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The bluish green mushroom water tower that stands behind the verdant retention basin of Daoye Lake is famous for its unique and endearing avant-garde designs. The shape of the water tower resembles an extraterrestrial flying saucer descending upon the land.
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The Thar Desert covers about 77,000 square miles in northwestern India and serves as a natural border with Pakistan. It's also been a pathway for nomadic Gypsies for centuries.
The essence of these Gypsy clans, which originate in the northern state of Rajasthan, lies within their nomadic nature. They live a life of constantly questioning and searching for the unknown, crossing boundaries and transcending borders on a lifelong quest for new beginnings and prosperity.
"Transient" describes these people best. Every few months they settle into a new home, moving sometimes up to four times each year. "We pile up wood in sacks and together we build the house out of wood," one of the travelers told Circa. "In the end it takes nearly 5 days to finish building a house."
Due to government land rights issues, most Gypsies travel to subsidized land designated to tribal communities when they are preparing to relocate.
There are currently an estimated 1 million nomadic people in India.
During the country's royal era, the kings of Rajasthan often hired the Gypsy people. They garnered prestige and respect from the royal families through music and dance.
Today, that legacy lives on with the Bopa and Kalbeliya tribes — two of India's remaining Gypsy clans. The Bopa are mostly musicians, while the Kalbeliya are snake charmers and dancers. They earn money performing for domestic and international tourists.
Over the years, due to financial instability and rising temperatures in the Thar desert settlement camps, many Gypsy tribal members have switched to a semi-nomadic lifestyle or opt to plant permanent roots.
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Loch Fad Fisheries is one of seven island-based groups to have received a donation of funds from local thrift shop, 'For Bute'.
The £1000 donation will be used to purchase a disabled wheely boat and junior lifejackets.
The six other groups to have benefitted from this round of funding are as follows:
- Bute Community Band, £300
- Rothesay Academy XL (Ocean Youth Trust), £1000
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- Bute Shinty Club, £1000
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Lehi Prophesying to the People of Jerusalem (1 Nephi 1:4-20)
Behold he went forth among the people, and began to prophesy and to declare unto them concerning the things which he had both seen and heard. (1 Nephi 1:18)
Many prophets told the people living in Jerusalem that they must repent or the city would be destroyed. The prophet Lehi lived in Jerusalem and was concerned about his people. He prayed for them with all his heart. (1 Nephi 1:4-5)
As Lehi prayed, a pillar of fire appeared on a rock in front of him. He saw and heard many things that made him shake and tremble. Overcome by the Spirit, Lehi returned home and lay on his bed. Then Jesus Christ appeared to him in a vision. Jesus gave Lehi a book that told what would happen to the Jews if they did not repent. As Lehi read the book, he was filled with the Spirit of the Lord. He learned that many people would be killed and others would be taken captive when Jerusalem was destroyed. He also read about many great and marvelous events that would happen. Lehi praised the Lord for the goodness and mercy He shows to those who repent. (1 Nephi 1:6-15)
After this vision Lehi went among the people of Jerusalem to prophesy and declare what he had seen and heard. He told them of the Messiah, who would come to redeem the world. The people mocked Lehi as he told them of their wickedness and the things he had read in the book. They became angry and tried to kill Lehi, but the Lord protected him. (1 Nephi 1:18-20)
The prophet Lehi lived in Jerusalem about 600 years before the time of Christ. Many prophets were telling the people to repent or the city would be destroyed. Lehi received a vision in which he learned that many people would be killed or taken captive when Jerusalem was destroyed. Lehi prophesied to the people and told them about the things he had seen and heard, and he warned them about their wickedness. He also told them about the coming of a Messiah, or Savior. When the Jews heard these things, they were angry and tried to kill Lehi, but the Lord protected him.
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Lehi's Family Leaving Jerusalem (1 Nephi 2:1-7)
And he left his house, and the land of his inheritance, and his gold, and his silver, and his precious things, and took nothing with him, save it were his family, and provisions, and tents, and departed into the wilderness. ( 1 Nephi 2:4)
The Lord spoke to Lehi in a dream, telling him he was blessed for being faithful. Lehi had obeyed the Lord by warning the people of Jerusalem that they would be destroyed if they did not repent. The people refused to repent, and they wanted to kill Lehi. The Lord commanded Lehi to take his family away from Jerusalem and go into the wilderness. (1 Nephi 2:1-2)
Lehi obeyed the Lord. He left his house and land, his gold and silver, and his many valuable possessions. Lehi traveled with his wife, Sariah, and their four sons: Laman, Lemuel, Sam, and Nephi. They took only tents, food, and clothing with them. (1 Nephi 2:3-5)
After three days of traveling in the wilderness near the Red Sea, they pitched their tents in a valley near a river. There Lehi built an altar of stones and made an offering, giving thanks to the Lord. (1 Nephi 2:5-7)
The Lord spoke to Lehi in a dream and told him to leave Jerusalem with his family and go into the wilderness. Lehi obeyed the Lord and packed tents and supplies for the journey. He left his house, gold, and other things behind. When Lehi had traveled with his family three days into the wilderness, he set up his tent, made a stone altar, and gave thanks to the Lord.
Artist, Scott Snow
The Liahona (1 Nephi 16:6, 1 Nephi 16:9-10, 1 Nephi 16:16, 1 Nephi 16:28-29; Alma 37:38)
And it came to pass that as my father arose in the morning, and went forth to the tent door, to his great astonishment he beheld upon the ground a round ball of curious workmanship. (1 Nephi 16:10)
After Lehi and his family left Jerusalem, they camped in a valley that Lehi named Lemuel. One night the Lord spoke to Lehi, commanding him to continue his journey into the wilderness the next day. (1 Nephi 16:6, 1 Nephi 16:9)
The following morning Lehi went to the tent door and, to his amazement, found a strange round ball on the ground (1 Nephi 16:10). The ball was called the Liahona, which means "compass" (Alma 37:38).
The Liahona was made of fine brass, and inside the ball were two spindles. One of the spindles pointed the direction Lehi and his family were to travel. (1 Nephi 16:10) They followed the directions in the ball and were led through "the more fertile parts of the wilderness" (1 Nephi 16:16). They found that the pointers worked according to their faith, work, and obedience (1 Nephi 16:28).
The ball also contained writings that helped them understand the ways of the Lord. This writing changed from time to time as they believed and obeyed the Lord's instructions. (1 Nephi 16:29)
The Liahona was an unusual compass, round like a ball and made of fine brass. The prophet Lehi discovered it one morning at the door of his tent in the wilderness. The Liahona pointed the direction that Lehi and his family should travel. It also contained written messages that helped them understand the ways of the Lord. The Liahona worked according to their faith, work, and obedience.
Artist, Arnold Friberg
Nephi Subdues His Rebellious Brothers (1 Nephi 17)
And it came to pass that I stretched forth my hand unto my brethren, and ... the Lord did shake them, even according to the word which he had spoken. (1 Nephi 17:54)
After leaving Jerusalem, Lehi's people traveled in the wilderness for eight years. They came to a land where there was much fruit and wild honey. They pitched their tents by the seashore. (1 Nephi 17:1-6)
After they had been there for many days, the Lord told Nephi, "Arise, and get thee into the mountain" (1 Nephi 17:7). Nephi climbed the mountain and prayed. The Lord said to him, "Construct a ship, after the manner which I shall show thee, that I may carry thy people across these waters" (1 Nephi 17:8).
The Lord told Nephi how to build the ship. When Laman and Lemuel saw that Nephi was going to build a ship, they said he was a fool. They did not want to help Nephi, nor did they believe the Lord had told him to build a ship. ( 1 Nephi 17:9-11, 1 Nephi 17:16-18)
Laman and Lemuel also thought Lehi was foolish for having led them around in the wilderness when they could have enjoyed their riches in Jerusalem. The brothers insisted that the people back in Jerusalem were righteous, not wicked as Lehi claimed. (1 Nephi 17:20-22)
Nephi told his brothers the Lord had commanded their father to leave Jerusalem. He said they had sought to kill their father. They had seen an angel, and the Lord had spoken to them. But they were "past feeling," so the Lord's words did not touch their hearts. Nephi told Laman and Lemuel that he was afraid that they would be cast out of God's presence forever. (1 Nephi 17:44-47)
Laman and Lemuel became angry and wanted to throw Nephi into the sea. When they tried to grab him, Nephi said, "Touch me not, for I am filled with the power of God" (1 Nephi 17:48). He said if they did touch him, they would die. Nephi said they were to help with the ship Heavenly Father had commanded him to build. (1 Nephi 17:48-49)
For many days Nephi's brothers did not dare touch him. Then the Lord told Nephi to stretch forth his hand to his brothers. The Lord said they would not die but would feel a shock. This would remind them that the Lord was their God. (1 Nephi 17:52-53)
Nephi reached out his hand to them, and they were shaken. Laman and Lemuel said, "We know of a surety that the Lord is with thee, for we know that it is the power of the Lord that has shaken us" (1 Nephi 17:55). They wanted to worship Nephi, but he told them, "Worship the Lord thy God, and honor thy father and thy mother" (1 Nephi 17:55).
After traveling in the wilderness for eight years, Lehi's people arrived at the sea. The Lord told Nephi to build a ship to carry the group across the ocean. His brothers Laman and Lemuel said Nephi could not build a ship, and they would not help. They also complained against their father, Lehi. As Nephi accused them of hard hearts, they became angry and wanted to throw him into the sea. Nephi warned his brothers that he was filled with God's power. If they touched him, they would die. He told them not to complain anymore and to help build the ship. Later the Lord told Nephi to reach out his hand to his brothers so they would receive a shock, reminding them of the Lord's power. When Nephi did so, Laman and Lemuel were shaken and testified that the Lord was with Nephi.
Artist, Arnold Friberg
Lehi and His People Arrive in the Promised Land (1 Nephi 18:5-24)
And it came to pass that after we had sailed for the space of many days we did arrive at the promised land. (1 Nephi 18:23)
The Lord spoke to Lehi and told him it was time to take his people into the ship. Lehi's people prepared fruits, meat, honey, seeds, and other supplies for the journey, and then all the men, women, and children went into the ship. The wind blew them toward the promised land. (1 Nephi 18:5-8)
After sailing for many days, Laman and Lemuel and the sons of Ishmael and their wives began to dance and sing with rudeness. They forgot that it was God's power that was taking them to the promised land. Nephi was afraid the Lord would be angry and cause the ship to be swallowed in the sea. He spoke to those who were singing and dancing so rudely, but they became angry with him. Laman and Lemuel did not like their younger brother telling them what to do. They took Nephi and tied him up. After they did this, the compass—the Liahona—stopped working, and they did not know where to steer the ship. (1 Nephi 18:9-13)
A great storm arose, and for three days they were driven back on the waters. Although Laman and Lemuel were afraid they were going to drown, they would not untie Nephi. Lehi spoke to Laman and Lemuel and the others, but they were rude to him and threatened him. They treated Lehi and Sariah so badly that they became sick. Nephi's younger brothers, Jacob and Joseph, were not given the nourishment they needed because of their mother's afflictions. Nephi's wife and children cried and prayed that Nephi would be released. (1 Nephi 18:13, 1 Nephi 18:17-19)
After four days of this terrible storm, Laman and Lemuel realized that God's judgments were upon them and that they would be killed if they did not repent. Finally they went to Nephi and untied him. His wrists and ankles were swollen and sore because of the tight cords that had been around them. (1 Nephi 18:15)
Nephi picked up the Liahona, and it began to work again. Then he prayed, and the wind and the storm stopped. The sea became calm once more. (1 Nephi 18:21)
Nephi guided the ship, and after many days they arrived in the promised land. They went out onto the land, put up their tents, and began to prepare the soil and plant the seeds they had brought with them. (1 Nephi 18:22-24)
After many days of sailing, some of Lehi's family began to behave rudely and to forget the Lord. Nephi was afraid the Lord would not be pleased and warned his brothers. Laman and Lemuel became angry that Nephi was telling them what to do, so they tied him up. The Liahona stopped working, and no one could guide the ship. A great storm raged, but Lehi and some of the others could not get Laman and Lemuel to untie Nephi. On the fourth day, Laman and Lemuel realized they were about to be destroyed by the storm. At last they freed Nephi, and the Liahona began to work. Nephi prayed, and the sea became calm. He guided the ship, and after many days they reached the promised land.
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As one of millions of atheists, I'm not alone when I say that I've heard the same poor arguments for god used over and over again. In fact, I haven't heard a new one in a really long time. They don't work. Here are a few things that would and wouldn't change my mind about god.
Now before I open this can of worms, I have two disclaimers:
First: Deists believe that a God created everything – winding the world up like a clock and then just left it to run. This type of God could have predestined everything simply by orchestrating the size, direction, and speed of the big bang – with our current choices being just the predestined sum of past experiences. But this type of God is impossible to prove due to the striking similarity between absences and non-existence. Think about it. You can say that God's not non-existent and is just invisible, unsmellable, doesn't interact with us in anyway, and is completely undetectable, but honestly, what's the difference? Besides, most people who believe in god believe in a god who hears and answers prayers and interacts with the world around them. So I'll stick with how you can convince an atheist that an interactive god exists.
Second: There's a massive leap between proving the existence of any interactive deity and proving the existence of YOUR interactive deity. For the purpose of this short video, I'll only attempt to deal with the former.
Many theists claim that they have experienced a supernatural event that proves their god or know someone who has. But what piece of supernatural evidence would it take to convince an atheist that such an interactive god exists?
I've been a member of the atheist community for some time now, and I've had the opportunity to meet with former theists from all over the world and ask them why they left their faith. Now I'm sure their are a few outliers, but without exception, every single person of the hundreds I've talked to did so because they began asking questions and following the evidence. They didn't become atheists because they were mad at God over some traumatic event, and they didn't leave their faith because they wanted to live a life of sin. They left because they were intellectually honest enough to follow wherever the truth led. So if most atheists favor reason, logic, and science and are open to changing their minds and admitting their wrong (most of them have done it at least once before), then it's safe to assume that evidence and reason could bring them back to their faith, if that's where the evidence pointed.
And here's where we hit a philosophical dilemma. How can we detect the supernatural world? If you can detect it naturally, it wouldn't be supernatural, right? After all, if god uses the physical world by triggering a release of the naturally-occurring hallucinogenic Dimethyltryptamine (DMT) in a person's brain, and she speaks to them in that hallucination, the supernatural experience is entirely indistinguishable from a natural one. If God is confined by the laws of nature, then is he God? And if he's not, and he alters them on occasion, then scientists would have to re-write their equations to figure out why their not constant and come up with a natural explanation. There has to be a way to test and prove a supernatural god's existence that's outside of naturally occurring events by just measuring the effects of the supernatural on the natural world, without having to measure the supernatural itself.
We know we can't rely on anecdotal evidence (eyewitness testimony), because revelation is only revelation to the first person, and is hearsay to everyone thereafter, because stories change and are exaggerated, and memories are altered every time they're re-called. We can't use the stunts of repeatedly debunked faith healers who rely on earpieces, the placebo effect, the natural anesthetic effects of adrenaline, and easily replicable sleight of hand to fool their sheep. Improbable events aren't proof of god, because they aren't supernatural. They just happen less often because they're improbable, not impossible. We can't use dreams, hallucinations, or visions, because that all occurs in your head naturally and is scientifically explainable.
So what does it take? I can't speak for every atheist, but there's one way to indirectly test the existence of supernatural forces in the natural world that would change my mind: prayer studies – a double-blind, replicable, test on the efficacy of prayer. If a supernatural deity existed who answers prayers there would be a strong correlation between people being prayed for and otherwise unexplainable healings, and the results would be well outside the margin of error. It would only work when the right gods were prayed to. You could expect amputees to regularly regrow limbs, the blind to see, and people to come back from the dead.
Instead, in a study of over 1,800 coronary bypass surgery patients, at six academic medical centers (most of which were religious), people who unknowingly received prayer fared absolutely no differently than those who received none at all. And people who received prayer and knew they were being prayed for felt stressed by that knowledge and actually had more complications probably due to the psychological pressure to recover faster and not let their god down.
Now I know critics are going to say you can't test God, and you just have to take it on faith, but you apply that same mindset to any other myth, superstition, or conspiracy theory, and you'll get eye rolls, face palms, or shipped off to a looney bin because you're a gullible peddler of nonsense and credulity is and should be pitied! Others will say that prayer only works when you don't doubt, and testing it is doubting it. But that's like saying that a magic trick works better the more gullible you are. You may further argue that God answers prayers, but sometimes he says yes, other times he says no, and sometimes he says wait, which oddly are exactly the same results I get if I pray to a can of beans!
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Remember, the burden of proof lies on the person making the claim. And no divine claim has ever been proven. Don't drink the Koolaid!
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Fake science, really.
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Two kids are on their way to Sunday school when one says to the other, "What do you think about this Satan stuff?"
"Well, you remember Santa? This could turn out to be your dad too."
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(or is that sister?)
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These photos are creatively composed - the camera angle makes all the difference!
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How Autumn works...
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A Catholic priest and a rabbi were chatting one day when the conversation turned to a discussion of job descriptions and promotions.
"What do you have to look forward to in terms of being promoted?" asked the rabbi.
"Well, I'm next in line for the Monsignor's job," replied the priest.
"Yes, and then what?" asked the rabbi.
"Well, next I can become a bishop."
"Yes, and then?"
"If I work real hard and do a good job as bishop, it's possible for me to become an archbishop."
"OK, then what?"
Exasperated, the priest replied, "With some luck and real hard work, maybe I can become a cardinal."
"And then?"
Growing angry, the priest responded, "Well, with lots and lots of luck and some real difficult work, if I'm in the right places at the right times and play my political games just right, maybe, just maybe, I can get elected Pope."
"Yes, and then what?"
"Good grief!" shouted the priest. "What do you expect me to become, GOD?"
"Well," responded the rabbi, "One of our boys made it!"
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Why do Geelong footballers still carry handbags?
Because it isn't safe to put their money into Geelong investment banks!
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The Sunday school teacher was carefully explaining the story of Elijah the Prophet and the false prophets of Baal. She explained how Elijah built the altar, put wood upon it, cut a steer in pieces, and laid it upon the altar. And then, Elijah commanded the people of God to fill four barrels of water and pour it over the altar. He had them do this four times
"Now," asked the teacher, "Can anyone in the class tell me why the Lord would have Elijah pour water over the steer on the altar?"
A little girl in the back of the room started waving her hand, "I know! I know!" she said, "To make the gravy!"
The Sunday School teacher was describing how Lot 's wife looked back and turned into a pillar of salt, when little Jason interrupted, "My Mummy looked back once, while she was driving," he announced triumphantly, "and she turned into a telephone pole!"
A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the Good Samaritan, in which a man was beaten, robbed and left for dead. She described the situation in vivid detail so her students would catch the drama. Then, she asked the class, "If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all wounded and bleeding, what would you do?"
A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, "I think I'd throw up."
A Sunday school teacher asked, "Johnny, do you think Noah did a lot of fishing when he was on the Ark?"
"No," replied David. "How could he, with just two worms?"
A Sunday school teacher said to her children, "We have been learning how powerful kings and queens were in Bible times. But, there is a higher power. Can anybody tell me what it is?"
One child blurted out, "Aces!"
Nine-year-old Joey, was asked by his mother what he had learned in Sunday school. "Well, Mom, our teacher told us how God sent Moses behind enemy lines on a rescue mission to lead the Israelites out of Egypt When he got to the Red Sea , he had his army build a pontoon bridge and all the people walked across safely. Then, he radioed headquarters for reinforcements. They sent bombers to blow up the bridge and all the Israelites were saved."
"Now, Joey, is that really what your teacher taught you?" his mother asked. "Well, no, Mum. But, if I told it the way the teacher did, you'd never believe it!"
A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorise one of the most quoted passages in the Bible; Psalm 23. She gave the youngsters a month to learn the verse. Little Rick was excited about the task - but, he just couldn't remember the Psalm. After much practice, he could barely get past the first line. On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation, Ricky was so nervous. When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly, "The Lord is my Shepherd, and that's all I need to know."
There was a very gracious lady who was mailing an old family Bible to her brother in another part of the country. "Is there anything breakable in here?" asked the postal clerk.
"Only the Ten Commandments," answered the lady.
While driving in Pennsylvania ,a family caught up to an Amish carriage. The owner of the carriage obviously had a sense of humour, because attached to the back of the carriage was a hand printed sign: "Energy efficient vehicle: Runs on oats and grass.
Caution: Do not step in exhaust."
Sunday after church, a Mum asked her very young daughter what the lesson was about. The daughter answered, "Don't be scared, you'll get your quilt." Needless to say, the Mum was perplexed. Later in the day, the pastor stopped by for tea and the Mum asked him what that morning's Sunday school lesson was about. He said "Be not afraid, thy comforter is coming."
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Why did the chicken cross the road - or how far can you push an old joke??
DR. PHIL : The problem we have here is that this chicken won't realize that he must first deal with the problem on 'THIS' side of the road before it goes after the problem on the 'OTHER SIDE' of the road. What we need to do is help him realize how stupid he's acting by not taking on his 'CURRENT' problems before adding 'NEW' problems.
OPRAH : Well, I understand that the chicken is having problems, which is why he wants to cross this road so bad. So instead of having the chicken learn from his mistakes and take falls, which is a part of life, I'm going to give this chicken a car so that he can just drive across the road and not live his life like the rest of the chickens.
GEORGE W. BUSH : We don't really care why the chicken crossed the road. We just want to know if the chicken is on our side of the road, or not. The chicken is either against us, or for us. There is no middle ground here.
COLIN POWELL : Now to the left of the screen, you can clearly see the satellite image of the chicken crossing the road...
ANDERSON COOPER - CNN: We have reason to believe there is a chicken, but we have not yet been allowed to have access to the other side of the road.
JOHN KERRY : Although I voted to let the chicken cross the road, I am now against it! It was the wrong road to cross, and I was misled about the chicken's intentions. I am not for it now, and will remain against it.
NANCY GRACE : That chicken crossed the road because he's GUILTY! You can see it in his eyes and the way he walks.
PAT BUCHANAN : To steal the job of a decent, hardworking American.
MARTHA STEWART : No one called me to warn me which way that chicken was going. I had a standing order at the Farmer's Market to sell my eggs when the price dropped to a certain level. No little bird gave me any insider information.
DR SEUSS : Did the chicken cross the road? Did he cross it with a toad? Yes, the chicken crossed the road, but why it crossed I've not been told.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY : To die in the rain. Alone.
JERRY FALWELL : Because the chicken was gay! Can't you people see the plain truth?' That's why they call it the 'other side.' Yes, my friends, that chicken is gay. And if you eat that chicken, you will become gay too. I say we boycott all chickens until we sort out this abomination that the liberal media white washes with seemingly harmless phrases like 'the other side. That chicken should not be crossing the road. It's as plain and as simple as that.
GRANDPA : In my day we didn't ask why the chicken crossed the road. Somebody told us the chicken crossed the road, and that was good enough.
BARBARA WALTERS : Isn't that interesting? In a few moments, we will be listening to the chicken tell, for the first time, the heart warming story of how it experienced a serious case of molting, and went on to accomplish its life long dream of crossing the road.
JOHN LENNON : Imagine all the chickens in the world crossing roads together, in peace.
ARISTOTLE : It is the nature of chickens to cross the road.
BILL GATES : I have just released eChicken2007, which will not only cross roads, but will lay eggs, file your important documents, and balance your check book. Internet Explorer is an integral part of eChicken This new platform is much more stable and will never cra...#@&&^(C% ........ reboot.
ALBERT EINSTEIN : Did the chicken really cross the road, or did the road move beneath the chicken?
BILL CLINTON : I did not cross the road with THAT chicken. What is your definition of chicken?
AL GORE : I invented the chicken!
COLONEL SANDERS : Did I miss one?
DICK CHENEY : Where's my gun?
AL SHARPTON : Why are all the chickens white? We need some black chickens.
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July 25, 2007
CHAPEL HILL, NC - A field study released Monday by the University of North Carolina School of Public Health suggests that Iraqi citizens experience sadness and a sense of loss when relatives, spouses, and even friends perish, emotions that have until recently been identified almost exclusively with Westerners.
An Iraqi study group reacts to a car bombing. Researchers (not pictured) gathered data from a fortified observation booth.
"We were struck by how an Iraqi reacts to the sight of the bloody or decapitated corpse of a family member in a not unlike an American, or at the very least a Canadian, would," said Dr. Jonathan Pryztal, chief author of the study. "In addition to the rage, bloodlust, and hatred we already know to dominate the Iraqi emotional spectrum, it appears that they may have some capacity, however limited, for sadness."
Though Pryztal was quick to add that more detailed analysis is needed, he said the findings cast some doubt on long-held assumptions about human nature in that region.
"Contrary to conventional wisdom, it seems that Iraqis do indeed experience at least minor feelings of grief when a best friend or a grandparent is ripped apart by a car bomb or shot execution style and later unearthed in a shallow mass grave," Prytzal said. "Last December's suicide-bomb killing of 71 Shiites in Baghdad, for example, produced unexpected reactions ranging from crumpled, sobbing despair to silent, dazed shock."
Iraqis have often been observed weeping and wailing in apparent anguish, but the study offers evidence indicating this may not be exclusively an outward expression of anger or a desire for revenge. It also provocatively suggests that this grief can possess an American-like personal quality, and is not simply a tribal lamentation ritual.
An Iraqi mother expressing American-like grief at the loss of her son.
Said Pryztal: "When trying to understand the psychology of the Iraqi citizenry after four years of war, think of a small American town roiled by the death of a well-known high school football player."
According to Pryztal, the intensity of the grief does not diminish if the mourner experiences multiple bereavements over time. "If a woman has already lost one child, the subsequent killings of other children will evoke similar responses," he said. "In the majority of cases we studied, it appeared as though those who lost multiple kids never actually got used to it."
Though Pryztal expects the results of the study may be of some interest to students of Arab psychology, he did concede that the data may not be entirely accurate because it was gathered directly from Iraqis themselves.
"Almost all the Iraqis we interviewed said the war had ruined their lives because of the incalculable loss of friends and family," Pryztal said. "But to be totally honest, these types of studies can be skewed rather easily by participant exaggeration."
Psychologists and anthropologists have thus far largely discounted the study, claiming it has the same bias as a 1971 Stanford University study that concluded that many Vietnamese showed signs of psychological trauma from nearly a quarter century of continuous war in southeast Asia.
"We are, in truth, still a long way from determining if Iraqis are exhibiting actual, U.S.-grade sadness," Mayo Clinic neuropsychologist Norman Blum said. "At present, we see no reason for the popular press to report on Iraqi emotions as if they are real."
Pryztal said that his research group would next examine whether children in Sudan prefer playing with toys or serving as guerrilla fighters and killing innocent civilians.
...gotta love The Onion
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CHESAPEAKE, Va. - John Randall and family recently received a letter from their sponsor child in Honduras. But instead of offering an update and gratitude for their continued support, 11-year-old Maria Salvador told them she was boycotting them.
"She said it was nothing personal, but her sponsor child union wanted better terms," says Becky Randall, 34. "She asked us to please remove her photograph from the refrigerator and cease all communication with her until the strike is resolved."
In a new wrinkle for child sponsor ministries, sponsor children in several countries have united to demand better terms. They are asking for $45 a month, up from the standard $28, plus a 7 percent annual increase, new uniforms, better medical care and more frequent gift packages from sponsors.
"American sponsor organizations can't exist without us, and we want a better deal," says one child union representative.
The strike organizers are mostly older teens who grew up in sponsor programs, but have been influenced by resurgent socialist movements in South America. The newly created Union of Sponsored Children is demanding that Americans "pay a fair price" for the "privilege of supporting the children of the revolutionary worker-citizens of South America."
One girl, Carlota Garcia, 12, of Venezuela says she was always happy with the gift packages that included dolls, hair bows and school supplies from her sponsor family. But after attending a union rally she now believes she has not been getting her fair share.
"We deserve better," she says. "We aren't pets that will be happy with cheap toys."
The Allen family of Pittsburgh, Pa., was bewildered to learn about the boycott from their sponsor child, Guillermo Montez, 9, of Bolivia.
"Our kids cried a bit when we got the cease and desist letter," says father Jeremy. "I had to tell them it was just business, and we'd get Guillermo back when the strike ended."
Jeremy, a former steel worker, says he felt proud that the sponsor kids were unionizing and "seizing their own destiny." He has already complied and is sending $45 a month to Guillermo.
Sponsor organizations are scrambling to negotiate an end to the strike by Christmas, when they sign up the majority of their sponsor families. But the child unions say they will hold out "however long it takes."
Thanks to Lark News
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A faith healer asked Moshe how his family was getting along. "They're all fine," Moshe said, "Except my uncle. He's very sick."
"Your uncle is not sick," the faith healer said. "He THINKS he's sick."
Two weeks later, the faith healer ran into Moshe on the street. "How is your uncle getting along?" he asked.
Moshe shrugged, "He THINKS he's dead."
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Build your own prototype here.
And they don't hit your neighbour... although that might be half the fun!
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Try this on for size: The Apple iRack
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OK, so I am having a bit of fun with videos lately... this one is great! Dilbert has "The Knack"... destined to be an engineer, and socially inept.
Is this like having "the gift"... being a wonderful preacher, but socially inept, unable to communicate except to large crowds while standing behind a pulpit and spitting into the first two rows?
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With thanks to Matt Glover
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For those who are approaching their golden years... this might be helpful. Here is an exercise suggested for adults over 45 and seniors, to build muscle strength in the arms and shoulders. It seems so easy, so I thought I'd pass it on. Just don't over-do it.
Begin by standing on a comfortable surface, where you have plenty of room at each side. With a 5kg potato sack in each hand, extend your arms straight out from your sides, and hold them there as long as you can. Try to reach a full minute, then relax.
Each day, you'll find that you can hold this position for just a bit longer.
After a couple of weeks, move up to 10kg potato sacks, then 50kg potato sacks, and eventually try to get to where you can lift a 100kg potato sack in each hand and hold your arms straight for more than a full minute.
After you feel confident at that level, put a potato in each of the sacks.
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Jesus H. Christ (1-33 C.E.) invented Christianity during a Spring Break road trip to Jerusalem in the company of his friends. Jerusalem, though, had been the site of severe Spring Break disturbances during the previous year, and the local authorities took a dim view of anyone starting a new religion.
Beyond the fact that Christians really, really like him, scholars, historians, and professional athletes can agree on little else. Some maintain that Jesus was a secular revolutionary who never intended to found a religion; others that Jesus was perfectly conscious of his mission, and that the Bible is a reliable guide to his earthly ministry. Others go very far in their rejection of traditional Christian interpretations of Jesus, to the point of suggesting he never existed; still others, confusingly, insist that Jesus did exist, we're just not aware of it yet. And finally others say his name wasn't Jesus at all, but rather Josh.
Here are thumbnail views of what the major Christian denominations believe about Jesus:
THE ORTHODOX believe that Jesus is both God and Son of God, fully God and fully human, coeternal with the other two Persons of the Trinity, and that his death on the cross provides the means by which human beings can attain salvation.
CATHOLICS believe pretty much the same thing as the Orthodox, but add that Jesus has chosen the pope to be team captain.
LUTHERANS believe pretty much the same thing as the Orthodox, but believe that under no circumstances would Jesus ever choose a creep like the pope to be team captain.
UNITARIANS believe Jesus was a dedicated social worker; the first feminist; the first environmentalist; the first advocate of tolerance between all human beings; who nonetheless managed to enrage the Roman government to the point where it killed him by nailing him to a tree.
ANGLICANS believe essentially what Catholics, Orthodox, and Lutherans believe, but argue that if God did choose a team captain, it probably would have been C.S. Lewis.
FUNDAMENTALISTS believe that everything God wanted us to do is spelled out in easy to understand detail in the book he wrote, except the part about the Eucharist, which was obviously a case of God being a bit fanciful.
THE AMISH believe that it's time to stop making fun of them for riding in horse-drawn buggies instead of cars, and point out that the Mennonites are much bigger bunch of tools.
METHODISTS believe that the Wesley Brothers wrote such awesome songs it necessitated secession from the Church of England.
PURITANS believe you're going to hell, and they're kind of happy about it.
THE JUSTICE LEAGE OF AMERICA believes the Joker will stop at nothing to rob Gotham Central Bank, and fears he has enlisted Lex Luthor to help him.
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This is absolutely worth a look.
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A comment by one athlete at the Commonwealth Games shocked our eldest son. Having just won the gold medal for long jump, the athlete commented that she had gone without chocolate for ten years for this moment. That was enough for my son - that sort of sacrifice was just too much - even for a gold medal!
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In honour of St Patrick's Day, my eldest son, who is on the cusp of his teenage years, emerged this morning with the following joke:
News reports are coming in of Ireland's worst air tragedy. A two-seater Cessna crashed into the Dublin cemetery when its pilot inexplicably lost control. The scene is a disaster. Rescue crews have so far dug up 744 bodies, with the death count expected to go even higher...
Not bad for a 12-year-old!
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This is clever... something like Dave?
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Smack the Penguin
What happens to 500kv when you unplug it...
Try painting your home this way.
Find out what Google thinks of you, your friends or anything. (Don't get disheartened!)
Looking for an old version of software?
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No mess... but I'm not sure whether he is CPU-trained!
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And I wonder what 'buzzwords' we would include if preparing a 5x5 for sermons in church today?
(cartoon originally published 19 Feb 2006)
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How come when you mix water and flour together you get glue ... and then you add eggs and sugar and you get cake? Where does the glue go?
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So you think you are handy with a mouse (or trackball). Try this! If you can stay in the game for 18 seconds, you are a master!
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Here's some fun sites to visit.
Just be aware: they may not be all they seem!
Hand-Eye Co-ordination Test
Tired of Living on Earth? Build Your Own Island! - the link now works!
Who said that? This one is a must - you'll be a little taken aback.
New Windows edition
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Here's some creative fun - turn your pictures into colourful zeroes and ones.
An example:
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Can't verify the veracity of this one, but worthy of passing on anyway...
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Ancient wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However in organisations we often try many other strategies, including the following:
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If you want to see some very creative photo quality images, head over to Worth100.com.
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Satirical Magazine The Onion has released its top 10 stories from 2005: 1. Bush Elected President of Iraq
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OK, you are sitting up late at night, finalising that sermon/essay/creative worship piece, and struggling to stay awake. You are pumping in the caffeine in your favourite style, and you wonder what it's doing to your system... OK, so you aren't wondering. But did you realise it can kill you. I'd have to be careful as I took in my intake of Coke pushed past 380, because death would be very near. Never mind the fact that it would be morning anyway and I'd probably be well and truly finished. The more powerful stuff would finish me off earlier... and I'd be in bed with all things done! Check out the death-by-caffeine calculator.
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... and proud of it!! Check yourself out...
January 28, 2006
Only in Queensland?!
This story happened a while ago in Brisbane, and even though it sounds Like an Alfred Hitchcock tale, it's true.
John Bradford, a Sydney University student, was on the side of the road hitch hiking on a very dark night and in the midst of a storm. The night was rolling on and no car went by. The storm was so strong he could hardly see a few feet ahead of him. Suddenly he saw a car, slowly coming towards him and stopped. John, desperate for shelter and without thinking about it, got in the car and closed the door, just to realize there was nobody behind the wheel and the engine wasn't on! The car started moving slowly.
John looked at the road and saw a curve approaching. Scared, he started to pray, begging for his life. Then, just before he hit the curve, a hand appeared through the window and turned the wheel. John, paralysed with terror, watched how the hand appeared every time they came to a curve.
John saw the lights of a pub down the road so, gathering strength, jumped out of the car and ran to it. Wet and out of breath, he rushed inside and asked for two shots of tequila. He then started telling everybody about the horrible experience he went through.
A silence enveloped everybody when they realized he was crying and....wasn't drunk. About 15 minutes later, two guys walked into the same pub. They were also wet and out of breath. Looking around and seeing John Bradford sobbing at the bar, one said to the other, "Look, Bruce. Here's the idiot that got in the car while we were pushing it."
January 23, 2006
Study the Horse
1. Changing riders
2. Buying a stronger whip
3. Appointing a committee to study the horse
4. Arranging a visit to other sites to see how they ride dead horses
5. Increasing the standards for riding dead horses
6. Creating training sessions to improve riding skills
7. Comparing the state of dead horses in today's environment
8. Changing the requirements so that the horse no longer meets the standards of death
9. Hiring an outside consultant to show how dead horses can be ridden
10. Increasing funding to improve the horses performance
11. Declaring that no horse is too dead to beat.
I classified this as humour, which only goes to further establish the point that the best humour is always grounded in truth!
January 11, 2006
After some creative images?
January 03, 2006
Top 10 Stories of 2005
2. Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, Kashmir Earthquake Battle For Natural Disasty Award
3. Pope Died As He Lived: Propped Up For Public Viewing
4. North Korea Nukes Self In Desparate Plea For Attention
5. Brain-Dead Americans Defend Brain-Dead Florida Woman
6. Prince Charles Weds Longtime Horse
7. Losing SuperBowl Team Gets Locker-Room Condolence Call From John Kerry
8. Theory Of Intelligent School-Board Design Disproven
9. White House Celebrates Fifth Straight Year Without Oral Sex
10. Pitt, Aniston To Quietly Separate
November 11, 2005
How much caffeine?
November 08, 2005
OK, so I am unusual
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Can't verify the veracity of this one, but worthy of passing on anyway...
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Ancient wisdom says that when you discover you are riding a dead horse, the best strategy is to dismount. However in organisations we often try many other strategies, including the following:
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If you want to see some very creative photo quality images, head over to Worth100.com.
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Satirical Magazine The Onion has released its top 10 stories from 2005:
1. Bush Elected President of Iraq
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OK, you are sitting up late at night, finalising that sermon/essay/creative worship piece, and struggling to stay awake. You are pumping in the caffeine in your favourite style, and you wonder what it's doing to your system... OK, so you aren't wondering. But did you realise it can kill you.
I'd have to be careful as I took in my intake of Coke pushed past 380, because death would be very near. Never mind the fact that it would be morning anyway and I'd probably be well and truly finished.
The more powerful stuff would finish me off earlier... and I'd be in bed with all things done!
Check out the death-by-caffeine calculator.
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... and proud of it!!
Check yourself out...
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OK, I'm about to confess to something embarrassing yet entirely understandable... About two years ago, while attending the first service in the new building for Central Chinese Baptist Church, I managed to score a special prize. I can't remember how I qualified for it, but was given a wrapped gift. I unwrapped it to reveal a pristine container marked "hot-sync cradle for Palm ..." Not having a palm pilot at the time, I put it to one side, even considering who I might give it to.
That was two years ago (or more!)
In the last week a dear friend who upgraded their own palm passed on their old one. After fiddling for a while, my memory was jogged in relation to this lovely box - still unopened - sitting in a cupboard. I retrieved the box and opened it up, only to find something which might be useful for doing a hot-sync with one's palm pilot, but not in the direct manner. It contained a glass coffee mug! A good cup of coffee might be helpful during the process (although it does not take that long), but it won't make it happen.
Never judge a book by its cover. Or a gift by its box.
OK, you can stop laughing....
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Have to categorise this one as humour... hate to think what this result says about me!
You're Vatican City!
You're pretty sure that you're infallible in all that you do or say, and it's hard to say whether you're right. You have a lot of followers, most of whom will do whatever you say without question, or line up to see you ride around in your spiffy car. Religious and reserved, you have some wisdom, but also a bit much contempt for everyone around you. You're also fabulously wealthy, no matter what you say to the contrary.
Take the Country Quiz at the Blue Pyramid
Try the test yourself here.
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This is one worth passing on...
The job interview went extremely well, but the applicant had an unfortunate tic which caused the interviewer to hesitate in offering the job. A salesman with such a tic was of dubious value. Aware of the problem, the applicant drew his attention to it: "I know I have a problem with my eye. It winks involuntarily, but I can fix it."
With that, the young man reached into his pocket and emptied the contents onto the desk in front of him: eight condoms and a packet of aspirin.
"I'm sorry," said the interviewer, "We cannot tolerate a culture of sexual promiscuity in our work environment."
"No," said the applicant, "it's not what it appears. The aspirin will stop the tic, but have you ever tried to ask a chemist for aspirin while you are winking?"
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Our patents and innovations team—which is highly integrated with the firm's corporate, litigation, and transactional practices—is comprised of more than 180 experienced patent attorneys, patent agents, and scientific advisors, most of whom possess Ph.D. or other advanced degrees in such areas as biology, chemistry, immunology, biomedical sciences, engineering, or other scientific fields. Over 130 of our attorneys and agents have been admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. In fact, our team includes several former USPTO executives, including a former Administrative Patent Judge, a former Deputy Administrator in the Office of Policy and External Affairs, a former Deputy Commissioner for Patent Operations, and a former Deputy Commissioner for Patent Administration.


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Irish Rail warns of disruptions if strike goes ahead on Friday
Iarnród Éireann has advised customers of service arrangements should the threatened industrial action go ahead on Friday.
In a statement released today, Iarnród Éireann said Intercity and Commuter services which start before 06.00hrs on Friday are expected to operate as normal to their end destination
All Intercity, DART and Commuter services scheduled to depart between 06.00hrs and 09.00hrs are cancelled.
There will be some consequent disruption after 09.00hrs.
Irish Rail also said that services may be subject to change at short notice. There may also be altered capacity on certain services.
Rail tickets will not be valid on services of other public transport providers.
The company has also issued details of how online customers who are booked to travel during the hours of disruption on Friday 6th November can use their tickets on any of the following services and no surcharge will apply
• Thursday 5th November, at any time
• Friday 6th November, at an earlier or later time
• Saturday 7th November, at any time
or they can submit their ticket and receive a full refund.
Earlier today, the Government intervened in a desperate bid to avert Friday's planned strike action by the country's train drivers, independent.ie has learned.
With less than 48 hours until Irish Rail workers down tools, the country's top troubleshooter has been asked to broker a deal, according to political sources.
Kieran Mulvey, who led efforts to resolve the Garth Brooks fiasco, will invite unions into crucial talks at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
But sources have expressed deep scepticism over the prospect of the strike being called off.
Workers are scheduled to down tools from between 6-9am in a move that will discommode 40,000 passengers, school children and commuters.
A similiar strike took placed a fortnight agoand caused chaos during rush hour.
Central to the concerns ahead of today's talks, according to political sources, is the strained relations between union leaders and Irish Rail Chief Exeucutive David Franks.
Mr Franks, who earns a salary of €211,000, has been criticised after he sent a letter to workers this week warning that their demands are "unaffordable".
He accused the National Bus and Railway Union (NBRU) and SIPTU of creating "false expectations" following the decision to seek a reduced working week and changes to productivity.
Last night, both unions claimed that a significant number of their members have handed back the letters, while many others refused to read the contents.
Asked about workers' reaction to Mr Franks's letter, NBRU General Secretary Dermot O'Leary said workers are "very angry".
And SIPTU organiser Paul Cullen wrote to Mr Franks last night, describing the letter as ""most unhelpful".
"It is a clear attempt to alienate negotiators and this trade union from its members."
Speaking last night, Irish Rail spokesman Barry Kenny claimed that the "vast majority" of workers accepted Mr Franks's letter.
"But as is always the case with such communication, there is a small number who do not, particularly when we are in an industrial dispute situation. But there was certainly nothing remarkable or surprising," he added.
Unlike during the negotiations leading up to previous strike action, all parties appear to have conceded that the work stoppages will go ahead despite the negotiations at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
Irish Rail says it's proposals will see an increase in earnings of up to 7.9pc.
There will also be an opportunity for drivers to avail of a voluntary severance package.
But unions have rejected the proposals.
Last night, a spokeswoman for Transport Minister Paschal Donohoe said that the deal proposed by Irish Rail is "reasonable", adding that the minister hopes the strike will be averted.
"The company is still losing in excess of €1m a month and that the industrial relations machinery of the State is best placed to resolve these issues.
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Shades of Nelson: Britain's one-eyed foreign policy
Does the average Westerner still believe that the "people" (jihadists) fighting the Syrian regime are "defenceless"? No doubt he/she does, as that is what the authorities would like us to believe. It fits in with their plan for the dismemberment of Syria, and the creation of several mini-states in its place. Actually, that is their plan for the entire "Middle East", which must contain no power both able and willing to challenge the dominance of Israel. In the Western scenario, every sect and ethnic group will have its own cabbage patch surrounded by razor wire and minefields — to be defended at any cost against its erstwhile compatriots. Hatred, paranoia, and petty nationalism are to reign supreme. What a depressing prospect!
The cartoon, by Malcolm Evans, is from the Manawatu Standard of March 9, 2013.
Tom Scott, you're clueless
This isn't the first time that Dominion Post cartoonist Tom Scott has paraded his ignorance on the Middle East. In the above cartoon, published on February 7, 2013, he first naively accepts the Israeli claim that Israel "attack[ed] missile shipments bound for Lebanon".
(On January 31, 2013, Aljazeera reported: "It is unclear . . . what the exact nature of the target of Wednesday's air strikes was. Syrian state media said that the strikes targeted a military research centre near Damascus, while regional security sources told the Reuters and AP news agencies that the target was a convoy of trucks allegedly carrying anti-aircraft missiles for Hezbollah in Lebanon.")
Next, Scott claims the "Syrian Government attacks Syrian people . . ." as though the conflict were as simple as that. Actually, it's complex, and involves a number of players, including Sunni jihadist groups made up of fighters from around the Muslim world. Some of these groups are supported by the Western powers, the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia. Increasingly, it's a sectarian conflict, pitting Sunnis against Alawites and other minorities (including Christians), rather than a rebellion by disfranchised civilians against an autocratic ruler.
The objectives, as far as the Western powers are concerned, are to remove another obstacle to Israeli hegemony in the region, to cut the link between Iran and Hezbollah, and to lay the groundwork for an attack on Iran. They aren't too concerned about the "evil dictator" Bashar al-Assad, as they are only too happy to do business with Third World dictators who play ball.
NOTE: The above clipping is from The Dominion Post of February 12, 2013.
A Menorah for the new millennium
My published reply to the above comment was:
I write in response to Tim Goodman's criticism of your cartoonist, Malcolm Evans (Letters, January 7).
Evans is one of the few cartoonists who understand that the Palestinians are, in reality, a captive, powerless and oppressed people.
Calling for "negotiations" between Israel and the Palestinians is like calling for negotiations between a lion and a one-legged lamb over what to have for dinner.
Having already eaten three of the lamb's legs, and found them very much to his liking, the lion can't wait to devour the rest of the poor animal.
The only problem is: How to hoodwink the world into believing the lion is the champion of righteousness, while the lamb is a dirty rat that richly deserves its fate.
That's where the Orwellian Zionist propaganda machine steps in.
NOTE: The cartoon appeared in the Manawatu Standard on January 3, 2013. Tim Goodman's letter appeared on January 7, 2013. I have no record of when my letter was published.
War junkie gets his fix
Another year, and the promise — indeed, the certainty — of more war. Yep, that's what Uncle Sam lives for. As he slouches on economic skid row, it's the only thing that makes him feel really alive. The cartoon, by Malcolm Evans, is from the Manawatu Standard of January 1, 2013.
Terror alert: That jar of Marmite could be a bomb
One of the most infuriating things about air travel is having to jump through hoops for agents of the criminal state. The cartoon is from the Manawatu Standard of December 28, 2012.


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When is a nut not a nut? Transforming the Fisher Nut Brand
The John B. Sanfilippo & Son Company took a hard look at their business inside and out to revitalize one of its most beloved brands in a dormant, commoditized industry and transform the company from one of the nation's largest nut manufacturers to a savvy, relevant CPG company and shift their corporate mindset from sales support to customer-centric.
The transformation had to start at the top. With a C-suite of 4th generation family ties and a "prove it to me first" culture, JBSS brought in brand agency Blue Chip Marketing to help make the case for change that would result in 37 consecutive quad weeks of volume growth and nearly 9% annual growth.
Together, JBSS and Blue Chip implemented a 3-pronged strategy for success:
- Grow the JBSS core brands through organizational alignment and talent acquisition
- Reinvent the brand to make it more relevant to consumers worldwide by focusing on what makes a nut stand out and appealing, such as its freshness and significance as an ingredient in a recipe.
- Create consumer engagement by going to market with a convergence of culture, creativity and cooking.
Through the process, JBSS learned a key ingredient for success is to have strong synergy between marketing and sales, as well as strong consumer insights to grow the brands and link them to relevant store experience so that consumers can "find your brand."
The transformation required new talent who were experts in consumer insights. With a more united marketing and sales front, the team had the ability to create differentiation in a highly commoditized industry with limited budget. They learned that little changes can make a big difference. Innovation can come in small increments and pay off big.
In making the nut brand relevant, JBSS discovered there was a desire among consumers for freshness that led to different packaging and a fresher claim. Thus, these brand messages emerged: Fisher Naturals; an ad campaign that touted Fisher Nuts: The only national brand of recipe nuts entirely without preservatives; Crack Open the Freshness, Introducing the New Clear Can from Fisher; and Oven Roasted to Perfection, Never Fried.
A brand can maintain its equity but change its voice to grow through differentiation.
In moving Fisher Nut company from a manufacturer to a CPG company, the organization moved from thinking about nuts purely as an ingredient to thinking about nuts as inspiration in cooking, eating, entertaining through an integrated marketing approach with a bias for content vs. advertising to manage budget. As a result, there was an immediate shift to social media from traditional forms of advertising and PR.
JBSS struck a collaborative partnership with The Food Network, which was paramount in the success of the Fisher Nut brand revitalization. In addition, JBSS created a highly engaging and influential blogging network, which contributes a huge part of the evolution and increased advocacy for the brand. Through content marketing across digital and mobile, Food Network Magazine and vignettes, recipes, contests and other social platforms, the nut brand became viewed as an integral part of the culinary experience.
The result: Increased marketing share in the category: More pounds of nuts in high franchise markets.
Did you know that the Thanksgiving holiday season is the biggest season for pecans? The transformation enabled Fisher Nuts to strike a successful and innovative partnership with Karo – the leading brand of syrup used in pecan pie recipes.
That's the power of "thinking differently."
Judi Myers, Marketing Strategist, VP Communications/Brand, Chicago AMA
Judi is currently on assignment at Becker Professional Education in their CPA and healthcare businesses, and with the international trade association of Independent Cosmetic Manufacturers and Distributors in their foreign relations business.


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When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. So cliche, but true.
My A/C unit decided to die on what's going to be one of the hottest days of the year. 97 degrees. It was already 81 degrees when I woke up this morning. The central air unit is running, but the fan is kaput. So, off with the whole system until service arrives...whenever that will be.
Some people would make a big deal out of this by bemoaning the situation only to add to the misery. I'm going to make an even bigger deal out of it. I'm taking this lemon and squeezing it to make some of the best lemonade possible.
I'm throwing a sprinkler party.
Yup. Slip-and-slide included.
Rather than shift into a "woe is me" attitude, today is my opportunity to let out the kid in me.
When I was a kid, my generation created a brand of fun that is defunct today...like my A/C unit. Video games did not exist. The TV had maybe five channels in black and white with no remote. A computer? What the heck was that? But we could turn anything into a playground. Graveyards for flashlight tag. Dirt mounds for King-of-the-Mountain. The backyard for camping adventures. The railroad tracks and woods for exploring. We saw opportunities everywhere and life was magical.
It's time to create that magic today.
The sprinkler is set up. I found a roll of plastic in the shed. The beach towels are in a basket, ready to use. Fresh fruit is chilling along with gallons of sweet tea. And friends are joining in. It's a great day to be a kid again. It's a great day, period.
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The pressure to feel good on the outside is no new phenomenon. But over the past 5 years, we have seen some important transitions to what's in fashion: from skinny to fit, and then from fit to H E A L T H Y – which we love. This year, some us may be donning our 'athleisure' leggings on route to Pilates, popping vitamins and downing chai-seed bowls for breakfast. Some of us may still be aspiring to a new kind of lifestyle while having that last bit of left-over mac and cheese…I'm with you! But honestly, who cares? Healthy in 2017 – yes please, but H A P P Y – come at me.
Thanks to the likes of Joe Wicks & his 'midget tree' loving army, deliciously Ella and the rush to veganism, to name a few, knowledge on how to be healthy and fit is not only widely available, but right in front of our noses. And this is great!
But for 2017, here at Pocket Guru, we have one simple mission – and that is to put mental health as front of mind as physical health. For too long, the stigma surrounding mental health has prevented us from looking, talking and assessing mental health in the way we would our physical health.
It's time to take the 'mental' out of mental health – the negative associations and the fear from talking about how you feel.
Simply put, mental health refers to our psychological and emotional well-being – and put like that, sign us up!
So, while you are working through the resolutions you set for 2017, let's make sure happiness is at the top of the list.
So let's start with anxiety – something 1 in 4 people experience! These 5 simple steps have really helped me to make sure I am feeling good:
- Recognise mental health in the same way you would your physical health:
Let's say you are feeling a little over-weight, you will probably start to eat healthier, exercise more, make healthy changes. If experiencing headaches, you may head to the doctor. So why are so many of us content to be discontent? Taking this approach to your mental health is half the battle.
2. Share how you are feeling:
I promise you, keeping feelings to yourself only magnifies them. Sharing will help to take a weight off your shoulders and put whatever is bothering you into perspective.
3. Create a Happiness Log Book:
Whatever you are feeling, log what you did that day, how you slept, who you talked to, what is on your mind. Logging what's making you feel good will be just as helpful as logging what isn't – aiming to increase positive comments over negative will be instrumental in breaking the cycle of thinking consistently negative thoughts.
4. Put yourself on a happiness diet:
Analyse step 3. Is there often anxiety surrounding your job? Is something bothering you about a certain friend? Do you feel 5 times worse following alcohol consumption? Make steps to make changes – that doesn't necessarily mean cutting them out completely but there is a lot of power in speaking to the right people and making changes to patterns of behaviour. Even better, what makes you happy? Make more time for this!
For me, it's all about outdoor exercise in beautiful landscapes, and open conversation with people I love – I know now that spending too much time alone or indoors is not my key to happiness.
It sounds so obvious, but be honest with yourself… how much time do you really spend doing what you love?
5. Try meditation or exercise
Both of which have been clinically proven to make you feel good…and trust me, they do! More about this coming soon…
These steps have really helped me in the past move towards feeling less anxious and more content – and I hope they work for you! I would love to know what helps you, or if there is anything you would like to hear about next, so please do leave your comments below.


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We've all done it. Made a list of New Year's resolutions, written them down with the confidence and energy of excited children, vowing that this year will not be like last year, that this will be the year that we accomplish everything on the list. And then it's January 1, and you're having trouble pulling yourself off the warm and comfy couch to go to a Pilates class, cook up a healthy dinner, go for a run, meditate or any of the goals you so enthusiastically set for yourself before the clock struck midnight the night before.
But while you're surfing the Internet for articles on how to mindfully keep your New Year's resolutions, (try this one at the Toronto Star for some great tips), it's useful to think about how you make your resolutions. Mindfulness isn't just about the action, it's also about the intent.
When you scribbled down that you want to lose ten pounds in the New Year, were you conscious of your motivations? Was it because you want to be fit, or was it because you think you need to be thinner to be attractive? When you declared that you would go to Pilates class every day, was it because you truly wanted to improve your health, or was it so you could tell your friends and coworkers that you work out every day? Understanding what your intentions are for your goals can go a very long way in keeping them. As with many things in life, starting from a solid foundation is the best way to build a lasting structure.
So take a few long, deep breaths. Calm your mind, and take another look at your list. Why did you write what you wrote? What were your intentions? Mindfully choose goals that most fall in line with what you want for yourself, and for your life.
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At Hill & Ioppolo Oral & Dental Implant Surgery of Lubbock, we try our best to make sure the payment process at our office is as convenient as possible for you. We accept a variety of payment methods as listed below:
- Cash
- Check
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We also accept the third-party financial plan known as CareCredit®, which allows patients to make monthly payments over time for their procedure. This payment option should be discussed with our office staff at your initial consultation appointment.
Regarding insurance policies, we do not partner with any network providers at this time, but we do assist patients in filling out paperwork claims to their network provider at a reasonable fee. As always, our team is dedicated to providing the best patient care and support we can offer, and that includes making sure all your paperwork and insurance claims are in the right order to be processed.
Thank you for taking the time to review this important information, and we look forward to meeting with you.


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Antonio Giovinazzi was delighted to leave Hockenheim still in the lead of the FIA European Formula 3 Championship after three more visits to the podium.
The Italian, driving for Jagonya Ayam with Carlin, added a third place to his earlier win and third during Sunday's final race of the weekend, inheriting the podium spot on the final lap when Maximilian Günther spun his Mücke Motorsport machine at turn one.
He thanked his team for their efforts, and insisted he was looking to continue his strong start to the season at the legendary street circuit of Pau in two weeks time.
"Three weeks ago I left England as the leader of the Championship and now I'm doing the same thing also in Germany," said Giovinazzi. "I couldn't be more satisfied: one victory and two third places, to add to the three previous podiums, are really a great result.
"Unfortunately, to be started from 3rd row has conditioned the whole race, also because remain behind the safety car caused me a great initial gap from the head of the race. But, once more, I felt myself at ease on the wet and I recovered 3 places to get third.
"This is another great result to give to my team, to my technicians and, above all, to Mr. Ricardo Gelael of KFC Jagonya Ayam. We are all ready to do again our best in France, on next round in Pau in two weeks."


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West Bengal NEET Counselling 2019
West Bengal NEET counselling 2018 is important for all the students. The NEET examination is scheduled to be on 5th of May, 2018 which will certainly give an advantage to the aspiring medical minds for setting up a proper list of colleges they would like to have an admission. Once the examination will be over, the council board will start organizing the NEET counselling 2018. Now we all know that the NEET counselling is done in two quotas, one through which students will be selected from all over the country and the other under which selections will be done from the states. Rules are slightly different in both the cases and each state counselling is governed by a particular medical governing body.
The state counselling will immediately commence once the AIQ counselling is over. The Directorate Board of Health Sciences will send the merit list to each participating state and once the officials will receive them, they will begin the counselling process. 85% of students will be selected based on this process and hence the state quota is more promising than the AIQ quota.
Both the private and government colleges are going to participate in the state NEET counselling 2018. Further down this article, we will discuss the counselling procedure in the state of West Bengal.
Number of seats in West Bengal NEET counselling 2018
A total number of 21 colleges will be participating in the West Bengal NEET counselling 2018, amongst which both the medical colleges and dental colleges are present. So a student can either go for the MBBS degree or the BDS course, depending upon his wish.
1. Dr R. Ahmed dental college and hospital
2. North Bengal dental colleges
3. Burdwan dental colleges and hospital
4. Guru Nanakinst of dental science and research
5. Kusum Devisunderlal Dugar Jain dental college and hospital
6. Haldia Institute of dental science and research
7. Bankura sammilani medical college
8. Burdwan medical college
9. Calcutta national medical college
10. Medical college Kolkata
11. Nilratan sirkar medical college
12. North Bengal medical college
13. R.G. Kar medical college
14. Institute of PG medical education and research
15. Midnapore medical college
16. KPC medical college and hospital
17. College of medicine and hospital
18. College of medicine and Sagar Dutta hospital
19. Murshidabad MC and hospital
20. Maldah medical college
Rules of West Bengal NEET counselling 2018
The rules for the WB NEET counselling 2018 are:
i. The candidate must be domicile of West Bengal for more than 10 years and he/she should have a domicile/ residential certificate for the same.
ii. The candidates must have a score of 50% in 12th in subjects of physics, chemistry and biology.
iii. The candidate must have qualified the NEET examination and he/she should not have an allotted college under the name of the AIQ counselling.
Procedure for the West Bengal NEET counselling 2018
The process of the West Bengal NEET counselling will be done in both offline and online mode. Three steps will be done over the internet while for the college allotment round; the candidates will have to be physically present in the mentioned institution.
Each candidate will have to register their name on the official website of the West Bengal medical council. This official registration will be done with the credentials from the NEET registration. The login page will ask for your registration number which is similar to that of the NEET registration. You will also have to set a password for your account following certain rules and regulations.
This step consists of the choice filling process where each candidate will be given a list of the participating colleges. Amongst them, they will have to choose the colleges according to their own wish. The choice should be done in such a way that the most preferred college sits at the top of the list.
Once you are sure about your list, lock their choices and then wait for the system to do the work. The system will choose a college from your list only in a downward preferential manner. So your filling up should be correct.
In this round, the candidate will have to be present at the site of counselling. There the officials will verify their documents and then a college will be allotted by the system itself based on the merit list. After the allotment, the admission process will be conducted by the college themselves.
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Tattoo Manufacturing is the largest manufacturer of temporary tattoos in the world. The company is a global leader in the design and printing of custom, specialty and novelty products.
Printing more than 7 million temporary tattoos a day, Tattoo Manufacturing commands 90% market share in North America and 65% globally. Tattoo Manufacturing has been proudly offering Made in the USA products since 1989. We are headquartered in Tucson, Arizona. The Company supplies over 65,000 corporate partners including Disney, Kellogg's, Kraft, GEICO, Pepsi and many others. We have also served hundreds of thousands of consumers across the world.
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Hard Cheese DIY Kit Making Gouda, Colby, Manchego and Cheddar Cheeses
Make 4 different aged hard cheeses with our Complete Hard Cheese Making Kit. It's so fun to make your own homemade cheeses, you'll never have to go without cheese again! Just add milk. Kit includes: • Basket mold • Annatto cheese coloring • Citric acid • Cheese cloth • Hard cheese mold • Flake salt • Lipase powder • Liquid rennet • Mesophilic Cultures • Thermophilic Cultures • Rennet tablets • Frothing pitcher • Red cheese wax • Thermometer • Flat pastry brush • Calcium chloride
**Adult Supervision is advised when using our DIY Kits.
**Refrigeration necessary
**Some ingredients may cause skin irritation; use appropriate protection. Manufactured in a facility that also handles tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans and corn.
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text: Hey there small business hustlers! Let's have a quick chat about our work space. Sometimes the only thing we can do is plop down on the couch with our laptops, surround by kid toys with the TV on in the background. Trust me, I get it. Sometimes all we can do is work whenever and wherever we can. As I write this I'm sitting at the kitchen table scurrying to get this blog done before the baby wakes up.


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The Family Law Facilitator is an attorney who can provide assistance to you in representing yourself in child support and family law matters. You can get help with an existing case or in starting a new case. If you require an interpreter, you must bring one with you when you see the Family Law Facilitator.
The Family Law Facilitator can help you select the proper legal forms and provide instructions for completing, filing and serving the paperwork. However, you are responsible for processing your own case.
The Staff at the Self Help Center is available to impartially help all parties to the case, which means that we may also help the other party in your case. The Staff of the Center can help you in preparing your own forms and can give you general information. The Staff of the Center cannot go with you to court.
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