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Happy Saturday everyone. I'm up late and can't sleep so it seemed like the right time to edit and post these photos of our bedroom I took earlier in the week. We switched the bed and dressers to opposite walls and I like it much better this way, wish we had done it sooner actually.
Also, I keep thinking of getting a different bed. The Malm is nice because I can tuck our blankets into the sides really quickly but having a nice simple mattress with legs and no headboard sounds nice as well...but I can't decide.
Since we moved the bed around I took down the pipe shelf I made and the little wall mounted lights we had above the bed and have been using my light strand for a night light. Unfortunately that leaves the husband without a light for reading on his side (which he hates) so the DHS block lamp is improvising for the time being. I need to figure out some sort of lighting solution for him, so far my only thought is to put a larger table in place of the componibili and set a table lamp on top.
I should also mention the card hanging above the bed is from Julie Joliat, I love this set of cards she makes. The throw pillows are from West Elm, their woven texture is great but still soft. I covered our headboard with some black contact paper, it stays on well but won't damage anything when I peel it off. And lastly, that lovely yawning lady is from Sandra Juto.
Enjoy your weekend.
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this is beyond gorgeousReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2013
Wow, looks amazing and so stylish ... just wondering where you have all your stuff. It looks so organised ...ReplyDelete
!!! Where is that clothes rack from? It's exactly what I've been looking forReplyDelete
Love your bedroom. How about a lamp that is mounted to the wall and doesn't need to be wired in?ReplyDelete
Your bedroom is so perfect Jennifer!ReplyDelete
Wonderful photos. By the way, I have seen the black electric garland on many blogs. Would you know the brand and where I could get hold of one ? ThanksReplyDelete
Oh, once again your photos are so beautiful!ReplyDelete
That block lamp is pretty cool!ReplyDelete
i have that clothing rack from ikea! it is quite sturdy!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJanuary 12, 2013
Beautiful! Love the little throw rug. Where did you get that?ReplyDelete
What's not to like?ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful room!ReplyDelete
We've just upgraded from the Ikea Malm to the Ikea Mandal bed. You have the option to not buy the headboard, and it's a great height, and adds some much needed storage space for us with four discreet drawers under the bed. I've seen lots of ikea hacks online too, with a simple sand and repaint to customise it for yourselves, and people easily replacing the drawer fronts with other woods etc too.
Could be a good match for you!
Love the blog!
Your bedroom has to be one of the most amazing ones I've ever seen. So clean, but not at all sterile. Too pretty for words. xReplyDelete
Kartell sidetable is my fav!ReplyDelete
i wish my room looked like yours!ReplyDelete
your house is SO cool!ReplyDelete
Absolutely stunning!ReplyDelete
Wonderful! Love it! AnnieReplyDelete
I´m really in love with your shelf! Is there any online Store where i can get those "rods" ?
looks super nice. where did you get that string with those lights?ReplyDelete
what is that you have growing there?ReplyDelete
Krásný pokoj!<3ReplyDelete
Amazing! :-)ReplyDelete
WOW, this is a D-R-E-A-M!ReplyDelete
Hi. I want to paint my bedroom this color! could you tell me what color is it? Thank you!ReplyDelete
I love your bedroom, conglaturations is amazing!! I want to make you a question, wich is the brand of the nightstand?ReplyDelete
Hi there!ReplyDelete
Love this post and the styling is lovely! Where is the matt black clothes rack from?
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While the world glued itself to its iPad Mini press conference and complained that being an early adopter isn't what it used to be, a Texas company filed a patent infringement complaint against Cupertino over Siri.
Dynamic Advances alleges patents from the venerable Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York – to which it holds licenses – are infringed by Siri.
At issue is US Patent 7,177,798, issued in 2007 to two individuals working at Rensselaer, Cheng Hsu (a professor at the polytechnic) and Veera Boonjing (then Rensselaer doctoral student and now a professor at a Thai university).
The complaint, posted at Scribd, notes that various Apple patent applications acknowledge the '798 patent as prior art (as well as in patents filed by HP, Microsoft, Sony and Google).
Dynamic Advances is focusing on claims such as:
A computer-implemented method for processing a natural language input comprising:
• receiving a natural language input;
• providing from said natural language input a plurality of language-based database objects;
• identifying a finite number of permutations of the plurality of database objects, the database objects being stored in a metadata database comprising at least one of a group of information comprising case information, keywords, information models, and database values; and
• interpreting at least one of the permutations to provide determination of a result of the natural language input.
While not specifying damages, the
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All our products are carefully reviewed from the environmental perspective with the aims of substance control, energy efficiency and take-back and recycling of the discarded product. We have introduced several systems and processes to control the content of the components we buy from our suppliers. All part and material suppliers shall be certified as "Green Partners" before mass production of components delivered to Sony Mobile. In this way, we are able to actively work together with our suppliers to continuously phase out the substances we consider to be critical in our products. The most important system is our material declaration database linked to our product life cycle management tool where all procured components and each product's Bill Of Materials (BOM) are registered. Full material declarations, i.e., full disclosure of all substances in a component, are obtained from our suppliers in an industry standard template (IPC1752). These material declarations are uploaded into our database and automatic calculation of the substances present in the component is performed by our system.
The aggregation of all substances in a mobile phone can be arrived at by knowing the BOM of a product. From this, the total compliance can be obtained as well as detailed information about what substances are present in the product. In addition to collecting material declarations, we also perform chemical analyses of the components of each product. This is done to secure that the information provided by our suppliers is correct and reliable. This allows us to ensure that all our products are compliant with our strict restrictions on materials and substances.
The compliance of the components used in our products is based on Sony's Controlled Substances -SS-00259 for General Use and the Sony Mobile Critical Substances (PDF – in English only), listing both legally restricted substances as well as substances restricted by Sony Mobile
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To provide full disclosure of the material content of all components of our products, we have introduced a Material Compliance Central. This database system generates the list of substances used in our products and enables us to ensure compliance with legal requirements as well as our commitments to phase out undesirable substances. Our suppliers are requested to submit full material contents for each component on the IPC 1752 form, an industry-standard template.
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Compilation of the material declaration and screening by the external laboratories are driven by Environmental Coordinators based in each Sony Mobile development unit around the world. Our Environmental Coordinators build good environmental practice into the design of our products from the start, and ensure that finished products meet our stringent environmental requirements.
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DIY Lingerie
A girl can never have too much lingerie. And it's even more fun to add to your stash when the goods are created by yours truly. So, our original DIYStyle Lingerie pattern (panty party anyone?) now has a sister…………tah dah……..check it out! Our first panty pack along with the Cami and chemise was styled a bit girlie. Sporty was more the theme here with a cute little halter and comfy beater tank, string bikinis and boy short. And, these pieces stitch up in a snap, just right for beginning sewers. DIYStyle for McCall's 6128. Hope you have fun with this one…………….


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Thursday February 1, 2018, Peterborough, ON – A team of frontline health care providers are celebrating a move to independence as they continue to provide services to the city's most vulnerable patients.
The Peterborough 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic officially transitioned to an autonomous, primary health care organization in 2018 with staff and board members promising to continue its impeccable level of care.
Formerly known as the VON 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic, the clinic was created through the collaborative efforts of community partners working with vulnerable people who faced barriers to obtaining health care within the mainstream health care system.
"We are excited to have transitioned to an autonomous governance model with a diverse community-based board of directors representing the community we work in," said Beth Day, chair of the 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic. "We cherish the partnerships and working relationships we have fostered since 2011 and are eagerly anticipating making new connections."
The 360 Degree Clinic features an interdisciplinary team of primary health care providers who help people with particular vulnerabilities, including poverty, homelessness, chronic food insecurity, experiences of violence and trauma, serious mental health issues and social isolation.
For the past six years, VON Canada has provided extensive set-up, operational and governance supports to the 360 Degree Clinic.
"We wish to express our sincere gratitude to VON Canada for their continued support over the years, up to and including this past transition year," said Kathy Hardill, executive director and nurse practitioner lead at the 360 Degree Clinic.
She explained how clinic staff will continue to provide comprehensive primary care along the entire continuum of life including prenatal and child care, management of acute and chronic conditions, and end-of-life care.
"Our community partnerships have provided us with opportunities to collaborate and ensure we are all working to support the most vulnerable citizens in our community," Hardill said.
"VON is proud to have contributed to incubating this important service in Peterborough" said Sharon Goodwin, executive vice president home and community care for VON, and past board member of the clinic. "We have a long history of pioneering home and community care, and It's great to now see the clinic established as a fully autonomous organization offering real value to the people in this community".
The 360 Degree Clinic will continue to make unique contributions to primary health care in the community, including a particular focus on improving health equity and access to the social determinants of health.
We will remain connected and responsive to our community partners and continue to provide accessible care and services, such as laundry and showers, for our priority populations.
About 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic
The 360 Degree Nurse Practitioner Led Clinic opened in late 2011 following a grassroots community effort to create an accessible and welcoming primary care clinic. The organization serves anyone in the City of Peterborough and Peterborough County, who does not have a primary care provider, particularly focussing on those individuals experiencing barriers to health care.
Staff develop the skills necessary to provide welcoming, non-judgmental front-line interaction with all people, including those with eccentric behaviours and substance use issues. The team consists of four Nurse Practitioners, two Registered Nurses, two Registered Social Workers, a part-time Registered Dietitian, a part-time Pharmacist, a part-time collaborating physician and staff who provide administrative and reception support.
Staff at the 360 Degree Clinic are linked with numerous community partners and provide street outreach in order to connect with people who have difficulty accessing health care services. Laundry and shower programs assist with practical needs of low-income people and homeless individuals and also provide incentive for people who typically avoid health care services to come to the clinic.Read More


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How to Install XXUGNJ2 Android 4.3 on Galaxy S3 I9300
We have put together a detailed step-by-step instructions guide on how to update Samsung Galaxy S III to Android 4.3 XXUGNJ2. If you are used to installing official updates through ODIN on Samsung Galaxy devices, then this should not be any different for you.
Please read every line carefully and make sure you read the tutorial once before actually performing on your device.
To Remember:
- This tutorial is only for Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300. Please don't try this on any other variants of the phone.
- I9300XXUGNJ2 is an official firmware by Samsung for the Galaxy S3 I9300.
- Make sure you backup all your data in your phone before proceeding.
Rooting Warning: This is an official Android 4.3 build XXUGNJ2 update for Galaxy S III I9300, which means you will lose root as soon as you install this update. You will again have to root Galaxy S3 to gain full system access and be able to install root apps again. See here: How to Root XXUGNJ2 Android 4.3 on Galaxy S3 I9300 Official Firmware. You can also unroot Galaxy S3 I9300 now.
Complete Step-By-Step Instructions:
Step 1 – Download Android 4.3 I9300XXUGNJ2 for Galaxy S3 to your computer and extract the zip file.
Step 2 – Download ODIN v3.09 which will help you to install Android 4.3 on Samsung Galaxy S3 I9300.
Step 3 – Switch OFF your phone. Now go to Download Mode. How? Press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons together, and then press the Power button till you see the construction Android robot and a triangle. Press Power again to confirm to enter into Download Mode.
Step 4 – Make sure you have your Galaxy S3 USB drivers installed on your computer.
Step 5 – Open ODIN on your computer. Connect your phone to your computer while your phone is in the Download Mode.
Step 6 – If your phone is connected successfully, one of the ID:COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number. This step might take some time.
Step 7 – Now select the files that you have to flash/install on your phone. These files are to be found from the extracted files in Step 1.
- Click on 'AP/PDA' and select file with 'CODE' in its name.
- Click on 'CP/Phone' and select file with 'MODEM' in its name. Ignore this step if there is no such file.
- Click on 'CSC' and select file with CSC' in its name. Ignore this step if there is no such file.
- Click on 'PIT' and select the .pit file. Ignore this step if there is no such file.
Step 8 – In ODIN, check the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time options. As for the Re-Partition option, check it ONLY if you selected a .PIT file in the above step.
Step 9 – Now click on the Start button in ODIN. Installation process will start and would take a few minutes to complete.
Step 10 – After the installation is completed, your phone will restart. After you see the home screen, unplug your phone from the computer.
That's it. Your Samsung Galaxy S III has now been updated to Android 4.3 build XXUGNJ2 firmware update. Go to Settings > About phone to verify.
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HTC Deluxe Audio Strap First Impressions
I've never really found the Vive uncomfortable. Sure it may have been front heavy, but once you ratcheted the straps to your face it was perfectly functional. The real reason I was interested in the deluxe audio strap wasn't the new fit, but rather the inclusion of integrated audio into the strap (or maybe its just that I have to own ever Vive product I can).
I haven't been able to do much VR development, but when I am working I find myself skipping out on headphones just because it is too cumbersome to add and remove them over and over and over again. I also find it annoying to have to deal with when giving demos, or when the headphone cable gets unplugged during a flailing sword attack.
I purchased the Deluxe Audio Strap from the Microsoft Store and received it within 30 hours from FedEx (FedEX FTW). After waiting weeks for headsets, trackers and RMA controllers, receiving the audio strap so quickly was shocking, and perhaps borderline unnerving. Is this how things are supposed to be?
The packaging was lightweight with some great presentation. The instruction video for replacing my tattered, old headstrap was one of the most polished presentations I have ever seen. The whole process of swapping it out took less than 7 minutes, and aside from some terrifying applications of force on the side swivels, was extremely easy. Already it felt like a brand new headset… and I hadn't even put it on yet.
Overall, the new fit is great, and distributes the weight more evenly over your whole head. Strangely, however,I found more pressure on my brow, but it can't be any more than what it was when I pulled the old headset to circulation inhibiting levels. Putting the headset on is much easier, and the cable management is a welcome addition, although some members of the Vancouver VR Community said they preferred when the cable ran out of the back.
While the Deluxe Audio Strap is really expensive (in Canada), so far I've found it surprisingly useful in ways I never initially desired or even considered. I never noticed the 'residue' or dissolving foam issue that others initially reported, so I can't really speak to that, but everything has exceeded my expectations. That said, I can only really recommend it fully to people who use their Vive a lot!


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1861 - 1936
Civil War Period
The first soldier to be buried in The Lexington Cemetery was Captain Cary G. Gratz, U.S.A. of St. Louis who was buried on September 11, 1861 in the lot of his father, Benjamin Gratz.
A note posted in the front of the interments book states that between October 4, 1861, and July 26, 1865, buried in The Lexington Cemetery were 828 "U.S. Vols white," 40 U.S. Vols col," and 97 "Disloyal," and a total of 965 Union dead. In the Confederate and private lots there were 102 Southern burials during the war, and 88 of these men died in hospitals in Lexington.
After the war, the cemetery company donated the Union lot to the United States government, which purchased an adjoining 16,111 square feet on July 1, 1867. The entire area was designated as a national cemetery, and the bodies of federal soldiers from several central Kentucky counties were brought here. Servicemen and veterans of later wars were interred in this tract, and by 1932 it was filled. When the government decided not to buy additional land, the trustees set aside an adjacent lot containing 102 grave spaces that could be purchased for the burial of eligible men and women.
The Southern section was turned over to the Confederate Veterans Association on June 6, 1891, for the token payment of one dollar, and the C.V.A. on February 2 of the next year bought an adjoining lot of 510 square feet for fifty dollars. When that space was filled, the association purchased two more lots totaling 853 square feet.
In 1884, the trustees purchased a few acres on the south side of Leestown Pike. This land was used for greenhouses and to build a residence for the cemetery general manager. This property was later sold.
In 1887, the cemetery company made the largest purchase of land in its history, 106 acres. This tract adjoined the cemetery on the northeast and extended to Georgetown Street, increasing the company's holdings to approximately 180 acres. The trustees, however, by a deed recorded in November 1890, sold 53 acres of the Lee property to the Forest Hill Land Company. Part of that tract became Greenwood Cemetery for blacks, and the remainder was subdivided into streets and building lots.
Subsequent purchases have brought the total amount of land that makes up The Lexington Cemetery to 170 acres.
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Nichol's appointment as the next general manager was a simple choice. The August 5, 1905 edition of the Lexington Herald stated: "Mr. Nicol possessed all the qualities that Mr. Bell wished for a pupil, and soon learned to carry on the work in a systematic way. For the last ten years he has done practically all the superintending of the work in the cemetery as Mr. Bell planned it, so that he will have no difficulty in carrying out the landscape plans of Mr. Bell."


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NICE Khaos! Really smart
This was my first map exploration code in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOlgdfDiHO8
It's not a diffusion map but a sort of Breath First Search - diffusion map combination. I didn't use this in my final bot because the scouts will almost die instantly running that fast through the map to scout


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El Salvador: Killed in cold blood on the banks of the river at El Calabozo
|Amnesty International
|Publication Date
|22 August 2012
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|Amnesty International, El Salvador: Killed in cold blood on the banks of the river at El Calabozo, 22 August 2012, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/503757f22.html [accessed 15 August 2020]
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1982 was a dangerous time in El Salvador.
The civil war had begun two years earlier, and in rebel-held areas, the national army saw everyone - peasant farmers, babies, women and the elderly - as legitimate military targets.
By 1982 the armed forces had already committed a string of massacres across the country.
In August that year, the Salvadoran armed forces launched a major offensive across the northern San Vicente region an area considered by the military as a guerrilla stronghold. As news of the offensive spread, communities in San Vicente began to flee in fear for their lives. Many of those who stayed on to tend the crops were the elderly, women and young children.
They had stayed thinking they would be safe at home.
No-one could imagine what was about to come.
Operation scorched earth'
After several days and nights of bombing raids, villagers heard rumours that the military were sending in ground troops to finish the job. Thousands of those still left in the area fled their homes, carrying their children and the small amount of food they could manage, as the wave of destruction surged forwards.
"The armed forces called the operation scorched earth', because they wanted to finish everything: people, animals the cows that they saw, they killed. Horses, chickens, dogs, cats they left the people with nothing. They burned the houses, they burned everything," recalled Felicita, one of the survivors, when she met an Amnesty International researcher earlier this year.
Struggling through dense undergrowth in the midst of a heavy storm, in single file and carrying those less able to walk, families tried to escape the onslaught of the highly trained and heavily equipped professional armed forces.
On the evening of 21 August, a group of several hundred men, women and children had finally made it to the banks of the heavily swollen Amatitán River, at the point known as El Calabozo. They planned to move on again in the morning when the children had been able to rest.
At daybreak, however, they found that the army had arrived.
"The soldiers were up above and below the place, they were already close, so the people couldn't get away, so they started to close in on them. They didn't make them scared that they were going to kill them, they just said they were going to have them gather together, and asked the people to form a line....The people shouted not to kill them because of the children. But...the officer in charge gave the order that they had to shoot them, and so then there were the wails of the poor people," said Felicita, who had managed to hide in the undergrowth with one of her children a distance away.
Surviving the horror
The number of people killed that day is difficult to confirm. The soldiers, from the US-trained Atlacatl Battallion, reportedly threw acid on some of the bodies, and the river swept many of the dead away.
But survivors and relatives have compiled a list of more than 200 missing people, from babies who had not yet even taken their first steps, to elderly grandparents.
Three decades on, the loss of her family still haunts Jesús.
Her mother, father, brother and four-year-old son were among those killed in cold blood on the banks of Amatitán River.
"I didn't realise that I cried through the night, but they say I cried it took me years, years, to start to come to terms with it. Because I walked along the street crying, I used to eat, crying, I used to have my supper, crying, at every mealtime, crying," she said.
It would take nearly 10 years for survivors and those who had fled to return to their villages. In 1992, some of them filed a case with the authorities, asking them to investigate the crimes and bring those responsible to justice.
The case was closed in 1993, despite the evidence and the fact that the UN Truth Commission established after the conflict had also documented the massacre.
Since then, survivors, relatives and the NGO accompanying them have struggled for the case to be heard. Each time it has been re-opened, it has faced a new legal obstacle. The case was last re-opened in 2006, but has still not progressed to a trial, 30 years after the massacre itself took place.
30 years and no answers
In El Salvador, the past is still very present. Individuals accused of being involved in massacres like El Calabozo still hold influential positions, and cases stagnate for decades in a justice system that has repeatedly let the victims down.
Almost none of those who ordered and carried out the killings, torture and sexual violence during the conflict, which left an estimated 75,000 people dead, have ever had to answer for their crimes.
"The survivors and relatives of those murdered at El Calabozo re-live the pain of that day over and over, as if it was yesterday," said Esther Major, Amnesty International's researcher on El Salvador, who met with relatives earlier this year.
"The Salvadoran authorities have compounded their grief and trauma by failing to bring to justice any of those who ordered or carried out the massacre. After 30 years it is time to end this travesty by finally providing reparation to survivors and relatives, and prosecuting those responsible for this terrible crime."
The survivors and relatives of El Calabozo can't afford to wait any longer. "Some of the people have already died of old age," said their lawyer, Claudia Interiano, "It seems as if they're waiting for the survivors of the massacres to die so the problem goes away".
Carolina Constanza, director of the Madeleine Lagadec Centre for Human Rights, which accompanies the survivors, said: "The relatives and the communities are crying out for justice and truth. We who accompany them are asking the state to recognize the truth, and search for a way to give the victims reparation"
In what was seen as a positive step, the government of El Salvador recently finally recognized state responsibility for another massacre soldiers killed more than 750 people at El Mozote in 1981 and started a programme of reparations to that community.
But to date there has not even been an official acknowledgement of the El Calabozo massacre and the devastation it brought.
Today, as survivors and relatives like Jesús and Felicita gather by the Amatitán River to mark another year of justice denied, they are as determined as ever to see the people who ordered and carried out the massacre of their relatives and friends held to account. It is time for 30 years of injustice to end, and for the Salvadoran authorities to answer their calls for truth, justice and reparation.


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To some, a transoceanic cruise may conjure up a romantic image of women in sweeping skirts dining under glittering chandeliers. While some details might have changed, the romance is still there, and these days ships sail between the continents on increasingly varied and exotic itineraries with a variety of price points.
Today's ocean crossings range from seven days to several weeks. Most cruise lines feature repositioning sailings in early spring and late fall, but Cunard Line offers transatlantic service year-round, connecting several homeports. The line's Queen Mary 2 sails regular crossings of seven to eight days, with some exceptions. It features a 19-day holiday sailing this year that leaves New York on Dec. 22 and includes a week spent in the Caribbean that can be booked separately as its own cruise, starting at $3,349. Ports of call include St. Thomas, Antigua, St. Kitts, St. Maarten and Tortola.
In 2014, luxury and contemporary lines alike are offering trans-oceanic cruises that are vacations in themselves. Those who enjoy days at sea and the diverse range of onboard entertainment — spas, enrichment activities, casinos, shows and dining — find that cruises with a large number of sea days offer an impressive value. Holland America Line (HAL), for instance, has a 14-day cruise on the Noordam that departs on March 21 from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., with eight days at sea and calls in Cartagena, Colombia; Ponta Delgada, Portugal; and Cadiz and Malaga, Spain, before docking in Barcelona. Pricing starts at $699.
Likewise, Seabourn's Quest sails from Ft. Lauderdale to Barcelona on March 22, calling only once, in Funchal, Portugal. For two weeks of onboard pampering, the luxury line's Oceanview Suites are priced from $3,499 and the Owner's Suite from $8,399. By comparison, a 12-day Mediterranean cruise on Sojourn in May starts at $5,999 for Oceanview Suites and $13,699 for Owner's Suites.
In addition to enticing value, the extra time onboard allows guests to thoroughly enjoy the ship's offerings. Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas, for instance, has so many features that it takes two weeks to sample all of them, and the 14-day April 30 cruise from Tampa, Fla., to Harwich, England, gives guests the chance to indulge and repeat experiences if they prefer. Calls include Boston; Cork, Ireland; Cherbourg, France; and Zeebrugge, Belgium, at a cost from $1,059.
Crossings visiting a wide range of destinations tend to be priced higher, but special offers sweeten the value quotient. Oceania's Marina sails 16 days from New York to London on May 22 with calls that include Bar Harbor, Maine; Halifax, Sydney, Quebec City, Corner Book and Newfoundland, in Canada; Cork and Dublin, Ireland; and Falmouth, England. A special promotion is available until Dec. 31, offering cruise fares from $5,299 plus free air travel.
It's not only Atlantic crossings that offer tempting price points. Celebrity Century's 23-night cruise, sailing from San Francisco to Sydney on Sept. 16, calls in Maui; Papeete and Bora Bora, Tahiti; Fiji; and New Caledonia, and is priced from $2,629. Crystal Cruises, renowned for its competitive onboard product, is offering Crystal Symphony's 14-day Tokyo to Los Angeles cruise from $3,720. The ship departs May 1 with an overnight in Oahu.
Most crossings feature an additional itinerary that guests can book for an extended vacation. On Sept. 9, Silversea Cruises offers a 17-day cruise onboard Silver Whisper from Southampton, England, to Montreal, priced from $8,550. The crossing spends only three days at sea and stops at unusual ports in Iceland; Greenland; Newfoundland; Cork and Dublin, Ireland; Belfast, Northern Ireland; Fowey, England; and more. Guests can then add on a 10-day cruise to Boston. Likewise, Celebrity Cruises' 13-night Tokyo to Vancouver cruise, priced from $799 on the Celebrity Millennium, departs May 10 and can be linked with a seven-day Alaska cruise.
Shifts in deployment create some unusual opportunities for transoceanic cruises. Carnival Cruise Lines has a rare sailing next year: 23 days from Long Beach, Calif., to Sydney onboard the Carnival Legend, which will be fresh off a multimillion-dollar renovation. Calls will include Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Papeete, Bora Bora and Morea, Tahiti; Fiji; and New Caledonia. The cruise departs Aug. 30 and starts at $1,729. Guests can choose from either a succeeding cruise in Australia or a preceding 13-day Panama Canal cruise from Tampa to Long Beach that includes visits to the Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico.
One note of caution: Ocean crossings are selling out earlier as travelers realize their value, so if your clients want to take advantage of them, they may need to make decisions well in advance.


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I'm having a vacation break now. I wish you all a merry Christmas and a Happy 2013. Brand new posts will come out in mid-January. Thanks for your constant support.
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This blog contains a series of movie segments to be used to brainstorm, warm up, follow up, and activate schemata, preparing the students for the topic that will be discussed in class. Here you will find the segments, the lesson plans, and varied topics to foster conversation. You may use the activities for a full two-hour class or they can be used separately to brainstorm or wrap up the topic, focusing on conversation, vocabulary and listening comprehension.


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From Etsy seller Daniel Shankalonian comes this tasty junk art delicacy. "Created entirely from a hard drive, a laptop keyboard, and various parts from a dead motherboard…stand is included, also made out of hard drive parts and broken headphones."
Asking price is $55. I have been resisting the temptation to buy it, myself, by chewing lots of gum and snapping a rubber band against my wrist. By the time you read this, it will almost certainly be gone, either to me or, you know, the first person who sees this post that isn't me.
For the first runner up, he's got a pretty sweet Klingon Bird of Prey, shown above, for $50, as well as an impressive X-wing and U.S.S. Kelvin. [via technabob]


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Amazon has already brought the fight to other tech giants with its Fire HDX tablets and Fire TV media streamer, but it's not planning on stopping there.
The online retail giant has now set its sights on the smartphone arena, and has officially revealed its champion - the Amazon Fire phone.
In a world dominated by quad-core specs and HD screens, Amazon is looking to set the Fire apart with an innovative 3D head-tracking display, as well as providing instant search for products which handily link back to its gargantuan web store.
Here's everything you need to know about the Amazon Fire:
A Standout screen
The Fire has a 4.7in, 720p display, which spec fans will view as lacklustre compared to the plethora of full HD (or even 2K) screens out there.
But the Fire has a rather large trick up its sleeve. 3D.
No, not the awful lenticular 3D display that plagued the HTC Evo 3D. The Fire instead makes use of four front-facing cameras and infrared LEDs, which are able to track your face, producing a 3D effect.
Think of iOS 7's parallax effect, but supercharged. Apart form offering pretty 3D lock screens, the 3D effect could pave the way for innovative 3D games.
Imagine peeking around corners in an FPS, or controlling a car by moving your head. Whether or not the fancy 3D screen will go beyond a curious gimmick remains to be seen, but we're giving Amazon points for standing out from the crowd nonetheless.
READ MORE: Eyes-on with The Eye Tribe: we play Fruit Ninja using nothing but our eyeballs
Dynamic Perspective
The 3D screen makes up one part of Amazon's 'Dynamic Perspective' feature set. One-handed gestures are another focus. Auto-scrolling, tilt, swivel and peek gestures are all possible, thanks to the Fire's built-in accelerometer.
You can, for example, scroll down a webpage simply by tilting the Fire. We can't personally see the advantage of such a gesture when we've got a perfectly good thumb to scroll through pages with more accuracy, but tilting the device to bring up supplemental information in maps is an example that does sound useful.
Amazon is has also upgraded its carousel home screen, which now provides real-time updates right beneath the app icons. New emails, recent photos and favourite websites are presented on the home screen beneath their respective apps, and it's Amazon's answer to stock Android's widgets.
Amazon has released a Dynamic Perspective SDK which will enable developers to take advantage of all of these features. Here's to hoping they'll get onboard, because the Fire does have potential to be more than a gimmick. It just needs some clever coders to show us what it's really capable of.
Firefly is the name Amazon's given to the Fire's powerful content recognition app. Pressing down the Fire's camera shutter button brings up the Firefly app, which is capable of recognising printed phone numbers, email addresses, URLS, QR and bar codes.
Not only that, but it can also recognise movie and TV channels, linking into IMDb to serve up additional info about the film you're currently watching.
Firefly can recognise what you're listening to too, linking in with Amazon Music's entire catalogue, letting you buy songs you've just heard, in an instant.
And then of course, we have products. From books to DVDs, to video games and CDs, you can scan them instantly, before being whisked away directly to the correct page on the Amazon store.
In essence, Firefly is an incredibly powerful Trojan Horse, designed to ensure that all roads lead you straight back into Amazon's world.
Useful? Absolutely. Dangerous? For compulsive shoppers - definitely.
Amazon through and through
There's plenty more Amazon services packed into the Fire. ASAP (which handily stands for Advanced Streaming and Predictions) predicts which movies and TV shows you'll want to watch, buffering them in the background before you hit play, for instant playback.
Fire users will also have unlimited cloud storage for all photos taken with the Fire's 13MP camera, and they're automatically backed up too, so you can snap and forget, without worrying about deleting shots to free up memory.
Amazon's Mayday service also makes a return, and this time it works over 3G and 4G too. If you're stuck or have any questions, the Mayday feature will put you in direct contact with an honest-to-goodness real human being (remember those?), who's happy to help you when you're stuck.
They can even annotate your screen and take control of the Fire remotely. We'd buy a Fire for our non-tech savvy relatives for this one reason alone, as now they'll have someone else to bug. Result.
Don't forget the hardware
Amazon's 3D screen and software tricks almost overshadow the Fire's hardware, but that doesn't mean it's bad by any means.
On the outside, the Kindle Fire will remind you of the Google Nexus 4. It's slathered in Gorilla Glass on both sides, with a rubber bumper wrapping around its edges, embedded with aluminium volume and camera buttons.
The Fire also plays nice with 4G networks, and has dual stereo Dolby Digital Plus speakers, which promise a virtual surround sound experience, though our ears have yet to judge them in person.
A 13MP camera with optical image stabilisation graces the rear, while a 2.1MP front-facing camera takes care of video calls. Both cameras can shoot 1080p video.
The Fire is powered by Qualcomm's quad-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor and 2GB of RAM, matching the impressive specs of the LG G2.
It's not a bleeding edge phone in terms of raw specs, but Amazon's never tried to compete with the latest and greatest.
Its approach is to provide its products with specs that are good enough for a pleasant user experience, and on paper, the Fire should be more than capable of doing just that.
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Well, sort of. The Fire is running Amazon's Fire OS v3.5, which is a very heavily modified version of Android.
It's so heavily modified in fact, that you won't even see a glimpse of Google's OS in use.
The downside is that Google apps like Maps, Gmail and Chrome are all missing, as is the well-stocked Play Store.
Sure, Amazon's own app store has a fair amount of virtual goodies on its shelves, but it still doesn't offer the full category of the official Play Store.
Tech savvy suers can of course sideload apps, but if you're in it for the Google experience then this (as with all of Amazon's tablets) could very well be a deal breaker.
Price and release date
The Fire will ship in the US on 25 July, exclusively on AT&T, where the 32GB version will be available on a two-year contract for US$200. The same deal for the 64GB version bumps the price up to US$300.
Amazon is also offering 12 months of Amazon Prime with all Fire purchases, for a limited time. That includes Prime Instant Video, and access to millions of songs and books.
Sadly there's no word on release date, offers or prices for Malaysia, but we'll be sure to update this preview the moment the information comes through.
There's only a 0.01% that the Amazon Fire phone will be available here. Yes, we plucked that number out of thin air, but considering how none of Amazon's earlier devices, including its Kindle ebook readers and tablets, were available here, don't get your hopes up.
Now if you really want to get your hands on one, the Internet is a great place to start. Tip: Google is your best friend.


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Win a package of tickets and museum passes for a family of four…
Elska Performs in Amherst
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art
Sunday, October 21st @ 1pm
Called "the next big thing in toddler entertainment" by Red Tricycle New York, Elska brings her live show to a very special performance at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst on Sunday, October 21st at 1pm… and Hilltown Families has two family 4-pack of tickets and two family passes to the museum to giveaway!
Elska's performance at the museum is part of her tour to support her critically-acclaimed new album Middle of Nowhere which has just received Parents' Choice Foundation and NAPPA Awards! Details on how to enter to win are below. Deadline to enter: 10/17 by 11:59pm (EST).
Who is Elska and why is she blowing the minds of concert-goers and promoters alike? Elska is the imaginary character performed by Brooklyn-based singer/actress Shelley Wollert. The character of Elska is a modern pioneer who discovers a newly formed volcanic island off the coast of Iceland where she lives a life of beauty and wonder amongst a cast of unusual friends, including a pensive Winter Bear, a very friendly Goobler, a mysterious Arctic Fox and a vast colony of Lost Socks.
In the live show, Elska has traveled from her amazing island all the way to the museum to tell her story. A blend of theatre, storytelling and musical performance, Elska whisks away children and families on a musical tour of her Arctic home and introduces them to the island's wonderful inhabitants.
To create Elska and her fictional world, Wollert worked closely with New York City-based record producer Allen Farmelo (The Cinematic Orchestra, Mikael Jorgensson/Wilco). Combining the whimsy of Winnie the Pooh and the otherworldliness of Dr. Seuss, Farmelo and Wollert very intentionally set out to create a new classic in children's music and entertainment. – www.islandofelska.com
We're giving away two packages (valued at $50 each) of tickets and museum passes! Your chance win a family 4-pack of tickets and family pass to the museum to see Elska at the Eric Carle Museum on Sunday, October 21st at 1pm in Amherst, MA is easy & simple! To enter to win simply:
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IT'S THAT SIMPLE! — Deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 17th, 2012 at 11:59pm (EST).
The Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Arts is located at 125 West Bay Road in Amherst, MA. Admission to the museum is $9/Adults, $6/Youth, $22.50/Family. Tickets to Elska are $7 and may be purchased in advance at the Museum Admissions Desk or by calling 413-658-1126. Find out more about the museum at www.carlemuseum.org.


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The thin, moist tissue that lines the eyelid's inner surface, the conjunctiva helps protect the eye and prevents it from drying out.
The eye's front surface, the cornea covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber and is responsible for 70 percent of total focusing ability.
Located behind the cornea, the iris is the colored part of the eye and contains the pupil. The iris adjusts the size of the pupil to control the amount of light entering the eye.
Located behind the pupil, the lens focuses light on the retina.
Optic Nerve
The optic nerve transports visual signals from the retina in the back of the eye to your brain. It is made up of anywhere from more than three-quarters of a million to more than a million nerve fibers.
The black circle within the eye's iris, the pupil controls how much light enters the eye by opening in darkness and closing as light increases.
Located at the back of the eye, the retina receives images from the cornea and the lens and contains light-sensitive cells, called photoreceptors. There are two types of photoreceptors – rods and cones. Rods are more light sensitive while cones are more color sensitive.


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This last summer, while attending BlogHer, I entered a sweepstakes for a chance to win a trip, for a friend and me, to Los Angeles for a hair makeover at one of the top beauty salons in Beverly Hills – Lukaro – courtesy of Suave. And I won!
I invited my sister, Sara, to be my guest and as we planned for our weekend away, sans kids and husbands, we thought it would be loads of fun to make it a big girls weekend and invite our sisters, Rachel and Andrea, and our Mom. Rachel and Mom were able to join us and off we went — to Los Angeles.
A day at Disneyland and a trip to Beverly Hills were the only plans we had for the weekend. We stayed up late in our beautiful hotel, slept in later than usual, and certainly created lots of memories. A highlight, of course, being our visit to Lukaro…
Luke O'Connor and his team took such great care of us, creating a pampering session we will never forget!
As we were leaving Lukaro, I turned to my sisters and said, "Sara looks like a gorgeous model, and I look just like a mom."
"Uh huh," said my Mom.
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BBVA Compass today announced two-time Major League Soccer All-Star and Houston Dynamo goalkeeper Tally Hall as its brand ambassador.
Hall, 28, will promote and support joint initiatives of BBVA Compass and the Dynamo, including their Building a Better Houston campaign, which kicked off in 2011 and has helped revitalize the city's East End through a number of outreach efforts. Players and bank volunteers have rebuilt homes, volunteered at the Houston Food Bank and taught local students financial literacy, among other things.
"Over the past three years I have seen the work that BBVA Compass and the Dynamo have completed in the community together, and I am proud to be a big part of that this year," Hall said.
In addition, Hall will promote the annual BBVA Compass Dynamo Charities Cup, which raises money to benefit the bank's "Business of Sports" program, which provides workforce readiness and financial literacy programs to students through a partnership with Junior Achievement.
"We are really excited to work with Tally this year as a brand ambassador for the bank," said BBVA Compass Houston City President Mark Montgomery. "He personifies hard work and dedication, and that makes him a great role model for Houstonians."
The new relationship kicks off before the Dynamo's season opener on March 8, when the team hosts the New England Revolution at BBVA Compass Stadium (TICKETS).
Last month, BBVA Compass announced it is the official Jersey Partner of the Houston Dash, the nation's newest professional women's soccer team. The Dash also play at BBVA Compass Stadium.


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A rare, genetic disorder that affects the endocrine glands and can cause tumors in the thyroid gland, parathyroid glands, and adrenal glands. The affected endocrine glands may make high levels of hormones, which can lead to other medical problems such as high blood pressure and kidney stones. MEN2 syndrome is caused by a mutation (change) in a gene called RET, and is divided into three subtypes (MEN2A, MEN2B, and FMTC). People with all subtypes of MEN2 syndrome have an increased risk of medullary thyroid cancer, pheochromocytoma, and parathyroid gland cancer. Also called MEN2, multiple endocrine adenomatosis type 2, and multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 syndrome.


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- All Current Hotel Taxes, Gratuities, and Service Charges are also Included.
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Why am I writing so much about Our Ancestors?
It's because of your ancestors like Bertha Lagasse seen here, first row on the left.
This picture was sent by Robin last year. It was part of more than 100 pictures she scanned even though she is not directly related to us.
She shares the same passion.
I had quickly identified Levi Napoleon, Ida, and Bertha Lagasse thanks to this other picture Dennis IV had sent me¸which is, in a way, a kind of Rosetta stone.
Dennis sent me last September a lot of new pictures with a lot of people photographed…
Levi Napoleon and Ida are seen on almost each one, but Bertha is not anywhere to be seen. Most of these people should be related to Dubés or Dubes as seen on U.S. censuses.
One day someone will write a comment like Judy did two weeks ago and the floogates will open wide.
See you next time.


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What if...
Fan under the logs, faux cloth flames lit by hidden orange lights, fog machine for smoke, and ugly twisted soiled ghosts standing around the fire pit.
Excellent concept!
Maybe a corpse arm reaching out of the fire?
Man I can't wait until Halloween.
You have commented on this idea before... You had me at "vile human shaped Ghosts".


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to steal something from someone or a group. They caught her embezzling funds from the bank. Jerry's business partner embezzled a large sum from their checking account.
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I'm going to be busy over the next month. In addition to my usually client work I will be speaking at a couple of conferences. If you are in the area please stop by and say hello. Here's the list:
I'll be giving an online Webinar for JetBrains on September 10th. You can read about it here. In this Webinar I will be developing some test automation scripts using Cucumber and I'll be taking your questions.
I'll be speaking at the CukeUp conference in New York City on September 17th. Here is a discount code you can use when registering:
After three sold out versions of CukeUp! London, Skills Matter are proud to present the first CukeUp! NYC on September 17th in DUMBO, New York. Under Cucumber creator Aslak Hellesøy's expert guidance, we've put together a fast-paced day packed with talks, discussions, and coding katas. Aslak will be joined by fellow experts and core committers in the Cucumber ecosystem including Peter Bell, Mary Thorn, and Jeff Morgan.
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Here's the description of my talk:
Cucumber gives us Scenarios and Step Definitions and leaves the rest up to us. Over time we have discovered that placing all of our code in Step Definitions tends to lead to brittle tests – especially in very large projects. Join Cheezy as he shows us a few of the tricks he has learned over the years to keep our specification code simple, well factored, and flexible enough to adapt to an ever changing project.
There are a lot of great speakers presenting and if you use cucumber you won't want to miss this conference.
Finally, I'm speaking at Agile DC. I'm giving a very funny talk about team collaboration. A few lucky attendees from the audience will get to put on costumes and help me with the talk.


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Great action shots. I've always thought it must be tough to be thirsty & have to lap water a tongueful at a time.
What happens when a horsemad Ould Wagon moves from Cork to Provence with 2 horses, 2 dogs and a Long Suffering Husband? Why, she gets a third dog, discovers Natural Horsemanship à la Française, starts writing short stories and then discovers a long-buried talent for art, of course…
This week's theme for Sunday Stills is "Water."
I'm still a bit restricted with my back so I wasn't about to drive anywhere, but I was inspired by my dogs having a drink after their brekkie this morning.
Cinny, as ever, was the better model of the two!


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Liberty News
*LAST UPDATE* Spring Break missions: An Africa experience
At a school known for its focus on missions, Spring Break at Liberty University provides several opportunities for students to do the Lord's work around the globe. This week about 90 students are on Liberty-sponsored missions trips around the world, and there are countless others who have joined outside organizations in missions work.
Johnnie Moore, a campus pastor and vice president for executive projects and media relations, is leading 50 students on a trip through Africa this week. Liberty.edu is featuring their travels, providing updates with photographs and stories that tell of the work Liberty is doing to mend broken lives in Africa.
-- by Johnnie Moore
I am now in Ethiopia, and this morning I began my day worshipping together with another team of LU students in another nation. I decided to delay my return to the United States by one day in order to check in on the group of 19 LU students who have spent Spring Break hosting a soccer camp in a rural village four hours south of Addis Ababa.
The village they worked in was in an idyllic spot within Ethiopia's portion of the Great Rift Valley. It was very rural. Like many of Africa's villages, electricity and water were a commodity, the children wore tattered clothes, and poverty was an ever-present part of life.
The LU team welcomed 41 neighboring village children, between the ages of 11 and 17, to their sports camp. These were primarily children from Muslim villages, and all of them were interested in practicing and refining their soccer skills.
The invitation to the camp had come only after each of these children had been a part of a yearlong program with an African, Christian leader in their community. This week of fun and training was a reward for these children. The seeds of the Gospel had been planted well in these kids' lives, for at the end of the week 27 of the 41 kids had made deliberate professions of faith in Jesus Christ.
One of the converts was the son of the local Community Leader. According to the locals, and the LU students, this child knew exactly what he was doing and spoke openly about the potential repercussions of his conversion.
Each day the students prepared a program focusing on the development of the students' soccer skills. Meanwhile, they emphasized sportsmanship and Biblical values. Specifically, they integrated into the program lessons related to trust, honesty, and unity.
The last day focused on service. So, the students decided to radically demonstrate to the local children an act of service. One LU leader read the passage of Scripture where Jesus washed his disciples' feet. Then he asked the eight Ethiopian leaders and the camp staff to sit down. Then, one by one, LU students began to wash and dry the feet of these Ethiopian leaders.
One of the LU students, Katie, told me that as soon as they touched the feet of one of the leaders, the leader began to weep.
The sight of American students washing the feet of these regular, village leaders was incredibly moving for everyone. The LU students wept with the pastors and leaders. The children sat in awe as they watched students from the world's wealthiest nation demonstrate Christ-like service through washing the feet of these Ethiopian leaders.
Literally, every student was deeply touched by this moment. Soon, the leaders and the Americans were singing together, in their respective languages, the old hymn "I Have Decided to Follow Jesus." It was a multi-cultural worship service, emblematic of Heaven, where two cultures were united in Christ more than divided by culture.
I'm told that that young, Christian son of that local Community Leader was singing as well, "The cross before me, the world behind me. Though none go with me, I still will follow. No turning back. No turning back."
Earlier in the week, the team had met with a Christian pastor who had once been a Muslim cleric in charge of 147 mosques. Who knows? Maybe one day, this 12-year-old Christian will lead his father to Christ.
- Johnnie Moore was last in Ethiopia in November of 2008. Click here to read about that trip.
Liberty students pose with the children at the dedication service for Liberty's Home of Hope in Uganda.
|A Liberty student prays with residents at LU's Home of Hope.
-- by Johnnie Moore
Uganda and these Liberty University students are now soul mates, and I am sure that neither will be the same.
Liberty's time in Uganda could not have ended in a more apropos way. In route to the airport we all stopped by the Destiny Village of Hope one more time to officially dedicate a World Help "Home of Hope" that was built by the generosity of Liberty University students through Campus Church.
When we arrived, the residents of this impeccable boarding school were waiting for us. The more than 1,000 students were dressed brilliantly in their bright yellow or blue uniforms. The kids were lined up on each side of the road creating a welcoming tunnel for the LU students to walk through. The whole affair was accompanied by the school band, which played skillfully for more than 20 minutes. The band was a gaggle of students from all different ages, but it seemed like the 7-year-old trumpet was as skilled as the oldest band member. The mood was more than festive.
They asked me to give greetings after the school's 13-year-old campus pastor prayed a passionate, powerful, articulate and Biblical prayer. Apparently this kid is quite the preacher as well! I've never been so intimidated to speak after a child!
I felt compelled to read a few simple verses to these deeply impoverished and, sometimes, orphaned children. I read, "His name is the Lord — and rejoice before him. A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families; he leads forth the prisoners with singing. (Psalm 68:4b-6b)"
I told the children that I recognized many of them have had a difficult life, and that many of them may not have a single parent left in the world, but today they can know that God will be their father and that they have 50 brothers and sisters in the United States who will be praying for them.
|Liberty students visit with children at the Destiny Village of Hope.
I said, "If someone asks you if you have a family. Tell them 'yes.' Tell them, 'God is my father and I have brothers and sisters in the USA.'"
Then, I prayed as hard as I knew how to pray for those kids. I prayed for their health and their safety, for their education, and that they might be powerful, future leaders of Uganda and of Africa. When I said, "amen," I looked to my left and I saw a Liberty girl weeping. At that moment, I knew that my promise of our prayers for these kids would be kept.
Following the welcome service, and my remarks, the whole team proceeded in a long line to the home LU built for some of these children. The kids were waiting there for us, singing English worship songs. Within a few minutes we had dedicated the building for the sake of the Gospel and the future of Uganda. Then, our team of students fanned out into the group of children who were welcoming us, into the rooms where their bunk beds were placed, and around the building. Some LU students laid their hands on a small group of children, others grabbed onto the rails of bunk beds, and some of our students even placed their open palms on the exterior and interior walls of our Home of Hope. You could hear the murmur of their passionate prayers all around as LU interceded for this home and for their Ugandan brothers and sisters.
|An LU student prays with children at the Destiny Village of Hope.
Ian Macintyre is a recent LU graduate who now works with my colleague, Dwayne Carson (Liberty's director of the Office of Student Leadership). Uganda was Ian's fourth missions trip with Liberty University. Reflecting on our trip to Africa, Ian told me, "I just really love what Liberty does with missions trips. I love how Liberty takes students who have lived in a bit of a bubble and exposes them firsthand to the needs of the world. To a lot of these students it is shocking at first, and they don't really know what to do … then Liberty helps the students pick up the pieces of their broken heart … and puts them back together again."
Ian summed it up well: "[Liberty] then says, 'You've seen the need, now here's what you should do.' It has been very eye-opening here in Africa … what if more of these kids were sponsored?"
What if they were?
We didn't know Gladys, Shaliwa, Sharon, Rachel or Joan until today. They are a few of the 23 girls who are now living in the Home of Hope provided by Liberty University.
Gladys, Sharon and Joan each lost their parents to AIDS. Shaliwa lost her father only. Joan became an ad-hoc mother to her brother and sister after her parents passed away. Several of these girls ended up caring for their siblings as child mothers, a couple lived on the streets, and each of them came from abject poverty.
They tell me that Joan is now a great student who especially loves to read and to sing. Rachel wants to be a nurse to help AIDS victims like her late father. Sharon is now a dorm leader who is known as an outgoing and friendly girl. Shaliwa wants to be a doctor and especially loves learning English. Gladys loves helping lead worship in the student services, and she plans on being an accountant one day.
Liberty University literally helped changed the destiny of these girls.
|Johnnie Moore meets with recent Liberty alumnus Kevin Kalibala, who now cares for orphans in Uganda.
As we left the dedication service "our kids" walked us all the way to the gate of the complex, wishing us goodbye. Then in a beautiful surprise, we found a LU alumnus from Uganda waiting for us at the gate. Kevin Kalibala took a few minutes to tell us about how much he loved studying at Liberty from 2006-09. Kalibala was on a track scholarship to Liberty, but while at Liberty he was supporting his siblings and a number of orphans he had taken into his home. Today, Kevin is caring for 66 orphans in Kampala. He's passionate about caring for orphans because when he was a child he became an orphan and was forced to care for his own, young siblings. Today, Kevin is back in Uganda ensuring that as few kids as possible have to have the childhood he endured. He went on and on about the impact Liberty made on his life, and his gratitude toward the other guys who lived on Dorm 18-1 because his dorm mates helped him care for his small orphanage while he was studying at Liberty!
The other day World Help founder Vernon Brewer and I were reminiscing about missions at Liberty University. During his tenure as LU's Vice President for Spiritual Life and Campus Pastor, he led thousands of students on many dozens of trips around the world.
Vernon believes that LU is as committed to the great commission as ever: "As a Liberty alumnus, and someone involved in Liberty missions early on, it has been a powerful experience to see how another generation is carrying the torch of missions so zealously and so effectively. Liberty is still changing lives all over the globe."
More than once, he said he felt like a proud father watching the LU students minister in Africa this week.
I don't think Vernon Brewer was the only father who felt this way. I think these LU students made their Heavenly Father awfully proud this week, for Proverbs 19:17 says, "those who give to the poor, lend to the LORD."
-- by Johnnie Moore
|LU students pray with former child soldiers and "child mothers" who graduated from the Good Samaritan Vocational School in Uganda.
When Mary Aloyo arrived at the Good Samaritan Vocational Training Center in Gullu, Uganda, she was like many of the thousands of refugees upended from the guerilla war that had been waged against the Ugandan government by the Lord's Resistance Army for 20 years.
Pastor Alex Mitala remembers Mary's first day in classes. He told me when she arrived, "She was literally in rags."
Today, she was standing in front of this year's graduating class one year after her own graduation, wearing anything but rags. She was in a beautiful white dress with blue flowers, all accented with gold earrings and a sparkling gold necklace. She had the kind of ear-to-ear grin that is only a by-product of pure joy, and she stood with her head held high. She shared her testimony as a woman transformed by Christ and given a second chance through education.
I was invited to be the speaker for this year's Commencement, and our team of 50 Liberty University students were the guests of honor. We were there to celebrate the accomplishments of these former child soldiers and child mothers, many of whom had been abducted and abused by the LRA. The audience was nearly void of parents and family members, as most of the graduates had no surviving family, or no family members who cared about their big day. I overheard one of our LU students say, "They can consider us their family."
You could feel the energy and the hope pulsating through the room as these young men and women were turning a new page in their lives.
This graduation service was the culmination of our time in war-torn Gullu, Uganda. Just a few years earlier, thousands of children slept within Gullu each night in order to escape abduction and forced service in the LRA. If kidnapped, the girls would be forced into sexual slavery and the boys would be forced to fight as child soldiers. At the height of the conflict, more than 15,000 "night commuters" would gather every evening in the train station, on the sidewalks and in the buildings of Gullu in the hopes that they would be safer there than in their villages. Most of these kids would walk for miles in order to sleep a little more securely.
|A Liberty student makes a gospel bracelet with a child in Gullu, Uganda.
Yesterday, Liberty students enjoyed some private time with the students from the vocational school. One young man showed us his bullet wounds and the scars from his years as a child soldier. He might have been 20 years old. A girl explained to us how she was abducted and forced to mother a child with an LRA soldier. We learned about another abducted girl who was raped, gave birth to a child, and then her child was murdered by the LRA because caring for the newborn was taking too much of their captive's time. Every student had a heart-wrenching story.
These testimonies led to an impromptu prayer meeting with our team of Liberty students laying their hands on these former abductees, praying that God would help them be successful after graduation, and that God would give them grace and healing.
After prayer, the Ugandan students started worshiping, singing and dancing in praise of Jesus Christ. Soon Liberty students were dancing and singing, too, with so much energy that I thought the tent would fly away.
Somehow, through this time of prayer and worship this group of American and Ugandan students looked like family.
It was surreal for the team. They had heard about Uganda's child soldiers, but in this moment they felt connected to them. Jordan Sorber has had a heart for Ugandans for a long time. He and his fiancée are on the team. "We came thinking we're going to be an encouragement to these people, and to just love on them. We've done that, but they have totally changed our hearts."
Also in Gullu, the students spent time praying for and playing with the impoverished, war-affected children who are being educated through World Help's child sponsorship program. They were invited to walk through the Internally Displaced Person Camp from which many of the vocational school students had come. The students also participated in the dedication of a new building for the school and a well that will provide fresh water to the surrounding community.
Cassie Laminack (in top photo, right) is a Liberty sophomore from Georgia who really has a heart for the world. She came to Uganda this spring break because she believed it was a mandate from God. "I knew I was supposed to be here this week, at this time for these kids and for these people," she told me.
There was one particular child that touched Cassie's heart. This little girl could not have been much older than 5. She was a "child mother," probably an orphan, and she was caring for her two sisters and her brother. "She was so limp," Cassie said. "I could tell she hadn't eaten or drank anything for a while. She just laid there with me … she had tears in her eyes."
Cassie's new friend was not part of World Help's child sponsorship program. In fact, she was hanging around a group of sponsored kids in the hopes that she and her siblings would one day don the same school uniforms and have food and good shelter like they did.
Cassie told me all she wanted was to see that little "child mother" smile. She even prayed that God would help this joyless girl find a smile somewhere. After praying for her new friend, Cassie had to board the bus with the rest of the team. She had tears welling up in her eyes.
She looked through the bus window and found the little girl in the crowd.
Cassie waved.
The little mother waved back.
Then, the little girl grinned.
It was only a passing grin, but it was as bright as the sun to Cassie.
Cassie cried, "That was the first time I saw her teeth! I thank God for it … I'll never forget her. She will always be my girl. I have a picture of her and I will pray for her daily. I will not forget her."
Back in Rwanda, I remember Bishop Kollinni telling me that it took him three years to get some of his orphans to smile.
I wonder if Cassie really understood the power of that passing smile.
-- by Johnnie Moore
The embattled nations of Uganda and Rwanda seem to be awakening to a new dawn, and this weekend Liberty University is right in the heart of their transformation.
In Uganda, 50 LU students woke up this morning to spend a day ministering to Kampala's poor and to hundreds of children who have been victims of war, poverty and AIDS. They began their day by dividing themselves among more than 1,000 kids for a time of education and fun. They ended their day with a community-wide worship service that was largely attended by residents of a neighboring slum. These poor Ugandans came at the request of LU students who had gone from dwelling to dwelling to extend a personal invitation to the evening service.
Today was just the beginning of their week of ministry. By Friday, the students will have spent much of their time working directly with the "Invisible Children" of Uganda. Most of these children have been orphaned by AIDS or were forced to serve as child soldiers in the so-called "Lord's Resistance Army [LRA]." Liberty's partner in the region, World Help, has been saving children in Uganda since 2007. Many of the girls in World Help's homes were once kidnapped and made sex slaves by the LRA. The abducted boys were armed and forced to fight in their guerilla war.
|Campus pastor Johnnie Moore discusses Liberty University with the Bishop of Rwanda, John Rucyahana.
Tomorrow, I will join the group's work in Uganda. Later in the week we will dedicate a "Home of Hope" that was funded by Liberty's Campus Church and is now caring for orphans of AIDS.
Tonight, I'm sitting downtown Kigali, Rwanda. I traveled here yesterday at the dual invitation of World Help and certain influential leaders of the evangelical church here. The first graduate of Liberty University, Vernon Brewer, is with me. He is the president of World Help.
Only 16 years ago this nation was the epicenter of one of the greatest human atrocities in world history. During 100 days of genocide more than 1 million Rwandans were murdered, most of them at the hands of their neighbors whose weapon of choice was a simple machete. The victims' bodies were piled in mass graves, some churches became slaughterhouses with their pastors as co-conspirators, and nearly no one believed that Rwanda would ever recover from its gruesome moment in history. It had literally become a nation of the dead and their killers.
Today, I preached the Sunday sermon at Bishop John Rucyahana's church in Ruhengeri, Rwanda. I watched hundreds of Rwandans pile into the cathedral. Some of those worshipping were perpetrators of the genocide and others were their surviving victims. Yet, they all sang at the top of their lungs, they clapped and raised their hands in praise, and many of them were wearing huge smiles on their faces! I could literally sense the power of reconciliation, redemption and new life in Christ. In a moment of irony fit for an epic, the Christians concluded the Sunday service by singing, "It Is Well With My Soul."
While Rwanda remains deeply scarred, it seems that for more and more people Jesus is making their souls well. Yet, there is plenty of soul work remaining to be done. Everyone lost someone in the genocide, and everyone bears its wounds. There are remorseful perpetrators who bear scars on their conscience; there are the widows and the orphans; and there are the thousands of surviving victims who remain haunted by horrific memories and physical pain. Leaders such as Bishop John Rucyahana are being used by God to "bind up the brokenhearted and heal their wounds." (Isaiah 61:1)
|Members of Liberty's team met with the U.S. ambassador to Rwanda, W. Stuart Symington. From left: Josh Brewer (current LU student and son of Vernon Brewer); ambassador W. Stuart Symington; Vernon Brewer (LU alumnus and president, World Help); Johnnie Moore; and Cyrus Mad-Bondo (Africa Director, World Help and an LU alumnus).
Next year, Liberty University's Center for Global Ministries plans to make its own contribution to Rwanda's recovery by sending a group of counseling students to assist untrained trauma counselors who are still helping Rwanda's victims learn to live again.
Vernon Brewer and I also had private meetings with the United States ambassador to Rwanda and the archbishop of the Anglican Church. We toured a Christian elementary and high school where 80 percent of its 1,300 students are orphans; we visited a Village of Hope that is providing new life to those nearly killed by the genocide' and we personally observed the good policies instituted by President Paul Kagame that have miraculously reshaped this war-worn nation.
God is doing something in Uganda and Rwanda and we don't intend on sitting on the sidelines.
We want our part in the miracle.


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Lauryn Hill has paid her $900,000 tax bill, her attorney said. But the award-winning emcee/singer isn't necessarily off the hook with the federal government.
Hill, who owed nearly $1 million in back taxes and penalties, still faces three charges of failing to file tax returns. She is due in U.S. District Court in Newark, New Jersey today to face the charges. Hill is accused of not filing tax returns on more than $1.8 million of income earned between 2005 and 2007.
Her attorney said that Hill's punishment—she faces up to a year in jail on each charge—may be adjusted given her repayment of the bill, according to Reuters.
Hill owed more than $500,000 in back taxes. Penalties brought the total bill to more than $900,000. Hill released the single "Neurotic Society" on iTunes Friday. She did not seem pleased with being "required" to release the tune: "Here is a link to a piece that I was 'required' to release immediately, by virtue of the impending legal deadline," Hill wrote on her Tumblr site Saturday. "I love being able to reach people directly, but in an ideal scenario, I would not have to rush the release of new music."
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JJ Marsh is the next willing victim in our series to delve into the darkest past of successful authors, to see exactly where their storytelling gifts first developed.
Jill is the author of the brilliant Beatrice Stubbs series: Behind Closed Doors, Raw Material, Tread Softly, Cold Pressed and the forthcoming Human Rites (due out this November), which has a global fan base. Not to mention a reputation for quality writing and professional standards, topics she advocates across the independent publishing world.
But she wasn't always as polished and perfect. Where did her first attempts at the art of novel writing take her, and will any of these budding masterpieces ever see daylight again?
We delve into the bottom drawer of JJ Marsh and demand she reveals all ...
"Three full novels sit in my bottom drawer.
One (Creed) was an oafish attempt at rewriting my own history. It should have gone on the fire years ago, but I keep it as a form of ballast. If someone emails me to say they love my books, or when I come home from a book club appearance glowing, or on the rare occasions I write a scene that makes me punch the air, I read a random sample of the novel formerly known as Creed (aka Crap). It's the opposite of positive affirmation. I look at my writing self in the mirror and say, 'You're not all that.'
Two (Close) has something. Not what I thought it had, but an idea lurks beneath the first wobbling steps of I-got-adverbs-and-know-how-to-use-'em. Sadly, the end result was little more than flexing of new writing muscles. Much like learning to ride my motorbike, Close was a necessary and bruising phase, best kept off the streets.
Three (An Empty Vessel) is a cryogenically frozen embryo of an idea. With the right shot of reanimation juice, it may yet be resuscitated. It has a central concept I can't leave alone and range of characters whose voices call to me in the wee hours of the morning. 'Don't leave us unfinished... we've got a story to tell...'
I itch to apply all I've learned about writing to this book, but my gut feeling says that in order to do this story justice, I first need to learn more about myself."