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I believe in photographs that are beautiful to the eye & meaningful to the heart.
Every time I'm asked what I do, my face lights up as I say "I'm a wedding photographer!" I feel so fortunate to photograph love for a living. I photograph the happy tears, the laughter, the stolen glances. I photograph the groom as he takes a deep breath when he sees his bride for the first time. I photograph the bride on the day when her inner and outer beauty shines the brightest. I photograph your loved ones as they celebrate what this day stands for. This is your wedding day. And no matter the weather, the guest count, the little bumps along the way, it'll be unique, meaningful and a special chapter of your story together. I strive to capture the emotions and rawness of your day and combine that with my desire to create aesthetically beautiful imagery. If you think that sounds like a winning combination, I would love nothing more than to hear from couples like you.


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Just one night sleeping on the Madison Pillowtop Queen Mattress Set will leave you feeling rejuvenated. The ultra-plush pillowtop and sophisticated design with intuitive technologies help provide comfort, support and pressure relief. This set, from the Beautyrest Silver Collection, creates an elevated sleep experience that will help you get a good night's sleep so you strive for your best every day. This Mattress Set comes with a 2-piece, split foundation box spring that is useful in high-rise apartments and other locations with narrow hallways and tight corners.
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I took a photo of my grandmother as I wore her clothes and she wore mine.
I have to say, she wore it better.
I took a photo of my grandmother as I wore her clothes and she wore mine.
I have to say, she wore it better.
What I remember most vividly is my mother's bloody face staring blankly at me, hands and knees on the concrete steps. Her forehead had a large gash across it–the blood streamed down her cheeks like tears. I must have been staring blankly back at her too; I wasn't going to fully process what had happened until years later.
She turned her face away from me as I stood, stiff as a board. My aunt, who rushed over at the loud thump of her falling came out to the steps to help:
"Sis, sis, are you okay? Sis, sis, look at me."
My mom turned her face towards my aunt, but away from me again; unable to speak.
"You don't want Atsuko to see you like this?"
My mom shook her head.
My uncle called 911 and within the hour, an ambulance had come to take my mother away to stitch her up and to check for further injuries on her head.
I don't remember anything past that from that night. I was 14 and fully conscious. I was enrolled in summer school at the time and must have gone into class the next day, but like a zombie as my mother was that night she fell, I just went through the actions of my day to day activities.
I was taking Geometry in preparation for high school and boy, did I fail that class. I didn't even notice the regression; I just couldn't understand why I kept failing my tests and having a hard time concentrating. I hated studying. I hated that my grandma was wasting money on these expensive classes that I kept failing. I felt so much guilt.
It wasn't years later after I had graduated from high school that my grandmother talked to me about that night. She said to me,
"Your uncle was really surprised that the next morning, you got up and took the bus to go to UCLA to your class all by yourself. You know, after such a rough night."
I never saw it as anything heroic; I was used to my mom having grand seizures where she'd fall– sometimes in public while shopping, or sometimes in the bathroom, where she'd lock herself in if she felt one coming. One time, my uncle had to put a toothbrush in her mouth so she wouldn't bite her tongue off. I'd seen all kinds of scary episodes of my mom falling, but for some reason, that particular one had impacted me the most.
Now that nearly another decade has passed, I realize that the reason I had froze and become a zombie after that particular fall was because it was the first time my mom was conscious enough to notice me after her seizure: She was conscious and didn't want me to worry. Her turning her face away from me, in an effort to protect me from seeing her in pain; her bleeding love… It's all something that I had to take this long to process; to understand, and to be so grateful about.
I love you, mom. So much. In this world that has brought you much pain, I write, create, and perform…for you.
While watching the Emmy's, Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel walk out on stage together to announce the nominees for something.
Richard: "Are they father and son?"
Comedian/Actress/Writer Kristina Wong has taken her latest play to San Francisco. 'Cat Lady' not only explores loneliness and depression amongst Asian women, but of Pick Up Artists too. Yes, she gives homage to the tools, like Mystery and his methods of picking up women.
When asked about her choice to incorporate Pick Up Artists with the idea of lonely cat ladies, she answered that while on tour with her previous play "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," she would often go home feeling alone after a standing ovation. She theorized that Pick Up Artists go out every night in a kind of "performance" too, sometimes taking a girl home for a one night stand, then essentially going back to living a lonely life.
Not only do I support this because of the Asian female comedy content, but my friend Clayton Shane Farris is in this play as one of the pick up artists! If you're in the San Francisco area and have some time this weekend, definitely go check it out!
It'll be showcased at the ODC Theater Friday (tonight) through Sunday night:
8 p.m. Fri.-Sat., 7 p.m. Sun. $17-$20. ODC Theater, 3153 17th St., S.F.www.odcdance.org.
Here is some press form the San Francisco Chronicle about the play:
Last Friday, we opened up at the Laemmle Sunset 5 with no idea of how the screening will be received back in Los Angeles. With numerous emails and facebook event invites, all of our friends and acquaintances were notified of this theatrical release and I must say, we were really happy with the turnout.
Theater 3 where LiTTLEROCK was playing holds 128 people. All 128 seats were filled up. People were being turned away at the door for not having bought tickets online. It was insane.
One of the recurring themes in the film is the fact that Cory (Zacharia) a local in the town of Littlerock, dreams of being an actor in Hollywood but can never make it out there. We didn't know if that would be the same course that our film would take, but Littlerock being the film's main setting, only 70 miles away from Hollywood, actually made it to Hollywood. And across from the Marmont.
It's still a constant struggle to get the film out there and to get people to leave their house, find parking, buy tickets, and sit through an hour and a half of a film about two Japanese tourists… so to everyone who came out, a million thanks. Your support means so much to us… and makes the journey that we took from production to post-production to whatever it is we're going through now much more worth it.
It's still playing at the Laemmle Sunset 5 until the 8th of this month, then it plays at the Roxie Theater in San Francisco from the 9th-15th. Nor Cal friends, I hope to see you up there! Director Mike Ott and I will be at the screening on the 9th and the 10th.
I heard this on the radio while I was driving this morning and I almost crashed from laughing so hard.
A man was arrested last week at the Miami International Airport for having taped seven exotic snakes and three tortoises onto the inside of his pants while trying to walk through security. He stuffed them into women's hoisery then used tape to secure them. When interviewed, officers gave credit to the "millimeter wave advanced imaging technology machine" for pointing out the suspicious items in his pants… not the moving bulge that they could probably see with their naked eye.
All the while this was happening in Miami, a woman was caught at the security at LAX for having two endangered birds wrapped into socks then taped onto her body. Seriously, that's not only animal torture, but just a really uncomfortable 12 hour ride (she was going to China).
Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-20099329-504083.html
An outdoor screening of Kimjongilia (2010) was disrupted numerous times last Monday by 4,000 liberal opposition protestors outside of Seoul City Hall.
The screening was put together by South Korean university students trying to encourage citizens to save prisoners out of the North Korean prison camps. Some prisoners in particular that the students were protesting for the North Korean government to bring back is Shin Sook-ja and her daughters, who had been imprisoned there after moving there (to receive "free medical care," which they were told as lies).
Kimjongilia is a documentary that tells the story of 12 North Korean defectors before and after they had escaped from from Kim Jong-Il's dictatorship. I got the pleasure of meeting N.c. Heikin, the lovely director of the film in New York earlier this month. I had been wanting to meet her ever since I found out about the film, which traveled the film festival circuit from 2009 to 2010 (World Premiere was at Sundance).
The protestors at the screening tried to stop the screening by throwing water bottles at the outdoor screen and at the people who were supporting the event. By the third attempt to screen Kimjongilia, one of the protestors cut the electricity supplying power to the projector. They are still investigating the exact reason behind why the protestors decided to interrupt the screening, (which had been planned months ahead) but an article in the Joongang Daily News states that the brawl that occurred that night is living proof of the contrasting views of North Korea that still exists in South Korea today.
When told about the protest that occurred, Heikin responded on Facebook, "This is really incredible. I hope no one was hurt. I am amazed that so many more people would support KJI then condemn him. Unbelievable."
Though chaos broke out, I give much praise and love to the 7 passionate souls who fought to expose the truth and harsh conditions that prisoners live through in North Korea and to N.c. Heikin for moving the hearts of people living thousands of miles away. If anything, this ruckus has encouraged to open more dialogue about the film and the issues of the prison camps, right?
were the last words I heard from Graham Leggat.
I'm truly sad to say that Graham passed away two nights ago at the age of 51 after battling cancer for 18 months. He was the executive director at the San Francisco Film Society and a dear friend. I don't get along with and like everybody I meet, but Graham's genuine passion for life, a sense of community, and people were so transparent that I found myself falling under the spell of Leggat… which turned into a short but unforgettable friendship. He has supported Mike, me, and the whole LiTTLEROCK crew so much with our journey the past year.
We miss him so much…
and we will do just what his last statement said to do: keep making films while embracing every day as a precious gift.
There will be a memorial service held for him in San Francisco at the end of September, and his farewell letter to the public when he announced his departure from the Film Society can be read at sffs.org.
Condolences can be sent to: firstname.lastname@example.com or c/o Jessica Anthony, SFFS, 39 Mesa Street, Suite 110, The Presidio, San Francisco, CA 94129.
Some announcements I'd like to make:
1. My friend Anais Hinojosa is looking for a home for her cat. Her landlady just gave warning of eviction if the cat is not gone within a week. If anybody is interested of or knows anybody who can care for a cat, let me know at email@example.com. If you know of a cat pound that doesn't exterminate, that information would be greatly appreciated as well.
2. Calling San Francisco!
Mye Hoang's (Artistic Director at San Diego Asian Film Foundation) boyfriend, filmmaker Dave Boyle is looking for extras to be in his new film (sequel to Surrogate Valentine) tomorrow at the Roxie Theater from 11 am- 5 pm. If you're in the area and have time during those hours, they could really use the help! Just show up at the theater. There are some parts that they'll be assigning to people as well if interested.
3. Calling New York!
My talented friend Ayana Hampton has brought her musical/theater/dance show (THE MORNING AFTER SHOW) to New York, which will be showcased from September 11-18 and she still needs dancers/singers (male and female). If you're interested in performing and being seen at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, (where the show will premiere) contact Ayana at email@example.com.
Information about tickets can be found here: http://www.nuyorican.org/calendar.php
Thanks all!


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Not every dinosaur grew up to be a mighty predator like Tyrannosaurus rex or a hulking vegan like Apatosaurus. A few stayed small, and some of the smallest dinosaurs that ever lived — tiny enough to nip at your heels — were among the first to spread across the planet more than 200 million years ago.
Fossils of these miniature, fanged plant-eaters known as heterodontosaurs, or "different toothed reptiles," have turned up as far apart as
In a report published Wednesday in the online journal
When he first viewed the specimen at a Harvard laboratory, Dr. Sereno said, "my eyes popped, as it was clear this was a distinct species."
Embedded in the rock were remains of a creature with a short parrotlike beak, one-inch jaws, sharp teeth and a skull no less than three inches long. The entire body was less than two feet in length and probably weighed less than a small house cat.
"I'm embarrassed to say how many years ago that was — 1983," he said. "But I was an enterprising graduate student then at the
The Pegomastax fossils were eventually returned to the South African Museum in
His close examination showed that behind the parrot-shaped beak were a pair of stabbing canines up front and a set of tall teeth tucked behind for slicing plants. These teeth in upper and lower jaws operated like self-sharpening scissors, Dr. Sereno said, with shearing facets that slid past each other when the jaws closed. The parrotlike skull, he noted, may have been adapted to plucking fruit.
Dr. Sereno said it was "very rare that a plant-eater like Pegomastax would sport sharp-edged enlarged canines." Some scientists suggested that the creature may have consumed some meat, or at least insects.
In his new study, Dr. Sereno concluded that the creature's fangs, unusual for a herbivore, were probably "for nipping and defending themselves, not for eating meat." Other aspects about the new species and other heterodontosaurs, including their chewing mechanism, are evolutionary surprises, he said, and "their anatomy is key to understanding the early evolution of this great group of plant eaters."
Another possible characteristic of the new species, Dr. Sereno said, is that its body might have been covered in quills, something like those of a porcupine. If so, he pictured that in life Pegomastax would have scampered around in search of suitable plants, looking something like a "nimble two-legged porcupine."Continue reading the main story


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If I have to see or hear one more thing about how many followers people have or have not on Twitter I am going to explode.
It is great to have people that admire you. You don't have to be Beyoncé to be admired. I admire the little girl that lives next door to me. She is smart, sweet and very creative. In my opinion if getting followers on twitter is based on that she should have millions.
I love Twitter and Facebook I get to talk to fans and friends. We all get to express ourselves without judgment. At least I try to have it like that on my accounts. I enjoy the interaction with the followers more than the numbers. Quality not quantity.
A few months back I got over 100k followers in a matter of weeks. I have no idea why. I did not buy them. If I am going to spend my money it's going to be on a pedicure or buying a Slurpee for the little girl next door.
Now I notice my followers are dropping down? I don't get all this computer hacking or whatever it is, or isn't I don't care. When you are in your darkest hour, famous or not, who is there for you? If you have a million followers on Twitter and you are alone you got nothing. If you have no followers on twitter and you have a loving, caring person to hold, you got everything.
I have been in my darkest hour and I was alone. I changed my life and now I know I will always have someone if I ever have a dark hour again. You want to see what's important in life? Hit bottom and then rise back up to the top. The only thing I lost was my ego. I found out I never needed that to begin with.
If you're in need of a huge amount of followers to validate you. When it happens, I hope you make it through your darkest hour.


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I found this comment made on reddit posted by someone who was named "C is 4 cookie":
My 18th birthday was pretty much forgotten by everyone. My dad called in the morning to wish me a happy 18th. No one else even remembered. I don't really blame them, my brother was in college, my mom was busy with work and grad school, my friends – well, they should have remembered. My mom remembered the next day and was really upset that she forgot.
Boomerang story: next year. I am a freshman in college and turning 19. I have a small group of new friends that find out it is my birthday and ask what I want. I have only know these people for about 2 months, so I tell them I just want to be remembered. You know, just say happy birthday.
I was not expecting what happened the next day. They flyered the entire campus with ~1000 copies of pictures + messages wishing me a happy birthday. They chalked the quad, the armory, the entrance to every dorm, even the pillars on the auditorium; and they did it all in one night. I walked around campus on my birthday and random people I never met would say happy birthday to me. It was awesome.


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In July 2009, we had opened one more BRAND NEW HOTEL named HANOI MIKE'S HOTEL II, we until now there are 2 Hotels in our system of Hanoi Mike's Hotel: Especially both of them is ideally located in the heart of Hanoi's Old Quarter which is very famous over the world for cultural architects and historical relics of Hanoi Capital.
From Mike's hotel, it will take you just a minute to walk to the famous Hoan Kiem Lake (the Returned Sword Lake) that you can not miss while visiting Hanoi. Other well-known Hanoi tourist attractions like the Temple of Literature, One Pillar Pagoda, Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and museum, Vietnam's History Museum, Bat Trang Ceramic Village, Van Phuc silk...Halong Bay, one of the world Heritage and wonders is just about three hours driving away; Perfume Pagoda that is considered as one of the famous pagoda in Vietnam, and even the romantic Sapa... all are just a few hours away.
Enjoying your time with Mike's hotel, you are not only served with friendly and professional staffs but also with spacious and well infrastructures. 25 rooms with wooden floors, IDD telephone, air-conditioning, safety deposit box, cable TV with international channels, refrigerator, comfortable bath-tub and shower, hair-dryer, coffee and tea making facility, daily fresh fruits and flowers, Wifi, ADSL in each room, we hope that you will have unforgettable time with us.
24-hour room services, front desk & security
Free breakfast from 7am-11:30am every day
Private Air-conditioning in room
Daily housekeeping
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Cable TV with international channels
Baby crib & cots
Telephone with international dialing
Comfortable bathtub
Welcome drink
Hotel safe
Doctor and nurse (on-call)
Luggage storage
Electricity adaptors and transformers
Laundry, dry cleaning, and ironing
Children friendly
Safety deposit box
Message, postal, courier service
Private car pick up at the airport for safe
Other services
Currency and travelers' check exchange, credit card payments
Fax and photocopy
Tour and travel information at Front Office Department
Airline Tickets
Car, motorbike, & bicycle rental
Visa service
Parking available for vehicles with fewer than 16 seats, less than 2.4m high
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From this century on the influenza beast would show up at least three times every decade, causing havoc all across the globe. Surely few people died, yet the misery it created, and the fear that you could die, disrupted cultures and economies world wide. Like the beast consumption, the beast influenza was a beast that affected nearly every person in the civilized world.
The cause of these frequently occurring pandemics was the industrial revolution. Where most people once lived and worked on isolated farms, occasionally making their ways to cities, the industrial revolution caused many people to move to the cities, and to work in crowded, poorly ventilated areas. This created a breeding ground for the spread of airborne germs, such as influenza and tuberculosis.
Once you caught influenza, the germ was expelled every time you exhaled. Making it worse, it was expelled in large numbers every time you coughed or sneezed. If you weren't covering your mouth, which most people probably did not, you were coughing and sneezing thousands, if not millions, of tiny germs into the air. In in close proximity, anyone could inhale those germs, quickly spreading it from one person to another.
Influenza set up shop in any person it could. It did not care what your age was, nor your color. It didn't care what sex you were, nor your economic status. If you inhaled it, it went to word wreaking havoc inside your body. It causes your body's immune system to stake out an all out attack, and the result is inflammation of your respiratory tract that results in:
- Fever
- Achy muscles
- Chills
- Sweats
- Dry, hacking cough
- Fatigue
- Nasal congestion
The disease affected nearly everyone. It, along with consumption, forced many men and women to become humble. These diseases were the will of god, and an ignorant society had no way of knowing what to do to prevent one from getting sick. You simply had to go on about your business and hope for the best.
It wreaked havoc again in the 19th century, in (1, page 33)...
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- 1889-90
It didn't stop there, as it struck again in 1918-1920. This is the influenza outbreak that we read about the most often, mainly because it was the most recent outbreak. Many of our grandparents were affected, so in all likely hood your genetic line was exposed to one strain of the disease or another
So once our bodies fight off one strain of influenza it vanishes. A society is humbled after the devastation, and many experts write about what had just happened, using a variety of different names to describe the "plague" or "pandemic" or "epidemic." They use a variety of different names to describe the symptoms of the beast that ravaged the world.
Yet as soon as a new strain was introduced, it found it's way into a human body, and began, once again, to wreak havoc. As you traveled from one area to another, the germ went with you.
- Kelly, Evelyn B., PhD and Claire Wilson, Claire Wilson, "Investigating influenza and Bird Flu: Real facts and real lives," 2011, Enslow Publishers, U.S., Chapter 2, "The History of Influenza," pages 29-47
Further reading:
- Hopkirk, Arthur F., "Influenza: It's History, Nature, Cause and Treatment," 1914, New York, Charles Scribner and Sons
- Kuszewski, K, L. Brydak, "The epidemiology and history of influenza," Biomed & Pharmacother, 2000; 54: 188-95
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text: True North Highlights From The First-Ever ASI Power Summit Canada Jul 24, 2013 – by Michele Bell, Melinda Ligos & Dave Vagnoni Tweet Held at the mountainous and scenic Fairmont Banff Springs hotel in Banff, Canada, ASI hosted its inaugural Power Summit Canada in mid-June. With two-and-a-half days of networking, brainstorming, and sharing of ideas and success stories, the first-ever event brought together the leaders of the Canadian ad specialty industry. And the business forecasts of people attending and speaking at the conference were bright. The outlook for the ad specialty market in Canada – and the Canadian economy as a whole – is "semi-rosy" and will be buoyed in part by the strengthening U.S. housing sector, Dr. Jack Mintz said in his opening keynote speech during the ASI Power Summit Canada. Mintz, a nationally-renowned economist and the Palmer Chair of Public Policy at the University of Calgary, said a resurgence in the mining and forestry industries in Canada is giving the country's economy a big boost. "The Canadian economy is still very much a commodity-based economy," Mintz told the audience, forecasting a continuing rise in the country's oil and gas industry as well. Although the last few years have been a "dreadful" period for Canada's forestry industry, he said, the recovery of the housing market in the United States is sparking "great growth" now. And as the U.S. economy gains strength, particularly in the private sector, he said that can "only have positive side effects" for the Canadian market. Still, other economic factors – such as labor costs in China, the value of the dollar, and rising interest rates – across the world could slow the rate of growth in the Canadian economy, Mintz cautioned. Building a High-Growth Culture Another session at the ASI Power Summit Canada featured two of the industry's most well-known and respected veterans: Rob Spector, president and owner of Montreal-based Spector & Co. (asi/88660), and Steve Levschuk, president and owner of London, Ontario-based Talbot Marketing (asi/341500). "Transforming into a High-Growth Culture" tackled such topics as how to find, retain and motivate top employees, how to implement programs to build company morale and loyalty, and how to manage employees from different generations. Acknowledging that studies show that businesses with high employee satisfaction are, on average, 20% more profitable than those with low employee satisfaction, Levschuk said at Talbot – one of Counselor's Best Places to Work companies and a Fastest-Growing Distributor, with 63% growth between 2010-2012 – because his team of nearly 50 is spread through Canada, one of the most important things he and his management team do is on-site visits and events to make everyone feel included. "It can get very lonely when you're working so far from the main office, so we make a real effort – which is why we have such low turnover – to make everyone feel included and part of the team," he said. Spector, whose company is this year's Canadian Supplier of the Year, points to a hard-bound book given to every new employee, The Spector Way, which focuses on seven rules of engagement, such as "Customer Service is a State of Mind (Not a Department)" and "No is Never an Option." With over 400 employees working at the company, Spector stressed the importance of keeping daily contact with managers to make sure that not only are departments running efficiently, but that employees feel supported and valued. "I really do believe," Spector said, "that the reason for our consistent growth has been the strength of our team and how we treat our employees. We want them to always know how much they're appreciated and how important their role is to the success of the business." New Marketing Tactics Another hot topic among attendees at the ASI Power Summit Canada focused on how industry companies can capitalize on new marketing opportunities. In one morning session during the conference, Debco's (asi/48885) Alex Morin listed several new and unique ways – some simple, others sophisticated – that companies can engage clients and prospects. One basic approach that Morin recommends is to back off e-mailing customers and to start texting them. "There's technology that's been around for a long time, but it's not being used effectively," he said. "Texting is a lot more personal. You're bombarded with e-mails – you might get 200 a day – but you get fewer texts. Now we just take our marketing message and insert it into a text." Morin, Debco's executive vice president of sales and marketing, also spoke about the benefits of identifying trends and translating them into products and services. "I like to look at financial news and technological news and make connections between that news and the voids I see in the marketplace," he said. "You can come up with a unique idea based on what's trending in the world." Another opportunity in front of industry companies, according to one Power Summit Canada panelist, is licensing. Becoming a licensee for a retail brand, a university or for a major event isn't just an opportunity for suppliers, but it presents a real chance for distributors to add to their sales as well. That was a key point made by Will Andrew, president of Trimark Sportswear (asi/92122), in one of the conference's sessions. "Most of those products have some royalties built in, so you're probably also getting your customer to go up in price," said Andrew. "While your gross margin might be the same percentage, your true profit dollars could be bigger on the sale." In a one-on-one Q&A with Counselor senior editor Dave Vagnoni, Andrew also explained how Trimark was able to secure an apparel license for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. "We figured out that what the Olympics wanted to do was build their brand," Andrew said. "We had a great time doing it. It also resonated back to what we're doing as a company, which is to make other brands predominant and not necessarily promote our own." For video coverage of the whole ASI Power Summit Canada, go to www.CounselorMag.com.


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A recent Michigan case highlighted the need for an experienced Michigan criminal defense lawyer. In Walker v. McQuiggan a man was convicted of first-degree murder and firearms possession in the commission of a felony. Under Michigan law, penalties for crimes committed while in possession of a firearm may be enhanced – including both penalties for the weapons charges and the underlying crime as well. Here, Reginald Walker's faced serious charges and potential consequences, but despite evidence of long-term mental illness, his defense counsel failed to investigate and put on an insanity defense.
If you have been convicted of a misdemeanor of felony offense – your future will be affected – especially where Michigan's most serious penalties apply. There are things you can do – including post conviction appeals – that can minimize the impact on your future. It is crucial to contact a dedicated Michigan post-conviction appeals attorney if you or a loved one has been wrongfully convicted or incarcerated. Working with an aggressive Michigan criminal appeals attorney is necessary to identify issues that may be used to help overturn a conviction and provide a second chance at achieving justice.
Here, Walker was accused of shooting a complete stranger and killing him. At trial his defense counsel had the opportunity to request a psychiatric evaluation to determine whether Walker was mentally ill. Even though the defendant had been found mentally ill in prior exams, Walker's defense counsel decided not to have the exam because "he did not believe that a defense of insanity in this case would be successful." Walker had also written counsel that he had a significant history of mental illness, that he heard voices and possibly even heard voices on the day of the shooting. Despite the long history of schizophrenic ailments, counsel did not present an insanity defense, instead focusing of self-defense and intoxication.
Walker was sentenced to life without parole and two years for felony firearm charges. Walker appealed the trial court's decision. The Court of Appeals affirmed the trial court decision and the Supreme Court denied Walker's leave to appeal. Then in 2006, Walker filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. The district court denied the appeal and dismissed this case. Walker persisted and filed a timely appeal. Courts review ineffective assistance of counsel claims to see whether errors that counsel make are so serious that "counsel" is not functioning as guaranteed by the Second Amendment and that these errors were so serious to deprive the defendant a fair trial.
The Sixth Circuit determined that not only had counsel not sufficiently investigated the insanity defense but also that the court of appeals had "unreasonable applied clearly established federal law and unreasonably determined facts." Based on this determination, the Court granted Walker's petition, noting Walker was not "required to show that he had a winning defense or that he was legally insane at the time of the crime. Instead, he must only show that he had a substantial defense."
Post conviction work and criminal appeals require skill and knowledge of the various courts across Michigan. If you're facing a conviction or sentence, speak to an experienced Michigan criminal appeals attorney who understands the issues and will fight for your freedom. For more information, contact the aggressive Michigan criminal appeals law firm of Grabel & Associates for a free consultation.


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Fancy sailing in the Tall Ships Regatta? Applications are now open.By Emma Gunby at
Young people in Wirral are being invited to sign up to the voyage of a lifetime as part of the famous Tall Ships Regatta which takes place in Liverpool this May.
The Sail Trainee project, will see 50 local youngsters, aged from 16, join the crew of a tall ship on a 5-day voyage from Liverpool to Dublin.
The Sail Trainee project is part of the Tall Ships Regatta, which comes to Liverpool between May 25-28, before setting sail for Dublin and then on to Bordeaux, in France.
Liverpool's Director of Culture, Claire McColgan, said: "No experience is necessary and you will get the chance to experience hands on sailing and being at sea. It really is the voyage of a lifetime."
The regatta, which is a celebration of international friendship and understanding, represents countries from all over the world. It will be the fifth time Liverpool has hosted the Tall Ships fleet after having the vessels grace the River Mersey in 1984, 1992, 2008 and 2012.
The Three Festivals Tall Ships Regatta Festival forms part of the Liverpool 2018 programme which celebrates ten years since the city' game-changing year as European Capital of Culture and will also include the prestigious Bordeaux Wine Festival and spectacular artistic commissions.
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The amount of mail ive recieved concerning patterns that have already been painted, tells me that I need to make a few changes here! So I will be in the process of putting painted items on my site, and that way, you can purchase the item already finished and ready to enjoy! For those of you who still want patterns, you can still purchase the pattern, unless its not mine! I will indicate my own creations at the bottom of the photograph in the description- otherwise, its a pattern that came from a book, etc., and I cant sell it as my own.
I also hope that you'll take a peek at Decorative Woodcrafts magazine's 'Collectible Country Ornaments' magazine, coming out at Summer's end. I have 3 new Christmas ornaments being published in there! A sweet Victorian Home at Christmastime, complete with carolers, a Santa with a reindeer who had a big spill in a string of Christmas lights, and a Christmas tree with a cute little train around the base, an Old Fashioned Christmas, to be sure!


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Yes, CPU substitution defaults to "fatigue"
Qballer wrote:how far down do you think the cpu's 3pt shooting should be turned down?
Pdub wrote:Those look like BL sim sliders 2, and they are good, but I had a few instances where big players who shouldn't be putting up 3's would jack them up if they were open.
Well folks, been working on sliders for use with the default PC rosters, which originally made for very quick paced action with too many shots and a whole host of other issues.
I recognize that the best way to fix these issues is by actually setting individual player and coach tendencies, along with overall gameplay sliders, but since there aren't many PC rosters out yet, I figured I'd get these out for anyone wanting a better experience with what we have so far.
Basically my philosophy has been to achieve the most realistic end-results as possible with regards to post game statistics. That being said, I've included a settings file as well which works in conjunction with the sliders for fouls and other things.
It's at Pro level with 6 minute quarters, so everything can easily be multiplied by 2 for full-time stats at the end of a game. It goes without saying that everything I've set up is according to my own skill level and expectations/desires of the game. I tend to play realistically on my part, not cheesing and doing what would likely be done in real games, so if you use these sliders but constantly do nothing but drive to the hoop or some other exploits, well that's not what these are designed for.
This isn't necessarily the final version of anything so if there is any feedback and further tweaking of my own, I'll go ahead and update as necessary. One of the things I was debating doing was lowering the foul out limit to 3, considering everything is halved. However, I found that it was too easy for people to get one quick foul early on and get sent to the bench for extended periods of time. I'd have significantly lower fouling tendencies and calls for something like this to work, but I have them sort of high for a more realistic experience. So I decided to leave it at 6 for now, but we'll see. I might go with something like 4 in the future...
All this being said however, there is at least one roster for the PC that has been released. I think it has, among other things, slight individual tendency tweaking, but not enough in my opinion. Also the coaching tendencies aren't changed at all which are a major factor.
I've worked with this roster myself and set the coaching sliders for better gameplay and am thinking about releasing that as well, but first I'd probably need to get in contact with the roster creator to see if that's all right with him.
So until then, hopefully you'll enjoy these sliders with either the default rosters, or with the one I posted which it's also compatible with.
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It won't overwrite any of your existing files and you can load them separately in the game. Oh and you'll need to be able to view hidden folders as the Application Data folder won't show up otherwise. To do so, open any folder and click Tools->Folder Options->View->check Show hidden files and folders.
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Erdogan set to assume sweeping powers after landmark Turkish election win
The 64-year-old's victory will bring in a new system transferring all executive powers to him.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who has dominated Turkish politics for the past 15 years, is set to extend his rule and take on sweeping new powers after winning landmark presidential and parliamentary elections.
Turkey's High Electoral Board declared Mr Erdogan, 64, the winner of Sunday's polls, which usher in a new executive presidential system which was approved in a referendum last year.
Under the system, the office of the prime minister is eliminated and executive powers are transferred to the president, who can rule with only limited checks and balances.
The Turkish leader, who is accused by critics of adopting increasingly authoritarian tactics but is loved by supporters for bringing prosperity and stability, may be facing rough times ahead, however. Analysts are predicting an economic downturn amid rising inflation and a struggling currency.
His win could deepen Turkey's rift with Western allies, who are already concerned by setbacks in democracy and human rights as well as Turkey's closer ties with Russia.
However, Turkey's currency, the lira, rallied on Monday over Mr Erdogan's victory, which allows the country to avoid instability in the short-term.
In his victory speech, Mr Erdogan said he would work towards achieving his goal of making Turkey one of the world's top 10 economies by 2023, when the Turkish Republic marks its centenary.
He also pledged a more "determined" fight against outlawed Kurdish rebels and alleged members of a movement led by US-based cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom he accuses of orchestrating a 2016 failed coup against his government. Mr Gulen denies any involvement.
"Turkey made its choice in favour of a more determined fight against the PKK (Kurdistan Workers Party) and (Gulenists)," Mr Erdogan said.
"We will go after terror organisations with stronger determination."
Under the new system, Mr Erdogan will appoint ministers, vice presidents and high-level bureaucrats, issue decrees, prepare the budget and decide on security policies.
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According to unofficial results that have yet to be confirmed by the electoral board, Mr Erdogan garnered 52.5% of the votes, while his ruling Justice and Development Party, or AKP, won 42.5% in the parliamentary vote. Mr Erdogan's closest contender, Muharrem Ince of the main opposition Republican People's Party, won 30.7%.
Mr Erdogan's AKP fell short of a parliamentary majority but a better-than-expected performance by its nationalist ally should allow the party to control the 600-seat legislature.
Mr Ince, who complained of unfair elections, accepted Mr Erdogan's victory during a news conference on Monday.
He told reporters: "There are no significant differences between our records and the Supreme Election Council's records. I accept the results of the elections."
The politician, who led a robust campaign against Mr Erdogan, called on him to end his divisive policies.
"Be the president of 81 million (Turks), embrace everyone," he said. "That's what I would have done if I had won."
The 54-year-old politician criticised Turkey's new system, saying: "Turkey has cut off its ties with democratic values… (Turkey) has transitioned to a one-man regime in the fullest sense."
The pro-Kurdish People's Democratic Party, whose presidential candidate Selahattin Demirtas was forced to campaign from inside prison, received the more than the 10% of votes required to win seats in parliament, spilling thousands of its supporters into the streets in celebration.
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Dreams that together we saw.Memories that we created, stand raw.
I don't want you anymore.
I would rather walk alone.
Lips that once quivered at your touch, now are dry.
Eyes that shone when you smiled, now often cry.
I don't want you anymore.
I would rather walk alone.
Your hands on my bare back sent chills down my spine,
When we shared romantic moments over red wine.
All is slowly fading away.
My heart is slowly closing its way, for you..
Where you once lived.
Where I felt alive.
It's tiring now.
I can't do it anymore.
I don't want you anymore.


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In the year 2000 the Curonian spit was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site as one of the most beautiful and unique landscapes in Europe. It is a natural wonder with fishermen's settlements and resorts, golden dunes, ethnographic architecture monuments and the summerhouse of Thomas Mann. The tour starts with a short crossing of the Curonian Lagoon by ferry. Soon you reach the Curonian Spit, a sandy stretch of land, 98 km long and varying in width from 400 m to just a few kilometres, between the waters of the Curonian Lagoon and the Baltic Sea. It is a great holiday site, full of the sweet scent of pines, water and ozone. Formed some 6000 years ago as sand accumulated in shallow waters near the coast, it is an extremely romantic area today with its fishing villages developed as resorts. You will visit Juodkrante, famous for the Hill of Witches where one can see wooden statues of legendary heroes in a dense pinewood and Nida, the resort of serene beauty. It is noted for its magnificent 50 – 60 metres high dunes, the Lithuanian Sahara, attracting visitors since the middle of the 19th century. The German writer Thomas Mann had a summer house built here, which now houses a museum and has remained a meeting place for writers and intellectuals ever since. After the lunch in Nida the bus will take you back to Klaipeda port.
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WhooHoo it's Friday people and you know what that means, it's all about you! What's more fun than you? Well maybe some giveaways, tips, recipes, things I think you will enjoy, advice, and more. I'd love to have you as a new follower but only if you are interested in crafts, DIY projects, humor, honesty, tutorials, and fun.
So for this week's For You Friday, how about a yummy and very easy recipe. We're heading to float the river and rented a house down in New Braunfels this weekend and so I needed a simple recipe that would get eaten up and this is what I did.
Oreo Truffles.
1 8oz package of Cream Cheese (softened)
1 package of Oreo Cookies
2 packages of Baker's Semi-Sweet Chocolate, or your preferred melting chocolate
Finely chop your cookies using a food processer. Take out about a 1/2 cup of the cookie crumbs. Then mix in your cream cheese and 3 cups cookie crumbs until well blended.
Shape your mixture into 1 inch balls. I use a mellon baller for this part. Dip in melted chocolate; place on waxed paper-covered baking sheet. Sprinkle with remaining cookie crumbs.
REFRIGERATE 1 hour or until firm.
To easily coat truffles with the melted chocolate, add truffles, in batches, to bowl of melted chocolate. Use 2 forks or toothpicks to roll truffles in chocolate until evenly coated. Remove truffles with forks or toothpicks, letting excess chocolate drip back into bowl. Place truffles on prepared baking sheet; let stand until firm.
Sprinkle truffles with colored sugar or sprinkles in addition to, or in place of, the cookie crumbs.
Enjoy this yummy goodness and make sure to put some back for yourself as they will be gone in no time.
Oh this makes about 48 truffles.
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Life was wild and hard in the past. The graves on the hill are from about 1870 and showed that most people didn't live past 40
Hokitika Gorge. Normally the water is deep blue coming from the glaciers but the rain and storm coloured it grey.
When driving back home over Arthur's Pass, this Kea had a rest on our car and didn't want to leave. We had to drive off slowly with this hitchhiker.


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Obama vs. tea party: Think FDR vs. Huey Long
In the aftermath of the massive Democratic losses on Election Day, the tea party movements have proved that their efforts made a significant contribution to the Republican victories. Though only a few true tea party candidates were actually elected — most prominently Rand Paul in Kentucky and Marco Rubio in Florida — there can be no doubt that the movement's energy and anger were perhaps the crucial factor.
President Barack Obama worked hard in the last weeks of the campaign. But his message was — as it has been for many months — without much passion and without much impact. It is not surprising that Obama did little to mobilize the right. What is surprising is how little his campaigning mobilized his own constituency. This leaves Democrats with the question of how to go forward in the face not only of defeat but of discouragement.
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It is in times like these that a leader is most needed, and Obama is the only option. What can he learn from the challenges — and successes — of his predecessors?
Seventy-six years ago, Franklin D. Roosevelt found himself confronted with a tea party of his own. He was two years into his presidency and six years into the Great Depression. Unemployment was close to 20 percent, and the unprecedented efforts to provide relief to the jobless were far from enough to make a real difference. Roosevelt's great experiment in economic reform — the ambitious National Recovery Administration — was floundering. He had significant achievements, to be sure. FDR had shored up a tottering banking system, passed important financial reform, stabilized the agricultural economy and launched a bold public works program. But he also faced challenges by a bewildering number of protest movements that seemed to threaten his presidency.
Huey Long, the former governor of Louisiana and, by 1934, a senator, was leading an improbable movement to redistribute wealth. "Share Our Wealth" attracted broad support across much of the country with Long's promise to guarantee every family $5,000 in wealth and annual income of $2,000 to $2,500 a year — funded by confiscatory taxes on the rich.
The implausibility of this redistribution was no obstacle to Long's ambitions. The "excess wealth" of the rich would not come close to funding his plan. But the Share Our Wealth plan was broadly popular. Many Democrats were beginning to see him as a serious threat to Roosevelt's reelection.
Long was not alone. Charles Coughlin, a Roman Catholic priest in Detroit who had developed a vast audience for his weekly radio sermons, transformed his warm homilies into a passionate attack on "international bankers" and the gold standard. Like Long, he built a national organization — the National Union for Social Justice — which attracted hundreds of thousands, at times perhaps millions, of Americans, not all Catholics. Once a great champion of Roosevelt, Coughlin had turned against him. By the end of 1934, Coughlin was organizing other dissidents to challenge FDR in 1936.
Francis Townsend, an elderly physician in Long Beach, Calif., created another large constituency for his "Old Age Revolving Pension Plan." It called on government to provide everyone over age 60 with a pension of $150 a month (the figure soon jumped to $200) "on condition that they spend the money as they get it." The program, he argued, would pump new money into the economy and restore prosperity. A nationwide transaction tax (similar to the European value-added tax) could fund it.


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ST. LOUIS — Jake Arrieta got some help from the Cubs' offense to stay perfect.
Arrieta remained unbeaten despite allowing as many as four runs for the first time in nearly a year and the Chicago Cubs beat the St. Louis Cardinals 9-8 on Wednesday.
"I picked a good day to be (bad)," Arrieta said.
"I was aggressive, but they had a good game plan coming in. And it was a good thing our offense was able to be extremely productive today."
Arrieta (9-0) joined the White Sox's Chris Sale as the only nine-game winners in the majors.
Arrieta allowed four runs in a regular-season game for the first time since June 16, 2015.
"We grind whoever it is," Cardinals manager Mike Matheny said. "We acknowledge the fact that he's a good pitcher and has had a good start."
Arrieta became the first Cub to win his first nine decisions since Kenny Holtzman in 1967 and it is the best start to a season for the franchise since Jim McCormick went 16-0 in 1886.
The Cubs have won Arrieta's past 23 starts, a franchise record.
"There was not any good flow to his pitching today," Cubs manager Joe Maddon said. "You look at the gun, everything's normal. The guy competes."
Kris Bryant hit a three-run homer, and Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist each drove in two runs for the Cubs.
Bryant drove a 3-2 pitch from Seung Hwan Oh about 411 feet in the sixth inning, giving the Cubs a 9-4 lead.
Bryant has homered in three of his past six games.
The Cubs sent 11 men to the plate in a six-run second; five of the runs scored with two outs. Heyward's two-run double and Zobrist's two-run single capped the scoring as Cardinals starter Carlos Martinez threw 38 pitches.
Hector Rondon earned his eighth save.
Stephen Piscotty, hitting .360 in May, had an RBI single in the first to give the Cardinals a 1-0 lead.
It was the first run Arrieta had given up in the first inning of a regular-season game since May 29, 2015.


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Gov. Mark Dayton is naming a Ramsey County prosecutor and former state speaker of the House as a judge for the state's Fourth Judicial District covering Hennepin County.
Philip Carruthers is director of the Civil Division in the Ramsey County Attorney's Office, where he oversees all civil litigation involving the county and represents a number of county departments. He previously led the office's Prosecution Division.
Carruthers represented Brooklyn Center as a Democrat in the Minnesota House from 1987 to 2001 and served as speaker in 1997 and 1998. He now lives in Minnetonka.
Dayton also appointed Nancy Brasel, an assistant U.S. attorney, to a Fourth District seat. She serves in the fraud and public corruption section.


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Dr. Shannon Becker quick to adapt to Craig
Kinder Family Clinic physician has enjoyed first six weeks
Now that she's been a part of the Craig community for more than a month, the newest staff member of Kinder Family Clinic has plenty of positive things to say about the people here.
Physician Shannon Becker first began at Kinder Family Clinic in late September. As the medical outlet's family practitioner, she is on hand five days a week to attend to the needs of patients, whom she said have already been receptive to her presence.
"Everybody's really welcomed me with open arms," she said. "Patients are really grateful for the care they receive and that makes it easier to provide care here."
Colleague Dr. Pamela Kinder said Becker's familiarity with the area has helped her make a good first impression.
"She really relates to them, she communicates and interacts with them well, and she understands where they're coming from with her background," Kinder said.
Becker is a Colorado native, born and raised in Steamboat Springs, having spent a good amount of time in rural Routt County at her family's ranch in Toponas. She received her undergraduate and medical education through University of Colorado and also worked at Denver's St. Anthony North Family Medicine Residency program.
The family part of her title is an important one, Becker said.
"One of the reasons I went into family medicine is because I didn't want to lose my patients when they turn 18," she said. "I've been able to take care of multiple generations, through all the stages they go through and all the ups and downs their lives have, and that's been really rewarding."
Among the topics she'd like to address with patients is the importance of preventive care, particularly with those experiencing diabetes or those who are on the verge of it.
"It's something that's very prevalent here, and my colleagues are very knowledgeable about it," "We'll be working on some things like group visits and things like that that I think will be very beneficial to the community."
When she's not in the office, Becker enjoys ranching, snowmobiling and spending time with her husband Tim, sons Ryan and Ben and their two chocolate Labradors.
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New school record, outdone expectations at state mark bright future for Moffat County track and field
With Saturday bringing with it a new team record, a competition that nearly didn't happen, and a bet with some slippery stakes, never let it be said that Moffat County High School track and field athletes don't make their season exciting right up until the very end.


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Each week, "Old Forty Fathom" himself (Captain Haft, of the fishing trawler Spray) is persuaded to tell a tale of exotic adventure on the high seas. This series, which ran for about a year or so in 1929 and '30, was sponsored by the Bay State Fishing Company's Forty Fathom Fish.
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Manchester Phoenix Director of Hockey Tony Hand has pulled off another sensational signing coup with the capture of former Atlanta Thrashers netminder Scott Fankhouser.
The thirty-two year old American hails from Bismarck, North Dakota and has a wealth of experience having played in the American, International and East Coast Hockey Leagues together with one season in Germany and two in Austria. And 23 appearances in the National Hockey League with the Atlanta Thrashers, where he still lives, add further pedigree to an impressive résumé.
Hand noted, "Goalies with Scott's credentials don't come along too often and when they do, you don't let them slip away. As is our normal practise, we took references and did a number of checks on him, and the information that came back confirmed we were on the right track. He's a big goalie and a surprising number of assists gives some testament to his ability to play the puck."
Married to Alexis with a young son Isaac, the 6ft 2ins shotstopper remarked, "We've really enjoyed our previous time in Europe, great scenery and a chance to learn a new language, it was a great all-round experience. Now though, we're looking forward to another exciting time in coming to Manchester. It's a new place for us, and I think it's a great choice. I spoke to Jeff MacMillan whom I played with in Vienna last year and the "big guy" is really excited, that enthused me even more to make the commitment."
Describing his style of netminding as "a hybrid of stand-up and butterfly," he added, "I'm not really bothered how I stop the puck as long as I stop it and if that means diving head first, so be it. My aim is to win games for the team so personal targets are not that important. If the team wins, we all win - that's what's important to me."
Speaking from his Edinburgh home, Hand added, "We've still got a couple of contract offers out and under consideration. A lot of people are sniffing around to see if they can find out whom we're interested in so we're being as guarded about these negotiations as we can. There is still plenty of time in which to finalise the squad, and we'll take that time to ensure we get the right guys. I'm very happy with the look of the roster so far and my intention is to make it even stronger."


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Tour Name: 6 Days Zhangjiajie Fenghuang Tour from Malaysia
Tour Code: ZJJH-MT-001
Tour Type: Private Tour
Summary: 6 Days Zhangjiajie & Fenghuang Tour from Malaysia, visitours can take direct flights from Kuala Lumpur, visit Hunan s four great wonders: Zhangjiajie Glass Bridge,Avatar Tianzi Mountain, Tianmen Mountain,Fenghuang Ancient Town
Day2: Changsha-Zhangjiajie
After breakfast, transfer to Zhangjiajie (4-5 hours drive).
Visit Baofeng Lake and Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge in the afternoon
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner Accommodation: In Wulingyuan Zhangjiajie
Day 3: Zhangjiajie-Tianzi Mt,Avatar Tour
After breakfast, take Bailong Elevator up to Yuanjiajie, visit Avtar Mt, Back Garden, the World's First Natural Bridge. After lunch, take shuttle bus to Tianzi Mt, visit He Long Park, Stone Forest in the West Sea. Then take cable car down.
Night Optional Event: 228 RMB/p.p , Show of " Charming Xiangxi
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner Accommodation: In Wulingyuan Zhangjiajie
Day 4: Zhangjiajie (Tianmen Mt)
After breakfast,transfer to Zhangjiajie City,Take cable car up to Tianmen Mt, explore the Glass Skywalk, Plank Road,Tianmen Temple,etc. After dinner,check in hotel
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner Accommodation: In Downtown Zhangjiajie
Day 5: Zhangjiajie- Fenghuang
After breakfast, transfer to Fenghuang Ancient( 4 hours drive). In the afternoon, Tuojiang River Cruise, Shen Congwen's Former Residence, Yang Family Temple, Rainbow Bridge, East Gate Tower, etc. also Night view of Tuojiang River.
Meals: Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner Accommodation: In Downtown Fenghuang
Day 6: Fenghuang-Changsha- Kuala Lumpur (D7353 2350/0430)
After Breakfast, transfer to Changsha Airport for departure at 23:50
Meals: Breakfast
Remamrk: This 6 Days Zhangjiajie & Fenghuang Winter Tour is specially made for tourists from Malaysia, and the price duration is from 01-Dec,2018 to 28 Feb,2019. But the price during Chinese Spring Festival ( 1 -10 Feb,2019),
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1. All rates are subject to reconfirmation from our trip advisors when an actual booking is being made.
2. All tours & transfers are all based in English Speaking local guides. For other languages, please contact our trip advisors for new quotations.
3. Child definition: From Age 3 to 11 Years (usually enjoying 10%-40% discount. Contact our trip advisors for the actual discount for your case). 12 Years old and above will be charged as Adult Price.
4. Wear casually with comfortable sports shoes and please pay attention to the local climate of Zhangjiajie.
5. Prices are based on current exchange rate and are subject to change without prior notice. For the most up to date prices, please contact with the sales.
6. As your traveling places are in mountainous area, please pack leisure clothing and shoes.
7. The weather in mountainous area is changeable. It is better to bring your umbrella.
8. All the hotels(except 5 star hotel) in Zhangjiajie do not offer complimentary toilet articles, such as shampoo, shower gel, soap, disposable teeth brush, slippers, ect for environmental protection.
9. Tour Standard: Economic: You will enjoy the most beautiful places in Zhangjiajie at low costs, we provide good hotels for you, and you will even have a chance to live in the family style hotels in the park. The routes is designed especially for hiking and can save you a lot of money.Standard: We will provide tourism van with professional driver, the hotels you will stay are all 4 star and have good locations to the different science spots; A map of Zhangjiajie for everyone and one bottle of water each day.Deluxe: The Buick Business Purpose Vehicle (or Mercedes-Benz car if our guests require )will serve you during your whole trip, 5 star hotel is your choice when you are traveling, most routes are designed to assure that you will have a leisure and unforgettable trip in Zhangjiajie; A map of Zhangjiajie and one bottle of water each day.


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DAPCHI GIRLS – NIGERIA AND NIGERIANS By Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman
DAPCHI GIRLS By Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman
The release of some girls kidnapped by Boko Haram shows how many things we need to correct before we can think of moving forward in this country. This is a part of the world that people pursue their interests at the expense of the obvious and apparent. We aim to pursue these interests based on religion, tribalism and of course, political parties/association and affiliation.
What country moves forward with religitards, ethnocentric, unreasonable people who lack constructive and objective criticism and those who follow, hail and praise blindly. We cannot argue that religious and tribal differences have contributed to the pathetic state of the nation. Meanwhile, these factors are not problems till we mix them with politics giving birth to hypocrisy, nepotism, and blind-following.
Though not a big fan of late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, I cannot but confess that he told us some truths we should pay attention to. The Imam stands up to speak against bad politicians, he asks them to fear Allah, the Jama'aah begin to discuss among themselves, lamenting on how badly the politicians are running the country. A politician considered to be very corrupt walks in, says an 'Aslam malayku' (as he cannot even say the As-salaam 'Alaykum Wa Rahmatullah Wabarakatuhu properly), drops some millions and the Jama'aah condemning him will stand to sing his praises.
That politician that the church thinks should not have the courage to walk around comes inside the church, pledges some millions and some acres of land then the narratives change. The pastor rises up to bring Christ into politics. He says, "Soldiers of Christ, rise up, get your PVC and vote out these Mullards, the Muhammedans"
Yeah, it is in the authentic texts that leaders should not be criticized publicly but the Imam is robbing the texts to pursue his own interests. "Pray for him. Let us vote for our brother for the sake of Allah", he says when he is merely pursuing his interest. These people vote in the Muslim but the Muslims are still called terrorists, Niqabites, Hijabis are still victimized and oppressed.
How much is the tithe of our pastor? From whence come this cars? The pot-bellied, money-loaded pastors convince the members to vote for a Christian for Christ's sake when he is indeed motivated by money and doing it for Dollars' sake. This is the ugly situation we are in! The man shouts Biafra while pursuing his interest, Arẹwà! But for his ambitions, Afenifere! But for his goals!
When it was reported that Boko Haram kidnapped some girls in Dapchi, the Wailers' club saw that as an opportunity to convince people of President Buhari's 'incompetence'. "He is slow, old and should not run in 2019″, they say. Given the several lamentations, one would think the kidnapped girls' story so touches them that they became kind of erratic. With these lamentations and unending wailing, any lame man would think they would organize a party when these girls are released or freed but NO!!!. When the president was sick, many prophesied that he will not leave the sick-bed and that he would die there. When then did they or to what did they lost this clairvoyance to that they cannot see that the Dapchi girls' story was "staged, acted"?. Now that some of these girls were released, we begin to hear another story. How can we want what we don't want? How can we call for the release of girls that their release would lead to another round of wailing?!
On the other hand, the hailing party themselves are a bit ridiculous. Why should anyone call for the hailing of a president doing what he should? In the first place, it is the duty of the president to see to the security of lives and properties of his citizens, the release of Dapchi girls is not a favour done to anyone but a government doing what it was called to do, serving its purpose. That an earlier president was negligent is not also an argument for a mandatory hailing of a president doing his job or have we had so much negligent leaders that carrying ones duty is a favour done to the citizens? Just like the Wailers, the Hailers are not free from extremism in this regard.
Now, another story being circulated is that a girl was not released because she refused to abandon Christianity for Islam. I wish I am somewhere in the heavens, as people begin to argue out the religious aspect of the Dapchi saga on Nairaland, Facebook etc, I will look down and say, "Mad People". I am beginning to think that we need to destroy all schools in this country, sack all teachers, then build new schools with new teachers after they must have gone through several tests. What is the purpose of our educational system when journalism stinks and people fall for unintelligent stories? When the news of the release of Dapchi girls broke out, I commended my Friend, Boss and Brother, Sulaiman Aledeh. Of the first ten websites I read about the release from, Aledeh.com used "Some Girls" while many others gave the impression that all the girls were released. Silly headlines! Very few people earn my respect. So far, Eneye Ahmad Jamiu Emma, Sulaiman Aledeh and Eseoghene Al-Faruq Ohwojeheri (ETN24), Abubakar Rasheed, Sulaiman Aledeh and Dr. Craig Consindine are those I have seen that are on the same page with me as regards how Journalism should be! It is this spirit that gave birth to knowislam.com.ng to correct many misleading headlines against Islam.
We have started seeing stories calling the church to pray for the girl against 'Islamic terrorists'. Also, those who utterly detest Islam and Muslims have seen another opportunity to bash Muslims and Islam. I only wonder how an adult would look at a Muslim, tell him Boko Haram are true Muslims when in reality, he does not want the over 1 billion Muslims to practice this his own version of 'True Islam'. I am not quoting verses nor giving any evidences to prove that Boko Haram do not represent Islam. Buy, sell and spread the story so it would lead to easier recruitment into terrorist organizations like Boko Haram as they will definitely gain sympathy from some ignorant people given their unnecessary affiliation with religion.
So, Boko Haram need Muslims so they kidnapped Muslims too. What religion did they embrace before Boko Haram released them? If a Christian needs to embrace Islam before she is released, what religion does a kidnapped Muslim needs to embrace before she is released?
As long as we mix Religion and Tribalism with politics, our leaders' success would be our headache and their flaws our joy and the best and worst leader would be defined based on tribe and religion. In that case, we have no good or bad leader and we might never have as it would depend on who is telling the story.
Bashir Lucas Samson Lukman (CEO, Knowislam.com.ng)
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Day 1 | Arrive Kunming
Upon Arrival in Kunming, the capital of Yunnan, you will be greeted and escorted to the hotel.
Day 2 | Kunming (B, L, SD)
Take a day excursion to the Stone Forest, 32 acres of karst limestone formations that have eroded into cliffs and peaks, caves and pavilions, all connected by a labyrinth of trails. It is home to the Sani people, a branch of the Yi minority. Back to Kunming to visit the Yunnan Provincial Museum, a monumental Russian-style building houses a collection of textiles, costumes, handicrafts and artifacts of Yunnan many ethnic minority groups. This evening, enjoy a welcome dinner featuring "Cross the Bridge Noodles", a local specialty.
Day 3 | Kunming Dali (B, L, D)
After breakfast, transfer to the airport for your morning flight to Dali, the home of the Bai minority group. Upon arrival in Dali, enjoy a cruise on the lake, with a visit to a fishing village on one of the islands. You will also visit the Three Pagodas, known as the symbol of Dali. Check in to the hotel.
Day 4 | Dali (B, L, D)
Travel by cable car up to Cangshan Mountain with panoramic views overlooking beautiful Erhai Lake. After lunch spend some the rest of the day strolling down the stone streets of Dali's Old Town.
Day 5 | Dali Lijiang (B, L, D)
After breakfast, visit the Bai people's Tie-Dye workshop in the town of Zhoucheng. Continue to Xizhou with its unique architecture; there you will enjoy traditional Three – Course Tea with a Bai cultural performance. Then drive to Lijiang, home to the Naxi people. Lijiang is an 800 year old small wooden town of canals, which has been recently listed as an UNESCO world monument. After check in at the hotel, take a guided stroll in the old town. Then climb up the Lion Hill to visit the Wangu Pavilion. Enjoy a traditional Naxi music performance this evening.
Day 6 | Lijaing (B, L, D)
In the morning, visit Black Dragon Pool, renowned for its flowers and pavilions, and the Dongba Cultural Institute. The pool provides you opportunity of taking great pictures of crystal clear pond with backdrop of snow-mountains in the distance. Take an excursion to Jade Dragon Snow Mountain where you will take a chairlift to Yak Meadow. This famous mountain ascends 18,000 ft. and is made up of 13 peaks resembling jade pillars. En route, you will visit the White Water River, Yufeng Lama Temple and Baisha Village with its Ming dynasty frescoes.
Day 7 | Lijiang Zhongdian, Shangri–La (B, L, D)
In the morning, you will visit the Zhong Yi Market, then take an overland drive of 200km to Zhongdian (also known as Shangri–La, as it was renamed in 2001 by Chinese authorities after the fictional land of Shangri-La in the novel "Lost Horizon"). En route, visit the Stone Drum Village on the First Bend of the Yangtze River and continue to the Tiger Leaping Gorge, one of the deepest gorges in the world and a great area for hiking. Check in to the hotel in Shangri-La.
Day 8 | Zhongdian, Shangri–La (B, L, D)
After breakfast, visit the Ganden Songzanglin Monastery which is the largest Buddhist monastery in Yunnan province. The monastery is also known by two other names, "Songzanlin" and "the Lesser Potala Palace". Built in the 17th century after a revelation by the 5th Dalai Lama and is considered an important Tibetan monastery out of the 13 in the Kang Region. Continue your visit to the Pu Da Cuo National Park, which is composed of alpine lakes of Bita and Shudu, follow by a visit to a local Tibetan Household. This evening, take a guided stroll in the Old Town where you may attend the local dancing in the market square. You will also visit the Great Prayer Wheel on the Guishan Hill.
Day 9 | Zhongdian, Shangri–La Kunming (B, L, D)
Transfer to Zhongdian Airport for your morning flight back to Kunming. Upon arrival in Kunming, you'll visit the Dragon Gate on Western Hill. Enjoy the scenic view of Dianchi Lake from the Grand View Pavilion. The rest of the afternoon is at leisure.
Day 10 | Depart Kunming (B)
Farewell to Kunming. Transfer to airport for your onward flight to the next destination.
|Land package cost is per person in double occupancy valid from Apr 01, 2017 – Mar 31, 2018
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|Supplemental surcharge will apply during the following period:
Apr 11 – 17, Jul & Aug, Oct 01 – 07, 2017 / Feb 15 – 22, 2018
Note: Prices are subject to change without prior notice