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Fried chicken rolls stuffed with ham and cheese will be your new favorite finger food
When you want a winner of a chicken dinner, stuff it with ham, cheese and a surprising ingredient — fresh sage. The sage gives a hint of peppery flavor to the chicken rolls, which boosts the overall flavor of every single bite.
I have been relying on this recipe for more than a decade, and it has never failed to please my family and guests. Just remember to serve them as soon they're cooked, because that is when they taste the best — while the cheese is still melty and warm.
On a plate, lay a slice of chicken, and then place a slice of ham, cheese and sage on it. Roll tightly until the end. Secure it with a toothpick if needed.
Prepare 3 small bowls for the whisked egg, flour and breadcrumbs.
Dip the chicken roll into the flour, then shake off the excess. Next, dip it into the egg and then into the breadcrumbs. Sprinkle with salt and pepper, and set it aside. Prepare the rest of the chicken rolls.
In a saucepan with olive oil over medium heat, brown all sides of the chicken rolls.
Place them on a plate with paper towels to absorb the excess oil.


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This dish is one of my cooking-by-the-strings-of-your apron, because you are free to use whatever veggies and greens you choose: mix & match. Also, the veggies can be roasted on an outdoor grill or in your oven on broil.
Utensils: Cutting board & knife, strainer or colander, cookie sheet, platter or bowl for serving
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 10-15 minutes
Categories: Vegan, Gluten Free, Sugar Free (May also qualify as Paleo and Keto)
Note: If cooking in oven, preheat oven on “grill” after you have washed and cut the veggies, since this setting becomes hot quite quickly, at least in my oven.
Ingredients (Add ones you like and eliminate those you don’t!)
3-4 cups of organic mixed veggies (in season), washed and cut into bite-sized pieces:
cauliflower, red or yellow bell peppers, onion or leek, zucchini, yellow summer squash,
sweet potato slices or delicata squash slices, mushrooms, fennel.
2-3 cups fresh, organic salad greens, such as spring mix
Avocado oil (spray)
Olive oil & lemon juice
Herbs and spices: garlic, ginger, Za’atar, salt & pepper
Here are the veggies right before putting them in the oven. They shrink when grilled.
1. As noted above, cut veggies in bite-sized pieces, with harder to cut veggies, like sweet potato, sliced more thinly than quick cooking veggies, such as mushrooms. Toss with avocado oil spray and herbs/spices of your choice.
2. Arrange the cut veggies on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper or a tray sprayed with some avocado oil.
3. Place veggies in the oven or on the grill and roast until crispy to your taste, turning once or twice so all sides are crispy.
4. While veggies are roasting/grilling, wash and dry the greens and arrange on a platter. Toss with olive oil and lemon and any spices you choose. Remove grilled veggies and place over greens.
Variation: To make this a one dish meal, add some sliced tofu (I slice and then cut triangles) and add to the cookie sheet with veggies. (If you are not a vegetarian, feel free to add some bite-sized pieces of chicken, fish, etc.)
NOTE: These veggies can also be served chilled over greens on a large platter or each person can have a plate of greens and veggies on top, in which case you may need more greens for each platter. I made enough for 2 meals (for me), one with the veggies hot and one with the veggies cold. Both flavorful!
Below is a photo from a dish I made in an earlier Zoom cooking class that has only broccoli, carrots, and tofu. However, I steamed the veggies, and grilled the tofu, but you could also grill the broccoli, keeping an eye on it and slicing it thinly enough for it not to be hard when you eat it.

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Research capacity development in a South African higher education institution through a north-south collaboration
Frantz, Jose M.
Roman, Nicolette V.
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One of the constraints that prevent higher education institutions (HEIs) in developing countries from engaging in effective and essential research is a lack of research capacity. This study reports on a north-south collaboration between a group of Flemish universities and an HEI in South Africa with the specific goal of improving productivity, quality and capacity amongst researchers. A collaborative project with multiple subprojects was established in 2003, and extended over two consecutive five-year phases. Document analysis was conducted of annual reports, monitoring and evaluation reports, curriculum vitae of participating members, and progress reports of students and supervisors during this time. The findings of the study illustrate the extent to which research capacity objectives can be achieved through a north-south partnership. Members of the collaboration were able to develop intra- and inter-disciplinary partnerships that resulted in maximising the capacity- building efforts, enhancing both individual and institutional research --capacity--.

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Storm confirm Sandor Earl signing
SANDOR Earl's return from a four-year ASADA drug ban is complete, with Melbourne confirming his NRL signature.
Earl, banned for peptides trafficking as part of ASADA's darkest-day-in-sport investigation, has signed a one-year deal at the Storm.
"While he has been sidelined, he has maintained his fitness levels to a high level. Anyone that is prepared to put in the work after what he has been through deserves a second chance," coach Craig Bellamy said.
Earl's signing was one of 10 announced on Friday by the Storm. Billy Walters, son of Maroons coach Kevin, and Cooper Johns, son of Knights legend Matthew, are joined by Harry Grant, Lachlan Timm, Louis Geraghty, Sale Finau, Tino Fa'asuamaleaui, Kayleb Milne and Junior Ratuvu in signing deals for the 2018 season.


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A Winning Skyline - Kansas City Missouri Panorama
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Kansas City skyline panoramic wall art print. Downtown KC cityscape and Union Station dressed in their hometown champion colors of red and gold after winning the Super Bowl.
August 18th, 2020
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While the eyes are a muscle, it has not been proven that so-called ‘exercises’ are beneficial..
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Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – one of the most misdiagnosed conditions that leads to many children taking Ritalin (methylphenidate) even though they don’t need it – can now be identified objectively and in a foolproof way.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University’s Sackler Faculty of Medicine and colleagues at Sheba Medical Center and the University of Haifa have found that involuntary eye movements accurately reflect the presence of ADHD.
Until this discovery, there have been no reliable physiological markers to diagnose ADHD. Parents would bring in their children and ask for a prescription for Ritalin, which in some cases improves concentration and class performance and grades even in children who do not suffer from ADHD.
Doctors generally diagnose the disorder by recording a medical and social history of the patient and the family, discussing possible symptoms and observing the patient’s behavior. As a result, too many children get the drug, and there is even illegal trade in prescriptions.
An incorrect evaluation can lead to over-medication with Ritalin, which has doctors, pharmacists and parents concerned.
A report on the objective tool to accurately diagnose ADHD has just been published in the journal Vision Research.
Dr. Moshe Fried, Dr. Anna Sterkin and Prof. Uri Polat of TAU; Dr. Tamara Wygnanski- Jaffe, Dr. Eteri Tsitsiashvili, Dr. Tamir Epstein of Sheba’s Goldschleger Eye Research Institute; and Dr.Yoram S. Bonneh of Haifa developed the eye-tracking system. They studied two groups of 22 adults to monitor their involuntary eye movements and gave them an ADHD diagnostic computer test called the Test of Variables of Attention. The exercise, which lasted 22 minutes, was repeated twice by each participant.
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In honor of today’s holiday, I thought I’d treat myself to some of my phavorite phoods.
For lunch, a phellow phoodie and I tried out Bahama Grille in Salinas. What an unexpected treat we found! The chips had a surprising salty sweetness to them- I hear the dipping sauce is great, but I did not personally partake.
I ordered the Santa Maria Burger, because Mama’s a sucker for spice, and this one pheatured grilled serrano peppers. It was perfectly cooked,phlavorful and philling… I took half home. I did, however, make a pretty significant dent in those fries 🙂
Work BFF and I honored St. Valentine by patronizing one of our very phavorite spots- Noodle Bar in Marina. I went with the Spice Wings which have a really unique flavor. Always happy to find new and exciting wings!
I dream about this Wonton soup. It might not look like much, but I’ve never had better. The cabbage tastes like butter. The broth has a depth of flavor unheard of in the world of strip mall restaurants. As my Pops would say, “It’s good sh*t, and you need some.”
Continuing the luuuuv theme for the day, I will also share my love for a phellow phood blogger, Foodie, Esq.
She pheatured phoodfotos yesterday on her site, documenting the first interest this blog has had from someone I wouldn’t be able to pick out of a lineup. Pretty phreaking phabulous if you ask me! Are there more of you out there? If so, let me know! Maybe phoodfotos will treat you to a meal sometime soon…


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Energy firm Orsted is to continue or restart operations at three fossil fuel facilities after being ordered by Danish authorities to do so, as governments around Europe ready themselves for winter amid the energy crisis.
In a statement over the weekend, Orsted — whose biggest stakeholder is the Danish state — said the direction had been made “to ensure the security of the electricity supply in Denmark.”
Orsted said the order applied to “unit 3 at Esbjerg Power Station and unit 4 at Studstrup Power Station, which both use coal as their primary source of fuel, and unit 21 at Kyndby Peak Load Plant, which uses oil as fuel.”
Esbjerg Power Station had been slated for decommissioning on March 31, 2023, it added, while the other two units were already decommissioned.
“In order to ensure the security of the electricity supply, the Danish authorities have today ordered us to continue as well as resume operations at some of our oil- and coal-fired power stations,” Mads Nipper, the Orsted CEO, said.
“We will, of course, comply with the Danish authorities’ order, and we’ll now begin preparing and maintaining the units as well as securing the staffing necessary to operate them,” Nipper added.
Orsted said all of the units concerned would need maintenance in order to get them ready for operation, while “highly specialised workers” would also have to be trained to operate the sites.
The company said it had been ordered to keep the three units running until June 30, 2024. Orsted, which is a major player in wind power, has set itself a target of being carbon neutral by the year 2025.
The news will dismay those opposed to the continued use of fossil fuels. Coal has a substantial effect on the environment, with Greenpeace describing it as “the dirtiest, most polluting way of producing energy.”
Elsewhere, the U.S. Energy Information Administration lists a range of emissions from coal combustion, including carbon…
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Video: a haunting view on leaving home
On the anniversary of Partition, a new work of music conveys the struggle of venturing to new land. Clove caught up with musician Humeysha to hear more.
Released at the anniversary of the partition of India and Pakistan - a new work of music called Haunted, by Indian/Pakistani-American musician Humeysha, reflects the journey of someone venturing to new land for their lover, whether it is the wife who leaves everything behind to be with her husband abroad or the refugee who sets sail because they cannot stay.
Humeysha says: “At heart, Haunted is a love song. It is about the pleasure of a lover’s company in any location, just as much as it is about the pains of venturing with them to a new land.” This theme is particularly salient to South Asian history - many people fled their homes due to the violence of 1947 Partition and other instances of violence such as the anti-Sikh riots of the 1980s. But the associated themes of migration and refugees resonate with people all over the world.
The video for Haunted uses symbolic imagery to convey the notion of following a loved one: a shadowy, enticing hand, gesticulating movements reminiscent of Indian classical dance, draws us into a desert landscape, representing the isolation of a new, unfamiliar environment; a couple mirroring each other's movements, further conveying the idea of following a loved one. While watching the video, one is reminded of the sacrifice that many make to leave their homes, out of love, in search of a better life.
Humeysha - the artist otherwise known by his real name, Zain Alam - began his musical career as an experiment while working as an oral historian for the 1947 Partition Archive across northern India in 2014. 'Humeysha' denotes 'forever' or 'always' in Urdu and Persian, a word Alam had an affinity for from a young age.
In his debut, self-titled album, Humeysha processed personal accounts of Partition and general histories of South Asia, while pairing them with references to his own love life. The album incorporated sounds heard during his time in the subcontinent, such as vegetable sellers in Lucknow, coupled with soothing psychedelic guitar loops and elements of Qawwali, a form of Sufi devotional music - styles that he was exposed during his childhood in the USA.
The new music video for Haunted remains true to Humeysha’s original style, with its echoing guitar loops and kaleidoscope imagery. It conveys how the lover/follower bears the consequences of their journey, yet remains silent in their suffering.
The work is a snapshot into some of the major themes expressed in Humeysha's upcoming album Departures. "It is more ambitious in terms of the song writing and sound," he says. "Not as much like an internal bedroom record, but a song that’s a little more fleshed out". While Humeysha's first album was conceived in the subcontinent, Departures reflects Humeysha's life as an artist in New York.
Humeysha's new album Departures is expected on 31 August 2018


MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 review, including today's price to performance
Laptop product code: GE66 Raider 10SFS-426
Laptop announced date: 8th October 2020
Last reviewed: 10th August 2021
Its not easy trying to find out how well today’s laptops compare against other mobile gaming solutions. This review will take a look at the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 and compare it against today's current demanding games. We will also be working out how its release price relates to the performance of the laptop, to give us a guide on how well the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 hardware compares to other laptops available today.
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Is the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 good as a gaming laptop? Excellent
Processor - With the Core i9-10980HK 8-Core 2.40GHz processor in this laptop its excellent for 2022 gaming, capable of running today’s game processor system requirements. Modern AAA gaming can use multiple cores and this processor comes with 8 of them. This makes it excellent for today’s gaming.
Graphics Card - The graphics solution we find in this gaming laptop can run most modern AAA titles and is an excellent 2022 laptop gaming choice of GPU. Loaded up with a huge amount of VRAM, this GPU has 8GB, which makes it excellent for AAA gaming.
System Memory - The system memory (32GB) we find in this gaming laptop can meet modern AAA game requirements. This amount of RAM is an excellent 2022 gaming laptop choice, that will help meet game requirements now and into the future.
Screen Size - Today’s 2022 games are well supported by the 15.6" panel found attached to this laptop. While you could find a portable laptop with more screen real estate, this is a good gamer laptop choice. We normally choose a 17 inch laptop for gamer screen size. This larger sort of panel would help show menus in-game and game text more clearly.
Refresh Rate - If you are focused on a gaming laptop then ideally you want a refresh rate of 120Hz or 144Hz or more. A lot of laptops come with 60Hz and this will stop your games being able to run in more than 60 Frames per second. Even if you hardware is capable of far more frames per second. If you were to get the 300Hz laptop screen option that we see this is available with then this would be an excellent refresh rate gaming laptop choice.
GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile graphics card gaming performance in the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 laptop
A key choice in any gaming laptop is making sure we identify the right graphics card in the laptop and know what it is capable of in today's gaming landscape. With this laptop we are taking a closer look at how its total laptop value compares to its capability when it comes to running modern demanding games. Also lets take a look at it when running modern popular games like, Grand Theft Auto VI or Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) in ultra graphics settings on its native screen resolution of 1080p. With the GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile inside this laptop, this graphics card solution will be capable of meeting 499 games at their minimum system requirements and 468 games at their recommended system requirements of the top 500 most demanding games around today.
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Comparing MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 to today’s best price to performance laptop ranges
Now let us compare the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 laptop to other gaming laptops, with regards to the performance ability it delivers and when considering the price of the laptop. Obviously there are many things that go into a quality laptop build, but at this point we want a standardised system to compare across laptops just on that criteria. It will consider $2749 of the laptop with regards to its key hardware capability in running modern games performance delivered by this laptop’s hardware.
The MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 is getting a 6.6 for its P2P score out of 10. This relative value will change as game performance, hardware costs and laptop expectations adjust over time. Here we look at how our version of this GE66 Raider laptop compares against the other laptops in the range. This laptop is currently 3rd in this range for hardware value. Laptops closer to the 1st position of the model range represent the better gaming performance bang for your buck.
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MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 model range price to performance comparison table
|i7-10875H RTX 2070 Mobile 16GB RAM 512GB M.2||$1,899.00||37%|
|i7-10875H RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2||$2,499.00||12%|
|i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2||$2,749.00||0%|
|i7-10750H RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2||$2,799.99||4%|
|i9-10980HK RTX 2080 Super Max-Q 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2||$3,611.93||31%|
Our GE66 Raider laptop should also be compared to today’s best Price to Performance model, the ASUS TUF A15 R7 4800H GTX 1660 Ti 16GB RAM 512GB M.2. When stacked up against this, our laptop has 157% worse rating difference on its P2P. It's worth noting that the very best P2P model has a recorded price of $999 to consider and of course this is purely a value for performance basis. Another one to consider is the 2nd placed Price to Performance laptop, the MSI Bravo 15 R7 4800H RX 5500M 16GB RAM 512GB M.2. This one has a price listed as $1049 and our laptop gets 124% worse against its price to performance rating.
How does the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 laptop compare to the best CPU performance focused laptops and today’s most popular games?
CPU performance is always going to be something we are interested in, when looking to buy a new laptop. So if we compare this GE66 Raider laptop to a CPU focused laptop, we will pick today’s top CPU performing laptop at the cheapest price point, then we can use this as a good measuring point for our laptop in question. This top tier processor focused laptop is currently the ASUS ROG Zephyrus G14 R9 4900HS RTX 2060 Mobile 16GB RAM 1.0TB M.2. With a Ryzen 9 4900HS 8-Core 3.0GHz CPU in it that performs 23% better compared to our laptop’s Core i9-10980HK 8-Core 2.40GHz.
Interestingly we can see 469 games recommended system requirements are lower in performance than our laptop’s CPU performance capability. This is when we look at the top 500 most demanding games around today. For minimum system requirements in this same area the number is 500 games are worse than our cpu performance, again looking at the top 500 most demanding minimum system requirements.
When compared to the most popular games around today, against their recommended processor requirements, our laptop CPU performs as follows - Grand Theft Auto VI our laptop CPU is 17% better and then looking at Star Citizen our laptop CPU is 2% better and finally compared to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022) it has a performance difference : 17% better.
How does the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 laptop compare to the best graphics card performance focused laptops and today’s most popular games?
Wondering how strong this laptop is in the GPU department, then let's have a look at it compared to one of the current best GPU performing laptops available today and this should show us the relative graphics performance of our review model. Lets look at the MSI GT76 Titan i9-10900K RTX 2080 Super 64GB RAM 2.0TB M.2 4K laptop due to its graphics processing power. The GPU it houses is ideal for comparison benchmarking, because it currently has one of the best laptop graphics solutions, at the cheapest laptop price. Its GPU is the GeForce RTX 2080 Super 8GB which we compare to the GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile graphics card in our review laptop. Our performance comparison shows the top end laptop GPU to be 27% better in performance compared to our laptop’s graphics processing power.
The GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile Graphics Card found in this machine can currently run 468 games of the top 500 most demanding games right now. This is basically how many recommended game system requirements our laptop GPU beats in performance today, but we will update this figure as new games come out. This is 499 games when looking at beating minimum system requirements.
Games these days have a range of graphics requirements so let's look at a few popular games of today, and check our laptop GPU against the games recommended requirement. First off, Grand Theft Auto VI and our laptop graphics gets 3% better performance rating. Next we have Star Citizen where our graphics card gets 64% better performance and finally another popular title at the moment is Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (2022), which has a performance difference of : 3% better, when put against our laptop’s GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile.
The MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 has a 1080p screen resolution, should I get a 4K resolution gaming laptop instead?
If you are looking for future proof laptops it doesnt take long before people are exploring the 4K panel laptops, but are they really the right choice or should you be focusing on a top end laptop that has the hardware to deliver 1080p gaming. The MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2’s 15.6" physical panel produces a native 1920 pixels wide by 1080 pixels tall. With 60Hz being the usual screen refresh rate on 4K laptop panels this would cap a game to run at no more than 60 frames per second, even if the 4K laptop hardware could deliver more. And then most AAA games require more powerful hardware than a laptop houses to play stable 4K Ultra graphics setting games, even at a passable but, some would consider, a bit low, 60FPS. Our review laptop, the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 has 300Hz monitor screen refresh rate of versions available.
To get back some of those missing FPS on a AAA game we lower the game’s displayed screen resolution and get some stability in the game’s performance. This is usually a last resort for gamers though and not the sort of action taken by someone who has just shelled out for a new 4K laptop. Lowering down from a native 4K resolution, perhaps to 1080p or 1440p ups the game’s FPS but veering from the native 4K resolution leaves a game looking blurry. Definition of graphics drops and surely this puts forward the need to question someone’s choice for a 4K gaming laptop. If the new 4K laptop has the performance to play modern games at 4K resolution, then perhaps the laptop’s 15 or 17 inch screen isnt enough to fully enjoy the high pixel count? So if you have or can get a desktop monitor that delivers more than the 60Hz frame rate limiter, for that gaming experience then you can keep your laptop mobile and still enjoy high end gaming.
If you stream 4K content, films, services like Netflix then perhaps the quality of 4K resolution on a 17inch panel would be better than the 1080p alternative that the majority of laptops provide.
We think don't spend your extra cash on getting a 4K laptop to game on, as it's likely to feel disappointing to buy a super shiny new 4K laptop, then have to lower the resolution while playing your games, delivering a blurry in-game experience, and only getting up to a maximum 60FPS due to the usual 60Hz 4K panel restriction.
Today’s best 1440p desktop monitor for a laptop is - ASUS ProArt Display PA278QV 27 inch 1440p 75Hz 5ms IPS
Today’s well priced 1440p desktop monitor we have found is a ASUS ProArt Display PA278QV 27 inch 1440p 75Hz 5ms IPS that has a 75Hz refresh rate and priced at $311.99. To help provide some further information into this desktop monitor price trends we saw it cost a recorded low of $229.99, which we tracked on 9th Mar 2021.
Today’s best 4K desktop monitor for a laptop is - Asus Predator XB273K 27 inch 4K GSYNC IPS 1ms 144Hz
Here is a 4K monitor to compliment any laptop - Asus Predator XB273K 27 inch 4K GSYNC IPS 1ms 144Hz. We watch a handful and it is currently the best priced at $618. It has a 144Hz refresh rate as well. It's interesting that even though this is a well priced 4K monitor today, our price tracking shows it has gone up in price by $618 during recent weeks. Reviewing tracked prices for our suggested 4k monitor, its lowest price was recorded on 13th Nov 2020, where we spotted it for $549.99.
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However, you could be after watching 4K streaming content on your laptop, while on the move. Then perhaps the 17inch laptop screen and 4K resolution is going to net a more enjoyable experience than a 1080p alternative.
We still feel it's not the time to spend extra cash for the 4K gaming laptop due to the limitations laid out above. It would surely feel somewhat disappointing to boot up your new 4K laptop, only to then realise you have to drop down the resolution on modern titles to get them to run smoothly. And then see that anything you play is somewhat less sharp than you have seen on your older PC and capped at a maximum of 60FPS due to the usual 60Hz 4K screen tech.
Today's Best Priced Mouse and Headset for MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 laptop
You could pick up a mouse to go with the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2. In our spotlight at the moment is the Kayinuo M738 Gaming Mouse 3200DPI wired 6 Buttons, which today is $12.99. This mouse has also dropped its price by $32.26 during the past two weeks, which is a solid reason for us to select it with this laptop. Our lowest price tracked for this mouse was marked down at $11.99, which we spotted on 15th Aug 2020.
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The gaming headset with today’s best price to value that would go well with the MSI GE66 Raider i9-10980HK RTX 2070 Super Mobile 32GB RAM 1.0TB M.2 laptop is the Corsair HS45-7.1 Surround. Its current price is $36.99. The lowest price recorded by us so far for the headset is $34.99 recorded at 28th Nov 2019.


ASTANA – A project to strengthen forensic capacity was launched in October by the Ministry of Justice and the World Bank. Introduced at an international convention in December, the project will operate for two years and has already begun to identify a number of areas for improvement.
“We are concentrating on key performance indicators at the lab level, legislature and regulation at the systemic level and enhancing skills at the individual expert level,” said project leader Yury Bikbaev in a Feb. 16 interview.
“Tying it all together and proposing a new model in just two years may be challenging, but we are rather excited by this tremendous opportunity,” he added.
Forensic science has been a subject of many debates in the recent past, especially after the United States began conducting a number of groundbreaking studies in 2009. Much debate centred on the scientific aspects themselves, often questioning the validity of conclusions and documenting how it affected the lives of people throughout the justice system. The need for reform and more systemic approaches were evident, but some components were still missing to facilitate cardinal change.
Kazakh forensic services have recently undergone significant change. Minister of Justice Marat Beketayev emphasised further development of the nation’s justice system requires improving many different institutions, including forensic expertise.
The minister added the transition of forensic medicine from the purview of the Ministry of Healthcare to the Ministry of Justice was completed in July, placing forensic expertise run by the state under one roof. The Centre of Forensic Expertise and Centre of Forensic Medicine are currently being merged to create one entity.
“I had discussions with many international experts and practitioners in search of best practices, latest strategies and lessons learned. A number of prominent experts praised the logic of combining the two centres to seek better governance and efficiency,” said Bikbaev.
While improved governance and more efficient operations systems and procedures are the project’s key priorities, addressing forensic expertise across its select types and at the level of individual experts is a special task in itself.
“We are planning to train more than 200 forensic experts overseas,” said Saule Zhakselekova, the training component’s deputy project leader and coordinator. “It will be a significant undertaking which, according to the overall agreement, will require involvement of project partners such as PricewaterhouseCoopers to assist with planning and logistics and we are paying special attention to identifying forensic expertise globally to suit the needs and demands of Kazakhstan.”
Project partners King’s College London, a leading British university which has been conducting forensic research since the 1970s, and Key Forensic Services, a top private forensic provider in the UK, are expected to host groups of Kazakh experts.
KAZGUU University, the lead consultant to the Ministry of Justice on the project, is also supported by Astana Garant Consulting to assist with key performance indicators and QPA Strategies for international expertise.
The project pays particular attention to supporting further development of private sector providers of forensic expertise. One option is to create a chamber of private forensic experts to foster growth.
“British and American experiences are of course of interest and relevance, with New Zealand’s approach worth special attention,” said Bikbaev. “But we have to be very careful in suggesting something which is truly most suitable to Kazakhstan given its unique conditions and dynamics. The project aims to achieve just that.”


"I believe it could be their year because Chelsea have the depth and strength in their squad to keep them right up there with the Manchester Uniteds and the Arsenals," Graham said. "And the difference with them this season is that they are much more consistent, picking up points from games which last season they would have lost."
And though he fears for the future of home-grown players amid the mass importation of overseas talent, he said he would happily adopt Gianluca Vialli's foreign policy if it meant turning Tottenham into title contenders.
"The possible long-term effects on young English players trying to break through are obvious but, as a manager, you can only do one thing at a time," he said.
"And the first is to make sure your club is successful. Chelsea have got it right now. I'd love to do the same at Tottenham with all British players but if it means getting the quality I want then I wouldn't hesitate to buy abroad. Don't be surprised if we make some signings before long. Some people are saying that because we've done well in terms of recent results that I won't get the chequebook out but that's not true.
Dennis Wise misses out for Chelsea as he begins his latest suspension, but the Blues are able to welcome back centre-backs Marcel Desailly and Franck Leboeuf. Desailly has recovered from the knee injury which kept him out of the midweek draw at Manchester United, while Leboeuf is available again after missing that game due to a one-match ban.
Full-back Graeme Le Saux is also expected to be fit after being taken off with a knock at Old Trafford on Wednesday, while midfielder Roberto Di Matteo could play against Spurs with a brace protecting his injured hand.
Justin Edinburgh returns to the Tottenham squad three weeks after a knee operation as Graham's squad chase their first Premiership away win under his management. Full-back Edinburgh, who had surgery to remove some flaking bone inside the knee, could replace winger Andy Sinton who has deputised in defence in the last four games but collected a a shin injury against Manchester United last Saturday.
Centre-backs John Scales and Ramon Vega are still missing through injuries and 19-year-old Luke Young looks set to play his fifth senior game in a row.
CHELSEA (from): De Goey, Hitchcock, Kharine, Leboeuf, Babayaro, Desailly, Le Saux, Ferrer, Myers, Duberry, Lambourde, Terry, Petrescu, Di Matteo, Poyet, Goldbaek, Nicholls, Morris, Vialli, Zola, Flo.
TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR (from): Walker; Carr, Calderwood, Young, Campbell, Edinburgh, Sinton, Wilson, Fox, Nielsen, Anderton, Ginola, Ferdinand, Armstrong, Allen, Clemence, Dominguez, Baardsen (gk).
Suspensions: Chelsea: Wise.
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The Mediterranean Ocean freight services related shipping company (MSC) announced a new round of freight rate increases for European routes starting from September 16th but not exceeding September 30th, which will be implemented from Qasim Port in Pakistan and Enhawa, India- The unified freight rate (FAK) from the ports of Sheva, Chennai and Kolkata to the ports of Antwerp and Valencia in Europe increased.
The newly added prices applicable to all 20', 40' high cube (HC) and high cube refrigerated (HR) containers are as follows:
In addition, the FAK rates for 20', 40' TEU and HC containers from the port of Colombo, Sri Lanka to Valencia and Antwerp will be increased, as shown below:
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The fractional Fourier transform (FRT) operation is an important tool for various spatial filtering and signal processing applications. The FRT is a private case of the ABCD matrix. FRTs are interpreted based on propagation in graded index media and on Wigner distribution function. Both definitions are proven to be identical.
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Well that was fun — and awful — while it lasted: With the final contested elections wrapping up, it looks like Andrew Cuomo, New York’s governor-elect, will be working with a (slim) Republican majority in the Senate. And Cuomo appears to be down for the bipartisan power sharing. And while much of the beginning of Cuomo’s first term will deal with fiscal matters, it’s worth noting the Senate’s new leader Dean G. Skelos, a Republican opposed to same-sex marriage, is at least willing to put the matter to a vote. Again.
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Dean Skelos putting marriage equality to another vote means playing to the tea baggers and other right wing scum. It will finally put the nail in the coffin. Marriage equality in our state is dead on arrival. There are still 6 or 7 very conservative democrats who oppose it in the assembly and of course, no republican will support it. Just because Cuomo supports marriage equality means nothing. The votes aren’t there on the dems side.
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I guess Tim Gil’s anger-obsessed Fight Back New York was effective, huh? We need more smart in our movement.
How politically convenient for Cuomo — he can say he’s “for” something that will probably not happen, when for years when it could he was against it. Then he can blame the Republicans while many in his own caucus are with the Republicans, but can hide behind the Republican’s less nice ways of saying it. Then fool gay folks will support Cuomo & Democrats because they’re “for” us — while actually being more or less in lockstep with the Republicans. Gay folks do have to get smarter politically indeed. Particularly by not always going for the Democrat. Maybe a few more Republicans in office saying silly and stupid things might help us — for the silliness and stupidity would be all the more apparent. For I feel every time someone says such silliness we gain where it matters most at this moment — in the hearts and minds of all our fellow countrymen. But we gain nothing in being the political football to be tossed about.
And we might get a tax cut, too. Right now, show me the money. I’m not worried about Republican posturing. No one is going to be shoving us back into the closet at this point, never mind passing laws against us.
@Jim Hlavac: “No one is going to be shoving us back into the closet at this point, never mind passing laws against us.”
I’m not that naïve. Keep your tax cut.
There are 4 Democrats who voted no still present, and one (Addabbo) is particularly likely to flip to yes. Also, redistricting reform is working its way through the state legislature, so the Democrats will most likely win back the senate in 2012 and have a larger majority then they did before. At that point they will for sure have the votes to pass marriage equality.
robert in nyc
Stefan, I wouldn’t be too sure about that. we came up short by 8 votes, that’s a huge loss. The four remaining democrats who voted no are extremely conservative, one of whom is a pastor and a homophobe, Ruben Diaz. We would need all of their votes to get it passed, I don’t see it happening until you get rid of them and replacing them with progressives. Not going to happen unless the unthinkable happens and republicans cross the aisle, but I don’t see that happening either.
Addabbo is not “extremely conservative”. On the New York City Council he had a very strong gay rights record. It’s suspected that he only voted no out of reelection fears (his district was a Republican one for many years), and now that he won by a good margin, is much more likely to flip (I spoke to his office assistant personally). Diaz and Huntly are for sure NO votes, yes, but even Kruger could be moveable. He said he only voted against the bill because of the response from his district and never said he opposed gay marriage (Addabbo was the same).
As I said before, if not 2011, 2013 for sure.
@Stefan: They aren’t likely to win back anything. 2008 was the first time in decades that the senate hadn’t been controlled by Republicans. And unless redistricting legislation is passed before they have to start the actual redistricting, then it will be Republicans who have a say in the senate on how that’s done. Don’t expect them to do Democrats any favors.
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I always thought the phrase, "I laughed until I cried," was just an oxymoron. Until it happened to me. I watched Dogma: the funniest movie I have ever seen. The movie seemed designed specifically for my warped sense of humor. It was an incredible mesh of the high-brow and the low-brow.
It had one character who was extremely foul-mouthed, and kept making up hilarious obscene phrases. It also had a lot of perceptive, biting (and very funny) theological and social commentary.
For me, it was sort of like being tickled hard in the ribs for about an hour. When I reached the breath-taking climax of the film, the resolution was such a shock and was so unexpectedly emotional and I was so sore from all the laughing, I actually burst into tears. Now, dammit I am a grown man. I never do that. Not even for anything real, much less a movie. But it happened.
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Dublin City Council has insisted that there is 'more than sufficient' emergency accommodation to house homeless people in the city during the Pope's visit.
This is despite claims by advocacy groups that hundreds of thousands of people flooding into Dublin city over the weekend will push homeless services way beyond capacity.
With 1,300 families currently in emergency accommodation, Inner City Helping Homeless CEO Anthony Flynn today claimed the Pope's visit was going to, "adversely affect families that access homeless services or rough sleepers across the city".
He said:"We have up to three families a day that are newly presenting as newly homeless to homeless services.
"There isn't enough capacity for those families as it is.
"The Council has stated that there will be availability outside of the city for families who newly present and that those who have already presented will not be moved from the accommodation they're already in.
"We don't believe that at all.
We feel there's going to be a major, major strain on the city over the next couple of days.
"They haven't got the units to cope with demand as it is on an average night during the week - so they are going to pull this off over the weekend is going to be amazing."
However, DCC deputy Chief Executive Brendan Kenny insisted the council had been planning for months to ensure the city's homeless population was looked after during the Papal visit.
He said over 100 spaces had been reserved in Dublin as well as the use of an educational Institute that normally accommodates students and empty apartment blocks that are currently for sale.
Speaking to Brian Dobson on RTE's Morning Ireland he said:
"We're absolutely satisfied that this event won't have any adverse negative effect on the homeless situation in Dublin.
Unfortunately there are 1,300 families in emergency accommodation in Dublin at the moment, none of those families will have to move at all.
"If a family has to move for some other reason we'll find alternative accommodation for them in the Dublin area.
"The second grouping would be families who may end up in emergency accommodation situations over the coming days .
"We have sufficient capacity plans in place in the Dublin area to cover any number of families who might become homeless over the coming days.
He added that families will only be moved out of Dublin as a 'last resort'.
Commenting on claims that Gardai have told charity groups they won't be able to give out food to to rough sleepers on the streets where the Pope is travelling, he said: "There are more than enough streets for those services to be given."


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Flashcards in Rise of Totalitarian Deck (42)
What is a totalitarian government?
A government, usually with one leader, that takes total control of all aspects of public and private life.
What are four methods that dictators use to control their people?
What is censorship? Why does it work?
- Stops any damaging information from being public
-People don’t get mad about things they don’t know about.
What is Propaganda?
- Biased or false information used to sway people to accept the government’s views
-Stress the positives of the government and the negatives of their opponents
What are the propaganda techniques ?
Describe what a police state is.
Control your country through the use of fear. Used spies, bugging houses, and concentration camps to make people fearful.
Why does police state work to keep people in line.
People are so scared of the secret police, that they never question anything.
What is leader worship?
Replacing organized religion with worship of the dictator
Why is leader worship successful?
-People will make sacrifices for religion
-The leader gets to be unquestioned no matter what
What kind of government style did Russia have before its revolutions?
what is a czar?
Russian word for king
What were the workers asking for on Bloody Sunday?
-Better work hours, conditions, and pay
-Parliament and voting rights
-Freedom of speech, association, press, and religion
-End of fighting in their war with Japan
Why was Bloody Sunday so damaging to the czar?
Riots broke out nationwide, and Nicholas never regained full control or the trust of his people
In what ways did WWI lead to the end of the Russian monarchy?
- Russia lost over 2 million troops, and almost 1 million civilians in the war.
-Food was scarce because it was mostly going to the military
-People were furious with the government and eventually the Czar had to step down
What were the Russians fighting for in their Civil War?
-They were fighting over who would be the new government in Russia
-It was a fight between the Red Army (the Communists) and the White Armies (who didn’t want communism)
Explain the slogan of the Bolsheviks?
-Peace - Getting out of WWI
-Land - Giving land to the peasants
-Bread - Providing food to all
Who took over after Lenin died?
How did Stalin use censorship to control the public?
He cut people out of pictures, “unpersoned” those who crossed him, and wouldn't’ let any bad news about his government be printed.
How did Stalin use propaganda to control the public?
He hung posters of how great the Soviet Union was, had songs about himself, wrote all the books, made children’s cartoons, etc.
How did Stalin use leader worship to control the public?
Built statues of himself, had religious songs written about him
How did Stalin use police state to control the public?
Had gulags to throw prisoners in, used secret police,
What was the holodomor?
Stalin’s program of taking food from Ukraine as punishment for rebelling. It killed over 6 million people in less than a year.
How did the Soviet economy (businesses, etc) run on Communist principles?
The government owned and operated all businesses and farms. They also controlled everyone’s labor.
How did the factories operate in the Soviet Union?
The government decided what to make, how it was made, and who worked there.
What issues were there with the factories in the Soviet Union?
In order to meet the quotas, work days were often 16 hours, 76 days a week. Secret police operated the factories and killed anyone who wasn’t work hard enough. Focused mostly on making heavy industry goods, instead of household goods.
What are collective farms?
Massive government owned and operated farms.
What problems did collective farming have?
People didn’t want to work on them, and sabotaged the work. Millions were killed when they resisted work.
What evidence is there that the Soviet industrial and agricultural revolutions were successful?
Iron, coal, and steel production increased. Wheat production doubled.
What were the successes of Stalin as a leader?
He was able to maintain power for decades.
He took a backwards country and turned it into a military and industrial of the United States

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Hurricane Sandy and the devastation on the East Coast has caused real problems for millions of people.
It’s also delayed surgery to repair an abdominal tear for Green Bay Packers wide receiver Greg Jennings, who was originally scheduled to fly to Philadelphia on Monday afternoon, according to the Green Bay Press-Gazette.
Jennings made the decision last week to have surgery with a specialist and the hope was he would return in three weeks. He has not played since Sept. 30. The plan is for Dr. William Meyers to perform what is a brief out-patient surgery but now logistical issues are in place.
“Exactly when he will go?” Packers coach Mike McCarthy said. “That has not been determined yet?”
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In his State of the Union address on Jan. 31, President Bush called for greater civility in our public debates about national policy. Our differences cannot be allowed to harden into anger, he said. While it may prove to be an elusive goal, a restoration of civility in our public debate could have important pragmatic consequences. At other times and on other issues, a more civil public debate has fostered the kind of bipartisan foreign policy that strengthened the leadership of the United States in the international community. Today, however, we are a nation sharply polarized on many issuesmost especially on issues of foreign policyand our attempts at leadership in the international community are more often resented than respected.
The pressures of the political season leading up to the 2006 elections, however, pose a formidable challenge to any hope of restoring civility in the nation’s public debate. Karl Rove, the single-minded strategist behind President Bush’s political success, has already defined the 2006 political campaign as a choice between the Republicans who understand the meaning of 9/11 and the Democrats who do not. Mr. Rove generously allowed that this did not mean that the Democrats were bad Americans but that they were simply wrong about the challenges of international terrorism after the terrorist attacks of 2001. The president, after calling for greater civility, insisted that the debate about U.S. policy in Iraq should not be preoccupied with hindsight and second-guessing.
While the conciliatory overtures of the President’s address were welcome, more troubling was his continued attempt to invoke the emotional legacy of 9/11 as justification for the invasion of Iraq. Saddam Hussein may have been a monstrous dictator, but there is no evidence that Iraq played any role in the terrorist attacks on the United States in 2001. Yet in his State of the Union address, the president reminded his audience that On Sept. 11, 2001, we found that problems originating in a failed and oppressive state 7,000 miles away could bring murder and destruction to our country. Was the president referring to Iraq, or Afghanistan, or possibly Saudi Arabia, the homeland of most of the 9/11 terrorists?
A few weeks before the State of the Union Address, the U.S. Catholic bishops, in a statement by Bishop Thomas G. Wenski of Orlando, chairman of the Bishops’ Committee on International Policy, anticipated the president’s call for a more responsible approach to the choices that now confront the United States in Iraq. Like President Bush, they called for a serious and civil national dialogue about the choices that confront the nation in Iraq, acknowledging both the mistakes that have been made and the signs of hope that have appeared.
While Democrats as well as Republicans accepted the Administration’s case for invading Iraq in 2003, the bishops’ conference did not, but warned against unforeseen consequences and questioned the morality of a pre-emptive military strike against Iraq. The history of the past three years has confirmed the bishops’ fears. No weapons of mass destruction were found; planning for the post-invasion occupation proved inadequate, and disastrous decisions were made; the reconstruction effort has been plagued by corruption and inefficiency. An honest appraisal of past history is essential to wise decisions about the future and cannot be dismissed as simply hindsight or second-guessing.
In moving toward a responsible transition in Iraq, the bishops underline the need for wider and deeper international support for the reconstruction of Iraq, which will require the United States to give its international partners and allies a real voice and real responsibilities. Like President Bush, the bishops call for greater civility in our national dialogue, but they also insist on the need to acknowledge past mistakes, failed intelligence and inadequate planning. The bishops echo Pope Benedict’s message for the World Day of Peace, In Truth, Peace, when they insist that our national dialogue must begin with a search for the truth’ of where we find ourselves in Iraq and not with a search for political advantage or justifications for past positions.
The bishops’ idea of the kind of national dialogue necessary at this moment in our history is probably not what Karl Rove or his Democratic adversaries seek for the political season of 2006. But it is the kind of debate this moment deserves, if we are to honor the sacrifices of U.S. military personnel and the aspirations of the Iraqi people. Greater civility in our public debate is not simply a nod to conventional etiquette. Rather, it demands acceptance of honest assessment of the past and critical analysis of failed policies. Civility is not the enemy of disagreement, but the condition under which disagreements can be seriously entertained and consensus reached in foreign policy.


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In four homemade hummus lines I can tell a half bowl of you about leftover Friday rice. In at five, the rather wrinkled mushrooms tell their brown paper, we're from Zoe. In four lines broccoli, I, a courgette, can three carrots tell, tell vacuum-packed beetroot about yellowing curly kale on the lower shelf. In a well-ripened four, mango lines, four in four egg lines can tomato concentrate. I, a broached tell should a carton of soya milk, you, pour another four lines in coconut water. I, an unopened packet of supermarket, tell coffee opened you – Italian, Arabica blend – about two purple bands elastic. I as bands hold can and tell the packet, you, as braces spanning in the green design, tightly I sealed can in. In its elongated you-tupperware about shelf top, left in four far lines I can tell in you days without lines and lines without tell with leftovers about lines uneaten -- An undertaking that combines 'fridge contents with the thought noodle - "In four lines I can tell you about..." -- If you enjoyed the above and are curious about my other poems, preview my first volume SHINING IN BRIGHTNESS. I tweet regularly about food, coffee and the influences I find in suburban life. Follow me as @BeadedQuill. Beaded Quill is also on Facebook. Find BQ here.
Waitrose produced a cheese-stick from Morrison’s ham and cheese Banana Republic eats chippings of biltong Tesco cries “I got Twix” and holds up a packet of Walkers H+M forks leftover chicken (à la King) from a Tupperware M & S is eating pre-sliced apples from a palm-sized packet Tesco is now eating a carrot stick Waitrose has finished off two fairy cakes (from a blue Tupperware) Banana Republic is eating Waitrose kettle-fried crisps Waitrose is now on to a nectarine M & S and H+M pass between themselves a foil-lined packet of prawn cocktail crisps
School children have been out in full force on end-of-term outings over the last week or so. One sunny midday, while sitting in my local park hoping for inspiration in tranquillity and sunshine, I was joined by a chatter of youngsters who sat down with their packed lunches. The identifying names in the poem are derived from the packets out of which some of the children drew their sandwiches, fruit and other morsels.
In the window is from Senegal, and beautifully put together: the bird. The artist, with the help of sticks and other flotsam, beautifully put together the bird. The artist has been washed ashore with other birds beautifully put together with the help of sticks. They make beautifully put together birds from the window, these sticks and other flotsam and the artist, who is beautifully put together washed ashore with birds in the window of flotsam in the window of helpful sticks
Since the earliest days of summer, before the heatwave descended and when a further bout of snow probably still threatened, I’ve had a torn page from a catalogue against my table mirror. It has long been a habit of mine to pull pages of beautiful interiors from magazines, newspaper supplements and catalogues. (For the astrologically minded, I am Cancerian after all.) I have made dozens of scrapbooks of such images. At one stage, when my life was more sedentary, I had an elaborate filing hierarchy of general shoebox for the scrappy ones, small envelopes for alone images, larger A3 sized envelopes for pages and files for full articles of beautiful homes.
In the last ten years, as my life has been more transient and nomadic and my views about a life filled with objects have changed, I have become more restrained in such collecting. After my time in the USA, I did gift my sister a stapled book of glossy San Diego estate agent advertisements and Pottery Barn pull-outs in an imaginary décored version of My Californian Life. In my ever-growing collection of notebooks, you will find the occasional image of quiet studies, verdant gardens and cool kitchens drawn from Polish, German, Austrian, English and South African publications. On the most occasional of occasional pages you may come across a hurried line-drawing of a hotel room in Istanbul or a tin of pens against a window-view in Grahamstown.
In the torn page propped against my mirror these last few months, this is the scene: there’s an empty, but inviting cabin dining-room. Set around the wooden table are worn, painted chairs. The wool rug against the wall is a burst of folksy flowers. Silhouetted in on the windowsill are a hurricane lamp and a bird sculpture.
Alongside this scene is a quieter, more tantalising shot. Below the window is a blue-seated bench. On the windowsill a geranium flowers pink blooms in a tin bucket. Squint and peer, and alongside the leaves and wooden window frame you’ll spy a long-legged bird sculpture.
Accompanying the images is the usual informational catalogue blurb. It reads:
The bird in the window is
beautifully put together
with the help of sticks
and other flotsam that
has been washed ashore.
The artist in Assane Déme
from Senegal, who makes
birds from recycled
I’m drawn to the visual arts and beautiful spaces. Like the creative work of writing or composing, working with objects, colours, textures and light piques my exploration of creative process. In a more academic capacity, I’m also interested in the politics, patterns and trends of artistic and creative consumption. Overlay the consumption with North-South dynamics – as in this example, a Northern European interior clothing/décor/lifestyle store highlights a Senegalese artist’s work. Now some of the post-colonial cultural theory I once studied stirs.
Stanza by stanza “Recycled” explores both creative process and creative politics. In the first stanza the artist as (named) person is suspended for exotic creator from Senegal, who not merely makes art but is resourceful enough to do so from flotsam and other recycled materials. Invoked are hints of the myth that artistic Africa is resourceful, but not quite of the materials or rigour of the Western European Academy sculpture. (I am also conscious that I have not mentioned Assane Déme by name in the poem, which is interesting. I’d like to argue it opens the poem to be more of general circumstances. ) The second stanza continues a similar idea, with the “beautiful, helpful” materials taking on a creative role in which the artist is almost subservient.
The subservience of artist to material is sometimes noted by creatives, who point out that often their media works itself. So, it is apt that stanzas three and four shift from politics to creative process. In the sea of sticks, flotsam, birds and beauty, we read an ebb and flow of the creative tides. The final stanza incorporates the ambiguous politics of the original catalogue blub and the mystery of a creative wave. It refers to the role of materials both in the creative process and the myth of creative production from Africa.
And all this from a page torn from a catalogue. Such is creative recycling.
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The ants in his pants found a dark crack and bit at the edges until at night the worms came out and about looking for food and found ants, from his pants, for company. Together the roundworms and the man-eating ants enjoyed their pantaloni party.
There we go: an offering from my notebooks that takes a side-step from the usual quaint, observational whimsy to the slightly grotesque. Perhaps you’re a little curious about the origin of these ants and worms? I’ll tell you.
I am one of three siblings who grew up in a suburban South African home filled with pets – hamsters, tortoises, goldfish, silkworms (Yes, they’re pets, too.), cats and dogs . When we were little and restless, our Mum or Margaret, our nanny, would ask, “Do you have ants in your pants?” If you were unlucky enough to sit on a thread of the little Argentinean ants, which populated the kitchen, garden and any other nook in the house over the summer, they would quite happily nip at you. As a child, it didn’t take much to imagine pants full of ants nipping away and making one jumpy.
There is another childhood ant memory. One Sunday afternoon on the television, I caught an extract of a black-and-white movie about carnivorous red ants in the jungle. In my imagination’s memory, the jungle is the Amazon, home to those other flesh-munchers, the piranhas. There was a scene in which one of the explorer men dozed off in the afternoon humidity. By evening, when someone came to wake him, his face had been eaten up by the carnivorous ants. Ever since, I have had a phobia about falling asleep in a humid jungle with a Panama hat over my face and not waking up, for my face has been consumed by rapacious ants.
Pair these ant memories, with Mom or Margaret’s other favourite rhetorical question, “Do you have worms?” Any whinging or teary-ness or overtiredness or unexplained snacking or bottom scratching, would be accompanied by the worm question. Then the dreaded threat would follow, “I am going to check you for worms tonight.” Once it was dark, the little white creatures would inch their inquisitive selves into the world. Inspections were most effective at such times. Worms and the annual worm treatment were such a routine part of our growing up with animals, that all this was a regular feature of our childhood. It is such a shared experience that amongst the three of us, we even have a shorthand ‘worm-dance’ (choreographed by my brother) for, “The worms, they are (out) looking.”
“An arrangement of strangers” provides an example of how incidents from my past provide imagination-compost for a creative piece. While much of my writing springs from personal experience, I really do eschew the conflation of autobiography with my artistic expression. It would please me if the man-eating ants and their roundworm associates have entertained you in their own right. After all, they brought along the pantaloni party.
*pantaloni = plural of pantaloon
I think the addition of this word adds a comic, circus-feel to the final stanza, which in turn taps the picayune and surreal world of flea and ant circuses.
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toes ran free from socks shins bared their flanks shoulders undressed their cheeks to receive warmth’s kisses Swans passed on their water-fed passage. Yes, nodded heads in the flowerbeds, this is summer sunshine in Regent’s Park.
13 – 14 July, 2013
Enjoy the blissful summer weather, if you’re circa London-towne. Drink water; wear a hat; put on sunblock. Let your toes and shins and shoulders enjoy the sunshine. The animals and plants are all smiling at us humans, “See, they’ve finally realised that being in a park is quite the place to be.”
Put away your laptop or phone, and simply sit under a tree.
That is poetry enough.
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Pakistan’s Gold, a poem about a mango’s journey, explores the relay of fruit exports that brings the taste of summer from one place to the ingesting of summer in another.
Twenty Auspicious Cranes, presents very plainly two experiences of coincidence, captured and formulated as wonders and then taken for signs.
Pakistan’s Gold A loose Pindaric* ode to a delicious mango As still-hard flesh, this baton passes blushed apricots, green-skinned Hasses,** to triumph in a grocer’s tier. Event two in a domestic Mount Olympus: here ripens the sweet-juiced summer discus.
My 87-year-old landlady swears by the small, golden-skinned Pakistani mangoes that are imported each summer. “They are absolutely the sweetest mangoes I’ve ever tasted.” This is the second year she keeps telling me this and occasionally leaving a yellow orb in my allocated fruit-bowl, a brown earthenware creation that she threw many years ago during her Friday pottery class.
The orbs tend to arrive hard and unyielding to a finger squeeze. I must leave them to wrinkle and move into their mango aroma. It is an anti-race, for the ripening takes time. It only speeds up if there is a helpful warm spell such as the one we have had these last few days.
When they are ready – and too often I am impatient – I eat the ripened treasures over the sink. Slicing off the skin is as pleasurable as paring orange slivers off the stone. I forego a bowl; I eat the slices there and then.
Gazing at the garden, on view from the window above the sink, is part of the moment. With this mango I take in a blue summer sky above, the pink and cerise wall-roses in abundant bloom. Ah! Such is a full summer discus of a moment.
It’s then that a gust whips a rush of browning petals over the wall, across my scene.
* The Pindaric ode, named after the poet Pindar, originally celebrated athletic victories in Ancient Greece. In this context, it was delivered by a chorus and dancers. In English, Pindaric odes exhibit formal and metrical complexity. The opening strophe is followed and mirrored by the antistrophe. The closing of the ode, the epode, adopts a different structure. Read these odes by Wordsworth and Thomas Gray to see these elements engaged to good poetic effect.
** Oh yes, a Hass is a variety of avocado.
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Twenty Auspicious Cranes, 1112 On the day after my birthday, 2013 The Emperor Huizong opened his palace to the ever-busy common folk. I sat on my bedroom floor. Twenty white cranes appeared flying in the sky; two alighted upon the palace gate. A brown-winged bird darted into my room; there he hovered, over my bed. Auspicious, confirmed Huizong’s counsellors. Symbolic, suggested by sister when I said it was a robin.
For more about the sighting of the twenty auspicious cranes during Emperor Huizong’s reign (1101 to 1125), read either this extract from an article by Peter Sturman or these few paragraphs from “Art in China” (pg. 57) by Craig Clunas. The event, which supposedly occurred on the eve of a palace open day in 1112, was documented by the Emperor in memoir and as a poem. His words accompany a now well-known painted image of the scene. See the image reproduced above.
My father’s name was Robin. The rest of the poem I shall leave to your imagination.
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Image courtesy of Wiki Commons.
In subject matter, three of my most recent poems have drawn on creatures that live in or around water. See
Conversation, which references ducks.
Tarantella, which might seem to be about spiders, but also mentions a fish.
Thematically, all these poems explores internal and external movement. “red herring”considers the pause of such movement; “Tarantella” the motion. Conversation describes the setting of an event, but hints at the ebb and flow to be found in relating.


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Matt Hammon - Silver Suitcase
When different outlets start compiling their lists of 2017’s best indie releases, Matt Hammon’s Silver Suitcase will make the grade with many. This outstanding ten song set is played, mixed, and arranged by Hammon alone, but the strain of such a heavy load never shows on the performances or writing. There’s a crackling baseline of energy Hammon maintains from the first song through the last and he’s obviously been able to draw from the best material he’s written in his years playing a supporting role to artists like Bob Mould and as part of bands like Mineral, Verbow, and The Rebecca West. It results in a fistful of barn burners, anthemic style guitar rock with some unusual textures and instrumental additions that spin it in an individualistic way. Stylists are often some of the most well regarded musicians and songwriters working in popular music and, despite the influences on Silver Suitcase, you’ll finish it convinced that no one else really writes a Matt Hammon song. There’s a distinctiveness to how he pulls things off that’s subject to influence but, ultimately, under no one’s spell.
“Pictures” introduces listeners to Hammon’s writing style, among its other qualities. His songwriting has a natural penchant for seizing on imagery that lodges itself listener’s memories rather than strictly trading in generalities and clichés. The musical template for much of Silver Suitcases is set with this song as well, though don’t mistake Hammon as a songwriter afraid to mix up his approach. “The Table” has less of a focus on his vocals and lyrics, but the music more than makes up for it as Hammon grabs onto a full on post punk rock guitar assault, but Hammon never deserves style entirely in favor of pure energy and attitude. “Never Say So” is one of the album’s more naturally commercial numbers thanks to the vocal melody and the way he orchestrates the guitar work in a balanced and appealing way. His vocals are, once again, one of the best qualities of the performance. “Silver Suitcase”, the album’s title number, shows Hammon’s ambition stretching some, at least in terms of the lyric, and his grasp proves to be the equal of his reach as it all holds together in a vivid and accessible way.
“Colorful Regret” is one of the album’s quirkier musical numbers and twists his influences in a highly individual way that recalls the collection’s base sound without mindlessly repeating it. The thoughtful sequencing that went into making this album a reality peaks with the choice of its final two songs – “Sleeper’s Town” is one of the album’s most interesting lyrics and an acoustic driven performance while the finale, “Name Game”, is a departing blast of guitar and sports another biting lyric from Hammon’s pen. The artfulness involved in this release is real, but Matt Hammon is a musical performer and writer who burns with passion that shapes any technique in a powerful new direction. The sense of anything goes here is palpable and makes Silver Suitcase all the more memorable.


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Our drummer is following the love of his life to Florida so we are in need of a new family member.
We are rock n roll you can dance to.
From town festivals and bars to wineries and breweries we bring an interactive approach to music that keeps crowds dancing and singing along. Eden Road plays songs from the 60’s through the 90’s with a few from the 2000’s thrown in for fun.
Come for the music…stay for the fun!
From Bowie to Uncle Kracker… it’s songs you know but not every band plays.
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Mark Juenemann has deep roots in the Minnesota music scene. While he has worked behind the board in the studio and been stage manager to large festivals his passion has always been live performance. Mark is far more than a bass player he is a true entertainer.
Steve Paoli is an absolute pro, and has played some of the biggest stages in the country including a presidential inauguration. He sings, tells jokes but most importantly he can flat out play drums.
Chris Perry brings years of experience and some killer licks to this project. From chicken pluckin to classic blues licks he has a great style. Combined this with a versatile voice and you have the perfect band member.
Mark Allen has had a rich music career. He is an accomplished singer, song writer and one of the best harmonica players in the Midwest. Add to that, he plays guitar and is an accomplished percussionist, he brings so much to the lineup.
Dennis Johnson played in his first working band at 16. Additionally he has owned a recording studio and engineered several albums working both with local bands as well as groups from as far away as England and Bangladesh. He took several years off to raise a family and has come back to the stage with a deep desire to pick up where he left off.

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By Jon Stein
For The Signal
West Ranch boys volleyball coach Brandon Johnson had a game plan for this season, and it paid dividends in Wednesday’s 3-0 Foothill League victory over Valencia.
That game plan involved moving senior outside hitter Griffith Peters to the right side, where Johnson knew his offensive firepower would be lethal.
The move was highlighted Wednesday at Valencia High School, as Peters led the team with 17 kills, including a game-winner in the second game that put West Ranch in a strong position for an eventual 25-22, 25-15, 25-16 win.
“Griff might have been the best player on the court today,” Johnson said. “Moving him to the right side this year I knew it was his senior year, he knew outside hitter would be his position. He might have been reluctant right away, but once I showed him what he could do on the right side he really took off. He was unstoppable tonight — I don’t even know how many balls they even slowed down.”
Valencia held their own early, though, pushing West Ranch to the limit in the first game.
Coming off a 5-1 weekend at the Easter Invitational Volleyball Tournament, it appeared the Vikings momentum might continue into Wednesday night’s action.
Within 23-22 in game 1, however, a Vikings’ service error put the Wildcats one point away from a 1-0 lead, and Zack Drake was happy to do the honors scoring the winning kill.
The Vikings continued to battle, but never lead in the second game, despite an impressive performance on the night from senior Cameron Graves, who led with 11 kills.
“We knew what they were going to do; come with a lot of firepower form the middle and a lot of firepower from the inside,” Johnson said of the Valencia offense. “What we needed to do is we needed to serve tough and get them out of system. The first set we started very slow.”
Once the Wildcats settled down, they began to take control, picking up two key digs on consecutive possessions midway through the third game that led to kills from Peters and Andrew Benser, and a 16-10 lead.
Benser would finish with 12 kills, while senior Tyson Drake, the team’s only returning starter in 2018, led with 25 assists.
Zack Soule would tip home the match winner.
“We don’t let up,” Johnson said. “We have an idea in our head that we fight for every single point. It doesn’t matter what the score is, we’re going to continue to have a game plan and fight as hard as we can to execute the game plan. We want to get better every time we touch the ball.

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