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When the English Woman's Journal debuted in 1858, there were already many British periodicals aimed at women, from the long-running Lady's Magazine to The Englishwoman's Domestic Magazine and the Lady's Monthly Museum (and many more that managed to make their audience known without using the word "woman" or "lady" in the title). It was a crowded market! The English Woman's Journal claims, explicitly and implicitly, that it is different from the crowd of women's magazines. With its social-science methodology and laser-focus on issues of female employment, it represents itself as far removed from the province of recipes, sewing patterns, and advice columns.
But WAIT, it DOES have an advice column, LAAADIESSS! It's called Open Council, appears in every issue except the first, and contains between one and twelve letters (but usually three or four). As I'll explain, Open Council strives to present itself as SERIOUS BUSINESS, just like the rest of the periodical. I'd like to start by reprinting some chunks from a truly excellent meta-letter that skewers advice columns from within one. It appears in October 1861, from the pen of "a Polite Letter-Writer." Bear with me, because it's worth reading. Our correspondent begins by deploring the state of the correspondence column of any "extremely second-rate magazine," which include letters so dull and similar that they must be "fictitious." She throws a LOT of shade at these terribly dull columns. This is how INCREDULOUS she is about them:
Is Mary Jane really bent on the perpetual inquiry, how cold cream may best be made? And is she for ever receiving a bona fide answer that it is composed of "almond wax, one pound; rose water, one pound; (sic;) white wax, one ounce; spermaceti, one ounce; and otto of roses, half a drachm?" Does Richard truly want to know how he and Susan can get married before a registrar? and does the editor constantly inform him of the legal particulars, throwing in a strong injunction to consult the clergyman as well? Is there an agriculturist always seeking to know when mangel-wurzel was first introduced into the United Kingdom? and a mother inquiring at what age her daughter Lavinia ought to begin to learn her scales ?
I mean, I don't think these are exactly boring-sounding problems. These women are being told to rub spermaceti (which comes from the inside of a whale's head) ON THEIR FACES. And like WHERE DID THE MANGEL-WURZEL COME FROM? (Answer: unknown, but they make terrifying jack-o-lanterns.)
But whatever my interest level, the writer of this article is plainly frustrated by the stunning mundaneness of most advice-column queries. She goes on to list other irritating recurring topics:
Chloe wants to know if Damon "means anything," and the editor always replies oracularly that he possibly may, but probably does not, so as not to commit himself either way;…Then Lucy dreamt she saw the date of her own death on a tombstone, only luckily it was for a certain day in last year; and Robert cannot sleep in his bed till he knows whether Helen of Troy has an authentic tomb; and Politico inquires where he can get a complete edition of Louis Blanc's works; and Theologicus wants to be sure where the Bishop of Oxford was born, and when. An Anxious Inquirer is told that it's no use going to law about a lapsed life insurance policy; and Heliogabalus is warned that it is unsafe to eat oysters unless there is a letter r in the name of the month.
Again, who DOESN'T need a helpful mnemonic about mollusk safety (a shellfish question if ever I read one)? Perhaps thrown into doubt by her own hilarious list of examples, the author of this screed finally confesses that she and her "highly intellectual lady friend[s]" derive great enjoyment from advice columns:
…there is something in the simple homely life thus revealed in the popular whim of correspondence which I cannot help sympathising with, and that I have often bought a penny periodical at the door of a railway carriage, that I might see exactly what Richard and Mary Jane were about, whether the cold cream had got any recommendable new ingredient, or poor little Lavinia was permitted to be free of her scales for a year or two longer.
Reading advice columns is a guilty pleasure for her! I should know, because I buy Us magazine every single time I'm in an airport (along with Twizzlers, obviously). What's great about the idea of the advice column is that it presents gossip without malice (unlike Us). We get to hear about the love lives of Richard and Mary Jane (or Richard and Susan—that Richard really gets around!) without causing any harm to real people and their very real reputations. In a way the letters' suspect veracity actually makes them better and more fun. If they're not real, who are we hurting by reading about them and trading gossip with fellow readers?
Another pleasant element of unreality in advice columns comes from the use of generic names. In the example above, some are classical references: "Chloe" and "Damon," figures from Ancient Greek literature, or Heliogabalus, a decadent Roman emperor. Others are thematic, like "Politico" and "Theologicus." Generic titles like "Anxious Inquirer" are the category most recognizable to readers today. I'm an avid reader of Slate's Dear Prudence column, now written by Mallory Ortberg. Recent columns include letters from "Literally Nauseated," "Old Wounds, New Hope," and "Perfectly Balanced."
EWJ readers continued the tradition of using generic names when writing into its advice column, Open Council. Signatures include: "An Italian," "One of the Propserous," "A Voice from the Work Room," "Papianus," "A Constant Reader," "Country Resident," "A Gray-haired Londoner," "A Practical Mistress of a Household," and "A Ball Goer, Who can unfasten her gown for herself." (Dirty.)
But EWJ letter-writers also did something different—they actually discussed real issues. Open Council served as a forum where people asked advice on where women might be trained as printers, clockmakers, or doctors. They also wrote in to notify other readers of opportunities for work. In the May 1859 column alone: one writer recommends avenues for charity work; one suggests educating girls in the workhouse to be servants and "ladies" to be hairdressers; and three debate the dangers of wet-nursing.
In the same month's column, a frequent contributor, the reformer Jessie Boucherett, writes in asking for confirmation about the abuse of female pottery painters. Apparently, male pottery painters, becoming concerned that skilled women would take their jobs, decided that women should not be allowed to use a maul-stick, a tool that helps stabilize the wrist while painting. As a result "the women's painting has been reduced to mediocrity, and the men still enjoy the highest wages in happy security from rivalship." Boucherett asks readers to write in if they have any knowledge of this practice, so that she can publish it. "Although I had it upon what appears to be good authority," she writes, "it yet seems hardly credible that so lawless an act of oppression should be permitted in the nineteenth century."
It kind of breaks my heart to read that qualifier "in the nineteenth century," as if it is unthinkable that labor conditions can be so oppressive in such a modern age. The optimism of these reformers is unbounded and sometimes blinding. Jessie Boucherett lived a long life and made it into the twentieth century, dying in 1905. Oh Jessie, WHAT would you have to say about the twenty-first century's lawless acts of oppression?
But I digress. I hope it's clear even from a brief summary that the EWJ took the personal format of the correspondence column and tuned it into something professional. In Open Council, readers showed that they were continuing debates off the page, talking about issues of women's professional employment in a domestic space, the home. In another meta-letter, one reader even asked if the "valuable hints" from Open Council could be compiled and indexed, since "so much information is given on various topics, and that information so scattered among the numbers, that great difficulty is experienced in finding out passages or referring to previous notices." (47.357) Her letter shows that at least some readers saw Open Council as a practical aid, something worth preserving—a place to speak and be heard.


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Ubuntu 9.10 Arrives With Cloud Storage, Better 3G Connectivity
Has it been a full release cycle for Ubuntu already? It seems like only yesterday that we saw a jackalope jaunting by, but that was back in April. Now it's time for Karmic Koala, which is the endearing name for the just released, final version of 9.10. I'm still re-running a Windows 7 netbook battery test — without Aero, this time — so I'm not ready to run Ubuntu 9.10 yet. I've got a download going for the Live CD, so while I wait for the software and my hardware, I'm perusing the press release and release notes for Karmic Koala. A few key updates look pretty handy:
- Ubuntu One integration — Much like Dropbox and other online storage or sync solutions, Ubuntu One offers a place to stash your data. Every Ubuntu user gets a free 2GB account and the service is natively integrated within the Ubuntu file system, making it pretty seamless.
- Improved 3G connectivity — I'll have to try this to better understand what exactly has been improved, but this is key for mobile folks.
- New Software Center — One-stop shopping for software is always nice, especially when there's a button for Free Software as well. This takes the place of Add/Remove in the Applications menu.
- New Kernel Mode Setting — By default on Intel hardware, this "reduces boot-time flickering and dramatically speeds up suspend/resume."
Has anyone installed this — or the new Netbook Remix Edition — and been wowed by any other new features?

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The Rutgers Graduate Program of Literatures in English is currently accepting applications for this graduate admissions cycle. The deadline to apply is December 15, 2022. Our admissions process reflects the anti-racist values of the department, and we are committed to admitting, recruiting and supporting a diverse community of exceptional scholars, including students of color, international applicants, and those whose socioeconomic or cultural backgrounds are underrepresented in our fields of study.
The program is designed for students who wish to complete the Ph.D. Our nationally recognized faculty is remarkably diverse in fields and approaches. Our faculty teach in all the major periods of British, American, and global Anglophone literature, including Medieval and Early Modern studies, colonial American literature, eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British and American writing, modernism and postmodernism, postcolonial studies, and contemporary literary studies. We also have a commitment to non-traditional, non-canonical literatures. Our department is known for its work in feminist and gender studies, as is Rutgers as a whole, and we have specialists in women's writing in every historical period. We also offer many courses in drama and performance studies, and in literary theory. One of our strongest concentrations is in African American and African Diaspora studies, in which we have a large group of faculty and students. Many faculty members are interested in comparative Anglophone studies and theories of world literature. We are eager to recruit exceptional candidates in all of these areas.
This section is provided for prospective students interested in our program. Please visit this section of the Website frequently for up- to-date information.
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Using bath oils can be a calming haven by reviving the body as well as a divine method of cleansing your body. Adding oils to a bath will boost the oil's capability of acting as a therapeutic agent and provide you with aromatherapy benefits..
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The opening ceremonies for the Summer Olympics were last night. Did you watch? I was caught up in the kitten Olympics. Wish I could adopt all the kittens. Okay, back to the post! Here is a pasta salad that you could serve at your Olympic viewing party or just enjoy with the family.
Click here on Happier than a Pig in Mud for the recipe and directions.


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What Are Some Treatments for Diverticulosis?
Treatments for those suffering from uncomplicated diverticulosis include antibiotics, liquid diet and over-the-counter pain relievers. For those with more severe symptoms or complicated diverticulosis, treatments may include injecting intravenous antibiotics, surgery and, if an abscess has formed, inserting a draining tube, reports Mayo Clinic.
Laxatives should never be used to treat diverticulosis, and enemas should only be used infrequently. If diverticulosis is not accompanied by symptoms or complications, treatment may not be necessary. Adopting a high-fiber diet consisting of foods such as whole grains, broccoli, spinach, carrots, asparagus and beans may prevent future diverticula. The American Dietetic Association recommends 20 to 35 grams of fiber every day, says WebMD.
For those with mild symptoms, antibiotics may effectively treat infection, and a liquid diet or over-the counter acetaminophen may alleviate pain experienced while the bowel is healing. These treatments work for 70 to 100 percent of individuals experiencing mild symptoms, states Mayo Clinic.
Finally, those with complicated diverticulosis may be treated with intravenous antibiotics, and any abscess may require tubular draining. Complications such as a perforation, fistula or bowel obstruction may require surgery. Two major surgeries that treat diverticulosis are primary bowel resection and bowel resection with colostomy. Primary bowel resection involves removing the diseased portions of the intestine and reconnecting the health parts, and this allows for healthy bowel movements. Colostomy involves connecting an opening in the abdominal wall to a healthy portion of the colon and passing waste through the opening and into a bag, according to Mayo Clinic.


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Friday, September 18, 2009
friday night
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|Home > Everley
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What does Everley mean?
Everley as a boys' name is of Old English origin, and the meaning of Everley is "boar meadow". Place name. Singing group the Everly Brothers.
ASSOCIATED WITH old english, meadow
VariationsCREATIVE FORMS
Everley Coby (E.C.), ..
How popular is Everley?
Everley is an uncommonly occurring first name for males but a somewhat prominent last name for all people (#74675 out of 150436, Top 50%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Everley has yet to be recorded in the Top 2000 thus far. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Similar Names
Everley is pronounced similarly to Waverlee and Waverley. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Ackerley, Amerey, Arley, Averey, Beverley, Birley, Brenley (see Brinley), Byrley, Carley, Chesley, Corley, Curley, Derbey, Earle▼, Earley, Early▼, Eberle, Eberlein, Eberley, Ellerey, Emelen, Emerey, Emery, Erle, Erly, Evelin, Evelyn, Everado, Everald, Evered, Everest, Everet, Everett▲, Everild, Everildo (see Everild), Evert▼, Farley, Farrley (see Farley), Fernley, Gerrey, Greeley, Harley▼, Henley, Hernley, Hervey, Hurley, Jerrey (see Jerry), Jervey, Kealey, Kelley, Kenley, Kerbey (see Kirby), Kerrey, Marley▲, Mersey, Moorley, Morley, Morrley (see Morley), Penley, Presley, Redley, Seeley, Shelley, Shepley, Smedley, Somerley, Sorley, Terrey, Thorley, Verney, Warley, Webley and Wesley▲. These names tend to be more commonly used than Everley.See names in meaning and etymology.


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King George III joined the sea-bathing craze in Weymouth in 1789, and the town quickly became a fashionable Georgian resort. It's an elegant place full of smart buildings and independent shops. The London 2012 Olympic sailing events took place here and it remains one of the best places to try the sport in the UK.
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Books are stacked and sorted in the basement of Carnegie Public Library in preparation for the library's annual book sale April 20-22. To learn what happens after the book sale, pick up the April 14 edition of the Pioneer or subscribe to your e-edition. Current subscribers are provided complimentary access to the e-edition with registration.
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Robert Arnold, DDS provides oral dental sedation for the residents of Texarkana and the surrounding areas. If you have a fear of visiting the dentist, have complex dental problems, a bad gag reflex, very sensitive teeth, a difficulty getting numb or other problems, oral conscious dental sedation may be a good solution for you. Dr. Robert Arnold and the team are highly trained to provide sedation dentistry in the comfort of our dental office. Our entire team is dedicated to providing you with excellent, personalized care and service to make your visits as comfortable and as pleasant as possible.
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According to Blizzard:
A number of additional accounts and CD keys have been tied to the use of a hack or cheat program while playing StarCraft or Warcraft III on Battle.net. In keeping with our aggressive stance against cheating, we have permanently closed 200,000 StarCraft accounts and 7,000 Warcraft III accounts. We have documented all of the CD keys that were used with these accounts. 4,000 of the Warcraft III CD keys used with the now-closed accounts have been banned from ladder play for one month and 300 more have been banned from ladder play permanently. Repeat offenders risk having their CD keys disabled, which will result in the permanent removal of their copies of StarCraft or Warcraft III from Battle.net.
We will continue to monitor Battle.net for cheating and take action as needed. A false report filed by one player against another will not result in the actions described above.
As always, thank you for your continued support; with your help we have been able to keep Battle.net a fun and safe place to play Blizzard games.


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I hate book promotion. I've tried all sorts of things to push my book - to no avail. The market is dominated by big publishing conglomerates.... and it doesn't help if you're a shy person, like me, who dislikes being the centre of attention.
Bog-all book sales.
If you're with an independent publishing house as I was a while ago, or an indie author on Kindle, as I am now, it's extremely difficult to get a foot in. Result - bog-all book sales despite good feedback and fan-mail from readers all over the world.
The problem is, even with established publishing houses there is no budget for new authors. Like Kindle authors, they have to do all their own book promotion.
Help is at hand.
It's been suggested that the 'tag' system on Amazon be used to help book promotion. The idea is that a growing number of people use those tags to find 'types' of books they want, rather than authors - not simply for genre, but for more specific detail.
As a simple example, there is a tag for Romantic Suspense (along with others) on Without Reproach. Now if someone is interested in novels centred on Romantic Suspense, they might search tags and come up with my book.
Let's play tag.
Amazon actively promote tags on books but place emphasis on those with the highest number of unique ticks on those tags - as they would of course.
Now here's the clever bit. If any kind readers out there, could take it upon themselves to visit Without Reproach and simply click on ANY of the tags to my book, it would cost NO MONEY and it might help my dismal promotion efforts..... PLEEEASE.....
I'm not asking anyone to write a review, just tick boxes they feel like ticking and tick that they've read the book, otherwise it doesn't seem to work (I know its a cheat, but....).
Without Reproach can be found here on Amazon.com or Amazon.co.uk
I really would be grateful for any help you can give.... And for any authors out there, if you fancy a reciprocal agreement for book promotion, please leave a message in the comments.
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City employees resign citing toxic work environment, lack of leadership
ZANESVILLE - Monday evening George Kagafas, who submitted his resignation last week as the planning and zoning administrator, voiced his concerns to city council during executive session for what he calls incompetent and often illegal operations in the community development department.
Following executive session, Kagafas spoke to reporters outside City Hall about numerous concerns he had for management which lead to his resignation.
In his three page letter of resignation, Kagafas cited issues within the planning and zoning department that are a direct result of lack of management. Among the issues, Kagafas stated that previous staff approved variance applications without review and approval by Board of Zoning Appeals, staff approved sign permits without authorization by the code and staff approved change of uses in historic districts without the review and approval of the governing board.
"There are hundreds of files missing that are required by the state," Kagafas said. "The city could be in a lot of trouble over these missing files."
According to Kagafas, the city's community development department has lost both of the employees hired this year. He blamed a lack of management and a toxic work environment for the loss of quality employees in the public service and community development department which is under the direct authority Jay Bennett.
"The same individual is the director of two major departments in the city - public service and community development," Kagafas said referring to Bennett. "One person should not hold both of these positions."
Kagafas said in the seven months he was employed as the city's planning and zoning administrator he was continually discovering ordinances that had been approved without going through the proper channels, permits that were issued outside of code requirements and blatant mistakes that were directly related to the lack of management skills of the director.
"By accident, I came across checks that had never been deposited for permits that were approved last year," Kagafas said. "The city cannot afford to move forward with permits without being paid for them."
Ashley Leddy was hired by the city in May as associate planner in the community development department. On July 6, she submitted her letter of resignation. In her letter, Leddy stated that she could not work under toxic leadership.
While Leddy commended Kagafas and Administrative Secretary Mendi Farnsworth for their guidance and support in her letter, she described a work environment filled with a constant lack of communication and leadership.
Following Monday's council meeting, Mayor Jeff Tilton said he first heard complaints of a toxic work environment in the community development department was last week.
He did, however, state that the allegations would be investigated as would the allegations of illegally approved variance applications and other complaints made against the community development director.
Bennett left the meeting before the TR could speak with him.
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How To Piss Off Someone From Cornwall
1. Confuse us with Devon
I hate to disappoint, but Cornwall and Devon are two separate counties in the South West of England. You have to drive through, fly over, or trundle across Devon on a train in order to get to Cornwall.
Devon thinks it invented the pasty; it didn't. Devon thinks it knows how to make the perfect cream tea; it doesn't. Devon thinks it is better than Cornwall; it isn't.
2. Refuse to hedge your new and huge car on our country lanes
Cornwall is full of windy, not-enough-space-for-two-cars roads. Learning to drive in Cornwall makes us masters of reversing up hills and around tight, blind corners. We are used to driving half-way up a hedge just so someone can get by. And if we have to suffer some scratches in the paint job to do it, we don't bat an eyelid.
Your new BMW cannot and will not fit unless you're willing to go in the hedge. In fact, why don't you just use the main road and let the locals go off-piste? By faffing and refusing to "hedge-it," you make us late for work, plus you don't enjoy your holiday because you keep getting called an "effing emmit" by screaming locals. The A30 is there for a reason, use it.
3. Order a Strongbow
The Cornish are well-known for their love of cider. And rightly so. Our local brews are crisp, cloudy, and strong. Not only do we enjoy a good ol' knees up and a day spent sipping on the good stuff at the beach, but we appreciate it. We know what tastes good and we know that cider made in-county is pretty damn great. When you come to Cornwall and order a cider, you're expected to pick a pint of Rattler, a bottle of Cornish Orchard, or even a glass of hangover-inducing Scrumpy. Not Strongbow or "Wrongbow" as it's been dubbed down 'ere. Respect where you are, please.
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4. Ask us who we know in Newquay
No, I don't know that bloke you bumped into in Sailors when you were three shots into the jager-train. Cornwall is huge and Newquay is just one small town in our vast expanse of staggering countryside. Newquay is usually inhabited by stags, hens, and underage drinkers throwing up in gutters. Most of the locals won't step foot there until winter or when they're going for a surf.
5. Buy a second home, and then never visit it
Yes, the tourist industry is important to us — Cornwall pretty much closes down for 6 months of the year — but your second home in that quaint Cornwall village that you can't even pronounce (it's Mowzel not Mouse-Hole, FYI) is making housing prices for locals skyrocket. Twin that with some of the lowest wages in the country, and you have a generation of people who have no hope of ever moving out of the spare room at their parents' place.
In the last 12 years, average housing prices have gone from £53,700 to £210,300 — that's more than eight times the income of the average Cornish man or maid.
6. Talk to us about how great Ginsters pasties are
Now we know you northerners love Ginsters, but seriously, come down and try yourself a proper Philps pasty and you'll change your mind. Ginsters is just bad — too peppery, mass produced, ingredients all mushed together like baby food, plus the pastry is soggy like it's been microwaved. A proper Cornish pasty is handmade with love and is filled with fat chunks of meat and potato.
We are proud of our pasties because they are deeply rooted in our agricultural and mining heritage, and date back as far as the 13th century. When the Cornish mining industry was booming, a pasty was the choice of packed lunch for anyone going underground. Miners could use the pasty crust as a handle to prevent poisoning themselves with mine-grub, and the pastry could house both the traditional pasty we know and love today in one half and dessert in the other. When we see someone walking around with a Gingsters, we consider it blasphemy because, well, they taste like crap.
7. Put the cream on BEFORE the jam when having a cream tea
While we're on the subject of food, if you have a cream tea that way you may as well go back up north to Devon. The Cornish cream tea is assembled by sense — the jam goes on the bottom so that the decadently thick Cornish Clotted Cream can stick to the scone without running off and making a right old mess of your chin. You'll learn your lesson if you do it the Devon way. Science, bitch!
8. Attempt our accent
Really, we don't sound like that. You're actually speaking like someone from Bristol, which is a 4-hour drive from Land's End, so stop it.
9. Misinterpret our Cornish slang
If someone says "Alright?" to you in the street, there is really only one correct answer: "Yeah, you?" This isn't a vested interest in how you're feeling or how your family is doing, we're just saying hello and opening up a short conversation. You can tell us about your sister's boyfriend's cousin's new baby at a later date. And just for the record:
"Wasson shag?" Means: "Hello, how are you?" So does: "Alright arr ee?"
"'Ee's teasy as'n adder." Means someone probably had too much cider last night, best avoided.
"Giss on!" Means that you should stop talking rubbish.
And "Dreckly" means that you'll do that, or be there, or get in contact at some point in the future — maybe tomorrow, maybe next year.


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by DeJerald Elder
(Atlanta, Georgia USA)
This topic may seem simple and it is. I can do all things. I believe this bit when life hits you in the head with trials and tribulations you can find your self saying you have the weight of the world on your shoulders. Weight can be a strength. It can be just what it is weight. Like a man in the weight room lifting weights its amazing to me he gets stronger by adding weight that is to hard to lift. As weight is added the man may seem to weak to lift but as he continue to try and soon as he work hard at it the weight ge lift soon become weight he have no trouble lifting.
The trial and stumbling blocks on your way is like that weight that is being added on your shoulder but if you continue in Christ that weight become easier to lift. That's not to say the problem foes away or the struggle stops but you can do all things through Christ who strengthens you. This walk of faith is preparation for what is to come. God will not put more on you than you can bare but trust and believe like the body of water Peter walked on the same body of water can cause you to sink. In other words no situation is to big that you can't handle if you take Christ to battle with you. (Ephesians 4) put on that armor of God. Your body is nothing but it house the spirit of life. The body turns to dirt but the spirit live on. The flesh is weak but the spirit is willing. There is nothing on this earth in Gods name that I can't do or can defeat me and if you try I got father to fight my battle cause the battle is not my battle but is the lord. I can do all things. Nothing can stop you and no weight is to heavy. It makes you stronger as you lift. Keep lifting. You getting stronger.
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A new teaser trailer has been published for My Little Monster (known as Tonari no Kaibutsu-kun in the original Japanese), an upcoming live-action film adaptation based on the romantic comedy shōjo manga by Robico about a frosty girl and a wild boy who fell head over heels in love.
In My Little Monster, Tao Tsuchiya plays Shizuku Mizutani, an overachieving high school student with a reputation for being distant and aloof, while Masaki Suda plays Haru Yoshida, a brilliant but troubled high school student whose behavior can be unpredictable and disruptive. The two embark on a whirlwind courtship after a chance occurance throws them together.
The original My Little Monster manga was serialized in Kodansha's Dessert shōjo manga from 2008 – 2013. An English language version of the manga is also published by Kodansha, who describe the story as follows:
"Mizutani is a self-absorbed overachiever, concerned only with maintaining the highest grades in school. Haru is an impulsive short tempered brute, who scares everyone with his explosive bursts of violence. Haru gets suspended on the first day of school when he encounters some bullies harassing a student and dispatches the bullies with great bloody violence. Mizutani is tasked with delivering school materials to Haru who interprets this as an act of friendship and latches on to Mizutani, much to her dismay. And so begins a strange and potentially combustible relationship!"
The My Little Monster live-action film is directed by Sho Tsukikawa and also stars Yuki Furukawa, Yuki Yamada, Elaiza Ikeda, Minami Hamabe, Gaku Sano, and Mokomichi Hayami. My Little Monster hits theaters in Japan on April 24, 2018.


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I don't repeat clothes – Laura Ikeji says
Social media influencer and fashion blogger, Laura Ikeji has let her fans and followers know that she's in the league of people who don't repeat the clothes they wear.
The mom of one made this known as she responded to a question from one of her followers on her IG page.
The follower had asked…
"You said you wear new clothes everyday. So my question is what do you do with the clothes you've worn? Can I have them?",
… to which Laura responded,
"I give em out."
So what mama,we all gonna die


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"Enter Maurice" lyrics - THE STEVE MILLER BAND
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah
Ooh, ah
Enter Maurice
My dearest darling, come closer to Maurice so I can whisper
sweet words of epismetology in your ear and speak to you of
the pompitous of love. Even though our road is rough and
long, for you to leave me at this time darling, must surely
be wrong. So come back and reconsider one more thing. Maurice
is the only one to make your little heart sing.
Ooh mama ooh, ooh mama ooh
How can you do the things that you do?
Ooh mama ooh, ooh mama ooh
I'm gonna buy you some brand new shoes
I'm gonna buy you some brand new shoes
Enter Maurice
I don't know why you won't make no more apple pie. Since you've
been gone it's been starvation mama, ever since I lost my
probation. Don't you remember the time that you ended up in
jail? That's right darling, it was Maurice who went your bail.
Now, there's just one more thing that I want to say before you turn
and walk away.
Bom Bom Bom Bom do wah da di dit
Bom Bom Bom Bom do wah da di dit
Bom Bom Bom Bom do wah da di dit...
Darling please, don't walk out that door, you must reconsider
darling, you've done it so many times before. It's not too late,
It's never too late, precious one, for Maurice to love you.
Just remember sweetheart, I bought myself a gun and I will be
the only one.


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Snail Games' martial arts-inspired sandbox MMORPG, Age of Wushu, is launching its very first official expansion today. I took part in a walkthrough of Tempest of Strife's content last week, led by the game's Community Manager, Peter Kang, and have quite a bit to share about what you can expect from the expansion's new features. Specifically, Tempest of Strife will be adding seven new factions, a weather system, and dynamic events.
If you don't already know about Age of Wushu, know about it. It's set in a fantasy reimagining of Ming Dynasty China and draws upon the wuxia ("martial hero") tradition that has become popular through Chinese martial arts films and other media. The game was originally developed around a horizontal progression model incorporating eight martial arts schools, and sports rock-paper-scissors combat and open PvP. Its sandbox-style design encourages a fair amount of player interaction - both cooperative and competitive - for progression, while still offering a lot for solo players to accomplish.
Tempest of Strife seeks to provide more avenues for progression in the form of seven new factions. In the vanilla game, when you chose to join a school, like the Shaolin or the Wuding, you were locked into that faction, and while you could still dabble in others, you'd only be most powerful in your initial specialization. Tempest of Strife will allow you graduate from, betray, or hide your identity to leave your current school and join another one, or even join the new neutral Vagrant or "No School" faction. The Snail Games team expects that this new feature will throw an interesting spanner in the school wars rivalries that already exist.
Of the six new factions that are associated with new schools, three are considered to be Jianghu (i.e., participating in the traditional community of martial artists in the wuxia tradition), with the other three being "Hidden." Each has its own special form of gameplay and style, such as the Shin Family Castle/Golden Needle sect, an honorable Jianghu faction with ranged weapons, healing skills, and the ability to heal Rootless Sect eunuchs (more on this in a second). In contrast, the Beast Villa Sect is an animalistic Jianghu faction that specializes in summoning lions, tigers, eagles, and snakes in combat. Rounding out the Jianghu schools is the Xu Family Manor, which is a chivalrous, tank-focused faction that can generate campfires to provide specific boons. Interestingly, you can only join the Xu Family Manor if your offensive player kill count (accomplished by initiating PvP and gaining infamy) is below 300.
The Hidden schools have their own variety of styles on offer, and include the Rootless Sect, Flower Palace, and Peach Blossom Island. The male-only Rootless Sect requires members to become eunuchs (seriously?!) and rewards them with melee and ranged styles of combat and the ability to reduce cooldowns on their skills. The can also castrate other characters (seriously?!!?!). I suppose this means that the Shin Family Castle can restore Rootless Sect characters to their former status, but I really don't want to delve into this any more than we already have done.
The Flower Palace recruits female characters who have not yet taken a spouse through Age of Wushu's marriage system, and is a chaotic sect that requires you, much like the Xu Family Manor, to have a PK count below 300. Flower Palace characters can summon maids to whip up special goodies. Finally, the Peach Blossom Island school has a sinister alignment and specializes in musical attacks and fast movement. It also features special group buffs known as arrays, and offers shark riding.
In addition to these seven new factions, Tempest of Strife will bring to the table a new weather system, with dynamic events based on changes in climate. In the expansion, there will be a day/night cycle, snow, solar eclipses, rain, and other types of weather. Events will proc based on weather changes, and will be massive, 50+ player deals with various objectives, like the spawning of tornadoes in the Northern Desert that drop treasure chests. In our walkthrough, Peter discussed three types of dynamic weather-based events in Tempest of Strife: thick fog in the city of Luoyang, a solar eclipse in Jinling, and thunderstorms in Suzhou.
When the fog settles in Luoyang, you'll be informed that a high-ranked noble is planning a rebellion, and you'll have to band together with other players to stop him from stealing goods from a city warehouse. This objective will require you to take down several elite bosses and their minions, then prevent carts filled with stolen goods from leaving the city, while using prop cannons to fight off loads of NPCs. Participating in this event will net you credits that can be redeemed for specific rewards.
Similarly, a solar eclipse in Jinling will signify that there's a noble being forced into marriage by the Emperor, and the dynamic event will require you to clear five different paths while protecting various NPCs. These chaps will eventually take the fight to the "Romantic Boy" NPC at the end of the event. Elsewhere, you might happen upon a thunderstorm in Suzhou, which is the historical city where Snail Games itself is located. In the dynamic event paired with the thunderstorm weather type, a man has come to the city to avenge his family's kidnapping, and you'll have to save commoners and hostages while killing cultists and manufacturing medicine.
Age of Wushu has always been visually stunning, and the new weather effects add a lot to the graphical variety and ambience. The expansion also includes a nice touch in adding weather icons to the in-game map, which, along with in-game broadcasts, will inform you about current climate conditions and dynamic events throughout the world.
If you've been playing Age of Wushu and waiting for new ways to progress your character and group events in which to participate, Tempest of Strife might just do the trick for you. With all of the new factions, several of which will have their own new headquarter zones, alongside weather effects, dynamic events, and more, Snail Games has been calling the expansion "Age of Wushu 2.0." If Tempest of Strife can make good on that moniker, it might also be a great opportunity to give the game a whirl if you haven't yet tried it out.
Tempest of Strife launches today, so get in there!
Som Pourfarzaneh / Som has been hanging out with the MMORPG.com crew since 2011, and is an Associate Director & Lecturer in Media, Anthropology, and Religious Studies. He's a former Community Manager for Neverwinter, the free-to-play Dungeons & Dragons MMORPG from Cryptic Studios and Perfect World Entertainment, and is unreasonably good at Maze Craze for the Atari 2600. You can exchange puns and chat (European) football with him on Twitter @sominator.


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Nuo Li, Ph.D.Baylor College of MedicineNuo Li's website
Nuo Li is a faculty member in the Department of Neuroscience at Baylor College of Medicine. Prior to joining Baylor, he received his bachelor's degree in engineering from Washington University in St. Louis, where he worked with Dora Angelaki on neural mechanisms of spatial perception. He received his Ph.D. in neuroscience from MIT, where he worked with James DiCarlo on neural mechanisms of visual object recognition. He then joined Karel Svoboda's lab at Janelia Research Campus, HHMI, as a Helen Hay Whitney postdoctoral fellow, where he developed tools and methods to study the circuit mechanisms of decision-making in mice. Nuo's research at Baylor is focused on understanding how neural circuit dynamics in the brain give rise to behavior. His lab uses genetic tools, two-photon microscopy and multi-electrode recordings to study the organization and function of neural circuits in the mouse during motor behaviors. He is an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow and a Searle Scholar.
Current Project: Multi-regional neuronal dynamics of memory-guided flexible behavior


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The Laguna Creek Region Middle Years Programme (MYP) is a partnership between Harriet Eddy Middle School (HEMS) and Laguna Creek High School (LCHS). The MYP is part of the International Baccalaureate (IB) continuum designed for children 11-16. The Laguna Creek Region MYP includes students in seventh and eighth grades at HEMS and ninth and tenth grades at LCHS.
The MYP aims to help students develop their personal understanding, their emerging sense of self, and responsibility in their community. To fulfil the IB's requirements, students at HEMS enroll in courses from each of the following eight subject areas: Language and Literature (English), Language Acquisition (World Languages), Individuals and Societies (History), Mathematics, Sciences, Arts, Physical and Health Education, and Design. Through these eight subject areas, students engage in both disciplinary and interdisciplinary learning. The MYP emphasizes a student-centered curriculum model that includes inquiry and concept-based learning within a global context. The MYP also focuses on skills development through the Approaches to Learning (ATL) and fosters the development of a well-rounded citizen of the world through the IB Learner Profile.
The culminating experience of the MYP is the Personal Project completed in 10th grade. Following student reflection and self-directed investigation, students create a significant body of work over an extended period of time that demonstrates the skills and knowledge developed throughout the programme. This accomplishment is acknowledged by a notation on the student's transcript and other special recognition.
The MYP also provides the foundation necessary for successful completion of the IB Diploma Programme (DP) in 11th and 12th grades at LCHS. The IB DP is recognized and respected by the world's leading universities, and evidence suggests that higher rates of DP students go on to university and higher education study than non-IB students. Additionally, many colleges and universities grant course credit for DP courses. The opportunities provided by the these IB programs help to provide an exceptional educational experience for our students.
If you would like more information regarding the Middle Years Programme at Harriet Eddy Middle School, please contact Principal Norma Alston at [email protected]
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Harriet Eddy M.S. is an International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle Years Programme World School
Harriet Eddy Middle School is an International Baccalaureate World School* in partnership with Laguna Creek High School for the Middle Years Programme. This school has earned authorization as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that Laguna Creek High School partnership believes is important for our students.
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its three academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), or the Diploma Programme (and in addition the IB Career-related Certificate). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit http://www.ibo.org
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Tonight on CBS their Emmy Award-winning series Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X airs with an all-new Wednesday, November 23, 2016, double episode and we have your Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X recap below. On tonight's Survivor Season 33 episode 10 & 11 called, "Million Dollar Gamble, Parts 1 & 2," a power struggle between castaways erupts and each player tries to arm themselves with allies.
Did you watch last week's Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X season 33 episode 9 where two castaways with secrets about each other used them as leverage in the game, while another refused to "drop the ball" when individual immunity was on the line? If you missed it we have a full and detailed Survivor: Millennials vs. Gen X recap, right here for your enjoyment!
On tonight's Survivor season 33 episode 8 episode as per the CBS synopsis, "Tensions rise when castaways from Gen X turn on each other and one castaway throws another under the bus to build trust in the game. A power struggle between castaways erupts, and each player tries to arm themselves with allies."
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#Survivor begins after tribal when Taylor was sent home and Adam says he's sorry about not telling them about the advantage. He's scrambling and wants Jay out of the game. David asks if there is any food hidden and Adam says he doesn't know where he hid it after he moved it.
Jay goes and digs it up to hand it over since he's worried about his fate in the game. No one knows he has an idol. Bret and Chris talk about Taylor stealing the food and being an idiot. Chris wants to target Jessica next because he thinks she'll come for him and still wants revenge.
Ken talks to Hannah and she thinks about how gorgeous he is. They sit talking and she's totally into him. Zeke and Will talk about the vote and about Will's confusion. He says he, David and Chris brought the vote together to make it happen but now things will change.
Will is ready to get away from Jay and use Zeke as a life preserver. Zeke tells him Jay has an idol and says please don't let anyone know because Jay will be mad at him if he finds out about it. Will feels confident that it's okay that he told just one person.
Idol talk and reward
Zeke immediately goes to tell David and Chris about the idol. David tells Hannah and Ken. Chris tells Bret. Then Zeke also goes to tell Chris. So now most of the tribe knows about the idol. They talk about trying to flush Jay's idol but really targeting Jess with a blindside.
Jeff welcomes them to the reward challenge that will play on two teams. They have to go out, get keys, unlock blocks, and stack them by a pattern. The reward is a floating pizza restaurant anchored off the camp. The winners will get pizza, wings, and beer.
They draw for teams and one person won't be on a team. David volunteers to sit out since he's a bad swimmer. The rest of the group tells him not to give up and encourages him. He's moved to tears. They tell him to choose a rock and not sit out.
Jay got the odd rock and had to sit out. David is on a team with Chris, Will, Ken, and Jessica. The other team is Zeke, Bret, Sunday, Hannah, and Adam. They each have to grab a key, slide down a pole, run through shallow water, hook it onto a loop.
David's team takes the lead
The purple team falls behind. They leave David for last on the orange team. David is the last one to go for the team. He gets his key, heads down the pole, slogs through the water, and runs. Purple is still working on their last key while orange works on their locks.
Chris gets the second lock for orange and then they get the third and David gets the the fourth lock. They have all their blocks ready while purple is on their third lock. Purple starts their blocks. Zeke and Adam work on the puzzle vs Chris and David.
Zeke and Adam make quick work of the puzzle and David tells the orange team he's sorry. Zeke, Adam, Hannah, Bret and Sunday will get the floating pizza treat. They are excited to sit and eat together and have some beer. Bret is happy that he's bonding with Zeke.
A server brings them letters from home. Adam starts crying. He's worried about his mom since she has cancer. He cries reading the letter about her going to the ballet. The others discuss that it was cold-blooded for Jeff to put the boat right off shore for them all to see.
Jess vs Chris – both scheming
Ken talks to David who is upset about the loss. David thanks him and says everyone has been supportive. Ken says David has evolved and grown so much deserves a lot of respect. David tells Ken he wants to be final three with him.
Jessica comes over and David talks about Chris, Bret and Sunday being a threesome that needs to be broken up. He suggests blindsiding Chris and Jess agrees. Ken tells him that Zeke may not be a safe bet to tell since he's been hanging out with Zeke a lot.
The tribe heads to the #ImmunityChallenge. They have to stand on a narrow beam and hold a pole to keep a statue balanced. Hannah's falls and she's out of it and Ken goes not too long after her but he had ants crawling on him and was fussing.
They have to move back as the time goes on so the pole they are holding gets progressively longer and harder to hold up. Sunday then Chris fall out of it and then Will is out, too. Jay goes out. Bret is also out. Lots are getting hit by ants.
Then there were four
Jessica, Adam, Zeke, and David are left in it. Zeke struggles. Adam goes out on a gust of wind. Jessica loses hers and that leaves David and Zeke. Zeke is struggling and saves but David is solid. Zeke wobbles and so does David. Zeke falls and David wins individual immunity.
Jeff congratulates him on the win and how hard he's fighting to stay in and David gets teared up again. David is thrilled to have won immunity and knows he's taking a risk to target Chris but is committed to his bold plan.
Chris, Sunday, Bret and Zeke talk about voting out Jessica but trying to out. David tells Jess and Ken about the plan that Chris proposed. Jess is upset and says Chris has been gunning for her since Paul left the game. She plans to fight hard to survive.
Zeke and Hannah talk about the double blindside plan. Zeke has to decide to work with David or Chris since he can't work with both. Zeke says he has to decide who he needs to get to the end. The group heads to Tribal and the jury of Michelle and Taylor come into the arena.
Tribal Council
Jay says he feels like a lone wolf. David brings up voting blocks and threats. He says there may be multiple targets. Zeke says this is like a voting block vs an alliance and it's about trust. Hannah calls it a #trustcluster because voting blocks can break up.
Hannah fangirls on Jeff using her trust cluster term. Bret says you have to know who you can trust going forward in this game. Chris says trust shouldn't be an issue tonight. Jeff says every Tribal seems to have surprises. Adam says a cold war is brewing.
Adam says they've been talking about Jay who says he knows he's a big target and it's nerve wracking. Sunday says it's more about who you can't trust than who they can. She says you have to look at past actions.
Adam and Jay raise their hands and say they know there are trust issues. Jess says she knows people are upset about an old vote but Chris lies and says you can't have a long memory and those are bygones.
Blindside again!
Everyone seems confident in how the vote is going and Jay laughs and says he has no idea what is going on. Zeke says everyone has all been part of a blindside so appearances are deceiving. Jeff calls for the vote.
Jess votes Chris and says she knows he's still holding a grudge. Chris votes Jessica and whispers that she's too big of a threat. Jeff goes to tally the votes and calls for immunity idols. Jay doesn't play his.
The votes are: Chris, Jessica, Chris, Jessica, Chris, Jessica, Chris, Jessica, Chris, Chris. That's an epic #blindside of the big guy. He's floored. Jeff snuffs his torch and he says a football farewell to Zeke and goes.
Jeff says whatever you call it, this game is being played at a very high level and he expects more blindsides. Chris says Jess outplayed him and he's having a hard time processing that but he's happy to have the adventure of a lifetime.
After Tribal
The tribe hands back to camp and Jay says he had no idea what was going on and then says it was awesome. He decided not to play his idol since no one was talking about him. Jess is pleased that everyone stuck to the plan.
Bret tells Zeke that Chris would have won if they didn't send him home since he was controlling everything. Zeke tells Bret that in his mind, Bret and Sunday are not on the bottom. Zeke decided to vote against Chris and sided with David.
Zeke decides he needs six to come for David and his coalition. He needs Bret and Sunday on his side and hopes he got to them first. David talks to Bret and Sunday at sunrise. Bret is cool about it. He says he thought about Chris too.
David talks to them about targeting Jay next time. However, he knows that Zeke is winning and so he wants to do Jay then Will and Zeke. David tells Sunday and Bret that Zeke is winning this. Bret listens but he thinks David needs to go because he can't be trusted.
David vs Zeke
Bret tells Zeke that David told him they need to target him. Zeke tells Bret that David has an idol. Bret says he knows because David always has an idol. Bret and Zeke agree to watch David. David is hoping it won't be a hard sell to go after Zeke.
Both Zeke and David are targeting each other and each is planning. Zeke talks to Hannah and Adam. He says Bret told him David is targeting him. He says David has an idol in his back pocket. Hannah says Will and Jay are more dangerous.
Hannah is trying to balance between David and Zeke. She wants to work with David but has been working closely with Zeke and isn't sure which way to go. Jeff welcomes the tribe to an island out in the ocean – a little patch of sand for the #rewardchallenge.
They will play in teams of three tied up and will have to slither around through obstacles then do a puzzle. The winners get a helicopter tour and a picnic of fried chicken, mac and cheese, wine, beer, soda and pie.
Three teams of three
Jeff says one person won't get the chance to play. He says if you draw the white rock, you automatically get to go on reward without playing. Hannah, Jessica, Adam are one team. Will, Ken, and Jay are another and Sunday, Zeke and Bret are the third.
David gets to enjoy reward since he got the white rock. They slither along and Will is losing his pants. They slither to the next person in the relay and then they head off. Green has a lead thanks to Will and Ken. Jessica is struggling.
Jay gets to the end and the three guys untie and run for the puzzle. Bret is the third for orange and Jessica is stuck for her team. Bret is moving and makes up time. Jessica finally makes it and Adam takes off as their third to try and make time.
Will, Ken and Jay are struggling with the puzzle. The other two teams are now working on their puzzle. Bret, Zeke and Sunday come from behind and complete the puzzle and they win reward. They will go with Bret on the reward and the helicopter drops down to get them.
Zeke targets David aggressively
Adam wonders about stealing the reward and he's tempted. He decides to hang onto it and not take it away. The chopper leaves with the four on it. Jeff sends the other six back to camp empty handed.
Bret tells Zeke that he's gay but he fell into a macho group and couldn't say anything. Bret also says it's a different generation. Zeke tells Bret and Sunday he's glad that David is there so he can keep an eye on him and talks about blindsiding him.
Hannah pulls David aside when he gets back and she's decided to side with David. She tells him that Bret told Zeke he was targeting him and Adam told him about the idol. Hannah says the good thing is that Zeke trusts her so she will know.
David tells Hannah the idol will be for him or her. Jay comes up out of the water and Hannah chats with him friendly. David worries and says he blew up his game. He's flipping out and Hannah tries to calm him down.
Another immunity challenge
Hannah tells him not to get neurotic or he'll waste the idol. He says let's go after Zeke and let them vote against him and he'll use the idol to save himself. Now it's time for the #ImmunityChallenge.
They have to unlock a handle and then complete a slide puzzle. They take their places and first is to untie a handle then to run it through a maze but they can't see it since they're behind the maze. Jay is the first to get it. He starts on the slide puzzle.
Jay gets the puzzle done before any of the others even get their doors open by completing the maze. Jeff says that was a Survivor blowout. Jay is happy to get the immunity necklace. Jeff tells the other he'll see them tonight at tribal.
David tells Jessica about him telling Bret about wanting to go against Zeke. Jess is upset that David didn't keep his mouth shut but she has to help him. Ken and Jess agree to vote against Zeke with him.
Zeke vs David and things turn
Zeke pulls Hannah aside to talk to her about David. He says David is the biggest threat in the game. Zeke figures out Hannah is on Team David and so Zeke goes to tell Bret, Will, Sunday and Jay to take out Hannah.
Hannah goes to talk to Adam and says the two of them need to stick together and pick a side. She says they should vote to send Zeke home. Adam isn't sure but doesn't tell her. Hannah tells David that they have enough votes but thinks Zeke is gunning for her.
She says she might need his idol tonight. David and Hannah run the scenarios and wonder who would flip. He's debating what he's going to do with his idol tonight and hopes he plays it for the right person tonight.
Time for Tribal. The Survivors come in and then the jury of three – Michelle, Taylor and Chris. Jeff asks how many people feel certain tonight and no one says yes. He asks who feels safe and it's only Jay that raises his hand.
Tribal gets tough
David says he feels like a fruit bat and the world looks upside down for him. He says this will be chaotic. Hannah and Adam whisper. Jay says he doesn't know what is going on. Bret snaps and says it's every man for himself now.
David says will members of Zeke's alliance can raise their hands. Bret and Zeke both say ugly things about David crying and David says that's a personal attack and how things are going right now. Adam says the vote is live.
Jess says she's utterly confused. Hannah whispers to Adam again. Ken says they're still trying to figure things out. Sunday says stick to the plan and whispers to Hannah "Ken." Bret gets really aggro and says this is smoke and mirrors.
Zeke says everyone wonders who they can trust and no one feels sure that people are going to stick to what they said. Zeke says Tribal is theater. They all press Jeff to call for the vote and he does. Everyone goes to vote.
Voting disarray
Taylor freaks in his jury seat when a giant bug lands on him and won't leave. Jeff calls for idols. David raises his hand and pulls out his idol. Hannah says wait then says nothing more. Adam tells David he hears whispering about voting for Ken.
David decides to play it to protect Ken. Hannah says damn. Votes are: Zeke, Hannah, Zeke, Hannah, Zeke, Hannah, Zeke, Hannah, Zeke, Hannah. It's a tie. They will revote with Hannah and Zeke not voting. They go to vote again.
Zeke whispers and starts to make some deals. Hannah tells Jess to please trust her and vote against Zeke. Jess is scared of going to a rock draw. Hannah tells Adam she thinks Jess is going to flip and she'll go home.
Jeff counts the votes and comes back. The votes are: Hannah, Zeke, Hannah, Zeke, Hannah, Zeke, Hannah, Zeke. It's another tie. They now get the chance to unanimously agree on one or the other and then David, Will, Bret, Sunday, Adam and Jessica will draw rocks.
Rock draw!
Will says they should agree that none of them want to go home for them. David says Zeke is playing the best game up here and says if you think I'm the threat, vote me next time but send Zeke home tonight. Zeke tries to rally against Hannah.
Jeff says there is no unanimous decision. Taylor is laughing at all of them. Jeff says Hannah is now safe and so is Zeke. Ken and Jay are also safe. The other six will draw rocks. The black rock will send someone out and they are now #DrawingRocks.
They reveal and Jessica has the black rock. Bret says David forced this. Jessica can't breathe and is stunned. She's crying and Jeff says #TheGameHasSpoken and he snuffs her torch. Jess says she has the legacy advantage and has to leave it to someone.
Jessica leaves it to Ken and says she hopes he's there to use it. Jeff tells the others that the rest of this game is going to be insane. .


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BOOK REVIEW: 'Why Normandy Was Won': Operation Bagration: The Russian Contribution to Operation Overlord
Wednesday, August 29, 2012 - 18:06 Reviewed by David M. Kinchen
Winston Churchill on the German boast that they had the Italians on their side in WW II: "It's only fair. we had to have them in the last war."
Even if you're a novice World War II history buff, you'll recognize the designation Operation Overlord as the preparations for and invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944 by the Allied Forces -- mainly the U.S., Great Britain and Canada.
How about Operation Bagration?
Perhaps if you're a regular reader of World War II magazine, which comes out six times a month, you'll recognize the massive Soviet assault on June 22, 1944 against Germany's Army Group Center in Byelorussia, now the independent country of Belarus.
As Kenneth C. Weiler writes in "Why Normandy Was Won: Operation Bagration and the War in the East 1941-1945" (Ostfront Publications, Hanover, PA, 488 pages, photos, maps, glossary, bibliography, index, $24.95, available from the publisher or Amazon.com) "Germany lost more than 300,000 men in twenty-two divisions in just five weeks; this was a blow from which the Ostheer (the German Army in Russia) never recovered. In order to stabilize the front, the German command was forced to transfer forty-six divisions and four brigades to Byelorussia from other sectors, taking some of the pressure off the British and American troops in France."
Weiler says he started out to write a technical treatise on Operation Bagration, coming a few weeks after D-Day, calling it Stalin's "somewhat reluctant support to assist the Allied landings at Normandy, by presenting the Germans from transferring combat units from Russia to France to repel the western Allies." As he wrote about Bagration, timed on the third anniversary of the German invasion of Russia, he decided to broaden the scope of the book and make it a primer on the war in Russia in general and a discussion of Operation Bagration in particular.
"All the experts on the subject told me I was wrong, that I should focus, focus and focus," he wrote me. "The present book is my attempt to fill in the knowledge gap in the younger reading population -- many of whom didn't even know about the Soviet Union's role in World War II. Recently books have been written on specific, individual battles in Russia but none of these examine the entirety of the war in Russia, especially the connection with D-Day."
Weiler put the technical material in footnotes -- which are actually at the bottom of each page -- and created glossaries, appendixes, a comprehensive index, a bibliography, and a chronology, making the narrative flow more easily for the general reader. His book serves a dual audience -- general readers interested in WW II history, and specialists who want all the facts and technical details on the tanks involved and other armament. If you're a tank fan, you'll overdose on the descriptions of the various German, Russian and U.S. tanks, since the battles depended on tanks. You may be surprised to learn how much the Germans and Russians also depended on horses. The armies weren't as motorized as people think today and relied on original horsepower.
I was familiar with the Lend-Lease program, where the U.S. shipped huge amounts of vehicles and arms and other supplies to the Russians to fight the Germans, but I didn't know how much the Russians loved the sturdy, reliable Jeeps and the Studebaker trucks that were sent. What a time, when American vehicles were the ne plus ultra in reliability! In fact, Studebaker became the generic Russian term for "truck!" And the Russians, who loved to say they invented everything, claimed that the Lend-Lease Jeeps, with English instrument lettering and mph instead of kph speedometers were "export models" made in Russia!
Younger readers might not recognize the name Studebaker, based in South Bend, Indiana, because the company, founded as a wagon maker in 1852, built its last car in December, 1963, but it was an independent manufacturer of quality vehicles (My first car when I was in high school in Illinois in 1955 was a 1941 Studebaker Champion rescued from a junkyard) and was part of the "arsenal of democracy" during WW II. Link to article about Studebaker' model US 6 2 1/2 ton "deuce and a half" trucks: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studebaker_US6.
The Germans weren't alone in staffing their army; they had no choice given that the country's population was less than 70 million in 1939 --- compared with 190 million for the USSR and about 130 million for the U.S. -- compelled them to seek allies. Weiler deals extensively with countries like Italy, Finland, Hungary and Romania that fought alongside the Germans, as well as individuals from dozens of occupied countries, including France, Norway, Denmark, Holland, etc. and even prisoners of war from Russia.
Speaking of World War II magazine, I found this story in the magazine about Germany's axis allies:
Weiler emailed me about this article and Germany's Axis allies:
"Germany's Ost Einheiten, those units made up of troops from Germany's Axis partners, is a great unknown story of the war in the East for the American readership. The ability of Germany to continue to recruit these significant numbers of men, especially after 1943, was based simply on the fear of their parent governments had of the wrath of the Russians, quickly approaching their eastern borders. Another unknown aspect of the Axis allied nations was the misnomer of their poor performance in battle with the Red Army. This is just now being addressed, for example, with an excellent recent work on the Italian divisions with Hope Hamilton's Sacrifice on the Steppe.
"Sympathy for these 'little nations' allied with Germany, which were both somewhat opportunistic (land grabs) and seeking revenge for actual or perceived losses/insults over the centuries, is an issue that is also needing extensive review and scholarship. They saw the power of the German army in Poland and when the worlds most modern mainland European army collapsed, the French, they saw an opportunity to expand their national wealth at the expense of the U.S.S.R. As Citino points out, there was no love lost amongst the Baltic nations after the big red neighbor to their east annexed them in 1940.
"The article is a typically well written piece by a noted author on the German army. I have every book Citino has written and have learned a lot from him, although David Glantz is, to me, the dean of Eastern front American authors and experts. He was kind enough to have me visit him at his home twice to review my book when it was in manuscript form and was very helpful in providing direction and guidance."
Blame the Cold War, 50 years of bloodless, mostly, conflict between the Soviet Union and the West, for the lack of knowledge about Russia's role in the war. There were no Uncle Joes or Grandpa Bills coming home and telling about the war as there was with those fighting in Western Europe, Weiler says. There's also the aspect of not wanting to offend the defeated Germans, now -- at least those in West Germany -- important allies -- about their atrocities in Russia. The killing squads and murder factories killed Jews and others deemed by the Nazis to be subhuman, but they also treated captured Soviet soldiers and the general populace with similar disregard for basic humanity. Captured prisoners and other "subhumans" were slave labor fodder for factories run by Wernher von Braun and other Nazis.(for more about the man who aimed for the moon but hit London, and was honored by West Germany and the U.S.: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wernher_von_Braun)
Weiler even presents a brief counterfactual scenario about what might have happened had the Germans treated the conquered countries and their people humanely. The Germans might have been considered freedom fighters, liberating Ukrainians and others from the Communist yoke.
Why read Weiler's book? It's a companion work to all of the books written about Operation Overlord. Connecting the two major fronts in Europe, "Why Normandy Was Won" explains the importance and interdependence of the Eastern Front and the events of D-Day. Weiler stresses that Operation Bagration in no way diminishes the heroism of those fighting the Germans in Normandy, but it would have been far more difficult if they had to face the battle-hardened frontline troops that were fighting a losing war in Russia.
About the Author
Ken Weiler, a former Staff Sergeant in the United States Army with the Department of Engineering and Military Science at Fort Belvoir, Virginia also was the legislative liaison NCOIC with the Army's SAFEGUARD anti-ballistic missile program at the Department of Defense at Arlington, Virginia. He has written several learned articles on historical writing and artifact preservation, is on the Board of Directors of the Hanover Historical Society (Pennsylvania), and is a Trustee with the Eisenhower Society in Gettysburg, PA. He holds degrees from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. He lives with his wife in Hanover, Pennsylvania. His website:www.ostfrontpublications.com.


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Organisations that promote physical activity at grassroots level, especially among marginalised groups, are invited to apply for a grant of 20,000CHF (20,000USD). The International Olympic Committee's Sport and Active Society Commission will make four awards to groups that promote the health and social benefits of sport and participation in regular physical activity.
While the funding is not available to city authorities or other government bodies, non-governmental organisations and international or national sports federations can apply. The closing date for applications is 14 December and winners will be announced in the first few months of 2019.
Successful projects must focus at least one of the following themes:
- Social inclusion of refugees through sport and physical activity
- Promoting gender equality at all level of sport
- Bringing sport and physical activity to the urban setting
- Engaging young people and/or senior citizens in physical activity
In addition, candidate's projects should demonstrate the following elements: long-term and sustainable timelines; sport or physical activity as effective tools to tackle social issues; available public space and/or sports facilities and venues used to promote participation in physical activity; long-term partnerships to sustain the project; and/or that a monitoring plan is in place.
To apply, visit the grant application page on the IOC website.
Last year's grants were given to Skateistan (pictured), which created a project to encourage education through skateboarding for Afghan youth; Pro Sport Development, which developed and implemented a variety of sports and sports-based programmes for young marginalised and underprivileged people in India, and Helpage International, which promoted healthy ageing in Tanzania.


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Ravenhill is also known for his maxims. Here are a few culled from another website:
"A popular evangelist reaches your emotions. A true prophet reaches your conscience."
"The last words of Jesus to the church (in Revelation) were 'Repent!'"
"A true shepherd leads the way. He does not merely point the way."
"You never have to advertise a fire. Everyone comes running when there's a fire. Likewise, if your church is on fire, you will not have to advertise it. The community will already know it."
"Your doctrine can be as straight as a gun barrel—and just as empty!"
"John the Baptist never performed any miracles. Yet, he was greater than any of the Old Testament prophets."
"I doubt that more than two percent of professing Christians in the United States are truly born again."
"Our God is a consuming fire. He consumes pride, lust, materialism, and other sin."
"There are only two kinds of persons: those dead in sin and those dead to sin."
[Concerning the darkness that has enveloped most of Christendom:] "When you're sitting in a dark room, you can either sit and curse the darkness—or you can light a candle."
"Children can tell you what Channel 7 says, but not what Matthew 7 says."
"Some women will spend thirty minutes to an hour preparing for church externally (putting on special clothes and makeup, etc.). What would happen if we all spent the same amount of time preparing internally for church—with prayer and meditation?"
"Maturity comes from obedience, not necessarily from age."
"What good does it do to speak in tongues on Sunday if you have been using your tongue during the week to curse and gossip?"
"Would we send our daughters off to have sex if it would benefit our country? Yet, we send our sons off to kill when we think it would benefit our country!"
"The only time you can really say that 'Christ is all I need,' is when Christ is all you have."
"The Bible is either absolute, or it's obsolete."
"Why do we expect to be better treated in this world than Jesus was?"
"Today's church wants to be raptured from responsibility."
"Testimonies are wonderful. But, so often our lives don't fit our testimonies."
[Concerning one of the new "movements" in the church that was causing a stir among Christians:] "There's also a stir when the circus comes to town."
"My main ambition in life is to be on the Devil's most wanted list."
"You can't develop character by reading books. You develop it from conflict."
"When there's something in the Bible that churches don't like, they call it 'legalism.'"
"We can't serve God by proxy."
"We must do what we can do for God, before He will give us the power to do what we can't do."
"There's a difference between changing your opinion, and changing your lifestyle."
"Our seminaries today are turning out dead men."
"How can you pull down strongholds of Satan if you don't even have the strength to turn off your TV?"
"Everyone recognizes that Stephen was Spirit-filled when he was performing wonders. Yet, he was just as Spirit-filled when he was being stoned to death."
"If a Christian is not having tribulation in the world, there's something wrong!"
[Concerning the fixation that today's church has with numbers, with growth at any price:] "The church has paid a terrible price for statistics!"
"Any method of evangelism will work—if God is in it." "Church unity comes from corporate humility."
"You can have all of your doctrines right—yet still not have the presence of God."
"Many pastors criticize me for taking the Gospel so seriously. But do they really think that on Judgment Day, Christ will chastise me, saying, 'Leonard, you took Me too seriously'?"
"If Jesus had preached the same message that ministers preach today, He would never have been crucified."
"You can know a lot about the atonement, and yet receive no benefit from it."
"If the whole church goes off into deception, that will in no way excuse us for not following Christ."


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This should be a really fun game to watch. Both of these teams have offenses that can put up points in bunches. I like the Saints in this one because they are playing at home, but it will come down to the wire.
This is a good chance for us to scout the Saints who the Titans will face in two weeks. We already know what they are about. Drew Brees is going to take what you give him on offense, and if you let a guy get over the top it is over. Gregg Williams is going to bring pressure from everywhere on defense.
Discuss the game and any fantasy scenarios that you have below. I have lost two of my four match-ups this weekend. I have one already wrapped up. The other one is the Official MCM League where I am trailing my dad by 8 points coming into the night. He has Darren Sproles. I have Victor Cruz and Jake Ballard. It will be a close one.


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The Advocate joined the Olivia women on the 40th Anniversary Southern Caribbean Cruise, a set of two cruises that went to Aruba, Curacao, and a private island in the Bahamas in January and February. More than 4,200 women were joined by 20 entertainers (from women's music legends Cris Williamson, Teresa Trull, and Meg Christian to comics Vickie Shaw, Kate Clinton, and Elvira Kurt) and a handful of powerful lesbian leaders including tennis legend Billie Jean King, DOMA plaintiff Edie Windsor, military pioneer Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer, and, in a surprise appearance, former Army Colonel Tammy Smith, who was promoted to brigadier in late 2012, making her the first general officer to come out while serving, post "don't ask, don't tell."
"This is the biggest celebration Olivia has produced to date,"said Tisha Floratos, Olivia's vice president of travel, calling the cruise a "giant reunion, entertainment extravaganza and tropical vacation all rolled into one."
Edie Windsor (left) and Judy Dlugacz
Some women behind the scenes at Olivia.


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