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My tryst with Two Wheelers started right from my school days, when my dad used to ride a JAWA. The mere thought of riding on a JAWA to school was more elating that going to school. The time I used to spend in school was nothing but a mere short break between the JAWA rides to school and back.
Have a lot of good old memories with the JAWA. A Burnt ankle due to my folly of trying to get on to the seat once dad got back from office to a broken arm due to climbing on parked JAWA. We both have faced it all. Prior to JAWA, dad had a Yezdi Road King, which was sold off after his wedding to buy a JAWA.
After a couple of years, dad had to dispose-off the JAWA to get a Lambretta. It was not an easy thing to ride a JAWA with 3 people in tow, myself, my mom and my younger sister. Thats where Lamby fitted in perfectly. Acres of place for the whole family and driving comfort for dad. Thats what Lamby offered us. Lamby was followed by many different two wheelers and I carry on that passion till date, I carry on my dads legacy of loving the ride more than anything else.
Royal Enfield was one bike I always used to envy the most. Reason, our neighbor had a RE Standard and the thump used to be mesmerizing. I used to jump out of my bed to see him ride his bike. Those synchronized Thud-Thuds of Royal Enfield were more than mystical for me. Those were music to my ears and I still feel the same.
Schooling Done, College Done, Loitering Done, Extra Curricular Activities Done I landed at a job the 3rd day after I wrote my Graduation final year exams. Post that, there has been no looking back.
My first ride was a Bajaj Boxer, which was worth every penny Ive spent on it. No Fuzz bike is all I can say. The ride was of a good quality, mileage was great, I was lean at that time and I had pockets full of money in meager salary . Those were the days. Boxer served me for good 3 years and had astronomical 63000 kms on the ODO, 100% 63000 kms of city riding.
Sold off the Boxer to pave way for my second bike, brother from another mother. Purchased Bajaj Avenger, a long distant cousin of Royal Enfield Thunder Bird. Was happy with the 180CC Engine, the ride quality and most important of all, the comfort my mom got while riding pillion on an Avenger. I would never ever trade off my Avenger for the comfort offered.
Everything was great except that the thump was missing and I was yearning all the time for that thump. To satiate my urge of thump, I mated a Royal Enfiled Silencer to Bajaj Avenger to give birth to Royal Bajaj Avenfield. A monster by itself, it has taken me to every corner of the city where I had to go.
We had a love-hate relationship for 6 years and with 78000 Kms on the ODO, I had to part with it. Handed it over to my younger brother as his daily ride to his newly joined office. I was left with no other option but to get myself a new bike.
The Royal Enfield Classic Bug had bit me big time by this time and I was scouting for a REC-350. The major letdown was 8-10 months of booking period. Theres goes my dream of owning a Classic 350 in the drain.
As goes the saying, when there is will, there is a way. Gods above had something else planned for me. A mere mail to the Hydeez and I was elated like there was no tomorrow. Thanks guys for the support throughout the time.
How I got my bike and etc is a pot-boiler in itself. Hang on for the next installment of my The Thump, I always loved the most Ownership Review of Classic 350 Experience
Royal Enfiled Booking woes and the never ending wait for the Thump
Before I begin speaking about my Booking Woes and etc, I would like to take out some time and thank all the Hydeez for their support all throughout the waiting time. Right from supporting me to get the bike, scouting for an urgent deliver one, handing over their booking voucher to me, reminding me that I was the only one getting delayed delivery (after DKGs RE Thread) and a lot more. Thanks guys, you have been my true buddies all the time. Each time we spoke about my bike, I rushed down to the showroom guys to have a word with the Sales Engineer and Sales Manager. Youve been the driving force behind it.
Test drove a Classic 350 at Kayjee Engineers, Secunderad long ago and the moment I alighted from the bike, I wanted to make sure that this becomes a part of my life. It was love at first throttle. This was long ago, to be precise, on Oct 22, 2010.
The thump, the ease of ride and comfort were par excellence. These were a couple of parameters I always look for, when buying a bike. Royal Enfield Classic 350 fitted to the T. The only deterrent was the waiting period of 8-10 months. It isnt that easy to hold on to an itch for 8-10 months.
Was walking out of the showroom disappointed about the wait period and thats when I thought about scouting an easy way out of the booking period. MileCruncher (Ani) had once mentioned about getting a Classic 500 delivered for a friend of his in a days time. I thought, Anis my savior. A couple of calls later, Ani was on the job of finding a Royal Enfield Classic 350 for me.
Ani did find a Black Royal Enfield Classic 350 for me alas it was in Delhi and had to be shipped to Hyderabad. I was ok with that until I hit upon some roadblocks about RTO Woes, Transfer Woes and etc. Thats when I started a new thread http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/motorb...ad-booked.html and got all my queries answered.
During this Scouting Process, came across another message from Sabby (Sabby-069) about his Royal Enfield Classic 350 booking and he was willing to pass it on to me. The catch was he booked Silver colored one and I said, Heck with it, I am ok with Silver too.
Now I was elated to know that I can get the bike in Hyderabad without many hassles. The only catch would be to get it registered in his name and then transfer it onto my name. It was simple said than done. The wait started for the D-Day of Deliver. As promised to Sabby, the bike was supposed to be delivered in 6 months as there were very less amount of bookings for Silver colored RE Classic 350. The bike was booked on 27/12/2010 and positively was to be delivered by the end of July or first week of August. The calendar changed the dates and the dates turned into months, but there was never a positive note from the dealers side about the delivery of the vehicle. Each fortnight I made it a ritual to visit the showroom and enquire about the bike. Each time I returned empty handed with an assurance that the bike would be delivered in 15-20 days.
Each time I saw a classic passing by, I used ogle at it and curse the waiting period. Mid way, I even contemplated to buy another Avenger 220 and cancel this booking. That was the level of frustration I was going through. The pain and agony of waiting period has to be experienced in person and can never be felt by mere words and I was the first hand victim of it.
Cut to November 3rd week, I paid a visit to the showroom and had a word with the Sales Engineer and Sales Manager again, this time more determined to either close the deal or cancel the booking. I was given an assurance that I would get the bike in the last week of November. The only question he asked was Sir, are you Ok with any color or you specifically want Silver? I was like ANY COLOR WORKS FOR ME. I had a pre-assumption that this was again one of those false promises.
November 29th, Sabby got an unexpected call from the Showroom guys about the delivery of the bike. November 30th, I drove down to the showroom, made the payment in the name of Sabby and was assured a delivery on 1st of December. I was on Cloud 9 now. The wait has finally given its fruits.
Now, the only catch was getting the bike registered. I wanted the delivery on my name, where as booking was on Sabbys name. A short 30 minute meeting with the Sales Manager, I was assured that the bike would be billed, invoiced and delivered on my name. The only thing needed would be a No Objection Letter from Sabby. Voila, I had the NOC from Sabby. Now, if you are wondering how the heck did the manager accept to doing it, then thanks to Condors suggestion
1st December, I got the delivery of the bike on my name.
The journey which started from being infatuated with BLACK Classic 350 went on to become a Silver Classic 350, which finally turned into a Maroon Classic 350. Oh! The colors might have changed but the heart is still the same and I yearn to ride it the heart content.
Blk_Zombie turned into a Slvr_Streak finally became Red_Strykr
Ownership Review coming up next
Planned Black Royal Enfield Classic 350
Got Maroon Royal Enfield Classic 350
Last edited by GTO : 8th December 2011 at 16:30. Reason: Merging your opening post with the review post. Always more helpful that way, thanks :)
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|6th December 2011, 18:34
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Let me be the first to congratulate you on your new acquisition. I know how long you waited for it. Now go out and paint the town red. That reminds me wasn't there supposed to be something called a Silver Lightning ?
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Congrats on your purchase. Enjoy the ride.
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Congrats Nikhil Anna.
It should be aptly named, The Python.
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Excellent begining to the ownership Nikhil. We are now left wondering which one is yours? The red or black?
Look forward to detailed coverage of your feedback on key aspects of the bike as i am in queue to buy one next year
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Nikhil bhai , welcome to the thump club ,nice intro .
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Thanks Arjun. The second installment of my journey towards being a thumper is on the way.
Avi Bhai, thanks a lot. I purchased a Maroon (Red) colored Classic 350.
Here by I rechristen my Royal Enfiled Classic 350 as "Red_Strykr"
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Thanks for sharing. Please note that your review post (last) and opening post have been merged together.
Ride safe.
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Congratulations Nikhil for acquiring the RE 350.Wishing you many miles of safe ride.
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Congrats Nikhil. The colour looks awesome. Wishing you happy miles ahead .
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Congrats Nikhil, happy that the long wait is over.
I think in 2012 we are going to see a lot more Hydeez on 2-Wheels. Would like to meet the Bull in the next meet. Ride Safe, Ride Long.
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Thanks everyone for the wishes. I do agree, Hydeez are moving towards 2-Wheelers now. We can expect a 2-Wheeler Meet soon & I guess it's time to introduce Red_Strykr to your "Green Goblin Ninja"
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Back after a long hiatus with My Adventures with Red_Strykr
Note: The characters in the script are not fictitious characters; they do exist in real life too. My Bajaj Avenger is called as Blk_Spydr and Royal Enfield Classic 350 is called as Red_Strykr
Having graduated from an Avenger to Royal Enfield, I do see loads of difference in terms of handling of the bike. I never say, I never enjoyed my stint with Avenger. I did it right from the first day of my purchase till now and my love story with my Blk_Spydr shall go on for years to come. However, Red_Strykr was a welcome change from the Cruiser styled ride of an Avenger.
Handling is something I notice the most. Avenger being a cruiser bike had a titled handle and I was always very careful while taking a turn or at Round-abouts. I used to go down to the dead speed and try to maintain my bike straight, where as Enfiled was a welcome change. I now take the turns and round-abouts without much hassles and with a good bend.
Mileage wise, I shall not comment much but I get the mileage same as I used to get on my Avenger. Its only that the petrol costs more now.
Red_Strykr was used every day to office and back and I accomplished my First Week First Service Record again. Got Red_Strykr first serviced within 5 days of buying it. What a relief it was.
Always struck to a maximum speed of 60 within the city. As I normally travel via the ORR and its service roads, I had the pleasure of maintaining a constant speed of 60 for a pretty longer duration and this did ensure a good run-in for the bike. The slightest throttle and the speedo moved towards 60. I am still amazed with the response I get from the bike.
Something about my First Week First Service Record:
Ages ago, I had a Bajaj Boxer, which I purchased in 2002 and used it till 2005. Purchased Bajaj Boxer on one of the Thursdays and took the bike for first service on Saturday. Saturday morning, I was the first customer to hand over the bike for servicing. Less than 48 hours and I handed over my bike for First Service. Why? It was my first bike and I went around the city, showing it off to my friends, cousins and everyone I knew. I call it First Timers Syndrome.
Then Bajaj Boxer served me till it clocked 64000 kms on the odometer. Thats when we parted ways, so that I could usher in his new cousin into my family. Bajaj Boxer was sold off in November 2005 and I purchased a Bajaj Avenger. Imagine this, this buy was also on a Thursday. Dropped this for first service on Monday morning enroute to office and picked it up while returning back. If you ask me, why it took me a couple of days more, I was working in the night shift and had no time to ride the bike during day time.
Come 2011 and I laid hands on Royal Enfield Classic 350 and like all my earlier bikes, this too was delivered on Thursday. This landed for its first service on Tuesday. Exactly 5 days after buying it. I guess I have this fetish of getting my bikes first serviced within the first week of buying them.
In case you guys have not noticed, all my buys till date have been on Thursdays. Bajaj Boxer: Thursday, Bajaj Avenger: Thursday; Royal Enfield: Thursday. I shall amaze you with some more things that happened on Thursday. Purchased my Hyundai Santro on a Thursday, I was born on Thursday and I got married on a Thursday too. It has been Thursday always for me. Nothing intentional or planned, but just a co-incidence you can say.
Back from service, the throttle response was even more smoother, the bike was lugging ahead like crazy, was gleaming from every nook and corner and above all, the attention I was getting on the road with the same set of questions with standard answers. How Much? Whats the Mileage? Whats the Booking Period? & etc.
Looks like these are standard set of questions; I have to answer every time I purchase a new bike. Same was the case when I purchased my Avenger. The most hilarious question ever asked about my Avenger was Does it have a reverse gear?
In the present day scenario, the odometer is inching towards 1600 mark and I have not come across major issues till date. Just those minor issues, which every bike has.
Next step forward, Enjoy the ride and the thump. I plan to get a couple of things changed. Need advice about a couple of things, basically need your inputs in taking a call on this.
Other day, while returning back home from office, I heard a couple of new sounds coming from the rear wheel. When I rode it alone the sound was barely audible but in pillion, it was loud and clear. Next day morning took it to a Royal Enfield Mechanic to get it checked. I wanted to avoid riding till the showroom in that condition as I was skeptical, the small sound might lead to a bigger problem by the time I reach there. The Royal Enfield Mechanic checked it and said that due to my weight, the rear suspension is moving a couple of inches behind and this is increasing the traction in the chain. I really did not understand what he wanted to say as I guess the company might have tested it during the R&D stage. What do you guys suggest, how do I explain this issue at the RE A.S.S.?
I find the seat to be pretty uneasy, as I end up with a Sore-Butt after riding it for 15-20 kms. What could be done in order to improve the seating comfort and avoid the Sore-Butts?
I plan to replace the stock silencer with GoldStar by Sans Inc. I would love to have a Bassy Thump, clean sound and not like those squeaky treble enhanced silencers, but a good loud thump, that goes easy on the ears and gives that thumping feel to the rider.
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I am against any such change and would recommend against the same.
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GOP Criticized for Lack of Women in Leadership
Most of the House Republicans tapped to lead congressional committees for the next two years have one thing in common: they're men.
All but one of the 21 new House GOP committee chairs set to take the helm in January are male. The sole exception is Rep. Candice Miller (R., Mich.), who will continue leading the House Administration Committee, a smaller panel that oversees the House's daily operations, as well as federal election and campaign-finance issues.
Not all of the committee chairmen are new picks this year — most are continuing to lead their panels, unless they bump up against the GOP's six-year term limits. Lawmakers in new roles next year include Rep. Paul Ryan (R., Wis.), who will lead the Ways and Means Committee and Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R., Utah), who will replace Rep. Darrell Issa (R., Calif.) leading the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee.

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The Horses Didn't Come Home by Pamela Rushby is a beautiful story of loyalty and courage that highlights the bond between the Australian Light Horse soldiers and their horses. This Australian novel tells the story of the victorious cavalry charge at Beersheba in the Sinai Desert in 1917 during World War I, which is in contrast to the horrific events at Gallipoli.
The story begins with 16-year-old Harry and his family on aQueenslandproperty in 1914. Army officers arrive at Henderson's Run seeking horses for the Light Horse regiments forFrance,England,Egypt and the Middle East. Harry and his friend Jack decide that they want to serve in the Australian Army as Light Horsemen. When Harry's horse becomes lame prior to departure, Harry's sister Laura allows him to take her beloved horse Bunty.
The story is told through two characters' points of view – Jack and his sister Laura. Much of Jack's story is told though letters to his family, even letters to Laura from Bunty informing them of his training and battles during his two year deployment in Egypt and the Middle East.
The book's title pinpoints the story's ending. The Horses Didn't Come Home is an accessible and beautifully written historical war novel for students in Years 7-10. It is sure to provide readers with new knowledge and understanding about Australia's Light Horse regiments during World War I and the infamous cavalry charge at Beersheba.
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What does it mean to be a man? Defining manhood is such a hard thing to do. While each man is different and unique, there are some important life skills every guy should master in his life. Here are the most essential among them.
How Many Of These Important Life Skills Have You Mastered?
Don't worry if you haven't managed to possess them all yet. Improving ourselves is a work in progress, after all.
Know how to discern a good wine or whiskey.
No self-respecting man can go without knowing the basics of booze. Beer is ok, cocktails are, well, kinda girly, but when it comes to a real man, you need to know your wine and/or whiskey. Be the guy who does the tasting at the restaurant and says "no, this wine isn't up to our standards".
Know how to tie a tie and roll up his shirt sleeves neatly.
Even those who don't need to wear a tie and suit every day need to know how to tie one and be able to roll up their shirt sleeves correctly. You never know when you might need to suit up and look sharp. It's a matter of emergency – think of it like the 911 of your style.
Know how to do a decent handshake.
If you have ever extended your hand to a person you just met, only to have them respond with a hand like a dead fish, you will know why a good handshake matters. A firm, but not too overbearing, handshake improves the quality of an interaction, getting across a message of intimacy and trust without even a word spoken.
Have a hobby you excel at.
It only makes a small difference what kind of hobby you choose. What matters is that you excel at it. Is it fishing? Flying a plane? Collecting butterflies? Make yourself a pro at your hobby. Being passionate about a pastime activity doesn't just fill you with contentment and confidence; it also makes you more versatile and interesting.
Know how to cook to impress.
Spaghetti or fries were ok for the teenage you, but you need to move past the boiling egg phase and be able to whip up a culinary miracle by the time you hit your 30s. You won't believe how much ladies appreciate a guy who can get creative in the kitchen. The way to a woman's heart does pass through her stomach, after all.
Speak at least one foreign language.
Speaking a foreign language is not just about grammar rules and learning vocabulary by heart. It is also a way to widen your horizons to a whole new civilization and way of thinking. Did we mention how sophisticated it makes you look too?
Be able to show a woman a good time.
Last but not least, it takes a real man to make a woman have fun. Being able to show a lady a good time is not an easy thing. If you can do it, it means that you possess a combination of characteristics and substantial experience to tell what a woman needs to be happy and to be able to provide it. Good for you.
The more boxes on the list you tick, the more irresistible you'll be to women. So, if there's a skill you can improve on, why not make the effort?
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Ships from NATO's Standing Maritime Group one (SNMG1) arrived in Warnemünde, Germany, for a scheduled port visit on April 28.
The group is currently on a deployment to the Baltic Sea.
SNMG1 has, during the past months, participated in several multinational exercises off the coast of Norway and Great Britain, enhancing warfare skills and capabilities.
"Through complex and challenging exercises we improve our military capabilities and reduce our reaction time, keeping the SNMG1 at a high level of readiness," said Commander SNMG1, Commodore Ole Morten Sandquist.
Warnemünde marks the group's first visit to the Baltics this year. For the upcoming period the SNMG1 will be present in the Baltic Sea.
"We look forward to engage and train with close allies as well as key partners in the Baltic region", said Sandquist. "SNMG1 aims to utilize every opportunity to strengthen our collective defence, by enhancing Alliance capability and interoperability through close cooperation with local navies."
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It was a tense final last night on Masterchef: The Professionals, but the best woman won: Claire Lara.
I'd been watching Claire from the earliest rounds and believed she had the talent, focus and ability to win the show, as long as she gained enough confidence to believe in herself.
She is the first woman to win Masterchef: The Professionals, and that's hardly a surprise considering how the field is dominated by men. In the final round the last three chefs had to cook for thirty of the most influential chefs and cooking experts in the UK, and by my reckoning only two of the assembled were women (one of whom was the fabulous Monica Galetti).
Yesterday was also Equal Pay Day. As the F-Word web site explains:
Despite the Equal Pay Act of 1970, full time working women on average are still paid less than full time working men by around 16%. This means, figuratively, that if the average man and woman both work a full year, the man gets paid for the full year whilst the woman's last paycheck comes today.
Actually, that's a generous assessment. Based on last fact sheet issued by the Institute for Women's Policy Research the Gender Wage Gap (in the USA anyway) was much higher in 2009:
The ratio of women's and men's median annual earnings, was 77.0 for full-time, year-round workers in 2009, essentially unchanged from 77.1 in 2008. (This means the gender wage gap for full-time year-round workers is now 22.9 percent.) This is below the peak of 77.8 percent in 2007.
An alternative measure of the wage gap, the ratio of women's to men's median weekly earnings for full-time workers – was 80.2 in 2009, which is essentially flat since the historical high of 81.0 in 2005.
So it's great in the face of statistics about stagnant gains in women's pay that Claire should win such a prestigious award in an industry dominated by men. From one source I see that unbeknownst to Claire she was pregnant during the finals – she thought she was sick from nerves!
I've always been impressed with Michel Roux Jr. and Gregg Wallace's fairness in how they treat the candidates, which is one of the reasons I enjoy the competition so much: there is a genuine attempt to select the best professional chefs and nurture them to their full potential, irrespective of gender.
Apparently Roux Jr. has offered Claire a job. He said: "I think she's the most complete chef that I've come across. Not just in the MasterChef context, but anywhere, in the last five years.
"We started off the competition looking for a talent and we have uncovered a diamond… She has that exceptional talent that will take her to stardom."
Best of luck to Claire. I hope she continues to flourish.


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To start a new blog, after signing into www.blogger.com (Dashboard), click the NEW BLOG tab. A pop-up will appear requesting you to enter the blog title and the blog address (url):
The title is not so important and you can type in anything you fancy as this title is not unique and can even be same as other existing blogs. What is important/unique is the blog address which cannot be the same as any existing blogs. You can type in alphanumeric and also a dash - into the field preceding .blogspot.com.
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text: KIRKUS REVIEW A flight of fancy in time and space which transcribes some incidents which take place on the planet of Mars, there's a literary, visionary quality here and an avoidance of the more mechanistic aspects of this medium. From the first expeditions from the earth in rocket ships, to the first settlements, this projects the war to come in which the earth is almost totally destroyed, and the return to Mars- now a wasted, lonely land, by some of its survivors. None of the complexities of concepts or formulae, this has an imaginative rather than technical ingenuity. Pub Date: May 4th, 1950ISBN: 0380973839Page count: 259ppReview Posted Online: March 20th, 2012Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 1st, 1950


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Works glutes, hamstrings, quads, and inner and outer thighs
With your hands on your hips, lunge forward with your right foot, sinking down until your right knee is bent 90 degrees [A]. Return to standing. Take a big step to the right and lunge again [B]. Step back to center. Lunge back with your right leg [C]. That's 1 rep. Do 10, then repeat with your left leg.
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131. The Final Letter!Eventually I received the final letter from Calvary Baptist Church regarding this last meeting:20th March 2000Dear David and Zoë,Thank you for allowing Bob and myself to come and discuss with you your position regarding the way in which the letter to Roger Wheelhouse was brought to the Church at Calvary.As we explained at the time, due to your unwillingness to offer the proposed apology, we would have no other option than to recommend to the Church that your names be removed from the membership role.
At a recent Church Meeting this proposal was brought to the gathered members and accepted by those present.It is with regret, therefore, that I inform you that you have both been removed from the Membership Role at Calvary.Our prayer is that you will find a fellowship in which you feel you can worship and become a part. We assure you of our continued love and concern for you.Yours in Christ,John Jones
Church Secretary
Roger Wheelhouse's advice on how to deal with … Roger WheelhouseAs part of the epilogue to this account of abuse and heresy, I include a more complete section of Roger Wheelhouse's sermon of the 18th October 1998 (6pm). It needs little analysis, but one member of Calvary Baptist Church who actually bothered to listen to all of this tape after we referred to it in our letter, made this comment: 'This sermon by Roger is just begging someone to write a letter as you did.' Much of this sermon by Roger is such dangerous heretical "Benny Hinn type" nonsense that we need to make little comment. It is also the sermon in which he contradicted himself in his statement concerning 'praying with eyes shut!' Roger Wheelhouse : ". . . (I) remember going to one house to see a lapsed Christian. One of the things I had to do when I went to a church was to pick up the lapsed Christians. To pick up the people who were on the church roll who no longer came to the church. 'You're the new pastor, go and visit them.' And I went round and I sat with one man and, very clearly, there was a word given to me that I knew actually went straight into that man's life. Yes, that man was a lapsed Christian; yes, that man was no way, shape, or form into Christian things now. And yet he was on our church members' roll. And I came out with it - he accepted it. And that was it. But he never came back to the church. Never came back to the church. And his family said, 'Hey Rog - what did you do? We hoped that you would draw him back into the church. You've sent him further away.' Boy, did I get clout for it! Listen - you may be given words of knowledge that you'll have to face up to people. You must not be responsible for the consequences. You must be responsible for what God tells you to do. And if God gives you a word of knowledge that you have to give to somebody, however hard it is you have to give it. And you must not be responsible if that person plays up hullabaloo, and walks out of the church, and threatens never to come back again. You are not responsible for that. You are responsible for giving the word of knowledge. And if God gives you the word of knowledge you have to say it. We're too much into this - 'We must keep the church - we must keep every person in the church. We mustn't pussyfoot around with everybody in the church - to keep them.' Sometimes we have to give a word of knowledge to that person because we need to - to arrest them, because God wants to arrest them and sort them out. And get them back into line. And if they go off, and they scream blue murder, you are not responsible.[As you can read - we could have claimed that we were following Roger Wheelhouse's advice when we had a word from God. We had a word of knowledge, it checked out in Scripture and fact and we wrote to the church Scripturally - despite their idiotic claims. But we could also have claimed that we acted on it just as our 'pastor' advised us to do! Not that I would ever take much notice of this man, for he was only installed in the pulpit to supply a front that was attractive to the world. But apparently we weren't meant to take him seriously or actually follow his example, for if we follow Wheelhouse's advice we will blurt out anything we want - as he clearly did so often, insulting people left, right and centre, and showing little concern for the results. In this sermon he continued in this vein …] Roger Wheelhouse : I remember being in a vestry once with one of my deacons and we had a lass with us and we had met her two or three times. And somehow we weren't getting through. We were trying to get through to find out what it was - what really was the problem. And we came to the point of saying 'Come on let's pray - we're going to pray for you,' we said to this young lass. And as we prayed - I don't know whether you've got this - when you've got your eyes sort of - pretty well shut, there's a sort of redness there. But just as I was praying for this lass, blackness shot right across my eyes - in the, you know, you can have that can't you - a sort of blackness above the redness. Shook me up. Almost made me stop praying. And I looked at the deacon and I said to the deacon, 'Eric,' I said, 'Anything?' And he said, 'Yes, as you were praying, blackness shot across my eyes.' So we turned to the girl and we said, 'Oh, as we were praying blackness shot across our eyes.' She said, 'Oh yeah, oh that's alright, that's normal,' she said. And then we realised what she was into and what she was touching. And we were able to deal with the situation. That again is like a word of knowledge.I'm really frightening you now because you're never, ever going to come to my vestry, and never talk to me because you know that the Lord might give me a word of knowledge about you, about what's really going on, and you're going to be frightened stiff now. Well, never mind, I might have a quiet week and a few times to myself! Serious stuff, isn't it.[The hyper-spiritual Wheelhouse is frightening us? In his dreams! Just like Tugwell, he believes he has some unique handle on Christianity - a great 'Gnosis' that the rest of us can only gaze at in wonder! Perhaps Wheelhouse or his supporters can supply us with Scriptural support for this example: 'And as we prayed - I don't know whether you've got this - when you've got your eyes sort of - pretty well shut, there's a sort of redness there. But just as I was praying for this lass, blackness shot right across my eyes - in the, you know, you can have that can't you - a sort of blackness above the redness.' When is a genuine word of knowledge known as such? Where is it described in Scripture as 'like' a word of knowledge? It is either from God or it isn't and is really divination of the kind widely practiced in Charismaniac circles today. Wheelhouse has shown that he is not too bothered about the niceties of being accurate to Scripture. If you read accounts of Benny Hinn explaining some of his outlandish and un-Scriptural practices you get exactly the same pattern of stumbling and semi-incoherent speech - because he is also making it up as he goes along! And many people are swallowing the deception, including people who used to have some reputation amongst Christians, such as Colin Urquhart and Billy Graham. This is a serious matter, indeed. Just like the heretic Tugwell, Wheelhouse is dull enough to think people are frightened of him and his amazing 'spiritual powers.' Or so he would like you to believe.] Roger Wheelhouse : Fourthly, God speaks through the natural realm. So, God speaks through His Word, God speaks through prophecies, and dreams and visions. God speaks through words of knowledge - particularly on a one to one. And God speaks through the natural realm.I wish we didn't have people that taught us when we were little to close our eyes and put our hands together. It makes me spew! It's such wrong teaching. And we've taught our children that. That blocks out a lot of what God wants to do. Why do we have to close our eyes when we pray? Sometimes it's good when we pray to walk around with our eyes open, sometimes it's good in our bedroom, to pray with our eyes open. Why have we got this business of having to close our eyes and put our hands together - I can't even find it in the Bible! And if it's not in the Bible I won't do it! Because sometimes God speaks to us with our eyes open. Because with our eyes open he shows us an object. He shows us a particular thing. With our ears open we hear an alarm. We hear something like a bird sing. And we know in that atmosphere of prayer, God is speaking to us. You see? So prayer - be ready, be ready to have your eyes open. You see, we've been taught, 'Oh, close your eyes kids.' Or even to us adults - 'close your eyes because you might be distracted.'[So earlier we have Roger claiming that he was praying with his eyes 'pretty well shut,' when he, and deacon Eric, had this 'sort of blackness above the redness' and divined 'occult activity' in a young girl? Now, a few minutes later, he says: 'Why have we got this business of having to close our eyes and put our hands together - I can't even find it in the Bible! And if it's not in the Bible I won't do it!' Incredible that he can contradict himself in his own sermon within a few sentences, and his church are gullible enough to swallow it and support him in this rubbish! According to Wheelhouse, praying un-Scripturally sometimes comes up with results! Which is correct, Wheelhouse - do you know? It would be interesting for him to try and defend his belief in other un-Scriptural practices, such as 'slaying in the spirit', which he practices! It is revealing that a man should exhibit such unstable characteristics in his own life and ministry after claiming that "he and Sue recharge their batteries by doing carpet time (another pseudonym for the 'slain in the spirit' experience)"]Roger Wheelhouse : Because you see, if you're praying and you look down and you suddenly think, 'Oh my goodness me, my toenails need cutting. Oh, my goodness me, look what I've just walked in!' A distraction - but actually God might be showing us something about our toenails which is a picture about the church - that's letting things grow that need cutting off. Gosh - I hadn't planned that to say in my words - that's just come out. I don't know if there's something prophetic in that!Or I look down and I see my shoes are dirty and God's telling me something about dirt. And something I've got to get right. You see, God can speak - God can speak in prayer through the opening of our eyes. Through looking at the normal things around us - because God can get His message through like that"[Wheelhouse wants us to take his advice, which is clearly given in this sermon, and which is divination, rather than God speaking. How do I know this? Because it doesn't check out in Scripture and he constantly contradicts himself, just as all false teachers and prophets do. Perhaps the Bible informs us somewhere that we should always pray bare-footed if we follow Wheelhouse's un-Scriptural and idiotic advice! This kind of garbage was lapped up by 'itching ears' at Calvary Baptist Church - until the time came when their own guru's advice was followed - and then they screamed 'blue-murder.'If you don't know 'if there's something prophetic in that,' how are we going to test it, Roger? This is as ludicrous as the rambling of Wheelhouse's Charismaniac bedfellow, Larry Lea, who wrote:"Several years ago one of my dear pastor friends said, "Larry, when I was praying for you the other day, I had a vision. I saw you with great big 'Mickey Mouse' ears. Everything else about you looked normal except for those elephant-sized ears. When I asked the Lord to tell me what the vision meant, the Spirit of the Lord spoke back to me and said: 'Larry Lea has developed his hearing. He has developed his spiritual ears." (Charismatic Chaos, John F. MacArthur, citing Larry Lea, Are You A Mousekateer, [sic], Charisma, August 1988, 9).If you accept this kind of interpretation of the gifts of the Spirit, like the quatrains of 'prophet' Nostradamus, we can see whatever we want in interpreting signs around us. We have a Bible that lays such teaching and insight out clearly and perfectly for us and should have no need to look for truth in such ludicrously ambiguous places as our toenails or shoes! Peter's second epistle assures us that all we need for life and godliness is found in Scripture and Paul's writings gives clear definitions for the use of the gifts of the Spirit. Subjectively creating after-the-fact prophecies and meanings - at the best derived from an overactive imagination - is not much different than the ancient pagan societies' obsession with divination from arrows and entrails of animals. When the Word of God is ignored, people become crazed with their own imaginations and imaginary meanings in mundane things. Any guessed meaning could have any other number of unlimited possibilities or interpretations - such as 'I need to cut my toenails!'In Biblical Demonology, Merrill F. Unger discusses occult practices that began in Babylon, passed into Greece and Rome, and are still fashionable today in parts of Africa, Burma (Myanmar), and Borneo among pagan tribes. Meaning is imagined and interpreted from looking into various parts of an animal's liver for divine revelation and the will of the gods. Unger writes: "Belomancy, or divination by arrows is represented by Ezekiel as being practiced in Babylon. ... (Ezek. 21:21). ...augury (divination) was deduced by the way they fell to the earth" (p. 132).A neater, cleaner, more sanitized version of augury is practiced by today's false prophets in the British church. It may not be as disgusting as poking around in the bloody entrails of a dead animal but the crazy methods of Rick Joyner, who even uses sports themes to invent meaningful 'prophecies,' have been inculcated into our churches through the Charismaniac movement. What is the real difference? It is still fallen subjective imagination hard at work. On what basis could we be sure that the imaginings and interpretations are not given by demonic suggestion? After all, they are never brought to the Word of God for verification. Certainly our minds could be better used in a study of God's Word. Christians need to retreat from the foolishness of such mysticism, paganism, Gnosticism, and subjectivism and get back to the objective Word of God. It has been said many times before, but bears repeating: "The Bible: Nothing more, nothing less, nothing else." I would go further - if it is in the Bible still check it out by Biblical methods - then you won't go wrong."And so we have the prophetic word confirmed, which you do well to heed as a light that shines in a dark place, until the day dawns and the morning star rises in your hearts" (2 Peter 1:19).The Bible is sufficient. We need not look for supernatural messages from the mundane or the bizarre. As John F. MacArthur, Jr. commented ('Charismatic Chaos'):'Charismatics have abandoned the uniqueness of Scripture as the only Word of God, and the result is a spiritual free-for-all. A longing for something new and esoteric has replaced historic Christianity's settled confidence in the Word of God -- and that is an invitation to Satan's counterfeit. Confusion, error, and even satanic deception are the inescapable results.'No wonder the modern hyper-charismaniacs get away with any old garbage. When they have pawns like Roger Wheelhouse to repeat these methods in our churches today is it any wonder that church attendance in Britain has dropped by 22% in the last ten years? Who wants to hear the garbled ramblings of such men? Small groups of itchy-eared men and women, apparently!Roger hides his false doctrine in amongst the Word of God and here claims that 'if it's not in the Bible I won't do it!' Yet he regularly found time to introduce Word-Faith/Toronto heresies into the church. Their doctrines and animalistic writhing, howling, and wailing are not in the Bible, yet Roger allows them advertising time in the church! He is ready with an excuse if he is ever challenged over the content or comments he makes during his sermons, for he is a practiced liar. Why did he claim Christians praying with their eyes shut made him want to spew? Did he think people were nodding off so he said it to wake them? He has to divert people's attention from the true gospel and in the meantime attack and weaken the church where possible. So on the one hand he attacks the church that he claims is always preaching "the ten commandments" and giving those outside the church the impression that Christianity is a book of rules and regulations. Yet, at the same time, Satan hates the Law of God which reminds him of his own downfall, so he uses his man to attack the Law that brings man to an understanding of his position before God.Witnesses to Roger's final departure from his office in the church testified to his shouting out: 'Now, let's see you get on with it!' - from the safety of his empty office! Well, don't worry Roger, no one will have any trouble getting on without you, for the evidence from your own mouth shows you to be a factious heretic who divides fellowships and tramples on the weak and ignorant.
It is possible to go through life believing that we believe [in Christ], while actually having no conviction more vital than a conventional creed inherited from our ancestors or picked up from the general religious notions current in our social circle. If this creed requires that we admit our own depravity, we do so and feel proud of our fidelity to the Christian faith. But from the way we love, praise and pamper ourselves it is plain enough that we do not consider ourselves worthy of damnation!The poor quality of Christian faith and the uncertainties that mark the lives of a host of church members grow out of our modem evangelistic scene's absence of real repentance. So, too, the absence of repentance is the result of an inadequate view of sin and sinfulness held by those who present themselves in the inquiry room."No fears, no grace," said Bunyan. "Though there is not always grace where there is fear of hell, yet, to be sure, there is no grace where there is no fear of God. For the fear of God is the beginning of wisdom, and they that lack the beginning have neither middle nor end."A. W Tozer, Renewal Day by Day


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Phew, it's been an awfully long and tiring sort of week this week, everything has been kind of hard work, it's been cold and wet and windy and a bit quiet and lonely. I've had lots to do though so here is some of it for you to hopefully enjoy.
This big fattie is a present for the son of a dear friend of mine. Hopefully Emma is far too busy looking after Oliver and his big sister Emily to be reading this blog and so hopefully she'll not see this jug before I take it to her later this week (fingers crossed it comes out the kiln ok). Oliver was 9lb 2oz when he was born so this is a 9lb 2oz jug.
It's got his name and date of birth and birth weight and his mum and dad's names and his big sister too. Please please please let me have got all the correct information in the correct order.
I spent, hmmmm, quite a while decorating it with the sgraffito.
Here we have black slip, white slip, Hollyford slip.
Here we have me making some slab dishes, now that was fun, I need to make some more, maybe that's what I'll do this week, I enjoyed them.
The one in the picture above unslipped became this one in the picture above slipped.
I made a half dozen slab dishes and a couple of thrown ones. All being well they are to sit with some of Amanda Simmons' glass in an exhibition in Penrith at The Red Barn Gallery coming up shortly.
I really like this shape, there'll be some more of these. These ones have wee knobby feet underneath them. This dish is about 10″ long.
I'm popping down the road to Devon this week, it's nice as I am just at the end of a big batch of crazy making and so it'll be fun to go fire a kiln instead. Then in two weeks time I'm off to America again, now that has come round very very quickly. Yikes!


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Sarah Ainslie, photographer
When I met Sarah Ainslie at The Pride of Spitalfields last week, she told me she had some photographs of the market in Brick Lane that she had taken in the nineteen eighties. So two days later, my curiosity led me round to her studio in Ezra St, where she produced a box of large prints to show me. As she spread them out on the table, I was rapt by her pictures and we spent an enjoyable, absorbing hour shuffling them around to create this photo feature for you of Brick Lane in 1987-8.
This was exactly the time I first visited Spitalfields with Joshua Compston and Sarah's pictures allowed me to recognise how fundamentally the texture of the market has altered in the intervening years. Here you see more old people than you do today and a smaller variety of people, with barely any of the fashionable young people who descend upon Brick Lane every Sunday these days. In 1987, Brick Lane was not the place to be seen that it is now.
The market portrayed here was a more insular, less structured affair with many stalls merely consisting of piles on the ground – a surreal environment in which stallholders commonly dumped what was unsold and people enjoyed scrabbled through the rubbish, seeking anything of value. Sarah told me she was fascinated by the chaos and energy of the market, and the sense of people bringing their lives out onto the street when they displayed their personal possessions for sale.
Sarah's pictures convey a wonderfully immediate panoramic sense of the life and atmosphere of the market, but a closer inspection reveals more. Like all good photography, her photos get more interesting the longer you look. Spot the man with plastic elephant nose standing on the corner of Cheshire St, spot the lady with the bag on her head in the rain, spot the pair of disembodied legs reclining on a bench, spot the reflection of the man with the bad false teeth caught in the circular mirror. These eye-catching fractures in the surface of reality lead us to scrutinise these pictures, searching for the significance in this compelling spectacle of humanity and all the wonderful arbitrary old junk we trash, we trade and we treasure all over again in an endless cycle.
It is my great pleasure to welcome Sarah Ainslie as a contributing photographer to Spitalfields Life, Sarah will be accompanying me on some of my interviews in future and you can look forward to seeing more of her distinguished photography alongside stories here in these pages over coming months. The Spitalfields Life header for the month of February is a detail of another photograph by Sarah from this same set of pictures.
amalie permalinkFebruary 1, 2010
love your photos.is there a book available?
Anne permalinkFebruary 1, 2010
Like the photos.I've always loved the simplicity of monochrome images, they appear less complicated and my house is full of them.
They could easily be from the 1950s, they have a timeless quality. I grew up near to the centre of Manchester in the 1950s and 60s and photos i've seen from that era have the same atmosphere. Markets were more like that in those days.
Lisa permalinkFebruary 15, 2014
Wow, looks like Berlin street markets in the late 70's… impressive!
John Bailey permalinkJune 16, 2019
Great photos. Interested that your studio is in Ezra street. My family lived at 21 Ezra Street, next to Megan Jone's dairy. My parents wedding reception was upstairs at 21. Some of the family were killed while sheltering in Columbia Road on 7th Sept 1940, first night of the blitz. We must hang onto our history.


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Hello and welcome to the EYFS page!
At St James we have a Nursery class and two Reception classes.
My name is Miss Griffin; the EYFS Phase leader and the class teacher for 'RG', Mrs Cadd is our Teaching Assistant and we have an amazing class full of fun and lively children
Hello – I am Miss Melia and I am the class teacher for RM. I work with Mrs Pincher. We have a class of various characters who are talented in their own ways. They are curious children who love to explore.
In Reception we build upon the firm learning foundations made in Nursery. We provide a happy, safe, caring and stimulating environment, both indoors and out. Every day the children enjoy a range of practical learning experiences, either through adult led learning or enhanced activities accessed during their child initiated play which help to develop all areas of the EYFS curriculum. As a setting we have planned exciting units that will stimulate and motivate the children and each unit has a core focus on an area of learning.
Click here to see our Reception Curriculum Map
Children's ideas and opinions are actively encouraged and valued. As a result, even though topics have are planned for across the academic year, they are only a rough guide and the main priority is following the children's interests, therefore through the use of observations and good relationships with the children, practitioners will incorporate children's interests and ideas when planning activities, which ensures that all pupils continue to be motivated learners.
Please click here to view our Reception timetable
Hello. I am Mrs Plant, I am Mrs Harper and I am Mrs Hayward.
Our Nursery is a wonderful environment for any young child who wants an excellent start to their journey of learning. We offer flexible hours and some 30 hours places. The Nursery day starts at 8.45am to 11.45am (Morning Nursery) and 12.00pm to 3.00pm (Afternoon Nursery).
Children are safe and well cared for by our superb team of staff who are friendly and welcoming to our youngest children but also to parents and carers who may be unsure and anxious as their little ones make their first steps into their school journey.
During the year a range of exciting topics engage and challenge the children's knowledge and thinking skills, whilst developing the EYFS areas of learning.
Please click here to view our daily Nursery routine.
We ensure that our children are included in the full life of the school, not only the physical environment but also attending assemblies and church visits for special occasions, involvement in whole school learning topics that result in lots of visitors to their classroom to share their learning!
Most of our Nursery pupils go on to attend our school but not all and we fully support all pupils in their transition to their chosen school. Attendance at our Nursery however does not automatically ensure a place in our school as Local Authority Admissions criteria apply.
EYFS Curriculum at St James
In Nursery and Reception we follow the Early Years Foundation Stage, which is the statutory guidance published in 2012. It sets out the standards for the development, learning and care of children up to 5 years old. The EYFS is based on four main principles which underpin everything else that we do:
– A Unique Child
– Positive relationships
– Enabling Environments
– Learning and Development
There are 7 areas of learning which are sub divided into Prime Areas and Specific Areas.
The 3 Prime Areas of Learning and Development are:
Personal, Social and Emotional Development
Children will learn to play cooperatively and take turns, forming positive relationships with adults and other children. The children will choose activities and resources and develop confidence to try new things. They will talk about how they and others show feelings. They will understand and follow the classroom rules.
Communication and Language
Children will be encouraged to listen and respond appropriately in a range of situations. They will learn to follow instructions and answer questions about their experiences. Children will be taught how to express themselves effectively, showing an awareness of the listener.
Physical Development
Children will develop good control and coordination in large and small movements. They will learn to move confidently in a variety of ways. They will learn to handle tools and equipment effectively. Children will learn about the importance of physical exercise and healthy eating.
The 4 Specific Areas of Learning and Development are:
The children will learn the letter sound and blend the sounds together to read simple words and sentences. They will show an understanding of what they have read. They will learn to write simple words using their knowledge of letter sounds and write sentences. The phonics scheme that we follow is a blend of Read Write Inc and Letters and Sounds. We implement Talk for Writing for our literacy lessons.
The children will learn to count reliably with numbers from 1-20, place them in order and find 1 more and 1 less. They will learn to add and take away with numbers up to 10 and solve simple problems.
Children will use everyday language to talk about size, weight, capacity, position, distance, time and money. They will recognise, describe and create patterns. They will learn to name and describe shapes.
Understanding the World
Children will talk about past and present in their own lives and in the lives of family members. They will look at how they have changed since they were a baby.
Children will find out about similarities and differences in relation to objects, materials and living things, through topics including 'Animals of the World' and 'All about Me'. They will make observations of animals and plants and explain why some things occur.
Children will talk about the features of their own immediate environment and how environments might vary from one another.
Children will learn that a range of technology is used in places such as homes and schools. They will complete simple programmes on the computer.
Expressive Arts and Design
Children will use and explore a variety of materials, tools and techniques, experimenting with colour, design, texture, form and function.
Children will sing songs and make music including a Christmas Nativity concert. They will explore a variety of musical instruments.
All of the areas of learning and development are interconnected to the characteristics of effective learning, which are 'playing and exploring', 'active learning' and 'creating and critical thinking'.
Here at St James, we have a balance of teacher directed tasks and child initiated activities, which allow children to develop to their full potential.
If you are looking for a EYFS setting where your child develops their independence whilst in a nurturing environment, we would be delighted to meet you and encourage you to contact the school office on 0121 552 5491 so that a visit to the school can be arranged.


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Marco Rubio Is the Real Deal
Surrounded by a friendly crowd that included Sean Hannity and a who's who of Miami political operatives, Marco Rubio let the world in on his worst-kept secret, the fact that he's running for president of the United States.
The venue he chose for his announcement was Miami's beautiful Freedom Tower, so dubbed because it served as an Ellis Island of sorts for Cuban exiles in the 1960s. Rubio's parents actually came to the United States before that, during the rule of Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista. But they didn't come in search of political freedom; rather, they came in search of economic opportunities. At the time, the door to each country was wide open to the citizens of the other.
Rubio started his political career as a city commissioner in the working-class municipality of West Miami, and parlayed that into winning a special election for a seat in the state House. Rubio's political skills soon landed him in the speaker's chair.
I first became aware of those skills when I attended a town-hall meeting Rubio had organized to discuss a property-tax proposal he had authored. Florida has a bizarre pyramid scheme in which neighbors with identical properties can pay completely different sums in property taxes depending on when they entered the pyramid. Ostensibly this system was created so that long-standing residents wouldn't lose their homes as property values skyrocketed, but by the mid 2000s, property taxes were beginning to put a chokehold on the real estate industry that's so important to the state.
The solution that Rubio proposed at that town meeting in Coconut Grove was to scrap property taxes on primary residences altogether and to replace the revenue by increasing the state sales tax. Rubio explained the advantages by pointing out that sales taxes always conform to the taxpayer's financial situation. Lose your job, buy less and pay less. Contrast that with property tax bills that always come in November and are never for less than the previous year. People would finally be able to actually own their homes, free and clear. His bill passed the House, but was ultimately defeated in the Senate.
The ease with which Rubio talked about the complex issue and his rather simple solution made me take notice.
By now everyone knows or should know how Rubio ran a popular two-term governor, Charlie Crist, out of the Republican Party. Rubio won a seat in the U.S. Senate in 2010 by riding a wave of Tea Party support on a raft of Crist's unforced errors (like embracing Barack Obama, literally and figuratively). Notably, nobody greased the skids for Rubio. In fact, the Republican establishment had backed Crist very early on.
The 2010 campaign is notable for another reason. As political blogger Stephen Miller states about Rubio:
His other strength is none of the potential GOP candidates have had the practice run against someone like Clinton. Marco Rubio has, having dispensed limousine-loving, ventriloquist dummy Charlie Crist to the political ash heap.
Several months after taking office, Rubio invited a small group of family and supporters to be in the Senate gallery for his "maiden speech":
His respect for the institution of the Senate was on display, as he was the last freshman senator to do so. This was the first time that I'm aware of where he articulated the broad strokes of his "New American Century" stump speech, which he gave on Monday.


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NetApp launches new SME FAS system, lowers price of entry-level box
NetApp adds FAS2040, a higher-capacity system for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and slashes price of entry-level FAS2020 to make it more competitive for channel partners during economic downturn.
NetApp Inc. launched a new member of its FAS2000 family of storage systems for small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and reduced the starting price of the entry-level SME system by almost 30%.
NetApp added the FAS2040, which scales higher and has more memory than the other systems in the company's SME family -- the FAS2020 and FAS2050.
The FAS2040 scales to 136 TB with 136 drives, with four on-board Gigabit Ethernet ports and one SAS port per controller. The FAS2020 holds 68 drives and the FAS2050 holds 104 drives, and both have four built-in Ethernet and no on-board SAS ports. The FAS2050 is a 4U box while the other two are 2U configurations, and all three are available with one or two controllers and support CIFS, NFS, iSCSI and Fibre Channel.
NetApp considers SMEs organizations with from 100 to 1,000 users and from $50 million to $500 million in revenue.
Bharat Badrinath, director of NAS solutions for NetApp, says the FAS2040 is the highest-performing system of the 2000 family. The FAS2020 is an entry-level system and the FAS2050 is for specialized deployments where customers want to run 10 Gigabit Ethernet and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) because its supports those protocols through PCI Express expansion slots.
Pricing for the FAS2040 starts at $11,690 with 3 TB of SATA drives. The FAS2020 starting price has been reduced to $7,920. It previously started at more than $10,000.
"Our partners say, 'Hey, we love your products, but it's priced higher than your competitors,'" Badrinath said.
John Woodall, vice president of engineering for Palo Alto, Calif.-based NetApp reseller Integrated Archive Systems Inc., says the price drop is especially important in the current economy.
"The 2000 family is very competitive on a technology basis, but additional discounts had to be approved, and that slowed down the sales cycle," Woodall said.
Woodall says he sees the FAS2000 family competing mainly with EMC's AIX and lower-end Clariion CX systems, the Hewlett-Packard MSA and LeftHand systems and Dell's EqualLogic platform.
"We see it used in test and development, for departments or lower-end basic NAS, more and more in VMware deployments, and in remote sites using SnapMirror or SnapVault [data protection software]," he said.


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Monday, December 22, 2008
Tree Sweater on 16th Street
What a feeling.
This street tree somehow makes me think about this one legged dancer I dated back in the 80's- Maybe it reminds me of the way on frigid days just like today, she would hop up and down like a pogo stick in our tiny cold water flat, screaming in her best Ed McMahon sounding voice, "Hoooooow cold is it... Kimosabie!".... coaxing a smile from my face in the same way this spirited tree cozy does now. Or heck, maybe it's just that specific orange colored yarn.
Anyway, when I saw this the other day I thought it was funny, you know funny weird. But then you know what's really so special about crocheting and the Internet? It's the way they bring completely isolated strangers together who share similar, yet very rare niche obsessions or unusual interests. Suddenly that misunderstood psychopathic tree hugging teenage knitter-bomber in Rapid City can connect with a kindred spirit in Seattle, or Cleveland, or Brooklyn for that matter. The world gets a little smaller, don't you know. Isn't that what the High Holidays are all about?
Meanwhile, across this great country...
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The Salesman, directed by Asghar Farhadi, won the Oscars for Best Foreign Film at the 89th Academy Awards
Moonlight director Barry Jenkins described the envelopegate incident as a tragicomic moment
The organisers said that the two accountants found at fault for botching the climactic announcement of the winner for best picture at the Academy Awards have been officially declared unfit for any future Oscar duty
Oscars 2017: Sunny Pawar, who recreated the iconic The Lion King moment with Jimmy Kimmel at the 89th Academy Awards, said that he really enjoyed attending the Oscars
Lady Gaga, Glenn Close, Yalitza Aparicio, Jennifer Lopez, Regina King, Amy Adams, Emilia Clarke and many other celebs arrived for the Oscars, held at Dolby Theatre.
Actress Mouni Roy headlined the celebrity squad at the Indian Television Academy Awards 2016 held in Mumbai on November 13
Nicole Kidman in Louis Vuitton: Nicole would have been on the best dressed list if she'd just done one thing - worn another dress.
Nine freakin' awesome faces the celebrities made at the Oscars this year


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Heart shaped cookies are a Valentines must. This is a very easy cinnamon cookies which makes for a seriously easy Valentine's dessert.
This cinnamon cookies recipe has been one that I longed to share with you since I started this blog many years ago. Finally, making them last week made me so excited to share with you guys.
This is the season of love, so making these easy cookies as a heart shaped ones seemed second to nature. These are my go to cookie recipe, it is easy and fun to make plus it fills the home with this sweet aroma that makes you feel cozy.
What makes these cookies great are three things, nope actually four:
- First: Butter need not be softened, yaaaay. I usually hate this step because, being me- which means forgetful- I usually forget to get it out long enough to be … softened.
- Then comes creaming butter and sugar: Many recipes call for creaming butter and sugar until light and fluffy and sometimes you do not even know what does this mean or how this should like. Other times you never actually get to this point!!!. This recipe does not need that either .
- And now after your dough is made, it has to be chilled : Which means more waiting time for the kids who you've just promised to make cookies and they cannot wait. If your kitchen is super hot, you just chill it for 15 minutes or so not overnight.
- Also, it does not require any special equipments for mixing, just use your hands.
That's why me and my kids, and recently joined by my hubby, really do love this recipe. Here is how I make it.
We'll start by mixing dry ingredients well.
Add melted butter and an egg. Mix well with your hands until the dough comes together. If you felt that your dough is a little dry and there are still crumbs in the bowl, you can add a teaspoon of milk or water.
On a floured surface, roll the dough. Thick or thin it is up to you but watch out for the baking time. Sometimes I really like to roll these thin which makes them really crunchy like crackers.
Nowwww for the fun part, kids love this part when they use cookies cutter to make shapes they like.
I made a small heart shaped hole in the middle using a smaller heart shaped cookies cutter. If you do not have that you can make this with a small bottle cap.
Bake in the oven for 10-13 minutes until done.
After it cools down, it is time for more fun.
This one got really excited and he kept jumping up and down that I could not get a clear picture for him, cute .
That's it guys, after gluing the cookies with jam you keep them in an airtight container until ready to serve.
These cookies really do not survive till next day in my home, so I make a huge patch and keep it there for us to enjoy all week long.
I hope you like today's recipe… Happy Valentine's day.
Products I like and used for this recipe: ( nope no one paid me to write this, just stuff I like and recommend)
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Cinnamon cookies
- 1 1/4 cup AP flour.
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar.
- a dash of salt.
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder.
- 1 large egg
- 3 Tablespoon unsalted butter melted.
- Water or milk if needed, mine did not need any more liquids.
- Jam for gluing.
- In a deep bowl, mix flour,salt, cinnamon,sugar and baking powder.
- Mix in the egg and the melted butter.
- If your dough did not come together and you felt it is dry, add milk or water by teaspoons until you reach a nice consistent dough.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Line two large cookie sheets with parchment.
- Roll the dough into a floured surface ,3-4mm thickness shape.*
- Cut with a heart cookie cutter to an even number then cut out the center of half of them with a smaller cutter.
- Bake for 10-13 minutes depending on the thickness and size of your cookie.
- Let it cook down on a rack.
- Sift confectioners' sugar over the cookies you are using as the top.
- Spread jam over the bottom cookies.
- Sandwich cookies together.
- Enjoy!!
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A few days ago, there was this report from Reddit user sharing the point of view of Jeff 'Tigole' Kaplan (VP of Blizzard) on the Nintendo systems and his idea of probably seeing Overwatch on the Switch one day. Today, our eyes turn to another Blizzard huge hit among gamers: Hearthstone.
During an interview given at the HTC Winter Championships 2017 for the Express, senior game designers Mike Donais and Matt Place were asked if there was a possibility that the free-to-play online collectible card game could fit in the Nintendo Switch market. And apparently the system is not a major priority for Blizzard. However, they seem to be open to the idea:
"I personally haven't talked about it but I'm more focused on card design. Hearthstone is available on iPads and phones, so it's a good discussion worth having." – Mike Donais
Of course, it would take a lot of work for the Blizzard teams to port Hearthstone on the Switch, but there is a lot of potential to extend their players base in doing so. The PS4/Xbox One don't have the advantage of the portability nor the touch screen. The main question would rather be if a potential release on Switch could impact sales on the smartphones versions of the game.
If anything should be revealed, it will be done at the BlizzCon 2017 (November 3rd & 4th – Anaheim, California). Anything from Overwatch, Diablo 4 or StarCraft 3 could be announced and maybe, just maybe, we might have some Switch announcement.


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Global telecommunications company expands its use of IFS Applications
IFS technology to power work order and asset management in smart metering project
IFS, the global enterprise applications company, announces that a global company in the telecommunications sector has chosen to extend its investment in IFS Applications™. The agreement includes licenses and services valued at approximately SKr 12.5 million.
IFS Applications will be the central engine for handling cases and assigning work orders to field service staff based on data generated automatically by a network of smart meters.
Part of the IFS Enterprise Service Management solution, IFS Work Order Management covers the complete workflow of cases, work orders, logging status changes and updates from receiving and creating new orders to concluding the job and reporting time, material and expenses.
Oliver Pilgerstorfer, Corporate Communications. Telephone: 44 1494 428900, firstname.lastname@example.com
Frédéric Guigues, Investor Relations. Telephone: 46 8 58 78 45 00, firstname.lastname@example.com
About IFS
IFS™ is a globally recognized leader in developing and delivering enterprise software for enterprise resource planning (ERP), enterprise asset management (EAM) and enterprise service management (ESM). IFS brings customers in targeted sectors closer to their business, helps them be more agile and enables them to profit from change. IFS is a public company (XSTO: IFS) founded in 1983 and currently has over 2,700 employees. IFS supports more than 2,400 customers worldwide from its network of local offices and through a growing ecosystem of partners. For more information visit: www.ifsworld.com.
Follow us on Twitter: @ifsworld
Visit the IFS Blog on technology, innovation and creativity: http://blog.ifsworld.com/
IFS discloses the information herein pursuant to the Financial Instruments Act (1991:980) and/or the Securities Markets Act (2007:528). The information was submitted for publication on June 25 2015, at 3.30 p.m. CEST.


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Here was a live , raw and authentic webinar I did on the Power of letting go. I had my beautiful friend Michelle Montano as a guest speaker! Letting go is so important for our heath, mentally, physically and spiritually. I hope you enjoy!
The Power of Letting GO!
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Be Bright On The Roads! The Club's new fluorescent warm layer jerseys are now available. Based on the same size codes as existing Club Kit, they are priced at £ 40.00 for sizes 38 to 46 (approximately from age 10 up to age 13) and £45.00 larger sizes (48 to 60).
Available after Castle Combe Youth Races this Thursday (races from 7.00pm, then kit from 7.30pm) or on Saturday morning sessions. You can reserve your jersey by email to: firstname.lastname@example.com. Payment by cash or cheque only.


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Andrew Kligman is the Broker / Owner of RE/MAX Synergy. He was first licensed in 1986 making him a 30+ year veteran in the industry. His passion for real estate and strong belief in the RE/MAX brand is what lead him to open this office. A well established Realtor, he has sold everything from horse farms to oceanfront properties. He is a member of the RE/MAX Hall of Fame and an annual Circle of Excellence award winner.Andrew's outgoing and charismatic personality makes him well liked by his clients and fellow agents. In his spare time, he enjoys cooking, sporting events, and going to the beach. Andrew is an avid horseman and animal lover.


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Scientific publications
Number of beta-receptors in rhinitic pollinic patients
Gamboa PM, Sanz ML, de la Cuesta CG, García BE, Castillo JG, Oehling A.
Departamento de Alergología e Inmunología Clínica, Clínica Universitaria, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain
Magazine: Journal Investigational Allergology and Clinical Immunology
Date: Apr 1, 1991Allergology and Immunology Department
The study was carried out on venous blood from 67 patients with seasonal rhinoconjunctivitis caused by sensitization to grass pollen and 30 control individuals.
Total IgE determination, antigen-specific histamine release test against two concentrations of Phleum pratense, and quantification of beta 2-adrenergic receptor numbers in lymphocyte membrane of peripheral blood were done on all patients. Those pollinic patients who were asymptomatic at the time of the study had 500.07 +/- 237.27 receptors/cell; no significant differences were established with the control group, with 541.53 +/- 123.63 receptors/cell. However, both the control group and asymptomatic patients had receptor numbers which were significantly higher than those of symptomatic pollinic patients, with 376.81 +/- 158.65 receptors/cell (p < 0.01 and p < 0.05, respectively).
The average decrease in number of receptors in symptomatic pollinic patients was 30.42% in relation to controls and 24.65% in relation to asymptomatic patients. Within the subgroup of pollinic patients, studied both in and out of season, the number of beta 2-adrenergic receptors had an average decrease of 13.22% during pollination, with 363.7 receptors/cell. Once the pollination season was over, this figure increased to 419.1 receptors/cell, establishing significant differences with p < 0.025.
The number of beta 2-adrenergic receptors did not correlate with total seric IgE figures or with antigen-specific histamine release. These data indicate that the decrease of these receptors does not constitute the causal factor of atopic diseases; it seems more likely to be a consequence of the same.
CITATION J Investig Allergol Clin Immunol. 1991 Apr;1(2):113-21
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|These are in the Add-On Inspiration Kit
There is also a set of 3 handmade flowers in the Inspiration Kit this month. The flowers in this tutorial look very similar to the ones in the Inspiration Kit. Text and Glitter Flowers Tutorial
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JERUSALEM — "Iran lied big time" about the nature of its nuclear program, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu on Monday, April 30, unveiled copies of half a ton of material that make up part of what he identified as Iran's secret nuclear files.
He first delivered his presentation in English in an effort to reach the widest possible audience.
The files, which the Israeli leader calls "new conclusive proof of Iran's secret nuclear weapons program," include 55,000 pages of information and 55,000 files on 183 CDs.
He said the files had been stored in a secret atomic archive in Tehran, where it was moved last year, locked in massive safes. The original materials, Netanyahu said, "are now in a very safe place."
Netanyahu did not appear to present evidence of nuclear activity in violation of the deal signed in 2015 between Iran and six world powers, which traded sanctions relief for a rollback of Iran's nuclear program.
President Donald Trump is set to decide by the middle of next month whether it will remain in the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, as the deal is known.
Netanyahu said that Israel has shared the information with the US and "the US can vouch for its authenticity."
Among the documents, Netanyahu said, is proof of the existence of Project Amad, a program to design, build and test nuclear weapons.
The program was scrapped in 2003 after the Gulf War, but work continued in other guises and with the same personnel, according to Netanyahu, citing the documents.
Other documents also proved that the Fordow uranium enrichment facility was not intended to produce medical isotopes but uranium for nuclear weapons.
"Iran is brazenly lying when it says it never had a nuclear weapons program," Netanyahu said.
Netanyahu said he is certain that Trump will "do the right thing" in deciding whether to stay in the nuclear deal.
"The right thing for the US. The right thing for Israel. And the right thing for the peace of the world," he said.