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|2004-04-06, 01:21
|Link #1
Tekkaman Blade!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA,
Age: 30
Does anyone Paintball?
I was recently in a LAN cafe playing Counter-Strike and Battlefield: Vietnam when I wondered how all the nerds like me in the cafe would fare in paintball. Then it hit me that anime had it's share of nerds as well, so I decided to ask here.
Has anyone in here paintballed? Or does anyone paintball regularly? What gun do you have, if any? Any interesting stories?
I started paintballing about two years ago and paintballed almost every month. I stoped recently due to the fact that the local field [Target Zone] closed. But I hear a new one opened, so I will check it out.
I currently own 3 guns. One is a Point Zero Model 83. It's plastic, but I entered paintball with it. Then I have a well-modified Tippman Model 98 and a Armotech Zeus G2 pistol. I used to own a Phantom VSC pump, which I sold. I miss it...
I'll post some stories as soon as others post.
|2004-04-06, 01:32
|Link #2
Join Date: Jan 2004
I don't paintball, but my friends and I do play around with air-compressed rubber pellet guns. My friend is really into guns, he even has a license to own an M4A1(this is the standard American rifle).
The way we play is making teams (usually 2v2 or 3v3) then we find a place to play. We used to play in the new houses. It was great, we did it like 5 or 6 times, then they(I wasn't there the last time) got caught by the cops. Now we just play in my friends backyard. Last time we played, we made swat shields out of cardboard and made a viewing window in them out of plastic wrap.
The air-guns are alright, they do cut through the skin, but it only leaves a tiny mark that heals in a day or 2(unless it's a close range shot that leaves a big mark, then that'll take like a week to heal)
Right now he only has 4 standard handgun-type airguns(none of these are auto's) and 1 machine gun-type one(this is the best one to use, but uses alot of ammo). Pretty soon he should be getting a few automatics.(I can't wait, this is going to be great!)
He's also the guy that got me into CounterStrike.
|2004-04-06, 03:40
|Link #3
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
My scenario group tried playing with the local airsoft group once, but there were two problems. In airsoft you yell 'hit' and in paintball you yell 'out'. We are primarily paintball players so we yelled 'out' and that got the rest of the people upset at us because we were not yelling the 'right' thing. Then the airsoft guys keep hitting on some of us, one of our group pulled out her gun and shot a guy in the waiting area, before you knew it everyone was shooting everyone else (in the waiting area) and we got out of there and left. We did use airsoft once more for a JRA (japanese red army) scenario where one side had guns (spring only, that's all we had) and the other swords. Other than that, no more airsoft.
As for paintball stories, none really. You chose a tippmann so probably you understand this. The crowd playing paintball at the local fields keeps getting wierder and wierder, the guns keep getting more and more shiny and funny-looking, electronics are ever more prone to locking up or burning out, ever since the rest of world went blowback I won't lay hands on anything other than a tippmann. Paintball is growing in popularity, that is for sure. I wouldn't have sold the phantom either, those were/are great guns. I saw one on the local field the next to last time I played.
I miss scenario play. We had the best historical / LARP scenarios but the field we used got destroyed and then changed ownership twice. New owner isn't too scenario friendly (especially historical live-action roleplay scenarios) but his field is failing anyways. There's 2 good walk-on fields in my town and several others within an hour driving distance.
|2004-04-06, 23:57
|Link #4
Senior Member
I've played for about 3 years now. First gun i had was one of them crappy pumps you buy at *-Mart. Never played a game with it just shot it around my house. Then i bought a model 98 tippman, This was the first i gun played a real game with. Now I'm onto a wgp E-class orracle. I'm on a tourney team. I still enjoy woodsball but i play mostly speedball.
My teams site is
I had been playing every week but I've cut back as it tends to get really expensive playing every week. Especially with the amount of paint you tend to shoot playing speedball. (i shoot less then most and still go through almost a case in a day.)
Last edited by Raven_Zero; 2004-04-08 at 01:52.
|2004-04-07, 00:21
|Link #5
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Austin, TX
Age: 35
Hmm, I've always been kinda interested in paintball but never got into it. I heard its an expensive hobby. Can you guys answer some newb questions?
1) What is all this historical role-play scenario? Do you re-enact real battles kill for kill?
2) What's the difference between this paintball/rubber pellet/airsoft stuff?
3) How painful is it getting hit? Do you bleed, or is just like a scratch?
I'm sure more newb stuff is to come later
|2004-04-07, 00:37
|Link #6
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: new york city
I piantball some saturdays with my cousin and some friends. We found some hot locations to play with. One is in a forest, anther is in this play ground (that's huge), and the last one is like this big open field where we just suicide. We usually play 2 on 2 or 3 on 3, depends on the crowd. I got p76 thunder; it's a custom paintball gun that my uncle's friend made for me, and my cousin uses this little gun (I don't even care to ask what the name is) so I lend him some other guns from my stash. Of course we got the regular eqiupment; extra paintballs, masks, and other stuff. We put all the extra paint balls in one location so if some one runs out and wants to get some more, one of us camps at the spot and just nails the sucker
By the way, even though there paint balls they hurt like hell!
|2004-04-07, 00:42
|Link #7
Senior Member
i dont paintball...but i airsoft
gun of choice is my tokyo marui steyr aug special receiver internally upgraded to 420+ fps
as such, it took a hit to the scope covers and i need to get another one from a hunting store =/
ive been paintballing once, airsofting once every 2 weeks or so
i dunno...airsoft has held me for a longer time than paintball
on the average, airsoft pellets hurt less than paintball...but ive seen people shot up real bad....bleeding doesnt stop for a day or so..
aaand...there is always this poor guy which serves as a reminder to us not to go full auto in close combat
upgraded guns close range = baaaad
|2004-04-07, 00:44
|Link #8
Senior Member
Well i've played a few senario game we mostly played stuff like. There's a pilot down you have to go in and get him out kind stuff, Also some mission type games were you have checkpoints and things.
The main differances are the gun, Ammo type and rate of fire. I've played airsoft a few times. I've played with a springer and an aeg. The springers are pretty much like a cheap bb gun, aeg's are electric and fire full auto also they get upto about 400-500 fps when you upgrade them. In airsoft theres really no marks so it's all based on trust you have to trust a guy to call hit when he's hit. Airsoft guns shoot little plastic bb's they can also shoot little paintballs but most company say not to use them.
As for paintball guns start at the blowback types like the m98 and spyder and move along to the electronics like the impulse, angel and matrix. They all pretty much shoot 300 fps as thats the limit all fields go buy(you gun crank them up but it's gunna hurt and could kill you if your hit in the right spot) Loer end guns get about 6+ bps (balls per second) where as the higher end guns can shoot 20+ bps
on most fields they dont allow full auto but some guns to come with it. Paintball guns shoot a 68 caliber hard shell ball filled with paint leaving a visable mark.
Paintball is way more expensize then airsoft. You can buy a springer type arisoft gun for as litle as 20$ aeg's are rather expensive i've seen some fore 350$
ammo is really very cheap i've sen 2000 rounds for 10$ before.
Paintball guns can be had cheap 20 for a crappy *-mart pump the higher end guns can be as much as 2000$
Paintballs range in price from 20-30 for 2000 upto 70+ for 2000. the cheap one's dont work so well tend to break in your gun or not go stright.
As for pain airsoft is like getting slapped with a rubberband. paintball hurts a litle more. But if your out on the field playing you prolly wont even notice it.
But it's best to wear long sleeve shirts and some pants. you dont have to worry about fave shots in paintball as the mask is full face. heres some pics of some rather nasty paintball hits.
It really comes down to what you like better and who plays what around where you live. Nobody around here plays airsoft everyone plays paintball. I also live 200 yards from the field i play at.
My Marker (well one like it i have no cam)
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|2004-04-07, 00:49
|Link #9
and ive played for 2 years but i havent been playing recently do to being a expensive hobby i used to play every week end but ya know one can only have so much money.
i have 3 guns one that i started out with is a zap which is pretty much like the Point Zero Model 83, then i went to a electronic rebel with a 6" barrel which was pretty good. Later one i got a electronic tippman with a 8" barrel and a "barrel extender" aka scilencer
It s been about a year or so since ive played but i was thinking about playing this week since im in spring break and got payed today woohoo 297.15 check
|2004-04-07, 00:53
|Link #10
Senior Member
airsoft pellets are propelled 3 ways
well, 2 actually, but there are 3 categories
gas - commonly hfc 134a or hfc22...similar to the stuff found in computer air-in-a-can dusters
blowback guns recoil with a force similar to a .22 rifle
nonblowback, well...doesnt blow back with each shot
spring - ranges from the cheap pistols to the crazy expensive tuned sniper rifles
electric - uses a battery to wind gears, working a spring which is connected to a piston, using air to propel the bb
|2004-04-07, 01:59
|Link #11
Join Date: Jan 2004
You forgot CO2(well, I guess this counts in the air or gas section you talked about). Don't even try to "play" around with CO2 powered guns, if you get hit with those it'll do serious damage. you might even die if it hits a vital area(head, throat, heart, crotch)
I just stick with the air-compressed guns
|2004-04-07, 02:15
|Link #13
Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2004
You always want resurrection in a scenario; scenarios are based on objectives (like bombing or protecting a school bus); so in this way a scenario is more like an ongoing game that lasts many hours rather than being over in 15 minutes. Many scenarios have different types of 'players' like soldier, terrorist, human shield, etc.
Roleplay means that you 'play' a real person, ie. you dress as they would dress, you say what they would say, you have whatever motives for fighting that they have, etc. Like if you're 'playing' the taliban you dress up like they would, you wear long beards, you fight / 'die' like they would, etc.
2) Pretty much what everyone above said, except, the true cost in paintball comes from the paint. EVIL is about $60.00 / 2000 rounds, Cheaper (but usable) paints are $40.00 / 2000 rounds. Airsoft BBs are much cheaper than this. If you don't learn to conserve your ammo paintball can become very expensive.
3) It depends on the range and style of play. It can hurt if you are not used to pain and you get hit up close. Paintball is limited to 300fps or sometimes less, airsoft is generally limited to between 350-400fps.
|2004-04-07, 03:38
|Link #15
Join Date: Jan 2004
I've done paintball once, pretty fun. Airsoft, no.
But what I really wish they'd come out with is a gun that operates like a real one: using explosives to propel bullet and use recoil to reload for semi-autos and full autos.
Except that the bullet is something really weak like styrofoam or rubber, and the amount of explosive is really, really small compared to that of a real bullet, and the springs inside the guns are also weak to compensate for the lack of recoil power.
No funky CO2 or electric systems, just plain, tried-and-proven good ole gunpowder.
|2004-04-07, 06:25
|Link #17
Join Date: Jan 2004
Second, it didn't hurt since I was wearing the facemask, but I got shot in the face once too.
|2004-04-07, 06:38
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|2004-04-07, 12:32
|Link #19
Tekkaman Blade!
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Bakersfield, CA, USA,
Age: 30
My experience with paintball and pain is this: the first time you get hit in a day, it always hurts. However, I find that I hardly notice any hits later in the day, due to the nice adrenaline rush and the fact that I know what to expect after the first.
For some reason, mask shots hurt the least. If you have a solid mask [not one of those flexible ones] you won't feel any pain, but a "thud" off you mask. It really stinks to clean it off, though.
However, I hear it hurts to get shot in the crotch. I've personally never been shot there [a few close calls], but I've seen a lot of people suddenly double over while running for the next bunker...
|2004-04-07, 12:44
|Link #20
Join Date: Jan 2004
Location: Looking for his book...
The voice of reason.... from experience.
A 3000psi crotch shot will drop you like a sack of potatoes...
You will then cry like a little girl for an undisclosed amount of time. ;_;
You should also forget walking for a few hours afterwards...
Hospitalization isn't a bad idea either. >.>
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Thank u so much for ur amazing responses. Here is ur next chapter.
And dear..i have posted an OS yesterday titled as "Swasan – REBIRTH (OS)"
Pls read and let me know ur comments for the same. Below is the link for the OS
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Swasan – Hatred Ends with Love (Episode 23)
Recap: Sanskar try to kiss Laksh in his dreams imagining him as Swara. Laksh shouts and all the family members gather in the room and starts laughing seeing Sanskar. Sanskar gets embarassed.
All the family members leaves from the room and Laksh is the first one who runs outside to save him from Sanskar.
Sanskar gets anger seeing Swara also laughing at him. He stares her angrily. AP warns him to be in control and going out. Swara tries to go in but AP holds her and asks, âWhere you going?â
Swara: Mom, i will go and see Sanskar
AP: No need. If you go to him, again he will do something. U come with me.
She takes Swara also with her and about to go out but she stands near the door and turns to see Sanskar. Sanskar who sits sadly and sees AP standing at the door side.
AP: I wanna tell you both something. Aadi month is starting in another 2 days. You can think why i am seperating you both before itself. After a long time you both become a perfect partners and you started loving each other. I want this to be continued for life long. As per your horoscope details, these 2 days are not good for you both to start your life. And anyway the good muhurtham for first night is after aadi month only. So i hope you both respect my belief and support me in this. Specially for Sanskar.
Swara and Sanskar hears her silently and nods positively. Then AP takes Swara with her and goes out.
Sanskar rubs his head and holds his head and says, âOh god, what have i done? How embarassed it was? This girl makes me crazy for every second. I am always thinking about her but she is laughing at me. I will see her.â
Swara and Ragini jokes on the scene which they saw and bursts out laughing. Suddenly they see Laksh who prays himself murmuring and feels so tensed. He comes to their room and sits on a chair but he is still in that truama only. Swara and Ragini again continues their laugh seeing Lakshâs scared face.
Swara sees Sanskar who cross their room and runs behind him. He rushes to his room and about to lock it but Swara comes and holds the door before he locks. Sanskar sees her and stares her angrily and goes inside leaving the door as it is. Swara understands his angry and goes behind him and hugs him from back. Sanskar jerks her hands and moves from there. Swara again holds his hands and asks him to stop. Sanskar again jerks it and walks towards the door. Swara runs fast and stands infront of him.
Swara: Sanskar, why u r doing like this? Why r u angry on me?
Sanskar: "You havenât done anything?" he looks her sternly.
Swara couldnât see his eyes and bows down her head and says, âSorry Sanskar, but i couldnât control my laugh. But everyone else also laughed right why you are showing your angry on me?
Sanskar in a same rough tone replies, âIs that you and others are equal for me? I never mind if others are laughing, but you too laughed at me na. I did this crazy thing by thinking about you only. Each and every second i am thinking about you but you never cared for me.â
Swara holds her ears and tells, âI am really sorry Sanskar. Pls pls pls dont get angry on me.â
Sanskar: Swara, donât make me more angry, pls go away from here. I want to be alone for some time.
By saying this he drags her to outside and locks the door. Swara stands shocked and gets into thinking to convince him. She goes to her room and discuss with Ragini what to do with Sanskar.
Only 2 days are left for the marriage. All the guests and relatives are started coming to their home. SLowly the home is filling with the people. In the evening, Sanskar gets ready and goes down to help others for the marriage. Swara also there and helps in the marriage preparation. Sanskar sees her in a sky blue plain saree with a single line border design with white stones and gets lost in her thoughts. He says to himself, âHayyo, what is she doing? I am pretending to be angry at her but whenever i see her she is completely making me to go crazy on her. She looks s*xyâ. Suddenly he hears another voice saying, âExcuse meâ.
Sanskar gets shocked and turns beside him and sees a girl who is completely on modern outfit and looks him doubtedly. Sanskar for a sec becomes dumb by seeing her and stammers what to reply. That girl smiles slightly seeing him and goes near him and whispers in his ears, âI ll take it as a complimentâ. She rolls her 1 finger on his cheeks and moves from him. Sanskar becomes statue and gives a looks as âWHATTT?â He turns to see her but sees only Swara who stands in a shock with her mouth open and her hands in her hips.
Sanskar changes his reaction and becomes normal and goes on the opposite side. Swara goes behind him and drags him to the corner of the pillar and asks him, âWhat was she saying?â. Sanskar to himself, âOho..now this madam is burning in jealous. Let me play my game nowâ. By thinking like this he takes her hands from him and says, âItâs between us, i canât share it with strangersâ. By saying this he walks away and smiles seeing her reaction.
Swara becomes numb seeing him and hits on the pillar hardly in anger but it hurts her back. She screams in pain and rubs her hands. She lost in some thoughts and does all the work wrong and AP asks her what is she thinking. Swara nods as nothing and continues the work but still she looks upset. Sanskar who stands far from her but stands in the place where he can see her clearly. He smiles seeing her reactions and thought to play some more.
Swara gets excused herself from AP and walks towards her room. BUt she stops in the mid by seeing the same girl who comes from upstairs. That girl gives a attitude look at Swara cross her. Swara turns to see her where she is going and gets shocked seeing her going towards Sanskar. Sanskar who is talking to some one doesnât notice her and turns unknowingly and bumps into her. She is about fall but Sanskar holds her from falling and looking at her questionly. Swara opens her mouth in shock and closes it with both hands and looks at them with a widened eyes.
That new girl smiles at him and with his help stands straight and extends her hand saying, âHi Handsome, I am Mayaâ. Sanskar sees Swara in watching all this he shakes his hands and says, âSanskarâ. Maya replies, âNice name and you too look hotttttâ. She winks at him and again moves close to his ears and whispers, âs*xy tooâ in a husky voice. Sanskar gets shock and looks here and there. She gives him a hot look and goes away. Swara who watches all this hits on the floor by her leg and runs to her room. Sanskar laughs seeing Swaraâs actions.
Precap: Sanskar & Swara gets locked in a store room. Swara starts beating him hardly and Sanskar holds her hands from beating him and pulls her to him and place a kiss on her lips.
Guys, Pls let me know how is this episode. I know it is a very short update, actually i really not getting time to write only. Pls bare me for some more time, it will be really a tight schedule for me. Pls provide your comments for this update and waiting eagerly for the Raginie.


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After four years at MIT, I am transitioning to a new position starting October 2013. I have accepted a tenured Associate Professor position at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU). DTU is the leading technical university in Scandinavia, and one of the leading technical universities in Europe.
I will stay affiliated with MIT as a Research Affiliate, which will allow me to continue my research work as well as advise graduate students at MIT.
At DTU, I will join the Engineering Management Department, and build a research group on Engineering Systems. We will focus on the integration of systems engineering, project management and policy making to better plan, build and operate complex engineering systems, such as transportation systems, energy generation and distribution systems, or aerospace and defense systems. My teaching will focus on topics of engineering program management and systems engineering.


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Angel, Would you use that kind of language?
Seriously? would you call that ignorant useless cowardly communist prick an asshole?
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ADDIS ABABA, Jan 17 (Reuters) - South Sudan has started withdrawing its army from the border with Sudan to set up a buffer zone between the African neighbours, the government said on Thursday.
The withdrawal would be completed by Feb 4, South Sudan's government said in a statement, adding that it expected Sudan to do the same in what would be a step forward in efforts to cool tensions on the border.
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As it turned out, Shea Weber didn't simply pay for his actions at the end of Wednesday's playoff opener with money. He also had to give up a little bit of his time.
One day after the Nashville Predators' captain was assessed a $2,500 fine for his hit on Detroit Red Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg, he was approached by Detroit forward Todd Bertuzzi regarding the same manner.
Weber and Bertuzzi fought 1:38 into Game 2, which the Red Wings ultimately won 3-2 Friday at Bridgestone Arena.
"I had an idea that something was up in warm-ups, Bertuzzi sort of looked at me and I thought if there was going to be someone [Bertuzzi] was the one to do it," Nashville coach Barry Trotz said. "That's hockey. It's over with. It sort of brings closure to an event."
The event in question took place as the final seconds ticked off in Nashville's 3-2 victory in the series opener. Weber, in response to a hit from behind, forcibly shoved Zetterberg face-first into the glass twice.
Zetterberg claimed the encounter left him woozy, but the fact that he was able to play in Game 2 and Weber's spotless record in terms of supplemental discipline resulted in the fine but no suspension.
Detroit was not completely satisfied with that ruling.
"I just think [Bertuzzi] had to do the right thing," Detroit coach Mike Babcock said. "He did, and I thought it was important for our team that that happened. I think it's an important part of hockey."
It actually happened at an important time too. Referees were poised to call a penalty against Detroit when the 6-foot-3, 229-pound Bertuzzi and the 6-foot-4, 232-pound Weber dropped the gloves. Their encounter was spirited but not particularly taxing in terms of the punishment delivered by either one.
The most significant impact of the whole thing was that Weber served the first two minutes of his five-minute major (Bertuzzi was assessed the same thing) while his team was on the power play. With his booming slap shot, the defenseman is a critical part of Nashville's power play, which was 0-6 for the second time in as many games.
"He was sticking up for his teammate," Weber said. "I'm sure anyone in here would do the same thing if something happened."
Even with the time he spent in the penalty box, Weber was on the ice for 25:23, fourth among all players and slightly more than two minutes fewer than he played in the opener. Bertuzzi's ice time was virtually identical in the two games, but he was confident his five minutes in the penalty box was time well spent.
"It's kind of something you've got to do," Bertuzzi said. "You've got to stick up for your teammates and do stuff like that."
It would have been nice to see some of the other guys mixing it up. The Preds looked physically flat after Bertuzzi made his statement.
In his post game comments Coach Babcock called Weber a dirty player. Really? Todd Bertuzzi is the dirtiest player and he should have been expelled from the league when he plastered a player from behind while he was a member of the Vancouver Canucks. I believe the player's name was Steve Moore and he NEVER played again!!! And the Red Wings continue to resign this low life to new contracts.
Preds need to ramp it up a notch tomorrow. GO PREDS!!
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Spraying with 1 part milk to 2 parts milk (I use skimmed) deters cabbage white butterflies from landing to lay their eggs - they're put off by the smell. Worked for my purple sprouting broccoli and kale for a week, then had to re-spray. Be interested to hear if anyone else tries this and success rate. (Next year I plan to net my broccoli to avoid this problem...)
Hi Hollie-Hock - just for the record, p/permangante is actually an organic gardening method - I found it in my old fashioned organic gardening book by Lawrence D Hill - he's v strict about his organic methods, ones that don't harm beneficial insects etc and knows his stuff. Altho I agree that it sounds drastic! Its also used for some skin conditions as a mild antiseptic.
But as the milk solution is a quick and easy way to put the PM on hold at least, I haven't tried the p/permang.
But autumn sowing also helps with PM resistance, apparently.
Some good news on powdery mildew! MILK SOLUTION stops the spread of PM and enables new growth (also deals with aphids that attack plants weakened by PM). Pick off the worst affected leaves, douse the rest in milk solution - 1 part milk, 9 parts water (or 1:4 if its really bad) - use in bright sunlight for best results. Skimmed milk is best (less smell and the fat isn't necessary). Milk acts as an antibiotic and also feeds the plant. Its cheap and easy and doesn't harm beneficial insects. After two treatments, my sweet peas are looking much healthier and have put out new shoots.
Potassium permaganate soution will actually cure PM but is harder to get hold of.
I've got several different perennial geraniums which have always flourished - but in the last week I've noticed reddish spots on the leaves, which are getting puckered too, and the plants look very unhappy. Help! Any ideas what the problem could be?
Thank you David K. Very helpful - and next time I will ensure better ventialtion between plants. Would you advise cutting down the mildewed sweet peas? They're still growing and flowering (over 8 foot tall!) so I'm tempted to just leave them while they're still growing. I'm in south Bristol where there's plenty of mildew spore in the air anyway, it seems...
My sweet peas, growing up a hazel tunnel with french beans, have been flourishing but now have green aphid infestation and a lot of powdery mildew. Currently I'm wiping the aphids off by hand daily (horrid job) which is limiting them a bit (very few ladybirds in our garden this year). I've seen online a recipe for treating both organically with a mix of 1 Tablespoon of baking soda & 1/2 teaspoon liquid soap to a gallon of water - any experience of how effective this is?
And will the aphids & powdery mildew also infect my french beans? (At the moment they are looking fine)
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Here is an HTC PPC6850 Touch PRO smartphone that is on the Sprint CDMA network. This phone is brand new in bulk packaging! Guaranteed to work perfectly and is ready to activate!
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Product Description
Get down to business and stay close to all your most important contacts and documents while on the go with the HTC Touch Pro Smartphone for Sprint, which combines a slide-out QWERTY keyboard paired with HTC's intuitive, graphic-rich TouchFLO 3D touchscreen user interface. The TouchFLO 3D user interface responds perfectly to your finger gestures when scrolling through contacts, browsing the web, and launching media--all vividly displayed as photos and artwork on the 2.8-inch screen powered by the 3D graphics processor. And with the power of the updated Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, you'll stay easily connected to your business and personal data on the go with support for a wide variety of email accounts as well as the ability to edit Microsoft Office documents.
The HTC Touch Pro for Sprint provides a mobile Internet experience that uses the Sprint Mobile Broadband Network (EV-DO Rev. A). You'll also enjoy GPS navigation capabilities for accessing the optional Sprint Navigation turn-by-turn direction service as well as access to Sprint TV's video-on-demand with full-motion video and vivid sound. Other features include built-in Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g), a 3.2-megapixel camera/camcorder, Bluetooth for handsfree devices and stereo music streaming, and up to 4 hours of talk time. Compatible with MicroSD memory cards for expansion up to 16 GB (sold separately).
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Supporting the EV-DO Rev. A high-speed data standard, this phone enables you to download and stream high-quality video, straight onto your phone. Where coverage is available, EV-DO Rev. A connectivity provides peak network download data rates of up to 3.1 Mbps and peak upload data rates of up to 1.8 Mbps; average download speeds range from 600 kbps to 1.4 mbps and average uplink speeds range from 350 to 500 kbps.
With Sprint TV, you can make your cell phone your always-on source for news, weather, sports and more. This comprehensive service allows you to access your favorite channels and networks within seconds to watch live TV or video-on-demand with full-motion video. Choose from more than 50 live television channels and watch programs such as CNN mobile, FOX sports and E! Entertainment; access NFL Network and special programming via Sprint Exclusive Entertainment.
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8 Holiday Disaster Stories: Your holidays will never be this bad ... or this ridiculous
There should be a writer in every family because every family is chock full of material. (Check out a Thanksgiving screenplay by Fern Ronay) Though, no matter how funny/crazy/dysfunctional your family is, I beg of you … put down the Christmas tree. From the archives ~~~ 8 holiday disaster stories ripped from the headlines ~~~... Read more »
7 Reasons Not to Drink and Drive
'Tis the season for giving and receiving and, my favorite part, overeating and imbibing … which reminds me of this entry from the Archives ~ always worth a repub ~ Happy New Year! ~~~~~~~ 1. You like your face. I actually overheard someone once say "I don't drink and drive because I like my face." I... Read more »


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The Vain Search for a Righteous Man
The Old Testament Wisdom Books, including Ecclesiastes, tend to draw conclusions by observing the world around them. Today's passage shows that the doctrine of total depravity can be arrived at simply by observing the world and its people. Clearly, we ...Read More
For His Good Pleasure
Sometimes the misunderstandings that people have about different theological topics are not really their own fault; rather, the church has not been clear enough in its teaching. No doubt, many think that Calvinism presents us with an arbitrary God because ...Read More
Justice and Mercy
Ultimately, in the case of the one to whom God shows mercy, justice is still done. The elect are as worthy of condemnation as the reprobate, but Christ bore the condemnation of the elect in their place (2 Cor. 5 ...Read More
Predestination and Foreknowledge
We mentioned in an earlier study that only the Calvinistic (Augustinian) view of predestination makes salvation due entirely to the grace of God. The Lord does not make His decision based on our decision; rather, we choose to believe based ...Read More
The Inevitable Question
The Reformed tradition has maintained the importance of the doctrine of predestination, but it has also cautioned us to speak about this matter with great care. People are apt to mischaracterize the doctrine of predestination, and even professed Calvinists often ...Read More
Predestination and Evangelism
Being used by God to reach the world and call the elect to faith is a great privilege. Of course, the Lord will save all those whom He has chosen, which is good news because it means our outreach failures ...Read More
Sovereign over Our Steps
Human freedom and divine sovereignty exist in a complex, mysterious relationship. Though God ordains all of our choices—even choices that end up being thwarted because they do not match the results that He has ordained—we can never blame ...Read More
Wise in Good, Innocent in Evil
Knowing what orthodox, biblical Christianity teaches is not difficult. In fact, even unbelievers can know what the Bible says. But head knowledge is not enough. Doctrine must penetrate our hearts so that we are convicted to repent of sin and ...Read More
No One Is Righteous
Martin Luther comments on Romans 3:11, "This statement pertains both to those who manifestly do not seek God as well as to those who seek Him or rather think they are seeking Him, because they do not seek Him ...Read More
The Gifts of the Spirit
Today's passage is an important text on the priesthood of all believers. Paul does not mean to deny the roles of elders, teachers, and other officers in the church; rather, he tells us that every Christian is to be involved ...Read More
The Baptism of the Holy Spirit
When we separate the baptism of the Holy Spirit from conversion, we end up with second-class citizens in the kingdom of God. But as the Lord has poured out His Spirit on all His people, this is impossible. Christians may ...Read More
Law and Gospel
Answer 86 of the Heidelberg Catechism emphasizes that we do good works because the God who justifies us also gives us His Spirit to conform us more and more to the image of Jesus Christ. Our Lord saves us from ...Read More
The Mass and Christology
Transubstantiation confuses the divine and human natures of Jesus, giving His human body the ability to be in more than one place at a time. This is an attribute that only the divine nature possesses. In confusing Christ's two natures ...Read More
Rome's Analytic View of Justification
Roman Catholics and Protestants differ on several fundamental matters, not the least of which is the doctrine of justification. It is essential that we do not blur the lines on this issue, for the very gospel is at stake. We ...Read More
The Lordship of Christ
John Calvin comments on today's passage, stating that "we are not at our own disposal, that we should live according to our own pleasure." Unregenerate people are determined to live by their own rules, to seek self-fulfillment at the ...Read More


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They've just put up this really cool video that showcases their great songwriting and musicianship with their song Quit You.
Also, apparently, according to my French female intern their singer is "very good looking" - I have to trust her judgement on that! You've just got a new fan Nice Tiger :)
Enjoy the video, watch to the end and if, like me, you're a fan then go to their Facebook page and follow them.
Video by Sut Robin.
Written & performed by Nice Tiger (facebook.com/nicetigermusic)
Track produced and Mixed by Alwyn Walker - contact him HERE
Mastered by Darrell Walker at MSB Mastering
Recorded in Westland Studios


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1983 Ford LGT165 Garden Tractor. It has a 50 inch mower deck with new main belt and one rebuilt blade spindle, the secondary belt only has two seasons on it, mows very well. It also comes with a Jacobsen orange 48 inch dozer / snow blade (not pictured). The tractor is a pedal controlled hydrostat with high and low ranges. The engine is a Kohler K341 AQS. The engine was overhauled 2 years ago, probably has less than 50 hours on it since. The engine was bored .020 over and new valves, piston, rings, connecting rod, head milled, and all gaskets and seals were replaced. It also had the fuel pump replaced at that time. It runs and pulls very well. It has a new car size battery that was installed this summer.
The transmission has the spin on oil filter, so changing the hydro filter is much cheaper than some Fords. Currently the headlights and brake do not work. I have had a lot of steering and front axle parts custom machined. I had new front axle pivot bushings made along with a new hardened pivot pin. The left front wheel spindle, which is common to break, has a custom made replacement. It could use a new seat.
This is a good working, older garden tractor. I am only selling it because my wife does not care to run it due to its physical size, it is a solid tractor. I have a few spare parts such as a complete hydrotrans unit that could go with it. I have not had time to put a polish on it, so it is in its work clothes. $650
May entertain a partial trade for an early 70's Gilson built Montgomery Ward 16 Hydrostatic, preferably a full fender/full foot board model .


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You never know what you might find walking through the woods in the wilds of eastern Rensselaer County…
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Thanks for this photograph to James Bonesteel, a Stephentown resident and president of the Rensselaer Plateau Alliance, a not-for-profit advocacy group that has been working since 2007 to develop a conservation plan for the area. The plateau is a 105,000-acre high-country swath that is the state's fifth-largest remaining intact forest.
Along with the photograph, Jim shared this: "We've had a lot of moose sightings out here on the plateau lately. There was this one (see picture) that Steve Pentak saw yesterday and there has been one in our friend's yard on South Road. About a month ago my wife and son saw a bull moose in front of our house running up the road in front of the school bus."
Bounded roughly by Route 7 in the north and Route 43 in the south, the plateau is rugged and rocky, and rich in wildlife. When the occasional moose wanders down into Troy, it comes from the plateau, where rare northern wetlands provide its habitat and altitudes can top 1,800 feet.
In 2006, the state recognized the plateau as a significant ecological area, like the state's other major forests _ the Adirondacks, Catskills, the Shawangunks and the Hudson Highlands. Only the plateau is without a conservation plan.
Bonesteel's group is trying to change that, and has been slowly raising money to help pay for a plan. Part of that effort includes a night Thursday at Pineridge Cross-Country Ski Center in Poestenkill.
(UPDATE Feb. 25: Due to the rainy weather, tonight's ski has been postponed. Check the RPA website for updates…)
Pineridge owner Walter Kersch, a longtime plateau proponent, is opening up the center for free, and accepting any and all donations on behalf of the alliance. He is lighting 4 km of trails, but anyone who wants to venture deeper into the woods is welcome to strap on a headlamp.
And when on the trail, don't forget: Always yield to a moose.


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Welcome to IrvineHomesCA.com. Briarwood is located in the area of West Irvine, Irvine California. Briarwood is mostly made up of detached 2 story single family homes with 4 to 5 bedrooms, 3 to 4 bathrooms, and 2 car garages. IrvineHomesCA.com is the place to find information on Briarwood. Estimated built between or around 1999 to 2000. Estimated sqft is between or around 2500 to 3100 depending on the model or alterations. School District is Tustin Unified School District. Elementary, Myford Junior, Pioneer High school, Tustin. There appears to be no association.
Thinking about buying or selling in Briarwood, Irvine California
Briarwood community is a great place to live in Irvine. If you have any question regarding buying or selling any property in Briarwood Irvine or another community in the Irvine California area then please contact me, Alex Hughes, at . Irvine Homes is your number one resource for information on Irvine Homes, Irvine Homes For Sale, Irvine Condos, and Irvine Real Estate.


text: Eddie the Mean Old Yeti is not old or mean. He's just misunderstood due to his low IQ and short temper. Eddie has a striking resemblance to Donkey Kong, the differences being the white fur and bobble hat. He is usually seen carrying a large club, and lives in the White Mountains, separated from all of the island's other inhabitants. Eddie is only seen in the Donkey Kong Country TV Show.


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Traveling Luck for Willis Lookout, Texas, United States
Where is Willis Lookout?What's around Willis Lookout?
Wikipedia near Willis Lookout
Where to stay near Willis Lookout
The timezone in Willis Lookout is America/Rankin_Inlet
Sunrise at 06:59 and Sunset at 18:12. It's Dark
Latitude. 30.4769°, Longitude. -95.4033°
Weather near Willis Lookout; Report from Conroe, Montgomery County Airport, TX 18.4km away
Weather : mist
Temperature: 13°C / 55°F
Wind: 3.5km/h East
Cloud: Solid Overcast at 300ft
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Temperature: 13°C / 55°F
Wind: 3.5km/h East
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Geographic features & Photographs around Willis Lookout, in Texas, United States
- reservoir(s);
- an artificial pond or lake.
- Fish Lake (2.5km)
- Price Lake (4.7km)
- Hillside Lake (5.8km)
- Royal Forest Lake (7.6km)
- Lake Arrowhead Number 3 (7.7km)
- Lake Arrowhead Number 2 (8.1km)
- Arrowead Lake (8.7km)
- Frontier Lake (8.7km)
- Clifton Clde (8.8km)
- Clifton Lake (8.8km)
- Dunwoody Lake (9.1km)
- Spring Lake (10.9km)
- Selden Lake (11.6km)
- dam;
- a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
- Fish Lake Dam (2.5km)
- Price Lake Dam (4.7km)
- Hillside Lake Dam (5.8km)
- Royal Forest Lake Dam (7.6km)
- Lake Arrowhead Number 3 Dam (7.7km)
- Lake Arrowhead Number 2 Dam (8.1km)
- Moose Jaw Lake Dam (8.4km)
- Frontier Lake Dam (8.7km)
- Dunwoody Lake Dam (9.1km)
- Spring Lake Dam (10.9km)
- Selden Lake Dam (11.6km)
- church;
- a building for public Christian worship.
- Center Hill Church (0.6km)
- Center Hill Church (0.6km)
- Old Waverly Church (10.6km)
- Pleasant Rose Church (10.7km)
- Pleasant Rose Church (11.2km)
- Mount Pilgrim Church (11.8km)
- Pine Grove Missionary Church (11.8km)
- New Hope Church (12km)
- New Hope Church (12km)
- County Line Church (12.1km)
- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Mount Zion (4.4km)
- Hawthorne (8.5km)
- Waverly (9.7km)
- Old Waverly (9.9km)
- Esperanza (11.1km)
- Ada (11.2km)
- Maynard (11.6km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Little Caney Creek (3.7km)
- Little Caney Creek (3.8km)
- Hegar Branch (4.4km)
- Rocky Creek (7.3km)
- Chicken Creek (8.2km)
- Chicken Creek (8.2km)
- Turkey Creek (10.4km)
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- cemetery;
- a burial place or ground.
- Jasper Cemetery (7.7km)
- Old Waverly Cemetery (9.6km)
- Hardy Cemetery (10.1km)
- Hargrove Cemetery (11.1km)
- Hill Cemetery (11.2km)
- Williams Cemetery (11.5km)
- Scott Cemetery (11.8km)
- Local Feature;
- A Nearby feature worthy of being marked on a map..
- Willis Lookout (0km)
- Willis Lookout (0.1km)
- 7 Mile Caney (10.9km)
- Esperanza (11.2km)
- forest(s);
- an area dominated by tree vegetation.
- Sam Houston National Forest (10.6km)
- school;
- building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
- Stubblefield Alternative School (11.5km)
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I've been a lame blogger this week, so in exchange, I give you pizza. No one can deny the power of pizza. No one.
If you want a lesson in patience, making homemade pizza crust is certainly a good place to start. We make a lot of homemade pizza, but I somewhat shamelessly admit that I use pretty gross store bought crust. I've always wanted to make it from scratch, but the planning ahead it requires is not in line with the few precious hours I have from the time I get home from work and go to bed. But the other night I made a super simple dinner and then got to work on the dough – which actually takes no time at all. Stick it in the fridge and then pull it out the next night to shape it out. You're even supposed to pull it out 2 hours prior to baking it and I was like, are you kidding me? I'm not eating dinner at 10pm, dude. So I warmed it up in the oven for a hot minute and then got to work. And it was delicious – pizza life changing.
I used this recipe from 101 cookbooks, using half whole wheat, half white flour. Mine doesn't look anything like Heidi's, but she has a pizza stone and what I'd assume is the ability to actually follow directions correctly and do that fancy pizza tossing thing. Whatever, still delicious. We made one with red sauce, Canadian bacon, pineapple, and fresh mozzarella. The other was pear, walnut, and Gorgonzola (I rub olive oil and balsamic vinegar on the crust first). Tips: I burnt the HELL out of my arm because you have to heat the oven as hot as it will get and put the pan on the floor of the oven, a treacherous feat for clumsy people*. Be careful! Also, watch that baby because it goes from not done to burnt in like, 1 minute.
* I knew I kept an aloe plant around for reasons other than them being the easiest plants on earth to take care of!


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The thing I love most about social software is the way it's connected me to so many different people, from many many places. Certainly when I started reading blogs and then writing my own, I tapped into a resource that allowed me to engage in critical inquiry with people I wouldn't normally be able to because of distance or difference in discipline or even profession. I've learned from blogs that ideas come from unexpected quarters and that opening up the conversation makes it richer and more valuable.
While I still thing blogs and blogging are at the core of my social software world, my experience with Twitter has added another dimension to that world. When I first signed up over a year ago, I didn't get it. Then I went to Faculty Academy at UMW and got more than 2 friends and it suddenly made sense. Alan Levine has a great Twitter curve that shows almost everyone goes through the same process and that Twitter can be quite addicting.
Here's just a few things I use Twitter for:
- Conference backchannel. This has been both good and evil. It's good when the talk is good and people often send more links and make interesting comments. It's bad when the crowd turns against the speaker and uses the backchannel to let off a little steam. Related use: conference notes.
- Quick questions. I've thrown out questions to the twitterverse many times. I've asked everything from specific how-tos to more philosophical questions. The responses I get come in much faster than they would via email or even through a blog.
- Arranging meetings. This is great at conferences when you don't have someone's cell or if you don't even know who you want to meet with. I've arranged two meetups for dinner this way.
- Keeping up with distant colleagues. This is actually my favorite use. I get to find out more about people I meet at conferences. I know now that some people go jogging every day, get up really early, or spend Saturdays making breakfast for their kids. These intimate details bind us together the same way they do when you talk to people in person. And then when I see them again, I feel like we haven't been apart as long. We connect more quickly and then keep building up a relationship from there.
Although I have great colleagues locally, work can still be isolating at times. Twitter gives me a world full of co-workers, motivating and inspiring me constantly throughout the day.


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Here at Calvary Bible Church, we believe in teaching children to know God and His Word from a very young age. We provide many opportunities for children to learn about God and Jesus!
The safety of our children is a priority, therefore all adults who work with children at CBC have been approved by both a pastor and an Elder, and have had a background check done.
Below is a description of some of our children's ministries. Please check the children's calendar for more details on times and rooms of our weekday activities.
Located off our foyer, and not far from the sanctuary, our infant and toddler nurseries are staffed by caring members of our church family and provide a safe environment for our youngest members while their parents are in Sunday Small Group or Worship Service. Our nurseries accommodate children aged newborn through 36 months.
We believe that one of the best ways to learn about God is with a caring group of fellow believers. To that end, we have Sunday Small Groups for all ages, including age-appropriate groups for ages 2 years through 5th grade. In these groups, children learn about God's Word, do crafts, and share prayer requests. Children are also welcome to attend any Sunday Small Group with a parent.
During our Sunday morning Worship Service, we have our Elevate program for children age 3 years through 3rd grade. These children, who are too old for the nursery, start out in the Worship Service with their parents. Before the sermon, the children are dismissed and their parents take them to the foyer to meet their Elevate teachers. The teachers take them in groups to their classrooms, where they learn to worship God. After the Worship Service, parents are asked to pick their children up from the Elevate classrooms.
The 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month are a busy time at CBC! The following children's groups meet at the church from 7:00 to 8:30 PM during the school year.
Faith Girlz is a fun Bible Study for all girls in 1st through 3rd grades. The girls study God's Word, build relationships, and do fun activities.
Girls of Grace is a fun group for all girls in 4th and 5th grades. The girls learn about God's Word and build relationships with each other and with godly teachers.
Boys Club is a fun group for boys in grades 1 through 5 and their fathers. The boys and their fathers study God's Word, and do crafts and other fun activities.
For more information about our children's ministries, please contact our Children's Ministries Coordinator, Elizabeth Stryker, at firstname.lastname@example.com or (908) 534-9445.


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It's Caylee here and I'm sharing two weeks in one because I'm a grown up and I can give myself permission to combine the two into one spread.
These two weeks were filled with traveling back to our city after our holiday and getting settled into the every day again. In case you're wondering about who poor Molly is and why she got a bang, Molly is my car. We had paid her first repayment and the very next day someone drove into her. It quickly forced us away from the holiday mindset and towards thinking like responsible adults. I didn't want to dwell on it too much, though, and instead chose to focus on our fur baby.
The glorious flurry of yes-es was perfect for how enthusiastic I was to be on holiday and away from responsibility.
Besides the pretty obvious photo, evidence of my new Silhouette Portrait is seen in my die cut below. You can also see that I'm still new and trying to adjust to the settings by how coarsely I cut the paper. I like it that way. Memories… right ?
My favourite pocket in this spread is the YES one. Big. Bold. Positive. I used one of the papers in the kit as an overlay over the transparency and the two blended quite well.
Have a very happy June ♥
Products used: Say Yes To, You are My Favourite from pictures + words no.7 • title card from pictures + words no.9, Week in Review Cards, May word art freebie from my blog • words + letters no. 1 from green fingerprint • Archer and Oswald fonts
♥ Caylee
You can find more bits of my life on Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest, and my blog.


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Relationships – 14 Errors in LIFE Early teachings of Bhagavan
Relationships – 14 Errors in LIFE Early teachings of Bhagavan
Just to see, this is what I am, not to judge, condemn.
To see is to be free.
1. To attempt to set up our own standard of right and wrong and expect everyone to conform it to
That which gives greater happiness to maximum # of people is right. This is AB standard of what is right.
Varies situation to situation, person to person Is it a truth for me? Even if it is a truth to you, you can't force it on others.
When people don't fall into our expectation we suffer.
2.To try and measure the enjoyment of others by our own
3. To expect uniformity of opinion in the world
We suffer and so do others.
4.To worry others and ourselves about what cannot be remedied
Trying to change that which can't be changed
The Serenity Prayer
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; ?
courage to change the things I can;?and wisdom to know the difference.
5. To look for judgment and experience in children
treating kids like that are big people, dignified at events, etc.
6. To endeavor to mold all dispositions alike
Why can't they think like me! Why can't they understand???
7. Not to fight for small things.
It affects our relationships when we fight for trivial things. So What??
8. To look for perfection in our own actions.
Only an awakened person can be perfect, we (the MIND) justify our actions to make it look perfect!
9. To to alleviate, if we can, all that needs alleviation.
Get help from the divine. When we help people, help will come to us.
AmmaBhagavan do this for all of us all the time.
10.Not to allow for the weakness of others.
Everyone has some weakness and some strength. We can' t say to them "You can't have this weakness." It is how we are created as a package. We must know our own weakness then we can accept anybody's weakness.
11. To consider anything impossible what we ourselves can't perform.
I am the center of the universe. If I can't do it no one can….
12. To live as if the day, the time, the moment, were so important it would live forever
This too shall pass; nothing is permanent, when we think it is, we suffer.
13. To believe only what our finite minds can grasp.
How can the part (the MIND) understand the whole? Experience is everything
14. To estimate people by some outside quality when it is what's inside that matters.
When we suffer we ask ourselves what error am I doing.
Be more truthful about ourselves. We lie. Inner Integrity.
Heart Chakra gives the answer when you listen.
Feeling inside tells you the truth
When the truth is bitter you want to follow the mind because the mind creates a story that give you a cushion.
When your heart chakra is activated you'll not be afraid to see your truth
You fight inside, in the process you are afraid. There is resistance to the see the truth, lack of inner integrity.
Fear of losing image you have about yourself. There is rejection inside and you are not ready to see it.
You get in touch with the feeling so you see it accept it, then no struggle
You escape saying. "It's my family pattern, it's karma, etc."


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MICHEL MARTIN (Host): And now, as we get ready to honor mothers on Sunday, we wanted to take a look at how mothers are faring worldwide. This week, Save the Children released its annual report on the state of the world's mothers. It examines 164 countries, and ranks the world's best and worst places for moms. Norway was ranked number one this year, while Afghanistan was at the very bottom of the list. The United States, meanwhile, falls at number 31.
We wanted to talk more about this so we've called Mary Beth Powers. She is the leader of the Save the Children's Newborn and Child Survival campaign, and she's with us from our bureau in New York. Welcome. Thanks so much for joining us.
MARY BETH POWERS: Thanks, Michel. Glad to be here.
MARTIN: Why was Norway ranked number one this year? And I should mention that Norway was followed closely by Australia, Iceland, Sweden and Denmark.
POWERS: I mean, in many of those countries, you see the kinds of investment in women's health and children's health that makes a huge difference in the outcomes for moms and kids. And that's the reason that they consistently are at the top of the list. But there's a few other things. Like, they tend to have a lot of women in their national legislatures. And we consider that when moms are in Congress or moms are in parliament, they tend to make policies that are good for moms and kids.
MARTIN: I want to talk a little bit more about that in a minute, but I just want to get the flipside of the report, the less-happy news. Afghanistan was found to be the worst country for mothers. And they were followed closely by Niger, Guinea-Bissau and Yemen. What made them the worst places in the world to be mothers?
POWERS: I mean, in most of those countries, health care is not accessible to every woman. So the vast majority of women in Afghanistan, for example, deliver at home, often alone or with a neighbor. So maternal mortality rates are extremely high. Every pregnancy is risky. Many women don't use contraception. So you have this very, very high risk of death just trying to become a mother. And then the children of Afghanistan, and in a lot of sub-Saharan Africa, face inordinately high risk of death. And frankly, most of those deaths are preventable.
MARTIN: Well, I wanted to ask, though, about some of the factors that go into the rankings. I think some of the metrics that you use are things that I think everybody would agree with. Like, the lifetime risk of maternal death, the mortality rate for children under 5, having a skilled attendant at delivery - things of that sort, I assume everybody would agree with that. But there are other factors that go into the rankings - like the participation of women in national government, like you talked about earlier, or maybe maternity leave. That's a political issue in this country; it's an ongoing political issue in this country. So I wanted to ask, you know, why a factor like that, you think, needs to be in this report?
POWERS: You know, we talked to a lot of experts, and we talked to mothers themselves, about what other kind of factors that make you feel like this is a country that's invested in you being a good mom? And in fact, you know, the amount of time a woman gets for maternity leave - which is one reason that the United States ranks so far behind every other industrialized country - does make a difference in women's well-being, but also in children's well-being. So there are other factors that we put into the report, that maybe aren't sort of the straight health and education factors, but we think make a difference in people's success at mothering.
MARTIN: Well, the United States, as we mentioned earlier, is ranked number 31 on this report. The U.S. has the least generous maternity leave policy among its peer industrial, you know, economies and so forth. Is that the main reason that the U.S. ranks as low as it does, or are there other factors?
POWERS: Well, actually, the United States has among the highest child mortality rates in the industrialized world, and the highest maternal mortality rates in the industrialized world. So it's much riskier. And that's determined by a number of factors, including the fact that there are populations in the United States that don't get adequate health care during pregnancy; maybe underlying conditions, like diabetes or hypertension, don't get treated early in pregnancy or aren't diagnosed early in pregnancy so women go on to have premature deliveries; those kids are at higher risk, etc. So there's a bunch of factors that end up putting the United States in - really, kind of close to last place on some very important health indicators for moms and kids.
MARTIN: Just by way of example, a woman in the U.S. is more than seven times as likely as a woman in Italy or Ireland to die from pregnancy-related causes, and the risk of maternal death is 15 fold that of a woman in Greece, according to the report. So what I'm hearing you say is it's not just a matter of sort of political representation issues. There are really, some significant health differences for women in this country. I think people might be surprised at that. Do you think so?
POWERS: Well, I think - interestingly, just this week, the United Nations released the new data on global growth rates, population growth rates around the world. And some of the growth is going to take place in the United States, for example. And one reason is we tend to have, still, bigger families in the United States than a lot of our European colleagues. So it doesn't surprise me that compared to Italy, for example - where fertility is very low, so if you're not pregnant as often, you're not exposed to the risk of death in pregnancy or childbirth.
MARTIN: We're talking with Mary Beth Powers. She's the leader of the Save the Children's Newborn and Child Survival campaign. We're talking about Save the Children's annual report on the state of the world's mothers. It examines 164 countries, and it ranks the world's best and worst places for moms. Do you know where the U.S. was last year whereas number 31 this year - do you happen to remember where the U.S. was last year?
POWERS: Yeah. I think we were 28 so - I think 28 or 29 - so we dropped a couple of pegs. And it really does, again, have to do with these factors that are not really changing. I mean - that the U.S. maternal mortality rate and child mortality are not getting better. And in fact, you know, kids in Norway, in Japan, etc., are losing just three kids per thousand in terms of child mortality rates whereas in the United States, it's eight per thousand.
MARTIN: The report does point out that there are places where conditions are improving, particularly in developing countries. Malawi, for example, has cut its child mortality rate in half since 1990, a fact that's highlighted the report. What has Malawi done to make this improvement?
POWERS: I think it's really important to recognize the fact that certain governments have made a real political commitment, and then followed through on that commitment, to bring health care closer to every family. So in Malawi, there are health surveillance agents, they're called, but they're basically outreach workers who work in clinics, but also work in communities - basically visiting households, making sure moms, pregnant women are doing well through the pregnancy, and then going back and checking on kids to make sure kids get treatment from pneumonia, diarrhea, malaria - the three biggest killers of kids in Malawi.
And those kinds of investments - increasing immunization coverage, for example - has really, dramatically reduced child deaths due to preventable causes. So Malawi has a lot to be proud of.
MARTIN: So what are you thinking about this Mother's Day? What are you going to be thinking about?
POWERS: Usually on Mother's Day, you know, I do sort of the typical - I do a little bit of gardening. I often get garden plants from my kids. So I do some of that.
MARTIN: Breakfast in bed for you?
POWERS: I hope so, but I hope we don't serve it with syrup this year.
(soundbite of laughter)
MARTIN: OK. Mary Beth Powers is the head of Save the Children's Newborn and Child Survival campaign. She joined us from our bureau in New York. And if you want to read the report in its entirety - and we hope you will - we'll link to it on our website. Just go to NPR.org. Go to the Programs tab, and then click on TELL ME MORE. Mary Beth Powers, thank you so much for joining us, and Happy Mother's Day to you.
POWERS: Thank you so much, and to your listeners as well.
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