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Give your son or your daughter a cleverly-style leisure room
We eventually arrive at the point that children are too adult for their children. The Legos and the dolls are no longer as cool as before. The initially selected color palette is also outdated and no longer of interest.
The teenagers want to bring friends into a room which feels personal and individual. If you allow it, that they speak with the design, they will appreciate surely this. Looking for upscale and fun design solutions which will love your teen.
There are different options for women, men and teenagers, all of which can be enjoyed together wonderfully.
Interior design ideas for teenager's bedrooms and living room for teenagers
Lounge for girls in teen age
Of course, all teenagers are different and they will appreciate various design elements in their cool new lounge. This means above all a place, which is filled with photographs with friends and photos of celebrities. It is important to remember that this room should have the fun of first priority.
A well-designed teenager room lets the parents dream that they are young again. The photographs on the wall in the shape of hearts are a great design element which corresponds perfectly with the patterns on the ceiling. Watch the fallen from shelves at, the great neon units, and the drinking also carefully. This is a space to which every girl would like to invite their friends. [according to Alex amend Photography via Houzz]
This is a great theme, which you can use to brighten your wall
You only live once
Mobile beverage bar
This is another room, which fits great for teenagers and he bears witness to a liberal dose of modern color. The hanging Chair and the graphical patterns give a youthful and fun feeling to the room. [according to Scavullo design interiors]
The interests of the children to the room suitable to make use
If your daughter playing tennis, you should hang their medals and the tennis racket on the wall. Is she a musician? Then this is probably the most appropriate place for a guitar…
Fashion around the corner of the nursery
If you have not enough space for a lounge, you should refactor the corner of the nursery in such. [according to d2 interiors]
Leisure room for teen age boys
The teenage boys are happy with every room, which has a large television, a games console and everything that has to do with sports. This is not always the case, but you should know your child best. Create a fun space, corresponding to the interests of the child, no matter what they are.
The designer of this room call him teen video lounge. The wall decoration is full with motifs from the video games Maß produced wooden shelves and Atomic inspired rooms. Also, I love the modular furniture! [according to Kariuki interior designers and decorators]
The sports wall decorations here and the faux taxidermy give this man place a funny and male appearance. [according to BD home design + interiors]
The nice thing about this room is that the child will be at some point too large for
It will be very easy to transform it in an entertainment room for adults. You have here chairs for video games, an air hockey table and a darts Board. [according to the boutique homes]
Pleasant games – recreation room
Teen entertainment space, which is popular with the whole family
Do you have a bunch of teenagers at home or children coming soon at this age?
But arena, the allocate their entertainment, can wonderfully serve the whole family. You can keep the color plate are still sleek without limiting itself to a specific gender.
Can you imagine a better ambience, by the children better could spend their time your family with a friend or with you -? [according to residents understood that Dallas renovation Group]
And here we have a game room
Certainly, this is a place where one is like. Place a Ping Pong table so that your children can entertain properly. [according to Sealy Design Inc]


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A new year, another month, another Birchbox!
I have seen reviews of other Birchboxes this month and it looks like they are recycling some of the products from last month's box. I was lucky to not receive any repeats this month.
Beauty Protector Protect & Treat Hair Mask x 2
– I have never really used hair masks before, but I am willing to give this one a try. 2 containers were included as I am assuming one container is for one use. The smell of this product reminds me of good old fashion cotton candy.
Embryolisse Lait-Creme Concentre
– I have heard so many good things about this product and I am so glad that I am now able to try it out. After testing it, it absorbs nicely and quickly, does not leave a greasy feeling and it makes your skin feel soft. I have yet to try it as a "primer" but this cream can also be used as a makeup remover.
Joie Folle de Joie Eau de Parfum
– Perfume samples are not something that I desire and wish that I could completely opt out of these kinds of samples as I hardly ever wear perfume. The fact that it is a vial sample also kind of saddens me as perfume vials are typically complementary. Thus, seeing the value in this sample is not there for me.
ModelCo Party Proof Lipstick in Dusk Till Dawn
– I am happy to receive a full size lipstick in my box this month, but was kind of taken aback by the colour. It is a brownish colour in the tube yet upon trying it, does not seem so bad. It is more on the pinker side and I actually don't mind the colour. It glides on smoothly and feels moisturizing on the lips.
Tocca Crema da Mano Cleopatra – Grapefruit & Cucumber
– Hand creams are a staple for the winter months, but I have quite a few already that I am still working through. This one is a decent sized sample and smells quite lovely though.
Overall, the samples are not bad, but not entirely great in my opinion. I am going to stay subscribed for now, but will see how it goes as the subscribers in the US seem to be getting way better value and samples in their boxes. Hopefully this changes in the very near future for us Canadians.
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In days when brand new high-speed trains have stopped hitting headlines and newsmakers like media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and British politicians have become "news breakers", thanks to the phone-hacking scandal, the closure of a small opera house in Shanghai is not even a storm in teacup. But for Shanghai residents, it is a typhoon.
Yalu Shuchang, a 91-year-old theater, known for Suzhou pingtan (an art form in which one or two actors sing and tell stories with simple musical instruments), will be closed later this summer because the community where it stands will be shifted. Local media reports say it is the last professional pingtan opera house in downtown Shanghai.
Pingtan, with its tender singing and interesting storytelling style, used to be the second biggest source of entertainment in Shanghai. In the 1940s and 1950s, Shanghai was home to 600 professional pingtan houses. I still remember that when I was a child, my grandma used to take me to a nearby pingtan house almost every weekend. Like going to church, it was a routine for many Shanghai residents.
I was not as fascinated with pingtan music and storytelling as I was with the beautiful qipaos (mandarin gowns) the actresses wore. The dim light and smoky air, and the actresses with long curvy long hair and shining green satin qipaos are the memories that haunt me when I think of pingtan. It was my introduction to "fashion".
The old community where my joint family lived has long gone, replaced by new apartment buildings. Like many other things past, the beautiful music and the local pingtan house that it wafted out of have also disappeared in thin air. In their place, stand small stores selling DVDs and mini cinemas playing videos of Hong Kong kungfu movies.
It's more than just the pingtan houses that have been erased from Shanghai's collective memory. I feel that all architectural traces of my childhood have vanished in the past 20 years. My kindergarten, primary school and grandparents' house can now be seen in only hazy, sepia photographs. In place of the beautiful pond on my middle school campus stands a tall new office building.
The pace of construction in the country is just blinding. No wonder, the Economist Intelligence Unit, a sister company of The Economist, reported recently that 1.8 billion square meters of residential floor space was built in China last year. At this rate of construction, China could build a city the size of Rome in just two weeks.
But for many Shanghai residents or residents of other cities, the Rome in their heart is being torn down everyday. Han Han, a young writer in Shanghai, lamented on his blog: "It seems Shanghai residents, or for that matter all Chinese people, are not supposed to reminisce."
But what will happen if all the memories of our childhood and youth are gone? Some people may argue that a city should first meet its residents' basic demands, such as transportation and housing. In China, the "special national situation" has long been used to explain almost everything and as an excuse for the rapid pace of urbanization. But doesn't cultural protection fit into the special national situation?
Is our national situation really that special? Is it special enough for us to sacrifice everything for new high-rises?
I would say every country, even the most developed in the world, has its own "special situation". But it should not be used as a pretext to purge historical heritage or metaphors of a city's traditional culture - and that too in a painfully short time. Of course, we need a developed economy, but we also need emotional comfort, which, among other things, comes from memories and familiarities.
It's time the authorities gave serious thought to striking a healthy balance between economic development and emotional comfort. To raze everything and build a new Rome is easier than maintaining Rome with all its historical and cultural glory.
I wonder if years later, Shanghai residents would only be able to go to Xintiandi, a fashion hub featuring refined and, to me, fake Shanghai-style architecture, to search for their childhood memories. If so, it would be a tragedy of Grecian proportions, for a city without cultural heritage is like a man without memory.
The author is director of the China Daily Shanghai News Center.
(China Daily 07/23/2011 page5)


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Remember when Ellen DeGeneres delivered pizza to Hollywood's biggest stars at the Oscars a few years ago? Jimmy Kimmel just topped her.
Let's face it – the Academy Awards are WAAAAAY too long and even uber-svelte Hollywood superstars get hungry after an hour or two of acceptance speeches, musical numbers, more acceptance speeches, movie highlights and yet more acceptance speeches.
Luckily, this year's Oscars host Jimmy Kimmel was looking out for Meryl Streep, Denzel Washington, Emma Stone, Ryan Gosling and all of the rest of the Hollywood elite desperate for a snack.
"How you guys holding up – are you hungry?" he asked. "Is there anything anyone needs? This is a show about the movies and you really can't have the movies without candy – it's un-American.
"Yeah popcorn too – but we don't have that! Close your eyes and wish very hard! Little bags of Red Vines and Junior Mints will be raining down on you from the sky. Time to find out how well those Spanx work!"
And..... voila!
Yes, he dropped actual sweeties from the ceiling so that Michael Shannon could have a mid-Oscars snack. Nobody seemed more excited than Best Actor nominee Casey Affleck – as you can see below:
We haven't seen anyone this jubilant since the Democratic National Convention...
The snack rain was such a hit that it gave Kimmel an idea: "Next year we should give out the awards this away!"
While he didn't open the Oscars tonight with any other food-related gags, he did dish out some hilarious zingers for Mel Gibson, Donald Trump and Meryl Streep and took down his arch-enemy Matt Damon!
Jimmy Kimmel hosted the 89th Academy Awards from the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood on Sunday. For a full list of the night's winners, click here.
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Too Good To Be True?
Beth Jones
"Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you will have them." Mark 11:24, NKJV
Mark 11:24 is a classic faith passage, and Jesus said so much in such a short scripture. I've talked to many Christians over the years who think this verse is too good to be true! Did Jesus really mean what He said? Of course He did! Jesus said this same thing in John 15:7, "If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be given you."
What does He mean? Several things...
First: His promise is contingent on us remaining vitally connected to Him! The way we remain in Him is to spend time with Him in His Word. When we do this, our desires line up with His desires for us. When our desires are in line with His Word – it's easy for Jesus to make such an amazing promise!
He can say with great confidence that we can ask for whatever we desire...whatever we wish and He would give it to us because He knows that our desires will be congruent with His desires for us! So, don't pray or ask God for "things" until you have spent time with Him in His Word identifying His will and His desire for you. Once you are saturated with His desires, it's easy to pray, believe and receive!
Second: One major keyword in this passage is: "receive." Once we identify the things we and the Lord desire for our lives (as discussed above) then we are to pray and ask God for those things. After we pray, we are to believe that we receive them! That means believe we receive now – present tense. We believe we receive the desires of our heart, right then. By faith, we receive or lay hold of those things that we desired (that are congruent with His Word) and that we prayed about. When we "receive" – we simply say, "I have it now!" When do we get the things we prayed for? After we "receive" them by faith…then we shall have them.
Can you see that? Sometimes, we get this backwards. We want to have them first and then we'll believe we receive them. Faith doesn't work that way. We "receive" – present tense – by faith after we pray and then we shall have those things – future tense.
Sounds simple enough, right? Faith pleases God and it's the very thing believers are called to live by! I encourage you to stir up your faith once again and spend time thinking, meditating and soaking in the principles of faith. Marinate in God's Word until His desires become your desires! Read faith-building books and listen to podcasts from those who preach a strong faith message. Jesus meant what He said – it's not too good to be true! Take some time to talk to the Lord about these things and ask Him to help you "get it" so that you experience His goodness in a fresh way.
Say It: "Father, I want to please You with my faith. I believe Your Word and I ask You to help me "get this" in my heart. Help me to saturate my heart in Your Word so that my desires line up with Your desires for me. When I pray, I will believe I receive. You can be trusted and I will take You at Your Word. I am so thankful that You are a good God and if I abide in You and Your Word abides in me, I can ask whatever I wish and it will be given to me. Thank You Lord for helping me to grow in faith! In Jesus' Name. Amen."


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Thousands of Palestinians fled a battered refugee camp in north Lebanon on Tuesday when a fragile truce eased three days of fierce battles between Lebanese army troops and Islamist militants.
The attacks took place in Yala, one of three violence-torn southern provinces bordering Malaysia. The homemade bomb, which was hidden on a roadside, went off when a police team was inspecting the body of a Buddhist man who had been shot dead.
An explosion in a shopping mall in Turkey's capital Ankara, left five people killed and 60 injured according to the AP. Technical teams are trying to determine its cause.
Great Britain
British officials said Tuesday that they will seek the extradition of Andrei Lugovoi from Russia to face a charge of murder in the poisoning death of former Soviet agent Alexander Litvinenko.
Russia cannot turn over Lugovoi – "a Russian citizen cannot be extradated to a foreign state" – article 61 of the Russian Constitution.


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For some reason I was unable to view the websites that I previously published on this server, and access to the back end IIS server was not working.Let me show you how my lab environment is configured: My domain "uilson.net" contains the following servers: The labiis server hosts a non-claims application which receives pre-authentication from labadfs using my AD DS account to log in.
After some research, I decided to do exactly what AD FS Event ID 276 says to do: Run the Install-Web Application Proxy cmdlet on the WAP server to re-establish trust between AD FS and WAP: The command above re-installs the correct certificate on the WAP Server.
Note that I'm using the correct certificate thumbprint (starting with 22121…): You need to provide your credentials in order to execute the cmdlet.
After running this cmdlet, the WAP server came back online and the configuration could be successfully retrieved from AD FS.
If you're running newer versions of Windows like Windows 10, Windows 8, or Windows 7, then everything will work fine.
It's only with older versions of Windows like Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98, etc.
Previously, I wrote an article about what would happen if you had two computers with the same IP address on the same network: an IP address conflict.


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Pope visits Rome synagogue (Vatican Radio) Pope Francis on Sunday became the third pope to visit Rome's synagogue in a sign of continuing Catholic-Jewish friendship. During the visit that featured welcome speeches by prominent members of Rome's Jewish community and a speech by the Pope, Francis greeted a number of people including several Holocaust survivors...
Report: Nearly 19,000 civilians killed in Iraq over 21 months (CNN) Nearly 19,000 civilians were killed in Iraq between January 2014 and October 2015 — a toll the United Nations calls "staggering" in a new report. The report, released Tuesday, outlines the horrific impact that Iraq's ongoing conflict is having on its civilian population...
Vatican official: Dialogue is the only way to counter extremism (Vatican Radio) Father Miguel Angel Ayuso Guixot, the Secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, on Sunday said "to counter extremism we have to commit ourselves to a sincere dialogue." He was speaking at the First Arab Thinkers Forum at the Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research in Abu Dhabi...
Pope to migrants: Do not be robbed of hope, joy of living (CNS) Welcoming thousands of migrants and refugees to the Vatican for their own Year of Mercy celebration, Pope Francis urged them to resist everything that would rob them of hope and joy. "Each of you is the bearer of a history, culture and precious values and, unfortunately, also often of experiences of poverty, oppression and fear," the pope said on 17 January. But gathering in St. Peter's Square for the Holy Year "is a sign of hope in God. Don't allow yourselves to be robbed of hope and the joy of living, which spring from the experience of divine mercy, also thanks to the people who welcomed and helped you..."
Report: Hundreds of cases of anti-Christian violence in India (Fides) In 2015 over 200 anti-Christian violence occurred. Seven Protestant pastors and one lay person were killed, while the victims of violence as a whole are about 8,000, including women and children...
Believers celebrate Orthodox Epiphany with icy plunge (AP) Believers in St Petersburg, Russia, celebrate Orthodox Epiphany on Monday by taking a dip in icy cold water. The event started with a procession to the water, which was then blessed by a priest.Swimming in icy water is a traditional way for the Russian faithfuls to celebrate Epiphany...
This Sunday marks the annual World Day of Migrants and Refugees. On this day, founded by Pope St. Pius X in 1914, the Catholic Church honors the families around the world who've made the difficult but courageous decision to migrate abroad in search of new opportunities and a better life. But we also remember in a special way the refugees who, like the Holy Family, have been forced to flee violence and persecution.
Sunday is a good day to reflect on how, in our lives as Christians, in our communities and in our church, we're living up to the call of Jesus to welcome the strangers in our midst. And this year it's an especially pressing question because, according to the United Nations, there are more refugees than ever. Nearly 60 million people across the globe are refugees, asylum seekers and internally displaced persons. That's the largest number of forced migrants in history.
The plight of refugees is deeply concerning to our Catholic Near East Welfare Association family, from our staff to our generous supporters and partners: the priests, bishops, sisters and lay people of the Eastern churches who live in service to others. As people reaching out to the poor on behalf of Pope Francis, we work in many places marred by conflict, where, tragically, human rights are violated daily. Helping refugees is a major part of what we do. Here are four ways that, together, we are assisting migrants and refugees during the coming year:
Health care. After ISIS captured control of the Christian heartland of Iraq in the summer of 2014, some 130,000 Iraqi Christians took refugee in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. We've helped open three medical clinics and two mobile clinics to care for the displaced Christians, Yazidis and other refugees who can't return to their homes. In 2016, we anticipate the clinics will help about 4,000 people each week.
Food aid. Jordan has been a welcoming safe haven for refugees fleeing their homelands, but deep-rooted fear leads many vulnerable minority groups — including Christians — to avoid the refugee camps. This means they don't get much-needed assistance from large international relief organizations. Instead, Christians often turn to churches for help.
In Jordan, CNEWA partners with the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary to provide food tickets to refugee families, who can use them to buy food at grocery stores. The beneficiaries include both Iraqi and Syrian families. The tickets ensure they receive safe, nutritious food, while also upholding their dignity by giving them the freedom to make their own purchasing choices. More than 2,000 children currently benefit from this modest but meaningful program.
Spiritual comfort. Nearly seven decades after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, more than 5 million Palestinian refugees are still under the care of the international community. CNEWA helps Palestinians throughout the West Bank and Gaza, but we also do it in a rather unique place: a refugee camp in Lebanon that's exclusively for Christian Palestinians. There, we support a small community of three Little Sisters of Nazareth, who are trusted friends, advisors and spiritual counselors to the 500 families of Dbayeh camp. They're a visible and enduring sign of Christ's presence to the poor.
Advocating at the United Nations. Officially registered at the United Nations, CNEWA participates in the NGO Committee on Migration, which exists to "encourage the promotion and protection of migrants and their human rights, in accordance with the United Nations charter."
This year, we're working with other Catholic and civil society organizations to call attention to the special needs of women with children in the exodus of refugees from war-torn Syria.
In a world with more forced migration than ever before, it's vitally important for the Catholic Church to be a leader in efforts to relieve the suffering of refugee families.
Thanks to our supporters and collaborators, CNEWA is making a genuine contribution. On behalf of everyone here, I want to thank you for making it possible. But I also want to ask that, as you gather with friends and family this Sunday to celebrate Holy Mass, please offer a prayer for the world's migrants and refugees.
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Ethiopia confronts its worst ethnic violence in years (Washington Post) The cows are back in the valley near the village of Wenchi in Ethiopia's highlands, after being driven out five years ago by the arrival of a Dutch agricultural company. They returned in the past few weeks, after villagers burned the warehouses filled with seed potatoes that were to be planted on communal grazing lands that authorities had turned over to the Solagrow PLC company. This attack is among dozens of demonstrations taking place for the past two months across Ethiopia's Oromia region, which comprises a third of the country. Protesters from the Oromo ethnic group say the government is trying to take away their lands and use them for everything from industrial development to luxury housing projects. The response has been harsh; as many as 140 people have been killed by security forces using live rounds to quell the protests…
ISIS releases 16 Christian hostages of Khabur (Fides) Yesterday, ISIS released 16 more Assyrian Christians who were part of the large group of hostages that they captured and deported on 23 February, following an offensive against the predominantly Christian Assyrian villages scattered along the Khabur valley river of Hassake. Eight members of the group of released hostages were children. All appeared in decent condition. "This time," said Syriac Catholic Archbishop Jacques Behnan Hindo of Hassake-Nisibis, "the hostages released were left near the city of Tel Tamar, and from there were able to reach their village of Tel Jazira…"
Mini-republics: A Syrian village seeks to survive amid carnage (Der Spiegel) Even as war continues to rage in Syria, normal people in the country are doing their best to survive in places like the village of Korin. It has transformed into a kind of mini-republic and has WiFi on the town square. But its population is slowly dwindling…
Russian military declares new objective: Humanitarian aid in Syria (Reuters) Russia's defence ministry said on Friday a new objective of Russian forces in Syria was to provide humanitarian aid. Russian air force planes have delivered 24 tons of aid in the region around the eastern Syrian city of Deir Ezzor, a ministry official said in a televised briefing…
United Methodist Church blacklists five Israeli banks (United Methodist Church) A recent decision by the United Methodist Church's pension fund to halt investments in five Israeli banks is in keeping with its plan to use a human rights guideline for investments, announced a year ago. The banks are Bank Hapoalim, Bank Leumi, First International Bank of Israel, Israel Discount Bank and Bank Mizrahi-Tefahot. In a recent press release, United Methodist Kairos Response, an advocacy group, said it was pleased with the pension agency's action. The group called the move "the first time a major church pension fund has acted to preclude investment in Israeli banks that sustain Israel's illegal occupation of Palestinian land…"
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In the new edition of ONE, writer Jose Kavi visits a school for children with special needs in India — and comes away with some memorable impressions of the children and the exceptional women who care for them:
I would never forget my visit to Ashabhavan school in Nedumkandam, a remote village in Kerala, in southwestern India.
The car stopped in front of an L-shaped building and Jose Jacob, the photographer, and I got down to ask someone directions to the principal's room. We had hardly spoken when we saw a nun in habit and veil rushing out of a room. She jumped over some rose plants on the side of a corridor and rushed to our car, opened its rear door and pulled out a little boy from inside.
Nobody had seen the boy getting into the car — not even the driver who was still at the wheel fiddling with his cellphone. The whole incident — the boy slipping inside the car and "the sister act" — happened in split seconds.
As we stood bewildered, the nun, barely five feet tall, came to us still holding the boy's hand. "Hello! Good morning. I am Sister Elsa, the principal," she said with a smile. Seeing our puzzled look, she pointed to the boy and said, "Oh, he is Shiyas Shamanas. He suffers from autism."
We had telephoned her before coming, so she knew the purpose of our visit. "Come let us go to my room," she said as she led to the corridor. This time she took the stairs.
The 49-year-old sister was still holding Shiyas' hand as she took her seat behind a glass-topped table with a few neatly arranged books in a sparsely furnished room. The boy then saw Jose Jacob's camera and freed his hand and rushed to him. Sister got up and dragged him back. This act continued several times during our hour-long interview.
The principal explained the boy was brought to boarding school only a day earlier and it would take some time to subdue his hyperactivity. "Until then, he needs special attention. He may even slip out of our compound," she said.
As we were completing the interview, Sister Sneha Moorkkenthothathil, one of the four Sacred Heart sisters working in the school, came and took charge of Shiyas. Like other staff, she came to the school with a degree in teaching differently abled children.
During our visits to the school over a period of three days, we met half a dozen children who had to be attended by staff members individually.
"They need constant attention," said Sister Sneha, whose first name means love.
Love for the weak and differently abled was evident everywhere in Ashahavan (Home of Hope) as the staff, including sisters, served meals for the children, arranged them for the school assembly and oversaw classes and games.
Mood swings are common among the children. "Oh, I have received many hits and punches," Sister Sneha said. "But they are so loving. They notice even a slight change on our face and get worried. They are so innocent, unlike the normal people," she added.
Over three days, we had also become close to those children. As we left the place, we promised to visit them again.
As we drove back to Kochi, some five hours west, Jose Jacob and I agreed: Ashabhavan would not be remembered as just another reporting assignment.
Read more about "Kerala's House of Hope" in the Winter 2015 edition of ONE. And if you'd like to continue making schools like this thrive in India, visit this giving page.
Care for refugees and displaced persons has been a consistent theme of Pope Francis, and CNS's Cindy Wooden has some background:
"We are called to serve Christ the crucified through every marginalized person," Pope Francis said in the new book, "The Name of God Is Mercy."
"We touch the flesh of Christ in he who is outcast, hungry, thirsty, naked, imprisoned, ill, unemployed, persecuted, in search of refuge," the pope continued. "That is where we find our God, that is where we touch our Lord."
The U.N. Refugee Agency reported last June that at the end of 2014, the number of people forcibly displaced because of persecution, conflict and violence reached the highest number ever recorded; it had grown to "a staggering 59.5 million compared to 51.2 million a year earlier and 37.5 million a decade ago." The U.N. estimated the number had surpassed 60 million by the end of 2015.
The chief cause of the increase was the conflict in Syria, a conflict that is ongoing and continues to send people fleeing.
In 2015, the U.N. reported, 244 million people, or 3.3 percent of the world's population, lived outside their country of origin.
The plight of migrants and refugees has been at the heart of Pope Francis' concern as pope. Soon after his election in 2013, he went to the Italian island of Lampedusa to pray for migrants who had drowned attempting to reach Europe and to meet those who made it safely and those who have welcomed them.
Meeting 11 January with ambassadors representing their nations at the Vatican, the pope made his concern for migrants and migration the key focus of his speech. While acknowledging the social and political challenges that come with welcoming migrants, Pope Francis insisted on the human and religious obligation to care for those forced to flee in search of safety or a dignified life.
The pope's concern for refugees is not just talk.
In September, the Vatican's St. Anne parish welcomed a family of four from Damascus, Syria, providing an apartment, food and other assistance because under Italian law, asylum seekers are not allowed to work for the first six months they are in the country. The parish of St. Peter's Basilica is hosting Eritrean refugees. A woman, whose husband is missing, gave birth to her fifth child shortly after arriving in Rome. She, the newborn and two of her other children are living in a Vatican apartment; she hopes soon to embrace her other two children, who are now in a refugee camp in awaiting the completion of family reunification procedures. In the meantime, the woman is hosting another Eritrean woman and her child in the apartment.
"We are called to serve Christ the crucified through every marginalized person," Pope Francis said in the new book, "The Name of God Is Mercy."
"We touch the flesh of Christ in he who is outcast, hungry, thirsty, naked, imprisoned, ill, unemployed, persecuted, in search of refuge," the pope continued. "That is where we find our God, that is where we touch our Lord."
The U.N. Refugee Agency reported last June that at the end of 2014, the number of people forcibly displaced because of persecution, conflict and violence reached the highest number ever recorded; it had grown to "a staggering 59.5 million compared to 51.2 million a year earlier and 37.5 million a decade ago." The U.N. estimated the number had surpassed 60 million by the end of 2015.
The chief cause of the increase was the conflict in Syria, a conflict that is ongoing and continues to send people fleeing.
In 2015, the U.N. reported, 244 million people, or 3.3 percent of the world's population, lived outside their country of origin.
The plight of migrants and refugees has been at the heart of Pope Francis' concern as pope. Soon after his election in 2013, he went to the Italian island of Lampedusa to pray for migrants who had drowned attempting to reach Europe and to meet those who made it safely and those who have welcomed them.
Meeting 11 January with ambassadors representing their nations at the Vatican, the pope made his concern for migrants and migration the key focus of his speech. While acknowledging the social and political challenges that come with welcoming migrants, Pope Francis insisted on the human and religious obligation to care for those forced to flee in search of safety or a dignified life.
The pope's concern for refugees is not just talk.
In September, the Vatican's St. Anne parish welcomed a family of four from Damascus, Syria, providing an apartment, food and other assistance because under Italian law, asylum seekers are not allowed to work for the first six months they are in the country. The parish of St. Peter's Basilica is hosting Eritrean refugees. A woman, whose husband is missing, gave birth to her fifth child shortly after arriving in Rome. She, the newborn and two of her other children are living in a Vatican apartment; she hopes soon to embrace her other two children, who are now in a refugee camp in awaiting the completion of family reunification procedures. In the meantime, the woman is hosting another Eritrean woman and her child in the apartment.
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Though Poles and Russians stem from the same Slavic roots, the two peoples developed radically different — and at times polar opposite — orientations. Not unlike the saga of the Polish nation, the chronicles of the Orthodox Church in Poland reveal the struggles of a faith community squeezed between the Latin West and the Russian East.
World War I changed the map of Europe. The Austro-Hungarian, German and Russian empires collapsed, and from the carnage emerged nation states whose peoples longed for self-determination: Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland.
Poland was created by the victorious Allies as a bulwark to a Russia embroiled in revolution and civil war. Its leaders attempted to emulate the ethnically diverse Polish-Lithuanian state that had once dominated Central Europe until its dismemberment by Austria, Prussia and Russia in the late 18th century.
Resurrected Poland absorbed huge tracts of land and included millions of ethnic Belarussians, Czechs, Germans, Jews, Roma, Russians, Rusyns, Slovaks and Ukrainians — a third of the new nation's 30 million people. Up to five million of these new Polish citizens professed Orthodox Christianity, a faith long identified with Poland's neighbor and foe, Russia.
By 1938, and not without its share of controversy, the Orthodox patriarchates of Constantinople and Moscow had the independence of a newly organized Orthodox Church of Poland. The state, too, recognized the church.
Wary of the rise of Hitler and the growing power of Stalin, Poland's government grew increasingly insecure and nationalistic, suspecting the loyalties of Poland's Orthodox citizens. Despite the protestations of respected church leaders such as the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Metropolitan of Lviv, Archbishop Andrei Sheptytsky, local governments shuttered Orthodox and Greek Catholic sanctuaries, turned some over to Latin Catholic authorities and razed others.
Hitler's pact with Stalin in the autumn of 1939, which again erased Poland from the map, suspended these acts of hostility, as large numbers of Orthodox Christians were reintegrated with the Moscow Patriarchate.
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Aid begins arriving in besieged Syrian city of Madaya (CNN) A second aid convoy is on the way to the besieged Syrian city of Madaya, where numerous people are reportedly starving, according to a U.N. source in the convoy. The new convoy is made up of about 50 trucks carrying wheat flour, medicine, blankets and winter clothes, the source said early Thursday. The source said the convoy hopes to reach Madaya shortly...
Dramatic conditions of Iraqi and Syrian children (L'Osservatore Romano) Women and children are the primary victims of the horrors that accompany the conflicts in Iraq and Syria, which are mostly the work of the so-called Islamic State. British daily newspaper, Daily Mail, reports the testimony of several young people who have escaped the Jihadist group in northern Iraq. These witnesses stated that they were trained — brain-washed — to sacrifice themselves as suicide bombers...
Watchdog group: 2015 "worst year" for Christian persecution (RNS) With North Korea leading the way and Islamic extremism rapidly expanding, 2015 was the "worst year in modern history for Christian persecution," according to a group tracking this issue. Iraq is in second place on Open Doors' 2016 World Watch List, a ranking of the top 50 most dangerous places in the world to be a Christian. It's the first of 35 countries on the list where Islamic extremism "has risen to a level akin to ethnic cleansing," said the report, released Wednesday...
Update on refugee families being housed at Vatican parishes (Vatican Radio) Two refugee families are now being hosted by the two parishes of the Vatican, in response to the 6 September 2015, Angelus appeal of Pope Francis for every parish in Europe to welcome a family of refugees...
Meeting street children is like meeting Christ (Fides) Meeting, visiting, assisting street children means encountering Christ: this is what a group of young Catholics in Nagpur, a city in central India experienced when they went in search of street children. Pushpa Singh, one of the young people involved, told Fides: "At Epiphany, the Wise Men make their way to the Child Jesus. For us it was the same experience. We saw the Child Jesus in the poor, marginalized, abandoned children"...
Closed Catholic church in Pennsylvania reopens as Russian Orthodox (Wilkes Barre Times Leader) After being vacant for more than three years, the former St. Rocco's Roman Catholic Church on the corner of Tompkins and West Oak streets has reopened its doors as St. Irene Russian Orthodox Outside Church of Russia. The church plans to open more doors in the community by purchasing homes in the Greater Pittston area for parishioners in need...
"We welcome Deacon Greg Kandra from the Catholic Near East Welfare Association this weekend. As we hear about the situation of Catholics in the Near and Middle East, we are reminded of how blessed we are to live in a country that places such importance on religious liberty. As we stand in the shadow of the Epiphany and the visit of the three kings, we recognize the Christian qualities of hospitality and diversity. These foreigners were some of the first people to recognize the Messiah and they continue to teach us much about our faith." —Father Bob Stagg, From the Pastor's Desk,10 January 2016
This past weekend, our CNEWA development team celebrated the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord with the people at the Church of the Presentation in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey.
For those unfamiliar, the church is located in the Archdiocese of Newark, about 20 miles northwest of Wall Street. Despite being so close to Newark and Manhattan, the church is situated in one of the most beautifully wooded and serene locations imaginable. Its proximity makes this a popular parish among a very diverse demographic.
The Rev. Bob Stagg, the pastor, and his parish social justice ministry group, led by Kay Furlani, welcomed us. The parish is already active in visits and aid to Haiti, the Dominican Republic, and other locations. Members have also visited the Holy Land. With so much happening in the world, the parish felt a weekend to address the plight of Christians in the Middle East would enhance the already strong faith and social justice awareness of this community.
Deacon Greg preached at all six Masses over the weekend, sharing stories that resonated with the parish. His homily helped bring attention to the many dire situations in the Middle East that both Christians and Muslims are struggling with right now.
He described, in particular, the challenges facing sisters serving the people of Iraq, and told the story of how Sister Maria Hanna and the Dominican Sisters of St. Catherine of Siena had to flee their convent when ISIS swept through the country in the summer of 2014. (You can read more about their remarkable and courageous story in the pages of ONE.)
For my part, I was there as a member of CNEWA's development team to meet parishioners, pass out information about our work, and answer questions about how people can support our mission, particularly on behalf of Christians in the Middle East.
There is still much more to learn and discuss. Abigail Metzger was one of the many dedicated parishioners we met in Upper Saddle River. She is coordinating a follow-up discussion session for the parish later this month that will include her own impressions from a recent trip to Bethlehem. You can visit the parish website or drop Abigail a line for additional details: email@example.com.
We had a wonderful visit and both Kay Furlani and Father Bob made us feel like part of the parish family. We're grateful for their generosity of spirit, their hospitality and their tremendous commitment to helping the people of the Middle East.
If you'd like CNEWA to visit your parish or church group, please email our Development Director Norma Intriago. We look forward to seeing you sometime soon!


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Who took these photographs?
Why did the U.S. Consulate mail them to us?
And from whom did the U.S. Consulate get them?
These photos arrived in our mailbox in August of 2006. After repeated requests for information about them, we have not received a credible explanation. We're wondering if they could have come from his own digital camera, the memory card of which U.S. government officials "screened" after his murder.


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No compromise on quality of Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train, says head of consultant firm for projectThe training institute, being made in Vadodara's Lal Bagh area as part of the Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train project, has completed 15-20 percent and is ensuring that India doesn't have to compromise on "quality and parameters" in the project.
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Western Digital to finalise the deal with Toshiba's memory chip buisnessWestern Digital Corp's chief executive is in Tokyo to finalise an agreement to buy Toshiba Corp's memory chip business, ending months of dispute over the auction, a person familiar with the matter told Reuters on 28 August.
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Western Digital says it matches rival bidders' offer to acquire Toshiba Corp flash memory unit saleWestern Digital, in court documents filed 7 July, said it has made six proposals since February, including a proposal on 27 June matching the best offer.
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Toshiba's memory chip unit under pressure to opt for plan B and find a new buyerToshiba board is being asked seriously consider alternatives, people with direct knowledge of the sale process said - including picking a new buyer.
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Western Digital may bid for Toshiba's chip unit by joining Japan-KKR groupThe concession by Western Digital could be a turning point in the hotly contested auction for unit, which Toshiba has valued at at least 2 trillion yen.
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Japan's Emperor Akihito to step down as cabinet approves bill allowing abdicationThe Japanese government approved a one-off bill allowing ageing Emperor Akihito to step down from the Chrysanthemum Throne, in the first such abdication in two centuries.
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Fukushima plant begins discharge of low radioactive water into seaThis is the method it plans to start using to reduce the alarming accumulation of contaminated liquid in the plant.
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Japan likely to enter dollar swap agreement with IndiaThe Japanese government is considering a dollar swap arrangement with India to provide emergency liquidity in case the European debt crisis reaches emerging economies.
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PSN Restoration Put on Hold in JapanJapanese government holds out on service until they get assurances of its user' safety.


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Location, location, location
When the hubs and I decided to have our wedding in Cabo, we thought it would be the most cost efficient and seamless location for our destination wedding. For one, we love Cabo so much that we have traveled there once to twice a year for the past 6 years. This is a place where our phones are left off (the majority of the trip), our minds are at rest, and we can slow our course to embrace the simple moments. Though Cabo has commercially developed to be a safe tourist playground, it still holds an authentic charm that we cherish. We have stayed at many of the resorts in Cabo and for the properties we have experienced, we have found many similarities… The grounds are always well kept, the service is fantastic, the people are incredibly gracious and the beaches are beautiful. For the wedding we chose a property that had 3 resorts to fit everyone's budget, but most importantly the Villa Resort properties are located right next to Medano Beach. We love this area because you can rent almost any water activity (glass bottom boat, jet skis, paddle boards, etc.), it's a safer and easier area to enter and exit the water (Sea of Cortez), we love the view of El Arco (Lands End) and it's close enough to town for a short shuttle ride, but just far enough from town to have peace and quiet.
Before wedding, comes engagement.
On the morning of December 23, 2014, the hubs surprised me and fiancé was officially added to my life resumé! Marriage or not, I knew I wanted to share my one go on this planet with this guy, but him proposing was everything. The hubs had asked me months before about metal preference, diamond shapes, etc., but I had no idea when he was actually going to hit a knee and ask me an important question. We were flying back home to Ohio that day to spend Christmas with his family and I remember I was rushing to get breakfast made in time to get out the door for a spin class. He had tried to keep me in bed to cuddle (which was his original plan to propose in bed), but I was in a rush so he had to quickly figure out a new plan. While mixing up some eggs I heard a thump on the hardwood floor and when I looked behind me, there he was, down on one knee asking me if I would have breakfast with him for the rest of my life. I was never much of a crier, but that was the only response I had in me at 7am. After more tears and waking up our boy, I finally realized how stunning the ring was! Keeping true to the morning plan, off to spin I went to experience one of two spin classes in my life where in one song I was incredibly happy with unusual amounts of energy to the next song I was wiping sweat and tears from my face. (Note: I'm addicted to spin so I will do a whole health post about that soon.)
As a couple who shares a life and home together for some time, people start to repeatedly ask, "when is he going to propose?". This was always so funny to me… "Ummm, I'll let you know when I know." Because of this, I didn't want to just do a social media post… I wanted to surprise as many of our friends as we could before the word got out. The hubs and I had a lot of fun with this and it was super special for us to keep reliving and telling the proposal story over and over again. We would always collaborate on our surprise approach before meeting up with friends and it always involved me keeping my left hand hidden or the ring covered by his or my hand… Makes me smile thinking back to those giggly moments. The best surprise we pulled off included one of my dearest friends and her husband. Our travel schedules continued to conflict so it was about 3-4 weeks after the actual proposal that the four of us made dinner plans. Now, she is not a nosy person, but because we tend to get excited about each other's lives, she innocently tricked our other friend in to eluding to the engagement. Once I received word of this, I innocently wanted to trick her back. The day of our dinner plans I took my ring off to reduce my proud new indentation and when it was time to head to their house for dinner, my ring was securely placed in my pant pocket. As the gracious hostess that she is, she opened the door with a big smile and I quickly saw her eyes move to my left hand. As quickly as her eyes moved down, they were back up looking into mine with confusion. I kept up the act by smiling, giving her a big hug and walking into her home as if nothing was different. When entering the kitchen I saw that she had champagne glasses out, which made the setup so much more perfect. We continued to act normal and I could see her trying to process her confusion while casually replacing two of the glasses… Now I was confused. When the guys left the room, she jumped on the opportunity and said, "okay, I'm confused… What is going on? Are you guys engaged or not?". I could barely keep the smile off my face and just showed her my hand and said, "there's no ring there, is there?". Her response was nothing short of a caring friend who just wanted me to be asked the lingering question. When the guys joined us again, the hubs asked what the champagne glasses were for (I loved that he picked up on this detail and called it out) and her husband covered for his loving wife to explain it was to celebrate the new year (the four of us didn't get to spend New Year's together). I excused myself to the restroom, placed my ring back on it's rightful finger, and when I returned, I grabbed my champagne filled glass with my left hand facing my girl and toasted to an amazing year… She lost it. Biggest smile I could have had on my face to see her genuine reaction of excitement. She then told me that she had "Mr. and Mrs." champagne glasses out, which she replaced before we could see them. 2015 was filled with a lot of fun and special moments like this one.
^^ My best friend's threw us a Valentine's Day Engagement Party. Pretty darn special. ^^
Once upon a time…
The hubs and my story… In November of 2007, I found a Craigslist ad for a roommate request that sounded perfect for my criteria… Beach, a bulldog and 3 guys. Tapping into my nurturing side, I knew I wanted to live with guys and be the woman of the house. Also, I wanted a dog so the fact that the hubs had a bulldog (Franklin) was the selling factor. I moved in that December and had a rollercoaster of a year, which consisted of losing my job in real estate (recession), enjoying long afternoon naps on the beach, catching up on books, building a lot of new friendships, starting a job as a waitress at a local sports bar and figuring out who this guy was that I now call "the hubs". After one year, somehow he was convinced I was worth figuring out too. Our lease ended in early 2008 and the four of us went our separate ways. The hubs and I dated while living a part for 3 years and then decided in 2011 that it made sense to move back in together, but as an official couple. The next 2 1/2 years were consumed with work, travel, living, laughing, loving and all that good stuff. Life has been pretty darn good with the hubs, but raising Franklin (I have thought of Franklin as my baby since day 1) has been a daily joy!
ps: we are slightly obsessed with our boy.


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Local canned fish hit Shoprite shelves
WALVIS BAY - Efuta Maasbanker, a wholly Namibian product, locally processed and canned horse mackerel has made its way into the shelves of Shoprite shopping outlets countrywide and would be available starting next week. The canned fish is available in three flavours and is yet another initiative to add value to Namibian resources, as well as to promote the consumption of fish nationwide. The much hyped product was officially launched and introduced to the fishing industry last week in Walvis Bay by the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Bernard Esau. The Efuta Maasbanker is a joint initiative of two fishing companies Erongo Marine Enterprises and Etosha Fishing. Erongo Marine has provided Etosha with 200 tonnes of horse mackerel that were canned at cost. Thirteen thousand cartons of canned horse mackerel were already produced and are ready for the market. The canned fish is labelled in bright colours and is available in various flavours of brine, tomato sauce and chilli sauce. The canned fish boast a 24-month shelf life without requiring refrigeration and is being canned at Etosha, which currently employs about 650 people. During the official launch of the Efuta horse mackerel Esau applauded the two companies for leading by example by joining forces to address two of the most important strategic goals set for the fishing sector, which are employment creation in the aquaculture sector and value addition in the marine sector. "I trust that your product will not only contribute to a wider consumption of fish in our country, but will also earn valuable foreign exchange while creating much needed jobs in the fishing sector," the minister said. He explained that since independence in 1990, all horse mackerel catches were directly transhipped, which negatively affected the national goal of employment creation. "Moreover, in a drought year like now the urgency of managing our fishing resources sustainably to the benefit of all Namibians has become apparent. The horse mackerel industry is one of the most valuable fisheries in Namibia. The final value of exports in the fishing sector stood at N$5.1 billion for all Namibian fisheries by 2011. Half of that, N$2.5 billion was generated through horse mackerel, which clearly indicates that horse mackerel is the second largest economic contributor in terms of the fishing sector," Esau said. Esau further explained that apart form being a major economic contributor horse mackerel is the most commonly consumed fish in the country, as well as in Africa. "Thus we can see the importance of it and how vital it is to manage it properly. Without the benefits of the horse mackerel fishery, the fishing industry will be compromised." According to the Managing Director of Erongo Marine Enterprise, Muetulamba Shingenge-Haipinge, Erongo Marine was only able to offer a limited number of job opportunities to Namibians through its sea-based operation. "In contrast Etosha Fishing had the foremost advanced onshore canning facility in southern Africa and could offer more job opportunities. However, the canning plant was not fully operating due the limitations of the prevailing total allowable catch for pilchards. On the contrary horse mackerel, which is the largest sector measured in volumes is not the largest when it comes to job creation. It is against this backdrop that it would be short-sighted for any player in the fishing industry not to venture into uncharted waters to try and come up with a solution to this imbalance," she explained. Also speaking at the same occasion the board chairperson of Etosha Fishing, Johnny Nekwaya said adding horse mackerel to its product range would go a long way in the company's efforts to ensure a more sustainable business operation with secure long-term employment for more Namibians. By Eveline de Klerk
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Mireia Pujol
Mireia Pujol began her career directing shorts and working on high profile Spanish films, which gave her access to important directors such as José Luis Cuerda. This rich cinematic education drove her to become a commercials director.
She has worked for Audi, Coca Cola, Dewars White Label, Vodafone, and more. With a strong cinematographic flavour, her work shows the importance of taking risks, as well as attention to detail.
She recently directed a short documentary film, 'Diary of Hunger', that is about the conflict of the migration in Europe. It has been selected by the prestigious International Documentary Film Festival of Amsterdam. She is currently developing her first feature film called, titled 'Vera'.


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P5/4 are learning about water.
We have been investigating floating and sinking.
We then had to use our knowledge of floating and sinking to create a vessel that would float in water. All 6 groups were successful! Hooray!
Well done P5/4!
Well done P5/4. Looks like you rose to the challenge!


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We were walking through Wal-Mart yesterday. (I know! What a shocker!) Anyway, I saw these peppermint sticks. Not the shiny candy cane kind, but the soft, candy store ones.
The ones you make lemon sticks with!
So I picked them up and told Andrew we had to get some lemons. He had no idea what I was talking about. And no, he had never sucked a lemon through a peppermint stick. Was I feeling alright?
I was stunned.
Stunned, I say.
It wasn't until we got home that I realized that this is a Baltimore tradition.
And a yummy (albeit sticky) one at that!
We all enjoyed our lemon sticks immensely.


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Solar energy system installed at Mote Marine
SARASOTA -- A new solar-energy system was mounted Tuesday on a rooftop at Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium, which is launching its new Sustainable Energy Initiative this month, building upon two generous donations of solar panels from members of the Sarasota community.
One new system of 126 photovoltaic panels, valued at about $115,000, was donated by Willis A. Smith Construction, Inc. and is being installed by RegionSolar, which has worked to obtain a rebate for nearly half the cost through a Florida Power & Light Co. program authorized by the state Public Service Commission.
The 2,310-square-foot, 30.2-kilowatt solar-power system will start capturing solar energy this month to supplement electrical power at Mote's hospitals for dolphins, small whales and sea turtles.
A second 30.2-kilowatt system provided by local donor and solar-energy supporter Jim Lampl and installed recently will supplement power at Mote Aquaculture Park which operates 17 miles inland using recirculated water, develops sustainable technology for seafood production and for raising marine fish to support wild populations.
Mote is seeking support for its new energy initiative that will allow for more solar power and other environmentally responsible practices. Each donation of about $960 covers the purchase and installation of one new solar panel, and if enough support is received, Mote will apply for future rounds of solar rebates.
To donate to Mote's Sustainable Energy Initiative, visit www.mote.org/donate and click the button for the Initiative or contact Barbara Meyer at 941-388-4441, ext. 309.


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Some dolls were never meant for kids whatsoever. While a number of the friendship dolls are lost over time, most still exist and are available on display across the country. Some dolls have great personalities too. A doll free of face also gives children an opportunity to use their imagination.
New Questions About Doll Collection
Any vintage collection might be of interest to us and we'll be happy to assist you evaluate and value your doll collection. Initially, you're diluting the worth of the true Disney brand–and that's bad for your collection! There are a couple means of estimating the worth of your Marie Osmond dolls. There is a vast selection of costumed and tattooed dolls. There is, in addition, the new baby Donny range, which contains males.
There are dozens and dozens of antique porcelain dolls to select from, including dozens of bisque designs. When it has to do with the antique Avon Barbie doll collections you should know there are lots of unique varieties of Barbie dolls. The Disney Precious Moments line features many of the best characters that we have each fallen in love with over recent years.
Lots of people collect dolls. They influence our understanding of childhood. Based on the style you decide on, you'll locate some porcelain dolls that arrive in their original boxes and packaging.
To begin with, particularly for dolls created before 1970, it is quite rare to find a NRFB doll. The half dolls were designed in order at the waist or only beneath the waist an individual could add a voluminous skirts, a practical broom or possibly a pincushion. The most suitable doll may still be worth money. Even beautiful dolls are difficult to sell. The antique dolls which were once offered at Debra's Dolls were quite diverse.
New Step by Step Roadmap for Doll Collection
Not only do you have to shop around for antiques, but you're going to need shelving for your store. Lots of people have valuable antiques in their houses. Clinchfield pottery has an extensive and very intriguing history. A great deal of old pottery doesn't have marks, and that means you must require the knowledge you've picked up by taking a look at things in the Antiques shops and museums.
Dolls are a rather important part of a culture, Wimberley explained. Contemporary day nesting dolls arrive in a good variety. So far as American art pottery figurines are involved. There are several great Snow White Precious Moments collectibles that you're able to decide to buy. Many times a collector will search for egg cups with motifs from other nations, cities and towns or monuments. An individual would say I am a significant collector of dolls.
Just like any collection, it is all up to you as the collector to choose when, and what, to buy. Some collectors search for egg cups by a particular porcelain maker.


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Are you feeling tensed at gaining more weight than normal level? Don't worry at all when there is an easy to get a solution at your hand. Lemon water is an effective detox liquid to help you in that case.
It's like a blessing combination for the benefits of your health. In this article,we will explore the ultimate recipe of how to make lemon water for weight loss.
This life-changing drink is enriched in vitamins and also contributes a lot to hydrate the cells of your organs. To evaluate more about it, we are heading towards the broad discussion of how it works and the important benefits of it along with the main topic.
How it works in weight loss issue
Lemon water is a juice made with the mixture of water. It is not sweeter in taste usually. Mostly it depends on your personal choice. Before knowing the recipe, we need to learn first about how this useful drink works in our body.
It promotes the digestive system of your organs. Once, it is stimulated by the lemon ade drinks, it increases a decent amount of bile. Also, it removes the constipation problems.
In general, the liver is there to generate bile. Lipids and fat get broken down easily when you regularly drink it. It never allows fat to store on the body to, produce more weight.
Again, it is one of the greatest sources of vitamin C. You know what it has potential power of decreasing you're few pounds.
Moreover, it is a good source of anti-oxidants. It can suppress the weight gain issues nicely. Also, it removes the high amount of sugars in the blood.
The recipe for preparing this juice
In this article, we are about to know how to make lemon water for weight loss.To make this effective drink, you need to add more ingredients besides water and lemon. Let's check out it.
Main ingredients
- Warm water for 2/3 cups.
- 2/3 squeezed lemon.
- 1 tablespoon of honey.
- Salt as per your taste.
Optional mixing elements
- Watermelon
- Cucumber
- Ginger root for a tablespoon.
- Pepper ground.
Step 1:
First of all, take a clean glass and fill it with 2/3 cups of warm water.
Step 2:
Now take the fresh lemons and squeeze them nicely. It may cover ½ of a cup. Never take them from the store.
Step 3:
Take required amount of honey. Mix it with the juice. It will help you in improving the flavor of it. Also many health benefits you will have from it.
Step 4:
In this step, you can mix salt with it. Despite this is not a mandatory task to do, you can do it to add more taste to the juice. Another important fact you need to notice that the salt is electrolytes. With it, you can get back your lost energy again.
Step 5:
At the final step, mix all the ingredients together. In this case, you can use a spoon. When all of the food elements dissolved gradually, here you go with the lemon water. If you want, you can mix some ice cubes in it additionally.
Once, you are done with making the lemon water, you should know the right time to drink it.
In the early morning, when you are the empty stomach, drinking lemon water will be highly beneficial for you.
Again, it can accelerate the fat burning procedure within your body to make you lose additional weight.
How lemon water benefits you in health issues
There are plenty of health advantages to drinking this juicy water. Below some of them are going to be enlisted.
Strengthens your immune system
This soft drink is very effective for the immune system of your body. As I have mentioned earlier that it has a decent source of vitamin C. That's why it is beneficial for making your stronger to fight with health disease.
In any seasonal ailments, you can drink it and protect yourself from constant illness.
Energy booster
This essential lemon drink is helpful in boosting a great deal of energy within you. It is full of a lot of minerals that is solely enough to recharge your body from getting tired.
Helpful for digestion
This drinking juice works great in developing your digestion system. It is highly beneficial for your stomach. The harmful bacteria that are responsible for weak digestion can easily get killed when you drink it on regular basis.
Detox your body
As it is acidic in nature, it is helpful for removing the toxic elements from your body. If you want to make your body function well, you need to maintain drinking this juice regularly.
Reduce your stress level
Vitamin C in the lemon water contributes a lot for adrenal gland. As a result, it generates hormone cortisol that is effective for lowering stress and anxieties.
It is best for those people who are struggling with stress-related issues every day. I recommend them to drink it regularly to get relief from excessive mental trauma.
Effective for anti-aging
If you are worried about the aging process and upcoming wrinkles on your face, it is the best-suited drinks for you. Early aging won't affect you for that.
Vitamin C is better for skin health and prevents old aging symptoms.Also, it is helpful for sharpening your brain. You can ask me how? "Well, this is very simple."
A great deal of potassium is present in it which is enough to boost your memory well.
Check in a Short video how to make lemon juice for weight loss
Final Words
People who would love to burn their fat can blindly follow this recipe. As you have already known how to make lemon water for weight loss, it's so simple for you now.
You can make this powerful drink at night and keep it on the refrigerator to drink in the next morning. Thus it will work fast and make you feel confident.


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Russia's deputy defence minister has accused Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his family of personally profiting from oil trade with Isis militants.
The accusations follow Turkey's downing of a Russian warplane at the Syrian border last week, the first time a Nato member shot down a Russian aircraft in more than half a century.
The Russian Defence Ministry invited dozens of foreign military attaches and hundreds of journalists to produce what they said were satellite and aerial images of thousands of oil trucks streaming from the IS-controlled deposits in Syria and Iraq into Turkish sea ports and refineries.
"The main customer for this oil stolen from Syria and Iraq is Turkey," said Anatoly Antonov. "The top political leadership of the country, President Erdogan and his family, is involved in this criminal business."
The Turkish leader has denied Russian president Vladimir Putin's earlier claims of Turkey's involvement in oil trade with IS, and has pledged to step down if Moscow proves its accusations.
"No one has the right to make such a slander as to suggest that Turkey buys Daesh's oil. Turkey has not lost its moral values as to buy oil from a terror organisation," Mr Erdogan said in Wednesday's speech at Qatar University, using the Arabic acronym for the Islamic State group, shortly after the Russian Defence Ministry made the claims.
"Those who make such slanderous claims are obliged to prove them. If they do I would not remain on the presidential seat for one minute. But those who make the claim must also give up their seat if they can't prove it."
The Russian plane's downing has badly strained the relationship between the two nations. Russia has responded by deploying long-range air defence missiles at its air base in Syria and slamming Turkey with an array of economic sanctions.
Mr Erdogan warned that "if Russia's disproportionate reactions continue, we will be forced to take our own measures."
Mr Antonov, meanwhile, said that IS militants make two billion US dollars (£1.33 billion) a year from the illegal oil trade.
Mr Antonov did not provide any specific evidence to back up the claims of personal involvement of Mr Erdogan and his family in the oil trade with the IS.
"Turkish leaders, including Mr Erdogan, won't step down and they won't acknowledge anything even if their faces are smeared with the stolen oil," he added.
Lt Gen Sergei Rudskoi of the Russian military's General Staff said Russian airstrikes on the IS oil infrastructure in Syria had halved the militants' profits. He said the Russian air raids have destroyed 32 oil production facilities, 11 refineries and 1,080 oil trucks since they began on September 30.
Turkey has said it downed the Russian plane after it intruded its airspace for 17 seconds despite numerous warnings, and has refused to apologise for the shoot-down. The Russian pilot was killed by militants after bailing out from the plane and a Russian marine was also killed on a rescue mission to retrieve a second pilot.
Russia has insisted that its plane remained in Syrian airspace and has denounced the Turkish action as a "treacherous stab in the back".
Mr Erdogan has voiced regret over the incident, but Mr Putin has made it clear that he expects a formal apology. The Russian leader refused to meet with Mr Erdogan at a global climate in Paris, which they both attended on Monday.
Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov said on Wednesday that he would agree to meet with his Turkish counterpart Mevlut Cavusoglu on the sidelines of an Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe meeting of foreign ministers in Belgrade, the Serbian capital.
"We will meet with the Turkish minister of foreign affairs, we will hear what he has to say," Mr Lavrov said after talks with his Cypriot counterpart in Nicosia.


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Regina Hall is one of the funniest actresses in Hollywood. She was always my favorite part of the Scary Movie film series. Her character Brenda was just the best. Plus, she was a zombie before it was cool. She literally came back from the dead in Scary Movie 4.
The real life Regina Hall is so beautiful and stylish; she's one of my style icons. While lots of celebs are doing the absolute most with their fashion game, she keeps it simple and classy. Check out some of my favorite looks from her!


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- Set transaction limits for a certain amount and choose if you'd like to decline ATM, international, and/or online transactions
- Set up real-time alerts for declined, gas station*, and/or international transactions and ATM withdrawals
Watch our how-to video to see a demo on setting up your preferences.
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Easily and quickly view your account balances and transactions on the go. Here's how to get started:
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To refresh your balances, simply launch the Apple Watch app, press firmly on the middle of the screen, and select Refresh Accounts.
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Love shopping online, but hate all the hassles when it's time to pay? With Visa Checkout, a digital payment service, you can breeze through the purchasing process. Use it anywhere Visa Checkout is accepted – on the go with your tablet or smartphone, or at home with your computer.
- Simple: Add your A+FCU debit or credit card to enroll. Then pay for online purchases with Visa Checkout – it's that easy!
- Fast: Skip typing in your card and shipping info every time. Just use your Visa Checkout login to pay wherever you see the Visa Checkout logo.
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Early last year the government launched a pilot scheme to enable councils to submit brownfield sites to a national list allowing developers to rapidly find suitable sites in specific areas of the country.
This scheme was heavily supported by the Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) as it would encourage the development of brownfield sites in preference to rural or agricultural sites which generally are far more contentious.
Considering BFC has no 5 year land supply it was very unfortunate that this scheme appeared to have been ignored at first but now the council have finally (as of yesterday 20th December 2017) published their compiled list of 30 sites, some of which were already part of the current call for sites process.
Please follow the BFC link below to view more details regarding this list:


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The seminar entitled "Potent knock down of lncRNAs in vitro and in vivo with antisense LNA™ GapmeRs" will be held in Luxembourg on November 25, 2016.
One of the most basic yet powerful approaches to study lncRNAs is loss of function analysis, but since many lncRNAs are nuclear retained or have long residence time in the nucleus, these are hard to target by RNAi based methods.
Exiqon has developed single stranded LNA™-enhanced antisense oligonucleotides (ASOs, also known as LNA™ GapmeRs) that catalyze RNaseH dependent degradation of both mRNAs and lncRNA. Since RNaseH is almost exclusively present in the nucleus, all RNAs are potentially sensitive to LNA™ GapmeR knock down.
To address potential off targets located in either exons or introns, the LNA™ GapmeR design algorithm searches both spliced and unspliced transcriptomes in the Ensembl database, to provide maximal target specificity.
Both mRNA and lncRNA targets residing in either cytoplasmic or nuclear compartments are equally efficiently silenced irrespective of the type of RNA target and its subcellular localization.
For more information about the seminar, visit our events page.


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We deliver digital marketing strategies, creative, design and production services across a wide range of channels:
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While divorce severs the legal relationship between husband and wife, it should minimize the disruption of the relationship between parent and child. Therefore, when changes occur that affect the ability of one parent to maintain his or her relationship with the child, such as relocating with the child to another city or state, it is important to bring the matter out in the open and discuss solutions responsibly.
Attorney Barbara Irshay Zipperman helps family law clients throughout the San Fernando Valley in working out post-divorce modifications of divorce agreements, including modifications of child custody and visitation (parenting plans). She keeps the interests of the children first and foremost in resolving child move-away disputes.
What Factors Are Involved In The Proposed Move?
While there can be many reasons necessitating relocating after divorce, it can be detrimental to the other parent's time with the child. It is important that the decision to move be made with the best interests of the child at heart.
- Will the child benefit from having the support of close family?
- Will a parent's new job provide the child with better opportunities?
- Will the child have better education and social opportunities?
- Will the child have a more stable home environment?
- Is there a realistic solution to maintain the child and non-relocating parent's relationship?
Using The Right Methods To Resolve Your Case
At the Law and Mediation Offices of Barbara Irshay Zipperman, we recognize the many advantages of mediating family law disputes, such as divorce. We have found that many people who were successful in mediating divorce agreements can also be successful in mediating difficult post-divorce issues, such as child and parent relocation disputes and related child custody modifications.
Barbara Irshay Zipperman is an experienced mediator who is well positioned to use consensual methods to resolve your relocation issues.
To be sure, those methods don't work for everyone. If that is your situation, Barbara will be a strong advocate for you in traditional litigation.
Contact An Experienced Attorney And Mediator
To get more information or to schedule an appointment with an experienced lawyer regarding relocation or a move-away, please give us a call or complete the online form.


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European Commission Green Week 'Green Cities for a Greener Future'
21st May 2018 @ 8:00 am - 25th May 2018 @ 5:00 pm
This event is an EU flagship event organised by the European Commission. The theme of this Green Week will be 'Green Cities for a Greener Future'. FOE is planning to organise its own event during the Green Week, at which themes such as energy efficiency in buildings will be discussed. It is an opportunity for SHAPE ENERGY to be promoted twice, for the Green Week overall, and through the FOE event that will take place. FOE will write a blog on this topic.


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Adult Education: Power, Deception, and Truth in the Book of Esther – Class 3 of 4
February 21 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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Brush up on the Book of Esther before Purim! Learn about the history behind this unusual biblical book, who wrote it and why, and what it might have meant for the Jews of Persia 2500 years ago. No fee. 4-class daytime series taught by Rabbinic Intern Dr. Esther Jilovsky. RSVP to Debbie Shayer at 818.348.0670 or firstname.lastname@example.com
Class dates: Thursdays, February 7, 14, 21, and March 7, 2019
More classes are available – be sure to RSVP for all classes and look for updated times and dates!


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Not all millionaires sport a top hat, monocle and cane, but it turns out lots have one thing in common: They don't feel wealthy.
More than one-quarter of American millionaires say they don't feel wealthy, but they would if they had an extra $5 million, according to Fidelity Investments' Millionaire Outlook report.
Though they may not view themselves as rich, millionaires around the world control 40 percent of global wealth. And these, super-rich citizens of the world are easiest to come by in New York, where there are a reported 7,270 people worth more than $30 million.
The Fidelity report seeks to provide investors with a snapshot of the typical millionaire, since this elite class can provide a "strong indicator of certain financial trends." For example, the average millionaire has $3.05 million in assets and tends to be over the age of 56. Another millionaire fun fact: Only 14 percent say they were born wealthy.
Ever wondered what your average, run-of-the-millionaire looks like? Check out below to find out:


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By Peter Dawes - @P_Dawes
The Digital Mafia love technology. It has made life so much easier. It is empowering pupils. I just can't get enough of it. If I could, I'd marry it. And bla de bla de bla de bloody bla. Because this is what you have to say now, don't you? Questioning, however fleetingly, the central role of technology in education, is right up there with fascism, racism etc. Hold on a moment, Peter, I hear you say. Hasn't the bulk of your training career revolved around exploiting technology?! Er, yes. But let me explain. I'm sure you'll have seen something similar to the bell curve below, outlining the rate of uptake of innovations.
All very interesting, all very informative. But also very loaded. How about that label "Laggards"? Is it just me, or does that make them sound like the sort of people who deserve locking up in a Dickensian jail? Hardly compares to the sexy "innovators", eh?I'm sure those cutting-edge dudes would be less thrilled with "pasty-faced nerd" or "saddo struggling to make eye-contact with other humans". Cutting-edge. Now there's an interesting term. Universally recognised as positive and desirable, my fellow linguists may know the derivation of the phrase. It comes from tunneling or coal-mining. It's that point at which you don't know what you will unearth next. It is also the point at which tunnels collapse and people die. Which makes it such a double-edged image.
The Digital Mafia use it to imply a golden voyage of fearless discovery. Then the rest of us poor schmucks pick up the pieces when the roof caves in. It goes without saying that the world needs innovators and visionaries. But what we don't need is to be told we lack moral fibre or are dragging our heels, and it's our fault when the vision doesn't translate into practice.
Here's the problem as I see it…
The pressure on teachers to embrace technology and show evidence of integrating it into their lessons is huge. Yet access to simple-to-follow training is woeful. Due mainly to two factors – it is either delivered in-house by the much-maligned IT dept, who with the best will in the world, will not necessarily be great communicators…..or the Digital Mafia come in. The shiny eyed zealots whose glitzy presentation style wowed Senior Management at a conference, and who now proceed to show the staff how wonderful they are. Whilst carefully not inviting too many questions about how to implement their ideas into a real classroom. They get away with it, because to ask if the Emperor has any clothes, is to risk exposing yourself as a Luddite, an impediment to progress, a laggard. So everyone keeps shtumm. This would all be fine if it were just a waste of time and INSET budget. But it's much worse than that, because it further entrenches resistance to technological advances. And quite frankly, until more practical and palatable ways are put in place, you can't blame huge numbers of teachers for adopting a cynical attitude to it.
The hallmark of really good IT training is NOT how impressive the presenter looked. Rather, it is how much the audience will be able to implement after they've gone. And possibly even more importantly, and so seldom considered, how much will the audience want to implement? Which is the bit I try to focus on in my training. Which is why you will rarely read a feedback comment of mine saying, "Wow, Peter gave us a state of the art presentation today" but you will frequently see comments like: "I couldn't see the benefit of iPads in lessons. I'm now leaving inspired to go and start using one tomorrow*".
So to summarise…
Educational technological training is far too important to leave in the hands of just technophiles and the Digital Mafia preaching to the converted. Yes, at the other end of the spectrum there are dinosaurs and occasional 'laggards', (Teacher in Southampton – "I'll never use this iPad, it hasn't even got Ctrl+V" – you know who you are), who may genuinely be beyond hope. But it is my strong belief that we actively convert huge numbers of open-minded teachers into technological cynics, which is a whole different issue.
Peter Dawes will be continuing his popular and effective courses with Dragonfly training this summer term, and will be taking a look at a brand new course, An Introduction to Using iPads in the Classroom. Click on the link below to find out more:
*N. Reyner, Prior's Field School