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Oh, Charlottesville. What have you done?
In case you are quite literally living under a rock (because there is no other way you could not know about this), last Saturday there was a rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. This rally consisted of white supremacists and neo-Nazis. David Duke was there. Members of the media were attacked. Three people were killed, two of them police officers. It was a grisly affair.
Grisly though it was, my eyes were opened, literally and figuratively. It was as though I was finally seeing something I had refused to see my entire my life. I have certainly never been naïve enough to believe that racism ended with a bill signed and only one drinking fountain. But I didn't see it like this. I didn't realize that I don't know what it's like to be black, and to have your entire race oppressed, and to know that your ancestors were sold into slavery. I never, ever will. And I am sorry that for years I pretended that I did know or it didn't matter or it was part of the past. I see now that I was wrong.
Racism is wrong. There is no way to turn that statement around any other way. White supremacy is wrong. Nazism is wrong. (I would have thought we would have established that by now. We kind of fought a war over it. A lot of people got involved. It was pretty intense.) Any type of hate or prejudice is wrong and it inherently goes against the Savior and His teachings.
"We should call evil by its name. My brother didn't give his life fighting Hitler for Nazi ideas to go unchallenged here at home."
– Senator Orrin Hatch
I truly believe that one of Satan's biggest and most effective tools is division. Division breeds hate and fear. Without unity, nothing can be accomplished. There can be no progress. There can be no living the way we have been commanded to.
"And he commanded them that there should be no contention one with another, but that they should look forward with one eye, having one faith and one baptism, having their hearts knit together in unity and in love one towards another."
– Mosiah 18:21
There is no excuse for this. Jesus did not set conditions on who we should love. He did not die to redeem only certain people. Aren't we supposed to follow Him and His example? Because right now it seems like we're doing a pretty bad job of it.
"I say unto you, be one; and if ye are not one ye are not mine."
– Doctrine & Covenants 38:27
Why is this so hard? Why is love so hard and hate so easy? Why is our society falling into an endless spiral of labels, antagonism, judgment, and blame? When did America, the greatest country in the world turn to violence as a common way to express opinions? If you ask me, that is the definition of barbarism.
We are living in an evil world. It's becoming worse every day. And it's going to keep getting worse until the Savior returns. As everything crumbles around us, we have a choice to make. Do we want to live the way He wants us to? Do we want Him to find us doing His work? Or do we want to go with the current and let emotions lead us to making bad decisions?
"There is no fear in love; but perfect love casteth out fear."
– 1 John 4:18
On a personal note, as a white conservative, I would like to apologize. What happened on Saturday was not the work of conservatives, regardless of what participants may claim. I for one will not judge you based on your skin color or your ethnicity or your religion or whatever else makes you you. And I know a whole lot of white conservatives who feel exactly the same way.
"So God we pray to you / Humble ourselves again / Lord, would You hear our cry? / Lord, will You heal our land?"
– "Heal Our Land" by Kari Jobe


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10 Min Yoga For Small Spaces & Travel | Apartment Yoga Stretch | ChriskaYoga
Hey, it's Christina in today's video. We'll be doing a travel yoga sequence so this is a sequence if you're traveling and let's say you have a small space in your hotel room or Somebody's house someone's Guest bedroom. This is a great sequence to do in a small space while you're traveling and it's very brief So let's just get started Begin in Sukhasana cross your shins in front of you Sit up tall if you have a towel you can sit on your towel. Just to create some lift and your hips and Try and sit on the two sits bones at the bottom of your pelvis not sitting on your tailbone here Bring your hands to your knees close your eyes And come to focus on your breathing Inhaling through your nose releasing it out in the same way Deepening your breath here. I'm focusing on your breathing bring all your attention inside Take a moment to calm yourself down Center yourself feel grounded Feel that the sits bones at the bottom of your pelvis are planting roots into the floor So you feel grounded? into that ground into that floor through your roots and these roots are Allowing you to rebound energy up From the roots all the way back up through your sits bones traveling up your back Releasing all the energy out through the crown of your head Feel connected to the floor that It's giving you energy and life And allowing you to feel calm to feel centered at Peace and at Ease Take one more deep inhale through your nose here feeling the sensation and release it out gently open your eyes And reach your arms up towards the sky Palms are facing each other energy and your fingertips reaching up on your exhale twist to the right bringing your left hand to your right knee your right arm is behind you keep your legs and hips even as you twist your back Just twisting around here with each inhale lengthening up through your spine still feeling those roots into the floor With the image exhale twisting a little bit further Take another inhale now and rotate back to the center reaching your arms up on your next Exhale twist in the opposite Direction Bringing your right hand to your left knee twisting to the left your left arm is behind you Deeply Breathing still feeling the roots into the floor energy up your spine With each exhale twisting a little bit further And take an inhale now coming back to the center reaching your hands up And then bring your hands back down placing them on your knees Use your hands on your knees to help you and on your next inhale arch your back Open your shoulders wide and look up Feel your upper back arching Using your hands on your knees to help you on your next exhale Curve your spine in the opposite direction looking down towards your legs Reaching your mid back behind you so reaching it backwards and Still using your hands on your needs to help you Do that again take an inhale and arch your back Curving your spine in the opposite way opening your shoulders and looking up Exhale Curve your spine in the opposite direction reaching your mid-back backwards Looking down towards your legs inhale Arch Open your shoulders Exhale Curve looking down and now arch spread those collar Bones wide exhale curve Looking downward reaching that mid back behind you inhale Arch and exhale curve inhale Arch exhale curve and L Arch Exhale Curve inhale Arch final Exhale curve your spine looking down And come back up to a neutral spine sitting up tall not sitting on that tailbone feel the sits bones in the floor and slowly now Uncross your legs and switch the cross so bringing the opposite leg in front still remaining in Sukhasana Take an inhale and sit up tall and on your exhale Just fold your torso over your legs walking your hands forward stretching them out in front of you relaxing your head down Wherever you reach today Keeping as much length in your spine as you can and staying here as you breathe deeply On your next inhale slowly bring your torso Back upright Sitting up tall place your hands on your knees for now start rotating your head around to the right gently circling it around Gentle rotations around nice and slow to the right And now coming in to going around to the left Circling rotating your head around to the left gently Stretching your neck releasing the tension from that area And drop your chin to your chest gently bring your head back up right just Circle your shoulders backwards now Bringing them up and rotating them behind you up and back nice and smooth slow movements gently working the front of your shoulders Coming into rotating them forward in the opposite way Gently continuously moving them rotating forward up and forward Getting into the muscles by your shoulder blades slowly Come to stillness now And stretch your legs out in front of you coming into Don'd Asana Sitting up tall stretching your legs out knees and toes pointed up towards the sky Take an inhale lengthen up and on your exhale fold your torso over your legs into a forward fold Bringing your hands to your shins your ankles or your feet wherever you reach today Staying here for a moment. Take a deep inhale and a deep exhale On your next inhale come up with your torso bring your torso back upright bring your hands behind you Fingertips pointed towards your hips come up onto your fingertips Arch your back now spreading shoulders wide looking up Getting into those shoulders Opening your Collarbones Looking up feel your upper back arching And slowly use your hands to help you come back upright releasing from the arch And on your exhale fold back down over your legs in Dandasana Bringing your hands down onto your legs or ankles or your feet? once again Breathing deeply stretching your hamstrings your low back And on your next inhale come up to a seated position once again bring your hands behind you up onto your fingertips and Come into another arch open your shoulders reach your heart center up towards the sky looking upward And slowly releasing from the arch coming back up right with your torso and on an exhale Fold your torso over your legs forward fold in Dandasana Breathing as you stretch your hamstrings once again and one more time coming up right with your torso bring your hands behind you onto your fingertips and Coming into one final arch here reaching your heart center up looking up opening your shoulders spreading your collar Bones wide and Slowly coming back up right releasing from the arch coming back to a neutral spine Bring your feet to meet each other now bring your knees out to the side Walk your heels and as close to your hips as possible without overly curving your spine still sitting up tall avoiding sitting on your tailbone and On your next exhale fold your torso over your legs into a forward fold in Baddha Konasana if you'd like to use your elbows on your knees to help your knees down towards the floor They're not there already you Can do so now if not just stay where you are and keep folding forward? Lift your torso back up Cross your shins in front of you now Bring your hands to your knees and close your eyes coming inward once again Feeling a difference in your body at this time Are you feeling any different than you were before you started the sequence today? Maybe you are maybe you aren't just notice how you're feeling and to breathe into that sensation Take a deep inhale and exhale through your nose Do that one more time? Deeply Breathe in And Deeply breathe out Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope you have a wonderful rest of your day Namaste

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The result is not only poor performance on the job, but there is also a cost to the organisation through absenteeism, low morale and high staff turnover.
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I've been interviewed and x0 has been reviewed by two fascinating young women from India, who ask great questions and make excellent points in their review. Please check out their blog "The Pensive Phoenix" here.
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And the object of the game is ….
I'm giving some thought today to negative stereotypes associated with India, particularly those held by my fellow citizens of the USA. There are plenty, let's face it. We paint a comic insult cartoon of every other nation on earth, although some caricatures, like the stuffy Brit, do imply a bit of fondness. I wonder if every other culture does the same. I think I am going to go with yes on this one, and guess that all caricatures of us are not that fond either.
Several years ago a good friend of mine was told his job was being outsourced to India. The friend is an electrical engineer who spent years writing in machine code to tell your car's more intelligent parts exactly how to behave. It was a high level skill and he was very good at it, but he was told that his company had a found a kid in India who would do the job at a fraction of the cost and, as his last assignment, my friend was to train his replacement. Yeah right. Guess I'm just not going to remember a whole lot to teach him, my friend laughed. I sympathized.
And then, he started to talk to the young man, who turned out to be smart, eager and happy beyond belief to have gotten this job. It was going to make him one of the richest people in his village. One of the most successful members of his family ever. He and everyone he knew were rejoicing at this incredible good fortune. So of course my friend started to remember more and more to teach him, and before he was done he had passed along every trick and shortcut he knew. The young man was so grateful and once he took over my friends job I'm told that he was very good at it.
So was my friend successful, or not? That depends on how you define success. Remember board games? The directions always started out with "The object of the game is……" Surely I'm not the only person who has wished that real life came with such clear information. If the object of your game is to make as much money as you can, as easily as you can, then my friend failed. And, let me add that if such is your object, you should consider something other than writing self-published novels. They are exhausting to write, they take forever, and you can probably count on a few dollars a month in return.
But what if success is having a more interesting life? Learning things you never knew you never knew? I firmly believe that the internet has brought the world together in ways we are just beginning to understand, and it has done this for anyone who gets online. But writing and self-publishing three novels has taken this to a whole new level for me. I now share ideas and information with readers and fellow writers in a global community that would have astounded my seventh grade self, a girl who could barely contain her excitement at being allowed to study world geography. Today, copies of my three books exist in over twenty countries. I'm pleased beyond belief.
And later this week, I'm going to be interviewed on a blog written by two young women in India. I've done a fair amount of such interviews already, but this one is different because I didn't go to them. They found my book, read my book, liked my book, and sought me out. All the way from India. Is that cool or what?
The young woman I've been corresponding with works as an instrumentation engineer and she also has aspirations to write. She wondered how I manage to raise a family, have a technical career and find time to be an author. I told her that I didn't manage all at once, rather the writing started once the kids were older and job demands lessened. I offered advice on any of the above if I could ever be of help. I suspect that she has plenty she could teach me as well.
Did I mention that my my friend the electrical engineer learned quite a bit from the young Indian man he instructed? Well he did, of course, for in the best of circumstances knowledge flows two ways. Not every outsourcing story ends so well, but in my friend's case his employer was so impressed with the job that he did training this kid, and with the new skills he picked up while doing so, that they decided to keep him on also. He trained a few others for them and then he went back to happily writing machine code, using all he had learned to his advantage. Your car may run better because of his story.
So what's the object of the game? Some days I think I know, other days I'm not so sure. But I am am pretty certain that my friend's story is a success story, in more ways than one. And I do know that I gained far more than I hoped for when I picked up my laptop and started to write my first novel. If gaining more than you hope for isn't success, what is?
I've been interviewed
Please check out the blog "The Cult of Me" for a short interview of mine. Fellow indie author Michael Brookes also shares interesting observations about the process of writing on his blog, and features regular interviews with those of us trying to get started as new authors. It's a fun blog to follow.
I also have Michael to thank for pointing out to me how easy it would be to make paperback copies of x0 and y1 available. I ordered a copy of his book "The Cult of Me" and was impressed with both the quality of the physical book and with his story so far.
It is likely that both x0 and y1 will be available in paperback soon!
I've been interviewed!
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Ethiopia becoming increasingly popular with birders worldwide. More than 900 bird species have been identified in Ethiopia, 15 of which are endemic to Ethiopia. 596 of the bird species dwell in Ethiopia, which more than 240 are migratory birds. There are about 69 important bird destinations in the country. The Abijata and Shalla National park, Awash, Nech Sar national park and Bale mountains are some of the best spots for birders.
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Day 1: Arrive at Addis Ababa.
- Afternoon, drive to Gefersa reservoir some 20 km to have a birding tour.
- See the endemic birds: Blue-winged Goose, Rouget's Rail, Black-headed Siskin, White-collared Pigeon, Wattled Ibis and Abyssinian Longclaw.
- There are also some Pale arctic migrants this area from October to the mid of April. Among this The Ortolan Bunting, Three-banded Plover, Little Ringed Plover, Yellow Bishop, and Marsh Harrier. Then drive back to Addis for overnight. Overnight in hotel.
Day 2: Drive to Debre Libanose to start your Ethiopia Birding Tour 8 Days
- Morning, drive to Debra Libanose Monastery about 110 km via the Sululta plains.
- Shortstop after 20 km for few birds like the Black-winged Plover, Red-breasted Wheatear, Tawny Eagle, Pectoral-patched Cist cola and some others.
- Some distance away there is a gorge there to see a few endemics like the White-billed Starling, Abyssinian Woodpecker, Black-headed Forest Oriole, Ruppell's and White-winged Cliff Chats. Here we expect to see Lammergeyer, Verreaux's eagle, Egyptian and White-backed Vultures, Lanner Falcon. After all, drive back to Addis the night. Overnight in hotel.
Day 3: Morning Drive to Ziway- Wendo Genet- Lake Langano
- The first stop would be at Cheleklaka wetland near Debra Zeit some 45 km east of Addis Ababa Here you will see The White-backed and Knob-billed Ducks, African Spoonbills, Avocets, Pintails, Grebes, and Widgeon .
- Then proceed to Ziway via Koka Dam with short roadside stops for different woodland birds. Around here you will see the African Pygmy-goose, Malachite and Pied Kingfisher, Lesser Jacana, Black Heron, different Terns, Pelican, Grey-headed and Lesser Black-backed Gull, African Fish-eagle, Black Crake, Allen's Gallinule and a number of other species.
- At Wondo Genet sees the acacia woodland area for the Cardinal and Bearded Woodpecker, Brubru, Red- faced Crombec and Red-billed Hornbill. Overnight in hotel/ lodge
Day 4: Birding at Wendo Genet
- Morning drive for birding in the Wondo Genet forest, which is a home to the endemic Banded Barbet, Yellow-fronted Parrot, Narnia Trogon, Abyssinian woodpecker, Half-collared Kingfisher, White-cheeked Tura co, Mountain Wagtail, Lesser and Scaly-throated Honeyguide, Red-billed Starling, African Little Sparrowhawk, Ayres's Hawk Eagle, Crowned Eagle, Sharpe's Starling, Lemon Dove, Double-toothed Barbet, Emerald Cuckoo-shrike, Abyssinian Ground Thrush, Scaly Francolin, Broad-billed Roller, Saw-wing and Lesser Striped Swallows . Overnight in hotel.
Day 5: Drive to Bale Mountain National Park – Back to Goba
- Morning, drive some 220 km to the Bale Mountains Park via Goba a great spot for ornithologists .
- Here you will see among the many endemic birds like Spot-breasted Plover, Black-winged Lovebird, Thick-billed Raven, White-backed Black Tit and the beautiful Abyssinian Catbird. The Bale Mountains are also home to different mammals like the beautiful Ethiopia Wolf, Mountain Nyala, Menelik's Bushbuck, Warthog, Bohor Reedbuck and Klipspringer.
- Inside the park, you will see the Chestnut-napped Francolin, Roget's Rail, Abyssinian Longclaw, Stonechat, Baglafecht Weavers and Mountain buzzards in the air. Overnight in hotel Goba
Day 6: Bale Mountains NP full day Birding Tour
- You will spend your most of the time on the Sanattie plateau and in the forest near Goba. The Red-breasted Sparrowhawk, Crowned Eagle, Verreaux's Eagle, Golden Eagle, Lammergeyer and Steppe Eagle are among the birds of prey we may see. Here we expect to see the beautiful Watt led Crane, Moorland Francolin, Ruddy She duck, Malachite Sunbird, and African Snipe. Overnight in hotel
Day 7: Ornithological drive from Goba- Awassa
- Morning drives to Awassa and will have an afternoon birding at Lake Awassa.
- Lake Awassa is the smallest and will lowest lake in the Ethiopian rift system with a great variety of bird species among them Banded Snake-Eagle, Grey Kestrel, Giant Kingfisher, Purple Swamphen, Allen's Gallinule, Lesser Jacana, Saddle-billed Stork, Purple and Goliath Herons, Sulpher-breasted Bush Shrike, Black-headed Batis, Violet-backed Starling, Bruce's Green Pigeon, African Pygmy-Kingfisher, Red-breasted Wryneck, Great spotted Eagle, Spotted Creeper, Greenshank, Wood Sandpiper, Marsh Sandpiper, Grey Kingfisher, Blue-headed Coucal, Klaus's and Dietrich Cuckoos are among the varieties of bird species we may see. . Overnight in hotel
Day 8: Drive back to Addis after completing your Ethiopia Birding Tour 8 Days.
- On the way stop at the rift valley lakes of Abijata-Willa lakes NP. Inside the park we expect to see the Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Von deer Dickens's Hornbill, Abyssinian Ground Hornbill, Rattling and Boron Cist colas, Rufus-crowned Roller, Lilac-breasted Roller, Black Wood-hoopoe, Black-billed Wood-hoopoe, Cardinal and Bearded Woodpeckers, Fawn-coloured Lark, Yellow-vented Ere more la, Red-faced Crombec, Marico and Beautiful Sunbirds and Black-crowned Tchagra.
- Then continue driving to Addis with the short stop at Hora Crater Lake in Debra Zeit. Overnight in hotel. Evening Departure
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Alright, what I would like to do is read 4 lines from a text file line 2 and 4 contains the actual numbers in hh:mm, while 1 and 3 are just labels.
I want to set each line as its on variable and then ask the user input an amount to be added to each, for a new total so far this is what I have
@echo off
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion
set nbr=1
for /f "tokens=*" %%1 in (filename.txt) do (
set var!nbr!=%%1
set /a nbr+=1
if !nbr! gtr 4 goto process
echo %var1% has a total of %var2%
echo %var3% has a total of %var4%
set /p var5=How much additional for %var1%?
set /p var6=How much additional for %var3%?
set /a var2=var2+var5
set /a var4=var4+var6
del filename.txt
echo %var1% >> filename.txt
echo %var2% >> filename.txt
echo %var3% >> filename.txt
echo %var4% >> filename.txt
The top half seems to run fine if i were to just tell it to echo the variables... the problem comes to when adding them. Is there a way to add hh:mm and over 24 hours.
So if the first amount was lets say 21:35 and the user wanted to add an additional 3 hours and 30 minutes, the final result would be 25:05. I don't even know where to start for that
I was going to try and do it in excel, haven't really ever used it and can't figure out a way of keeping a running total or whatever you may want to call it, so it just has one cell and you input the new amount to add to it in that same cell or only one adjacent cell. It seems to only want me to enter the addition to a new cell every time. and have the sum formula go out that many cells.
Thanks in advance.
First things first. If I understand your description, your first few lines look something like this:
:a label
:this doesn't matter
bla bla
You have a few hurdles.
[1] You need to deal with the colon to do an arithmetic SET.
[2] You need to be clear as to whether the hours before 10 have a leading zero.
[3] Once you get through that, you can work out the "carry". So that 70 MM becomes 1 HH 10 MM.
Life is too important to be taken seriously.
Thanks for the quick response, I think I have got it to work, with the few tests I have done I haven't received any errors, for the colon I just changed the form of the text document so that it would be as follows:
and then throughout the program if i wanted to see the colon i would display it.
as far as adding up the hours and min with a preceding 0 and carrying over the min and hours i did the following:
::variables from for /f
set hh1=%var2:~0,2%
set mm1=%var2:~2,2%
set hh2=%var4:~0,2%
set mm2=%var4:~2,2%
set /p var5=Additional hours for %var1%(hhmm):
set /p var6=Additional hours for %var3%(hhmm):
set hh3=%var5:~0,2%
set mm3=%var5:~2,2%
set hh4=%var6:~0,2%
set mm4=%var6:~2,2%
set /a Tha=hh1+hh3
set /a Tma=mm1+mm3
if !Tma! gtr 59 goto CARRYA
set /a Thb=hh2+hh4
set /a Tmb=mm2+mm4
if !Tmb! gtr 59 goto CARRYB
echo %var1% New Total: %Tha%:%Tma%
echo %var3% New Total: %Thb%:%Tmb%
del filename.txt
echo %var1% >> filename.txt
echo %Tha%%Tma% >> filename.txt
echo %var3% >> filename.txt
echo %Thb%%Tmb% >> filename.txt
set /a Tma=Tma-60
set /a Tha=Tha+1
if !Tma! lss 10 set Tma=0%Tma%
goto THMB
set /a Tmb=Tmb-60
set /a Thb=Thb+1
if !Tmb! lss 10 set Tmb=0%Tmb%
goto DISP
I didn't apply the preceding 0 to the hours because all the hours I am dealing with is above 10, but if needed I would assume just do it the same as the min.
If there is a cleaner and easier way of accomplishing this please post it.
Thanks again.
Thanks again Mechanix2Go, I was able to solve the math problem as i posted above and no problems yet, but since, I have been trying to come up with a way to check the input of the hours is exactly 4 characters, i did finde this code
if not "%fhr:~4%"=="" (
echo. ERROR: Incorrect format
which does great if what is entered is more than 4 characters, but i can't figure out a way to come back with an error if it is 3 or less.
i don't know if there is a simple edit to that code that could do it, but after giving up on find that, i tried do a loop type check,
set n=0
for %%a in (%fhr%) do (
set /a n+=1
if not %n%==4 (
echo. ERROR: Incorrect format
goto :HRS
but it just parses the whole input instead of each character of the variable so %n% is always 1
any suggestions?
@echo off & setLocal EnableDELAYedeXpansion
set /p T= time to add ?:
if "!T:~4!" neq "" echo too long && goto :eof
if "!T:~3!" equ "" echo too short && goto :eof
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Thanks again Mechanix, works great


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Union Cycle is a bit of a mystery brand with bikes being built in Japan, Germany, Holland and England. Below, a nice Japanese version. You can see how closely they were copying an English bike.
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Safety tested Raleigh decorated bolts,Basil basket, and brooks saddle, yes it does have more cool than a Linus
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have some photos of a Retro Mod Superbe you might like to see . Can you send a link I can
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Does anyone have informatie about this Brand? Thanks, Ronald
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Aruman Vard had to get off-planet fast. The end of the most incredible space war ever was at hand… and he wanted to be on the winning side!
Paul Carlton Savage died on July 20, 1969, in Vietnam but that was only the start of his troubles! Approached by a mysterious entity called The Hunter, Savage was offered immortality in exchange for his services in The Hunter's continuing war against The Bromgrev. Suddenly, Savage found himself pitted against an enemy he had never seen, an enemy who could be anyone, anywhere, at any time . . . an enemy determined to destroy him and all who got in his way. And in this raging intergalactic war between Good and Evil, Savage discovered that he couldn't be sure whose side he was on . . . .
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Maryland recognizes both same-sex marriage and same-sex partnerships as valid, legal relationships. Spouses and partners of state employees have been eligible under state law to receive benefits as dependents of their state employee spouses/partners. For people who entered into same-sex marriages in other states where the marriages are also recognized as legally valid, Maryland recognizes those marriages as well, making their dependent spouses/partners equally able to access state benefits.
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Amritsar Day tour- This north-western city of India, renowned for the Sikh shrine and Wagah border, is much more than the Golden Temple and Jallianwallah Bagh. A city of many flavours, Amritsar is loved as much for its temples and food as for its people. Begin your day with a visit to Sri Harmandir Sahib, popularly called the Golden Temple because of its gold-plated walls.
Amritsar Heritage Walk- Falling on major trade routes, Amritsar has a long history and everyone who lived or ruled here have left their mark on the city. This heritage walk of Amritsar takes you down the memory lane and introduces you to this multi-faceted city. The walk starts from the town hall and moves through small lanes and alleys where old structures still remain in use. Exquisite woodwork and paintings are remnants of the British era buildings.
Trip to Wagah border- Apart from the holy Golden Temple, Amritsar is known for the Wagah Border. The border is around 32 kilometres from the city and serves as a goods transit terminal and a railway station between India and Pakistan. The closest city on the Pakistan side is Lahore, which is around 22 kilometres from the border. In the afternoon, we head to the Wagah border to witness the elaborate 'lowering of the flags ceremony'.
Punjab Farm Day Tour- Punjab is known as the 'Bread Basket of India' and it rightly deserves this title. The 'land of five rivers' is very fertile and the harvest id abundant. Life here revolves around agriculture. The folk songs, movies and the postcards, all speak of the mustard blooms and the rice fields. A day tour of a farm is the best way to enjoy and immerse in the culture of Punjab.
Best time to visit October to June
This border town experiences its best climate from October to April. After the rains have halted, October sees clear skies. The months of December and January are peak winter months and it gets pretty cold. But it is a great time to be outdoors, soaking up the winter sun. The best months to spend an entire day at the Golden Temple here. Hot winds blow starting the end of April and lasts until the end of June. These months are hot and dry with scanty rainfall. The rains arrive by July and bring the temperatures down while there's a spike in the humidity.
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Sri Guru Ram Das Jee International Airport also known as Raja Sansi International Airport is located on outskirts of Amritsar. It is 11 kilometre away from city centre. You can take cab to reach your destination in Amritsar. Raja Sansi International Airport is well connected to International as well as domestic destination. You will find daily flights to and from Chandigarh, Srinagar, Delhi, London, Toronto, Dubai and many more cities.
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I have not done a movie review in a while, but now it should be the best time to do so. International martial arts star, Donnie Yen, has returned to protray as one of the most revolutionary martial artist of the 20th century, Ip Man.
The sequel takes place right with Sifu (Teacher/instructor) Ip Man living a new life in Hong Kong. Compared to the first film, its transition was from living in Fo Shan and fleeting for a more prosperous life away from the Japanese. It was difficuly to attract students, but it all begin to change once his first disciple, Wong Shun Leung, challenged him in a duel.
Ip Man's demonstration of wing chun was not only new for Wong Shun Leung, but also the hong kong martial arts community. In order for Ip to continue teaching martial arts, he must challenge the masters in Hong Kong whose leader is played by Sammo Hung. Although he was accepted to teach, but his biggest threat lead him to defeat a western boxer for the respect/preservation of the chinese arts.
This movie is beyond a martial arts film. Many of the times we watch martial arts films is to fast forward to the action; However, Donnie Yen's performance was extremely eloquent regards to empathy and compassion of his character. Ip Man was only a extraordinary martial artist, but an activist for his people. From the beginning of the film, I totally felt his anger and pain to stand up against the oppressor and guilt towards his friend being shot. Ip Man fought for so many people, which subliminally changed the eyes of chinese martial arts to the world.
It was amazing to see Sammo Hung return as Donnie's counterpart. The 2 martial artists were last seen brawling it out with dynamics kicks, intense hand strikes and throws in the epic martial arts film, Kill Zone (originally known as SPL). Punches were not held back as their rapid exchanges were controlled and precised!
This particular scene was very similar towards Bruce Lee's decision to teach anyone beyond the ways of the chinese culture. Anything expressed slightly different from a traditional criteria is automatically criticized and often challenged. Ip Man showed that once again and defeat the odds in this epic film (look out for the lil bruce lee cameo). Unfortunately, I feel the film would not be appreciated as much on the american silver screen, yet it has something to offer as much as "black swan" or some shit.


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As 2011 comes to a close, the clamor for a brand-new planner or organizer becomes louder and louder. Another year, after all, indicates a fresh start and a renewed zest for the days ahead. More importantly, it brings in new duties, tasks, social gatherings, meetings, and other day-to-day issues to concern oneself with—thus the need for a freshly unwrapped (or unboxed) planner to keep track of everything.
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Every October since 2004, the United States has observed National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Computer security is always important, but the month when spooks, zombies, and demons are on display is a fitting time for the mortgage business to give it focused attention.
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Cyber thieves are amping up their attacks on major banks and the U.S. Federal Reserve. Recently, $81 million dollars was stolen from a Bank of Bangladesh account at the New York Fed. Cybersecurity officials are rapidly securing possible entry points for cyber thieves, finding that the most ordinary access points, such as email and social media accounts, can be all a thief needs to gain access to highly sensitive data. What does this mean for mid-sized lenders in the mortgage industry?
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A new RPA streamlines the process of on-boarding new hires.
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Yesterday, I was riding home on the BART, absolutely exhausted from sitting all day in the same place doing the same thing over and over again on almost no sleep. Hanging on the train were posters for the Avon Breast Cancer Walk. It is a weekend of fundraising activities for breast cancer research.
I thought that might be a nice thing to do – raise some money for breast cancer research in honor of my mother. I've never done anything like that – seems like the kind of thing a son might do.
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I thought: I bet that would be a great place to meet women.
So now would I be going to honor my mother or to meet women? The catch, though, is that it might not even be a conflict of interest, provided she is Jewish.
So if I do this now, will I be doing it to honor my mother or to meet women? And to do it just to meet women would be pretty scummy. But once I've had the idea that it may be a possibility, isn't that the only reason I'd be doing it?


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For centuries, Shakespeare's "Othello" has told the story of the innocent Desdemona killed by Iago's lies, but was Desdemona all that innocent?
The play "Desdemona: A Play about a Handkerchief," written by Paula Vogel and directed by senior Avery Wigglesworth, is a retelling of Shakespeare's classic tragedy, focusing on the women who Shakespeare left in the background.
"You don't see a lot of shows with only female casts," Wigglesworth said.
The play's cast is small. Only three actresses make up the players: sophomore Sam Auch as Othello's wife Desdemona, sophomore Missy Preston as her scullery maid Emilia and senior Kate LaRose as Bianca, Cassio's prostitute.
It says a lot about the original play that most of its female characters can be defined by the men in their lives. Vogel's play asks what would happen if audiences were to look further. Although a knowledge of the original play is helpful in understanding some of the underlying conflict in the play, Shakespeare's tragedy is more of a jumping off point than a direct parallel.
According to Vogel, a closer look would reveal that although Desdemona is not carrying on an affair with Cassio like her husband suspects, she is sleeping with most of the other men in the city. Shakespeare's innocent wife has even moonlighted as a prostitute for Bianca to liberate herself from her stale life and abusive husband.
Emilia struggles to stay faithful to Iago — despite the fact she hates him — for the promise of security that he brings. Bianca is a boisterous madam, bragging about her liberty from a "smug" (a husband) but even she is not as free as she appears.
"A lot of the play is about finding yourself," Wigglesworth said.
She especially felt that the play was about women figuring out how to fill and not fill the roles society gives them.
Vogel's original play was written in thick accents, but Wigglesworth made the choice to mostly ignore them to universalize the play.
The set itself is a hodgepodge of items from different periods. Mismatched chairs, rugs, lamps, pillows and even a play house give the set a feeling of timeless disarray.
"It's sort of the attic of the world that these women have been shut up in," Wigglesworth said.
But, in their attic, these women come alive. Although at times the script can be didactic, the players perform it with heart and sincerity which covers a good deal of fault.
Auch's Desdemona, a poor little rich girl who is not satiated by the lush world around her, seamlessly makes the audience shift from frustration to sympathy and then back again. Preston's Emilia can be harsh and conniving, but not without reason. LaRose's Bianca is breezy and brash, but her vulnerability is always lurking beneath the surface.
In the play's hour and fifteen minutes, the three women clash and commiserate in an effort to find out what it means to be a woman in a man's world and how women can make a world of their own. The play offers no easy answers, but it provides enough for the audience to chew over after the actors take their final bows.
Note: This play contains nudity and sexually explicit content and is recommended for mature audiences.