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June 4. The camp was astir at daybreak; coffee, bacon, and beans formed the breakfast, followed by quick dish-washing and packing. A general bleating began about sunrise. As soon as a mother ewe arose, her lamb came bounding and bunting for its breakfast, and after the thousand youngsters had been suckled the flock began to nibble and spread. The restless wethers with ravenous appetites were the first to move, but dared not go far from the main body. Billy and the Indian and the Chinaman kept them headed along the weary road, and allowed them to pick up what little they could find on a breadth of about a quarter of a mile. But as several flocks had already gone ahead of us, scarce a leaf, green or dry, was[Pg 12] left; therefore the starving flock had to be hurried on over the bare, hot hills to the nearest of the green pastures, about twenty or thirty miles from here.August 9. I went ahead of the flock, and crossed over the divide between the Merced and Tuolumne Basins. The gap between the east end of the Hoffman spur and the mass of mountain rocks about Cathedral Peak, though roughened by ridges and waving folds, seems to be one of the channels of a broad ancient glacier that came from the mountains on the summit of the range. In crossing this divide the ice-river made an ascent of about five hundred feet from the Tuolumne meadows. This entire region must have been overswept by ice.[Pg 198]The most telling thing learned in these mountain excursions is the influence of cleavage joints on the features sculptured from the general mass of the range. Evidently the denudation has been enormous, while the inevitable outcome is subtle balanced beauty. Comprehended in general views, the features of the wildest landscape seem to be as harmoniously related as the features of a human face. Indeed, they look human and radiate spiritual beauty, divine thought, however covered and concealed by rock and snow.
July 27. Up and away to Lake Tenaya,—another big day, enough for a lifetime. The rocks, the air, everything speaking with audible voice or silent; joyful, wonderful, enchant[Pg 156]ing, banishing weariness and sense of time. No longing for anything now or hereafter as we go home into the mountain’s heart. The level sunbeams are touching the fir-tops, every leaf shining with dew. Am holding an easterly course, the deep cañon of Tenaya Creek on the right hand, Mount Hoffman on the left, and the lake straight ahead about ten miles distant, the summit of Mount Hoffman about three thousand feet above me, Tenaya Creek four thousand feet below and separated from the shallow, irregular valley, along which most of the way lies, by smooth domes and wave-ridges. Many mossy emerald bogs, meadows, and gardens in rocky hollows to wade and saunter through—and what fine plants they give me, what joyful streams I have to cross, and how many views are displayed of the Hoffman and Cathedral Peak masonry, and what a wondrous breadth of shining granite pavement to walk over for the first time about the shores of the lake! On I sauntered in freedom complete; body without weight as far as I was aware; now wading through starry parnassia bogs, now through gardens shoulder deep in larkspur and lilies, grasses and rushes, shaking off showers of dew; crossing piles of crystalline moraine boulders, bright mirror pavements, and cool, cheery streams going to[Pg 157] Yosemite; crossing bryanthus carpets and the scoured pathways of avalanches, and thickets of snow-pressed ceanothus; then down a broad, majestic stairway into the ice-sculptured lake-basin.
Teen Patti Me Paise Kaise kamaye
August 23. Cool, bright day, hinting Indian summer. Mr. Delaney has gone to the Smith Ranch, on the Tuolumne below Hetch-Hetchy Valley, thirty-five or forty miles from here, so I’ll be alone for a week or more,—not really alone, for Carlo has come back. He was at a camp a few miles to the northwestward. He looked sheepish and ashamed when I asked him where he had been and why he had gone away without leave. He is now trying to get me to caress him and show signs of forgiveness. A wondrous wise dog. A great load is off my mind. I could not have left the mountains without him. He seems very glad to get back to me.
June 26. Nuttall’s flowering dogwood makes a fine show when in bloom. The whole tree is then snowy white. The involucres are six to eight inches wide. Along the streams it is a good-sized tree thirty to fifty feet high, with a broad head when not crowded by companions. Its showy involucres attract a crowd of moths, butterflies, and other winged people about it for their own and, I suppose, the tree’s advantage. It likes plenty of cool water, and is a great drinker like the alder, willow, and cottonwood, and flourishes best on stream banks, though it often wanders far from streams in damp shady glens beneath the pines, where it is much smaller. When the leaves ripen in the fall, they become more beautiful than the flowers, displaying charming tones of red, purple, and lavender. Another species grows in abundance as a chaparral shrub on the shady sides of the hills, probably Cornus sessilis. The leaves are eaten by the sheep.—Heard a few lightning strokes in the distance, with rumbling, mumbling reverberations.[Pg 65]The day has been extra cloudy, though bright on the whole, for the clouds were brighter than common. Clouds about .15, which in Switzerland would be considered extra clear. Probably more free sunshine falls on this majestic range than on any other in the world I’ve ever seen or heard of. It has the brightest weather, brightest glacier-polished rocks, the greatest abundance of irised spray from its glorious waterfalls, the brightest forests of silver firs and silver pines, more star-shine, moonshine, and perhaps more crystal-shine than any other mountain chain, and its countless mirror lakes, having more light poured into them, glow and spangle most. And how glorious the shining after the short summer showers and after frosty nights when the morning sunbeams are pouring through the crystals on the grass and pine needles, and how ineffa[Pg 236]bly spiritually fine is the morning-glow on the mountain-tops and the alpenglow of evening. Well may the Sierra be named, not the Snowy Range, but the Range of Light.
A good many herbaceous plants come thus far up the mountains from the plains, and are now in flower, two months later than their low[Pg 40]land relatives. Saw a few columbines to-day. Most of the ferns are in their prime,—rock ferns on the sunny hillsides, cheilanthes, pellæa, gymnogramme; woodwardia, aspidium, woodsia along the stream banks, and the common Pteris aquilina on sandy flats. This last, however common, is here making shows of strong, exuberant, abounding beauty to set the botanist wild with admiration. I measured some scarce full grown that are more than seven feet high. Though the commonest and most widely distributed of all the ferns, I might almost say that I never saw it before. The broad-shouldered fronds held high on smooth stout stalks growing close together, overleaning and overlapping, make a complete ceiling, beneath which one may walk erect over several acres without being seen, as if beneath a roof. And how soft and lovely the light streaming through this living ceiling, revealing the arching branching ribs and veins of the fronds as the framework of countless panes of pale green and yellow plant-glass nicely fitted together—a fairyland created out of the commonest fern-stuff.
July 17. A new camp was made to-day in a magnificent silver fir grove at the head of a small stream that flows into Yosemite by way of Indian Cañon. Here we intend to stay several weeks,—a fine location from which to make excursions about the great valley and its fountains. Glorious days I’ll have sketching, pressing plants, studying the wonderful topography and the wild animals, our happy fellow mortals and neighbors. But the vast mountains in the distance, shall I ever know them, shall I be allowed to enter into their midst and dwell with them?
June 16. One of the Indians from Brown’s Flat got right into the middle of the camp this morning, unobserved. I was seated on a stone, looking over my notes and sketches, and happening to look up, was startled to see him standing grim and silent within a few steps of me, as motionless and weather-stained as an old tree-stump that had stood there for centuries. All Indians seem to have learned this wonderful way of walking unseen,—making themselves invisible like certain spiders I have been observing here, which, in case of alarm, caused, for example, by a bird alighting on the bush their webs are spread upon, immediately bounce themselves up and down on their elastic threads so rapidly that only a blur is visible. The wild Indian power of escaping observation, even where there is little or no cover to hide in, was[Pg 54] probably slowly acquired in hard hunting and fighting lessons while trying to approach game, take enemies by surprise, or get safely away when compelled to retreat. And this experience transmitted through many generations seems at length to have become what is vaguely called instinct.
I was glad to hear that the high snow made a stay in the Yosemite region necessary, for I am anxious to see as much of it as possible. What fine times I shall have sketching, studying plants and rocks, and scrambling about the brink of the great valley alone, out of sight and sound of camp!
CHAPTER VIII THE MONO TRAIL


text: Socialburn originated in the mid-'90s around high-school pals Neil Alday (vocals/guitar), Dusty Price (bass), and Brandon Bittner (drums). After forming on the fly in their tiny central Florida hometown, the group expanded into the scene in nearby Tallahassee. Listeners took a liking to their straightforward post-grunge growl, and Socialburn was soon a hit at local radio. By 2000, guitarist Chris Cobb had been added and a self-released CD had dropped. SB branched out with gigs in Jacksonville and Orlando, hoping to generate label interest in an area already buzzing with the success of Creed.

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What we thought: One day in the mid-1860s, potential gold-digger Walter Moody steps off a ship in the town of Hokitika on the south island of New Zealand. He’s just had a nasty shock. There was something quite terrifying in the hold of the Godspeed. Out of sorts, he stumbles in to the hotel lounge, unaware of the fact he’s interrupting a private meeting between twelve leading lights of the town.
Gradually, the tale begins to unfold, guided by the firm hand of our narrator(s). Each man seems implicated in death, suicide, murder and conspiracy, but nothing is quite as it appears. All these men are seeking a fortune and then intend to be ‘homeward bound’. But fortune has two meanings.
The story unfolds from each person’s perspective, dropping nuggets of information for the reader to assemble into a detective’s theory. Our loyalties shift, our opinions alter and we tread with great caution, unsure who can be trusted.
Catton’s narrative is a perfectly constructed drama in a most unusual setting, conjuring Victorian New Zealand and its inhabitants with atmospheric realism. The hardships, the gossip, the politicking and the landscape don’t so much leap off the page as lure you in, so you feel as tangled and sapped of the will to escape as a fly in a web.
A hefty tome, but wholly absorbing with a wonderful Zodiac theme underpinning the complexity of this intrigue where men believe they are in control of their destiny.
You’ll like this if you enjoyed: The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, The Little Stranger, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.
Avoid if you dislike: Victorian storytelling, overt exposition of construction, large casts of characters.
Ideal accompaniments: A platter of cold meats, a dram of Laphroaig and a cold, clear night so you can see the stars.
Genre: Literary fiction
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As a business-school student in the early-1970s, I was intrigued by Peter Drucker’s ideas on the then new demand that business make concern for society central to the conduct of the business itself. While Drucker noted that this expectation could be dangerously unrealistic, he said the penalty for neglecting social needs is very high. He went on to say that the quality of life of our society should be a tremendous business opportunity.
Social needs are imperative
That opportunity is perhaps more of a business imperative today, according to five supermarket and foodservice managers speaking at the 2012 Chicken Marketing Seminar (see “Food retailers tell chicken producers: Find consumer narrative about your product”). They described their customers as increasingly concerned about issues of sustainability, healthy lifestyles and the welfare of workers and animals in food production. In fact, their biggest request was for chicken marketers to develop a coherent narrative to help address these consumer demands.
There’s another part of the 1970s business curriculum that is as pertinent as ever. Abraham Maslow’s theory about the hierarchy of human needs said people (consumers) will turn their attention more to self-actualization needs (i.e., having a role in protecting the environment, ensuring social justice, etc.) as their most fundamental physical and security needs are more fully met. With U.S. consumers’ expenditures for food at a mere 9.8 percent of disposable income in 2011, consumers can psychologically and economically afford to focus less on purely economic product attributes and more on those of a warmer, fuzzier psychological nature.
Dimensions of value addition changing
One of the food retailers at the seminar, Vincent Ligas, director of procurement, Giant Eagle, described how the phenomenon has unfolded for chicken: “When I started in the grocery business in 1975, chicken came one way – in 70-pound ice-packed boxes. It was up to the retailer to produce whatever he could out of that box. I believe per capita consumption at that time was around 38 pounds. Today it is about 82 pounds. Innovation in products and packaging has enabled us to grow that consumption. It’s really amazing where we have come from and where we are headed.”
Poultry companies are adding social needs to their marketing strategies. What once was value-added poultry – mere sliced, diced, conveniently packaged poultry – is increasingly a commodity. The new means of value addition is in the social dimension.

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In her work presented at Monday’s Law & Philosophy Workshop, Martha Nussbaum interestingly ties the religion clauses to a concern for equality – to the need for the state to treat its citizens with equal respect. For the Establishment Clause, this means that separation of church and state is not an end, but only one possible means of achieving the end of equality. I find this approach intriguing, but I think the doctrinal implications are even bolder and more unconventional than Prof. Nussbaum acknowledges. Though she observes that equality requires less separation than does some Supreme Court precedent, she generally finds the equality rationale to support the existing doctrinal requirements for the separation of church and state. I am not so sure. Consider two examples.
First, if a public school principal rotates through a variety of public prayers and secular statements (the latter including but not limited to statements of agnostic skepticism or atheistic certitude), should we not conclude that this rotation pays equal respect to all citizens of the school? (Alex Kolod notes in her blog entry that I asked this question in the Law & Philosophy workshop). Think of this proposal as like the old “fairness doctrine”: public schools are permitted to have official prayers, but if they do, they must give “equal time” (or possibly proportionate time) to each religious tradition as well as to those traditions rejecting religious belief. It also partly corresponds to the rotation of prayers in the United States Congress (though I believe they exclude agnostic or atheistic statements). The counter-example of the high school graduation prayer shows that the rotation idea might not work for every occasion, but it would still be a marked departure from doctrine if the concern for equality led to permitting a centralized daily prayer (say, over the intercom) in public school classes.
One objection to this idea, consistent with the equality theory, is that school principals and teachers might do a poor job of implementing any scheme of rotating prayers. For that matter, we might imagine that many parents would object to their child’s ever being exposed to official school prayers from religions other than their own, as well as to non-religious sentiments being given the same prominence as a prayer (though for members of the majority religion, this disorienting experience might be one of the virtues of the idea, making it easier for them to imagine the usual situation of those in the minority). But my point is simply that a system of rotating school prayers and statements could succeed at paying equal respect to all citizens, in which case a judge embracing Prof. Nussbaum’s equality-based interpretation of the Establishment Clause should find it impossible to strike it down.
My second example is more radical: if there is a school district with sufficient religious homogeneity, there could easily exist a single prayer consistent with the religious views of everyone in the community. In such a place, wouldn’t the official use of that prayer in public schools – on a daily basis – be consistent with the local government (which is the only government in control of the school and the prayer) showing equal respect to all of its citizens? I don’t mean to propose a community where everyone’s views are exactly the same, which probably does not exist, but one with enough homogeneity to allow for unanimous agreement on a prayer. It is not obvious that there is an equality argument for banning prayer from public schools when those prayers are acceptable to everyone in the community. Nor do I see why people outside the community who do not hear or have their children hear the prayer (or even pay taxes supporting the schools) suffer any disrespect from merely knowing that a community somewhere exists with an official public school prayer (especially if it turns out that, taken as a whole, the communities that do this represent many different religions).
Such a community would, I believe, have to cease this prayer practice immediately if a new person entered the community who did not share the local religious view. And here is where I see a potential equality attack on the practice: that those who do not share the community’s religious homogeneity may now be unwilling to move to the community. They may be especially unwelcome if their entry spells the end of the prayer regime. Given the importance of freedom of movement, this point may explain why equality is inconsistent with allowing public school prayer even if it is acceptable to all existing members of the community. But it strikes me that this justification is highly contingent: in some small communities, this level of homogeneity has existed for decades. For some of these communities, the population is shrinking because there are no new entrants to make up for the departure of new generations. In these cases, the possibility of a new entrant with different religious views seems pretty remote.
Having written this post, I should perhaps now reveal that, contrary to what some readers might guess, I am not particularly comfortable with the implications I have drawn from Prof. Nussbaum’s theory. If I am correct about them, it makes me wonder if there is or should be something more going on in the Establishment Clause than a concern for equality.


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At Cheyenne Mountain State Park, Colorado Springs, CO…
This will be a short post since the last one was a bit longish. Our leg from Raton was a short one, and we arrived at Cheyenne Mountain State Park around mid-afternoon. This has to be one of the nicest state parks we've seen, and the views of Colorado Springs are incredible from our lofty mountainside perch. I'll have some photos in a subsequent post.
After setting up, we drove out to Mountaindale RV Park, which is about 15 miles south of our campsite. We checked in with friends Ed and Marilyn, who have graciously agreed to show us around the area in the next couple of days. We also wanted to see the park for ourselves, and we can easily understand why these two have made it their summer home for seven years now. It is truly a bucolic setting, and we'll have photos of that, too, a bit later.
We asked Ed for a restaurant recommendation for dinner, ever vigilant because of his long checkered history of picking restaurants that are closed. He knew we liked Thai food, so he recommended Na Ri, one they liked that was not too far from our RV park. A bit sensitive himself, he asked Marilyn to verify that it was open on this Sunday evening, and she checked and said that it was. So, after making plans to meet the next day, we followed Ed's instructions directly to the restaurant, only to find it…yep, closed.
We had a good laugh, anticipating the ribbing our friend will have to endure tomorrow, and drove about eight miles up I-25 to a Japanese restaurant named Jun Sushi and Noodles. It was a busy place, and unfortunately, we were seated too close to a loudmouthed drunk who kept demanding some banana tempura (which the restaurant didn't offer). Must be quite a drink, that sake.
Sandy and I had a teriyaki-tempura combination that was delicious and quite reasonably priced.
Their mainstay is sushi, however, and that was the choice of most of the patrons. We have never exactly warmed up to sushi, clinging to the rather outdated notion that raw fish is just better when it's cooked. I'm pretty sure that's not likely to change.
We're looking forward to our adventures with our friends, and we'll keep you posted.


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We all have been here before… Something, which is perfectly normal and ordinary in everyday life across Western countries, suddenly triggers anger among Muslims. The resulting scenes are all too predictable; we just know the spectacle that is to follow… Thousands of Muslims, stirred up by inflamed interventions of their usually undemocratic and authoritarian leaders, come on the streets around the Islamic World, screaming in utter histrionics, flip-flops will go flying in the air, Western countries flags will be set alight, Friday prayers at the mosques will be dominated by more hysterics, etc… There is no need to describe all of this in full, the vaudeville is almost always the same. Regrettably, the lessons have not yet been learnt, by those whose duty is to learn quickly and read into the signs events give off.
Now, it has been plainly evident for a number of years that the Muslim communities living in Western and/or Christian countries, are the only ones crossing the red line and seem to get away with it, in complete impunity. Our politicians and many of us ourselves, dislike being unfairly branded as racist or islamophobic, thus leaving an open flank to those within Muslim communities who see in it a weakness well worth exploiting. Generally, say those who govern us, abuse is not acceptable – that’s right! – and therefore topical application of the Rule of Law sets the record straight. That’s wrong!
Topical application of the Rule of Law, focused on the perpetrators of wrongdoing, does not actually set the record straight. Muslim communities will repeat, again and again, the same attitude of defiance of Western Law, and will always produce elements ready to cross the red line, inflicting upon the host Western societies where they live; abuse, crime, pain and murder. The Islamic mindset prevalent within Muslim culture, tradition and religious belief, submits fully to the Islamic Law and Tradition, and typically follows a literal reading of religious text. This is certainly true of how Islam reads the Qur’an, but is no less true of how it reads the Sunnahs and the Haddith (aka Athar).
There are very practical consequences arising from this. Westerners are seen as infidels, our Rule of Law is nothing other than a hardly tolerable system, which no Muslim finds preferable to Islamic Sharia Law. We are their Host society, but that does not mean they will love us more than they did before turning up at our doorstep. It is therefore rather difficult for Muslim communities to accept being ruled by a society and spirituality they consider inferior to their own. After all, many of them migrated into Europe from Countries where Christianity, Western or otherwise, is severely punishable. Resisting the West and by extension Christianity and Judaism is thus, not just natural, but appropriate as a general attitude and behavioural requirement of any Muslim worth his or her salt. Under this mindset, moderation is a behaviour rather lacking. This becomes only apparent in crisis moments, or official surveys where anonymity is guaranteed. Not surprisingly, a Survey conducted across the European Union, commissioned by the European Union Commission, found 46% of Muslims (born originally in Islamic countries) surveyed wish to have Sharia Law enforced in France for example. Similar percentual figures replicate across the UK and other European Union countries.
It is useful to understand – and urgently accept this is the likely default position – that because Muslim cultures always tend to depart from their own cultural mindset, as their priority starting point, Muslims living in Western societies do not necessarily accept Western rules, and for this reason default to their own particular way of resolving conflict. I believe this explains the level of hostile aggression and violence, which is specific to an Islamic cultural, societal and religious response to whatever the issue may be at any given moment. Topical application of Western Rule of Law fails spectacularly in addressing the Islamic mindset. It has been proven time and again to always resort by default to extremely violent responses. There is no instrument of Law or implement of its enforcement in the West, capable of bringing Muslims among us into respect for our laws and rules.
As far as Western societies and their ways of life are concerned, multiculturalism involving Islamic Culture is an immense failure in so many aspects of relations between Muslims and the other cultures or religions living in the West, the question arising is necessarily to ask why do Muslims insist in living in Western societies, when it is plainly obvious they dislike us, find it difficult to adapt to our values, legal systems, democratic values, irreverent sense of humour, freedoms and societal culture?… To answer this question is not easy, the choices are unpalatable because Muslim resistance internally within the West, bridges with a political agenda shared by radical leaders and regimes of Muslim countries to make it one of their critical objectives, to weaken the West, undermine it as much as possible, create hostility, hurt and demoralise Westerners, provoque anger by a variety of means and so on and forth.
It is however important to recognise that internal resistance against Western ways of life and foreign policy of Muslim regimes do not share the same motivational platform. Foreign regimes, such as Iran, Turkey and others, depart from a political agenda of Islamic expansionism, whatever the cost, potentially by expanding Islam to Western territories. This is not new at all. Muslim occupation of Southern Europe and the Siege of Vienna by the Ottoman Empire (1529) show precisely this. Europe is coveted territory, it has always been. Radical Islam leaders’ dreams of restoring the European Caliphate are alive and well indeed.
So… To be clear… Either by coincidence, or by design (whichever you the reader might feel more inclined to believe as right), the sad reality, for which we are already paying the price, is our politicians ineptitude at seeing clearly anything beyond the tip of their noses, for it is quite obvious that the internal pressures coming from the 44 million Muslims already living in Europe, and the Islamic expansionist agenda of radical regimes are the two gates of a single bridge. Sadly, Europeans, infatuated with this absurd idea of an all-secular Europe, have created a weaker Europe, by irresponsibly letting it be pushed into the middle of the bridge with nowhere to go, except perhaps jump off it into rather ice cold waters. Our very own version of Titanic, but better call it Tipanic this time round!
The recent case of the beheading of a teacher in Paris, and now the killing of three Christians, among which the beheading of a 70-year old lady, inside Notre Dame Basilica in Nice, whilst waiting for Holy Mass to begin, is an outrage, of course. But it is not new in any way, shape or flavour! We have all been clearly here before, and the response in the West is always the same half-baked choir of timid voices, invoking Western Rule of Law (which as I explained earlier, means virtually nothing to the Muslim population, because they believe in Sharia Law), and the usual promises of bringing the culprits to Justice (which the murderers see as a Badge of Honour), and ask the European native population to stay alert. Alert for what exactly?!.. Our politicians created a secular, spiritually decrepit society, without God and without the Christ. Then allowed Europe to welcome a completely antagonistic cultural tradition to live among us. On top of it, they then allowed refugees to enter Europe without a proper check to ascertain they were genuine refugees and not ISIS terrorists disguised as refugees. And now they ask us to stay alert?!.. This is absurd! Let me be clear! Politicians made the infantile mistakes we all know, but it is 70-year olds who pay by losing their heads to a Muslim blade in Church first thing in the morning!
What is Europe in the minds of our politicians? A slaughter house of some sort?
A Christian Europe (as opposed to secular and godless) should have been able to rescue Christians, persecuted in African, Middle-Eastern and Far-Eastern Muslim republics, routinely killed in countries such as Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, Chechnya, Pakistan, Egypt and others… Please note: Killed by the bucket load, in their hundreds and thousands. Instead, despite the evidence coming from other Countries, where clearly Christians are routinely eliminated, we allowed this Radical Muslim violence to invade our streets, harm our lives, challenge our democracies and attempt at ending our ways of life. When are we in Europe, citizens and politicians, finally going to realise that there is no difference between that Christian woman killed in Nigeria (see above photo) and the 70-year old lady killed by decapitation in Nice?
A solution has to be found. We have to look these Muslim Councils in France, in Britain and elsewhere in Europe in the eye and make it clear that non-abiding by our Laws and a continuation of this sort of murderous behaviour in our streets, public buildings and Churches will result in people being ordered to leave, if not by State action, by a much worse effect, which is the dangerous rise of extremist politicians from populist far-right parties, growing in numbers and potentially in votes, creating perilous conditions for the rise of another potentially dangerous and dark period of European History.
Perhaps the best solution is for unhappy Muslims to accept they are unable to adapt to Western Culture, laws, values and societal ways of life. Why be unhappy, when the solution is to review their best interests and move to Countries and societies closer to their own Cultural values, spiritual and religious beliefs and mindset?
I don’t have an answer. The answer is for politicians and for those who feel affected by our ways of life, to find. Genuinely, I am primarily concerned with interested parties being able to find a solution that is acceptable to all concerned, and ends the reoccurrence of this violence at the hands of Muslims living in Europe.
American scholar Neal A. Maxwell once said that “sometimes we are so busy being the hammer or the anvil, that we forget who really needs the shaping”. I concur. Let us just focus and be reminded that in this issue with radical Muslims living in Europe, it is not Europe that needs shaping. We have been Western and Christian for 2000 years and we intend to continue to be so. Whatever the cost!
 According to International Authorities sources, 11.000 Christians were killed in May 2020 alone!

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My name is Jordan Leckband. I have been teaching general music at Windsor since 2020. Before my time here in DMPS, I taught 6-12 Vocal Music at Nodaway Valley and K-12 Vocal and General Music at Guthrie Center in western Iowa. In ten years I’ve taught concert choirs, jazz choirs, show choirs, Solo/Ensemble contests, chamber ensembles, and three musicals. I’ve also been a guest conductor for the South Central Iowa Honor Choir and for the DMPS All-City Honor Choir.
At Windsor, we focus heavily on giving students opportunities to learn different styles of music from different parts of the world using different instruments. You can expect from me:
Kindergarten and 1st Grade: beginning instruments such as rhythm sticks and egg shakers
2nd Grade: Unpitched percussion and glockenspiels
3rd Grade: Pitched percussion and tubanos (classroom drums)
4th Grade: Recorders
5th Grade: Guitars, music composition and Honor Choir opportunities (Opus, All City, etc)
In addition, we have an after school choir at Windsor called Castle Singers. This is a non-auditioned group open to all students in grades 3-5. We sing at Fine Arts Night in the Spring and have performed the National Anthem at various sporting events in Des Moines. We would love to have your child join us!
I received my Bachelor’s in Music Education from the University of Northern Iowa, my Master’s in Music Education from the University of South Dakota, and I will finish my Ed.S in Educational Leadership from Drake University in December. I live in Waveland Park with my wife Meghan, my son Aidan, and our two cats and two dogs.
I started teaching art for DMPS in 1996. After six years of teaching, I decided to stay at home with my three children and watch them grow. Teaching has always been in my heart, as my children got older, I went back to the classroom to teach preschool. 2014 I was hired once again by DMPS to be the Library Associate at Windsor, such a wonderful job, but not quite messy enough. 2018 DMPS hired me one more time, and it was back to the Art Room for me, I could not be happier. I have been a part of the Windsor family since 2005, starting as a parent and PTA co-president, all three of my children attended Windsor. Here at Windsor, I run a Choice Based art program, where the child is the artist. We make messes, solve problems, collaborate, make discoveries, and enjoy creating.


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Project notes: The warp is polwarth and silk from a colourway called Eden. The weft is SW merino, cashmere and nylon in a colourway called Temptress. Fibre from both came from the Sweet Georgia Yarns Fibre Club.
Here it is on the 32″ Ashford Rigid Heddle loom. It was easy to weave, the colour changes that naturally occurred from the variegated yarn created interest. I did have a difficult time keeping the beat soft. The yarn wanted to snug tightly against the yarn in the previous row.
And here it is off the loom, before I washed it. At this time it measured 71″ x 18″.
Here’s a closeup of the fabric after I washed it. Everything shrunk and fulled a wee bit, filling in the spaces. It is soft and has a lovely drape. Final measurements are 61″ x 14.5″. That’s a lot of shrinkage, but that’s the way it goes in weaving I guess. (Measurement doesn’t include the 5″ twisted fringe on each end.)

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Another forum member just PM'd me about his tire pressures. Seems when he had his TPMS reset done the pressure in all four tires came up ten pounds low. I had the same experience. I hadn't checked my tires because I knew that Tesla had inflated them properly, and even watched them recheck the pressures after they installed the winter wheels on my car. Unfortunately there's one catch - it's winter! The wheels were installed and checked indoors. My TPMS wasn't working because the tool wasn't available when I picked up my car. Tire pressures drop when the temperature drops. You need to adjust your tire pressures seasonally, to maintain the same cold inflation level. If your TPMS hasn't been synchronized with your wheels for whatever reason, please check your pressures! Do this when the car has been sitting outside in seasonal temperatures for a couple of hours. Tesla recommends 45 psi for the Pirellis, but you can run them as low as 40. A bit lower pressure might provide better traction, while the higher pressure would give you better range.


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Feeling a little slow lately? All it might take to get your body back to working at a normal pace is a little coffee. A 2005 study from the Radiological Society of North America found it doesn’t take much—just a couple cups—to improve your reaction time, making you better at everything from noticing something scary like smoke in your home (and realizing you need to grab the fire extinguisher ASAP) to breaking your car for a stop sign.
Other studies have tried to pinpoint exactly what in caffeine is helping to halt the onset of these diseases. A 2014 study (14) found that caffeine blocks various tau receptors (a protein that contributes to brain cell degeneration). Another study found that caffeinated coffee increased GCSF (15) - a substance greatly decreased in Alzheimer’s patients - levels in the bloodstream.
If you're getting your coffee at a coffee shop, make sure to avoid all of those fancy specialty coffees (sweetened flavored lattes, frappuccinos, etc) as they are almost ALWAYS loaded with extra sugars or artificial sweeteners. Some of those fancy coffee drinks at Starbucks or other coffee shops can have 300-400 calories in just one coffee! Definitely not good for your body or your blood sugar or insulin levels.
Long term consumption of coffee has also been shown to reduce, although moderately, the risk of stroke (38). Another study pointed out that drinking about five or six cups of coffee a day is associated with the greatest reduction (39) (36%) in stroke risk, and that coffee also contributes to overall reduction of cardiovascular mortality (a less scary way of saying “heart death”).
Regardless of what you might come across in health blogs and nutrition magazine, it’s true that coffee lowers the danger of liver cancer. Once again, a steady coffee consumption has been linked to a lower cirrhosis incidence more so alcoholic cirrhosis. Some studies have even indicated an inverse correlation between increased coffee drinking and a reduced risk of cirrhosis- 20% reduction for every cup consumed.
It’s easy to get carried away ordering fancy-sounding lattes, but consuming them daily can greatly increase your intake of sugar and other unhealthy ingredients. However, you don’t have to switch to black coffee just yet. There are plenty of ways to spice up your coffee without doing it at the expense of your health. Try these seven coffee hacks to help you have a healthier coffee and an energized morning.
“Milk, lactose-free or not, will provide essential vitamins and minerals,” Meyer says. “By adding 1/4 cup milk to your morning joe, you'll get 2 grams of protein, 8 percent of the daily value of calcium, and 6 percent of the daily value of vitamin D, riboflavin, and phosphorus... essential for bone health, red blood cell production, and metabolism.” So no matter where you are—or whether or not you’re fully awake—there’s a way to add a little boost to your daily cup.
2. You also should try to AVOID at all costs any of those terrible artificial creamers (liquid or powder), which are usually made with corn syrup solids and hydrogenated oils (harmful trans fats). Instead, use a little bit of REAL full-fat cream (organic grass-fed if you can find it, as the CLA and vitamin K2 in grass-fed cream can be very healthy ). The brand that I've found at many grocery stores is Organic Valley and they have an option for a pasture-raised cream that is really good!
""The Impact of Green Tea and Coffee Consumption on the Reduced Risk of Stroke Incidence in Japanese Population" Yoshihiro Kokubo, MD, PhD, FAHA, Hiroyasu Iso, MD, PhD, Isao Saito, MD, PhD, Kazumasa Yamagishi, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Yatsuya, MD, PhD, Junko Ishihara, PhD, Manami Inoue, MD, PhD and Shoichiro Tsugane, MD, PhD. Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.111.677500. March 14, 2013. Abstract. Accessed 15 December 2013.
If you’re working 80 hours a week, getting three hours of sleep a night, and have no energy because you’re living on carb-heavy takeout, drinking coffee non-stop during the day is a problem. It’s not the coffee; it’s the fact that you’re using the coffee as a crutch. Craving a steaming hot cup or two is fine, being totally dependent on coffee to function isn’t.
More recent research has shown the opposite. Drinking coffee is now associated with a lower risk of diabetes, stroke, and cognitive issues like depression. One reason may be that coffee is rich in powerful antioxidants, and researchers now think it’s particularly good at reducing inflammation. One recent study showed older people who consumed more caffeine showed much lower levels of inflammation than those who didn’t. Another recent large study of over 200,000 people found coffee drinkers may live longer.
Bulletproof coffee is considered a “healthier” version of coffee because it has butter and coconut oil, which contains medium-chain fats that have been shown in studies to have a beneficial effect on blood lipids—lowering triglycerides and raising HDLs. As president and chief culinary officer at Culinary Health Solutions, Ken Immer, CCHE explains, “The fats from the butter and coconut milk are a great combination to ‘prime the energy pump’ in the morning. You’ll give your coffee some ‘bite’ that keeps you going until lunchtime, plus you’ll get all of the additional nutrients, especially when we choose grass-fed butter.” You can either buy Bulletproof or make it yourself at home. Find out 8 myths about coffee you should know.
Coconut milk is the perfect add-in if you’re lactose intolerant, cutting out dairy for dietary purposes (i.e. the Paleo diet), or just want a low-calorie milk substitute. Of course coconut milk adds a light coconut flavor to coffee and lightens up your brew, but it’s also closest in texture to whole milk. You can add vanilla extract to coconut milk to create a homemade, lower calorie creamer. Just be careful and use coconut milk sparingly as it still contains a fair amount of fat.

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A long-time North Albury criminal became abusive towards police shortly before they uncovered an illegal firearm in his house, a court has heard.
Caine Allan Nichols had just been served with a NSW Police firearms prohibition order, which he refused to take.
Minutes later police searched a television cabinet near the front door in his Matra Avenue home and found the weapon.
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The imitation firearm's components included a forend, a rifle trigger and a home-made barrel.
Police have told Albury Local Court that the barrel appeared to have improvised from a car jack.
It was deemed to be an imitation firearm under the NSW Firearms Act 1996.
Nichols, 35, pleaded guilty to a single charge of possess an unauthorised firearm.
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It was the second time he has been dealt with for a firearms-related offence, and he has also previously been convicted over the possession of ammunition.
Nichols has fronted court many times over the past few years, including for larceny and drug-related matters.
He feigned ignorance when magistrate Richard Funston asked him this week why he had the firearm.
"I didn't know it was there," replied a nonchalant Nichols, who had lived at the address for four years.
"It was right up in the back of the cabinet."
Mr Funston asked Nichols whether there was anything else he wanted to add.
"Nothing to say," he replied.
Mr Funston said it was "hard for me to accept" that Nichols "didn't know it was there".
"For these sorts of charges you can get a lengthy jail sentence," he said.
Police took the prohibition order to Nichols' home on January 22 about 5.30pm, just hours after the order was issued.
Nichols became "somewhat dismissive" when the order was read out to him, then walked back into the house while abusing the officers with "profane language".
He was convicted and fined $800.
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There’s been quite a bit of coverage this week on the continuing growth in property values across Melbourne through the last quarter of 2021.
The latest House Price Report from Domain looked at Melbourne’s property market in the December quarter of 2021, and it showed what happened when all those home buyers resumed their activity after the sixth lockdown was eased.
The data shows that Melbourne’s median house price set a new record in topping $1.1 million. This reflected a jump of 5.8 per cent or a bit more than $60,000 on the previous quarter which equates to a rise of around $660 per day on the average Melbourne home.
What was more interesting for homeowners in the bayside suburbs was that our part of town saw some of the highest growth figures of any region in Melbourne. In areas ranging from the blue ribbon pockets closer to Melbourne right through to the Mornington Peninsula, the growth in median house prices was remarkable. For example, the three highest house price growth numbers recorded in the year to December were in Black Rock, Mentone and Frankston South (just like the recent sale pictured)…all areas known for their proximity to the Bay.
The important thing to keep in mind is that the strong growth in particular pockets tends to flow through to adjoining areas over time as many buyers will look further afield when they feel that they are being priced out of a particular area due to increased competition. So these numbers are good news for property owners across our area.
Of course, if these latest statistics have got you wondering how much more your own property could achieve if you were to sell in the current climate, feel free to give our team at Barry Plant Frankston a call this week on 9781 3100.
We’d be more than happy to provide you with an obligation-free update.
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Cop turned private investigator Vicki Nelson has the not-so-easy task of solving supernatural cases with the help of her sexy preternatural partner, Henry, and her assistant, Coreen.
Best known for her lead role in "F/X: The Series" as well as her performance opposite Vin Diesel in "The Chronicles of Riddick," actress Christina Cox's credits also include "CSI: Miami," "Cold Case" and "Numb3rs." Recently, Cox cocreated a pilot called "The Trackers," and soon she'll be seen opposite Ving Rhames in the upcoming film "Ascension Day."
After her boyfriend was murdered, Coreen sought Vicki's help, believing supernatural forces were involved. Now she's Vicki's assistant.
Gina Holden began her career as a model, finding success as the face of Shiseido cosmetics. After discovering acting, Holden went on to appear in "Fantastic Four," "Final Destination 3," "The Butterfly Effect 2" and "Code Name: The Cleaner." The actress's television credits include "Reunion," "The L Word," "Psych," "Supernatural" and "The Dead Zone."
Vicki's ex-partner and sometime lover Mike Celluci is often simultaneously trying to tackle the same unexplainable cases as Vicki, and he's far from thrilled about Vicki and her new partner's palpable chemistry.
Dylan Neal is a well-recognized face on television, having had recurring roles in "JAG," "The Bold and the Beautiful" and "Dawson's Creek," as Doug Witter. Neal has also been seen in the series "Sabrina, the Teenage Witch," "The War at Home," "CSI: Miami" and "Kevin Hill." He appeared on the big screen alongside Josh Hartnett in the film "40 Days and 40 Nights."
Henry Fitzroy, a 450-year-old vampire and the son of Henry VIII, lives among humans as a graphic novelist but as a sideline teams up with Vicki to investigate the unexplainable.
Kyle Schmid's recent work includes his recurring role in "Beautiful People" as well as an appearance in the Disney Channel's "The Cheetah Girls." The actor also starred in Lifetime's "Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life" and "Sex & the Single Mom." Schmid's feature-film credits include "The Covenant," "The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants," "A History of Violence" and "The Pacifier."
Serie in onda su Lifetime dall’11 marzo - trasmissione regolare: domenica ore 22.00
Cast: Christina Cox, Dylan Neal, Kyle Schmid
Episodi ordinati: 13 - Durata: 45 minuti
Produzione: CHUM Television, Insight Film Studios, Kaleidoscope Entertainment
Trama: le disavventure della ventinovenne Vicki Nelson (Christina Cox), ex-poliziotta diventata detective con un problema degenerativo alla vista. Dopo aver assistito ad un terribile omicidio, Vicki si ritrova a conoscere un altro testimone del delitto, Henry Fitzroy (Kyle Schmid), vampiro di 450 anni di età che è il figlio bastardo del re Enrico VIII d’Inghilterra. Vicki, appena concluse le indagini sull’omicidio, si ritrova ad indagare con Henry in casi soprannaturali, e questo rapporto complicherà la vita di Vicki e la sua relazione con l’ex-partner alla Polizia, il detective Mike Celluci (Dylan Neal).

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Even though this recipe already has so many glowing reviews, I'm going to add my own two cents. A crust this good should be a controlled substance, seriously. I had been looking for a recipe like this for quite some time, and finally found this one over the weekend. Absolutely divine! As others have said, don't over-work the dough. Don't try to work out those butter clumps, since that is what makes the crust flakey. Most of the bigger clumps will even out when you roll the dough. This crust will work for just about anything, quiche, pie, pot pies, etc.
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Retail stocks headed higher on Monday on hope that retailers' September same-store sales reports later this week will show some signs of improvement.
Barclays Capital, for instance, raised its September forecast for general-merchandise retailers and department stores to a decline of 2% from a previous projection of a decline of 2.9%. Barclays also sees apparel retailers' sales to turn positive in September.
Analysts from other firms echoed similar sentiments. FBR Capital Markets analyst Adrienne Tennant said she expects in-line to better-than-expected September sales among the specialty retail stocks she covers.
Susquehanna Financial Group analyst Thomas Filandro raised his profit forecast and price target on Limited Brands Inc. LTD. He said the company's September sales will likely beat management's recent forecast for a low-single-digit decline. He said the improvement will likely be driven by Bath & Body Works as he expects a slight positive same-store sales increase, while sales from Victoria's Secret stores also are approaching positive territory.
Limited Brands shares rose 5.2%.
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Van Briggle Pottery 1920s Blue Violets And Leaves Vase Shape 645
Pretty 1920s Van Briggle Pottery blue violets and leaves vase. There is a tight hairline that goes across the base and up the sides slightly. No other chips, cracks, damage, or repair of any kind. Bottom marked with logo, Van Briggle and Colo. Spgs. Vase is 4 1/2" tall and 3 1/2" wide. SHOWS WELL!


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Kiccha Sudeep recently schooled a journalist on how to correctly pronounce the word Kannada and the video has now gone viral on social media. Sudeep, who is currently busy promoting his film Vikrant Rona, corrected the journalist saying that the correct word is Kannada and not 'Kannad’.
The actor even asked her if she has ever pronounced Hindi as Hind. When the journalist said that she is still learning, he asked her to first know the right name of the language.
Sudeep said, "Aap seekho na, language chodo, language ka naam toh sahi rakkho na. Aap Tamil sahi bolte ho, Telugu sahi bolte ho, jab Kannada ki baat aati hai toh Kannad boldete ho aap (Forget the language, at least know the right name of the language. You pronounce Tamil and Telugu correctly but when it comes to Kannada, you say Kannad)."
He went on to add, "Kannad nahi hai, Kannada hai. Hum kabhi bhi Hind bole hai? Nahi na? Hindi hi bolte hai na? Shudhh Hindi mein bolte hai na Hindi. Kannada language seekhna chodo aap woh ek alag kahani hai, aap try karo lekin Kannada, hann (It's not Kannad, it's Kannada. Did we ever say Hind? No, right? We say Hindi? We pronounce it correctly, right? Forget learning the Kannada language that's a different story, you can try but it's Kannada)."
It must be noted that the southern superstar was recently also in the news for his Twitter feud with Bollywood actor Ajay Devgn regarding the 'national language.'
On the professional front, Sudeep will soon be seen hosting the upcoming season of BB, Bigg Boss Kannada OTT. Meanwhile, his film Vikrant Rona hit the theatres on July 28 and is faring very well at the box office. The Anup Bhandari directorial also stars Jacqueline Fernandez, Nirup Bhandari, and Neetha Ashok in pivotal roles.