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Obvious, if doth only have used one tire, and it sucked, as far as you know, all might suck
mt21, several tkc's 140 on the se rim and 150s on the stock wide one, karoo, 606, and the ed78 I mentioned above...plus several scorps for road trips in addition to 3 d908s, one in baja. If you like to wag your tail constantly in the sand, hook up like a greasy string pulling out of a hogs ass in mud, and don't mind paying double what they were selling them for a few years ago then 908s your tire. I find it annoying as hell. Its tough and lasts...hell, it likely won't bust a bead with no air, which is its saving grace. I'm gonna try the new Pirelli rally next, looks promising.
Edit* forgot but I've also tried the Mefo SE in a 150 and the Heidenau variant k61 in both the 140(liked it) on the narrow rim and the 150 (better than the Mefo) on the wide rim.
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The 200 attendees* at How to Control the Future Before the Future Controls You, co-sponsored by Vident and Nobel Biocare, received a digital, handheld device so they could provide instant feedback to questions posed by Moderator Mark Murphy, DDS, FAGD. Their answers were immediately displayed on a large screen at the front of the room.
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The rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.
Mark Twain's words—repeated by Dentsply's Chris Clark—appropriately describe the gist of the Cal-Lab Group's 86th annual meeting in Chicago. Or, to use Clark's own words, "The lab market is here to stay.
"There's been a lot of gloom and doom of late, with some saying laboratories are headed for extinction. But this market is viable and strategic, and you provide the dentist with services, partnership, education, technical expertise and a knowledge base that can't be duplicated," said Clark, President and COO of Dentsply, to more...
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An Australian in Britain accused of sexual offenses in Sweden, but fearing extradition to the United States, seeks asylum in Ecuador's Embassy in London and provokes a nationalist reaction more than 9,000 kilometers (5,592.34 miles) away in South America. Global interconnectedness could not get more convoluted, but a look back at history helps situate the incongruity in context.
In confronting Argentina, then Ecuador, the British may have misjudged solidarity among South American nations.
In confronting Argentina, then Ecuador, the British may have misjudged solidarity among South American nations.
It seems an unlikely course, but where the Australian in question, the open-government campaigner and WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is concerned, the far-flung quest is in keeping with his knack of springing surprises and setting in train events with repercussions well beyond what he may have intended.
Assange headed to the Ecuadorean Embassy in June, where he remains holed up, as Britain and Ecuador are unable to reach agreement on terms for his leaving the mission. Just this week the English courts upped the pressure by ordering Assange's supporters who put up $135,000 for his bail to forfeit their money. Ecuador and the United States have generally poor relations, none of which were improved by WikiLeaks, the online site that invites whistle-blowers to submit documents related to government or corporate malfeasance.
Ecuador's Ire
In April 2011, Quito expelled U.S. Ambassador Heather Hodges after WikiLeaks had published a confidential diplomatic cable in which she reported that President Rafael Correa knew about allegations of corruption against a senior policeman before an appointment. The United States responded in kind by expelling Ecuador Ambassador Luis Gallegos. Correa, never well disposed to Washington, resents what he suspects is a long history of U.S. interference in his country's internal affairs.
For its part, Washington regards Correa as a close ally of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, seen by the United States as a threat to its interests in its own backyard. Correa employs anti-American rhetoric similar to Chavez's and gave substance to this by closing a U.S. Air Force base in his country in 2009.
Assange says he fears that, if sent to Sweden, he could then be extradited from there to the United States, where he could face trial for spying and consequently the death penalty. So when he lost his appeal in the English courts against extradition, Ecuador's Embassy was a logical choice.
Embarrassed by Ecuador's decision to give Assange diplomatic protection, the British then proceeded to provoke ire across South America by suggesting that authorities might enter the embassy and seize Assange. Foreign Secretary William Hague insisted no threat was made, but the British government did write a letter to Ecuador pointing out a piece of legislation allowing British police to enter a foreign embassy, a law passed after a policewoman was shot and killed from a window at the Libyan Embassy during a 1984 protest. But the law depends on suspicion that a crime has taken place on embassy premises. In Assange's case, there's no such allegation.
Ecuador protested, accusing Britain of highhanded, neocolonialist behavior, and got support from most countries in the region. At a meeting in June of the Organization of American States, fellow OAS members expressed solidarity with Quito and the "inviolability of diplomatic missions." The letter from the British Foreign Office was portrayed as a threat to ignore the Vienna Convention that governs the extraterritoriality of diplomatic missions and as arrogant behavior of a bigger power. That Britain was once an imperial power added to the mix.
Highhanded Britain
Given that one of the foreign policy priorities of the current British Conservative—Liberal Democrat coalition government is to boost South America trade, observers of foreign affairs were left scratching their heads. The former leader of the Liberal Democrat Party, Sir Menzies Campbell, suggested the move was counterproductive, that London was mishandling relations with the region as a whole, and he linked the dispute to Britain's row with Argentina over the Falkland Islands, or Islas Malvinas as they're known in Latin America, to which both London and Buenos Aires lay claim.
In the House of Commons, Campbell asked Foreign Office Minister Jeremy Browne, "Is there not a risk that if we appear to behave in a highhanded fashion these very objectives you refer to (building relationships and trade) will be substantially prejudiced? Not least, of course, our interest in preserving the independence and self-determination of the people of the Falklands."


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Cereal farmers in Meru earned Sh38 million from the sale of green grams last harvesting season.
National Cereals and Produce Board managing director Gedion Misoi said farmers sold 6,000 bags of the grains. A kilo of the green grams was being sold at between Sh70 and Sh80.
Misoi, however, said the instability in the market caused price fluctuations, adding that the board did not sell grain in Somalia because of insecurity.
Speaking to farmers at the Meru NCPB depot, Misoi said the government's fertiliser subsidy had boosted cereals output in the region. He urged farmers to partner with the government to ensure food security in the country.
"There is no mischief with entering into business agreements with the government unlike brokers who exploit farmers for the sake of maximising their profits. We would like to deal directly with farmers," he said.
Misoi said the board will open more cereal buying centres in rural areas to avoid the exploitation of farmers by middlemen. He urged farmers to embrace the modern storage technologies saying the three-year-old Warehouse Receipting System had reduced post-harvest losses and enhanced the quality of cereals competitive to both the local and regional markets.
The MD promised government commitment in supplying the government fertilizer saying over 800,000 bags of different kinds of planting and topdressing had been supplied to the region this year.
He urged farmers to report any cases of traders dealing in the fertilizer maintaining the farm input was strictly meant for farmers. "Any trader found selling subsidized government fertilizer will be prosecuted," he warned.
Cheques worth Sh14 million were presented to the farmers who missed out in the first tranche of payments of Sh24 million. Meanwhile farmers have urged the government to be prompt in making payments saying they depended on farming to pay fees for their school going children. They also wanted driers supplied to be fully operational before the next harvesting sets in.


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Never underestimate the value of trellises. They provide a good way to gain color and greenery in confined areas. They can be practical or pictorial; more often they will be both.
For the above trellis project from the DIY Network, check the link below…
Building A Contemporary Designed Trellis – DIY Network
Spray painting takes the chore out of maintaining a trellis, and there are iron, copper, aluminum and other types that never need attention at all.
Sometimes you want your trellis to be as unobtrusive as possible with emphasis on the vine. Here a trellis painted the same color as the house supports a vine that gives summer shade to a southern picture window. In fall the vine loses its foliage and every ounce of winter sun penetrates indoors.
Invisible Trellis – Martha Stewart
Before making or purchasing a trellis, be sure that it is nicely proportioned and is in scale with the garden feature you propose to enhance. Imagination counted more than money here.
If you want to "get away from it all," a vine-covered trellis gives all the privacy you could ask for and plenty of air circulation, too, or unsightly objects can be screened from view without the loss of gardening space… like hiding a garbage can.
How to Build a Trellis Yard Divider – From Step By Step
You may want to paint your trellis a contrasting color to that of the house. When the vines beside this doorway are dormant, an interesting design is etched against the house. No valuable ground space is lost with this doorway planting.
In designing trellises keep them simple. Stars and crescents are challenging winter workshop assignments, but such "fanciness" frequently adds up to nothing but mediocrity. Stick to squares and rectangles, perhaps a diamond now and then. See that the distance between the members is not too great for the vines to easily climb. One-foot spacing is generally maximum. Check your lumber dealer for the most weather-resistant woods.
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Installing your trellis is no problem. A low one for screening may be simply screwed to a 2- x 4-inch peg, and driven into the ground. Larger, free-standing trellises will need to be attached to 4 x 4-inch posts. Construct the trellis in sections to fit between the posts.
If you plan a trellis to go against a wood house, attach it so that air can circulate behind the vine. A hinge at the bottom block and a hook-eye at top enable you to drop the trellis for painting.
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Kevin Harvick drove his Budweiser Chevrolet into the lead with eight laps left at NASCAR's Sprint Cup Advo-Care 500, defended his lead on the Green-White-Checker restart, and saved a mean slide in oil near the finish line to end a 38-race winless streak at Phoenix International Raceway Sunday.
Harvick opened a half-second lead and seemed to be safely on his way when he slid in oil and almost wrecked just before the finish line. Harvick kept his Impala on track and took the win over Denny Hamlin and Kyle Busch.
Johnson Wrecks, Keselowski Nearly Gets Wrecked Twice
Harvick's win was overshadowed by numerous on-track incidents, including a wreck by points leader Jimmie Johnson which all but ended his Chase chances.
Johnson lost a right front tire on lap 235, sending his Lowes-sponsored Chevrolet into the wall. The Hendrick Motorsport driver spent 38 laps in the pits and rejoined in 33rd place, finishing 32nd.
Johnson's sixth championship is all but out of reach now; even if he wins the season finale at Homestead, Fla. Brad Keselowski will win the Sprint Cup with a 15th-place finish.
Brad Keselowski, second by seven points coming into the second-to-last race of the season, had a much better race than Johnson, dodging a wreck on lap 310 and surviving a multi-car melee approaching the checkered flag to hustle his battered Penske Dodge across the line sixth, taking a 20-point lead in the Chase.
"My initial thought was, I heard he blew a right front tire and I was thinking hat conspiracy theorist is going to come up with theory on this one," Keselowski told ESPN about hearing on the radio that his rival had wrecked. 'Then you realize the same thing could happen to you and you try not to let that get into you too much and just focus on what you've got and make sure you don't have the same problem.
"That is what was thinking. Obviously, there's no guarantees we could go next week to and have the same problem and Jimmy take the point lead back over. No guarantees but very proud to have that point led heading into next week."
Johnson was obviously deflated but triedf to keep his wreck in perspective. He described his 2012 championship chances as "…way, way out of our control with the problem we had today.
"We still have to go to Homestead and race and anything can happen down there but I 'm not in the position we want to be leaving Phoenix. I feel terrible for my team and how hard these guys worked and at Hendrick Motorsports. It's a huge effort they put in to try to get us a championship and I just hate our day to turn out as it did today, but that's racing.
"I"ve been doing this a along time I've won a few championships and I've lost a lot. Losing isn't any fun, but we'll be back next weekend and next year hungrier than ever and doing the best job we can."
Keselowski ran top five for most of the race, but his day was nearly ruined when Jeff Gordon deliberately wrecked Clint Bowyer in retaliation for earlier collisions. The resulting accident collected Joey Logano and nearly collected Keselowski—and touched off a pit lane brawl between the two Gordon's and Bowyer's crews. Keselowski told ESPN, "I raced pretty hard last week at Texas and a couple guys gave me flak for it there's a difference between racing hard and what we saw today—that was borderline ridiculous at times."
The race was red-flagged for the melee and clean-up, bringing a GWC finish. Keselowski was sixth on the restart and would have been happy to just circulate there for the final two laps. As it was, he barely finished.
Just as leader Kevin Harvick took the white flag, Jeff Burton pushed Danica Patrick into the wall. Patrick drove her smoking GoDadddy Chevrolet back to the pits, trailing oil and water across the track. When the leaders came around to take the checkered flag, everyone started going sideways.Harvick got lucky—he had enough of a lead that he had no one nearby to hit. Brad Keselowski got slammed by the flaming Furniture Row Chevrolet of Kurt Busch, crushing the right side of Keselowski's car, but the Dodge driver limped home to seal his points lead.
Half-a-dozen other drivers didn't make it across the line. No one was injured but quite a lot of money will be spent getting the cars rebuilt for Homestead.
Keselowski must have touched all his lucky charms and said all the right magic words before Sunday's race. Had he been unable to finish, who knows how the points would look going into Homestead? As it stands, Keselowski only needs to finish in the top third of the field to win his first NASCAR Sprint Cup, regardless of what Jimmy Johnson does.


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The big comeback
Film - Philip Kerr on the return of two implausible relics - Hulk and Arnold Schwarzenegger
Film - Philip Kerr on the return of two implausible relics - Hulk and Arnold Schwarzenegger
by Philip Kerr Published
''Pumping iron is a great feeling," says Arnold Schwarzeneg- ger in the 1977 documentary Pumping Iron, about the world of bodybuilding. "Like coming, but coming continuously."
I'm not sure I find this a persuasive rhetorical ornament, and I rather think that Arnie was doing his outrageous best to grab the camera's attention. If so, then certainly he succeeded, and in a way that the other star of Pumping Iron, Lou Ferrigno, did not - for there was no bigger movie star in the 1980s and 1990s than Arnold Schwarzenegger. If Arnie looked, in Clive James's immortal phrase, like a condom stuffed with walnuts, then Ferrigno looked like a condom stuffed with broccoli, because the height of his limited and muscle-bound fame was to be the green-painted star of the hit TV series The Incredible Hulk.
Unfortunately for Ferrigno, Universal Pictures decided not to have him reprise the role in Hulk, directed by Ang Lee. Instead, they chose to use a computer-generated monster. Now, although CGI (computer-generated imagery) works very well with dinosaurs - never having seen a real one, none of us is in a position to judge how realistic the film versions are - it doesn't work at all with human beings, even a green one that's 15 feet tall. Surely another mistake was to feature the CGI Hulk in bright sunshine, which only serves to heighten his lack of realism. Contrast this with the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, rarely seen except in forest glades, thunderstorms and darkness, which helps to disguise their silicone origins.
It was also my impression that this Hulk bears a greater facial resemblance to the film's leading lady, Jennifer Connelly, than to Eric Bana, who plays the Hulk's smaller alter ego. But, for all his obvious artificiality, this not so jolly green giant still manages to turn in no more wooden a performance than any of the other actors in this poor film, with the one exception of Nick Nolte - an actor who looks and sounds increasingly like the Incredible Husk.
Which prompts me to wonder what became of the adjective that once featured in the title of the Marvel Comics story on which this film is based. Perhaps the producers decided to drop it when they realised they had created a CGI Hulk that seems no more credible than a hunk of Woolworths Plasticine animated by Nick Park; I half expected to see Wallace and Gromit clinging on to the Hulk's enormous ear. All of which perhaps explains why this movie was already in cinemas a week before it was officially released.
Speaking of ears, Ferrigno is 80 per cent deaf, which is why he always sounds a little like Schwarzenegger when he talks and why, wisely, Ferrigno always stayed silent in the TV series. By the same token, Schwarzenegger has only ever been convincing as an actor when he has played an American politician or, as in Terminator 3: rise of the machines, a robot. Of late, Schwarzenegger's career has taken a nosedive and this $170m movie looks very much like a make-or-break for the 55-year-old former bodybuilder. It's rumoured that if T3 bombs Arnie will try to become the next governor of California.
At this point, it's worth remembering that three years after playing Big Jack Browning, a gangster crook with no redeeming qualities, in Don Siegel's The Killers (1964), one Ronald Reagan was bringing the same qualities to the state capitol as governor of California. Reagan looked quite at home in Siegel's film; the scene where the future president of the United States slaps Angie Dickinson and earns himself a right hook from John Cassavetes still delivers a great feeling of excitement. Not as good as coming but, as movie thrills go, it gives a small hard-on, perhaps.
Sadly for the people of California, however, Schwarzenegger no longer looks comfortable in any movie, even a tailor-made picture like this one, in which he is playing to his strengths; and his much-written-about heart (six years ago, Schwarzenegger had surgery to replace a damaged aorta) doesn't look as though it's in this film at all. Indeed at one stage he even seems to make a joke about his heart surgery when he rips open his own chest, pulls out his computerised heart and throws it away. Schwarzenegger does his best, but the new movie, directed by Jonathan Mostow, lacks the flair of its two predecessors, both directed by James Cameron. The special effects, while better than those in Hulk, look no more exciting or cutting-edge than those of Terminator 2: judgement day (1991). The sad truth is that Arnie now resembles nothing so much as one of those escaped CGI dinosaurs from Jurassic Park, and it might be a real kindness if this relic of another movie-going age could be put down humanely.
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First published in 1989, this ground-breaking book sought to determine whether contemporary Russia had the capacity to change and if, in so doing, it could alter the complex web of East-West relations from a zero-sum struggle to a state of peaceful competition and mutual security. In order to...
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Is There a Rosy Future for Microsoft and Verizon?
The Wall Street Journal this week reported that Microsoft and Verizon Wireless are developing a multimedia touchscreen phone slated for release next year. There's some speculation about whether Pink, as the project is dubbed, is a smartphone, a suite of consumer-focused mobile services or simply an unfounded rumor. Regardless of its exact form, though, if Microsoft isn't already at work on Pink, it should start. Today.
The Journal piece failed to cite sources, and the companies have predictably stayed mum on the report. (Microsoft has denied reports that it plans to build its own device and instead is focusing on "deepening our relationships with our hardware partners.") The collaboration makes sense on several levels, though: Verizon — whose latest hit handset is the BlackBerry Curve — would love to offer another device to counter the iPhone (Pink is likely to support Microsoft's forthcoming, consumer-focused app store) and could leverage the platform to target big businesses, with whom AT&T has a distinct advantage, according to Strategy Analytics.
The driving force for the deal, though, would be Microsoft's desperation to become relevant in mobile beyond hardcore enterprise users. BlackBerry OS eclipsed Windows Mobile in smartphone market share a year ago, and Apple's iPhone outsold Windows Mobile-enabled devices for the first time in third quarter 2008, according to Gartner, growing more than threefold year-over-year as Windows Mobile sales slid 3 percent.
And while Microsoft is on the sidelines of the exploding consumer space, Verizon's aggressive marketing blitz helped the BlackBerry Curve move past the iPhone last quarter to become the top-selling consumer smartphone in the U.S. The nation's largest carrier obviously has some chops when it comes to selling high-end handsets to consumers, but Verizon could use another high-profile, consumer-targeted handset to complement its network and set up a bulwark against competition AT&T's iPhone, T-Mobile's Android handsets and the Palm Pre from Sprint.
That's not to say that a Pink handset — whatever it may look like — would be an instant threat to the iPhone. The Windows Mobile user interface is in dire need of an overhaul. Version 7.0 is due out next year, but today's OS remains far too clunky for mass-market adoption. And Verizon would have to support the device by embracing Microsoft's new developer ecosystem, which aims to give third-party publishers more tools and flexibility in bringing their wares to market.
Microsoft is in dire need of the kind of consumer reach Verizon could provide, though, and it would be wise to capitulate to the carrier at every turn to strike a deal. Verizon, meanwhile, could add a device from a noted partner to its portfolio, and could market the handset as the mobile marriage of work and play. If it actually exists — and if it's executed well — Pink could help cement the operator's No. 1 standing and finally give Microsoft a way to reach mobile consumers.


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"And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer)!"
In Islam, du'a is considered to be the most noble act in the sight of God. Muhammad is reported to have said "There is nothing more noble in the sight of God than du'a.
Muhammad is also reported to have stated that "The best form of worship is du'a.
Some noble Muslims especially Ali and his greatson Zayn al-Abidin introduced numerous Dua which learn every Muslim how to pray and ask God. These Dua are gathered in Al-Sahifa al-Sajjadiyya by Zayn al-Abidin or be separated and gathered by other schorls such as Mafatih al-Janan.
"Say: 'I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god).'"
Islamic belief says that only 'God (Allah) can hear anything and knows the situation a person is in and is capable of responding to a person's request. In the Quran, the following verse describes all other objects to which du'a is made to, other than God. Quran; Surah Al-Fatir Verse 14:
"If ye invoke them , they will not listen to your call, and if they were to listen, they cannot answer your (prayer). On the Day of Judgment they will reject your 'Partnership'. and none, (O man!) can tell thee (the Truth) like the One Who is acquainted with all things."
The Quran commands mankind to make du'a to Allah in the following terms:
And your Lord says: "Call on Me; I will answer your (Prayer): but those who are too arrogant to serve Me will surely find themselves in Hell - in humiliation!
In Islamic belief, worship is a right that is due only to God, and it is shirk to divert any act of worship to other than God.
However, the mainstream Shia schools of thought hold that one may supplicate to God by means of an intermediary, such us by saying "Oh God, fulfill my need by the baraka (or Wasilah) of so and so" wherein the prayer is directed to God, but mention is made of someone, or something beloved to God.
Type I: Du'a al-mas'alah, or the 'du'a of asking.' This type of du'a is when one asks for the fulfillment of a need, or that some harm be removed from him. An example would be when a person asks, "O God! Grant me good in this world, and good in the next life!"
Type II: Du'a al-ibadah, or the 'du'a of worship.' This type of du'a represents a very broad concept. In Islam, every single act of worship includes this type of du'a. Examples would include when a Muslim prays salat or gives zakaat or fasts.
bgcolor=#F0FFF0|An extract of Dua Abu Hamza al-Thumali by Zayn al-Abidin:
All Praise is for Allah who treats me with clemency, just as if I have no sin. So my Lord is the most praised by me of all, and most worthy of my praise. O' Allah! I find the roads of wishes to You wide open, And the rivers of hope to You vast and running, And counting on Your bountifulness (in times of need) for those who wished You freely accessible, And the gates of prayer to those who are disparate, wide ajar, And I know that You are for those who ask You in the position of answer, And for those who are distressed, You are in a posture of rescue.
Or, Who listens to the [soul] distressed when it calls on Him, and Who relieves its suffering, and makes you inheritors of the earth? So is there any god besides Allah? Little it is that ye heed!
In Surah Al-Jinn Verse 18 it says: "And the places of worship are for God [alone]: So invoke not any one along with God;'
In Surah Al-An'am Verse 40 it says: Say: "Think ye to yourselves, if there come upon you the wrath of God, or the Hour [that ye dread], would ye then call upon other than God?- [reply] if ye are truthful!
In Surah Al-A'raf Verse 194 it says: Verily those whom ye call upon besides God are servants like unto you: Call upon them, and let them listen to your prayer, if ye are [indeed] truthful!
In Surah Al-A'raf Verse 197 it says: "But those ye call upon besides Him, are unable to help you, and indeed to help themselves."
There are many ways of performing Tawassul, as mentioned in the Quran and Sunnah, one may make mention of the names and attributes of God (See 99 Names of Allah) or a good deed one has done, a blessed time such as Ramadhan, or any blessed person including Muhammad. One could also ask the pious to make du'a to God on one's behalf. But the asking through another person (including Muhammad) is strongly disputed by the Sunni scholars. It should be noted that Imam Ahmad Ibn Hanbal allowed, practised and encouraged tawassul through Muhammad. Hafidh Ibn Taymiyyah was the first renowned Sunni scholar who disallowed tawassul through deceased including Muhammad.
It was asked, "O Messenger of God?...What does it mean to be hasty?" Prophet Muhammad sal Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam responded "A worshipper says, 'I have prayed and prayed , and I don't yet see that it will be accepted; so he gives up hope of being answered, and leaves du'a'.
Basically this means that a person makes du'a and it does not get answered right away so a person gives up and stops asking for it. The type of hastiness that is forbidden in Islam is that a person leaves du'a, thinking that God will not respond to it. In Islam, Muslims are instructed to not give up du'a because they do not see a response immediately. This can be supported by verses in the Quran and Hadiths. In Surah Al-Anbiya Verse 19 it says:
Unto Him belongeth whosoever is in the heavens and the earth. And those who dwell in His presence are not too proud to worship Him, nor do they weary;
Muhammad is reported to have said: "You will be responded to as long as you are not hasty (meaning that you give up du'a)
The word hasty is used because it means that a person is hasty in expecting a response.
According to this hadith, a Muslim is instructed to make du'a with a mindful heart. A Muslim should be aware of what he is saying and should believe in his or her heart that their du'a will be responded to by God.
So when ye have accomplished your holy rites, celebrate the praises of God, as ye used to celebrate the praises of your fathers,- yea, with far more Heart and soul. There are men who say: "Our Lord! Give us (Thy bounties) in this world!" but they will have no portion in the Hereafter.
Again and moreover Muhammad is reported to have said, "O People! God is al-Tayyib (pure), and He only accepts that which is pure! God has commanded the Messengers, for He said, 'O Messengers! Eat from the pure foods, and do right.' Furthermore he said, 'O you who believe! Eat from the pure and good foods we have given you.' Then Prophet Hazrat Muhammad sal Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam mentioned a traveller on a long journey, who is dishevelled and dusty, and he stretches forth his hands to the sky, saying, 'O my Lord! O my Lord!', While his food is unlawful, his drink is unlawful, his clothing is unlawful, and he is nourished unlawfully; how can he be answered?
The Hadith above describes a man who earned his money by cheating other people. His money was impure so therefore everything he purchased with his money became impure. His clothes, drink, and food were all purchased with that money which was considered impure, so his clothes, drink and food were all considered impure. According to the above hadith, in Islam a person's du'a will not be accepted by God if he earns unlawful money.
The hadith also stresses that according to Islam, anyone who eats impure foods, such as pork, will have his or her du'a rejected by God.
Once a man said, "O God, forgive me and have mercy and have mercy on me!" This was after the man had finished two raka'ats. Prophet Muhammad sal Allahu Alayhi Wa Sallam said, "You have been hasty, O worshipper! When you finish your prayer, then sit down and praise God with the praise that he is worthy of, and pray upon me, then state your du'a..."
Evidence for facing the Qiblah during du'a can be found in Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim-
Abdullah ibn Zayd (radiAllahu anhu) narrated: 'The Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) left (Madinah) to this prayer, seeking rain. So he made a du'a, and asked for rain, then he faced the qiblah and turned his cloak inside-out' Sahih al-Bukhari #6343, Muslim #894 and others
There are also well-known Sahih hadith which narrate that it is forbidden to lift one's eyes towards the sky in prayer.
Abu Huraira(ra) reported: People should avoid lifting their eyes towards the sky while supplicating in prayer, otherwise their eyes can be snatched away.
1. Performing wudu
2. To Cry during du'a
3. To Expect the best from God
4. To Pray with Humility and fear
5. To Complain Only to God
6. To Pray Quietly
7. Acknowledge one's sins
8. To Implore God Earnestly
9. To Be Determined in one's Request
10. To Repeat the Du'a Three Times
11. To Use Du'as of the Quran and Sunnah


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September 7, 2006
5 + 1 Habits that Make Good Things Happen for You
Liz published this at 4:01 pm
Make Things Happen
Some people say "It's smart to be lucky."
My favorite boss used to say, "I'd rather be lucky to be smart."
I've always said, "You don't need luck, if you can make good things happen."
Everyone hears about someone who has "all the luck.†That person who is "in the right place at the right time — almost all of the darn time.†How does that someone do that?
It's not fate. It's not an accident. It's not even a lucky star.
That someone knows how to make good things happen.
It's not hard — change some things and it could be you.
Making Good Things Happen
It's true. You don't need luck if you can make things happen. Lets's face it, making things happen is so much better than waiting for things to happen for us. It's a matter of having control. It takes time and some attention, but buying a lottery ticket takes that and money too.
We don't need hocus pocus or feel good energy stuff. I'm talking about our habits of using the information that the world offers, doing the math and making it work in our favor.
Want to make good things happen for you? Here's what you do.
1. Pay attention. I don't mean sit up straight and listen like in school. Make a habit of interacting with your envronment. Notice when things happen around you. Keep track of what is going on. Information you notice now will be there for you later on.
2. Think what you do matters. What you think changes how you feel and what you do. What you do has an impact, believe that. Recall your own experience, I bet someone has had a BIG impact on you and never knew it. It works the other way around too.
Be aware of the potential of your impact. The way you look, the smile you give, the answer on your cellphone — each causes a response in someone you might never know about. Everything you do has an impact on the world.
Argue for the difference that you make, and sure enough you'll be making one. Believe you're not, and well, how could you?
Why not make your impact positive?
3. Imagine opportunities everywhere you look. Lucky people know that opportunity doesn't knock often. In fact, they know it doesn't knock at all. People make opportunities from little things they see. Opportunity hides in the details.
Look, listen, read, and search for ideas and trends between your niche and your skill set. Then bend and twist and turn those ideas to see how they might become uniquely yours.
Make a practice of looking at everything to see how you might improve it . . . how you'll make it more fun, faster, cooler, friendlier, easier, quieter, more musical, lighter, more romantic, more exciting, more inviting, more anything . . . or less something.
4. Make yourself a magnet for things you're good at and tell everyone you know. Don't be shy about your skills. Be generous with your help and counsel. Find opportunities to share that offer a chance of return to you. Look for the tiniest ways to match your uniqueness to what the world really needs. Then give yourself away as often as you can so that people know that you exist and that you are the best at what you do.
5. Keep count and measure the opportunities you find that suit you — even the nano-iota-teeniest-glimmer of an idea that strikes you.
If you focus and watch opportunities that fit — the number, size, and worth of those opportunities grow. Research shows that things we watch and measure get bigger and more plentiful. So start attending to what suits you.
PLUS ONE: When you're faced with a decision, don't hesitate. Take the opportunity that shows the most promise and use it to grow the skills that got you that far. Remember every thing is a new line on your resume — your personal brand brochure. And as we used to say in college, "if it gets you a story then the experience was worth it."
Don't wait for luck. Go on, make good things happen. You might be surprised who starts pitching in to help you.
–ME "Liz" Strauss
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26 Comments to "5 + 1 Habits that Make Good Things Happen for You"
September 7th, 2006 at 4:16 pm
TechZ said
I think a natural progression for bloggers like myself (I can call myself a blogger now :P) would be audio-blogging, in the sense, an idea can be instantly captured via audio and posted to your blog. Sure sitting down and writing sometime properly would leave you with the best result, but I find personally that impromptu thoughts and just thinking aloud, I do very well, IMHO.
Back to topic (I was never on topic anyway :P), I think you need to work at something as hard as you want it to succeed, its a direct relationship. Sitting back and hoping to get 'dugg' once, or similar, won't get you noticed as much as good articles, interesting content will, not to mention it can make your readers want more, leading to reader-loyalty, a tough thing to accomplish in the blog happy interweb we now live in.
As alway a great read Liz.
September 7th, 2006 at 4:25 pm
ME Strauss said
I think you need to work at something as hard as you want it to succeed, its a direct relationship.
Wise word indeed Techz. Add to that faith and graditude for what the world has to offer and you have a pack that the universe can't resist!
Thanks Techz for the great thoughts here.
September 7th, 2006 at 6:20 pm
Renée said
I've a big issue with people (obsessed) relying on lottery to get rich. They spend so much time collating those 6 sets of numbers week after week, hoping to strike it big. Since they are so "good" with numbers, don't they know the simple math of calculating their odds against winning?
With the same amount of energy and money, spend it wisely on things that interest you to succeed in your career path. Sure, nothing is easy in the beginning. Life is never easy anyway, it's how one find the balance and grow in wisdom.
Research has shown that people who won the lottery money, it's usually spent very foolishly and lasted no more than six months, and that happy feeling wears off after a couple of weeks.
Whereas if one gradually acquires the needed skills to succeed, s/he would likely know how to manage the funds, as it requires WORK to accumculate.
To conclude, what's the point of getting lucky when you don't have the wisdom to retain wealth. How smart is that!
September 7th, 2006 at 6:26 pm
ME Strauss said
Hi Renée
Wow! You packed so much life learning in one comment! I really love your thinking when you say this it's how one find the balance and grow in wisdom.
Gosh I hope to be wise one day. I'm sure that's not coming from some paper ticket.
Thing is, I find it fun to be engaged and learning from what's around me . . . when I forget to do that is when I get depressed and cranky and start feeling sorry for myself. Life is meant for living and growing and looking at living and growing things.
September 7th, 2006 at 6:46 pm
Renée said
Thanks for your compliments, Liz.
I've my fair share in life and I learned it through school of hard knocks!
As a matter of fact, I learn quite a bit from you myself. We are learning everyday, knowingly or unknowningly!
September 7th, 2006 at 6:49 pm
ME Strauss said
Yeah, I'm learning every day too . . . unfortunately sometimes I think I'm stuck on the same lesson. Life, to me is often like a video game. If I can get certain life lessons down, I'm sure I'll get to go on to the next level.
September 7th, 2006 at 6:59 pm
Renée said
Good analogy you have there. I like it very much!
Life is a like a video game, get the life lessons down to go to the next level.
September 7th, 2006 at 7:01 pm
ME Strauss said
Yeah, it comes in handy when I bump into the same learning that I've bumped into a few (translation: many) times before.
September 7th, 2006 at 7:48 pm
Tony D. Clark said
This is a terrific post. I especially like 3 & 5.
I tell people all the time to look for and collect opportunities like you'd hunt for shells on the beach. Pay attention and collect any one you find the least bit interesting. If your bucket gets too full and you find one that you just have to keep, get rid of one of the less interesting ones to make room. Life is like a treasure hunt. And it can be lots of fun!
September 7th, 2006 at 7:52 pm
ME Strauss said
Hi Tony!
Welcome. Sounds like you're a prolific writer with an attitude like that! Curiosity is a wonderful thing. It keeps us interested and interesting when the electricity, DSL, and cell phones don't work and when we're alone . . . but not lonely
September 7th, 2006 at 8:17 pm
Tony D. Clark said
I guess if lots of notecards with partial ideas and random doodles count as prolific, then you pegged me right 😉
I'm giving it a shot though. It's not really work if it's fun, right?
September 7th, 2006 at 8:19 pm
ME Strauss said
Hey Tony,
I think whether it's writing, dancing, eating, working, if you're not having fun, you're just not doing it right somehow!
September 8th, 2006 at 12:01 am
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September 8th, 2006 at 5:23 am
ME Strauss said
Hi Alan,
Thanks for sharing your link! I see you're a man of few words — or in this case one word. Yeah, it looks like we were talking about the same thing.
I find that synchronities like this happen all of the time in the blogosphere, most often with friend and people I really like.
I hope you'll stop back and add some thoughts to the conversation so that everyone can listen in to what you thinking on this one.
September 8th, 2006 at 10:27 am
Sheila said
Hi Liz,
As usual, a thoughtful and interesting post. I'm finally settling into a new house and routine after a rather difficult move (still don't have our furniture/stuff yet) and I worry that I'll never get my fledgling freelance writing career back off of the ground after it's been practically dormant all summer.
Your article reminded me that the same things that made me successful before things went nuts in June will bring me success again now that it's September. I especially like "pay attention;" some of the most interesting travel items that I write about are in my local area, not anyplace exotic.
It's good to be back! Sheila
September 8th, 2006 at 10:33 am
ME Strauss said
Welcome back, Sheila!
How wonderful to see you!
Glad to hear that most of the move is behind you and that you can have positive things to look forward to now that you've got a place for those roots to grow.
It's good to have you back!
September 8th, 2006 at 10:38 am
Beth said
Your "plus one" comment was in and of itself worth the daily visit to Successful. Probably should be a blog entry all its own. (Ah…the challenge has been thrown down…will she take it?)
I'm in a good job now, and interviewing for another equally good job. One of those cases where no matter how good your current job is, you'd be an idiot to not at least interview for the new one. I'm torn because each one's pros/cons are equally compelling. Your comment reminds me of something at precisely the time I needed to be reminded.
When you're looking at opportunities, it's too easy to get caught up in the financial rewards or the glory rewards. Way too easy. But it's important to look at the bricks we've added to our foundation, the ones we'd like to add, the ones the new opportunity appears to be able to give us. Keeping track of the bricks (details) helps us keep on track for establishing the expertise we want to have (big picture).
You're not going to find an opportunity that will give you all the bricks you need to finish your foundation (if that's possible…to finish). I think all too often, people look for opportunities that will give them all the bricks they want and, when they only provide a subset, they walk away. Then, ten years later, they're would-have/should-have/could-have-ing all over the place about that opportunity.
Instead, and in line with what you said, we need to look for a combination of opportunities that will give us the right combination of bricks at the precise times we're ready and able and willing to work with them.
Not sure if that makes sense. Running on four hours of sleep after staying up to lay bricks into my foundation.
September 8th, 2006 at 10:47 am
ME Strauss said
Hi Beth
About that challenge . . . don't be surprised if I take it, ask Arianne Benefit about the one she laid.
What lovely, well-thought, well-written comment. You've entended and added so much value to this conversation. You're a lucky person to be faced with such a choice, but I don't envy the thinking you have to do.
Going through the possibilities and comparing them to your skills and your values is a deep thinking, time taking operation that requires investment and self-knowledge — not to mention confidence of the highest level.
Just the adventure of facing such a choice is an opportunity and a notch in your belt, one of the bricks. 😉
Thanks for taking the time to write about this. I'm going to be reading it again and again and I hope to find out what happens after you choose. *hint hint*
Meanwhile, check out the post I wrote this morning, it might help
You're not a stranger anymore. You're a friend now.
Great to meet you, Beth.
September 8th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
Whitney Beth said
Well, golly. (blush) I stop by for a daily visit and I get a compliment. How could I *not* come back? (chuckle) Might even have more nerve to lurk less and participate more.
Your post from earlier today did resonate with me. Working on a response to that as well (it takes effort to write short!).
Getting back to the bricks. I'm not a visual person (I'm more "word smart" than "picture smart"), but I keep a drawing of a brick wall folded up in my current journal. I've labeled some bricks, and left some blank for future growth. When I've achieved a specific brick, I color it in with colored pencil. For me, the picture (I use the term loosely because I can't draw to save my life) works better than a list for reminding me how much ground I've already covered. It's helpful for those times when I feel discouraged, or frustrated because things aren't moving fast enough to suit me.
It's a simple tool, but might be useful for someone else.
September 8th, 2006 at 2:19 pm
ME Strauss said
Hi Whitney Beth,
What a great idea, keeping that picture of the bricks . . . So many of us don't stop to look at how far we've come, we're always so busy achieving we don't see what we've already done. Then we don't realize our own value.
Good on you! I bet lots of folks take the concept if not the exact idea. You'd make a great teacher!
You're not a stranger anymore. You're a friend now.
September 9th, 2006 at 11:46 am
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WTJ said
i'm just feared that someone keep on telling people there's opportunity and might be the 'last one' to cheat others
September 9th, 2006 at 10:56 pm
ME Strauss said
Hi WTJ,
If you start by paying attention to every input, that's really a whole lot less likely to happen. If you're always taking information in — without judgment — you're really in a BETTER position. Folks are less inclined to try to cheat someone who is alert and aware.
Just as a mugger is less likely to choose someone who pays attention to what's going on when he is walking down the street . . .
September 8th, 2008 at 11:16 am
Iris said
I printed out what you said so I can read it over and over again to myself. I have been taken care of my entire life. From childhood to wife and mommyhood. I want to learn skills outside of house cleaning. I don't feel like I have much control. Or very many choices for that matter. I don't want to spend my life blaming others, I just want to do something myself. For myself and for my family.
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Front: Pirelli P-Zero Nero, P265/30ZR22
Rear: Pirelli P-Zero Nero, P315/25ZR22
Leather upholstery by Chimera Customs/Lance's Tops, Mercedes wool carpet, Auto Meter Cobalt-series digital gauges, Kenwood head unit, JL Audio amplifiers and speakers, custom wire harness, RideTech digital controls, modified factory door panels for speaker enclosures, modified seat tracks to accommodate modified transmission tunnel
PPG black basecoat/clearcoat, smoothed firewall and inner fenders, stretched and raised transmission tunnel


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"Hint: they apply to all."
"Because it's not always tears of joy and toasts, and you need strategies to survive in one piece."
"These clouds look more magical in real life than in photos, and that's saying something. Also, #lazygirl approved."
"No one should be guilting you into a more indie wedding. But no one should be guilting you out of a WIC one, either. Do what you want!"
"Because if I can follow this tutorial, on my hotel room floor, while drinking champagne in my pajamas on the morning of my wedding, so can you!"


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Balthazar London is located on the corner of Russell Street and Wellington Street in the heart of Covent Garden. The original Balthazar was opened in New York City.The restaurant offers all-day brasserie dining and is open for breakfast, lunch, afternoon tea and dinner, as well as an amazing weekend brunch. The French inspired menu includes fruits de mer from the raw bar as well as a wide selection of classical French brasserie and bistro dishes. There is plenty to tempt pre and post theatre diners too. Balthazar's Boulangerie next door serves homemade artisan breads, pastries, salads and sandwiches.
We went there for a late brrakfast. It was empty when we got there and within half an hour the place was crammed full of yummy mummies and celebrity types, everyone's glossy, well dressed and thoroughly wholesome looking.
You can never go wrong with eggs benedict.
Why this happy face? Guess what's coming next…
Chocolat Fondant with vanilla ice cream and Apple Tart Tartin with vanilla ice cream.
More inoformation here!Balthazra London
4-6 Russell Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 5HZ London
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PRESS RELEASE: DYE Europe sign French team, TONTON to Multi-Year Sponsorship Agreement
Croydon, United Kingdom (May 2008) – Dye Precision Limited, today announced the signing of professional paintball team TONTON to a multi-year agreement.
European Champions, French Champions, 2006 CPL Champions and more than 15 years as a top team on the National and International paintball Scene…TONTON is proud to announce that they have joined the DYE family.
Having been a loyal and trusted team who has represented their sponsors to the full since the beginning, TONTON felt that it was time for a change. For us DYE represents the ultimate in product quality at every level but also in the support and the trust they put in the their teams. It is a new challenge and we are sure that we will rise to it.
With Fabrice Poujade (DYE Europe) a valued contact, all our needs will be taken care of and with DYE Precision's full range of products, we feel that we are ready to continue with our current and future goals.
TONTON is not only a famous professional team known all over the world; it's also knowledge and an experience that we have acquired during 15 years at the top level. Experience that we share with DYE. Today DYE is the only manufacturer able to support the Club TONTONS, with its new young future stars. DYE is not only supporting the team but the entire club TONTON and in doing so, the development of French paintball.
This agreement with DYE and TONTON fits exactly with the goals of the club and will be a fantastic base to develop new players and new teams.
Watch out for TONTON shooting the DM8 and wearing DYE playing gear at many events across Europe and the World!
Franck Mouren
Jeff Abbott of DYE Europe says:
We are honoured that TONTON has decided to start a new era with DYE. They are one of the most respected teams in paintball and have all the qualities that we look for when searching for teams with the same love for the game that we have. They play with heart and play to win; it is an ethos that DYE also holds true. Welcome to the family.
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A Central Point home is in rubble, after fire tore through it destroying everything inside, even taking the lives of the family's pets.
Flames and smoke billowed out of a Central Point home on Scenic Avenue Thursday night.
"There were reports the house was 50% engulfed in fire and the first engine on scene confirmed that," said Rod Edwards, Jackson County Fire District 3.
Firefighters from both Jackson County Fire District 3 and Medford Fire helped put out the flames.
Access to a hydrant temporarily closed a portion of Highway 99, but officials say, it did not slow the process.
No one was home when the fire started, except for several of the family's pets, including several birds and 2 dogs. Only one of which was able to escape.
Fire investigators were on scene Friday and determined the fire was started by a propane fueled space heater, which may have caused nearby items to catch fire and destroy the home.
something investigators say could have easily been prevented.
Damage at the property is estimated at $100,000.


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May 29th , 2012
Workshop Venue: Genova, IT
International Congress on Telehealth and Telecare
March 06th - 08th, 2012
Congress Venue: London, UK
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|Project Acronym:
|Project Full Title:
|An Open, Ubiquitous and Adaptive Chronic Disease Management Platform for COPD and Renal Insufficiency
|Call/Strategic Objective:
|ICT-2007.5.1: Personal health systems for monitoring and point-of-care diagnostics
|Project time expected:
|February 2008 – May 2012 (52 months)
|Expected Budget:
|10.285 mil. EUR
|Expected contribution:
|7.250 mil. EUR
Partially funded by the European Commission
CHRONIOUS primary goal is to define a European framework for a generic health status monitoring platform schema addressing people with chronic health conditions. This will be achieved by developing an intelligent, ubiquitous and adaptive chronic disease platform to be used by both patients and healthcare professionals.
Our solution will be applied to the chronic diseases of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) and Renal Insufficiency.
© Copyright 2008 Chronius project.
CHRONIOUS project is partially funded by the European Commission.


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Resource center for everything about arts and artists.
Online directory, galleries, resources, and information dedicated to promoting the works of visual artists.
Features a virtual gallery of visual arts by artists residing in the US. Includes information on registration and exhibitions.
Online directory of artists and art guilds all over the world.
Web directory designed to provide artists the opportunity publicize themselves and display their works.
Guide to art and artist information on the web. Presents an online directory as well as a virtual gallery of artworks.
Online guide to fine art. With links and resources for collectors, curators, and art historians.
Provides a portal to buy, sell and research fine art. Also features a survey of the market and its pricing trends.
Online portfolio service devoted to fine artists. Provides virtual exhibitions and resources.
An extensive list of American and international artists, painters, and sculptors. Features their works, biographies, representatives, and auction records.
Artist promotion and artwork directory site. Includes art news and membership information.
Directory of brush artists including artist profiles, homepage links, artwork count, and a Twitter style "followers" and "following" feature.
Searchable database useful for finding and commissioning portrait artists.
Unique online information source on contemporary international artists from all fields.
Public database devoted to contemporary art. With a directory of artists and links to online galleries.
Providing links and resources for original art and handmade fine craft.
Online gallery of limited edition contemporary art from various artists.
Provides a directory of visual artists.
Presents works of painters, sculptors, photographers, graphic artists, artisans, poets, writers, calligraphers, illustrators and more.


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If I was Ever Stranded in the Jungle…Posted: September 5, 2013 Filed under: Katy Perry, Music | Tags: Firework, jungle, Katy Perry, Katy Perry Jungle, Katy Perry Roar music video, music, music video, queen of the jungle, Roar Leave a comment
I would want it to play out just like Katy Perry's new music video for "Roar." Haven't seen it yet? Thank goodness I'm here to share it with you.
While watching this music video, I thought how great I would look in a leopard top, a skirt made out of leaves and a leather strap wrapped around my arm to show off my guns. I know I would look so good that I'm even considering wearing that exact ensemble for Causal Friday.
At first, I thought this music video was a little redic. After watching it three and a half times, I realized that Katy always gives us ladies such positive anthems (Remember "Firework" and "Part of Me"). Because of her lady anthems, it's hard not to love her imitation of a tiger roaring loudly.
There are a few highlights to Katy's new music video that I would like to share with you:
- Katy teaches us how to make a spear with a high heel and a stick
- She trains an elephant to be a portable shower…snaps for Katy
- She also assists an alligator practice good hygiene by brushing his teeth
- Katy enjoys taking selfies with a monkey. It's amazing that Katy's cell still works in the jungle. She must have a solar-powered charger.
Those are just a few of my favorite moments in the four-minute video. If you don't have time to watch, I'll tell you the ending…Katy becomes queen of the jungle. Get it girl.
P.S. Katy – Can you tell me how you hair looks so damn good in that jungle heat? Give a girl some tips!


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Ben's Fraser Fir Farm
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42W109 Mcdonald Rd, Elgin, IL 60124, USA
4030 N 3000W Rd, Bourbonnais, IL 60914, USA
24774 W Petite Lake Rd, Lake Villa, IL 60046, USA
4912 N 200 E, La Porte, IN 46350, USA
N6447 Church Rd, Burlington, WI 53105, USA
4403 Spring Creek Rd, Galien, MI 49113, USA
Hours: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Nov. 25 and Sat.-Sun. Nov. 26-Dec. 11
Trees: 6- to 10-foot Fraser firs, up to 16-foot balsam firs, organically grown and pesticide-free
Cost: $8.75 per foot
Also available: Handmade Fraser fir wreaths, boughs, garlands
Camelot Christmas Tree Farm
16380 S. Somonauk Road, DeKalb; 815-756-6599; camelottrees.com
Hours: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. weekdays; 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Nov. 25 and Sat.-Sun. Nov. 26-Dec. 18 or until sold out
Trees: Balsam, concolor, Douglas, Canaan and Fraser firs; Scotch and white pines; blue and white spruces
Cost: $50
Cupola House Tree Farm
4030 N. 3000W Road, Bourbonnais; 815-932-6635; cupolahousetrees.com
Hours: 8:30 a.m.-dusk dark daily through Dec. 20
Trees: Norway and Colorado blue spruces; Fraser, balsam, concolor, Canaan and Douglas firs; Scotch and white pines
Cost: $4.25 per foot for pines; $6.50 per foot for firs and spruces
Also available: balled-and-burlapped live trees, potted trees, wreaths, garland, firewood, greens
Family Christmas Tree Farm
24774 W. Petite Lake Road, Lake Villa; 847-989-3092