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1 Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:
2 "My troubled thoughts prompt me to answer 2 because I am greatly disturbed.
3 I hear a rebuke that dishonors me, 3 and my understanding inspires me to reply.
4 "Surely you know how it has been from of old, 4 ever since people were[a] placed on the earth,
5 that the mirth of the wicked is brief, 5 the joy of the godless lasts but a moment.
6 Though his pride reaches to the heavens 6 and his head touches the clouds,
7 he will perish forever, like his own dung; 7 those who have seen him will say, 'Where is he?'
8 Like a dream he flies away, no more to be found, 8 banished like a vision of the night.
9 The eye that saw him will not see him again; 9 his place will look on him no more.
10 His children must make amends to the poor; 10 his own hands must give back his wealth.
11 The youthful vigor that fills his bones 11 will lie with him in the dust.
12 "Though evil is sweet in his mouth 12 and he hides it under his tongue,
13 though he cannot bear to let it go 13 and lets it linger in his mouth,
14 yet his food will turn sour in his stomach; 14 it will become the venom of serpents within him.
15 He will spit out the riches he swallowed; 15 God will make his stomach vomit them up.
16 He will suck the poison of serpents; 16 the fangs of an adder will kill him.
17 He will not enjoy the streams, 17 the rivers flowing with honey and cream.
18 What he toiled for he must give back uneaten; 18 he will not enjoy the profit from his trading.
19 For he has oppressed the poor and left them destitute; 19 he has seized houses he did not build.
20 "Surely he will have no respite from his craving; 20 he cannot save himself by his treasure.
21 Nothing is left for him to devour; 21 his prosperity will not endure.
22 In the midst of his plenty, distress will overtake him; 22 the full force of misery will come upon him.
23 When he has filled his belly, 23 God will vent his burning anger against him 23 and rain down his blows on him.
24 Though he flees from an iron weapon, 24 a bronze-tipped arrow pierces him.
25 He pulls it out of his back, 25 the gleaming point out of his liver. 25 Terrors will come over him; 26 total darkness lies in wait for his treasures. 26 A fire unfanned will consume him 26 and devour what is left in his tent.
27 The heavens will expose his guilt; 27 the earth will rise up against him.
28 A flood will carry off his house, 28 rushing waters[b] on the day of God's wrath.
29 Such is the fate God allots the wicked, 29 the heritage appointed for them by God."


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Think of one person who you are tempted for any reason to withhold love from, and pray for their happiness. In that moment your pain will stop. Marrianne Williamson
Q: Where is the healthiest place to live in the US?........Curious
A: Generally we see the grass as greener somewhere else, but believe it or not, New England is one of the healthiest places to live in the US. According to a recent CBS survey, using criteria such as rates of smoking, physical activity, diabetes, graduation rate, violent crime rate, premature death risks and rate of infectious diseases the New England states garnered six out of the top ten spots.
Coming in at number one is Vermont, for the sixth year in a row primarily due to its high marks for a high graduation rate, a low violent crime rate, low smoking rates, high physical activity and low diabetes rates.
Coming in at at number two is Hawaii and New Hampshire is number three. With it's third lowest crime rate in the country and the lowest percentage of children under 18 living in poverty. There were some areas that needed improving like public health funding and mental health funding, where it ranked fairly low.
Number four is Massachusetts, citing the lowest rate for adult obesity and the large number of doctors available for health conscious residents. Challenges for Massachusetts were binge drinking and the higher rate of preventable hospitalizations.
Connecticut earned its slot at number six due to the low smoking rates, the lack of obese citizens and high vaccine coverage. It dropped some from last year's rating due to the lower rate in high school graduations and the levels of air pollution in the city areas
Maine came in at number nine, climbing up from its number 10 slot last year, boasting the lowest crime rate in the country. It does, however, need to address concerns like lowering the smoking rate and obesity rates.
And believe it or not, Rhode Island came in as number 10 in large part to its diligence in cholesterol checking and high immunization rates. The highest rate of doctors of primary care per population also helped its rating. As in its neighboring state, Rhode Island does have challenges with binge drinking and preventable hospitalizations.
So you can be proud of the place you live in and work to make it even better.
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There are herds of cows, flocks of chickens, schools of fish, gaggles of geese, prides of lions, murders of crows and ravens, an exaltation of doves, a parliament of owls and then there are baboons, the loudest most vicious and aggressive of all primates. They are called a congress of baboons—mmmm.
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NEW YORK — For all of his home runs, All-Star accolades and huge salaries, Alex Rodriguez finds himself in a most familiar spot this season.
A-Rod is an October lightning rod.
With every swing and miss, memories of his amazing run during the New York Yankees' championship season in 2009 fade even further. Instead, fans are becoming more and more vocal, calling for manager Joe Girardi to drop him from the No. 3 spot in the lineup.
Rodriguez struck out to end the Yankees' 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles in Game 2 of their division series Monday night, leaving the best-of-five matchup tied at 1.
He's fanned plenty of times — five in all while going 1 for 9 so far in the series.
"I feel fine at the plate," Rodriguez said after the loss. "I've just got to finish at-bats. I'm getting good swings."
He'll have the chance to turn things around Wednesday night when the series shifts to the Bronx for Game 3. Hiroki Kuroda (16-11) starts for New York against Miguel Gonzalez (9-4), a rookie right-hander who has 17 strikeouts in 13 2-3 innings against the Yankees in two starts.
After their train experienced an electrical outage after the loss Monday and turned a usual 2-hour, 15-minute trip to New York into a 5-hour journey, manager Joe Girardi was reluctant to address the Yankees' more pressing power problem Tuesday.
"I think that we're going to do whatever it takes to win this three-game series. Nothing that we do will be something that is just a knee-jerk reaction," Girardi said. "The great thing about this is I have a great group of guys that's very unselfish, and they really want to win. And that's what we're going to do, what we think is best to win."
Always protective of his players, Girardi might be choosing to coddle Rodriguez after watching Joe Torre cause a stir in 2006 by dropping the 14-time All-Star to eighth in the Yankees order against the Detroit Tigers in the first round. Continued...
"Sometimes it's just not as easy as just writing a name or taking a guy out, a pitcher out. You have to think about the emotional part," Girardi said. "You always have to think about that as a manager."
A big fan of the numbers, all collated in his ever-present binder, Girardi need not look too deep to see that the 37-year-old Rodriguez is not the same player that has amassed 647 homers, fewer than only Willie Mays, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron and Barry Bonds.
The third baseman hit only 18 home runs and had a .430 slugging percentage while driving in just 57 runs in 122 games this season, exclusively batting third or fourth for the team that scored the second most runs in the majors with 804.
Rodriguez went a startling 67 at-bats in September without an extra-base hit shortly after returning from a broken left hand. Robinson Cano, who had an RBI double Monday, had nine straight multihit games to finish the season, hitting .615 over that stretch, and many fans want to see him hit in the No. 3 slot.
Granted, Rodriguez is not the only player that's nearly Oh-for-October. Baltimore's Adam Jones is 1 for 8, Washington's Bryce Harper is 1 for 10 and Detroit's Prince Fielder is 1 for 8, but the Tigers are up 2-0.
But none of those stars have as much history as the three-time MVP, either. The highest-paid player in baseball with a contract that can exceed $300 million and has five years remaining, A-list girlfriends, a gossip page fixture.
Ending the Yankees' last two trips to the playoffs with whiffs doesn't help — Game 6 in 2010 ALCS with a caught looking and a swinging strike three against the Tigers last year in the first round. He also hasn't homered in the postseason since hitting six in 2009, but he's fanned 17 times.
Overall, Rodriguez is a career .271 hitter in the postseason with 13 homers and 41 RBIs since making his first playoff appearance in 1995 with Seattle. He is a career .300 hitter in the regular season with 1,950 RBIs.
But Girardi insisted he likes what he sees from Rodriguez. He hit a sharp liner that Baltimore second baseman Robert Andino stopped with a dive and singled before striking out twice as the Yankees tried to rally.
"He squared up two balls," Girardi said. "You look at the ball he hit in the first inning, he squared it up. And then he had the other hard single. Right now I don't have any plans to make any changes." Continued...
Rodriguez isn't the only one struggling for the Yankees against the Orioles solid pitching staff. New York went 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position and stranded 10 in Monday's loss.
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The airwaves in Bryson City are active again now that WBHN is back up and running.
The radio station, the only one that calls Swain County home, went off the air about a year ago because of financial problems. Two independent efforts to rescue the station were launched. One spearheaded by Lloyd Brown, pastor of Spruce Grove Baptist Church, resulted in what is now the new Tom Harris Memorial Station.
The name was chosen as a mark of respect for the former pastor of Victory Baptist Church in Bryson City. Before he passed away, Harris had a daily program on WBHN for at least 35 years.
Brown said Tuesday that efforts are under way to secure a license in the new nonprofit's name through the Federal Communications Commission. The radio station is focusing on gospel music, and also will offer some bluegrass and country programming.
The community only had until Sept. 16 to get WBHN back on the air. Otherwise, the FCC would have permanently canceled the license after one-year of being non-operational and the station would have been "dark" permanently.
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LA PALMA, Canary Islands (AP) — A lifeboat being used on a safety drill aboard a cruise ship in Spain's Canary Islands fell about 65 feet (20 meters) into a port on Sunday when a cable snapped, trapping crew members beneath it and killing five of them, officials said.
None of the hundreds of passengers aboard the British-operated vessel were involved in the accident, which also injured three crew members, said the Canary Islands port authority.
Divers raced to the lifeboat, which had hit the water upside down, recovering four bodies and trying without success to revive a fifth crewman who had stopped breathing, the authority said.
Thomson Cruises confirmed the accident and the casualties aboard its Thomson Majesty ship on the island of La Palma, saying the three injured crewmen were not badly hurt.
The ship docked at the island's port of Santa Cruz in the morning, after arriving there from the neighboring island of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. It was due to depart at 3 p.m. for Funchal on the mid-Atlantic island of Madeira with 1,498 passengers and 594 crew aboard, the authority said.
At 10:30 a.m. a drill consisting of lowering a lifeboat with crew members aboard began.
About an hour later, when the lifeboat was being hoisted back up to the deck, a cable holding it snapped and a hook holding the lifeboat on a second cable gave way, sending the lifeboat plunging into the port upside down, the authority said in a statement.
An alarm was sounded and port authorities were alerted. The captain of the cruise ship called for the divers who arrived at the capsized lifeboat.
The dead crewmen included three Indonesians, a Filipino and a Ghanian, authorities said. The three injured crew members were taken by ambulance to a hospital in La Palma and the nationality of only one of them was immediately known: Greek.
Local authorities of La Palma canceled Carnival festivities that had been due to be held on the island Sunday, but said they would go ahead as planned on Monday. Continued...
Associated Press writers Harold Heckle in Madrid, and Sylvia Hui in London, contributed to this report.
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Comment: This helmet was helmet of the year in 2009 I believe. I have had the same one for 2 years now and bought it for 120 at the time. This is a great lid and well worth the price tag. Only reason I am buying a new one is because I was so abusive to my first.
Comment: Great fit, light helmet, with efficient vent system - love it!
Comment: I ordered based on the reviews and the price. It is a bit noisy, but not as noisy as I thought it would be given the inexpensive cost...my previous helmet was an Icon and this one has about the same noise factor. It is solidly made and is pretty lightweight. The interior of the helmet is nicely made and sturdy, and the coolmax interior combined with an abundance of venting makes it cool. The extra tinted shield is a very nice feature and I use it constantly. The look and feel of the helmet is that of a much more expensive helmet. I liked it so much, I purchased another one for my passenger...you cant go wrong at this price! Value for the money, I give it a 5...the item itself, I would give 4 stars, so overall I am giving right in the middle...a solid 4.5.
Atlanta, GA
Comment: Good helmet for the price. A little noisy though with all the vents.
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Dillon, CO
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NJ Stryker
Comment: I like the style and the look. The light on the back also makes me feel alot safer when riding at night, and the vents are very helpful in heat. My one complaint is that the visor is slightly distracting only coming halfway down, and the wind grabs the visor if it is flipped up. Still, I took my visor off and I absolutely love the helmet.
Comment: Being that I use a GMax54 modular as my primary helmet, it took no second thoughts about adding another GMax to the stable. Much lighter then the modular, great optic's on the included vison, I have swapped that out for the Silver Mirror shield , which is bright but keeps that pesky sun out! Air flow is amazing, up here in Wisconsn we are just getting over a heat wave, I rode in 100+ temps and was comfortible (as long as I was in motion that is!!!) in this lid.
Wauwatosa, WI
Comment: I ordered the wrong hemets and they exchanged the helmets without any complaints. I will buy any thing I need for my bikes from them.
Steve Godsey
Blountville tennessee
Comment: This is a real nice helmet and a great buy for the $$. I'd recommend it to anyone!
Comment: Great helmet! It fits well and well vented, the lights on the back make me feel more visible. The visor set up is also very easy to disassemble so quick changes aren't that hard.
Miami, Fl
Comment: The helmet is really cool with the drop down sun visor - great value for money
Union, NJ
Comment: Very comfortable and the drop down sun visor is easy to use.
Comment: Great feel and quiet. Went up to 2xl after my measurements and perfect fit. Full face to me just feels more safe and better fit.
Kenneth S
Brandon, MS
Comment: Love the helmet; fit is great and I feel really good about the lights on back--want to do as much as possible to make myself be seen.
Comment: Good airflow. Great helmet. Great service. Thanks!
Comment: Great helmet, nice venting, comfortable fit, & led light great safety feature. Super price, super fast shipping. I'll be purchasing one more for second rider.
Karen P
Comment: Awesome helmet, vents are amazing and i hardly EVER fog up, only when i just start riding at a stop. The light is a nice touch, actually very noticeable. Ill be sticking with this helmet (or its prodigy). Totally satsifed.
Inland Empire, So Cal.
Comment: Received this helmet the day I left for a weekend trip to Kansas. It was comfortable enough, I wore it for the 4-1/2 hour, straight through, trip back to Iowa. And the price CANNOT be beat.
Rick Kaul
Norwalk, Iowa
Comment: Can't beat the price. Very comfortable.
Meridian, Id
Comment: This helmet is a great fit and looks very cool, seems to be well made, I am happy with my purchase.
Bruce Johnston
Houston, TX
Comment: When I received the helmet I liked it even more in person. I like the whole look of it and the vents make it better. My buddy took one look at it and bought one of his own the next day.
A. Figueroa
Toms River, NJ
Comment: definitely getting features found on more expensive helmets on this one... love it, use it every day as I ride to work, zero complaints...
Comment: I just ordered a new GMax with the LED light which I think is a great feature. I now have two GMax helmets. The first helmet I purchased fit so well that I was confident the second would be just as comfortable. Great quality and priced right. I will order a GMax helmet in the future.
Pocatello, Idaho
Comment: really this helmet has some top dollar features for on a budget price. what gives then you say.....its a bit noisy ... The lens does fog pretty easily, even with vents cranked open, as long as your moving they work, but cold weather riders watch for this. They feel pretty light. (compatibly to a scorpion exo 700 i have that does not fog ) cheek pads are nice, the padding on the top is not as soft.
walla walla
Comment: That being said, the flip up visor on the outside is not good. Whistles at speed when it is up. Best feature is a pocket for the speakers on the communicator that keep your ears from rubbing on the speaker. Matches my red Fury almost perfectly.
Comment: I absolutely love this helmet. It fits snug and is right on with sizing. Really mpressed with the quality of the helmet for the price. The matte color grey is phenomenal! The LED brake light is great too.
New York
Comment: Good helmet for the price. I order the large, which is a good fit a little tight but good. In cold weather the lens will fog up, when you are not moving. Crack the lens and you are go to go. The police seem to like the the lights you the back of the helmet here.
Lone Wolf
Durham, NC
Comment: i love this helmet.
Comment: Great price and quality but size runs a little small
Alan D. Reed
Smyrna De. U.S.A
Comment: I'm a new rider and I really liked the idea of LED lights on my helmet. Apparently everyone at my MSF course did too as this GMax 68S got a LOT of attention. With lots of air vents that can be opened or closed, a tinted visor and the LED lights, this helmet is tough to beat.
Joshua S.
Las Vegas
Comment: Definitely a well made helmet. I would suggest going 2 sizes up. According to chart I should wear a large. It was too tight. I then exchanged it for a XL which fits snug. I can live with it.
Jim Simpson
RIchland, MS
Comment: THE HELMENT WAS VERY NICE FITS GOOD AND LOOKS GOOD.
Comment: Excellent helmet for the $. Order one size larger than you measure!
Comment: I love the sporty look, the many vents and the double visor..
Wynter Rose
Modesto, CA
Comment: Best helmet for the price. Order one size larger.
Rochester NY
Comment: I love this helmet! The numerous air vents, padding and the sun visor make this helmet superior to any others I have used. They tend to run a little small so consider the next size up.
Conway AR
Comment: This is the first helmet I've owned and I absolutely love it. The ventilation system is great, it fits really well, and I love the LED lights on the back to make me more visible to other drivers. I would highly recommend trying this one.
Comment: Helmet is comfortable and chock full of features. It is indeed slightly smaller than its sizing would suggest - I would recommend rounding your size up when ordering. All the doodads mean somewhat more air drag than I'm used to, hence only four stars.
Bryan Callaway
Bellingham, WA
Comment: Happy with the helmet, though when i ordered it I was under the impression that it included the LED battery powered lights ,sadly after it arrived I found that that has to be ordered separately. thinking bout it though.
Comment: Great fit, quieter than my modular, nice air flow, same super Jafrum service!
T Mc
Comment: Awesome price, FAST shipping!!! Cheek pads are tight relative to my Vega Attitude (both XL, I measure 24"). Flip sun visor helps with the sun, but adds to the noise in certain positions.


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The Denton County Health Department epidemiologist has confirmed another Flower Mound resident has been positively diagnosed with West Nile fever.
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What does one do with more TASER Kills, TASER Death Headline Fails? Perhaps these errors could serve as a classic case study in bias & speculation. It might provide insight on how perceptions become reality.
To begin, the tragic death of a Brazilian named Roberto Laudisio Curti in Australia story continues its challenge with incorrect headlines. For example, read the original headline: "21-Year-Old Brazilian Tasered To Death By Australian Police." That's incorrect, yes? Nope. The autopsy results & cause of death have not been concluded. Headlines are meant to entice readers, so clearly this article won't make the same mistake? Nope. The article states in an opening lead, "That's right: Laudisio Curti was tasered to death." The story made no bones about it and firmly convinced readers that a cause of death is known. Yet, this is not true & thus the news organization had to make correct these libelous statements on April 12.
The damage was done and if you had read the original article, you might have concluded that the TASER ECD was the cause of death. You would most likely then form an opinion about this issue. Your perceptions – not based on fact or science – then become your reality.
Now imagine an opinion poll at the end of that original story that asks, "Should the New South Wales Police be held accountable for this death?" When you read the uncorrected version, do you think that those incorrect words had any influence on the poll? It did.
Even in today's Daily Telegraph, the media incorrectly states, "Officers positioned a mannequin of Mr Curti's body… where the fatal stun gun shot was fired." The fatal stun gun shot? So much for the cause of death not determined yet. That came, "Police in Taser death re-enactment after Brazilian man Roberto Laudisio Curti died in Sydney's CBD." Note the "TASER death" use in the headline & other hyperlinked stories on that samepage. Interestingly, there's also no mention of the pepper spray use.
Pepper Spray? Do a Google search with these key words & you get a lot of results in 26 days since Mr. Curti's March 18 death:
• Curti + TASER + Killed: 416,000 results
In 386 days since the death of Dominic Chiodo on March 18, 2012, there have been very few stories relative to Mr. Curti. Last week, this story, Coroners Court probes death of a man after he was sprayed with capsicum by police, provoked some research on comparing TASER vs pepper spray bias. Note the results:
• Dominic Chiodo + Capsicum + Killed: 515 results (using "pepper spray" vs. "capsicum" nets even less results: 246 results)
Why compare this to Dominic Chiodo?
There are many similarities but what's interesting is the bias when a death occurs involving a TASER ECD. There is very little outcry when someone dies in custody when other products are used. In fact, how many of you knew that police said they used pepper spray to try to subdue Mr. Curti? Why aren't the headlines "Pepper Spray Killed?"
The interesting aspect to this comparison of these two similar situations is in the numbers:
"Curti" + "pepper spray" + "killed" gets 3,360 results vs 416,000 replacing "pepper spray" with "TASER."
So how did a story involving both pepper spray & TASER ECDs fail to mention the pepper spray in 99.9 percent of the stories? How does the media continue to state TASER Kills when causes of death aren't known?
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The Honeysuckle and the Hazel Tree
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Preface and Acknowledgments
1. Philomena
2. The Nighingale
3. The Two Lovers
4. Honeysuckle
5. Lanval
6. Eliduc
7. The Reflection
8. The Chatelaine of Vergi
5. Lanval
5. Lanval
Marie de France
I have heard another
Whose story I will tell the way
The Bretons did, to preserve the fame
Of a knight. Lanval was his name.
At that time the brave, courtly king
Arthur was in Kardoel to bring
Terror to his foes, the Scots
And Picts, who had been doing lots
Of damage to the realm; they crossed
Into England, and good land was lost.
In summertime he came to reside
In Kardoel, at Whitsuntide.
Arthur gave generous rewards
To his courageous, noble lords-
Only the world's best knights were able
To have a place at the Round Table.
Wives and land the king supplied
To everyone who was on his side,
Except Lanval, and he had fought
Valiantly. Arthur gave no thought
To him, nor did his knights support
Lanval; the vassals of the court
Envied the chevalier, for he
Was generous, brave, and fair to see.
Some who showed him great affection
Would not have had the least objection
If anything occurred to bring
Him down. A very noble king
Was Lanval's father, but his land
Was far from where, at Arthur's command,
The knight now served. Lanval had spent
Everything he had, and was sent
Nothing from his lord. The knight
Would ask for nothing. Sad was his plight.
If Lanval's spirits were often low,
Don't be surprised, my lords; you know
That a stranger far from home, with no
Friends to help him, lives in sorrow.
The knight I've been telling you about,
Who'd served King Arthur long without
Failing him in any way,
Took his war-horse out one day
Just for the pleasure of a ride.
Soon he found himself outside
The town. He dismounted near a brook
In an empty meadow. His horse shook
Strangely; Lanval undid the girth
And let him roll on the grass. No mirth
Did the knight feel, only his trouble.
He put his cloak, folded double,
Under his head and lay down awhile.
Nothing he saw gave him cause to smile;
He could only think of all he lacked.
Then there was something to attract
His attention: at the river's shore
Were two young women. Never before
Had he seen such beauty! They were dressed
In long tunics of the best
Dark-dyed silk drawn tight with laces,
And they had very lovely faces.
Two basins finely made of gold
The elder carried-you'll be told
The truth about this, I guarantee-
The other a towel. He could see
How confidently they made their way
Until they were close to where he lay.
Knowing how to behave, the knight
Got up to meet them, to be polite.
But their greeting to him came before
He spoke, with the message that they bore:
"Sir Lanval, a maiden without peer
For beauty and wisdom, sent us here
To find you. This is her request:
Come with us now to be her guest!
We will guide you and take good care.
Look! Her pavilion's right over there!"
The chevalier agreed to go.
He'd leave his horse in the meadow
Where grass would keep it well content.
They led Lanval to a wondrous tent.
Never had there been one like this!
Not even Queen Semiramis,
When she was at the very height
Of her power, wisdom, wealth, and might,
Or the emperor Octavian
Could ever have afforded one
Of its panels. How much money was spent
On the gold eagle above the tent
I don't know, nor how much would have bought
The stakes and cords that kept so taut
Its walls. There is not a king on earth
With as much wealth as the tent was worth.
Inside the tent a maiden lay.
A rose, when on a summer day
It first opens, or a lily,
Is not as beautiful as she.
The very sheets of her bed cost more
Than a great castle. The maiden wore
Only a shift laced on the side,
Fashioned so as not to hide
The fine, slender shape of her.
Partly draped in an ermine fur
Cloak, lined with a silk brocade
From Alexandria, she displayed
Her bosom, face, and side; they were
As white as is the hawthorn flower.
The moment Lanval came in sight,
The maiden called out to greet the knight,
And as he sat beside her bed,
"Lanval, my dearest love," she said,
"From my own land, which is very far,
I've come to find you. If you are
Honorable and strong in valor,
No count or king, no emperor
Has the good fortune, the joy I bring,
For I love you more than anything."
He saw how fair she was. Love's dart
Struck him, lit a spark in his heart,
Which was instantly alight. Then he
Answered her most courteously:
"Beautiful one, if it is true
That I am to have such joy of you,
If to grant me love is your desire,
I swear that whatever you require
I'll gladly do, if only it lies
In my power, be it folly or wise.
All your commands will I obey.
From everyone else I'll turn away.
There's just one desire in my heart:
That the two of us may never part."
When the maiden heard Lanval speak,
And knew that the one she came to seek
Returned her love, she gave him free
Possession of her, heart and body.
Now Lanval is on the right road!
In yet another way she showed
How much she loved him, for she willed
That his every wish should be fulfilled.
His poverty was at an end;
He could have all that he could spend.
Now Lanval's lodging suits him indeed!
All the wealth he could ever need
Would be his, and more. But in addition,
Lanval received her admonition:
"Dearest, be sure no one discovers-
I charge you this!-that we are lovers.
Should that happen, this is the cost:
Our joy will be forever lost.
You'll see me no more, will never hold
Your arms around me, if this is told."
Lanval said he would not be swayed
From keeping his word. She'd be obeyed.
On the bed beside her, the knight lay.
Now Lanval is lodged in a better way!
He was with her all the afternoon,
Until it would be evening soon,
But the knight felt very much inclined
To linger, if she wouldn't mind.
But alas, "My dearest love!" she said,
"It's time for you to get out of bed.
I will stay here, and you must go,
But there's something I would have you know:
Whenever you'd like to talk with me,
Just think of a place where it would be
Appropriate, not indiscreet,
For a knight and one he loves to meet.
I'll be with you as you request
And do whatever would please you best.
To no eyes but yours will I appear,
The words I say no one else will hear."
Happy because she told him this,
He rose to go, giving her a kiss.
The maidens who had brought him there
Had prepared fine clothes for him to wear,
And when he was newly clad, the youth,
Who was neither foolish nor uncouth,
Was so fair you could search many lands
And not find his peer. He washed his hands
With water they brought, nor did he lack
A towel. After that they came back,
Bringing food so he could share a meal
With his love. Lanval did not feel
The least desire to decline;
Everything was done with fine
Courtesy, all was to his taste,
And between courses, he was embraced
And given many kisses so sweet
They pleased him more than something to eat.
When they finished the last course,
They brought Lanval his well-groomed horse,
Saddled in a way that showed good care
Had been taken of it while he was there.
Lanval mounted, took his leave, set out
Toward the city again, but not without
Often looking back the way he'd come.
But soon the knight was overcome
With great fear; as he rode along
Thinking, his doubts were very strong,
And then Lanval began to feel
What had happened to him was not real.
When he came back to where he stayed,
He found his servants well arrayed.
That night good cheer was at his table;
No one knew how Lanval was able
To show such generosity.
Every knight in the whole city
Who needed lodging Lanval took care
To invite, and all were served good fare.
Splendid are the gifts that Lanval gives,
Lanval pays the ransom of captives,
Lanval offers minstrels fine clothing,
Bestows honors worthy of a king;
To every stranger and every friend
His noble kindness has no end.
And Lanval lives in joy and delight,
For in the daytime and at night
He can see his love whenever he wills,
And all his desires she fulfills.
Thus did Lanval's life go on,
Until, after the Feast of Saint John
That same year, as I understand,
Some thirty knights in a merry band
Were all out in an orchard, playing
Beneath the tower where the queen was staying.
Gawain was there to enjoy the fun,
And his cousin Yvain, second to none
In looks. Gawain, that noble man
Whom they all truly loved, began
To speak his mind: "My lords, we've wronged
Our friend Lanval-surely he belonged
With us today! Let's go invite
That courtly and most generous knight,
Whose father is a wealthy king."
They went to where Lanval was lodging
Straight away, and asked him please
To come and join their revelries.
Leaning against a deep-carved window,
The queen could see the orchard below.
By three ladies she was served
That day. Soon the queen observed,
Among the royal retinue,
A handsome knight, one whom she knew:
Lanval. She sent a lady-in-waiting
On an errand, telling her to bring
The loveliest maidens of the court,
And with the queen they'd join the sport.
Some thirty of them assembled there,
And they started down the tower's stair.
As soon as the ladies were in view,
The knights quickly came forth to do
Them honor, being very polite,
Welcomed them all with great delight.
And then the knights and ladies talked,
Joining their fingers as they walked.
Lanval moves far away from the rest.
It has been too long since he caressed
His loved one, and he greatly misses
The touch of her and her sweet kisses.
For others' pleasures he does not care,
Wanting his own. The queen, aware
That Lanval is by himself, comes straight
To join him, and does not hesitate,
Sitting beside him, to make known
Her feelings: "Lanval, I have shown
That I honor you and hold you dear,
You have my affection; I am here
To grant you my love. All I seek
Is to know this makes you happy. Speak!
And my heart and I will be your own."
"Lady," the knight said, "leave me alone!
I don't intend to break my vow
To the king I've served a long time now
In good faith. I will not be untrue-
Not for your love and not for you!"
In response to that the angry queen
Gave an answer slanderous and mean:
"I see, Lanval, they must be right
Who claim that you take no delight
In women; I have heard it said
They please you not at all. Instead,
You have many a charming boy
To offer you what you enjoy.
My lord the king does wrong to trust
A coward whose unlawful lust
Discredits him; it's a great mistake.
His very soul may be at stake!"
When Lanval heard this, he was caught
Unawares, and spoke before he thought.
Bitterly he repented later
That in grief and rage he said to her:
"The ways that you refer to, lady,
Have nothing at all to do with me!
But it is true that I love someone
Who returns my love, and there is none
I've ever seen who could be her peer.
I want to make one thing very clear,
So that you'll really understand this:
Everyone who is in her service,
Down to the humblest maid, by far
Surpasses you, great queen that you are,
In beauty of body and of face,
In kindness, courtliness, and grace."
Furious at what she had heard,
The queen, without another word,
Back to her own room retreated,
Weeping. To have been so treated
Enraged and grieved her. She fell ill
And said she'd not leave her bed until
The king's justice had been obtained
Against the knight of whom she complained.
The king had been hunting in the wood;
He'd had a fine day, his mood was good,
But when he came inside the door
Of his wife's rooms, she fell on the floor
At his feet and vehemently cried
For justice. She claimed Lanval had tried
To win her to his heart's desire,
And being rejected, in his ire
Insulted her, boasted he had won
The love of such a peerless one,
So fine and proud that he'd consider
The least of the women serving her
To surpass the queen in quality.
The king was so enraged that he
On his most solemn oath then swore
That Lanval would appear before
The court, and if he couldn't deny
The accusation, he would die
Hanged or at the stake. The king
Rushed from the room, and summoning
Three of his barons, sent them for
Lanval, who had no need of more
Misfortune, as he mourned the cost
Of his betrayal: he had lost
The happiness that he had known.
He stayed in a room, all alone,
Calling and calling to his dear
Love, but she did not appear,
No matter how many times he tried;
It's a wonder he did not decide
To kill himself. She was pitiless.
Sometimes he lost all consciousness
But came sighing back to life again,
Weeping bitterly, and then
He would plead for mercy, cry aloud
In anguish, begging to be allowed
To hear her speak. When nothing reversed
His harsh punishment, Lanval cursed
Himself, cursed his mouth, which had spoken
Thoughtlessly; the promise broken
By no means would she forgive,
And then, alas, how could he live?
The barons whom the king had sent
Told Lanval what their presence meant:
The king commanded that he report
Without delay, to respond in court
To the queen's formal accusation.
The knight, in his desperation,
Reluctantly heeded what they said,
But wished that they would kill him instead.
When he appeared before the king
It was clear that he was suffering;
He did not speak. In a nasty tone
The king said, "Vassal, you have shown
Your treasonous disloyalty.
You attempted to dishonor me,
And you vilely put the queen to shame,
Slandering her with your boastful claim
That she has not the beauty of
Even the maid who serves your love."
Lanval protests his innocence:
He has committed no offense
Against the king. The knight affirms
That never, using the king's own terms,
Did he wrongfully approach the queen.
This, however, does not mean
He denies what he had boasted of,
But now, alas, he has lost his love.
So great is his sorrow, he desires
Only to do what the court requires.
The king was furious. He sent
For the other lords to give judgment,
When they'd considered this affair,
So none could say he had been unfair.
Among the barons, some were glad
To obey the king, and some were sad,
But their opinion was undivided;
They met, and all as one decided
There would have to be a formal trial.
But pledges would be needed while
Lanval awaited the chosen day;
They wanted to be sure he'd stay.
The barons felt it was wrong to hold
The trial with only the king's household
To judge the case. The king agreed
To convoke his vassals. He would need
Pledges, as he informed the knight.
Lanval could not provide them. His plight
Was desperate: he lacked support,
With no relatives or friends at court.
Gawain came forth and said he'd stand
In pledge to Lanval; his whole band
Of companions said they'd do the same.
The king told them, "I will claim
All of the land you hold from me,
Each one of you, as security."
They solemnly swore to have it so,
And after that they were free to go.
Those knights, who then accompanied
Lanval, thought it was sad indeed
To see him overcome by grief.
They reproached him harshly. Their belief
Was that love had led him far astray,
And they cursed it. They went every day
To see him: he might not be inclined
To eat or drink, could lose his mind.
When the court was ready to convene
In the presence of the king and queen
And all the vassals, those who'd stood
Security for Lanval made good
Their pledges. Many grieved for the knight;
A hundred would have thought it right
To free him: his case should not be tried.
But the king insisted they decide
If Lanval was guilty as accused,
Or were the arguments he used
In his defense ones they would allow.
It's all up to the barons now.
They go thoughtfully to deliberate,
Aware of Lanval's forlorn state,
Having come from a foreign land to fare
So badly, living among them there.
A number of lords approved of all
The king's complaints. The count of Cornwall
Said, "We agree about one thing:
It will make some weep and others sing,
But we are here to see justice done.
The king has accused a knight, the one
You call Lanval, of an offense,
And the knight protests his innocence.
When he boasted of his love, the queen
Took the knight's words of praise to mean
An insult to herself. Having brought
These charges, the king alone has sought
Our judgment. I will give you my
Opinion: we have no case to try
Legally, except for the fact
That Lanval may indeed have lacked
Respect for the honor that he owes
His lord. If by an oath he shows
His good faith, we won't be needed here.
The knight can have his love appear,
And then there won't be the slightest doubt
As to whether what he boasted about
Was really intended to demean
And insult the honor of the queen.
If his words were true, the charge is denied.
But if Lanval cannot provide
His witness, I would have him told
He cannot serve in the king's household."
The judges then sent messengers, who
Explained to Lanval what he must do:
When his love appeared in court they'd know
If what he said of her was so.
The knight replied that could not be done;
Of help from her he expected none.
The messengers went back to report
That no witness would appear in court.
The judges had been told by the king
That they shouldn't keep the queen waiting.
When they were ready to decide
The verdict, they saw two maidens ride
Toward them, on horses trained to go
At an amble, smooth and very slow.
The maidens were comely, dressed in
Crimson silk over their bare skin.
The barons were not discontent
To watch. Gawain and three others went
To find Lanval; Gawain related
What had occurred, and much elated,
Escorted him to where he could see
The maidens-one of them must be
His love. But Lanval denied knowing
Who they were or where they were going.
The maidens continued on their way;
Without any hesitation they
Rode on, dismounting only at
The dais where King Arthur sat.
Their speech was courtly, and they were fair.
They said, "King, have your servants prepare
Suitable rooms, and you will need
To have their walls well tapestried.
My lady intends to be your guest
And must have a place where she can rest."
King Arthur willingly agreed
And called two knights, who accompanied
The maidens to an upper floor
To see the rooms. They asked nothing more.
Now the assembled judges face
The king's displeasure if the case
Is not concluded right away.
He says there's been too much delay,
And he's angry. But they answer, "Sire,
We'll soon have done all you require.
We had reached a verdict at last,
But the final judgment was not passed
Because of the ladies." Their debate
When they reconvene is loud, irate;
They are worried, and quite afraid.
Two maidens, splendidly arrayed,
Their silk clothing freshly dyed,
Are coming down the street. They ride
Spanish mules. Then full of glee
Are the noble lords, who all agree
That this would be enough to save
Lanval, who's so worthy and so brave.
Yvain and his companions go
Immediately to let him know.
Once there, Yvain gives a happy shout:
"Good news for you, my friend! Come out!
Two maidens are arriving here,
And they're so beautiful, it's clear
Your beloved must be one of these!"
When Lanval sees them, he disagrees;
Neither one can he recognize.
He has not loved them; in his eyes
Their presence does not seem to count.
The maidens ride on, they don't dismount
Until they are in front of the king.
Their bodies, faces, and coloring
Are much praised; never was the queen
A match for the loveliness now seen.
Elegant, choosing her words with care,
The elder explains why they are there,
By saying, "King, we will require
Rooms where our lady can retire
When she comes to have a talk with you."
The king commands they be taken to
The maidens who were already there.
Of course their mules would receive good care.
The king took his leave and once again
Sent a message to his noblemen:
He must have their judgment. It was wrong
To let the trial go on so long.
Why weren't they able to decide?
The queen was most dissatisfied.
The moment of the verdict neared,
But in the city now appeared
A maiden such that never before
Had anyone on earth been more
Beautiful. A pure white steed
Carried her, and all agreed
That its elegance of neck and head
Showed that no horse was better bred.
It moved with a soft and supple stride,
And its fittings would have satisfied
The most difficult taste. A great lord,
Even a king could not afford
To buy the like, unless he sold
Or mortgaged the land that he controlled.
The lady wore a tunic over
A fine white shift. These fitted her
So that the lacings on each side,
Carefully made to coincide,
Revealed her skin. Her hips were set low.
On a winter tree you see the snow
White as her neck and face; her eyes
Sparkled. Perfect in shape and size
Her nose and forehead, dark brows; her hair
Was curly and it was fair-so fair
That gold threads would not shine as bright
As it glistened, there in the sunlight.
Her cloak, wrapped around so she could ride,
Was made of dark silk, richly dyed.
On her fist a sparrowhawk; a slender
Greyhound followed close behind her.
Everyone in the city then,
From the children to the oldest men,
Came out to watch her passing by;
Having seen her beauty none would try
To joke about it in idle talk.
At a pace slower than a walk
She went her way. The judges saw,
With feelings of wonder and of awe,
How fair she was, their hearts alight
With joy. When she was out of sight,
Those who were Lanval's friends went straight
To find him, eager to relate
The marvel that they all had seen,
Whose coming, they were sure, would mean,
With God's help, he would win his case.
"She's not dark, with a swarthy face!
Of the women in the world, there's none
To equal the beauty of this one."
Lanval heard them; he raised his head,
Recognized the truth of what they said.
The blood rose into his face; he sighed.
His words came fast as he replied:
"That is the one I love. Now I
Don't care whether I live or die,
If she will no longer hold me dear,
For I am saved, when I see her here."
And now the lady has gone inside
The palace, continuing to ride
Until, as everyone watched, she stopped
Close to the king, dismounted, and dropped
Her cloak so they would see still better.
Courteously he rose to greet her;
His vassals did her honor too,
Coming to ask what they could do
To serve her. When they all had gazed
Enough and very highly praised
Her beauty, she spoke in such a way
They knew she had no desire to stay:
"A vassal of yours, King, I've held dear-
Lanval, the knight you see right here!
I don't want him to be denied
A rightful judgment. He's been tried
In your court for certain things he said.
The accused should be the queen instead;
I tell you, he never sought her love.
And as for what he was boasting of,
If they are convinced by what they see,
I trust your barons will set him free!"
The king replied that without fail
The judges' decision would prevail.
Every one of those lords admitted
That Lanval had to be acquitted,
Cleared of all charges, they report.
The maiden turned to leave the court.
People to serve her did not lack;
The king had no way to hold her back.
Outside the hall there was a place
With a marble mounting block in case
Of guests departing who might weigh
Too much to mount another way.
Lanval was standing there on top.
The maiden rode out and did not stop,
But Lanval, just as if he could fly,
Sprang up behind her as she went by.
And she, the Bretons say, rode on,
Taking the knight to Avalon,
That beautiful island. There with her,
Lanval, they tell us, stayed forever.
Since nothing more was ever heard
About him, this is my final word.


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Top Ten Celina Sports Stories of 2012: 7. Perfect when needed: Bobcats win five straight for share of 10-3A title
BY Chris O�Dell, email@example.com
After dropping a March 30 contest to Bonham for their first district loss of the season, the Bobcats had a tough road ahead of them if they were to earn championship honors.
But since the 6-5 loss, Celina has gone 5-0 against 10-3A counterparts and avenged that loss with a 5-0 victory over the Warriors on April 17 that saw senior pitcher Colin Firmin come just one inning away from a perfect game.
The five-game winning streak was then capped off on Friday by the Bobcats run-ruling Commerce for an 18-0 win in five innings.
The team tallied 16 hits in the game, with Landon Lohman accounting for four of them by going 4-for-5 with two doubles at the plate.
Lohman and the rest of the Celina offense allowed senior pitcher Mike Richardson to earn the easy victory on the mound. Richardson tossed five shutout innings, surrendering just two hits while fanning 13 batters.
�The pitching is really coming around,� Evans said.
The win put Celina at 14-6 on the season and ended the team�s district slate with a 7-1 mark. A 7 p.m. meeting against Bonham tonight at Van Alstyne High School will now determine the one seed from 10-3A.
�We�d like to go in as the one seed,� Evans said. �Getting the bye would allow us to get our arms healthy for the playoffs.�
Firmin will likely be on the hill for the game. However, Evans said both of his senior pitchers will be ready to take the mound.
�It�s good to have both of them ready,� he said. �For us to have both of them to go to is really big.�
Although Firmin flirted with perfection in his last outing against Bonham, Evans said the Bobcats aren�t taking the Warriors lightly entering tonight�s matchup.
�Anything can happen on any given day,� he said. �We�re not going to take them lightly at all.�
If the end result of the game is a Celina victory, the Bobcats would earn a first-round bye in the postseason before taking on the winner of Fort Worth Poly Tech and Farmersville.
With a Bonham victory in the contest, Celina would meet Aubrey in the opening round of the playoffs.
�We�ve been playing well the last three or four games,� Evans said. �Our goal is to get better each and every week and I think we�ve done that.�
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Jon Moss
6th September 2010 08:20pm
Look forward to it! The range looks superb - roll on jeans and Cross Jersey ordering…
Jon Moss
6th September 2010 08:28pm
The video plays on Vimeo, but not on the blog - I think it's an embed problem as I've embedded it on my site and it also doesn't play….
Stefan Rohner
6th September 2010 09:42pm
wow, this was a long film. me also rapha fanboy/groupie roll on jersey and all the rest.
Ben Brown
6th September 2010 10:08pm
Hi Stefan, we always wanted to make a video with some riders "going round the bend". This is it! Hope you can wait until later in the week for something just slightly longer. Jon, are you able to check the film on a different computer please? Works good from where I have tested it.
Mark Adams
6th September 2010 11:21pm
It is functioning on on my computer. This looks great, gentleman.
Jon Moss
7th September 2010 06:44am
Hey Ben, not working using Safari 5 on a Mac, but fine in Chrome. Weird!
Stefan Rohner
7th September 2010 07:58am
Ben ;))
Ben Brown
7th September 2010 08:29am
Hi Jon, hmm, I can only suggest disabling extensions in Safari and resetting it I'm afraid. Chrome and Safari both run on the same engine (a bit like a Golf and an Audi A3). Sorry!
Jon Moss
7th September 2010 08:50am
Ben, working fine now, it was a setting on a flash blocker extension :-)
Steve Blake
7th September 2010 03:06pm
Looking forward to the open wallet surgery! Also I got three words for Rapha…Em Bro Cation, looking forward to trying yours.
Ad Vermaas
7th September 2010 07:55pm
You guys know how to tease! Thirteen seconds! :-) When will the new range arrive?
steve hennings
7th September 2010 08:07pm
Is it true they had to shoot that scene 5 times as the riders were looking too cool?
Denny Gray
10th September 2010 10:59am
When can we expect today's preview to be up on the website by?
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10th September 2010 11:05am
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Armin Linge
10th September 2010 11:50am
Just another question, what's going on with the skin care
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10th September 2010 12:07pm
Armin, 20th September is when we plan to launch our Performance Skincare, I was using the chamois cream and embro last week and they are fantastic!
Rochus Hinkel
10th September 2010 12:22pm
hi guys, i am living in australia and have been checking the website for the preview all day long…puh…so at 12.30 gmt, well, another 7 minutes, i guess i will juuuuust make it
Rochus Hinkel
10th September 2010 12:27pm
by the way 12.30 gmt is 21.30 in melbourne
Joe Hall
10th September 2010 12:37pm
Way past your bedtime!
Denny Gray
10th September 2010 12:43pm
Is there a delay in updating the website - doesn't seem to be there yet? Or am I just being far too impatient?!
Stefan Rohner
10th September 2010 12:45pm
Tweed Softshell looks great, apart from that shoulder patch "styling element", too much schnick schnack, maybe.
Gary MacLean
10th September 2010 12:55pm
Some nice kit there. Red long sleeve jersey for me this winter. I wish you would do the winter jersey in red too, would be great for commuting through winter.
Well done.
Rochus Hinkel
10th September 2010 12:59pm
not at all way past my bedtime, as you can see; but i reckon i checked the website every 20 minutes since 7am melbourne time, that is 14 hours waiting, waiting, waiting…checking, checking, checking…
Gary MacLean
10th September 2010 01:12pm
Have a look under the products section Rochus for some stealth new product viewing.
Arco Visser
10th September 2010 01:19pm
Cross jersey looks once again great this year. Well done Rapha! I
am sure i'm gonna buy one very soon. I hope you have this item on stock next week
Gary MacLean
10th September 2010 04:51pm
mmm I thought the long sleeved jersey was a bit of a relative bargain at £90 ;)
Steve Blake
21st September 2010 08:44am
So. Skincare………?
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- RT @CondorWarehouse: Nice to see the @raphacondor JLT team bike on display @campagnolosrl HQ with so many top pro teams http://t.co/5CgE0tY…
- RT @anpostras: GC after Stage 4: Bialoblocki,, McConvey, Guldhammer, Handley, Pelletier-Roy, Hunal, Simon Yates, Fodor, Roger Aiken, Archbo…
- Spare a thought for @Porterelliott who punctured out of the yellow jersey group, when will he get some luck!
- Took the @anpostras on today. Didn't quite pull it off. @RichHandley90 4th on GC and @mike_cuming in the KoM jersey.
- Tour series update from Stoke up on the site http://t.co/aVdcnGnkOX
- RT @elstopbanana: Here's Kristian House @raphacondor at last night's @TourSeries picture by Sue Howlett Great racing! @SoTCityCouncil http:…
- RT @sticky_bottle: Meant to say, to be eligible for the @raphacondor team car compeition you have to be a stickybottle twitter follower!
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- Third team overall for the Men in Black at Stoke last night in the @TourSeries


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Well, it depends, Vader is a beast with 2 actions, Howelrunner helps with the re roll, and Stele with the pick a crit. Most are situational. I have played with Tie swarms, they are tough. I myself would take the acad ties with Howelrunner with no Stele. Vader is the only Tie Adv I use, but he is expensive.
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Update: Things are getting hot on this launch with bit hitters like Eben Pagen promoting this launch. The results of the draw for a free AffiloJetpack has been done and sad to say I didn't get it. It doesn't look like I'll have the finances to try this product out so probably I won't be able to review it. If you do purchase it (it's available tomorrow) do let me know how it turned out for you, I'd love to know. In the meantime, if you haven't read Mark's two report I strongly encourage you to read them because the the information he provides in there is good stuff.
Here's the link again (affiliate link):
AffiloJetpack Report – How To Earn 10k A Month
Hi everyone, previously I wrote a review on Affilorama 2010 Premium Edition. The same guys are launching a new product soon called AffiloJetpack and I thought I'd give you a heads up about it. The reason I'm interested in this product is because it bears quite a lot of similarity with Profit Instruments which I found to be a solid product. There are some key differences but the concept of creating niche websites based on affiliate products is the same.
One marked difference between the two products is that AffiloJetpack is more like a ready made affiliate package in itself so you hardly need to set up your site. Product selection has largely been done for you and you just need to select 5 out of 10 niche product prepared for you. For each of these niches, there are also 12 months worth of autoresponder emails that come with it (that's autopilot for you right there). Here's a list of some of the features:
- A choice of 5 out of 10 niches
- 80 top-quality newsletters per niche, organized into a 1-year followup sequence.
- 3 ebooks per niche that users can give away as sign-up bribes, or use as bonuses.
- custom-created WordPress theme
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The way I see it, most of the work will be spent generating traffic for your site. Other than that, AffiloJetpack really cuts down a lot of the work involved in niche site creation. It sounds like a great product to get newbies started out.
Profit Instruments did offer something similar a few weeks in the training where personal coaching and a existing Profit Instrument site was part of the deal. The only thing it cost a whooping $2000 to join that program. I obviously gave that a pass because I didn't have anywhere near that amount of money to spend and wouldn't even if I did because I was doing ok and didn't need the extra help.
It would be interesting to see what is the price point for the AffiloJetpack. From the launch page, it looks like it will be priced at $500 which I think is reasonable considering what you get. But I'm still not sure whether I'll be getting it (I might just for the sake of a review). There is a going to be a giveaway a few days before the launch and I'm hoping I'll be one of the fortunate ones.
If you're interested in the product, you should check it the launch page here
http://www.joshuasiaw.com/blog/visit/10kamonthformula/ (affiliate link)
and post a comment. There's random giveaways each week where a commenter will be chosen at random to receive a prize. This week they are giving away a wii console!
Even if you're not interested in buying, you should at least sign up to receive two free reports prepared for Mark Ling. You can do so here (affiliate link).


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