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Growing an organic vascular plant patch is a polite extend beyond. The scented plant life not singular air and lungful good; they are too redeeming for flavouring foods.
Indoor life tracheophyte gardens have the positive aspect of state year-round, bountiful a round-the-clock hand of good herbs. An indoor natural vascular plant plot of ground can be as pocketable as a few pots on a frame structural member or as enlarged as a greenhouse filled near containers of aromatic organic herbs.
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3. Fragrant Herb Garden: Choose angelica, bergamot, catmint, chamomile, thyme, lavender, citrus balm, mint, and sage. This natural herbaceous plant garden is a innate air thing.
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You may not want to theme your interior life herb garden, but simply develop a few herbs that ask to you.
Many herbs are well-suited to shopping bag gardening, but you will impoverishment to accept containers reported to the herbs you intend to spring.
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2. Begin near containers a bit larger than those in which the stay alive baby's room flowers were purchased. This will endow with your plant life freedom to creation rapidly increasing.
3. Once your herbs are stabilized and burgeoning well, transplant them into bigger containers.
4. Basil, mint, oregano, and sage are examples of herbs that can be big in pots of astir 8 to 10 inches.
5. If you impoverishment a vast yield of herbs that is unceasingly individual replenished in your organic herb garden, use 3 to 5 gallon containers. This will ensure you of having generous of rosemary, basil, etc. when you privation it.
Container Soil
Indoor natural vascular plant gardens bid for creation life dirtiness. Your uncleanness should have a pH of something like 7, since herbs prefer a much basic soil. If yours is too acid, add any calcified alga. Be confident you use simply organic fertilizers to form your terrain.
Indoor Lighting
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Different flora have assorted light requirements, quite a lot of preferring scintillant sun and others preferring darkness. Most herbs prefer cram full sun, but location are exceptions, so acquire what all of your herbs wishes.
Incandescent lights, even but named "grow lights", are a poor select for your inside organic vascular plant patch. Fluorescent lights are better, and have the ascendancy of anyone inexpensive, easily available, and effortless to set up. The longest prize for light your indoor life vascular plant plot of ground is giant magnitude natural event lighting, commonly named HID lights. These are even more than low-cost and modernized.
Useful and Beautiful
An interior organic herb plot can be some helpful and gorgeous. Herbs are mostly longing for to please, and postulate pocket-size keep. Simply donate them the exact food, water, and sunlight, and they will aftermath you amply.


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Ecclesiasties 1:12-18
Life Under The Sun
Welcome In The Name Of The Father, and The Son, and The Holy Spirit.
The old, dusty, Preacher King gathers his people before him and asks them to reconsider all the ambitious schemes they've hatched in their noggins. He tells them in essence, "I've been there and done that already, this isn't my first rodeo, I've been around the block a time and two, and believe you me, kiddo, there's no redemption at the end of the road you're taking."
Preacher Man Solomon tells the people: it's all vanity.
He begins with his beginning: Wisdom.
Now, Wisdom had been his old companion. Wisdom was the first and oldest tool in his royal toolbox. Before King David died he said his son, Solomon, was young and inexperienced, and Solomon for his part did an extraordinary thing; instead of being offended, he listened to his dear old dad (1st Chronicles 22.5)! So it was that Solomon asked the Lord for wisdom.
Give your servant therefore an understanding mind to govern your people, that I may discern between good and evil, for who is able to govern this your great people?"
(1 Kings 3:9 ESV)
The point of wisdom, for Solomon, when he was young and wet behind the ears, was to discern between good and evil, so that he might be a good king, so that he might be a good servant of God.
So why is it that old Preacher man Solomon seems to take a different view? Surely discerning between good and evil doesn't go out of style like your clothes? Not your clothes, per se, other people's, of course.
Isn't truth timeless? Isn't choosing good always in style?
Hear, O sons, a father's instruction,
and be attentive, that you may gain insight,
for I give you good precepts;
do not forsake my teaching.
When I was a son with my father,
tender, the only one in the sight of my mother,
he taught me and said to me,
"Let your heart hold fast my words;
keep my commandments, and live.
Get wisdom; get insight;
do not forget, and do not turn away from the words of my mouth.
Do not forsake her, and she will keep you;
love her, and she will guard you.
The beginning of wisdom is this: Get wisdom,
and whatever you get, get insight.
Prize her highly, and she will exalt you;
she will honor you if you embrace her.
She will place on your head a graceful garland;
she will bestow on you a beautiful crown."
(Proverbs 4:1-9 ESV)
It is fascinating that the Holy Spirit chose to personify wisdom as a woman. Word to the wise, husbands, word to the wise, sons.
But what's going on with Solomon in Ecclesiastes verses Solomon in Proverbs? Had he gone sour on wisdom?
Wisdom is a beautiful thing, if her purpose is to know the triune God deeply and profoundly. But she is a terrible replacement for God. As always, the motives of your heart determines something's value.
Why are you reading all those books? Why are you dishing out all that tuition? Are you trying to serve God deeply? Are you trying to prepare yourself to help people?
Are you trying to be perceived as the smartest kid in any room?
Are you trying to win to get somebody to say, "You're right." on Facebook?
Vanity of vanities, I've yet to see such a thing!
Or are you trying to outwit God?
Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
It is literally vain to say or to even think, "Hey. Listen to my diploma rather than what you just read in the Word of God."
That is, however, what is going on.
This vanity is going on in too many "Churches".
This vanity is going on all over the internet.
This vanity is going on all over the television.
"Listen to my diploma rather than what you just read in God's book. Let me tell you why it doesn't mean what it means."
Christ at the center is humble wisdom.
Christ edited out, well, that's vainglorious wisdom.
A Cross-less, Christ-less, Resurrection-less life is just less.
What does Solomon say?
The Vanity of Wisdom
[12] I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. [13] And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. [14] I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is vanity and a striving after wind.
There are many lenses through which you can look at the world. The Preacher says the first one he tried was wisdom. What does he conclude? Vanity. Striving after the wind. What are other lenses, or worldviews through which people try to make sense of the world? Philosophy. Education. Science. Nature. Darwinism. Economic. Psychological. Sociological. Religion. Government. Cultural. And there are a hundred more, no doubt.
I wonder why Solomon says it is an unhappy business God has given us to be busy with? Part of the answer has to do with the great breaking of the World way back in Genesis. The curse says we will work and work and work all the days of our lives, by the sweat of our brow, often with limited success, and regardless of how successful you are, it'll all be dust in no time.
It is also an unhappy business God has given us to be busy with because life is unbelievably painful, if you're honest that is, and I never assume people are, but if you are honest, you will admit that life is often marked by searing loss and disappointment. This too makes life an unhappy business.
This is why the Church must be as safe of a place for those who are suffering as the Scriptures are.
The biggest reason that Solomon can say that we humans are preoccupied with an unhappy busyness is because the human soul longs to be busy with redemptive things. This too is why Jesus Christ at the center matters. This is why your local Church should be the center of your life as well, so long as your local Church is deeply busy with the things concerning Jesus. The same Resurrected Jesus whom they didn't recognize until He broke the bread in Luke 24.
We long to be busy with eternal things. We long to have meaning. Meaning too, as with peace, can be one elusive fish, to be sure.
The notion of Christ centered vocation means that even the most menial tasks takes on cosmic meaning and value if it is done for the glory of God. You wake up day after day, put your clothes on, drink your coffee, and work. For what? The Bible views work as a good thing. The Bible views providing for one's family as a good thing. Yet if you live only for replenishing your bank account you will soon find yourself poor in spirit. The graveyard, and the obituary page are always reminding us that we are painfully replacable. Yes, you are all unique snowflakes; snowflakes melt. Christ at the center saves you from despair.
The Preacher goes on…
[15] What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.
[16] I said in my heart, "I have acquired great wisdom, surpassing all who were over Jerusalem before me, and my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge." [17] And I applied my heart to know wisdom and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also is but a striving after wind.
[18] For in much wisdom is much vexation,
and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
(Ecclesiastes 1:12-18 ESV)
There are a couple notions here in Solomon's words. To be certain the old axiom "Ignorance is bliss" may come into play here.
But then again the actor John Wayne is credited with saying, although it seems that he didn't actually say it, "Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid.", may also come into play.
Are we as Christians to be anti-intellectual? Anti book?
May it never be!
But as Saint Paul argues in 1st Corinthians, knowledge, wisdom, giftedness without love are all useless to the Kingdom of God.
Sitting around in Jerusalem thinking you have more wisdom than any King who reigned over Jerusalem before or since may not be coupling wisdom to the love of Christ…. Even if it happens to be true.
But there is a deeper point here. You may be the most intelligent person of the age, but you will never surpass God's wisdom, so fall to your knees and kiss the son, lest He be angry (Psalm 2).
Or, you might think of St. Paul's description of the intellectual creeps of the last days:
having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people. For among them are those who creep into households and capture weak women, burdened with sins and led astray by various passions, always learning and never able to arrive at a knowledge of the truth.
(2 Timothy 3:5-7 ESV)
Or you might think of St. Luke's description of the men of Athens in Acts 17:21
Now all the Athenians and the foreigners who lived there would spend their time in nothing except telling or hearing something new.
Solomon talks about delving into the madness. It is true that one can live so deeply in books that they become untethered to reality. Sometimes this is good.
Sometimes this is bad.
Sometimes the accusation is made just to shut you up.
To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass: that the Christ must suffer and that, by being the first to rise from the dead, he would proclaim light both to our people and to the Gentiles."
And as he was saying these things in his defense, Festus said with a loud voice, "Paul, you are out of your mind; your great learning is driving you out of your mind." But Paul said, "I am not out of my mind, most excellent Festus, but I am speaking true and rational words. For the king knows about these things, and to him I speak boldly. For I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this has not been done in a corner. King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe." And Agrippa said to Paul, "In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?" And Paul said, "Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains."
(Acts 26:22-29 ESV)
Well, who was out of whose mind?
Whether you get dubbed a mad scientist like Dr. Frankenstein, or Jekyll & Hyde, or just mad like the Apostle Paul, we know that knowledge is made perfect, and worthwhile only in Christ.

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Lyckans minut, originally uploaded by punalippu.
Another discovered French Art Deco artist from Kjell Strömberg's nostalgic "Paris i närbild" (1934).
Jean Dulac (1902-1968)
Born in Lyon, France. Worked as a painter, sculptor, and illustrator. Studied at the Beaux-Arts, Paris. As a printmaker, Jean Dulac produced copper engravings, etchings, and pochoirs. For erotic works, Dulac used a pseudonym, Jean de l'Étang.


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How to know you're rich:
You need a truck for your ranch. Not to do a lot of work, but just to get from one part of the ranch to another. You'll probably have some passengers now and then—you know, the usual: family, friends, world dignitaries and the like. Your truck won't ever be driven on public roads—it'll stay on the ranch all the time. You have other vehicles for taking into public spaces, or someone drives for you.
Your ranch truck can't just be an old beater, like every other ranch truck in the fields of these great United States. No, a 1972 Ford F-100 won't do at all. You need leather, heated seats and four doors. You need to buy a brand-new Ford F-150 King Ranch.
If you're George W. Bush in 2009, that's exactly what you did.


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I also have the gift for my competition winner over on queer_as_fics got aswell,but thats all.
Im gonna have to get cracking this coming week!!!!
Today since its freezing outside (though not windy or raining....just freezing) im gonna continue reading the "Kondo" series by inner_justin which im really hooked on,if you wanna give it a go you can find it here ----->>> Kondo its very good I think.
Also,even if you don't make videos you can still join my new community bjtube here bjtube and just be a member if you like :)
Right,well im off now to get some coffee,a warm cardigan and get back to reading my story again,have a great day what ever you are up to guys,love ya :)
Hugs you all x
Blinkie by


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Um, well, yes. It's true, I did. It was actually back in November but life was so busy at the time I didn't get a chance to blog about it. Enough laughs were being had about it on Facebook amongst my friends to keep my feed very funny indeed.
But the event was so stomach-hurtingly funny, I just have to blog about it. And what better day to write about it than a day when we all need something to make us smile: the day Mr Trump is inaugurated as President of the US. As if mid-January wasn't bad enough, we have the world's most disrespectful, brash, divisive quasi-politician becoming the most powerful man in the world. I actually feel mildly sick, tempered with some vague hope that it won't be as bad as we all fear….(that optimist in me will always win out).
But forget all that. Ready for a laugh? Then I'll begin.
It was November, a week or so after my birthday and I met up with friends to go and see Sister Act at our local theatre as a belated birthday jamboree. On arrival, a couple of of my friends handed me some lovely little bags of birthday treats which I briefly glanced at as we were in a throng of people arriving at the door. One of them was clearly something from Hotel Chocolat (ooh yes!) and the other was a pretty little cracker shaped box. The words 'Elderflower Fizz' caught my eye – the rather smaller "Bath Marbles" did not. It was just a cursory glance, remember. "Ooh," I thought "fab alcoholic chocolates." Giving them a big hug and thank you we made our way to the bar and then our seats.
Now, Sister Act is very funny, especially when performed by the amazingly talented and supposedly amateur St Albans Musical Theatre Company. We were all laughing a plenty already at the guys in wigs, the nuns, the songs and the general feel-good fun of the show.
Fast forward to 2nd act after the interval, and I decide its time to open and share those chocolates which I'd meant to do in the interval.
Fumbling down in the dark, I grab the cracker shaped box. It looked easier to open than the Hotel Chocolat box that was sealed up so tightly in cellophane it was the equivalent of chocolate Fort Knox. That'll wait, I thought.
The 'cracker' opened nice and easily, and I dropped one of the pink sherbet looking things into my hand and into my mouth. As it passed my nostrils, I got a whiff of a very strong floral smell. "Crikey, Vanessa must have bought me fancy Parma Violets!" Why I didn't stop there, I have no idea. Frankly, the thought simply didn't cross my mind…
A few crunches in and I stopped dead. What was that DISGUSTING taste in my mouth! This was no parma violet flavoured bon bon. Oh god, it was a bath bomb!!!!!!!
I immediately fumbled around for a glass to spit the pink fomenting blob into. As luck would have it, I had not one but two plastic pint glasses, one holding water and the other it was sitting in. Grabbing the empty one I spat into it as quietly as I could (Why oh why did it have to happen during the only quiet serious scene in the entire show – Mother Superior singing out loud about her internal conflicts?!) and knocked back as much water as I could. This went on for the rest of Mother Superior's sober solo.
My friend sitting to my left, who had been wondering why I hadn't been sharing out the chocolates (!), gave me a funny look, and as soon as the scene changed I whispered "I think I've swallowed a bath bomb!"
That was it. We both totally fell about. We simply could NOT stop laughing. You know that kind that you try to suppress because you're trying to be quiet? Memories of school assemblies and the like sublimably made us laugh even more. As the news spread down the aisle either side to the rest of my friends (there were only 7 of us, mind) shoulders were shaking and giggles desperately being stifled until the scene ended and we could legitimately burst out laughing as people clapped.
And I had the most awful taste in my mouth. No matter how much water I drank, I couldn't get rid of it.
When the show finally ended (and it was one of those brilliant finales that had at least one encore) and the lights went up, the carnage was evident: pink powder all over my black tights, boots, the carpet, plastic cups etc. I don't think the Alban Arena will have me back!
In the morning, when I told my husband what had happened, after recovering from laughing he quipped, "I thought your breathe smelled nice for a change!!!" Yeah, thanks!
Despite it being January, the joke continues to be as strong as ever wherever I go. I've been given all manner of different shaped bath bombs, my daughter was given even smaller bath bombs in an old fashioned paper sweet bag (I ask you!) and the friend who gave me the original offending items gave me a Christmas present of some chocolates and another mini bath bomb with notes stuck on helping giving me the guidance of "Eat this" and "Don't eat this". I do believe I shall never, ever live this down. 🙂


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|Sighting Report
|Occurred : 12/23/2013 23:00 (Entered as : 12 23 2013 23:00)
Reported: 1/1/2014 3:15:26 PM 15:15
Posted: 1/10/2014
Location: Parksville (Canada), BC
Shape: Circle
Duration:5 minutes
|7 colored Orbs in a staggered V shape flying towards military base in Canada.
Around 11:15 PM on Dec 23 2013, I went outside to unplug the Christmas lights before going to bed. As soon as the front door opened, seven orb lights appeared in front of me in the Southern sky just above the trees. The largest one was red, the others were orange and seemed to be following the bigger one in a half V shape slowly heading East. There was no sound. Maybe they were following the creek bed to the open water. The excitement got to me, before I could grab the camera and binoculars they had disappeared out of my sight. I will be ready for them next time with my new telescope and camera.
Sincerely, ((nickname deleted))


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- March 7, 2013, 3:10 PM
Heli-Expo closed this afternoon with record numbers of attendees, exhibit space and exhibitors, according to show organizer Helicopter Association International. There were 736 exhibitors, occupying nearly one million square feet at the Las Vegas Convention Center, for the three-day helicopter show. Heli-Expo 2013 also saw 20,105 attendees walk through the doors, marking the sixth consecutive year of growth in attendance.


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In the last days of modern civilization, a young orphan from Boston makes her way across the dangerous wastelands of America. This is not an adventure for her.
Post-apocalyptic novels can bend in a lot of directions—in the past decade we've seen the murky emotional depths of Cormac McCarthy's The Road, the political metaphor of World War Z by Max Brooks, and the fragile state of fear of Edan Lepucki's California. This debut novel by acclaimed short story writer van den Berg (The Isle of Youth, 2013, etc.) tends to lean much closer to the realms of literary fiction with its complex psychology. Our heroine is the ironically named Joy Jones, an emotionally barren young woman with no family or friends who now slogs at a day job under the influence of a soul-deadening amount of cough syrup. She's not the most ebullient spirit even before a modern plague strikes, killing half the world. She's given to saying things like, "I wonder if I will ever know what it's like to feel at peace," and "No one will ever write a Wikipedia page for me." As hundreds of thousands of victims succumb, Joy is taken to a hospital complex in Kansas where she's subjected to strange tests both medical and psychological, has emotionless sex with her roommate and recoils at the deaths of twin boys. While at the hospital, Joy learns that her long-lost mother is an underwater archaeologist featured in a series of television documentaries that she watches like they are her only lifeline. The remainder of the book covers Joy's trek to find her mother, traveling in the company of Marcus, a boy who shared one of her many foster homes. Van den Berg's writing is curiously beautiful, and her portrayals can also be disarmingly sensitive, as if we might break this girl just by reading about her. "I've grown up knowing the world is fragile," she says. "No one needs to tell me that."
A sad story about a sad girl slouching toward the end of the world.


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Super Bowl LII will no doubt take in a massive ratings haul, but the early numbers have it down slightly from last year.
In metered market households, Sunday's game on NBC drew a 47.4 rating. Super Bowl LI in 2017 on Fox drew a 48.8 rating, meaning this year is down just three percent in that measure from last year.
The top 10 metered markets for Super Bowl LII were: Buffalo, 56.4; Philadelphia, 56.2; Boston, 55.9; Minneapolis-St. Paul, 54.9; Pittsburgh, 54.9; Norfolk, 53.9; New Orleans, 53.0; Providence, 52.5; Milwaukee, 52.3; Seattle, 52.2; Kansas City, 52.2.
The post-Super Bowl episode of "This Is Us," meanwhile, set a new metered market record for the show. It averaged a 16.2 rating, making it the top-rated post-Super Bowl entertainment telecast in six years, and topping the show's prior metered market record of 9.0 by 80 percent.
Early viewership numbers will be available later this morning, with the final numbers out this afternoon. The 2017 Super Bowl ended up drawing 111.3 million viewers when the final numbers were released.


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It's the most attractive you can get beauty along with brains. When Alyssa Campanella won the Miss USA crown last night, Californians were not the only ones cheering her. She had gained many admirers among the world's science community, especially amongst evolutionists.
Her Answer…
Campanella is a confessed science geek. She had already got that reputation before the contest began and she did no harm to it when she responded to the question Should Evolution Be Taught In Schools?' with an unapologetic, emphatic and spontaneous yes'. Whether it was this one answer that sealed the deal for her is a matter of debate, take a look at her answer below.
I was taught evolution in my high school growing up and I do believe in it. I'm a huge science geek
Yes, she did get her facts right! The answer was even more emphatic given that the other contestants were mostly hesitant or answered in the negative. The common answers were along the lines of teaching both sides', there are people of different opinions' and teach both evolution and creation so that students can make up their minds'. Can't stand up for your convictions, heh? Watch the answers below.
Those (horrid) answers
Let's look at some of the most laughable answers.
Madeline Mitchell of Alabama says directly, No, I do not believe in evolution. I do not believe it should be taught in schools. Nice going. Jessica Chukran from Alaska doesn't personally believe in evolution, but recommends it for schools because she believes that evolution is a part of US history and west belief system. What? This is so wrong. Most thought that evolution should be taught in schools, because people should know both sides of the story. Students are entitled to their opinions was an oft-repeated argument, and both opinions should be taught. Interestingly, many said that religion should also be taught in schools alongside evolution. Just one problem though: Isn't that against the US constitution?
Here's my reply to all the lovely ladies saying that evolution should be taught in schools only because students have to know both sides of the story: There is no story. Evolution is reality; it's hardcore scientific fact. This is what really happened, not what is written in the holy books. That is why it should be taught.
And the funniest of the lot: (this one's good!)
I'll get to the best answers, but before that allow me my funniest pick. It was Kia Hampton from Kentucky. She rambled along the following lines:
Evolution should not be taught in schools because there are so many different views on it, so many different definitions, it's like, how do you teach a child (pronounced 'chow') the true meaning of evolution when so many different cultures have their different beliefs?
Aah, this is wrong on so many counts, but for now, let's just have a laugh. Her state's Creation Museum owners would be so proud.
Just Saying
The best answer came from the winner Alyssa Campanella, quoted above. Very nice answers came from Alida D'Angona (Massachusetts) and Brittany Thelemann (Mississippi).
Men may never find out what women want, but I think there is a consensus that men find smarter women more attractive. Richard Dawkins explained this saying that since the brain was our primary tool for survival, it was used to attract mates as well. A good intellect is a huge attraction. Well, Richard, you just got vindicated.


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Cobham traveled south to Waterhall Playing Fields to confront Brighton Blues who were sitting just one place above them in the league. A close contest was anticipated as it had been back in September when Brighton visited the Memorial Grounds and the final score was 36-36.
In future years this may well be described by both sides as the game that never finished ,an epic rugby match that enthralled the supporters but inevitably left one team devastated and another ecstatic.
Director of rugby Steve Pope had been required to make some changes following the injuries incurred last week with Christian Disley-May coming in for Ryan Saunders and Craig Bonner gaining a full debut at full back for the injured James MacDonald but the pack remained virtually intact and the ability to turn out a consistent squad is inevitably assisting with results.
With three consecutive wins Cobham were keen to extend that run. Equally Brighton having said farewell to their long serving Head Coach Neil McGovern were keen to get off to a wining start for their new coach Frank Taggart.
It was Brighton who got off to the start they wanted retaining possession and putting Cobham under pressure in their own half and although a penalty was not converted after just four minutes a missed tackle allowed number 14 Dylan Winsloe to score the first try for the Blues. 5-0. Cobham came back with strong individual runs from Clements, Murphy and Disley-May but it was the the fluidity of passing of the Cobham backs that excited the travelling supporters with Bonner frequently coming into the line to gain the extra yards.
However there are no points if you don't get across the line and in a brief foray into the Cobham half,creating something out of nothing Winsloe set up back row Cosgrove for Brighton's second try which fly half Race converted.12-0.
Cobham would need to show their character and they did through the back line with Bonner's speed from depth enabling Max MacDonald to score a try on his birthday. Farrelly converted 12-7.
Within minutes Disley May showing his pace had set up centre George Tunnacliffe for a further score 12-12 and the lead was extended further when a rolling maul provided the set up for the backs to move the ball to MacDonald for his second try 12-17.
After a slow start we now had the game we were expecting and just before half time Brighton broke away though second row Trevis to set up centre Robert Fogerty for a Race converted try 19-17 and everything to play for
For a game that had produced virtually a point a minute the second half provided a different style of play from both sides more attritional in nature with the matched played within the scums and line outs. Early on there was penalty opportunity for Brighton, close to the Cobham posts, which was spurned for the line out and those three points may have made a difference as it was Farrelly who took his chance to give the lead back for Cobham 19-20.
Pope used his substitutes Tom Prigmore for his first XV debut, Nathan Spratt returning after injury and Theo Buffini but there were just three points in the second half with the clock ticking down and the flood light fading. Suddenly the free flowing rugby of the first half returned as Brighton turned a rolling maul into points for Fogerty's second try converted by Race 26-20 and then Murphy responded for Cobham 26-25 and an opportunity for Farrelly to convert with what was thought the last kick of the game.
He didn't and it wasn't and Brighton kicked the ball out from the replay thinking that would be it however the Ref still had time to play.
Despite a further Brighton attempt to kick the ball out to finish the match Cobham retained possession and substitute Theo Buffini broke down the middle of the pitch to set up James Clements for a last second try 26-30. Having achieved honours even in September this result will have hurt Brighton as much as it boosted Cobham.
Inevitably there was a little chat in the bar about added time, however the Ref explained himself and was happy with the time played.
Director of Rugby Steve Pope said 'Wow... its been some time since I've seen a dramatic finish like that ... and nice to be on the right end of the result for a change.
1 Josh Brown
2 Andrew Murphy
3 Ben Joyce
4 Sam Matcham
5 Joe Goddard
6 Sam Cordery
7 Olly Fox
8 Adrian Van Der Ploeg (C)
9 Christian Disley-May
10 Luke Flower
11 James Clements
12 George Tunnacliffe
13 Tom Farrelly
14 Max MacDonald
15 Craig Bonnar
16 Theo Buffini
17 Tom Prigmore
18 Nathan Spratt
No13 Tom Farrelly x 1 Try, 1 conversion & 1 Penalty
No2 Andrew Murphy x 1 Try
No11 James Clements x 1 Try
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Here's the first trailer for Bethesda's Dishonored – a first-person stealth game in which you play as Corvo, a bloke who is falsely imprisoned for an assassination he didn't do. The game is being developed by Arkane Studios, which is the team responsible for 2006's Dark Messiah of Might and Magic. They also gave 2K Marin a hand in developing the levels for BioShock 2, so they've got my vote that's for sure.
Dishonored has undergone somewhat of a metamorphosis since we last saw it at Gamescom 2011. Just over a month ago, some gameplay footage surfaced during a developer interview; if you missed that you can check it out here.
This debut trailer is all pre-rendered, so don't expect to see exactly what we'll be playing. It does, however, do an excellent job in conveying the mood and atmosphere of the title. I'm liking the steampunk vibes, and I'm getting overwhelming echoes of Half-Life 2's art direction in there as well. All good stuff then!


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RRR 78RPM Show – September 17, 2017
Welcome to Rapidly Rotating Records, bringing you vintage music to which you can't *not* tap your toes, from rapidly rotating 78RPM records of the 1920s and'30s.
This week, it's another "One Thing In Common" edition of the show. We've got 15 very diverse records including one make in Helsinki, Finland in 1939, a record made in Paris and one of a Rachmaninoff tune, but all of the records on this show have one thing in common. You'll find out at the end what that commonality is, but as a hint, it has nothing to do with the composers, artists, labels or dates, but everything to do with the song titles. Per usual, there are at least a couple of records making their RRR debut. If you enjoy the show, please let us know by leaving a comment on the website or the Facebook page or sending an email. And remember, your requests and topic segments are always welcome. As always, just click on the link below to instantly listen streaming online and/or download the show.
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Rapidly Rotating Records Show
September 17, 2017
Here's the complete playlist:
Segment 1:
Shall We Dance – Paul Whiteman AHO
Let Yourself Go – Ray Noble AHO / Al Bowlly, v.
Cheek To Cheek – Frank Dailey and His MEadowbrook Orchestra / Howard Dulany, v.
Segment 2:
Night And Day – Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grapelli and the QHCF
Caravan – Bunny Berigan AHO
I'm No Angel – Gus Arnheim AHO / Shirley Ross, v.
Segment 3:
Jeepers Creepers – Bruno Laako and Lepakot Orchestra (Dallapé) / Bruno Laako, v.
What Is This Thing Called Love? – Ben Bernie AHO / Pat Kennedy, v.
Anything Goes – Patrick et son Orchestre de danse
Segment 4:
Nobody Cares If I'm Blue – Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders / Frank Luther, v.
The Broken Record – Wingy Manone AHO
Hot Lips – Bill Brown and His Brownies
Segment 5:
The Way You Look Tonight – Arthur Tracy
Blue Moments – Will Osborne AHO / Will Osborne, v.
Prelude – Eddie Lang
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Guides that will send you packing.
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West Highland Way: Milngavie to Fort William
by: Charlie Loram
Updated information
Thank you to the readers who sent in the following updates: Barbara Winzberg, Carly Bishop, Heather Bell, Tony Hufton, Mary Hartman, Lisa Radel, Zsuzsa Koger, Matt Gardiner, Peter Marshall.
The information has not yet been checked by Trailblazer but it will be for the next edition.
7th edition
pp128/131 Map 18 Cherry Tree Café. Sadly, they're not able to open in 2019.
6th edition
pp186/7 Map 49 Cow Hill option. Feedback from one walker is it can be difficult to follow the route from Douglas Place on the map to the official end, in places the details of the streets do not match the reality.
pp133 and 135, Maps 19 and 20, north of Inversnaid. Some feedback says this section is harder than you might think so be careful and there are no escape routes if you need them.
p162 Kingshouse. Kings House Hotel is still closed and being re constructed. The bunk house is also not in use. The taxi firms in Glencoe regularly pick up people at the Glencoe Ski Centre to take down to other accommodation eg the Clachaig Hotel which we've heard good reviews about. Some walkers report the taxi fares can be high.
Wild Camping. The most recent update of the bye law in 2017 says it's is effective from 1st March-30th September.
June 2017
pp. 179 and 181 Maps 47 and 48. A walker reports that at the very end of the Way part of the conifer plantation has been cleared. Hopefully the new trees will grow up soon but in the immediate future it looks bare.
May 2017
p162 Kingshouse. Kings House Hotel by Glen Coe, Argyll PH49 4HY is being renovated from November 2016 for 18 months, but has opened a nice, brand new bunkhouse by the name of Way Inn Bunkhouse. Information and booking is via the Kingshouse Hotel website. Walkers report they paid £25 pound per night and person in a 4 dorm and were tremendously happy with it: Clean facilities, a drying room, individual lockers, two fluffy towels, and bed linen provided, every bed has a reading lamp, regular and USB sockets. You can have breakfast (starting at 7:30) in the makeshift cafe bar that currently replaces the walkers' bar and order packed lunches for the next day (£6.50). www.kingshousehotel.co.uk
October 2016
p134 Inversnaid to Inverarnan. A reader wrote in to say they found this part of the walk hard and slow so please be prepared for it.
June 2016
p170 Kingshouse to Kinglochleven. One reader comments that the traffic noise can be heard to the top of the Devil's Staircase.
Kinlochleven. The same reader comments that compared to many other post-industrial places this is a gem.
5th edition
August 2015
p116 Milton of Buchanan Mar Achlais has closed.
p165 Glencoe Village Inchconnal has closed
30 April 2015
p103 Milngavie . Toscana on Station Road is now Garvie.
p110 Gartness. The Wishing Well Coffee Shop has closed, so the Beech Tree Inn is the only option for lunch between Milngavie and Drymen.
p114 Drymen. The Buchanan Hotel sports massage is very good indeed. Need to book in advance, but a lovely treat at the end of Day One.
p116.The Drymen Pottery Cafe is now an Italian restaurant and cafe called Siena.
The Drymen Inn is nice for supper.
p116 Drymen to Balmaha. The way passes through a great deal of forestry clearing. It looks a bit grim, but the views of Loch Lomond are terrific, and come much earlier than before.
p120 Balmaha. St Mocha Coffee coffee shop is very nice and serves excellent soup for lunch. Delicious ice cream too!
p128 The path between Inversnaid and the top of the loch is indeed rough and a bit difficult. The lower path by the loch is closed for development - apparently they are going to make it the main path whilst they clear the slopes. It all seems to be taking longer than planned, to judge by the signs.
p134 Inversnaid to Inveranan. Beinglas Farm serves good 'proper' food - a nice change after all the catering packs and mexican nachos that are so sadly frequent on the Way.
2 September 2013
MSR whisperlight fuel (which can easily be normal car fuel) is only available in Tyndrum (only 1 point along the whole WHW) where there is a petrol station.
p 87 Glasgow. Vegetarian places to eat are: Tchai-Ovna, 42 Otago Lane, Glasgow G12 8PB, close to the university buildings, has vegetarian food and 50 kinds of tea. Tel: 0141 357 4524. Stereo, 22-28 Renfield Lane, in the town centre, a cafe often with live performances: http://www.happycow.net/reviews.php?id=15285. Tel:0141 222 2254. The 78, 10 - 14 Kelvinhaugh Street. http://www.happycow.net/reviews.php?id=11778. Tel: 0141 576 5018
p152 Bridge of Orchy. Bridge of Orchy Hotel has no plans to rebuild the bunkhouse. The building works going on are for an extension of superior rooms.
p162 Map 38. Kingshouse to Glencoe. When taking the bus from Kingshouse to Glencoe, there is only one bus stop where you can get on the bus, The bus stop 'Glencoe Ski Centre' is right at its signpost on the A82 (GPS waypoint 92). There is no shelter, so should the wait be longer, it is recommended to wait at the Ski Centre Cafe.


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News Briefing: Leaders of Muslim Charity Are Sentenced
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- St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital wins the Target Corporation's "Bullseye Gives" contest on facebook. [New York Times]
- The Gates Foundation's new CEO has spent nine months studying the foundation's operations, traveling around the world, and figuring out how to meet the growing needs of people in developing nations. [Associated Press]
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
Has our generation gone too far with the drinking lifestyle?
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Very well put! I'm actually the oddball who didn't drink in college (maybe two or three drinks after I turned twenty-one, but on the whole, I waited until after college to drink and honestly my favorite is that glass of red wine you were talking about). I remember having many of these thoughts back in college when I would see my classmates drinking. I have never seen the point in using alcohol to have fun or be less shy. Why have fun if you can't remember it the next day?ReplyDelete
(The irony of all of this is that I did meet my boyfriend in a bar, but I was out that night for different reasons!)
Thanks for posting about such an important topic! If I wasn't already following you, this post would make me follow you!Replies
Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback :) <3Delete
I definitely think it is an important topic that needs to be addressed more. I've heard of so many stories of alcohol poisoning and even deaths related to alcohol throughout college, it should be taken more seriously.
Amen, sister! I agree with you wholeheartedly on the subject! Especially on number 5! While my college is pretty dry, in high school, I hung out with a lot of people who loved to drink. And there came a point during my senior year of high school where it felt like my friends couldn't have fun without alcohol anymore, and I really didn't enjoy myself when I went out with them. I hated being babysitter for them and while it was funny seeing them do stupid things, it wasn't the greatest thing to watch.ReplyDelete
I really like this! Thank you for sharing this!Replies
No problem! Thanks for your input as well! It's nice to know that I'm not the only one who feels this way. I've felt the oddball out many times. There's also always pressure to drink if everyone around you is doing it and then you're the only one refraining from it. I've had that happen to me so many times, and it never ended well.Delete
Thanks for commenting! <3 Val
Great post! I agree, it really gets out of hand, especially on college campuses. Sometimes I feel like all my peers think it's like a bragging right or something, who can get the most messed up in one night. I'm sure they'll be regretting that when they're 30something. xx, ElizabethReplyDelete
Binge drinking seems to just be a part of college (well, the majority of them.) It's never really okay... but I can understand why kids do it. But as you get older (and hopefully wiser) it's time to re-evaluate your life haha.Delete
Thanks for commenting :) <3 Val
I completely agree. It seems to be a huge cultural issue, at least for American college students - its basically expected that they're going to be wasted all the time. The other thing is that I feel like the intention of drinking in college is to 'get f'ed up', and we never learn to drink responsibly. When we go to bars its to get hammered and binge drink, never to just have one or two and have casual conversation.ReplyDelete
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Aug. 29, 2004
Box Score
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The No. 10 Ohio State women's soccer team (0-2,0-0 Big Ten) suffered a 2-1 defeat in overtime at the hands of the Washington Huskies Sunday in the final game of the 2004 Husky/Nike Invitational in Seattle, Wash.
The Buckeyes lost the match despite out-shooting the Huskies 19-8 and holding a 9-4 advantage in the shots in goal department. For the second-consecutive contest, freshman Lara Dickenmann (Kries, Switzerland) led the Buckeyes in shots with five, including three on goal. The Buckeyes also held a decisive edge in corner kicks, 10-4.
Both teams were scoreless for the first 53 minutes of the game until Washington's Kelley Schweigert received a pass from teammate Nikki Gamble and beat OSU goalkeeper Jen Heaney (Cincinnati, Ohio) for a 1-0 lead.
The Buckeyes would answer and tie the game, 1-1, in the 89th minute of play when junior Danielle Dietrich (Cincinnati, Ohio) rebounded a Kathy Fulk (Dublin, Ohio) shot and blasted it past Washington goalkeeper Kelsey Rasmussen for her first goal of the season. Fulk was credited with an assist on the play.
Washington tallied the deciding score in overtime when Kim Taylor redirected a Kelley Schweigert corner kick past Heaney ending play at 98:11. Heaney finished the game with two saves.
Overall, Ohio State assistant coach John Lipsitz was pleased by his team's performance and how well they played.
"After a heartbreaking loss to Portland on Friday our team came out and played their hearts out," Lipsitz said. "I am proud of this squad and how they played all weekend. I think we have proven ourselves as a team that is going to be very successful this year. It is very disheartening to dominate the game but come up empty handed. I give all the credit to Washington, they took what we gave them and beat us."
The Buckeyes return to the pitch at 7:30 p.m., Thursday at Jesse Owens Stadium for their home-opener against Xavier.
Soccer Box Score (Final) #18 Ohio State vs. Washington (Aug 29, 2004 at Seattle, Wash.) Ohio State (0-2-0) vs. Washington (2-0-0) Date: Aug 29, 2004 Attendance: 1082 Weather: 60s, cloudy Goals by period 1 2 OT Tot ——————————- Ohio State………. 1 0 0 – 1 Washington……….. 1 0 1 – 2 SCORING SUMMARY: GOAL Time Team Goal Scorer Assists Description —————————————————————————– 1. 53:52 WASH Schweighart, Kelley (1) Gamble, Nikki 10yds after dribbling thru box 2. 88:59 OHST Dietrich, Danielle (1) Fulk, Kathy 5yd put back after GK saved Fulk's shot 3. 98:11 WASH Taylor, Kim (1) Corner kick 35yd blast


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Royal Marines help rescue stranded cars in Cornish village after UK storms
Four Royal Marine landing crafts have begun rescuing more than 40 cars that were left cut off by storms over Christmas.
Residents in Calstock, Cornwall, have not been able to drive out of their street since the road collapsed in a landslip on Christmas Day. The only way to get them out was by river.
Around 20 personnel from the Marines and Royal Navy volunteered to recover the vehicles, in an operation expected to take two days.
They were driven to a slipway before being reversed onto the craft, which are normally used abroad to land vehicles being used for disaster relief.
Colonel Garth Manger, Commanding Officer of 1st Assault Group, who are based nearby in Plymouth, said:
Loading civilian cars with low ground clearance was a challenge for the Marines, with the owners of the cars watching from the shore.
They were offered the opportunity to ride with their vehicle on the landing craft to a slipway further upriver, before driving away.
Angela Bache, one of the residents, said:
The idea to bring in the Marines was first suggested by schoolboy Charlie Southcott, 10, who met a commodore at a carol service on Christmas Eve, the day before the landslip.
Without their help, residents may have had to wait up to six months to get their cars back, while the road is being repaired.


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I've been very nails focused this past month. I was sent the Micro nail electric nail polisher * quite some time ago to test out and I have to say I've fallen in love with it. It has two spinning buffers, a slightly coarse one that helps remove any peeling areas and smooths out the nail. The second buffer is to shine the nail, which it does fantastically well. I'm going to separate review on this very soon…so many products and such back log of reviews! Needless to say it has made a marked improvement to my weekly manicures. Another product that has made a massive impact on my weekly manicures, the China Glaze Ever Glaze Prep. This helps to remove any residue from the nails, drying them out and getting them grease free, ready for your base coat. I generally just pop this on each nail, then a few minutes later I get on with the rest of my manicure. I've noticed a marked improvement to the application of my polishes. It's just so very handy! I had this in my collection for at least a month before breaking it out, I got it back at the Beauty Blogger Awards. Kicking myself that I didn't break it out sooner! The final nail product is this beautiful nail polish from True Brit London in the shade Country Tweed. No doubt you've spotted this on my nails over on Instagram. This is a great nude shade, it's not so creamy coloured that it gives me mannequin hands but it remains subtle and very easy to wear. Easy to apply and is fully opaque after two coats. It's my most reached for nude polish.
For my hair I've introduced the Nicky Clarke Instant Calmer to my hair care routine. I use this after washing my hair – after I've detangled my hair and added my hair oil. I've noticed a big reduction in the general fluffiness of my hair. It's much more manageable and less puffy. Great for my damaged hair.
Now for the makeup itself, I've only a handful of products that really stood out. The L'Oreal Lumi Magique concealer*, I have the shade 2, which is a lovely salmon toned concealer. This acts as a great colour corrector for us folk with blue & purple shades in around the tear duct and under the eye. I generally like to apply this after my primer, under my foundation. It just corrects everything nicely and then I can blend it in with my natural shade quite easily. I've not noticed very much creasing using this product. I will always experience a certain about of creasing – the joy of under eye wrinkles, oh expressive eyes – why move so much! All in, thoroughly enjoying this and will no doubt use it up pretty quickly! I've had two lipsticks I've thoroughly loved. Urban Decay's Rush* – yes that is the old packaging…it may be past it best and it still works fine and I love it on my lips! This is quite a mauve pink, bringing a nice cool tone the lips, it's very comfortable to wear and great for reapplication. The second lipstick is the Revlon Super Lustrous* in Pink in the Afternoon. This is a peachy toned pink, it's still pink just about! This is a creme finish, so it's a wee bit shiny on the lips but it's very minimal. This is lovely and comfortable to wear and great for reapplication. I am such a fan of the Revlon lipsticks, you really should check them out.
The last favourite of the month as been a series of audiobooks. I love audiobooks, my only gripe is that they're so short! I listen to books on my walk too and from work and within a week I've polished off a book. Not the case with these, the King Killer Chronicles from Patrick Rothfuss and read by Rupert Degas – who may I say is a wonderful narrator and really brings the characters to life! The King Killer Chronicles are fantasy fiction, vaguely reminds me of a cross between Game of Thrones and Harry Potter, but not. I'm aware that makes little sense but it's just the feel of it. I've just finished the second book and I'm a bit sad that I have to wait for the next book to be finished! They are without doubt worth investigating and are satisfyingly long.


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Bittersweet. Angelina Jolie and fiance Brad Pitt shared an emotional moment at the 86th Academy Awards Sunday night. During the show, a clip of Jolie's honorary Oscar humanitarian speech from back in November was shared with the audience, showing the Maleficent actress tearing up while speaking of her late mother Marcheline Bertrand.
"My mother loved art. She loved film," Jolie, 38, said in the short clip. "But whenever it had meaning she had a point in telling me that is what a film is for."
She continued: "And to stand here today means I did as she asked and if she were alive she would be very proud. So thank you for that." (Jolie's mother Bertrand died at the age of 56 from ovarian cancer in 2007. She previously was married to Jolie's father, Jon Voight, from 1971-1989.)
After re-watching her speech, Oscar cameras panned to Jolie and Pitt, 50, teary-eyed. The 12 Years a Slave star then gave his bride-to-be a sweet kiss on her forehead.
Jolie received an honorary Oscar for her humanitarian work at the 5th Annual Governors Ball in Hollywood on Nov. 16, and was joined by both Pitt and their 13-year-old son Maddox, the oldest of the couple's six children. At the time, she also spoke about being a mother herself.
"Mad, I'm not gonna cry, I promise. I won't embarrass you," she told her young boy. "You and your brothers and your sisters are my happiness. And there is no greater honor in this world than being your mom."
She added to Pitt: "Your support and your guidance make everything that I do possible."
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Nokia delivers project excellence from thousands of projects and in-depth experience from building and upgrading millions of sites. Our integrated project management platform and pool of experts deliver local projects with global capability.
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To Progress in Life You Must Study and Learn from Someone Who Comes From a LINEAGE! The person initiated in the lineage has spiritual power including the accumulated power and energy of everyone who had come before them!
Dr. Scott Thomas Cairns: Musical Lineage
Richard Wagner's student, Anton Bruckner
Bruckner's students, Gustav Mahler & Alexander von Zemlinsky
Zemlinsky's student, Arnold Schoenberg
Schoenberg's students, Anton Webern & Alban Berg
Webern's student, Stefan Wolpe.
Wolpe's students Prof, David Holzman (a 2003 Grammy® nominee) and Prof. Carl Strommen whom I had the honor of studying with at Long Island University for my MA in Music Composition and Music Theory.
As a guitarist I had the honor to study extensively for 7 years (mid- 1980's to early 90's) with jazz guitarist Billy Bauer who was a student of Lennie Tristano. Bauer recorded with Tristano, Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Lee Konitz, Warne Marsh, amongst other jazz luminaries. Bauer was featured in Woody Herman's First Thundering Herd and Benny Goodman's 1950's bands. In the early 1980's, I studied guitar with Steve Silverman a student of Billy Bauer. Silverman taught guitarist Steve Vai.
While living in London UK, I studied flamenco guitar with Juan Martín who Guitar Player magazine has named as one of the top 3 guitarists in the world. Martín had studied under Niño Ricardo and Paco de Lucía.
"All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it."
~ Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Dr. Scott's Spiritual Lineage
Since very early childhood, my spiritual journey had been a purely solo journey. In the late 1980's, I took a couple of courses with Grand Master Mantak Chia - I have practiced his Daoist techniques for many years and still do today. About 10 years later, in 1999, I was taught the "Ah Meditation" - not knowing the source of the teaching. Months later, in a bookshop in Chichester, West Sussex, England I discovered Dr. Wayne Dyer's cassette tape and book on the "Ah Meditation": Manifest your Destiny - the technique of manifestation. In the autumn of 2000, I met Dr. Dyer at a London UK seminar. In January 2001, I had a serious healing crisis along with a general feeling - for the first time in my life - that I could not progress any further spiritually without the help and guidance of a master. I asked the Divine to send me a teacher - I prayed to meet with and study with Dr. Dyer's guru who had taught him the "Ah Meditation" - Dr. Bhaskaran Pillai.
I met Dr. Pillai in London, England in late May of 2001. In early-September of 2001, having coordinated a London seminar for Dr. Pillai, that Saturday evening, he initiated me - a life changing experience. I am first non-Westerner to be initiated in the Tamil (South Indian) Siddha tradition/lineage. Dr. Pillai was a student of The Mahirishi amongst other masters. Dr. Dyer calls Dr. Pillai "one of the most enlightened beings on the planet." The lineage of the Tamil Siddha Masters includes Aghastiar, Tirurmular, and Swami Ramalingam.
My personal journey has included working with the Christ Consciousness energy, chanting and sacred sounds, alchemy, Freemasonry, Celtic spirituality astrology, hermeticism, the rainbow body of light, tantricism, Tibetan Buddhism, the Western Mystery tradition, the Christian Mystics, etc.
My PhD, in International History, was awarded in 2005 by the London School of Economics - London, UK. As a college educator I have taught courses in Eastern Religions, Comparative Religions, History, Political Science, Health Care and Public Administration. Most importantly, my music and my empowerments are experiential not intellectual.
Dr. Scott's Empowerment Workshops and Talks in the US and the UK can be found Here.
Dr. Scott Thomas Cairns is a dynamic speaker who brings not only an uplifting message to any audience but, most importantly, the experience of Universal Light EnergyTM! His Spiritual Teaching are Experiential.


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Alcatel-Lucent has unteathered its Laptop Guardian from its usual hardware form factor and turned it into a software solution, after entering into an agreement with wireless broadband provider Novatel Wireless.
The Laptop Guardian, or to give its formal name, the OmniAccess 3500 Nonstop Laptop Guardian is a card designed to solve the security problems posed by laptops, including the loss or theft of the data they contain.
The product itself is larger than a conventional 3G card, but doubles as a network card and a laptop 'ignition key'. The laptop's drives are encrypted, and the card contains all encryption keys and network passwords so the laptop cannot be used unless it is inserted. It contains an embedded Linux system, and a GPS receiver, as well as its own batteries, so it can be used to remotely locate and disable any laptop that goes missing.
It has now been ported to operate on Novatel's MiFi 2352, an HSPA version of Novatel's Intelligent Mobile Hotspot product. This announcement means that the Laptop Guardian card is now delivered as a software solution though a third-party product.
The pebble-like MiFi 2352 unit is actually a mobile broadband device that enables internet connectivity that can be shared between multiple users and WiFi devices such as laptops, gaming devices etc. It is the first time Alcaltel-Lucent has allowed its technology to be transported into a different form factor.
"The Laptop Guardian incorporates a VPN and firewall, and is designed to protect corporate laptops when they leave the office. It is an always on solution, and can be used to track laptops that go missing via its GPS and mobile triangulation system," said Michael J. Hardiman, director of business development, at Alcatel-Lucent's Enterprise Security Solutions unit. "10,000 laptops go missing every week, and 1,000 go missing a week go at Heathrow alone."
Last month, UK carrier BT started to sell Laptop Guardian bundled with its mobile express offering.
But Alcatel-Lucent is also keen to highlight the ability of Laptop Guardian to deal with patches. "How many users, when confronted with a message asking them if they want to apply a patch, select the 'not right now' option," asked Hardiman, speaking at Alcatel-Lucent's Dynamic Enterprise forum in Paris.
"We did a survey that found that 63 percent of laptops were missing security patches." He said that the patch is loaded onto the flash memory of Laptop Guardian and the patch is loaded or applied when the laptop is switched on,.
And it seems that the fairly clunky card that is Laptop Guardian will be changing, with a USB version currently in development and expected later in the year, which is useful bearing in mind that some laptops and netbooks are now starting to ship without a relevant card slot.
"USB is definitely the way to go," Dor Skuler, General Manager, Mobile Security Solutions, Enterprise Solutions Division told Techworld."The USB device is coming in the third quarter."
Alcaltel-Lucent said that pricing is upon application, but that in the United States, there is a typical cost of 10 euros (£8.91) per month charge. Of course, there is also the upfront cost of the hardware, as well as the cost for the server software, which is typically around 5,000 euros (£4,457) for up to 500 users.