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Last year I wrote my Mom an open letter for Mothers Day which I posted on my old blog. Now that I am 9 months pregnant, thoughts of my mother and all she did for me have been very present in my mind. I am starting on a journey that she went on all those years ago when she had me, and I am beginning to see the magnitude of her love. I have always known how much she loves and cares for me, but something about pregnancy and making your own child clears the fog and lets you see a little more clearly. Like moving over to HD. I am re-posting the open letter for the second time now, because it will never get old. I will never stop loving and appreciating her for all she did for me. She is the greatest mother, and I hope to emulate her in the coming years with my own little one.
Dear Mom.
On this Mothers day, I would like you to reflect on your accomplishments and achievements in the form of your children. Specifically me, your fifth child, what it means to have been raised by you.
You made me and kept me safe till birth, cutting out anything from your own diet that could affect me or hurt me in any way. You ate food not for yourself but to nourish the baby growing inside you, and then the time came when you cut the umbilical cord, to let me learn to breathe and eat and nourish myself.
You gave me your breast, still cutting out harmful foods that could carry across to me, and made sure I was always satisfied and full – no matter how inconvenient it may have been for you. At the time breastfeeding was frowned upon, but you didn't care. You fed me and I grew into the strong, 6ft tall viking maiden I am because of it.
When the time was right and I moved from infancy to childhood, you knew to cut the bond of suckling and let me learn to chew. You guided me through the process from mothers milk to solids, and you gently eased me into a new world of nutrition that would sustain me to my adult years.
You carried me when I was little, cradling me from the dangers of the world and keeping me from bumping my head. You pushed me in a pram and carried me in a carrycot. But then the time came when you cut me loose, let go of my hands so that I could learn to walk, run and ride a bike on my own.
You fended for me, bought me clothes and shoes and toys. You saved your money, not for your own pleasures and desires, but to buy me those little black ballet shoes I so desperately wanted. You used your money to put a roof over my head, to buy soap to keep me clean. You took the time to moisturise my sensitive skin, took me to the doctor, and paid for the everyday things that were needed while I was growing up.
You gave me a home in more ways than mere food and shelter. You housed me spiritually and physically, allowing me to make my own mark inside your dwelling. You offered me this home for all the years I needed it as a child, and then knew when the time was right to encourage me to move out to the take on the world.
The time came when you cut me off financially and I needed to learn to fend for myself and make my own way in the world. You encouraged me to move away from home to find my own place, and build my own future because you knew that even though I could be with you for the rest of your days, you would not be able to be here with me for the rest of mine. You wanted me to be prepared for that time, to have developed other relationships apart from you, and to grow as an individual rather than stunt me with misplaced affection and fear. It must have been very hard to let go of your children, to face the empty nest, but you did it with grace and strength.
Even though I know I always have a spiritual home with you, I felt strong enough and guided to go and find my own way, my own home, to build my own life, my own family.
You raised me to be strong and independent and you raised me to grow into a self-sufficient adult. The word 'raised' is past tense, but it is imprinted in me for all the rest of my days – ever present. You were a wonderful mother, doing your best and thinking of me always, and I will live those effects of your careful mothering forever.
You nurtured and nourished me when it was the time to do so. You grew me and taught me. You did what you felt was right to imprint your views and beliefs and ways on me. What has stuck has stuck and what hasn't hasn't. But despite the things that haven't stuck, (like the fact that I still can't spell very well, and don't ever make my bed with enthusiasm) I have been given so many great things by you and Dad that I am proud of and so should you be:
A good brain, a tall strong frame, a lovely hair colour. Appreciation of all life, love of cats and of classical music, of the piano, love of English culture and literature. A relationship with the best grandmother a girl could ever have hoped for. The love of all animals, love of words, stories, ballet, love of children, love of humour. Love of bagpipes (sorry Dad). Wonderful individual relationships with my siblings. Love of my family. Love of learning. Faith. Ability to cope through hard times. Belief in being and doing good, and not behaving like an animal. Care of others. Consideration of others feelings and appreciation for others differences. Ability to change my position when proven wrong. Ability to face my own faults. Good manners. Not swearing (well, not the worst words, at least). Sharing and being helpful. Being a lady. Treating strangers kindly. Being brave. Belief in God. Presenting my best self to the world. Love of the William books! Enjoying learning new things. Nesting. Home making and future making. Having the highest love and respect for my husband (and the ability to find one who deserves that respect.) The ability to come back from a fight and to forgive and to say sorry. The inner drive to do everything to the best of my own ability. The ability to see that kindness is more important than being right. The need to work and create and build constantly. Ability to change, to move forward, to adapt. Ability to eat anything I'm given, at least once! You have raised me, giving me your best, and I am thankful for it. You have been the biggest part of making me the adult I have become.
The time came to cut me off. You no longer needed to raise me, grow me, fend for me, house me – but I will never forget all you have done. You are a strong and wonderful mother for always knowing when it was time to cut the bonds so that I could walk up tall and free in my own life, carrying your light on to the next generation. You gave me my adventurous spirit, and gave me everything I needed for my own future. I hope that you now see what a wonderful job you did.
Thank you for teaching me to cope when you had to cut me loose, training me my whole life to give me the strength and guts to go forward into the unknown. When you had to let go of my hands, let go of my nutrition, let go of my learning, let go of my finances. Of my beliefs. Of my ambitions. Of my future. Thank you for always pushing me forward, the little bird in the nest, who may otherwise never have learned to fly.
Thank you for being the best Mom.
I love you and only hope to be able to imitate you one day with my own little bird.
Happy Mother's Day.
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From Faith to Crisis Part 1 of 3
Elder Romero - Texas McAllen Mission 1997.
A closet "Holly Roller"
Before spending two years a missionary for the Mormon church, I was timid about having religious conversations with anyone. This was particularly pronounced during my junior high school years.
The Mormon church use to have a program where boys ages twelve through eighteen were paired up with their fathers once a month—typically on the first Saturday of the month—to collect donations from members of the local congregation. Kids whose dad was absent in the home—like me—were paired up with male adult members who didn't have boys of their own or whose boys were too young. I didn't mind doing it, but I was terrified that I would be spotted by my school friends in a white shirt and tie performing church duty. The Mormon church that I attended was in the same neighborhood where I attended school, so some Saturdays I faked being sick to not go. To this day I don't know why or where I picked up the idea that church-going people were weak and ridiculous, and being found out by my friends that I was one of them (church-going) would have been terribly embarrassing to me.
I learned to compartmentalize life and to not allow any overlap between my different roles early on. I couldn't bare the thought of being discovered by my friends as a "Holly Roller." At school I was a popular graffiti tagger, but on weekends I had a secret identity. I was a "Holly Roller." On weekdays I was "cool", I tagged public buses, I was funny, I didn't put up with crap from anyone. But on Sundays I was "pure." I prayed, I fasted, I read scriptures, I said things like "I know this church is true." I was quiet and timid.
I graduated from high school in 1992 and four years later I decided to fulfill my expected two-year duty to the Mormon church by serving a full-time mission. Missionary service marked the first of two changes in my religious point of view. As a Missionary I found that most people were not only willing to, but excited to share the most intimate details about their religious experience with me. For the majority it was comforting to speak about their belief in God, their feelings about church, morality, purity and salvation. When they spoke, they didn't sound ridiculous and they didn't appear weak. I was wrong to have thought so. I decided that I had compartmentalized my life the wrong way.
A Room in My House
I never felt the same urgency or excitement about serving a full-time mission as my friends did. Boys were expected to begin their Missionary service at nineteen, but at that age I found it hard to speak about religion with anyone still. So, I was twenty-two when I entered the Missionary Training Center in Provo Utah. If I could describe my religious point of view at this stage in life, I would describe it in terms of a house. My life was divided into different "rooms." Church, spirituality and religiosity happened on Sundays in a specific room. There were other rooms in my life. There was a room where work life took place, another for school life, and yet another for my social life . There was a room for every different aspect of my life with no overlap between them. It made it easy for me to move from one area of responsibility to the next without needing to reconcile any discrepancies or resolve conflicts between them. I could record and be paid for unworked hours by my employer Monday through Friday and learn about honesty and integrity at church on Sunday without feeling guilt.
I returned home from serving the Mormon church in 1999. I was back in familiar places amongst friends and family, but I was wasn't the same. I had been changed by my missionary experience. I returned home with a deep desire to wear out my life serving God—which to me was synonymous with serving the LDS church. Everything I did became an appendage to my religion. My academic success or failure, my social life, my professional work, my relationships etc., it was all a shaped by my faith (or lack thereof). In the mission field, I took the LDS Missionary Commission to heart and strived to live by its principles when I got home—particularly these:
…He (Christ) has chosen me to represent Him—to stand in His place, to say and do what He Himself would say and do… My voice is His voice, and my acts are His acts; my doctrine is His doctrine. My Commission is to do what He wants done; to say what He wants said; to be a living modern witness in word and in deed of the divinity of his great and marvelous Latter-day work.
My life was a house made up of various rooms each with a specific purpose. Serving as a missionary didn't stop me from compartmentalizing the same way, but it did changed the space in my life where religion happened. Religion use have a room of its own. Now religion happened in a common area—the kitchen. More specifically religion became the stew on the stove. It became the aroma and that aroma permitted every other room in the house.
God, Salvation and Morality
Like a lot of returned missionaries, I was "faithful" to the Mormon religious traditions I believed that:
- The Mormon church was the only true and living church on the face of the earth, restored through the hands of Joseph Smith.
- The Book of Mormon was a historical, ancient book written in a modified version of Hebrew and Egyptian by ancient holy men living in the American continent.
- The Book of Mormon had been translated by Joseph Smith through the power of God.
- Only within the Mormon church, the legitimate authority to pronounce blessings, interpret scripture, and issue proclamations in God's name—the Priesthood—could be found.
About God, I believed that:
- God had a physical body of flesh and bone.
- God was all-knowing, all-powerful and all-good.
- God dwelt in heaven.
- God's love for me was such that He allowed Jesus to be put to death and that through His sacrifice I could repent of my sins and return to live with Him in heaven.
- God was involved in the most minute of my life's details. From the most insignificant to the most important issues, God was literally experiencing life with me. I was never alone.
- Through prayer I could have a conversation with God. If I were attentive and keenly tuned, through prayer I could experience communion with God.
Salvation in the Mormon church is shrouded in controversy because some of the doctrines that make up salvation in the LDS church are quite peculiar and unique. I never objected to any of them, but I didn't feel a strong conviction that they were all true. What I did believed about salvation was:
- It was a plan laid out from before the world was created, and became operational at Gethsemane and Golgotha.
- I was required to accept the sacrifice of Jesus on my behalf.
- I was required to be baptized by water (fully submerged by a male member of the Mormon church possessing authentic authority to do so), and by the Holy Ghost.
- Salvation entailed an eternity of indescribable joy for me and my family in the presence of God.
- Salvation was a lifelong process that had happened (see 1), was happening, and would ultimately happen at some point in the future.
- To borrow a metaphor from C.S. Lewis, the mechanics of salvation—faith and works—operated in a fashion similar to a pair of scissors.
"Christians have often disputed as to whether what leads the Christian home is good actions, or faith in Christ … it does seem to me like asking which blade in a pair of scissors is most necessary."
C. S. Lewis, Mere Christianity
In regards to morality, I only ever had one belief. It was this:
- Morality is represented by a life that exhibits behavior in harmony with an individual's religious convictions.
As the Dew in the Morning
Over the next eighteen to twenty years that followed I changed. The change was slow. It happened as the dew that forms on grass in the mornings. It was gradual and with such stealth that it was just short of invisible, but I changed almost everything that I believed about these three things; God, Salvation and Morality.
This is part 1 of a 3 part blog series entitled Faith to Crisis in Three Acts

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We struggle. We suffer. We strive. We . . . and through it all, we hear the voice of our Savior, be patient, Christians!
Is that always easy? No. Is it sometimes down-right hard? Absolutely! And yet, as God draws us to his promises & draws our hearts to his, we smile at the God who still gives grace for every hurdle & patience for every problem.
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February 3rd, 2011 by David Erickson
A new University of Florida study shows that the psychological benefits of exercise could be used as an intervention for—or even a way to prevent—eating disorders. Found at YouTube from futurityvideo.
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Size is 8" x 30"
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The Peace and Word of Christ
August 9, 2015 Preacher: Bob DeWaay Series: Colossians
Scripture: Colossians 3:15-16
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In this message we learn how Christ centered our lives and Christian fellowship should be. The peace of Christ is to rule in the sense of "hold sway" in our hearts. We must have a full and robust doctrine of Christ. The word of Christ is to be preached and taught, being predominant in our worship. We cite Paul who appeals to his readers to be reconciled to God. This means turning from the pagan world and coming to God on His terms.
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Vivan fall accessories! I love hats, gloves, scarves ... And they are super in fashion this Fall 2011 ! Many of last year's trends continue, but there are a lot new you can not miss it!
If you want to be the first to wear the new fashion accessories will not miss the best compilation of the accessories fall!
Fashion collections are here, and with them their accessories this fall! You'll see plenty of trends because they are fashion accessories, but there are some that will make it the most!
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Animals are most accessories, especially in rings and pendants.
Touched Zara Pull & Bear Bracelet
As we have seen the leopard and snake prints are flooding all included accessories!
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If there is something that I love are the ties! Put them in dancing, bags, rings and hair!
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Buy yourself some glitter halls this fall. It is a basic accessory your wardrobe .
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Destiny 2 1.11 update for PS4, Xbox One, and PC is now available for download. Bungie is now deploying Destiny 2 update 1.11 for Xbox One and PS4. The latest Destiny 2 version 1.11 comes with Curse of Osiris DLC. In addition, there are various bug fixes and improvements.
Destiny 2 Curse of Osiris DLC feature brand new destinations, story missions, and adventures. Play new cooperative activities, compete in new multiplayer arenas, and earn a wealth of themed weapons, armor, and gear.
Destiny 2 1.11 Patch Notes [Preview]
- Added Curse of Osiris DLC – Destiny 2 Expansion I: Curse of Osiris continues your Guardian's journey with all-new story missions and adventures set in a new destination, Mercury. Journey through time and space to learn the secrets of Osiris, avert a dark future, and rebuild the ties between the legendary Warlock and his greatest student – Ikora Rey.
- Explore Mercury and its mysterious "Infinite Forest"
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- Destiny 2 version 1.11 also added new themed weapons, armor, and gear to earn
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- Destiny 2 update 1.11 fixed an issue where Leviathan Raid Keys were removed from character inventory in error. This would occur when performing the following actions:
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Intended functionality of Leviathan Raid Keys is that they should be removed each week, alongside the reset of Raid Checkpoints. This functionality was disabled to mitigate instances in which keys could be removed erroneously until a more permanent fix could be developed.
The complete Destiny 2 version 1.11 patch notes will be available soon. We'll update this article with more details.
Destiny 2 servers are currently down for maintenance and will be available after 10:00 AM Pacific. Players will no longer be able to log in to Destiny 1 & 2. Check your game update and download latest Destiny 2 1.11 patch on your console.
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I buy dirt rally 2.0 there was few days. After every stage, when i m loading for the next stage i got a black screen. I hear the game still continue run. (i moove with my xbox one controller and i hear the sound from the menu) and when i come back on windows cause i have a black screen, the game crash.
the error code is : Access violation at address 0x40322fe7 in module 'dirtrally2.exe' + 0x7f2fe7.
i send you the crashdump.dmp and crashrpt.xml.
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The Bend announces Marsh Jam in conjunction with Awendaw Green. A monthly outdoor performance of local musicians, poets and more
The Bend, a 17-acre property on the banks of the Ashley River, is proud to present Marsh Jam, an outdoor performance featuring local musicians, comedians and storytellers. In collaboration with Eddie White and the team behind Awendaw Green Barn Jams, Marsh Jam will take place on Thursday, July 6 from 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. and is open to the public at no cost in North Charleston. Gates will officially open at 5:00 p.m.
6pm Tim Easton http://www.timeaston.com/
7pm The Lowhills http://www.thelowhills.com/
8pm The Howling Moon Pimps https://m.facebook.com/moonpimp/
9pm Benjamin Starr www.bennystarrsc.com
"By undertaking collaborative projects like Marsh Jam, The Bend is committed to serving the Charleston-area as a natural commune for artists, cultural experiences and goodwill," said Susan Pearlstine, owner of The Bend. "We invite everyone in the community to join at no cost and enjoy an incredible lineup of up-and-coming talent."


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Temperature for February 2010
In February 2010 the average high temperature in San Antonio, TX was 61.7°F, and this was 6.4°F cooler than the average of 68.1°F. The hottest day in February 2010 was 22 February when the temperature reached 79.0°F. Overnight the average temperature in February is 43.8°F and in 2010 the average overnight temperature was 4.9°F cooler at 38.9°F.


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Can't believe it's October already! My oldest daughter has a birthday later this month and then it's November with two more birthdays, thanksgiving and then Christmas! less than 3 months until Christmas!!
Here's what I made in September
(ok, so not all were made this month, some were finished this month and some were secret until now, so I showed them this month)
Crafty things
overall a productive month!


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Lance Cothern runs a personal finance blog. Learn the art of getting started and adjusting as you go.
Revenue of $4,000/mo
Email list size of 460
Founded in 2012
Hello! What's your background, and what is your blog about?
My name is Lance Cothern and I run the personal finance blog, Money Manifesto. I graduated from college with a Bachelor's degree in Accounting and spent my first few years after college working in that field.
My personal finance blog, Money Manifesto, is about helping people master their finances so they can live their ideal life. Anyone looking to get a handle of their finances can benefit as I help people learn how to spend smarter, destroy debt, increase their income, save, invest and live the lift they dream of.
Currently, I make anywhere from $3,000 to $5,000+ per month from my blog.
What motivated you to get started with the blog?
I wanted to start a personal finance blog because I was a big fan of other personal finance blogs. I saw smaller blogs were able to start up and make money, so I figured I'd give it a shot, too.
At the time, my wife was working toward paying down over $80,000 of student loan debt, so we used the blog as a way to talk about the personal finance concepts we were learning and share our debt pay off journey.
As an accounting major, I feel like I had a bit of a headstart in the personal finance space. I also had been reading personal finance blogs for a couple years, so I had a good handle on the subject.
I never considered starting any other type of blog, but when I started the blog I was still working full time at a corporate accounting position.
What is the revenue model for the blog?
The blog makes me money a few different ways, both directly and indirectly. Directly, I make money from traditional advertisements, affiliate marketing and branded content. Indirectly, I make a decent amount of money freelance writing.
I started making money from my blog within the first six months. At the time, sponsored posts were a big deal and made me a few thousand dollars per month. Now, I've shifted into a longer term approach by only accepting legitimate branded content and shy away from the sketchy sponsored posts that got me started.
I'd say in any given month anywhere from 25 to 40 percent of my total income comes from my blog and the rest comes from freelance writing jobs that I landed thanks to my blog.
The biggest tip I have is to simply get started. You can learn as you go an adjust based on what you learn.
What are some strategies you have used to increase the blog's traffic?
Traffic generation definitely isn't my field of expertise. I currently am not marketing the blog very well and rely on organic search results and the small following I've gathered over the years for a majority of my traffic.
If you want to grow your blog traffic, find someone successful and emulate what they're doing, without directly copying anything. There is a lot to learn from observing others.
How have you grown your email list?
My email list is currently a little under 500 subscribers.
This is something I plan to grow in the future. I currently only gather subscribers through the sign up forms on my website. I plan to start offering freebies to incentivize email sign ups in the near future.
How do you write great content that performs well?
Creating great content can feel difficult because you feel like everything you want to say has already been said. However, no one has given your particular take on that subject. Personally, once I get an idea I usually sit down and write it out. Sometimes I'll write from beginning to end without any planning and other times I'll write a rough outline before I start.
The content that performs the best is content that solves your readers problems. If you can come up with a solution to a pain point for your reader and show how to solve it thoroughly while being entertaining, you should have a great piece of content on your hands.
What are the biggest challenges you've faced and obstacles you've overcome with your blog? If you had to start over, what would you do differently?
The biggest challenge I've had is growing my blog while maintaining my freelance writing business. Freelance writing pays the bills today while working on my blog doesn't necessarily turn into increased revenue overnight. I struggle trying to find balance between the two while supporting my family financially.
If I had to start over, I'd probably start by writing meatier content with the goal of completely exploring a topic rather than just touching on a topic and giving my opinion or advice. Of course, blogging has changed a lot since I started back in 2012.
Have you found anything particularly helpful or advantageous?
The absolute best thing I've done is network within the personal finance blogging community. The people are so helpful and willing to listen and share ideas amongst each other. It easily has been the biggest contributor to my success.'The biggest tip I have is to simply get started. You can learn as you go an adjust based on what you learn.'Click To Tweet
Along those lines, attending FinCon, a conference for financial media, has been the best investment I've ever made in my business. I've come away with so many great ideas and new freelancing clients thanks to my experience writing on my blog that I never would have found otherwise.
What's your advice for bloggers who are just starting out?
If I was just starting out today, I'd highly suggest reading other blogs and getting to know the authors. While it can be difficult to break through the noise, commenting on articles and joining their Facebook communities can help you gain name recognition so when you email them they'll actually open your email.
Other than that, I'd make sure you have a good idea of who your readers are and how to solve their pain points. Without this information, you can often feel like your blog is floundering without any clear purpose.
I'd also suggest against reading too many blogs about blogging. While picking a good resource and sticking with it is a good idea, multiple resources can often end up with more time spent reading about blogging than actually taking action.
Where can we go to learn more?
You can head over to my blog or connect via Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest.


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"The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory" by John Seabrook
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Title: The Song Machine: Inside the Hit Factory
Author: John Seabrook
Start Date: 4/20/16
End Date: 4/22/16
# of Pages: 352
Edition: W. W. Norton & Company original hardcover (2015)
Favorite Quotes: (1) "Today, 77 percent of the profits in the music business are accumulated by 1 percent of the artists." (2) "Later, [Denniz PoP's] disciples would institutionalize … 'The L.A. Car Test': songs written in Stockholm are sent out to California, inserted into a car stereo, and driven up and down the Pacific Coast Highway to make sure they sound right." (3) "…they flew west, early Nordic navigators of what would become a popular trade route of Swedish song Vikings for decades to come." (4) "What I did not realize, and presumably Max Martin did, because he'd learned it from Denniz and taught it to Dr. Luke, was that by the time I'd been forced to hear 'Roar' ten times…I'd come to like it too. Still, I was troubled by the possibility that I had been right the first time."
Why I Chose It: I've been peripherally aware of Max Martin / Dr. Luke / Stargate etc. and their involvement in the music industry (especially when Taylor Swift released 1989), and I was curious to learn the backstory behind contemporary hit music.
Other Notes: First of all, regarding quote (2) … that may be my dream job. This book fundamentally changed the way I will listen to pop music. It is fascinating - as it recounts the story of mega bands and hit songs, a narrative firmly appears, weaving from the Backstreet Boys (which I now hear the ABBA influence there) to Britney to Rihanna all the way to Taylor Swift…many smash hit songs share a common origin and the collection of people behind them are what make the story so interesting.


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I recently went on vacation. My husband and I wanted to do it as the Europeans do it… so went for three weeks!
On our time off we visited inspiring places, breathed in the old (very old) and the new, and tried traditional as well as fusion foods.
I also wanted to keep a mental and visual list of things we can all do while on vacation to fully experience each place (including all the rich foods and sweets drinks) without falling off the proverbial wagon of healthy eating or regular exercising.
The following are some of the highlights with a few theories inserted in between.
(For more tips visit my "While Traveling" Pinterest page, which is sort of new and which I'm loving.)
Tip 1. Only eat two meals per day- indulge in a substantial breakfast and an early dinner- and feel free to try important local delicacies in between. When we travel, we tend to overeat. If you only eat two meals per day, you give yourself the opportunity (and space) to try regional foods without feeling overly stuffed. Important to note, this rule does not apply if your "delicacies" are a sundae at McDonald's.
Tip 2. Somewhat related to tip 1, but in order to "have your cake and eat it too" you need to 1.) have the smaller portion and 2.) share (your cake) whenever possible.
Tip 3. Always take healthy snacks with you, or else you'll end up with little to no choices.
Tip 4. Drink water whenever you can. Try not to fill up on empty calories and save your calories to try new foods!
Tip 5. If you follow tip 1, your early dinner will provide more than enough time to walk after your meal. There is no better way to digest than walking and giving your body a time to catch up. Try to avoid eating too late, which will only disturb your sleep and make you feel bloated in the morning.
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Virtually all new cars have airbags, and they're saving lives. They're reducing driver deaths by about 14 percent,and passenger bags reduce deaths by about 11 percent. People who use safety belts may think they don't need airbags. But they do. Airbags and lap/shoulder belts work together as a system, and one without the other isn't as effective. Deaths are 12 percent lower among drivers with belts and 9 percent lower among belted passengers. But there also are problems with airbags. Inflating bags have caused some serious injuries and deaths.
Position Is What Counts
Serious inflation injuries occur primarily because of people's positions when airbags first begin inflating. Anyone, regardless of size or age, who's on top of, or very close to, an airbag is at ri sk. Most airbag deaths have involved people who weren't using belts, were using them incorrectly, or were positioned improperly.
People without belts or using them incorrectly, especially passengers, are at risk because they're likely to move forward during hard braking or other violent maneuvers before crashes. Then they're likely to be very close to, or on top of, airbags before inflation begins. Improperly positioned people at risk include drivers who sit very close to the steering wheel — 10 inches or closer— and infants in rear-facing restraints in front seats.
Understanding that airbag injury risk is related to position leads to a few simple steps that can eliminate the risks without sacrificing airbag benefits.
Kids in the Back
Don't put a rear-facing restraint in the front seat. Starting with the first trip home from the hospital, put an infant in the center back seat. Make sure the rearfacing restraint is tightly secured to the vehicle with an adult safety belt and the baby is buckled snugly in.
If there's no choice but to put a baby in the front seat, then an on/off switch for the passenger airbag is essential. But before you do this, remember the back seat is safer. Even without airbags, kids riding in back are much less likely to be killed. Now riding in back is even more important because it keeps children away from inflating airbags.
When babies outgrow their rear-facing restraints, they should graduate to forward-facing ones or booster seats attached to a vehicle's back seat with an adult safety belt. As kids later graduate to adult belts, proper restraint use still is essential. Don't put the shoulder portion of a belt behind a child or under the arm. And don't let a youngster do this either, because it compromises protection. A lap belt should be positioned so it's low and snug across a child's hips, not up over the abdomen.
Older kids should continue riding in a back seat. Only if there are too many children to put them all in back should a child be allowed to ride up front. Then make sure the seat is all the way back and the child is securely buckled and sitting back in the seat. Leaning forward to, for example, fiddle with radio dials can put a child at risk. If you worry about keeping a child sitting back, you may wish to consider getting an on/off switch for the passenger airbag.
Adults: Buckle Up and Sit Back
It isn't your size, gender, or age that determines risk. It's position in relation to an airbag. Most adults can virtually eliminate the risk by buckling up. Neither short women nor elderly drivers are especially vulnerable if they use safety belts and sit at least 10 inches from the steering wheel.
Belted drivers potentially at risk of serious airbag injury are those sitting very close to the steering wheel. But the same drivers would be at risk without airbags because they're likely to hit the steering wheel hard —usually with the face — in a serious crash. They can reduce the airbag risk without sacrificing the benefits by sitting back and away from the wheel.
Most drivers, even short ones, can get at least 10 inches from the steering wheel and still reach the pedals. The problem often is that drivers sitting closer are leaning forward instead of sitting back in their seats. They need only sit back. The few who cannot get 10 inches from the steering wheel and still comfortably reach the pedals may wish to consider pedal extenders.
On/Off Switches for Airbags
The federal government has set criteria for the very few cases when airbag on/off switches may be needed to avoid injury risk. But getting a driver airbag switch makes sense only when someone — for example, a very short person — has tried various positions and cannot comfortably drive while sitting back and away from the steering wheel. A woman late in pregnancy who cannot get her abdomen away from the steering wheel also may wish to get permission for a switch based on medical need. But remember that in a serious crash without an airbag, sitting so close to the wheel means a high risk of hitting it.
Most 1998 and later cars have redesigned airbags with less powerful inflators that reduce injury risk. In these cars, there's probably no need to get an on/off switch for a driver airbag even if you cannot get 10 inches from the wheel. Still, it's best to sit back and away from an airbag.
On the passenger side, there's no significant airbag injury risk for belted adults sitting back in the seat. The risk for infants and children can be eliminated by ensuring they ride in a back seat, properly restrained. The back is safer anyway.
So should you even consider getting an on/off switch for a passenger airbag? Rarely — for example, when an infant with medical problems requires constant observation and the driver is the only other person in the vehicle. Then there might be no choice except to put the baby up front, and the airbag would present a risk. Of course, paying constant attention to a baby distracts from driving and involves its own risks.
Another group is parents who transport too many infants or small children to put them all in back and are concerned about keeping the child in front sitting back and away from the airbag. In this case, you may wish to get an on/off switch. If you do get one, remember to use it correctly. Remember to turn off the airbag when an infant or child must ride in front.
The decision about airbag on/off switches should be made with the facts in mind. Then it becomes clear that getting a switch rarely is necessary. Just take the simple precautions spelled out in this publication to eliminate the potential risk.
Future Is Advanced Airbags
The problem of serious inflation injuries isn't going to be with us forever. Most new models have redesigned airbags, and future airbag technologies will reduce the risk even among people who have moved forward before airbags inflate. Sensors will detect rear-facing restraints and automatically switch off passenger bags. Inflation rates will be tailored to crash severity. More advanced airbags could recognize people's positions just before inflating and reduce the force if someone is in position to be harmed.


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-Lumen Gentium, 43
Different Types of Religious Institutes
Please note that these terms are not exclusive. A particular community may fall under several of these categories. For instance, we are a Congregation, we are a Lay Institution, we are a Lay Religious Congregation, and we are an Apostolic Community. As you can see there is some repetition in the terms.
- Orders - these are Institutes in which solemn vows are made by at least some of the members. All members of these orders are called regulars, and if they are women they are called nuns ("moniales").
- Congregations (or religious congregations) - Their members are called religious of simple vows (can. 1192.2).
- Clerical - these are Institutes which, in accordance with the intentions of the Founder or by reason of legitimate tradition, are governed by clerics (priests), assume the exercise of sacred Orders, and are recognized by the Church as clerical Institutes (can. 588.2).
- Lay - If the spiritual heritage of an institute does not include the exercise of sacred Orders then the institute is recognized by the Church as a lay institute (can. 588.3).
- Canons Regular - combine the clerical (priestly) office and state with religious life and have their origin in the communities of clergy which lived with their bishop.
Examples: the Norbertines, the Crosiers, the Canons Regular of St. John Cantius
- Monastic Orders - from a historical point of view, were the first religious to live in community. Monastic organization is not centralized, with each abbey and conventual priory being autonomous (sui iuris). This means that the local superior (abbot, prior) has wider powers and less dependence on a superior general (if there is one), and each house will have its own novitiate. Does not necessarily require the priesthood or any individual apostolate.
Examples: the Benedictines and the Carthusians
- Mendicant Orders - started in the early part of the thirteenth century. Their name comes from the corporate poverty which they practice in addition to individual poverty. Combine religious life with various forms of priestly, apostolic, missionary, or charitable ministry. The centralization of government with a single general superior having wide powers, and also a division of the Institute into provinces.
Examples are: the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), and the Order of Preachers (Dominicans)
- Clerks Regular - appear in the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. They make the religious life the foundation of their priestly apostolate.
Examples: the Theatines, the Barnabites, and the Jesuits
- Clerical Religious Congregations – Appear at the end of the sixteenth and in the seventeenth centuries. In addition to dedicating themselves to their own sanctification, they are also dedicated to the apostolate and to works of charity.
Examples: the Viatorians, the Comboni Missionaries, the Holy Cross Fathers, the Redemptorist
- Lay Religious Congregations – Appear at the end of the seventeenth century. These are communities of lay persons dedicated principally to apostolic works like: teaching, and the care of the sick, the poor, the imprisoned. Usually their own members may not become priests.
Examples: The Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, and most of the communities of Sisters that you may know of.
- Contemplative Communities - "institutes which are entirely ordered towards contemplation, in such wise that their members give themselves over to God alone in solitude and silence, in constant prayer and willing penance" (Perfectae Caritatis, 7). Communities of women devoted solely to contemplation, no to any exterior works are what we call "cloistered" under papal enclosure. Those that have some exterior work are not under papal enclosure and are sometimes referred to as semi-cloistered. See Verbi Sponsa
- Apostolic Communities – "In these communities apostolic and charitable activity belongs to the very nature of the religious life, seeing that it is a holy service and a work characteristic of love, entrusted to them by the Church to be carried out in its name." (Perfectae Caritatis, 8)
Much taken from the page for The Congregation for Institutes of
Consecrated Life and Sociaeties of Apostolic Life on the Vatican website


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The Babyshambles man is stopped by police in Hackney
Pete Doherty was arrested yesterday (January 14) on suspicion of possessing class A drugs and driving under the influence of drugs.
The Babyshambles man was pulled over by police at 8.30am while driving in Hackney, London, and was taken away by officers leaving his car – a Jaguar XJ6 – behind, the Sunday Mirror reports.
Babyshambles had been due to play that evening in Graz, Austria, but had to perform a short set without thier frontman.
As previously reported, Doherty appeared at Ealing Magistrates Court on January 11, where he pleaded guilty to seperate charges of possessing heroin and cocaine.
The singer is currently on unconditional bail ahead of a sentencing hearing on February 8.


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Conquering Curvy: Things I Wish Fashion Magazines Would Stop Telling Me
Hi there!
I'm back again with another Conquering Curvy post. This time though, instead of showing you some curvy friendly outfits, I am going to talk to you all about fashion magazines. Like most young women, I read a hell of a lot of fashion magazines. I've had subscriptions to Elle, Vogue, Company and I am partial to a free Stylist every now and again. I love them all from their thought-provoking features to their beauty tips and look books. However, one feature that seems to come up a little bit too much for my liking is the "how to dress for your body type". Well, I don't know about you but I am sick of it and I thought that the best way to vent out these frustrations would be to talk to you all about them.
1. A-Line skirts are your best friend.
Don't get me wrong I love a good button up a-line skirt, you know those super cute corduroy ones from Topshop or those pretty suede ones from H&M? However, I am not going to lie most a-line skirts, despite Vogue telling me otherwise, look awful on my hourglass figure. They inflate my hips by about 100% and are 9 times out of 10 ill fitting. If it fits my hips, it doesn't fit my waist. If it fits my waist, it doesn't fit my hips. So I'm sorry Vogue but no matter how much you tell me I look great in an a-line skirt I'm still now feeling it.
2. Cinch literally EVERYTHING in with a belt.
I for one don't even like belts that much. Especially those ones that are specifically for your waist with the horrible outdated elastic. Furthermore I don't think that everything needs to be cinched in. Dresses, trousers, skirts, shorts, culottes you name it, fashion mags tell you to belt it. I can't imagine anything worst than putting a belt with my favourite culottes. To be honest, for me at least, it completely depends on the fit of the piece. Nevertheless I will still kick this hourglass figure law to the curb.
3. NEVER wear baggy clothing.
Nothing and I mean nothing is going to stop me from wearing my over-sized t-shirt dresses. Not even Anna Wintour. I don't care if I should "emphasise my waist with a belt" or "avoid clothes that don't show off your figure". Ladies, if you have an hourglass figure I almost guarantee you that you can still rock that over-sized jumper and leggings combo. You'll look cute plus you'll be super comfy. Fashion magazines zero. Curvy girls comfort one.
4. You should only ever wear wrap dresses.
I get it, wrap dresses look amazing on everyone but why can't I wear anything else? Haven't you fashion magazines ever heard of a skater dress? Or a smock dress? Oh yeah you have, you've just condemned hourglass ladies for wearing them. Statements like "they don't flatter your figure" or "they don't emphasise the right part of you". The right part of me? Sorry, but all of me is the right part. If I look in the mirror and feel good about myself I don't care if I'm wearing a bodycon, maxi or swing dress, I'm going to go out and I'm going to kill it.
5. Don't add ANY detailed items of clothing into your wardrobe.
Why is this even a thing? According to most leading women's magazines if you have a bigger bust you should probably steer clear of ruffles, frills, gathering, sequins, glitter and basically anything that really brings an outfit to life. Their reasoning? Details such as this would draw too much attention to your bust. Now, you probably, like me, are seeing some contradictions here. Didn't they just tell me to show off my figure? Now they're telling me not to? Yep. If that's not proof enough of how frustrating these fashion tips are I don't know what is.
6. NEVER wear anything with a high neckline.
Apparently turtle necks aren't my friend either. Why? Pretty much the same reason as above. But you know what? I have a turtle neck body suit, various turtle neck crop tops and a turtle neck jumper. And you know what? I think I look pretty damn good in all of them. So fashion gods I am indeed guilty of disobeying this stupid law. Now, smite me down with your public humiliation and wardrobe malfunctions. Wait... I'm still here and looking good? Well, damn.
Just one last word for this rant- I promise! It doesn't matter if you favourite fashion magazine tells you that you can't wear what you want. You still should. If you feel good in it, you'll look good in it. Drops mic...


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For the Souls in Purgatory
My Jesus, by the sorrows Thou didst suffer in Thine agony
in the Garden,
in Thy scourging, and crowing with thorns,
in the way to Calvary,
in Thy crucifixion and death,
have mercy on the souls in purgatory,
and especially on those that are
most forsake;
do Thou deliver them from the
dire torments they endure;
call them and admit them to Thy
most sweet embrace in paradise.
Our Father, Hail Mary, Eternal Rest, etc.
Indulgence of 500 Days.
Note: If you pray the above prayer or any other prayer for the intentions of the Holy Souls in Purgatory, while visiting a cemetery, from November 1st to November 8th, you will gain plenary indulgence, under the usual circumstances.


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In this Easter Monday post, I want to share with you something that I've been doing since I was a child, decorating Easter eggs. My background is Hungarian, and decorating eggs with dyes and wax is an Eastern European tradition - though it is the Ukrainians that are most famous for their eggs. So, most of the eggs I've made throughout the years use Ukrainian tools, dyes, designs and patterns.
Ukrainians call the dyed and designed eggs 'pysanky' and if you would like to know more about the process, visit the Ukrainian Gift Shop's webpage here. I was lucky enough to go to this store when I visited Minneapolis and it is really neat to see all of the products on display.
In order to create pysanky, you need several different colours of egg dye (about 4 or 5 for a nice colourful effect), beeswax, a kistka and an egg. Oh, and several hours!
|Kistka (all images from Ukrainian Gift Shop)
This is a tool to put the wax on the egg. You simply put a bit of beeswax in the funnel at the end and hold it over a candle flame for a few seconds so the wax can melt. Then, using the tip, you draw lines, circles, patterns and designs on the egg.
|Electric Kistka
|Next steps
And here's my egg I made Easter Sunday...
|Front view
|Side view
|Back view
|Other side view


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This is another attempt at using a knife that was too big for the size of flowers I was painting. The good news is that I got a plethora of new painting knives and they came in yesterday!!!! My hope is that if I can use a complete sweep with an appropriate sized knife I can paint not only cleaner, but faster! This painting was a pain!
Tulips or Rose Buds? 11 x 14 Inch Oil Painting


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Renovated in 2016, the Aijing Hotel is a great choice for accommodation in Qichun.
The hotel offers easy access to Qichun Railway Station, just 2km away.
This hotel makes a great place to kick back and relax after a long day of sightseeing. This Qichun hotel offers parking on site.
Perfect for those working on the move, this hotel caters to a large number of business guests. This hotel is consistently one of the most popular choices for travelers to Qichun.


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According to the Government website, motorists would need to bring both their UK licence and international driving permit with them when driving abroad.
A second wave of technical notices giving guidance on the impact of a no-deal Brexit was released by the government on Thursday.
Some 28 documents were published on the gov.uk website during the morning following the release of 24 in August.
Among the topics covered are roaming charges for mobile phones and the future of the European space and satellites programmes.
Earlier this week Dominic Raab said the government would legislate to put a "limit" on the reintroduction of roaming charges in the event of a no-deal Brexit.
He told the BBC: "In any event we would legislate for a limit on roaming charges to make sure in a no-deal scenario we would protect British consumers."
Vodafone, Three, EE and O2, which cover more than 85 per cent of mobile subscribers, have said they have no current plans to change their approach to mobile roaming once the UK leaves.
While Government papers warned that in the case of a no-deal Brexit, the UK would no longer play a part in some space and satellite programmes such as the Copernicus Earth observation programme.
However the UK would remain a part of the European Space Agency.


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Getting Past the Penguin Update
Posted by Rosey Broderick in Organic Search Rankings, Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engines, SEO Tools on Friday
The Penguin update has been live for a whole month since yesterday and many search executives are still asking what to do to overcome the update. This update occurred because Google wanted to let businesses know how important SEO will be in the future and what activities they shouldn't be implementing.
Google are advocating relevance to constantly improve the quality of their search results and expect all website owners to adjust their content and SEO practices accordingly. For businesses that haven't yet made a change but have felt a change on their website there are measures that you can employ to overcome the Penguin update.
We have outlined the issues that search marketers may be facing as a result of Penguin and outline the necessary tools to regain any losses you may have experienced on the search engines.
Read our full article to see how these measures can help get your rankings back on track.
10 Ways To Improve Your Site Content
Posted by Rosey Broderick in Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engines, SEO, SEO Tools on Tuesday
When writing content for your website it can be difficult to keep your information relevant. Getting the balance right between keyword enriched content for a high index and providing quality information for your user is a difficult task. As after all these are two very different audiences who process information in different ways.
The only solution is writing content that keeps both the visitor and search engine interested. By writing SEO-friendly content you can lead people to your site, and by writing content that is relevant for potential visitors you can encourage them to stay there. Read our full article to find out how you can implement a 10 step strategy that will allow you to create search engine friendly content.
Link Building Campaigns for SEO purposes
Posted by Rosey Broderick in build your web presence, Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engines on Tuesday
Link building is an essential aspect of SEO. Engaging in link building helps obtain high level organic ranking on search engines for you website. Google no longer prioritise websites solely on the use of keywords on a website, they also take into consideration 'off page' activities when determining where a website ranks. Link building is a particularly crucial tool if you want to increase your off page activities. The logic of this being that Google determine the reliability of your website on the basis of how many other sites want to be linked to your site.
5 Tips for link building:
- Engage in sufficient research to ensure quality link
- Ensure the links you are using are of relevant, interesting and recent information
- Make sure links are placed on relevant pages of your website
- Do not over load pages with outgoing links
- Link building is a continuous process in order to attract traffic
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Improve your website optimisation: 5 top SEO tips
Posted by Rosey Broderick in build your web presence, Search Engine Optimisation on Friday
Search Engine Optimisation is all about improving the visibility of your website within the 'Organic' Search Engines. Website Optimisation is essential if you want to perform well in the Organic Searches on search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. WebResults.ie have outlined 5 SEO tips to help you on your path to Website Optimisation in order to strengthen your web presence and in turn increase traffic and conversions.
1) Use keywords wisely
2) Always use Meta Data on every webpage
3) Engage in Link Building
4) Use friendly URL's
5) Use Alt tags on all images
What Do Search Engines Really Want From Websites?
Posted by roseybro in Search Engines on Tuesday
Almost 80 % of the traffic a website receives comes through the search engines. In order to keep driving targeted traffic, it is critical to be ranked high with the search engines for the search terms that are relevant to your business and this happens with keeping your focus on building content and optimising your pages. It is equally important to undestand the criteria search engines use to rank websites. Following the search engine guidelines will help you gain rankings for your relevant search terms and thus help ensure relevant traffic flows in, thereby increasing conversion rates.
Here is what a search engine looks for while ranking a website:
•Relevance to search
•Inbound links
When a visitor types in a search term in a search engine, the search engine immediately finds and displays the websites that contain the information related to the keywords in the order of relevance. Since search engines are machines, they need a specific method by which to display the search results in a particular order by relevance. This is what we call ranking. The search engine decides the importance of a website based on certain algorithms, which judge the websites, giving them points – so the more points a website gets, the higher its ranking. These are the factors for ranking:
•How often the keyword or key phrase appears in the website content, meta tags, page titles, hyperlinks, inbound links, etc. If the keyword density exceeds the search engine's limit, then it ignores your site. This is why keyword stuffing is never recommended.
•How many relevant inbound links appear on your site? Inbound links are seen as an endorsement of your sites relevance for the keyword. Here, an important thing is the quality of the inbound links. The sites from where the inbound links come must be sites that have a high ranking with the search engines.
•How often you have fresh content on your site makes a big difference to the search engines. Steady change in relevant keyword rich content makes the search engine rank you higher.
•Other relevant issues that search engines look for relate to site navigation, content management, interaction, hosting, Flash, Javascript, sitemaps, etc.
A good way to keep track of how well your site is doing is to constantly monitor it, so that the necessary changes can be made. One way to do this is to keep up to date with what is happening at the search engines via forums and ongoing discussions. Other than that, if you happen to be launching a new website or even revamping your old one, make keyword research a continuous process. You site must be optimised for the keywords that your niche market will use to reach your website. Keyword position also makes a big impact. Your content must be structured in a way that will appeal to your target market and regularly updated.
Developing back links or link building with sites that are relevant and popular is another crucial activity. There are many ways like article marketing, blogs, forums, etc. to do this.
Getting ranked high by search engines might seem intimidating, but it is only a matter of a few simple steps and patience. As always, unique content rules, along with what your peers think of you.
WebResults.ie carries out audits to determine how visible your website is to the search engines. We also offer a range of other services to build your websites web presence.
Slower=Lower. Google announces the site speed is critical to ranking
Posted by diarmuidorio in Facebook, Search Engine Optimisation, Search Engines on Thursday
Google announced the other day that site speed is a factor in the search engine ranking of sites. So all other things being equal, a faster site will rank higher than a slower one. This is important to note in terms of search engine optimisation for your site.
While we encourage creating a visually stimulating site, keep in mind when using flash and other platforms that this can slow your site down.
Also keep in mind users without broadband. I know, its hard to imagine, but there is still large sections of Ireland with ye auld dial up! 3, the company responsible for rolling out broadband to these remaining parts of the country, is only required to provide speeds at the lower level of broadband capability so, flash based-sites may be slow at these speeds also and discourage users.


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"Passion governs, and she never governs wisely," noted Ben Franklin — and she also influenced President Trump's decision to bomb Syria.
This inescapable conclusion was drawn by Trump supporter Pat Buchanan, who used the term "emotional" a few times to describe the attack while speaking to radio host Michael Savage yesterday. Trump supporter Katie Hopkins, a prominent British journalist, expressed the same sentiment on the Monday edition of Savage's show. And pundit Ann Coulter, yet another Trump supporter, said it all in an April 6 tweet: "Trump campaigned on not getting involved in Mideast. Said it always helps our enemies & creates more refugees. Then he saw a picture on TV."
The president wasn't the only one. His son Eric said that Trump's decision was influenced by daughter Ivanka, who was "heartbroken and outraged" at the chemical-weapons attack that killed dozens of civilians last week. Yes, well, some people watch too many movies — and some just shouldn't look at pictures.
This isn't to trivialize the gas attack, a most monstrous act. Yet as Buchanan, Savage, and others have wondered, do we really know who launched it? Buchanan opined that Syrian leader Bashar Assad would have to be stupid to have ordered the action; he is, after all, winning his war against the rebels and would have known that crossing the chemical-weapons line would draw the United State's ire. Under this theory, the attack would have been a perfect false-flag move by the rebels, who could frame Assad and manipulate the West into doing their dirty work.
Of course, Trump is privy to intelligence (which we can only hope is intelligent) that pundits don't have. Regardless, however, what is upside to ousting Assad?
To be clear, the Syrian leader is a bad guy. But he's surrounded by other bad guys — there are no good guys in this story.
One great mistake influencing the West's support for the so-called "Arab Spring" — of which the Syrian civil war is a part — is the very human tendency to project our own expectations onto alien cultures. But not every revolution is the American Revolution (in fact, no other revolution has been). There is no Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, or George Washington waiting in the wings for a chance to establish a constitutional republic in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt, or Syria.
Instead, waiting to pounce are Islamic jihadists. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said yesterday, "It is clear to all of us that the reign of the Assad family is coming to an end," but, as New York's Daily News put it, he also "offered little insight on what's next for the embattled country." Do we want to do for Syria what Jimmy Carter helped do for Iran in 1979 and what Barack Obama did for a wider swath of the Mideast, as he threw gasoline on the fire?
So now Iraq's Saddam Hussein (far worse than Assad) and Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi are gone — and the Islamic State has filled the vacuum. The result? The genocide of Christians and other minorities, unspeakable brutality, and Libya used as a conduit for a Muslim-migrant influx into Europe. How's that "spreading of democracy" and nation-building workin' for ya'?
Trump said it well himself in a June 2013 tweet: "We should stay the hell out of Syria, the 'rebels' are just as bad as the current regime. WHAT WILL WE GET FOR OUR LIVES AND $ BILLIONS?ZERO"
But now he has seen a picture and his "attitude toward Syria and Assad has changed very much," said the president. "Beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of God should ever suffer such horror," he emoted sometime later. But as Buchanan wrote Monday, adding perspective:
400,000 people have died in Syria's civil war, among them thousands of children and infants.
Have they been killed by Assad's forces? Surely, but also by U.S., Russian, Israeli and Turkish planes and drones — and by Kurds, Iranians, Hezbollah, al-Qaida, ISIS, U.S.-backed rebels and Shiite militia.
Assad is battling insurgents and jihadists who would slaughter his Alawite brethren and the Christians in Syria just as those Copts were massacred in Egypt on Palm Sunday. Why is Assad more responsible for all the deaths in Syria than those fighting to overthrow and kill him?
He isn't. The difference is that the Trump team hasn't recently seen emotion-stoking pictures of the thousand other atrocities. But let's paint a clear picture: Only a serious knock-down, drag-out fight would ensure that Assad's regime was "coming to an end." Remember that Russia is intent on not letting that happen and has far more skin in this game than we do. As Buchanan also pointed out:
For Assad, this war is about his survival and that of his regime. For Putin, it is about Russia remaining a great power and not losing its last naval base in the Med. For Iran, this is about preserving a land bridge to its Shiite ally Hezbollah. For Hezbollah it is about not being cut off from the Shiite world and isolated in Lebanon.
Because all have vital interests in Syria, all have invested more blood in this conflict than have we. And they are not going to give up their gains or goals in Syria and yield to the Americans without a fight.
There are things worth fighting for. But do we really want to risk a major conflict with Russia — perhaps even WWIII — with no foreseeable upside to ousting Assad and no national interest at stake? Part of Just War Doctrine is that a proposed action must do more good than harm. This Syrian adventure doesn't qualify.
"A picture is worth a thousand words" — and sometimes a few hundred deceitful ones. On Savage's Monday show, Katie Hopkins analogized the current situation to that inspired by the 2015 death of three-year-old Alan Kurdi. Back then, the heartrending picture of his body washed up on a Turkish beach went viral and was used as Exhibit A for why Muslim migrants should be resettled in the West.
Yet here's what the picture couldn't relate: Kurdi's family wasn't fleeing violence in Syria. Rather, they were living safely in Turkey, but wanted to get to Europe and, ultimately, to relatives in Canada. So they boarded a small and, tragically, unseaworthy boat. The rest is history.
But is the lesson that the West needs to roll out a red carpet for millions of unassimilable migrants? Or is it that it needs to stop doing so, so migrants won't roll the dice trying to win the Western welfare-state jackpot?
The lesson is also that we need to stop destabilizing Mideast regimes with not nation-building, but nation-rending, schemes. It is, in addition, that leading with the heart and not the head can leave you broke, bloody, and dead.
Photo: AP Images