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PepsiCo, the New York-based multinational food, snack and beverage corporation, has signed an agreement with the department of horticulture, Andhra Pradesh, to provide necessary support to the farmers in cultivating potatoes and purchasing the produce as well.
The horticulture department has received positive results from the seeds that were being tested in 20 acres at Araku and Dumbriguda Agency mandals from July 2015 on a trial basis. Now, the department and PepsiCo want to grow potatoes in nearly 1,000 acres from October 2016.
Confirming this news to TOI, Visakhapatnam district horticulture assistant director G Prabhakara Rao said the FC3 variety is cultivated in Himachal Pradesh and specially meant for potato chips. PepsiCo is keen on using the potatoes for its chips units across the globe. "Our department and PepsiCo conducted trials in Kuppam in Chittoor and Vizag Agency last season and the MNC representatives were satisfied with the results from Vizag Agency and have confirmed that they will go ahead with cultivation in 1,000 acres in the Agency area. The ITDA Paderu financially supported us in the trial run by sharing 50% of the input cost which is around Rs 30,000 per acre," Prabhakara Rao said. The department will procure around 1,000 tonnes of seeds from Himachal Pradesh.
A PepsiCo representative said, "Vizag Agency's weather is most favourable for the FC3 potatoes. We hope that we will get a good yield in Vizag. We will start the work from October this year."
Prabhakara Rao further said that they got nearly 4 to 5 tonnes of potatoes per acre in the trial session and they hope to generate 7 to 8 tonnes per acre during actual cultivation. "Farmers will get good profits from the crop. A Rs 50000 investment will be required for an acre's crop and the returns are likely to be Rs 1 lakh. Priority will be given to local tribals to grow the potatoes. Only three agency mandals, namely, Araku, Dumbriguda and Hukumpeta are viable for the FC3 potatoes cultivation," the officer said.
"These FC3 potatoes are not good for commercial purpose like local market. However, the potatoes which get rejected by PepsiCo will be given to commercial markets," Prabhakara Rao said.
According to horticulture scientists, the FC3 potato is resistant to diseases, gives good yields than ordinary varieties, has thin skin, is easily washable and boiled and needs less fertiliser. All these qualities make it ideal for making chips.
Horticulture officials said the MNC may set up a potato chips manufacturing unit in Vizag if they are satisfied with the potatoes cultivation here in the long run. The state government is also planning to give sops to various MNCs for their units in the state, the officer added.


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The Hunger Games | 2012 | PG-13 | - 3.7.3
Movie version of Suzanne Collins' young-adult novel about a future world where a reality show pits teenage contestants against each other in a fight to the death: A young woman (Jennifer Lawrence) volunteers to take her younger sister's place and represent her district, along with a young man (Josh Hutcherson), in the annual televised competition; to survive they will have to kill other young people who represent their districts. Also with Stanley Tucci, Wes Bentley, Willow Shields, Liam Hemsworth, Elizabeth Banks, Woody Harrelson, Lenny Kravitz and Donald Sutherland. Directed by Gary Ross. [2:22]
SEX/NUDITY 3 - Several young women wear low-cut dresses that reveal bare shoulders, backs and cleavage and a few of the dresses are short and show bare legs. A young woman scrubs in a small tub of water (we see a bare foot, leg and arm). We see a young man wearing tight-fitting shorts in a video and his bare chest, abdomen and legs are shown. Young men and young women are shown being washed, plucked and waxed and we see bare legs and feet.
► A young man and a young woman kiss a couple of times. A young woman caresses a young man's face. A young man and a young woman hug. A young woman kisses a young man on the cheek. A man kisses a young woman on the cheek. A young man and a young woman sleep in each other's arms. A young woman sleeps while resting on a young man's arm.
► A man asks a young man if there is a special girl at home and the young man talks about having a crush on someone.
► A man and a young man smell each other and talk about what they smell like while on a stage in front of a crowd. A young woman says, "I'm never having kids" and a young man says he will. People refer to a young man and a young woman as being "star crossed lovers."
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VIOLENCE/GORE 7 - 24 young men and young women (ranging from ages 12-18) stand on pedestals at the beginning of a competition and await a countdown, when the counter reaches 0 the young people run for a large collection of supplies and attack each other and 12 of them are killed: we see blades slashing and covered with blood, we see bodies lying motionless with blood stains and smears on their clothing and flesh, a young woman falls and a young man stands over her with a blade until another young woman throws a blade into his back, and a young boy is hacked with a large blade and we see blood spurt onto nearby objects (we do not see the boy).
► We see a video of a man beating another man to death using a brick (we see the beaten man lying motionless and we see the brick shiny with blood). A young man throws a spear that strikes a teen girl in the chest (we see blood on her chest), a young woman shoots the young man in the chest with an arrow (we see blood on his chest as he falls dead to the ground and we see him again later with the arrow sticking out of his chest) and we watch the teen girl die.
► A young man threatening to kill another young man by snapping his neck is shot in the hand with an arrow (we see his very bloody face from a previous fight) and he falls off a shelter and onto the ground where he is mauled by three animals (he screams and pleads for help) until he is shot with another arrow. A young man kills a teen boy by twisting his neck with his bare hands (we see the boy collapse to the ground).
► A large animal lunges on a young man and knocks him to the ground, and the animal is shot with an arrow and is disabled for a moment while the young man and a young woman run away; the animal chases and two more animals join it, the young man and the young woman reach a shelter, which they scale and perch on top, and the animals snap at the young man's legs and feet (they are unharmed). We hear animal sounds in a dark, thick forest, we hear a disturbance in the woods and a man screams (we understand that was attacked by the animal and killed).
► A young woman runs toward a table that holds supply bags, and she grabs one and tries to run away when another young woman throws a knife that slashes her forehead; the two young women fight and wrestle, and one holds the other on the ground with a blade across her throat until she is pulled off and slammed into a wall repeatedly (we see her flop to the ground dead).
► A young woman cuts a branch that holds a wasps' nest off a tree (we hear that the wasps' venom causes severe pain, hallucination and sometimes death), she is stung several times, the branch falls and the wasps swarm five people sleeping on the ground below; the people run and scream and we see one young woman covered with wasps and a short time later she is seen dead on the ground with large welts on her face and hand. A young woman falls out of a tree after having been stung by a wasps and she begins hallucinating (we see a woozy image of her surroundings and we hear someone yelling at her).
► A young woman lies dead on the ground with berry-stained lips and a handful of berries that we understand are poisonous. Two young people prepare to eat poisonous berries to commit suicide (they do not).
► Two young men fight: one swings a bladed weapon at the other, a young woman attacks the armed young man, and he strikes her and holds her head over the side of a shelter where three animals snap and jump trying to bite her; the other young man pulls him away and they continue to fight. Five young men and young women chase another young woman through thick woods, the young woman climbs a tree, a young man tries to climb up after her but falls to the ground (he is unharmed), a young woman shoots an arrow at the young woman in the tree, and then a young man shoots an arrow at her (she is not struck).
► A huge fire rages in a forest near where a young woman is hiding; she runs, the fire grows larger and closer, fireballs are shot toward her, a tree falls in her path, she slams into something and we see that she has a large leg wound (she winces in pain and we see a bloody gash on her leg); she continues to run until she falls into water.
► A young woman warms herself near a fire when she is surrounded by four others with weapons; we hear a scream and we hear the four attackers joking about "the look on her face" and that she pleaded, "please don't kill me" (we understand that the young woman was killed). A young woman finds a young teen girl trapped in a net and sets her free.
► A young woman shoots arrows into a large stockpile of supplies causing its booby-trapped perimeter to explode and destroy them; the young woman is thrown back from the blast and her ears ring for some time after.
► A young woman shoots an arrow into the apple in a roasted pig's mouth and it sails into a wall behind several men who are alarmed. A young woman slams a knife into a table, barely missing a man's hand. Two young men shove each other and argue over a knife and as they are separated one threatens the other. A young woman shoves a young man, pushes him against a wall while pressing her arm across his throat and yells at him before she is pulled away. A woman slaps her teenage son in the face and yells at him. A man kicks a young man in the chest and presses him back into a chair when he tries to take a glass of alcohol away from him. Two young women running through thick woods run into each other, they regain their footing and look at each other before running in opposite directions.
► A young woman arms herself with a bow and arrows and takes aim at a deer, and she shoots a bird (we see the bird fall from the sky). A young woman throws a knife into the back of a small lizard (we see the knife sticking out of the creature). A young woman cooks a small creature (we see it skewered on a stick and charred).
► A young woman follows bloody tracks and finds a young man with a large and bloody leg wound (we see the wound and he tells her it was caused by a sword). A young woman applies salve to a young man's leg wound (we see a very bloody gash). A young woman applies salve to her own leg wound (we see a very bloody gash). A young man applies salve to a young woman's head wound (we see a bloody slash). We see a bloody wound on a young woman's leg and she appears in pain. A young man trembles from a fever after having been wounded. During a check-in process, we see people's fingers being pricked and a drop of blood is smeared on a document. We see several young people being injected in the arms with a glowing tracking device (we see a large metal needle being pressed into their skin).
► We see a broadcast of "the fallen" indicating that the photos of the people shown have been killed and this is updated as each additional person is killed; we also hear a cannon shot each time another person dies. Many people in a district become incensed after the death of their representative and attack guards, destroy machinery and set property ablaze until they are sprayed with water by flying vessels.
► A young woman runs through a booby-trapped perimeter surrounding a large pile of food and supplies; she makes off with some supplies and runs to safety. A young woman runs toward a table that holds bags filled with supplies, grabs it and runs away. A large flying vessels moves slowly over a wooded area where a young woman and a young man are hiding. A young woman climbs through an opening in a fence marked "high voltage" and runs into a wooded area.
► We see young men and young women during training exercises and they are using swords, knives and arrows on practice dummies (we see the heads and limbs of dummies being lopped off in one sequence); a young man falls from rings that he is trying to traverse, he falls to the ground and holds his leg in pain.
► A young girl's name is called during a selection ceremony and a young woman shouts that she will volunteer instead; the young girl screams as she is carried back into a crowd of onlookers. A young girl is frightened as she approaches a check-in table and she trembles and cries. A young woman trembles in fear in a couple of scenes. We hear a young girl screaming and see her being held by a young woman (she had a nightmare). A young woman grieves over the death of a teen girl.
► A young woman collapses, blacks out and has a flashback to the death of her father in a mining accident; we see many men being lowered into a mine and then see a large explosion that presumably killed the young woman's father. We see a young man and a young woman riding in a chariot in a parade into a stadium and their costumes are in flames (they are not harmed). A young woman wearing a floor-length gown swirls around on a stage and the hem of her dress bursts into flames (she is not harmed).
► We see a video depicting a time of war and piles of human skulls are shown accompanied by people carrying guns and explosions. We see many people walking silently flanked by guards to a community event.
► A young man and a young woman talk about dying and killing other people in order to survive. A man tells a young woman, "it will be a blood bath" and "they will blow you sky high." People discuss the odds of survival during a competition and that death is more likely to be caused by exposure or dehydration. While talking about running away, a young woman says, "they'd catch us and cut out our tongues." A young woman says, "I'll still cook you" to a cat when it hisses at her. A young woman tells her mother, "You can't tune out like you did when Dad died." A young woman tells a young man, "Don't let them starve." A man tells a young man to "embrace the probability of your imminent death." A young man talks about a young woman killing squirrels and that "she hits them right in the eye every time." A young woman tells a young man "those guys are looking at you like you are a meal." A young woman says of wearing a flaming costume "I was just hoping that I wouldn't burn to death." A man says to another man, "Don't kill her." Two men discuss "underdogs." We read a description of a "Public Reaping": Each year two representatives from a community are chosen randomly to participate in a game where they will fight to the death.
► People are shown living in squalor in a coal mining community. A young woman scrubs filth off her feet and body to prepare for a community event. Young men and young women are shown lying on tables while people are washing them, plucking them and waxing them.
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LANGUAGE 3 - 5 mild obscenities, name-calling (punk, lover boy), 2 religious exclamations.
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SUBSTANCE USE - We see a young woman hallucinating after having been stung by wasps. A man drinks alcohol and appears drunk, a man drinks alcohol with a meal and appears to have been drinking a lot, people are shown drinking colorful beverages (presumably alcohol) in several celebration scenes, and a woman on a train says of a man that "he's probably in the bar car."
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DISCUSSION TOPICS - Survival, starvation, children killing children, class, family, using people for entertainment purposes, privilege, friendship, love, courage, sacrifice, intimidation, generating hope, freedom, peace, treason, propaganda, celebrity, bravery, death of a parent, arrogance, success, failure, jealousy.
MESSAGE - Hope is stronger than fear.
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As every college basketball fan knows, Selection Sunday is today and that marks the official start of the NCAA Men's Basketball Championship known as March Madness. The brackets will be released and many hours will be spent studying and analyzing the different matchups to try and predict the Final Four and ultimately the national champion. I will be posting thoughts and reactions throughout the tournament under this page so be sure to check back for all of the latest.
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Yesterday marked the one-month anniversary of the Parkland School Shooting. First, I wanted to say how proud I am of all the young people around the world getting involved with walkouts and civil protest to get politicians to wake-up to sensible gun control. Your voices matter. Keep it up.
This article is not going to be about gun control. It is going to be about cities, sheriffs and local politicians failing our communities and the citizens they serve.
We have to get to the core of the problem if we are going to fix the problem. Police agencies have to get their heads out of their asses and understand there is a segment of society who just doesn't like them.
So how do you help a segment of society that doesn't like you. You work harder with that community. Some people you arrest, some you educate and some you partner with. You bring in people like me who deal with that segment on a daily basis and change their minds all the time. It is how you connect with people.
There was a program called the Weed and Seed Program the federal government had that was defunded in 2014. Bad move and it is showing today. The Weed and Seed Program was a program that worked with the Federal US Attorney, Law Enforcement Agencies and the Community.
To explain the program in a nut shell, what it did was Weed out the bad people (gangs, drug dealers, criminals, etc.) in certain communities and then Seed programs like the Reality Check Program and other programs to educate and connect the community with the police and bring the community back to the hard working, good people who live in those communities.
Although the weed and Seed Program was defunded in 2014, I still put some blame on cities, sheriffs and local politicians who could still fund parts of the program with confiscation funds.
I work with the Lake Saint Louis Police department, Fort Lauderdale police department, Miami Dade schools police to name a few who use confiscation funds to purchase the Reality Check Program video cards to connect their officers with the communities they serve.
The Broward Sheriff's department had numerous calls to the school shooters house. That is not in dispute, but I can't get it out of my head that if maybe the Sheriff's department had the Reality Check Video cards, this kid might NOT have done the despicable act he did. I know for sure it couldn't have hurt.
If the Broward Sheriff's department had our video cards and one of the sheriffs that went to Cruz's house had given the card to this family, (it would have been written in a report) and just maybe, just maybe the kid would have "got it" and reached out for help and not do what he did. Sadly, we will never know now and 17 lives were lost.
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Can You Go to Jail for Not Paying Child Support?
Most separated and divorced parents are at least vaguely aware that there are certain enforcement mechanisms available in cases where a parent fails or is unwilling to pay the child support that he or she has been ordered to pay by a court.
Specifically the Family Responsibility Office (FRO), which is a provincial government agency, enforces child and spousal support from delinquent support-payers, and to this end has various enforcement tools at its disposal. These include garnishment of the support-payer's wages, and suspension of his or her driver's license.
But people may not be aware that a parent in default may also face jail time, under the provisions of the Family Responsibility and Support Arrears Enforcement Act ("FRSAEA"). Although this outcome is not common, it does arise in some cases.
The recent decision in Ontario (Director, Family Responsibility Office) v. Garrick was one of them. The father owed child support arrears for over $55,000, which amount had been racked up over several years. He explained the non-payment with the fact that much of those years had been spent behind bars, after his highly-publicized conviction for fraud perpetrated against several well-known people, including "two football icons" and a doctor at the Hospital for Sick Children. And while he had now served his time and was released, he claimed that with his criminal record and notoriety, he was now practically unemployable in the community.
The court did not buy it. It observed that the father had not provided financial disclosure of his income, nor did he bring forth evidence as to the jobs he had applied for, or the rejections he received. The court also added that his evidence fell short in other ways, too:
A payor in a default proceeding has the onus [under the FRSAEA] of proving that he or she has accepted responsibility to pay child support and has placed the child's interests over his or her own. Mr. Garrick has provided no evidence of having done anything of the sort.
Indeed – and despite the father's claims to the contrary – the court found that he was healthy and employable, but had wholly abdicated his support responsibilities to his child while continuing to live an affluent lifestyle. He had spent a full seven years actively avoiding his financial obligations to his own child.
Turning to the available recourse in these situations, the court noted that the role of incarceration was to compel the father's compliance with his support obligations, not to punish him. However, the court added:
I have considered all of those submissions. But the court must conclude that this is a textbook case of a payor arranging his affairs in order to avoid paying the support that he has been found to be capable of paying. [The father] has carried the metaphorical keys of his prison in his pocket. If he is incarcerated, he has, for reasons of his own, chosen to lock himself in.
The court ordered the father to be incarcerated for 90 days, or until the child support arrears were paid in full. Additional jail time was ordered in the event that on a going-forward basis the father continued to put himself in default.
For the full text of the decision, see:
Ontario (Director, Family Responsibility Office) v. Garrick
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Our yard was looking pretty shabby and needed a complete clean-up. Without supernatural help from the Lord there was no way I could achieve this on my own in one day.
We hadn't been able to do much in it because of all the extenuating health activity the past eight months. I knew my work was cut out for me realizing that my husband wasn't able to lift or bend much.
Setting A Date
While hubby was in the hospital I had to run errands that he usually made, including paying the local bills. I remember distinctly that it was a Friday afternoon when I needed to drop off the car insurance payment before they closed.
The place was empty except for the receptionist. She seemed glad for the company and expressed that it had been a quiet day. Since she knew us I filled her in on how my husband was progressing.
Whether it is spiritual, physical or emotional strength needed, it won't come from me but from God. He chooses how He will answer my requests and who He wants to use to accomplish the plan He has for me. I have to trust that those He brings into my life are for a specific reason by embracing every encounter as God ordained. It will take fellowshipping with Him for me not to mess it up or miss it!
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We hadn't been able to do much in it because of all the extenuating health activity the past eight months. I knew my work was cut out for me realizing that my husband wasn't able to lift or bend much.
Last Saturday I prayed for strength physically to handle all the tasks that I had before me. However, it was the meeting earlier that week that gave me emotional strength to endure in the first place.
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While hubby was in the hospital I had to run errands that he usually made, including paying the local bills. I remember distinctly that it was a Friday afternoon when I needed to drop off the car insurance payment before they closed.
The place was empty except for the receptionist. She seemed glad for the company and expressed that it had been a quiet day. Since she knew us I filled her in on how my husband was progressing.
Our conversation led to her sharing her own husband's story with his heart surgery in 2012. I was glad to hear the details, but intrigued as to how she handled the situation, especially because she had children. Their journey was quiet difficult with him having his operation over 100 miles away from their home.
The verbal engagement left me wanting to learn more, so I asked Merry if we could have lunch to discuss what things she did to help her stay in faith. On Friday, June 12th, 2015 we kept that purpose driven lunch date.
Not a second was wasted in our outing. Even our order was exactly the same with both of us getting iced tea (mine unsweetened), and a baked potato with broccoli and cheese.
Our discussion was seamless and flowed from topic to topic, with each of us interjecting our life story throughout the conversation. To my surprise the things that concerned me had also plagued her thoughts during her family crisis. She shared concrete information on what to expect and in what areas I could be supportive in the coming days of my husband's rehabilitation.
Both of us discussed how we prayed while we were in the midst of the storm. In some instances our requests before the Lord were mostly the same when it came to healing our loved one.
Not wanting to sound grim, I asked her about the emotional part and if she thought about what might happen. Without saying the "D" word, she admitted that her thoughts did take a side detour down that road. Chiming in I confessed that I was feeling selfish, because my concerns weren't about that as much, because I knew he was born again. No, my thoughts were mostly about not wanting to be alone.
It felt good to openly discuss what we had been experiencing emotionally, since neither of us had shared these feelings with anyone before that time. Sometimes I think Christians believe that talking over such things are a sign of weakness and lack of faith, but I feel it's the opposite. Being able to remind one another of how God was in all of it was a comfort and boosted our faith.
Around fifteen minutes into the meal we talked about the physical side of all this. I questioned how she handled all the work load of caring for a farm, family and completing her "honey-do" list while getting very little sleep.
Merry assured me that her strength to persevere did come from the Lord, but that she cast some of the burden on to her children when it came to chores around the house and farm. Jokingly I said, "I don't have any munchkin slaves to help, so I asked God for what I needed concerning those matters." She began to smile when I proceeded to explain my statement.
I went on to say how I used to kid my mother that the only reason she had so many kids was so she didn't have to do anything. Well, if you knew my mom you certainly knew that wasn't true. My lunch buddy totally understood the humor coming from an extremely large family on both sides of her parents. Large families have to work together or the household would always be in chaos.
Say What?
After we finished laughing about the sizes of our families, she followed with this statement. "You did something right." That phrase will cause anyone to perk up and listen.
"What did you say?" I inquisitively asked not being sure I heard her correctly.
She repeated, "You did something right."
When we first sat down to talk, I explained how I asked God to pour out His favor and send people to help me do what I couldn't do for myself. One of the things I prayed was for someone to mow and weed-whack (trim around the bushes, trees, etc.) our yard. That was one prayer God answered, but there were others.
I cast the burdens on the Lord and He met each need as they came. My friend said she never thought to pray that way. Several years ago I may not have either. I confessed to her that teachers have no problem asking for help or designating duties, so I did what I knew to do. Knowing what the Bible promises was another thing that helped me in decision making.
Not in My Strength
For as long as I can remember I have trusted in the verse Philippians 4:13 and relied on God giving me strength in every situation. Sometimes it's physical, but not always. God may give me strength to do a task on my own, but being of a small stature he often sends someone to do those things for me.
What I was in need of at that time was spiritual and emotional encouragement. The Lord has given me wisdom, guidance and understanding to recognize what happens when iron sharpens iron.
In other words, what I can expect to happen when faith sharpens faith, and that is what this luncheon was all about for me.
King David gave this declaration of faith in the promises of God concerning favor on his life.
"The LORD is my Light and my Salvation. Whom shall I fear?
The LORD is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?"
Psalm 27:1(b)
God promises that when we truthfully believe what we claim we believe about His Word, we won't be disappointed or put to shame. (See Romans 9:33) I have to believe that if I commit my life to Him, He will deliver me "through the fire" and grant the favor (answer my prayer requests) in the areas I asked.
"Commit your way to the LORD, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it (our requests) to pass." (Psalm 37:5 NKJV)
Take a look at how the Wycliffe Bible states this passage.
"Show thy way to the LORD; and hope in Him, and He shall do (it). Give all thy ways to the LORD, and trust in him;
and He shall make it happen." (Psalm 37:5 WYC)
Find God, Find Favor
My husband and I have both sought out ways to sharpen with iron this week to uplift others and kindle our faith.
Our decision over who we were to fellowship with came from time spent with the Lord and seeking His wisdom. In doing so each individual come away from the meeting encouraged and enriched.
Proverbs 8:35 tells how those that seek the Lord will obtain favor. Literally if we "find" God, we will "find" His favor. When we take action in doing the Word of God it means we want to find the Lord, because we are inviting Him to be a part of our lives. Since He is in on the task, His favor will always be available.
What does "iron sharpens iron" really mean?
In the physical realm it is when two iron objects are struck against one another making the object(s) sharper. Obviously a sharp tool is more effective than a blunt one. The same metaphor is used in scripture concerning people of like faith, whether it is a man or woman.
People of like faith stimulate, excite, spark, inspire and fuel a fire of God inside one another. The devil tries to extinguish that flame by using anxiety, worry or fear. This is why we need one another to keep our spirit man sharp even when the flesh is weak.
Proverbs 27:17 states "iron sharpens iron: so a man (or woman) sharpens the countenance of his friend."
When I seek out the company of my friends of faith for support it gives me joy that shines through the expression on my face (countenance).
"Ointment and perfume delight the heart, and the sweetness of a man's friend gives delight by hearty counsel."
(Proverbs 27:9 NKVJ)
Irons of Faith
Spending time with God's people should always leave individuals feeling inspired, light hearted, encouraged and invigorated to press on to the prize of the high calling. Passages of scripture like "I can do all things through Christ" and "all things are possible," are the foremost thoughts as conquerors through our Lord and Savior.
When I am weak God's Word says for me to say I am strong. Why? It's the Word of God living in me that fills my life with joy, knowing that all things are possible to me when I believe.
If a feeling of being renewed over a time of fellowship doesn't happen when you are with your Christian friends, than you're doing something wrong or you're not with iron strong believers. You decide which you want to spend time with if your journey to believe what you believe is to succeed. It takes iron faith to sharpen iron faith. Nothing else will work or last.
Our faith should be so strong that other believer's would seek our godly counsel to sharpen their iron!
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It's usually enjoyable to go out to lunch with a friend or visit them at their dwelling. However, do we always leave that place of fellowship with the other person glad they spent time with us?
Our challenge this week will have us seeking God's wisdom as He directs us to the individual(s) that need to have their faith iron sharpened. Perhaps you are in need of that as I was. Make sure your visit is with someone that will be able to give you the "edge" you are looking for in any given situation.
Here is a key factor in making sure you stick to this task correctly. Set your appointment in the middle of other engagements, this way you will not lolly gag or get on to another topic. Also if you can, try to set something up outside of a person's home, that way you will not overstay your welcome.
Also, make it known that the purpose of the meeting isn't for chatting, but to sharpen irons of faith. Each individual should leave with spiritual and practical solutions along with answers to their questions. Remember you selected this person for a specific reason; keep that in mind throughout your appointment.
My time limit was one hour. We set it that way so we could both be back to work on time and it helped us to stay on the topic. Now my husband's was one and a half hours, but he still redirected the task when it started to go off the purpose of the meeting.
Both time tables worked, but I wouldn't suggest it going over one hour if you can help it.
Go - Do Something! Be strong faith irons for Christ this week and no power will stand against you!
All things are possible to those who BELIEVE!
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"My favor is always where I Am."
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Billion Dreams and 20 million dollars to get the ball rolling: Fulfilling the GEF IWEco Dream.
For World Environment Day 2015, celebrated on June 5, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) seeks seven billion dreams in consuming with care our planet's resources.
The Global Environment Facility (GEF) has converted one dream to a reality for ten Caribbean Small Island Developing States (SIDS) with the approval of a regional, multifocal project which will contribute to the preservation and sustainable use of the Caribbean's natural resources.
The Integrated Water, Land and Ecosystems Management in Caribbean Small Island Developing States (GEF IWEco) Project recently secured approval and funding of USD20,722,572 towards the use of integrated approaches for the management of fresh and coastal water resources, ecosystem services and sustainable land and forest use across the Caribbean region. The five year project will see the participation of Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Jamaica, Saint Kitts & Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent & the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. The Bahamas has also received approval for the development of a Medium-sized Project to be executed alongside the major project.
GEF IWEco will support policy, institutional and legislative reforms, and the implementation of effective appropriate technologies to help accelerate the Caribbean's contribution to global targets such as those highlighted in the SAMOA Pathway and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Christopher Corbin, Programme Officer for UNEP Caribbean Environment Programme's Assessment and Management of Environmental Pollution (AMEP) Sub-programme noted that'the approval of the GEF IWEco project will provide the necessary funding for addressing environmental priorities such as poor sanitation, unreliable water supply, the sustainable use of biodiversity and enhanced capacity for climate change resilience'. He added that 'as we consume our natural resources at an unsustainable rate, we must find viable innovative solutions, such as those available through the project, to manage the use of our islands' resources'.
Currently in its inception phase, the project falls within the scope of the Convention for the Protection and Development of the Marine Environment in the Wider Caribbean Region (Cartagena Convention) and its Protocols concerning Pollution from Land-based Sources and Activities (LBS) and Specially Protected Areas and Wildlife (SPAW).These agreements commit Governments of the region to take serious measures in the management and sustainable use of their critical coastal and marine resources.
GEF IWEco will be co-implemented by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and co-executed by UNEP's Caribbean Environment Programme (CEP), the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), the GEF Small Grants Programme and several other regional partners.
Mrs Alessandra Vanzella-Khouri, Officer in Charge of UNEP CEP noted that 'the increased support of approximately 30 varied stakeholders meant that the project would garner support from local, commercial and industrial sectors and provide greater community level benefits'. She added that the 'GEF IWEco Project is a fulfilled dream of its predecessor the Integrated Watershed and Coastal Areas Management in Caribbean SIDS (IWCAM) Project, which was also funded by the GEF and executed by UNEP CEP, and will implement many of the lessons learnt from that project'.
In his message for this year's World Environment Day, Mr Achim Steiner, UN Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the UNEP stated that 'there is still time to transform the challenges of dwindling and finite resources into opportunities that will promote prosperous economies and a healthy planet for generations to come' and that is the dream the GEF IWEco hopes to set into motion for countries of the Wider Caribbean.


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In case your children haven't reminded you, the summer holidays are upon us! There's always a great selection of family friendly events taking place in the North Cornwall & Devon area, and 2016 is no exception. Here is our schedule of the highlights - 21 great events to keep you and your family entertained! If we've missed something, let us know in the comments.
Most of Cornwall's beautiful beaches are dog-friendly to some extent over the winter months, but there are still plenty of great spots that allow dogs year round even in the peak of summer. We've rounded up our 5 favourite beaches in North Cornwall that always allow dogs. If we've missed your top recommendation, add it in the comment section below.
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At a recent tasting over lunch in the cosy dining room of award-winning wine grower Hanspeter Ziereisen in Efringen-Kirchen (research – honest – for my upcoming wine travel piece for Decanter), the talk turned (as is its wont) to what's cooking in this southwestern corner of Germany, close to the Swiss border. Between us we covered all the usual suspects: the Traube in Blansingen, the Rebstock in Egringen, Walsers Landhaus in Efringen-Kirchen… Everyone agreed that it's not only the wines of Baden that have come on by leaps and bounds of late, but also the food.
Later Hanspeter mailed me that he'd forgotten one place worth checking out: the Drei König in Lörrach. Not to be confused with Basel's Hotel Drei König, this is a new place on Lörrach's market square that combines a restaurant, bar, deli and hotel. Well, it's 'new' in a manner of speaking – in fact the building is seriously ancient, dating back to 1686. What's new is the makeover job recently undertaken by owner Konrad Winzer, who got a gong for his pains from the German Gault Millau Guide, which named him 2012 Restaurateur of the Year.
On the ground floor is a light, airy, modern deli and trattoria where you can get food to go, or you can instal yourself at one of the huge Stammtisch-style shared wooden tables to eat in-house. The day's specials (soups, salads, pasta, cold meats, cheeses) and wines by the glass are chalked up on huge blackboards behind the bar. At the back of the room is a glass-fronted chill room festooned with hams, sausages, Rippli and sundry salumi, and the shelves around the walls are stacked with tempting things in jars. On sunny days you can sit out on the pavement, and enjoy the spectacle of the market (Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) set out before you on the square.
Upstairs is the restaurant proper, similarly minimalist-chic with smooth cherry-wood tables and a terrace overlooking the market square. Chefs Hermann Fritz and Georg Leisinger get 15 GM points for their precise, seasonal cooking with local variations, and the small but deftly selected wine list features local Baden stars like Hanspeter Ziereisen, Hermann Dörflinger and Dr Heger, with Zind Humbrecht and Boxler from Alsace, Massimo Rattalino from Piemonte and Kurt Angerer from Austria's Kamptal.
The Drei König has gone into Eating Out in Alsace, Basel and Baden. Check it out for yourself, stock up on goodies in the market and at the deli, then hit lunch at either the trattoria or upstairs in the restaurant. And let me know what you think.


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I was watching a video from TED.com the other day from a guy who was building a skycar. It's a facinating video, but I expect it to be quite a few years until we're all riding over the Saint Lawrence in such a vehicle.
One slide that Paul Moller, the head of Skycar, showed involved the cycle of transport infrastructure and he came to the conclusion that no more highways would be built.
This led me to think about the transport situation in Montréal. Essentially there are not enough roads for all of the cars that need to use them. Most of the bridges suffer congestion at peak times, so commutes can be long.
Public transport is growing at a good rate and there are some excellent initiatives such as reserving a lane for buses at peak times on the Champlain bridge. The island itself has reasonably good transit, there is the metro and buses are quite regular. However, many of the highways block frequently, the Metropolitain, the Trans-Canadian (known as the T-Can on the radio) and Décarie. So the buses get stuck in the traffic too.
Going out further into the suburbs are the AMT trains. This week there has been a terrible fuss about the poor service offered by the AMT who have responded well in my opinion to make quick improvements. There are 150 new railcars on the way to help improve the service too.
One of the big problems the AMT has is that it uses tracks that are owned by the two freight rail companies, CN and CP. Thus it has little control over the lines and can only run trains when CN and CP don't need to.
Frequencies tend to be alright at rush hour, but at other times there are very few trains running.
Suburbian buses are similar too. South shore services are offered by different companies depending upon the territory. Longueuil and Brossard are served by the RTL, La Prairie by CIT Le Richelain. Buses run reasonably often at rush hour, but outside these times there are very few services.
So coming back to Paul Moller's presentation – he suggests that in order to cope with increasing traffic, the only thing that we can do is to use a skycar. I would suggest that the trend in Montréal is towards public transport, the need is understood and will probably be met before the skycar arrives at a driveway near you.
Here is the TED video of Paul Moller:


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Simultaneously bid farewell to squint and say hello to style with fall's spankin' new stash of reading glasses! Let's face it—nobody digs struggling to see the teeny tiny font that's sprawled across everything from books to newspapers to magazines. But lucky for you, there are lots of fabulous readers and sun readers (if you frequent the great outdoors) that'll have you seeing clearly, not to mention lookin' on trend no matter what lifestyle you lead. Whether you're focused on the latest fashions, always on the job, powered by working out or relentlessly on the move, there are plenty of frames fit for you! Check out what's to come for next season below, and get even more deets about the importance of wearing readers on Eyecessorize.com.
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When you embark on your first PPC campaign, you'll find that one of the greatest challenges you'll face is to build a strong landing page that's compliant, and which also takes into account all the lessons learned over the years by our experts here at MoreNiche. To help you get started, you can take a look at some of the articles we've written on the subject here.
The best course of action would be to read the older articles first to get up to speed with all our conversion tips and then read through this list of dos and don'ts.
Once you have digested all the information, go ahead and create the best converting landing page you can and then review your work using this guide as a checklist.
1. DO ensure your page is responsive. Although you can advertise non-responsive pages, Google will detect if they're not mobile ready and this will affect how much you pay per click.
2. DO ensure your page is adding value. As an affiliate, your main goal is to attract lots of visitors and send as much relevant traffic as you can through to one of our conversion pages. With AdWords, Google will scrutinise your website as a 'bridge' page and want to know that is offering real value to the user. Good examples of value are:
- Reviews
- Comparisons with competitors
- Filters of similar products
- Anything that helps the user make a better informed decision before they visit our site
What Google DOESN'T like is the same content. If you copy the content from our site – which you shouldn't be doing anyway – then your ads will not be approved for that landing page.
3. DON'T make a time-based claim or promise. For example, John lost 15lb in 6 weeks. This will not be approved, as according to Google it suggests the user will get the same results too.
4. DO ALWAYS put a clear disclaimer on any claims or testimonials – a line favoured by Google is: "*Disclaimer, results may vary from person to person". Ensure this statement is clearly displayed next to any claim. Disclaimers also must be in the same font and format as the rest of the page, so don't go thinking you can drop it into the small print!
5. DON'T mention banned terms, even if it's for educational purposes. Google doesn't entertain banned words or phrases of any kind. If it is on their list, it won't be approved. This includes images with the banned words on it.
6. DO ensure your landing page is using terms and phrases that you plan to use in your ads. PPC campaigns are much more effective if your landing page and ads share relevance including the keywords used on the page, so ensure you research your keywords well and use them appropriately.
7. DO ensure that your tracking pixels which are necessary for building an audience are installed on the landing page and also ensure that the conversion pixel is placed properly on the action you want to perform on that site. If you don't have these in place, then you will not be able to learn from your campaigns and will essentially be flying blind.
8. DO ensure that the title that will appear in the SERPs matches your page title. If you need to create separate landing pages for new target ads then do so; it's more work but the increased relevance will improve your results and campaign effectiveness.
9. DON'T make any exaggerated or unrealistic claims such as 'miracle cures' or 'instant results'. This is seen as a breach of the Personalised Advertising policy that Google has put in place to prevent advertisers taking advantage of users. Also it breaches the time claim we mentioned above.
So that covers the DOs and DON'Ts of building a compliant landing page that reduces the chances of your ads being banned due to reasons relating to the landing page or website you are linking them to.
Then it's all about optimisation and getting the most out of your landing page through A/B testing and tweaking to improve your quality score. The better the quality score the more effective your campaign will be. To help you with this, here are the criteria Google use to calculate a quality score:
- Landing Page Relevance
- Ad Text Relevance
- Keyword Relevance
- Device
- Historical Performance
Your quality score is a very important factor when it comes to campaign effectiveness because it has a huge influence on how much you have to bid for your ads in comparison to your competitors in the PPC space.
It can be the difference between you making money or not, so it's important to pay attention to it. Below is an example of how the quality score is used to affect the ranking of your ad against competitors seen to be in the same vertical as your ad.
Maximum CPC + Quality Score + Ad Extensions = Ad Rank
Following these nine dos and don'ts should be a good starting point when building your first AdWords campaign. Good luck with it and let me know how you get on.


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Recipes I've Shared:
A nice twist on the classic Greek soup!
French style chicken thighs
Easy salmon patties!
Braised pork chops with a great asian flavor!
African style peanut stew - good with chicken or beef!
Squid ink fettucine with chicken and artichokes in olive oil sauce
Modified recipe from http://foodmakesmehappy.blogspot.com/2010/
A great daily meal recipe to take advantage of lots and lots of pumpkins this holiday season.
A fantastic fall treat featuring caramelized fennel!
A slow carb friendly taco salad filling - also great for regular burritos!
Making an asian style dinner
Tasty alternative to the restaurant versions!
A slow carb friendly version of a satay beef recipe
A great marinated chicken breast, perfect for grilling
Slow Carb friendly curry style dish
A slow carb friendly meal that's great with some collard greens or broccoli. A very cuban / southwestern feel!
Dijon crusted pork with roasted carrots and lentils
Trader Joe's curry chicken tenders, cooked in a pan with onions, carrots, and garam masala
Good way to use drumsticks or chicken thighs! Slow carb friendly!
A slow carb friendly soup recipe, great way to use fresh chard!
Great on chicken or pork
A good use for fresh mustard greens and some pork - would be great over rice, or over beans for a slow carb version.
Meatloaf muffins redone, slow carb style
Trader Joe's pollo asado cooked with beans and broccoli for the slow carb (4 hour body) diet
Slow carb friendly version of beef shank stew - no alcohol, flour, nightshades, etx.
Quick mashed potato substitute!
Using leftovers but still making a good slow carb dish
Free of common allergens and nightshades! Also gluten free and low carb friendly.
Allrecpies lamb stew, substituing corn starch for flour and sunchokes for potatoes
A nice slow carb breakfast treat to help you get veggies and protein to start the day! Can easily be made in one pan to save on dishes!
Slow carb friendly chili - but make sure to serve with additional veggies on the side!
A unique way to replace the potatoes from Shepherd's pie with the noodles from a ramen package
An Alton Brown recipe to make a creamy beef jerky and tomato sauce to go over pasta, biscuits, or toast. I'm using biltong instead of regular beef jerky because it's what I happen to have at home.
cken/ - Apple roasted chicken by Michael Smith.
Good as a side dish or with a salad by themselves!
Southern style cornbread with a kick!
Tasty sweet bread, great for a holiday party.
A nice way to use root vegetables on cold winter days!
Using some fresh cabbage with ingredients out of the pantry
A beef shank stew with red wine and turnips
Basically Moussaka without the bechamel sauce.
Apples, sausage, and pancakes all in one dish. A family breakfast tradition at my grandparents and around the holidays.
A thick, creamy alternative to traditional gazpacho!
Warm garlic broth - great when you have a cold, or a vegetarian option for soup stock!
Baked butternut squash with a sausage stuffing!
A great use for fresh sweet corn and tomatoes from the garden!
A tasty treat made with bananas, peanut butter, and honey! This ends up looking just like frozen banana ice cream!
Simple, quick, tasty bread with fresh blueberries!
Collard Greens from the farmer's market, boiled, drained, and sauteed!
Herb & Veggie burger gravy, to be served over biscuits. From Luna Burger's recipe cards
A nice way to use kale, chard, or other greens (collards and mustard work great too!)
Wonderfully rich and incredibly simple! Good to make on days where you'll be gone.
A sweet and spicy sauce over delicious baked chicken!
My own tweaks on Alton Brown's pressure cooker chili - mostly because I don't own a pressure cooker!
A strawberry rhubarb pie made using the Ratio pie crust method (3 parts flour, 2 parts fat, 1 part liquid) and a 3:1 ratio of rhubarb to strawberries
Lightly poached radishes - great with chicken, duck, or meaty fish.
An easy salad or side dish to serve for the summer
An easily expanded recipe - great way to eat fresh baby artichokes without much fuss!
An easy crock pot meal or great appetizer.
A dish to showcase the flavors of fresh cabbage
Roasted garlic and eggplant sauce for pizza
Just what it sounds like
Banger sausages and onions with apple juice
A carrot soup recipe from the site that I'm adding goat cheese to increase the creaminess.
A spicy popcorn snack with a fiery flavor due to the sliced jalapeno
A combination of 3-4 chicken chili recipes from the site to make something I really liked. :) Makes 16 2 cup servings!
Basic Pizza Crust using the Ratio method by Michael Ruhlmann
Great for a side
Using pot pie filling without the pie as a chicken stew
Satisfying the urge for pizza while keeping it healthy!
A tasty stir fry based around ingredients from my local farmer's market
Chicken & Dumplings using the Ratio methods from Michael Ruhlman (www.ruhlman.com)
A really quick and easy meatloaf recipe for when you don't want to go crazy.
Chicken Pot Pie prepared using Michael Ruhlmann's Ratio methods for the stock, crust, and thickening roux.
As painless and simple a roasted chicken as you can get
A nice, warm treat on a cold evening!
A very Mexican style chili recipe I found and fell in love with doing chili cookoffs. Tastes even better if you let the flavors blend for a day or two in the fridge!
A recipe from the 4 hour body Slow Carb diet.


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Created using a 3-D printing process, a lightweight creature developed at Fraunhofer Institute,
Enviably agile and purposeful, the mobile robot makes its way through grounds rendered off-limits to humans as the result of a chemical accident. Depressions, ruts and other obstacles are no match for this eight-legged high-tech journeyman. Its mission: with a camera and measurement equipment on board, it will provide emergency responders with an image of the situation on the ground, along with any data about poisonous substances. Not an easy task; after all, it must be prevented from tipping over. But this risk seems a minor one as it confidently and reliably picks its way through the area. As a real spider would, it keeps four legs on the ground at all times while the other four turn and ready themselves for the next step. Even in its appearance, this artificial articulate creature resembles an octopod. And no wonder – the natural specimen provided the model for researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA. This high-tech assistant is still a prototype, but future plans envision its use as an exploratory tool in environments that are too hazardous for humans, or too difficult to get to. After natural catastrophes and industrial or reactor accidents, or in fire department sorties, it can help responders, for instance by broadcasting live images or tracking down hazards or leaking gas.
With its long extremities, the spider has a range of ways to get around. Some models can even jump. This is possible using hydraulically operated bellows drives that serve as joints and keep limbs mobile. With no muscles to stretch their legs, these creatures build up high levels of body pressure that they then use to pump fluid into their limbs. Shooting fluid into the legs extends them.
The components required for locomotion, such as the control unit, valves and compressor pump, are located in the robot's body; the body can also carry various measuring devices and sensors, depending on the application at hand. Hinges interoperate with the bellows drives so that the legs can move forward and turn as needed. Diagonally opposed members move simultaneously, too. Bending the front pairs of legs pulls the robotic spider's body along, while stretching the rear extremities pushes it.
The special aspect of this high-tech helper: not only very light, it also combines rigid and elastic shapes in a single component; with just a few production steps, it can also be produced at low cost. To date, designs such as the mobile robot have been generated using conventional mechanical-engineering technologies – a time-consuming and costly undertaking. Researchers at IPA, on the other hand, rely on generative production technologies, and specifically on selective laser sintering (SLS) of plastics, a 3-D printing process. In this process, step by step thin layers of a fine polyamide powder are applied one at a time and melted in place with the aid of a laser beam. This way, complex geometries, inner structures and lightweight components can be produced – with structures optimized much as if produced by Nature herself. The experts at IPA have a great deal of latitude in the design of their mobile robot; the leg modules, for instance, can be designed with infinitely variable load-bearing characteristics.
A prototype of the robot can be seen at the EuroMold 2011 trade fair in Frankfurt, at the joint stand of the Fraunhofer-Gemeinschaft (Hall 11, Stand C66), from November 29 through December 2.
Source: Fraunhofer Research News


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- Seton Hall Law, 2014 J.D.
- Dickinson College, 2009 B.A.
- New Jersey State Bar Association, 2014
- New York State Bar Association, 2015
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- Construction Site Accidents
- Municipal Court Matters
- Traffic Violations
- Disorderly Persons
- Car Accidents
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PTA Overview
Find out further information about our Friends Association – 'Friendsleigh'
Be involved in the life of our school and help to raise money to further enhance learning.
Who are we?
Friendsleigh is a charitable organisation which organises fundraising events to raise money for Endsleigh Holy Child VC Academy. This money is used to pay for extra activities, transport to the theatre and new equipment. In recent years Friendsleigh have funded new playground equipment and recently funded the refurbishment of the new school library. You don't have to attend meetings to be a member of Friendsleigh, every parent/carer is automatically a member of Friendsleigh and any support you can give is greatly appreciated.
What do we do?
Friendsleigh work closely with the staff at Endsleigh to hold fun events and activities to raise money. In the past year we have organised school discos, a MacMillan Coffee Afternoon, the Christmas Fair and the Summer Fair.
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Friendsleigh needs your support! The success of events that we run depends on the support of parents, carers, family and friends of pupils at the school by volunteering to help organise and run them. Any help you can offer for any event is greatly welcomed.
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text: The weekend started right by sharing a meal with my sis and her hubs at a fantastic Mexican restaurant. Little Miss here enjoyed herself some nice red sangria (1.) and delicious tuna tacos (2.). I cannot stress how DELICIOUS they were. The rest of the weekend wasn't exactly uneventful, just not photo-worthy. I spent much of my time in dressing rooms (3.). I'm currently on the hunt for a wedding outfit and I have tried on more things than I own. I'm at one of those stages where I think nothing looks right and/or if I do like it, it's not the right color. All is not lost though; I have yet to venture into a department store. I'm sure Nordstroms will come through for me though. But I'll save that for next weekend.


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Les Miserables Cast Seyfried & Redmayne Signed 11x14 Photo Certified Authentic PSA/DNA COA
A great shot from 'Les Miserables' signed by Amanda Seyfried & Eddie Redmayne. Autographed in person 11x14 inch photo. Obtained in NYC. This is 3rd party authenticated and will also include a COA with matching serial numbers from PSA/DNA Authentication, Inc. Certificate number- U38860


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While Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and throwing himself down before the house of God, a large crowd of Israelites—men, women and children—gathered around him. They too wept bitterly. -Ezra 10:1
The final chapter of Ezra was not one of joy, but of mourning. Ezra and many others wept before the Lord over the sins of their nation. This mourning led to social change, which led to spiritual awakening.
It's interesting to note that in the history of America's Great Awakenings, each one was closely connected with social change. The first Great Awakening occurred shortly before the American Revolution. The second Great Awakening was closely connected with the abolitionist movement and improved women's rights. The third Great Awakening took place near the time of the Civil War and included what as then called the Social Gospel that addressed both spiritual and physical needs in the name of Christ. Among these leaders was D.L. Moody, whose heart for evangelism and helping those in need changed many lives and continues today through groups such as the YMCA and Moody Bible Institute.
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Dillon Burroughs is the author and coauthor of numerous books and is handwriting a copy of all 31,173 verses of the Bible at HolyWritProject.com. Find out more about Dillon at Facebook.com/readdB or readdB.com.