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Your friend the vegan
Picture this. Your friend the vegan who's always up on the latest plant-based superfood suddenly mentions wanting to try this thing called a ketogenic diet – more specifically, a vegan keto diet.
You're told a ketogenic diet is super high in fat and very low in carbs. Because you're a good friend, you think about what they're saying, only to realize that vegan diets aren't particularly fatty. Plants tend to store a lot of starch or sugar rather than fat.
You then ask "don't those two diets sort of oppose each other? ".
Your friend launches into listing all the plant foods that are high in fat, low in carbs and how a vegan ketogenic diet can totally work! After listening to this for a while you get bored, obviously, and don't come away convinced this makes much sense or if it's even feasible.
But you're a curious cat so you wonder how one might construct a vegan keto diet if you had to. We answer this question here, but first let's recap the basics features of both diets.
Before diving in those diets if you have questions related to keto and low carb, please visit our community
Keep in mind that when discussing the respective merits and demerits of a dietary approach here, we're ignoring supplementation. This is done so that a diet is assessed on what's available from its food alone, not its food + supplements.
We'll skip to the punchline of this post which Dr.Dominic D'Agostino sums up nicely on Joe Rogan's podcast, saying
there's no way that you can hit the macronutrient ratios of a ketogenic diet that's vegan unless it's in a shake form
Recapping the vegan diet
A vegan diet splits food into the plant or animal categories, forbidding animals and permitting only plants.
A vegan is thus not allowed to eat animals like beef, salmon or shellfish or animal products like milk, cheese, butter or bone broth – and honey according to some vegans [1], apparently!
A vegan is allowed to eat plants like beans, potatoes or kale or plant products like tofu, sunflower oil or margarine.
A vegan diet is most commonly a high-carbohydrate one due to the higher starch and sugar content in plants than in animals. Veganism does not seem to have its roots in our evolutionary past [2, 3].
Recapping the ketogenic diet
A ketogenic diet is based on the ratio of macronutrients, meaning how many calories come from protein versus fat versus carbs.
It is very high in fat and very low in carbs, typically around 70% fat, 20% protein and > 10% carbs.
Eating this way leads to your body turning a significant portion of its fat into energy-useful molecules called ketones (which you can measure at home!).
The calories from your ketogenic diet can come mostly from animals or mostly from plants – the diet is agnostic about that.
The easiest way to kick-start a basic ketogenic diet is to eat mostly fatty animal foods and fibrous low-starch vegetables. A ketogenic diet does have roots in our evolutionary past and is traditionally rather high in animal foods [4, 5].
So, what is a vegan keto diet ?
A vegan keto diet needs to prioritize fatty plant foods and exclude those that are too starchy or sugary. This isn't as straightforward as it seems.
There are two main reasons. First, there are fewer commercially available fatty plants than starchy or sugary ones.
This really restricts your selection of foods. Second, you're already at a disadvantage trying to get enough quality protein on standard vegan fare, let alone on a vegan ketogenic diet.
Many of the best plant sources of protein will not be available to you due to their high starch content.
Given these constraints, what fatty plants would you want to include in your vegan keto diet? And what are the plants to avoid or minimize? What sources of plant protein can you chose whilst staying within ketogenic ratios?
Focus on getting fatty plant foods
We're all thinking it, avocados. They're about 77% fat, 19% carbs and 4% protein [6].
Avocados are the darling peace-seeking diplomats of the food world. They're one of the few foods accepted along most of the dietary spectrum, enabling fruitarians to low-carb high-fat dieters to get behind eating avocados.
Then we've got all sorts of nuts. For example, macadamia nuts are on the high-end of fatty, coming in at about 88% fat, 8% carbs and 4% protein [7].
Even the higher carb nuts have a modest carbcontent overall, like pistachios that come in around 67% fat, 20% carbs and 13% protein [8]. This is pretty close to a vegan ketogenic ratio.
Cacao nibs. Not the most popular snack. This is probably due to the fact that they has no digestible carbs and are very bitter. Nearly all of their calories come from fat [9]. Lets just say they're an acquired taste.
Pro tip: most people will find cacao nibs to be more palatable when mixed into a salad or some other dish with other flavors and taste to soften the bitterness. Get creative, give it a try.
Remember when acai berries were all the rage? Are they still God's fit? In any case, they're surprisingly fatty, coming in around 71% fat, 23% carbs and 6% protein [10].
Avoid or minimize starchy and sugary plant foods
This is difficult. Your priority will be to avoid fruit. It's delicious, requires little to no preparation, it's nearly always portable and so lends itself to snacking. Nearly all (commercially available) fruit will have thus have to be avoided due to its very high carb content.
For instance, (ripe) bananas are about 3% fat, 93% carbs and 4% protein [11]. They're not a good fit for a vegan keto diet. Neither are mangos, since they're about 3% fat, 94% carbs and 3% protein.
The protein problem
This is the big kahuna of health problems. Sure, vegan diets are also notorious for their micronutrient issues like imbalanced omega-6 to omega-3 ratios. However, not getting enough of the macronutrient protein is THE big problem. More specifically, getting enough bioavailable amino acids of the right kind (the building blocks of protein) is difficult if not impossible by food alone.
Is my plant protein bioavailable?
When we ask if this or that protein is bioavailable, we're looking at how much of that plant protein can be usefully converted to protein in our body that can carry out its intended functions. There are multiple ways to measure this, such as Net protein Utilization, Protein Efficiency Ratio, Nitrogen Balance, Protein digestibility and Protein Digestibility Corrected Amino Acid Score [12]. For now though, what is key to grasp is the overarching theme, that protein in plant form is generally poorly bioavailable when compared to protein from animals [13].
Leucine threshold
To maintain muscle mass or grow more of it, one thing you need to do is consume enough of the amino acid leucine. This is also known as the leucine threshold [14].Not only do you need enough leucine, you need enough of a few of the other 21 amino acids to then provide the building blocks for the actual building of muscle building. Reaching the leucine threshold with enough of the other bioavailable amino acids will be difficulting this with plant foods alone will require eating a ton of greens because.
Given all these issues, what do you do ?
What plant sources of protein should I use on my vegan keto diet?
Try this. Despite it's low total protein and high carb content, potatoes have a relatively complete amino acid (or protein) score, at about 1% fat, 97% carbs and 2% protein [15].
Same goes for quinoa, the plant-based darling pseudo-grain. It's lower in carbs though, showing a more favorable profile compared to potatoes, with about 14% fat, 71% carbs and 15% protein [16].
Hemp seeds, possibly a neck-and-neck winner with quinoa, contains about 74% carbs, 4% carbs and 22% protein [17].
But no, soybeans may take the win! Soybeans are about 38% fat, 32% carbs and 30% protein and nearly as complete as potatoes and quinoa [18].
The trick may be to include mostly soybeans, hemp and quinoa for the protein content and completeness of amino acid score.
Keep in mind: when you see a 'complete amino acid score' for potatoes on a website like www.nutritiondata.self, remember that this does NOT take into account bioavailability factors.
To be clear, take one animal food and one plant food with identical protein content and amino acid profiles. You'll have considerably more useable protein from the animal source.
Parents beware !
The importance of this cannot be overstated. Do NOT feed newborn infants or children younger than 18 years-old on vegan diets or vegan ketogenic diets.
The younger they are, the more likely they are to suffer life threatening mineral, vitamin, protein and fatty acid deficiencies given the paucity of those elements in a diet entirely devoid of animal foods.
One parent in Italy was forced by the court to feed their child meat at least once a week [19].
Another couple were jailed for 1 year because their 1 year-old infant was malnourished on their vegan diet [20].
If you're going to try to mix veganism with a ketogenic diet, make sure you pay attention to
#1 Getting enough protein
#2 Avoiding sugary fruit or too many starchy plants
#3 Getting enough calories without getting too many carbs (since your goal is ketosis)
#4 Beware of mineral and vitamin deficiencies (supplement these)
#5 Read a lot about nutrition because you'll need the knowledge
#6 Make it a short-term experiment, preferably

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In 2012 I managed about 30 outfit posts (some don't really count!) I definitely want to do more in 2013, I'm aiming for 52, one a week.. Shouldn't be too time consuming, right?!
So here are my outfits from 2012, I actually find it scary how things have changed in just a year!
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This set was part of my 'Ways to Wear a Skater Dress' series. My favourite outfit is the first dress and shirt combination.
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The first outfit has made me want to try mixing up patterns more for 2013.
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Going to try and master the blogger oversized knit tucked into a skirt for the future.. Think I'm doing okay in the third outfit?!
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I will forever love that crochet waist dress, great for daytime or evening.
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The second outfit is one of my favourite outfits from 2012, even if that skirt is stupidly short! I'm going to try and take more pictures outdoors this year too, makes things so much more interesting I think!
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The fourth outfit is probably my favourite of 2012, I wear that t shirt all the time! Really want to channel this kind of style into 2013.
Favourite face, hair and outfit details from 2012. I want to buy more funky sunglasses this year (hi Primarni) and make the effort to actually do something to my hair!
So, overall? I really want to experiment a bit more in 2013 with what I wear.. I think I often go for the safer option, I'm going to take things a little bit further, be more daring. After all, I'm not exactly getting any younger!
Thank you for sticking with me in 2012,


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The difference between the iPhone and the iPod touch
In the twitter commentary that followed Apple's iPod announcement, while I was getting caught up with the news, I realised that Mail was missing from the new iPod touch. I got to thinking that was an interesting omission, and reflected that the widgets, the stock, weather, and Google maps features, in particular, were particularly telling (rather than "curious"). It points to the fundamental (and very deep) way in which the iPod touch and the iPhone differ.
The iPhone is an always-on, lightly tethered communications device. It presumes that at least a minimal network connection is always available. Weather and stock information is conceivably continuously updated. Mail can be checked regularly or pushed to the device.
The iPod is about entertainment, as it always has been. It is the mobile "lean back" to the iPhone's "sit forward." The 'curious' thing about these two devices is driven by how the world is today: in 2007, an Entertainment device and a Communications device look remarkably similar. (And, as an interesting corollary, it exemplifies how Apple generally sees the web as it is today.)
And it's in that striking similarity and feature near-parity that the iPod touch necessitated a price drop from the iPhone, to something more in line with its feature differential. Really, you're paying subscription fees to AT&T wireless for having the communications device cum phone.
It sounds like a reasonable choice for people to make during the upcoming holiday season.Tweet


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The Department of Labor's ERISA Advisory Council intends to recommend that the department update current guidance related to locating lost or missing retirement plan participants, based on teleconference discussions held by the panel Sept. 23.
The council intends to suggest that the DOL update FieldAssistance Bulletin 2004-02 to clarify that it applies to locating missing plan beneficiaries, and not just plan participants, in terminated defined contribution plans. The council would also like the DOL to specify plan fiduciary obligations of plan sponsors in attempting to locate missing and nonresponsive plan participants in active and frozen defined contribution plans.
The council also intends to recommend to the DOL that a plan sponsor that has met its fiduciary obligations to contact a plan participant be allowed to treat that individual as a lost participant or beneficiary after a specified period in which the individual fails to cash a retirement benefit check. In that situation, the council intends to recommend, the plan should be allowed to return the distributed amount of the uncashed check to the plan's forfeiture account and determine whether benefits, without earnings, will be restored if or when the participant or beneficiary claims the benefit.
Locating lost and missing plan participants was one of three issues on which the council heard testimony this year. In addition to that issue, the council has also examined the issues of private-sector pension plan de-risking and successful retirement plan communications for various population segments. The council meets several times a year to discuss selected topics and make recommendations with regard to those issues to the labor secretary.
The council plans to hold an open meeting Nov. 4-5 to finalize its recommendations.
Pension De-Risking
On the topic of pension de-risking, the council is expected to suggest that the DOL confirm that Interpretive Bulletin 95-1, which establishes fiduciary standards for the selection of an annuity provider with respect to defined benefit plan benefits, applies also to annuity purchases that are not in connection with a plan termination. The DOL should also consider creating additional safe harbors for plan sponsors making such purchases, including requirements for notice and valuation procedures similar to those required if offered under the plan regarding lump-sum options, the council said.
The council also expects to recommend that the DOL should consider providing guidance under ERISA Section 502(a)(9) to clarify for plan fiduciaries the consequences of a breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the purchase of an annuity contract from an insurer for the distribution of benefits under the plan.
The council is also expected to suggest that the DOL refer the council's final recommendations to the Internal Revenue Service so that the IRS may consider whether to issue guidance on the potential tax implications for the plan and/or the participant of the choice of a lump-sum distribution if the participant is in pay status.
Excerpted from a story that ran in Pension & Benefits Daily (9/24/2013).
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Labor - And A Whole Lot More
Tiffany Williams of the Institute for Policy Studies has a great idea for helping our lowest-paid workers, while at the same
time boosting the entire economy.
It's simple, and it's doable: Raise the federal minimum wage. President Obama is all for it. Or at least he said he was
when he was campaigning for election. He declared simply that people working full time should not live in poverty, which many
of the millions living on the current minimum wage were doing - and are now doing at the current rate of $7.25 an hour.
Obama proposed raising the minimum to $9.50 an hour by 2011. That, mind you, would merely adjust the minimum wage for
inflation, doing nothing more than restoring its 1968 purchasing power.
Williams acknowledges that it's risky to boost wages during a recession - but she says "several economic studies
indicate otherwise . . . Increasing the minimum wage, and thereby increasing purchasing power for the poorest Americans,
actually helps the economy recover."
Obama's election year proposal on raising the minimum was, to put it mildly, a very modest proposal. But despite that,
Williams, says, "neither the White House nor Congress has done anything to make it happen. " Instead, at least three
Republican candidates in the midterm elections actually called for the minimum wage to be abolished.
That's right, the GOP office seekers advocated doing away with one of the most basic and necessary protections workers
have had since the New Deal days of the 1930s, when the minimum was set at 38 cents an hour.
It's clear that the current minimum is falling far short of doing what the law says it should be doing. That is, it should
be providing a "minimum standard of living necessary for health, efficiency and general well-being." You could
hardly do that at the current rate., which would earn you just a hair over $15,000 a year if you worked full-time with no
time off - and that's before taxes and other deductions.
Williams asks us to consider, for example, a working single mom with two children. The federal poverty level for such
a family is just a bit over $18,000 a year. Thus the single mom could work full time at the current minimum and still earn
$3,000 less than poverty wages.
Raising the minimum would not only help single moms and others trapped in poverty, but it would also boost the sagging
economy generally. It's estimated that every dollar increase in wages for workers at the minimum wage level creates more
than $3,000 in new spending after a single year.
As Williams notes, raising the minimum wage would be only a small step needed to help low-income families. But, as she
says, "It's nevertheless an important step for ensuring that workers in minimum and near-minimum wage jobs can better
bridge the gap between their meager income and expenses."
So, here's the deal: First, raise the minimum wage and index it to inflation, so that it rises whenever inflation rises,
and at the same rate. Then have the federal government insure that all workers do indeed get the full protection of the law.
Williams notes that last year about 3.5 million workers earned the minimum or less. Those earning less were some of our
most exploited yet valuable workers - about one million farm workers, domestics, home health care workers and other categories
of workers who are not even covered by the minimum wage law.
The minimum wage is just as important now as it was when it was established during the Great Depression. And it's just
as important that the rate be set at a level necessary to keep workers from poverty.
Yet there are lawmakers and others - mostly Republicans, of course - who actually argue that the economy would best be
boosted, not by helping poverty-stricken workers, but by cutting the taxes of the wealthy and, as Williams notes, "slashing
budgets for social services that will leave millions of Americans behind."
Listen up White House and Congress. Listen to Tiffany Williams. She says "raising the minimum wage would be a step
toward restoring dignity for millions of workers, enabling many ordinary working Americans to become part of the economic
recovery rather than its collateral damage."
She's right, of course.


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You have got to be kidding me? I know we've been on a hiatus and doing our best with a renewed push at re-launching our efforts but has it really been a nine month absence from MxMo? Really?!??!!!!???
As we typically consider our state of mind and efforts in this herein our little adventure, to be sorta nuts, it seems appropriate that the current MxMo theme offered up this time by Elana at the Stir and Strain blog, is "Nuts." We are feeling quite at home. As our mind is turning to new projects, new endeavors, a re-launch and general all-around good vibes at this our friendly effort we are pleased to be back in the MxMo state of mind. Thank you Elana for hosting and let's go dear readers into the world of nuts …
Truth be told we had forgotten as of late about MxMo … yes, I'm due for a firing squad moment soon enough but what better way to get re-engaged than to post, in a MxMo event?
Nuts? Nuts? What the heck can we do with nuts? Crap? Help, please, nuts in a drink? Nuts in a new creation? … no, we can't, go on … with, this …
Why yes we can … a little thought, a little un-creative imagination at two of our favorite drinks and we set out to try something different. As you will re-call from our prior MxMo efforts we try to do "new" creations in MxMo events and this one is no different. And once again we are providing our dear readers with a two-fer opportunity.
Nothing original in this one, but as our favorite drink is a Manhattan we must be able to riff this drink to make it a bit nuts? Trying multiple "nutsy" subs, we settled on our singular bottle of nocino (which has been a true &%tch of a bottle to hold in our cabinet of goodies) as our "nuts" ingredient. Once our target was identified we tried a few ins and outs of friendly Manhattan components and settled on a variation of a Perfect Manhattan.
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Recipe created (he thinks) by theSpeakista
• 2 oz Rittenhouse bonded rye
• 1/2 oz Dolin Blanc vermouth
• 1/2 oz Nux Alpina Nocino
• 1 barspoon Smith & Cross rum (optional …)
Garnish: none
Glass: chilled cocktail or coupe glass
Tools: mixing glass, bar-spoon and julep strainer
Assembly: Add all of the ingredients to the mixing glass with cracked and non-cracked ice and stir for several rotations. Add additional ice and continue stirring until well blended, well chilled. Strain the mixture into the serving glass.
Tasting Notes: Pleasant enough. Nice character and interaction between the darker, heat intensive rye flavors and the more subtle nut and floral/herbal ingredients. When included, the rum gives a touch of funky undertone and interestingly sweet counterpoint that actually brings forth the nut-like flavors in a kinda of unique way.
In seeking to give bang for the buck our second offering comes hugely out of the blue … I'm not sure if this works? I like it … I dig it … you may think "what the hey" but it is a kinda oddly interesting drink with a strong, and not-so strong nut forward profile — you get the toasted notes that fade a bit and come out as an almost semi-candy-like sweetness on the back end. How then did it come about? Simple, we love Manhattan's and would kill for a well-made Brooklyn and a few odd iterations later, out popped theSpeakista's newest odd creation … the Hopelessly Devoted to You!.
Hopelessly Devoted to You!
Recipe created (he thinks) by theSpeakista …
• 1 1/2 oz Pistachio-Infused Aquavit (recipe below)
• 2/3 oz Dolin Rouge vermouth
• 1/3 oz Nux Alpina Nocino
• 1/3 oz Amaro CiaCiaro
Garnish: none
Glass: rocks glass or old fashion glass
Tools: mixing glass, bar-spoon, tea strainer and julep strainer
Assembly: Add all of the ingredients to the mixing glass with plenty of cracked and non-cracked ice stirring for about a minute or so until well chilled. Strain the mixture into the serving glass containing a large cubed ice cube … sip, enjoy!
Pistachio-Infused Aquavit: take 1/4 cup of roasted, unsalted pistachios and cook them in a pre-heated 450 degree oven for 10 minutes. Turn the broiler on high and cook the nuts until dark brown, maybe even slightly darkened. Add the nuts to ~1/2 bottle of aquavit, and let steep for a day or two shaking once or twice. Strain out the nuts, re-bottle and prepare for nut goodness.
Ah ha! Nuts, we are absolutely nuts about … well, being nuts. Thank you Elana for hosting this event and please dear readers, make sure you make it over to the entries in this MxMo event.
Onwards and upwards …!!!


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We are testing tomorrow! Be sure to complete your study guide tonight. It was published on the blog last night.
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In order to conserve class time today and extend the amount of time spent on the severe weather project, I am posting the IT answers here. Be sure to check over your answers!
- In addition to the study guide, complete the back side of your do now page. This will be a daily occurrence through spring break.
- Please bring a folder (it can be used!) or small binder for the CRCT review book we are building in class. Before spring break, a larger packet will also be sent home.


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- AnonymousApril 6, 2014 at 4:49 PM
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This article is falsehood and you will be judged for your heresy.ReplyDelete
a troll no doubt the facts are all in the post, I will be judged for heresy?JUDGED for hersey please the facts, the truth are all in the post, it is heresy to use this numbering system, sounds like your not a Christian if your into this well. I give you to God, Last comment no time start your own site and keep it sound in the word .
I like the last paragraph.ReplyDelete
"fortune teller"
"you might as well go out and buy some tarot cards"
Really hammers down on what gematria is.
I apologize for the length of my post... In the worst part of my younger years, I practiced a mystical form of numerology. Interestingly, I was offered two forms of it, one Hebrew and one not. It really didn't matter, because once I began to use the system, information came to me that I could not know. At first, it was playing around with people at parties. I abruptly stopped using it, when the information became detailed and chillingly accurate. It was clear to that other voices were speaking and that scared me away. Some time later, I came to Christ (He to me!), then entering full time ministry, it was shocking to find Christians reading numbers using the same technique I learned from a book called "The Black Arts". Further, this Bible Code error took it even deeper down the rabbit hole. I have renounced such practices in Jesus' name and will not participate in it. What may be known of Christ and the Kingdom of God is clearly written in the Scriptures INCLUDING whatever numbers we are to know and understand as a part of that. Adding numbers up then dispensing "revelation" based upon those calculations is eating from the wrong tree in the garden. Get away from it and toss the books/cds/dvds in the garbage. The Holy Spirit is the Revealer of Truth (John 16:14-16) and not the machinations of men. May the Lord bless us with His word. Thank you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 5, 2016 at 11:39 AM
As you have correctly noted, there are many esoteric varieties of gematria and these have long been associated with occultism. However, there are historically documented gematrias as well. It is simply a historical fact that the letters of Hebrew and Greek were also numbers. To suggest that the study of such numbers is heretical is to suggest that the study of the Biblical text is heretical.ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousJanuary 30, 2017 at 11:40 PM
His deeming of a brother by name calling and judging that man's standing with God is out of line with the word.Delete
Please re read the post, I am well aware about bible based numbers and letters are numbers and such, this is fine, example number 7, or 3 12, 40 all have meaning it is the use of the evil number system, that is my point. 1 plus 1 is 2 that's fine, the doctrine practice re read is about combing numbers, dividing, backwards, our lord makes bible numerology very plan and no mystical things are needed, to find a code or whatever, I have posts about numbers and you would agree I speak of only this one system , the bible wheel and others know it, read it and fine. with same method as the Lucifarians.ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousSeptember 26, 2017 at 12:10 AM
I just heard about gematria on a you tube video where maker says gematria is a number system whereby all languages we're created. That did not quite set as a valid statement the more I thought about it. Neither did other beliefs that were put forth, and if you didn't know about this you're stupid! So I went on a serch and I'm glad I found your explanation of the many various calculations, when this started so I now see the demonic nature of the practice. Consequently I am not watching that you tube channel anymore. Thank you. YvonneReplyDelete
PTL so glad another has seen the simple truth and demonic back ground of that number system all glory to the Lord, thank you for your comment belovedReplyDelete
- AnonymousOctober 7, 2017 at 11:56 PM
I have a question for you:ReplyDelete
If gematria is really evil, then why did John tell us to calculate the number of the beast (Revelation 13:18)?
Please note that I am not trying to justify gematria and I am not trying to say that your article is false.
α - 1 ι - 10 ρ - 100ReplyDelete
β - 2 κ - 20 σ - 200
γ - 3 λ - 30 τ - 300
δ - 4 μ - 40 υ - 400
ε - 5 ν - 50 φ - 500
ζ - 7 ξ - 60 χ - 600
η - 8 ο - 70 ψ - 700
θ - 9 π - 80 ω - 80
Having thus shown that it was a practice in the apostolic age, and subsequently, to count the number in words and phrases, and even in whole verses, it will be evident that what is intended by 666 is, that the Greek name of the beast (for it was in the Greek language that Jesus Christ communicated his revelation to St. John) contains this number.
It is not the evil numberology, it is how the Greek was written, and Hebrew, the letters, were numbers, they had no numbers at all in Hebrew they used alphabet only and assigned equivelant numbers. Simple know church history and grasp the Greek and Hebrew you will understand.Replies
- AnonymousMarch 8, 2018 at 8:11 AM
So, Greek-Hebrew numerology is different from gematria. Thank you, I am now informed.Delete
God bless you. :)
Thank you so much for reaching out to the Remnant telling them not to be deceived by false paths and truths through gematria. I too don't think that it is of God. Shalom and Grace to you!ReplyDelete
Thank you so much for reaching out to the Remnant telling them not to be deceived by false paths and truths through gematria. I too don't think that it is of God. Shalom and Grace to you!ReplyDelete
Thank you for the truth! Grace and ShalomReplyDelete
Lord bless youReplyDelete
All Glory to the lord. Thank you for your comment


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Seven Principles of Ma'at for Children
Truth – Always tell the truth.
Justice – Always stand up for what is right. If you see someone doing something wrong, stop them or tell an adult.
Harmony – We breathe because trees give us oxygen. Everything on earth is in harmony. Take care of nature.
Never litter.
Balance – Don't eat too much or watch too much TV. Always have balance.
Order – Respect your parents. Respect your elders. One day, you will be an adult and you will want to be respected too.
Reciprocity – Be nice to people and make friends with people who are also nice to you.
Propriety – If you are at school, know that it is time to learn, not play. Be on your best behavior everywhere you go.
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At what age did you start home schooling your son? How did you start ? Was it expensive ? I'm just going back to school for my associate degree and I work as well how did you make the time and money to do homeschooling ? Sorry I have so much questions but this is something I really want to do for my boys .
I started homeschooling him at the beginning of his first grade year. In the beginning, we were part of an African centered co-op (Sankofa Academy) which provided most of our support during transition. We paid tuition for the co-op, which was discounted because I taught there. It closed after about a year because the directors moved up to bigger educational ventures and I just continued homeschooling. It was not expensive because I found free and cheap books to use by perusing community centers and used bookstores. To make the time, I prioritized homeschooling and partnered with like-minded friends. My first year away from the co-op, another homeschooling mom split the day in half with me where she taught both of our boys half the day while I was at school and working my work-study job, and I taught them the other half the day while she handled her affairs. After school, I would take them to the community center for recreation. I wasn't making much money for my first few years homeschooling – just living from my financial aid and work-study for the most part. I also did other things part time like graphic design, illustration, web design, etc… You can do it, sis! Believe in yourself and don't worry so much about the money. Just make enough money to take care of your family's needs.
Thank you for this post! I have been looking for ways to teach my boys the importance of being a great person no matter who is watching. These principals are perfect!


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The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting, which unites family and friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor the memories of the sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, and grandchildren who left too soon, is scheduled to be held on Sunday, December 9th, 2018, at 7:00 p.m.
As candles are lit at 7:00 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor the memory of all children gone too soon.
Now believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the 22nd annual Worldwide Candle Lighting, a gift to the bereavement community from The Compassionate Friends, creates a virtual 24hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone.
Started in the United States in 1997 as a small internet observance, the event has since swelled in numbers as word has spread throughout the world of the remembrance. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.
The Compassionate Friends and allied organizations are joined by local bereavement groups, churches, funeral homes, hospitals, hospices, children's gardens, schools, cemeteries, and community centers.
Services have ranged in size from just a few people to nearly a thousand.
Starting in New Zealand, candles are lit at 7:00 PM local time. As candles burn down in one time zone, they are lit in the next, creating a virtual 24-hour wave of light as the observance continues around the world.
TCF's website, www.compassionatefriends.org, will host extended chat room hours and a message board for families to post tributes. Last year there were over 4,000 posted messages from all corners of the world.
TCF mission statement: When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated.
The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.


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The Riddle of St. Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Every wife had seven sacks
Every sack had seven cats
Every cat had seven kits
Kits, cats, sacks, wives.
How many were going to St Ives?
All potential answers to this riddle are based on its ambiguity because the riddle only tells us the group has been "met" on the journey to St. Ives and gives no further information about its intentions, only those of the narrator. As such, any one of the following answers is plausible, depending on the intention of the other party:
- 1: If the group that the narrator meets is assumed not to be travelling to St. Ives (this is the most common assumption),the answer would be one person going to St. Ives; the narrator.
- 2802: If the narrator met the group as they were also travelling to St. Ives (and were overtaken by the narrator, plausible given the large size of the party), the answer in this case is all are going to St. Ives; see below for the mathematical answer.
- 2800: If the narrator and the group were all travelling to St. Ives, the answer could also be all except the narrator and the man since the question is ambiguous about whether it is asking for the total number of entities travelling or just the number of kits, cats, sacks and wives. This would give an answer of 2,800 — 2 fewer than the answer above.
- 2: Two is also a plausible answer. This would involve the narrator meeting the man who is assumed to be travelling to St. Ives also, but plays on a grammatical uncertainty, since the riddle states only that the man has seven wives (and so forth), but does not explicitly mention whether the man is actually accompanied by his wives, sacks, cats, and kittens.
- 0: Yet another plausible is zero, once again playing on a grammatical uncertainty. The last line of the riddle states "kits, cats, sacks, wives ... were going to St. Ives?" Although the narrator clearly states he is going to St. Ives, by definition he is not one of the kits, cats, sacks, or wives, and based on the common assumption that the party was not going to St. Ives, the answer is zero.
- 2753: The sacks are not a person or animal and therefore cannot be in the calculation. It was not the number of things, but of "persons" the narrator met. 49 adult cats 343 kittens per wife of whom he had seven (7 × 392) = 2744 plus the seven wives 2751 plus the man + the narrator → 2753 persons and animals.
- 9: There are nine people involved, who may be going to St. Ives. The animals are all in the sacks, so they, as well as the sacks themselves, are "being taken", rather than "going".
- 7: There are nine people involved, who are the only ones who may be going to St. Ives, all the others "being taken" there. But since the question is limited to "Kits, cats, sacks, wives", this excludes the man and the narrator, leaving seven.
The riddle has been used in Die Hard as a chance to avoid a bomb to detonate!


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In a very socialist economy, credit is a phenomenon that develops frequently. This is due to the fact after completion of all socialist demands are nevertheless missing in your hand a huge number. In this situation, the government, which usually is selected for four years lent. As is known this way gain bankers, not ordinary Isle Of Lewis citizens. Of course, it does not appear that the resulting subsidies to various sectors from the economy are good, but more often they may be governed by some laws, so increasing bureaucracy in Isle Of Lewis or Ross-shire. As you know costs and bureaucracy seriously isn't enough, so it's a vicious circle which is very difficult to quit. In addition to financial institutions on loans granted from the start benefit those who get them first. This is due to the fact in the first scholarhip period rates remain regular, and only the rates are offset, or growth. It is logical that those that in the first period will have the means of redistribution are in a better position than those who are normally collected funds. The price increase includes both groups at a later stage, so as you are able to see, suffer most citizens who would like to work in peace and also live. State intervenes in several cases unnecessary, and a good example of the is credit. The credit market where it truly is financed from the State budget makes strange flaws type surges in house prices, as well as unnaturally induced speculative bubble. As you can notice credit and government include the two institutions that help make normal people lives more serious. Of course, in the case of family-friendly policies support the rich countries when it comes to a surplus of taxes can afford this type of financing, but as you realize, most of the Governments of designs using the budget deficit. People from Isle Of Lewis (Highland) do not be aware that the credit policy is bad to the point where the crisis arrives. It is certainly an unsatisfactory way for ordinary persons, and gives scope regarding bankers and officials.


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So ladies, with the hype lately being long eyelashes, I've got the low-down on the top 8 tips on how to make your eyelashes grow naturally!
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The Pentagon confirmed North Korea had fired a new missile on Sunday morning, saying the launch failed "almost immediately."
"The US Pacific Command has detected and pursued what we believe is the launch of a North Korean missile at 11:21 am (2121 GMT) on April 15," spokesman Dave Benham said.
"The US military is fully committed to working closely with our allies in the Republic of Korea and in Japan to maintain," the US military said in a statement. On security


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Mr Ronald Tasker
In the matter of
Mr Ronald Tasker (040605H)
held on
24 February 2014
8 Weymouth Street
Mr Julian Weinberg (Chair)
Mr Roger Wilson (PCC Architect Member)
Mrs Barbara Saunders (PCC Lay Member)
Mr Stephen Battersby (Clerk to the PCC)
Mr Jonathan Goodwin of Jonathan Goodwin Solicitor Advocate Ltd appeared on behalf of the ARB.
Mr Tasker did not attend the hearing and was not represented.
- The ARB is represented by Mr Jonathan Goodwin. Mr Tasker has not attended this hearing and is not represented. Mr Tasker faces one charge of unacceptable professional conduct based on 4 allegations relating to conduct allegedly in breach of standards 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Architects Code: Standards of Conduct and Practice 2010 ("the Code").
- No preliminary applications were made.
- As Mr Tasker is not present, the Committee first considered whether Mr Tasker has been duly served with notice of this hearing. The Committee has noted that notice of hearing was sent to Mr Tasker on 16 December 2013, i.e. more than 42 days before this hearing, and that the letter complies with the requirements of Rule 6 of the Professional Conduct Committee Rules. The Committee has heard and accepted the advice of the Clerk and is satisfied that notice has been given in accordance with the Rules.
- The Committee went on to consider whether, in the circumstances and given the background to this case, it was appropriate for the proceedings to continue in the Respondent's absence. It has applied Rule 11 of the Rules and the principles set out by the Court of Appeal in R v Jones (Anthony William) [2003] 1 AC 1 and the factors set out in Tait v. The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons [2003] UKPC 34.
- The Committee has exercised the utmost care and caution in reaching its decision, and has carefully considered the overall fairness of the proceedings. The Committee has taken into account the factors to be considered in the decision inJones. In considering this application, the Committee has balanced the potential impact on the Respondent in hearing the matter today in his absence, as against the public interest in proceeding with the hearing in a timely manner. The Committee has had sight of a number of letters, emails and telephone attendance notes from which it is apparent that Mr Tasker had received notice of the hearing. He had stated that he would be out of the country. Whilst he disputed the allegations and despite stating that he would consider applying for an adjournment of the hearing, he did not do so in spite of being sent six reminders from the ARB that he should indicate whether he would be attending or whether he would make such an application. The Committee saw no evidence that led it to conclude that by adjourning the matter, the Respondent would attend the hearing on any future date. In addition, the Respondent has not produced evidence that he was indeed out of the country, or if he was, when his trip was booked or for how long he would be abroad. No representative has been instructed to act on his behalf and he has not submitted any written representations or returned the Acknowledgement of Hearing form. Taking all these factors into account, the Committee has concluded that the Respondent has been given an adequate opportunity to appear before the Committee to argue his case and that he has provided no sufficient reason for his non-attendance. As such, it has concluded that, having voluntarily absented himself from this hearing, it is proper to hear the case in his absence in accordance with Rule 11.
- The allegations follow a complaint to ARB dated 31 October 2012 by Ms Jeanette Gray, Assistant Secretary to the Deacons Court of Glasgow Evangelical Church ('the Complainant") that, many years ago, the Respondent visited the church, and, having been shown the original drawings, asked if he could borrow them to study them. Permission was given on the strict understanding that they would be returned in due course. He was not instructed as an Architect to provide any professional services. However, despite numerous requests subsequently being made for the return of the drawings, the Respondent has failed to return them.
- The Complainant subsequently referred the matter to the ARB who entered into correspondence with the Respondent who failed to respond to its numerous letters, including a request that he provide evidence of his professional indemnity insurance. It is alleged that to date, no response has been received from the Respondent.
- During the course of the ARB's investigations, enquiry agents instructed by the ARB to locate the Respondent's whereabouts, ascertained that the Respondent had been made the subject of a bankruptcy order which had not been previously reported to the ARB.
- Whilst he has indicated in his email dated 9 February 2014 to the ARB that he disputes the allegations, no information has been received from the Respondent for the basis upon which the allegations are denied, or the reason for denying that his actions amount to unacceptable professional conduct. In reaching its decisions, the Committee has carefully considered the documentary evidence presented to it in the Report of the ARB's Solicitor together with the 54 pages of documents exhibited to it and two further letters from the Glasgow Evangelical Church, from Jeanette Gray dated 16 November 2011 and 21 August 2011 and from Daniel Houston dated 2 February 2014. No live evidence has been presented to the Committee.
- The Committee has heard and accepted the legal advice given by the Clerk. It has had regard to the fact that the burden of proof in this case is on the ARB and that the civil standard applies, namely proof on the balance of probabilities. Whether the conduct alleged amounts to unacceptable professional conduct is a matter for the Committee's judgement.
The Committee makes the following finding of facts:
- Allegation 1.1: The Committee finds this allegation proved for the following reasons.
- The Committee has had sight of the three letters written by the Complainant to the Respondent dated 21 September and 12 December 2011 and 19 April 2012 requesting the return of the plans. It is clear from those letters that the Respondent had failed to return them as requested. The Committee has seen no evidence that the plans have been returned. Whist the request for the return of the plans was not made within the context of the Respondent being instructed to undertake professional work, the Committee is satisfied that the essence of the latter two letters is such that they amount to a complaint that the papers have not been returned, albeit it, that the letters are written in measured terms. The letter dated 21 September cannot in itself be considered to be a complaint given that it represents the original request for the papers' return. However, the complaint made to the ARB is that the Respondent failed to respond to these letters and it was this complaint that was brought to the Respondent's attention by a letter dated 9 November 2012 from the ARB who asked the Respondent to deal with the complaint directly with Ms Gray. Mr Tasker did not do so and as such, the Committee is satisfied that the Respondent's actions are in breach of standard 10.2 of the Code. The Committee further finds that, by failing to respond to a legitimate request from the Complainant, he acted in such a way so as to bring either himself or the profession into disrepute contrary to standard 9.2 of the Code.
- Allegations 1.2 and 1.3: The Committee finds these allegations proved for the following reasons:
- In order to investigate the complaint made to the ARB by a letter dated 31 October 2012, the ARB wrote to the Respondent on 10 January, 5 February, 6 March, 13 June, 18 June, 6 August and 22 August 2013. Of these letters, only the letters dated 10 January and 5 February 2013 required the Respondent to reply (within 14 and 7 days respectively). The contact on 6 March was sent by email and the documentary evidence before this Committee indicates that that email was undelivered and that it had "permanently failed". In the circumstances, no criticism can be made of the Respondent for failing to respond to it since the evidence would suggest that the email had not been delivered. The remaining letters only ask the Respondent to make a response should he wish to do so. Again the Respondent cannot be criticised for failing to respond to letters where a response is optional and there is no obligation to do so. However, the Committee finds that insofar as the Respondent failed to reply to the ARB's letters of 10 January and 5 February 2013, the Respondent has failed to cooperate fully and promptly with the ARB either within the specified time scale or at all when asked to provide information which it needs to carry out its statutory duties.
- In addition, the ARB's letter dated 10 January 2013 requested the Respondent to provide evidence of his current professional indemnity insurance to which, the ARB allege, no response was received. The Committee has seen no evidence that the Respondent has provided such a response. In the circumstances, the Committee finds that the Respondent failed to respond to that request and as a result, he has breached standards 8.4 and 9.6 of the Code.
- Allegation 1.4: The Committee finds this allegation proved for the following reasons:
- On 18 July 2013, enquiry agents instructed by the ARB to ascertain the whereabouts of the Respondent (who had not replied to its letters) confirmed that Mr Tasker was still residing at the address to which all correspondence had been sent. They informed the ARB that a bankruptcy order against the Respondent was made on 9 November 2010 and discharged 12 months later. The ARB's solicitor's report contains documentary evidence of the bankruptcy order. It is the ARB's case that the fact of the bankruptcy order was not notified to it when required to do so and the Committee has seen no evidence that that was done. By failing to do so, the Committee finds that the Respondent has acted in breach of standard 9.2 of the Code.
- Having found these facts proved and having determined that the Respondent has breached a number of standards of the Code, the Committee went on to consider whether Mr Tasker's conduct amounts to unacceptable professional conduct. This is defined as conduct which falls short of the standard required of a registered person. In reaching its finding, the Committee has carefully considered all the evidence presented to it, all submissions made and has accepted the advice from the Clerk. The Committee recognises that not every shortcoming on the part of an Architect, nor failure to comply with the provisions of the Code, will necessarily give rise to disciplinary proceedings. However, a failure to follow the guidance of the Code, whether in one's professional or private life, is a factor that will be taken into account should it be necessary to examine the conduct or competence of an Architect.
- The matters found proved represent failings both in respect of the Respondent's relationships with third parties and his regulator. They are serious failings and are aggravated by the fact that they continued over a lengthy period of time. As such, the Committee finds that the Respondent's actions represent a serious departure from the standard expected of a registered architect. The Committee therefore finds that the Respondent's conduct does amount to unacceptable professional conduct.
- In considering whether to impose a sanction, the Committee has had regard to the public interest, which includes the need to protect the public, to maintain confidence in the profession and the ARB and to declare and uphold proper standards of conduct and behaviour. The Committee has carefully considered all the evidence and submissions made during the course of this hearing. It has heard and accepted the advice of the Clerk. It has borne in mind that the purpose of imposing a sanction is not to be punitive although it may have a punitive effect. It has taken into account Mr Tasker's interests, the indicative sanctions guidance and the need to act proportionately, taking into account all the aggravating and mitigating factors in this case. In doing so, the Committee has exercised its own independent judgement.
- The Committee has borne in mind that no adverse regulatory findings have been made against the Respondent. However, the Committee has identified the following aggravating factors:
- That by failing to engage with the regulatory process, Mr Tasker has neither demonstrated any insight into his failings, nor has he expressed remorse for his actions and omissions;
- He has not provided any references or testimonials;
- He repeatedly failed to respond to legitimate correspondence from the Complainant having failed to return the plans after a very lengthy period of time. The Committee has seen evidence that the Church suffered unwarranted financial loss of approximately £3500 as a result;
- He repeatedly failed to respond to correspondence from his regulator. This included providing evidence of his professional indemnity insurance. Compliance with the ARB is essential to ensure that the profession is effectively regulated;
- His failure to respond to correspondence or engage with the ARB continued for over 18 months;
- He disregarded his professional obligations to notify the ARB that he had been made bankrupt;
- Mr Tasker was given every opportunity to resolve the matter prior to it escalating into disciplinary action, but he failed to take any step to do so.
- The Committee notes that the matters found proved are serious in that Mr Tasker's failings diminish both his reputation, and that of the profession generally. As a result, the Committee concluded that his conduct was sufficiently serious for it to require the imposition of a sanction and has considered them in ascending order of severity.
- The Committee first considered whether to impose a reprimand and has concluded that, given the seriousness of the matters found proved, and the breadth of his failings, that this would be a wholly inappropriate sanction to protect the public interest. Similarly, the Committee considers a penalty order to be inappropriate for the same reasons.
- The Committee then considered whether to impose a suspension order. However, the Committee considers that the extent and nature of the Respondent's unacceptable professional conduct is such that his conduct is fundamentally incompatible with continuing to be a registered architect. His complete failure to meet his professional obligations towards both the Church and the ARB as identified in this case, together with the absence of demonstrable insight into his failings are, in the Committee's view, indicative of behaviour, fundamentally incompatible with continuing to be an architect. Furthermore, it calls into question his willingness to comply with his professional obligations in the future. As such, the Committee does not have confidence that his failings will not reoccur. Taken in the round, he has shown a wholesale disregard for his professional obligations. His lack of insight into the seriousness and consequences of his failings in his dealings with both the Church and the ARB are further factors the Committee has borne in mind in reaching its decision.
- The Committee therefore concluded that a suspension order would not be the appropriate and proportionate sanction to impose and that only an erasure order would meet these criteria. The Committee makes no recommendation as to the minimum period of time that must elapse before he is eligible to apply for re-entry to the profession.
That concludes this determination.


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Amanda Knox: I'm No Killer
Knox spoke at the end of a trial that has exposed some of the most intimate details of her life, with prosecutors depicting her as a promiscuous and manipulative she-devil who brutally murdered her British roommate in Perugia, Meredith Kercher.
The trial, in which Knox's ex-boyfriend Raffaele Sollecito figures as a co-defendant, is wrapping up after almost a year. Thursday's session was devoted to rebuttals by defense lawyers and the prosecution, and the eight members of the jury are expected to begin deliberations as early as Friday.
Standing up, her voice breaking as she fought back tears, the 22-year-old American told the court that she feels "vulnerable" and fears losing herself after two years in jail.
"I have written on a piece of paper ... that I was afraid of losing myself," she said, speaking Italian. "I am scared of being branded what I am not," she said. "I am scared of having the mask of an assassin forced onto me."
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Knox and Sollecito, an Italian, are charged with murder and sexual assault in the 2007 slaying. Prosecutors are seeking life sentences, while both defendants are pleading innocent. Any verdict can be appealed by both parties.
Both Knox, a 22-year-old student from Seattle, and Sollecito, 25, have been jailed since shortly after the slaying.
The brutal murder has made headlines worldwide, bringing the lives of the defendants under the spotlight. Sordid details of sex and drugs have been dug by the media that have descended on this university town as much as discussed in court.
The jury, which includes two judges, is not sequestered.
During the trial, about a hundred witnesses have taken the stand in the frescoed rooms just steps away from the medieval fountain that is a symbol of the town: relatives of the victim described Kercher's love of Italy, her friends spoke of the last hours before she died, acquaintances described the relations between the two women.
Knox herself has taken the witness stand, giving a composed testimony months ago during which she called the victim a friend and offered her alibi, saying she spent the night at Sollecito's house where the two watched a video.
According to the prosecution, Kercher and Knox had different personalities - the victim a serious student; the alleged murderer a promiscuous youth of dubious hygiene - and had grown apart so much that Knox wanted to get back at her for being "smug."
The prosecutors contend that on the night of the murder, Nov. 1, 2007, Knox and Sollecito met at the apartment where Kercher and Knox lived. They say a fourth person was there, Rudy Hermann Guede, an Ivory Coast citizen who has been convicted in the murder and sentenced to 30 years in prison. Guede, who is appealing his conviction, maintains he was in the house the night of the murder but did not kill Kercher.
The prosecution says that Knox and Kercher started arguing and the three brutally attacked and sexually assaulted the Briton. They were acting, according to the prosecution, under "the fumes of drugs and possibly alcohol."
Kercher's body, her throat slit, was found in a pool of blood the next day at the apartment.
Francesco Maresca, a lawyer representing Kercher's family, argued in his rebuttals Thursday that the Briton was killed because she knew her murderers and would be a threat to them if she survived.
"Meredith died because after she was attacked, threatened, wounded, and after a violent sexual approach, they needed her to remain silent," he said.
Knox says Kercher was a friend whose death shocked her. Defense lawyers have described her as a smart, cheerful woman, at one point even comparing her to film character Amelie, the innocent and dreamy girl in the 2001 French movie of the same title. That is the film Knox and Sollecito say they were watching on his computer the night of the murder.
Sollecito, also addressing the court Thursday, insisted that no motive had emerged to explain his alleged role in the slaying. He disputed the prosecution's view that he was submissive toward Amanda and had been manipulated by her.
"Not having found a motive to explain why I would kill, they said I was a sort of dog on a leash," he said. "If Amanda had asked me to do something I didn't agree with, I would have said no. Let alone if she had asked me to do something as terrible as killing a girl."
DNA traces that the prosecutors have linked to the defendants have been disputed in court. The defense lawyers contend that traces are either two small to be attributed with certainty or that evidence may have been inadvertently contaminated.
The prosecution maintains that a a 6 1/2-inch (16.5-centimeter) knife they found at Sollecito's house could be the murder weapon. The knife has Kercher's DNA on the blade and Knox's on the handle, they say.
But defense lawyers argue that the knife is too big to match Kercher's wounds and that the amount of what prosecutors say is Kercher's DNA is too low to be attributed with certainty.
The defense has largely focused on the lack of evidence and what they say is the absence of a clear motive.
Escorted by prison guards, Knox looked tense as she came to the courtroom, where one of the prosecutors, Manuela Comodi was opening the day's proceedings with another appeal to the court to convict the two defendants.
"She's hanging in there," Knox's mother, Edda Mellas, told CBS "Early Show" co-anchor Harry Smith. "I mean she knows she's innocent, but here she's been locked up for two years for a crime she didn't commit, even though she is innocent. So you know, she is scared."
"We all are hopeful and we trust these judges and the jury to know that they are going to not put two innocent kids in jail for a crime that they didn't commit," Mellas told reporters after the hearing.
Knox has given contradicting versions, saying at one point that she was home the night of the murder and had heard Kercher's screams and accusing a Congolese man of the killing. The man, Patrick Diya Lumumba, owns a pub in Perugia where Knox worked. He was jailed briefly but was later cleared and is seeking defamation damages from Knox.
Knox said police pressure led her to initially accuse an innocent man.
A verdict is expected Friday or Saturday, and Kercher's family is expected to be in court.


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The Shack
This is the Boatanchor side of the shack here at the N4OZI QTH. In this photo you can see both of my Central Electronics 200Vs, my 100V and my 600L amp. There is also my Drake R-4B and R-4A receivers along with my Collins 32V3, 75A-4 and a Johnson Viking II. In the rack is a Collins 75S-1, Hammarlund SP-600, Collins R-390 and Hallicrafters HT-20.
This is the more modern side of the shack which I use for satellite work. Here you'll see a Yaesu FT-847, Ft-757GX and an Ameritron AL-811H.
Here is the satellite tower with its M2 436CP30 30 element circular polarized antenna for 432-440 Mhz. The 2 meter antenna is the Wimo X-Quad along with K5GNA plug N play 2.4 Ghz AO-40 downlink dish. The rotor is a Yaesu G-5500. In the back ground you can see part of my 80 meter inverted V.
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