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Properties of cryptocurrencies gave them popularity in applications such as a safe haven in banking crises and means of payment, which also led to the cryptocurrency use in controversial settings in the form of online black markets, such as Silk Road. The original Silk Road was shut down in October 2013 and there have been two more versions in use since then. In the year following the initial shutdown of Silk Road, the number of prominent dark markets increased from four to twelve, while the amount of drug listings increased from 18,000 to 32,000.
Wallets and similar software technically handle all bitcoins as equivalent, establishing the basic level of fungibility. Researchers have pointed out that the history of each bitcoin is registered and publicly available in the blockchain ledger, and that some users may refuse to accept bitcoins coming from controversial transactions, which would harm bitcoin's fungibility. For example, in 2012, Mt. Gox froze accounts of users who deposited bitcoins that were known to have just been stolen.
^ "Crib Sheet: Neptune's Brood – Charlie's Diary". www.antipope.org. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017. Retrieved 5 December 2017. I wrote Neptune's Brood in 2011. Bitcoin was obscure back then, and I figured had just enough name recognition to be a useful term for an interstellar currency: it'd clue people in that it was a networked digital currency.
“If the trend continues, the average person will not be able to afford to purchase one whole bitcoin in 2 years. As global economies inflate and markets exhibit signs of recession, the world will turn to Bitcoin as a hedge against fiat turmoil and an escape against capital controls. Bitcoin is the way out, and cryptocurrency as a whole is never going away, it’s going to grow in use and acceptance as it matures.”
Venture capitalists, such as Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, which invested US$3 million in BitPay, do not purchase bitcoins themselves, but instead fund bitcoin infrastructure that provides payment systems to merchants, exchanges, wallet services, etc. In 2012, an incubator for bitcoin-focused start-ups was founded by Adam Draper, with financing help from his father, venture capitalist Tim Draper, one of the largest bitcoin holders after winning an auction of 30,000 bitcoins, at the time called "mystery buyer". The company's goal is to fund 100 bitcoin businesses within 2–3 years with $10,000 to $20,000 for a 6% stake. Investors also invest in bitcoin mining. According to a 2015 study by Paolo Tasca, bitcoin startups raised almost $1 billion in three years (Q1 2012 – Q1 2015).
According to the Library of Congress, an "absolute ban" on trading or using cryptocurrencies applies in eight countries: Algeria, Bolivia, Egypt, Iraq, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, and the United Arab Emirates. An "implicit ban" applies in another 15 countries, which include Bahrain, Bangladesh, China, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Lesotho, Lithuania, Macau, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Taiwan.
If you have the required hardware, you can mine bitcoin even if you are not a miner. There are different ways one can mine bitcoin such as cloud mining, mining pool, etc. For cloud mining, all you need to do is to connect to the datacenter and start mining. The good thing about this is that you can mine from anywhere and you don’t need a physical hardware to mine.
Bitcoin is a new currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the alias Satoshi Nakamoto. Transactions are made with no middle men – meaning, no banks! Bitcoin can be used to book hotels on Expedia, shop for furniture on Overstock and buy Xbox games. But much of the hype is about getting rich by trading it. The price of bitcoin skyrocketed into the thousands in 2017.
Ethereum was announced at the North American Bitcoin Conference in Miami, in January, 2014. During the same time as the conference, a group of people rented a house in Miami: Gavin Wood, Charles Hoskinson, and Anthony Di Iorio, a Torontonian who financed the project. Di Iorio invited friend Joseph Lubin, who invited reporter Morgen Peck, to bear witness. Six months later the founders met again in a house in Zug, Switzerland, where Buterin told the founders that the project would proceed as a non-profit. Hoskinson left the project at that time.
You don‘t need to understand the details about SHA 256. It‘s only important you know that it can be the basis of a cryptologic puzzle the miners compete to solve. After finding a solution, a miner can build a block and add it to the blockchain. As an incentive, he has the right to add a so-called coinbase transaction that gives him a specific number of Bitcoins. This is the only way to create valid Bitcoins.
A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency that uses cryptography for security. A cryptocurrency is difficult to counterfeit because of this security feature. Many cryptocurrencies are decentralized systems based on blockchain technology, a distributed ledger enforced by a disparate network of computers. A defining feature of a cryptocurrency, and arguably its biggest allure, is its organic nature; it is not issued by any central authority, rendering it theoretically immune to government interference or manipulation.
It takes a (global) village to raise a blockchain. The live network and the community of open source developers contribute significantly to this effort. They continuously refine and harden the Ethereum platform, helping it get faster at responding to industry demands for the value propositions it offers. These investments of time and resources speak to their faith in Ethereum governance and the value that businesses and developers see in its capabilities. – Joseph Lubin, CEO of Consensys
Izabella Kaminska, the editor of FT Alphaville, has pointed out that criminals are using Ethereum to run Ponzi schemes and other forms of investment fraud. The article was based on a paper from the University of Cagliari, which placed the number of Ethereum smart contracts which facilitate Ponzi schemes at nearly 10% of 1384 smart contracts examined. However, it also estimated that only 0.05% of the transactions on the network were related to such contracts.
^ Iansiti, Marco; Lakhani, Karim R. (January 2017). "The Truth About Blockchain". Harvard Business Review. Harvard University. Retrieved 17 January 2017. The technology at the heart of bitcoin and other virtual currencies, blockchain is an open, distributed ledger that can record transactions between two parties efficiently and in a verifiable and permanent way.
Cryptocurrencies' blockchains are secure, but other aspects of a cryptocurrency ecosystem are not immune to the threat of hacking. In Bitcoin's 10-year history, several online exchanges have been the subject of hacking and theft, sometimes with millions of dollars worth of 'coins' stolen. Still, many observers look at cryptocurrencies as hope that a currency can exist that preserves value, facilitates exchange, is more transportable than hard metals, and is outside the influence of central banks and governments.
Every 2,016 blocks (approximately 14 days at roughly 10 min per block), the difficulty target is adjusted based on the network's recent performance, with the aim of keeping the average time between new blocks at ten minutes. In this way the system automatically adapts to the total amount of mining power on the network.:ch. 8 Between 1 March 2014 and 1 March 2015, the average number of nonces miners had to try before creating a new block increased from 16.4 quintillion to 200.5 quintillion.
Vitalik Buterin picked the name Ethereum after browsing Wikipedia articles about elements and science fiction, when he found the name, noting, "I immediately realized that I liked it better than all of the other alternatives that I had seen; I suppose it was the fact that sounded nice and it had the word 'ether', referring to the hypothetical invisible medium that permeates the universe and allows light to travel."
The successful miner finding the new block is allowed by the rest of the network to reward themselves with newly created bitcoins and transaction fees. As of 9 July 2016, the reward amounted to 12.5 newly created bitcoins per block added to the blockchain, plus any transaction fees from payments processed by the block. To claim the reward, a special transaction called a coinbase is included with the processed payments.:ch. 8 All bitcoins in existence have been created in such coinbase transactions. The bitcoin protocol specifies that the reward for adding a block will be halved every 210,000 blocks (approximately every four years). Eventually, the reward will decrease to zero, and the limit of 21 million bitcoins[g] will be reached c. 2140; the record keeping will then be rewarded solely by transaction fees.
^ Chan, Edwin. "China Plans to Ban Cryptocurrency Mining in Renewed Clampdown". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 10 April 2019. While China was once home to about 70 percent of Bitcoin mining and 90 percent of trades, authorities have waged a nearly two-year campaign to shrink the crypto industry amid concerns over speculative bubbles, fraud and wasteful energy consumption.
Using Ethereum’s “Turing complete” smart contract language, Solidity, developers are able to deploy a set of instructions to the blockchain that operate indefinitely with a high degree of finality and fraud-resistance. With the first block being mined in July 2015, Ethereum has since become the largest smart contract platform of its kind, and the second largest blockchain of all time as measured by market capitalization.
The U.S. federal investigation was prompted by concerns of possible manipulation during futures settlement dates. The final settlement price of CME bitcoin futures is determined by prices on four exchanges, Bitstamp, Coinbase, itBit and Kraken. Following the first delivery date in January 2018, the CME requested extensive detailed trading information but several of the exchanges refused to provide it and later provided only limited data. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission then subpoenaed the data from the exchanges.
This dramatic volatility attracted global attention with the mainstream media running near-daily reports on the price of Ether. The publicity generated has been a major boon for the ecosystem, attracting thousands of new developers and business ventures alike. In 2018 the amount raised through Ethereum-enabled ICOs reached almost $8bn, increasing from just $90m in 2016. While the price of Ethereum has faced extreme volatility over the years, it is this volatility which has driven interest. After every boom and bust cycle, Ethereum comes out the other side with a fundamentally stronger platform and a broader developer community backing it. These fundamental improvements would suggest a positive long-term outlook on the price of Ethereum.
Within a cryptocurrency network, only miners can confirm transactions by solving a cryptographic puzzle. They take transactions, mark them as legitimate and spread them across the network. Afterwards, every node of the network adds it to its database. Once the transaction is confirmed it becomes unforgeable and irreversible and a miner receives a reward, plus the transaction fees.
To be accepted by the rest of the network, a new block must contain a proof-of-work (PoW). The system used is based on Adam Back's 1997 anti-spam scheme, Hashcash.[failed verification] The PoW requires miners to find a number called a nonce, such that when the block content is hashed along with the nonce, the result is numerically smaller than the network's difficulty target.:ch. 8 This proof is easy for any node in the network to verify, but extremely time-consuming to generate, as for a secure cryptographic hash, miners must try many different nonce values (usually the sequence of tested values is the ascending natural numbers: 0, 1, 2, 3, ...:ch. 8) before meeting the difficulty target.

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Crowne Plaza Oceanfront is located walk from a white-sand beach. Operating in Melbourne since 1979, this hotel features international architecture and modern comforts.
The hotel is set in a beautiful location 4.9km away from Brevard Art Museum, Brevard Museum of Art and Science Harris Auditorium and Melbourne Harbor Marina. The distance between Melbourne city center and the property is 6km.
Shoppers will find supermarkets and a mall within a few minutes of the hotel.
Melbourne International airport can be reached in 10 minutes by car from Crowne Plaza Oceanfront.
Crowne Plaza Oceanfront offers 247 guestrooms appointed with a kitchenette, Wi-Fi, a mini-refrigerator, satellite TV and individual climate control with all the sights of Melbourne within easy access. Guests will enjoy a view of Space Coast and the Yarra River from their rooms. Other comforts include a dishwasher, a microwave and coffee/tea makers for self catering.
Breakfast is offered in the restaurant every morning. Guests will taste delicious cuisine in the friendly on-site restaurant. Guests can savor tea, cocktails and coffee in the poolside bar.
All visitors are offered a full breakfast for a fee.
Crowne Plaza Oceanfront offers conference facilities, a business center and secretarial services to satisfy the needs of business guests.
Leisure facilities feature a sun terrace, a swimming pool and an outdoor swimming pool.
Wireless internet is available in the entire hotel for free.
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12 Companies Making Donations for Coronavirus Relief
The global coronavirus pandemic has already sickened more than 800,000 people and drastically changed day-to-day life. To help slow the spread of the disease and reduce its impact, numerous brands are doing their part—from manufacturing and donating desperately needed supplies to funding organizations that aid people who have tested positive. To spread the word, we've put together a list of 12 brands working to give back.
The comfort footwear brand introduced Sharing a Pair for Healthcare: every day at noon EST, health care workers can request a free pair of Crocs. The brand is committed to donating up to 10,000 pairs a day.
The parent brand of Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior, and more luxury fashion houses has pledged $2.3 million to COVID-19 relief. They've also converted three perfume manufacturing facilities into hand sanitizer manufacturers.
The owner of Spanish fashion brand Zara has pledged to donate 300,000 surgical masks to medical staff and patients in Spain.
The US’s largest mattress manufacturer is donating 10,000 mattresses to New York City hospitals in hopes of alleviating the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.
Looking to get crafty while self-isolating? Stop by any Joann Fabric Store to get a free protective mask and gown-making kit. Any supplies made in a Joann classroom will be donated to local hospitals in need.
Since toilet paper hoarding has made it hard to find TP in stores, the brand is donating $1 million and one million toilet paper rolls to the United Way Worldwide COVID-19 Community Response and Recovery Fund. They’re also encouraging everyone to #ShareASquare with neighbors to help end the shortage, donating a $1 per social post.
Major League Baseball’s official manufacturer, Fanatics, has partnered with the league to produce cloth masks and hospital gowns made from the same jersey material worn by players on the diamond.
Massachusetts-based New Balance has shifted some of their production facilities so they can design and prototype face masks for eventual distribution across New England hospitals.
Computer software company Logitech launched a program on March 25 to donate free webcams and headsets for K-12 teachers as they shift to e-learning as the pandemic continues. (At the current time, they are no longer accepting donation requests.)
Vehicle manufacturer Ford Motors is leveraging its in-house 3D printers to produce over 100,000 face shields per week. They are also collaborating with health care manufacturers to develop much-needed respirators and ventilators for hospitals.
One hundred percent of proceeds from the sales of Casetify’s UV phone sanitizers will be donated to the Coronavirus Relief Fund to get essential medical responders, supplies, and food to areas in need.
The information in this story is accurate as of press time. However, as the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to evolve, it's possible that some data have changed since publication. While Health is trying to keep our stories as up-to-date as possible, we also encourage readers to stay informed on news and recommendations for their own communities by using the CDC, WHO, and their local public health department as resources.
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When travelling on such short distances, you can take into account also busses and carpooling options: with some luck you will find very cheap options, even if you book on short notice.
In which stations can you take the train to Los Angeles, CA and where will you arrive?
The trains to Los Angeles, CA will leave from Simi Valley, CA and will arrive at Los Angeles, CA.
How many train connections are there from Simi Valley, CA to Los Angeles, CA every day?
If you desire to go to Los Angeles, CA from Simi Valley, CA by train, 4 daily connections are available. Please note that these routes are all direct lines. There is no connection between these two cities with a change. Thus, you will never have to change trains.
How long do you need to get to Los Angeles, CA by train?
The first train to Los Angeles, CA leaves at 08:02, whereas the last one at 20:02. On average, the journey lasts 1 hour and 10 minutes, but with the fastest connections you will be in Los Angeles, CA in 1 hour and 6 minutes.


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With glowing green numbers counting down to five days from now and the 2010 Game Developers Conference kicking off on Monday, it looks like we might be getting our first look at the next Modern Warfare on Wednesday morning.
As many of you have noticed (OmegaSpartan noticed first), FindMakarov.com is ticking away like a time bomb set to explode into what will likely be the biggest entertainment launch of the year – it always is.
Modern Warfare 2 players will remember Vladimir Makarov as the man that left them for dead at the end of the No Russian mission, effectively blaming the US for the massacre of countless Russian civilians and ignited the spark of war. We didn’t get to kill him in that game. Looks like we’ll finally be getting our chance.
While there’s no concrete information yet, I’d say we can look forward to Modern Warfare 3 hitting Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and PC this November. Stay tuned to our GDC 2011 coverage next week for the big reveal.
Find Makarov [Teaser Site – Thanks OmegaSpartan!]

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There was this smile that was the sign of love,
There was a smile that was the sign of care,
There was a smile that welcomed
But seasons changed and that smile became rare.
When there was sadness on my face
The troubles around me had piled
You made the world a better place
All because you smiled
The smile was a sign of cheer
The smile was on the face of the one you hold dear
But then darkness dawned and sadness came near
The smile never wavered, in the smile you continued to trust
But happiness left the eyes
All that was left was a fragmented but hard crust.
At times you felt like crying
Life felt like an unfair trial
But you were appreciated without any lying
And so you turned your tears into a smile
Let your true colors shine through.
Alas, if wishes were horses then beggars would ride,
It’ll take more than some honesty for you to weather sadness’ tide.

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“From Africa, With Love,” The Daily, 14 February 2011.
Why Valentine’s Day is the ultimate African holiday.
The road to Kitengela in southeastern Kenya is dotted with cement factories, scrub brush and the occasional zebra. Turning off the main road, the dust settles, revealing acres of billowing greenhouses that host the flowers that will be sold this Valentine’s Day.
Between chocolate from the west coast and roses from the east coast, love is a big business in Africa.
Globally, almost 200 million rose stems are sold on Valentine’s Day—and most lovers have no idea that their holiday gifts are grown in African soil. Arwin Patil, manager for Prima Rosa Flowers, which plants 70 hectares near Kitengela, says their farm produces 400,000 stems daily—and has taken orders for two million flowers this Valentine’s Day. Of western cluelessness, he says, “yes, flowers come from Kenya, but how would they know that?”
But the international trade in cut flowers has long been an east African specialty. In Tanzania, Ethiopia and Kenya, hundreds of smallholder flower companies harvest roses, carnations, lilies and chrystanthemums for bulk export. Each day, massive airliners head from the horn of Africa to Amsterdam, Geneva, New York or Dubai—bearing bouquets for special occasions halfway around the world.
While Africans are fueling today’s romantic rendezvous, the growers who pick and sell flowers don’t believe in love so much as opportunity. Agriculture accounts for about a quarter of Kenya’s GDP, with nearly three fourths of the population depending on the sector directly or indirectly. In central Nairobi, a vendor named Kingoro trims thorns from a stack of roses. He’s single, but still, he says, “Valentine’s day is good to me.” He sells stems of lilies and birds of paradise, and roses in ribbon-wrapped baskets for the equivalent of 45 dollars a pop. Of the booming international flower trade, he says, “It’s good for them to support us.”
While many American roses are grown in California, east Africa is the largest supplier of roses to the EU—a significant contributor to regional income generation and economic development. The industry has accounted for $300 million in Kenya’s foreign exchange earnings, and new, African-owned farms are blooming across the border in Ethiopia and Tanzania. The World Bank has begun using the east African flower industry as a template for other industrial policies in the region.
And while nothing says Valentine’s Day like a bouquet of red roses, a heart shaped box is never far behind. And on the west coast of Africa, chocolate is king.
Cote D’Ivoire, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria produce over two-thirds of the world’s supply of cocoa—ninety percent of which is grown by smallholder farmers. This long history of producing cocoa has attracted western companies like Nestle, Cadbury and Cargill, but hasn’t brought awareness to their consumers. While Belgium and Switzerland have built brands around chocolate indulgences, it’s Africans who grow the beans that go into the millions of Lindt, Mars and Cadbury chocolates that that will be sold today.
As with flowers, African chocolate matters as more than just food: Cocoa has played a role in resolving the recent electoral crisis in Cote D’Ivoire—opposition leader Alassane Outtara issuing a one month ban on production as a means of defunding deposed president Laurent Gbagbo.
Global demand for chocolate is big and getting bigger, with $5.5 billion worth of cocoa bought and sold every year. Americans consume 25 percent of the chocolate produced worldwide (Europe buys half, and the African continent consumes just three percent), but rising global incomes have created demand for chocolate—once considered a luxury—in emerging markets worldwide.
This is good news for Africa. While the flower industry took a hit during the global recession in 2009, sales have rebounded and continue to drive foreign exchange earnings. Trends in the global chocolate industry, on the other hand, have shifted toward fairly traded and organic chocolate with higher cocoa content (demand for dark chocolate is growing at 30 percent a year). African farmers are well-positioned to capitalize on this demand—not as a matter of romance, but as a hard-headed business opportunity.
There is work to do—trade policies that support smallholder farmers are sorely needed, from the US and other advanced economies. Local governments could do more to reduce the tax burden on these producers and stand up for fair labor practices. Supply chain improvements will help Africa to spread even more love around the world.
But this is just one of many unrecognized ways in which Africa enriches the global economy. Individual consumers can take the time to recognize and support African flower and chocolate producers—much the same way fairly traded tea and coffee have become a source of sustainable income in east Africa.
Even after Valentine’s Day, it’s a win-win.

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Mark Wahlberg Loves The New "Popular" Oscars Category
The Transformers actor says he wishes the category existed earlier so some of his movies could have won.
This year's Academy Awards will feature an entirely new category: "Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film." Not everyone is on board with the idea, but one big-name actor, Mark Wahlberg, has spoken up to praise the category. Speaking to Variety, Wahlberg said some of his past movies might have been contenders for the category.
"Maybe if they'd had the category before, we'd have won a couple of them," Wahlberg said. "We've had some really commercially successful films that we think certainly warranted that kind of notoriety. We make films that we want people to enjoy and if we get those kind of accolades, fantastic. If not, we make the movies for audiences to enjoy."
Wahlberg is known for big-budget films that don't always score with critics but are often huge commercial hits like the Transformers franchise. He's never won an Oscar, but his performance as a Boston police detective in Martin Scorsese's The Departed earned him a Best Supporting Actor nomination. He also shared the Best Picture Oscar nomination for The Fighter. He starred in that movie, and his castmates, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, took home Best Supporting actor and actress Oscar wins, respectively.
There are no specifics yet about the criteria for "Outstanding Achievement in Popular Film," but those will come in due time. The Academy also plans to make this year's Academy Awards broadcast shorter, while the show date itself has moved up a few weeks to the start of February.
The changes are reportedly due to lower viewership for the Oscars. The total number of viewers for the 2018 show was the lowest in the history of the Academy Awards. The huge dropoff might have had something to do with its biggest winning films doing poorly at the box office, meaning they reached fewer people which in turn gives people less of a reason to tune in. For example, Best Picture winner The Shape of Water made only $63 million at the US box office since it came out in December. Gary Oldman won Best Actor for Darkest Hour, which made only $55 million domestic. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, whose actors Frances McDormand and Sam Rockwell picked up wins for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actor, respectively, made only $54 million in the US. I, Tonya, which starred Allison Janney who won Best Supporting Actress, has only made $30 million domestic.
It makes sense, then, that the Academy would want bigger, more popular films to get recognised more so more people, in theory at least, choose to tune in. Blockbuster hits like new entries in the Star Wars and Marvel franchises do sometimes get nominations and wins, but these often come in technical categories and not the main ones.
What do you make of the new Oscars popular movie category? Let us know in the comments below!
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Minnesota - Surgery – (41309)
Currently two general surgeons on staff.
We are currently looking for candidates for a General Surgery position at our hospital and clinic. General Surgery procedures:
- Hernia repair
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White Paper Cups with Gold Dimmentional Cross Stickers Set of 24
Cutest cross paper cups ever!
These look so darling at religious celebrations, like a Baptism, Holy Communion, or Confirmation. Set includes 20 white paper cups and 26 3-dimensional gold cross stickers.
Simply place 24 of the stickers on the center front of each white cup and use the remaining 2 larger stickers to trim a white tablecloth or white frame for guest to sign.

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Allow us to introduce you to fennel, perhaps one of the most underestimated of the culinary herbs. We talk about the uses of fennel in cooking, as well as some of its health benefits. We end with 5 delicious recipes using fennel.
Many people have heard about the ketogenic diet, but not many understand how it is or why someone would do it. This article breaks the ketogenic diet apart and interprets how it’s gotten some of its health claims.
A lot of people have been talking about the benefits of a plant-based diet recently. This is all well and good, but how do I actually make this change?! It's hard to completely change your diet overnight, so here are a few tips to make the transition more smoothly so you can increase your chances for success.
Some of the best athletic enhancement supplements are actually from herbs! Read on to find out which ones would work best for your athletic regimen.
Ever consider eating your marijuana? Maybe you should. This article discusses the value of incorporating Cannabis as a regular dietary source.

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Safari Park to reopen Village Walk About
in Rockbridge County has been a popular drive-through destination for families during social distancing.
But the Safari Village Walk About area at the park has been closed to visitors during the shutdown.
Friday, as part of the Phase Two reopening, visitors will now be allowed to go into the walk-through displays, including stations for feeding goats and giraffes.
"We are only enforcing masks if you are going inside the buildings like the gift shop or the restrooms," said park Director Sarah Friedel. "If we find out that people aren't following the social distancing rules in the village, we might have to go to making people wear masks there as well, but at the moment we're going to have everything marked off so that people know where the distances are."
The aviary in the village, however, will be closed because of its small space.


Captive linear actuator for precision motion applications
08 October 2009
Haydon Kerk Motion Solutions has introduced the MotoDrive PDE captive linear actuator, available in size 17 single or double stack. The MotoDrive comes with an integrated chopper drive forming a compact system that is ideal for precision motion control applications.
The MotoDrive captive linear actuator system is capable of an output force of 220N (50 lbs) for the single stack version and 350N (78lbs) for the double stack version. The captive configuration allows a self-contained linear actuator unit with an anti-rotation device guiding a splined output shaft. The captive configuration of the MotoDrive is ideal for applications requiring shorter stroke lengths (up to 2.5”) such as precision fluid dispensing, throttle control, and valve movement. The load connects to the threaded shaft end.
The MotoDrive can be programmed for micro-stepping with a step resolution range of 200 full steps per revolution to 12,800 steps per revolution when micro-stepping. With a supply voltage of 12 to 42 vdc, the MotoDrive actuator functions with a run current programmable up to 2.6 Arms per phase. Optically isolated inputs of pulse, direction, and enable signals are required for operation. The PULSE input is a square wave that sets the speed of the actuator. The 'direction' input is either a high or low signal using a +5vdc for shaft extend and ground potential for shaft retract. The ENABLE input is also a +5vdc signal that activates the drive for operation.
Hold current on the drive is adjustable and can be selected as zero, 25, 50, 75 or 100 percent of run current using a jumper and associated pins located in a connector on the side of the drive.
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Not a side work, optional, or elective
Missions is inherent in the very nature of Christianity and is a true product of our personal faith in proper relationship to a Spirit-enlightened understanding of biblical Christianity. Such a statement does not mean that missions need not be taught and nurtured in the Christian church or that it grows spontaneously or automatically.
Nothing is spontaneous in Christianity. All must be cultivated and nurtured. But it does mean that when the whole counsel of God is taught, believed and obeyed, missions will cease to be considered a side work or something we may engage in or not.
It will cease to be optional and “elective.” It will not be merely a work of the church, beneficial and praiseworthy; it will be the work of the church, absolutely essential to the church to retain her Christian character and purpose. It will become primary and dominant in the purpose and activity of the church, with all powers geared toward accomplishing the task.
George W. Peters, A Biblical Theology of Missions (Chicago, IL: Moody Press, 1972), 349.

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With relegation looming and reported disharmony within the squad, Leicester City are standing in front of a great challenge.
Claudio Ranieri is fighting to beat the drop and to keep his players happy together, but the looming prospect of the reigning champions heading to Championship in their title defense season is leaving no one lighthearted.
According to reports from the Times, the Foxes could be facing a players exodus in the summer with Premier League rivals Liverpool already believed to be plotting a move for the rising talent of Demarai Gray.
The talented 20-year-old winger has shown glimpse of great talent and promise over the last two seasons for the Foxes and could be a good investment for the future.
Leicester City are likely to command a significant amount of money for their young star which is under contract with the King Power Stadium outfit until 2020.
Gray made 18 Premier League appearances this season, scoring one goal for his club in the process.
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- Birth name Antonio Hardy
- Also known as BDK, Dark Gable, King Asiatic Nobody’s Equal, Blackanova, Count Macula
- Born (1968-09-10) September 10, 1968 (aged 52). New York, New York, USA
- Genres Hardcore hip hop
- Occupation(s) Rapper, actor, producer, model
- Years of activity 1987 – present
- Cold chillin’
- Warner Bros. Records (1987–1993)
- MCA Records (1994)
- PolyGram Records (1998)
- Associated bands Juice Crew, Prince Paul
- Website www.officialbigdaddykane.com
Antonio Hardy (born September 10, 1968), better known by his stage name Big Daddy Kane, G Rammy Award, is an American rapper and actor who began his career in 1986 as part of the rap collective Juice Crew. He is widely regarded as one of the most influential and accomplished MCs in hip hop.
The name Big Daddy Kane comes from a variation on Caine, David Carradine. a character from the television show Kung Fu and a character named “Big Daddy” Vincent Price played in the movie Beach Party. Rolling Stone magazine ranked his song “Ain’t No Half-Steppin'” number 25 on their list of the 50 Greatest Hip-Hop Songs of All Time, calling him “a master of the late-age rapper’s words and a huge influence on the MC generation.”
In 1984, Kane befriended Biz Markey, and he would co-write some of Biz’s most famous lyrics. Both eventually became important members of the Queens-based Juice Crew, a collective led by famed producer Marley Marl. Kane signed to Tyrone Williams (Marl’s manager) and Len Fichtelberg’s label Cold Chillin’ Records in 1987 and debuted the same year with the 12″ single “Raw”, which became an underground hit. Kane is known for his ability to syncopate the faster rhythms of hip hop, and despite his asthmatic condition, he is recognized as one of the first masters of fast rhyming. His sense of style is widely recognized and defined a number of late 1980s and early 1990s hip hop trends (high (hairstyles, velor suits and four finger rings). The backronym King Asiatic Nobody’s Equal is often applied to his nickname.
He released his debut album on Cold Chillin’ Records in early summer 1988 called Long Live the Kane which included the hit “Ain’t No Half Steppin'”. The following year, Kane released his second album and biggest hit for date It’s a Big Daddy Thing which included past 1970s samples such as “Smooth Operator” and the Teddy Riley-produced track “I Get the Job Done” which entered the RB Top 40 in the late 1980s. He also had a catchy verse on the Marley Marl-produced track “The Symphony”, released in late 1988, which included Juice Crew members Craig Gee, Masta Ace and Cool. Grap.
Big Daddy Kane appeared on Patti LaBelle’s 1991 album, “Burnin'”. He performed the rap chorus to the single “Feels Like Another One”. He also appeared on the music video for “Live in New York”.
He wrote the song “Nuff Respect” for the soundtrack of Ernest Dickerson’s feature film debut Juice, which starred Omar Epps and Tupac Shakur, further demonstrating his fast-paced lyrics.
In 1991, Kane won the Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for his performance on the Quincy Jones collaborative track “Back on the Block” from the eponymous album Back on the Block.
Widely regarded as one of the greatest rappers of hip hop’s “golden age” (1986–1997), Kane’s experimentation with RB beats and his focus on Five Percent Nation drew criticism. Later albums such as Looks Like a Job For… were well known, but he never returned to the commercial and artistic success of It’s a Big Daddy Thing. However, he still tours a lot.
As an actor, he made his acting debut in Mario Van Peebles’ 1993 Western, Posse and appeared in Robert Townsend’s 1993 film Meteor Man. Big Daddy Kane also posed for Playgirl and Madonna in the book Sex during the 1990s. In 1996, he collaborated with 2Pac on the song “Where Ever U R”.
In the early 1990s, Jay-Z toured with Kane and Kane helped him start his career – Ice-T says “I actually met Jay-Z with Kane. Kane brought Jay-Z to my house.” Kane himself says that Jay-Z was technically not his hypeman in the true sense of the word – “he wasn’t a hypeman, he basically came on stage sporadically. When I left the stage to change outfits, I’d introduce Jay-Z and Positive K and let them freestyle until I get back on stage.” Jay-Z was also featured on the Big Daddy Kane track ‘Show Prove’ from Daddy’s Home (1994) as well as video.
In 1995, Kane recorded with MC Hammer and Tupac Shakur on the rap song “Too Late Playa” (with Danny Boy). He was also mentioned signing with Death Row East in 1996. In 1997, Kane teamed up with Frankie Cutlass on his third single “The Cypher Part 3” and some of the Marley Marl Juice Crew veterans. In 1998 he released his last solo album “Veteran’z Day”. He received a mixedacny reviews and sold poorly. However, Kane did not give up on rap and performed extensively in the 2000s.
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In 2000, Big Daddy Kane appeared on Tony Touch’s mixtape “The Piece Maker” along with Kool G Rap and KRS-One. The rejuvenated Big Daddy Kane has occasionally collaborated with a variety of hip-hop artists, including A Tribe Called Quest, Jurassic 5, Little Brother, and DJ Babu of the Beat Junkies. He released two singles: Alchemist “The Man, The Icon” and DJ Premier “Any Type of Way” (where he discusses urban collapse in his article). -9/11 New York (“Giuliani made New York look like it was Amistad”)) and the erosion of the middle class.
Big Daddy Kane appeared on the 2003 single “What’s Your Name” by the trip-hop group Morchiba. In 2004, “Warm It Up, Kane” appeared in the popular video game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, broadcast on classic hip-hop radio station Playback FM, Kane’s name was even used to refer to the name of a rival gang leader in the game.
In 2005, Big Daddy Kane was awarded the VH1 Hip-Hop Honors. After a mix of hits from TI, Black Thought and Common, he went out to perform “Warm It Up, Kane” with his old dancers, Scoob and Scrap. Kane and Cool G Rap can be seen briefly in Dave Chappelle’s documentary Block Party.
In 2006, he appeared as a guest MC on the track “Get Wild Off This” produced by The Stanton Warriors for their Stanton Sessions Vol. 2 mixing breaks. He also appeared with the Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, and his longtime friends Busta Rhimes and Q-Tip in the 2006 Summer segment. Jam Concert (June 7, 2006) as part of the Busta Rhymes initiative to honor New York’s hip hop heritage.
In 2007, the new track “BK Mentality” was released on the Official Joints mixtape compilation. Kane also appeared on Joel Ortiz’s mixtape The Brick: Bodega Chronicles.
Big Papa Kane made a cameo appearance in the 2008 video for “Game’s Pain”, a track by rapper Compton The Game. The video also featured Raekwon, Three 6 Mafia, and Ice Cube. The Game also mentions Jay-Z’s former occupation as hypeman Kane: “Ask a Jay-Z fan about Big Daddy Kane: don’t know him, the Game will show them.” He also appeared on the remix of “Don’t Touch Me” by Busta Rhymes. Also in 2009, Kane played the role of Clay in the film Just Another Day. The film tells about two rappers, poor and young, as well as older and successful. The film follows them through another day of their lives.
Big Daddy Kane appears on one of the tracks on MA Doom: Son of Yvonne, a collaboration between MF DOOM and former Juice Crew member Masta Ace. In 2013, Big Daddy Kane was hired by the New York-based Lifted Crew and RB singer Showtyme to form a group called “Las Supper”. The project is said to have a classic hip-hop and RB vibe. The album titled “Back to the Future” was released on March 26, 2013.
On November 24, 2014, Big Daddy Kane spoke about his upbringing, childhood influences, relationships, sexual experiences, and Madonna <186 Book>1992 Sex in a heart-to-heart interview on Dr. Zoe Today’s show. In 2016, it was featured on Tito Jackson’s single “Get It Baby” as well as in the documentary Hip-Hop Evolution.
. In June 2020, Big Daddy Kane released the single ‘Enough’ – aimed at addressing issues surrounding police brutality.
Big Daddy Kane is considered one of the most influential and accomplished rappers of the golden age. MTV ranked him #7 on their list of the Greatest MCs of all time, he was #4 in Cool Mo Dee’s book There’s a God on the Mic: The True 50 Greatest MCs, About.com ranked him #3 on their list of “The 50 Best MCs of Our Time” ”, and RZA included it in the top five. the best MC’s. In 2012, The Source ranked him at number 8 on their list of the top 50 lyricists of all time. Allmusic says that “his finest material ranks among the best hip-hops of its era, and his sex-soaked image has been a huge influence on countless future would-be players”, and describes him as an “extremely talented fighting MC”, “one of the main rap talent”, refers to his “almost peerless technique” and “top-notch technique and rhyming skills”, and says that he “had the pure speech ability and razor-sharp dexterity to ambush any MC and excite anyone who witnessed or heard him speak.” Cool Moe Dee describes him as “one of the most imitated MCs ever in the game” and “one of the greatest MCs of all time” and Ice-T says:
“To me, Big Daddy Kane is still alive one of the best rappers. I would put Big Daddy Kane against any rapper in a fight. Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, any of them. I could take his raw swagger from ’88 and match it against any record [from today]. Kane is one of the most incredible lyricists out there… and he’ll eat you up on the mic. I don’t want to try to outplay Big Daddy Kane. Big Daddy Kane knows how to rap around cats.”
His first two albums are also considered hip-hop classics, with Rolling Stone saying “it has consistently received critical acclaim”. In Rap-Up: In The Ultimate Guide To Hip-Hop And RB, Cameron and Devin Lazerin say that Big Daddy Kane is “widely regarded as one of the best lyricists of his day and even today is regularly reviewed by young guys” and a music journalist Peter Shapiro says that Kane is “perhaps the most accomplished MC ever.” Eminem refers to Big Daddy Kane in the lyrics of his song “Yellow Brick Road” from his album Encore, saying “we (Eminem and Proof) were on the same shit as this Big Daddy Kane shit where complex syllables sound together” , and he quotes the same lines in his book The Way I Am – this shows how Big Daddy Kane influenced Eminem and Proof’s rhyming technique.


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1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2Department of Pharmaceutics, Faculty of pharmacy, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
3Chemical Injuries Research Center, Baqiyatallah University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
4Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Pharmaceutical Sciences Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
5Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Objective(s): Phthalimide-based derivatives have anticonvulsant activity like as phenytoin by inhibition of sodium channel. In our previously research we mentioned about some phthalimide derivatives as potent anticonvulsant agents. Materials and Methods: Fourteen analogs of 2-substituted phthalimide pharmacophore were synthesized and then were evaluated for the anticonvulsant activities in pentylenetetrazole-induced seizures (PTZ) and maximal electroshock seizure (MES) models. Results: The in vivo screening results showed that all the analogs have the ability to protect against the maximal electroshock and PTZ. The compounds 3 and 9 elevated clonic seizure thresholds at 30 min which were more active than the standard medicine phenytoin. Compounds 3, 6, 7, 11, 13 and 14 with 100% protection were the most potent ones in tonic seizure. The most potent compound in the both PTZ and MES models was compound 3. Using a model of the open pore of sodium channel, all of the compounds were docked. Results of docking showed that the ligands interacted mainly with residues II-S6 of NaV1.2 by making hydrogen bonds and have additional hydrophobic interactions with other domains in the channel's inner pore. Conclusion: Some of these compounds are more potent than phenytoin simultaneously in the clonic and tonic seizures.
3.Brodie MJ. Antiepileptic drug therapy the story so far. Seizure 2010; 19:650–655.
4.Lacoste L, Bartolucci S, Lapointey J. Pentylenetetrazole inhibits glutamate dehydrogenase and aspartate aminotransferase, and stimulates GABA aminotransferase in homogenates from rat cerebral cortex. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1988; 66:1135–1138.
5.Wang Y, Jones PJ, Batts TW, Landry V, Patel MK, Brown ML. Ligand-based design and synthesis of novel sodium channel blockers from a combined phenytoin–lidocaine pharmacophore. Bioorg Med Chem 2009; 17:7064–7072.
6.Catterall WA, Goldin AL, Waxman SG. International union of pharmacology. XLVII. Nomenclature and structure-function relationships of voltage-gated sodium channels. Pharmacol Rev 2005; 57:397–409.
7.Goldin AL. Resurgence of sodium channel research. Annu Rev Physiol 2001; 63: 871.
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The Ethics of Documents in Relationships: The United Church of Canada and Its Reconciliation Documents(2019)
Introduction. Documents may play an important ethical role in relationships in the absence of face-to-face contact. The field of information science’s focus on information and knowledge is not able to support the ethical dimensions of understanding that are necessary to consider this role. A hermeneutic approach to understanding may offer the field a way to reconsider understanding.
Method. I conduct a literature review on the concepts of aboutness and understanding in information science and compare this to ethical understanding in Levinas and Gadamer. I read this conversation against a case study of documents created by the United Church of Canada as part of its reconciliation efforts with Indigenous people.
Analysis. My archival research places the case study in public and historical context. A hermeneutic reading of the case study provides clues as to how ethical relationships to the other may occur on the documents’ own terms.
Results. The United Church of Canada’s documents cannot initiate an ethical relationship to the Indigenous other because they do not offer an experience of the other’s whole complexity. However, the documents allow a different kind of ethical response wherein readers become aware of their own limitations in relationship to the other.
Conclusion. Documents have the potential to increase ethical understanding. Studies of ethics and documents offer a more complete picture of how documents function in people’s lives.
Citation InformationMartin I Nord. "The Ethics of Documents in Relationships: The United Church of Canada and Its Reconciliation Documents" (2019)
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When the scores were tallied, Georgia came in third, with a 63.11 — that’s up from No. 5 last year. Although the Peach State ranked No. 20 for work environment, it was first in living environment.
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Delaware took the top spot in the ranking, with a score of 65.51, followed by North Carolina, Georgia, New Hampshire and Tennessee, in that order.
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½ banana, frozen
Add everything into a blender except ice. Blend.
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Traffic is being diverted after a lorry burst violently into flames on the A30 this evening.
The drama unfolded just off the Chiverton Cross in the eastbound carriageway with smoke seen billowing into the evening sky.
Devon and Cornwall Police are on the scene diverting traffic back around the roundabout and onto alternate routes.
Cornwall Fire and Rescue has arrived and is currently bringing the fire under control.
Witness Martyn Webster who was travelling on the A30 at the time, saw the blaze.
He said: “It’s 100 metres off of Chiverton Cross. We could see smoke and little flames.
“Two minutes later it was completely ablaze but firefighters have taken care of it.
“There was a crowd in front. All the tyres burst out and the windows were smashing.”
Stay with us for updates as the fire service works to put out the blaze.
Fire now under control
A Cornwall Fire and Rescue Service spokesman said: “Multiple calls were received for this incident, one appliance from Tolvaddon was mobilised, on arrival a 7.5 tonne lorry was found to be well alight, a further appliance from Tolvaddon attended to supply water, firefighters wearing breathing apparatus used two high pressure hosereel jets to extinguish the fire.”
Devon and Cornwall Police
Cornwall Live is currently trying to contact Devon and Cornwall Police but has so far not been able to get through.
Traffic monitoring site Inrix is reporting the road as closed
It said: “A30 - BLACKWATER - EASTBOUND - CORNWALL
A30 Eastbound closed, slow traffic due to vehicle fire between Chiverton Cross Roundabout (Chiverton Cross Roundabout) and Four Burrows.
A van is on fire.”
It was Mr Webster’s colleague Lee Gribble who alerted the emergency services. Here he is seen walking from the burning lorry.
Other incidents on Cornwall's roads this evening
Elsewhere on the roads in Cornwall the A30 westbound is partially blocked and traffic slow moving due to an accident involving two cars on Temple Tor.
One car has collided with the central reservation and the other is partially blocking lane one.
Also on the A391 between Lockengate and Bilberry a lorry has come to rest in a ditch causing slow traffic.


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Issue Number: Council I 004
This issue was submitted for consideration at a previous biennial meeting, see issue: 2014-I-25 ; new or additional information has been included or attached .
Report - Oyster Advisory Committee
Issue you would like the Conference to consider
Issue 2014-I-25 was extracted by the body of State Delegates at the 2014 Biennial Meeting, in Orlando Florida. This action prompted forming an Executive Board Ad Hoc Committee to discuss the extracted no action decision. After discussion, the Executive Board Ad Hoc Committee determined that a Conference Committee should be formed to discuss and provide a recommendation at the 2016 Biennial Meeting.
Public Health Significance
The Oyster Advisory Committee was tasked with developing recommendations to update the 2013 Food Code Section 3-603.11 Consumer Advisory, as follows, regarding raw molluscan shellfish that have not been treated by a process sufficient to reduce Vibrio spp. to an undetectable level, as detected by the Vibrio vulnificus testing method in the most current edition of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Bacteriological Analytical Manual.
3-603.11 Consumption of Animal Foods that are Raw, Undercooked, or Not Otherwise Processed to Eliminate Pathogens.
(A) Except as specified in ¶ 3-401.11(C) and Subparagraph 3-401.11(D)(4) and under ¶ 3-801.11(C), if an animal FOOD such as beef, EGGS, FISH, lamb, milk, pork, POULTRY, or shellfish is served or sold raw, undercooked, or without otherwise being processed to eliminate pathogens, either in READY-TO-EAT form or as an ingredient in another READY-TO-EAT FOOD, the PERMIT HOLDER shall inform CONSUMERS of the significantly increased RISK of consuming such FOODS by way of a DISCLOSURE and REMINDER, as specified in ¶¶ (B) and (C) of this section using brochures, deli case or menu advisories, label statements, table tents, placards, or other effective written means.
(B) DISCLOSURE shall include:
(1) A description of the animal-derived FOODS, such as "oysters on the half shell (raw oysters)," "raw-EGG Caesar salad," and "hamburgers (can be cooked to order)"; or
(2) Identification of the animal-derived FOODS by asterisking them to a footnote that states that the items are served raw or undercooked, or contain (or may contain) raw or undercooked ingredients.
(C) REMINDER shall include asterisking the animal-derived FOODS requiring DISCLOSURE to a footnote that states:
(1) Regarding the safety of these items, written information is available upon request;
(2) Consuming raw or undercooked MEATS, POULTRY, seafood, shellfish, or EGGS may increase your RISK of foodborne illness; or
(3) Consuming raw or undercooked MEATS, POULTRY, seafood, shellfish, or EGGS may increase your RISK of foodborne illness, especially if you have certain medical conditions.
Recommended Solution: The Conference recommends...
- Acknowledgement of the 2014 - 2016 Oyster Advisory Committee Final Report and thanking the committee members for their work.
- No further action based on:
- the Interstate Shellfish Sanitation Conference (ISSC) letter dated July 7, 2014 that states the ISSC does not agree that the recommended solution of Issue 2014-I-025 would improve effectiveness or reduce illnesses; and
- the CFP Oyster Advisory Committee determination that the existing language in Section 3-602.11 of the 2013 FDA Food Code is adequate to address consumer advisory for raw molluscan shellfish.
- The Oyster Advisory Committee be disbanded as they have completed their charges.


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And you know what? I felt better. There is definitely something to this pie therapy. As Howard says, "Pie may not cure cancer, but it could cure the blues."
But, I’ve always been smitten with pie. Even though I learned to make pie crust several years ago, I am still so happy every time I make a pie...to start off with a bunch of individual ingredients and end up with something that I made from scratch with my own hands, something that is an entity in and of itself, that is completely different from the pile of things I started out with. Flour, salt, butter, and water become a tender, flaky, golden crust. Fruit, sugar, and cornstarch become a sweet, sticky filling. It's a comfort to create something that makes people happy. The fact that it tastes good doesn't hurt either.
I get it, Beth. I really do. (And yes, we are on a first name basis now. More on that in a couple months. *wink*)
In fact, I get a lot of what Beth was feeling about life and love and loss. And sex. She talks about sex pretty frequently. Of course, sex and food are often closely linked in terms of satisfaction. Pie really is quite sexy (the words itself is sexy.....say it soft and slow..... p i e ). Also, ALL THE PUNS. See...?
Specifically, Beth vividly describes tasting orgasmic chocolate pies while judging at the Iowa State Fair a couple years ago:
The pie was so intensely delicious that eat bite made my eyes roll back in my head with pleasure. Tasting the flavor and feeling the texture melting in my mouth was the pie equivalent of having an orgasm. I had never had such good sex--I mean, pie. While any of these totems to the chocolate gods could have taken first place, there was one in particular that stood out to me. It was made by Lana Ross, from Indianola. [...]Of Lana's pie, Howard declares: "This is a pie I would like to rub all over my body. And have a man lick it off ."
Me, too, Beth. Me. Too.
Better-Than-Sex French Silk Pie
1 cup [all-purpose] flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup lard
scant 1/3 cup water
- Prepare crust by cutting the lard into the flour and salt. Gradually add water until all is moist. Roll out and place in a 9 or 10-inch pie pan. Blind bake [at 425 degrees] for 15-20 minutes, then let cool.
- Kelly's Note: My crust was still fairly raw on the bottom after 20 minutes. So, I took out the foil & pie weights, docked the crust, and baked for an additional 15 minutes until the bottom was golden brown.
1 cup [unsalted] butter
1 1/2 cups extra fine sugar
4 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted
1 teaspoons vanilla
- Beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in chocolate and vanilla. Add eggs, one at a time, beating at medium speed for 5 minutes after each addition. Pour into cooled pie shell. Chill at least 4 hours.
- Kelly's Note: Be sure to use extra fine (castor) sugar. I couldn't find any in my supermarket, so I just used plain ol' granulated sugar. As a result, my filling had a slight crunchiness to it. Not horrible, but a smooth filling would have been so much better. You can make your own castor sugar by grinding it in a blender or food processor until it's fine but not powdery.
I was, apparently, just too lazy to do so.
2 cups heavy cream
4 tablespoons powdered sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
- Whip the cream, sugar, and vanilla until thick. Pipe [or spread] onto cooled pie. Garnish with chocolate shavings [I used bittersweet chocolate].
- Kelly's Note: I found that 2 cups was WAY too much, as I don't like a ton of whipped cream on top. Use half for a pie like mine or use the whole recipe if you want a taller topping.


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North Carolina has more than 70 wineries and vineyards with tasting rooms. Many of these opened their doors during the 2000's. However, winemaking in North Carolina is not a new venture. In 1835, Medoc Vineyard led the nation in wine production. Prior to Prohibition, North Carolina led the country in wine production. Today the wine industry in North Carolina is rebuilding and offers a promising future. In 2006, it was ranked 10th in the nation for wine production.
The state can be divided into three grape growing regions. The Mountain region to the west has numerous wineries and has a designated appellation: the Yadkin Valley. The Piedmont region is in the center of the state. Both the Mountain and Piedmont regions have plantings of Vitis vinifera grapes and hybrids. Common varieties of the Vitis vinifera grapes planted include the white grapes Chardonnay and Viognier as well as the variatal reds: Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Syrah.
The Coast region lies to the east and is home to the Native American grape family: the Muscadine sometimes referred to as Scuppernong, Vitis rotundifolia. These grape varieties are very popular both now and historically. They were the first Native American grapes to be made into wine. Research seems to indicate the positive health benefits of the Muscadine grapes such as ten times the amount of antioxidants as red wines. Keep an eye on further research studies to see if the claims are substantiated.
The varietal Scuppernong is the official grape of North Carolina. The oldest known Scuppernong vine is on Roanoke Island, North Carolina and is 400 years old. It is believed to be the oldest vine in the country.
Yadkin Valley was North Carolina's first AVA. Within the Yadkin Valley AVA a new appelation was designated in 2008. The Swan Creek appelation currently has five wineries and about 130 acres of vineyards.
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Tuesday, September 22, 2009
By Brenda Black
An upright man wronged must still do what is right. That's not an old proverb. It's the plot for a 1956 Hitchcock classic, “The Man Who Knew Too Much.” James Stewart and Doris Day encounter international espionage, fight to find their kidnapped son and thwart the assassination of a foreign diplomat. And it's all done as innocent tourists. Had Stewart's leading character not been so trustworthy, their Moroccan vacation may have been considerably less eventful and far more safe. But along with upright living, comes responsibility.
From the movies to current events, a few leading headlines easily communicate that standing for something in the real world demands one be prepared to fight for it. Persecution and political pressure compels Christians to take the high road. Sometimes at great cost.
Headline: “Officials Cleared in Prayer Injunction Case.” This story comes from The Washington Times writer Julia Duhin, who recounts the trial of two Florida school officials. “The ACLU complained to Judge Rodgers after Mr. Lay asked Mr. Freeman to offer mealtime prayers at a Jan. 28 lunch for school employees and booster club members who had helped with a school field house project. The judge then issued a contempt order for the two men.
“When asked Thursday why he agreed to give the prayer, 'It was just out of reflex,' Mr. Freeman told the judge, according to the Pensacola News-Journal. His testimony was part of a 10-hour hearing involving several witnesses.”
If the men had been found guilty, their penalty would equal six months in jail and a possible loss of their retirement benefits and $5,000 each in fines.” For thanking God for the booster club!
It gets worse: “Christian Hotel Owners Hauled Before Court After Defending Their Beliefs in Discussion with Muslim Guest.” This story takes place in England, but sounds frighteningly probable right here in the U.S. According to reporter Jonathan Petre of the London Daily Mail, the hotel owners do not believe they were threatening, abusive or insulting. David Whiting, their defense attorney said “They are committed Christians and it is the defense’s contention that they have every right to defend their religious beliefs and explain those beliefs to others who do not hold similar views.”
The article goes on to say, “The use by the police of the Public Order Act to arrest people over offensive comments has dismayed a number of lawyers, who say the legislation was passed to deal with law and order problems in the streets. Neil Addison, a prominent criminal barrister and expert in religious law, said: ‘The purpose of the Public Order Act is to prevent disorder, but I’m very concerned that the police are using it merely because someone is offended.
“‘It should be used where there is violence, yobbish behaviour or gratuitous personal abuse. It should never be used where there has been a personal conversation or debate with views firmly expressed. If someone is in a discussion and they don’t like what they are hearing, they can walk away.’ He added that the police had a legal duty under the Human Rights Act to defend free speech ‘and I think they are forgetting that.’”
What do you know? If a Christian invokes a blessing it is a crime. If a Christian defends his faith it is a crime. And still an upright man wronged must do what is right because we ultimately count it all loss for the sake of Christ.
“I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.” (Philippians 3:10-11)
Christ was upright. He was crucified. We are called to carry His cross every day we live.


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In this retail setting, the waterloop solution required 90% less refrigerant compared to standard systems. This fulfilled Foodstuffs core objective: protecting the environment. It also means a long-term benefit for operational costs, as refrigerants are substantially increasing in price. Additionally, the new system uses less electricity which further reduces costs for the business. The installation was carried out with only minimal disruptions to the store operations and customer experience.


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