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I read some things this morning that frustrate me a bit. It was an essay on God's design for marriage and gender roles. Written by a man, it focused on women and their submission in the context of marriage. A couple things stood out to me.
First, the article pointed to the example of one particular woman's love for and submission to her husband by saying it was so faithful that the Lord raised up generations after her that would call her blessed. He then points to a biblical woman, Sarah. Although she had difficulty, he notes that what set her apart was the fact that she adorned herself with a gentle and quiet spirit by submitting to her husband.
To be clear, it was not Sarah's love and faithfulness at play here.
You may recall that Sarah laughed at God. Sarah schemed with her hubby to sidetrack God and take matters into her own hands. Sarah was mean to Hagar and resented her involvement with her husband (who wouldn't?!?). Not exactly a picture of love and faithfulness.
Isn't it interesting that Jesus, the only One who ever submitted perfectly, died not for the submissive wife. He loved and died for an arrogant, unsubmissive and flat out disobedient and loudmouthed bride, so that, generations would be raised up and be named, blessed.
Second, noting 1 Peter 3, the essay asks, "Have you ever noticed that women who place their identity in external appearances tend to be loud?" I'm not sure I have a category for this interpretation of that passage. Suffice to say that the equation does not add up...on many levels. I wonder if the same holds true for men? This observation is quite frankly, embarrassing. If we were talking face to face I may just have shouted that, which may or may not be an indication of where I place my identity.
Finally, in a sad (but all too common) interpretation of 1 Peter 3, the essay declares that by your submission, you can guarantee your salvation and will be called one of Sarah's children. This statement contradicts the entire narrative of the Bible which is, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life" (John 3:16).
Whoever believes has eternal life.
The article also maintains that it would not be surprising if one day, when the saints are gathered together before the Lord, there is a large group of women standing next to Sarah, for in the midst of their marital hardships they trusted that the Lord would vindicate them. However, the article left out multitudes of other women.
Standing next to Sarah will be all the other women (not just wives) who doubted, laughed, mocked, distrusted, schemed, resented, hated, and lied.
Standing next to Sarah will be women who couldn't muster up what the world expected of them, couldn't believe the things the church wanted them to believe, couldn't trust anymore because of shattered dreams, couldn't stand up anymore because of the heavy burdens placed on their back.
In fact, some may not be standing. They may be on their knees weeping, Weeping that it's all over. Weeping that the striving has ceased. I know the bible says no more tears, but tears are divine. God catches every one. Tears demonstrate the most human and raw emotion possible. Tears brought us near. Tears will usher us in.
Standing next to Sarah will be every single woman who by no accomplishment of their own faith, was loved by the only faithful One.

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Labor has lost a bid to suspend standing orders in federal parliament over the coalition’s controlling “extreme right” faction and the party’s lack of female MPs.
Deputy leader of the opposition Tanya Plibersek jumped on media reports that Sydney Liberal MP Craig Kelly will be saved from a preselection battle in his Sydney seat, despite another sitting MP Jane Prentice not receiving the same treatment.
Labor “therefore reprimands the prime minister for only ever protecting the men in his party and abandoning the women”, Ms Plibersek told the lower house on Monday.
She questioned Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s calls for candidates to be chosen on merit, which he has urged while rejecting quotas for the number of women in the Liberal Party.
“He’s a merit guy and he believes in rank and file preselections, unless it’s the knuckle draggers and the Neanderthals of the extreme right which he’s protecting,” Mr Plibersek said.
“And in that case of course he’s all for intervention, and merit takes on a pretty new and interesting definition.”
The opposition lost its bid to halt parliament 67 votes to 71, with independent MP Bob Katter siding with the coalition while his crossbench colleagues Andrew Wilkie and Adam Bandt voted with Labor.
The other crossbenchers – independents Rebekha Sharkie, Kerryn Phelps, Cathy McGowan and former Liberal MP Julia Banks – did not vote on the motion.
Before the vote, minister Alan Tudge accused the opposition of focusing on the “Canberra bubble” and turning their back on debate over draft laws such as domestic violence leave.
“That’s what they’re focused on, the internal games which the Australian public are sick of,” he told the chamber.


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Madonna surprised the crowd at a show in Toronto, Canada by performing with Nelly Furtado.
The veteran pop star took her Rebel Heart tour to the city on Monday night (05Oct15).
Towards the end of the show at the Air Canada Centre, the first of two dates at the venue, she introduced the night's guest star.
Madonna brought out Canadian singer Nelly, who debuted a new short hairstyle, for a saucy segment.
The pair performed together during Madonna's track Unapologetic B.....
The Holiday star documented the show in a series of pictures posted on her Instagram.com page, and in one snap, she is seen handing Nelly a banana.
She also wrote the message, "Thank you Nelly for... tonight!!"
Madonna has previously performed with other guest stars during the tour.
Comedienne Amy Schumer took to the stage with her idol after opening her shows in New York.
The Material Girl's collaborator Diplo also took part in a segment during the opening concert in Montreal, Canada.

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Microsoft is now providing website owners with access to Bing Chat integration through Bing Webmaster Tools. Site owners will be able to view related data on new Bing (Bing Chat), including website page impressions, clicks, click-through rate, and Bing Chat answer link traffic. Fabrice Canel, Microsoft’s Chief Product Manager for Bing, also stated that Bing Webmaster Tools will receive a new feature – if Bing search is indeed indexing their pages, this feature will be shown to website owners to help them improve these pages.
Since the release of new Bing by Microsoft, many websites and online media have been concerned that the change in information delivery methods may result in a loss of website search traffic.


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By JOSH DUBOW
AP Pro Football Writer
Jon Gruden is out as coach of the Las Vegas Raiders after emails he sent before being hired in 2018 contained racist, homophobic and misogynistic comments. Gruden released a statement Monday night that he is stepping down after The New York Times reported that Gruden frequently used misogynistic and homophobic language directed at Commissioner Roger Goodell and others in the NFL. It was a rapid downfall for Gruden, who is in the fourth year of a 10-year, $100 million contract he signed with the Raiders in 2018. It started on Friday when the Wall Street Journal reported that Gruden used a racist term to describe NFL union chief DeMaurice Smith in a 2011 email to former Washington executive Bruce Allen.

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Link to this page: https://www.socialistparty.org.uk/issue/1127/32270
Domestic Abuse Bill: So much still to fight for
Eleanor Donne, Essex Socialist Party
The Domestic Abuse Bill is now in its final stages of debate and expected to become law in England in April 2021, with some parts also applying in Wales.
The backdrop to the parliamentary debate has been what Women's Aid have called a "shadow pandemic" of violence against women and girls, with calls and online contact to domestic abuse services rocketing since March 2020.
While the bill introduces some positive changes in the response of the criminal justice and courts system to domestic abuse, it is silent on the many significant economic barriers that women in particular face when trying to escape an abusive partner: such as the benefit cap and the two-child limit on Universal Credit, access to affordable childcare and a genuine living wage.
Women whose immigration status doesn't allow them access to public funds are still left relying on charities or forced to remain with an abusive partner.
The right to paid leave for employees facing domestic abuse, which was part of Jeremy Corbyn's election manifesto, is also absent.
We can't rely on the Tory government or Starmer's Labour to grant us rights at work. The trade unions must fight to ensure that effective domestic abuse policies are implemented by employers.
A positive change in England (it's already the case in Wales and Scotland) is that anyone who is homeless because of fleeing domestic abuse and is eligible (under immigration laws) will be automatically classed as vulnerable.
The majority of people fleeing domestic abuse are women with children, who, because of the children, already have a priority need. This new duty, however, is important for single, childless adults and in itself is a positive step. However, without adequate funding, given current restrictions on help with rent for those under 35, it will leave local authorities struggling to meet the need, especially for younger people.
The commitment to 'like for like' tenancies for those fleeing secure tenancies is also welcome. But in the context of a chronic shortage of council housing and genuinely affordable housing association tenancies, and where councils often don't manage their own housing stock, this looks like an empty promise.
The wider statutory definition of domestic abuse, which includes emotional, coercive and controlling behaviour and economic abuse, is an important and overdue measure. Coercive control in particular has been inadequately recognised as a significant risk factor in escalating abuse, especially after the survivor ends a relationship.
Importantly, this bill will allow the charge of coercive control to apply when the abuser and victim don't live together.
The new right for survivors themselves, a family member or support worker to apply to the magistrates court for a Domestic Abuse Protection Order (DAPO) could be an important change given that the police often don't use the powers that they have in domestic abuse cases.
Other measures such as the Domestic Abuse Disclosure Scheme are not new, but formalised into law. Calls by organisations such as Paladin, the national stalking advocacy service, to implement a national 'stalkers and domestic abusers register' were initially rejected by the government, but it has come under increasing pressure over the issue since the murder of Sarah Everard.
It has agreed to accept an amendment on the issue of 'revenge porn' which expands the law to make threatening to disclose intimate images with the intention to cause distress a crime. The reasoning behind this is that such threats can be used as an aspect of coercive control to prevent someone leaving an abuser or disclosing domestic abuse.
It has also 'firmed up' existing case law by putting into the bill a confirmation that 'a person may not consent to the infliction of serious harm and, by extension, is unable to consent to their own death'.
This follows an 18-month campaign by the organisation We Can't Consent to This in response to recent murder/manslaughter trials where the accused claimed (in some cases successfully) that the victim died because of consensual 'rough sex' that 'went too far'.
Women's Aid has calculated that the government would need to commit £173.8 million per year on refuge services alone to provide a national network of sustainable and safe refuges that meets the needs of all survivors and their children.
Refuge providers hoped that this bill would result in longer-term funding, enabling them to plan based on need for specialist services, including refuges for black, Asian and minority ethnic women, LGBTQ people, disabled people, men and those with alcohol or drug addiction issues.
However, the government's impact assessment published with the bill costs the duty at nearly half the Women's Aid figure - £90 million a year, but with little clarity as to how this was calculated. It has also stated that domestic abuse funding to councils will go into the 'general funding pot' and be subject to comprehensive spending reviews (ie cuts).
In its response to consultation on the bill, the Local Government Association said: "There is unlikely to be any significant funding available for domestic abuse services, when councils will need up to four times the funding they have been allocated by government so far to cover the costs of Covid-19".
Our question to them is: 'What are you going to do about this?' Labour councils, which make up the majority in the country, have failed to use their reserves and borrowing powers to fund services, and their potential collective power to lead a fight for more funding from the Tory government. Instead, they have passed on cuts to the most vulnerable in their communities, including reducing or stopping refuge funding altogether, leading to an estimated one in six refuges closing since 2010.
If they are not prepared to defend their communities in the face of the latest round of cuts they should step aside. This is why Socialist Party members are standing as part of the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in the May elections on a platform of opposing all cuts (see 'A working-class, anti-cuts challenge for the elections in May').
- Fully fund services and support for all women affected by domestic violence, rape and abuse, including refuges and permanent, affordable social housing
- Services must be specialised, publicly funded and democratically controlled by service workers and users and open to all women
- Full access to legal aid
- Paid childcare and leave for attending court and other legal appointments
- Specialist training, under democratic control, for all workers and bodies coming into contact with abused women
- Community and working-class accountability of the police and the judicial system
- Additional public funding and control of specialist support to challenge the attitudes and behaviour of perpetrators of domestic abuse
- Paid leave on full pay for workers experiencing domestic abuse
- Training for all trade union reps and staff, including managers, regarding domestic abuse
- The right of victims of abuse to transfer workplace, where feasible
- No disciplinary action with regards to absence, or detriment to pay and conditions, for those experiencing domestic abuse
- For a socialist alternative to the violence, sexism and inequality of the capitalist profit system.
Domestic Abuse Bill - key points
- Domestic abuse defined in law for the first time. The definition, in addition to physical abuse, includes emotional abuse, coercive and controlling behaviour, and economic abuse.
- Domestic Abuse Protection Notices and Domestic Abuse Protection Orders (DAPO) replace Domestic Violence Orders/Notices to include the wider definition. New right for domestic abuse survivors themselves, or a family member or support worker (as well as the police) to apply to the magistrates court for a DAPO.
- Changes to cross-examination rules in the family and civil courts. Convicted or charged perpetrators of abuse prevented from cross-examining survivors in person in the family courts in England and Wales and in civil courts where this would cause the witness 'significant distress'. Family courts will have the power to appoint a publicly funded advocate to cross-examine instead, 'where necessary'.
- Special measures in family, civil and criminal courts. Survivors of domestic abuse automatically eligible for special measures in the criminal, civil and family courts - such as being able to give evidence behind a screen, or video evidence, and having separate waiting rooms.
- Safe accommodation, homelessness and secure tenancies. Duty on county councils, unitary authorities and metropolitan boroughs in England to provide support to victims of domestic abuse and their children within refuges and other safe accommodation. Automatic priority need under homelessness law if fleeing domestic abuse. Retain the right to a lifetime tenancy if having to move.
- Removes 'consent for sexual gratification' as a defence in court proceedings for causing serious harm. Confirms that a person may not consent to the infliction of serious harm and, by extension, is unable to consent to their own death.
- The Domestic Abuse Commissioner (already in post) will be formally appointed in law.
- Non-fatal strangulation will be a specific criminal offence punishable by five years' imprisonment.
- Threatening to disclose intimate images with the intention to cause distress becomes a crime. Disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress already an offence since 2015.
The Domestic Abuse Disclosure Scheme 'Clare's Law' formally adopted in law giving a 'Right to Ask' the police about a partner/ex-partner's offending history. The police have a 'Right to Disclose' information if they think this is necessary to prevent a crime from taking place.
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It has been discussed in length about the legality of online rummy in India. The main question plaguing the minds of its detractors for years is whether online rummy is a game of skill or luck. If luck were a main factor in determining the outcome of the game, then each game and tournament will have a different winner. Nobody has the lady luck dancing in their favor always!
Online Rummy – Game of Skill or Chance
The truth is online rummy is purely a game of skill where luck or element of chance plays a very minimal role. The problem, however, is this minimal role has been exaggerated way beyond its reach to paint a negative picture that rummy game is luck oriented. It is because the game is heavily reliant on skills, the honorable Supreme Court of India has declared online rummy as legal. It’s not a crime to play rummy online for cash. Of course, certain states have stringent gaming laws that prohibit online rummy (Telangana, Assam, Odisha).
However, efforts are on from the rummy operators in these zones to seek validity for the game citing the Supreme Court judgment and a widespread consensus among the gaming enthusiasts that rummy is a game of skill. So, if you are someone who loves the rummy game in its physical form, you can ignore preposterous, ill-informed opinions about online rummy and get on the online zone. We can trust, you will be in for a pleasant surprise with the level of competition and the astounding rewards that are up for grabs. The huge popularity of Online rummy beggars the questions, what’s in a rummy game that makes it more attractive than the multitude of card games that are available in the market?
Huge Popularity – real or made-up?
If you look at the set up behind online rummy, then you will begin to understand the craze for online rummy.
First of all rummy game has been part and parcel of the Indian milieu for centuries. It’s certainly not a foreign game which is enjoying a run here. Think of games such as Pokemon go, PubG, clash of clans and so many games. The problem with those games apart from being foreign in origin is that the novelty factor wears off quickly. These games enjoy a grand run during their heydays but once the novelty dries off, people get disillusioned with the game and scout for the next entertaining game. Whereas rummy is a game that is deeply rooted in Indian culture and has been played across various generations. It is because it is quintessentially an Indian game, the novelty and freshness of the game have remained despite the incursion of several card games like poker from the west.
Secondly, the rules of the games are pretty simple. Even a novice can pick up rummy rules quickly in a matter of day or two. And there are many sites available in the market, which has extensive tutorials on rummy rules and how to play rummy, thereby making the learning process simple. A player who is already knowledgeable in rummy just needs to spend a day or two in getting accustomed to the online set-up and master rummy strategies.
Finally, online Rummy is lucrative compared to other games. From a humongous welcome bonus to rummy tournaments running throughout the day to a wide range of rummy games and rummy variants available under all stakes, the opportunity to win big are aplenty. The prize money these days is nothing when compared to other games. The risk is minimal when compared to other games.
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The amount of competition around from the many online rummy sites means it is the players market as operators are chasing players with enticing offers. Because of the heavy competition, the prizes have gone insanely up.
Other card games may be more popular across several countries, still, they have to do a lot of catch-up when it comes to competing with rummy. In terms of reach and popularity, they will always be a younger sibling to rummy.
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Charlie Rose, the TV interview-show host, last month settled a class-action lawsuit against his production company for failing to pay college interns a minimum wage. The settlement will cost Mr. Rose's company about $250,000—not including legal fees—and will pay 189 former interns $1,100 apiece (calculated at $110 a week for a 10-week semester). Based on New York's $7.25 per hour minimum wage, that reflects a 15-hour workweek.
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The West Indian Manatee
Manatees are large plant-eating slow moving aquatic mammals. Short front flippers help them steer or even crawl through shallow waters and strong paddle-shaped tails propel them.
A distant relative of the elephant they have thick, wrinkled skin that is grey or brown in color. An average adult is about 10 feet long and weighs between 1,500 and 2,200 pounds with a life expectancy of about 50-60 years.
The major threats to manatee survival are human activities: boat-related injuries and deaths, habitat loss or degradation, and in some countries, hunting.
The U.S. Geological Survey works in partnership with other Federal and State agencies and private organizations to study manatee life history, behavior, ecology, and population biology.
For more information on USGS studies on manatees, including the West Indian manatee, check this out:
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A Bulgarian cybersecurity worker hacked the National Revenue Agency (NRA) database and exposed the data of more than 5 million Bulgarian taxpayers.
In a country of just seven million people, the hack means that the majority of working adults have been impacted. The hack resulted in the theft of personal information including social security, bank and salary information.
Following an investigation, 20-year-old Kristian Boykov was arrested in Bulgaria’s capital Sofia in connection to the breach. Police raided his home and office and seized computers and mobile devices with encrypted information.
Yavor Kolev, head of the police’s cybersecurity unit said:
“Overnight, the relevant examination was carried out, a very initial one, which suggests that the suspect is connected to the crime.”
Initially Boykov was charged with cybercrime against government infrastructure, which could see him face a maximum of eight years in jail, however Boykov was handed a lesser charge of crime against information systems. If found guilty, the hacker could now face three years in jail.
Bulgarian blogger and political analyst, Asen Genov, told CNN:
“We should all be angry…The information is now freely available to anyone.
“Many, many people in Bulgaria already have this file, and I believe that it’s not only in Bulgaria.”
Boykov previously made news in Bulgaria in 2017 for hacking the Bulgarian education ministry’s website to expose its vulnerabilities. Many have labelled Boykov as a “white hat hacker” due to the nature of his attacks.
As a result of the data breach, Bulgaria’s tax agency now faces a fine of up to 20 million euros, or 4% of its annual turnover.
Veselin Tselkov, a board member at the Commission for Personal Data Protection said:
“The amount of the sanction depends on the number of people affected and the volume of leaked information.”
Bulgaria’s finance minister has apologised for the attack.
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California based Sandio Technology Corporation, demonstrated its 3D mouse at the 2008International CES show that opened today in Las Vegas. The Sandio 3D Game O2 was designed to enhance a users experience in Google Earth, Virtual Earth and virtual worlds such as Second Life. The main benefit of the Sandio 3D mouse is allowing users to navigate the 3D Internet without dealing with keyboard or on-screen navigation tabs.
Another benefit of the Sandio 3D mouse is users of CAD software like Google SketchUp and AutoDesk’s 3D Studio Max can move along and rotate about the x, y, z axis in both Screen and Camera modes without switching between 3D objects and operation
In the short term, 3Dwalkthroughs.com will be testing the new mouse with the virtual world technology we have been working with. Down the road, we hope to utilize the new mouse to help navigate within our interactive 3D Walkthroughs.
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ABUJA, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — Chinese rail construction giant China Railway Construction Corporation (CRCC) on Monday officially rounded off the track laying work of Nigeria’s first standard gauge railway modernization project linking the capital city Abuja and the northwestern state of Kaduna.
With Nigeria’s Minister of Transport Idris Umar tightening the last screw of the rail track at a well-attended ceremony, the first standard rail road project of the Chinese firm in Nigeria and the entire West Africa is formally complete for public use, CRCC said.
Constructed in three years, the rail road project gulped nearly 850 million U.S dollars and lasts 186.5 km with nine stations and a design speed of 150 km per hour.
Umar, while expressing satisfaction on the project on behalf the Nigerian government and people of Africa’s most populous country, described the project as a significant milestone in the history of Nigeria, as well as a testimony that the transformation agenda of the government was yielding fruitful results.
“I am delighted to be here to perform yet another milestone of the Nigerian railway modernization project,” Umar said, noting it will ease the mass movement of people from the Nigerian capital city to the northwestern state of Kaduna.
“We are committed to carry out a lot of modernization projects to make transportation easier for all Nigerians,” the official added.
Shi Hongbing, managing director of the Nigerian office of China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC), an offshoot of CRCC, said the company would take part in the running and management of the train in the future.
“With the completion of the track laying, it shows we are competent,” the CCECC top manager in Nigeria said.
“I want to thank all the people who helped us during the construction,” he added, acknowledging, especially, the cooperation and hospitable nature of people of the local communities which the rail project passed through.
“The completion of the rail road is a guarantee for the running of the rail road next year. It will boost the confidence of the Chinese firm and also the determination of Nigeria. And this is a good example of the coast rail road project of the West African country,” said Chairman of CRCC Meng Fengchao in a message sent from Beijing, capital of China.
Earlier, Cao Baogang, vice chairman of CRCCCAC, described the project as a “miracle”, noting it was completed “under the pressure of Ebola and the security problem in Nigeria.”
The Abuja-Kaduna rail line is one of the first Standard Gauge Railway Modernization Projects (SGRMP) undertaken in Nigeria. The railway modernization initiative in Nigeria aims at replacing the existing narrow gauge system with the wider standard gauge system, while allowing high-speed train operations on the railway network.


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What Are Tacos, And Why Do People Love Them So Much?
Tacos are the most popular Mexican dish. What is it that makes tacos so special, though? The corn tortillas? The many fillings? The many toppings? Let’s take a look!
Tacos were popular for centuries. Tacos at that time were more Mexican-style sandwiches with various fillings inside a soft tortilla. The first tacos we recognize today as tacos were created in the late 19th century. Refried beans and cheese became fillings and the hard-shell tortilla was born.
The tortilla is first. Corn tortillas can be used to make a wide range of fillings because they are soft and flexible. They are also delicious with savory toppings because of their slight sweetness. Finally, there’s the filling. There are many options for fillings, including refried beans or your favorite meat. Let’s not forget about the toppings. There are many topping options available for tacos, from fresh salsa to pico de gallo to sour cream.
There you go! Here’s a brief history of tacos, and an explanation as to why they are so good. You now know everything you need to know about tacos. Why not indulge in some taco catering? We specialize in freshly made tacos, which will please your taste buds and leave you wanting more. Call us today to book your next event.
How to Find Taco Cart Catering in Palm Springs
This is a great place to start when searching for a taco cart for your next event. Taco carts offer guests convenience and quality. It can take some time to search for local businesses online, so let us do it!
We can help you find top-quality taco catering. There are many options, including beef and chicken tacos as well as pork or chicken tacos. We offer something for every taste!
We offer taco parties in Riverside County and the Coachella Valley. Don’t get me wrong, our tacos are fresh and delicious. We provide on-site taco cooking and delivery to parties, corporate events, birthdays, baby showers, Taco Wedding Catering, and other types of Mexican-themed events. You can find us anywhere in the Inland Empire. Taco Catering near Palm Springs includes Garnet, Cathedral City, Whitewater. Also, we offer taco catering in San Bernardino County as well as San Diego County. For more information on our prices for taco catering, please contact us.
Your meals are prepared, cooked, and assembled according to your specifications. This ensures that you get the best Mexican food available.
If you’re looking for taco catering in Palm Springs, then this is the place to look. Our taco catering service is the right choice. We can cater to any kind of event, including weddings, birthdays, and corporate events. We are available to help with catering if you rent an Airbnb in Palm Springs.
We can be reached 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We will go above and beyond your expectations from the time you order until the day we leave for your party. The best Mexican food in Palm Springs. Taco man catering in Riverside County is delicious. We can cook it on-site or have it delivered to your event.
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Why Work With Us?
We can cater your event or party. We will cook up delicious street tacos so you don’t need to worry. Our delicious street tacos are prepared with the finest meats, just like Grandma did.
Relax and have fun. We bring the full taco bar so you can cater to your guests. Our team is always happy to help you plan a memorable taco party menu. You’ll soon see why our Mexican food catering is unmatched.
You can customize our menus to suit your requirements.
We only use the best cuts of meat, grilled to perfection. These condiments can’t be described as condiments. These condiments are the flavors that elevate the taco to a level of perfection. And that’s not just about the tacos. We offer a wide range of delicious and sensational foods that will delight your senses. It is done with professionalism, and we make sure you have a great time. Don’t worry about the catering company for your next office party. We’ll show you how catering should be done.
How It Works
Taco carts offer guests the ideal combination of convenience and quality. It can take some time to search for local businesses online, so let us do it!
Tacos can be customized: There are many filling options for tacos. There are many menu choices: You have the option to choose beef, chicken, pork, seafood, beans, or rice. You can personalize your tacos with our wide selection of sauces and salsas.
Even more, we can bring all the necessary equipment for party catering. Let us provide you with the finest Mexican Food Catering service. You will love the authentic flavors of Mexico, and that is just one reason to be happy. You will be able to show your guests that we’re different from all other caterers.
Wedding Taco Catering Palm Springs
Are you looking for something different than traditional wedding reception food? Our Wedding Taco Catering service is available all year in Riverside County. If you are thinking about a taco caterer near Palm Springs we’re your clear choice.
Your wedding is the most important day of your life. Our goal is to make your wedding day memorable. Our specialty is wedding taco catering.
We make sure that your special day is a success. Catering carts that specialize in gourmet tacos and other cuisines will make the occasion elegant, delicious, and memorable.
Our on-site Taco Cart Catering and Wedding Taco Bar will cook and serve delicious food at your wedding venue. Taco delivery is also available by our taco man, who will deliver your tacos piping hot to your venue.
It’s a great way to offer delicious and fresh Mexican food on your big day. Our on-site catering service is available for any wedding reception or wedding after party.
For more information on the benefits of our Wedding Taco Catering service, visit our service page.
Corporate Taco Catering Palm Springs
Our specialty is traditional Mexican tacos, but we also offer gourmet options! Simple, yet elegant tacos are our specialty. We use only the best ingredients and recipes. Our modern taco cart can bring style and delicious food to corporate events.
Our modern, clean taco carts are ideal for all types of events. We can provide delicious, made-to-order food, amazing salsas, and fantastic side dishes.
Many companies offer lunch catering every day. Some companies use corporate caterers for events such as all-day meetings and hosting clients.
You can host any office or corporate event using innovative and diverse menus that suit every taste, event, and dietary requirement. We can feed any number of people. We specialize in corporate catering services, including breakfast and lunch.
Taco catering can be a wonderful way to motivate your staff, attract new talent and impress your clients. Do not get bogged down in details.
For more information on the benefits of our Corporate Taco Catering service, visit our service page.
Birthday Taco Catering Palm Springs
Fun birthday party catering for adults, children, friends, and families is what it is all about. Taco catering for a birthday party is great for both children and adults.
You can plan your birthday party with ease by hiring a taco caterer. You can host your taco-themed party by serving a variety of food at different stations.
Our tacos always taste delicious and fresh. We offer delivery and on-site cooking catering options. We’re available anywhere you are in the Inland Empire.
Taco catering for birthday parties like no other. This amazing service offers some of the best taco cart catering in So Cal! We can help you create a memorable backyard party.
For more information on the benefits of our Birthday Party Taco Catering service, visit our service page.
Baby Shower Taco Catering Palm Springs
A baby shower always ends up with more invites than just mom and her friends. Most times, friends’ husbands or other relatives are invited. That means there should be a variety of food options. You should also order kid-friendly dishes such as bacon-wrapped hot dogs if children are attending.
You want only the best! This is exactly what we bring to your baby shower. We are experts at providing tacos for the Palm Springs area. Our staff is punctual and will always be there to serve your guests. We only use the finest meats and other ingredients. We offer more than tacos, so your guests will have a variety of delicious food. There are also options for vegetarians or vegans such as veggie tacos. Guest can also choose their own salsas and sides. We can also supply drinks!
For more information on the benefits of our Baby Shower Taco Catering service, visit our service page.

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Adopt-A-Shore, Adopt-A-Highway, Adopt-A-Road, Adopt-A-Fishing Line Bin
As an individual, group or business, “Adopting” any of these areas is committing to clean it up a minimum of 4 times per year for 2 years. Keep Indian River Beautiful provides all of the supplies including gloves, trash bags, litter grabbers and vests (if necessary). There are still many shorelines and roads available to adopt.
To Adopt a local Highway through the FDOT, call (800) BAN-LITT(er).
This program is supported by the Florida Department of Transportation and Indian River County.
Cigarette Litter Prevention Program (CLPP)
The #1 littered item in the world, cigarette butts and cigar butts are a growing problem for our environment, clean water supply and the wildlife in our Indian River Lagoon. You can help stop this chemical pollution of our delicate Estuary
by choosing to smoke responsibly or joining our efforts to remove the litter from our shorelines.
Thanks to grants from Keep America Beautiful and local partnerships, KIRB has placed 20 Cigarette Receptacles in public spaces throughout Indian River County. Pocket Ashtrays are provided free upon request at our
Upcycle It! Store or our education booths at local events.
Great American Cleanup
Keep Indian River Beautiful recruits volunteers, Site Captains, and local sponsors to foster unity and strengthen community bonds through beautification and improvement efforts across Indian River County. The nation’s largest grassroots community improvement effort, this locally activated program brings the power of volunteers and sponsors together to inspire change and build sustainable, vibrant communities.
The theme - Drive it Home - Keep Our Paradise Litter-Free - is a call to action to residents and motorists to keep our Florida Roads and public spaces clean and litter free. Volunteers of all ages are welcome and any individual, family, school, group, place of worship, business or government entity can coordinate or participate in
projects anywhere in the county. Contact KIRB at any time for supplies or assistance to coordinate a community improvement project.
International Coastal Cleanup
The International Coastal Cleanup (ICC) is a popular, fun and highly visible event in Indian River County. We recruit hundreds of volunteers, in partnership with sponsors and donors to make a larger impact on the litter and marine debris endangering our wildlife and the community's environmental tourism. The purpose of this event is to engage people around the world to remove trash and debris from beaches and waterways, to identify the sources of the litter by categorizing and counting, and to change the behaviors that causes pollution. Presented by the Ocean Conservancy, nearly 9 million volunteers from 152 countries have cleaned millions of pounds of trash from our shores, rivers, lakes, lagoon, waterways and ocean’s on just one day each year. Through its International visibility, the ICC has raised public awareness about inappropriate waste management practices and trending litter concerns for our world oceans. The International Coastal Cleanup is the most recognized cleanup event in the world and
takes place the third Saturday in September.
Thank you to our volunteers and sponsors!
Any group at any time can request free cleanup supplies from Keep Indian River Beautiful to help remove harmful litter and debris from our roads, waterways and shorelines. On the water or on the land, Indian River needs volunteers tackling the blight in our community. Our county scored a 2.33 on a 4 point litter scale called the Community Appearance Index developed by Keep America Beautiful in the 1970's. Indian River County and our City Municipalities thrive on our
Eco-Tourism trade to bring money and new residents to our home. A littered beach or littered roadsides are a repellent and deterrent for return visits. This issue can and will turn people away from businesses or buying houses in an afflicted community. You, your family or your company can take action and be the solution. By recognizing litter on your street and calling Keep Indian River Beautiful, you can make a difference.
Tree Planting & Community Greening
Keep Indian River Beautiful is increasing its efforts to help "green up" our community. We have tools groups can borrow such as shovels, rakes, leaf blower, gloves and more. Through grants with UPS and CSX, Keep Indian River Beautiful has planted over 75 native trees to help prevent erosion and flooding in the fall of 2016.
Keep Indian River Beautiful is also working on Community Garden opportunities and other community greening projects. If you have a project you would like assistance with, please contact us!
Sign up for our e-newsletter to learn about new volunteer opportunities as they happen!
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Our mission is to empower individuals to take greater responsibility for community environments by involving volunteers in litter prevention, beautification, recycling, and conservation education. Thank you for helping us Keep Indian River Beautiful.


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Exercise improves your brain function. In fact it was shown that 40 minutes a day of exercise can increase the IQ of elementary kids by 3.8 points. College students got better grades and those of us working were 15 percent more efficient at our jobs, thus decreasing our work time and increasing income.
Think about that, by having our kid’s exercise we can increase their brain power and help them do better in school. Instead of arguing about more homework time, you get to tell them to go outside and play.
With exercise having so many great side effects why aren’t we getting more of it?
- Only 25% of kids get 30 minutes of exercise a day
- From the ages of 12 – 21 only 1 in 2 participate in any vigorous activity
- CDC found that fewer than two in 10 Americans get the recommended levels of exercise, and more than a quarter of U.S. adults do not devote any time to physical activity.
So how can you make sure that your child is getting exercise and thus the benefit of improved brain function?
Lead by Example
Your kids learn not only from what you say, but also from what you do. If you are not exercising and are just sitting around on the couch, why will your kid go exercise when you tell them to? When you lead by example they begin to ask questions about what you are doing and will see that it is just a part of life. If you value exercise your kids will value exercise. (click to Tweet Quote)
Sign Them up for a Sport
This is a great way to get them moving. Just make sure that they are getting actual exercise during the sport. For example if practice is just batting practice then they still need to get some cardiovascular exercise in as well. A great sport to get them doing lots of running is soccer.
Require Outside Play Time/Limit Electronics
By encouraging your child and their friends to play outside it builds exercise in with their play time. If they don’t want to organize an impromptu neighborhood baseball game they can still try one of these: tag, mother may I, red light green light, bikes, scooters, skateboards – really the options are endless just get them moving. The less TV the more brain power they will have!
Be an Active Family
It helps if the entire family is active together, you get quality time and everyone gets exercise. As a family we take walks at night after dinner, my husband and son play baseball, basketball, hockey and many others outside, we all go swimming or sometimes bowling. Make sure that all your family activities don’t revolve around eating, movies and other sedentary activities.
Don’t put your kids (or your own) brain function at risk. Something as simple as a walk around the block can improve brain function. Get started tonight, go take a walk!
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As of July 6, 2022, the following rules under By-law 2022-13 take effect:
- No person shall keep more than three (3) dogs over the age of 6 months without a valid kennel license.
- No person shall keep more than five (5) cats over the age of 6 months.
Current owners and new residents who have more than the allotted animals are allowed to own these animals until they are deceased, or are exempt if these animals were licensed before the passing of this by-law or have been licensed for the past three (3) months after the passing of this by-law (April 6, 2022).
Contact the By-law department for questions related to Responsible Animal Ownership such as:
- pet limit
- noisy pets
- outdoor pets
- roaming pets
- improper pet care
- pet waste concerns
You can purchase your dog license(s) at 3 locations within the Municipality:
- Municipal Office
- Alban Public Library
- Noëlville Public Library
Click refer to the Fees and Related User Charges By-law for all licensing fees.


The graf zepplin was a german aircraft carrier, launched but never completed. It would have been a decent ship, but a single carrier would have been crushed in the theater, with RAF an RN aircraft attacking it the second they had the chance. However a single carrier launched before the war, and ready to go at the start could have posed a threat, as did the other elements of the Kreigsmarines surface fleet in the opening stages of the conflict. The carrier would have been equipped with the extended wing and carrier equipped Me-109T, and the Ju-87C, a carrier equipped, stuka with jettisonable landing gear and attachments for bombs or torpedoes. (some Me-109T's were built and would serve on short airfileds with a great service career, into 1944). Had the graf zepplin and and some other warships, preferably commerce raiders slipped into the atlantic on the first days of the war, they would have caused merry hell for the british...what are your thoughts?


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At our gift shop, ornaments are very popular not just around the holidays, but throughout the entire year. Meaningful, small and easily transportable, they always make a terrific gift for family and friends. We carry many different types of ornaments, and each one has something unique to offer.
Willow Tree angel ornaments have definitely stood the test of time. Year after year, customers come in looking specifically for the latest design.
All of the Willow Tree ornaments are designed by artist Susan Lordi, who sculpts the original of each figure in her Kansas City art studio. Her hand, and her unique perspective, is evident in each sculpture.
Each ornament has a theme--friendship, thanks, courage, hope--and comes in a box, all ready to be gifted to that special someone.
If you're looking for Willow Tree angels in Summit County, Colorado, we've got them here, year-round, at Frisco Fun & Formal.


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Media coverage about OHA Investment (NASDAQ:OHAI) has been trending positive this week, Accern Sentiment reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than twenty million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. OHA Investment earned a coverage optimism score of 0.31 on Accern’s scale. Accern also assigned news stories about the financial services provider an impact score of 45.9461357799565 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company’s share price in the next several days.
Separately, ValuEngine upgraded shares of OHA Investment from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, October 2nd.
OHA Investment (OHAI) opened at $1.36 on Friday. The company has a market cap of $24.21, a PE ratio of 10.00 and a beta of 1.10. OHA Investment has a fifty-two week low of $0.85 and a fifty-two week high of $1.95.
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makeda duong explores mental health, race and identity through textile art
A woolly jumper usually represents warmth and cosiness, but Adelaide artist Makeda Duong hand knits garms to make some viewers uncomfortable. In 2020, she created the 'Mixed-Race Sweater', a jumper emblazoned with othering questions about her Vietnamese-Australian background. The reaction to her work was split – people who weren't used to being asked about their race or ethnicity found it pretty jarring, while others were comforted by seeing their experience represented.
For Makeda, making art is a way of processing difficult emotions and raising awareness to issues that go undiscussed. She's knitted ever since she was a young girl, but it was only after completing her Bachelor of Visual Arts that she began using craft and textiles as a vehicle for her personal stories (she reckons historically female crafts don't get enough credit in the art space, and we tend to agree). Her designs also cover themes of feminism and mental health, and are well worth a closer look if you feel so inclined. Head to Makeda's portfolio to see more.


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There are a number of themes that are managed in detail from the chapters of the book, although this chapter from the Usborne Biology guide covers the basics of the niche. For example, the chapter that discusses the various questions regarding the consequences of fermentation in the surroundings can be seen in the Biology chapter.
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© 2005-2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). All rights reserved worldwide.
Staging is a way of describing where the cancer is located, if or where it has spread, and whether it is affecting the functions of other organs in the body. Doctors use diagnostic tests to determine the cancer's stage, so staging may not be complete until all the tests are finished. Knowing the stage helps the doctor to decide what kind of treatment is best and can help predict a patient's prognosis (chance of recovery). There are different stage descriptions for different types of cancer.
For epidemic Kaposi sarcoma, there is no official staging system; however, in 1988 the AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG) developed a staging system called the TIS system. The ACTG is the largest HIV clinical trials organization in the world and is funded by the National Institutes of Health. The TIS system evaluates:
- The size of the tumor (Tumor, T)
- The status of the immune system, which is measured by the number of a specific type of white blood cell, called a CD4 cell, in the blood (Immune System, I)
- The spread of the disease or the presence of HIV/AIDS-related systemic illness (Systemic Illness, S)
Within each of the three parts of the system, there are two subgroups: good risk (0, zero) or poor risk (1, one).
The following table has been adapted from the original system, developed by the ACTG to illustrate the TIS system.
Good Risk (0)
Poor Risk (1)
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|Tumor (T)||Only located in the skin and/or lymph nodes and/or minimal oral disease(flat lesions confined to the palate or roof of the mouth)||Tumor-associated edema (fluid buildup) or ulceration (break in the surface of the skin)|
|Extensive oral (mouth) Kaposi sarcoma|
|Gastrointestinal Kaposi sarcoma|
|Kaposi sarcoma in other organs in the body|
|Immune system (I)||CD4 cell count is 200 or more cells per cubic millimeter||CD4 cell count is less than 200 cells per cubic millimeter|
|Systemic illness (S)||No systemic (throughout the body) illness present||History of systemic illness and/or thrush|
|No “B” symptoms(Note: “B” symptoms are unexplained fever, night sweats, greater than 10% involuntary weight loss, or diarrhea persisting more than 2 weeks.)||One or more “B” symptoms are present|
|A Karnofsky performance status score of 70 or higher (see below)||A Karnofsky performance status of less than 70|
|Other HIV-related illness is present (for example, neurological disease or lymphoma)|
The Karnofsky Performance Status scale measures the ability of people with cancer to perform ordinary tasks. People with a score of at least 70 can take care of themselves but are unable to carry on normal activity or active work.
100 Normal, no evidence of disease
90 Able to perform normal activity with only minor symptoms
80 Normal activity with effort, some symptoms
70 Able to care for self, but unable to do normal activities
60 Requires occasional assistance, cares for most needs
50 Requires considerable assistance
40 Disabled, requires special assistance
30 Severely disabled
20 Very sick, requires active supportive treatment
10 Moribund (dying; at the point of death)
Recurrent: Recurrent cancer is cancer that comes back after treatment. If there is a recurrence, the cancer may need to be staged again (called re-staging) using the system above.


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In the United States, the NFL is the most popular sport. The average game attendance in 2019 was just over 66,000, which totaled over 16 million spectators for that season alone. Though efforts to establish the league abroad have been slow going, the NFL International Series will soon expand to Germany.
Online, popular teams have millions upon millions of likes on social media pages. On and off the gridiron, top athletes become beloved celebrities and earn top dollar. For example, the star quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs recently signed a nearly half-billion-dollar contract with the team.
Despite the fact that the NFL is associated with a high risk of injury and typical careers in the league last no more than a handful of years (depending on position – see all of the American football positions here), the sport has a strong foothold in major league sports.
For most Americans, football stars are modern gladiators. Fans support their team and favorite players by packing into stadiums, wearing jerseys, and betting on their team. Read about the difference between fbs and fcs if you’re interested in being a college football player.
As the 2020 season gets underway, fans and pundits rely on expert NFL picks to wager across the league or participate in fantasy sports leagues amongst friends, meaning they’re willing to back actual teams and then reimagine the league themselves. Join the Sorare Community for tips on how to win tournaments.
To most Americans, this is just another Sunday packed with football—not an extreme sport. Still, ever since FRONTLINE released a documentary covering the high rates of concussions, more people have begun to investigate not the NFL, but the sport itself.
Should American football be considered an extreme sport?
Standard Fare of Extreme Sports
At the moment, extreme sports don’t include American gridiron. By definition, an extreme sport is an activity with a high degree of risk that often comes with super speeds, dizzying heights, unique and specialized gear, and pushing the body to the limits. Drug & alcohol addiction treatment for football players is available for those suffering from mental illness.
Despite the fact that most extreme sports require a high degree of technical knowledge and countless hours of practice, some of the American public associates extreme sports with rebellion and counter-culture.
Events like the X Games and broadcasters like the Extreme Sports Channel have helped to redefine what an extreme sport is. Rather than associating a high degree of risk with various sports and labeling them as ‘extreme’, there’s now an emphasis on what those risks are.
Mentioned above, an extreme sport should have some perilous element of height, speed, location, depth, or involve another natural force that can’t be predicted. An easier way to qualify an extreme sport is to ask the question: would this be taught as curriculum in a school?
If the answer is no, then it’s likely an extreme sport. Other qualifications and divisions of extreme sports for pundits include whether or not there’s a motor involved (rally racing versus water skiing), whether or not extreme physical harm is on the table should execution fail, or the Ernest Hemingway approach, which counted three categories: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering.
A key driver behind extreme sports is the sensation of adrenaline. If the participant isn’t chasing neuro-chemicals that provide a rush of endorphins, then the activity is likely just a sport.
The NFL, when viewed in this light, seems to fall squarely into the ‘sports’ category. There’s no dangerous heights or natural elements. There aren’t dangerous depths or speeds. Football is still taught in school. It doesn’t fall into any of Hemingway’s categories and, aside from a big win and a Super Bowl ring, there’s likely not a lot in the way of immediate endorphin reward.
However, there is plenty of peril for athletes that compete in top leagues. A condition known as CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) is shaking up the NFL world and making many reconsider what kind of sport football is.
The NFL: Contact, Contact, Contact
Top NFL players, much like other sports heroes, enjoy an unprecedented level of celebrity and wealth based on their careers in the big leagues. The NFL is full of stories that inspire, from Jim Brown’s transition to Hollywood to what the New Orleans Saints squad did for their city following Hurricane Katrina.
It may stand to identify NFL stars as gladiators given the hype of fans and physical demands of the gridiron. Only sports like MMA and boxing have higher records of injury. And, in terms of hard hits and grueling endurance, many would still posit that rugby is riskier than American football.
Both boxing and MMA are associated with CTE, but neither sport involves nearly as many participants as the average team. The NFL currently has almost 2,000 players on its rosters, which means that treating the condition is a high priority for the industry.
While both MMA and boxing rely on contact to determine a winner, American football allows padding, which means that sports technology can help reduce risks. To date, the NFL has donated millions to support research for the prevention of CTE. Many individual franchises and athletes have also shared millions in order to improve the qualifty of play for all involved.
Time & Expectation in Extreme Sports
While the risks associated with playing in the NFL are clear, these dangers don’t qualify the sport as an extreme sport. In the end, the risks associated with extreme sports add to the experience and make it what it is. They are a dynamic part of the activity, not a product of it.
Catching the perfect barrel for a surfer or overtaking on a hard turn for a rally racer are often described as near-spiritual experiences. The emphasis on extreme sports seems to also relate to time, and the way a single moment can endure for what seems much longer.
The relationship to the sport is another important factor. Many who engage in extreme sports look forward to competing in the X Games or the Olympics, but there’s often an experiential relationship to the sport—not a huge paycheck or a Super Bowl ring.
Extreme sports make for high-octane tournaments and champions are often endearing, but the sports can be fully satisfying for the participants and spectators without placing an emphasis on competition.

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BBQ sauce is always a “go-to” sauce for me whether it’s for French fries, burgers, ribs, chops, chicken, etc. I love this recipe because it’s quick and easy (hence the title). This sauce has a little tang but you can adjust it if you want! It’s also great for going the “healthy” route (baking BBQ chicken) which is what I did this evening. Please enjoy!
Makes: 2 cups
Here’s what you’ll need:
2 Tbsp butter
1/2 tsp garlic powder
1 cup ketchup
1/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/4-1/3 cup chili sauce (depends on your preference of “tang”)
2 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce
1 Tbsp celery seed
1 Tbsp prepared mustard
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp black pepper
hot sauce to taste
In a large saucepan, melt butter and add all ingredients…..
Bring to a boil, stirring constantly…..
Remove from heat and set aside…..I applied this tasty sauce to some chicken breasts….Mmm!
This sauce is thick and rich and I store it in the fridge in a mason jar. 🙂


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As it seems to be a slow news day, I thought I might take the opportunity to share the photo of our new puppy my wife is returning home to Cairns with next Monday.
Ours is the light brown one in the foreground.
I feed my two girls minced steak (or chicken), meant for humans. I steer clear of all pet foods. Add some vitamins for pets and you have a nutritious (and often more affordable) meal for your pets.
We have a burmese - she is now 10 1/2 years old and has had Royal Canin all her life. She is very healthy only goes to the Vet once a year for Vacs. Very happy with the RC. The only snacks she has are steak, lamb or chicken in our hands straight off our plates. Offered anything ‘snacks’ in her plate she will not touch it!! Royal Canin has dry & wet foods also Over 7 year olds & Indoor which is her meals.
Have you tried adult vantage natural dry dog food? It is by Earthborn Holistic and my pet loves it.
Do keep in mind mince and vitamins isn’t a complete diet. It misses things like Omega 3s and 6s, Glucosamine and Condroitin (for joints), sufficient fat, fiber, prebiotics etc.
ALWAYS consult with your vet or a qualified animal nutritionist before going home cooked or raw only. You may not notice the difference now but it can result in some awful conditions later down the line (eg Arthritis)
If you do want to go raw there are pre-prepared options that already have all this added
In the interest of full disclosure, I work in part of the pet industry.
Thank you for your comments tpeter267, I’ve worked in the pet industry too in the past and know fully what goes into commercially prepared pet foods which is why I refuse to feed it to my pets. The vitamins to which I refer contain Omega 3s and 6s and both glucosamine and chondroitin. I also mix in my home made greek style yoghurt and give them treats twice a day (again home made) which provides the fibre. The meals I prepare and serve to my dogs are from a cookbook prepared by a vet, my two girls see the vet regularly and he says they are the healthiest dogs he’s ever seen…So please do not be concerned as to the health of my pets, they are far healthier than I am. I will also add that I’ve fed this to all of my pets, all rescues, some terribly emaciated when rescued, and all have lived with me until their passing, most well over 15 years after being rescued. My original post didn’t include the full recipes etc because I gave the basic of what I buy, and again if something is marked “unfit for human consumption” then it is unfit for my pets to consume as well.
That’s sounds like an excellent diet for sure. Unfortunately I see a lot of people who literally feed their pets just cooked meat and pasta as their entire diet. That’s why I’m always so quick to respond like that
If anyone is concerned about what’s in their pet food but doesn’t have time or knowledge to prepare their own meals, I normally direct them to a dry food that is made from human grade meats, or a pre-prepared raw option.
Given recent incidences of pet deaths after consuming a so called high grade dry dog food in Australia, I wouldn’t feed dry food of any kind to my pets either.
To be fair the issues there are complex. Prior to the issues with Advance Dermocare it was understood that megaesophagus was not caused by food. There still hasn’t been an official link drawn either (the food is obviously the issue, but it’s still not been proven). This type of incident is impossible to predict. Human food is frequently recalled due to dangers to consumers too.
The issue is the recall process. Mars took far too long to decide the risks were worth a recall. If it was a human food it would have been immediate as soon as the issue was raised. This speaks volumes about the failure of current regulation to protect people and pets.
There is options for people who are concerned but cannot prepare their own food. Purchasing a US made food is a viable option as the FDA there applies the same rules to pet food as it does to human food. So although their recalls are not legally binding in Australia, you’d get notice as soon as an incident occurs rather than months down the line.
At the end of the day no product is totally safe from faults. Strawberries, rockmelons, pet food. Human food is not immune from issues, the process to detect them and control them is just far more rigorous. If you shop around there are pet foods that face the same controls.
Our new puppy will be 5 months old this week. He is 75% Toy Poodle and 25% Shih Tzu.
The breeder was feeding the litter dry puppy food and our vet recommended Hills dry puppy food as a complete diet, however Bailey does not like it very much and generally only eats it once his appetite has been piqued by something tastier.
We also feed him diced cooked chicken thigh fillets with boiled Basmati rice, chopped cheese omelette, small pieces of fresh pear, raw meat offcuts, raw chicken necks and various titbits.
The vet said that he does not appear real, my wife’s hairdresser said that he looks like an Ewok, and others have said that he looks like a teddy bear.
I feed my cat on dry and moist commercial foods. Far less than the marketers recommend, but he’s healthy.
On opening a packet of Whiska’s yesterday, I found a little sachet:
and a card:
Judging by the ingredient list:
it’s mostly whatever’s cheapest.
As for hand-feeding, my cat objects if I’m too close while he’s eating.
Currently feeding my bully raw Paws and Stay Loyal grain free kibble. Mostly the raw meat. She gets her fibre from the mulberry tree which has gone stupid, and from the “crunchies” when I am prepping veggies. The cat gets the same meat and Fussy Cat grain free kibble. Again mostly the meat. The kibble is to stop him demanding food at 5am. I figure that neither has opposable thumbs so nothing cooked.
Choice have a campaign that they are running for safer industry standards for our pet food, so that dogs do not DIE when feed commercial kibble or dry food/wet food. Please circulate this campaign and get everyone that you know to sign it in order to make Pet Food safe and Indgredient lists on pet food accurate. It is totally unfair that Consumers can purchase Premium Dog Food brands to feed their animals and have them DIE due to poor Industry Standards that are not monitored or enforced. Too many Police Dogs and others died this year because of ineffective controls of ingredients.
Where does one find this campaign please, I’d love to sign and get my friends to sign as well.
Link from right at the start of this thread:
jezemeg8 if you have any further hassles finding the site, please let me know Cheers Natalie
There are similar patterns emerging in pets as we see in humans. From my personal experience the main few reasons someone’s dog or cat is overweight include:
- They don’t read the packet and feed their pet as much as double what’s recommended
- They don’t realise a standard adult formula isn’t appropriate for senior pets, inactive pets or certain breeds (eg Dachshunds)
- They continue to feed a puppy food to an adult because they don’t understand how it’s different to an adult formula
- The pet gets large amounts of human food and scraps
You can see how these behaviours can be a problem in both owners and pets. Not reading packaging, not identifying what should be an ‘occasional’ food and not understanding energy intake vs requirement.


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Making an impulse decision, New York-based journalist Elizabeth Mitchell traveled to Churchill Downs for the 1999 Derby for her first time at the races. She watched the drama of Charismatic and Chris Antley's upset win unfold from the infield, holding a winning ticket in her hand. The race result and the circumstances surrounding the trip were the inspiration for this book. Through painstaking research and first-hand accounts, she pieced together the stories behind the big story of Charismatic's near-miss in his Triple Crown bid. Racing fans who witnessed the 1999 Triple Crown in person or on television will enjoy learning what went on behind the scenes and will once again feel the emotions of that summer through Mitchell's detailed descriptions of the running of each race and the atmosphere at the tracks those afternoons.
Those who have read Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit will enjoy this work because it is structured very similarly. The long chronological narrative is interrupted throughout with biographical chapters and history lessons, giving the reader useful breaks in the action. In these, the reader learns much about Charismatic's owners Bob and Beverly Lewis, his trainer D. Wayne Lukas, and gets a complete biography of his jockey Chris Antley. Mitchell pulls no punches exposing the "demons" in Antley's life, and the reader quickly realizes that he was on a collision course with disaster from the very beginning and simply ran out of chances. In a parallel to the main story, Mitchell includes an autobiography of her relationship with a friend dying of leukemia, his cancer analogous to Antley's "cancer" of drugs and alcohol.
Mitchell impressed this reviewer by the fact that a total newcomer to the game could in just three short years, release a work that is at par with the multitude of racing books that have been released in the wake of Seabiscuit's success, written by veterans of the turf. Unfortunately her inexperience showed through with some inaccuracies found in the text, but these did not take away from the quality of the whole package, which was very high indeed. This reviewer hopes that Mitchell will continue her study of the sport of Thoroughbred racing and release another work in the near future.
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While the band describes their style as psychedelic party folk, the actual sound—a harmonious blend of drums, guitar, bass, a hybrid instrument known as a xylosynth and Fussell’s powerful voice—is hard to define and varies substantially by song. What is consistent, however, is the element of storytelling that courses through every track in the Calliope catalogue.
“Our music centers around a certain energy more than a certain style,” the perpetually barefoot Fussell says. “We’ll do rock, then dance-y disco, then some slow sit-down [songs]. At the end of the day, it feels like the music revolves around imagination and adventure more than it does a specific type of music.”
But lyrics and sound aside, perhaps the most captivating aspect of the group’s show is the integration of props. During most performances, beaming audience members can be found swaying with sparklers, bouncing with balloons, and singing along while waving cardboard signs hand-crafted from Shiner Bock boxes—all handed out by animal-costume-attired friends of the band. (Calliope has also been known to wield a confetti canon, to the chagrin of bar-backs everywhere.)
It’s these extra touches that encourage more crowd interaction and involvement than you’re likely to find almost anywhere else, making for a truly magical performance.