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St. Patrick’s Day this year fell on a Friday in Lent. For Catholics who observe guidelines about Lenten abstinence, this meant no corned beef (or uncorned beef, for that matter). Here in Philadelphia, however, Archbishop Chaput suspended the directives about meatless Fridays for 17 March. I suspect that some other bishops did likewise. Years ago when I was living in another city, the local bishop railed against the city’s major league baseball team for playing a home game on Good Friday and selling hot dogs at the stadium.
What do these Lenten dietary practices mean when they are lifted for a day of Irish pride but staunchly defended at the baseball park? Setting aside diocesan variations, perhaps the more pointed question concerns the point of these dietary practices in a secular culture where high-end non-meat choices can easily take the place of beef, pork, chicken, etc. Why do I give up the hamburger or the chicken salad sandwich? Why do I fast on Ash Wednesday and Good Friday?
Perhaps the very phrasing of these last two questions misses at least part of the point. I wrote about myself, me, in my individuality. While it is true that no one can fast for me or abstain from meat in my place, it is also the case that I do not engage in these actions as an atomized individual. An important aspect of these Lenten practices is that, around the world, believers engage in them together. This corporate aspect is manifested, for example, when families gather for meatless meals or together refrain from eating but even apart from these shared contexts, my individual act is simultaneously a corporate act.
In his famous “Letter” of 1964, Romano Guardini wrote about corporate action in liturgy: “Of particular importance for the liturgical act is the action and full participation of the congregation as a body. The act is done by every individual, not as an isolated individual, but as a member of a body which is the ‘we’ of the prayers. Its structure is different from that of any other collection of people meeting for a common purpose. It is that of a corpus, an objective whole. In the liturgical act the celebrating individual becomes part of this body and he incorporates the circumstances in his self-expression. This is not so simple if it is to be genuine and honest. Much that divides men must be overcome; dislikes, indifference towards the many who are ‘no concern of mine,’ but who are really members of the same body, lethargy, etc. In the act the individual becomes conscious of the meaning of the words ‘congregation’ and ‘Church.’”
Of course, Guardini is writing here about the liturgical assembly, which by definition concerns a communal context (or at least a juxtaposition of bodies!). Perhaps if we are clearer about our Lenten practices taking place as part of a corporate action, we can be clearer about our corporate worship when we assemble. Perhaps the reverse is also true, and one reason why we may be at risk of losing the corporate sense of our Lenten practices is our diminished sense of liturgical worship as corporate. Perhaps the point is not *this* shared penitential practice as opposed to other practices but rather this *shared* penitential practice.

domain: sociology


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Identifying the Enemy
Chaplain Bertram Bobb
The Christian is in a battle. In Ephesians Chapter 6 verse 12 we notice the word “against” is used five times. There is something we are against, and someone who is against us. It is unhealthy to believe that there is no conflict in the Christian life because there is. There is a war between the flesh and the Spirit indwelling in our life.
It is important for us to know that something about our enemy. Nobody ever goes to war without learning all he can about the one he fights against.
Satan is our enemy and we are his enemy. We are in a battle and we need to be well armed for the battle. How do we begin?
First, we need to identify the enemy we are fighting. We read in Job 1:6: “And the LORD said unto Satan, Whence cometh thou? And Satan answered the LORD, and said, from going to and fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it.”
Here we see a picture of Satan walking all over the earth doing this work. He is real and he is the enemy.
And Satan is very clever. He hides in unbelievable places, he hides in religion, he hides in poetry, and in art and music.
He is the bitterest enemy of God and His people, the Christians. If you go through the Bible and underline the names of Satan you will find out a lot about him.
He is called the Deceiver. He is called the Murderer. He is called the Tempter. He is called the Destroyer. He is given the names Apollyon, which is meant to destroy, the Beelzebub, the Serpent, the Liar, the Accuser of the Brethren, the Prince, the Evil One. He goes about as a lion. One passage says he is like an angel of light.
Isn’t it interesting that Paul’s instructions in Ephesians 6:10 are addressed to the brethren: “Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord, and the power of His might.”
This is not a war by the Apostles, it is not a war for the Pastors, and this is a war for the brethren.
That’s you and me, all of us who are Christians. Every one of us is involved in the battle. The enemy lines have been clearly drawn; it’s the Lord and the brethren against Satan and the demons. And the battle goes on every day in your heart and in your life and in mine.
In Ephesians 6:11 the enemy is identified as the devil and in Ephesians 6:16 as the wicked one. We are fighting against the wiles of the devil and the darts of the wicked ones.
Ever since Adam and Eve he continues his same attack. Everything about him and everything about his personality is wrapped up in that one thought.
One of the reasons why we don’t do anything about putting on the whole armor is because we don’t have any respect for the enemy.
We have not learned to understand that this one with whom we have to do is the second most powerful person in the universe, subject only to God, and he has power to destroy. How powerful is he?
The Bible says that men are held captive by the power of Satan, until delivered from it by the power of the Savior, our Lord Jesus Christ.
In II Corinthians 4:3-4 we read: “But if our gospel be hid to them that are lost: In whom the god of the world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.”
Originally, Satan was different. You may wonder where did Satan come from. Strange as it may be, he came from Heaven. He was God’s cherished creation. In Isaiah 14 and Ezekiel 28 you will read about these beginning days of Satan before he became Satan. Isaiah 14 calls him Lucifer, the son of Morning, the Shining One, or the Day Star.
Ezekiel 28 calls him the anointed cherub. Ezekiel 28:11-19 reveals Satan as he was in person, position and power with God. In one place in that passage, it says he was perfect in beauty and in all his ways full of wisdom, gifted with marvelous intelligence and glorious in holiness. What happened?
How did Satan cease to be Lucifer the Son of the Morning and become Satan the traitor against God?
The Bible says in Ezekiel 28, that “he lifted up his heart with pride.” And pride led to self-exaltation that ended in rebellion. And we read about it in Isaiah 14:12-14 saying: “How art thou fallen from Heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! How art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into Heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God, I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds, I will be like the most high.”
When those words came out of Lucifer’s mouth, sin began and he was cast out of Heaven, he was brought down to Hell.
I don’t understand all about this. I do believe that God gave to His angels the free will that he gave to us, and that they worship Him before His throne even to this day because they chose to do so.
The first sin that was ever committed was the sin of pride, so the next time we get proud we should remind ourselves that we are satanic in nature because pride is of Satan.
Now ever since Satan was thrown out of Heaven, he has organized rebellion against God. He is angry, he has the system that would gather his personal pride and hatred toward God and everything that is associated with God. That is the enemy.
You can have victory today when you trust Jesus Christ as your own personal Savior by faith. How do you do this? Realize who God is. Realize what He has done. He has sent His only begotten Son to pay the penalty for sin. (John 3:16) Then realize who you are. Agree with God that you are a sinner and receive Jesus Christ as your savior. Will you do that? (Romans 3:23)
Pray for America. Pray and honor our veterans and our men and women in service and a Happy Thanksgiving Day to you.

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|Publication number||US7699360 B2|
|Application number||US 11/810,168|
|Publication date||Apr 20, 2010|
|Filing date||Jun 5, 2007|
|Priority date||Oct 14, 2004|
|Also published as||US7249789, US20060082153, US20070235183|
|Publication number||11810168, 810168, US 7699360 B2, US 7699360B2, US-B2-7699360, US7699360 B2, US7699360B2|
|Inventors||Morris G. Haney, Roy L. Thein|
|Original Assignee||Haney Morris G, Thein Roy L|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (29), Referenced by (6), Classifications (14), Legal Events (3)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
This is a continuation application claiming priority to U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/965,108 filed Oct. 14, 2004 now U.S. Pat. No. 7,249,789.
1. Field of the Invention
Applicant's invention relates to a novel design for water well casing for use in water well and related systems.
2. Background Information
In water well systems, a casing is inserted into the well to maintain the structure of the well. Typically, a submersible pump is placed within the well and is attached a drop pipe which carries the water from the well to the surface. Since water well casing must extend many feet into the ground, it is advantageous to manufacture the casing in sections to facilitate installation as well as repair. Generally, these sections are held together with glue or a pipe coupling. Unfortunately, the positioning of couplings can take a great deal of effort to assemble properly and the use of glue is time-consuming as glue requires a “set” time. Therefore, with current practices and materials, well drillers do not have the ability to run the casing into the well by simply and rapidly connecting one section of casing to another.
The present invention was designed to solve this problem. In the preferred embodiment, water well casing sections are provided having both male and female ends. The male end of one length of casing section fits within the female end of another length of casing. The male end is slotted and compressible when forced into the female end. The male end provides a lip which locks into a groove in the interior surface of the female end when the male end is fully inserted. The procedure allows the water well casing to be connected easily and efficiently without the use of glue or couplings.
A patent issued to Potts, U.S. Pat. No. 3,413,021, discloses a similar design for metal tubular couplings. Unlike the present invention, Potts discloses a coupling which is resistant to compressive forces and can be disassembled easily when pulled apart. On the other hand, the present invention is designed to resist the pulling or hanging loads which exist when the casing is placed in the well.
A patent issued to Oldford, U.S. Pat. No. 4,128,264 also has similarities to the present invention. However, the Oldford patent discloses a design for metal fittings to be used with metal pipe as opposed to plastic PVC casing disclosed in the present invention.
The prior art is devoid of any similar designs to be used with plastic piping or casing in water well applications.
It is an object of the present invention to provide novel water well casing that permits installation and connection without the use of glue or couplings. In satisfaction of these and related objectives, Applicant's present invention provides water well casing having a main length between male and female ends. The main length of the casing has a uniform inner and outer diameter and is contiguous with the male and female ends. The male end has slots which are spaced around the circumference of the casing. The slots extend from the leading edge of the male end in a direction parallel to the length of the casing. The male end also has a lip at its leading edge. The lip is beveled at its front edge and forms a shoulder at its rear edge.
The female end has a first female section with a widened interior diameter at its outermost end designed to receive a male end of a similar length of casing. The interior diameter of the female end tapers and narrows to another section having a diameter which is less than outer diameter of the lip at the male end. A groove in interior surface of the female end is designed to receive and hold the lip of a similar length of casing.
During installation, the male end of one length of casing compresses as it is forced through the tapered diameter of the female end of another length of casing. Once the lip at the leading edge of the male end reaches the groove, the male end expands with the groove receiving and locking the lip therein.
Preferably, the interior diameter of the male end 106 is equal to the interior diameter of the main length 107. However, it is anticipated that the interior diameter of the male end 106 could be greater or less than the interior diameter of the main length 107.
In the preferred embodiment, the lip 112 has a beveled leading edge 120 and a squared shoulder 121 at its rear edge. However, it is anticipated that other designs for the lip could be utilized. For example, the leading edge of the lip 112 could be squared or rounded and the rear edge of the lip 112 could be curved or angled rearwardly.
The male end 106 has slots 122, which are spaced around the circumference of the male end 106 and extend from the lip 112 into the tapering section 110 in a direction substantially parallel to the length of the casing 102. Preferably, there are a plurality of slots 122 equally spaced around the circumference of the male end 106. However, it is anticipated that as few as one slot or a plurality of nonequally spaced slots could be utilized.
In the preferred embodiment, the length of the first female section 130 is sufficient to allow the first female section 130 to act as an alignment sleeve for the male end 106 of a similar casing. However, it is anticipated that the first female section 130 could be of varying lengths or have no length and only be the mouth of the female end 108. Also, in the preferred embodiment, the thickness of the wall of the first female section 130 is substantially equal to the thickness of the wall of the main length 107, such that, the outer diameter 134 of the first female section 130 is also widened. However, it is anticipated that the thickness of the first female section 130 and thus, its outer diameter 134 could vary.
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Although the invention has been described with reference to specific embodiments, this description is not meant to be construed in a limited sense. Various modifications of the disclosed embodiments, as well as alternative embodiments of the inventions will become apparent to persons skilled in the art upon the reference to the description of the invention. It is, therefore, contemplated that the appended claims will cover such modifications that fall within the scope of the invention.
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|European Classification||F16L37/098, E21B17/046|
|Nov 29, 2013||REMI||Maintenance fee reminder mailed|
|Apr 20, 2014||LAPS||Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees|
|Jun 10, 2014||FP||Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee|
Effective date: 20140420


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Thanks to everyone who made it to the warm, cosy, October book club meeting. Great to be back to the tea and biscuits model. Due to popular demand (and scheduling conflicts) we’ve decided to move the meetings to the second-Friday of every month. The next meeting is Friday, 14th November, at 19:30.
The book chosen is one that swept the awards this year, ‘Ancillary Justice’ by Ann Leckie.
The novel follows Breq — the sole survivor of a starship destroyed by treachery, and the vessel of that ship’s artificial consciousness — as she attempts to avenge herself on the ruler of her civilization.
New members, both tog-members and non-members, are welcome! Just bring a sacrificial snack 😉 See you next month!


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What are Charter Schools?
Charter Schools are tuition-free public schools operated by independent, non-profit governing bodies.
Parents, teachers, and community leaders sign a “charter” or contract with a school district or state agency to create a charter school and give students more educational options than their assigned school. Charter schools have flexibility over classroom hours, curriculum, and employment policies, but are subject to periodic reviews based on student performance. In Louisiana, public charter school students are measured against the same academic standards as students in other public schools. Local boards of education monitor the academic and financial performance of charter schools, and, can revoke or refuse to renew a school’s charter.
Louisiana Charter Schools
As of the 2015-2016 year there were 139 Charter Schools in Louisiana To learn more about Louisiana charter schools visit the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools.


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100% PLANT-BASED SALT
• The world’s first 100% plant-based salt
- PhytoSalt is the world’s only ‘naturally low-sodium salt’ extracted from Salicornia,
a salt-accumulating plant, that overcomes the deadly condition of ‘Salt Stress’ resulting
from the excessive salt intake.
• Plant-based low-sodium salt that can reduce sodium intake by 20%
- In addition to NaCl, PhytoSalt contains a lot of mineral salts like KCl, MgCl2 and CaCl2,
which contribute to its salty taste, along with glutamic acid, an amino acid that enhances the salty taste.
• Effective on high blood pressure (article in the International Journal of Molecular Science)
and fatty liver disease (article in the Journal of Food Science)
• Delicious salt
• 100% microplastics-free salt

domain: chemistry


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Updated: July 4, 2020 3:26:28 pm
Joining the movement to address systemic racism in the United States, the country’s National Football League (NFL) now plans to have the song “Lift Every Voice and Sing”– also known as the Black national anthem– performed at each of its Week 1 games this year, the Associated Press reported.
The Black national anthem will be played before the US national anthem “The Star-Spangled Banner”, according to the ESPN-owned The Undefeated.
The move comes amidst a national reckoning on race issues after the death of George Floyd, and also marks a significant change in stance by the top sports league, which in 2018 had sought to punish teams whose players protested by not standing for the US national anthem.
What is the Black national anthem?
Written by the African American poet, scholar, and diplomat James Weldon Johnson in 1900, “Lift Every Voice and Sing” was first performed as part of a celebration of former president Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. The aspirational hymn expresses a message of hope while addressing the horrors of slavery that African American populations had to endure for centuries its abolition in 1865. In 1919, the prominent civil rights organisation The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) dubbed the spiritual song “the Negro national hymn”.
According to an opinion piece in The New York Times by Pulitzer-winning journalist Brent Staples, since the early decades of the 20th century, when racial segregation was widely implemented in the American South, black communities would play “Lift Every Voice and Sing” instead of “The Star-Spangled Banner” at churches, civic events, and schools as an act of protest against the country’s racist policies.
Criticism of the American national anthem
“The Star-Spangled Banner”, which commemorates the hard-fought American victory over British troops at Baltimore during the War of 1812, was written by Francis Scott Key– a slave-owning lawyer known for his racist views. It was made the country’s national anthem by the US Congress in 1931.
During the War of 1812, thousands of enslaved African Americans had joined hands with the British, who had promised them freedom. Many find the lines in the third stanza of the song– “No refuge could save the hireling and slave/From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave”– to be directed against the enslaved people who fought against the American side. Key, who served as a government lawyer after the war, used his position to defend slavery and attack the abolitionist movement, notes an article in the Smithsonian Magazine.
Over the years, civil rights activists have demonstrated against racism during the playing of the national anthem. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, African-American athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised black-gloved fists and kept them raised until the anthem had finished. Called the “Black Power Salute”, the protest was meant to attract global attention to the dismal conditions facing African Americans in the US.
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In 2017, the California chapter of the NAACP asked that the song be removed as the national anthem, calling it “anti-black”.
A change of heart at the NFL
In 2016, American football player Colin Kaepernick protested against police brutality in the US by taking a knee instead of standing for the national anthem, stirring a hornet’s nest. Soon, more American football athletes, as well as those from other sports, began following Kaepernick’s example.
Many conservatives including President Donald Trump railed against the practice, and in May 2018 the NFL stopped in its tracks before introducing a policy to fine teams if their players did not stand for the anthem.
This year, after several prominent athletes pressured the NFL to change its stance after Floyd’s death, the sporting body finally relented, acknowledging it had made mistakes. Trump lashed out at the decision, calling it “disrespecting our country and our flag”. The measures that the NFL has since announced includes pledging $250 million over the next 10 years to combat systemic racism and recognising Juneteenth as an official holiday.
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Lyrics of the Black national anthem
Lift ev’ry voice and sing,
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the list’ning skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us;
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun,
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chast’ning rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might,
Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest our hearts, drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand.
True to our God,
True to our native land.
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Posted: Oct 11, 2013 9:14 AM by Associated Press
Updated: Oct 11, 2013 12:17 PM
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - The government of Guyana says the Venezuelan navy has detained the crew of an oil exploration vessel operated by U.S.-based Anadarko Petroleum in waters disputed by the two South American nations.
Guyana's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says the RV Teknik Perdana was ordered by a Venezuelan navy ship to divert to Margarita Island in Venezuela and its U.S.-based crew remains held there.
Guyana says the ship was well within the country's exclusive economic zone while conducting a seismic survey of the seafloor when it was stopped Thursday by the Venezuelan navy. The ministry said in a statement Friday that Venezuela claims the vessel was within its territorial waters.
The ministry called the action a "serious threat to the peace" in the region. An Anadarko spokesman had no immediate comment.
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There's a lot to learn in this episode, and weapons are quickly becoming my favorite category for discussion.
The gaderffii, or gaffi stick, was the traditional melee weapon of the Tusken Raiders of Tatooine. It was a pole weapon with a spike or blade on one end and some kind of bludgeoning instrument on the other.
Note: the technical terms above: "some kind of bludgeoning instrument".
See you next week!


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A 12-0 run spanning the first and second quarters spurred the Carbon Dinos to their second straight home win on Friday night against visiting Tooele, 53-48. The Dinos led by as many as 16 in the game when they took a 26-10 lead on back-to-back buckets from Cole Fossat with a little over six minutes to play in the opening half.
Five different Dinos scored in the first quarter with Garrett Blanc and Mitch Olsen each scoring five points apiece. The Dinos led after one, 19-10. Fossat scored seven points in the second quarter to help Carbon take a 30-17 lead into halftime. Fossat finished the game with 12 points.
Tooele was able to chip away at the lead in the third and got within six, 32-26, before Gage Daugherty nailed back-to-back three pointers to extend Carbon’s lead. Daugherty led the Dinos in scoring with 13, including three three-pointers.
Timely free throw shooting by Daugherty, Fossat and Brad Williams staunched a Tooele comeback bid in the fourth quarter.
Blanc finished the game with nine points while Peyton Fausett and Olsen chipped in six points apiece.
Carbon (6-5, 0-0 Region 12) will take its modest two-game winning streak into the Christmas holiday and will next play Dec 30. against rival Emery (4-4, 0-0 Region 15), who entered the break on a two-game losing streak.
Watch highlights of the game below:
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We’re so excited to be a part of the Pilgrimage Festival in Franklin, TN on September 26th and 27th!
In case you haven’t heard, the Festival will feature an incredible lineup of rock and roll, alt-country, bluegrass, jazz, indie, gospel and more. Rumor has it that there will also be some “Pilgri-mashups,” pairing artists together for special one-time collaborations on stage.
Goo Goo will be there passing out samples of our new Lil Goos, so be sure to stop by the Bazaar area to see us!
For more information on the Pilgrimage Festival, visit www.pilgrimagefestival.com

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Can we change the way we hire?
I just filled out an online employment application asking me where I need to grow the most. I can tell you that where I need to grow the least is in the general area of my ego.
Sure, there are things I can do better, but often those things are situational and contextual. There is not, in my estimation, a personal characteristic flaw that I carry along with me from job to job. Unless having a great personality, a drive to accomplish things and being adaptable to difficult circumstances is a flaw.
Also, what are hiring managers gaining from this information? Most everyone I know answers this question with bullshit answers like “I am a perfectionist” or “I am a workaholic”. No one ever says “I am confrontational and sometimes get a little stabby when my caffeine levels get low” or “I am sloppy with my work and prefer to shift blame from the back nine”. Yet, in many work environments I have met those people.
Here’s my response to this question – I personally need to grow my ability to have patience with an application process that requires me to answer this question.

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AliExpress, the world’s largest online shopping marketplace is introducing its vast offering to US consumers during its traditional 11/11 event, an annual global shopping festival that garners eight-times the sales of Black Friday.
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The Italian 6.5x52mm Mannlicher-Carcano Rifle
By Chuck Hawks
The Italian government adopted the Mannlicher-Carcano M-91 bolt action rifle and the 6.5x52mm cartridge in 1891. This rifle and cartridge served the Italian military through two World Wars, victoriously in the First, and in a losing effort in the Second.
The M-91's used in WW II were, in the main, not very well made rifles; nor were they particularly accurate. Although the M-91 was always nominally a 6.5mm rifle, during the long years of production the bore and groove sizes of barrels varied considerably, which certainly did not help the rifle's reputation for accuracy. At least some (and perhaps all) M-91 TS Carbines were rifled with an unusual gain twist in their handy 21" barrel. By the end of the Second World War many of the M-91's had actions that were rather loose. In addition, the Mannlicher-Carcano action is not an easy one to adopt to a telescopic sight (although it can be done). For all of these reasons the M-91 is not the best military rifle to use as the basis of a sporter--in fact it is probably one of the worst. They are, however, inexpensive.
The one real virtue of the M-91 is that it was a fast to operate. Perhaps this was partly because the action was not real tight, and partly due to the Mannlicher design. But for whatever reason, the bolt slid very easily and very fast in its recess. A buddy of mine owned an M-91 Carbine, and I remember it as being the fastest bolt action military rifle I ever cycled. Practically anyone, with a minimum of practice, could shoot a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle quickly.
A number of these rough rifles were brought home as "war trophies" by GI's after the conclusion of hostilities in 1945. Later on the Italian government declared the remaining M-91 service rifles surplus. A large number of them found their way to the United States, where they were sold to shooters seeking an inexpensive or knockabout rifle for deer hunting.
Unfortunately, one of these surplus Mannlicher-Carcano rifles was used by Lee Harvey Oswald to assassinate President John F. Kennedy in 1963. The eventual result of that sad affair was the Gun Control Act of 1968, as if it were the M-91 rifle and all of the law abiding gun owners in the US who were to blame for the death of the President, rather than the man who actually fired the shots. Once again symbolism triumphed over substance in the US Congress. In any event, the whole unfortunate affair served to further blacken the reputation of the M-91 Mannlicher-Carcano.
The 6.5x52 cartridge is something of an oddity, as least as loaded for the Italian government. For one thing, it used a Berdan primer of odd and generally unobtainable size. Another is the counterboring of the inside of the case neck, which extended to just above the shoulder; the original bullet was seated in this counterbored area. These peculiarities make 6.5x52 Italian military brass just about impossible to reload.
For the shooter with a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle in good shape, factory loaded 6.5x52 ammunition and brass is available from Norma. Norma brass uses standard large rifle Boxer primers, and is excellent for reloading.
The newest of the WW II surplus rifles are over 60 years old and slowly going out of service, and there are no civilian rifles being chambered in 6.5x52, so the 6.5x52mm cartridge will likely become obsolete at some point in the future. At the present time, however, ammunition and reloading components are available, so there is no reason not to enjoy shooting a serviceable Mannlicher-Carcano rifle if you happen to own one.
Copyright 2005, 2011 by Chuck Hawks. All rights reserved.


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The following actors are in negotiations to join Steven Spielberg's Lincoln, in which Daniel Day-Lewis will play President Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field will play Mary Todd Lincoln: Tommy Lee Jones, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Hal Holbrook, James Spader, John Hawkes, Tim Blake Nelson, Bruce McGill, Joseph Cross, David Costabile, Byron Jennings, Dakin Matthews, Boris McGiver, Gloria Reuben, Jeremy Strong, and David Warshofsky. Details on Jones and Gordon-Levitt's roles are below. UPDATE: Lee Pace will play Fernando Wood, the NYC mayor who "supported the Confederate cause and even suggested that the city secede from the Union, if only to keep up their valuable cotton trade," says ThePlaylist. They've got more on Pace.
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WARRI________The Ijaw People’s Development initiative, IPDI, has appealed with his Excellency senator Ifeanyi Okowa to relaxed the curfew in the state as the state was yet to resuscitate from the Covid-19 pandemic nationwide lockdown which crumbled the state economically.
Addressing newsmen, the board of trustees chairman, Mr. Cletus Itari said this was not the time to declared long curfew when Deltans were facing strong economic challenges.
Cletus said there was enormous hunger in the state coupled with the ravaging flood in the riverine and rural communities in the state and that Deltans need time to go about their normal businesses.
The group said the ENDSARS protest had subsided and there was no need for the continued curfew.
Cletus, said the curfew would not bring total solution to the ENDSARS protest but would only compounds the woes of Deltans and that the curfew be relax for the meantime or be shifted to 10pm to 6am.
He added that innocent Deltans had suffered untold military brutality and vehicles and commercial tricircles being destroyed by the military enforcing the state curfew order.
While condemning the destruction of public properties by hoodlums in guise of genuine protesters, Cletus noted that the 6pm to 8am curfew may killed resuscitating small businesses in the state.


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Media Central Corporation Inc (CSE:FLYY) (FRA:3AT) late Thursday announced the appointment of three new directors to the company’s board, and also said its chief financial officer (CFO) has been reinstated.
The company’s three new board members are:
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- Jay Vieira, a corporate and securities lawyer, who was formerly a partner at Blaney McMurtry LLP and Fogler Rubinoff LLP.
The group said that Rodney Davis has been reinstated as the company's CFO, effective immediately, following Igor Kostioutchenko’s resignation as interim CFO.
Media Central noted as well that Brian Kalish has resigned as the company’s CEO and has stepped down from its board of directors. Scott Wilson, Gil Steinfeld and Larry Latowsky have also resigned as directors of the corporation.
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Media Central is growing an alternative media publishing empire in Canada across print and digital platforms. Its publications, including Toronto’s iconic NOW Magazine and Vancouver’s The Georgia Straight, have a total readership of about of 6.5 million. NOW Magazine alone has nearly 510,000 average weekly unique readers, as the free publication is distributed to more than 800 outlets each week.
The company announced recently that it has expanded its existing partnership with iMD Health Global (iMD) to provide readers of NOW Magazine, the Georgia Straight and Canncentral.com with up-to-date health information.
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Epub En línea 潮騒 Shiosai Por Yukio Mishima – dedelicate.com
L earlier but I believe it is misleading There is a strong lyrical sense and metaphor in the novel and an untainted natural environment but it reminds me of the Italian neorealism in cinema of Passolini Fellini Rossellini and Visconti with their amateur actors and their working class poetry I see the translation into a Japanese setting in the minimalist yet luminous and clear etched prose of Mishima in the constant awareness of nature where every coastal pine every sea channel and gulf every mountain fading to blue in the istance is arranged with the attention to etail and the symbolism of a Hokusai woodcut I have only one example of the imagery that charmed me in the novel from a visit Shinji and his mother make to the local cemetery In the pale light of aybreak the gravestones looked like so many white sails of boats anchored in a busy harbor They were sails that would never again be filled with wind sails that too long unused and heavily At the Italians Command dropping had been turned into stone just as they were The boats anchors had been thrust soeeply into the Oh Baby! dark earth that they could never again be raised Of all the metaphors in the novel the strongest one by far is the one in the title the sea is ever present taking the role of the Greek chorus from the ancient plays always singing in the background marking the The fresh morning breeze blows through your face the sun is rising in the far horizon An early ray of sunlight catches your vision and you feel temporarily overwhelmed by the gentle brightness of its glare but you welcome the comforting warmth caressing your skin The chirping of morning birds and the steady buzzing of insects melt into a unified chorus of vitality that invigorates your slowly rising spirit A smile comes to your lips You live a simple rural life uncomplicated fulfilling You laboruring the Her Rancher Hero (Saddlers Prairie, day you rest at night your back sore and aching but your soul peaceful and contented This is the life of your ancestors the life your father had the life of his father before him and the only kind of life they thought possible But then a sudden gust of wind covers the footprints they ve made and you find yourself astrayrifting towards the crossroads of change a scary but promising future forcing itself into your consciousness The sound of waves is a simple tale of a fisherman who falls in love with the beautiful The Maid of Lorne daughter of the most prosperous man on their small island At the surface a heart wrenching story of impossible love but on aeeper layer also a melancholy cry against the encroachment of the modern western world to the simple life of rural Japan It is innocent lovely and enchanting like a young virgin pure at heart It brings a certain air of unassuming pride to the simple life of the past which pierces the modern sentimentality our generation has learned to romanticize The story spotlights the rustic lifestyle of a traditional conservative country that uring that time was slowly losing grip of its identity Shinji a young fisherman physically gifted but financially and mentally at the bottom of the pile falls in love with the modest beauty of young Hatsue She returns his affections and together they strive to stay afloat in the surging seas of the island s moral and socioeconomic judgments This is a happy story like the fairy tales and folklores that have been passed own from one generation to the next we ve all learned that good things come to good people Once again it came to pass that Shinji little given to thinking as he was was lost in thought He was thinking that in spite of all they How to Become a Virgin d been through here they were in the end free within the moral code to which they had been born never once been estranged from the providence of the gods that in short it was this little island enfolded inarkness that had protected their happiness and brought their love to this fulfillment Work hard obey the law please the gods follow your parents get along with your neighbors and love your country this is the creed of our forefathers their answer to the uestion of a good and happy life Today we ve complicated the answer to this simple uestion We ve introduced self Dangerous Disguise (Cavanaugh Justice, discovery existentialism all kinds of anxieties and other concepts which befuddle the mind into a constant state of perplexity and indecision Maybe the answer is not so complicated then again maybe the answer to a uestion of the past is an answer from the past and the answer to the uestion of the present one from the present But what Io know is that these little nuggets of wisdom have tided generations of our ancestors into the safe and prosperous shores of simple satisfaction These overused instructions no matter how ancient are worth paying attention to if not out of applicability then out of reverence The moral codes and traditions of those before us no matter how backward and revolting to our modern sensibilities have played a guiding hand to the fruition of our current circumstances And we owe it to them from their success we ve either immortalized or forgotten to their mistakes we ve learned from to live lives worthy of the future Oh Shinji san let us go on truly with strong hearts In the The Bosss Baby Surprise dark seas and unexplored fields of the unknown the lighthouse of the past shines ever so brightly guiding the children of tomorrow reminding us of the simple lessons that the farmer and the fisherman have known for ages Let us not forget The first couple of times I read Mishima he left me feeling a little cold and I wasn t in any rush to return to him But return to him Iid after picking up this in a charity bookstore recently And this simple tale of boy meets girl easily eclipsed the other Mishima books I read It is in all intents and purposes a little work of art that captures the purity of love and candor of youthful esire beautifully He handles his story is a maturely and realistic conceived way that never pushes the novel into soppy and melodramatic territory The Sound of Waves takes place in a small Japanese coastline community Uta jima Island that is rocky wooded and agriculturally barren The men are fishermen naturally especially for octopus and the women are skin Command Performance divers after seaweed and marine snails Shinji is a young chap who is manly in his ways and a hard worker on the fishing boats He is also smitten with love for the young girl Hatsueaughter of the island s wealthiest most formidable man Terukichi Miyata a ship owner Hatsue returns Shinji s love but as gossip spreads their meetings must be remain clandestine as her father has her lined up to marry Yasuo a cocky so and so who Loveknot (Welcome to Tyler, doesn teserve her love After Shinji proves his worth on a shipping voyage which turns out to be a kind of test Mishima The Perfect Blend dishes out a most satisfying finale that would warm even the coldest soul Mishima has the craftsman s touch to evoke all the pictorial andramatic ramifications of his setting which is a character in itself throughout and plays a key role in how this blossoming relationship prevails The result is a work that carries us eeply into the lives and personalities of people who are as closely bonded to the sea as they are to each other It was simply a wise radiant and lovely piece of storytelling I ve read a half ozen novels by this Japanese author All have been Wanted (Sealed with a Kiss dark focused on planning secret rebellions a planned murder ritual suicideeath and reincarnation The author himself headed up a ritualistic right wing group and ended up committing ritual suicide So imagine my surp. On the beach and they fall in love When the villagers' gossip threatens to ivide them Shinji must risk his life to prove his wor.
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Epub En línea 潮騒 Shiosai Por Yukio Mishima – edelicate.com
This was an endearing book about how a boy meets a girl It reminded me of Romeo and Juliet a bit although with a much happier ending Clearly breasts fascinated Mishima Now that we ve established this or rather he Bachelor to the Rescue (Home to Dover, did through a couple of scenes andescriptionsThis is a story that embraces modern sexuality and teenage angst a love story involving a young fisherman Shinji and a rich man s Secrets At Maple Syrup Farm daughter named Hatsue Where there is love there is rivalry for Shinji musteal with another boy who feels entitled to Hatsue As a result conflict and gossip ensues and though Whispers Of The Heart deeply in love Shinji and Hatsue find themselves constrained by theating rules of their village Set within the small fishing village of Uta jima there are lots of intricacies about the fishing life to be admired octopus fishing seaweed iving and Even with Mishima s occasional bobble with metaphoric language stylistically this is a novel to be admired The imagery is affected by simple phrasing the sense of longing and esire Unmasking the Marquess (Hold Your Breath, designed artfully through tone I could feel Shinji s yearning to be with Hatsue and vice versa Could feel theesperation and self loathe of Chiyoko the young girl who had always thought of herself as ugly and invisible The simplicity of ordinary life is captured so beautifully here Even though you re reading about a small village where the most heightened activities include boats heading out in the mornings and returning in the evenings and women going Let Go diving it is still fulfilling This examination of innocent love and the male femaleynamics is effective most likely because of the way Mishima balances the imagery of the sea with the youthful tone of the novel Get to the characters though and you know that Mishima wants you to think a certain way about each character He is not bashful in his Chatsfields Ultimate Acquisition descriptions some are brusue and even slightly comical It is apparent that this is a short novel with a lot to say and yet itoes so in only a few words It is a novel about naivet yet it is written with informed grace with uite a few thematic undertones smartly interlaced through story and setting The ending thoughheh Kinda BR with Lau and Shii P But the strange way in which love can torture the heart with Major Westhavens Unwilling Ward (Hh desire was no longer a novel thing for him Mishima was a peculiar author and his uniueness is reflected in Shinji and Hatsue s love story You can expect Mishima s commitment to the island withetailed aesthetic Major Westhavens Unwilling Ward descriptions just as much as to breasts and tanning Star crossed lovers are often fated and forced to chose between life and love so I thought I knew what to expect from The Sound of Waves What I was not expecting was to fall in love with the islanders Mishima illustrates theaily life of the iving women the men relaxing at the bath house and the meetings of the Young Men s Association with such an ease Every single chapter is a little piece of a beautiful picture perfectly paintedShinji s transformation from a shy kid to a brave confident young man and his pure love towards Hatsue are the highlights of this story With unpretentious charm The Sound of Waves is a simple yet entrancing thing Please please on t give up hope please keep on fighting More like 4 and a half starsMy introduction to Yukio Mishima s work a couple of years ago left a lasting impression the prose even translated was intoxicating the characters tragically real and the setting perfectly captured A friend especially recommended I read The Sound of Waves next This is a short book that contains a familiar story coming of age and falling in love for the first time We never really get tired of writing and reading about that How to Disappear do we But you ll find no tired clich s hereespite the timelessness of the plot Just as in Spring Snow what could have been an easy tale of young love has much going on below the surface than you might thinkThere is something incredibly romantic to me about the setting a small isolated island surrounded by the beauty of the ocean they say the world s most beautiful sunsets are to be seen in Japan where life is rough but simple and has followed the pace set by the fishing seasons with a certain indifference towards the modernization of the rest of the country I probably wouldn t want to live there is real life but it s nice to imagine that such places exist and to escape there for a few hours between the pages of a bookI know that Mishima was going for something very Act Like You Know different though he longed for the idealized past of his country before it opened to the West before the War and remote places such as Uta Jima probably seemed to him like relics of his Japan The people who leave this idyllic little fishing village come back spoiled by city life corrupt in their actions as where those who stay behind seem to remain innocent their hearts untarnished by the big bad world out there It s a na ve view but it infuses this story with a certain fairy tale flavor that s hard to resistShinji is a young fisherman who lives with his mother and younger brother on a small remote island in post WWII Japan His life is simple and he is content with his routine until Hatsue theaughter of the island s wealthiest man comes back to live with her father But life in a small town means that everyone knows about everyone else s business so when he and the young pearl A Guide to Americas Sex Laws diver fall in love malicious gossip will try torive them apart But Shinji s Agewise devotion is stronger than any spiteful attempt to separate him from HatsueThe juxtaposition of the strength and purity of the feelings experienced by Shinji and Hatsue and theescriptions of the fragile houses and huts the threadbare clothes worn by everyone and the grueling work they must o with the sea always in the background is a lyrical and powerful blend The 200 pages go by in a wink Mishima s simple but incredibly graceful prose escribes innocent love so well but it also makes Chiyoko s feelings just as vivid and painful to witnessI will be looking for novels by Mishima his stories seem to always linger in my mind long after I ve turned the last page the way only great books o FROM HEALTHY SLUMBER TO TYPHOON When anxious uneasy and bad thoughts come I go to the sea and the sea rowns them out with its great wide sounds cleanses me with its noise and imposes a rhythm upon everything in me that is bewildered and confused Rainer Maria RilkeMy city Lublin is situated than six hundred kilometres from the sea but thanks to Yukio Mishima and The Sound of Waves 1954 I could absorb it with all my senses Not only imagine it but almost feel the salty taste on my tongue and the sea breeze on my face Not just the sound of waves as the title suggests but also their view scent flavour and gentle touch I read this novel last spring when no travelling was possible because of the pandemic so I owe a lot to the authorI am also grateful for the elight I felt while reading this book Mishima s prose is so unbelievably clear precise and light So light that you have the impression you are not reading but breathing it in I loved its cool freshness It is also vividly visual no wonder the novel has been adapted for film five timesDavid Burliuk Japanese Fisherman 1921The thing that surprised me the most as I was aware of the author s suicide at the age of forty five was the uplifting idealistic optimism I found in this book which turned out to be perfect for the stressful time Mishima s serene and elegant prose was like a soothing balm By the way there was an extract on. Set in a remote fishing village in Japan The Sound of Waves is a timeless story of first love It tells of Shinji a young fisherman.
Suicide eploring it uneuivocally Double suicide then Even on this island there had been lovers who took that solution But the boy s good sense repudiated the thought and he told himself that those others had been selfish persons who thought only of themselves Never once had he thought about such a thing as Anyone dying and above all there was his family to support What a pity the thought turned out to be impossible to repudiate by the author in 1970Another aspect that truly amazed me was the seemingly effortless simplicity of The Sound of Waves and the minimalisticiscipline The Vintage Classics cover which I fell in love with at first sight gives you an idea of what to expect I also liked the tiny rawings at the beginning of each chapterThe novel resembles a folk tale structured according to a typical love story pattern a handsome boy Shinji who is a fisherman meets a beautiful girl Hatsue a pearl fisher They fall in love and then bravely face some obstacles which make them prove that they eserve each other Shinji and Hatsue s respect for social traditions and the moral code their courage and Boggs determination turned out to be the key to successShotei Takahashi Awabi Pearl Fisher 1931The predictability of Yukio Mishima s novel made me think of the thesis of Vladimir Propp a Russian scholar that all folk tales are built on the basis of a homogeneous pattern On the material of 100 stories withifferent plots he istinguished the components of the folk tale and created a classification based on function You will find some of them in The Sound of Waves albeit Mishima s novel is purely realistic there are no magic elements there Mishima eals with universal truths but the novel is set in very concrete time and place in contemporary Japan on a tiny island called Uta jima Song Island the inspiration was a real island Kami shima in Ise Bay I enjoyed the local colour the Albert Camus descriptions of the villagers their homes customs clothes food relationships The existence of Shinji and Hatsue their families and friends is based on the sea It feeds the villagers gives them almost everything they need not only work but also aesthetic pleasure No wonder in some languages for example in Italian there is only one letterifference between the words sea mare and mother madre The sea it only brings the good and right things that the island needs and keeps the good and right things we already have here In spite of appearances the life on Uta jima is not carefree history stretched its claws to this remote place also Shinji s father was killed Bitter Choices during the World War II like many other local men people struggle with poverty worry about theisturbing news of the war in KoreaKami shima SourceAlthough the plot steadily follows the classic love story plot pattern the ynamics of the novel is based on the sea the way the waves change from placid and undisturbed regular and peaceful as though the sea were breathing in healthy slumber to stormy ones typhoon included They are like an accompaniment to the characters emotions and esires The boy felt a consummate accord between himself and this opulence of nature that surrounded him He inhaled Blood, Milk, Ink, Gold deeply and it was as though a part of the unseen something that constitutes nature had permeated the core of his being He heard the sound of the waves striking the shore and it was as though the surging of his young blood was keeping time with the movement of the sea s great tides The waves may also symbolize the passing of time and transience of our yearningsDespite the foreseeability of the plot another problem that bothered me was the explicit clear cut moral of the story given on a tray highlighted by Terukichi s explanation Frankly speaking I prefer to be given independence by the author It seems to me that a pinch of ambiguity would have made this novel even better The Sound of Waves truly mesmerized me and after having read the last sentence I felt like telling the author see you soon not goodbye I already know that this novel is not typical for Yukio Mishima but I just can t wait to explore his other works And I have a strong feeling that the best is yet to comeTorii Kotondo Combing the Hair 1933 I m probably crazy and am imagining a considering feeling between Yukio Mishima and me I m feeling like he s a kindred spirit kind of author who wants the same kinds of things that I wanted Past tense I mean For him not me I want Pretend I m not crazy What if The Sound of Waves was a beautiful story about young love between two young and loving individuals Shinji a simple guy who liked simple pure at heart things like providing for his family and village Not simple life stuff like gossip and possession What if his girlfriend was Hatsue She s beautiful in the wake up and smell the flowers kind of way Sunnyays and ocean horizons Uncomplicated goodness and babies smiling that s a real smile and you Mikhail Bakhtin don t wonder if they just have gas I wasn t a nice baby the way my mom tells it I probably wasn t I probably just had gas But I like sunsets and watching fish underneath the water The way You must remember thisA kiss is still a kissA sigh is just a sighThe fundamental things applyAs time goes by The most enduring stories are often very simple Boy meets girl they like each other the world conspires torive them apart they remain faithful to each other and in the end they may be reunited or forever alone His name is Shinji her name is Hatsue but for most of the book they are referred to as the boy and the girl The boy is a poor fisherman whose father has been killed in the war and now he has to work to support his mother and little brother The girl is a pearl Carnival diver who has been recalled home by her rich father after being sent for adoption a long time ago They live on a small island in the picturesue Gulf of Ise theiraily lives following a pattern set Citizens and Paupers down since ancient times by the phases of the moon and the turning of the seasons Few of them are aware or care about the modern times and the sophistication of the mainland Japan Their lives are complete in their traditions and routines and their ambitions are narrow a boat a house children to carry on honouring the ancestors and the family nameThe author uotes as his source of inspiration a visit to Greece and the history of Daphnys and Chloe the same legend that has inspired in XVI century France the popular Arcadian or Pastoral poetry and pageants Instead of shepherds and shepherdesses Mishima chooses fishermen and pearlivers but the basic premise of innocence and purity being threatened by envious modernists civilization as the enemy is present here While Shinji and Hatsue are presented as either unaware or immune to the temptations of carnal love Chiyoko and Yasuo the two youngsters who are responsible for riving them apart are selfish and insecure and jealous It is implied that both of them have been tainted by spending too much time on the mainland Chiyoko at university in Tokyo and Yasuo in seaside towns where he takes care of his father s shipping business The contrast between tradition and emancipation may reflect Mishima s own conservative political views although this is one of his early novels and I understand that the far right rift manifested itself later in the author s career One of his other signature touches is the fascination with suicide present here in the young Chiyoko storyline and argued as a valid way to restore honour after making a mistakeI have used the world pastora. And Hatsue the beautiful aughter of the wealthiest man in the village Shinji is entranced at the sight of Hatsue in the twilight.
Yukio Mishima 三島 由紀夫 was born in Tokyo in 1925 He graduated from Tokyo Imperial University’s School of Jurisprudence in 1947 His first published book The Forest in Full Bloom appeared in 1944 and he established himself as a major author with Confessions of a Mask 1949 From then until his death he continued to publish novels short stories and plays each year His crowning achievement th

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A couple of months ago I got an urge to make a video on YouTube. I thought why not! I have nothing to lose. So, the first thing I did was to create a YouTube channel and write a description of what it’s all about. Well, not long after that, the novelty started to wear off, I left the account sit idle for a week or two.
When my earlier enthusiasm returned, I still wasn’t sure about:
- What kinds of content should I put out to the world?
- How should I present myself to the global audience?
I was also worrying about being disliked, judged or commented.
In the process, I went through a period of self-searching, self-doubts and all that. I was struggling to find my unique voice, style and branding. While technically, I needed to learn how to make a YouTube video from scratch myself.
It’s easy to see why people tune into YouTube. In short, there’re two reasons:
- To be educated. They want to learn new skills, gain new knowledge/information, find quick and effective ways of fixing things.
- To be entertained. They want to be amused, stimulated or just have a good laugh.
I fantasied a few ideas here and there but deep down I knew I was just a jack-of-all-trades, master of none, no one would be interested in my stuff. This type of self-defeating voice was constantly playing in my head.
After diving into this subject a bit further and hearing other people’s similar experiences and stories, I realised, there’s no magic bullet. The saying “practice makes perfect” sums it up. Those who’ve made a name for themselves as popular, talented YouTubers, they look so natural and confident in front of camera. But that’s because they’ve practiced again and again. If you go back to watch their first few videos on YouTube, you’ll see why they’ve come a long way!
While I’m the new kid on the block on the YouTube scene, I believe I can become a pro as long as keep on practicing. For now though, I’m happy that I’ve found a new hobby – filmmaking.
From concept to completion, from start to finish, it took around 2 months. So, without further ado. Here it is the final cut. Check it out. Hope you guys like it.

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I really had the most virtuous intentions when I started to develop this pie. It wasn’t even SUPPOSED to be a pie, actually. It was supposed to be a pineapple sorbet – no added sugar, no added alcohol, no whipped cream, no cookie crust. You know.
Luckily, I bore easily. I got about three minutes into the “sorbet” when I thought, “Oh! I know what this needs! VODKA!!”
And if we’re going to add vodka, then we might as well add a crumb cookie crust and some freshly whipped cream.
You only live once, after all.
Besides, it’s almost the Fourth of July, so I added some red and blue berries and now it’s appropriate. *hic*
You will need:
For the crust: 1 box vanilla wafers, 1/2 cup unsalted butter, 1/3 cup sugar (or a pre-made Nilla Wafer crust)
For the filling: 1 whole, ripe pineapple, 2 cups marshmallow fluff, 1-2 shots of pineapple-infused vodka
For the topping: 1 cup heavy whipping cream, 2 tablespoons sugar (or a can of redi-whip)
You’ll need to start preparing this at least a day before you plan on serving it. Give yourself enough time to freeze the pineapple (4 hours), then assemble the pie (15 minutes), then freeze the pie overnight. It’s simple to make; you’ll just need to give yourself time for the freezing process.
Slice up a whole, ripe pineapple. You’ll want to use a bread knife for this
Remember there’s a core in the middle of the pineapple. Just cut around it then throw it away.
Cube the pineapple.
Put all the pineapple cubes on a baking sheet and freeze for at least four hours.
While the pineapple is freezing, get a whole box of vanilla wafers and put them in your food processor. Melt 1/2 cup unsalted butter and measure out 1/3 cup of sugar.
Using the metal blade of your food processor, puree the vanilla wafers into dust. Then add the butter and the sugar and whir it all again.
It will have the consistency of wet sand.
Dump it all into a 9-inch spring form cake pan.
Using your fingers, press the crumb crust to the bottom and sides of the pan. It will stick easily. Now, pop it into the freezer to set a little.
If you want to forgo making your own crust, you can buy a pre-formed “Nilla Wafer” crust. It will not taste as good as the homemade crust, but it’s still good.
When the pineapple chunks are frozen, pop them into the food processor (wash the bowl after the crumb crust project). Add about two cups of marshmallow cream. Marshmallow cream is very hard to measure out with a measuring cup (it’s a sticky mess), so estimate as best you can. If you have a small jar of marshmallow cream, use the whole thing. If you have a large jar of marshmallow cream (as shown below) use half the jar.
Now, the pineapple-infused vodka. A tiny one-shot bottle will do, but you could add two shots if you want.
Puree the frozen pineapple chunks, the marshmallow cream and the pineapple-infused vodka until you have a frozen, creamy mixture.
Pour your pineapple vodka fluff into the frozen cookie crumb crust.
Smooth it out.
Next add the whipped cream. I made my whipped cream by whipping 1 cup of heavy cream with 2 tablespoons sugar. You could use canned whipped cream if you want.
Smooth out the whipped cream….
Freeze the pie for at least six hours. I froze this pie overnight, and it set up very well.
Take the spring form sides off…. And let the pie defrost for about 30 minutes (in a cool/air conditioned house) before serving. If you’re having a cookout in the heat, it will be tender enough to slice in about 5-10 minutes.
Serve it before it melts! It’s cool, zingy, refreshing, creamy and delicious!!!
Absolutely worth the effort.
Best thing for us is that NO KIDS ARE ALLOWED to touch this. It keeps well in the freezer and it’s allllll for the grownups.


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Many people think Agnosticism is a faithless endeavor. But that’s not true at all. I have faith in lots of things, including the words of all of the mystics who insist there is exceptional bliss beyond the ego:
Rumi says it all the time:
Remember, the entrance door to the sanctuary is inside you.
Jesus let them know:
nor will people say , ‘here it is,’ or ‘there it is,’ because the kingdom of God is within you.
When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be.
Osho is a bit more technical:
Consciousness can do two things: it can create ego, it can create egolessness. If it creates ego you live in hell, if it creates egolessness you are in paradise.
Sri Sathya Sai Baba:
…banish the go and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss.
Even Deepak Chopra gets in on it:
If you want to reach a state of bliss, then go beyond your ego and the internal dialogue.
Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.
Sri Guru Granth Sahib uses strong words to describe it:
The sickness of my ego has been dispelled, and my pain is over and done.
All troubles come to an end when the ego dies; it is on account of the ego that one is not able to see God.
When there is cessation of the knowable, and the flow of attention is towards that which is not knowable (pure intelligence), then there is fulfillment and one goes beyond sorrow.
Meister Eckhart put is simply:
The less there is of “I,” the more there is of God.
What you seek is already within you. You uncover it by shedding all that is untrue within you.
My teacher from beyond time, Mevlana Jaluddin Rumi started and will end this thread:
Sever the chains of the ego. Set yourself free and witness the bright essence of your inner being. Discover within your heart the wisdom of a prophet without books, without teachers, and without prudence.
Releasing the need to control, the need to be approved, and the need to judge, along with the understanding that all separation is false is addressed across religious and philosophical traditions. They are all telling us the treasure is within, and I believed them — and sometimes, like this past Sunday Morning while sitting with soulful beings, I know it for myself. Therein lies my faith. I am dancing with the ego to surpass its limitations, to be in union with Spirit, and lift the veil of illusion that is this world.


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Yesterday afternoon, my Beijing-based colleagues shared on WeChat that while they were scouting a shopping mall for a place to eat, they saw long, snaking queues forming outside several restaurants. This prompted them to ask if consumption has returned?
It is indeed food for thought whether China’s consumption has returned. Over the past few days, CCTV’s Xinwen Lianbo has been reporting on the rebound in economic activities across various Chinese provinces. Many other Chinese media outlets are also focusing on the recovery in travel and consumption during the Spring Festival holiday, greatly boosting market confidence.
Globally, observers and businesspeople are keeping watch on the performance of China’s consumer market, eager to know two things: one, did China’s pandemic containment policy of “quickly getting past the peak” work, and are people resuming their daily activities? Two, how quickly will the world’s second largest economy return to its former glory and time of pre-pandemic growth when there were opportunities for everyone?
Given the current situation, we can be cautiously optimistic. In January, China’s manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) — an indicator of factory activities — rose for the first time in four months. During the Spring Festival holiday, consumer-related service sectors were also off to a modest start, although with some ways to go to return to their former stellar performance.
China is set to serve as the locomotive and stabiliser of the global economy again.
China’s domestic travel during the Spring Festival holiday recovered to 88.6% of 2019 figures for the same holiday period, while domestic tourism revenue recovered to 73.1% of the 2019 level, highlighting that the people’s anxiety about the pandemic has all but subsided. However, the country’s per capita consumption expenditure still lags behind.
Notwithstanding, consumption has returned in certain areas such as e-commerce and the box office. Based on value-added tax data released by the State Taxation Administration, the sales revenue of China’s consumption-related sectors recorded an average annual growth of 12.4% during the Spring Festival holiday compared with the same period in 2019.
Some analysts thus described China’s consumer market in the first post-pandemic Spring Festival holiday as “lukewarm”, that is, not quite a "revenge rebound in spending" but a stemming of losses.
Seasoned entrepreneurs who have forayed into China are well aware that despite the Western media's doubts, China’s latest Covid-19 wave has passed its peak.
Pull of the massive market
However, the awakening of this massive economy cannot be ignored. In late January, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) revised up its 2023 global growth forecast from 2.7% in October 2022 to 2.9%, mainly because China’s reopening has “paved the way for a faster-than-expected recovery”. The IMF also revised China’s growth forecast significantly higher from 4.4% in October to 5.2% this year. Indeed, China is set to serve as the locomotive and stabiliser of the global economy again.
During the Spring Festival gatherings, the businesspeople in my social circle would often ask: “When are you travelling to China?” Seasoned entrepreneurs who have forayed into China are well aware that despite the Western media's doubts, China’s latest Covid-19 wave has passed its peak. However, after drifting apart due to the three-year-long pandemic, they have lost their familiarity with China. They are now somewhat hesitant and need a little more courage to find their former momentum to expand their businesses in China.
Since the China-US trade war began in 2018, many businesses avoided putting all their eggs in one basket by shifting part of their supply chain outside of China, to markets including Southeast Asia, India and Africa. China’s harsh Covid-19 measures since 2020 and rumours of political interference and unfriendliness — as well as the real measures implemented — towards enterprises also deterred them from stepping into China.
... a large market and economic growth potential are China’s greatest and most universal pull and soft power.
It is undeniable that the other markets are a far cry from China in terms of scale, depth and growth potential, but the risk has to be spread out. However, once China opens up, everyone will still want a share of it.
How can China do without foreign businesses? Since mid-December, many provincial governments and foreign companies have chartered flights overseas to pull in business and attract funds, mainly from places such as Germany, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Sweden.
China media outlets reported that a member of a trade delegation from the Jiangsu and Zhejiang areas was full of worries on the flight: “We haven’t been back for three years, would our old friends still have a place for us?”
But her old client eventually placed a large order after their in-person meeting, just as Europe continues to face challenges such as the energy crisis. Another exporter lamented that this post-Covid trip was not so much a fight for orders, but a return to the world.
These anecdotes illustrate that a large market and economic growth potential are China’s greatest and most universal pull and soft power.
Despite the geopolitical considerations, some countries with different values from the West are choosing to strengthen economic cooperation with China...
China is fully aware of the power of its market, and so it relaxes or lifts market entry approvals to friendly countries as “rewards”, but “punishes” unfriendly ones.
However, China sometimes underestimates the costs of doing so, because using the market as a tool is a double-edged sword. Once the other party has no expectations of China’s market, they have no stake in it and nothing to lose.
One example is the recent worsening of relations between China and South Korea. Following the THAAD incident, South Korean companies have pulled out of China and South Korean stars cannot enter the China market. As a result, fewer South Koreans are learning Chinese and many Chinese language centres in South Korea have closed down, while universities are no longer able to run Chinese language classes. All this has added to the barriers and animosity between both sides.
The current US government is very clear about China’s strengths and weaknesses, and has come up with aggressive measures such as cutting off technology supply and decoupling, to contain China’s technology development while drastically reducing the world’s mutual dependence with China.
These measures have proved effective — as mentioned above, multinational companies have shifted parts of their supply chains out of China to avoid being caught between the China-US geopolitical struggle. Furthermore, the war in Ukraine in 2022 has added to these geopolitical tensions. Now that China is actively returning to the world, geopolitics is a new burden that it cannot shed.
Despite the geopolitical considerations, some countries with different values from the West are choosing to strengthen economic cooperation with China, with many examples in the Middle East.
As China and the world renew their ties, new political risks, an unfamiliar environment and China’s uncertain speed of recovery, are factors that everyone has to adapt to, but there are always more solutions than problems.
The past three years have been a unique lesson on the fact that China and the world cannot do without each other — even if there is some trepidation now, they will have to get close to each other again.
This article was first published in Lianhe Zaobao as “中国与世界战战兢兢重返彼此”.
Related: [State of our world] China’s future in a politicised world | How China’s dual circulation strategy will affect the world economy | Politics a threat to China’s economy | Dual circulation strategy revisited: China deepens integration with the global economy


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Day two of the 2016 Colorado Girls 4A and 5A High School State Championships took place today with Valor Christian winning the 4A title with an accumulated 320 points, while Fairview High School edged out the competition to take the 5A title with 288.5 points.
Valor Christian kicked off the meet with a new 4A state record in the 200 medley relay. The quad of Raili Carter, Brook Landt, Madison Hoehn, and Brooke Stenstrom posted a combined 1:45.31 to overturn the former record of 1:45.86 set by Manitou Springs in 2015.
St. Mary’s Alex Reddington grabbed first in the 200 free with a time of 1:51.52, shaving 2.5 seconds off her prelims time of 1:54.02. Laine Jones of Pueblo South finished second overall with a 1:52.03, while third went to Samantha Steigerwald of Air Academy and her time of 1:52.59.
Reddington turned on the heat in the 100 fly to claim the new 4A state record with a time of 55.05, overturning the previous mark of 55.49. Cat Wright of Cheyenne Mountain, the former 4A state record holder, also finished below the former record with a time of 55.30.
Windsor’s Morgan Friesen dashed to first in the 200 IM posting a final time of 2:03.78. Later in the day Friesen neared her 4A state and Colorado state records of 1:01.90 in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:02.15.
Stenstrom bettered her own 4A state record of 23.43 in the 50 free with a final time of 23.22. Aspen’s Kennedy Quist took second with a 23.45, while Manitou Springs’ Veronica Morin was third with a 24.01.
The relay team of Wright, Marie Goodwyn, Maggie Tibbitt, and Katie Liebscher closed the meet with a sizzling new 4A state record in the 400 free relay. Their combined time of 3:27.40 overturned the former record of 3:29.02 from 2013 set by Evergreen High School.
The relay team of Bayley Stewart (26.18), Jayden Glover (29.46), Coleen Gillilan (23.77), and Lesley-Ann Knee (23.90) from Fossil Ridge kicked off finals with a win in the 200 medley relay of 1:43.31, winning by 3.58 seconds. Regis Jesuit took second with a time of 1:46.89, while third went to Fairview and their time of 1:47.00.
Fairview’s Brittney Beetcher dashed ahead of the competition in the 200 free to win the event with a 1:51.07. Grandview’s Mia Wood took second with a time of 1:52.20 just ahead of Regis Jesuit’s Lindsay Painton and her time of 1:52.28.
Beetcher’s success continued into the 500 free where she outlasted the competition to post a final time of 4:56.57 to be the only athlete under the five-minute mark. Wood grabbed second with a time of 5:00.25.
Delaney Smith of Arapahoe took first in the 200 IM with a time of 2:05.19, bettering upon her prelims time of 2:06.57 by 1.38 seconds. Fairview’s Sandra Freeman grabbed second with a 2:06.19, while Fossil Ridge’s Cameron Kovac was third with a 2:06.48.
Abigail Kochevar of Rock Canyon improved upon her prelims time of 23.89 to move from third to first with a final time of 23.29. Gillilan maintained her second place seed with a final time of 23.53, while Arapahoe’s Laurel Eiber slid to third with a time of 23.69.
Kochevar kept her spot at the head of the pack in the 100 back with a final time of 55.00, adding just slightly to her prelims time of 54.95.
Mckensi Austin of Regis Jesuit finished just shy of her own 5A state record of 540.30 in the one meter diving posting a final score of 539.90.
Gillilan flew ahead of the competition in the 100 fly posting a final time of 53.60 to finish 1.75 seconds ahead of the competition. The freshman from Fossil Ridge neared the Colorado and 5A state records of 53.22 set by Bailey Nero in 2015. Regis Jesuit’s Amy Lenderink grabbed second with a time of 55.35, while Rocky Mountain’s Daphne Williams was third with a 56.12.
First in the 100 free went to Kylie Andrews of Heritage who turned in a final time of 50.91. Painton finished second with a time of 51.38 just ahead of Eiber’s 51.52.
Regis Jesuit’s Lenderink (24.58), Jennae Frederick (24.04), Meriel Upton (24.42), and Painton (22.82) dashed to first in the 200 free relay posting a combined time of 1:35.86. Fossil Ridge took second with a final time of 1:36.32, while Fairview was third with a 1:37.31.
Bailey Kovac of Fossil Ridge improved upon her prelims time of 1:04.75 in the 100 breaststroke by more than a second, stopping the clock at a quick 1:03.67. Monarch’s Courtney Roeber turned in a time of 1:05.43 for second, and C. Kovac rounded out the top three with a 1:06.08.
The final relay of the night went to Regis Jesuit’s Samantha Smith (52.19), Upton (53.22), Isabella Schultze (52.63), and Painton (50.51) who posted a combined 3:28.55. Arapahoe took second overall with a close 3:28.72, while third went to Fossil Ridge and their time of 3:28.89.


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According to Joseph Cirincione of the Ploughshares Fund — addressing the subject of missile defense on MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Show Thursday — "President Bush was promoting a technology that doesn’t work against a threat that doesn’t exist."
The policy in question was a plan to place ten “interceptors” in Poland, and a radar installation to control them in the Czech Republic. These interceptors would theoretically (because to date the technology doesn’t work very well) have protected Europe from Iran, had that country launched equally theoretical (because it doesn’t have them) long-range missiles.
So far, so good — except that the Obama administration’s proposed alternative, at least nominally supported by Mr. Cirinicione (who advised presidential candidate Barack Obama on "nuclear issues") may be even worse.
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Rocket Men: The "Missile Defense" Con Game
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