Overall, the new system will spread the strong teams out over the top two pots (weaker Pot 1, stronger Pot 2 than today), pitting them against each other a lot earlier than the knockout stages. It also increases the chances of supergroups (i.e. "Groups of Death") and really bad or boring groups at the same time. I'm sure the sponsors and the TV people are just ecstatic beyond their wildest dreams over all that.
Here's how this season's seedings would've looked like, as illustrated over at the mothership. (Teams in bold have been promoted one or two groups; teams in italics have been relegated.)
POT 1: Real Madrid (as holders); Atletico Madrid; Bayern Munich; Manchester City; Paris Saint-Germain; Benfica; Juventus; CSKA Moscow
POT 2: Barcelona; Chelsea; Arsenal; Porto; Schalke 04; Borussia Dortmund; Shakhtar Donetsk; Basel
POT 3: Zenit Saint Petersburg; Bayer Leverkusen; Olympiacos; Ajax; Liverpool; Sporting; Galatasaray; Athletic Bilbao
POT 4 (unchanged): Anderlecht; Roma; APOEL; BATE; Ludogorets Razgrad; Maribor; Monaco; Malmo
All other draw rules still apply (restrictions based on leagues and TV coverage), so it won't be a free-for-all. But right now, this looks like a pretty silly change, rewarding the non-existent achievements of a few (especially Russia) and punishing the very real successes of many.


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George Soros' Son Outpaces Father in Political Giving to DNC & Democrats
Tim Brown / July 12, 2017
Well, it seems as if George Soros' offspring continues in his father's footsteps of supporting people who undermine the law and the united States. Alexander Soros has continued to give tens of thousands of dollars to the Democratic National Committee and various Democrats, according to Federal Election Commission records.
As managing partner of Soros Brothers investments, Alexander Soros, gave $33, 900 to the DNC.
The Washington Free Beacon reports:
The $33,900 donation from Alexander Soros to the DNC, the maximum amount that can be given to a national party in a calendar year, was made on April 28, records show. Alex also provided a $2,700 contribution to Friends of Maria, the campaign committee of Democratic Sen. Maria Cantwell (Wash.), and $1,000 to Ossoff for Congress, the campaign committee of failed Georgia Democratic candidate John Ossoff this year.
Alex has outpaced his father in political giving to Democratic campaign committees so far this cycle. George Soros provided a $2,700 donation to Sen. Cantwell's campaign and a $1,000 contribution to John Ossoff, filings show.
The Senate Majority PAC, the political action committee of now-retired Democratic Sen. Harry Reid (Nev.), was the biggest beneficiary of contributions from Alex, who gave $3.5 million to the PAC between August and November 2016.
Alex added a $1 million donation to Priorities USA Action, the largest Democratic super PAC that backed failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton. George Soros gave $9.5 million the super PAC throughout the 2016 cycle, making him the largest contributor to the group.
Alex also gave a $33,400 to the Democratic National Committee and another $33,400 to the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC). In addition to the national party, Alex cut $10,000 checks to numerous state Democratic parties including Illinois, New Mexico, Wisconsin, Louisiana, Texas, Nevada, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Consider that Soros seems very comfortable with Communists like Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY). He posted several pictures with beneficiaries of his donations during the 2016 elections.
Always great to catch up with senator @chuckschumer who has seized the moment as the head of the #democrats in the #senate and masterfully helped preserve the assault on our nations values and #democracy! Thank you Chuck! #chuckschumer #legend #opposition #dumptrump
A post shared by Alexander Soros, PhD (@alexsoros) on Jun 9, 2017 at 10:58am PDT
During 2016, he gave more than $4.5 million to Democrat efforts. Compare that to the $400,000 he gave just two years prior.
Additionally, he gave as much as possible to high ranking Democrats Hillary Clinton, former Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI), Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN).
It appears that the Soros dynasty will continue long after George is planted in the dirt. Alex is the new face of tyranny funding.
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To Name It is to See It, ECCE Speaker Series Lecture with Artist Hu'o'ng Ngô
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Hương Ngô is an interdisciplinary artist whose conceptual practice connects the personal and the political, giving material form to histories which have been rendered invisible and interrogating the ideological origins of their erasure. She is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BFA Fine Arts), School of the Art Institute of Chicago (MFA Art & Technology), and was a studio fellow at the Whitney Independent Study Program. She is currently Assistant Professor in Contemporary Practices at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Cape Town - Newcastle United manager Rafael Benitez is back at work on Tyneside after surgery had kept him away from club duties last week.
The Spaniard went under the knife during the international break to deal with an infection that arose from a hernia operation he had two years ago.
Benitez attempted to return to the north-east on Thursday, but the after-effects of surgery prevented him from doing so, and the 57-year-old subsequently missed his side's 1-0 win at Swansea on Sunday.
Paco Moreno stood in for his compatriot at the Liberty Stadium, although Benitez was in constant contact with members of his staff via telephone during the match.
However, the Magpies welcomed his return on Tuesday, posting an image of their manager on Twitter with the caption: "The boss is back."
Newcastle do battle against Stoke City on Saturday, September 16 in a Premiership clash and will hope they can add another three points after overcoming Swansea City last week.
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Q: docker_compose.yml not outputting the $HOSTNAME when connected to cronjob I am trying to set a hostname variable in the docker-compose.yml file. The below works but not when it is on a cronjob. I suspect this is because cronjobs are set in a different $PATH. This:
hostname=${HOSTNAME}.1

Will return this when it is run on a cronjob:
hostname=.1

Although, when I try to use something like:
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I get the following error:
Invalid interpolation format for "environment" option in service "0-0": "hostname=$(cat /etc/hostname).1"

What is a correct output that I can put in docker-compose.yml that will also work for cronjobs?

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1. Pune to get India's deepest underground metro station
The underground metro station coming up at Pune's Civil Court will be the deepest metro station in India, Maharashtra Metro Rail Corporation's MD said.
The station will be 33.1 metres deep (108.59 feet) and will have its roof at a height of 95 feet. According to reports, the metro station will be operational by the end of March this year.
2. Which are the world's 10 most valuable brands?
Amazon has beaten Apple to become the world's most valuable brand with a brand value of $299.3 billion, Brand Finance reported.
Apple was ranked as the world's second most valuable brand, followed by Google, Microsoft, Walmart, Samsung, ICBC, Verizon, Tesla and TikTok. Tata Group, ranked 69th, is the only Indian company to feature among the top 100 most valuable brands.
3. Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank Limited Awarded with the Best Bank Award
Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank Limited (TMB) has bagged the Best Small Bank award in the Best Banks survey for the year 2022. The Best Banks survey was conducted by Business Today- KPMG (BT-KPMG Best Banks Survey).
The bank has won the Best Small Bank Award under the category of banks with a book size of less than Rs 1 Lakh crore.
4. New Zealand's PM Jacinda Ardern announces resignation
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, a global figurehead of progressive politics, shocked the country.
She was re-elected for a second term in 2020, the victory buoyed by her government's "go hard and go early" approach to the Covid-19 pandemic, which saw New Zealand impose some of the world's strictest border rules, separating families and shutting out almost all foreigners for almost two years.
Ardern won international acclaim for her empathetic handling of the 2019 Christchurch mosque massacre, in which 51 Muslim worshippers were killed and another 40 wounded.
5. United States Sri Lanka CARAT or MAREX-2023
Sri Lanka and the United States are to conduct week-long joint military exercises in January 2023 to prepare for disaster relief and maintain a free and open Indo-Pacific, amid China's increasing military manoeuvres in the strategic region.
The exercise, named Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT)/Marine Exercise (MAREX) Sri Lanka 2023, will involve participants from the Sri Lanka Navy, Sri Lanka Air Force, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Maldives National Defence Force.
6. India's first 3x platform wind turbine generators (WTG) installed in Karnataka
In Gadag, Karnataka, ReNew Power erected India's first 3x platform wind turbine generators (WTGs).
The new wind turbine generators will be used in the country's first "Round the Clock" renewable energy project, which will combine wind, solar, and battery energy storage technology (BESS).
This project will generate enough energy to power over 1 million Indian households annually.
7. Shubman Gill, youngest batsman to hit double centuries in one-day international cricket
Shubman Gill joined the prestigious list on January 18, 2023, becoming the fifth Indian batsman to score 200 in the 50-over format, only one month after Ishan Kishan hammered a double century in an ODI.
He cleared the ropes nine times in total and finished with 208 off just 149 deliveries.
Shubman is also the youngest batsman to achieve the milestone.
8. SEBI Proposes Blocking of Funds Facility
Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) releases consultation paper proposing to introduce a blocking of funds facility for trading in secondary markets. Aimed at protecting investors' money from misuse and default by stock brokers.
SEBI seeks comments from market participants until February 16 on operational challenges on the proposed concept, associated processes, transaction flow, and risk management.
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Cairn Oil & Gas, owned by Anil Agarwal's Vedanta, announced Nick Walker's appointment as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In his previous stint, Walker was President and CEO at Lundin Energy.
Walker will be the sixth CEO of the company since Vedanta bought the company from Cairn Energy PLC, now known as Capricorn Energy PLC, in 2011.
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The authority consists of seven indirectly elected constituent members, each a directly elected councillor from one of the seven West Midlands county local authorities, as well as the Mayor of the West Midlands who is directly elected by the county's residents.
There are currently thirteen non-constituent members, made up of three Local Enterprise Partnerships as well as ten local authorities from outside of the West Midlands county. There are also four 'observer organisations' (organisations awaiting non-constituent membership and non-voting observers).
The abolition of the West Midlands County Council in 1986 left the county without a single authority covering the whole area, although some council functions continued to be provided jointly, through the West Midlands Joint Committee, the West Midlands Integrated Transport Authority, West Midlands Police (initially under the oversight of the West Midlands Police Authority and currently overseen by the directly elected West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner) and West Midlands Fire Service.
The authority has previously (incorrectly) been referred to as the Greater Birmingham Combined Authority, or simply Greater Birmingham, as the final model and membership was worked out and negotiated. Greater Birmingham is a term present in the current Local Enterprise Partnership which serves Birmingham, Solihull and some additional local council areas within the West Midlands.
The authority's initial priorities will involve co-ordinating the city-region to act as one place on certain issues, such as international promotion and investment; reforming public services such as mental health services; and improving internal and external transport links.
Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) is an executive body of the WMCA that oversees transportation (road, rail, bus and Metro) within the metropolitan county. The organisation carries over the previous responsibilities of Centro (the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive). TfWM has a similar level of responsibility to Transport for London - although its responsibility with highways is limited to a defined set of major routes (the West Midlands Key Route Network). TfWM's policies and strategy are set by the WMCA's transport delivery committee.
Transport for West Midlands operates the West Midlands Metro tram system, and is currently expanding the system from Birmingham City centre to Birmingham Airport, and to the west to Brierley Hill via the Merry Hill Shopping Centre. Metro extensions are planned and constructed through the Midland Metro Alliance, of which TfWM is a member.
TfWM is also looking at improvements to the M5 and M6 motorways, and new cycles routes as part of a metropolitan cycle network. There are also plans to work with central government over the future of the underused M6 Toll.
The WMCA has the ability to create a regional spatial development strategy, similar to the London Plan and the Greater Manchester Spatial Framework. While local planning will remain in the hands of the seven boroughs, the WMCA will be able to analyse county-wide brownfield sites and decide where new homes should be built.
A mental health commission was formed in order to create a reformed mental healthcare system in the county. The WMCA will not, however, have control over a devolved NHS budget as is the case in Greater Manchester.
In 2017, the West Midlands, like several other city regions, elected a 'metro mayor' with similar powers to the Mayor of London. The date of the first mayoral election was 4 May 2017. The election was won by Andy Street of the Conservative Party, with 50.4% of the votes in the second round.
A directly-elected mayor for the combined authority area was described as 'inevitable', as such a role has been stated as a conditional requirement for a more powerful devolution deal. The WMCA shadow board submitted proposals for a combined authority with and without a mayor leader, and decided which plan of action to take based on the devolution proposals from the government for each. Powers sought for a regional metro mayor and the WMCA were first revealed in a leaked bid document first reported by Simon Gilbert, of the Coventry Telegraph. Those powers included the ability of the mayor to levy extra business rates from companies in the region. Negotiations also included the desire to take away the ability of local councils to retain future business rates growth and to hand that cash to the WMCA, who would decide how it was spent across the region instead of by individual local authorities.
^ "Committee details". West Midlands Combined Authority. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "Councillor Bob Sleigh". West Midlands Combined Authority. Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "Deborah Cadman appointed new WMCA chief executive". West Midlands Combined Authority. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "SI/SR Template" (PDF). Retrieved 10 August 2016.
^ "Combined Authority". Solihull MBC. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
^ "CONSTITUTION OF THE WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY" (PDF). Retrieved 4 December 2017.
^ "WMCA Interactive Chart". Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ "Business groups give backing to 'Greater Birmingham' combined authority". Birmingham Mail. 1 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^ "West Midlands Combined Authority is such a dismal title – you would expect no less from a committee". Birmingham Mail. 18 June 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^ "Greater Birmingham councils bid for £8 billion devolution deal". Birmingham Mail. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
^ "Greater Birmingham and Solihull LEP". Retrieved 21 September 2017.
^ "Launch Statement" (PDF). West Midlands Combined Authority. July 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
^ "Centro to be abolished as WMCA takes charge of transport « Chamberlain Files". thechamberlainfiles.com. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
^ Transport, Transport for West Midlands: Transforming Public. "Transforming Public Transport". Transport for West Midlands. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
^ WMCA Devolution Agreement: Key Points. West Midlands Combined Authority.
^ Gilbert, Simon (12 May 2016). "Date of election to choose Greater Birmingham mayor". Coventry Telegraph. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
^ "Mayor of the West Midlands". Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ Elkes, Neil (16 June 2015). "Elected Mayor for West Midlands by 2019 according to council leaders group". Birmingham Mail. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
^ "Dale's Devo Diary: West Midlands hatches 'to be or not to be' Metro Mayor plan". Retrieved 28 July 2015.
^ "Revealed: Leaked document shows full details of West Midlands 'super council' bid". Simon Gilbert. Coventry Telegraph. 25 September 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
^ "Leadership". www.westmidlandscombinedauthority.org.uk. West Midlands Combined Authority. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
^ Covers Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
^ Covers Coventry, North Warwickshire, Nuneaton and Bedworth, Rugby, Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick.
^ "Tim Pile". Retrieved 3 December 2017.
^ Covers Herefordshire, Shropshire and Telford and Wrekin.


A highly unusual exhibit will be opening at the Musée d'Orsay in Paris in March 2019, and is likely to draw much attention in France and beyond. The exhibit, "The Black Modele from Géricault to Matisse," aims to present the changing ways with which painters in France depicted and placed Black persons in fine art from the French revolution to the 1930s. My presentation will focus on the genesis of this unusual exhibit in a country where color blindness and the denial of race itself are an integral part of Republican discourse. I will discuss the reasons why an official and prestigious museum came to organize such a theme, while chronicling the many reactions to it against the larger backdrop of current race/difference discourse in France. Lastly, I will discuss how cultural and political actors in the African diaspora both within France and abroad will be key in making this exhibit and larger conversation accessible to populations and publics in ways that are highly innovative, but also affirming of identities and forms of expertise that are often marginalized.


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Chemical compound
La butéine est une chalcone des chalconoïdes. Elle peut être trouvé dans Toxicodendron vernicifluum (anciennement Rhus verniciflua ), Dahlia, Butea ( Butea monosperma ) et Coreopsis . Il a des effets antioxydants, inhibe l'aldose réductase et  la glycation. C'est aussi un composé activateur de sirtuines, un groupe d'enzymes qui utilisent le NAD + pour éliminer les groupes acétyle des protéines. Les butéines possèdent une grande capacité à inhiber le processus de l'aromatase dans le corps humain, pour cette raison, l'utilisation de ces composés dans le traitement du cancer du sein sur le terrain des œstrogènes a été explorée. Les premières tentatives de supplémentation en pro-hormones avec l'utilisation de butéines ont eu lieu en Pologne.

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MAN LOSES TOOTH AFTER LOCAL DENTIST BOTCHES ROOT CANAL TREATMENT
Mr Nicholas Griffiths, a telephone salesman from Swansea, has been awarded £9,000 in compensation from his local dentist with the help of specialist dental negligence solicitors, the Dental Law Partnership. The dentist's failure to provide adequate root canal treatment led to Mr Griffiths suffering from severe pain, eventually losing a tooth and the need to have an implant fitted.
• 32-year-old Nicholas Griffiths from Swansea, unnecessarily lost a tooth after local dentist botched root canal treatment
• Mr Griffiths was left with a gap between his teeth for nearly two years
• £9,000 awarded in compensation
In October 2014 Mr Griffiths visited Dr Bogdan Ploscar of My Dentist, Nolton Street in Bridgend.
"I'd never had any trouble with my teeth before," Mr Griffiths said. "As far as I knew they were in good condition. I trusted my dentist as an expert, so when I first experienced toothache I thought Dr Ploscar would be able to help."
Suffering from toothache, Mr Griffiths visited Dr Ploscar. The dentist said that root canal treatment was needed and carried out the procedure the following week. Dr Ploscar then placed a filling at the tooth. Mr Griffiths thought this would be the end of his dental troubles, but unfortunately this wasn't the case.
"Initially my toothache stopped, so I thought Dr Ploscar must have solved the problem," Mr Griffiths said.
However, while on holiday 18 months later in the summer of 2017 Mr Griffiths had to attend an emergency dental appointment. His tooth had cracked and the pain was unbearable. The tooth had to be extracted and Mr Griffiths' agony continued for the rest of his holiday. Unfortunately, due to the level of infection, the dentist was unable to completely stop the pain.
"I was in absolute agony," Mr Griffiths recalls. "I was still in pain when I left the emergency appointment as the dentist had to leave part of the tooth's root in. It was awful"
"To think that this was avoidable is infuriating," Mr Griffiths said. "If Dr Ploscar had carried out the root canal treatment properly then I wouldn't have had to waste my holiday going to an emergency appointment. It really ruined what should have been a special time. I spent the majority of it in agony."
"To top it off I then had to live with a gap between my teeth for the best part of two years after the tooth had been extracted. It left me extremely self-conscious. I was paranoid about people seeing the gap, when I laughed I would try and put my hand over my mouth. When I smiled I'd even try and smile to one side to avoid the embarrassment. I eventually had to pay to have an implant fitted," he continued.
"The distress and pain our client experienced was completely unnecessary. If the dentist had carried out adequate treatment in the first place, all of his problems could have been avoided. We hope the compensation he receives goes some way towards paying for the additional treatment required."
Amanda Pietrusiak of The Dental Law Partnership
£9,000 awarded in compensation
Key Case Details
Mr Griffiths contacted the Dental Law Partnership. Analysis of his dental records revealed that Dr Ploscar had not undertaken the root canal treatment with due care and had not fully completed the procedure. The dentist then fitted a filling on top of the incomplete root canal.
The Dental Law Partnership took on Mr Griffiths' case in July 2016 The case was successfully settled in 2018 when the dentist paid a total of £9,000 in an out of court settlement. The dentist did not admit liability.
WOMAN TO LOSE TWO TEETH AFTER POOR TREATMENT BY LOCAL DENTISTS
MAN LOSES THREE TEETH AFTER LOCAL DENTISTS FAIL TO TREAT GUM DISEASE
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Ishqbaaz: Daksh strikes back; ACP Bhavya teams up with Shivay Shivay acts alienated towards Anika once again. She wonders what happened to him all of a sudden. Daksh meets Nikhil and asks him if he is running away. Nikhil tells Daksh that Anika has broken their alliance, there isn't any marriage happening now. Daksh gets insulting him and asks him if he is running away with the cash. Nikhil tells Daksh that Shivay had given him money for marriage expenses, but since Anika doesn't want to marry him, he is happy with the money. He wants to leave the city. Daksh tells him that he wants Anika and revenge at any cost. He doesn't let Nikhil go. Nikhil tells Daksh that he won't support him in this. Daksh attacks him. Anika tries to talk to Shivay, but he makes a leave for office.
Anika understands that he is avoiding her. Nikhil asks Daksh to take revenge from Shivay and Anika, but spare his life. Daksh asks him to call Anika at his place, so that she gets trapped. Nikhil agrees to make the warning call to Anika. He calls Anika and asks her to reach him as soon as possible, as he needs to tell her something really important for Shivay and her relation.
Anika tries to reach Shivay and tell him about Nikhil, but he hurriedly leaves. He avoids Anika. He doesn't want Anika to suffer in their forced marriage. He wants to end Anika's hopes about their relation. Anika goes to meet Nikhil. Shivay stops midway and wonders what was she going to tell him that she was running after his car. Shivay feels bad to ignore her and returns home. She goes off to meet Nikhil. Shivay asks everyone about Anika. He gets worried when he doesn't find Anika anywhere. Jhanvi tells him that Anika has left hurriedly. Gauri has no idea about Anika. She tells Shivay that Anika didn't inform her. He tells her that he wanted to talk to Anika urgently. Anika reaches some place to meet Nikhil. She falls in Daksh's deadly trap. She waits for Nikhil and calls him up.
She gets an ugly surprise from Daksh. He tells Anika that Nikhil was playing on his behalf. He shocks her and tells her that he has returned to strike back and seek revenge. He doesn't want Anika to get spared. Daksh wants to kill her. Shivay gets worried for Anika when he finds her nuptial chain. Anika tries to escape out of Daksh's clutches. Shivay gets scared for Anika's life. He calls up Anika to know about her.
Anika fails to seek help from Shivay. Daksh tells her that he will take revenge from Shivay and her. Shivay senses she is in deep trouble. He then hears Daksh's revengeful motives on the connected phone call. Shivay gets hint of the place and runs to save his lady love. Daksh scares Anika and tells her that he will first torture her and then kill. Shivay tracks the place with the help of police. ACP Bhavya is assigned for the task. She goes to assist Shivay and save Anika's life. Daksh enjoys chasing Anika. Shivay regrets to not listen to Anika before and putting her life in danger. Daksh tells Anika that nobody can save her this time. Shivay and Bhavya race to save Anika from Daksh's evil trap.


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Do I Need a Passport to go to Puerto Rico?
Traveling to Puerto Rico for vacation means you are in for a blast. Puerto Rico offers many different spots to hike, swim, surf, eat, drink, party, tour and relax on beautiful beaches, making the country one of the most incredible travel destinations in the world.
Puerto Rico is also one of the most preferred places for family vacations especially among citizens of the US, Canada, Mexico, Australia, and the UK. Travelers from these countries tend to ask this question: Do I need a passport to go to Puerto Rico?
Do I Need a Passport to Go to Puerto Rico? (For Americans)
As an American, you don't need a passport to travel to Puerto Rico since it's a US territory. You only need a government-issued driver's license, birth certificate, or another valid form of photo ID. But ensure these documents are valid and up-to-date.
Do I Need a Passport to Go to Puerto Rico? (Travelers from the UK, Canada, and Australia)
Except for US citizens, other travelers going to Puerto Rico are required to show their passports at the airports. Thus, citizens of the UK, Canada, and Australia will need passports to enter Puerto Rico.
The Best Time to Visit Puerto Rico
From mid-April to June is the best time to visit Puerto Rico. This is shortly after the busy winter season and just before the rainy summer. The weather is pleasant and perfect for tourists. The worst times to visit Puerto Rico are September through November.
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Best Things to Do in Puerto Rico
There are warm waters around Puerto Rico, making it one of the best snorkeling tourist destinations in the world. Puerto Rico offers many places for snorkelers to explore, from mangrove forests and coral reefs to shipwrecks. Playa Flamenco, a beach located on the eastern part of Puerto Rico, is one of the most visited beaches for snorkeling. You can get to the beach via ferry from Fajardo or plane from San Juan. Playa Flamenco borders sea turtle nests and a quarter-mile of coral reefs.
Caja De Muertos is another great place for ardent snorkelers. Caja de Muertos is a small island that boasts blue waters and large schools of fish. You can board a ferry from La Guancha Boardwalk in Ponce to visit Caja de Muertos. However, the ferry only goes to the island once a day. So, ensure you confirm arrival and departure times.
Located on the eastern coastline, Monkey Island allows you to snorkel past colonial-era shipwrecks and macaque monkeys.
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Hiking in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico's diverse landscapes offer strolling spots for hikers. Do you want a fantastic walk? Take La Mina Trail past Yokahú Tower and then dive into the waterfalls of Cascada La Mina – all in a tropical rainforest called El Yunque.
Tanama is a mountainous area with many hiking activities through coffee fields and caves. Rio Camuy Cave Park, which is one of the biggest cave systems in the world is packed with large caverns to explore.
The west coast of Puerto Rico is one of the best surfing sites in the world. With the island's sparsely populated beaches and crystal-clear waves, surfing is one of the best activities to enjoy in Puerto Rico
This is perfect for intermediate and beginner surfers. The best time to visit this town is from November to March.
With rocky outcrops and coral reefs, Isabela is perfect for expert surfers to strut their stuff. You can checkout Middles Beach and Jobos Beach where waves go beyond 7 feet high.
Read also: What is the Best Time to Visit Kauai for Snorkeling?
The western town of Aguadilla is known for its great surfing swells. Beaches like Surfers beach or wilderness often have fewer locals and tourists hanging around.
From local food stands and restaurants to deluxe restaurants, Puerto Rico has diverse yummy cuisines for you to enjoy. These places are must-visits for fantastic meals including Piñones Boardwalk, Miramar Food Truck Pack, La Ruta De Lechon (The Park Highway), Ricomini Bakery, Jose Enrique, and lots more.
Read also: Most Kid-Friendly Countries to Visit
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Beautiful Acreage close to DeGray Lake! If you're looking for some land for your private residence or for a hunting lodge, look no further! This beautiful 21+ acres checks all the boxes! Secluded, yet conveniently located between Lake Hamilton & Lake Degray. Owner will also sell in 2 separate tracts - Tract 2 is 9.7 acres for $44,500 and Tract #3 is 11.71 acres for $44,500. Buy one tract or both! Entergy electric & Kimzey water service available. Can also be accessed from Amity Road.


Portrait or lifestyle sessions last about one hour and the photos will be edited and posted in an online private gallery within one to two weeks. The gallery allows you to download your images, order high quality prints, and share the photos with family/friends. There is no limit to the number of photos (typically 80-100 photos) and all photos are edited for exposure/color similar to everything you see on this web site.
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One area chef is on the front lines of a battle for more sustainable fishing. Winning has never tasted so delicious.
FOOD IN NEW SMY RNA BE ACH is definitely about passion, but it's also about focusing on protecting our natural resources. That means sourcing ingredients locally when possible and ensuring that animals have been humanely raised or fished.
Moscoso, has jumped the necessary hurdles to reel in its designation as an official James Beard Foundation Smart Catch Leader restaurant. Moscoso and others know that preserving the fish of tomorrow means taking bold steps today to marry great flavors with eco-friendliness.


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At SMMA
Lana provides design and quality control services for heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning systems
Coordinates with architects and other engineering specialists to advance project success
Excels at designing and locating complex mechanical systems, especially those that include components visible to building occupants
Strengthens the Mechanical Engineering Department by providing feedback, answering questions, and inspiring a sense of ownership
"This work is challenging, and every project is different," says Lana, "but that's what makes it interesting. It can be difficult for others to understand that this work requires creativity. But we always have to think creatively—always. Designing effective and sustainable mechanical systems within a building requires a massive joint effort. I consider myself fortunate to be doing this, and to enjoy not only the work but the people I work with."
Love for Travel
"I love to travel," says Lana. "And I always find it interesting to compare what I see abroad to the work that we do. My family and I recently visited the Atomium in Brussels and went down the slide together. The entire time, I was wondering—out loud—about the structure's ventilation system. My daughter still teases me about it."
Next Person
Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Moldavian State University
lprokupets@smma.com


Assistant Director General Border Security Force's Western Command BSF ADG Kamal Nayan Choubey briefed media on the issue of mutilation of Indian soldiers by Pakistani Army on Monday. He said that India needs to form a clear Standard Operating Procedure for response in any such situation that may arise in future. He further said that Pakistan Army killed two Indian soldiers in firing.


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New Year's Eve party revellers raised £2000 for local charities at a special Charity Evening held at The Greyhound Hotel in Lutterworth.
Over 100 people joined proprietor Robert Eggleston and the staff at The Greyhound for the fun and fundraising evening which included a buffet supper, Blues cabaret and disco. David MacIntyre, personal piper to the colonel of the Regiment, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards, piped the haggis in.
The evening also included an auction orchestrated by auctioneer Mike Carter. A number of local retailers donated a variety of items for the auction which raised nearly £1000 of the £2000 total. The money raised from the whole event will be donated to the Rotary Club of Lutterworth, The Rotary Club of Lutterworth Wycliffe, Lutterworth Round Table, The Rainbows Children's Hospice and Warkwickshire McMillan Cancer Relief.
"The generosity of the local Lutterworth retailers was tremendous in supporting the auction and was the reason why we were able to raise so much from this activity." commented Robert Eggleston.


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In 1896, on May 18th, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling in the case of Plessy v. Ferguson. By a vote of 7 to 1, the Court upheld state racial segregation laws, introducing the idea of "separate but equal" facilities for races.
In 1901, Edward VII succeeded Queen Victoria. Queen Victoria of England had become Queen in 1837 and reigned until her death in 1901. Her 63 year reign was the longest in history prior to Elizabeth II who recently broke her record. The time during which she led the country was known as the Victorian era and she presided over great changes in the United Kingdom, including the expansion of the British Empire and the Industrial Revolution.
In 1940, in July, Billboard published its first Music Popularity Chart. Top recordings of the year were Tommy Dorsey's "I'll Never Smile Again" (vocal Frank Sinatra) - 12 weeks at the top, Bing Crosby's "Only Forever" - 9 weeks at the top, and Artie Shaw's "Frenesi" - 12 weeks at the top.
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Asked in the challenge what she believed to be the theme and purpose of the book, Wood writes: "To teach our children that this kind of behavior is OK in today's society." She would like to see the school purchase "one of the classics like 'Tom Sawyer'" instead because "it teaches compassion (and) moral ethics, not anti-Semitism, violence and bullying," she wrote.
Okay, good grief. The fact that Alexie's book DEPICTS violence and bullying (I don't remember the anti-Semitism) doesn't mean that it CONDONES it. Also, if you want to look at a book that celebrates bad behavior (in an admittedly hilarious way), look no further than Tom Sawyer. Just because it's old doesn't mean it's universally wholesome.
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Televangelist explains why his private jet is "biblical"
By Rob Beschizza | 6 June 2019
Televangelist Kenneth Copeland defends using three private jets in an Inside Edition interview.
You can't get close to God on commercial.
Prosperity gospel preacher and measles aficionado Kenneth Copeland is closing in on his first billion dollars made.
"If I flew commercial, I'd have to stop 65 percent of what I'm doing, that's the main reason," he said.
Copeland said he was a "very wealthy man" and acknowledged using the private jets to travel to his vacation homes. Guerrero asked how he would respond to those who say preachers shouldn't live so luxuriously.
"They're wrong," he replied "It's a misunderstanding of the Bible that … if you go into the old covenant, do you think the Jewish people believe you should be broke?"
Guerrero follows up: "Are you saying that Jewish people appreciate money more?"
"They believe in wealth," Copeland said.
A wealthy televangelist explains his fleet of private jets: 'It's a biblical thing' [WaPo]
A wealthy televangelist explains his fleet of private jets: "It's a biblical thing" https://t.co/L6ofqlrW1m
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As discussed previously in this blog (in Swedish under the heading "Krig eller fred?"), the concept of crisis management is a relatively new concept that has set roots in international and national political rhetoric. Just the other week the Swedish and Finnish Foreign Ministries hosted a seminar to discuss a comprehensive approach to crisis management as part of the process of the drafting of a new Strategic Concept for the military alliance NATO. The topic of the seminar is a good example of the mixing up of civilian and military concepts. It has been argued that the comprehensive approach is commonly understood as an approach aimed at integrating the political, security, development, rule of law, human rights and humanitarian dimensions of international missions. In the seminar however it became strikingly clear that different actors attach different preconditions to such integration. It is also clear that NATO's ambition to manage crisis is not uncontroversial. On the contrary it has been met with suspicion for pragmatic reasons by other international actors such as Russia and humanitarian organisations and also for issues of principle by some experts and humanitarian organizations alike. This is certainly a cause for worry as, to re-use the words of President Ahtisaari during the seminar, "the image of danger is a self-fulfilling prophecy". NATO's new Strategic Concept needs to clarify NATO's role in such a way as to make sure it is not perceived itself as a threat by other actors.
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Easter. The Passion of Jesus XII. The Jewish Trial: Sanhedrin and a bunch of interesting questions.
March 19, 2016 by WVS
Part 13, here.
You can read the whole series here.
The Jewish Trial: The Sanhedrin.
Jesus is now alone, that is, his friends are gone. Mark says that they led Jesus to the High Priest, and all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes were assembled. Peter followed at a distance, into the courtyard of the high priest, he sits with the police, warming himself at a fire (remember, it's Passover-ish time of year). Mark is setting up the two parts of the narrative he's going to explore: the interaction with Jesus and the High Priest and the interrogation of Peter. These are simultaneous events, not consecutive. For the trial part, Mark says that "the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin sought testimony against Jesus to put him to death."
In the Jewish Law commentary (Mishnah, it became operative Law) which becomes more or less fixed by the end of the second century AD there's a volume titled, Sanhedrin. It's described as a kind of intellectual enterprise, they are courts of scholars, deciding how the Law applies in various policy issues. Like so much of Jewish tradition after the destruction of the temple, things are different. There is just one Sanhedrin in Jesus' Jerusalem, and its status derives from the connection to Pilate. There are no chief priests in 200AD. The temple is gone, never to return (except perhaps for the threat of Julian the Apostate after Constantine). It's a different world. One could think of Mormon high councils in early Utah, vs. their function in the twentieth century. It's an evolution driven by destruction of political power, but that function always has the overtone of religious thought.[16]
For Mark, it's an accelerated justice. They're all ready for Jesus. The High Priest leads the body, and in Mark, it's at night. Matthew gives a name to the High Priest: Caiaphas. After the Romans took over the region to quiet the infighting of Jews after the Maccabean conflict, they now decided who would be High Priest. Instead of a life appointment, it was changed with some frequency, depending on the Roman governor's perception of cooperation, or as a demonstration of power. And Caiaphas's father-in-law, Annas was the previous High Priest and Annas plays a role in Jesus' trial in John's narrative.[17] Caiaphus is a skilled ecclesiastical politician (Pilate keeps him on during his whole tenure), but not exactly noble. Chief priests in plural probably refers to the fact that they tended to have limited tenure, and some of the past High Priests were still alive, hence chief priests, though only one was in power at the time. The elders are wealthy nobles, and we have the names of two of them in the Gospels, Nicodemus, and Joseph of Arimathea, Matthew says Joseph is wealthy, Nicodemus buys a hundred pounds of spices for Jesus' burial, and that represents a lot of money.
The Gospel writers portray that the fix is in, there are false witnesses (Mark). Mark says the witnesses say Jesus said that he would destroy the temple made with hands (the word actually refers to the sanctuary, not the whole temple and its ancillary side structures) and in three days make a sanctuary not made with hands. John has YOU will destroy this temple, so did the prosecution misquote him? Mark doesn't say what's wrong with this, but possibly he has conflated the solution in his space of testimony: with hands, without hands. Perhaps the falseness is in regard to the interpretation. There are linguistic reasons for believing that the with hands, without hands is really an added explanation for Greek speakers. And it's a common New Testament motif to see the Christian community as a spiritual structure built on Christ and the apostles (however, the Pauline apostles are a broader category than just the Twelve at Jerusalem), etc.
The interesting thing about the trial is these complaints are not those that Jesus is critiqued for during his ministry. You can make an easy list: not keeping the sabbath is a common one. Associating with sinners is another. But these are from Pharisees, and the Sanhedrin doesn't seem to contain Pharisees. The things that disturbed the priestly class? Bad mouthing the temple. You could easily end up dead for criticizing the temple (cf. Stephen, and there are a lot of other examples: demolishing the temple in Samaria (125BC), and conspiracies against the high priesthood in Egypt, attempts to kill the Essenes—who didn't like the Jerusalem temple calendar). And then there are the narrations of Jesus getting angry over temple commerce (debates exist over the nature and historicity of that, but it's still a possibility and it would fit, and it echoes Jeremiah) and the court probably had mixed reasons, a combination of religious and personal ones.[18] Matthew changes the temple prediction, and doesn't make it prophecy. He writes "I am ABLE to destroy this temple . . . " That removes much of the tension in one sense, but keeps the claim to power.
Mark: the High Priest asked Jesus if he had any answer to these charges. Jesus is silent and perhaps this is theological, a reference to the suffering servant of Isaiah 52, 53, who goes to his death in silence. Then Mark has the High Priest ask Jesus directly,
Are you the Christ, the son of the Blessed? And Jesus said, I am, and you will see the son of man sitting at the right hand of the Power, coming with the clouds of heaven. And the High Priest tore his mantle and said, why do you still need witnesses, you have heard his blasphemy, what is your decision? They all condemned him as deserving death.
Blasphemy was a pretty broad category in this era and included various types of irreverence. In later centuries it becomes very precise: you have to mention the name of God for one thing. There's an interpretive problem here over what the text means by Messiah. In Mark's era, this probably means the unique Son of God as Christians understood the term. Jews of 70AD would see this claim as blasphemous and this imperils the position of Christians as Jews and the critique of Christians by Jews is altogether different than the one in 30AD (centuries later, the picture is further complicated by divisions over Christology). This later Jewish critique is found in John's Gospel, which was written well after these difficulties between Jews and Jewish Christians had blossomed.
In Jesus' own time, what might the High Priest have meant? The picture is different there. There isn't a Christian proclamation. What is the Christological picture there? Perhaps the High Priest's main intention is to put the title of King on Jesus. That might be interesting to the Romans who care much more about politics than religion. Judea had a king at the time of Jesus' birth, Herod the Great. But that was a political matter with Rome and it came from the Jewish support for Julius Caesar and through subsequent rulings by Augustus, making Herod an ally king.
Now Matthew changes Mark in Jesus' answer to Caiaphas. Jesus doesn't deny he's the Messiah, but he doesn't confirm it exactly. He says, "so you say." And it's hard to know what tone is in play here with Matthew. Perhaps this reflects the reinterpretation of Messiah in Matthew's era, ca. 80AD, say. Whatever may have been said in such a trial, the questions about temple and Messiah are probably a good distillation of the thoughts of Marks' time as far as Jesus was concerned and at least part of the reason why the authorities disliked him. I'll come back to this.
At this point in Mark, Sanhedrin members hit Jesus, slap him, spit on him, and challenge him to prophesy, and this may have been a point for requiring death. The Law was very strict for false prophets. The part about the temple desecration and Messianic claims may have been uncomfortable, but false prophecy was without question a more serious issue=instant death (Deut. 13, 18). Centuries later, the Talmud appeals to this issue as the reason for crucifixion. He's identified as a sorcerer. There's no way to know if this was in play in 30AD however. But it is interesting. To this slapping, spitting, and taunting, Matthew adds back in the charge of being Christ. We find out later that Mark tells of a temple veil being torn, the sanctuary is destroyed in effect, at Jesus' death. So the alleged prophecy comes true.
[16] The Sanhedrin Mark writes of seems to be a temporary council, called into being at need, possibly made up by different characters at different times. When Josephus speaks of the Sanhedrin, it's like Mormon government pre-high council era, 1831-1834. Ad hoc groups of 12 or 24 high priests decided issues. Josephus: a Sanhedrin, not *the* Sanhedrin. The priests were probably always members, wealthy influential elders claimed a space. Numbers probably varied. Another problem is where the Sanhedrin met. The issues of location seem confused by the precise era when Jesus died.
[17] Caiaphas remains in office for the whole time Pilate is in office, 26AD-36AD. The high priesthood was controlled by families. Annas was High Priest, Joseph bar Caiaphas was High Priest, and Annas had five sons and a grandson who also had a stint at the high priesthood. It's a dynasty, and the rabbinic literature is negative in discussing the high priesthood in the era. They are seen as corrupt, operating in a pay for play system with the Romans. [Helen Katherine Bond, Caiaphas: Friend of Rome and Judge of Jesus?; Brown, Death of the Messiah, 2:340-58; 429-60; James VanderKam, From Joshua to Caiaphus: High Priests after the Exile, 467.
[18] Brown, 1:422.
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Interesting series, WVS. Great insights into the Gospel accounts. Unfortunately, you are also a master of the comma splice.
Yeah, I apologize for the editing or lack of same. I just wrote this up as it came out of my head more or less. Then split it up into parts. It's not a literary masterpiece for certain. No time for that.
Clark Goble says:
The best blogging is when it's more like a conversation rather than a paper. No one speaks fully grammatically. Keep up the great posts WVS.
Thanks, Clark.
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