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Prohibition, Rum Running and The Real
Rum Running Revisited
Six Books Look Back at Prohibition: "The Real McCoy," "The Bootleg Queen,"
and the Liquor Fleet that Fueled the Roaring Twenties.
Before there were red states and blue states, there were dry states
and wet states––those that banned the sale and transportation of
and those where such activities were legal.
In 1919, it was the dry states, not the popular vote, which secured approval of the 18th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, prohibiting the manufacture, sale or importation of alcohol. An act to enforce Prohibition was then twice passed by a two-thirds vote of the House and Senate in order to override the veto of President Woodrow Wilson. Beginning January 16, 1920, America was officially dry.
An early result of Prohibition was the development of a new industry known as rum running, the smuggling of liquor from other countries or nearby islands. At the outset, rum running was primarily the pursuit of individuals, chiefly mariners and fishermen. For these men, most of whom were not hardened criminals, there was high adventure, money to be made, a degree of romance, and a strong sense of fraternity.
Flat Hammock Press of Mystic, Connecticut, is republishing six books which are first-hand
accounts of rum running. The books, most of which were first
published in the late 1920s and early 1930s and long out-of-print,
have been updated for modern readers with added insight, information
and many never seen before photographs.
"Prohibition is a time period so unbelievable that most Americans today do not understand what, and how, it all happened," says Robert McKenna, editor of Flat Hammock Press. "It was brought about by a well-organized movement and led to a polarized political and social climate––one not unlike we are experiencing today. The first heroes of this era were the rum-runners, lawbreakers who were viewed as Robin Hood-like figures."
McKenna has spent the past five years researching Prohibition and rum running, examining period newspaper accounts and U.S. government files, to uncovering the personal journals, photo albums and correspondence of the rum-runners themselves.
"For obvious reasons," says McKenna, "not much was written about Prohibition from the smugglers' perspective. These six narratives: The Real McCoy; The Bahama Queen, Diary of a Rum-Runner, Confessions of a Rum-Runner; Rum Row, and Smugglers of Spirits, are mainly all that exists. They are just as gripping and exciting as any adventure novel written then or since... and every word is true."
The books describe, in various forms, how rum-runners employed vessels
of all descriptions, from fishing schooners, rust-streaked tramp
steamers, luxury yachts, even retired navy ships, and set out from ports
in Europe, the Bahamas, Bermuda, Cuba, Jamaica, even the French Islands
of St. Pierre and Miquelon, loaded with scotch, rye, gin, bourbon,
champagne and brandy, and headed for the major cities of the United
This flotilla, known as "Rum Row," rode at anchor outside the limits of U.S. law enforcement, their holds wide open, ready, willing and able to do business with anyone who would come out to buy their liquor. Intrepid individuals in small craft would come out from the beaches, inlets and bays to these floating liquor stores and offload case after case.
"The profits were enormous, and cash was thick," says McKenna. "Business went on around the clock; with times being so busy that the deck of a rum-runner could look like the floor of the New York Stock Exchange."
And as to risks, there simply weren't any. The limit of U.S. jurisdiction was three miles. The Coast Guard was powerless to do anything and the crews of the rum running vessels would taunt the enforcement officials by offering them bottles of liquor, and serenading them with songs like "How Dry I Am" and "What Do You Do With a Drunken Sailor."
There were many Rum Rows along the American seaboard, all of them hovering in close proximity to the great ports with their big populations. The heaviest concentration of ships anchored off New Jersey and Long Island, handy to the approaches to the great port of New York.
McKenna notes that one of the most interesting aspects of Rum Row, which is uniquely described in each book, was the community life that developed. In addition to picking up loads of whiskey, the boats from shore would deliver fresh food, water, newspapers, magazines, even ice cream. Fisherman, on their way back to market would stop to swap fish and lobsters for a few bottles of scotch. For entertainment, to keep crews from getting bored, the bigger ships featured happy hours, impromptu concerts graced by paid entertainers from shore. There was dancing on the main deck in the evenings, dance partners were girls who came out from shore just for kicks. Call girls made their way to Rum Row as well, where they received double the shore side price for their favors.
To pass the days, the crews of the rum-runners would visit with each other, bartering, trading, or bumming cigarettes and tobacco. They would read, play cards and chess, even do arts and crafts. Most ships had a crank-handle gramophone on board, some even had radios. Sightseeing boats loaded with tourists made the rounds of the fleet; they would shout good wishes and salutations at the rummy crews. Doctors from shore were on call to render medical attention.
Once their cargo was exhausted, the rum-runners would return to Europe or the islands, bank their money, and pick up another load.
"They were wild times," says McKenna. "These are the guys—and gals—that fueled the Roaring Twenties."
Leading the list of books is The Real McCoy, the story of rum-runner Bill McCoy, the Florida boatbuilder turned national hero whose quality liquor and fair dealing perpetuated the phrase, "it's the real McCoy." For nearly four years McCoy slaked the thirst of the nation while leading authorities on a merry chase. He pioneered new smuggling methods, founded the notorious Rum Row, and built a bootlegging empire that made millions of dollars. In all his dealings McCoy remained personable and trustworthy and true to his standard that the liquor he carried be the best.
The Bahama Queen is the autobiography of Gertrude Lythgoe, a beautiful and enterprising American businesswoman who set up her own wholesale liquor business in Nassau, Bahamas, and sent shipload after shipload of the finest whiskey to the thirsty America. A woman well before her time, Lythgoe earned the respect and admiration of the rum running fraternity and became crowned as the "Queen of the Bootleggers."
The Confessions of a Rum-Runner is the first-hand account of James Barbican, a Scotsman, who, like many of his countrymen, was out of work following his service fighting the Great War. Barbican, the pen name of Eric Sherbrooke Walker, found a job, and made a great deal of money, smuggling liquor to the United States. Walker later used his rum-running profits to open the Treetops Hotel in Kenya, Africa, best-known for being the place where Princess Elizabeth spent the night of February 5th, 1952. During the night her father George VI, died and she became Queen Elizabeth II.
The Diary of a Rum-Runner by Alastair Moray is a plain, unvarnished, day-by-day account of eleven months off New York with a crazy ship, a mutinous crew, lurking hijackers and inquisitive federal authorities.
Smugglers of Spirits by Harold Waters is the sole period account on the part of someone charged with enforcing Prohibition at sea. Waters served in the U.S. Coast Guard and recounts, among other things, the lack of enthusiasm the Coast Guard crews displayed in enforcing Prohibition. His stories, in addition to providing wonderful insight into the times, are colorful and, often hilarious.
Finally, Rum Row by Robert Carse provides wonderful descriptions of the fleets that anchored off the population areas of all coasts, the characters that manned them, and the thrilling and dangerous times on ship and shore.
Robert McKenna, editor of Flat Hammock Press, is a former Coast Guard Officer and author of many books, including The Dictionary of Nautical Literacy, and Bottoms Up!: Toasts, Tales & Traditions of Drinking's Long History as a Nautical Pastime. He teaches the subject of Prohibition and the Rum War at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. He is available for lectures, book readings and presentations on rum running.
Copyright © 2008 Flat Hammock Press


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Altho the deadline was extended, I didn't have time to retouch the pictures. Hope you still like them.
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Oracle Fusion Applications now generally available
Oracle Fusion Applications is now generally available, but expect adoption to be slow, happening module-by-module with some while others wait years before implementing it.
SAN FRANCISCO -- Oracle Fusion Applications is now generally available after the better part of a decade has passed since being first announced.
Oracle Vice President Steve Miranda said at a keynote address at the OpenWorld conference on Wednesday that the company already has 100 customers running Fusion Applications through its early adopter program. Now Fusion Applications -- which is a combination of features from E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft, JD Edwards, Siebel and other Oracle applications as well as a new user interface -- is now available to all customers, who can decide to adopt Fusion whole hog or piece by piece and module by module.
Oracle officials generally feel that the piece-by-piece approach will be most popular among Oracle shops. That was the method that the Principal Financial Group took through the early adopter program. It went live with Oracle Fusion Workforce Management in January and plans to roll out further modules in 2012.
In the early adopter program, Oracle shops had to adopt Fusion an environment hosted by Oracle. Principal did it through Oracle On Demand, for example. Now that Fusion is generally available, Oracle shops presumably have the option of hosting Fusion in their own internal data centers. Principal is still considering that. The company has sensitive client financial information that it's not sure it wants to expose outside its own data centers, even if Oracle promises a secure environment through On Demand. Principal is now in talks trying to determine what to do.
Principal has a co-existence approach, running Fusion Workforce Compensation alongside PeopleSoft 8.9, which handles human-resources functions such as benefits, payroll and recruiting.
One feature Principal liked about Fusion Workforce Compensation was its ability to support multiple currencies and languages. With Fusion, company managers can see employees' salaries in various currencies, depending on how they're budgeting.
Embedded analytics within Fusion was also a plus.
"That was key with Fusion Workforce Compensation," said Fatema Madraswala, a senior advisory associate with PricewaterhouseCoopers, which consulted Principal Financial on its project. "There is a lot of analytics within the tool. You have graphs built-in as well as reports that you can export out to Excel."
Principal's implementation of Fusion was not without its problems. Some managers with large numbers of employees underneath them said it took longer to create reports and render their user interfaces than they would have liked.
Madraswala said that Oracle worked to fix some of those issues. Some of them involved managers running older Web browsers to render the Fusion Applications module; others just had older systems with not enough memory.
Fusion Applications is also just not for everyone. At least not yet. Paul Martin, director of business operations at The University of Western Ontario, said his organization is moving from PeopleSoft 8.8 to 9.0. Fusion isn't really on his radar.
"We're not really considering it right now, nor are we being forced, which is nice," he said. Martin added that the functionality of PeopleSoft meets their needs. He said that with any system, normal users use maybe 20% of the system's functionalities. He expects that to happen with PeopleSoft 9.0.
"We're going to try to get more value out of that before we consider moving forward again," he said.


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The secrets of the perfect manicure at home
The image of a modern girl, it is simply impossible to imagine without beautiful nails. And it's not in the design or complex the figure, the main thing that nails were manicured. In addition, the salons offer a variety of treatments aimed at recovery and strengthening. Nevertheless, each girl should be able to do a manicure yourself. It's not always the time or opportunity to visit the master.
The rules of manicure at home for beginners
Those who are only going to learn how to do a manicure at home recommend you immediately purchase a good, and most importantly the right tools. It is from this largely depends on how will look your nails.
First you need to select the scissors and clippers. Hold them in your hands that you feel comfortable to use them. Orange sticks will always be needed, so get several.
As for nail files, pay attention to its abrasiveness. It is best that this figure was not less than 180 grit. Also important is the material from which it is made. It is believed that the metal contributes to the stratification of nails. So take a look at plastic and glass options.
Classic manicure
If the nails have remained Polish, the first thing you need to wash it off. It is best to use the tool without acetone, as it affects the structure of nails. If necessary, trim the nails or use a nail file. It is very important that your movements were confident. So you don't injure your nails.
To soften cuticles, use a special tool, which you should apply. You can also make a warm bath with sea salts or oils. Only five minutes and you can begin to work with the cuticle.
Cuticles and dead skin on the sides of a nail trim you need with the help of tweezers. Burrs are removed in the same way. Try to do it as carefully as possible, not to get hurt.
In the end you can apply on the cuticles, and hands a special oil or a simple moisturizer. If you want you can have a massage.
Edging manicure
For this option every year becomes more and more fans. The fact that the mill manicure is absolutely safe and the most painless. Often choose girls with sensitive or thin skin.
To start with this set, I tweak the form of nails. That would be easier to work with the cuticle, make a bath with oils or salt. After that you can apply a special tool that is designed to remove the cuticle. To remove its remains can be a simple sponge.
Orange stick gently push back the cuticle on each nail. In the end, apply to the cuticle and nail oil or a special cream. If you want you can do a light massage.
How to do a manicure on short nails yourself?
It used to be that to make a beautiful manicure on short nails is simply impossible. But times change and now it's really fashionable. To make it yourself recommend to start to choose the appropriate form. It is believed that the most popular is a square and oval nails.
The next step is to bath for a few minutes to soften the cuticles. You can then make a classic or non-cutoff manicure. Choose the option that you like.
As for the nail design, it is not so difficult as it might seem at first glance. To begin, apply a transparent basis. It will protect the nails from exposure to lacquer and extend the life of your design.
Experts recommend to apply the varnish brush strokes, that is, first from each edge and then one in the center. Because of this coating will be more even. The last step will be applying the topcoat. After all the funds will dry, you can apply to the cuticle moisturizing oil.
As you can see, to create the perfect manicure for short nails need not much time and effort. If you want you can do not only a solid coating, but not very complex design. Great options.
Gel Polish: features of application in the home
Certainly, many girls still believe that to make a stylish manicure gel Polish only in the cabin. Actually it is not, all this can be done at home. But it is very important to purchase some materials that will need to work.
To the basic set include the following:
- good lamp for drying;
- the base coating;
- gel nail polishes in your favorite shades;
- finish;
- primer;
- manicure tools;
- degreaser or alcohol;
- slivovica nail file or buff;
- lint-free cloth.
Before proceeding to the coating, prepare the nails and make the manicure. They must have the same shape and length. To gel Polish lay flat on the nail plate, Polish nails buff. This should be done very carefully to only remove the glossy Shine.
On a cotton ball to apply some alcohol or degreaser. This is necessary in order to clean each nail. Experts suggest doing this twice to achieve the right effect.
Base should be applied in a thin layer on the entire surface of the nail, but not going to the skin. This layer need to dry under UV lamp. The drying time depends on the company database.
On top of the base apply a thin layer of gel Polish of any color. If it is applied too tightly, do not worry, because often this step is repeated two or three times. Each layer must be dried in the lamp.
The top coat gives nails a beautiful Shine and is a kind of protection. So it also must be dried after application. The last step is removing the sticky layer. This should be done using cotton swabs and degreaser or even liquid nail Polish remover.
Stylish nail design ideas
To make a beautiful and high-quality manicure at home is possible. Of course, this would require special tools and training. But in the end you will be able to create their perfect designs.


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In a secluded corner of Hope Beach, one woman must decipher a stranger's memories . . . before they cost her everything.
Elin Summerall was one of the lucky ones. Not only did she get a heart transplant, but the donor was a perfect fit. A miraculously perfect fit.
But when Elin begins having violent flashbacks---and vivid dreams of being strangled---she realizes that she has been the recipient of more than just a new heart . . . Elin is remembering her donor's murder.
Her strange affliction has attracted some unwanted attention: from the press, from the authorities . . . and from the killer himself. Now, living alone with her young daughter and aging mother, Elin is being stalked---by a man she's only met in her nightmares.
The police are dubious of her story, but one off-duty FBI agent is eager to help her: Agent Marc Everton, the father of Elin's daughter.
Of course, he doesn't know about that. Yet.
Now, in a remote cottage on Hope Island, Elin and Marc must probe the secrets buried in her borrowed heart. And there's no time to waste. One man is desperate to silence her---before she remembers too much.
My review:
I really enjoyed this suspenseful, romantic story! The idea of cell memory, where a donor recipient can have memories from the donor, fascinates me. They can even start to like and dislike the same things. Elin had a lot going on, from confusion and fear that she was turning into someone else, to her mixed-up feelings for Marc, to worry about her mom's dementia and a killer targeting her! There was always something happening in this story! I loved how Elin was determined to find the killer; the investigation was very interesting. The little romantic moments where Elin and Marc started to fall for each other were done well. I liked that they both had a strong faith, though Elin had a harder time forgiving herself for what had happened with Marc. There were many suspects and it was hard to figure out who the killer was; I loved the twist! I also liked the setting, the peek back in time and the multiple viewpoints in the story. I haven't read the first two books in the series and it did feel like I was maybe missing something in the beginning, but I think overall it worked fine as a stand-alone. I definitely recommend this wonderful story!
I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.
I received this book free from Litfuse Publicity in exchange for an honest review.
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About the author:
Colleen Coble has sold over 2 million novels worldwide. Seagrass Pier, the third installment in her acclaimed Hope Beach series, marks a new highpoint for emotion and complexity in Coble's addictive brand of romantic suspense.
PLUS . . . between 6/9 – 6/30 Colleen will be hosting a Kindle giveaway.
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Category Archives: Pentecost or the Time of the Church
Prayer for Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving Day Prayer
Heavenly Father, Giver of all things, we give You thanks on this day for the countless blessings You have so freely bestowed on us and all people. Blessed are You for this wondrous world, for its beauty and bounty. Blessed are You for the good gifts of harvest. Blessed are You for food and drink, for clothing and shoes, for warmth and shelter, for house and home, for family and friends. Blessed are You for every smile of a child and every kindness that is shown. Blessed are You.
But of all the gifts You have given us, none can begin to compare with that boundless love You showed when we were in so bad a state that nothing but death and eternal damnation awaited us and no creature in heaven or on earth could help us. Then You sent forth Your Only begotten Son, who is of the same divine nature as Yourself, caused Him to be born for us of the Blessed Virgin Mary, laid on Him all our sin, giving Him into death that we might not die eternally. You raised Him from the dead and seated Him, our brother, at Your Right hand, where He never ceases to plead on our behalf, and from whence He will come again in glory. Blessed are You for the gift of forgiveness, life and salvation in Jesus Christ, our Lord. Blessed are You!
And that we might never forget this boundless love of Yours, You give us even more. You have sent us Your Spirit that we may know You, trust in You, and rejoice in our Savior. You have poured into us Your Spirit as the pledge and down payment of the redemption that will be ours on the day of our Lord's return. You offer us a share in Your Spirit's love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control; and He never ceases to pray within us and to ask for us all good things from You.
Nor do Your good gifts stop there, for You have brought us into the fellowship of Your Church. You have surrounded us with sisters and brothers in Christ to help bear our burdens and be our joyful companions as we journey to Your eternal home. You give us new birth in Baptism. You restore us from our sin in Holy Absolution. You set a table before us in the Holy Eucharist that we might triumph over our foes through Your saving gifts.
O merciful Master, You made us from nothing and when we had fallen You did not cease to do all things until You had raised us up again and bestowed upon us the Kingdom which is to come.
Blessed are You, King of all goodness! Blessed are You for such unimaginable love and pity! Blessed are You, Lover of Mankind! Receive today our thanks and praise for all Your goodness; pardon us for the times we have been blind to Your gifts; remember all who cry to You in this hour for Your mercy, and bring us all to share in the Feast that has no end. We offer to You these prayers and praises in the name of Your beloved Son and in the communion of Your life-giving Spirit, to whom be all glory, now and to the ages of ages.
Feast of St. Matthew the Apostle and Evangelist
Today the Church remembers the writer of the first Gospel, Matthew, the tax collector. Mark identifies him as Levi, the son of Alphaeus. Mar 2:14. Jesus was by the sea of Galilee, teaching the crowds when He passed by a tax booth. He said to Matthew, "Follow me," and, he rose and followed Jesus. Matthew tells us in his Gospel account that it was near Capernaum where this took place, just after Jesus had healed a paralytic after coming into town. Matthew 9:1, 9 (see also 4:13 — Jesus went and lived in Capernaum by the sea, after John was arrested). Matthew worked for Herod Antipas, but collaborated with the Romans as well, and so was not well liked by his countrymen. Matthew's response to the call of Christ was immediate and unquestioned — he rose, left his post, and followed Jesus, his Lord and Master. Jesus then ate with Matthew at his house, along with many other tax collectors and sinners. Luke tells us that Matthew made a great feast, and there was a great crowd. The scribes and pharisees criticized Jesus for associating with tax collectors and sinners — tax collectors were in a special class all by themselves. Jesus told them that, "[t]hose who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I have not come to call the righteous but sinners to repentance." Luke 5:31-32. Mark and Luke's Gospel agree. Matthew adds that Jesus told the pharisees to "[g]o and learn what this means, "I desire mercy, not sacrifice…"" quoting Hosea 6:6.
In the early days of the church, the four Evangelists were associated with the four living creatures around the throne of God noted in Ezekiel 14, and Revelation 4. Matthew is traditionally associated with the human/angelic figure; Mark the Lion; Luke the Ox/Bull; John the Eagle. This association has come down through the ages in some beautiful art in the churches and cathedrals of the world. How each apostle became associated with each creature is not clear. It seems that, for some, the connection is based on how each Gospel starts. Matthew begins: "The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham." The genealogy then runs through the course of the human patriarchs through the line of King David to Joseph, the husband of Mary. Matthew 1:1-8. Thus Matthew is associated with the humanity of Jesus. Luke's Gospel starts with the priesthood of Zechariah the priest offering incense, the prayers of the people, in the Temple in Jerusalem. Thus, his Gospel is associated with priestly duties symbolized by the bull or ox of sacrifice. Under this theory, Mark is the Lion because his Gospel begins with John the Baptist in the desert. John of course soars above all, and his lofty themes of divine things gives him the spiritual wings of the Eagle. A brief outline of this theory can be found in Against Heresies, Book 3, Ch. 11, Irenaues of Lyons, AnteNicene Fathers, ed. Phillip Schaff. Others examined the theme of each Gospel and drew different conclusions for Mark and Matthew and switched the living creature with which they were associated.
Not much else is known about Matthew outside of his work as the author of the Gospel bearing his name. Matthew is thought to have preached the Gospel to his own people before going out into the ends of the earth. Some of the places mentioned where Matthew may have traveled spreading the Gospel are Syria, Macedonia, Persia, and to an area just south of the Caspian Sea. Even less is known about the manner of his death, whether it was as a martyr or the blessings of old age. Regardless, in Matthew, Christ gives mercy and shows how the low are lifted up by the righteousness of Christ. In turn, the Spirit is breathed upon St. Matthew, and we are given the gift of the eternal Gospel by the pen of his hand through the working of the Holy Spirit.
Recovering the Lost Symbols of the Church — Holy Cross Day
Wednesday, September 14, 2011 marks the celebration of Holy Cross Day in the church. Sadly, across Christendom, we are abandoning our symbols and reinventing ourselves so as not to offend those outside the church. Campus Crusade for Christ dropped "Christ" from its name because research showed that 9% of Christians and 20% of non-Christians were offended or alienated by the name of Christ. His NAME was getting in the way of accomplishing their mission. Christ Community Church in Spring Lake Michigan removed its cross and changed its name to C3 Exchange to be more inclusive. Click here to read the story and see the video of the cross being removed. The cross, according to C3's pastor, has become a negative symbol for people. He compared to the church's use of the cross to remember the work of Christ akin to using a bullet to remember Martin Luther King, Jr. A British church removed a 10 foot tall crucifix from the outside of its building a couple of years ago because it was scaring young children. It was considered a horrifying depiction of pain and suffering and putting people off. You can read the story here.
It used to be that we proudly displayed the symbols of our Faith. Often these symbols draw us closer to the Faith and the story of the cross. That is how the Feast of the Holy Cross began for the church. It is traced back to Helena, mother of Constantine the Great who made it safe and legal to be a Christian in the Roman Empire. His mother was a devout Christian. Around 320 A. D., Helena made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem to recover the holy sites of Christendom. She began an excavation around the site of what she believed to be the tomb of Christ. It was rumored that the true cross had been buried in a ditch. One of the few people who are said to have known exactly where the cross was buried, a man named Judas, coincidentally, was inspired to point the location out to Helena. Not one, but three crosses were found in the excavation. Pilate's inscription was not on any of the crosses. To determine the true cross, people who were sick were brought to the crosses to touch them. It is said that when they touched what was believed to be the true cross, they were made well. One report states that a dead man was brought back to life. Upon this discovery, Helena commissioned the construction of the basilica of the Holy Sepulchre, which stands in that spot to this day. Holy Cross Day was instituted as a Feast Day in the church to commemorate the dedication of the Holy Sepulchre which is said to have occurred on September 14, 335 A. D.
There was a time during the course of Christian history when our symbols, our heritage inspired us to do great things. They moved Helena to find the holy spots where Christ walked and lived and mark them for all time. To this day what she did lives on and provides us with the opportunity to visit places where God Himself incarnate walked the earth, where He lived, and where He died. Certainly, pious superstitions and cult like rituals and observances grew up around the stories of our holy symbols and have littered the path through time. Yet there is fact that anchors these stories, and makes them timeless. That fact is the fulcrum around which all of human history turns: Jesus Christ, God's one and only Son, became flesh and blood like you and me, lived on this earth, died on a cross, and rose from the dead.
The Cross will always be a scandal for humanity, the worst scandal in history. For with the bloody Cross, we physically nailed the Christ to a piece of wood and killed the God of the universe. One cannot deny that death is man's reality, for it is certain that this life on this earth will end one day. Yet for the Christian, the True Christian, the Cross is our reality. For it is there that God meets man in death. The Son of God died in the flesh and, in that death, unites our flesh to His, leading us into life eternal. The Cross is and always will be the symbol of Christianity, defining who and what we are.
Remembrance of Zechariah and Elizabeth
Today is the remembrance of Zachariah and Elizabeth, father and mother of John the Baptist. From the "Commemorations Biographies," Lutheran Service Book, LCMS Commission on Worship:
Zachariah and Elizabeth were "righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord" (Luke 1:6). Zechariah, a priest in the Jerusalem temple, was greeted by the angel Gabriel, who announced that Zechariah and Elizabeth would become parents of a son. Initially Zechariah did not believe Gabriel's announcement because of their old age. For his disbelief Zechariah became unable to speak. After their son was born, Elizabeth named her son John. Zechariah confirmed his wife's choice, and his ability to speak was restored. In response he sang the Benedictus, a magnificent summary of God's promises in the Old Testament and a prediction of John's work as forerunner to Jesus (Luke 1:68–79). Zechariah and Elizabeth are remembered as examples of faithfulness and piety.
[From "Commemorations Biographies," Lutheran Service Book, LCMS Commission on Worship]
Post from Concordia Theology » One
A thoughtful post entitled "One" from Professor Jeff Kloha at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis raises some interesting questions. "But what if Acts 2 was not really about stuff we should try to copy? What if this Word was not given as a mere model for us to try — and fail — to emulate? What if Luke is writing down Pentecost to show us who we are (have been made) in Christ?"
These questions identify one of the key issues facing the church today — we are so busy trying to "do" church, reinvent it so that we can "get people saved" that we forget to BE who we "ARE" and who we have been created to be in Christ. In fact, in many cases I do not think that local churches know who we are or are supposed to be. We fall too easily into the trap of measuring success on the basis of objective standards and corporate metrics and are led into a spiritual blindness that cannot see who we are and what we are to be not what example to follow, model to implement or what we are to do. The doing comes from being creatures of the Creator, sons and daughters of the King, unite in the ONE body of Christ.
We all have a different idea of which example to follow, which standard to use, and how to measure what success looks like in the church. In doing so we try to make church appealing to the masses of unchurched folks, because, after all, that is what "doing church" is. In trying to appeal to the culture, we succumb to the post-modern mind-set of truth being relative, and the right way of "doing church" is what I or the individual local congregation say it is. Rather than trusting in the Word of God and receiving the blessings of forgiveness and the Sacraments in faith, and being who we are created to be, we would rather reinvent the Body to appeal to our conception of what it ought to be. It is real easy then to dismiss those who do not agree as foolish, divisive, heretical and just plain wrong. Butt then again, the Glory Story is generally the one we favor, rather than the bloody mess of the deadly, life-giving Cross that re-forms us and restores us fully to the Creatures we are. If we are truly sons and daughters of the King of Kings, of the Triune God, shouldn't we be sons and daughters?
Fifteen Minutes That Changed the World: Thoughts on the Festival of the Reformation, October 31
From Paul T. McCain over at Cyberbrethren.com. The following is a reprint of an article that he wrote a few years ago on Luther's posting of the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Church, an act which change the very course of history, and shook western civilization from top to bottom. From the very beginning, Luther sought a forum in which to debate and discuss the teaching and practice of the church on penance and indulgences. Time and again he was refused. Yet the Word of God would not be contained. It continued to work when and where He willed, and the course of civilization and the life of the church was changed forever. For good or ill, we are the heirs of the Reformation. We bear the responsibility and the charge for carrying forward the Gospel of salvation by Grace through Faith for the sake of Christ alone to the next generation. Lord make us worthy to stand with those who have gone before us. Fifteen Minutes That Changed the World: Thoughts on the Festival of the Reformation, October 31.
Holy Cross Day
Today the church celebrates the Feast of the Holy Cross. Many churches will hold services on this feast day which commemorates the legend of the finding of the "true cross" of Christ by Helena, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great nearly 300 years after our Lord's ascension.
"One of the earliest annual celebrations of the Church, Holy Cross Day traditionally commemorated the discovery of the original cross of Jesus on September 14, 320, in Jerusalem. The cross was found by Helena, mother of Roman Emperor, Constantine the Great. In conjunction with the dedication of a basilica at the site of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection, the festival day was made official by order of Constantine in AD 335. A devout Christian, Helena had helped locate and authenticate many sites related to the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Jesus throughout biblical lands. Holy Cross Day has remained popular in both Eastern and Western Christianity. Many Lutheran parishes have chosen to use "Holy Cross" as the name of their congregation." The Treasury of Daily Prayer, CPH, pp. 721-722.
Whether the story of Helena's discovery is fact or fiction, or fact mixed with fiction, the fact does remain that our lives are lived under the cross of Christ. And while no fragment of the true cross on which Christ was crucified remains today, the Cross is a reality in the life of every believer as we live our lives under the Cross.
Commemoration of Zechariah and Elizabeth
Today is the remembrance of Zachariah and Elizabeth, father and mother of John the Baptist who was remembered last Sunday. As saints are remembered and Feast days are celebrated in the church, they will be noted here. From the "Commemorations Biographies," Lutheran Service Book, LCMS Commission on Worship:
Zachariah and Elizabeth were "righteous before God, living blamelessly according to all the commandments and regulations of the Lord" (Luke 1:6). Zechariah, a priest in the Jerusalem temple, was greeted by the angel Gabriel, who announced that Zechariah and Elizabeth would become parents of a son. Initially Zechariah did not believe Gabriel's announcement because of their old age. For his disbelief Zechariah became unable to speak. After their son was born, Elizabeth named her son John. Zechariah confirmed his wife's choice, and his ability to speak was restored. In response he sang the Benedictus, a magnificent summary of God's promises in the Old Testament and a prediction of John's work as forerunner to Jesus (Luke 1:68–79). Zechariah and Elizabeth are remembered as examples of faithfulness and piety. [From "Commemorations Biographies," Lutheran Service Book, LCMS Commission on Worship]
The Benedictus
Luke 1:68-79
Zachariah, after his speech was restored
Blessed be the Lord God of Israel,
for he has visited and redeemed his people
and has raised up a horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David,
as he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old,
that we should be saved from our enemies
and from the hand of all who hate us;
to show the mercy promised to our fathers
and to remember his holy covenant,
the oath that he swore to our father Abraham,
to grant us that we, being delivered from the hand of our enemies,
might serve him without fear,
in holiness and righteousness before him all our days.
And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High;
for you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,
to give knowledge of salvation to his people
in the forgiveness of their sins,
because of the tender mercy of our God,
whereby the sunrise shall visit us from on high
to give light to those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death,
to guide our feet into the way of peace.


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This was a demo I did for the advent calendar christmasexperiments.com. Create a number of snowballs and put them together to a snowman. The trail is created by drawing into a canvas which is sent into the ground-shader as a height-map. In the vertex shader the vertices is displaced along the y-axis and. In the fragment-shader it is used for bump-mapping. The snow also becomes a bit darker when it's below a threshold height. The shape of the track is defined by the radial gradient used when drawing to the canvas. I like that you can run over the existing tracks and leave a bit of a trail of the current direction. That adds more depths than just a static layer painted on top.
In a earlier version the ball geometry was affected by actually touching the snow, extruding vertices once per rotation if vertex was below the snow. But when it became more focused on creating a snowman, it made more sense to make perfectly round snowballs. I'm not so happy about the material on the snowballs. The UV-wrapping and the spherical texture creates familiar artefacts in the poles, pinching the texture. But there was not enough time to look into this at that time. A procedural approach would have been nice to avoid it. Or not use UV-coordinated, but calculate them in a shader. Like these guys (@thespite, @claudioguglieri, @Sejnulla) who did a nice site about the same time with a much better snow-shader: http://www.snwbx.com/. That shader can also be seen here.
Collision detection is just a simple distance-test between the spheres and the bounding-box.
Try it out here.
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Children and Young People OSC – 2 September
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The Children and Young People Overview and Scrutiny Committee has a busy meeting ahead on Tuesday 2 September, when members will be focusing on a number of important topics.
New contractors for the delivery of Children's Centres
Barnardo's and The Parenting Group will presenting short presentation on their vision for children's centres in Warwickshire, their key priorities, target groups and areas of focus. Changes to the delivery of Children's Centres has been a key focus of the Committee over the past 12 months, following its Select Committee review of the consultation proposals in August 2013. The Committee will be looking for reassurance that the new providers can effectively deliver the Early Years service in the new 'group and collaboration' model and achieve each of the five outcomes that aim to improve the health and well-being of parents and their children.
Super Priority Areas – School Admissions
The Committee will be considering the outcome of its review of the principle and feasibility of implementing SPAs across the urban areas of Warwickshire, with the initial focus on Warwick and Leamington. The Committee first considered the SPA proposal in January 2014 as a potential solution to address the issue of siblings not been granted places at the same school. A Task and Finish Group was set up to examine the proposal in more depth and its findings and recommendations will be presented to the Committee at the meeting.
Shaping draft strategies
At the meeting, the Committee will also be asked to give its views on two draft strategies: a) Vulnerable Learners Strategy; and b) Schools Places Sufficiency Strategy. Considering the draft documents at an earlier stage gives scrutiny members a valuable opportunity to share their views and make recommendations regarding the draft content, before the documents are signed-off by Cabinet.
Other areas for consideration at the meeting include a) the annual performance in respect of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET); b) an update on the Committee's previous requirements in regarding Academies and Free Schools; and c) a verbal update on the planned consultation in respect of Home to School Transport.
Do you want to know more?
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Well just pick up your drinks and CHUG THEM ALL!!!
Okay no, don't do that unless you want to wake up in a random place surrounded by puke. Before I carry on, by now I'm sure you guys must know that I'm not talking about water; instead, the holy juice that is collected from our planets fermented products. This is for the alcoholics out there who just want a good time but end up in the opposite.
Prevention is better than cure, but to prevent we must understand the cause. So what causes nausea and other inconveniences to occur? When toxic substances enter your body, a signal is sent to the brain and that part of the brain sends back signals to remove the toxins in the form of vomiting it out. This process is pretty similar to what happens when we get food poisoning. Mainly, drinking alcohol in terms of amount or concentration causes major dehydration. I know it is odd that consuming more liquid makes you more dehydrated, but this is because alcohol suppresses the release of the hormone vasopressin, which normally replaces the water released by the kidneys back into the body. With the absence of vasopressin, that water is marked for the bladder and eliminated. Another dehydration effect is the inflammation of the stomach lining, which causes diarrhoea. Now that the causes have been stated, the prevention is pretty obvious… HYDRATE YO SELF! Pace your drinks well, with every shot balance it with water or even soft drinks. No, water will not slow down the effect of getting buzzed up (in case you're worried about that). Don't chug down glasses after another thinking that you are not getting buzzed because the effect would always come after a while. Also, you can slow down dehydration by snacking in the middle of your drinks to prevent the acid from building up in your stomach (This is vital for drinkers who has acidity or gas problems). Another few ways you can prevent your self from being nauseous is by sucking on lime or lemon; this will help refresh you. Stay awake! The amount of alcohol in your blood continues to rise even when you're not drinking. That's because alcohol in the digestive system carries on being absorbed into the bloodstream. Too much alcohol in the blood stops the body working properly. It is better to keep your self straight up.
This really doesn't mean that you can't have a wild night and that you won't be able to caption your Instagram pictures as "blurry nights" because trust me, you'd probably still have a blurry night. This simply helps by preventing you from getting a shot at the nearest "kecemasan" to stop your crazy puking (not that I've gone through that :p). So most importantly, learn to enjoy the build-up! That way you won't rush into getting burnt by tequila shots oozing down your throat and also stay alive and well throughout the night and the next day.
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At the moment, drivers have a single direct option to get to South Beach: The Julia Tuttle Causeway. With the Venetian Causeway still days away from reopening after a nine-month closure to fix structural problems, a portion of I-395 between the Palmetto Expressway and the MacArthur Causeway experienced structural problems of its own this morning, leading to its eastbound lanes being temporarily closed.
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Luckily, the overpass' problems are minor. According to Local 10, a bridge joint became loose around 7:40 this morning. At least four cars suffered flat tires, while others had undercarriage and rim damage.
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Why Leaping Rope Is More Efficient Than Crunches For Gaining A Six
The Jillian Michaels 30 Day Shred is a unbelievable, kick-hiney exercise video that will get you sweating and shedding the pounds very quickly. Once you've develop into capable of keep up leaping rope for an entire minute improve the variety of units of rope leaping in your routine while sustaining a consistent rest time from once each 2 minutes to ever 3 or 4 minutes max. Should you build muscle doing workout routines like bicycling , working , swimming, jumping rope , push ups or weightlifting then you possibly can anticipate to appear and feel more like a lean muscular athlete and less like a sofa potato.
WEIGHT REDUCTION TIP #5 It's essential to do greater than cardio train to burn body fats, drop pounds and alter your physique's composition to lean and toned." Your muscle tissues will waste away on those cardio machines if that is all you do. Your body is not going to be toned. We have introduced a novel soar rope coaching system that provides one other layer of effectiveness to your fat loss training: resistance.
Past calorie burning, cardiovascular exercises like jumping rope might assist burn the visceral fat that surrounds your inner organs, and which causes your waistline to develop. Use these instruments to assist in the toning muscles and the strengthening of your arms, legs and core. You get to a degree the place losing a few pounds could be unhealthy on your well being and make you look worse however you might be still fat or nonetheless feel fat.
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Before the winter hits in Mooresville, North Carolina, our technicians at Island Point H.V.A.C. Services INC. can analyze and assess your heating system to look for any potential problems that could impact its ability to keep your home warm and comfortable. We are a full-service HVAC company with technicians who have a lot of experience with repair and installation of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems. Our local company is family oriented, and we will provide excellent service while we are in your home. Customer service is our top priority, so we will do whatever it takes to make sure you are happy with the work we provide on your system.
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No! not THAT Bacon... although I do love him... *SWOON*
This BACON:
So today I'm sharing three of my favorite Bacon Recipes with you... enjoy!
Endive Spears with Sweet Potato and Bacon
Serves 8-10
• 3 slices bacon, thinly sliced crosswise
• 1 small sweet potato, peeled and cut into 1/4-inch dice (about 1-1/2 cups)• Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 3 Tbs. thinly sliced fresh chives
• 2 medium heads Belgian endive
• 1/4 cup sour cream (optional)
1. Cook the bacon in a 10-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat until it has rendered some of its fat, about 3 minutes.
2. Add the sweet potato and 1/4 tsp. each salt and pepper. Cook, stirring, until the sweet potato is tender and the bacon starts to crisp, 6 to 8 minutes. Stir in 2 Tbs. of the chives and season with more salt and pepper to taste. Let cool for a couple of minutes.
3. Slice the bottom 1/2 inch off the endives so some of the outer leaves break free. Cut another 1/2 inch off and break some more leaves free. Keep going until all the larger leaves are free. (You should have about 20.) If you like, trim the leaves so they're all the same length. Save the remaining endive for a salad.
4. Set the endive leaves on a large platter. Spoon the sweet potato mixture near the base of the leaves. Top each with a dollop of the sour cream and then sprinkle with the remaining chives.
5. Serve immediately or let sit for up to 20 minutes before serving.
Bacon-and-Tomato Guacamole
Serves 6
• 5 Strips medium-thick bacon
• 3 medium-large Ripe avocados, cut in half and pitted
• Half a medium white onion, chopped• 3 tbsp. Jalapeños, finely chopped (from the jar is fine!)
• 1 medium-large Round ripe tomato, cored and chopped
• 1/4 cup (loosely packed) Fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped
• Sea Salt, to taste
• 1 to 2 tbsp. Fresh lime juice
1. In a large (10-inch) skillet, cook the bacon in a single layer over medium heat, turning occasionally, until crisp and browned, about 10 minutes. Drain on paper towels, crumble coarsely and set aside.
2. Scoop the avocado flesh into a large bowl. Using a potato masher or a large fork or spoon, mash into a coarse purée. Add about two-thirds of the bacon, along with the onion, chipotle chile, tomato and cilantro (save a little cilantro for garnish if you wish). Stir gently to combine.
3. Taste and season with salt, usually about half a teaspoon, and enough lime juice to add a little sparkle, 1 to 2 tablespoons. Cover with plastic wrap directly on the surface of the guacamole and refrigerate. To serve, scoop the guacamole into a serving dish and sprinkle with the remaining bacon (and cilantro if desired).
Bacon Wrapped Dates
Makes 25-30 dates
• 1 16-ounce package of bacon (regular thickness-not thick cut), cut into thirds
• 1 8-ounce package of pitted dates
1. Preheat the oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
2. Position oven rack in the center of the oven.
3. Cover a cookie sheet with tin foil.
4. Wrap a piece of bacon around a date.
5. Make sure the bacon seam is placed facing downwards on the cookie sheet.
6. Press firmly on the bacon wrapped date, so it is less likely to unravel.
7. Repeat until all of the dates are wrapped in bacon.
8. Bake for 20-25 minutes until crisp.
9. Let cool for 10-15 minutes before serving.


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Entering the town limits of Rehoboth is a nod to the past because here small town living is embodied - but with a big city punch. Every time you step out for a drink, a meal or some music you will find yourself met with familiar faces and warm greetings.
No longer just a place for those seeking a summer retreat, our resort community now offers an assortment of fun-filled activities all year-round. From Jazz Fest, the Sea Witch Parade and the nationally recognized Punkin' Chunkin' in the fall to great holiday shopping, the film festival and Mardi Gras celebrations in the winter, you will find yourself with something to do every weekend (and that's just when it's too cold to go to the beach)!
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As the temperature heats up, so does the amenity-rich lifestyle. In the spring and summer months, residents and visitors alike enjoy the obvious merits of living near the water. It's also the time to take advantage of great hiking, biking and camping in the Cape Henlopen State Park, leisurely strolls on the boardwalk, tax-free shopping throughout a surplus of downtown boutiques and gourmet dining that rivals any metropolitan hot spot. It's a place for families to reunite, friendships to celebrate and relationships to rekindle. A place where traditions are born and memories are forged.
Simply put, life at the beach is a day at the beach
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Mr. 1000: Manager George Tsamis Reaches Historic Milestone In Saints 6-5 Come From Behind VictoryST. PAUL, MN June 12, 2018
On June 12, 2018 George Tsamis officially joined the rare company that only four other Independent League managers have achieved. He joined Butch Hobson (currently with the Chicago Dogs), Doug Simunic (formerly with the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks), Greg Tagert (currently with the Gary SouthShore Railcats), and Sparky Lyle (formerly of the Somerset Patriots) as the only Independent League managers to reach 1,000 wins. The Saints came from behind and scored two runs in the eighth to defeat the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks 6-5 on Tuesday night at CHS Field in front of 7,818.
With the Saints trailing 5-3 in the seventh Josh Allen drilled his second home run of the night, a solo shot to left, and his fourth of the season, to get the Saints within a run. He extended his hitting streak to 13 games by going 2-4 with a career tying high two home runs, three RBI and two runs scored.
The Saints were able to do what they couldn't do on Monday, come back from a 5-4 deficit in the eighth. Dante Bichette Jr. led off with a double to right. Jayce Boyd then sent one deep to right that just went over a leaping Tim Colwell for a double. Bichette Jr. had to hold up to make sure Colwell didn't catch it and advanced to third. The RedHawks then brought in left-hander Anthony Pacillo to face the lefty Kes Carter and Carter drew a walk to load the bases. Justin O'Conner then lifted a fly ball to right that scored Bichette Jr. from third and advanced pinch runner Richard Prigatano to third as the Saints tied the game at five. Reliever Jose Nivar took over and after Carter stole second, JJ Gould lined a single into center scoring Prigatano to give the Saints the one run lead.
In the ninth closer Tom Wilhelmsen took over, but gave up a leadoff single to Keury De La Cruz. Leobaldo Pina hit a tapper in front of the plate and the ball hit him as he ran out of the batters box, forcing Pina and sending De La Cruz back to first. O'Conner, who had tried to back pick a number of runners this season, finally had it pay off when he threw behind De La Cruz, who strayed too far off the bag at first, to get the second out of the inning. The final out, the one that got George Tsamis win number 1000 in his career, was a broken bat grounder by Tim Colwell to the second baseman Allen. Tsamis was immediately congratulated by his pitching coach Kerry Ligtenberg and hitting coach Ole Sheldon and received an ice water dousing from his team.
The win for Tsamis was his 67th over the RedHawks, the third most wins over any team in his career. He has defeated the Sioux Falls Canaries 127 times and the Sioux City Explorers 116 times.
Tsamis recorded his first victory as a manager with the Waterbury Spirits in 1999 and won 76 games with them in two seasons. He added 107 wins with the New Jersey Jackals in 2001 and 2002, both championship years. The win on Tuesday night was number 817 in his Saints career.
The same two teams meet in the finale of the three-game series on Wednesday afternoon at 1:05 p.m. The Saints send RHP Matt Solter (1-1, 1.40) to the mound against RedHawks LHP Sebastian Kessay (1-1, 2.57). It is a celebration of Mr. Rogers presented by Talecris Plasma. The game can be seen on the Saints Cable Network, cable access channels in and around the Twin Cities area, and heard on Alt 93.3 FM.


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If you have been at the patriot game over the past several years or longer, you will have witnessed human nature at some of its peacetime worst.
"Con artist!"
"Jew lover!"
et cetera ad nauseum.
Nor do I expect behavior to improve as the noose tightens.
I, too, have poured fuel on such fires from time to time.
But think, for a moment, on what kind of support will be needed as "cold" statism morphs into "hot" tyranny in the coming days, weeks, months, and years.
In the end, does a fleeing freedom fighter really give a tinker's damn about the politics of one who sincerely offers aid, refuge, and assistance?
In the end, every reader of this blog is going to need a lot more help in being an effective Resistance fighter than you have now.
As you go forward, think of all of the people, now unknown to you, who are sympathetic to your cause and who will lend you support.
– The old lady in the pew ahead of you in church on Sunday.
– The Goth chick with the tattoos, piercings, and adolescent bad attitude who just wants everyone to leave her the eff alone.
– The Fed whose politics have evolved along the same lines that your views deepened and matured over time.
– The single mom who senses that no matter what she does, her kids are going to be slaves.
– The nerdy teenage boy who spends countless hours online reading about the coming catastrophe.
– The crippled old man with the drawer full of unpapered pistols.
– The secretary inside the local stooge palace who knows what kind of people her bosses are.
– The college professor who can point to the stooges on his campus.
– The cousin who doesn't really understand politics but who lives the creed that "blood counts".
Note that I am not saying to throw all OPSEC/COMSEC issues to the wind.
Be prudent always.
But what I am urging is that as times become ever more serious, put aside the childish insults and personal vendettas.
Think hard about the 20 Questions and their kin.
Be honest with yourself about what you will need to survive (or to be operationally effective, if survival is not on your list), and how far you really are from that goal.
Build your networks.
Know your neighbors – for good and for bad.
Understand that there are hundreds of thousands of allies who can be educated and recruited to help you resist tyranny.
And if someone chooses a different path of resistance than the one you have selected, wish them luck rather than cursing them.
They may even be right.
Prepare for a very long and very hard war.
You already have more than enough enemies.
And more are on the way.
Try to avoid making more by your imprudent words and deeds.
And I will try to do the same.
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UB's Community for Global Health Equity (CGHE) has announced the winning research teams from its inaugural Ideas Lab workshop — "Seeding Food Equity for Global Health" (FEIL) — which was held in late January.
The goal of the FEIL was to facilitate and amplify transdisciplinary research among UB artists, scholars and scientists to promote food equity among farming communities in the Global South — Africa, Central and Latin America, and most of Asia. Fourteen faculty members and four PhD candidates were selected from a competitive pool of applicants to become Food Equity Fellows.
The selected fellows represent a breadth of cross-disciplinary knowledge and experience, ranging from education to behavioral economics, communication to computer science, and urban planning to mathematics. Fellows were not required to have pre-existing knowledge about food systems, simply an interest in exploring cross-disciplinary collaboration to address global health inequities.
The "Seeding Food Equity Ideas Lab" was modeled after workshops designed by KnowInnovation Inc., a creativity facilitation firm. Ideas Labs (IL) are active, creative workshops during which participants develop innovative and novel research ideas that cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries.
During an IL, academics and professionals gather to articulate, explore and address a problem that may be outside their own fields of study or work. Teams of participants bring their unique disciplinary knowledge to develop novel solutions in response to complex problems. CGHE's Food Equity Ideas Lab was the first Ideas Lab of its kind at UB.
For three days, fellows worked in teams to craft research proposals to address the lack of food equity among small-scale farmers in the Global South. Fellows were asked to focus on multidisciplinary strategies — rather than narrow approaches in their individual fields — to create innovative ways to address the workshop call.
In order to facilitate fellows' rapid understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing small farmers in the Global South, several guest speakers spoke and supported teams throughout the workshop.
Biraj Patnaik of Amnesty International, formerly an adviser to the Commissioners on the Right to Food in India; Dimitris Herrera Hernández from Cornell University; and Marielle Dubbeling from the Resource Center for Urban Agriculture and Forestry Foundation provided country-specific context and presented case studies of farmer experiences.
Over the course of the workshop, teams continuously formed and diverged as fellows challenged themselves to collaborate with colleagues from unfamiliar disciplinary perspectives as they strove to create innovative research ideas. Teams were required to comprise at least three different disciplines, therefore facilitating cross-disciplinary conversation.
Two teams of faculty fellows were awarded funding from the UB Community for Global Health Equity.
One team, focused on ready-to-scale technological innovations, is testing the feasibility of using Google Street View data to map current and potential land use opportunities for agricultural production, starting in Thailand.
Team members include So Ra Baek, assistant professor, Department of Urban and Regional Planning; Martha Bohm, professor, Department of Architecture; John Ringland, associate professor, Department of Mathematics, College of Arts and Sciences (CAS); Wenyao Xu, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, School of Engineering and Applied Sciences; and Wit Wichaidit, PhD candidate, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health, School of Public Health and Health Professions (SPHHP).
The second team, focused on the Dominican Republic, will examine the "double burden" that middle-income countries face as undernourishment declines, yet malnutrition and obesity increase. The team will study how farmers' participation in the local, national and global supply chains influences nutritional and health outcomes.
Team members include Jessica Cao, assistant professor, Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health; Jaume Franquesa, assistant professor, Department of Anthropology, CAS; Lucia Leone, assistant professor, Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, SPHHP; Laura Mangan, coordinator, Civic Engagement and Public Policy Research Initiative; Sarah Robert, associate professor, Graduate School of Education; Leo Wang, professor, Department of Geography; Marion Werner, associate professor, Department of Geography; and Jessica Gilbert and Xinghe Liu, PhD candidates, Department of Geography.
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We have had a busy and wonderful start to the new school year! We've been so busy that this is my very first post for 2017.
The Year began with our 'Positive Start Program', setting up our routines, exploring new goals, developing our learning behaviours, investigating our anti-bullying policies and more.
A big part of our year in 4A will be using our iPads and creating a responsible and positive digital footprint.
We are proud of our classroom and thinks it will make a great learning space for us for the year ahead. Take a look through the photos below and you will some of the work we have on display already.


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Hi Kiwis!
This time i bring you with me in Portorož, a little sea village in the small but wonderful Slovenia.
I have got multiple times the occasion to travel through Slovenia with my family and see its wonderful landscapes and aperceive the cultural differences that there are from north to south also if people wouldn't believe it exists in such a tiny nation. Slovenia isn't a global known touristic land but offer more than what you can think and expect, you can find all what you wish for: mountains, valley, sea, lakes, warm and cold weather, palms and pine trees, isn't that unbelievable?? 🙂
Well, it was unbelievable for me too before I saw it with my eyes!


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If you don't want to or aren't in a position to own your own home at this time, don't worry – we've got an option for you too!
Our high-quality homes aren't just for homeowners – we have a selection of well-managed rental properties available for rent, all offered at an affordable market rate.
One of our largest and most popular rental development is [insert development name], a high-end apartment building in the desirable Liverpool ONE complex. These city centre apartments in the heart of Liverpool offer a stylish, modern place to live, with a first-class service as standard including a 24-hour repair line, a dedicated Housing Officer, and your choice of furniture.


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About our Area
"Find your peace in the mountains of Cherokee County, North Carolina"
Welcome to Cherokee County, a special place in the southwestern corner of North Carolina where the forested mountains touch the sky, the lakes sparkle, the air is crisp and clean, and the charm of small town America still exists.
Cherokee County is a place where you and your family can enjoy your "peace" of the mountains - filling your time with fun, beauty, recreation, and rest while you enjoy peace of mind and a renewed spirit.
Murphy, Andrews and other townships in the county offer holiday festivities and are surrounded by great fishing, golf, whitewater adventures, hiking, horseback riding and a host of other activities necessary to round out any mountain vacation adventure.
Aside from the endless scenic and recreational opportunities, Cherokee County offers theaters, antique shops, craft shows, flea markets and festivals. You will find plenty of restaurants, accommodations, recreational activities, churches, shopping and historical points of interest for you and your family to enjoy.
Fairs, festivals, and other special events often take center stage in the county. America's oldest wagon train is the highlight of the Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration in Andrews. As autumn colors arrive, the National Appalachian Jeep Jamboree in Murphy, and the Antique Car Show in Andrews are popular events.
From its eastern edge to its western border, Cherokee County features a delightful mix of tradition and history.
From the Cherokee County Chamber of Commerce
Murphy, NC History
The town of Murphy was founded in 1835. On this date the first post office was opened under the name of Huntington, with Col. H.R.S. Hunter the first Postmaster. Huntington later became Murphy, named after Archibald D. Murphey.
In 1839, Cherokee County was formed from a portion of neighboring Macon County. In 1851, Murphy was incorporated as the county seat of Cherokee County.
Prior to 1839, Cherokee County and the surrounding area was home to the Cherokee Indian Nation. In 1839, the Cherokee were moved to Oklahoma over the infamous Trail of Tears. The Trail of Tears followed a pathway out of town that is now Lakeside Drive.
Retiring in Murphy, NC
Murphy and the surrounding area in extreme southwestern North Carolina is a great place for a second home or retirement. The town is small and quaint (about 1600 people) and is the county seat of Cherokee County. There are several good restaurants and many shops. Downtown is beautiful, with tree lined streets and many historic buildings restored to their original state.
The climate is mild and the scenery is breathtaking with mountains, lakes (several large ones like Lake Hiwassee), and streams. The people are very friendly and the community is small and tight-knit.
Murphy is very close to John C. Campbell Folk School, and is in a unique location in southwestern North Carolina. Thanks to NC's strange shape, Murphy is is closer to the capitals of six other states (Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, South Carolina, Kentucky, and West Virginia) than it is to Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina. Nantahala National Forest is right on the edge of Murphy.


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Anas Bukhash is a leading Emirati entrepreneur. He is the co-founder of Ahdaaf Sports Club, KOI Ride, and the founder and Managing Director of Bukhash Brothers. A seasoned professional with over 12 years experience in various corporate sectors. He possesses strong qualities for entrepreneurship and business leadership. In addition, he gives motivational talks on entrepreneurship at several UAE universities and organizations. Anas is also a Board Member of the Dubai Sports Council.
His digital profile engages his followers in conversation through his questions, and features his lifestyle and interests like sports and travel.
Anas is also a Brand Ambassador for Jaguar and has collaborated with international brands such as Nike, Gucci, Samsung, Pepsi and Villebrequin.
Anas Bukhash:
1- Could you describe yourself in Few words?
I think humans are many things; never one. But in a nutshell I'm mainly known as an entrepreneur, motivational speaker, and influencer.
2- As an entrepreneur, Motivational speaker and a Photographer, could you please share with us the One Tip that would let you manage the three aspects of your life successfully?
Passion is definitely a common denominator. I do what I love and what I'm really good at. That's the combination you need to do well at something. Combine those two things and you'll be ok.
3- As an Influencer, could you share with us the website that you visit every morning and that inspires you?
My inbox haha.
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4- As a motivational speaker, what is the Media Campaign that interested you during the latest months?
I recently gave a few lectures in different events during Innovation Week. I was glad to see so many different activations and events taking place surrounding the aspect of innovation in its various forms and contexts.
Anas Bukhash:
5- Based on this Description, how do you relate to the Mayshad Woman philosophy?
"To Be a Mayshad Woman, is a Choice a Woman makes to live a stimulated life with a positive Philosophy based on Gratitude, Acceptance and Accomplishment, in order to Be Who She Wants to Be.
She handles different Aspects of her Life with Confidence, and makes sure to always remain Herself, guarding her own values."
I believe a person, whether male or female, has to truly strive to be true to themselves. Surprisingly, it seems for many, it has become a difficult thing to do in today's world. With all the «expectations» and peer pressure societies around the world place on each gender to fit within what it is safe and sound, and people tend to forget their individuality and uniqueness. That's why, I put a lot of focus on respecting each person's individuality, and uniqueness and pushing them to celebrate it, rather than shy away from it.
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A fascination to essay messiah roles hasn't augured well for T-town actors, as their movies have failed to recover the huge investments and have cost the producer a lot of money. Even having superstars like Chiranjeevi, Rajinikanth, Mahesh Babu, Jr NTR and Allu Arjun has not been enough to save the movies and these flops have raised doubts about the commercial viability of such roles in T-town.
Allu Arjun had great opening collections for Badrinath. However, though he was impressive as a sword-wielding warrior and gave a fiery performance, the contrived plot did not sit well with the audience and the collections are already dipping.
Recently, reigning star Jr NTR also dabbled in a similar movie and burnt his hands. He essayed the role of a "protector" of the sacred Shakti Peetam situated in Hampi, but the plot went awry and audiences gave it a thumbs down. It cost the producer a lot of money. "It was not just the messiah role, many other things did not jell with the storyline," says Ileana, Jr NTR's co-star in Shakti. Then there was Mahesh Babu's Mahesh Khaleja, which also drew initial crowds but couldn't sustain it. "Expectations are a big issue, every fan imagines how the story is going to go and when it doesn't go that way, then there is a problem," reasons Mahesh Babu.
The same story holds true for Rajinikanth's role in Baba and Venkatesh's Deviputrudu. Ace producer M.S. Raju defends Deviputrudu, saying, "I couldn't do proper justice to Deviputrudu as there were a few glitches and I had to rush to finish it," he reasons. Even superstar Chiranjeevi did not succeed with his much-hyped Anji. Director Kodi Ramakrishna says, "Attempting films with a devotional touch is a daunting task. To not upset religious sentiments and to make the characters believable demands a fine balancing act."


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Something good to gift as party favours, too!!!!!
This is the main reasoning behind my mini clown faces, that are not very detailed in embellishments, but you can easily understand what they are….. or not????? ;oD
You will need :
- some white (clown face) and colourful (clown hair) yarn
- a hook
- a pair of scissors
- a yarn needle
- some pom poms
- craft glue
- brooch backs
- thread and needle to sew pins
- some cord and baker's twine
As usual, I'll use US crochet terms to explain my work!
To start, you have to collect your hook and the white yarn : we are going to crochet the face of the clown!
Make a slip knot, chain 4 and insert the hook in the first chain done, to form a ring.
( You can find a detailed photo tutorial HERE, if you need one!)
Now, chain 3 and crochet 11 double crochets into the ring.
Just before the "fasten off", you'll have something like this …
To close your round, insert the hook in the top of your first "chain 3", pull the yarn and fasten off.
After trimming in the ends, pick a new colour for the hair and make a slip knot on the hook with it
and insert the hook in the top of any stitch. Make a single crochet, chain 2 and make a double crochet in the same stitch …
You need to work 2 double crochets in each of the following 5 stitches, so that you will have 6 couples of DCs …
Trim in the ends …
…. and with the help of some glue, attach a pom pom, in the middle of the clown face, as a nose …
Easily done, right ???
What to do with these mini clown faces?
Well, you can use them as pendants on very basic necklaces …
I collected a piece of red cord and a piece of matching baker's twine (both long 1mt) and two beads.
I knotted them together in the back and voila' ….
If you prefer, you can have a little brooch instead ….
…. just sew a brooch pin on the back of your clown and wear it …
….. maybe there are different things in your mind, as little garlands, cards, hair clips, bracelets, cake toppers, or ….. ?????? ;oD
HAVE FUN and let me know what are you going to do with them!!!!! THANK YOU !!!!
xxxx Alessandra
Today Link Parties : Link your Stuff ! and Craft Schooling Sunday !!!!! See you there, too!!!
My Ravelry Notes can be found HERE !!!
My Ravelry Notes can be found HERE !!!


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Mayor Martin J. Walsh is alerting Boston's green thumbs that they have until Wednesday, July 11, to register for the annual "Mayor's Garden Contest" presented by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department with a grand prize provided by JetBlue and media support provided by the Boston Herald.
Yours truly fondly remembers the many years when I was honored to be a judge in the late Mayor Thomas Menino's garden contests. I met so many wonderful people and always learned so much.
Now in its 22nd year, the contest recognizes gardeners who have landscaped, planted flowers, trees, and shrubs, and, in the process, helped beautify Boston's neighborhoods.
Gardeners, or those nominating their favorite gardeners, may find printable and online nomination forms at www.boston.gov/mayors-garden-contest.
First place winners will receive the coveted "Golden Trowel" award from Mayor Walsh and prize packages from the Parks Department, Mahoney's Garden Centers, and other sponsors at an awards ceremony to be held in mid-August in the Public Garden.
First place winners in this year's contest will also be entered into a drawing for a JetBlue Grand Prize consisting of roundtrip flights for two to any nonstop destination from Boston. Terms, conditions, and blackout dates apply.
Gardeners who have won three or more times in the last ten years will be automatically entered into the "Hall of Fame" and will be recognized at the awards ceremony. These distinguished Hall-of-Famers will be ineligible to enter as contestants but are welcome to return as judges.
To enter the contest, apply online at www.boston.gov/mayors-garden-contest or pick up entry forms at Boston City Hall, Boston Community Centers, or Boston Public Library branches.
For more information, call 617-635-4505.
Best Wishes to all!


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For thirteen years I worked for a large Clock Shop in the Cotswolds, gaining vast knowledge in the restoration of clocks, barometers and furniture. During this time I attended a "Painted Dial Restoration" course at the British Horological Institute (BHI) where I gained certification for restoring these dials and have been doing so for over 10 years now.
In 2011 I set up my own Restoration Company working for both trade and private clients providing restoration of clocks, barometers, furniture and dials.
Please feel free to view my Gallery to view my works from start to finish or indeed contact me directly if you have any requirements you wish to discuss.


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2691days since Start of School Year
On Wesnesday, September 10, the Shapleigh School Green Team returned to Greenlaw Gardens, a Kittery family farm, to finish a project they started three months ago. Last June, a group of Green Teamers gathered at the nearby farm to plant a row of potatoes. The group was planting potatoes to be served up in Kittery schools' cafeterias. Under a blue September sky, 10 students listened as Farmer Rick Greenlaw explained how the potatoes they had planted had turned from a small potato slice into the small piles of potatoes growing underground. Then, excitedly, they set out digging for the buried roots. It felt like a scavenger hunt, but one that required everyone to get dirty from fingernails to elbows. What interested many students most was how differently sized and strangely shaped the potatoes were. Some had more appendages than an octopus. Making the experience even richer was a visit from a Portsmouth Herald reporter and photographer! They shared about their interest in helping the planet.The team finished their afternoon with a tour of Greenlaw Gardens. The vegetable farm is located on the Johnson Family Farm on Route 101, about a mile from Shapleigh School. The Shapleigh Green Team, led by Jen Thayer, has many more upcoming plans to youth learn about issues of sustainability.Article written by Allison UrbanekClick here to read the article that appeared on the front page of the Portsmouth Herald on Saturday September 13, and also see video of the trip to Greenlaw Gardens.
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Living in a Biodiversity-Hotspot
In a What? In an area that is characterized by a significant diversity of species threatened by various influencing negative factors. A Biodiversity-Hotspot. The disturbance of the biological balance are mostly caused by a single species: The Homo Sapiens, as we are commonly called. That there are conflicting interests in a region where on an average thousand people settle per square kilometre is understandable. Some species manage to remain in awareness. Bengal's pride, the Royal Tiger, frequently makes it into the media. After all it is the heraldic animal of India. And for tourists it even is part of the adventure that during the safari it is prohibited to descend from the jeep due to the danger of an attack. Tiger attacks on tourists are rare, elephants and rhinos are much bigger a threat. But many people live on the fringes of forest areas and the settlement areas are cutting deeper and deeper into the wildlife migration routes. Thus beastly visits are daily routine in many villages. And fights "eye to eye" are not a rare happening – fear has its own rules.
But biodiversity doesn't run out on the prominent flagship species. They are counting only for a evanescent part. In our place biodiversity can be experienced regularly in and around the house. The beginning of spring is the time of the dragon flies. Not the nice colourful ones that I remember from my childhood but rather dreary ones. They assemble in the evening around the sources of light – a thousandfold. Since it is advisable to keep shut the mouth during the homeward bicycle ride and the doors and windows of the house. Against the mosquitos besides the nettings on the windows and over the bed chemical appliances are quite striking. Whether electrical evaporators for the power soccet or as a creme for application on the skin, everything is better than being stung. And it helps: The anti-itching ointment tube is still firmly filled. Two colleagues report that in former times it had been much extremer. And not only in terms of midgets, generally less beasts roam around. In that sense we are lucky – somehow.
In Darjeeling I am part of a programme that has committed itself to the protection of the Himalayan Salamander. That creatures environs – small ponts and pools – is also shrinking. Canalisation relocates waterways and in a dried up pont bugs and vermins won't breed – resulting in less amount of pricks. Thus the cute Salamander is not only losing its environ but its nutrition as well. This fate it shares with several other critters that are feeding on insects. And consequently the birds have to fly few extra rounds before they get something in their beaks. The little predators have to search a little longer before they spot a tasty winged animals. And the Tigers prowl a few extra kilometres to encounter prey. But – at least they have less stings.
Frankly – who hasn't yet complained when in the room during the night to many and to disgusting visitors have been guests. Ants, cockroaches, centipedes. Especially in remote areas, often destinations of wildlife holidays, such room mates are not a rarety. The customer is king and which hotelier wouldn't – hurt in his pride – diligently care for a bit more "privacy" inside its premises. And thus the guest will be service mindedly given besides the mosquito net a chemical weapon or the staff is trained in the use of it. How else can a guest well rested after a peaceful night go on a safari. Without prick, like the Tiger. That the latter is spotted ever more rarely increases the exclusivity of the holiday pleasure. And if one day the noble great cat cannot be spotted anymore at all the animal lover can shift to an alternative programme: In Vienna every year the fireflies are counted. Also an endangered species. But how I now can credibly communicate my rapturousness for butterflies, I'm still at loss with.


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Air date: Thurs., Oct. 19, 11:30 pm
The Jeans Maker
Eric Yelsma has been drawn to sewing since a teenager. Now his shop makes jeans from American sourced, sustainable fabric that is constructed and sold in Detroit. Host Eric Gorges gets to stitching, confirming threads do make the man.
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