Last night when I got home from the housewarming party I went to, I decided it was time to get my things together for the half. It didn't take too long. I could not find the socks I wanted to wear for a few minutes. Why do I have so many socks??
I laid out my outfit. Since rain was in the forecast, I thought my 'No Such Thing As a Rain Day' shirt was a good idea. I wore a long sleeve shirt over it with some capris. I brought extra socks, sandals, and pants for after the race. I did not anticipate how cold and windy it was going to be. I was so glad I brought that long sleeve shirt.
I was in bed by 9:30pm, but didn't fall asleep until closer to 11pm. I woke up at 2am when Kev got home. I figured I would not be falling asleep again any time soon, so I just got up and started my coffee. I was surprised by my pre-race jitters. I was a little worried about finishing. I have never done just a half marathon. There has always been a marathon going on simultaneously, so I would have about 6 hours to finish. My training runs have also been really tough, probably more mentally then physically. I just couldn't get my head in it. I also skipped the last couple of weeks of short runs, which is not like me. I think this worry kept me from getting a good night sleep.
When I got up, I had an apple and peanut butter with my coffee. After my first cup of coffee I made sure to drink water. Then I made oatmeal with pb, almond milk, and a banana for the ride there. I also brought a second cup of coffee. I had never had oatmeal like that. It was good, but it needed sugar or salt or something. It was a bit bland. Probably because my almond milk was unsweetened.
My friend picks me up about 5:10. We took off and noticed how foggy it was. Then she asked me if that was just lightening. I hadn't seen it, but then there it was. Again and again. I figured we had two hours until start time, so we would be fine. We got to the stadium and immediately use the restrooms before they got too busy. On the way back to the car we hear the announcer say they were opening the stadium up for us to stand in because of the rain that was coming. We were going to wait in the car, but my friend thought it would be a good idea to go inside so we would know if there were delays or not. She is the brains of the operation. They finally announced that there was a delay until 7:15am. We went and sat in the stadium to wait for any updates.
It was really cool to be in the stadium so close to the field. The last bit of the race we got to run around the bases and see ourselves on the jumbo-tron. It was neat.
The race finally started at 7:25am. The course took us through Milwaukee. It was a nice, easy course with really fun hills to run down. There were roads and highways shut down for us to run on. We ran by the Harley Davidson Museum and the Domes and past Miller Brewery. There were a lot of people outside cheering us on and tons of volunteers at the water stops. I definitely plan on doing this next year. I have to PR, after all.
After I got home I hopped into the shower. I was SO cold. I just stood under the scalding water. After that, I settled down on the couch with my kitty on my lap and we took a three hour nap. It was nice!
Here's a picture of the nice finisher medal!
I ate pretty well today too. I went over my cals a bit, but I think that is to be expected after burning so many calories during the race. You can check out what I ate here My Spark Page.
What is the favorite race you have ever completed and why?


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Saner from Switzerland celebrates after winning the Elite Model Look 2009 final in the beach resort of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 18, 2009. A total of 67 top models took part in this year's final contest, which was judged by a panel of the world's top fashion experts here on Oct. 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)
Saner from Switzerland, Ravaglia from Italy, Emily from Britain and Manon from France (R to L) celebrate during the Elite Model Look 2009 final in the beach resort of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)
Contestants celebrate during the Elite Model Look 2009 final in the beach resort of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)
Saner from Switzerland displays bikini during the Elite Model Look 2009 final in the beach resort of Sanya, south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Wang Xiaojun)
Models attend the Elite Model final competition in Sanya, a tourist resort in south China's Hainan Province, Oct. 18, 2009. (Xinhua/Zhao Yingquan)
Winner: Suiza-Julia Saner
1º finalista: Italia-Caterina Ravaglia
2ª finalista (empate) Francia-Manon Pieto y Gran Bretaña-Emily Smit
WinnersJulia SANER (Switzerland), 17 y.o, 1m81
Caterina RAVAGLIA (Italy), 15 y.o, 1m76
Manon PIETO (France), 16 y.o, 1m85
Emilie SMITH (Great Britain), 15 y.o, 1m78
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Is Your Gift Planning Library Obsolete?
The last six months have perhaps ushered in more changes in the charitable gift planning world than any other period in the past 30 years.
Given these developments, gift planners need to review the online and print materials they rely on to educate and motivate donors to make sure they are still effective in today's environment.
What has happened?
Since December of 2017 we have seen dramatic changes in federal income tax laws; the elimination of the federal estate tax for 99.9% of Americans; rising interest rates that have a major impact on the size of charitable deductions for certain types of charitable trusts and gift annuities; and new recommended gift annuity rates that are higher for almost all ages. In addition, the stock market has reached record heights and real estate markets have recovered or exceeded pre-recession levels in much of the country. In short, the charitable giving landscape has changed
dramatically, and it is vital that communication materials be updated to reflect these changes.
Gift planners need to understand the urgency of this task. It is not just a matter of changing a few tax rates and other details in examples. The scope of the changes that have occurred demand different underlying strategic themes. Updated materials should focus on different types of property and timing considerations and should acknowledge and dovetail with major changes in noncharitable tax and financial planning strategies. Income tax planning is rapidly replacing estate tax concerns when a donor is considering how to best structure his or her estate plans. For example, a previously planned bequest that is not expected to result in estate tax savings and that will leave a donor exposed to asset attrition may no longer be the best gift planning solution. A better approach may now be a charitable gift annuity (CGA) or charitable remainder trust (CRT) that features immediate income and capital gains tax savings rather than no tax benefits at death for most donors.
Another benefit of accelerating a bequest through a CGA, CRT or other split interest gifts may be the restoration of itemizer status for the donor by virtue of the sizeable charitable deductions these plans can generate. Those deductions may in themselves be sufficient to clear the new higher standard deduction hurdles and allow donors to itemize other deductible expenditures. The concepts are included in a number of revised Sharpe booklets.
A new gift king
When it comes to outright charitable gifts, cash may no longer be king. For donors who don't expect to itemize their charitable gifts, securities and other properties that have increased in value may be a much better choice to fund both current and deferred gifts. That's because the donor will not normally owe state and federal capital gains of 30% or more, in some cases, when appreciated assets are donated, whether or not the donor itemizes their deductions. The donor can then find other uses for the cash that may have previously been earmarked for the charitable gift because no income needs to be taxed in order to make the donation. Do your current materials illustrate that fact?
Multi-channel approach needed
Gift planners may also need to rethink how they deliver their messages. Authoritative "brain science" is now revealing Baby Boomers and others who are not "digital natives" respond best to a mix of media. Scientific studies show those beyond their mid-40s are firmly and irrevocably programmed to mentally accept information, other than advertising, in a print format on paper, preferably utilizing the serif typefaces that Boomers are familiar with from their educational experiences earlier in life. (See "Think Print Is Dead? Think Again," Give & Take, November 2015, featuring studies published in Scientific American in 2013.)
This does not mean, however, that nonprofits should just send print postcards or newsletters with bullet points and expect information on the website to do the "heavy lifting." That will not work for most donors in their 60s and beyond. Many, if not most, in that age group will need to receive detailed information in print format. Organizations that are successful in charitable gift planning already know this. It's not too late for others to return to proven communication techniques while we await the maturity of a younger generation of digital natives.
Getting down and direct
In the busy world of ceaseless images and sounds assaulting your donors' senses, it may be more effective to take the time to not only do mass marketing through newsletters, eblasts and other means, but also carefully target the people you really want to reach and not sit around like the proverbial Maytag repairperson waiting for them to ask for it.
Response rates to all forms of "planned gift marketing" are spotty at best. Planned gift "lead development" through print and email may be oversaturated and past its prime experienced in the 1990s and early 2000s.
Gift planners need to adjust their approach in response. For example, instead of sending 10,000 newsletters on property gifts and hoping 0.2% (20 people) will return a card or go to your website, why not cut the newsletter mailing to 9,000 and send 1,000 detailed booklets to the group that analysis reveals are most likely to make a gift of securities or other property? Which approach do you suspect will result in more gifts?
In reality, you need to do it all—mass and targeted approaches—but in a well-planned way and with updated materials. Optimizing your marketing may cause more donors to act. The goal should be to produce quality activity, not simply quantity.
Sharpe and Newkirk booklets and brochures have all been carefully rewritten to help you communicate the multi-faceted changes in our tax and economic landscape and, in so doing, encourage and complete more gifts.
Now is the time to build a new gift planning "library" or make sure your tools are up to date. Click here for more details. ■


10 Things to Discover in Mount Costa - Baguio's Newest Nature Attraction | Where To, Baguio?
If you're looking to get away from the city for some peace and tranquility (and a bit of exercise), Mount Costa is the newest place to check out. Nestled among the natural hillsides along Pico-Lamtang Road, Mount Costa calls itself "The Green Living Room." This three-hectar (and growing!) plot of land offers a myriad of flora and relaxation spots which are perfect for families, couples, and even lone wolves.
Mount Costa is home to 24 different gardens, each unique and themed. Viewed from above, many of the gardens have their flowers arranged in different patterns, and some gardens also feature different art installations. Along the way, you may also meet their studious gardeners who are happy to answer your flora-related questions.
Upon entering, you get to pick which path you may want to stroll first – a yellow path and a blue path. The yellow path leads you to mostly floral gardens, which feeds color to the eyes; while the blue path leads to more conceptual gardens for a more recreational vibe.
As we strolled along the paths, the place never lacked park benches strategically placed among the gardens for quiet time, family time, and even dating time (ooh lala). Once you've strolled the entire place, you can pick your favorite spot to chill.
While Mount Costa doesn't allow food from outside, it will be partnering with Cafe de Angelo, Green Pepper and Kanto to provide yummy catering to the park-goers. The wide picnic area, which also doubles as an ampitheater, is also perfect for big events and wedding ceremonies.
One of the food options available at the time was the apple crumble ala mode, which was perfect after all that trekking.
One of the coolest sculptures in Mount Costa has to be this giant submerged face. Though it's hard to miss, we challenge you to find it and say hello as part of your itinerary!
Another amazing installation is the Mirror Garden, with mirrors arranged in spiral formation. Legend has it that there is one spot in the garden where your reflection can be seen on all the mirrors.
This Japanese rock garden is perfectly situated for yoga and meditation. The breeze hits the spot perfectly, blowing on the wind chimes nearby for a soothing sound as you relax.
Of course there's something for the kids if they're feeling more playful and energetic than adventurous. Your kids can play while you relax and explore the garden.
You read that right! There are over 100 different kinds of flowers scattered among the gardens of Mount Costa. Here's another challenge from you: Try counting all the different flower species you find!
Along the blue path are different art installations, such as the spectral garden which gives the illusion of a rainbow dancing through the trees and the animal sculptures which are made entirely of twigs.
There are many more things to discover in Mount Costa, and when you do visit, do remember to be responsible chillaxers and keep the park clean and green.
Visit their website or Facebook Page for more information on entrance fees and deals for groups.


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Celtis gomphophylla Baker
Survey Plot 3, Magorogodo hills, Zomba Community
Synonyms: Celtis dioica S. Moore
Celtis durandii Engl.
Common names: Rough-leaved white-stinkwood (English)
Large tree, often with a well buttressed trunk. Bark smooth, grey. Leaves ovate to oblong, 8-19 cm, dark green, covered with small rough hairs; apex forming a long drip-tip; margin entire or obscurely toothed in the apical half. Flowers in small axillary clusters, greenish, unisexual on the same tree. Fruit conical-ovoid, often 4-angled when dry, c. 1 cm, dark yellow, tipped with the remains of the stigma.
Habitat: In evergreen forest.
Flowering time: Jul - Oct
Worldwide distribution: Nigeria, São Tomé, DRC, Angola, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Content last updated: Sunday 23 March 2014
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Steedman, E.C. (1933). Some Trees, Shrubs and Lianes of Southern Rhodesia. Page 3. as Celtis dioica
Wilmot-Dear, C.M. (1991). Ulmaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(6) Pages 8 - 10. (Includes a picture).
Other sources of information about Celtis gomphophylla:
Flora of Malawi: Celtis gomphophylla
Flora of Zambia: Celtis gomphophylla
Flora of Zimbabwe: Celtis gomphophylla
African Plants: A Photo Guide (Senckenberg): Celtis gomphophylla
African Plant Database: Celtis gomphophylla
BHL (Biodiversity Heritage Library): Celtis gomphophylla
EOL (Encyclopedia of Life): Celtis gomphophylla
ePIC (electronic Plant Information Center): Celtis gomphophylla
Flora Zambesiaca web site: Celtis gomphophylla
GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility): Celtis gomphophylla
GRIN (Germplasm Resources Information Network): Celtis gomphophylla
iNaturalist: Celtis gomphophylla
IPNI (International Plant Names Index): Celtis gomphophylla
JSTOR Plant Science: Celtis gomphophylla
Kew Herbarium catalogue: Celtis gomphophylla
Mansfeld World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops: Celtis gomphophylla
Plants of the World Online: Celtis gomphophylla
Tropicos: Celtis gomphophylla
Wikipedia: Celtis gomphophylla
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M. (2021). Flora of Mozambique: Species information: Celtis gomphophylla.


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Creators of « zouk » music, Kassav promoted his music style for 30 years worldwide, selling millions of records. The founders, Pierre-Edouard Décimus and Freddy Marshall, wanted to modernize the music from the French West Indies: Jacob Desvarieux joined them for their first album « Love and ka dance » in 1980. And Jocelyne Beroard came for the second record « Lagué mwen ». The song « Soleil » became a hit in Martinique and in Guadeloupe, and the band expanded with Jean-Philippe Marthely, Patrick St. Eloi, Jean-Claude Naimro and Claude Vamur.
In 1983, Kassav had a hit in France with « Zouk la sé sèl médikaman nou ni » (zouk is the only medicine): it was the beginning of their international career with a lot of tours in giant stadiums. In Africa, they had a huge success: Creole artists came to sing more and more on the continent and Africans created their own « afro zouk » music. In 1987, the band released « Vini pou » for CBS and won, in 1988, the Victoire de la Musique Award for the Best Band before going back on tour: Brasil, USA, Russia, etc.
Each member of the band developed a solo career until 1995, year of the new album « Difé ». Famous in Latin America, Kassav decided to produce « Un toque latino » (1998) with their own adaptations in Spanish of their songs. Other albums were released later: « Nou la » (2000), « K'Toz » (2004) and the 15th record « All U need is zouk » in 2007.
Their « Best of » is a beautiful testimony of their heritage: Kassav did a lot to promote the Creole culture of the French West Indies. And they inspired hundreds of new artists: Tanya Saint Val, Edith Lefel, Jocelyne Labylle, Slaï, Fanny J, etc.
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Can't any boy be good as her!
She loves me when she punishes.
We both cry an' be good again.
She loves him most as much as me.
An' love him purt' nigh as much as as Ma.
Gives new definition to whimsical. Truly enjoyed this poem. Thanks, Jayne.
It's a great attempt at baby talk!


Though some of the words you have used were quite inappropriate, I am happy to have read your story about your everyday life. Some people may not like it since it is not in accordance with how they see you, but it's your life anyway! You are entitled to live a life according to how you want it to be lived. It makes me happy to know that you are still open to different possibilities. Though there are really people who will not like you for what you do, I am happy that you are not affected by it.


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Is Baptism a Requirement for Church Membership?
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Jim Elliff and Daryl Wingerd
In our view, baptism and membership in a local church are inseparable, the former necessarily preceding the latter. While baptism is never explicitly said to be a prerequisite for church membership, the following biblical factors lead to that conclusion:
Baptism is commanded of every believer.Baptism is an act of obedience, not only on the part of the individual Christian, but on the part of those who are commanded to baptize new disciples (Matthew 28:19-20). Disciples who will not submit to the ordinance of baptism are not only disobeying personally, but are also hindering other Christians from doing their Christian duty.
Existing disciples are commanded to baptize every new disciple.It cannot be right to create a situation that necessitates only partial obedience to Christ on the part of a local church—a situation, in other words, where believers admit their obligation to baptize new disciples who are willing to submit to the ordinance, but excuse themselves when the new disciple is unwilling. We are not permitted to make optional what God requires of every believer. To do so in the case of baptism would be little different than doing so in the case of church discipline—excluding unrepentant offenders when they are willing to be excluded, but when they resist, patiently waiting for them to agree before taking church action. Certainly everyone would recognize that a person's willingness or unwillingness to be disciplined has no bearing whatsoever on the church's obligation to obey Christ. The same is true of baptism. According to Christ's command, we are obligated to baptize every disciple. We do not fulfill our obligation by dunking them against their will, of course. We simply refrain from receiving them as members until they understand correctly and submit voluntarily to Christ's command. Our unwillingness to receive unbaptized disciples into membership is not our way of saying they are not Christians. It is simply our way of saying that we, as a church, have no obligation to publicly acknowledge them as Christians (i.e., by receiving them into membership) until they have been baptized. Acts 2:41, "those who had received his word were baptized; and that day there were added about three thousand souls," does not prove all by itself that baptism was an established requirement for membership in the Jerusalem church. It does show, however, that baptism was the very first step of obedience these new Christians took upon being converted. And this leads us to recognize that the very first instruction the new converts received from other Christians was on the meaning and necessity of baptism.
Baptism was the very first instruction given to new disciples, and the very first step of obedience taken by new disciples following conversion. Furthermore, this was not merely the way new believers happened to be instructed on the Day of Pentecost. Peter's command (Acts 2:38), as well as the immediate baptism of those who believed, followed perfectly from what Christ commanded His apostles in Matthew 28: ". . . make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them . . . teaching them to observe all that I commanded you" (emphasis added). Given these instructions, what else would one think to do immediately following conversion? Jesus actually prioritized baptism above teaching new disciples to observe all His other commands. And consider the other examples in the book of Acts where this pattern is affirmed: the Samaritan believers in Acts 8:12, the eunuch in Acts 8:36, Cornelius and the other Gentiles in Acts 10:47-48, Lydia in Acts 16:14-15, and the Philippian jailer in Acts 16:31-33. In each of these cases the very first priority following conversion was baptism. It would seem obvious that the converts on the Day of Pentecost and the other converts in the book of Acts were never asked if they wanted to be baptized. Clearly baptism was expected of them. It is also impossible to conclude that a person who said he believed, but declined to submit to baptism, would have been received into the number of the initiated. His reluctance to proclaim Christ publicly through baptism would certainly have made his profession of faith suspect. Baptism and belief in Christ are so commonly spoken of in the same breath in the New Testament that it seems impossible and unjustified to separate them. In the book of Acts, for example, whenever believers were gathered together, the unstated but obvious reality is that they were baptized believers (e.g., Acts 2:44; 4:32; etc.). As we said above, the same pattern characterized the conversions throughout the book of Acts. When people became believers, they immediately became baptized believers. No other category of "believer" ever presents itself after the Day of Pentecost. The fact is, any person who could rightly say that he or she was in Christ spiritually could also say (after a very short time) that he or she had been under the water physically.
After Pentecost, every believer in the New Testament is a baptized believer. Baptism is explicitly said to be a requirement for every Christian (Acts 2:38). In our view, any Christian who is unwilling to obey Christ in this initial sense gives little evidence that he or she will be willing to obey Christ in other ways. Should we acknowledge a person as a follower of Christ if he or she will not follow Christ? Certainly not. This is true even when the unwillingness results from a lack of understanding. Just as ignorance or misinformation does not excuse a person from obeying state and local ordinances, it does not excuse anyone from obeying Christ in baptism. Some will indeed be able to point to other noteworthy Christians who have promoted the errant doctrine of infant baptism and/or the sprinkling of believers, and thus seek to excuse themselves from compliance to Christ's command to be immersed. But it is not our prerogative, even out of sympathy or fear of offending, to accept such an excuse. We are Baptists, after all, because we believe baptism is the immersion of a believer and nothing else.
Baptism as a "Door" into the Church
The question has often been raised as to whether baptism should be seen as a "door" into the church. The answer, we believe, is yes, although one must differentiate carefully between two meanings of "church," two meanings of "baptism," and two meanings of "membership."
If one is speaking of membership in the universal church, the spiritual body of Christ composed of all true believers, spiritual baptism is the "door." The moment a person is united with Christ spiritually, he or she enters the church in this sense, whether or not there has been any previous exposure to a local church. Membership in the universal church is fully granted by God upon true conversion. It is not a membership that must be granted by other Christians. And it can never be renounced through church discipline (cf. 1 Corinthians 5:11-13). In the rare case that a genuine Christian is expelled from a local church because of a temporary but intolerable pattern of sin, such a person has not been expelled from the universal church. This is not normally the case with church discipline, however. Most who are expelled are false converts. And false converts, whether they are recognized and expelled from the membership of a local church or not, were never members of the universal church.
If one is referring to local church membership, on the other hand, physical baptism is the "door." This form of membership must be granted by other Christians (Matthew 18:18-20). It is not automatically bestowed on the new believer by the Holy Spirit at conversion. It can even be refused by a local congregation when they are not convinced that genuine conversion has occurred (cf. Acts 9:26-27). And unlike membership in the universal church, local church membership can be renounced through the authoritative disciplinary action of the same local church that granted it (cf. Matthew 18:15-17; 1 Corinthians 5:11-13).
There are great differences, in other words, between membership in the universal church and membership in a local church. It should be no surprise, then, to find that there are significant differences in the entrance requirements as well. The sovereign work of the Holy Spirit (i.e., regeneration—spiritual baptism) is the only entrance requirement into the universal church. But according to the clear commands and consistent precedent of the New Testament, immersion in water is the entrance requirement (along with a credible verbal profession of faith in Christ, of course) for those who wish to become members of a local church. In this sense baptism is the "door" into the local church. And just to be clear, it is a "door" that is entered only once by going under the water physically. After that, if the first immersion was biblically valid, when a Christian moves to a different local church, the credible testimony of his immersion is sufficient.
In summary, it seems plain to us that baptism was a prerequisite for being accepted into the first gatherings of professing believers. And if it was for them, it must be for us. As Paul said to the Thessalonians, "So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught, whether by word of mouth or by letter from us" (2 Thessalonians 2:15).
Error Indulged Leads to Error Entrenched
The ongoing debate about whether baptism is required for church membership is directly related to the problem of infant baptism. Historically, it seems obvious that the matter would have never become an issue at all apart from this unbiblical practice. This factor alone has caused many well-meaning Christian leaders to entertain the idea of receiving unbaptized (though sprinkled) people into membership while they work out their personal convictions regarding baptism. It has also caused otherwise sound teachers to relegate baptism to a "Romans 14" issue (a matter that should be determined in the individual's conscience because it is not directly commanded or forbidden) without the slightest exegetical justification for doing so. Baptism is directly commanded, and therefore cannot be a "Romans 14" issue. In this case, the presence of one error has persuaded many well-meaning Christians to commit another error.
In order to illustrate the fallacy of this way of thinking, apply the same principle to a different matter of church practice. What would happen, for instance, if the issue at stake were women seeking to be pastors? What would we do if, due to centuries of errant instruction among certain Christian groups, a number of well-meaning and capable ladies requested eldership in our biblically conservative Baptist churches? What if they were determined that they were right, and that we were restraining them from following God's call to shepherd His flock by denying their request? Would our compassion cause us to relent and make them elders while we sought, patiently and gently, to show them their error? Would we relegate this to a "Romans 14" issue? Certainly not. In fact, such requests have been received and, for the most part, Baptists have not yielded to them.
The question is, why have most Baptists not yielded to these kinds of requests? For one thing, we all recognize that indulging the error of misguided Christians out of patience and love does not tend to make their error go away. To see this, one need only to examine the deplorable pastoral situation in certain less-conservative denominations (including, sadly, certain Baptist denominations). The fact is, errors that are allowed to be perpetuated within a church out of "love" only tend to become more deeply rooted. In many cases, the error eventually comes to be seen as the standard.
If the more open approach to baptism prevails in this case, results will certainly follow that will actually increase the problem. Consider the following likely scenarios:
Immersion will become optional and irrelevant.
Unbaptized church leaders will affirm unbiblical doctrines and practices.
The strong will provide dangerous misdirection for the weak.
The practice of Baptists receiving unbaptized members is a definitional inconsistency.
At some point, baptistic churches who accept unbaptized Christians as members would likely begin making unbaptized men elders. After all, what legitimate reason could such a church give for refusing an otherwise qualified man's request to be an elder? He was received as a "member-in-good-standing" in his unbaptized condition. He was told that he would not be a second-class member in any sense because he was unbaptized. And Paul says nothing explicitly to either Timothy or Titus about baptism being a requirement for eldership.
Taking this a bit further, an unbaptized man in a teaching and leadership position would presumably be permitted to teach the Bible according to his own convictions, including those related to baptism. After all, his soundness in doctrine and capability as a teacher were required for him to be made an elder in the first place (cf. 1 Timothy 3:2; Titus 1:9). Even if a local church found a legitimate way to prevent him from openly advocating infant baptism, his status as a respected teacher, combined with everyone's knowledge of his "baptism" as an infant, would give tacit affirmation to that practice. We would actually have a situation in which infant baptism was being affirmed as valid (whether by open teaching or by implication) in a Baptist church!
The fact is, denial of the man's request for eldership on the basis of his baptismal status alone would be an arbitrary distinction, made necessary by the earlier concession to receive him into membership despite his being unbaptized. Rejecting the unbaptized man's request for eldership is certainly wise, and might be justified by the requirement that elders affirm the doctrinal positions held by the church. But if the man is not permitted to affirm and teach infant baptism because the church considers it an unbiblical doctrine and practice, why was this overlooked when considering his petition for membership? In other words, if he is not permitted to teach infant baptism because it is not true baptism, why was his infant baptism acceptable for membership?
Some noteworthy Christian leaders have said that their churches could receive unbaptized Chistians as members while also maintaining their commitment to immersion as the only valid practice. Churches and leaders such as these assure others that they would charge unbaptized members to be immersed as soon as possible. And as we noted above, they could have a membership policy that prevents unbaptized men from becoming elders. Conceding that such strong commitment to maintaining baptistic principles is possible in some cases, these churches and leaders would nevertheless be setting a course for disaster among many of the less-resolved churches they influence.
Would every local church they influence know of their strong commitment to exclusively baptistic teaching? Would every local church they influence have ready access to the details of how such commitments were enforced? Would every local church that follows their pattern have strong enough leadership themselves to stand by such commitments if they were made? Probably not. The truth is, once any concession is made in this area by noted Christian leaders and churches, others will concede further, and those who follow these, further still. It's a worn out phrase, we know, but it is nonetheless true that if you give an inch, many will take a mile. We would not use this "influence" argument if baptism were an issue of Christian freedom (i.e., Romans 14). But baptism is not such an issue. Christ never gave us permission to give the inch in the first place.
Baptist churches define baptism as the immersion of believers in water. Almost all require baptism for church membership. The inconsistency lies in the fact that in many cases, churches and leaders that are considering the more open approach do not intend to change either their definition of baptism or their requirement of baptism for church membership. In other words, while holding that baptism is the immersion of a believer in water, and while requiring baptism for church membership, they intend to permit those who were not baptized, according to their own definition of baptism, to become members!
It seems to us that if a church is strongly enough convinced that unbaptized people should be permitted to join the church as members, then either the church's definition of baptism must be broadened, or the requirement of baptism for church membership must be done away with. Without at least one of these actual changes in doctrine and/or church polity, the inconsistency seems glaring. On the other hand, we cannot help but think that the unwillingness to change either the definition or the requirement seems to speaks volumes about what these churches and their leaders know to be true in the New Testament—that baptism is immersion in water and that it is required for church membership.
If baptism is not seen as essential for initial reception into membership, when will it become essential? After a week? How about a month? Perhaps a year would be more reasonable. But then, why not two years, or five, or ten? And if you are willing to go that far, you are willing to say (actually, you have already said) that baptism is not a requirement at all.
Though we believe that receiving unbaptized persons into Baptist churches is a trend that is regretful and even dangerous, we recognize that this practice does not necessarily stem from any disbelief in the Scriptures or failure to search the Scriptures on the part of those who disagree with us. And, however strongly we adhere to our own convictions, which have been widely-held by Baptists for generations, we do so because of our own study, our own conscience with respect to the Scriptures, and even our own willingness to alter our practice if the Word and the Spirit were to lead us to another view.
We would all agree that Baptists in the past placed a great deal of emphasis on the idea of a truly regenerate church membership. This historic principle is eroding during our watch in a variety of ways. One's view of baptism as the "door" to the church plays a part in the pursuit of that purity. As stated above, we do not believe that the practice of receiving only baptized people into membership would have ever been questioned if it were not for the unbiblical practice of infant "baptism" and the believer's desire not to offend. It is natural, in one sense, to move away from biblical doctrines and practices when they cause problems between true believers. It is our hope, however, that love for our brothers and sisters who practice infant baptism, which all Baptists believe to be unbiblical, will not serve to undermine our own sound practice of receiving only baptized believers into our churches.
Note: The primer on baptism by Jim Elliff, Going Under: Discussions on Baptism, Christian Communicators Worldwide, assumes the position represented in this article, although the purpose of the book was not to prove this point. Check out that book here: https://www.ccwtoday.org/product/going-under-discussions-on-baptism/
Copyright © Jim Elliff and Daryl Wingerd 2006
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Jonny Staub Through the Out Door
Jonny Staub got his big break when James Stewart offered him a job at Calgary top rated Power 107 shortly after we all calmed down from the Y2K problem. Jonny had some an incredible start to his career with big ratings at an early age at big radio stations in big markets. Then came a personal reality check. Which was later followed be the stresses of coming out publicly, and coping with the competitive nature of his work, an the support he gets from work.
In this episode, you'll hear how Jonny handles the pressures associated with putting together a morning show with his co-hosts Holly and Nira at Virgin Radio 94.5 in one of North America's biggest markets.
The timing of the release of this episode coincides with Vancouver's Pride Parade which took place over the weekend. There were a number of broadcast notables present as well as the Prime Minister. Jonny spoke about the difficulties in coming out and how the act of "coming out" is done repeatedly.
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Recreational and serious cyclists coming to Bermuda will find beautiful and challenging cycling routes. If you cannot bring your own bike, mountain bikes and road bikes are available for rental. The cost of renting a bike can be far less than the cost of bringing your own. Check it out!
Before going any further you should be aware that a "bicycle" is called a 'pedal bike' in Bermuda. If you inquire about renting a 'bicycle' or 'bike' you will usually receive information about mopeds.
The BBA welcomes visitors who want to compete in its events. Click HERE for the schedule. Most of our the races are held on weekends. Before you are allowed to compete we require that you fill a temporary membership form that contains a customary waiver. The Sinclair Packwood Memorial Race, on May 24th, is the only race that is by invitation only.
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Something cool i noticed about thr cover for Uglies is that you can see the photographer in Tallys eyes. Something else thats cool about the whole series is that the last word in Uglies is pretty, the last word in Pretties is special, and the last word in Specials is ugly. Isn't that icy! Ya except for the last word in Extras is cake so that kinda breaks the pattern. Something else is that every book starts with someone crashing a party. So I guess there are alot of patterns and cool stuff hidden in the books and all you have to do is look. And one more thing, on the cover of Bogus To Bubbly whoever that is (it's probably Tally but who knows) has one pale green eye and one pale blue eye. So I guess it's not Tally cause she doesn't have that.
Me too. Moggle being disguised as a cake and working for Dr Cable and getting Toggle as a gf. Cant wait.
I wonder if the cover for cakes will be a cake??? or moggle in cake form, OR TALLY IN CAKE FORM!!!
hehe. i hope its just a really good choclate fudge cake. but then i would drool akll over my book. yes, i am a foodaholic. so is my bestie from school.
Dr. Cable makes up an evil plan to do something that involves baking the world's largest cake and sending it as a gift to Andrew Simpson Smith. He's never heard of a cake before, so he throws it out the window of his spaceship and it goes into orbit and rains bits of chocolate fudge down on everyone like meteors.
*Drooling* that would be heaven. it is the promised land. Oh, let it be real. Come on DR C, bake Andrew Simpson Smith a double fudge choclate cake. right now. *more drooling* damn, i think i damaged my keyboard.
That doesn't make me drool. Just grossed out. Is Scott-la even planning on writing Cakes? I hope so. Yum, cake.


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Else-Marie Karlsson Strese, född 1951, är docent i agrarhistoria vid Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet och disputerad biolog. Sedan 1991 är hon intendent vid Nordiska museets avdelning Julita gård.

Streses forskning handlar om växtförädling, biologisk mångfald med fokus på kulturväxter, exempelvis sparris och humle. Hennes avhandling vid Freie Universität Berlin 1981 undersökte lupiner. Vid Julita gård har hon byggt upp genbanker för sparris och humle inom det nationella Programmet för odlad mångfald (POM).

Publikationer i urval
 Strese, Else-Marie, Humle i den svenska nationella genbanken, 1. uppl., Programmet för odlad mångfald (POM), Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet, Uppsala, 2016

 Strese, Else-Marie & Tollin, Clas, Humle: det gröna guldet, 1. uppl., 2015

 Karlsson Strese, Else-Marie, "Sparrisuppropet": inte bara sparris, Sveriges Lantbruksuniv., Uppsala, 2008

 Karlsson Strese, Else-Marie, Quantitative und qualitative Darstellung des Alkaloidmusters bei Lupinus Polyphyllus (Lindl.) in Verbindung mit Untersuchungen über Merkmalskorrelationen, Institut für angewandte Genetik der Freien Universität Berlin, Diss. Berlin,Berlin, 1981

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It feels like a century since I had last found something which really resonated with all the internal struggles and pain that I've had to suffer throughout my whole life. A Semi-Definitive List Of Worst Nightmares encaptures the whole package deal that comes with the curse of anxiety and depression. I found myself relating to almost every second sentence and had originally sat down to read at least half of the novel two days before it was due for release - I feel terrible that I was not able to complete it sooner and have one heck of a review waiting for everyone to read and hear my thoughts on. However I'm glad I was able to spend the month returning every now and then to get a fix of a beautifully truthful and empowering novel. One thing that just made me instantly love this book as much as the actual content was the fact that Esther is a natural red-head with an array of freckles on her face, and Jonah basically resembles Finn from Star Wars: The Force Awakens almost exactly and I am so glad I was given that visual because that is exactly how I pictured him for the rest of the novel!
This shot that I posted to my Instagram story could not be more accurate!
Her family is cursed with developing unhealthy phobias which prevent them from being anything but a normal human being.
She dresses in a spontaneous costume every day - on this particular day/night she is dressed as Red Riding Hood.
Her mother, Rosemary, is afraid of bad luck, her father, Peter, is an agoraphobe and has lived in the basement for six years since his sudden confinement, and her brother, Eugene, is afraid of the darkness and and anything related to it.
She is super gullible and too kind for her own good.
If I am going to give an accurate review of this book, I'll have to point out how important the topics discussed in this novel are and why many of the creative analogies such as The Man Who Was Death, the curse on the family, and Esther's interpretation on the way love works backwards, all have deeper meanings that we might realise. I have taken photos of particular quotes that I resonated with personally and also felt like they needed a bit of recognition.
Jonah is the love interest/semi-hero that every other novel needs (and every person that needs a little push towards confidence and self love); the type of person that would take your deepest fears and throw them at you lovingly, all the while knowing very well (sorta) that you won't actually die if you face them. He is the one who gives Esther a reason to live - in saying that, she is not suicidal, she just doesn't live a very interesting life before she bands up with Jonah to face her fears every Sunday of the week until she reaches number fifty and finds out what she's really afraid of. I have to say that this book has truly inspired me to live my life no matter the fears that I face when I start to think about the real world. I honestly felt like I was living an adventure that was exhilarating and eye-opening at the same time. I was reminded that mental illness can almost feel like a curse and death can feel like a person that is just hanging around in the shadows waiting for you to say the okay, yet at the same time you can also tell them to just f**k off.
The caption on the photo is the only one that is needed.
If this book has taught me anything, it is to know that anxiety and depression will always be a tough fight, but it is possible to come out the other side eventually. There is no instant cure but it can be managed and it is important to remember that there are many other people who suffer from the same things, if not many other mental illnesses, as well. We're not alone in the world - we can choose to either let the pain subdue us or we can choose to rage a war against the darkness and make life something worth living, even if it means facing a few fears to find the light.
I've decided to present my own list of fears so that I might inspire someone else to do the same and show that we are not all invincible but we are all human (I do believe some of us are magical shapeshifting unicorns but that is besides the point).
Depression creeping back up on me when I least expect it.
I might die before I get the chance to accomplish my dream of becoming a best selling author and inspire others with my stories of struggle.
Living in a city surrounded by volcanoes that are due to erupt with 1.3 million people who may or may not care.
The possibility that my current life is really just a very long dream and I will wake up from a coma to a life I never wanted.
Donald Trump ruling the most powerful country in the world.
WETAS! THEY ALL DESERVE TO DIE! (For those who don't know, they are a native species to New Zealand and are literally spawns of the devil. They are super hard to kill–I used a whole fly spray can and tried squashing one to no avail–and they make me sick!) I dare you to search the name on Google Images.
One fear I used to have but don't anymore?: I can take a photo with no makeup on and feel confident about it! Even if there is a book in front of my face in this one. Baby steps, guys. Baby steps.
I have given this novel 5 out of 5 stars because I have never read a book in my life that I have related to so much (Twilight doesn't count right now, okay?) and felt like it deserves a place on the modern classics table for future generations to study in school and refer to for inspirational quotes when life feels overwhelming and sometimes like nothing at all. Krystal Sutherland has definitely done everyone a huge service by writing such a beautiful story which will always stay close to our hearts. I will go to the ends of the earth to make sure this book does not become underrated in the bookish community. We need more relatable stories like this (as I've probably stated many times before) because so many people like myself need them when we're at our worst to sit down with and feel like we have a chance to be revived. I sat down a couple of weeks ago when I was drowning in stress and tears, and having Esther and Jonah to comfort my fears by facing their own gave me so much strength that I managed to avoid a panic attack. I ended up having one a few days later anyway but somehow I felt a little more hopeful afterwards when I reminded myself that so many people suffered the same way as me even for the simplest things like being in the presence of frogs, corn fields, or lobsters.
Krystal got all the nostalgic feels perfectly - I love little details like this one!
Thanks to A Semi-Definitive List Of Worst Nightmares, I am super keen to read Krystal's first novel, Our Chemical Hearts and fall in love with her writing all over again. I've always been interested in dipping into the genre of contemporary with my writing, so maybe Krystal's books will be the reason I run head first into action - no fear, no pain, just love, passion, and novels of inspiration.


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Note: From "Jean-Georges: Cooking at Home with a Four-Star Chef" by Jean-Georges Vongerichten and Mark Bittman (Broadway, 1998).
Step 2When the beets are cool enough to handle, peel and cut into eighths.
Step 3Place the beets in the bowl of a food processor with the shallot, Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce, vinegar, cornichons and capers. Pulse until the mixture is minced but not pureed. You may have to scrape the mixture down between pulses.
Step 4Spoon the mixture into a bowl and stir in the mayonnaise and parsley. Taste and adjust the seasonings; you may need to add salt and pepper and more vinegar, Worcestershire or hot sauce. (This dish keeps well up to 2 days. Refrigerate, keeping it well wrapped or in a covered container, and bring to room temperature before serving.) Garnish and serve with steamed fish.
39 calories; 233 mg sodium; 0 cholesterol; 1 gram fat; 0 saturated fat; 7 grams carbohydrates; 1 gram protein; 1.11 grams fiber.
On the face of it, beets are extroverts. Their very veins run magenta, red and gold. The roots come from the same high palette. When the hue is purple or red, which it so often is, then they are not just flamboyant, but inky as an angry octopus.
And yet for all this personality, beets are among the most neglected vegetables in the marketplace. Their reputation is 50 years out of date. People grumble of beet fatigue from Victory Gardens. Others think of beets as canned items. It's hard to find anyone who studies them. In fact, a convention of U.S. beet experts would be a convention of one. Then there's the mess. Boil them and the beets stain your hands, your cutting board, your clothes.
No splendor is perfect. But before writing off the beet, bake it. Its color seems to retreat within it, becoming even more saturated, yet more beautiful. Once you've tasted a baked beet, it's hard to have them any other way. It is one of the most arresting flavors to come from the field. Its sweetness can only be surpassed by sugar cane, but then this sweetness is countered by a profound and complex earthiness.
Summed up in a suffix, beets are -er: brighter, sweeter, stronger, darker. Right now, they are at their er-est. Across the country, the shortening days and gradual chill is concentrating their flavor in the field, even before harvest.
This intensity makes it tricky to move on to the beet's crowning grace, which is--don't scoff--great subtlety. Faced with other ingredients, beets have a wholly magical tact. They are a superb foil. There is no more accommodating food. Beets complement almost every ingredient that any cook from anywhere can throw at them.
Give it a try. Bake an entire panful. Wash them if they're cruddy. Cut them about an inch above the stem so the pigment doesn't run. If they're medium-size, pop them in the oven at about 375 degrees for an hour and a half. There will be a sweet, toasty almost nutty aroma wafting around the kitchen when they're done.
You can test for doneness much as you would with a boiled potato, by sticking something sharp into the beets and deciding if that's the resistance you find palatable (the beet itself is edible raw). Let them cool. Store the ones you're not going to eat, unpeeled, in Tupperware in the fridge.
Peel the ones you are going to use. The skins should come away fairly easily, if not slipping right off like breezy cookery writers swear they do. First, put them warm or at room temperature in a salad with toasted walnuts, goat cheese, mache and orange. See what happens.
Exactly. The walnuts will never taste nuttier, the chevre never tangier and orange never fruitier. Now try some more pureed with vinegar, sugar and horseradish. You'll have a classic condiment, called chrain, perfect for meats, or dumplings.
Now try pureeing roast beets into chicken stock to make borscht. Cook beets with star anise, finish them with pastis. Chef Jean-Georges Vongerichten hits beets with Tabasco, Worcestershire sauce and capers, and they take it. Whatever you do to them, never for a second do they lose their integrity. Carrots should have such character.
Or flexibility. Beets accept whatever oil is in your larder--olive oil, walnut oil, pine nut oil. They become luminous and satiny in the presence of butter, bright and refreshing with vinegar. Various recipes insist on balsamic vinegar here, cider vinegar there, Sherry vinegar the next breath and raspberry vinegar for yet another concoction. Beets embrace them all with equanimity.
Vegans use beets in lieu of meat; carnivores use them as pungent garnishes for beef. They go equally well with dill, with parsley, with chervil, tarragon or chives. You can bake them like potatoes, serve them slit and buttered. If you're hungry and want a fast fix and don't mind the mess, all beets require to constitute a meal are boiling, peeling and, if you're feeling fancy, the addition of salt and pepper.
But all this versatility goes unsung. Instead, beets seem to be a cue for jokes about the Cold War and the Catskills, though beets don't even originate from Russia, Poland or upstate New York. They come from the Mediterranean, where the wild progenitors of today's domesticated crops grew around the seashore at tide lines.
For insight into the history of beets, horticulture writer Roger Phillips harks back to Aristotle. The late British food writer Jane Grigson preferred Pliny. American food historian William Woys Weaver offers an anecdote about the 6th century Levantine physician Dioscorides. Myself, I give you Irwin Goldman, a beet breeder at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Goldman is the country's leading authority on the table beet. To be precise, he's the only authority. The closest California can produce is UC Davis agronomist Stephen Kaffka, whose work as a sugar and fat specialist has largely acquainted him with sugar beets. A clear fan of beets, or as he calls them, "table beets," he regretfully dismissed the crop as "beneath the radar" of Californian farm science.
Back in Washington, D.C., an interested and entirely tenacious information officer with the USDA's Agricultural Research Service wasn't even sure that the continental United States had a beet specialist until she ferreted out Goldman. When I left Goldman a message asking if he might talk, he returned the call immediately and cried, "I'd love to! There aren't enough people who want to talk about beets!"
Table beets, it seems, aren't much grown commercially anywhere in America. While the U.S. devotes a staggering 1.4 million acres to growing a cousin of theirs, sugar beets, big tough plants fit only for sugar extraction and livestock fodder, Goldman estimates that we grow fewer than 8,000 acres of table beets, more than half of these in Wisconsin for the canning industry.
Part of Goldman's funding has come to breed seeds for red, redder and reddest table beets to explore the use of their pigments, called betalains, as natural food dyes. Intermittently over the years, beets have been used to color Kool-Aid, Yoplait, Ben & Jerry's, Jell-O, salami, potato chips and pasta. The red we see in beets is "actually two colors," Goldman says, "a bluish red, produced by a compound called betacyanin, and then betaxanthin, which is yellow. Bright yellow."
When we see beets that are gold, they only have yellow pigment. "That doesn't bleed as much when you cook it," he says. "It's not as noticeable."
The pigment is contained within the plant's cells, so when we slice it, it spills out. Extreme boiling will turn it brown, so it is best to beware the postwar approach to borscht--just simmer the baked beet root in chicken stock long enough for the flavors to meld, then puree.
Government scientists are busily discovering nifty anti-oxidants in these betalains. Some pass straight through us. How much we retain is unclear. "You aren't what you eat," says Goldman, quoting a laboratory aphorism. "You are what you don't excrete."
As for the striped beet, an Italian variety called the Chioggia, or "candy" beet in California, the streaks are a genetic fluke, he explains. In these, only the phloem, the part of the plant that conducts sugar created during photosynthesis from the leaves to the root, produces the red beet pigment. The xylem, the water-conducting tissue in a plant, does not have it. So look at a cross-section of a candy beet and the phloem will be pink and the xylem will be white.
Beets weren't always this lurid, says Goldman. The ones we know were selected over thousands of years by gardeners who fancied the brightest specimens. Romans liked the red ones enough for the vegetable's alternate name to have been "Roman beet." Modern chefs tend to claim that superior flavors reside in the gold and striped ones. But Goldman rejects that.
"Flavor has absolutely nothing to do with color," he says. "It's completely unrelated."
Variety can affect flavor. Some chefs commend the turnip-shaped "Egyptian" varieties, others praise classic "globe"-shaped beets. The differences, explains Goldman, have to do with three things: variety, the soil and the climate. He is particularly proud that all beet hybrids in the world have some Wisconsin genes in them. His favorite hybrid is Red Ace, and he waxes on about the charms of the classic types Ruby Queen, Detroit beets, Crosby Green Top and Lutz Green Leaf.
Beets that need better breeding work, he thinks, are the cylindrical types promoted for their ease of peeling and chopping. He studied them as a potential crop for Wisconsin's beet canning industry and suspects they were bred for shape but not taste.
Size matters too. The younger the beet, the more tender the root and leaves. But in a crop routinely harvested between 45 and 60 days old--that is, never beyond the plant's juvenile state--tough roots are rarely a problem, says Goldman.
It's different with greens. Very baby beet greens sell at herb stalls at Santa Monica farmers market for $7 a pound; just a few feet away at vegetable stalls, most customers want greens chopped off of beets sold for their roots.
The proprietor of the Coastal Organics stall, Santa Paula farmer Paul Carpenter, puts this down to innocence. "Most people are used to buying beets in a can. I don't think the tops have ever occurred to them," he says.
These teen greens may be too coarse for salads, but are delicious when treated like cabbage or kale: steamed, stir-fried or, best, sweated in butter, garlic and herbs, then simmered in chicken broth. Cook them as you would another cousin, Swiss chard. Beet greens should be chopped off and eaten separately if you plan to store the roots, which will keep in a cool, dark place much like potatoes.
And so to the cardinal beet flavor, the earthiness that is divine to some, dirty to others. It comes from a compound called geosmin, which is a by-product of certain microorganisms found in soil and vegetables. Beet farmers will say the biggest thing affecting how strong the flavor is isn't beet variety, but the type of soil.
"That's logical!" cries Goldman. Peruse the literature on geosmin, and one finds that this lowdown, earthy tang is desirable in beets and corn, less so in catfish or drinking water.
A collection of curious Web sites have sprung up offering beet juice, beet pigment, beet this and beet that as homeopathic remedies. Neither Goldman nor the USDA's phyto-nutrient specialists would comment on their claims. What is clear is that, between their sweet roots and robust greens, beets are nutritious, particularly as sources of folic acid. To find out just how nutritious, the USDA has a nifty new Web site where you can check out the value of any food: www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp.
On the subject of minerals, chefs remark on the varying salt content in beets. Goldman explains it by saying that wild beets are native to seashores, and are so salt-tolerant that in the wild that they can grow right at tide lines. Farmed varieties can vary wildly in natural salt content. It's prudent to always taste them while seasoning so as not to overdo it.
There would be more horticulturalists eager to talk about the beet if it were a big commercial crop. But it's not. Beet seedlings are sensitive little sprouts. It takes vigilance to protect them from predators. Soon after germination, beet fields require hand thinning. Agri-business long ago wrote the crop off as too labor intensive to merit much industry-sponsored research.
One of Goldman's colleagues at the University of Wisconsin, horticulture professor Helen Harrison, says industry indifference is actually good for specialty farmers. It protects the market for the little guys. Beet farmers then enjoy a devoted following and a great return from a crop that may require hand-thinning, but ripens fast and produces a great yield per acre.
"If I was a specialty grower, I'd grow them," she says.
Grow them specialty farmers do, as do home gardeners. (Thompson & Morgan describes it as a "moderately popular" crop, and carries 10 varieties of seeds.) Beets not only appear across the country in farmers markets 45 days after the last frost, they keep on coming right as the last summer plantings are harvested throughout the autumn.
The last of these are taken slowly from cold store throughout the winter.
In Southern California, conditions are such that the season is continuous; beets grow 365 days a year.
Between Los Angeles farmers markets and Southern Californian supermarkets serving large Russian populations, beets and their greens can be found in one form or another most days of the year.
From his office at UC Davis, Kaffka relishes how a Mediterranean crop best appreciated by Russians has found its comfiest geographical niche in Southern California.
"You're blessed," he says. "It's a new definition of blessedness. You can eat beets any time."


In working, living and traveling in Latin America over the past 20 years, I have observed five basic business myths often touted by Americans regarding Latin America. These points deserve some discussion.
Myth 1: Latin America is an economic backwater and does not represent a viable market for American traders.
Latin America recorded 1.52 trillion dollars of GDP in 2002. While small compared to the US GDP, I have seen both importers and exporters succeed when pursuing business ventures with the region. The trick is to find your niche. Do Latin Americans want what you are selling? Remember that people from this region have the same appetites for new consumer goods that we do, only they are not prepared to pay two or three times what they cost us here to acquire. We must strive to match our costs with individual country tariff structures and transportation costs to deliver goods at reasonable prices to the consumer. If you are importing from Latin America as I do with my company, Southern Wine Group, make sure you have a product that is not widely available already in the United States. Having wines that compete favorably both in terms of price and quality with other wines in the US market has made my business a success.
Myth 2: Latin Americans are corrupt and cannot be trusted in managerial positions.
We have proved finally inside the United States that a few unscrupulous companies can change our reputation for being honorable in our business practices. My clients inside Argentina have gone from saying "We wish we were more like the United States" with regards to business practices to saying, "See, the United States does the same things it accuses us of doing." Just as companies like Enron, Tyco, and Arthur Andersen may not represent our individual business ethics, Latin America's mixed history of business and governmental abuses do not speak for all business people of that region. Anyone who truly looks, will find honest and capable people to work with in Latin America.
Myth 3: Latin Americans come from inferior schools and therefore do not have the skills necessary to work with companies from the United States.
As the United States faces the challenge of keeping our schools competitive within a tightened budgetary climate, Latin American countries are showing that they can produce intelligent, well-trained professionals capable of competing with their U.S. counterparts and capable of working with America's best companies. Just as some U.S. high-tech companies are showing a new preference for Indians trained in the prestigious technical universities of that country, countries such as Brazil, Mexico, Argentina and Chile are producing graduates who are very competitive with our best and brightest as well.
Myth 4: Latin American governments are unpredictable. One is ill advised to own property or other assets in Latin America.
Latin America is becoming more democratic. As it does so, traditions for orderly transfers of power, rule of law, and the protection of property rights are becoming more entrenched. It is important to understand the local specific laws concerning the property you wish to acquire. It is equally important to work with contracts written by local attorneys. However, with due diligence and careful decision-making, one may feel reasonably protected these days when purchasing an asset in Latin America.
Myth 5: Latin Americans are limited by old world traditions that prevent them from being as entrepreneurial as their U.S. counterparts.
One needn't travel far inside the region to realize that entrepreneurship is not a characteristic unique to the United States. It is unique to human beings. Where there is a general frustration with the status quo and the legal structure to permit independent businesses you will see entrepreneurship thrive. The United States' economic boom of the 90's helped to pique the interests of people around the world towards independent and creative economic activity. Latin America has been no exception.
In conclusion, in this modern era of global business, be prepared to encounter Latin Americans with professional skills, education, ethics, and entrepreneurial drive comparable to the most skilled and successful business people of this country.
Kirk Ermisch is a new business professor at COCC. He founded the first American winery in Argentina and brings a wealth of experience in international trade. Information: kermisch@cocc.edu.


Blockchain technology, like everything else that can be connected to the internet, is prone to attacks by hackers. Developers need to take extra precautions to protect their dApps and other blockchain-based products from hackers. This is because, crimes committed on the blockchain often go unreported. The vulnerability isn't just a problem faced by third generation blockchains. Even older blockchains like the Ethereum blockchain, are prone to attacks by hackers.
According to a report published by ZDnet, a tech based news outlet, hackers recently released a scanning network specifically designed to target Ethereum mining hardware and Ethereum wallets on a global scale. The campaign started on the 3rd of December and it has been fully active since then. The hackers are specifically targeting port 8545. This port is the standard port for the JSON-RPC interface. This is the interface used by Ethereum miners and on Ethereum wallets.
The API interface by developers allows applications to scan for data related to mining or funds. However, some less secure mining machinery and wallets expose this interface through a port. This port can be compromised easily by hackers. Typically, the ports are not created with passwords. A user is expected to configure one. If the interface is left exposed, a hacker can exploit this vulnerability using it to steal cryptocurrencies.
While hackers recently launched their attack, this isn't the first time the existence of this vulnerability is being announced. In August, the Ethereum development team announced that those apps and miners that run on insecurely configured clients are at risk of attacks. They recommended that developers filter the traffic using a secure firewall or use passwords to protect the interface.
Since then, many mining rig vendors took steps to reduce the possibility of falling victims to hackers by completely removing the interface or reducing the use of port 8545. Still, many clients are still unsecure allowing hackers to scan them effectively.
"Over the past week, the level of scan activity from hackers have tripled. This is according to the reports. More than 4,700 devices and Parity wallets are still exposed to this problem. They haven't taken any measures to protect themselves and can be attacked anytime.
Meanwhile, since the beginning of this bearish market, ETH has suffered loses more than most coins. In fact, the cryptocurrency lost its position as the second largest cryptocurrency per market capitalization to XRP. With hackers trying to target Ethereum mining hardware, the troubles of the blockchain are not yet over.
At the time of writing, ETH was trading at $91.45. It is down by 1.72% against the USD and up by 0.44% against Bitcoin. The 24 hour trading volume is $1,653,076,549 and the market capitalization is $9,486,541,179.


text: Support The Show On Patreon!: https://www.patreon.com/seculartalk Subscribe to Krystal Kyle & Friends On Substack!: https://krystalkyleandfriends.substack.com Follow Kyle on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/kylekulinski "The first time I ever really listened to Kyle Kulinski's show was in the back of a cab last summer. The driver had his phone hooked up through the stereo and was pumping out an episode through the car speakers — loudly, as if looking to convert a captive audience. "Do you like Kyle Kulinski?" The driver, Ahmed, was a recent immigrant and apparently a die-hard fan of Secular Talk, the political talk show that Kulinski broadcasts on YouTube. I told him, yes, in fact. I do like Kulinski, had come across his show several years ago, and, all things considered, he seemed pretty good. "He understands what we're up against," Ahmed said. "Like Bernie." But I was surprised to hear Kulinski's name mentioned in the same breath as Bernie Sanders, particularly with such adoration. Because what I did remember about Kulinski's show struck me as mostly capital-P "progressive" takes on the news — the left wing of the Netroots crowd more than the democratic socialism Sanders has popularized. It's an impression that wasn't entirely incorrect. "I have no time for philosophical, airy bullshit," Kulinski tells me from his home in Westchester, New York. "I don't want to hear about Lenin. I don't want to hear about Marx. I just want a super plainspoken, straightforward agenda with a straightforward way of selling it." With over 800,000 subscribers and nearly 670 million total views on YouTube, selling a progressive agenda is clearly something Kulinski knows how to do — even Democracy Now, the long-standing flagship of progressive media, cannot match his reach on the platform. Chapo Trap House can certainly boast a wildly devoted fan base (and a not insignificant degree of media influence), but their audience is roughly half the size of Kulinski's. While Secular Talk might be more likely to be looped in with the progressive networks around Air America and Pacifica alums like Sam Seder than the more resolutely socialist world, Kulinski's fiery rhetoric, razor-sharp class instincts, and knack for withering takedowns sets him apart from his peers. Judging by his rhetoric alone, he's closer to a Eugene Debs than a Chris Hayes. But unlike Hayes, Amy Goodman, or his friend Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks — who began airing Secular Talk on his web network seven years ago — the thirty-two-year-old Kulinski is virtually invisible in the mainstream media. Despite his enormous fan base, his show has never once been mentioned in the obligatory trend pieces on "the Millennial Left" pumped out by the prestige media. Nor has Kulinski's name ever popped up at all in the New York Times, Vox, the New Yorker, New York Magazine, or the Washington Post, despite his leading role in cofounding Justice Democrats, the organization widely credited with sweeping Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the rest of "the Squad" to power. Just last week, his Wikipedia page was deleted. The reason? "There is very simply no [reliable source] coverage of this person," according to one moderator. In new media, he's king — the Sean Hannity of the Berniecrat left. In old media, he's nobody. I suspect there are a few reasons for that. There is nothing "cool" about Kulinski's show. (As a friend put it, "'Welcome to Secular Talk' sounds like something you'd hear on Egyptian radio.") His no-nonsense social-democratic politics won't get him much cred with the Full Communism crowd. He records his show not in Brooklyn or Los Angeles, but in a studio he built himself in his modest Westchester home. His hair is too groomed and his taste in clothes too preppy to qualify as "Dirtbag Left." Nor has he ever attended an n+1 release party. "Not only have I not attended one," he says, "I have no idea what that means." And yet he's astonishingly plugged-in for a young man in the suburbs. Wondering how Sanders ended up on the Joe Rogan Experience? Kulinski, a frequent guest on Rogan's wildly popular show, introduced them. "You make the most sense to me," Rogan told Kulinski on a recent episode. "You're a normal person." Much like Sanders himself, Kulinski's show has a massive audience that just doesn't compute with our media's understanding of "what the kids want" or even "what the left-wing kids want." It's probably for the best — the very woke and very WASP-ish decorum haunting much of the media world is nowhere to be found in Secular Talk. "Corporate Democrats over-focus on identity as a trick to divert you from the issues that unite us all — class issues," he said on a recent episode. "That Raytheon decided they don't hate gays or trans people — frankly, I don't really give a shit what their take on that is..." Read More Here!: https://jacobinmag.com/2020/03/kyle-kulinski-bernie-bros-secular-talk-joe-rogan-youtube #KyleKulinski #SecularTalk


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Q: Expected value of quotient of identically distributed random variables What is example of two identically distributed random variables so $$\\
E\left(\frac XY\right) \neq E\left(\frac YX\right)
$$
I know they have to be dependent, but I still don't have any idea.

A: How about $(X,Y)=(1,2)$ or $(2,3)$ or $(3,1)$ each with probability $\frac13$?

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to file a bug report with details about your environment.
Works for me, same as above.
mention that in case you are using it. I'll also file that bug soon.
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Lecture: The Snow Leopard Project:
And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation
Location: Simons Theatre
Aquarium Lecture Series
The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation
Dr. Alex Dehgan, CEO, Conservation X Labs
Postwar Afghanistan is fragile, volatile, and perilous. It is also a place of extraordinary beauty. Evolutionary Biologist Dr. Alex Dehgan arrived in the country in 2006 to build the Wildlife Conservation Society's Afghanistan Program, and preserve and protect Afghanistan's unique and extraordinary environment, which had been decimated after decades of war.
The efforts of Dehgan, an evolutionary biologist and former diplomat working for the Wildlife Conservation Society, were central to the creation of the first Afghanistan National Park Program. In his book, The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation, Dehgan takes readers along with him and his team through some of the most dangerous places in postwar Afghanistan as they work to establish the country's first national park, complete some of the first extensive wildlife surveys in 30 years, and act to stop the poaching of the country's iconic endangered animals, including the snow leopard.
Dehgan will reflect on innovative approaches to advancing the environment and security in some of the most politically and ecologically fragile places in the world, while exploring connections between conservation and political stability. This talk will also consider the larger changes of the political landscape and evolving U.S. positions toward Afghanistan, while showing spectacular imagery from Afghanistan that never crosses our televisions or computers.
Doors open at 6 p.m., and there will be a cash bar from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
A book signing of The Snow Leopard Project: And Other Adventures in Warzone Conservation will be held in the lobby after after his presentation.


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This petition was submitted by Linda Scott having collected a total of 1,275 signatures online and 134 on paper, a total of 1,409 signatures.
Text of Petition
We call on the National Assembly of Wales to urge the Welsh Government to withdraw its support for the "Red Route" (A55/A494/A548 Deeside Corridor Improvement) on the grounds that:
1) The construction of the new road through ancient woodland, and across agricultural land, contradicts Planning Policy Wales and the Well-being of Future Generations Act.
2) The recently published plans for a new A494 Dee Bridge, widening of the A494 and other improvements will deliver the Deeside traffic improvements without the need for the 'Red Route'.
3) The costs used to justify the choice of the "Red Route" failed to account for necessary upgrade of the Flintshire Bridge. It also does not include the addition of crawler lane at a major congestion point on the A55, the hill out of Northop towards Holywell. Congestion at these points will be made worse by the construction of the Red Route. The underestimate of the costs used imply that the proposed road cannot be considered value for money. Furthermore, the costs do not include the proposed A494 improvements (outlined in 2).
4) The choice of the Red Route was based on unrepresentative traffic surveys.
5) In considering the Red Route the Welsh Government failed to adequately consult residents of the Flint and Northop areas despite the major potential impact on their communities. Despite costing over a quarter of a billion pounds, the new road would be likely to lead to more traffic congestion in these communities.
6) The International Panel on Climate Change has called for urgent action to reduce C02 emissions, saying we have only 12 years left to save the world's climate. We need to be investing our limited resources in sustainable transport like rail.
Assembly Constituency and Region
· Delyn
· North Wales


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package com.mopub.mobileads;

import com.mopub.common.test.support.SdkTestRunner;

import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

import static org.mockito.Matchers.eq;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.never;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.stub;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;

@RunWith(SdkTestRunner.class)
public class CustomEventAdLoaderTest {

    private AdViewController adViewController;
    private AdLoader.CustomEventAdLoader subject;
    private String customEventName;
    private Map<String, String> serverExtras;
    private MoPubView moPubView;

    @Before
    public void setup() {
        moPubView = mock(MoPubView.class);
        adViewController = mock(AdViewController.class);
        stub(adViewController.getMoPubView()).toReturn(moPubView);
        customEventName = "testCustomEvent";
        serverExtras = new HashMap<String, String>();
        subject = new AdLoader.CustomEventAdLoader(adViewController,
                customEventName, serverExtras);
    }

    @Test
    public void execute_shouldCallLoadCustomEvent() throws Exception {
        subject.load();

        verify(adViewController).setNotLoading();
        verify(moPubView).loadCustomEvent(eq(customEventName), eq(serverExtras));
    }

    @Test
    public void execute_whenAdViewControllerIsNull_shouldDoNothing() throws Exception {
        subject = new AdLoader.CustomEventAdLoader(null, customEventName, serverExtras);

        subject.load();
        // pass
    }

    @Test
    public void execute_whenAdViewControllerIsDestroyed_shouldDoNothing() throws Exception {
        stub(adViewController.isDestroyed()).toReturn(true);

        subject.load();

        verify(adViewController, never()).setNotLoading();
        verify(moPubView, never()).loadCustomEvent(eq(customEventName), eq(serverExtras));
    }

    @Test
    public void execute_whenCustomEventIsNull_shouldDoNothing() {
        subject = new AdLoader.CustomEventAdLoader(adViewController, null, serverExtras);

        subject.load();

        verify(adViewController, never()).setNotLoading();
        verify(moPubView, never()).loadCustomEvent((String) eq(null), eq(serverExtras));
    }

    @Test
    public void execute_whenParamsMapIsNull_shouldLoadNullParamsMap() throws Exception {
        subject = new AdLoader.CustomEventAdLoader(adViewController, customEventName, null);

        subject.load();

        verify(adViewController).setNotLoading();
        verify(moPubView).loadCustomEvent(eq(customEventName), (Map<String, String>) eq(null));
    }
}

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Give your website a little TLC and it will reward you with amazing results.
1. Clear navigation – visitors expect to find your nav bar across the top of every page. Don't disappoint. Create a clear path through your site by labeling the navigation tabs with standard terms such as About, Services, Contact. This is not the place to be cute.
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You might not believe me but just yesterday…I am not kidding, I asked the Lord, What is the pillar of smoke? What does it mean in the Spirit? "You are a walking pillar of my Spirit" A temple made without hands. God just blows me away sometimes!
We serve a wonderful and gentle God who reveals Himself in ways that we can understand and take for ourselves. The incident I recall here came at a time, when I was overly busy and in the habit of withdrawing from the Lord's presence too quickly. We serve a Holy God who desires our whole attention… Isn't there a scripture which tells us that the church in the wilderness would not move until the cloud was taken up from the Tabernacle.. Exodus 40 37?
Many thanks for your sharing and blessings for your journey.
When you ask a direct question, you get a direct answer. When I asked 'What can I do for you?"The answer was "Trust me more." I am trying to do that every day.
I enjoyed how you used the picture as a writing prompt to create a lovely story.


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