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In Lesson Three, we will learn the mysteries of the South East Direction. I do not use the word "mystery" here lightly. The South East is the repository of untold reservoirs of Magick. This is the realm of the subconscious. It is the home of that which makes us truly and uniquely human. The South East is the home of the earthly, human personality. Let me be clear; to be Human is to be Magickal. Most people are still operating from their Dwarf nature. To be Human is to integrate the human personality with the internal Divine nature. Not all people have done this. This is something we will explore here in South East Direction.
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According to Taoist Mysticism, the South East is the realm of the trigram "Wind." Another Taoist name for this direction is the "Door of Humanity." According to the Vedics, the South East is the home of the planet Venus and the realm of Agni. Agni is the Vedic god of sacrificial fire. Indo European languages, (including English) originally had two words for Fire. One was the external physical fire, called Pyr in Greek and Fire in English. The other word was for the internal, sacred fire Agni.
This word for sacred fire is still retained in the Latin word Ignis, the Sanskrit word Agni and the Germanic Rune ING. The English word "inglenook" means fireplace. It's original meaning was the "nook for the sacred fire" (Ing). This hearkens back to a time when the polytheist Anglo-Saxons practiced a form of Indo-European polytheism that used the fireplace of the home as a sacred altar. We still hang stockings over the fireplace and place pictures of our ancestors on the mantle. This all reveals our ancient, pre-Christian polytheist culture that worshiped at the Inglenook.
The Human relationship to Fire is very, very old. Paleoanthropologists have determined that the first human ancestors to use fire were the species known as "Homo Erectus." These human predecessors would make use of fires started from lightning strikes. They began cooking their food and using fires to protect themselves at night from animals.
It has also been determined that human ancestors stretching back a million years or more had the physical capability of speech. This refutes the outdated idea that speech is new only to modern humans. It seems that speech is a power that humans inherited from their ancient proto-human ancestors.
Some scientists now believe that it was during this period when Homo Erectus began using fire that the concept of storytelling and mythology began. During the long nights, Homo Erectus would gather around the lightning sparked fires at night and began telling stories to fill the long hours. It would have been at this time that the Human species took a huge evolutionary leap. Cooking food helps make it much more digestible. The added nutrition from cooking would provide more protein for Erectus' brain allowing him unprecedented ability to use more of his brain. As Erectus is gaining more brain power from the increased bio-available food, he is also expanding his speech through rudimentary story telling at the fire.
Scientists also believe based on the Paleolithic Continuity Paradigm
that the Indo-European language has its roots in Africa at least 60,000
years ago before modern humans migrated to the northern hemisphere. Is it possible that Homo Erectus communities in Africa began forming the religious ideas and speech that were inherited by modern humans and brought to the Northern Hemisphere in the form of the Proto-Indo-European language and religion?
Homo Erectus Skull Reconstruction
If all this is true, then Fire truly was the "spark of humanity." Without the use of fire, we would still be a bunch of apes. It was fire that perfected and purified our food. ("Purify" means to "cleanse through fire.") Food offerings to fire is not just symbolic. We do it every time we cook our food. The fire actually purifies the food from germs, parasites and allows it be more easily digested. Fire really is a magical, divine substance without which we would not be truly human.
How does Wind, Fire, Venus and Humanity relate?
It wasn't until I researched my own ethnic pre-Christian mythological lore that I saw the true meanings of the South East direction and was able to reverse engineer the energetic roots of the South East as it was independently discovered by these differing cultures.
According to Modern Teutonic Animism, the South East is the home of the Dwarves. Dwarves represent subconscious thought forms that create our environments through the projection of subconscious patterns that, if given enough mental energy, become actual thought form entities capable of creating matter from thoughts. According to Norse mythology, the Dwarves are molded from leftover energy that created the Cosmos. This energy was molded into "human form" by the gods. According to this same mythology, the Dwarves dwell under the earth (beneath conscious awareness) where they forge magical tools for the gods. The dwarves are very powerful and provide all of the magical items possessed by the gods. If we liken the gods to the human superconscious and the dwarves to subconscious, the symbolism is pretty clear; our subconscious creates our environment with Life Force Energy directed by our Superconscious mind. It is not commonly known, but pre-Christian Anglo-Saxon Wizards had a word for Magick. They called it "Dwarf-Speak." We do not know exactly what they meant by that phrase, but as I see it, it can mean two things. 1) Magick is accomplished by speaking charms directly to Dwarves who carry out the spell. Or, 2) Magick is accomplished by speaking charms in Dwarf language. I lean toward the former. Regardless, either way, according to Anglo-Saxon Wizards, Magick is accomplished through Dwarf power.
According to Norse myth, the Dwarves retain the "mold" of humanity (personality). The myths are clear that if the Dwarves are not monitored, they can cause all kinds of problems and they can also be very dangerous. The Dragon Fafnir was originally called a dwarf who transformed himself into a dragon out of greed. But the dwarf Fafnir was also the brother of the human Sigurd. He is the hero who represents a true divine human being who vanquishes the dragon of lower instincts and desires and retrieves the Aegishjalmur (eight sided mandala called the "Helmet of Awe.") Fafnir shows us that dwarves are our human personality. To be human, one must first be a dwarf. The dwarf nature is then united to divinity through the sacred fire of ING/Agni. Only then does the individual become "Mannaz" or a god/human. It is only through mastering our subconscious patterns and bringing them under control of our superconscious mind through the use of sacred Kundalini fire that Wizards can make use of the full power of the eight sided sun-wheel mandala or "Helm of Awe."
According to our Vedic cousins, the South East is the home of the planet Venus, the fire god Agni and the fertility goddess Lakshmi. Venus is the latin word that is directly related to the Norse word "Vanir" who are the Teutonic Earthly gods responsible for fertility, the harvest and Earth Magick. The English word "Wind" is also directly related to English word "Wanes" who are the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Vanir. This indicates that deities related to planet Venus are what the Germanic tribes called the "Vanir" or the "Wanes." The goddess Freyja is a member of the Vanir and is an Earth Goddess of the Teutonic peoples. When I researched the origins of the Germanic word Freyja, I found that it was derived from the same root as the Vedic god "Prajaapati." Which means "Father of Progeny." Here we have the same meanings. Freyja is the goddess of fertility and Prajaapati is the father of progeny. So, it seems that the Germanic version may be an even older version of the Indo-European word for fertility which was simply "Prajaa." In Germanic languages, the word Prajaa would be pronounced "Freyjaa." So, Freyja may simply mean "Fertility."
A modern mythological rendition of the relationship of the goddess Freyja and the Dwarves would be the medieval German fairy tale "Snow White." Snow White is clearly a representation of an Earth Goddess and shares symbolism with both Freyja and Kundalini. Kundalini rises from slumber in the root chakra. Snow White rises from an enchanted slumber after receiving a kiss from a prince who here is an equivalent of Shiva (consciousness) who awakens Kundalini from her slumber in the root chakra. Snow White has Seven dwarves (Chakras) who protect and provide for her as long as she tends to their household (human personality). This represents that the subconscious will provide for humans as long as their kundalini is focused on bringing their subconscious desires to conscious awareness. Each of these dwarves represents seven human characteristics mirroring the seven chakras that Kundalini must awaken.
The writers of these medieval fairy tales obviously had no idea that they were explaining Vedic myth. Both of these Indo-European cultures are merely re-discovering their shared ancient ancestral spiritual teachings locked within our mythological DNA. These esoteric understandings are part of our DNA and will find a way to reveal themselves to our subconscious. When someone channels a true myth or fairy tale, they experience it as an artistic inspiration. If it is a true mythological teaching, then it is channeled from the ancestral teachers through our ancestral memory. Which of course is buried somewhere in our subconscious mind waiting for an opportunity to be released. This is the root of all true myths and fairy tales. They are the lessons stored in our ancestral DNA that will resurface to teach us how to best integrate with our environments. Even if we forget or discard our ancestral myths (as was the case with the Northern Europeans), these teachings will find a way to resurface (as was the case with the "Snow White" fairy tale resurfacing into popular media through Disney cartoons.) Many of our movies are such teachings. After practicing this and other types of ancestral spiritual practices, you can see the ancestors teaching us through movies, cartoons comics, etc...
So, here we can see the relationship between all three prehistoric ethnic understandings for the South East direction. The Taoists focused on the South East's resonance with "Wind", yet also connected it to the root of Humanity. The Vedics and the Germanic tribes connected Venus (Vanir, the wind masters) with the sacred internal Fire (Agni, ING) and The pre-Christian Germanic tribes understanding of the subterranean Dwarves smelting magical tools for the gods through sacred fire.
It would take entire books to explore all these concepts: Dwarves, Kundalini, Sacred Fire, etc... I haven't even touched on the Valkyries who are also heavily associated with the South East Direction and the goddess Freyja. (That will have to wait for a more advanced lesson.) So, I leave it to you, the apprentice, to research all of these subjects and how they connect with each other.
For this week's lesson, we will focus on the internal sacred fire. We will perform a ritual to Agni/Ing with a meditation to empower the internal fire of Kundalini to rise and stimulate the 3rd eye.
Best Day and Time to perform this ritual is:
Friday between the hours of 6:00 - 7:30 a.m. or p.m. ( move it up one hour during daylight savings time.)
You may focus only the Fire Element for this ritual or you may seek the help of a deity of your choice. Again, the deity must be associated with the South East direction. If you are unsure of your deity choice, then please choose from the suggested list below:
Planet Venus
Goddess Venus
Fire Meditation Ritual:
Before we get into the details, let me tell you some items you will need.
Mead or honey water
Before you begin, set up your altar in the South East area of your sacred space.
Optional altar items:
ING rune symbol
Five Element offerings (Fire is the focus, but you can still offer all Five Elements.)
108 count mala ( for optional mantras given below)
That's it for Week Three.
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This first Proparco microfinance commitment in the Central African Economic and Monetary Community is in line with Proparco's strategy of supporting the development of microfinance institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa and promoting responsible microfinance practices.
A recognized microfinance institution
Founded in 1999 in partnership with the Cameroonian government and with funding from the European Union and Agence Française de Développement (AFD), ACEP Cameroun has been a privately owned microfinance institution since 2005. It offers a wide range of financial services (loans, savings, money transfers, remote banking) tailored to the needs of micro-enterprises, its legacy customer base. ACEP Cameroun's staff of 350 today serves over 30,000 customers through a 23-branch network covering seven of the country's ten regions.
The loan from Proparco will help boost local employment and enhance financial inclusion in a country where only 12% of the population is "banked", while supporting the private sector through lending to small businesses.
Developing offers suited to rural areas
Cameroon's microfinance institutions are still largely concentrated in the cities, although 60% of the total population lives in the countryside. That imbalance led ACEP Cameroun in 2013 to start focusing on expanding its work into the countryside, setting up five rural agencies thanks to AFD support. Farm lending has been a big success with coffee and cocoa growers, and the plan is for it to become a growing share of ACEP Cameroun's activity.


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Auto Tune is an audio processing technology originally created by a company called Antares Audio Technologies. It is designed to measure and alter pitch in vocal and instrumental music recordings and performances.
Originally designed to disguise off-key notes by shifting their pitch to the nearest true semitone, it has also been used to effectively distort the human voice by raising or lowering pitch significantly, so that the voice is heard to instantly change from note to note like a synthesiser.
The first commercial use of Auto Tune as a vocal effect was in Cher's "Believe" in 1998. The producers of this song originally claimed that they had used a DigiTech Talker FX pedal in the song, however Cher's producers discovered that they could "exaggerate the artificiality of abrupt pitch correction" with Auto Tune, creating a technique that became widespread in use during the first ten years of the 21st century on tracks such as Daft Punk's "One More Time" amongst others.
Auto Tune is used by a number of artists for live performances in it's originally intended mode (where it is designed to be mostly undetectable) to ensure that they deliver on-key notes, however the likes of Christina Aguilera and Death Cab for Cutie have taken a public stand against using Auto Tune in their live performances.
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The 2016 Voter Uprising Against Wall Street…and What to Do About It
Stephen Davis, Associate Director and Senior Fellow, Programs on Corporate Governance and Institutional Investors, Harvard Law School, will join the Institute to present a talk based on a soon to be released book What They Do With Your Money: How the Financial System Fails Us, and How to Fix It (publication date: May 24, 2016), as part of the Ethics in Governance: Stewardship and Investor Education Forum.
Warren Buffett: If You Own A Good Business, Keep It
Buying private businesses is easier than acquiring public firms, and investors should avoid selling good investments at all costs, according to the Oracle of Omaha, Warren Buffett. Q2 2020 hedge fund letters, conferences and more In an interview with CNBC in March 2013, Buffett was asked if he was looking at any businesses, in particular, Read More
What They Do With Your Money: How the Financial System Fails Us, and How to Fix It
Each year we pay billions in fees to those who run our financial system. The money comes from our bank accounts, our pensions, our borrowing, and often we aren't told that the money has been taken. These billions may be justified if the finance industry does a good job, but as this book shows, it too often fails us. Financial institutions regularly place their business interests first, charging for advice that does nothing to improve performance, employing short-term buying strategies that are corrosive to building long-term value, and sometimes even concealing both their practices and their investment strategies from investors.
In their previous prizewinning book, The New Capitalists, the authors demonstrated how ordinary people are working together to demand accountability from even the most powerful corporations. Here they explain how a tyranny of errant expertise, naive regulation, and a misreading of economics combine to impose a huge stealth tax on our savings and our economies. More important, the trio lay out an agenda for curtailing the misalignments that allow the financial industry to profit at our expense. With our financial future at stake, this is a book that analysts, economists, policy makers, and anyone with a retirement nest egg can't afford to ignore.
What They Do With Your Money: How the Financial System Fails Us, and How to Fix It


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CBS News: U.S. teen pregnancy rates at an all-time low across all ethnicities
(CBS News) The rate of teenagers becoming mothers is declining rapidly, according to a new report published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The average teen birth rate decreased 9 percent from 2009 to 2010, reaching an all time low of 34.3 births per 1,000 women aged 15 to 19.
That's a 44 percent drop from 1991 to 2010. There were less teenage mothers in 2010 than any year since 1946.
The effect is being seen across most groups. Hispanic teens, who normally have a higher birth rate than the rest of the population, reported less young birth mothers than ever before in 2010. While there are still 55.7 teen births in the Hispanic community for every 1,000 births, numbers declined 12 percent for Hispanic and American Indian or Alaskan Native teens. Rates dropped 13 percent for Asian and Pacific Islander mothers. Non-Hispanic white and non-Hispanic black teenage mother saw their rates drop of 9 percent.
What's behind the reduced rates? The CDC claims that the effective use at prevention messages has helped stop teenage pregnancy. Both increased use of contraception and use of two methods of birth control (usually birth control polls and condoms) at once have been observed. ...


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International students studying in Australia for more than 6 months are eligible for paying taxes as they are considered "Australian residents for tax purposes", requiring them to declare their income and its sources while lodging for a tax return.
Which means that their total earnings will often remain within the tax-free threshold of $18,200 AUD.
So, there might not be any reason to stress over taxes.
If that is the case then first begin by submitting a non-lodgment advice to the Australian Tax Office. Even if you are not filing a tax return, you have to notify the tax authorities of your circumstances.
For those whose earnings exceeds $18,200 AUD, it is mandatory to file for a tax return before the official deadline of October 31st every year (extended when done through an agent). But don't worry, it gets better from here.
Filing for a tax return can fetch you a good portion of tax deduction and refunds. Let's begin:
Things to keep in mind before applying for tax returns for International Students
How International Students can file for tax in Australia and apply for tax returns?
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along with the expenses made- having to fulfill their professional needs- such as buying uniforms, safety gear, tools and equipment, etc,.
A good percentage of those can be refunded by applying for tax returns.
Consult a registered agent for accurate evaluation.
Finally, be sure to lodge your with all the authentic required documents before the deadline.
The refunding process should take anywhere from 2 to 6 weeks.
Superannuation and how to get a refund when International students leave the country?
In Australia, employers are required to pay a certain percentage (usually 9.5%) of the wages to the employee as Retirement Pension Contributions.
International students leaving Australia can apply for a 70% refund on Superannuation.
-Be aware of the name of the Superannuation fund used by your employer.
-Possess a payment summary of taxes- "Group Certificate".
-Possess a working holiday employee membership number.


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Today, Ubisoft released a new trailer for Far Cry 5 which not only gives us a better look at the chaotic gameplay, but also details some of the villains. There are plenty of opportunities for a guns-blazing approach and stealth gameplay. Traversing the land is easy because you can commander aircraft and also zip across trees. However, the highlight of the game appears to be its crazed antagonist.
Far Cry 5 is set in America, which is a first for the franchise. The game offers players complete freedom to navigate a serene but deeply twisted world as the new junior deputy of Hope County, Montana. The new junior deputy finds that their arrival accelerates a silent coup by a fanatical cult. The Project at Eden's Gate wants a violent takeover. With the outside world cutting ties to the region, it's up to you to join forces with normal individuals, form a resistance, and take back the land.
Far Cry 5 launches on March 27, 2018 on Xbox One, PC, and PlayStation 4. The game was recently delayed by a month. From what it seems, the title continues the series' trend of having insane plots, characters, and thrilling first-person action. Hopefully Far Cry 5 will live up to expectations upon release.
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New HP Pavilion laptops are fun, colorful, and more sustainable
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Up your Fortnite game with one of these great headsets
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Major James Nesmeth dreamed of improving his golf game. To fulfill his dream, he developed a unique method for improving his score during a seven year period when he was unable to even touch a club or step on a fairway. Until he devised this method, he was just an average weekend golfer who shot in the nineties.
During his seven-year absence from golf, Nesmeth was a prisoner of war in North Vietnam. During most of his captivity he saw no one and talked to no one. It was during the first few months of his captivity that he realized that he must find some way to occupy his mind or he'd lose his sanity and probably his life. That's when he learned to visualize.
Every day he played a round of golf at the country club of his dreams. Major Nesmeth smelled the fragrance of freshly trimmed grass and the feel of his clubs. He practiced his swing on an imaginary driving range. When he visualized playing a game, he took every step on his way to the ball, just as he would if he had actually been on the course. He didn't omit a detail. Not once did he hook or slice a shot. He never missed a putt.
Seven days a week, four hours a day, Major Nesmeth played 18 holes of golf in his imagination. After his release, Nesmeth shot a 74 the first time he stepped on a golf course, 20 strokes off his previous average!
My dream for the Adventist church is written in the right-hand column, just under the Adventist Perspective banner headline. I visualize that dream every time I post, and when I do, once in a while I find myself humming the refrain from the musical, South Pacific: "If you don't have a dream, If you don't have a dream, how you gonna have a dream come true?" Hum the melody and visualize your dream.
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PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile Gets First-Person Perspective and Several New Features
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile's new update brings first-person perspective to the title as well as various new features.
PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile received a new 0.6.0 update yesterday that brought the first-person perspective to the title as part of the mobile version's biggest update to date.
PUBG Corporation's mobile port of its popular PC and Xbox One Battle Royale title has had not only first-person perspective added but also several new features to bring more to the game. A new Mini-Zone has been introduced to PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile, dropping one-hundred players into a smaller circle with triple the amount of loot and a play time of about twenty minutes.
An Armory is now implemented which allows players to browse through weapon statistics and analyze the performance of weapon accessories. PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds Mobile Royale Pass will allow players to complete daily challenges in a bid to earn points and increase their Royale Pass rank. By completing a number of missions every week players can gain additional crates.
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A Life between Public and Private Instruction
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Reviewing the early sources on al-Ghazali's life and comparing them with information that he himself gives in his Persian letters leads to the conclusion that he was born around 1056, roughly two years than usually assumed. His family was more prominent among the scholars of Iran than the Muslim historians like to admit. An early contact with his later mentor Nizam al-Mulk is likely. Al-Ghazali's so-called "crisis" in 1095, when he left Baghdad, was the result of a log-lasting development and was triggered by his changed attitude towards the Seljuq state authorities. His subsequent "seclusion" was merely a deliberate absence from schools (madrasas) that were supported with state funds. He continued to teach, however, at small private madrasas and at no point did al-Ghazali seclude himself from his students and followers.
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International Frontier Resources Corporation (IFR -- TSX-V) has agreed to acquire a 5% interest in a UKCS license covering block12/23 (split). The Company has agreed to participate for its share of the work commitment associated with the promote license. Partners in block 12/23 are: Endeavor Exploration UK (33.33% operator), Hunt Oil UK (33.33%), Palace Exploration Company (UK) Ltd (28.33%) and International Frontier (5%). Block 12/23 adjoins promote license (Block 12/17) in the Inner Moray Firth area that was issued in September 2005 to Palace Exploration Company (UK) Ltd. (50% operator) and International Frontier (50%).
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Cricketer MS Dhoni needs no introduction. With unmatched consistency in performance and a streak for making the right decisions at the knick of time, he has perched himself in the hearts of all cricket fans in the country. While he lives in his sprawling farmhouse in Ranchi with wife Sakshi and daughter Ziva, not many are aware that his home is dog-friendly! Yes, the CSK captain has a soft corner for his four-pawed friends and has gone to the extent of designing his home to suit their needs too. Say hello to Dhoni's dogs—Sam, Lilly, Gabbar, and Zoya and take a tour of his pet-friendly Ranchi house.
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MS Dhoni's pet dogs, Sam (a Belgian Malinois), Lilly and Gabbar—two white coated huskies, and Zoya, a Dutch Shepherd, unite to become the CSK captain's extended family. Almost constant companions to adorable little Ziva, these pet dogs can be found running everywhere in the grassy outdoors of Dhoni's Ranchi farmhouse. The incredibly spacious house—named 'Kailashpati'—includes a gymnasium, swimming pool, park, and even a few indoor workout rooms for different sports. A training space to train his canine pets has also been included in this setting! This is quite comforting for Dhoni's favourite dog Sam—the Belgian Malinois—a breed that loves activity and are quite energetic. The cricketer's Dutch Shepherd is a training junkie too!
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This September a company of volunteer performers will transport Elmbridge audiences back in time to the closing months of the First World War and share with them untold stories from life on the Elmbridge Home Front.
Four Families of the Fallen is a performance of four 10-minute plays that focus on the real lives of four war-weary families of servicemen killed in the Great War as they prepare to attend their local annual memorial service
The performances, which take place in Walton on Thames, Esher and Weybridge on the weekend of the 8 & 9 September, are the culmination of an innovative, nine-month community theatre project commissioned by The R C Sherriff Trust and supported by Elmbridge Borough Council. Devised and written by Quick Fix Theatre, and directed by Jo Humphries, it's aim is to commemorate the centenary of the end of the First World War in Elmbridge, Surrey.
The four original plays are inspired by the 1918 roll of honour in St James' Parish Church, Weybridge and based on historical documents and newspaper reports from the town. The cast have immersed themselves in First World War local history to create compelling stories and enable themselves to step into the shoes of the lives of real Elmbridge residents, who lived in the borough 100 years ago.


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Denny Hamlin is the Daytona 500 winner for the second time in four years.
Hamlin took the checkered flag for Joe Gibbs Racing a month after Joe Gibbs' oldest son died following a long battle with a degenerative neurological disease. J.D. Gibbs was 49.
Hamlin moved out front after a final restart and had teammate Kyle Busch blocking in the final lap as the pair created a sweep of the top three finishes for Gibbs Racing. Busch finished second, followed by Erik Jones. Defending Cup Series champion Joey Logano was fourth.
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When it comes to helping fledgling businesses grow wings, business incubators can be invaluable. Most incubators nurture various kinds of startups by offering access to office and work spaces, mentors, advice, equipment and networking resources. But other incubators choose to specialize. Here are three business incubators that have carved out their own niches to help entrepreneurs launch successful ventures.
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Bit of a whizz with the cocktail shaker are you? Like a bit of citron with the vodka martini? Or even (ugh!) a dash of feijoa? In Alaska recently I was offered a bottle of locally produced vodka, complete with salmon flavouring!
Not sure what they mix it with but it could certainly be a novel addition to your next cocktail party. It's not on sale here but perhaps you could make a NZ version and soak a bit of Marlborough's best king salmon in a bit of Fiordland's 'Blue Duck' Vodka for a Kiwi twist?
A shot of 'Whio Whacker' anyone? Who's got a recipe?
We're well used to bits and pieces added to our drinks to give them more interest; juniper berries in gin, citron, peach and even feijoa in vodka (ugh!) and of course, the added herbal flavours in wine to get Vermouth.
But the mad men (and women) of Alaska have broken the mould when it comes to fiddling with alcoholic drinks. In Anchorage, Alaska's biggest city, fishing for wild salmon is a major cause of work absenteeism and now they've invented a liquid trophy for those who fish but don't get!
I thought it was a joke when the attendant at Seward liquor store that looked out over Alaska's Resurrection Bay suggested a shot or two of Alaska Distillery's Smoked Salmon vodka was a taste of the 'real Alaska' that every tourist should experience. It sounded a bit like suggesting that.
I cosy up to a grizzly bear just out of hibernation to get the 'real feel' of the frozen outback. I was inclined to think that the grizzly cuddle might be the better option but both seemed perilous. The Alaskans are salmon crazy and one can only presume that the drink in question is some sort of solace for those luckless enough to come home without a fish! "Honey I'm home with a bottle of fish!"
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THE share of wholly foreign-held companies in Singapore jumped to 37 per cent in January through March 2016 from 24 per cent in October through December 2015, according to a report by corporate services provider Hawksford Singapore released on Thursday.
Although the share of companies that are 100 per cent local-owned has "conventionally . . . hovered around 65 per cent", that share dropped to 50 per cent in the first three months of this year, it added.
The percentage of mixed-holding companies "usually hovers slightly above 10 per cent but in Q1 2016 it increased to 13 per cent", Hawksford said.
Noting that the Singapore government typically releases the annual Budget in February but this year it was released in late March, it said: "Businesses usually watch out for what is contained in the budget before planning their structuring and new businesses initiatives. The delayed rollout may have prompted local entrepreneurs and investors to adopt a cautionary approach before incorporating the company."
Another factor was potentially "the assurance by the Fed to hold rates steady in order to prevent volatility", it said. "This lifted the confidence of foreign entrepreneurs and investors. The central banks of the regional economies have also slashed rates or have maintained aggressively accommodative rates, thus enhancing liquidity in the market. This has primarily contributed to a spike in the share of foreign held companies."
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Note: There are two Dukes BBQ's in Orangeburg. This review details our experience at the Whitman Street location. There is a different Dukes on Chestnut which we have yet to try.
Heather talked me into driving up to Orangeburg today after she got off work since we had time for a quick road trip. Camden did not accompany us as he wasn't feeling well, so we set out for a meal.
I was kind of excited to try Dukes. Now, one thing you need to know is that there are many Dukes BBQ's in the Lowcountry. Heck, out of the blue, we passed one in Ridgeville on the way back. I know there is one on Spruill Avenue in Charleston, one in Walterboro, apparently one on James Island, and I hear there is another in Orangeburg, itself. I think they are all loosely related, but they are not franchises or part of a chain.
Anyway, we arrive at about 4:30 and hop out. The building is a nice one compared to many we have stopped at. It has a walk-up take-out window on the side. The front is wood-sided with red doors and trim and wooden shingles. The interior is sparsely decorated. "Small town country buffet," Heather commented, not being derogatory. There are lines of tables arranged around the room almost like a school cafeteria might be. Each row of tables has pitchers of sweet tea, hot sauce, and salt and pepper shakers. Around the interior, you will find t-shirts on a rack for sale ($15), used books on a bookshelf for sale (.50), and flower-strewn crosses for sale ($12). Frankly, it felt sort of Goodwill meets BBQ restaurant. Strange choice, but hey, we don't care; we're here for the BBQ.
We walk up and order two buffets ($18). On the buffet there was: hash and rice, green beans, baked beans, mac and cheese, something akin to hush puppies, a fried something (gizzards?), BBQ chicken, fried chicken, chopped pork BBQ, coleslaw, potato salad, pickles, sliced white loaf bread, a squirt bottle of ketchup, one of vinegar/pepper sauce, and a huge warming tray full of mustard sauce. Strangely, I saw no desserts anywhere. We filled our plates and sat to eat.
The BBQ had no sauce on it, which we prefer. I have to say the first thing that entered my mind going through the buffet was that the BBQ was really dried out. Honestly, I considered the fact that since we were here early on a Thursday, opening day for the Dukes each week, that the BBQ we were being served was actually leftovers from the week before. I don't know this to be the case, but I certainly suspect it because it is clearly dried out.
Anyway, because there is no sauce, we are able to taste the meat itself. In this case, there was little taste. "My BBQ was dry. Didn't have much flavor," we both agreed afterward. I will say, however, that I got a second serving and the meat that had been added to the pan was much moister. We also purchased a pound to bring home to the kids. We tasted that when we got home, and I thought it had considerably more flavor, but Heather disagreed.
Regardless, the BBQ itself was a disappointment for us, I have to say. We don't believe Dukes uses wood coals but cooks with propane. This is based on the taste, the propane tank in the back and the absence of wood anywhere in sight… but mainly on the taste.
Ironically, neither of us realized at first that the big vat of caramel-colored goo on the buffet was their famous sauce. Looking for sauce, I searched the bar and found two squeeze bottles. I grabbed one and squeezed out what was obviously was ketchup upon a plate. Into a separate section of the tray, I squeezed what was a very thin vinegar-pepper sauce and returned to the table, not knowing yet the mustard sauce was available by the ladleful on the buffet.
As for the vinegar, if it was intended to be a BBQ sauce at all, it was simply awful. There were two flavors: straight vinegar and HOT pepper. That's it. Nothing else. I would guess the two ingredients are distilled white vinegar and cayenne. Maybe it was just vinegar for greens and not a sauce at all. I hope so, anyway. About this time, Heather said, "I think that is the mustard sauce on the buffet."
The mustard sauce was interesting. Sweet. Very thick. More condiment than BBQ sauce. It literally sits on top of the BBQ when poured upon it. We agreed it was the best mustard sauce we've had so far, but again, we really didn't love it. "I never realized how much I like vinegar-based BBQ until we started doing this. It's just so much better," I said on the ride home. The sweetness of the mustard sauces we've had tends to overwhelm the taste of the pork. Still looking for that perfect mustard sauce at a restaurant.
As for the sides, here is our conversation: "The baked beans were just baked beans. My first thought was that they were straight out of a can," I said.
"Yep…and obviously the green beans looked like they were straight out of the can; didn't eat 'em. The mac and cheese looked really dry; didn't want to try that," Heather said. I agreed.
"The potato salad was good," I said. It was tangy and smooth with a bit of mustard in it and pickles.
"The fried chicken was great: moist, tender and crispy," Heather pointed out. I agreed.
In the end, the impression we were left with was one of sweetness. As Heather said, "Everything was really sweet: the sweet tea was sweet, the hash was sweet, the mustard sauce was sweet. Mustard sauce: like thicker than syrup… just thick… sticky and thick…very interesting…never had a bbq sauce like that."
Ironically, there were no desserts to be found on the buffet. Guess the meal was sweet enough on its own.
Heather summed it all up on the way home: "I think my problem with these kinds of places is they try to do too much. You know, maybe at one time, they were probably good BBQ places, but they try to do all these other things, and they can't do all the other things, and they just need to think about the one thing they were probably good at years ago. Maybe it's the mustard sauce that people like and it not really about the taste of the meat, so it's really about the BBQ sauce and not about the taste of the meat and to me it should be about the taste of the meat first. The meat has to taste good first before you can say you make good BBQ."
That pretty much says it all.
So, bottom line: Was it worth the trip?
"I'm disappointed… No." I said.
"Glad we tried it. Wonder if others are the same. No, I wouldn't go back," Heather said.
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Thanks, Tom. Will do. Our touring has slowed and our reviews have virtually halted, but we'll get there one day.
I only go to the Chestnut location – it is a world of difference. I have been eating at the Chestnut location since the 70s. (Much better than the Whitman Duke's and not affiliated.)
No, it hasn't dissuaded us from trying the others. It is our duty to give each one an honest chance. Glad to hear that the Ridgeville shop is using wood – makes a true and clear difference. We'll check it out in time. It's on the list. Thanks, again.
Being something of a barbecue junkie, and having been to all of the Duke's locations, I've got to say go to the one in Ridgeville before you write off Duke's as a barbecue joint. They are all loosely related by blood, but the product and presentation is very different from location to location. Ridgeville cooks with wood, has some of the best barbecue and fried chicken around, and also loads up the buffet with some really good cobbler-type desserts.
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Azhar was listed by the UN's 1267 Sanctions Committee for his association with al-Qaeda and his role in financing, planning and facilitating terrorist acts by the JeM, shortly after officials announced in Islamabad that Pakistan would no longer object to his designation – a sign to iron brother China to lift the "technical hold" it had placed on four attempts to sanction Azhar.
Hindustan Times first reported on Tuesday that China was expected to lift its hold on listing Azhar at the UN on May 1.
Following the designation, Pakistan will be required to take three steps – freeze the funds and financial assets of Azhar, enforce a travel ban on him, and cut off his access to arms and related materials.
India's permanent representative to the UN, Syed Akbaruddin, informed Sanjeev Singla, private secretary to PM, about the listing and asked him to "brief the boss". Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi had been inquiring about the matter since morning, he could not be directly informed by Singla as the premier was in the midst of an election rally.
Singla is believed to have informed National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, who rushed to the PMO from Sardar Patel Bhawan and informed Modi of the development on a secure line.
Shortly after the February 14 suicide attack in Pulwama that killed 40 Indian troopers and was claimed by JeM, France, with the backing of the US and the UK, moved a proposal at the 1267 Sanctions Committee to sanction 50-year-old Azhar. After a 10-day period to consider the matter, China blocked the proposal on March 13 by saying more time was needed to discuss the issue.
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The date was then moved by the US to April 30, though China was insisting on May 15. A compromise of May 1 was reached after the US hinted it would take the matter to the Security Council, the people said.
India and its Western allies also continued to work with China throughout this period. During a visit to Beijing last week, foreign secretary Vijay Gokhale shared evidence on the role of Azhar and JeM in terrorist attacks with Chinese officials, including foreign minister Wang Yi.
A fifth proposal to sanction Azhar was moved by France, the US and UK last month. In an apparent face-saving measure for Pakistan at the behest of China, this proposal didn't contain references to the Pulwama attack and terrorism in Kashmir, the people said.
The statement issued by the UN on Azhar's listing referred extensively to his links with al-Qaeda, its slain chief Osama bin Laden and Taliban, and his role in supporting and facilitating these terrorist entities and providing them arms but made no mention of Kashmir, where JeM has carried out several devastating attacks, or Pakistan, where Azhar is based.
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What if all the guys loved you? Collin Tate falls in love with Audrey Spruce. But so does everyone else at high school. Collin see's Audrey with diffrent eyes. But is Audrey falling for the wrong guy? Will Collin ever capture Audrey's heart? And will Collin and Audrey ever find… Read More
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The party was in the middle of a battle with worm shambling mounds from the source of the creatures. They found that blades and arrows had little effect.
Cory had taken a pine tar-soaked cloak and wrapped it around the shambling worm creature and found that it seemed to dissolve the worms before running out of power. This attack had eroded the shambling worm mound to the point that something was visible inside. Something white and the size of a watermelon in the head area with tendrils reaching out to the extremities of the worm creature.
Seizing on this opportunity, Reck did the same and eroded the creature from the back. The white creature inside was clearly visible and open to attack.
Meanwhile, hearing the success from around the column, Baughb doused her "Ghayl's Sword" in pine tar and attacked the creature in front of her. Meanwhile, Mod from the other side was still attempting to stab it.
Cory and Reck brought their creature down and then shortly Baughb and Mod killed theirs. As the second creature fell to the ground, all the worms retreated and faded from an attacking swarm of flesh-eating zombie-makers to harmless writing worms. Baughb, however, had become quite overrun with worms but Otish DohrKhull performed a Cure Disease to remove them.
As the party looked on with satisfaction, the Orc leaders reappeared,
Soghurut and Kraol. When they saw what the Party had accomplished, Kraol (the Cleric) immediately left. Soghurut stayed, seemingly determined to hold the door. Mod was only too happy to challenge him and they began a duel. Soghurut used two swords and got a good hit. The party joined in with a volley of arrows, except for Baughb who took the time to clean off her sword before leaping up and getting ready to fire.
By this time Mod was in a flow and struck an epic blow that set the powerful Sogurut on his heels. One more thrust from Mod's now-lightning sword and the Orc chieftain was down for the count. The Orc's loot included a Helm of Invincibility (-4 AC) and Gauntlets of Ogre Strength (STR of 18(00) when worn).
With the Orcs retreating back up out of the caverns, the PCs decided it was time to leave. They followed a ladder that lead up to a larder of alchemical ingredients. Not finding anything of particular value they decided to head outside as quickly as possible. They noticed some Orc acolytes here and there but they were busy and paid the interlopers no mind. They checked in on the chess playing zombie on their way out and found him dead with thick blood oozing from his wounds that should have killed him except for the worms holding him together.
By and by the party escaped the monastery without incident and headed back down to the road. When they got there they noticed two things:
- The Orcs were assembling to the north of the collapsed section of the monastery
- There was a large number of disorganized people coming from the north along the road
Oh oh.
The party ran up to meet the refugees, who looked like they had been running for their lives for two straight days. As it turns out, this was because they had been running for their lives for two straight days.
When Queen Isabella caught wind that her people were back she gave them a welcome befitting their choice to abandon the refugees at the crossroads to the north … that is she railed at them heartily. She then told Mod to tend to his daughter Sab who was dying from a worm attack. DohrKhull then performed another Cure Disease and a Cure Light Wounds on Sab and colour returned to her cheeks. Mod (and Reck if memory serves) were visibly relieved.
There were still 700 refugees left (they had lost over 300 to the zombies and worms and had then proceeded to harry the survivors hence the run for their lives).
The group was now large enough that the Orc forces, both clerics and fighters, chose to leave well enough alone and kept their distance rather than engage. Perhaps they were rattled by the abrupt halt to their research and plans.
DohrKhull seemed a bit agitated when he left the Monastery. This could be accounted for by the fact that he is a full Orc in a predominantly romantic-race (Elf, Dwarf, Halfling, Gnome, Human) party but there was something else. He kept looking to the skies. Once he was heard muttering: "They said five days." Then, he jumped up and told the Party "I gotta go. Thank you so much for saving me from that crazy place. I won't forget it." and then ran into the forest. A few minutes later a huge insect took off, similar to when Flam left the party after the farmhouse battle.
This left the survivors with the same problem they had at the beginning of the trip, however. Too many mouths to feed and too many days of travel. But fortune smiled on the group and skyships of Imperial Ward found them and gave them safe passage to either Naramf or Imperial Ward. Queen Isabella chose Imperial Ward and the party followed suit.
As they were lifting off in the skyship the party could see the monastery down below and the urgency of the Orcs suddenly made sense. The entire structure was being swallowed up by the ground and was soon gone from sight.
The party settles in for the 10-day trip over 2,000 miles to the Capital City far from the Human incursions (+10 HP for anyone injured).
While on the ship refugees mention that the new stars have been "going out" and they are worried about what this portends. For those who don't remember (or who weren't there) Seer Florence Tack introduced the new stars:
It appears some of the fainter stars have been disappearing:
There is much speculation about what this could mean:
- The Gods are fighting and we can only hope the anti-aeon gods triumph
- A Dragon is eating the stars from the sky
- The Black Runes have been found and collected and the world is heading for chaos
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- Sillil was completely taken, the Slavers Khol-Khan and Tor-Tokken have captured nearly a quarter of the city's populace presumably for sale in the north.
- Many escaped using the teleport chamber in the castle and made it to Naramf before it had to be destroyed to keep the Humans from using it (Lady Tira'allara Ealoeth Sillil was sent along to Naramf but Lord Halamar Kymil Sillil stayed with the doomed and defended the castle to the end).
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~ Jesus Christ in Philippians ~
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the key question: "Who do you say that I am?" (Matthew 16:15). This is the most important question you will ever answer. If you do not answer it, or answer it incorrectly, you have made the biggest mistake anyone can make!
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