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I booked the Japan JR Rail Pass for three weeks knowing that after two weeks in Tokyo I'd be ready to explore more of what Japan had to offer for the rest of my time in the country.
I paid £314 for the three-week Japan rail pass, with Fed Ex next day delivery (I'd left it to the last minute – standard).
Just to note you don't need a Japanese rail pass if you're planning on staying in Tokyo only. I so nearly bought one for that time too which would've been a horrible waste of money. Journeys on the Tokyo subway are around £1.50 so the cost wouldn't be worth it.
I love to look at how much I'm getting for my money so here's what my time exploring wider Japan would've cost me if I hadn't invested in the three week Japan rail pass. All prices are from the almighty hyperdia.com website which gives the train information for the whole of Japan.
My JR Pass journeys
- Tokyo to Kyoto 8,210¥ | £45.67
- Kyoto to Osaka 560¥ | £3.11
- Osaka to Kyoto 560¥ | £3.11
- Kyoto to Nara 620¥ | £3.45
- Nara to Osaka 800¥ | £4.45
- Wayamaka to Osaka 1240¥ | £6.90
- Osaka to Tokyo 8750¥ | £48.68
- Tokyo to Yamagata 6800¥ | £37.83
- Yamagata to Hakodate 9830¥ | £54.68
- Hakodate to Chitose 5070¥ | £28.20
- Niseko to Sapporo 2160¥ | £12.02
- Sapporo to Otaru 640¥ | £3.56
- Otaru to Tokyo 14470¥ | £80.50
- Tokyo to Narita Airport 1400¥ | £7.79
= 60,540¥ | £336.88
Wow, it's a close one, even with travelling halfway up the country and back again. I was actually expecting there to be more of a difference. Now I feel like I didn't travel enough – should've done that Hiroshima trip.
Total without pass = £336.88
Total with pass = £314
Difference = £22.88
So I guess the answer to 'is the Japan Rail Pass worth it for 3 weeks' is yes, but only just!
As well as the cost, one of the other benefits of the rail pass in Japan is that you don't have to buy a ticket every time. I'd have definitely missed a few of my trains if I'd had to join the queues at the station. Just ask when you flash your pass to get through the turnstiles – I only ever had to book seat reservations, and that was if I wanted to.
Is the pass right for you?
Make sure you analyse whether the rail pass is right for your trip plans before you invest, as you can see you have to go pretty far to get your ROI. And remember, you can only get the Japan Rail Pass before you're in the country. It has to be delivered to an address outside of Japan and then you can get it validated at a ticket office when you're there.


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While at the residence, investigators observed the subject arrive at the home. Upon seeing the investigators, the subject began to flee the scene on foot. Investigators were able to catch up and make contact with the subject a short distance away. The subject was transported to the Cecil County Sheriff's Office for an interview concerning the allegations. During the interview, investigators learned that the sketchbook had been burned a few days earlier. The subject denied that he would ever take part in a school shooting and would not provide specifics concerning his drawings.
After speaking with the witnesses, family members, viewing social media, and reviewing past incidents, investigators believed it was in the subject and the public's best interests to have the subject medically evaluated. The subject was transported to a local medical facility where an emergency petition was completed by investigators and the subject is currently under the care of mental health professionals.
Sheriff's Office investigators consulted with the Cecil County State's Attorney's Office concerning possible criminal charges. It was determined that the photographs viewed in another state did not meet requirements for criminal charges. Investigators are continuing their investigation into this matter. Sheriff's Office personnel made contact with Cecil County Public School and Cecil College administrative staff about safety concerns. Sheriff's Office personnel also contacted and were assisted by state and federal agencies concerning this investigation. Investigators are still working to determine if a potential incident was thwarted.
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OMG!!! LOVE them both!!! That SPY is TO DIE FOR!!!
WoW!! Lucky you Happy Birthday! I love the color of your b-bag
Thanks LV_addict and toonie.
OH MY, I love them, especially the color of the spy! TDF!
Happy Birthday! Gorgeous gifts - wow!!!
WOW! The colors are gorgeous!
Excellent choices!! Congrats on the new bags!
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Estile ~~ Happy Birthday! I love both, but especially your cognac Spy!
Thanks once again guys - Pink , it's actually the chocolate brown not the cognac
I just noticed that the pics look kindda wierd on internet explorer. I uploaded them using a different web browser. Oh well
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You're so lucky to get one of those "oldies" spy handles, good to know Fendi starts making the handles like they did on the first season spies!!!
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Court documents claim that the cut caused an immediate stroke that has left the man permanently disabled, suffering from left hemi-paresis, executive functioning disorder, bouts of fecal and urinary incontinence, seizures, aphasia, and cognitive deficit.
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4 Reasons Why You Should Love Coconuts and How You Can Eat Them
Did you know that coconuts are one of the best foods you can eat? Here are a few reasons why you should love them and how they can be incorporated into your diet.
Coconuts are one of the most delicious and versatile foods in the world. So many ingredients and uses can be derived from them which is absolutely wonderful because it is also one of the healthiest foods you can consume. Coconuts are a great plant source of a lot of different nutrients and tastes great in different types of cooking. The products that can be made from coconut can benefit your body in various ways, depending on how you use and consume them. If you want to find out how you can use and incorporate them in your everyday diet, here is some useful info:
The Benefits
It's great for Digestion
It is commonly known that fiber is essential for getting your digestive system moving quickly and effectively. High fiber foods are recommended for those who may be having any digestive problems. Coconuts are a great source of dietary fiber, supplying about 10% in a 28g serving of shaved coconut. The carbohydrates it contains are non-digestible (AKA insoluble fiber), which basically means that it is a type of carb that has no calories since the body cannot digest it. Coconuts are also known to contain some amounts of antioxidants which can help with your digestion, as well.
It's a Source of Healthy Fats
Coconut has gotten a bad rep for having high levels of saturated fat. But in moderation, saturated fat, especially from a plant-based source, can be good for your health. Some studies have shown that coconut oil can help prevent Alzheimer's. Plus, you can enjoy coconut without worrying about cholesterol that is in meat and other animal by-products that contain saturated fats. So add a dollop to your frying pan!
It's Full of Nutrients
Coconuts offers some key nutrients. It contains a whopping 21% of your daily manganese in a serving, which actually helps in fat absorption, and aids the body in forming connective tissue, bones, blood clotting and sex hormones. Additionally, it contains copper, some iron, selenium, potassium, and phosphorus.
Hair, Skin, and Teeth Benefits
Coconuts are a very healthy food for your body - delicious and versatile. However, its benefits go beyond consuming it as a food. Rubbing some coconut oil on your hair and skin can improve its appearance and overall condition by softening and moisturizing. Lately, there is also a method of teeth whitening called "coconut oil pulling" that effectively whitens teeth without sacrificing their health. Some studies show that coconut oil pulling can strengthen teeth and eliminate bad breath because of its antibacterial and antimicrobial properties.
The Uses
Coconut Sugar
Coconut sugar can be a great healthy alternative to regular sugar. It contains more vitamins and nutrients retained from the coconut sap during processing. It may also have a lower glycemic index, which means that it is less likely to raise your blood sugar levels compared to regular sugar. It is also quite delicious!
Coconut Oil
Coconut oil is one of the healthiest cooking oils you can use and it's also one of the most versatile. It's great because it has a high smoking point, so unlike other healthy cooking oil alternatives, you can actually use coconut oil for some high heat cooking and even baking. Coconut oil has been shown to have antimicrobial, antibacterial, antifungal, and antiviral properties, which will help boost your immune system and protect you from illness.
Coconut Water
If you want a fruit juice alternative with less of the sugar, then coconut water is probably going to be perfect for you. Coconut water is not only a sweet treat for your taste buds and hydrating after a hard workout, it is also full of vitamin C, magnesium, potassium, manganese, iron, riboflavin, calcium, and copper. It also has a surprising 11% of your daily fiber needs in a one cup serving, keeping you full and charged!
Coconut Meat
Coconut meat, much like coconut oil, has gained a bad rep for having high amounts of saturated fat. However, the fats in coconut are classified as MCTs or medium-chain triglycerides which means that they aren't stored in the body as fat but transferred from the GI tract to the liver and immediately burned as fuel or energy for your body. Coconut meat also proves to be helpful in preventing heart disease because of the vitamins, polyphenols, and phytosterols it contains that helps lower cholesterol. Coconut meat is super versatile as you can eat it raw, cooked, or even as a preserve. You can have it as a savory dish or use it for yummy but healthy baked treats.
Coconuts are a bit undervalued as a superfood because of the bad reputation it has gained throughout the years, but don't mistake it, they are still quite the superfood! Coconuts are the source of many useful ingredients you can use in your diet as a healthier, plant-based alternative. It should be considered a superfood because of its incredible versatility and numerous health benefits it will provide your body. If you are nuts about coconuts, then have at it, because it definitely deserves some love!


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Online training courses produced by Yeru Bön Center
Read below to learn about current and upcoming Door to Bön online courses.
Click here to learn more about Yeru Bön Center's recommended curriculum.
Sherab Chamma Daily Practice Course
2 Month Online Course
Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche teaches Sherab Cham Ma, or "Loving Mother." This teaching was originally taught by Tonpa Shenrab, Founder of Bön and is part of the series of the Mother Tantra.
Sherab Cham Ma (also known as "Cham Ma") is the female form of the Enlightened One. She holds the collective power of Compassion and Wisdom of all enlightened ones of the past, present and future. She is also the source of manifestation of all the perfected enlightened ones.
This course is an in-depth look at Daily Sherab Chamma practice. It uses the video of the retreat held in 2016 for the media. However, for those that are looking to deeply connect to this practice with extra information, suggested mind-training exercises, journaling prompts and more will find benefit in taking the course. Additionally, attending the course allows practitioners to connect with others who are practicing Sherab Chamma through the course forum.
The course is split into two lessons meant to be worked over two months, but students will be able to work through the material at their own pace.
Intro to Gong Chod Namsum
3 Month Online Course
Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche will teach us that many of life's problems have to do with fear and attachments. Through the Gong Chod Namsum Magyud, a part of The Mother Tantra, we will learn the practice of cutting away obstacles to peace. This ancient practice of Chod (literally, "to cut") is a skillful method for dissolving obstacles.
The online course is highly recommended, as it gives students time to learn the basics of the practice, thus allowing us to reach a deeper level of this powerful and amazing retreat. Our experience is that when students participate on the online courses prior to a retreat, their knowledge is deeper, the retreats are more profound and a bond is built with other students prior to the retreats and more enjoyable.
This course is open to anyone looking to learn more about Gong Chod Namsum, and is especially helpful for those preparing to come to Gong Chod Namsum teaching in Los Angeles in March, 2017.
The Essentials of Bön
3 Month Online Course
All Lessons Available. Work at your own pace.
Have you ever wished you knew more about Bon? Not just a specific teaching, but Bön in general, and how the teachings of Bon are so nurturing to our lives. Do you get confused by the chants and prayers? Do you know what all those things on the altar are? Do you wish you understood better what was going in an offering ceremony (tsok)? Do you wish you could remember all those things about prayer and chanting you learned one weekend, but can't quite remember?
This Essentials Of Bon course could offer an ah-ha moment. By the end of this course will have a good background and History of Bön, and a better understanding of the elements of practice.
Any serious student of Bon, beginner to advanced, can take this course and learn things that are valuable for your daily life, your practice, and allow you to help others in their study of Bon.
Yes, this is an Umzed Course, but so many people have asked of the Essentials of Bon, but are not interested in being a chant leader, they just want to know and understand the essentials of Bön so they may progress in their practice.
A-Tri Dzogchen Ngondro (Preliminary Practice)
7 Month Online Course
Currently closed to new applicants.
The Ngondro, sometimes called the "Preliminary Practice," is crucial to every student of Bön. Through these practices we learn the essentials of inner transformation. The Ngondro is used to prepare ourselves for further, deeper teachings. Properly understood and practiced, the Ngondro is also a path to enlightenment in itself. This course is of benefit to every Bön student, whether beginner or advanced.
Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche is a senior Geshe from sMenri Monastery, and is the abbot of Latri Monastery in Tibet. As one of the modern masters of Bön, Rinpoche is a well-known qualified teacher in Bon.
This course will provide a structure and foundation for a lifetime of Bön practice. Rinpoche believes strongly in developing this firm foundation, so that we will be able to build upon this foundation as we progress with our practice. Without a deep knowledge and understanding of the Ngondro, we can chant the prayers and mantras, but it will not achieve your final attainment; we will not have the proper skills to progress in the practice of Bön.
Rinpoche has developed an online course using video, audio, teaching text, journaling, chat room forums, and private phone conversations with him to be sure you are truly practicing this very special practice. In this six-month online course, Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche will teach the Ngondro according to the A-Khrid Kalung Gyatso (the "Ocean of Oral Transmission and Guiding Instruction through the A- Syllable"), which is one of the three main Dzogchen Cycle traditions.
Red Garuda Online Course
10 Month Online Course
All Lessons Available. Work at your own pace.
The Red Garuda practice focuses on healing. It heals ourselves by generating and receiving positive energies, healing empowerments, and protections from the Red Garuda. It heals others by generating the ability and power to transform negativity, disturbances and obstacles that cause illness. This practice falls in the secret category or method of Tantra.
The Red Garuda online course teaches practitioners the primary Red Garuda practice and prepares them for further study at the Advanced Retreat.
Yeru's first Red Garuda Advanced Retreat has finished, but more are being planned for 2018. The Advanced Retreats are only available to those that have completed the online course.
At the Advanced Retreat, all the material you will learn through the online course will be practiced with Rinpoche, to be sure all students have a good understanding of the material. At the completion of the Advanced Retreat, Rinpoche will award successful participants with a certificate of completion signed by Latri Nyima Dakpa Rinpoche.


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China Innovation Investment has entered into a framework agreement to purchase shares in California-based battery producer Power Solutions Energy Inc, according to media reports on Monday.
Under the agreement, China Innovation would buy an undisclosed amount of shares in Power Solutions through cash and/or convertible bond issues, sina.com said on Monday, citing a company statement.
Power Energy has technologies that could improve the capacity of lithium-ion batteries by 80 percent, according to the report.
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After spending 6 nights exploring the Shompole region of Kenya's south Rift Valley, I can safely say that this is truly one of the few real wild frontiers left in Africa. A 5 hour drive from Nairobi took our guests into the great rift valley, passed the alkaline waters of Lake Magadi (one of the largest soda processing plants in the world) across the Ewasa Ngiro River, and eventually to the Wild Eye Mobile camp which had been setup in the heart of the Shompole Conservancy.
The sight of Mount Shompole was a welcome view as we enjoyed our lunch and gave guests a brief orientation on the camp and the itinerary for the week. The media tent was once again filled with laptops, battery chargers and loads of camera gear as we prepared for our first afternoon drive through the conservancy.
Expanding on his now famous waterhole presentation, Greg ran through some images and stories from his time in the region and, more importantly, the well known waterhole which was just 10km's from our camp. This time his talk was different, he was able to point out the direction of Lake Natron, Mount Shompole and his waterhole. For the first time in 8 years, he was back where it all started and one could really see just how stoked he was to be back, and this time with his wife Claire.
With excitement levels at an all time high, the guests prepped their gear for the early morning excursion to Lake Natron before being serenaded by the unmistakable symphony of the African night.
This safari had many unique aspects to it, one of which was undoubtedly the opportunity to photograph Lake Natron. This remote alkaline lake has featured in just a handful of photographers portfolios, and our guests revelled in the experience of capturing the almost alien landscape at first light on day two of our safari.
The lake is fed by the Southern Ewaso Ngiro River and also by mineral-rich hot springs. It is quite shallow, less than three metres deep, and varies in width depending on its water level which changes due to high levels of evaporation, leaving behind a mixture of salts and minerals called natron. Apart from the still waters and feature of Mount Shompole in the background, the black volcanic rock which lined the lake shore made for some interesting compositions and images, as did a flock of flamingo's and a handful of black-winged stilts.
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Making our way back to camp, we were reminded that this remote region was home to a number of people as we spotted two Maasai men crossing the salt encrusted pans with their donkeys as they made their way to a local market.
This was raw Africa at its best.
After lunch and a bit of down time in the camp (mostly spent looking through the morning's images), we headed out to visit the home of one of the local Maasai. This was unlike any cultural experience I had ever had as the authenticity was on a completely different level.
Our visit was timed to coincide with the return of the goats and cattle and, after walking through the boma and viewing the homes of each of the family members, the sounds of cow bells signalled the return of the goats.
The opportunity to watch and photograph the women of the boma go about their daily duties of milking the goats was captivating. One of the guests had the great idea of passing one of the children from this family a point-and-shoot, allowing him to capture images from his perspective. This was great as it meant that Greg was on the other side of a lens for a change!
After watching the cows return and being milked, we headed back for camp where the safari was about to take an interesting turn as our attention shifted from the landscape and the people that call this place home, to the wildlife and, more specifically, the lions that roam these plains.
Over dinner Guy Western (Rebuilding the Pride) provided some insight into his PhD studies on how the local Maasai and Lions have been living alongside one another in Shompole. Not only have they been coexisting in this region, but their numbers have increased from an estimate of 10 back in 2005 when Greg first entered his waterhole, to roughly 50 in 2014.
I'll cover more of Guy's work in a separate post, but his presentation was fascinating and had the entire group captivated. The following morning we set out to track Lions with Guy and his research team.
Not wanting to spook the animals who are not as accustomed to vehicles as so many of their kin are, our group headed out into the dawn in 2 vehicles to search for Guy's subjects.
It wasn't long before Guy had his telemetry set (used for picking up the VHF signal emitted by the collars on a specific frequency) out and twirling it in the air. He had picked up a signal for a female he suspected had cubs stashed at the foot-slopes of the rift valley and she was in a nearby open grassland. Excitement levels peaked once again as we ventured off-road in the direction of the signal.
As the sun began to rise in the east, the seemingly endless grassy plains were punctuated by a pitch black nose, giving away the location of the lioness known as Nasha.
What followed in the next 4 hours – yip, that's right, we spent 4 hours with this beautiful lioness – was rather special. She was clearly on the hunt and had positioned herself in the middle of a corridor through which herds of wildebeest and zebra filed through on a daily basis.
We watched as she slipped stealthily through the waves of grass, re-adjusting her position before stalking. First with two wildebeest, then with a small herd of zebra who passed just meters in front of her – completely unaware of the hazel eyes that watched their every move.
For whatever reason she did not initiate a chase and, almost on queue and to complete our story, she slipped off into the thickets as the sound of cowbells and Maasai herders guiding their herds to pasture drew nearer.
Our afternoon activity saw us bring the day to a close at the Ngiro swamps, but our arrival was slightly delayed after I had managed to successfully find a sinkhole and smashed an entire leaf spring en-route to the fig tree forest.
Luckily our team of magicians got the car back to camp that night and had a new part fitted and the vehicle ready to rock and roll the following afternoon – unbelievable.
So that's the first 3 nights of our Safari. As you can see, even at the halfway mark we had already had some incredible experiences.
It just gets better from here, so keep an eye out for part two of my trip report!
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We don't know about you, but we never tire of Fixer Upper episodes. {Chip & Joanna are just so good at what they do!}. At Pickled Barrel we admire Joanna's rustic taste and style for sure! So today's post is a roundup of what we think would be Joanna Gaines-approved rustic DIYs for your home. Take a look and let us know which are your favorites down in the comment section.
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The nearby Veluwemeer allows for recreation on the water or beach.The town centre is home to various bars and restaurants and a tourist information centre.
Human presence in the area goes back further however, with many archaeological finds of the Bell-Beaker culture having been made in the area.
For a long time the town most likely consisted of little more than a few farms and some other buildings like a windmill and a church and it didn't really grow much until the 19th century; in the year 1830 a road was made to make this part of the Veluwe more accessible and at the end of the 19th century the town got a railway station.
Because the railway station was some distance away from what was then the town centre a road was constructed, the Stationsstraat, which is now considered to be the centre of the town.
After the second world war a shortage of houses resulted in a rapid growth of Ermelo.
In 1973 Nunspeet became its own separate municipality after having been part of Ermelo before.
In 2005, Ermelo celebrated its 1150-year-long existence.
Various artists from across the country performed during the festivities.
A classic windmill dating from 1863 located in the town centre, named De Koe (The Cow), partially burned down in 1990 after having been hit by lightning, but was restored to working order in late 2008.
A nightclub moved out due to the complete renovation.
There are many campsites in the forests surrounding Ermelo which are popular place to stay for mainly Dutch and German tourists.
Cycling through the forests and heaths is a popular activity, especially during the summer.


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Is it even possible to sacrifice other people while being a sacrifice yourself?
"But he hasn't been ordained by the laws of fate causality, so he can't be among us."
"From the moment you took possession of that crimson beherit, you had the qualities to become a demon."
If possession of a beherit equates to being ordained, then when Conrad wrote him off in Volume 3, Guts wasn't yet qualified but not necessarily only because he was branded. He picked up the beherit after the count's death. Of course, there's plenty of wiggle room to loop around back to the accepted theory here. For instance, you could just as easily ask why the woman who gave Griffith the beherit, or even Daiba, wasn't qualified. The answer is apparent: They were merely ferrying the beherit along its course to its ultimate owner*. The same could be said of Guts. The true owner won't be known until it fully awakens for its big moment.*I use "owner" here only for the purposes of this discussion. Obviously, no one truly owns a beherit. They belong to, and are tools of, the Idea of Evil.
I also think that Guts is still carrying beherit to it's user rather than being user himself.
I don't see Rickert as a hypothetical beherit user.
I think there exists a distinct possibility that the beherit he carries will not actually be "used" by anyone to become an apostle and will instead serve another purpose.
I've always pictured this particular beherit being twist for its primarly purpose and instead being utilize for his properties and since SK pull out the "Yobimizu no Tsurugi", i tend to think, it will be use in a similar fashion. (I'm not saying Guts will emulate the same technique as SK)


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Thanks to everyone who came out for our Oliveros event with company VP Hank Bischoff on February 25th. We all had a great time even though the weather was a bit uncooperative. Spring is on the way I'm told. Any day now!
A special shout out goes to our friend Neil at Corteo's Pizza & Pasta (http://www.corteos.com) for providing us with some outstanding pizza!!
Next month on the 25th we party with Camacho Cigars and Matusalem Rum. You DON'T want to miss this one!!
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Perdomo Cigars facility in Miami Lakes
Should you ever find yourself in Miami Lakes, consider visiting Perdomo's facility off the Palmetto. Nick himself might even be there to say hi!
Here are a few shots I took last week when I was in town.
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I like running because I really, really, really like dessert.
SMiLes by Meg is a blog to indulge that sweet tooth, and hopefully yours as well. I'll be posting one recipe a week after each of my weekend baking adventures. I love to make cookies, cakes, bars, pies, combinations of all of the above – I don't discriminate. So as the weeks go by, keep coming back for more delicious goodness, and feel free to make requests! I might just consider them.
A little about Meg:
I'm a recent college graduate making the transition to real life teaching high school biology. As a science nerd, I think of baking as an experiment in ratios and ingredients. As a perfectionist, I spend probably too much time creating frosting colors and decorating. As a runner trying to be healthy, I am constantly pushing my baked treats onto others, whether they want them or not. And as a new blogger, I'm hoping that you find SMiLes by Meg at least a little bit entertaining. Enjoy!


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So, I love to cook. Always have really. I remember being so excited when it came time for the cooking portion of the home economics class I took in highschool. Actually, I took a home economics class at all the high schools I attended. Yes, plural. I just have always loved to cook, and after many years of making shitty dishes I finally learned the basics of cooking when I lived overseas in Italy.
Cooking makes me happy and relaxes me; even though the kitchens ends up in complete disarray when I am done. I love watching cooking shows and competitions. I want all the kitchen gadgets I can fit in my drawers. I wear an apron when I enter my sanctuary and I love to capture my creations on camera! Trying out new recipes and new food is my idea of a good time. I love shopping for new serve ware and I have a fucking theme in my kitchen. I like to describe myself as a self-proclaimed foody and amateur cook.
Anyway, I was never a sweets person before Charlotte, so my baking skills were at a fifth-grade level. At best. I burned prepackaged cookies. I mean seriously; break off, put on cookie sheet, bake for 7 minutes. Burned. Always. I don't know. But when I was pregnant with Charlotte that all changed, and the need to learn to bake was born.
I love muffins, and they are a super easy way to learn how to bake from scratch. My husband especially loves blueberries, so this is a recipe I make often. They are not too sweet, so perfect for breakfast, and just sweet enough that I can have one at night to quiet a craving.
2 cups blueberries
2 eggs (room temp)
3 tsp baking powder
3 cups flour
1 1/4 tsp salt
1 1/4 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp vanilla
6 tbsp butter (room temp)
1 cup milk
Preheat oven to 375. Combine butter and sugar in mixer. Once mixed, add eggs,
vanilla and then slowly add the milk. While that is mixing combine dry ingredients.
Slowly add the dry ingredients to the batter.
Lastly, fold in the blueberries carefully.
Fill your muffin trays fitted with cupcake liners 3/4 full of batter.
Bake at 375 for about 25 minutes.
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A Good Day In a Good Way
The last weak rays of sun before nightfall,
Helter-Skelter Around Paris
Paris:- Wednesday, 17. February 1999:- Like most times when leaving the village and climbing uphill to catch the train, I can tell how I'm doing by where I am in the graveyard when the church bells chime the hour. Like most times, I am just going into the cemetery when they ring. They are always late too.
Unlike most times, I do not need to figure out why I'm going to Paris after I get on the train. Today I already have a list of four items. By the time I get to Etoile, I add the Drugstore and its 'servicios' to it because I did not get time to look hard at the map, and I may have to search around a bit to find the Press Club de France.
The short, fast look at the map I did take, hinted the Avenue d'Iéna location may be near the Etoile. It's a good thing I added the Drugstore pause, because it isn't. I forgot to bring the invitation too, so I have to go to a postoffice to ask for the street number. Luckily, they've heard of the place.
All in all, I'm only ten minutes late. The press conference hasn't started yet. I don't come to many of these and I'm at this one to find out why I'm at it.
The good folks at Issy-les-Moulineaux sent me an invitation to the press conference for the 9th International 'Météo' Festival. I looked it up on the Web a week ago, and arrived at Québec in Canada. So, today I want to find out why Issy is holding this press conference in Paris.
The well-appointed and well-lit room is full and somebody brings in extra chairs for those of us standing. I remain standing in order to cool off. Also I can see more.
Mr. André Santini, one-time government minister, member of the National Assembly for the Hauts-de-Seine and Mayor of Issy - who I thought was a Senator; and who may be one still - and who is also known as France's 'Cyber-Mayor,' says the météo festival is mainly in Québec; but begins first in Issy-les-Moulineaux on 26. March.
The Canadian part starts on 15. April, in the city of Québec, which is in the province of the same name. The 'Anglos' in Canada call it Quebec City.Ministre Santini discussing the météo with François Fandeux at the Press Club.
Monsieur Le Ministre gives us the run-down on the festival in a snappy, morning-radio bark, much less irritating than the France-Info one which wakes me up daily. Issy is sending regional food and cooks to Québec as its contribution to the météo.
Apparently Issy has an antique tobacco factory which has been converted into a gastronomic palace - La Manufacture - where - hold it! - this is all a bit insane.
Start over: the basic point of all this is to award prizes for the world's best TV-weather-news. For whatever reason national weather services once existed, they now seem to be the main suppliers of raw facts for TV-weather presentations.
Weather on TV produces TV's biggest audiences. Et voilà - weather is big media business!
Weather is also part of the food-chain, so this is why Ministre Santini will take food and cooks to Québec. If this can convince the world's weather people to send better météo to Issy - and France! - then France will even be better off in the food business than it already is - this must be the reasoning behind it all.
A journalist, François Fandeux, dreamed all of this up; which kind of shows that some people in my business are not without imagination either. In Issy, it will be the '1st Marché Météo et Saveurs' and in Québec it will be the '9th Festival de la Météo.'
At the cocktail reception afterwards I cage an orange juice, ogle the lady press assistants and get my hand shaken by Ministre Santini by surprise - as sort of as a 'gotcha' for eavesdropping on what he was saying about the Ile Seguin to Mr. Fandeux.
Now I cross off two of the items on my list, go outside and buy Le Parisien from a kiosk, shoot this week's Morris column for the photo on the contents page and hop into the métro to go and meet Allan Pangborn at the Hôtel de Ville.From top left: Mathilde, 7; Skander, 6; and bottom, Gwendaël, 6 - some winner's of the city's Christmas drawing competition.
With a couple of minutes to spare I check out the skatingrink and the posted winners of the kid's drawing competition The city hall reception office is closed but Allan is there and we go for a café in a bar beside the BHV.
After this is out of the way, the reception office is still closed so we go over to the Ile Saint-Louis to the Oasis, and it is closed too. We settle on a minuscule crêpes resto on the island and load up on calories, and wine-man Allan tests the cidre. It's okay, he says. He's test-driven it before, in Brittany.
From there we cross back to the right bank mainland, see that a small crowd has gathered to get into the reception office, still without success, so I decide this is a good a time as any to waste my habitual 16 francs on the Loto at another nearby bar.
This done, we take to the métro. After getting off a stop too soon and getting back on, we get up to Saint-Augustin, to go to the Mairie of the eighth arrondissement.
I get the sign-up form for painting on the Champs-Elysées, scheduled for 29. May. With this in hand plus the city's 'Paris' magazine, we trot up Malesherbes to Courcelles and drop into the métro at Monceau, and make the change at Etoile to ride out to the Grande Arche at La Défense.
The phoney-looking postcard invitation to the '2nd Festival Japon' modern painting show gets us both a free ride in the space-capsule elevator up to the top of the Arche. Although the organizers are supposed to be Asahi Art Communication from Toyko, Art Sanjo and the Artec/Galerie A Part in Paris, there is no guest sign-in. In fact there is no reception at all.
This is okay because then we don't have to say 'excuse me' to anybody before popping out onto the rooftop terrace; where, by a lucky fluke, it is not raining and there is even a bit of weak sunshine slicing through the clouds just before it drops below the horizon to the west for the night.
While Allan takes his photos, the security guard tells me that he and a couple of buddies keep a watch on the top all the time - except maybe if there's snow. Otherwise, the roof of the Grande Arche is open all year, and there's always a couple of hardy snapshooters clicking away.
I am wondering about the scaffolding I see on the Tour Eiffel. It wasn't there this morning when I looked at it from the train while it passed over the heights of Suresnes.This part of the '2nd Festival Japon' exhibition was done by Robert Seguineau.
Then Allan points out how the Tour Montparnasse is directly behind the tower. I did unconsciously wonder where the Montparnasse monstrosity was, but - Allan goes further to the left on the terrace to get a separated view of them.
Well, the paintings. Yes, there seem to be about 300 of them. When I see 'modern' written, I expect to see strange stuff. But most of these paintings are not 'strange' at all. Somebody went to a lot of trouble to put up this lot of paintings and all of them will be gone by the time you read this. It's a good, spacy area for it though. There's a café and a gift shop as well.
There is supposed to be a 'vernissage' for the art show too but when we look where we are directed, there is only five people in all, assembling something on a stage in front of 300 empty seats and not a cracker, peanut or plastic wine glass in sight.
We get the same cute but bored-looking elevator driver going down as we had on the up trip and at the bottom where it is already nearly dark, we trot down the huge flight of stairs, ride down a long escalator and then down another one and hop back on the métro for the long blast of a ride to Châtelet.
There we switch lines and pop under the Seine and the Ile de la Cité over to Saint-Michel - where the exit escalators are being repaired so all the commuters and rush-hour people are squeezed onto what remains of the stairs and it's trudge, trudge, trudge upwards, and mind not to step on midgets and little kids.
Coming out of there into the night air at the corner of the boulevard and the quai is a bit startling, and even with all the fumes of passing cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles, the air seems refreshing after the long underground ride.
It is 18:10 so we scuttle along the sidewalk to Shakespeare & Company and push our way into the sales area in front, where the actor Michel Palin is signing his books.
Allan happened to see the poster announcing this event yesterday and took the precaution of buying author Palin's 'Pole to Pole' in advance. He hands me his loaded camera and I get mine out and while he's manoeuvering for his turn, I ask a cute spectator if she's drinking whisky.
She's got a shot glass, but it could have tea in it. If George put it up, it's probably colored water. Whatever she says to my dumb question - it is to give me the impression I'm not enough of an 'insider' myself to get one. What? Tea? Whisky? This will teach me not to come out to book-signings without my own shot glass.
Allan meanwhile, has quickly got himself set for his book to be signed, so instead of thinking up some smart answer I do my job and pop the two of them, twice, as I hear Allan praising the book in detail - he's already read it - and Michel Palin being a good sport about it.What did Michel Palin write? I forgot to ask.
I think Allan has done this before because once he's said his 25 words or less we are out the door. I don't think we were inside more than four or five minutes. Outside, I pop the front of the shop with my camera's weak flash; and Allan says the signing is over - we just made it - and gives me his camera again and I rack off another flash-pop for him.
This time, Mr. Palin looks a bit startled. The signing is finished; this is Paris street, where famous people are like you and me - nobody - but a few steps later he is just another nobody in semi-dark Paris, in the Latin Quarter, with the full evening ahead to be private in public.
At the café on the corner of the Rue Saint-Jacques, Allan and I have a last café. I tell him not all days are like this one. Even counting for the closed city hall reception place, my list has scored five for four; 'five' on account of the unlisted Drugstore visit at the beginning.
This is also the last feature of Paris reporting, for the last issue of this magazine's third year. Today has been one of the few when I've had a list of 'to dos,' and one of the fewer times when they've gotten done.
It's been a good day, been a good way; to finish the third year.
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Discussion in 'Disney Resorts' started by jimmykitefan, Jan 13, 2018.
With the ongoing construction, can you get to the sides of the bridge to see the turtles?
One side of the bridge is open. And looks out on the water. I went over at night so couldn't see any turtles.
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"Many situations arise that call for shipping a motorcycle, and handing over your cycle to a shipping company can be stressful. Even though the odds of your bike getting damaged during shipment are slight, peace of mind is often lacking until your possession has safely reached its destination. If a situation dictates you to use a shipping company, the following steps will help to minimize the possibility of the bike getting damaged, as well as help you collect compensation in the off-chance that an accident does occur.
1- A thorough cleansing is the first step in preparing a motorcycle for transport. Wash down the bike and in the process note any existing scratches, dents, dings or other imperfections. Document this with a written account and by taking photos. Don't rush through this, as this will be very helpful should anything happen and you are forced to file a claim. Following the scrub, remove any loose items that could possibly be lost while in route. A carrier's insurance will not cover any missing or damaged accessories, so double check that you've got everything.
2- A quick mechanical check-up is the final step in your preparation. Even though the bike will not be driven much during shipment, the carrier may have to fire it up once or twice to get it on or off the trailer so it is important that it is in appropriate condition. Check the tire pressure, fluids level, charge the battery and make sure it has some gas. If the bike is experiencing any problems or requires special procedures be sure to notify the shipper beforehand.
3- If your bike is antique, rare or extremely customized you may want to contact a shipping company that specializes in servicing such vehicles. They will be accustomed to the extra steps that need to be taken when dealing with unusual vehicles". Ben Leffler of Uship, an online marketplace for Motorcycle Shipment.
5 Responses to "Preparing Your Motorcycle For Transport"
Nov 9th, 2008 at 10:30 am
A customer recently shipped a Hyabusa to me like the one you have pictured above. It was shipped more than 2000 miles, so it needed to be crated. He went to his local Suzuki dealer and got a crate from a new one that they were just going to throw away. It was made to fit the bike and it was free. It is a good tip if you have a bike that is at least similar to a current model.
Nov 9th, 2008 at 10:33 am
A friend of mine shipped a Norton International with a company who specializes in handling motorcycles. Somewhere along the line a box fell on the headlight. It was an 8″ Miller with an integral headlight switch and ammeter. It was destroyed. He had made the mistake of having a $1,000 deductable insurance binder and the insurance company told him to just go replace it. I have never seen one of those headlights for sale in the last 40 years of swapmeets in USA and England so replacement is problematic. Lesson: Always insist on a zero deductable policy, and maybe remove the headlight prior to shipping.
Nov 9th, 2008 at 3:56 pm
RYBEC Shipping in UK are great never had a problem- ask for Kev- fantastic company and vehicle even cleaned and battery charged when i collected it! better than last 2 attempts where 2 resprays plus 1 cracked sheild plus 3 months wait for insurance claim-
Nov 10th, 2008 at 4:21 am
Down here in New Zealand, it has become reasonably common place for bikers to ship their motorcycles to the USA each year, generally for the Black Hills Rally, but also for Daytona. We always place them in crates and thus far, after three excursions to Sturgis, neither my girlfriend nor I have ever had our bikes damaged in transit. There's a marine insurance company down this way that fully covers our bikes for damage, or theft while in transit (or in storage waiting for our arrival) They also provide up to $2,000 cover for any motorcycle related equipment a rider might place in the crate along with his / her bike. ie: helmets, jackets, chaps, tools etc.
Nov 11th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Another great tip in preparing your bike for shipping – remember your keys. The shipping company may not need your keys for the shipping process, but it helps to check. At HaulBikes.com, we do not need your keys for your vehicle, but you are welcome to attach the keys to the handlebars with a plastic tie wrap. It's also good practice to have a spare set with you in your suitcase. Or if you are sending the vehicle to another party, you can opt to ship them through an overnight carrier or with certified U.S. mail.


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Join us at Lansdale Immanuel on Sunday, January 20th for an amazing time of Worship in music and hearing the Word of God . After sleeping overnight at Lansdale Immanuel Church of the Nazarene, we will awake on Monday, January 21st (Martin Luther King Day), refreshed and ready to be the change that God wants us to live and serve outwardly. Registration begins at 6 pm Sunday night, 1/14, worship service at 7 pm, and the service projects begin at around 7:45 am, Monday morning. Breakfast and lunch will be provided and the activities will conclude by 12:30 pm Monday. The cost for Refresh is $10 per student.
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If your child writes a letter to santa address it to
Santa/Father Christmas, Santas Grotto, Reindeerland, SAN TA1.
Affix a first or second class stamp and post before the 11th December and Santa will send a free reply.
Royal mail try to respond to all the letters but cannot gurantee a reply so the earlier you can post the better.
Hope this helps someone.
Perhaps you should have a stand by ready as this isn't guaranteed, you can print drafts out from christmaslettertips.com/fre…htm
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BORN INTO BROTHELS First, let's give a round of applause to Wendy Fishman, Director of Film/Video at The Light Factory. Back in June 2004, after Born Into Brothels earned recognition at Durham's Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, Fishman managed to land the picture for a special Charlotte screening - an impressive feat considering the movie wasn't even released for a regular run in New York and Los Angeles until this past December. And now let's hear it for the Manor Theatre, which is opening it this Friday, less than a month after it copped the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. Between the title and the topic - children who are the offspring of hookers living and working in Calcutta's red light district - it'd be reasonable to expect a documentary that takes audience depression to a whole new level. Yet this powerful work from co-directors Zana Briski and Ross Kauffman isn't merely a rapid downward spiral of a film; instead, it details Briski's remarkable attempts to help these kids (especially the girls, who will inevitably follow their mothers and grandmothers into prostitution) out of their dire surroundings by teaching them photography and attempting to place them in respectable boarding schools. It's a given that not all these children (most of them personable, talented and wise beyond their years) will be able to escape their lot in life - a heartrending coda reveals which ones were unable to make the break - yet there are numerous scenes of inspiration and uplift, and the efforts of Briski and her non-profit outfit Kids With Cameras (www.kids-with-cameras.org) continue to this day. 1/2
THE RING TWO In this age of rapid technological advances, you would think that the videocassette at the center of the 2002 sleeper hit The Ring - the one that guaranteed high mortality rates for those foolish enough to watch it - would have been replaced in this sequel by a DVD of death. Instead, in the same manner that the video is ejected from the player toward the start of The Ring Two, so too is this premise jettisoned completely from this sorry follow-up's storyline, leaving the film nowhere to go but down. The original Ring (itself a remake of the popular Japanese flick Ringu) established that the only way the demonic child Samara could work her evil on the world was through the playing of the aforementioned videotape. In this sequel, reporter Rachel Keller (returning star Naomi Watts) destroys the object at the outset, so scripter Ehren Kruger decided that he might as well make up new rules as he scribbled along, thus rendering this sequel not only illogical but inconsequential as well. Rachel and her young son Aidan (David Dorfman, the worst child actor this side of The Cat In the Hat's Spencer Breslin) have moved from Seattle to a quiet Oregon town, but Samara's spirit won't leave them alone, as she seems intent on taking over Aidan's body. Dorfman is such a monotonous performer that the addition of some Exorcist-inspired pea-green vomit might at least have helped us determine exactly when he's being possessed. Then again, such a gesture of goodwill would be little more than a Band-Aid applied to a hemorrhaging film whose greatest sin is that it's unremittingly dull. 1/2
Current Releases
BE COOL Yet one more lazy sequel to a great film, Be Cool is a major disappointment that fails to capture the essence of what made Get Shorty such a terrific film experience. The movie never provides a compelling argument for its own existence: Because it spends far more time salivating over musical numbers featuring pop star Christina Milian than on watching shylock-turned-movie-producer Chili Palmer (John Travolta) test the shark-infested waters of the music business, it's clear that priorities are out of whack. The degree to which characters, plot developments and even snatches of dialogue mimic those from the first film is irritating, and while there are some big laughs, they're isolated moments of mirth cast adrift in an ocean of indifference.
CONSTANTINE Based on the DC Comics/Vertigo series Hellblazer, this disappointment casts Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, a man with the ability to recognize the angels and demons that walk the earth in human form. Yet as he goes about his business of wiping out as many of the demonic "half-breeds" as possible (in an attempt to "buy" his way into Heaven), he realizes that there's a seismic shift occurring in the underworld, and the only way he can get to the bottom of the mystery is to join forces with a police detective (Rachel Weisz) investigating the apparent suicide of her psychic twin sister. Because it's an exhaustive exercise to keep abreast of the story's seemingly haphazard developments, Constantine ends up resembling nothing so much as a punctured tire with a slow leak, letting all the air seep out until what's finally left is flat and fairly ineffectual.


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Today, on the heels of the release of the hugely popular game iGolf, SGN, the leading social gaming company, has launched iBowl. Like iGolf, iBowl leverages the innovated accelerometer mobile technology platform for the iPhone to let bowling fans, sports and gaming enthusiasts play on-the-go.
"We are continuing to push the boundaries of social gaming to engage all gamers and enthusiasts in innovative ways through our creative use of platforms such as the iPhone," said Shervin Pishevar, CEO of SGN. "The success we have seen with iGolf demonstrates the demand for this kind of entertainment for all audiences."
Pishevar continues, "SGN is committed to developing social games for all audiences across all platforms and leading the industry with mobile applications that push the social networking envelope."
iGolf and iBowl are the first two games in a series of iPhone and mobile gaming applications that will be available over the coming months. To play iBowl, the user depresses the 'BOWL' button on the touch-screen interface throughout the swing and releases the button at the end of the swing to direct the bowl down the bowling lane. By twisting your wrist while you swing the iPhone the player can create spins and control the direction of the bowling ball. Updates to this game will be available by October 13, 2008.
Today iGolf has been chosen as a 'Featured Game' in the Apple App Store. With over 900,000 downloads to date, iGolf is a leader in downloaded games for the iPhone.
The development of iPhone games marks SGN's expansion in mobile and social gaming technology, heralding its commitment to expanding the "social graph" established on social networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, Bebo and Hi5 across multiple platforms and form factors. SGN is taking its extensive experience in the development of original and engaging game play and applying cutting-edge technology to create a compulsive game play experience.
About SGN
SGN is the largest developer of social networking games and applications. SGN's current network of games commands over one million game players per-day across multiple social networking platforms including Facebook, MySpace and Bebo. For more information go to www.sgn.com.


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The Supreme Court ruled, in 1985, that under the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, searches of student property by school officials do not have to adhere to the strict standard of "probable cause" imposed upon law enforcement officers, but rather to "reasonable cause"--to believe that the search will reveal some violation of school rules.
Here are some of the responses to the question: "How are locker searches handled at your high school?"
"The lockers are property of the school. Therefore, it is the proper function of school authorities to inspect the lockers under their control and to prevent their use in illicit ways or for illegal purposes," the private Anaheim high school's student/parent handbook states. Patti Glaub, dean of students, said the school reserves the right to inspect the locker of any student that warrants suspicion.
--Nikki Boramanand, 15, junior
Corona del Mar
Dennis Evans, principal, said that there has never been a comprehensive, schoolwide locker search at Corona del Mar. He said administrators, dealing with alleged drug and weapon problems on a case-by-case basis, examine individual lockers about once or twice a year.
Serge Beltran, assistant principal, said there have been no searches this year. "The kids are too scared to (buy and sell drugs) here," he said, citing the penalty for first-time drug possession as a five-day suspension. The penalty for a second offense is transfer.


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Andrew joins Bad Feeling Magazine for the third episode of their podcast and talks about touring with Marky Ramone's Blitzkrieg, his upcoming book, "The Party Bible," and his close relationship with Montreal. Andrew was on a small Canadian run of dates based off of last year's "Party Messiah" tour when he caught up with the magazine after his set Foufounes Electriques.
Check out the full interview above, or right-click and "save as" here: Episode 3: Andrew W.K
Below are a few photos of the show, courtesy of jasonhughesphoto.com
This news item was posted on: April 15, 2014
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Banker goes back to school
Vandana Gandhi reached the top echelons of corporate banking not long after leaving university, but these days she gets more satisfaction from helping to educate young children than she ever did from juggling financial figures.
Born to Indian parents in Abu Dhabi, Ms Gandhi, 38, is the founder and chief executive of the British Orchard Nursery, a crèche business in the UAE that employs more than 100 people.
This year she was awarded the Emirates Woman Award for business excellence - she is the first Indian in the Emirates to receive such an honour.
However, she has taken an unlikely route to crèche management. She studied maths at university in Mumbai, completed a postgraduate diploma in international business and has worked for multinational banks.
One of her roles was vice president of her bank's wealth management division. But she has no regrets about giving up her banking career to start her own business.
"I enjoyed my time in corporate banking, but I realised a decade ago that there was a need for quality early childcare in this country. Besides, I'm passionate about education and I've always had an entrepreneurial streak," says Ms Gandhi, who is also a single mother to two children, 18-year-old Shivali and 16-year-old Krishiv.
This entrepreneurial leaning comes, she says, from her late father, Kumar Gandhi, a native of Mumbai who lived in Abu Dhabi for 45 years and ran a successful shipping business.
"He was my role model," she says. "I learnt everything I know about business from him - including the need to be courageous, to have willpower, and to maintain direction. He gave me great moral and emotional support throughout his whole life. And it was he who encouraged me to start The British Orchard Nursery."
With 10 branches across the UAE and plans to expand the business to other parts of the region and India, Ms Gandhi now has more than 100 full-time staff manning her pre-school nurseries, which she says are like no others.
"What marks us out is our dedication to providing quality childcare," she says. "We make sure all the children in our care are progressing at the right level and monitor their progress regularly. What's more, we maintain rigorous policies throughout all our schools and employ the very best of staff - most of whom are from the UK.
"We even have CCTV footage installed so that parents can watch their children throughout the day from their offices or homes."
Besides managing the British Orchard Nursery, Ms Gandhi is also about to complete a doctorate in early education from the University of Birmingham in the United Kingdom. "I'm very excited about almost finishing my studies," she says.
"And I hope to present the findings to the Government of the UAE. I believe the country should benefit from my research.
"I thank the rulers of this country for the ease in which I am able to do business here. I've had a lot of support from government departments here and it's obvious too that they respect women."
When she's not working, studying or caring for her children, Ms Gandhi finds time for a number of hobbies.
These include painting portraits in oil, calligraphy, table tennis and reading. Factual books on spirituality interest her the most. She also likes to travel.
However, she credits daily yoga sessions with keeping her focused. "I practice sun salutations first thing every morning and I also meditate," she explains. "Both yoga and meditation keep me spiritually balanced and able to work better.
"I'm most grateful to God for everything I have and everything I've accomplished in my life. I get great satisfaction from helping others and making them feel good, which in turn gives me more energy."
The secret of her success she says is her strong support network of family and friends.
"Their support has allowed me to believe in myself," she says. "And of course I'm a great believer in hard work. I always say: 'Success is 99 per cent perspiration and 1 per cent inspiration'."


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"The Oneness Pentecostals stress that God is absolutely one (Isa 44:6, 8, 24)—that is, one without distinction of persons. There are no distinctions in God's eternal being, and the Godhead does not consist of three centers of consciousness (as some Trinitarians hold). Moreover, in Jesus dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily (Col 2:9)." (Oneness Pentecostal Confession. 9,34. 2007)
Book Review: Are You A Christian? By John C. Carroll
Click here to go to author's blog and purchase paperback or click here for Amazon Kindle.
Early in this work John Calvin Carroll suggests, "It may be easier for the pagan to give up lawlessness than it is for the religious to give up law." (Carroll, pg. 19) Perhaps, this sums up the plight of one or two in the Apostolic movement. In the work Are You A Christian? Carroll offers a concise and practical perspective on the beliefs and lifestyle of the believer.
In over 130 pages and eight chapters Carroll offers good answers for Apostolic beliefs and lifestyle. The author does not advocate redefining Christian doctrines. Rather, he challenges the way we think about them and what you or I might perceive as Apostolic doctrine.
This work contains a forward and includes such chapter titles as "What is a Christian?"; "The Christian Claim"; "Do You Worship Jesus Christ?"; "Secondary Labels"; "Defining Heresy"; "The Christian and Conscience"; "Law and the Traditions of Men" and "Moving Forward. In chapter one Carroll asks the question "What is a Christian?" Here he discusses what it means to "follow Christ" and where we follow Christ. Carroll notes, "The Christian follows Christ away from, through and to anywhere He leads. He trusts in Christ's love and direction for his life. To truly follow Christ one must forsake, follow and finish." (Carroll, pg. 16)
In chapter two "The Christian Claim" is examined. Christians do not claim to have it all figured out and nor do they claim to be perfect. As Carroll notes, "we are frail and flawed, yet all the while confessing that there is hope in Jesus Christ." (Carroll, pg. 22) Hope in humanity is often misplaced but hope in the Creator is a safe place.
In chapter three Carroll asks the poignant question "Do You Worship Jesus Christ?" Of all the things it may mean to be a follower of Jesus Christ it does include that we worship Him. He is not just a good man, or a prophet who got it right. John 5:23 indicates that "all men" are to honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. Therefore, how we honor the Father is just how we honor the Son which includes worship of the Son as God.
Chapter four is entitled "Secondary Labels" and here the author warns against teaching things as Apostolic that are not, after all, Apostolic. He also discusses how we are to determine what is Apostolic to avoid this and continue teaching sound Apostolic doctrine. Carroll notes, "As leaders and fathers we should be more concerned with presenting our followers and families to Christ than we are with presenting them to our friends." (pg. 51)
Was Junia A Female Apostle? A Reply to J.R. Ensey
This blog post is a response to a recent blog article[1] by J.R. Ensey. Ensey is former President of Texas Bible College and a well published Oneness Pentecostal theologian and author. Typically, I do not find myself disagreeing with Ensey but on this subject we take differing views. Nobody agrees all the time on everything so this is no surprise. However, a good Biblical discussion can only help clarify the respective positions. Another reply to Ensey's article by Jason Weatherly can also be found here[2].
Is Junia a Female Name?
"The best available mss of Romans have Junia, a feminine name. Several later mss substitute "Junias," a masculine name. Some early Christian scribes evidently altered the spelling from Junia to "Junias" in order to make the individual a male apostle."[3]
We can say with a degree of certainty that Junia is female name. There is no word for "man" or "male" in the Greek text to indicate otherwise. This is not really needed to understand who Junia might be. As we progress we will see that the context may contain indicators to help us see this more clearly. In the fourth century John Chrysostom refers to Junia as a female apostle. Another fourth century witness, Epiphanius, does use the noun in the masculine form but this is not convincing especially since he also refers to Prisca as a male as well.
Michael Burer and Daniel Wallace note, "The majority of patristic commentators regard this as a feminine name."(4) The evidence, then, is actually against Junia being a male. Those in doubt should be those who would suggest she is not female. That seems to be the more tenuous position at this point. J.D.G. Dunn notes:
"But the simple fact is that the masculine form has been found nowhere else, and the name is more naturally taken as Ἰουνίαν = Junia … as was taken for granted by the patristic commentators, and indeed up to the Middle Ages. The assumption that it must be male is a striking indictment of male presumption regarding the character and structure of earliest Christianity…The most natural way to read the two names within the phrase is as husband and wife."(5)
Andronicus and Junia are referred to, by Paul, as though they were package deal and gives no hint of separate designations. Therefore, our hint may not be wrong. Paul and this couple seem to have had a long standing association with each other, since both were "fellow prisoners", and both were "in Christ" before him. Romans 16 in particular has almost as many women mentioned as men: Phoebe, Priscilla, Mary, Tryphena and Tryphosa, Persis, Rufus's mother, Julia, Nereus's sister. And 9 of the 26 people greeted by Paul in Romans 16 were women. The probability for Junia being a female is significantly high.
Was Junia an Apostle?
If one assumes that only males are apostles then this text has been decided, however if apostles are not only males then this text presents no problems. An apostle isn't just a part of the original twelve. Texts such as Galatians 1:17; Acts 14:4; 14; 2 Corinthians 8:23; 1 Thessalonians 2:6; Romans 1:1; Philippians 2:25 offer a wider sense. Roberston Nicoll cautions that "Paul's use of the word Apostle is not such as to make it easy to believe that he thought of a large class of persons who might be so designated, a class so large that two otherwise unknown persons like Andronicus and Junias might be conspicuous in it."[6]
Romans 16:7 also indicates that Andronicus and Junia were "outstanding" (NASB) or "prominent" among the apostles. The Greek word for "outstanding" here or "prominent" (KJV) is episemos which occurs twice[7] in the Greek New Testament and nine times[8] in the Greek Old Testament (LXX). In Romans 16:7 this adjective is used in a plural form. This word can refer to bearing a mark or being notable. The following lexical sources indicate:
"excellent, distinguished; infamous…Rom 16:7: distinguished among the apostles (ἐν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις)"[9]
"splendid, prominent, …outstanding ἐ. ἐν τοῖς ἀποστόλοις outstanding among the apostles Ro 16:7."[10]
Wallace and Burer suggest that this word, instead of here meaning prominent, suggest it is possible to translate Andronicus and Junia as esteemed by the apostles. Therefore, although Junia is female she may not necessarily be an apostle. Burer and Wallace's study seem to hinge primarily upon pseudipigraphal works (Psalms of Solomon). However, more convincing that pseudipigrhaphal works is the apocryphal 3 Maccabes 6:1 which indicates the sense of "prominent among" as well. In addition, typically one who is esteemed by another is the one who is outstanding. Or, stands out above the others as in 3 Maccabes 6:1 which reads, "Then a certain Eleazar, famous among the priests of the country…"[11] Eleazar was, quite literally, an outstanding priest.
Greek scholar Mark Goodacre from Duke disagrees[12] and even suggests that Mary Magdalene is the first apostle. Goodacre also cites Eldon J. Epp[13] who argues that Junia is a female and apostle. He also suggests that "the apostles" is being used as a descriptor about the status of Andronicus and Junia. He further notes,
"It makes sense and is perfectly Pauline. In the NET translation, on the other hand, "the apostles" is used in a less obviously Pauline sense. Now he is appealing to the authority of an external group labelled as "the apostles". He does not say that Andronicus and Junia are esteemed by "us apostles" (cf. 1 Cor. 4.9) or by "all the apostles, including me", as we might have expected if this were the sense of the passage. He continually refers to himself in Romans 16, and three times in this verse, 16.7, "my relatives", "my fellow prisoners", "in Christ before me", yet on the NET translation, he appears to give authority to a group called "the apostles" that does not obviously include him."[14]
Episemos is used to describe the ones to whom Paul refers. J.R. Ensey in a recent blog article[15] suggests that we cannot really know if Junia was a female or even if she was an Apostle. The latter is probably more debated than the former but this does not keep us from being able to make good conclusions. Ensey notes:
"In the broader context of the New Testament record, it is highly unlikely that Paul would be naming Junia[s] as an apostle. Even if this reference were to a woman, she would be the lone and solitary example of a female apostle."
Paul never suggests that ministry is limited to a particular gender. In fact, the first preacher of the Gospel was planned by God to be a female.[16] Yet, here Ensey assumes, that Paul would never name a female as an apostle but since the Old Testament God has had plans to use females in his plan for believers. Ensey assumes his view and does not prove it. Unless one has an a priori assumption that an Apostle refers exclusively to males or only the original twelve the text can be read to suggest that Junia is a female and an Apostle. Perhaps, we will see further posts from Ensey concerning this.
Notice the below renderings of the final clause in Romans 16:7. The latter rendering, the NLT, seems to leave room for either interpretation.
"of note among the apostles" KJV
"outstanding among the Apostles" NASB
"of note among the apostles" NKJV
"prominent among the apostles" NRSV
"well taken among the apostles" Bishops, Tyndale
"which are ancient apostles" Coverdale
"outstanding among the apostles" Pickering
"prominent among the apostles" ISV
"highly respected among the Apostles" NLT
The UBS Handbook on the Book of Romans suggests that this last clause should refer to those counted as "as apostles and were well known".[17] J.D.G. Dunn further notes,
"The full phrase almost certainly means "prominent among the apostles,"…The straightforward description "the apostles", and the following clause, together strongly suggest that Andronicus and Junia belonged to the large group (larger than the twelve) of those appointed apostles by the risen Christ in 1 Cor 15:7 …That is, they belonged most probably to the closed group of apostles appointed directly by the risen Christ in a limited period following his resurrection and would include Andronicus and Junia within the select group of "premier" apostles (Eph 2:20), along with Barnabas (Gal 2:9; 1 Cor 9:5–6) and probably Silvanus (1 Thess 2:6–7). …We may firmly conclude, however, that one of the foundation apostles of Christianity was a woman and wife."(18)
Ensey also cites Albert Barnes. Barnes in his commentary suggests they were not apostles. He offers the following points against this interpretation of Romans 16:7. A reply will separate each point.
(1) There is no account of their having been appointed as such.
This is simply not sufficient. Outside of Paul's reference in chapter 16 we do not even know the account of Andronicus and Junia being imprisoned as Paul. He simply recounts the historical experience as here. Are we to assume that Andronicus and Junia were not fellow-prisoners? No evidence is needed apart from Paul describing them as such.
(2) The expression is not one which would have been used if they "had" been. It would have been "who were distinguished apostles"; compare Romans 1:1; I Corinthians 1:1; II Corinthians 1:1; Philippians 1:1.
This is not decisive, but interesting. Differing constructions can be offered for almost any reading we choose. Likewise, if Andronicus and Junia were not apostles then we could expect something like 2 Corinthians 8:18: "We have sent along with him the brother whose fame in the things of the gospel has spread through all the churches;" However, this is not what we have in Romans 16:7.
(3) It by no means implies that they were apostles. All that the expression fairly implies is, that they were known to the other apostles; that they were regarded by them as worthy of their affection and confidence; that they had been known by them, as Paul immediately adds, before he was himself converted. They had been converted "before" he was, and were distinguished in Jerusalem among the early Christians, and honored with the friendship of the other apostles."
This is to assume what he has yet to prove. As noted, episemos can refer to one who is outstanding among the apostles. But, an apostle nonetheless. Ensey also cites Jamieson-Faussett-Brown Commentary.
J-F-B Commentary states: "…where the connection or some qualifying words show that the literal meaning of 'one sent' is the thing intended, understand by the expression used here, 'persons esteemed by the apostles' [Beza, Grotius, De Wette, Meyer, Fritzsche, Stuart, Philippi, Hodge]. And of course, if "Junia" is to be taken for a woman, this latter must be the meaning."
Ironically, the JFB commentators actually believe the feminine Junia is "more probable" at Romans 16:7. One cannot merely presume that the operative phrase "the apostles" cannot include one who is a female. This has yet to be proven. It well may be the case, I personally do not believe that it is, but that has not been proven. Therefore, interpretation is a primary factor no matter how we slice it. Ensey also notes:
"An interesting observation is that the Greek preposition "en" (en) can be translated in numerous ways. In Romans alone, the term is translated 156 times as "to" and only 9 times as "among." It was a choice made solely by the translators. Tyndale, Cranmer, and the Geneva Bible translators rendered the term "well taken among the apostles." Romans 15:9 may shed some light on the matter: "And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy: as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name." The use of "among" here did not mean that the one glorifying God, confessing Him, and singing unto His name (Christ) among the Gentiles was one of them. He was born a Jew and died a Jew, but He did these things among the Gentiles."
Words have various meanings depending upon their contexts. Perhaps, alternate readings are possible, as Burer and Wallace have demonstrated, but that does not mean it is being used in such a way here. In Luke 22:26 this same preposition is used in the dative and rendered "greatest among you" (ESV). Therefore, translating "en" as "among" seems to be a perfectly valid way of translating it in Romans 16:7 where it is also used in the dative. In summary Ensey notes:
"It is entirely possible to find those in academia who may feel pressure to say absolutely that Junia was a woman and an apostle, giving a nod to political correctness. Since the language chosen for the KJV seems to leave a small loophole in some minds, it has become the culturally popular position to take. However, looking at the whole of Scripture, and the preponderance of scholarly analysis, the conclusion most apparent is that these two individuals were faithful saints of God—perhaps ministers, although not stated—and were early converts well known to the apostles, having a reputation for faithful, outstanding service in the body of Christ. Beyond that, speculation takes over."
In his November blog contribution J.R. Ensey suggested that short pants on men has never been a part of the Apostolic Christian's wardrobe. In the July blog post he states, "No one can deny that the vast majority of colleges and seminaries have been consigned to irreversible liberalism." There is no question that believers are to be modest and we should spend our education dollars wisely. Neither of these follow to Ensey's conclusions about short pants and neither does it imply we shouldn't seek higher education. Even implying such a thing is dangerous to the development of the Christian mind. Using Ensey's logic could he garner anyone in "academia" that would agree with him on his views of short pants or seminary? This type of logic can quickly come full circle.
[1] JRENSEY Blog: http://jrenseyblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/
[2] The Weatherly Report: http://theweatherlyreport.blogspot.com/2012/12/a-response-to-was-junia-romans-167.html
[3] Edwards, James. "Romans 16:7." Ed. Walter J. Harrelson. The New Interpreter's Study Bible: New Revised Standard Version with the Apocrypha. Nashville: Abingdon, 2003. 2033
[4] Daniel Wallace and Michael Burer, "Was Junia Really an Apostle?: A Re-examination of Romans 16.7", Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 6/2 (Fall 2001), http://www.michaelsheiser.com/TheNakedBible/Was%20Junia%20Really%20an%20Apostle%20A%20Re%20examination%20of%20Rom%2016%207.pdf
[5] James D. G. Dunn, Romans 9–16, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 1998). 894.
[6] Nicoll, W. Robertson. "Romans 16:7." The Expositor's Greek Testament. New York: Dodd, Mead,
[7] Matthew 27:16; Romans 16:7
[8] Genesis 30:42; Esther 5:4; 1 Maccabes 11:37; 14:48; 2 Maccabes 15:36; 3 Maccabes 6:1; Psalm of Solomon 2:6; 17:30
[9] Horst Robert Balz and Gerhard Schneider, Exegetical Dictionary of the New Testament (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 1990-). 33
[10] William Arndt, F. Wilbur Gingrich, Frederick W. Danker and Walter Bauer, A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature : A Translation and Adaption of the Fourth Revised and Augmented Edition of Walter Bauer's Griechisch-Deutsches Worterbuch Zu Den Schrift En Des Neuen Testaments Und Der Ubrigen Urchristlichen Literatur (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1979). 298.
[11] The Holy Bible: New Revised Standard Version (Nashville: Thomas Nelson Publishers, 1989). 3 Mac 6:1.
[12] Goodacre, Mark. Associate Professor of New Testament Dept. of Religion, Duke University. http://podacre.blogspot.com/2009/09/nt-pod-12-junia-first-woman-apostle.html
[13] Eldon Jay Epp, Junia: The First Woman Apostle (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005)
[14] Goodacre, Mark. Associate Professor of New Testament Dept. of Religion, Duke University http://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/andronicus-and-junia-prominent-among.html
[15] Ensey, J.R. http://jrenseyblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/
[16] Ps 68:11 The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:; Matt 28:5, 10 But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."; Mark 16:11 But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. Luke 24:10, 11 Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
[17] Barclay Moon Newman and Eugene Albert Nida, A Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Romans, UBS Handbook Series (New York: United Bible Societies, 1973). 292.
[18] James D. G. Dunn, Romans 9–16, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 1998). 894-95.
[12] Goodacre, Mark. Associate Professor of New Testament Dept. of Religion, Duke University. http://podacre.blogspot.com/2009/09/nt-pod-12-junia-first-woman-apostle.html
[13] Eldon Jay Epp, Junia: The First Woman Apostle (Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2005)
[14] Goodacre, Mark. Associate Professor of New Testament Dept. of Religion, Duke University http://ntweblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/andronicus-and-junia-prominent-among.html
[15] Ensey, J.R. http://jrenseyblog.wordpress.com/2012/12/
[16] Ps 68:11 The Lord gives the word; the women who announce the news are a great host:; Matt 28:5, 10 But the angel said to the women, "Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified. 10 Then Jesus said to them, "Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee, and there they will see me."; Mark 16:11 But when they heard that he was alive and had been seen by her, they would not believe it. Luke 24:10, 11 Now it was Mary Magdalene and Joanna and Mary the mother of James and the other women with them who told these things to the apostles, 11 but these words seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.
[17] Barclay Moon Newman and Eugene Albert Nida, A Handbook on Paul's Letter to the Romans, UBS Handbook Series (New York: United Bible Societies, 1973). 292.
[18] James D. G. Dunn, Romans 9–16, Word Biblical Commentary (Dallas: Word, Incorporated, 1998). 894-95.
Posted by JN Anderson at Thursday, December 13, 2012
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