Sour Cherry, veering to softer notes of wild strawberry and Pomegranate.
Soft, sensuous and inviting. The tannin profile seems a little firmer than elsewhere in the portfolio amongst an impressive array of single vineyard wines. Yet, for that it is elegant and long as befits the cooler aspect of the Main Ridge site higher up the Peninsula.
This vintage just exhibits this bright perfume, a mix of blue fruit, eucalypt and a smattering of oak seasoning. It's wonderfully inviting to the drinker.
For all its forward nature, its still reserved and quite tight in the body. The tannin is fine-grained and also firm at the same time.
Has a delicate floral, apple blossom and nashi pear profile - certainly quite inviting.
Light and vibrant with a zestiness, it's actually quite a gentle wine - unlike many Prosecco that have a coarse, agressive mineral profile. A little additional sugar has added some weight and texture, to soften that palate profile.
Pretty aromatics here, a floral meets Berry concoction that offers an open invitational to the drinker.
The body is lose, fluid - not quite the snappy tautness of the vogue style - the Berry and spiced nuances following on.
Peter Lehmann wines, iconic Barossa Valley winery now of course owned by the Casella Group, and part of an increasingly diversified wine portfolio.
Classic Shiraz in the style and manner for which the Barossa came to international fore. It possesses that rich damson and plum character, oozing fruit and supported by a framework of dark chocolate and old leather.
It's a full wine with the addition of acidity for freshness. Its fruit presence lingers long, the tannin seemingly an afterthought from what came before, smooth and even across its finish.
Roussanne here in its youth, exhibiting more by way of vanilla with honeysuckle florals.
Tremendous presence on the palate, conveys itself in an assured manner: textural width with a spice tinged presence, graceful length.
An air of floral and candied fruit wafts from the glass. Petit Verdot's bright perfume unmistakable here.
Has a fullness of body, yet a chalky dryness to it. A creamy vanilla Broulee character comes before a gentle line of acidity, tugging the wine along with it.
I love wine for many reasons, its obvious inherent joy of consumption and sharing in its experience - but also its ability for me to learn. For in the sampling of this gem, I learned that Teinturier is a term used for when grapes have both red juice and flesh (the majority of red grapes having only red skins, with the juice being white and taking their colour from extended contact with the skin).
Saperavi, a grape of Georgian (former USSR/Soviet Union, not US Deep South) origin that is gaining some traction here in Australia, from regions as diverse as McLaren Vale to the high country in Victoria's North-East, to Queensland's Granite Belt and this example from Ridgemill Estate - sadly now sold out ex-winery!
Firm, dense and purple nose - there's oak at its heart and a plethora of blue/black fruit. Full bodied, weighty and with depth and penetration that just gives and gives, yielding to none.
Apricot nectar leads, carries with it a white pepper - perhaps mace too - and gingerbread spice.
All that is true and virtuous about Pinot Noir, with its savoury charms and spicy ways.
Feels more 'traditional' than the 2016, an observation nothing more. Then again '17 was a ripper of a vintage in the Yarra, why resort to the sophist's playbook given that?
There's the wild strawberry and sour cherry elements present, nothing dominant; dries leaf matter warrants a mention, as does an assortment of spice.
Straddles that line here between Chardonnay's inherent charm and the winemakers hand, there's a mere hint of complexity matched against the feint peach and vanilla creme hints of the fruit.
Pinot Gris typically has that ripened pear aromatic profile, this Adelaide Hills example being no exception. It smells riper, you might even say it has that Autumnal feel - as opposed to, say the Spring of Riesling - with a heavier, veering to spice aspect.
For all its stated 15%, it sure carries it well. Typical Cabernet profile of Cassis and cedar over pencil shaving oak. It's an aromatic winning formula.
It's a touch firmer and fuller on the palate, not quite rum and raisin territory, certainly Mulberry, plum and spirited alcoholic warmth, a contrast to the aromatics. Eucalypt notes flow gently thereon. Well and substantively framed.
Certainly Mudgee, definitively Cabernet. Carries the fudge and oak over the red Berry heart. Faint cedar, suggestion of nuttiness perhaps.
A mere 55doz produced, spends 28m in shaved out, re-skimmed American Oak.
There's a growing culture of producing barrel aged beers in Australia's burgeoning beer scene. Upon opening this heavenly concoction from old mate Joe, I was reminded of such with its come hither port, and portly, Plum, raisin and nutty vibes.
Joe Evans is a man to be admired, making his wines in what you'd consider a house style, and perhaps the anti-thesis to himself. For Joe's diminutive size is the stark opposite to his larger than life wines.
This 2015 guise of the Ballycroft Mataro is a richly concocted brew, very much in the rum 'n' raisin mould, with dark spice that rides through the wine. Whilst an initial smoothness greets the drinker on entry, it's stature grows and envelopes the palate.
Coonawarra is obviously better known for its Cabernet, then perhaps the Terra Rossa. Which comes first mind, in the hierarchy?
Dusty, dusky, Plum with oak remnants sitting around the core.
Pristine Clare Valley Riesling on display here. It's that heavenly mix of spring blossoms meets bruised lime, with perhaps a suggestion kumquat marmalade lurking in the background.
Satsuma Plum meets orange oil infusion - is like an essential oil enthusiasts favourite wine. Pretty in the aromatics, jocularity aside.
Succulent on entry, depth and and intensity of flavour with persistent tannins that roll through the palate. At once its both succulent and also firm in how it presents itself.
Smells dense and dark, a whiff of Pan juices - dark and sticky. It's an experience, on aroma alone. You sense the initial introduction will be intense.
Lithe, silken on entry - then it hits. It's a liquid slap, one that reverberates across the palate sending waves of flavour. Tannin, fine-grained, many a suggestion of spice through it. There's nary a suggestion of fruit, shrouded and crowded as it is by the spice and oak.
Subtlety could almost be the watchword here. For a variety known for its nigh boisterous and overt aromatic, Xavier Bizot has teased out a wine that's balance and neatness personified.
Quite unsure as to what 'Land Made' means in the context of the wine, still it's attractively packaged.
Presents itself well, somewhat more delicate on the aromatic profile. It's all tropical fruit ahoy! Mixing guava, papaya and suggestion of citrus thrown in for freshness.
Classically proportioned New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc. It's all fresh, up front, carrying that that Gooseberry and herbal opening that has come to define a style (rightly or wrongly) and certainly launched a nation's wine industry.
Deep purple (smoke on the water...) fruit here, like a Plum or Mulberry jam, almost straddling the blue spectrum.
Fruit carries through, a list dusting of spice. Fine, powdery tannin coats the mouth here - persistent in their presence and character.
Hunter Rosé made from Barbera and Merlot.
Carries an air of delicate red fruit, with hints of rose petal and a musky touch.
The palate shows sweeter fruit presence than I was expecting, without the cloying aspect. There's a little body, not the textural weight or width that often - for mine - accompanies the sugar.
From a site 110m above sea level, on the ocean side of the peninsula.
Initially on opening fresh I detected what I thought was the presence of oak. That, if it was indeed there, soon gave way to something else entirely with sour cherry and plum at the core.
It seemed something of a shape shifter, Pinot Noir with more of that piney Pinosity - the earth and forest floor. The fruit is certainly more persistent - and prominent - on the palate, yet it is this fine minerality that pervades and persists, with an refreshening acid line.
I'm not going to shy away from the fact that this is a complex and challenging wine that, for me, defied conventional interpretation. Certainly aromatically.
The palate has this cascading fluidity, nigh on slippery in the way it glides across the palate with ease. It's over-riding sense is of struck flint, as you might get as a kid, banging two stones together to reveal a flinty edge.


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Review: 'Men In White' at the Sargent Theatre (NYC)
By Chris McKittrick November 15, 2013 No Comments
Indie theater is a tough business (like I really need to tell you that), so often there is a reliance on trotting out well-known classics in order to pack the house. Even Broadway isn't immune to this either (when Kenneth Branagh brings his production of Macbeth to New York next year it will be the fourth major revival in less than a decade), so it's refreshing to see an indie theater company — particular one that is already worthy of admiration like The Seeing Place — revive a rarely-produced eighty year-old Pulitzer Prize winning play. The Seeing Place made an excellent choice in reviving Sidney Kingsley's hospital drama Men In White, which not only is a great fit for the company's strengths but is surprisingly timely with its focus on the stresses (both personal and economic) placed on medical professionals.
The play opens on St. George's Hospital in New York City, a Depression-era hospital facing budgetary issues, seemingly in media res on a typical busy day, focusing on the young and ambitious Dr. George Ferguson (Brandon Walker). While Ferguson is currently studying under the hospital's respected Dr. Leo Hochberg (Mark Gorham), he has grand plans of studying abroad after he marries his fiance Laura (Erin Cronican), who comes from a wealthy family. However, Ferguson entrenches himself into nearly every facet of the hospital, earning the ire of Dr. Cunningham (Brian Charles Rooney) for questioning his methods and the admiration of young nurse Barbara Dennin (Martine Moore), and his lack of free time displeases Laura. However, what's wonderfully deceitful about Men in White is that this early melodrama spirals into very serious drama and social commentary on the economics of medical care in the 1930s (some of which sadly hasn't changed much). In other words, don't be fooled by the General Hospital nature of the early scenes between Ferguson and Laura.
The primary conflict is rooted in Dr. Ferguson's attempts to balance his personal and professional lives while facing pressure from both. The Seeing Place has established a reputation for focusing on plays that are defined by internal conflict (for example, the last play they staged was Hamlet), and Walker, who is the Artistic Director of The Seeing Place and often the male lead of its productions, borrows from his portrayal of Hamlet in the internal struggle that Ferguson faces. However, in the performance I saw of Men In White Walker resisted any impulse to let his character become hysterical because of the pressure. It probably would have been easy to do so because of the source material's melodramatic elements. Similarly, Cronican (who is the company's Managing Director and also directed this production) allows her character to be a pillar of strength, which defies expectations of what audiences might think (likely wrongfully) of a 1930s woman. To add to that, the production wryly uses selections from Prokofiev's Romeo & Juliet for much of its music, but this couple couldn't be more different than Shakespeare's famous young lovers.
However, though this play focuses on Ferguson's conflict, one of the most impressive aspects of the production is the size of the cast — the ensemble includes sixteen actors portraying twenty-seven characters. That adds to the complexity and chaos of the hospital environment even though many of the characters are peripheral. It helps put faces to the pressure that Dr. Ferguson is facing. These characters add a lot of color to a presentation that by design (to reflect a real-life hospital) is made primarily up of drab colors. Some of the more noteworthy include Jim DiMunno as an elderly doctor whose profession has passed him by (DiMunno portrays him with considerable trembling) and Jessica Kelly who portrays both an outspoken nurse and, in a brief, but powerful scene, an almost-hysterical mother pleading with Dr. Ferguson to keep her child alive. Though most of the cast depict supporting characters, the style of The Seeing Place allows each actor some room to portray their characters "in the moment," which means nobody is mailing it in no matter how small his or her part in the scene is. There are a lot of nuances one will miss if he or she isn't paying attention to the entire stage.
Another notable aspect is the authentic medical equipment and the flat (by intention) lighting that "colors" the production. I'm particularly amazed that the production somehow found authentic-looking 1930s nurse outfits, which alone transports the audience back to the era the play was written in. Nicole McLaughlin is credited for "Costume Construction" in the program, so I'd assume she deserves the lion's share of the credit. Whenever I see a production in the Sargent Theater I wonder how the company will make the space's technical limitations work for them. Cronican and the production team outdid themselves by striving for an authentic environment in which to present their performance.
This allows the company to do what the Seeing Place always does best — act off each other's performances. That's because while there are different theories to acting and the performing a play (something else I don't need to tell you), what I always enjoy about the Seeing Place is that the company puts the actors first. Its productions are always marked by an unbridled enthusiasm and raw talent that I don't see on stage anywhere else.
Men In White runs at ATA's Sargent Theater (314 W 54th Street, New York) until November 24. Performances run Wednesday through Sunday. Check out www.seeingplacetheater.com for more information.
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In what I can only assume is a ploy to claim an "online only exclusive"(!) the Voice has not published my latest review in this week's print edition. Luckily you, dear reader, can still see what I thought of "Yellow Electras" at the Ontological's Incubator Series...here.
The review of Cat's Cradle was also an "online-only exclusive," to my surprise. Ah, the site traffic must be piled up from these exclusives!


According to NIOSH, the concept of a worker's whole health involves programs, practices, policies and protections that have the same ultimate goal of safety. The main components include illness and injury prevention as well as steps for improving overall well-being. The workbook places a high priority on ensuring a workplace free of hazards. If some hazards cannot be avoided or are part of the job, minimizing them is the top priority. With modern prevention approaches, workers and employers learn the best ways to apply practices in their own situations.
Leaders must show their commitment to the safety and health of workers on all levels slimming tablets that work.
Leaders must ensure that privacy and confidentiality are extended to workers.
Leaders must actively engage workers in the program to ensure its success.
Leaders must use innovative integration of systems to improve workers' well-being.
Leaders must ensure that tasks minimize or remove major safety and health hazards while supporting overall well-being.
In addition to these core values, there is a self-assessment exercise in the workbook. Also, the book includes information about resources for developing plans and measuring success throughout different phases. These plans and tools are easy for each organization to customize based on individual needs.
The workbook incorporates a conceptual model, which shows how to remove or reduce major hazards. It also explores which policies are more effective or less effective. In the years to come, NIOSH plans to collect more feedback from organizations, leaders and workers about the success of this workbook. This is a valuable tool for all workplaces seeking an improved safety plan. To learn more, discuss your concerns with an agent.


What Ever Happened to Travel Agents?
What ever happened to travel agents, do they still exist? Are they extinct? Absolutely not, they are alive and thriving. Like many other industries, the internet has affected the way that travel advisors work. Years ago trip planning always included visiting a travel agency, flipping through brochures and having an agent book the trip. Now much of the booking can be done online, so many travel agents have closed their brick-and-mortar offices and do most of their business remotely.
– Trip planning: Some people know exactly when and where they want to go. Others have no clue. They may only know that they want to take their family to a warm destination sometime between June and August. A good travel agent uses a survey/interview process to help the client determine what will work best – and will offer several options. They partner with the client to custom design the vacation.
– In recent weeks we've seen an unprecedented amount of natural disasters that have resulted in flight/hotel cancellations, cruise ship re-routing and much more. Stranded travelers have had great difficulty getting through to airlines, or the online travel agencies (Expedia, Travelocity, etc) to make adjustments. Many have been kept on hold until their cell phone battery died; then they have to start all over again. Those who had travel agents just had to make one call to let them handle the issues from their office. Agents have access to inside personnel at hotels, cruise lines, etc. who can get much quicker resolutions. They are your best advocates.
– Specialty trips: Some trips are lengthy, more complicated and may have multiple destinations or multiple modes of transportation. A travel agent can ensure that all of the connections and fine details mesh.
– Group travel: Have you ever tried to coordinate a group trip or family reunion? It can be like herding cats. A travel agent can serve as the central point of contact and communicate itineraries, payment deadlines and so much more. They also handle all of the accounting – keeping track of who has paid, how much people still owe and what's outstanding. When a group is small 5-10 people, it's no problem. But when the group is large, 20 or more, it becomes much more difficult. Group members may be hesitant to give you their credit card information, so it's much easier to use a trusted travel professional.
– Busy professionals: I've seen commercials for OTA (Online Travel Agencies) that will allow you to search hundreds of travel websites. In today's fast-paced world, many people are too busy to search hundreds of travel websites. One call to a travel advisor can simply that process.
– Some American citizens don't feel the need to get a passport since they don't travel outside of the United States, but that is all going to change in 2018. Starting at the beginning of next year, residents in nine states will need to have passports in order to take any kind of flight, whether it is international or domestic. Those states are: Kentucky, Maine, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Washington.
– Many countries require that your passport be valid for 6 months beyond your travel date. So even if your passport is still valid, but will expire in 3 or 4 months, you won't make it through immigration.
– Travel agents can give advice about dress codes and what is acceptable. Some countries require women to cover their heads before entering a church or mosque. In others, showing too much skin is frowned upon – so no tank tops or shorts for men or women. I few months ago I visited the Monaco Casino and they do no allow running/tennis shoes or ripped jeans. I saw several people turned away.
I've heard people say, "I don't use a travel agent, I just book online." Newsflash, if you book on a website like Expedia, Travelocity or Hotwire, your using an online travel agent (OTA). Often they are in another country, working from home or a call center.
Aren't travel agents expensive? No. Most of their services are free to clients, since they are paid commissions by the travel vendors (except for airlines, who do not pay commissions). Some agents might charge a service fee for complicated bookings, or airline bookings, but they'll let you know that right up front. Here's another newsflash – you pay fees even when you book online since those fees are built into the price. For example, if you ask your travel agent to book a hotel room for you, he/she may find a rate of $199 per night, and the commission will be paid out of that rate. But if you book the same hotel room through an OTA, or directly with the hotel the rate will be the same. You'll still pay the commission – they just keep it instead of paying the travel agent. You won't get any additional discount for booking directly.
The same thing happens with cruise bookings. You can book directly with the cruise line. But travel agents often have access to discounted rates and extra perks that the cruise lines don't tell customers about.
So why not take advantage of the free services offered by the travel agent?
How do you select a travel agent? Are they all the same? No, all travel agents are not "created equal". Unfortunately, it is a loosely regulated profession. So it is important to shop around and thoroughly vet an agent before trusting them with planning your vacation. Even if someone tells you that they are a "certified travel agent" that's not enough. They may actually have extensive experience and knowledge – or they may have just paid $99 and taken an online class to get that "certification".
Make sure they have a website.
Make sure they have a social media presence.
Get references from past clients, customer reviews, Yelp, etc.
Make sure that they actually travel – a good travel agent has real travel experience.
Find one that has knowledge about the destination(s) that you plan to visit and the type of travel that you want to do. For example, if you're planning a destination wedding, a safari specialist won't be of much help to you. If you want to cruise, make sure that they can give you information about several cruise lines, ships, etc.
Find someone with a broad range of travel expertise, in hotels, resorts, cruises and current trends.
Ask them what they specialize in. Although all travel agents have access selling all travel products, most tend to specialize in destinations or types of travel. You'll get better service when dealing with someone who is a specialist in your desired destination.
Working with a travel advisor is not right for everyone – or for every trip. But working with the right one can be priceless.


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Chelsea manager Maurizio Sarri believes he has a "tactical problem" as he struggles to slot Ruben Loftus-Cheek in his first-choice lineup despite the midfielder's hat-trick in the Europa League win over BATE Borisov.
Making the most of a rare start for Sarri's side, Loftus-Cheek inspired Chelsea to a 3-1 Europa League win over the Belarus champions at Stamford Bridge on Thursday.
But Sarri said only defensive improvements could lead to more chances for Loftus-Cheek, who remains below N'Golo Kante, Jorginho, Mateo Kovacic and Ross Barkley in the pecking order.
"We have four midfielders and three of them have the same characteristics," Sarri told BT Sport.
"They are offensive midfielders, only one has other characteristics - Kante is a defensive midfielder. So it is very difficult to put in the starting XI two midfielders with the same characteristics.
"We have a tactical problem with the midfielders."
Chelsea, who currently two points behind Premier League leaders Manchester City, visit 13th-placed Burnley on Sunday.


Guy Chadwick, Terry Bickers, Andrea Heukamp, Chris Groothuizen and Pete Evans formed The House of Love in 1986 in Camberwell, London. They released three singles and a debut album while signed to Creation records. After this, they switched to Fontana records and released their second album, which was, like the first, untitled. Three singles were released from this album, of which 'The Beatles and the Stones' was the third. It reached number 36 in the UK singles chart.
This limited edition release included a poster and a foldout sleeve. I bought it mainly because of this, since I wasn't that impressed with the track at the time. Now, almost two decades later, I actually think it's a great track.


Who will receive a free DustIQ?
Congratulations to Jos Hyden of NOMADD Desert Solar Solutions, Nicolas Chouleur of Sun Power Corporation and Renee Salusky of Groundworks Renewables!
All the winners will receive a DustIQ from the very first production batch and we look forward to receiving their feedback on their impressions and experiences.
What will you do with your DustIQ?
"I don't know exactly yet, but we have several sites where it would be interesting to run an accurate soiling analysis. One is in Italy and I have in mind another site in South Africa, and lastly a site in France. Though I know by experience that there should not be issues in France, this site is close to a refinery, so I think it would be interesting to do some measurements.
The third winner, Jos from NOMADD, is an interesting match. NOMADD provides a waterless solution for the cleaning of solar panels. We look forward to hearing back from their first experiences with the DustIQ.
DustIQ is a new Kipp & Zonen development to measure soiling of PV panels. It is made of the same materials as a regular PV panel and is the same width. Instead of solar cells underneath the glass, there are two independent sensors that measure the soiling of the glass at each end of the DustIQ. The basic principal consists of measuring the reflection of pulsed LED light by the soiling, calculating precisely the transmission losses, and presenting the user two soiling ratios.
DustIQ has many advantages over existing technologies and if you want to stay up to date please register at the DustIQ webpage.


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Q: Slf4j MDC Keys ordering I have set key-value pairs in MDC like
MDC.put("userid", 1);
MDC.put("email", "abc@com");
Logger.info("log statement");

I see that logs sometimes printed with userid=1, email=abc@com and sometimes email=abc@com, userid=1. I see it uses an internal hashmap. Is there any way to maintain the ordering of key-value pairs so that logs are printed consistently in order?
Thank you

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Founded in 2001 in Turkey, MET has grown into a multinational company with offices in Romania (2003), Russia (2006), Ukraine (2010) and Azerbaijan (2011). Over fifteen years, MET has completed many projects on three different continents with an outstanding reputation for technical knowledge, fairness and quality. Aware of the fact that human resources is the most important factor in the field of activity, MET is proud of its long-term professional and expanding team which brings great power.
Transparency, honesty and fairness are key motives of our business. We value our business associates and treat each with mutual respect. In addition, MET is committed to maintaining long-lasting relationships with clients, suppliers, authorities, and employees. Teamwork, communication and openness are compulsory factors for our success and client satisfaction. We are devoted to quality and strive to exceed expectations.
MET Engineering is an electro-mechanical construction company. We offer services from design to commissioning in geographic regions such as Eurasia and Africa and work in cooperation with international construction companies.
MET has completed many projects on Designs Built using expert know-how to implement high-quality engineering and utilizing an optimum approach to eco-smart solutions. Our aim is to consistently develop reliable, sustainable and environmentally friendly design.
In addition to developing conceptual design, we also pay close attention in producing execution drawings on site. We employ an exceptional team of design engineers and draftsmen to assist in project execution, as well as make any necessary modifications and/or improvements needed to keep quality at its highest level and meet expectations.
Thanks to our existence on a large geographic scale, MET is able to adopt international standardized design techniques and apply it to local standards. We are familiar with working under standards such as: ASHRAE, NFPA, GOST, SNIP, BSA, DIN.
MET is active in several countries including Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Libya, Macedonia, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.
Working on different and distant locations needs fine logistical planning, ability to infuse regional conditions and to have reliable human resources. Having completed many projects successfully, MET has proven itself as a reliable MEP partner.
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In today's competitive professional environment, emotional intelligence (EQ) is often the difference between reaching the top or falling flat. What if you could be 75% more likely to get a promotion? How about being considered 85% more likely to be a better leader? This course offers attendees the opportunity to assess their individual self-awareness while enhancing their people skills. IQ can only take us so far in life, but there is nearly unlimited potential when we tap into our EQ. Luckily for us, Emotional Intelligence is not a superpower only a select few possess. EQ works like a muscle, and the research says the stronger the muscle, the bigger the reward. Techniques for promoting self-regulation and preventing dreaded filter fails help equip participants to be better prepared to tackle the challenge of discerning the motivations of others and navigating professional (and personal) interactions towards more successful outcomes.


Naina gets scandalised after seeing the bottle of brandy and gets even more offended when he asks her to have it. Naina imagines her uncles and aunts screaming at her for consuming alcohol.
Married life in the 1990s was very different from what it is now. Sameer and Naina, who were still in college, get married after convincing their respective families. Sameer and Naina's Honeymoon was nothing short of a roller-coaster ride. The two fought like Tom and Jerry and ended up having arguments one after the other.
To make matters worse, Naina suffers from the common cold problem. Every time Sameer tries to get closer to her, her sneezing drives him away. Sameer is annoyed with Naina for being so fragile and refuses to talk to her.
Naina tries to make him understand that she did not invite the common cold problem and that it came on its own. However, Sameer is not convinced.
Later in the day, after Naina does various things to make him smile, Sameer gets a bottle of brandy to help her recover from the cold.
Naina gets scandalised after seeing the bottle of brandy and gets even more offended when he asks her to have it. Naina imagines her uncles and aunts screaming at her for consuming alcohol. Naina feels Anand and Bela ask her if this is the kind they have given her such an upbringing while Jagdish and Beena curse her for shaming them.
These bizarre imaginations stop Naina from listening to Sameer. She gets sandwiched between her love and her upbringing and hence, she exchanges the cups of coffee mixed with brandy.
Sameer gets drunk after consuming two cups of coffee with brandy and doesn't realise that Naina has royally duped him. Naina pretends to be in an inebriated state of convincing Sameer.
Will this lead to another argument between them the next morning? It looks unlikely because Sameer loses control and gets romantic with Naina. How will Naina handle Sameer in an inebriated state?
Will Sameer finally enjoy the honeymoon he wanted? Let's wait and watch.


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These fellows were fantastic - I don't regret choosing them for my move and would choose them again should I need to move. They deserve every 5 stars I have given them. Congratulations VM Pty. Ltd.
Chris was absolutely fantastic. He went to the pick up site to quote it effectively and had to disemble the machines for transport. He then arrived 800km away on the minute he said he would. Can't recommend enough great job.
Chris and his mate did a wonderful job.
Really nice guys - they did everything we requested - we would definitely use them again!
A great moving team. Will definitely keep their details for our next move or for any of our friends. Thanks!
Excellent service, on time and always kept in touch. I thought the work could have been done much faster given they didn't need to pack or unpack anything.
These guys were great! They were very responsive in the lead-up to the move and delivered boxes at the agreed time. On the day they turned up on time and made the move simple and charged as quoted. There was an accident with a glass top table resulting in it being chipped. They called a glazier to organise a replacement the same day and it was promptly delivered. I have no hesitation in recommending Victorian Movements for your move and I would certainly use them again.
Chris was a legend, so easy to get along with and nothing was a hassle. He was punctual, had a new clean truck and was careful with our belongings. I would highly recommend their services.
The boys worked hard in moving our stuff - more stuff than we probably thought we had! Moving to storage, and more particularly into a 2nd level unit, is however a time consuming issue I'd wish I'd known before renting the space.
Great guys with faultless service. Would absolutely recommend to anyone.
Chris and Mark were amazing! They arrived early, worked efficiently and with smiles despite the heat. They moved all our belongings carefully and always checked with us where to put things when unloading. Communication with Chris prior to the move were very easy. He is very personable. They made an otherwise stressful day go very smoothly. We highly recommend them and would definitely use them again.
Chris did everything he said he would do. Arrived earlier than his expected ETA, listened and followed all instructions and did the job as quickly and efficiently as possible, while taking great care of all my furniture and belongings. It was the least stressful house move I have ever done. Would highly recommend the guys to anyone after great service and value for money.
Chris and team were very professional and courteous. Punctuality was spot on for both collection and delivery despite a very long drive each way with calls confirming arrival 1 hr prior to each. Service was as described and more. I would use them again.
Excellent, very easy going, and took a lot of care with our belongings.
Chris and the boys made our move hassle free and provided a fantastic service, couldn't ask for better movers! Everything was in perfect condition when it arrived at our new place, and the job was done quickly and painlessly. Definitely recommend and would not hesitate to use them again in future.
Cool chaps. Clear communication, efficient and well mannered. I am happy with their services.
Very friendly team, listened to instructions and were careful. Had an a large couch over a balcony which damaged a door handle. Chris assured it would be fixed and would liaise with the agents. Would book again!
Shifting from the city to the country so a significant distance. Michael and Connor were punctual, friendly, efficient and carful with everything.
Thank you for your feedback john, we really appreciate it, All the best!
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Q: For the find(ID) method, why the system always insists requiring a return type of instructor For the find(ID) method, why the system always insists requiring a return type of instructor, i think i have already declare that the "entry" is of type instructor.
// 1. TO DO
/** findID(String) is passed an id and returns the
 *  Instructor object in the Instructor arraylist having that
 *  id or null if not found
 * @return
 */

public Instructor findID (String id) {
    for (Instructor entry:instList) {
        if (entry.getId().equals(id) == true) {
            return entry;
        } else return null;
    }
}

A: I believe, you instList list is declared as a raw type, ie:
List instList = new ArrayList();

So, one way to make your code compile, is to declare instList with a type:
List<Instructor> instList = new ArrayList<Instructor>();

If you cannot do it (i.e. you're getting this collection as is from remote source), you can cast it to a required type:
for (Instructor entry: (List<Instructor>)instList) {
    ...
}

Finally, you can cast retrieved objects instead of casting the whole collection:
for (Object entry : instList) {
    Object instructor = (Instructor)entry;
    ...
}


Like so many project beginnings, Elaine said she found herself saying out loud that she 'would have a go'. It began with St Michael's Church, which she felt was a good central point of the town, but soon moved on to making the Library (as a good modern contrast) and then the Town Hall and the Swan Pub. What started off as a small project soon grew and became a much bigger project than she had envisaged.
Elaine said that making the buildings meant that they really started looking at the architecture in the town, and noticing things they normally wouldn't. Like the amazing windows in George Yard - things that you walk past everyday without noticing. Braintree is actually a really beautiful town, with some gorgeous buldings. But like anywhere, once you live in a place, it is easy to become blind to the amazing sights on your doorstep.
The basic structure for each building is made from polystyrene. Elaine said she was surprised that by showing the laides some polystyrene lumps, it was able to spark so much creativity! Ladies would take roof sections away with them to work on, and many of them researched new stitches to learn to replicate the tiling patterns.
Once the town was complete, Elaine gave each lady the challenge of making a market stall. It was their 'signature dish' as Elaine puts it. They had free reign to do what they wanted.
Going forward, there is plan to add The White Hart, the old water tower, and the Citizens Advice Bureau. There is even talk of completing the public gardens as a winter project!
Elaine's aim was 'to bring a group of mixed ability ladies together to show them what they could acheive', and it is clear that that is exactly what Elain has managed. She is clearly immensiely proud of each of the ladies who have taken part in the project. I asked her if it had been what she had hoped it would be. Her whole face lit up, and she replied 'Oh yes, definitely. More'.
The knitted town is currently on display in one of the shop windows in George Yard, opposite Greggs the Bakers. It will be moving to the museum in September. There will also be a calander and postcards featuring the knitting later in the year, which will be available to buy and raise funds for the WI.


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Verizon FiOS Latest Co. To Offer Custom TV Package
by Wayne Friedman , April 17, 2015
Verizon FiOS is offering "Custom TV" -- another effort by traditional TV providers to move toward "a la carte" selling of TV channels, all in the wake of growing "cord-cutting" worries.
Verizon will sell a smaller package of channels under Custom TV -- around 35 -- much smaller than the approximately 150 to 300 that traditional TV providers offer -- for as low as $55 a month.
Customers for Custom TV get a base of broadcast channels, as well as CNN, HGTV, AMC, Food Network, plus two kinds of "Channel Packs" -- different categories of channels -- kids, lifestyle, news and info, sports, pop culture, and entertainment. Customers can add on more group of channels for $10 each.
Dish Network Sling TV, an Internet-based stand-alone TV service, offers a $20-a-month package for a slim number of TV channels, although no broadcast channels. Customers can add on groups of channels for $10 per month; as well as HBO for $15 a month.
Other traditional pay TV providers like cable operators, have also offered stripped-down packages of channels. Media analysts are concerned about growing cord-cutting of traditional pay TV services.
In addition, new separate stand-alone Internet-based TV services -- so-called over-the-top (OTT) services -- continue to come online. This includes Sony's PlayStation Vue, CBS All Access, HBO Now, Nickelodeon's Noggin, WWE Network, all of which have already launched. One each from Apple and NBC (for comedy content) are also planned.
Verizon FiOS has just under 6 million video subscribers. The Wall Street Journal first broke the story of Verizon's Custom TV plan.
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You have had an extraordinary adventure, Claire. Extraordinary. One that few people could even imagine. Treasure it. Keep it safe and secure, tucked away in some special place in your heart. Don't spend the rest of your days chasing a ghost, not when there's a man, a real, flesh and blood living man, who loves you still with all his heart.
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Ladies Hub
Ladies Hub was founded as a way to positively engage, educate and empower young girls and women within the community. We want the female members of every community to understand that they are valuable, worthy of respect, and capable of achieving their dreams and aspirations. We want to uplift the women in our communities and help them claim or reclaim their sense of dignity through skills and leadership-based trainings, parenting classes, sexual reproductive health and family planning, prevention of STI's and HIV/AIDS and self-advocacy against abuse and domestic violence.
Boys to Men has been founded as a counterpart to Ladies Hub. We believe that young boys and men within the community play a vital role when considering gender-based issues. The focus of Boys to Men will be around education and training on themes such as skills and leadership, parenting classes, sexual reproductive health and family planning, prevention of STI's and HIV/AIDS, prevention of domestic violence, and substance abuse.


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Monkman Falls is a waterfall on Monkman Creek in the Northern Rockies of British Columbia, Canada.  It is one of a series of ten waterfalls on Monkman Creek known as "the Cascades".  It is named for Alexander Monkman, a fur trader then based in the Peace River Country who discovered Monkman Pass.

See also
List of waterfalls in Canada
Kinuseo Falls

References

Waterfalls of British Columbia
Canadian Rockies
Northern Interior of British Columbia
Peace River Land District

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Ruth Ellison is a user experience designer living in Canberra, the capital city of Australia. She is extremely passionate about creating accessible and inclusive user experiences. She is fascinated by the way humans interact with each other and with web and computer systems. Ruth works at Stamford Interactive in Canberra.
When not busy with user experience design and accessibility work, Ruth can be found out and about taking photos, renovating her house (a big slow project) and slowly adding to her growing collection of robots. Ruth loves to make things with lasers. You can find her latest creations at Crankybot.
Ruth also likes organising stuff – she has helped organise the Canberra Web Standards Group, BarCampCanberra, TEDxCanberra 2010 and TEDxCanberra 2011.
Ruth has also been involved in judging a number of web awards, including the Australian Web Awards and the McFarlane Prize (2010).
This site is a collection of personal thoughts around User Experience (UX) and related topics, interesting gadgets and developments and the occasional topic about being green in a technological world.


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Plenty of surfers in Bali, especially beginners, live with the fear of having an encounter with a shark. And as with most overhyped news topics, media plays an enormous role in feeding it – no pun intended.
It is obvious. The ocean is the sharks' home and territory. So, no, we do not own it. And like any other similar encounter, you risk the chance of being attacked if you enter someone else's home. So the main idea here is what you can do to keep that risk at a minimum.
One of the popular approaches to avoiding shark attacks in Bali and Indonesia is to have the "it won't happen to me" attitude. And there's always the common comparison of "you're more likely to be killed by a falling coconut than a shark." While that seems like a bit of an urban myth, it turns out to be true! According to a few scientific studies, you're actually ten times more likely to be killed by a coconut than killed by a shark. On average each year, falling coconuts take 150 lives while our shark friends take about 15 lives per year.
What many surfers in Bali need to understand is how the media works, and why they choose the topics they broadcast. Are you most likely to hear about a shark attack in Bali in the headlines? Or when a pro-surfer won a competition? Yes, the more dramatic, negative incident would get more media exposure and attention from the public.
You must understand that bad news is easily shared on social media networks, which leads to you hearing about it more. Would you share a post about an incident when a shark swam post a surfer? Years ago if there was a shark attack at the local beach in Bali, you would probably hear about it, eventually. Today, if there's a shark attack on the other side of the globe, you can hear about it in an instant. So again, are there more angry, hungry sharks? Or is it because we are simply hearing about it more.
To put your mind at ease, Bali and Indonesia is nowhere near the list of top 20 shark infested waters. As a matter of fact, Indonesia fell at 41st place on the list of shark attacks in 2017.


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The excitement is getting real as the preliminary images of the new bronzed Husky statue will some come to fruition.......
GLTArchitects is excited to be working with the Owner of Marketplace of Waite Park, and we are moving forward on a conceptual design for a fresh new look- inside and out. See more details here from the St. Cloud Times.
SCSU is celeberating its 150th year Anniversary, and with that, they have commissioned a sculputre for a bronzed husky statue. "Located in the Heart of Campus!" GLTA was hired to design a plaza, consisting of inscribed bricks/pavers from various donors at an area where students, visitors and alumni can come together. GLTArchitects worked with SCSU and SCSU Fundation staff to provide The Husky Plaza. It is aniticipated to be completed by Homecoming weekend!!
Come join GLTArchitects and many other sponsors at this years Boys & Girls Club 2019 Summer Benefit-
"Donations for the auction support the Boys and Girls Club meal program which served 112,000 meals to kids in need in 2018." Here's what to expect, check out the second slide of GLTArchitects staff at the 2018 Summer Benefit.
"Foley baseball field awaits a second season"
-Benton County News
The new grandstand awaits it's second season of use March 19 in Foley. Following renovation, the grandstand features a press box and reclaimed Metrodome seats.
The Foley School District grounds and athletic complex have seen many improvements in the last year; one of the larger improvements to the schools' facilities was the new baseball field grandstand and backstop. The improvements are in their second season of use.
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CRU Phosphates 2020 will take place in Paris, France from 08-10 March 2020. The conference regularly attracts more than 400 delegates and we expect Phosphates 2020 to again attract a large global audience from across the global phosphates supply chain.
This year's extensive dual-streamed agenda will give you the latest market updates and technical innovations.
The expanded technical content stream, with a dedicated agenda of technical papers and showcase presentations, is specifically tailored for operators working across mining and plant-based facilities. The technical agenda offers an ideal opportunity for you to share experience, develop solutions to operational challenges, and learn how new technology, process, materials, and equipment developments can improve efficiency, environmental compliance and productivity.
In addition to the CRU view on the global markets and industry trends, the commercial agenda will have a particular focus on how the industry is responding to changing dynamics of phosphate demand, in terms of new phosphate products and the evolving relationship with consumers.
CRU Phosphates 2020 is a must-attend event for commercial and operational professionals in the fertilizer, feed and industrial phosphates industries.
If you want to understand about phosphate market and players: That's the place!
There are few opportunities in the Global Phosphate Fertilizer Industry to be surrounded by decision makers and technical experts who together will map the course of our business. The annual CRU Phosphates conference is a highly organized forum where the key industry drivers and developments are discussed and debated: the place to be.
The Phosphates Conferences arranged by CRU continues to provide an opportunity for networking with customers and related vendors.
The exhibition and congress Phosphate 2018 was of excellent quality as much by its organization, as by the quality of these conferences and these exhibitors. When working with the phosphate industry, it has become a must-attend event that saves valuable time.
Great event that puts key players of the phosphate industry in the same room. Great discussions that help generate new ideas.
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I attended the Phosphate Conference to learn more about the industry. The breadth and depth of the subject presentations were well worth the time and investment.
CRU Phosphates is a great cross-roads for the phosphate industry where market and industrial topics meet together.


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3 Injuries Linked to Medical Error at Boston Children's Hospital, but System Slow to Change
Posted on June 18, 2018 May 20, 2022 by Sokolove Law Team
Medical errors and malpractice are the third leading cause of death in the United States, according to a 2016 Johns Hopkins University study. The importance of this statistic was highlighted in a recent review of Boston Children's Hospital that found 3 serious medical errors in 2017, and 1 that resulted in death.
The release of this report, following state and federal reviews, reminds us that medical errors and malpractice do not only hurt adult patients, but more vulnerable children. These problems must be addressed not only by Boston Children's Hospital, but health care facilities nationwide.
Report Points to Snail-Like Pace of Change
All 3 of the medical errors cited in the review involved medication or dosage mistakes. These problems meant the hospital risked being dropped from Medicare if they were not corrected. While Boston Children's Hospital maintained its Medicare status, these problems demonstrate that drug-related errors can happen all too easily.
The most serious case involved a young patient who was supposed to be given an antibiotic at noon. The child was not dosed with this medication until 2 in the morning, and later died from sepsis, a serious infection. The patient was seriously ill when admitted to the hospital and needed to be on a breathing machine and dialysis. The nurse treating this patient thought a doctor had said to not give the patient an antibiotic yet, but this was not the case.
Following this tragedy, the hospital sent an email to all doctors and nurses in the intensive care unit, reminding them that changes in medicines and dosages had to be written. Yet as investigators noted, this critical message was not sent to all caregivers hospital-wide until much later.
The other errors involved 2 children who were given too much Propofol, a type of anesthetic. The first case happened in January, when patient was injected by a doctor who did not realize the syringe had 2 doses. A committee looking into the incident stated that the hospital needed a policy that syringes only contain 1 dose of anesthetic appropriate for size of patient. Yet this guideline was not put into place, which resulted in a second patient overdose later in 2017.
The hospital has adopted new procedures for treating sepsis and dosing the anesthetic, yet these problems point to much larger issues implementing change in hospitals. About 1.5 million people may be injured every year due to drug dosing problems.
As the investigation of Boston Children's Hospital suggests, hospitals must act much more quickly to correct problems, understand why the errors occurred, and institute procedures to ensure they will not happen again.
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Medical errors account for over 250,000 deaths every year, meaning they cause more fatalities than accidents, strokes, and respiratory problems. While cancer and heart disease have a higher mortality rate, we cannot ignore that 9.5 percent of deaths in the United States are due to mistakes that occur during caregiving.
The Johns Hopkins study authors suggest that the true severity of this problem is unknown, because medical error is not included on death certificates. Medical error fatalities and other statistics are not systematically collected as a means of assessing our national health and healthcare system, which skews how research studies and dollars are allocated. Since cancer and heart diseases are on the top of the list, they receive more dollars for prevention and research, while medical error goes ignored.
The Johns Hopkins researchers emphasize that errors should not automatically be faulted on poor-quality health care providers. Instead, many of these problems are found within the health care system itself, such as miscommunications, failure to coordinate among caregivers, and a lack of guidelines to assure all health care providers use the same standard procedures.
Further, there are barriers to admitting error in medical culture, since medical students are told there should be no mistakes, which leads to problems being hidden. The system must change to allow for admission of error and increased transparency, both of which will help healthcare providers to understand when and how problems occur.
The findings at Boston Children's Hospital are symptomatic of bigger issues within our healthcare system, and the fact that hospitals must change their procedural and institutional culture. As always, it is only by admitting our mistakes that we can hope to learn from them.
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Can somebody tell me how it's already December 6th?? How we are 19 days away from Christmas? I remember being little and doing the pull off chains in anticipation of Christmas. And, how six loops would have seemed like nothing. But, now I'm the one in charge of Christmas and it's insane!!
This will be my oldest 4th Christmas. And, the first Christmas ever for me that presents are nearly done before the 15th. Even though this isn't my first Christmas as a mom, purchasing gifts still snuck up on me. But, with two little boys and with E finally understanding what Christmas morning means (presents). I knew that wouldn't cut it this year.
We are, pretty much, a pay check to pay check family. Eating out and spending too much when we go to the stores together are our biggest luxuries. Which forced me into my first tip.
Start buying a couple gifts per paycheck early.
I've never, ever, ever. Bought a gift in November before. But, this year I got something for each of the boys the first pay check of November. We like to buy them things throughout the year, so it didn't feel like a big blow, like Christmas shopping often can.
My oldest brought up Santa when the Christmas decorations first came out. Which was a shock, because we've never talked about him before. Seriously where do kids pick things up? So, I asked him how many presents he thinks Santa will bring him. To which he responded three. Which lead me to the next tip.
As I said this is the first year he's really understood the anticipation of Christmas and receiving presents. So, we are planning to keep our Christmases simple.
The theory is, that if we start off our family tradition by not going over the top. It won't be a disappointment that he doesn't receive dozens of presents.
I personally loved stockings growing up. But, I never how quickly stockings add up! We are starting a tradition, at least when they are young, that the stockings will only be for the kids.
Keep stockings simple. And, use Target Dollar Spot. Always.
Christmas can be daunting and scary as the parent. You want to give your kids the best Christmas ever. But, man it adds up! And, sometimes you just don't have the extra dough laying around. This is how I was able to have two thirds of my Christmas shopping done easily without it having to really hurt the bank account. Although, the thing that is absolutely most important as you are preparing for Christmas giving; is that you do what you can.
Giving is a blessing. It's a joy to give joy to others. But, giving doesn't look the same for everybody. And, that's okay! If you're a family that can splurge, sweet. If you're a family who doesn't have anything extra, you're not alone. Show your kids the true meaning of Christmas regardless of how much money you spend on the presents under the tree.


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As we continue this discussion of Obama's religion, is it worth turning to the founders as a basis for comparison. Most of the best known of the Founding Fathers were more around their churches than in them. The skepticism of Jefferson and Madison is well known. President Washington doesn't seem to have been an orthodox Episcopalian. Even John Adams was a Unitarian, and had rather harsh things to say about Puritan orthodoxy. They all seem to have believed that religion could be a positive good, and that revelation was possible. But they had trouble being certain about any particular revelation, or any particular interpretation of it.
Obama might believe rather more than they. There's nothing wrong with that, but the contrast is interesting. Obama's religion also has rather more of the social gospel than did theirs.
Washington, let us take him as an example. He was a man of rationalism and religion. (The volume by the Novaks establishes the latter very clearly.) Yet his political rationality was of the sort that allowed him, the commander in chief who had been there when the cause almost faltered due to lack of troops, to later look the Quakers in the eye and say, in essence "you have religious freedom, and it is good that our nation grants you this, legally guarantees it for you; but you also have duties to our nation, and to the extent that your religious beliefs cause you to abandon those duties, you may justly question whether they are in fact good beliefs." There is a rationality to politics, that calls for good laws, good political rhetoric, and even good sentimental attachment to a nation and its defense.
So what might we, in Washington's spirit, say to Jeremiah Wright's church? "It is good to worship and preach as you will. So long as you do not violate our laws against inciting violence or revolution, which admittedly are very weak given the clear-and-present-danger test our justices have unjustifiably inserted into our jurisprudence, you are legally guaranteed the freedom to say what you will, and so long as your religious doctrines do not require of you unlawful acts, you are free to worship as you will. But insofar as your preaching harms the unity of our nation, spreads libelous lies against our government agencies, and sows seeds of discord, you will be morally condemned by us, and your parishoners should not expect an easy election to public office. Insofar as your beliefs require such preaching, you should question whether they are in fact good beliefs. Nor should be surprised if your fellow citizens judge you harshly for holding such beliefs."
Washington, you can bet, would never have voted for a Quaker to take public office. Why should any American feel any shame for not voting for Obama on the basis of his longstanding membership in Wright's church?
How about this answer, in keeping with your clever analogy? Obama is not a "Quaker."
No, but maybe, he's a Cone-ian Christian. Hard to say which creed less suited for a presidential candidate, isn't it? I might go for a pacifist commander-in-chief over a only-blacks-can-be-Christians-because-only-they-suffer-like-Christ commander-in-chief. Or for that matter, I might go for a Muslim commander-in-cheif over a Cone-ian Christian one; similarly, if I were forced to choose b/t being governed by the post-haj orthodox Muslim Malcolm X, or the Nation of Islam Malcom X, I'd choose the former. But Wright, if we take his words seriously, was more like the latter than like the former. Cone was to Wright as Elijah Muhammad was to Malcolm X. Of course, it feels funny comparing the truly awesome and terrifying Elijah Muhammad (YOU try founding a new and highly disciplined sect in America) with an obscuro seminarian who got a bunch of theology departments and apparently not a few black congregations to take his high-toned lunacy seriously. Indeed, Cone's "theology" is but a pathetic pedantic echo of the Nation of Islam's mighty roar. But NOW, Cone may attain the dubious Naderite honor of being the man who unmade the would-have-been first black president. Elijah Muhammad's got nothing on that!
Of course, Obama isn't really a Cone-ian Christian, but some kind of professed Christian discipled by a congregation that flirted with the Cone-ian heresies, and more importantly for U.S. voters, that flirted with them precisely because they were tied to a form of political heresy, that is, to an open rejection of any workable American compromise on racial issues, liberal, moderate, or conservative. That congregation wanted the thrill of those heretical edges. Felt that only such a rhetorical stance could capture and do justice to the depth of the pain they felt regarding racial injustices past and present. Some of them will now allow themselves to see the high price such thrills and such stances always exact.
Your analogy is clever not least because it shows just how Obama has been put on the defensive. A candidate never wants to be in the position of having to say what he is NOT. So this is the measure of the political wound.
Why is Richard Adams posting on a forum called No Left Turns? There are plenty of places where people like him can post views such as his. Why here?
Where was the left turn? Did he not make the Founders sound Christian enough? Or did he just make Obama sound too Christian?
In the words of the obscuro alt-folkie Roger Manning, always remember that you've got to keep your left ear open.
For all of us who don't have any idea what Carl Scott is talking about, I found ">">http://rogerm.net/roger_words/words.php?song_id=81"> this.
Good work Steve...ain't nuthin' too obscure for the internet! Of course, my taking Manning's one line out of its vaguely remembered song context makes it sound far more open-minded than it really is. I seem to also remember there was sniper fire when I heard Roger Manning play!
/my question is not all of the people are happy with obama being elected and the people that voted for obama were excited for the first black person to be president for the united state of America. Not all black people voted for obama from all over the world some black people voted for mccain, and i ask my self and why not for obama. "But then i said."not ever black person would, and ,want or even can , only vote for there own kind !.!


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Editor's note: This post was taken from the March 4, 2020 Board Meeting's First Residents' Input Session as stated by your Editor:
"Currently there are two temporary metal containers left over from the builder that probably should have been removed a long time ago. There are no permits for these containers because none was required because they are not considered permanent structures.
Therefore, how is it possible and allowable that a previous board had an improper vote by calling a new permanent shed a "replacement?"
It is not a replacement, because the original items were never permanent structures, were never required to have permits, and are not even part of the blueprints from the original builder.
You are not replacing a permanent structure with another permanent structure because the original structures were never permanent. You are not replacing an original structure that required a permit because it did not. Therefore, it is not a replacement.
By improperly calling it a replacement, which it is not, the Board erroneously mischaracterized the previous temporary containers as permanent permit-required structures which they were not, and then voted to cost this community $130,000.
Our HOA bylaws require that, based on the cost of this item, only our community has the right to vote on this new $130,000 permanent structure, not the Board.
The previous board vote on a new permanent shed in lieu of unpermitted, temporary structures was procedurally improper and should be rescinded immediately.
If that means that the community has to eat $30,000 or whatever has already been spent on this illegal endeavor, while this matter is put on hold because of the improper way it was handled, then at least that's better than paying another $100,000 of our community money based on an illegal board vote.
The vote today on the shed should only be to rescind the prior illegal board vote. This is a community expense which requires a community vote."
Editor's Note: The following is taken from the synopsis and commentary of the March 4, 2020 Board Meeting when the item was called on the Agenda:
"Item 2: Shed Update. Marion: this will be short. We were structurally approved, zoning approved. The last hurdle is landscaping.
[Editor's note: see my comments in the First Residents' Input Session above. This expenditure in the opinion of this News Site is not fiscally responsible and, in any event, should more properly be decided by a community vote.]"