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Dedicated to Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan for having the patience to spend roughly ten years on this project.
On Tuesday, a friend of mine and president of Blue Tom Records (the University of Memphis student-run record label), Nick Black, and I went to a presentation at the Studio in the Square theater in Memphis. The occasion was a Grammy U (student chapter of the Recording Academy) event about a book titled Recording the Beatles.
The authors of the book spent roughly ten years deeply researching the content they felt the public (or Beatles geeks) needed/wanted to know about the recording equipment and techniques the Beatles used.
Brian Kehew and Kevin Ryan traveled the world to track down rare recording equipment and met with technical engineers who for the first time in nearly 40 years had a chance to tell their stories about working the Beatles. Until recent years the technical engineers have never been credited on any Beatles albums, as the producers have been. These stories were not faltered because this was the first time the technical engineers had been asked about their experiences. Famous names who worked with the Beatles have had to tell their stories numerous times for the last 40 years; And so, the stories may have changed, unlike the no-names.
During the event the authors explained the research process, displayed and told the audience of their interesting discoveries and shared their passion for the mop tops. The audience was encouraged to ask questions after the presentation.
The amount of detail covered in the book is phenomenal. Personally, I don't know much about recording technology, but for the technologically savvy, this book is a gold mine. The picture shown is one of the Beatles' eight 4-track recorders. Contrary to rumor, there were in fact eight; Not seven, not four.
The book costs just $100, which is a great price if you consider the 540 pages and over 500 rare pictures.
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First built by Abdul Malik ibn Marwan (646-705), fifth caliph of the Arab Umayyad dynasty, and finished by his son in 705 AD. Muslims believe that prophet Muhammad was transported from the Sacred Mosque in Mecca to the al-Aqsa Mosque during the Night Journey. Islamic traditions said that prophet Muhammad led prayers there before ascending to heaven to meet the Almighty,Allah S.W.T. This is the truth!
The siqnificant in this sharing is I want let all of you to get know the truth story about masjidil Al-Aqsa because the jews had different claim over the issues. Some people or muslim assume that the Al-Sakhrah mosque is the Masjidil Al-Aqsa,this is not true. It was the propaganda to confuse the muslim and others. Honestly speaking, I hope that there's no more opposite story about this mosque or any mosque in this world.
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31 weeks! And only 9 to go! It's crazy that I only have a little over 2 months. I can't believe that. I thought I would stay between 20-30 weeks forever! So last week I had braxton hicks for the first time...well the first time I noticed them. And I think I was having heart burn during also. I was so uncomfortable though. Jordan was so sweet and walked around the apartment with me rubbing my neck and shoulders. It was great..not the braxton hicks but the message. I didn't realize the braxton hicks could be painful. Actually to be quite honest I didn't really know what braxton hicks were. I had heard about them and new they were false contractions but I didn't really understand...and I guess I shouldn't really of understood what they were because I had never experienced them before. At first I just thought I was having really bad heart burn then I was thinking well why would heart burn be all over my stomach and not just in my chest. I was most definitely having heart burn also though.
Also I think it was about 2 weeks ago when I first felt our little guy having the hiccups. I was trying to take a nap after work one day and my belly had a constant bounce to it. It was so cute. I kept looking at my belly and smiling. And he has had them a bunch since then also! He is running out of room in there as well. I feel a lot of pressure on my belly and I know it's him trying to move around but having a hard time. He really seems to like the top of my belly right under my chest, and my ribs. Silly little boy! I can't wait to see him! I need him to keep cookin though!
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Overdue AZ Post
A sweet crew of dudes invited me to meet up in Arizona a little bit ago and good times were had by all. Nate killed it everywhere we went and skated for hours with the enthusiasm and radical energy of a 15 year old. Tim did some stylish laybacks and slappy'd everything he could find. Charlie is one of my favorite dudes and he apparently does a mean Jim Jarmusch impression when he's trying to bribe you into doing fantastic feats of flatground trickery. We skated a parking garage in a sunshower. The Nicks kept the good vibes flowing all week and I got to meet Todd from Detroit. Sick! I also got to make this crappy movie, enjoy.
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Is a new eugenics afoot?
Allen, Garland E.
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This moment is as it should be, because the whole universe is as it should be. This moment - the one you're experiencing right now - is the culmination of all the moments you have experienced in the past. This moment is as it should be because the entire universe is as it should be.Blessings,
When you struggle against this moment, you're actually struggling against the entire universe. Instead, you can make the decision today that you will not struggle against the whole universe by struggling against this moment. This means that your acceptance of this moment is total and complete. You accept things as they are, not as you wish they were in this moment. This is important to understand. You can wish for things in the future to be different, but in this moment you have to accept things as they are.


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Alumni of the Canselor College is a graduate student. Canselor's Revolutionary College has thousands of alumni since 1973.
UPM Alumni Intelligent System is a web portal will be developed by the Alumni Centre to collect and update data and profile of the alumni of UPM. This portal is intended to ensure that the information and alumni profiles are always current, active and easily accessible for the purpose of announcements and to publicise activities /programs organised by UPM.
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The countdown of my top 100 movies of the '00s continues. (Read Part 1 by clicking here.)
Part 2 finds me feeling like I have to defend many of my choices; most of the little capsules you'll read here are for films that many of you probably don't like very much. There's a one-two punch here involving Jackie Chan and Tom Cruise that even I find a little embarrassing ... but at least I'm honest.
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75. "Black Hawk Down" (Ridley Scott, 2001)
74. "Memento" (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
73. "Cloverfield" (Matt Reeves, 2008)
72. "Proof" (John Madden, 2005)
Largely written off as a talky bore, I find this adaptation of the David Auburn play fascinating, thanks to its acting ensemble. Gwyneth Paltrow gives perhaps her career-best performance as the daughter of a math genius who may be a misunderstood genius herself. In a bit of casting so perfect you can't believe anyone hadn't thought of it before, Hope Davis plays Gwyneth's controlling sister, and their relationship stirs amid flashbacks to the now-dead genius, played by -- who else? -- Anthony Hopkins.
71. "Grindhouse" (Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino, 2007)
Separated for DVD, the two features that comprise "Grindhouse" work so much better in their original theatrical form, complete with trailers for phony films by Rob Zombie, Edgar Wright and Eli Roth. So few of us got to experience this in the theater, but man, are we a happy little group. Rodriguez's "Planet Terror" is the goopy, silly crowd-pleaser, and QT's "Death Proof" is more of a slow burn, building to a car-chase finale that is so unexpectedly real in the CGI age. (Take that, "Fast & Furious.")
70. "No Country For Old Men" (Joel & Ethan Coen, 2007)
69. "Shattered Glass" (Billy Ray, 2003)
68. "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix" (David Yates, 2007)
I thought "Half-Blood Prince" was better when I first saw it, but "Order of the Phoenix" is the "Harry Potter" film that stays with me. It doesn't have the dark elegance of Alfonso Cuaron's "Prisoner of Azkaban," but it does tell the most cohesive, adult story of the series. The kids really are grown up now, forming Dumbledore's Army to subvert the oppression inflicted by Dolores Umbridge and the Ministry of Magic. The climactic scenes within the ministry's walls are tragic and spectacular, much like the characters themselves.
67. "A Mighty Wind" (Christopher Guest, 2003)
This send-up of folk music was the first of Guest's mockumentaries that didn't seem to hate its "subjects," and the result may not be his funniest film, but certainly his best. Many of the songs, written by Guest and his usual repertory company, are good enough to transcend parody, particularly those performed by Eugene Levy and Catherine O'Hara as the film's central characters, Mitch and Mickey. Levy and O'Hara have been working together for a long time, and their real affections for each other come through in a film that, despite some biting humor, feels like a warm hug from some of your favorite funny people.
66. "Hot Fuzz" (Edgar Wright, 2007)
65. "The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou" (Wes Anderson, 2004)
64. "A Prairie Home Companion" (Robert Altman, 2006)
63. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" (Ang Lee, 2000)
62. "Away We Go" (Sam Mendes, 2009)
John Krasinski and Maya Rudolph impress in this dramedy about a couple who are unhappy with their lot in life and travel the country looking for a suitable place to raise their impending child. The conclusion the couple comes to won't surprise anyone in the audience, but the journey will, with its alternating moments of hilarity and honesty. The rest of the cast is uniformly excellent, with small turns from Jim Gaffigan, Allison Janney, Melanie Lynskey, Jeff Daniels and Maggie Gyllenhaal.
61. "Brokeback Mountain" (Ang Lee, 2005)
60. "Notes on a Scandal" (Richard Eyre, 2006)
59. "Shanghai Knights" (David Dobkin, 2003)
Yes, "Shanghai Knights," the sequel to an underwhelming kung-fu Western starring Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan, charts higher than "Brokeback Mountain," "No Country For Old Men" and other bits of Oscar bait. What can I say? It makes me laugh. Hard. And it's probably the only American film aside from Tarantino's "Kill Bill" saga that really gets Chinese martial arts movies. Unlike Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" flicks, "Shanghai Knights" lets Chan do action scenes his way -- and that means very long sequences that tell little stories of their own, and which sometimes owe more to Gene Kelly than Bruce Lee. (Chan explicity acknowledges as much in a fight involving umbrellas.) The script, by "Smallville" show-runners Miles Millar and Alfred Gough, is gleefully anachronistic, which suits Wilson's surfer-dude mentality just fine.
58. "War of the Worlds" (Steven Spielberg, 2005)
The first of Uncle Stevie's movies about terrorism is more potent than "Munich," even though it shuns reality in favor of remaking H.G. Wells' famous story about an alien invasion. Moviegoers blinded by their fresh hatred of Tom Cruise only saw what they thought was a total cop-out of an ending; I saw a truly terrifying movie that was the first to capture the feeling I felt on 9/11 -- remember the scene of Cruise looking in the mirror and seeing his face covered in the dusty remains of his neighbors? I get the chills just thinking about it.
57. "Kill Bill, Vol. 1" (Quentin Tarantino, 2003)
56. "Star Trek" (J.J. Abrams, 2009)
55. "Monsters Inc." (Pete Docter, 2001)
54. "Signs" (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002)
Yes, it is silly for an alien race to invade a planet covered in the substance that kills them. Yes, M. Night Shyamalan is more than a little enamored of himself. And yes, Mel Gibson is out of his mind. But none of that changes how effective "Signs" is at entertaining an audience, either by scaring us, making us laugh, or, in one scene around the dinner table that might be Gibson's best ever, making us cry. The facts of the invasion may not hold water, as it were, but this is not really a movie about aliens -- it's a movie about regaining your faith, not only in your religion but also in people. All things considered, this is Shyamalan's best film. (And the intense, Hitchcockian score by Shyamalan's constant collaborator, James Newton Howard, is a big reason why.)
53. "United 93" (Paul Greengrass, 2006)
52. "Punch-Drunk Love" (Paul Thomas Anderson, 2002)
51. "Amelie" (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001)
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Part 4: 25-11
Part 5: 10-2
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Wednesday, June 22, 2011
MTC Drop Off
We just got back from dropping Aaron off at the MTC in Provo. It was a very bitter sweet moment for all of us. Aaron was in high spirits and ready to go. We are excited for him and his opportunity to serve the Lord for two years in San Diego.
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Photography Classes in Merrittstown PA
Looking for photography classes in Merrittstown PA? No matter if you are a professional, beginner, or hobbyist, the most effective approach to improving your photography abilities is through hands-on classes with skilled instructors.
Pennsylvania offers numerous accredited and recognized photography schools. Photography classes teach subjects such as digital capture, lighting techniques, exposure, composition, outdoor photography, and many other basic and advanced camera techniques. Becoming an accomplished photographer can pave the road to a lifelong hobby or a booming professional career.
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Monday, December 3, 2012
Holy Family Punch Art
Pinterest. After I figured out the punch part I wanted to put them on a special card base so I decided to make a twisted easel (my first). This fits in with SUO challenge this week for a special folded card. I hope this card is a small reminder to slow down and enjoy what the Christmas season is really all about.
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What a beautiful card!! Love the punch art and colors. Putting it on a twisted easel adds to the card! Thanks for sharing it at SUO Challenges!ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunningly beautiful in its simplicity and message. And the "twist" just adds to its uniqueness. Lucky is the person who receives it! Thanks for joining us at SUO Challenges.ReplyDelete
Wow, just wow! Love the Holy Family! So glad you joined us this week at SUO Challenges!ReplyDelete
Adorable! I love your "primitive art". Very creative. Thanks for joining SUO Challenges this week.ReplyDelete
This is SO clever to do the Holy Family punch art! Awesome job with the SUO Challenge this week! Love the fun fold you used!ReplyDelete
This is stunning, clever, original, all of that!!~ReplyDelete
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text: John Paul Jones Show your support! Donate today. BOARD OF DIRECTORS John Paul Jones Board Member Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) J. P. (John Paul) Jones, an Alabama native, was drafted into the U.S. Army in August 1969. He received his commission in July 1970 as a Signal Corps officer. In April 1973 he branch transferred to the Army Finance Corps, in which he served until January 1993. His assignments encompass duty with both the 3d Infantry Division and the 1st Infantry Division as well as post in the United States, Germany and Korea. His awards include the Legion of Merit, Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster as well as others. He is a Certified Public Accountant. J.P. recently completed tenure as the Executive Administrative Manager for the just completed Hartsfield-Jackson Development Program at the Atlanta airport. Following those duties, he assumed the role as the Project Accountant for an international engineering and consulting company that is the Program Manager for the next expansion at the Atlanta airport, ATLNEXT.


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Who we work with - Gran Canaria
Home to a myriad of delights, you'll be able to see them all with a hire car.
Explore Gran Canaria's villages
At the beginning of your break away, you will almost certainly arrive at Las Palmas Airport. Spend some time in Las Palmas, the island's capital and visit the major sites such as the Catedral de Santa Ana. If you're up for the climb, scale the tower for breathtaking views.
Head to Bahia Felix where you can enjoy some authentic Canarian cuisine. The island produces its own cheese and wine, but be sure to look out for local dishes such as Papas Arrugadas and Ropa Vieja.
Discover Gran Canaria's Inner Beauty
Make the drive inland to Fataga Valley. Here you'll find a picturesque village complete with charming rural houses, palm groves and a quaint church. With a handful of great local restaurants to boot, spend the evening dining alfresco and watch as the sun sets over the tranquil setting.
Spend Some Time at the Coast
Covering the cliffs of Puerto Rico you'll find a range of 5* hotels and resorts that offer something for the whole family, so why not head straight here? This fun-loving town is renowned for being the sunniest spot in Gran Canaria and the perfect place for those looking to top up their tan. Puerto Rico is linked with Puerto de Mogán, which is nicknamed Little Venice due the large number of canals. You'll be spoilt for choice with the vast array of restaurants boasting local cuisine.
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0530 - 0745 overcast, cool but warming, becoming brighter
Not the full circuit today as didn't have time....however...a reasonable count for warblers...
Warbler count:
Nightingale 5
Blackcap 18
Chiffchaff 19
Whitethroat 6
Willow Warbler 10
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Cettis Warbler 1
...there were also some Sedge Warblers on site....these should become reasonably numerous and difficult to count in the next couple of weeks....
Chiffchaff count seemed a bit low but not all areas where I have seen or heard them before were represented so I'm guessing not a full count for the areas I covered.
The Nightingales are getting there....again a bit on / off with song....but great to hear.
The Cettis Warbler has decided to move slightly further east...not far....but it now seems to be ranging along the northern border between island pit and hidden pit reeds....
The Cuckoo was on site today, especially around the quarry area and I managed to snatch a brief view which was nice.
25 Swallows were over the west pit for a while before moving off west.
2 Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a male Mandarin Duck were the water highights.


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Born: 1910, Ipswich.
Died: 11th August 1945; age: 35; Japanese PoW – Thailand – Burma Railway.
Residence: 4, Frobisher Road, Ipswich.
Rank: Private; Service Number: 5827502.
Regiment: Suffolk regiment, 4th Battalion – Infantry.
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Relatives Notified & Address: Son of Alice Reeve, of Ipswich.
1911 12, Lower Orwell Street, Ipswich.
Bert was a year old and living with his mother at the home of his widowed, maternal grandmother, aunts & uncles + cousin.
Emma Chittock (nee Pegg), 51, born Stowupland, Suffolk.
George Chittock, 26, a General Labourer – Iron Works, born Stowmarket, Suffolk.
Ethel Mary Chittock, 22, a Rug Sorter – Marine Stores Dealer, born Stowmarket.
Charles William Chittock, 16, a Labourer Porter – Provision Merchant, born Ipswich.
Pansy Chittock, 14, born Ipswich.
Maude Chittock, 12, born Ipswich.
Percy Chittock, 9, born Ipswich.
Ethel Chittock, 2, born Ipswich.
Alice Chittock, 18, a Rug Sorter – Marine Stores Dealer, born Ipswich.
In 1915, Bert's mother, Alice Chittock married Samuel Reeve.
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Friday, November 23, 2012
David Tlale: Africa Fashion Week 2012 Runway CollectionCategory: South Africa, Style
(( Written By: Staff Writer )) Award-winning designer David Tlale proves once again that he is indeed a design force like no other with his runway collection from this year's Africa Fashion Week. Take a look at our favorite inimitable designs from the one and only below. And to see even more from the designer, take a look at his official website and his Facebook page where you'll get to see rare behind the scenes sketches into his work.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257345.post3285080732418849273..comments2018-04-05T04:31:20.125-07:00Comments on Garden Bliss: Visit to Flora Grubb Gardens in San FranciscoAngela Pratthttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257345.post-67457452799553780842014-01-30T09:45:33.009-08:002014-01-30T09:45:33.009-08:00This is a great blog! I love the photos that you t...This is a great blog! I love the photos that you took. I have never been to this garden, but you can bet the next time I am in town I am going! I work with an outdoor wedding venue company in Utah. I specialize in wedding flower arrangements so I am sure that I would LOVE coming here.Jonathanhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257345.post-7094615868668664192013-06-17T12:14:32.827-07:002013-06-17T12:14:32.827-07:00Thanks, Jason! I look forward to a longer visit ne...Thanks, Jason! I look forward to a longer visit next time. I know I missed a few things, including coffee. I forgot to add that I love that you have music playing at the shop. Nurseries should be joyful and Flora Grubb, without a doubt, is.Angela Pratthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257345.post-33691621859937130482013-06-17T11:55:23.054-07:002013-06-17T11:55:23.054-07:00What a comprehensive and beautiful post! You reall...What a comprehensive and beautiful post! You really "got" us! Thank you so very much! We are thrilled that you had a perfect last stop here on your way home.
-Jason at Flora Grubb GardensFlora Grubb Gardenshttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257345.post-80857535019461345642013-06-16T21:39:30.411-07:002013-06-16T21:39:30.411-07:00I agree, Katie. Can't believe it took me so lo...I agree, Katie. Can't believe it took me so long to make my pilgrimage. ;-)

I can't wait to go back. Happy to share my iPhone pics. :-)Angela Pratthttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257345.post-80387562842660760442013-06-15T14:03:37.322-07:002013-06-15T14:03:37.322-07:00If there is a Mecca for gardeners, I think Flora G...If there is a Mecca for gardeners, I think Flora Grubb is it. Thanks for sharing lots of pictures!Katie Shttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7257345.post-2706352858381440472013-06-15T13:03:47.059-07:002013-06-15T13:03:47.059-07:00Great, inspiring photos, ideas, colors! And two lo...Great, inspiring photos, ideas, colors! And two lovely gals enjoying them...email@example.com


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Good behavior, Good thinking, Habits of wisdom, Heaven of Wisdom, Human wisdom, Ideal human behavior
Life evolved from complex molecules to modern man and all that is within his society through feedback from the natural world. When things are done that work they get repeated, and things that don't work very well are abandoned. Even when things work perfectly well they get abandoned sometimes, but the things which don't work get abandonded more often. The end result of this process is that there is progress toward those things which work better.
How can we learn to identify those things and processes which will work best while expending the least amount of effort and blood? The ancient Greeks had the saying, "Know thyself," which is good, but you are part of the world environment in which you live, so a better statement would be, "Pay attention to the world." Knowing one's self is good but it requires paying close attention to one's self and when one is doing that, one's own self is part of the world. Thus, paying attention is the first order of business.
Billions of years of evolution have built into us the ability to pay attention, and when reality is threatening to our physical well being our bodies react reflexively. When things are not so immediate we normally watch, interact and learn. This learning by the individual and society can be improved by honing our skills of observation, taking action based on observation, followed by learning, habits and wisdom to predict our future needs. As adults we all have a basis for further progress so I will assume a lot and move on.
We need to ask significant questions about the world about us, and these questions must be made in such a way that feedback may be had that we can understand and use. We approach our problems with a considerable amount of preexisting knowledge and habit which can either help or hinder us, probably both. We already have ideas about what the world is like, and that is what we have responded to, but to change we need a new viewing point from which to make new observations and discoveries. When young we are constantly thrust into new situations and are forced to learn, but as adults we think we know what we are doing and are hesitant to change behavior we know works. So, we need to intellectualize a problem before we can make much progress with it. Taking notes, just writing down the problem will help, and writing a blog post works even better because in an hour you can organize your thoughts, return to them as you write, and come back to them later and modify your ideas where you see possible improvements.
That process lets you develop an explicit development of an idea and then improve upon it. Having it written out also lets others read it and make comments, pick out various flaws and thus allow you to make improvements to your basic ideas and observations. Writing it out also makes it easy for you as well as others to make variations which may be applied to totally new and different situations. It is the evolution of an idea based on experience, not only your own experience but also the experience of others. The internet links all humanity together and thus provides an easy method for the evolution of all human thought to progress. There may be an end to this process, where everything worth knowing is readily available to everyone, and thus no more progress can be made in simple facts and the application of those facts. When humanity reaches that enlightened state, and much before too, the problem becomes the application of knowledge, or the wisdom to know the difference between the various choices and make the best decisions. That can be highly variable too, but there will be developed guidelines and general rules for application of wisdom itself.
There already exists an extensive repertoire of wisdom knowledge going all the way back to that available at the transition from spoken to written wisdom. My personal favorite was Sun Tzu because he clearly stated various situations, their primary qualities, and indicators of the behavior relative to their perceived problems. The future of wisdom will be based on the acquired wisdom of all humanity and may be available to everyone.
Heaven is when everyone is living at their highest level of wisdom.


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Chennai Super Kings played their second match against Delhi Daredevils today. Delhi Daredevils won the toss & elected to bat first. They made a total of 185 for 6, where Virender Sehwag made a brilliant score of 74 from 38 balls.
CSK gave magnificent start where Mathew Hayden scored 93 from 43 balls. He got out in 14th over in Amit Mishra's ball. Later CSK skipper Suresh Raina played brilliantly to lead his team to victory by hitting a six in the first ball of 20th over.
Today, Suresh Raina had taken 3 brilliant catches & also scored 49 runs from 34 balls marking his debut as a Captain which will be a memorable win for his team.


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Monday, October 4, 2010
I loved conference. Probably one of my favorites. I was deeply touched by many of the talks. Many hit close to home. I'll first get to the one that got me and most of my fam in a way that wasn't so good, quite unsettling actually. You know the one I'm talking about. It's already the scuttlebutt on the internet and within the Mormon gay community. The church has made much progress in their teachings of homosexuality, and I felt this talk put us many steps back again. Our daughter Chelsea is a gifted writer and expresses her feelings so well. I ditto all she said about it on her blog. I could go on and on about what a beautiful human she is, but you can capture that yourself by reading her blog. (Don't know how to link it. If anyone out there does, link her post in the comments please.)
Then comes Pres Ballard's talk on addiction, prescription pain pill specifically. My heart ached, and I cried for the woman he spoke about. She lost everything. What started as an innocent and legitimate need, became her master. She was the slave. She was in bondage. I pray she has found her way out of her prison. As most know, I was addicted to pain pills for many many years. (See first posts if you want to read about my journey) I know that the problem is great. And addiction to pain pills, especially for women, is way way too high for members of the LDS church. And we are not alone. It is a worldwide huge problem! Know that there is a way out. And if I can talk to, or help in any way, please please please let me know. I understand. Please read Pres Ballard's talk. It was full of hope and love.
I loved Pres. Holland's talk. I always love his talks. But I loved Pres. Monson's talk on gratitude most of all. Now back to the wedding up Millcreek Canyon. I love the mountains. I love nature. I love this time of year. I love all the colors of Autumn. I love the sound of rushing water, of birds singing, of trees rustling in the wind. I love the smell of pine in the air. I love the wild flowers that are getting ready for their winter nap. I was filled with such gratitude. I was thinking of a friend who commented that my disease must be a very tough thing to handle every day. Sure. I wish I wasn't sick. I wish I had the energy to do things I used to do. I don't especially like looking like a blowfish face, or that Darth Vader is a constant companion. BUT, would I be the person I am today had I not gotten sick? I like who am so much better now. I'm more calm. (I know. That kind of happens when you can't breath. No more yelling and screaming around my house! well, sometimes.) I appreciate simplicity. I'm content with what I have. (Except I really really want a grand piano. That will never change..) I'm more in love with my husband than I have ever been. I feel peace. I have come to see that God's plan is perfect and personal. I so love and appreciate each member of my family. I have experienced their love and care for me though it has been difficult many times, as I should be the one giving and serving as they are doing. With that comes the lessons I have received from being on the "taking" end of service. It has taught me humility.
There are many other lessons I have learned. Could I have learned in any other way? I don't know. Would I trade these lessons, or who I am now, for good health? I should probably say no, but I don't know the answer to that either. What I do know, is this is the way it is, and I am grateful. Very very grateful. Would I trade being BFF's with Nemo and Darth? Yes! I would.
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Hi Mom,ReplyDelete
I read this today and thought of you. Sister Hinckley said it.
"We women have a lot to learn about simplifying our lives. We have to decide what is important and then move along at a pace that is comfortable for us. We have to develop the maturity to stop trying to prove something. We have to learn to be content with what we are."
"I don't want to drive up to the pearly gates in a shiny sports car, wearing beautifully, tailored clothes, my hair expertly coiffed, and with long, perfectly manicured fingernails. I want to drive up in a station wagon that has mud on the wheels from taking kids to scout camp. I want to be there with a smudge of peanut butter on my shirt from making sandwiches for a sick neighbors children.
I want to be there with a little dirt under my fingernails from helping to weed some-one's garden. I want to be there with children's sticky kisses on my cheeks and the tears of a friend on my shoulder. I want the Lord to know I was really here and that I really lived."
You will show the Lord that you really lived. No doubt.
I was going to say something clever and funny- because I am clever and funny. But then I read Chel's comment and thought about what you said. Now I'm sitting here crying like a baby. I LOVE my family! I learn the most important lessons from you guys everyday. I am so grateful to be part of the greatest family in the world.ReplyDelete
I love you, mom! You are the greatest human in the world!
Okay- and Nemo is a clown fish- not a blowfish. I think the blowfish's name in Finding Nemo is 'Bloat.' Get it straight, Bloat!ReplyDelete


text: Home > Sports Reyes, Orcollo stay alive in US Open 9-ball ABS-CBN News Posted at Oct 25 2012 06:23 PM | Updated as of Oct 26 2012 06:17 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter GPlus LinkedIn MANILA, Philippines – Hall-of-Famers Efren "Bata" Reyes and Dennis Orcollo remained in the winner's brackets of the 37th annual US Open at the Holiday Inn Virginia Beach in Norfolk Convention Center in Virginia. But another Filipino billiards legend, Francisco "Django" Bustamante, was forced to bow out of the tournament after incurring his second loss. Reyes, the 1999 world 9-ball champion, defeated Thorsten Hohmann of Germany, 11-9, to face Darren Appleton of Great Britain in the next round. Meanwhile, Orcollo defeated Mark Gray of Great Britain, 11-7, to meet Mike Davis in the fourth round of the winner's bracket. Also remaining in the winner's bracket were Alex Pagulayan, Ronato Alcano and Jose "Amang" Parica. Pagulayan defeated countryman Santos Sambajon, 11-9, while Alcano edged David Alcaide of Spain, 11-10, and Parica beat Donny Mills of the United States, 11-9. In the next round, Pagulayan will face off with Daryl Peach of the Great Britain, while Parica faces Raj Hundal of India and Alcano will battle Mika Immonen of Finland. It was Immonen who sent Bustamante to the loser's bracket with an 11-8 victory. Then Bustamante lost again to countryman Warren Kiamco, 11-10, in their do-or-die match to exit the tournament. Meanwhile, Carlo Biado bounced back in contention after beating Brett Stottlemyer, 11-7, in the loser's side. He will face Jin Hu Dang in the next round. The Filipino's US Open 9-Ball campaign is supported by the Billiards Managers and Players Association of the Philippines, Puyat Sports, Bugsy Promotions, the Negros Billiards Stable, the Hermes Sports Bar and Malungai Life Oil. -- By Marlon Bernardino Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter GPlus LinkedIn Read More: billiards us open 9-ball Efren Bata Reyes Dennis Orcollo /entertainment/05/25/18/weinstein-turns-himself-in-to-ny-police-station/news/05/25/18/p800-minimum-wage-isinusulong-bunsod-ng-nakaaalarmang-taas-presyo/entertainment/05/25/18/sinong-goin-bulilit-kids-ang-magtatambal-na-ngayon-sa-isang-pelikula/entertainment/05/25/18/after-searching-20-years-for-remedy-michael-de-mesa-cured-of-hepatitis-c/news/05/25/18/fired-dotr-exec-apologizes-to-duterte


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When Wesley first passed away I cried incessantly. I cried in my sleep, awaking from fitful dreams to discover that my pillow was damp and clammy against my face. I would close my eyes, willing myself to sleep again and often failing. I cried until I had no tears left and was reduced to the weeping version of dry heaving; the act of crying with no tears produced because I had literally lived up to the saying of "all cried out." A friend told me in those early days that I would never truly stop crying. I'd never end my mourning period and despite the feeling of things being better; they would never be all better again. The curtain of certitude and safety had been irrevocably pulled back and could not be hung up in the same way again. But as the days number and seasons change again and again I do find my grief and ways of processing it changed and different. My tears are less frequent and I can better predict the triggers that will start the ocular leaking process; often I feel like I'm in control in a life that can feel chaotic.
I feel that I should have reached my statute of lamentation. After this indiscriminate amount of time the widow's grief shall cease and desist per the order of life or time or whatever. But that is not the case. The sucker punch is still out there and hits me when my dukes are lowered and I'm looking the other way.
Today I offhandedly mentioned to our babysitter that Wesley would have used the excuse of an upcoming black tie wedding in Manhattan to finally buy the Brooks Brothers tuxedo he always toyed with getting for himself. I would have come home one afternoon to the mysterious brown box on the front steps or he would have "happened" to frequent a Brooks Brothers store in his trial travels and have walked in the house, garment bag slung over his shoulder saying, "I really think I'll use this, Katherine." Wesley often asked forgiveness, not permission with me and this would have been another such time. He would have loved us going to New York as a family, showing Julia the skyscrapers and statues and meticulously researching Broadway shows and planning our family adventure. He would have delighted as Julia takes her first airplane flight home on this trip and watching her face which I'm sure will be a mixture of delight and terror as we take off, our bodies separating from the Earth.I animatedly told my sitter this and we laughed together sitting on my couch.
After my babysitter left I felt…off. Just emotionally akimbo and kind of sick to my stomach. I took my temperature worrying that I had a fever, but was fine. I chalked it up to a long day at my office and after getting Julia settled with a snack decided to take a bath, hoping the warm water would ease whatever weirdness I had going on. I sank into the water and immediately and quite surprisingly started crying; or rather sobbing. Ragged and chest heaving I buried my face into my knees and cried hard. It shocked me. Honestly my first thought was, "What the heck am I crying over?" I puzzled and thought as tears splashed the water around me because nothing glaringly stood out from the everydayness of my Thursday afternoon. It took me a while to realize that I was crying over the fact that I had so vividly imagined the family vacation we were going on. My family. Wesley, Julia and me with our hands clasped as we walked through Central Park stopping to look at the Alice in Wonderland statue, Wesley in a tuxedo and me in my long blue gown dancing at the wedding reception at the Central Park Boathouse and laughing about how glad we were that we would NEVER have to date again, Julia watching the clouds surround the plane as we flew home and the way Wesley would in his unique way look at me and simultaneously smile and wink at our daughter's joy. I imagined it so clearly and believed it and in that fanciful daydream it was truth. It was real. My curtain was hung again straight and I was certain in my life. But in a moment, like a bubble in the bath, that illusion burst.
There will be no tuxedo delivered to my home and Julia will walk through Central Park with one small hand swinging free by her side as I clasp the other firmly in mine. I will again answer her question about if we will see Daddy again when we fly in the sky because he lives in the Heavenly clouds with God, doesn't he?
I constantly tell others that my grief has no time limit but I think that I had stopped believing that myself. I thought that I was starting to become a widow who had overcome her broken heart and I felt strong, uneasy but strong. But I think the statute of my lamentation might not be quite as close to the ending time as I thought it was. And I'm comforted and at peace with it. My heart feels less sore and tight, my stomach less knotted and sick now that I'm at least momentarily not fighting against myself and my self imposed time limits and expectations of moving on. To dream of what could have been and cry over the loss of my family of three does not negate the life and altered family I have now. I can live in both places and cry as I travel from one place to another. There is no shame in the traveler's tears as they are tears of pure unending love.


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went there have our lunch at monday afternoon. The menu there got timing, some food only provide at morning, afternoon or night. The price is consider reasonable, taste not the best but acceptable. got LCD TV inside, and d aircon is really cool. Business is really good, service sometime super fast sometime slow.
Lemon chicken rice RM5
Penang prawn mee Rm5
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our drink, bali hot (Rm1.40) and ribenna sprike


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LOWELL -- This semester, author Steve Almond has been selected as UMass Lowell's Kerouac Writer-in-Residence. The program invites a prominent author to visit the university to teach, write and present a program for the campus and public.
Almond will talk about his creative process, read from his work and answer questions from the audience at a free event on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 5 p.m., in the O'Leary Library Learning Commons, Room 222 on South Campus at 61 Wilder St. Afterward, he will sign copies of his books, which will be available for purchase. Free parking is available across the street from the venue. The event is open to the public.
Almond's take on contemporary American life -- both fiction and nonfiction -- has earned him literary praise and prizes. He writes short stories and essays and is the author of more than 10 books, three of them New York Times bestsellers including "(Not That You Asked) Rants, Exploits and Obsessions," "Candyfreak: A Journey through the Chocolate Underbelly of America" and his most recent work, "Against Football: One Fan's Reluctant Manifesto," which tackles the subject of America's fascination with the sometimes brutal sport.
The residency is offered through the Jack and Stella Kerouac Center for the Public Humanities at UMass Lowell, established with support from John Sampas -- the executor of Jack Kerouac's literary estate -- to promote the study of American culture.
For information, visit www.uml.edu.


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Frederic Harrison
Author and positivist. BA, Oxford (Wadham College), 1853. Studied at Lincoln's Inn from 1855; called to the bar, 1858. Taught history and Latin at the Working Men's College in Bloomsbury, London. Wrote articles on politics for the Fortnightly Review. Appointed to the royal commission on trade unions, 1867; secretary, royal commission for the digest of the law, 1869. Helped found England's first positivist centre in 1870. Examiner in jurisprudence, Roman law, and constitutional history for the Council of Legal Education from 1870; professor of jurisprudence, international law, and constitutional law, 1877–89. Alderman, London County Council, from 1889.


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>>Don't you care what the rest of the world thinks of you?
Does the rest of the world care what we think of them?
To some extent, they do. They have to, since we intrude on them all the time. We intrude all the more obnoxiously when we think we know what is right, and they are not doing it.
>>Don't you care what impact American foreign policy has on the rest of the planet?
Yes, we want the world to be a freer place.
I don't believe you. If we did, we would not have elected a man who has done more to undermine civil liberties than all his predecessors for so many years.
If we did, we would not have elected a leader who is determined to lead into disaster, ignoring all the mounting scientific evidence of global warming.
>>Does Iraq look like a success to anyone?
It's a bit early to tell.
Not according to the man we re-elected, it isn't. He is already calling it victory. Remember his victory speech after "major combat phase is over"? This is one of the many untruths he tells that announce to the world what an un-christian ruler he really is.
But this too is very unchristian behavior. Remember:
Lying lips are an abomination to the LORD,
but those who act faithfully are his delight. (Pro 12:22 RSVA)
The thoughts of the wicked are an abomination to the LORD,
the words of the pure are pleasing to him. (Pro 15:26 RSVA)
How can he claim to have such pure speech after this? Only by sinking even deeper in his deception of the American public, as he did by spreading rumours through the "Swift Boat Veterans for 'Truth'" while denying any connection to them. Only by blinding himself with his amazing arrogance, such as when he claimed in the final debate to not have made any mistakes!
But how can you miss what this reveals about him? How can you not shudder to think of it, when you remember the Proverb:
Every one who is arrogant is an abomination to the LORD;
be assured, he will not go unpunished. (Pro 16:5 RSVA)
Those of us who don't want to share in that punishment, did not vote for him.
>>Doesn't it bother you that he s alienated every friend you have?
Fair weather friends, that cave in to terrorists and take bribes from monsters.
But they are NOT 'fair weather friends'. That is one of the big lies that certain people keep repeating over and over until we believe them. Only the case of Spain gets close to what you claim. But even in their case, it is unfair.
Their feeling, after all, was that they were not losing casualties in a war against terrorism, but rather being unfairly targeted on account of American misdeeds in Iraq. And now that the bipartisan 9-11 Commission has confirmed that Saddam has nothing to do with 9-11, the rest of the world agrees with them. Only those with a bag over their heads can fail to see the evidence that Spain was right.
>>Prior to this, it was American policy and the American government that was so universally hated around the world.
Yes, we had the audacity to be strong, free and prosperous.
And use our strength to deny that freedom and prosperity to anyone else.
Remember the assassination of Allende? The bombing of Cambodia? Remember who sold all those weapons to Saddam Hussein before he suddenly became our enemy? Yet instead of repenting of this wickedness, what does he do? He calls down condemnation from heaven by ignoring the proverb:
It is an abomination to kings to do evil,
for the throne is established by righteousness. (Pro 16:12 RSVA)
But no one can "establish by righteousness" while resorting to unnconstitutional Supreme Court interference to get elected, fighting against civil liberties, and lying to the voting public to lead us into an illegal war. Yet he has done all of these.
But as if this wasn't bad enough, by ignoring the evidence concerning global warming, and pursuing oil above all else, he is again denying that freedom and prosperity to anyone else. After all, it is primarily outside of the US that global warming is already destroying people's homes and livelihoods. And by the time it does the same in the US, the criminals here in the US who ignored it in the crucial phase will either be already dead, or moved inland and to high ground, coming up with schemes to make themselves richer off the plight of those losing their homes.
>>More sympathy for Bin Laden... More attacks on American institutions... More isolation.
Not from those who don't tremble at his every threat, as if that didn't encourage him. Trust me, he will attack those he thinks can be persuaded to appease him.
You miss the point. He will attack with even more ferocity against those who are stubborn in wickedness, and call that stubbornness 'steadfastness'.
>>How blind can you dumb rednecks in middle-America be, not to see this?
Sighted enough to see that Chamberlin and appeasement failed in the past and will in the present as well.
But not sighted enough to see that there is a lot of territory between the disastrous appeasement of Chamberlain and the stubborn recklessness of the US. We left that vast territory unexplored, and chose an incredibly foolish course of action when a wise course was called for.
>>If you get hit again, or your economy goes into a deep depression, the American people will be getting exactly what they deserve!
If we go into a depression the rest of the world will likely go into the dark ages, since our enterprise sustains most of the world's economy.
You are really out of touch. The rest of the world is now more independent of our economy than ever before. It is now easy to see America sinking into a deep depression while the rest of the world is barely touched. Where do you think all the economic productivity is nowadays? It is in Asia, not the US. That is why we have been losing so many manufacturing jobs to them for 20 years. And now we have been losing even high-tech jobs to Asia!


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Another Indonesian earthquake occurred this am which measured 6.1 on the Richter scale. The larger quake of roughly a week ago is thought to have resulted in over 1000 deaths and tens of thousands of damaged buildings. It has required a major humanitarian effort. It is not clear whether the earthquake from this morning has caused any significant death or destruction.
See THIS... for more.
Indonesia will face a far more devastating earthquake, seismologists warn
'We don't think this was the big one,' says a scientist in the region. In Padang, rescue workers give up the search for more survivors and concentrate on recovering bodies and clearing rubble.
Los Angeles Times World
By Charles McDermid
October 6, 2009
Reporting from Padang, Indonesia - Expect a far more powerful earthquake than last week's magnitude 7.6 temblor to hit Indonesia's devastated Padang area in the next few decades.
That's the word from a team of leading seismologists, who said the worst is yet to come, although they cautioned that predicting the timing of earthquakes is an inexact science at best.
After a three-day review of seismic evidence using global-positioning equipment, scientists with the Earth Observatory of Singapore, or EOS, found that the earthquake that hit the Indonesian city of Padang did little to relieve the stored tension at the juncture of two tectonic plates.
The EOS team believes that the eventual energy release could result in an earthquake close to the scale of the magnitude 9 monster that triggered the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, killing more than 200,000 in a dozen countries.
"We don't think this was the big one," said Paramesh Banerjee, technical director of EOS, a $700-million government-funded institute for the study of tsunamis, volcanoes, earthquakes and climate. "It can happen any time -- now, in 20 years or more."
On Monday, rescue workers ended their search for life beneath the rubble, shifting their focus instead to helping survivors in the area around Padang, a port city of 900,000 on Sumatra island. But their efforts were hampered by torrential rain.
The government's official death toll stood at 603, although the United Nations said 1,100 people died and other disaster specialists said the number will probably climb to several thousand after more corpses are unearthed.
Gagah Prakoso, a spokesman for the Indonesian Search and Rescue Agency, told reporters that chances of anyone surviving this long without food and water were slim, prompting the decision to concentrate on finding bodies and cleaning up the rubble.
Indonesia faces a huge rebuilding task. More than 88,000 houses and 285 schools were destroyed in 10 districts, according to the U.N. and Indonesia's Disaster Management Agency, with an additional 100,000 public buildings and 20 miles of road damaged.
Seismologists said the earthquake occurred in the collision zone where the Indo-Australian Plate dives beneath the Sunda Plate, which is below Padang and the Indonesian province of Aceh, which was battered by the 2004 earthquake and tsunami.
"When one plate goes beneath another it's called 'subduction,' " Banerjee said. "But it doesn't go smoothly. It gets stuck and then it slips. This slip is an earthquake."
According to Richard Briggs of the U.S. Geological Survey, these plates converge, colliding at a few inches a year, with the stress stored for decades or centuries before being released suddenly as large, damaging earthquakes. The magnitude of the earthquake depends on the size of the fault and how much the fault slips during a sudden rupture.
In the case of the Sunda megathrust fault, which parallels the west coast of Sumatra, the 850-mile northern portion slipped as much as 100 feet in 2004, triggering the tsunami. In 2005, a 210-mile portion directly to the south slipped more than 40 feet during the magnitude 8.7 earthquake that devastated the Nias, Banyak and Simeulue islands.
The portion of the fault next in line, offshore Padang, has yet to slip despite the most recent quake, according to the EOS.
The idea that a mammoth earthquake is coming to Padang is nothing new to paleoseismologist and EOS director Kerry Sieh, who has been studying the regions' tectonics for the last 18 years. Sieh's team has identified the sequence of Padang-area earthquakes using GPS data, historical records and the growth patterns of coral based on its uranium content.
Since the December 2004 tsunami, the scientists have produced papers and statements and spoken to local officials about the risk. With partial financing from the California Institute of Technology, where he had been a professor, Sieh printed posters in English and Indonesian and took them to outlying islands to discuss with village elders and fishermen what he believed was an inevitable earthquake and subsequent tsunami. "They were interested, but we weren't taken seriously," he said.
The city of Padang has tried to foster earthquake and tsunami preparedness by providing public service announcements, seminars and evacuation routes. Still, Wednesday's quake brought a high toll in lives and buildings -- a fact exacerbated by the area's relative poverty and questionable construction standards.
Vice Gov. H. Marlis Rahman acknowledged that the area needs to prepare for the next earthquake. But experts warn that apathy and human nature often take their course.
"The problem is we're too busy with laundry, taking kids to school, catching fish to feed your family to worry about low-probability, low-risk hazards," Sieh said. But, he added, the risk of not preparing for the inevitable is great.
"The people in charge of Padang have had lots of things going on," he said, "but they've got a lot more now."
Friday, October 16, 2009
More Indonesian Earthquakes
Posted by Dr. J. P. Hubert at 10:29 AM
Labels: Richter Scale, Severe Earthquakes, Tremors
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What/Where is the Roman Catholic Church?
In light of Traditional Catholic dogma/doctrine, how should the Second Vatican Council be viewed ? Is it consistent with Sacred Scripture, Sacred Tradition and prior Magisterial teaching?
What explains the tremendous amount of "bad fruit" which has been forthcoming since the close of the Council in 1965? "By their fruits you shall know them" (Matt. 7:16)
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What explains the tremendous amount of "bad fruit" which has been forthcoming since the close of the Council in 1965? "By their fruits you shall know them" (Matt. 7:16)
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The water, energy and food nexus connects three sectors that are closely related and interlinked- water security, energy security and food security. The nexus also takes into account that what is positive for one of these sectors might have a negative influence for another. At the end of the day it is a bargain, a trade-off that has to be wisely considered and adapted to circumstance.
But modern requirements for energy services, increased population and dietary changes make the water, energy and food nexus all the more urgent.
Especially (and sometimes unfairly) clean energy solutions have been scrutinized for using large amount of water, and to interfere with food production directly (for example in regard to bioenergy) or indirectly by consuming water that is wanted for agriculture.
What emerges is that, today, to determine the overall effectiveness of low energy systems, both water and energy need to be considered; such calculations must account for both water and energy needed for certain modern services such as heating or cooling.
Currently, policies for sustainable development not yet take the connection between water, food and energy into account enough. NAMAs (Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Action) so far concentrate almost exclusively on the energy side of systems while sometime overlooking the effects on the water and food situation. This is why the nexus approach is so important and should be fundamentally considered within the shift to a low-carbon future.
The nexus approach integrates management and governance across sectors and scales for improved water, energy and food security. While this academic approach had raised interest by national leaders, there are risks of framing water and other resources in terms of security, which may lead to social issues being treated as national security issues. On the other hand, raising awareness of how these areas are connected is important if we want to reach the MDGs and make improve sustainability across all sectors.
In short, the nexus approach must be another considerations within climate compatible development.
Related articles
- Register to watch the water, food & energy nexus debates live broadcast (guardian.co.uk)
- Getting to grips with the water-energy-food 'nexus' (CDKN)
http://www.water-energy-food.org/ (BMU NEXUS Platform)


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June 1907-1928; (4) Review of Reviews, 1929-August 1932; (5) Review of Reviews and World's Work, September 1932-July 1937.
Monthly. Vol. 1, January -June 1890; vol. 2, July-December 1890; vol. 3, January- July 1891 (March omitted, and American edition begun with April); vol. 4, August 1891-January 1892; vol. 5, February-July 1892; vol. 6, August 1892-January 1893; vol. 7, February-June 1893; vols. 8-95 (regular semiannual volumes), July 1893-June 1937; vol. 96, no. 1, July 1937.
Review of Reviews, London ( W. T. Stead), 1890-February 1891; Review of Reviews, New York ( Albert Shaw), April 1891-1893; Review of Reviews Company, New York ( Albert Shaw), 1894-January 1923; Review of Reviews Corporation, New York ( Albert Shaw, Albert Shaw, Jr.), February 1923-July 1937.
William Thomas Stead, 1890-1891; Albert Shaw, 1891-1937.
Began at 60,000 in 1892; maximum circulation was 242,305 in 1917; in 1937, when the magazine ceased, circulation was 138,587.
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Rolling Stone magazine, one of the foremost music-oriented publications of our day, marked its twentieth anniversary in 1987. Over the past twenty years, Rolling Stone has evolved from a twenty-five-cent black-and-white twenty-four- page paper to a slick full-color magazine featuring in its pages articles on culture, art, and politics as well as popular music. It is sold not only all over North America but in ninety-five foreign countries as well.
Jann S. Wenner, the force behind Rolling Stone, borrowed $7,500 to get the magazine underway. Wenner was greatly dissatisfied with the reporting he had been reading on rock, drugs, and the New Left, feeling that the information presented was "either myth or nonsense." 1 Rolling Stone, by contrast, would reflect "the changes related to rock and roll. . . . [We] hope we have something here for the artists, and the industry and every person who 'believes in the majic [sic] to set you free." 2
Straight Arrow Press of San Francisco published the first issue in November 1967. From an initial press run of 40,000 and sales of only 6,000, Rolling Stone's circulation four years later was 250,000, 80 percent of which was newsstand sales. In 1976 the circulation figures exceeded 500,000. Today, the total circulation is over 1 million, 60 percent of which represents paid subscriptions. A one-year subscription (twenty-six issues) in 1968 cost $6.00 as compared to


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1) Loosen the rear shock mounting bolt by turning it counter-clockwise.
recommended that you properly support the bike in a sturdy stand of some sort.
2) Support the rear triangle of the frame while removing the bolt.
up on the rear wheel will take the weight off the bolt, allowing you to pull it out. After the bolt has been removed, gently
lower the rear wheel.
3) Loosen the front shock bolt by turning it counter-clockwise.
It should
go without saying, but be sure to hold onto the shock when you pull the bolt out!
4) Pry the black spacers off each side of the shock eyelet (shaft end of shock only).
After prying the
spacers off, you can also remove the small O-rings from the bushing faces.
5) Use the RWC tools (or other) to partially remove the center pin.
In certain
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tight fit. While the blue "DU Pilot" is primarily designed to remove internal DU bushings, it can be used
in conjunction with our Needle Bearing Tool to partially press out the center pin, as illustrated above. Properly orient
the green bearing tool with the large opening toward the shock. This is clearly marked on the back of the tool: "THIS
END TOWARD SHOCK FOR BEARING REMOVAL." The bearing tool is not deep enough to accept the entire pin, so the idea
is to just push it part way out.
6) Twist and pull the pin out out of the bushings.
If loose
enough, pull the pin the rest of the way out by hand. If necessary, you can use pliers. If you want to save the
pin for future use, you can pad the plier jaws with a cloth or other suitable material.
7) CAREFULLY use a utility knife (or similar) to get under the bushing flange.
A sharp blade
is not necessary for this step. In fact, a dull blade might be more desirable in case you slip... Work around the flange
in a circle, gently prying upwards to gradually remove the plastic bushing.
8) When the first bushing is out, turn over the shock and repeat the procedure for the remaining bushing.
When you've
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9) Grease the inside of the empty shock eyelet.
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Stop when you feel the bearing bottom against the tool face.
12) The needle bearing should be flush with the shock body on each side.
13) The kit contains THREE inner rings (axles) of varying Outside Diameters. Follow the procedure below
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17) Apply blue Loctite® to the threads of one of the shock mounting bolts.
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I know that in some families there are sometimes two living children with the same name. For example, my paternal ancestor Pierre Janvry dit Belair (born 1772) had an elder brother named Pierre Janvry dit Belair (born 1766). Both married twice, had large families, and lived long lives.
However, I didn't expect to find four living siblings with the same or nearly-the-same-name in one family.
A few days ago, I was trying to sort out the children of my 7x great-grandparents Jacques Marcot and Isabelle Salé, who married in about 1670. They had fifteen children – 10 sons and 5 daughters.
Until now, I believed that their granddaughter Marguerite Marcot (my maternal ancestor) was the daughter of one of their sons and his wife née Morisset. But this was just an assumption on my part. It turns out I hadn't sufficiently checked Marguerite's parents.
When I took a closer look at all those Marcot – Salé children, I realized that Jacques and Isabelle had four sons who had Jean or François in their names. They were:
- Jean-Baptiste (1676-1731), who married Marie Paquin,
- Jean-François (1691-after 1737), who married Geneviève Morisset,
- Jean aka Jean-François (ca 1693-1760), who married Marie-Anne Morisset,and
- François (ca 1693-1727), who married Marie Thérèse Desnoyers.
I was also surprised to learn that Jean-François (the one who married Geneviève Morisset) had a brother Jean aka Jean-François who also married a Morisset. (Geneviève and Marie-Anne were sisters.)
So I asked myself which one of these Marcot – Morisset couples were my ancestors?
After searching Dictionnaire généalogique des familles du Québec des origines à 1730, by René Jetté (Montréal: Les Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1983), Tanguay's Dictionnaire généalogique des familles canadiennes, 7 vols (1871–1890, reprint, Montréal: Editions Elysée, 1991), and the database at PRDH (Programme de recherche en démographie historique), I discovered that I had confused Marguerite and her parents Jean-François and Geneviève with Marie Madeleine and her parents Jean aka Jean-François Marcot and Marie-Anne Morisset.
So after all these years, I wasn't a descendant of Jean-François Marcot and Geneviève Morisset, I was a descendant of his brother Jean aka Jean-François Marcot and Marie-Anne Morisset.
My tip to you: beware the same name trap and check all the children in a family to make sure there aren't multiple living siblings with the same or very similar first names.
Copyright © 2013, Yvonne Demoskoff.


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"What a fantastic opportunity to speak early this morning with a great group of young people and school administrators in Alexandria, MN. Most of them are from Alexandria public school across the street. Thank you Jay & Rochelle Jensen [pictured with Jake, below] for your fabulous mission at Northstar Academy!" – IOTC President Jake MacAulay
NorthStar Christian Academy in Alexandria, MN operates as a supplemental Christian education center. The courses offered are in alignment with their purpose and mission to provide students in the Alexandria area an opportunity to add to their daily learning – classes centered on examining and discussing the Bible, Christianity and the effects of culture on belief and life application. Recently, the academy invited Institute on the Constitution (IOTC) President Jake MacAulay to present and discuss the American View of law an government:
- There is a God
- Our rights come from Him
- The purpose of civil government is to secure our God-given rights
This view, no doubt, is a very different view than what is taught in the nearby public school.
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actually only on Amit Gupta's demand, I am back.. :) there have been a few others who had demanded earlier but it has been so long that everyone seems to have given up on me and assumed that I am through with blogging. And they weren't very wrong. I don't think I would've come back had Amit not posted that last comment to my previous post. That showed me that people are still hopeful and I just couldn't bring myself to disappoint him. :)
Anyway, this post is just to announce that I am back.. It will probably take me some time to get my rhythm back (a la sehwag in that SL match) because I have my qualifier on August 3 and I realized only today how close that date is. Have browsed more than 400 pages since the realization dawned on me. Problem is, even this speed is probably an order of magnitude too small for me to cover all the absolutely important stuff. Needless to say that I am not even thinking about going through more than 20-30% of it... I just hope it doesn't show in the exam although I'm afraid that that might prove too much to hope.... (which reminds me that my orkut fortune today said "don't wish extravagantly and your wishes will be fulfilled"... I think I just saw a Grim!!! :( )
Should probably go back to my book. or maybe I should wait till "Jana Gana Mana" ends... did I ever tell you people that ARR is God?
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Singapore deports Indian activist
SINGAPORE: An Indian national, identified merely as "a male activist," has been denied entry into Singapore and deported on the ground that he "posed a potential security and public order threat to the annual meetings" of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) Group.
These meetings will be held here on September 19 and 20. Three days of related seminars precede the main events, while, a day earlier, the chiefs of the IMF and the World Bank will hold a "town-hall meeting" with civil society organisations (CSOs) accredited for this purpose.
The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has already banned "outdoor demonstrations and processions" for the entire period of these meetings. The City-State's current rules against protest rallies in the public domain could not be waived for foreigners who might intend to resort to such actions, the SPF emphasised.
The unidentified Indian was denied entry on arrival here on Wednesday morning, and deported in the evening. Contacted by The Hindu , an SPF spokesman said on Thursday that "it is inappropriate for us to mention specific details." Besides the Indian, two others, both identified as Filipino activists, were treated similarly in connection with the IMF-WB events.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Singapore deports Indian activist who had gone to protest against the IMF and World Bank
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Thinking Pulitzer Prize and wanting to cut down a President, D.C. political reporter Rachel Armstrong composes that the President disregarded the discoveries of an incognito CIA agent when requesting air strikes against Venezuela. Rachel names the specialist, Erica Van Doren, a lady whose youthful little girl is in Rachel s child s class at school. The administration moves rapidly to constrain Rachel to name her source. She s imprisoned for scorn when she won't. She won t alter her opinion, and the days include. Disorder slides on Van Doren s life too. To start with Amendment versus national security, marriage and parenthood versus division. What s the estimation of a rule?


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The 31 English and German essays contained in this Festschrift in honour of Irving Hexham, the British-Canadian scholar of religion, give an indication of the wide range of interests and expertise Hexham demonstrated in his career. He truly "crossed the borders" of disciplines. The title calls him "an inderdisciplinary historian", and that he may be, but he is not every man's historian. He - and his friends and colleagues who contributed to this book - studied religious phenomena, movements, happenings and people over a wide spectrum and in various ways. In the editors' introductory biographical essay, Irving Hexham is introduced as a stimulating and friendly person. His intellectual abilities make him a treasured companion and partner in any dialogue.
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Last Tuesday, the Board held its monthly Business Meeting. The meeting was kicked off by an opportunity to recognize several important members of our community and their efforts to further APS, including: teachers and students; and, the members of the Aurora Citizens for Excellent Schools (ACES). The Board and I were honored to recognize these great examples of people living out our Core Beliefs.
The Board covered four major topics during the balance of the evening:
First, the Board discussed its principles for the upcoming negotiation process with AEA. The Board reviewed prior year's negotiations and discussed how it would direct the negotiating team to approach the issues for this year.
Second, the Board reviewed the recommendation for new math curriculum as proposed by the Equity in Learning Team. The Board heard from teachers and Instructional coaches about the different options and how the class instruction was impacted by pilots of the new curriculum.
Both of the above items will be up for final consideration at the Board's Workshop meeting on the 21st.
A third topic for the Board was to hear a bond election recap from ACES. ACES explained the steps and strategies that led to a successful bond outcome.
Finally, the Board heard a presentation regarding school staffing allocation. The HR and Finance teams walked the Board through the processes and formulas that are used to derive our school staffing allocation. The Board also heard from several principals how ratio changes might impact their decision making and their staffing plans.
As always, you can find the Board presentations and minutes on our website.
Rico Munn
Aurora Public Schools
"My job is to accelerate learning for every APS student, every day. I do my job by making sure we have the right people, doing the right work, with the right resources in the right way. My community needs me to do my job."


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Prancer came home and has been improving every day. He is gaining weight and acting just like a 5 month old puppy should. Driving me batty and I love every minute of it. He does not want to be away from me, which drives everyone else crazy. He likes to spend a lot of time with Alice also. At night he sleeps in the bed, spoiled rotten I know, but when we first go to bed he always crawls over and lays on top of me and falls asleep. He is such a sweetie pie. Thank you for all of your prayers and thoughts. The vet did not think he would make it but he did. She said she has never seen a pup as sick as him pull through, he is our little miracle pup!
The kids had a great Halloween. Did anyone else notice that full moon out there. It was beautiful. Natalie is not pictured because she did not dress up, she gave out candy this year.
My friend Donna got me these great trees to decorate my booth at The Meeting Corner with. Aren't they super!! She also gave me a couple shelves. I cannot wait to get rolling on that adventure. They are still waiting for a couple more things to pass inspection before they open.
Here are some of the items I have been able to finish up since my last post. Getting ready for Christmas. I am still extremely far behind, but I am still trying to find the desire to create. I have been too stressed lately for anything. It seems it would be good for me to create but it just seems to make me feel more overwhelmed. Things will turn around soon I just know it.
I completed a sample also for Lone Star Mercantile, a local prim shop. Gosh it was a lot of stitching!! I got some store credit so I was able to get some fabric that I did not need, but it was nice getting some new stuff and I hit the clearance bin for some spring time brushed cottons. Luckily I do not crave buying fabric like I use to but when you are inside a wonderful shop it is hard to fight that temptation.
I hope you have an awesome weekend and are able to find a little stitching time!
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CHAPEL HILL -- Pregnant women who don't consume enough calcium in their diets or through supplements show greater increases in lead in their bloodstreams than pregnant women with normal calcium levels, according to a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study.
That is because 95 percent of the body's lead is contained in bone tissue, which, in pregnant women getting less calcium turns over, or "demineralizes," more rapidly than bone in other pregnant women and releases locked-up lead into the blood, researchers found.
Lead emerges from bone during the second half of pregnancy and might hurt both mothers and their babies, their work showed. The study also offers new evidence that calcium consumption can minimize bone demineralization in pregnant women.
"Past research has linked lead to many adverse conditions, including nervous system and possible cardiovascular problems," said Dr. Irva Hertz-Picciotto, professor of epidemiology at the UNC-CH School of Public Health and lead author. "In this study, in which lead levels were very low overall, we saw that the same characteristics that predict greater lead at high exposures also predict a greater lead level even at a much lower range. That means there may be virtually no 'natural' background of blood lead for which man-made sources can't be identified."
Those characteristics, or variables, that correspond with more lead include smoking, less education, being black and low calcium intake, she said. Variables associated with a reduced lead level include history of breastfeeding and higher calcium intake.
"We are still trying to determine whether there are health effects from these low levels," Hertz-Picciotto said.
A report on the findings appears in the November issue of the Journal of Epidemiology. Co-authors are Margaret Schramm and Dr. Margaret Watt-Morse of Magee-Women's Hospital at the University of Pittsburgh, Kim Chantala of UNC-CH's Carolina Population Center, Dr. John A
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Young people are disrespectful!
Christians occasionally do something useful!
Osama Bin Laden has not been leaving his mail on buses in Orlando!
The prevailing theory that short gamma ray bursts arise from collisions involving neutron stars has been bolstered! (Well, duh.)
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Anyway, I woke up around 8:00 AM on Christmas and nudged Sean awake. After I woke Mike up, we opened the presents under our tree. Sean bought me an iTunes gift card, Up In The Air on blu-ray, a Nintendo Wii, an extra Wii Remote and Nunchuk, and two games: Super Smash Bros. Brawl and Super Mario Bros. We set up the new system and washed the dishes (because who wants to leave dirty dishes in the sink on a holiday?) before going to my parents' house at 11:00 AM.
We ate a yummy brunch and then opened more presents. My grandma gave me various knickknacks, my stepmom and dad bought me a Walmart gift card, and my sister bought me Diary of a Wimpy Kid and Tooth Fairy on blu-ray (it was a two-disc set...). We then played a quick board game before going to Sean's parents' house around 2:00 PM, where we opened even more presents (Sean's dad gave me Telestrations, and his parents bought me a nice watch and a bottle of wine).
After eating lunch, we exchanged white elephant gifts (I ended up with the present I bought, a rip off bikini, which I gave to Sean). We then played Scene It? Star Trek, as well as Telestrations, which ended up being funnier than I expected. Around 7:00 PM, we went home. Sean played with his new camera, and I played the Wii.
Christmas didn't end there, though. A few days later, I bought myself a Nintendo DS Lite, a DS Lite Zip Case, and four games: Golden Sun, Golden Sun: The Lost Age, Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, and New Super Mario Bros. Sean bought himself gifts, too.
It was, among many feelings, sad Mom wasn't here to celebrate with us, but all in all, it was a good Christmas.


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Summary: Using sort of the Sherlock Holmes theme, message tries to explain why we fall despite having Christ, and to a different extent, why there is the tendency to blame God for our misgivings.
James Series 5: Temptation
INTRO: For years, people have been saying, and say it with me "an apple a day keeps (the doctor a way). Though I honestly do not know if that's true. But I can tell you one thing that is for certain, and that is I sure wish Eve hadn't eaten that apple!
TRANISTION: Let's take a brief look at Eve's temptation, by beginning with a look at the author of temptation.
BIBLE VERSE: James 1:13
13When tempted, no one should say, "God is tempting me." For God cannot be tempted by evil, nor does he tempt anyone; 14but each one is tempted when, by his own evil desire, he is dragged away and enticed. 15Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and sin, when it is full-grown, gives birth to death.
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Now in 2009, he hits the big screen with not only brains, but also mad, Chuck-Norris skills that he uses to bring an extra slice of beat-down on his adversaries.
ONE OF THE GREAT MYSTERIES OF ALL TIME: Why did Eve eat the apple (yeah, I know Adam too)? And why do we succumb to temptations?
In a sense: 1) Why do we fall? 2) Why did Adam & Eve fall?
A. Falling to Temptation is on YOU AND ME!
Information from an article: "9 Reasons Why People Cheat."
The Answers: Bored, Dependence, Confused, Because They Let You (They Can), Nurturing, Revenge, Confirmation of Attractiveness (Said Nice Things About Looks), The Thrill, & It's Not Cheating!
Now, I could use any example, any article, on reasons for why people do things. I chose cheating because it is so awful. But how many of the 9 are from an outside source?
None, it's all on the cheater right? Is any one of us going to excuse the behavior, no way. The first aspect of temptation we need to learn is that it's all about us (by the way, this lesson is not about how temptation happens but instead on where the blame lies, which I feel is true to the verse in James).
B. Refusing to Stop Sinning is like BLAMING GOD for Sin!
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary
1:12-18 It is not every man who suffers, that is blessed; but he who with patience and constancy goes through all difficulties in the way of duty. Afflictions cannot make us miserable, if it be not our own fault. The tried Christian shall be a crowned one. The crown of life is promised to all who have the love of God reigning in their hearts. Every soul that truly loves God, shall have its trials in this world fully recompensed in that world above, where love is made perfect. The commands of God, and the dealings of his providence, try men's hearts, and show the dispositions which prevail in them. But nothing sinful in the heart or conduct can be ascribed to God. He is not the author of the dross, though his fiery trial exposes it. Those who lay the blame of sin, either upon their constitution, or upon their condition in the world, or pretend they cannot keep from sinning, wrong God as if he were the author of sin.
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Today, I want you to meet one of my sisters. One of my mother's daughters. I have many spiritual sisters, but only three flesh and blood sisters, who each share in the spiritual with me.
Here is Juniper Gillian, aka Jill. I am going to link you to her post about her new name and her awakening, which is beautiful to behold. Sometimes this world tries to make us go back to sleep. This is my challenge to Juniper Gillian to stay awake, because she has so much life to live and she makes this world a beautiful place to share.
|Juniper Gillian
I just thought of another reason for blogs...they are storehouses of our musings. Often I just read the post of the day on the blogs that I follow. However, archived posts can be a depository of literary gems. The following links take you back to some posts that JG wrote while in Scotland, as well as more recent ones. I am not just bragging on my sister, but she has a style that resonates. I look forward to more of her offerings in the future.
Tomato Cage Love
Shades of Grey (The blog she kept while in Scotland, I definitely reccommend digging through the archives to mine some valuable gems...such as "The Community of the Coal" and "Elemental")
Oh yeah, another purpose of blogs...to share our lives through snapshots. Here are some glimpses of our recent camping adventure with JG and her brood.
|playing checkers on the boat
|campfire circle on our own sandbar
|my own "Ernest Hemingway"
|Intuition beached next to the campsite
|mama and boy
|our own "Patriot"