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There are many definitions of internal power. These definitions change based on the specific martial art practice to which it is applied and range from the ability to withstand blows to the body to the power to pull a truck from rope attached to one's nether regions to the ability to effortlessly toss an opponent across the room.
The late master, Liu Xing-Han teaching the author the finer points of Ba Gua Zhang in Beijing, at the Temple of Heaven Park, 1988.
The author's late teacher, Liu Xing-Han demonstrates the exercise around the time of his 86th birthday.
Internal power as described here refers to a specific kind of martial art skill associated with the nei chia chuan "internal martial arts." In this definition of power, the movement is "soft" and "gentle," like the Chinese word that describes this power, an jing, literally, "peaceful power". In this power no torqueing is involved and anger is antagonistic to the ability to manifest it.
This type of internal power is associated with intent and derived from a practitioners inner peaceful state. It is brought to fruition from a type of inner harmony derived from an ordering of ones subtle biological systems. This power is epitomized in Li Yi Yu's instructions to late nineteenth century Tai Chi practitioners: "Use the Mind and not Force" and use only "Four Ounces of Force to defeat a thousand pounds."
Internal power in the Chinese internal martial arts was a by-product of three different influences. One of these influences is Daoist yoga. From the ancient Chinese dao yin yoga the first internal martial artists adapted ways of moving in order to harmonize mind and body with the flow of Qi  energy.
The second influence was the Daoist philosophy itself. Here notions of using "softness" to overcome hardness became more than political or social philosophy. In this application Daoist principles of yielding and becoming water-like transformed from lofty ideals into principles of training and strategies to conquer an opponent.
The final contribution to the development of this brand of internal power were the martial art antecedents contributing to efficient close combat. Principles such as holding the spine erect and not becoming "double weighted" were expanded by exponents such as Wu Ch'eng-Ch'ing  who was the first author on a "Push Hands" training manual.
Representing this rare way of learning how to conquer an opponent, students and teachers are faced with a dilemma. This challenge has to do with getting the right balance between two poles. The two poles are 1) The physical mechanics and principles of the art and 2) Sensitivity and "soft" internal principles of the nei chia chuan "internal boxing."
This is an arduous challenge. Overemphasize the mechanics and the art becomes robotic. Overemphasize the soft internal methods, and the student gains little more than the ability of a soggy noodle. The right balance between both poles are necessary to fully express internal power.
The first pole involves physical mechanics. It applies the real, concrete and mechanical to the internal arts. This aspect involves: 1) Learning efficiency and mastering hidden (unseen) leverage, 2) Attaining root, the art of optimizing strength and effect by correct alignment in relation to the ground, and 3) Learning to release, instead of forcing or pushing power (similar to the way a star pitcher throws a baseball, a practice involving a totally interconnected spring-like release). These are all very important, but only one side of training. The other is more hidden from normal view. It concerns itself with being aware of and directing the Qi.
In general, those who have been most successful in internal martial arts start with the development of sensitivity. This sensitivity has to do with both inner and external awareness. Their training begins by learning to become aware of subtle changes within their own body. Then focus is directed to energy fields outside their body and finally learning to become sensitive to the energy fields of others. This sensitivity leads to the ability to use soft and relaxed methods in a real confrontation.
There are various techniques used by internal masters to get students to attain this soft yet connected power. They all involve the merging of hardness and softness, of stillness and movement: the blending of the two poles. One of the best places to look at the key to this merging of the poles of physicality and internal energy is in the principle of loose and connected power as represented by the Chinese word "sung."  Sung is the merging point between the hard and soft. Its hardness is the manifestation of the power of a spring-steel whip delivered with minimal effort. Its softness is the ability of the whip to adapt, manipulate and express power through its fluid-like, changing medium.
The Daoist yogas, or Dao Yin , are among the best ways to merge physical form and internal energy. However the nexus where structure, form, mind, will and energy merge is delicate and the process of integrating this knowledge with physical form requires the lightest touch.
By lightness, I am speaking of mental and physical aspects in respect to both healing and martial arts. Lightness of touch moves energy and Will through physical form in refined ways. The presence of this quality indicates lessening of the influence of the grossly physical in favor of sensitivity and refinement. Sensitivity and refinement of the nervous system indicate the tenuous merging of mind, will, and structure. An adept, by applying this principle, manifests skill as a slight touch that has a lot of effect in throwing, off-balancing or demonstrating power. A by-product is a profound effect on the practitioner's nervous system; an attribute that speaks to the arts of the yogi and leads to the development of a heightened and specialized control of the nervous system. With experience, these skills will extend beyond the physical boundaries of the practitioner, who intuitively becomes increasingly able to sense and adapt to minute changes in an opponent's energy flow, structure, position, and even intent.
For internal arts to maintain their relevance and meaning for the future, the true essence of the art must be revealed to the next and the next generation. This is best done with eliminating the tendency to be drawn too far toward either the pole of physical mechanics or that of sensitivity and internal energy. Three ways that might be helpful in blending of the poles are 1) finding the secret of "sung,"  2) by incorporating Daoist yoga into one's training, and 3) by learning to produce power and effect through lightness of touch. My hope is that the development of internal energy will have social benefits and will contribute to the evolution of mankind.
This entry is an adaptation of John Bracy's "Finding Qi in Internal Martial Arts," which appeared in Qi Journal, Summer 2002 issue.
^ Many today take the concept of inner qi as the most central concept of Chinese yoga, traditional medicine and the internal arts. Inner qi (In Chinese nei qi, literally "internal energy") was developed within Daoist internal alchemy traditions in the middle of the Tang Dynasty (618-906 CE). At that time it began to be described by some Daoists searching for the secret of immortality as the animator of the mind and body's interior change. In terms of internal arts, the doctrine of internal qi is most important. It is the basis of how we, in the internal healing and martial arts, think of qi today. It has become the underlying assumption in multitudinous mind-body health disciplines, especially in disciplines of taijiquan, qigong, Daoist meditation and Asian traditional healing arts such as acupuncture. All of these use various methods to get in touch with, develop, or balance internal qi.
^ Tai Chi stylist, Wu Ch'eng-Ch'ing is described by martial art historian Douglas Wile as "an active participant in the formulation of theory" and author of the first "Push Hands" training manual. See Wile, Douglas, Lost T'ai chi Secrets from the Ch'ing Dynasty. p. 41.
^ [note: "Sung" is also written as "Song"]. It commonly means "loose" or "relaxed". Within the internal martial arts it represents "springy-ness" or "tenacity" like the resilience of bamboo. Qi as internal power, is largely explainable by the relaxed yet tenacious, 'springy' power of song." See "Mechanics of Power in Ba Gua" by John Bracy in Pa Kua Chang Journal, vol. 6, no. 6 – Sept/Oct 1996.
John Bracy. Ba Gua: Hidden Knowledge in the Taoist Internal Martial Art. [especially pp. 5-20]. North Atlantic Books, 1998.
John Bracy. Internal Power in the Martial Arts part 1: "Neutralizing Force", [DVD].
Wang Xiangzhai. Essence of Combat Science … an interview.


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There is nothing quite like the experience of pulling out a perfectly aged bottle from the cellar and dusting it off in preparation for opening. A wine cellar is different from a collection of bottles and it can convey your journey through life. You start to stash bottles in secret places. You wonder what wine could be a keeper.
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The two competitions of the 25rd edition of the Med Cinema Festival of Tetouan have been distinguished by the projection of films premieres. 23 films (feature-length and Documentaries) were in competition for the 9 prizes and 9 trophies awarded by the Festival.
Three juries (Feature-length, Documentaries and Critic’s jury), composed of academics and critics, were responsible of choosing 9 winners (films, actresses and actors).
Very young, he directed his first super 8mm film and was awarded the first prize in the National Amateur Film Festival in Algeria. He studied Cinema in Paris then he joined the studios of “Lenfilm” in Saint-Petersburg. He devotes his filmography to creative documentaries that are fully committed to his country. Through his films, he draws the outlines of a very complex humanity: Democracy, modernity-tradition, language, identity, society…A willingness to record the modern memory and to make the documentary an issue of democracy and reflection.
Mohamed GALLAOUI was born in Casablanca in 1952. During his high school, he frequented the library of the FCC (French Cultural Center) in Ain Bordja where he discovered a different and a new way to understand the Cinema thanks to weekly projections of the film adaptation of the biggest literary works.
This passion for a Cinema will get bigger with the creation, in 1974, of the Cinema Club Al-Azaim where he became a facilitator and along with his friend Mohamed Reggab, who was in charge of organizing the discussions about the screened films, he learned the basics of the cinematic language and of the different forms of expression.
Perhaps the easiest thing in the Cinema is that the spectator falls in love with an actress like Faten Hamama, be fascinated by her, but it is very difficult that she, herself, be fascinated by a person. However, this big star announced, only once, her admiration for an exceptional actress, we are talking about the notorious actress Nelly Karim.
At the beginning of this millennium, Faten Hamama has chosen Nelly Karim to play the first role in the series “The face of the Moon”, after being captivated by her art and performance, when she was dancing Ballet at the Cairo Opera House. Since then, Faten Hamam revealed Nelly Karim, or “The face of the Moon”, who is illuminating the sky of this Silver edition of Tetouan Mediterranean Film Festival.
Nelly Karim started her artistic career as a ballet dancer. And perhaps, she inherited her talent from her Russian mother. As mother of fact, it was Russia who forged this art’s links with the theater. Ever since the inauguration of the Bolshevik theater, and the birth of the ballet theater in Russia.
Nelly Karim was able to fly, with finesse and nimbleness, to the screens of the Cinema, to become the actress who fascinated Faten Hamama. She is an actress who carries the spirit of an angel, while this spirit is carrying her supple body. Her dancing body helped to develop her acting skills, and her wide eyes could express what her body could not say, and what the spectator could not expect.
And through her nimble acting and her dancing and expressing body, we are experiencing the cinema of Nelly Karim, as long as the Cinema is the birth of movements and the creation of time. And our witness is her role in the film “You are my life” by Khalid Youssef, where the dancing and the art are the magical healing potion. And for her performance in this film, she was awarded the best actress prize by the Cairo Film Festival in 2006. And if Wahid Farid was able to convince us, in a funny way, that Nelly Karim is a dazzling actress, we can call, what happens to the spectators while he is watching this actress, “A clash”, and it is the title of one of her best films that was selected, lately, for the Cannes Film Festival. It is a film where our heroine was able to expose a rebellious character, in an Egyptian modern and impressive tragedy.
It was also Nelly Karim who inspired the director and screen-writer Mohamed Diab to include a woman in the film. And by that, Nelly Karim confirms that she is an effective and an influential actress, she does not only play her required role, she also aims to sculpt and to recreate the role during the shooting of the film, as she always emphasizes during our interviews. That was also the case during the 29th edition of Cannes Film festival, where our actress shined bright like a diamond after the projection of “A clash”. It was not the first time. 10 years ago, Nelly Karim sparkled in the film “678”, also directed by Mohamed Diab, where she played a role of a strong woman, who was defending herself and the women of her society against the harassments or any attempt to humiliate her.
Thanks to this film, she won the best actress prize in Malmo Film Festival, in Sweden, and in many other festivals. She even won the same prize for her role in “One Zero” in Cairo National Film Festival and in the Arabic Channels Festival, for her role in “For the highest price”, and the Jury’s prize in the Asian and Pacific Films Festival… and a big number of other prizes. For that, she deserved the Faten Hamama’s excellence prize, 4 years ago, after impressing, earlier, the godmother of the Arabic screens, and becoming the actress who fascinated Faten Hamama.
The first thing that comes to attention when meeting Mohamed Choubi is the fact that he is always happy. He does not hide his love and his passion for life, and it is not irregular, he is the son of Marrakech, the city of joy where he grew up and where he did not hesitate, while he was still a student, to recite, with excitement and pride, the poems of Abu Firass Al-Hamdani, of Al-Mutanabi and Abu Al-Alaa Al-Maari, and to join, towards the end of the eighties, the local youth center, where he discovered the meaning of the collective work and of the knowledge sharing, and where he learned the values of change and freedom.
Mohamed Choubi is an authentic and a gentle Moroccan. Nevertheless, he does not believe in loyalty in Arts, and he “lays” with more than one form of cultural expression. For him, theater is a place of worship where he turns to a monk, where he discovers his soul and body, it is an open workshop to conduct the most difficult artistic experimentations and to give life to different characters. As for the television, it is a love-hate relationship, it is, in his own consideration, overrates some spiritless artistic works, and celebrates ephemeral productions that violate, with some exceptions, the career of the majority of artists. On the other hand, between Mohamed Choubi and the Cinema a spiritual relationship since he watched, with big devotion, his first films in a very dark movie theater, he then joined a cine-club where he learned to watch and analyze different cinematographic schools and currents of thoughts. And then there is his first and exceptional experience in front of the camera, for the film “Thirst” by the director Saad Chraibi, it was his first professional experience. And his work will continue with the title: “The Moroccan symphony”, “One thousand months”, “The tears of sand” … And despite of his considerable status, or because of it, Mohamed Choubi, by using social networks, does not hesitate to freely express his opinion on public affairs, to debate and to voice his anger. He considers his virtual debates as a proof of his devotion and of his patriotism, and through it, he confronts some chauvinists and some intolerant fanatics. Besides that, Mohamed Choubi has, henceforth, a new “lover”, it is the literary writing. He said that this new dedication makes him more conscious and cognizant of the societal and the universal changes and movements. He remembers that he was always the one who writes love letters to his friends’ flames.
Mohamed Choubi is more than convinced that the Moroccan public is very smart and has a very refined and sophisticated artistic taste. He would recommend the artists to be honest and to respect their profession. In his moments of creativity, he admits that the one thing he cares about is to be honest with himself, because if not, the public will sense the opposite. He also argues that the Cinema helps the societies to identify the hidden problem, provides the young with analytical skills and confronts the societal prejudices and stereotypes.
Mohamed Choubi is very proud of the fact that he did work with the gigantesque Moroccan artist Mohamed Bastaoui, he was very influenced by his strong personality and by his generosity. He is also fascinated by the charisma of Mohamed Majd. He is a big fan of Youssef Chahine, in his film “Iron door”, and as well of Mahmoud Al-Meliguy and Ahmed Zaki. His biggest dream is to personify Mohamed Al-Gharbaoui and Mohamed Khair Eddine. In his own words, they are very special artists who belong to alternative world, a very secret world.
And, if one day he is alone in an island, Mohamed Choubi will watch “Once upon a time in America” and will read “One hundred years of solitude”.
He produced numerous films (generally auteur films) that have acquired a wide reputation and acknowledgement in the biggest international film festivals. Since his debuts, Miñarro relied on the young filmmakers who have their own original ideas about the cinema. The result was, consequently, positive throughout his career as a producer.
In 2018, he went back to the camera. Shortly after closing his notorious production company Eddie Saeta in 2015 due to the lack of the institutional support, he directed Love me not (Lola Dueñas took part of the film).
In this film, the leading performers were: Ingrid García-Jonsson, Francesc Orella, Lola Dueñas, Óliver Laxe, Luis Alberti, Fausto Alzati, Hugo Catalán, Lu Colomina et Gabriel Ventura. « The idea came up as a riposte and a response to the brutality of Abou Ghraib during the war of Iraq”, as explained by the filmmaker. His scenario was “a metaphor that went to the bottom of things: the repression generates monsters.”. The major imperialist powers can identify with this courageous story.
Miñarro is one of the most audacious producers in the Spanish cinema. At the present time, the excellent Catalan producer, filmmaker and screenwriter is honored, outside of Spain, where we continue to pay tribute to his long career in the cinema, his efforts and his enormous talent.
Other than this exceptional artistic career, the TMFF has not hesitated to designate this distinguished producer as the “Special guest” for his gigantic cinematographic value, at all levels.
The Hivos Tiger Award, awarded at the Rotterdam International Film Festival of Rotterdam for his film “Finisterre” (2010).
About the year 2010, he says: “In 2010, I witnessed the best moments of the production company, with four awarded movies and the fifth, the strange case of Angelica by Manoel de Oliveira, inaugurating the “Un certain regard” in Cannes film festival, just before closing the door of the company”.
With a lot of sadness, the magnificent Spanish producer evokes this unfortunate recollection: “We are in a country that defends the footballers but does not seem to be interested by the international projection of its artists.”. With certain degree of bitterness, he says: “Recently, there might be some interest to tarnish the image of our community, the cinematographic, not very corporate, throwing us in the same pot”.
The TMFF is very pleased to receive the great representant of the Spanish cinema and the established figure of the 7th art.
Outre les films palestiniens, quatre films seront projetés dans la rubrique « Coup de cœur » ; il s’agit des films : La bataille d'Alger, un film dans l'histoirede Malek Bensmaïl(Algérie), Voyage autour de la chambre d’une mèrede Celia Rico Celia Rico Clavellino (Espagne),Roses empoisonnéesd’Ahmed Fawzi Saleh (Égypte) et Regarde-moi de NéjibBelkadhi(Tunisie).
Creative Interruptions, Projects on the archives of the revolutionary Palestinian Cinema.


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Today I am so pleased to welcome Robert Winter to Joyfully Jay. Robert has come to talk to us about his latest release, Asylum. He has also brought along an excerpt and a great giveaway. Please join me in giving Robert a big welcome!
Asylum is the second book in my Pride and Joy series. When I released September back in 2016, I wrote a guest post for Joyfully Jay about the meanings of pride in that novel. I’d like to revisit pride and joy in the context of Asylum.
Hernán is deeply in the closet when the story begins. He grew up in El Salvador, a country that has an unfortunate history of documented mistreatment of its LGBTQI citizens. You’ll understand more about Hernán’s difficulties when you encounter his backstory. He has a long way to go to admit what he feels and what he wants. By contrast, his cousin Rudy (who you met first in September) is flamboyantly out and proud. That example of someone living in the light instead of the shadows is so important to anyone struggling with sexual identity. Colin is also firmly out, though he is much more low-key about it than Rudy. He simply never saw a reason to hide, so he doesn’t think of it as any kind of statement of pride. For Hernán, though, it’s remarkable and inspiring that Colin is out to his family and his coworkers.
Another form of pride I address in Asylum is in heritage. Although Hernán faced many challenges growing up, he loves his country and most of the member of his family. He finds himself in the United States out of necessity, but he’s homesick for El Salvador. Colin, on the other hand, has decidedly mixed feelings about the way he grew up and the expectations that go with it. Sorting out the good and bad parts of his upbringing is definitely part of Colin’s journey.
A major theme for Hernán and Colin in Asylum has to do with taking pride in the accomplishments of the other. It’s an old but true saw, that the best relationships are those in which each person thinks he’s got the better deal because the other person is so amazing. When you feel that kind of pride in your partner, it’s hopefully an easy step to understand that if the person you respect so much has feelings for you, then you must also be sort of special. Both of my characters tend to be blind to their own strengths and accomplishments. What they see in each other, though, fills them with pride. How that respect changes them both is an important part of the story I wanted to tell.
The series is called Pride and Joy. Although I’m talking here mainly about the aspects of pride, the other half is equally important. There is angst in Asylum, of course, and some difficult trials for the characters to endure. The joy they find along the way – sometimes as simple as a hug, sometimes complex and profound — is the reward for their struggles. I hope you’ll give Asylum a read and share in that joy.
You can find out more about Asylum on my website by clicking here.
“Thanks, Ken.” To Rudy, Colin said, “I’m glad you came by. Let’s go talk in my room so I can drop off these bags.” He gestured with his head for Rudy to follow him up the stairs and through the corridors.
“Make yourself comfortable,” he said when they entered his room. He tossed his bags on the bed and then came over to the sitting area. Rudy fidgeted as he looked out the French doors to the courtyard of the guesthouse. He couldn’t seem to hold his hands still, one fluttering up to touch the drapes, the other alternating between his front and back pockets.
Colin sat down in a comfortable chair and waited. Rudy gnawed on his lower lip like a piece of chewing gum. Finally, he huffed, “I hope this is right.” He sank down into a chair next to Colin’s, both seats angled to look out the French doors.
“Where are you from?” Colin asked to break the ice.
Colin nodded. From his conversations with clients at the Immigration Initiative center, he knew a little about the journey people undertook when they were desperate to come to the United States. No one made that expensive and hazardous trek lightly.
“Can you tell me what happened to Hernán?” he asked.
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Welcome, Robert, and congratulations on the release of Asylum.
It’s always great to find a book with a main character who’s a POC.

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With solar farms increasingly dividing local communities, the Government has made it very clear that it wants to see fewer large-scale ground mounted solar developments encroaching onto productive arable land.
The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) says it wants to encourage the development of smaller scale and community energy production. DECC’s latest proposals, unveiled in May, to close the Renewables Obligation (RO) for solar farms larger than 5MW in capacity came as a shock. Any changes to the subsidy regime are not due to come into effect until 1 April 2015.
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•	rather than add to the list of problems for a sometimes-overloaded grid, it can actually reduce the pressure on the distributed network operator.
And it seems that businesses are responding.
At AV Dawson Ltd – a long established distribution logistics business based in Teeside, we have installed a 240kWp system over 3 roofs on their Riverside Park warehousing. The 960 solar panels will generate circa 192,000kwh and will reduce overheads by approximately £35,000 per year. With double-digit returns on investment the company should recoup its investment within 6 years.
AV Dawson is very much involved with the local community and its new solar PV installation has set the benchmark for other businesses in the region to make their mark and contribute to the reduction of the UK’s carbon emissions as well as make the significant energy savings that AV Dawson is experiencing.
So why has the commercial rooftop sector been slow to embrace solar? One of the key reasons has been the ownership of commercial property. Much of the warehousing and offices that you see are occupied by tenants rather than the owners. Therefore if the tenant wants to install solar PV then permission is required from the Landlord – at which point the discussion gets bogged down in legals and the momentum is lost. It is partly for this reason that we see most commercial solar being installed by owner-occupier SME’s.
The Government has recognised that resolving the landlord/tenant division is imperative in order to unlock the huge potential in private sector rent, and is consulting with industry experts.
Other barriers constraining growth are permitted development rights that limit rooftop solar – the indications are that these are likely to be relaxed for larger installations from 50kW to 1MW – and also the rules that prevent users from transferring solar panels between buildings when they move, without losing the Government subsidy.
As well as removing barriers, the Government has an ambition to deploy half a gigawatt of solar on the buildings within the Government estate and reinvigorate the push to get solar onto the roofs of Britain’s 24,000 schools.
Whether these good intentions come to fruition we will have to wait and see. So where does that leave households and businesses that are considering solar? Domestic customers and businesses looking at smaller-scale (sub-250kW) ground mount solar installations and commercial rooftop systems are unaffected by the announcements that take effect in April 2015. The next scheduled reduction in Feed-in Tariffs is January 2015 which provides a decent window of certainty to plan your installation. Business owners shouldn’t forget that the annual investment allowance has been raised to £500,000 meaning that solar and other renewable projects can qualify for 100% tax relief.

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Grease a 5x9-ish casserole dish with butter and mash your mashers down in the dish and rough ‘em up a bit so there’s some peaks and valleys in there.
Melt the two tablespoons of butter in a big pan, add the cabbage, and season with salt and pepper. Cook the cabbage until it’s nice and soft, and has some sweet caramelized color on it. Transfer it to a bowl, then add two more tablespoons of butter and the onions. Salt and pepper those guys, and cook them down until they too are nice and soft with some sweet caramelized color. Add those to the bowl with the cabbage.
Deglaze the pan with your whiskey, and let it reduce until your kitchen smells aggressively of ethanol, and you have a shot’s worth of a nice, dark reduction. Add it to the vegetables, stir it all up with the sour cream and mustard, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Layer this creamy goodness over your mashed potatoes, then get corny and push half of your beef down into the cabbage-y, potato-y morass of beige deliciousness.
Sprinkle half of your soda bread on top, pile on the rest of your sour cream and cabbage mixture, and add the rest of the beef. Exclaim “THERE’S THE BEEF!” if it feels right.
Shove the whole thing in a 375-degree oven, and cook until the edges begin to brown (20-30 minutes). While that’s going on, toss the rest of your bread in the rest of your (melted) butter. Sprinkle it on top of your ‘roled masterpiece, then pop it back in the oven until it’s golden brown.
If I were you, I would assemble this before Saturday, and pop it in the oven as soon as you get the post-libation munchies. If you don’t have mashed potatoes, you can use roasted or boiled new potatoes, hash browns, or even (gasp) tater tots, because all potatoes are good options. You can also mix it up with vegetables, and sauté some shredded carrots or parsnips if that’s your deal.
Spoon the casserole onto a plate or directly into your mouth, let the creamy carbs and salty meat do its thing in your drunken belly, and go to bed. The late-night St. Patrick’s day scene is a hot mess, and your night is better suited enjoying a hot dish.

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Comes 3 months after the release of Episodes 1-3. The new repackage includes 1 new song titled “Countless”. This new release was not promoted on music shows and only one teaser photo was shared the week before release. The song was previewed at SHINee’s “THE SHINING Fan Party” on Sept. 1~2, 2018. SHINee performed at the fan party without dancing and for the first time at a Korean event performed the whole show with a backup band like they do for their Japanese concerts (likely due to Onew’s injury mentioned at a previous festival). The setlist included: “Who Waits for Love”, “Tonight”, “If You Love Her”, “Beautiful Life”, “Aside”, “An Ode to You”, “Beautiful”, “Savior”, “Dream Girl”, “1 of 1/Married to the Music/Juliette” Remix, “Countless”, “You & I”, “Good Evening”, & “Our Page”. SHINee mentioned at the Fan Party that the event will be released on DVD~! ^^ “The Story of Light Epilogue” was ranked #9 on Billboard’s World Albums Chart the week of its release and “Countless” was #4 on Billboard’s World Digital Song Sales chart.
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Struggling homeowners who are considering a short sale or modification will be eligible for tax relief in 2013.
The “fiscal cliff bill” passed by Congress on January 1 included a provision to exclude borrowers from paying taxes on debt forgiven through a short sale, foreclosure, or loan modification.
Known as Mortgage Debt Relief Act of 2007, the act was scheduled to expire December 31, 2012, but received an extension for another year.
Industry experts and political leaders from all sides expressed support for the act’s extension.
In November, 41 state attorneys general wrote a letter urging U.S. House and Senate leaders to extend the act, arguing the act’s expiration would take away from the effectiveness of the national mortgage servicing settlement.
Through the settlement, state and federal officials reached an agreement with five of the largest servicers over “foreclosure abuses.” The settlement requires the servicers to provide $20 billion in consumer relief to struggling homeowners.
As of September 30, a report from settlement monitor Joseph Smith found servicers provided 21,833 borrowers with $2.55 billion in relief through first lien principal reduction modifications, which averages to about $116,929 in debt forgiveness for each borrower.
If the act did not receive an extension, borrowers who received relief in the form of forgiven debt would be liable to pay taxes on the debt.
The Center for Responsible Lending and the Financial Services Roundtable also wrote letters asking Congress to extend the act.

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The stock gained 7.59% in total of its share price.
Many research firms have provided their ratings on Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) where Credit Suisse provided Outperform rating on the stock on 23-Jan-17. Incyte Corporation P/E (price to earnings) ratio is 243.88 and Forward P/E ratio of 120.27. Finally, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. BMO Capital Markets reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and set a $126.00 target price (up previously from $121.00) on shares of Incyte Corporation in a research note on Saturday, November 19th. Analysts have a mean recommendation of 2.20 on this stock (A rating of less than 2 means buy, "hold" within the 3 range, "sell" within the 4 range, and "strong sell" within the 5 range).
In case of Revenue Estimates, 12 analysts have provided their consensus Average Revenue Estimates for Incyte Corporation as 377.92 Million.
On Dec 16 Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY) reported its EPS in the last quarter as $0.05/Share lagging the analyst estimate of $0.13/Share by the difference of $-0.08. The technical rating goes from one, the weakest upside technical, to five, the highest upside technical and focuses on the real-time stock price relative to various moving averages as well as moving averages relative to each other. The high end target price has shares touching $141 and the low end target estimate has the stock moving to $92 within the year. The company had revenue of $326.50 million for the quarter, compared to analysts expectations of $327.14 million. It has returns on equity of -14.90%, which is measuring a corporation's profitability by revealing how much profit generates by ACHN with the shareholders' money.
Incyte Corporation (NASDAQ:INCY), stock is trading $125.49 above the 52-week high and has displayed a high EPS growth of 18.70% in last 5 years. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $0.29 earnings per share. For the Current Quarter, 12 analysts are projecting the mean EPS to be $0.62/share.
In related news, EVP Reid M. Huber sold 11,739 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Monday, January 9th. The median estimate represents a 4.41% increase from the last price of 131.21. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. The company's institutional ownership is monitored at 95.6 percent.
A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the company. Fred Alger Management Inc. raised its stake in Incyte Corporation by 228.6% in the fourth quarter. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 33.9% on a year-over-year basis. Capital International Investors now owns 5,918,033 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock valued at $473,324,000 after buying an additional 499,536 shares during the period. Fifth Third Bancorp now owns 1,678 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock worth $134,000 after buying an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. The target implies a 4.82% spike from where the shares are now trading. Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Company LTD now owns 11,453 shares of the biopharmaceutical company's stock valued at $916,000 after buying an additional 97 shares in the last quarter.
Incyte Corp is a drug discovery company that is using its expertise in genomics, medicinal chemistry and molecular, cellular and in vivo biology to discover and develop novel therapeutics.
I mean the wee statue - not me! The La La Land actress, who bagged her first Oscar last night, spoke backstage about incident. A closer look revealed that the envelope in Beatty's hand was labeled "Actress in a Leading Role", and not Best Picture .
Proof of the Huawei P10 Lite's existence comes via Dutch retailer Coolblue, so there is perhaps still some room for doubt. The Huawei P10 and Huawei P10 Plus are set to launch in March, selling for €649 ($685) and €699 ($738) respectively.
Video-on-demand streaming service Amazon won its first-ever Academy Awards on Sunday night, taking home three Oscar statues. This year the awards have shown what a good job the likes of Amazon and Netflix are doing with their original content.
Soon we were working together again at a two-day session at the National Cricket Centre in Brisbane. The two sides will lay their second match from March 4 at the M.
The visa-free regime will enter into force 20 days after the publication in the Official Journal of the amendment to Regulation 539/2001.

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Last summer you might have read about the results of an international report released by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). According to the study, “the U.S. ranks below average when it comes to innovation in primary and secondary schools, while countries such as Denmark, Indonesia and South Korea top the charts.” [“Report Finds U.S. Schools Rank Below Average in Innovation,” by Caroline Porter (@carolineporter), The Wall Street Journal, 17 July 2014] About the same time that the OECD study (entitled “Measuring Innovation in Education: A New Perspective“) was released, Cornell University, INSEAD, and the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) released the “The Global Innovation Index 2014.” Reporting on the Index, Pam Tobey (@tobeypam) wrote, “Switzerland is a four-time champ when it comes to global innovation. The United States? Not so much lately — the country last achieved that spot in 2009.” [“Report: The United States not even close to being top global innovator,” The Washington Post, 23 July 2014] Included in Tobey’s article was the following graphic that shows which countries are ranked in the top ten for innovation and how their positions have changed over the last few years.
I suspect part of the answer to the first question involves the fact that the U.S. has gone through some troubling economic times over past couple of decades (but so have other countries). Confidence in the future has been eroded by terrorist acts, stagnant wages, a collapsed housing market, financial chaos, and political deadlock. America must again find the confidence to take on risks that are inevitably associated with innovation. Fostering a culture of innovation is something we should do from the cradle to the grave. It appears that a good place to start fostering a culture of innovation is in education.
Remarking on the OECD study, which involved innovation in education, Stéphan Vincent-Lancrin, co-author of the report and a senior analyst in the education department of the OECD, stated, “In many other areas of the economy, we take innovation very seriously. This is something we should monitor in education.” I agree with that position. That’s why I, along with a few colleagues, founded The Project for STEM Competitiveness — to find innovative ways of teaching science, technology, engineering, and math-related subjects in our schools. According to Porter, “The report, a first for the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, outlines new practices in classrooms and schools — both public and private — as well as teachers’ methods and tools. It then tracks countries’ efforts to improve education through these methods with international data sets already in existence. Researchers found that innovation led to improved math scores for eighth-graders, a narrowing of the achievement gap and happier teachers.” Not only do innovative methods of teaching improve test scores, they inevitably instill in students a sense of creativity and excitement that will serve them a lifetime. According to the OECD report, there is a lot more emphasis being placed on educational innovation in higher education than in primary and secondary settings. I believe we need to start fostering innovation much earlier.
The approach we have taken with The Project for STEM Competitiveness is a hands-on, project-based approach. By tackling real problems, students get to see real results from what they are learning. How often have we heard a child ask, “When I am ever going to use this?” In a project-based approach, the answer is obvious. George Bradt (@georgebradt), a Principal of CEO Connection and Chairman of PrimeGenesis, writes, “Innovation that sticks is purposed-driven — led by someone on a mission to do good for others.” [“Why Purpose-Driven Innovation Trumps All,” Huffington Post The Blog, 12 November 2014] Purposed-driven innovation is a sub-category of problem-driven innovation, which many innovation experts insist is the best way to foster lasting innovation processes. There is a reason that the old adage “necessity is the mother of invention” came into being. Problems force us to think because they represent obstacles to our progress. I believe that children who learn to be creative at a very young age will carry that skill with them into the working world.
He goes on to describe how a series of “Santa Fe Conferences” held in the 1990s tackled big, philosophical questions like: “What are the defining properties of life? Can the defining properties of life be understood in an abstract way, independent of the details of biological life as it appears here on Earth? Can we re-create the defining properties of life in other things, like computer programs or robotic machines?” He then discusses how participants in those conferences “have since dispersed” but “the work that they did on the ‘big philosophical questions’ has produced many fruits in the technology world.” I believe the “big idea” approach has some merits. I want people asking questions about global problems and human conditions and trying to figure out how they can help solve them. I want young students exposed to big ideas so that they understand they will be entering a world that needs their help. In the end, a good innovation solves a problem for a group of people. The larger the group it helps the more successful the innovation. You can draw a straight line from Steven’s philosophical approach to Bradt’s purpose-driven approach — and that line runs directly through problem solving.
If we want America to regain its position at the top of the world’s innovation leaders, then we need to start fostering a culture of innovation in our children — the earlier the better. That cradle to grave approach will serve well both the individual and nation.

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New Officers for Metro Fire Marshals Assoc.
This year there were two recipients for the Platinum Sprinkler Award. Shrewsbury Fire Chief Bill Fox and Rock Community FPD Fire Marshal Jeff DeLapp received the Platinum Sprinkler Award for their efforts in promoting fire sprinklers in their communities. Thank you for all you do !
Paul Mercurio, President of the Metropolitan Fire Marshals Association, presented Mike Mahler and Ken Schneider with Sprinkler Fitters Union Local 268 with a certificate thanking them for everything they've done for the Fire Marshals Association.
Fire Marshal Randy Cole Addresses Burning Issues at Jeffco Fire Marshals Mtg.
Missouri State Fire Marshal Randy Cole addressed the Jefferson County Fire Marshals at their December meeting. Fire Marshal Cole provided an update on legislative and code issues affecting the Fire Service.

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You can call it a common sense system all you want, but you're alone in feeling that way here.
I like personal responsibility and capitalism calls for it. We're not all the same, we don't all contribute equally, and to expect a world where there are no class differences means you're going to find a lot of people who aren't motivated to go above and beyond. To create. To build things.
For every ten people who looted, there were 100 from that building who didn't. So capitalism has zip to do with the behavior of the impoverished and their choice to loot. It has to do with a lack of morals and a sense of entitlement. Why? Because they weren't raised right or because spending a lifetime of having things handed to them leads to that attitude, or frustration that they don't have the skills to buy the things they think they want or think they deserve, or all of the aforementioned.
Seeing people who have more usually motivates people to work hard or become more educated / skilled so they can have the same things and live the same kind of lifestyle. And it's the sweat off the backs of those people that keep losers like the looters fed and housed.
I think it's the white man's fault too.
First off, From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs does not mean equal outcome.
Secondly I don’t support destruction of property or theft, I’m just saying this would never happen in a non capitalist society. These people don’t exist separate from you or anyone else.
You need to read "Lord of the Flies"...………...that would be your socialist utopia...……..
You're assuming people wouldn't want more and act on that desire in the society you describe. I think most people are good, ethical, moral, and do the right thing. But not everyone is like that and your society would include the same dregs found in every society. Why? Because it has nothing to do with capitalism. If it did, there would be even more looters than there are.
LOL! Your take on most things: Blame whitey!
Hey, shouldn't you be out looting or isn't it dark enough in California yet?
People could still be more ambitious than others and achieve more/control more capital. But they would naturally be limited by their physical limitations.
It’s not like now when a piece of paper gives you control over an entire factory and the input of all its workers. There will be no state police to protect that authoritarian rule.
I have and nothing a claimed is anything like that. Also, there wouldn’t be a shortage in resources as well people wouldn’t be stuck on an island. There would also be supply chains and mutual aid.
Also, everyone wouldn’t be a kid.
If the looters were white people, this would be a different thread.
He posted this because the looters were black people.
I do agree we should stop making excuses for people who steal.
Bull, looters are reviled no matter what color their skin is.
Instances of mass looting are newsworthy, in any sane society. If America has gotten to the point where many people agree that it should be overlooked for whatever reason, or just don't care, that's a problem.
As for the race of these looters let's not kid ourselves, if they had been white that footage would be viral. If there was video of a neighborhood full of white Americans looting and trashing a local business during a hurricane, it would lead every newscast in the country and around the world. If the reporter was black and actually confronting white looters wearing masks it would break the internet. I wouldn't need to start a thread about it here because somebody else already would have.
Sun is setting right now. Got up to around 90 today...scorcher. I gotta move closer to the beach for the cool breeze.
But once again, you know who lives near the beach? The white man of course. Him and his capitalism own Santa Monica, Malibu, Manhattan Beach, and Redondo.
It's never fair. Time to riot!
We don't want a state police. They would shut every thing down and no one will get any where that way. For the person that has that piece of paper and has assumed control, if a person is willing to go the distance there is that court of law, to handle any injustice a person may believe has been handed to them, by the controller. So who really has control? Find out in court.
As for as these looters are concerned. It wouldn't matter what type of economic system, social or capital ... people got to eat. And ATM do not work when the power is out. Nor does the mail run, when the streets are under 10 feet of water.
They can not swipe their government cards so it wouldn't really matter if they have $2.00 on that card or $2,000.00, or they haven't a card at all, until the power comes back no one has squat. They know this ... thus they took off to do what they could, however they could.
What happens next is typical of what happens in any Republic ... a court of law, which may find them innocent, given the circumstances.

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When it was announced last year, there was a healthy amount of skepticism about the Laver Cup, a team competition based on golf’s Ryder Cup. The tournament, named after Australian tennis legend Rod Laver, is developed by Roger Federer and his agent, Tony Godsick of Team 8. Even though Rafael Nadal signed on to play, and John McEnroe and Bjorn Borg were enlisted as team captains for Team World and Team Europe, respectively, it was hard to imagine that a brand new team tennis competition was (a) necessary and (b) serious. After three days in Prague, it’s safe to say that Federer, Nadal and company have delivered an exciting new event that was an absolute highlight of the tennis year.
Initially, event tickets were sold as a single package for all three days of play, and it sold out pretty much immediately, just based on the early announcement that Federer and Nadal would play on the same team. The fact that the inaugural Laver Cup was being held in the Czech Republic, a country with a rich tennis history that hosts no high level tournament itself, helped to drum up local support for the event as well.
It was clear that a good number of the attendees at the O2 Arena in Prague were there for the whole tournament, which created a sort of camaraderie among the spectators as much as among the players. Later, single seat sessions were made available, but those who were able to spend three days watching this event got to see it gather momentum from its literal birth on Friday to an absolutely thrilling finish on Sunday night.
The Laver Cup is certainly a tournament for the social media age. The black court, more a charcoal grey in person, was striking, and the red and blue uniforms of the teams really popped out of the background, as if the scene right before one’s eyes had been run through an Instagram filter—except it was real.
In addition, there were two new camera angles used for replays—the aerial camera, which showed a bird’s eye view of the movement of players across the court during a point, and the netcam, which was positioned at the center of the net on the ground, perfect for watching net rushing and volleys. The tournament organisers also had a great eye for moments to tweet out as short videos or GIFs to share the excitement that was being generated on the court.
The format of the Laver Cup is inspired—the short matches, limited to two tiebreak sets and a 10-point match tiebreak, keep the suspense high. Add to that the fact that matches were worth more points each day meant that neither team could be cut out of contention early in the event. After all, Team World lost six of the eight matches played on Friday and Saturday, but were within a few points of pushing Team Europe to a doubles tiebreak for the trophy on Sunday night.
It also has a natural build for audiences—the first day of matches featured the two youngest players in the event, Canada’s Dennis Shapovalov and the United States’ Frances Tiafoe, both off of strong showings in the summer hardcourt tournaments.
Then Saturday delivered on the promise of Federer and Nadal, each playing singles and then combining for the long-anticipated joining of forces to play doubles. And, just when it seemed like it could not get any better, Sunday’s matches were blockbusters—with Americans Jack Sock and John Isner dominating hometown hero Tomas Berdych and Marin Cilic in doubles, and Isner with the big upset of Rafael Nadal in the singles, bringing Team World, which seemed on the brink of elimination all weekend, within one match of tying the tournament.
Ultimately, however, the success of Laver Cup was always going to depend on the enthusiasm that the players brought to the event. It was far from a guarantee that players would be able to summon a high competitive level for a trophy that had just been invented. After all, there are other team events—running the gamut from the somewhat gimmicky Team Tennis to the Hopman Cup exhibition to the lugubrious Davis Cup tournament—and none has managed to capture the real competitive fire of tennis’ top male stars on a consistent basis.
This is where the Laver Cup truly shone. Some of it may have been due to the format or good planning. But, there was no way to predict that Team World would bond as quickly as they did—their antics showcased their youthful exuberance and competitive fire, despite being wildly outmatched by Team World, at least on paper.
Team Europe brought an equally passionate, if more subdued, attitude to the tournament, which provided a fun contrast to Team World. The Team World humorous pantomimed reactions to Jack Sock’s play in his losing effort against Rafael Nadal on Saturday ranged from mimicking supermodels to bowling pins, and guaranteed themselves Twitter stardom. And, watching Rafael Nadal and Team Europe react to Roger Federer’s winners and unforced errors on Sunday showed us that they, too, are sports fans, like the rest of us.
And, there were countless moments that we wouldn’t have gotten to see, if not for Laver Cup, whether it was Nadal stopping by the bench to encourage Federer, or Team World huddled around John McEnroe as he exhorted one of their own to fight on.
There was something incredibly personal about this tournament and these matches—and it brought viewers closer to the players on a human level than any tennis event in recent memory—without sacrificing serious, quality, competitive play.
Afterwards, Roger Federer noted, "The only way for it ever to be successful was if the players cared. And they did. I think you see it.” Skeptics will say that the enthusiasm was driven by financial concerns or wasn’t genuine, but that’s just not what we saw this weekend. Instead, the desire to win came from an inherent competitiveness that every professional athlete can summon, a desire to come through for one’s teammates, and a respect for the game—for legends like Laver, McEnroe and Borg, but also for maintaining a high level of play, for spectators, and for themselves.
Of course, the question that has to be asked, as the post-tournament celebrations likely continue in Prague, is can it last? The simple answer is yes, but it depends on the level of player engagement. Here, Laver Cup organisers have been smart—Federer and Nadal have signed on to play next year, and McEnroe and Borg will reprise their roles as team captains as the tournament moves to Chicago in 2018.
And, given the buzz that this year’s Laver Cup has generated, it would be hard to imagine players not wanting to participate next year.
Longer term, it’s likely that Federer, at a minimum, will continue to pour his enthusiasm into the event—it is his labour of love to the history of tennis, and also a property owned by his management company, Team 8, so he will use his influence to keep the event going, if he even needs to.
There is ample precedent for a tournament developing into an important institution from far humbler beginnings than the Laver Cup. After all, it’s hard to imagine it now, but there was a time in the late 1970s and early 1980s, where top players had so little regard for the Australian Open that they declined to interrupt their Christmas holidays to venture all the way to Australia to play.
But, since then, an investment of money in the tournament and the emergence of the Slams as the primary measure of tennis greatness has established the Australian Open as one of the pillars of the tennis establishment. Same goes for the combined ATP/WTA tournament at Indian Wells, California, which, with the significant investment from tournament owner and Oracle founder Larry Ellison, is now considered almost equal to the Slams, and a highlight of the tennis calendar. Given the level of investment, financial and personal, in Laver Cup by its organisers and the smashing success of the 2017 event, there is plenty of momentum already for Laver Cup to gain a strong foothold in the tennis world.
There is a lot of untapped potential in the Laver Cup concept. The first, and most obvious, idea would be to incorporate women’s tennis players into the event—while Federation Cup doesn’t generally suffer from the lack of participation among WTA stars that Davis Cup does with the ATP, the format of Laver Cup and the region rather than country based teams could create some chemistry on a par with what we saw this weekend in Prague.
Second, while the last minute withdrawal of Juan Martin del Potro was somewhat to blame, Team World could use more geographic distribution—but hopefully this year’s success will encourage players like Del Potro and Kei Nishikori to participate in the future.

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It’s actually been three years; our Create GB project dominating We Heart during the build up to London’s 2012 Olympics and beyond. Our snapshot of varied creative disciplines, up-and-coming graduates to established names, was immortalised in print — in the shape of Create GB Volume 1.
Appending its title with ‘Volume 1’ was less about a second volume immediately planned, more of a desire to leaving the door open for a return. Well, the Olympics are back next year (the name Create GB was born from a desire to show Britain on a global creative stage, much like Team GB do on a sporting stage), and it feels like time to go back to the project — this time getting deeper into creatives who are operating away from the mainstream; uncovering more raw talent; and better analysing what makes British creativity.
Celebrating Create GB‘s wheels grinding back into action, we will be selling the remaining copies of our beautiful 196-page publication at just £5 until stocks run dry. Stay tuned for more updates on Create GB.


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As much as I love trying all new types of food, one thing will always be true whenever I go out for brunch: I’m order chilaquiles if they are on the menu. It’s hard for me to think of a better brunch food than chilaquiles! They’re pretty common out here in Los Angeles, and my hope for the world is that everyone gets to try chilaquiles at some point in their lives.
I love chilaquiles so much, that I decided to make them for myself at home – and, I also wanted to make them vegan. That’s how these vegan chilaquiles were born, and they are SO GOOD. Like, some people think that vegan food is unpalatable but my new mission in life is to prove that vegan food is actually the bomb. Especially when you get to make it at home and have it taste exactly how you want.
The trick to making these vegan chilaquiles taste like the real deal is to add in the tofu ‘egg’ scramble. Even though I no longer eat meat and avoid dairy, one thing that hasn’t been difficult for me is avoiding eggs. To be honest, I’ve never really liked eggs that much. Even when I was a kid, it was always the least favorite part of my breakfast and I mostly ate it out of obligation. But for meals like chilaquiles, the eggs are crucial here and they are super easy to substitute with the tofu scramble recipe below. I honestly can’t tell that they aren’t real eggs, it’s that legit!
This vegan chilaquiles recipe is also the perfect way to use up old tortillas that you have on hand. Is it possible to find tortillas that come in a pack of less than 50? I haven’t found that yet, which is why when I buy tortillas they live in my fridge forever. But making homemade baked tortilla chips is super easy, and actually works better when the tortillas are a little stale, which is a win-win situation if you ask me.
Lay tortilla triangles in a single layer on the baking sheet. Drizzle with the oil, and rub oil into each tortilla, on both sides. Sprinkle with lime juice and salt.
Bake for about 7 minutes, flipping once halfway through, until crisp. Place baking sheet on wire rack to cool.
Keep oven at 350 degrees for later.
Meanwhile, heat 1 Tbsp of oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
Add diced onion and cook, stirring frequently, until soft and slightly browned 3 minutes. Next, add garlic and cook for 1-2 minutes more.
Add tomato sauce, diced chipotle, adobo sauce, and veggie stock. Heat until bubbling, then reduce heat to low and simmer as you prep the tofu scramble.
Add oil to a skillet over medium heat.
Use a fork to crumble the tofu. Add tofu to the skillet and let it brown in a single layer for about 3 minutes, stirring once or twice. Add in the seasonings and stir until mixed. Cook for another 2 minutes.
Ladle a spoonful of the tomato sauce on the bottom of a cast iron skillet. Place tortillas on top, followed by additional tomato sauce. Layer with more tortillas, tomato sauce, tofu scramble, and shredded cheese (if using).
Bake in oven for about 5-10 minutes, until heated through and cheese begins to melt.
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The ASSIGNMENT is a book that was inspired by constant questions from people who simply wanted to know, what life is all about? The desire to find purpose and significance is a staggering need for the modern church of today. People who find it truly know peace. Those who do not, can search a lifetime and never know that the answer is right in front of them. Inside these pages are unique perspectives that are expected to trigger those “ah ha!” moments for every reader. Truly, this could be the “GAME CHANGER” that effects you for the rest of your life!
Dr. Devon Blanton is a pastor conducting a full time ministry along with a very busy Christian Counseling practice. He holds an earned Doctorate in Religious Education, specializing in Counseling. He is certified in Family and Marriage, Grief and Drug Abuse and Health and Nutrition. He is also a Certified Health Coach. His post-doctoral pursuits include an earned diploma in Psychiatric Studies. He also completed brief studies in Cardiology and Resuscitation from Perelman School of Medicine, Penn State University. He further expanded His studies in nutrition from Texas A&M, Vanderbilt University and Stanford University. This all coincides with his four pillar philosophy on Counseling. These focus on the Physical, Spiritual, Emotional and Financial parts of who we are. He is also the Founder of Cross Anchors Solutions, a high level training program out of Durham, NC providing training in Leadership Development, Biblical Counseling I, II, Advanced Biblical Counseling and Health and Nutrition.
Once I received this book I found myself looking forward to it daily, and now use it as part of my journey.
I now have an awesome study guide, and am learning “Why Am I Here”, and I am learning going through the thirteen chapters, and understanding the Assignment.
Each chapter allows me to reflect, and then offers further study in m bible.
I received this book through Dr. Devon’s Street Team, and was not required to give a positive review.


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Montreal, QC – November 2, 2015 – Hypertec Group, a global provider of information technology products and services announced today that it has been named Minority Technology Firm of the Year by the Phoenix Minority Business Development Agency Business Center. Hypertec was selected for exceptional results achieved in securing contracts and creating jobs.
“We are honored to receive this prestigious award and we are excited to grow in conjunction with the MBDA,” said Mike Marracino, Executive Vice President at Hypertec Group. “Inspired and motivated by this award, Hypertec will continue to make its presence felt in the local community. We plan to strengthen our relationship with the MBDA and its partners in order to develop and cultivate new business opportunities in the future,” added Mr. Marracino.
The Phoenix MBDA Business Center, funded by the Minority Business Development Agency, has been locally operated by the Arizona Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for over 15 years. The Center strives to create a new generation of minority-owned business enterprises (MBEs) spawning $100 million in annual revenues by focusing on maximizing job creation and global competitiveness as well as by fostering innovation and entrepreneurship with minority-owned businesses in high-growth industries. Hypertec will be honored and showcased during the Business Diversity Summit on Friday, November 13, 2015 at the Arizona Biltmore Resort in Phoenix from 7:30-10:30AM.
The Hypertec Group is a global provider of information technology products and services. Its strategic divisions serve more than 3,000 customers in over 70 countries. Since its inception nearly 30 years ago, Hypertec Group’s continuous dedication to innovation, research and development together with its long-term collaborative relationships with suppliers, have led it to become an internationally renowned global leader in IT. Its products and services are employed by organizations small to large in sectors including finance, aerospace, engineering, transport, oil and gas, government, healthcare, education and defense. The Hypertec Group is headquartered in Montreal with offices in 9 other locations across North America and Europe.


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The English #wikipedia article about the earth quake is being written as the situation develops.
As you can imagine, depending on the size of the waves, the Tsunami can create havoc in the many countries that border on the pacific. The recent earth quake and tsunami in Haiti proved to be a disaster because it was not expected and, the buildings proved to be too fragile resulting in too many fatalities.
As there was no infrastructure and a lack of decent information after the quake, people turned to OpenStreetMap to create the much needed maps. The BBC has a great photo presentation about this ..
OSM 2008: A Year of Edits from ItoWorld on Vimeo.
This video shows "a year of edits" and indeed it shows how awesome OpenStreetMap is. One of the lessons of Haiti is that it is important to have such maps and, that it is best to have those maps when disaster strikes.
The current tsunami may do a lot of damage in the pacific. I hope that OSM maps will not be necessary and I certainly hope that they need not be created. What I do know is that you can localise OpenStreetmap at translatewiki.net. I am sure that great useful maps are needed by local people everywhere even when there is no disaster.
"Psst! Wanna buy an alphabet?"


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Our services start with your arrival at Hotel. Non- Alcoholic welcome drink on arrival and after fresh up, rest for a while. In evening; enjoy and explore our Hotel Play Indoor Games Activities like Table Hockey, Snooker Table, Tennis, Dart Board etc. In the night have dinner on time and overnight stay in our Hotel.
After early Breakfast and enjoy the Sunrise in the Valley after that visit to go the trekking (8 km) to the Kodia Forest. Return to the hotel and after fresh up visit Surkanda Devi Temple Kanatal. In the evening Tea/ Coffee with Veg. snacks. Trust us, it’s an experience. Return to the Hotel and enjoy the breezing cold air and have your dinner, then overnight stay at Hotel Pine Queen Kanatal.
Welcome drink on arrival (Non- Alcoholic).
Room on twin sharing basis for 2 Nights & 03 Days.
Nature walk & sightseeing accompanied by expert guide.
Evening Tea/Coffee with Veg. snacks.
Special rates: The net cost for above package are INR 7999/- per person on twin sharing basis all-Exclusive of taxes.

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After long wait, Marvel has finally today released its new Captain America: Civil War movie in different parts of the world. After getting positive reviews from movie critics, the movie is now winning hearts of its millions of fans.
Don’t worry! we are not here to tell you why Captain America: Civil War is one of the best Marvel’s movies (Better than Avengers 2) or why you shouldn't miss it, but instead we are here to talk about the Captain America Civil War credit scenes. The two extra scenes which Marvel usually adds at the end of its movies - one in the middle of the credits and one at the very end, when you think that everything is over.
Before you start reading about Civil War’s mid and post credit scenes, please be warned that it contains SPOILERS from the film.
Marvel took Captain America: Civil War to introduce two of its new superheroes - Black Panther and Spider-Man. Both of them will be getting their own solo movie in coming years. While Spider-Man makes very small but notable appearance, Black Panther on the other hand takes good space on the screen.
The first credit scene, which comes during mid-credits, shows Bucky Barnes undergoing a medical test. If you remember, Iron Man breaks his metal arm in the final fight of Civil War. Bucky then tells Cap that it would be good for him to go in sleep mode. And as the scene zooms out, we discover that Cap and Bucky, both are with Black Panther aka T’Challa, in his Wakandan facility.
For those who don’t know, Black Panther is Marvel’s first Black superhero. He is the king of Wakanda, which is also referred as the most advanced country in the Marvel universe. So, if they say that they can help Bucky, then they can do that.
Marvel is planning to explore the story of Black Panther in his solo movie in 2018.
The last credit scene in Captain America: Civil War is of Peter Parker. In the scene, Peter explains his Aunt May how he got bruises. Hiding the actual truth, Parker tells Aunt May that it happened during a fight with a boy named Steve. And as some of you might know, Steve is the real name of Captain America. The scene ends with Aunt May leaving the room, and with Peter wearing a laser-emitting device on his wrist.
From the scene, it appears like Marvel is teasing the upcoming Spider-Man: Homecoming movie which is scheduled to release in 2017. This the first time when Marvel has got creative control over its iconic character i.e. Spider-Man. As previously Sony owned the rights.