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Go outside to an area where you have a lot of room. This experiment is messy!
Open the bottle of soda carefully. Position the bottle on the ground, so that it will not tip over.
*Diet soda works better than regular soda. Plus, diet doesn't leave a sticky mess.
Unwrap the roll of Mentos. The goal is to drop the Mentos into the bottle at the same time, which is very tricky. One method is to roll a piece of paper into a tube just big enough to hold the loose Mentos. Put a card under the roll and on top of the bottle top, so you can pull the card and the candies will just drop in at once.
Drop all of the Mentos into the bottle at the same time and then move out of the way just as quick as you can.
Watch the eruption!
Why does this happen? Water molecules attract to other, linking together to form a tight mesh around each bubble of carbon dioxide gas in the soda. When you drop the Mentos in the soda, the gelatin and gum arabic from the dissolving candy break the surface tension. Each Mentos candy has thousands of pits on the surface. These tiny pits are called nucleation sites, perfect places for the carbon dioxide bubbles to form. As soon as you drop the Mentos in the soda, bubbles form all over the surface of the candy. Couple this with the fact that the candies are heavy and sink to the bottom of the bottle and you're just asking for an explosion. When all this gas is released, it literally pushes all the liquid up and out of the bottle in an amazing blast.


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Rev Up Your Slowing Metabolism
The Important
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How Metabolism Works
Your body's metabolism is a complex series of chemical reactions that transform the foods (proteins, carbs, and fats) you put into your body into a source of energy. You would be surprised that genetics only accounts for 5% of your metabolic rate, and Only 20% of this total amount of energy your create is retained by your body around, and the rest is used to regulate body temperature. As it may have become obvious for many of us, when working out at the gym, the body generates supplementary heat, and we sweat to cool the system. That heat that our body gives away is a result of energy metabolism.
For a better understanding of energy metabolism, one needs first to grasp the role of ATP in our bodies. ATP the abbreviation for adenosine triphosphate represents a chemical compound with a major function in body energy generation. For example, during hard physical exercise we may reach a level at which we simply stop functioning in an optimum manner and this is where ATP comes into the picture. This chemical compound gets broken down under the action of other chemicals and turns into sheer body fuel, allowing functions to continue within optimal parameters. ATP is stored at cellular level and functions like money in our society as it helps the cell grapple with requirements of decent functioning.
So, energy metabolism is strongly connected to the cells' ability to rebuild ATP after they have already broken it down into pieces and used as energy. In other terms ATP serves as food for cells and, naturally, once that food is consumed, they need new supplies. To put it in different words, cells need to rebuild themselves the molecules of ATP which they need to use not only at the beginning of intense physical activity but also throughout it.
The bodies energy metabolism represents the opposite of fat metabolism. Fat metabolism is responsible for obesity while energy metabolism for the system's vitality such as breathing, pumping blood, and repairing damaged tissues. If you want to slow your metabolism cut back on most types of physical exertion such as exercise.
Countries around the world have started focusing on how energy metabolism. Obesity is growing world wide, and it is affecting the health and welfare of us all. Healthcare costs are growing, burdening families and the government systems. That is why grants and loans go out to study and to understand how we as a species can stay healthier and more active. Research is conducted around the world to understand how energy is stored at cell level and later used. Healthier and healthier diets will appear, and people will learn how to increase metabolism and improve the energetic functions of their bodies.
The Decline Of Metabolism
Remember when you could eat anything and not gain weight? Reality starts to seep in around the age of 25, when your metabolism starts to decrease between 5% and 10% per decade. Yikes! A typical man or woman over their life time will lose between 20% and 40% of their metabolic power, but you can do a few things to keep your metabolic rate going strong…
How To Increase Your Metabolism
- Exercise- increasing your body's need for energy to help speed up your metabolism. Have you heard of the "afterburn" effect? It states that after exercise or weight lifting your body will burn more calories for up to 24 hour, so it pays to get up and move!
- Get Your Shut Eye- The quality and quantity of your hours of sleep can alter your metabolism. Who knew that the rate of calories your body burns while sleeping can represents about 60% to 75% of your total daily calorie burning. I'm getting a little sleepy…how about you?
- Eat Smarter- eating stimulates your metabolism, so eating smaller more frequent meals can boot your metabolism. Skimping meal such as breakfast can trick your body into storing more fat as it is unsure when the next meal will be eaten. High fiber fruits, vegetable and grains can rev up your metabolic rate. These types of fiber are non-digestible making it harder for the your system to break them down. It churn away trying, using up energy, and revving up you metabolism in the process. Fruits& vegetables are also lower in calories, high in nutrients , which leads to natural weight loss with less effort. Pile on the veggies, and see the numbers on the scale go down…down…down!
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Jai and Iris escape the grasp of the invading aliens, but soon find themselves lost and afraid as they wander the streets of Keystone City trying to find a way to contact their mother. When they arrive at a police station, they find that the aliens have also come, killing at least several policemen by draining all the water from their bodies. However, Wally comes to their rescue.
After speeding his children home, Wally explains to Linda, by transferring via a kiss the chemicals the aliens use to communicate, his experience underwater in the grasp of the aliens. They had used the river as a portal from their world and were invading in retaliation for some past attack.
Hoping to stall the attack, Wally borrows an old cold gun once used by Captain Cold from the Flash Museum and uses it to modify a massive cyclotron being built at S.T.A.R. Labs so that it would emanate a short pulse of absolute zero, freezing everything liquid in the city. However, in his moment of victory, he falls over, dehydrated, as aliens continue to march toward him.
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- Flash Official Website
- Flash: Those Who Ride the Lightning
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Louisville head coach Dan McDonnell has been suspended for three games according to a press release from Louisville Media Relations. McDonnell was ejected from Saturday's Big East elimination game against St. John's after a confrontation with an umpire.
"It's my job as head coach to set the standard for excellence in everything we do in our program," said McDonnell. "I let the emotion of the situation get the best of me, and for that, I apologize to everyone in the Louisville baseball family. Competition brings out the very best and the very worst in people. I wish I would've handled the situation differently, but I will learn from this. I will do everything in my power to prepare this team so that we can continue playing great baseball."
"Dan has accepted responsibility for the matter and is truly apologetic," said Tom Jurich, U of L Vice-President and Director of Athletics. "He has done a terrific job guiding our baseball program and in this one extremely rare situation, I know he regrets the incident. His focus now is on preparing our team for the weekend."
The Cardinals will open up Regional play on Friday as they face off against St. Louis. The other two teams in the Regional are Vanderbilt and Illinois State.


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Part 1: JAL: NOVEMBER 17, 1986 – A Japanese airline crew is en route from Paris to Tokyo with a cargo load of Beaujolais wine. As Captain Terauchi and his crew are crossing Alaska, they encounter blindingly bright lights flying in their airspace. These lights illuminate the cockpit and seem to be keeping pace with the Boeing 747. Captain Terauchi then reports seeing two unidentified crafts, one the size of a 'mothership'. The UFO is tracked by both ground and airborne radar, though its origins remain unknown.
Part 2: CRASH COURSE: AUGUST 27, 1979 – Deputy Sheriff Val Johnson is on patrol near Stephen, Minnesota in the early morning hours when he sees a beam of light shining down on the road ahead. As he continues to drive, the beam of light engulfs his car. Johnson briefly loses consciousness and wakes up to discover that he had skidded off the road and he's suffering eye damage similar to welder's burns. Both his wristwatch and the car clock have stopped for exactly 14 minutes.
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Day in Washington #Disability #Policy Podcast. Update on the #ABLEAct and Crabs in a Barrel. Did we sacrifice #disability community solidarity and the good of the many for the good of the few?
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Hello and welcome to Day in Washington, your disability policy podcast. I'm your host Day Al-Mohamed working to make sure you stay informed. Today, I want to give a bit of an update on the Able Act.
The ABLE Act was signed into law by President Obama on December 3rd, 2014. When Able accounts first came out, I'll admit, from a policy standpoint, I was pretty excited. I even did a video Day in Washington about it. Let me give you the quick details:
ABLE Act savings accounts would basically allow people with disabilities (and their families), for perhaps the first time, to be able to save money for things they might need without risking their benefits, including health care. Things like, saving for school, or an accessible van (which let me tell, you I only learned recently how expensive those are), additional personal care services, or assistive technology.among other things. You see, public benefits like Supplemental Security Insurance (SSI), and Medicaid for example require you prove that you're poor. Basically, you can't have more than $2,000 and that isn't just cash, that is any asset or item of value. I still remember a young man I met during rehab. God, he couldn't have been more than 19. He cried over the fact he had to give up his classic car. It was the one thing in his life that was his. He'd rebuilt it from scratch, piece by piece. And now, to get access to a surgery he needed and additional care for his diminishing eyesight, he had to sell it.
But, lets get back to the Able accounts. Now, people with disabilities and their families can have these savings accounts, which aren't too different from the tax-exempt college savings accounts that you may be familiar with. Up to $14,000 can be deposited into the account per year up to a total of $100,000 before the individual loses some of their SSI. Another key advantage of the ABLE Act is that people with disabilities need never fear that they would lose their Medicaid. For many, that is the only way they can afford their health and personal care services.
So now, let me get to the compromises. Although the monetary limitations mentioned above are also compromises, the largest and the compromise that bothers me the most, is the fact that the ABLE act limits its eligibility to people with significant disabilities who got their disability before turning 26.
As of March, more than half of the states are now starting to put regulations in place to create these accounts. Which is good news. I have to admit some disappointment that the Able Act will not do everything that we all once hoped. In a world where X percentage of families with a member with a disability live in poverty, we already see growing economic disparities. As it stands, this bill would seem to benefit mostly those who can afford to use these accounts. Also, although the age limit may be helpful for individuals who are born with disabilities, there are many who acquire significant disabilities after 26 that can have devastating effects on their families and their children. And now, this option is no longer available to them.
I understand that this bill had and still has an expensive price tag and decisions had to be made. But this disturbs me in that I wonder if we are sacrificing one part of the community for another. When it came to ENDA, the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, and there was a push to remove Trans individuals from the protection of the legislation, I was proud to see many members of the LGBT community, and folks I worked with and lobbied with absolutely withdraw support. All of us, or none of us.
Obviously, there are significant pros and cons of this kind of attitude, but I can't help but wonder if this highlights one of the larger issues within the disability community. In the rush for legislation, in the rush for bills that will pass, do we end up breaking down into groups based on disability? Based on class? Or color? Do we end up clambering over one another, pulling each other down, like crabs in a barrel? Or is this what disability compromise should be? After all, most disability organizations and lobbying are STILL operating mostly on a by disability basis aren't they?
Perhaps I'm the idealist. I guess I wished to see an Able Act and a community that said All of us, or none of us. As always, I encourage you to read and come to your own opinion. Links are available in the comments. This is Day Al-Mohamed, hoping you continue to be well, and be informed.
Day in Washington is a product of the Lead On Network. Comments and opinions expressed in this podcast should in no way be considered representative of opinions, statements or policies of any organizations, affiliations, employers or agencies connected with the host. Audio production provided by Chris Wright. Music is If by Force courtesy of the Podsafe Music Network and Twenty Twelve Records.
- ABLE Act Shows How Congress Can Get Things Done – And How Hard It Is – http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/DC-Decoder/2015/0207/ABLE-Act-shows-how-Congress-can-get-work-done-and-how-hard-it-is
- ABLE Act Allows Millions with Disabilities to Save – Achieving a Better Life Experience – http://www.natlawreview.com/article/able-act-allows-millions-individuals-disabilities-to-save-achieving-better-life-expe
- Playing Politics with the Disabled – http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/11/disabled-employmentsocialsecurityachievingabetterlifeact.html
- 2 Cent Tuesday and Advocacy for Rich People – https://walkersvillemom.wordpress.com/2014/09/30/2-cent-tuesday-advocacy-for-rich-people/
- ABLE Act Becomes Law, with Exceptions – http://www.advocacymonitor.com/able-act-becomes-law-with-exceptions/


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Group sues to restrict greenhouse gases
An environmental group is suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to force the agency to regulate emissions of gases blamed for global warming.
Published 10:33 pm, Tuesday, October 6, 2009
HOUSTON - An environmental group is suing the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to force the agency to regulate emissions of gases blamed for global warming.
Public Citizen's lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday in Travis County District Court, accuses the regulatory agency of violating the state's Clean Air Act by refusing to issue standards for controlling the emissions of carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.
The suit echoes arguments endorsed by the U.S. Supreme Court in a 2007 ruling that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency had the authority to regulate the emissions. As a result, in April, the EPA declared carbon dioxide and five other heat-trapping gases to be pollutants that endanger public health and welfare.
"Texas law is similar to federal law on the definition of a contaminant," said Tom "Smitty" Smith, director of Public Citizen's Texas office. State regulators "have a duty to regulate it, and they have the authority to regulate it."
But TCEQ has declined to regulate carbon dioxide, even as other states have taken steps to do so.
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Without saying whether the TCEQ had the authority to regulate carbon dioxide, the commission's chairman, Bryan Shaw, noted that the federal government has been unable to establish rules to control emissions of climate-altering gases.
"What is certain is that if done incorrectly, CO2 regulations will impose great costs on Texas, without any guarantee of a measurable environmental benefit," Shaw said in a statement. "Reducing CO2 in Texas will do nothing to lower CO2 globally, but will have the effect of sending U.S. jobs to China and India."
Public Citizen's suit comes less than a week before the latest hearing for a permit to build a coal-fired power plant in Texas, which ranks first among the states and seventh worldwide in emissions of carbon dioxide.
The state has approved six coal plants in the past four years, and an additional five plants are in the permitting stages. Taken together, they would release more than 75 million tons of carbon dioxide each year, Smith said.
Charles Irvine, a Houston attorney representing Public Citizen, said state regulators have refused to consider the carbon dioxide emissions of the coal plants when ruling on permits.
At times, he said, TCEQ has filed documents in contested permit cases to remove all evidence and testimony relating to carbon dioxide and global warming from the administrative record.
Other states, meanwhile, have attacked climate change by putting limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants and making them pay for their pollution. Ten northeastern states, for example, have created a regional market that allows the plants to trade emissions credits as a way to reduce the amount of heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere.
A California law requires carbon emissions reductions by 2020 from industrial corporations and utility companies.
And the EPA proposed rules last week that for the first time would control greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, refineries and large factories.
Victor Flatt, a professor of environmental law at the University of North Carolina, said the TCEQ has the authority to regulate carbon dioxide, but the question is whether the agency is required to act.
Once the EPA finalizes its finding that carbon dioxide endangers public health and welfare, the TCEQ would be forced to regulate it, Flatt said.


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We have always collaborated in some way or other. Online Collaborationis not a new concept. What is relatively new is the use of technology to support the collaboration process.
As technology evolves and geography becomes less relevant to connecting with others, the options for how we collaborate multiply and then multiply again. Even so, technology itself is an enabler of collaboration; the value is in the connections that people make – with each other, information, and ideas.
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From David White of The Chronicle staff:
Well, that's one less cut to make.
The Raiders dealt 12th-year defensive end Bobby Hamilton to the New York Jets for an undisclosed late-round draft pick, which leaves them 21 players to chop by noon Saturday — the NFL deadline to present a final 53-man roster for the regular season.
Hamilton started 28 games in two seasons with the Raiders, but got lost in the defensive-line shuffle this training camp. Lance Johnstone moves into the backup spot. That was an easy choice, considering Johnstone's success as a special team's player. Two skills are always better than one.
The big question is how many quarterbacks will Oakland keep around. Most teams keep three, but then, most teams wouldn't have dreamt of signing 38-year-old Jeff George last week.
The Raiders brought him back after five years of inactivity as insurance. With Andrew Walter complaining of knee pain after Thursday's game in Seattle, it's becoming clear why Oakland thinks it needs a Plan C. Walter just came back from a week off with shoulder tendonitis.
Stay tuned. Cuts are due by noon.


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It used to be explained as supply and demand. Nowadays supply and demand means he who has the supply can demand you pay whatever he asks. Used ones are even outrageous around here,if you can even find them.
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18.43° N and 64.71° W – Great Harbour, Jost Van Dyke, BVI.
According to their website, this is the location of Foxy's Tamarind Bar. For those of you, like me, who'd rather get an address you can plug into your smart phone, you'll be hard pressed to find a street address. Just sail in to Great Harbour, go ashore and look for the party. There's usually one of some size going on in this eclectic place that boasts one of the greatest "Old Years Eve" parties in the world.
Foxy Callwood is the man behind the name and has been serving food & strong rum drinks to sailors and visitors since 1966. He's quite the storyteller and loves to talk with and sing to the many folks who wander into his bar.
Foxy's is a great place to people watch and drink rum – lots of it. Foxy even has his own rum – Foxy's Firewater Rum, which you can purchase from his gift shop. Foxy's serves up some serious rum drinks and as hard as we tried to work our way through his Rum Drink List during our week on JVD, we fell short – just slightly. Darn. Guess we'll have to go back.
Foxy has another bar on Jost Van Dyke at Diamond Cay called "Foxy's Taboo" – named after his dog seen here.
You can listen to live music Thursday—Saturday and enjoy BBQ every Friday and Saturday night and there are many other fun events throughout the year.
We read somewhere that if dinghying in to Foxy's for the Old Year's Eve Party, you should bring a lock and chain for your dinghy, 'cause all dinghy's look the same at night after some heavy drinking. Apparently revelers occasionally can't even find their own boat, just pick another to pass out on and worry about finding their own in the morning. Must be that Firewater!!
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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – Both Dominique and little sister Jackie have been keeping themselves pretty busy this summer.
The 16-year-old Cleveland Storm stand-out Dominique won a PGA Junior Series event last week in Dallas pre-qualifying her for the junior PGA championships in College Station on July 29th.
Before that tournament though, Dominique and her 14-year-old sister will both be playing in USGA Junior championships in Flagstaff, AZ a couple of days before.
"It's going to be really fun. My sister went when she was this age, and so we get to kind of compare at how we did at this age." said the younger Galloway.
For Dominique, it's not so much competing versus her sister.
"This is the first time that we've been able to go to tournaments together, so hopefully we can just learn of each other…because I have been to a couple of USGA events, and she hasn't. So I just want to try and be a role model for her." says Dominique.


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Title: Things We Know By Heart
Author: Jessi Kirby
Published: Harper Teen, April 2015
Source: received a copy from publisher
Links: [goodreads][amazon.com]
When Quinn Sullivan meets the recipient of her boyfriend's donated heart, the two form an unexpected connection.
After Quinn loses her boyfriend, Trent, in an accident their junior year, she reaches out to the recipients of his donated organs in hopes of picking up the pieces of her now-unrecognizable life. She hears back from some of them, but the person who received Trent's heart has remained silent. The essence of a person, she has always believed, is in the heart. If she finds Trent's, then maybe she can have peace once and for all.
Risking everything in order to finally lay her memories to rest, Quinn goes outside the system to track down nineteen-year-old Colton Thomas—a guy whose life has been forever changed by this priceless gift. But what starts as an accidental run-in quickly develops into more, sparking an undeniable attraction. She doesn't want to give in to it—especially since he has no idea how they're connected—but their time together has made Quinn feel alive again. No matter how hard she's falling for Colton, each beat of his heart reminds her of all she's lost…and all that remains at stake.
What would you do after something tragic happened?
Quinn Sullivan was in her junior year when her boyfriend was killed in an accident. Although people around her had been encouraging her to move on, she didn't make much of an attempt until she bumped into Colton Thomas, the recipient of the donated heart of her boyfriend. Would Quinn finally step out of her sorrow and say yes to love?
Undoubtedly, Things We Know By Heart has a fairly predictable plot. But this didn't stop me from wanting to get to know Quinn. As you might have guessed, Quinn was very much withdrawn into her own little world when the story began. She didn't keep in touch with any of her friends. She stayed at home most of the time and she refused to take down any pictures and gifts that her boyfriend had given her before he got killed. She might seem fragile but she wasn't exactly a complete mess. I could feel her sadness but she didn't come across as someone whiny. She might have her moments of weakness but you could tell she wasn't self-centered or aloof.
Interestingly, Colton's character mirrored many facets of Quinn's. He was likeable, friendly and kind, and I particularly loved the way he introduced Quinn to many of his favorite sightseeing and picnic locations. He seemed philosophical at times – but not in a nerdy kind of way – more like he was considerate and respectful.
From the start, the attraction between Quinn and Colton was mutual. Instead of rushing into doing something just because they had the chemistry, I liked that they both chose to spend quality time getting to know each other. And I hope you wouldn't mind me sharing this, but I absolutely adored the scene when they first kissed – it was so sweet and romantic that I smiled ear-to-ear when I read it!
The thing that delighted me the most was the sibling supports that were present in the story. Quinn's sister Ryan was fun, strong and dependable, and Colton's sister Shelby was caring and fiercely protective. I liked that both of them were unafraid to do what was necessary to point out the truths when their siblings were reluctant to face their reality. That just made me wish I had a big sister to guide and protect me in my life!
If you're in the mood for something adorably romantic and thoughtful, you'd want to pick up a copy of Things We Know By Heart. I had a great time enjoying the story and I hope you will too.


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The foundation of every nation is the family. The life of every nation is dependent upon the love and charity that binds those families together.
Some governments of the "world" will attempt to assume right over that great domestic relationship called marriage. That relationship was originally ordained by God as a natural and divine union of one man and one woman.
Couples have the responsibility of designating the nature of their union under the authority of God to the word and in a godly community there is an obligation to affirm that union. This is done formally by witnessing their status as "Husband and Wife" from the beginning. Free societies have managed to solemnize this natural union and status of a man and a woman as "Husband and Wife" by voluntary customs and acts of public notification.
The Church, as the servants of God, provides a series of procedures, also called rituals and ceremonies, for families and communities to work together to make two and three party records without diminishing or decreasing their rights endowed by God. Since marriage is the act of giving individuals into a marital status for God's purpose, including procreation we call that union Matrimony. When the only parties to the union are the Husband and Wife we call the union "Holy Matrimony".
Governments of the world also provide rituals and ceremonies for the solemnization of two people as husband and wife in a three party contract. Marriage by the Church has several distinctive differences from marriage by the state.
"And the LORD God said, [It is] not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him." Genesis 2:18
While it is not good that man be alone it is also true that man and wife should not be alone.
It is almost essential if we are to marry in the name of Christ we should gather together in His name to do the will of the Father. As people gather together for the mutual purposes of society they will attend to the needs of the family and for this reason all those who wish to be bound in Holy Matrimony out of love for one another should seek out a congregation for mutual witness and support.
Those seeking to marry should be seeking to congregate together for all aspects of a mutual society... It is the chain of authentication of that mutual record that establishes validity of the solemnization but it will be the unity of congregations of record bound by love for one another that will prevent the assumption of marital jurisdiction and/or "limping marriages".
Marriage Documentation:
Marriage Packet contracts and forms.
These documents are for the use of Churches and Congregations of Record in a Living Network of those seeking the ways purposes of Christ.
Marriage Packet contracts and forms.
These documents are for the use of Churches and Congregations of Record in a Living Network of those seeking the ways purposes of Christ.
Articles and booklets:
Holy Matrimony vs. Marriage [PDF Booklet print ready]
Holy Matrimony vs. Marriage [PDF Standard page print]
Holy Matrimony vs. Marriage [Chapter 1. in COG php]
Validity of Holy Matrimony[PDF Booklet print ready]
Validity of Holy Matrimony [PDF Standard page print]
Birth Records
Baptismal and Christening
These records are dependent on the separate and distinct nature of the Church and its ministers of the congregation of the people.
We also will require the formation of recognized congregations and Churches of Record based on biblical precepts of the kingdom of God, including two or three witnesses and a chain of agreement with in the record of the people.
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Wow, didn't expect this one today. Apparently some ne'er do well managed to hack into Sarah Palin's personal Yahoo account and post the lot to Wikileaks.
From Wikileaks:
Circa midnight Tuesday the 16th of September (EST) activists loosely affiliated with the group 'anonymous' gained access to U.S. Republican Party Vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account firstname.lastname@example.com and passed information to Wikileaks. Governor Palin has come under criticism for using private email accounts to conduct government business and in the process avoid transparency laws. The zip archive made available by Wikileaks contains screen shots of Palin's inbox, two example emails, address book and a couple of family photos. The list of correspondence, together with the account name, appears to re-enforce the criticism. Wikileaks may release additional emails should they be of political substance.
I wouldn't wish this treatment on anyone. There is activism and then there is just down right improper behaviour. I'm not a fan of Palin but, I don't think it was fair for this information to be posted.
Now, bearing in mind recent Yahoo mail hacks I'm wondering how they got in? Bad password or is there a zero day in Yahoo's webmail?
[UPDATE]: Chris Eng has a posting on how Palin's email might have been pwned. And some more info on the ctunnel [dot] com site that was used to "protect" anonymity to the activists from the DailyDave. They are so boned.
[UPDATE 2]: Gawker has an "exclusive" that they posted at 1:03 pm with a copy of all of the info from Wikileaks which, along with its mirror sites, is now (5:04 pm EST) offline.
We have no plans to post a copy of the aforementioned ourselves.
[UPDATE 3]: The McCain camp is now calling for an investigation. From CNN: "FBI Spokesman Eric Gonzalez in Anchorage, Alaska confirms to CNN an investigation is underway." Good. This is one case where I think the folks involved went across that magic line. If Palin was in fact conducting official business via a Yahoo account to avoid being on the public record that should be captured via subpoena rather than a public whistle blower site. The account has apparently been deleted but, this information can be gathered from Yahoo's backups.
[UPDATE 4]: Palin email hacker has been exposed (Knox News)! The alleged hacker is identified as one David Kernell a college student from Tennessee. He guessed the password. Sad choice of password by Palin if some kid was able to guess it.
Oh, and he's the son of Tennessee state Rep. Mike Kernell. (thx reccesuave for the tip!)
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