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Redesign your life with 10 essential steps to success
The new year has arrived and many people are making resolutions, hoping for a fresh start. Successful business entrepreneur and author Robert D. Kintigh offers to redesign your life with 10 essential steps to success in his newly released book, "The Lies We Tell Ourselves." His proposed plan will change your habits, adjust your thinking and set into motion a life-changing shift toward prosperity and personal achievement. In trying to determine under what genre this book fell, I considered a few. Business/economics is marked on the back cover, but is it? Or is it self-help, motivational, inspirational, or simply an authentic sharing of the author's personal truths? In fact it includes all of these. Kintigh details the guiding principles he believes will help you "discover the greatness within you." Residing in the small town of Cool located 50 miles from Lake Tahoe, Kintigh reflected on his own life and offers his personal experiences as real-life examples. He targets those who "want to be better and achieve more" and believes being poor is a choice. Readers must engage in reflections of their own and embark upon a journey of self-assessment in order to move forward. Kintigh believes we are all capable of achieving excellence regardless of humble beginnings or unfortunate circumstances. The process begins with one simple question. "What drives you?" He refers to this as "your why in life". He brings a variety of subjects to the table including raising children, relationships between men and women, change, anger, leadership, alcoholism and being overweight, to name a few. He talks about parental influence, marriage and divorce, responsibility and blame. Readers who seek out casual fare for their reading enjoyment will find "The Lies We Tell Ourselves" too difficult. "I'm doing just fine, thank you!" I can hear them saying as they run toward the fiction aisle. But if you are searching for personal growth answers Kintigh's book could inspire you. Sentiments are grounded in common sense and based on sound principles. In a nutshell they are, "What you think, is what you get. Thoughts are powerful." His willingness to share his own journey is refreshing.Kintigh references two other books — "The Secret" by Rhonda Byrne and "Rich Dad Poor Dad" by Robert Kiyosaki — and holds them up as examples with a similar mind-set. "The Secret" he says, "has a similar message but I have a spin on the methodology of the law of attraction … You have to believe you can do it." Based on personal views, unique needs as well as their station in life, the reader will determine the distinctions between Kintigh's book and others like it on the market. A recommended reading list for personal growth is offered.Embark upon an adventurous tour of self-exploration in the New Year with "The Lies We Tell Ourselves." As Kintigh succinctly states, "It's never too late unless you're dead."
Q: How do you personally definesuccess?Kintigh: There are two components to success. One aspect has to do with the way you feel. When you are successful it comes from within. The other part of it is to be able to push through even when others say it's not possible. You must give it all it takes to reach your goal and never stop until you do. Q: You reveal that while growing up in Downey, Calif., you were in trouble a lot. To what to you attribute your rebellious spirit?Kintigh: My mom and dad split up when I was very young so I was independent at an early age. Although my mom was a great woman, as a single mother she had to work a lot. I grew up fast and was exposed to a lot. I was a worldly child and got into a lot of fights. I got beat up a lot but I survived. Q: What inspired you to write a book about truthfulness and lies?Kintigh: Because of my own experiences I learned a lot of lessons. I wanted to make a mark on the world. When I was young I realized that I was not very truthful. I knew that the dishonesty I had with myself was wearing me down and holding me back. I wanted to bring attention to this issue since I noticed others were struggling with the same problem. Q: At what point in your life did you recognize that you had leadership qualities? How do you think you acquired those characteristics and did you know what to do with them once your realized you had them?Kintigh: I recognized my ability to command attention beginning in the fourth grade. From that beginning through about the seventh grade I was very aware of it. I attributed my boldness to the way I grew up. The truth is, if you sit by timidly you're not going to get anything. Once I recognized my leadership abilities I struggled with how to use those skills. It wasn't until around the age of 24 I realized that they came with a responsibility. My primary focus turned toward helping others. Today I continue on my journey of leadership to help others attain success and be all they can be.Q: In your book you state that even as a young child you knew you wanted to be a business owner. You say everyone has a "why" in life. What is your "why"? Kintigh: I saw business ownership as a ticket to freedom and creativity. I recognized that business owners may have big problems, but their lifestyles were bigger too. As a child I had the ability to talk easily to people. I would ask them questions and saw faces light up when people spoke about their businesses. The same did not happen for those who worked at a job for someone else. I decided I wanted to be a business owner. I needed to find what was right for my life. Poverty is tough on people and I wanted more.Q: Your wrestling coach, Gordon Weineberger, was mentioned in your book several times. Why did he make such a lasting impression on you?Kintigh: He was what I wanted in a father, honest, hard working and intelligent. He was tough but fair and a talented family man. I looked to him for guidance. He filled an important missing piece in my life. I still keep in touch with him today. Q: On page 122 you say that being poor is a choice. Some may find this to be a controversial statement. Can you elaborate on this concept?Kintigh: People often fall into the trap of believing "I'm poor and that's the way it is." Being successful and earning money is about having an education. Education comes in many forms, not only academic, although that is one way. You are where you are in life because of limitations. Money doesn't just flow to you; you have to learn how to make it happen. If you are tired of being poor you can change your life if you are determined enough. You must have the power and desire to change your circumstances and it begins with your thinking. Say instead, "Hey, I'm not going to be poor anymore and I'm going to find out how to make that happen, whatever it takes." Q: Who do you think will benefit the most from your philosophy and advice? Is there a particular audience you would like to target?Kintigh: If I could target only one audience it would be the single parent. Single parenting is tough and I congratulate those who do it. I would like to see more examples of those who look to thrive rather than just survive. This book can help everyone but single moms and dads are a group I'd love to help. Q: What makes your book unique from the many self-help books and books of similar philosophies that are already on the market?Kintigh: I sacrifice myself openly where most are not willing. I don't pad a lot; I give it to you straight. People need real world examples. I believe my open and straightforward approach is the distinction between my book and others. Q: There are 10 steps for success in your plan. Is there any one step that people struggle with more than the others?Kintigh: Visualization is the one that most people find difficult. You must visualize your goal before you can commit to achieving it. Once you see it, feel it, taste it, then it will happen."I want to try to get through to people and reach out as far as I can. There's nothing special about me. I'm just good at putting things simply. I want to take the tough out of people's lives."— Robert D. Kintigh
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Use of Electronic Documents for Proof of Residence
(August 28, 2012 Ruling of the Government Accountability Board)
At the Government Accountability Board meeting held on August 28, 2012, the Board heard public testimony regarding the use of electronic documents as a sufficient form of proof of residence for voters required to present such proof as part of the registration process.
After considering public comments and after receiving staff's report and recommendation to await further comments from clerks before taking action, the Board unanimously directed that election officials shall accept electronic versions of any of the proof of residence documents under Wis. Stat. § 6.34(3)(a) that contain a current and complete name and address:
1. A current and valid driver license.
2. A current and valid Wisconsin identification card.
3. Any other official identification card or license issued by a Wisconsin governmental body or unit.
4. An official identification card or license issued by an employer in the normal course of business
that contains a photograph of the cardholder or license holder, but not including a business card.
5. A real property tax bill or receipt for the current year or the year preceding the date of the election.
6. A residential lease.
7. A university, college or technical college identification card that contains a photograph of the
cardholder together with either:
-- A fee payment receipt issued to the cardholder by the university, college, or technical college
dated no earlier than 9 months before the election.
-- A certified and current list of students who reside in housing sponsored by the university,
college, or technical college showing the current address of the students, if the election
official verifies that the student presenting the card is included on the list.
8. A utility bill for the period commencing not earlier than 90 days before the day registration is made.
9. A bank statement.
10. A paycheck.
11. A check or other document issued by a unit of government.
Electronic versions of these documents may be presented to election officials as proof of residence on smartphones, tablets, or other electronic devices. This is a change from the former staff guidance that only paper copies establishing proof of residence were acceptable.
Election officials are still required to record the type of proof of residence presented along with the identifying number, if any, associated with the document on the voter registration form.
Special Note: The Board specifically indicated in its ruling that election officials are under no obligation to provide Internet access, computers, or smartphones in their offices or at the polling place to facilitate voter registration. The Board also reiterated that, while election observers may observe public aspects of the voting process, they do not have the right to view or handle proof of residence documents presented by voters to election inspectors.
Staff will soon provide additional information and guidance for implementing this decision. Your continued cooperation and diligence on behalf of Wisconsin's voters is, as always, greatly appreciated.
cc: Kevin J. Kennedy
Director and General Counsel
Government Accountability Board
Ross D. Hein
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One of the questions we get asked a lot as teachers and tutors is "What's the deal with the essay, anyway?" Interestingly, this question is asked by both SAT students and ACT students. Let me break it down for ya, fellas…
First the ACT and SAT prompts are very different. The ACT presents topics that students can easily relate to and have some familiarity with. The ACT topics are often about school or education. The SAT, on the other hand, presents prompts that are a bit more esoteric, obscure and arcane (see what I did there? ). Here are samples of each:
An ACT Prompt
Educators debate extending high school to five years because of increasing demands on students from employers and colleges to participate in extracurricular activities and community service in addition to having high grades. Some educators support extending high school to five years because they think students need more time to achieve all that is expected of them. Other educators do not support extending high school to five years because they think students would lose interest in school and attendance would drop in the fifth year. In your opinion, should high school be extended to five years?
In your essay, take a position on this question. You may write about either one of the two points of view given, or you may present a different point of view on this question. Use specific reasons and examples to support your position.
An SAT Prompt
Being unwilling to change is often seen as a limitation. For example, a common accusation people often make in arguments is that the other person refuses to even consider taking new positions on issues. But being consistent is not always a bad thing. In fact, firmly supporting a position or point of view shows that one is stable and constant and does not change one's position whenever circumstances change. This consistency is far more important than a willingness to adjust one's thinking.
Assignment: Is it more important to remain consistent than to change one's mind when circumstances change? Plan and write an essay in which you develop your point of view on this issue. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.
The SAT
The essay section is the first section of the test. It is required, and you have 25 minutes to read the prompt, craft your argument, and write your essay. Essays are graded by two readers who each assign it a 0 – 6, or a total of 0 – 12. The score of the essay is then combined with raw score from the Writing multiple choice sections of the test to arrive at a 200 – 800 score. Thus the essay can be up to 180 points of your writing score, and is it's important to do well.
Here are some tips that will make your essay easy to write and above average:
1. Pick a point of view.
The essay prompt can always be approached by different viewpoints. The essay graders are looking for how well you write an argument, and that means making sure you chose a side and make your choice clear to the reader. Avoid writing things like "on the other hand." or "I think it's both." Even if you don't believe what you are writing, pick a side! That's what you were asked to do.
2. Use specific examples.
The less successful essays we see say things like "Scientists did experiments and took measurements." Avoid these types of generalizations, and instead pick specifics, "Unlike his fellow scientists, Galileo believed the Earth revolved around the sun. He was eventually jailed for his beliefs." Also avoid using the quote in the prompt itself as an example.
If you look at enough SAT essays you'll see that the prompts are very similar and thus you can prepare examples that will work pretty broadly regardless of the question. You should prepare evidence ready to use before you go into the test. Historical events like World War II or books you read in English class like The Great Gatsby have a lot of rich content that can be mined for examples and applied to a variety of prompts.
3. Stretch your vocab muscles!
You've been studying, so you know some robust words that can demonstrate your sophisticated writing style. "Some people think that technology is making us lazy" is much less engaging than "Many contend that technology is has spawned a highly dependent generation." Note that we didn't use simply big words but instead used apt and interesting words
4. You can use "I."
Unlike school essays and college research papers, it's completely acceptable for you to use the first person in your SAT essay, since this is an essay asking you for your opinion. "I believe that privacy is no longer valued," is a great declarative thesis statement that opens an essay in response to the prompt "Do you agree that privacy is no longer as valued as it once was?"
The ACT
While the ACT essay is technically optional,
some colleges require or recommend this section so it's important that you check with the schools you to which you are considering applying before deciding whether you'll take the ACT with essay or without.
The ACT essay section is 30 minutes long and takes place after you've finished the other four sections of multiple choice questions. Similar to the SAT, the ACT essay is graded by two readers who assign it a score between 0 -6, with a total of 0 – 12. Your score is combined with the English multiple choice section, with the essay portion counting for 1/3 of the total score. Unlike the SAT prompt which asks for argumentation and analysis, the ACT prompt is geared more toward speculation and opinion. It's important to write a thoughtful piece, but overall the essay is more informal in tone than the SAT essay.
In addition to being more comfortable for students, the ACT prompt is also more flexible in that it allows you take either one of the two sides presented or to present a completely different perspective. In short, anything goes…
1. Write an introduction with your thesis statement.
Make sure to have a definite opinion on the subject. As with all good essays you have to make your position clearly. Having a solid thesis will help you do this. It doesn't need to be Shakespearean but it should catch your reader's attention.
2. Have two example paragraphs that support your statement.
Planning on two example paragraphs helps you craft an effective outline that will make it easier to manage under timed pressure. These can be drawn from personal experience, personal observation, articles you've read, or anywhere really.
3. Give a counter-point.
As your third paragraph, you should include a "counter-paragraph," which acknowledges what holes may exist in your argument and addresses them. Something like "While in most circumstances being consistent is beneficial there are cases where one must stray from ones norm and blaze a new trail."
4. Use what they give you.
You can use the information provided in the prompt in your essay. If you need more information or want to provide greater context or juxtaposition than feel free to quote or restate the info given in the prompt. There is no rule against it and it might provide you the inspiration to make your essay really sing.
Finally, remember that not all schools require the ACT with Writing. Check out the policies of the schools to determine if you need to write the essay or not. If you are unsure what the ACT essay policy is for a school, you can search here.
Some schools that require you to write the ACT essay include:
- Columbia
- Howard University
- Cornell, Vassar
- Carnegie Mellon
- Northwestern
- Penn State
- Claremont McKenna
- Stanford
- UC Berkeley
- American University
Regardless of which test you take, it's important to have a plan to tackle the essay before you go into the test. By preparing ahead of time, you will be able to start writing right away without wasting your limited time trying to think of something to say.


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Wherever I am, my blog turns towards Eretz Yisrael טובה הארץ מאד מאד
the Haredi rhetoric anti-DL and anti-Settler rhetoric pretty much made participation a nonstarter in my community. I am impressed if you were able to look past that.
DL will carry out its part of your grand bargain, but Haredim will find a way out, and so It will be a non starter.
I found this a very interesting post
my understanding is that Bennett had to choose between criminal sanctions on hareidim and lengthening hesder, so he chose to throw the hareidim to the wolves.
so it is a disingenuous to moan about the hareidim being unreliable allies.
if the DL in Bayit Hayehudi wanted future cooperation from the hareidim they should have done the morally right thing and protected them from victimisation
the DL community seems to have made it clear to the hareidim that they have to build bridges with the left


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If someone asked me if I was into attachment parenting before I was a mom, I would instinctually say no way just from the way it sounds. Smothering. Oppressive. The kind of mom a kid can't stand. But then I became a mom. Read a lot of books and articles online and realized that I was AP without knowing it because it follows my natural instinct as a mother. I fell in love with the philosophy described in mom RanaAurora's journal on attachment parenting. Rana describes it very well, so I leave it to her:
AP isn't new or a trend. The mothers in other countries who carry their babies in slings with easy access to the breast are following what Dr. Sears has labelled "Attachment Parenting." Many parents practice Attachment Parenting long before they find out that it's been given a name, if they ever do.
Attachment parenting has nothing to do with circumcision or vaccinations, natural (drug-free) birth or organic foods like some AP groups would have you believe. Dr. Sears summed up attachment parenting in "The 7 Baby B's."
This is my explanation of the B's, not Dr. Sears', just so you all know.
1. Birth bonding. What this means is that immediately after birth and for the days and weeks to come, the mom and baby are to spend this time in close proximity to each other, bonding. Yes, it takes into account babies in the NICU. This is not to say that if your baby is in the NICU that you can't bond, but that your newborn and you need to be together as much as you possibly can, even if for you, that means in the hospital when you can be, and when they finally come home. This not only helps the baby's transition into the world, knowing that their mother is still there for them and comfort is still readily available, but it helps the mother as well begin her breastfeeding relationship with the best start, as well as really learn her baby's personality, quirks, and especially cues and patterns.
2. Breastfeeding. Aside from all the benefits of breastfeeding, this is again an exercise in the mother-baby relationship. Breastfeeding helps you learn your individual child's cues, such as when they're starting to get hungry, when they're overly hungry, when they're full, when they want a snack, when they want to comfort suck, etc. It also is the natural, nature-designed way for the mother's body to heal from pregnancy and delivery. Breastfeeding contracts the uterus to help it contract back down to size, which can help prevent problems that lead to uterine, cervical, and ovarian cancer. It also tells the mother's body to release oxytocin and prolactin, which make you "happy" and are the body's natural way to try and avoid PPD or PPP while your hormones are going wacky and trying to level back out.
If you can't breastfeed, the most important part of this whole thing is to be very active in your time spent with your baby. When you feed them, try to have skin-on-skin contact which is proven to have benefits, and talk to your child and interact with them while feeding, and respect when they're full instead of worrying about the ounces on the bottle.
3. Babywearing. Carried babies fuss less and spend more time in the state of quiet alertness, the behavior state in which babies learn most about their environment. Because your baby is so close to you, you get to know baby better. Closeness promotes familiarity. This is not to say you can never put your baby down. Of course you can. AP-following parents still have swings, exersaucers, and playmats. We have lives too, and have to pee and eat sometime! However, it's often found that you can get a lot more done in the day when your baby is near you and involved in what you're doing. I understand that some people can't baby carry -- I couldn't because of my spine, and my lack of knowledge about the variety of slings. I still can't promise that if I knew about them, that I would have been able to find one that worked for me without hurting my back, neck or shoulders. So my alternative was to have my child close to me throughout the day, like having a blanket with toys on the kitchen floor and talking to him while I did the dishes. Babies want to be involved in your day-to-day routine, and they want you to talk to them about what you're doing. Consider this B to not be Babywearing, but proximity to your baby throughout the day. APers don't think, "God, can I put him down to do the dishes EVER?" they think, "How can I involve him while I do the dishes so we're both happy?"
4. Bedding close to baby. This means having your newborn in close proximity to you, even while sleeping. For some, this may mean co-sleeping, a co-sleeper, or a crib in the bedroom. For an infant, knowing that comfort is close by helps them feel more secure. Also, studies show that babies who sleep in close proximity to their parents mimic their breathing patterns, which in turn helps reduce the risk of SIDS. Mothers also have been shown to be much more aware of their infants, even while in a deep sleep, and are more likely to sense (and therefore wake up and handle) any distress in their infant. You're also more likely to catch your baby whimpering to be fed before they actually cry, which makes getting back to sleep much easier for the both of you.
Studies show that children who have their cries responded to sooner become more independent and are more willing to go out on a branch by themselves, knowing their support is always there to catch them when they fall, regardless of whether or not the sun is up. This is not to say that attachment parenting moms jump out of bed at the tiniest whimper -- to the contrary, you're more likely to know when your baby is just whimpering in their sleep, or woke up and just needs you to say, from your bed, "It's okay honey, go back to sleep," or if they actually need you for something. This actually gives everyone the most sleep possible -- yes, even the mother.
5. Belief in the language value of your baby's cries. I already explained this in the last B for the most part. This is the belief that your baby cries because they NEED something, and that infants are too young to manipulate or blackmail, or cry just "to bother you." This means that parents learn what their baby needs, and respond when the baby NEEDS something. By promptly responding to needs, you can actually learn to respond when your baby starts giving you cues for certain things, and thus reducing the amount of crying. This does not mean that the mom is at the baby's beck and call. It means that the mom spends time figuring out exactly why the baby cries by responding to each cry, so that as the baby grows older, she can tell them, "Honey, it's okay. You can handle yourself for a minute," while Mommy does something else, because she knows the difference between a "want" cry and a "need" cry by the cues that come before it, and the behavior associated with the cry.
6. Beware of baby trainers. Attachment parenting is about learning about your child, so you know what they need and when, so you both can make the most out of your time together, and fulfill needs before they become demands. Baby training, especially the strict schedules and "Cry It Out" training, goes completely against what is natural in parenting, which is listening when your baby tells you they need something. Your goal is never to be an expert in children, but to be an expert in YOUR child, because every single child is different. Schedules are necessary in life, as they give children more security when they know exactly what to expect (we read books, then brush teeth, and then we go to bed). However, especially in infants, and especially if feeding is strictly scheduled, you can cause a lot more harm than good. There are certain medical things where yes, you need to listen to the people who know more than you and have put millions into researching exact things, but when it comes to feeding your baby when they're hungry instead of when the clock tells you to, and getting them to sleep when it works best for you and your baby, experts are going to do nothing other than get in the way of what your natural mothering instincts tell you is right. No parenting expert, no matter how many years they have on them, knows everything about YOUR child.
7. Balance. Attachment parenting is not indulgent parenting. As your child gets older, you have learned the differences between wants and needs, and as a result, you are perfectly capable of saying no to wants while still promptly addressing needs. You also will be in tune with your child, and capable of knowing their level of understanding so you can set boundaries that are age appropriate while still explaining to your child that you understand why they do (insert behavior you want to change), but that (this) is a better alternative, and the other is not acceptable. You'll also be able to tell when your child is in toddlerhood when they do things merely because they forgot the rules, and when they're doing things just to push your buttons, and you can respond accordingly.
Attachment Parenting is often referred to as "child-led" parenting, and I see a lot of confusion as to what this means. Yes, we ARE the parents. Yes, we set the rules and boundaries. However, what child-led means is that we follow our child's lead. It's about showing your child respect as a person, for their needs, wants, and feelings. It has nothing to do with letting your child rule the roost, and anyone who claims such doesn't really understand attachment parenting in the first place. Child-led does not mean your child tells you what to do. It means paying attention to when your child is tired, and adjusting your routine accordingly, or being able to tell when your child is about to get into the restricted drawer, and gently reminding them that that is not acceptable, and there are better alternatives. We understand that every child is different, and we follow the cues of our child, and respect their individuality while shaping them towards the person we want them to be without squashing who they are or disrespecting them.
We also do not spoil our children -- to the contrary, we teach our children the difference between wants and needs, and to respect when mommy's needs will inevitably override their wants, and that they WILL be tended to -- if they wait patiently.
Dads are also very involved in this process, contrary to popular belief. AP mothers generally encourage the fathers to learn their babies cues just as much as they have. Moms all need time away from their children, and AP moms are no different. We want the other caregivers to know our child as well as we do, or similarly, so that our baby is not crying for a nap with the caregiver trying to force toys in their face. Also, with the ability to read cues and intervene before a baby cries, many parents don't feel like their child is a hassle at the grocery store or restaurant because they can meet their needs before a meltdown, so they feel more confident in taking their children out in public, rather than feeling tied down at home. As a result of both of these things, you may find AP moms who often state that they feel like "a part of them is missing" when they leave without their child (even though they enjoy the break) and that they're very, very discriminating when it comes to who they leave their child with, often limiting it to family and very close friends.
"Hover" parents are not AP parents. Hover parents never allow their children to make decisions for themselves, and have no time for their own activities as a result of not trusting their own child to make good decisions. This causes inappropriate dependency. Attachment differs from prolonged dependency. Attachment enhances development and encourages independence; prolonged dependency will hinder development.


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You would like more information with regards to helping the Foundation pursue its goals: To protect the world's endangered wildlife and ensure at-risk domestic animals are cared for.
The Gordon and Patricia Gray Animal Welfare Foundation graciously gave us a donation to help us enlarge and enhance two baboon areas, for Sweet Pea and Pierre. This will give them more room as their current enclosures are small. This will enhance their lives, give them more area to move about, more to see and more things to do to help pass time and enrich their lives.
The Calgary Wildlife Rehabilitation Society (CWRS) is a registered non-profit charitable organization that rescues and rehabilitates wild animals in the City of Calgary and surrounding areas.
The CWRS is dedicated to treating injured and orphaned wildlife, providing valuable outreach and education services to the community, and engaging all volunteers in motivational work and skill building experience.
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Happy Valentine's Day . . . happy tutorial hunting! Lots of spam and craziness out there so be careful. For this issue we decided to play it clean and get you some cool stuff! So here goes : Hearts on a sun rays background wallpaper exclusive tutorial The Graphics Fairy brings FREE Clip Art Heart in Envelope Icon Psd Tutorial
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This free Adobe Photoshop CS3 tutorial shows how to make a Love colored poster.
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The tutorial is pretty good, and created by a lady from Viet Nam, obviously needs the pennies of affiliate links worse than respect.
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text: Primer 55 is not your average group of rock stars. The band was formed in 1997 after years of suffering through the stale music scene in Memphis, TN, dominated by death metal and cover bands. Rather than sit back and complain, the group decided to do something about it. Guitarist Bobby Burns, led by his heavy metal past, co-founded the band with vocalist J-Sin, who added a more hip-hop flavor to the mix. The two enlisted the help of friends Mike "Jr." Christopher on bass and Josh McLane on drums. They soon gained an underground following from their intense live performances and in 1999 released their self-titled debut album on the independent label Propellant Transmissions. Shortly after this release, the group was offered a contract with Island Def Jam. After they graciously accepted the offer, the group continued with their hybrid heavy metal/hip-hop style on their 2000 release Introduction to Mayhem. The album is a trip into the depths of extreme passion and music authority. With the help of Incubus DJ Chris Kilmore, (hed) p.e. frontman MCUD, and Relative Ash vocalist Mark Harrington, the album solidified Primer 55 as a musical force to be reckoned with. Following the release, the band toured almost nonstop and found themselves amongst the elite of hard rock. In 2001, the band replaced drummer Josh McLane, who left for personal reasons, with John Kamoosi to continue work on new material. ~ Josh Loehr


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Something one very much wants or needs. After my six-month tour in Iraq, my heart's desire is just to see my husband again.
your heart's desireLITERARY
If someone or something is your heart's desire, you want that person or thing very much. Note: The heart is traditionally regarded as the centre of the emotions. He was extremely dishonest in his efforts to achieve his heart's desire.


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Throughout the week, there are lots of things happening. For children and young people we run baby, toddler and youth groups. For adults we run home groups and a listening café. We have two services on a Sunday (usually) and a midweek service on a Wednesday afternoon. We run a food bank, and all sorts of occasional events – breakfasts, quizzes, parties, walks and so on. To see what is happening have a look at the calendar below. If you click on an event, you will see more details about it. If you want any information about anything, then contact us.
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Each week we have a room just for babies and their carers, a craft room, an outside space (weather allowing!) and a cafe as well as other rooms filled with the types of activities you would expect to find at a Toddler group. Each session is finished by a singing/signing time together.
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It obviously wasn't state approved, it opened contingent upon ABA approval. Kentucky does not recognize non ABA JDs unless one has already been admitted in another jurisdiction.www.kyoba.org/rules/scr_2.014.pdfThe legal research skills evident on this board are just plain pitiful. You all get an "F" on basic Google research.
So does anyone have any constructive advice or just more rank speculation? I stand by the suggestion, they should look into getting the 26 ABA credits and take the DC bar. No one is going to honor a non ABA degree from Kentucky when Kentucky does not recognize the degree.
No I am correct and you cannot read or apply statutes."1) Every applicant for admission to the Kentucky Bar must have completed degree requirements for a J.D. or equivalent professional degree from a law school approved by the American Bar Association or by the Association of American Law Schools.AAL Schools is this list, I think they are also all ABA accredited:http://www.aals.org/about_memberschools.phpAn equivalent professional degree from an ABA or AALS university would be what - maybe a LLM in comparative common law for foreign law degree holder.As for other states, we were talking about Kentucky not Massachusetts, Tennessee, Alabama, or California which do have their own acceditation schemes. Do not assume because one state recognizes their own schools that others do.
LL - what do you think the equivalent of a ABA JD degree is - it is a LLB or LLM from an an accredited school. There is no state accreditation scheme in Kentucky. LLBs are no longer awarded in the US but might have been when the rule was originally promulgated. From the point of most state bars non ABA degrees are of so little consequence they are a mere after thought in the rules.


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Flash: Berkeley High Women's Basketball Team in the 2012 State Championships —the Top 125 Photos
The Berkeley High Women's Basketball team played Southern California's Mater Dei for the Division I state championship at the Power Balance Arena (formerly Arco Arena) Saturday night. Unfortunately, there was none of the jubilation we experienced last week when they won the NORCAL Div. I title in the same arena because this time they lost the game, 40 to 57. -more-


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December 25, 2006 by Lifepainter
Wow, it was April 2006 we made the last entry to this blog! No way to 'catch up' 10 months of no posts. Life has certainly moved on for us, but not this blog.
Okay, so Christmas 2006. We purchased (at seriously reduced price) a new artificial Christmas tree. We already have a huge 6 foot tree that completely takes up either the upstairs or downstairs cupola if that is where we place it. Or takes up the whole front of the living room if that is where we place it. It certainly holds all the decades of Christmas ornaments back to when the children were, in fact, children. Now, they are grown with children of their own.
It's kind of sad in a nostalgic kind of way to put up the big tree with all the years of ornaments unless the kids and grandkids are going to come for Christmas visit. For now they are scattered about, and sometimes they can do the travel, sometimes not. I wanted instead a smaller more compact tree that I could tuck in a corner and I'm quite satisfied with the size of this smaller tree.
Our Christmas gift to ourselves this year. A nice double recliner loveseat. We have for several years now been discussing getting either couch or loveseat that has dual recliners. It was still years in the future for us as a purchase. When we were out and about taking in Christmas bazaars and such like, we came across a garage sale that we almost didn't stop at and found this great dual recliner at a price too good to pass on.
Nope, not telling, but we knew we would not likely come across such an affordable price for this kind of piece of furniture again and it was in such good, cared for shape. We left, both yearning and wishing we hadn't committed to dental work and $$ cost to us. Somehow we managed to talk ourselves into believing we could tighten the budget belt, squeezing hard, eat beans and rice, and doing so could manage to pay the dentist $$ and treat ourselves to this Christmas present. Now, it's February and we are recovering but recliner is paid for and so is the dentist $$.


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Plan to protect the Great Barrier Reef recognized as a Gift to the Earth
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WWF has presented the Australian government with a Gift to the Earth — the global conservation organization's highest accolade — for protecting the Great Barrier Reef.Great Barrier Reef, Australia – WWF has presented the Australian government with a Gift to the Earth — the global conservation organization's highest accolade — for the design and implementation of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park zoning plan.
WWF regards the zoning plan as a pioneering development in marine conservation that sets the benchmark for marine protected area network establishment in Australia and around the world.
"The Great Barrier Reef is one of the world's most treasured natural wonders, and the Australian government has shown it is truly a world leader in marine conservation by implementing the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park zoning plan," said James Leape, WWF International Director General designate.
The Great Barrier Reef isn't just one of the world's most precious natural treasures, it is also one of Australia's most valuable tourism assets. In 2004, reef industries contributed approximately AU$5.8 billion (US$4.3 billion) to the Australian economy and employed about 63,000 people.
The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park zoning plan was implemented on 1 July 2004. Under the plan, strict protection rose from 4.6 per cent to 33 per cent of the Marine Park and World Heritage Area, covering more than 11 million hectares. While tourism and other non-extractive activities continue in the new, scientifically-based network of marine protected areas, all commercial and recreational fishing is now banned.
"Protecting and restoring the resilience of the Great Barrier Reef is the most important goal for its future," said Leape. "The network of strictly protected areas outlined in the zoning plan will make a significant contribution to this goal."
WWF expects the Australian government to continue to take a leadership role in combating threats to the Great Barrier Reef, and will build on its success in protecting the reef as it establishes networks of Marine Protected Areas to safeguard the full range of Australian marine and coastal habitats.
The Gift to the Earth ceremony took place at the opening of the inaugural International Marine Protected Areas Congress (IMPAC) in Geelong, Australia. Almost 700 experts in marine conservation from over 60 countries are attending the international meeting, and WWF hopes that the Gift to the Earth award will inspire other countries around the world to establish similar levels of protection in their marine environment.
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Thieves are repeatedly staking out gyms and fitness centers to steal valuables left inside cars.
"You give a thief an opportunity to make you a victim, they're going to do it," said Channel 4 Crime Analyst Ken Jefferson.
Jefferson said it's common for thieves to look for easier targets -- people who let their guard down and leave their valuables in a vulnerable place.
But that doesn't mean everyone does it.
"I take very little inside gym of value. Take keys, then I lock my car up, and secure things in the car," said Jackie Wilson.
"Honestly, I should approach it differently. I'm not really concerned about it," said Jordan Begeman.
Gym employees said people regularly don't take the right precautions, adding that lockers are available inside the gym.
A manager at a Bailey's Powerhouse said they have three different places where patrons can lock up their belongings.
Jefferson advises people to not leave their purse in the trunk.
"Even if it's in the trunk, that's a false sense of security. There are those thieves who actually sit and watch you actually get out of your car, see what you take, what you don't take, and they're willing to make you a victim before you're done," he added.


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MIAMI (Reuters) - Marlon Morraz, 19, an undocumented immigrant from Nicaragua, wasted no time to sign up for temporary legal status in the United States under the Obama administration's relaxed deportation rules that took effect on Wednesday.
"Now is my chance," he said after picking up an application form at an immigration workshop hosted by a Miami congressman. "I'm pretty elated. Now I have a future."
Morraz, who has been living under the radar since he came to the country when he was 11, is among hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants expected to file applications with the Department of Homeland Security under the new rules.
The "deferred action for childhood arrivals" permits shield them from deportation for at least two years as long as they were younger than 16 when they came to the United States, have lived in the country since June 15, 2007, have not been convicted of a felony, and are not older than 30.
Lines of eager, young undocumented students formed outside immigration offices in states with big immigrant populations such as California and Texas on Wednesday.
As many as 1.7 million people could qualify for the temporary program, which enables them to apply for work permits, Social Security cards and driver's licenses, according to the Pew Hispanic Center.
President Barack Obama, whose administration has aggressively deported illegal immigrants with criminal backgrounds, announced in June that he was moving to help this group of youths - many of them Hispanic - who have become increasingly vocal in calling for help.
Many Republicans blasted the move as the Democratic president's grab for Hispanic votes ahead of the November 6 presidential election, with an eye on battleground states such as Florida, Nevada and Colorado with big immigrant populations.
Morraz, who graduated from high school last year with advanced credits, had to turn down university opportunities at Boston College and the University of Chicago, because his lack of status made him ineligible for financial assistance.
"I started to stop caring about education. I thought it was a waste of time, it just fills your head with dreams for nothing," he said.
Now he has enrolled at a community college to study international relations, and has revived his university dreams with hopes one day of becoming a diplomat.
"Now I have a future. I'm on a path," he said.
The federal policy change has been warmly received by Latino leaders, but has been derided by some Republicans as "backdoor amnesty."
Immigration advocates are not entirely satisfied either, calling the policy just a partial implementation of the Dream Act, a bill stalled in the U.S. Congress that seeks to create a permanent legal status for the undocumented children of immigrants who entered the country illegally.
"It's like a Band-Aid," said Daniela Pelaez, 18, a Colombian-born student who came to Miami at age 4. "It's only temporary and we don't know what happens in two years time."
Pelaez and her sister received a 30-day deportation order in February and led a public battle to stay in the country after Daniela was elected to deliver her high school's valedictorian commencement speech.
Pelaez was awarded a full scholarship to Dartmouth to study molecular biology and won a separate appeal for deferred action in March, spurring calls for the Obama administration to apply the remedy more broadly. She starts at Dartmouth in two weeks and hopes to become a heart surgeon.
"All these children have the ability to be great Americans. The only question is whether we give them that opportunity," said U.S. Representative David Rivera, a Florida Republican who hosted Wednesday's workshop to advise applicants for the program.
"I'm not so concerned about the mechanics of how this was done," he added, referring to criticism of president Obama's executive order, "as much as I am about it's being a foundation for a permanent solution."
Advocates are urging young immigrants to have their applications reviewed by an attorney before filing them.
"Mistakes or misunderstandings could lead to denial of deferred action and losing the $465 fee or worse - deportation," said Cheryl Little, director of Americans for Immigrant Justice. "This is a marathon, not a sprint."
San Antonio, Texas, resident Benita Veliz, 27, hoped to take advantage of the program. She arrived in the United States from her native Mexico with her illegal immigrant parents when she was 8. Since then, she said she has completed high school and college but has been unable to get a driver's license or travel.
"This will allow me to do the things I've always wanted to do and live out the American dream like I've always wanted," she said.
Reporting by Colleen Jenkins, David Adams and Jim Forsyth; Editing by Doina Chiacu and Vicki Allen


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The New York Mets have had the dubious honor of being known as 'the other baseball team from New York' for a long time. In some cases, they don't even get that far. The rivalry between the New York Mets and the New York Yankees might even be more fierce than the rivalry between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox. Of course, the Boston Red Sox has had a tremendous resurgence in success and popularity recently, while the New York Mets literally has not had a World Series victory in thirty years. New Yorkers remain sharply divided over their support for either of these New York teams.
The Underdog Team
It should be noted that the New York Mets team has managed to bring home some World Series championships. They won a World Series championship in 1986 and another in 1969. Sadly, this means that the new generation of sports fans isn't going to remember any of their World Series victories. The older fans who are clinging to these now-historic victories are starting to seem tragic themselves, particularly when people consider just how quickly the world of sports tends to change. The bookies – such as bet365 – nearly always favor the Yankees, with the spread being constantly odds on (under evens or 2.0 decimal odds). If you're looking to learn how to use bet365 and how their bonus code works, read this guide to bet365 and the £200 deposit bonus. They've got screenshots of exactly what you need to do to claim the bonus and where to enter the code, how to cash out the bonus and how the whole site works.
Ultimately, the success of the New York Yankees and the relative lack of success for the New York Mets tends to come down to economics. The New York Yankees gets the lion's share of the financial resources. They're able to purchase the services of the most successful players. Sadly, this situation can easily create something of a positive feedback loop.
As the New York Yankees win more and more championships, they're going to get more support and more financial resources, and they're going to continue to win more and more often as they attract the best players. They're also going to be associated with the best players, which is just going to create more public support for them. The sports world tends to be very harsh on the people who don't win the absolute championships, even if they have other victories to their names.
Support for the New York Mets
The demographics of sports fans have always been intriguing. In most cases, the most important factor related to which team a given person is going to support will be geography. While the New York Mets and the New York Yankees are both New York teams, geography is still a factor here for reasons that people familiar with New York will understand. New York itself is its own little world, and a person's exact living place in New York really will make all the difference.
The majority of New York Mets fans either live in the tri-state area outside of New York City itself, or they live in any of the five boroughs in New York City itself. Only twelve percent of New York Mets fans, according to some studies, live outside of those areas. Queens tends to be associated with the New York Mets strongly, and unsurprisingly, a lot of New York Mets fans live there. Many other New York Mets fans will live in Brooklyn, Staten Island, Suffolk, or Nassau.
Some people tend to say that an appreciation for the New York Mets or the New York Yankees is largely a matter of class, with upper class people supporting the New York Yankees and lower class people supporting the New York Mets. However, this is a somewhat simplistic distinction, especially when people consider the huge distribution of class levels that exists all over New York City. There are some class trends when it comes to the New York baseball fandoms: New York Mets fans have a strong tendency to be middle class, whereas New York Yankees fans often occupy the extremes of the class brackets. Still, New York Yankees fans are so numerous that many of these trends are only going to be subtle.
It is true that people who live in Manhattan tend to favor the New York Yankees over the New York Mets. However, the New York Yankees are also favored in the states of New Jersey, Connecticut, and the upstate New York area. These areas are so broad and have so many different class levels that it seems inaccurate to say that only upper class people support the New York Yankees. The upper Hudson Valley, the Bronx, Rockland, and Westchester also have a tendency to favor the New York Yankees, which demonstrates the tremendous diversity of New York Yankees fans. It also demonstrates what a huge geographical advantage the New York Yankees have when it comes to their fans, since their fans have such a broad distribution.
The Future of the New York Mets
It should be noted that the New York Mets are still a fairly young team in that they only date back to 1962. It should also be noted that the world of baseball in the United States has gone through a lot of major transitions over the years. The Boston Red Sox made a tremendous comeback in 2004, and they have been one of the most successful baseball teams ever since. They've actually been defeating the New York Yankees, which hasn't really been doing as well since the late 1990's.
The year 2016 has brought even more surprises. The Chicago Cubs is one of the few baseball teams that has managed to make the New York Mets look good. They won the World Series twice in 1907 and 1908 and haven't won anything since. For the 2016 season, however, they have been doing very well. Since this is a team that has not won the World Series in the lifetime of anyone at the games, if they manage to win now, it's going to prove to baseball fans that anything is possible.
The New York Mets may manage to enjoy a similarly triumphant comeback story. They've been more successful than the Chicago Cubs. The Boston Red Sox and the New York Mets are united in their rivalry with the New York Yankees, and the Boston Red Sox has managed to shift the power balance. The New York Mets may manage to do the same thing.


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With the announced SAT changes, many college bound students, parents, and counselors are understandably more angst-ridden than usual about the test and how to effectively prep for it. This, unfortunately, means that some less-than-scrupulous test prep companies will seek to take advantage of that concern to turn a quick profit. These companies are rushing to market with "the first prep guide for the 2016 SAT" that is "guaranteed to boost your score." Hopefully we'll be able to dispel some of the myth, rumor, and panic surrounding the new tests with a few reminders. So here is your quick guide to preparing for the new SAT:
ACT vs SAT: Changing the Game to Be Even More Complicated
ACT vs SAT – A Tale of Two Essays
One of the questions we get asked a lot as teachers and tutors is "What's the deal with the essay, anyway?" Interestingly, this question is asked by both SAT students and ACT students. Let me break it down for ya, fellas…
First the ACT and SAT prompts are very different. The ACT presents topics that students can easily relate to and have some familiarity with. The ACT topics are often about school or education. The SAT, on the other hand, presents prompts that are a bit more esoteric, obscure and arcane (see what I did there? ). Here are samples of each:
ACT vs SAT: The Amazing Race
In our continuing ACT vs SAT series (if you've not been following you might want to click this link and check out the others), we break down the difference in pacing on the two tests. We'll help you make sense of pacing and timing on the SAT versus the ACT. You've probably already read or heard that the ACT is a faster test than the SAT, and we're here to give that a little more context and help you figure out what that means to you.
When people say "The ACT is a faster test" what they really mean is that the ACT overall allots less time per question.
ACT vs SAT: The only difference that matters
In our continuing quest to put to rest the fruitless debate between the two college entry behemoths, we give you the definitive answer to which test you should take.
After all talk is over and after all the pros and cons have been listed, the one and only difference you need to worry about is which test you do better on!
No matter what the group statistics imply, no matter what your friends have done, no matter who was admitted with which scores last year, all that matters is which test provides you the best opportunity to demonstrate to colleges your ability to do well at their school.
ACT vs SAT: Myths and Legends
In recent years, students have increasingly faced the challenge of deciding which college admission tests to take. They are receiving conflicting, vague, or incorrect advice from counselors, parents, blogs, internet experts, admission officers, concerned citizens, and busybodies of all varieties. Instead of solving the problem and making the decision easier, this information overload can often increase the confusion. To help you make a decision (and hopefully not just add to the noise), we've started this "ACT vs. SAT" series, which will provide specific points points of comparison and clear (hopefully) unbiased information that will help you create your ACT vs. SAT scorecard. To kick things off, we'll dispel a few of the most egregious myths we've heard in the ACT/SAT discussion.
5 Common Misconceptions
SAT Tips: The Holy Grail of SAT Math
Today's post, inspired by the SAT Question of the Day for 3/11/12 offers us another opportunity to remind you of one of the few remaining truly magical test-taking techniques: Plugging In!
SAT Tips: Math Vocab
One of the first things you need to do when prepping for a test is learn the lingo. SAT Math is prone to using vocabulary that you've probably not seen in a while – words like integer, factor, and multiple probably haven't come up since you were in 7th grade. And even when you saw them in 7th grade, it probably wasn't in the same context as how they are used on the SAT. So one of the best starting points for the SAT is to learn vocab, both the words common to Sentence Completion questions but also the words common to Math questions. The College Board QOTD on President's day stumped 60% of the people who tried it and the only things tested are the understanding of a few math terms. Hopefully by the end of this post you'll head over to the College Board site and be one of the 40%.
SAT Tips: Right Triangles That Make You Feel Special
As we've stated before, the SAT is standardized, and what that often means is that the types of questions they ask and the type of information they expect you to know reappears over and over from test to test. Today's question of the day, which a surprisingly small percentage of people got correct, is a great example of how the SAT loves to present Right Triangles. So before we send you off to the College Board's site to give this question "the old college try," let's explore what you need to know about right triangles on the SAT.
The Match Game: Choosing a Tutor
Selecting a tutor is not unlike the process of choosing someone to date. It seems like there are thousands of options out there, but finding the right one be both difficult and overwhelming – not to mention a serious cash investment! We want to try to alleviate the stress a bit by providing you with a basic list of questions to ask of a tutor before making the final (and hopefully great) decision:
1. What is your experience with this particular test?
With experience comes an increasing amount of knowledge about not only how to do each question but more importantly how to effectively teach the test to students of different skill levels, backgrounds, and learning styles. Generally, the more experienced the tutor, the more likely you are to get a carefully crafted study plan that will allow you to reach your goals. Tutoring college-level Calculus for years does not automatically qualify someone as to be a stellar SAT or ACT tutor. These tests, particularly the SAT, are filled with similar "tricks" year in and year out that experienced test prep teachers will be familiar with and have the ability to explain to students.


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This course is an interdisciplinary introduction to the principles of design for sustainability, with emphasis on the built environment. Through lectures, readings, discussions, and a major design project, students learn to design buildings and other infrastructure with low to no impact on the environment. Emphasis is on creative thinking, strategies for managing the complexity of the product life cycle of the infrastructure, and the thorough integration of human and economic aspects in the design. Homework and project activities provide practice in relevant engineering analysis. Enrollment is limited to 20 students.


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Israel deepens Gaza push to destroy Hamas tunnels
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli troops pushed deeper into Gaza on Friday to destroy rocket launching sites and tunnels, firing volleys of tank shells and clashing with Palestinian fighters in a high-stakes ground offensive meant to weaken the enclave's Hamas rulers.
Israel launched the operation late Thursday, following a 10-day campaign of more than 2,000 air strikes against Gaza that had failed to halt relentless Hamas rocket fire on Israeli cities.
Israel's first major ground offensive in Gaza in just over five years came as Egyptian cease-fire efforts stalled. Earlier this week, Israel accepted Cairo's offer to halt hostilities, but Hamas refused, demanding that Israel and Egypt first give guarantees to ease the blockade on Gaza.
Throughout the night, the thud of tank shells echoed across Gaza, often just a few seconds apart. Several explosions from Israeli missile strikes shook high-rise buildings in central Gaza City.
At Gaza's main Shifa Hospital, casualties quickly began arriving, including several members of the same family wounded by shrapnel from tank shells. Among those hurt were a toddler and a boy of elementary school age, their bodies pocked by small bloody wounds.
Gaza health officials said 19 Palestinians have been killed since the ground operation began. The Israeli military said it killed 14 militants in different exchanges of fire. It was not immediately clear if the militants were among those reported killed by Gaza authorities.
The Israeli military said one soldier was killed in the northern Gaza Strip, the first Israeli casualty among troops. The circumstances behind his death were not immediately clear, with Hamas' military wing saying it ambushed Israeli units in the northern town of Beit Lahiya and caused casualties but Israeli media saying it was likely a case of friendly fire.
Israel's chief military spokesman Brig. Gen. Moti Almoz told Army Radio "there were a number of points of friction through the night" and said the military was investigating the circumstances behind the soldier's death.
In a statement, the military said it targeted rocket launchers, tunnels and more than 100 other targets. The military said "a number" of soldiers were wounded throughout the night.
Israeli officials have said the goal is to weaken Hamas militarily and have not addressed the possibility of driving the Islamic militants from power.
However, Hamas has survived Israeli offensives in the past, including a major ground operation in January 2009 from which it emerged militarily weaker, but then recovered. Hamas has since assembled thousands of rockets and built a system of underground bunkers.
Israel had been reticent about launching a ground offensive for fear of endangering its own soldiers and drawing international condemnation over Palestinian civilian deaths.
Since the July 8 start of the air campaign, 260 Palestinians have been killed -- including 14 children under the age of 12 on Wednesday and Thursday -- and more than 2,000 wounded, Palestinian health officials said. In Israel, one civilian died and several were wounded.
Israeli public opinion appears to strongly support the offensive after days of unrelenting rocket fire from Gaza and years of southern Israeli residents living under the threat. Gaza militants have fired more than 1,500 rockets at Israel over the past 11 days.
Israel said it launched an open-ended assault on several fronts, with the primary aim being to destroy underground tunnels into Israel built by Hamas that could be used to carry out attacks.
On Thursday, 13 heavily armed Hamas militants tried to sneak into Israel through such a tunnel, but were stopped by an airstrike after they emerged some 250 meters (820 feet) inside Israel.
Israeli defense officials said soldiers faced little resistance during the first night of the ground operation, but the longer the military keeps a presence in Gaza, the greater the risk for heavy casualties on both sides.
Forces are expected to spend a day or two staking ground and are working in the north, east and south of the Gaza Strip. Then, they are expected to move to the second phase, which is to destroy tunnels, an operation that could take up to two weeks.
Once Hamas is able to study the military's positions and movements, it may push back more forcefully, the officials said.
The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the military's strategy.
Israel's Cabinet was set to meet later on Friday to be briefed on the assault.
Uri Ariel, a Cabinet minister from the hard-line Jewish Home party, told Israel Radio that airstrikes alone would not neutralize Hamas' weapons. He said he expected that ground forces would penetrate Gaza further.
"There won't be a choice. The military will need to enter deeper," he said.
Goldenberg reported from Jerusalem.


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November 29
Take Heed
By Marsh Chapel
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You may augment or even multiply this manner of superstitious avoidance with regard to sermons. Hope, encouragement, promise—these are our homiletical preferences, both in listening and in speaking. A fellow OWU alumnus and an eminent graduate of Boston University, recently honored here and rightly so, made this his single message until his death on Christmas Eve in 1995. There is something to be said of and for, about, and with Norman Vincent Peale and his Power of Positive Thinking. Furthermore, there is simply sometimes a matter of courtesy at work in our reluctance to name the elephant in the room. We much prefer someone else to do so. If we are forced we will sometimes use the device, the locution, "John said that…" , so bracketing the offense in a quotation of some (hopefully absent) soul or other. We avoid, but life has a way of presenting itself anyway.
The day I deposited our youngest child in his freshman dormitory I met a fellow dad, a fellow depositeer. I soon learned that he was from my home town, Syracuse, and that he had been there in our own return years time, during the late 1980's , and that he had been an SU administrator. Ignorant, I went ahead to ask, 'How was your time in our neighborhood?'. If I could describe the pain in his eyes, which I cannot, I would not, for your sake, his and mine. "I was heavily involved in the recovery from Lockerbie", he said. That probably means little or nothing to you from this long distance. Even then, 2002, it took a half-second for me to catch the sub-text, to hear the unspoken. When I caught up, I sorely regretted my courtesy, my prying inquisitiveness, overheated on a day of much emotion.
In 1988, in Lockerbie Scotland, 200 Syracuse students and others were hurled to their painful, horrific deaths by Libyan terrorists. In retrospect, you can draw a straight line with some other dots along it from 1988 to nineleven. That Christmas, then Chancellor Eggers, gave an interview in the Syracuse Herald Journal. I will never forget the tone of pathos, of loss in that interview. Nor will I forget his grief. Nor will I forget his challenge: 'we look to the chapel, an nothing seems to come'. Now that I am the Dean of a Chapel, his words ring even louder, ever louder, louder still. Mel Eggers, a great builder, a great leader, a great president, never really recovered from Lockerbie, in my view. How could he? Remembering Eggers challenge, I have written today's sermon, today's interpretation of Luke 21, an ancient apocalypse.
Today, apologies now made in advance for what is an awkward and difficult message, I want to speak a pastoral word about the fire next time. We have the wisdom of the Bible, the presence of the Spirit and the experience of pastoral imagination to go on, but for a word like this we will also need your wisdom, your spirit, and your experience as well. In advance I ask your patience, forbearance, indulgence, and, perhaps even forgiveness. This is a hard word, both to speak and to hear.
As a world community, as a nation, and particularly as Christian people within both world and national communities, we need furiously to work to prevent, and we need strongly to be prepared. We need to work to prevent and we need to be prepared for the fire next time. I say this as someone who had to wait to hear if parishioners survived nineleven, who conducted services with thousands of people present in those days, whose parishioners were sent to discover the remains of the dead in NYC, who rode through the aftereffects of nineleven in a congregation of many thousand who were by turns faithful, angry, patient, vengeful, patriotic, nationalist, Christian and American. After the Sunday service, as powerful an hour of worship as I can recall, a friend nonetheless critically said, 'Well, that was good, by you should have ended with 'God Bless America'.
Nineleven did not start the fire. I hope that nineleven is its end. I pray so, I work so, I hope so, I fervently reverently desire that it may be so, that no other child shall have to hear that mom went to work and did not come home because of fire of that kind. May we spend every thoughtful moment, every creative hour, every generous impulse to beat back the flames of such a fire next time. My prayer and my expectation is that there will be no fire next time, no other nineleven. Such is not God's will. Such is not our desire. Such is in nobody's interest.
But I have parishioners, past and present and future. I am baptizing babies, marrying young people, counseling the bereaved, working with the sick, teaching faith by precept and example, and burying the dead, Friday by Friday. I have a pastoral responsibility that anyone with a pastoral imagination will admit includes being prepared for the unforeseen future.
Our apocalyptic gospel from Luke 21, a fading late 1st century prediction of the end of time, no longer occupies, twenty centuries later, the kind of literal centrality for Christian teaching which it did in the year 90. Even then, by Luke's time, apocalyptic was waning. The church, beginning with the church's formative influence on the New Testament, converted apocalyptic eschatology into ethical exhortation. Portents and predictions of wars and rumors of wars became, in the main, as they are today, words of caution and preparation, and warning. 'Take heed…'. Be prepared. And on that basis this morning we shall render, interpret Luke 21.
Plan for the worst. Hope for the best. Then do your most. And leave all the rest. How many times have you heard me say that in three years? Yet how often have we truly preached the first line, about planning for the worst?
Not all tragedy befalls someone else. Not all inexplicable, hurtful, senseless accident happens to other families. Not all fire burns in the next town down the line. Into each life a little rain, and more than a little rain, does fall. If every heart has secret sorrows, which every heart does, then every home harbors potential hurt, as every home does. More: Religious expression has its perils.
The best way to prepare for the fire next time is fire prevention. The best way to stop the fire is to keep it from starting. We all have some responsibility here. You have responsibility. You have responsibility in your time and in your way to strive for the things that make for peace. You can make a difference. Let me take just two examples, speaking of religion, with regard to a crowded small world in which, Europe and some parts of North America excepted, religion is furiously alive. That is not necessarily a good thing, but it is a fact.
First, you need to know something about non-Christian religion. You are in a good place to make a start. In 30 minutes, starting at Marsh Chapel, you can visit active communities of mo
st of the world's great religions, on foot, along Bay State Road. Right here, you can take a walk and learn something in one half hour about Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Atheism, and, that great New England religious expression, Baseball. A simple walk along Bay State Road and on out to Fenway Park will show you Hinduism, Judaism, Catholicism, Islam, Protestantism and the search for Common Ground. You can read Huston Smith, or read him again. Before you come back to church, push yourself to some further, better comprehension of the world's religions. They make a difference—not always for the good. Take heed. It is good form not to judge what you do not understand or know. Walk in different moccasins. You need not affirm, agree with, or accept any particulars from any of these traditions, but these are things that matter, greatly, to the vast majority of the world's population which population looks, by the way, not all like you.
Second, for your own health and well being you need, for your own health, to find one counter influence to the fire next time, of your own considered selection, and make a point of doing something. Help Iraqi refugees. Support housing for the world's poor. Fund a mission trip beyond the borders of this country. Travel for learning and for serving. Spend some time in 'women without borders' discussion groups. As Christian people you have nothing to defend and everything to share. Our special offering envelopes today support Eboo Patel's Interfaith Coalition. Support our own nascent, new this year, Marsh Chapel and BU Religious Life InterFaith Council. If nothing else, you could write a check.
Prevention matters. Nonetheless, all the prevention in the world and for the world is not enough. It is not enough to prevent, as primary as that is. We also need to prepare.
We may have another serious catastrophe, somewhere in the country or somewhere around the globe. It is not a question of taking such a portent in stride, for there is no such stride and no such taking. Yet we can prepare ourselves, spiritually, for days we hope will never arrive. We can prepare by 'taking heed', facing facts, being ready.
One starting point is a phrase from our President in 2002: 'we shall meet violence with patient justice.' I never tire of repeating this quintessentially wise proverb. You may dispute the living of it, even harshly judge various failures both in patience and in justice. That however does not diminish the truth, and the honest integrity, of the desire and insight. Patient justice. We can learn to respond not to react. We can learn to be responsible not reactive, that is to seek patient justice.
But to do so, we shall need deeper, truer preparation. I wonder what kind of training those civil disobedient youth had fifty years ago that kept them in check in the face of dogs, hoses, curses and clubs? No training alone would ever be enough. There must reside, deeper in the heart, what Niebuhr called 'a spiritual discipline against resentment'. That is, we are going to need to learn the arts of disciplined endurance. I think at some low level of our collective psyche we are pushing toward this. Hence the increase in jogging, in running, in cycling, in all forms of physical endurance. At some bone level our bodies are telling us to be prepared for a long twilight struggle.
Those of us who live in US cities by choice have every reason to think soberly in these terms. We are potential targets. Radical Islamic fundamentalist terrorism, and other forms of terrorism, are actual historic realities, which need to be tracked, contained and defeated by international police and military work. Meanwhile, here we are. The fact that another so-called fire may break out, or does break out, does not change the lasting commitments we have to freedom, peace, justice, and love. In fact, such portents serve to toughen and harden our commitments so named. As Luke remembered his apocalyptic inheritance, let us remember our religious inheritance, in the voices of those who can encourage, admonish, and advise us. Here are three, and very different voices, lifted near here, this fall.
One. Anton Chekov advises us. A friend led me back to his work, after thirty years. Coming from someone so wise who died so young, his words bear weighted meaning. I note them and quote them for they bear such weighted meaning: 'My holy of holies is the human body…faith is rooted in experience and in acts of charity…Knowledge leads to truth, but knowledge does not exhaust truth…I affirm an all embracing love of life' (Fr Thomas, in BMC lecture, 11/19/09)
Two. Andrew Bacevich admonishes us. His prophetic voice has gradually received a fuller hearing, across the land, though from his Boston University office he has been writing and speaking for more than a decade. Caution and promise: real change is real hard and takes real time. Bacevich gives me encouragement because his work and word have only gradually, first minimally, then marginally, then more massively gained a purchase, a foothold, a hearing. He taught twice here at Marsh Chapel earlier this month. Coming from someone so wise and from someone of his experience, his words bear weighted meaning. I note them and quote them fully for their bear such weighted meaning. He admonishes, 'The American people will ignore the imperative of settling accounts—balancing budgets, curbing consumption, and paying down debt. They will remain passive as politicians fritter away US military might on unnecessary wars. They will permit officials responsible for failed policies to dodge accountability. In Niebuhr's words, they will cling to 'a culture which makes 'living standards' the final norm of the good life and which regards the perfection of techniques as the guarantor of every cultural as well as every social-moral value'. Above all, they will venerate freedom while carefully refraining from assessing its content or measuring its costs. 'The trustful acceptance of false solutions for our perplexing problems adds a touch of pathos to the tragedy of our age'. (Limits, 182).
Three. Elie Wiesel is a great encouragement to many of us. Each autumn at Boston University, on three Monday evenings, our community sits to listen as he sits to teach. Biblical theology, historical criticism, religious insight, and pastoral guidance are annually, regularly, beautifully combined. I listened to his last, his third lecture, this fall, from the balcony. Due to another earlier commitment, I had to arrive a little late, and so went up to the balcony. In any case, by confession, I am a balcony sitter, by nature. The sight lines are always better, the sound is always the clearer, and there is plenty of space. Wiesel this year concluded his reflections on the tragic history of the 'St Louis', a moment of American moral failure which had mortal consequences, with some words of advice. Coming from someone so wise and from someone of his experience, they bear weighted meaning. I noted them quickly and quote them fully for they bear weighted meaning. They bear weighted meaning for us, as we face an uncertain, unforeseeable, unforeseen, and perilous, future: 'Waiting in the face of crisis is a sin…Silence in a crisis is a sin too…When you are planning to give help, do so quickly…Act yourself, do things yourself, do not depend on someone else to do it for you…Never give in to despair…Never give up on hope…Think higher…Feel deeper'.
So we also read in the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 21, verse 25 and following:
But take heed to yourselves lest your hearts be weighed down with dissipation and drunkenness and cares of this life, and that day come upon you suddenly like a snare; for it will come upon all who dwell upon the face of the earth. But watch at all times, praying that you may have the strength to escape all these things that will take place, and to stand be
fore the Son of Man.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 (UPI) -- A filibuster to gain support for the release of the doctor who helped locate Osama bin Laden held up a vote on the Veterans Job Corps bill in the U.S. Senate.
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., said his filibuster Wednesday was to draw attention to his call for Pakistani leaders to release Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani doctor who helped the CIA find bin Laden, Politico reported Thursday.
Paul had said he would stall Senate action until the doctor is released from jail in Pakistan, something the government has said it would not do. Paul also called on the Obama administration to block aid to Pakistan until Afridi is released.
Afridi was linked to the CIA operation to verify bin Laden's whereabouts with a door-to-door vaccination campaign in Abbottabad, where the al-Qaida founder was hiding before he was killed. The doctor recently was convicted by a tribal court and sentenced to 33 years in prison.
The jobs bill, which enjoys bipartisan support, would create a veterans jobs training program at a cost of $1 billion over five years.
Paul also said the United States should end aid to Libya following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi in which U.S. Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other Americans were killed, Politico reported.
"I do this because I think it's important for our allies to act like allies," Paul said.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., disagreed, saying a veterans jobs bill wasn't the proper vehicle for a political play.
"I think my friend from Kentucky should have run for secretary of state rather than the Senate," Reid said.


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Hello everyone …
Well Autumn is definately here and so is my first ever e-book! This e-book is packed with ideas for fun things you can do with your under 5's this Autumn; it includes songs, cooking, crafts, books, ideas for trips out, celebrating festivals and even how to make scarecrows! I do hope you like it. It's only £1.50 and it will hopefully save you a fortune
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